i
SMISKM4> COUNT} J l^ p ftA L ,
C ou nty s p u m a i
MUÑO, OUJtOON
fxigt ther. Our experienced budget,
eens can do that with ease- In
some places this lack of budget
knowledge might be a handicap,
however.
What budgeteers lack moat is
information. Courts and councJ!s
also lack information. Further-
more, both often lack ability to
analyze information after it is
given. In a long day of making a
budget there is hardly time to
make a proper study of the pro-
tie ms c f government that are
being financed or halted through
the budget It is a oort o f hu-
man failing or, rather a fault of
those who planned the budget
law to understand the kind of
knowledge possessed by citizens
< ,Ae government grows, officials
and those who make budgets
must depend more and more on
those who administer the laws.
The manager of a bureau or an
office comes before the budget
committee with a request for so
31 -
M UUA1. FfcUKUAKY » , 1944
TRICKS OF TRAM! NOT
Kelly’s Column
RAGC Loans
(Continued from Page One)
HOLC is no longer needed and that
government should not compete
Editor
with private bueinesa. These com*
Giles L- French
panies
sang another song in the
Entered as second clam matter at
early
1980s
when they did every-
the postoffice at
Moro, Oregon
Regional Agricultural Credit
thing they could to have HOLC
under Act of CongTess of March
corporation
(RACC) loans will
take their bad loans. If HOLC 5s
3, 1879
not
be
available
to Oregon farm
not liquidated it will show a pro
ers
in
1944,
Robert
B- Taylor of
fit in June, 1952, when it expires
Adams
chairman
of
the Oregon
by law, but if the private compan-
USDA
war
board,
reported
thia
ies have their way, taxpayers will
week.
have to pocket a loss on this ag-
Taylor said that inquiries were
ency which m ay run to a billion
NATIONAL EDITORIAL
being
received following a n-
dollars. Before 1952. HOLC may
association
nouncemient
that RACC loans
be needed as much to save the
would
be
offered
in other states,
home owner as it was to 1983.
including
California
and Idaho.
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OFFICIAL COUNTY PAPER
• * *
The type of loan offered to these
Wool growers of the Pacific two states is a full* liability loan
SUBSCRIPTION RATES
northwest are beginning to worry similar to the F -l loan of last
Payable in Advance
over th e 1,200,000,000-pound stock year. Interest rates are 6 1-2
ONE YEAR ............................ $200
wool accumulated by the per cent, plus 1-2 per cent ser-
s tate departm ent and the defense vice fee. The loans are available
FEBRUARY 25, 1944
supplies corporation during the only to experienced farmers who
•much m oney. There is usually lit
past year. This is equivalent to i have proper production facilities
tle or no questioning of the ad
two
supply for domestic who will otherwise be unable u>
T h o s e w h o w o u l d t r a d e ministrator about his ^ fig u r e s . needs, years’
and there is already a con- obtain adequate credit-
.____ „ .
zz„.i
f r e e d o m f u r s e c u r i t y a r e Often it is not considered polite siderable _____
tapering off of military
Had RAC<5 credit been avail-
to ask too many question«. Some
requirement^ The state depart- able in Oregon, it would have
d e s e r v in g o f n e ith e r .—
cases would be helped by perti
ment purchase was from Uruguay been this type of fulHiabil*toy lo-
nent quehtione, and such ques- as part of the-good neighbor pol- an. the chairman pointed out.
Cions might discourage some com
an(j there is reason to believe Since county war (boards had re-
HANG TOGETHER, OR
petent
officials.
