K
I AGI
2 SHERMAN COUNTY JOURNAL, MORO. OREGON
FRIDAY, APRIL 14, 1950
(
early February seasonal
ABO U T T R E E S
w ith 10 inches or less annual • the
tion until they now have assum ABOUT THE COUNTY
This compares
rainfall. At the Sherman Branch peak of 65,731.
ed some of the characteristics
trees do not experiment station, Moro, for with 39,043 a year ago and a
Unlike
Topsy,
Mrs.
Leo
Dumler
and
sons
of the trusts of the first of this
T. Lester
P u b lish ed E very F rid a y at
grow.”
example, 30 different kinds of 1949 peak of 62,816.
century. They prevent produc- left-1 Sunday for their home in “just
Moro, Oregon
If you are one of several hurt trees and shrubs are growing
Of the 136,780 workers who
■y* tion and make necessary price Salem after a weeks visit with dred
farmers who have received satisfactorily in an area which have sought compensation since
Cile, I . F r r . c k .......... — Editor lncrcases for their own personal relatives here
. tree seedlings this year from the
Entered a« second clans matter at the welfare.
The Rufus grange. is sponsor- state deparment of forestry nur receives less than 11 Inches of the start of the 1949-50 benefit
P oetoffice at Moro. Oregon, under Act
annual rainfall. They are not wa
We have never settled the ing a dance w
t heid at the
o f Congreea o f March A. 187».
sery, or elsewhere, don’t make
year last July, 119,790 were found
primary question of how to con- grange hall Saturday night, April the mistake of “planting and for tered.
OFFICIAL COUNTY PAPER trol business so it could not de- 15,
to have valid claims. Nearly 104,- in THE COUNTY COURT OF’
getting” them as soon as they
mand and get excessive profits.
000 have received at least one THE STATE OF OREGON FOR
FE W E R UNEM PLOYED
SU B SC R IP T IO N R A T E S
It is possible that government
The Wasco high school boys are in the ground j
check and more than 22,000 have
THE OOUNY OF WASCO
Oregon’s unemployed workers received maximum benefits. A IN THE MATTER OF THE ES.
efforts along that line have real- and girls motored to Rufus Mon-
This
tree
planting
reminder
Is
$2.00 ly been detrimental.
ONE YEAR
day afternoon to have games of fronv Charles"R. Ross, OSC exten- received $3,677,021 last month, a year ago 10,597 had exhausted TATE OF JOHN KARLEN, DE-
In other words. Hus govern- basketball und volleyball w ith gjQQ service farm forestry spe* decrease of more than a ra/llion their benefit rights,
CEASED.
ment really helped the citizen the Rufus students.
cialist, who says trees planted or 24.8 per cent from the record
N O TIC E
OF
ADMINISTRA
for whom it set out to “do some-
Mrg Don Macnab wag hostess for windbreak put poses require amount paid out in February L^Ftoe RiBekah Lodge KoTTii
TOR’S SALE
N 0 1 V Jp C £ S V
thing
Can it ong continue to
sewing club care. He suggests that the area, by the State Unemployment Com Meets 2nd and 4th
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVHN,
pensation commission. The total Tuesdays of each
iv ia o iia 3 1 V N O I1 V N ! exercise the controls that appear Wednesday afternoon. Spring prepared before planting, be was
Visiting
that the undersigned, as the Ad
nearly half a million or 11.7 month.
necessary and still let the people n flowers were used . f for a™
-«
fenced
against
livestock
and
that
decora- fenced against
ministrator of the Estate of John
per cent less than went out in members welcome.
vote? It has been demonstrated
rrtzivo tions. Easter bunny place cards the seedlings be watered the first March,
Helen
Kruger,
N.
G
N EW S P A P 3 R
Karlen, deceased, under and
1949.
that the voters will demand mote gnd napk,ns were
used Qn r year or so even If a bucket or
by virtue of an order of the
I^ast month’s payments brought idicille May, Sec.
