P A G E 2, S H E R M A N C O U N TY
JO U R N A L ,
F R ID A Y , M A Y », 1 9 .»
MORO, O REG O N
vatives of the tree family, h a \e
£ l|r r n ia u (County IJount.U
shown no indkation that they will
1'abllshed Every Friday «I
ever leaf.
.
Gat den stuff U barely big
Muro, Oregon
enough to attract the sparrow s
Giles L. Freni li
Edito»
and tender plants th at hu*e p ut
Cntarvd » •
nd c I kjw m attar at tha
frozen
PoanJflea at M«ro,
Oregon,
under Act leaves ulxAe ground are
every night to a most unhealthy
of (Vinirrass of Match #. IMiW
N A TI O N A I F D I T O R I A l blackness. Therefore, while we do
not dispute thg pfXi£iAl.. ther- .
mometer, we think it has been a
cold spring and th at If the old
tim ers w ere again driving their
twelve horse teams, as of old, they
would be walking.
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^RIENP ANO APM1RER OP CHIEF
The F ather of the Year con Lett
JOSEPH, HE FOUGHT STEADFASTLY
intrigues us. We presum e that
TO IMPROVE INDIANS' LOT
some place there Is a list of Qual
ifications on which the choice is
LONG A LEADER OF THE
made. It was started by the beef
OREGON BAR
producers in an effort to have a
MAY », 1 9 »
F a th e r’s Day in addition to Mo
th e r’s Day and, naturally, to have
TAX BILL
every father fe*l sum ptuously
T h e O reg o n legislature failed beef that day instead of lielng fill
utterly to live up to its early ed with candy or decorated with
promise in tax legislation. Ih e flowers.
proposals to broaden the tax bu *
But that is a bit unsatisfactory.
were forgotten or shoved aside Are fathers picked for quantity
by lobbyists for labor and the bill or quality? Does the num ber of
finally passed is worse than the offspring affect the Judges mean-
present law because it places a th at p o te n c y Is a factor or m ight
higher tax on the same class ot a man with a mere two or three
people and lets the sam e p a rt of children be acclaimed the victor
because his children were better
the population escape.
Taxpayers will not Ire fooled by a, cording to some standard or
the reduction in rates. N either another? Are fathers In the con
will tax men over the nation who test paraded before the Judges
Local Rebekahs
are used to looking behind the to have their loins, their girth,
mere rate structure. The top rate the solidness of their fat apprai
Have TV Play
will be 7.5 percent and it was sed?
Which rem inds us of an ol<l
y.5 percent. But no reduction will
be allowed for federal income story about the father of a brood Lupine Rebekah lodge met Tues
taxes paid. The senate removed of ten who while at the county day evening w ith Mary Brackett,
U nder
some of the more dam aging things fair desired to see a prize bull noble grand, presiding.
In the bill and we are thankful there on display. The admission Good of the O rder a special pro
was small but the father hesitated gram, cleverly w ritten by C hair
for sm all favors.
E s tim a te s are th at the new tax because of the numlK*r of ad man Bertha Belshe, was given to
law will raise around $11,000,000 missions needed. But the barker honor Helen Martin. It was titled
more than did the old one. And a settled tlx* m atter by declaiming: "This is your Lodge Life" and
law that raises more money from “(Jo right on in, mister. Take honored Helen for her 20 years of
the same people is a tax Increase yourself and all your children. 1 outstanding service in the lodge;
no m atter what the rate structure. want you to see the bull, and 1 10 years as a 4-H club sewing
leader; Library Board representa
'I he ways and means committee w ant the bull to see you.”
tive; Camp Fire Girl representa
There
is
perhaps
no
reason
why
did a much better Job than did the
tive; and her work on the P il
fathers
should
not
be
held
In
the
taxation com m ittees for It seems
th at the W&M was really inlet* same sentim ental regard as are grimage for youth. Special honor
was noted for Helen’s attendance
ested In the taxpayers on some mothers, except that fathers are
days. The total result w asn't very considered to be less appreciative record during the 20 years. D ur
helpful hut It was better than of such sm all favors as accrue on ing the program Arlean DeMoss
some special day. Maybe fathers and Barbara Hampton favored
for several years.
