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SH K K M A IS
COUNT,
JO V W A U
MOKO
OREGON
F IU O A V , J A K V A B I ' . . . KM>
two house bill. In which two legls-
latures ask that the legislature pu
' the
Z ‘s state
u u income
" . ~ and
a n ^ e excise
x c ls e tax
ux
’ P u b lis h e d E v e r y F r id a y a t
funds
in
the
general
fund
wh
Moro,
they would
be a a v v a ila
they
would be
a b n le a o r m » £ e
t a « « i — « « « w rta” w “ ■' “ t P v °P r 'a t lo n
nrooerty
ftE S L
Now
P**
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— Both
tax offset.
O F F .C I A ., C O U N T Y P A U K K
the Eastern O««on Wheat
lawyer,
isdirrnunt C ounty Jo u rn a l
League and ,l’®
^ e o ^ f =
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ONE YEAR
• IE W
F illi»
4 ® €1
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F R ID A Y , J A N U A R Y 1 1 , 1M »
T A X P A Y E R F E D E R A T IO N
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and may: the club can help.-In fact P A J ’ h bustoess session Mrs.
f
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- e v e much £
r ^
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-
‘Safety' b Topic o f
, (In h
IVlOTO V
t OUKHS v IW,
heip. sherrotfn county needs bet-
c,ub can help;
— ¿cboo|s; the
the club
MorQ Woman.s club met
Sherman county needs b* t t e r
afternoon January 14, at
health servlces: lhe C‘,U,b
^ h^me of M™. Dewey Thorp-
Sherman
S h e r ^ county could use some or son wjth ou/,,,i
about »Mrtv
thirty members
moaber.
y a n \ . o " u t tra ^ „ ^
.
n a t io n a l
e
sherman county needs a more
them.
.
Both of these organizations are
expected to take an active hand
in the defeat of the proposals. It
will be to their advantage to start
work Immediately.
Taxpayer groups are usually P O W E R S H O R T A G E
formed whenever property taxes
There is an undeniable short-
get so high they cannot be paid. age of electric power and the
As long as farmers and other pro
X agencies handling it say it win
until
new
power
perty taxpayers can find tne continue ..„sii
until now
new nnu-pr
p o w e r can be
tqpney to pay their taxes they do obtained through the construction
so with little protest other than of new dams.
some grumbles about how big the
This naturally means the M c
tax bill seems to be growing.
.. ........ now
.............
Nary dam.
under construc-
'B u t when there isn’t money on but which wui not be mak
enough in the sock to pay the tax
power for four or five years,
collector at all taxpayers arise n ° Qther major development is
and form groups and cut down ex-
built nd the shortage will
T
f r n - QO„lrtllfi
s
penases drastically, . =
sometimes
l t ___
before five years
8" « *
“ v-
S 'i E
Z
x
x
i
George G. Updegraff
= » 0—
, • =
on removing accident
common to the home.
It was voted by the club to
have a committee meet with the
council and help them to secure
_______________ ____________
flashers at dangerous intersec-
F ro m t h e O b se r v e r , J a n . 19, ,iM* \tio n s on the highway within city
Smith of iimitg. The council has already
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Smith
Grass Valle^l have returned contacted the state highway com
from Portland.
mission with no success.
Miss Pearl Dean has a fine as
Next meeting of teh club will
sortment
best
quality
gent's
ties
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-----
„
Friday, Jan. 28. Mrs. Harry
n r HarUev
,g alten<Ung
Dr.
Hartley Is
attending Cnrl
Lnrla p ,nkerton director and the topic
Anderson who was recently sert- ( international Relations.”
ously injured by being thrown.
_
irom a horse.
,
• ''
E.Hamlin sold six fine hogs,
j j m g rowlli rOad foreman, re
total weight 1900 pounds to Paige
purchased the Eddy hour
“ Parry Monday.
acros8 from the courthouse, from
From the G. V. J. Jan =b J»1®
. r^ MnSfi He aiso bought one
Tuesday morning
morning at
aiso at
oy the
g ~ fair
Tuesday
at * 4 o o’clock
ewe* John
-y» DeMoss. He>
houses
H
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=
s S r f f l i =
k
k
s
s
-
A tto r n e y a t la w
MORO
Monday,
In Days of Old
Adams Paint Store
pasaengera plus a crew of alx.
A N N U A L G E T -T O G E T H E R
S L A T E D F O R F E B . IS
The Sherman County Luncheon
group wish to announce that the
annual get-together meeting will
be at the Portland hotel on Sun
day 2-13-49, from 1 to 4 in the
Mlror room.
