W»z.
sMkáüuM ouuMTt
H owever, the states are doiag
w ell also. Oregon stands to nut kg
n early ^6,000,OOO'and th a drinkers
o f the state w ill have a sufficient
supply fo r some months to com?.
Inasmuch as the state appropriated
<42'0W’*Q0 fro m A the UqUur
Ipst sea»>on th M W a te rfill Sc
W p rd llt pame in handy. The
w e lfare fu n d gets th e money.
I t is not expected th a t the nv«M
tig atio n w ill be completed v rry
early. In order to do the job fu i y
and completely the a u d it o f tha
books m u rt be made b y some flu «
and the intricacies o f the deal gone
over. I t w ill require some questwn*
Ing and explaining. - Newspapers
have already explained i t p re tty
w e ll but there seems an element of
doubt.
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This is a report o f the reasons
fo r the development o f the jgsue.'
No oae seems to believe that any '
thin g s ta rtlin g w ill come o f it*
B
'‘»SBSSSS*
JANUARY
. .«i a j ? (ue one you
listened to “
C acopardo. who was old enough
not to have re v eren ce for anything,
•>.uer* Hh
different nation than it was when
M r. Roosevelt le ft the position "d
governor o f N ew Y o rk and launch
e<* hie
presidential
precedent
•breaking career. From being a de-
p eased, joble&s nation it has d e
veloped into the greatest industrial
n try o f a ll times, and this m it
self ras created new problems on
the home fro n t.
Because o f the practically p ri
vate ceremonies a t ^ h e
W hite
House, W ashing eon did n et present
the custom ary inaugural appear
ance. N o trainloads o f visitors
SYNOPSIS
swarmed into tow n. The “ street
CHAPTBB I: The American troops a r
nr en” were alm ost e n tire ly ab rived at Adano. a seaport In Ita ly , with
sent, whereas usually - th e y w alk M ajor Victor Joppolo, the Amgot officer
in charge. Sergeant Leonard Borth. an
along w ith the crowds selling sou
M P . was to be In charge of security.
venire and if the weather is in The M ajor set out immediately to win
the friendship of the citizens, and to Im
clement, offering raincoat» and u m prove their living conditions.
brellas. No W est Point o r A nnapo
C1IAPTB« l i t The first duties of M a
lis cadets m a rch in g ; no bands. The jor Joppolo. after posting the ctvtl In
structions.
was to find out what the citi
“ show” was missing.
dy John Hersey
o o tb e b e ip - « re opposed to buemeaa and has
7 , / .
w 7
wmW w . meeivwi h i. g m a f a t support fro m S“^ ’
»nd
y Wed’
county t a x e e - K « . labor
union
th a t
has no no,lday’ the 7th day of F ^ ^ r y
Wfc-n» county..
w n«»
««
th a t .m g made m aozUtonr : in the record o f cooperation w ith busi-
x
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Lf Z
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7 .,,
... .
A . M ., of m id d a y , a t the court-
b il) - J ) p t his income A*x would, he neaa. H e probably w ill do fo r com-
¿ X » t-
k y ,„
f t
hb
. ^
w kU Ito U c ^ 7 ? "
rush
of., ix<MjnuL»’ kM<o« to (k u x f o r the labor secretary ship.
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on M UM 4 th« m m - * ; B ut H e n ry to • fa ith fu l m u I. H e ® ,e « on' h“ ''e be6n ft” d
P to. t o r . « , tax fu n d ,
U w . t h . p ^ - d - H « X fo lto w , him ’
“
r
w o t g gUpa^iM 4icb>ola
m .ndtog a (UffiJHfdU i t e
anything.
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r ? - ~ " l? e rV
>li5h 1 «
• h u t , V u ild w « pxMtrwxa rrubunty heretofore hpa been directed by
a ll Of then« hwto a>M «U un. but a m
w ith some
independence
fife te , labor and aome o th er depart-
maftta have alw ays had secretaries
who perm itted a ll m a jo r decision,’
to b e made In the w hite house. Now.
