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About Sherman County journal. (Moro, Or.) 1931-current | View Entire Issue (March 14, 1952)
■ ••» T - V " ' -4 ~ =tei£Z PACK X SHERMAN CüUNTV JOURNAL, f e r m a t i C o u n tç J o u rn a l Published Every Frloay at «r Moro, Oregon MOHO. OREGON FRIDAY, MARC H H , 1M2 pens? or of the gam bling from JUNIOR LADIKB SPONSOR which the money comes. S IL V E R T E A If all the initiative measures get on the ballot ahd some of the SA sihfjpr J ea to raise money proposed ones the voters , will for the church was given last have 20 m easures to pass on in Friday by the Junior Indies club November Such-a series of deci of Moro who used the reception «ions is worthy of two weeks room of the church for the oc- hard work and legislators would tasion. Antiques were displayed spend more than th a t on them, and some flowers from Hawaii Legislators, howeVer, have the were shown by Mrs. Anna Moore privilege of amendment, which and Mrs. Mary Eva who had re- voters do not. cently returned from a tour to ____________ that .island. Sapdra May played two piano DE< I.’IIONH num bers, Mrs. Homer Town- the sentl san8- “He’d Have to Get A suggestion was made __ other day by Albert Kaseberg. Out and n Get U n d ir” and , . "A a member of the special five m an Bicycle Built for rw o in keep, committee to aid the ?ount^fc>nR WIth l?.e antj‘4ue / ^ ei” e of court on «rood m atters, that the tea. Mrs. Carroll Sayrs Them Sherman county could obtain KaYe a book reveiw of more aid in road building if de Was The Days" a book of rem- cisions as to location were left iniseenses • of her uncle by M artha McKeown of Hood Riv to the engineers. ‘ Simlfer ideas are being ex er. Serving were Mesdames Car- pressed by others. It is probably roll Sayrs, Homer Townsend, time, that Sherman eountians came to the realization that those Dewey Thompson, W endell Bal- who can say yes and no about siger. A rthur Christianson, Geo. road building may not decide to Mitchell, T rum an Strong, L. ere unless there 16 agree- Kaseberg. Coming from out of iiUiid here town were Miss Vivian Trounce, call ment locally. This does not mean th at every Mrs. G. A. Sargent, Mrs. H. Gra- one must agree, merely that the venor, of Wasco; Mrs. O. J. Mc disagreements lie settled a t home Coy; Mrs. F. R. Babcdck, Mrs. or left to the engineers. Recent- W. H. Ragsdale - . and Miss Mar- ly a decision was reached—or cyile McCoy of The Dalles and ¿ -« U te d -M b o u t a state rd?a M™* »• C. Baum gartner of Grass ■RHa evening. Several square dances were enjoyed afterwards. Mr. and Mrs. Leland C. Medler were hosts a t Sunday dinner for Mrs. Francis Leehan and two children of Portland, Mrs. Bee Matnab and Bob, and dau ghter, Joan, of The Dalles, and Mr- apd Mrs. BiH Macnab and daughters of Rufus. Mrs. Leehan tam e up especially to see the nice new home the Medlers re- cently moved into. Mr. and Mrs. Wayne B artron and family were moving last week from the David Reid place into the former Hugh Mathieson house, now owned by the Reids. Dr. and Mrs. Frank Reid and sons are going to live on the Da- vid®Reid home ranch. Dr. Reid just recently was released from the military service. M/-. and Mrs. Jam es Fox left Thursday to spend , the weekend in Troutdale. They will visit rel atives and attend to business af fairs while away. It was quite 'cold here T hurs day. A strong cold wind was blowing. But It was w arm er over the weekend. A few sprinkles of feU Stturday and Sun- Rufus News Mrs. Georg»- Fox rv Mrs. Donald Macnab was host- k . French __________ Editor ess to the community pinochle C l