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I PA C K * k, SHERMAN C O Ù K 'fl JOURNAL. MORO. OREGON years has a surplus o f nipncy and will probably levy wo ta x at all for school purposes next tax year. Not bad. Immuni County Journal Published Every Friday at Moro, Oregon ______ Editor Giles L. French _________ It arouses wonder as to when other districts are going to crawl uoder tihe non-high school urn- brella and save money and ob- tain better education. Coming in out o f the w et is considered a sign o f normal acumen. For the 1942-43 school year the Mcro district spent $3792.13 for its high school The percapita cost w ts $226.60. For Moro’s 10.9 pu- pile the cost was about $2600.H id Moro closed its high sdhool and left the education of the pupils to the non-high school board the taxpayers would have saved half • f that amount, presuming that the 1.6 m ills levied by the non- high schoool board would not Entered as second class matter at the post office at Moro, Oregon under Act of Congress of March ■'*5— z FRIDAY, MARCH 31, 1944 - \ GET READY FOR CANNING Kelly’s Column (Continued from Page One) congress to the proposal of ï’et- rokum Administrator Ickes for governm ent participai on in the de- vetopmeut of Arabian oil fields- Secretary Ickes has the support of the army high command, and that is a determining influence in congress at this time. The di 3- position is to go all-out for any- tr.ing the army wants. However, the venture does not have the ap- proval o f the sta te department and Secretary Hull has made no secret o f h is distrust o f th? whola matter. The state department was not consulted in the first place and were it not for the fact that Sec- retary Ickes bad the go-ahead aign from President Roosevelt it js possible that the project would . j* *, * £ Moderated by FRED O. CLARK General Chairman American Econcmie feendatiaa W ake U p . A m erica ! Is the Closed Shop Reeessary R O8C ADVICE The advice to shop early and avoid the - rush applies ju st as much to homemakers preparing for the canning season aa it does to Christmas shoppers, reminds Miss Lucy Case. OSC extension untritionist. Eureka Lodge No. 121 A .F Jt A.M Meets on the 1st and 3rd Thursday evenings o f each month- Visitim? ^members are cordially kirited to meet with n > R. P , Briobine W. M. R. V. Lockhart, secrctiry Bethleh< as Chapter No. 78, () E.S Mentis Every Secon i And Fourth Thursdays in itu h Month. V isiting Men Invited— Moro, Oretf-. » A lice Ornduff, W. M. Marie iHoaldnaon, Secretary Lupine Rebekah Lodge No. i 1G Meet« 2nd and 4th ^'uea^ y^ ea<^ mem Manufacturers o f pressure cook- ers especially can fill orders for replacements such a s gau ges, gfls fceta and sa fety valve > springs arore promptly now than in the i MR. THATCHER O PENS: T ha FRANKS OFKN8: Call It what, rush of the summer season. NÇan- ,dosed or union shop is a more than you may, dosed «hop or union mate- ufacturers have been authorize! NATIONAL (OITORIAL. Coila Bel she, N- G. ASSOCIATION s o c ^ ^ h e r e i ^ t o e 1” right ° m ,k e 4<w-0®6 new ah)minu»’ Florence Johraton, S! (organization is not unequivocally rec b ttie yellow dog*, contract tn re- pppaeure cookers with dial gauges Moro Lodgr No 113 I.O.O.F. °Knized or the principle of collective verse. Only now the leash la in the for use this year, which, while Meet« 1 s t and 3rd ‘Experience demonstrates* th«Cunion hands of labor leaden Instead of em good neww, may delay filling of OFFICIAL COUNTY PAPER Tuesdays in I.O.Q.F. 