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•JT! »? V j U ■ F ace 2, ;¿U_ sherman county journal , moro . oregon F riday . F ebruary 7.1941 four percent of itk tax income for , ill form s of public relief. Under this act it would be relieved of the ¡' ¿Herman County Observer (Continued from page one» burden of th at four percent in ex Established Nov. 2, 1888 t sc more popular, of the two— in- ! v, change for 60 percent of the funds Grass V’alley Journal \ alves the abolishment of the pres- iai?ed from the sales tax. Established Oct. i4, 1897 Even considering th at pensions t it 9th senatorial d istrict com CONSOLIDATED March 6, 1931 would go up markedly that hardly prising Morrow, U m atilla and Wasco News-Enterprise seems a good trade. , Established Nov. 1891 Union counties. U m atilla county, > % I 7ONSOLIDATED March 4. 1932 v. iti: a population much smallei than that of Klam ath, already has,’ 1S4S — 1943 Published Every Friday a t senator of its own and Union is . Moro, Oregon They are going to take som ? t ed in ~with Wallowa in a joint ; f I«"-- T.. Frenrh Ftl'tor recognition of the anniversary of district the combined population first wagon t rain th a t came to c.f which is also much sm aller than i Entered as secon -class m at er at the Postoflk-e nt Moro, Oregon Oregon. A group of the s ta te ’s j ld am ath . Should this program go under Aft o. C ongress of M arch most prominent men m e t’in Salem tnrough it is probaible th a t Morrow j >nn W. Kelly last week to perfect aji organisa t junty would be thrown into the 3. 1879 tion for th at purpose. In addi Sth district which now consists « ».nunued from page one. O F F H 1 A ! COUNTY P * PER tion the state legislature has be- i < f Gilliam, Sherman and Wheeler cfl.cers, but m ost of these have i een compelled to join a union be fore it a resolution to have “Old l c unties. • • • O k (lorffYi s rke i * fore getting a job. O’-eg on T rail” imprinted on the » » • bctr.se plates for 1943. oit l * T 10,1 If at first you don’t get what Under the guise of national de It is proper th at all this be done. y ov want ju st keep on trying. fense a small group in the interior It will be proper if each citizen SUBSCRIPTION RATES Tnat appears to be the motto of departm ent is planning a hill to Oregon read between now and Payable in Advance O regon’s lawmakers with respect be introduced to make one va<it ONE YEAR ............................ $1-50 1943 some of the histories of early to their long sought pay increase, authority for Oregon, W ashington ' Oregon. They tell the stories or l i t thing daunted by the fact that the men and women who set out the voters have turned dow’n the and Idaho handling all power, pub- I F E B R U A R Y 7, 1941 from the far off Mississippi river ¡)T,posal nine times the members lie and private. It would also take i California, where J with their m eager c h a ttle y loaded of the current session have de- in northern BRIDGE BILL on wooden wheeled wagons with < idee to put the issue .on the bal- Shasta dam is now under construc tion. A congressional fight is ex -j no iron in them but the tires. They A bill, HB 204, has been intro tell of Indian attacks, of the slow ! >t again. Debate on \ th e resolu pected over whether it shall be a 1 duced by a l;oup of senators and journey across miles of grass tion in both the House and Senate ♦firee man commission, operating representatives having for its covered prairie, of fording rivert indicate th at the small m argin to like TVA, or a one man adm inis purpose to make it possible for U gh with flood w aters, of deaths xd’.ich the opposition was reduced tra to r, reporting to the secretary John G. Winant, form er Republi the highway commission to build of loved ones because of the h a rd ..i the last election has given the cf the interior. The president is legislators cause for hope th at the “ for it,” but he has not said w heth can New Ham pshire governor, pic a bridge across the Columbia ships of travel. next—and ten th —time will find the • er he wants th ree men or one man. tured as he stepped off the plane in r.ver. Copies of the bill are avail Because