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PAGE " SHERMAN CO U N T I JOCKS AL. S à r r a u u £ .nna:~ la u r e a i r i U l i < k ^ Every F rU a y M ar». U w * «e as K~1«nS M aaawaM raaoa MCWr «• ’-*>• SaaaWn* at Min. O mmr *. vm A v S ä W -.' — J ----- W IU.-.S X '.fW. n a t io n A t □ Z C H O F F K lA L tp ’UP1!? 1 ê r S ’ S " COVATI PAPER s i BSC RIFIIO.N RATES O N E T B A B — ........................« - * » J U N E «. I « « WHAT IS EI>V CATION Th e ocher mgri'- a w i»*e gym - fui. oi parents and friends watched 17 hoy* and g i r J finish h < t scriooi. Th e program was a bit arsbtw u* for high school yvicngnes"» but ’.bat m the w ay K ta these »lay* w ith fc-gn scoxils oi nraH1— • star fOLUtg ta for more '\io< thaw larger ones or uaxwer- siues. That W \ however. the posât. I ! these IT are average they anil rewu jest than 1 JO to ? M dur- the remainder of their Urea. Sot each Ctxkecuvely. One w ill do the most of that. Th e reading of b o x a ü i l a very low et*» m the Un-ted States u e se days and the boots that are read are neither cultural, instruc tive or educational. They are escape books, written to excite. Don't ask us what. W ith all due regaru for radio and telex fc-son the wisakxn of the human race is written in tooks, stored in libraries. It is available to thobe who read and Little of it gets on the airwaves. It is impos sible at tbxs stage of human de velopment for anyone to be edu cated without reanng of txx>ks W hether M ix »is are deficient in not teaching youngsters to read books or whether parents are deficient in not gri tag an example of reading we w ill not argue. O n ly to say that the average Am eri can doesn't read enough books to keep up with the world of thought Th e purpose of education is to train the mind. Th a t is all it is. If It be necessary to train the legs at football so as to keep the minds in school football serves a p u rp o e It Is not an end in itself if schools do not create an inter est in mental train.ng that Lasts beyond graduation then schools are a failure. Many countries w ith school systems much less eiahorate than ours produce citi zens who read ten times as much. C O V N T Y M A N A 4 .K R Of late there has been more talk about the desirability of the county manager plan for Sher man county than we have heard for some yean. We do not know whether It comes from ¿«content with the p re sen t- system of elected officials or from a desire to letter local government It is not important why. T h e (act is there is more interest Vader the county manager sys tem. as provided in Oregon, the voters would elect a hoard of men. the n u -ib e r to be determin ed by the charter on which the vote would be taken. They could be three o r eleven or between. T h w board would then hire a county manager, either a local man or one from outside the county, and be would manage the county affair* He would hire as many persons as be needed to pei farm the c o « n- t y ftm rtioew intrusted to hita and would have authority to fire them, or lay them off. T3ie board could fire him at w ill »'though be aught be grven a yearly contract. Th e county board mould be a sort of legislative ho hr although one man wou id he entrusted with some hxhri*’. power to handle probate matters Tb e manMer would be the executive head Vnder the present system the cown’ v coori Is composed of three men one of whom has some Jw dioal power They perform some legislative functlosai and some ex ecutive ones, but has l o lly a coun- ty court is a hr» lee-podge of au thority. It Is a holdover from an other time. It has little or no pow er over elected county official* Loral government wouid be stron ger If the county manager plan was In use generally and more fu n tio n » were assumed by coun- t.cs. a W e have beer, ia a period of centraliaatlon In government w ith the federal government tak ing power away from the states and states taking power away from the counties Th is should be reversed before we have central- Ixation on the scale of Russia where all the Important laws are made In Moscow W hen and if the people of this countv want a manager f*>rm of government they have merely to petition for a vote on the mat ter and It can be tried. F ftK »^ MORO. FIFTY BI IJ J O * DOLLARS There seem* no doubt about it, the guwemmeat w going to spend fifty twiLon doiiars on new high ways. interstate highways. It is trite to that is a lot of money. It is. Everything is a lot of money t r e e days ana tho-e who made ’.ftc.r o r< ..