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'"«ri,., il. • <4 ♦ ’ ' • Ci ’- ’ - ii IV ¿jtfc. a SHERMAN COUNT* Jl/U itN A U MOHO. OREGON * « * CCmtttly Journal rwRU^ed Every Friday at Moro, Oregon : _ Editor Giles "L. French —— --------—---------- . *.*. , toeTosto’^ e " “ ' ^ . " “ oreg«,, TheRuhr valley muK be reduc ed in production by a third to a half according to stories of bomb ings. It was probably the greatest industrial center in the entire WOTki a year ago. Now it is a wreck and the material for the Gen“ n’S *’ o.ider Act of C ontre« of March wr are ~ rr« ^ y informed. So speedily has aviation devel- I, 1879. oned that no nation can be safe from possible destruction of its O re production centers if built on the Pints _ __ ATI 0 N old pian. Perhaps it will be kept C D IT O R IA l— out of sight in forests, or under- NATI ^ S O C I A T I O N Sroun<C Perhaps a stronger anti- — —- n ---- j ^ 1 — aircraft gun will make bomlbings unprofitable. The possibilities of such des r OFFICIAL COUNTY PIPER tructive bombings have not been SUBSCRITOON RATES entirely explored. If A1 Capone Payable in Advance could make millions with a little ONE Y BAR ...... tl.fid organization and a few machine guns, what could he do with a few hundred .planes, especially ST he JUNE 18, 1943 onerated or, an international scale ? It looks like it is time for the PAY AS YOU CAN world to make peace with itself, , , Now congress is Calking about a ..... _ ,. _ ■____ new tax bill. Just talking about Ernie Pyle says Saturday night it with general sentiment appar is the same all over the world. As ently being that it had better be a war correspondent, he has been put off until next year. around, too. People cut loose the We heard of a soldier’s ” com- strings of restraint, exercise tijeir ment the other day. It was to the individuality and do things they effect that he hated to fight the wouldn’t consider when in their war and then have to come home weekday mind. We had thought ___ ___ that that __ _ _ _ urge _ to shuck off the and pay __ for ___ IL __ It _____ looks like the is what he is going to have to do- covering of civilization was the Payrolls in Oregon, as in every exclusive property of those Who otheT state are up. In Oregon bad some. Now cornea Pyle to say they are nearly three times as that people want to unwind whe large as in 1941 which wasn’t ther they have been wound up all such a bad year compared to week or noL Maybe we can learn some. The state is going to col- something there. If we don’t lect less taxes and the federal have to work to want to celebrate, government slightly more than why work? inl941. All this extra money roll- ----------- --------- ing around to swell prices—and Last winter it was warm until heads-witl be gone before gov- the winter solstice, then cold, it emments get around to taking could happen that the summer enough of it to pay even a docent would be the same as to heat. portion of the debt that Is being incurred. " , When we settle down to in • comes half what they are now and to pay roHs about the same or From the Observer June 17, 1904 leas some one will decide that we A G Anderson of She car’s Brid- must pay more taxes. We are ge was in the city Wednesday. He really going to have to. you know, reports the new school house Then we will pay them the hard well along towards completion; thn way. . stone foundation is all done and Sherman county farmers learn the studding and frame - work ed in the last twenty lears that placed. it is advisable to pay debts when Sheriff-elect W B McCoy has it is easy, when there is income, appointed M. Fitsmeurice his de- Thev paid thousands and thou- puty. County Clerk, H S McDaniel Other sands of dollars of debt out of ras appointed George E. James 50 cent wheat; debts