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. ‘ r PAGE 2 SHERM AN COUNTY JOURNAL, MORO, OREGON QÇtruutç 3 n n r » * l Pablished. Every Friday at Moro, Oregon Giles L. French -------- FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1947 us. Perhaps there will never be a fall "so filled with rain for many many years. It Is almost too much; anyway too much to ask. Editor b .tê r ë d •a»con«f rlitH * ' m a tte r a t the P ó s to ff !>•* a, M o ro , O ie iro n u iv je r A ct o f Con<«H« o f M a rc h S. 1*7». > / • NATIONAL €Dr E D IT O R IA L - M ‘ W ' ASSOCIATION Other Froiu the Observer N ov. 23, 1928 Wacso News By Mrs Belle Clothier The TUlicum bridge club met Thursday afternoon at the home of Miss Olive Robinson. A des sert luncheon was served follow ed by three tables of cards. High score was held by Mrs John Roy ce and Mrs L. E. Dehler for the club and Mrs George Harris re ceived guest prize. Mrs H. A. White and her dau ghter in law, Mrs Harold White entertained their contract club honoring Mrs Charles Fulton, who is leaving soon for Chicago, Wed nesday afternoon. A dessert lun cheon was served followed by two tables o f cards. The table Mr and Mrs Carl Tuggle have moved into the M o ij I soq house which they recently purchased. Mrs Danajean Watkins of Portland was a weekend guest of her parents, Mr and Mrs S. M. McMillin. Among the students from busi ness college in Portland spending the weekend with their parents were Joe Hines, Douglas Lutje, and Barbara and Gene McCon aughy. Mr and Mrs Leo Watkins and family acompanied by Janet Workman were Sunday guests in Glenwood, Washington. Mr and Mrs Hal Shelton and Nancy were Sunday guests of the latter’s parents Mr and Mrs E. D. McKee. , was centered with a train and several telergams were received by Mrs Fulton. High score was held by Mrs Floyd Root. Mrs John Matson and son, John, of Washington D. C. were house guests of her brother in law and sister, Mr and Mrs L. E. Kase- berg. Mr and Mrs H. M. Zell were weekend guests In Olympia, Wn. Mrs Casha Yates returned Sun day from a ten days visit In Hood River and Portland. M r-and Mrs W. Wallace of The Dalles were guests of their son in law and daughter, Mr and Mrs A. H. McIntyre and attended the school play Thursday. The Dorcas ladies of the Chris tian church met Wednesday af ternoon at the home of Mrs Leo Watkins. A missionary box will be packed next Wednesday at the church basement and a dinner will he served November 22 for the Rebekah convention. Dainty refreshments were served by the hostess. 2,__1 Mrs Kenneth Morehouse was a weekend visitor In Portland. Athletic Coach Tucker received a kick in the nose and a broken cartilage of the right nostril at a OFFICIAL COUNTY PAPER football team practice of the Moro — subscription rates high school Wednesday afternoon. The ban on the sale of gasoline ONE YEAR __________ S2.<M> from 6 a. m. to 6 p. m. and on NOVEMBER 21, 1947 Sundays has been lifted and the Grass Valley garages and dealers TRUMAN’S PROGRAM were notified Friday. It is impossible to take the pre From the G.V.J. N ov. 22, 1918 The death-of Miss Vera Wester- sident’s program very seriously. His ten poipta.would nearly all field, after about two weeks of Keith Lewis aid in returning us to war-time illness with Spanish influenza, came as a shock to the entire com controls of business, labor and agriculture and there is nothing munity. She was 23 years old. in the record to show that men in From the Observer Nov 20, 1908 government can control produc Miss Mabel Marlen and Frank tion. transportation, labor, or Olds of Grass Valley were married food any better than men In in Moro on the 19, at the home of William R. Olds. Rev Adams of business. Men who get used to issuing ficiating. GAS AND OIL N. W. Thompson has sold $400 orders soon become so barren of Tire »-A ccessories ideas that they try to solve all worth of hogs off his farm this problems by edict. Returning to season, almost net profit from 15 WASCO, OREGON R. H.