Helen
When the legislature retu rn s to are getting softer and it m ust he with musical selections.
was presented a corsage by Vada
said
that
the
reward
of
a
good
Salem in 1W1 It will find the
state in worse financial shape plate of beef is enough to make DeMoss and then escorted to her
than at present; it will find p r e s him sentim ental If praise does place of honor by Ixiura Gralten-
horst and Vada DeMoss.
s u r e s g reater for more funds fo r not.
Orlow Martin, husband of the
governm ental gimmicks. We <le*
honored member, surprised her
voutedly hope that the men who S O M E S O U K S A T H O Y
by being seated in the lodge room.
are m em bers of that legislature
We read that the m akers of The surprise Iteing: she had left
can rem em ber that they have but
hinis seated com fortably at home
one duty to perforin and that is m ens’ sox are going to start a new
a very short tim e before, smoking
kind
of
advertising
campaign,
to vote for the best Interest of
their districts. This hunch didn't aimed at women, no less. That and watching TV.
During the evening past noble
may not f>e so foolish for while It
do that often enough.
Is usually men that wear them it grands were also honored. They
is said to he women that buy were called upon to state the
them. Tlx* story says that a wom year they served and It was most
U IIAT TO l»O
an feels rejected unless her hus Interesting to hear the rem inis
In one of Congressman I II band lets her buy bis sox. It was cing anil trying to rem em ber
m an's letters he says that farm the Rory said that, not this edi when' Each was presented w ith
legislation seems to lie stuck on tor.
a favor by W arden l»aura Gra-
dead center and that If there is
Mrs. Edna Freem an
Now to a certainty something benhorst.
any result It will probably I k * a could be done about m ens’ sox was presented a corsage for l»eing
reduction In acres or a reduction ind it isn't at the selling end.
one of the first PNG's.
In price.
Out of town members and vis
Mims' sox are either hard
inform ation at tin* spring m eet stretch resistant pieces of woven itors present for the «'casion
ing of the wheat league seemed to goods or else they an* made of were Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Eakin
lie In the same vein although nat some of the new plastics mixed from Condon, Mr. and Mrs. B er
urally there was some hope ex with rublter so they stretch all nie Rice, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Mc
pressed.
over, every way. Makers of sox Kee and Mrs. Coila Belahee of
It is a reasonable conclusion.
hav.* almost entirely abandoned The Dalles, Mrs. Beatrice Lantis
Congress doesn't know what to wool as m aterial and nothing of La Rosa, Calif, Mr. and Mrs.
do and u it did know would not equals It. Trying to find a well John M. DeMoss of Moro.
do it, because it is not politically knit wool sock is almost Impossi
popular. City congressmen would ble.
vote to do away w ith much of the
The manufa turers of sox have
farm program but rural congress adopted all tlx* new m aterials dis
m e n are a f r a id of the farmers. covered or invented as material
It seems to be congressional opin for .sox. None are suitable for that
ion that farm ers like their depen purpose
Most of them are too
d e n c e on governm ent although hard, few are absorlx’iit and all
}x»lls llk<* the one taken by the wrinkle.
Farm Jorunal Indicate that fa n n
Probably there are only u few
ers are as tired of governm ental old tim ers left to rem em ber the
meddlng as anyone else.
