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«H ERM A N COUNTY, JOURNAL, MORO, OREGON, FRIDAY, MAY 11, 1U.Y4
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time, we know not what awaits
also because th ere are p ow erfuL
i*ltrrut;ttt (County .IJum ual
forces In this country d em u n d ln T
th e sam e th in g —o u r policy of
P u h lh h ed E very F riday ut
Isolation of R ussia and h er allies
Mor», Oregon
cannot lie continued. W e are go
OM m L . I i ' in li
1 *1" " 1 ing to trad e w ith o u r enem ies, d i
rectly o r indirectly, and o u r allies
t. r<tl «» •eeonil cln»» m a tU r at tha
{■ootofflea at Moro. Oreiron. under Act are going to do m ore of it. If we
are to refuse to be isolationists in
Contfraaa of Marrh 3. 1879.
diplom acy, we are going to refuse
to lx? isolationists in economics.
n ew spaper
A fter any g rea t w ar th ere is
P U B L IS H E R S
alw ays a period w hen in te rn atio n
al relations are diffieult and su s
a s s o c ia t io n
picion is rife. If we are able to
get thro u g h it—and it will take
20 years o r m ore—th e w orld may
settle dow n for a long period of
N A TIO N AL E D IT O R IA L l>eace. And p erh ap s peac^ would
be of m ore help to th e so-called
dem ocratic nations th an to the
so-called
d ictato rsh ip s of com
m unism .
O F F IC IA .
COUNTY PA PER
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H I 'BMC R I P T I O N
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P« elawn
To th e E ditor:
Your article co m m enting on the
p rese n t and past p ro g ra m
of
building county ro ad s w as q u ite
m eritorious. N atu rally 1 couldn’t
go along 100 p er cent.
The big gripe is, the county
co u rt has no program . Especially
an extended one. T he tax p ay ers
w onder ju st w hy not do as Gil
liam and Morrow counties.
If th e tax p ay ers w an t such a
p rogram I su b m it one on a pay
as we go. Give us th is 0 mill tax
th a t we may get everybody o ut of
mud, th en vote a 4 y ea r ten mill
tax and pave 50 m iles of road.
T his would b enefit every citi
zen in th e county, pave at least
5 m iles east and w est from 97
to all five tow ns. I will nam e a
few m u st roads, 6 m iles n o rth of
Wasco, th is is th e heaviest trav e l
ed county road ca rry in g one-half
of 97 east trav el, 7 miles of th e
Hock m an road, 5 miles 1/m erock,
8 m iles ea st of G rass Valley and
5 m iles each east and
w est of
K ent. T his p rogram would cost
4 m ills m ore each y ear th an th e
p resen t 6 m ill special and w ould
req u ire a co u n ty vote. According
to th e ie tte rs I am receiving this
is th e plan most of th e co rrespon us.
d en ts w ant. Of course, th is p lan
C. A. Tom
w ould req u ire planning.
N ext
County Ju d g e
y ea r the Root co rn e r road will be
on the agenda. T h e highw ay will
T he red popples th a t a re be
p ro b ab ly pave fro m * W asco to
Klondike. G rass Valley is paved ing sold by m em bers of the Am
erican le g io n au x iliary and th e ir
to th e D eschutes.
help ers are m ade by the v eteran s
T he county could keep rocking in O regon’s th ree
hospitals for
d irt roads on co u n ty budget. T his v eteran s at P o rtlan d , Ftoseburg,
plan w’ould save reb u ild in g th e and C am p W hite. The veteran s
heavy
trav eled county roads. get tw o cents apiece for ty in g
T he co u rt an d five m an board th e little flow ers from stock
pledged them selves to c a rry out fu rn ish ed them . L ast year $8584.-
a p rom ise to sp read th e funds 38 was paid to th ese hospitalized
equally betw een th e five d istricts. m en for th e ir work. All th e money
A broken prom ise causes w ar. is used for reh ab ilitatio n or for
I^et’s not bond th e county a t th is aid to those hospitalized.
candidate for Republican nomination
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GASOLINE . I
NEW ROYAL TRITON
IRA FRIDLEY
Consignee
Wasco, Oregon
5—20 and 10—30
UNION OIL COMPANY
of California
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FUNERAL SERVICE
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Charles Allen Tom
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O besity, w hich com es from
over-eating, is an em otional ail
m ent, we read. T he sto ry w en t
ROAD ELECTION
on to say th a t people eat because
V oters of Road D istrict No. 1, they are unhappy, w orried, fre t
S herm an county, are
going to ful or upset and m ainly because
vote, May 26, on a special levy they have n o thing else to do.
