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S ix t y - F ir s t Y e a r No. 22 T h ese T h in g s W e' N ote - -------------- by Giles L. --- French E very day finds m ore reasons h for « u X o r °the° oth er^s* conthinaHy house o r the other is continually finding inform ation overlooked or not considered by the otber; There may be some fighting about the killing of bills by one .ouse after passage by the other, nut generally the bills needed k g In the first place* * * _ 7 . „ n i The A tlantic pact is being sign ed these days and this country Is _______ _ pledged to fight . again in E urope It is considered statesm anlike to espouse such a th eo ry and some bad if one doesn’t like it. But th ere Is alw ays a change ln public sentim ent and It is m ost likely th a t If the feelings of the comm on people w ere obtained It would be against going across the ocean to fight th e wars of E uropeans again. At leaat until It waa proven Varied Bills o f 45th Session are tion and now it Is baseball that will be the seasonable s p o rt Back in the middle of winter when snow was piled high and the m e ^ curv was low it didn’t seem that S ^ ^ L S w w a r - b . a baaaball •ana • - » - • - ' - ’ One p m ight think th in k to read cead the , a ~ r •g . that that the the question question 1« 1« de- de vetopm bia or not. m ent of th e Colum Columbia fact the the question question is Is w ho Is i In n iset who is going to be 1» top boss of the )ob trolng job /la r . du rin g construction „ ___> and o after- the Moro ■or 4s Host p| J <\arnrgx Moro Principal Is Honor Guest r\ * A e | A d FII •Hr*™ Pen b y-Jhe S ^ o u p ................... ,8 th e mo8t ,m . TOr. a n t b n of U x legislation so m entioned except for the mat- te r raddjng the income and ex- funds for the general fund w h e th e r enough legislators are llred cibvwwu enough to relax th e ir __ irt-vi ------ Qf pubHc m orals and perm it ,g not know n. R egular procedure would be to let the people m ake the decision. ------------------ pvaiiiift Jr expected tb at lhe highw ay two ^ m e n U h o r ^ and «tow. H o r t t a « » . j g c i n . M e te r, held the spotlight last week w un — v.. W ilson’ H erbert t I Q« w , ™ nver Dopothy ren . ------ - W ilson. ------io w rangling and bickering over over _ Connie Ronnie w™ May, who should get the mewt days f>aVjd Moore. W ily Knighten, racing. As finally adjusted p I^eslie Edw ards, Viola Edw ards, take will be left at Fred von Borstel, Keith Thomp- and the days gQn ----------- C arrle ------ N ci^ ---- - racing „ will be cut ---- . n Keith Nelson, to 100 Some small an] Evelyn Kirkelle. Max Belsbie. will give the state a it : Mr and Mrs. Kenneth Young money, bu t n° t ... __ 1 t a tn - the speaker ruled that a . M r and Mrs. Geo. Mitchell and pealing the whole business coulb Mr gnd Mrg A „ Christanson. ” ---- not be he considered legislators ------------------- - would have repealed the bill per- TH AT MAN **’* * ^ - P v .iiTilnor program will go h r ’u ^ aa w old e n tirely I t a ttrac ts A D rivers lic e n s e Exam iner started in the house wbl h ‘ m illing ra< g win on duty< ln Moro, Thurs- a d d it io n ’ a l -------- kind of of day A pr„ ? at th e courthouse re n n h o u re additional U xes and addlt‘^ too m - any of thp the w wront! rong kind road " T*°Ple betw een the h° l’r 8 3 f, ♦ ® ™ mittee found a desire | o r ¿ n o n and 3;oo p . m„ according to an an- « ----- a ---- M t » raada « o a tl t « A » ! T h e d is tr ib u tio n of fu n d s w ill n o u n r p m , nt , O(^ fro m th e T h e distribution <» IVU,U1 ” ‘“ nounecm ^nt received from tne than a dealre tor am«Uer now be ln another tell. Tlwte s?PrPUrv of o ffic e O r ___ ______ What ter . effw w u k e out w lshlny licensee or perm its wnax wilt win happen « »• — to — holM --------— highway!, including the Pacific are asked to get In touch w ith highw ays outalde outside Titles cities or grand passagew ays ays Inside Inside cities cities cannot cannot everyo everyone lnc' UP' " g * thp exam iner well ahead of the passagew but probably the cities exposition and the co scheduled closing hour In order foretold hut w ouid lose In a a straight straight vote on b t)Ut com m ittee hasn t gotten to assure as8ure compieuon completion m of th el- ap- would lose ln vote on u t tbe tb e coi......— ----------- the of Port M to talking talking about about the the fea- fea- plications pllcatlon8 w w jth ilb a a m m inim inim um um of of de- de- tbe m easure. Not even all of_Port nd . ,and . «___ C ulK e i.lllC n C ulch 8^ favors th van e Sullivan's . , f r ay a r l c t control togther w ith its di ♦ ^ n tr o l th at all politics are ^ iv the TVA really ru n by m ight ___n .„ thM not Ilk» usJd to being pushed x a L A L A u O l l t tllC V^OllOLy Family Reunion Mrs. George Mitchell entertained w ith a tea in honor of Mrs. John W ilt of Portland and the Mitch- Mrs. Thom e ll's d a u g h te r , Mrs. Tnom as as Ryder of Pendleton Mr». Opal Dr. Osterud To a N 19 U 1 11 4 B A lCIltal < 1 11 [V 11631111 o a fj 66K. ADF. ¿T”"«JV ------------------ M Lloyd j)e|ahe ¡g working ln thp T rio le a office w hile th e v jn the Triple A office while they are thp npw program 8tartPd. | Cham ber of Commerce in its ob- ««rvance X T«- — • - Mental health — has — been — pro- n0„ n<T(1 by the United S t a t e Sur- gpon GenPrai to he America s num lier one public health prob- Mr. Thomas Thompson. Coun- iaru s,n(l the comm itm ent of ty agent, arrived last week and g „ „ „ s to state hos- has begun his work at ' the Court- an(J affecting the ---------------- nitals each year egch house. Mrs. Mrs. Thompson Thompson and and child- child- mUUons house. m illions more to a lesser ---- • loin *■ «— •'-l- — ren —“ will nim this — weekend. lives of million degree. “Thls year for the f,r^ l?m. National M ental Health Week is being observed, under the spon- sorship of the U. S. Junior Cham- her of Commerce, in an effort to rr i Travelers "o n A_ Return «* instituting . program of I N . ve" i recognize th a t the m ental youth everyw here, From Sunny Trip n " . : Pn rsLng " p S . M e T - " parents, Mr and Mrs. and Mrs. I^aura Wilson m otored State ,un1,0 ' „ d t ' h e ^ X l X 2^ S S » celebrated th eir r ^ ’ m T S Mrs s X l a ^ M ^ ^ V r Conrad day ha the new house out on the R ust .M r . a n d M rs. Melvin Fulk- erson and children, Mr. and M rs. Mrs. Elizabeth H artley and son, F ran k Em erson and children, Mr.. H arry , w ere business v isitors in and Mrs JR alp h . Bolen and son T h e t e n ^ F r l d a y ^ E rnest Moore from and M re T h o m a s* ,fo r,I and son Mr. and ~ s ^ Mpntai Health As- ^ a daughter ot Mrs. onuui. Mr flnd Mrg j E Hinton re- turn ed Monday from their trip tbrOugh M ex.re, Tex_as snd_Ca..f- fo u r-d M ornia, w here they spent the past and to ppom ote a state wide school fund, establishing a for county high school district. other than the These apply dlre<*ly to th is co .V are district. Of « rca ter Irnpor- J u r e perhaps la the tax program from out of town w ere payne _<, H Rag8daie , Mrs. Ray Powel , v a lle y Mr. and Mrs. B ert Mrs ste,” 8 .Pol^ , a" d A rth u r Belshe and daughter of Moro; A,ley of The Dalles Mrs A rtb i Mrg R(>b W illaim s of Bibby and Mrs Joe New com b of M . I wpre Mlgg w h e n Monday March 2g came G rass Valley. Mrs. A ugusta Hue- ^ ^ V s u e L a d S e t t e r of H eppner;, a ro u n d . It saw quite a few of the p GardCnS at KUlUS ^ W^ ° nS r hat^ : <»■“ Va^ £ curate v,'“ \ anv kkld of a „ m oney can buy money v— -j- any * w ajting any i'o’n g T t h a n i t takes to get U ™ - uh oil and gas. It ^ L ^ d ^ t h a t 't h e '’ steel < * « £ * !