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SIUNIN COUNH IBSERHR McNary-Haugen Bill Buys Wheat With Part Scrip Entered •» Moond claw matter at th« post ofice at Moro, Oregon. July 25, 1891 Canadian wheat through a tariff duty on wheat; and it I» of use only so long as we are a whaat exporting nation. The wheat export corporation meas ure looks good enough as an emergen cy enterprise. It remains to be seen if it will correct the evils it sets out to cure. At the present time the American farmer raises just a little more wheat than can be absorbed in the United States, this is sold abroad aid that price is used to set the price for all wheat in this country. If the McNary-Haugen bill is enacted into law and succeeds in raising the market price of wheat •o that wheat shall again become a good money maker, we shall probably see the acreage of wheat rise, the surplus increase and the problem become larger and graver than it is today, This is the chief reason why many farmers accept this plan with mental reservations. Officers of the wheat growers as sociation, it is said, are opposed to the measure endorsed so thoroughly by the farmers of Oregon. Many of these farmers do not know any of the features of the bill they favor, and neither do they know any of the features of the bill which is known an “the American plan’* and which 's said to be, in some respects, better than the measure approved at the meeting held at Moro last Monday. What in Sherman Canty About fivw hundred farmers and The Agricultural Economic Con business mso, meeting last Monday ference, held at Corvallie last week, afternoon at Moro opera house, organ the meetings at Pendleton, Moro, La- ized the Sherman County Export Grande, and in various other counties League, endorsed the McNary-Haugen C. L. I reland , Managing Editor „ —of the state, including Wasco county, bill now ponding in congress, and ,, ; To-G have all approved of the McNary February J, 1924 Haugen bi||t now pagt the second F riday ordered that resolutions adopted be forwarded to the state congreaaional ' reading in the national congress, pro An island in the West Indies holds viding for the relief of the American delegation in Washington. th« honor of being the first of all the wheat farmers. Along with this ap The meeting was called to order by states and terri tones under the Amer proval goes the organization of a state W. H. Ragsdale of this city, and ican flag to fill its quota in the Hard league with paid membership, the preaided over by S. R. Thompson of ing Memorial association. A com money so obtained to be used in Pendleton. Speeches explaining the plete report in Spanish and English securing favorable action upon the bill were made by Roy Ritner and has been transmitted to the associa bill by members of congress. W. W Harrah of Pendleton, F. B. tion beadquarters by the chief justice Ingalls of Dufur, and many others. What the McN a ary-Haugen bill of the supreme court of Porto Rico, proposes, briefly stated, is this: To Committees were appointed to can together with a draft for $10,84 > to turin an agricultural export corpora vas tbs county for members for the cover the quota of the island. county league. At Moro the paid tion chartered for ten years, capitali membership is said to be 100 per cent zed with $200, (XX), (XX) of federal and at other places in the county On account of friendship or rela- treasury funds, and formed of five equally strong. tionship, a taxpayer advanced a cer- members, the secretaries of agricul- This money will be used to send a tain sum to a needy friend or rela- ture and commerce and three directors man familiar with the farming in tive, having little or no reason ta nominated by them and appointed by terests to Washington to influence expect at the time the money wu» the president. This corporation is to »legislation favorable to enactment of advanced that it would ever be re- buy wheat in the United States and the measure. These appointment* will turned. The taxpayer cannot deduct sell abro id such surplus as must go be made by the state officers of the the amount so advanced from hia in to the world market, the purpose league. It was recommended by the come for the reason it is held to be a being to prevent this surplus from meeting at Moro that A. M. Wright gift and does not constitute a bona pulling down the whole crop in the of this county <k»d W. W. Harrah of i United States to the level of the fide debt. Umatilla county be two of those who Ì world market may go to represent Oregon -in this To cover the loss incurred in buy In computing his federal income Under the