club -Tuesday evening. Spring Bnterod as Meopd e l * * m atter a t tha daffodils w ere used for deeora- Pbatofflc« at Moro. Oregon, under Act »( Conarre»» of M arch S, l i n t . tions. High score was won by Mrs. Tom Macnab. itlrs. Chester OFFICIAk COUNTY P A P E R Coats received consolation pfize. I^ate in the evening, jello, nut n a t io n a l e d it o r ia l bread, cookies and coffee were served by the hostess. Besides the hostess and prize w inners there was Mrs. Bill Macnab, Mrs. Kenneth Fridley, Mrs. ' Leland N IW S P A P IÌ Medler, Mrs. Ajcwey Thomas, Mrs. H arry Adams, Mrs.- E lton PU BLISH ERS X i “i S s Medler and Mrs. George Fox. ASSOCIATION d ¡X L J B ¡¡& Tw enty two members were present when th e Rufus grange m et for its regular meeting SUBSCRIPTION RATES Thursday night. Roland Johnson UNE YEAR . ......................82.04 master, was in the chair. The grange charter was draped for M A R C H 14- 1052 Mrs. Qlyde Fridley, a Rufus grange m em ber who died in The F A R M P R IC E S Dalles last Thursday, TTie Home Economics Chair- Farm income is dropping off. man, Mrs. Roland Johnson, had 1 9 2 5 -2 9 So far lowered income is not the charge of the lecturers program fate of all farm ers and enough The program w as on “Safety ’, day. are still at the peak to give the and opened w ith a song by all. impression that farm ers are still Safety in the home, in the car, £)ORIN WILBUKIN a favored class. Cattle men and on the farm -and in recreation wheat men are doing well al Discounting inflation, value ol C.«.son's farm products are ni°^ were stressed by Mrs. Johnson W E L L D R IL L IN G though the cost of production .ban 70 percent greater than they were 25 years ago. Today. farmer! and others w ho had part In the is closing in on their net in ire selling more, better products from about the same amount of cro, program .. + E B DALLES, OREGON and. Much of the planning that led to this shift was charted 28 year, comes. Supper was served later in the Phone 3729. 518 W. 7thSt igo on the Oregon State college campus during a statewide conferen« Meat and bread is an impor sides w hen tips- engineering rea- V,’’R Virgil Ar5?leIr ’ •f farm leaders. A similar economic conference is scheduled Marc! tan t part of our national diet sons for the location were stated. «f the cltfb, presided and ^’’8, ri. IB and » aAQBC. ------ r-’ --------—----------------- but the largest sum s are paid for Both Morrow and Gilliam' coun- Baul May was in charge of the FOR HOMf physician and 4 he county-health milk and eggs and other foods. ty have obtained more road aid program. - TAG ___ _______ EXEMPTION FOR officer that he Is 40 percent dis- r- ^ S f ' t h e ^ k ^ a m fo ? ‘vea™‘ ,han Shern' “n “ Un‘y an" . k *“ " S u ib ia m C o if« Maatar, g la « ¿ r VETERAN» l-OHSIBI.E aS b d . The vetcran ln thl8 ra te - L i « ¡ r i t v U n J i .? there have h“ “ a r«umenU therc- ------- ™ ------------------- Disabled veterans and w ar nQt p i t i e d to the exemp- are^cheaper than for some yeais and “u U ***’ ’ widows were WOTDed today th a t if his grO8S income in the Snd e milk p r X c T r always always higbway aKreem® n i»ath’fy the April 1 18 lhe apply last day exceeded of $2500. ano ^ tne mini proouter commission. for on a ^ 1500 last calendar year veteran the h . T , Of Kaseberg was I speaking FOR SALE: 1 John Deere 10-ft, p ^ p e r ty tax exemption provided Q vil or Indian wars. b_U1ine8.