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PAGE 2 SHERM AN COUNT! JOURNAL^ MORO OREGON FRIDAY, SEPTEM BER 10, 1948 why the government might guar antee a price each year, based t^hrrnian (Tountg ajournai on the need for wheat, the avail Pu I dished Every Friday at able acres and the supply. That would be a short time policy. Moro, Oregon Gilè« L. F rench ----------- -7 E ditor There is reason to permit a higher price at home where wa g»,O ixl ** * e>nd e*» than overseas a» M>m. O n •>n under Act o f ges are higher (iwirrf*-« of M n reh S. 1 where - there is less money with which to buy. That could be a A/Í mm Z*4 long time policy. PER OlEG The Republican house commit tee has been holding hearings on B LI S 4k4s(ts>l A T I 0 N a hill for a new formula for farm NATIONAL € DITORI A l _ prices. What it decides may be important. PI 4* -------- ASSOCIATION O F F IC IA L COUNTY P A P E R SU B SC R IP T IO N R Ä T Ë 8 COUNTY F A IR A week from this time the county fair will be on with anx ious youngsters trying to make S E P T E M B E R 10, 1048 their calf look perfect, with horses pounding down the track, the hand playing and a general air of DIR TY L IN E N festivity and fall plentitude sur- The unsavory wn-angle between rounding all. Governor Hall and the chairman There will be friends to meet of the liquor commission who and stirring exhibits to see. he appointed less than a year it seems unnecessary to urge ago is one of those smelly things men and women and children to that make the arguments of dis- be sure to attend a fair. It is honest government seem plaus- such a natural and proper thing ible. There are alway*; some to do. An old and inner urge bids citizens w’ho say that all govern- us go to revel in the bounties ment is dishonest and w’hile it that nature has prepared for our isn’t true they do sometimes get security during the winter, some pretty good evidence for One of gregarious Instincts na- their side. • , turally gravitates to places where Mr. Joseph Freck is entirely there is a crowd— and Sherman wTong in taking business from countlans will be at the fair the commission while a member, grounds next weekend. Prohibiton against it is definite All over the state papers have and positive. Therefore he will been telling people about the fairs be removed and certainly the of- for the exhibits are really won- ficial wrho told him he could con- derful this year. The long grass tinue bidding for that business period helped the cattle, the gar- was wrong regardless of why den truck cannot be beat and the he gave that information. quantity of it all is stupendous. But Mr. Freck is not the center Be sure and see the fair, the of the controversy. The governor Sherman County Fair. There you cannot make him so. His error vv^ill meet your friends and see is minor hut it is also a provable the produce of a successful agrl- enor. He is not being removed culture displayed before y o u . for that reason. • - What a sight our fair would be to Mr. Freck and Mr. Eaton, an- people of the half starved por- other board member, say that tions of the earth, people who there was pressure on the part have never been really filled, of the governor to make them whose hunger is . alw ays - with buy some two year old liquor them. One could hardly drive w’hen they didn’t want to buy them away from tables laden any and could, in any event, with vegetables, c a k e s , fruit, get better liquor cheaper. grain. Those men who have had an Surely, we will all be there. acquaintance with personalities ------ ------------- in Oregon’s government for some years will not be fooled over the g o R g r C O N G R ESS tirade against Mr. Freck’s pecca- • ~ < "2.,-'. dillos in the matter of selling —. Among the Democrats and the supplies to the commission. The labor union officials it is popular governor’s long, and apparently In these political days to con- profitable. connection with liquor demn the past congress as the may not be at an end. Some men worst of all time. It is a state men abandon principle more ment easily made and those who easily than they abandon profit, have found some single item ONE YEAR The majority of Republican voters can further congratulate themselve* on their nomination of Douglas McKay. __________ - WHEAT PRICE Everyone expects the price of wheat to he lower after thia year. The big crop, the beginning of rehabilitation in Europe, and the complaints about the high cost of living all are given as ««sons in varying degree Any one might cause wheat to drop. Certainly if wh«.t remains at . . i „an Ka, I™, the present price It will be b e cause of politics and not of sup- ply and demand. In fact, politics has set the price of w h « ,.fo r a long time with the law’ of supply j -a« «« and demand affecting It only