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GATE CITY JOURNAL, THURS., JANUARY 5,1933 THE GATE CITY JOURNAL W. r. AND ALMA McLINO, Publisher» Subscription, Y ea r............. Subscrpition, 6 Months _ ....$1.50 ___ 75c hard pill to take but tax agencies the country over are get-1 A woman writer says the way to reform a wayward hus band is to keep him amused. However, many American ting over the spending spree of boom years. We believe the year 1933 will be one of readjustment in women have found the shotgun a surer remedy. matters of money and in trade and in the mental outlook If these prize fighters aren’t careful they’ll find them of the people. We believe 1933 will see material progress. selves earning all they get. Our war debtors, too, want to get in on a new’ deal. Opposition to the proposed 2 per cent sales tax is largely based upon the belief that it would soak the poor and save THE OUTLOOK FOR 1933 the rich. George Palmiter, the former master of the Oregon State ‘‘Who knoweth what good fortune the day may bring grange, is the authority for the following comparison of forth?” much interest. Take a home owner whose place is valued at What it is we cannot explain but there is something $1000. On a state of 3 mills, his state tax would be $3. about beginning anew, about the arrival of a new year, that If that same man levy spent $1000 a year for living expenses, tends to revive waning hopes. We know it will be different the proposed 2 per cent sales tax would cost him $20 or $17 than the old one and in that knowledge lies our hopes for more than he would pay under a straight property tax. better times in 1933. the citizen with property assessed at $100,000. On Encouraging factors are numerous. Trade trend is no a 3 Take mill state tax his property tax for state purposes would longer down and everyone believes the low in farm prices be $300. Assuming his income is $10,000, it is reason- has been reached, that the next inevitable step is upward. 1 able that he spends that $500 a year for living expenses. With a Uncertainties of election are over. The stock market low 2 per cent sales tax he would pay a state tax of $100 instead occured last June and it has been improving since. Autumn of the $300 that his state tax would be under a 3 mill prop brought far less bank failures than the first six months of erty tax. The citizen with the big income and valuable pro 1932 and confidence has been repaired. Christmas trade perty would save $200. the country over was better than forecasts indicated. The Byron Defenbach of Idaho says the burden of the sales war debt situation is at least beginning to clarify. It was a tax would fall upon the “small man.” “Mississippi spend- I ing about four times as much in a biennium as Idaho found ! itself faced in a recent biennium with a deficit of four mil- ! lion dollars,” he said. “The small property owner could not MEALS COST LESS oay his taxes or would not. There remained only the con- AT JOE’S CAFE jsumption of taxes; taxes on things that people had to buy ' in order to live. He emphasized that approval of the Mis- We have marked all of our prices down, so you Isissippi system came from the large taxpayers who would will find that you get a real meal for less money benefit by a shift in the tax to the poorer elements of the at Joe’s Cafe. nation.” Nyssa Cafe OREGON NYSSA A r e y o u r tires SAFE? If accident looms suddenly, can y o u »top? Your brake» will hold, but can your tires respond? W orn tires are dangerous I Because of scientific tread design and long- wearing compound, the non-skid element remains on Kelly Lotta Miles Tires longer than on other tires any where near their price. Let us show you the Kelly Safety- graphs, the printed proof that Kelly» are good for thousands and thou sands of Safa Miles. TECHNOCRACY ,, . n ,, . , , Something new, or something not so new under a new guise, is “technocracy.” Although writers declare it an- Other form Of Communism, SUch a Vast Store Of really im- ortant statistics relative to machine production, human ¡1 abor and wealth has been gathered, technocracy is at tracting no little interest all over the country and may prove helpful in the readjustment of American industry which is sure to come about. A dentist may not be exactly an artist, but he does quite a bit of drawing from real life. We read that “the first method of spreading the news was by word of mouth.’