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PAGE 2 SHERMAN COUNT! JOURNAL MORO ORBGON F R ID A Y . A P R IL SO, 1948 Henry I. Savage, deceased, and M£tf, 1948, at 10 00 o’clock A. M., Prisoner: “Yes, your honor; that Wednesday, the 12th day of of said day, at the courtroom in so far a~one are they, there was Judge: “Didn’t I tell you the May, 1948, at 10 00 o’clock A. M., the courthouse in Moro, Sherman a cold spring, a spring in which last Xime that I never wanted to but I couldn’t mak? this cop de- Ç a « « *« ' lieve it.” of said day, at the courtroom in County, Oregon have been fixed there was «now every day during see you in court again?*’ the courthouse, in Moro Sherman by the Court as the time and April and the wind came biting- -----P u b lish ed E v e r y F rid a y at County, Oregon have been fixed place for hearing of. objections ' iy from the northwest and the TO: The Honorable County Court of Sherman County Moro, Oregon by the Court as the time and to said Final Account and Report mules didn’t even shed their hair We, the members of the Sherman County Fair Association Giles U F rench ..............- : ****** and the cattle bawled around the place for hearing of objections ami for the settlement of said wish to submit for your approval this report of Receipts and To the Editor: long after grass Disbursements for the year 1947 (Dec. 1, 1946 to Dec. 30. 1947.) Herewith • is a financial state to said F inal Account and Report estate. " V í . n á «■’* ” m atter nt J * straw dumps t-der* Wilma Wilde , M n». Onrpt.n und r Act n shQuld have been green. ment of Sherman County’s 1947 and for settlement of said estate. p^tnf Administratrix M^rcb S. If« » - ____________ F red Cole There was none of the comfort 12-19-46 Sherman Co. Posse & D. Helyer—hay & sawdust $ 20.90 Fair. This was handed to mem T. Lester Johnson Administrator of a stove during the day, nor bers of the Board by its Secre- 32.40 3- 31-47 Paul Cyphers—hay & concession Attorney for Administratrix was there warmth of heater or 174.88 tary at its regular meeting Feb ,T. Lester Johnson 4- 15-47 Transfer deposits 23-6c transmission. - The plow beams 195.73 ruary 21, 1948. Another copy was Attorney for Administrator 5- 6-47 Leota Gavin - paint 23-26c were cold and the wind frayed 6- 26-47 Moro Gr. Growers - gas refund 1.15 submitted to the County Court N O TIC E OF F IN A L ACCOUNT P u b lish e s the pant legs. 61.80 on March 3 in meeting and filed 8-10-47 J. M. Wilson - paint & rental of spray gun Notice is hereby given that the But always there is an end. 409.20 without examination. 8- 17-47 MiTlage the BOARD O F EQU A LIZA TIO N undersigned has filed in Soon will come warmth from the I was promised just prior to M E E T IN G 7225.00 9- 11-47 State racing County Court of the State of sun and th e carrot will begin to 9313.57 my resignation from the Fair 10- 1-47 Bonds Oregon fo£ Sherman County his NOTICE: There will be a meet root and the radishes will be 10 1-47 Fair gate, entry fees 3781.95 Board on February 22 that this Final / I b u n t and Report ay big enough to eat and the onions 50.00 statement would be published ing of the County Board oi Administrator of the Estate of 10 3-47 Concession Equalization of Sherman County, fully scented and ready* for the 4961.11 Having waited patiently, I think, 11- 24-47 State racing Blanche Lovelace Savage, deceas OFFICIAL county PAPim_ table. These early growths will 29.00 I now take the liberty to pub Oregon, at the Court House, ed, and that Wednesday, the 12th 12- 8-47 Entry fee & concession Moro, Oregon on the second Mon drive the chill out of the system ----- SÏBSCRlI’TlOX BATES 9.51 lish it on own, behalf. As a citi 12-12-47 Wily Knighten - 4-H ribbons day of May, 1948, at 10:00 o’clock and restore the usual cheerful 12- 1-46 Balance in Bank zen it is your privilege to exam day in May, that being the 10th A. M., of said day, at the court 6263.02 ONE YEAH --1 --y day of May, 1948, to publicly ness to the mind. TOTAL k $ 33,054.72 ine it critically for there is not room in the courthouse in Moro, Better go out now to the gar money enough to have another examine the Assessment Rolls, Sherman County, Oregon have APRIL 30, 1948 den. Perhaps the rhubarb is ♦Concession check by F. E. Burch was returned from $33,004.72 fair as expensive as -the last correct all errors in valuation, been fixed by the Court as* the Gresham Bank. Actual total receipts less $50.00 descriptions of lands or other time and place for hearing ot ready. one. DISBURSEMENTS TAX COLLBCTION8 property assessed by me, and it objections to said Final Account You are entitled to an explana 8,537.46 Maintenance & repair 0 The Bureau of Census ha.