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/jkJUfc 2, S HERMAN LINDA >4 JOURNAL. $ 1 ^ man (County J o u sui( ajTíshrd Every Friday at MOttO. OflSOON doesn’t want to be subsidized The consumer is the one who benefits tnrengh th e proposed sub- sidy for because of t h e , subridy FKIDAY. DECKMBLU 31. 1493 Kelly’s Column , t __ ’/C ontinued f. rn Page O ;c) Moro. (tregua , his prices are kept down. Labor cm ts haye apprehensiv« that is therefor th e subsidized party. -f tb e colored peOple voted they E d itor (Giles IX French There is no argument against wouU gupport the Republican support the EnUred as second class m atter at the statem ent th a t if there were ticket and this would make th? the i>o.’ t office at Moro, Oregon nc subsidies price? of agricultur- Democrats a minority party *in the under Act of Congress of M anii al products would go up.Suhsidies Routh Nqw fhey flrj cancerned lest are helping th e consumer. The the colored citizen vote fo r-M r. 3. 1879. one who is helped by a subsidy is Roosevelt for a fourth term , and certainly the one subsidized many of the southern Democrats OFFICIAL COUNTY PAPER Were th e government to pay are fed up on Mr. Roosevelt, and SUBSCRIPTION RATES coal miners a subsidy o f a dollar say so in no uncertain term s. Payable in Advance a day in order t o hold down Hie Republicans, who once could price of coal the coal users would count on the colored vote where ONE YEAR ........... ........... ...... lw aided by the ttioat . Th? com the colored people were permitted DECEMBER 31. 1943 parison is identical. to vote, realize that th ey have The question is: how farsh ou jogt th .# assct ( very important in government continue to ffiterfere Cfcrtajn northern x a t e s ) and they SPECIAL SESSION with movement __ insisting th a t a a federal 1«™ w ith free fr e e m o v em en t of goods? are law There still seems to s d h t 5'«' Should prices of labor, o f food, covering pnr absentee „voting covering «m soldier for a special session of the Ore of fuel be set by government WQUjd violate state rights. Prt - gon legislature- Reason g ven nv through subridy or more direct _ sent laws in W ashington and Or manipulation? How much auth gon provide for absentee voting, the .most vocifer-«* g r - ’n i* ority do the people wish to give but the administration’« the stat* ehould not return the argu the governm ent ? 75 percent of the income tax tbat ment is that provisions o f the We are rapidly losing our dem state laws could not be compiieu it wiH give l«ack next April, but should keen a large part o f thaf ocratk forms of governm ent by with in time to permit the absen for post war. development and flfd accepting these ev.dcnces of to- tee votes p being returned and. tc returned rcldiers. Another rea talitarinism. If that is what we counted. want in this country, why are we son is advanced for a special ses How the absentee ballots would aion: that is to prevent th* Mt tie fighting against the totalitarian reach the boys from Oregon and group of Hood River PHD ?A- government o f Europe? Washngton is a problem, but by hererts from NiVpiv en t *»’ th*» use o f airplanes the ballots could In America we WetmiaHy wit <_returned ^ t h in 48 hours from electric com pari s o f the state. nest the phenomenon of candv- The men whe are askm z for a any point on the globe and there dates and cam paign managers an snecml se’ -irn cn account of th» should be no delay from that nouncing with supreme ^nfldence source. Apparently, the location soldiers pum ortedlv are represent that -their aide cannot rose, that - of w ouid have to be ing thp war fathers of Oregon th a t t m r aw e cannvv the election is in the bag. We hot»e . revealed by the war and navy ine « e c u v n Principal agitators are the same that a generals en er a s are o f a different . * departments if they are to be men who worked so hard to pa <3 stripe than politkians. Th’* con furnished with ballots under th> a sale* tax bill e*t the last se*- fidence is soothing » to read about provisions