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About Sherman County journal. (Moro, Or.) 1931-current | View Entire Issue (Sept. 21, 1945)
F ifty -S e v e n th Y ear Hurley Serves as Peace Mak e r A cotbmn o f n o w About Government, Politics and People *!*/• & with oopociat omphtuio on the Northwest BetfreQMBt <rf the public debt a t th e rate o f $5,000,000,000 a year ta propound b y Representative Dingell *0f the house -ways ord i-----Tf- com mittee, and, equally ojm tmnsttc, Representative Cannon of the appropriation« committee has . • a b o rted that if congress attacks the problem “usWraid and with determination w e can reach and nwintain a balanced budget.” But in rfr—»r» the same breath con gress w»a committed to a policy o f tife reduction and the approval o f m easures wfcich contemplate tbe expenditure o f vaat sum« with which to flnanerf projects to pro vide work pending th e complete reconversion o f industry and with the goal o f 60,000,000 to 60,000.00« jobs. Benthnent favorable . to tax to be unammou* reduction but tb e gaowiding of fifty to six ty tnritton j<Au krill bring con u s- O fficial C ounty P ap er M oro O regon, F rid a y , Septem ber 21, 1945 N o. 4<i Mao Tse-tung, Communist leader of China, was escorted by MaJ. Gen. a so wa o^L>aa J. «s • nnaas a^. y ■ aa a a sx_soaa ae aaa OWWWI ✓ assaaaa, vkr g g X- oaau^g oo S «aa Patrick Hurley, American ambassador to A ^ China, to a SS g meeting with ChUn< Kai-sbek. The result of Hurley's efforts was a report, “Now with the victorious conclusion of the war against Japan, China la about to en ter the stage of peaceful reconstruction.” L. to B ., Mao, Hurley, Chiang. w csm i w v Stock For New Full of Plans For Store Being Unpacked Moro Council ---- ----------------- ---- , . i ------------------ ---- ------------ Improvements M oro’s city council spent the ftrgt half o f night con- a num ber of civic pro- |jjerne an j deciding m ost of them . to Among them w as a decision | <)an Home of ^he chairs in one Le gjon Legion for tem porary q u arters. v eteran s expect to buy ocher Service Groups School Enrollment Teachers' Party Sherman County' ^r"7 Pe°p|e B“y Near To Install New Higher Than At £ “f Next Week Officers Sunday installation o f officer» for the American Legion poet of Muro, W asco, Antelope and Kent will lx* held & Moro next Sunday after noon. rA t tbe sam e meeting new unit officers o f th e Auxiliary at Moro, Wae4> and Kent will be in stalled. ... . , The m eeting will be held in the Odd,Fellow» hail in Mora and wiH follow a Which will be served a t one Pfiurty. . W alter Webb, vicifceom ma ruler o<f th e fifth d istric t, will c o n e fro m M osier to in stall the new Le- gio n officers. L ak e Bechtel, dis tr ic t com m ander o f Priceville :sn - n o t a tte n d , in s ta llin g fb r the Aux- ilia ry u n its w ill be Mrs Del ph me Coneer o f M aupin, who is unit pre.- f A sident. Opinions About Taxes Requested An in terim ’ legislative commis Mr and M rs A rden S quire, » h o si on haa O regon’s ta x system u n have been liv in « a t G ra a . Valley, der a microacepe. An "ex p ert" der a m icroscope. An have m oved » m e .lo c k m to the h a . been em ployed. In ty e g o n the O dd-Fellow , building here and people h av e th e lust crack at a re opening up a v a rie ty and re- M | change. A ny new tax ideas Doors w ill be open m ust be " » W to th e people, for rnAiy sto re their acceptance To find o u t w hat n ex t week. their^acce .. , . , zx * x <i a are re bkinVir.«, E xtent of th e 1 ne to be carried Oregon fo lk s thinking a- r.xiem oi by th e new establish m en t h as not bout tax es, and m ight be wili ng been determ ined. Some electrical to accept, the ta x p a y e r orgam za- goods will he «old an d some hard- ti«>n in O regon ia sending some w are if condition« w a rra n t, i questions to five thousand trx - Mr Squire » a fo rm e r teAcher. payers. If you have a “beef” about of the Gras« Valey schools as well* tax es in O regon, no»’ is the time aa ifi G resham . M rs Squire is a to stpeak up, if you g et one of s is te r o f Mr» Eben Kee. these ta x queries. •* $2,000,000 Bonds Start of 1944-45 The teach ers’ reception which w as to have been held Friday Complete War Time Bond ■night a t th e School house has Primary Rooms Full As