£ * will he canght up by Ju n e ^ l^ < 0 ^ gon there are 90.000 un aithougb th is fl«Vr* 2 i r ec X a m ----- «.Kg.n lurrtbe to drop when the vnen the v»»'------ aanin 1OT can «<■ bac\ . t°herp th » t SO les ______ d O edn% ™ ... - , ». — w ere in’ p o rtiand over the week- ^ ^ n g “ h rtr ^ n A"reo,d and .initino thplr son Arnold and famU* Mr W ilson and da' ‘g,J,te7 Connie and Dorothy went t o P land thla w eeke" d A , L who W o w n ilson’s so n » father A A. D unlap to >" the h08P,ta ‘ ,h erc  Π ^ Î W S . .  ¡ ^ nd and her <taughter-in-Uw. “ ¿ l a i d B a y e ^ O ther guest., ___ _ ,_ «_ j Claud g-tin,,#* B n o ayer v o r and a n d son, so n . Included P h in ip '”Mr. and Mrs. F ran k Bay- er an d ’children, Julia and B yron. gnd Mrg Perrigo and daughters, L inda and I^eslie. Bayer and David Bayer. Mr and Mrs. Art Bibby and children, Stephen and Janice, , , ^ ^ ^ ¿ 1 9 2 4 or ^ V « 7 ^ Mrs' ^ r ^ î T t h e UX top w as reach- .Joe Bibby m otored to The Dalles X ^ u X t ^ a m l ^ pro- , -- Mr and Mrg c g Ham pton of ™ observance will be sponsor- The Dalles are also house guests hv thp c tate Ju n io r Cham ber of th e W ards on th eir retu rn ^ m „ epee cooperation w ith trip from Mexico, Central Ameri- ju n io r Cham bers of and Callforn| a The H am ptons ‘be ‘“ J r Assisting these groups arP parents of Mrs. W ard. C om m erce Assisting g r^ ^ ^ ™ ’^ d c ^ J U - o ^ = - whose ’X ^ ^ . e r ^ t . - ^ . u b . ^ t h approval the ™ federal ™". v8r southern pa^t car although lts wbichP Went on "age m the Price thp stage route. j ' 8™ ™,Tanm her early day Gordon was another e a r h ^ ^ T s mand ^ r e J a ^ p “ f e V l d " ia m S y “ i i T ^ o m e n a ^ u h ^ I H ^ s e X J people in each of our communl- P8"y " 8 |an(J fQr m any mlle8 ties to cooperate in every with iength of the county by these groups to in s u r e s better passed the understanding _ o« . t h e r m s b— n of Governor Wood. t r S h e rm a n VOUDty u r g , the ^ abd '„ n „ by W ilson and M rs Clarence Hlgiey Mrs. W illiam Ragsdale of The Dalles presided ^ V t a h . e from th ree u n t,. e x S ”n S ? 3 SI: Folks Think of and 88 Mental Continued from East Week lation sm all and th e ifls n tn R g an they are * * r * and o n*the wav Passed L“ i a i I r e bin« to raise ‘t h e o r i e s ò r c o u n t , M f t ó a l s ^ ^ All parents ano frle^ds of OOF young people health of the citizens of this State — „ at .east equaHy as Im portant Mrs. A rt Bihby and Mrs. J. S. Mrs. Carl Dupree and 88 Oielr PhY8^ b88>‘h 97 a fa m ilv re- Newcomb came up from T he Dal- Mr. and Mrs. Carl Dupree and »» thp o reffon Sunday, March 27 a fam ily re- thp' weeken() hpre f>m„ y and Mrs Mag(fte Sm lth heartly Join w ith Ithe ° " « ° n At Payne Home h: T w .......................... feature hlgh ^ h o o , students. , »Ho sh o w n for th e tW r h " '* e" «-heduled m eeting .The bu8 ™ for ‘he ev« iln g consists election of a com m ittee for noml- noting new off leers a nd t h e e Ire- tlon of 8 delegate to he sen to tb8 st8te con''8n ° n ¡?JiL n ta „ .