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PACE 1 SHERMAN COUNTY JOURNAL. MORO. OREGON
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~ FRIDAY. MAY 9, 1941
JO E PETERS’ ARM
The county, especially its farm
Sherman County Observer
ers,
has one asset th a t receives
Established Nov. 2, 1888
little
recognition. Yet, it has often
Grass Valley Journal
^accounted for as much as 25 pei
Established Oct. 14, 1897
CONSOLIDATED March 6, 1931 centum of the wheat income of
the county.
Wasco News-Enterprise
We refer .to Joe P eters’ rig h t
Established Nov. 1891
arm
CONSOLIDATED March 4. 1932
Hours on end Joe Peters sits
Published Eveiy Friday at
at a desk and, with fine good
Moro. Oregon
humor, swings his arm in wide
Piles 1» French
Editor circles as he pens his name on
lass~m
pages already properly
Entered as seeon < ------
— atter
---- at numerous
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the Postofiiee at Moro, Oregon niled . with the figures and dates
under Act of Congress of March that s.gn.fy comphance to the ag-
ricultural powers th a t be. From
8, 1879.
oflice ; in Corvallis and W ashington
OFFICIAL COUNTY PAPER
D. C., where the winds do not
blow, nor the frosts penetrate, the
machines send out the checks.
Joe Peters is a healthy looking
1 id who, barring accidents, should
be aide to go on for years bring
SUBSCRIPTION RATES
ing j ayments into the county with
Payable in Advance
»veeps of his good right arm .
ONE YEAR ............... .. ....... * L5t) Yet. with money coming in on
nearly every mail, this seems an
MAY 9, 1941 -
appropriate time to recognize the
valut' of that arm to the county.
THE DICTATORSHIP IDEA
Pe haps this may seem to cer
The idea of dictatorship is tain outlanders an odd way for a
spreading over the world. In a l l CCUnty to obtain so goodly a p art
countries, regardless r of their his- of jt -. sustenance. There is plenty
t tr y of democratic piocesses, the justi.ication for it. All over the
people are worshiping a leader. ]antj people are being fed and
From this grows dictatorship.
clothed and entertained through
Hitler, himself, was not a dicta- thp services of good right arms.
U r at the time he took over the
p nation we go for th at stuff,
reins from Hindenlberg. .He re-
f t w, or a good many, dollars
modeled the state, provided
jobs from the great white father in
for all workers and told the
then W ashington D. C. makes us realize
downtrodden Germans th at they we art? citizens of a magnanimous
w e n the salt of the earth.
He governm ent as the payment of
preached that he was their
only taxes to the government made our
hope of the German people and by forelathers
realize their civic
an excess of emotional language, duties.
made them believe it. When he
Cynics say thero may be taxes
hud the power he became a dicta- connected with the funds th at come
tor.
from Joe P eters arm. Perish the
If the Tdealism 'of the two fight- thought. Happy Days Are Here
ir.g factions of the world can be Again. We have Joe Peters arm.
scried out from the commercial,
the racial, the religious background
th at divides the contestants it
would divide the dictators and
their enemies on the basis-of th eir
attitude toward the indiriduala of O om the Obwrver. May 2. 1902
t a t state.
L^Hey was in from his
The dictators elevate th e ’ state Mt.rich farm this week« Proud of
above the people; in a dictatorship
Heef displayed m the City
the people live for the state. The M arket Monday, a. grass fed heifer
nations fighting the dictators are,
month» old, raised 'by him, that
in general, followers of the theory diw sed nearly 1000 pounds,
that the individual is superior to
The coming Sherman county
the state in th a t governm ent is borhv f*’r » booked for July 4-5 will
made by and for the peaple. *
be
,benefit t0 everybody. R. G.
It is not necessarily democracy, C®’*» Wasco is secretary,
although that term is often usee
The south .bound Columbia
to express the idea. C ertainly not Southern train rar.
* -r a man
all the nations opposing H itler
between the rails about a
are democracies. Few of them are, miie north of Kent Monday. No
under the stress of war. Their identification was made.
