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About Sherman County journal. (Moro, Or.) 1931-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 9, 1940)
■ * . RMMft WWW! •» • A THE SHERMAN COUNTY JOU RNAL, MORO, OREGON fhKW T WO ~ ' FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1940 =T clothes on than off. Days m ust J S^tcwuui <*■»*< be spent in getting to the lam b-j ing jobs, days of w aiting in. a (Continued from page one) j ftfirrssa» County Observer chill wind for a ride, days of do- i Oregon Liquor Control comm is - Established Nov. 2, 1888 ing without food when handouts • aion this week. Sprague denied Gross Volley Journal are hard to get. Yet, every year th at the conference had touched Established Oct. 14, 1897 Special School Tax V A L I D A T E D March 6, 1931; they come. The old tim e harves uporf the question of higher li- j/.w /u v a . is gone, there are no more k a5e f«!W T oln QU01 prices and indicated th a t no Wasco News-Enterprise sheep M tramp printers, but the v.- v j xj«« uw i I ,v such move was in iproepect. Established Nov. 1891 men can still depend on , his lamb- none none 178,847 Biglow $ . ____ to come, ___ - n one n o kby one, CONSOLIDATED March 4, 1932 I ing 14,586.54 12.3 1,185,898 crew Rufus Vocational education courses 1,637.45 9.1 179,940 i over the horizon some dusk in Rufus-- a hunger th at wiIÎ ,be made available to inmates • none none 59,158 j early spring with E m igrant Springs OR(t] ER of the Oregon penitentiary in the 603.06 ' is apparently untouched since 463,890 1.3 Locust Grove NATION neai future, according to Warden P lIllS H C 3,862.61 1 its departure the April before. 3.9 990,413 Wasco George Alexander. As soon as the 1 6,175.48 6.7 921,714’ Kent new dining room andK hospital, t ì none Continued from page one. Published Every Friday at none '1284218 Gorman now under construction com THE BALL MONEY none Moro, Oregon none 289,268 tions. DeMdss pleted the quarters now .being 595.90 1.8 331,058 Gordon Ridge * * * There/ ere/ was some natural con- used for these two purposes will Giles L. French -________ Editor none In its economy stre a k the house none 414,264 * Erskine cern hér< here about the use to which ( I bo available for school purposes, 9,323.99 Entercd as second-class m atter at th e,m o n ey raised by ■ the presi of representatives took from the 12.6 739,999 Moro none agricultural appropriation bill the Postoffice at Moro, Oregon d e n ts infantile paralysis ball was Alexander said. none 248,762 Monkland none under Act of Congress of March put. From Or. Poley we have re- $27,000,000 to finance - purchase 352,347 none Harmony S ta te Budget Director David none of farm s by tenants. For fiscal none 202,507 4 Fairview 3, 1879. _ teivfcd the report of the founda A fam iliar figure on the desert 392.98 Eoples is now engaged upon a year 1940 there were 929 applies 1.8 218322 Boardm an OFFICIAL C O L to M PAPER tion giving its expenses and re near Phoenix, Arlz., is Bob Zupplte, tions from W ashington state fo r 6,726.46 standardization of state salaries 12.3 546,867 Grass Valley cti pis since Its founding Jan veteran U niversity of Illinois foot such loans and only 27 were made 150.08 .5 300,164 . SUBSCRIPTION RATES Rutledge uary 3, 1938 to September 30, which, he declares, will effect a ball coach, who spends m uch of In the first two years of the act 840.29 substantiol saving in costs. A1 1.4 600,207 Payable in Advance Klondike 1939, which gives the financial his tim e reproducing desert scenes 728 applications were filed from 1,476.26 though state salaries w ere stand 250,214 5.9 ©NE YEAR ............... ......... *lW > tutu desired. Rosebush on canvas. none ardized only a few years ago Ec W ashington and 24 were ap- 388,097 ’ none Buckley Receipts have been $1,610,878.14 . FEBRUARY 9,1940 clet says that, he has discovered roved. Oregon applicants for 1940 $46,371.10 — .— .... — . $8,990,164 eiom the balls in 1938 and 1939 were 274 w ith 17 loans, and in ultln.Lgh' the 1938 receipts were many glaring inequalities in the * outside town pay of state employees. the first two years of the act 194 much greater because all the NEW storage PLAN applications came from this state Although a total of 362,849.65 money went to the national fund. Non-, high School D istrict F u n d levy is 1.5 mills and applies to and 15 were allowed. Bulk of the barrels of beer were consumed in It ,s very apparentJ**’? 