PACK 1 SHERMAN COUNTY! JOURNAL, MORO. ORKGO$ FRIDAY. APRIL 3«, »»54
Co. Dept. B, P-O. Box 14, Bay
shore, sta. Oakland 23, Cabf-
nia.
26-2bp
dog, gentle. Phone 152 W aa.«
evenings next week.
pion was Davbd Reid. Jim m y Fox May 17, 1954, by the Rural School A dm inistrator of the Estate of
SOMETHING
WRONG
A • wivortiKoment
for a
no- discovered the most eggs in the District of Sherman County, Mary E. Schaeffer, deceased, at
*P^erntnn County .Ho at nal
Ari* ,M
<>omnanv shows hunt, while Jeanne Macnolr and State of Oregon, in all compon- the office of T. Lester Johnson,
t Iona I Insurance
‘
2 4 Vincent Belionl fo u n d ’ the least, ent school districts of said Rural attorney at law, Moro, Oregon, ITATE W IDE PAINT CO com
Publhhrd Every Friday at
that
,u„. , the
h „ national income w as^ 4 ^ X n e ^ t s were
enjoyed in School District.
w ithin six m onths from the date
plete painting and decorating
billions of dollars in 1850,
_
.
.
Muro, Oregon
The
election
will
begin
at
2:00
of
the fitsr
publication of this
service, spray or brush J’*10” 0
--------- Editor g ro w n to 16.2 b illio n by 1900 and th e ja f e te ria afterward«
The girls and boys of Mrs. Pal- p. m. and will be held in the notice, to-wit: April 23, 1954.
3977 or 5293, 1205 E. 12th St.
Gilè» U F r e m i i
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- part of
».v irw
u r e i si’s room have been competing in schoolhouse in each of said com-
Max Barzee
Vern Campell and Jack Null,
fc.„.r.,l ». »wnnd rl» o m* tt* r
spelling.
Every six weeks the ponent districts.
T h e p u rp o s e
A dm inistrator
T U.fn~ •< Moro. Or.«on. urdr Art W o rld W a r 'n o 'd o u b t
The Dalles, Oregon
-*®u n
Lester Johnson
*
1 n u o the national income
teacher announces the winner, of the electon is
* Conrr.«» ot March ».
iliums after the longest Last time the boys beat the girls, the legal voters of the rural A ttorney for A dm inistrator
MAY ELECCTRIC, elect-ical con
was
>
L? „ L ' nation ever ex- The girls thus were servants for school district the question of in-
25-2
trad in g , Moro, Oregon, I hone
depression
in S e ten y « r s ¿h7 toys for an entire clay. The creasing the U x levy for the ---------------------
19 tin
perienced. io in 'and 1950 the na- girls’ tmie has come, however, fiscal year beginning July 1. 1954.
ESTATE OF
between lin
1940
between
o and
291 6
e they are w inners this time, over the amount limited by Sec- CLARENCE I. LAFFOON, Deed. A STAKE in American business
i 1,?.?11.
,h J th a t n o w A lex Schled Is the most recent tlon II, Article XI of the Consti- ARTHUR LANGGUTH, Attorney
and industry can lie p ro fitab le
billion it is more than that now Alex Schied
to you in a num ber of different
602
McKay
Bldg.,
Portland,
Ore.
despite a drop in the economy in addition to Rufus, a 6th grader tubon.
iSS-49.
coming from Arlington
The reasons for Increasing such NOTICE OF FIN A L ACCOUNT
ways.
,,
No. 572
Data mailed on request. No cuii
T
hén.’-i
something
wrong
here.
The
final
arrangem
ents
have
levy
are:
. MMneuiin»
*n,a
n a t io n a l
H H i p t ’A i We There
The RUraj School District
IN THE COUNTY COURT OF
unle.-s so informed.
know of no one who te Mv- been made for the Junior-Senior
Electric power, telephone, bank,
base is too low to perm it
I as ^ o c C ltk J h inc three* and a half times better i»rom at Rufus school gym. The
TH E STATE OF OREGON, FOR
insurance, industrial stocks.
the raising of sufficient funds
TH E COUNTY OF SHERMAN.
now than in 1940. The cars are date has been set for May 15 and
DEPARTMENT OF PROp.ATE
for operating the schools.
Corporate and tax free m uni
newer—and bigger—the kitchens they are to have Ken K n o tts
Paul Patterson is giving Oregon a
E state of
tax, in limitation
excess ¡n
»he m atter
of the Dec’d
cipal and school bonds. Lead-
fresh, vigorous leadership that
have
the S more white
X w enamel
eZ i u in
^ . them, Z orchestra.
t r o wUl b . The
O ¿ them
„ d e e ^ or r the
one of The
the am
six ount
per of cent
^ arence
L I<aff(M)n.
m
utual
funds.
