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About Sherman County journal. (Moro, Or.) 1931-current | View Entire Issue (April 13, 1951)
PACK » SHKHMAN COUNTY JOURNAL. MORO. OREGON A PR H , )» , 1WJ 3 pay tl\e fwarfltf W THE TH IN G ! nave been collected ip tbe cpzn nig biexmium. buiue $33 m il l i on P u b lis h e d E v e r y R r i o a j a t wiU coxae from Burplua which M o ro , O re g o n __________, means that on a basis of actual >11«. u French -- -........ Kd,tor income the state will spend $32 - fc n u rtd aa racond elaaa m atte r at at th. million more than It wiU «Un. get. In th ------------------------------------- » ..« « . n. r ^ t o i f i r * at M oro, O regon, under A et the 1953-55 biennium the H de * f C ongre,» o f M a rch I. I #7». mands will probably be greater OFFICIA^ COUNTY TAPER and the cushion will be gone. No banker would condone such spend ing habits; no citizen should. ja « * * N fW S F A M « Yet there Is reason for getting . P U B L IS H E R S rid of the surplus. It has attract ed the leeches who moved In a s s o c ia t io n with promises and caused the voters to spend enough above E d D i ITO n a t io n a l E t o r R IA L the intake to use up the whole s ? o c 5 ti I ° n surplus in two years. Worst of ASS all, after the surplus is gone the expense Is to continue Indefinite ly. subscription rate » New taxes will be needed by ONE YEAR - -------------- - s2-06 1953 to pay for state costs already levied. Oregon has an Income tax APRIL 13, 1951 as high as any state; It has an excise tax as high as any state TAX PROGRAM ™ hlghe^ than most; It A b near as it is predictable the hgg property taxes M high they tax program for the state for the endanger property ownership. Its next biennium should be some- cltizeng wyi not pass a sales tax. thing like this: There are a few minor taxes that The voters will have a chance (,Quld ralge gome mOney like the to vote for new tax bases, the sur- clgerette tax, a tax on property plus will be spent, there will be no transferfi on admissions, on 11- property tax (or a small one), or and 8imilar nuisance taxes tl\ere will be no new taxes except often erect a social burden a cigarette tax and little changes and an a n o m ic burden and a in other taxes, some steps will be burden far above t h e i r ____________________— ---------------------- --------------— — — taken to equalize our sy^em , abUlty ralge money. EquW®* pUlow terriffic. Reading grows n i _ „ _ M a r l a F n f perhaps as many as could be ex- Uon Qf taxeg can bring in a few oniy soporific. I IS M S W lc lC lC 1 O i m illion but offer no solution Or. <» to hv yia means nncom- _ _ îàhxrman Cuunty îourrvxl For O r „ Midway I l U W a j Line U IU C Construction of a new Bonne- ville Power Administration 230 kv transmission line from Grand Coulee’Dam to the. Midway sub- station is expected to start with- in the near future with award on April 5 of this 190-mlle line pro- to F. E. Wilder. Olympia, schedule 1 on a low bid of »510,- 715 and Smith Bros. General Con- tractors, Vancouver, schedule 2. on a low bid of $533,439, accord- ing to H. R. Richmond Jr., mana- ge„r, of MX OlUmbla office of the BPA- These bids were among 10 sub- ihitted for this construction. The line Is needed as a link In the Administration’s system, re quired for transmitting Grand Coulee power to meet the rapid ly increasing power requirements of southwestern Oregon. The scheduled energization date is December 1, 1951. The two exist ing Midway-GFand Coulee 230 kv lines are overloaded. Stuart Thomson will serve as Bonneville project engineer in charge of contract inspection work. The project headquarters will be located at Ephrata, Wn. Following the regular meeting of Lupine Rebekah lodge on ^ * l“a^ e “ded |uncheon in ^ , 8dat ywh te h \h r^ W b le s r f fl“ Hood River Sautrday