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SHERMAN COUNTY JOURNAL» MORO. OREGON
TR1DAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1941
when a new tax bill will surely
take a still larger part of incomes.
Farmers may not have much to
Sherman County Observer
pay on in 1948, though.
testablisbed Nov. 2, 1888
Thfi yepr.of 1942 may be the
Crass Valley Journal
ilrtt year in which the new deal
Established Oct. 14, 1897
has
more v*
of the people than
Il Ho asked uivsv
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CONSOLIDATED March 6, 1931 it eav out in WPA, PWA, QCC,
Wasco News-Enterprise
AAA’ EFHA, SCS, FHJA, or oth-
Established Nov. 1891
er means of distributing borrowed
CONSOLIDATED March 4, 19W cash to those from whom it was
borrowed. Much of the money will
Published Every Friday at
be used for defense work, which
Moro, Oregon
might well have had some five or
Editor six yars ago. In any event it is
Giles L. French
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L o n ' l ' i , - iltk
t l e complaint
complaint about the size of
Entered as
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the Postofficè at Moro, Oregon
under Act of Congress of March th e ja x e s.
3, 1879.
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OFFICIAL COUNTY PAPER
SUBSCRIPTION RATES
Payable in Advance
ONE YEAR ............................ $1- ’
INOVEN B E R 7,1941
CRY BABY, CURRY
It is not to be expected that we
are the only ones who are becom
ing just a bit tired of Curry coun
ty’s venture into personal pub
licity.
nciry. This »—
stuff » -------
about leaving
Oregon and joining California is
truly a jitterbug idea that became
news because it was fanciful and
not because it was likely.
The complaint that there is no
road east and west across the
county is probably a true one, but
it is the county, itself, that should
build such roads. . If someone
lived up there in those hills the
mutter of building a road would
be more feasible.
'Development, w
,»••••«»• re
'Development
of a mineral
erallv consider!
sources is generally
considered to
be a private business and with
minerals of many kinds in demand
there is no doubt that there will
be mines Af and when the mineral
is located. Indications so far, are
that Curry county suffers more
from lack of iron in the soul than
from too much iron, or mystery
metal in the hills.
Sherman county is a small coun
ty also. The state or federal
government hasn’t drilled for oil,
water or mineral here, either. We
have built our own roads, includ
ing our highway, although sev
eral miles have been taken over
by the state- since original con
struction,, No one from thia coun
ty has been named or elected to a
big state job. We are not think-
fnk o f seceeding to Washington
mew York
io rx or Canada.
L-anaaa.
or New
. We are going to stay right here
in Oregon and keep on producing
the best horses, the best 4-H club
calves, the best wheat and citi
zens who work for what fame or
honor they get and don’t whine
about it.
When our horses are best— as
they are—they will be given the
ribbons. The same applies to our
calves and wheat and citizens.
I*et Curry county raise some prize
winning sheep (not the fat tailed
variety that overrun the highway
there, either), tell people about
its scenery (which is beautiful),
or do something else well besides
cry.
equalization were contending.
Replying to the contention of
attorneys for the Multnomah as
sessor that long continued prac
tice had validated the “varible
ratio” method of assessment the
high
-- court declared that this might
.
be the case “if the statute requir-
ing assessments to be ^uniform in
accordance with true cash value
were ambiguous.”
‘'But” the court pointed out,
“these statutes are not ambiguous
or uncertain. ' They are plain,
definite and mandatory.”
In the support of the 60 percent
asesssment as satisfying the re
quirement for “uniformity” the
court said: “We think, although
the statute prescribes an assess
ment upon the cash value, such
provision may be properly subor
dinated
to an assessment upon a
(Continued from page one»
percentage of cash value of the
(Government statistics are always property in order more nearly to
a month or two behind due to approximate uniformity.”
routine gathering of data from 48
pealing with the authority of
states, Alaska, Hawaii and the the state tax commission the
District of Columbia.) September court ruled that “it is clear that
payments went to 1800 persons. an order, conformable to law, made
Number of unemployed given place by the State Tax Commission with
ment in September was 11,900 reference to the administration of
which was 109 percent more than the laws of assessment and taxa
iv'en* found jobs in the same month tion when issued by the State
one year ago. The national in Tax Commission and directed to
crease was but half that of Ore a county assessor or county board
of equalization, is mandatory and
gon, 65 percent.