Complete
nation
O FFICIA . COUNTY PAPER
people like and compleuly trust.
n u t the S e e s are no brighter, the called “Mermaid Melodies”. Miss proposed to be levied by the rural
Notice ls hereby given that the
wide service.
HE IS DOING THE JOB THE FEOR.E
SUBSCRIPTION RATES
?blhjren no more playful, the Dola Johnson
elected queen school district of Sherman coun- undersigned, as Executrix of the
J. W. DODD, TYGH VALLEY,
OF OREGON WANT DONEI
J te r nor the for the occasion w4l
• ty. Oregon, for
th e f.-d
y a y E,u t< if Ciaronca I Laffoon.
ORE. Eastern Oregon Mgr.
»2.O«
UNE YEAR
h” n™ er
w ind and Phillis Steward as the year beginning July 1, 1954. is 1>et-d ha8 filed her Final Ac,
Wm. J. Collins & Co.
26ctfn
*“ nDler-
The dance will be $134,952.04.
count in the County Court of
APRIL 30, 1854
princesses,
Dated this 16th day of April, lhe s ta te of Oregon for Sherman WATKINS DEALERSH11 .la
seml-formal and is to lie held in
1954.
County, and th at Tuesday, the
up to $400 a m onth and more
NOT HO FAST
the Rufus high school gym.
if you qualify for the Whtkins
»1.50 WHEAT
C. O. B urnett
25th day of May, 1954, at the hour
The
decoration of the gym,
The Oregonian comments on
_______
Dealership in Sherm an county.
Chairman,
Rural
School
Board
of
n
;3o
o’clock
in
the
forenoon
It is very enlightening to ask tbe new8 that Pendleton police- which is in charge of Lola John-
Car or truck required. No mon
Wily
W.
Knlghten
of
sajd
day
and
the
Court
Room
farm em if they can raise wheat men w|U wear cowboy costumes son> w in sta rt a week before the
ey required. W rite J. R. Wat
Secretary, Rural School Board of said Court has been appointed
for 1 50 a bushel. Some will ans- . M ylng that cowboys are ex- dance. A ticket sale sponsored by
kins, Seattle 9, Wash.
26-31c
by said court as the time and
wer from their political preju- t ,n(,t enough to let their “cos- the seniors will be held prior to ---- -
place
for
the
hearing
of
objec-
months
old
pup
Collie
&
BOARD
OF
EQUALIZATION
dices instead of from their book- (Ume” lie appropriated by law en- May 15.
tions thereto, and the settlem ent TEN m tw K , old I P
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Meeting of the Board of Equali
Australian Shepherd, will give
keeping knowledge although in forcement
m en.
The
1st _ and 2 nd grade room
thereof.
for Governor C o m .le d K Gamble.
It is 'p o ssible th at the Oregon- now has a new face. Jannis Matz- zation for Sherman County.
to kind country home, very in |*J.A J
general the answ ers will se
Dated and first published
Cheirmaa . 815 S. W 6 th A .e n u r, F u rthn d .O re g on .
Ian’s
editorial
w
riter
has
been
ker
jn
the
second
grade
and
To
the
taxpayers
of
Sherman
te llig en t, m ak e a
good stock
_
their studied opinion.
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April 2, 1954.
Many would prefer to use all w ecjng too m a n y movies. Much of comes to Rufus from Pendleton. County, Oregon:
Date of last publication
their acres a t a price
of $150 what Ls accepted as traditional
The Easter egg h u n t and par-
Notice Is hereby given that the
than to lx? restricted
in acres wwtM>y costume comes from Hoi- ty- was held Thursday April 15. Board of Equalization for Sher- May 21, 1954-
If it’s never going to be summer or even spring
ami keep on with the
present |ywfXX, okltlm e cowboys were !n the egg contest Kathleen OBrl- man County, Oregon, will attend
IRMA c . L A r r v u .
pme extra clothes will be needed.
prices.
