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C U IX N lt JU L Í l N a L. AlOKO. U ltlitU A
J * b m n a n C o u n ty J o u r n a l
Published Every Friday at
Mbro, Oregon
Giles L. French
Editor
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OFFICIAL COUNTY PAPER
SUBSCRIPTION RATES
Payable in Advance
ONE YEAR ............................
$2<9
JU N E 9. 1944
Those w ho w o u ld tr a d e
fre e d o m fo r s e c u r ity a re
d eserví n'g o f n eith er.
Í OMPARE
Look ng down the street Tues
day morning while Ghe radios
were telling the story of the
l attle raging over the coast of
Normandy one could not help but
consider tlhe contrast.
Over there bombs were tearing
rt the soil of France, shells from
battleships blasting at concrete
defenses, tanka were crawl ng a-
gam st smaller shelters and men
lehind machine guns were giv
•ng and receiving mortal wounds.
Tl»e result of years of planning
for war was being brought to
1 ear on both sides.. The cost in
money was staggering and in lives
was immense.
Here the sun whs shining
through a slight haze as befits a
peaceful June morning, the locust
trees were in full bloom and their
peasant fragrance filled the air
Not many vehicles were moving,
an indication that most of us had
not actively begun the day A tur
tle dove in tlje park was cooing
Boys from th s town, or from
ether towns like this, were in a
much different setting.
We cannot ignore the destruc
*t on in France. We are a part of
it, our flesh and blood, our shells
and mortars, our suppl es and
money. We have sent all of them
»0 the struggle and will have to
rend more.
N ext week begins another call
for money with which to carry on
the fight. It is an invasion call
for funds. Those who have al
ready sent many of their dollars
to war will send more to mak?
th s the final phase of the long
struggle;
those who
have not
bought bonds will surely feel that
new there is no delaying’ possible
This peace we have on our
farm s and towns is only possible
b< cause our sons and our money
Leve kept the battle far away if
we are to win—and we are— we
must supply our war
machine
w th our dollars. This county has
ar. excellent reputation in that
regard—a reputation it will un
doubtedly keep and cherish and
exhibit with pr de when, in later
days, there is » discusión o f the
yurt we played in the war for a
better world.
LOCUSTS IN BLOOM
The locusts are in fuller bloom
tb a year than usual. Many of
them are alm ost white, so proli
fic are the trees
The
town
sm ells of them,* a sw eetness plea-
runt and pervading It is a» if w?
lived in a flower garden.
Whether the abundance of lo
cust blooms has any «onnection
with sim larily bounteous crops of
giain we do not know. There
seems to be no records that e s
tablish heavy locust seed
crops
with heavy wheat production al-
‘bough auch a record might give
us some comfort if there was
similarity.
,
But certainly an economic con-
-.:ad 04 X jtw w w i -jou si uosioau
in it us to enjoy the fragrance
and beauty o f the locust trees
v ben in full bloom. Whether they
j -'eoage prosperity or poverty they
are very pretty and therefor?
g.ve pleasure.
SCHOOL COSTS
Note is made elsewhere that
the Waaoo and Moro school dis
tricta are asking for special lev
iea with which to carry on tho>e
sdhools for the coming year. Th«»
Grass Valley district needs but
1 ttle tax money, if any. It tranr-
Txirts its high school.
Naturally the covt of keeping
school has gone up with higher
salaries to teachers and other ris
tag coats. N atu rally the per cap-
lta cost has gone up alarmingly
because so many children have
gone elsewhere to obtain the kind
of education their parents want
and can now afford. People have
the money to pay for school now
, .
i
.
,
,
rnd the extra co .t .a not burden-
some. Thera w ill be no complamt.
The pinch w ill come when there
are poor wheat crops and a p r :«
based on surplus nstead of scar
city. The base of educational cost
now established will be still with
us and the people will not be able
to pay for it.