D .. Marie Goffin and Miss Ella
ru itrs rule by decree, but th a t pow
Anderson
leave for W ashington
er will lapse with the declaration
of peace. In a dictatorship th a t • » th« 12th
gone » kout th re t
pewer will never cease.
weeks.
All this Is fundam ental. Yet, F r? n‘ ,t he £‘b « rv e r, May 10. 1912.
G. A. Ramsey and daughter
our decision as to w hether we will
fight in this war or not, m ust be v e ie planting corn early last
based on our belief in the theory Monday morning for future roast
of the individual to be an individ ing ears.
Neri Moffitt has sown 300 acres
ual and not a pawn of the govern
to
Kaffir corn, Milo Maize, lima
ment.
The people of this nation are ill® beans and field corn on the point
prepared to make such a decision. “ " d “ any other crops are being
To as large an extent as has been
there.
ptsaible they have given their
Mor° farm er» »re now shipping
right® as individuals over to their’ 125 gallons „ of cream to Portland
gevernm ent, have asked th a t the PC1 week which brings in $600
governm ent take more of their I,tr month-
rights ¡n exchange for a promised ^ roro the Observer, May 12, 1922
Last Tuesday oftem oon while
security. We have, in recent years,
come to lean on the golden prom calling around town 'Rev. H. G.
ises of one man until we are weak Tlai.son lost a watch charm en-
girved with the letters C. E. * |
ened.
Now, and partly because of this, is anxious to recover same.
Moro will put on a race meet
we are confronted with a momen
tous decision: one th at means life dune 2 and If under the auspices of
or death to many and financial
American Legion. There will
difficulties for all.
* ” al*° be a celebration on the Fourth
a decision because they do not
a decision ' becausethey do not
L ast Sunday the two churches
have the information on which to exchanged audiences for the day
properly base a decision.
Those
of the usual exchange of
in authority withhold th at informa- ministers.
tion, an act th at in itself is an act
Mrs. T. C. Lee gave an at home
of dictatorship.
for 41 babies on the cradle roll last
The American people are not Friday.
afraid to fight. They have been in Moro Lodge No. 113, I.O . O. F.
many serious wars. They are not
Moro, Oregon
afraid to face the problem of go
Meets 1st and 3rd
ing to war. They are not afraid
Tuesdays
in th«
to work for their ideals.
I.O..O.F. hall Trai
If there is danger th at the
aient and visiting
tin o rf of individual rights is in
brothers are cordi
danger of being crowded off the
ally invited to meet
earth we will go to defend it, any
with us.
where*any time. Tie want to know Joe Ritner N.G.
• l.OUt it.
Vtiiion Millet. Sec.
Fine sounding words from our
leaders about defending democracy Lupine Rebekah Lodge No. 116
Moto. Oregon
is not convincing. If we conclude
we are in danger let us have an Meets 2d & 4th Tues
ei d to strikes and look outs that day of each month.
block defense, let us have an end Visiting member» wel
to profits, let us put aside laws come.
thM were designed to reform long ^ e*en M artin N. G.
established practices until we can Florence Johnston, Sell
be normal again. Those who in
sist on forcing new theories onto Eureka Lodge No. 121 A-F & A-M
Meets on the 1st and
th< people are doing as much to
3rd Thursday eve-
block our war effort as any one
nings of each month.
else.
Visiting members cor
Unless we are to follow the gov
dially invited to meet
ernm ental doctrine we are oppos
. with us.
ing the people m ust have complete
inform ation, come to a decision Wendell Balsiger W.M.
C. V. Belknap, Secy.
ard let nothing stand in the way
of its fulfillment.
Bethlehem Chapter, No. 78.O.E.S,
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Moro, Oregon
No one in the county has a bet
Meets Evri-y Second and
ter opportunity to display a flower
Fourth Thursdays in each
garden and surely, no one, has a
Month. Visiting members
more colorful one to display than
Invited
Trum an Strong, whose tulip beds Patricia Woods Sec.
ju st northeast of town a ttra c t n „ rotha Moore, W.M.
m any visitors.
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M ills
In Other Days
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Moro Couple
Flying East For
New Vehicles
Williams C'authers und wife are
leaving soon to begin work with
a state road oiling crew th at will
be in many parts of the state
throughout the summer months.
