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Newspaper Page Texto I’ a Ï k 2 8HKRMAN COUNTYI JOURNAL, M O £p. S h r r m a tt C o u n ty 31 ou in n i |*al»li«hed E v e ry F riday at Moro, Oregon title« I - French -- E d ito r (M elon , fhiday , august «, T<M> Bl s v F ro m som e in q u iry around and about it is learned th a t th is is not the only place w h ere ev ery one is too busy. A nyw ay we are »„t, r,*j aeeond el*»» matter at the here in S herm an J toffir«* at Moro. Oretron. under Act all too busy county to get half th e th in g s done , ConirrMa of March i . 187». th a t need to lie done. ■ «F H C IA , COUNTY PA PE »' Everylxxiy has his ow n plans, his ow n in te rests th a t tak e up N A TI O N AL EJ> I TO R I A I his tim e and isn ’t able to spend m any h o u rs in a y ea r to fu rth e r the activ ities needed for th e public. One solution to th e problem would lx? to have few er public problem s and th a t w ould m ean few er lodges, few er clubs, few er th is and that. We th in k th is a sol ution th a t is not likely to come about. N evertheless we a re a te r ribly o v er organized n atio n and SUBSCRIPTION r ates com m unity. In fact, w e’ve g ot so ONE YEAR ----- >2(M \ l (.1 g I 6. 1951 o 1954 organ teed th a t we have to have to the same school buildings and get along without some simple M g» community improvement that we w ere organized to do. A nother solution w ould be for could be had with sonic more time in d iv id u als to b reak aw ay from and effort. That’s what comes of th e ir businesses and th e ir d u ties being too busy. to w ard p resen t o rg an izatio n s and tak e on o th e r duties. T h at do esn ’t TH U W EATHER seem likely, eith er. ( I I t need n o t s u rp rise anyone, es W hat we need Is a few dozen pecially in th e so u th e rn and h ig h retire d o r sem i-retired m en and e r p a rt of th e county, th a t D u fu r w om en to tak e charge of som e had a fro st one n ig h t recently. of th e public duties. W e have very T h ere Is n o th in g ao uncom m on few of them because th ey re tire ab o u t fro sts In th is county alth o to som e place w h ere th e re isn ’t th e re a re seldom an y freezing an y th in g to do, instead of sta y n ig h ts In Ju n e, Ju ly and A ugust. in g around w here they could be Yet, no one has lived here fo r m an y y e a rs w ith o u t seeing su m used. So the Job of looking o u t for m er frosts. T h e w ea th er for 1954 has been ourselv es In o th e r w ays th a n the daily job of m aking m oney gets discussed by everyone, alm ost as less and less atten tio n . W e w ill a dally topic, an d Its eccentricities have no new road w ork, do n o th are w ell covered w ith com m ent. ing about a bridge, send o u r kids T h e re w asn ’t an y w in ter u n til ( ’OVNTY < 'LERK’S AN NU A L REPORT OF EXFE NDITURWS, LISTINO OF TRANSFERS AND UNEXPENDED BALANCES COVERING PERIOD JULY 1, 1955 TO JU N E 30, 1934 INCLUSIVE. UNEXPENDED AMOUNT AMOUNT AMOUNT BALANCES TRANSFERRED BUDGETED EXPENDED A< <'OUNT COUNTY COURT 1800.00 1800.00 Ju d g e’s sa lary 60.00 O. D. 310.00 Ju d g e 's expense 280.00 323.74 676.26 1000.00 Com m ’r s ’ fees, m ileage, ad m in istra tio n C IR C U IT COURT 76.86 O. D. 27686 2(H) (H) W itness' & ju r o rs ’ fees 73.80 O. D. 1106.80 1033.00 R e p o rte r’s fees & sa lary 25.00 25.00 J u r o rs ’ m eals 25.00 25.00 B ailiff's fees 100.00 100.00 Ju d g e ’s expense JU S T IC E COURT 25.50 24.50 Ju ro rs , w itnesses, etc. 50.00 1800.00 18(H) 00 Salary 17.69 232.31 250.00 Office ad m in istratio n 1.30 298.70 300.00 D IS T R IC T ATTORNEY COUNTY C LER K 