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 .