This meeting is especially plan
ned to Include the husbands and
stitutions.
neville
dam ------------
Is selling more power c Married at
at Kent
Kent Sunday
Sunday even-
even- he
---------------
he wiH
will haVe
have'a a modern
modern home
home close
close famlles. according to Esta M.
The procedure Is most human. than it ls able to generate and is
g Hattie Houghton and
to VIs work.
Powell/ president.
It could be improved upon. Right tberefore drawing on other power George Kentner.
troub-
Darkness doubles trafic
now would be an excellent time sources to fill the need if its cub - - - A band of thirty-six mules jur-
ar-
“S T R A N G E ” .
,
r __ nu/nors
in owners
vet to- to _______________
8* -ivozl
Q, Grass Valley
V
for
property
get to- tomer8 joined isrtth
with Flnnnevllle
Bonneville 1 l*
rlved at
Wednesday les_Slow down at night.
Bob: “1 want a girl just like the
eether and learn about property p
. Coulee and all other power afternoon, stopping over night,
Mr and
Mrs. lxjwu
Lewis . Sather left one my grandfather got.”
and the
the day
dav before
before the
the same
same num-
num-
j^r
ano Mrs.
---------- ---------- dam and stand-by plants in the and
-
~
Fr iend: “Don’t be silly, there«
X . , aP»b ™ S rtT u ' ta to '
none like that anymore.”
California,
to
attend
the
funeral
come for property y unless
expen
Qne
mUKt wonder
u ..™ —
t---
O
ne mUSl
WU1IUC1 why
W..J . It . - is - Im-
- - ana tney
’
Bob: “That’s strange, he only
of his brother, Richard Sather.^ got her yesterday.’’
,ty;
dis.
^
ble
to
buHd
Mme
dams
on
the
t
'’l
/
rr^
1
lolr
h
,
of
state,
county,
school
dis
__________ G .V J v J a n . 1«, 1920
ses
and te p t r>eRChutes river
riVer w
where
are
trict and city are halted
naive« ana
n e r e there
u * e .e —
The county court has appoint Mr. and Mrs. Vince Carted and
within the power to pay in normal rooA looklng power sites (to a lay- ed a new Sherman County Fair daughters of Culver spent the Cars often collide without igjfofry
times.
- man) and where water runs swlft- Board as folows: A. H. Barnum, weekend at the D. A. Van Gilder to pasengers. But when pedestrian
and car collide it’s certain injury
Right now It is only possible to
a^ R
m o m h s ' to ’ u d ld J. J. Wiley, V. H. Smith, L. B. home.
_______ or death for the walker.—Remem
Payne and Roy Powell.
ber that, next time you’re think
Hoy Barnett and Wren Hogue
of ^the0 state
^ a T e a°dam in the gorge of the Des-
are in Corvallis taking a course
_____
ing of jaywalking. -
high and Incomes large If there
maln reagon ^ hy in the tractor school.
•
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- " >
There was an important busi-
should be a state tax levied at this
orobably’ not be done is
transaction in Grass Valley
time it would be nearly 30 mills.
private industry has nes
T. Lester Johnson
Monday
afternoon when Milton
Property m
oi ¿ v ern m en t. The Oregon law
O’Brien bought Mr. Leary’s Inter-
that much of a boost lh taxes.
K v helpful
power est in the hardware and imple-
LAWYER
1» not
W
.« .r —- to
- private
-
The immediate danger to pro 1«
development
either,
and
the
peo
ment
store,
Mr.
O’Brien
continu
MORO
WASOO
pert y in Oregon is the t h r tf lt in é e refused to change It at the last ¡ng the business under his own
L Jubn
name. Mr. O’Leary has been In
A private power dam might re- the hardware business here for
I .O .O F
M oro Ix x lg e
N o.
turn a profit for a few years and nine years.
Meets , 1st and 3rd
then find itself crowded out by IX R IV E R S L I C E N S E
Tuesdays in I.O.O.F.
TOvernment power when m o r e E X A M I N E R C O M IN G J A N . 27
hall. Transient and
federal dams were built.
visiting brothers are
This means that we are depend-
A drivers license examiner will
tordially invited to
ent on the federal government l>e on duty in Moro Thursday,
meet with us.
