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o o PAGB 2 BHKRMAN COUNTY JOURNAL, MORO, OREGON, S h r r m a n (C ounty .IJournal Published E very F riday ut Moro, Oregon Giles Editor French V , I a i w to nd rln«» m attar a l tfe* p "toffiee a l M oro. Oresron, uiwlar Aet , Conircaaa of March 8, 1879. OFFICI Aa COUNTY PAPER I ' E D IT O R IA L AS^OcCÀTtdM n ew spa per PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION SI INSCRIPTION RATHS BRO« ON I I l LK NOVEMBER 5, IBM GRAND LARCENY Sherman county this year re ceived .0019 percent of the basic school fund apportionment. It comes from income taxes paid to the state. If Sherman county paid income taxes on the same basis as it would pay property taxes (and we are sure we pay more) we paid .004003 percent of the state’s taxes. On that basis the county re ceived $59,343.07 and paid in $149,092.88 if our feeble arithme tic is equal to the task. That means we are already paying in aiiout $2.50 to get $1.00 back. The basic school law was pass ed by the people in 1945 and the amendment raising the take to $80 was also passed by the people at a later date. So much for history. A crew of mathematicians from the Univer sity of Oregon have used material from the department of education to write a new treatise on the ba sic school law—with recommenda tions. And what do you guess they are? If the legislature accepts the fine theories incorporated in the 370 page mimeographed tome the portion of basic school money that Sherman county gets will be further reduced, perhaps entirely removed. Other rural counties would suffer likewise and so would Multnomah. It must lie said that the writ ers have u good understanding of figures. They know that rural counties, particularity those in eastern Oregon, have more assess ed valuation per school child thart dy the more thickly populated areas. From there tin it doesn’t require a master’s degree in ma thematics to devise a plan to get some of it—maybe all of it. 'File basic school law was pass ed to “equalise educational op portunities." The effort lias been to equalise tax resources. Stand ards for buildings and grounds have been set; standards of edu cation have been neglected. There would lie little complaint about the basic school law if it did what It was passed to do, viz., equalize educational opportunity, if it did that we would have bet ter cources in our higli schools and more equal educational op portunities. The law takes the cash and lets the education go. And now it is planned to make it more unequal educationally. Beneficiaries of the basic school law are largely the timber coun ties where there are many child ren and small valuation per school child. The reason is that the tim ber is owned by the federal gov ernment to large extent. But another reason is that privately owned timlier is not taxed at any reasonable percentage of its true value not near as much as wheat land for instance. And it is done witn all the piety possible iu a self anointed majority. Clyde S tra A y and b9rl Saw- heifer from Hay Canyon, brand ed PO on left hip. Phone 811 tell and Vernon Shipley of The Wasco. l-2c Dalles left iu a party on an elk hunting trip. Mrs. Robert Schilling and child CUSTOM SLAUGHTERING — Meat cutting, wrapping, sharp ren and her mother, Mrs. H. A. freeze. Kenny’s Market, Grass Branden of The Dalles left Thurs Valley, Oregon Ph. 242 47tfn day for Seattle to visit her sister. ITATE WIDE PAINT CO. com plete painting and decorating WANT ADS service, spray or brush Phone 3977 or 5293, 1205 E. 12th St. DOOMING business makes open Vern Campell and Jack Null, ing avaiTable for responsible The Dalles. Oregon 38tfn man or woman with car to call on farm women in Sherman MAY ELECTRIC, electrical con county. Full or spare time $3o tracting, Moro, Oregon, Phone to $40 a day. Write McNess Mr. and Mrs. Sam Alberty and 722. 19 tfn daughter, Nancy, drove to New Company, P. O. Box 14, Bay- FOR SALE: 1954 Chevrolet sta short Station, Oakland 23, Cal. tion wagon. About 6000 miles. berg Friday afternoon where they 51-2p Phone 2448 The Dalles. 52-1 p spent the weekend visiting Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Alberty. LOST: 18 month okl white-face BEST ONE-MAN BUSINESS: Own and operate your own bu siness without capital invest ment. Watkins Dealership now available in Sherman County. Montag Furnaces CARDH OF THANKS Profits up to $5,000 a year and 1 am grateful to those who havfc H. C. Little Floor Furnaces more possible first year. Car or supported me the six years 1 truck required. Write J. R. Wat have served as judge. Spark Oil Heaters kins Company, 137 Dexter Ave.. C. A. Tom Seattle 9, Washington. 