Rockford sox. They were by a p
It is too much to ask but If pearance knit from twine string
governm ent would admit, humbly and they left the foot looking like
and publically, th at It cannot ad a piece of jute bag when -and If
m inister the nation's farm ami - removed at the end of the day
that It was going to tjnlt trying You could get them in a pink or
as soon as It could clear the decks blue shade like Itaby clothes hut
it would lx* the most sensible they were neither soft or downy.
thing i, has done for years. The They were hard and tough and a
condition of agriculture is su ffi man who stood in them all day
c ie n t ¡»roof; all that Is n e e d e d is was a durable ami well marked
the confession of failure
But if the farm er has to choose
But at that a pair of them were
betw een reduced acres and re worth a draw er full of the modern
duced price we think he'd better kind for either wear or comfort.
let the price go down, if another So we think that If the m akers
20 percent is cut from his acres of sox want to advertise—and we
he will 1 k * In control ot less than
half his land and that means he Is
d
duct fh
half out of business.
t i t i l l i v i . < n l NTS PAPER
NURSI ItlPTION RATEN
ONE YEAR
»3.0(
WANT ADS
last
y e a r’s
Sherm an
C o u n ty F a ir s e v e r a l 4-H liv e s to c k
' j
FATHER OF THE YEAR
Higher Protein Level
Produces Meatier Hogs
During
_
GRADUATED FROM WEST POINT
(|074)....9TATIONEC> AT FORT
VANCOUVER, «£ 5ERVEP WITH
PI6TINCTION IN NEZ PERCE
ANf» gANNOCk WARS
club m em beis left halters w ith
th e ir calves. Several of these h al
ters h a \e never been claimed.
Any beef club member who has
a missing halter can claim one a t
the county agent’s office.
ATTENTION 4-H CLUBBERS
PAGE
OREMKS CENTENNIAL ALLM
May 13, 1907—A n e p id e m ic of
dieaded spinal m eningitis is raig-
rng in Portland and the upper
W illam ette Valley. Five ulxildren
of a smgie family were buried
yesterday. Doctors of the city are
recommending frequent salt g ar
gles as a preventative, and are
suggesting the increased use of
»alt to encourage free flow of
nasal excretions.
sowbug B
.... enemy- WNWM AM N T iM S fC TS ,
POT AX£ M O ftf CLOSIuy AtLATIO TO CRAY-
FISH AND CRABS. SLATt-COLOAfD, FAT*
b o d ied an d p is riN c rL y s e o M fc N T e o ,
rw ey HAVC SfcVtN PAIRS OF LAOS, OAOW
OP TO ’/ a INCH LONG. FtAAACtS LAV 1 5 -7 5
BOOS TO MAKE A BROOD. XOUNG TAKE A
ytA A TO Af ATH FULL OAO v VTH. LOOK FOB
TNtM NfcAA BASE OF VOONG PLANTS, UMPfA
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DUL0AJW (POR LAAOC AftSAS, S POUNDS PÍR ACA*); CAM I t
APPLIRD AS ÍM U L S lB L * DOMCtNTRATE OR O P A N U L t» .
D M N C H T1UATID A A IA WTTN W ATtR . K « P C H ILO R ÍN ,
pen av V a v u n t il b a it s o r d i u d m n a a e w/ a s h t o _
INTO THt SOIL By RAIN OR ÍN U N K LIN G . ALW/ATS
POLLOW OTWfR INSTRUCTIONS ON LABEL.
/» $ » • u r t L i CHtrArcAL
Of, By and For Shermtoi Countians
is the only publication
Oregon In History
"THi« H n *
'ww»«
May 11, 1792-
Thi
I'h is
i lay saw an
., a i »t mm ranci* of a ipaciotis harlxm r
, uhrva>t tlx shi,»
iltxl o
rin d
d f«1»* •’* observed
b a rs
spring
lit tir
the o!<1 days w h<•n th'
behlml a twelve h
i
died in sheepskin and s
edly t<» ki*i*p the ir noi
While this spring nas
tie coltlet than (iisual
com|»et e in disco mfort
old da;is, which, we 1»
very nugged.