that were his deputy. Both are well quali- made when wheat was 11.50 fied for the position«. A good suggestion that will not Visitors to Portland will find be taken, would be for one of these that the Esmond hotel is one of farmers to b e . employed by the the best hotels in that city. It is United States treasury to direct located at Front and Morrison the tax program. He knows the streets, in the central part of the value of paying when you can city, within three blocks of every instead of waiting until it takes car line in the city. the shoes off your feet to pay.... The Badger farm, of 640 seres the interest. in Cottonwood canyon, owned bv ------------------- - a non-resident, has passed into the hands of O C Mortensen who RATIONING owns 480 acres adjoining. M». News from all oveT the country Mortensen paid $13,000 for it. that everyone with an unused This make« him a snuv little Ne. 17 ration stamp, good for a farm of 1,120 acres, all good pair of shoes, was buying said wheat land. v _____ - - , shoes was a sad comment on From the Observer June 20 human nature and surely a dis- Two cars,loaded with wheat, in- appointment to OP A officials. It cuded in the freight that left this could hardly have been ,a sur- city on Wednesday morning jump- prise to the OPA, however, .for ed the rails about three quarters ever since rationing started sales of a mile north of DeMom station, of canned goods have been great- A deal that ha« been pending er than before. for several weeks was expected Local store keepers freely state to be closed this week, whereby that the canned good business is the Crocker Grain Co. of Kent shove normal for with the end concludes the purchase of the of every expiration period huge wheat warehouse at Bourbon and sales are made. Maybe the pur- Gram Valley owned by the Sher- chasers eat the food, maybe th y man Warehouse Co. of GraasVal- store it against a harder day- ley. * Anyway the result is more gales The Moro cgmp fire girls re- of canned goods. *» turned to this city on Wednesday Not many people—and those very from a ten day outing spent in young— try to change human a grove eight miles from Dufur, nature ao there’s nothing to be They report a “glorious” time. done about it, except to hope that M r s Dayton Henrichs a n d such buying doesn't really’ make chid re n are having a week’s va- the country short of any of the cation at Camp Sherman They necessities. A plan o f? rationing will return the first of the week. food and clothing that was madd From the Observer Jane 19,1914 to work with the eccentricities of Born to Mr and Mrs A R Kes- humaa nature instead of contrary singer, at the Poley sanitarium to it would, however, he very in Moro, a daughter one minute b«- acceptable. fore midnight Monday Jbne 15. --------------------- w The auto fishing party compos- ed of O L Belshe, Martin Hansen, BOMBING L L Pests. George and Fred Hen- Botobers are realliy air borne artillery. And it is aa artfllery they are doing their beet Job. They cat- ry «hells bigger then can be shot from any cannon, go much farther and shoot all night i f neeessary. Civilians would like to know the effect of heavy bdmbings. Great quantities of materiel must be destroyed, factories put out of coomdaaion and people made hfwnslsrt Still doe« bombing make its victims ready to capitulate or more determined to stick it out? The latter waa the case in Eng- UnJ FRIDAY, JUNE 1». 