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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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► • 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.
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Statehouse Gossip
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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.
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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.
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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.
Fourth Thursdays in each
Month. Visiting members
Invited
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Durotha Moore, W.M,
Bethlehem
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