Sherman County journal. (Moro, Or.) 1931-current, January 23, 1942, Image 2

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Newspaper Page Text$, SHERMAN COUNTY A f f titn » * « C s u m lg * ’ *'* Sherman County Observer Established Nov. 2, 1888 \ .Grass Valley Journal "Established Oct. 14, 1897 CONSOLIDATED March 6. 1931 Wasco New s-Enterprise Established Nov. 1891 CONSOLIDATED March 4, 1932 y Sr- JOURNAL. MORO. OREGON defense in this country will be much like it is in crowded, badly bombed Britain. It m ust be plain to everyone th at a different p ro gram will be needed here. The v.ar, itself, is in a different stag«. Crcg n is said to have one pf t}æ most satiafactory civilian de- fense units in the nation, There has been a great deal of work dT nc^n k by a capable bunch of FRIDAY.* JANUARY 23. 1342 Kelly’s Column (Continued from page ontJ are projects on Columbia river larger than TVA, it is desired to turn them to this business. The ore can be processed a t Spokane or anyw here in the Grand Coulee or Bonneville area. Expense of the investigation is paid from appro- Abstract of Taxes Payable in 1942 on the Assessment Rolls for the year 1941, Sherman County, Oregon Kent Lodges Install Officers At Large Meeting SPECIAL SCHOOL TAX One Year a week ago with Paul Wilson and Eugene N orton as captains, ended Friday evening with the form er’s team winning. (Am oyster supper and dance was held a t the grange hall S aturday night for the win ning side. iMuaid was furnished by Mobley’s orohestra. Mr. and Mrs Orville Ruggles of Grass V al ley were out of town guests. Mr. and Mrs. Lester Wilson and daughter spent Sunday a t the ^ome of Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Smith in Dufur. Mrs. Grace Gregg is staying in The Dalles while her daughter, Mrs. Charles Purchase is in a hos pital there. ' Mr. and Mrs. Max Pluemke rc- Cfcjved word of the birth of u daughter on January 18th to Mr. an(, Mrg Karl p iuemke in Salem, ______________ _ „ Kent lodge No. 185 and W heat- land Rebekah lodge held joint in- Tax Levy Value D istrict stallation Thursday evening a t the 1*WH. Published Every Friday at $ none none $ A 188,220 1 Biglow I. O. 0. F. hall. Lola Barnet and cf knowledge of what is to be the m ent, but as there is a large Moro, Oregon 12,401.13 10.2 1,215,802 ; A A. Dunlap acted as grand m ar 3 Rufus • l u,den put upon it, it has made «'»ount of d a ta available on the ««-17366.90 7.3 187,247 3A 'Rufus shals. Ollie Helyer and ft. P. °f Editor p,ogress along the lines suggested n cr; hw“ ‘. df p° ! lt’..lh u Giles L. French none none E m igrant Springs 63,580 probe will be reduced. (Barnet were the installing officers. 4 b\ the national office. 1,019.51 2.3 443,266 Entered as second class m atter at 5 Locust Grove The installation team s were as In Sherman county the defense 7,916.52 8.0 989,565 the Postoffice at Moro. Oregon council has met with fair regu Suggestion comes from the west 7 Wasco follows: Grand wardens, Floye von none none 933,785 under Act of Congress of March larity since June. There has* been th at selectees who were rejected 9 Kent Borstel and W. G. H elyer, Grand j none none 126,173 by local d ra ft boards because they Gorman - 3, 1879. 11 secretaries, Dorothy Dunlap and discussion of many m atters. Men none none 295,331 F ia n k von Borstel; Grand treasur- have been named to posts as raid were defective in some particular 13 DeMoss 1,520.37,- 4.5 337,860 ers, Richard Abell and E. M. w rrdens, fire officials, - disaster be assigned to guard public prop 15 GordonRidge none none 417,541 erties, such as reclam ation dams, Erskine M e m b ri 16 Helyer; Grand Chaplin, Louis workers. A test blackout will be Teacher:" “W hat is a ra b b it? ” 5,560.66 7.7 722,163 where they would not be subjected Moro Bather. Those installed were: 17 tried soon. Inform ation as to the Johnny: “Daji says it’s an ani AJPE R O re 843.04 , 3.5 240,869 Nfble Grands, Ada Guyton and mal th a t grows the fu r th at other duties of officers under civilian to the arduous trainirfg fo r combat 19 Monkland none I AT I 0 N none 352,871 PUBLIS troops. Cited are a long list of 20 