these books are historic votei resistance -entirely overcome N orthw est delegations are still Washington reportedly to confer able at several places in this they relate these things as a n a r Only two senatois— Ellis of Uma striving to have a pilot p lan t es- with President R cosevclt regarding county. rative but no w riter, no m atter The bill is an enabling act pur how impersonal and factual, coul 1 tilla and Wallace of Multnomah, t:,l li'hed to see what can be done his appointm ent as the next U. S. am bassador to England. porting to give power to the com keep from the recital of the w ag rnd. three representatives—Gibson with the quantities of chrome ore of Lane, Kimberling of G rant and and other native ores . . . . A fter a munion to build or purchase on trains journey the story of th? In idges in cooperation with coun- pioneer fortitude and self reliance, Morse of Crook—voted against long delay shipyards are ap p ear Three little boys were boasting t o«, port districts, municipalities the indomitable will th a t drove the resolution on its final pass: gc ing in Por+land and will employ about their parents and their be this week. about 10,000 men; in the first in either Oregon or W ashington at them on in search of a home of • • • world war 47,000 men were em longings. “ VYeU” said the first points where state and federal their own, a place to live their own boy, my fath er is going to build While the ways and means j ployed in shipyards in Oregon. h ghways could be joined. life. - * a house witih «a steeple on it.” committee has been digging away It is possible under the bill to “Oh, th a t’s nothing!” exclaim? ' The centennial of this first jour very diligently at the task of pass- j construct either free or toll I hese days of Numbers the second boy, “ my fath er is go ney is a proper time to do them i ig on millions of dollars in bud- I I ridges. There is some complaint ing to build a house with a flag --recently »tarted—that there art- honor. There are still alive a few pet iequests it has not yet found “ W hat are you w aiting fo r? " pole on it.” men and women who fain tly re an opportunity to get down to net enough bridges across the Col- rsked the telephone girl. “ Did you Then the third boy exclaimed vmbia and th at there is but one member the \*agon trains although brass tacks on the question of forget the num ber?” trium phantly, “T h at’s nothing. My they were of necessity very young shorter hours for employees m that is free. “ Well.” replied the young man father is going to build a hou>_‘ when the impressions were made. some of the state institutions. anxiously, “ I’m not sure whether wtih a m ortgage on it.” The three toll bridges have not The plan is to have all the tow nt I i the state hospital for insane 4670 is my auto license, social se been able to pay and the fact that along the Old Oregon Trail mak? 'he institution for feeble minded curity tag. d raft number or th'? some of them are in serious finan an observance of the year in som ; : :id the two hospitals for tuber. j- girls house.” IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF cial difficulties may be partly re 1 »sis patients, attendants and celebration th at will (be typical of THE STATE OF OREGON FOR sponsible for the introduction n i arses are required to work 42- ; SHERM AN1 C O U N T S , the bridge bill and the insistence the country. The rtext year will 1 n’r shifts six days a week. Or- Milwaukee Journal: In a year, a NOTICE OF S H E R IF F ’S SALE that the right to purchase bridges c t these plans developed and each i tr.ized labor has been protesting survey now’ discloses, the average J. E. NORTON, Plairitiff, city and villiage should begin its is incorporated therein. • «.ip treatm ent of state employees professional woman buys 3.5 hat^ 1 vs A sim ilar bill is being presented preparation. r s e v e ra l years. State officials And w hat’s cuter than one of thos»H PAUL G. SCHILLING* and ‘ to the W ashington legisdature in : re agreed th at these hours are .5 bats, with a bit of fu r over the ' ANNA E. SCHILLING, ♦he hope th at identical laws may toe long under present