commerce w ill come under
that
claeeiftcation
and * our place
in
th>
„
M a U lb-
move probably
means an
T„
.t .t u t io o a - x x i u-k^ht tuM^y, |Na lit- extonUon o f th e p rm id e p t’« power. A n ^
when b a U A 4AB®»1
«■ « fg a -
n k a tl gAg.g l l ngafc I f e t f
«R •
in lls y .jA —S <gp Is Uke>y to he hurt
ta thg
< (V B irncH,» • - r~ '
EquaUflathm o f tax»» through
fn rln g b |g |g f move fun^p frg tha 4W*
u
_
t « ! .™ , . -
at few WasCQ Q
n
publication Jan. 6. 1946
nuWication Jan 26
1946
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W
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death
* Young men and boys o f thia v i
cin ity are m aking pleasant irecrea-
tion o f shooting out the windows of
the county fa ir buildings,
eonw tax has been RtiM « 1
w orld trad e w ill be decided by ibe The storm h it the Shaniko branch
m an y yaara. The tendency tow ard theo rists .
a wallop last week when a ll tra in
centraliaai un. ie app«*;ent In stQtgjJT Probably no one wiU be happy service stopped from ♦ F rid a y to
aa w nll aa federal g o viiiiie eg d i Pag- about H except H e n ry and the Sunday afternoon.
hapa M abound not have started a t Hgfte g roup o f follow ers who have From the Observer, Jan. 29, 1926
* • « O b 5 f e e # < 4 t t r ir
t h . same theoretical apiproach to • W ord was received by M rs. W a l-
wfthiA- eountiea^ thew { stpte,
then gublic problems. T h e wishful thinle- lace Jones M onday th a t
A
e ra
th e baby
practical thing» boy o f M r. and Mrs. Roy Boxarth
o f Portland, died January 15th of
diphtheria. The Boxarth fa m ily fo r
m e rly lived in Rufus.
M m A . H . Barnum reports that
th e ir eon, O rville Barnum , baa en
.lu$ed in the navy, tak in g service in
the radio departm ent.
F r a « ib e O bserver. J ab . 2«, 19bt^
Mias Mabel Cothran, second eld
, Chas. Powell haa purobaaed ths
est daughter o f M r. and M rs. J. R.
R. T- M o rg a n fa rm o f 160 acres
Cothran, was taken to the hospital
« e a t o f M oro. M r . M organ aoU h i t
a t The Dalles on Monday, a suffer
fa p n only to bay a la rg e r acreage
e r fro m chronic appendicitis. When
east o f M oro, th e T a y lo r B erg in '
aha arrived a t the »hospital it was
f> rm o f <40 acraa. The tw o deals
found that both lungs were badly
g e re claaed through the
tlr o d
congested fro m a severe cold and
Ryal Swtote Agency.
th a t an operation could not be had
.M oro electric lig h t p la n t had a until thl» condition had improved.
<bre d ay shut down fo r r la c k
gAAAlbae. T h ia w aa caused b y the
rplhnay company being in a hurry Bethlehem C hapter No. 78. O E.R
sritb th e ir tra in so th a t tim e could * *V><^ Meet« Every Second snd
F o u rth Thursdays In each
not be spared to load the gasoline x
M<ffith. V isitin g Members
Buda Mttab are returned when
’ V * ' Invited.— Moro. Oregon
Rose Am idon, W . M .
saoaty to be filled and reahipped.
Ruth Sporling, Secretary
.fdMyavsan B a n e « baa finished the
4M
who dUAflca
addition o f two commodioua rooms
between K a n t and Gfiaa» V a lle y h a i
baan aajd to tha telephone company
,#m agasattog long distance through
1 w tha eounty
^.-l^tone calls
This w ill «educe tale
between K en t and the
o f the county to th e m ini-
« t o « the Observer. Jaa. » , 1>1<
.Rggn to Mr. and Mzm R. T.
tfrt M afigaa Wednesday m em in g . Janu
4^
ggr f**« A M r . Dr. C.
L»
Boley
1‘ureka Lodge No. 121 A .F A A.AL
a
Meets on the 1st and
^rd Thursday evenings
each month- Visitin g
members are cordially
^ 7 V S £ $ ^ :nvited to meet w ith ux
C. A . Ruggleo, W . M
W . D . W allan , Secretary
M erb
Lodge
No. 1 1 » , ''L a o T r .