'shop constitutes the most effective ployers. Orgapiaed labor itself has, Orders for spare partis dur n g the hall Transient and SUBSCRIPTION RATES visit rig brothers are means of attaining o t securing (1) knowingly or not, fought the closed peak o f production. , cordially in v ite I Payable in Advance '^ lo y e^ ^ im ri^ n a U o n iy rem ovaiof »hop system practiced by employers M i«s Case recommend« exam- ln the recent past, but under a dif to m eet with us. « have been abandoned. I ’motives to discharge or demote be- ONE YEAR ............................. $2<0 liave been increased. ferent guise. I refer to the so-called *n£ the cooker to see if all screws Ernest Houston N. G. For the 1942-43 school year a „ w cause of union activity; (2) equality Percy Thompson, Secretary “open shop" which, in reality, was a «nd lugs are ri good condition, if Wasco district spent $836604 for Sale or use of any disc or de- b e t t iiS e S t ^ w J S ’ng w n ^ o S T b y MARCH 31, 1944 closed shop. This system forced work- the petcock ie working, and :f ' _______________________________ Its high school. The per capita ’/ice in irritation of rat’on tokens insuring labor a united front in the ers to sign contracts NOT to Join the gauge has had it« annual . To the Electors * cost was $326. The 12 local pu- comes under the head of counter- Contest for a fair share of the prod- unions for the right to work. This test. The food mduetri’« depart- the Eleventh Jud cjal D i*tiict. 77/ OSe U'ho U'Otlld. trade, pils cost $3912. The district was f i l i n g by the provisions of a bill nf*w ^ klny Era! legalistic mockery became known as: ment a t QSC is again offering to. 1 hereby announce my candi- for the others. Had Wasco just passed b y the senate, and, 'venting eut-throat wage competition the 'yellow d o T contract whan a prewure cooker gauge« <h.cy for Cireofr Judge d rri: fre ed o m fo r s e c u r ity a re paid closed its high school and be- noon conviction, may be punished ,oi non-union employees; (4) equality certain wprkar with Intestinal forti a t * th e usual nominal . charge. Counties 0 / Gilliam, Wheeler and _ . , c • 00 'of sacrifice by insuring that all who came a part o f the non-high bv a fine o f $3.000 or wwrwinn- :enJ wagca and working tude was asked to sign such a oon- Thev mav be mailed directly to Snerman at the Primary Elelctioa de se rri n <? o f n e ith e r. --------------------------------- school district and made use o f nient for one year, or both. The .ditions achieved through years of tract as a requisite of employment the food industries department at to be held May. 19, 1944 subj-v.', THIS IS ABOUT SCHOOLS the lowered cost thereby the 12 bill fis an amendment to the orig- struggle and deprivation shall share Upon examining same, he retorted. th e college or be sent through the will of the Voters of said „ . . . ' . I’n the costs of such benefits as mem- pupils would have cost $1627. iral law authorizing the use >f ,‘j ers of the union, rather than as “I would not ask a yellow dog tc anv home demonstration agent. District. This editorial is the result of a Sherman county spent $39.499- tokens and is intended to protect "free riders”; (5) an increased meas- sign such • contract" 8amuel Gom- D. N- MrKay Miss Case adds tihat tbe pres train o f thought started by tlie .06 for high schools in the 1942-43 operators of slot machines, tele- ure °* uni<\n responsibility for obli- pers and many labor leaders of his Condon, Oregon , , A , . . . . . . , . . gations under collective bargaining time spent considerable effort In sure cocker mav well be examined proposal to extend the old play rchool year. That figure does not phones and other devices in which agreements by providing a means of arousing public opinion against the to see th at th e sa fetv valve re- ground above the city park in or- include the $2260 Grass Valley discs or slugs mav he used. Th*’ timposing disciplinary action; (OYelim- learns .te--n at a r ™ d 20 oound- NOTICE TO CREDITORS tlei to make room for a football pa'd the Moro district. With pre- size of the ratdon token w as de- Jurisdictional strife by “yellow dog" contract on the premise prew ure. th at tlhe ball » free o f NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, * ^safeguarding against raids and other that it was not only unfair, but un- field for the high school boys. undere^ned Henry Y ew sen t facilities all the high school ternrined upon with an eye to disruptive tactics of rival unions; (7) American. to deprive worker« of their ccriwrion, that h and le, .r e .e - « “ » The proposal has merit- Hign pupjig :f| the countv could be edu- avoiding this danger, but already labor-management cooperation by « r e , and th at tr a v e l,, i f any. cke! t«*" dulS' »<!