SEPARATELY
rt may be repeated this year. It ported that this - type of credit
proposal might
Mr Young’«
____
is
feared that with return to was not necessary to obtain pro
If the. people of (the United help in some places, no r su g a ,.y^j1jng
lilc« normal conditions duction in 1944, the state war
States needed any further evi gestion is that budgets
pu
wood market will be flooded board did not recommend that
dence that the prenant adminis liahed earlier than at present so andwprk.eg will he ^ v e n down RACC loans be offered to
Ore-
tration is incapable of obtaining as to give the public time to study u
,ow kvel they
af_ gon.
the support necessary to lead us
them longer.
ter warid war No. 1 and which
Several counties favored limit-
ir troublous times of war, the
Iit must be realized that nothing forced many woolgrowers into ed liability advances, similar to
veto of the tax measure would is going to make government func- bankrupey. So ~ far prices have the F-2 loans made last year, and
suffice.
trion perfectly until all people are been sustained by commodity ere- an effort was made to obtain this
Tlhe administration had intro correctly informed about it. Com dit corporation purchases, but type of loan for those counties,
duced a tax measure that would plexity in government is growing these cannot be continued if sub- The limited liability loan wjJB not
have borne most heavily on the faster than is the ability or de- gidies are definitely outlawed by be available in 1944, according t>
c< mpnratively few with big in sire of people to inform them- congress.
a recent announcement by the sec
comes. In some cases • it would
retary of agriculture.
selves.
'
have taken all their income, a
The importance of every Ore
More talk about budgets, about
system dearly «impossible. Tax
gon farmer working out a farm
public amrinirtration, about theor
ation was apparently being used
plan for his 1944 operations is
ies of government would help. And
as a political weapon
stresBed by WiMiam J. Enschede
the immediate defeat of anyone
Congressional tax committees,
of Hillsboro, merrh*^ of • state
-who tried to withhold information
both in the hands of conservative
AAA committee- The sign-up is
about government from the peo-
demócrata, threw out the admin-
currently being conducted by coun
istrative proposals and proceeded I34« woul(1 also hel<1>
ty committees through meetings,
bo write bills of their own, which
community committeemen, mails,
is what the founders of this na DRAFT AND PRODUCTION
and county office contacts.
tion presumed congress should
“Working out a plan sheet.”
The demand of the army and
dc anyway.
Enschede
pointe out, ‘‘gives each
navy for men is making the man
There has been quarreling and
farmer
an
opportunity to line up
power situation very serious in
bickering over the tax bill since
his
production
w ith war food needs
Sherman county. Farmers who
rt was introduced and this served
Similarly,
the
production inten
years ago decided their stiffened
to widen the breach between con
tions reported by farmers are’
gress and the administration. This frame could no longer take the
needed to determine probable sup
jarring of crawling tractors have
is a bad situation in. war time.
p lies.’’ H e added th a t m ak in g
been plowing a couple of years-
This newspaper was one which
out a farm plaa,. w required for
Men who had thought that thresh
spoke for a large tax bill, • not
participation in the 1944 A A A
ing dust was bad for their lungs
one that took additional money
program, and provides for pay
they couldn’t harvest have been
from any class, not one that was
ments for performing production
tending combine for a like period.
designed Ito punish anyone’s en
boosting «oil building conserving
Lately it has been the business
emies. but a tax bill that 4ould
practices.
men who have been going to war.
restrict inflation and recover for
governmental purposes a part of The county may lose a baker, an
NEW GREEN BEAN GOOD
assessor and a grocer this spring;
wartime profits and wartime wa-
Reports on the new curly Xop
men who own their own business
and
have
faniilics.
resistant
Pioneer bean, released
Congress failed to do this, giv
So far the draft has «lone lit
for
the
first
thue last spring by
ing as a major reason the huge
tle to reduce the production of the
the
U.
S.
bureau
of plant indus
mima already appropriated and bn-
county. It has made the burden
try
and
the
Oregon
State college
ueed. This indicates that there is of , o A very onerow on »ome.and
«»•” « u Bc.rI"” 1 “ i «■«»»>•■"<— experiment station, indicate that
little need for Vatetog more mon
...
. ,, . .
~a
that, apparently, Is the route m ost
w ill fufltoably do
“ servicemen in ItaJy want to travel, it
was completely resistant to»
ey this year. ‘ And congress ap
the disease throughout
eastern
as
tim
e
goes
on.
