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y- Moro, Oregon, Friday, Sixty-First Year No. 25 T hese T h in g s We N ote <W _ "'me worry cow i.a»c lived ’till now, If she’d only saved her breath, But she feared So she choked hersel to death “. « • ♦ • * • A successful community (and a nation may be called a communl- ty In this sense) Is a group of peo- pie with a similar moral attitude. Morals In this matter apply to feelings toward government and — a ...- responsibility oUHmicrK public although a- * similar attitude toward personal morals is valuable. Thn«P who believe -that they Small Task — Big Mission Varied Bills of 45th Session are Discussed by Giles French “Sine die”. Longed f to phrase charge far more for use of the by public, press and participants highways by these rolling box- was lntoend over the 45th legisla- cars. An attempt to revise the live assembly of Oregon last Sat- method of dividing highway urday night at 8:55 p. m. officlal- funds between counties failed al though the interim committee ly. » Now remain the post mortems. will study highway finances It was . a very1 good legislature, another two years, the personnel was • excellent and County salaries were all raised the new men especially * were and most state salaries. State em- b y Giles L. French above average. They did lots of ployees were given another boost, Solace for the sad faced: Sor- work, a part of It futile as is al- There was protest but ineffectual, row is better than laugher, for by ways the case where men of In- Pensioners were treated well the sadness of the countenance dependence and concern have to even though their self appointed hpart la made better Ecc 7-3. work together and reconcile their spokesmen did complain some- the heart is n a ae o e , ; differences. It was not much in- what. «They were expected to Many are the satisfactions of terested in speed, much more In- complain anyway. Those on the home the self chosen books, the terested In quality of work. pension list will get $50 per mon- customary bed the old clothes, What was done was the steady, th and also medical care on the the sim ple food the worn and routine, necessary Job of passing basis of need as interpreted hv form-fitting furniture. And above the legislation to provide the state the federal government. Those all the sense of belonging, the with authority and funds for the who have property or who are 1m- feel that here are people and coming biennium. Longer then properly on the to lls will have reel th a t nert iw e nQ legiglature w n plan wlth gmaller chance of drawing money things that depend on you and on which will Improve the 'position whom and which you can depend. assurance. The tax problem, always hailed The weeds In the garden need as most serious, was settled by of those actually needy. Although some proposals were cutting and you are the one to do two made otherwise the legislature part In did not embark the state on any some one who has become news- for rene relief i or of rear real pro- new senemes. schemes. rem Perhaps that — Y j tv,» nnp tn dn a formula tor aps m at was worthy and y e perty. The continuing levies will proper. It was a defensive legisla- «MS o/VMt VtVlIxMaC incomes S aAMA T „ . tm/»k us* unless In _„4 times 11V like these when _ it , high. , up , soon, __ naW ture. i__i-i.n Traveling men aiMLtrUCK a n The corporation part legislative bodies meet at what is vers may quip that "home is used for legislative appro- perhaps the top of the Inflation where the hat 1.” but thoae whose ,onT- ions although some will find defensive tactics are Ijest. To start «« m a Uxeg M n wa8 mOraily proper io Anyway, it Is done uge them thus__a bit of devious ___________ tblnking that satisfied the major- _ Ity ^ th o u g h of pur gterner ancestors. No new taxes were approved The cigarette tax was beaten, no changes were made in the Income Ux rates although