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■ """ - - * ----------- !L ......... " • F A {fr k, *' AllEK M jN E H ’KNAL. £tpfXB£ft «Cmmty J o tu n H Published JEvery F n d a > M o ro . t>re<o« tik * L. French at E d ito r E n u re d a> second class m a tte r a t postoffice at Moro, Oregon Wider Act of Congress of M arch 3, 1979 NATIONAL É D IT O R IA L - ASSOCIATION .T 7 t... O F F IC IA L COUNTY PA P E R SUBSCRIPTION RATES Payable in Advance ONE YEAR ........................... $2^ MARCH 3. 1944 T h o se ich o tro u I d t r a d e freed o m fo r s e c u r ity a re d e se rv in g o f rteither. SEN A TO R McNARY The death of S enator C harles 1. M cNary ended an era fo r Oregon. It was a period in which Oregon, one of the sm aller a ta te s, *a» able U> obtain pow er and preatige in W aahington. M cNary was a figure of prom inence there because h< was m inority leader of the sen a te and thus able to influ ence legislation. Hia fhrewdneaa m ade it possible fo r him to affect sen a to ria l action to a g re a te r ex te n t th an would ord in arily prevail. M cN ary did not fight th e new deal, b u t he did n o t like it or a g ree w ith it- Hia victories over it were caused by blocking sen a to ria l action through a knowledge of procedure f a r g re a te r than any of the new deal henchm en. By a tim ely motion here and there, a req u est fo r this o r th a t, M eNary wore down the often h a lf hearted m a jo rity in the sen ate and pre vented action on the m ore radical innovations of the social dem o c ra ts who m anage the adm inis tratio n . M cNary acted on liehalf ?f O regon. M atters th a t benefited hia n ativ e s ta te w ere close to his h e a r t , and speedily enlisted his su p p o rt. When inform ed and con vinced of th e ir desirability. he knew the moves to take to ob tain the desired action. The Shaniko branch railroad case is an exam ple M cNary had teleg rap h ed the co u n ty ’s delegates the day th ey left Moro th a t the case was practically hopeless. W hen they arrived in the capital and inform ed him of the serious ness o f te m atter, he th rew his inftu<nc» into the fig h t w ith the re s u lt th a t is now well known. He knew wh«t to do in Waxh ington b e tte r than any m an from the west, probably b e tte r than any one He seemed to play on ftr* figures around th e capital as n pspe organ p lay er uses the keys o f his instrum ent. N ever hurried, alw ays courteous, ever patient, he b rought resu lts to O regon th a t thi« state m ay not obtain fo r a generation. No one will he able to succeed him and make a m ark for him- Self in years A n atu ra l l e n t for natio n al politics and the peculiar Conditions of the tim es elevate J th e mild McNary to leadership. And he used it well. The nam e o f th e man who will tak e the plate of S enator M cNary in W ashington will probably be announced a t the end of this week, a fte r the funeral F riday a f ternoon. There is said too l>e a scram ble for the place as o ften occurs when political plum* are to he obtained through appointm ent- There are but few men capable of doing a good job for Oregon for the r e m ainder of the year. W hoever accents the a p p o in t ment will lx* handicapped by a short tim e to serve, and by the psychological handicap of follow ing so influential a man a s C h a r ley M cNary. U nless he he one who has been in W ashington for some tim e, he will be additionally handicapped by ignorance of sen a te proceedure. Thia new spaper hopes th a t in thia year the s ta te of Oregon may be rep resented in M cN ary's seat by an able man. T h e govern o r’s a ttitu d e tow ard this airpoint m in t will indicate bis concept of w hat a senator should be. Should he choose a political hack, it will reduce hi« own chances of being elected (an honor he m ight n a t u rally wi«h to enjoy). Should he appoint the moat able man wno can he persuaded to Wave his MORO. OREGON T ............' ■— « ■ ! ■ FRIDAY. M ARCI! 3. UHI w ork fo r th e a b o rt trrm the gov ernor’s election will be easier. - M om entous a ffa irs w ill be before the senate b e fo re the.