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Published Every Friday at
Continued from page one.
its citizens are rtut getting m ilk
Moro, O rejón
E ditor delivered as usual. The OPA has planes, all told, and the sky
Giles L French
refused ' to iet the
dairym en
K n u rv d M
B*-eond d a *»
m u tter a t ¿he
pbatoffkw at M o m . Oretron under A ct o f charge a price equal to that paid
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by milk processors, who are now
getting the milk the citizens
would otherw ise consume.
A P I!
O ld
Dairym en have long been held
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to a price that was unprofitable.
They have had fet'd prices raised
NATIONAL É D IT O R IA L - and labor costs increased until
iSSOCIATION there is nothing left for tl»c,i..
Decision to strik e came (in k af­
te r long efforts to obtain a price
O F F IC IA L COUNTY PA PE R
under which they could continue
to
operate.
SUBSCRIPTION RATES
The
solution isn’t to dam n the
Payable in Advance
dairym
en;
it is to get rid of the
ONE Y EA R ............................... $2.00
OPA.
MARCH 29, 194«
Those who w o u ld tr a d e N° ° PA
/.
J
z.
People are
funny.
They
are
fr e e d o m fu r s e c u r ity o re afraid, to put down the umbre«a.
d e se rv in g o f n e ith e r.
Those of them who work at a
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Wasco Christian
Club Holds
wv
filled for hours as the planes
droned over the D istrict of Col­
um bia. The planes now held in
cold storage for the National
T he W om en’s Society of Chris­
G uard will be seven tim es m ore
than th ere w ere in the great mass ta in service held th eir annual
flight. The planes a re to be used S pring Tea a t the home of Mrs
for continued training to see th at H ildred Zell, W ednesday, March
e v e ry pilot, bom bardier, radio 20. Those who attended spent a
operator and navigator is kept lovely afternoon. The following
thoroughly fam iliar w ith flying num bers entertained the group
and capable of instant service. d u rin g the afternoon: Vocal selec­
N ational G uard u n its of the Pa­ tions, ‘•Brahm s Lullaby” by Pa­
cific N orthw est will be given or tricia Kaseberg, Joan Burres,
loaned an allotm ent of these plan­ B arbara McConaughy, P atty Hi!-
es as soon as the plans nave der brand, song by H arry Dean
Proudfoot Jr., song by Mrs John
been w orked out.
Royse,
M rs Lloyd Royse, Mr3
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Because of loud howls, a con­ Gladyce Belshee,
‘‘W ithout a
gressional com m ittee will prob? Song” by Gladyce Belshee; read­
into com plaints against the arm y ing by M arcella H ilderbrand, ex­
b ra ss hats. It is asserted th at the ercise by B etty Haven and Car­
U nited States can never have f a m en Royse; instrum ental pieces,
dem cratic arm y, th a t officers piano d u e t by Shirley M cintvie,
should not eat w ith enlisted men, P atricia Kaseberg; clarinet and
for th a t would break flown dis­ tru m p e t trio Shirley and Jean Mc­
cipline and instead of an arm y In ty re and Nell Coats, accom pan­
it would be an arm ed mob.
ied by Patricia Kaseberg on the
Russia tried th a t in Finland piano.
and it did not work. There was
Mr a n d Mrs Jack M athias of
a political com m issar w ith every Sunnyside, W ashington spent the
outfit and it was the com m issar weekend visiting at the home o '
instead of th e officers who decid­ M r and Mrs Ormand H ilderbrand.
ed what should he done. Russia
G uests a t a potluck dinner Sun­
finally kicked out the com m issars day a t th e home of Mr and Mrs
and , .now the Russian officers O rm and H ilderbrand1 w ere Mr
have th e ir own clubs, .decoiatioq and Mrs W allace May and son
and salutes, all of which were of Grass Valley, Mr and M rj Joe
forhidebn p rio r to Finland.