b e hind the scenes^ However, the m l'ii.2’ as .nOt been. chang • Mrs Mildred Zell Made Officer Of Stale Club Visitors at teh home of Mr and Mrs Jim Riskowsky* last week were Miss Isobel Thomson and Miss Edith Scott of Vallejo, Cal. Mrs Ted E v erett Mr and Mrs 6. J. Brock left Friday for Great Falls, Montana Mrs Hildred Zell was elected to visit their son and daughter financial secretary of the Oregon in law Mr & Mrs Clinton Brock. Federation of Womens’ clubs for the coming two years at the con Miss Elizabeth Froetoe of Port vention held In North Bend last land was a houseguest over the week. Mrs Zell succeeded Mrs week end at the home of Mr Max Bennett of Coos Bay, who and Mrs Charles Everett resigned. Mrs Marion Weather Mr and Mrs L. L. Funk and ford of Arlington was re-elected Mr and Mrs Wm. Nisbet spent state treasurer. spent the weekend camping at Bear Springs where they met Mr and Mrs William (Pal) Mr and Mrs T. L Whipple and Wallace and daughter Mary Sue, daughter Kaye of Multnomah. and Mr and Mrs Wayne Bartron Mr and Mrs Ove Hansen, Mrs and daughter Susan, have mov Wilma Wilde and James Maddox ed to Maupin where they will op spent Sunday and Monday at erate the Wallace & Bartron Sta Bear Springs. tion, which opened for business Mr and Mrs A. D. McConaughy last Saturday noon. went to Richland, Wn., Sunday Mr and Mrs W. R. Reid spent where they visited Mr and Mrs I^abor day weekend at Crater Clyde Turner and family. Lake. Mr and Mrs Walter Ruggles re Mr and Mrs Paul McCoy, Mr turned Monday night They had and Mrs Richard Williams of been to Prineville to visit their Portland and Mr and Mrs Harold daughter, Mrs Glenn Segerdahl. White spent the Labor day week From there they went to North Bend where Mrs Ruggles attend end at Cannon Beach. ed the convention of the Oregon The city of Wasco Is once Federation of Womens’ clubs. It more on standard time, as of was announced at the convention 12.01 Wednesday morning. This the the table decorated by the 4th was decided at the council meet district at the national conven ing which was held in the city tion last May, won first prize. hall Tuesday night, September 7. After the convention they /went up the coast to Seattle, ferrying Last week Mr and Mrs Robert the Columbia at Astoria. As the Rogers and two sons of Portland salmon derby was on at that time stopped to visit for a few days it made the trip very interesting. at the home of Mr and Mrs Floyd From Seattle they returned to Root. They had been on a two Wasco via of Yakima. weeks vacation trip to Yellow stone park and way points. Mrs Mr and Mrs Fred Dormaier Rogers and Mrs Root are cou from a weeks vacation trip. They sins. « , , , went to Portland, Seattle, and Tacoma, visiting Mrs Dormaier’s Gary and Bonnie Rueppell of of Portland spent a couple of New Sweaters have been added weeks visiting -at the country home of Mr and Mrs Floyd Root. to the value bar at Greta’s in They are Mrs Roots nephew and The Dalles. All sizes In short and long sleeved slip-ons . Also card niece. igans in all smart colors. From the <|. V. J. S e p t 12, 1919 Ute price W a n i Ads FOR SALE: GE Appliances— Ready for delivery 16’ GE Freezers - automatic GE Wash- N O T IC E OF F IN A L H E A R IN G .f wheat at a level that will be arofltable. It should be based an safe and certain economic snd not on some dis- LT e« rtKWkrv Per'ha^ wheat growers suffer I. much anv airricultural group govemmentaliy engendered ompetltlon. The price brought that. There Is reason enough WHY open gates? All metal cat tle guards. For your hitches, pneumatic tire crazy wheel and fork complete. Large stock of steel and shafting. Used pipe from lVi to 3” Mac’s Welding Shop, Phone 332, Wasco, Oregon. SPETIC TANKS pumped and built. C. F. Johnson, Phone 613 White Salmon, Wash. tfn Notice Is hereby given that Guy C. Andrews, Administrator of the Estate of Antone B. Sand- vig, deceased, has filed in the ‘YOUR HOUSE OF B E A U T Y ’ The Dalles, Phone 2797. Steam County Court of the State of baths for men or ladies. Ef Oregon for Sherman County, his fective, invigorating for rheu Final Account and the Court has matic, neuralgia conditions. set the 11th day of October, 1948, in the Office of the County Clerk in the Court House at Moro, Ore gon, at the hour of 10:00 o’clock a. m. as the time and place for the settlement of said accounting and for hearing objections to the same, if any. Guy C. Andrews Administrator J. Tracy Barton The Dalles, Oregon Attorney for the Estate. 3 • Vince Clapp ’ weekdays & Sundays 6 a.ir. to 11 p.m. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the Undersigned, Helen White Bruckert, has been duly appointed as administratrix of the estate of Louise White, de ceased, and has qualified as such administratrix. All persons hav ing claims against said estate are hereby notified and required to present the same, duly veri fied, to the undersigned at the office of Brown & Van Vactor, Building, The Dalles, Pioneer Oregon, within six (6) months from the date of the first publi cation of this notice, to-wit: Au gust 27th, 1948. Helen White Bruckert Administratrix Brown & Van Vactor , A ttorneys at I .aw Pioneer Building The Dalles, Oregon 43-7c LAWYER » MORO Rom where I s it... ¿¡/ J o e . M a rs h O n e G reat A m erican Trait I always think it dors a news paper editor good to get out from behind his desk and see how folks in other parts of America look, and think, and a d . And that's what I’ve been doing these past weeks, touring the country from Michigan to Texas, California to Maine, It’s a mighty encouraging experience. Not only because of the different points of view® you run into— but because of the fo/eroMce which reconciles those different points of view. sylvania farmer for the habits of his city cousin; the tolerance of folks who vote one way towards those who vote another; the toler ance of those who prefer spring water towards those who enjoy a moderate beverage like beer. From where I ait, it’s that great American trait of tolerance—re spect for individual tastee and liberties—that makes (his country strong. Let’s never lose It! I mean the toleranee of a Penn Copyright, 1948, United States Brewers Foundation JOHN A. FOSS Wasco, Oregon Special R e p r e se n ta tiv e C om petent C ounsel D ependable S e r v ic e ST A N D A R D IN S U R A N C E CO. formerly (Oregon Mutual Life) Home Office - Portland, Ore. 7A Model w eig h s a p p ro x im a tely 1200 pounds. W orks b elter under d ifficu lt co n d itio n s than ligh ter m achines- left E very m achine can be a sse m bled as a r ig h t hand or hand drive m achine. A ery stron g, h ea v y g o o sen eck s. T he trans|>ort, w eig h in g n ea rly th r e e hundred pounds is th e right distance behind the r e v o lv in g rod. T iller w h e e l a sse m b lie s w ork p erfectly and last lon ger. T he stra ig h t chain d rive on C h en ey W eed ers is not e x celled by any oth er kind of d rive T h ere Ls p le n ty of clearance for stubble and w eeds. For nearly forty y ea rs C heney W eeders h a v e sat isfied farm ers w h o w an t the l>est. C h en ey ’s are stron g, co n v e n ie n t and dependable. • R. I H. M cKean A Son of W asco, O regon h a v e been d istrib u to rs of C h en ey W eeder prod u cts ev er sin c e th ese valu ab le im p lem en ts w ere first in v en ted . T he (T ieney W eeder C om pany a lso builds the < heney S O IL SAVER plow w hich is recognized as a very su c c e ssfu l tilla g e m achine to w ork the ground properly and to hold it in place. M cKean A Son carry a good stock o f C h en ey’s ducts and can su p p ly you im m ed ia tely w ith th e se built and profitable im p lem en ts. S e e them a t • hutkleherrles. rabbatte and Jun- iper wood from the soutlr Who owns the Moro Flouring -U lM Why the they not open for business? Twelve 4-horse rigs and as many more douWe and single blocked the intersection Saturday as neatly as could he done in Portland. NOTICE TO CREDITORS W asco, O r e g o n Wasco inn under new management N O T IC E TO C R ED ITO R S All persons having claims against the Estate of Mary L. Lisle, deceased, are required to present them with vouchers to the undersigned and leave them with Mary Elizbeth Higley, at her residence about eleven miles east of Moro, Oregon, wjthin six months from the date of the first publication of this notice. The date of the .first publication of this notice is August ' 27, 1948. Gwendoline Mitchell, Ad mlnstratrix with Will annexed. DICK & DICK, The Dalles, Ore. Attorneys for the Estate. The Gay Shop » T. Lester Johnson WASCO fo r Bldg. Rm. 1. NEW STOCK Late Summer Dresses in Pastels Bemberg Sheers, Dotted Swiss, Eyelet, etc. See W .R.Reid & Son Other ” ............ .. ing machines and many other parents, Mr and Mrs A. Halver useful appliances. And see the son at Seattle and Mr and Mrs Wake-up to Music Radios. Charles McPhail at Tacoma. Mr DeMoss Spr. Elec. Showroom McPhail and Mr Dormaier went DeMoss Spr. Phone 857, Moro. to Astoria to attend the fishing derby and Mrs Dormaier and FOR SALE: 1 lawn mower was children went to Qulnault, Wn., $21.95 now $18.75. 1 saddle was to visit Mr and Mrs Hank Wold $133.00 now $110.00. 2 lawn and family. Sunday night they chairs was $6.45 each now $5.75 visited at the home of Mr and each. 1 garden plow was $7.75 Mrs Harry Diamond in Vancou now $5.90. Ranch & Home ver and returned home Monday. Store. Moro. 45c Mr and Mrs Gordon Harper, FOR SALE: Mrs Emil Anderson Leland and Stanley Anderson and house in Wasco, 2 bedrooms, Mr and Mrs Howard Pratt nave first floor, ld n basement; hard just returried from a trip to wood floors, automatic oil, air Banff and Lake Louise. They condition furnace; garage; two were at the source of the Colum lots. John A. Foss, Wasco. 