PUBLISHERS
than govemmenl. can afford I t ,ace
dlning room taWc tank wagon must be used,
above entitled Court, made and
1950 total to $12,844,2^1, a ,----— ,
w
à > A A IT
has
been c o n c lu s iv tly p ro w n upon whlch refreshments were
In cases where trees have been - the
ASSOCIATION
w
quarterly high and /nore
entered on the 23rd day of
new
that government is much less eryed M
»
D u m ler of Sq ordered and soil preparation and
efficient than private persons In
fencing have not Veen completed than for any entire year with
3rd Thursday evening! ^ ^ p ’...!95°’f ln, Hie matter of
the exception of 1946 and 1949.
each month. Visiting ,he E.Htatfn of J 0*111 Karlen, de-
management.
It is y.v a r^niiiar
known fact
.
-
hal *1W“
Members present were R°ss offers th is a ltern a tiv e: h ill I^ast year’s record high of $26,-
noon. -
members
cordially In- < eased, WM sell at private sale,
A P R IL 14, 1956
__ that nwn eletted by popular bab Mpg Kenneth
Mrs E1. them in a garden row fqr a year
vlted
to
meet
with us. ln one or several parcels, to the
389,788
included
$7,021,982
paid
. . . . . w- . lo t o fte n paSS an y rV,ea su r®
ton Medler Mrs Gordon Reid or tw0-
They wil1 *row nicely
C. S. Bennett, W. M. highest bidder, upon the terms
WHAT
C J H E F U N C T IO N S people demand regardless of the Mrg Lclan(j Medler Mrg Georgp there,,he points ou t, and will lose to veterans under the G-I Bill
and conditions hereinafter men
of Rights.
H .B. Pinkerton, Secretary
« t ill a iiv p in some Fox and Mrs. William Macnab.
Httle growth while waiting to be
OF
YERNM ENT?
Meanwhile the number of M oro L odge N o . IIS I.O.O.F tioned, and subject to confirma
The hope, still alive in some
planted permanently a year
tion of the above entitled Court,
claimants continued to drop Meets 1st and 3rd
ernnient were first elder breasts, that it may be Mr. and Mrs. Gordon- Reid
hence.
Wh n
on
and after 10:00 A. M. on the
steadily
to
32,357
last
week
from
Tuesdays
ln
I.O.O.F.
Type of windbreak usually re-
” iHStniiCeu ey were simple. War possible to reverse this trend and sons Gary and Rickie had
2nd
day of May, 1950, at the
hall.
Transient
and
...uce
to
aggression
were
and
return
to
a
simpler
system
Easter
dinner
with
Mr.
and
Mrs.
commended
for
eastern
Oregon
or resista
office
of T. Lester Johnson, at
visiting
brothers
are
I> tne Hrst needs that in which the citizens accept their David Reid in The Dalles.
is one containing thre^. rows,
proba oly
torney
at law, in Wasco, Oregon,
w
governments seem neces- responsibility is a vain one. We
The primary room at Rufus Facing the wind, 41 low growing George G. Updegraff
the
following
described real pro
meet
with
us
Fe
of
police
power
was
an
will
go
on.
Fast
and
at
a
speed
school
lost
a
couple
of
pupils
line
of
shrubs
or
low
trees
to
Sai
Attorney at law
perty
situated
ln the County of
manifestation of govern- that may insure the downfall of last week. This brings down the intercept ground winds is sug-
Marvin Howell, N. G.
Sherman,
State
of Oregon, to-wit:
solvent government, or slow at a. attendance to 27 for Miss Elva gested.
To extern! the zone of
. I^eo Watkins, Secretary
menu
(1)
Northwesterly
one-half (Vi)
MORO
Among the settlers of Oregon speed that gives us time to check Howey's room.
protection —normally 8 to 10
Bethlehem
Chapter
No.
78.
O.E.8
of
Lots
Nine
(9)
andTen(10)
Friday
Wednesday,
Monday,
th e f l r s i g o v e r n m e n t w a s start- ‘he system for more noticeable
times the height of the wind
Meets
every
second
and
In
Block
Five
(5)
of original
Afternoons
ed to probate an «Mate, the po errors.
