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PACE 1 S H EKMAN C O IM A J o t KN.AL, MUKO. OREGON FRIDAY, MARCA 13, 1933 © g e r m a n C ounty Im m u ti * there had Ixx-n an election and another was possessed of his of- fire and hla honors. The story Is Publhlicd Every Friday at • ■ • * loose _____ Moro, Oregon that he turned ■ the thief Giles b. French Editor they havlnS become friends on the long trip home and the sheriff not perhaps the hardest thing to do the dead cared for the sick and »nri . - m i n - k . v u . School District No. 17 ) NOTICE OF SPECIAL SCHOOL in writing these histories or anv inh.r.fi , J . . . ,?.» d a wllllng batk Human nature iostory. >*. to present ,norm al“ « X d ' t o o l i «WW-MrUl, seems s f i l a best under such con- NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN MEFITI NG ) too in ditions. Wid that is the history of that, at the school district bond STATE OF OREGON that will cause the reader » to timp see i oaneti 11 Wa* lW° days® Ibe L>al,les lhe county from active hard ^>rk- election hereby called, to be held nioTnVrm MnNi7 i the country as it was at the ' I 1™ a Wag.°?’ u tW° ,° r three day ing y° u t K o a complacent and at the Gymnasium of the present L iv v m of the event portrayed r 1 iP t(< ieliver a load of 30 cent slightly bored adulthood. school building in said district In , kN,° T K E , I,S GIVEN Entered as aeeond claaa m attar at f ij b< I n. tanding of other persons, f< relg- wheat to the rlvei a day to Poktufflea a t Moro, Ore roti, under Art I ---- Moro, Oregon In and for School that a ^ ¿ ‘ " 7 ,th£ lega‘ •f Conirrt»» of March 3, 1879. I he sheriff of many westerns ,,ers or those who are foreign be- Fields were small, houses inade- District No. 17 of Sherman Coun- v,o te™ of V*81^ 1 N° ‘ V e is a quiet man, who considers his cause of the lapse of time, is quate, equipment poor and the LEGAL NOTICES OFFK 1 A. ( ol NTY PAPER ty, Oregon, on Tuesday, the 24th of Sherman County, Oregon, is words golden and parts with them necessary if one is to sympathize times, by modern standards very day of March, 1953, A. D., between called to be held on Tuesday, the NOTICE OF FINAL HEARING N A T IO N A L E D IT O R IA ! sparingly, his wide upper lip is with their problems. bad. But there was a feeling of ---------r ---- ---------- ‘L hJ reb/ . K*yen ' ha‘ the K m p°M ° CSundard Ore V ’^ .^ S ta n d t^ d ASSO CÍATI*S n adorned with a huge moustache For 20 years after the first sett- fellowship about it all and his heavy guns droop from ler came to Sherman county there neld»'of” anv’ « ‘„’ ° ‘i “ T * alm“S‘ invarlablJ' !*" c i u r T t f s u t " J f Oregon «°n T * "* ther<-‘ ¿W be submltt- ° " « on 1,1 lh* ttytnnasium his hips in correct position to be was no plowed fields of any con- speak well of their neighbors. On- / „ , , or ,, btale 2. ed to the leeal voters of said dis- at the sch001 house in Moro, Ore- ese were enclosed ly now and then U there a word CountY *>*», Flnal . S k ^ o f contrectlnii *‘,n> ln and for Scho° l district drawn quickly. He brings the rust- s«*quence and these lent the claim Jumpers, the kill- with ditch fences, themselves an of criticism, even for those whose ‘T ‘ Actount “ L landed in d e b X e s s m the sum No- 17 » ' Sherman County. Ore- ere into the rough board Jail at evidence of physical hardiness, record is written in the trial ,r a“ r °f ,h,e “ “ “ of, <div‘ p - 0, • Hundr«t SlxtvThousand «on' at whkh >ha >*»»1 e « y u ^ T I m e Is certain^ not ^ ^ r ^ ^ f o r t h e p u r voters of »W achool district .hall PUBLISHERS hold the American tradition that the hills and If one rode out from tirely responsible for this attitude i t tin o 'c lik A M of ¿Sd t ^ ’ * » « constructing and eqtdpp- *ote <*!