Gentlemans ff^/sfe y for our power, and that we will January 27, 1949, at the court- -
Leo Watkins, N . G.
bo
Indefinite u time
of lu.uu
10.00
be for an indefinite
m e to
v« come house between the hours ot
TRAFFIC TROUBLES—
John DeMoss, Secretary
We have the same opportunity to & m and 3 p m according to an
J ro m Kentucky
B ig g a H B a r g a in in Travel
E u rek a Ix>dge N o . 121 A iF . A A A t
protest when power is Inadequate announcement received from the
Meets on the 1st and
as would we have under private Secretary of state’s office,
3rd Thursday evenings
Try
this
te
s
t:
Go
G
rey
oontrol. but we have to holler so
Persons wishing licenses or per
each month. Visiting
hound every trip d u r i n
much louder because the respon mits to drive are asked to get in
members cordially in
January, notice how muc
sible heads are far away in Wash touch with the examiner well
vited to meet with us.
you save. You’ll go G rey
ington, instead of being In Port ahead
____ of the scheduled closing
L. V. Henrichs, W. M.
comple-
hound a lw a y s ! F req u en t,
land or Salem.
hour in order to asure comp
Pinkerton, Secretary
BRAND
Arguing about the theory of tne Uon of thelr applications with a
tim ely departure« make it
L u p in e R e b e k a h L o d g e N o . 11«
matter Is useless,
minimum of delay.
easy to shop or travel. And
Kentucky Hftisfoy
Meets
2nd and 4th
cause federal control of power _____ .----------
you arrive relaxed! T ra in
Tuesday« of each
is already an accomplished fact.
CARD OF T H A N K S
ed drivers relieve you of all month.
Visiting
__ ________——
We wish to express our sincere
traffic strain. Y our G rey members welcome.
SH E R M A N COUNTY C LU B
thanks and appreciation to our
hound A gent w ill give you
Bertha Belshe N. G
It is probably as important to many friends and neighbors who
Clara Houston, Sec.
inform ation on any trip .
keep the Sherman County Club, uere so kind to us durinj our re-
Bethlehem Chapter NoTTS. O.E.8
or some similar club, going as It cerd bereavement andalso for the Left GREYHOUND
W «*
Meets every second and
’Is to keep county government. beautlfuj n orai offerings,
For • Trie to S unny LanJ« I
fourth
Thursday In each
may
sound
fantastic
but
it
Mrg
Ida
M
o
lds
That may
month; visiting members
S a y g o o d b y e to w i n t e r ’» ic y
really isn’t.
Mr. and Mrs. Ted Trimble
9».
invited. Moro, Oregon
breezes, and hello to healthful
There are many things In which
«-5 q t.
Alton Olds
sunshine! Greyhound’s travel ex
F ls ie J o n e s , W. M.
a good service club can represent
9 2 .» '
perts can help you plan a more
Fxlna M elzer, S e c r e ta r y
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Brisbane
the county that a county court
enjoyable vacation— frde from all
cannot. And they are of great Im were in Portland last week where
detail#. T ransportation, hotel»,
sidetrips, sightseeing — all pre
portance.
. ,
. Ralph had a medical examination.
Politically, and more things de They came home in time Friday
planned — for one /ow coat. See
your Greyhound Agent now/ Ask
pend on political action these afternoon to assist the John T.
for descriptive, F R E E folders I
day 8, Sherman county Is a small Johnsons from their wreck in the
GUBYHOUND
LEADS IN COUKTBSYt
It
is
a
good
unit
and
one
unit.
Biggs canyon.
that must he retained for all kinds
of economic reasons as well as D en im Drewae«, nun h a ck w ith
or w it h o u t Jack et. — .
social ones. None of our problems
The Tavern
BRAMD
would vbe solved by joining with
another county.
In order to retain our integrity
as a political unit we must have
some group that will actively sup
port and represent the county.
The Sherman County Club is de
signed to do that. It does not in
clude just one single group but
asks for membership from every
one. men and women; farmers
86 Pro®» •
*•*" Neutoal SpiriU
and business men. professional
Frida j
THE DALLES
211 East Third Street
Telephone 3209
GLAM OUR P L A N E . . . T he » la tely in terier e f thia U . B. a ir fo rte
L ockheed C onatelU tlon »how« the “ e x e e n tiv e .ta te r e o m ’ w hich report
ed ly w a . too »wank for P reaid en t T rum an . He p r e fe r , h i . leaa glam ou r-
oua DC-«. The “ m y .te r y p la n e .” »aid to h a v e been outfitted *•«’ « « **
a flying flagship for D ew ey , is now at M itchel field. The plane ho da M
Miss Clara Mersinger is spend
ing a few days here visiting with
her parents, ftr» and Mrs. Clar
ence Mersinger.
•
Mrs. J a F. -Noonan -Returned
Thursday feom St. Helens where
she has ben visiting since the
Christmas holidays
Wednesday,
Afternoons
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