*_*^ta*Y?f particularly rtuvuv about une use ui of tuv the tandem disk. John E. DeMoss, by stale law Application is made ‘ applicant must also submit ' . / — — ---- ------ - . p&iyiuuu of high wages and distribution speclal rqttd fund lf it8 apend. . Moro, Oregon 19c t0 tbe . COu n ty assessor in the proof the property is record- . troubles ing can be decided on engineer- WANTED: Man w ith car to call colinty w here the l°- ed In his name. AH evidence sup- It-is natural fo r farm products ing we will have made a step oq farm ers in Sherm an county. caj5^- - ____ - _ . - . porting his claim m ust be filed to fall In comparative price af- away from local prejudices— $15 to $20 DerdaV No exuerl- ^ he Ore« °n D epartment of Vet- liefore the April 1 deadline.« The ter a raise. Farm prices often go usually a step to be desired. " enoe or capital required. W rite erans Aff^ rs the <«x exem ption aPP’‘ea to' ¡¡¡e u p . rapidly and then other prices * McNess C o Dent R 2427 Mai?- Ux exemption on homes or per- person’s homestead—th at is, the catch up with them. The farm nolia St Oakland 7, ’cai 19 20p ProPe rt>- 18 a v a ^ b le to the prope rty he owns and on which WHY UFKltiHT? er's net Income is shrinking. - ' following persons: be resides—or to his personal . Farm ers have increased their E very-now an d then we read FOR SALE: 8 complete plow b o t-’ 1- Orty w ar veteran with a 40 properly. 7 * efficiency tremendouely In recent u s' sala tb it toms, model 6« cast, John percenx disability or more, as ¡^en wht> have served in the' years partly because of new and It is unnatural for man to^ be Deere, new shares and used certified by the V eterans Ad- a rmed forces for 90 days or more better machinery, partly because walking upright, that normally share and all parts, including m inistration or a branch of the 8in<|e, j une 25, 1950, are now of research in crops, party Lie- he U~a qüadraped. As to th at e x tra , ntofdboards. „ Tex Lrzyk, armed forces..T he veteran m ust ciasf,e(l as war veterans and they causa of applied Intelligence in w ell Jet th e KuieflMsbs-'tiet tdt* Mom. Oregon LOtfn obt*i» this- »U tomen t from the ^ . t heh-widows-* may receive the the farm ing field.’ Few er farm while rem em bering that some of Portland VA regional office, or exemption ' if they otherw ise „ r- I \ \ X ers are feeding more industrial the o th er, great apes do walk WANTED: Septic Tank service, from the branch of sehvice frorff qualify. " —— l A fa rs ig h te d m a n p ro v id e s fo r th e fu tu re . workers every year. prompt service, reasonable which he was retired, and sub- Widows of Spanish-American upright. ’x i F a n n in g ...b u ild in g ...b an k in g for "tomorrow" are the rates, Ray Meader, Phone 6186, q to the county assessor w ar veterans receive . another To some economists a small So Lve got to wondering how cl "Ticteei^ticj of the man who looks ahead. The Dalles, O re.-Rt. 2 19-if7p when he applies for the tax ex- exemption in addition to percentage of the population on we would look walking around He knows that (he bank that serves the best is open for < _ tJ rU J S « 6 ^ r . W to .,! « farm s is an indicator of high on all fours. Perhaps we would FOR s a l e ; « bottom I n t plow. 'W tlo m the convenience of its customers. W hy not open your say- .economic efficiency in a nation. sit on chairs as we do now, we Good W W .C S 1 ArjUU- , t o f «te“ ” _____ xi aiiount today where you N O W earn 2% on your The fewer farm ers the more citl- could drive cars and probably ^ » .. gs, regirdless of the sire of your account? j M o n ro , Pontiac I n c . 