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i PAGE A pHBRMAN COUNTY JOURNAL. MORO, OREGON FRIDAY, MAY 25, 1945 S herman X IW IIl Mora, Q pcon U » its" fertility. Labor unions, no’.a- Editor bly' the CIO, distribute figures I* VH m R [h, which show that farm income IS _ ____ad e l w Matter at . at .Moro, Oreaoa wader Art o f much higher than labor income • f March I. 187*. _ - • L arg er fa rm s m ean few er fa n-m- r ter 8; few er fa rm e rs m eans lees pol- new er- less oolitical a o >wer w er ltical P°w er .8 po m eans th a t the process whl be speeded. , The governm ent is about to as- „ im „ rpsnonsibi.tv for the wel- Mime lesponsibi y fare o f m illions of service men m any of whom will not he perm it- OFFICIAL COUNTY PAPER SUBSCRIPTION RATES Payable in Advance 12.00 ONE Y E A R MAY 25, 1945 IT CAN HAPPEN HERJ$ Of late there have » beer, items in general reading that pu.nl to a definite trend. WhoU»cr thic trend •will continue, now that the new deal has suffered lors of leader- ship, cannot be foretold. If we continue to become more aucialu- tic there is already evidence that farming will not be excluded froir .. . - , j, tlte influence of it. ted to work in industry. Already ». a; there «re cooperative farai», di- rected by an expert, with govern- m ent‘aid as to borrowing, financ- ing advice. One of the first things • , „.4.4™ la rw done in all nations where a g groups of unemployed accumulate is to partition the large estates among the people. Spain tned it before Franco, Russia did it, Mex- ica did it, Poland is doing it, Eng- contempu tes it. Crazy? Maybe. But a generation that has seen as many economic changes as this one has. from the government giving men land un- dec the homester! law to aub.<- dized farming, can hardly thro* any theory out the window with- out considering it. - ___________ __ *•. A lready the governm ent is ex- r n A n I I A T |O N ’ Y ears ago when the county w a j of o u r national resource. Tim ber er ci a ing control over a great deal VI V K u n n iif t . - / V M ___ - a - •t3Ä CT Peda«’ • Cell! lim n men used to be of a most indepen- rtlll of horses it was a differen. dent stripe. They cut the 'ogs and » P1»'® E v eri' m‘ " had dragged them through tl.e woods « b «“ him the knowledge of hors- , t f . es -and the odor. There was wi.s- breaking young tree, a ■ foo fn>m Qf through and scarring the fo rest ag K ipling uged gay land until it washed away and was .g another 9Ury an easy prey for devastating fire. week m any tx>ys and r fr)s Now they do not do that. Gevam- are graduating from high schools ment control and the threat of getting ready "to leave the more control has caused nearly family nest and branch out. for every logger to burn brush, cut tberrx^elve« to a greater degree only approved trees and leave than formerly. They are like the others for future operation«. That colts that we used to break to work is generally accented as an impro- in the spring. By the time a horse vement for the forests are among was three years old it wa^ ooneid- our greatest national resources. ered time to teacb it the facts of Time was when our big oil com- Uife which consisted of a collar paniea drilled holes and pumped and harness and a place in thd oil on every discovered field. . Big plow team alongside of some old money was made and much of the reliable worker. resource wasted. Now Harold There was often a bit of plung- Ickes has a hand In it and it la mg, sometime« some bellowing, said bo be done according to re- perhaps a little kicking, some ru- gulationa. At any rate the govern- shing forward into the harness ment owns the largest and