52-5c Wessix Electric Heaters I want to express my sincere MUTUAL INVESTMENT FUND thanks to the voters who support shares are easy to buy. Easy to Amana Home Freezers ed me in the recent election and redeem. They provide many ad to say that I will do my best to vantages for over a million in Ironrite Ironers make good on the campaign vestors, banks, trustees and pledges made. others seeking both income and G. E. Appliances Vernon I. Miller growth.. • Full details supplied. I want to say to the voters of Philco Appliance; JOSEPH W. DODD, TYGH Moro that I am appreciative of VALLEY, ORE. Eastern Ore. their vote that re-elected me to Hamilton Dryers Mgr. Wim. J. Collins & Co. the city council. Stocks, boruls, tax exempt state Tom Monroe. Hoover Cleaners and school bonds. Nationwide By this means I wish to ex and Canada. Youngstown Kitchens press thanks for the confidence Phone collect Tygh Valley 13F2, expressed in me by the voters of or the firm in Portland, Beacon Complete Welding Supplies Moro who elected me may r. 2151, about any stock or bond Darwin Van Gilder question. Purchase, sale, or late Oxygen and Acetylene information. 52tfn In such facilities it was not the policy of the barge companies on the river. Removal may tie a blow to use of the river which has been long advocated and seldom achieved. If the river is to tie used someone will have to make that use easy and convenient and cheap enough to compete with railroads. It Is probably true that the rails do cut rates to run out barge com petition and it is also true that barges used the same tactics. All of which gave great joy to wheat farmers, who must eventually realize that playing one form of transportation against another can only go on so long. The cnstruction of an oil pipe line Jo Pasco from Utah prob ably had as much to do with the recent decision as any as that surely cut barge line income. evening of tele^Kion. Those pre sent were Mr. and Mrs. Ted Kelly and son, John, Max Brown and daughters, Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Lemley and family and Robert Holmes. Refreshments were ser ved. Mr. and Mrs. H. O. Dugger and Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Freeze were dinner guests Saturday eve at the John Rust home. After din ner they all went to Moro to the Halloween party held at the V'FW hall. Others going from here were Bud Eslinger and Mr. and Mrs. Jlub Rolte Grass Valley Marlon Crews and Mr. and Mrs. Don Lear of Stevenson were dinner guests Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Dell Olds. Mrs. Crews and small son went home with them after spending a week here with her parents. Marcus Eslinger left Monday for Couer d’Alene, Idaho where he will spend a week at the ranch he brought recently. Miss Patricia Johnson of John Day spent the weekend at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ted von Rorstel. Mrs. Kenneth Sather of Kent returned to her home Saturday from 'Fhe Dalles where she was hospitalized for a week with pneu monia. Mr. and Mrs. Donald CJodfelter brought their son. Wendell, home Saturday from Portland where he sjient aiiout two weeks at the Emanuel hospital with a mild case of polio. He will have a rest for three weeks before he goes beck for a checkup and then to school. Mrs. William Pausch, a teacher at Jefferson high school In Port land came home Friday evening and spent the weekend here with her husband. She brought three friends, Margaret Purvine, Glen- na Teeters and Dorothy Flegel, all teachers at Jefferson high, home with her for the weekend at the Pausch ranch. Mr. and Mrs. Orville Ruggles had friends In Saturday for an Lincoln Electric Welders Lincoln Greasing Equipment Jaccuzzi Pumps Oliver Machinery Calkins Wheat Treaters Sub-Soilers, Weeders & Parts Johnson Sea-Horse Outboard Motors RCA T V Bendix Washers & Dryers Montag Washers & Dryers Westinghouse Appliances Fowler Water Heaters MOON E Q U IP M E N T Wasco, Oregon CO . Mortgage Loans To Meet Your Individual Needs ATTRACTIVE TERMS PROMPT SERVICE LEGAL NOTICES NOTICK TO CREDITORS All persons having claims against the Estate of Richard Abel, deceased, are hereby noti fied to present them, with the proper vouchers and duly veri fied, to the undersigned, the duly appointed, qualified administrator of the Estate of Richard Abell, deceased, at the office of T. I^es- ter Johnson, attorney at law, Moro, Oregon, within six months from the date of the first publica tion of this notice, to-wit: Octo ber 29, 1954. Luther W. Davis Administrator T. Lester Johnson, Attorney for Administrator 52-3c Kent School District- No. 9 will accept bids for purchase of a new school bus with