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\ r } I FACE 2, 8MKÍRMAN COUNTY JOURNAL. MORO. OREGON T FRIDAY. MAY 16, 1941 piece of property at one rate and Brother kind of property at an Sherman County Observer other. It is a power that has Established Nov. 2. 1888 g< nerally and generously abused Grass Valley Journal in other cities and other states. Established Oct. 14, 1897 The argument that home owners CONSOLIDATED March 6. 1981 should pay taxes on a smaller To The Editor: Wasco News-Enterprise assessed valuation than should Established Nov. 1891 Sherman county seems to be business property owners is not CONSOLIDATED March 4. 1982 based on a proper premise. In ta.’ ,ng the lead in producing first fact, it is probable that the hue cl-! s riding horses as Peter , Published Every Friday at and cry about the poor home own- Gt orge, a Peter Quick colt, was Moro. Oregon ei came from those who seli th • best horse sold in The Dalles I lies L. French Editor —--------—------------------------------------- homes and those who build homes ar I Peter Jr. was the best horse Entered as secon ’-class matter at for rent Why should an investor sc1 1 at Tygh • Valley. Prince the Postoffice at Moro. Oregon w|,o bujijs homes for rent pay less R pert and Silver Sarko were sold Under Act of Congress of March blXeg than a man who build> busj- la c fall. 3, 1879 All were half blood American liy John W, Kelly ness property for rent? OFFICIAL COUNTY PAPER If home owners must have cheap . T! »roughbred colts and brought Continued from page one. er taxes it would be better to give $1 '5 to $175. This should be con ton. Industrialists declined to ex a definite home owners’ exemp ch live evidence as to the proper pand plants until an arrangement iM ft tion of say, $1000. We doubt if herse to raise. All were bought by was ' made that these plants ICI AT I 01 that is advisable, either, but would th > U. S. Remount service for vzould be amortized in five years t ■* better than to give authority -ce airy use. and would not be a tax burden Several 3 year old half bloods thereafter. A perfect epidemic of SUBSCRIPTION RATES t » make assessments of varied wi re shown at -these inspections strikes broke out, jurisdictional, Payable in Advance r ‘rcentage of real value. ai I those showing them were as for the closed shop, for higher ONE YEAR . . ~ ............ $1 5u Article IX of the state consti tution reads: “The legislative as- st’ ed that the government would wages. The workers lost payment s Qrwbly shall, and the people take them this fall as horses must of millions of dollars while they MAY 16. 1941 through the initiative may, provide be from 4 to 8 -years old. t ;e<T up industries. These difficul by law uniform rules of assessment The government wants thor- ties are being straightened out. GENESIS 25: 33-34 rnd taxation. All taxes shall be ou jhbreds more than any other In the past two weeks the first of .On May 81 the wheat farmers levied and collected under general bi ed. A thoroughbred is defined the tanks, light and medium, have of the United States will vote on lr-ws, operating uniformly through as the horse that will carry the made -their appearance— samples, rider at the highest speed with the but excellent samples, and soon the establishment of quotas for out the state.” That ----- certainly ---------. the 1941 crop. There is no doubt riea-ns that all property shall be £2<atast ease and more endurance there will be thousands of these that the farmers of this county Hxed at the same rate and as- than any other breed. You will machines of death. Production of note in the Sunday Oregonian re- powder, long delayed; of the Gar- will return a good vote for these El S8«d at the same rate. There would be relief aplenty pc-’ts of the hunt club activities ai.d rifle, of machine guns, of large quotas. The vote means that farmers for Oregon home owners and tar ar. 1 find the most of these horses ard small ordnance and equipment under the program can sell the fiy e r s in general if fhere was leap ar • of thoroughbred breeding. You a*-c all tein g speeded up. America is in the process of wheat grown on their alloted acre tix exemption in this .»tate. It if. wi'l note in most of the literature age. Wheat grown on land out fobalble that not over a quarter ye i read that when speaking of building one of the