I» SHERMAN COUNTY JOURNAL, MORO. OREGON FRIDAY, NOT EM BER 15, 1940
in higher costs of everyday purch
ases.
Taxpayers in this county and
Sherman County Observer
. Continueo from page one)
even in the towns thereof are not
Established Nov. 2, 1888
taxed very much. Millages of less lea i in this state was substantial
Grass Valley Journal
than 40 are not large as taxes go ly -reduced from that piled up for
Established Oct. 14, 1897
CONSOLIDATED March 8, 1931 ncwdays.
the New Deal candidate in 1932
The
city
of
Moro
may
serve
ns
and again in 1936.
Wasco News-Enterprise
an
example.
It
owes
$24,500
in
H ut the Roosevelt victory was
Established Nov. 1891
CONSOLIDATED March 4, 1932 bonds at a four per cent of interest r.ol the only surprise administered
Tnir was materially decreaseed in the Republicans of this state. The
1940. For that year nearly the en strength displayed by A. L. Brown
Ol'G
tire amount of money raised by democratic candidate for slate
taxation went for debt service treasurer, and Bruce Spaulding,
F iiu s M t
which was made up of some $1100 democratic candidate for attorney
in interest and $1000 in bond re general, has also given the major
Published Every Friday at
ity party leaders something to
tirement.
Moro, Oregon
For each $1000 in property as worry about.
Giles L. French
.
Editor sessed the taxpayer paid aibout
Defeat of some of the ballot
*$14
for
debt
and
interest
That
is
measures,
all nine of which were
Entered as second-class matter at
the Postoffice at Moro, Oregon ro t a large tax. Die city of Moro re.,:cted, can be laid to the doubt
under Act of Congress of March is in debt for »bout 15 percent of ful “no” vote, always an important
its valuation. The federal govern factor in Oregon elections. With
3, 1879.
ment is in debt over 50 percent of interest in the campaign centered
OFFICIAL COUNTY PAPER
the assessed valuation but this almost entirely on the presidential
debt is paid from income, excise^cu test, the ballot measures were
SUBSCRIPTION RATES
and other taxes.
almost lost sight of with the result
Payable in Advance
But
to
get
back
to
Moro.
The
that thousands of voters went in-
ONE YEAR ......................... *150
money that was paid out last year to the polling booths uninformed
for debt would have made many end, being in doubt voted “no.”
NOVEMBER 15,1940
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an improvement ;n the living con-
dil ions of the city. The new road
^Speculation as to the next pres
itp to the court house cost but ident of the Oregon state senate
11E CAREFUL WHAT YOU SAY 1 ttle more than the amount paid was set at rest this week when
Just the other day Paul Mallon in interest for a year. It would Douglas McKay of Salem announc
wus delayed from entering a White be possible to oil two such streets, ed his withdrawal fiom the race
House press conference and it was each year if the debt did not de in favor of Senator Dean Walker
of Polk county whose election is
at first.indicated that he would be mand the money first.
For years we have wanted a tbas assured. Walker’s election to
barred from them. Later the ex-
p’ar.ation was made that there had ncer park and a swimming pool ail th? senate presidency will leave
of which could be bought with less vacant the important post of chair
been a mistake or something.
tbar.
a year’s interest. Everyone men of the powerful ways and
It is time to watch and see what
effect; the threat by the adminis can think of many objectives that moans committee which he has held
tration will have on Mallon and might be realized with $1000 per f<>** the past several session!. A-
other Washington correspondents j ear. The city cannot do it be m<ng those most prominently
m< ntioned to succeed Walker m
who make their living by writing cause of debt.
The debt was caused by want this post is Ronald Jones of Mar
news and comment aibout the gov
ing things and issuing bonds for ion county who has served on the
ernment. ,
Will they remain true to their them during the expensive and ex committee for the past two ses-
training and continue to criticize pansive days after the last war. s'tns. It is said that McKay would
v hen erticism is needed or will Th bonds are lasting long after prefer to remain -as chairman ol
the> bow to the will of the presi the demand for the things they th senate committee on roads and
dent and his office flunkies and bought is forgotten. Long time highways.
debt always worksthat way.
On the other side of the legis
write what is discreet?
