The Sherman County Observer, Moro, Oregon, Friday,
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July 31, 1925
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I exceptional order. The local Sh •-
State Highway*
□Herman county Fair man county band is toeing reorgan- Oregon
Maintained
by Motorist*
Fann Life Attractive
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music the fun loving public likes to
Every so often we hear remarks
listen to at such times will be much about how much the highways of
Oregon cost the tax payer. ’ Be
Premium Book and
Speed
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I The county fair premium books cause of misinfo rotation as to who
Program Now Ready
he out of the printers hands this
actually pays for and maintains the
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I week and in the mails in time for all
highway system of state roads in Ore
I Few realize that it is only a matter to receive a copy by August 1st. gon we publish the following data
of about six short weeks until it Work on preparing the speed pro- prepared by the office» of the secre
will be time to open the gates upon gram is about finished and this pro- tary of state. In this connection ss
the 16th annual Sherman county gram will also be ready to^mail at the to who pays the bills for the roads of
same time the premium books will be
Several improvements will be I sent out.. If any one fails to receive Oregon it may be said that money
borrowed on bonds issued by the
noticed by visitors when the fair a copy of either you are requested to state are based upon the amount a
rill be in full swing. Among thes«. ank Secretary Richmond for a copy, license money owners of automobile •
s the preservation of the buildings
Several concessions have been ap- will return to the state during the
ly a liberal coat of paint to the side I plied for and granted, notably that
term of years the bond money may
vails snd ^ronfiL
The fences have by the ladies aid society of the Wasct
be borrowed.
>een repaired and the track put in Christian church who will again this
From 1907, to July 1, 1925, the
im for the trial» of »peed and en- year operate the fair ground restau- state has collected the immense sum
jurance of man and horse.
rant in the same satisfactory servic- of $26,805,950.66 from the licensing
Talking about speed on the track I able manner as they did last fair
of motor vehicles. Of this total,
reminds the writer that something time.
$141,286 was turned into the gener
antirely new in the chariot race event
Secretary Richmond is trying to al fund of the state treasury to and
will be seen this year at the county interest the ladies church societies including the year 1912, and the
'air.
In place of the old clumsy of Sherman county in a new and balance, or $25,331,937.16 has beef!
eavy wooden wagon wheel solid box what can easily be made attractive expended in the construction, im
:hariots will be seen the new variety exhibit for the pavillion. His desin provement and repair of state and
built onto Ford auto axles using Ford I is to have a group exhibit from each
eounty highways, according to a
wooden wheels and equipped with I society from each community in the
«tatement
prepared by Secretary of
pneumatic rubber tires. Hot air in-1 county, to be entered as a “House
State
Sam
A. Kozer.
side the tires and hot air outside on I hold Exhibit” to include not leas than
From,. 1*33 to 1916,' inclusive,
the track will sure make a hot race. >0 items made> owned or used in a $474,013.50 of the funds collected
At the present time three chariot Sherman county home. The title
from motor vehicle licenses was turn
teams are in training for this event, »road and includes anything fron ed back to the counties for use in
Some of the live wires at Wasco have Janey work to cookery, dishes oi building and upkeep of the public
a team in training, the same can b • I ornaments.
The premium offeree
roads, but this amount is included in
«aid of those at Kent, and Moro also will be made large enough to proper!} the greater amount above quoted. Of
ias a team being worked into shape compensate for the effort of arrang the $25,381,937.16 expended on all
for the chariot race.
When thes< ing these exhibits in groups.
roads throughout the state, $15,885,-
chariots go round the track at the
121.60 has been expended through
next Sherman county fair even Ben
the medium of the state highway
Hur himself would be glad to come
and $9,446,815.56 has
The More Money Paie commiasion
to life to drive one against that old
been expended by the counties, di-
Roman friend of his.
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Another .nappy event that will be
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• «cornued Oet that moder ■ectly and indirectly.
The total amount expended in the
on the local county fair track this I“» .urUxe. would be more produc
construction,
improvement and up
fall is the faat relay home race. Lo-
°f «venue than the presen.
:eep of the state highways in the
schedules.