3600.00 3600.00 C lerk ’s salary 3360.00 3360.00 D ep u ty ’s salary 9.93 340.07 350.00 •Incidental expense 8.55 241.45 250.00 Record books and blanks 200.00 2(H). (H ) Office eq u ip m en t 4012.00 io) 2.00 00UNITY AGENT COUNTY ASSESSOR 3600.00 36.00.00 A ssessor’s salary 30.50 319.50 350.00 Incidental expense 1145.10 2000.00 A ppraisal & field w ork, salary 277.90 577.00 T ra n sferre d to office equ ip m en t 2(H).OO Office eq u ip m en t, rep a irs, etc. 577.00 T ra n sferre d from A ppraisal, etc. 200.29 576.71 777.00 F e b ru a ry and th e re has been no su m m er to d ate except for a few ra re days. Wte are not in position to g-riti- cize the w ea th er because it h as been rem ark ab le for th e p ast 15 y ears and m ade w h eat crops g re a te r th a n any in th e m em ory of man. So long as n a tu re sends tw o Inches m ore rain th an the av erage we should not com plain ab o u t m in o r m a tte rs like th e ab sence of sum m er. Indications are th a t th e d ro u th is sp read in g In th e m iddle w est, creeping from badly b urned Tex as clear to th e C anadian border. It m ay reach us before it recedes. It is not one of th e th in g s m an know s about o r can change. And d espite all o u r effo rts th e w ea th e r is a subject of conversation, SPECIAL ROAD TAX FUND 1053-1954 AMOUNT EXPENDED ACCOUNT $ 12.424.99 WAGES 10,516.36 R E P A IR S 2,126.50 GAS & OIL 51.86 T IR E S & TU BES 227.17 G E N E R A L SU P PL IE S 815.16 BRIDGES A CULVERTS 1,041.20 ROAD MACHINERY 269.20 R E T IR E M E N T 145.11 INSURANCE 2,276.33 ROCK CRU SH ER 6,723.03 M ISCELLANEOUS 9 36,976.91 TO TA L A m ount Collected A m o u n t E xpended 9 50,076.01 36,976:91 not changed by th e w ishes of man. And w ouldn’t it be a m ess if it were? W ANT ADS S PE C IA L NOTICE To all Necchl-Elna owner« and fan«: Aug 9 A- 1« you are Invited to F R E E «pedal Factory Demon- «trutor «ewing riaaaea on how to do it yourself on any zig-zag or straight sew ing machine. Come In any time from 10 a. m. to 8 p. in. and bring your sew ing problems and bring friend«. Cour tesy of your Neechi-Elua Dealer. SEWING SERVICE CENTER 20.3 E. 3r»L The Dalle« FOR SALE: Jo h n D eere 55D com bine, cut tw o seasons, Neal leveler, Love reel, w ide re a r axle, 7:50 tires, heavy d uty booster brakes, E arl M cKinney, Ione, Ph-8-7270. 40c W ANTED: Steady y ea r around w ork, ran c h o r otherw ise. E x perienced, m arried. Call L es te r W arren, Moro, 311. 40p T H E COST O F L IV IN G has doubled in the p a s t 10 years. Or, actually, the dollar has lost one half its fo rm e r value. How ab o u t the n ex t 10 year? A NYTHING can happen, and usually does. In v estm en t planning for th e fu tu re is essen tial to financial secu rity and protectio n ag ain st fu tu re dollar erosion. J. W. DODD, TYGH VALLEY, ORE., E a ste rn Ore. Mgr. W m . J. Collins & Co. M utual type in v e stm e n t funds. Stocks & Bonds. T ax E x em p t Bonds. 9 19,099.10 Net Balance Food prices a re still going up TOTAL EXPENDITURES AND TO WHAT FUND CHARGED FOR although the drop in coffee price PERIOD JULY I, 1953 TO JU N E 30, 1954, INC. has slowed It tem porarily. The COUNTY GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURES BY MONTH boost in bread prices h ere is an 7,506.83 JU LY ............................................ ............... $ 2,808.03 indicator th a t processors w ill de AUGUST ............................ . 