PAGE
2 SHERM AN COUNTY
JOURNAL, MORO. OREGON
FRIDAY, A PR IL 21, l»50
made themselves
When it is of (he holes and starting their FEDERATKI) CLUBS
should be c u t If the people in him in Jeopardy. This he does changed it will be by vote of vegetarian existence. The eldest TO MEET MAY 3
¿Sherman County Jou rn al
The Dalles said schools, the peo not realize because he has not the people.
The spring meeting of the
Any information, were out before the snow was
pie in Baker said welfare and had to pay a state property tax they may obtain from the meet off and then returned to earth fourth district of Oregon Feder
Published Every Frtuay «<
the people of Burns said some for ten years.
Moro, Oregoa
Many proposals to amend ings should be of value when again for a brief but effective ation of Women’s clubs will be
thing else it would not indicate
period of gestation—an unparal- held May 3 in the Masonic hall
the
state’s tax laws are concern that decision is to be made.
Cile» L French ---------------Editor that any taxes could be reduced
In Grass Valley.
led example of efficiency.
It is historically true that ed with but one specific law.
Entered aa «econd claaa mattar at tha
Officially
sage
rates
were
no-
Yet
it
would
often
be
necessary
Pootoffire a t Mora. Orerò rv andar A ct taxes are not cut until
SAGE RATS
people
tlced In this county a few years EQUALIZATION BOARD
o f C ontre— of March >.
_______ __ can no longer pay them.
It is, to amend many other laws in
It
has
been
some
time
since
Meeting of the board of equal IN THE COUNTY COURT OF
ago when the federal ’govern
order to retain some semblance
OFFICIAL COUNTY PAPER however, probable that that con
any particular notice has been ment, through the CCC boys, de ization for Sherman county. To THE STATE OF OREGON FOR
of
balance
in
the
tax
structure.
dition has about been reached.
THE OOUNY OF WASCO
The voters may not have the taken of sage rates in this coun cided to end their existence and the taxpayers of Sherman coun
Dropping farm income and un
SUBSCRIPTION RATES
ty
and
it
seems
appropriate
now
IN
THE MATTER OF THE ES
ty,
Oregon.
Notice
is
hereby
did
administer
poison
in
suffi
employment (even for a few kind fo a tax system they want, that the young are getting out
TATE
OF JOHN KARLEN, DE
given
that
the
Board
of
Equali
cient
quantities
to
reduce
the
but
it
is
one
they
have
largely
ONE Y E A R ---------- ----------->2 o e months) and the great numbers
CEASED.
zation
for
Sherman
county,
Ore
-
number
of
the
rodents
here
of young veterans who are In
contest
seemed
gOn,
will
attend
at
the
County
abouts.
The
NOTICE
OF
ADMINISTRA
debted for homes and household
A government Court Room of the Sherman
N A l L . i g
E D x I T g
O R t IA
grossly unfair.
TOR’S SALE
A L
equipment all indicate that the
with power to go across the seas county Court House, State of
„ .„ „ „ BS.BV nivHM
taxes may soon be too large for
and battle Jape and Germans at Oregon, on the second Monday
N triR d t is h e k e b y u iv b jn ,
everyone to pay his share,
the same time seemed poorly of May, or May 8, 1950 and pub- that the undersigned, as the Ad-
doesn’t take many delinquent
(matched against a few peaceable ncly examine the assessment mlnistrator of the Estate of John
taxpayers to ruin a tax spending
sage rats—and the rats without ronSt correct all errors in valua- Karlen, deceased, under and
program.
N IW S P A F 2 K
concentrated vitamins, liver ex- tion, description or qualities of by virtue of an order of the
HILLBILLY ja m b o r e e f r o m
So, the experiment in which
tract or a strong meat diet.
lands, lots or other property as- above entitled Court, made and
k PU BLISH ER S
the tax study committee is en
Years ago catching sage rats sessed by such assessor; and It entered on the 23rd day of
NASHVILLE, TENN.
"ASSOCIATION
gaged is an Interesting one. It
was an occupation that used up shall be the duty of persons ln- March, 1950, in the matter of
may not be worth the effort It
much of the time of small boys, terested to appear at the time the Estate of John Karlen, de
may be found valuable. Oregon
They made a noose at the end of and place appointed. Each peti- ceased, will sell at private sale,
APRIL 21, 1950
has a tax system rather hard to
to the
a sack string—where Is the u On or application for the reduc in one or several parcels,
.
