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capital, thei'è is nothing to divide; transportation lines,
iinil.
indutsry, and tradesmen are feeling the effect and the en
in the case ot a patron moving from
] one district to another the patron must
tire capitalistic civilization is crumbling about us.
Attorney and Counselor at Law
first file his intentions of doing so with
“Overproduction is a cruel word when we think of the Winnie R uth Judd tens sentenced to his bank and get fils membership card
First National Bank Building
hang Friday. April 21, for the murder and credentials before lie can enter an
W. F. AND ALMA McLING, Publishers
Phone 68
millions cold and hungry in our midst. If all could have I I of
Agnes Anne Lerol. one of two account with anther bank.
work at a reasonable wage, the granaries would soon be friends
Oregon
whom she is said to have tcllled.
Vale
In the case of a patron who falls to
Subscription, Y ea r_____________ $1 ¿0
emptied, the shelves in the stores would soon be bare, and Mrs. Judd was denied clemency Friday repay
Subscrpltion, 6 Months __________78c
his borrowed credit when due,
the wheels of industry would soon turn with a welcome after repeated attempts to escape the art amount of 25 per cent would be de
Entered at the Post Office at Nysaa. Oregon, as Second Class Mattsr
ducted from his deposits until the I
sound. In the meantime, one must not forget that the pro gallows.
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borrowed is paid in full with
Dr. E. D. Norcott
ducts of 40,000,000 acres of American soil formerly found In a plane crash Friday, several amount
2 per cent penalty.
BEER AND BUSINESS
their market in foreign shores. That market has failed. members of a Canadian basket ball additional
DENTIST
It must be emphatically understood j
Nyssa.
Jregon
team and others were killed near Neo- that if this banking system is to sur
While the hop men of western Oregon are hoping and The foreign nations no longer buy our farm products. To desha,
Kansas. Six people were dead vive a standard of values or prices
Office Phone 35F2
give
our
protected
industries
a
higher
home
market
we
the breweries are brewing mild beer, the rest of us are
and others were critically injured.
Residence Phone 35F3
must be adopted for each and every
wondering just what the change which comes into effect have erected tariff walls so high that the foreign con
commodity and service this earth pro
X-RAY EXAMINATIONS
with the legalized sale of the 3.2 per cent drink tomor sumer has ceased trading with us. Trade is a mutual ar President Roosevelt signed the Cope- duces. Thereby avoiding fluctuating j
land-Cellar medicinal liquor bill re condition, such as peaks of prosperity (
rangement.
If
we
do
not
buy,
we
can
not
sell.
row—April 7, will amount to.
moving restriction on the amount doc and depressions of despair.
“This bill gives the Secretary of Agriculture the right to tors may prescribe.
First, will the sale of beer help business? Only a trial
This banking system could in some I
respects be operated in a similar man
will determine the test. States along the Canadian and rent from the fanner these 40,000,000 acres, or any part
Dr. C. A. Abbott, D. C.
H. Hall of Multnomah county ner as our present banking and clear
Merican borders say they will reap much profit that has thereof, and remove them from production, allowing was John
the first to file with secretary of ing house systems. In other respects it
many
acres
to
be
used
for
forestry,
some
to
lie
fallow,
and
been going across the line. Uncle Sam will undoubtedly
Chiropractic
state as a candidate for delegate to the would resemble our present govern
get no little revenue from the patrons of the bootleg rings other acres to be given to people in our bread lines so they state convention to consider the repeal ment postal system, as it would be a
Phone 29— Res. 25
of the 18th amendment. He favors re service of the government for the peo
in the larger cities of America. The smaller towns are may grow their food and will not be obliged to accept it peal
and filed last week.
ple.
NYSSA, OREGON
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counting on their share. But who will pay for this beer that from the hand of charity.
(Continued next week)
is counted upon to balance the budget? If it is the work “Assuming an average rental of $5 an acre be paid by Charles E. Mitchell, (ormer head of
ing man with a family it will be costly beer as most of the Government for this land, or $200,000,000—and add the National City bank, New York, has
been indicted by a federal grand Jury
NYSSA LIBRARY HOURS
his money is needed for the grocer, the clothier and the ing $50,000,000 for operation and contingencies, we have for
wilful evasion of his income tax,
Town patrons, 2:30 to 5:30.
limited pleasures which come the way of him and his fam a total of but one-half the amount given to the Farm Board
Anna B. Pritchett, D. O.