The nation is now getting into lative “Chamber, however, the bat
Newspapermen know there is
danger of press censorship during debt on a larger scale than ever tle for the Speakership continues
this administration. This may be before. ‘ Much of this is for arm to wage between Robert Farrell,
the start of it. Little public inter ament which seems necessary. Jr., of Portland and Wm. McAlis
est was arroused over the matter, Much of It is for things that stilt ter of Medford, with John Steel-
ar.d it may well be that the general must be proven in* value. There hammer of Salem standing by
public is not concerned as to will be an end .to the spending ready to jump into the breach it
v/hether the information they get some day and then long years of the contest between these two
about their government is correct doing without things on the part candidates should develop into a
or colored by bureaurocratic bosses of every citizen.s It’s lots of fun deadlock.
m
»
to borrow money but a long job to
nt the source..
repay
it.
A total of 372 prisoners have
Terhaps the soporofic value of a
been released from the state pen
few well spent government dollars
itentiary since the new parole
is greater than those who boast
board was created in June, 1939,
of traditional Almerican indepen
according to a retport submitted
dence of spirit realize. It may bo
that there will be no public howl Grass Valley Journal Nov. 18, 1921 hv the board to Governor Sprague.
Of thia number 310 were released
over press censorship if it be ap
E. »R. Lester is now the new
plied when otner matters are in mnnager of the Tum-A-Lum Co. on strict paroles, 20 were paroled
the headlines , and to individuals Mr. Riley we learn will be trans after commutations and six receiv
ed conditional pardons.
instead of groups.
to Walla Walla.
Any slackening of criticism, ferred
y
Mr. and Mrs. Theo. Serrurier and
Out-of-school, youth between the
when it is due, on the part of daughter tried out their new
pges of 17 and *25 years are to be
Washington correspondents will
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Stvdebaker-six
Sunday,
by
going
probably rnd.caU that real « n .o r-
w>mjc f#r the day
Weä. offered opportunity for training in
vocational agriculture, trades and
ship is on its way.
terfield accompanied them.
industries and certain phases of
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Geneva Helms, daughter of Mr. home making under the national
and Mrs. Walter Helms of Celilo, defense program of the state looard
TIME TO THINK '
was married November 9th to Ray of vocational education the board
We have now had seven years Sprague of Hermiston.
of farm relief of the direct sort. The Observer, November 18, 1921 decided at a meeting here this
week.
It was announced as a curative
If you have a news item tell it
Republicans will control both
measure to make American agri to the Observer. Do not imagine
branches
of the next state legis
culture successful.
we know it and then wonder whv
If the farm relief were stopped it is not in- the paper. Please use lature with 38 members in the
tomorrow the farmer would be in the phone if not convenient to call House to 22 Democrats and 24
members of the senate to six Dem
the same condition he was in 1932 and tell us personally.
except that he has gotten used vo The Observer, November 17, 1911 ocrats.
receiving bi-ennial shots of finan
Married, at Heppner Junction,
cial hop which he would miss very Sunday November 6, at the resi
badly.
dence of the bride’s parents, Curtis
Nothing has been done to cure Allen'Tom and Miss Susie Antho
the agricultural situation or to ny White.
solve the farm problem. To that
IDr. O. J. Goffin will be accompa
extent the plan has been an abject med to Portland tomorrow with
failure.
ftte patients for hopital treatment,
The principal of giving aid to Mrs L: J. Gates, Kent; Master
the farmers as long as the nation Gordon Donly, Shaniko; Hugh
fellow's the policy of the tariff has Scott of Ajax; Miss Oneita Webb
been generally accepted since it rlid Mrs. John Holmàn, Moro.
was first adopted in 1929. There
John Dillinger has completed
is no serious quarrel with it on comfortable dweling on hia Hay
the part of those acquainted with Canyon-farm and is now, after
the farm problem of America.
Ynving hauled water 25. years, bor
It seems to us that in face of ing a well on the place.
the fact that the present farm
program is not curing the situation By John W. Kelly
it should be amended so that
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eventually the farmer could get a
good standard of living without in A laska., First to be outfitted
government‘aid or with such aid will be the army flyers, then de
given with as little fanfare as pos tachments of soldiers statkjnel
sible. The tariff aids industry. in the colder sections of the terri
Some plart as simple might be de tory. Last week the war depart
ment ordered seyeral thousand
vised for agriculture.