Our sensltivene-M to
gauged pretty fin«*' but «
feel we can dispute the nclentx
ul curacy of the therm om eiei
at the weather station which
says that April was only a ¡»art
of a degree below normal. We
would have guessed ten ilegrei*«;
It has been miserable. The frogs
have Just lx*gun their croaking;
the elms are just starting to leaf
out and the locusts, those conxer-
m ak in g off. wn
tween them to
in the world devoted solely
» he
river
Hit
to the NE a
rea h. and t
far down as
Iki
trance • . »
with native
shore follow
after i zsi canoes
t a gix»il li
”
, which last
iNxird nail.
‘
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•' 11 Cloth.
B<»it Is»g A<
«atended
ve could
trink as
the en-
as ItniHi
n»r i imne
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Monday, May 11, H>59. the Board
of Equalization of Sherm an Coun
ty, Oregon, will meet a t the
County Courthouse in Moro, Oie-
gon, to publicly exam ine the
assessm ent rolls for said County
of Sherm an, for the year 1959,
and to correct all erro rs in valua
tion, description, or qualities of
land, lots or other property assess
ed by the assessor.
The ratio between assessed and
true cash value adopted by the
Board of Equalization pursu an t to
ORS 309.034 is 20 ercent.
It shall be the duty of th e a r
sons interested to appear a t the
time and place appointed. Peti
tions for adjustm ent of assess
m ents m ust be filed w ith the
Board of Equalization not later
than the end of the first week
that the Board is in session.
Clair L. Balzer
Sherm an County Assessor
25-6-7C
A higher protein level in the WANTED; Custom cutting this
feed can produce a m eatier hog. harvest, have straw chopper.
A fact known for some time, it
Alfred Kock, Moro
26-7c
h asn ’t been much used because of
W HEAT RANCH FOR SALE:
protein prices and small prem 1120 A. 750-800 A tillable; 4 miles
iums for m eaty hogs.
from Condon. Good buildings &.
Iowa researchers tested two dif good fences; good well spring. One
ferent levels of protein in the ra of the levelest ranches near Con
tion to find their relation to per don. Sale by owmer. C. P. Edw ards
cent of lean cuts in the carcasses Box 85, Condon, DL'nkirk 4-5594
of anim als fed on the different ra
20-7c
tions.
The high-protein ration provid FOR SALE: Registered Yearling
Horned Hereford Bulls. F rank
ed 20 per cent protein for pigs up
M. .Monahan, 2 miles east of
to 50 pounds weight, 18 per cent
Condon. Condon, Ore.
22tfn
up
to
125
pounds
weight
and
16
POET IN THE
per cent to m arket w eight at FOR SALE: Electric range, auto
DESERT' (1915)
matic w asher & dryer, dispos-
about 200 pounds. The low level
ESTABLISHED HIM,
all, dining room table & 6 chairs
ration povided 14 l>er cent protein
AS A POET....
oil heater, 3 bdr home in Wasco,
rations up to 50 pounds, 12 to
HiS BEST SELLING' 'HEAVENLY
$5,000. Vleda Van G aasbxk,
125 pounds anil 10 to m arket
P1SCOURSE3*(I927)
w eig h t
SUMMED UP W6 INDIVID
FOR A gricultural loans see The
The carcass of hogs on the high-
UALISTIC PHILOSOPHY
Dalis NFLA and the Mid-Colum
protein ration produced 49.8 per
i.
„ » o i ' t e «noo. com w m
bia PCA, 4th & Court Streets,
KM M l OOAOOM (IN'INKUU COMMUIXM
centlean cuts of meat. The carcas
The Dalles P. O. Box 243 •
ses from the lots receiving the
CYpress 6-2468.
21-25c
low-level protein yielded only Custom Slaughtering by appoint
Sherm an County Journal
47.4 per cent lean cuts of meat.
$3.00 per year
m ent only. Meat cutting, w rap
ping, sh arp freeze. K enny’s
Market, Grass Valley, Oregon.