A cut of 15 per cent in the salaries of
Out of town patrons, 2:30 to 7:30.
ily.
four years ago.
federal employes was effective April 1,
However, if most of the new beer is consumed by the
according to executive order. The cut
“In paragraph 1 of section 8 of this bill, powers grant effects
well-to-do class, the class which we are generally lead to
postoffice and reclamation peo
ed
the
Secretary
of
Agriculture
are
so
broad
that
he
is
ple in this section.
believe spends the greater percentage of income upon
When in the Market for
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pleasures, the trade may prove a business asset to the given the right to decide whether the benefits shall come The government's
edict
that
hoarded
Osteopathy and Electrotherapy
from “rental or benefit payments in connection there
WOOD AND TIMBER
country.
gold be turned into the banks is said to
with.”
PHONE 201
What effect will the new beer have upon morals? Will
have brought out $503,000,000 in March.
Fence Posts, Corral
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it result in a greater number of wild night rides? Although
“Paragraph 3, section 8 is the licensing provision. It is The Anti-Sales
Poles, Derrick Poles
is the
a comparatively few people can always be depended up the essence of the contract, it is “the heart of the coven suggested title of Tax an Federation
Vale, Oregon.
Write—
organization to
on to exceed the limitations of dignity, we venture an op ant.” Under its wise use I expect to see the unreasonable oppose the tax measure th at is to be
inion that they are indeed few in number. The careful ob profits of many a middleman deceased. Why is bread voted on July 21 in Oregon. Under
AUDY BAZE
of Ray Gill, master of the
servant, or the critic, will! probably find that the few who cheaper in France than in the United States when the leadership
state grange, an aggressive campaign
Box 85, Vale, Oregon
will do so after beer is legal are the same few who have French fanner is receiving three times as much for his is to be waged against the adoption of
been doing so during our bone-dry days.
wheat as the American farmer? Possibly because marty a the sales tax.. Senator Strayer of Bak
WE HAUL CHEAP
took the position in a recent address
Wei can also see a test for the wets and the “moists” to processor is trying to pay interest and dividends upon an er
that the tax could have been avoided
City Transfer
some degree in the beer trial. The Boston Herald, for ex old and obsolete plant that should have been junked long by an adequate amount of budget
ample, says, “If the exultant wets wish to promote their ago.
slashing. He declares it) was adopted to
TRUCKING
avoid further economies in state gov
cause they will make the return of beer an orderly occas
“Section 9 of the bill provides a reasonable man ernment .
No Safer Investment Than
ana
ion, marked by as little display of triumph as possible.”
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ner for raising the money to pay the rent or benefit pay
The Silverton Hills, Or., grange has
LIFE INSURANCE
TRANSFERRING
ments.
proposed the abolishment of the lower
Protects you and your loved ones
PIERCE SPEAKS FOR AGRICULTURE
house
of
the
Oregon
legislature,
sug
“Why should the farmer not have cost of production
Phone 15 and Phone 28
at low cost. No safer investment
gesting an initiative measure from the
than a policy in the Mutual Life
An honor came the way of Congressman Pierce from with a reasonable profit? Who should pay it? Why, of state grange.
C. KLINKENBERG
insurance Company of New York.
eastern Oregon last week when the new member of the course, the consumers of the profits.
committee on agriculture was called upon to make the
J. R. HUNTER
“We farmers are not dreaming of war-time prices. We CHANGING MONEY STANDARD
At Nyssa City Hall
first talk on President Roosevelt’s farm aid bill.
Part II
hope te realize approximately the same prices, in ex
• “I have seen the happy, independent, well-to-do com change value, which we enjoyed just before the war, from
By A. D. Moses, Nyssa
mercial farmer pass from the picture until more than 90 1909 to 1914. In the days when we drove horses and could
Nyssa Aerie
per cent today of those who produce the food and cloth pay our debts.
A government banking system could
F. O. E. No. 2134
ing today are financially bankrupt,” said Mr. Pierce.
“We plead with you who represent districts that have do away with national money or cur
Wm. McBRATNEY
“Industry, transporation lines, banks and merchants enjoyed the stimulating effect of a protective tariff for rency, and become a government book
establishment where accounts Licensed Funeral Director
have lived off and made their profits from the fanner. more than a century to vote with us so this bill way be en keeping
would be taken care of, and checked
Meets Wed. Night at Eagles Hall
and Embalmer
Now, when he has no profit and is rapidly eating up his acted into law, so» we may have the machinery of Govern against the same as our present bank
ing
system,
except
that
a
stamp
would
Visiting Eagles Welcome
Call
S.
D.
Goshert
or
Nordale
ment to assist us in securing better prices for the fruits of be affixed to each check issued. The
our labor. Under the terms of this bill no excessive salaries stamp affixed to each check would be Furniture Go., Phone 94,
Lloyd Marshall, President
can be paid, a maximum of $10,000 being fixed. Nothing the main revenue to take care of the
Nyssa, Oregon
expense
of
operating
the
government
W. R. Keizer. Secretary
in the history of the Farm Board created such biter critic banks. An additional revenue could be
ism as did the outrageous salaries paid for executive posi obtained by charging a penalty of 1
Gasoline and Motor Oils
per cent per month for withholding
tions.
large amounts from circulation.
