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.. . ■ ?SH£. y- V A frfe 2. SHERMAN CODÂT* JOLttAAL. MOMO* OKEOON trained in the* American bill of nights. , Yet. it id. in keeping with gov ernmental activities of the pa^t ten, now eleven yeans. We will have to learn net to give too much power to government bu reaucrats if we expect to rrrp-’n a free and independent people. Mr. Walker’s action indicates that w< are still as ea«*ly controlled as the German burgher who Fit Hitler bum books and establish control over news. That is, if Mr. Walker gets away with it. jh ^ /m a n ÖLounty 3J 0 U U U Published Every F riday a l Moro, Oregon ¿Uaa iZ French E ditor 'Entered as secondV lass m a tte r a t Mojo, Oregon the portalnce a t under Aet of C ongress of M arch 3, 1879 , . 0 OtEdoOwísrt«« P m » us4f!>44sHi»Tio« FRIDAY, JANUARY ï t , 1«44 ter of the estate of Nora Smith Beginning at the northeast cer, d ceased, at the office of T. Les- ner Qf the Northeast Quarter of ter Johnson, attorney at law, Waa- the Northeast Quarter of Sec. 9 4. or » Comm unity Presbyterian Church co, Oregon, within six months in Township 5 South, Range 18 E. fi-om the date of ftrat publication W. M., thence southwest’ to t? nor- James D. Moberg, pastor. of this notice, to-wit: January 7, theast corner of the Southwest Bibla School^ 10:00 A. M 1944. Quarter of the Southwest Quar- M orning W orship 11:00 A. M. Artbur J. Smith ter of Mid Sec. 9; thence south Sermon:. Tmpression Needs Ex Administrator to the Southeast corner of the press ion”, Date of first publication January Southwest Quarter of the S utb- 1 hristian Endqgvor 7:80 P. M. 1t 1944. ’ west Quarter of said Se.;. .. |V*d. 7:30 P. M Junior Choir Date o f l a s t publication January__thenoe . . e m i t t o r e southeast cor Wed. 8 p.m. Praydr meeting. _________ 28, 1944- ner Southeast Quarter cf . ■ the Southwest Quarter of said WASCO METHODIST CHURCH 9; thence north to the Nor- Sur.rifty j School at 10:00 A. M. NOTICE OF GUARDIAN * * theast comer of the Southeast Mcrning Worship at 11:00 A. M. OF REAL PROPERTY Quarter of the Southwest Quarter The District Superintendent, Dr. lNotice given that the under- of ®aid Sec 9 • th'ence east to the Silas E. Fairham will preach at , France« King, the guardian southeast comer of the Northwest 11:00 A. M. after which there egtatc of Quarter of the Southeast Quarter will be a potluck inner and Quar- & minQr will at of said Sec. 9: thence north to terly conference. Special music by in one parcel to the the northeast comer - f the No. - ............... highwt bidder for c h . and eub- thw*<t Southeast the choir. \o .th League at 7:00 p.m . ject to confirmation by the Co- ’J » « * « of s a i d S e e . 9;. thence F- L. Cannait pastor, unty Court o f“ Mie " S t a t t ~ of t0 the « m e r of ’ Oregon, for Wasco County, on ti« .■ Southeast .Quarter o f - th u d after Tuesday, February 15. Northeast Quarter of .aid Sec. f; »h ian Science Society a t 1944, all the right, title, interest lhe" « nort>> ‘ => P>a« « f b .- - m morning services and estate of the said Donald if’nning- , 11:00 A. M. Subject “Life” The East Half of the Southeast »V •»'•slay night service at 8 King, minor, in , and to •• v' ’ * testimonials of healing. tbat certain real property ritu- Quart*r «Í Section 9. O H U R O H E?9 W ake U p , A merica ! Should tLe W a r Contract Renegotiation Law be I by PMO O . CLAMC General Chairman American Economic Foundation V Repealed ? A* debated by Honorable Francie Caee Honorable Bartel J. Jonkman C onfrenm an, 5 th D istrict C on gressm an , 2d D istrict S o u th D akota M ichigan CONG. ‘CASE OPENS: “Renego CONO. JONKMAN OPENS: Re tiation” is a wartime measure de (negotiation was intended to supplant MATIONAL^f'T>o'z i signed to meet problems arising from _ , X V . , dhe constitutional