some are due goon seasonal farm labor was ex- empted from withholding taxes. Yet th€ budget was balanced (the biggest biggest budget budget ever) ever) and and when when 1951 legislators meet there should be some money in the pot, that is »hp additional money Is ‘ MHS Win« Another q _ _ 1, _ M baseball GaiH€ ~ . TheMoro high school baseball team o ontlnued Its winning streak Tuesday afternoon by tak- ing the Maupin team Into camp with a 16 to 2 score von Borstel and and Harvey Harvey were were the the Moro Moro bat- bat ter. This was the third straight win for the locals in the B league. Official County Paper April 22,1949 Rock Points Being Blown Off IVasco- Biggs Section Inoculating a mouse in an • tte m ’H to isolate one t/p e of tnfluem o calls for steady kond» Hara, Lt. DoncH G. W ctherbea of Brookline, Mass., cssistant chief of the Virology Section, Brooke Army Medicol Canter, Fart Sam Houston. Tex., wears o glass mask and rubber gloves to lessen danger of infection. Young physicians, particularly those who did not serve in W orld W a r l | have been asked by the Army Medical Department to vol unteer for duty o* onre About the County and a own». »Mrf. Mr. an Michael Avuvnaei E. E. Kaseberg. It was also the 48th wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs Foss- , Mrs. Minnie (M C.) Biggerstaff of Roseville, Cal., accompanied bv her niece, Mrs. P. J. Barry of were In Mord South Jun ort time visiting Monday for . , ‘ days, especially _ Mrs. Biggerstaff ered by some as and she says she Minnie Min™ IX Barnett had as din- Raster Sunday Mr. and ner Mrs. Olan Stark and son, Terry, cannot long be a suooufisru. com- ___ the queetlon to d * m unlty until cfded one wav or the other. (And J? U is decided the latter way, connot be successful at all.) - People become outcasts who , flout the moral sense of . their communities and to .« r lM * c a n ^ r B u f Z * ^ t h e 'w a y a November 1980 ....... a v . ttraM were not w given ^ eter^ "J^ H p ^ d id ^ n o t llke bonus, ^ « J h e * t S c house T n c A o rT b o n u s but when voted onJ* a croup of uo M for action a a group — r f final i n a l action g r for w In- P nmnarod the wav ^gt^onm ent saying that they would in itu te ', their own community retairw Ha Integrity. pU n^ VFW Auxiliary Quite a lot of things have hap- pened around Sherman county in the past three s s r s « J r . »»• b^stc WM n° 8ch<wl legislation making much S v e 'a n aw”to consolidation par s s s * <■» s s r s * s Beets Officer« The Job of blasting off the turns on the Sherman highway between Wasco and Biggs Is well under way with Leonard A Slate of Portland as contractors for the state highway commission. The job totais $72.000. • Already done is the cut around the first hill above Dlnty’s where the road was straightened by site- Ing the hank and shortening the curve. About th ree, miles above the Columbia another cut Is being made which will remove a bad turn. Some other smaller banks will be blasted out. The paving Job will be sublet to a paving company. about folks von do know or would enjov knowing Sunday Mrs. Grover Young. Millard Eakin went to The Dal les FYiday and brought Mrs. Eakin home from the hospital where she spent several days for medical attention. Mr^and Mrs. Fred Cox went to Vancouver, Wash., last weekend to visit his mother, Mrs. Emma 111 m e B U V C 1 U is u 1 U I n y i u , Board Budget By a vote of 113 to 17 Sherman countians approved the rural »chool board budget of $176,938.41 » U ^ OO ww. above 8*X Qf |2g5, M to the Blglow district, $2106.84 for Emigrant, $24,851.70 for Rufus; $34,491.76 for Wasco; $28,070.33 for Kent; $31,875.54 for Moro and $20,857.17 for Grass Valley districts Each will also re- " _ ' e ’ Pa* ¿ t n « S ^ ’ to ro u n tv ^ Sh*T™ " “ ™^* This state aid will be smaller this year than before , because transportation aid for, the • first two years were based on a formu la until