“The
commodities
regulated
by
this
bill
are
wheat,
In the case of making helpful loans
ARE
Dr. J. A. McFall
corn, cotton, cattle, sheep, hogs, tobacco, rice, milk. I to individuals or corporations it would
Good Products
be
specifically
understood
that
the
wished to add wool, others wanted potatoes included.
party obtaining the loan would be bor
Marketed by a Reliable Company
Evesight Specialist
“Wb are on a new and untried ground. Success depends rowing his own credit and the amount
largely upon the cheerful acceptance and willing com of the loan would be gauged by the
■ Rooms, Board and Bath
FLETCHER OIL COMPANY
worth of the individual or cor
Specializing
pliance of processor, producer and consumer. If we were credit
u
$2.50 per day
poration. The cost of borrowing one’s
C. B. Short, Agent
Phone 79, Nyssa
on the care of
so unfortunate as to have in the W hite House an unsympa own
■
credit would not exceed 3 per cent
Rheumatism and
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thetic Executive, or Secretary of Agriculture who per annum. Under this banking sys
Children’s
Nervous
Cases
tem
together
with
a
standardization
of
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knew little or cared less about our troubles, there would be commodity prices and a standard wage
Eyes
t;«iisiii!Nini!iii iit iii iii i:i:tii:iii nn:i rin ri mimi mirri tin i in m m i i iii;i!i in i i iii rnu i i iii.in i.i m rn i i;i i i i.i iinii nri't ri imn grave doubts as to the wisdom of this legislation. No one scale
Dr. D. A. SEXTON
it would seem that bank failures
can question the desire of Franklin D. Roosevelt to lift and panics would be next to impos
0 ntario,
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prostrate agriculture, nor the desire of Henry Wallace, sible.
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Secretary of Agriculture, to help to place the American As a precaution against forgery and
farm in a more secure and happy position.”
check raising, each patron having a
Around the Country
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COOPERATION— AND CIVILIZATION
The work shop for the member of a farm cooperative
is in his home bailiwick. Right there, in the country com
munity, is where America is going to be made over in the
Everything for Painting-up and Fixing-up
next ten years or so. The cty has had its run. While cities
were heading the parade, it was city men who led it. Now
good roads and automobiles are giving the country com
munity almost everything that the city has, on top of the
Dwight Smith, Mgr.
Nyssa
kind of life that the city never did and never will have.
Farmers’ cooperative associations will head the parade
^iti;iif:iniMiiitia:iiui iu M M mini hi mm in in in in in inn i in 11 n m n in mm in ri in in n u m m i inniiniiminn innnnn nu n * in the new movement, as chambers of commerce led in city
building. The farm community that gets the most out of
this new age will be the one that does the most, and it will
have to be through cooperation—work, not medicine.
The farm cooperatives are, in the fuller sense of the
word, civilizing agencies. They are developing a fuller,
finer life for the fanner and farm family, as well as a
more prosperous one. They are a social force as well as
economic machine.
The fanner who joins a cooperative, works with and
for it, and gives it his loyal support, is working for him
self, his neighbors and the American family generally.
Agriculture lias many problems—the cooperative ideal
touches them all.
In All Colors
Boise-Payette Lumber Co.
checking account would be issued
blank checks with a customer number
printed on each blank, thereby mak
ing each check book an individual in
itself. A protectograph check could be
used, also when necessary a certified
check. As a further protection a gen
eral description of the check writer,
as to sex, stature, and occupation,
could be provided for with a space at
one end of the check.
As a penalty for overdraft a ten
per cent charge could be made. In a
case of deliberate overdraft to swindle
the bank, the party guilty would be
SPECIAL
Drink and Use More of Our Wholesome Milk
SHELTON’S
NYSSA
DAIRY
OREGON
COMMENTS BY CLARK WOOD
OIL .PERMANENTS
Mussolini, it seems, prefers that Italian women should
have a weigh about them.
$ 1.95
Senator Borah would never be happy as President. He
couldn’t be against his own administration.
Beer profits may not be up to expectations, but there’s
good dough in pretzels.
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ANOTHER H O M E BU RN S
/ F you are undcrinsured, or if you let
your fire insurance lapse even for a single
day, your property values are exposed to
loss.
the School Child
should have all the clean, wholesome milk he can
drink. Plenty of milk is a body builder and
makes your boy and girl better able to resist the
various ailments which continually threaten the
child.
Everijlive Minutes
Not a cheap wave by
inexperienced
operat
ors but a GOOD ONE.
Owyhee Beauty Shop
Nysaa. Oregon
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