largest, if not side the program cannot be sold of Oregon’s real property is taxer h; it breeds the writer will refer the largest, air forces in the world. federal government government har without penalties if the quota ays- pt all. 1 The ,2 leoerai naf to thoroughbred or Arabian as the Ai-my and private training schools ,™ is i. pasted. , v " ■>»'* of “ • the state, a n t i t /o .ndation stock of all light breedf. are preparing to educate another tern Many articles have been written 30,000 fliers; to instruct several Unless the quotas are voted spveral boards, the countiea, the school districts, the cities, veter- a l 'Ut the thoroughbred hors« as hundred thousands in ground work. there will be no loans on 1941 rns, pensioners, churches, lodges. a stock horse and most of them More air ports are to be construc wheat. By the term« of a bill Indians, household goods, automo a n in favor of the half or three- ted for army and civilian use; passed this week by congress <iv .rters bred for a stock horie. plane makers, now operating at these loans will be 96 cents at biles pay no property tax at all. We steadily tax less property M" experience with them makes capacity, must again expand their Portland. This price, together with and steadily tax for more things ate agree. plants. the government payments for on« This will have to stop sometime 1 also agree as a pleasure horse. And while all this activity is in thing and another, will equal and it is getting near the time A? a hunter or jumper they have progres«, while, the United States parity for wheat or between $1.10 v n ui u ♦ \ t ,« t in . this ,k i. county. 'vhen w<‘ '»■‘I have to change our t » c equal. Some people picture the is being geared for its biggest job, and i $1.15 policy and tax more property and thoroughbred as they see them on costs are piling mountain high; (Defeat of the quotas will mean raise taxes for fewer things. . •he racee track ganted up for rac costs which must be paid by the that wheat will be sold at the If home owners, or others, want ing. If the same horse was fitted American people, beginning next price determined by economics. lower taxes they might insist on up for night horse show with fe*'t year. Taxes will probably take With huge surpluses built up by help from those who pay none., trained to step like a drum ma- 25 percent of this year’s income— the federal program, this price instead of fighting among them • j< ’ette and his tail operated on to two bits out of every dollar. might be low. ‘elvesi make it stand high, I question if The department of agriculture there would be a more beautiful Deal Democrat, Walter M. Pierce and state and local agancies work burst in any breed. As peopie o f La GrGande. As to that Snell ing with it are doing everything AMUSEMENT know* more of the thoroughbred himself is not saying and since he they can to convince every farm Come to think of it the mofcrlf- horse I feel they will appreciate appears to be the only one who er to vote for the quotas. That tht m more. ' >• knvws what he has in mind his side of the question has been tbs zation and the fact that most or the young folks attend school fbr a W. C. Helywy- future course will probably remain only one to be presented. It « likely that from the »tend- . £ “ l* y~ r tov’’ a matter of speculation until he _____" far re*chin< effect on the amuse finally decides to take the public point of the immediate future there of the communities fcu tftii into his confidence, some six or is only one side. From the stand ments c runty.- eight months heno«. point of finances there is but one Some say that it will b e ihtpos- .< nunuv« iro n r*ag« one» answer: that is to vote for quotas. sibls to hold a dance at nil' i f the as suring the Democrats of at least Only 28 percent of automobile When farmer* vote the quotas purpose thereof is to make some one entry in the race for that owners carry liability and proper theyi will be voting for the estab ty damage insurance according to lishment of a.principle of govern money; there may be fewer ball number one «pot. "smes and more card parties and While he has made no formal estim ates by the stite insurance ment that will certainly, rise to family dinners. air-K/uncement of hi« intention« it department. That Means that of plague them many times in years It all may be a change for the