This
sign
printed
there
by
Yanks
_
parently could see no purpose of
We may find that a lot of the wh^B og duty tcn8 the distance to Oregon last season, and was ex-
raising money that was not need
th in gs w e th o u g h t necessary can Austin, Texas, via that route. Jugo- cellent quality, but that its late
ed.
be derayed or deleted if the army slavian trdops were reported to be m aturity make-« it som ew hat un
There n a y be something wrong oontmueo to take men from th e ir Invading Italy from the north,
desirable for use in high alti
with the bill as passed by con normal employment as fa r t as
tude regions having" short sea
gress. The president criticised it
sons.
it (has been doing
severely. Whether the bill is
Pioneer was grown in • direct
good or bad will always remain a
comparison with a susceptible»
matter of opinion.
An advertisement picture« An
variety, Bountiful, which proved
The point is that congress, drew Jackson and quotes him
considerably earlier and which,
which represents the people, and a« saying, “By the eternal! No
frequently produced satisfactory
the administration, which repre war » ever ended right ufttU some
crops, as the curly top disease
sents a political theory the peo body w knocked out.” We heeiitat?
was generally not serious last
ple have never accepted except Vo dispute the pugnacious Andrew
season.
i
I
in duress or by politics»! bribery, who has passed to his reward so Fr<>m (||* observer Feb
26, 1915
are in serious conflict about a long since that his utterance« are
Lupine Rebekah Lodge No. 118
major problem.
Moro. Oregon
sometime« held an great repute.
R J Ginn has added to his
It is generally accepted that But his quotation will achieve farming equipment an , interna- Meets 2d A 4th Tues
congress will become stronger in fuller acceptance now than in tlie tional Harvester mogul tractor iay of each month.
its present tendencies at the next day» when Germany wa« bomb- engine capable of^ developing Visiting members well
come.
election That means that the on ing Coventry every day and our twelve hqrse power.
Coila Belshee, N.G.
ly way of getting the necessary navy was bottom Side up m
Foss A Benson are moving the Florence Johnston,
• agreement on policy in our gov Peaii Harbor.
old Heydt house to adjoin their
Moro Lodge No. I l l , L O .O .F .
ernment is the election of a pre
blacksmith «hop and will use it
Moro, Oregon
sident whose political theories
as an office building.
Meets
1st and 3rd
agree with those of congress.
The coming season wiill see a
Tuesdays to the
larger crop of wheat grown in
I.O..O.F. hall Trai
sient
and visiting
the
world
than
ever
before
in
its
WE NEED TO KNOW
brothers are cordi
history. Every section that can
F. H. Young, manager of u From the Observer Feb. 24, 1905 grow wheat is increasing their
ally invited to meet
vith us.
Portland tax organization, has
acreage to the utmost limit.
A Kent woman who sent $1 in
Ernest
Houston
N. G.
suggested that a change be made
a»
A- B.Potter was appointed
answer
to
an
advertisement
of
a
Percy
Thompson,
Sec.
in appointment of budget com
postm aster a t Klondike on F e r
mittees. At present each member sure method of getting rid of ruary 19th.
Eureka Ix>dge No 121 A.F. A A.M.
of the levying board (county court superfluous fat, received a reply
or city council) names one man telling her to oell it to a soap From the Observer, Feb. 27, 1923 Meets on the 1st and 3rd Thuri-
day evenings of each
Ralph Haynes arrived herefrom
who, with the levying board make man.
month. Visiting mem
C K Cock ran delivered overland Seattle last week and left Sun-
up the budget committee. The
bers
are cordially in
men are chosen each year. The last week at The Dalles, 50 head day for Pittsburg, Penn., where he
vited
to meet with u».
Young suggestion in that they of fat cattle. Glad to have them will work for Westinghouse El-
be appointed for three year« off his hands—but the price was ectric Co.