long- and sulking In a day or so it was eat pipe line to tha* market. . over and except for a sort of Our waterpower was once in the hang-dog look the colt appeared used is to their profit, selling the *ny other horse of the team, hands o f a few companies who Many of them did m much work electricity derived from it at the although it was hardly expected beat price obtainable and, in many them. cases, charging tell for pa.sage Now it is the youngsters who have th e ir chance to take a place over the water. resource 1" 0 “ w®rld- to Ullt their n'u’ <:1«s Our greatest national ---------- ----------- is the land iteelf. It is being was >nd ™ind« in competition vnth the tod by ereaion. Proceeds from It «w *r on®»- L* e ‘he , colt’ they. are befnr used to make " proflU *»» do » h ttl® b “ ' k ' n« a n ?un'1 for Individual, who, oft Umea, are • bout “ >"* »°on- be work,nK a . carelew. of ito ore a . w a. the “ • th*y be WOTk,r'= old time low er. Intimation, have ” P ln 'he te»m “T ‘ the one* ,w,,th U en m ad. that ».verem ent will «n d . endurance will be move in to protect the land as ea er*~_______ it baa moved in to protect the for- C h|nrhiU ¡g a a m a rte r politician eats, the mines, the oil fields, tlie ^,ban b jg oppogitjon and an elector waterpower and will try to have nQW Reep the o,d maaUr bl it used for the public power for two or three years Ion- That sound, very socialistic. It otherwi9e. It may n<>t be is. Perhaps It is no more socialls- way but it will likely be tie than government control ¡J of tjwt other things, but as more people ------------------- will be concerned it appears to Mr. Truman’s cabinet changes be more drastic. ‘ " will work out very well in all pro- Estim ates made by government bability. It is Hke a gypsy tra d in g agents is that 29 to 40 percent of horses. He aPweys ha« the advan c e top soil of Sherman county has tage because he never hae milch been loat The remainder, say the to trade. The new men have little experts, will go quickly. From the to live up to. They are westerner» food production angle thsU is an end we can give them the benefit important economic fact. In the of the doubt easily. east from New England to Ohio and in the south the land has al ready been wasted until much of it is suitable only for light epring grazmg. Such land is abandoned From the Observer, May 28. 1923 for no one can make a living from „.***— Richalderfer and j i - a . u i Elmer Gosaon Were united in mar- ,t even with federal aufcoidies. u>t SatunXy evenln, at So, My the forefront of nation- the home of the bride'» parents al planner», it is going to bo noc- in Wasco. iry lor the rovernarent to take Mr and Mr” I^wrenee Kasebeig ____- «4 i k*** ^turned from their wedding over the m anagem ent of the land ^rjp Bpent jn Oalffomia. and are If we are to remain a nation able now at their farm west of Wasco, to food ouraeive». > The county rock crusher plant. It 4» goto bMk to U e theory lo« Jt®d °" Lone R oekm artet .. . , - . road east of Moro has been dis- that private ownerahlp la waato- mantlwi , nd is taken w , ful, that the individual is unim- new location near the market road portant as comparad to the wel- under connstruction between Was fare of the nation. Profreso along co and Klondike. , Plans for the eoiwtruction of a socialistic Hues In other matters neW exhibit paviHan and grand bring closer the time when the stand at (the county fair grounds government will M*»** agriculture has been abandoned for this year as a national lnsoonrct an^ *n th® contemplated - 'v — A improvements an addition to the Farmer, are wont to ocoff at built. theories, jnst ns the old time Frcm the Observer. May 26.. 