Hi
a
rxor.
*
« hermas
' ' '
ì
guumti joui I n a u
moro , or loon
N ew
market
Local interest in the sale of the
T frH¿ t P vfasyrg'jilday at Wasco Warehouse A Milling com
puny to the Loose-Wiles Biscuit
M w KX m A »
company m'lling affiliate has so
Riles L. French
Editor far been in the historical changes
.U n I1TT-*
WT
TT
“H*6* by
endin*
° t the &
ttif at Ma»». . Q m s »> «Mar tot year old firm that has been so
FoM o ofUe«
( Congre«« o f March
closely identified with this county.
is very Lkely that the change
EDITORIAL in It ownership
will have a greater
klATION portent for Sherman
county farm
: zb ^
ers. Loose-Wiles ie an old com
pany that is expanding. It has a
plant in Oakland, C alfom ia that
is reported to be a model for
u anufacturing
hakeres. in its
efficiency and neatness.
OFFICIAL COUNTY PAPER
Tlifc mill in The Dalles will l>e
SUBSCRIPTION- HATES
used
to make Hour for the Oak
Payable in Ad» aure '
land plant.•ft. Seems probable that
ONE YE a K ..
—
$2<0 th- s will increase the demand for
4
. L. 2
I ■ ----- t ..........
pat'try flour in th e territory.
8, 1944 .
We have been told that we
cr.nnot long expect to grow
T h o s e w h v w o u l d t r a d e wheat that • be8t used ,or bread
o
u
** * / '
^ 'flo u rs. Our wheat no longer ha s
rPeeaO ffb'pep,
are
protein to use without blend-
(U s e r m n é o f n e ith e r .
ing and it does not produce as
„«
well Aa the starchier wheats. We
í
SEPTEMBER
triday ,
S eptember », 1944
Kelly’s Column
(Continued
from
the Columbia basin reclamation
project, or 160 acres tn the Cen
tral Valley project in California,
cr 80 acres in the Owyhee project.
It all depends on the character of
the soil, apparently, and what
can be grown on the ignd Thus
a family size farm may range
from 40 acres up to 300.
The definition g'ven congress is
a farm that is sufficiently large
to sustain a farm family, and it
coesn’t matter how many acres
are involved, providing the farm
.
. ,
- * ..
.
furnish. n comfortable living.
O f course, on reclamation projects,
at is explained, this living can
be obtained from a m inm um o f
ecres, again providing the soil is
‘T ig h t- and a »uffleimt amxmL
,
’ .
....
_ .
/
.
c l w a t e r ,, available. Having heard
tin , explahaton, eo n g r„ a has de-
cided not to specify the actual
number o f acres ¿n a fam ily-size
j arm
„
,
W
Page One)
w
ake
U p . A merica !
■ , Should Price Controls Be Maintained'
FUD O. CLAJK
in the Postwart
Chairman, American
-----—
otad hv
Cconomlc foundation
As debated by
Dr. Lewie H. Haney,
Dr. Sherwood M. Fine,
Profomor of Economic».
Economist m i Author of tbs recent
book “Public Spondino m i
Portamr Economic Policy"
P
dr . riNE OPBN8: Can the ^ aer-
lean economy risk the consequences
th® removal of price controls as
•o o n M v ic tory is won? SgcB a sW
would jeopardize the fruits of vie-
tory „ d„ r,y
„ n0
surer way of undermining the tranai-
tlon to a healthy peacetime economy,
The strongest argument for the re-
tention of price controls is found in
^ ..n ^
close of World War I. Not until
eighteen month, after the gun,
ceased «ring did the Inflationary
spiral reach its peak. Forty per cent
of the entire price rise attributable
to the war took place after Novem-
ber 11, 1918. Why drop price control
In the transition period? Has price
control hurt business? No! Corpora
tion profits have hit all time highs
and business failures established new
tows under price control. Farm In*
r-me, too. has reached record levels.
