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SHERMAN COUN IA
(C o u n ty
JOI *11 N IL , MORO, OREGON
I KIIIAY, MAIO H 15, UHi:|
OF EDITORIAL WRITING
jo u r n a l
Our reply to the
letter from
Giles 1, French ______ Editor Lynn Hampton will answ er the
Published Every Friday at
quotation from Paul W itty, whose
Moro, Oregon
ir r
I1IÎ7T
tify his sources? Does he
■h general terms such as
St”,
"fewer”, "many”
lues he identify time, or
ch general statt?ment as
ly published ”? Are his
conclusions justified by the faci»
he presents or by the fact you
know?”
WANT ADS
FOR SALE: In Moro 4 HR house,
baths, dining-living room has
hardwood floors; kitchen, base
ment, oil furnace. Call John A.
Foss, G1 2-5255, Wasco 17-19 c
STATE WIDE PAINT CO. com
plete painting and decorating
ir editorial
In my judgm ent
service, spray or brush. Phone
rood exam-
“Of E ducation” is
CY 6-3977 or CY 6-5293, 1205 E
>le of what Paul W itty is talking
12th St. Vern Campbell and
editorial:
about You begin this
Jack Null. The Dalles, Or.1-1-
• If one takes seriously the figu FOR SALE: in Mo»*o, 4 H.R
res, recently published, about the house and shop. Call GI 2-5216.14
reading and attendance at cul
tural or entertainm ent places by L & E Paint Shop: Interior and
exterior Decorating — Spray
Americans, he will have to come
Painting ED '-2273 Grass Val
to the conclusion that this never
ley.
42-tfn.
w as a very well educated nation.”
You failed to identify the au WANTED: a job bookkeeping or
any kind of work. Also babysit
thor of the figures, where they
siting. Call JO 5-3293.
Gtfn
were published, when they were
published. You do not say w here DRESSMAKING and minor alter
the research was done which pro
ations JO 5-3245
47c-tfn
duced the figures. Was it done in 80 BED OREGON state approved
ussia, Cuba, Argentina, Canada,
nursing home located in beau
or in th e U nited States?
tiful Hood River Valley, with
You go on “There are signs
lovely fenced grounds. We ac
that it <investigation) is being
cept all types of elderly cases
done in some states, but the res
as well as room and board care.
istance is s tr o n g ”. You fail to
CUSTOM
SLAUGHTERING five
identify the signs.
days a week. Custom curing
You make the statem ent "Few
Meat cutting, wrapping, shaip
youngsters acquire an apprecia
freeze. Kenny’s Market. Grass
tion and liking for lx»oks when
Valley. Call ED 3-2315 for ap
in school." You use such general
pointment.
23t‘
term as "few ”, hut you do not
2
naiiH’ and (x»sltl<»n Mr. Hampton
gives in Justifying it. As an edi
torial w riter and critic we are To Hie Edit
not much concerned about who
seldom /rite a ’
said anything; we prefer to judge
letter. In fact I jve
jeh letter duri
the statem ent itself. We are more w ritten on
NKW SPAMK
interested in soundness than in six years •nun in sheri
ru tu s w i n
how-
ined.
sou res.
unty. I f >1 cc
ASSOCIATION
Hut to get to the quotation, “ In ever, to w rite another in response
reading an editorial you should to your editorial, “Of Education”
recognize that the w riter Is try published in the March 8, 1963,
ing to win you over to his point issue of the Sherman County Jo u r
of view”, 'rh a t is sometimes a nal.
Emily Dickenson has a delight
reason for w riting an editorial.
Hut many more are w ritten to ful little poem published in The
inform, to state a jioint of view. Wonderful World of Hooks pub
In this new spaper editorials are lished by the New American Lib
OFFICIAL COUNTY I’AI’KR
often w ritten to stim ulate, to rary of World L iterature, e n tit
cause thought, sometimes to a- led "A Book’’.
H i n ION RATES
rouse (one did), and as many as “He ate and drank the precious
ONB YBAB
-
>JUU possible to amuse and as few as
words,
MAIO H 15, 1963 ____ __ ¡»ossihle to fill a hole In the edi His spirit grew robust;
torial colurn. O ur editorials are He knew no more that he was
poor,
what we think on a particular
subject on the day w ritten, ob Nor that his frame was dust."