court action for O The president has rccn-nendcd ^ecovering fraudulent profits on war the hurry-up defense program. O r a national service act. This is contracts. Whenever, after negotiat- ders were placed with anybody who sim ilar to the universe! d r ^ 't dng a war contract, tiie Secretary might produce what was needed. . . x, . . ' alleges excessive profits, he renego- Often neither contractor nor govern O FFIC IA L COUNTY PA PER so long sponsored by the A m - - skims off alleged excessive ment knew what actual costs would can Legion. Had 4t lw*en r-~ - ’ profits, and his determination is final. be. As economies of large-scale pro SUBSCRIPTION RATES y ea rs a<ro m any of th “ U ” -” Notwithstanding this substitution of duction and American ingenuity y ea rs ago m any oi in . r government by men for government Payable in Advance now handicapping the w ar r e e l by law> dlre exigencies of war un- showed up, the public was stunned ONE YEAR ........................ .. $2 'X) not have happened. Al*o. t h - d o u b t e d l y justified popular approval, to read of huge profits by the side of appeals to save newspapers and m ig h t have been control o v er the ew°montos buy war stamps. One exem pli: one JANUARY 1J44 lives of citizens th a t wow'd h iv * later, provided strong inducement fo r company’s w ar business totalled 51 b ro u g h t o th er troubles. maladministration by renegotiators. millions. Without renegotiation, prof _ , , a . , . . They disregarded distinctions be- its would have been $31,0bO.7OO, prof . People do not mind giving up exctJ,ive profltJ (involvinj its after taxes without renegotiation CRICKET CONTROL som e rig h ts if they are confident fraud, actual or constructive) and $5,964,000—on an invested capital of The m a tte r of ciick et control th a t those rig h ts will be re tu rn - excess profits (« < * « ’xT?®!}’ $1,371.000! A percentage excess prof its tax does m o t take the place of has again come up before the coun- ed to them when th<7pn»sing p i S t ) . Bureaucratically, th ey .ren e- renegotiation. First, it does not sep ty although action has been 'db- d an g e r is past. The L egion’s uni- gotiated all war contracts, although arate business produced by company- layed by the county . court. L ast vernal d r a f t act made th a t m and- fc.rceiy owned facilities from that produced co u rt m eeting day a delegation of ato ry . 70% WOuld have been collected by by facilities built and loaned by gov farm ers from the n o rth ea st cor- T he tendency tow ard natio n al the Treasury anyway. Vicious re- ern m en t U nde Sam has invested some 15 billion dollars in war plants, n er of the county, wifcre c ric k e t, aocialrim has now gone ao fa r w t o co": has spent several billions “expedit have done th e g re a te s t dam age, th a t citizens m ay properly feel as. profiteers, discouraging ing _ . production” through purchase of ap p ared to p re s e n t a budget ask- hesitancy about giving anv m ore efficiency, hamstringing war produc- tools and special equipm ent One itp p .a itu tu 1,/ix uug ' destrovina Dost-war jobs by contractor does not like renegotia- ing fo r $1150 fro m the county .u th o n ty to a pow er greedy gov- t oi Sender one- tion because it forbids him to make and pledging them selves to raise emmvent, one th a t seem« i n t e r t on tenth of profits needed for conver- on 20 million invested by govern $1500 to obtain federal aid in air- gaining power d uring th? w ar as BiOn. and supplanting the constitu- ment the same rate of return al lowed on 2 million personally in plane baiting of crickets. rapaciously as labor leaders dc- ‘^ ^ " ^ ‘ ^ ^ t o i z h i p ^ n p e S vested. Second, the excess profits tax Ju d ge Wilson «aid th a t as a m and power and some cor rac- ghould repeal it> recapture the