• right to earn a living because of schools have better spirit tf able <-ated in one high school at a reports are coming in of illegal eliminating the suspicion and hostil union affiliation. Therefore, by this , revent leakage o f steam. A rark mimetrator v /th the Wdl rnnex ity which often characterizes the to engage in competitive athletics cost of $15.000 or $18,000 to be use of the tokens hold cd- *»« Elrtabe Emm:> A - 1 initial stages of employer recognition, same token it becomes unfair and fo r the cooker that will and the provision of adequate generous. That is considerably ---------------------- thereby freeing union energies and unAmerican to deprive there of a pint jars 1. an added convenience. d««-a«d . resources for constructive coopera living for NOT joining a union. grounds for th e games is neces U ss than half the present cori p P -r ts c .n frequentlv be obtain- A1‘ Pe’ on> havlr1« d *""’ tion rather than defensive sparring sary. The old fair ground site is Riinurt. said E state are h?rebv Education could be better, could MIL T H A T C H E R C H A L L E N G E S: ed from the local dealer. w<ho is ; MR. FRANKS CHALLENGES: My for away, difficult to turf and include science courses the lack notified to present the snme duiv The all-union shop can be compared opponent's argument, that the closed also sometimes equipped to con verified, to the u n d er siz ed at colder than would he a location of ^ c h is a serious handicap to shop “is a necessary instrument In with the open shop only by denying duct various tests. ¡any industrial society," is erroneous the principle of self-organization. the office of John M. •Stanleton, in the flat. local boys and girls who wish to his attorney, Voirt Bldg.. The Dal First objection to the proposal u k e up sucfc subjects in college, From the Observer, Mar. 31. 1905 and misleading when we consider Surely, there Is a higher right In that the most powerful unions oper- unien employees to seek equality of lcs, Oregon, within six mont’ is that it would make necessary ( j t ¡g g-oing to be more impor- Bruno Medler, a' Sherman coup - ate effectively without the closed bargaining power by insisting that al) from the date of the find pul•’ . . . . , _______ shop. I refer to the railroad unions— join in the common struggle than in th< removal of some very fine U n t war, too.) There th nlar tree« In thia country that u k 1 *,V '$»•»» over to strongest, most effective, peace- ertion o f this notice. to-w ** could b e agricultural course«, j one a tour of investigation ful and respected labor unions in the an employer to seek unilaterally to March 31, 1944. is bad. People use that part of Smith-lHughes, home economics. crnong the wheat land«. United States. They do not operate dictate terms of employment and Henry Yeackel, A d * .. the park very little, will probably For the benefit of the pupHs Roy Hu t e and M b, Jennic <£?- foreclose collective bargaining. When a non-Union employee la required to John M. Stapleton Attorney. use it no more in years to come. there could be an athletic program £ inn received h igh est honors at secutive years, since 1922, without an join with his fellow union workers, V ogt Bldg. Trie Dalles, Oregon However, the trees perform some that would hold interest. - N . i r ® C o C h m n 8 k«™,- nf industry w strike. Better b than 95% of he is not deprived of the right to - ln h o n o r O l n rV »r. . r . v th e ir n w n railroad workers are, by their own work ln the abstract but only of tha service to the community wheth In such a set-up the m an a/ W aivo Lewellen last week, (choice, members of their respective right to work without sharing ln tha Mil er people actually sOt under them m g school district could well Cbas. __ „ Powell -----M — — vn„ and , Mrs» Ella Mo craft They have been sold unionism mutiiai sacrifices necessary for joint or not. from a meritorious standpoint and afford to furnish a playing field, protection and advancement If a new football field would could afford to keep it in shape. G'nnis were consoled. Game was Lheir loyalty goes unchallenged. MR. F R A N K S R E P L IE S: The closed Progressive top. MR. THATCHER REPLIES: The come to be unused—<ar did the Any one of the town« in the eoun- shop is also undemocratic, because it , . , Farm ers tell us th at if the railroad situation is not relevant be- baseball field on the aarne site— ty would be glad to help such a „ , rtllt n___ cause there collective bargaining and makes labor leaders Industrial dicta-- it would be weedy and much les« project. ».