conditions lif t eye? husband and wife, be passed id facilitate the building with employment in most indus- Defendants. ( f a bridge or bridges. Real rea t ’ ies stablized a t eight hours or NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, son for the agitation, of course, is h rs. The board of control has that by .a u th o rity 'o f an Execution the desire of Hood River people recommended to the legislature a i-sued out of the Circuit Court of who own stock in th at bridge to Observer February 7, 1902 shortening of the work-week tc ti e State of Oregon for Sherman be repaid and the deeire of The Hiram Donley and Miss None h maximum of 69 hours—five days County, dated the . 21st day of Dalles business men to tap the A tto r n e y A t L aw Illingsw orth were joined in the of 12 hours each. B»ut to provide January, 1941, upon a Decree for ct untry across the Columbia. This this relief will require an additb.o- the foreclosure of a m ortgage h not »aid m criticism of those bans of holy wedlock a t the resi M o r o a n d W a a c d a, $190,000 not provided in the whet ein J. E. Norton was plaintiff desires; they are natural ones. dence of Mrs. F. C. Ireland, the governor’s budget. Until the ways and Paul G. Schilling and Anna E. W ashington areas, however, may brides sister, Tuesday evening in rnd means committee has co.n- Moro. The Rev. S. C. Elder offi- Schilling, husband and wife, were r ot be interested in the sami ; ieted its work of providing for c a tin g . I ridge sites. defendants, said Decree being in established state activities and has M o ro L od g e No. 113, I. O. O /F. • Sunday was ground hog day. I t ’is too early to make a pro favor of said plaintiff for the sum Morq, Oregon a complete picture of the sta te ’s phesy as to the probable fate of As it was a clear beautiful day, of $1,295.89, together with in ter Meets 1st and 3rd the bill. It will be given a public ‘he ground hog, frightened at his financial situation before it, ap est at the rate of 8% per annum Tuesdays in the hearing before the house comm’t- shtdow , returned to his dugout propriations are being tentatively from November 1, 1934, until paid: I.O ..O .F.-hall Trai tet on commerce and navigation residence, hence tihe legend says, I a],proved on the basis of the '»Id tor $188.44, taxes paid by plain sient and visiting schedule. If the final picture re probably this week and there will yon may confidently expect sixty I tiff, together with interest at 8% brothers are coidi veals a m argin of funds available be sound and fury and much un- days of bad weather. Hicks agrees. ally invited to meet pet annum fmm September 30, rtceasary oratory on the ‘‘future City Marshal Hoggard of the t » financethe shortened work week 1938: for $500.00 atto rn ey ’s fees, A.th us. prosperity of this great and glor Flue Barn, hitched up his best 1 this' relief will probably be g ra n t end for plaintiff’s costs and dis Joe Ritner N.G. ed. If not institution employees ious land of ours” and ‘‘our duty 4 -horse winter sleigh Sunday an! bursem ents of suit made and ex V < rn< n M illet, Sec. to expand every ounce of energy tieated all the young people who 1 •viil probably have to be contented pended herein, in this great crisis” and then, like could get in for a ride to DeMoss themselves with the longer hours I will on the 10 day of March, a ’though in th at event institution Lupine Rebekah Lodge No. 116 as not, some cold blooded commit rnd back. 1941. a t the hour of 10 o’clock a. m t superintendents are fearful of Moro, Oregon tee will quietly knife the bill. of said day, at the front door of wholesale resignations what with Meets 2d & 4th Tues Observer February 9, 1912 the County Court house in Moro, employment in private industry day of each month. L. J. Pape, now farm ing the I new on the upgrade. Sherman County. Oregon, sell a’ LONG BILLS Visiting members wel Henry Gosch place, has purchased public auctron to the highest bid come. While this session so far is not f-om N. W. Thompson 320 acres ' The practice of closing the der for cash in hand, all the fol different than others in the m atter rew being fanned by C. A. Todd. ! House bill room as soon as the Helen Martin N. G. lowing described real estate, sit of long bills introduced, severli known as the Cushman place. * M.