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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
It is not beyond reason to be
lieve that the company might
have lieen more successful in ad
vancing barge transportation on
the Columbia had it been In jxjal- I
tlon to make a strong effort to
get business. Storage facilities
and loading facilities along the
river would be have helped. While
other forms of transportation are
accustomed to make investments
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