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JOURNAL, MORO, OREGON,
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FRIDAY, APRIL I«. ItM
senate and the s|x»aker of tin
house and certain other member-
appointed by the governor often
Publish«-«! Every Friday at
because of some knowledge of or
Moro, Oregon
Interest in the subject to be stud
t.ilrs I,. French
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The committee, hires a secre-
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f- - t o f f ir * at M oro, O rejron. under Act
the aid of some researchers, holds
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hearings and .tries to arrive at a
set of recommendations that will
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help to solve the problem to
which they were assigned.
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It has the advantage of perm it
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ting more time to problems, of
using the abilities and inform a
tion of men outside the legisla
ture, of getting more opinions
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E D IT O R IA L and knowledge applied to a sub
ject than is possible under the
normal legislative process. Most
of the changes that have l>een
made in recent Oregon law has
come from interim committee
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studies. They do not cost much.
Members serve for expenses only,
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researchers are often state em
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THE REAVERS
SUBSIDIES
We’ve been reading a lot about
subsidies lately.
Y o u know,
sauce for the goose, sauce for the
gander, get under the umbrella,
put your feet in the trough; all of
that sort of stuff.
It may be that we will always
have subsidies; in fact, we have
had them for a long time in one
way or another.
Usually they
have been comparatively small
and have been given for some
purpose that was generally ac
cepted as good.
This nation when young gave
subsidies of land to early day
builders of canals and w ater
ways; it gave railroad builders
alternate sections for miles on
either side of the right of way
(the railroads have to haul much
freight cheap yet on the deal
and during the war wished they
hadn’t taken the subsidy Vi the
first place); the government sub
sidized airplane companies by fat
mall contracts to keep them de
veloping planes (for which we
might well be thankful; when
American seamens’ wages went
up shippers got a subsidy to main
tain American shipping and this
didn’t work very well as foreign
ship owners hauled freight cheap
er anyway.
One definition of a subsidy
would include the land given to
homesteaders for a nominal sum
for a period of residence, the for
est claims and the other means
of putting government land into
private ownership. Subsidies are
common enough.
We have en
couraged small and im portant in
dustries by the use of subsidies,
some that have become very im
portant and necessary.
It seems to be a good rule that
subsidies be given for a specific
purpose and stopped when that
purpose is attained or found im
possible or impracticable.
The only way the government
can give subsidies In these times
is by taxing the citizens, most of
the public property having al
ready been given away.
Those
who have nothing would benefit
by a general subsidy system as
they pay no taxes. Those who are
successful, who make money, who
have property would be hurt by
a subsidy program.
Permanent subsidies are harm
ful, to the nation and to the re
cipient. The policy of grants is
better. Yet, it does appear very
odd that those with a gtxxl chunk
of the nation’s wealth should
need a subsidy.
TIIE ROLE OF INTERIM
COMMITTEE«
There Is probably some wonder
as to what an Interim committee
does and often, even among the
niemliers, some concern about
wha, it can do. For years, in Ore
gon, the reports of interim com
mittees were printed, looked over,
anti cast aside by legislators. Ac
tion was seldom taken.
That is not true now. Either
legislators have a greater desire
for information or Interim com
mittees have Is-en making better
report«.
An Interim committee Is a
group of citizens appointed to
study, Investigate, and obtain
opinion about a subject that con
cerns government. It serves l»et-
ween sessions of the legislature,
whence comes the word “inter
im”. It reports to the coming
legislative assembly.
Technically It does the study
ing, the researching, on a glverf
subject in a more thorough and
careful way than is possible for
a legislature, which Is hurried
and harried by a multiplicity of
bills. An interim committee con
sider« one subject, although, of
ten. several phases of that.
Oregon has been slow to devel
op the use of interim committees.
California has used them for
years, an«, many more than does
Oregon. Oregon once had a legis
lative advisory service which
was supposed to give technical ad
vice and obtain Information for
legislators. It didn’t work, that is,
no one asked for Its help. In ter
im oommlttees seems the lietter
method.
The usual Interim committee
is composed of some legislators,
senators and representatives, ap
pointed by the president of the
It seems to us right now that
writing alxjut the Beavers of Port
land may more properly be res-
stricted to dally papers. A weekly
writing about a winning streak,
may run into some adverse news
before getting the piece off the
press.
However, it does seem that a
few words of praise of the first
week of baseball play by the Port
land team might lx* written. Per
haps the writings of crltlus help
ed make the players resolve to
show up better than expected of
them and it may be that they are
better. The training season has
Ix'cn cold and wet and players
are not in condition, good pitchers
and those not so g«xxi, are stiff
armed and unable to do their
tricks.
Besides the Portland team has
a lot of surplus players who are
still trying to stick In the coast
league and showed It. That Includ
es pitchers. Competition Is a great
stimulant to better performance.
