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T & T agl 2, shkrmàn county jo u r n a l , moro , orkgon FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 21. 1941 la. ds A resolution providing fo r ! I n ever saw a pale blae cow a constitution al am en d m en t cov- I never hope to see one; ei ng this change w as d efeated I th : week. The proposal was spon- i But from th e m ilk I ’m »getting now, so ed by a group of sen a to rs a t the ' I know th a t th ere m u st be one. O regon’s v isito rs trav lin g by re uest o f a group of P o rtla n d autom obile will no lo n g er be re er cators who have been m ost ! quired tt> re g iste r th eir cars under Moro Lodge No. 113, I. O. O. F. oi sp jk en in th eir criticism of th e j- Moro, Oregon D.u provisions of Senate Bill No. la d board’s policy o f handling M eets 1st and 3rd 4 which has passed the house with school lands d u rin g th e p ast few Sì T uesdays in the out a d issen tin g vote. ' This bill years. w as the first th ro u g h the S enate, I.0 ..O .F . hall T rai * sien t and v isiting being unanim ously approved, ann Come m idnight F rid a y of this ' b ro th ers are cordi V as also the first Senate Bill t. week and the s ta te leg islatu re will , t receive th e approval of the House, ally invited to meet hi ve been in session full 40 days '¡'he bill b rin g in g ab out this rc- w ith us. for which they are presum ed to neal places O regon in line with .’oc R itn cr N.G. be allowed pay a t the ra te of $3 , the m any s ta te s th a t are doing all » « rnun M illet. Sec. p r day. N ot th a t the c o n stitu in th e ir power to elim in ate bar- tion says an y th in g ab o u t 40 days. l . i r s betw een the s ta te s, and to I opine Rebekah Lodge No. 116 It m erely lim its th e pay of the prom ote th e free and 'u n in te rru p t Moro, O regon law m akers to “ a sum n o t exce ed ed flow of traffic, w ith the least s rk u i Out M eets 2d & 4th Tues it g $3 per d a y ” w ith th e per diem possible inconvenience and delay C IA T I ON d iy of each m onth. i l s rtt' allowance fo r any one session fix- j io the tra v e lin g public. V isiting m em bers wel ed a t a m axim um of $120, which ' In com m enting upon this m eas '•'»me. divided by three accounts fo r the : SU B SC R IPTIO N RATES ure. Mr. Snell stated th a t the nee J Helen M artin N, G. 40 days. Payable in Advance fo r n on-resident re g istra tio n had F lorence Jo h n sto n , Set I But the point is th a t w ith the ONE YEAR ..... ..................... * L5e long since passed w ith the low er O bserver F eb ru ary 21, 1902 session now in its six th week lit- , ing of license fees, and th a t ex- E u rek a Lodge No. 121 A -F & A-M | M isivs Lora N elson, Flora Orr, tie, if an y th in g , h as been accom - , p .rie n c e in han d lin g this- w ork i M eets on the 1st and F E B R UARY 21, 1941 1 M innie Bulack, Effie Fleck, Jessie phshed th a t can ju s tify th e ses- ' 3rd T h u rsd ay eve 1 ad convinced him th a t it should B r>ant, Maud and Ida S tran ah a n , Sion and such m ajo r leg islatio n as nings of each m onth. be elim inated. He f u r th e r sta te d S PE E D LAW — Photo by H ig h w a y In fo rm a tio n Sorvii - all active teach ers in Sherm an has been introduced still rem ain s , V isitin g m em bers cor (h at it will save the s ta te some Im portance of farm -to-m arket roads to national defense was high dially invited to meet S20.C00 each biennium , which is At la st the Oregon legislature county, passed successful exam i in the hands o f com m ittees to which the bills w ere assigned, ; lighted by deliberations of County Highway Officials at 38th annual the cost of the presen t service. w ith us. has gotten around to holding nations la st week. “ Roads for Defense” Convention of Am erican Road Builders’ Associa Milt