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PACK 2, SHERM AN COUNTY JOURNAL, MORO, OREGON J & l¡íin v in (C m iu ljr i n u m a i Published E v e ry F rid a y Moro, Oregon «I Editor Giles L. Frenili Cntered »» r»d c I k m m atter at tb« at Moro. Oregon, under Act of Conureae of M a r c h I, 187*. P u a t o ffle e E D IT O R IA L A '(s^> d } T I ^ N N A T IO N A I _ _ t r* N IW S P A F IR PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION " o pph H l county i’ a p « S U B S C R IP TIO N R ATKS ONE YEAR _____♦3()4 JUNK 5, l»5» T H E DECLINE OF TOWNS At the turn of the century, about 60 years ago, nearly every small town was a complete business es tablishm ent. There were grocery stores, a m illinery store, two or three dressm akers, a b a k e r y , a doctor, a dentist, a b a rb e r , a law yer or two, a hotel, a clothing store and places of am usem ent ot a kind fitting the demands of the com m unity atx>ut. The stores had a supply of goods, bought on long time credit, it Is adm itted, but any fan n er could back his wagon up to the backdoor and pile on a y e a r’s supply. He could get it on credit, too. In those far off days each small town had a character of its own. Some had saloons, some p e r m it t e d gambling, some perferred church, in suiik 1 they sang and gave home talent shows, In some they danc ed. Some did all these things. Local option laws perm itted dif- eren t customs. A small town in these decadent days has almost none of these. A ru ral resident in need of a doc to r must needs drive 10 or 50 miles; If he w ants a su it of clothes he goes to the city; he doesn’t buy his grooaries In wagon bed lots and probably could not lie sup- idled In any but the biggest stores if he did; the professions are barely represented in small towns, Food stores, far from g et ting their goods by the carload on a y e a r’s credit, buy them from u wagon for cash In hand and the driver-salesman waits right there until he is paid. A man is lucky.to find a pair of overalls to fit him In a small town. But lot not tlve citizen of a m id dle sized town gloat over the bu siness he Is getting from once prosperous small towns around him. He has lost far more than he has gained. We have seen us many men's suit hanging in the C itizen’s Commercial company store at Grass Valley as will I k * found In any store in a town u n der 10,000. The ailing, oiuv con te n t with the kind words and the sage prescriptions of a country doctor's curiousity about tin* state of the insides. It is all, we presume, the result of o u r national phobia for o rgan ization, of m aking things bigger and bigger, of running everything through oik ? m achine so they will all be alike. A part of It, too, m ust I m * laid at the door of our arrogance and belief that the grass is greener over the hill, that carrots bought In a big store are fresher than from a small one, that a suit of clothes from C enterville has more class than one from Podunk. It looks like the nation Is on the road t<> becoming more uniform hut not nearly so much fun. S I IL L TAXES ( .R O W State Representative George Annuli of Hood Hiver clarifies the Ways A Means problem In a letter to the e d it o r in which he why the levy Is not expiait higher. We are certain that Mr. An- nula is correct In his figures and appreciate his explanation. We are glad that tlx* ways and means com m ittee was able, through the work of some conservatives, to slow the growth of state expenses. We hojie it will be ¡»ermanent but realize that it will not lie w ithout a good deal of work on the part of citizens. It must be c o n s t a n t ly taught until everyone realizes that gov- em in en t produces nothing, that It only k spends Voters m ust learn that whi atever money governm ent upend rctlueex the am ount in- dividi s can spend. They m ust airead know »at g« jvernm ent for a oliar than Ir Kit FR ID AY, JUN E 3, 1 9 » WHO IS RICH? rial The Oregonian Ir. an i to W ednesday quotes stt show that Multnomah county is not rich in com parison to other p arts of the state and calls at- tention to Sherm an county’s $7,- 536 “buying income per family as compared to