Productive
business
u
?ar county riders are training hard
discouraged by exorbitant surtaxet itate, however, since the 1913 law
Dusens of Observer readers sre truly for this race, says Secretray C. C.
vent into effect creating the State
grateful for thoughts that prompt many Richmond, and there is no reason and capital is driven into tax-exemp
Highway
Commission and authoriz-
persons to phone in news items.
why some one will not pull down bonds.
ng the issuance and sale of bonds
There
wai
a
time
when
the
smal
some nifty prize money when the
tax-payer did not understand tha for road construction, through the
track events are closed.
nedium of the highway commission
Owners of harness horses are be the general prosperity of the countr.
ia* been $>82,487,265.19, including
was
diminished
by
imposition
oL
ginning to ask for stall room and theI
dd received from the federal gov-
these
excessive
surtaxes,
and
wel
usual privilege accorded them to
;rnment the counties and railroads.
train the harness horses at the track corned a stiff levy on incomes in tht Of this latter amount 338,860,499.37
higher
brackets.
The
average
citi
before county fair. Harness races in
was realized and expended from the
the past have been favorite events zen is now better informed anc
aile of state bonds; $8,391,262.12
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with a large part of those who attend knows that general business condi
from the motor vehicle gas tax; $7,-
tions
are
not
improved
by
driving
the Sherman county fair and no
393,532.31 represented cooperative
SK SECAR
doubt these races will continue to productive business into tax-exempt »id from the counties; $5,633,428.91
securities.
hold favor' this year with all good
। When capital is kept out of pro funds derived from the one-mill road
MOTOR
lovers of horse flesh.
tax, and $2,297,120.84 raised by the
The days and afternoons and eve ductive enterprise by excessive tax
quarter-mill road tax.
ation,
this
unnatural
diversion
yield«
nings of Sherman county fair week
In 1924 the total amount of high
will be filled with band music of an no revenue to the government and i> way expenditures In the United
costly to industry. A man is not in-
terested in risking his money and States was $990,688,770. An aggre
energy in an enterprise where, if he gate of $632,487,440.53 has been ex
wins, the government takes a great pended on federal road projects of
part of the pr^ts in taxes, and if he which amount the government con
loses he standAthe whole of the loss. tributed $276,305,407.66. The total
Initiative, and new ventures are mileage in the federal aid approved
system in the United States was 174,
penalized by such a policy.
350 miles. In Oregon the approved
highway system covers a total of
49,769 miles of public highway, of
Tax Reduction Meet*
which 878 miles have been treated
Approval of Public with hard surface pavement; 1,949
or standard
miles have been graveled
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Whether it be by President Coo macadam and 3 ¡18 miles have been
lidge or by any other public official graded and ready for surfacing.
or agency, efforts for tax reduction
The federal aid projects in Oregon
will meet with popular approval. Foi aggregate a bystem of approximately
the tax burden is real.
It bear? 2,900 miles, for the most part being
heavily on everybody. The farmei roads of an interstate character or
sells his crops and in turn gives more connecting roads which have been
to the tax collector than he keeps for designated a part of the national fed
himself.
eral aid system, and the federal funds
Last year the railroads paid taxe; alloted to Oregon from 1916 to 1925
in the amount of $340,000,000, or amount to $1 4,238,498,of which $4,-
$30,000,000 more than was paid the 552,662 was alloted for forest road
stockholders.
work. $
Merchants may and usually do, adci
Manufactured in Cheney, Washington
their taxes to the selling price of
Saturday last C. C. Richmond re
their goods and wares, thus passing
STRONG
COMPACT
DURABLE
ceived
three Chinchilla rabbit doea
the' tax burden on to the con
sumer, but as taxes rise, prices soar, by express from the east The three
Our Rotary Rod Weeders are hungry for weeds.
sale» lessen and profits dwindle. The are registered Chinchilla stock direct
They make a perfect seed bed and leave the
railroad like th® merchant, obtains imported from England, coming into
its revenue from the public selling the United States on July 16th, 1925,
best kind of a lump mulch on top.
service instead of merchandise, and since then bred to imported bucks
hence it too passes its tax burden on that were prize winners at the big
For Sale By
exhibition fair at Rochester, New
to the consumer.
The tax burden cannot be shifted. York, last season. Mr. Richmond has
Directly or indirectly, it falls on the had the three does registered at th •
general public.
The only w»y to Chicago office of the American Chin
reduce it is to scale up economy and chilla Rabbit Breeders Association
and is planning to enter the business
scale down extravagance.
of raising high grade registered stock
for their pelts and for sale to others
who wish to enter the Chinchilla rab
Large Numbers Qualify
bit industry.
Farm population was placed by
it aim authority at 31,134,000 Jan
uary 1, compared with 31,316,000 a
year earlier. Atlantic coast states
showed net increases in farm popu
lation, other sections leading in de
cline. Young and old leave the farm
because they think city life more at
tractive but the same agency that has
given attractions to the city is now
turning its energy toward the farm
Electricity will revolutionize faro
life just as it has the city.