records could be obtain ed. After July 1 the payment for transportation will be at the rate of a cent a mile per pupil. How»- ever the recent legislature ap- Proved a bill to give rural roun' G®8 tw0 per mile where school population Is low. 8 In addition to the above win sums and the rural Mard win school board will itaelf itself will will vet get to make the total. Coun- mlllage will be 18 mills for the tax year for school pur- a ssw club has received the all occasion cards which they bought, and are endeavoring to sell them. After the meeting adjourned, brightly wrapped baby shower gifts were laid on a table honor ing Mrs. Bernard Warner who opened them for the pleasure of z all present. Cox. Mr. and Mrs Alton Coyle and Mr. and Mrs. Pat Kelly of Port- sons, Jimmy and Douglas, left land were over night guests Friday evening for Lebanon and Thursday at the home of her Albany to visit relatives over the daughter, Mrs. Willard Rolfe and weekend. * family. - Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Dunlap re Mr. and Mrs. Donald Clodfelter home Thursday from and son and Mrs. Catherine Son- Portland Satur- hostess, Mrs. James Tate and ....... ..... Mrs. Bruce Millard had a lunch- William Brinkert t e r ’ Elaine went to Portland Frl eon Thursday for the Home Eco- ^eturninc home with Mrs nomics club of the RuMs erange Br]ftkert on Sunday. Two new members, Mrs. Herbert M nd Mrg> Ted Trimble went Church and Mrs. Bernard Worn- Saturday to spend er were weicomed into the club, fbo F estp r week end with rela Mrs. Andy Engberg was a guest. i veesEaRler C R * Following the luncheon the Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Brickert Home E c. Chairm an Ada Dingle came up from Moro Tuesday to opened the business meeting. visit at the home of his sister. Mrs Hazel Engberg reported the Mrs A. F. Balter and to take his gift for Mrs. Harold Engberg had father. C. A Bruckert of The Dal- y>een bought and presented to her. les, home with them after he had q-be ciub gave this • gift • in ap The VFW Auxiliary held Its week with his daughter, preciotion for Mrs. ¿ Engberg’» i - .T ? ; . r s s i Include« Dufur, there, April 26: Condon, here, April 29; Maupin, there. May 8; Arlington, there, Mav 6; Condbn there. M a y 10. The grade school boys expect to give another smoker the evening . of . May 6 ........................................... having made nearly $100 on the last one. ------------------- Rural School evenlng Gilklnson went to Moro Monday evening to attend the V.F.W. from Salem Mrs. Matt Mrs. Matt Simon and daughter, meeting. went« to Portland to spend V , annle Tate take w the pro- Helen, went, wanius ra w w will iii w*e Easter week end with her daugh- Ject A p r o n D a y w^ lch will be ters, Mrs. Al Woody and family May 12 at the __ Mullck turned > home muuv*. ■«* are parents of a baby daughter born. Friday. ApriI 1«; 15 at at THo The rial. Dai- les. U Easter was celebrated at the John Foss home here Sunday Voters Approve . The vote by districts was Big- low. yes 6, no 1; Emigrant yes 4. no 0; Rufus yes 6, no 1; Wasco ves 25, no 7: Kent yes 9, no 0: Moro yes 47. no 8; Grass Valley yes 16, no 0.* ’ " ' Rod & Gun Chb __ 11 J VlllCu Next Monday, April 25. the an- nual meeting of the Sherman County Rod A Gun club will be held at the court house with elec tion of officers the most Impor- tant item on the agenda. ; - There will be discussion of flsh- Jng and a report of the pre- gent ofncers to the membership Memebers will be able to get their keyg for the 1949 fishing at the pressnt besides the hostesses Mrs. Herman Brackett, Mrs James Tate and Mrs. Bruce _ Millard were the two new mem- hers, Mrs. Bernard Warner and Mrs. Herbert C ^ u rc h a n d the guest, Mrs. Andy Engberg^ The rest of the members present were ______________ Mrs - Elizabeth _ Kuypers, Mrs. Walt Morris Mrs. Harland Me- I n DM C JVchl* DlnijL ,u ™ gj . h r Mrs. G