Meets 1st
Bp-
•la-
abe
by
ary
- A a d U aayote rushed into the
beam o f H o w ard Speneer, livin g
abc.milea w»eat o f Wesno, Tueaday.
tba 18th, a ft e r it bad bitten three
dog*. M r. Igpeneer followed th e an
imal In to the hooae and dubbed i t
change ffs o m «. Sven < y o u write
tt down, he w ill change It some?*
M ajo r A r r ^ m M :
?<*>
him. pleiffa. ZMpT I want to tend
U n gut fa tcQf
people to read the
H u i W - M âlor Joppoto «sld to
G i u s e p p e “We
go to the bak
eries. th ia .we *wfil poet the procla
m ation s"
Chinean» •">’ ’ • ,-r>V«v. e he»« '*
A BELL
for A D A N O
N O T IC E TO C R E D IT O R S
The undersigned having been
appointed by the CouiU C ourt of
the S ta te o f Oregon, fo r Sherman
County, the E xecutrix o f the lac
tate o f C a rl V ic to r Anderson, de
ceased, and having qualified, notics
is hereby given to the creditors
of, and a ll persons having claims
against said deceased, to present
them, verified as required by law ,
w ithin six months a fte r the firs t
publication o f this notice to said
E xecutrix, c-o M rs. H ildred Zell,
Wasco, Oregon.
Dorothy M ille r
E xecu trix o f the Estate if *
C arl V icto r Anderson, deceased
Dfcted December 29, 1944
8-12
•d
said: *T think tiny even the Mon-
Signer . regrets the »ending «pray, of
the bolL because he awed Id refu -
We’U go to the baker lei.* ¿But first,
do you have a crier, her«?*
Giuseppe said to Zito in Italian:
••What is the name of the crief?
D id ba run. into the hills with the
<*hers?M J 4-
£
and
Brd
T u e sd a y s in I.O .O .F.
T ra n s ie n t and
V1S1 ( »'I? hruf-h.-r? ,ir-
cord U 1 ly in vi t ^d
to m eet w ith us.
Ernest Houston N . G.
Percy Thompson, Secretary
rgp»{ .Or
zens needed the most. He soon deter
mined to replace their bell, which the
Germans had taken. The bell, he found,
was the very symbol of their Ufa.
C H A PTER D I
t
mrti^l»Ue
n n w ™ “ f-
w ” .’ " i ’ " 7
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.
““
in • £
T
"
boll,
Th«7 shouted: -Caram .Ual
S i T . ,L
7
T *
¿” 7
CraxJ ..I d :
*“ ,te r
1 meant no o fle n .e
1
*n n -r» « W "
M ,)a r J° e e ° ,o “ “ =
«Pl— »
u , . , n t r f o M to thia town la anti-
« • »Ml a ^ .bout
ywMwX/mx
ment
oMnJhtivf
W th tha p riest Zito, you ma» atay.
Routed tor elfarattaa. oot (or tha You
m, urt)«r. Giuseppe, you
pn alln , ot a belL _
',¡“ >*7 <tay. You are my In te rp re te r^
Borth and the usher Zito came
' CraxJ said: “M ister M ajbr. the
back. Borth said: “ It ’« nifty. Ma- telegram. “
Jor All the records are in tac t They I. M ajor Joppolo said: “ I w ill try
tell everything, - ’risare are lists of , to send I t ”
t
antl-Fascists and lists of those who
kissing
were enthusiastic and the others
who w ere lukewarm. There’s a dos-
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sier on each important person. I t ’s Joppolo said to Father Pensovk:
perfect Who are these guys?”
{ chio: “ Father. I wish to tell you thal
Cacopardo said: “Cacopardo is
Americans want to bring onlj
my name, at your service, sir. Ca- good to this town. As in every na<
copardo ia sulphur and sulphur is Bon, there are some bad men Ir
Cacopardo.”
America. It is possible that some
Borth said: *1 remember that L Americans who come here wiU dc
name. In the records it says Caco- } Bad things. If they do. I can as*
pardo’s crazy.“
.,aure you that most of the Ameri*
Craxi said: “That is true. H a j can» WU1 be Just as ashamed pi
thinks that bells are more Impor- Ji #*>«« things as you are annoyed by
tant than food.”
‘ them.” - \
.
Borth turned on Craxi In mock i
Father Penaovecchlo said: .« “]
anger. “ And who is this?”
f think we will understand weakness
Craxi was apologetic again: “I I * ® your men just as we try to under
am antl-Fasclst
Craxi. I believe Jatand it jn our owq.”
In food for the m om ent“
~ 1 • M » )° r Joppolo said: “Thank you.
M ajor Joppoto m M . -T h e y . r ,
t o * * ? *“ «
arguing which is more important,
__
.
n Adano
food or r « ip r ln * th , M l . Since w ;
“ w * ' th
hon- * ‘
obviously can't do anything a b o u t.
bere t o *d°
the bell jurt now. food is our coo-
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,.
cern ..
n r « -.-
J d *j°r Joppolo «aid: Therefore I
C rax i looked very proud of him- *houW Uke *° , ’ k * ,,v o r ° ' Io a
afion
SAT. & SUN
uary 2 , 3 & 4
• • If ,'b u t Cacopardo turned to Zito r '
.
antTsald: “ We wifi leave this mat- ’ , ’jtj
ter to the son of Rosa who was the
wife of Zito.