„ m in e e appointm ents wdl algo announced. Refresh- ments will be served at the close meeting, about folks vou do know or would enjov knowing B arnett, Herm an P eters and son, Arden, and John P eters w ere luncheon guests Sunday a t the of Mr. and Mrs. Olan Stark. But on the question of P arkins greeted the guests at the u n ion was held at the home o M A X RrOX , X ^ £ - M D U I of Identification signed by U nit o wl ' ¿ cal s on a efild a ents i of M e e t K e n t G r o " p i x r Sherm an county in the near fu A naUon wide observance of tmw ‘ Z - e r e t l o n In County hea.th service a , re- - a rx_.. . . a. ....................................... A rm y Day is scheduled for April thig ,an wlH greatly apprecia- lated to school children will be « 9. Most cities ------ ... ------------- - Qf T will have patriotic parades, participated in by veter- ud’s talb at the next m eeting of an s’ organizations, the National the South Sherm an County G uard, Organized Reserve corps, P arent s and Teachers’ associa- u ------------------- n ite d States ------------------ A rm y and other n iv a itM i tion. Dr. Osterud plans to show groups. Such is not possible in . a m m on the subject which will Moro, but It is urgently request- wwr l » of vital interest to those who l th at all business establish re concerned with the welfare m ents display flags on Arm y f tr Qf Qur cblldren Day in tribute to Am erica’s sol- G overnor Douglas McKay last ’ The m eeting will he held at the dlera, past and present. week <jeeignated the week ot Kent gcbool on Friday, April 8, Flag« flying from the various A pril 24-30 as “Mental Health flt g:00 p m Members will be en- buiidjngg and homes as well will week in Oregon" and asked the tatned by the Moro High school he| to re m in d us of our debt to citizens of Oregon to cooperate mixed ‘"■,p " T " ™ “ « » « ’•» .«• s " " m ixed chorus n u and Qur American way Of life. * with the Oregon State Junior ghort m bers glee will club also ________ ,_____ « <¿11 Tell (It ltd mean a hut definitely the en d ,o lM h e seen Medical Aid to now give federal governm ent I f l T S o au th o rity over the lands, the v w ater and the people In the en fin tjH ft/tin Q a re a T here are so m any employ- ^ n m ^ n t ^ e x ^ r c l ^ ^ ^ ^ iodl’ Saturday afternoon, March M, r aanynon“ m ^ A lot of new faces are different oasis has ha l a had T bursday evening. Scouts are sponsored in Moro hv day night ° n the Sherm an hlgh* news that construction is well week. Not enough votes could be Tbe chorug gang ,<Desert S ong/, ^ OUL8 a^ c 8^ n8° re(1 in MOr° DV w ay by the State Police for underway on the three new grain found ln th c com m ittee to bring - T b e O rchestta”, “K e n t u c k y Mrs Orio M artin was director d runken driving. Monday morn- elevators being built in Sherm an lt out ag w rttten N either would Rabe» “B enderm eer’s D re a m ” ? ',u ' ’ Ma ,J . . .. » ♦ ing Justice Scott fined them $12- COUnty anoth e r proposal which would “S touthearted Men.” and “Bless ? ? che ? aVC 50 each but lacking thls am ount From local reports it is of the have glven each $25(OOO £ t o u t h e a r t Men’ and B,e8S the - , ^ - Qi u h the the Scouts Scouts and and introduced introduced Mrs^ Mrs, th t . , wil, rem „ _ al o,_ .* » . . ^ . om . ,ocal — . re P°rts — H ow ard Rosa, a Brownie C ub ‘ ben, begin calling nam es and ^ ore th e distribution form ula club 8ang ..Smoke Unt" S3" com paring records. L a s t Sator- was applied, nor tw enty, nor even Gets Into Your Kye, ■ ..CrePn anPR o id of a r e g n a l m e e i t e s h S --------------------- to have the new structures ready day, for instance, a senator w ith Now sponsors are try in g to Cathedral ” “T h an k s to G od ” 1 »< r< v m .