,
This year government checks ace sklis, ski sticks and snow shoes for
smaller. The pressure to reduce the Alaska contingent. (lAlso
them more will be greater with ordered several hundred thousand
government expense rising. Our yards of mosquito bar for trooos
agriculture is still unbalanced and to be dispatched to the Philippines
we are .importing additions to our rn o th e Caribbean sea.) Army
surplus crops.
requirements for furs are e x a c t
The problem must be _ serious ed to increase the price for raw
to attract the attention of the skins.
For his success in obtaining fly
faimer. It may r.ot .become ser
ious until payments are entirely ing fortress bombers and destroy
stopped and then there will be an ers from the United States Am
other period of farm depression. bassador Lothian has been awarded
The Rev. Allen Lambert, 34, who.
We need a constructive farm pro the Order of the Thistle by the disapproving of conscription, told
gram that will eventually ' solve British king . . . . A princess of a his congregation at Sinking Valley,
the problem.’ The farmer should royal family who flew from Europe Pa., that he would refuse to register
put his abilities toward this solu "s renting a house near the nation for the draft.
tion instead of waiting for govern al capitol and secret service meh
ment to do tt.
have to guard her. . . . A repre
sentative has “extended remark»’ MORO SCHOOL NOTES
The senior girls have been prac
DEBT
in the Congressional Record which
This matter of public debt is cost $2,000 to print in that docu ticing a short play to be presented
one that does not often reach the ment. . . . Next major move of Friday night a t the high schoo4
consciousness of the public. Pay President Roosevelt is to patch up gymnasium.
The Optimist staff reports that
ments are made at tax time and the war between CIO and AFL and
are r.ot clearly set apart from oth unite labor. . . . At his first press the Optimist will be out next Fri
er taxes. Few people know how conference after the election Presi day.
This school week is a saort one,
much they pay for ’public debt. dent Roosevelt reprimanded a re
Those who pay no property takes porter who inquired about a fourth due to the holiday on Armistice
Day.
pever know for their taxes come term.
J fo rW
In Other Days
Refuses to Register
Pr snares for 7-Mile Chute Jump
School Carnival
In Kent Legion
Hall Tonight
Plans are complete for the school
carnival to be held Friday evening
November 15th in the Legion hall.
Dinner guests Sunday at the Carl
Schadewitz home were Mr. and
Mrs. Walter Wilson and sons.
Cecil Norton, Dan and Hugh
Hoskinson who have been working
at Knight’s Landing, Calif., return-
to their home here Friday.
Mrs. Grace Gregg -and Cecil
Norton went to Bend Saturday.
Miss Dolores Gregg, who is recov
ering from a recent operation,
returned home with them Sunday.
Ms. John Goodrich of Yreka
Cal. visted several days last week
at the home, of her sister, Mrs.
I* rank von Borstel.
Miss Esther Cammack was an
ever night guest at the Shelton
Fritts home last Tuesday.
Mrs. Walter Wilson and son3
Getting ready for hia 35,0C0-foot parachute jump, A. H. S lcixes of and Mrs, Robert Schilling and
Chicago, seated, tests himself for the seven-mile leap. Wind is blasted daughter were business visitors
against the chamois bag over his face at 200 miles per hour. The tempera at Grass Vajley Thursday.
ture in the cabinet is below sero.
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Those visiting and shopping in
The Dalles last week included Mr.
and Mrs. Roy Justesen, and Mrs.
I'red Justesen; Mr. and Mrs. Carl
Schadewitz and son; Mr. and Mis.
Lester*Wilson; Mrs. Roy Barnet,
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wilson; Mr.
end Mrs. J. M. Wilson; Misse3
Nellie Wilson and Helen von Bor
stel.
Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Davis were
visitors Tuesday evening o Mr. and
Mr? J- C. Wilson.
J. E. Norton and Geraldine went
to Corvallis Wednsday. Eugene
N< rton and Luther Davis returned
with them, spending the holiday
week end with their parents, Mr.
ano Mrs. J. E. Norton and Mr.
and Mrs. J. L. Davis.
Those enjoying an oyster feed
i Tuesday evening at the Paul Wil-
• son home were Mr. and Mrs. Geo.
