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M O E 2, SHERMAN COUNTY Slj-UOT»« Sherman County JOURNAL. MORO. OREGON T* FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 28, 1941 3<m ro<l P ,— —i In Other Days Observer Established Nov. 2, 1888 Grass Valley Journal Established Oct. 14, 1897 From the Observer Feb. 28, 1902 CONSOLIDATED March 6, 1931 Miss Sadie O rr bas accepted a Wasco News-F.nterprise position to teach in one of the Established Nov. 1891 . CONSOLIDATED March 4. 1932 public schools of Portland. Mis« Marie B arnett takes her place in Published Every Friday at the Wasco school«. Moro. Oregon Mrs. Hiram 'Donley, nee Miser f ’ .c L. French Editor Ncna Illingsworth, was the guest Entered as secon '-class m atter at of Miss Ida Mowry th is week. Miss Sells has about completed the Postoffice at Moro, Oregon all arrangem ents for opening an under Act of Congress of March entire new stock of Millinery «» 1 g79 goi ds in Moro soon. officiai , county paper The lady trim m er a t Mrs. ' Strahls Millinery is now in Port- ! land selecting stock for the spring srM ta OK CIATI OK | trade which will be opened in the •1111$ 1 new brick store on the bank block, i Fi’s t Street. SU liSC R ll’TION RATES Pavable m Ad'ance ONE YEAR $1.5U FEBRUARY 28, 1941 HB 420 The .bove symw , the om cu. title of a bill now tn the house which has , for its purpose the equalization of school taxes over Observer .March 1, 1912 The household goods of Mr. Stephens of the experim ental sta tion have arrived and were moved to the farm this week. Scott and Tomlin have opened, up the L . n d ^ blacksmith shop a gen- e rrl blatksm ithing and repairing business, with horse shoeing a speciality. A. R. Kessinger has bought the W. B. Johnston property recently occupied by Eugene Amidon. Mr. Amidon has rented and occupies the MdCallum city property. Miss Hazel McMann, of P ort land, who assisted in the millinery store last season returned Wed nesday and will assist Mrs. F. E. Fagan in the bat trim m ing de partm ent. ha? lest hit by the m easure pay- ' ir.g into the fund approxim ately tht e times as much as it would I rec ive. Multnomah county which wo Id be taxed $1,814,538 under the plan would receive only $1,- ; 4-F. 967 in return ’ and ’ Umaitilla coi ity would pay in $225,333 and tak • out only $127,978. Other coi ities which would pay in more than they would receive include Baker, Crook, Douglas, Gilliam, G rant, Harney, Jefferson, Klam ath, Lake, Morrow, Wallowa, We sco and Wheeler. On the other hand Lane county would pay in only $259,014 and 1 take out $367,249 and Malheur which would pay in only $71,428 would receive in return $131,092.-$ If passed by the legislature the program will be submitted to the voters a t the next general election and m ust receive their approval before becoming law. Symbols of American Defense »»as « ¿ft * - .42 o»., ^»w»*»***^- ' O ff 40 A proposal to throw open coun- ty hospitals to osteopaths, chiro- p u c tic s and other practitioners has attracted the vigorous oppo sition of the members of the med ical profession. A representative of the Josephine county medical , asf ociation told the senate com mittee on medicine th a t all seven of the physicians of th a t county would withdraw from the Jose phine countty hospital, the only hot pital in the county, incidental ly, if the bill was passed. Repre-^ sentatives of the university of Oregon medical school in Portland declared th at passage of the meas- ure would seriously impair the effectiveness of the school as well 1 as the Multnomah county hospital • which is served by memers of the Medical school staff. • • • The joint committee on public institutions wants an interim committee to make a study of con ditions and needs of state institu tions during the next two years and report back to the next ses- sior> on what should be done to ! improve the service the sLate is now giving to its wards. An in t o m committee has already been crc'ited to study Columbia river fishing problems in cooperation with like committees from Wash- | ington and Idaho. ™ • the entire state of Oregon. It would cause as much change in governmental policy as any bill so far introduced. Briefly it levies a tax of ap proximately 5.9 mills on all prop erty in the sta<te and distributes Tractors and tanks symbolize modern American defense. Farm ers the money thus derived to school operating the machinery at top are carving out terraces which defend districts on the basis of elemen their soil from erosion. Soldiers operating the U. S. army tank in lower tary units and average daily a t picture are practicing maneuvers which strengthen the nation’3 armed tendance. Some counties gain a defense. American farmers, carrying on soil protection work under great deal’ under the m easure, Observer, March 22, 1922 the AAA Farm Program, last year built more than 67,000 miles of seme lose. Multnomah county Andrew Shearer of Moro and terraces, enough to reach more than two and a half times around the would lose $350,000, Umatilla $98,- Miss Emma Maud Williams oi world. 