«" th , question of »elect, ’ASSOCIATION tho m o r a l must overcome the (he habitation at the mouth of the of kindness. We’d rather think think - - ’ ’ ¡ng a school building or buildings and purchasing a site for a _ malefactor without fail. Deschutes or from the stage sta- that men who lived in the open at th® County Courtroom, in the ,w new high school building Xo be We hardly know what we would t.ons he c„u,d lose himself I n w e V e se'ldom me^n and ¿ u y a ^ ' " l e ^ aU o r e T t v ^ l ' ^ d ^ r e constructed In and for said school SI KM RIPT1ON been fixed by the Court as the “ oiring all property real and per- - » do without sheriffs in these days sea of bunchgrass that touched that white "they mighT oVcasionl’i ONE Y E A R ............ . , . steal « a . or run, they tney also also helped neipeu a a V * * S 'J * ? * » ' ^ X e “ th l " f m “ ‘d «.;hoo, dlsirlct wll! submii (or it la as important to collect his „. stirrups. or rob — taxes as to collect horsethieves i another _o years there was neighbor with his fencing or rode ° J. s Sai d . ^ inal | teport school district said bonded in- as a site ior sald new high school MAKt H 13. 1933 uointr on and the grass <rra<» for the doctor and Account .... .... ..... ®____ the times being what they are. . settlement going Account and and the the settlement settlement stno°* district. saiu oonueti in- debtedness to be ln lieu of the Die following descriljed of said estate. And we are certain that we could- gave away to land tilled with a It is easy to glorify the old days, CONSTITUTIONAL bonded Indebtedness of Three rea* Pr°perty situated in said John Q. Robinson not do without the sheriff in fic- breaking plow and planted with comfortable times’ CONVENTION , tjQn ____ a ~ even in __ these Hundred Ten Thousand Dollars achool district in Sherman Coun tion. jje He waJJ was tbe the mjght might that made broadcast seeder nr hv hand ____ c........ . broadcast seeder or by hand, when they seem so barren and Lpdegraff, ’ ^ reK°n, to-wlt: 'Ilie lU M t pnipoMl b i a eon tradition atfU has its There a w iadqpendenod lo r aura drafc. Tha dlâco ware those Attorney for Administrator 18-21c ($31°.°00.00) approved by the Beginning at a point on the for onlv thp «off Niihnt ore,««. *««««.------------------ qualified voters of Sqhool District stitutional convention is written uses take homestead^ and ih ari tz i? ? y ° nly; lhere W8S hope NoTICE OF SCHOOL DISTRICT No. 17 of Sherman County, Ore- north boundary line of Section into a bill to have an interim com- ----- idKt nomesteads, and there was in the heart for the land was new, BOND ELECTION 19, Township 1 South, Range gon, at a district bond election mittee of 21 write the constitu DANGER FROM WITHIN ( «‘pent ence, dependence on neigh- the soil good, the market unlimit- SCHOOL DISTRICT NO 17 ) 17 East of the Willamette Meri held in said district on June 16, tion which would then be voted I dian, which point is 2715.0 feet 1952. There is not much danger to bore for It was they who laid out ed. the chapees fine fur a stout STATE OP ORETON on by the people. Regardless of west of the corners common to y°un8 man with strong sinews COUNTY OF SHERMAN ) ss The vote on said question shall representative government from the title the group that writes a Sections 17, 18, 19 and 20, in be by ballot, upon which shall without, unless the nation I k * very new constitution lor Oregon will Township 1 South, Range 17 E. be the words "Bonds—Yes” and small and some of the small ones be a constitutional convention. W. M.; thence running west FOR SALE: 8 16” cast, Oliver "Bonds—No”; and the voter shall have survived very well. On such the constitution has 555.0 feet; thence running south ‘quick detachable, extra points, place a cross (x) between the The danger cdtnes from within. From where I sit... Joe Marsh word “Bonds” and the word 41 degrees this to say; "No convention shall 28’ west 948.0 feet; plow bottoms. Fred Cox, Grass Some way must lx* found to re be called to amend or propose a thence running south 20 degrees Valley, Oregon 19-20c “Yes”, or between the word tain representative government new constitution, unless the law “Bonds” and the word “No”, 14’ west 512.0 feet; thence north providing for such convention while restricting the avarice of WANTED: Women to address 77 degrees 42’ east 152.5 feet; whichever indicates his choice. shall first be approved by the citizens. If the people by their and mail postals. »Make over $50 thence running north 67 degrees The polls for the reception of demand more than the ^overn- people on a referendum vote at . .u A Difficult “Situation1 week. Send $1 for instructions. 