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MMMRBHR SHERMAN COUNTY JO U R N A L, MORO. OREGON F R ID A Y JU N E IS, 195Î il'J iim n S m ith Hughes course w h ich our unless they w ere v e ry new. B u t l*oys badh need, wv have no do i t was no use. He arose and in FvbUshed Every Friaay com plete disgust stom ped o u t m estic science course w o rth y o f Moro, Oregon . o t the o ffice in to the sun and the name, we have no fo re ig n Giles L. P r e n d í ________- Editor w in d saying languages, our physics and che som ething th a t m is try labs are e n tire ly su b sounded like , “ Fool, doesn’t even Rltered standard. Most of these Inade know w h a t a w id g e t Is.” Ptxtofflc« at Mor». Oracon. Courra« of March I. lilt quacies are physical in nature. To the E d ito r: T h e y s im p ly lack space. Now O F F IC IA L COUNTY P A P E R R A IN The gamble on b u ild in g the su re ly 1/ K e n t and Grass V a lle y I t came q u ie tly In the n ight, jarge gchool b u ild in g is fa r to see- f i t to come here now w ith o u t N fiW fiP A F IR s te a lth ily , as i f not su re o f its e lf g,.eat to assumed b y d is tric t the above benefit», we have high o r even o f its welcome. M any No alone. The ta x payers o f hope th a t th e y and o th e r dis- P U B lI S H f R S heard i t n o t a t a ll and were sur- 17 are responsible fo r trlc ts w ill soon Join us I f d is tric t ASSO CIATION prised to fin d the ground w e t th< education o f o n ly the child- 17” p ro c e e d w ith a new school, w hen th e y awakened. ren ¡n t fte ir ow n d is tric t. T here The e d ito r stated on June 6 I t is not often w ith us th a t are o n ly 32 high school ch ild re n th a t i f w e spent h a lf the eost June ra in s come w ith so little Jn th ig d is tric t. T o ask th is one each ye a r o f a new b u ild in g on w a rn in g . U sually they herald grnad d is tric t to b u ild a m odern more and better in stru cto rs we thembelvee w ith w in d o r t h e y ^ hooJ io r 120 students w hen w o u ld have better education. I come up over the w estern W lW ^ |ey noW have f acjn tie s ample w o u ld lik e h im to show the against an east w in d In great tQ educate th e ir ow n students Is p rin c ip a l or teachers w here these SUBSCRIPTION RATES b la ck clouds th a t cause the farm - unreasonjfble. The cost o f the added In stru cto rs could be dam ONE YEAR . ...................... era to stare in hope. • b u ild in g is placed b y th e med In the present b u ild in g ^ o r JU N E II, IBM T he b ig g e r o f Che June rah»x a rch ite ct a t $365,000.00 w ith in- ho w b e tte r In stru cto rs could be are dangerous and sweep across teregt A nyone th a t has done any enticed in to the present p la n t ECONOMY the c o u n try pushing the g ra in to b u ild in g in the last few years w h ich e ve ry p rin cip a l and ln- Some tim e ago we asked an th e ground. T h e y f i l l the w a te r w ln y^u ru n f ro<n spectors In the last ten years has elder and w iser man how long courses and flood the low lands above estimates. T h is could condemned. i t w ould be before a candidate and sometimes b rin g h a il th a t and p robably w ill ru n fro m $400,- W e have heard the e d ito r state could ru n on a p la tfo rm o f econ- beats the crops in to a pu lp th a t to one ha lf m illio n . There is th a t m ore m oney should be spent om y and be elected. He said i t cannot be to ld fro m the earth. no necessity or Ju stifica tio n fo r here at home ra th e