’ROGRAM
ROAR
tained from our l»ackground of "He danced along the dingy days,
At last week's Sherm an County reading, observing and thinking. And this ls*quest of wings
An editorial w riter, in our op Was but a book. W hat lil»erty
club meeting there seemed gen
inion,
should have knowledge of A loosened spirit brings.”
eral agreem ent on the desirability
I w’ant to express appreciation
of some road building on the history and literature, politics
p a rt of the county. It does seem and governm ent and an under of your em phasis ti|x,n the value
advisable to make some im prove standing of his community. His of lxx»ks in the education process.
job is to distill the thinking of As I visit the various schools
ment.
say how many "few” are. You
. We feel certain that the cost the day into comment his read of Sherman County 1 am pleased do not give any statem ent of
ers
will
enjoy
and
find
helpful.
to
note
the
constant
use
of
both
* will In* greater than the estim ates
percentage. You do not indicate
made by the planning committee. What he w rites Is what he thinks. the required text ixioks as well w hether this is a "general im
He
is
not
a
reflector
of
o
th
e
rs
as other lxx»k source materials.
They are so often higher th a t
pression” you may have, or w he
such a prophesy comes autom at ideas; he is a producer of ideas. 1 am also pie■a sed to see the chil ther or not it is a result of re
If
he
collects
blame
or
¡»raise
it
dren
making
use
i»f
li
hr
ary
mat
ically. And w hat ever the cost,
search, who made such research,
erials
within reason, we do hope that is bis blame or praise.
w here it was made, when it was
\
1
We
are
thankful
to
Mr.
Hamp
County
Scht
>
(>
1
Su|x*rinten
good alignm ent is m ade before
made, and if it was a valid re
dent,
ton
for
not
telling
the
young
I
also
want
to
exjircss
a
p
¡»ermanent roads with oiled su r
S( •hool fx»ards search study.
preci;at
ion
to
sters
that
they
should
always
our
faces are built. Even the state,
You make the statem ent: “The
with all Its resources, sometimes l>elleve what they read in the iml budge, comm ittees for their course of education for the past
Sherm
an
County
.Journal,
thus
liberal
allneationns
for
library
IH’tin its dips and curves to re
hundred years has proven that it
lx»<»ks.
main that could be elim inated relieving us from the burden of
is not necessary to have a large
infallibility.
We
¡»refer
to
be
hu
There
is,
however,
another
easily. Drainage has l>een pretty
percentage of citizens educated.”
man
and
accept
the
penalty
of
at
m
atter
I
wish
to
w
rite
about.
On
well taken care of although there
You fail to state that this is your
least an occasional error.
a
recent
visit
to
one
of
our
co
are roads that wash because of
opinion only. You also fail to
unty
schools,
I
was
asked
the
The
offending
article
of
atten
no ditches alongside.
state "how ” It (the course of
W hether the county should call dance and ¡»art¡cipa,ion in c u ltu r following question: “ Mr. Hamil education) has proven the con
al
things
was
published
in
daily
ton,
Can
I
believe
every
thing
for a vote of the whole county
clusion noted alxive.
of just
I toad
D istrict No. 1, ¡»apers and in Time and we pre that is w ritten in our text txxiks?
So my answ er m ust i»e to
Can
I
lielieve
everything
th
a
t
I
sumed
it
common
pro¡x*rty.
which would elim inate the towns
school children who ask the ques
And
we
think
it
good
for
us
to
see
w
ritten
in
o
u
r
Sherm
an
Co
is a question
the court must
tion: "(’an I believe everything
.settle Our personal preference have some criticism and we ex- unty Journal?” I told the chil I see printed in the Sherm an Co
dren
that
no,
everything
one
sees
is for a county-wide vote hut IH’ct to accetp Mr. Hamilton’s in
unty Journal?. "Apply the c rit
the alliance lietween town and vitation to keep on criticising In print is necessarily true, and eria suggested atsive by Mr W it
that it was often necessary to do
w
henever
it
seems
advisable
and
country seems w eaker than it
to accord the same privilege to some research such as: Do the ty to any editorial m aterial you
used to be. It is ¡Mjssihle that others.
facts presented in the book agree may want to read.”
town property ow ners who have
In his text: Teaching Social
with the same fa d s presented
in» social o r economic relations
Studies, Dr. Edgar Bruce Wes-
in
such
sources
as
"Statistical
Al>-
w ith the country might vote in
stract of the United States or Icy of Stanford U niversity makes
sufficient num bers against the I’lMlli HL.M
the following comments in the
, heir encyclopedia’
levy to defeat it.