racs^edler M rr Luther and v Boise, “ ’ Mrs. Trace Fields and Mrs. Ver- non Miller. The Rebekahs entertained the Brownie Scouts and their moth- era at the home of Mrs. Maggie Barnum Tuesday» afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. D. D. Williams, former Rufus school principal OpCIl$ Sunday r Ball” will echo from the 01 Grass Valley ball park next Sun- day when the local team will aW* tbe 1949 season of the Mid-Colum- bla league with a homa game, Trout Lake being the adversary r has been years since Grass valley was In a league with regular schedule although there ha. »»way. been ., team « games. This year divided Into two A f r ic a n and the I sberman <ouny ‘*a™’ ,! American and Wasco Hood River. Wher teams « e Owe gon Lumber and Nisei both Hood River county. The National league la compoe- of teams from GoldenflWe, Ki,ck iu t, White and Glenwood IWlnners _ Parkdale ___ , ______ jn each league will engage In a playoff. . The Grass Valley team will made _ up of Ross Fields, Jimmy ------ -e* „ . Rettery Tack Phifer, Frank ' n«v®r Adams, Bob Hart, Keith Bay . Claud Bayer, Glen PerTT, OtiaM tnia. Gordon vxvruvii KmAe, «*»•**•» Ol«n —-— . thla, with Earl Olds as field captain and Andy Anderson as manager. u m .. » • “ x s x . " ”» s s "» « « -” ■ r“ ' " " ,y “ veneration lives. tiguous. The county x with rreBKMni Beatrice nowe i Portland, tnld of belnv up on the nurrhasod for the grange told of being up on tne been purchased for the grange presiding and 11 members pre- 10th floor of the Meier and Frank kRChen from funds donated bv a There was some minor scandal, could not win. but nothing serious thia time, a The big highway pr° ^ am, as sent. Plans were made to serve building when they felt the earth- member for this purpose. The iunch few troubles about government of made -by -an interim committee com r at the VFW dance to be quake a t noon Wednesday. There club decided to put off the grange f ^ p reports ' o ' r t . of ' t h the e quake quake kjtahen cupboard w irt undl“V.'n »nd«>eir one kind or another, the number was passed mostly becaug< held ln Grass Vah j May 14th A were a few work until of old timers was reduced by already received the support of digcusgion was held on the thoug- being felt in Rufus, but on the the when „-bon the »ho members momhnra won’t won’t be h#> so so at (he Knlghten home Sunday. dea?hs but development has gone the majority of the people There ht ,or gettlng a baby- - - V L J th T a - t whofe it wasn't noticed much. busv. n wag decided to send a Gordon Kunke was in Sklem „ are p,oW|nq „ eon.r.mu.on n in h u tio n to hte,l J*™n,UL „ S on. ' ' will be another cea< J ™ .to .“ u ? °f J several T " “’ babies who^ •The farmers are h - - ; - «, Bertha ueru.a Beck, « a , state .u.,« S"nda- _ ------ V Severa! new houses have been doubled H e e n « ^ J ^ s h o ^ l d “ J T ? hus a enabllne n d spraying . .heir u . . . weeds )n In the sccretary 8ecretary for use U3e In ln pbhllshina p o lish in g a has “rcepted accepted a position at Dallas , bnnk of tho deceased Chaplain for the next 8cho°l V®*1*- finished, others repaired until the big truck bill which should those members to attend who Browns* ¿-itlnCT. The names for Wily Knlghten and aom WHy . they look new, two new elevators —— ---- -------------- ------ ---------- have been unable <b due to the *rowlng Fact that they have no baby sitter. it has been still and balmy here a secret pal were drawn, and Jr. were in Portland Wednesday are being built, the points be* , Any one interested can get In fOr several weeks, but as Mondav those m em bers who had names to see about some treatment or tween Wasco and Biggs are being touch with Grace Busse. morning came around! with blown off, the wheat is generally. el P i t submitted were not present, a appliances for their eyes. Mr. and Mrs. Charley Powell Installation followed the meet- C ame the wind and growing