Ijrrmatt County jjmtrna
Seventy F if th Y e a r No. 12
These
T h in g s
We
Note
Moro. Oregon Friday
Church Women CtkM Huskies Handed
foeetinj and Install
Defeat By Sure
New Officers
The Womens Society of the
Moro I*resbyterian church met at
the social room January 9. Des
ert was -erved at 1:30 by Mrs.
Ri.y Del ice and
Mrs. H arry
Pinker;<>n. Guest
present were
Mis Alex Marshall, Mrs. Clar
ence Quirk, Mrs. Howard Bile,
Mrs. Eva Amoth, Mrs. Elsie
Giles L. French
O 'N e a l an 1 the Rev. Charles Will-
min-:, all e f The Dalles Gateway
Portland ju st might do some Pi es by ter i an ch urch.
thing with its new promotion of
Mrs. Max B arzee p resid ed a t
a spoils center if ¡hat p rivate the b usin ess m eeting, and led in
organization, m anned as it is by tiie devotional#.
some of its best citizens, can g«> O fficers for 1963 were installed
ahead.
b) Rev Will mi ng: President, Mrs.
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H arry Pinkerton; vice-president,
In spite of w hat is dinned into Mrs. Andrew Paulson; seertt’ary,
o u r ears nightly w e do not lx?- Mrs. \ ernon Melzer; treasurer,
lieve th a t any soap will soften Mrs. Eugene Amidon. Committee
a beard in one m inute— or six, or chairm an ¡hips w ere accepted by
sixty; we do not believe th at tak Mrs. Max Barzee, Mrs. E arl Gen
ing dope is harm less; we do not try, Mrs. Russell Belshee, Mrs.
believe a boy can catch a girl Norman lochnauer, Mrs. Vernon
ju st because his hair is com od. Miller, Mrs. Roy Belshee and Mrs.
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Ted Thompson.
Ju st a note to Oregon's Ina-
Mr
Miller presented the pro
Tied legislators who would 'ik e gram , w hich w as a review’ of the
to have some easy money: you book “The E xtrem ists" by M ark
might expand gambling so that S herw in.
peker and betting en other
things than horse and log races
w as legal and lucrative.
Just To Interest
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Into each w inter some frost The Steelheaders
m ust fall— and maybe1 some -n ov
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The preseident, we rea l, is
concerned over the num ber of
drop outs of high school pupils
because they become the urn n-
ployable. One of the reasons they
drop out is that they assum • the
governm ent will look o u r for
anyway. Let people be re. a i.n-
sible and they will be.
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Boys’ pants can ’t get any tig h t
• <
e r so we presum e the style n ill
•>..4
have to change.
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If some one will invent a pio-
duct as a substitute for milk VVshal' <
a effective a m argarine bec.i.ne r-*.1
a su bstitute for b u tter ¡he r-airy
industry will be a victim of gov
ernm ental interference anil e l i m
inated.
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Perhaps, in time, we may attain
the heighth of autom ation w .iiih
will be when man, himself, is un-
necesary.
,
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N ature is w iser than man. She
sends cold and heat, comfort and
discomfort, and Ixith are condem
ned and loved. N ature is never
boring; its changes are anticipa
ted and watched for.
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Every singer of solos must
go through a song three times,
some sort of a rule, we suppose.
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It is probable the Republicans
are not so handicappe 1 by lack
of a spokeman as are the D ‘mo-
crats by having but one.
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It is well enough for the r’ S.
to w ant to help oth er nations,
but it would lx? l»etter to find
out how first.
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A town inhabited by Italian
has lieen found to have very lit
tle h eart ailm ents and medical
men are looking Into it. They are
lively people who eat often and
well, drink as suits th eir t. -tc,
laugh and grow
fat, non > of
which we have been told is too l
for the heart.
Maybe it is our
m oralistic ancestors tnat
.c e
us to ascrilx? our illne--e> to
ne
thing frowned on by ’he m oral
ists. Why, a man can hardly I e
sick a t all unless he lr in k ; o r
smokes or sjiends his nights gam
bling. To n port that i man ac
quired housem aid’s knee from
kneeling in church or a bad : toni-
ach from eating too m any church
suppers would lx? cons! tered anti-
religious and some sort of l.bel.