* ‘ wheat bad n t froaen <Wt « M ie worker protection are guaranteed tors. Their slightest whims must he] did there were worm« enough in -un(jer criminal penalties and corn- satisfied or their wrath felt through beautiful than the tree«. Some There are enough busses to fur sight to devour it. ' pulsory mediation substituted for dictatorial discipline; depriving work4 imovision for long time care nish the transportation. An h r e a t h o f Griz- .strike, thus lessening necessity for ers of their right to earn a living if ♦ • * UF‘Y breatn or o 'solidarity achieved under the union would be a mu*t before the city Probably the principal thing zlY W inter blighted the warm ghop Further, the railroad unions’ demands are not acceded to. Records could be expected to release the disclose where workers under a land Some one, probably the that i . wrong -with education In ™nny nmilea of spring in « . re- closed shop were deprived employ-1 school disrtnet, would have tx> oe Sherman county i« that we have F ’*** Wednesday- morning, w o 'equivalent protection. As stated* in ment for voicing opinions contrary to responsible for the perpetuation too much money. W ithout levy- hit welcome. the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engi- their leaders*. Competent workers # au U a 4X. ' r 1, , ineers Journal. 1944: “The closed shop have lost their jobs for refusing to o f the field, for the care of the lng taxes that are actually bur- From <he ohgerVfrt AprH 3, ]9 25 !to industries bears the same relation pay exorbitant initiation fees, due« A b apprentice «eainan at the mari turf, for watering. denaome each district can remain to the shop craft unions as the senior assessments, and for many more un time service training station, Sheepa- THn leads to the thought that absolutely independent. Any one The first ^ ime o f the trule does t0 the train sereice broth- just reasons. Yes. the closed shop is thc school district can ill afford them can stand off and be stiff »ca*on w»* plaved at Gras« V alley broken°down, truly named, cloeed to everyone net head Bay, L. I., 8tnart Martin, for to take on any mre financial res- necked for an indefinite time. Sunday with that team winning ¡they are no longer effective for col- in the good graces of the “powers mer star of the Cardinals and Cuba, fondles some baseball equipment. ponAbilities. Candidly, it is broke. Any d str ic t that wants a high 6-4. B atteries were Ben Johnson lective bargaining.” .___________ __ that be”—the labor dictators. The tax levy of last year is going school can afford it- We are rich, and George Ellsworth, pitcher? ----------- ----------------------------------------- to be entfirely gone or worn to a Taxes are light and taxpayers and Forrest Peetz -catcher foi and children were visitors at Moro R E P U B L IC A N few ineffectual ’ figures on the can afford to retain high schools Moro; Wily Kn ghten and .Jim F riday. bank hook by the tim e school is long after they are an education- Stow pitchers and King Fritts, Mr and Mrs J S Newcomb were out. There is no personal criti- al handicap to the children, who catcher for Grass Valley, business visitors in The Dalles fa U aWv., AA o v m l®v Swwfov C o m m IH m ciam implied herein. The budget should be considered first. • The state highway grading Saturday. Ro/pA 0. Moor««, Corbett M g ., F orHoitd, Or». o f )u n e 1943 was not large en- Already the m atter has pro- crew in charge of the Sherman • Al Woody, radio technician in ough to permit payment o f tea- greased so far that many rpupild btHiwav between Grass Valley T ) 11 1 ol Cher’s salaries as large as proved ¡high school age are attending find the Columbia highway, have a O s 1 1 (1 0 1 1 R * O S p H o l the U- S. Navy, sp en t a few days visiting hi« wife, Dolores Simon n«ces«ary « b o o ls outride the county. Most finished resurfacing the stretch nf THE OLD RELIABLE for Art Bibby and »on, Stephen. Woody and her parents, Mr and -The six percent limitation will o f the younger farmers will, if Sherman highway just south of went to Portland Sunday to r?