000 and little Sherman with its Wasco were m arried a t the Con small number of children and large gregational parsonage in The taxable value would have to pay Dalles, Wednesday, February 22, days. in nearly three times as much as the Rev. E rnest Goudge officiat- .»irs. II. C. Nelson and son George of Bend^spent several days it received. ing. at Kent last week visiting the The theory of tax equalization E. B. F itts arrived Sunday and form er’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. for school purposes ha« already spent a few days with his daugh J. C. Wilson. been accepted in America, At first ter, Miss Grace F itts, one of Moro Mr. and Mrs. Volna Guyton and the parents of children were en high’s instructors. children who have been living on tirely responsible for their educa Two surveyors provided for in v.’hat is known as the John Clark tion. Early in colonial times we the contract of The Dalles-Oregon decided to let the community take and W ashington Toll Bridge com The Kent school gave^a .program place six miles south of Kent for This session may not establish ever the duties of instructing the pany with the Union Bridge com Friday afternoon in honor of several months, moved their house young either because the parents pany in 'Portland covering the a new record for longevity but W ashington’s birthday. Billy Guy hold goods to Kent Friday, and will needed help or the neighbor* building of the in terstate bridge present indications are th a t it will ton extended a welcome to all occupy the William Mitchell resi thought somthing should be done across the Columbia a t Seufert has run the 1939 session a close race present. The school band render dence tem porarily. Nellie Wilson and Mrs. H. C. to make the next generation bet been completed and a tentative for th at distinction. Should the ed several numbers under the di Nelson and son George were din ter mannered. sketch of the type of bridge is be session run another three week > rection of Clyde Simpson. Mrs. W. W. Knighten of Moro ner guests at the home of Mr. and Now throughout the g reater part ing exhibited in The Dalles. An (two a fter the current one) it will of the United States we still hold estim ated cost of the bridge is have exceeded the record of ths spoke on the history of the flag, Mrs. Dick Reckman jr., at Grass 1935 ssssion which continued for followed by the salute to the flag. Valley Saturday. to the same system of equalizing $400,000. 59 days. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Schilling and The audience joined in group sing taxes over a small area for school daughter Paulette of Goldendale, ing of patriotic airs. purposes. • School m'en have long KELLY’S COLUMN wanted- to increase the size of Miss Helen Halvorsen directed Wn.. motored to Kent last T hurs Statehouse Gossip •y John W. Kelly_________ ______ their areas and have tried to es i two vocal selections by the grade day and visited with the form er’s ;o,,unueri from page one. tablish county equalization units, children. Cleo Laffoon gave a parents, Mr. and Mrs. Gus Schill iConlinueo from page one i was made th a t there was an am reading on Washington after which ing and brother Robert Schilling but without much success. HB 420 and family. They returned home would make the state the unit. long as it was intended for road ple supply. The increased airplane prizes were awarded to those tak We think it a very long step—a work but it would stand as-. an program is responsible for the i ing part in writing essays on Saturday. effective bar against attem|Aed ffemand and OPM is urging all , “Selective Service” as follows: Mrs. Lyle Sm ith of Eugene, who too long step. diversion of gasoline taxes, auto m anufacturers of aluminum to Senior Division, Bob Tatum , first had been a patient in the Mid-Col Justification for the equaliza and Helen von ’Borstel second: umbia hospital several days, came tion in a small community was th at mobile licenses and other highway! speed up. • • • revenues for old age pensions, Junior Division, Elinor Hoskinson to Kent Tuesday evening where all those paying the tax could re There are 76 ghost towns in first and Cleo Laffoon, second; she will spend some time with her ceive the benefit« therefrom if support the schools or any other western W ashington and Oregon, In the essays on Americanism parents, Mr. and Mrs. Gus Schill they too were blessed w ith de purpose. • t • the result of cutting away timber Jackie von Borstel wo» first. ing. scendents. W ith b etter transpor which supported the communities, R epresentative Perry of Colum- The program was concluded with Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Huck of tation and better roads there was Rufus, Mr. and Mrs. Jack ’Cothran, ¿unification for county units of bin is the