Wilson, Mr. and Mrs. Vem Mob-
i ley, Mr. and Mrs. Lester Wilson,
Robert Mitchell
and
Winona
The United States’ 35-year rule over the finances of the Dominican ¡•Baker.
Republic was ended by a treaty signed by Secretary of State Cordell Hull - Mr. and . Mrs, W. R. Jones’ were
and Gen. Rafael L. Trujillo, political chief of the West Indian state. d nner guestB of Mr. and Mrs.
The treaty, negotiated by Hugh Wilson, former ambassador to Germany, Theo von Borstel last Wednesday.
is expected to improve Latin-American relations.
Mrs. L. D. May and Mrs. Wren
Hogue of Grass Valley attended
! Sunday school here Sunday. They
p’so visited at the L. W .Amick
home.
Bill Jefferies spent the week end
H Portland.
Robert Schilling was a visitor
last Thursday at the Paul Schilling
home near Goldendale.
Friday dinner guests at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Bar-
net in The Dalles were Mr. and
Mrs. L. W. Amick.
Mr. and Mrs. D. A. Arher and
| Raymond Kruger of Portland
v ere week end (guests of Mr. and
Mrs. L. W. Amick.
A group of fjiends enjoying an
levelling of cards at the Walter
Wlison home Tuesiiajd’ were Mr,
and Mrs. Gus Koepke, Mr. and Mrs.
rR fv .Tuslcsen, Dick AbeTT, George
1 Witter and Arthur Justtsen.
Mr. and Mrs. Wm.Mitchell and
Juanita and Raymond Chenault of
Elliott Roosevelt, son of President Roosevelt, has been sworn in as Hermiston spent the week end here
captain in the Reserve Army Air corps. He has taken up his du.ks at v -siting.
Mr. and Mrs. J. McKay and fam
Wright field. Dayton, Ohio. Photo shows Elliott looking at a plane model
ily wert visiting Thursday at the
with Gen. H. H. Arnold, chief of army air corns.
Bert Cox home near Grass Valley.
Mr. and Mrs. Gus Koepke, Geo.
Witter and Mrs Paul Smith went
to Portland last Thursday to vis
it for several days.
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Mitchell and
Juanita, Raymond Chenault of
Hermiston, Mr. and Mrs. Volna
Guyton and family; Mr. and Mrs
Alien Bekkedahl and family; Roi>
l ert Mitchell and Winona Baker;
Rill Guyton and Dick Abell en
joyed an oyster feed at the John
Decker home Saturday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Wilson and
Nellie spent the week end at the
Haney Blankenbeckler home in
Portland.
Mr. and Mrs. J. L. I>avis and
Evelyn went to Bend Sunday to
vis.it Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Nelson.
From Bend they expected to go
to Mitchell to visit his sister, Mrs.
Grace Smithi.
Miss Evelyn Davis of The
I Dalles is spending this week visit
This soundphsta shows (left to right) Gen. Calixto Carias of Honduras, j ir.g her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Gen. Luis Castaneda of Columbia, and Gen. Felipe Rivera of Bolivia J. L. Davis.
examining one of the 50-caliber machine guns on a “flying fortress” of the
Mrs. Mae Cammack and Miss
U. S. army at Langley Field, Va. The generals arc making a tour of j Father Cammack visited over the
United States defenses.
week end at Ontario.
Hull and Trujillo Sùn Treatv
Elliott Roosevelt Joins Air dorps
Latin Generals- Inspect U. S. Defenses
Mr. and Mrs. Hollis Bull of their son home with them after NOTICE OF FINIAIL HEARING
Notice is hereby given that the
Condon were here last Saturday he had spent a week here with his
undersigned
has filed in the Coun
staying untli Monday. They took grandparents.
ty Court of the State of Oregon
tor Sherman County his Final Re
port and Account as Executor of
the last will and testament of
IN APPRECIATION
Walter A. May, deceased, and that
Saturday, the 7th day of Decem
To my many friends:
ber, 1940, at ten o’lcock a. m., of
so id day, at the courtroom, in the
I sincerly wish to express my thanks for the
Courthouse, in Moro, Sherman
excellent vote given me in the recent election.