is generally taken for granted the 400,000 automobiles registered, to come. By saying now to land elders—who usually leave the th at Robert 8. Farrell, yjr., of in Oregon approximately 285,000 owners that they cannot sell the choice of amusements to the young ’Portland, Speaker of the House in are not insured. Many, if not produce of their acre« unless they own aged aged tl»e recent legislative session, is most of these, are operated by conform to government regula- rters— to exercise their vneir own H a « ,. «« be u a bnnt . • sn<‘ ®^a,d ingenuity m » eIve, devising ’ definitely in the race for Secretary owners who, (being without ^in tionr th e , m » il .nK n * e r e r nleiM of amu, ingyth w •ot State. This suspicion is surance protection, are not in po the tkne when they themselves will There are those about us whose strengthened by young Farrell’« sition to pay any substantial claim be told what they can produce and kpees are still able to withstand frequent appearance in the public for damages resulting from a sell and what they cannot produce a lively schottische and for those print. The youthful Speaker is> traffic accident for which they and sell. a bit more sedate there is the for ovt rlooking no opportunity to get might be responsible. This pre It is probable that before» long mal minuet. Many among us the beef growers will adopt the dance the quadrille until perma his name before the reading public sumption appears to be borne out no matter how far he has t> by the fact that in the less than quota system and preclude wheat nent infirmity takes hold of oui farmers from *tttBg their few Hmhs and age definitely dims ov > stretch a point in order to manu six years experience under Ore facture an interview. gon’s safety resrponsibility act 452 calves without paying a penalty, delights. But the big question mark in motorists have had their licenses The egg producers will not be Age is a comparative matte r- long in deciding on the same sys ar.yway and with no real young- Oregon’s political arena is Earl suspended for ¡naibility to pay tem of keeping up the price of people around the middle aged! Snell. Serving now in his second judgments and of this numlber 356 term as secretary of state Sne’l are still barred from the highways, their product people are the younger group. is tarred ,by the constitution from never having been able to qualify Already industry is trying the a third consecutive term in that far reinstatement of their driving •an»« thing hampered only by the There is a wave of Hesspeculà» office. Having had a taste of poli permits. aoXi-truat acts, which are not tion sweeping the entire world. tical life it is believed that he very- very well enforced. Soon—-if the much desires to continue in the In spite of the fact that the principle is accepted—the nations public service. But just which, cash balance in the state treasury business will be governed by pools way will he turaT Thi« is tho recently hit a new all-time high of producers for all goods. question most often asked when at $19,278,000, State Treasurer But what will prdbably happen ever two or more politically mind Scott hastens to explain that the in years to come is not going to ed persons get together. Will he state has no surplus cash. Once Fro the Observer May 19, 1922;. affect the vote of these quota«. choose to become a candidate for before when the treasury announc The farmers of this country are Walter Givens was acquitted! om governor and thus oppose Cha.«. ed a huge cash balance the de going to vote for them because a charge of conversion of stored' A. Sprague for the republican nom partment was flooded with sugges- they mean additional income thia wheat in the circuit court heme this; ination, for it is generally con tx.n? as to how the extra money year. The direction of the na week. ceded that Sprague will seek :• might be used. Most of this cash tion’s economic life is being trans Dr. Poley left Thursday, for Stt. second term. Or will he seek to balance, Scott explains, is ear ferred from the people to the Louis to attend the meeting-of the* ureat the senatorial toga from the ‘marked for specific purposes— theorists in Washington D. C. American Medical association. veteran Chas. L. McNary who ha•» highways, soldiers’ bonus loans, We will put off as long as pos sible the time when we will