H A R R Y D ID < H A R D
“ If H arry Orchard goes to Hea
ven, we want to go to Hell” sang
the miners in Idaho 49 years ago
after Orchard had confessed to
blowing ex-governor Frank Steu-
nenberg into sm ithereens at bis
own back gate.
We have no Idea what the long
delay has done to the resolve. The
trial of Heywood, Moyer and Pet
tibone failed to bring conviction
and Orchard won life im prison
ment Instead of hanging for his
confession Implicating the mine
leaders.
The trial also pushed
Clarence Darrow and William
Borah Into the limelight where
thev shone for 40 years.
Now the last of the characters
in the drama is dead. Harry Or
chard, who dynamited dozens to
death, just passed to his reward
at NN. Surely, it will l»e said that
the extreme violence that dis
tinguished t h e m iner’s union
troubles in Idaho help«*,I curb
such things all over the nation.
Labor learned that violence does-
not pa.V. Atpl perhaps the bosses
learned that better treatm ent
brings better labor.
• celumn
To the Editor:
While the report in your paper
of April 9th of the taking by the
government from Columbia- Des
chutes Bower company of lands
on the lower Deschutes River for
The Dalles Dam Project was cor
rect as to aggregate acreage and
price to be paid, it was lacking in
in essential details, which you
had not known, and misleading in
certain respects. The considera
tion of $77,400.00. not yet paid,
is to lie for the 84.6 acres men
tioned and all the Improvements
thereon, Inclusive of those on the
auto court and retaurant lease
hold on the lands. The lessee Is
to lx* paid $42,260.00 for the lat
ter. In such cases the govern
ment settles with the landowner
and he must compensate lessees
for whatever improvem ents they
may own on the premises. There
fore, the company is to receive
$33,940.00 for the acreage, inclu
sive of the valuable business site
and about 6 acres of garden soil,
an 1 its own Improvements ap
praised at $1,200.00.
No value
whatsoever was attributed by the
government, or insisted upon by
the company, for any power de
velopment potential In connection
with the property.
James B. Adams, Agent
Eastern Oregon Land Co.
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Wasco News
Mrs. Augusta Huckin entertain
ed with an elaborate buffet sup
per prior to the Wasco W oman’s
Study club’s informal dance
April 3 at her home.
The red camellias, flowering
<iuince and red roses placed about
the rooms came from the garden
of her daughter, Mrs. M. G. W alk
er of Olympia, W ashington.
Out of town guests were .Mr.
Olson, Mr. G earhart, Mr. Sparks,
Miss Fick, Miss Rice and Mr. and
Mrs. Valasco, all Instructors from
the A rthur Murray school of dan
cing of Portland.
Other guests were Mr. and Mrs.
Stanley Anderson, Mr. and Mrs.
Iceland Anderson of Portland;
Capt. and Mrs. Leppaluato and
and Mrs. John McGraw of The
Dalles; Mr. and Mrs. Gordon H ar
per, Mr. and Mrs. Art Macheel,
Mrs. B. Estrelle Halley and Mr.
and Mrs. Robert Bish of Wasco.
All the A rthur Murray guests
had Sunday morning breakfast
with Mrs. Hailey. Later they en
joyed coffee and cake at the Gor
don Harper home before leaving
for Portland.
NILA ( ALLS MEETING
m inent position the Federal Land
Rank fills-in the farm mortgage
field.
Mr. W hiteman also announced
that paym ent of a dividend of 5%
had recently been made to stock
holder members of the associa
tion. This dividend is made possi
ble by earnings received from
the capital stock owned hv the
association in the Land Rank,
which during the past eight years
has paid out more than $2,200,000
in dividends to stockholders, the
greater portion of which has been
passed on to the association mem
bers.
LEGAL NOTICES
CALL FDR BIDS
Sealed bids will be received by
School District No. 23, Grass Val
ley, Oregon, up to 8 p. m., May 10,
1954, for painting the schoolhouse
and building a three bus garage
and doing some other repair work
on the building an 1 grounds. Spe
cifications may be obtained from
the board.
The board reserves
the right to reject any or all bids.
Harold Eakin, chairman
IN THE ( (), \ I X < o l RI DE
THE STATE OF OREGON FOR
THE COUNTY OF SHERMAN
IN I i l l N x I I Fi; OF CALLING)
X Mi l l i \ i o i ROAD
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DISTRICT \ o . i
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ORDER
On this 7th day of April, 1954,
the above entitled Court being
in regular session for the trans
action of county business, county
roads being under consideration,
and
It appearing to the Court that
a petition has been filed with this
Court, signed by the required
num ber of freeholders, asking
that this Court call a meeting of
the legal voters of Road District
No. 1 of Sherman County, Oregon,
during the month of April, 1951.
for the purpose of voting on the
question of w hether there should
lx; an additional tax not to exceed
10 mills on the dollar on all tax
able property In said road dis
trict, the fund to be raised by such
additional tax to he expended un
der the supervision of the County
Court upon the roads within said
road district, and
It fu rth er appearing to the
Court that this Court has endor
sed its approval on said petition
of the proposed additional tax.