poetai order issued by work. tax. the farmer may deduct all a- ing' at the home market price and mounts paid in producing, harvesting, selling in the lower world market, Mr. New, and referred to in another and marketing of crops, including scrip stamp« are to be issued by the column of the Observer, all post- Corliss Hooven Griffis, daring army labor, cost of seed and fertilizer used, government knd these are to be masters at the distributing point for lieutenant from Hamilton, Ohio, coat of minor repairs to farm build bought from the export corporation newspapers must handle this class of serving a sentence in a German prison ings (other than the dwelling), coat by the buyers of wheat. The farmer mail “together with and as expedi- for attempting to forcibly kidnsp of repairs to fences and machinery who sells his wheat gets the world tiously hm first class’’ or what is Grover Cleveland Bergdoll, draft and the cost of small tools used up in market price in cash plus the scrip known as letter mail. This has not dodger, and bring him to the United the course of a year, such as pitch- for the difference between this and alwaxs been done in the past or at States has been pardoned. The de the home market price that has been the present time. There are post cision to release the young Ohioan was forks, handrakes, hose, axes etc. determined by the export corporation master* who, for selfish reasons, or for made known late Wednesday after to be price in the United States. financial reasons, or pure cussednees, Berlin had finally succeeded in pre The farmer receiving this »«r!p | peek de|#y ,]ewgpaper mai। u gub. vailing upon the government of the will not know the value of it till tl e 8(.rb ( rA These 1M|8 of the public state of Baden to take that action. end of the crop yesr when the corpor- ! over |<)( k the fact that they are doing Simultaneously with the release of ation shall have determined what loss n,are injury to the public whom the your.g American lieutenant, whose it has incurred in the operalion. This (,^ey profess to serve than to the attempted patriotic knight errantry loss will then be deducted from the pUb|j8her of the newspaper whom resulted in the death of one man. vrlue of the stamps issued, and so the they Rfcek to jnjure Carl Schmidt, a Frenchman, two other ¡BtSINtYtARIF whole crop will share equally in such । __ __________________ associates in the Bergdol! adventure, SO KRHAPSJHtRI loss as is taken on the exported sur WILIBEA uh LE Roger Sperber, a French detective, Pi™. Th,, method of d^tribatimtl The second meet,nK of the recently MORE CHANGE and Prince Gagarin, a Russian noble the lou it I. believed will ..»e m.ny reorg.mzed Moro Unity Club met .1 IN THt MENS ODBC man, also will be pardoned. millions of dollars to the when. Hotel Moro la.t Monday evemng. The freeing of Griffis and the par grower.. Of course the effective-ITh« arhedule.1 fpr that meet- doning of hia two companions was ac- ing was postponed and in plape of ness of the plan rests wholly on the cQmpl’phed thru quiet4 negotiations, closing of the United States to the promised debate speeches were tactful efforts and persistent repre made by out-of-town visitors present About seventy-five members and visi sentations to the German government tors attended the banquet and remain which began shortly after their con ed until well toward midnight listen viction. ing to the informal program that included speeches upon the past, John Doe, while driving an auto present and future dairying industry mobile for pleasure, ran down and । of Sherman county, explanatory re- injured another person. He either ; marks concerning the wheat export paid over a certain sum voluntarily or league, and other pertinent topics in response to a judgment rendered For the benefit of the farmers that are now doing some The next meeting of the club will be againpt him in a court action. Under held the second Monday evening in the federal income tax law he is not dairying and others that are contemplating it, we have February. permitted to deduct the amount so opened up a CREAM BUYING STATION in part of paid as a loas for the reason that it W. H. Williams’ garage. The federal income tax law allows was not incurred In the conduct of Your can will be accepted at any time. Weighed, tested the following exemptions: Single his business or trade, neither did it person, or married person not living result faom a transaction entered into and paid for spot cash at a very little below Portland with husband or wife, $1,000; head of for profit. delivery price. ! a family, or married person, living Mrs. Estella