32’ east 412.0 feet; thence run the ballots cast for or against a regular general .lection.” That “î .ai*- 'J LENDO, Watertown, Mass. 20p ning north 52 degrees 28’ east the contracting of said indebted ..rrc.iTi oa.....; »,v reb, , the i,„ idea .aiaare , of f tiation , will disintegrate. ’ would seem to make , taken , in , taxes Even * if 01 SPINET h p ia n o - w in a>rea.».ir<a.* 137.0 feet; thence running north ness will, on said day and date, .................so much is that a n u . will sacrifice an interim committee of doubtful citizens refuse to work to capacity 39 degrees 26’ east 1087.0 feet; b,r Hoick sale. Cash or terms, and at the place aforesaid, be op- Did you see that “Classified legality. » staying. Handy never pretends thence running north 21 degrees the nation suffers. i an s®©n in Moro. Write pened at the hour of 2:00 o’clock Ad” last week? The one that to be an expert, he’s just a good We are not so concerned about .Those who make the decisions 57’ east 83.6 feet, to point of oilm an Piano Stores, Inc., Sa- P. M., Standard Oregon Time, and wanted a farmhand who had to all-around hired hand." a new constitution us is Governor beginning, containing 15.34 ac Jem, Oregon shall remain open until the hour • 19-21c be “an expert agriculturist, sheep Patterson and Eugene March, pre- for government may he certain res more or less, said tract be From where I sit, Slim's SM M rt of 8:00 o’clock P. M. Standard Ore that the demands will continue FOR SALE: Tamarack fence posts herder, tra c to r driver, bridge sident of the senate. Many lawyers ... . .. ... . , ing located in the Northwest to be wary of people who consider gon Time, of the same day, at 6 ft. 25c and GVi ft. 27c; good have advutated a new conetltu- and ,lhat tb?y, kWlU alwaJ;a ** player,” plun being “an authority Quarter of Section 19, Township which hour the polls shall be gravel road. See or write. Hom tion for years. That is probably *' the>, canndt ,al on chemistry and mathematics” ? themsejves to be all-around “er- 1 South, Range 17 E.W.M. closed. ........... .. . _ I.... them they are undeserving of the perts.” Some folks will “expert” er Davis, Lonerock, Ore. 18-21c due to legal training for to a Jaw- The above described tract of Slim Thomas, who ran that ad on anything— -from the clothes a Oregon’s < ..n.n.ntm n i,M ,k ; h o n o r. th<?y have hee» * > ' i ven YOUR SURPLUS FUNDS can yer Oregon's constitution By order of the District School land is located on U. S. Highway more or less as a joke, called and man should wear to whether ks pretty bad. Maybe it Is. . Should this entail ___ .. defeat that is • grow better, and I k * safely em Board of School District No. 17 of No. 97, approximately one-half said, “I got 23 answers and almost ought, to drink beer or butter v Yet, the very things , in it 1. .1 . better than compliance. ployed at a 5% return or more, that . Sherman County, Oregon, made mile in a southwesterly direction every one claimed they could milk. Personally I don't want to , I minds ,. J . to change u are in the finest insurance, banking, legal want are formed . It is . not r from . this .. fact , those . the .. who danger 7 in- this 25th day of February, 1953, from the City of Moro, Oregon. . .7, .. , of meet all thoue qualifications! "classify” myself as knowing all the very things the people seem comes, hut from those in govern telephone, electric utility or in A. D. The legal voters at said special That means I want to keep the the ri®ht answers. dustrial stocks of the nation. to hold most dear. These are the ment who feel that thestate should Lloyd V. Henrichs, Chairman meeting shall have