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Sherman County
JOURNAL. MORO. OREGON T* FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 28, 1941
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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
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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
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| trade which will be opened in the
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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
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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.
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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.
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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_________
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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 $20 for j
a legislature long tired of the com every child on the school census
plaints of poorer districts and long roll. This fund would, in turn, be
weary from pondering the prob apportioned among the counties j
lems of poorly educated children. on the basis of day’s attendance in
Quick - Easy * Safe
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TffP schools of the county,
When a car is used mainly for j According to a tabulation work
Wnte or call
-short tripe, as in ' city driving, ed out by the state departm ent L
for com plete
therT Ti~$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.
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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
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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.
Moro, Oregon
th at an order has been entered by
Meets Every Second and
the Circuit Court of the -State of
Fourth Thursdays in each
Oregon for the Couny of Sher
Month. Visiting members
man, authorizing, empowering and i
Invited
directing the Superintendent of 1
Eanks to distribute a tenth and Patricia Woods Sec.
final dividend of 7.86Sr on all or- Dorotha Moore, W.M.
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