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o 'AGE 2 SHERMAN t'OUN'TÌ IDI K.NAI«, MORO, ORKGÖft, FRIDAY, FERBUARÌ 12, 1#31 $ mission has exhausted all other possibilities before granting mon ey for capital outlay in its re search program. It has reluctant ly approved these expenditures whenever it saw that a vital Job in the research program was be ing left undone and the wheat research program was being crip pled thereby. Sincerely, Paulen W. Kaseberg Member, Oregon Wheat Comm. le t • ccl turan W ASCO M E T H O D IS T CHURCH specified in this announcement. The district school board reser ves the right to reject all bids and call for new bids in the manner required by law. BUSES TO BE PURCHASED Number of buses 1 Seating capa city 20. _ BIDDERS REQUIREMENT °1. Bidders shall furnish catalog cuts and complete description of chasis and bus bodies they pro pose to deliver. 2. Buses shall be the latest mo del manufactured. 3. The price shall be based upon: a. Free delivery at Moro, Ore. b. F. O. B body factory. 4 Delivery date not later than earliest available date at destina- Next Sunday February 14 Is who request ap* Family Night, 6 p. m. pot-luck those who grant llliff-liril fl » ery Friday luncheon, 7 p. m. program and i jxuntetl out to Muru, Oreguii movies. fore. When the - Editor Giles 1M I- reat'h reduced to less LEGAL NOTICES • GENERAL SPECIFICATIONS nd cisas m a tte r a t tha total of research To the Editor: of ft wru J a l «eco uro. N O T IC E O F SC H O O L 1. Buses to comply with all ex O rvtfou, u n 4 rr Act / U. 1 I M a l M is time for a larch S. int. BUM P U R C H A S E <>t V Recently In your TTWN you isting Oregon specifications and • • Ucy. Sealed bids will be received at unfavorably upon the requirements for school buses. • 1 1« IA. t t»l N I A HAFER no reason why commented w expenditure of Oregon Wheat the office of the Supt. or Clerk of SPECIFIC SPECIFICATIONS * M MM HI ITIÖN RATEN School District No. 17 of Sherman Commission funds for capital 1. Specific specifications are l>e expended on the establish- t2.0»< not County at Moro, Oregon, for fur outlay at the Oregon State college. UN K t KAK available at the above address. tations and by station staff. ed nishing and delivering No. 1 I must say that 1 am in agree 13-14C FERRI ARY 1 2, 1951 Mr Kaseberg, nor other members ment with you in your position school bus or buses that meet the Earefca IxMlge ft« , H J the wheat commission, believe* on the matter. Meets on the 1st anu following specifications. in making capital expenditur Bids will be received until 8:00 NEW POLICY NEEDED aro Thursday evening! for research and their a t t i t u d e ^ There is a complete lack of p. m. March 9, 1954. Under no It wuuhl not he net-essai“? owarenes. on the part of the peo- w en monm. Visiting A letter from Paulen Kaseberg, correct From where I sit ...//J o e Marsh for Of_.be S U M of Oregon, « e v i m em bers cordially in circumstances will a bid be con former president of the Oregon if the ed by the attitude of their vtted to m eet w ith o» sidered if filed after the hour were distributed different Wheat Growers league and a search g wet (e J legislative representa Howard Ross, W. M. $ Dalles hen it comes to providing H. B. Pinkerton, Secretary member of the Oregon Wheat ly and properly. commission, clearly points out the ssary tools of research. position of the commission. It is C IV IC <1,1 Its * from j Jul|desirable to compile a Retfileheui t tiapter ft« , , a, O.Jt&X Wish I'd Said That very pertinent at this time. Meets every second ai. ft the illustrations to prove The legislature has not l»een This office has the minutes t^-Mr. fourth Thursday in ea n ■t a few examples month, visiting memi**, » remiss in appropriating money and proceedings of .1 local civic wilt°k M'rs. 