taxing does not separate profits and losses tax p ay er he favored assum ption to rs w ant money. power, and, if necessary reinforce on general business from that on war contracts. One contractor is angry of the entire burden by the coun- Had there been more bravery in s"*hm - because the law forbids him to use ty. Oth .r court m em bers dem ur- handling labor, more intelligence mating incentives to mulct the Tfea$- lush w ar prdfits to wash out losses on bad, highly speculative private red until fu rth e r inform ation was in handling prices, more fra n k - ury. business ventures! nrcBClftrd - "* r«88 in handling foreign affairs, CONG. CASE CHALLENGES: My CONG. JONKMAN CHALLENGES: The delegation, sensing the m orelight throw n on b attles and distinguished opponent m ost. cer- My opponent’s opening statement demonstrates and proves my conten possibility of getting all the work b attle loenes, the -people m ig h t done without personal cost, im- look on such a drastic step w ’th meTlt (you ancj j) would pay the tion. A few examples of isolated and fo r full county fe a r th a t it is an o th er chain contractor’s taxes. That, after giving unconscionable- profits are advanoed' maommy. asked ior iu i .eu y - - - - him good business during wartime as reasons for confiscating slender participation instead of the basis to bind them, when others are ruined. Renegotia margins of thousands of legitimate tion is simply a price adjustment. contractors who would pay 90% back presented in their budget. E isenhow er f*ays the w a r will Has he never sought to get an ad- in taxes and are in no position to Whether the county should take n -vieVnf K.itino- be over in 1944. Now we h ear th a t Justment on something when he quarrel about the remaining 10%. over all coats o f c n c k e t b a itin g _ . . . .. found the price paid excessive? In Even the most glaring example cited, or not i . therefore . .ubjeet th .t the woah m .y tort . long time 'one year, nine months of operation, 31 million profit on 51 million busi renegotiation will have saved Uncle ness, would have much less than should be publicly discussed be Sam about 5 billions! Until some three million, a little over 5% on fore definite conclusion is reach thing better Is found that will curb volume, after excess profits taxes. the excessive profite on war con This demonstrates tax effectiveness ed. tracte, the renegotiation statute should even on isolated cases of unconscion F ir*t, th Are Ax no doubt th a t able profits. Why wouldn’t it do tha not and must not be repealed. jab on the thousands of others? th<* crickets hav» become a m en From the O bserver, J a a 15, 1915 CONG. JONKMAN REPLIES: We ’ CONG. CASE REPLIES: My friend ace to fa rm ers and stockm en in The concrete w all betw een the are discussing repeal, not renegotia- insists on pernfitting.w ar contractors a r t . o i f w»« th e county th e n n o o rth rtn e c a a st si p an w u n v /. * p i? - o«ri n*. ^ on a^ er t**®8» which resembles a m e nonnv p ,na lvSdu- l J , F FoM and D r‘ M orK*n p ro p er- dog chaBing his tail, and /o r which 1 to multiply their Invested capital in Second, the or con apfted T hursday m orning, hold no brief. Ruination,A>f many in profits. These granges now pending fa rm e rs have done has not been of ppoUction fro;n dustries through war is ho excuse for will meet most valid objections to inclusive o f enough territory to fl . destroying more by renegotiation this wartime statute: 1. Creation of x xv • V Third the en- wwteTS which the opposition seems to justify a central War Contract Price Ad stop tho crickets in , j^ay Hiavner cut his rig h t hand through price adjustment. Whether justment Board to insure uniform tire county is menaced toy the the cen ter fin* er knuc,._ I personally ever renegotiated <re- standards in «R ' procurem ent agen nr«Mu»nce of the cridkets if they. . w . e neged) but Renegotia- certainly cies. 2. Creation of a central review presence oi vne cr o* ieg W ednesday afternoon a t . . th j never is did immaterial, by coercion. board with right of appeal to the are permitted to *|Wr*ad- g a ra g e while helping assem ble an tion has not saved Uncle Sam a U. S. Tax C ourt 3. Exemption of The county a g e n t has m ade a worthwhile fraction of 5 billion con- non-processed agricultural commodi .. ---I t»«a diarttvered th a t . ’ . . . ’ sidering administrative cost, lost ties and of contractors whose total survey and h a s d A rth u r Johnson w as in the city taxes stifling creative genius, etc. war business is less than $500,000 per no one living in the com m unity Mondgy arrang>ing u movc h ;fi j detest war profiteering million- year. 4. Provision for exemption of affected, except ’these who ap- .. j-jn : outfits At tho nalres but deny that this law, admit- standard commercial articles if sub J ™>tin<r i« w illing . dTJIling outfits. A t tho t . a dangcroua and un-American stantial competition exists. 5. Fixing peared a t th e m eeting, fa rm o f C F Coe a good vein of statute” according to the Renegotia of expiration of the statute with th<? end of the war. te p u t up any funds to aid t “ w a te r w as h it in 19 feet of d rill- lors, is the remedy. cam paign. . jn g using a 6-inch 185-foot hole lining up a skeleton o rg anization , The federal government insists drilM by Rebman when h9 to ta k e over th e w o rk which has on local oo-opqraUon before it ■*. owned tbe farm; this outfit Will been done by th e w a r relocation will give any aid. Some coats moye the ferm weRt (C ontinued from P age One) a u th o rity , now in d isrep u te be must be borne by loeal citizens or by Soren Hansen. cause o f the in cid en ts a t the agencies. The drill in charge of Chas. dpmnnqtTfttes th - economy of th? - Tt «M-ws therefore that th e „ . . .. * . v d em o n strates in , ecwwmy Tuk? Jake center in northern C;?.- R seems, tb e re fo r e^ c n . B oardm an a t th e Fred K rusow „ a new ,in d u stry may be Jf . Th ftcra<ypinfr of the co u rt m ust decide w hether to foj- fa rm , g o u th w s t Gra88 ,V alley . , p ifi n o rth . I he ecrap p i g is OT NOW -h -. low the generous attitude of the w > » n i tfte » -r,rl and nr-widp provide federal governm ent .id if local men arc willing to co- operate or to go further and pro- ,,Uo «11 th« vide all the fnnzU tu n a s fo io r r th tn e e j wb. w. By adopting the latter course the court would be establishing a sort of insurance for agriclutural i;«am4avr« riw r the eountv that X ^ a J T a b l y be extended to could reaeonttly ________ _ flood» or fires or other acts of God oimilar to cricket infest» tions. n trttngU inward duties of Our a ttitu d Deci,¡o „ K° T - in th » m e t^ r Jeetoe h f 2„ f veIT1 a t the day . established m the Pacific nor , w>Ur , t Cm fa m t The «« X n to -Dvc dri|, , t the Rrullow |>cc Wll, » » h o i has ended open . p .c x xv r*i j o xv uiauon. the Clyde S m ith fa rm A, .. Wi>rp ;n, n€<r Ruttedre Ala<>’ lf embargo were im ’ ‘ P°sed and th e Cuban b lack stra p From the Observer, (Jan- 15, 1925 made available for the produc- _ , , t ion alcohol, there would be no “ four “ further evcu.e for forbidding the reminder of the freexing weather dtatiIlCTie, to resume the making of last month, flooded the base- Qf w hiskey, an d a fu r th e r re- ment of the Presbyterian church Rult would lx> to (make available three inches wat«r Tues- to American consumers a much d4y’ lR*P»ir" »>* «<■'• la rg e r allo tm e n t o f su g ar. Y et ho« metter far we w »h to go with goverment responsibility. Southeast Quarter of Sec. put inatead on* c^ r naotor dugtrial alcohol but which is ur- gently