-u l apprai sal of money in the doLar a day days are hope i f I t last. Of this fabulous sum Oregon is to get some 43+ j uuuuOu. ia itself a tidy little sxan. no matter w hove cays one is chunking about. A few years ago there was quite a ie g u k trre beetle about jetting the tughvray cxx&maaeion issue $40.000,400 a bonds for coos true- c*on. It was going to finish a pro gram. is we recalL It didn't, of course; nothing like that is ever finished. Th e main r x d s in Oregon are pretty weii bui*t by which we mean 99 and 30 Remaining of the . nportant interstate roads are 97 and 101 and maybe 20 and 26. the roads from Ontario west and per haps the IO S Th e government money should neg> ak of them. T^ is *eerr.s a good time to re- v ;ve into activity the Highway 97 asaooatxm wha.h has periodically dedicated itself to improvement of that road. It is the shortest road between Canada a n i Mexico and the fastest road. It is out of the heavy traffic belt and con struction will remove less valu able land from agriculture, (that is something to look out for in the future I. There is gt*ng to be a rush for the money, that is sure, as intense and i »amorous as the rush on the ice cream vendor at a school pic nir. The one who presents the best case— .and early— w ill prob ably he the most satisfies when the race is over, It would be very unfortunate if the counties through which H ighw ay 97 runs should allow themseves to be outdistanced, or out-rprinted, in the race. C O V N T Y I.IB R A R Y There was a bit of news out of Washington a short time ago about a bill to appropriate a lot of federal money for county li braries. It found a natural d ivi sion between the do-gooders and the individualists. Mrs. Edith Green favored the bill, having a share m it, and w as praised by Senators Morse and Neuberger for having such a great interest in public education. And the senators, i>eing avowed Demo, rats, took Sam Coon to ta^k for opposing It. Now be it known this news paper ta in favor of libraries and of books and of reading. It is not, however, ta favor of crowding them down anyone’s neck. If peo ple want a book, people can buy a book If a community wants a library let it buy a library’ and put the kind of books in it the local people want to read. We would be most unhappy rf some bureaucrat in far-off Washington de c re ed that we had to read Mr. Trum an's memoirs or smoke our after dinner pipe of peace Right now book reading Is i t i low ebb Whether because of ra dio or television or good roads and big cars or the movies vre do not know and neither does any one else But people 'who want to read books can do wo Tow ns have libraries that are supplied by the « ’ate library and the «a te library w ill sees: any hook to any one on request. Certam ly n is enough to have the poverty Kate pressed upon us in one generation. It Isn't the welfare state but the poverty state when people are so poor they acc^x gifts from the govern m ent But leave our minds alone. J l N E a. 1»SC Rufus Persorfl’s Mew. © Fwx Anot.-er home tow n boy tn iie* guod. Clinton C. Deyo, son of Mrs. C- C Deyo and sister of Mrs. Carl Thos--psor. both of Rufus, gradu ated from Rufus high school in 19C2. Th e following ootxe w as released in a Sw«em. U re^vn paper May 30 "Clinton C Deyo. assis tant chief sretghmaster in the state highway department has t « r . promoted to tne position of chief weigh master. W . C. Wil liams, depey meer has announ ced. ’ Deyo succeeds L. L. Spaiuing who several weeks ago was p ro moted to assistant operations su pervisor ta tne mamtenaixe di vision. Deyo joined the highway depart ment ta 1933 and ta 1939 he left the department to serve w ith thu Oregon state poLce. In 1>41 he re tu m e j to the highway depart ment as a weigh-na*ter and five years later he was appointed ae- sistant chief weighmaster. Deyo h ie s w ith his wife at 116 Urban Lane at Salem. Rufus grange heid a special meeting May 31 ta place of the regular one which would fall on June 7. Th is was to make it so that grangers would have an op portunity to take in the State Grange proceedings at Pendleton this w eek. The 3rd anJ 4th cegree- were put on for M r. and Mrs. Bert Swigart and M r. and Mrs. F ra n cis Godier and Kenneth Holling er. Mrs. Leo Watkins took the place of the n u s x u n at the piano. Th e master said the blood bank w ill be ta Moro June 4- Th e bank wishes to have eight people from Rufus oooate. T h date for tne Pamona grange picnic has been set for June 17 and w ill be ta the Moro park. Th e Trade in your old Lawn Mower Pincor Electric $46.95 Sunbeam 77 50 Pincor Gas 59.50 M 99 94.95 99 99 109.95 Screen Doors 5.00 Home Ec rh airmaw reported Mr* Grace Meder woo R r-t place ta this county on her p .zwr cases. • Supper was served late ta the evening. An interesting Her I missed last week when wr.