Harmony •Robert Schilling; Vice Grands, defense has been supplied. anim als g et credit for when it is none none 202,679 Fairview reclam ation projects many of them Edna Schilling and Lester Wilson; 21 Ii seems th at in this county the m: di into a coat.” 380.26 1.7 223,680 OFFICIAL COUNTY PAPER Secretaries, M argaret Mcbley and work is well in hand. The co-ordi now guarded by men hired by the 22 Boardman 3,869.98 7.2 537,497 .» E. N rrton: T reasurers, C lara SUBSCRIPTION RATES - nator is in touch with all phase? reclam ation bureau, but not by 23 Grass V ailef ’ 238.38 .8 297,970 Rutledge troopers. W ar departm ept officials Ib lv e r and Richard4 lA'bel. Ap IN THE COUNTY COURT OF 21 Pavable in Advance of the job. Maybe the conditions 60.06 THE STATE OF OREGON FOR .1 600,587 pointive officers were: W ardens, ONE YEAR ..... *L5() that makes it appear th a t the de contend th a t guarding public 33 Klondike 449.9(X THE COUNTY OF SHERMAN 1.8 249,945 Rosebush Laura Sat'her and E. M. Hel'yer: works requires a« physical condi; 32 fense council is d^ing little is \l3J9.97 3.4 388,226 CITATION Buckley . JConductors, M arguerite Decker tion equal to th a t demanded in the JANUARY 23, 1942 33 caused by the very fact th at de 36,946.68 In the M atter of the Adoption and J. M. Wilson; Chaplins, Phoe- 9,014 857 fense in all things is a m atter oi arm y and th a t while a few selec • outside town ’ ' M"Kav and Louis Sather; I G, of Robert Kelso Bixby a Minof. * tee? m ight be reconditioned to do waiting a fte r readiness is achiev PRO PATRIA Nan Wilson and W. C. Guyton; Any other course would be guard duty, the arm y doesn’t One of the reasons why Oregon ed Non-high School D istrict F u n d levy is 1.7 mills and applies to »0 G, E dith Loyns and Frank von To - Joseph Rollin Bixby, father think much of the idea. of the above named minor: is ahead in defense m atters in the offtnse—'and th a t is the jdb of all school districts except 3, 3A, 7. 9, 17 and 23; Borstel; RSNG, Lola and Roy Bar- IN THE NAME OF THE STATE Ration and why Sherman county the arm y and navy Tax 7 ’25.96 $4,428,798; Valuation net; LSNG, Floye and Amandus g p OREGON. is among the leaders was demon- .--------------- vor. Borstel; RSVG, Ollie and W. You are bereb notificd tb a t stiated Tuesday a t the meeting \ TOU^H OF SUN (,. '-¿elver: LSVG. Dorothy Dun- tbere has fiIed ¡n tbjs H onor. held for startin g the pledge card (Continued from patre one) He’s getting tired of the cold lap and Je sse - Helyer; musician, campaign for stim ulation of sales able Court a verified petition of SPECIAL city ; tax w eather and says he would trade a fore listed in class 3 available for Ollie Helyer. A rthur B. Christianson praying of defense bonds and stamps. Six Months immediate induction into the army. week of below zero ju st to see the /Plans for a card party were for an order of this Court th at said • There were more volunteers than Total » * * sun again. Yes, he’s a native. mode for February 7th a t the minor be declared to be the adopt Levy m aterial available for their use. Tax Value Levy The Board of Control has ap City Odd how Sherman countians get IOOF hall. Refreshm ents were ed child of said petitioner and And many of them volunteered 25.5 $3,323.64 $189 922 1.7 5 lonesome for the sun when it is proved the plans for the neW Wasco served and a birthday party held th at the name of said minor child knowing th at the job entailed 15.5 1,331.34 - 170,681 7.8 hidden behind a bank of fog. The. medical center and treatm ent dor- Moro for Dorothy Dunlap And Ollie 15.8 be declared to be Robert Kelso many miles of travel : over snow onlv time they enjoy a sunless day m itory at the state hospital at Grass Valley 1,078.88 125,451 8.6 Helyer. covered roads in p retty chilly is when it Christianson. presages a June rain Salem. Imm ediate construction of Now, therefor^' you are hereby weather; knowing th at they were the building, however, is now up for the wheat. Mrs. Floye von Borstel assisted cited and directed to appear in the em barking on a job th a t had no to the contractors. If the building Like the morning glory the American