H ilderbrand and Patty, Patricia
T here a re some abuses in th° Kaseberg,G race Medler and P h jl-
Am erican arm y, b u t the prirtcipaf lis Joy, Bob Davis and L ester
fault appears to be w ith incifici Gray. The dinner was given ‘n
ent leadership in many vases.
honor of Mr and Mrs Jack M ath­
ias. •
Mr and Mrs Ormand W ider-
brand, M arie B arnett Cooper, and
Owen B arn ett attened th e funeral
Spring Tea
________________________________ job are afraid to quit and strik e
DECISION TO BB MADE
ouf for them selves. They h ste tc
get out of bed. I>et them get some-
This county is soon to be called thing betw een them and th eir
upon to m ake a decision th at troubles, be they physical or
will tie im portant. The Inland m ental, and they will keep up
Navigation company has applied the shield in preference to facing
to the interstate commerce com- and settling the ills that oe^et
mission for joint rail and w oter them.
rates in the entire mid-Columbia
T hat m ust be the psychology
region, giving as a reason Its d«- th a t is aiding the barrage or pro-
sire to haul grain down the river paganda by the OPA to keep th rt
by barge and perhaps eventuallv no-longer-needed organization in
by ocean steam er.
operation. The housewife is to’d
The reason the people of ¿Ids th a t her shopping money would
county will have a hard de islon be entirely Inadequate w ithout
to m ake is that if such rates arc the OPA. They are the political
granted by the commission tbo policemen who prevent the out-
branch rail lines will proljabl.v cher, the baker and the candie-
he taken up No one serlous’y stick m aker from robbing the
thinks that the branch lines can people right and left. Every body
be operated at the rate th at would is entirely dishonest and grasping
probably prevail to T he Dalles and the OPA is all th at w ithholds
from Sherma county point*.
the hungry hand of the trade»-
W heat rate to Portland from m an from the family purse.
Moro is €.6 cents per bushel, lh e
o f course, that is a lot of bunk,
railroads like to figure the branch
Some prices would probabb’ From the Observer, April 1, 1927 ’
line contribution a t 25 percent of rise w ithout OPA. Some
vould
W hile harnessing his team of
the total charge However, the in- certainly be lowered as coon as
m ules Monday m orning 1. E. W»>
terstate commerce com m iss’on ’n production could be started. Now
son was kicked in the ja»v b>
d in e s tow ard increasing th at fig- w e buy second ra te articles at
one of them breaking his - jaw
ure to a half. W hatever the cor first rate prices because no one
He went to the hospital to have
rect figure, the railroads would can m ake first rate goods,
it wired together and wen' oack
be hauling w heat to The Dalles
in addition to the OPA we have
to work.
for not over 3.3 ceAts per bushel other agencies paying subsidi««
P erm anent oiling operations on
and tu rn in g it over to anotbe) to producers. One branch of gov-
the Sherm an highway a3 • far
form of transportation.
em m en t or the other controls the
south as G rass Valley will be
It is doubtful if the county could production and the price of goods,
dione this week according to re­
m ake a very good case against W e will ne\ er get back to normal
ports.
removal of the rails if a joint living as^long as the beef produc-
The balmy spring weath'-r o '
rate w ere in effect. It was n x an er gets a subsidy and t h e . O P \
the last few days culm inated in
easy argum ent to win when evi sets the price. W ho knows what
m any picnics last Sunday.
dence w as at hand to show that a beef is w orth, how m ucn it
will over 90 percent of the w hea‘ could he sold for,
w hether to From the O bserver, Mar. 30, 191«
w as shipped to tidew ater by rail grow m ore or less. The m arket
A num ber of farm ers around
i he form er case was won by ? is fictitious and not based on sup-
Moro have had their w inter sown
show ing of the necessity of the ply and demand.
w
heat killed by cold winds and
rails; if other transportation wa?
It is about tim e Am ericans (if
reseeding
w ith $1.75 seed.
available in 38 miles or less and they w ish to continue to he) stop
A.
M.
W
right was nominated
if raidroad receipts w ere cut in being afraid of th eir fellow Amer
as
m
ayor
and
W ; S. Powell, C. R.
half or less, the case would be a leans. If the butcher charges too
Belshee
and
R.
J. Ginn as council-
very difficult one for the county m uch for m eat w e'11 buy it some
m
en
at
a
m
ass
m eeting he’d
to win.
place else. We can better adjust
Thursday.