* McKEAN and SON governmental controls is too acres of hog pasture. Phone 552 The W. M. Barnett bank of IN S U R A N C E great a price to pay for helping or 681 Europe. If we are to adopt tfte to Wasco has moved into its new Grain, Feed, Flour, Fuel talitarian methods of the countries building and the name of the Farm Im plem ents, Bag», T w ine we seek to help what shall be institution has been changed to T. Lester Johnson gained for the theory of demo the Bank of Commerce. BARBED WIRE—GOOD POSTS cracy. If we cannot prove that our PHONES LAWYBB Residence capitalistic economy is better than Office Feedstore WASOO MOBO 182 the dictates of communistic lead 162 163 OREGON ers there is no chance to defeat ) WASCO them. If is as important thal we keep our free economy as that we offer aid. Action by the congress to keep our economy free, to restrict com binations that hamper it, to pre vent big corporations from get ting too much power and failing will melt away here where to progress might "help our sys tem: letting one man or a small we have the biggest stock group issue valid orders will only of fine dry goods and gifts confuse. The notion that men in govern ment are gifted with some super Sherman county h as|had in ior insight is foolish. They are not even any more unselfish than years. There’s everpthing are private citizens and are as anxious to build up their bureaus you’ll want. and their reputations as corpor RUGS ations heads are to build up their GIFTS Bring your own gun, Ammunition^ , available at club ground». incomes and reserves. Lust , for SLIPS power is just as bad as lust for SKIRTS money. ------ - — LAMPS Probably there Is no answer GAMES to our inflation problem. We al DISH ES ways have had inflation following GIA) YEH wars and there is a record of YARDAGE similar situations . long . before JEW ELRY N e w dark shades rn N y lo n Hose, political economy was studied. No CLOTHING one, and no government has been PICTURES Real silk Hose & A nklets wise enough to prevent it. Cer BLANK ETS tainly it is not going to be halted SWEATERS A fte rn o o n Dresses in regular & Half sizes by a return to letting a bunch of DRY GOODS appointed bureaucrats tell us STATIONERY • Jersey G ow ns and Pajamas what to sow and when tô heap. TABLE CLOTHS Meets every second and fourth Thursday In each month; visiting members Invited. Moro, Oregon. Genevieve Powell, W. M. Edna Melzer, Secretary Eureka Ixxlge No. 121 A.F. & A.M. Meets on the 1st and 3rd Thursday evenings each month. Visiting members cordially in vited to meet with us. E. E. Barzee, W. M. H. B. Pinkerton, Secretary Lupine Rebekah Lodge Moro Prim e Dressed T urkeys We have hesitated to discourse lengthily on the rain that has come to us so steadily for the past six or seven weeks. Hain in this county is usually spoken of in the past tense for it is hard to catch .it in action with a weekly paper. Not so this one. This county has had whole years In which it didn’t rain as much as it has the past six weeks. Seven big inches is a lot of rain i n u.'hAi k called a dry land area. The ground is soaked until it ex udes moisture from every cubic foot. The ditches run as if it were a spring run-off. Mother Earth is saturated. Back in ’93 there was a wet fall and those who remember say it was like this, but moreso. Old timers are like that. No records were kept in those days, people taking their weather as it came without benefit of records or of prophesy—except thF amateur kind, which we always have with Cay Shop Skirts - House Coats - C o tto n Dresses n W a sco , O regon | North turn at IVARCO Wasco, Oregon Phone — 282 Ixxlge ; A u to R epairing Atlas Tires ___ ,__ ____• u. ,. ■ ■ TWIN TUB Atlas Batteries Today’s first choice in Washers. Gets clothes cleaner, quicker without tire some waiting. See e demonstration before you b u y .4"? Now Availabe, W ashing Machln es. Electric Ranges and W ater Heaters, Freezer Ix>cker», R efrig erator», and appliance». W’hen in Portland shop onr store at 39th A Belm ont. JOHN M. DeMORR ' PH O NE MORO 837 RESIDENCE. DeMORR SPRINGS CHÊyRO G A S S T A T IO N n (u No. Rom where I s it... ¿y Joe Marsh M etro p o lita n Papers • • Please Copy! Notice is hereby given that the undersigned has filed in the County Court of the State of Oregon for Sherman County his Final Report and Account as Ad ministrator of the estate of Rosa Ann Thompson, deceased, and that Saturday, the 29th day of November, 19J7 at ten o’clock A. M., pf said day, at the County Courtroom, in the Courthouse, at Moro Oregon, has been fixed by the Court as the time and place for hearing of objections to said Final Report and Account and settlement of said estate. Dewey Thompson George G. Lpdegraff, Attorney for Administrator, a i . , • . 