well. The streets are full namp was drawn for them. Ing. Those Installed were Presi- with some clouds In the sky. Tne B. E. Barnum came home from »re up from Portland to see how of new cars, the huge tractors dent, Myrtle Rust, junior vice, dirt Is bad this year, It has been the hospital Wednesday after a the farm is getting along. bark across the fields, vacant lots The extension course that was th a t the m e dust au» is » as » • a - . treatment for an infection The United States National Marlon Boynton, sec-treas., Bea- remarked that are filled with new combines and given for school teachers was bank of Portland, in its April 11 trice Howell, conductress, Mary now as it It usually usuaily gets gets during dur ng Wg foQt prosperity still reigns. concluded Tuesday night when report to the Comptroller of the De Moss, chaplain, Hattie Spen- harvest when the /wheat truexs Baseball is coming to Sherman currency, shows a healthy $16,- Cpr. musician, Grace Busse, assls- cut up the roads. Mr. and Mr 8^ E. ,E Bar zee ex Dr J. C. Caughlan of Portland _ ex- countv again in fuller form, 740 487 «ain jn loans and dlscoun- tant musician, Etha De <Moss, pa- in the orchards the peach tree. pect t0 jeave this week for New- tension school was here. The whereas for years the Wasco boys t„ ’ r *he bank call of a year triotic instructor, Clara Rolfe, his- are a pretty pink as they are in to spend ReVeral wekks in a course on counseling and guid- have been the onlv ones carrving while again leading the state torlan, Kerrone C h ristian so n , full bloom. The treeoi»re f et5 l o w e r Altitude. ance started with a two day work a full league list of games. This Jn ¿ jtal deposits, according to an trustee, Clara Rolfe. new leaves also. The birdbills Mr and Mrg B1U Macnab were shop and has been supplemented vear both Wasco and Grass Valiev announcemet by C. A. Reynolds, Those unable to attend and make an orchid spotW here they hostfl tQ thirty-seven relatives at by a weekly course. are entered in the Mid-Columbia manaaer of the bank’s The Dalles who win be InstaUed later, are: vrow the thickest. They are out thelf home Sunday for Miss Anajean Knlghten spent ieainic. branch. { Senior vice,. Ruby Brinkert. in full bloom now over the hUte. dinner ; ’ "Spending the day were the week end in Eugene. Shades of other days when such Total deposits for the United fiag bearer, . E th e lA lle y , color and Mrs. Frank Bayer were ^rs. Bee Macnab and sons, Geor immemorahle plavers as the Olds g ^ e s National, Oregon’s largest bearers, Carmen Brown and Flor- hosts at a dinner Easter Sunday pat and daughter, Joan, Dr. WOMENS’ CLUB TO hovs Ed Kasebere. Ed Meach, financial Institution, now stands enCe Rltner, guard, Donna Lane, celebrating the birthday anniver- and Mrs j ohn Macnab and fami- The Moro Womens’ club will Can Rutledge. Guv Andrews. at 1527744,257 with the The Dal- At the close of the installation garies of their son and wife, Mr. jy Mr and Mrs. Tom Macnab and meet today, (Friday) at 2 o’clock, A a_ c H p fp Wilv Knlghten placed high stake leg bra’nch reporting a deposit refreshments were served bythe and Mrs. Frank Bayer and child- Mlas Maxine Shear, all of The with Mrs. Edna Melzer as direct- H3 n t i game*’ all over the central Oregon fl of 111,372,060.34, and loans committee: Ethel De Moss, Myrtle ren, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Perrlgo DalieS( Mrs. Mary McMillan and or. , . <1926 025 03 and ----- ms in and discounts totalllny ......... .......... —< _ Rust and . Beatrice ..................... daughters, Mr. and Mrs. Dennis and Scot of Port- ------------------- Deports 01 >i,™ k2 274 263 83 country with crowds coming $4,922,841- Howell. Claud Bayer and son, Keith Bay- |and;. Mr. and Mrs. Russ McCul- COMPANY WILL HELP loans and ¿IscounU rubber tired ft* -------- * ___ oy lhe 8ln rw < - David Bayer and 11138 Doro- lougb of Dufur, Mr. and