have From the Observer M>y 17, 1912! let it be known that he has no in industrial accident funds, etc, Only tention of retiring upon the ex $B,(X)0,000 of the huge total is to face the fact of surplus wheat. Auto parties were, numerous. piration of his present term. Mos credited to the general fund out We had to do it once after the Sunday coming and going. Among- logicpl suggestion appears to be of which appropriation supported goverrunent intervened in the eco- those noted were (Ifaerge Crosfield that Snell will enter the race for tfute activities are financed, and nomic system. We will have to do and B Van of Wtosco and young Congress from the big second this balance, built up by the recent i: again when the government can Mr. Buckley of -Qmas Valley district where the Republican» flood of income tax payments is not carry the load any longer. Gov. West- has appointed Drui , By voting quotas we will vote to Barnum delegate to the N orthw est.1 have (been waiting a good many now rapidly dwindling under con meet that deflation when times are Development congress that m eetti ‘ years for the right man to com»* stant demands of established gov along to defeat the veteran N e \, ernmental functions. bad instead of when times are in Seattle Juno 5. good. . ; From the Observer May 16, 190Y J. H. Smith sold a driving team ’ This editorial is written to point buyer - from Nome and be-- out the probable results of the to the -------- ........- quota system and to -show that forb had bought better there is another side of a question one ^rom Goetjen Bros, that has received insufficient ex- hull of the steamer build- C om plete S ervice m every d epartm en t planation. .. i • ing ¡n Rufua ¡g ready for high ----------------- ------ ► • water launching. Amos will have BODY A FENDER WORK,' PAINTING, WELDING T n r —. v - - / » the machinery all in position be- MOTOR TU NE UP VALV E EQUIPMENT THE TAX s q t U M a * . for, , he is , float. GAS ANALIZER Som ething1«* . fu r o « J,,¿ * “ «. » J » “ eKitem ent oc- . b «»urod in Mi&rwfcsh count,Afr th« .«“Ted m Kent one d»y last week n ,.» , o r ^ u x ^ t t ^ : hn v .T “ - u ,m too,t •rr iir. i r - tv Statehouse Gossip Other 6 PONTIAC 8 SA LES SER V IC E Texaco Marfak Checkchart Lubrication making é q w R fiU e ssm e á u . man- f r home datory. There1 is demand for a aeaaipn of the legislature The new prims facie »peed law to correct thp sitoation. ~ . which becomes effective June 14 Thia newspaper thinks that the featured the discussions at a three tax commiaaion was exactly right day conference of state police in its decision. There seems to be r$aptaina, meeting in the capítol no justification In giving a,copnty/.w i|h Superintendent Charles P .. thaj^oiigr fio^bisesa one Fray last week. * » > “ -r F o r a g o o d dependable m achanical jo b a tria l w ill convince y o u th a t w e give genuine service Peterson Motor Co. New Car« 217 East 3rd S t. iiiiiiiiiiim n n i i i i H tiitTTT— la ed Car» 4th A Union St. ■ Many Attend Mother’s Day Exercises The Annual Mother's Day ser vice was held at Kent Sunday, May 11, with Rev. G. L. Swander of Portland delivering the message. Pot luck dinner was served at neon at the Kent grange hall, and afternoon services concluded the oaye events. Out of town guests here for the occasion were Lt. and Mrs. W. W. Adams and son from Fort Lewis, Wn; Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Adams of Orting, Wn; Mr. and Mrs. I. E. Wilson- and daughter Naomi and Mr. and Mrs. J L. Stevens and son John from Wawarwai, Wn; Mrs. Essie Wilson and Mrs. Ruth Hurner and son Frank of Pullman, Wn; Mr. and Mrs R. J. Harbin of Cheney, Wn; Mrs. Ted Kaser and daughters Kay and Caroline, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Harbin, Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Brayling, Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Swander and sortCourtney of Port land; Mr. and Mrs. B. M. Sias and Vir. and Mrs. Frank Sias of Forest Grove; Mrs. LeRoy Daniels and ?on Cecil of Portland; Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Nelson, Mt. and Mrs. Newt Carnett, Mrs. Bernice Sny- ier and John L. Harbin of Bend; Mr. and Mrs. Durward Helyer an^ funiily, Mrs. Ida Davis and Paul ine Davis, Mr. and Mrs. Chester Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Adame, of Moro; Mr. and Mrs. Dick Rtckman