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■ ■ - V fA G E S SHERMAN COUNT! JO U RN A L MORU OREGON . FRIDAY, MAY 13, 1949 ann u al Oregon W heat G row ers the valley Monday w h ere he " " d place for t i i ^ w r t n g t 4-H Show t an d Sale a t been visiting relatives since last J e c t l o h s . ^ a w League “ td Jpijerman (County Jou rn al L eague 4-H Show * and Sale a t been visiting T he Dalles, Ju n e 6, 7 and 8 will W ednesday. H E L E N W H IT E BRUCKERT fc Pabltehed Every Friday at set new show records, predicted F ra n k W agner and Jam es - A d m in istratr’x of Louise W hite Moro, Oregon M anager Eugene C ourtney. fer w ere business vis ors n A bout 135 boys and g irls have P ortland Sunday and Monday. . . . . . . — Editor BROWN & VAN VA CTuR, At h. indicated th eir in tention to show Mr and Mrs Ralph Reeder torneys. The E a ste rn Oregon Land com- at Mom. Or*<on aMer A« of m e e a s te ureg o n u anu th e ir u gtock com pared 't o 99 P ortland spent M other’s day Co«*» rea» of March I. Itff. pany, heir at law of The Dalles j o n displav w m be w ith his parents, Mr and M rs G. Publish April 22, 29, May 6, 13. . M ilitary L and com pany, held no • j O FFIC IA L COUNTY PA PE R about 135 fat steers, 85 lambs, H. Reeder. < sm all slice of Sherm an county for th e cu ttin g edge. A stiff piece and 66 hogs. T his year e n tries ---------_ --------- land and m any se ttle rs unw itting- of b rush som etim es did for a will be p erm itted from all w heat NOTICE OF F I N 4 l onk ’ vk ARUPT,ON BATmW rt ONE YEAR 33-O3 ly located on it only* to be dis- A ttorney at law harro w w here wooden pieces and g row ing areas in the state. SETTLEM EN T possessed before the tu rn of the som e big nails could n o t be ob- Clim axing th e show w ill be NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, century w nen hen th cen tu ry w m e e com com pany pany final im ai- u in e d Seeding wa8 dOne a t first th e auction sale of prim e m eat T h at Helen W hite 3 ru ck ert, Ad MORO •B E L J ”; d by hand and for m any y ears by anim als on the final n ig h t of the m ln istratrix of tn e E state of W ednesday, F rid a) Monday, • P IA T III good in federal court. Rood The his- a . broadcast . ___ >_nniiAa i^ u is e a t W hite has filed P lB L It seeder hitched AnMion onto event The deceased D alles Auction A fternoons tory of the land com pany has __ Y ards, w ith A uctioneer F ra n k her Final Account and Report been w ritte n , u p to about 1884 » wagon box and th a t F riday, May 27, 1949, at T hreshing posed a problem for W in k an d his sons in charge. the dalles N A IL O N A I 2:00 P . M. in the County Court 211 E ast T hird S treet Room ln th e County Courthouse portion thereof . . U th ro belntt .to w ed down It did not . 1 . ‘ h ead er, wore Telephone, 3209 i n Moro, Sherm an County, Ore cr°P- __ • , . occupied as a hom e by th e settlers for some years a fter th is ™ gon, has been fixed as th e tim e th e accepted m ethod of harvest- spouse, m inor dependent child o r date MAY 13, 1949 The c u e t ln 12 or By M p a re n t of such deceased recipi- The popluatlon sw elled from irom ln&- Z ~ 8ra in w Z as ’ th m achlne ", r rs " Maude Garrett- e n t ” T he com m ission is author- the possible 146 in 1880 to nearly ' n u c h a l T'h*» Domonlc Morelli of P o rtlan d w as HISTORICAL PIC N IC ent.” The w hich six horses pushed. The »«Mi “to w aive paym ent in any 3000 in 1890. It w as estim ated as waffnn a « v vw*Wt isito r av a t »•*» his b ro th e r’s Joe On Ju n e 5 th e Sherm an County , hlch 8UCh com m ission 3051 in 1897 and in 1900 w as 3477. low qlde for M orelli ranch F riday. H istorical society will hold its th a 7 th e enforcem ent there- This grow th m ade it necessary box bu ilt w ith one low ride for n 7 annual picnic at DeMoss park . , r t or jn w hlle w ould be fOr some one to s ta rt a store and convenience ,and po Mr. and M rs Jo h n D eT rolt and LOVELY SPRING FROCKS, SLACKS, and the program is now in pro- in<WMlltahle ” • “hit the nail on the head” as an 8tac*- son w ere v isito rs a t th e M orelli , j „ inequitable, in4*niiiTj»nie. T