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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
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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.
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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.
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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-
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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>“ 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
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Farm Im p lem en ts
X S l ’ S to e .
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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
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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
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