-r:on recesses for the week end Florence Johnston, Set uated in Sherman County, Oregon, very long bills are already in. Fourteen of the young people of ' has aroused a lotfc of criticism , Eureka Lodge No. 121 A-F & A-Ji te-w it: Longest to date is a 63 page ser Moro, with the assistance of a The first week the House bil; • Meets on the 1st an J E ast Half and N orthwest ie? of amendments to the work h ead er‘ box full of straw and a room w-as closed all day Friday 3rd Thursday eve Q uarter of Section Twenty- men’s compensation law. There four-in-hand string of mules, mad? [ m l Saturday rlthough the em nings of each month. two, Township Four South, rrc several tw enty and thirty the trip Friday to the farm home . ployees continued to draw th Visiting members c tr Range Seventeen E ast of the page bills. dially invited to meet of Mr. and Mrs. W alter Ruggles ; $5 per diem for these two days. ■ W illamette Meridian, in Sher Of course it is possible to read for an evening of games, com pop- The last two weeks the bill w i n with us. man County, Oregon, contain and study and eventually digest ning and taffy pulling. Those | force has knocked off work on Mendell Balsiger W.M. ing 480 acres. a 63 page bill, but it is too much present were: Ja s Huis, captain F riday afternoons. This •»practice C. V. Belknap, Sec\. Said real property will be so'd to expect that a m ajority of the of the horseless carriage; Misses : has seriously handicapped those Bethlehem Chapter,* No. 78.O.h,.b subject to redemption and con legislators will do so. Most *af McConnell, Emma Sayrs. M arjorie '• legislators who stay over in Sal m , _ _ • Moro, O regon , firmation as by jaw required. them w ff^^tcept the explanations Rose. Addie Hockman. Marie Don- t to do a little extra work, inas Meets Every Second and Done and dated at Moro, Sher made by com m ittees, other mem ma, Mary Johnson, Messrs Clare 1 much as they have been unable to t Fourth Thursdays in each man County, Oregon, this 21st bers, lobbyists or others. That may Axtell, Je rry Johnston, Henry secure copies of new Hous-e bi'Is. Month. Visiting member« day of January, 1941. be just as well in the long run. Johnson, Orren iBeaty, A rc h ie 1 Mailing of House bills and calen Invited C. C. WILSON Long bills are notoriously easy to Blue, Joseph Rutledge and Deyto» dars introduced on the day ad Patricia Woods Sec. Sm riff for Sherman County, Oreg. rass. Probably for th at reason. Henrichs. journm ent was taken has also been Porotha Moore, W.M. 12-15 The Vintin Hotel of G rass V a l-' delayted until the following Mon ley has been sold by Mrs. Lottie day. With 20 employees on the SALES TAX Vintin to Short W ard & Casey House? room hill pay roll—jest A sales tax bill has been intro of Portland. A lease of a year has four times as many, incidenta.ly Abstract of Taxes Payable in 1941 on the Assessment Roils duced into the legislature by Rep. bt en retained by Mrs. Vintin. as the senate hires— it is felt th at Ix>nergan who has w ritten so no g reat hardship would be work for the year 1940, Sherman County, Oregon many of them» before. This one is Observer February 10, 1922 ed on the employees if a few o f very sim ilar to the one th a t w js Special School Tax Christian Hansen, fath er of Mrs. them stayed on the jab to accomo defeated a t the end of last ses M artin Hansen, who died a t the date the legislators if not those sion, largely because it came in at fam ily home near Sisters, was put taxpayers who m ight be interest- D istrict Value Tax the final days when it could not to rest in the family plot in Rose .f’d in legislative m atters, espec I Biglow $ 207,357 $ none he considered. cemetery Wednesday. Mr. Hansen ially. since they are being p i ’ 1 3 Rufus 1,183,398 12,780.69 This bill provides, briefly, that was past 80 years. ic r a seven-day week anyway. ‘ | 3A Rufus 179,052 1,360.80 the state shall levy a two percent H. A. Mundinger was down the 4 Em igrant Springs 60,657 none sales tax on gross