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/ UM i iMfiU « O * ô l i u HtaNAfi e o ü trrt jo Ù B N A t UÜÈ0OK M iÚ Á t i JKPlKMUfcU ill, , Ths a U u oflfc* U ebecbnfc the records of othetf states to tm<l till ------: — __________ _______ ~ Washington Column l  " l E very, F rid a y a t o u t if Stipnpaq cunty in Moro, Or«gon th e nation in per cap ita purcha-o Continued., from page one. f t d ïf r ' o f E bonds. It m ay be som e time era. Mr W allace da now the lead U les L. French before the b est county s ta te is known. We will a t th e top or close to it record o f w ar financing tion is an excellent one. «PEI ATI • ■ well he proud o f it. gnUrod m Moond rl«M matter at iba h»tw ffica a t Moro, Om ron under Act o f Cunare«« of March S, 1870.______________ 1 #BE F in is NATIONAL E D IT O R IA L . “ " ASSOCIATION SM ALL TOWN in each be eith er for our p a rtic ip a We may e r o f the new deal ideology a " d w h a t he w rites will be accepted as th e p a rty “lin e” by th ^ e whose influence has been no po te n t in' the national ca p ita l for th e p a s t 13 years. ♦ » ♦ Republican congressm en, now th a t they have bad tim e to -study the 16,000 word m essage o f P re s i dent Truiman, a re as> ertin g th a t it is t’h? old Rooetpvelt p ro g ram dressed up in new p h rases. F o r a while Republicans believed th a t P resid en t T ru m an w as carv in g * , » out a new course of -action, when he reshuffled th e cabinet and o u s ted p a r t of the I 'h it e House s*aff L ately, however, he has given evidence th a t he is follow ing the old p ro g ram in m aking ap p o in t m ents. He has manned sevcrr.l candidates indorsed by labor 1 Hen ry H ess of O regon fo r U r : led S ta te s atto rn e y being a sam p le), and he is not app o in tin g a R epub lican to the suprem e court. W ith th e reconvening o f -con g re ss, p a rty politics, which was [tem porarily su b m erg ed , b once moire com ing to th e su rface,, for th e p re sid e n t and congress rec ognize th a t th e re will be by- elections next year and th a t now is the tim e to lay the foundations« fo r th e cam paign. Mr f r u m a n is not the super-politician Roose velt proved to be, -but -he is a n , org an izatio n man and believes in o rg an izatio n «from the precincts u p .' A g re a t 'm any changes are ta k ing place in 1-hasie first w eeks a f te r the end of th e w ar, aetunl if OFFICIAL COUNTY PAPER not y et m ade official. F or instance we have dropped SUBSCRIPTION RATES m ost o f o u r ra tio n in g and have Payable in Advance been w arned th a t we m ay have it ONÈ YEAR ........................... >¿.0« again if E uropeans need food, SEPTEMBER 21. 1945 we have a new movie czar w ith b e tte r looks and m ore desire to talk , alm o st an en tire new cabinet LABOR DEPARTMENT has been chosen Iby a new p re s i The new org an izatio n in the de dent, shipyard w orkers are going p a rtm e n t of labor is long over home (those w ho have enough due. The head of th a t d ep a rtm en t money, anyw ay , gasoline can be should have undeT his control th e bought, men a re being d isc h a rg agencies th a t deal w ith labor and ed from the services, th e re is not have them sc a tte re d into so unem ploym ent again some caused m any o th er hands. Condition of by strikes/ and some by lack 'of the d e p a rtm en t w ider M adame jobs. P erkins m ade it ineffective, but The change th a t appeals to us even th e new deal feared to let m ost is th e ch ange the end cf h e r control m uch o f it a p p a re n t th e w ar -has -made m sm all tov 113. ly. .... , ......... - . Had one prophesied som e week* It m ay «till h e tim e to build a • g o th a t as soon as the w ar end stro n g labor d ep a rtm e n t th a t can ed th e w orkers who had left small cope w ith th e dem ands th a t labor tow ns would flock back im m edi is” m aking an d keep prices under ately, b e would have been scorned inflationary -figures. I t io Quite a as a foolish optim ist. M any felt job and everyone can a t least th a t sm all tow ners who had g o t hope th a t Schwellenbach is big ten a s ig h t o f th e b rig h t lig h ts enough to handle it. would alwtays rem ain under th eir L abor lead e rs a r e going to m ake glow. _ . a very determ ined effort to keep B ut look, m this one sm all town all the gain« th a t have been made we are g e ttin g our sm all business on account o f th e w ar. N o one m en and a rtis a n s back fa s te r blam es them fo r t h a t B ut in o r than th e y left. They a re not all I» der fo r this