Sherman County observer., March 05, 1920, Image 4

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FRIDAY-----
O R EG O N . »*
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March 5. 1920
The price qf The O l i v e r » SUW
75 cent» lor aix m onth., SO cent, toj
tour month.—but if " .id 10 - dv*nc*
accept $2.50 in lull ‘or 2 year..
bhwrl5
w w ,h .„ . . . . > « 1 12 S « . » r " " « I ;
A B lu. M.rk l»r« ».H
query, when entered upon our . ca,«"d •
Jjvinfi the date ol the paper a* the date at
ih ic h vour current «ascription expire«.
U, S. AID ASKED IN
ADRIATIC QUESTION
z
♦ -
W a sh in g o n .-T h e Invitation of the
H rltlJh
F rench prem ier» to P resi­
dent WH»on to join them In a form al
proposal to the Ita lia n and Jugo-Slav
government» to negotiate a new Adri­
atic settlem ent on thq basis of the
w ithdraw al of all previous agreements
caused no surprise in official \ \ as.ting-
the m ilitary affair» committee. Ro
ductlona In the number of officer» were
made In every branch of service, but
the sharpest cut was for the aviation
service, which received only 1164 of
the U 00 asked. In all. the department
sooght 28,r78 oftioers and the house
committee granted 17,820.
.
(
None of the various plana offered to
the committee for reorganising the
army was adopted by the committee.
Instead the committee report as sub­
mitted by Mr. Kahn, baaed on the na­
tional defense act of 181«. was used
ss the working basla, the new law be­
ing a revision of the old,one.
Forbid Liquor S earch W ithout W a rra n t
Chicago.— M ajor A. V. D alrym ple,
com m ander of th e expedition againat.
the Michigan rum rebellion," retu rn ed
Chicago w ith his cru sa d ers to be
ticcd With positive federal o rd ers for-
biduing liquor search es or arre sta w ith­
RAILROADS GIVEN
BACK TO OWNERS
Private
Operation -et
Reads
Will Be Largely Under
New Conditions.
farmer ' s income
SUBJECT TO TAX
Gains for 1919 Must Be Figured
llflder U. S. Law— Returns
Due March 15.
vu lcan izin g L00ks and is Better
Send your tires and tubes to WascQ
.Vulcanizing
night, M arch 1.
D irector-G eneral Hlnea, as the agent
of the president, handed over the
properties and equipm ent, valued a t
approxim ately 820.OOQ.000.000, to th e ir
old director», free except for th e
ju risd ictio n retain ed by th e govern­
m ent In the new railro ad reorganlxa-
for repairs.
Ail work guaranteed. .
GUY CHAMNCSS
W asco,
W ashington.—A m erica a ra il trans­
p o rtatio n syatemB. operated as one
g reat public u tility since December 28.
1917, were divided am ong th e ir 230
respective corporate owner» when tb a
governm ent relogged control a t m id­
Station
-
-
.O regon
LAND SALE PROFITS TAXABLE.
NacMsary
Farm
Expenaea May -Be
W - N. JO N E S
D«duct»4— Special Form for Farm
Inoome—Cash or Accrual
Basis for Computing.
A U TO T R U C K
DRAY
Save 30%
Write for
Catalog of
Economical
House Plans
— You have »ecu
be pile« of good
'umber M ated in
building, the old w«y, cutting ytAir
wood at you need it. That wa.
the expensive unnecessary thing
in building that we have eliminat­
e d , in this better home that comes
to ‘you Cut to Fit at Our Mill
The other big thing is labor„ It isn't the
putting in place that makea building ex­
pensive. It’« the fitting, the measuring
and the following the plan, the hand«»
ing that reaulta, that coato money, Ail
that we eliminated. You can build
it yoyraelf with unskilled help
A fa n n e r, ahoj.keeper, o r tradesm an
Phone M ain 314 M oro. Oregon
m ust fig u re '•p his net Income for 191®,
Freight and Express
an d If tn e farm or b usiness Income
Handled Promptly. Moving
plus hls^bther Income w as sutflclept to
Efficiently Atlended To.
out p roper w arranta.
req u ire an Income tax re tu rn a com­
plete re tu rn m ust be filed w ith th e col­
tio n bill.
T he roads go back to p riv ate con­ lector of In tern al revenue by Murcli 15.
STRANGE LAD
tro l under largely ¿-new conditions.
A fa rm e r should asce rta in the gross
The
railroad
bill,
sighed
by
th
e
presi­
income
o f h is farm by com puting all
t°n.