52-3c Folks here were burned up over an article on Our Town I reprinted from a d ty paper. Made us sound like a bunch of “hicks” who whit tled sticks and wore chin whiakera. (L a st peraon I aaw with chin whiakera waa paaalng through on ble way east.) Bo I ran an editorial on how we apoka of city "slickers” — as over- draeesd wiseacres, only interested ta making money, and spending it In night elube. 4 Feet la. If we got to know each other we*d probably And we’re not much different, underneath. City folks work hard; like to come home at night to their familiea; and re lax with a moderate glass of beer, like we do. From where I sit, it doesn’t mat ter i f you live in an apartment house or on a farm — work in an office or a cornfield — the American tradition of quiet home life, tem perate habits, and neighborliness is common to all of us.- • ¿7* ‘7/6 Copyright, 1947, United States Brewers Foundation Meet some folks whose savings paid Look To The Leader for your telephone SUNSET For Service MEN’S WESTERN OVERALLS RADIOS PUMPS STANLEY SWETT NOTICE OF FINA L HEARING Saturday, November 22 RAIN IS FASTEST! Meets 1st and 3rd Tuesdays In I.O.O.F. hall. Transient and visiting brothers are cordially invited to meet with us. John Lawrence, N. G. A. R. Kessinger, Secretary "Wasco Trap C lub CHRISTMAS G IFTS PLAID JACKETS NIGHTGOWNS CANDLES Novrltied and tapers BABY CLOTHES LADIES D R ESSES SLAC'KS CHRISTMAS CARDS M EN’S SH IR TS, U N D ER W EA R No- Meets 2nd and 4th Tuesdays of each month. Visiting members welcome. Irma Johnson N. G. Clara Houston, Sec. Turkey Shoot The TWZN TUBBING B ethlehem Chapter No. 78. O.E.S. OIL PRODUCIS Your C hristm as List S. Jones of Yakima,, 'Weekend guests at the home a guest of Mr and Mrs of Mr and Mrs H. M. Zell were Johnson and Mrs Pearl Mrs Pearl McClay of LaGrande Thursday to Saturday. who is G.A.C. of the Eastern Star of Oregon and Mrs L. Hibbard of Mr and Mrs Floyd Root were Portland. guests In Seattle, Wn., leaving Wednesday. • Mrs A. D. McConaughy left Monday for Los Angeles, Calif., Arizona and Nebraska for severa weeks visiting friends and rela tives. ~ ............... ”■ , Mrs L. Wn.; was T. Lester Grosscup Turn To SUNSET For PLUM BING STOVES HARDW ARE fetter Service WASHING'MACHINES ELECTRIC A PPL IA N C ES Your telephone, and the vast service facilities it represents, was actually bought and paid for by someone like this lady. . . someone with faith enough iitth e telephone business to invest sav ings tnit. Each telephone requires an investment of about $245 in equipment... buildings, cables, poles, switchboards and the like. COOKING W EAR REFRIGERATORS -0 STA RLIG H T B R A SSIE R E S N ationally A dvertised AU Sixes ____ ‘ W . R. Reid W asco, Oregon Our Reputation Is Your Protection Sunset Motor Co. CHEVROLET The Dalles Oregon OLDSMOBILE CADILLAC M AKE. E V E R Y M ILE C O V N T /• NORCO Venetian Blinds Reflect Quality Throughout R E C A P P IN G SV SOCIALISTS n À / i / f '/ / h i. N o C e r t if ic a t « • STYLED CORRECTLY V R e q u ire d • RUSCO TAKS AMO COWS • “FOSITIYI ACTION” HARDWARE Latest Factory Method» • STHl OR ALUMINUM SLATS • BAKED ENAMF1 FINISH • PROMPT DELIVERY »s Have your windows measured and estimate given toy ex perienced personnel or bring fn your measurements for quotation. Manufactured by Northweat Venetian Blind Co., Seattle, Wash. For Eligible Car Owner» . U $ ROYAL - DE LUXE The Tire W ith Kwserv« Strength Built Ir Delively in two or three weeks ’ Moro Lumber & Fuel I W ho a re t h e y . . . the people who own the Bell telephone companies? Among them are families saving for their children’s education, widows, young men investing for their future. Some of your friends are probably among our owners, for there are now more than 715,000 . . . Bell has more shareholders than employees, in fact. tt takas naw Working Defiers . . millions of them . . . to build the buildings and buy the equipment needed to meet the demand for more service. M illions of dollars for growth do not come from telephone M any employees are Bell System sharehold ers, too, combining their work and their savings in our program to bring service to all who w int it. And this year alone our Pacific Coast con struction program amounts to $200,000,000 . . . bringing us still closer to our goal of the finest telephone service for the West. bills—but from people who are will ing to put their savings into the busi ness. To attract these savings we must sell our services at fair prices which allow us to pay reasonably for the use of needed working dollars. I I I US TO DAY ANO TIUOAAAH COMPANY SUNSET MOTOR COMPANY £ M .r. »ha. U.0W »« rk ln . M a t t e r » . ev .r i»t»cr >crv!:c to .