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About the heighth of <1«>
Ing for the week is the campaign,
aided by the governor to force
seat belts on car drivers. We are
sure that the only in ere-*, the
state of Oregon has In my w e’iare
is an annual check for ta rrs . If
I end that doubtfully gloriou- a r
rangem ent by m oving to Neb ..ska
o r by flying through i windshield
not th at
Gov?rnor
Hatfield or anvone eLe
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MorE mt r
’niversitv
schooling
bui that education ca n< p latei in
life as the result of self improve-
I*
C\
* y
r fiklé r
Steelhe.* I fla sh in g up tw o m ile
lo n g Port land G eneral
Elei trie
f e l l ladder on < la e k a m is riv er is
part of record run con ited du rin g
1962.
S ilv e r salm on n iig ritio n ,
now in
p i i g i e s , has alread y
p a s s e d pi v io u s h ig h co u n t ' f re
cord.
Officers Re-Elected
By Loan Agencies
W. It. Hulse, Dufur, w as eiect-
c 1 president and Gordon N. Har
per, Wa ), vice president of the
Federal Land Bank Association
o ‘ The Dalles; and E. Riddell Lage
Hood River, elected president and
Carroll Sayrs, Moro, vice-presi
dent . f t h r Mid-Columbia Produc
tion Credit Association at meet
ings of the boards following the
ar nual -tockholders m eeting in
The Dalles last Saturday. J. Mer
ton Stc n wn elected m anager of
Ixith associations.
E arl Meeker, The Dalles, and
Mr. Say: were returned to the
P .0 ! of
PCA for a "liree year
term , a* w a- Mr. Hui e of the
L ink Bank. Carl H. Nieberg, sen-
ioi vic< pre kient o f th e Fe»leral
Inteinieuiate Credit Bans of Spo
kane sp ik e on ‘‘Financial Man-
a -emon’ ’’ Judging from the re
mark . his pecch was very w’ell
received, and it was felt would lx?
of lasting Ixmefit.
Mr. Stein announced th at a 4%
dividend would be paid on Fed-
eral I «and Bank stoc k as well as
k owned by PCA mem-
on A
bers. He also pointed o ut in his
repor 1 th at the progress of both
assoc iation was quite satisfactory
both in increased net w orth and
loan volume.
T b e response to the announce-
ment ef he m eeting Indicated
that It could have had a record
menu
crow d. H iwever. severe cold v. ea-
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ttw?r <>n Saturday cut 'iown the
To educate we should study the atten nance to the sm allest it has
thing« that have pa*-«l ; It is not tjeen at a joint FEB A and PCA
¡ng
< e the coordination of
education to specula’e 1 on the
ffice five years ago.
things of the future.
Skt?t Padberg
The visiting H eppner M us’angs
downed Sherm an in the H uskies
third league game w ith a 68 to 51
trium ph January 11. Lee Padbeig
led the Mustangs attack w itn 30
points for the evening.
Sherm an took a 12 'o 8 lead
in the first q u arter but the Mus
tangs poured 18 points into the
basket to give them a three
jxjint m argin at half time. The
Huskies fought Ixick into the
lead in the th ird period, b ut fell
down in the fourth q u a rte r a
hebit that has plagued them all
season. H eppner took advantage
of their opportunity and added
25 m ore points to th eir score to
give them a final 14 point m ar
gin and a victory in th e ir first
league game.
Sherm an scoring: Bish 15; ’ >oo-
lin 8; Fields 2; Johnson 15; Kel
logg 10; Lane 4.