1,7 t h i tw enty one m onths covered all school district» except 3, 3A, 7, 9, 17 and 23; 'oans approved were to share crop success of the projected e evai r $61,267.96 has been Oregon during 1939, according to Forty-tw o percent of the ped ners in southern states, such as in The Dalles ,to be Jointly travel, print- records of the Liquor Control com Valuation $4,426,323; Tax $6,637.93 estrían fatalities of 1939 involvet Mississippi, where 656 were al- ned by grain growers organize- » _ ....... mission, this volume was nearly persons com m itting some obvious \w e d in fiscal year 1940 and 630 tiens of the two ¿ , ants to’ various institutions 52,000 barrels below the high Special City Tax pends ultim ately on whether The ^ rk on infantile paralysis mark of 404,538.75 barrels set in ly imprudent action a t the time ol in the first two years. Total Dalles is to become a seaport or ; have been made totalling $463, 1936. Members of the senate are »being the?!, accident, says the .secretary Ix?vy Tax • Value- Levy not. * ( begged to restore cuts made by A t 31 gallons to t h e barrel the City 972.67 which-' leaves over a million 38.0 •of state. $ 5,135.54 210,473 24.4 A saving of around a cent a dollars on hand. The University Wasco he house and while the senate is 1939 consumption iboila down to 36.9 2,500.57 These unsafe actipris included avorable to the idea on many 171372 14.6 ibushel m ight be made in freight of California 'medical school has Moro 37.2 2,022.47 jayw alking, crossing intersection.1 ’ 133,057 15.2 Tates by shipping our wheat by received a grant of $5,000-and it 10,938339 gallons of th e amber Grass Valley items, it doubts w hether the house biew or rtfore than 110,000,000 against traffic, signals or diagon •"i9,658'.58” rail or truck and barge to tide has been approved for an addi would accept a senate bill c a rry ten-cent glasses. This represents ally, crossing m ajor highway? ing the restorations. The house w ater, but from this would have tional g ran t of $15,000. This is a per capita consumption of more without taking adequate precau- 'aas limited the navy program to to be deducted the cost of owning the only fa r western hospital or General Fund than 100 glasses. General Road D istrict , Tax ; tions, walking with traffic insteac wo years and refused to increase ‘ and operating the new elevator research agency aided so far. From the p .a k of 404,538 b a r of facing it on highways, step he navy yard at Bremerton or 60 the saving would not be cleaT Tax • D epartm ent Mills Value Levy The half of the receipts that rels in 1 »36 beer consumption in List. ping off curbings without firs at Mare Isiand. Almost every ap although it m ight possibly jus is kept in this county is in the $8,475,352 2.6. $22,035.92 State Tax ............................ 18776 Oregon declined to 382,453 barrels 1 looking both ways, walking inte propriation in which the north tify its existence even on th at lcca! bank;- Nothing was expen 547.22 (S tate ....................... 2694) 210,473 2.6 in 1937, and then still further to 2W ¡'the side ¡of passing cars, stepping west is interested has been re- saving. - 445.31 (Ele. School......... 1.6082) 171,272 2.6 ded of the 1938 funds. 346,578 barrels in 1938. This de 3M out into the street from betweei With only one ship m aking the .5562 345.95 M arket Road ........................ 'uced in the house. 133,057^ 2.6 4G | parked cars or playing in the roa< tiip up the Columbia to The Dal GAMBLING THE HAXES AWAY cline in the popularity of beer is 3894 23,374.40 Bridges .................... • generally ascribed as due to the 8,990,154 les, and th a t in an- experimental Forty nine percent of the ped- ’ School Per-capita ...................6374 According to the director of the fact th at the novelty of the exper Read the ads in the Journal. capacity, it is impossible to figure i estrían fatalities occured while ‘ County. ' / ' ■ ............................ 3.6394 ience has worn off for members . a * what the cost would 'be and there Front Door Ballot Box being con j persons were crossing streets oi . v 7.1000 in ------y--_, Portland, residents of of the younger generation who fore lore what wnai the uie freight nog»© rate would ducted ... highways. This figure indicate Average -consolidated.’ levy for county ....... ........ 16.68 mills constituted a large - portion of ,b€ for ships coming to The Dalles, ^ h a f city, by a sm a H percentage. the necessity of taking every prt .i ..I.. ' - i.— ' ' It is hard to believe th a t ships favor gambling if it could be used beer parlor patrons in the years r i ■ ■ ■■ ------------------------ ------ 1 — caution when startin g across l immediately following repeal of w< uld venture the river for a loaH i u «reduce property taxes. busy street, Snell declared., Total valuation vf taxable pro p erty in Sherman County $8,990,154.00 This leads to the conclusion prohibition. at the same rate as they would ‘1A common error m adejby ped The levy for the General Fond w 7.1 mills, producing 63,830.09 Attorney A t L a w charge from the com parative saf th at the old time Puritan ideals I estrians is to sta rt across a stree E rnest Fatland, Conden legis nav. suffered serious deterioration Which is divided as follows: ety of down river ports. T hat is without looking for cars befon M o ro an d W a»co or th at taxes have become an lator and heir apparent to the Ore State Tax, (S tate $2,421.68 .... Ele. School $14,457.32) .... 16,879.00 the assum ption, nevertheless. stepping off the curb, Studies o gon throne since the resignation M arket Road ...........................................................................•• 6,000.00 The elevator would of necessity one cus burden to a m ajority ol pedestrian accidents have showi of senate president Robert M. Dun Bridges .................................•'..........1 ---- -—«...................- • 3,500.00 contain m any different kinds of .he people. th at ^nearly half the pedestrian The generation th a t is now can of Burns, will have his first Emergency Fund ——- ...... —-.................'......................... 7,000.00 ’ killed are struck before they ar» wheat which would complicate the ............. :...................................................... 3,000.00 job of making up a complete car pas© its heyday in sis ts /th a t therp opportunity to officiate as govèr Road Machinery moie than three steps away fron IN THE COUNTY COURT OF ......................./ 2,225.00 go for a large ship unless it vfere is J e s s evidence of the ofd time nor Saturday when Governor County and Children’» Industrial F air the cuib, indicating th at they di< CHE STATE OF OREGON FOR Sprague goes to Seattle to deliver virtues now than in its day and Pcr -capita School Fund ......................... - ............................. 6.730.00 possible to load small parcels.. not look for cars coming fron THE COUNTY OF SHERMAN ........ ............... 3,350.00 The* annual hill for shipping it may be true. Yet perm itted a Lincoln day address. Speaker Elections, Circuit C ofrt, Justice - Court their left before stepping into th fri the m atter of the E state of Fatland is expected to come to County Health . Officer. County Nurse ...................... 965.00 w heat from this county is around gambling has ever been frowned street.”. Salem to avail himself of the op Old Age Pensions, > e |ie f ...J ............... ... a ........................ ELIZABETH DAVIS, deceased. 5,820.00 upon by a large number of Am tr- $140,000 which is large and any He urged persons to look to th •rtunity. Remainder for other expenses of the county ............... 10,361.09 It is certain th at the portunity. ORDER FIXING TFME AND successful method of reducing it icans. left before steppng off curbs an< Three convictions have already j Recapitulation ’LACE FOR SETTLEM ENT OF m ight be m et with g reat pleasure growth of the tax bill has had then look to the right befor ¿3,830.09 ’INAL ACCOUNT. on the p a rt of the farm ers. There much to do with the proposed been secured by the State Unem General Fund .......................................................... reaching the center of the street ployment compensation commis Special School Tax ................................... 