X e rs ta n d ; there are many off
tack string—and looped it over tion of a particular assessment highest bidder, upon the terms
TAX EXPERIM ENT
the entrance to a sage rat hole shaii be made In writing verifl- and conditions hereinafter men-
For those who are interested sets in it, nearly all of which
in taxes, this week inaugurates were designed to aid the pro
and waited, attentively.
ed by the oath of the applicant tloned, and subject to confirms-
an interesting experiment. An perty tax payer. Efforts to elim
When the rat came out of the or his attorney, and shall be tlon of the above entlUed Court
interim tax study committee is inate off-sets most often place
hole and hesitated briefly to filed with the board
¿22° l» 0
t—
going ' about eastern
Oregon,
view the surroundings and pre- the first week It Is by law .re- 2nd day of May !95d, a t the
meeting with interested tax pay
pare for whatever danger might qulred to be in session; and any office of T. Leeter Johnson,
COMING TO
£ p r X n 7 Sw Snail toys Jerk- petition or application not «. tam ey at aw. In Wasco Oregon
ers and tax leviers in several
towns.
The purpose is to ac
ed the string and had his rat. made, verified and filed shall not the foll" w1"«
quaint people with the tax situ
He could either keep It a squeal- be considered or acted upon by perty situated in
ation of Oregon, good and bad,
Ing capUve or swing It wildly the board.
Each such petition Sherman, State of Oregon, to-wlt.
(1) Northwesterly one-half (Vi)
and try to obtain some idea of
onto the ground to Immediate Or application shall state thereon
of Lots Nine (9) andTen(lO)
what citizens think about it.
death. The decision depended the address to which notice of
in Block Five (5) of original
The meetings include a dis
on the humor and training of the action of the board of equa
Town, now City, of Moro.
cussion of the present tax struc
the boy. . ’
1
izatlon shall be sent.
Oregon. , -
ture and possibility of deficit,
Sage rata live on the edge of
Marie Hoskmson
FOR SHOW AND DANCE
(2)
Lots Ten (10), Eleven (11),
brief statements of what the pro
‘
‘
“
Sherman
County
Assessor
fields and later in the year they
and Twelve (12) In Block
25-27c
posed school, veterans and wel
harvest and hoard as much of
Thirteen (18- of Clements
fare programe will cause in the
the ripened grain as may be f i p l „ IUbek.h lx>da. No. Fli
Addition to the City of
way of new expenses and then
necessary to provide food for Meets 2nd and 4th
Grass
Valley, Oregon
some proposals
about what
the rats during the winter. Es Tuesdays of each
might be done to equalize the tax
(3)
An
undivided
one-half In
timates of the damage run into month.
Visiting
burden over the state.
There
terest in: Lots (10) and
the
thousands
of
dollars,
dol-
meuiucIB
—
members welcome.
AND HI8
are no proposals for new taxes.
Eleven (11) In Block Six (6)
lacs
being
a
strictly
human
me
pjeien Kruger, N. G.
So many proposals for new taxes
of
original Town, now City,
thod of comparing values To the Lucllk May> gee.
have been defeated by use of
of Grass Valley, Oregon.
rat, no doubt, It seems that there
the initiative that committee
(4) Northwest Quarter (NWV<)
is a plenty for all. And consider Eureka IxxJge No. 121 A.F. A
members áre so far unwilling to
of Southwest Quarter (SW-
lng surpluses the ra t1'* idea
Meets on the 1st and
RADIO Ä RPX'ORDING STARS
spend time speculating on what
L4) of Section One (1) in
3rd Thursday evening»
seems the most factual.
sort of a tax would find popular
Township
Five (5) South.
to keep pistons clean
each
month
Visiting
Because It is spring, and be
Range
Sixteen
(16) East of
favor.
members
cordially
in
cause the young are as cute as
There are members on the
Willamette Meridian.
vited to meet with us
are
the
young
of
any
other
ani
committee who would be pleased
The terms of said sale will be.
2. S. Bennett, W. M.
mal it seems that a few words
if the reaction to their informa
Cash,
lawful money of the Unit
H
B.