It m ay he th at the county ir the prices we are willing to pay
F. E. Dunton principal of the
ready to let the railroad leave by buying or w ithholding trade
Moro
school, has sold his resi­
and depend entirely on othei than by regulation by a bunch
dence
property
to J. E. Coleman
form s of transportation. T hat ! f of bureaucrats in •W ashington,
and
expects
to
build
another on".
a possibility.’ T rucks could prob -------------------
The
T
hursday
Pleasure
club
ably he obtained to haul the grain B jg <; k R MINIMUM WAGE
m
et
with
Mrs
C.
P.
Axtell
witli
and barges m ight be available
to take it down the river. It lc
Congress is now debating a bil. Mrs Howard) Conlee as co-hostess.
possible th a t both could he ob th a t would m ake the m inim um From the O bserver, Mar. 29. 19P*
tained before needed, h u t n c it h - hourly wage 65 cents, and would
The official ballot for the city
are available at present.
increase that w ithin two years io
For some years the county, and 75 cents.
The adm inistration election had J. W. Messingcr as
entire district, has been able to w ants the bill and it will prohab'v m ayor, C. K. Cochran as one year
obtain low rail rates by th e ex- pass although there is a chance councilm an, L. Barum, F. R.
M essinger and W illiam Rudoff as
pressed or implied th re a t of othm th a t the figure m ay he revised,
m eans of transportation. Compe
E stablishing a floor u n d o a 1 two year councilmen. All • were
tltlon has resulted in com para wages m ay not work to the hen- non-partisan and unopposed.
T he executive com m ittee of the
- tively low rates. W hen th a t com efit of w orking men. Nor is it
petition w as lost through rem ov’ certain th a t a bill to equalize wag- public schools fieldl m eet and de­
al of the rails rates m ight be l ais- es in this m anner wi^l help anv- clam atory contest will m e < Sat­
ed, despite the supposed cheap- one. True, it is only a floor, and urday at the office of W. C. Brv
ness of river transportation.
m ost labor is expected to receive ant.
W ork has stopped on The Dal-
Although the entire railroad a higher wage,
les-CeHlo
canal because of nigh
system pays a sizeable p art of
As a practical m atter, however,
w
a
te
r
and
m ay not he resum xi
the taxes in Sherm an county, th n it does indicate the general trend
un
til
August.
greater p a rt of th a t tax com e' of thought th at all m en may b?
Jo h n M. Johnson has been laid
from the m ain line. T he Suaniko w orth 65 cents p er hour, in any
branch now pays b u t 5.66 peicent p a rt of a very large nation, a rd up from the kick of a horse
of the county’s tax bill, although a t any job, under any conditions, m aim ing his rig h t J eg.
it once paid around 12 percent in Regardless of the living cordi-
the depression when tax money tions or standards or costs, or the d u s try m ight have to move away
was scarce.
value of the job to the employer. from big cities in order to keep
This coming battle will he an the wage is to be set by govern from paying wages com m ensurat?
other chapter in the long hattl? m ent edict.
w ith the cost of city living.
betw een th e railroads and the
One resu lt that m ight com0
B ut the general theory that the
boatm en. Since the rails w ::e from such a law may be ihore governm ent should establish wag
first pu t along the riv e r they have small businesses, and by small es is n o ta n Am erican one. Men are
carried the greater p a rt of the business, w e m ean one or two not equal, jobs are n o t of equal
fre ig h t Use of the riv er as a ma- m an businesses. If they fail to value, conditions of labor are not
for form of transportation w as earn 65 cents per hour they cat, the same. The United States is
restricted to the pre-rail days, charge it to profit and loss and too big for such a bill or the men
T heory Indicates th a t riv er trans not have to come before some w ho are sponsoring it are too
portation
would be cheaper; bureaucrat for sentence,
small.
practise has not proven it.