- 3,647.49 tion of what happened to money shall be the duty of persons in and Report and for the settle Improvement to appear at the time ment of said estate. 2,369.20 paid in by Midco Purebred Asso terested Labor '< , t and place appointed (appearance ciation and later disbursed show Fred Cole 10,203.38 1947 Fair is by petition). All petitions must Administrator 666.48 ing $249.44 out of fair funds, Miscellaneous F rom th e O bserver, May 3, 1929 $25,424.01 And to information about re be in writing and verified by the T. Lester Johnson * TOTAL ceipts from $111.00 worth of oath of the applicant and filed Attorney for Administrator A daughter was bom Sunday Detailed report of disbursements: straw from Fred Ashley and a with the board within the first morning. April 28, to Mr and _________ 23-26c M aintenance A- R epair carload of $40.00 hay was bought week it is by law required to be Mrs Joe Hilderbrand of Wasco. P. P. & L. Cox- 364.52 collect more taxes pei in session. 24-6c N O TIC E TO ELECTORS before the fair. A medium heavy rain visited 92.31 W. R. Reid & Son I hereby announce that I am Bill E. Todd Perhaps a budget is indicated Moro an<i vicinity Thursday mor ' « s t S ^ T a t ‘h* 4.65 Bob May & Son a candidate for the office of sen County Assessor ning brightening the fields and for 1948 fair. 2273.09 Moro Lumber & Fuel «84 05 taken from the ciuzt n. the farmers who have been look ator for the 18th* Senatorial Dis NOTICE OF F IN A L ACCOUNT __________2______ Ted M. Ball 50.24 Tum-A-Lum Lumber Co. Ind m W of tha, comes from Notice is hereby given that the trict comprising Wheeler, Gilliam rain. ' 6.00 J. F. Foss c »1 p s taxes, indicative , ing A for undersigned- has filed in the and Sherman counties, subjef. car went over the bank and 43.36 Shell Oil Co. ^ ° n iya u t e M 8b ! H n l y a another into the bank when two County Court of the State of to the will of the Republican 3314.54 W. P. Fuller & Co. Oregon for Sherman County, her voters. If nominated and elected, cars met on a turn on Shearar’s 229.28 R. W. Hughes Feed & Grain Final Account and Report as Ad I will perform the duties of the grade Sunday afternoon. No one 17.43 Misener &. Gildner .------ I s froril sa le s w e e » . . or” thing was seriously Injured.' ministratrix • of the Estate of office to the best of my ability. 1800.00 Wm. Hayes, cartaker STEWART HARDIE,' «oreads its tax incom e ovei • Wesley J. Wilde, deceased, and From the G. V . .1., May 2, 1919 66.45 Mileage, caretaker- Condon, Oregon oral kinds Arizona collected $65- that Wednesday, the 12th day of Mr and Mrs J. H. Buker met 61.60 Mileage, board members T«3 18 and a wlvarta Nevada Sfil 19 before get- their son Paul ait Portland, Floyd 42.00 Day’s Hardware line down to Oregon with $60.12 Westerfield arrived home Sun $ 8,537.46 TOTAL " of The total Of $87.332.000 col- day, Eugene Vintin w ill.prob Im p rovem en t ire: (1 b tl ably be home Saturday. FTank RECEIPTS fr< From where I sit... / / J o e M a rsh Schamel and Oon Buckley are on over quart 364.52 Wasco Co. Grain Growers lh< rei -’—nib taxes uei. their wav to Camp I^ewls and P hone 424 2741.03 Moro Grain Growers voters to » motion a gen mal Chas. Davis is due to arrive in 310.00 BOX 261, MORO,. ORBGON Pacific Merchandise- Mart u x The ta X on gasoline New York.- 9.75 N O TIC E- O F F IN A L SETTEE Cyclone Fenca Co.----- — The final teachers institute for much of it. 7.50 Pasheks Gardens MKN'Z Sam's Hens Oregon gets more from licenses will be held at the school house 2.00 The Dalles Lumber Co. Notice is hereby given that than does the average state and May 3rd and townspeople are 250.00 V. H. RawSon Eliza Grace Morrison Huis, Exe its death and gift taxes are up to cordially invited. Wear Spectacles! 105,00 Ernest Eslinger x cutrix of the Estate of William From the O bserver, A pril 30, 1909 normal for 1947. 