needed for stock feed, The Puge< ^ n d experiment will |x . wateh€d with interest by the o p e ra to rs of p u lp p ap e r mills in thp northwest, particularly with t to the cost of the pro d . * , The im m ig ratio n service o f the propelled d e p a rtm e n t o f ju stic ‘ is alread y cause of pretty girl pictures, but for some other reason th a t eeem- operating On ap- _____ -________ _____ p pox innately hourly schedule ba- . . , , v tw een G ram V al^ and Dfl,_ *th, that was e j y . ,y ed irrwxjrtant to P o st M aster Gen- . It had to do w ith F a r t o f her job is to let you know when there’ s a run o f Long Distance traffic and peo ple are waiting fo r con nection with the point you’ re calling. See. 26. ‘ The S outhw est Q u arter of the N orthw est Q u arter, the Northea-.-. Q u a rter c f th e N o rth e ast Q u a rte- and the S outhw est Q u a rter of the N o rth e ast Q u a rte r o f Sec 27. The N orthw est Q u a rter of the N o rth e ast Q u arter of Sec. The S outheast Q u a rter of the N orthw est Q u arter. th e S o u th w est Q u a rte r of th e N o rth east Q u arter, the E a st H alf o f the S outhw est Q u a rte r and the Soutn- eavt Q u arter of Sec. J33. The N orthw est Q u arter, the N or th H alf of the Sout' west Q u arter ♦he Southw est Q u a rter of th • S outhw est Q u arter and the N o rih - wevt Q u a rter o f th e S outheast Q u a rte r of Sec. 34. The N o rth e ast Q u a rter of the S outhw est Q u a rter of Sec. 35 All in (Townahip F iv e ' South. R ange E ighteen E W.M. All t h a t p a r t o f th e N o rth w est So, when you are making a call over a line that she knows is crowded, the operator will say— “ Please limit your call to 5 minutes.” W a r t r a f f i c w ill get th r o u g h b e t t e r w ith your help. a the"-. Quarter of Section Five in Town ship Five South, Range Nineteen E.W.M. in Sherman County, Ore gon. Bay War Bonds for Victory many believe, it should have been piaced a t tbe s ta rt. T here is little sentiment in favor of tum- ¡ni?. the internment camps over t0 the army performance of what s regarded os purely po- TK none TFipzoaf mo ra i aura The S outhw est Q u a rter o f th “ S o u th w est Q u arter o f Sec. 5. The S outhw est Q u a rte r o f the N o rth e ast Q u arter and the S o u th e a s t Q u a rter o f th e S outheast Q u arter o f Sec. 7. jjce dutjes. r ' . n > liMr> the- feeling on his part that E f - quire was not a sufficiently in- Guests, loudly praise Walter structive, educational or interpre- Rutledge for his efforts to make tive journal to paw through the Moro hotel patron» comfortable. otherwise antiseptic mails. I take advantage of this oppor- | f r Walker thereby sets him- tunity to announce to the people ag the judge of what th-» of Sheraian county that I am the people shodW read and look at. sole agent for the , Chicago 18 Mr. Walker is wrong. No man magnet, 6 bar 1600 ohm, special bas tho constitutional right to wound barbed wire telephone. W. be the judge of what American» H Taylor, Menldand, Oregon. should read, what is education-* Mi* and Mrs Roy Belshee gave al or instructive. He who tries to the young people of Hay Canyon <k that has never been properly a party Wednesday evening Jan w ere presen t. The , n SPECIAL OCCASIONS T he N o rth e a st Q u a rte r of the N o rth w e st Q u a rter of Sec 17. The N o rth w est Q u a rter of tho N o rth w est Q u a rter and th ? 