Multnomah coun ty ’s $5,220 ami rem arks that this w riter inveighs against the money hags of the city. We do not recall opposing the city because it is rich. In much legislation Multnomah and Sher man have stood side by 6ide, both l»eing beset by the forces of counties with sm aller resources. We do, however, think the city is poor, hut not in money. We think it Is poor In understand ing, ¡»«or in inform ation, and poor in spirit. We are not in a mood to gloat over it; we feel sorry it is so. And any modest contribu tion we could make to rem edy the situation would be gladly done. Portland b e c a m e the state's metropolis w ithout competition, liecause of very favorable geogra phy and not because of superior enterprise or wisdom. That is, wa think, a serious handicap like l>e- ing born rich. It has not lM*en necessary for Portland to under stand the surrounding anea that supports It, nor even to obtain much inform ation about It. The will or spirit to make the city do that which Is not necessary is lacking. The Oregonian itself recently made a step toward correction when it sent an editor to Uma tilla county to survey the condi tions and thinking about wheat, we applaud that. It was a serious effort and in some contrast witn others that have made rural hamlets appear freakish tæcause they do not conform to city ideas. We object to political dom ina tion by legislators elected solely because their names are familiar; we think Oregon producers are handicap|>e<i by inadequate repre s e n ta tio n ; we fe e l sure that there is too much “consum er” legisla tion and too little “producer” leg islation. But we do not care if flu* city is rich. We wish it were richer and think it could In* if it would hut do a good Job of cultivating that fertile g a rd e n that is Oregon. U H E A T L E G IS L A T IO N It is fairly apparent that no thing will happen to change the p re s e n t regulations alxiut wheat. Congress k»t the deadline go by and the departm ent of agriculture had to proclaim the acreage for 1960 which will be 55 million acres. It Is the lowest possible figure and has been in effect for some time. The only controversy is w hether it should he kept there or lowered. Congress has two schemes nei ther of which is considered ac ceptable to the adm inistration so it looks like we will have another year of a plan that no one likes. The congressional plans are for greater acreage reductions on a voluntary basis for a higher par ity ratio. They would give more control of farm s to governm ent and In effect would handicap big wlx>at farm ers in their com peti tion with the little farm ers who are only in the w heat business tiecause the price is held high and guaranteed. It is alm ost th irty years since governm ent became involved in the w heat business and during that time farm ers have been both poor ami rich. The war had much to do with the rich p art along with good m oisture in this county and the use of fertilizer. In the m eantim e costa ot production have risen so much that farm ers could not stand a few consecutive dry years. The percentage of the bread price the farm er gets for his wheat Is lower than ever and it is ¡Kirtly because farm organiza tions, luuued by the big loan In com«’, have failed to pay a projier attention to m arketing. Things are. in fact, in a mess ami probably will be until the governm ent goes lw« k to minding its own business and quits try ing to lx« an economic dictator. But « e h«»|x> it it gratinali) J ACK It E T I It EN They held a p arty for E. R. Jackm an this week, gave him a p a rtin g gift, said some kind words and kissed him gtxxlhye. It was a great m istake Not for Jackman, perhaps, f,»r he is a man of many parts who will find aomethlng useful and Interesting with which to o c c u p y him «elf. But for th extension serv l * to jx’rnut Jack man to depart «-an tx» compare« to a man cuttini I off h is g tx x l r ig h arm . Jackm an is at i Individual, a |* t •onality. He Is kn«twn and like« all over the sta e. h Is not llkt’lj th at another s ich will l»e nii] duced In the n rally accep ted ment c xpeixli- atlon ar>d r«»,ü«ls in the here 1H Const:ant