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JOHN HAY HAM
We really don’t care much who
builds the John Day dam. If It Is
built It w ill produce electricity,
aid navigation, provide recreation.
If some make a profit from doing
all this we can’t worry about that,
either.We like to make a profit
so are in on position to feel hurt
if others do the same.
Neither are we convinced that
all dams must be built by the
federal government.
They run
Into larger figures if publically
done, are subject to more controls
(political as well as economic) and
then the taxpayers have to foot
the bill sometime. Of course, there
Is amoritlzatlon In theory and in
terest in theory. Also there is al
ways political pressure for cheap
electricity and subsidies to navi
gation which make both amori
tlzatlon and Interest indefinite of
achievement.
The projected dam. If built by
private companies, w ill be lower
than the ones the federal engin
eers have projected and it w ill
not flood so many acres of low
land«. It w ill therefore lie of less
value for flood control. That fea
ture does not enhance the value
of the dam to us, although to oth
ers It w ill be a blessing.
It would be a fine thing If we
could have at least one big dam
built by private parties.
That
would give us a check on costs
as between the federal govern
ment and private Industry.
One feature of the plans, as an
nounced, Is that all sorts of agen
cies .w ill l>e in on the building
Private power companies, the fed
eral government, I ’l ’Ds a n d
REAs. All are Interested in the
same thing actually—In the pro
duction and sale of power. The
progress of the northwest w ill be
hastened by all working together.
Neither do we see any insur
mountable difficulties about ar
ranging a division of costs bet
ween private companies and the
government. Naturally navigation
Is a charge of the federal govern
ment, also flood control.
*The
benefits the dam gives to those
functions can lx* paid by the gov
ernment; the part of the cost ac
cruing to power can tie paid by
private companies, PUDs, REAs,
etc. As for recreation, the lake
w ill tie there and It w ill have wa
ter In It and the water w ill float
a txiat and fed a fish whether
the datn Is built by taxpayers’
money or private
industry’s
bonds.
And the most basic Item of all
Is that the northwest can use
more power. So let’s let someone
build a dam for It. Government
w ill regulate the charges anyway.
Walter 11. Pierce died Saturday
night at his home near Salem af
ter living for more than 9o ysare.
the majority of which was dedi
cated to politics, an art at which
he became a master.
He was as full of hokum as a
medicine show barker and he sold
his wares just as successfully.
He said, t h e people don't want to
be bored with the serious prole
lems of government, tell ’em a
story” . He did, and also quoted
’em a poem and sent them away
still under the spell of his oratory.
Let not this generation sujier-
ciliously say that such things are
out of style now. The answer is
that no one now can do it like
Walter. People haven't changed.
It used to be quite a sight to
see Walter come into town dress
ed in a baggy and well worn suit,
his shoes scuffed, his watch foil
a piece of sack-string and accom
panied by a young man to pack
his notes and provide his memory.
He needed to know but one citizen
and from him he obtained infor
mation about the next. "Hello,
Bill, my old friend,” be accosted
them and Bill was pleased too
to resent that his name had been
learned from the man next door.
Whether Walter believed the
things he told the people w ill
never lie known unless his mem
oirs are much more frank than
expected. Did he really think that
he could cut state taxes by half
when he went about tearing tax
statements In two?
Did he be
lieve the national economy would
lie Improved if farmers got their
"feet in the trough, too” as he so
blithely Invited them to do?
Actually Walter didn't have to
lie an economist. It would have
been superfluous, perhaps a hand
icap. He was a politician, he
knew how to get elected under ad
verse circumstances—and did. He
feelingly told the sad plight of
the country In March of 1933 in
explanation of his votes to give
almost unlimited powers to the
executive, powers that were leg
islative ¡xiwers under the consti
tution and powers that were re
served to the people under the
constitution.
He shook their hands and told
them what fine folks they were;
he gave them oratory and garner
ed their votes.
And he did it
splendidly, successfully ai^l ap
parently with much personal joy.
He was an accomplished practi
tioner of a lost art. Rest in Peace.
„ I t was rather unexpected that
Gongre •» would pas.-. a tax bill so
that it would take effect A pril
1. the date the war time excises
would have expire J. It was pretty
fast work.
Although exact provisions of
the bill have not been published
as yet, the house-senate confer
ence just being concluded, the
reductions seem to have been
made on the items that w ill give
the greatest benefit to citizens.
Re luction in excises on house
hold appliances should certainly
redu e the price of them and give
some stimulation to business. Au
tomobiles are selling well and w ill
carry the same rates as before.
The same Is true of tobacco and
liquor, the sale of which does not
appear to lie greatly retarded by
taxes although bootlegging is in
creasing.
Reduction In the tax on movie
tickets should help small theatres
w’hich have been having a hard
time generally. Ix?vles on tele
phone and telegraph tolls and on
freight should have been cut long
ago for they are legtimate Items
of business expense and not
luxuries In any sense.
To have given an additional
$1(X) in Income exemptions would
cost $2,400.000,000 ‘which Is too
much to drop in addition with
the cut in excises.
We expect
many changes in the income tax
laws later and most of them w ill
lie beneficial.
Although It did not prove pop
ular a reduction in taxes on in
come derived from dividends
would help citizens who provide
the monetary sinews of business.
Business of necessity is getting
bigger and it needs investment
by those who have money. Double-
taxation retards that investment.
