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About Sherman County journal. (Moro, Or.) 1931-current | View Entire Issue (July 21, 1944)
»HERMAN COUMTi JÀlUftNÀU MORO. OREGON VA C o u n ty JoD ttssf Friday at Moro. Orel®« Editor „ «. at Moro. Or*»on under Art ®‘ conK.e« of March ». is?». ftilmr reach NATIONAL ÉDITORIAL— : ' SSOCIATION O rc F 11 L t$ < C I 1 "-N- OFFICIAL COUNTY PAPER SUBSCRIPTION RATES Payable la Advance I BIDAY, JULY 21. 1841 dense of the county’« cash has been turned *nto government bond« of which the county now has $28, 800 worth. : It may be learned that there is now on hand in the general innd in excre. of »28,000, .bout twice the Klin «pent during the pcM month, Expenditure, for the first half of the calendar year arc apt to be larger than for the k.at half. About $2500 per month pays the bill' from the general fund. The road fund has some $14,000 and has «pent nearly $9,000 in the last six months. Road expen ditures are more unpredictable as emergencies sometimes occur that , require fund« At the end of the fiscal year ended June 80, .the county had enough cash on Hand, excluding bends, to run the county for an entire year of normal government- alactvR ies. Taxes are now in pro- cese of b on g levied and another .. Í '■'* M l ‘ W ake U p , A merica ! | * 5* * : * Should Social Security Bo Extonde<(3L « 0 o. C hain»»». Amarice««, fconomic Poottdofion As debated by Dr. Tdaard L Llademan Channing Pollock Professor o f Social Philosophy of the Naw Y ork School o f Sodol W o rk, C olom bia V td a a rd ty A uthor B sstS d U n g Biography t “ H arrest o f M y Ysan” i Lecturer, In te rn a tio n a lly K now n Playw right DB LINDEMAN OPENS: I believe In social security. Not merely be cause of the benefits to those in sured but also because It tends to stabilize dur economy. Consequently, MB. POLLOCK OPENS: Life being what it Is, there Is no such thing as social security. Government-operated insurance means premiums paid to _ the government by employer and am- ployee, to be doled out later in sums too small for the subsistence of a self- t respecting family-^just large enough , to reward the Idleness of those who lack self-respect. The Cost of admin istration is disproportionate, the ef fect on character deplorable—the chief gain is to politicians posing as altru ists. The average men, under normal conditions, should put by enough to I believe la extending social security In order to bring about greater per sonal and national safety. When so ONE YEAR --------- ----------- WOO cial security is sufficiently extended ------- so as to Include the majority of citi JULY 21, 1844 zens, it w ill cease to be regarded as ______________________ . charity. Specifically, I should like to see our social security program fol T h o fte W h o H O i h l t r a d e low much the same pattern as pro posed in the British Beveridge Plan. f Following are my suggestions for ex fr e e d o m f „ r x e c itrtly n re ,,e,d to misfortune or provide for h is: tension: (1) Old age and survivors’ no bureacracy old age. I f he does dett6roin<f i t f n e ith e r. Novwnber. - insurance should be extended to In can prevent his being punished. I t Is clude employees of non-profit corpo the business of government to protect ra tiona agricultural and domestic us from other» No government can HIGHWAY SPEED workers and those who are self- protect us from the consequences of DEBT A recapitulation of the natonal ««P01* *>“ “ <>•’- employed, including owners of busi our own weakness and folly. Compul ness establishments. The benefits ¿ebt »id taxes and expenditures * °n ire breaklnC the war tin.® should also be increased. (2) Sickness sory saving may be desirable, but I see ho reason why Smith should be from the formation of the conn- ’ I * « 1 Ilmlt oI 36 mile* "*r ho',r and disability tnsuranoe should like compelled to save for Jones. The truth wise be extended to cover the entire try through all presidential Unns »« • C"5“ " <*««"* th*n *™ k society cannot provide long for 10 employed population Including the I o. 12 million unemployed. The entire to the present, recently published tho~ of •"* pther "t a ti- U self-employed. (8) Unemployment In-1 national income, equally divided, likely that anyone know«, but it surance should ba extended to in would fall far short The Insurance might well cause us all to pausa clude seamen, agricultural workers, Economic Society estimates the cost and wonder where we are going. seems very probable that through employees