Benson, whom you all know, will have | with husband or wife, $2,500, unless E. R. Hickson is the latest one to charge of the station. * 1 the net incoms if in excess of $5,000, announce that he has shied his hat in which case the exemptian is only into the arena of Sherman county Mrs. Benson is worthy of your patronage and we re- $2, (XXI, for each dependent under the politics. There are others who are sectfully solicítate it. K age of 18, or incapable of self-sup- considering taking a chance for office port, $4(X). Head of a family under this year who will probably make the law is defined as “a person who their announcement at an early date. supports in one household one or more All in all the chances are good for relatives by blood, marriage or considerable local interest in the adoption. ’ ’ many phases of political economy Moro, Oregon Portland, Oregon before the open season on candidates , “;,i. Every reader of advertisement» ha» closes. BILL ^ BARBER SAYS Cream Buying Station Mutual Creamery Co. I a purchasing advantage of no mean value. THE UNIVERSAL CAR Forecasting A Tremendous Spring Demand 739,626 more Ford cars and trucks were pro duced last year than the previous year, an increase of over 50 per cent. In spite of this tremendous increase in production, it was impossible to meet delivery requirements during the spring and summer months when orders for 350,000 Ford Caro and Trucks could not be filled. This year winter buying for immediate delivery has been more active than ever before—and in addition 200,000 orders have already been booked through the Ford Weekly Purchase Plan for spring delivery. These facts clearly indicate that the demand during this spring and summer will I* far greater than ever, and that orders should l>e placed immediately with Ford Dealers as a means of protection against delay in securing your Ford Car or Truck or Fordson Tractor. ll^ Ford Weekly PurckM? Plan See .the Nearest Authorized Ford Dealer 8cot‘. Ixiavitt, representative in congress from Montana, mentioned prominently in news dispatches of January 28th in connection with his activities favoring enactment of the McNary-Haugen bill, is a former resident of Oregon. Mr. Leavitt and W. C. Bryant, of thia city, both taught in the same school at Falls City at the same time,. Mr. Leavitt as principal of the school and Mr. Bryant as pupil teacher. it will surprise moet persons to learn that the hen. widely dlfhseed as she Is throughout this nation, has this year yielded product» valued at mere thap a billion dollar*, surpassing that of ail tho broad aeroa that have been sown to wheat, saya tho New York Tribune. One see* hens in benches, sometimes scratching the noil tn small chicken-wire Incldsurea, more often darting across the road just tn time to avoid violent death under tho wheels of speeding motors. Never are square miles of them gathered to gether, as in the cane of whaat Fur thermore, it la «boat that flows across the continent In great freight trains, piled mountain high in lofty •levators, and Oil» the holds of hollow ships that wait to transport it to distant lands It Is cheerful new», howove*. that we do not live by bread alone. The highly condensed ration that the hen provides Is not so spectacular io trnnslt, nor does It provide ao much either of song or story as wheat, but a bumper rrop of ft is a good, sub stantial insurance against starvation. If. when the returns from the pack ing houses are in, it 1* found that there will be next winter a good thick slice of ham for every two eggs that have been laid there will bo little rea- aon for the American people to fear a foo<) famine. Lapland Is not a country. It Is only n region with indefinite boundaries, spreading Into four distinct countries : Norway. Sweden, Finland and Russia >’orway and Sweden have a treaty agreement wherehy their nomadic Joint citizens may cross from Sweden In summer and more to Norway’s north west coast, and In the winter may cross from Norway to inland Svodsh. At present and until we can readjust our prices we are giving a 5 per cent discount on all merchandise sold. We are very much encouraged at the ati- tude of our customers have taken and the encouragement offered us‘ in our new method of store management. We invite you to call when in town and look over our list of special prices. pay you to do so. It will Moro Trading Co. Hotel men from all sections of the state will hold a convention In Sa lem Saturday, February 10. Ths Pendleton branch of the Oregon export commission league has obtain od »47 paid members, according to report. The city of Roseburg has abandon ed the