r th a n be Bent w ould be a long tim e. He was R a in is alw ays welcome w ith aaking d is tric t No. 17 to take to W ashington, D. C. to be squan- rig h t, us in June. Some hay m ay be te r r ific burden. dered. Most o f us have sent E conom y is a bad w ord, a dow n a lth o u g h ; the be n e fit to To ass tim e th is c o n tin u in g thousands* o f dollars y e a rly In w ord w ith e v il connotations, a the w heat is m ore Im p o rta n t debt fa r in to a v e ry uncertata the past ten years to W ashington, w ord th a t no one likes, except, than damage to the hay. We liv e fu tu re is to gamble the se cu rity D. C. and to Salem. W e have th a t is, fo r others. Econom y is b y rain. T w elve inches is fin e ; of m any ojd people th a t are de- spent p ra c tic a lly n o th in g on o u r as bad as taxes in the popular It. fills the warehouses. T e n pendent on sm all income o ff c h ild re n ’s education here ot m ind. Econom y means c u rta ilin g , inches is passable; we can liv e farm s. A bond issue, o f th is home. The p ro p o rtion o f taxes re s tric tin g , reducing. T he people on that. Less than th a t and we w m cjoud the title and act lo ca lly even w ith new school w ill never stand fo r economy ru n to th e bankers w ith excuses ag a f j ra t mortgage, on a ll farm s exp e n d itu re w ould be v e ry m in o r u n til there la no m ore money to and the governm ent w ith com- j n d is tric t 17 should you w a n t to compared to o u r state and feder- spend. People do n o t lik e econ- plaints. b o rro w m oney ox «ell y o u r al tax. om y. F - w W * ™ a* * * * £ L i “ t t X T t n fa rm ‘ Many fanTW ln N ow w h a t do lhe « I * « * « U t is a p o litic a l Joke th a t leg « e i t w h e th e r it slips up ty w ere j n a v e ry precarious po- a new hope islators vote fo r a il approprla- a l ,n igh “ r 5?meS. f uste[ ln g y sition, and several w ere lost, be- h Ope to gain county educational tlons and no ta x measures. I t is ow n* rs ~ u,d , „ " otv u n ity , to decrease co u n ty taxes m in d a b o u t it, “ w hen are * th e ir taxes o r raise a few bund- thereby, to im p ro ve educa p o litic a lly w ise to do so. t The going to get a little more?” ted* dollars to pay Interest. These tio n th ro u g h better teachers and reason i t is p o litic a lly w ise is hard tim es are ve ry sure to come more courses o f stu d y and laet- th a t the people vote fo r legisla again. We are p ro b a b ly at the ,y gain an even F A T H E R ’S D AY tors w ho vote th a t way. end o f these big crops. I he ris k 5reaj< educationally * I fo e lU* fu- T i i h i a a t t la the reason w h y budgets M 111c: ICBAUI1 w h j klmwt QiinHflv (a P'itMfcr's dflV . > «. . - mi cur euuM lU U lldll y W r th UH? constantly go up. T h a t is the rea- h n lid e v on w hich we s uddo sc * fa.r J i > <reat * * **** benefits tu re generations o f S herm an ■on makers liste n so y PP®*» involved. nr^Unflano aaritki th a t iziAMia countlans w ith th a t o f «students ca re fu lly to some one w ho comes a ^ a d d U lo n a lp riv lh k T IT h * * ' W e .w lU fro m econom ically in fe rio r areas. In asking fo r p n u o b h lic iir r,,nd« fo r r to exercise such additional p r iv il- b ulId the b u ild in g here and De funds fo „ ^Harvey Thom pson som ething. T h e y u s u a lly repre- < 8Ure 31 . ^ rt> 18 v e ry — --------------- -— sent b u t a few people, and often ,n ril flt „ th a f h L>m e w h a t w e a k ~ VV. e c ann ° * f<wT * P*°PJe to M r. and