The
Tax
O b s e rv e r.
W o rk on the collection of the
estimated $6.000.000,000 of new
income tax revenue has been be
gun by the Bureau of Internal
Revenue. The provisions of the
F R ID A Y .......... February 28, 1919 act reach the pocket-book of every
single person in the United States
Entered m »ecood claaa matter at the whose net income for 1918 was
poet oftcc at M oro. Ore<oo, July 25, 1891. $1000, or more, and of every mar
ried person whose net income was
C. L . I r e l a n d .............. Manager. $2000 or more. Persons whose
net income equaled or exceeded
these amounts, according to their
marital status, must file a return of
income with the collector of in
ternal revenue for the district in
which they live on or before
- M y C o u n tr y T i e of Thee, Swoot
March 15. Here is what will hap
of L iberty." \
pen to them if they don’t. .
MORO. OREGON.
Qfiùl hp fir t a to y .
For failure to file a return on
time, a fine of not more than
The following data compiled by $1000 and an additional assessment
County School Superintendent >f 25 per cent of the amount of
Curfman will be of interest to the tax due.
For “ willfully refusing” to make
readers of the Observer:
There are 54 teachers employed a return on time, a fine not ex
in Sherman county, divided equal ceeding $10,000, or not exceeding
ly between town and rural schools. one years imprisonment, or both.
Wasco employs 10. M oro 9 ,Grass
For making a false or fraudu
Valley 8, Kent 4. There a re '3 0 lent return, a fine of not more
school districts in the county; 28 than $10,000, or imprisonment of
rural and 4 high Schools.
not more than one year, or both,
The average salary paid town together with ap. additional as
grade teachers is $93.75. The low sessment of 50 per cent of the
est wage paid a high school teach amount of tax evaded.
er is $100. Seven town teachers
For failure to pay the tax on
receive $100. Average salary paid time, a fine of not more than
rural teachers is $81.66. highest sal $1000 and an additional assessment
of 5 per cent of the amount of
ary paid is $90 and lowest $65.
There are 1118 boys and girls in tax unpaid, plus 1 per cent inter
the county between the ages of
est for each full month during
and 20. The total county enroll which it remains unpaid.
ment for the current term is 919,
In addition to the personal ex
535 in town and 384 in rural emptions, taxpayers are allowed
schools. Wasco has an enroll an exemption of $200 for each
ment of 192, M oro 139, Grass person dependent upon them for
Valley 114, Kent 90. Wasco high chief support if such person is un
school has 54. M oro 49, Grass der 18 years of age and incapable
VaHey 23, Kent 13; total 140. In of self-support. Under the 1917
the 8th grade— rural schools. 33;
in town, 60; total 8th grade en act this exemption was allowed
only for each dependent “ child.”
ment, 93.
Cotraty School Statistics
or
DM (OOM
1 have given a lot of attention to the latest styles
for M en’s Spring and Summer Suits, and feel sure
that these Suitings cannot be approached for qual
ity of fabric and style in tailoring.
U. B IM ESTER , Merchant Tailor
M O RO ,
P r e s s in o
an d
O REG O N
D y e in g -
OWN
A HOME
The normal rate of tax under
the new act is 6 per cent of the
first $4000 of net income above
the exemptions, and 12’fcercentof
the net income in excess of $4000.
Incomes in excess of $5000 are
subject also to a surtax ranging
1 per cent of the amount of the
net income between $5000 And
$6000 to 65 per cent of the nCt in
come above $1,000,000.
Revenue officers will visit every
county in the United States to aid
taxpayers in making oat their re
turns. Failure to see these offi
cers, however, does not relieve
the taxpayer of his obligation to
file his return and pay his tax with
in the time specified -by law. In
this case taxpayers must seek the
Government,not the Government
the taxpayer.
Wkeat Price Guarantee*
The administration billion dol
ar wheat guarantee bill was passed
by the house February 22 by a
vote of 277 to 15. The bill as re
ported out by the agricultural
committee was amended only in
two important particulars. One
Representative Moore of Penn
sylvania limits the life of the act
to June 1, 1920, instead of Octo
ber 15. 1920; the other by repre
sentative McLaughlin of Michigan
jroadens the power of the presi
dent to restrict the importation of
wheat if such action is found nec
essary to protect the United States
government against undue loss in
making good the guarantee
Un
der this legislation, the wheatgrow
ers will be paid $2.26 a bushel for
their 1918 and 1919 crops.
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For '
Your Children’s
Sake
BUILD N O W
City Hall
Court House
School House
Memorial
Factory
Church
of the
Country
BUILD N O W !
BUILD N O W
U . S. Dept. of Labor
W . B. Wilson, Sec,
W . B. Wilson, Sec.
IM P O R T A N T N O T IC E
This page of ads are copies of a number o f various colored posters that were sent out to the build
ing industry from the office of the U . S. Department of Labor, W . B. Wilson,«Secretary, for free
distribution to encourage immediate building.