New been postponed u n til the follow Record Compiled At State ing F rid ay night, Septem ber 28. Pupils Begin First Week Many o f the teachers are not in Headquarters tending to spend the week end Of School Monday Sherm an county’s record in the in Moro, some going for supplies R egistration o f pupils win t 'ie needed. The some com m ittees will purchase of war bontls during U»e g h eim an county g rad e and high be in charge as previously an- w ar ha.4 ju st been compiled by school« is ap proxim ately 3 per- the Oregon W ar Finance com m it- noupced. cen,t g re a te r th an a t the sam e tim e TeC. This ftfficial TAcOTil iBfi elO-~ la s t year. W hether this indicates quent proof of the prom inent p a rt a definite trend tow ard la rg e r Sherm an county has had in- the population or has been brought bond <1 rives of the state. on by th e w ar is still a question This ha* been a county where fo r debate. L arg est classes are in K bonds have sold b etter than the p rim ary room s w here new Ray Jew el, coach of th e Mcro other kinds of bonds and this pre- desks are being moved in son'e High itohool football squad al- ference is indicated by the rec nit schools. ready has his ch arg es out on tHe which sKoWs tTnTt7*Shcrmah cotttt - In high school the la rg e r one is green tu rf of the new field for tians have lw>ught $1,428,697 woi th a t Moro w here 47 are reg istered practice and conditioning exercis- of E l»onds. The grand total of all th a t including the children who eg W hat he will be able to d ev e l- types of bonds is $1,923.268, which come down from G rass Valley Op o u t of them is, of course, un- is, w cidently worth as much as and Kent. W asco has 20 and Ru- known hut Coach Jew el ap p ears m any of our wheat crops espe- fus 8. This m ake« a total high optim istic about his pros pec u cially when accrued to m atu rity , school enrollm ent of 76. sm aller F irs t work fo r the coach is to Oregon leads the nation in sale than in 1 944.' g et acquainted with the boys and of E bonds during the w ar. Its In the grade school R ufus has watch th eir practice efforts, lie recorfl is $1496.68 per capita. Con- 25, Wasco 73, Moro 67, G rass Val- h asn ’t counted h is le tte r men as necticut is second w ith $390.41, 41 anri K ent ««• Thes" com ’ ••><* « * " » “ > •>»»«. cm”:L' i n W aahin«t«n th ird ' w ith i383..'m, Pare ™ th >944 ™ ri« tratio n s ex- about the num ber, bem g deternun- Michigan fo u rth w,th and cePl '» a t K ent has lost some pu- ed. ap p aren tly , th a t each player C allfo rn i. fifth w.th WGlhfi. P '1’ - To,al in th e g ra d e s is 252 shall earn h is pos.tion on ability Sherm an count,ana have - g h t T otal re g i.tra t.o n o f 317 ,nd,- th is year instead of reputation. an average of »Rflfi.M w on! of b an overaU county qos < of Goldendule will be the first op- Iwinds per capita, well over twice 0VGr MO0 -per pupil fo r the 1915- ponent, the gam e being scheduled the average of Oregon which , 46 school year. for the Moro field October o. leiu Is all other, states. The official record follows.: The K ent d istric t is again send EXCLUSIVE OF DRIVES: ing its high school pupils, 13 of Series E T otal#all Iss. them , to Moro because tea^lic-ri 53,523 $ 53,523 $ 1941 could not he hired to ntaff the 156,16!) 135,238 1942 high school there. Shaniko high 163,078 124389 1043..... school pupils, two in num ber, also 50,700 46307 1944 come to Moro. The bus stay s in Prices to Oregon farm ers for 12>5 - 42,585 1945 Shaniko a t night, m aking the w inter cover crop weeds produced $ 466,455 $ 402,542 Total round trip each school day... Bill DRIVES Bardemhagen is driver. 30,937 $ 29,800 $ 1st ’ 81,892 66,431 school and come under the non- gram , R. B. T aylor, sta te d ire c - 2nd....... 253,634 171,381 high d istrict law, m aterially rp- tor of the USDA Production* and 3rd ..... 224.700 172,400 4 ^ h ........... ducing its tax m illage M arketing ad m inistration, has an- 231 100 344/100 Rufus claim s a larg er g iude nounced following receipt of word 5bh ..fi. •341,300 225,100 6th school th an last year and th ere f roin W ashington. 293,250 216,743 7 th ............ are a few more grade pupil > in $1,026,155 $ 456,813 Wasco, also. Total $ 1,428,697 $ 1.923,768 ered this year. Prices o f four vnr- G. G Total Coach Says Team Prospects Look Good - ’ , L atest satiniate of the n atio n s d<bt, aa o f next June 30, $27. , (»00.000,000 th e difference tween thM R « t and tb s actoa expend i ture during the w a r h av in g been made up from current revenues . . The total r a n made avwitable for council instructed recorder prosecution o f tbe war was $420.- R uggles to bill property owners OO0J0OO j OOO, b u t not all of thia ^ ho ^ ill owe money on city leins has been expended and a eensM- Tor ixith 8tre<-t im provem ents and emhlA part o f thw will be recov- the recreation group w as given ----------------------------------------------------------------------- -------- ------------------------ >w permission .___ to move th e show er «r*Ki. A t tbs »ate a t retirement iZbouae ih the park away Yrom tbe p r flltk r f Mr UDingeU tbe na UoiMl debt would be paid off in playing ’p ay -ftim but n o t even the Some discussion resulted in a ax>«t optim istic am ong govern- decision to obtain an estim ate o f meni ex p erts believe such an a- the cost of re h ab ilitatin g the Le- chtovem ent is p o a M e . Fiv»t pro- gion hall by low ering the ceiling posai made b y M r D irc e li # s a w ith fir-tex as a covering, paint- p perequisi te to acceptance of his >ng mujde and o u t and kalsom ing plan it th a t tb s d e b t lim it o f the in te rio r and giving it a ge-ner- $300,000,000,000 Ms fixed by con- a l clean-up. ietiea will be su p p o rted by p u r1- Areas gfciafl be reduced to $275- P rin cip al action was to order a chases from fa rm ers of reclean •00,000,060, th u s p rev en tin g in- five fo o t sidew alk built along pro- ed, bagged seed, a t th e following dulgenee 4a a spending orgy such p e rty up F ir s t s tre e t to the a ik y prices per pound fo r top quality As prevailed durin g th e depres- betw een C ourt and Hood, on C ouit seed: Sixty Arm y recruiting oflires rion days. s tr e e t betw een F o u rth and Second, H airy vetch, 12 cen ts; W illam Oregon’s cash farm income ap will soon l>e openatiug in the N in 1 But wWl all th e ta lk ab o u t the on S o o tt s tre e t betw een Second e tte vetch, 6 cents: crim son clover proached $300,000,000 in 1941, a- th Service ' Command to facilitate need o f economy, there is as yet and T hird and on F o u rth between 11 1-2 cental c o m e n t ry e g r a r . round tw o . tWrrt, fr m , l)a! ._ the direct enlistm ent of qualified n o th in g to Indicate th a t congress McCoy and C ourt. W ork will be 7 1-2 cents. These prices are un try , livestock and fall-sown crops, men into the -negular arm y. M ajor is w d lnff to accept re s tra in ts on done by F ran z C onstruction cam h a n g e d from th is year. according to an outlook circular General William E. Shedd, com ita npimdirc The S t. Law rence pony o f The Dalles a t a coat of Specifications, g rad e differen ju s t issued by the OSC extension m anding general, announced to w a te rw ay p ro je c t is ag ain being $2.00 p e r running foot. The city tials and o th er d e ta ils have not service th a t pertain s to these day a t his F o rt Douglas, U tah, pushed to the front, hdlm ne have will co n stru c t cross w alks on al- been com pleted and will be a n commodities. - headquarters. been voted for th e im p o rt-ex p o rt ley». O thers who w ant walks nounced a t a la te r date. A nnoun Corn crop prospects will con P hysically qualifi.id men b e bank and other lending' agencies b u g t m ay h a v e .it done if they cem ent of th e liasic prices is tinue to he a subject of interest tween the ages of 16 and 34, in to finance Hbereted countries, m ake arran g e m e n ts w ith the re- m ade now so th a t fa rm ers will to all farm ers for, the nex t few clusive, who enlist now in the reg (federal money for unemploy- corder before October 1. have th e inform ation before m ak weeks. As o f Septem ber 1, the u lar arm y, m ay choose the arm w en t compensation is being advo- —------------------- ing fall p lan tin g plans, T ay icr crop reporting service estim ate of of service and the overseas th e a cated and adoption o f the fu ll em- _ ,> explained. United S tates production stood a t ter in which they wish to serve. ploym ent bill would necessitate f J j J M O O r C 0131*1111 g A lthough qualifications for Wil- 3nf>9000000 225.000.000 