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About Sherman County journal. (Moro, Or.) 1931-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 18, 1949)
i_ Z PAGA t SHERM AN COUNTY JO URNAL MORO OREGON breakfast and beefsteak the re mainder of the day. But it runs out of the writer's ears—and Pablishcd E very F riday at mouth. , Moro, Oregon The proposal to change the in Giles L. F r e n c h ............ - Editor come tak so as to eliminate the aa » « o d d cl a*? m a tte r a t the exemption for federal tax paid is ^ arto ffle e a t M o ro . Oregon u n der Act of pot so drastic as opponents’ pre ftm gtoae o f M arch 1. 1*7« a sume. One bill would just remove the federal tax exemption with O FFICIAL COUNTY PA PER out change in the rates. That SUBSCRIPTION RATES would increase Oregon’s income ONE YEAR ........................... 62.00 from income tax by $10,500,000. It 'would be too high. Jfowfos Another proposal would reduce II the rates with an effort being Olli I A T I 0 P made to collect about as much F unsi money as in 1947. Actually the fe deral government would be the e d it o r ia l loser because Oregon would col n a t io n a l lect more and such payments are ç A ï i ^ n an exemption on the federal tax. Sounds screw ball?. Well, it isn’t. A man with million dollar in FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1949 come pays $850,000 to the federal government and $12,000 to the INCOMK TAX state. Under present rates and It seems entirely possible that with the federal exemption taken the readers of this paper will be out the state tax he would pay tired of reading about taxes. It is $80.000 tp the state and 85% of a strong diet, heavy in protein, $920,000 to the federal govern and comparable to beans. for ment. Not many people have Incomes of that size but anyone can ilgure it out by taking his own tax for state and federal and doing some pencil work. If deductions were "made a flat $600 per person the man with a family would get a IIEST0STER0HE break if rates started at one • ••naw •vallebl* percent and the small taxpayer would ftgOUCXO PfOCff get a break. o you in plain wrapper by re- • Neither California nor New IM A IL Send check or money TAB York permit exemptions for fe for IS -w e pay portage Send LETS h C. O. D. order*. deral taxes paid and some other states do likewise. You kndw, it might not be a HEALTH CHEMICALS • fopt H POST bad idea to pay more to Oregon PAID P.l In 1<N, Us A rises Calf. and less to Washington, D. C. It FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1949 30 ’5 No opinions wanted! E ach day u e get letters from readers. They praise and condemn, approve and protest. * They are a yardstick o f freedom. As long as you can pick up your pen and express your opinions, one way or the other, about something th a t appears in this news paper, you are a free citizen. And when you cannot comment because this newspaper can not print the facta and opinions th at atir you to Write, freedom in thia country is dead. e e • Look through thia issue. N ote the array of happenings, good and bad, th at are reported so th a t you can be informed and shape your life accordingly. Read the opinion!— ours and those o f lawmakers, labor leaders, businessmen and educators. Some may please. You may disagree \ w ith others. But they are here for y tr; to read, study, accept or rs jc *t as you wish. Imagine not being able to do sot D o n 't think it can't happen. W hen the w ar was raging, you were concerned about freedom. Perhaps for the first time you saw how much people need a free press in order to be free. Because Mussolini and H itle r are dead, don't take i t for granted th a t freedom is safe. T o keep i t intact calls for ceaseless vigilance. To d ay there Sat iuen and women— some well- meaning but short-sighted, tome malignant— who would enslave you. Th ey form committees, paas high-sounding resolutions and agitate for laws. 1 / Going Hone Via II. S. Navy In Days of Old From the Observer, Feb. 16, 1900 Mr. and Mrs. Robert Dear, nee Miss Clara Speer, were united In marriage yesterday and are now at home in Moro. Miss Lottie Vinton and J. H. Rinearson were married at the home of the bride’s parents on the 14th in Grass Valley. Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Mowry cele brated their 32nd wedding anni versary the 14th at Cberrycroft farm .A few friends were invited in to jqin them at dinner. From th e G. V. i bars of USS L 8 T 1069 watching Korean civilians as they prepare M hoard the vessel prior to the last trip . (OOciai N w P h fg ra ,b ) wouldn’t have to go so far away from home, and the farther a dol-, lar travels the smaller it gets. A tax dollar that goes to the county and back is still pretty much of a dollar, if it goes to the state capital it gets worn down some, and when it travels across the continent It looks like a thin dime by the time it returns. Maybe they don’t want the state to do so many things, maybe they want less government, maybe they want less taxes, and further more, maybe they’re right. . gon do if confronted with a levy over the six percent limit of around $50 million? It would be offset by funds now on hand. If. they voted it down the legislature would have to be called into ses sion to pass some new tax laws, which the people might defeat. Then the state would really be busted. t. .. The privileges which the peo- pl obtained under the initiative and refererendum measures of 1902 also infer some responsibili ties. It is the contention of this page that ff the people were cor rectly informed they would de cide wisely. That is a part of the question about diverting funds to the gen eral fund. These funds can now be used for nothing but offsetting property taxes. Those who want to transfer them to the general fund where they can be spent without vote of the people are those who by this action prove that they do not trust the people. "Whether the initiative and re ferendum are good laws for a state to have or not is not the gu- estion. Oregon has them. The peo ple have authority to start laws on their own or defeat laws enact ed by the legislature. No tax law can carry the. emergency clause and that gives the people 90 days In which to review them and ini tiate agaipst them. The move to divert funds is an expression of distrust in the vo ters and Is an incongruous posi tion of a nelected official. • It is said that the people didn’t understand when they voted against allowing the $6,500,000 levy last fall. It wtould have come from excise and Income tax off set funds. Maybe They didn’t un derstand. But, maybe, they did. Bible School ---- 10:00 a. m. Morning Worship -- 11:00 a. m. “Life from among the Tomb stone«." Prayer S erv ice---- 7:00 p. m. Evening Service___7:80 p. m \ “The Bible, the Guidebook." Heart Disease is America’s No. I Killer CHURCH OF CHRIST WASCO, OREGON F. Claude Stephen», m inister February 20, 1949 10:00 a. m. Church School 11:00* a. m. See.and hear the interesting program “Trail of The Fortyniners.” 11:00 a. m. Morning Worship. All Cordially Welcome! N oy is the time to m odernise your heating system with a new Spark OU Heater or H. C. Little Floor Furnace. Proved in use. Ask your Neighbor. See— BARNEY’S, Grass Valley, Ore. From G. V. J-, Feb. 6, 1920 Charles E. Davis has bought the crop and lease of the land farmed by Noah Hammond, con sisting of one section, and also leased the section farmed by Joe Dunlap; both sections are E. O. L. property. Mr. Hammond Informs us he will move to Idaho. Mrs. I.. D..Pike, who has been confined to her bed for two weeks was taken to The Dalles hospital where she had an operation per formed by Dr. Taylor. She is get ting along nicely. ’ Mr. and Mrs. James Blagg have a new son at their home, arriving Wednesday morning, February 4th. T. Lesier Johnsen LAWYER WASCO 4 KOBO George G. Updegraff Attorney at law MORO Mc^lay, Wednesday, Afternoons Frida) T H E DALLES 211 East T h ird Street Adams Paint Store Telephone 3209 Third & Union St. * T H E DALLES, OREGON P aint • W allpaper • Venetian B linds G ENER AL P A IN T PRODUCTS H eavy Kote - one coat finish F lex • Colorful decorator R ayonite, washable smooth finish off on all wallpaper in stock 20% off on special orders • ’ • • • • • • '• ♦ s n Just received Zenith radio phono graph com bination that