« m for the next harvest. a tatlon for word8 surpa98lng d form ula a |led £ ^ r a l T hartka l o ^ God and Mre . George K ruger attend- The Sherm an Cooperaive G rain hlfi re p u ,a t,° " £ * * 2 ! ? w h' ch M u,,nom ah ^ ^ M t e d and’ o T y X ' ^ a “ b u U W ^ H a r ^ ‘ , a i 1 1 0 deC U F e G row ers are building another h house ag and the gpeak. ty down to tw o-thirds of its r r itir iSm h e a rd w l s that it w as o , v inD ule 10 Mrs , af y elevator at Klondike. This will f r ag lnefncipnt. w e ll, rom e prp8pnt ap[K)rt,onm ent and give u r t w sh o rt p ", X , T u J be of wooden construction and people get th a t w ay w hen th e ma- tbe difference to counties on the O lr 8001,18 in Moro ,n 1938‘ Mr8> the contractors are Hogan?on’8 of Chas. Burnet, a club leader in jorUy rpfuge tQ th e lr bills basig ag nQW whlch lg the . . . Minneapolis, Minn. troduced the girls of the troop and an gjjflJty to take it helps num ber of cars registered. T hat , thou oavo domnnatratinn nF U nlt No‘ 19 of the American - For the Moro G rain G rowers as- any ,egl(llator< If be proposes any WOuld divide about $700,000 m ore ? h .,r wnrC , h . n ^ T » n d Leg‘° n Aublli8r^ The 1 ) 8 1 9 aoclatlon the Central construe- jegi8)a tjve program of any conse- tban now. Inasm uch as all big m onv T „ ,™ ,n 8P°n80r,n« a m a&azlne aubacrip- tlon ram pany of Spokane. W ash., m ony of investing a new scout tion cam paign again this year to w iij 8tart pouring concrete this quence he will find opposition. tru ck com panies register th eir T h e ^ e w mLnm l2 ?yX n inm 7 h e ° bU ln * Portable Ty‘* ° X m n "<*■» t h ^ O O W bushel eleva- r m --------------------vehicles in P ortland some change needed the new m em ber taken into the ten t and tw0 hospital beds for . at Hav canyon according to Tax bills are expected to be de- s a r Hiirb «zbnni ri ii tro°P at tkls me€tlng. They closed uge jn tbe homes of the residents M anager W endel Balsiger ____________ _________ A group of high school and coll- by singing two of the Scout nf Waqco Gherman and Klicki- g i W irfn “ rrn w . cided upon by the senate commit- As Oregon’s cities get bigger tee early ln the week. Many h ear and bigger and ru ra l areas de- lege students, with Miss Diane 80ngs. M others of the g in s w ere Lat aw arded t h c ^ n t r a c t for a lngg and no little effort to become cHne ¡n population it is h a rd e r C hristianson as hostess, gave a also guests of the club. After the through this same 300 000 bushel concrete elevator fuRy inform ed have delayed final and h ard er to ad ju st such things birthday p a rty for Kenneth m eeting punch and cookies w ere received a new portable in Grass Valley to H enry George ^ » 1 0 0 8 Also the fact th a t no ~ and m ore necessary th a t it be Young, principal of the school, on served by Mrs. H arry Pinkerton, P o h tp a o h e ^ r AH of r u o f S t^ k a n ? W ash The one knows how m uch m oney the done. W ednesday evening at the George Mrs H ow ard Ross and Mrs. Wil- ™ ™ h. , 22. th is equipm ent will be housed in pouring of cencrete will also com- wayH and m eans will need has ------------------ Mitchell home. Gam es and d a n o ford Belshe. The Dalles available to all resi- mence at Grass Valley this week, siowed tax m atters. No one senate bill for adjustm ent ing w ere the entertainm ent of the ----------------- dents, doctors and nurses in the ------------------— knoW8 what will come out of the ot county officials’ salaries has evening. A lov^Y • < three