Mrs. Pacific Power & Light company are reportea around with cash in their pockets R a c in g 24th largest among all ■ er, thy Blachurne of Rufus. Peter Macnab and Mrs. Frank l-e will help prevent accidents on branch of toe ^rst^NMlonal .nd the battling spirit ln their banks £ nation at the close hearts. . of the year, the United Ststes Na- OUT BY PIAMWB — n - M r s - A i f S d K ^ d Master of Wasco. Mr. and Mrs. the farm b y . M ^ w h w e v w . ___ ___ ________ located w theDeschutes ___________ Mr and Mrs Orville Ruggles and 1^0 Dumler and sons, Wally and hay derrick must be moved under Berme Baseball had no tlonal .with 38 branches Fishing road to The figures were compiled In then from movies, futomoblles, ^ „ ^ o u t the state, now lists guffered much from erosion last 8on, Dean, went to Stileson-the nennv of Salem, Frank Medler power lines, “ over $562,- " . _»it« > » swimming parties and little “ from resources well Winter according to members of — Deschutes for m *«. dinner Sunday and and Mr. and and iMrs Mrs. Toland Leland Medler Medler Thorn, Thorn, district district manager. manager. h^the^m otroller of the curren- flshing. The fine masculIJ ew^ 1/ 731,000. • the Sherman County Rod & Gun On to The Dalles to visit E. E. and children, Douglas and Bar- x t the game time totalsfbr of baseball was k in g -e n d who ls _______ ______ ___________ ______ dub whQ haye been down ,n> Barunm who was tn the hospital, bara. _ , . at Grass the First National bank of Port- Mr. and Mrs. John Buether and Herman Peters and son, Arden, Members of the OES "'¡’TT .A-» v-g-d office and 45 hranch- to say that 1« Wouldn’t b . Main. ■ u e t c h i n g and apect it. Report la that the hot Mr. and Mrs. Henry Roth were motored to Newberg Saturday to Valley are Invited to a pot luck a —- . ’ „ n»«ourcefi ---- Mr Mrs w w ew oerg aaiuruay w w • — $507.- «U Vwattor «Dreading their leaves in tom of the canyon where the last There ,.n ’t any p X r a T l^ T o r ’ the aummer sun. half mile of road waa laid la al- visitors in Redmond Thursday., spend the week end at the home the Harold Eakin ranch next Sun- 3e574570. j^posits $469 082,363- Mrs Bill Todd, . . Mrs weather anvwbere than » je £ P .. comes perfect days, most clear of everything but base ------------ ----- Orville of Dr. and Mrs. Frank Wilcox, day. Members and friends are * » ,7 4 5 ^ V m Bernard RprwirH Martin They Tbpv returned Monday^accompan Monday accompan- welcome. _ in the --» countv in the spring <lf the Then if ever co pe Ruggles and Mrs. . - $ 580,882.63. TPtals > for First doesn’t blow) when the tune Another road is partly finished had an Easter egg hunt ln the led by Mrs. Peters who • Karl Landstrom end dau- National group, including all Mrs. «hining and earth gronsrs vsrm >nd uaed for park Saturday afternoon for their week visiting ^her, sister and her ghters were up from Portland last branches and the 15 affiliated under the grass and the * a dm e M 1<agt entrance being by Sunday school classes. Games mother, Mrs. Matilda Folda clouds their wav a.-r- way of the -------- . • Some ^ Willlam Brinkert, Eldon Lane, week end to visit her mother, banks were: Total Resources, ----- wlowlv ui pace o V nv < »- And whether we look or whether old Rust place. were enjoyed which and after the Mrs L L. Peetz. At the church $610.859,522.00; Deposits, $566,* across the blue sky. investigation indicates that open- egg hunt refreshments were serv- Mr. and Mrs. John Rust, Mrs. T. the small daughter was christen- 620,915.46; Loans and Discounts, M. Rolfe, Mr. and Mrs. Ivan m ?he We hear Ilf. murmur or see it Ing of toe Rattlesnake road to ed b y the hosteaaea t >| $186,482,892.69? Blagg and Mr. and Mrs. Norris ed. Mr. and Mrs. Giles French re- ^ ^ h t o g g r o X , Aee4fl gltaten * Babin, parties may he poae.ble j»a n I RanVa Uu P 24th For Size ltlftWV« First National Has 11 I nuaYj 141« WABBOBO to » » .J g wneraw