What d o , you say.l
\
small Zito, do you consider tfib food
^9^
or the bell more important?“
“J 4*—
Surprisingly Zito said: “ I think
5Q-. .
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‘
the belL”
MB
M ajor Joppolo was interested by
>M R • *
¿ ¿ tagS 'V k'
this. He leaned forward and said:
\ »
j \ —r x
r
“ Why. Zito?“
Zito said: “ Because the tone of
the bell was so satisfactory.”
“No,” said Cacopardo, “ it Is be-
§
cause of the histpry of the bell.
m A u t
W hen t lie bvl)
th e ir fa (h p rx
Even Ci ix
poke o u r fa th e r« and
ir b a rk sp o ke to us
Aboard the Submarine
> 4Copperfin’-h-with a
\ cargo of courage
and TNT—they slug it
l ^ o n t j ^ h t h e Japat
W
waj i>w*PJ Into this B*
1
’
'hrgumegt. * No,“ he aaid, “ it waa
because the bell rang the times of
day. I | told us when to do things,.
such as eating. .It told us whep to
have the morning egg and when to
have pasta and rabbit sfrid when (6
drink wine in the evening.** *
Zito gaid: “ I think it was the tone
which mattered. It soothed aU the
people of this town. It chided those
who were angry, it cheered the un-
happy ones, it even laughed with
those who were drunk. It was a tone
for everybody”
Giuseppe came in bringing the
priest.
Father Pensovecchio was
gray-haired and cheerful, and as be
approached the group around the
Major's desk he made a motion with
his right hand which might have
been interpreted either aa a bless
ing or as a Fascist salute.
Bleed sad wind rushed Into Ms
After the introducUona, - M ajor
throat and Ms throat reared.
Joppdlo said to tha priest: “ Father,
**
we are speaking of the old bellr
You must feel perfectly free to re
which waft taken away.**
•"
fuse me if you wish. I should like
Father Pensovecchio Said: “That
tq ask you to say a few words be
ia the disgrace of this town. I have
fore your mass tomorrow morning
In my church a bell which is just gs
about the Americans. ,1 shall leave
loud as the one which was taken
it to you to say what you wish, if f
away, though not to sweet and much
you will merely add that there are
younger and altogether nteantngless
certain proclamations which tha
aa a belL, Any other bell would
Americans have posted which ought
have done as well In my belfry. *1
to be read “
wanted to send my belL But the
Father Pensovecchio said: “That
Monsignor would not perm it i t The I can easily do."
Monsignor Is the uncle of the M ayor.
M ajor Joppolo said: “ I myself
He has reasons for doing the things
ara>a Catholic. If you will have
he does—“ Father Pen»ovec$hio J me, 1 »hould like to attend your
crossed himself, indicating that tha sm aaa.*’ --
•/•s
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things which the Menslgnor did were
The prieat said: t “It- will ba a
somewhat ugly; “—but In this case pleasure to have you.” M ajor Jop
1 believe he was wrong.”
polo was glad that he did not say it
M ajor Joppolo said: “ Why was would be an honor.
this bell im portant then?”
M a jo r Joppolo raid: ”1 shall see
The priest said: “Thia bell waa you tomorrow then?*
the center of the town. AU Ufe re
Father Pensovecchio laid. Just to
volved around i t The farmers in make sure: “ At the Church of San
the Country were wakened by It In Angelo. It is by the F ia u a of that
the morning (he drivers of the ¿arts name. At seven in the morning.
Knew when to start by it, the bakers U ntil then, son.”
.
baked by It >veh we in the churches
When the priest had left, Giuseppe
d e p e n d e d <»n th a t bell more than our
said In his brand 6t English: “You
«» xkii bt-lh
At niHic on tha Sabbath,
doing okay, a boss AU you got a
w h et, t i l the b e ll» in town rartg at
do bow is fix a food “
o - ..
J: f TT» shyvg >11 tfeg
- . . “Ye«,” »«id Maior Joppolo. “ food,
V
ini / w UK
iiiitnnn min ritct
w tow •**» ato*
m
Directed by D H M f ( DAVM
M toy»«« >*r w > m sew • ahw w M m w m m
*
Matenee Sunday 2:00 P. M.
Adults 40c;Giildren 20c
D >or* O p en 7 :1 5
S h ow Start» 7 :4 5