'drst, the under II- with swered, “I do. But I don’t have invited Moro, Orw>* for research; it has been remiss in organization formed some 30 nan T You know .Miss Perkins. Well, ’ of the Sherman . Station at Betty Christianson, W.M. time to teach you now.” neglecting old experimental pro years ago for-the purpose of pro BranS from the she’s been driving her own ear Elsie Jones, Secretary grams while adding new ones. moting the interests of Moro and Moro;\ ,j leave het ¡ adequate From where I sit, it’a not al around our town for a little more 1 . In this matter It is projier to state the surrounding country In mat greenhOfc. on. The lia by, ways easy to have a good answer than 30 years. M oro Ixxtge No. 113 Experi that the legislature does not ori ters of public interest and to ad the l’e n ^ r/ ™ * Meets 1st and 3rd The other day she had a bit of ready when you need i t But when ginate many appropriations; the vertise the resources of the coun ment Stat?x . w<-ton; and Tuesdays tv. I.O O F trouble parking down on Main somebody insists that I vote for. origination of them comes from ty. The ambitions are platitudes, third, the l’Á ^ 5? Dou«u at the hall Transient and Street. Didn’t quite make it the his candidate, for instance. o r( individuals, organizations and. in pf course; every such organiza Oregon S t a t e d e , " T ‘T w, tPut visiting brothers are first try, so she pulled out to choose tea instead of a temperate | this case, from the state college tion hopes to be of such service. necessary reseliL?. e I<)O* t* cordially Invited start over when a fellow waiting glass of beer with dinner, I know' and the state board of agriculture. Furthermore, they usually are. of which is a sturij NEW ROYAL TRITON for the The legislature is under pressure Small communities often have organisms and th e ir’1"’ and Mrs. Gordon*5 rW ’ $ N C to pass started tooting his horn the answer. I t ’a all a aaatter of' 6—20 and 10—30 personal preference . . . and none to approve many more expendi dlfficulty in keeping a working the wheat kernei and t$ ’al,away chapel have ai1”- Secretary impatiently. of us like “backseat driviag“ from white rr, ----__ - tures than it has money for. UNION OIL COMPANY civ i o rg a n iz a tio n , ln tc ie .'t die,-., (|Uenj growth within tlitai rin )femcnts. On the second try, she was still quent growth within by fa r? . »•- 116 The continuing appropriations jxitty things interfere, personali having a little difficulty and so anybody. Fisher and death o d ^ of California for experiment stations in Oregon ties are offended and there are in Plant- The Oregon Wheat Commlssere (jinner s y m p to f r " this smart aleck hollered, “Lady, have not changed much in 20 sufficient new members to recruit has always been opposed to ma».,t the IRA FRIDLEY do you know how to drive?’’ “Yea, years. They are $12,000 for Astor to fill the ranks of those who de ing capital expenditures. These nv.»,, ------- 1 anch a-om» P h o n e 27S young man,” Miss Perkins an ia, $16,000 for Burns (was a dif part from it. But it is a risk we tools of research are more proper A lth k and c°*N. G. Consignee ferent station), $6,000 for Hermis must take. ly the ogbligation of the state and .elen Martirt. Sec. Copyright, I9Ü4, L m itd S u u a tir<vnrt ton, Hood River $24,000 Medford Even if such groups occasion- federal governments. The