Now, therefore, it Is hereby
ORDERED that a meeting of
the legal voters of Road District
No. 1 of Sherman County, Oregon
lx* held on Monday the 26th day
of April, 1954, at 2:30 o’clock
P. M. In the circuit court room
at the court house at Moro, Ore
gon, for the purpose of voting on
an additional tax not to exceed
10 mills on the dollar on all tax
able property in said Road Dis
trict, and
It Is further ORDERED that
the County Road Supervisor shall
cause to he posted the required
notices of said meeting within
said Road District not less than
ten days prior to said meeting,
and that the County Clerk shall
cause to be published in the Sher
man County Journal the notice of
said meeting for two consecutive
weeks prior to said meeting and
within thirty days of said meet
ing.
C. A. Tom
County Judge
Donald Martin
County Commissioner
Kenneth Sather
County Commissioner
The annual meeting of The Dal
les National Farm Loan associa
tion will he held at,th e Mill Creek
hall, The Dalles,, April 21, com
mencing with a dinner at 12
noon, announced T. F. W hiteman,
secret ary-t reasu re r.
The members will hear reports
covering, progress of the Federal
Land Bank of Spokane and the
association, and will also elect
one director for a term of three
years to fill the vacancy of the
present incumbent, Mr. William
L. Hulse, Dufur, whose term Is
now expiring.
At the conclusion of the busi
ness meeting, Mr. Delos Putz,
regional manager for the state of
Oregon, will deliver the princi
pal address and discuss the pro- NOTICE TO CREDITORS
All persons
having
claims
against the Estate of Alvin Keen
an deceased, are required to pre
sent them with vouchers to the
undersigned Virginia E. Finley or
. . . with understanding
Clyde L. Finley, at D inty’s Station,
Riggs, Oregon within six months
from the date of the first publica
. . . responsible
tion of this notice. The date of
the first publication of this no
. . . reasonable
tice is March 26th, 1954.
VIRGINIA E. FINLEY
Executrix
CLYDE L. FINLEY
It’s “Play Ball’’ tim e a :ain and Clay Hopper's Portland Beavers are hoping this will be their
baseball race.
lucky year in the Paci lie Coast I
Hopper, beginning his third
year as skipper of the Beavers, burn, once again will be at the glad to bring the Beaver games
is pointing toward finishing bet KWJJ microphone ( 1080 on your to sports fans in this area.”
ter than fourth, where the Ore radio dial) to describe the play-
H opper w ill he d e p e n d in g
gon club ended last year. Base by-play accounts of every game. heavily on such established stars
ball experts have labeled the
T ruitt (left) is shown in the as (top Iclt pho to ) OUtii'
Beavers a team which can pos
W alt Judnich (left), obtained
sibly unseat Hollywood for the top middle photo with Hopper during the w inter from Seattle,
p e n n a n t. H opper, a v e te ra n and George Carroll, vice presi and George Lerchen. In the in
baseball m an and a m anager in dent in charge of sales for, the field, Hopper again will have
the Brooklyn Dodger chain for Lucky Lager Brewing Company, his stellar double play com bina
several years, has helped de which is sponsoring the Beaver tion of Frankie Austin and Ed
velop such diamond stars as games.
"As a part of the great North Basinski (pictured with Truitt
Jackie Robinson, Roy Cam pan
ella and Stan “The Man" Mu- west, Lucky Lager is alw ays in top right photo), who last
sial. Though short on pitching glad to lend its support to P a vear set a new PCL record of
strength as the season opened, cific Coast sports activities,” A, ‘201 d o u b le p la y s. T he low er
Clay hopes to “m ake it interest J. Mclsaac. vice president and photo catches Hopper supervis
ing’’ for every team in the PCL. resident m anager of the brewery ing a spring practice hall ig
From th e f a n s ’ s ta n d p o in t, at Vancouver, W ashington, said, drill at Stengel Field, Gleni a'e,
Lucky Lager sportscaster Rollle “Over the years our association California. Rookie pitcher Char
Truitt, Sir. Baseball of Portland, with the Pacific Coast League lie LaBrun. with Binghamplon
and his sidekick, Bob Black- has been a happy one. We are in 1953, is on the mound.
WANT ADS
WANTED: Ten more subserloers
to the Sherman County Journal
sometime within the next week.
WANTED: Job on ranch cook
ing, experienced, 40 years old.
W rite Mrs. Alice Bartlemay,
1312 T revitt St. The Dalles, Ore.
Giving details anil wages offer
ed.