1916 man scoffed a t first at* F. Armstrong brought to a* a sample of his alfalfa to — m m . him burn hw b ru te ?*»** office meagureg incheg ln hei(rhth and plant trees. From evidence red they have the argument as govern- ____. o M to . l .« __ -aw»..» —. u » to r «»A O k land haws proven no mono success- f i t t|M * RMMM m s of good farm- era. YIto'W M .K however, that V > «rtwet tlw « M *n aw n t «1» .p o^ W Ik » •» •» ’t » ••d « S S r iU I lK Tight whatsoever in or to said Attorney for Exe^uty , 28 31 8. E. Fair- n ig h t, a lte r the com m encem ent ^ v e n tie s a h O ig h t i e * who wHI be r S ubstfcating v * land advene to the plaintiff; for exercises in the hall, with a fare- g ]ad to help along in Ibis good ham superintendent o f the Cascade plaintiff’s _______ __ costs and disbursement* well p a rty given to th e high school wor£ y? j . • ' district. Rev Dean C. Poindexter and such other relief as shall seem u v iu iv n * - ---------- “ . H Methodist church equitable. That a descriptem of NOTICE OF FINAL HEARING g ra d u a te s, the faculty and the rp^3 Olil Oregon * Trails jiass of The ~ Dalles Notice is hereby bchool board at the home of Mrs through the county, one of which conducted the last quarterly con-* Mld land in which the _ plaintiff _____ . _ given that the N. P. H ansen. - h a s its beginning - in the county, ference of the Wasco Methodist ¡g seeking and asking fcr relief undersigned has filed in the Coun- r ro»M ilie 190« There There are are many many places places of of local local enuren church aunoay Sunday w afternoon. After herein and in in me the vA»np*«i..v Complaint *- »■ -V * ---- — - - Oregon - rro,M u ,e y Observer, ui«'ri*e r’ May 25, >swv w r o w iL nerem ana The te n th weddlllg day ttnn iver- ,n te re s t that ehoald be marked to the bumness session a unanimous situated in Sherman County, State oT th * * 5ary of Mr and M rs C K C ochran p e rp e tu a te them ; fo r the benefit vote was cast for the return of the . of Oregon, and described as for Sherman county her Final Rn- port and Account as Executrix o f was celebrated S atu rd ay n ig h t by of future generations. Thre will Cx»neH’» to the Waeco-Grass Val- follows: the m usic and melody of the Tin n ever be a better time to start charge for another year, with (Lots 8 and 7 of Block 2 of the Last Will and Testament of the original town of Moro B rigade. y than rig h t now. I knew a lo t ab o u t » » I * ’n re_ Gerhardins Johnson, Deceased, and J<#hn Andrew patjen, who until the early historv of Sherman ooun turned by the annual conference (now city of Moro), Sherman that Saturday, the 9th day bf la s t few year« was an active ty and, if I can help, I will be glad which convenes in June it will be County, Oregon. and su b stan tial fa rn ie r o f the do gO . „.r 6 their 9th year in Sherman county. Also 12 inches off the westerly Jane, 1946. at tefc ojclock A. M. Fa -L. Cannell, Pastor side of lot 8 of Block 2 of the county, died in The Dalles May 17. • , . • 'ffa y Price of Mid day, at the County Court J W Messinger & S on s? w ere- original town (noqr city) of had a narrow e8Caa? from room, at the Courthouse, m M o o , Moro, Oregon. Suid ♦’~»et of Bethlehem Chapter No. 78, O.K.S. Sherman County» Oregon, has bean truction by fire Thursday, May 17. land adjoins the easterly part M*ets Every Second am. C H U R C H E S of Lot 7 in the same block In the night a mouse got into the fixed by the Court as the time and Fourth Thursdays In each drawer and nibbled - a . hole » . the J or" Lommuwty and is otherwise described as ~ ------ ----- --------- , Month. Visiting