honoring hundred were played. Mollie Me- Mrs. Hope Reed, national a - LacjljAn and Clara Houston serv- lary president, were rs. entertainment commiv Mcbachlan, local president, M. . Mary Wily Knighton. and.Edna Freeman were in Martin and Mrs. , ' 7 They were Joined at Hood X „rise w“ won b ^ L e i l l e River by Annajean Knighten. a m J * prizes for high score by member of Moro hlch ‘ * M d Thelma Miller. Tables for th® _ w e r e ^ d e by Mag was served to 300 at theJlolum - BarnUm and Leona Douma. bia Gorge hotel, were *«°™ te gle Barnum ana 1'TO with tiny umbrellas and lavon Read the.new s of your home made w n ^ Mrs* county each week In the Journal, set o f ----- « _____ __________ — — ---------“ To m ake Spring trips b e tte r than e v e r — GREYHOUND announces INCREASED SERVICE Effective A p ril 16 th MORE SCHEDULES! FASTER TRIPS! GREATER CONVENIENCE! FORMER RESIDENT DIBS Ray Williams, 46, died April 10 at Hungry Horse, Mont., after a long Illness. He formerly lived in Moro and was a half brother of Mrs. Virgil Conlee and Donald Ask the lo c a l A g e n t about new leaving times . . . and about low fares to any point I GREYHOUND BUS DEPOT THE TAVERN Phone 7,1 WORO’ ORR r^LL — , . . Scotchman it would look wasteful Cubmaster of Pack 351, of Moro *; — --------- to observe one asleep with glass- met April 2 a t The Dalles with might even do it while writing a b h power company fifty leaders from The Dalles, S U t o r asking for aid for some pract£ L a nd ^ oflts Klickatat, Lyle, Dufur, Tygh Val- approprlaUon. It seems Inevitable thereb , iey, Maupin and Wasco. hut may delaye<1 until there _________ _— Cub jeaders discussed program l8n’1 any more money 8pend DEFERMENT FOR BRAINS and assignments to packs for the ------------------- , We do not agree with the gov- third annual Cub Scout Circus 1 SLEEP WITH ernment’s plan for deferment of which is to be held at The Dalles MV GIAfWES ON youth for attention to and profl- City Park Saturday afwmoon. There used to be a Scotch joke clency ln educational pursuits. May 12. Roman Bertrand, gener hlg b u m erim taxation stu y co npw K has jases under the six* percent ltmi a t 1on^rampva lo f . e nLnatpP in f>erty tax whic e . removal 7 , ^ n p x 7 m X is f™m T O now not paving excise r'x e ? of the g u ild s comes as a part of doing away with the uvv . . vC l II d l l y U U V X lf U l l f t i l t a u u vavaaa « « „ /x /T v a n m less he was looking at something, aliRe< were u k en lnt<fih e armed mittee are Allen B a^> Pr°K™ . and we suppose there is still such gervlces wlth thelr age group. If chairman; Ernest p a ¿oke for jokes never die al- prQper daggificati(>n were made ness manager; Harold WUhelm, though they g^ow very old f abUity would physical arrangements, Pat Guy- For one wh^se eyes no longer n a U u W of er, publicity; Kenneth Gross- focus on type in comfortable read- trugt and authority. Trouble now miller, ring announcer, ing distance reading in bed is a ig that proper classification is not Cub leaders Will meet again on problem. For the writer, Prnn* made because of the Ignorance of April 23 and May 7 to check prog- iem or no, It Is necessary. We. army brass. ress on circus preparations Each may nod over the printed word There be public resent- pack in the district will Parti^l- and drop into slumber whereas mfint Qver proposed program, pate in a pre-circus parade the a self-engendered thought will Young men unable because of fi- day of the circus and will prepye prevent sleep for hours Sleep in nanceg attend school will na- several concessions and a major great quantities is not necessary turajly feel mistreated, and those ring act for the circus, but the erosion on a crumpled whQge abilities do not run to April 16 cubs will star’ selling ------------------------------- ---------- pursuits will feel the