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I AGK S SHERM AN COUNTY JOURNAL, MORO. OREGON ^ e r n i a n C o u n ty J o u r n a l Published E very Friuay at Moro, Oregon ______ e d it o r * Giles L. French , . m M.r a t tha K 5 ^ ‘ « r <M ^ 0 o !w « . Act l, OFFICIA) COUNTY PA PER ” " R IA L NEW SPAPER k P U B L ISH E R S ^ASSOCIATION FRIDAY, JANUARY 5, 1951 ripening and against destruction I/OBBYISTS of the Wheat crop w hich annual- P ortland new spaper is run- ly is enough to feed alm ost a * continued story about m illion people. Wte can tr y to lobb igtg< and it is interesting. p rev en t the d estru ctio n of high- probably a useful w hich m ilitary and Also « is w ” ays “ ’yo ' by *'*' '7 “ 7 'i ’m ove thing to do because th ere ^ vlllan V rg a n u e d th at m uch m isunderstanding a b o u t We can be “ ° '« a" ^ d lobbying and the people who do oeonle will have enough confl people *--- • , _ „1 that i l . dence In th e organization th a t m eans lry in g to in- will nnt pnsue in case * . legislation. __ panic will not ensue in case or fluence T he fivot first IlU v IlC v iv g ,l3 iflu v • danger. am endm ent to the federal con- stitu tio n states th a t “Congress i sh»11 m ake n0 law * • (ab rld g , LEGISI/A t I ve PROBLEM S ing freedom of speech, or of i t is usual at th is tim e for the press; or the rig h t of the there to be m uch concern about people peacefully to assem h e w h a t the legislature m ight do and to petition the governm ent X e^w ha? Ä Ä E Ä “ «h°efX . ^ ” t. ---- cause WW.U “7 - . ^ny by the constitution. SUBSCRIPTION RATES alm ost alw ays , X _ _ rlAn. .. . . <- a a thousands of people. . E x p er Like m any other things, it is ONE YEAR ----------------- legislato rs realize th e ir res- thls effort to try JANUARY *, 1M1 ponsibllity and are not given l ™ lnfluence ,egi8latlon, th a t has ------------------------------------------------- “ W H APH FOR 1951 e l g T n his l f f i isn d r s ’t ' w ritte n ' n ” hi " , » 'p 'x ™ s s — ¿hat’ ro b er second ■ fr o m Page O ne) Mrs. ^ Leon eon g Sm m ith m ade the pre- gentatton of the p a st m atro n ’s , w Mr3 V ern D utton, ju n . p asl ior past matron anu u c i w j F n ted p ast p atron's * ___. j l e ew ej*^Q ç a r i Tuggle, Junior W C l vO C H f l 1 l v i m o r p a st eacb thanked the chapter honors and courtesies th a t had been extended to them dur- ing th e ir year. ^ „ . y K aseberg gave a hum or- ,ueu “A » M m ythodic j -------- QUg reading entitled Since It dealt in- Qf W oe dge, It w as m uch “ ^ ^ ¿ r Á ” The M rs. L. W. Amick of Dalles a rriv ed Sunday to v visit is it her g randdaughter, Mrs. M arcus E slingvr and fam l)y. M„ giu1 fi)<>no P(irrv haf, Mr. and «uo. Mrs. G lenn x P v e rry iyjx . auu u icun n j had as din n er guests New Years day _ rs. __ _ . Mr. and M Ziegler, IVJLr. d l l L l JV1I b. i H l L erm I I l i c an ill ¿ jltg jltl , Miss E velyn K irkelie of Moro» Carl and In a May Ziegler, Mr. and Mrs. E arl Olds an d children Robin E arl, and Jo h n and Bar- b ara Alley. m r. an a..o „u». v ClAir om B alzer Mr. d Mrs. took her bro th er. H arold Blagg an P o rtlan d M d o n fam d 'a ^ ily a f t e r back n '^ . to ~ Th7y“ w ïn At the close of the evening re- v 1 br Mr. B a lz e rs brother, R alph £ T h°8- P Z,m “ n' froch mpntfi w ere served In the B a lz e r a n d f a m ilv b efo re re- a n a s o n - MlcniW1’ “ *“ ed. , fresh i v . E ugene Tuesday December 26 *nv person having a claim dining room u n d e r th e direcUon tu rn in g h o m e J ^ e s d a y E uge e A ny ig of L eonard Fields and T. l i s t e r c a rl, H erm an and In a May J and Mrg Ted von quired to p rese n t sam e w ith the •« 3 2 - j x i s : s r o n S t ^ e s talk centered w U h_.bouquets of art!