181, Moro. yroo( of (he huaba,l d m l l i l a r y xens who can work making eat a t a aniW ertaiijly sleep FOR SAI»E: One 3 bottom a n d iserv ice and copies of the marri- « Q i’ARE D A \<‘E AT BENI» industrial products. either for ln and one 4 bottom, 14” Case ¡age and death certificates. A square dance jam boree will peace o r for war. A nation la of-^ W ed have sira ighter shoulders SHERMAN COUNTY BRANCH 3. Any war veteran who, lack- heUJ tn Bend March 15 at 8:00 ten poor that has a large per- and llw ri Umber necks; we'd see ■ plows with hitch.-Ready to go. $475. Andll Monroe Pontiac, Jing a disability rating from the p. m. in Kenwood gymnasium. centage of its citizens on the of ¿be ground and lyss of h ------------ + V A or th e armecL forces, subnuta A lt square dancers a re invited. land. China and India are so the sky, we’d probably raise out ’htc:, l^ i, M ofo. La certified statem ent from his OP PORTLAND F o rty sets .of dancers can be busy raising a poor living th a t back ln prfde |,wteaU of stick- _______ accommixtatefi and d a n c e r s they cannot produce machinery blg oul our vhest; football uould HARTS CH1X— every T u e s . l ____________________ . -urns HMD o e e o o a r o o tm a r Folder and 'price list by re- 1 ANNOUNCEMENT or clothing or the Innumerable come more naturally than bask from all oVer Central Oregon B m b S m FoS atal tte«o»» Imwroac« Corpororw tu rn mail. Jla rtk Hatchery, j bereby announce th at i am are expected to attenti. other articles that make life etball. Probably we " would not Beaverton, Ore. — 16-24c f, a candidate for the office of Merton Sauer, 'fygh Valley, _ easier. have so strict a division of labor from the who has been ^holding classes in 'Politically farm ers are endan between our hands and feet and soo fam ily W atkins Route now ’State Representative Representajtive D istrict Grass Valley since early Novem- gered w h e n their num bers ’ if tbe hands shared the chore , available, lf you w ant your 22nd — /in Gilliam, n —. w ijj brje of (be numer- *• • - * m ight do -* .......................... -- —----- W heeler, own business with * better comprising shrink. That is a prim e fault In o f walking the feet political control of agriculture aime-oT the*holdlng and picking, than average Income, w rite Sherm an and Morrow counties, ous invited callers. * for Information to The J. R. subject to the will of the Demo-* and no farm er will overlook it Th« jdeu stem s to have some W’atklns Co., 137 Dexter Ave., cratic voters at the prim ary long. possibilities although If the scien- Seattle, 9, W ashington.- 15-20c electiop May 16, 1952. r-r lf a farm er Is to provide foo$ lists are correct it has once been Robert Smith for a great num ber of others discarded. Maybe with a little Paint Itollers, Barney’s G. V. Condon, Oregon he m ust have sufficient cash in- stim ulation some group ln oouth come to keep up hi* m achinery .ern California .would try it for FOR SALE: 1950 Chev. 1-ton and his land, ln the days w hen jujihlle, say long enough to have . Pickup w ith 4-speed trans, NOTICE TO CREDITORS Ail* persons having claims he grew his own horse feed, till- some pictures taken, stock rack. B. McNeely, Grass 13c tin against* the estate of Olive F. ed the land w ith old and inexpen ■Valley, Oregon. Robinson, deceased, are hereby sive equipm ent and needed only iifx is id N NEED AN ALL-PURPOSE CAR? notified to present them In pro- enough cash to feed h ii lamiiy •Up In Seattle the voters li* li.u i see tbe Willys StaUon * p v r lAtuiLjACJAis..unuti^ueM, fo rm to the u n d ers ig n e d , «a«c the liie ....rJ;. ----- ,T____ . ucSR-MiS. *•i«-%s7.T7. farm ing * * • < a safe way wa> of Qi Ufv thatTfenulred much u ne¥**-2 to F margin.TiaVC? u5- ^-agon on display at W ILLIS duly appointed, qualified and d but not one mdhern