of small business Estab It certainly would if we were not drivers from other states may lishments and non-profit corpora of an American Beveridge Plan at 815 billion a year; our whole Inter be more to blame than Oregon tions. (4) Public assistance Insurance nal revenue for 1942 was |1> billion! numb from the size of it. residents. should be extended so as to Include . It might be excused .’f it all The government now is supposed to Observation 'on the Sherman a ll citizens who may be for any rea- have a vast sum earmarked for to* was caused by the war but it was - sons ineligible for other insurance cial security; how long would It last rot. It was caused by govern mer.- Highway sector of US-97 is that benefits or those whose insurance after another industrial collapse? The benefits are not adequate for main nearest approach to security Ilea with t*»l Inefficiency and Cxtravetfanc?. cars from other states carry the taining a good standard of living In in the individual, subject to oppor drivers whose rush to get some It came from public borrowing to r ad/Htionr, I should approve of imme tunities depending upon government’s make a personal record- If the place causes the greater speed. diate steps to furnish social security ceasing to monkey with buzz-saws, . history of it ia kept straight men That is but natural- These driven for »11 ex-servicemen and women In DB. LIN D E M A N CHALLENGES: order to avoid serious maladjust ftr generation« w611 be cursing arc a long way» from home; the ments in the period of demobilization. Four distinctions bring our argu the foolMhriere, and the o f f ic i,. '» ^ ¡ » h t and MB. POLLOCK CHALLENGES: In ments into genuine opposition: (1) rpeeds grow by the hour. his scholarly book, “As We Go Social security takes care of only who permitted it to occur. Marching.“ John T. Flynn demon those Insecurities arising from the It Is reported that the natkonrl One with his ears glued to the strates how surely a government's hazards of modern civilization. There now m debt is nów $1962 per c a p ita .-----radio thia week might get the support, of its citizens results in bank alwaya remains enough Insecurity to test the mettle of aspiring citizens. That ia, each one of us owe impression that it was an unfor- ruptcy and Fascism. This seems the (2) The cost of a comprehensive pro answer to Dr. Lindeman’s arbitrary >1962. That is a lot farther in givahle affront to Mr Roosevelt assumption that the process "tends to gram need not be exorbitant; if we oebt than any bank would permit f or any other man to aspire to stabilize our economy." Certainly, follow the British example by com bining all basic insurances to a sto vs to g e t Only a small part of the presidency.' Well, perhaps al- economy cannot be stabilized by any gie transaction. (2) The average man method that reduces the incentive of the people of even rich America mo»t any man would bejrin to does not and cannot foresee contin employers and the self-reliance of can borrow thgt much money. At t^nk he had a divine right to a the employed. The latter misfortune gencies which may eliminate his Job or savings. In supposedly prosperous the endj<4bto^U cal year we wdl job after twelve years. could be no more clearly indicated than by Dr. Lindeman’s suggestion 1929 le u than 20% of our aged per owe $280 WO.OÓO,000.(0. .'iT ------------------- t sons (above «5) were entirely setf- The city ef Mero t o quite a Despite the heat, constant work. that government hand-cuts “will cease supporting. (4) The cost should not to be regarded as charity.“ Many of be equated with any other figure e x -' of and ajl the other trouble« almost Us debt. It has know from experience that when v any Arne American feefc better than the beneficiaries cease regarding ou~ cept national income. Today we en M'orry for years, joy a national income ef at least |15(? I ¿Hitler or Tojo who just commit- gifts as charity their disintegration is billion. out counting •*?’ well under way. . g5 ted political harikar . whkffi will MB. POLLOCK <REPLIES: Reply DB. LIN D E M A N BBPLIE8: We per capfr b were supposed to discuss the question: ing to Dr. Lindgmap’a 4 fallacies: (1) Should Social Security Be Extended? One high priest of social security 81962. J say yes. Mr. Pollock not only says said, “Only p *uA.cr Worts unless he Sherman - no^but wants existing soclaVtecurity has to “ Recent'experience indicates T hefU fto . abolished. I insist a comprehensive there are very few suckers. (2) Gov *25,000,000 at- 7 row the Observer, July 23, 19)5 plan for social security would give ernment benefactions from 1931 cost to opr economy because it from $3 to |7 for every dollar doled of it from veteran Two nights in succession, last stability would tend to prevent widespread out—not counting the cost In corrup ir e s .less than week, the M ori Commercial Co. unemployment—the need for large tion. (3) In 1929, WS had more than Isdebtodneaa rtore was entjrc'i and rob'-ed of sums for relief purposes. Mr. Pollock 28 million motor cars—approximately social security will destroy all one for every family. The price and ernments, s provisions, w - i s n f else was tak thinks initiative. 1 believe quite the con maintenance of a car would provide districts, isttiea, en. trary; namely, that a basic security security through dozens of ®xls(ia< ration districts, »reamage Frank He luugin . had his auto w ill release hitherto unused energies and reputable Insurance companies. (4) That national Income of $150 bil- highway improvement districts, radiator liberally spr uk ed - with since it will remove one of the basic lion has been attained by government' causes of fear and, finally, I distin Tieople’a p olity districts, water grass hoppers when he arrived in guish between two types of charity, spending of our savings through district« And rural fire protection town Sunday. Becatu? of the whereas he thinks of all Insurance as emergency taxatlon-^the creation of a federal debt that may reach $300 districts is $110,812,646, «lightly numerous pest« Mr Ilennagin had a form of charity. For the life of me. billion—just as pre-war hand-outs I cannot understand bow he arrives <n-er $100 per capita. The federal to cut his oats for hay to save at these conclusions. created a debt of about $30 billion. In Other V «6 ILLUMINATING REPORT The treasurer’s report for thg previous aix months is publldhe-1 hi this fesqe Reader® may be in- foimad of the trend of county affairs by reading H a ® it ap- pears ««uri^ttHMttlly. The county now has $92.471 u7 in cash and bond®, an increase of nearly $17,009 since test year when the total tesw $76.608-70. builds the versatile ✓ fu u s a g t Car Track* r ro w e r n o m EARLY NEWS by LOWELL THOMAS :15 p . m . DON LEE-MUTUAL Standard off California Xi fa r 1 oebt is $1962. crop. Federal taxes are given aa >101«. • The etate engineer has issued 44 for » person in tha wat on. n permit to I. P Hardin, of De- Taxes in Mnro for city purposes M om to divert water from an un- are $7.35 and Wasco i» cosspar- named stream in sec. 10 for the nble- County taxes JMPt $36 88. purpoee of irrigating 15 acres. > ou t >4.00 The etate exacted bt about e Sheets ia busy wiring the fiom each individual Mart year. new Presbyterian church for eiec- States and counties are not pay- trie light service. , ing for a war. It is trite. But the From the Observer. July 21, 1803 federal government F«n’t eithor. Remains of the Moro Opera It ia borrowing for the greater bouse were mostly loaded on wa- part of the war costa- . * , gOns and started for Kent last The federal « government »-w eek. The lumber is K-<xxi for all throwing money away faster than practical *MniuaME, the people can make it. in the h'g-‘ Barnum Bros, mule« hauled in- gest boom times of history. In no Moro Wednesday afternoon two one of the nearly <18 years of h<;4-horse loads of t mofhy h»y G.:« »dministreton h « rereIpU . . . of producU „ of equalled expenditures. The total their Gould farm. • deficit in that time has been >209,- . Now that the secret sprinkler 718,695^89. That means we have will again h® in commission It will *pent that iquch more than has net be Q®eaaaary to use the gafdm been collected. . t t to aprlnkle the streets, and Well, it’s too big to reaHas. $l®-’“Marshal Sella desires us to call L<>dy ever s<w that mudh money; - attention to the fact that it i® fi. nnlea® H be wprtMe®» paper « o n - gainst t® rules o f the water con« cy; there never- was that much mission to do ®o. Any one found money in the world. - tu n in g the water for sudl mnteoae Tb s week ¿hero is-a great hul- will be fined. laballoo about who is going to bs From the Observer, July 24 1825 ncroinated for vice^resident on 7^ raters A t u new d « ltic k « t .,n » _ m f c ta k , Ginn Mond, y <fce nomfaatlon of the man for preeident wno U p e m p f e i .