Members place for hearing of objections to box and its teeth striking,a match Presbyterian C i m > being 12 inches wide and 100 Invited— Moro. Oregon said Final Rtfeort and . Account fjre box, burning the James D.. Moberg, pastor, feet long on the westerly side Rosa Amidon, W. M. best part of two boxes. The draw- Bible School Iff a. m. and the settlement e f said estate- of said Lot 8. Ruth Sparling, Secretary This summons is served upon er being ^virtually air tight, saved Morning Worahip H A. M. Mary Johnson Bra l i t . , you pursuant to an Order of the w, n TTmU m ff the store and perhaps the ^ » S e r m o n <<Th€ Eternal Crtyo Mem. Lupine Rebekah Lodi J u d g e d the above-entitled Court ° Updegraff of Moro. Meets 2nd and 4th orial service made on the 22nd day of May, Attorney for Executrix Tuesdays of each Service for Carl Peetz 27-39 f 1945, which directs that this sum- J ( nvonth. V iaitng mem C. E. 7:30 P. M. mans be published once each week . bers welcome. Wed. 8:00- P. M. Prayer meeting for four consecutive weeks m the Clara Houston, N.G. Sherman County Journal, anew s- NOTICE OF FINAL HEARING Christian Science Society Florence Johnston. S' Notice is hereby ghmn th a t the paper published. isbefil at Moro, Oregon, Sunday morning services a I that copies of the Summons undersigned hae filed in the Ceun- 11:00 a. m. Mortals and Immortals Tureka Lodge filo. 121 A.F4k A.M. 1st an» Complaint ^certified to b» not ty C<>ort of. t i , su ta -.Meet« en the includes testimonials of healing. ViSLnM Ì Ì t e d Wto ‘nth« d e i à ^ i u * wife * * K h an»» C o o tt, bi. qf Oregon 8rd 'Tbursds* North his Final Re- The reading room in the rea* of each gio nt».'Visiting r— — ---------. . A . , «_» of the building is open. AU aa the Editor of the Journal: member* are cordially postage thereoon prepaid for the port and Accouat M Adminiatre- j am much interested in the thonzed Christian Science liters invited to meet with u * reason that their whereabouts is tor of the ' Estate of Minnie G. editorial published in the Journal ture can be bought or borrowed C. A. Ruggles. W. M a « » „«hii^Uon Blau’ D®«*M®d* that Saturday, weck jn regard to organizing a Wednesday night service a* H D. WaJlan, of U IM»yaS i i w 5 . the 4th »ay of Jam . 1445. at to« S herm an C ounty Pioneer kssocia- WASCO METHOBI8T CHURCH Nor» l-odge No. It* , I^hO.F. Dick and Dick o'clock A. M., of said day, a t the tion. earliest d en ts As o f one w h a o ts f is the now s l e n resi- nan Naoto 1st - and Srd Attorney, for -Plaintiff Coentv Courtroom, at the Court- T uoada« in I.O.O.F. Po, t Office Addremr The v _ 7 i ^ . ” r .L Z ir county now living, I w ant to ,say~ M orning w orship a t 11:00 A- M e. Dalles, Oregon "OUS€‘ ln Moro. Sherman t-ounty, hall- Transient and th a t it would be th e best the pio- ^ T h i s service will be in keeping ; Oregon, has* been fixed by. the visit ng brothers aro- 29-82 “-> cordkslly invited Court as the time .and ylhce for NOTICE OF FINAL HEARING hearing of objections to said Fln- to meet with u a.. Notice is hereby given that the aj Report aad Account and the Ernest Houston N. G. A. R. Kessinger, Secretary undersigned has filed in the Coun settlement of Mid estate. ty Court of the State of Oregon Walter L. Blau SUMMONS ______ tor Sherman County hia Final Re- G Upd, rm ff IN THE CIRCUIT COÙRT OF THE STATE* OF OREGON FOR P»rt and Account aa Executor of xttorney for Admimatmtor SHERMAN COUNTY. * the Last Will and Testament of ‘ 1 * 27- i0 BERTHA LOUISE BOLTON, Pla- Robert W. Pinkerton, Deceased, ___________ _ ALICE B^CONUEE, (,» wife, «"d Saturday, the l«th day NOTICE OF FINAL ACCOUNT