William R. Davis of the national should be obeyed by the officer or
mediation board says the labor board to which it is addressed.”
troubie8 jn the northwest are due
While the controvery over as
largeiy to the immaturity of the sessments was confined, in this in
]abo, organizaions in that region, stance, to Multnomah county, the
The lumber situation is due, says opinion of the supreme court is
be, to fierce rivalry between AFL state wfcfe in its applicaton
and
and CIO, and Dr. Dexter Keezer of represents the first judicoal inter
Reed college has been appointed potation of these questions,
cbairman of a commission to the
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mediation board a stabalization
The state’s “take” from pari
program for the entire' Douglas mutuel wager on dog and horse
fir industry. The board has been racing during 1941 amounted to
waiting for weeks for these recom $133377 , _______
& to a report
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according
com-
mendations and hopes they will be piled by Secretary of State Snell,
preaented at an early date. Nation This represents three per cent of
aj defense mediation board does (be $4,445,900 wagered by follow-
not want another outbreak in the era of the ponies and the rabbit
chasing canines. On this basis the
lumber industry.
promoters of these racing meets
realized $444,590 as their share
of the season’s betting.
a-vote of the people of the entire “It‘s a great life if you dqn’
gtate
.
- - weaken,” has now joined up will
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KEYNOTES RED CROSS APPEAL
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Kelly’s Column
Statehouse Gossip
Continued from page one.
and the state of Oregon $40,000.
The state’s share will come out of
a $100,000 appropriation author
ized by the last legislature for
armory purposes.
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Students at the state school ot
blind are to have motion pistures
on their entertainment and educa
tional schedule hereafter. The
Board of Control has authorized
the expenditure of $400 for the
necessary equipment. Walter R.
insti-
Dry, » superintendent
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-- the
-
tut ion, explained to the board that
many of the pupils at his insti-
tution enjoy partial sight »yd are
able to see the pictures if they
sit near the screen.
Benefit payments to jobless
Oregon workmen and women for
the four months ending September
30 amounted to only $518,635,
according to State Treasurer Les
lie M. Scott. For the same period
in 1938 benefit payments totalled
$1,868,345, Scott’s report shows.
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>the appeasers.
Refinancing of state loans thru
“I’ve found out,” sez Bush,
federal agencies is believed to have sometimes a greater one if
contributed largely to the near- weaken just a leetle bit.”
record collections of the World
War Veterans State Aid commis
sion for September, when $244,-
047 were paid on bonus loans.
Except for December, 1937, the
month’s collections were the larg LOST: Ewe with twin lambs
from farm 6 miles east of Grass
est in the history of the commis
Valley. John Buether.
52-2 p
sion.
RABBIT skins wanted. Ship to Sam
Although general relief pay-
Forman, 602 E. Second street,
men tshave shown a downward
The Dalles.
tendency with the advent of the
defense program old age pensions FOR SALE: 1 gentle saddle mare,
suitable for women and children;
payments continue to increase. A
2 colts aged 18 months. Will sell
report issued by State Treasurer
1 or all very cheap. Frank G.
Leslie M. Scott shows that for the
Dick, The Dalles, Ohe., Phone
four-month period ending Septem
3639 or 2590.
ber 30 the state paid $1,894,658 in
pensions to aged persons compar
T a r i n g ORDERS NOW for live
ed to $1,701,554 for the same per
or dressed turkeys. Phone 438,
iod a year ago.
Frances Henrichs, Moro, Ore
W unf
Bush Osborn, who, for many
years, has steadfastly maintained
•k.
BUY
BUY
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S A V IN G S
kO N DS
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U N IT E D
STATES
A V IN C S
ÌO N D S
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Have Foss & Co.
gon.
Frances Fedden, attractive Bronxville, N. Y., artist's model, is the 1941
Red Crocs noster g<cl. Thousands of posters like the one pictured above
have been distributed throughout the country .catling attention to thia
year’s Roll Call membership appeal: Painted by Bradshaw Crandell,
prominent New York illustrator, the poster carries a national defense
theme, portraying the active part being taken by the Red Cross In
servlnq the armed forces.
Planning More D eien se F eet’s
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More rigid supervision of the
Yaquina bay oyster beds .is recom
mended in a report to -Governor
Sprague by the Oregon State Col
lege
experiment biauvh
station. , The
' h i « «*j«iiiirenv
m e re-
por| sayg tbat tbe Yaquina bay
have been seriously depleted
as a result of unregulated and un
limited fishing.
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Now is the time to replace those
old batteries, e tc * Catalog prices.
John- DeMoss, representative of
The Dalles Montgomery Ward
store. Phone 857.
FOR SALE: Two young Rambou
let bucks, 2 young black face
bucks, old enough for service,
one four-year old black face
buck. Price $10 and $15. John
DeMoss, Phone 857. .
Lupine
Rebekah Lodge
Moro. Oregon
Meets 2d & 4th Tues
day of each month.
