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* t FRIDAY, MARCH 17, 1950' X, PAGE 2 HUERMAN COUNTY JOURNAL, MOHO. OREGON a p rim ary scuffle and is expect jH fe n tta is CCuuuty j o u r n a l ed to reta in ins seat for another* term unless som etinng m an g es 1'ublihhrd E very Friday at the outlook. The three Demo- Moro, Oregon ------------ -— cra ts aspiring to the nom ination Giles I*. F r e n c h --------- ............... M h o » against McKay all profess ad- F n icr^ i ««“ »«»nil H a m " matter" »♦. tke ncrencv to Ute state o em ocrauc P tw tofiic. »t Moro. Oregon, under Act piatiorni anti it is doubtful it • f C o t m n o f March S. 187». _____ vregoniaits would elect anyone OFFICIAL COUNTY PAPER supporung u ia t docum ent. How ever, tins is about the only 01- tite that, may bring a change m SUBSCRIPTION RATES puoiic political policy. ONE YEAR ........................ .. $2*00 borne u atate senators are to ---------------------------------- '■■■■--— — be electc-u auu ob representatives N A T IO N A L ’ I l i » i O I » A L out the n u n ^ s no not muicave aVyf^N a tn a n g e u o u u o o k o n uie p a rt oi c a n d id a te s n x e iy to oe c n o sv u . c o u n ty u nices, nere and else w here, na<e aupirants w ho NE W SPA PE R k PU B L ISH E R S ^ASSOCIATION wouiu ~ m ake i it tu elected ana in m ost incum bents w in change *i Grab» V alley J. Mar. 11, 1921 In Days of Old From the Observer, Mar. 17, 1911 A m axim we read prin ted on a postal card in circulation Mon day bears a th o u g h t well w orth rem em bering. “N either God nor the governm ent should be asked to help those who will not help them selves.” * I t is expected th a t w ork on the S herm an E lectric line w ill begin M onday 21st. S. B. Holm es, wife and d au ghter, retu rn ed from a w in ter sent a t Oakland, Calif., and re port a good tim e. M arried: At the home of the bride Mr. Jo h n Thogerson and Miss G race Byers, March 15. Fee for saloon license at W as co is $750. D. B aker has resigned from Crosfield em ploym ent and re ported to the Spokane club of the N orthw estern baseball lea Sherman County J. Mar. 20, 1931 gue. City of Moro officials signed W. D. W allan has been ap a contract for purchase of the pointed county tre a su re r In place Conlee well. of Capt. W. Stanley, who is m ov Baseball sta rte d w ith the p ro ing away. cases m e pA ibatiy pre- : T h e outlook, then, is iavocaole. Oregon nas m aue m e g reatest grow m ot any state, i t lias uone MARCH 17, 1950 it w ith a sm Jiier per capita lax COUNTY ROAD PROGRAM load ot a n y s ta te , i t s t»iauuing as to. euucation ran k s w iui the T h e county court is concerned teach er« pay and about roads. The people are also uliiu.it,u u o a of alUKrtl)fll concerned u lo u t roads. The con- , w nvw st.h(X)1 houses w e cern. however, does not appear neeced. "Oregon a ttrac ts new in- to come from the ltv d u stry because it has a re p u ta ments. tion of solid, conservative gov- b v ^ d i p ^ m em T ers^earH er^O iU ern n w n t; 3 people unwillln4 t0 < , w ro n g m ake SU“ sudden m •• onth th at there , Is ,, little w re reversals L no iu of J -a public U on Garden Specials •Spirea Billiardi each .75, 3 for $2.00 • -Phlox, orchid, white, roseea .40, 3 -1 .00 WflK. co, Moro, G rass Valley an d ’ K e n t E dna Crowfoot and Eben Kee w ere m arrie d in P ortland last week and a re now a t hom e a t the Kee ranch n orth of Grass Valley. I , . _ . r. COUNTY X countered, b u t th ey hope to be moved by May. Mrs Clara M acnab of The Dalles w as a S aturday night guest of Mr. and Mrs. Leland M edipr * J I.npine Rebekah Ix>dge No. 116 Meets 2nd and 4th Tuesda of each m onth. V isiting » m em bers welcome Helen K ruger, N. G .J L ucille May, Bee. -choice varieties of red, pink, white, yellow ‘P O W E L L G A R D E N S , Dubois,Idaho for W eeds for F ertilizer Seven Planes Available Have been spraying since it has L Moro been done by plane Meets on the 1st and 3rd T hursday evenings each m onth. Visiting m em lx'rs cordially In vited to m eet w ith us. 3 , S. B ennett, W. M. .B. P inkerton, Secretary Ixxlge No. 113 