country to. re ta in the sam e individuals although From the O bserver, Sept. 24, 1926 th e stan d ard o f income of the war they perform the sam e ta s k s for y ears a lot o f civilian goods m ust the com m unity. M arius Douma A Rosco? Moore be consum ed to m ake up fo r the Store buildings th a t w ere v a w ere last reported to be th ro u g h billions of dollars w orth w ar m a ca n t during the w a r a re now till C hicago on th eir way to th e Dem- te ria l we h av e used, since 1941. It ing up w ith new stock an d n*»w sey-T unney fight a t P hiladelphia. never h a s been done. There is a l faces, anxious to please. G arages (Business firms aat G rass V al> y w ays a drop in economic h ea lth and m achine shops resound again asked the Sherm an E lectric to a f te r all w ars. Maybe th is tim e w ith the sound o f work. R esiden sh u t off cu rren t d uring th e Dem- ces are occupied and a few m oie sey- Tunney fight and radio recep it will be different. Maybe. I f labor can continue to receive are needed. tio n was said to be very good. P erh ap s a f te r all th e re a the sam e income although for lc«s A tem porary bridge is being about constructed over the Jo h n Day work and less production, perhaps so rt of indcstructaibility oth er people can do likewise. P e r sm all towns, perhaps the freedom riv er on the Old Oregon T ra il to h ap s wheat grow ers can raise less and homely sa tisfa c tio n s of life serve until the new concrete and w h eat' and g e t m ore m oney for it. in them does have an appeal th at steel b rid g e is finished alive. A nyway AH of us m ig h t devise a way will keep them G eorge Mitchell leaves Sunday to work few er hours and retain we’re going to think so for awhile for C orvallis to do some special , th e sam e salary despite doing less yet. * work for the college. w ork. H done by everybody it F rom th e O b serv er, S ep t 22, 1916 soon becomes inflation. T H E P R E S ID E N T S T E E T H E. S. Ruggles and C. G. Silvci In older days such things were >are new owners of C halm ers six Every new spaper, nearly every decided b y com petition, a m et nod autos. m agazine, has had a picture cf t h a t has been abandoned in faver J. F. Belshee h a s sold two sets the P resident alm ost every day o f re g u la tio n by a govern me o f heavy duty harness to P. J. fo r a couple o f m onths. It is p er bu reau. C om parison betw een the D illinger fo r use on his farm cast haps ap p ro p riate th a t th is should tw o m ethods is n o t a t po^nt. It is of M onkland. be ao, for the president has been easily seen th a t a stro n g govern L. J. Pape and R. C. Byers are m en t b u re a u will often be needed m uch in the new s and, th e re has two early bird fa rm e rs who have (been lota o f new s fo r him to if i t h to a d ju s t (the problem s a lre a d y seeded a crop fo r next »hare. betw een employers and em ploy y ea r l>efore tfiis y ea rs crop is in B ut we are g e ttin g < a little tired ees, especially w hen those prob th e sack. o f Mr T ru m an ’» teeth and think lem s a re com plicated by unions., Roy H arbin was down frpm Kent in te r com pany -agreem ents, fo r th a t he should assiim e a less open- th is week to have Dr. M organ eign com petition, fe a r of infla faced countenance on p-ome occa pull a tooth. Roy says th resh in g sion«, if only fo r v arie ty . It is tion o r depression is all tangled up around Kent. •but recently th a t we ceased tc Mr Schwellenbach is faced From the Observer, SepK 21, 190C c a ric a tu re an enem y w ith »ery w ith qufca a job. We hope he han- S peaking of the visit of I. H. apparent* teeth. it t B t h e satisfac tio n o f a S h e a re r to The D alles the O ptim The president is a happy sou’ m ajo rity o f Am ericans. , M who is evidently enjoying his job, ist say s J ‘he has done more for in d h e takes p leasu re in p inn’og th e roads of W asco to u n ty than BOND SALES ribbon« on people, m eeting fo r any o th er man. F o r y ears he op eig n ers and ta lk in g over the radio. ©rated roads leading into S h e r This week th e Sherman county Journal had the atory o f the coun N evertheless, we would aom etim ?? m an county across S h earer’s grade ty ’s partacipatkwi in the w ar bend like to see bow he looks before ajid into A ntelope.” the p h o to g rap h er sav» “ Sm ile.” W. M. B arn e tt, Wasco banker, drives held during the war. Theiv is c re a tin g a m ark et in P ortland were seven of them. Before that It is rum ored th a t Uncle Joe fo r o u r S herm an county^ w heat some bond sales