T ost important, price control has
made possible the greatest production
¿his nation has ever known. The old
adage of “Whatever goes up must
Noto Tori» Un inanity
REPUBLICANS OF SHERMAN COUNTY
We Jiave splendid State and National org
anizations and candidates this year and will
win the November election, if we follow th
rough as we can and should. Some funds for
necessary campaign purposes are now urgent
ly needed. Our party is not putting on the
'Rite4, as is being done in certain other quart
ers* but voluntary help is desired. It is our
party’s policy"to finance its activities with
popular contributions of small amounts, rath
er than with large donations from the wealth-
ly few. A good many Sherman Countians
have responded liberally, but many of us
have somehow delayed. Let us at once con
tact our respective precinct committeemen
or committee women and hand them what
ever financial aid we can. Let us give this
matter our attention at once.
DR. HANfeY OPEN8: Prices are
right—not too high or too low—-when
they represent values which are a<
free balance between the desires of
individual buyers and sellers. There
is only one way to get such price»—
let all Interested individuals “vote*
by bidding for or asking for goods
in free markets at prices they think
them to be worth. No government;
bureau can make such prices. Even,
If an allwise dictator existed, he
would have to approximate the re
sults of competitive markets. But in
a democracy politics are bound to
intrude. Pressure groups arise. Inef
ficiency is general "Squeezes,” mal
adjustments, discriminatory bonuses
Contributunat will, be receipted for and Membership
or penalties are the rule. Prige-flxing
Card»
be issued by * the ¡State Central Committee. Our
would break down, save for steps to
local precinct personnel consists of the following:
control all conditions of demand and
supply which lead toward a managed
economy, managed currency and con
Rufus: O. A; Tom, Mrs Susie Tom
trol over wages. Price-fixing mi»-,
Locust 6rove: Harry Van Gilder, Mrs A m elia’ Rdbt
directs and reduces the main Incen
tive to production; tends to prevent
Klondike: Claud Coats, Mr« Wilma Hansen
output increases which might mini
Monkland:
Perry Axtell, Mrs Belle Conlee
mize the effects of inflation. Price
fixing should not be extended. It is
Rutledge: D. L. Reynolds, Mrs Ellen Reynolds
harmful to society. In wartime. It
Kent: Frank von Borstal, Mrs Floye von Boratel
may be expedient to some extent,
but It’s then associated with produc
Grass Valley: A. A. Dux lap, Mrs Clara E. Rolfe
tion control, rationing, restrictions
Moro: Giles French, Mrs Dorothea Moore .
on individual spending by means of.
wage regulation, high taxes, pressure
Wasco: E. D. McKee, Mrs B. Estreile Ha ley
to buy government bonds. These ,
*
mean near regimentation of economic
• J a o . B . A d a m e , C ounty Treasurer
life, which most Americans don’t
want Even with them, we have
black markets, up-grading, quality
deterioration.
Date of last publication Sept., 8,
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
DR.' FINE CHALLENGES: The
1944.
"free macket” in time of war and
.All persons having claims a-
postwar shortages is the plaything
of the profiteering speculator and' gainst the Estate of Nora MauJ FOR SALE: Mr«- Virginia (Y.".i
unscrupulous merchants — a seller’s Aker», Deceased, are hereby not
paradise. In Dr. Haney’s "free mar ified to present them, with the tier) Cirby quarter, described a .
ket” 'the wealthy would outbid the
poor. ’Govern’ment price control ha» proper vouchers and duly verified NE% o f Sec. 2 in T 3S, R 17E,
ONE BOSS, OR MANY? ''
f a"
_
•< . r
isfactor ly. Although not definite-. Gold miners of a . the far
w est
Senator Claude Eeppej
coat- ly informed thia mama vto be the t e petition ng the powers that
taller from-Florida, is in the we«t type of wheat the Loose-Wiles b e In the national capital for per-
expounding| his peculiar theofe.t mill will need at The Dalles,
m ission to resume operations.
of governments in ftshhlf of the
Our market problems „will b? The manpower shortage in t ’;.i
r.ew deal and CXX
partially solved, at least, if the early days of the war result-d y
Senator PappecW
is that new manageipent can use the'knd an order closing all non-essential
we can npt ttu st big ndustry of of wheat we can grow best and it mines, with a fe w except ion 4. for
this country; that we must al- may have a very salutary effect the duration.