54
44
23
Sherm an
12
68
43
26
H eppner
8
Ju n io r varsity:
23 51
10
Sherm an
9
5b
26
H eppner
7
County Official Paper
January IS, l ‘H»J
T h ere g e e s that man (gain. Ia'<*
I'ailherg, 23, sw in g s under th e
b ask et as team m ate tries to g e t
arou n d D oolin 21, Padberg could
not m iss and piled up 30 |x>lnts
Sherman Countv
Below Zero Gets
Does Well At Bond
Buying In 1963
Wintes Started;
Spring Returns
Although sales of Series E and
Ii savings bond over the n i ’ion
Sherm an county has had a
at large last m onth were lower
than In December 1961, sales of touch of w inter, although of less
these treasury securities in Ore- severity than visited other pla-
gon were a few dollars better res ° t the northw est. At th e ex-
than they were th e vear before, perim ent station th e m ercury
National sales In December w ere dropped to four below ast Thurs-
$295 million compared to $343 day night and six below on F rl-
million a year earll?r. Oregon day night, but had to let up after
J sales last m onth were $2,376,000 that ®nd by the first of the week
■ compared to $2,372,000 in Decern- was spring again.
■ b e r of 1961.
|,,M’ h l1 '
1 w inter,
Sales in Sherman o m it> lest '»nt will suffice most residents
E m onth am ounted to ‘-3,303 com- who may rem em ber back in Feb-
P pared to 512,236 a year ago. To- ru ary 2, 1950 when the tem pera-
tai sales in the county for all of turv dropped to 23 tielow at the
1962 am ounted to $91,612 com- station and everybody, no doubt,
was thaw ing pipes Inasmuch as
pared to $52,584 in 1961.
tthe coldest night was the last
in a gam e in w h ich lie made near-
of eight Ixdow zero nights. T hat
h h alf th e p oin ts. Ron Joh n son , Belton Distributes
w asn’t so much of an exception
42, sto p s M iildrnly, h a v in g too
for in Jan u ary of 1957 a tem per
many fou ls alrcad.t to i-k u colli-
ature of 22 below was recorded
Year’s
Fine
Money
slo ii.
at the experim ent station.
State T reasom r Howard Belton
G randpa didn’t experience all
said today that rem ittances to the the bad w eather or cold w inters.
state from triffle fines and other
W hat the six lx?low cold ¿»nap
penalties for th e year 1962 am has done to fall sown Gaines
ounted to $912,18.99, as compared w heat and fall barley
doesn’t
to $879,665.74 for the calendar seem to in terest farm ers much.
\ . .ii- of 1961
If its gone th ey ’ll go ahead and
o f the total rem ittad, $665.196. seed some more, having seed
01 was credited to the general wheat and plenty of power.
fund, $205,612.76 to the state high-
This does not meun th at Sher-
way fund, $38/703.72 state game ,r a n countians are home free for
fund, $2,326.50 commercial fish the w inter. It can get cold late
erics, $33.00 m arine board, $100. In January as the above figures
(>» board of pharmacy, $3.‘0.00
medical exam iners, and $15.00 show and even February is not
often June.
board of health.
Sherm an took its sixtn v ic to ry
for the season against ¡he Mi u-
pin Bedsides w ith a 37 to 35 w in
January 12.
,
A fter a close first naif, the
Huskies gained a slight lead in
the thin! q u arter and although
they dropped into a slum p in the
fourth quarter, they manage 1 to
hold onto the lead until the final
buzzer sounded. Both te a m » had
Seat Belt Plan
Farm Income To
ar. off night w ith Sherm an m ak
ing 5 ont of 11 attem pts at the
Gets Boost Again
Change Little In 1963
foul line to M aupin’s 3 out ol 10.
Each team made 1G field goals.
A proposal to require seat 1 elts
T he net income of farm ers in
Bish’s 14 points took game Hon
in front seats of venicles sold
ls expected to ipprox'm ate
ors while M aupin’s Neely had 13.
to Oregon residents commencing th a t of 1902, IxHh nationally and
Sherm an scoring Bayer 1; B hh
with 1964 models was approved lr lhe Tw elfth district, a ltto u g h
14; Doolin 8; Johnson 4; Keiiogg
W ednesday by the Oregon Traffic t»‘c |r grO83 income is like»?’ to
6; Lane 1; P ark er 1; Rayon 2.
