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t. PAGE 2 SHERMAN COUNTY JO U R N A L MORO. OREGON FRIDAY, JU N E 1, 1»31 i nexed of the Estate of Christo Naomi 'Van Gilder, Judge pher Thomas Taylor, Deceased. Gwendoline Mitchell, Clerk Iphrrman (County jou rn al, J. Tracy Barton By order of the Common Attorney for the Estate Published E very Friaay «« The p rograp for the annual picnic and m eeting of the Sher Council. Mrs. George Fox 28-31c Moro, Oregon 30-lc Ralph J. Busse, Recorder The Dalles, Oregon man County H istorical Society has been com pleted excep t for The sun was a bit too warm changes with the com m ittee and Mrs. Mary B akin arranging the NOTICE T(J CREDITOR« 6ilea L. French Tuesday to bask comfortably in. NOTICE TO CREDITORS numbers. All persons having claims The wind came Wednesday, and Entered *■ »eoond c I ms * n u tte r at the NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN against the Estate of Anna F. The program w ill* tirgtn a t 2:00 p. m. at PrM om Park after F o .lo if ir » a t M oro, G i - w a under Act tried to see just how much dust that Donalda Knighten has been Schwartz, deceased, are hereby »f C ongreea o f M a rc h X 1"7>. _______ those present have dined. and dirt it could blow up. There appointed Administratrix with notified to present them, with O F F IC IA . COUNTY“ PAPER was more wind over the week the Will annexed of the Estate the proper vouchers, and duly Flag Salute ........................................ ............. Gras« V alley B oy Scouts end, and it got quite chilly for H u m Jim Jones, Leader of Christopher Thomas Taylor, verified to the undersigned, the the latter part of May.. 0** n e w s p a p e r Deceased, and has qualified as duly appointed, qualified and Gir, Scouts Flag P r e s e n ta tio n --------- Mrs. Bob B oynton, Leader CUSTOM SLAUGHTERING — such. PU B L ISH E R S acting executor of the Estate of Just a slight sprinkle of rain Meat cutting, wrapping, sharp AH persons having claims Anna F. Schwartz, deceased, at Invocation ...................... , --------------- -------------- W. W. Gearhart fell this past week. Dark clouds ASSOCIATION freeze. Bring them In any dav against said estate are hereby the office of T. Lester Johnson, hung heavy and some thunder but Sunday. C & C Food Store, notified and required to present W elcome Address ------------------------------------- . JaY Price, President was heard and lightning seen Grass Valley, Oregon. Jltf? the same, duly verified, to said attorney at law, Moro, Oregon, within six months from the date but no down pour resulted. n a t io n a l Tap Dances ................ .........................................F iv e Grass Valley Girls NEED AN ALL-PURPOSE CAR? Administratrix at Moro. Oregon, of the first publication of this Jerym e Blaylock, Jocyle Blaylock, Jeannie Duncan ASSOCIA l'nen see tne Wiilys Station within six months from the date notice, to-wit: May 18, 1951. ” Miss*Vivian Trounce presented Susan B aum gartner Deanne Martin her eleventh piano recital at Ru Wagon on display at WILLIS of first publication of this no Arthur J. Bucholtz fus May 15, in the school gym. MOTOR CO. Aii-steei body, over- tice. Secretary-Treasurer’s Report ------------------------ Mrs. O. N. RogUes The first publication is Executor Those students participating were orive, plenty of carrying capacity May 18, 1951. SUBSCRIPTION RATES ____ T. I^ester Johnson ’ Tap Dances - - ___________ - - ____ Tommie E akin, O rville Blaylock Joan Brackett, “Woodland Echo means safety, economy and prac DONAIJDA KNIGHTEN Attorney for Executor 28-31c ONE YEAR - -------- - Harry Dean Eakin, I«arry E aster es”; Stephen Belloni, “My Bir tical transportation. Also New Administratrix with the Will an thday” and “Jingle Bells”; Vin roup Wheel Drive JEEPS, PICK JUNE 1, 1951 _____ Vocal Solos ____________- ---- ----------------- ------ Mrs. Velm a McKean cent Belloni, "Home on the UPS and STATION WAGONS. 