Call ED 3-2345 for appointm ent.
STATE W IDE PAINT CO. com
MANS ENDLESS V/AR A<S JNSTTHE lU'ECT
plete painting and decorating
service, spray or brush. Phone
CY 6-3977 or CY 6-5293, 1205 E.
7 ^ / 5 reVbtt/nq character
12th St. Vein Campbell and
prefers the comfort and v
Jack Null, The Dalles, Or. 38tfn
convenience o f the
EOR (SALE: Odds and Ends of
steel, 1 cents a pound. P ort
greenhouse, but can £
able elevator, John Deere, $85;
J range tar and wide. ¿ S
Portable Grain Auger $125; 2-5
bottom John Deere plows with
tte's the
$$
hitch $800.
Elva Dehler 27c
horribfe-lookina \
Ph. GI 2-5443, Wasco.
EOR SALE: W ashed sand and
gravel at mouth of John Day
o r p ill bug
River. Also road gravel. Colum
bia Rock Products, Box 688,
Rufus, Ore. Ph. Rufus 17. 27tfn
Sherman County Journal
(O I.D M * ltl\(.
NOTICE OF MEETING OF
COUNTY BOARD OF
equalization
N otice is hereby given th at on
to the interests of
Sherman County
l \ THE C O U N T Y ( OURT DF
THE STATE OF OREGON FOR
THE COUNTY OF SHERMAN
In the M atter of the E state )
of
>
ELIZABETH M. KUYPERS, )
Deceased.
)
NOTICE TO CREDITOR»
The undersigned having been
appointed by the above entitled
Court as Executor of the E state
of Elizabeth M. Kuypers, deceased
and having qualified, notice is
hereby given to all persons hav
ing claims against said E state
to present them verified as re
quired by law, w ith proper vou
chers, w ithin six m onths from
the date of this notice, to the
said Executor at Rufus, Oregon.
Charles F. Kuypers
Executor of the E state of
Elizabeth M. Kuypers, Deceased
27-30c
Property taxpayers in Sherm an
county have until May 23 to file
petitions with the County Boar<
of Equalization for the review' of
property assessments, according
to Vernon I. Miller, Chairm an of
the three-man board and Clair L.
Balzer, County Assessor.
The board, composed of C hair
LEGAL NOTICES
man Vernon I. Miller, A. C. K ase
NOTICE OF THE OREGON berg and J. K. McKean, will con
WHEAT COMMISSION PUBLIC vene in County Court room of the
BUDGET M EETINii
courthouse on Monday, May 11, to
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, make the annual reveiw of assess
that a public meeting will lie ments in the county. Oregon law
held, pursuant to ORS C hapter provides that a property ow ner
578, the Oregon W heat Commis may appear in person or lie rep re
sion Act, at the Pendleton Mem sented by an attorney before the
orial Armory, Pendleton, Oregon board when it considers petitions
on May 29, 1959, from 1:30 p. m. for reductions of assessments.
to 3:30 p. m. upon a proposed
The Board of Equalization has
budget for operation of the W heat jx>sted a 20% ratio for assessing
Commission during the fiscal year property. By dividing "assessed
July 1, 1959 to June 30, 1960.
value" by this ratio, taxpayers
At this meeting any producer can arrive at the “tru e cash value"
of w heat in Oregon has a right or this may be done by m ultiply
to tie heard w ith respect to the ing the “assessed value by 5. To
proposed budget,'a copy of which verify their assessm ents, taxpay
is available for inspection under ers m ay obtain a certificate of
reasonable circum stances in the assessm ent from the assessor.
office of each County Extension
For the first tim e in several
Agent in Oregon.
years, “true cash value" is the
For further Information, con same as “m arket value,” the State
tact the Oregon W heat Commis Tax Commission on Jan u ary 1
sion, Box 438, Pendleton, Oregon. having ordered a 100% normal
I>ated this 5th day of May, 1959. conditions factor” for 1959.
