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a PAGE 2 SHERMAN C O U N T! JOURNAL, MORO OREGON <£autit£ J o u r n a l Published E very Friday at Moro, Oregon ---------- =— = ------ - ------- « ju - Giles L. F r e n c h --------------- E ditor Bntemd m •eeond cla ss m atter at u»« K X . . M,ro. Or.«,,, .nd.r a « of “ * " * ’^»11--------------- 12 word slogan. It could tx? done in four: Higher costs; Lower taxes. Promising the impossible is an old part of the great game of politics but it ordinarily finds somewhat skeptical the voter somewnat SKepucai w ben be ftncjs tax-free benefits sticking right up at him from /• There is a growing number who don’t go in for promises, • FRIDAY, A PR IL 2, 1948 W 3CPn C contract. Scoring honors going ter, Mr and Mrs Wiley McDon Mrs^L. A1(^ g’^ k Huckin |accom- & a r « S ? . The°dinhig r ^ m “’l i r s Tom Whippie and smaU Ln r was decorated with violets and the living room with daffodils and puss*y willows . Mrs Fulton ana pussy willows Mrs r uiw» was a guest of the club. The post-poned Legion birth day L t tock^^inner was held s a tu rto r eveniiw. Movies by Mr p t ¿ j 0 G Hilderbrand were f.f ,y = t. "" d o t u 1 U1 u k e M tx d V lU U d i l l t v l (* a r il« v a iu a Mrs z*??* Clot*»*®«* Mrs Keith McDonald entertain- ed the Modem Matron’s club at her, home .Thursday afternoon. A dessert bridge luncheon was Ä Ä Ä a c Ä daughter, Kaye, are housegu . of her parents, Mr and Mrs L. L Funk* Mr ^ h i p ^ o f Portland run«.. »». ----------- Was a weekend guest. Mr and Mrs Hal . he o «. Nancy of Hood River were w « k end guests of Mrs ents Mr and Mrs E. D. McKee* portiand and Olympia, left for Portianu « Wash., W ednesday^where Unrkin will sDend ___— wpev at thehome of her daughter d Mrs m . ond son in law, go to Seattle, Wash., in ie rw i^ u daiighter in £ - 5 5 i Mrs Wiiiiam C lo t, Mrs Wayne 3 artru m and dau- spring vaca^ton^at the home A " v Lupine Rebekah Lodge 2nd Tuesdays of each month. Visiting members welcome. Bertha Belshe N. O Clara Houston, Sec. _ _ _ _ _ No. 11« PER Moro Ixxlge No. n s T 6 3 S > without words to either streng- score going to Mrs Francis Wat- _ .Mr® Elf”? S?.™ « rp tion and will resume work the ler and Anne. Meets 1st and 3rd NATION or Hfy kins and Mrs Leroy Belshee. The Mrs Lee Everett o kugen_ following Monday April 5. Dur- Tuesdays in I.O.O.F. _ table and rooms were decorated turned home Sundae after ‘j , ing the week the teachers will NATIONAL € D IT O R I A H in the Easter motif with rabbits in£ several days with th - to Portland to attend the state hall. Transient and T. Lester Johnson ' * * c r X r iA T lA k i . and colored Easter eggs. ter and brother in law, Mr and meeting of of thp visiting brothers are the Oregon Oregon Educa S ’* — FREEDOM TRAIN The Tester club met Monday Mrs L. L. Funk tional association. cordially Invited to LAWYER .M a *. 'THic io thA wAAk “of the free- afternoon- at the home of Mrs Mr and Mrs Clyde Raner of ¿jr and Mr? Ed Feldman left meet with us. MORO T r a in i n o S eb n and some H- L- White. A dessert luncheon Havre, Montana, were weekend Wednesday for Hermiston where WASCO O FFICIAL COUNTY PA PER Leo Watkins, N. G. «rill • take taVA time limp out out was followed by two tables of guests of the formers twin sis they wm houseguests of their local people will John DeMoss, ------------ Secretary daughter and son in law, Mr and _______— ----- ----------------- * STBS< RIPTION KATES to go through it. Mrs Walter M affelund small Eureka ’ .«dge No. 12‘ A J . 4 ^ Bethlehem fh ap to ? N37T8. O.fc<t One cannot but help wondering «2.00 ONE YEAR ________ daughter Hs.i-ht^r Anne. r .. Meets on the 1st and Meets every second and how young people bom into the 3rd Thursday evenings Eugne Gosson of Medford and ------------ APRIL 2, 1948 freedoms of America will react fourth Thursday in each each month. Visiting friend Louise Schilling of Ash to the sight of the Declaration month; visiting members members cordially in land were weekend guests of the of Independence, the Mecklen invited. Moro, Oregon DOUGLAS McKAY former’s mother Mrs Leo Wat vited to meet with us. burg Declaration and other pa- Pauline Douma W. M. Irving Hart, W. M. kins and family. . Conscientious Oregonians will pers of the early struggles for Mr and Mrs Marion Crews of Edna Melzer, Secretary H. B. Pinkerton, Secretary be interested in the candidacy of