project for a bridge across the South Umpqua river to Umpqua Park addition. A conference with relation to the proposed plan to pipe water for mu nlclpal purposes from Clear lake to Willamette valley towns wae held at the chamber of commerce in Salem. More than »0 miles of forest roads win be constructed in ^1924 in Ore gon at an estimated oost of 11,063,100, as the result of an agreement between the state highway commission, the bureau of public road« and the forest service. "I am going to enter the contest for the republican presidential prefer once vote in Oregon and have at no time bad any intention of abandoning the fight in that state,” Senator Hiram Johnson of California said at Wash Ington. D. C. The senate passed the bill giving the consent of the government for con struction of a bridge across the Wil lamette river at Burnside street, Forb land. Two other bills pending are for bridges across the Willamette at Ross island and Sellwood. An authority on land values gives some remarkable examples of in creased value due to zoning tn Illinois cities. In Evanston, be says, values rose 16 to 100 per cent in a single year. In Oak Park, another suburb of Chicago, there was s jump during the year of 10 to 23 per cent in the value of residential districts, 36 to 50 per cent in apartment districts snd 26 to 75 per cent in business districts. These figures ought to convince sny- one that there is practical value as well as besuty and healthfulness in organizing and separating the various activities of s community, Just as a family does in Its home, says the Ev- anevillo Courier. Yet there ar« Still fwmd. boro and there, people who want to continue putting the munici pal pig tn the parlor. Coloring of coyote skins to be used as substitutes for fox furs has raised the price to such an extent that 87 hides were sold by the predatory anl- pial division of the United States bio logical survey for >»13.50. The price was 110 50 apiece. The previous high record in lot prices was 1», accord ing to Stanley G. Jewett, predatory animal inspector. Sale of the furs of predatory animals killed by paid hunters has netted 36401.82 since the inauguration of the present system early in 1923. This Is approximately one-third of the eost of the predatory animal work in Oregon, which re placed the bounty system. Conventions of various kinds throughout Oregon during the year have been listed by the passenger de partment of the O. W. R. & N. Co. The listings are: Associated Indus tries of Oregon, Portland, January 26; Portland Automobile show, Portland, February Hi; Young Men’s Christian association conference, Portland, Feb ruary 15-16; State Retail Merchants’ association, Eugene, February 18-20; Northwest Association of loe Indus tries, Portland, February; Knights Templar — Grand Commandery, Al bany, April 16; Independent Order of Oddfellows—-Grand encampment and grand lodge. Hood River, May 20; Foresters of Americo—Xlrand court, Portland. May 16; Military Order of Loyal Legion Xstate), Portland, May 12; Loyal Legion of Loggers and Lum bermen, Portland, May 19 2», Rebekah state assembly, Hood River, May 20; Patrons of Husbandry, state grange. The Dalles. June 3; State Letter Car riers’ association, Corvallis, June 28; Oregon Christian Missionary con ven tion. Tumor, July 5-13; Internationa) convention Young People’s Society of ‘ -Christian Endeavor, Portland, July 19-35; American Legion, Oregon divi slon, Portland, September 4-6; The "Round-Up,” Pendleton, September 13 20; Oregon Historical society, Port- I ........................ , ' * See the Gyrafoam Washer * » »¡I Made in Three Styles Multi-Motor Electric Independent Motor It isn’t made <d w<»od, copper or t-heei iron It is msde of carl m I uimi - num and metal The family size requires lean floor space , than any machine on the market Call and y<»u will be convinced it is the washer for you Ginn, Coleman & Co Moro, Oregon FOSS & CO., Inc. Blacksmith and Machine Shop Phone 303, Moro, Oregon We carry a complete line of Auto Acc?*sori^s Whiz Auto Products Goodyear Tirts and Tube.« Pyrene Fire Extinguishers and Liquid Auto Repairing and Storage Agents for Studebaker Cars Pure Bred Holstein For service at the farm of BULL C M. Cnnningham East of Moro Phone 21F8 Terms: $2.50 cash, at tí WHEN YOU TRAVEL BY AUTO AND VISIT THE DALLES STORE YOUR CAR K ■ In the concrete, fully equipped, roomy garage of Wal ther-Williams' Company. Competent workman alway» ready to help you in any way they can at least expense to you. For any service rendered the charge will always be reasonable. WALTHER-WILLIAMS GARAGE THE DALL^S^ , - ' - OREGON.