5,691.33 m and bigger profits. SE PT E M B E R 6,558.38 T his is going on despite the OCTOBEl EK --- 6,602 60 NOVEM BER ............. ........................... — slow reduction in farm incom e 4,451.40 DECEM BER ............................................... from food since 1951. Beef is 3,424.87 JANUARY ................................................. dow n and pork will be this fall 4,477.35 FEB RU A RY ......... 1...................... ......... and other farm prices are off. 3,683.82 M A R C H ........................................................ T hese figures bring to the 4,067.04 A P R IL .......................................................... forefro nt a n o th er factor of the 3,783,78 MAY .............................................................. already com plicated farm prob 8,307.21 JU N E ............................................................ lem. $ 61,432.84 TOTAL W hen H e rb e rt H oover consid ered the farm troubles som e 25 GENERAL ROAD FUND EXPENDITURES BY MONTH 35c tfn y ea rs ago he sta rte d his attack 4,651.99 JULY ........................ on m ark etin g his advisers having 4,148 1 1 WOMEN MAKE E X TR A MON AUGUST ------------ show n th a t g ettin g farm produce 3,448.14 EY doing assem bly . w ork a t SEPTEMBER ........... 6,396.63 to m arket w as too expensive. The home, pleasant, easy to as OCTOBER _________ 5,342.07 sto ry is told th a t w hen A lexander N O V E M B E R ............. sem ble products, good pay, 6,606.77 D ECEM BER ............. Legge, H oover’s farm board c h a ir W rite to A R T L IN E INDUS 5,055.18 J A N U A R Y ........... m an, was trav elin g betw een La T R IE S, U nion City, Ind. 39-44c 2.168.97 FEBRU A RY ............. G rande and P endleton he m et and 1,661.22 MARCH ...................... BEST ONE-MAN BU SIN ESS: passed bread w agons going both 872.99 A P R I L ........................ Own and o perate y o u r own w ays and rem arked th a t rig h t 5.706.98 MAY ........................ business w ith o u t capital in v est th e re w as one cause of the farm 18,421.91 JU N E ......................- m ent. W atk in s D ealership now problem . 9 64,480.96 T h e new deal m ethod of solving available in S herm an county. TOTAL th e farm problem w as to pour P ro fits up to $5,000 a y ea r and S P E C IA L ROAD TAX FUND 1932-1953 m oney into every pocket and m ore possible f irs t year. C ar COUNTY S H E R IF F JUUY ............................................................ $ 4,335.96 3600.00 3600.00 drow n all com plaints in a flood S h eriff’s salary o r tru c k required. W rite J. R. S E P T E M B E R ....... .................................... 115.83 3360.00 3360.00 of public money. It did not con D eputy’s salary W atkins C om pany, 137 D exter 53.09 OCTOBER .................................................. 8,408.31 746.91 800. (H ) Incidental expense cern Itself w ith the econom ics of 9.26 O. D. A venue, S eattle 9, W ash. 35-40c 134.26 125.00 S tate In d u strial A ccident C om m ission the problem and consequently has 9 12,860.10 TOTAL 840.00 8-10 (H ) Official car IT ATE W ID E P A IN T CO. com 74.64 O. D. m ade no contrib u tio n to the 224.64 150.00 T ravel outside county plete p ain tin g and decorating SPECIAL ROAD TAX FUND 1953-1954 eventual se ttle m en t of one of COUNTY T R E A SU R E R service, sp ray o r b ru sh . P hone O C T O B E R ......... j . ....................................... $ 7,600.00 o u r national w orries. 1800.00 1800(H) T re a s u re r’s salary N O V E M B E R .................................- ............ 2,456.32 3977 or 5293, 1205 E. 12th St. 2.25 O. D. The farm er is now g ettin g some 152.25 150.00 Incidental expense D E C E M B E R ...............................- .............. 