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About Sherman County observer. (Moro, Sherman County, Or.) 1897-1931 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 17, 1930)
i -Y » ■ .. I I V Mfc, . ’to* , ' * « The Sherman County Observer,* Moro, Oregon, •- ‘ • ,. •% '¿RJ,*Rr*<^C*****' Friday October 17, 1930 * Voters Should Read BUI On Oregon Farms and Learn for Themselves From College News Service, O.S.A.C. In spit* of the hysterical efforts to ■take the electric industry “the goat” Hillsboro— Acreage of Austrian of the present campaign, the electric power companies are keeping en winter field peas in Washington coun tirely out of all personal issues and ty will be increased thia year from candidacies. This industry 4s being 150 acres to approximately 1000 unjustly abused and villified for acres. Practically all of thia will be political purposes aid, naturally, they grown for seed on a contract basis. resent such tactics, but believe that Arrangements have also been made the people will recognize that most of by County Agent W. F. Cyrus to try this stuff is political bunk, perhaps out these peas as a silage crop on the not now, but after the campaign is farm of J. A. Lindow. over. However, we are much concerned over the injury threatening every ^Clamath Falls— Potato shipments body from the constitutional amend from Klamath county this fall are ment, designated in the Voter’s expected to be far greater than any Phamplet as the “Peoples Water and previous year, reports County Agent Power Utility District Amendment.” 3. A. Henderson. Shipments started We realize that many vctefs are early in September and reached 10 likely to overlook the certain dangers or 12 cars a day during the latter part of debt and tax confiscation, if the of the month. Five additional ware amendment should he ad «y ted and house storage plants with capacities promoters should get to work to take of 60 car* each, are under construc tion, and a number of farm storage advantage of its provisions. ellar* are being completed. The Stripped of political claims an counter claims, put down in the cold tubers are of good quality and a liV words of the “Grange” bill, voters tie larger than usual. are asked to write into Oregon’s con stitution dangerous tax-breeding lia Enterprise— The average produc bilities for all the property of the tion of the Wallowa County Dairy state to pay. There are arguments, Improvement association herds thia pro and con, in your Voters’ Phamp- let which you can read if you wish. But don’t faü to read the bill itself before voting upon it. Particularly section 12 subdivisions (b) and (c) which authorizes the levying of taxes without limit, as claimed by W. S. U’ren father of the direct primary «nH the initiative and referendum, and grants the authority to issue, sell ■n<l assume (bonds) of indebtedness. This last subdivision grants authority to assume the bonded indebtedness of J the plundered irrigation districts and will in its final analysis put upon all the tavahln property of Oregon the burden of paying to the irrigation project millionaire promoters the face w in . of these irrigation bonds which were taken by them as high priced “fees” for promoting these districts when they knew it would be utterly impossible to place these irrigation «»stricts upon a self supporting pro duction basis. Thirty Six Thousand Lives The United States is on its way to ward establishing a new high record for deaths due to the automobile, ac cording to a well known authority. It is forecast that at the end of 1930 the total of casualties will be 36,000 —several thousand more than were killed last year, when the present tragic record was established. Hundred of thousands of incompe- still the modern “rules of the road.” Hunderd of thousands of incompe tents are allowed full use of the public highways. This last factor— that of incompetence— is probably largely responsible for our gigantic record of fatalities. Only a few states have laws reuiring strict examination of applicants for drivers’ licenses. For tunately, there is a trend toward such laws througout the nation knd when •very state has and enforces them at least partial success in accident pre veatioa will be achieved. Another crying need in most states to far ■iiiltm iistioa and revision of Up-to-date, en- that would be sup- by the public, are essential to Eugene— Because of the relatively high price of prepared dairy feeds, Lane county dairymen are feeding considerably more home grown feed than usual. With the assistance of the county agent, balanced rations are being worked out containing maximum amounts of feeds produced in the county. Canadian Wheat Pools The total handling of grain through Suskatshewan pool elevators up to September 1st this year amounted to 3,954,775 bushels, as compared to 2,470,065 bushels at the saipe date a year ago. There the now 1,034 ele vators under pool control in that province. petition. It is Safe to say that government