61.36 Sherman Co. Purchasing Fund - Morrison, deceased has filed her There are 48 states that col •Speaking of L. L. Peetz’ span 16.50 Wm. H aves Final Account in said Estate, lect sales taxes, no state being of $8000 blacks. W. E. Miller and do so much of the time, we’d live , Ye*, it’» a fa ct! Sam’» brood of $ 3,647.49 and that Tuesday the 25th day of TOTAL entirely without that form of tax H M. Shull have a pair valued at,.. and let live in contentment. two dozen hens are wearing spec Labor May, 1948, at the hour of 10:00 ation. T h irty one states have an $12,000. ‘ 1692.55 I^abor prior to Fair tacle»— which he bought from a o’clock a m. in the County Court From where I sit, the human ircorae tax and 33 .a corporation H. H. White has elven un n s 163.65 With-holding tax on above wages room in the ’Court House in mail-order house in Capitol City. race wastes a powerful lot of time tax. Only three states collect no position as teacher at Grass Val 513.00 Labor during Fair Moro, Sherman County, Oregon, property tax for state purposes. iev the better to carry on some Sam says it works (and big in wrangling over minor issues . . . $ 2,369.20 has been fixed as the time and TOTAL Oiegon is one of them, but only experiments in grain culture poultry raiser» say so, too). The whether a man should drink beer 1947 F A IR place for hearing of objections Iw'cuuse income taxes are now from seed and instruction fur- 34.27 Paul Mav hens see each other through soft or cider... whether a woman should to said Final Account and the high enough to make that un iiish^d him hv the USDA. 5.70 The Dalles Breakfasts Club . settlement thereof. colored glasses, and instead of. wear slacks or skirts . . . instead of necessary. DHa.w are and Oklaho Charles Boardman bought the 15.00 J. C. Freeman • Eliza Grace Mortison Huis, old ’ W. F. Weigand farm home fighting and picking at each other, seeing each other through “spec ma are the others. 123.13 Railway Express Executrix The average, collections per of 610 acres and Mr. Weigand they go around placidly, gain tacles” of tolerance that enable 30 (M ) LeRoy C. Wright , M. W. Wilkinson is got 200 acres near Eugene. . capita for sta ? purposes us to live-and-let-live like Sam’s 100 00 weight, and lay more eggs. Cash for gates , _ , Attorney for ’Hstate 25-8c $46.66 w ith th e southern states 14.95 brood of chickens. Western Union Co, Billboards worry us about the Makes me almost wish we could b ein g at th e l< v end of the list 26.50 Joe Dodd dangers of mixing liquor and gas NOTICE OF FINAL ACCOUNT New York ha; dropped recently have rose-colored glasses for hu 24 00 Chris Starr Notice is hereby given that the to get below t e top five with oline but say too little about the man beings, too. So that instead of 25.07 Helen Cowgill undersigned * has filed in the danger of mixing liquor and gov $59.58. 150 00 quarreling and criticizing, like we A. E. Ragles County Court of the State of There is a ’ general rule that, ernment. k 100 00 L. R. Armstrong Oregon for Sherman County his more populous states require E d iso n sa y s in h is m em oirs 12.0 H otel M oro Final Account and Report as larger tax levies and that is some that five hours sleep was enough CopyrigAz, 7918, United S ta ta Brewert Foundation 67.1 B G. S taats Administratoft of the Estate of times given ad a reason why for anyone. Yet the rising g e n e r 37.13 Regalia Company Oregon’s taxes haVe been increa ation can stay in bed that long 111.00 Fred Ashley sing. Yet Connecticut is pretty after it is time to get up. 636.90 a ttisnu Fortner full of people and gets by with, 35.00 Wheelers $46.56 and Ohio collects but $47. 18.59 Fair Publishing House 87 and Pennsylvania takes but 239.80 Sherman County Journal $37.80 from each of her citizens. 4.08 Douma’s Grocery The figures are for 1947.. 4.60 Moro Variety & Remedy If Oregon had collected no 36.95 Sherman Motor & Equipment more than was used its per capi 4972.50 Program ta figure would be lower. Proper 1618.90 Premiums ty owners, however, have little 1605.40 R aces reason to grieve over the situa 150.00 Clarence Cannon tion as long as the surplus funds 3.95 County A vent Fund are kept -for the purpose of off $ 10,203.39 TOTAL setting propery taxes. Miscellaneous 54 30 West Coast Printing & Binding 249.44 Midco P B A , COUNTY FAIR 162 86 State Ind. Accident Comm. This week in connection with 25.90 Oregon Fairs Association a letter from former fair board 174.88 County Treas. number, Ted Ball, we publish $ 666.48 TOTAL the report of the 1947 fair. It Is $ 24,424.01 T otal D isbursem ent* illuminating in that it shows 7,580.71 B ank B alance 12-31-47 w hat the board spent the money $ 33,001.72 TOTAL for. the whole $24 000 of It 1. This Is a sto r y o f a typical Pacific Tele