..
It was pointed out. however, tba
dent, gives th e system ce rtain new gains derived* from th e sale or ex­
For the
while adhering to the agreem ent of
privileges, but as an offset, It enlarges change of hla products, w hether pro­
iVcem ber 9. the president in his last
th e In tersta te com mercé commission, duced oh th e farm or purch ased and
D a ily O r e g o n ia n
zteply to the prem iers had said th at
both in power and personnel. T lie cor­ resold.
D a ily J o u r n a I
Farm E xpenses.
he “would, of course, m ake no objec­
porations no longer are m asters c»m-
E v e n in g T e le g r a m
From hla gross Income a farth er is
tion to a settlem ent m utually agree­
pletely of th e ir bond issues, nor are
able to Italy and Jugo-Slavia, provided
they allowed to stan d solidly ag ain st allowed to eburge off ull of his neces-
At the Observer office, Moro.
.th a t such an agreem ent is not made
labor, for lab o r’s dem ands, if not m et a try expenses In th e conduct of the
farm d u rin g th e yeur. T hese Include
at the expense of the nationals of a
-
by a rb itra tio n and negotiations be­ costs of planting, cu ltivating, h arv e st­
tw een the p arties concerned, go to a ing and m arketing. In addition to
th ird power JL
Pri sident Wilson has made It clear
high court provided in th e bill and on these coats he may deduct money spent
that he cannot accept the trea ty of
which sit, In addition to labor and for o rd in ary farm tools of slm rt life
r
London ns a basis for a settlem ent.
railro ad rep resen tativ es, public rep re­ bought d u rin g the year, such as shov­
els, rakes, etc. Also, th e cost of feed
Under the prem iers’ proposal, how
se n tativ es as well.
ever, no effort would be made to
As for finances, Mr. H ines has a s­ purchased fo r Ids live stock may he
<>■ be ordered by mail for
he
serted th a t Hire corporations would trea ted a s an expense in so fa r as this
carry out the term s of th is tregty
the whole fam ily. The eaai-
until another attem pt had been made
have had difficulty obtaining the cost rep rese n ts actu al oujlay, b ut the
feat and beat »hue made today.
bserver
value of hla own p ro d u cts fed to an i­
by the United States, G reat B ritain
necessary cred it had the governm ent
m als la not a deductible Item.
A Real Corrective Shoe.
and F rance to arrive at a settlem ent
The Doctor—You say your little boy not extended its care to them d u rin g
O th er farm expenses allow able are
should the proposed negotiations be-, iaa an abnorm al appetite.
In what th e war. T h is difficulty has been the coat o f m inor rep a irs on buildings
GROUND GRIPPER SHOE STORE,
tw ien Italy and J u g o ^ a t i a come to vay Is It m anifested?
sw ept away to some extent, for th e (hut not th e dw elling house), on fences,
The M other—H e’s lost nil desire for roads can obtain loans from the gov­ wagon» an d farm m a c h in e ry ; also bills
anv« W»a. Street, Portland. Oregon.
naught.
_
>
a
tt/nnh illkrlitB
hlngs th a t m ake him sick.
The prem iers express appreciation
ern m en t In these days of strain ed paid fo r horseshoeing, stock pow ders,
rock
salt,
services
of
v
eterin
ary
,
Insur­
of and agreement with President W il­
credit, it was explained.
P earl Fiahlng.
son's views with regard to the future
The in te rsta te com merce com m ission ance (ex cep t on dw elling bouse), gaso­
If p earls should ever become renlly
line for o p eratin g pow er and sundry
of the Albanian people and say they
is also bound by law to consider th e
common, nobody would • exchange
o th er expenses which w ere paid fo r In
aie w illing*to urge upon the govern
street ca r fare fo r them .
H ence It ro ad s’ final sta tu s in rat» m aking so
m. nts Interc etc d that they should bring Is not a stran g e fac t th a t a big pearl- th e properties may alw ays stan d on a cash.