Light is the great civilizer. When
a farmer’s wife can press a button
and flood her house with light, was!
her dishes, pump and heat the water
run the churn, sewing machi-,
washing machine, ironing machin
and vacuum cleaner, make ice in th<
refrigerator, curl her hair and d<
innumerable other things with elec
tricity, how much more attractive
will be the farm homes.
When the farmer can press a bu.
ton and light his barn, milk his cow.
chop food for the cattle, saw wood,
thresh grain and do scores of other
things which aré now downright
drudgery, farm life will become more
attractive for him and the boys.
Electric road lights will begin to
appear at cross road corners. The
telephone and radio will give the
Home universal communication facil
ities that are enjoyed in the city.
Moving picture houses will gradually
appear in advantageous locations
which can be reached by a five or ten
mile radius by automobile.
Thus, as electricity^ takes light tr
the farm, it will emphasize the ad
vantages of farm life over crowded
city life and draw the people from
the thickly populated districts back
to the rural districts.
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Rotary
Rod Weeders
Moro Hdw. & Imp. Co
as U. S. Army Marksmen
Auto Tops Lowered
Windshields Slanted
Windshield* and Plate Gia** Auto Door*
Cut and Fitted
Auto Top and General Repairing
Prices Reasonable
Saddles Made to Order
Kelley’s Top Shop
211 Court Street
The Dalle*, Ore
Is Your Radiator
corrung hot weather"
If in doubt bring the car in and
we’ll look it over.
At Twiss Battery Station
Phone 122J
Radiator
and Fender Work*
Anthorisad United
f- Motor* Service
The extent of state aid that may bo
Seventy eight per cent of the expected by the Tumalo irrigation dis
student soldiers in attendance at the trict and other atanlUar projects tn
citizens’ military training camp at eastern and central Oregon, probably
Camp Lewis June 19 to July 18 who will be determined next month when
fired the record course in rifle marks the members of the state securities
manship qualified either as sharp commission will make a personal in
shooters or as marksmen according spection of the lands under develop
to figures that have been compiled ment.
at headquarters, 96th division.
Consideration of various proposals
The number completing the course looking to the elimination of many
is 366 of which 30 qualified an sharp legal complications and at the same
shooters and 336 as marksmen. time simplify court procedure In this
Those who qualified have been issued state to the advantage of clients.
badges therefor.
Most of the men courts and attorneys occupied the at-
who fired the rifle course had had no | tention of member* of the Oregon
prior experience on an army range, i judicial council at * meeting In Sale—
Some of the citizen-eoldiers fired the last week.
pistol course. Included among those
Oregon pensions have been granted
who qualified on the rifle range is as follows: Edna B. Welker. Port
Marksman Edgar Alley from Moro, land. $20 a month; Phtnie A. Sloan,
Oregon. , ~
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Portland. $13 a month; Barak Paul,
Grand Hondo, *30 a month; Samael
Mr. and Mrs. George Nix and C. C. T. Hardman. Cottage Grove, $12 a
Richmond drove to Portland late last month, Albert J Ramey. Bend. 315
Saturday afternoon returning Mon a month; Samuel L. Butler, Goble,
$12 a month.
day morning. Mrs. Nix is Mr. Rich-! The contract of the Oliver Con-
mond’s mother. While in Portland •traction company to macadamia*
the men in the party got busy and fol|r m|le. of the
high
painted the residence of Mrs. Nix. „ betw_n Gr™Aoor sad Lorane
Mrs. Richmond, who is staying at the ho
declarad forfaited by the
Nix residence in Portland, was ex-
„d company’s
reding to leave this week for a
. month at one of tha 7 Hlamook ocean
. beache*.
IN MEMORIUM
Mrs. L. J. Gates, formerly Miss
Gonhilda Beck, wife of L. J. Gates
of The Dalles died last Friday morn
ing at the home of Mrs. S. H. Silk
worth in Portland. Mrs. Gates had
been ill several months, the cause of
her death being heart trouble. She
was born in Norway, 47 years ago,
and when a child came to America
where she and her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Ed Beck, lived in Chicago for
several years. Then they came to
The Dalles, where she attended
school and later lived in Kent after
her marrage to Mr. Gates, until the
fall of 1916 when the family moved
to The Dalles.
Mrs. Gates was an active worker
in church, lodge, club and social
circles. She is survived besides her
husband, by her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Ed Beck of Portland; a brother,
OsAr'Beck; a sister, Mrs. Wm.
Seufert of The Dalles, and three
daughters, Margaret, Adelia, and
Camilla Gates.