« 1 d lr e ^ y rrenon^ble for re h a » . a debt. OM, ye®, tee* hAVe heald the excuse, ‘ we owe dt to our- ThA* mndpm» hava^ an selves, . rnrwer to that “we owe it, per- iod." afternoon at 3 o’clock. F- l^ C an n elt/; p y to ’. — Moro Community Presbyterian Cborch James D. Moberg, pastof. school 10 a. m. « ^ onijng Worship 11 a. m. Sermon “Thi Way of Man” Jer: FOR SALE: 12-ft. McCormick Tuesday Deering combine in very good 10: 23 Prayer meeting at 8 p.m. good shape. Price $1200 Shelley -Real Ertate, Redmond, Ore. l 'ureka Lodge No. 121 A.F»A A.5L 36-7c Meets on the 1st a:4 WANTED: SmAll/male. pup. Call 3rd Thunsday evenings or write, Bernard Martin Grass o; each month V.. iting Valley. 35-6c members are cordially nvited to m<tt wuh J». R. P. Brisbine V . M. WANTED: Reliable a hustler to R. V. Lockhart, secretary supply consumers w i t h 200 household necessities. State ago. Moro Lodge ’ N o. 113, I.O.O.F. occupation, references Rgwlcigh uueel8 .1st and . 3rd Tuesdays in I.O.O.F# Dept. 0RG-81-Y, Oakland, <?allf hall- Transient ami visit'ng brothers are O H U »R C L h E 9 cordially i-nvited ’to meet with us. Christian Science Society Emeet Houston N. G. Sunday morning services at Percy Thompson, Secretary H a. m. Subject “Love” Wednesday night service at 3 Bethlehem DC* imene Chapter No. 78, O.E.S. Meet® Every Second \«nd includes testimonials of healing. Fourth Thursdays ;n ea;h reading room in the rea* Month. Visiting Members of the building is open. All ao Invited— Moro, Oregon thorir.ed Christian Science liter» Alice Omduff, W. M. ture can be bought or borrower Marie Hoskinson, jSecretary _ Lupine Rebekah Lodge No. 116 WASCO METHODIST CHURCH Meets 2nd and 4th Tuesdays of each Sunday School at 10:00 A. M. Morning Worship at 11:00 A. M. month. Visit ng mem bers welcome. Preaching serve? at the Grass'^ A lee McKee N.G Vfilley Methodist church Sunday £ ’ x , r . .. Florence Johnston. S( requirement whatever that a far mer be > cooperator in AAA pro- _ - - a. A J grama to obtain needed lumber. Mr 0 / 1 * A C l& Tgytor aaya. WANTED: Have buyer for wheat- stock ranch around >15,000 WHEELER REALTY, CANBY, Oregon. 87-40 Kelly’s Column oil than before prices boomed to their present lofty position- Reports h at rationing o f coffee ¿s to be resumed are wholly without «R«*ry hy the fact that few sets a u th o iity and are said to have 'vere available for essential use. been c rculated by gro w er agen- (Continued from Page One) As 8000 as this is supplied, accor- ding to present plans, telephones wil1 again «be suppl ed to civilians on a limiked basis. It is not ex- Pected thd*t the ful1 demand can 1)0 met until the war. The Pacific coast areas will be the first to rec®*ve an allotment of the new oies with the purpose of increasing the price. There is now said to be a four months stockpile in the United States and imports are expected to total 21,000,000 bags thia year, which is at leest flv » n Ilion more than the estimated consumption. OPA dende* that it has any inention of putting coffee iback on the ration list. ------------------- -- been -------------------- OPA has so far unable to r°lve the mystery of how pro- -UMBER FOR FA^ICR ct8,on* of olive oil can pay’ an Allocation of lumber to Oregon «f » ton for ripe -counties for farm use has been clive* wE Le to * eetling of made by the state AAA office, *4’75 a Fallon for their market 3vh«ch has been informed by na- it ia eettenated tional officials that the situation that $155 is the top which can be i* “t ghter” than ever before. The and break even- Imported cllocated will be distributed by the olive oil ’* * ble’xl °f »eeameseed, county committee« to applicants cott<^«ced and other olle, and it purely on the basils of need^ as in is suspected that the cocnmerc al '♦-he past, according to R. B- Tay- pr<x,uct now ***»6 P«t out by lor, state AAA chairman. Con- t)lw<icrs maY ««»tain leas of pure trary to some report«, there is no .... -- I..|"|----------------------------------------------- ------------------------- of 2 1 2 m ||(> from th, y harvMted ( m>bwi yW<( ocre. ’ wheat to Wave county for th e 1925 sea son will be shipped by the Farm ers Elevator and Supply Co. from their Moro elevator thia Friday Waaeo town w«s awakened Mon- « « « in g by the fire alarm, cauaed by weeds on fire at the old flour mill. AU who answered the alarm were glad It was noth- big more serious, O.L. Belshe and wife returned from Camp Sherman for a few days visit here and to see how nearly ready the home wheat fields were for harvest THiy KEEP EM ROLLINE nrp T pai ma ab s AOí me backbooì or or fp ase ® "TU®® e® roue H i w i axe t - station irorr satusbay s f m facinc wa H