1,
doesn’t
m
atter
much
what
I also referred them to one of chapter "Developing Generaliza
The m achinery that runs over
one thinks atxuit the use of pul»- our reading sources: How to Be tion ”:
modern roads is very ex|>en*lve
"Tin* most im portant thing tiiat
und rath er fragile when com par lic land, it is impossible to think come a B etter Header by Paul a te a c h e r ran do in the developing
about the m atter at all without \t itty, Professor of Education at
ed to an <»ld I lain wagon. N either
feeling some sym pathy for the N orthw estern
U niversity. The of generalizations is to provide
its (ires nor its springs will stand beleaguered Uuruau <»t i.nu.i xiun m
a
te
ria
l
.suggested
w as uu follow»« examples, identify m aterials and
vre- Kt-nonw tiivrn *»7 rtnaKW
agement
"Sometimes reading m atter Is sources, and help assemble rela
chuck holy roads. Farm ers are
HLM doesn't get to make the in the form of a new spaper story ted instances. The pupil must
certain they will get their money
rules
under which it operates; o r Magazine article. Sometimes see the relationship and draw the
hack from gix»d roads on which
congress
does that and congress this story is decidedly for or ag conclusions”.
to haul th eir crops.
I realize, of course, Mr. E ditor
has
never
lieen consistent. When ainst a point of view. You should
We do feel that many things
that the Sherman County Jo u r
the
cattlem
en
go
on
the
rampage
always
read
such
a
story
criti
might hap|»en in ¿Sherman county
nal is intended for adults, hut I
in ten years that cannot be fore and excite w estern senators in cally. You should weigh the facts have seen elem entary «mil high
given
by
the
w
riter.
You
should
an
election
frenzy
alxmt
grazing
seen now and that no one can pro
d(‘(i(lc for yourself w hether the chool students reading it. Please
plies.v tin1 needs of tin* county in fees it is tin* 111,M's head that
gets clobtiered; when the "sports w titei s conclusions are justified.’ won’, you identify sources, iden
ih i.t. A road program designed
At other tim es this reading tify time, refrain from the use
for that time may Is* entirely ob m en” fail to ge, deer or fish the
lll.M
is
charged
w
ith
inefficiency.
m
atter
is in the form of an edi- of general term s such as "few ”
solete by then. We think five
I’he income goes to the govern lorial in which the editor frank or "many". Please w on’t you
\ ears : Is long (‘iiough and if ecun
state w hether or not such state
onde voudit ions change in live ment and any funds spent must ly States his ¡Joint of view on a ments as "Few youngsters ac
come
from
a
reluctant
congress
controversial
issue
H
e
may
give
> ears. the program can 1 X* chan
lo th sides of an issue Or quire an appreciation or liking
ged. It industry comes ill W it II and if you think it’s a hell of a you
way to run a hureau you an* he may ¡»resent one side only for books when in school.” are
the advent of cheap electricity correct.
nb'iking no mention of the oppi»’ your >wn. If they are not your
and development of the Hoard
■sing side "
own. plea -e indicate source. If
Stockmen
right
now’
are
protes
man project materializes, the pro
"In readini m editorial you you will Io this, 1 believe th at,
ting a raise in grazing fees as
mised plan may l»e entirely in
they often are someplace Actual shoe ‘ recognize that the w riter not (»nly children, but also adults
adequate
ly the fees arc no, very high Hu, is tryir., to win von over to his will lx* better able to judge the
soundness of yo(ir conclusions.
the conditions are not very good |x»in, of view
also i ealize, Mr. Editor, that
In studying an editorial, von
eith er Until recently the HLM
have as an editor the p ri
la s done little alxm, improving should be alert to Identify ‘the
M II.V Ih tE lt REUA.tU
or w riting an editorial .is
the range and the custom lias devices that the w riter may be Vile
OF < ONSTII'A I I O \?
-ee fit, hut won't you for
lieen to blame the stockmen for using to influence your th ink
over grazing When a man leases ing Ihese devices include the the s ike of the children who do
Yes, what did Ixxomc of con
a range he is limited as to time aj»|x-al to prejudice, the (»mission read '(»tir editorials, furnish facts
stipate n as a me; us by which
and
must put up w ith any tour of important facts, or the slan t soil re *s, figures so that they
the drug companies get the a t
ists .campers, hunters or other ing or loading <»f statem ents so migh lx* able to see the relation-
tention (and the dough, of the
draw valid conclusions?
ish to tres-
11 hey jxiint in one dlrev *tion ships
hv (xx-hrondriacs?