farm er is ^detl against putting flourine m q - p o r c o . All-steel body, over- acting A dm inistrator of the es . fu r in p r IS ln it economic basis. *n the lhe drinking <lrln^big water. I here driV(: plenty of carrying capacity tate of the above nahied de- on «rmiiiets ori i seven‘t agencies of national means safety, economy and prac- ceased, at the office of Geo. G. There are _ few ram i i aebpe working against Hour- lical tranSportatlon. Also New Fpdegraff, Moro, Oregon, with- th at bring the of drinking , .. water la . farm nrm ers a half «« . ina(ion . .i.... c ..... and pQur \y beei Drive JE E PS, PICK- (n six months from the date i t the consum er’s dollar. . Process- | bey probably conientrated on UPS and STATION WAGONS, this notice, to wit: March 7, lng, transportation, dlstrl,n ‘' U)"; Seattle. » - Contact W ILLIS MOTOR for Wil- 1952. .«•MT«/. . even packaging ofU n coet »nor« W hether or not flourine actu- ,vs.Overiand Sales, Service, Parts - ’ John Q. Robinson «te TOa! O m ì ». than the raw product, t u y l^opie a„ y dw a prevent tooth decay and Acce880rles. W est Columbia Geo. G. Fpdegraff, • 18-21c who w ant cheaper food migm |g not fully Settled but dentists Rlyer Hlghway> -phe Dalles, Ore- Attorney for A dm inistrator v S ta itp la n n in g your well Join the farm er in a cam- lhlnk u ls a help and there gon 23-tfc. palgn to lower such costs rather aeem8 evidence, that there ls NOTH E TO URESMTOKB than accuse farm ers as a class o decay w here there is ample CUSTOM SLAUGHTERING ■— Au persons having claims M eit cutting, wrapping, aliirp agajnSt the estate of C athrine C. flourine. The case of IX*af sm ith profiteering. freese. Bring them In any dav W ilke,' deceased, are hereby county, Texas, is an example. h ut Sumlav C 4 C Food Store, notified to present them in pro- But there the ftourhie is in the C O U N T Y F A IR B IL L Grass Valley, Oregon. 2lt!c forw) l0 tbe undersigned, the w ater as an act of nature. Surely you have noticed the dif There was once a "long cam- duly appointed, qualified and Officials of the county fairs I. O.O.I- M o ro Ix x lx e No. 113 ference in water . . . some may acting Executrix of the L ast Will association have filed an inltla- paign against vaccination again- be too hard or soft, too acid or and Testam ent of C athrine C. tlve measure which would guar gt gniajj ppx< A famed English Meets 1st and 3rd Wilke, deceased, at the office of antee county fairs almost a half woman found that, the Cir« assi- Tuesdays in 1.0 .0 F alkaline. Many are chemically Add to your travel com fort and pleasure. Rest «Lyo« Geo. G. Updegraff, Moro, Oregon, mllllon dollars per year from the ang innixulateil* tnelr children na<l T ransient and rid e in Pullmkns, w ith choice o f room o r beri*. treated. visiting brothers are within six months from the date reneral fund In case the initiative WRb pustles from small pox vic- cordially Invited - accommodations, o r relaxing coach seats. Y o u w ill The quality and character of of .this notice, to wit: February aaalnst racing is passed by the tjms t hUS inducing a mild form Ffby«l lame, N, G. enjoy the roominess o f the train . . . the h o tre iik e O L Y M P IA Beer are due not aione 15th, 1952. - ' - of the disease which prevented lounges, delicious food. A rrive refreshed. Leo W atkins, Secretary to premium ingredients, but •• Catherine A ndersen thine is a sad com- serious attacks, it was. more of Liberal stop-over privileges perm it excursions, during also to the rare brew ing water m en tlry on the aw kw ardness of an economic m atter to the Cir- Lapine Rebekah Ixxlge No. l