author of a measure As many more towns are threat- the singing of America. which would give the lawmakers j enecj with a sim ilar fate, according school although the people have Mrs. iB. A. Hogue and daughter Mr. and Mrs. Hanson and Pat W alter M. Pierce of Ore $5 a day for personal expenses in to Rep. Gertrude who spent three weeks Gentry of Moro attended the pro not yet accepted it addition to their $3 per diem. The gon, unless something is done. in The Dalles, returned to their gram at the Kent Grange hall Now certainly there is no om expense pay would cover a session Representative Pierce has offered home here Wednesday afternoon. Saturday night. who can say th a t the taxpayers of of 50 days or $250 for each meim this session two bills in an at- Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Clements o ' Sherman county could derive bene ber. Old tim ers recall th a t w i m - tem pt to save the forests, One The form er’s brother Frank Ben- Seattle arrived a t the H. C. Hel fit from educating the young of ilar attem pt to supplem ent t h ê ^ u a s u r e provides $60,000,000 of ett brought the Hogues home. Mrs. Grace Gregg is doing the yer home Saturday afternoon the W illamette valley. So much pay of the legislators was made federal funds to purchase land I chores at J. II. Wilson’s ranch where they were overnight guests equalization is mere theory gone several years ago but most of those containing 62 billion feet of tim- wild. It is demanding state equal who accepted this additional pay I bpr ¡n Oregon and W ashington, while the Wilson’s are in Idaho of their son-in-law and daughter, ization before we have accepted returned it a fte r the attorney gen- Main object of the proposed legis- I visiting their son, Dr. J. G. Wilson Mr. and Mrs. Robert Helyer. Vince Genteman of Wasco and and family. county equalization eral held it to be a violation of u tio n is to assure selective log- Dui-ward Helyer and son Gordon Mrs. H. C. Nelson and Nellie It is advocated by the state offi the constitutional provision which Kjni, on a sustained basis, which of Moro were dinner guests a t the cial.« because they want consoli appears to lim it the compensation vr0U.ld perpetuate the forests and Wilson were business visitors in W. C. Helyer home Sunday. dation of schools and feel that of the legislators to $3 a day for prevent causing’more ghost towns, The Dalles Friday. Kent grange sponsored a pro Mr. and Mrs. Robert Schilling gram Saturday evening. . A one this can only come through tax a session of 40 days, plus 15 cents equalization. The bill perpetuates a mile for the round trip to the Government officials are now and daughter Bohetta and Mrs. act play and several musical the ill founded system of d istribut capitol and return. fighting to keep prices down. Jay McKay were in The Dalles numbers were followed by a dance. • ing tax funds through an elemen There is a tendency for prices to Monday. To conclude the entertainm ent, tary unit which, in itself, will pre take a balloon ride. So far as the Mrs. Ida Davis and daughter pies were auctioned off to bidders. Barber shop conversation in the vent consolidation as it gives future will be on a higher plane governm ent is concerned, prices ; F a u l’ne and G. Doum a spent A large crowd attended. The pro- ■mailer districts a decided advan if the senate follows the lead of can bopegged by refusing to pay Thursday evening visiting at the (eeds were $45.00 ta g t. Many things about our the House which this week passed | m orethan a certain sum, and pro- j c . Wilson hom e.’ Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Decker and school system are inefficient. Pour a bill providing th a t barbers m ust 1 duction can be curbed by prior- Mr. and Mrs. Jay McKay and children and Mr. and Mrs. Robert ing state money into such a sys have a high school education. The itie«. Insiders bint th a t many children and Mr. and Mrs. Rtfbt. Mitchell visited at the home of tem will tend to keep this ineffic p-esent law requires only an eighth f articles will soon become luxuries Schilling and daughter Bobetta Mr. and Mrs. William Mitchell a t iency for years a fte r it would be and point to the statem ent of Mrs. were dinner guests a t the Alfred Hermiston over the week end. grade education. ended under the present method Roosevelt th a t we m ay yet learn Lyons home Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Shaw of of school organization. If the Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wilson anu Hood River spent the day here Multnomah, Douglas and 14 to get along without things now state is to raise g reat sums of counties east of the Cascades will i consideyed as necessary.. Mrs. John Wilson left Thursday Sunday a t the home of Mr. and money for local school purposes for Moscow, Idaho where the latter Mrs. William Jones. contribute toward the support of the state m ust also be given au th schools in the other 