‘
‘
May We Submit Free Plans and Make Estimates?
T u m -A -L u m
LU MBER
COMPANY
H. U. MARTIN, Manager, Moro, Ore.
Let
THIS BUILDING
he built
KEEP
T IM E S
GOOD
find
Own His
Own Home
BUILDING.
NO W
that the owner wil Ibe
encouraged to
W
Ijibor
B Witoon
Sec
MILD UOIKR
U . S. Dept. ot Lebor
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EVERY
So Well
So Quickly
U . B. Dept. o<
/ Want to see
W AGE-EARNER
by
W . B W ilaon. Sec.
Fred Haynes made a trip to
Portland Monday.
John Odell was a business visi
tor from Grass Valley Tuesday?
J. K- Lby and C. O . Giidea
went to M oro on business Thurs
day.
W . B. W th o n .
Sec. of Labor
During the War it
was Patriotic
Not to Build
NOW
we can best show
our Patriotism
by
BUILDING
• r \
U . 8. Dept. of Labor
W . B. W llaoa.Bec.
O . S. Dept. of Labor
W . B. W iU oo. Sec.
Henry Schadewitz went to Was
co Monday, returning with a new
Ford.
that BMldcs
h e i j lathering
Ua naoa. the P taanna
n a U a t doctrine
J«a*
Monroe alwayi preached conaervatloo by
baaklag. We kiean ew made the LoaWaaa
purchase possible.
Every great bum « 7 *
booking to
The pupils of the 7th and 8th
grades gave a surprise party for
Cleo Bayless Monday evening.
Arthur Justeson left Wednes
day for Camp Lewie, where he
expects to meet his brother Theo
dore who has been in the service
in France.
The play given Saturday even
ing by the lodge, called “ The
Family Affair,” was very good.
The performance lasted about an
hour and a half, after which the
Rebecca’s served a lunch in the
basement. It is reported that the
net proceeds were $123.90.
The Christian Endeavor will
hold a social next Saturday even
ing in the assembly room of the
school house. All members are
especially invited. If you come
bring 10 or 15 cents in pennies.
They are going to try a unique
A dead grand fir tree, four feet idea of raising money. You will
in diameter, was ignited June 27, learn particulars when you come.
1918, during a forest fire, and
Obituary
burned continuously until Novem
ber 8 although heavy rains visited
Hattie Larison was born in Lane
the region in September and Oc
county, Oregon, on September
tober. The tree stood near the
29, 1873, coming to Eastern O re
north fork Cispus river, on the gon with her parents when a small
Rainier National Forest. When child. She was married to Philip
last seen the tree was still burning Zobel at Springfield, O re., Sept
and had been reduced to a stub 40
10, 1892. Coming to this county
feet high. Fires of this sort per in 1901 she had resided continual
sist on account of the clinkers ly here since. The home was
which form and lie in the center blessed with seven children, of
or lowest part of the burning sur whom four daughters and op^son
face. The clinkers resemble those
survive their mother. A ll four
in the bottom of a blacksmith’s
daughters live in this county, the
forge and are like red-hot bricks.
son is with the army in France.
A tremendous amount of rainfall
After a weeks* illness Mrs. Z o
is necessary to cool them off.
bel breathed her last Monday,
The daylight saving law will
most likely be repealed by con
gress through an amendment to
the agricultural appropriation bill
now pending in congress. Sena
tor Calder, the author of the idea,
says the law is in “ grave danger
because of opposition from “ mis
guided farmers who suppose fhat
they must go to work by the clock
and rest by the sun.” Friends of
the measure claim food produc
tion has been stimulated, health
improved and electric light bills
reduced more than one-tenth dur
ing the summer under this law.
Nothing is said about the upset
to operation of business in the
farming communities.
George Washington’s birthday
witnessed a record-breaking scien
tific feat when Secretary of the
Navy Daniels, sitting in his office,
talked to President Wilson on
board the U . S. S. George Wash
ington, 600 miles at sea. The total
distance traversed by Secretary
Daniels* voice was 1700 miles.
The conversation was carried on
over the wireless telephone which
the navy department has now de
veloped to a high degree of effi
ciency, so much so that transmis
sion of the human voice across
the ocean will be common at no
distant date, it is thought.
M . B. Parouoagian, an Armen
ian who came to this country just
before the war began and who has
many near relatives in that strick
en country.will talk to the people
of Sherman county on “ Armenia,
her people and conditions there
at Wasco on March 3d, at Grass
Valley March 4th. M oro, school
auditorium^March 5th, and Kent
on March 6th. Subacriptions will
not be asked at any of these meet
ings. M r. Parounagin comes un
der the auspices of the local A r
menian Relief committee.