1,669.57 V ern C am pell and Ja ck Null, 53.25 44 percent of th e co n su m er’s dol Office equipment 46.75 100.00 JA NUARY .................................................. 2,187.56 The Dalles, Oregon 38tfn 496.51 lar. The processors g et th e rest. 3180.75 3677.26 FEBRU A RY — .............................. 4,714.97 SHERMAN-WASCO HEALTH UNIT T he processors have to deal w ith MARCH ..................................................— 8,130.85 MAY E LEC TR IC , electrical con COUNTY CORONER 33.00 unions and w ith freight rate s and A P R I L ..................................... 4,372.06 42.00 75.00 tractin g , Moro, Oregon, P hone F ees & expenses 25.00 MAY .............................................................. 846.23 w ith pleasing the public. B ut it is Jurors & witnesses 25.00 722. 19 tfn J U N E ........... ................................................ 4,999.35 doubtful if the farm problem can ELECTIONS CUSTOM SLA U G H TER IN G — 385.70 214.30 be satisfactorily solved w ithout 600.00 Ju d g es & Clerks Meat cutting, w rapping, sh a rp 87.45 TOTAL 9 36,976.91 212.55 giving atten tio n to m ark etin g as 300.00 Ballots A supplies 30.00 freeze. K enny’s M arket, G rass 20.00 50.00 well as to production. S urely the Booths 5.00 Valley, O regon Ph. 241 47tfn 15.00 20.00 Ballot boxes A reg istra tio n policy of p aying for m ore and Total G eneral F u n d E x p en d itu res $ 61,452.84 FOR SALE: 6 room house, bath, m ore production w ithout a m a r COUNTY SCHOOLS T otal Road F u n d E x p en d itu res 64,480.96 650.00 650.00 T otal Special Road Tax F u n d 51-53 12,860.10 4-H C lub F air lot and th ree-q u arters, tw o keting system that will take it ISO 00 150.00 T each ers’ In stitu te T otal Special Road Tax F u n d 53-54 36,976.91 car garage. Mr. o r Mrs. L. O. aw ay is u tte rly foolish. 5680.00 5680.00 P er cap ita at $10.00 T he w heat farm er is alm ost K irby, P hone 404, Moro. 32tfn TOTAL ALL W AARANTS ISSUED 9 173,770.81 ( ’() U N TY ( ’()U RTHOUS E the w orst off of any farm er for 311.84 O. D. 2111.84 1800.00 incidental expense he gets but 15 percent of the price Total n u m b er of claim s p resen ted ag ain st G eneral F und 2500.00 2500.00 554 J a n ito r ’s wages 173.17 the bread b u y er pays for w heat. G ross am o u n t of claim s against G eneral Fund 826.8? 1000.00 ’ $ 61,452.84 Repairs A improvement« E zra Benson has som e ideas T otal w a rra n ts Issued 61,452.84 COUNTY JA IL 235.64 O. D T otal o u tstan d in g w a rra n ts as of Ju n e 30, 1954 on the subject and has tried to 5,221.68 385.64 150.00 Board of prisoners, supplies 64.75 get the dairym en to try new m ar COUNTY P R IN T IN G 535.25 600.00 WARRANTS PAID 12.00 « 36,231.16 keting m ethods to get rid of th e ir 12.00 COUNTY STOCK IN SPEC TO R Total n u m b er of claim s presen ted ag ain st G eneral Road F u n d surplus; so far w ithout great 420 G ross am o u n t of claim s against (general Road Fund INDEM NITY (BANG’S D ISEA SED success. D ropping the price m ight $ 66,002.51 976.00 24.00 1000 00 L ess claim s disallow ed CA TTLE) 1,521.55 serv e as a m ark et stltnulant altho MENTALLY D ISE A SE D CASES we tielleve th a t b e tte r salesm an 60.00 T otal w a rra n ts Issued 15.00 75.00 9 64,180.96 E xam inations, expense, etc. sh ip m ight m ake th a t unneces Total O utstanding w a rra n ts as of Ju n e 30, 1954 10,068.44 PUBLIC ASSISTA NCE sary. 1101.00 1101.00 G eneral assistance W heat farm ers have groups W'ARRANTS PAID 3112 00 54,412.52 3112.00 Did age assistance and com m ittees and organizations Total n u m b er of claim s presented ag ain st Special Road Tax F