Damon has purchased the some as early as the first week ef W endell B alsiger W.M. hearings in the com m ittee about tion in New York City, Jan u a ry 27-31. L eft to right, above, are L. V. h alf section north of his farm of the session. Am ong th ese are t h ' , C. V. Belknap, Secv. the recently introduced speed law E X A M IN E R COMING which received much discussion G. D. B oardm an, consideration th e speed b ill,'th e big tru ck bill, Belknap, president. ARBA County H ighway Officials’ Division and All th ese w ishing p erm its or Bethlehem Chapter, No. 7 8 .0 .E.S, tlu: legislativ e and congressional i engineer-m anager, Oakland Couny Road Commission. Pontiac, Mich., $4,000. last sum m er. Moro, Oregon licenses to driye cars m ay g et in bills and th e I Rynning, Jackson County, Medford Ore., engineer; N. P. George H ennagin h£b purchased re apportionm ent M eets E very Second and (Breifly the bill, if m ade law, touch w ith the ex am in er on W ed a q u a rte r section joining his fa rm ; w orkm en’s com pensation bills an 1 Lowrey, vice-chairm an, Board of County Commissioners, M iami, Fla., F o u rth T h u rsd ay s in each would give the highw ay com m is nesday, F e b ru a ry 26th, at the and M anton H annah, M cLennan Comply, W aco, T ex., engineer, division consideration $2,500. the unem ploym ent com pensation M onth. V isiting m em bers sion power to set speed lim its vice-president. Belknap said. "N o arm y, no navy c n move without C ourt house (between the hours of The w hist d u b w as en tertain ed bills. varied according to th e conditions Invited food a r I supplies. Roads are as n?cessnry to national defense as rcc. 10:00 a. m. to 5 p. m., according this week by Mrs. W. H. Moore. W hile it is still anybody’s guess and atr.munition. We need roads to the farm s w i re the fo< ! L to an announcem ent of the highw ay. City stre e ts would from the P atricia Woods Sec. Seven tab les w ere seated. M rs as to how much longer the session •reduc- V.’e need m ads n < ur defense .fo rces c:.;i be tran«por'.ed D orotha Moore, W.M. have a lim it of 25 miles per hour Sc c re ta ry of S ta te ’s office. S. S. Haye$. received the honors will run m ost observers around the .v’irrevi r :>? I v her. ver r.ei d d.” and b e tte r stretch es of road a and G. M. Sells th e consolation w p ito l agree th a t it still has a n fu ster rate. F o r the open roads prize. o th er two weeks to go, although tiie original bill set the basit I ¡VP < d n rk tha-t will depend larg e ly upon th e and possibly Lincoln counties in s]xed a t 45 milee. O bserver F eb ru ary 23,* 1912 the so u thern d istrict, m aking lo r * 9 1 IICLIIU L i l V v a l U l I k tem per of the law m akers th em The com m ission would be em a m ore equitaible d istrib u tio n of We extend co n g ratu latio n s to selves. powered to establish tolerances tlie population in spitc^of the 1 a r g Mr. and M rs. C harles Henn, of above these basic speeds which B lanchard, Iowa, a t whose home The senate com m ittee on roads el arca covered by the Southern W ednesday’s tra d in g in the make it likely th a t th e s tra ig h t arrived C harles J. about th re e and highw ays a t a m eeting F r i d istrict. sheep alleys was fu lly steady. wide roads o f e a ste rn Oregon m onths ago. day afternoon voted to send the cculd be legally traveled a t speeds The follow ing quo tatio n s S peaker F arrell did not g et very F o u rteen friends of Miss Telva “ big tru c k ” .bill o ................. u t w ith _ a “do of 60 miles and over. ’’ re p o rt and prospects a re , fa r w ith his plan to extend a bit based on prices being paid in M artin m et a t h er home F ebruary nass On tu rn s, as along th e Colum ’b a t before the end of the week ( of relief to the Oregon m o to rists J W ednesday’s tra d in g : 17th, in