Sandra and Dell Squire arrived break—a taller second, or mid
fourth Thursday ln each
Town,
now
City,
of Moro,
In
the
end
the
whole
idea
may
Friday
from
Wheeler
to
spend
dle tree row variety is recom
lice power being then handled b>
month; visiting members
Oregon.
fail
No
other
nation
has
been
Ehster
week
end
with
their
uncle
THE DAL g BS
mended. For the Inside or “seal’
invited. Moro, Oregon.
the Hudson Bay company. Early
(2) Lots Ten (10), Eleven (11),
Mr. and Mrs. Eben row, Ross suggests conifers hav
governments Kept records 0/ able to continue after the spirit and aunt,
Olive
Young, W. M. .
211
East
Third
Street
and Twelve (12) in Block
and
ambition
of
the
people
was
Kee.
ing a dense foliage.
property ownership, levied small
Naomi
Van
Gilder,
Secretary
Telephone
3209
Thirteen (13- of Clements
Once established over a period
taxes for payment of expenses, sapped by governmental gifts.
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Douma were
Addition to the City of
up from their Portland home of one or two years, trees may
and tried men^ for violation of Maybe this n ation can do i t
t Grass Valley, Oregon.
w hether we ta n o
last weejc looking over things be grown in windbreaks in areas
the law. Little else.
(3) An undivided one-half in
Important Question than how to
«
From where I sit ... ¿y Jo e Marsh
In the United States the gov make -a hydrogen bomb.
terest in: Lots (10) and
J
*
ernment did not meddle with
Eleven (ID in Block Six (8)
R.
Reid
&
Son
religion but did levy taxes for
of
original Town, now City,
~ representatives of both counties
support of schools and roads JU ST P L A IN IMKiH
of
Grass Valley, Oregon.
Wasco, Oregon
went before the highway com
G ab b y Enjoys G oing
indicating an early socialistic
(4) Northwest Quarter (NWV4)
Another of those stories which mig8ion together and obtained
trend. When the federal go ver n- we find it hard to believe has
of Southwest Quarter ISW-
promise Of twp roads,
to The Dentist
Anything in waterpipe
ment found itself with vast acres been printed under the name of _
■ .r
Vi) of Section One (D in
o f lancL obtaThed liy purchasie or \h e Associated Presswhich should From
Sherman fo an ty Journal
Township Five (5) South,
conquest it gave it to .citizens he wary of such things by now
April 17, 1931
Range Sixteen (16) East of
and fittings
A s Doc w ent to work he told me
One of my molars was giving me
whp promised to do certain This one had to do with a newly
The Union Pacific has started
Willamette
Meridian
, a bad tim e Tuesday afternoon, so I th a t he’s glad to have Gabby come
things toward development.
discolored loss -of „deer in the a pick-up and delivery service.
The
terms
of
said
sale will be:
slipped over to Doc Jones, hoping up and read m agazines . . . they
It aided the • construction, of east because of depredations by Billing will be through Union Bath Tubs
Cash,
lawful
money
of
the Unit
to catch him free. When I arrived. m ight not all be fresh off the news
railroads, gave subsidies to canal a cross between coyotes and Pacific stages.
ed States, ten percent (10%) of
stand, but i f Gabby— or anyone
Gabby Jackson was sittin g there
lines and shortly after the adop- dogs.
Farmers are goipg to Columbia T n J|pf <
th e p u rch ase m oney to be paid
w
ants to w hile aw ay some tim e
reading a m agazine. I said hello to
iK»n ol 1 he constitution passed a
Well. we’Ve lived within sound river points where tractor gas IV IM 5 I»
at time of sale, balance on con
who is he to stand in their way?
tariff bill to aid industry, which- of a coyote’s
yapping a long may be had' for as "little as 12Vi
Gabby and he nodded.
firmation of sale by the Court
From where I sit, this “live and
continued to suckle at the public time and there’s always been cents per gallon. It is the annual Septic Tanks
All bids or offers must be in
Doc cornea out and says I’m next.
let
live"
spirit
helps
make
America
teat long after adulthood and ag- dogs aplenty and the crossing of gasoline war. , '
writing,
and may be left at the
“ W ait a m inute,” I sa y s. (M y tooth
what it ia. If I prefer a friendly
gressive vigor was attained.
