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About Sherman County journal. (Moro, Or.) 1931-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 15, 1952)
PAGE S SH RUM A S COUNTY JO U R N AL MORO, OREGON O Ç3 FRIDAY. AUGUST 13, I«.« this crew and L. D Wooderson BORN: To Mr. ond Mrs. Don began work. Stuart Johnson was in town Tuesday front Salem. tí pound. 11 Ri d Mrs. Virgil Conlee left Two new men have been add- Mr ti a vacation at ed to the roll of the state high- this week for Mother nd dau- >Mo way crew this week as John Ocean l^ake wl »re Lester Conlee ghter returned from th< hospital Buck k a Wasco transferred to ha- a sununei It* Bui w; 'Tuesday afternoon. ■ » e r r » » e v w v » » » » » « » < » Mrs. Jim Johnson is in Van- er and Mrs. Allan Pinkerton O in Helix to visit their parents after finishing their part of the harvest on the Pinkerton ranch, Jim Johnson is .running the Er- skine elevator. Ernest Woods and daughter Sherry were in Seattle last week end to attend die boat races there. Mrs K.itc Casterline of Aran- O co 9 avs whll3 tipped in tl in a vaca- coverts I wit ka. 1 bey are vi its Mr. and Mi d tl Moro Personals I t ’s G o in g to be S e p te m b e r 2 I n c i d e n t l y w e s ta r te d b u s in e s s . ■ ■> •• Sprinklers, Ikirnej * 41 <•» til lived here for sevei haddieen living toi Glen Virtue an Monday for a vac ited to city saying that he some people for a vacation, Hi sister, Barbara Buck of \\ accompanied them. y r and Mrs. U n Ellis home again* from Kooskia, lit where they buried their Don a w iH ago Sunday hon Ernest Eslinger mil his stay in a hosi ,,uT All'' ® Irons, ilk I l<> « » 6 0 , I I o III > x Barney's GY ( ,\ V I a fte r L a b o r D a y 5 Now M ORO LUM BER & FUEL Sherman County Braves vs. Odell USED BUYS » Wasco Field, 2:30 p. in. standard Adin. .75 V BERTH, Barney's GV GUST GREATER 1952 Wasco County Fair Aug.n i ¥ I* lint Rollers, Barney's G \ STARTING much Unproved. \ H Larry Warren d son David Boyd Bennett, well driller, i> >f Elgin were lests of Mr. still having troubles. He is try and Mrs. Darwin Van Gilder ing to dislodge a bucket that Is over the week end. F o u r D ays H ere s e v e n y e a r s a g o r ig h t w e’re going to open a new, modern store and we want you all to come and help us celebrate it. hole and that was ■ pile of clay that e being used in W . E. Hunt Park - TYGH VALLEY Becfo’s Beefo’s 1948 Int. Truck bulk rack 2-sp. ax.$1250 1946 Int. K6 flat bed 2-speed axle $1950 8.23 TIRES 1946 Int. K6, hoist, bulk & stock $2350 racks 2 speed axle TD6 International Tractor $1950 TD6 Internaticnal Tractor $3000 Hot, ain’t it? That is, every place but in here. It’s cool here, ■ lots of things cool here, but not the welcome. That’s warm. WITH ANGLE DOZER $1550 ? ? 1949 Buick sedan super Model D, John Deere J. K. McKean Company, Moro Have tu n - Bring the Whole tam ily B E E F O ’S A t the C A P IT A L C IT Y , {.loro, Oregon Beefo’s Becfo’s J u s î W ü Inflation has more than doubled the cost of building the facilities needed to put a new telephone to work. What inflation's done to your telephone Our dollars buy less and less of the things we need to bring you good service A Great General Motors Value! Wonderjul Miles! "Wonderful Drive it Yourself! There’« on?' one way to really feel the thrill of handling one of the most spectacular performers on the road. Come in today and drive it yourself. Then listen to our deal and find out how amazingly easy it is to own this wonderful 1852 Pontiac. D o lla r fo r D o lla r y o u c a n t l»cat a 4 No car offers you more for your m oney—In power, perform ance and economy—than the beautiful 1952 Pontiac. P o n tia c is th e lo u e s t- p r ic e d straight-eight in America. Pontiac is the lowest-priced car witli Dual- Range Hydra-Matic Drive*—the transmission th at puts more sheer case into driving than you ever thought possible. And with Pon tiac’* new economy axle cutting engine revolutions up to .40%, this .is the thriftiest Pontiac, ever built! Come on in and get the figures- thfy all add up to one conclusion: You ju st can’t buy more driving p le a s u r e ! ARSTILL M O N R O E P O N T IA C , IN C M ORO, OREGON *O p tlo n a l at ( l ir a co il. 1. One of the brightest spots in your budget today is the telephone... for the prices we charge have gone up much less than those of most other things you buy. In fact, taking 1940 as the starting point, Pacific Telephone prices are 61 per cent behind the average price increases of other things. On the other hand, were up against a serious problem in furnishing good telephone service to you. For our dollars buy less equip ment and supplies, fewer employee work ing hours —sm aller amounts of all the Our profit has dropped sharply things we need to build and operate a tele on telephones added phone system—than at any time since the 5 .3 ^ postwar first telephone was installed in the West I* 1940, tilli « M Ul« 75 years ago. profil on «««.h dolía« im attad ln th« avarie« talaphon« td d td in 5 yaar p r«*«f p a ro i 2.3t Thl» « a l Uw 1951 profit on «ach dollar inyatlad in tlw avarie« HUphorw addad m i , t u poaiwar pariod Our operating expenses « ¿ 9 6 and taxes have >> telephone shotjyi M t9SI 3. Adding a new telephone since the war costs ■hbout twice as much as before the war. Y et the profit per telephone in 1951 was up only slightly over 1940—about a dollar a year. As a result, the profit on our investm ent in facilities for each new telephone has been more th a n cu t in half. I t ’s dropped from 5.3 cents on the dollar in 1940 to ' 5 3 pef telephone in 1940 2.3 cents in 1951. Surely, providing good te le ..... . 1 phone service under such® ond it ions is a job full 2. F o r e a s y fig u rin g , we’ve worked out our ex of challenge. And it’s one we’re determ ined to pense* on t.lie basis of one telephone. And, as you m eet.. .Tor perhaps never before has good and can see, running our sy stem costs much more growing service been so vital to the nation. today than it used to. The two big reasons are inflation and higher taxes. Consider their effect: On the average, wage rates of telephone people today are more than double what they were in 1940;'while operating taxi* on the average tele phone have soared more than 100% since 1940. ¡A , Pacific Telephone o