* It is also the last. O. K. Lamb of Alabama is studying for the ministry and hopes to become the shepherd of a flock. Nyssa, Oregon reed [pQ Mäsh BECAUSE— The hen lays only as many eggs as she has mat erial for both yolks and whites. Grain alone con tains more yolks than whites, while GEM MASH contains more whites than yolks. Combining the two the hen is furnished material for practically an equal number of yolks and whites and produces ONE THIRD MORE EGGS than when fed grain alone. GAME COMMISSIONER MALHEUR LAW WILL CONFER WITH MAKERS LEAVE MALHEUR GRANGERS FOR LEGISLATURE Editor’s Note: These “get acquainted" write-ups of Representative V. B. Stap les and Senator Robert M. Duncan, leg islators for Malheur county, appeared in the last issue of Oregon Voter. V. B. STAPLES Former buckaroo is virgii Bain stap ¡.e0sle a'n d^u^m ^^oT business erty interests after extensive bi experience. Doer rather than a talker, ITtecuTTcom- mlttee rooms. Cautious and calculating type rather than aggressive and com municative; sound, conservative, econ omical. Born on farm, Henderson, Ky„ Oct. 10, 1877, and reared there; to Oregon i896, working as cowpuncher on big Harney county ranches; Ontario, em- ployed by Malheur Forwarding Co., 1898-99; in clothing business as Griffin and Staples 1900; term as postmaster Vale, beginning 1912; back to Ontario 1917 and in automobile business until 1929; president Ontario Commercial club; terms as councilman; semi-retired as farmer; Shrine; Kiwanls; Episcop alian. At Tuesday's meeting of the state game commission in Portland, Carl D. Silven, commissioner from Baker, was appointed a committee of one to confer with the Malheur County Pomona grange in regard to its recent sug • n that farmers be allowed to kill ants in and out of season on their v, lands. Some farmers contend tiia pheasants do great damage to crop; Iothers 1 h a 1 they destroy enough insects and weed seed to replace any loss. The commission will request the leg islature to make a new tagging regula tion which would permit a storage plant to tag the animals brought in by hunt ers. The commission declared 2000 acres in the experimental farm near Corvallis a game refuge. mfflfc J y 1 ------- SEE US FOR GEM MASH NO TAX ON COAL Contrary to widespread report there is no tax on domestic coal. We sell good Utah ABERDEEN COAL. PEANUT BRITTLE America is pouring back to the farm, the American Eco Mrs. George W. English, Wilder nomic association was told last week, as much as it ever sugar. flocked to the cities in the so-called free money days of 2 3-4 cups cup white com syrup. 1920-1930. In spite of a higher rural birth rate, farm popu 3-4 cup water. lation of the country lost 1,400,00 during that decade, 1 teaspoon butter. 1 cup salted peanuts. three times more than left the farm in the previous ten 11-2 teaspoons soda. years. 11-2 teaspoons vanilla. Now comes word that 1932 may be the first year in Boil together first five ingredients golden brown. Then add soda and which modern American cities have suffered a marked loss until vanilla. Pour in buttered pans and in population and the farms gained. The movement is the spread thin. When cold break in de result of men’s inability to earn a living in the crowded sired pieces. cities. He can return to the farm and always dig a living out of the bounties of Mother Earth. MAPLE POPCORN BALLS Agriculture is the basic industry, the one which supplies 3 quarts popped com. the only real necessities of life. And man can grow them. 1-2 cup dark brown sugar maple syrup It also brings to us the thought that agriculture is the 2 1 cup tablespoons vinegar foundation of true wealth and the old adage that when the 2 tablespoons butter farm prospers we all prosper. We look forward to the day 1-2 cup water. when the fanner again receives a welcome price for his Place the popcorn in a large bowl the rest of the ingredients and boil record potato crop, those fine apples and luscious melons. Mix without stirring until a portion clicks when tested in cold water, or until candy thermometer registers 264 degrees F. Pour over the popcorn and mix thor oughly with a wooden spoon. Allow to cool a little and take up portions In the hands, press Into balls and wrap Indi vidually. E. M. Blodgett Attorney and Counselor at Law Practice in all Court» SPEEDWAY SUPERTWIST CORD TIRES Nyssa Seed & Grain Co. Ted Newell Manager Phone 26 for Good Aberdeen Coal PHONE 26 Nyssa, Oregon Specializing on the care of Children’s Eyes BACK TO THE FARM SMOOTH tires don’t hold on wet pavement. Punctures are more d in g e ro u s w hen I t ’» s lip p e ry . Changing tires Is also dangerous and disagreeable. Better put on i new Goodyears now -they’ll pro-j ect you, save you money onl repairs and delays. P u ll O m » lw 3 0 x 3 1j R . a 4 .4 8 - 2 1 4 .5 8 - 2 » E ach In P a ir* $ » .