Communication between an air
plane in the air and a regular tele
phone on the Washington city
line was recently established at
the office of Maj.-Gen. W illiam
L. Kenly, director of military aero
nautics. Although regular radio-
telephonic conversation frequent
ly has been held with planes in
the air at flying fields, this is the
first demonstration of the combin
ation of the radiophone and regu4
lar land telephone.
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Subscribe lor the Observer.
Monroe, Banker
A n d Diplomat
Guy C. Haynes went to Port
land Sunday to remain'for a few
days.
that
U . S. Dept. of Labor
U . S. Dept. of Labor
W . B. Wilson. Sec.
Some idea of what has been
done, in furnishing horses and
mules for overseas service may be
gained fixftn a report just made by
the statistical section of the re
mount division of the U . 8 W a r
Department. This shows that up
to January) 11th there had been
shipped overseas from this coun
try a total of 67,948 animala,which
included 5.489 cavalry horses, 33,-
396‘draft horses, 28,088 draft mules
and 975 pack mules. The total
number of animals lost en route
overseas is 600 horses and mules,
or less than 1 per cept of the total
number of animals shipped. These
figures do not include sales made
during the war to foreign govern
ments.
Plans are now being outlined by
the remount division for the en
couragement of horse breeding in
this country with a view to supply
ing suitable cavalry and artillery
horses in the future. Reports from
the bureau of animal industry show
that there were 2.9 per cent tnore
horses and 8.4 per cent more
mules on the farms in the United
States on January 1, 1918, than
there were on January 1, 1914.
According to reports there is no
appreciable decrease in the num
ber of animals in the rural dis
tricts of England, while there is
about a 20 per cent prewar de
crease in France.
Fully one-half the total value of
all farm crops in 1918 at the farm,
according to the bureau of crop
estimates of the United States de
partment of Agriculture, is found
in the cereals, the crop total be
ing $14.222,000.000 and the cereal
total $7.079,000,000. The group
next below in value is that of the
fiber crops, cotton and hemp, but
the latter is insignificant. Includ
ing cotton seed, these two crops
have a value of SI,946,000,000, Qf
14 per cent of the aggregate of all
crops.
Construction
Adds
to the Wealth
Ksat It
Horses aU Matos h r tku Anay
The measure is now before thg
senate for final action and must be
passed by that body before March
4th or fail entirely, as congress ad
journs by limitation on that date.
. LOOK!
SUITS 10 ■
The head of a family.—one who
supports one or more . persqps
closely connected with him by
blood relationship, relationship by
marriage <>i by adoption— is en
titled-to all exemptions allowed a
married person.
Feb. 24. at the family home south
west of Grass Valley, aged 45
years, 4 months and 25 days.
The funeral service was held in
the M oro Presbyterian church,
Rev. B. Trueblood Smith officiat
ing. and interment was in Rose
cemetery, where the remains now
repose by the side of her two
children who preceded her to the
eternal shores.
the bulwark
of tfito country-
Every business men, every sms , every
women, should have a hank sccouat
Have you one?
If you haven’t, start with us today.
BANK OF MORO
its your own money
you're spending,
says Barney McGt
••G o ahead and good tobacco taste
chew your sweet, stays with it.”
taste, »«nailer ehaw,
sticky plug, if you Good
longer life is what makaa G en
like it. But there uine Gravely cost less to ohaw
pl»<-
isn ’t an ordinary thaa ordinary
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tobacco that’s one, G b n u i n b G r a v e l y
danvillb . v a .
two, three with Real
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Peyton Brand
REAL CHEWING PLUG
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Plug packed in pouch.
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GARAGE
Blacksmith and Machine Shop
Firestone
TIR ES • h tliy e ar.
Card of Tbanks
W e wish to most sincerely thank
our many friends and neighbors
who so kindly assisted us during
the sickness and at the time of the
death of our beloved wife and
mother.
P. H . Zobel and family.
Gas, Oils, Grease and Accessories
Auto R epairing and Storage
Ir o n , S te e l
and
C o a l, H a r d w o o d
C a r r ia e a n d
W a on M a t e r ia l.
DELCOLIGHT
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A rm y a n d A u yy
i tic
1 w s > d u d the Y./1.C.A.
More than four thousand Delco-Light plants were de
livered for war work. They were used to supply elec
tric ligh t in camps, storehouses, hospitals, Y. li. C. A.
huts, airplane hangars, sub-chasers and other branches
of the service.
Jn R e d C r o s s h o sp ita ls a t the front, Delco-
L igh t operated life-saving X -ray apparatus.
D elco-Light was specified by the Government because
it is dependable, efficient, simple to operate,—requires
little attention, and because it is AIR-COOLED.
The result of Government testa and the satisfactory
Use of Delco-Light on over 60,000 farms are your as
surance that Delco-Light w ill give you the same de
pendable service.
I t betters living conditions^—increases farm efficiency,
and soon />oyx fa r itself in tune and labor saved.
HULERY BROS.
MORO
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