George Updegraff has bought
the May Belshe house in town and
expects to remodel it to suit his
needs and move into it this sum
mer. He will also have some work
done on his office building down
town.
The L. L. Peetz house is getting
a new coat of paint this week.
Last Saturday the school band
members were driven to Condon
by parents and friends to enter the
’ ii t-Colurclbia band contest. Play
ing was not competitive. The Moro
band played in the forenoon and
Ictei participated in the mass band
num bers. A picture show and
dunce ended the day.
Marion McKee returned Wed
nesday evening from an inspection
trip around the northw estern p a rt
of the state for the drug 'board.
E. A. Amidon was over from
hi? farm near Goldendale the first
of the week.
\Fred Beardsley was home for
the first of the week, well pleased
with life in the army. The N ation
al Guard boys were given a three
‘day furlough.
Lloyd Henrichs, now a lieutenant
in the arm y lias been assigned to
a Field A rtillery company for
perm anent service.
Raymond Henrichs and wife
w e n down from Sisters last week
end to see Mrs. Jessie Henrichs
who came home from the hospital
last week feeling much better.
The M issionary Society will meet
Wednesday, May 1’4, a t the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Russel Hollins-
hcao. This will be the M other’s
Day memorial offering, with Mrs.
L alpha Ramsey as leader. Visfi *
ton welcome.
Mr. and Mrs. J. K. McKean le*t
T hun lay night from Pendleton
on th • eastern plane for Chicago
on th t.r way to D etroit where they
will take delivery on a new car.
From there they will go down in
to Ohio and get a new truck and
ccme home taking time out for a
little sight seeing.
M n . Roy Belshee will spend
M c th ir’s Day in Yakima with her
daugh.er, Mrs. W. H. Williams
and h r family.
Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Powell,
Charles Powell, Mrs. Lena Searcy,
Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Johnson, Mrs.
L. L. Peetz, Mr. and Mrs. A. H.
Bai nu n and Roy Powell weie in
The L ilies last Saturday to attend
the V, isco County Pioneer’s asso-
ci.it ion picnic. Roy Powell was
e’.et te 1 to be second vice-president
of the association for the coming
y«ar, at the annual meeting he'd
Mr> 1 th.
B. 11. Thompson of Pasadena
Califo/nia, is here to visit with
relatives in this county. He if a
brother of A. C. and N. W. Thomp
son.
LeRoy W right left Wednesday
night l o r Spokane to be gone sev-
. era I days.
Shei man county teachers met
Mondi y night at the M. E. church
in Wasco and held a social evening,
celebrating, in a way, the ap
proaching end of school.
The government parity checks
began coming in to the county this
week with the receipt of $21,900
out of the total of nearly $170,000.
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counties the state tax commission
started the work of appraising in
dividual properties in 1929.
So
fa r these appraisers have “sam
pled” practically every county in
the state. During 1939 and 1940
these appraisers covered approxi
mately 25,000 properties ranging
from as few as 20 in some of the
sm aller counties up to as many
as 5000 in the larger counties.
Some opposition on the p art of
county assessors was experienced
by the commission in the early
y« ars of this work but now the
cooperation of the commission is
welcomed by the assessors with
more_requests for the state ap
The increased demand for skill-,
ed workers in Industry is making
it easier to place parolees from the
state prison in good jobs, accord
ing to Fred FinsJey, state parole
director. W hereas previously place
ment of parolees was confined
laigely to farm jobs now many
jobs are opening up for men with
experience Finsley said.
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A sharp increase in traffic fata l
ities during April all but wiped
out the gains previously recorded
this year in the traffic safety cam
paign. D eaths due to traffic ac
cidents last month were up 36.6
percent over the fata lity record
for A pril, 1939, according to re
ports compiled by S ecretary of
State Snell.
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praisers coming in than the com
mission is able to meet with its
small force now numbering nine
full tim e appraisers.
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MOTHER'S DAY
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for May 1 1 th . G iv e
m o th e r a c h a rm in g
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which means fit without
alteration. W ashable
Glovetone rayon crepe
sprayed with blossoms.
G re e n , g ra y , n av y ,
copen blue. Half sizes,
14’/a to 24'/z.
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