counties m entioned free com m ittee to date b u t th ere Is been show ing some life but is ex- was 8ue,rv5 ^ ’ featu’*lng doc A f TTIV D a V 1^’ of charge to dlvlalon H JR 9 mav p ^ e j w get to m oving before th e ted . ^ L d “ ^ , fo S S to f M 1 “ * V O * 1 # R e p ra e n ta tlv e a bearing letters urs V Q is irlllvHW Mitchell T Started in County Sheriff N orm an Fields is host this week to Donald Shum aker of Highway Program S tarted hnvs -ire irettinir tired and The boys are getting tire d an w eary of it all. Citizens can tell that when senate and house mem- rotd. “ F riday, March 25, Three Elevators Tax Bill» Underway CV/L m eans th a t the federal ------------------------ nd Guests at Meeting The Moro high school Glee The bill to divide the highw ay club and Chorus, under the di The B oys are G etting Tired Sheriff Fields Acts Girl Scouts are Successful Affair Discussed by Giles French th a t auch w ars resulted In some g dlvided report. This resolu- , , na) gavel. good. tion would let th e people vote on ----------------- are too skinny and wou.d be m ore attractiv e if fatter. Isn ’t he going to have friends am ong the fair sex, th o u g h ’ T hey’ve been flghting against averdupols for a long tim e now w ith p re tty good resu lts and th is m ay give them su p p o rt for puttin g on some pounds. L et’s hope they put it on ■ k-ar ,.in * * * * * The cham pionships H it Seattle ocatux v.»—...|--------- — put an official end to the ^ koti^ a Moro Hi Concert — One of “ - « c e t ^ Intereathng Mrs. A rt m et . gcoup of men from W y oming at the mouth of the Pcs- chutes and engaged them In a game of poker. Gordon w o » J ^ THK DALLES H l CHORUS TO APPEAR H ERE TUESDAY had possession of all their h o ,s The School Sym- eg. ' ‘7r Dalles ^rholi High v will present a pro- In a final hand on they a bet p u t and up P 1 Tuesday evening. Tuesday evening * R at the Com m unity church, a small In . April 5 . « gpon9ored by the Gordon won him. t o o . ^ g ^ . e g and H arry Pinkerton him to whQ well knOwi» A 8 t h e p l o w s g o i n t o t h e e a r t h . i t retu rn ed to Grass Valley Mon ¡3“ ^ the higher ground good day. Mimart««* h u t too wet on some of plowing, but Cum ion frOm returned Mon- i he low places where w ater was d a Mrs. y ■" e Ed " ning Portland. able to accum ulate last w in te r whey e Mr Cumlon ig in the hos. Some garden spots have been fl, Re had a 8er,OU8 operation plow ed, but none have been seen- h,g Rplnp and lfi dolng very ed yet. The last couple days of welJ but fitll, fqr from fully sunshine has made folks garden recovered. is chairm an. It starts at 8 p. m. m inded, and as seeds have been This will be thelr third an- w i.fh e Just a few „ays Mrs Chas Carrigan. Mre W untll thpy are In the ground D. Hanks and Mrs Jam es P hifer P*8™ , ^ Hked aroUnd the coun - b* W hether or not the tale la n ’ m“ î y » W ^ O<ln “ »g81” to r ? «* afJ®r th C , larPa lw " o o k aehand ^ F o n ^ a t^ h e ^ h o m e of ^M r"5' and Thp ^ „ , 1 of the spring series T uesÎaÿK foV 'dentaT“ nd oeculls, Sunday and returned with a large true „ ,,ot konwn It is. how- , ^ mv X e of the dollar drtiPP ng, 1923 the people rostsVwUh a m eat ïT/s " L e e ^ o o lv in e . Other guests of card parties given at the Ru- treatm ents catch. ___ a----- ever, indicative of the stories th T hVealTO8t°of living now is less and w ent after costs with a m eat M re F ee^ w o o m n e. vnne. ™ r8^ >“ r ' ‘" n * 'S a tu rd a y " night “ M re ’ Rosa H arris and son. Jam es Phifer was a bualnesa ahou, Gordon. who w as a tabu r — C ontinued to pag e A I
