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PAGE 5 SHERM AN COUNTY FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 3, IMO JOURNAL, MORO, OREGON Moro Personals Roy Looney an d fam ily left last w eek for New Orleans after being here for over a year work- ing for the county. \ He expects to re tu rn to piloting along the gulf coafet. Illness of P aul May was found to be caused from a h eart attack from w hich he is rallying s a tis factorily the last few days. Ronnie cam e hom e from I>ewis & Clark to w ork in the store and to keep business going u n til his father is able to w ork again. Mrs. Jan e F rees and children Toni and Michael, left Friday for P o rtlan d an d Salem to re m ain a few days before going on to Im perial Beach, California to aw ait the re tu rn of h e r husband from Korea. Mr. and Mrs. C arroll Sayrs w ent to P o rtlan d T hursday for a few day!? . T he county c o u rt m et Vflednes- day and listened to com plaints a b o u t the road conditions in the county before getting down to the business of paying the bills. The Sherm an County clu1 T h u rsd ay night a t seven < changing the tim e so as able to e n te rta in th e m en cam e to b rin g stock to th co sale and the buyers wh< to tak e them away. Joe son, Judge of the showy about th e brand law. N orm an Fields and Giles F rench drove to Ione A mday nig h t to attend a political rally of M orrow county Republ TTie ladies of the Mon m u n ity church are serving Rom where I sit... Joe M arsh You Can't Build JT A Bettor Mousetrap! “They’re not the beet-looking boarders a man ever had,” Hack Turner said one day, “and they've got awful tempera. Bat I’ve found it pays to have ’em around. Hack was talking about a fam ily of barn owls, nesting in his silo this year. Some folks believe those little white-faced screechers kill chickens— and ought to be shot on sight. But Hack disagrees. “ Up at State University they’ve studied barn owls for years — and never known one to eat a chicken. On the other hand, a daddy owl w ill clean up around 300 mice a Mrs. Jack Law rence entered <•. Portland hospital W ednesday m orning to rem ain a few days for medical tre a tm e n t E dm und Stephens and his sis ter, Jan et DeGraff were here briefly this week while on th eir w ay to California to visit Emma- lean and Tom. E dm und is on a dependable ge assistance law 'ngs Federal money to uiegon. It guarantees a decent 1 ing for the aged. . It is legal, workable, keeps aid - to - old - folks out cf politics. ____ pro m pt s e r v ic e Standard Insurance C o . A w e ste r n c o m p a n y servin g w e ste r n a g r ic u ltu r e H O M E O F F IC E 8 . W . W a s h in g to n P o r t la n d , O re g o n 4331 FOR SALE: Seven room house in M oro, group of animals or numana—u * usually just baaed oa misunder standing. For instance, some folks are plumb intolerant about those of us who enjoy an occasional quiet glass of beer. Get to really know us and you’re liable to find we’re pretty good birds at th a t! full basement, oil hot water heat, hot water tank, graded streets, new paint and shingles since 1946, com pletely insulated, sidewalks, priced as an investment. XMATie heating EQUIPMENT \ C opyneht, 1950, United State» Brewer» Foundation How do you like our new shi Make tastier drinks with BEEFO’S A t th e C A P I T A L C I T Y , M o r o , O reg o n the whiskey that's Equipment is aTsilable— right n o w - r here in your own community. It means w u now have our organization at han tastall G -E equipment— and keep it serv W e welcome the chance o f te llin g you • o m U j just why G -E heating « J - « H T here are a lot of things y o u w i l l wa know about cost, installation, how the e ment works, and w hy it works better. A phone call o f a post card w ill b rin j CAevfa/ as t Cs 1 A/amt k the answers. ic o d place for eating Eastern Oregon Electric Company Third & U nion 8 L ____ . The Dalle» Oregon Paint • W allpaper - \ enetian Blinds G EN ER A L PA IN T |PRODt <’Ttt H eavy Kote - one coat finish F lex • Colorful decorator R ayonite, washable smooth finish UPHOLD the 1949 Legislature’s a t t r a c t iv e terms Phone A T days for eating,- and this Medical Society says . . . M o rtg a g e L o a n s to M e e t Y o u r In d iv id u a l m e d s M il These colder days are g< Adams Paint Store vacation from his w ork In W ash ington D C. Mr. and Mrs. George Mitchell are grandparents again to grand daughter Mary Machelle R yder born last week in Pendleton. This is Mr. and Mrs Ryders second daughter. E Y - A BLEND KENTU CKY DISTILLEES NODUCTS COIF- M.T GRAIN NEUTYAL SHUTS If you know any brave woro-ana-pnt ^ y . I hap,Xned to read the editorial » n u n en b , of both the I Oregonian and the Journal Sunday (Sept. 24) on th I subject of so-called daylight bl “rt ? I be voted upon November 7, watch h im c a r e Y I few days. He may begin cutting out ^ P !r.,d° ^ o°[.r A | ing to pick daisies off the ceiling. But he 11 recov^r * , I few paragraphs of Bob Ruark or Drew Pearson prob- I ably will put his trolley back on the wire. I Both of these eminent newspapers seem to have as ■ signed the top experts of their Departm ents of U t t e r I S S fu s io n to the task of befuddling folks about Ore- I gon’s little argum ent as to the measurement o f b m ^ I We doubt if there was collusion, however. Bo I sta rte d th eir argum ents from erroneous premises, but I from different ones. ’ f I The Oregonian's word-slinger set up a straw nian I his shadow boxing. He started off by advising people to I eive some thought to the "obscure” measure on the I ballot "which has been miscalled a ’daylight saving I bill ” and which, he says, is “a legislative phony. G reat Scott, where a rt thou ? Nobody has been calling this measure a daylight savingbiU. It in the title it is a measure "TO ESTABLISH STAN HARD TIME.” It says so emphatically in the t e x t , i n act contains a safety-valve by which the governor may change the sta te ’s time in case of dire necessity, which is a good, flexible provision, although it is unlikely any W asco , O re g o n Phone 761 Aost w o m en h e re c e letting Reddy K ilo w att do m ore an d m ore o f their housework. And why shouldn't they? The long« i Reddy works, the less per hour is his pay. Almost everything you buy costs more than ten years ago, ex cept the services of Reddy Kilowatt, your low-cost e ’f PI ¡Li ^The Oregonian author says he’d like to see a clear-cut state-vote on Standard versus Daylight time. Okay, son. Y°The Journal man simply got his facts tangled. In the blithely informal style which causes readers to teel friendly without being able to understand what they I r e “i t 's eiik eth l8 : The Oregon legislature a d o p ted a bill which authorized the governor ^ p r o c la im saving tim e ,. . . ” etc., a n d : “ ’Twas then Portland votors adopted the daylight saving amendment. The fact is, Portland started the whole mess by foist ing a semi-annual time change on neighboring ities which had no voice in the m atter. Pol^ “ d adopted it by a very narrow m a rp n , b u t they didJ^ o p t it. THEREAFTER the state legislature » ^ m it unani 1 mously passed the law establishing standard Oregon The prim ary purpose of the law was to bring about uniform ity and prevent pu ttto g : ing to inconvenience other sections of the state. Putting it somewhat more crudely, the law was “ ^ n d ^ t o c o r - rect P ortland’s bad manners. The Journal . placently and erroneously concludes th a t heiwiU get daylight saving time if the state law is adopted by th I V ’S e a l autonomy is a workable and efficient 3 principle in m atters affecting only local I When the effects of local legislation react fa r I municipality which enacts it, Interventionfrom a larger 9 n n iitie a l unit becomes necessary. The Oregon legisla- FOR U N IF O R M Straight Bourbon Whiskey • 86 Proof National Distillers Products Corporation, N Y. S ta n d a r d T im e VOTE 310 X YES THE COST OF L IV IN G la up 68% since 1940. But P P 4 L ’. average price for household electricity ia down 40yo 1 RATE CUTS SINCE 1940 have total net aavinga of nearly 18 i dollars to users of PPAL’s elect ba r U g a a in in « i T O D A Y ’S biggest B IG G E 5T B AK Residential electric rates here are less than half of the national average. Pacific Sewer a Light Company O u r 40th A nniversary Year I» . O r e g o " S ta n b b e r S e c re to ry Y