hreshing was done w ith sm all ra n c h W ednesday and T hursday. SWEATERS, and JANTZEN TEA SHIRTS h a d re- cess of being made. It seem s to a A nother bill would authorize earlier correspondent m achines using horsepow er. This M argaret Olsen was a w eekend p a rt of the program com m ittee com m ission to enfor- c nested. of early . days . consist- a tth th a t m ore em phasis m ight well w hich . . _ J , ______ horse - ■ « killer - _ — ______ _ l guests ----- ,— — e - Eldon B orthw ick W ■ «■■■■■ IiW « of »B. an Ull old w» — law - - ■ ww _•_ f sw nYST eeps rtrtIW ce provisions of support W illiam B arnett, who had come ed of a sw eep or series of ran cb at A ntelope, be put on Sherm an county his- would m ake rsons ma- over from Goldendale a fte r m ar- to w hich six or eight team s of j van Qjgen of M adras and Jo h n to ry than has been so in th e past. th eir p aren fnonth and ly in g a daughter of John Golden, horses w ere hooked. As th ey R eeder of Shaniko w ere w eekend The society1 has done a very kin g over $195 per fnonth « « founder of th a t town, took. up w ere d r iVen around and around v isitors ln Pendleton. W asco, O reg o n good job a t building m aps and m arried P ^ 801™ . " l ^ r f b u ^ t o som e land below W asco by the they tu rn e d a tum bling rod which Rev Dixon of P rineville will m arking on them th e early day av too hom estead law. He soon took tu rn e d the m achinery of the near- bold services h ere Sunday > May places of note. The stage routes, $250 woul th e ir parents. over tbe pogtoffice from Jesse by separator. Speed w as regulat- 15 a t theschool hohse. T h e tim e th e em igrant trails. T he Dalles m uch to a®*- establishes E aton and w anted to establish a ed by a d riv e r who stood on the wlll be 5 o’clock. M ilitary road and even som e old T he pen old-age pay- store. It is reported th a t he had horse pow er w ithin w hip reach D uncan M acLennan w en t to Indian trails have been traced the policy ot giv « has to buiId bis store building across of the oft-tim es lagging horses T he D alles on business F rid ay M a rs h w ith an agreem ent th a t indicates m **^* J^ | tim e tb e line from his hom estead cabin who had to be changed often to and retu rn ed M onday, accuracy. th a t thoge because com m ercial en terp rises keep from gettin g dizzy. - W e received w ord Tuesday I t now would be proper to have requested for 8 It la our P . . . elders w ere no t perm itted on land being F o r years all the g rain sold th a a t t u George McDonald o u t u. of -- — t ,_ad tbe elders w ere n o ip e n n in c u uu mnu — - in eorge m ev o w u u is « uuv som e research done on tn th e nis- Ma of the county. In p a rticu la r who a service by hom esteaded. Anyway he had a had to be hau led to the Colum bia thehospltal and feeling m uch bet- It m ight be well to obtain from w ill be do n g gtore one of the flr8t He ,a te r fJver an(J th e rallroad w h e a t te r the rem aining old tim ers the a<^®Ptl!^ flDeeches or o th er moved to W asco w here he became had been grow n for 20 y ears in Al M cKinley re tu rn e d from stories they rem em ber. Their, r abble JJ®ntJn t prom inent as early day m erchant some p arts of the county before knowledge of schools, churches. Bhow ° r awconM; • and banker, leaving a num erous a railroad station w as close farm ing m ethods should be p u t ----- ------------ fam ily few of whom are left to enough to m ake a trip a day. Curley Lawson’s cousin from back what he was trying to say. I t A wfxrior service into w riting. Many interested NVD i TY the county. Continued Ixter East and a few of us got talking ju st depends on where you are in o f pertonel effendence persons could do this job b e tte r A i>c>g Angeles doctor h a s pro- Dr R ^ u n g at Grass Valley kept _____________ _ • when he was here visiting, and I the U. S., which way sounds right. THAT COSTS NO MORE phesled th a t w ith in ten y ears a few drugs in One corner of 3 than could any one person. ___ From where I sit, whenever we couldn’t help noticing how different Of course, h isto ry is only a n a t|on w ill be a people giv