a chassis 126 to 140 inches long, 7:50 x 17 dual tires with mud tread, shock ab sorbers and single speed rear axle. One ton. Body: 16 passenger with 30 inch seats wide in four rows, heavy duty upholstery and large heater. The district has a used bus to trade in. Bids will be opened and bidding closed at 2:00 p. m. November 8, 1954. Frank von Borstel, Clerk Grass Valley, Oregon NOTICE TO CREDITORS All persons having claims against the Estate of John B. Coon, deceased, are hereby noti fied to present them in proper form to the undersigned, the duly appointed, qualified and acting executrix of the Iutst Will and Testament of John B. Coon, de ceased, at the office of T. Lester Johnson, attorney at law, Moro, Oregon, within six months from the date of this notice, to-wit: October 29, 1954. Theresa Fern Schilling Executrix T. Lester Johnson Attorney for Executrix 52-1-2-3C NOTICE OF FINAL ACCOUNT NU LL E . hereby given that the undersigned hsfs filed in the County Court of the State of Ore gon for Sherman County, her Final Account as the executrix of the Estate of Ralph P. Brisbine, deceased, and that Wednesday, tiie 17th day of November, 1954, at 10:00 A. M. of said day, in the court room of the County Court in the court house at Moro, Sher man County, Oregon, have been fixed by the Court as the time and place for the hearing of ob jections to said Final Account and for the settlement of said estate. This notice is published in pur suance of an order of the County Court for Sherman County, Ore gon, made on the 11th day of Oc tober, 1954. Havie Stella Brlsbine Executrix T. Lester Johnson, Attorney for Executrix, Moro, Oregon. 50-3c NOTICK OF FINAL ACCOUNT NOTICE is hereby given that the undersigned has filed in the County Court of the State of Ore gon for Sherman County, his Final Account as the administra tor of the Estate of Agnes R. An drews, deceased, and that Wed nesday, November 17, 1954, at 10:00 A. M. of said day, in the court room of the County Court in the court house at Moro, Sher man County, Oregon, have bpen fixed by the Court as the time and place for the hearing of1 ob jections to Final Account and» for the settlement -of said estate. This notice is published in pur suance of an order of the County. Court for Sherman County, Ore gon, made on the 11th-day of October, 1954. William H. Andrews Adurtnistrutop-' T. Lester Johnson, •' • • Attorney for Administrator ' • ‘ Wasco, Oregon. , „ ©OKJc ■ — i i ■ i »■ - i it e w IRA FRIDLEY Consignee Wasco, Orego» 5—20 and 10—30 UNION OIL COMPANY of California Phone 2.Ì2 From where I s it... i y Joe M arsh Our Town Makes Good in N ew York City Couldn’t place a new subscriber named Clark, but I found out who they were last week when they dropped in The Clarion1» ottice. “ We’re native New Yorkers,’’ Mrs. Clark said, “and all our friends there are originally from other places. We always felt le ft out when they talked about things ‘back home.’ ” “T hat’s why we ‘adopted’ your town and to get all the news wc subscribed to The Clarion. Now we have a ’back home’ to talk about—and we think it’s the most wonderful town there is!” From where I sit, ju st about everyone thinks his own home town is best. Picking your low n comes natural. The right to do this “picking," though, is w hat r e a lly c o u n ts. W hetttF r f t’s a favorite town, a favorite cut of moat, or even a choice of a bever a g e - s a y between beer andfbut- tcNiiHk.'it’s respecting the rig h t to this freedom of choice th a t makes a good neij?hbor. I hope t you subscribe to .that! Copyright, 1954, United States iirewers Foundation Standard Insurance Co. A western company serving western agriculture N O M E OFFICE 812 S. W. Washington Portland, Oregon Phone AT water 4331 vz iO 4 5th qt. $2.65 p in t . xzoot. dc a BARGE LINE MOI E Decision of tiie inland Naviga tion company to move out of Ore gon has aroused interest in 'Fhe Iialles and Pendleton as those are tiie towns that patronize It more than others. it is not here assumed that tiie decision was made in October of this year. It has been contem plated for some time as many per sons were aware. Ocean towing has been activity of Inland for many months and it is very likely that it is more profitable than river barging. The problem of taxation lstui- doutitedly toe of some Importance the eompany^is taxation Is of lni|>or lance to nearly every com pany. The legislature passed the tax law affecting Inland to equal ize taxes l»etwe<‘x river transpor tation and other torms of tr a n s portation, of which, except avia tion, pay sizeable taxes to Oregon for privilege of o|M*ratlng. 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