The Wasco school d is tr e t lias
a valuation o f $9X4,139; the Moro
district a valuation of $753,660,
mnking a total
of little over
$1.700,000. Except for grade and
a few high school pupils schools
at rich Rufus, con sol dated Kent
and Grass Valley these two dis-
tricta educated all the children
ir the county last year. The vat-
ration of the county is $9,189,703
and less than a fifth of it is carry
ng the burden of school costs.
The town of Wasco is valued
at $200,369 for tax purposes; the
town of Moro is valued at $182,
697. Thus the towns in which the
schools are located are less than
a quarter of the valuation of th e
districts. The farm ers close to the
towns bear the major burden of
educating the children of farm ers
farther from town. "Town resi-
dents are not large property own-
.
. ,
, »
ere and, except for vacant loie,
have not often left taxes u n -
pa d.
Polit cians all over the worfd
hastened to get in on the pub-
licity attendant io D Day whicn
was, and should nave been allow
ed to remain» strictly a GI sold
iert day. He was the man who
u as dying.
FRIDAY, JUNK 9, 1944
"W ake U p , A m e r ic a ! '
Kelly’s Column
(Continued from
Guadalcanal Rain
Page One)
....
,
.
more than s x million o f such g ar
Iaenta U d
agw ciea
can women are denied even les-.
rfreMe». The drew shown
by him was, he said, “a finar dress
than
carried by any
¡„
a m ere* today.”
Mrs Rogers, a
representative from M assachusetts
examined the cloth and remarked
that it looked very much like 4 he
uniform s worn by marines except
f cr a narrower stripe. The sam-
pje of dress for lend-lease bore a
label reading ‘‘Product
of the
United S tates, one of the United
N at ons,” but the label was loose
]y attached and fell, off while the
garm ent w as being examined-
,
.
• • •
The recent act of congress in
voting pensions to survivors of
civilian em ployes who bu It the
Panama canal is expected to serve
a precedent for w n d a r claims
Oregon and Washington men
T.-tao werc
» fo r tify ng
Wake island when that remote
station whs captured by
lb e
Theae men were
taken
Jspan and h a\ .
in concentration camps w. h
«»»T infrequent news of their fate.
may
assumed» how ever,
t
the hardships to which they have
u,r
'
(been subjected could not be less
trying than the suffering endured
Jby workers in the disease-infested
Panama canal zone and that they
ere equally deserving of care and
•compensation. In many cases the
famil es of these prisoners ar?
nct-dy and many of them have a-
.bandoned hope o f ever being re
united with husbands and fathers.
LINED COPPER BETTER
The little king of Italy has lied
The secret of safe cookery in
to the world again He promised
to re»«n when Rome m
taken « « W -r , u U iw ils is, first n t »11, to
by the Allies. All he did was g iv e keep them in a shiny and gleam
his son-—who isn’t much better— ing cond tion, as European house
power of attorney. His action 1» w ives have done for generations,
no credit to our political maneu nays Lois A. Lutz, extension spe
cialist in home management >• at
vers in Europe.
esc.
Because of the natural a ffin
’The Germans could have
de
fended Rome for many month» ity - of copper for certa n sub
bad they planned to do so. They stance», most copperware is lined
inunt have either made a mistake with tin or some other metal to
or decided that the good will jf rinsure safety irT cooking and to
the world in »neb a m atter was m ake the utenails easier to cart
going to 'be valuable soon. Our for, she adds Add foods, when
Italian force« have proven th at4allow ed to stand or cook in con-
tbe Allies can beat the German tact with copper sometime* corn-
army in battle when we turn them bine with it to form poisonous
h ose.
Nearly every
Ally had compounds. Th.a is also the rea-
tloops in the Italian campaign.
son ¿ h a t
copper is thoroughly
washed with soap and water a f
ter having
been shined
with
vinegar and salt.
The War Production board ha*
allowed ample supplies of tin for
From the Observer, Jane 9, 1905 replacing coo-k ng utensils. Mort
restaurants supply
Antelope was
touched
by a hotels and
cloud burst last week. Fortunately houses are equipped to retin w< 1 u
but 1 ttle damage resulted. Throe opper utensils, thus saving time
freight teams wetre on Main streetWand labor of frequent scouring,
a t the time. The current was noujas well as any worry over the
sw ift enough to wash away th e!p ossib ility of harmful effects of
haded wagons.
g food cooked h direct contact with
The first locomotive pulled into« copper.