- £n £ k n o X i « fatnr« about for- “ thought T T ta m c ^ ay t o change ™ ^ ' In them Oregon. to ‘¿ , ^ 5 ’ » i w hat ^ ° T k n ' 7 ’ n ^ t v Canh a s ° o n e of lng gs ta te employees n ^ m ore » U r .e s a n d sta te purchases for n o r m a l P<->Rt m ore The tax- needs will cost m ore PayCT “ gn X m uch w as .7 h 7 ^ . in the th e lo w e s t.tax ra te s in th state; It has a high per capita valuation and few services are perform ed. Much m ore could be Rer - done if citizens desired. It Is decided N ovem ber 7. n o t th e lack of m oney th a t pre- v ents us from having enjoy- m enta. It Is a lack of organlza ■ - A t one tim e th is county had a road system b e tte r than th a t \ sim ilar counties. Now th a t is not so. E dr reasons having lltOe to do w ith m oney the people have refused special levies for road purposes Yet th ere is constant talk about o ^ X d -T u c ^ ¿ x r i : d - rs W,H have S° me 8tUdylnK t0 " ^ T ^ ^ Thls county has no doctor, no dentist, m erely an am bulance to take sufferers to a h o s p ita l.lt has a very ru d im en tary n ursing service and very little public health service. I t could prob- ably obtain a doctor by voting a subsidy and th e sam e applies to « den tlzt and even a hospital. The school system of th is county is inadequate. Costs are terrific and because children are few and w idely scattered and schools are small the quality of education is low. P a ren ts can change th is w henever t h e y w a n t to and reduce the cost at the sam e tim e. Publlc playgrounds, libraries, clubs. parks, developm ent of fishing roads all m ay be had w ith little extra burden on tax- payers or users of the facilities. Local taxes are alw ays a deduc- ible Item on federal and sta te Income taxes This is not w ritte n to urge any c* n e s e tilings. I t , m e j he th a t Sherm an countians do not w ant any of them or th a t they would p refe r to go aw ay from hom e to ^titaln them . The de- cision is th eirs to m ake. B ut It is possible for us to m ake num erous Im provem ents In the enjoym ent of living In th is county. N othing b a rs u s b u t inertia, innate conservatism or ability to agree am ong our CIVILIAN D E F E N S E The federal and the state gov- ernm ents are concerned about civilian defense and a ie putting all the em phasis on the atom bomb. T h at is probably as w rong as w as th e dependence on air power in the K orean w ar. I t m ay well be th a t we will need other kinds of civilian defense— and <n .n y c a z . m any of those In an area bombed w ith a uranium to m b Win not Is ah lr to heed any instruction. Yet, because so m any are afraid of the A-bomb and fearful ifo n u s r z . < x . “ a M., M t a llu l. — M O M t I. reassu rin g I t says th a t not every one will die. th a t if you are a mile aw ay you will lie com parativelv safe. Except for re ¿M enu Of a few Im portant c itie s th e A-bomb U a rem ote danppr 1 >ecause the cost of them jM nser D e o » w , <' ............ ^ 7 . , ; ........... a r B u t° ih e r e IS a n o th e r aort of But w e re c iv ilia n d f,f™ s CQun. m ore guard ,ty we m u st be r « »gainst fires w hen the crop w m mlttee A nother interim com nu has been studying a w a - organize the state. It is ca L ittle Hoover n though not all of 1^ w orx resu lt in money saving w as the aim of the n Hoover com m ittee. K now hrfge of the organization or g e m in e n t w ill be req u ired pass intelligently on th w e p posals and that, again, w l re- quire some hours of reading ant other h ours of talking and as ng questions. The m assive Holy rep o rt will ofi th e de8ks of m em bers en th a rrlve a t Salem. A ,egislative com m ittee hired Dr. * n u ..lv of Ohio to study ’. school system . His re- T m ld sim plify c? nu hv reducing the 0,81 ¿ ^ 7 ^ 1 X £ c U . h ir num ber of school num ber or 8CI.1U^ ‘ aisinvu., " n n u ^ sch * w l inf a n d ° In o th er w ays O5flcl^ 18 nnr badly organized chanfi> ngTh t w ill need m uch 8ch? ? l8>J ^ ’ m em bers can tb e ad v antage of Pa“ ^ constituents. « ' s o me tow ns w a n t to establish schoois beyond th e high school level and an o th er com m ittee bag recom m ended th a t th is p erm itted as a m eans of rellev- jn g h igher education. Cities and counties are pinched for m oney and w a n t m ore from the state for roads, liquor and schools; higher education has t ^ n living well from federal a id to v eteran s and w ishes to continue on the sam e s c a le ; P o rt iand w an ts a ju n io r college; It £S tim e to reapportion the state; prices are up, buildings are ob- soie te, civilian defense m ust be arranged; roads a re w orn out and highw ay bonds are asked. lg .......... . , .__ and “ ------ 11 to keep 90 men and women busy for a q u a rte r of a year or more, It is not only a problem of the lp„js |atUre b u 7 t . one of tbe state, s » undersigned a t th e law office of Jtoy J. B aker a t G rass Valley, Oregon, ‘d u ly 'v e rifie d afl b y law* provided, w ith in six m onths from date of th e first publication of th is notice. F irs t publication being D ec-. em ber 22, 1950. F red C. Zim m erm an A dm inistrator w ith th e W ill annexed. R oy J B aker , - s A ttorney w ork for o r ■ficial s ta r flow ers in ail the col- ^ a r e usually ors and green ery Table decora- or I t appears th at th e purpose of W,Mrs F ^ d ^ o w l e v retu rn ed tnvltlng a legislator to dinner U to get acquainted w ith him to ghe gpent th e lw lld a y w (th h er find out w hat he th in k s and de F red and Leonard Crow- Qr s U w g . F re d and L eonard Crow then his ideas on legislation in w hich the lobbyist Is Interested ---- w uien appU. Tbe legislature w ill - take a . , t several proposals th a t . „ ^ d e by In terim com m n ^ T n a m c l U, stu d y several " ba^ of the s ta te ’s activities * , gtudy com m ittee recom ^ w taxes although m uch 3 stream u lln .. .. j nrooose rnuvn f tb e U x system . The tax- base would be broadened ‘n * new t3X payers added to t ,.g jf j^s proposals are : dx - lg a^ u^ ^ ™ gene Monday. Jan u ary 1. or even about state problem s. and we presum e o th er sU tes, m en of im portance w ith an Rons aad uqJJ an(i Mrg I t is a c u rso ry glance a t Sher- to say th a t the com ing legis in terest in public m atters. x „ JI? m an county and w h a t its inhat> tu re has g reater problem s than ^ tu ^ n t h e C a rl T U g g ' Hants m ight do in 1951 to m ake ever before. Too often th a t is The dlff®rel? Drofesglonal lob- ____ th is a b e tte r place in w hich to tru e because legislative prob- am ateur and the profess! ABOUT T H E COUNTY live lem s are getting larger as gov- byist is th a t the professional is I t seem s p roper to s ta r t w ith ernm ent assum es m ore duties. b lred by ^ ^ ^ „ X i v e s th at pninvahle .. . <11 the tim e to go them selves. P o rtlan d T uesday Decem ber 26 i v i n e is d e s ir e d b y everyone; Thta year the ¿ ‘ ‘“’l i i S L , of T he notlon has grOWn th a ‘ an d bro u g h t Mrs. Holm es hom e n f.f th P th in g s i>eoDle faced w ith the probl ™ J byists spend sum s of money. a fte r spending several m onths , ^ n t o v ^ X O btlm ed by th e m ^ l ^ i n » m ore money. » s o me do. som e don’t T he m ilk « .