Safety commission.
rlse to a r e w n i level. This appr-
Sherm an 12
22
31
?7
.loh n son tosM«» on e it th e hits- bound. H ep p n er's 13 la A p p legate,
1
#1®° approved a isai of the agricultural ou'look
Maupin
12
20
27
30
k et w h ile D oolin 21, and Itlagg one of th e lu st gu ard s in the lea- a nu>l^on
Vein L.Hlll, director
the U S. D epartm ent of Agll-
Ju n io r varsity:
of the departm ent of Motor Vehi- culture Is reported In a 3ptclal
I I, six ing int » 1 sitio n tor th e re- gu e.
Roger Cypher sparked the I ins-
cles, to endorse a move by th e a r tiCle, The D istrict Farm Out-
Automotive W holesalers associa-
for hxjj in the Jdecember
kies scoring attack w itn 17 points
to seek adoption of periodic Monthly Review of ’lie Federal
to lead the JV s to th e ir second 1963 Fishing To
Grain Growers Heads m tion
otor venirle inspection In Ore- H<>serve bank of San Francisco.
victory of the season over Mau
pin. The JV s fought it out for
R°n
R eturns from m arketings, the
Meeting In Portland
the whole game and edged into Be More Free
The proixasal was presente 1 by niajOr source of farm Income, are
the lead in the final minute.
a six man delegation from the eXpect«d to be about die same
More lakes and im ixjundm ents
Sherm an
8
17
29
48
wholesalers association.
as jn hm >2. w ith larger m .eket-
ojmui to all year
tro u t angling This Week End
Maupin
7
20
30
41
K.R.Crookham, Portland, spo- jngs offsetting an easing la prt-
and lifting the N ovember cl. sure
kesm an for the group, sa<d an
increased income from gov-
M anagers of local c o o p e ia th e inspection program would result em in en t paym ents under v in o u s
on the Columbia and tribu*..ries
to salmon angling w eie the only grain asoclatlons and dire-tors In saving of lives and would also agricultural program s will be res-
Ellsworth Woods
m ajor changes tentatively propo- of the regional m arketing cooper reduce insurance rates In the ¡»onslble, dierefore, for the anti-
sed by the game commission for ative, N orth Pacific Grain Grow state. He cited successful l.npec- ( ¡putpit rise In gross farm lrnonie.
Buried in Pendleton
the 1963 angling rules at its pul> erg, are m eeting in Portland Jan tion program s In other states as
However, production expenes
E llsw orth H arold Woods died lie hearing in Portland Friday, 17 and 18, Roliert W. Tank'*, pre- proof that such program s can a re expected to continue Intteas-
January 10 at St. Joseph hospital Ja n u a ry 11.
sldent announced.
help im prove a sta te ’os safety re- jng and will about equal the gain
ir. Pendleton. He was lo rn In
If the tentative proposal4 are
D irectors T hursday disc »ssed cord.
.
governm ent paym ents, there-
Sherm an county, on the old a< op;ed it the com m ission’s sec- internal ou me of the orguidza-
Commission m em bers also con- b> leaving net income little chan-
Woods’ place, October 6, 1886, the 01. d n u i’ting Jan u ary 25,
new tit n. T h ey will lx- joined F ’ day c< rued them selves with driver ge,| from 1962.
youngest of th e Woods family of lake-, open to year around ang- by the country elevator mana- education *n th eir final se.islon ----- —— — —
nine.
before the 1963 legllature con
ling w ill include G arrison and gers to discuss trade problems.