i t Geo. G. Fpdegraff, Attorney for Executrix 15-18c the regular season to the scenic Western W onderlands from our subterranean springs. r m itia tlv e law which perm its tasslans than a health m e a s u r e ._________________ Meets 2nd and 4th . . . Sun Valley, Y ello w ston e-G rand T e to n N atio n al Ln of legislation by petition. T hey-hud a good trade with the Tuesdays of each fhe strength of the Turks to whom they sold Ih e it' m onth.' Visiting N O T IC E OK H K V R I N G Parks, Jackson H o le , Z io n -B ry ce C anyon-G rand ON F IN A L R E P O R T welcome Canyon N ational Parks and tbe C olorado Rockies. racing law comes from the wls- daughters to tiecame »vuem in members - -- Notice is given<rfhat th e under dem of its w riters ln providing mates and the |»oek marked ones Josephine G entry NIXT TRIP AND IVIIY TRIP «0 UNION PACIFIC signed, as adm inistrator of the N.O that a Dart of the profits be used brought a txxluced price, estate of Thomas P. Zimmerman, ’ Helen Martin,, Sec. 3 p in i trains D aily for county »fairs. Such ft local Vaccination did not become deceased, has filed his final re Dride th at the racing law has common for many years anti TO ANO FROM THI BAST last/d almost 20 years without there are still some who hold Eureka I<odge No. t t l A .F . A A .M port w ith the clerk of the Coun ^ m o D s U t e ^ ” C IT T O F PO RTLA ND** i r i ^ s change. H to be. cruel to intentionally ty Court of the State of Oregon. e I*R *fld for sherm ari County, and that " P O R T L A N D R O S I" The th reat against it will be- give a child a loathsome dis- 3rd Thursday evenings sa -d court bas fjXed Saturday, "I DAN O A N" e o n e stronger w ith the filing of ease There are not m any such COfVWKNT SON DORS . . . 10« FANS the 29lh dav March. 1952. at this new petition which would left, however. with <‘S " « h»u- of 10 < * '« * "• ,n o ' BEER nrovlde for county fairs w ithout The same thing may happen Clyde Glllmor, W. M. said day and the. courtroom of . doc or horse betting money. in the case of Tlourine in the wa- the above entitlled court tn tne . There seems to "be a minority ter, hut that will have to be II. 1». Pinkerton, Secretary courthouse in Moro, Oregon, as W e’l l help plan year trip who feel th at county fairs should done bv popular vote and a ma- L ig h t Refreshment Beterage of Ash f e r beaetifethf illustrated heehlet en be pretty much self supporting jority ln a given area m ust he Bethlehem Chapter No. 73. O.R.S the tim e and place for hearing _____ ___ ___ all objections to''said report a n d ^ Millions of Tern/serate People "V A C A T IO N S E A S 1" Meets every second ano or th a td f not self supporting, the convinced before it can he tried. fourth Thursday in each ’he aett.fl*ment thereof, nMxied funds should be raised in Vaccination was a more personal month; visiting members • C. Zimm erm an unteti Mfwmc ci. a tofu . waul , h i LOCAL A G EN T ♦ho m u n tv w here the fair is matter. We boast of our develop- nr<><U M a rte Ite«. U. S. Fot. O « . invited. Moro. Oregon^ A dm inistrator hold "W e’ve got to have a fair’ ment of science and we sortte- Bonnie May, W. M. Carlton L. Pepper 17-2tk union PAOnc POI NP8NDABL1 TlANSPOITATtON. R ie the plea th at overcomes rug times refuse to heed Its teach- .•» x S t ** Gwen Ross, Secretary’ * - A ttorney -for adm inistrator geetions of curtailm ent of the ex mgs. u 0RE60N FARM NARKETIN6 IN 1949 DOLLARS 3 B 0 MILLION how can you tell a farsighted man? A J Want A<U F lj« ST ATIONAL BANK What makes Olympia so different? BY U N I O N P A C IF IC “I t ’s th e W ater OLVMP14 Sfbeedjte... 'A T