o f th e state * * , laws sion. Thev wanted a special ele iravuvc w although a tn fle remmiaeent of K ____________ ction for it—and failed to get it. the boasts o f the plug ugly who B etty Olds is again m iking he They still w a n t o n election on saya, “Le’me at ’im. I’ll tear his heme w ith M rs Naomi Van G ilt prino*rv dav. That i? the real rea block off.” off." W w iser iser men than m an those cr whj|e onlp,oyed here ¡„ |h , son for special session agitation. who are boasting o f victory have bank , wf bank. The war dads are merely being said, “Let ham who putteth on Born: To Mr end Mrs B urdett used hia armor boast not as he who tak- Lite in Portland, December 18. Enough was said during th t eth it off.” a daughter. Mrs Lite is- a daijgh- last legislature about «string a- ter o f Mr and Mrs Jack Lawrence, side funds for returning soldiers. Jane French war here fram lfl’ t The sentim ent o f the legislature Thursday night until Sunday to was in favor o f tax reduction in spend Christmas at home. stead. There was fear of estab- Mr and Mrs Tom Doum i a-*! lishing a huge fund. f<hr there h From the Observer, Dec. 30. 1904 Mr and Mrs G. D - w a were in no way to insure that it will be Tuesday Portland over te holiday. A party w as given retained by. future legislatures. The legislature took the Walker evening a t th e home of L- H. plan w h?ch premised income tax Martin in honor o f .Miss Lolo. Barnum' Bros, have purchased reduction of 30 to 40 percent. Tt 800 acres from Mr. Pattee and the gave 75 percent becau*e of huge I.E.R.E. Co., lying near th? Gould 1942 tax payments ranch property Consideration The W alker*nlaa m >kes it pos $15,000 Scaeh. This give» them sible to vary -the coll- «rions under U N IT E D 3320 acres, all in one body. the income tax law without chan STA TES The DeMose famKly are doing ging the base. It is a sensible plan wonders down South for Oregon. and should be allowed to continue Waldo gives an address on Ore ’ until well tried. * gon. George talk s Lewis and BONDS Even at 75 percent reduction of Clark, then H enry and all join AND - insome tax the tax money still in th e soul etirring anthem . Ore m rtbiuea to pile up at Salem- STAMPS gon My H om e.” There is a cushion of $5 million Dean H ayes, from Hills M ili and apother 35 million for the tary Academy, - R a y Ragsdale schools There is other surplus from O.A.C. Corvallis, and the funds and bv the time there is little Masses Jean Anderson, and need for i t the state will have as Gertie King from S t Mary’s, The much as <*t wishes to spend for D alles, are «pending the holidays rehabilitation. with their folks In Moro. Because there is plenty o f mon ey on hand we do net need a sale3 From the Observer. Jan. 1. 1915 tax now (especially the kind to Ladies union suit* only 40 be voted on ). Because there ar? cento at Freeman’s clearance sale. sufficient funds to pay for vetera i Mrs W. S. Powell entertained needs we do not need a special Wednesday evening in anticipa session for them. tion o f Miss Opal’s birthday on Because it is impossible in Ore January 9th. gon to put an em ergency clause While cutting meat at the Moro on a tax bill (som ething the v ot market Saturday morning, A. M. ers should be thankful for) a Wright received a deep cut in the special session could do nothing palm o f hia left hand. to prevent the return c f 75. per C. R Belshee reports the John cent of the income tax anyway Day river covered with an 8-inrh and would only confuse the ta x ice a t the JStewart farm. He a lsj payer. , reports governm ent surveyors an Other D a p VICTORY BUY WAR It is imposaible to se f what the legislature could do at this dat» tc change the possible results of an election that fc to be held on January 7 in Hood River county te empower that PU District t> buy Oregon’s electric system. As near as can b* discern“d from this distance the agitation is mad *or personal reasons with a -mall p-’oun making most of th«* no’s •. While the noise is tvnical- it is entirely out of proportion to th? value