Two years service overseas is appropriations for (public works lam ette vetch have not been a n above the A ugust 1 estim ate but equivalent to the norm al thru» «At a scale hitherto -undreamed o f ( j r e P O I l M a g a Z l I i e nounced, T aylor advised th a t the 160,900.000 below 1944. years “h itch ” m the U . S. Upon Unless there is very definite ® ® final program is suire to require If the corn estmuate is realized, completion of e ith e r the soldier A . i y in congressional policies, P la n s fo r th e launching of a use of certified blue tag se^d lor the total national supply of feed is entitled to a 90 day furlough. th e re would seem to h e - M ight new w eekly new spaper, to be planting. CrqpA produced from grain s fo r the 1945-46 feeding lAsson to expect a balancing o f known as M oore’s Oregon W eekly oth er than blue ta g seed will not season will he about the sam e as __ ____ . phasize coverage of ac- W h at’s th e record show for 1943-44 C cunty the b u d __ g et o r retirem ent o f the ___ and _ to em be eligible. last year in relation to the g rain public debt wlrthin the life span tiv ities in such cu ltu ral fields as S herm an county w ith respect to A ssessed Value ..... . $9,576,351 As in 1945, the price of A ustri- eating anim als to be fed. W eather <rf th e co u n try ’s youngest inhabi- m usic, education, books and w rit- proportion of taxable p ro p erty A ssessed Value, , - z a • l i n 1 an w in ter field peas will l,e su r- fnn(|itions nuly stl„ n ffw t corn tAnt. _ ~ . ers, a r t, social problem s and re- th a t ipawj 1944-45 tax fo r local tax -less S. D.’s ............ $2^20,13/ A c c i d e n t a l U C H t h S ported th rough a non-recourse production a s the crop is la te J • • ' lated subjects “w ith a little pol- school d is tric t purposes? P ercetn ag e tax-less pro g ram . The loan ra te per pound The estim ate o f feed g rain sup p ro p e rty ......................... ...... 30.49% One hundred th irty -fo u r p er' fo r top-quality seed rem ains a t Secfetary o f Com m erce H enry rtics” , w ere revealed by Hal 1944. 45 CoUnty ply includes li)45 production of G enerally th ro u g h o u t Oregon sons were killed in traffic aecl" 3 1-2 cen ts a pound. Loans will corn, oats, barley and g ra in so r A. W allace ha« ju s t had p rin te d Moore, v eteran Oregon new spaper A ssessed Valu€ ............. $9,722,530 . .n o to e r book, in which he s a y . m an, .p e a k .n g before the O regon value th e re w ere more U x - le » « b o o d en t re p o rt,, com p.led ,n the office be „ vaiIab)e on rough pra- . ghum p lu s the c a rry -o v e r supply. - • to A dvertising club’« W ednesday U j[ ]e9a g D .............. 1 ^ 7 .0 7 5 d » ‘"'wta fo r ^ e 1 « ^ - « « h o o l a ( R obert S. F a rre ll, secretary e f vin(, rwh| a t 3 , . 2 cents a pound m aU rW th at the flr«t thing to do » to A dvertising , club’s W ednesday ___ |QV an fo „ .to m f7 ‘Im A w .r d matione." The noon luncheon a t the M ultnom ah p t , ercen tag e ,„ aa ta x le s s y y e ea a r r th «nan lo r r 1944-46. T n e r 7 e a “ - ' state, disclosed. alSCK,SCU- . .. r T hc Rtate r PM m A ' ' director added „u m b er o f g rain consum ing live- tarfc ««mid e « t tabout « «.000,00e- hotel. _ _ _ r ty ................................ i».51% «■> « « th m . . th a t t t e f t " t dm- Th.a >« an w « . of 15 per- early announccm en t w.U be w ffl, is expected. T here will tribution o f th e then $5,000,009 cent over the death toll o f 116 foi 1940 cover crop seed pro- and 000, and he aaaerts that half o f , M oore, who will be editor a fu rth e r reduction iin sheep, and On the accom panying mpp, the 9ta te school S upport fund was the firiit six m onths o f 1914. duction goals fo r Oregon, reflect- a y rv‘";* this aom could he obtained in the publisher, said the firs t issue m ay decrease B . , . . _ ca ttle num bers United State«. (Not d eluded rtn would be out about October 12. blackouts show school d istricts T ^ e fo r th e . 1943-44 school year. There was a total of 17,082 Ira {n(f expectcd needs fo r nex t y ear slig h tly , b u t an increase is ex p ect the nation« are Great Offices will be in the H enry Build- by th eir num ber, w herein r.o One provision of th e sta te school fflc accidents during the first h alf The ^oals will serve a s a guide ed in hogs and chickens next Jan - »nd’ The Nether- m g. D ep artm en t editors covet ing 1944-45 special school d istric t ta x fu n d law , approved by th e people of the year, com pared to 15,195 tQ o regOn grow ers in determ in ed to last.