liberty in America. Stevenson, Wn„ were weekend Senator Douglas McKay of Salem in those days liberty of per- guests of the former’s parents, for governor. He is the sort of sons was not known anvplace Mr and Mrs F. Mr Crews. man Oregonians can trust in pub in the world: There was little se- Mr and Mrs L. L. Funk met lic office. ' curity of person, even in English wth an accident Sunday on the |OLERANCE and respect His ancestry was Oregon pio- speaking countries, a man’s over head bridge near The Dal neers who farmed. His grandfa- house wasn’t his castle, speaking les, the steering gear broke and f o r th e r i g h t s a n d ther came to Oregon in 1841 to or writing things in opposition Mrs Funk suffered a head injury work for the Hudson Bay com- to the powers that were was and was taken to The Dalles hos o p in io n s o f others is o n e o f pany. He is that much a native fraught with danger, even as it pital where several stitches were son. He attended Oregon schools, js now dangerous in most of the taken, later «he returned home mostly in Portland, then went to world. Liberty was an ideal to be m a n ’s g r e a t e s t a ttr ib u te s . The 11th birthday anniversary Oregon State where he was pre- achieved at great danger, of Lois Anne, daughter of Mr sident of the freshman class, For generations we have taken and Mrs Ted Everett, was cele president of the student body these things for granted and bra ted !on |Saturday afternoon, and later of the Alumni associa- Americans, especially rural Am- March 20, when a group of her tion. He majored in agriculture ericans. treat their public offici- friends were invited to the Ever but didn’t get a job immediately. a]s as the servants they are in- ett home. Games were played and He was a lieutenant in the first stead of the lords they become the prizes were won If/ Glenna World War being severely }n other countries. Wallace, Joan Fridley and Bar wounded and went hack to serve Perhaps nothing can teach the bara Buck. Birthday cake land again in the latest World War. value of liberty except the loss ice cream was served. Guests th e W a te r' this time as captain. ' of it. Perhaps, like the water in were Joan Fridley, Coreena Mil * He is a good citizen having the well, It is not missed until ler, Shirley Tuggle, Sharon Lau ’had a part in many community it is gone. Then it is too late, for OLYMPIA BREWING COMPANY. OLYMPIA.WASHINGTON. U.S.A ghlin, Glenna Wallace, Vaughna i activities around Salem where he liberty cannot be regained with ____________________________________ _________ ________ Rofchery, Barbara Buck, Cherrils >has served as mayor and as state out long sacrifice, some ability Fields, Janet McIntyre. .senator for over ten years. His to acquire arms, much plotting Mr and Mrs Lee Everett of business is selling and servicing and great determination. 11 Eugene and Mr and Mrs Perl automobiles. ' The colonies on the American » Everett and Mary of Coos Bay Film sticks tight Parts stay bright What money he has has been seaboard were ideal places tor » were overnight guests of their earned in his own business which people to plan for liberty, ney £ sister and brother in law, Mr and is now a profitable concern. were far removed from ^neir McKay is a conscientious gen parent government: they were NOTICE TO CREDITORS tleman, honorable in his private naturally peopled by aanng Notice is hereby given that and public affairs. He has no adventurous citizens the undersigned, Donald O. Mc- connections that would affect his ance was forced upon them . It Dermid and Malcolm John Me ability to serve the people of was a revolutionary time eve Dermid, have been duly ap- Oregon, nor inclination to profit in Europe. . p o in te d administrators o f from his public services. These, ancient document< * • the e s t a t e of Grace Mc- Voters who inform themselves played so lovingly on the fre Dermid, deceased. All persons . about the governorship race will dom train are .written having claims against said estate vote for his nomination. -- - script o years past before me- are hereby notified’ to present the 2 .