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About Sherman County journal. (Moro, Or.) 1931-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 17, 1947)
■p - •A FAQI j k. COUNTY JO U R N A L l^OKU ■-rC FRIDAY, JANUARY IT, 19 IT OREGON f«a«ty 3*am«l » Slow wind also brings the ehip W hene’re our country calls, GOVERNOR»* MESSAGE ,— _ WASHINGTON NEW S * to harbor- .—Swedish Proverb friends, sons, and sires should ••-X The governor revi ewed m uch of continued from )*age One .. yield th eir treasu re up, nor own a ^ w b lieh ed B verÿ- Friday a( the state’s accom plishm ents in th e dosed shop, which has been in- There' is nothing respecting sense beyond the public safety.— T __ w__ previous four years and, natu ral- troduced by Senator Ball of Minn- Moro, Oregon which a m an may be so long un ■ • Brooke. ‘ . faun»,» ly. l<)°k credit for some of them , esota. The senator, before the ses- conscious, as of the extent and "Öles ~U French ____________ P roperly in some cases as a gov- s jon opened, announced th a t he N either hum an applause nor strength of his prejudices. fc tU rrri " a T •»‘oond ê t a * n u t u r » t the etn o r is entitled to credit for pro- w ouitf. seek to put the closed shop Foetoffkse « t M oro. O re s -n an d e r Act o f > —Jeffrey humftp censure is to be taken as Are National-Armaments a C p n a r ^ o f M arch >. I« T *.______________ • gress of a state. out of business, but his bill goes the test of tru th ; b u t either D isagreem ent came largely re- further» than that. He proposes to Threat to Peace? NATI É D IT O R IA L - garding the financial provisions, abolish m aintaining s u s t a t n e <1 should set us upon testing o u r Bethlehem Chapter No. 78, O.K A Moderot*d by i, * Ar-tU A r-tU i ruvery Second ana FRED G. C U ltK selves.—W hatley. J J r earth SSO C IA TIO N The budget is balanced, as th ey m em bership in a union. T his is Chairman Ambii < un Thursday* in M A often are, w ith a broadaxe. by cbe<?k-off system , under*' fvhlch Economic Fovndafion - - V.Uoiiin. Visiting Member* A law is valuable not because main strength and aw kw ardness. u ie em ployer deducts the qnion A* liehntedl t»y V invited.- •Moro. Oregon No one expects, for instance., (jues from the individual nieJn- It is law. bu t because there is .Genevieve Powell, W. M. Nathaniel F. SUshea Norma» Thomas thar there will be an Income of ber’s pay envelope, and if the^uues Edna Melzer, Secretary *' ".?? > A, C . fie*., Contributor on rig h t in It. •iti CK $26,000.000 from liquor revenues are pot m em ber is ex- Chairman o f <Aa Executive Com Co/onef, M ilitary Aviation to Encyclopedia —H enry W ard Beecher m ittee, Poet War W orld Council, ■ W 1* “ ■ — • - * ' I ATI 0 N w ith which to pay the big budget p e u ^ Unions are contending th a t fin is Britannica, Technical Editor N oted Author and Lecturer .Ho. o Lodge .No. 113, a .O.O.F. f “ S ky n u r F of the welfare co m m issio n -L a ^ t the Ball bill is restrictive, reaa- Meet* lsi ,and 3r<: O FFICIAL COUNTY PAPER tim e this group got $12,000,000 tjonary and crippling to unions, NOTICE TO CREDITORS Tuesdays in l.O.O.F. and used a little more. Had the g ena^ r Ball hojds th a t the closed Notice is hereby given th at the hai; I: aivsient an SUBSCRIPTION RATES COLONEL SILSBEE OPENS: Na MR. THOMAS OPENS: Nothing prospective revenue been kept at sbop and com pelling an individual undersigned Donald O. McDermid ris.it r.g brothers are tional armaments are no more a Payable In Advance a m ore reasonable figuie the become a union m em ber before can save us from new world in cordially invited and Malcolm John McDermid $2.00 budget would not have balanced^ can get a jn an in fr jnge_ the ___ next ■ Seneration, a JMfor fought threat to peace than keeping a gun have been duly appointed admin- to meet with us. ONE ---------- in your closet a t home is an invita with atomic weapon«, poison* and ------ T here seems little ... chance ent on ‘ he nut th at in the. the m ------ r *Shts as a ^ r e e baete^ia t0 tha destruction of civili tlon to a thug to rob you. The real istrators of the estate of Donald Ernest Houston N. G. JANUARY 17, 1847 excise revenue will be put in the American. * " If 1 not of - mankind, •• • —— zation. provided threat to peace is a lack of national McDermid, deceased, A. R. Kcssinger, Secretary general fund. P roperty tax repre A1| having claims ag- that we continue the preaent com- armaments, a fact which has beeh ^ T r U S V ^ ^ h e d ' u ^ ainst fair! estate are hereby no,I- MARSHALL AS SECRETARY sentatives are already protesting < petitive Qational armament tWf. l ureka Ijodge No. 121 A.FJk A.U. Without national disarmament there T here seem s to be general ap- and to a considerable degree- tax our national life. To weaken our fled to .present the same, duly Meets on the 1st < 4 can be no effective International or proval of the appointm ent of Gen- payers are in control of Oregon, arsenal ot weapons and network of verified, to the said adm inistra- 3rd Thursday evenin>t ganization, no genuine international oral C m rirp M arshall as secretary This is especially tru e in the vi ch month- Visltin J police force, and no true confidence defenaive bases before our world ap- torg at th eir home in Wasco, Of T t V X t toe « ™ t T “ n ate. In the house the leadersh.,. and trust between nation*. Rivalry in pears morally and politjcally caP®^e Sherm an County, Oregon, o r at members arc CwrdiaPy aented w ith a speed th a t Indicated Is m ore concerned about other to meet w h ' w. armament^ is both a symbol of mu ^ e n ^ l n W o r r e r V X S «he office of Brown & Van Vactor x E. E. Barzee, W. M. th a t It w as either In complete kinds of taxpayers, which, thank- tual hate and* a provocation to it X m e n f o r d X m l n e d to fol- fully. Is not the case as far as the National disarmament means of ne be like a man’s allowing his muscles in the Pioneer Building, The Dal- H. B. Pinkerton, Seerc'ary c e ss ity : (1) the adoption of the to atrophy in middle age. It would be k s, Oregon, w ithin six m onths low th e president in forelgr, af- upper house ' ^ c blind, up^»a*onable faith to assume from the date of the first publi- Baruch propoials for an Internationa» Taxpayers generally The contract club m et a t the Atomic Development Authority; (2) that an unarmed nation would be a cation of this notice, to-wit; Jan- Lupine Rebekah Lodge No. IK fairs and m aintain a non-partisan comfort in the senate. Meet* 2nd and 4th home of Mrs. George H arris Tues- the reduction of ail arm aun land, sea peaceful nation. Provoked to action, yar>\ 3rd', 1947. front before other nations. by the course of its neighbors, it Tuesdays of each. day afternoon. A dessert-luncheon »nd_ *'r “ ‘ * ? 2 . 2 ^ * 2 Donald O. McDermid month. Visit ne mem M arshall is HOME W EEK . . . . . , to preserve internal order except as would fling itself frantically into a was served followed by three may be ^ „ « 2 to an inter- rearmament campaign if it believed Malcolm John McDermid ber* Av?lcome th is 1 Ja tio ^ p rc x iu c e d during the Rem. ^ ^ ^ h T m o re tables of,cards. H ig h ^ c o re for the J “SOnal force—as. for instance, in that national honor and naoral stand A dm inistrators L.-MrT nrhlan NG war. He w as not an active leader and tried ones, is one ot tne e c jub wafl ^,on by Mpg (he ^ b e r ta o n Plan; (3) the univer- ards were under attack. Today, in a Brown & Van Vactor, A ttorneys Florence Johnston. >• b i i t t h e m anaging head. Churchill pleasurable things of the begin- bran(1 an(j a g u e ^ prize w as won sal abolition of peacetime m ilitary world beaet. by difficult postwar The Dalles, Oregon. Ts » W ^ a « X “ ed him. b u t m ng of the session T ogether w ith M |.s John Mc£ erm ld conscription; («> the dem UiUriwuoo Issues, our m ilitary equipment and is saia to nave uu»u t h a t is visiting