ownership of the electric industry is There is a great deal moi’e to the favored by many citizens who would present political campaign for public fight to the last ditch against govern ownership of electric power in Ore ment ownership of their own busi gon and Washington than whether or nesses. It is a telling commentary on not these states or a few towns shall the attitude of our “partial socialists” build and operate electric plants. The that they always advocate socializa whole economic and industrial future tion of someone else’s source of live lihood and never their own. They is involved. fail to realize that if politicians get It is an axiom that if .Government control of one industry, they will in once gets its grip on one major busi ness, it is never satisfied until it con evitably extend their power to trols other great business. Oregon others. At present the northwest, in com and Washington would be no excep pany with the rest of the nation, is tion to the general rule. facing a business depression, one of Next November the people will vote whose primary results has been an on a measure to form local power unemployment crisis. To discourage boards or districts with the authority industry by threatening government not only to compete with existing competition, would further depress power companies but to acquire their business and throw more citizens out properties and build plants which of work, as it has already done in would sell power far boyond the boun several specific cases. daries of the local tax district which, The result of nett November’s in case of losses, could be obligated election will be watched by investors to make up the deficits for their own throughout the United States. It will electric service and also for service determine whether or not local and sold to customers outside the tax outside capital will continue to flow district obligated to pay for the pub unrestricted into Oregon and Wash lic owned plants. to ington industries which employ a Private electric power development multitude of workers at good wages would cease, for investors would not and pay millions of dollars iff "taxes »purchase securities in companies into thé public treasury, or whether menaced by political tax-free com the development of these states will Beneath the Surface U n lU d S U U S ^ ^ r U r i U I .S S M .S S S .S S ■et r e c e iv e — ___ cH nnÎ Î L Item 7».<HS SS ToU1 New force to the statement that gasoline is the “cheapest commodity” is given by statistics recently issued by T.R.Agg and H. S. Carter of Ohio SUite College. They estimate that out of every dollar spent for operat- { ing an automobile, 20 cents goes for gasoline, three cents for oil, 27 cents for maintenance, 22 cents for depre ciation, 10 cents for tires and tubes, seven cents for garage rent, two cents for license and six cents for interest. Actually, the motorist spends less than 20 cents out of each dollar for gasoline, as 10 to 33 per cent of his gasoline bill goes to the state in taxes, i Those who complain about the “high J cost of gasoline” should know that it is one of the few major commodities we use that costs less than it did in 1913. If this saving to the motorist is offset by excessive gasoline taxes, as is the case in many states, that issue is up to the public. Business Men say: “Advertising Pays’ p rem iu m s r^ 3KH CXMQAN • • . . . • • • • • • • • • • W9.9W .I9 Amount <>f all other es- Remit tance ’ U t o w ' office. To tal ..........I «U « WS.141 M ffffVtot9 0^2 toff d a >aafir lnf^Jank/^ani? oo hand 'remluma In course of eol- & r " SS.ISO M reD U - Total admitted 1S.S4SJS • »I«*7*-«14•*< ^ ^ J * * * * « Amount of unearned pre- SM.1S3.97 Due . for cotnniiaaron and All mVer^lfablhttjs and taxea S «.000 03 To tal alve UabUlttm. exclu- r i c a p i t a i »lock BI.’S IN E S s Ì n ' ORBÓOH Wfc T ils L omcc paid durine the rear L o o — Incurred durine ih * fig . ’ of a ss« You Cant Get Something for Nothing “An Impossible Promise” Says a leading Seattle newspaper in refer ring to current propaganda for so-called “public ownership ” and to the promise of many a candidate now seeking political office. It gives this warning to the people of Oregon: “ His program restates the promise that has been made in many other campaigns and in many parts of the country. He promises a vast public power and electrical development ‘without cost to the tax payers/ b a are apparent both in the evidences of waste and mis management, and still more palpable in the recurrent upward leaps and bounds of the general tax rate. rolls of millions of dollars worth of taxable property “ The people of Oregon have only to cast their eyes erty not only within their own corporate limits and in the direction of Seattle and Tacoma to learn much the limits of the counties in which they are located, on this score; they have only to cock their ears to but they have invaded numerous other counties and catch the loud complaint that arises against