46,371.10 tire other com plicating m atters, sla< kening of morals. Illustrating the danger of walk Neoma E. Smith, adm inistratrix 6,637.98 Certainly the shadow of high sion in its drive against abuse of «Non-high School D istrict Fund ........................................... however. ing along the highways with 'tra the jobless insurance fund. In all >f*the estate of said deceased, General Road Fund — — ,■«mr...!.. r , . . ■ -- — — 23,37d«40- It is an axiom th a t in the tra n taxes is having its effect on the ffic instead of facing it, Snell’ ¡li ving filed with the clerk of this ................... ................ .............. ...... ..........9,658.58 sportation business especially, ruLtion as ..the job of paying off three tovictions workers were Special City Tax ures showed th at 14 persons <.urt her final report and account competition holds down the rates. the’ forty-tw o billion dollars of found guilty of receiving unem Overplus fractional extensions ...........r r....... ................ 4.41 were killed while w a lin g on- th< with said estate and made appli-' ployment compensation checks We have now both rail and truck national debt becomes more of a Grand T otal Tax 149,876.56 right side of the highway agains •ation to the; court for an order transportation and may soon have certainty. When we s ta rt to pay while draw ing ipay on other jobs. s i\ deaths while walking on th« ixing and appointing a time and One person out of every four 126.99 piactical use of the river. That off th at sum there will probably Advanee Tax $123.18 and rebates $ 3.81 credited left aide. Jayw alking ,or cross place for the settlem ent of said is of advantage. If we should lose be- less gambling and a lot more in the state 65 years of age or Refunds due on advance tax ..... ............................. $ 4.02 ing streets between intersection: over were receiving old age pen ma' account and for hearing ob Ih e railroad in this county we will work. Amount to be collected by Tax Collector — .......... 149,749.57 took 13 lives during thd' year. sions in September when the pen jections thereto, if any there be. have lost one competing factor sion rolls hit their -peak, it was I, M argaret W. Peetz, County Assessor of Sherman County, Ore NOW, TH EREFORE, it i«$ th at is most valuable. While the school board of The revealed in reports o<f the State gon, hereby certify th at the assessed valuations, tax levies and taxes Read the A’ds In the Journal tereby ORfDEREI) th at the 11 This year the railroad will have Da^es is wondering how it is to set forth herein are the ftill and complete true copies of the originals * lay of March, 1940 a t the hour to pay $26,250 in taxes in this continue the education of the high W elfare commission. as the same appear in this office and in my custody. NOTICE TO CREDITORS • • • >f 9:30 o’clock in the forenoon be, county and th a t is only a p art of W itness my hand and seal this 18th day of January, 1940. <cl.ool pupils in th a t city w ith '.nd the same hereby is, fixed and All persons having claims ag its expense for train crews, m ain out a high school building and ’ The reserve in Oregon’s unem ’- M argaret W. Peetz, County Assessor. ippointed as the time, and the tenance of way, etc. No one of with grade schools crowded, the ployment compensation fund pass air.st the E state of Peter J. Pet ed the $9,000,000 m ark on F eb ourtroom of this court as 'the the other form s of transportation lirectors of the northern districts ers deceased, are hereby notifiet ruary 1 to hit a new high mark dace, for the settlem ent of said present them, with the pro spends so much in this county or of th ii county Valuation and Tax Comparisons to m ight come to in the commission’s experience. inal account; and it is fu rth er per vouchers and duly verified contributes toward the payment State the ii rescue and offer the unused This figure is 50 percent above Roll )RDERED th a t notice of the to the undersigned, the duly ap of taxes in so large amount«. Total Tax Valuation Tax Ratio Y ear jpuce in the Rufus and Wasco- ime and place so fixed and ap pointed adm inistrator of the es It is too early to estim ate the ouildings to the neighboring city. the ‘‘adequate reserve’’ establish 1926 $303,026.09 $14,676,503.00 $174,650.38 86 ed toy the commission in December tete of Peter J. Peters, dcased pointed ¡be published in the SHER effect the move may have on the 312,899.91 . 