Legion Auxiliary «County Court of the State of Ore- General Fund rem uneration other than the sense enn be constructed within the cost General Road D istrict Tax opens its blossom when the Tuesday, January 13th, a t The gon for the County of Sherman, D epartm ent Mills of a patriotic service well done. Tax Levy Value Dist. lim its set by the legislative appro strikes it in the morning or Dalles by boardcasting a fifteen a t the courtroom thereof, at the State Tax, Elem. School ¡. none This is the spirit th at m ust be none none $8,528,800 flower whose bloom follows the priation of $325,000 the board is 1 minute radio talk over KODL. courthouse in Moro, Oregon, on the M arket Road .................... non««' constantly reassuring to the n a sun none none 189,922 sur all day, the Sherman countian ready to go ahead with the job. 2W This is the beginning of a series 21st day of February, 1942, at tion’s leaders for people who take none Bridges ...... - ..................... none none 170,684 is a. w orshipper of the sun. Some Otherwise it will probably have 3M of regular broadcasting of the 10:00 o’clock a. m. of th a t day, School Per-capita ........... none their citizenship as a duty as well none none 125,451 thing is lacking in us when it is to w ait until labor and m aterial 4G American Legion Auxiliary on then and there to show cause, if County ............................none as a privilege will not fail in time cloudy. We are gloomy and dis- costs retu rn to normal unless the nono Tuesdays from 3:30 to 3:45 p .m. any you have, why said minor of stress, of w ar or sudden none nex( legislature is willing to in spirited. Word has been received by rela child, Robert Kelso Bixby, should attack. The That is^hv reason we do not crease the appropriation. tives of the m arriage of Lorena not be by this Court declared to he It is not likely th at the job of transplanpSw ll. When we move to building, a two and three-story Average consolidated levy for co unty .... „......................... 5.55mills Yeung, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. the adopted child of the s a :d the minute men will entail much ' . rainier ctfhww we immediately fire proof structure will serve as William Young of Gresham, to A rthur B. Christianson and the of persuasion to sign the pledge settle into reminiscence about the the medical center for the entire Total valuation of taxable property in Sherman County $9,014,857.00 O. E. Smith of Portland, Saturday, name of said minor child declared cards. The main job will be one uf good old days in the sun when institution which now houses more The levy for the General Fund is NO mills, producing ....... none Junuary 17th. The Youngs are to be Robert Kelso Christianson. . getting over the sparsely settled life was better, freer, g a y e r,a n d than 2500 inmates. In addition it State Tax and Elem entary School Tax provided by state surplus form er residents of Kent and since Given under tnv hand and the country. In this county where will provide dorm itory space for Elem entary School to be paid intoceunty by state ............... 7,421.95 more worth while. graduating from the Kent high seal of the County Court of the everyone listens to the radio and P artial segregation of items on county budget: additional beds. The sun will shine again, the 50 school in 1934 Miss Young has State ofjOregon for the County of • « * p a d s the papers, the seriousness Road .... ................. -............................................................- 2,500.00 M arket ____ chinook will blow, and faces grown spent m ost of her time in P o rt Sherman, this 21st day of J a n of the situation is apparent to all. pah will tan and life wtfl he zest Bridges .......................................... ...... ......................................... 3,750.00 Women and children m ust be land where she has been em uary, 1942. We have seen national demands Road Machinery (and insurance) ................. ...................... 7,000.00 prepared to volunteer for serv :c? ful once more. ployed. Ross Ofnduff, Clerk. for ¡money for arm am ents go Rock Crusher ,or crushed .rock or road improvement .... 