’ the two while held to he possi- Crop conditions are reported
office of T. Lester Johnson, aV
seemed
to
have
stopped
aching.)
The theory that government b le physically is highly improb-
to be fair with crop year mois- Pumps for all purposes “ How about Gabby — doesn’t he glass of beer with my supper and
torney or 6ald administrator, at
you prefer milk—who’s to !sy one’s
should “do something ’ for the -®ble socially. The two branches ture up to eight inches, almost
Wasco, Oregon, at any time a f
W e service w h a t we sell have an appointm ent?” Doc sm iles right and the other wrong?
i>eople came early ahd naturally of the dog family just don’t have a normal am ount
ter the first publication of this
and says, “Gabby? W hy, he’s got
to a government based on suf- anv truck with one another.
--------------------------------------------------- . ---- ----
notice and before making of the
the finest teeth in the county. He
fra g e of the maioritv.
i t seems ver
very odd that the
. SY N O P S IS OF A N N U A L S T A T E M E N T
lajorlty/ It was a-
a • it
sale. •
ju st comes up here and reads the
way to get elected. It was done, few coyotes that have been tak-
p or the year ended December 31, 1949
Dated this 31 st day of March,
The groat increase of so-called en to the east coast would get of the OREGON MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY of Mc- m agazines whenever he’s in to w n !
1950.
social” legislation came after mixed up with dogs. The ones Minnville, ln the State of Oregon, made to tho Insurance Com-
Emanuel Karlen
CopyngAx, Ì9S0, United States Brewers Foundation
Uie depression of the thirties, around here look upon dogs as missloner of the State of Oregon, pursuant
to law:
.
Administrator
Whether because of the thinking an enemy to he shunned. Until
income
NÎÎTICK O F 1950-51 BU D G ET M E E T IN G
of the theorists who came ln the pedigrees
have
h e e n Net premluma received
$ 2,658,940.88
with the new deal or as a nat- more carefully checked we 11 Total Interest, dividends
In accordance with the provisions of the ’’Local Budget Law’’ (Sections 110-1201 to 110-1215, O.-
C.
L. A.), notice is hereby given that the budget committee of Moro, Oregon, In compliance With
ural consequence * of the times keep on thinking wild dogs are
real estate Income
line 26
84,695.31
said law, prepared and adopted April 4, 1950, the budget estimates for Moro, Oregon, for the
still debated. .
killing the New Aork deer an incame from other sources lines 30 to 35
2,211.38
ensuing fiscal year July 1, 1950 to June 30, 1951, as set forth in the accompanying schedules 1« II.
in any , event this nation now that the coyotes name has been
$ 2,745,847.57
Total income
' line 36
- of ‘ .May,
"
-----
:(
1950, at U 8:00
III, ahd IV. All persons are hereby notified that on Tuesday the .9th - day
is eng; eM in doftig a great many brought in to lend a little glamor
be discussed with the Council, the levying board
DISBURSEMENTS
p.
m.
in
Moro,
Oregon,
said
budget
estimates
rrtay
things to and for the people, to the story.
789,692.60
Net amount paid for losses
for Moro, Oregon, and any person subject to the proposed tax levy or tax levies will be heard in
There
5 l>een too little analy
80,767.25
favor of 6r against said proposed tax levy or tax levies or any part thereof.
Loss adjustment expenses
sis of what is being done, or why, T H E W IN D
785,548.85
Underwriting expenses
The outstanding indebtedness of Moro, Oregon, at April 1, 1950, was as follows: $7,500.00.
or the probable effects thereof.
Dividends paid to stockholders
Winds have
whipped
the Dividends paid or credited
One might consider it from a
Signed:
Clyde Gillmor, Chairman, Budget Committee; Michael Mulick, Secretary Budget
moral viewpoint a n d ponder over-tilled soil of Colorado, Tex-
Committee; John Parker, G. Douma, Darwin Van Gilder; Harry Kunsman, Vernon Flatt, John
318,031.65
to policy holders
government as, Kansas and Oklahoma into All other expenditures (includ
on whether the
Foss, Members Budget Committee.
..