Mrs. Dewey . T h o m p h .v p no local o r le g itim a te rea ln dlcates th a t he *® • i>mewb a t a n y thing. We cannot expect _ nd w M charlo« «on fo r o b ta in in g ^ th e money. ™ (r,c t£ f h a t T ? ' * 2 ° k<* P . t E í S * B' “ ' B u rn t't “ ™ *” LaGrande Ehle J$i{erman County Journal M M tt N O T IC E OF F IN A L H E A R IN G Notice is hereby given th a t the undersigned has file d in the County. C o u rt o f the State of Oregon fo r Sherman C ounty her F in a l R eport and A ccount as E x e c u trix o f the L a st W ill and / O O O O O s yeU ’ O á á á r H ermho Testam ent o f G o rty n W . Reid, deceased, . and th a t Saturday, J u ly 5, 1952, at ten o'clock A. M o f said day1, at the Courthouse, in the -C ounty C ourtroom , ai Moro, O re g o n /, has been fixed by the C o u rt as the tim e and place fo r hearlhg o f objections to said F in a l R eport and Ac count and the settlem ent o f said estate. .. , P a tricia Reid Geo. G. U pdegraff, A tto rn y e fo r E xe cu trix 31-34t N O T IC E TO CREDITORS A ll persons having claim s against the estate o f M a rtin O. Johnson, deceased, 'j are hereby n o tifie d to present them in p ro per fo rm - to the undersigned, the d u ly appointed, q u a lifie d and a ctin g E x e c u trix o f the L a st W ill and Testam ent of 'M a r t in O. Johnson, deceased, at the o ffice o f T . Lester Johnson, a tto rn e y a t law, Wasco, Oregon, w ith in six months fro m the 2 X tb e y d o „ X represen, ^ a fe w ‘e . J ^ n r u ^ n SS X hou“ X m ™ n 7 n X a S « T " * “ b l, < * * “ th * ” “ ÜI* * " * of the never forget W h? ' " to u d P “ h* r * <tojr s<’ho° l h«ve succeeded In g e ttin g (U rd e» Toóla, B a r n . , '. G. V. ?ho fa v o r vo u w onder th a t Arnerlca te 001 know n 11 m l« ht th is d is tric t in a b ig ro w w h ich ilj continue - a IX«« ™ w a n have been the makers o f suspen- ---- w W1U cuilUIIUV fro JIU m IH now Il’iW on MU If II i^ h o Pn o ™ /m « ^ “ Yes” ders’ gaudy necktleB and c*«81 th is la passed. W e are a ll IV /Y n / s e w ho have the nerv« to s a y j j * • m anufacturers. W hoever It w as a . , pn fr o m the “d a r k airos'’. o A n n ly d erw. a k nn.iM K ~ A u t — ----- a step fro m the “ d a rk ages” . A nd $10 00 0 0 0 0 *a y e a r the county made U aPPa re n t 10 « v« 7 one the o n ly th in g th a t ever got us W A N T E D : C ontract h a rve stin g . W . W. H arper, Wasco, Phone am n o o Anv l ^ at fa th e r in th is da y and age out wag cooperation and friend- budget could $10,000. i. fa te - n o r «hip W e w ill never _____ accomplish ______ 494. ,4 32-4p ? be h cu .w t lX t V o r v A ny- or« ls 001 the ,naater «r of h hta one can Ct^ 3 « T l , . nt u» nil the captain o f his »oul. I f he a n y th in g b y tr y in g to fig h t each «¿«ary Dullness ju d r r .e n t fc . jd rftn the #how anyw ay lh p re o th p f quarreHng w o i case v ;z o o m - th a t Is reeded. B u t po I w ouldn t have to t)e a gpecla l force anyone to raise the re n t on ? ,,° rlg in a p r 06 business supercedes ju d g m e n t day on w h ic h he could be « « -.te n a n ,» o r the tenants to pay J ' K McK,!an C»' M oro' ju d g m e n t preme. the taxes. No ta xp a ye r is against M A L E H E I j P W A N T E D ^ 40-hour B stlm a to rs have alrea<V I » one can be q u ite te a rfu l about jp o d education. W e w ould all week w ill b rin g you b e tte r gun to fig u re on the 1953-5 M other's day and w rite ream s to nee a fine new high school than average earnings. Good get fo r O n j j o ^ n d a r e u a i n g and reamg about the and a|1 o r a io o d p a rt th e c re d it reputation, car, and n o r flgU LLk<iL ? ^ 2 ,0r)<)’000«h»t o f th.