of th? idea. Th» state as a whole neither wants^nor needs a special session. There should be no soecHl session- WHO’S SUBSIDIZING i » i WHO A* a g w era l thing farmers or ganizations are opposing the sub sidy hill that w ill be again before congress January- 10- As a gen eral thing labor organization* are against 4t. Individuals in both groups vary from the norm. It la eanrily assumed that be cause the farm er is on the re- oermng eM o f the payments either directly 4>r presumably by the way of processor* that the busy in that section, working on on irrigation project for GSMiam county. C. F. Goe w as in Moro Wed nesday and reports the A. S. Johnson well drill as n k ely start ed a t his farm near Grass Valley they are drilling in a 6-inch 186 foot dry hole. From the Observer Jan- 2. 1925 Owen Searcy, H ollis Bull and George Belknap left by train on New Year’s day to reeume their studies a t coBege and university, Richard, Gdnn, principal of the school a t Wilaon Creek. W ashing ton, north of Spokane, is spend ing the holiday season with his parents in Moro. A. Rose, agent at this place for the O.W.R.R. A N. Co is confined to his room with a severe case oi intestinal flu. The main topic for street-com e i* talk a t the present time is the condition o f th e winter sown wheat In Sherman county. Tha concensus o f opinion seems t o be that many fields will need to be reseeded later In the season. Roy ¿Powell left for Portland fan n er b the one auhsidixed in on Tuesday, where he will consult the ettetnp* to hold prices down. a specialist and have x-ray pic- tume token of his stomach Fanner apposition I* he« W IN K C O U N C IL OF ORKOON W ake U p , A merica ! AMERICAN HOUSEWIVES WASTE enough food to feed AN ARMY OF 10 MILLION -by buying too many perishables a ___ wWd Aw m o o . CLAM A n m t ím m IWMSb Fowndarim N obrm ko by not using left-overs •by not using all edible parts of food- tops of peens, heels of bread, etc. •by forgetting food stored in the beck of the refrigerator Theie «re tome of the ways 1 5 % of «11 food 4 - bought b y the average u a iiy b wasted WQtok lotto, MR Kxw AOiixieiXArxoa War Bond S ak s1 As debated by H on orab le K enneth S. Wherry U. S . Senotor from •b y overcooking IFiWfe MUf to: Limited to Two Terms? v at one time or burning Should tho Presidency Mr and Mrs Paul May were in Portland to celebrate Chr:3tm ;s with relatives. SEN. WHEBBT OPENS: Ttta most convincing evidence that the p r e s i dency should be limited to two terms Is found to the situation presently existing to our government The mo ment the unwritten law was ignored by the occupant of the White House, the way was opened to a life presi dency. Such executive tenure Is en tirely foreign to the fundamental principle« of American government The bold launching and brazen prop agandizing of the fourth-term cam paign follows the identical pattern and technique and uaes the same fallacious arguments previously em ployed to deceive the American peo ple. America is aroused, apprehen sive and alarmed. Our people are acutely aware of the danger of hav ing permitted a White House oppor tunist to create such a bureaucracy, to acquire such power from Con gress by patronage, persuasion and pressure: and to exercise such In fluence over the federal Judiciary through appointments, so as to build for himself and his followers an al most Impregnable political fortress. Thus, we have Invited virtual dicta torship. This danger should be for ever eliminated by Constitutional Limitation. When any Incumbent of our highest executive office utterly disregards a precedent established by unwritten law, then we must enact a written restriction to curb Insatia ble amblUona Let there be neither Reign nor Rule to America! MR. STOUT CHALLENGES: In stead of discussing the question on its merits. Senator Wherry merely attacks President Roosevelt, with distortion of fact and questionable rhetoric. His one statement bearing on the question as asked. “Such ex ecutive tenure is entirely foreign to the fundamental principles of Amer ican government," Is the precise op posite of the truth. Senator Wherry should read the report of the pro ceedings of the Constitutional Con vention. where thia question was dis cussed at length and the “funda mental principles of American gov ernment" were lalu down, and the decision was made that no legal limit should be. imposed on execu- l !