en their qx. what h «tifia bk* R» f Is un endltijre genier- or p ted for when fellow ally hum I are in «listi h! to th«pm table. Welf 11*1» 1s not ac e. W elfare Is p e n nan«mi relief an does thie r» pie nt mo hum ian It «kM’S t sHms tax p ay er There a g«*nerai rtMe stori« th at gov prnment oukl no t gr«ow goni. Wi faster Ü an the population. ORECOM S CEKTEHKIÀL ALBUM JOSEPH ‘BUNKO & p- L iverpool - born , kelley (¡9 3 9 -*) followed the s e a . JUM PED shi p •N PORTLAND (» 8 7 0 ) MASTER OF THE 13HANGHAI/HE BECAME AN ARTIST AMONG ____] CRIMPS ECEIVEP LIFE &EMTEMCI FOR ONE MURPER HE PROBABLY PIP NOT COMMIT... LATER PAR- P0NEP BY GOV CHAMBERLAIN. M l* BOOR,'THIRTEEN YEARS IN THE OREGON PENITENTIARY. * HELPEP BRING PRu\?N REFORMS more. T hat is the price tag on a grow ing population and a high service state. Very truly yours, George J. Annala State R epresentative Hixxl River County **) »j r - " I w id > t TO THE ’ E O I’ L E O F SHERMAN COUNT1 I would like to thank you all very much for the very fine hos pitality and friendship th a t I have been shown this p a st year. I have matte many fine friends and acquaintances both a t school and in the com m unity and county that 1 shall regret leaving, for your sincerity and genineness I’ll never forget. Once again, thanks for making my first year of teach ing and coaching an extrem ely interesting, profitable and enjoy able experience for me. Sincerely, Bob Haynes Sherman High Sch«x»l To the Editor: Il's time someone set th e r e cord straight alxiut the extrava gance of the 50th le g isla tiv e As sembly. I had assumed th at soon e r or later either S e n a te P r e s i dent Pearson or Speaker Duncan would challenge the $10 million increase In General Fund expendi tures reported in lx»th m etropoli tan paix’rs, The Oregon Voter, and reprinted in Sunday’s Oregonian from tin* Sherman County Jo u r nal. N either Pearson or Dunean nor eo-ehairman Corbett or Skelton of tb«1 Joint Ways & Means Com m ittee has bothered to check the accuracy of the reporting in all these publications; so, as vice- chairsnan of the House Ways & Means Committee, allow me to sum up accurately what was ac tually appropriated. The total General Fund author izations of the '57 regular and spe cial sessions totaled $276,618,983. Deficiency appropriations by th e ’51» session adtied $3,767,953 to this total, making it read $280,386,936. This includes $200,000 for the Cen tennial Commission, $1,696,203 for Dammasch Hospital, $410.000 for Portland Slate College Library, $1,400,000 for Welfare, and $31,- 750 miscellaneous shortages. What everyone forgets is that we had a Special Session In 1957, which in addition to reducing taxes, als«» spent some of the su r plus lu that session $721,988 was appropriated t«> the Emergency Board and an additional $10 per census child was added to Basie School Support. While this applied to only one year of the current biennium ot slightly less than $5 million of actual «ost, It obligate«! the ’59 session to provide more than $10 million. At least we ha«l to pro- \ hit’ H0.Î 40,000 to over the in- crea e made by the Sjx'cial slon this time. The total of ill expenses ot>- ligated by the '57 regular and q»«'- d a l session, tot ¡ether w ith the deficiency aipr« «priât Ions. aetu- ally reaches the mm of $285 502 • < mmi Instead of he $272,(MH),O(M) figure so often ai ¡x*arin>t in print. latlons thisi year nnium are $312,- 169.6 ase be ing $26.- the $1 10 mdillon d. that an a«l«li [r a n te d the I to put on ty. This is f It« ind should ■ < t. ie General Oregon In History NEW BALERS • * GUAKAN- Ju n e 15, 1846—About 3V4 p. m. TEED: Case 130 Tw ine Aut., today the Secretary of State and $1890; Holland 66 Twine Aut. Oregon In History the British M inister conclutied $2445; Case 135 W ire Aut. June 1,0 1851— W e have learned and signed a convention for the $2345; Holland 5-bar Rake $579; that nine men who w ere landed settlem ent of the Oregon question, See our display lot F IR S T & at Port Orford yesterday by the being the same subm itted by the Madison—Muller Farm Equip. Sea Gull and who are to build latter of the 6th Instant, by me The