171,668.22 )4, )87,456.00 85 , 1927 Benefits paid out by the commis TAN COUNTY JOURNAL, a at the office of T. Lester Johnson towns of the county. At the pre 1^,214,817.00 348,450.19 181,949.65 85 sion to tem pororily unemployed 1928 newspaper printed, published and attorney a t law, Moro, Oregon sent tim e it appears th a t no ser 319,735.51 14351,591.00 169„593.93 84 Oregon workers d u rin g .th e past 1929 within six months from the dat< if general circulation in Sherman ious effects will develop. Yet it 256,844.53 13,950,660.00 146,481.93 80 1930 two years totalled $10,124,649 the of the first publication of thi: County, Oregon, for 4 successive is possible to s ta rt a proposition -.* l i 337,743.00 ♦192,372.34 ♦ 91,938.17 73 193P commission reported. <y notice, to-w it; February 9, 1940. weeks in five successive issues of th a t m ight lower the value of the 199,822.31 11,145,873.00 - 112,573.32 73 1932 < • • aid paper. Herman D. Peters land if the towns—centers of soc From the Observer, Feb. 8, 1921 10,023,830.00 216,993.64 116376.43 69 1933 If the automobile business - is Cor* S tew art entertained the Dated this 2 day of February, A dm inistrator ial, business and school life were 208,603.74 9,760,525.00 111369.99 70 1934 1940. George A. Potter, Judge lu n e r reduced ••« fu n rth in ___ size, and if basket ball girls, Frances Ander- any criterion résidents of Oregon 1935 Date of last publication March 1 9351,642.00 115,573.66 204391.39 72 taxable property be removed from sen and her friend, Iren’e Kendall were fa r more prosperous in 1939 1936 1940. z 14-17 9308,331.00 102,281.64 187,22932 72 than they were in 1938. Sales of the county. ' from the U of O last Thursday. IOTICE OF FINAL HEARING ♦9,137300.00 *158,138.89 * 96,85432 72 new cars and trucks last year tot 1937* All these questions connected i The auto of Judge E. D. McKee Rosa A. Miller, adm inistratrix of *9,005,592.00 * 81,950.89 ♦154,110.46 J 938’ 71 Eureka Lodge No. 121, A-F & A-6. with the future of the county and rammed into by another car al'ed 31,641 com /»red to only 23, Î939 he estate of Joseph J. Miller, de 8,990,154.00 63,830.09 149,885.93 70 Meets on the 1st and Thursday morning. 192 during the previous year, ac- There was no state tax for state purposes on the 1931, 1937 and all who reside and own property in Portland based, has filed with the Clerk of 3rd Thursday, eve in it, have been before the three A - M W right and J. uM. Wilson i cording to figures compiled by 1938 rolls; a nominal amount in ^939. he County Court for * Sherman nings of each month ‘ ‘ the office of the secretary of state. iounty, Oregon, her final account, boards of directors and have «er- also passengers, were shaken up Visiting members cor Calfornia is Oregon’s beet but- tainly been considered by them. but no one was seriously injured. ter customer. Reports compiled Sumnary A|K$^Dent Roll, Sherman County, 1939 dially invited to meet r.d that Monday, 19th day of Mr». W. ID. Lewis and young •’ebruary, 1940, a t the hour of with us. r « daughter from Portland accom- by the sta te departm ent of a g ri classification of U nit 0:00 a. m., in the County Court Amidon, W.M. LAMBING HANDS Number Value Value 1 penied by Miss Violet Gill are culture show th a t approxim ately property Loom, in the County Court House, C. V. Belknap, Secy 10,060,000 tpounds of this' dairy 467,939 $5,976,650 $12.15 They are drifting th ro u g h . the visiting w ith Mrs. . Lewis’ sister, Acres of all land n Moro, Sherman County, Oie- pioduct áre shipped to the south Acres of tillable lands ............ 275.462 20.65 6,687,40Q town these days when the snow Mrs. O. A. Ramsey. 113, I.O . O. F. ;on, has been fixed as the time ern state each year. Fiqfcn the Observer, Feb.10,1911 192,477 ' 1.50 289,250 Acres of non-tillable lands :nd place for the hearing of ob sta rts to melt off the hills and Moro, Oregou L. H .'M a rtin , David ” Maxwell, Improvements on '«deeded or pat jections, if any there be to said the air holds the balmy touch of Meets 1st ^ind 3rd 443,190 J. B. Holman and Ray Benson ented lands ............. .................. and settlem ent spring. We mean th a t homeless Tuesdays in the inal account have each ordered a Moscow h a r 66,980 thereof. Town and city lots ........................ disheveled group of men wffio I.O..O.F. hall Trai 239,250 vester for the 1911 harvest. Rosa M. Miller, A dm inistratrix. $8,990,154.00 Improvement on town and city lots sient and visiting come to the , sheep camps each Total value R. C. Atwood was up „from 15,720 M anufacturing machinery etc......... GALLOWAY & KRIER brothers are jeordi 7313,990.00 year to help with the lambing. Waw-o in his Cad- Local value ............ Wasco Saturday m nis 1911 ■van 60,120 Merchandise and stock in trade .... ally invited to meet The Dalles, Oregon1' Many^of them are g iliac accompanied by Messers. E Public Service value 1,676,164.00 F anning implements ....................... 266,130 Attorneys for Adm inistratrix. with us. once they are away from their _ D. (McKee, ... „ , «.-_A Ernie Wells and Post 14.260 149,876,56 Hotel and office fixtures ...... ........... ........... Orlo M art:n, N.Gi w inter habitations; some of them m aster Tate. The day was lovfely Total Tax 32.70 64,270 1,966 116,528.48 Horses and mules ........................ — NOTICE TO CREDITORS Local Tax will stay for a couple of months and the scenery inspiring. 128,120 19.66 Vernon Miller, Sec. 6,514 33,348.08 Cattle Public Service Tax .. All persons having claims before the longing for a town Dr. Goffin’s auto gave out on a 27,350 2.35 11,633 Sheep and goats Bethlehem Chapter, No. 78.O.E.S against the E state of Catherine overcomes their desire for more recent run and he undertook to Ix)cal tax on real 5.40 12.260 2,270 9wine Moro, Oregon Johnson, deceased, are hereby noti 105,842.21 money. property ‘ ... T carry it home. Result: laid up 7,314,300 Net talue of taxable property ..... Meets Every Second and fied to present them , with the They are broke a t this time of with a sprained back for half a Local tax on personal Soldier’s exemptions deducted from ¿as Fourth Thursdays in each proper vouchers and duly verified, 10,686.27 y e a t a nd they stand on the side w»«ek». . property , 5,080 Month. Visiting members above to ta ls ................. ............... to the undefsigned, the duly ap walks of our little towns w aiting The John Landry blacksm ith 2,010 Pension exemptions .......... Invited pointed executors of 4lie estate of 26,250.08 O.W.R. & N. Co. tax f --- t r some — kind faced, happy or shop recently reopened by • ---- ailU|J UFJ Haskin 7321,¿90 Naomi Van Gilder, W. M. Catherine Johnson, deceased, a t 156.3Ô Gross local valuation» .................. or generous looking man tq p^ss a, j Stevens, late of Elgin, is do- Oregon Trunk tax . Ruth S p a rin g , Sec. ’ the office of T. Lester Johnson, a t Net value of taxable property by. They want a bit of coffee, or , ing a fine business.- 26306.46 u torney a t law, Wasco, Oregon, after revisions on transient live som e food and their appaarance GraSM Valley Journal. Feb 11.1921 -- 17.6*% of total tax 7,318,890 w itlrm -rix m onths from the date Lupine Rebekah Lodge N«. 116 stock etc. i.'.L.7.,....A.'.~,7...‘'..7...:.T......... so strengthens th eir statem ent Mr. Dean of the Sherman Elec of the first publication of this 33348.08 , Moro, Oregon Dated December 31, 1989 Public Service tax that they are often aided. trie company was in Grass Valley Notice, to-wit: January»- 19, 1940. Note: This does nqt (include bank stock nor intangibles which are 22.3 % of total tax Meets 2d & 4th Tues Where or how they spend the Tuesday with a view of m aking subject to the S ta te ‘T ax Commission; nor does it include railroads JT. T. Johnson dav’of each month. w inter only they could tell. It is some changes in setting electric Local Personal tax 10,686.27 and other public service corporations which are assessed by the State A. S. Johnson Visiting members wel not in surroundings where clean light poles and using present f7.1 % of total tax Tax Commission. Valuation of public<service corporations in 1939, Executors. come. liness is made _ a m ajor virtue. wire and getting things in shape . $ 1,676,165.08. Date of last publication Februarv Anna Davis, N. G. They w ear all t h e ' clothes tjhey, for active work when weather per- Local Real Property tax 106,842.21 Margaret W. Poets, County Assessor 16, 1940. Florence Johnston, Se< 70.6 % of total tax post-ess, for it i» eafcier to carry , mits. Gsrdp Abstract of Taxes Payable in 1940 On the Assessment Rolls of 1939 Still Life Study Many Hurt When Careless i GEORGE G. UPDEGRAFF In Other Days l Who Pays Taxes T 4 - H í