honor of her 12th birth bia and Pacific highw ays, signs from C A T T L E : 'Good g ra in fed steers day. Those p resen t w ere: Lela this m easure will have passed the ! by reducing gasoline tax es would announce the perm itted n ate and sent on over to th e ! five to fo u r cents a gallon. N at- sio.CO to 10.85. Good g ra in fed B arnum , Lenora R am sey, Abbie speed. u rally the highw ay com m ission, h eifers $9.00 to 9:50. Good beef and Bessie M ortensen, Pearlie House. Senate ap p ro v al o f the U ntess opposition arise s th e bill H ennagin, Lillian H olm an, Cora m easure,'how ever, will n o t be unan anxious to keep itts hands on all cowl? $7.50 to 8.00, m edium $6.25 is likely to pass fo r th ere is gen S tew art, T helm a B uxton, M yrtle- imous as th ere is som e very o u t the money insig h t, opposed (he to 7.25, com m on $5.75 to 6.00, can- eral ag reem en t th a t the present Sheets, Evelyn R agsdale, Alida spoken opposition to th e proposal proposal. In th is opposition th e . ners $4.25 to $5.50. Bulls, m edian, law, re g ard in g speed is not e n tire Douma, M ary K unsm an, Iris Mes- to increase truck len g th s to 60 com m ission had the support of an to good $6.50 to 8.00, common $5.75 «OV« BON ly satisfac to ry . P rincipal diffi s ’nger, and G reta F reem an. f< et— ten feet longer th an th e active lobby of good roads boos- to 6.25. V ealers, good to choice, culty w ith the law as now w ritten Born: To the w ife of F ran k u resen t m axim um —w ith an in -j ters who feared th a t any reduc- $ n .o o to 12.00, select $13.00. is th a t it is hard to obtain convic M arshal, F eb ru a ry 19th a 13? ci ease in m axim um tru c k w eig h ts , lio n ^n road funds would delay Good to choice 170 to 215 tions because th ere is no speed pound d au g h ter. This is the re c to 68,000 pounds. M ost of th e co nstruction of som r of th eir p et m <ruck in s $8.50 to 8.85; 230 to •.•. Z . .......... ........... ....... lim it. It is necessary to prove ord baby f o r ew eight ever bom in <?m a te rs , however, a p p e a r to have h ighw ay projects. So when the 260 lb butch ers $7.50 to 8.25; lig h t reckless driving; U nder the p ro Sherm an county. become reconciled to the change bill cam e out fo r third reading w eig h t b u tc h e rs' $7.75 to 8.00; posed law th ere would be definite PRICED Louis H eydt has j u s t received which has received th e en dorse only ten o th er m em bers of the packing sows $7.00 to 7.25. F eed lim its and law violations could be a fine line of horse blankets. House sided w ith the speaker in m ent of the s ta te h ighw ay com er pigs $7.75 to 8.00. checked by speedom eter. su p p o rt of th e bill while 49 re m ission. S H E E P : Good to choice fed, full p re sen tativ es voted ^ g a in st it. T h ere is no in te n t in the bill O bserver F eb ru ary 24, 1922. wooled lam bs $9.50 t o 10.00: m ed C ongressional reap p o rtio n m en t now before the senate to m ake ium to good, $9.00 to 9.35; common Mr. and Mrs. von B orstel are definite lim its th a t can be ch a n g the proud p aren ts pf,.a little son. of the s ta te in an ticip atio n of an $6.00 to 8.00. S la u g h ter ewes, OllEG O N BRIDGES ed only by the leg islatu re. R a th F ran k w anted to g e t a new hat. increase in the s ta te ’s re p re s e n ta good to choice, $5.00 to 5.50. Shorn PINT QUART er it is the in te n t to m ake the law but it w as necessary fo r D unlap to tion in W ashington h as been boiled C ontinued from page one. lam bs (30-day fleeced) $8.25 to m ere flexible. send a rush o rd e r to P ortland, down to the problem of carv in g these plans made Oregon ready toj 9.00; fall shorn $9.25. an o th er d is tric t o u t of the first step into construction fo r the a r m y -------------------------- T here a re 4 classifications in the a