Condon May 31«t.
/
Unlined copper pans, or those
The migratory stock law enact-
worn linings, will give milk
vo by the recent legislature is to f<
a tallowy flavor, hence are
be put to a test as to it« consti- not
recommended
for cooking
tutional ty Lake county sheep men milk dishes such as cream sauces
will test the law.
m.lk gravy, custards and cocoa.
Several Sherman county far- ^«pper also affects the flavor of
iners, with their wives and sw eet- coffe«.
In Other Day.j
hearts, will take a lay off and
Representative Gannon of Mis-
go to the coast for recuperation wuri
a bill to repeal the day-
before harvest ¿acts n earnestly.
j
Having misadventure and
From the Observer, J one 12. 1925 bas received many letters exprej-
Several improvements have been
dislike for the plan. It js
added to the DeMoss Park during no more popular here than elae-
thc past year. A wide foot bridge where because it has saved noth-
bu It over the swale In the park j ng and confused everything,
and new buildings built.
Soott Fortner underwent an op
< ration in Moro on Tuesday where
Ly he donated hi» tonsils to th e
medical profession in return for re
Kef from future attacks o f tonsil
itis.
E R Hickson and Henry Ruggles
returned Tuesday from a Ashing
trip to Shearer bridge. Hickwon
•brought back 17 trout and Rug-
glea eight. They report the river
high and alighty muddy
The third annual reunion of
A C Thompson fam ily w 11 be
held a t DeMoss Park
Sunday»
June 21 st.
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From the Observer. June II, 191É
Carroll Sayrs accidently sh ot )|
binrw?lf in the foot Friday noon j
at the farm went of Moro. He w ae
t rcught to town the next day
r.nd is now able to l>e about
Martte Wea (D) at Texas and
tow n on crutches.
x
tbalrmaa af the cammlttee an m>-
The first Oregon grown peach American affairs. The hem e in
es for thia season were shipped vestigator stated that those who ape-
into Portland June 11th from the tU lise In “ vUtona propaganda“ on
he called
to account.
Fleck orchard company at Rufus, tao air may _______
______
The DeMoss Lyric Barda have *----- ---------------------------- r------------
arrived home, after a sucoeaaful a t the home o f the parents of the
concert tour of the middle wezt «bride in Portland
Mr apd Mjra
states.
(
H ulse w i|l be at home on the f a m
M as Mary J. Taylor and R P ea st o f Moro, after a brief hohey-
Kulae were married Wednesday n.oon .
i
___ d by
- HŒD O . C lA t X
; G eneral C hairm an
Awwrican Economic
1
Foundation
Should Our Foreign Folte? Bo
Backed by Force?
As debated by
H on. T om Connally
lio n . B arton K . Wheeler
{/. 5 . S en a to r fro m M ontunai
V. S. S en a to r from T e x a ti
C h airm an , 'fo re ig n R elation»
C o m m ittee
Chairman, Intentate Commerce
Committee
, SENATOR CONNALLY OPENS:
We must make this war finaL We
must so disarm our cruel and savage
^enemies they can never again lift a
,kword against us. The United States
Is so powerful, with such tremendous
striking power, it is invincible against
any single power. It is equally pow
erful in world councils. We gave
freedom to the Philippines: withdrew
our army from Cuba. The world
knows we cherish no schemes of con
quest, no ambitions for mP’tary rule.
JThe hour has struck for / meriea to
Instill those principles Into world pol-
|iegr. We must declare that our influ-
’ence, out might, will be dedicated to
‘.maintenance of world-peace and sup
pression of military aggression wher-
{ever it may lift its venomous head.