As to h ired help, all th e productive
tl.<Jr desirt s into line with the Arnerl
fishing en terp rise m ight he able to solid basis.
labor Is a deductible e x p e n se ; but the
get more for 10.000 pearls th an It
wnges of household servunts, or help
can viewpoint.
could fo r 100,000 of exactly th e sam e
hired to Improve th e farm , as In tree
QUITE TH E CONTRARY.
planting, ditching, ete.,_ cannot be
80U0 OFFICERS CUT OUT kind. Though a pearl necklace may
Young D entist
claim ed againat earnings. A farm er Is
be dissolved In vinegar, alcohol does
not nllow ed to claim a salary for hlm-
not nffect It. U nlike th e diam ond and — Y<», I su p ­
W ar D epartm ent E stim ate^ Reduced
aeif p f njehober»
fam ily who
many o th er wxxlyjJS. - j 8£2? s '..lit® P£.ftrl pose th n se'teeth
By the House Com m ittee.
is not b rittle ami Is not easily broken coblfl be tm»
work
on
th
e
farm.
som e.
W ashington—Eight thousand fewer or chipped. * One m ight bur» a pearl proved
W ear and T ear.
T hey’re th e first
arm y officers than asked for by the against a hard pavem ent w ithout much set I ever m ade.
P u rc h ase of farm m achinery, w ag­
w ar departm ent are provided by the danger of dam age, except the possible But then th ey
ons, w ork anim als, etc., also th e cost
house arm y reorganisation bill, for­ scratching of Its smooth, luatrous aur- w on’t look so
of co n stru ctio n or extension of build­
bod if you don ’t
ni illy presented by C hairm an Kahn of face.
ings, silos, fencing} etc., should be con­
sm ile much.
sidered additional Investm ents In the
1 V 1 c t 1 n ),—
farm an d a re not p ro p er deductions
Bm llet
W hat
ag ain st incom e.
d’ye th in k I ’ve
a m o n g th e m h a £ s p e n t less th a n
A reaso n ab le allow ance may he
I n e v e ry g r e a t tir e fa c to ry , th e
got
to
sm ile
claim
ed
fo
r
w
ear
and
te
a
r
on
farm
20 y e a r s in h a n d lin g rubber* .
a b ou t? I t’s th e
c h ie f q u e s tio n is : “ H o w m u c h can
buildings (except th e farm h o u se),
guy» th at look
E a c h is a m a s te r o f h i s . c ra ft.
w
e
g
iv
e
f
o
r
th
e
m
o
n
e
y
?
A
n
d
the.
fences, m achinery, w ork anim als, w ag­
at me th at'll do
ons, tan k s, w fhdm llla and o th e r farm
th e grinning.
p ro d u c t d e p erid s o n th e p o licy
A n d th e n e w id e a s th e y b rin g to
equipm ent which Is used In th e con-
th e a tte n tio n o f B ru n s w ic k d irec­
a
d
o
p
te
d
.
WHALE BLAMED FOR DISEASE duet of the farm .
to r s re ceiv e sin c e re c o n sid e ra tio n .
As to autos and trac to rs, th e cost of
E v e ry m a n w h o h a s b e co m e ac­
Malady T h at A ttack» th e Lunga la these Is not an expense, although th e
F ’.e r y p ro v e d b e t t e r m e n t is
q u a in te d w ith B ru n s w ic k T ire s
cost o f th e ir upkeep Is an allow able
T hus Diagnosed by Prom inent
k n o w s t h a t B ru n s w ic k s ta n d a rd s
deduction, If th e m achines are used ex­
a d o p te d u n a n im o u sly .
.
t Danish Scientist.
.
clusively for farm p u rp o ses and not
a
re
a
g
a
in
e
v
id
e
n
t.
T
h
is
fa
m
o
u
s
co
n
­
T h e B ru n sw ic k T ir e is a com bi­
for pleasure. Also, In such cases, a de­
The echinococcus disease (caused by
c
e
r
n
—
n
o
te
d
a
s
a
le
a
d
e
r
in
ev
ery
n a tio n o f a c k n o w le d g e d f e a tu r e s —
duction for w ear and te a r Is allowed.
h atnoll tapew orm in th e liver or
lina»
i
t
e
n
te
r
e
d
s
in
c
e
1845—
h
a
s
once
plut5 B ru n s w ic k s ta n d a r d s o f m a n u ­
Farm
Losses.
lungs), which first made Its ap p ear­
m o re p ro v e d t h a t i ts p o licy is r i g h t
T he loss of a grow ing crop Is not a
ance In H olland, Is believed by Dr. Van
fa c tu re .