circus tickets. Admission will be same_and with Justification. used at side shows and conces- Perhaps a nation has the right slons. Profits from the circus wii - t o (or duty) of protecting its most be distributed to the packs or the From where I s it ... Joe M arsh studious and able youth but In district for their use in actly ^ le8’ time of war and in time of na- Bo? Scout leaders attended a tional distress they should be in training session on The Funda- Buzz A nd The the service as well as others. It mentals of the Bby Scout M°v?" may* be foolish to waste excep- ment.” Mel Patton, training chair tional brains ln the front lines man for the district assisted by Off-Key Baritones where other charcteristlcs .m ay Howard Cook of Hood River, con- be of more value ln any event, ducted the training. Scoyt leaders doesn’t go to that church. And Rever-end Lester of the church but it is unfair to exceptional also laid plans for the Boy Scout- he’« ao tone-deaf he couldn’t carry out on Hillsboro Road coaches hie youth to preclude them from ser- Camp-ORee which is to be> be!d a tune in a bucket! Young Peoples* Choir late Thurs vice on account of ability. They at Camp Friend out of Dufur From where I sit, you might say day afternoon»— after high school will be a marked group for years May 18-16-20. The Camp-O-Ree that Bust didn’t have much in com banket ball practice lets out. and perhaps lose some of their will feature camping and ^ o u t mon with those singers. But he ____ Buzz Ellis pastures cows next craft activities by scouts and standing on that account. doesn’t divide folks into groups members of their patrols. A court to that church. Around 5 o’clock he’s “with" or “agin." Your poli of honor vfrW climax the Camp-O- they used to make a lot of racket MYRTLE H ELYER TO GET tics, your personal preferences—or Ree, leaders announced. about w anting to go home. That $3,500 POIJCY PAYM ENT the fact that you like a moderate made it kind of rough on the choir. Miss Myrtle Helyer, The Dalles, glass of beer—mean nothing either When Buzz learned what was but formerly of Sherman county, way to Buzz. He’s a real neighbor going on he said to Reverend Les was informed last week she had to e r r r y b o d t t ter: “I never yet heard of a cow been named as the beneficiary of that could moo on key. So, I ’ll just a ¿,500 insurance policy left by move ’em in a little e a r lie r ....” Norman Lenker, 42-year-old for This started me to thinking. Buzz mer Dalles man who was killed in a plane crash the previous Sunday. Cotrrrùtht, 1951. United State» Brewer» Foundation She had known the Pacific Power & Light company lineman only as a customer she regularly served at the Hitch Rack restau rant on the Columbia River high way west of The Dalles, It Is re ported. t- ’ * Mlsa Helyer Is a twin sister of By JOHN DOE Mrs. Bob .Bertha) Belshe, Moro. n n V ill p ro p o s e d OV SvBvuvC an veil as by Constitution. Some jther provisions are being debated and these include a sales tax, re- Deal of the personal property tax b7t in X e ^ n i e y are too far ahead of ordinary thinking to be adopted this vear. Fault of the program Is the use of the entire surplus with- out some assurance that there wlll be no automatic imposition of the state property tax. This mav be effected, however. Although the state budget will have behind it enough funds to nave oernnu u. For Statewide Banking in Oregon It’s FIRST HATIONAL FIRST A farmer we know does things the easy w ay. . . like checking the track tension on his trac tor with a straight timber as shown in the diagram. odjust frock to fo-io rsog FIR ST N A T IO N A L B A N K of Portland T H IS ! ARK AMOHfi THE HELPFUL SERVICES AVAILABLE RPM Tractor Roller Lubri< aid» in sealing bearing* aga. water, du«t and grime. Call u* about it. Our lo business is b uilt on