. . . with understanding
for roads. It is being held under
We had th o u g h t th a t m aybe
an obsolete law designed for the good ta stin g food had som ething
tim es w hen road d istric ts w ere to do w ith it b ut th a t w asn ’t con
. . . responsible
sm all and a very few citizens sidered in the article in question.
lived in each one. T he law has
T here used to be fat people in
The integrity of the governor’s
. . . reasonable
been rem odeled to an ex ten t so the days w hen education was
office has been above question.
th a t a public and secret vote is p artially designed to aid stu d en ts
He’s doing the job that needs to
now m andatory.
to e n te rta in them selves.
T hey
be done with a simplicity and
The resolution w hich put this w ere tau g h t to read, to paint, p er
effectiveness that commands re
road levy on the ballot calls for haps to play m usical In stru m en ts
spect, confidence and cooperation.
continuance of th e five m an and th e re was train in g in p h y si
l»oard. T his board, com posed of cal p u rsu its such as m ilking cows
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public-spirited citizens, has been and ten d in g gardens— both now
advising the county co u rt for two gone professional and obsolete as
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PIERSON, PAUL
years, it was nam ed by a g a th e r far as the av erage householder is
L eonard & W ilm a Sm ith
ing of citizens to advise the court concerned.
Paid Adv Patterson for Governor Comm., Tad K
The Dalles
3133 Gamble, Chr., BÎ3 S. W. 6ih Ave., Portland, Ore.
because the citizens ap p a ren tly
W ith n o th in g to do and w ith no Phone
felt insufficient confidence in train in g in self-en tertain m en t the
the court.
m odern goes to the cupboard— no,
The five man iM,ard has ad re frig e ra to r—and Indulges in th e
visory au th o rity w ithout respon anim al in stin ct of feeding the
sibility. And th at is a floor thin g face, a p leasurable occupation and
in governm ent. T his is not to de one th a t tak es th e m ind off the
cry the often excellent advise the snide rem a rk h eard a t the card
isiard has given the court nor cast party, the failure to w in advance
reflection on the member».
m ent, the fit of the new d ress or
Should the special levy lx? de the bordom of the dally job.
feated t h e
budget com m ittee
The th in folks, we tak e it
could then levy in excess of the from the w rite r’s conclusions, are
six percent lim itation ami raise tin* b e tte r adjusted.
T hey have
m oney th a t w'ould be expended by things to do, m ore interests, few
the court Itself. T here would be e r fru stratio n s.
T hey do th e ir
few er restrictions, m ost of w hich eating at m eal tim es and keep
handicap the p ro p er expen d itu re busy betw een tim es.
of the money.
Wd w ouldn’t know . H ow ever,
All of the county would have doesn’t it beat th e
deuce how
a say in the election. As it is only some one is alw ays b reak in g into
those residing in Road D istrict p rint w ith sim ple solutions to
No. 1 can vote. A farm ow ner liv everyth in g ? And some of them
Limited Supply
ing in town cannot vote although delve into the subconscious for
Lowest
Po
;aible
Co..t — 11 cents per Bu.
he may pay m any tim es the taxes th e ir answ ers.
Who is to say
of a farm laborer living on a w heth er they are rig h t or w rong?
¡3t.-Oprr — Durable — All Steel
farm. The cities would sh a re In We have as m any theories about
the voting although not in the living as we have gadgets to live
Rot-Proof — Fire Proof — R at Proof
expen d itu re for It is unlikely that with. G adgetry Isn’t restric ted to
Dryer Builoii g — Discourage weevil
any of tire road m oney would lx» m echanical -things b u t ex ten d s
spent inside the tow ns. Its use, over Into thought.
Many V aried Uses— M achinery — Shop — S torage — etc.
how ever, would help the tow ns
easily erected by an yone
through b atter roads.
('«»tnplete erectio n service by ex p erlerced ,r< u s if w anted
It is apparent that the county
Civil Engineering
cannot have the kind of roads it
( ALL or W R IT E
Land Surveying
w ants w ithout special funds. Hut
I 'rrd Ashley, Tygli Valley. Oregon, Phone 912
more co o rd in a ted m anagem ent
M E IlltE L L S T E E L BLDG. ('(».
WALL & TF.NNBSON
m ight result if au th o rity w ere
2207 N. W. Fix,nt, P o rtlan d , Oregon, P hone ( ’A 9897
Phone
.1636,
The
Dalles
concentrated in the c o u n ty ’» of-
9081,4 K. 2nd Nt.
filial governing body.
