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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
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the rates with an effort being
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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Oregon Heart Ass’n
Parlor B, Portland Hotel
Portland, Oregon
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Sherm an County Journal
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Crain, Feed, Fuel
Farm Im plem ents
BARBED W IRE — GOOD PORTS'
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W inter time is reading time and
w e can take care of that w ith .
a
newspapers and a good supply
of magazines.
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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
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power plant capacity to work at full
strength during those 60 minutes.
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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
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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.
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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
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