Sherman County observer., August 20, 1926, Image 2

LIGHTNING, SMOKERS, CAMPERS
MAIN CAUSE OF FIRES
Buick Motor Company
invites every lover
of fine motor cars to
drive the
GREATEST
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EVER BUILT
GEO. N. CROSFIELD
DISTRIBUTOR FOR SHERMAN COUNTY
WASCO, OREGON
One Mile East of The Dalles
in Thompsons Addition
Some "rgmarkable" statements oc­
* Nine hundred and ninety-nine for­ casionally gain cumulation. A good ex­
est fires have been reported-by the ample is one which appeared recently
The governor of Oregon has Made
twenty-two national forests of Ore­ dated from Washington, to the effect
an astonishing discovery.
He finds
gon and Washington for the present
that
the
utility
rates
in
this
state are
fire season, up to July 31. These
unfair,
and
that
the
people
are
paying
road.
On
the
face
of
it
this
is
an
fires have burned 69,699 acres of
national forest land, 3,396 acres of extravagant and unreasonable asser­ an excessive price for telephone ser­
private land inside national forest tion, for anyone who drives an auto­ vice. He demands a special investi­
boundaries, and 26,609 acres of private mobile knows that a tire will mi more gation into the utility rate structure
land outside and adjacent to national than 1,000 miles on a macadam road, for the purpose of securing, if pos­
forest boundaries. Only 131 of the which would be its approximate life sible. some measure of relief to the
fires burned over ten acres each; 295 based on the ratio mentioned.
public.
11 is interesting to note that this
were held under ten acres and over
Another interesting statement credit­
one quarter acre; while 573 fires were ed to the representative of a cement discovery comes just previous to a
held under one quarter of an acre organization, says: •'Concrete roads general st^te election, where the
each.
Estimates of the damage or well built according to our specifica­ people will be called upon to vote for
loss are not available as yet.
tions, will last JOO year» and then be a governor and also a measure which
Over half of the fires were caused
good to start on the second century would authorize the state to spend
by lightning. The forest service re­
$40,600,000 upon a hydroelectric de­
port calls attention to the fact that
If there have been any “hundred­ velopment scheme. Due to the fact
th^ lightning lizard has been 'un­
year roads" built in the United States, that r governor makes the charges
usually severe this year; at the same
few people l|»ve seen them. * They against the utility companies, the
time it expresses appreciation of the
would certainly be more than 6 to 10 news value of his statements secures
fact that many forest visitors have
inches in thickness, the sverage which columns of front page publicity in
cooperated by being more careful.
the newspapers.
Persons familiar
The report shows 561 lightning fires, is now laid on highway». - Thia type with such proceedings know that it
of concrete road do«» well to last 10
zs against 438 man-caused.
years without expenqjvc repairs, under will be impossible to investigate the
Analizing
rates of Oregon utilities in the short
however, the forest service finds that heavy traffic conditio»*.
Few counties qr states could afford time before the coming election, but
smokers and campers are sffll the
She “demand” for the investigation
prime offenders. There is a total of to build concrete roads sufficiently
serves the purpose.
thick
to
withstand
the
pound
and
jar
134 smokers fires and 125 campers
The utility rates in Oregon, as in
of
traffic
for
100
years,
The
surface
of
fires. This is 59 per cent of the total
other
states, are the result of many
number of man-caused fires due to such a road would become so rough!
years
of
study and the application of
the camper-smoker hazard.
Forest that it would have to be retopped
state regulation applied to private
with
some
suitabta
material
long
be
­
officers point out that there is still a
I business. , The courts and public ser­
careless minority of forest visitors fore the 100 year» expired.
So much gion«y ha* ***” wasted vice commissions of Oregon and other
who menace the welfare of the forest,
as well as the pleasure of others, and on
experimental road conftruction, states, which have made numerous
who must be brought to realize that that it ia well to be reasonable in dis­ decisions as to the reasonableness of
it takes only one spark
cussing road matters involving tax utility rates and wbat should be con­
sidered a fair valuation and return, are
forest fire.
expenditure».
virtually accused of being in league
Other -man-causes listed in the for
with the utilities to rob the consumer,
est service report for two sutes are
under sweeping charges such as (he
railroads 65; brush burning 32; in­
I Oregon governor makes« for the
cendiary 23; lumbering 14; miscellan­
I courts and the commissions have es­
eous 45.
’
A general rain totaling .41 of an
ineh at Moro fell in Sherman county
between Sunday evening and Thurs­
day morning, breaking a drought ex­
tending over 84 days. Very little, if
any, damage resulted to farmers be­
cause of the motatuys, all being finish­
ed with harvesting except possibly
three or four. It win need aa much
more rain than this precipitation to
insure a good stand on summer fallow
because of the unusual dry conditions
of the fields.