I.O.O.P Meets 1st and 3rd Tuesdays in I.O.O.F. hall. T ra n sie n t and visiting b ro th ers are Cordially Invited to meet w ith us. SATISFACTION GUARANTEED . l/ahima Seed Co. M arvin Howell, N. G. Leo W atkins, Secretary Bethlehem Chapter No. 78. O.E.8 Meets every second and fou rth T hursday in each m onth; visiting m em bers invited. Moro, Oregon Olive Young, W. M ., Naomi Van Gilder, Secretary Red Vann Waoco Sherman Hotel pact r F S S S MORO ------ —. W e have for quick d elive ry H0TP01NT a «• f\* L L Automatic Dishwasher Ranges Ironers Refrigerators «■ f°>™- u n d e r^ , " ^ ’ <W aPPO ™ «’. act.ng E xecutor of th e Last WIU and T estam ent of E m m a . Sayrs deceased at the ofHce of G«0- G- U pdegraff, Moro, Oregon, w ithin six m onths from the date of th is notice, to ^vLL I WOOD o ( Appliances W. R. Reid & Son Wasco, Oregon From where I sit- 2 / Joe Marsh Handy and Easy Are Both Wrong Handy Petersoa and Easy Roh- •rta sot in gait« an argument the other day over at Fred’a Garage talking about the beat spot to Bah up at Green Lake. "Opposite the old aawmill is the beat spot,” says Handy. But Easy "pooh-pooh’a” him. “I ’ve seen the b iggeat fish c a u g h t off C edar P o in t,” says E asy. “ I ’ve been catching them there for yean." Then Fred goes into his office and brings out the biggest mounted rainbow tro u t you ever saw. “ Bet that was caught a t the sawmill,“ comments Handy. “Cedar Point,” says Easy. “Well,* says Fred, “you’re both wrong. I caught thia baby right out in the middle!“ From where I sit, there are al ways two (or more) side« to every story. Let’s live and let Uee la the true American tradition of tolera tion. Your opinion is worth a lot. but so la the other fellow's — whether it’s on politics, the beet fishing spots, or whether he likee a temperate glass of beer and yen like buttermilk AeQRuut C opyn 4h tt 19M , V n iu ¿ Sta tet B rew ert F— od a ti— B e e /o ’s | Beef o ’s BEEFO’S i At the CAPITAL CITY, Moro, Oregon A R D E N IC E C R E a M 2V2 G a llo n C o n ta in e r l weak f s r ’ Eureka Ixxlge No. 121 A.F. A A.M Aviation Division T. Letter -- --- Barton 1 Rose free with each 3.00 order Sp NOTICE OF FIN A L HEARING Notice is hereby given Guy C. Andrews, , A dm inistrator a of tho . . D ivine w orship a t the G rass E state of A ntone K _ handvU. Valley M ethodist church next deceased, has filed in the W in - Sunday, M arch 19, at th ree V C ourt of th e S U U of_Oregon o’clock in th e afternoon w ith for Sherm an County, his final Rev H. G ravenor delivering thex Account and the C ourt has set eerm on the 25th day of A pril, ldfcO, in A d riv e rs license exam iner the office of the County .Clerk willl be In Moro Tuesday, March ln the County t o u r t house a t 21, 1950, at th e courthouse be- Moro, Oregon at i0:00 o clock « tw een th e hours of 10 a. m. and m - as the tim e a n t ¡»ace or 3 p m settlem ent of said accounting Mr. and Mrs. George Sm ith of and for bearin g objections to the Richm ond w ho are a b ro th e r ^ame, if amy. A ninno’w u in law and siste r of M rs. Trace ° U\ ^ n h £ £ t o r ‘ Fields w ere callers a t the Fields’ • / Adm in is hom e S a tu rd a y afternoon and -L Tracy evening. T h e Fields’ recent T he D alles, O re g o n 20-23C guests had to see the new hom e A ttorney for the Kstate w hich th e T race Field»’ are building beside the highw ay Just NOTICE TO CREDITORS east o f R ufus. The progress, on c,a ,mg the house h asn t been as rapid aga,n g t ' * e of E m m a j . ABOUT T H E ¡Golden Glow, dhle gold ea .40, 3-1.00 w ith the county road program > m aue ‘h»‘ 3 feW, , hU" <’rC. . year. Anu when our record is dollars would n o t c u re . J robaf y change can be tor $40,000 or $50,000 a year would ine y4-81’ no v be the curative dose preferred Uie best, by the court. The soverign voters, Judging not r e STRONG from rem arks and argum ents AJcoholism, drunkeness . t o hearth when the subject is broach- m ost oi tlhf now being digm- ed. feel th at better organization ay a disease instead of a na- and m anagem ent and pet haps bit science has taken hold oi engineering would be