u not accustomed to wearing pants en had the prettiest egg; Doug- at the County Assessor’s office of
AxinruTrnw
Some want to hold onto the (bat , lgbt unlpsg they were las Reid with a frog decorated the Sherm an County Court House, AR1H U R LANGGt i h
We have planned both ways. If you want warm
high price now paid via th e loan
shrunk ,n the wa»h. Perhaps the egg had the most unusual egg. Moro, State of Oregon, on the sec-
A ttorney
route despite growing surpluses
deglre tQ maRe two palr of denlm , xirry an(, Monya Neaj won the ond Monday of May, or May 10,
""«„»a
clothes
we have ’em. If you want some gay and
Some of thew* have fanciful
g where one had 1)een ^fm -e addltjonal prizes for their clever 1954, and publicly examine the ( ALL FOR BIDS
ro_ lvpd hv
schemes for getting rl<l of it, sell- Pad s()mething to do with the eggs. In the hunt Loren Byrd dis- assessm ent rolls, correct all errors Sealed^b ds, wU be r^ v e d
I y
springlike we^have that, too.
ing to Russia, giving dt to India (
associated
w d t h COver«> the gold egg, Douglas in valuation, description or qual- School D istrict No. 23, Grass v a i
or destroying it- Certainly there lh* u hL„ ()f cowhoyW n d girls Med 1 or the silver egg, Larry Sch- Ities of lands, lots or other proper- ley, Oregon, up^to 8 p. 1m., May 10,
WASCO
,is need for bread grains in Bus-
>hp mlndg of cjty folkS-
Jed harf the sharpest eye, having ty assessed by such assessor; and Wol for painting the sch ^ I h o u s
«ia and India, although the gen- Cowboys dW wear big
hats a total of 12 eggs.
it shall be the duty of persons In- and building a three bus garage
OREGON
opal opinion «Jems to lx* th at glv-
fof yery g(XX, reasona: they
Mrs. Stenberg assisted by Mrs. terested to appear at the time and and doing some °^he^ ^ lr ws° r^
dng or selling grain to tho-^e , shade In summer, protection Meyer gave a dem onstration on place appointed. Each petition or on the building an g
/ P ,
X X
might involve diplo-
the w ln ^ of w inter and .¿ /g ie a rn u rs in g by donning her application for the reduction of cifications may
obtainedU rom
Dales Clothing
matic troubles we do not can <>
h exceptional occasion pro-
face.
vide a tem porary w atering buck-
Over in Wasco county a com- pt for a horse or a fia u for a grass
nutation was made to determ ine
narrow brimmed hats
the average cost of producing
,,y clty folks are merely
wheat. On enough farm s to lx*
n |t|ve*
no utility value
cqnsk’ered typical of the county
any klnd
Boots wt»r
were and are worn lx*-
the average cost was determ ine
high »»w»o
heeL keep the
lx? $ 1.02 jm ‘I* I)UslwI.
< ea
*3 Li use
sc | the
he Hi^ii
»«••-» foot
T hat figure sounds ceatonable.
gliding through the stirru p
It does not mean th at a g<xx
caught will pull off anxl
farm er couldn’t grow his grain
erstwhlle rider. Nowdays
cheaper. It means thot g<xxl far- lxx>ts an?
worn for decora-
mers probably did grow grain
r p ^ tx>stUme of the cowboy
cheaper, it was the less can* u .
utilitarian; there was a pur-
more expensive farm ers W^lOHe pose for m ^ t of It“ in the places
cost was above $1.62.
where men ride the ojien ranges
From our questioning w<* a <
...... i„ ,t1(. s.*me clothes are
costume and relating the proce- a particular assessment shall be the >oa 1
du re encountered in the operating made in writing, verified by the the right to reject any o • ai
r0Om. Inform ation on nursing as oath of the applicant or his at-
Harold E t
a career was left in the library torneyt and shall be filed with
for future reference for the girls, the Board w ithin th e firs t w eek
WANT ADS
After a week of warm w eather It is by law required to be in
t he ra tn fell In this area Monday session; and any petition
evening. Coming as it has, is very pllcat on not so made, verl i < IZ)ST_ ¡^yST FALL: Three corn
good for Che growing crop. W’e ^ d_
i
n
g
two-year old registered
need a cool moist spring to keep or acted upon by the Board. Each
Hereford heifers, branded lazy
the early seeded wheat of last such petition or application sha 1
S-S on right rib. No ear mark,
fall growing and in good condl- state thereon the address to which
but tatooed on right ear. RewafH
tlon.
n?tl5e °i, th5 aCtIs ni,°if
®°an
for information leading to their
Equalization shall l>e sent,
recovery. Sid Seale, Condon,
CLAIR L. BAI j ZER
Oregon.
Sherm an County Assessor
LEGAL NOTICES
25-27C CUSTOM SLAUGHTERING —
NOTICE OF SCHOOL ELE<’-
Meat cutting, wrapping, sharp
t h a
iv
t h e
iil'llA L HU HOD L
freeze.