- ng up the graduation at Rufus was the fact that Je rry Brackett, a 195« high school graduate, has a father. Fa y Brackett, w ho graduate! in the old school house that is now the Rufus grange ba This was back in 1928 and n the Last d a m ta the buildtag Also Je rry s mother. Nell Langfcrd Brackett, was one of the First ones to grad uate from high achoc. in the new building which repl » ed the old one and has been in use since then. It is assumed Jerry w ill be one of the last gra ¿tilting high school class at Rufu* as Sherman county is going to tty to P*-1* *-1 their children ta one high school which w ill be at Moro Rev. Alpbonsus Dominich of D ufu r and form er pa*tor of this county stopped brief;-' in Rufus June 4 to visit frit" is. He was on his way back to Pennsylvania, his home state, having completed his mission here which was to build four new churches, one each at Wasco Grass Valley, Antelpoe and Maupin. Mr. and Mrs. AUen Tom enter tained the Portand princesses of the Rose Festival la< week. Mrs. To m served refrethfr er.ts to them. Mrs. James Fox re’ irned to her home June 1 after surgery in The Dalles She is conv fencing very well. Mrs. F o x ’s brother, Arnold Lam pen. is staying w ith them this summer to help them o u t Mr. and Mrs. Stary Wilson and three children are visiting at the home of M r and Mrs Atlee W il son. Of course, everyone in Rufus has been talking about the high water in the Colucatia river. Th e John Day rive r s * » real muddy over the weekend New WheaF Varieties Deadline June 25 Ft - ru ■■ e C O U J-'M B IA - A hard red w in ter turkey type, bread type fo u r, excellent smut resistance, yield about 15*< more than Rio the old m rkey ts-pe and 10«5- less than Omar, ree-stant to •‘Lodging". led at the Application ■irntv ajeen* June 25. r the wheat w ill be mov- MO5 cu i r o n vm atil-a county and stor ed at the Sherman Cooperative Grata Growers. Distribution w ill -rf* — from thi^ point, f^roar ADS TERRY & M E R R I T T We apply the best grade of bonded roofing with 10-15 or 20 year guarantee for different grades. A'.bestos, Insulated, Roman Brick Siding. Blown in Rock Wool Insuation. Let us repair or remodel your home to make it more modern. Box 394, Telephone GI 2-5209. Wasco, Oregon C A SE < 4RD OF THANKS M y sincere thank* to you who con’ rib u ’.ed to the blood banx ta m y name. I : is much appreciated. Beatrice Richelderfer Have two new CASE Combines on the lot For Sale A d ve rtla «! Producta. No Invest ment ne* eaH*ary. Demand al ready created. F o r full informa tion, w rite Th e J. IL Watkins Company, 3003 Brooklyn Ave. Seattle 5, Washingum. 3O-35c IT A T E W ID E P a IN T CO. ctjto- plete painting and decorating service, spray or brush Phone X/77 or 6293, 1205 E. 12th SL Vern Campell and Jack Null, The Dalles. Oregon 38t/n XSTOM SLAUGHTERING — Meat cutting, wrapping, sharp freeze. Kenny's Market, Grass Valley, Oregon Ph 242 47tfn XOTIC'K OF IIEA/IING FIN A L A <<O l’NTI.NG All i*r^?ns having objections to the final accounting of Gwen doline Reese Mitchell, adm inistra trix with the will annexed of the estate of Mary L. Lisle, deceased, shall file same Ix-fore the 20th day of June, 1956, at th e hour of 1000 o’clock a. m., which is the time fixed for settlem ent of said ac count and the County Court Chambers a t Moro, Oregon, is the place fixed. Gwendoline Reese Mitchell Adm inistratrix W ith the W ill Annexed DICK A DICK The Dalles, Oregon A ttorneys for th e E state 29-32c NOTICE OF ELECTION For Members of the Sherman County Rural School Board. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to the legal voters of School Dist ricts No. 9CJ and No. 23, Sherm an County, Oregon, th at an election will be held at the school houses in said districts on the 18th day of June, 1956, between the hours of 2:00 P. M. and 8:00 P. M., Ore gon Standard Time, for the p u r pose of electing members of the Sherman County Rural School Board for a three year term from Zones 4 and 5. Dated this 5th day of June. 1956. Charles Burnet Chairman Rural School B aird Wily W. Knighten Secretary Rural School Board 32-33C NOTICE OF SCHOOL ELEITION Welding of All Metals CHENEY ROD WEEDERS Virgil’s Welding & Repair Shop Adjustable Screen .89 Moro. Oregon RANCH & HOME STORE MORO. OREGON M M M '■ r íttfto S i d e - L e v e l i n g Safest on the Hills... I f you’re looking fo r the utmost in safety, stability and traction . . . plus threshing efficicncv that puts extra bushels in the bin from every acre . . . just drop in and inipcct the new self-propelled, side-leveling Case ”302” Combine. W ith its new relocated rear wheel you get extremely short turning even in the tightest of spots . • . more flotation with a wide 15x16 tire that keeps the combine right where you want it. For economy to save you dollars every day, there’s the new Case "4CO” engine that set a world’s record for low fuel consumption. Then, there’s the new header for more positive feeding in tall or short grain on steep hillsides or level ground . . . new swing frame that assures smooch, free operation o f shafts and drives. O ther new features available . . . like the power drive