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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.
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HARRY A. DAVIS
M e n a g ir
MAX F. KASBERGER
A m *. Manager .
RODNEY COOFGR
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filve generoa jly
THE DAILES BRANCH «(
The UNITED STATES NATIONAL BANK
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Your Community War Fund
a« National War Fund
MEMBER FEDERAL D EFO EIT IN S U R A N C E CORPORATION
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