these two helped themselves freely. cities from all the rest of the State of Washington. measurably to the taxes of property remaining on Seattle and Tacoma launched heavily upon power development schemes to be perfected ‘ without cost to the taxpayers? The tax rate in Tacoma has gone up to 81 mills, the highest in the whole Northwest, the Seatlle rate of 76.85 mills claims second place. the rolls. That is why the rest of this state so bitterly . “ T hu is a promise that has never yet been fulfilled. Wherever the people have been beguiled into per mitting the experiment it has proved a failure and a disappointment, and has imposed heavy additional burdens upon the taxpayers. It is a promise that only the fanatical few nowadays venture to voice anywhere within hailing distance of a city or a sec tion wherein the experiment has been tried. . Tax Rates 1929 •to •5 VOTE 325 X NO / t this Warning - Against ' \ again must suffer^ by increase in the direct tax levy, by increase in utility rates, or by both. VOTE 325 X NO % A, Confiscatory • •: >. z. ! Debts and «■ ' - Taxes _____ _______ „ . •' * -• ', ’ - 325 X NO ! Districts Constitutional Amendment i M • • . 7' ' . ‘ \ • Paid Advertisement—UTILITY TAXPAYERS COMMITTEE, H. L. WALTHER, Manager, 206 Sixth Street, Portland, Oregon • . . On a state wide ■h ~------ --------------;■ ~ 7 - Against Power ■ the tax load. Should that be done, the city taxpayers Editorial, Seattle Sunday Times, Aug. 31, 1930. , by Voting > utility projects be compelled to resume a share of scale, as promised in Oregon and as proposed in the so-called ‘ district power hill ’ initiated for vote in Washington, the result would be so much more disastrous. ” V * complains and so earnestly demands that these city PEOPLE OF OREGON . . . . L Heed All this has added im of getting something for nothing. “Existing publicly owned utili ties of King and Pierce counties have increased taxes in every other city and community in the State of Washington.”—Tax payers’ Economy League of Spokane. »’ >' 'V for their power projects. They have taken this prop be well advised to turn away from the foolish thought Whole State Suffers Tax Losses “ Nothing of the kind can be done without cost to the taxpayers. Bonds may be sold and debt incurred to get such a development under way, and for a time everything may seem to be moving serenely. But the day of reckoning comes around and the sad results “ Both Seattle and Tacoma have stripped the tax “Seattle and Tacoma have gained nothing by these ventures. On the contrary they have lost much and stand to lose Still more. The people of Oregon will Tacoma. 81.89 mills Seattle, 76.85 mills Portland, 48.60 mills . . . . 1 .z-. a . • • / •fS — M. Stanerai Arent. L °u ‘» Roaenthil. statutory reagent a tto rn o for r:rv- .See. Ocortr T a rla r. t a S?7J2 Ct.U M n M nir T h am ea & IlOfX • Against Crees the Argentine Re- toto far t |e eeeeon^of i Small ‘s f e t . W heat Planted acres to ■mal average far the mra wm 1 I J 7 O H A ■ A Neighbor’s Warning rions problem accident pre weadftsaL. * affects every citizen and to a affai atom s« to the life of every t to that country as depend on publig : £ond boni issues and in- hich i are the inevita creased taxes which ble result of establishing tax-exempt government or municipally owned and politically operated business en terprises. Power Districts Amendment Apply Business Methods to Unemployment Problem A comprehensive system of unem ployment exchanges, organized both geographically and industrially so that every locality and every industry not only provides for its own workers but is tied-in with other* in some form of a cooperative clearing house system, is advocated by Sam E. Lewisohn, industrialist and philan thropist, in the Engineering and Mining Journal. He says: “If a certain amount of job losing is necessary, then the task of job finding to balance it must be made as simple as possible. One of the diffi culties of solving the unemployment problem is the indifference of busi ness and industry. “If all employers were to, apply those methods of management which are already known and tested, the amount of chronic unemployment would be so reduced that the propor tion left to government treatment would be comparatively unimportant. “There is no panacea for unem ployment in any country or any industry; there are remedies for each individual case and most of these remedies are within the power of every employer to apply, alone, with out government aid, without tariffs, srithout elections.” year was 331 pounds of butter fat, according to th^ annual association report compiled by County Agent N. C. Donaldson. This was 19 pounds more than last year and 45 pounds more than the year before when, the association was formed. Nine cows averaged more than 500 pounds of fat for the year. Figures showed that one herd, owner has increased his production 88 pounds per cow during the three years the association has been in operation. *