Pinkerton,
Secretary
given to perpetuating the lire
tion was that state expenditures
Moro Lodge No. .111 l.O.O.F ed SUtes, ten percent (10%) of
of
the
sage
rat
would
not
be
should be cut and th^t opinion
the purchase money to 1* paid
amiss
There are lots of ways Meets 1st and 3rd
would be most valuable if there
at time of sale, balance on con
Tuesdays
in
l.O.O.F.
of looking at him.
was agreement on what items
HEARD DAILY FROM
firmation of sale by the Court
hall. Transient and
are
visiting brothers
Drotnerx arc
All bids or offers must be In
writing,
and may be left at the
George G. Updegratf
w
COAST TO COAST
office of T. Lester Johnson, at
Attorney at law
torney or said administrator, at
Marvin Howell, N. G.
Wasco, Oregon, at any time af
Ixx) Watkins, Secretary
ter the first publication of this
MORO
Bethlehem Chapter No. 78. O.B.8 notice and before making of the
Frida)
Wednesday,
Monday,
Meets every second and
One Houh Stage Show With A Dance to Follow
Afternoons
fourth Thursday in each .lit'
Dated this 31st day of March.
month; visiting members
A d m is s io n $ 1 p e r p e rs o n , t a x in c lu d e d .
TH E D ALLE»
invited.
Moro,
Oregon.
i
Emanuel Karlen
Olive Young, W. M
211 East Third Street
Administrator
Naomi Van Gilder, Secretary
___ _
Telephone 3209
NOTICE OF 195<K51 BUDGET MEETING
DANCE
There’s an
easier way
, p “L
Wasco Legion Hall
APRIL 27
RAY ACUFF
Tennessee Valley Bovs
IUU STUIBBT
c *. n ttsss
BOURBON
t
,
R PM
DELO
A
$2.30 PINT
$3.60 FIFT H
A P ro d u c t of
. *
i v All nersons are hereby notified that on Tuesday the .9th day of May, 1950. al 8
J /1'
lioro U v o n Mid budget estimates may be discussed with the Council, the levying board
For More^Oregon^and ^ n y pereonSubject to the proposed tax levy or tax levies will be heard In
favor of°or against said p r o v e d tax levy or tax levies or any part thereof.
The outstanding indebtedness of Moro, Oregon, at April 1, 1950, was as follows: $7,500.00.
Slsned
Clyde Glllmor. Chairman, Budget Committee; Michael Mullck Secretary Budget
Committee; John Parker, G. Douma, Darwin Van Gilder, Harry Kunsman, Vernon Flatt, John
Foss, Members Budget Committee.
He*». I SUMMARY OF ESTIM ATED E X PE N D IT U R E S, RE( EIPTS, LEVIES FISCAL YEAR 1954^51
__ j ¿ 4 "
Standard of California
C u t engine deposits up
to 60% o v e r c o n v e n
tio n a l heavy-duty type
o ils b y u s in g R PM
D E L O H e a v y D u ty
L u b ricatin g Oil. Its new
h ig h -le v e l c o m p o u n d
in g sto p s ring-sticking,
re d u c e s o il- rin g clo g
ging an d p isto n depos
its. R PM DELO H eavy
D uty L u b ricatin g Oil is
recom m ended for m any .
services including farm
tracto rs.
Go Union Pacific
KEITH McDONAIxD
Wasco, Phone 552
Visit the great cities of the E ast. . . the nation’s many his
torical shrines . . . the old homestead. On the way. - • either
going or returning . . . visit Western America’s Vacation
W o n d erlan d —Y ellow stone, the Grand T eto n s and
Jackson Hole, Zion, Bryce, Grand Canyon, Sun Valley.
C. R. ANDERSON
Straight Bourbon " Whiskey • 86 Proof Grass Valiev. Phone 232
Rational Distillers Products Corp., N.
o r v o r T a »’"« r r e * * * » > r ▼ t y v t
CHOOSK O N I OF T H IS I P IN I DAILY TRAINS
JUNIOR CLASS PLAY
S T R K A M U H K R ’’CITY OF FOKTI.AHD" Fast
schedule . . . earliest arrival Chicago . . . no extra fare.