Funeral services were held in The
Dalles Sunday afternoon in charge of
Rev. H. C. Kohr of Oregon City, as
sisted by Rev. C. Edwards of The
Dalles. A large number of Sherman
county friends of the family at
tending.
Card of Thanks
For ths many expressions of kind
ness and sympathy during the con
tinued illness of Mrs. Gates and on
the occaaion of our great loss and
sorrow when she went from us; and
for the tribute of beautiful flowers,
we desire to express our sincere
thanks.
Louis J. Gates and Daughters.
George Walker recently dug up the
giant redwood tree which has lain em
bedded in the sands near Elk creek at
Cannon Beach for years. He worked
for two days with a team and scraper
before he was able to move the tree.
Mr. Walker estimates that he has
taken nearly 18000 worth of lumber
out of the log and has cut 30 circular
dining room table tops, worth approx
imately 375 each
OBSERVER
WANT
CHANGE OF OFFICE LOCATION
OF THE
Fanners Elevator & Supply Co
From and after next Monday,
June 15$h, the offiqe of the
Farmers Elevator & Supply
Company will be located at the
Farmers State Bank.
All businèM transactions and
accounts will be handled at the
bank. - There will be no change
in the business methods of the
Farmers Elevator 4k Supply
Company. This will be handled
just the same as before.
The elevator warehouse will be
in charge of Geo. A. Meloy, who will be pleased to handle the
warehouse needs of the public at all times.
J. C. McKean, Manager, Moro, Oregon
The Prize Winner Milk
is From Moro Dairy
For steadiness of quality and clean
liness Moro Dairy has at all times
maintained the highest standard pos
sible. Every cow in Moro Dairy herd
has been tested by a state veterinary
and the dairy itself has been inspect
ed by the state health office. No other
milk supply in this vicinity ean
claim as much.
Delivered when you want it
Moro Dairy Milk 10c Quart
Moro Dairy Cream 30c Pint
G. G. Thorp, Proprietor, Moro
Ba niiiM i i i iiiiiu i iiii i mn i m mmnwwwnntnwwngt
SAV
It Has
ADS
Been Proven!
Rates:
Under 15 words, 35c
15 to 30 words, 50c
Over 30 wds., lV4c per wd.
£
FOR SALE—100 Canary Birds. $3.
and up; St. Andreasburg rollers
and domestic. Mrs. J. M. Axtell,
Moro Oregon.
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LOST—op the highway between
Grass Valley apd Kent on Wed
nesday, July 23, • eoUie-shepherd
dog, reddish yellow in color with
white about neck and on tip of tail.
When lost the dog wore a leather
collar, with brass license tag,-“Moro,
No. 24.” The dog was last seen on
same afternoon traveling northward
on highway toward Gran Valley.
Finder please notify undersigned,
and obtain rewards* "Henry G. Han
son, Moro, Oregon.
PIANO FOR SALE in vicinity of
* Moro. Beautiful high grade piano
will be sold at large saving and terms
$10 monthly to responsible party.
For particulars write at once to Cline
Music Co., 66 Front St. Portland,
6ta7»ll
Ore.
CUCUMBERS For Sale for pickling;
large or small size as preferred;
season now on.
Mrs. Granville
Phillips, route 3, Hood River, Ore.
FOR SALE CHEAP—Nearly new
coal oil stove with oven. D. E.
Clark, Moro, Oregon.
2t*j24
MAN AND WIFE want harvest work;
wife to cook, man any job he can
do on the outfit Phone or call at
Observer office, Moro.
LOST—Black brood sow weight 350;
branded on back with heart, hardly
visible; gone two weeks.
Homer
Belshee, phohe 2F15, Moro. Ora. j24
DEERING combine harvester with
motor for sale, used last season.
T. W. Hayes, Motor route A Box 33.
HEMSTITCHING—-Mail orders fill
ed promptly. Mrs. H. A. Woodraff,
704 East 3rd st, The Dalles.
WE PAY panel post one way on all
shoe repairing. Good quality work
and leather.
Joe Amore, - The
Dalles, opposite the post office.
BY PRACTICAL DEMONSTRATION
THAT THE
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McCormick - Deering Two Man Harvester
Thresher Equipped With Leveling Device
IS A SUCCESS
For .Particulars See
Ginn, Coleman & Co
local
agents
Moro, Oregon
Moro Oarage
Blacksmith and Machine Shop
'Plow Share' Grinding
Acetylene Welding
Wood Working in Connection
Let us give you prices on our
Pennsylvania Vacuum Cup Tire*
We Have a Complete New Stock
Moro Garage,
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schiaviti, Pn,.