» ~
•
should engage in activities de- clouds of dust and piles of al-
49,467.80
ing investments expenses)
Hch. I SU M M ARY OF E S T IM A T E D E X P E N D IT U R E S , R E C E IP T S, L E V IE S F IS C A L Y E A R 1950-31
signed to aid individuals. And most worthless earth with the
$ 2,023,508.15
Total disbursements
also consider the reasons for result that the wheat crop will
Total of
1950-1951
ADMITTED ASSETS
A ll Funds
doing them, most of which are be below average for the first
TAX
LEVY
CALCUI^ATION
95,000.00
•$ 6041.40
Total Estimated Expenditures
lMilitical instead of being based time in vears. The farmers who Value of real estate owned
on intere-rt In the welfare of the „ere granted extra acreage will- Loans on mortgages & collateral etc.
Total Estimated Expenditures
3,500,260.50
6041.40
Reserves & Transfers
citizenry.
now hive no crop at all.
Value of bonds owned (amortised)
3515.22
Estimated Receipts & Cash
T h e problem might be consid- That Is but a preliminary to re- Value of stocks owned market value
526.18
711,971:31
Tmount to Balance the Budget
cred from the social side and ar- marking that so far there have Cosh in banka and on hand
526.18
Total levies needed for 1950-51
gument mode against the effect bwn none of those whooping Premiums in course of eollwtion
526.18,
Tax
levies
inside
6%
limit
639,181.57
oqt uodn seq pie |eiuouiuja.vo3 winds that herald the spring sea-
w r t n a nee 3aPt- .
none
Tax levies out side 6%
26,340.74
lives and habits of the people, son nearly every year. Flowers Interest and rents due & accrued
74,934.73
Sell II SU M M ARY E S T IM A T E D E X P E N D IT U R E S , R E C E IP T S, L E V IE S F IS C A L Y EA R 1949-50
Certainly it reduces their inde- are out, frogs are croaking and Other assets (net)
$ 5,047,688.85
Total admitted assets
pendence and their desire for trees are budding but so far no
1 Q4Q-1 osn
Total of
self reliance, both of which wind that really could qualify. LIABILITIES, SURPLUS AND OTHER FUNDS
All Funds
TAX LEVY CALCULATION
$ 111,073.21
were strong forces in making
You know the kind, that send Total unpaid claims
$ 6541.41
Total Estimated Expenditures
this nation successful.
~ everything rolling as they hurry Estimated loss , adjustment ex-
Total Estimated Expenditures
5,500.00
6541.40
Reserves and Transfers
Perhaps the weakest link in by with as near a shout of joy
pense for unpaid claims •'
6045.00
3,124,564.42'
Estim ated. Receipts & Cash
the argument for huge govern- as a wind might give when re- Total unearned premiums
496.40
Total levies needed for 1949-50
290,141.98
ment aid programs is 'th e econ- leased from bondage.
None of All other liabilities
496.40
Amount
to
Balance
Budget
3,531,279.61
omic one. It has not been dem- those good old^ wild and free
Total liabilities, except capital
496.40
Tax levies inside 6% limit
onstrated that government can winds. It’s time, too. You don’t Capital paid up
none
Tax levies outside 6% limit
do all these things as well as can suppose anyone is .holding it up, special surplus funds $ ,266,409.24
S( H E D U IiE III
EXPENDIWRES
the people themselves. It has not do you?
Unassigned funds
1,250,000.00
Actual for
Actual for
Actual for
Budget
FUND & CLASSIFICATION
been shown that the people
Surplus as regards policyholders
$ 1,516,409.24
Budget
7-1-48
7-1-47
$ 5,047,688.85
themselves will not have to do
Total
1950-51
Six Months
1949-50 GENERAL FUND
to
to
them themselves in the end.