eon»« down” la especially true of
way» elect those men who will or Sherman county’s economy in —-----------------
wartime inflation. .In the eighteen
The men who succeed beet in months after the World War I peak,
prevent big business from gett- the next few years. This may be eg-
ir.g in- control of the economics pecially true if the world wide de- public life are those who take the prices collapsed and with them burst
the inflated and synthetic postwar
c f the n<t on.
mtnd for wheat suffers the ex risk o f standing by their own con bubble. Should we again sacrifice
—J. A. Garfield stability for Illusory prosperity?
It is not such a bad point, e i£ - pected curtailment in the post victions. »
er. There has nearly always been war years as occurred after the MINE FOOD CELLAR
DR. HANEY CHALLENGES: Can
a political group that existed be- last war.
the
American economy risk the ex
The first shipments of food to
cause of. fear of some one eiae’s
It may well be that Sherman be stored in the Atchison, Kan tension of war price-fixing when
business. The Populists express- county can welcome the new firm sas, mine converted into a huge peace comes? War price-fixing must
be dropped so we can have a transi-
eo that fear and hate in the other- to The Dalles with as heartfelt a
cold storage warehouse— are ready t¡on to peace, and return to the dem-
w «e gay ph»ties.
handshake as can the residents of
foi m o v n g the W ar Food Ad ocratic condition of free Individual
Big buainose, being managed by that city.
m inistration reports. The new- choice. In all wars vast unproductive
human a, „does like tq. have an a d ---- _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
storehouse is located about tw o debta and unsound credit expansion maintained the nation’s purchasing to' the undersigned, the duly ap- offered for sale on sealed b ds to
.
. . , .
j
nt
occur. In this, price-fixing makes no
vantage In dealings With the pub-
Winning aver the Balkans does- miles from
Atchison and will pro- .
great inflationary p<zinUd quaHfied, and acting Ad h.'ghest bidder for cash, prior t >
difference. According to Dr. Fine’s power despite
lic. That is to be admitted. For n’t seem to help the nat ves very
Dr. y is
Haney’s
concern
for a * . . .
...
vide storage space for a wide var- statement, 80% of the price rise in pressure.
fw
'econom
noYshared
by Amer- mmtetrator, with the Will annexed, September 15. at my office. All bid*
that mattgr, so does everyone else. much. They quit fighting on one r.cty o f agricultural products.
World War I came before peace, dur lean management By “free individ o f the E state of Nora Maud Akers, subject to rejection by the heir*.
We .all Ike to get our business aide end have to start irt on the'r
ing the attempt to fix prices. The ual choice” 17 leading industrialists deceased, at the office o f T. Lester
ROY J. BAKER. Admin strator
TRIBULATIONS OF A
affaire ee well organised that pro- fermer allies.
best way to bring prices down is to in a Life Insurance Poll this month
v
Johnson,
attorney
at
law,
Wasc
»
.
MAORI WOMAN
free the economy from price-fixing, stated that the greatest inflationary
fits p to ’Om y and continuous If —---------- ---------
Sherman
county;
Oregon,
within
peril
would
be
faced
in
the
postwar
som e.one or pome group . gets
Great surpluses of food are My nose w as just a copimon nose^ and let the debts be-Uquidsted. Price
VOTE FOR
fixing ip both wars has caused seri transition period and that price con six month» from the date of the
ricked in the process, that is «tored up, which, together with Tho somewhat plain and bent.
ous matedjustments and bad short trol should not only be retained but first publ cation o f this notice,
ether conahieTat ons, allow point P ut now it ie a nose no more—
g { strehgthened untH that danger wa*
C .J.
'
their owjn lookout.
ages anjl ‘•squeezes."
which date is August 11, 1944.
over, '
About the only hoto for letting reductions. Wonder if they’ll go I+’e a fam ous monument.