1 9 « NOTICE OF 1943-44 BUDGET MEETING Kelly’s Column (Continued from pair« one» affairs of the most populous stain in the union. The Dewey people n>¥e wnvn. year w have H a whole to mw»» work on **“ bui,<hl', . •“ ‘L * * 7 lo.ing , „ y tlm£. When convention time rolls around next June n wey organised “draft” Dewey move win be in full swing. The huife New York delegation (lar- geRt in the convention) is being ¡jned up for Dewey ,which he is sure. fo get. At least the New York governor is going to be in a SWeet trading position if <noth- ing else. • o • War food administration’s order of last Monday .requiring all live stock slaughter houses to set “ ^ « percent of all steer and heifer beef for the arm y. will cause a further shortage of such meat for Oregon and Washington civilians. Deliveries of all meat, says the order, must come up to army specifications in the form of boneless and carcass ' beef. Army and navy have had a har I time lately obtaining enough beef in the northwest for tbeir daily needs Both states have many army camps and naval training stations populated by about 250, 000 men, comrihg and going. It is expected this number will mater ially increase d u rin g \h e summer months. The order means civilians probably will not be able to bu” any meat at all from now pn. It looks like beefless days are here for John Q. Public who resides in the Pacific northwest states. Army and navy requirements hem tofore necessitated the setting a- side of 35 percent of (the avail- able supply of the designated beef, MORE FARM MACHINERY A total of 300.000 tons of car- l»on steel, with other materials in ’'roportinn. haR he«n allocated t o . the farm machinery program for ♦lv» quarter beginning July i - An addition»! 200.000 tons of each of the thre€ Quartern from October 1. 19<3 to JuW 1. 1 ^ • During tb“ third cuarter th’ > year, special emphasis w ’” given to the manufacturer e* harvestintr machinery for thi* year’s crops. The whole Vor~* nvachinerv program h a s hem ' - ‘” -oed up. B u r W ar Bond« Today T. Lester Johnson •Loeai'Budget Law" Seetiotw 110-1201 to 110-1215, O.C.L.A., « unended,) notice is In accordance with Lie provisioM oJ . county, in compliance with set forth in c s '.n m .t. - - —— 7^7» . _ - - ., Oregon, — beiwuy given tuat tnc fiscal year July 1, 1943 to June 80, 1944, for Sherman County. Oregon, far, the ensuing 1943 at 10:00 1943, the budget estimates erman County th . a ceom p ^ yin , s c h ^ i e . I. II, a.in, in the County Court room in the Courthouse in Moro, Oregon said budget e s tim a te s _y ___ , will be heard Court, the levying board for Sherman County, Oregon, and Any person subject to the proposed tax levy or tax levies in favor of or against mid proposed tax levy or tax levies or any part thereof- • . . r Oregon at May 24, 1943 was NONE. The outstanding indebtedness of Sherman County, T. W. Alley J. M. Wilson Signed: Fred Hennagin ’David Reid P. C. Axtell -Vernon , I. Miller E T IP JNJITUR ES Schedule HI Estimated GENERAL July 1, 1942 to June 30, 1943 - Actual for Expenditure Actual for year CLASSIFICATION FUND & Budget for year 1st 6 mo. l- l - ’42 to 6-30-’43 1941 1940 1939 COUNTY COURT 900 j OO County Judge Salary 450.00 - 900.00 45000 900.00 900.00 125-00 696.26 County Judge’s Expense 84.80 125.00 41.50 101.45 f 30.00 192.87 m 165.72 County Coman is («oner’s Fees and Mileage 121.05 475.00 201.25 473.65 433.90 395.90 CIRCUIT COURT ¿00.00 Witness and Juror’s Fee« 500.00 " ■ ’* - 413.70 * 50.00 Reporter’s Fees 50.00 , 10-00 26-00 Meals for Jurors 25.00 8.10 ' ■V V • -¿.¿A m 26.00 Bailiff’s Fees 26.00 14.00 JUSTICE COURT 50.00 Jurors, Witnesses, etc. 2.50 50.90 80b ! f 34.00 44.78 16.00 OFFICE OF DISTRICT ATTORNEY 16X00 District Attorney Expen« 94.10 150.00 69.55 156.80 145 74 164.85 COUNTY CLERK 2000.00 Clerk’s Salary 750.00 1500 00 760.00 1500.00 .1519 20 1590.39 1500.00 Deputy Clerk’s Salary 600.00 1200.00 600.00 1080.00 1020.00 \ 109385 390.00 Incidental Expenses 309.94 300.00 482.52 250.00 270.58 300.00 ¿50.00 - Record Books and Blanks 15&114 250.00 98.00 151-30 244.50 p25.8l COUNTY AGENT 2210.00 County Agent 1105 00 2210.00 -925.00 I85<MX) 185040 1700.00 COUNTY ASSESSOR 2000.00 1800 00 Asseseoris Salary 900.00 900.00 1800.00 1800.00 . 