C A C Food Store,
claims
Grass Valley. Oregon.
47tfn
Mary E.
hereby WANTED: Man or woman to call
on farm ers in Sherman county.
ing »»in«’ moimy anyWBJ "H"
driven bj ... .. Yet, S l ' n i n x II.
a r t ic l e
XL notified to present them, w ith the
Some making over $50 a day.
would lx* less federal Income tax ( ij(k
u<herp eyen jw p s sTA TK CONSTITUTION
proper vouchers and duly veri-
Full or part time. W rite or wire
paid, In some case« almost enough <
jnd men Qn horspback
NoHce jg herpby given that an fled, to the undersigned, the duly
for free proposition.
McNess
loss to offset the loss in P™*-
,nust see them , count them, salt e iection will lx* held Monday, appointed, qualified and acting
M et Mrmer
them, appraise their condition,
preemt high price Is tern » ii.uy, drJye (hem
and perform for
Some would hold it as long as
possible ami let the gtivernment
worry alxmt the surplus, some
• r e already w’w y ln g alxmt the
«even to ten million bushels sur
plus and would ljk<
k
prlce down to rwluce the amount
of wheel grown.
There are
,,re no farm programs
now Is-lng „.n sk ler,.! th.n would
reduce the |»rt.e betow » „0 ex
cept Jn a few grain g rav in g
•rea«. Perhaps none of them will
I h * p a s s e l and the rigid price ays
tern will lx* continued. In either
case Home farm ers are going to
1<* disappointed.
JOHN DAY DAM
Anyone who has watched the
jM>litiral scene for any length of
time will nx-ogniw* the hill by an
Oregon senator am I four anti-ad
m inistration senators from the
northw est as one engendered en-
tlrelv for jx>litkxil reasons.
it
woukl appropriate $700,000 for
th e Jhon Day dam.
Purpose is to obtain some
credit for dam appropriations on
the Columbia which have almost
universally lx*en obtained by
Senator Cordon, who. from his
position on the apj)roj>rtations
committee and the committee on
interior affartra. Ixw been rwpon-
slble tor money for Columbia
riv er dams and with little help
from colleagues.
F urtherm ore an appropriation
of that amount is not ix*o!«xl for
the John Day dam at thia »es-
»ion. W |iat Is needed is a small
sum of perhaps u i much ns $100
000 to continue and finish the
tent drilling for foundation on the
proposed site Ixdow the mouth of
the John Day It may require hut
half that amount.
Prevloue drilling has disclosed
a hole In lhe river where no solid
rock fourxlatlon was found. Be-
fore engineers proceed they need
to know w hether there is soMd
r<x k there o r n •' If tlicre 1- n>t
th e ilam will be built above the
m outh of the John Day. where
preliminary tb-HUngs have atoo
been mode
No one Interested In the even-
tual ronntractkm of the John
P ay «tarn will he happy with the
altcinpl to m.ik<*
football for the pun**-4’
obtain-
Ing cretMt not heretofore earned.
We w ere doing very well with-
out th e political meddling
servlctM henlumen have
aswMne<| towalxi cattle since the
bovine was domesticated.
wpar c,othM
(q
If |novl(? actors, l’ers’leton po-
dcenwn drug store characters,
rodeo performers, want to wear
kind „( clothes it is no
i n n l ( ( ( ( ) Ui), r(,al row , „ y wh(1
hM
U|n(, f)>r gny o( them „
entlre|y prolmble. In fact, that
(hpie wJI]
tende„
of cattle
long after Hollywood Is forgot-
ten.
W H A T 'S
»O HNG
Cal Horn, your Telephone Manager
New gun shoots wire instead of bullets
If you ever visited
your local telephone
office, you most likely
were amazed a t the
thousands of small
wires th a t connect the
intricate equipment.
I t used to be th a t
each tiny wire con
nection had to be sol
dered by hand. But
today, on 3ome kinds
of equipm ent, a new
wire wrapping gun
is used. It literally
“shoots” wire around
a terminal. And it
grips so tightly th at, if you
tried to pull it loose, you’d
break the wire first. By doing
an im portant job faster, bet
ter, cheaper, the wire gun
helps us provide service a t
low c o st to you. P a c if ic
T e le p h o n e w o rk s to m a k e
y o u r te le p h o n e a b ig g e r
v a lu e e v e ry d a y .