u n d 1952-1953 463.00 463 00 Aid to defiendent ch ild ren 53 devoted to the study of w heat G ross am o u n t of claim s ag ain st Special Road T ax Fund 1952-1953 387.00 387.00 Aid to p erm an en tly A totally disabled 12,860.10 T otal W a rra n ts Issued & PA ID production, w heat freight rates, 6378.27 12,860.10 621.73 7000.00 w heat v arieties and w heat pro EM ERGENCY FUN D T otal n u m b er of claim« p resen ted ag ain st Special Road Tax F und 1953-1954 143 ASS N OF OREGON (BOUNTIES gram s, none of w hich have done G ross am ount of claim s ag ain st Special Road Tax F und 1953-1954 38.23 36,976.91 101.77 140.00 Dues T otal w a rra n ts Issued m uch gix>d as far as helping the 36,976.91 5.00 5.00 Public Lands C om m ittee Total o u tstan d in g w a rra n ts as of Ju n e 30, 1954 m ain problem is concerned. It 5,037.46 900.00 900.00 m ight not tie too late for them to COUNTY AUDIT 45.00 O. D. 445.00 4(H) 00 WARRANTS PAID PREM IUM ON O F F IC E R S ’ BONDS begin the stu d y of m arketing. 31,939.45 COUNTY C LE R K S ANNUAL REPORT OF FE E S AND DIS DEMOSS M EM ORIAL PARK 135.92 64.08 200.00 BURSEMENTS OF SAME FROM JULY 1, 1933 TO JUNE 30, 1934 M aintenance, rep airs, etc. ( ’OVNTY MUSEUM MONTHLY RECEIPTS COURTHOUSE INSU RA N CE 48.95 451.05 500.00 JU LY ................................................. .............. $ 121.65 T here has been discussion by B uilding A fix tu res 6.00 AUGUST ........................................................... 183.65 105.00 111.00 th e officers of the S herm an C oun INSU RA N CE K E N T LEGION H A LL S E P T E M B E R ...................................................... 200.03 2240 00 ty H istorical society about pos 2240.00 U. S. FISH A W IL D L IF E SER V IC E OCTOBER ................................... 90.85 siblllty of s ta rtin g a sort of m u 700.00 7(H) 00 NOVEM BER ................. 70 10 G O VERNM EN T T R A P P E R seum in this county, not a conven DECEM BER ..................................................... 296 05 Civil Engineering 682.60 O. D. tional m useum , but one of his COST OF D E LIN Q U E N T TAX 732.60 50.00 JA NUARY ............................................................. 166.35 FO R ECl/TSV RK Land Surveying torical value p artlcu la rlly from FEBRU A RY ............................................ 229 45 ADVERTISEMENT WHEAT LEAGl E an ag ricu ltu ral view point. M A R C H ................................................................... 145.13 5.00 25.00 30.00 WALL & TENNESON A P R I L ..................................................................... 207.45 Someplace, probably, th e re Is ASSOCIATION 42.50 O. D. 667.50 625.00 Phone 5636, The Dalles ANNOTATIONS A LAW BOOKS M A Y ................ 86.68 an old se p arato r ru stin g In an 750.00 750.00 » « « U E- 2nd St. JU N E .................................................................. 174.93 FA IR GROUND INSU RA N CE old shed although it Is doubtful 287.50 O. D. 2287.50 2000.00 If th e re Is an old fashioned steam SHERM AN COUNTY FA IR ASS’N Methieheui t tiapter No. .o. O.ai.4 Total Receipt« 114.62 9 1,972.32 485.38 600.00 engine an y w h ere In th e coun RET1REM ENT Meets every second tnu ty. If on old d errick table could SOURC E OF RECEIPTS fourth Thursday in each 9 8,225.42 9 377.00 9 73,338.20 9 07.t32.84 be found they w ould m ake a dis R ecording fees _______________________ $ 826(H) month, visiting member« I jw L ib rary fees ____________________ 61.07 play th a t w ould already lie In TOT Al «M- -Jiily I, 1933 to Ju n e SO, 1934 Genernl Fum i B u d g e t..................................... 9 Invited. Moro, Oregon C ircu it C ourt f e e s ____________________ 216.00 .............................................................. U.84 te re stin g to h alf the county. Less G eneral F und E x p en d itu re s Betty Christianson, W.M. P ro b a te and C ounty C ourt f e e s ....... 