- n®t*»8a ry to Inclusion in th a t students in the c o u n ty in It. mal health essential. F u ll In up $20,000,000 fromi tha hallow ed class. M others have a L e t’s (forget the Idea o f fo rcin g fo rm a tio n on request. W rit* taM b ie n niu m l i t w ill p .• gpeciai r a tin g In A m erica and a d is tric t 17 to b u ild a school fo r J. R. W a tk in s Company, 137 ooat th a t m uch and i t I r fln e j ^ m u t ^ A nd so whole- the county, fo rg e t o u r quarrels. "Dexter Ave., Seattlle 9, Wash. U ln ly cost th a t m uch M n o t need the iavlah gQ at thJg ,n d lffe re n t way and 31-6c ’ taxpayers »tar a ‘ th in g s said about th e m on one gee If we can’t get a ll the people now. The coat o f liv in g Is going Hpecla, dfly . - - Qf th<? W A N T E D : Com m ercial h arvest down but ever y one M Fathers need a day even less. ed in real education together Iq ing, » right-of-w ays o r w hole a pay ra*8* ’ Moat o f them have th e Job o f b u ild in g a union hig h school, fields. S ta rt any tim e. See H. be cu rta ile d b u t w ill n o t De, u w famHy a ln . We are m aklng ourselve»- redlcu R. S chilling, Grass V alley, ph. sta te s governm ent is t spired ideas. Some o f them play lous fig h tin g among ourselves 497. , 81-35p give and w ill be extended more. < poker o r g olf, fis h o r go to con- and o ffe n d in g o u r frie n d s in not j.v w CA. t .. and a3klng TOR S A LE . 20 fo o t H a r r l. com- W ho asks fo r m ore money. ventlongi n e g le tl the garden anJ conaultlng f hem bine, used seven seasons, fa ir I t 1« g e n e ra lly g o vernm ent em- Most of them spend th e ir help and cooperation, fchape, extras. M ax Bedshe, ployees themselves. T h a t and th e ir lives w o rk in g fo r the fam- Yours fo r frie n d ly cooperation Moro, Phone 412. B l-tfn sm all groups of taxpayers. There lly , b u t th a t Is n T considered and good sound education, ts seldom any general urge fo r m uch and never was. CUSTOM S L A U G H T E R IN G — , T om Fraser M e it cu ttin g , w rapping, sharp m ore expenditures. T h e re ’s m any things f a t h e r s --------------- S------ freeze B ring them In an y da» • Taxpayers are suckers. They can be g ive n on his ow n p a rtic u but Sunday C & C Food Store, e n jo y th e ir m isery— boast o f It. U r can a ffo rd E d ito r Grass Valley? Oregon J lltf- They are too tig h t to do a n y th ng them Maybe * few w ordjj o f gp N O TIC E OF F IN A L H E A R IN G N otice is hereby given th a t the undersigned has file d In the C ounty Court, o f . the State o f Oregon fo r Sherman C ounty his F inal Report and Account as E xecutor o f the Last W ill and Testam ent o f E m m a J. Sayrs. deceased, and th a t Saturday. June 21, 1952, a t ten o’clock A. M. o f said day, at the C ounty C ourtroom , in the Courthouse, at Moro, Oregon, ha« been fixe d by the C o u rt as the tim e and place fo r hearing o f objections to said F in a l R eport and A ccount and the settlem ent o f said es tate. , C a rro ll Sayrs Geo. G. U pdegratf, A tto rn e y fo r E xe cu to r 29-32c F A T H E R &. SO N B A N Q U E T Moro Community Church FRIDAY, JUNE 13, 6:30 p.ro. Full Course Turkey Dinner i' bn, <iate o f th is notice, to -w it: May 30, 1952. •’ M arie B a rn e tt Cooper E x e c u trix T. I .ester Johnson, A tto rn e y fo r E x e c u trix 30-3c Sponsored by: Tickets