* Feed , .1 ^ Hat doe« include na- th e local field will be: Music, w as paid by pro p erty . In seven ld 4 2 an d am ended by the 1943 for th e sam e period o f 1944. There in(f kinds aTwi acreages o f several __ g ra in supplied a re sm aller ia tio n s such AA* Riwnania, w here the C harles B arbe, i internationally of tb e tw enty school d istricts no le g isla tu re , w as th a t a school dis- were 2,996 persons injured, com- crOpS to p lan t this fall Oregon and the Pacific northw est oil weHA were destroyed to pre- known o rc h estra leader who is ta x fo r local school purposes w as tric t would not receive a la rg e r pared to 2,742 a y ea r ago. M_ n th an a year ago. however, and A n a u . #««« gihtAitiinff- a su n - be«t know n there a s KGW radio levied" «* allo tm en t of revenue (income tax ) P edestrian fa ta litie s constitu -T R E E S TRIM M ED , a oro p i. a n ^ o t t w c<mrtriM o i cen- n e w , a n a ly st; a rt, H e rb ert Hey- In all of th e «even d tatriets a fro m th e school s u p p o rt fund ted to g re a te st proportion o f the The row o f locust tre e s on the high pro in concen £ 1 (Europe. These ere n a tio n , wood, com m ercial a r tis t and ex- 1.6 mills ta x w as levied on pro- th a n “its special tax levy fo r th a t ,ix m onth’s death toll, w ith 6« southw est side o f F i r s t J * " * 4 „ The national supply of by-pro- Which wifere backward before the a r t in s tru c to r a t P ortland univer- p e rty fo r the non-high school dis- jnear ”. T his provision had the ef- fa ta litie s com pared to only 30 for being tn m m ed by a cr f , is expcct- Z £r d Z X th ^ r X a l re- «Ay; an d books, PoUy Predm ore, tr ic t This ta x w as us«d to pay fe e t o f encouraging school d,s- the 8ame period of 1944. An un- from Pacific Pow er & L ig h t com- due Tax Study of Sherman County Schools Published in ‘Your Taxes’ Government Continues Seed Subsidy Army Recruiting ' J 1 Oregon Agriculture Already Begun Makes $300,000,000 Increase Made In Mmrom. and th e re is no assurance ex-CBS and professional S ^ e n wX X n r industries book review er « •sto re d journal tu itio n and tra n sp o rta tio n of pu- tric t« d u rin g y ea rs subsequent to usually larg e proportion e f d eath s pany th ls / reek- The acb n , 1 . h pils from local d istrict« w herein ^ 3 - 4 4 to levy on p ro p e rty so as was a ttrib u ta b le to t w . ^ a r colli- b ro u g h t about because of a b eak w i n t e r . ^ « o n ^ th ey will be losa back- ‘ F am ed colum nists who will be no high «chooJ w as operated. B ut to , q ualify fo r a s t M r r s W . allace’s < - book doubtless — w rite r on economics; M ark Sulli- d istrict elem entary sohool, pro- WB be a best seller fo r the rea- van, conservative, and George p e rty in th e district« shown w as M S M iff*l3lB eal minded people SokoJaky, liberal, on p o litic^ and ta x free. w ill W M t'to - know ' w h rt hi« thou- n atw n al « (fa ir.; - Bennett, C How did did the the 1)944-45 M44-46 sDecial .p e c i.l »»w - erf, lit- — r f r t f C r th e reconatruction e ra tu re ; an d V irgil Thcmaon, Mu- eehool d is tric t tax situ atio n com- ghta -------------------------------------- — , ic. ‘ ‘ pare w ith 194.3-44 aituation 7 (Continued on Page two) «hare of the gions, w ith se z rs ss? th is levy on p ro p e rty w as made w h e th e r th e schoo| d istric t need- ed th e p ro p erty ta x revenue o r no t, in in addition »ddltion to to th th e e incom incom e e tax tax not. rev en u e received th ro u g h the aehool «wpport fund. - 32 deaths o r about in *- th e lines n e a r th - mOre of m ore o , » retain s Nationally, the hay Norm ally, tv the yenrs since th e tree s wore h u t record in relation to th e-« « y i M y su it in ab out 17 jx'rcont of trim m ed and th ey are alm ost as num ber of hay ea tin g animal»« fa ta lity toll. Rural accid en t, accounted accounted for larg e a«' J * * ™ ‘J“ 1 ,m | R ural accidents 74 d e a th . w .th 60 occurring in ur- deap.te California are above 1B44. ban areas. , ble m ere skeletons agam .