were made for hay. Once stock gets a ta s te of it defense purposes but there were m ay re tire from hid exalted po th e ir owners will releg ate their no campaigns, and not much e f sition as R ussian iruler and real- tim o th y and clover. fort made to get sa les outside of iietic in te rn a tio n a list Itrader. His O. W. Axtell received some to h ea lth is saad to be not so good banking circles. m ato es from Albany la s t week Even th e first bond «alee were asf a few years ago. If ihe actually th a t w ere p rize tak ers. Two of puny affairs compared to the later does qu it the la s t one of the big them filled a ten pound lard buck ones. Sherman county purchasers three, th a t w ere so m indful of the et. bought hut <3OJ927 jn bonds dur Roman trium virate«, will he out R ichard D ingle’s crop o f odd ing the first one, a figure that of power.. acres netted 3676 sacks of No. 1 w as exceeded ten times over at a w heat. later drive.. Aa the drives increa So the Tokio occupation govern sed in intensity there were fewer m ent is going to be run from •alas made between them, b u t the W aahingtn. U p to th a t announce GEORGE G. UPDEGRAFF drives were bigger. m en t i t seemed hard to u n d erstand Sherman county has an enviable th e Jap an ese even when am ong A tto r n e y A t L a w record. I ts citizens bought E them . i bonds equalling <806.93 for each M o ro an d W aaos citizen. That is far above that of W ere they Balkan nations in any county reported and over tw ice th a t o f Oregon, itself the ste a d of Am erican sta te s Oregon leader I d th e national field. Total and W ashington would now d e Lupine Rebekah Lodr» No. 116 o f bonds sold is alm ost tw o mil clare w ar on W ashngton for a r M eets 2nd and 4th lion, there b eing <480,000 o f other resting fishermen on th e Oregon T uesdays of each m onth. V isit ng mem side of the Colum bia a t Celilo. bonds than E e sold. hers welcome. B ig crops and good prices help C lara Houston, N.G ed make possib le th ese high sa lts. The P ortland B eavers m ig h t not Florence Johnston. S T he m oney w as available. Y-*t, be a very good team but fo r once th a t is n ot th e on ly reason. Other th e re were no sto ries of strife Moro^ Lodge No. 113, LO.O.F. M eets 1st and 3rd spot» have hSi good incomes as »■song th e n . Anda team can win Tuesdays in I.O.O.F. m ore pennants than a bunch of w ell, perhaps not so large, but the [hall. T ran sien t and tam p erm en tal star». percentage o f income invested in ¡visit ng b ro th ers are bonds w as much sm aller. There cordially invited to m eet w ith us. One o f the b e st thing« the are countess where th e average person bought le s s than <100 in w hite m an g o t w ith th is country E rn e st Houston N. G. w as the Indian sum m er. A. R. K essinger, S ecretary E bonds. In Other Days .. i to t Of grshadas, »hells, tUMto snd NOTICE eth«F Item» Jt h Ml»» The cpnwwe* eew icll o f the city poeeJJblo t» determine by external « f M oresby virtu« of the puwei I — ----- -y examination if “sudden death or vesited 1n tt b y Oednance No. 1« painful injury” lurk« inside of does hereby ordain th a t five fact . th e - souvenirs, • Disassem bly of concrete sidewalk» shall be built Can Japan Ba Democratizad? such ' articles by inexperienced as follows: persons ie extrem ely hazardous, ^W est side o f F ir s t S tr e e t be AAod«rot»d by he added. tw een S c o tt and C o u rt S treets FXÉD G . CLARK -.-E v e n though the m ain charge C ha irm a n Amar icon and extended 100 fe e t fu rth e r Economic Foundation h a s been removed, he said, the n o rth on said w eat elide of F ir As d e b a te d by explosive contained (in a fuze or st iSt. to th e alley o f Block 21. ArtaaXtl. Croft J o h n G oette ca.p is sufficient to cause loss of N orth side o f C o u rt St. from A uthor o f "Japan Fights For Alia President, National Foremen*! fingers, a hand o r an eye, if dis N ationally Known Lecturer and Institute, Inc., Authority on . F o u rth to w ith in 100 fe e t qf International Labor-Management Radio Com m entator charged. Second iStreet. Problems Only souvenirs accom panied by Unim proved (part o f S cott St. an arm y certificate can be pre- on the N o rth side from Second MR. GOETTE O PE N S: If Japan MB..CfcOFT OPENS: Of course. sumed to be safe, the ordnance to T hird S tre e t. cannot be democratized, the reflection Japan cannot b a “democratized?. This ocer warned. E a s t side o f F o u rth St. betw een will be on our ability to sell our sys tem on Its merits. Fate gave •America business