that w^re bqun th ere in the afternoon i T he tc h o o l te rm ended 1 hursday grown on the dry upland contigu- oua to Moro. J- F. F om had an attack of elcknees hig , Wednesday t U ndtn | r , he that prevent- thal Opened public the new re inforcd concrete garage, built for Fo«* and Company. Moro won the Field Meet F n d e v hy , of W 1.2 „ , ia in „ 6 9 , for Wasco, 4 1-2 for Gross Valley for HOME REPAIRS! DISCUSS YOUR PROBLEM WITH US ^ ^ r t i e s ^ k i ^ t n ’ cuimto»"^"’ bou',<• ,n Morc' ty Court of the State of Orocun right, title, estate, lien or interest in the real tbe Complaint herein filed, Defendants. Sherman County, Oregon, ha* been for gherman County her «»«dby M» Court aa the Unwand ? ?;w|nt piace f or hearing of objections to 4. _ „g »v* R A Final Mur ties nuknown claiming any right fcMld ^inal Report and Account aad> n y ( deceased, and that Wednes- title, estate, lien or interest in the day, the 8th day of June, 1945, real estate deserbed in the Com- at the hour of 10:00 o’clock A. M. JOIN r nt Defendants: The Commur.'ty Club at The of Mid day, at the courtroom of IN THE NAME OF THE STA TE OF OREGON, You are requir Dalles and help return ng vet Mid Court, in the courthouse in M IM 8 C 8 F D I Ç ed to answer the Complaint filed erans acquire club quarters. Moro, Sherman County, Oregon, Advertisement against you in the * above cause Over 900 members. Thanks have boon fixed by the Court aa an’-or before four week* from the for your help the time and place for hearing dhte of the first publication of this summons; If you fail to answer,» of objections * to said Final Ac for want thereof, the plaintiff wifl count and Report and for the apply to the Court for the relief settlement of said Estate. demanded in the Complaint; for Decree against each of you ad Dies Murray Ost judging plaintiff to be owner of Executrix the property hereinafter described T. Lester Johnson, and that you and each of you have Attorney at law, no estate, right, title or interest in the same, and that the title Wasco, Oregon hereto be quieted in the plaintiff May 4,1 1 ,1 8 ,2 5 was done. He stopped tb re st— and aganst all of the defendants and he never got hia second NOTICE OF 1945-48 BUDGET MEETING wind." ’In accordance with the provisions o f the "Local Budget Law” (Sections 110-1201 to 110-1215, O.C.L.A.. as amended), notice 1s hereby given that the budget committee of Moro, Oregon, in com From where I sit, there’« a pliance with said law, prepared and adopted on May 8, 1945, the budget estimates for the City of moral there for all of ua. W e’ve Moro, Oregon, for the ensuing fiscal year July 1,»1945 to June 30,1946 jis set forth in .-the accom been working hard to w in thl« panying schedules I, II III and IV. AU persons are hereby notified that on Tuesday, the 12th day war. A lftfie rest may look aw of June, 1945, at 8:00 p> m. in Moro, Oregon, said* budget estimates may be discussed with the council, fully tempting. B ut by keeping the levying board for the city of Moro, Oregon, any person subject to the proposed tax levy or tax going, by never letting up, w e levies will be heard in favor o f or against Mid proposed tax levy or tax levies or any part thereof. The outstanding indebtedness of Moro, Oregon, at May 8, 1945, was given as follows: Nature of can count on getting our second obligation, Series C Refunding Gen. Ob. Bond«, Amount, 81flJ)Q0. wind that will overcom e weari Signed: George G. Updegraff, Chairman Budget Committee; Dewey Thompson, Secretary Budget ness and see us through to Vto- Committee. tory., • » The Dalles Branch United States National Bank HEAD OFFICE, F O S U