He m arried Eva Norcross, who Saunders In z one 1; Ixx»n lake
Tanke aid
F riday’ speakers venes. Members voted to recom Oregon Crops Over
survives him, as do a daughter, in zone 3, E m igrant reservoir ir c iU(je Frank Aughnay, P i iflc mend increasing reim bursem ent
Mrs. Claud Irons of Pendleton and Sebnac lake in zone4; Ai.a N orthw est Grain and Grain I'ro- to schools offering driver educa Two Million Bucks
and a son Jam es W. Woods of Ix»s at.d Friday reservoirs in zoned, dpCt association, Portland, who tion and to provide reim burse
.Value of 1962 Oregon crops
Angeles and one brother Jam es of all lakes, im poundm ents and
(ij(.us8 proposed c h a n g e in m ent to districts for program s
Portland and tw o sisters Julia dredge ponds in zone 7; and ah la- freight rates; Sydney H arris ( h i outside the norm al school day, has been placed a t nearly $253
million, about 8 percent nigher
Hansen and Nellie Cushman, kes , im poundm ents and dredge {Ktor o f the A gricultural S»abil- even if a fee Is charged
ti
an in 1961.
both of Portland. F uneral ser ponds except Malheur, Kruinbo i^ation and Conservation office
Reim bursem ent would be in
Total crop tonnage w as eslim
vices were held In Pendleton and Baca in zone 8.
creased
to
90
percent
of
the
cost
¡, Portland, who will discuss re-
ated at 5.4 . . million,
about 7
Monday.
of
the
course,
up
to
J
maximum
,
. up
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The November closure to sal- organization of ASC’S; W illiam ol $50 per pupil. The present
vH h1l*>.lh.
1 '
1 ion angling was lifted on the Bell, Rockford, Wash., chairm an level is 75 i>ercent up to a ;nax- agt' l,ri‘ es a,lt 1 g leI • ‘ rm o rts
Columbia and Its trln u taries fol- oi the Tri-Stale cominltt* • on
imum of $30. Funds to cover the u,1,,8 In
ie ntirta , ’ ' f _
Many Lose Licenses
l'-wuny a m eeting w ith p crsjn n el grain standards who will pro proposed
increase are currently Gicgon Stale un ve s
of the game commission and the sent - iggested chan«“ - In otfl- a v a ila b le
9*°n agricultural economists.
W ashington departm ent of fisher- cial gram standard of the 1 oiled
For Two Offences
' *
.
.
. i i
In term s of value, w heat led
The commission also rescinded
, i,„„ .,.,1.,»
ies.
lh e agencies agreed that States; Gerson Goldsmith, who
,
t
of
the
list. Other leading value crops
Oregon courts reported 223,1 15
l-rwlou« | h ,»Ilion In . u p o 'I of
-
, ,
pola,
the runs oi silver salmon in the will give the é!t li n r y view of
t-affic
violation conviction < to
C
,a .,
L ,.
fo.- p r ~
lower Columbia trib u taries w ere new mv
the D epartm ent of Motor A ehl- of suffice- it m agnitude to per- M*GG auditing staff, who will
cles in 1962. T his Is over 3000 m it a Novemtier sixirt fishery.
had completed driver education
8 1 w
give the accountant’s view.
s e e d , cherries and oats.
more than the previous year.
could lx> licensed at 16.
The geni r.d season wou' ; op
These
10 crops accounted for
Each conviction Is entere 1 on en April 20 in all zones eccept
nearly
th
ree fourths of Oregou’s
the offending d riv e r’s record be stream s m zones 1, 3, and 4 and
1962 crop value, according to Mrs
coming a perm anent part of that
extend through Octolier 31. Stre
E lvera H orrell, OSU extension
record.
am s in zone 1 and iakes, reser
economist.
The year end report also noted
voirs and their trib u ta rie s in tlie < attic men*»* Mce ting
T he value of field, forage t.nd
fill in his own figures, ind thus
t r a t 33,620 oi»erators licenses
Tiie annual mce mg of the exam ine alternatives. T his proce- miscellaneous crops as well as
were suspend«! when individual- Cascade m ountains would open
Sherm an County Cattlemen ’ as- dure should help the fa n n e r In seeds and berries showed an In
failed to comply w ith prov sions May 25.
crease, while n u ts and vegetable
soclatlon ha
1 en et f<n Sat- reaching a better decision
oi the financial responsibility act
crops declined and tre e fru its re-
urday evening, F ebruary 16 at Federal P r o g r a m I n f o r m a t io n
or were convicted of driving un
(kid
Fellow-
halL
G
rins
Valley.