hotel building he built in the BASEBALL TEAM IN FIN A LS _____ criticise someone for sounding fun he said things. w as __________ ghade of gome giJver ieafed pop series of old tales unless th ere is en to nakedness. P erh ap s he was For instance, he said, “ Lifting ny to us, we ought to think how we incorporated in it som ething of l i n k i n g g Ol of th inine - gender ------------------------------- ----------- - ininKm w e fem ... .......... m ja rs tb ere He also had some th a t 200-pound 6ap of cement al sound to them. It’s the same as the spirit, unless the reading o r Qnly b u t anyw ay w arm days do grocerles but u n til his d aughter [ear^ v ^ fea^ ? v w te most killed me.” “ You mean saclc choosing your liquid refreshment. recounting of it arouses pride in indj cate th a t he m ight be correct m arried Charles Moore who came lea u Thp the acheivem ents of form er gen- hlg prognostications. from C alifornia in 1882 he did th e district c h a m p t o M ^ ^ l l t a of cement?” asks Curley. (T hat’s I’m accustomed to a moderate glass ■OORR1YAVI. the way we’d say it.) “ No,” inter of beer—you may like ginger ale— erations, and unless som ething we are inclined to th in k nQt expand in to the store - busl- 8CO*’® n/vhit can be learned from th e m istakes lh t n u d Ry h as gone about as negg extensively. credited w ith a no-run, ru p ts young E lliott who’d spent a but who’s to say the other’s wrong? A wlds rançs o f prfeoa made. as it is going. W ars b rin g At Moro H enry B arnum began ^ m e for th e Moro b w The lot of tim e down South, “ He means I’d say we’re both right! fhsf mooh o l wbhot ------- a of m oralg w hich som e Jn - gmall w ay t0 keep gam e w as w on in the six th w/ien a ‘poke of see-m ent’ ” 3 ^ ttmpfi accom pany n u d ity or expo- needed ^ o c e rie s . L ater Fox and Thom pson b eat out a h u nt, rio le I t was good for a chuckle, any GERMAN DEMOCRACY g reater ex- Scott bullt a gtore building $nd and " « ¡ 1 G reta is the h ead q u arters for way. Bag, tack or poke—we knew Headlines In the U nited States te n t th an norm al. T he tide has in lgg4 had a postoffice establb fly - n and ijane for your T-shirt, All colors and indicate th at th ere is -joy ln tu r ned. W e a re e n tc r,l n* a, mO[t shed. Som ers & McKenzie had an up betw een third wises with or without collar.* Copyright, 1949, VnUed Stau» Brewer» Foaadatioa new s rooms, at least, over the mOral era, if you don’t believe It. e a riy day blacksm ithy and E d y . . GRETA, THE DALLES adoption of a constitution for com pa re th e m agazines of five K ollins a gman botel and th ere and hom e and M w estern G erm any. ago w ith th e m odern ones. w ere placeg to keep hor8e8 th a t B efore th ey ^ uieted do^ A nyw ay it ia a step tow ard ^ any of th e m ore salacious ones goon T)ecame livery stables. had four 8Co rJ w hat m ay be a change th a t will . ave cea8ed publication and wrl- Down on th e Colum bia w here pitching airtigh prevent aggression w ith o u t the lera know th a t they m ust have th<? ra d road w as shipping w heat recover. Condon wish of th e G erm an people, w ho som ething else besides sex In a season th ere was faster de- Moro w i t h ' Skippy are generally less w arlike than l0 * ake it acceptable. velopm ent. G rants boomed to 15 to 1 Tues< a y w tb Skipp> their rulers. Some, n atu rally , had to pass qulte a clty w ith a hotel or tw o. May pitching h is first f u l l game. A rlington will be - the next _r e ir niu»t -------- »amp tn bp olav- But a constitution for a demo- throuffb th m ost form ative geverai eating houses, stores and cT*c y .! h , i ^ _ ° . r_ . n h ¡ ¿ r i ^ w h e n m achlnery. S ' Z n d a y ' i n T h e Dalles. the aid of occupation adm inlatra- and they will likely bad a w arehouse and tora and w ithout an uprising of enougb be som w hat ou t of step business establishm ents, the people them selves doesn’t tbe re st of the w orld for a T here was a dem and for ma- prom ise m uch. Democracy if it p a rt of a lifetim e. I t w as cblnery and old tim e notes tell la to am ount to m uch m ust come ukew lge tru e after th e last w ar of the