and daughter Mar garet, Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Fritts, and family, Mrs. Glen Karnes, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Cox and son Don, Mrs. J. W. Davis and Lois Coyner of Grass Valley, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bothwell and son of Eugene, Mr. and Mrs. Marcus Eslinger of The Dalles, Mr. and Mrs. Wren Hogue of Grass Valley, Mrs. Wm. Young of Gresham, and Mr. and Mrs. G. L. Barnet of The Dalles. (Baccalaureate exercises will be held in the Kent Christian church M.nday evening, May 19th at 8:03 p. m. Rev. T. Anderson of The Dalles will deliver the address for the evening. Kent grange sponsored a play “Harry’s Mail Order Wife” Satur. day evening, Miss Helen Halvor- sen directing. Mary Louise von Borstel favored with a solo “My Sister and I,” accompanied on the piano by Nellie Wilson; George Witter sang with guitar accom paniment, also two other numebrs were rendered completing the pro gram, when dancing was enjoyed for a short time. Graduation exercises will be helo h: the Kent School auditorium Wednesday evening, May 21st at 8:09 p. m. Mr. Brumbaugh, school superintendent of Wasco county, will be the speaker of the evening. Lt. and Mrs. W. W. Adams and son were over night guests at the Lester Wiloon home Saturday evening. Rev. and Mrs. C. F. Swander and son Courtney of Portland were overnight guests at the L. W. Amick home Saturday night. Elbert Wilson of The Dalfes was a business visitor at Kent Friday. Mr. and Mrs. Lester Wilson and daughter Karen were dinner guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Smith at Dufur Sunday. Mr. and Mr». W. R. Adams of Orting, Washington spent Satur- ■day night at the J. M. Wilson home. Vivian Fritts of Grass Valley spent the week end here at the J. H. Wilson home. Mr. and Mrs. John Koepke and children and Hans Koepke of Red mond were dinner guests at the Georg« McKay home Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Schilling and daughter Bdbetta spent Moth er’.: day at Goldendale, Washing ton with Mr. and Mrs. Gus Schill ing. Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wilson were shopping in The Dalles Thursday. The Wilsons purchased a new car which was delivered here Satur day. Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Adams of Orting, Wn., Mrs. R. T. Kaser and daughters Kay and Carolyn of Portland, Lt. and Mrs. W. W. Adams and son Denny of Fort Lewis were dinner guests at the J. C. Wihon home Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Jay McKay and children were dinner guests at the Allred Lyons home Sunday. Mrs. J. H. Wilson, Mrs. J. M. Wilson, Mrs. J. K. Wilson, Mrs. Corl Schadewitz, Mrs. R. P. Bar- net, Vivian Fritts, Nellie Wilson, and Mr«. J. C. Wilson and grand son, George Sacre attended the, shower at the home of Mrs. Dick Reckman near Grass Valley Tues day evening. Mr. and. Mrs. Roy Taylor and children of Redmond were dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Cratty Sunday. Mrs. J. L. Davis motored to Corvallis Friday accompanied by her daughter Evelyn. They spent the week end with the former’s sor, Luther Warren Davis, a stu- f ;nt at O.S.C. - Parents of the members of the senior class were hosts last Thurs day night at the Odd Felloyvs hall to the class and members of the school board and faculty. Max Barzee, president of the class, acted as toastmaster and introduc ed each member of the class when they gave the prophesy, will, history, and Ardis Truitt and Merle Miller who sang and Connie Ruggles also sang, and the direc tors who repsonded with talks. ? dinner ready, Mother—Not yea. I ti only half- cooked. Willie— Well,, can’t I have the half thats cooked? Moro Lodge No. 113, I. O. O. F. Moro, Oregon Meets 1st and 3rl Tuesdays in t l « I.O..O.F. hall Trai sient and vnitn.x brothers are cordi ally invited to meet with us. J >e Ritner N.G. Vf-rnon Millet, Sec. ? Lupine Rebekah Lodge Moro, Oregon Meet« 2d & 4th Tuea day of each month. Visiting members welj '•ome. Helen Martin N. G. Florence Johnston, No. 116 Eureka Lodge No. 121 A-F & A-M Meets on the 1st and 3rd Thursday eve nings of each month. Visiting members cor dially invited to meet with us. endell Balsiger W.M. C. V. Belknap, Secy. Chapter, No. - 78.0.E.^. Moro, Oregon Meets Every Second and. 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