for Sale Mariners Club by Mariners Admission $1.50 each THE G A Y SHOP . _ lovely new dresses, and Lingerie W hite Stag, Lazy Susan wrap skirt Clam Diggers, Levis, N ew Blouses Gay Shop 96 PROOF . THE OLD HERMITAGE COMPANY. FRANKFORT. KENTUCKY Wasco Oregon and the askers w ill >1 / b u t g row l. They bute a d im e to help cu t n til and they they p probably w o o n r n ’t u and ro n a n iy w uim« th e y have no dim e to contribute^ W ho th e n is going to stu d y governm ent w e ll enough to fin d places w here economy Is possi ble? WeM, th e c o m m it ee d ld and Ckn’t g.-t h a lf it P®“ ’ ed. N o one helps. Some Oregon- U,^ . „ ha^< , ¡ 5 S till the tim e J . n o t here w hen a n y one can be elected on a p la tfo rm o f economy. I t la a sub je c t f o r . conversation, ' n o t fo r ««Lion. W hen the governm ent gets a ll the money and al) th e pow er i t w ill be too late. Ifcyar p re d a tio n fo r the old g e n t as In regard to the b u ild in g o f a N E E D AN A LL-P U R P O S E CAR? he goes about his usual round o f new high school by d is tric t 17, Then see the W illy s S tation dutles w(Hdd ag weli_ a n d he let me say firs t th a t i t is the Wagon o n display a t W IL L IS w o u ld n t have <or u prim e hope o f the sponsors th a t MOTOR CO. All-steel body, o v e r . i - — —. - . - u n ity and r ce n tra lisa tio n w ill d rive , p le n ty of c a rry in g capacity Unless taxpayers are able to thus b e eflfected In Sherman means safety, economy and prac- get enough voteg <or the alx county. We cannot have a ceo- tlca l transportation. A lso New m4d | j m lu tlo n bUi fad they tra l High school unless there is F o u r Wheel D rive JE EP S , P IC K - w iu be faced w ith ? much larg a physical p la n t to accommodate u p s and S TA T IO N WAGONS, er gtate U x than g|x w hen 80 to 120 »tudents. Thus we Contact W IL L IS MOTOR fo r WU- incom e ta x receipt» fa ll off. need a new b u ild in g . lysO ve rla n d Sales, Service, P arts -------------------- .------ i>-----------------— C e rta in ly the M bro d is tric t ar»d Accessories. W est C olum bia has had great benefits and ha« R iv e r H ighw ay, T he Dalles, Ore become a better school because gon. 23-tfc. the Grass V alley and K e n t dis 1$ 1 ( trlc ts come here. These tw o dis- >"OR S A LE : Red Cedar posts, 30 trk-ts have come here despite cents a post. Am os Robison, (3O-3p the fact th a t we have no shop o r Wemme, Oregon EA RN M O R E WHAT IT A WIDGET? He came In and sat dow n look- g about a ‘ b it c ritic a lly as s ranger is - Ukely to do in a ln tin g o ffic e th a t smells of >t type m etal and In k and tobac- smoke. “ W h a t” , he said, “ is widget? “ Perhaps, we suggested, “ you Ban a w idgeon o r a wedge*. “ Perhaps n o th in g ” , was his ply. “ I heard yo u had some ucation, had read a lo t and I me in to aak “ W h a t is a w idget, h e t’s th is c o u n try com ing to len a man can’t fin d o u t w h a t w id g e t la?* We said we d id n ’t know al- >ugh w ith some reluctance, t lik in g to have to a d m it It o u r ow n o ffic e and seated ln r ow n regal e d ito ria l chair. ’A fin e ro w do ye do” , he com >nted. kVe excused o u r ignorance by ring th a t as fa r as we knew re w ere no w idgets raised o r .wn a ro u n d here and none d In o u r typ e o f a g ric u ltu re < i\ SAVI>(.SI>LI»<ISITS I 2 oN cam m u * ir s ata».i*o»u s a l i m i w M i l l « .1 ' . 