Good Spring Water
Seven Room House
Entire Place Irrigated
36x36
BILL THF BA
' SAYS^
THE MOST.
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ARE IN-LAWS
tablished the rates after exhaustive
I hearings and investigations.
One can easily see what would
In discussing the tariff questkm,
the San Francisco Chronicle makes happen to the profit and loss account
the following startling comparison: of a $40,000,000 state hydroelectric
I plant in Oregon, or any other state,
I under a rate making schedule, free
well
I from state regulation^ as appled to
scale the walls, the Greek besiegers
I private plants, and based on political
built a great wooden horse. Inside it
I expediency rather than on the neces-
they hid some of the best warriors
sity of making a profitable financial
with their weapons. Then they drag-
I return, including tax payments.
ged the wooden hors^to Troy, left it
there, and ran away.
"The foolish I rogans went out and
dragged the wooden horse inside' their
walls. And-the Greeks waiting out­
side poured in
That was the finish
of Troy.
"It happened many cen­
turies ago, but the Trogan horse goes
on happening over and over again.
Like the great palls that protected
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one man ever made a basebail
team, and no one man ever carried
on a successful business by himself,
City carperiters and plumbers may*
think they have little interest in the
farmer. The man handling freight on
a city delivery truck or the timekeep­
b apparent in all lections of Our er paying off a bunch of stevedores
Country. An iastru ent intends to be on a seaport dock, may say: “What
used by the people n voluntary sig- do we care about the farmer’s prob­
nature, has been so bused that it no lems?"
But the majority of carpenters se­
cure employment from individuals or
support. Why not
itiative petitions corporations, who, in turn, are de­
to buy signatures to
the same as to buy »tes? The San pendent for the business they do, up­
on the sale or manufacture of prod­
Francisco Daily New* says:
The initiative petition seeking a ucts derived from some farm crop. A
constitutional amendment for the re­ targe part of the business of the city
lief and better education of the bind draym^i and the waterfront steve­
in California has been withdrawn by dore, will 'be handling farm crops,
cither in their fresh state, canned, or
tho« hum»
Reduction on
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The Crandall Undertaking Company
A flapper's rebellion against
rick and Bert Roach suppoi
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The modern funeral director is more than simply what that
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handles every conceivable detail in a quiet, tactrui m
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avert« any additional strain upon the
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Such is the policy of our organization. A
which hM
for us general recognition as a Service Institution.
Conway’s “ Brown of Harvard ”
American farmer and industries against
ruinous
competition.
We cannot
maintain the American standard of liv­
ing, pay American wages, and then
ALL MEN EQUALLY INTERESTED
meet the price competition of foreign
nations with lower standards and
lower wages.
A Service Institution
ing no money with which to push meats, etc. The man who says he is
the petition, they were bound to fail! not interested id agriculture, lacks
of securing the necessary signatures. good sense.
Lack of tariff protection on crops
One glaring fact has bee« un­
where
it is necessary, simply cuts off
covered in the recent campaign, says
the devoted but disgusted promoters the jobs of thousands qf workman in
other lines of industry besides farm’
of the petition! pad
that
law providing for the placing of prop­ ing. What good does it do the labor­
ositions on the ballot by initiative has ing man if he can buy butter, eggs
been shown to be confined to wealthy or sugar for a few cents less each
organizations and individuals. It has month, if unrestricted foreign com-
practically every petitibn causes him to lose his job?
been shown
jn
which
will The sooner we all learn that we have
initiative
pi
an interest in each other's problems,
the sooner will industrial and agri­
cultural stability be assured.
In other words, a proposal whose
purpose is not for financial benefit of
any person or set of persons and Is
purely of a humanitarian nature, fails
of »Ppe»H
Qaly money-supported
Initiative gits any when ।
Jt is an
indictment to shame the state-
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Dealen In
Bar Iron and Steel
of
which are
first coat, low operating
cos t and slow de predation.
This Spectacularly grow*
Plow Shares Sharpened
reduction
Double Trees and Single Trees
TIPTON AND MANCHESTER
The Dalles, Oregon *
CHAMPION SURF BATHERS .
F om and Company, Moro, Associate Dealers
Sherman Garage, Wasco, Associate Dealers
No Associate Dealer at Grass Valley.
It is a well estabMahad belief among
those who invest in Sherman County
Observer advertisfaw that t^1*
does in that way realize a double
value.
The little daughters of Jack Finney
of Spokane, Washington, are the
champion surf-board riders pf the
Pacific northwest. They are shown
here doing stunts with their father on
Lake Coeur d’ Ale ne in Idaho, near
Spokane.
Reading of advertising is worth
while.
Woodworking
Tank Lumber and Hardwood