P. Brisbine W. M.
An excavation made on Tues-
Purpose: to obtain better in right
rv. Lockhart. Secretary.
When down from Ken* last day in front of the William» mo-
formed budgeteera.
week
Caraton vonBoretal puroha»- tor company, between the side-
:
~~
In this county budgeting is
ad
for
himself
and
two
neighbors
walk
and
street
curb
line,
will
be
Bettyehem
Chapter
No.
78, O.EJx
fairly simple and to a marked ex
a
sewing
machine
and
three
wash-
used
to
store
oil
barrels
from
Moro,
Oregon
tent the same men have been re
Meets Every Second and
tained on the county budge* board ing machines, at the Moro t Im- which to pump oil into cars.
Miss Leona Elliott, teacher at -
Fourth Thursdays
is
for years. It does have ite advan plement store
The council has authorized the Fairview school, enjoyed a brief
Each ‘ Month. Visiting
tages, yet, it is not perfect
V’
Members Invited,
There is not so much difficulty construction of a new walk from vacation a* the home of her par-
with Obtaining men who are fam the Sam McDonald market to the enta at Prineville during the Alice Ornduff W. M.
iliar with the form of a budget. Baptist church, and a street temp Washington birthday school holi- Maris Hooklnson. Sso.
the
of putting a budget at the shureh.
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day. _ . . 1 ___________ _ . .Li — ;
Published Every F rid ay at
Moro, Oregon
'
Not Available
This Year
The Road Home
W ake U p . A merica !
» '*
Here’s a tip to remember
when you’re shopping if a deal
er makes the purchase of one
article which you want contingent
/
IS S 4*.''
upon your buying another whicn
you don’t w an t For example, hos
Demoeratle!
/
neo o. CUK
iery buyers cannot be forced to
purchase the coarser of heavier
guages o f women’s rayon hosiery
------- -— - As debated by
to
order to obtain sheerer stock
Boris
ShUbkht
H o a. W H I M . W hittington
j
ing».
This action by the dealer
Economist, American F oA m tior
Congressman, 3rd District,
amounts
to a “tying” agreement
Mississigpi
and is a violation o f price regu
M B . S H IS H K IN O P E N S : The
CONO. WHITTINGTON OPBN8:
American people in democracy have lations.
On. of the tw,<tam«tal pHnctpta. to
«1 to t
•taxation In » d-noer»ey 1« «qu»Uty
«bllltrto*pw . A «ate. tax
and uniformity. The sales tax, life»
just toe opposite. It barely
the ad valorem tax, meets the test touches toe Income of the well-to-do.
All classes are treated alike. The but cuts across the entire small in
modest home, the stately mansion to come. Income tax is progressive.
ad valorem taxes pay the same rate Sales tax is regressive. Unlike toe
but upon different valuations. Taxes income te», for which collection iffb-
primarily are for revenue. In war ehinery is functioning a new sales
they should reduce spending and tax would be the most expensive to
prevent inflation. An citizens receiv- administer; would breed more bu
reaucracy; would require an enor
>lng income should contribute to rev mous staff and a huge supply of NOTICE OF FINAL
enues In war. Those to the lower
equipment essential tor war. A sales SETTLEMENT
; income groups, especially to war, de tax is a bu usance tax—a heavy bur
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN,
sire to support the government and den to the already harried retail
thus to provide munitions for their trade. It would call for monthly re That Etha Mae Schilling, Execu
sons in the armed forces. A ll patri ports and audits of storekeepers’ trix of the estate of Herman Jul
otic citizens are willing to pay taxes books and records and a heavy load ius Schilling, deceased, ha» filed
to preserve America for Americans. of additional paper work on the part »
A ll taxes, in effect increase the cost of every store covered. A general her Final Account with the Coun
of liv in g This is but another way of sales tax is now to effect in nearly; ty Clerk of Sherman County, Ore-
.
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A
. ..
.
. .