A N U * • From where I sit J o e Marsh, Dan Culpin Gets His Second Wind Dan Culpin got hlfl plowing done in record time this year. He was Fitting on his porch, enjoying a w ell-deserved glass of beer,^ while Bob Wirts, his neighbor, still had over an acre to go. It burned Bob up, seeing Dan r e la x e d w h ile he w orked. Ho he’d »top and have a glass of cider—and make out that he was in no hurry anyway. “And that was the trouble," Dan explained to me. “I kept'on going till I got my second wind; and saved m y rest until the job Copyright, 1945, Viuud Stato» Bmoon Fo u a M o * No. 118 o f a Serie* PACIFIC m iL T O S BUS SCHEDULES • ’I EFFECTIVE JUNE 1, J942 . • - :.a .’ Two Busses Each Way Daily; South B ound N orth Bound Read Down * * 2:13 a.m. 4:03 p.m. Shaniko 2:40 a.m. 4:30 p.m.x K ent 3.05 a.m. • 1 , Read U p . 3:47 p.m. 9-J7 p.m. 3:09 p.m. 8:49 p.in. 4:55 p.m. G rass V alley 2:54 p.m. 8:34 p.m. 3:30 a.m. 5;20 p.m. 8:13 p.m. 3:52 a.m. 5:42 p>m. Moro w W asco 4-10 a.m. 6:00 p.m. B iggs 5:00 a.m. 6:40 p.m. , 2:33 p.m. ^ .1 0 p.m.* 7:50 p.m. 1:47 p.fh. 7^ 7 p.m. The D alles 1:10 p.m. I 6:50 p.m . * Direct connections at Biggs for Washington and Idaho points at 4:10 a.m. Both schedules to Shan iko operate through to Bend, Kla math falls, Bums, Boise 1 L.; Sch. II SUMMARY OF ESTIMATED EXPENDITURES, RECEIPTS, LEVIES FISCAL YEAR 1445-46 Total of General ' 1945-46 Debt Fund All Funde Water Miscel. TAX LEVY CALCULATION Service Total Estimated Expenditures ‘ >869242 * >440 00 >3850.00 >2110.42 •5229240 1700.00 Cash Balances i 440.00 >3850.00 >2110.42 9229240 8092.92 Total Estimated Expenditures 5975.00 Deduct—Est. Receipts 271742 Amount Yfi Balance the Budget 1 t » * I 271742 Total Levy Needed for 1945-46 2717.92 Tax Levies inside 8% limitation j Sch. II SUMMARL OF ESTIMATED EXPENDITURES, RECEIPTS, LEVIES FISCAL YEAR 1944-45 Total of "General 1944-45 Debt All Funds Fund Water Miscef. Service TAX LEVY CALCULATION Total Estimated Expenditures *' >7681.66 8440.00 88850XM) >1420.40 >1871.25 Deduct—E s t Receipts 5310.00 Amount to Balance Budget 2271.85 Total Levy Needed for 1944-45 2271.66 Tax Levies inside 6% limitation 2271-85 Schedule HI Actual for 7-1-42 to 7-1-43 Actual for Actual for 7-1-43 to 7-1-44 S ix months > 24000 t 88.49 183.63 > 240.00 58.87 136 28 120.00 21.88 84 JO 1258.84 134-60 627- 48L 179.89 1380.00 78.23 219.98 54139 18.28 102700 583.40 24.95 . 88.02 108.48 16.13 800.00 158.¿7 770.40 1081.82 208.40 770.40 320.19 106.87 50.00 83.60 80.00 74.06 1266.80 * 28.10 74000 1554.00 898.43 1500.00 185.88 2000.00 Schedule IV 89.82 2000 35.00 8340.01 92.87 10.00 219.16 2850.18 06 JO Î20.00 >82.00 2888.06 50 00 45.70 2750 -a* • I «* EXPENDITURES Budget ,, , . , FUND AND CLASSIFICATION 1944-45 ) ' .... . * Í GENERAL FUND 240.00 Treasurer A Reeorder Salaries 50 JO State Industrial Accident»Comm. 150.00 Administration • ’ . WATER FUND 1500.00 Marshal and Collector Salaries 250.00 Labor, water account 800.00 Supplies, water account 500.00 Power, water account 1000.00 Fire Department New Equipment - * MISCELLANEOUS Em ergency 900.00 770.40 Power, street light« account 400.00 Hotel Insurance Building Maintenance (Hotel) «0.00 b uMNfiqr' - Legion Hall Streets DEBT SERVICE 1 371.25 Interest on bonds 1500.00 Bonds Total Expenditures RECEIPTS i 120 00 State pquor Apportionment 10.00 Licensee and Fees 180.00 ’ 5?”^^ or ° f property 8800.00 Water rent TOTAL « CASH BALANCES, ^ , I « TOTAL RECEIPTS < a - * I Budget 1945-46 > 240XX) 50JM) 160 j 00 1500.00 26OJ00 800.00 500.00 1000.00 800.00 72242 787-80 86040 200.00 50.00 None None 292.50 20904)0 12O?OO »2540 680.00 8000.00 027540 170040 •27549