special size being needed. district. The House com m ittee on a t any tim e. bill. First th e »peed lim it in school The en te rta in m e n t a t K ent was M aking ib is fam ous old to n es is 1 5 'm iles per hour and the fa irly well attended F rid ay 'e v e reapportionm en t has definitely de- We m ade the surveys know ing bràrul the top w hiskey sem e lim it is given f o r - blind ning. T here was $25.23 taken in, cioed a g a in st any ch an g e in J.he tJrat jn ^be fu tu re bad curves, boundaries of e ith e r the second or jcn{F ro utes an(j u n satisfac to ry g rade crossings. Second the speed which will be used to help pay for huv in town. in business d istric ts is m ade 20 the sidew alks put in la s t fall. The third d istric ts and is now a t w ork ^ n e g e s m ust go, so we a re pre- miles per hour. Third in residence W.C.T.U. thinks it tak es a lot of try in g to agree w here to divide p a,.ed now th a t the em ergency is Thv U. S. MaPinC C orps Will I m a t i l l c r e P r o « lu < t» C o r p o r a t i o n , N e w Y o r k d istric ts and a t g rad e crossings money to m ake our city a dry the first d istrict. Two proposals w ;tL ,us>” Baldock said. “ A ll we probably be authorized very sh o rt- 1 ~ ■ are receiving the serious consider- r t e d ¡s w ord f rom the arm y as to the speed will be 25 miles an hour town. ly to re c ru it a la rg e r num ber of i »■ — — ■ unless th e bill is am ended. In all Born to Mr. and M rs. J. C. Guy ation of the com m ittee. One o f , the roads it w ants, plus, of course, men th an it was allowed to en- would c reate a new’ fo u rth a federal program to finance tile ¡ , . . , oth er locations a speed of 45 miles a ten pound boy on Thursday these d istric t out of the so u thern end ¡ e x t r a c t i o n . 1,st a!l d u r,n s 194° ’ 11 was reVeal’ per h o u r is possible. m orning a t the hom e of Mrs. ed by M ajor Jam es B. H ardie, re u jn peace tim es th e m o to rist T here will be a s ta te speed con Guy’s p aren ts, Floyd Brown and of the first w ith L ane county fofim- cru itin g officer in ch arg e of this ing the north ern boundary. This paid license fees and gasoline tro l board consisting of a re p re wife. d “V proposal would divide the d istric t : tayefi and has paid off On o u . istrict. sen tativ e of the secretary of state, P robably by M arch the M arine fa irly equally so f a r as a rea is , h .g l ^ a y bonds until th ey have ashed and gullied parts the s ta te police and the highw ay concerned but w ith th e prepond< r-i g b lu n k ' frc>m $48,000,000 to $16,- Corps will be allowed to expand com m ission which will have fo r its OF A FIELD OUGHT TO BE LEVELED ance of population in th e n o rth ern 000,000. Now we a re co n fro n ted J to suyh a degree that^ new re d uty the estab lish m en t of the cru itin g sta tio n s will have to be district. The second proposal lby a d efen se em ergency. The t Continued from page one) speeds in all p a rts of the state. established in this d istric t to take AND SMOOTHED, AND AS FAR AS would include Linn and B enton m o to rist cannot »be expected W ith reserv atio n s about the piobiem s involved. care of enlistm en ts. Recommen- c a rry the entire burden. Oregon . . . established speeds in the bill, the IT CAN BE A C C O M P L IS H E D , - m ust have a g re a te r p ercen tag e or d etions for the opening up of new M em bers of (both legislative a tte m p t to m ake definite and cer statio n s a t K lam ath F alls, Oregon federal road allocation because it COVERED WITH LITTER,STRAW , tain th e speed allowed on each blanches have done a lot of com is a co astal state an d a first line and Lew iston, Idaho have alread y SÄST section of road is a good move. plaining th ro u g h o u t th e session been m ade. A t p resen t the P o rt o f defense. WEEDS, CORN