BUSINESS IN OREGON FOR THE YEAR
- 1 »
7-1-49
7-1-48
Our pension system has tend
$ 1,053,823.25
Net premiums received
$ 145.00
360.00 Treas. & Recorder Salaries
$ 360.00
ed toward currency Inflation un
330,892 63
Net losses paid
4.68
75.00
State Industrial Accident
75.00
til it is not effective. For politi
152,800.85
Dividends
paid
or
credited
to
policyholders
131.55
150.00
Administration
150.00
From
the
Observer,
A
pril
14,
1911
cal reasons It-has been broaden
$ 281.23
$ «98.7«
$ «7A.87
585.00 TOTAL GENERAL FUND
Principal office in Oregon Me Minnville, Oregon
5S5.00
C. R. Belshee has sold a match-
ed until there is grave doubt
WATER
FUND
■
k
«
S
if we can support those who do ed pair of 3-year Cloanthe colts
24(5 o .OO
$ 484.25
Marshal & Collector Salary
2400.00
not work for one reason or an- for $600 to the I^add farm,
600.00 Water, Labor Account
4026.08
OLD
300.00
other without putting huge and
Jess Landry has one of the
2548.09
800.00
' 8307.27
1090.77
Water Supplies Account
500.00
Unbearable burdens on those nicest single rigs, horse, buggy
750.00
265.60
Water Power Account
750.00
who produce—and oh the Indus- and harness, as may be seen in
200.00
„
37.94
171.44
65.17
Fire Department
200.00
4750.00 TOTAL W A T E D F U N D
try directly responsible for pro- Sherman county; and Jess knows
$ «$11.87 $ 8478.71
$ 2586.63
4150.60
duction.
how to enjoy it.
MISCELLANEOUS
This county is now starting
L. Barnum, W. H. Ragsdale
400.00 Emergency
200.00
320.40
806.40
380.80
1494.89
a soil conservation program as a and E. W. I^ewis attended the
Power, Street light Acc’t
806.40
5699.05
4.13
259.35
Old Legion Hall
part of the agricultural machin- Roosevelt rally in Portland go-
5699.05
935.14
3988.2$
Streets, Walks & Sewers
ery of the federal government, ing to The Dalles in Barnum’s
300.00
«619.45
1575.29
$
5487.25
$
$ 1200.40 TOTAL M ISC E L L A N E O U S
Will the men who come here Ixxomobile.
$ 1906.40
DEBT SERVICE
be able to stop soil erosibh or F rom th e G rass V alley Jou rn al
318.75
Interest on BondR
A pril 15, 1921
will they merely serve to tell the
280.25
$3.00 5th
1000.00
Principal
on Bonds
The
county
grader
made
the
actual farmers how < to do it?
1000.00
$ J 318.75 TOTAL D E B T SE R V IC E
$2.30 a pt.
They know now, but will not do round trip from Moro Tuesday
$ 1260^5
$ 9282.35
$ 7866.15 TOTAL E X P E N D IT U R E S
$ 7788.39 $ 14664.72
it as long as the government as- and the roads are smoother. The
$
ra tu
tC N O A TIO m
su m e s th e responsibility. In the tractor pulling the grader Us a
NCHKIX'I.K IV7
R E C E IP T S
A M 1AT
long run the farmers may find 120 HP machine obtained from
$ 240.00 $ 256.3ÍJ
$ 200 00
$ 203.13
State Liquor Apportionment
$ 200.00
«NTVCXY
45.00
45.00
30.00
it their job.
the government by paying $1000
45.00
Licenses & Fees
50.00
lA m ir r
2554.98
4000.00
2957.65
4123.1Ò
Water Rents
The novem nent has dabbled freight fr&m the east,
4000.00
15.00
Legion Hall Renta
in the business of farming and
The wheat marketing move-
60.00
60.00
82.50
Rent of Property
thereby has created many more’ ment is said to be going ahead
60.00
105.05
Sidewalk Collection
problems than it has solved. In aii over the country. C. C. Cal-
100.00
200.00 PP&L Franchise
152.56
e.
< la w o f su p p ly and klns
200.00
357.58
600.00
County Road Tax
demand may have to be followed
The Wasco county highway
360.00
National Distillers Prod. Corp., N. Y. • 86 Proof • 65% Grain Neutral Spirits
Miscellaneous Revenue
300.00
and the Sherman highway are
r*' • ’
"ohitiorj.
TOTAL RECEIPTS
$ $270.00
We have aided labor organiz- going to be. built soon because
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