Visiting members wel
come.
Helen Martin N. G.
Florence Johnston, Se<
Moro
A M E R IC A N R E D C R O S S
Ads
Lodge
No.
113,
No. 116
I. O. O. F.
Moro, Oregon
Meets 1st and 3rd
Tuesdays
in the
I.O..O.F.
hall
Trai
CHECK HEATER
sient
and
visiting
No need to be cold when you
brothers are cordi
drive. Let us install a heater.
ally invited to meet
.vith us.
Joe Ritner N.G.
V • rimn Millet Sec.
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.
CHECK BATTERY
Wendell Balsiger W.M.
If your old battery is on the
C. V . B elkrxp . Secy.
verge of a breakdown why not Bethlehem Chapter. No. 78.O.E.S.
start the winter with a new one?>
Moro, Oregon
( " r"
Meets Every Second and
Fourth Thursdays in each
Month. Visiting members
Invited ' -
Patricia Woods Sec.
Dorotha Moore, W .M .
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
claims
A ll. ' persons
having
W’tb the filing by State Senator
( HECK
The latest addition to the “house Lew Wallace of his formal decla
T. „ ANTI-FREEZE
rur-EARB
against the «state of Claytor* Le
I t you want a safe anti-freeze Roy ,D;^
^ ^ a
organs” put out by state depart ration as a candidate for gover
'Rich, a
deceased,
are hereby
that won’t go stale on you try
ments is “Education News” a nor the Deomcrats now have two
notified to present them, in proper
Zerex.
small four-page monthly publica- entries in the race with the pri
ferm, to the undersigned, the duly
t ;on published by the department maries still seven months aw iy.
appointed, qualified and acting
of education. The first issue made An out and out New Dealer Wal
Administrator, with the will an
its appearance this week,
nexed, of the estates of Clayton
lace pledges whole hearted support
to President Roosevelt and his
LeRoy Rich, deceased, at the office
The improved employment sit policies, and with a though for the
of Geo. G. Updegraff, Moro, -Ore-
uation Is reflected in a reduction voters whose support he will need
gou, within six months from the
of 25.9 percent in the state’s gen promises to work for lower taxes
date of this notice, to wit: Octo
eral relief load, Elmer Goudy, re for home owners and farmers and
ber 24, 1941. ’
Farmers In this State and elsewhere In America are beginning to
lief administrator, told Governor more generous pensions for the
*» E. (P. RICH
Sprague this week. A part of this aged.
make plans for producing more “defense foods” in 1942. Among the
Administrator, with the will An
NEW NAMES NEEDED
reduction^, however, will be offset
CHECK TIRES
highly-nutritious foods needed in greater quantity are milk, cheese,
nexed
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The rather silly attempt to read by increased allotments to ~ meet
You need good tires more than Get. G. Updegraff,
eggs, meats, and vegetables. Good market prices for the year are
In an effort to ascertain to what
Mr. Willkie out of the Republican the higher cost of living Goudy
ever now that slippery weather Attorney for Administrator,
assured. Every farmer in the nation will be visited this fall by an
extent, if any, Oregon’s truck
party is evidence of the need for explained.
is just around the corner.
with the Will annexed.
51-2
AAA farm program committeeman who will assist in planning the
regulations are hampering the
a change in our political labeling
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Increases.
movement of defense materials
system.
wnen
I f the boy8 in V nCl® Sam ’8
Governor Sprague has instituted
(Perhaps there was a time when
about navY
oleomargarine on their an investigation into the situation so recalled that the last legislature umes be distributed to schools and
one could tell something
tables in place of butter in the Oregon truck operators are asking defeated a similar request from the public libraries throughout the
what a man believed by his label
future it will be over the vigorous the state highway commission to trvck oprators by a vote of 18 to state.
of republican, democrat or social- ----------
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iat If so, that time is gone. The protest of Oregon dairy inte
■. Hft the preg€nt limitg on truck 9 in the senate and that later the
Announcement that consent of
socialistic element introduced in- The Oregon airy
1
lengths and weights to a level House defeated a measure which
to th . democratic party ha» mixed
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Washington and would have permitted the larger the state would have to be obtain
tilings up. Even the label “new- dtea,ed a resolution to‘
California which permit truck com- trucks to enter border cities for ed before Curry county can seceed
dealer” does not always mean delegation in Congress
binations to a length of 60 feet the purpose of unloading and re s«ems to have dampened the ardor
thut the bearer believes in gov- opposition o a aena
of the southwest Oregon seces
with gross weights up to 68,000 loading.
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sionists. Attorney General Van
emment ownership of most things >7-:n8 the propose* s*
pounds.