'South w est Q u a rter of th e S o utheast Q u a rte r of Sec. 18. The S o u th e ast Q u a rter of the N o rth w e st Q u arter, th e N o rth e ast Q u a rte r of th e S o u th w est Q u a rter and the N o rth w est Q u a rter of t 1- » S o u th east Q u a rte r-o f Sec. 19. The N o rth w est Q u a rter of the N o rth w est Q u a rter and the Noi tn w est Q u a rter o f the S outhw ^-t Q u a rte r o f Sec. 20. All in Tow nship Five Soutr., . For those special occasions there if sufficient Barclay’s— continue tc ask for it/ ^airlaus _ÿ O O ID LABEL Straight BOURBON Whiskey 80.6 Proof Jo*. Barclay 4 C i . Limited • Paario, l iinoi* 16. The E ast H alf of the N orth ea st Q u arter of Sec 21. The South H alf of the N orth * Half, the S o utheast Q u a rter of the Southw est Q u a rte- and the S o u th east Q u a rter o f Sec. 22. All of Sec. 23. The N orth H alf and the N orth H a lf o f the Southw s t Q u a rter r.' Sec. 24. . The N o rth east Q u a rte r of th • N o rth w e st Q u arter, the N orthw est Q u arter o f the North» a st Q uarter, the South H alf of the Northea-iv Q u arter and the N o rth e ast Q u a r te r of the S o u th east Q u a rter of the ne 8 u p e rra K , by th e lm m ,g rat.o n and n atu ralizatio w h . ere, . . n . . service . . Th<> Soutb- H a li a1 “ >« North ’H a lf of the S o utheast Q u a rter of Sec. 16. The S outheast Q uart r of the iu to be banned from the m ails E squire -was not banned e r a t W alker ‘rU m nie"t “ mp5u Ore- n o th er effect would he to relenne R B WWte> county highway con q u a n titie® of grain now be- v The ru boys . m nf a v.ho like to pin the pic pretty and architecture ly ar « girl on the walls where it can bi seen will have to find h differ- en t source of supply. Esquire ta. F R E E P R E SS? |s only a few w eeks and w eeks ano county, H ° H ln ,e n “ nd A C T h o ^ ' - was in Moro vicinity on Tuesday for the purpose of looking over the route of the proposed Lono Rock market road. • He stated thUt a ™m®r in circulation gt GraM ValkV to the effect that probably about next June the OW R & N Company would diacon ^mue the present passenger train gervice on tbe Shaniko branch and be relocatlon authority Teet la s t w est. W h at its s ta tu s m ay be af- m a tte r rtrik . fo r in d u strial xted " i n ' Sherman C. A . Ruggles In Other Days Kelly’s Column Odin» room to tho ♦ • • build ng is open. All an- _ , and the South H alf ''f . ™ , o t v »ix gon, and described as follows Christian Science liters- B ’ h Sec. 10. fat*. be bought or borrowed nu The West Half o f the" West An undivided one-fourth inteir Half, the South Half of the Nort^ eat in and to east Q u a rter and the S outheast NOTICE TO CREDITORS Quarter of See- 11.- All persons having claims The S o u th H alf of the N orth t liie estate of Nora Smith, H alf and the South H a lf o f Sec. 12 are hereby notified to The N orth H alf, the S outhw est present them, with the proper Q u a rter and the W est H alf o* IN SU R AN C E vouchers uriier: and duly verified, to the the S o u th east Q u a rter of Sec. 13. undersigned, the d u ly appointed- ^ o r o ... i de rsii Ore All o f Section 14. qualified and acting Admini3tra- UIni :nn„„HnHHHH» « m I The N orth H alf and the E ast . Range Nineteen,. JS/Vp’.M. 1 «.Terms and conditions of »?’•>: C ash. Bids m usfrbe in w ritin g - ” d ?nmg was /e crokon- ■» M r and and Mrs maybe left with the und-TsignrJ rt Qle- Those present v Mrs Sam Brock, Mi Claud Thompson. Mirs Myra Brown, Messrs. Owen Thompson, Charley Belshoe, Chas Ni»h, Roy Benson, Claud Spoon, Gufc Porchet^Miss- es Edyth Brock,- Lila Nish, Es tella and Edith Belshee, Ethel and Eva Wright. A bountiful lun- ch was served about 12 o’clock, after which the merry young peo- pie took their.doparfnre fot home wishing their hostess many hao- py returns. th e office of th e county clerk nf S herm an County, O regon, in M-v-o. O regon, o r m ay be le ft w ith the undersigned a t room 404 U. S .’ N ational Bank B uilding, hr The D alles, O regon. F rances King G uardian of th e person and estate o f Donald K ing, a m inor. Carlton L. Pepper w The Dalle», Oregon Attorney for Guardian. . 10-13 Í • • V- •. i*.; « < •>»...• ,, 1 a T ‘f ... *