plays standard and n ew long-playing records, g ee it now at — BARNEY'S, Grass Valley, Ore. O H U R C H GRAMS VALLEY ____ FIR ST BAPTIST CHURCH ' OREGON'S ECONOMY Alton V. Kintner What would the people of Ore Sunday, February 20, 1949 • Q- Opsn your heart — GIVE to fight heart disease. The Oregon Heart Association is now raising fundi ur- * gently needed for scien tific research te reduce and prevent needless less of hwnan life ...b y fight ing heart disease. This plea is addressed te YOU . , . c o nt ribut • g • ner o us ly to help protect your loved one« and ! yourself from America's No. 1 Killer— heart disease. Please send your contribution to . See No«! W « •’ i. Oregon Heart Ass’n Parlor B, Portland Hotel Portland, Oregon Oowrteey of Sherm an County Journal • * • i — a— a---- a— «— •— • S elect Sw eaters in Cable K nit • * In all the new Spring Shades • Greta, The D alles • IN S U R A N C E Crain, Feed, Fuel Farm Im plem ents BARBED W IRE — GOOD PORTS' PHONE 1C3 Feeds! ore GAS AND OIL T ires-Accessori«-* R H M c K E A N and, SON WASCO OREGON W inter time is reading time and w e can take care of that w ith . a newspapers and a good supply of magazines. . ’ THE TAVERN t opinions— except t h * * —hick they claim is good for you. In effect they want ne opinions published «swept their own. They kneaa dbru, if tkay can control ««AM yae rred, sA/y can control year sated. They seek to lim it the free exchange o f facts and opinions now available. They ta lk about the necessity o f lim iting the press. W hen tbsy say th a t, they mean lim iting you. THANKS, FOLKS! By turning off lights and applia'K** you've made it possible for me to .keep on serving you . . . right through the famous cold spoil, when streams froxe up and the power plants _ just couldn't give me enough strength ' to do all the work peopS normally want me to do. / I certainly appreciate y cooperation K en Z a c h a ry Now 2 oan work fvH thee Except betweer S and < FM •Aider weather, longa end Improved water condi*i ut have MNtfetaed to lei me work normally foi you a g r i* . . . except between 5 and 6 at night. Pleev*% continue to turn off lights and applian. /' during that peak hour, for I still don't have enough power plant capacity to work at full strength during those 60 minutes. I Enjoy the whiskey th o ti Retldif, K ilo w a tt ■ Your PP & L Electric Servant iU N omw ”. Kentucky W hiskey- A Blend 63.60, 4-3 Q t 62.30 pt. 4ght to know is the key to all your liberties Feb. I l , 1910 L. L. Peetz and wife, Miss Ginn Miss Landry, Miss Rose, Roy Huis, and Edward Lewis of Moro attended the funeral services One o f their first attacks is on your freedom to know. Th ey would deny you access to information— facts »ad Fiesdom o f the press doesn't belong exclu sively to newspapers. I t belongs to everyone. T h e newspapers are m inority owners. Freedom o f the press means freedom to read as well as freedom to publish. W hen newspapers become propaganda mouthpieces, they are not free— and neither are you. T h e choice is yours. You can shut off your access to w hat is going on in this country and throughout the world by following these self- styled leaders. O r you can refuse to be led into ignorance and slavery—refuse to give up y o u r r i ^ i t to k n o w as a self-governing fre e c itiz e n a. a.. S -A A -.» .. 4 „ • J Tuesday for Corn Davir Russel, Toastmaster and G. E. A uto who died in Spokane February 6. matic Toasters, the Ideal gift, She was born February IL <875. Now in stock at Dr. James .dentist, returned from the river Tuesday morning, BARNEY'S, Grass Valley, Ore. • • he says that place is no summer • ♦ resort. ’ VICTO R G. PETERSON Frank lams has rented his farm and sold his implements to one of R E A L E STA TE the Hammonds. Mr. lams thinks he will locate In southern Ore RANK HOTEL, T H E DALLES gon- ■ a S , j&ljrrnuin C ounty Jo u rn a l ORMONES »•— 6ATI0HAL DISTILLERS PROD. CORP, M . Y. • ■« M PROOF • 65% GRAIN NEUTRAL P. S. Please don't waste power at any time, and please be alert for notice of any new development whether due to weather or possible breakdown of heavily loaded generators or transmission facilities. I