RUFUS ITEMS
From the 6th, 7th, and 8th
grade school news at Rufus. Aj>rtl
15 Mrs. Barbara l ’alst’s room had
their Easter party. The activities
wyre ,1Kinv and centered around
an egg theme. David Reid and
Bobby Byrd tied for first while
Eleanor Smith and Patricia O’Brl
yn t|w , for ^ ^ 4 jn the unusu-
a( tyg
Mike O’Brien won
t ,u> prJze fo|. having the piwttt-
single egg. An egg rolling
contw t WM enjoyed by all mem-
bv|.s of tbe nMMn
The w inners
W(?re ixivid Reid for the 6th,
Bobby Bvrd for tbe 7tb and Jim-
)ny Kox for lhe 8lh o rand eham-
Long distance calls now cost you less
The reduction in excise tax
from 25% to 10%, voted by
Congn*ss, is good news for
' long distance telephone users.
'All of the reduction will go di
Enjoy the convenience of an extra telephone
for just pennies a day
O n thia thirteenth anniversary of U. S.
Savings Bonds, we can count the buying
of Bonds as one of America’s greatest
blessings! We all know what they did to
help in the war emergencies.
Etirrhu Ixxigr N«k 121 A.F- M A.*
Meet» (Mi the l»t anu
3rd Thursday evenings
each momn. Visilins
memtH’rs eordlMity ui
sited to nteei * tt h u-
' Howard Ross, \\ M
II, II. _______________
Pinkerton, Secretary ____
fíut th t real bleuing of Bonds is what
they have done for every single one of
us at home. They have helped Americans
to save on a scale brand new in history!
You know, your neighbors know—all ths
new cars that Bonds have bought—the
horn« on which Üwy made down pay
m ents the famsFthey have made more
productive with new eq u ip m en t-^ h e
‘>xtrnJ ^ u ^ k o n ^ t _ t ^ y ~ ^
for our sons and daughters — the new
businesses that are making Savings Bond
Bethlehem ( hnpter No. «h. D.K.S
Meets every teixynd anu
fourth Thumday In ea h
month, visiting member*
Invited
Moro. Oregon
Betty Christianson, W.M.
Elsie Jones, Secretary
M«ro I «xlge No. US
Meets 1st and 3rd
Tueeday» In 1.0 0 F.
,u‘ 11 I ’ansient «n<>
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C ° llurne' N o
" a tL.ns. Secretary
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Mwtl> Jnd
r „ , . tav,
M rh F
„ ...n th
Vlaitlng
W
members welcome
Althea Burnet N. G. >
,jeien Martin. S«c.
W
rectly to our customers. It
means th at every long dis*
tance call you make— to any
where in the country — now
costs you less.
buyers independent
Today more U. 8. Savings Bonds ars in
our hands than ever before. Thirty-seven
billion dollars U'orth!
We bought 22% more Bonds this last
year than in the year before!
We are holding Bonds for maximum
return— three-fourths of all matured E
Bonds are still being held at interest by
their original owners!
If you're not already buying Bonds—
try the eo»y Payroll Saving« Plan
You may save any sum you wish - a
couple of dollars a payday or as much as
you can spare. You never miss the money
because it's saved for you before you
get your check. And when enough has
accumulated, it's automatically invested
•<!> a Series E Bond, in your name, and
the Bond is turned over to you. Then
your savings really go to work—earning
you an average 3% interest, compounded
semiannually, when the Bonds are held
to Tliaturity! Join the P ayrolleavings
Plan where y m work—today!
The Savings Bond Habit Brings Happy Returns
— Buy more in 5 4 !
n t V • Qwnmwr «E m m « w
&
Anywhere in your home— in
the lx*drooms or kitchen . . .
in the garage or basement —
you can enjoy the added con
venience of an extension tele
phone. Extensions make it
easier for the whole family to
place calls, receive calls. And
this step-saving service is
yours for just pennies a day.
To order your extension, call
our business office today.
W M m aSMrfiMM
T*«
■MNf (JU h S«. tar >Sr(r ^XrtaMr SMWw«. tlU
A' A
The Next Best Thing To Being Home!
During World War 11®I had the fortunate e*
ot being C anip’I (‘lephone Manager at one of the largest
annv camps in the nation. I have hel|>ed hundreds of
soldiers with their telephone calls, knew their joys and
hearaches and how vital the telephone was in th e ir^
contact with parents.Owive> and sweethearts hack
home. Many of them told me, ‘Mv call home was*the
n e x t best thing to being l l ^ r e f ’ Ifo w true. Long
distance plays a big part as a morale builder—it works
both wavs. The rates are low and even lower from
6 P. M. to 4 A. M. and all day Sniidav.
Pacific Telephone
SHERMAN COUNTY JOURNAL
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