about ones not ‘ of narrow waterways essential for personnel are being pared to a m ini th at is neither argum ent for him th a t Is g tQ nQt m et Miss Olive Robinson was a Port- world rommerce and island bases in mum. But this must be a trained, or against. present, some gu land vjsitor leaving Tuesday and the handS of great powers. This is effective minimum, prepared for any IT 'S EASY TO FLY W ith th e theory of appointing ag^ d ne ask of t he wel- retu rn in g Friday. . not the final price of assured and eventuality. Qntil the great nations have shown themselves able to ac M ajor W ayne Hull who has ju st lasting peace. It Is the price for be- complish world-wide amity, through general* o r other high m ilitary of ficials" to civilian ofice th ere” can fBu rn r nhVsical well relurne(1 frcnT1 J a Pan is a bouse ginning the march to peace It w ill the International diplomatic machin ~orixx S a o v a rv H ealth? Surely for physical well guest of h his .R h ro th p r4 n 4 a w anH brother-in-law and BOlve many que8tions out of hand ery we have helped establish, we must be serious charges made. As every Qf prim ary Importance, and relieve tension on others. I t w ill not endanger the national security IM M EDIATE D E LIV ER IES ex-soldier knows an arm y officer Conditjons of spiritual well being? sister, Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Crews. clear the air for settlement of diffi by by L U S C O M B C throwing aside our gun. We were ON comm onw ealth ‘Mr. and Mrs. Philip O’Meara is trained in a school th a t m akes wantq to Rnow they are ftrit In All-MCTAt p » r t o n g l p i a n t i culties on a non-m ilitary plane. fortunate indeed that time did not ‘SK YR ANGERS’ & and P atrick O Meara motored to him different from civilians He is Money? R ather secondary run out on us In World War II. To LVSCCMBE ‘SILU A IR ES’ C O L O N E L S IL S B E E C H A L Portland Sunday. expect such good fortune again would used to takng orders and following Even in so<alled m aterial LENGES: Destroying the weapons Mrs. E verett McQulllen of Port be tempting the gods. them and giving orders and hav- zAmerlca there are m anv things Flying -Suits - Goodyear tire« ing them obeyed. These are not of mQre’ im portance lh an money, land arrived Friday to be the capable of waging war is not the first MR. THOMAS CHALLENGES: A Kollsmen Instrum ents - ' step on the road to permanent peace. the ways of diplomacy. O bituaries seldom m ention fi- guest of her son and daughter-in- It may well be the first step to na 30 billion dollar annual budget (the law, Mr. and Mrs. Darrell McQuil- lowest estimate) for competitive ar P arts & Accessories We Am ericans have always been nancia i success. In death it seems tional suicide. It is not the mere ex mament in a starving world is not “ a prone to advance a m an in sem e a bit (puerile). Accom plishm ents len. istence of arms that w ill bring about gun in the closet” . Frantic search by Phone Wasco 281 or 351 Mr. and Mrs. O. R. Ratclipp upi and the holocaust Mr. Thomas predicts. all nations for more deadly bacteria, activity because of his prom inence for benefit of the com m unity, Va in another. We elect band leaders town, state; friends made through daughter retu rn ed from Vancou- It is the mi nd and w ill of man. Dis poisons, and atomic weapons is not a FOUE PASHENGER ( HARTER SERVICE armament is a goal to aim at, but it "gun in the closet". Colonel Silsbee's godai or business organizations ver, W n. Monday after spending armj add singers to th e senate, nam e _____ can be $Sf6ly accomplished only after argument might make some sense if financiers to high political posts are CU8tom arv. Of these things the holidays Mrs. Vernon VanGilder re tu rn tl)£„arniuabl<< settling of difficulties I were suggesting unilateral disarma and m ake civilian officers o u | of are lives made. ed from Portland T hursday a fter has ' become, standard