County, Oregon, have 'been fixed
by the Court as the time and place
I promise that rry conduct of the office will
for hearing of objections to said
will further indicate my appreciation, and will
Final Report and Account and the
merit your confidence.
settlement of said estate.
Paul May
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RossC. Ornduff
Geo G. Updegraff
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Attorney for Executor.
NOTICE
Si
Tc the people of Sherman cotta
ty; We extend our grateful thanks
for the good will and*
support we have had in the past
twenty years. We frankly say we
would not have' been able to sup
port our family and continue in
business without this support.
We have given our best efforts
to make the service rendered satis
factory and acceptable. We have
done our best to please. Such mis
takes as we have made we have
tried not to repeat.
Inasmuch as Sherman county
people do, in most cases of death,
call funeral directors at The Dalles
they are interested in conditions
that affect the profession there.
Recently we printed and caused
to be mailed to a limited number
in this county a little paper en
titled, “Who directs your V’b te?’'
wherein was printed a copy of the
laws governing undertakers and
the conduct of hospitals, doctors,
cc»onors, and funeral directors.
When these laws are understood
it becomes quite evident that jus
tice is oft times circumvented.
This comes from a lack of know
ledge of the rights and privileges
of the relatives of the deceased on
one hand and efforts of doctors and
hospital management and funeral
directors to control on the other.
This practice is not confined to
The Dalles alone but is prevelant
there. A reading of the funeral
notices as printed in the . papers
will show that one directors’ name
predominates. This seeming pop-
u^rity is not so marked when one
considers the vote given Franklin
Bird in the May primaries and Zell
in the November election. This
vote is evidence that there is a
l ° spec table number of friends of
the independent funeral parlors in
Wasco county and hope a like
number in Sherman county.
This fact should be evidence to
the communities that there is un
fairness arising from subsequent
dfftth. We have in our possession
sworn affidavits made by responsi
ble citizens » a result of their ex
perience that show how the scheme
is worked. There are certain citi
zens of Sherman county who have
had experiences and we will appre
ciate their endorsment.
If you have a copy of our above
mentioned paper (we will send
you one) you will note on page
3. what the law says aibout “cap
pers,” “steerers” or solicitors as
well as the payment of bonuses or
commissions or rebates or employ
ing on part time or full time those
by whose influence human bodies
li ty be turned over to any partic
ular undertaker or embalmer.
May we ask you to remember
these citations so you may sec
that you are accorded the oppor
tunity to select, in case of death,
the funeral director of your choic?.
Always remember that a relative
of a deceased person has the right
of choice.
If another undertaker is called
you may call an undertaker of
your choice who will claim the?
bocy for you regardless of where
it is at *he time.
This started 12 years ago in
Wasco county as a result of our*
cutting the coronors budget where
in doctors had enjoyed excessive
expense accounts and from the
fact that, when coronor, we con
formed to the law regarding writ
ten consent in case of autopsies.
We are therefore blacklisted in
certain groups as well as are oth
er funeral directors. Disfavor may
be fostered by such opposition
more efficiently than by failure of
merited service on the part of the
irdividual funeral director.
May we suggest that the people
of Sherman county are interest
ed in suppression of competition in
the funeral business as it is a fact
that a corner on any business
breeds high costs and limited ser
vice.
Zell’s Funeral Home.
pd_Add._____________c - M. Zell.
Moro JLodge No. 113, I. O. O. F.
Moro, Oregon
Meets 1st and 3rd
Tuesdays in the
I.O..O.F. hall Trai
aient and visiting
brothers are cord*
ally invited to'meet
with us.
Drlo Mart’n, N.G.
Ve rnon Millei Sec.
Lupine Rebekah Lodge No. 116
Moro, Oregon
Meets 2d & 4th Tues
day of each month.
Visiting members wel
('ome.
t '•
Anna Davis, N. G.
Florence Johnston,
Eureka Lodge No. 121 A-F & A-M
Meets on the 1st and
3rd Thursday eve
nings of each month.
Visiting members cor
dially invited to meet
with us.
E. Amidon, W.M.
C. Vu Belknap, Secy.
Bethlehem* Chapter, No. 78-O.E.b,
Moro, Oregon
Meets Every Second and
Fourth Thursdays in each
Month. Visiting members
Invited
Naomi Van Gilder, W. M.
Ruth SparPng, Sec,
f -ri
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