difficulty hom esteaders had . from a desire of the people to be . th e j a i l e d “lost genera- ln obtaining enough to farm th e A a J i ] n £ S n O W i n g free, to rlue them selves, to p lan ^ on»» contained th e m ost prolific prnan patches of land they first th eir own fate. I t m ust be deep wrlterB of foul language and foul plowed up. They didn’t need r ___ . E xhibitors a n d e n tries o f w ith in th e people them selves thought m uch hu t they did have to have wheat-fed livestock for the th ird and not som ething read ln a di- probably nud ity Is w aning, rectlve from headquarters. w hich doesn’t m ean th a t there Moro I x »4 k * N o ? 113 I.O.O.S W hile th e signs for w e stern wUl he no 8hapely thighs a t Meets 1st and 3rd G erm any are hopeful the prob- M th ln g beaches, nor beautiful Tuesdays ln I.O.O.F. lem la by* no m eans settled. A backg at ^be sum m er picnic.»And hall. T ran sien t and O N Y O U R S A V IN G S nation th a t ia supported by th e really n about tim e to stop visiting b ro th ers are cordially invited to generousity of an o th er la not a u n d re ^Bing fo r the public, 1 . D a rk n e s s c a n ’t sto p these telephone m en w ill* meet w ith us. stro n g nation. W hen, if e v e r , ____________ as they begin an im p o rtan t emergency cable re H D IR A L L Y I N S U R » Leo W atkins, N. G . w ith d raw from E urope we T he aun stim ulated the locusts pair a t night. F ortunately, these emergencies are John DeMoss, Secretary can see w h eth er w e have been th is w eek and m ade them leaf not com m on • . . usually can be repaired in democracy or actually teaching o u t w hich takes m uch of the Eureka 1/odgc No. 131 A.F. A A.M daylight. But, u p an d dow n the Coast, o th er m ere dependence b a rre n look from th e tow n. Meets on the 1st and • loch saving« occown* telephone people b u rn m idnight oil regularly 3rd T hursday evenings FrtUralty Inswrod to $5000. each m onth. Visiting . . . so your telephone w ill w ork fo r you w hen PEN SIO N B IL L • Cwnont dlvldond ! % • m em bers cordially in • Withdrawals promptly paid 4 you w ant it. D evelopm ents since th e legis vited to m eet w ith us. . without too« or «laAtctlons. L. V. H enrlchs, W. M. latu re has ended indicate • th a t • Pram $5 to $M,000 apmts an P inkerton, Secretary aged citizens of Oregon w ho find relief necessary are being used From the G. V. J., A pril 1«, l»tO • Slasgty »o ll Hsa amount yaa wlsfc No. 11« as a source of Income by* some cradltad to year account. W s’U C arl F red erick P eetz, arrived Lupine Rebekah Lodge persona whose interest ln them , and M rs Otto Meets 2nd and 4th do tho ras». . o r e flnanclal th en pathetic. m em bers welcome, poundB. G overnor McKay has sivned bave E d V anlandlngham arriv ed last Saille M artin, N. G. th e bill w hich m ay now of tw o cia ra H ouston, Sec. w eek a fte r an absence th e in itiativ e Invoked against it, , w hich w ould defer Ita provision« year» «pending m ost of the tim e Bethlehem C hapter No. 78. O.E.8 u n til N ovem ber 1950. T hat, In neaf Mr leets every second and itself, w ould w ork a hard sh ip Miss Lillian M orrison and M . fourth T hursday ln each on m an y because the p rese n t law M ontague were marrle<* at A ri lonth; visiting m em bers ls m ore generous th a n th e old Ington, A pril 9th. and will m ake Invited. Moro, Oregon V in* one and m ore generous than an y th e ir hom e there. MJ l.w. 5to AV«- e ForrtAHO, o««. Elsie Jones, W. M. law Oregon has ever had. Any- W alter Givens handed In his re- Edna Melzer, Secretary one w ho doubts th a t h a s only to slgnation as pastor of th e c^u rch rpad * Sunday and expects to devote his $2-30 P in t A bout th e . $50 m inim um th e e n tire tim e to th e K ent E levator law says “th e m inim um am ount From th e O bserver, M ay 11,1900 of such Income and resources Louis Schsdew itz w as caught so deem ed and considered as ln th e shqw er F rid a y and atop- sufficient Is herein fixed a t flf- ped over a t T ally Newcombs, 3 . In th e q u ie t h o u rs o f th e n ig h t operators 2 . O n e im p o r ta n t n ig h t-tim e job is done