international ment against universal disarmament our generals. Oddly, some of them under international supervision. It several days visit w ith her son procedure. Premature disarmament makes no more sense than would an have been successful, indicating , Q ’ is an irivitation to. irresponsible ag and daughter-in-law« Mr. and Mrs. th at possibly th e characteristics gressors to take they wish with argument that the way to police a Glen VanGilder. th a t m ake a m an successful in one no fear Of retrib u tffli. We must think, block or village is for every man to The town basketball team mo strive, and sacrifice for peace, but tote two guns and every woman to endeavor qualify him for prom in become a “ pistol-packin’ mama". A tored to K ent Monday evening remain strong. ence elsewhere. world in w h it* *11 nations prepaie and won by a score of 42-47 and T hat is not alw ays the case. Frowi the Observer, Ja n u ary 17, played Centerville, Wn. W ednes MR. THOMAS I e PLIES: Colonel for war w ill get war. W ith th e exception of George COLONEL 8IL8BEE REPLIES: Mr day night w inning bv a score of Silsbee argues for a suicidal accept W ashington o u r generals have ltO f. ance of atomic, btid bacterial war Thomas and I are «greed that little ___ ______ Coyotes have killed 20 pigs for 47-51 in a fivg m inute overtim e made poor presidents although against which there can be no na boys w ill play with matches or atoms th ere are those who w ould uphold F. A. Sayrs, out of 60 head on the game. —but I maintain’ we need matches as A ndrew Jto S fen as being £reat. Rain M akers Delight F arm . T his Mr. and M rs^G ordon Rich of tional (’ ’r;nse. .He jnlsses my point, well as little boys. I t ’s really up tq îijt tu u i W aki U p . A merica ! vv^ Wasco Has Mamy Social Gatherings BARNETT AIR SERVICE W.':i J W IIR T . H o w to te a c h a v o ic e to " s m ile ” In Other Days nevertheless was a better swash- buckler than adm inistrator. .. • , Marshall at 86 m ay not be able to stand the strain of getting along w ith foreign diplom ats any better than Byrnes. Much has been $aid about the attitu d e of Russia over the ap- polntm ent. • w hich Indicates a weakness in our nation. If he ex- pou.ee an Am erican point of view, and doe. It fairly, clearly and tact- fu lly w e ahould be a a t i a f l e d w hether Russia likes it or not. Surely w e have not fallen so low as to desire to oleaae Russia at th e expense of Am erican ideals o r policie®. is a heavy loss. Portland w ere Week-end guests of Jas. S tew art has been reappoint- the form ers m other, Mrs. Sadie pd «dock inspector of Sherm an Rich. £ ounty a voiUn tary act of the Mr. and Mrs. A rthur VanGilder Upon a previous 1st record and son. A rlvn are spending a few of appointee. weeks at Tillamook and Long Wm. H enriehs has again been view. W n. appointed Road M aster for Sher- Mrs G A. Sargent was a Port- man county. H aving served the land visitor last week, county satisfactorily In t h l. capac- Saturday visitors in The Dalles By once, there are m any to wel- -were Mrs^ Ilene Callaw ay Mr. and come him to the p la c e ^ Mra. Gordon H arper. Leland An The recent sale of a box of Ore- derson. Mrs. P_ W. Lane Mr.s, A gon apple, in L o . A ngele. a t $«_ M. H uckin and Clair Ball. has brought up the question of The Sam Gordon Club m et at record prices for apples. The price the hom e of M rs Zell T hursday nam ed has been m entioned as the afternoon A dessert-luncheon was highest paid since 1852. , served followed by tw o tables of con rac g W hite score was mat e y From the Grass Valley Journal, Mrs H . January <S, 19IA . - C. R. Belshee of Moro shipped LEG ISLATIVE SESSION two car load of hogs to the Port- The legislature started its bien- land m arket Sunday.