If th at be the object of the bill
The decision as to which one it has not been stated in debate,
this county wishes to use may be
A nother effect m ight be the d o
GEORΠG. UPDEGRAFF
w ith us soon. , W e can probabb' centralization of industry. Men
take one or the other, b u t it 1 r can live more cheaply in small
A tto r n e y A t L a w
doubtful If w e can retain both.
towns,
more cheaply in
the
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south than in the north. W ith
M o ro an d W a r n
If this he spring we will take labor coining to be so large a
vanilla.
part of manufacturing costs in
in Other Days
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DANCE
T he D a llo
O rthestra
March 30, 1946
RUFUS GRANGE H ALL
by H ygh E. Rosson,
of V eteran’s A ffairs director,
The four-page bulletin sets
forth sim ply the steps the veter­
an m ust take in order to receive
the train in g subsistence allow­
ances granted' him du rin g his per­
iod of learning in an occupation,
to augm ent his salary.
It w arns, however, th a t
gov­
ernm ent funds provided
under
thl$ program are not intended as
a dole for the veteran nor as a
m eans w hereby th e em ployer gets
cheap labor a t governm ent ex
pense. These funds are intended
JOB T R A IN IN G O F F E R E D
to train the veteran for his own
How the Oregon v eteran can
fu tu re security as well as to pro­
establish him self in on-the-job
vide industry w ith skilled m en.”
train in g under the GI bill of.
The veteran is advised to cer­
rights is explained in a bullet in
tify his eligibility for job-training
prepared and released th is week
w ith the V eterans A dm inistration
I ureka Lodee N o. 121 A.F.A A.5L as early as possible to avoid de­
M eets on th e 1st and lays in draw ing his allowances
3rd T hursday evening« once he has obtained a job under
o f each month- V isitin g the program . His next step, after
:m em bers are cordially
nvited to m eet w ith us getting a job, is to contact his
local apprentice coodinator to
LeR oy W right, W. M.
arrange a training schedule and
H. B. P inkerton, Secretary
related studies pertaining to his
N e. 11« Job, the bulletin says.
Lupine Rebekah Lod
of th eir nunt, Mrs Theo. Baroes
of Goldendale, W ashington Tues­
day.
Mr and Mrs Clark- Van G os-
beck and ' children of Blalock
spent the w eek end a t th e horc°
of Mr and Mrs George Van Gaa’
beck.
The E astern S tar m eeting Tues­
day night honored p ast Adah’s.
Guest speaker was D orotha Moore
of the Bethlehem ch ap ter in M ori,
who is grand representative of
Illinois.
M eets 2nd and 4th
T uesdays o f each
month. V isitin g mem
bers w elcom e.
L. M clzachlan N G .
F lorence Johnston. S'
N O TIC E OF G U A R D IA N ’S SA I E
NOTICE IS HEREBY GfVFN:
T hat by v irtue and au th o rity
of an O rder duly made by the
Circuit Court of th ^
of Quw-,
gon for Lane County on / l i e 27th
day of February, 1946 the under­
signed Alice A kers as G uardian
of the E states and Persons of
M argaret Jan e A kers and John
H arry A kers, Minor, will
from
and a fter Monday, the 15lh day of
April, 1946 a t the ho u r of 1:00
o’clock in the afternoon of said
day a t the Law Office of T. L E S­
T ER JOHNSON, Moro, Sherm an
County, Oregon, proceed to s J l
and will sell 6 t private ’ ^ l e to
the highest bidder for cash in
hand, or on such term s of cash
and credit as m ay lx* approve !
by the Circuit C ourt of / b e State
of Oregon for Lane C o u n ty .‘ a ’1
th e right, title and in terest of
the said . M argaret Jan * Akvrs
and John H a rry Akers, Minor.-,
in one parcel and subject to con­
firm ation by the jCircuit C ourt of
the State of Oregon for Lane
County, in and to lh e following
described real property:
Lot Six (6), Block Twenty-
Two (22), City ef Moro, Sher­
man County, Oregon.
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Dated this 8th day of March,
1946.
ALICE AKERS, G uardian
Date of F irst Publication March
8th, 1946.
Date of Last Publication April
5th, 1946.
;
Bethlehem Chapter N o. 78, O.E.S.
F v»rv Second xnc.
S
Fourth Thursdays in sack
Month. VtoWng Members
From where I s it... ¿y Jo e M arsh
Invited Moro. Oregon
Helen Ruggiee, W . M .
Edna Meix-er, becrevary
Ernest Houston N. G.