1
DR. FINE REPLIES: Present price
DR. H A N E Y R EPL IE S: Dr. Fine
business and labor and agrcul- on «8«»® >« November?
Lloyd Hennagir
So tourist, take your place in lini? •controls should be maintained a$
mixes his war and postwar ideas.
And for a modest fee,
ture go on in their own free
long as' lifting thenq would mean a There will be more surpluses than Administrator, with the Will An*
You may rub the nose that rubbdd «ignifleant increase in prices. Price shortages in postwar times. I stand vexed, of the Estate of Nora Maud
V
h
y . «*« toy|n«
f e l
FOR
control admittedly has been imper for free markets when the war is Akers, Deceased.
The nose o f Mrs Franklin D. .
an advantage ie t o give Abe gov«
won. 1 don’t care whether manage
An awful thought occurs to me—- fect but without it (he cost of the ment shares my concern for free Date of first publication, August
emnaebt control over everything.
CONGRESS
war would have been vastly greater;
Tlyg thought is really stunn n g , insufferable burdens imposed upon markets or n ot Anyhow, the vast ^ 1 , 1944.
Senator, Pepper »peaks for that
— Pd. FaL A d a
Freas the Observer, Sept. 18, 1915
Since my dose rubbed a Roosevelt war workers afidEMBUeflon diverted majority of businessmen oppose ex
kirfff. af government. It is the new
Misses
Della ^Rortensen and
into unessential channels In periods tended price-fixing. Dr. Fine can
nose
deal t hq i» r y Wh Mink it more dan-
•of war and postwar shortages a “free have his 17 “industrialists.” Free
Nina Searcy le ft Thursday for
Will it alw ays keep on running T market” exists for the seller alone. markets stimulate mass production
greroog than any other kind.
Monmouth, where they will attend
America’s splendid production per of the goods the masses demand. A
We hnve learned many ways
the state normal.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
formance
is the best answer to criti wealthy man can always outbid a
off controlling business big and
¡HU Brackett has sold a team
All persona having cla ms a - cism that price control discourages poor man in any market including
little. The people can generally
the present black markets. Free mar
c f draft horses to W Y Shearer, gein st the Estate of Harry N. output. Let us not be fooled by mis kets make for abundance, and by
leading cries of isgimentation—gov
count on aid from their govern
who will drive them overland to Richelderfer, deceased, are hereby ernment wartime controls are help preventing monopoly and profiteer
ment in such a contest. We may
his new home at Shedd.
notified to present them, with the ing us win the war. They will help ing tend to keep people from getting
learn to control labor unions
too wealthy.
v Erskine school opened Monday proper vouchers and duly verified us win the peace too.
rome tfsne.
• • . . 4
with Mias Young as teacher. The to the undersigned, the duly ap-
The difficulty with the totelitar
ment o f Robert
Pinkerton, de
—BUY BONDS TODAY—
school grounds were enclosed this po nted, qualified and acting E x
ian kind of government such a*
ceased, a t the office o f Geo. G. Up-
with a substantial iron ecutrix o f the Estate of Harry N.
Mr. P e ste r advocates ■' is' that
NOTICE OF FINAL HEARING
oograff, Moro, Oregon, within six
Ätofa.'
>n>o» • « ■ » « * íoot- R’cheldsrfer, deceased, at the
-whes S Ä -
months from the date of this no
A
ing. For bolding and Equipment office of T. Lester Johnson, at
Notice is ‘ freby given thattY?
commute control there is no or-
thia school ranks as one of the torney at law, Wasco, Oregon, undersigned \a s filed in the Coun tice, to-wdt. A ugust 25, 1944./
ASK FOR SPECIAL DEPOSIT ENVELOPES
gam sston to oppose IL It gets
Harry B- Pinkerton
within six months from the date
model districts of the state.
ty Cou-L c f ÜW S U U o f Oregon
like the governments in Germany,
G Updegraff
Mrs Christianson has sold her o f the first publicat on o f this no
for Sherman County her Final Attorney for Executor.
and Italy And Rnesia. It «nay At
42-!X
tice, to -w t: September 8, 1344.