^. A bill has hocn introduced in lal session th is week am idst pro phesies th a t It would he a long Congress th at will require all and arduous one Many problem s young m en th at have arrived at have been stated for It to solve the age of 21 since, June, 1917, T h at is alw ays the case. to register. ' M any legislative problem s are H a rry Key has renttd for the like personal ones In th a t thev season five hundred acres of land are not so serious w hen analysed, from Mr. Powell who lives w est Had th e legislature m et last year o r Moro. Mr. Key will use this there would heve been som ew hat land in planting beans. . different problem s for It to solve, F arm ers held a m eeting i n and these have been p retty well G rass Valley Monday and elected settled in the past year. a building com m ittee who will .T horo nro enm» thin™ w h irh ’ place advertisem ents for bids on w eV h rers have w ith J ? there Is t*»e construction of an elevator lo ^ e s ¿ r e n n i lí lv a b u rte n ^ (h e re be b u ilt at thia point, the elevator r ^ Z l f ^ e and rehef Mnce BIWl-al to be of 200.000 bushels capacity, ¿ » r e ís b u t it has hot been decided at the labor, th a t is ^ p lic a t ln g re P ™ " “ «me w h eth er to build of f ,oV. rv lumber or concrete. * T jr' .. . , i i a • It la seldom th a t a legialature does anything of great monten » h « t1 1 ff« « fr.n n th e w ls h e « o f th e pub He. Few laws passed by the legislature are initiated against. Iz>ng discusión of im portant bills gives th e public and the press tim e to consider them and express opinions of them. And legislators can learn the public’s wishes and be guided thereby. New taxes often find opposition but th is is understandable f o r legislators know the need for m ore money and the people consider th eir pocketbooks first. All of which Is but natural. ~ T here is general acceptance of the need fo r higher pay for state employees for better housing for tatT w ards tor m ore public build- ings b u t w hen It comes to voting a tax these purposes It is often defeated. Legislators are m uch given to argum ent w hich is really w h a t they ar« for « ftM jll. » t a b M t e r to have a question thrashed out before It Is made a taw than after ward. It * tlreaotne. but of our kind of governm ent . — • w «>« Fro™ the Obeerver. January 20, tor a part tptg. — . The ice and snow> th a t had covered th e w heat fields of Sher- m an county since the holiday week school vacation w as broken ia«t T hursday b y a Chinook w ind caused a high flood condition tQ exist in all p a rts of Sherm an- county as w ell as in all* districts Of eastern Oregon. ^ t Moro the flood w aters cov- the en tire flat betw een Main street and th e hillside opposite the depot, covering this section of the tow n w ith a v ary in g depth of w ater th a t averaged about th re e feet. The railroad had about 300 feet of track washed out a t a point Just below DeMoss and a t o th er points th e track 1 q Hay canyon w as uti- derm ined about haif’ its‘ > - í £ , A' I ? Ford more j y also w ere arrested at <;ra ss _ Sunday g ^ s t s at the home of Mr Mrs E D McKj,p werp Mr and MfS r T Johnson Charles F raizer of Portland was business visitor in Wcisco Mon- day. Mrs R E strelle H ailey came up from Portland Tuesday and is re- tu rn in g Thursday. stan d ard Bearer Group of M ethodist church met at the parsOnage Tuesday evening, Janu- ary. y for t hejr regular m onthly meeting. A 6:30 Fellow ship dinner ------------------- ----------------------j------- which is American leadership in uni versa I disarmament with Jpterna- \ ional sa(egUards such as the" World Court and a properly Organized Se curity Council can provide. C ivil peace does nut depend upon the ab* sence of difficulties or the amicable settlement of all of them but on the agreement of unarmed citizens to face their difficulties under courts snd police. Analagous agreement of nations is the only hope of entering road that Leads to lastirtg peace was served, followed by th eir Maybe w e’re having inflation ........ _ _ _ _ ------------ ---------- --------- business m _ eeting and lesson. They because folks can’t get rubber spent the evening in packing a bands for their bank rolls box for th ejr aa0 |opted girl in —GAS AND OIL Rev and Mrs M Charles Neville Tires-A ccessories France. • f and daughters. Anne, ja n e , of Cor- M c K E A N A rd S O N ™ " is Sf ? n t the home of her p aren ts Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Sargent. Grain, Feed, Flour, Fuel ’ . - F arm Im plem ents, Bags, Twine E nergy ,WtIl dO’£nythin& •tnst BARBED W IR E -G O O D POSTS can be done in: this world, and PHONES no talents, no circum stances, no F eedstore Residence Office opportunities will m ake a m an ’ i 63 182 162 OREGON —G oethe WASCO w ithout it. IN S U R A N C E i e.sc .:i: 3 n a tu ra lly is lesson one in becoming a tele phone operator . . . and literally thousands of girls have learned it during tne last year in the biggest operator training program in our history. Girls in training get a thorough gro u n d ;ng at regular pay . . . a basic course that lasts anywhere from three to six weeks. - W inter Weather always calls O H U R C H r .A Moro Com ninnlty Chnn«i Sundav , 0:00 a. m ., c h u rc h Services 11:00 a. m. serm on Theme; “A Dynamic R eform er.” On W ednesday eve- for goocksolid.food. W e serve both'good and solid food. ning, Jan. 2nd the Moro Com* m unity Church will hav.e a family supper a t 6:30 p.m. Come and enjoy the evening w ith fam i, The cholr win also jce on W eltncsday evening at j n m - ’ t Wasco M ethodist Church Sunday School a t 10:00 a. m. classes fo r all ages, M orning W orship a t 11 a m. Epw orth League 6:30 p.m. preaching service at Grass Val- jey M ethodist church Sunday afr r n o o n a t 3 o clock. ’ p l , Cannell, Pastor Christian Science Society Subject of C hristian Sclence Lesson Sermon 11:00 A. M. “Ancient and M odern Necroman- cy Alias M esmerism and Hypno- t i s » D enounced” WARCO CHURCH OF CH RIST , 10 a. in. C hurch Bible School W. D. W atkins, 7Supt Day Ja n u ary 19 Divine M orning W orship. The «HerMt/Tono .aiTMt of th at p ia r Comm.u nlo„. M ornlng m essage ^ * ’. ^ ? “« h‘ X 7 r a t ? n e llouor in "J«'»’’ a™1 Hls Credentials." o< having Intoxicating liquor m their possession. us to teach tha little boys of the world to behave. We are not a m ili taristic nation, and when the proper time comes we shall certainty be in the forefront of the movement lo r International disarmament But wet must stay strong if our voice in world councils is to be heard. I advise Mr. Thomas to note the bulge on the hip of the policeman on the corner. The bulge is not a book of etiquette—it’s a gun. And he is our policeman. Who is he protecting? ■ ■ ■■ - I - ~ ~ H --------------------------------------- .A fte f trudging through the snow, a nice piece of steak O n special practice boards like this a trainee is given hundreds of practice calls . . . everything from the sim plest local call to a complex string o f them . She Jearns to meet various situations . . . learns poise and skill and confidence. Even when she becomes a full-fledged “voice w ith a smile”, she can call on a friendly supervisor fo r. help on unusual calls, when she needs i t . or roast beef w ill not only taste G O O D but make you V fe e l’ BETTER ' , A ' •*V In the weeks to come, girls' now in training will takef their places at switchboards, and as fast as additional equipm ent becomes available, thousands more will be trained to handle your calls. For we intend to do every thing xye can ^o bring the rapidly grow ing Pacific Coast an even better telephone service than ever b e fo re . . . just as soon as is hum anly possible. 1 Let us do your.catering An ever-im p ro vin g teleph one service at the least cost consistent with good wages and working conditions " ■for our employees and a reasonable return to the thou sands of people who have invested in the businessr / "t"y-K. Î HOTEL MORO CCEFEE SHOP TkePíi(¡fi(Tele¡t!:snd cndTeî.j'apîj Co. -Í 1