14,000.00 in the harvest fields of Oregon Mrs.J. M. Wilson left Tuesday Date of first publication, J a n from 15 or 20 billion to over a Weed Control ................................................................... - 250.00 The governm ent will need half this year to take the places left for Hood River where she will uary 23, 1942. hundred and know • th at th at the income of the nation in 1942; vacant by men entering m ilitary Emergency Fund ......................- .....:-•••-.•................................. 3,500.00 spend several days a t the home of Date of Last publication, Feb that means cash in bonds or taxes halt the gross, not net. County & children’s industrial fair, well & insurance .... 1,175.00 service and the defense industries, Mr and Mrs. Charles Bothwell and ruary 13, 1942. from everyone. We have seen the Per-capita school fund .... .......................................................... 2,450.00 Governor Sprague told a confer family. nrmy cHmb in num bers from 500,- encc of agriculturalists here last School library ...........................................................................-..... Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Helyer went Moro Lodge No. 113, 1. O. O. F. 000 to nearly 2,000,000 writh plans Elections, circuit court, justice court ................................ 1,190.00 week. Plans were made a t thi to The Dalles Monday when Jesse Moro, Oregon for twice th a t .pum ber already County health officer, county nurse ........................................ 765.00 conference for a house to house entered the Mid-Columbia hospital Meets 1st and 3rJ made, and know th at young men Relief, Public, Old Age and Blind assis.; aid to diip. ch. 2,860.00 canvass of the state to enroll for an operation on his knee which Tuesdays in tht from every fam ily need arm s and Fiom the Observer Jan. 30, 1903 300,000 women for farm work, the Remainder for other county expenses ..................... 1 ° 00 was injured during haying season I.O..O.F. hall Trai ammunition with which to fight Moro is preparing for the base survey to begin F ebruary 16. 52,4t>2.vO Mrs. Helyer remained there for sient and visiting the nation’s battles. ball season, A perm anent organi- General road district fund ......................................................... 11.550.00 a few days. brothers are cordi N early everyone has a personal 7ation being formed •at the Elrod ' % • 64.Ol2.uo For the first time in many years ally invited to meet Kent Grange No. 688' will hola * interest in the w ar in addition to & Moore office Wednesday. Dr. the assessed valuation of property Less fees and balances <........ ...................................................... 64,012.00 .vith us. its regular m eeting Saturday, his interest as a citizen. It is but. j jOgan ¡s chairm an, C. H. Skinner, in Oregon is again on th e up Joe Ritner N.G. Jan u ary 24, Several candidates natural therefore, th a t all should sf.cretary, J. O. Elrod, m anager grade. Valuations on* the 1941 RECAPITULATION will be initiated ‘by the degree V, runn Millei Sec. want to have a financial interest w B. McCoy, E. M. Meach and ro,| sjlow an ¡ncrease of approxi- G eneral, Fund ....... ............. $ none in the war. It cannot be won oth E. H. Moore the committee. team. Bethlehem Chapter, No. 78.O.E.S, none nintely six per cent over those of General Road Fund ............ Mrs. Blanche Baker of Portland Moro, Oregon This region had 36 hours of 1940 according to a sum m ary ju$~ erwise. Special School Tax .............. 36,946.68 is visiting at the home of Mr. and Meets Every Second and steady rain last Friday and Satur- released by the state tax commis Non-high School Dist. Fund 7,528.96 Mrs. Robert Mitchell. Fourth Thursdays in each dry then it cooled off and about 3 sion. This summ ary shows the Special City Tax ................ 5,733.86 DAYLIGHT SAVING . Mr. and Mrs. Gus Kopke of Month. V isiting members or four inches of snow fell to assessed value of all property in Overplus fractional extentions_______ L07 The few years a fte r a w ar are Condon were b rie f callers here Invited make the second winter. Oiegon on the 1941 roll to be Grand Total Tax ................ 