necessary the w eakness for alcohol and, IxTore the money could lie p r> n o t h i n g satisfied to deal w ith I»erly used. , a habit, has evolved a new set This editorial is not w ritten of fancy words and called it a to settle th at difference, but to disease of the nervous system , attem pt to bring th a t dHferenee Qne effect of th is proposeu to common grounds so ii can be change is th at it takes drunken- resolved into suitable action estJ o/ ord in ary hands and about roads. placed it in the hands of - the . F.v cry <»ne a g r e e s th a t t h e doctors and psychoanalyists and county road system is grow ing anxious am ateurs of Alco- old and needs-—and will need — holies Anonym ous. T here was a much reconstruction to make it tim e when a wise did bartender suitable to the dem ands on it. ^>as the best counsellor on how O ur m ain county road 3 m u c h to d rink and .when, graveled over 20 years ago and We can 't see th a t m uch of little -n e w construction of » me- anything is going to be belief it- jor sort has beeh done since e<1 by m aking drunkenss a dl- th a t tim e by* the county. The except th e doctors incomes. - w ar and the <lepression were the N ext thing sm oking will be a , causes and the blame does not disease and overeating, driv in g properly rest upon the court, a car too fast or any other indui- or present. gence. We a re w illing to com- I t is th e lielief of th is news- prom ise and call it a w eakness, paper th a t the voters of Sher- T h at still assum es th a t the in- inan county would 1* w illing to dividual has some control over pay higher taxes for road con- bii. actions which the terny stm etion if a suitable program » disease”’ precludes, w as adopted and there was as- ^ o t m uch is going to V gain- surance th a t it would be follow- for civilization if wv find ed and th a t the w ork w ould be mean8 to excuse our ill».z i t does done efficiently and econom ics’ aw ay w ith the theory of indlvld- ly. The voters, we Relieve, a n u a i responsibility tor personAI n either devoid of m oney nor <*l actions w ithout which society interest. will come a p a rt a t the seam s. A suggestion w as made at ti e Being dissatisfied w ith one’s discussion betw een court mem- m other-in-law, fear of losing a i»ers anti budgeteers th a t sotr.ej»jobf w orrying about iponey, hay- contract work m ight be a o v is -llng various and sundry “rep re s able. T hat seem s reasonable. ■sions" may be reasons for drunk- C ertainly In ' these da vs id le n e s s b u t are not excuses for it. huge road contracts m any con ■ The easier we m ake it for the tractors m ust have some heavy to esCape responsibility - ills of th e ir w e a k n e s s m achinery th a t cannot 1« U3«l on contract« won In th e state the more w eak people we will blddlnK. C ertainly these con h a v e . A s a n a tio n we a r e m a k tractor« would like to keep thyfr ing too m any excuses for our- Wen and m achines busy TJfert elves, m u st be tim es betw een contracts w hen contractors w o u ld ' apPrc SPRIN G ? Some of the more rugged are d a te a small Job to keep crew r occupied and m achinery wnrk- g o in g w ith o u t th e ir c o a ts a n d lighter g a r b is on every back. The county is fairly w^ll The sun shines brightly as it equipped to do the ™alnten, ^ * nears the equinox although the w ind blows from the snow fields w ork on th e county ;oa<»c is al»out ail it has been dolnc unw arm ed. The grass grow s but for years. Both m achinery and lowly and only the m ore favor m en are better ad ap tf'i to m am ed slopes are green. A week ago spring se e m e 1 at tenance than to new tion which is aow done by big hand and we w ere ju st as hope ger m achinery than th e county ful. Then came another Lit of snow , eight Inches of I t And th at could efficiently own It <»'ems reasonable to a s su m e fis n ’t exactly springlike. T here t i n t a plan could be form ulâte d f a r e a few pussy-willows out ♦hat would provide for n e w fa n d early flow ers are pushing w o rk on a continuing basis that out of the chilly soil. Remem- ♦hc lax n a y e rs w ould approve. -b