[The U. Sdwiuxt be a member of the
world peace agency. We fight a war
‘o end war. The supreme object of
var- any war—is the establishment
of peace with terms dictated by the
victors. We do not fight for conquest
and loot, but for peace, security
,among law-abiding nations. The peace
settlement»,if distinguished by equity
and Justice, should be maintained
land preserved. So long as the nations
¡imposing peace ire ready to main
tain that peace by the last argument
;of military force, it will live.
! SEN A TO R
8ENATO* WHEELER OPENS: So
far as concerns international coopera
tion for sensible ends, the American
people have been In the forefront of
nearly every International effort and
enjoyed the moral respect of other
nations. But such cooperation has not
and should not involve surrender of
the sovereign right of the American
people to dictate the '•ollcies of this
nation, or impair its fieedom and in*,
dependence, by joining any interna
tional police organization controlled
by foreign nations. On the contrary
—a strong, free, independent Amer
ica, vigorous military defenses, resto
ration of our domestic economy, and'
revitalization of our constitutional
government, are the surest bulwarks
against future wars—the most help-'
ful starting point for our contribution
to peace. It is always better to rely
on one’s own atrekgth than on others.;
The threat of international force to
preserve the peace is a contradiction
in terms and ideas. Force, or threat
of force, arouses resistance — not
acquiescence. Not only does force
produce hostility and antagonism, but
it produces profound distrust This,
in turn, forecloses cooperation. Im
portant nations cannot be coerced—
only persuaded. They cannot be con
trolled by “in international police
force.” 1 cannot believe America will
give any International organization
the power to bomb New York at Ws[
discretion.
SENATOR CO NN A L L Y CHAL
W H E E L E R CHAL-
'LRNGES: Overwhelming power nev
er has solved the problems of Europe
and in defeating Hitler we should not
accept the premise on which he
worked. The German problem is only
part of the whole European problem
and the whole European problem
must be solved to establish a basis
<or world peace. To accomplish this
two steps are necessary. First, the
maintenance of the countries of East
ern Europe, between the Baltic and
Aegean, as independent communities
and their integration as an organic
whole. Second, further restricting
German influence, by a federal or
ganization of Western Europe and
•the ^integration of Germany into this
new European order—such fr eiu
•tion to be based on human liberty
and national equality.
‘ SENATOR CONNALLY REPLIES:
We fight for peace. To attain this
cherished goal enemy lands must be
•laid waste, their navies sunk, armies
defeated. These terrible and costly
■measures must be taken not through
'love of War and Death, but for love
of Peace and Life. An international
agency to determine disputes over
boundaries, arrest aggress on, arbi
trate quarrels, must have V? power
’to enforce its decrees, p i- i viola
tors for their crimes agu«n. . a civil
ization, of which, I might remind the
•‘isolationists“ we are a prominent
part The Connally resolution means
peace by force whenever and wher
ever necessary. God grant Americans
will not shrink from this noble task.
U .
S.
M a rin a C orpa P h o to
Guadalcanal, scene of the first United Nation offensive operation
against Japan, has two seasons—the rainy season, between Novem
ber and May, and the wet season. “White men leave and natives
Al«.“ during the rainy season, according to natives. Above Is a
typical Guadalcanal scene during the rainy season. One Marine
reports that every time he crawls Into his “sack” (bed) he gets
BUY£^4
WAR BONDS
7ôcfû2//
LENGES: The Senate passed the Con
nally resolution declaring. “That the
United States, acting.through its con-' NOTICE OF NON-HIGH SCHOOL DIST. BUDGET HEARING
stitutional processes. Join with free*
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN,in compliance with section 111
and sovereign nations In the estab
1244, O.C.L.A., to the legal votera <f the Nonhigh School District
lishment and maintenance of inter
national authority with power to pre-,
of Sherman County, Oregon, that a meet ng will be held at the
vent aggression and to preserve the
Courthouse in Moro, Oregon on the 1 day of July, 1914, at 8:09
peace of the world " The resolution
o
’clock p.m. for the purpose ol discussing the budget i‘or the fi s
was adopted by a vote of 89—5. It*
provides that such agencies shall have
cal year beginning July 1, 1944 tnd ending June 30, 1945, herein
“power” to prevent aggression and
after set forth-
to preserve the peace of the world.