50,210.57 pleasant years. We can then talk Marie Hoskinson, W. M. Friday. E. E. Barnum left for .Walla $960,944.739.66 compared’ to $896,- $50,210.57 over the foolish things we did dur The hunt which was arranged Pauline I)ouma, Sec. Walla to be with Mrs. Barnum 787.005.95 in 1040; Advance Tax $141.62 and rebates credited $4.37 __________ 145 ing the stress of war, time and get wh< is there visiting a sister. The valuation of property as Amount to be collected by Tax Collector no little pleasure out of recalling 50,064.6© A home talent play will he given sessed bv the county assessors in- th< m. by the high school early in heb- from $736,802,585.50 in I, M argaret W. Peetz, County Assessor of Sherman County, One of the things America, riiarv.' Among the cast are: Ray 1940 . to $V)2.083,486.50 in 1941 Oregon, hereby certify th a t the assessed valuations, tax levies and especially rural America, can Ragsdale, E rnest Webb, Guy laugh about a fte r the w ar will be Hulse, A rthur Smith, Lee Mc- while th at of public utility proper taxes set forth herein are the full and complete true copies of the ~ the d aylight-saving plan now (n Grr.nis, Jack Hickson, Lillian Stan ty assessed by the state tax com- originals as the same appear in this office and in my ciistody. Witness my hand and seal this 5th day of January, 1942. , mission increased from $159,984,- process of becoming law. ley Ita Webb and Sadie Ruggles M argaret W. Peetz, County Assessor. For a man whose hours of work From the Observer, Jan. 24, 1913 420.45 to $168,861,253.16. While the valuation of tillable are set by the rising of the sun, A successful basket social was daylight saving is absolutely silly. held at the Boardman school house and tim ber lands for tax purposes VALUATION AND TAX COMPARISONS Farm ers aren ’t going to arise an last week. Fred Hennagin auc show sharp decreases, valuation Uf Assessment State & County State hour earlier td do spring work for tioned off the baskets obtaining all other classes of property show Total Tax Valuation Tax Year Ratio increases. they get up before daylight any $303,026.09 $14,676^03.00 $174,650.38 86 1926 Quick < - Easy - S a fe $83.80 therefrom . 312,899.91 way 14,187,456.00 171,668.22 85 1927 The passenger and the freight Plans for securing more federal It ma> be questioned w hether trains were both stuck in a cut a 348,450.19 14,214,817.00 181,949.65 85 1928 Writ© or Call for 319,735.51 daylight saving » of much uso to o ra , s Val funds for public lands counties 14,251,591.00 169,503.93 84 1929 Complete Information city people or not »¡nee moat o f , . for n g wbo]e day before w tre considered a t a conference in 256,844.53 13,950,660.00 146,481.93 80 1930 * a "A H ZX11 T" * t Salem this week attended by dele ♦192 372.34 ♦11,637,743.00 ♦ 91,968.17 73 ♦1931 rescued by a relief train from The gates from m ost of the western shifts. It would have been so much 199,822.31 11,145,873.00 112,573.32 1&32 73 Dulles. states. The conference gave its simpler to request industry to 216,993.64 10,023,830.00 116,276.43 ' 1933 69 The young people are certainly s ta rt an hour earlier each morning enjoying the sleighfflg these davs. endorsem ent to a bill introduced 208,603.71 9)760,525.00 111,269.99 70 1934 , and this would not have disrupted Roads are good, snow is plentiful by Senator McNary which provide* 204,591.39 9,551,542.00 115,573.66 ■ 72 1935 H e a d O ffic e , P o r tla n d , O re g o n for the paym ent of two percent 187,229.32 the schedules of farm ers. 9,298,331.00 102,281.64 72 M I M B I R I ( D I R 4 I D IP O S IT IN S U R A N C E C O R P O R A T IO N 1:136 and the moon bright. of the fair value of public land3 But it is practically done now ♦158,138.89 ♦9,137,200.00 •96,854.32 72 ♦1937 Friday A rthuj’ Phillips lost his and sometime next month we can purse containing $35. George Tom in lieu of taxes th a t would be ♦154,110.40 ♦9,005,592.00 81,950.89 ♦1938 • 71 set the clocks ahead and go to lin found it receiving the reward. paid for thgse lands if in private 149,885.93 8,990,154.00 63,830.09 7(f 1939 ____ uring electricity in the mornings From the Observer, Jan. 26, 1923 ownership. ♦141,213.69 ♦8^36,968.00 ’*♦58,983.99 ♦1940 69 * • • instead of so much a t night. Thus •♦ 50,210.57 ♦♦9,014/857.00 ♦♦ none 67 ♦♦1941 The location of the highway in does puny man endeavor to reform to Kent was decided last week Em ployer contributions to the ♦ There was no state tax for s ta te purposes on the 1931, 1937, the solar system. when members of the county court unemployment insurance fund m 1938. 