Oregon limits
truck
lengths to 50 feet and weights to
and government management of
Compiled by members of the Winkle has called attention to the
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The
unemployment.
compensa-
fact that
51,000
pounds.
In
support
of
their
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puunuo. ...
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w FA writers project ana
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and puonsn-
publish- —
There are
democrats
voting
for
tion
commission
has
designated
ire
requegt tbe truck operators claim ed by tbe g^ate tbe Oregon guide slate, including tCurry county, are
Write or Call for
because of Oregon’s restric- book “End of the Trail,” has not fixed by the constitution which
the war bill because they believe Charles, Cohn, Portland attorney,
Complete Information
it and others because their
a re- tiens
’ to be the best seller its cannot ‘ be changed except through v
heir as as special
special referee
reieree to
to• conduct
oonuuu^»
tions they
they are
are not
not able
able to to handle
handle proven
,
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present . . leader
favors
war: xi___
there
lere » hearing
hearing
into 700 the
the petition
petition of
of 700
700 di;fense
materials.
State officials promoters
hoped for. Of the ----------
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are republicans .voting for war and non-striking
employees
of
Mont-
noil-striking employees of Mont- who have made a gtudy of the 160Q copies the state had printed
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gomery Ward & Company in Port- gituatiOn doubt the authority ol lpore than 1200 atill remain in the V . L . ilO l€ y , |V |. L/.
some voting against it.
ion- land
land lor
for jooieas
jobless insurance toene- the
the highway
highway commission
commission or
or tne
the «hands of the board of control. The
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The most prominent isolation
isolation-
r tr ta f
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rn m n A IY V
h ftS
o b j e c t e d
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fk a a
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Physician W & ^ Surgeon
ist is a democrat and the most
fits. The
company
has
objected
o t o * cvernor to
change
the
present
ig regarded
by state officials
H e a d O ffic e , P o r tla n d , O re g o n
nrominent
republican
an
inter-
a
previous
ruling
granting
the
regUiatiO
ns
except
through
the
is-
ag
R
valuable
reference
work.
It
prominent
M fM R E R
U D IR A I
D E P O S IT
IN S U R A N C E
C O R P O R A T IO N
[[ie
Dalles
Hospital
benefit payments to the men and guance of gpetfal permits covering has been sugge8ted that the vol-
ventionist.
fhe
□•liles
O
reqcn
w <»men who stayed on the job wnen gp4icjfic truck movements. It is al- ,
-
It seemed possible at one time women
that the new deal would bring the union members went out
about a realignment of politics, strike.
POPEYE, THE RECRU ITING OFFICER, HANOS OUT A ROUGH IDEA!
so that those who believed in ab
solute government control of agri
Salem, Ore. Oct. 30.—“In sup
V -excurse me . i didn ' t
You’ll look great in a Navy uniforml
culture, industry and finance could porting the State,T ax commission
be counted on one side and those in its controversy with the Mult-
Everyone looks bigger, handsomer, in
whr held to the theory of private romah county assessor the state
that uniform Uncle Sam s Navy gives you.
enterprise could be found on the supreme court gave judicial rec
And that's only a start. Unde Sam takes
other. Prejudice for the time tried ognition to two principles for
great care of his sailors.
names of political affiliation has which the commission was con
Free meals. Free board. Free travel.
o afar prevented that.
tending:
Free medical and dental care. Free train
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Uniformity in assessments as
ing in any one of fifty-odd skilled trades.
No doubt every fanner has seen a requirement both of the consti-
And the Navy pays you good money
liat showing the federal income tution and the statutes:
•
while you learn.
t^y<wi to be paid next March, and
Authority of the Tax Commis-
What on opportunity! If you ore 17 or
r many have noted that a person sion over county assessors and
over, get o free copy of the illustrated
< with an income of $25,000 win pay county boards of equalization.
booklet, “Lile in the U.S. N avy”, from the
some $6000 for national defense
Nothing in the opinion of the
Navy Editor of this newspaper
and for the dizziness of the past high court, written by Chief Jus
tice
Percy
R.
Kelly,
can
be
con
few years.
S E R v e "YO u R c o u n t r y Î
That is* quite a sum of money strued as endorsement of the
B u i l D schj R F i r f u R E Í
• but many in this county will have principle of the “varied ratio” for
C j ET i n T H E ts^eAz N O u u î
which
the
county
assessor
and
the
. -Jt to- payv However, it will proh-
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look email by March of 1943
S a v e Time by using
this Modern Deposit Plan
a
T h e D a lle s B r a n c h o/ the
U n ite d S ta te s N a tio n a l B a n k
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