A nd f ally, don't quit needling
Olllv
P
on his lease hold
Maybe it was TY w here it may
! We leed it! It will keep us
the HL.M
“To S J X » t Sil. h devices
ask
no, be considered "delicate” to manages i,lx»ut a (
cs! And by "us" I don’t
‘If;
D»e;
•
tl c w riter 1lav c
discuss , ie process *»f digestion nation’s land. If it is ter of the
ve io gri; twi?”
, educators; I mean all
»
managed
*
U
I
•*'
\
bon
c
to
lx*yond the stomach; maybe it for the lienefit of tin
of society.
- Is the w r.tc r ajipejding
just tail out like dandruff, Any (as seems the tren qxirtsm cn" l’,e^ ’
son or t 'm otion'’ Docsi he
what
arc
rea
way it lias Is'eti some time sine»* the city dw ellers gom
Sincerely yours,
ig to suis b’i\c 1 the iniix.irtant f.u ts? Docs
lbe g tia , buying public has lieen stitu te for meat? I hK.xKIwr »k...
• YW <» HAMPTON
—
‘
_______ _________~
annoyed by lengthy discourses on HIM vv ill lx* blamed
the evils of constipation And, a few veals.
so far as is known or observable,
the public is getting along as
well as ever.
GOVERN MENI HI I’hR
I, has other things to worry
co T i .i •.» Abiko Dosix-racy Ltv«
a,Hui, Viewers and listeners are
I-'»»r oxer thirty years now tin*
constantly told about tensions balls of governm ent have been
\ie you aw are that when you w ritten notice ,□ the property
.It mis, I h > relieved or one w ill infested with lXxgors of Philoso ire a contractor to build a house
ow ner that be has furnished la-
Hut, Mother, 1 ¡»refer to do phy with the result that we have r alter . huildinp. you are res- ,x»r or m aterial on the property
self " There are half dozen had a surplus of theory much of xmsihle to see that hills for the and that he will claim a lien ag
ills, tach one the lx»st and It unsuccessful.
onstruttlon alteration or repair ainst such real estate In the ev
In the earlier history of the re ¡»aid, e \e n though you may en, he is no, ¡»aid hv the contrae-
,e who lielieves such stu ff-
happy and contented a, human race th«*n* was oftt'ii a aive paid the contractor In full'’ tot Many su b contractors and
I
of a few ¡»Ills ¡»or day t unfit« t !x*twet'ii the chiefs and
The law gives to sub-contrac m aterialm en give such notices as
1hfn iher e is tilt* old 1
tne priests, the rulers and the
is la,x»reis and persons fur- a routine practice to preserve
h a \ m o i (* i ime to listen
medicine men H fact, it wasn't itsJuug m aterials a lien on the their lien rights
lugs of thel r ill health t
until rath er late in the history •(»¡x'lty on which the work is
I hen. if upon completion of the
era Any «»Idster can
ot Eut*(»|x* Ixfoie the chiefs em one or for which the m aterials work he is no, ¡».»id by the con-
a colt <exc<•pt for the i »Ire
erged \ k torious, the early church it furnished to secure th«> pav- tia c o r ,
the su b co n tracto r or
work) by xt ead.v dcalng
a « . , «.
having ,x*en sm cessfid iii consol
cal l«M
atcrlalm an will file a lien claim.
pro|x*r vltai nin.
'dating tiie two Jobs
If the lien is no, satisfied (the
F o r those Who smoke
I’hlN in governm ent h u e been
n ow ner of property hires amount due ¡»aid1 by the contrac
also advice. Nothing ao •ns||»|e lucky; they have ix*«*n ai»le to
in lalxtr or buys his ow’n tor o r the projx*-ty ow ner, a
as to (piit the «Illy hi
exercise pow er without taking
al. it |s easy for him t(> law su it may lx* hnnight to fore
find the ng ht filter o r t
much ivs|x»ns»hillty That’s at
at the bills are |>atd How- close the nnx'hanlc’s lien—much
bh*nd and h <q»l»ni« ss and
ways nice work and we think
if be employs a contractor in the same m anner as the fore-
in«*nt will JxTvade voi
of it everytim e we s«»e a wife dlr
he problem Is more diffi-
forever
ecting a husband who is changing
How «.»n a ¡»ro,x*rty ow ner pro
Also ap parently lost is the one a tire
tect him self against the filing of
PhDs mix * prim al ilx pleasant
tim e campaign against tM(l breath
n «Thanh - hens against his pro-
which came to he w orse than had |x rso ns who liktxi the smell of
|x*r,\ ' The simplest wav is to
breath itself Well, it is g.xxl to ivy when young and who h id
»’( .,1 with a contractor who is
have some ehang«* but b elter if «nough money to ¡»ermit them to
rehal le and k s,x»nsible. Secondly
theti* was im provem ent Still the
tie can require the contractor
cnee
to
tackling
the
hard
cold
question of what hap|»en«xl to
to obtain lien w aivers from all
and often unsvmiwithetic wort.t
to constipation is unn*solv«xl
sid x o n tra c to rs and m aterialm en
E n te ra d aa taeund ria«» m a tte r a t
f o a t o ff ie a a t M u ra . O m a n . a n d a r
a f Cungreaa o f M a rc h 1. 117*.