**nd o f 1944 and O regon should be able to e x pect the beat re p resen tatio n pos sible in th is c ritic a l tim e • "W aki U p . A m p ÏIC A Sufficient Seed for 1C44 Victory Gardens 1* OaawaUsad .UovMw mummt MARCH M arch cam e in like a lamb. A nJ if th a t has an y th in g to do w ith fu tu re w eath er we may be in for some bad days before April- This en tire w inter a* we h a v e re m ained before, has been Tike one dreaaed up w ith no place to go. It has been th rea ten in g a t tim es, snow s and blows have s ta rte d to end ip a sh o rt tim e in a flzzle of fog. The w eather has never re ally held on to any m etero leg - ical bill of fa re long enough to m ake a good serving. We did have a little more fog th an ua- ual, lo n g er periods of d isag ree able w eather, of sunless days. It m ay be too soon , to m ake com m ent on the we-ither and speak of w inter in the p ast tense- W inters have lingered into M arch on several occasions in this coun try . And those occasions have been such th a t old tim ers rem em ber them w ith aadneas. T here was the apring of ’06 (w asn ’t it? ) when a blizzard blew in around the 15th to freeze our the w heat th a t had been tem pted by w arm days to become lush and tender. Stock were lost, too as little lam bs chilled in the cold mr. O ther years have produced M ar ch« th a t sam e n ea r to m aking up for a w inter of com parative free dom from storm s The unrensc.i- ableness of it. the surprise, m a te s a Turbulent M arch som ething to be remem be r e d . This year the w in ter w heat ii barely com ing out of the ground. It acts as if it expected trouble above ground. It is not rank and green w ith g row th and su sc e p t ible to sudden chills, b u t depre* aed and fro st worn. M arch will have to he p re tty had to dam-ig'» it m aterially. We would like to b a v e some w eather th a t even the anxi^U’ g ard en er would call nice. T hri c o n sta n t th re a t of bad w eather which we an ticip ate because we hav en ’t had our sh are should be about over, b u t M arch m ust be over first. In Other Days From the Observer, Mar. 3, 1915 E lm er B arzee J r. is hack from Salem , where 'he h«s been a tte n d ing business college. Only five more weeks of P er ils of Pauline a t th e opera house and then all m ay learn w hnt the old m um m y had to say. W esley F u II ct and Miss Eunice Kewsinger were united in m arrie g e at W asco on Sunday, F ebruary 28th, by Rev. Crowder. N W Thom pson broke all the spokes out of the fro n t wheel of his au to S atu rd ay when the car slued into a washed piece of road n ear the C L Powell farm . From the O bserver Mar. 3, 1905 B arnum Bros, tra n s fe rre d a hand o f c a ttle to tohe breaks of the D eschutes Rdver S atu rd ay M eshrs G T P a rr, E R H ick son. F red M essinger, L V Moore and Pickord and la u g h te r , «11 m oved into, and settled down in, new M oro hom es this week. B uilding operations in Moro for the c u rre n t y ear will be brisk. A lready team s are hauling foun dation stones from the qu arry fo r C. L Ireland, Dr. Miorgan and Dr. Idlem an A »olid brick 2 1-2 sto rie s 80 x 100 will go up in Moro th is spring and sum m er fo r com m ercial p u r poses. A th e a tre will Ibe p a r t of R. From the Observer, Mar. 6, 1925 L D E aton, fa rm in g in the M-idhigan d istrict, re p o rts one of Irir w h e at fields being »potted enough w ith w heat not frozen out t h a t will not reseed the field and in th e places w here w heat was frozen But will p la n t beans in stead so th a t the re s u lta n t crop will not l»e mixed w heat. A gent Roae is again on duty at the railro ad statio n a f te r an enforced absence caused by sick ness lastin g since Decem ber 27th A t the annual m eeting of the stockholders of th e Sherm an E lec tric com pany, held la s t M onday a t the county c o u rt house, W 11 Lee w as elected director fo r W as co d istric t to succeed C H Howell and T W Alley was elected di re cto r fo r Moro d istrict to suc ceed N W Thompson. R C Byers hae traded bM round wheel Fordson tra to r fo r a 15- 27 C ase tra c to r and two Kbttom 14-lnch plow outfit. Mr. Bver» hs° farm ed f o r several years w ith tra c to rs and a t the p resen t tim e has only one 2-horse team or his farm . Local Democracy? TuZc 1 t Ac ley E. Disney I t D itr ic i, ! > COMO. DISNKY OPZNS: The ques tion would seem to answer itself if we look about us or study current or pest history. Centralised government ‘ is the antithesis of local democracy. Statism is the antithesis of