Dalles Moro. 31c roads to the gold mines in that subm itted to the Senate for their area, were today attacked by In- advice on the 10th, and by that SEE MULLER FARM EQUIP. NOW Rod weeders - all makes c ians. The men had set up camp laxly advised on the 12th. Mr. and sizes Dunham stubble tread- on a samll island near the shore Buchanan brought the convention ers - cut-price 10 sec. rotary and it is here they are being be to me, and my private secretary harrow and hitch $600. Case sieged. The first attack, made by started with it, accompanied by a brush and stubble beater $350. a band of perhaps a hundred red message from me, to the Senate, 28c & 31c skins, was swept back with heavy but before he reached the Capitol loss uue to the expert firing of a the Senat had adjourned for the FOR A gricultural loans see The Dalis NFLA and the Mid-Colum small cannon. Among the thirteen day. bia PCA, 4th & Court Streets, hostiles killed was one who seem The Dalles P. O. Box 243 - ed to l>e a leader anti who wore a Diary of President Jam es K. Polk CYpress 6-2468. 21-25c red shirt. It was later discovered that he was a Russian sailor who Custom Slaughtering by appoint had been shipwrecked and adop m ent only. Meat cutting, w rap ADS ted by the tribe. Despite his death W A N T ping, sh arp freeze. K enny’s the red men are still making m en 14 yr. old girl w ants sum m er job M arket, Grass Valley, Oregon. acing motions and at nightfall Call ED 3-2345 for appointm ent. or will baby sit. Rosalie E s the seige continues. linger. JO 5-3256. 31-2p STATE WIDE PAINT CO. com plete painting and decorating service, spray or brush. Phone CY 6-3977 or CY 6-5293, 1205 E. 12th St. Vern Campbell and LUNCH ES A N D D IN N ER S Jack Null, The Dalles, Or. 38tfn FOR SALE: W ashed sand and gravel a t m outh of Jo h n Day W e a re serv in g lun ch e v e r y d a y River. Also road gravel. Colum bia Rock Products, Box 688, W e w ill se r v e c o m p lete S u n d ay d in n ers Rufus, Ore. Ph. R ufus 17. 27tfn FOR SALE; 42 x 102 foot modern from noon on until c lo sin g . building, now being dism antled, Big Eddy office and garage bldg, at The Dalles dam. Doors, M arie B arnu m is n o w in c h a r g e light fixtures, steel windows, plumbing, hardw are, wiring, of our k itch en . brick and roof structure. Phones The Dalles CY 6-9414, Portland NE 6-1640. 30-lC BEEFO ’S LXJR SALE: 1 wtxxl H arris com bine, 20 ft. header. Vinton A A A A W atkins Phone G1 2-5239. 30-lp -^.4 June 4, 1931—Wednesday. This m orning forded the north fork of the Platte with safety scarcely w etting a bail which is seldom known to be fordable at this sea son. Thus kind Providence smooths our way læfore us. Thus we came two days and a half march on this fork before cross ing. Searched diligently in a grove of Cottonwood for a tent pole but could find none to please me b ut a cedar which had drifted down the river. Dlarv of Reverend Jason Lee. at the qualifying factors in funeral service. t N o tice o f S ale of C o u n ty -o w n ed R eal P ro p erty Public notice is hereby given that I, George J. Geiser Jr., Sheriff and Tax Collector for Sherm an County, State of Oregon on the 10th day of June, 1959, will sell to the highest and best bid« er for cash, but for not less than the minimum prices herein after setforth, each parcel or groups of parcels of real properties hereinafter described. 1 hat all sales shall lie made at the front door of the Court House of Sherman County, State of Oregon, situated In Moro, Ore gon, between the hours of 10 o’clock a. m. and 4 o’clock p. m. on the day aforesaid1. That this notice is published pursuant to an order of the County Court of Sherman County, State of Oregon, duly made on the 4th «lay of March, 1959, and shall he published once a week for four consecutive weeks in the Sherman County Journal, a new spaper of general circulation printed and published in said Sherman County, State of Oregon. The date of the first publication of this notice is the 15th day May, 1959, and the date of last publication of this notice is the 5th day of June, 1959. That all of the real properties hereinafter described are situ ated