the
A rt
TH R EE E rie Gas pumps. Very
good condition, complete with
hoses and flllom atis nozzles.
$125.00 each. Call CY 6-2166 ask
fur licit <>r Jim.
20c
FOR SALE:
Ladies
Platium
Diamond ring. ?2100. Call Jo u r
nal.
To protect him self against such
secret liens that h a \e yet to tie
filed, the purchaser may require
that the seller agree to satisfy
u iy m echanic’s liens arising from
work done during the seller’s
ow nership of the property, if
the house is a new one, the p u r
chaser may request the seller to
obtain w aivers from the contrac
tor, suiw onti actors and material-
men.
r
; v ,f , , e h m o n th
I H l,in,' hretiiern welcome
/GV
V
John H ilderbrand, W M.
Vernon Root, Set:
ry
LEGAL NOTICES
\«»TI< E GF FIN YL -«» » •»* NT
IIAltl.ANDY1EW GRANGE
NOTICE is h ti :»y given that
Meets first and third Mondays
at 8:00 p.m.
Max Belshe, Master
Ellen Friedline, Secretary
I'iurelui Ixnlgc An. 121, A.E.AA.M.
Meets th e 1st and 3rd
<
T hursday evening' each
xycK"
month. Visiting m em bers
fordlally invited to meet with us
lx»n King, W. Al.
____ Irving Hart, Secretary
lh
t i l l » l l ( III
« h .( |l l c ,
\
78
(» 1 .- ,.
Jeets every second Thurs-
day
each
in nth.
Vis.;
m em bers invited. Moro, Or
L in d a Ih-ed, W
M.
Dorothy Heater, Secret.irv
Tax Free Income
A wide variety of the high
est quality bonds and stocks
now qualify for tax exem p
tion, or deferred treatm ent.
Rank grade issues.
Particulars gladly
the contract p rlti upon comple
tion.
W here a property is lieing pur
chased, w hether U be a new house
o r an old one, th e purchaser
should^/ Inquire to see w hether
there is any possibility of mech
anic's liens lieing filed against it.
Leo W atkins. Secretary _
TA4 M»R MHM.E A.F. A AAI.
WASCO Meets tiie first
M
furnished
W rite, or phone collect
J. W DODD
Tygh Valley, Ore.
Phone 611
Mgr. W. J. Collins & Co.
the undersigned nas filed in the
County Court of the S tate of Ore
gon for Sherm an County, his
Final Account as Executor of the
E state of Arvid Anderson, de
ceased, und ti.at W ednesday, the
27th day of March, 1963, at ten
o’clock a m. of said day in the
court room of the County I ourt
in Moro, Sherm an County, Ore
gon, have been fixed by the ( o urt
as the tim e and place for hearing
objections to said Final Account
and for the settlem ent of said es
tate.
Frederick Anderson
Executor
T. l i s t e r Johnson,
A ttorney for Executor
17-20
N(>TI< B ol
I I a 41. iUCOUNT
NOTICE is hereby given that
the undersigned has filed in the
County Court of the State of Ore
gon for Sherm an County, his fin
al Account as Executor of the
E state of W iley A. McDonald,
deceased, and th at W ednesday,
the 27th day of March, 1963, at
ten o’clock a.m. of said day in
the court room of the County
Court in Moro, Sherm an County,
Oregon, has been fixed by the
Court as th e tim e and place for
hearing objections to said Final
Account and for the settlem ent
of said estate.
Keith McDonald,
Executor
T. Lester Johnson,
Attorney for Executor
17-2C
This man has income tax blues. Color
him blue. It you need a loan at tax
»«»»»«
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Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation $ $ $
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