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
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—of the state, including Wasco county,
bill now ponding in congress, and
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; 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
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whole crop will share equally in such ।
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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
,
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Every reader of advertisement» ha» closes.
BILL ^ BARBER
SAYS
Cream Buying
Station
Mutual Creamery Co.
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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
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