com- Wasco, Oregon $12,000, Moro $12,000, Pendleton, ly fail it is necessary that we have Sl.ooo, Union $15,000. Talent one. it Is almost as ncessary that (near Medford) has been added it lx* county wide. This county Is with $24,(MX) and Hood River and too small to be divided. That does The Dalles experimental urea not mean that we are too small to has been combined. disagree ;that is but natural and Supplemental appropriations for human and he is of very limited current bl-ennium are $40,200 for experience who does not know it. Astoria, $35,(MX) for Burns (Squaw We cannot let rural or town, Butte), $34,200 for Hermiston, north or south, school consolida $ 13.800 for Hood River, $5,000 for tion or diffusion, rich or poor Medford, $15,200 for Moro, $15,- divisions to weaken us. Small as 2(M, for Pendleton, $5,8(X) for Tal we are we have many elements ent, $28,000 for Union. of strength. Economically we are These supplemental appropria inportant; agriculturally we are tions are necessary considering the best in our field. additional costs since 1933. Total We take pride in our county continuing appropriations a r e for a number of attainments. We $125,(MM) and total supplemental are proud of !>eing the county for 1953-54 are $223,2(M). with the highest per capita pro This Is for basic agricultural duction, the county with the liest research. Actual appropriations bond sales, the county with the may vary slightly. The above fig highest percentage of tillable land, ures are budget requests. The ba the county with so many pure sic total is $348,200. bred cattle. With a little more ef Within 20 years the following fort and a little more diversifica have been added: Field, forage, tion we could be proud of our seed, etc., crops $378,100; Tree, selves as the most unified coun fruit and nut, $169,(XX), small fruit ty (for we are really all alike), the crop $14-1,200, vegetable crops, county that gets things done. $159,200, soil and water conserva if we are weak in civic attain tion $261,600, nursery and orna ments it is us who are weak and m o n y m u st be g iv e n u n J e ; o u lh , a n d c ro s s -e x a m in a tio n p e r T h e c o n tro v e rs y s u r r o u n d in g th e p ro p o s e d d e v e lo p m e n t o f mental $81,200, chickens and tur- it is our own fault. An organiza th e H e lls ( a n y o n s tre tc h o f th e S n u k e R iv e r can be re d u c e d m itte d . U lt im a t e ly th e t r u t h w ill lie e s ta b lis h e d . . • $151,000. fin f ii m in g s.ti tion to lie successful must need (X)(), dairy $177,600, beef, sheep, have the supoprt of the farmers to th is s im p le p r o p o s it io n : swine $215,(MX), marine products because at this time the farmers T h is process is n o w t a k in g place in th e f o r m a l h e a rin g s $85,(MX). Klamath- area $32,400, are young and the business men lic f o r e th e F e d e ra l P o w e r C o m m is s io n in W a s h in g to n , D . C. Red soils area $26,(MM), Malheur are of the older group. Besides area $35,200, Southern Oregon the farmers have the most money P u b lic c o n fu s io n has b een c re a te d by th e w id e ly -d is s e m in a te d e o n le o f th e a re a a n d o f th e n a t io n ? " jieople $30,400, housing and nutrition and often the most time. c la im s a n d o p in io n s o f p u b lic p o w e r s u p p o rte rs w ho o pp o se $60,(XM). air and stream ¡Killution There is a county club, the $37,400, research buildings $133,- Sherman County club, to which d e v e lo p m e n t by p r iv a te e n te r p r is e . T h e i r c la im s as w c ’l as A ll o t h e r r o n s ’d r r a t lo n s a rc s u b s id ia ry . T h e f in a l d t e r m i (MM), Milton-Freewater area $15,- many lx»long. It Is time that it those o f Id a h o P o w e r C o m p a n y a re b e in g tested in t it ’s h e a r n a tio n w ill be m a d e o n th is basis. 