for the rear wheel to provide an extra surge of power when the going gets really tough . . , variable-speed indicator foe returning to the same speed after stops . . . are only a few of the many other improvements that make the Case ” 302” todav's finest hill-hugging combine. A nd— you don't need all cash to buy it. .Ask about the Case Income Payment Plan that lets you pay as your money comes in. Iwpiaa* »Uhrkak la Meets 2ir aad 4th Tuesday s of awe a month. Visaing members welcome Laura Grabenhorse N G ; Vwla DeMoss SeiTetary NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an election will be held in the Sherman County High School Dis trict on .Monday, the 18th day of June, 1956. from 2:00 o’clock P. M. to 8.00 o’clock P. M., Oregon Standard Time, in the zones and at the schoolhouses hereinafter setforth, at which election the school voters of Sherman County, Oregon, shall vote for a director from Zone 3, Moro, for a five year term. Nominations for director for said high school board shall be made in compliance to ORS 331.330 as amended by C n p ie r 386, as follows; ‘ The name of any qualified elect or shall be placed on the ballot as a candidate for ’.he office of school director of a first, second or third class district upon filing with the district clerk, at least seven days prior to the date of the election, a certificate of nom ination signed by not less than three percent of the number, and in no case by less than 10 per sons, of the qualified electors voting for the office of school director at the last annual school election in the district. However, unless an acceptance of nomina tion by the nominee is filed w ith the district clerk at least five days prior to the date of such election, such nomination shall be void.” RUFFS ZONE No. 1 shall con sist of all the territory now em braced within the present district iKMindaries of School District No. 3. Rufus, and School District No. 1. Biglow. The polling place in Zone 1 shall be at the schoolhouse in Rufus, Oregon. WASCO ZONE No. 2 shall con sist of all the territory now em braced within the present school boundaries of School District No. 7. Wasco, and School District No. 4. Emigrant Springs. The pollir« place in Zone No 2 shall be in the schoolhouse in Wasco. Oregon. MORO ZONE No. 3 shall con sist <vf all the territory now em braced within the present school I m » u miarles of School District No. 17, -Morn. The polling place In Zone 3 shall he at the school house in Moro, Oregon. GRASS V A14 .EY ZONE No. i Minll consist of all the territory now etubracixl within the present school district boundaries of School District No 23, Grass Val ley The i»ollln« phue in Zone No. I.IM K F . John Shipley. N G. Geo W alk in g g cretary , le e d be W ANT » wreka l« d g v Ma. ISI A .F A A.M. Meets on the 1st and 3rd Thursday evenings each month. Vising members cordially in- vited to meet with us. Dean Pinkerton. W M. iyde G.Um or, Secretary Retairkem ( k j y t r r ■y ag m t era making application w ill be re quired to pay for the see<J when we know actual amount available. Payment prior to securing seed w ill be an indication of acceptance Anyooe who desires to secure and definite commitment to take > jp p iy of seed U eligible. Further seed allocated. * certification for a return of a cer- Remember deadline date June 25. ■ . - ; - , ■■■ - • not be required. ^h e r j ’ ar. county should have about 4600 bushels to distribute W ANTED To buy scrap iron and this fail. The county allocation junk of all kinds. Iurop card and committee plans to allot about 50 w ill call. F . E. Godier. Box 106. busheis of Omar or le^s. as desir Rufus. Member Rufus grange. ed to growers making application. 3O-2e Am ount of Columbia available is uncertain at this time. GOOD PAYING W atkins Food Forms to indicate your desire Serv ice Route now open ta this are available at the three cooper- vicinity. Established National W i t k s is Mdl the largest par ticlpation sport. Moew laslge Mw. 11$ Meets 1st and 3rd Tuesday » in I.O O.F. hall. Transient and vtsi'.ng frothers are a live grain growers and the coun- 7» O .E A . Meets fourth Thursday in each MCmPk. month; visiting members w invited. Moro. Oregon. Dorene Hall. W M Dorothy Heater, S e re ta ry MULLER FARM EQUIPMENT Moro A The Dalles I shall Is* at tin* schoolhouse in Grass \ alley. Oriagon. KENT ZONE. No ft shall con- sist of all trie territory now em brac'd within the proeent school district toundartes of School Dis trict No 9. Kent. The polling place for Zone No ft »hail at the schoolhouse in Kent, tiregon. This election is called by che IMunty High Schoo) Hoard. Sher man t'ounty. Dragon, in pursu- •n»v of the provisions of DRS 336.766. Charles Burnet Chairman Sherman County High School Board Wily W. Knighten Ex officio Clerk Sherman O u n ty High School Board 3243c o
