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
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e d it o r
* Giles L. French
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COUNTY
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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
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,
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that i l .
dence In th e organization th a t
m eans lry in g to in-
will
nnt
pnsue
in
case
* . legislation.
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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
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---- cause WW.U
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^ny
by the constitution.
SUBSCRIPTION RATES
alm ost alw ays
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a
a
thousands
of
people.
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p
er
Like
m
any
other
things,
it
is
ONE YEAR
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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
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W H APH
FOR
1951
e l g T n his
l f f i isn
d r s ’t ' w ritte n
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, » 'p 'x ™ s s —
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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
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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
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m ythodic
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QUg reading entitled
Since
It
dealt
in-
Qf W oe
dge,
It
w
as
m
uch
“
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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. __
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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
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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
,
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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.
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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.
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and
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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
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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-
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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 .
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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
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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
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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 -
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: . . 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> .
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C ontrary to public opinion a
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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
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can
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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
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k®11- Transient and
visiting brothers are
(¡o r^ n y invited to
meet wiqj
M arvin Howell, N. G.
Leo W atkins, Secretary
L ^ t e . R -b .,.t. H
, .
Meets 2nd and 4th
Tuesdays of each
® onth.
Visiting
members welcome.
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group that wi
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problem s will be decided to the ffetYTeLernTTapter
satisfaction of a m a jo rity but
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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