Mitchell auto to Jim Kenny.
Account and Report as A dm inis
the kind of people who live khera.
Selma Viola Watkins
tratrix, De Bonis Non, o f the es NOTICE TO CRÉDITOR8
but this is Amerce.
From the Observer, Sept. 8, 1905
Executrix
is te o f S. A. Hall, deceased, ar. l
For ^«Mtanes, when • the gov
* *
We very much regret our in-
All persons hav ng * claim» again
Date of First Publication Septem
that Wednesday, the 11th day of
ernment is in complete charge of s b lity to attend the nuptials cf
HEAD OFFICE, PORTLAND
st the estate of Gerhardine John
MEMBER F-p I Ç / .
ber 8, 1344
October, 1944, at 10:00 o’clock
the railroads and decides.to raise Miss Sadie I. Orr, and Jesse Aus-
son,
deceased,
are
.hereby
notified
Date of LaM. Publication October
A. M., of said day, a t the court-
the rates there-is no means of op- tm Dunbar, at the home of the
. . .
,
,
.
to present them, in proper form,
6, 1944
room, m the co u rth o u « , in Moro.
duly ^p.
poaing the raise It may he chased brides parents at Hood River yes-
A p p lic a tio n fo r m e m b e r s h ip in - -
around Tn the bureaus until the terday.
{
Oreyon,
Sherman
County,
Oregon
Bnd
,
cting
E„ .
NOTICE OF FINAL ACCOUNT
C O M M U M IT Y C L U B 2 4 7 1
and teoU-
people quit fighting. Even now,
A Dalles woman was married
Notice is herby given that the heve been fixed by the Court a < cutor of
Gerhar(, tie Johnson, de
when the government decides to one day, eloped the next, arrested undersigned has filed r’n the Coun the time and „lace fo r h ea n n x
The D a lle s , O r e g o n
^ O f objections to said, Final Ac
keep the points on Iamb, there ¡3 the third, brought back home on ty Court o f the State o f Oregon
ceased, at the office if Geo. G Up-
I hereby apply for membership in Community Clnb 2471,
rcthing the farmers oan d<y but the fourth, and went back to live foi Sherman County his Final count and Report and for the degraff, Moro, Oregon, within six
sponsored by the Veterans of Foreign Ware in order to
w a i t l f , a s did bsggen ^ th e lambs with h«n on the sixth. It is not Account and Report as Admini? settlem ent o f s a d estate.
months from the date if this no-
help acquire a "home” for returning war veterans. I certify
become sheep to the mgtting time presumed that she rested on the trstor of the. Estate o f Clara
HOPE H. BELSHEE tice, to wit: September 1, 1944.,
that I am of Legal age; a citizen of the United States; a
it is just tea bad.
seventh day.
McBride Stone, deceased, and that
Administratrix, D.B.N
Mary Johnson Eva
relative of a veteran; will abide by the Rules of the Club,
- Wheat a governasent starts on
Mrs Emma Johnston having sold Wednesday, the 11th day of T . Lester Johnson,
Geo. G. Updegraff/
and enejo«« $1.09 for mjr 1944 dues.
tin? totalitarian path* there to no
f a m ia about to return eajL. October, 1944, at 10:00 oclock A. Attorney for Administratrix
Attorney for Executrix
43-6
Signature ----- ■ -------------------------
place for
to Mop. We m ust go ^ e understand that'J C Todd was M., of said day, at the courtroom,
on controllmg xmr business and purchaser. Consideration 830.00 ¿n the courthouse ,in Moro, Ore
Local Address
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
labor and let them remain pri- p^r acre. *
|
gon have
been fixed by the
All persons having1 claims ««-
City ft Stete
vate industry and independent la-
x Wasco county outfit sold a Court as the time and place for
a.n
st the estate <if Robert W.
bor or put them-all uader the gov-
load of water-melons on hearing o f objections to said Fi
• ^ n^erton’ deceased, are hereby %
emment thumb -and be a dictator- Main street Sunday. Price* rang- nal Account and Report and
the
settlem
ent
of
said
estate.
notified to present them, in proper
ship. -
■" ? f
cd from 26c to 11.26 each.