of our demanding that “de ' McCoy and C o u rt S tr e e ti. its chance to release Japan from Its mocracy” ba accepted by any and all Let U s Then Be Up and Doing U nim proved p a r t on th e N orth feudal chamber in 1854. The effect peoples is Juft about the zaniest bit “A ben v sez Pa Trohnan, “ ia side o f McCoy S t. betw een F ir was electric—a Japanese C^iatitu- of political philandering posaible. I’ve th e on ly cre a tu re th a t can produce tion, compulsory education, Japa s t and Second S treet» . nese eagerness to enter our world. traveled »cross the width and breadth dividend» by jis t se tth i’ around ” W est side of Second S t. from We did much for Japan but h er switch of North America and Europe—I’ve McCoy St. n o rth 100 fe e t to th e to aggression to 1931 pnoved we had talked with scholars and scientist»— I ’ureka Lodge No. 121 A.F.A A..M. not done enough. Now we have a politicians and potentates—labor lead alley. M eets on the 1st and second chance. The challenge is ours The cost o f th e walk« »hall be ers and industrialists—men of all 3rd T h ursday evening» to do better. Our past efforts still of each month- V isiting fo rty cents (40c) per sq u a re foot s'.and as a basis upon which to build stripes, <nd I have yet to meet two m em bers are cordially for the g ra d in g , p o u rin g an d fin- anew. The Constitution can and must men who completely agree as to what be evolved into one in which the Im democracy really t s . ’ Japan, under nvited to m eet w ith ishing of a sidew alk four inches « G. A. R uggles. W. fo perial Rule stems from the people. Emperor Hlrohlto, is an oligarchy.* deep which charge »hall be ass This is radical, but the Imperial grant Seventy million Japs deify their Em W. D. W allan, S ecretary essed against - the adjacent pro- of the present Constitution Jn 1888 peror. The Tanaka Memorial, which was no less startling. Radical too was calls upon the Japanese people, Bethlafcera Chapter No. 78, O E.K an<1 hecorue a lien upon said the granting in 1925 of suffrage to all through their military cliques to con M?eU Every Second anu property. Japanese males over 25 years of age. quer “Asia for the Asiatics”, is the F o u rth T hursdays ;n each Giles L. F ren ch , M ayor Radical also was the command of the breath of Japanese national life. We Month. V isiting Members A TTEST: overlords that all Japanese learn to opened the door for Japan and now in v ited — Moro. Oregon read and write until •» the country we shall slam it shut because of the C. A. R uggles, R eco rd er' boasts 98% literacy. The Japanese are peiddy of her attacks on Pearl H ar Rose Amidon, W. M. Dated this 10th day o f -Septem avid readers of newspapers, maga bor. Right or wrong, this is no step R uth S parlidg, S ecretary zines and books. They listen to the toward her democratization. I think ber, L946 radio, a well-organized enterprise In first that we must understand what Japan. They thrive on the maneuves- ip« mean by democracy before we ings of political parties, two of which start to sell it to someone else. Is it were powerful prior to 1940. The the two-party system?—freedom of Joe tools of democracy are there If we speech and assembly?—the right to a fair trial?—ownership of private have the wisdom to use them. property?—Just what do we mean MR. CROFT CH A LLENG ES: I still when we say “democratize Japan?” think we talk too loosely ac>out de —and how do we do it?—with a Bible , mocracy. What kind of democracy do or an atomic bombardment? we expect the Japanese to digest MR. GOETTE CHALLENGES: Mr. I without suffering serious civil con vulsions? The argument that Japan Croft begs the question. Democracy is “has the tools for democracy” is the government in the hands of the peo same one projected by the Germans ple. Whether it takes the American Andy Botkin, tavern keeper at Main Street and the Garden Cafe after their defeat in 1918—and look political form, that of Britain with a . . from men who remember lis the Garden Cafe, has a hobby. what happened behind that false king or any other expression under te n in g to fo o tb a ll s c o r e s on facade of “democracy”. No, Mr. a liberal constitutional regime is im It’g writing to all the service Goette, let’s be realistic and admit material. Japan loves her imperial m en who used to make his place Andy’s radio, sharing a mild to the fact you can’t force a political trappings. She has a Constitution. glass of beer with friends . . . a sort of club. jystem on any people withoi^ the Our Job Is to help the Japanese mold From w here 1 sit, Andy*» do And do th ey appreciate it! One .ool of tyranny or totalitarianism. the two ingredients into a democratic in g a one-m an job o f boosting This is not the democracy we be framework compatible with native o f them sen t him a German com lieve will win friends and influence thoughts and customs. Above all, we m orale. A n d y’s sp otless tavern, bat helm et; another, a Jap flag. people. 