by ty dollars ($50.00) p e r m onth.” H alf a m ile beyond th ere not a handle relatively few c a lls . . . b u t m any o f them this electronic tester. I t checks lines to m ake sure I t m ay be said, how ever, th a t drop flecked the dust, are vitally im portant. R epairm en are on call fo r they're in good shape. A t the same tim e, o th e r one of th e purposes of th e act N. W. Thom nson, G. P. H ulse, service on im portant lines . . . doctors, hospitals telephone m en are vacuum cleaning and inspect aa it cam e from th e w ays and and W illiam H oggard have or- and the like. G aragem en check and equip trucks m eans com m ittee w as to p rev en t ganized th e Sherm an C o u n ty Re- ing sensitive sw itching e q u ip m e n t. • . you m ig h t som e o f th e chiseling th a t has alty com pany and opened an of- fo r the next day’s installation rounds. B uilding say it’s sto p p in g trouble before it starts. A nd gone on heretofore and w hich re- flee u p sta irs in th e bank, service w orkers m ake offices spic and span . . . n ig h t is the best tim e to do it, w hile m ost tele strict* th e am ount legitim ate U p to T uesday th e re w ere onlv all a p a rt o f providing reliable service to you. phone users are sleeping. pensioners mayr obtain. It m ust gqo voters registered for th e > Enjoy the be rem em bered th a t the am ount j Une prim aries You c a n h e lp yourself get the whiskey thot's of m oney available ia not un- From th e Obeerker. May 13, 1910 m ost from your telephone . . . a lim ited. A W.C.T.U. w as organised h e re servant dm t is constandy grow ing T he bill re ta in s need as a basis ia8t week w ith M rs M ary H icks • ■ for relief w hich m u st he done to as president, M rs G randville in value. You can d o it by using cumx y . conform w ith th e federal law. Phillips, vice-president; M rs Ju- the telephone in the m ost efficient In addition, “each eligible per- n a W oods H ansen, treasurer.» w a y : being sure o f the rig h t num J •on u n d e r th is act shall be entl- The M oro city* council has giv. Kentucky ber before you c a ll. . . giving th e tied to receive m edical, dental. en notice th a t all w alks m ust be Whiskey called person plenty o f tim e to Your telephone is one of today’s surgical, hospital, nursing, home Rent In repair. get to the telephone . . . spacing or o th er care necessary to res- A nother sum m er drink: half biggest bargains your calls so others m a / g e t a call and m aintain h is health " lemonade, half pon, garnish w ith through to you. and fu rth e r “M edicines, drugs, peanut shells and serve w ith d tu I lONAL WSTIUXRS PROD. CORP 86 PROOF . 65% GRAIN NEUTRAL SPIRITS optical supplies, glasses, artiflcl paim leaf fan. IB al lim bs, crutches, hearing aids, d eh tu res and such o th er correc tiv e devices and appliances as m ay be prescribed.” Considering th e num ber of old folks who have earned th e ir own retirem w ay and provided for retire m en e n t by th eir own efforts th is seem s generous enough, for m any of them are lacking some of th e ap- pllances m entioned above. Ag for the lien feature. It is not a lien. The w ording is “The am ount of an y assistance assistance paid pam under th is act shall a n d be a n p rio against the on/i H a a rin r claim ajrainst nroD ertv o r any Interest th erein K S t a g to and a p a rt of the Sherman County History Notes w alking plow a few horses, _ _ _ and a wagon. The tough sod yielded b u t slow- ly to the plow and th e plow s of th e 1880s w ere poor tools from m odern standards. M any had wooden m oldboards and, of course The Qnl m etal steel on m any w .... uu piece bolted on a wooden plank George G. Updegraff ShanilfO NpWS Dud 111 KO llCWo A M RECEIVING - - T h e G a y Shop R o m w h e re I s i t ... t y J o e H o w W o u ld Y o u S a y It? New Record Expected WHILE THE COAST SLEEP 0 E N JO Y 2 % Hundreds of telephone people in the West keep night patrol to help meet emergencies and keep service reliable In Days of Old inin ■ 0 1 s \\l\< S 4. & N V * -A ?snd •M s •, 7 - / / ■ - — ■ - - — ■ /■/**,■ - ‘ . fc. The ( ^ ) and Telegraph Company k Z