_ve iwt* nure; Sc™*™'1** a “Dictator- calliope ahij! sounds mora like Ernest Woods and fam ily spent Christmas in Dufur with h is par ents. Mrs James Warnock and ron • ,and her brother Dean Fu’lsr came Figures released by the state Monday to leuiBin days office show that Sherman county w *th her parents, 'Mr and M. t has invested $471,163.00 in Series C Fidler. *’E” war bonds since May, 1942. Mrs Merle Becket was h'ntess Thursday afternoon to a group Mr and M r. Wayne ------- ... .. . frien(ts o-mpson friends wh0 who came came ,n in to play were down frem Freewnt?r to bridge. celebrate Christmas with her por Mrs A J Brown and daughter, ents and friends in ... Sherman Jean were down from ■ Shaniko county. Thursday to v isit her mother, Mrs Dorothy Peetz and children. Mrs. Reike Douma. Janet and Louis, came up from Mr and Mrs P A Widener lelt Sandy Wednesday to remain un- Wednesday for Portland and he a-i c j * t a til Friday as guests of Mr and continued on from there to Hart- than a statesm an. Mrs I, L Peetz. ford, Wash., where he is employ- SEN. WHERRY REPLIES: An un precedented situation confronts the Mrs Clarence Sparling is still e<^ government. nation. We saw campaign promises confined to bed mort- o f t h . day Mr and Mre Loyal Zal1 .h‘ w aS broken; the taxpayer pluriEered; the with an ailm ent th at has kept ^ c’r • » IX tty. ~ Treasury looted; people regimented; private enterprise paralyzed; Indi her confined for three weeks. vidual Initiative penalized; states' rights overridden; And class set David W rightf son of Mr aau against class. We witnessed Execu Mrs LeRoy W right, was taken tive domination of Congyaaa; ob served the vicious party-purge, and tc the hospital Tuesday afternoon recall the Supreme Court packing with a case o f Influenza. His plan. The anti-third term tradition mother remained with him has been shattered. A fourth term or life tenure looms. Planned confusion Chris Taylor was up from the has led to regimented chaos. What an river last week returning home to indictment! Despite all these wrongs and mistakes, a powerfully intrenched celebrate Christmas day in a bureaucracy is again able to offer warmer clime. millions of controlled votes to its leader. The People Must Act! Now! Mr» Aden Axtell w as taken to the hospital in The D alles when YOUR TRAf'TOR IS she arrived in that city on her C H U R C H E S NEEDED TOO— A return from attending the funeral Moro Community of her brother. She remained there Yes, and your neighbor’s -- --------- In a day or so before com ing home fact every tractor inSherman conn- Pfesbyterian Church Nearly Half Million Here where she still is in bed w ith a ty, and every county in the na- James D. Moberg, pastor. severe cold. tion is needed to raise the food Bible School 10:00 A. M Mr and Mrs Collis Moore left to keep our armrtl forces and civ- Morning Worship 11:00 A. M. Tuesday for Portland whers they ilians healthy. Christmas Program by Sunday took the train for Oakland, Cal., So, now is the time to make school. Offering for missions- to remain a couple o f weeks vis- sure that your tractor and farm ijt.i Sermon iiiv ‘‘Thou Art The Potter” iting her sister and husiband. machinery are going to do their 54: 8 J C Huntley came up Monday to part next year. Make a date with Christian Endeavor 7:30 P. M. remain on the farm during their ug now to have the mechanical .