individual freedom. Centralised government Is the pattern of totalitarianism or the authoritarian state. OtrrtodMy, statism —Photo Courteiy Ferry-Morse Seed Oo. “Will there be seed enough to go around?” is again a vital question in the minds of the nation’s Victory Gardeners as Uncle Sam asks for a substantial increase over the 20,000,000 vegetable gardens raised in the Usited States last season. A confident reply comes from Ferry-M orse Seed Co., Largest growers and distributors of garden seeds i n « - — ----------- —----------------- -— tlie world. I numerous varieties among other .... , , kinds of vegetables, l We are ready un v . L Gardener r . j , ; for a , sizeable in- , While every Victory crease over la. t y e irs output for should grow as big a crop of vege Victory Gardens,’ tiiey declare, ‘‘In tables as is practical to meet the sr ite of tremendous handicaps and needs of his family, buying mors labor shortages.” seeds than are needed will be a de Seed of some varieties of certain finite detrim ent to the 1944 War vegetables Is still cn die short side, Food Program. Any seeds left over but this is a situation which is bound I from early plantings should be put to occur even in normal times. Wise in as repeat printings or sown in and experienced gardeners, however, I midsummer for fall harvesting. Be know that if die dealer does not I sure that the seeds are stored in a have die varioty he has been accus dry price, such as a tight-covered tomed to getting, there is always an ri-.it jar, until time to use. As during the past successful sea other of equally excellent quality to take its place Take snap beans, son Victory Gardeners will do well for examplo. Whedier round-nodded to confine their efforts to standard or flat-podded, green or wax, each vegetables, especially those that group is made up of several varieties s'ore, dry, or can to good advantage. differing but little from ehch other in During 1943, approximately 4,300,- form on<^ growing habits. Ail are 000,000 jars of fruits and vegetables 6tringlese, and in flavor i.nd texture were put up in this country, and the it puzzles even the experts to tell government hopes that thia figure them anart. The same is true of vzill be surpassed in 1944. N ew s From K e n t Tells o f Service M en s’ W hereabouts a n d W elfare E arl Lyons is statio n ed in F o rt Knox, Kentucky where he is taking his basic tra in in g in tin* U. S. Army- C arsten von Borstel is in the In fa n try and i« stationed a t F o rt McCellan, Alabam a. Loyd Kelley le ft S atu rd ay to begin hiis train in g in the U S. Navy. Mr and Mrs J e rry Wilson Jr. are p a re n ts of a baby boy, J e r ry III, bom at The Dalles hospi tal an F eb ru ary 24th and w e ig h ing 7 1-2 pounds. Mr and Mrs Bill E d w a rd s and fam ily are here to work for Jess H elyer. Six of th e ir children are going to the Kent g rade school Shelton F r itts J r. left fo r S al em. w here he will s t a r t his tra in ing in the U.S. Navy. Kelly’s Column (Continued from P age One) the veto m os^age on the tax bill for th e president. The language is different from th e sty le of th? usual m essage or veto, and t'ne suspicion ex ists th a t someone close to Mr. Roosevelt prepared it w ith th e express intention of sticking pins in congress and un d ertak in g to a rra y th e people of the country a g a in st the co n g ress men and m ake them a p p e a r ax though they w ere h an d ica p rin g th e w ar. Mr- Roosevelt did not realize ih e a n g e r he w as aro u sin g until a fa ith fu l “ listening p o s j” heard S enator B arkley resign his leadirsthip, and then Mr. Big realized he ¡had Icicked his fa itn - ful follow ers in th e teeth. Mrs Cecil C unningham was here to viait her parent«, Mr and M rs George McKay last Sunday. The I-O.O.F. installed «ix new m em bers last Monday and went to The Dalles Tuesday fo r their F irs t Degree. The new m em bers «re: George MjcKay, John Koepke, R obert Helyer, G arth W alton, Wm Jefferies, and J a y McKay. M rs Mike Sm ith received word of the death of h er b ro th er who was serving w ith the arm ed fo r ces. and local self-govenupent cannot ex ist autonomously in the same nation w ithout the ooe destroys the other. Louis X TV ’s “1 am the state” does 'not adm it of local self-rule, individual freedom or local