A
ATTEST:
Paulen W. Kaseberg 90% factor was used in 1958, 80%
Chairman
m 1M7 and 1M6» and 70% in 1955
Richard K. Baum and 1954.
A dm inistrator
A taxpayer planning to appeal
to the Board of Equalization
NOTICE TO < REIHTDRS
should first review his assessm ent
All persons
having claims
with the County Assessor. If the
against the E state of John M.
assessor feels the assessm ent is
Rolfe, deceased, are hereby noti
correct and the taxpayer disagrees
fied to present them in proper
he may place his case before th e
form to the undersigned, the duly
county board qn or before May 23.
appointed, qualified and acting
Forms for this purpose may usual
Executor of the Last Will and
ly be obtained from the assessor
Testam ent of John M. Rolfe, de
or the county clerk, w'ho serves
ceased, at the office of T. Lester
Board of
Johnson, attorney at law, Moro, as secretary to the
Equalization.
Oregon, within six m onths from
If the board sustains the asses
the date of the first publication
of this Notice, to-wit: May 8. 1959. sor, the taxi>ayer has 30 days, af
ter the board’s notice is sent to
Robert V. Rolfe
him or published, In which to con
Executor
tinue his appeal to the State Tax
T. Lester Johnson
Commission. T hereafter he may
A ttorney for Executor
27-30c
take his *ase to C ircuit Court.
27-28C
NOTH E OF FINAL ACCOUNT
Notice is hereby given that the B e th le h e m C h a p t e r N o . 78 O .E .S .
undersigned has filed in the Co
Meets every second T hurs
unty C ourt of the State of Ore
day each month.
V isiting
v m em bers Invited. Moro, Ore.
gon for Sherm an County, his fin
Annabelle Kelso, W. M.
al Account as A dm inistrator of
Dorothy H eater. Secretary
the Estate of Jennie Zutter Dick,
deceased, and that Wednesday, Taylor LODGE A . F. A A. M.
the 3rd day of June, 1959, at the
Wasco, Oregon
hour of ten o'clock A.M. of said y’G y Meets each F irst and Third
Tuesdays.
day In the court room of the Co
Doug Shull, W. M.
unty Court in Moro, Sherm an Co
Carl Tuggle, Secretary
unty, Oregon, have been fixed by
the Court as the time and place Lupine Rebekah Ix>dg»~~ No? TTi
Meets 2nd and 4th Tues
for hearing objections to said
days of each month. Visit
Final Account and for the se t
ing members welcome.
tlem ent of said estate.
Mary Brackett, N. G.
Raymond VanGllder
Helen Martin, Secretary
A dm inistrator
HARLANDYIEW GRANGE
T. Lester Johnson,
Meet» First and Third Mondays
A ttorneyfor A dm inistrator
NOTICE TO ( RED1TOR.S
A 11 persons having claims
against the E state of Afton Mc
Intyre. deceased, are required to
present them with vouchers to
the undersigned at Wasco, Oregon
w ithin six months from the date
of the first publication of this
notice. The date of the first pub
lication of this notice is April 30.
1959
Virginia McIntyre
Executrix
DICK A DICK
The Dalles, Oregon
.Attorneys for the Estate
26-9c
each month at 8:00 p. m.
Helen Rruckert, Master
F lo r e n c e
Moro
Brea k e r t .
LDDGB
S e c r e ta r y
NO. 113
I.O.O.F.
Meets 1st and 3rd Tues
lays in I.O.O.F. hall. T ran
Blent and visiting brother?
are cordially invited.
Floyd Haines. N. G.
Leo W atkins, Secretary
Eureka l^ ilge N >. 121 A.F.AA.M.
Meets on the I «t and 3ro A
Thursday evenings each ,¿2 *
month. Visiting m em b e» a'“ '
cordially invited to meet w ith us.
Clarence Higley, W. M.
Clyde Gillmor, Secretary