- Mrs Mntt Simon lari week. Mr Qualitjr-Dependability—Courtesy probably prevent the aocumula- financially possible, send their Moro. main until Wednesday on bus.- and Mrs Woody also went to Port- to tio r of a surplus for some years children outside the county for Ssturdnv last, on a dr ve . h i r h ' ^ u ^ L « i £ l , 7 . ‘- T l i " D . n « . T l " ^ ' had hi. ness- Fraley acoom- U n d -U .pend a p art e f h i. fur- to come. ten, 1. reergan i«d . ear liberally marked with o,l Pa"'ed ‘hem to her home m Port- lough w ,y , hw relatives, www -»a . .. a .. a v > .v za , land after spending tihe week en » We can provide better educa- thrown onto his ear from the Col- } Bibby home. Mr and Mrs FiMnk Pike went Another question therefore ari- tion and save tax paver money by vmbia high-wav oiled surface by ‘ Borriel took ht r 1J Hermiston Saturday to visit ses. ccnsoVdatmg all high «-bools into passing cars. It took the best part George to The Dalles Mon- 1,is Parents, Mr and Mrs I D Pike is the Moro school dis- Here triet with a valuation o f $761,157 one. Lack o f such consolidation of the afternoon and six gallons «¿ending the week end 8nd his in ^ w and sister, tryin g to provide high school ed- has alreadv caused low o f nopu- of gasoline before tWe expert oar Ml and Mrs Louis May and fe.m- ucation for half o f tihe pupils of lation. . lowered »chool standards washers in The Dalles could say p artland Fri. ily They also V sited a Mri and a county valued at $9,576.351. and higher tare«. It will, never- the car was again dean.. R____ _ RiKhv Mrs Jesse Arnold at Pendleton . , , . day and brought Mrs Bibby home Sure, it g ets paid by the non-high theless. probablv continue until A n u m b r of the local auto dri- 9eyeral in city / before returning home Sunday G R A SS school board. But the -millage m in some young vers are a V x and a * aggressive - . groun f v j : • taking * » to . n ,1^. n? R^€ ’s recovering from a recent Fred P0MR RCCOn^MlM VALLEY Moro runs from six to eight mill* explains the matter to tihe voters, when driving to The Dalles th^sn a n(kcto them to Hermiston to visit friends, while the millage in tihe non-high Then we will wonder why we did- d«va. The old hill road is reported 11 y' d strict is 1.6 this year. The Moro n’t do it before. to be in fine condition and that Mrs Wallace May w ent to Hoo^ district cannot afford to furnish ------------------ -— . route kee^ra cars off the oiled River Monday to have the cast orae °°® Iest week after the high school, even with non- , OOR t i m i n g Columbia highway. removed from her wrist. spending several weeks in Port- Columbia highway. ’ R ° Mrs Ralph Eakin and daughter laild ™ business and at Vancou- high school board payments. Wh le we are on the subject From the Observer, April 2, 1913 of Mo.ro were visitors at tihe home ver» Wash., where they v ■sited his The Grass V alley district did c f schools, it m ight well be noted P L Schamel and fam fly have of her sister, Mrs Estel H artley, Bnwna Cox. Mr and sem e figuring a little over a year Uw man Mrs C iH Augee o f Chehalis ac ago and closed its high school, dafory a - sdhoo, diMrjc t to finished the task o f moving from Monday, companied them home to spend county Mr and Mrs Clarence Hense- Ck sending the children to the Moro contract with teachers in March their home in Claclyimas . * , e&l Ji.t>Pfo r * th e their new home i^kbsa-county went to The Dalles Thursday when k -0 ™* tinSe w ith them, school. From a cost of - around j^r and Mrs Tom Alley w ent to $6,000 per year they paid some Approval of the voters in June is on the O P King farm.