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saying that all taxes increase the half the states and two cities. A fed gon. to the above estate, and that
¡cost of any business, industry, or vo eral sales tax on top of these would Monday the 27th day of March,
cation. Contributions to charity in mean double taxation, to itself un
crease the cost of liv in g The Bible democratic. The sales tax is undemo 1944, at the hour of 10:00 a. m.
teaches tithes for all whether rich or cratic. regressive, costly and detri o^’ aaid day, in the County Court
poor. If the argument against the mental to our war effort. Even if House in the County Court Room,
placed on all commodities except
•aUs tax, by whatever name it may
food and medicine, it would barely ir Moro, Sherman County, Oregon
be called, obtains, there would really
yield M0 m illion dollars, or less then
he no tithes or donation. Another one per cent of our expenditures for has been fixed as the time and
the hearing thereof.
argument against the sales tax is that war. Above all. it hits the poor to place for
it discourages spending. In war, that enable the war profiteer to escape hia All person» are hereby
notified
argument no longer obtains.
just share of taxation.
to appear at said time and place
CONG. WHITTINGTON CHAL and show cause, if any there be,
MR. SHISHKIN CHALLENGES: LENGES: Inflation is a deadly ene
should
The Bible does net teach tithes; it my. A sales tax Is deflationary. It why said Final Account
describes the then existing oppressive would he far less costly to low in not be allowed and an order made
system. But whosoever preaches toe come groups than Inflationary price*. discharging said executrix.
unjust taxes levied by Belshazzar Income taxes have been levied to the
Etha Mae Schilling
•ltd Herod to be democratic, forgets limit The sales tax w ill not violate
Executrix
democracy and forgets the handwrit or eliminate the principle. It w ill
Gavin
A
Gavin
supplement
it
Spending
is
not
com
ing on the wall that spelted end of
tyranny. The good congressman con pulsory. Within limits people can Attorney for Executrix
16-9
I
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¿ £ Z
tradicts himself, not me. For he says
In one breath that the sales tax in
creases the cost of living and that it
curbs inflation. A 10% general sales
tax means a 10% Increase in all
prices. It is the most inflationary tax
of all—Indeed a deadly enemy of a
democracy at war.
CONG. WHITTINGTON REPLIES:
The reply of Mr. Shishkin is typical
of the opponents of the sales tax. He
confuses the Lord with tyrannical
Herod
and ' drunken
Belshazzar
Tithes were for the Lord. The Old
Testament enjoined them. Unjust and
unreasonable taxes without repre
sentation, no matter the kind, were
for Herod and Belshazzar. The
Saviour, the greatest of a ll democrats
and humanitarians, went further than
tithes; he said that tithes were not
enough. H e commended the widow
for giving her last penny. Sales taxes
like tithes and free w ill offerings are
applicable to all taxpayers whether
rich or poor. Such taxes w ill supple
ment, not repeal the income tax, and
reduce the high cost ot government
spend, or not The great bulk of in
flationary pressure lies in smaller In
comes, formed by the reservoir of
war wages and salaries. This reser
voir must be tapped. A ll taxes are
burdensome. Every type bears dif
ferently upon different classes. It is
almost impossible to levy taxes equi
table to all. In a democracy taxes
should make all citizens tax con
scious. The sales ta x 'w ill.
MR SH IS H K IN REPLIES: High
war wages are wot widespread. Earn
ings in war plants are high because
hours are long, ^ork gruelling. As of
a year ago, 41% of all consumers
were in the low income bracket with
average incomes of $18 a week, re
ceiving only 14% of the nation’s
money Income. These families can
not and should not assume the same
tax burden as . families with long
purses If economic democracy is to
prevail. AU should «bate the finan
cial burdens of war, but Justice and
democracy demand each share ac
cording to his means. I f power to tax
be power to destroy, the sales tax is
the most destructive form of wartime
ta-ratinn, undermining the very foun
dations of democracy.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
All person» having claims «-
gainst the Estate of LeRoy Ho-
bert Martin, deceased, are here
by notified to present them, with
the proper vouchers and duly ver
ified. to the undersigned, the duly
appointed, qualified and acting
Administrator, with the Will an
nexed, of the Estate of LeRoy
Hobert Martin, at the office of.