Extension
service
has
the
les-
mained practically
unchanged
der the Influence of liquor or Veteran’s Loans
A rran g e m e n t f <>r th e in c -tin g
|x»nslbillty of supplying lnfjrm a- from the 11M51 figures, m e added,
while th e ir license already was
and prog am v < ie m i l e d 11 ing tion and explaining laws pro-
Four fifths of th e Mate's ‘on-
suspended.
an ex e c u u v e n < < tin g of the <»- m ulgated by congress of the state nage and th ree fifths of the value
Driving while Intoxicated {acco Decline in 1962
elation last week
legislature
th a t affect farm ers of all crops cam e from grain,
unted for 3217 of these suspen
All cattlem en and others nter- and ru ral people.
hay, potatoes, pepperm int, sugar
T h e Di e"'in D epartm ent of Vet
sions; driving while suspended,
We also have the responsibility beets, dry peas and hops. Ton •
eran's Affairs granted farm and ««ted are i n v ite d . P a u le n Qa.se-
4029.
Court r«*commendaUons o r dis home loan to 3958 veterans last berg, 1962 preseident asks all to of assisting people In exp’ »ring nage In this group was up 5 per
imount of $41,283.250 m a ik th e ir calendar and save this idternatlves.
en t over 1961 and value was u p
cretionary action taken by the v ,, j„
I din "tor. reported date for the annual get together.
Occasionally w e’ve oeen accus- 14 percent. A h igher value Was
licensing lu th o rity resulted in an U< s , ,
in.iki a total of 41, |(Mi3 F a r m Program
cd of 'selling' one p arty ’s o? one placed on all field crops except
o th er 5011 license suspensions of - , , q
loans am ounting to $335 777,
Sign up In the 1963 wheat pro- oiganizatlon’s program . Such is barley and corn.
varying periods of time. E'gbty-
he program sta r’ • I 17 gram through Nov. 29 how 1 1.7 r.ot o u r Job.
Oregon’s seed o u tp u t w as up a
seven drivers lost th e ir licenses 171 ,r
million acre will lie dive ted.
For those who w ant to know fourth and value up better than
for failure to anw er summons V( ,, ,, ,
jo (. v ,, p la • year
w a , $21 Sherman county farmer-; will more about the different nVIon- a fifth, w ith a sm all decline in
after p u ttin g th eir licenses in lieu
1, , |.»n b ' W 1961, the
r e o r d have opi>ortunity to Ign up lie- al farm program s that have or clover anil common vetch pro-
1 t hail.
n »11 veterans borrow- tw een F eb 1 and March 22 If es who made grade point aver- ductlon more than offset by in-
The departm ent explained that
. ; million.
' untlon to 11 different le Piets creases in o th er seeds, Mrs llc r-
a license "suspension” usually is ,
In S h i: an county last year, program.
T his is a series of Intorm V.lon rell noted
ordered for a definite period of
M anning H. Becker, cx te i. ion leaflets distributed by the c to p -
Oregon grow ers have taken an
tim e— 30, 60 o r 90 days, or ot e loans w ere g ran te d to one ve’eran
increasing share of the n atio n ’s
year. However, an Indefinite sus in the mv m t of 7650, co npar- farm man iginent specialist, LSU, titled "The F arm Problem-W hat
pension may tie ordered until P to « ne ! an in 1961 for $ ’ 0 000 has prepared for us 1 one page Are the Choices’ ” If you w ?nt a grass anil legume seed produc
program started In form entitled "A Partial Bu get” set we ll 1» glad to mall it to you. tion, producing a th ird of th e
such time as the individual com Since »he
Also available are other uub- US total in 1962 com pared w ith
piles with requirem ents of the 1945 l ,ns have gone to 16 \e te r- Which Choice Under '.he 1963
Program s for A griculture for a fourth in 1961 and a fifth as
law, as in cases Involving finan ans here :n the am ount of $103, W heat Program ?”
an average for th e past 10 y e irs.
A grow er can take this jrm , W heat-Summerfallow farm ”
cial responsibility.
975.
Countv Agent States Policy