in Sherman County, Oregon. That the description of each of the several real properties to lx? sold and the minimum price for which each parcel or group of parcels of said real property may be sold as fixed by said order of the County Court of Sherman County, State of Oregon, is as follows NOTICE OF FIN A L ACCOUNT Notice is hereby given th a t the undersigned have filed in the County Court of the S tate of Oregon for Sherm an County, their Final Account as Executors of the E state of Samuel Stark, deceased, and that W ednesday, the 1st day of July, 1959, a t ten o’cltxk A. M. of said day in the court room of the County Court in Moro, Sherm an County, Oregon have been fixed by the C ourt as the time and place lor hearing objections to said Final Account and for the settlem ent of said estate. Olan Stark Executor Hadley Stark Executor to - w it: T. L ester Johnson Description Minium in Price A ttorney for Executors 30-33c Ix»t 3, Block 2, Mowry Addition to the Town of Moro; $ 50.0(1 inn 00 NOTICE TO CREDITORS Lots 1 & 2, Block 3, Mowry Addition to the Town of Moro; Lot 5, Block 5, Mowry Addition to the Town of Moro; 115.00 All persons having claims Lots 5 & 6, Block 7, Mowry Addition to the Town of Moro, 90.00 against the E state of F ran k Med- Dated at Moro, Oregon, this 13th day of May, 1959. ler, deceased, are required to p re George J. Geiser Jr. sent them w ith vouchers to the Sheriff and Tax Collector undersigned at his residence Sherman County. Oregon which address of such residence is Wasco, Sherm an County, Ore gon, w ithin six m onths from the date of the first publication of this notice. The date of the first publication of this notice is May 21, 1959. LELAND CARL MEDLER Executor DICK & DICK The Dalles, Oregon A ttorneys for E state 29-32c NOTICE OF FIN A L HEARING Notice is hereby given th a t the undesigned has filed in th e Coun ty C ourt of the State of Oregan for Sherm an County, her Final Account as Executrix of the E s tate of John F. Foss, deceased, and that Monday, Ju n e 15, 1959, at the hour of ten o’clock A. M. of said day In the court room of the County C ourt in Moro, S h er man County, Oregon, have been fixed by the C ourt as the tim e and place for hearing objections to said Final Account and for the settlem ent of said estate. M argurite Kaseberg E x e c u t r ix M IL K H A S MORE! . .. mere for «eu than other be« eragc«... more refreshment, and more nouriohnu-nt combined in every cool, energy giving glaostul. \ \ lu-ii you're thirsty, w hen y«>u need a l i f t ... milk goes «ou energy that lasts and lasts and lasts! Oregon's green pastures support an unusually fine family of dairy fix x ls . . . M IL K . BUTTER, CHEESE, ICE CREAM, and they're the finest for y«arr fam ily! .V IL / Yaw’ll »' i«y »ha O 'aços Dairy Prod- wvl* Committion'» intriguing ditpiay al yawr Cantanniol Eapatiboa, Juna 10 Saptambar 1 7 .. don't mist Ml increa n In to 17; I J u n e is if y fad we spent more previous NFSsIl) to bot on a sure money you can one y but lec * a l n o t ic e s TKit AUvaOitam« »» 1penta«ad by Yawr O K O O N DAIRY ’ •OOUCTS COM M ISSION T. Lester Johnson A ttorney for Executrix 28-3lc Bethlehem ( h apter No. 78 A.R-H. -Meets every second Thurs- day each m onth. Visiting 7 m em bers Invited. Moro, Ore. Annabelle Kelso, W. M. Dorothy H eater, Sec re tary Taylor IA)DGE A. F. A A. M. Wasco, Oregon ■ C . Meets each F irst and Third ■■■ ' Tuesdays. Doug Shull, W. M. Carl Tuggle, Secretary L»pine R rbekah Lodge No. TR Vleets 2nd and 4th Tues days of each month. V isit ing members welcome. Mary Brackett, N. G. ___H ejen M artin, Secretary____ H A R iaN D Y IK W GRANGE Meets F irst and Third Mondays each month at 8:00 p. m. H elen B r m k e rt, M aster _ F lo re ac e H ru c ke rt, Hecretary •» M>DGE NO. 113 I.O.O.F. Meets 1st and 3rd Tuea- < < 7 ^ days in I O O F. hall. Trarv * * slent and visiting brothers are cordially invited. Floyd Haines. N. G. Leo W atkins, Secretary l«odge No. 121 A.F.AA M. Meets on the )<t and 3ro T hursday evenings each month. Visiting m em bers1 - c«»r. is!!«, invited to meet with us. Clarence Hlgley, W. M. Clyde Gillmor, Secretary E u re k a