* » 3 -7 8 4 .3 7 Tuba • .« a 1 ,7 7 1 . 0 « F u ll O rp r* lx * 4 .5 8 -3 1 ..... 4 . 7 5 - 1 9 ___ 5 . 6 8 - 1 7 ....... LAWRENCE SERVICE STATION NYSSA OREGON' E ach I n P a ir s $ 4 .4 7 f.IX *• 4 « Tuba $ 1 . 0 « 1 . 0 $ 1 . 1 « Chiropractic Phone 29— Res. 25 NYSSA, OREGON NYSSA, OREGON i J f l f wt.ï*' Water Jackets on Cylinder Blocks. Pumps, Etc. WELDED LIKE NEW Welding, Machine Work, Oenerml Repair. Phone 75P14, LOUIS GARRISON At Chas. Garrison Ranch. Nyssa Anna B. Pritchett, D. O. Osteopathy and Electrotherapy PHONE 201 Vale, Oregon. MALHEUR TITLE & ABSTRACT CO. Vale, Oregon Reliable Abstracts of Title DRY CLEANING The claim of the technocrats that “there is enough mach —at— inery in the United States to provide a $10,000 standard of living for every family in the country, with men between ROBERT M. DUNCAN Lowest Prices in Years the ages of 20 and 45 working four hours a day, four days a week,” is inviting attention. How to work out such a plan Early occupational activities of Rob Merwin Duncan were in connection Have your winter coats is not only visionary but at once comes in for the attack ert with his father's sawmill at Salem. that it would destroy the individualism of the American. While assisting his father he traveled dry-cleaned and over coast timber counties. Perhaps the only good that will develop from this latest extensively re-lined at— resident in eastern Oregon cure-all is the diagnosis of our present dilemma, faulty dis Subsequent has given him knowledge of the prob- tribution of the products of labor under our highly _ _ advanc lems peculiar to that region. Sand- ed machine age All of US believe this true and many able I W lched between these periods of his life NYSSA TAILOR SHOP — were the broadening experiences of col men are venturing into the realm of possible treatment. lege and war. Is a he-man, live-wire, Americans will find a way out—a way to readjust industry popular, respected, endowed with good Roy Scott, Prop. without sacrificing the initiative and freedom of the indi sense. Nyssa, Ore. I vidual and that citizenship of our people which is a sacred Born Cobden, 111., April 2, 1884; to Salem, Oregon, with parents 1887;; saw heritage. mill helper; Salem schools and Willam- Americans are rising to the need for the elimination of Gulloch at Ontario and practiced at the grafter from politics, without doubt as much to blame ette U LLB 1909; law partner J. W. Mc- captain US Inf. 1917-19; law prac as the machine for some of our economic ills. Americans Vale; tice at Burns since 1919; Mason, Am. are awakening to the challenge for complete honesty in Legion, Kiwanis, Officers Res Corps, bar Dr. J. A. McFall government which is in itself a factor bringing much association; Congregationalist. encouragement. Evesight Specialist winter means s.l.i.p.p.e.r.y X O 3 d S! Dr. C. A. Abbott, D. C. It is suspected that the ultimate assets of some of these self-liquidating projects will turn out to be mostly water. Home Corner PowelFs Service Station DENTIST Nyssa, Jregon Office Phone 35P2 Residence Phone 35F3 X-RAY EXAMINATIONS SALES TAX WOULD SOAK POOR Entered at the Post Office at Nyssa, Oregon, as Second Class Matter The Dr. E. D. NorcoH Ontario, Oregon City Transfer TRUCKING ana TRANSFERRING Phone 15 and Phone 28 C. KLINKENBERG If You Drive a Mode! - T or any car of older vintage that needs a new top, curtains or top repair, see Parkinson for first class AUTO TOP WORK Lowest Prices Ever Harness and Shoe Work R. W. PARKINSON Nyssa, Oregon E v erijlw © Minutes ANOTHER HOME BURNS / F you are underinsured, or if you let your fire insurance lapse even for a single day, your property values are exposed to loss. Fires occur unexpectedly and destroy much valuable property in a brief time. You owe it to yourself to be carefully protected. How could you be adequately compensated for your loss if you were uninsured or underinsured? Let us help you obtain an ap praisal. make suggestions, and furnish adequate insurance, Don M. Graham THE INSURANCE MAN