democracy. These statements sound like truisms, but they are the fru it of history. The fram ers of the Constitution were con vinced centralized government and local democracy w ere not com pati. Me. T hey were determ ined that gov ernm ent should be diffused amongst the people and b u ilt a foundation creating the federal government, but of lim ited powers. Democracy is not located in Washington. I t has no place In those marble halls. I t does exist down in the school boards, the jus tice of peace courts, the court houses, the state legislature*. It cannot be transferred to Washington. I f It could be. it would eeesa te e x is t Among the people, in the breasts o f the peo ple. rests democracy. Democracy , is dependent on the ability o f the aver age man to reflect sotted ju d g m en t and of his representatives to activate that judgment into legislation. DK. LENGYRL CHALLENGE!: Centralized government is not an aim in itself, but a trend. Modern life is far more centralized—m ore highly organized— than life in the past Cen tralization is m erely a mold, not the substance. It may be Ailed w ith either democratic or non-democratic sub stance. Switzerland, one of the old democracies, moves toward cen trali zation, as does the U. S G reat B rit ain, highly centralized, is a democ racy. The Scandinavian countries, the best types of democracies, have long been centralized. Republican France was centralized and democratic. The anarchists used to stand for highly decentralized, self-contained, units— tor good reasons. In this world of speed, a high degree of decentraliza tion would lead to anarchy. CONG. DISNEY REPLIES: The Scandinavian-Swiss-British concepts of democracy are not our concept of pure democracy. T h e ir achievements do not match oura Under the B ill of Rights, the American ideal has been ’freedom of the individual. necessarily im plying freedom of local self-gov ernm ent For what purpose? For the sake of the lib erty of the Individual. Woodrow Wilson wisely stated—“the history of liberty is the history of the lim itation on governm ent” Cen- gtralized government grows stronger feeding on its own strength. It abhors lim itations Statisn. knows no bounds nor limitations. That is not pure democracy. I insist historical facts prove local democracy dies under centralized authority. Given Highest Award lu p in e L ieoL John C. M organ as be was aw arded the Congressional M e d a l of Honor. He retarned bis plane to England w hile the pilot and a ll gnn* ners w ere unconscious from injnries. t e DR. L E N G Y K L O PEN«: To think that only local government is demo cratic is a mistake. C ertainly It is not true of England, was not true of re publican France; the freedom loving Scandinavian countries—all central ized. I t was the m ayor of an A m eri can city, not the Preeidapt o f the U. who. declared: ”1 am the law ." Local government necessarily shrinks as the globe's surface shrinks. O bvi ously. >t was extensive when an Eng lish county was a vast territo ry. T o day. from your airplane, it is a speck oil the map. Local democracy is part of the central democracy—not ite enemy. W ith the interconnection o f local interests, self-sufficient local democracy actually defeats the aims of real democracy— the execution of the w ill of the people. I t cannot be the real w ill o f the people to mu tilate it by retaining traditional unite because they were useful in the stagecoach era. Far from being the enemy of local democracy, central ized government, conducted in the real democratic spirit, strengthens local democracy by placing behind it strong government resources. De mocracy is fa r easier to safeguard in the central government, which c iti zens can watch w ith great vigilance, because ft occupies a central position. Local government does not; hence, it is easier tor local autocrats to falsify the people’s w i ll , CO NG . D U M S Y C H A LL E N G E S : I t Is impossible to have both a central ized, pow erful adm inistrative federal system and a free play of individual ism in local self-governm ent History proves democratic tendencies have been destroyed by centralized author ity. When the Roman Republic faded by degeneration of the Senate, local democracy* died, tyrannical dictator-, ships succeeded. In modern Italy) when centralization through