"PORTLAND ROSE” D enver. . . Kansas C ity.. a
St. Louis . . . Omaha . . . C hicago. . . Texas and Southwest.
"IDAHOAN” Denver . . . Kansas City . . . St. Louis
I I « connecting with "City of St. Louis” streamliner.
by
Cornelia Otis Skinner and EYnlly Kimbrough
Dramatized by Jean Kerr
Friday, April 28
8 p. m.
Variety of room and berth io Pullmans»
reclining coach car seats; lounge car;
dining car "meals that appeal."
LOW PAMS
A
/ > / us help you plan your trip East
G ENER AL
R E SER V ED
ADMISSION
SEA TS
CHILDREN
Produced by
.50
TICKETS ON SALE
.85
BLUM’S—MORO
.25
. AIJACY’S —GRASS
VALLEY
7», •D éb u ta it
special arrange ment with the
DRAMATIC PUBLISHING CO. of Chicago
- «e
U N IO N PACIFIC
Total of
1950-1951
All Funds
TAX LEVY CALCULATION
$ 6041.40
Total Estimated Expenditures
Total Estimated Expenditures
6041.40
. Reserves & Transfers
5515.22
Estimated Receipts & Cash
526.18
Tmount tp Balance the Budget
526.18
ToUl levies needed for 1950-51
526.18
Tax levies Inside 6% limit
none
Tax levies out side 6%
Sch II SUMMARY ESTIMATED EXPENDITURES, RECEIPTS, LEVIES FISCAL YEAR 1949-50
Total of
1 (UQ.i ftsn
* All Funds
TAX LEVY CALCULATION
$ 6541.41
•
Total Estimated Expenditures
Total Estimated Expenditures -
6541.40
Reserves and Transfers
6045.00
Estimated Receipts & Cash
496.40
Total levies needed for 1949-50
496.40
Amount to Balance Budget
496.40
Tax levies inside 6% limit
none
#
Tax levies outside 6% limit
EXPENDITURES
SCHEDULE h i
Budget
Budget _ FUND & CLASSIFICATION
Actual for
Actual for
Actual for
1950-51
7-1-48
7-1-47
Six Months
1949-50 GENERAL FUND*
to
to
i
7-1-49
7-1-48
360.00 Treas. & Recorder Salaries
$ 860.00
$ 145.00
75.00
75.00 State Industrial Accident
4.68
150.00
150.00
Administration
131.55
$ 585.00 TOTAL GENERAL FUND
585.00
$ 676.87
$ 281.23 $ 698.76
WATER FUND
$ 2400.00
Marshal & Collector Salary
2400.00
$ 484.25
600.00 Water, Labor Account
300.00
4026.08
800.00 Water Supplies Account
500.00
2548.09'
8307.27
1090.77
750.00 Water Power Account
750.00
265.60
200.00
Fire
Department
200.00
37.94
171.44
65.17
$ 4750.00 TOTAL WATED FUND
$ 4150.00
$ 2586.03
$ 5801.87 $ 8478.71
MISCELLANEOUS
400.00 Emergency
200.00
806.40
Power, Street li/Pit Acc’t
320.40/
806.40
1494.89
380.80
Old Legion Hall
5699.05
4.13
259.35
Streets, Walks & Sewers
5699.05
300.00
3988.20
935.14
$ 1206.40 TOTAL MISCELLANEOUS
6019.45
$ 1908.40
$ 1575.29 . $ 5487.25
DEBT SERVICE
318.75
Interest on Bonds
280.25
1000.00
Principal on Bonds
1000.00
$ 1318.75 TOTAL DEBT SERVICE
$ 1280.25
$
7860.15
TOTAL
EXPENDITURES
$
9282.35
a
$
7921.85
$ 14664.72
RECEIPTS
SCHEDULE IV
$
200.00
State Liquor Apportionment
$
256.30
$ 200.00
$
240.00
•
203.13
$
45.00
Licenses & Fees
45.00
50.00
30.00
45.00
4000.00
Water Rents
2554.98
4000.00
4123.16
2957.65
Legion Hall Rents
15.00
Rent of Property
60.00
60.00
82 50
60 00
Sidewalk Collection
100.00
105.05
p
200.00 PP&L Fran<ihlse
200.00
152.56
600.00
County Road Tax
357.58
360.00
Miscellaneous Revenue
300.00