__________ _ chanization of writing. Their same, duly verified, with proper ’ very age indicates that the vouchers, to the said administra .SCHOOL SA L A R IE S things of which they speak are tors at their home on the » Me- tj A deaosing agent in RPM okl and, perhaps to some, deca- Dermid Ranch in Sherman Coun i _ _ 5 u "RPM” clings to hot upper There is no rhyme or reason dpnt That not lib e rty for ty, Oregon, within six (6) months ! Motor Oil scrubs carbon, gum in the salaries paid school prin- he individual is still a new- cylinder walls, protects against from the date of the first publi I — keep* engine insides shiny. cipals In Oregon, Size of school ideal and one th at has been ac- cation of this notice, to-wit: excessive wear. or experience of teacher or ad- bv governments and March 26, 1948. » Lester W il cox, assistant state sup’t ministrator have little to do with nrp<;erved poorly by m ost.r We • Donald O. McDermid and W ear kept slight the amounts received. The climate P ™ ™ poor y Malcolm John McDermid isn’t a factor either, apparently. can lose our8~ Takes Better Care A dm inistrators Speaker Principals of Portland high Brown & Van Vactor schools get $6220 as a sort of base of Your Car _ Attorneys _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 21-4c _ 1 although some with brief exper- JOHN DAY DAM NOTICE TO CREDITORS I A brariiM abput the construe- All persons having claims ag- I Salem or $7500 at Eugene tion of a dam across the Colum ainst the Estate of Jessie A. Pot- 11 S Moro pays $4500 whteh is iden- bia river just below the mouth ter, deceased, are hereby notified | M ake teservations with L lo y d Johnson, M o ro to present them, with the proper , tical with Rainier, Scappoose, of the John Day river is due Vernonia, Prineville, Glide, Su- next month after at least one vouchers and duly verified to the | undersigned, the duly appointed, i therlin, Arlington, Kerby, Adrian, postponement Although dam- Gervais, Heppner, Monmotith, ming the Columbia is not new, rt 11 r * S ' n a qualified and aoting Administra- I Wf llx Forest Grove Newberg. the idea of having one so close to r o f the esu u o f a I & X a T o i ° some to home Is a little on the strange Potter, deceased, at the office of "RPM” is "rust-proofed” to T. Lester Johnson, attorney at , schools draw less and at New- side. • law, Wasco, Oregon, within six (j prevent damage from moisture berg where the superintendent Hearings on such things as is serving his 15th year he has dams have been pretty much months from the date of the first corrodes engines, publication of this notice, to-wit: ll 23 teachers for $4500, Indepen- useless inasmuch as the army en- March 19, 1948. >1 dence has an 11 teacher high gineers seem to go ahead and George A. Potter | school paying the superintendent do what they had in mind any- A Standard of C aliforn ia Product • Administrator j $4200. Newport’s 17 teacher high how. It will probably be that way T Lester Johnson, L school superintendent gets $3840. about the John Day dam and, if Attorney at law, Top salaries in Lincoln county so, it will be built, probably fol- C. R. ANDERSON Wasco, Oregon • 20-3c are lower than in eastern Oregon lowing the McNary dam. as a rule. The superintendent of That it will flood Arlington Grass Valley, Phone 232 McKenzie school, a six year high with 150 feet of water and back school, gets $5800 in an eight tea- water clear to McNary dam is k e it h M c D o n a l d cher school. a mere detail in construction of Wasco, Phone 552 Counties in which there is so large a project as electHfi- seme guiding power have the cation of the Columbia s P?wer most balanced salary schedule, resource. The railroads and the like Portland where the board highway w’ould have to be relo- for the Portland district manages cated, but other than that not the education of over 8O,0OQ child- much damage could be done, ren or Klamath. The John Day would be backed Of course there is a difference up a much shorter distance itl individuals and service. Many than would the Columbia, WASCO, OREGON of those with longest time on the Phone 552 - job work for the smaller salaries. At Cottage Grove’s 19 teacher GAS AND OIL high school the superintendent From 32 inch single sweep size has been there 13 years and now T ire»-A ccessories gets $5000 which is less by $1000 to 13 foot five sw eep size than the brand new superinten- Front the Observer, April 5, 192» R H. McKEAN and SON I^arge size tractors pull several units of denH t ifh UX n iiendletOn'8 21 teach' E. R. Hickson resigned as dep- WASCO OREGON these 8 foot and II foot plows. e rw uj thA °Rrnaller schools that uty sheriff because of failing eye- psy S e % J mforeru . ^ w to l s j h t and will move to Portland FOR MAKING stubble mulch, to save moisture and to prevent IN S U R A N C E soil drifting on dry land, operate at three inches to six . S?ey per pupil cost is considered. iiiT I A M DANCE Wasco Legion Hall * .fu jh t OhYM Pl4 April 3rd BEER OPEN MEE1 ING She rman County Club Wed. April 7 - SC H O O L S Everyone Invited- •-< RPM What Soil Structure Will Grow Best Crops' KEITH MCDONALD OIL PRODUCTS Grain, Feed, F uel inches in depth. The report of the Moro State 81AX2AN8 AND PIATFORM8 bank showd deposits of $159,420.