income«. Food bne the other day. The g irls were If there is to be any m ajor 5 Ixicust Grove 463,539 1,297.91 is exempt, in some dorms at least. to clad when he ram e back alone. PUD legislation at this session it 7 Wasco . ‘ 986,286 7,693.03 The money thus derived is to Miss Rose Howell arrived Fri- | is not yet in evidence. Governo- - 909,473 5,911.57 be spent for relief, which is to get day evening from Vancouver, Sprague this week transm itted H [ 9 Kent 126,288 none • xty percent, and for the reduc- W ashington, for a visit with her the law m akers several sugge^ i •1 1 Gorman 13 DeMoss 296,246 none t on of property taxes, to which is «ister, Mrs. William Mitchell. t ons for minor amendments to 15 Gordon Ridge 332,581 598.65 to go forty percent. It may be Mr. Galleley, the seventh and'! the 1939 PUD act but inasmuch 16 Erskine 408,829 none safely stated th a t the bill is a eighth grade teacher, left Friday as these wererUreed to a t a con , -719,893 5,615.17 I w ns ion bill with the forty per ’’or his home in Albany. Mr. Sib ference attended by represent.* i 17 Moro 19 Monkland 242,512 none '•ent being thrown to the property ley i« teaching his room during , tives of the Bonneville adminis- 20 Harmony 332,954 none owners as a sop to keep the rural his absence. Mr.’ Galleley will re tri tion and the Oregon Hydro- 2 J Fairview 201,465 none per.ple from bating the bill. e'ectric commission and are un 22 Boardrp in turn Sunday. , 220,586 375.00 It will, of course, not*" become derstood to be acceptable to the 23 G ras^y alley 542,417 4,339.34 law. Labor and the grange will private power utilities no difficulty 302,463 241.97 see to th a t with ease if we are t r> “ I’m afraid I can’t afford a new is anticipated n ther adaption )>y 24 Rutledge 30 Klondike -594,344 297.17 , . the lawmakers. judge from previous attem pts at hat«” • ' \ 32 Rosebush • 248,861 1,401.44 “N o ? ” passing a sales tax law. It is said 23 Buckley . 378,767 796.35 “ No, I guess I’ll have to talk row th a t labor does not oppose >8,936,968 Trees are (beatiful, • but they 42,709.09 through the old »one fo r another so definitely as before. f • outside town w ear the same styles every apring Sherm an county spends about scaivft." i ^ r M M £«nntg J m n u d >THE PS 1 / Confers With FDR •«» n $ ipry In Other Days GEORGE G. UPDEGRAFF! A y J •' i Non-high School D istrict F und levy ia i.6 mills and applies to all school districts except 3, 3A, 7} 9, 17 and 23; Valuation <4,416,449; Tax <7,066.32 Special City Tax City Wasco Moro G rass Valley Value <214,916 170374 131,907 Levy 22.5 13.8 15.4 Tax <4,835.61 2,851.16 2,03137 General Road District Tax General Fund Levy B is t Value Tax D epartm ent ‘ 1 $8,419,771 2.6 $21,891.41 S ta te Tax, Elem School 2W - 214,916 2.6 658.78 M arket Road ................ 3M , 442.97 Bridges 170374 *2.6 ...................... 131,907 342.y6 School Per-cap Ita ........ 4G 2.6 ___ ..i..... ....... <23,236. lz County z\verage consolidated levy for county Totai * Levy 39.5 30.8 32.6 Mills 1.6008 J>595 .3917 .5853 3.4627 6.6000 15.81 mills 5f— Total valuation of taxable property in Sherman County <8,936,968.00 The levy for the General Fund is 6.6 mills, producing 58,983.99 •Which is divided as follows: Slate Tax .................... Elem entary School ........ ........... 14305.93 M arket Road ..................................... .............................. 5,000.90 Bridges .................................... ......... ............................. 3,500.00 Road Machinery and insurance ............................,..... 7,200.00 15,000.00 Rock crusher, or crushed rock or road im provem ent .... Weed control ................................................................. ...... 500.C0 7,000.00 Emergency Fund .......................... ................................... ' 2,247.20 County and Children’s Industrial F a ir ......................... / 5330.00 Per-capita school fund .................................,................. Elections, Circuit Court, Justice C ourt ..................... 2,100.00 965.00 County Health Officer, County N ursc ........................ Ok. Age Pensions, Relief ................................................... f 5,820.00 Vaults and Court House Im provem ents ................. 15,000.00 23,075.30 Remainder f<¥ other county expenses .................... <106,943.43 ¿14 < A ‘1 •» m 1 Less Fees and balances ....... ................................ 48,070.00 58373.43 Overplus on extension ....... .................................. 110.56 58,983.99 Recapitulation General Funo ........................ ♦ 58,983.99 Special School Tax ................ 42,709.09 Non-high School D istrict Fund 7,066.32 General Road Fund ................ 23,236.12 Special City Tax ............. .. 9,218.14 r Overplus fractional extensions .03 Grand Total Tax ............... <141,213.69 141,213.69 Advance Tax $12-57 and rebates $.39 credited 12.9C R tfunds due on advance tax ... .47 Amount to be collected by f a x Collector 141,200.73 I, M argaret W. Peetz, County assessor of Sherman County, Ore gon, hereby certify th a t the assessed valuations, tax levies and taxes set forth herein are the full and complete true copies of the originals as the same appear in ’his office and in my custody. W’itness my hand and seal this 25th day of January, 1941. M ai g aret W. Peetz, County Assessor. \ aiuation and Tax Comparisons A* sessm ent State State and County Year Ratio Valuaf'on Total Tax , Tax 1926 86 $14,676,503.00 $303.026.09 $174,650.38 85 *4,187,456.00 1927 312,899.91 171,668.22 1928 14,214,817.00 65 348,450.19 181,949.65 84 1929 14,251,591.00 . 169,593.93 319,735.51 80 1930 13,960,663 00 ' * 256.844.53 146,481.93 73' *11,637,743.00 1931* * 91,938.17 *192,372 34 1932 73 11,145,873.09 112,573.32 199,822.31 1933 69 10,023,830.00 116,276.43 216,993.64 70 • 1934 9,760,525 00 111,269.99 208.603.74 1935 72 9,551,542 00 115,573.66 204391.39 z 1936 72 9,298,331.00 102,281.64 187.229.32 1937* * 9,137,200.00 72 * 96354.32 *158,138.89 1938* 71 * 9,005,592.00 *154,110 46 v $ 81,950.89 70 ; 1939 8,990,154.00 63,830.09 149,885.93 1940* 69 * 8,936,968.00 * 58,983.99 *141,213.69 There was no state tax for state pui poses on the 1931, 1937, 1938 an 1 Summary of Assessment Ro’!, Sherman County, 1940 Unit Classification of property Number Value Value A u e s of all land ....T............... . 458,562 $5,963,440 $13.00 AtTes of tillable land ..... 2T6G,163 5,673,010 21.31 zberes of non-tillable land ....... 192,399 290,430 1.51 Improvements on deeded or p a t ented lands ........................ 439,870 Town and city lots .................... - 61,920 Improvements on town and city lots ........................................ 236,330 •X M anufacturing machinery fete. 15,240 Merchandise and stock in trade 62,840 Perm ing implements, tractors etc 245,850 Hotel and office furniture ........... 13,400 ' Horses and mules .................... w 1,688 56,130 33.25 Cattle ............. ......................... 7,070 137,030 19.38 Sheep and goat3 ........................ 7,734 19,640 2.54 Swine .................................... 2,934 13,520 4.61 Dogs ........................................ 1 — 100 N et value of taxable property .... 7,265,310 Soldier’s exemptions deducted from above totals ........................ 3,730 Gross local valuation ............... 7,269,040" Dated September 27, 1940 Note : This does not include bank stock nor intangible« which are subject to the State Tax Commission; nor does it include railroads ¿,nd other public service corporations which are assessed :by the Stfcte Tax Commission. Valuation of public service corporations in 1940, $1,672,717.95 t Marg aret W. Peetz, County Assessor. Total value ............. Local value ............... Fublic Service value <8,936,968 7,264,250 1,672,71.8 Total Tax *..... Local Tax ............... Public Service Tax $141,213.69 110,259.41 30.954.2S Local Tax on real .... property ... Local Tax on personal property ........ $100,497.31 9,762.10 0 . W. »R. & N. Co. Tax $24,035.24 Oregon Trunk tax 80.09 24,115.33 17.1% of total tax Fublic Service tax .. $30,954.28 21.9 % oi total tax' I oral Personal (Property tax $ 9,762.19 6.9 % of total tax f Ivocal Real Property tax ..... /............ $100,497.31 71.2 % of tota? tax