20 counties of The best ten years of a m an’s will receive medical care. They i Lauren Bennett of The' Dalles ority to control the spending of the state if House Bill 420—the life are the ten before he stumbles f expect to visit the to rm er’s son, called briefly a t the B. A. Hogue those funds. This means th at con school fund equalization bill—is and Mrs. 1 Dr. J. G. Wilson and fam ily several home Sunday. trol of local schools will pass to enacted into law, which ju st now the state. appears to be entirely probable. • The bill may have a good effect The measure which was prepared by indicating to local and county by the state departm ent of educa school men th at it is time they be tion and which the approval of gan to move toward consolidation Governor Sprague, would levy a and equalization before something tax on all property in the state as drastic as this 'bill is passed by sufficient to raise a fund of $20 for j a legislature long tired of the com every child on the school census plaints of poorer districts and long roll. This fund would, in turn, be weary from pondering the prob apportioned among the counties j lems of poorly educated children. on the basis of day’s attendance in Quick - Easy * Safe ? . TffP schools of the county, When a car is used mainly for j According to a tabulation work Wnte or call -short tripe, as in ' city driving, ed out by the state departm ent L for com plete therT Ti~$reater chance of crank of education Sherman county, up- I information— case oil dilution' and hence the on the basis of present valuation need for changing oil oftener, ac and school census would contribute cording to the Emergency Road $42,232 in taxes to the schjpl o f th e Service of the Oregon S ta te Motor equalization fund and, in turn, Association. -Short runs do not would receive $14,457 for the sup perm it thorough warm ing of the port of its schools in the appor H e a d O ff ic e , P o r tla n d . O re g o n engine and it is during the warm- tionm ent of the fund among the M IM B iR ((D IR A I D ( P 0 SI 1 IN S U R A N T C O R P O R A T IO N ing up period th a t dilution of oil counties . Sherman county would be the by haw gasoline usually occurs. Kent School Gives Party NOTICE OF FINAL SET fLEM ENT hereby given th a t N itice is D. L. Belshe, adm inistrator of the partnership estate of J . *C. Free man & Company composed of J. C. Free.nan and O. L. Belshe, deceas ed, has filed his final account in said estate, and Monday, the 31st day of March, 1941, a t the hour of 10 o’clock a. m. in the County Court Room a t the County Court House in Moro, Sherman County, Oregon, has been fixed as the time and place for the heating of ob jections to said account and set tlement thereof. • D. L. BELSHE, Administraaor. GALLOWAL & KRIER • Attorneys for the A dm inistrator, 17-21 The Dalles, Oregon NOTICE OF FfN A L SETTLEM ENT Notice is hereby given that 1). L. Belshe, adm inistrator of the estate of O. L. Belshe, deceased, has filed his final account in said estate and Monday, th e.3 1 st day of March, 1941, at the hour of ten o’clock a. m. in the County Court Room in the County C ourt House in Moro, Sherman County, Ore gon, has been fixed as the time and. place fo r the hearing of ob jections to said account and set tlem ent thereof. D. L. IBEL9HE, Adm inistrator. GALLOWAY & KRIER Attorneys for the A dm inistrator 17-21 The Dalles, Oregon dinary deposit claims filed and approved against the Moro State Bank, Moro, Oregon, up to and in cluding January 20, 1939, ^aid dividend to be paid on and a fte r March 7th, 1941. •; That said order directed that this notice be given by publica tion thereof in one issue of a news- p iper of general circulation print ed and published in Sherman C »unty, Oregon. That the date of publication thereof is February 28, 1941.' A. A. ROGERS, Superintendent of Banks of the State of Oregon, in charge of tlfe Moro State Bank, in liquidation, Moro, Oregon. Moro Lodge No. 113, r O .O .F . Ww> Moro, Oregon Meets 1st and 3rd Tuesdays in the I.O..O.F. hall Trai sient and visiting brothers are cordi ally invited to meet with us.v 1 Joe Ritner N.G. ■ \ . ruon M illei Lupine Rebekah Lodge Moro, Oregon Meets 2d & 4th Tues day of each month. Visiting members wel come. | j e|en Ma rtin N. G. Florence Johnston, Sci T h e D a lle s B r a n c h U n ite d S ta te s N a t io n a l B a n k ’ W » /• No. 116 Eureka Lodge No. 121 A-F & A-.M IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF | Meets on the "1st arid 3rd Thursday eve • THE STATE OF OREGON FOR nings of each month. TH E'CO U N TY OF SHERM AN, Visiting members cor In the M atter of the Liquida dially invited to meet tion of the MORO STATE BANK, 1 with us. M< ro, Oregon Wendell Balsiger W.M. NOTICE OF PAYMENT OF , C. V. Belknap, Secy. DIVIDEND NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN , Bethkhem Chapter, No. 78.0.E.S. 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