- 31 and loans of $336,983.44. One or two publications have Wilbur Haggerty came home gathered the platform statements from Portiand last week driving and slogans of candidates and new willys-Knight car. published them, whether for the information or the amusement of From the G. V. J. April 4, 1919 ltto rm T ^ v ^ Oofbetn“ 'ability About the happiest ' people in and personalities of many of the Grass Valley last Sat unlay were ^ i d a ™ makes the reading of Mr and Mrs P. H Murphy when the boasts much better, but its they received a telegram that pretty good anyway. A man who their son Nathan would be home lived happily in new deal political on the evening train. - sin says, “reduce governmental Sunday mornings train took expense and lower taxes ’’ Oth- out three carloads of cattle from ers who wallowed gloriously in Shaniko and a car of hogs from the spending orgy now ask to be here, shipped by H. Ziegler, returned to abate their crimes. The rooms of the Vintin hotel Perhaps tax reduction is really have been papered and the bulia- going to be done this time. Or ing is now getting a new coat are you an optimist? of paint. s u ^ X ^ Z y T o ^ joy and apparently small boy's who are to grow up to be poiiti- clans are no different t>ecause quite a few refer to themselves as “present incumbent If one_j$ an incumbent he is and the pre se n t on there is of no use but to take up space One who has boasted of s servience to a selfish fers to “serve the people . district’’, a f ^ ’ a g r ^ tosupTX>rt the constitution If ana it is usual this year f o r < a es to advocate tax pension increases in tne same 'Krom the O b ^ v e r . April 2. ,909 Bluestem sold in Portland last week at $1.27 Vi. Wm Rudojf jeft for Portland Wednesday for the purpose of buyin4i scenery, chairs, etc., for opera house now in pro- Qf con8tructlon. Tbe Easter program at Sun- school features these names: c a n ^ n sayrs, Collls Moore, Ab- ble Mortensen, Jeanette Rutledge, MeHa wheat> Arllne Barnum, Jessle Hoskinson, chrig Boeson Mary Kunsman, Harry Pinkerton.- j Farm Im plem ents FOR PREVENTIO N of water erosion and for control of bad weed pests, operate at approxim ately nine inches. 8OIIAVA- BARBED W IR E __GOOD POSTS TOR can be adjusted to plow tw elve inches or more in depth. PHONE 163 Feedstore on FOR CHISELING, rem ove feweeps and in still chisel poin each curved plow’ beam. STANLEY SWETT Black hallow: Years ago “Rlack F allow ” meant no weeds. If your sum m er fal low w as alm ost free from weeds you m ight have been called a good farmer. Good farmers soon discovered that too much work made the soil too fine. (Tieney’s Rod Weeder killed more weeds and made less fine soil. Our circulars for many years used the slogan, ‘‘Save The humpu”. This w as found good advice. I^ess w’ork and better crops resulted. __ North turn at WASCO Wasco, Oregon Phone — 282 A uto Repairing . Stubble Mulch: ‘N Farm ers have known for many years that stubble and trash on the surface saved m oisture and helped prevent soil erosion by eith er wind or water. T his type of tillage has increased trem end ou sly during the past few year». SO1LIVATOR, Cheney’s Under Surface Plow does not turn the soil over but doe« make on Ideal broken lum py mulch covered by stubble and other vegetation on the surface. It operates from shallow depths to tw elve Inches or more. There are many sizes for the various size tractor« Atlas Tires Atlas Batteries DEMONSTRATIONS CAN RE SEE N AT: the FAY BRACK L7TT, J. R. YOCUM and H. HOLZAFEL FARM S. P I j OWH FOR SALK JOHN AND ETHA SAY BRING A W ASHING, SE E HOW IT WORKS FOR YOURSELF. AT: R. H. McKean & Son WASCO, OREGON STOP IN AND D e M o s s S p r i n g s E le c t r ic GAS STATION S h o w r o o n D e M o s s S p r in g s P h o n e .8 5 7 M oro