1 Range” and “Home Sweet Home” Contact WILLIE} MOTOR for Wll- HISTORICAL SOCIETY Address ------------------------------------------------ Jndg© Harold J. Warner Patty Blackburne, “Valse Thea”; iys-Overiand Sales, Service, Parts There will be some who w ill Piano Solos ___------------ -------------- ------- ---------------- M a rlo n CL4WS Elaine Eaton “Flower Song”; and Accessories. West Columbia Dottle Steward, “Thè Secret”; River Highway, The^ Dalles, Ore attend the Sherman County Hip- CommltUe Keports torical picnic at DeMoss Springs 23-tfc. Billy Finley, “violin, “Cantilena” gon. H istorian ----------------------------------------------------------- Giles French Just “Can't Get Over" Sunday who will be able to shut Veneta Peck, “Chiribiribun”; Betterm ent _____________ - .......................................... George M itchell their eyes and again picture the Paul Blackburne, “Swaying” and 5*OR SALE: 3 Rod Weedera, only tall bunchgrass waving In the “Daffodils”; Donna Wilson, “Sha run over 500 A. .Reasonable. Easy's Fence Marker ______________________________ Mrs. W alter Bruckert Gordon Johnson, Wasco Wind like it did 65 years ago dows of the Night”; Cecelia Bel 30-lp when the settlers were coming d om in ation ___ - .............................................. ............... W ily K nighten Ioni “The Wood Nymph’s Harp”; NOTICE OF SPECIAL ELEC coat leas than ordinary fencing. Few years ago. Easy Roberta in and plowing small patches of Mrs. Kathryn Little “Kamennoi TION ON JUNE 1», 1931, IN took a lot of kidding when he (M ight be well worth your while Magic T r i c k s _________ ________ - ......................... H arry W. W right sod around their cabins. Osrow”. At the close of the reci THE CITY OF MORO, OREGON planted that hedge of Multiflora looking into.} tal Miss Trounce favored with To these there wil be no fen- .............. ..................................... Rufus Quartet NOTICE is hereby given that roses — along his property line. From where I ait. there’s no ces but there will be trails like 1 Kn* . the number “Polka de la Reing” a special election has been called Folks said he was getting pretty sense in locking down un some the one from the Gould ranch to Community Singing - _______*---------------- Wily Knighten,Leader to be held in the City of Moro on high-falntin*. thing just because it’s different the top of Gordon ridge where Tuesday, the 19th day of June, from what we like. For instance, Mr. and Mrs. Harland Johnson But today plenty of people who it met the old wagon road; and “God Bless America” --------- . —-------- - --- --- - 1951. The polling place for said laughed at the idea slow down some people think ice-cold lemon of Stayton, Wn., spent the week there will be the stage road ----------------- -------------------------- ------------------------------------ ----------- ade’s the best “cooler-offer” on a end visiting Mr. Johnson’s par- election will be the Council when they drive by Easy's place across the county* from the Des- hot day. Some of ns would rather chutZ to" McDonald’s* ferry on ch?mics as it Is the frozen brains The Rufus people who have ents, Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Johnson, Chambers, City Hall, Moro, Ore —just to look at those rosea. Moat have a glass of beer. The impor the John Day There will be of the general staff which is them began picking strawberries They came especially to decorate gon, and the polls will be opened beautiful sight you ever saw. tant thing b not to “ h ed g e our shouting stage drivers and a apparently as brazen in its atti-*ia9t week. graves here and to visit Mrs. from 8 o’clock A. M. until 8 Practical, toot The hedge is a selves in" against other people’s rocking stage to disappear in tude toward weapons as it i s _________________ . ______________________________ _______ o’clock P. M. Said election has been called good four foot high now, and at ideas and preferences. the distance as the deer go back about other thing«. An army for the purpose of submitting to least five foot thick—even a shoat to their grazing and the alarm- leadership that persists in p l i the legal voters for their accep couldn’t get through that prickly • f » ♦ ed horses regroup on the hillside, ting men in the J ^ ^ g army «. * tance or rejection, the following mass of shrubbery. Best of all, it Our modern facilities and w ell trained personnel To some the day will be rem- classification can hardly be ex • w proposition: enable u.s to provide the fin est service possible in iscent of an early Fourth of pected to meet the demand^ PROPOSITION SU B M IT TE D TO at low er cost. Copyright, 1951, United States Brewer» Foundation July when homesteaders met un- The assumption that Russ THE VOTER« BY THE e e w V w v w der some trees and with speech