Delnsc to be due originally to whale». proper deduction fron^,Incom e, Inas­
A
p
e
rfe
c
t
tir
e
is
sim
p
ly
a
m
a
tte
r
T h e r e s u lt is a s u p e r-tire , t h e lik e
T he Medical Record quotes from a much as the value of th e crop h ad not
o f k n o w le d g e a n d s ta n d a rd s a n d
o f w h ic h y o u h a v e n e v e r k n o w n be­
D utch acleutlflc paper some of the been taffen into gross Income. T he
fact» upon which Van Deinse buses loss of n building o r of m achinery
iskilL N o s e c re ts n c r p a te n ts p re ­
fore. T h e k in d o f a tir e y o u w ill
through stoTm, lightning, flood, etc., Is
th is theory.
v e n t m a k in g a n id e a l tire .
g la d ly jo in in w e lco m in g .
an
allow
able
deduction,
b
u
t
care
should
“It Is said th a t this affection Is en­
be
used
to
ascertain
th
e
co
rrect
loss
B
u
t
s
ta
n
d
a
r
d
s
co
m
e
first.
F
o
r
m
dem ic in Iceland and th a t It eventual­
Y e t B ru n sw ic k s c o s t n o m o re
ly reached F rieslan d from thnt locality. sustained, as restric ted by Income tax
t i r e m a k in g th e re is v a s t ro o m fo r
th
a
n lik e -ty p e tire s.
Not only Friesland w as attack ed In regulations.
s k im p in g , fo r s u b tle eco j.o m ics, fo r
s-N
o
deduction
IS
allow
ed
in
th
e
case
T r y O N E B ru n sw ic k . W e p r o m ­
the eighteenth century, but many oth er
h id d e n s h o rtc o m in g s . M a k e rs uvitn-
seaports along the N orth sea and Eng­ df loss of anim als raised on th e farm ,
ise
a s u rp rise . A n d w e feel c e rta in
but a loss Is deductible from gross In­
o u t th e h ig h e s t s ta n d a r d s d o n t
lish channel. T he connecting link ap­
W hen the talk turns from politics to railroads,
th
a
t
y o u w ill w a n t A L L B ru n s­
come
If
the
an
im
als
had
been
p
u
r­
peared to be th e w hale fisheries, orlg-
b u ild h ig h -g m d e tire s.
. .
and the traveler with the cocksure air breaks
.Innlly a Basque Industry, w ith head­ chased for d raft o r b reeding purposes.
w
icks.
Shrinkage In w eight o r value of farm
T h e B ru n s w ic k o rg a n iz a tio n o f
q u arte rs nt Bordeaux. In i,he seven­
in with, “There's an awful lot of ‘w ater’ in
T h e n good tir e s w ill h a v e a new
products held fo r fav o rab le m arket
teenth century th e chnnnel ports en­
tire
m a k e rs in c lu d e s a b rillia n t s ta ff
prices cannot be deducted as a loss, for
the railroads,” here are some hard-pan facts
m
e
a n in g to y o u .
gaged In the y h alc-eatch ln g Industry.
the reason th a t w hen such products
o f te c h n ic a l e x p e rts. N o t a m a n
F riesland, possibly Infected from Ice­
are sold the sh rin k ag e will be reflected
to ^ive him:
land. also engaged In Whaling, ap­
THE BRUNSVvTCK-BALKE-COLLENBER C O .
peared to be a d istributing point of the in th e selling price.
P o r tla n d H e a d q u a r te r » : 4 6 - 4 8 F ifth S tr e e t
Sale of F arm s and Land.
Infection.
American railroads have cost $80,900 a mile
The value of ag ric u ltu ral lands has
“Not only w hales, but also seals and
— roadbed, structures, stations, yards, termki-
other A rctic fauna, were perhaps In­ been Jumplbg d u rin g the p ast few
fected
w ith echinococcus disease, years, and during 1919 m any ow ners
als, freight and passenger trains everything
which w as conveyed directly to m an­ sold out part or all of th e ir lands a t
from the great city terminals to the last spike.
kind when In starving seasons they ate -big profits. All such g ains co n stitu te
this flesh and to dogs and cats In the «Income and m ust be tuken Into th e n et
sam e m anner, the anim als then serv­ Income for the year.
Any person w ho sold iqjrt of a farm
A good concrete-and-asphalt highway costs
ing as ho sts for the p aruslte along with
or ranch, or p a rt of a parcel of land,
m
ankind.
In
tim
e
this
m
aritim
e
In­
$36,000 a mile—just a bare ro^d, not count­
dustry w ent out of use. Recollections must also show an y gains realized by
ing the cost of culverts, bridges, etc.
of old w halers, however, testify to the tllH fllllO
T he method of figuring gains and
custom of taking dogs along on w hale
losses
on such tra n sa c tio n s Is p re­
ships, so th a t dogs dould become In­
O u r railroads c o u ld n 't be d u p lica ted to ­
fected aboard ship and menace the s c r i p t In the Income T ax regulations,
copies of which m ay be secured from
home dw ellers.”
day fo r $ 1 5 0 ,0 0 0 a m ile.