e rin g histo ry it seem s m le to I t would depend on the p r o ^ T predict th a t Rpring will come, selection of jobs to done by n alw ays has. the county and upon th e contrac- B ut we would like to be as- ♦nr doing a good Job for .the sured, to have some sign th a t money expended. H m ight be th is sunny day is really a har- idvantageous for both, bringer of the vernal season. Let _____ it be balm y for a week, balm y enough to be im pelling so th a t HET FOR PRIMARY t he calves would frolic in the All e n tra n ts for the p rim ary p astu re w heat fields would tu rn race are now lifted officially •« g reen. law ns lose th e ir yellow Salem or the county cour ^a s t > housew ives till th e ir gar- houses. T here will he nothing den p,otg roi,ln8 n gten for work- very exciting in the races io t worm8t children pick butter- most, offices although th e liât tie cup£| in November m ay give v o te rs been cold so long—and an opportunity to m ake a choice d re a rp y s till fears an o th er lietween d iffe re n t p h i l o s o p h i c o chll^ Jxît us have a tjm e, how- governm ent. - ever short, t ln w hich one can Senator Morse has no competi iay on lhe groUnd and w atch tion of note although Howard tJw clouds slow ly move across J^ to u re tte , who is running as a th c b lu e g k y a n d feel th at na .b-fferr-ortlan Dem ocrat, will get tu r e N w lth u s instead of again s o m e sym pathetic R epublican u8 again. votes this fall. ------ ----------- Congressmen generally have rtakls on gam blers seem more no com petition equal to the task freq Uent since the W aJlowa n would bavé to assum e.- Only county m atter m ade such things rxceotion m ay he th at Carl Do- prom inent. It is about tim e for naugh m ay succeed A ngelL - a post-war season of better 1 th a t would entail no change m orals to supersede the laxity of political thinking. . th a t first follows wars, but the Governor McKay wilt rWe on evidence th a t it is here is very to the general election w ithout g iig b t Mr. and Mrs. Jam es Fox Spent F e b ru ary 24, I960, th e latte r p art of the w eek and . C arroll Sayrs the week end a t th e ir I t t » u l (j,.,,. n> U p d n r a ff Corbett. ey re u n i o AWornoy for E xecutor 17-2OC Mon< ay. ' 3 .9 5 Steve’s Tavern, Wasco and Beefo’s |B c c fo ’s Beefo’s Beat tvay to spruce up a telephone it with a soft, dry cloth... never with water, or any other liquid. HOW TO TREAT YOUR TELEPHONE 94 Suggestions to help protect your service DEPENDABLE AORICULTURAL CHEMICALS F 3 H A B IG G E R CROP » B IG G E R P R O F IT S CONTROL THOSE WEEDS VUTH ESTERON 44 OR i I DOW WEED K IL tl* (AMINE) “ Don't le t weeds rob you blind. You can now sF . a y them aw a y with these proved, depeuu- able DOW w eed killers. ESTERON BRUSH KILLER- A com bination o f Estor- on 4 4 an d Estoron 2 4 5 fo r h a rd -to -k lll brush. S O D IU M T C A -A n o w grass k ille r for annual and perennial grosses, Including quackgrass. ♦ » .. A tw isted cortf can lead to trouble. Although the wires are especially designed for flexibility, too many twists and kinks may eventually break them and inter fere with service until a repairman can call. Good idea tjO get the curls out by letting the receiver dangle v .d unwind by itself . . . then keep them out by remembering, each time you Call, not to put turns in the cord as you handle the receiver. 2. It’s built to take it . . . but your telephone can develop ailments if it’s dropped. So make sure the stand it sits on is solid and is in a spot where it won't be accidentally bumped. Other ways to help protect service: Avoid "gadget” attachments for your tele phone . . . keep cords clear of doorways where they may be pinched . . . and always keep water away from wires and fittings. 3. D id you ever stop to think that your telephone is one service or piece of equipment in your home that’s repaired and maintained for life at no extra cost to you? This maintenance is oqe of the values in cluded in the rates you pay (or service . . . rates that make it one of your really good buys today. The Pacific Telephone ; and Telegraph Company