is anxious to attack this na on COMMON COUNCIL and song extolled the country seems to be without much ourv In the fiscal period 1951-52, . that had let them have some datlon inasmuch as no the Common Council of the land. A celebration to be re- knows what - Btlttg, Blldfrla City of Moro, Sherman Coun \K I 'L X R Y fnembered, it was, and one worth horts are thinking abou ty, Oregon, is authorized to m the long 15 mile trip by wagon. does often appear _that levy a tax of $8,198.74 for Others will recall early day doing alright wlthou kfl 8 THE NEW INSURANCE RATHS ON HAIL FOR WHEAT LEONARD R. SMITH & STANLEY B. KRUEGER the purpose of providing for threshing times when sacksew- open war. T H E DALLES, OREGON Phone 3135 HAVE BEEN HET AT $1JH> PER $196.00 OF INSUR I the increased cost of operat er and forker feuded over how " - ing the various departments to set the rig and of stubble- SCHOOL RECALL ANCE IN «HERMAN COUNTY FOR THIS YEAR. THE of the City of Moro, which dragging and big days runs and It is probable that the passage tax is to be outside the lim FIRE RATE« ARE 45 CENTS PER $100.00. GET YOUR ’ quick moves. - of * hill to permit t e‘ r«ca itation on taxation set forth Some will be able to picture school board members is the big APPLICATION IN AT THE OFFICE OF THE .in Article XI, Section 11, the ‘ whole agricultural history gest joke that could have of the Constitution of Oregon. of the country, tough and fertile played on the recall plan When 100 -----YDS Sh erman Co-op in Wasco sod. the awkward Implement« of on<\ con®,dc” “ ^ d ls trte t 101 ---- NO earlv farming ‘the long days menrts of almost e v e r\ d i s t n The judges and clerks to con With horse teams, the drouths, the possibilities are tremendous, Gridith & Meek« duct said election shall be as the struggle for a railroad, the *r - follows: dusty and rutted roads, the long John Foss, Judge, Chairman ALL TYPES OF INSURANCE trips with wheat wagons, the R. P. Brisbine, Judge growth and boasts of little towns, Mollie McLachlan, Judge ■e V r- the' early combines and the ar guments over their efficiency, NOTICB OF 1951-52 BI IMiET MEETING the coming of gas and diesel to the days of the behemoth trac In accordance with the provisions of the “Lo^al Budget Law' (Sections f l 0-1201 to 110-1215, 0. tors and wide sweeping tillage C. L. A.), notice is hereby given that the budget committee of Moro, Oregon, in compliance with tools that convert a quarter sec said law, prepared and adopted May 15, 1951, the budget estimates for Moro, Oregon, for the ensuing ilscal year July 1, 1951 to June 30, 1952, as set iorth in the accompanying schedules I, II, tion of stubble into summerfal- 111, and IV. All persons are hereby notified that on Tuesday the 19 day of June, 1951, at 8:00 low in a couple of days. p. m. in Moro, Oregon, said budget estimates may be discussed with the Council, the levying board It Is an epic crowded by am lor Moro, Oregon, and any person subject to the proposed tax levy or tax levies will be heard in bitious men into one generation; favor of or against said proposed tax levy or tax levies or any part thereof. a raw frontier made into some The outstanding indebtedness of Moro, Oregon on May 15, 1951 was as follows: $14,500.00. of the nation’s moat productive Signed Clyde Gillmor, chairman, Budget Committee; Carrel S. Bennett, Secretary Budget farms while boys who galloped Committee; John Parker, G. Douma, Darwin Van Gilder, Harry Kunsman, Members Budget Com- their ponies over It were grow ing old. Where can youth go to And Sch. I SUMMARY OF ESTIMATED EXPENDITU RES, RECEIPTS, LEVIES, FISCAL YEAR 1951-52 a greater challenge than to emu Total of 1951-52 late those who so quickly, so ef All Funds / TAX LEVY CALCULATIONS ficiently changed this county $ 16,441.40 Total Estimated Expenditures from bunchgrass covered hHls to 5285.00 Estimated Receipts &. Cash productive farms? There was 11,156.40 Amount to Balance the Budget something doing every year, 11456X0 T o tal lev ies n eeded for 1951-52 every day, or it would not have 557.75 Tax levies inside 6% limiation Com e been accomplished. New horses, 8,198.65 Tax levies outside 6% limitation new plows, new engines, new Sch. II SUMMARY OF EST. EXPENDITURES» RECEIPTS LEVIES, FISCAL YEAR 1950-51 methods, new wheats, new roads Total of 1950-51 and above all new ideas. TTiere All Funds TAX LEVY CALCULATION has been nothing slow about it, $ 6041.40 Total Estimated Expenditures no standing still, and those whose 5515.22 Estimated Receipts & Cash eyes have grown dim observing 526.18 Amount to Balance the Budget it will remember it as yester- 526.18 Total levies needed for 1950-51 Moro, Oregon • day when settlers cabins ^were . 