200, Central Oregon area $17,000, was revived, not to provide a control of algae $22,(MX), Job for someone, but as a weapon in g by th e ag en cy a u th o r iz e d by C o n gress to d e rid e w hich o f The grand total for agricultural with which to rebuild our civic c o n flic tin g p ro g r a m s best m eets th e test o f c o m p re h e n s iv e In fa c t, th e C o n g ress has g iv e n to th e F e d e ra l P o w .-i o ut- research asked for In the last bud consciousness and help give us get was $2,977,368 of which $348,- the pride we need to prevent frus d e v e lo p m e n t. m is s io n th e s p e c ific re s p o n s ib ility o f d e t e r m in in g w h ic h 200 was for experimental stations tration. r c d e v e lo p m e n t p la n Is best in th e p u b lic in te re t n o t established 20 years ago. A s u m m a r y o f th e p r o g r a m w h ic h Id a h o P o w e r C o ***p in y It may lie properly contended o n.« in th is ease, h u t f o r a ll o t h e r h y d r o e le c tr ic p ro je c ts in has p re s e n te d to th e F e d e ru l P o w e r C o m " its io n a rt^ u p- that the stations first estalh Jr. Frank D. Reid the U n ite d States f o r w h ic h lic c n t*s a re g ra n te d . lished were of greatest imi>or- |M»rtc«l by s w o rn te s tim o n y a p p e a rs b e lo w . V ie t h in k th e oul>- DK.NTIMT tance, that Is why they were first. O F F IC E D A Y S Huge appropriations for new l i r is e n title d to k n o w the (.o m p a n y 's p o s itio n , a n d the f iu d i gs ; iic il.iy, W ed n esd ay, F rid ay It Is easy to d e fin e th e iss’ ie , b u t d ’f f i c u l l to d e te r n in e research are starving the old, es o f its e n g in e e rs . M oro H otel BBIrig. tablished stations. That is evi- w hat is t r u ly best in tiie p u b lic in te re s t w h e n e m o t'o n a l ap - S lirrm an (Tinnito Jo u rn a l © O Wfc--.. The Hells Canyon Issue In Simple Terms NOTICE OF RURAL DISTRICT S< IIOOI. BOARD BUDGET HEARING Notice is hereby given, in com pliant' with Section 110-1207. O.C.L.A., as amended by chapter 393, Oregon laws 1943. and chapter 345, Oregon laws 1945, as amended by chapter 591, Oregon laws 1917. to the legal voters of the Rural School District of Sherman County, Oregon, that a meeting will be held at the courthouse In Moro, on the 3rd day of March, 1954. at 10 o'clock A. M , for the purpose of discussing the budget of the Rural School Board for the fiscal year beginning July 1. 1954. an ! ending June 30. 1955. hereafter set forth. It I I) G E 1 1951 — 1955 peals a rc E S I IMA TED E X P E N D IT I R E S 1. Personal Service District Superintendent’s Salary Clerical Superintendent's trave Superin d. institutes, confer enees Supplies and printing Office e q u ip m en t------ Postage, telephone, anti tel graph __ Elections, publicity, anti 1 -gal ... . _ Rural School Hoard, travel & expense trges Film Library ----- ------ . -- E m ergency « T otal »"»t tin,»ted r\|M*iMllture m eets th e test o f h e in e INDEBTEDNESS 1. Amount of warrant Indehte on warrants Issued and end “not paid for want of funds $ None 2. Amount of othei m><A,'cdn< r iie ('o m p n n y 's p r o g r a m $ 3. Total Indebtedness (sum of items 1 and 2) $ None F u lly d e v e lo p 2 Prodii<*e th e l le ll s C a n y o n stre tc h o f th e S: a '.e 'a t a p p r o x im a t e ly f