the right to man I have—‘Handy’ Peters. Kesalable any time desired. unlimited initiative and referen provide a multitude of services. Charles Burnet, Director propose and vote another site or Experienced 25 years with dum, the six percent limitation, These He was thinking of quitting Arthur Bucholtz, Director sites for s ^ d new high school are the demagogues, the all stocks, bonds, and Invest the section that prevents an emer ones who would wreck the nation but now I ’ve got to talk him into ATTEST: ’ building. ment funds. Highest g r a d e gency clause on a tax bill. Clara E. Houston, District Clerk This meeting is called by the either ignorantly or on behalf of service and counsel assured. A constitutional convention their own political futures 18-19c undersigned as the District Board > - Copyright, 1953, United Stater lirewert Foundation Let me send, without obligation, could perhaps get rid of the un ______________ __________ _ for School District No. 17 of Sher more complete information to used sections about state official man County, Oregon, in pursu study the many advantages of salaries and such ancient material SI lt< MARGE ance of the provisions of Section caret uliy selected investment but it wouldn’t I k * worth much to There will be little disagreement 111-1015, Oregon Compiled Laws securities. JOSEPH W. DODD do so. with the acting of the house in Annotated. TYGH VALLEY, ORE. Perm Despite the difficulties invol- approving a bill for hearings l»e- Dated this 25th day of February, anent residence since 1938. Eas- ved in getting u new constitution fore surcharges on electric bills 1953. there could lx* no harm done in a cun I k * made in case steam gener- stern Oregon manager for the Lloyd Henrichs, chairman fully accredited Portland invest state-wlde discussion of our pre- ation is again necessary. Hearings Charles Burnet, Director ment firm, Win. J. Collins & sent one and methods of changing would open up the subject to pub- Arthur Bucholtz, Director Co. 18tfn It. it is not a matter that should lie notice and lx? beneficial. Clara Houston, District Clerk lx? unalterably opposed. Actually the hill is a poor plas- ^DR SALE; 640 acres of bunch 17-19c grass pasture land Jn the Rut Certainly, however, the delegat- ter for a rather serious sore in ledge neighborhood in Sherman es to such convention should I k the management of electricity in county. Several year round elected by the people. The latest the northwest. Here we are with NOTICE OF FINAL HEARING springs, fenced but needs re measure would have them ap- many dams, and more abuildlng, Notice is hereby given that the pair. Janette Sorahan 1022 E. pointed presumably, and specifies and periodically we find ourselves undersigned has filed in the Coun 12th St. The Dalles, Ore. 17-9c that 10 shall be from the house short of current ty Court o f‘the State of Oregon and six from the senate, five by Some one has located the alum- HARTS CHIX: every Tuesday for Sherman County her Final the governor. That almost half hmm plants in the northwest and Report and Account as Executrix Write for colored circular and the 21 members should be appoint- they use a tremendous amount of of the Last Will and Testament price list. Harts Hatchery,, ed by a man who is himself elect- electricity and they have to have of Arnold A. Dunlap, deceased, Beaverton, Oregon 17-22c ed by only 59 citizens seems to it on a steady basis or the pots WANTED: Man with c ir «or. and that Saturday, March 28, 1953, < 7 t » t ♦ F » fi A W • » » - » .«tint «... fin/l » t I ♦ I » V i zi l-kraf stretch the American system of freeze up and much time is lost at ten o’clock A. M. of said day, vice 800 family Watkins Route. representative government too The theory is that these plants at the County Courtroom, in the Above average earnings for far. This without reflection on the will operate on interruptible Courthouse, at Mjoro, Oregon; has right man. If you have car and wisdom or knowledge of the state power. been fixed by the Court as the good local references, write for possessed by the appointing offi- The government, in the name of time and place for hearing of ob information to The J. R. Wat clal. Bonneville Pow'er administration, jections to said Final Report and kins Co., 137 Dexter Ave., Seat The senate bill which gives each has about half the power and pri- Account and the settlement of tle 9, Washington. 