4
In tern al Revenue C ollectors.
Forms fo r Return». \
MISSILES.
’ * T he In tern al R evenue B u reau has
The Salespai*
They are capitalized for only $71,000 a m il e -
Issued an Improved Form 1040F for
non — Wooden
th e use of farm ers. T h is form , to­
much less than their actv al value. Seventy-one
shoes,
num ber
geth er w ith Form 1040A o r 1040, will
12, w ith Iron
thousand dollars today will buy one locomotive.
heel
plates?
give I he fa n n e r explicit Inform ation
Yes, we have
ns to how tq pro p erly figure his net
them . Hero you
Income for 1919.
•
English railways are capitalized at $274,000 a
arc Going to a
T h ere are two m eth o d s of figuring a
m asquerade ?
farm er's Income ta x re tu rn thia year.
milt; the French at $. 55 -00; German $ 1 32,000;
The C ustom er
He may make hla re tu rn on th e basis
— No.
I’m go-
even in Canada (stilt in pioneer development)
of thp difference betw een th e money
lpg to th e w ed ­
and goods received fo r his products
they are capitalized at $67,GOO a mile. The
ding of the man
and the cash paid o u t fo r actual al ow-
th a t stole my
average for all foreign countries is $100,000.
nble farm expenaea w ithin th e yaar.
beet girl and
chuck theae at
Or he may m ake hla re tu rn on th e ac­
th e
happy
crual basis, which m eans com puting
Low capitalization and high operating effici­
bridegroom .
the* receipts and expenses th a t p erta in
to the taxable year, excluding Income
ency have enabled American Railroads to pay
earned and expenaea Incurred In. pro
E laboration of Vlalting Card.
the highest wages while charging the lowest
vloua or succeeding year».
Ladles began to embelllah
Disease Microbes.
rates.
visiting enrds w ith draw ings,
Microbes of dlaeaae a ra long lived,
In the spirit of the day, In the when kept In su itab le en v iro n m en t
form of h ea rts or Cupids. And then Dr. J. Danayx rep o rts th a t a »train
C o rd T ire» w ith “ D riv in g ” a n d “ S w a stik a ” S kid-N ot Ifcead»
with Ixmls XV, th a t ardent p atron of of paratyphoid bacilli kep t In bro th
F a b ric T ire« in “ P la in ,” “ R ib b e d ” a n d “ B B C ” Skid-N ot T read «
the art», cam e th e cm xe for flue en­ In sealed am poules w ere alive and
gravings. and the Indies of the court virulent afte r 12 years. W hen these
soon adopted them for th e ir card s to bacilli w ere tran sfe rred to a new te st
depict scenes oh th e ir estates, or that
tube every 34 hours they were still
were o f some p a rtic u la r In terest to
virulent a fte r five year». At th e be­
thuai. And under th e engravings came
Attiring Inftrm etien ten erm i ng ik i r e t i n t lO ntti—
ginning they produced nine genera
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the autographed sig n atu re!
A fter
■ iu j tétai» iilem tu rt éy a n tin g I» H a A , ledati»» a t
Hons In 24 h o u rs; a fte r a year they
France. | « rsoiiul card s were adopted In
B ditaay k»tc*ti»aa. é l Broadway. N tw Y aré
< ere producing nin e gen eratio n s in
England and all o th er European coun-
12 hours, Thus, n t th e e n d ,o f five
'trie s , varying In delull according °
years, Doctor D ansys had 25,000 gUR
the Inclination» of the p articu la r time
erntlona of puratyphold germa.
and place.
2hu^aslirJímttfSchtríitííQt
Office
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T^jrtísnd.Ot'e.
Subscription di'erslakco
33
Ground Gripper
Shoes
;
-
a
» A “WANT” ad in T M ORO- *
J
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will reach more 4
* people in Shermar. County than
> by any other medium available.
The Most Welcome Tire
That Ever Came to Market
Men Who Appreciate Superlative Y alact Prefer th e Bruneunch
icy couldn't be built
for twicc‘71000
So/d On An Unlimited Mileage
Cvatantee Basis
ns
• (ffiis advertisement is published by the
¿Association o f ¿Railway (Executives
J . A . H a r d in , M o r o , O re g o n