1800.00 Field Assessor 400.00 375.00 40040 G00.00 '? 219-80 500.00 Rolla, Detail Sheets, etc. K 405.79 580.94 441.65 449.56 300.00 • 40-50 540.00 Office Help *318.90 391 50 305.00 250.80 260.00 200.00 Appraisal and Field Work 112.88 34.02 SHERIFF’S OFFICE 2000 00 ' 900.00 ' 1800.00 Sheriff’s Salary 900.00 1800 00 1800.00 1800.00 1700.00 760.00 1500.00 Deputy Sheriff's Salary 750.00 1500.00 1500.00 1500.00 Traveling Expenses 166.55 420 00 . > 420.00 420.00 650.00 Incidental Expenses 510J1 400.00 1.78.81 518.17 504.10 836.10 100.00 State Industrial Accident Commission 28.76 100.00 28.70 60.02 • i - 68,72 59.98 COUNTY OFFICIAL CAR . 160.58 420.00 County Official Car and Incidental Expense 420 00 26.00 Insurance SUPERINTENDENT COUNTY SCHOOL 2000.00 Salary of School Superintendent 750.00 760.00 1500.00 1500.00 1500.00 1500.00 300.00 Superintendent’s Traveling Expense 150.00 150.00 300.00 300.00 300.00 300.00 250.00 Incidental Expense ? 165-70 /• 72.62 250.00 249.77 318.32 396.44 400.00 Office Help 300.00 321.00 . 4 700 00 600.90 600.00 500.00 COUNTY TREASURER 1000.00 460.00 900.Q0 County Treasurer’s Salary 90Ô\ m ) 450.00 900.00 900 00 160.09 Blanks Books and 164.40 152.00 Record 86T.T5 58.55 57J75 ’ 144.46 COUNTY HEALTH OFFICER 600.00 Health Nurse Salary and Expenses 385.00 870.00 406-00 1098.20 741.28 000.00 500.00 Nurse Mileage 268.85 720.00 329.96 COUNTY CORONER 50.00 F ees and E xpenses 6.20 50-00 8.00 42.80 23.06 7.05 25.00 Juror and Witness Fees _ 26.00 644.43 285.75 100.00 16.16 1500.00 247.20 1500.00 247.20 1500.00 618.00 60.00 500 00 80.00 6000.00 57.30 500.00 80.00 5*730.00 52.30 500.00 80.00 5230.00 3294.09 173191 900.00 1619.64 9Q0.00 17.61 31.94 42.97 299.10 250.06 349.60 2.00 21.80 1736.33 2354.76 56.49 244 52 1520.55 2539.60 102.80 281.40 1069.91 1868.80 112 80 267.00 141Ä.71 Ì 782.08 1979.24 law ns S — ■— i. ........... NOTICE TO CREDITORS All . persons having claims against the estate of J. P. Yates, deceased ,are hereby notified to present them, with the proper vouchers and duly verified ,to the undersigned, the duly appointed, qualified and acting administratrix of the Estate of J. P- Yates, de ceased, at the office of T. Lester Johnson, attorney -at law, at War- co, Oregon, within six montn* from the date of first publication of this notice, to-wit: June 4, 1943. Casha Yates Administratrix Date of 1st publication-June4, 194 ? Date of last publication - Juno 25, 1943. ' ' ________ ________________________ Moro Lodge No. 113, 4 .0 . 0 . F. Moro, Oregon Meets 1st and 3 r | Tuesdays in the I.O..O.F. hall Trai ' sient and visiting brothers are cordi g’.ly invited to meet .rith um . Charles C. Wilson, N.G. fViev Thompson. Sec. j upjB# RebekahMLofte No. l i é Moro. Oregon Meets 2d & 4th Tues day of each month, Visiting members wel come. CoiIa Belshee, N.G. ' / » * * > "?***«** , i — - Eureka Lodge No 121 A.F.A AM Meet« on the 1st and 3rd Thurs- ^py evenings of each nagin and families returned Thurs month. Visiting mem day, after a tour of several hund- bers are cordially in red mile« in interior Oregon, vited to meet with us. About thirty neighbors gather- «d at the Bearcy home, near Rut- . F. McLeod, W.M. ledge Tuesday evening, in honor V. Belknap, Secretary of the 15th birthday of Serai An old fashioned candy pull oc- Bethlehem Chapter No. 78, O.E.S. copied the larger part of the eve- Moro. Oregon njngs fun. The .Miaaes Nita Mar- Meets Every Second and tin and Della Mortensen were Fourth Thursdays i n guests from this city. Each Months Visiting ’-Frpd Mahrt has purchased from f Members Invited. Ginn, Coleman A Co. a 46-horse Norm a Bnlstger W. M. power In tarnation ti Harvester Co. Marie H osklnson, 8oo. gas tractor engine for his farm. t? 04-36 28F.00 285-00 285.00 46.12 46.12 46.12 207.50 • 376.00 '396.10 600-00 85.83 - 108.23 ELECTIONS 360.00 Judges and Clerks 350.00 321.35 150.00 Ballots and I S Supplies 150.00 124.05 50.00 Booths 50.00 27.50 " 16.00 Ballot Boxes and Registration 1500 1.90 COUNTY FAIR County Fair 1500.00 750.00 Insurance on Buildings 250.00 Well at Fair Grounds 50.00 COUNTY SCHOOLS School Library 46.70 45.70 Four H Club Fair ? . 