15-20c county at least one delegate Is vate companies the other half, said estate. NEED AN ALL-PURPOSE CAR? the fairest measure of the lot But private companies have more Dorothy Dunlap Then see the Willys Station and if the legislature is convinced than half the customers so they Geo. G. Updegraff, that there should I k a convention have to buy from Bonneville, Wagon on display at WILLIS Attorney for Executrix 17-20c it should he adopted, with amend- When the rivers get low in MOTOR CO. All-steel body, over- ments designed to reduce the drouths the private companies ‘hive, plenty of carrying capacity NOTICE OF HALE OF REAL numlKr of inemlKrs, have to make juice with steam Ineans safety, economy and prac- PROPERTY However, it is our belief, that a plants to provide enough for their tita * transportation. Also New No. 367 constitution would have a better customers. Four Wheel Drive JEEPS, PICK- This complete story of Pacific Telephone in 1952 is yours for the asking at your IN THE COUNTY COURT OF chance for adoption by the people Question is: how should the ex- 1 pS and STATION WAGONS, THE HTATE OF OREGON FOR Pacific Telephone Business Office. if there was more public discus- tra cost of this steam generation Contact WII.LIS MOTOR for Wll- THE COUNTY OF SHERMAN slon about the old one by the peo- paid? lys Overland Sales, Service, Parts IN THE MATTER OF ( pie. They do not seem concerned. No one, including the private ^and Accessories. West Columbia THE ESTATE OF ( — companies, wants to hold rates at River Highway, The Dalles. Ore DALE EDWIN BAKER,( a level that will provide for steam *°n. 23-tfc. also known as Dale E. ( NHEKIFFS generation occasionaly. No one CUSTOM SLAUGHTERING — Baker, Deceased. ( Meat cutting, wrapping, sharp It Is proposed that In Oregon knows when or how long it may Notice is hereby given that by It does seem possible freeze. C & C Food Store, we do away with sheriffs. It doe. yiun.,lnile. order duly made and entered in We’ve been btii.'ding fast to bring still more service, Grass Valiev. Oregon. not come from the usual source, that private companies, serving the above entitled court in the 47tfn above entitled estate on the 9th still be11ei service, to ail the Pacific West day of February, 1953, the ad- ministrators of the estate of the At work today in the Pacific West are more tele above named deceased have been phones than ever before in history. And the licensed to sell, and will from and IAkST: 7:50 x 20 tire and wheel for eervice they provide is lx*tter than ever, too. Of course, the notion is just a of the extra cost. after the 23rd day of March, 1953, Chev. truck. Monday, March 2, Another way to settle it, al- For 1952 was a year of progress for Pacific notion and for conversational ef- sell at private sale to the highest Ix'tween Condon and Wasco. fect only. One could even make a though not in' n’^ ‘aB'>y. would I k and best bidder for cash, the fol '1 elephone, as have been all the years since the Bob Smith, Condon, Ore 18-I9p ■peech about it If so minded and ¡° ,p?r T lt prlvat® panics to lowing described property, to-wit: end of World War Two. Because the telephone the galleries well filled. One might bu“ <l KO they cou,,‘ make NEW H A M P S H I R E B A B Y Oregon is so im portant to everyone in the West today, CHICKS, PULLORUM CLEAN, say that the office is obsolete, that ®nough e'®ctrtelty Over In Wash- Parcel No. 1; we’d like to give you a quick report on this past STRAIGHT RUN OR PULLET the expense was terrific (what ln«ton- oncc a Publlc P°wer 8tau‘- Lot 12, Block 12, Richardson y e a r... taken from our Annual Report for 1952. CHICKS. AVAILABLE FROM Isn’t), that the state police could ,h?y weIconJe hydro-electric de- Village, »Multnomah County, II \ PCHBS M \IP.H ISth, MAR do the job better (if you could *” ° n ‘g?n ? and CH 22nd and March 25th. Be find one) ,o *)Uo(* a “am may Be defeated by Parcel No. 2 ginning April 1st hatches off Sheriff, are almoat our oldeot a i f " ¡r?ul u , , , NV* Section 5, Township 3 each Wednesday. Shipped par offleere liecauae order 1. nature. 