T. Letter Johnson, attorney at
law, Moro Oregon,
within six
months from the date of the first
publication of this notice, which
date is February 18, 1944
'
Myles Elroy Martin
Administrator, with the Will an
nexed, of the Estate o f LeRoy Ho
bert Martin, deceased.
Date of first publication Feb. 13
Date of last publication M,ar. 17
NOTICE OF FINAL HEARING
Cet» A il
In Other Days
OFFICIALLY HOYLE
Xratx Signal Corga Photo
Take a good look at ♦hia American soldier ae he lies in the mud of Ren
d o n Island in the Southwest Pacific, victim of k Jap air raid. It is not a
pleasant scene, is it? When you are asked to buy an extra War Bond to
Back the Attack
Attack think
think of of thia
this picture
picture of of your
your fellow American blasted by
____the
from home. Then brother.
the concussion of a Jan bomb thousands of miles
n
don’t you think you will want to dig a little deeper to back up his comrades?
from U. S. Ttaaanrr
From where I s it...
¿y Joe M arsh \
Bob Newcomb was reading me a
letter the other day-from his
son in the Marines. Dick New
comb’s somewhere in the South
Pacific, thousands of miles from
home, yet he writes to ask:
“Tell me. Dad, do they still
pitch horseshoes hack of Bay’s?
Is Johnny keeping nsy tools In
shape? Are the troat still Mttag
In Seward’s Oeek?"
Makes you realise what the
men over there are thinking
about Sure, they’re fighting for
Democracy and Freedom and a
Better World Tomorrow.
I /Vo. 76 « / o Seria»
Bnt the things they dream of
com in g back to are the little
sim p le p lea su res th a t m ean
home to all of ns—like a home*
cooked meal, a glass of beer with
friends, a game of horseshoes in
the backyard.
From where T sit, one of our
most sacred obligations here at
home is to keep those little
things exactly as they remem
ber them —to keep Intact the
world they’re fighting for.
GvyrigM IM A
Notice is herby given that C.
A. Tom. Administrator of the
Estate of George W. Ramey, de
ceased, has filed in the County
Court of the State of Oregon for
Sherman county, his Final Ac
count and the Court has set the
21st* day of March, 1944, in the
Office of the County Clerk in the
Court House at Moro, Oregon at
the hour of 10:00 o’clock a. m.
as the time and place for th*
settlement of said accounting and
for beari/i-g objections to the
same, if any.
C.A. Tom
Administrator
J. Tracy Barton
The Dalles. Oregon
Attorney for the Estate
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS
All persons having claims a-
gairost the estate of Beniamin L.
Andrews, deceased, are hereby
notified to present them, with
the (proper vouchers and duly
verified, to the undersigned, tha
duly appointed, qualified and act
ing Administrator of the Estates
Benjamin L. Andrews, decea3-
ed. at the office of T. Lester John
son, attorney at law, at Wasco,
Oregon, within six months, from
the date of first publication of
this notice to-wit: February 11,
1944.
William H. Andrews
Administrator
Date of first publication - Febru
ary 11, 1944
Date of last publication - March
3, 1944
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS
All persons having claim« ag
ainst the estate of Clyde E. Crites,
deceased, are hereby notified to
present bhem, with the proper
vouchers and duly verified,
to
the undersigned, the duly appoint
ed. qualified and acting Adminis
trator of the Estate of Clyde E.
Crites, deceased, at the office of
T. Leister Johnson, attorney at
law. Moro. Oregon, within six
rmonth« from the date of first
publication of this notice, to-wit:
February 11, 1944.
Blaine C. _ Miller
, Administrator
Date of first publication Feb. 11,
Date of last publication, March 3.