.A Ä. Keaainger, Secretary
G A S A N D OIL
Tire«--Accessorie»,
R B. McKEAN and SON
In su ran ce
G riin . F eed. Flour, Fuel
Farm Im plem enta, Baga, Twine
BA R BED W IR E— GOOD
Feedstor»
163
WASCO
PHONES
Office
Ben Ryder and
the Wanderlust
I.O.O.F.
Moro Lodge
N o. 113,
Meet« 1st and 3rd
T uesdays in I.O.O.F-
hall-
T ran sien t ano
risitln g brothers a n
cord ially invited
to m eet w ith us.
P O SÌ
D u r in g th e w a r , B en R y d er
talked about the trip s he’d take
w h e n g a s o lin e r a t io n in g w a s
ended. Used to pore over roadmaps
— checking m ileages and charting
routes.
Now Ben’s taking quite a lot of
ribbing. Soon as rationing was
lifted, he decided he liked staying
home, puttering in the garden,
playing ch«sa. sharing a pleasant
glass of beer with friends.
“ Shucks,” adm its Ben sheep­
ishly, “as soon as you oan go, then
i t ’s ju st as good as having gone!
Take that glass of beer, fo r in­
stance. During Prohibition, Ben
was nursing an insatiable thirst.
But come repeal, Ben suddenly
finds he’s happy with a friendly,
moderate glass of beer—and noth­
ing more. Yep—just tell folks the
sky’s the lim it, and they’ll settle
for a piece of friendly earth.
Residence
CcpyngAi, 1946, United State» Brewen Foundation
182
OREGON
162
You might as well stay home . . .
enjoy your friends and fam ily.”
From where I sit, th a t’s a pretty
common tra it in human nature.
A fu ll College Course fo r you
WITH EXPENSES PAID
W alther-W illiams Co.
Is an old established firm th at has been selling,
servicing and repairing cars for a generation.
The dependability of its products and t|ie qual­
ity of its service has been proven many times.
•
Here’s im portant news for young
men 18 and over (17 with par­
en ts’ consent). Under the GI
Bill o f Rights, if you enlist in the
U. S. Army before October 6,
1946, for 3 year*, upon your dis­
charge you will he entitled to 48
m onths o f college, trade or busi­
ness school education. Tuition
up to |5 0 0 per ordinary school
year will be paid. And you will
receive $65 m onthly living al­
low ance—$90 if you are mar­
r ie d . G et th e fa cte a t yo u r
nearest U. S. Army Recruiting
Station.
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PO STO FFIC E B U IL D IN G
Phon« 3926
Now, when it is doubly important that you
have good workmanship and quick service to
keep your cars and trucks running, have us take
care cf your service problems.
T ir e R ep air and R ecapping
401 E 3 r d
The Dalles
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THE DALLFS
O F P A IN T A N D HOM ES
Some day when you start to town,
turn around before you go over the
first hill and look at the buildings and
recall how long its been since they had
a coat of paint.
Don’t try it going home for any home
SOMEIBIW TO toŒMBffi
looks good when going toward it at
Inauguration of the West’s famous
Pony Express. It started on April 3,
I 8 6 0 , when a lone relay rider, guarding
a unall mail pouch, headed westward
from S l Joseph, Missouri.
nightfall with light streaming from the
kitchen windows.
S o m e th in g g fto to R e m e m b e r
The smooth, satisfying mellowness of
Corby s I Even before the Pony Express
period in the West, Corby’s was a
grand old Canadian name synonymous
with fine whiskey. Today, Corby’s, a
light, sociable blend, carries oft this
quality tradition. Ask for it next time!
W hich brings us to the point of the
story. W e have paint to sell, good
paint, Fuller paint, and we’ll match
our price, quality considered, with Any
body’s paint.
C orby ’ s
P ro d u ce d I n the U.S.A.
ttnder the direct tttpervijion of ottr
expert Cancdian blender.
cü - ä by ’ s
Moro Lumber & Fuel
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MIKE AND MARY ANN MULICK
I l ht»f, 83.<; Eraii Nutrii Spirits
In. •arelaytC3.,Ltl., Pitrii, llitiiis
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