« Noah Mrs iHensen entered tih? hospital Hammons, who sold hh lease to. for several days. $2200 in tuition and the transpor as crazy as a Jap’s ambitions. Herrnirion Saturday to visit Mr , :n Mr and Mrs Don Clodfelter <nd Mrg waH am Lutterell. Mr. Don Mason w a s a lw a y s w h a t w e tation and saved abo^t half of ’ By the tim e the budget r e t . to Mr. S ch «n el. » how lnnn« Dan sets a record for th e m etal had as their gu ests lari week her Lutteren i« ill in a Ihoeipital call a “strin g saver.” W h en h e their high school coat. Besides the taxpayers the year’s income Gram Valley. and the paper he contributes. M essrs R D Jackson. Dr. C L parents. Mr and Mrs C.P Adams. Mrj# j ames R U gy le ft Monday vnw raps a package h e rolls up And the glassm ak crs ow e him a the combination of tihe schools is nearly all contracted. The tax- the F ir in g -fo ld s th e p a p er—and made a better school possible for v o ti u or turn it down Pol«y’ L J Lu“ 8 E, ^ ° Ua?" D e lk s - medal for the em pty b ottles ho for Hood R^ver wihere she accora- A m irrucklsi T lo v K v puts them both iruhis attic for turns in. „ » » I P*y it in the form B ucV The BaptiM M, «non oo lx>th o f them -et panieri her brother. Ernest Es- I. M fe keening. From where I sit, Dan’s one M“r e / mC , 7 n r in U ' ‘"’-’K *«-’" » ' • " "o “ . * to at the ¡home o f M r. Maude Gar- «»«•», to F o re .t G row to v i.lt "Waver can tell w h en th in k s’ll of the Grass Valley school boaH chfince to control the finances hollow , there is no reports a s to up on us all. W hat’s more, he’s their mother, Mrs Asa Eslinger, retit W ednesday afternoon. enasa la handy," sa y s Dan. . got us doing it too—collecting ( cruscd it t« deftrt toly c lo « i f ¡, hirinK t« .- ’ » « « « r * • fi’ h k« P “ mc H erm m Mrs H<rfen who » not »o well. hlH , * * « o l That « t io n threw U ch^ ‘in "M «relh /” suoh " m «tten. « le n d e r the ftahernten do. . H em « n V e rier Mrs neien na- - - , ¿„a r a M» » « b scrap, returning empty bottles— into the non-hirh wbool dietrict. w el, w i t unti, Bn April or Arthur and Clyde Smith. Jack j er and dauRbter, Julia. M i« Har- Mr ,a nd Mra e ^ , . A lky en. S U ck , o , p . , ^ . ^ „ 3 o t 8trlng not because somebody maker, us do it, but because it’s the Demo a<-a district without a high school Ma- budget meeting. Mitchell end W I Westerfield were n e tt Cole, Mies Enwria Jean Sdhoil tertained friends a t their home em pty bottles (Dan b ein g a mod- cratic way of working together Sc th is year Grass Valley f« pay- , dinner guests at the Hotel More took Olan Stark radioman 3-c to Saturday evening in hz'” zv’- H*»r- erate man and stick in g Just to to win the war. ing 1 « milk» on its valuation of Trie frogs, whom we tihink, Saturday, making the trip from "*l “ dav where re- Ziegler, who celebrated hi« b eer), old h orsesh oes—and good- f?87,751 or $940.40 for high know more about the wentiher Grass Valley by auto. turned to Bremerton after spend- 1Rth birthday anniversary. The neas k now s what-alL W s aaed to kid him a lot. B a t school pupils AND that includes than the guy who makes the D J McLachlen’s ’ aix year old ng his leftve hers vimtipg rela- ev€ninr .p e n t playing cards •c then eaataa the «crap drive, and th refreshm ents served later in calendars, have announced that son, W illie, lost the first joint of tir e s and friends. w transportation. Consequently the Grass V alk y spring is here by a happy aong hL right index finger Sunday by___Mrs Bernard Martin and dau- the evening. Crrwing ¡-ufuttry t'oundaúon district, for the first time in 15 at duak too close study of an axe. ghter and Mrs Bryce Blaylock ----------- 3, 1379 . 4 At debated by Herbert S. Thatcher I Maarfee R. Franks A t t o r t o l o C o t i n t f l , rimerie«* I Aatlowel Barine«« riferii E diter, Federation o f L a b o r L RaUrooA IFeribprs J o ttn o i In Other Days His ‘First Love’ Wayne Morse Mrs Art Bibby FOR U. S. SENATE Home From Quality Store Rom where I sit... ¿y Jo e Marsh The Secret Weapon in Dan Mason’s Attic • T lb • f . rra-- .»• ’ ---- - . .»< \