45c bia river and the Big Bend high way on which they traveled to FOR SALE: Baled Alfalfa hay— Vancouver, B. C. It follows along .first & second crop at Shaniko. the Columbia river In Canada for Ben Taylor, Antelope. 45-tfn quite a way. All in all, they en joyed a very4 beautiful trip and FOR SALE: 1840 A. fenced pas ture, 5 springs, good water, took many pictures. good grass. $7.00 per A. Ben Taylor Antelope. c-tfn Representatives of the Stan dard Oil company and • city offi cials met Monday evening and plans were made to definitely A superior service Install a distributing plant here. of personal attendance Tirp Hill and C. R. • Eslinger THAT COSTS NO MORE WASCO, OREGON shipped their household goods to Forest Grove from Bourbon this week. Lester Conlee has bought <he with which to disagree with the Perkin6 residence. H O T PO IN T ¿F N O W JE R A N G E S PHONf congress may think that it did I2 M nothing worth while at all. More From the O bserver, S e p t 13, 1929 REFRIGERATORS HOOKfllV AVE. examination is due before the ac- A wedding license was issued W ASHING MACHINES lions of our representatives. — A wide range of prices to Walter E. Bruckert and Helen They made an appropriation A. White September 7. Faith Ginn W ATER HEATERS that meets all wishes for the Marshall plan about was married September 1 to H. D IS H W A S H E R S and w hat w o m which there Is at present little K. Needham of Pasadena. an does not w ant a d ish w a sh er? debate Foreign policy la not Fire started Friday afternoon GAS AND OIL much lasue thia election, per- In the woodshed of the Urquhart COLEM AN FIX4OR F U R N A C E S T ire»-A ccessorie« haJ^ unfortunately. house but little damage was hpacb H K A T M W r h M c KEAN and SON done. i , , a law at? Ut wh ch l a b o r ! WASCO OREGON " >“ dl> “ p“ t’ 1b1' * 1there ^ d,<a‘ ,° 1“ £ at IN S U R A N C E *> ,«>» “ ns,der “ *»d as do their leaders who were accustom- G rain, F eed, F u el n o sse ssio n of verv ex ” „ L " Farm Im p lem en ts X S l ’ S to e . ‘ B A R R E D W IR E — GOOD POSTS Income U x PHONE 163 Feedstore J r. es which might or might not haye a ,f ,he FOR YOUR L IF E IN S U R A N C E havp applled to the federal debt It would have SEB When it comes to a contest b e tween grain farmers and city to 80me d e p m . iwellers who eat the grain the menlg an<J was to y ,e city folks are going to win There s Just too many of Congress refused to meddle Farmers -sell out to neighbors. wjUj m(Jre of theory of farms grow larger, young people of food and ctothing and to the cities to work and manu- waRe8 ,g a„ to credn facturers invent machinery to take the place of farm t labor R^any lt didnt do bad. Mr. until the ruraj population is now Truman appears fluerelous and so low it cannot support itqilf petulant when the declaims about by politics. Fanners will be, (and evils of congress which alway were) better off under the faiJed agree w|th hig p o ^ e a . law of supply* and demand. It may doubted If he can win The international wheat ag- many votes by such tactics. At reement would establish prices at it ig looking backward and low as $1.50 and take oniy a complaining over spilt milk, small part of our grains Com- R be much better if mentators are saying that city Truman would tell the na folks are going to pay lower what we could do to amend prices for food no matter which the j|lg of the Teheran, the Yalta side is chosen in the coming and the Berlin conferences, how presidential election. That may we could stop building up the mean the overhauling of the par- Russians In spirit and war ma ity schedule and the buying pro- terlals; how we could keep our gram of the government regard- citizens at work when production Ing potatoes and eggs. Writers js vital; how we could lower are now saying. “No one wants' our jmrnense debt; how we could to see the farmers take lower cut the cost of unwanted and un- prices, BUT— That should be needed government. a warning of what is to come. . _________ The parity formula now in use Is , an economic monstrosity. There is no Justification for the price of any commodity to be tied to an inefficient period 30 years ago. There Is no comparb From thc io , 1909 son between the growing of ,re«,v now _______ With the railroad completed to wheat and __ in ____ 1909-14. But although the method is gumrner iake Sherman county »roiw there is ample )ust' ” '’a; w iil get ita fruit, wild plums. Ion for Joe Hines returned from a trip to Reno and San Francisco Wed nesday. Monday he returned to Portland where he will go back to school. t pro w ell R. fl. McKean & Son W ASCO, O R E G O N /