R o m w h e re I s i t ... ¿ y J o e M a r s h
H. A White
form, to the undersigned, the duly
beings «are a great
Administrator appointed, qualified and acting Ex-
deal alike, Every packer, every From the Observer, Sept. 11, 1925
Monday test reports from the T. Lester Johnson,
'
ecutor of the last vail and testa-
contractor. every manufacturer
would control the, whole of the county fair grounds stated that A ttoroey fo r Administrator
T h a d P h ib b s’
--------- ---- —------------- -
business M be
It used to b* the race horse bam was filled to
44-S
< «Ued
loadable awb tion. Every overflowing with horses that will
F o rm u la fo r Fun
labor lead«* UMfta -to obtain as compete in track event«
and NOTICE OF FINAL HEARING
muck power o s be ean. o b o . We that some o f the space in other
Notice i« given that Leonard'
Thad Phibbs has a thoory of en w e know in our hearts w e’v e
___ forgat'Aliat ^ »"g con- buildings was needed to >ccom Workman a« executor x>f the will’
joym
ent all his own. The more done a good job well?
neeted with juru— Wit d sasn ot «nodate them. .
of Val Workman, deceased, has
tired
he ia from w orking at the
From where I ait, th a t’s one
change a h— — a Mt; he still
Dorothy Foes returned last Sat- filed With the clerk of the County
War Plant, the more fun he has
o f th e t h in g s t h is w a r t im e
waato to imitrol «mmHit-r
« ’¿ay f«*» Portland where she Court of the state o f Oregon for
pitching horseshoes with the
strain has tanght ns. W e’re a ll
wMIramMtion to had been visiting with N P Har.- Skerman Oouny, his final report
boys these sum mer evenings.
• f na w orking hard a t our jobs,
ensrisfd Is m i oh assre dangerous »«n and family.
of his administration of the estate
doing our level brat to pnll our
“T h a t’s because I feel th at I
in * ‘ffevnrament position than as
Who sa d bobbed heir w as go- c f eaid decedent, and that said
w e ig h t A nd we’re learning the
deserve It,** Thad aays simply.
little rewards, the simple pleas
presutent o<la «bosfroeatto«. That ing out of style T It might be in court has fixed Saturday, Septem
And I wonder If h e isn’t righ t
u res—a hom e-cooked m e a l, a
ie -oof good riassr why the Am- Paris or N ew York« hut in our lit- ber 30, 1944, at the hour of 10*
I w on d er If w e d o n ’t en jo y
glass of beer w ith friends—are
e/d ah people have alw ays been tie city of Kent It to becoming o’clock a. m. of said day and the
things in proportion as w e know
more welcome n ow than e v e r. . .
rtnart enough to* change them n*ore popular every day.
courtroom of eaid court in the
w e’ve earned them. Is a little
because we’ve earned them !
every now and then. I t i s one way , Mrs Howard Conlse has return courthouse in Moro, Oregon, as the
relaxation ever more welcome
of keeping cantiul in »M Land« cd from Portland where she and time for hearing said report. All.
than after a hard day’s work?
of the neoole
daughter, J e a rie , have been objections to said report ehall he
Do w e a p p recia te our little
■ TT— ’
virittog the past vreek. Mies Jessie filed on or before said date.
pleasures quite as much as whr~\
Those who have Ahns tor soeh w.fl attend high school in that
Leonard Workman
Standard sf California
Afo. 9 3 o f e Serie»
things have here noticing the heat, city'
\
I _
Executor
InduOry Fmniotion
SBORB
| ill Other [jftyt
to
BANK
BY M A I L !
The Dalles Branch
United States National Baj^k
Another
HARVEST
/-
7:15 »
p*
LOWELL
THOMAS
NEWS
TIME
DON LEE-MUTUAL
Kent Legion Hall
SATURDAY
Sept. 9
Supper Served
In Hall
4 •