'ua. a he.u ing would be helpful, S. Range 17 E. W. M., cel ¡Mist prepaid. Straight run first law and order la necessary Sherman County, and the ■ Every* day, Pacific Telephone spent half chicks 10 days old $29.00. These N ew te le p h o n e s w e n t in fa s t. More than a before any kind of government o p M KITING HISTORY NV* Section 6, Township 3 shipjKil Express Collect. Write a million dollars on construction. million people in the Pacific West applied for can work. That is hardly sufficient The grade school children have S. Range 17 E. W. M., Sher or phone 9162. BOYINGTON’S ■ I mprovements in ¡cages and related bene ground for their retention, how- lieen writing history, have been man County, Oregon. telephones during the year. In m ost cases wo BREEDING FARM. HOOD RI fits for Udephone employees amounted to more Ters of bids for the purchase ever. But the fact that they are interviewing their elders, and ^ff<9ii were able to install them without delay. Enough VER, OREGON. 19-23C of saiu real property will be re still useful is Important. learning, often* In open-eyed won- than $21,000,000 annually. telephone buildings, new lines and equipment Sheriffs are seldom untmagina- der, some of the simpler facts FLOOR Sander for rent; Dutch ceived by the undersigned at The ■ T o tal tax es p er telep h o n e in 1952 a- were built during 1952 to serve the total needs Boy Paints for sale. Ranch & tive persona whe overlook the about what Sherman county was United States National Bank of mounted to $37.17. This means an average Home Store, Moro. 18c of a new city the size of San Francisco. At the historical and traditional aspects like in the old days, Almost any Portland (Oregon), S. W. 6th ami tax of $3.10 per telepl^ne per m onth — of their calling. Many of them days are oltl days to grade school same time, we continued to make the telephone StarT Sts., Portland, Oregon, from almost double w hat it was ten years ago. still wear guns beautifully If not youngsters some of whom were and after the 23rd day of March, needs of national defense our first order of busi ■ Microtcace radio relay facilities uere ex casually or usefully. There are hardly lx>rn when World War II 1953. Said sale shall be subject ness. And in both m ilitary and civilian service, tended to Portland, Seattle and San Diego many stories about sheriffs of the tx*gan. to the confirmation of the above 1952 w;Mu year of telephone progress. And we’ll ...helping us to handle more long distance old days that still lend glamour The oldsters, we are sure, have entitled court. do all we can to match it in the years ahead. tOJ ? e 5nodern day J°b been generous with their time and calls than eoer, and bringing network tele The United States National I he Wasco county sheriff who, their know ledge, and patient with vision to these cities for the first time. Bank of Portland, Oregon O so it is told, went far eastward to these young learners. Knowledge V. B. Eakin q the txnmdury of present Idaho to is of little use unless It Is used YOUR TELEPHONE IS ONE OF _ Administrators arrest a malefactor (horsethlef, and the l»est way for It to I k used Ben G. Fleischman I.FGNARh K. SMITH TODAY’S BEST BARGAINS we think) and learned on starting Is to impart It to another, ospecl- Attorney for Administrators down the old Brewery grade that ally a younger person. I'h o n e The Dalles 3133 668 American Bank Bldg. ------------------------------------------- AL Portland 5, Oregon 16-19c WANT ADS 1952: A Year of Telephone Progress for You 1952 Highlights ® Pacific Telephone I