Politically it isn’t popular. Tax
ing both the corporation and the
sto khokler is pretty rough on
business.
wracking and pain enduring.
Then came gunpowder and
gun« of one kind or another which
were better and completely pain
less for those who got hit in a
vulnerable place; for those shot
in most places there were days
of recovery accompanied by inac
tion and misery.
Bigger guns, cannon. TNT
bombs all.speeded and helped the
process of ridding the earth of its
most aggressive animal. Yet not
until the latter days of the latest
world war did man invent the
granddaddy of them all. Now be
L et’s Have a Poll of O ur O u n
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. JCveryone is getting a chance to express their opinion in various
polls except the residents of Sherman county and we’ve never
heard of a single one of them being asked a question by Gallup or
anyone else. To relieve that situation and give local folks an op
portunity, here are some questions in our own Sherman County
poll.
Do you Iwuieve this county should have compulsory test
ing for Bung’s disease.
can snuff them out by the m il
lions with a mere suitcase full
of stuff.
We’re really getting
good and if something gets us
started we can wipe out civiliza
tion entirely and turn the world
over to the "savages” in a couple
of weeks of well spent time.
No one can envision the effects
of an explosion that reaches 70
miles in its effect Counting a
m illion would be child's play in
comparison.
I t sure has been a great Im
provement, not only in quantity,
but In quality. For those near the
explosion it doesn't hurt a bit.
But there’6 going to be a lot of
standing in line at both the pearly
gates and those flaming ones as
well.
NOTICE—I w ill not be responsi
ble for any debts other than
my own. Mary E. Rehr.
2o
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CUSTOM SLAUGHTERING —
Meat cutting, wrapping, sharp
freeze.
C & C Food Store,
Grass Valley. Oregon.
47tfn
FOR SALE;
4 bedroom house,
3 lots, garage, 40’ x 20’ shop;
electric heater & range, oil
beater & 265 gal. fuel tank, all
goes for $4750.00. Ivan Kirkelie
Moro, Oregon
26tfn
MAY ELEOCTRIC, electrical con
tracting, Moro, Oregon, Phone
722.
19 tfn
WANT ADS
Yes----- No-——
EXPERIENCED farm worker de
sires permanent work on wheat
ranch. Elmer Terry, 814 N. E.
72nd. Portland 16. Phone L I_
4802.
20-23p
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FOR SALE: 4 liedroom house,
double plumbing, oil furnace., Eureka l.ooge Nu. 121 A.>.2kA.*
Meets on the lot anu
4 lots, fine view. The Dalles/
onstration agent ? Yes---- - No------
3ro Thursday evening»
Inquire Journal office
21-2 c
each moi.ui. Visiting
MAN WITH FAM ILY wants
members cor<l:aii> m
year around Job on ranch. W rite
vited to meet with < im
Do
j think Sherman county needs a county a g e n t!
Box 405 Wasco.
21-22c
Howard Ross, W. M.
LOST— LAST FALL: Three com H. B. Pinkerton, Secretary
Y e s----- N o-----
ing two-year old registered
Hereford heifers, branded lazy H e tlile h e u i « h a p te r No. . i . O.E.S
Do y.>.. think Sherman county should have one high • S-S on right rib. No ear mark, N x / Meets every «econd ano
fourth Thursday in ea-.o
but tatooed on right ear. Reward
‘ month; vistttng member*
for
Information
leading
to
their
Sclit o l!
*, Yes------ No-----
invited. Moro, Oregon
recovery. Sid Seale, Condon,
Betty Christianson, W.M.
Oregon.
D you think Sieuman comity should continue* the soil STATE WIDE PAINT CO. com Elsie Jones, Secretary
plete painting and decorating M u ro Ixidge No. 113 l.C.O.F.
service, spray or brush Phone Meets 1st and 3rd
c iscrvation service here!
Yes---- - No-----
3977 or 5293, 1205 E. 12th St. Tuesdays il> 1 O.O.F.
Vern Campell and Jack Null, hall. Transient and
38tfn visiting brothers are
Do you think Sherman county should continue the spe The Dalles, Oregon
cordially Invited
BETTER INCOME. Greater tax
C. O. Burnet, N.G.
cial road levy!
Yes------ No------
shelter may be had through
’ et> W vk.ns. Secretary
various high grade investment
securities.
Inquiries
invited.
J.
Do you think the rigid price system for wheat helps W. DODD, TYGH VALLEY, Lupine Rebekah Lodge No. 116
Meets 2r.u and 4th
ORE.Eastern Dregon Mgr. Wm. Tuesdays of each
"’herinan court) ?
Yes------- No------
J. Collins& Co. Stocks, Bonds, month.
Visiting
Mutual Funds. Tax Exempt members welcome
Don’t sign your name.
Send slip to the Sherman County
School and State bonds. Invest Althea Burnet N. G.
Ielf*n Martin. Sec.
ment planning.
20tfn
Journal or stick it under the door. We’ll count them and report.
Do you believe Sherman county should hire a home dem
RIG BOMB
Referring to the latest lximbs
as big applies to their power. Ac
tually they are little things. But
In power they are the bigg'1
things »man has invented.
Years ago men used to k ill eac’t
other with clubs, a brutal busi
ness and while we’ve never been
killed with a club our Imagina
tion tells us it would lie painfuL
Then men sharpened the club
and made him a spear, later tipped
with iron. It was a better weapon
but still the ministrations of an
enemy with a spear were nerve
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