526.18 Tax inside 6% limiation showing their dim kerosene NONE Tax levies outside 6% limiation lights in every draw and men EXPENDITURES were walking behind single bot SCHEDULE III Budget FUND and CLASSIFICATION Actual for Budget Actual for Actual for tomed plows to break the bounti 1951-52 7-1-49 7-1-48 ful sod. 195051 GENERAL FUND Six months to to See First National First 7-1-50 7-1-49 $ 360.00 Treasurer & Recorder Salaries $ 360.00 NOT THE BERT 475.00 State Industrial Accident 75.00 ) It always comes as a shock to • 150.00 Administration 150.00 Americans to be told they are $ 585.00 TOTAL GENERAL FUND $ 585.00 $ 557.99 $ 1004.71 $ 698.76 not the best of something. We WATER FUND take superiority as an accom 2400.00 Marshal & Collector Salaries 3000.00 300.00 Water - I«abor Account plished fact and refuse to be 300.00 500.00 Water - Power Account 1966.70 5063.98 lieve otherwise until the proof 750.00 8307.27 750.00 Water - Supplies Account 500.00 is before us. Statements that we 200.00 Fire Department 9.50 • 100.41 200.00 V I.44 are second rate are ' therefore 4150.00 TOTAL WATER FUND 1976.20 5164.39 $ 47504)0 8478.71 shocking—and often unbelleved. MISCELLANEOUS Thus the words of General 200.00 Emergency" 400.00 Hoyt Vandenberg that the Rus 394.24 723.60 806.40 Power - Street Light Account 1494.89 806.40 sian MIGs are better powered When you buy or build,- Old Legion Hall 45.00 4.13 than our Sabres get big head 147.70 300.00 Streets, Walks, Sewers & Well 6481.58 3988,23 7500.00 finance through the bank that lines. Surely, we think, no one 541.94 7250.18 1306.40 TOTAL M ISCELLANEOUS 5487.25 $ 8706.40 couhl build a better jet engine has helped thousands of - DEBT SERVICE than our factories. 280.25 Interest on Bonds 170.17 families to own the home of 400.00 Actually the English develop 4406.84 1000.00 Principal on Bonds 2000.00 their dreams...First National. ed the jet engine in the first $ 4577.01 $ 1285.25 TOTAL DEBT SERVICE $ 2400.00 A call will acquaint you with 7321.65 GRAND TOTAL E X PE N D IT U R E S 7653.14 place and we obtained It from 13419.28 14664.69 $ 16,441.40 them. They also sold some to full details. Low interest rates, SCHEDULE IV RECEIPTS Russians and they apparently convenient monthly payments. did a better Job of Improving 67.12 341.81 200.00 State Liquor Apportionment 240.33 400.00 it, according to the air force 249.79 --«•60.00 Licenses & Fees 234.50 trr s build o h o o n roorrHH" 30.00 200.60 2799.95 4000.00 Water Rerrt«*- 4590.41 4123.16 general. 4000.00 00.00 60,00 Leglon Hall Rents In the recently ended world 102.55 s SHERMAN COUNTY BRANCH 60.00 Rent or Property war we boawted about our artil 00.00 100.00 Sidewalk Collection 23.93 lery and our tanks when we nev N A TIO N A L BANK 151.14 200.00 P. P. & L. Franchise 284.52 266.79 275.00 er did have as good a tank as 1998.75 360.00 County Road Tax . 887.74 2258.49 350.00 j j OT P O R TLA N D either the Germans or the Rus 953.35 State Highway 1528.88 1377.84 sians. The Germans had a longer ' 8061.63 Bonds 8360.51 range tank gun that kept us at 2004.00 567.05 300.00 Miscellaneous Revenue 17.00 a distance 16345.43 M em bri F«d»rol Depotii I im WWM« CwRW vOm 5270.00 TOTAL RECEIPTS 8494.91 17070.60 $ 5285.00 Protwiblv it Is not so much the fault of American Inventive I U Ï Z W U N H A R D C O M P A N Y . P O R T L A N D , O t t G O b ness or ability of American me- This is What's Going To Happen Rufus News Johnson’s( father, William Burres who liyvs in Portland. Also a weekend guest of the Johnsons was their sister In law, MLrs. Sid Johnson of Portland. Mrs. Gina Medler of Portland visited over the week end In WascQ at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Johnson. Ad» From where I sit... ¿y Joe Marsh SERVICE C. R. CallawAy & Son Home Freezers Our stock of freezers is now complete W e hav e 8 ’, 9 ’, 15’ an d 16’ chest type. than, ever; A m i 16 and 2 1 ’ upright models. in an d see them Moro Grain Growers say: "BLITZ WCINHARD TOR ME! . .... 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