Fascism, took over, local democracy and in-; dividual freedom died. When legisla tive authority failed in Germany, all government was centralized in the dictator. What good did it do the, people to watch this monster g ro w without a voice in its growth? How coul- local aelf-government assert it-' self? What became of individual' rights? D R LENGYEL REPLIES: When there were more than ten m illion un employed in the U. S., local democ racy was. reduced to flashing S O S ; Signals to Washington. Luckily, the fathers of the country foresaw the future and made provisions for cen tralized action through the “general w elfare” clause. W ithout such cen-i tralized action, there would have; been revolution in the country. M o d -’ ern government is big business, the; business of the people. Modern times, call for the efficiency of large organ ization and not for the “local democ racy” of the village smithy. May I also remind Congressman Disney th a t’ the Roman Senate was never a p illar- of local democracy; centralization did not precede Fascism, and Germany never had a real democracy. W e’ve heard so much about the goose th a t laid the golden egg we wonder if all who lay golden - eg g s are ge<eee NOTICE March 20, 1944 will be the final date on which bids for tohe pro perty contained in the John Mc- Dermdd estate will be received by the trustee. L ester B arnum , tru s te -. NOTICE OF F IN A L SETTLB M EN T NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, T h at E th a Mae Schilling, Execu trix of tohe e s ta te of H erm an J u l ius .Schilling, deceased, has filed h e r Final Account with th e Coun ty Clerk of Sherm an County, Or •- gon. in the above estate, and th a t Monday the 27th day of M arek, 1944, a t the hour of 10:00 a. in. o* said day, in the County C ourt Houee in the County C ourt Room ir Moro, Sherm an County, Oregon has been fixed as the tim e and place fo r the hearing th ereo f. All persons are hereby notified io ap p e ar a t said tim e and pLa?e and show cause, if any th ere be, why said Final Account shou.d not be allowed and an order made d ischarging said executrix. Etiha Mae Schilling Executrix Gavin & Gavin A ttorney fo r Executrix 1G I: NOTICE TO CREDITORS All persons having claim s a g ain st the E state of Ix-Roy Ho b ert M artin, deceased, are h ere by notified to present them , with the proper vouchers and duiy v e r ified. to the undersigned, the duiy appointed, qualified and acting A dm inistrator, with the Will a n nexed, of the E state of LeRoy H obert M artin, a t the office of T. L ester Johnson, atto rn e y a t law, Moro Oregon, within six m onths from the date of the first publication of this notice, which d ate is F ebruary 18, 1944 Myles Elroy M artin A d m inistrator, with the Will a n nexed. of the E state o f LeRoy Ha.,„ b ert M artin, deceased. D ate of first publicarion Feb. 19 D ate of last publication Mar. 17 NOTICE OF FIN A L H EARIN G Notice is herby given th a t C. A. Tom, A d m in istrato r of , the E sta te of George W . Ramey, de ceased, has filed in the County C ourt of the S tate of Oregon for Sherm an county, his Final A c count and th e C ourt has set the 21st day of March, 1944. in the Office of the County Clerk in the C ourt House a t Moro, Oregon at the hour qf 10:00 o’clock a. m. as the tim p and place fo r the settlem en t of said accounting and for h earing objections to the same, if any C.A. Tom A d m in istrato r J Tracy Barton The Dalles. Oregon A ttorney for the E state OSC extension officials re p o rt ed to th e recent regional garden conference in P o rtlan d th a t th ere w ere approxim ately 200,000 vic to ry gardens raised in Oregon la s t year, 146,000 o f which were grow n by city people, and 55,000 on farm ». T his would m ean th a t th e re were g ard en s on about 90 p ercen t o f all Oregon farm s. Because of this high percen tag e of farm s having gard en s already m ost o f the em phasis th is year will be p u t on m ore and b e tte r city gardens, it was decided a t the conference. Thqse a re being en couraged th ro u g h o u t 1 th e United S ta te s , according to H. W. Hoch- baum . n atio n al extension re p re N O T IC E T O C R E D IT O R S sen tativ e who is chairm an of the All persona having claim s t g ain st the estate of B enjam in 1 Andrews, deceased, are hereb