195.00 How long has It been since Elsie Jones, Secretary _____■ _ .................... ............ t 8,225.42 M arriage Licenses ____________________ 9.00 Net Balance headers w ere used, not fo r bay M iscellaneous Copying and I n d e x in g ____ 529.25 Eureka Ixxige No. 121 AJ<. A A.M cu ttin g , but rig h t out in th e open ROAD FUND M igratory L i e n s ........... ................................ 28(H) Meets on the 1st and field c u ttin g a sta ck in g spot and Litigant fees ................................................ 88(H) 35.40 3rd Thursday evenings 2000 00 2035.40 WEED CONTROL circlin g clear to the fences or D ivorce fees _____________ _ . ________ 20.00 10.59 each month Visiting 22500 00 22510.59 WAGES (less $s<H59 refund) d raw s? T h ere a re a few header 54.02 members cordially in 4945.98 5000.00 R E P A IR S M Total Receipt» tm xes still In use. but not m any. * 1,972.32 rlted to meet with u« 4000.00 GAS A OIL * Reapers are alm ost histo ric and 386.95 • Howard Ross, W. M. fra n sfe rre d from T ires A Tubes DISBURSEMENTS H. B. P in k erto n , S ecretary even th e once o rd in ary w agons M igratory Liens paid to See of S t a t e ___ $ 28.00 4386 95 4386 95 a re hard to flrfd. U tig a n t fees paid to S tate T r e a s u r e r ___ - 2584.05 L apine R ebekah Ixxlge No. 116 30(H) 00 O ther item s th at could pFoperly T IR E S TU BES Divorce fees paid to S tate T r e a s u r y ___ 20.90 29 00 386 95 Meets 2nd and 4th lie g ath ered to g eth er to help Ill tra sfe rre d to Gas A Dll Fees paid to County T re asu re r 1836.32 2.98 2497 02 2500.00 Tuesdays of each G E N E R A L S U P P L IE S u stra te th e ag ric u ltu ral history m onth. V isiting IN SU RA N CE ON O N E-H A LF Total Di«bur»emrn(N 9 1,972.32 o f th e co unty are Jackson forks, 1650.00 1650 00 m em bers welcome CO M PR E H E N SIV E POLICY old plow*, (w ho has a Casady), D. 25,62 252562 2500 00 ) A lthea B u rn et N. G. STATE OF OREGON M ISCELLANEOUS 100 00 an ea rly day M onitor drill, a 6900 00 7(MH) 00 I .lelen Martin, Sec. ) ss. BRI I HIES A CU LV ERTS 0 1090 w ooden spike-tooth harrow , a 13989.70 14000 00 COUNTY O F SHERM AN ) ROAD MACHINERY tail-g ate seeder, even a com p ara Moro ixxige No: n MACADAM MAIN.TENANCE 3000.00 3000 00 I, M arie H oskinson, C ounty C lerk of the C ounty of S herm an, tiv e ly m odern “stubble-bug’. Meets 1st and 3rd Sinking fund 344 35 455 65 800 00 S tate o f O regon, do hereby c e rtify th a t th e foregoing rep o rt is It w ould be so m uch easier to R E T IR E M E N T i Tuesdays in l.O.O.F. prepared from and based upon th e reconis of thia office and th at tell th e g ra n d c h ild re n how fa rm hall. Transient and • 469A4 0 580.95 9 «7.950.(8» • «7.48090 th e sam e is a full, tru e and co rrect rep o rt to th e best of my ing w as done In th e “good old rtslUng brothers are know ledge an d belief. • «7,950.(10 4 G eneral 1Road Fund Budget ■ordialiv invited d a y s ” If som e of th e im plem ents TOT A I-S Dated th is 22nd day of Ju ly , 1954. 67,480 96 l E x p en d í tu res Roatl Fund liess G eneral C. O. Burnet, N O. th e n used w e re preserv ed and (Seal) M arie H oskinson u n le ss a s ta r t Is m ade It m ay soon l^eo Watkins, Secretary’ 160.64 C ounty Clerk Net B alance be too late. MORE OF T IIE FOOD DOLLAR LET US DO YOUR PRINTING r