S T A L K S OR The caution and curve signs now alxiut the air in the House and land d is tric t m ain tain s' recru itin g S triate cham bers. N ot th a t there used give little inform ation to a statio n s a t Salem and La G rande, A N Y O T H E R .K IN D OF driver who does not know the is any scarcity of a ir such as it O regon, a t W alla W alla, W ash road. U nder this bill they m ight it. I t isn’t the q u a n tity but the ington and Boise, Idaho, in addi VEGETATIVE RUBBISH become m ost valuable to drivers. quality th a t is a t fa u lt. I t s»eem- tion to h ea d q u arters at P ortland. th at when the capitol was con TO BIND TOGETHER structed the planners m ade all « SCHOOL TAXES •S x a rran g e m e n ts fo r a com plete a ir AND PR EVEN T The house passed a bill this conditioning unit b u t ran sh o rt of THE EARTH FROM week th a t brin g s no credit on the funds before the in stallatio n could knowledge of tax atio n possessed be com pleted. T here is now no pro GULLYING." by th e m em bers. I t w as HB 112, vision fo r w ashing and pu rify in g A nnouncem ent is m ade this week the T hom as bill. Opposition w as the a ir th a t is being continuously Rv John W. Kelly th a t th e F irs t N ational Bank of not organised a g a in s t it and litth pumped th ro u g h o u t the building. P o rtlan d has in au g u rated a plan This t)he law m akers claim , is re- Continued from p ag e one. was said a g a in s t it. It will be de IW f ■ to finance the individual purchase sponsible for th e epidem ics o f a v ast netw ork of a irp o rts, whicih feated in th e se n a te .- ¿3 of airp lan es, on much the sam e colds and flu t h a t has confined • suits the CA'A and PW A , as well basis th a t it finances autom obiles. The bill would have tak en the mirny of the law m akers and th e ir j as the various com m unities. A rm y i i i i i i i i i » « i i » receipts from income tax es above clerks to bed d u rin g the session. I a ir corps will not m ain tain these ‘‘If you buy an airplane you now $6,000,000 and retu rn ed them to So now a resolution has been in ports, but wishes to have them can finance it on the in stallm en t the counties to be used for schools troduced calling upon the secre available a t any tim e for practice plan th ro u g h any o f the F irst and fo r pensions. Theory on which tary of sta te to rtiake an im m ed m aneuvers. T here a re a t least N a tio n a l’s fo rty-one branches th ru the bill w as based w as' th a t the iate inquiry into th e cost of com two dozen more tow ns in W ashing- out O regon.” Mr. M cN aughton s ta te would levy tax es b e tte r than pleting the air-conditioning sys ton and Oregon w here the g o v ern - said. “ We believe th is new service the county. ' ~~ is very much in step w ith the tern w ith a view to a p p ro p ria tin g m ent will spend money. - ’’A. tim es. A m erica is becoming a n a - A ctual re su lt, how ever, would the necessary funds a t this session * * * tion of flyers and it is es»sential have been th a t the s ta te ■ would so th a t the im provem ent can be Several million d ollars will be th a t those w ishing to fly can buy have had to p a t a p ro p erty tax made before the law m akers g ath - ' made available fo r im proving tho »i well ‘b uilt, reliable planes a t p u r Lack on th e counties to m ake up er here for an o th er session. Pacific highw ay up to m ilitary chase term s w ithin the lim its of • • • • F stan d ard s. M ilitary men say th a t , fo r th e am o u n t lost. I t w as like th e ir b u d g ets.” ta k in g th e m oney o at of one pock A t least fo u r cities have e n te r - [ th e section in so u th ern Oregop« \ “ Its chief aid, however, will be e t and p u ttin g it in the other. ed bids for new arm ories. These m ust be widened and s t r a i g h t e n e ^ in en co u rag