The measures suggested by isolation-:^
ESTIMATED RECEIPTS
’ /¡r ? 7 ’
ism did not prevent the bloodiest, the
Estimated available cash on hand at beginning of year
NONE
most disastrous and the most hor
rible war known to history. Isolation-,
Estimated rece pts from delinquent taxes
NONE
Ism has failed—it has been drowned
Amounts received from other sou roes
NONE
in a sea of blood. The road to peace,
is international cooperation backed'
ESTIMATED EXPENDITURES
by force when mad mullahs and In
Est.
ITEM
Expenditures
for 3 fiscal years
Expenditures
sane Hggressors scorn every argu
ment except that of the sword.
preceding current school year
and budget for
Expcn-
SENATOR WHEELER REPLIES:
tu re s
•
six mos. current
Right-thinking people everywhere
1940-41
Expen.
1941
42
1942-43
Budget
1944-45
agree that we should make thia war
8058.57
«352.03 7662.32
> 7625.06
4712-15
Tuition
final. The question is how. Willi
Rogers well said that we never lost;
1612.09
1308.01 J219.ll
Transportation 1612.09
978.55
a war but we never won a confer-;
6
0
0
6.00
6.00
3.00
Post.
Tel.
Tel.
ence. The so-called Connally resolu
10.50
10.50
5-75
Supplies
0.30
tion means nothing—it was so loose-f
ly worded that it can and will be.
45.00
M «c.-Audit
22.50
22.50
22.50
11.25
construed to meet any occasion. I’ 1
TOTALS
9274.95
9721.54
8898.23
22.50
5710.70
9709.66
all ri
to give lip-service to
supp ■
i of military aggresst «»ij
SUMMARY OF EST. EXPENDITURES. RECEIPTS & LEVY
But Ru^»ia was the original aggressor)
against Poland nnd Finland. We;
Total estim ated expenditure*
$ 9709.G6
didn’t act then. And now our State,
Deduct
total
estim
ated
receipts
ard
available
cash
balances
NONE
Department tells Finland to make)
Amount necessary to balance budget
9709 '>6
peace on Russia's terms. Apparently;
we don’t even dare tell Russia not to)
Balance to >be raised by taxation
970?.C6
partition Poland. We cannot erect,
Total
estim
ated
tax
levy
for
the
cneuing
year
9709.66
political order on a breach of trust,
A M E R IC A N H E R O E S
Indebtedness on warrant# or on other
NONE
Dated June 3, 1944
Wily W. Knighten. clerk
L .D .P ro u d fo o t, c h a irm a n of boai !
BY L E F F
Dies Probe?
Scouting on foot in Tunisia» Pfc? Charles H. Evans was captured
by 30 Italian infantrymen and marched to the rear. A bayonet at his
back, Evans whirled, disarmed his guard, and escaped. Although
wounded by rifle fire, he hid in a cactus patch till nightfall, slipped
back to our forces with valuable information picked up as i a prisoner,
For this be wears the Purple Heart and the Silver Star.
r. Celebr
»rate
Evans* escape with another Wnr Ro” d
x~. ,t.
S a /e Time by using >
this M odern Deposit Plan
Quick
Ea»y
-
T h e y are grateful for everything the telephone
operators are doing to get them a Long Distance
Safa
line to home. v
—
Writ« or Call for
Complete ^formation
T h e y w ill thank you, too, i f you leave the Long
Distance wires from seven to ten for the service men.
*a h<Jï D a ll e s B r a n c h of the
U n i t e d S ta te s N a t i o n a l B a n k
Buy War Bends for Victory
Hc^id O ffic e , P o r t i.in d . O re g o n
« M U IR
s i i
i R >; u r a s c
T h a t is the best time many o f them have to call.
ro si o h a ’ io s
THB P A C IFIC T I U F H O N I A N D T U IG K A F H C O M P A N Y
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