o r a re la tiv e ly p o ra ry th e sam e s h o rt p e r io d c o n d itio n s am ount of “ m o iti p r -p 'sed p r g ra m co :». the l> e n e fie ia l to the ; fax o r and th e u n d e r c e rta in s in g le dam M a k e p o s sib le th e p ro d u c tio n o f o v e r w att p r o x im a ’ ely p ro v id e A rm y S. the C o rp s ríle n s e of of w a te r E n g in e e rs r e q n ’ r -d fo r ’ the n a t i ali,».. [>ur- .A d eq uately m eet th e lest o f flo o d c o n tro l needs. ( re a te a s u p e r io r re c re a tio n a l a re a . w o u ld te m lw h o u rs — th e o u tp u t of 10 Id l l l >*t B o n n r v J le Dam fo r O <> a|»- i .. l o m ent account and th e fu tu re r r s u lt in g u p s tre a m d r p h tio n of ir r ig a t io n w a te r d .v e lo p - a v a ila b le p ro te c t i r r ’g n tio n a g r ic u lt u r a l w a te r rig h ts o f <levc* q im e n t p res en t a n d u p s tre a m . ( T h e r e s P r o v id e la rg e Id o . ks o f low-cost p o w e r ra »«IN serve th e needs o f S n a k e R iv e r V a lie v an d o f tl e ifie N o rth w e s t llir o u g i in te r eo iin cc t nn w ith N o rth w e s t P o w e r I'o o l. 1 0 y e a rs — p r i o r Io th e l ute a sit g le h ig h P r o v id e I 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 acre fe e l o f sto rag e— th e m a x im u m «dependable n m . u n t a f f o r d e d a t * t h e s'te a f t e r l a ’.in g F u lly fu tu re no ir r ig a t io n to he s e rv ed f r o m a r e e r r v o ir at ¡lit» site u n d e r an y p ! a n .) kilo- «. in i c o u ld be c o m p le te d . 1 F u lly U. poses. pow er p r o h ib it iv e ly e x p e n s iv e . 100.00 700.00 C o m p a n y 's s ite " a m i d o w n s tr. an t as th e p ro p o s e d s in g le fe d - 225(H) 500.00 250.00 $ 9,155.00 th e w ill— R iv e r at a f a r lo w e r const ru c tio n cosi— a n d ut a f a r lo w e r cost o f p r o d u c in g p o w e r th a n a n y o ilie r p 'a :. 300.00 100.(M) 200.00 10 fo r p o w e r »I » .g * pur|M»ses. Be p riw lu e tiv e of $ 1 0 ,0 0 0 0 0 0 rn n u a ' nues f o r fe d e r a l, state und loeul la »ing to Pa tite V »n I ’X r e ' e- n a d lio n to th e tax re*, .o n e s e r 'a t e I l.x — a ll w ith o u t cost to ta x p a y e rs . $ 9,915.00 Dated: February 3, 1954 Signed: Wllv \V. Knlghten Secretary C. O. Burnet (.hairman, Board of Directors Approved by Budget Committee Signed: Marvin Thomas Secretary, Budget Committee Ronald R. Powell Chairman, Budget Committee s I te s tim o n y Idaho I’ower’s Pr? —nm in Summat“ $ 4,.*XX).(X) 1.8(H).00 (XX).(X) 180.00 , RECEIPTS. \N O AVAILABLE < ASII RAUANCKH ANO INN I » \ N ____$ 9,455.00 1. Total estimateti expenditures 2. Iieduct total estimateti receipts anti available casi None balances . . . ------- ---------- - — ------- -------- ------- 9,455.00 3. Amount necessary to balan e the budget T otal e stim a te d tax levy for th r rti»tiinx (I m s I year te c h n ic a l e ra ! d a m . A n y s m a ll d if f e r e n c e in o u tp u t w h ic h m ig h t SI MM A lt ! OF E S T IM A T E D K X P F N D IT t R l I. of Iw lic v e a re a a n d o f th e n a t io n ." NONE NONE h e a rin g s s in c e re ly I m c o n d u c te d , w itnesses m u st q u a lif y as to c o m p e te n c e , l e t li- 1 NONE F .x te n -iv e We m ust ESTIM ATED REt E II’ IS Estimated available cash on hand at tteglnnlng of year for which this budget Is made Amount received from other sources Total estimateti receipts . . . . ------- - m a d e w h ic h e o » * lie t w ith fa r ts o f en gine« r i g a n d e c o n o m ic s . t D A H O V POWER A C IT IZ E N W H E R E V E R IT S E R V F ^ © O