2A-25p
AC1EIC POWER «& LIGHT CO.
common stock, offers a well as
sured income return of 5%.
And participation in the future
grow th of this im portant p ri
vate enterprise.
Quarterly dividends for the next
4 years will he largely free of
federal personal income taxes.
Inquiries Invited. J. w DODD
TYGH VALLEY, ORE., Eastern
Oregon Mgr. Win. J. Collins &
Co. Stocks,
bonds, m utual
funds. Nationwide.
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LOST— LAST FALL: Three com
3977 or 5293, 1205 E. 12th St.
ing two-year old registered
Vein Campell and Jack Null,
Oregon
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Hereford heifers, branded lazy
S-S on right rib. No ear mark,
but tatooed on right ear. Reward CUSTOM SLAUGHTERING —
Meat cutting, wrapping, sharp
for information leading to their
freeze.
C A C Food Store,
recovery. Sid Seale, Condon,
Grass \ alley, Oregon.
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Oregon.
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STATE WIDE PAINT CO. com MAY ELEOCTRIC, electrical con
tracting, Moro, Oregon, Phone
plete painting and decorating
1!) tin
service, spray or brush Phone
XYHY SHOES XYEAR OUT
‘‘The average step is 26 inches. This means 2437 steps to
the mile, or 112,1X5 steps in a five-m ile «lay.
X person w eighing 160 pounds, in a «lay, lias pounded into
his shoes 971 tons and 1600 | h » iiiii I s of meat, hone, and
troubles, and all this hr carries above bis shoes. Men buy
three pairs of shoes a year (on the average), •
A steel hammer w eighing ,600 pounds coming down nt that
late foe four months wouhl have to ,w renewed each day
and would liavS to lie fished out of the deepest hole in the
earth at tin* end of four months."
THIS PROVES THAT SHOES HAVE A PERFECT *
RIGHT TO XYEAR OUT
D A LE’S CLOTHING, Wasco, Oregon
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PDHTDFFIUE
Anyone who isn’t fed up with
the postoffice departm ent this
week has neither been rending
the papers or signs.
Announcement was ma c a few
days ago that the departm ent was
going to build new postoffice
buildings in several Oregon towns
Including Condon, Heppner, John
Day, Madras, with a cost running
In excess of $215,(MX) each. It will
I h * very nice for these towns to
have a new building of that size
that any other agency could build
for that amount of money. It will
be a civic asset, no doubt. Never
theless there Is no sense in build
ing buildings of that size for post-
offices in towns of that size. It is
not economical considering rent
als and Is one of the very good
Executor
reasons for opposing any Increase
DICK & DICK
In postal fees.
Why pay more
The Dalles, Oregon
when the money is to I h > wasted.
Attorneys for the Estate.
21-24
Another objection to the same
departm ent Is the order to shor
ten the postal day here, and all
Leonard & Wilma Smith
along tills line. Mail will now
Meets on the 1st an
close at 3:30 Instead of 4:30. Itself Phon«*
3rd Thuteda> evening
The Dallen
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each mor,«n. Visum
an hour that Is unnecessarily ear
members cordial,\ u
ly. It Is about time we had a re
nted io meet with u
versal of the do less and charge
Howard Ross, W.
more policy.
B Pinkerton. Secretary
FUNERAL SERVICE
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Meets every second ate.
fourth Thursday in ea-n
month: visiting member*
Invite«,, Moro. O r e x o ..
SPREADER
Betty Christianson, W.M.
Elsie Jones, Secretary
C a p «<ity
Top Soil Builderl
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Tom’s fquipment
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Moro, Oregon
NEW ROYAL TRITON
IRA FRIDLEY
Consignee
Wasco, Oregon
5—20 and 10—30
UNION OIL COMPANY
of California
Phone 272
Moro l.o«,g«* N<>. 1,3 I.G.O.F.
Meets 1st and 3rd
Tuesdays In 1.0.O F.
nail. 'Transient and
visiting brothers are
cordially invited
C. O. Burnet, NO.
Leo XVatk,ns. Secretary
Lupine Rebekah Ixxlge No. 11«
Meets 2nd and 4th
Tuesdays of esch
month.
Visiting
members welcom*
Althea Burnet N. O
. lelen Martin, Sec.
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K vea jir c a ie r v a lu e from vour telephone! That’s the good news in the Congressional
Bill reducing Federal Excise 1 axes on April 1. The tax on long distance service was cut
from -5% to 10%. And it means quite a saving. If you have a long distance bill of, say,
S10.00 a month, on which you used to-pay a tax of $2.50, you’ll save $1.50 under the new
tax rat«. Taxes on your local service have been cut, too—from 15% to 10%. And, of course,
•very penny of the l ed ral Excise lux reduction goes directly to you. Pacific telephone.