__________ stay. condition equipm ent o f your Mr and Mrs Cart Webb of Eu- checked. gene stopped here Sunday night while on their way 'home. Mr. Webb is secretary o f the Oregon* Newspaper Publishers associa Or tion- Lois Newman (nee Bryant) Catorpfll»’ is secretary to Mr. Webb. - Sgt. Chester Coats w rites frVm a San Francisco APO that he has received his first Sherman > • County Journal since going ever- - seas and enjoys it. Cap’t Jack Routh, who came here to check one the local draft board, died in Salem, Decemeber Caip’t Routh was public rela tions officer and administrative assistant to the $tate (headquar ters. He was a farmer newspaper man. He was only 33.. Fred Beardsley w rites to C V Belknap from a camp in Wyoming that 'he is getting, along very Well. Mr and Mrs John Austfti Fess were here frowi Tacoma, Wash., te spend Christmas with th»ir par^ ents, Mr and Mrs John Foes of Moro and Mr and Mrs Everett W atkins o f Waaco. C V Belknap and Grover Ooff- itmn drove to Portland to •*»erJ Christmas with relatives return ing Sunday evening. Orman?. Weaver has bom kept from h is work at the experim ent station with a case o f severe cold. -p Millard Melzer h-av finished hie training period a t Camtp Farragut" Idaho, and h as t-e n rsnt to the Naval Training Station I t Mill ington, Tennessee- O’MtARA Supply & Imp. Co C. A . Ruggles INSURANCE W Moro ■ n * R ex Stout C reator o f “ H ero W o iP f i o r i i , . Chairm en W r ita n ’ War Board STOUT OPENS: TJia limit could ba Imposed only by Constitu tional Amendment; and such amend ment, no matter how many citizens concurred to Its adoption, would to effect be saying to all of us and to our children, "We can’t trust you folks. If we leave it so you can re elect a President more than ont 2 if you happen to like him, you are so dumb that you are sure to get your- selves to a pickle, so we 11 fix it so you es» never have any man for President more than eight years, no matter how much you may want to." I don’t have as low an opinion as that of the American people or of their children. I think the voters of* 1960 or 1972 can be trusted to decide^ for themselves whom they want for President, and we have no right to make it Impossible, or at least ex tremely difficult, for them to elect the one man they may consider qualified above all others for that Job. If the framers of the Constitu tion, after a long debate, considered it unwise so to hobble their descend ants, are we so much wiser, or have we better reason to distrust the in telligence of our children? 8ZN. WHERRT CHALLENGES: Limiting Presidential tenure certain ly would not imply, as Mr. Stout feels, that wa cannot trust self-gov ernment; rather, self - government — .M be free of unduly-influenced elections. Our Constitution provides for amendment Thus Is afforded the right to protect ourselves and our form of government against danger ous ambitions of any man or group of men. The fr_mera of our Constitu tion, fearing a too-ambltious, power- lustful executive, discussed this very question and left the ultimate de cision to the American people. They can adopt or reject a constitutional - amendment limiting Presidential ten ure. How else can we prevent an intrenched bureaucracy? MR STOUT REPLIES: Senator Wherry, in effect, calls the framers of our Constitution half-wits. He says they feared a “tod-ambitious, power-lustful executive." tnd then what? Did they include a provision limiting Presidential tenure? No siree. They deliberately left It out of the Constitution they were writing In 17S6 just to give us a chance to put it to an amendment in 1943! In other words, according to Senator Wherry, we ought to do it now because they didn’t do it then. By that amendment one could Justify an amendment requiring senators to stand on their heads while debating, which would probably cause no un- provement. Wed. 7:30 P. M Junior Ckoir Wed. 8 p.m Prayer meeting. WASCO METHODIST CHURCH Sujxiay School a t 10:00 A. M. Meriting Worship at 11:00 A. M. New Year sermon, subject. ‘‘A Promise for Every Day” Epworth Leagu? at 7:00 p .m . F. L. Cannell. pastor. Christian Science Society -Sunday morning service« u t 11:00 A. M. Subject, “God” Wednesday night service at includes testimonials of healing. ♦ The reading room in the rea* of the building is open. 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