T har is a lot of monev tor a phone “ career girl.” She started as an operator county fair and it cannot -bo ex back in the th irties...a good job then, even pected to go on for long. Even the lush return« from eambl’ng MISSIONARY . . . The Rev. Wil better now. Today most new operators just will not make p o ssib le a »ontln- liam Lelsing is one of six Catholic out of high school average better than $35 a uaree of such spending. Repairs priests who operate radio and week when they start handling calls and many are being made and cue •tailment weather stations in the icy w astes will l>e possible. of Canada’s M ackenzie territory. experienced operators earn $50 a week. The report will not sa fcttle all Part of his Job is to warn U. 8. qu°stions about the fair. Appar- if an aggressor tries to strike over en’iy h? ▼■•rit’n? tt no o* t ?niüt the polar Tegions without warning. was made to folio*«» a dcuibl*» r i tr> system so every txpfonditure could be checked agalruit some item of income. Come cn tries are ha>d to follow. Sherman countians must decide soon whether they want an ex pensive fair or one that comes within their means. Receipts at the gate and from other minor ier.s wre around $3”00. and th rt days were fine. Millage and oth er receipts bring no the income 319 E. 3rd St. somewhat and the gambling mon T H E D A L L E S , OREGON ey rolls in abundantly. But all of these cannot long m ake’possi Moro Ixw lgi/ Vo. 113 I.O.O.F ble yearly costs in excess of Meets 1st and 3rd $20.000 or half that. Further Tuesdays in I.O.O.F. more. some kind of entertaln- hall. Transient and *rr.f nt must be found that costs visiting brothers are cordially Invited to ler« than $5000. It might occur to th® re*»»*’ meet with us.- render that some savings could Leo Watkins, N. G. be made, even thoueh the times 2. She w as prom oted to supervisor after 3. She’s o chief op erator now supervising John DeMoss, Secretary mitigate against It. Perhaps long a few years. Training new girls was an im 70 w o m en ...h er responsibilities and experi, er range planning will be nossi- Bethlehem Chapter No. 78. O.E.9. portant part o f the jo b ...fo r Pacific Tele enee help determ ine her salary of $4,500 a ble in tha future and conseouent- Meets every second and phone was grow ing. She enjoyed vacations year. Many “ chiefs” earn more. Two-thirds Iv le ss o f th«*“ expensive tgst min fourth Thursday in each ute hurrv. The harried fair hoard month; visiting members every year . . . with pay, o f course. And she o f our people are women — hundreds have is probably willing to listen to invited. Moro, Oregon joined in many local telephone activities. management jobs — five are assistant vice- ccnstuctive suggestions and the Pauline Douma W. M. Found telephone people friendly and sociable presidents. Yes, women can go places in this fair needs many of them to long Edna Melzer. Secretary business. survive. ...o n or off the job. Eureka Ixxlge N o . 121 A .F . & A.M. Meets on the 1st and W A IT B U T A L IT T E R 3rd Thursday evenings Breathes there a Sherman Co- each month. Visiting 4 . Telephon« |o b s must UTtian with rloijbeg so warm that members cordially in b<» mr «be» has not said, "It s a b e good jo b s to attract the ca vited to meet with us. cold spring” pable people needed to furnish Trvlng Hart, W. M. JOHN X \D LTD A SA Y B R IN G A W A SH IN G . STOP IN A N D We are inclined to forgetfull- service. Good pay, steady work SI E HOW IT W ORKS FOR YOUR8HLF. ness a)wnM such matters although H. B. Pinkertbn, Secretary and an employee benefit plan ♦Un ennu' and cold do seem to Lu p in e Keltekah Ixxlge N o. 116 exp give a strong sense of security hi -*” MeetA ! nd and 4th Tb« Comfortable surroundings, va ta Tuesda rs of each hi ze h cations and friendly fello w month. Visiting A. S h o w r o o m l? t M c r s S p r i n g s P h o n 8 5 7 M o r o Mote than 70,000 people working together to fur- workers help make work plrwa- membci s* welcome. this one really doe- data to se e okb eve? bailor telephone service to the West Bertha Belshe N G ant. beat all for inseg'vmahle eh”1 Clartf Houston, Sec. ago in what might be P td »irr * • ccl dnmn SSSfe j In Other CARPENTER and CONCRETE WORKER I W. A. HAYES Here’s why we say WOMEN CAN GO PLACES IN THIS BUSINESS HOME 8 A«JTC RADIOS ' Hany’s Radio Service The and Telegraph Company D e M o ss S p r in g s E le c tr ic recalled as the Pacific Telephone ‘good old days’ »