in g the citizen to take T here would likely have been some are B aker, G rants Pass, O regon and, in p art, relocated before Quick - Easy - Safe to thè a ii\ to become fam iliar with City and La G rande. All of th ese j troops can 'be moved from F o rt cost to ao doing. airp la n e syantrols, contours of our bids a re being referred to th e ’Lewis to camps in C alifornia. On i cou n try ,, w eath er conditions, and ways and m eans com m ittee fo r the en tire stretch of route No. 99 Write or call SPEECH ES consideration but w ith the b u dget th ere is agreem en t th a t from Rbse- i r_ .i; .< r< > .i cf P hiladel to develop his or h er self reliance for complete .i, v.ko v a ; arrested on return- and u n d ersta n d in g of this new The alm ost certain failure of a a h e a d y out of balance prospects burg to G rants P ass is the w orst information— û : i a tr.'p to Scotland, for type of tran sp o rtatio n .!! speech maker to be effective in the .4<re n e t good fo r any arm ory ap- section of the road. O ther m illions “ This is a new service for a bank,; will be given fo r access roads , urea Mi cf the neutrality law. The Oregon legislature is a matter the p ropriations a t this session. e t « which lead to can to n m en ts and t o , ;a u- foiLMs any American citir.eir.* to offer but we a t the F irs t solution of which has intrigued defense with Certain c ix e p l i a . is . from going N atio n al feel th a t it is im p o rtan t The sen ate did not take kindly p lants having n ational the minds of many observers. One to a proposal to abolish th e orders. All work will be dpne by into « ..r areas ucCncd by the Presi- j both to the stu d en t or pilot who would think that the ability to H e a d O ffic e , P o r tla n d , O re g o n S ta te Land Board and su b stitu te s ta ts highw ay com m issions and n o t ¿cnt. Tlfis is the first case of ar- w ishes to own his own plane and arise and discuss any or all sub MEM BER FEDERAL D E P O S IT IR S IIR A N C I C O R P O R A T IO N present fest (or violation of tills law. fo r the developm ent of aviation jects would arouse ao much a d a new S ta te School Fund commis- ’ bv W PA , according to in th is c o u n try .” for administering school plans. m iration in the breasts of the m«m- sion V. hers th a t th e y _would vote as r<J- ouested. The exact reverse is tru e. Not S h erm an County O bserver th a t some m em beers do not occa E stablished Nov. 2. 1888. sionally *U cceed in passing bill G rass Valley Jo u rn al a fte r a long speech but it is un ' E stabbshed" Oct. 14, 1897 rO N SO LlD A TED M arch 6. 1931 common when done. One explanation is th a t each 'Vasco W 'v v .l'n ie rP ’-’-e and every m em ber—-with few ex- E stablished Nov. 1891 y -N 'O M P A T E O Ma rch 4. 1932 : captions— is a potential candidate / j —- i f Gr gome higher office. They all Pubbshed F.very F rid ay a t J ¡niagjne lig h tn in g s trik in g them Mora. O regon ar -d c re a tin g a dem and th a t they i l.'c L. French A E ditor j candidates fo r governor, con- E niered as s e c o n ’-class m a tte r a t g .essm an . sec retary of sta te oi t;v ?’•)$• «*• Moro, " OYbgon other higher office. It seldom doe? under Act of Congress of March but the ambition»« to so arise in politics may cause resentm ent 3. 1879. a g a in st one who m akes a speech O F F IC IA L COUNTY PA PER and tak es the lim elight for the, day. 1 ; MpJtauui 4£«»nig COUNTY OFFICALS STRESS FARM- Visiting Motorists No TO-MARKET ROADS FOR DEFENSE Longer Registered •»I In Other Days Market Quotations HIG HLO W IN R í MÍHÍSK í V II w a w w w Marine Corps Expects To Expand W Statehouse Gossip Breaks Neutrality Airplanes Available On Installment Plan A N ew Modern Deposit Plan to save your Time T h e D a lle s B r a n c h oz the U n ite d S ta te s N a tio n a l B a n k 1 1