500.00 500.00 250.00 8000 County Teacher’s Institute 80.00 80.00 4260.00 Per Capita School Tax @ $10.00 4570.00 COUNTY COURTHOUSE Light, Water, Telephone, Repair, Fuel, etc. 1500.00 1500.00 746.83 1200 00 Janitor’s Salary 496.85 .... . 1020.00 JAIL COUNTY 75.00 Board of Prisoners and Supplies 50.00 30-84 ITNTY PRINTING 350.00 County Printing 350.00 102.30 225.36 COUNTY STOCK INSPECTOR 12.00 12.00 Stock Inspector 200.00 Indemnity (Bangs diseased cattle slaughter) 400 00 • 240.93 MENTALLY DISEASED CASES 25.00 Examination, Expenses, Transportation, etc. 50.00 20.00 RELIEF OF DEPENDENTS 1860.00 Public Assistance 1860.00 602-31 678.32 2331.00 Old Age Assistance 2066.00’ 88160 923.80 110.00 Blind Assistance 11300 30.00 25 60 335.00 Aid to Dependent Children 408.00 127.60 157.20 EMERGENCY FUND 5000.00 1006.98 5000.00 Emergency Fund 2090.81 ASSOCIATION OF OREGON COUNTIES 76.00 60.04 63.00 75.00 Dues 5.00 2 oo 4.00 6 00 Public Lands Committee AUDITING OF COUNTY BOOKS 500.00 326 00 - 235^00 500.00 — County Auditing SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES 50.00 22 56 22.66 - 50.00 Sealer, weights and measures ^ P R E M I U M ON OFFICER’S BONDS - 400.00 406 00 306.00 400.00 Premium on Officers’ Bonds INLAND EMPIRE WATERWAYS ASS’N 100.00 100 00 100.00 Inland Empire Waterways Association DE MO88 MEMORIAL PARK • , 100.00 4.00 100-00 Maintenance, Repair ,etc. 99.67 INSURANCE ON COURTHOUSE z 200.00 16318 500.00 Insurance Premiums 503.36 - CRICKET CONTROL . , 500.00 500.00 Cricket and Grasshopper Control BUREAU OF BIOLOGICAL SURVEY 600.00 300 00 600.00 600.00 Biological Survey FIRE FIGHTING EQUIPMENT & OPERATION 450.00 * 1010.12 2500 00 . Equipment, Operation Insurance 25.00 EXPENSE OF GOVERNMENT TRAPPER 180.00 75 0Q 37.50 150.00 Monthly Expense Allowance @$15.00 C haritable contributions toO.00 100.00 White Shield Home of Salvation Army 25.00 100 00 10600 • 100.00 Boys and Girl« Aid Society 26.00 100.00 100.00 Louise Home 25.00 100.00 100.00 - Waverly Baby Home 25.00 • 100.00 100.00 Volunteers of America 26.00 cost ' of delinquent tax foreclosure 100.00 72 60 150.00 Cost of Delinquent Tax Foreclosure SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS 400.00 800 00 300.00 Service Organizations advertisbment of wheat league ass - n 20.00 30-00 Advertisment of Wheat League Association 1940 CODE r. ‘ . ■ 85.00 1900 60.00 60.00 ‘ 1940 Code, Annotations and Law Books . CIVILIAN DEFENSE ; - . . 100.00 Civilian Defense Administration 275.85 145.40 35.00 7.40 75.14 291.60 293.65 . 500 00 600.00 600.00 140.22 188.46 160.00 50.00 50.00 50 00 50 00 50.00 50.00 60.00 60.00 50.00 50.00. 50.00 50.00 . 60.00 50.00 50.00 10.00 466.30 30.00 30.00 186.26 44,425.60 GENERAL ROAD FUND 22932.44 25324-37 14910.04 3151.71 270.18 941.33 964.50. 10258.60 7990 00 250.00 . . 250.00 250.00 6834.00 4858.94 12000.00 Weed Control ( Wages x ( Repairs ( Tires and Tubes ( Gas and Oil ( General Supplies ( Insurance and Miscellaneous 250.00 10000.00 2500.00 1000.00 ’ 2200.00 1000.00 1650 00 BRIDGES OVER TEN FEET 1500.00 Bridges over ten feet 432.57 2000.00 R ° AD machinery . - 3000.00 to 2500.00 Purchase of Road Machinery . CRUSHED ROCK OR ROAD IMPROVEMENT ? 2600.00 19Q8Q 7S ‘ 11 to 4000 00 Crushed Rock or Road Improvement SINKING FUND . . _ Roads, bridges, machinery sinking fund 15000.09 24.50