1HK- Bank and Establish your Credit with i » • h V ST s NATIONAL F ro m w here 1 s it - ¿ y Joe J/ Marsh Good N e’^hbor Policy" ANY MANCH BANK OP PORTLAND "Un HMD OSSOON T O O fTH H " 10 le S SU DAYS A WISK < MtosfeM irwack MN t ». n. SHERMAN COUNTY BRANCH «E* ST NATIONAL BANK OP PORTLAND OMOOM ro c m w Remember on« time when I told about the old loose-stone wall that separated Easy Roberts* property from Handy Peterson’s? T h a t was when they decided they really didn’t need the w all between them in the firs t place — so they simply stopped re p airing it. Now I hear where a fellow, who bought the old Johnson place, wants to bay all those «tones. I t seems he figures a stone wall la ju st what’a needed on his property. th a t’s his business. B u t i f it's not really serving any useful purpose hs may sooner or later discover —ju s t like Handy and Easy did— th a t he’d be ju s t as well off w ith o u t one. Even some old-fashioned walls o f prejudice are disappearing— like those th a t would deny a per son's rig h t to a frie n d ly glass o f beer now and then. Most Ameri cans are learning th a t “ w alla* can get in the way o f the perdbns In- side as well as the personl outside. From where I sit, i f th a t fellow wants to build himself a stone wall, Q>e d a r o l O a jx H tt C prytrEBi W hen tro u b le « trik e s , telephone men get going fast to keep your telephone always a t your service. N o one can guess the importance o f the calls which w ill flow through the cable I Je tneee i 1 linemen are installing. M a k in g i t p le a s a n t fo r you to do business w ith us is the aun o f our business office people who serve you. Their work keeps our nation united 75,000 Pacific Telephone people are helping make us a nation of neighbors Perhaps never before ha« «very Job done by the men and women on the telephone teem been ao important to our country. In countless ways, our nation is using the telephone to get things done faster—in defense plants, among our armed forces, on the everyday jobs of all American# Ono o f the reasons why we can outproduce any other country is that we have more telephone service, and better telephone service. This serv ice would be impossible without the skill and devotion of the people who work to provide it. Your telephone is one of fofey's best bargains In 1961, our to ta l wage costs came to more th a n a q u a rte r o f a b illio n d o lla rs -n a a rlv J .*“ “ • • to a t o f tan year« ago. Y et in spite o f higher w^goa, higher ta x e e jiig h e r ooete o f everything »•«. need to provide service, weTv« kept telephone rates one o f the best buy» I d your budget today. R e-rou tin g L o n g D istance circuits is one of the many interesting telephone jobs for women . . . 48,000 women in the West. And that they like their Jobs is demonstrated by the length of time they have stayed in telephone w o r k - longer than seven years, on the average. Among telephone men, the average length of service is now nearly twelve years. Together, telephone men and women account for more than two- u'ds of our tol.nl operating expenses (in wages, benefits and provision for service pensions). W s do all we can to make telephone jobs good Jobs . . the kind that attract and keep the capable people so important • good telephone service Pacific Telephon E o n rig h t, I9 S 2 , E n ite J S t e in B re w o n F o tutdatio» ■■■■i í;>.\ ¿ir. ' T ha capable hands o f telephone operators are ready to put your calls th ro u g h -w h e n and where you w a n t fi .tana, i ..... .............. , . ......... . ■■