E lection on a levy above the
six percen t lim itation for the
R ural School D istrict w ill be
held n ex t Monday. May 17. E very
vo ter in th e county is eligible to
cast a ballot in the election w hich
will be held in school houses in
th e tow ns of the county.
STATE R EPRESEN TA TIV E
Gilliam, M orrow, S herm an, W heeler C ounties
Prim ary Election, May 21, 1954
Phone 272
Paid Pol. Adv.
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GENEVA
The i nltcd S tates could not
help bu t agree to the series of In
ternational conferences the first
of which was held at Berlin and
the one now going on at Geneva.
O ur allies, E ngland and Franc»,
w anted to m eet w ith th e R us
sians and old C hurchill felt th at
he could handle them , overlook-
Ing the poor record of an A m eri
can president who thought he
could handle the Japanese.
Tile first conference resu lted In
the second because F ran ce w an t
ed to get out of the lndo-Chlna
w ar so badly. It has brought Red
China to the table w ith o th e r con
forces and given them a psycho
logical stim ulus they needn’t have
obtained.
Because our allies are so an x
ious for more foreign trad»' and
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Get this attractive
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«•’«ice at actual cost..,
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Save a little each day... then at the end
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in a U. S. National savings account.
C hapter No. ,8. O.E.S
Mret* every aecotiU m,<
j V k
fourth T hursday me.» n
m onth, visiting m e n ,tw o
invited
M on, <>ie,
D etty C hristianson, W.M.
E lsie Jones, S ecretary
Saving w ill get you anything m oney can u « /:
H e l h lc h e t n
l.upine R rbekuh Ixolgr No. 1141
Meets 2nd and 4th
Tuesday» of each
m onth.
V isiting
m em bers we.com«
A lthea B urnet N G.
.¡elen M artin, Sec.
ha
from p aper clips to pro
fessional serv ices—cost
us $324,743,000. I t was
s|M*nt w ith th o u san d s of
firm s, la rg e an d sm all.
Crude oil was a big item. Wear and tear, depreci
T o supplem ent our own a tio n and upkeep c o s t
p ro d u c tio n we b o u g h t $157,834,000. P a rt of it
$135,600,000 w o rth —an will replace w orn-out fa
im p o rta n t sun, to crude cilities, b u t millions went
to workmen, technicians.
oil producers.
New construction, such
as refinery facilities, to
m ake m ore and b e tte r
p r o d u c ts , c o s t $145,-
0 0 0 ,0 0 0 . T h is h e lp e d
m eet builders’ payrolls.
Exploration to r e p la c e
oil our cu sto m ers use is
a v ita l o p e ra tio n . O u r
ste p p e d -u p se a rc h for
new oil r e s e r v e s c o s t
$79,000,000 in 1953.
E m p lo y ee» ’ w a g e s fo r
tim e worked took $163,-
947,000 of o u r income.
A n o th e r $ 4 3 ,0 0 0 ,0 0 0
w ent for em ployee bene-
fits for S tan d a rd Oilers.
profits cam e from w hat
was left. T hey received
a b o u t 5H o n each
d o llar’s w orth of stock.
T o tal: $86,020,000.
Good» and s e rv ic e s —
Taxes paid by S tan d ard
to U. S., s ta te s , co u n
ties and cities am ounted
to $106,300,000—enough
to b u y p le n ty o f f ir e
tru ck s, schools, bridges.
112,000 s h a re h o ld e rs ’
Your picture belongs here, too. Because most of the
E ureka Ln«»» N« I B I A . r A A.»«
Meets on the 1st ami
3rd Thuix<lav evening*
euch m onili. Visiting
m em ber» co rd iali, »n
ette«! to mecí w tt»>
H ow ard Ross, W. M
P ink erto n , S ecretary
Moro Ixxlge No. 113
Meets 1st and 3rd
Tuesdaya Ut I.O.O.F.
hail. T ra n sie n t and
visiting b ro th ers arc
cordially Invite,.
A'
( ’ (). Burnet \ G 1
Leo W atkins, Secretary
W h o g e ts th e m oney
S ta n d a rd takes in?
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Special vacation.
Down payment on a home.
Education for the effldren. •
Funds to meet emergencies.
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worth of checks Standard wrote last year was sent
to you, or spent with you, or helped make possible
better gasoline and oil for your car, you and practi
cally everyone else in the West benefited. Thousands
of merchants and professional people in hundreds of
towns profited from the puy checks Standard Oilers
spent. Our tax payments helped finance schools for
your children, parks for vacationers, and bridges for
motorists. Carpenters, steelmen, lumberjacks bene
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work we did. It ail fits together: 1953 was a g<h«l
year for Standard because so many of you thought
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