„ ^ le g c ln g from an operation, " i y, rlvV t h a t o e o n le as a decided to build m ore buildings ^ >ve retalned the m ilk a t bom€ of h e r daughter, Z „nP ’o r « n J a s gov »nd fu rth e r expand sta te ac- act for year8 w ith o u t ex- M rs. Dlck NeWman S - n n L n t o r as social group« are UvitieB a g rea t deal m ore mone> d lture of any m oney o th er M r and M rs B ernard M artin . IL X !hZir P ^ io v ^ e n ts w ill be needed. The P e o p le h a y e £ an hQtel bnlg for them selves. and ^ u g h t e r D eanna w ent to 8 W h a te v e r n e o p le do as Individ- already voted for $17,000,000 in doeg n ttle e n tertain in g and P o rtiand T h u rsd ay to attend i- w h a t t h ^ P buv a n d w here additional funds and th is m ust effective. The school tea- th e Ice Follies re tu rn in g hom e ?hPv T w i n be o u X e * e d a n c e d by legislative action cherg (by far the mo8t effective L fgf t h i s d i s c u s s i o n We will Even. If no other new govern j bby) 8pend no m oney on legis- Mrg B1n p atlsch of P ortland w ta " m ent Is added th e «nfl-Uon^now holiday weeR end here • governm ents can do and about folks voa do know or would enjov knowing About the County (C o n tin u e d T here will be Divine w orship next Sunday Ja n 7 a t 3 p. m. in the G rass Valley M ethodist church. T he M isses Cassie and Mabel studies a t EOCE after spending Holm es cam e up Saturday before the holidays w ith th eir paren ts. C hristm as and s p e n t w ee* ------ p e t e r s » n d at the hom e of * Mr. ■* anu Mr. am . /? . t New M T d von Borstel and son, A rden sp e n t New Mrs. t e a v y e ars eve a t the hom e of M i w . ___ _ an d M re- •>»<* H orner, ' _____ T H E COUNTY court OP K J T v and Mrs John J< ^ r . anti M _ rs. T H E STA TE OF OREGON _j » i»-»rloxz Vxrfc. _ _ _ _ w FOR of Portland a rn v e t SHERM AN COUNTY fore ( h ristm as a a n o h te r and In M atter of the Ei^ta e holiday w ith th e ir Thos. P. Zim m erm an, deceased. fam ily, Mr. and _ S S .__ N°Jice to^ von Borstel. Mrs. von Borstel ^ H O M IT MAY CONCERN. an d children accom panied them Notlce l8 h by given th at *>ome and * » • V° ” / ^ . r X h t the underel«ned V“ , be? " dow S aturday and _ Z brout.1 appolnted as A dm inistrator, w ith th e m n hom e. . ¿ ¿ W in annexed, of th e estate YOUR. ADVANTAGE RDD5UP TO IN TH E COUNTY COURT OF T H E S T ^ T E OF OREGON FOR f|U*3 ■fcZ^-**** SHERM AN COUNTY In M atter of th e E state of C hester R. A ndersen, deceased. SS. Notice to C reditors. TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: You are h ereby notified th a t th e ' undersigned has been duly appointed by th e above entitled Court, A d m inistratrix of the estate of C hester R. Andersen deceased, and she has qualified as such. All persons having claim s against said estate a re hereby req u ired to p resen t th e ir claim s duly verified, to the u n dersigned, w ith in six m onths from the date of the first publi cation of th is notice a t the of fice of Roy J. B aker In G rass Valley. ” Date of first publication being Decem ber 22, 1950. C atherine M. Andersen A dm inistratrix Roy J. B aker A ttorney Tor E state - a - • , **:■ 2 : . . J l -. > ..et. cation of salesm anship. tt Experienced ¡« b b y ls ts inform ed I f they , not h ve complete inform ation a**™1 firm they represent they g it. Rem em bered as exam ples of lobbying w as the defeat of v.