notified to presen t them , w it the p ro p e r vouchers and dui verified, to the undersigned, th duly appointed, qualified and act in g A d m in istrato r of the E s ta t ctf Benjam in L. Andrews, deceaG ed. a t the office o f T. L ester John »on, a tto rn e y a t law, a t Wasc< O regon, within six m onths fro r the d ate o f 1 first publication o this notice to-w it: F eb ru ary 11 1944- W illiam H. Andrew A d m inistrato Date of first publication - Febru ary 11, 1944 Date of last publicat ion - Ma ret 3, 1944 chatting over the quarrel as tf It From where I sit ¿ y Jo e M arsh Percy Thompson. Sec. E ureka Ix»dge No 121 A.F. & A.M. M eets on the 1st and 3rd T hurs • • • day evenings eacQ m onth. V isiting mem Word from Oregon say s th a t bers are cordially in th e fam ed Oregon avwtem is ab o u t' vited to m eet w ith us. to h av e holes knocked In it- W il kie m an ag ers are p rep arin g a It P. B risbine W. M. slate o f 15 ¿e le g ies to th e R e R. V. L ockhart. S ecretary publican national convention, each w ith th e sam e slogan, and efforts are being m ade to keep an y o th Bethlehem C hapter No. 78, O-E.it ers off th e ballot. T h is is th e old Moro, Oregon m achine politics which w as abol Meets Every Second and ished By the Oregon presidential F o u rth T h u rsd ay s in prim aries some 30 y ears hr m ore Each Month. Visiting ago, and which linitieted th e el mo Members Invited. tion o< U nited S ta b 's senator« hv Alice O m duff W. M. the people instead of by p o liti Marie Hoskinson, Sec. co« in the legislatu re. ”* " 2 , Dr. EaaQ Lwagycl . A s t. Frof., School o f hdoeotioo, Ness Yorh D o to c n ü rt Author o f " T orh oy»t **Slhorio** OREGON HAS 200,000 GARDENS M rs Paul Wilson- c«m e home S atu rd ay from the hospital where she had an operation The resu lts of the essay contest sponsored by the Am erican Le gion w ere ah follow s: High school division, Cleo Laffoon, first; M ary von Borstel. second; and John Schadewitz, third In the g rad e school Sharon M artin, first; Con nie W ilson, second; and M arie von Borstel, th ird. Rebekah Lodge No. 110 Moro. Oregon Meets 2d & 4th Tues Jay of each m onth. Visiting m em bers wel come. Coila Belshee, N.G. Florence Johnston. 81 Moro Lodge No. 113, I. O. O. F. 1 Moro, Oregon M eets 1st and 3r< T uesdays in th< I.O..O.F. hall T rai aient and rw itin f b rothers are cordi ally invited to m eet .rith us. E rn e st H ouston N. G. i national victory garden commit tee. Home demonstration agents in 16 Oregon , counties emphasised food conservation late. imraner, the Oregon report showed. In those 16 counties it was estimated that more than 4 3-4 million contain ers of good were canned and that more than 236,000 pounds of food were preserved in other ways. Lem Martin’s dog w ent on a rampage last w eek ...k illed four of Ed Carey’s beat bens. Naturally, Ed w as pretty mad. W ent around vow ing he was go ing to get his shotgun and blow the blazes out of Lem’s dog when he saw him. And Lem says, “Let him try It and I ’ll blow the blazes, out o ( Aim. Ought to keep his chicken! locked up, anyhow.” B « t Ed and Lem . are really mighty sensible fellows. And the w hole’-thing was settled when Lem Invited Ed over for a glass of beer, a»d they sat around Ala. 77 a Seriez were a kind of Joke. “Shucks,” says Ed, “them hens didn’t amount to much no how.” And Lem says; "Just the same I’m brlngin’ you a barrel o.’ apples to pay for ’em." F ro m where I sit, it wonld be a lot better fo r the world If folks w o u ld s e ttle t h e ir a rg u m e n ts p e a c e fu l-lik e —s ittin g aro u n d ever a friendly glass of b e e r - Instead of going off half-cocked, and making mountains out of molehills. Cfoe, /> ;/, Crewing NOTICE TO CREDITORS All persons havine claim s a g ain st the estate of Clyde E. C rites, deceased, are hereby notified to presen t them , w ith the pronec vouchers and duly verified. to the undersigned, the duly ap p o in t ed. qualified and acting Adm inis t r a t o r of the E sta te of Clvde E. C rites, deceased, a t the oftk? of T. L ester Johnson, atto rn e y at law, Moro, O regon.* w ithin six m onths from the datA of first publication of th is notice' to-w it: F eb ru ary 11. 1944. . * ‘ Blaine C. »Miller , A dm inistrator Date of first publication Feb. 11, Date o f last publication, March 3.