1940 and Î94Î1 assessm ent rolls; only $2,421.68 on the 1939 1941 were 27 per cent g rea ter than found out th at property owners rolls .In 1929 and 1931 intangible, corporation and income tax laws north of Kent would perm it the for 1940 while a t the same time passed which made these taxes an offset on real property taxes. CIVILIAN D EFEN SE benefit paym ents to jrN ess p o rk Of all the federal organizations road to go through their land. <* In 1939 a law passed fu rth e r extending the offset to elemen ers were reduced by 39 per cent. A deal was closed last week th ai need an overhauling the civi tary school tax. • ’ . As a result the unemployment lian defense program is probably wherein W. M. W alker sells his compensation tru s t fund increased the worst. It has been a stepchild interest in the hotel to F. W. Eureka Lodge No. 121 A-F & A-M during the year by $6,322,229 to lines ¿of employment. since its inception, a hit and miss Chjndlund of Hood River. Meets on the 1st and Miss Frances M orrisey’s music reach a total of $16,378^331 a t the preposition th at had to- take 3rd Thursday eve The reputation of Oregon’s scraps of time given it by those class will appear in recital S atu r close of the year. nings of sach month. civilian defense program has pene day. It includes Evelyn Byers. who already had too much to da. Visiting members are There are plenty of certified trated to the fa r com ers of the The appoirftrttent ' of Jam es Lloyd and Frances Hennagin. cordially invited to Laftdis m ight better the situation Gwendolyn and Dorothy Fosa, L a t h e r s 'in Oregon, according to nation. This week two high plac meet with us. if he had been given power to act Velma Powell, Georgia McKean. Re> Putnam , state superintendent ed Nebraska state officials came to Darwin Van Gilder, W. M. of public instruction; but »o many Salem to confq© w ith Jerrold C V. Belknap, S ecretary Congress had appropriated $100,- Marie Axtell. of them are being attracted to de- Owen, state defense director, aboqt Virgil Cushman and wife drove 000,000 for civilian defense but no No. 116 S unny B wx * ov&r. from Condon for a visit and fense jobs and others positions of- the civilian defens« organization, Lupin« Rebekah Lodge one apparently knows what it is ■■rrrrx» Moro. Oregon to be spent for. There have been became snow bound and their visit feririg high pay, th a t public edu- W alter iF. Roberta, N ebraska’s Metts 2d & 4th Tues cation in this state is facing a civilian defense coordinator, told announcements th a t some towns is now o f, an indefinite time. A moonshine still made from a serious situation. If the schools Owen th a t he had been informed day of each month; BPfVO would receive fire fighting equip large milk cap was found a t Grass are to h o ld ’ com petent teachers, th at Oregon led the nation in its Visiting members wel KENTUCKY STRAIGHT BOURBON WHTSK2Y ment, some gas mask«. National Diptiller»^t*rodiicts Corp. N. Y. • 93 Proof To date the Program has fal Valley last week. The operatoi Putnam points out, salaries must preparedness for protection of the Helen Martin N. G. lowed the British program a l- . wa? said to have posed as a veter- be increased to somewhere near a civilian population in the event of Florence Johnston, ' .. parity yvith tho«e paid in other an attack. . ? thoach no one thinks that civilian inurian, but he ha» gone. Statehouse Gossip In Other Days Save Time by using this Modern Deposit Plan « b . x . T h e D a lle s B r a n c h ot the U n ite d S ta te s N a t io n a l B a n k After a hard day, enjoy A J»- ■- « -- « j %«•- » J’