«z»v the •—v — pilot bills of some ye Pilots came to Salem an i U the value of th eir J o b s o w e l they won th eir ^c> . "a?H The EASy-DOES-IT CORNER By JOHN DOE triple savings! Save time, save monej, save your self the bother of ordering— by using our n e* subscription server. We place yoer personal or gift subscriptions for ALL mag azines and are authorized representatives for TIME, LIFE, F0R1UHE and hundreds of W.S killed by con- 8ent . le istetor does not often ta k e lbe w erd of lobbyist. If there opposing lobbyist, he, also, lg heard oh the subject and the obtained. N atu rally a legis lator sbouid be able to analyse figures given him and reach his n»w C ontrary to public opinion a lobbyist m ust tell the tru th . A imputation for deceit would ren- useless. He is. o n ly ex-, tQ ^Jve big cage p ke an ab ^ ft^ r a fashion the legis- latu re acts as a body of judges decldlng the fate of a bill on the testim ony given before It. Lob- by tsts som etim es are in the po- gltlon of iaWyers. . . - W hen the w heat froze ou n Decem ber 1924 eastern Oregon fan n e rs w ent to Salem to obtain loans. They w ere lobbyists and _ good ones for th e y <ynt got thp the lnflns loans. Probably th ere w ere few legisla tors w ho understood the sltua, 1100 but theT decided in favor o the farm ers on the basis of the evidence presented S o m e le g is la to rs a re m o re eas- U influenced than others. The whQge can chftn. g few Rind a piQUg g q( drlnkg Qr a steak are not num erous and they effeclivc It doeg seem ^d iobbyi8ts whose stock In trade is ability to m ake friends and influence people should have m ade them selves such a poor re putatlon. m i s i a » 7 S A im Meets on th e 1st and 3rd Thursday evenings each m onth. Visiting m em bers cordially ln- vited to meet with us C. S. B ennett, W. M H B. Pinkerton, Secretary Moro Meets Ixxiav No. 113 How To Got That "Now Car Fooling” Wo ovorhoord a neighbor com plain that his car had loot ita aip, w a i hard to etart and a long way from ”«mooth/' the things you want—snappy starts, purring pick-up, full mileage . . . for today’s high, NOTICE TO CREDITORS compression engines and older models as welL Try it. All • persons having claims against the estate of Gordon W. Reid, deceased, are hereby noti fied' to p resen t them in proper form to the undersigned, the duly appointed, qualified, and acting E xecutrix of the L ast Will and T estam ent of Gordon W. Reid, deceased, a t the office of Geo. G. U pdegraff, Moro, Ore gon, w ith in six m onths from the date of th is notice, to-w it December 29, 1950. Give us a call and we’ll oeo that your bulk »torage tanks are filled promptly. 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A.R.A problem s will be decided to the ffetYTeLernTTapter satisfaction of a m a jo rity but . a « Meets « , . ^ every re rv second «xtond and anti | fousth Thursday In each ‘ 0.1» will not be done w ithout month; vlaltlng members hard work dear Invited. Moro, Oregon. thinking, some arg u m en t and. of Olive Young, W. M. course, some oratory. And in Naomi Van Gilder, Secretary b order of im portance. I If you w ant to learn of the doings of Sherm an Countians. read the Sherm an County Jour nal. In it are stories of the cou n ty’s work and play, Its w heat and stock, It» governm ent and the state’s governm ent, its people and their activities. Its trium phs and defeats. The Sherman County Journal is the only new spaper in the world that is prim arily inter ested in Sherm an county. It is the new spaper of Sherm an coun ty.. Its editorial policy is for » h e betterm ent o f Sherman county. It is w ritten of, by and for Sherman Countians. Sherman County Journal