pron friendly service. The Pilgrims were always making stock for soup, so that their men and children could be strong and build, a counti . . . . Strange people, ley ----- were “ ‘ i. If Die those ’ligrima good. they got fill led with ■tock; if the they were bad. the stocks got filled with them MARCH 31, 1 9 5 1 M em ber Federat Deposit Insurance C orporation TO YOU IH FIRST HATI0HA4 RESOURCES THROUGHOUT OREGON 77, t4 ,1 S L S 2 3 .6 6 $ 1 0 .5 1 9 ,4 7 6 .0 4 U nited 6»o»e* Governm ent O b U g ctlo n ., Direct ond Fetty O o oronS oo d.......................... * 1 M , 6 7 1 ,3 7 3 .9 1 1OME IMPROVE MENT LOANS 3 S .,1 6 ..3 0 .S 1 libarol r«poym«nt pcogrom. No mortgage roquirod. Ottser Bond, ond S e c u rltle ..............i ................ a •" X " ' HOME MtMTOAOE LOANS n t ^ . ...................... ..... 14 . 96. ..3 65 A c c ru e d i n t e r e . t S . C . i v o b U ...................................... ... 1 ,5 0 3 ,2 0 3 .0 0 Up-to-rti«-m inut« inforrnobon on G l, fH A , rogwlor mortgog« Sank ProMleoe. FumHure ond Fixture, ond Safe Deposit V au lts......................................... ... 5 .6 3 9 .6 6 0 loon». O ther Beal Estate o w n e d ................. Custeeeers' Liability oe Accounts o f Letters PERSONAL LOANS income. . # W of C re d it. Acceptance, ond Endorsed M il. Convenient term», repay out of O th er Resources ................................ TOTAL R E S O U R C E S .............................. Prompt service. . AUTO LOANS ............— 2 7 ,5 0 0 ,0 0 0 0 0 office. Surplu............................................................................. 1 7 ,5 0 0 .0 0 0 .0 0 U nd ivid ed Profits................................................... 1 0 ,1 0 3 ,0 6 3 .3 1 CHECKING Total Capitol F u n d .............................. Accounts or Cost Check- oddrejw im regular per sonal checks. N ow earn 1 ’/ j % up to and In cluding $10,000. Any amount over $10,000.00 in some ac count draws 1 % . TRUST A N D INVESTMENT M A N A G EM EN T SERVICES > 3 5 ,1 0 3 ,0 6 3 .3 1 Reserve for pos«lb»e toon losses. This reserve Is to op ply ogoinst ony loon losses that may develop in the future, Il has not been . allocoted to ony particular loon» or type of lo o n , ................................r . X T , ..................... • SAVINGS :— L IA B IL IT IE S C a p i t a l ........................................................................ * Regular Checking the popular Low plan. Nam e and printed free on 9 6 9 61 EM *,1H . » * * Ajk your auto dealer, or opply ot any First Notional banking 1 ,1 1 1 ,9 6 4 .4 3 . ^ e r e e i D*"»«**4 .................. A ................ >57,744,1 • 1 .1 0 / 5 0 3 ,1 6 9 ,1 I S . 5 J DEPOSITS } SovlRa, a iM iT lw < . ^ ...................... 1 4 5 ,5 0 3 ,0 0 7 .1 3 ) lia b ility for Letters ef C redit and ot Acceptor Interest Received In A d vance...................... * Reserve for Interest, Taxes. Etc.. . . « . . . • • • • I ' l n i ’e S a ’ s fl e a x oo a in O ther U o b l l l t i e f ............... TOTAL L IA M lIT IR l .*.................... .. ,, » ■ f> ■ ■ $ 5 4 1 ,1 1 1 ,5 0 6 9 0 dsk ony officer of this bank for details. SAFE DEPOSIT BOXES Valuables and important po p e ^ protected for little more than a penny a day. MONEY ORDERS FIRST N A T IO N A L BANK GROUP C o m p e t e te ta f, fa r the Pfrxt N atfonaf Sank Group, ' ’ TRAVELERS CHEQUES banks with IB honking offices . t » M , 1 4 9 , 1 B R .53 I I other O regon Banking O ffic e . In the First N o tio n al G roup 1 1 7 ,4 4 1 ,6 5 6 .7 3 $ 6 2 0 ,7 1 0 ,8 4 7 .2 6 LO ANS A N D DISC OU NTS The First N otional Bonk o f Portland ond 4 6 O f f ic e ................. $ 2 4 8 ,9 6 8 ,8 8 3 .4 5 I I other O rego n Ranking O ffic e . In the First N o tio n al G rou p 3 5 ,3 4 5 ,9 9 2 .5 5 $ 2 8 4 ,3 1 4 ,8 7 6 .2 0 T O T A l RESOURCES The First N atio n a l Bonk o f Portland ond 44 O ffic e s .................... $ 5 4 B ,1 B 2 ,5 0 6 .9 0 I I other O regon Bonking Offices in the First Notionot G roup 1 2 5 ,6 9 7 ,7 3 2 .2 3 TOTAL RESOURCES o f the 6 4 B A N K IN G OFFICES In the FIRST N A T IO N A L GROUP ................... ........................................ *, & ■ w FIRST NATIONAL B A N K / The Firxt N a tio n a l Bank of Portland an d It» 4 4 statew ide honking offices an d 15 o ffilia ta d The First N otion al Bank o f Portland and 4 6 O ff ic e s .. . ••LFT’ S BUILD OR EGON T O G E T H U " e J4J,65l.lt Cosh in voult and In fe d e ra l Reserve B o n k ..$ D u . from B o n k ................................. ....................... T o « G e * f t .......................................... BANKING OFFICES A ll Types o f Business and C o m m ercial Loans Tension On Your Tractor timber and Qna ......— --------- » O il iosy Way To Check Track straight , n S VLORO L A ft HOOD R1 HJCBtfKAJat' K o V R A F flE B BPA Accepts Bid $ 6 7 3 ,1 1 0 ,2 3 9 .1 3 - ■ OF PORTLAND the « AM THE 64 BANKING OFHCK IN THi FIRST NATIONAL BANK GROUP S A husband's solitude is a tractor track He also lubricates the bear i n g * with RPM Tractor Roller Lubricant. S aves him main tenan ce tim e and costa, b e cause it’a specially compound ed to provide a tough protec tive film on bearing*. Doesn’t aqueeze off even under heavy thock loads. et C«M«r«te F r a iw i D i » tr ib u ta d b y K e ith M c D o n a ld »hone 5 5 2 Í thing no wife can tolerate for very long * rhe gas company people like a check every month. Other- wise they don’t say “please. The politeness ot a public utility decreases in direct ratio to the delinquency of its customers * When you’re young it get* late so early e You are not u inique, if you feel like a heel. Behind every soul there’s a heel W anco, O r e g o n & Th6 P f r .f N a t i o n a l B o n k o f F a r t l . n d asNf fta « Portland Otficas M ali. Office la s t Fertlor P G H Il BRANCH Indwstrlel Srench Uvestech-Kenten Srench M entevllte Branch Sixth and M arrltan Branch G R IS H A M H IP P N IB BRANCH U p to w n B ranch BronckesOuf of Portland ALBANY BRANCH ASHLAND BRANCH A S TO RIA BRANCH BFNO BRANCH C IN T R A l P O IN T BRANCH Straight Bourbon Whiskey • 86 Proof National Distillers Products Corporation. N Y. t r H e w t h e m e B o u le v a r d B ran ch H o lly w o e d -R o » « S h y Branch B a u tln r a it P e r t la n d B ran ch U n io n a n d R u ssell »rssnch M.O. H o* “Th« HoH. o» i » < W«dn«M»oy». NBC S«o<'<ng M l. S H n C«lm«n S oao W . 44 rfatawhfa hnnking aFflca. CQH 0G N BRANCH c o m SAY BRANCH C G G U ILLI BRANCH INTIRPRISC BRANCH ORANTI PA M BRANCH H IllIS O R O HOOO R IV I« BRANCH KLAMATH PALLS Pells Branch a n d IB o f f i l i a t a d b a n k » w it h IB o f f ic e . ----- NY$SA BRANCH ---> ■--u QAKRIBOf RBANCH 6ITYRBANCM PRNtWGN . SALEM BRANCH SHIBMAN COUNTY BRANCH ITAYTGN »RANCH THI B A LLIS______ TILLAMOOK BRANCH UNION MANCH WOOOBURN MANCH • I Slwth S»ra«t Brnnch LA G R A N M M A N C H LA K IV IS W BRANCH M tD F O tD BRANCH M IR R IL I BRANCH MOLALLA BRANCH nrwsrm M A N C H NORTH B IN D BRANCH Wrrf Hatlanal Bowk G togf The Plrsl N a tio n a l Bank ot C o tta g e O rev« Th« First N a tio n a l Bank ot Eug«n« W «st Bygen« Branch S g rin g tu id »ranch (S p rin g fie ld ) The First N a tio n a l Sank e f Forest Grev, Th« Fir” N a tle n o l Book o< Lebanon e f M a lh e u r County I (Oeteriel Sellwood Bank (Pertland) Th« Firs» N a tio n a l Bank of P rin e v ille Scio S»at« B eak Cletoog County Ban* (Soasldo) CarHen B»eH, end Sewing« Benk C o elld g o en d M c C la ln e (Silverton) Bente« CessWy Sto»« Beet, Bank e f Sw eet Hem e IC e rv e ltU I Ph 11.m esh Branch (Phllem eSh) All the obove banks «re »eoe»hor» ef the Podere! Doped» Insurance Corpore»'»« Y a m h ill State Sank 0 0 0 t • •"G O 1