1 think we must talk softly cannot slam the door on Japan. It is \.it*i its decent, hom elike' snr* H e's g o t picture» and coins and ind carry a bjg stick for many, many truly “one world”. Jspan and the •oaven lr» of all kinds on the roundings, is d oin g a job on the U. S. cannot escape life together on years to come. the Pacific. The Bible, the atomic wall-^niem entoe w ith “T o A ndy” hom e front, too . . . In p r o m o t l^ MR. GOETTE REPLIES: Banish pom b'and, above all, common sense w ritten on them . moderation and w h olesom e re your defeatism, Mr. Croft! Failure play their part in democratizing laxation. And he showed me the letters Japan. with Germany after 1918 is reason to that h e’s got b ack. . . from home succeed in Japan. We will talk harsh MR. CRO FT R EPLIES: We are ly, hot “softly”, and wield, rather sick privates to reminiscent colo ;han “carry”, that big stick. We can’t slamming the door shut on Japan nels. Letters about home and 'orce democracy upon Japan but we when we strip her of empiref Japan can win the forthcoming war of ideas. became a ranking world power Copyright, 1945, United States Brewms g— -» ->— Democracy won’t come without civil through the fruits of victory acquired .■onvulsion and birthpangs in Japan's as our ally in World War I. Ijrtand »ody politic. Colonial America suf outposts, trading areas, colonization fered that agony,- so must Japan. of new islands, thrust her industrial Japanese history abounds with con progress forward at a stunning rate. vulsion. Between 1921 and 1936 seven Now her empire shrivels to her na cabinet ministers were assassinated. tive shores. Potsdam terms put an Emperor,’ militarists and supporting end to her dreams of expansion in industrialists ajp now tottering under Asia. Mr. Goette agrees with me that surrender. Further American nudr- we must be like the Irishman who ings can instigate Japanese .masses to said, “There’ll be peace in this house crown this incipient revolution with if I have to lick everybody in it”. Not a bad idea! liberal constitutionalism. ^1 if l W ake U p , A merica ! From where I s it... M arsh Andy Botkin has a hobby SO U V EN IR S la th ere a little “b o oby-trap” lu rk in g in your ¡home? T hat th e question Colonel A. V, Disham , ordnance officer for th e N inth Service Command, ask ed hu n d red s o f persons m the W est who unsuspectingly nave “sudden d e a th ”—am anunition sou venir«— in th e ir hom es today. The “arm y ordnance officer,“ m am m unition ex p ert, w arned own- ✓ Continued Food Production Wramng oourOu ««aJhw Otate OB A M v Cb»ï>4 X-, O regon’s farmers and ranchers w ill find this Soldier of the Soil ., bank always ready t o lend begins w ith th e American farmer, working from long before sunrise until long after nightfall. Upon him falls th e burden o f feeding the fighting forces . . . th e civilian popu lation. . . and hungry m ouths in w ar-tom countries. \ . . . ictory money to handle crops, V to buy needed farm machinery, to modernize Buildings . . . in short, to farm loan service always. T o th e ch a llen g e o f producing more food than ever, American soldiers o f the soil have responded w ith heroic effort. D espite shortages o f help and equipm ent, they have established records. T h ey have contributed m ightily towards winning the war. BRANCH OFFICES IN 25 OREGON COMMUNITIES N ow you are asked to help your fellowm en in an other w a y ...to contribute m oney to give m en in the armed forces needed recreation, to give books and I sports equipm ent to prisoners o f war, to g iv e nerve shattered m en in the merchant marine a rh»«™» tc recuperate. T o give unfortunate people abroad, and a t home, a c h a n c e to have life, liberty, and happiness, f further food production. Prompt and courteous T he dollars you can give are needed more «-Han ever i th is year. P lease give generously. ' HARRY A. DAVIS M e n a g ir MAX F. KASBERGER A m *. Manager . RODNEY COOFGR A m filve generoa jly THE DAILES BRANCH «( The UNITED STATES NATIONAL BANK it Your Community War Fund a« National War Fund MEMBER FEDERAL D EFO EIT IN S U R A N C E CORPORATION 0 <'
