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About Sherman County journal. (Moro, Or.) 1931-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 2, 1940)
* ' ! >4 fi $ 4 P IW « FRIDAY, FIBRUARY t, 1MÍ THE SHERMAN COUNTY JOU RNAL, MORO, OREGON Power Will Be Off Monday p.m. In Wasco Intermediate Credit Bank Loans 500,000,000th Dollar Weed Control . Method-Found ^Zxy^-ADA^Rr-MAVN E OREGON <QA1RY COUNCIL The Pacific Power & L:ght com pany announces th a t the p .wer will be shut off from the W.isco line Monday afternoon bet’ een (he hours of one and four oc'.ock so th a t new equipm ent’ may be installed to improve the service iu th a t town. Mr. and Mr?. Lawrence la n k , Mr. and Mrs. Max Williams ind Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Nisfbet mot red to G rass Valley where they a t tended the president’s dance. They report a good time and m.iny bought tickets who did not a tt nd. Mr. and Mi’s. Bob Berni of Bend are the parents of a daughter barn Suturday in the St. C harks hospi tal. She is named ^Roberta Jam and weighed 6i pounds. At the next monthly meeting ol the Wasco Civic club the guest speaker will be from the Pacific Power & Light company. Mr. and Mrs. Don Johnson visit ed here recently from Rock Creek. Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd "Royce ano children are leaving Wasco S atur day for Fossil where they will live on a ranch 11 miles from town. Mr. and Mrs.. (Charlie* Fulton who are spending*the winter in the south have visited in Mexico, and are now receiving their mail-Tri lyos Angeles. The lambing s.ason is reported weft unded way a t the Zell' farm where twelve ewes have Vw nty four Lamfba. ♦ The attendance a t the tractor school showed increased interest in the machinery as 175 registered. Tuesday evening Mr. and (Mrs. Henry R ichekkrfer were greeteo by a gToup of persons in theii home 4n • remembrance of theii second wedding anniversary.' The evening was spent informally ano topped off toy the serving of re freshm ents. ' M rs.’George Moon spent severar days of this week visiting w ith hei mother Mrs. De Haven in Tht Dalles. ^ . George Moon has added extra shelves to display new goods and new electrical and other equip m ent. * • . Jim n^e Dunn of Fossil was a caller a t the Harley Dutton Home Tuesday m orning while on a busi- net* trip to Spokane. . Mr«. E verett McQuillert is s ta y ing with her m other in Portland who is reported quite ill. Jean Barzee, her Brother in the city, came for her. Mrs. A ugusta Huckin and daugh te r/ Mrs. M urray W alker, spent several days in .Portland. Mrs. W alker left from The Dalles Sat urday fo r her home in E phrata, W ashington. Mis« Beryl Sheets is working as the experim ent station a t Moro. Gene Dutton of Klondike Is home again a fte r a stay of sone weika in The Dalles hospital. Mrs. Ed McKee and Mrs. Bruce Grady were hostesses a t a bridge party Thursday. Five tables were . in play a t the home of Mrs. McK.e with iMrs. Sam Brock winning the honors. IMr. and Mrs. Lawrence Funk were dinner guests Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. William Nifibet. '** Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Walker dined Sunday with - Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Kaseberg. *. The Pythian Sisters and Knights had a joint installation Thursday evening. Refreshm ents were en joyed later in the evening. At the next regular meeting the ibachelors will be hosts to the Knights and Sisters. For the pleasure of Patricia Yocum and a number of young people IMr. and Mrs. Orville Yocum took them to Moro where they en joyed roller skating. Mr. and Mrs. lAndy Stoleson visited in The Dalles Monday. Mr. and Mrs. V-ern Dutton have purchased household goods and will live in the apartm ent where Mrs. E tta Morford lived. They will move in this week. Mr. and M rs. Crumb were in The Dalles Sunday and Monday where they attended a tracto r school. Mias Joy W hite visited her p a r ents, Mr. and -Mrs. H ..A . White, over the week end, coming from Portland. The horn? of Mr«. H. A. White was Die scene of a number of parties during the past week. Mrs. Harold White entertained her bridge club when two tables of player« were invited. Saturday tf ' 'Y W ASCO H ° Groceries— Meato— F reali LOANS BY INTERMEDIATE CREDIT BANK t w c « hu V IM V IM *V IW W V IV I *w Commodto«« 8 8 8 8 8 $ Frwt • • • • • Dairy Year PsÉrsaagr A mn * míb A b ¿ ’ I •* L ■* F » \ • y I Y4 GanL ParpoM - • - V • • • 1 • • “ • TWELFTH FAAM CREDIT DISTRICT # *! «to W Crw la a to B nM * a— LarwJ Ftoaiwtai InatM attom «T C»<k £»«»• r»y m «w h $ 1 0 , 0 0 0 .0 0 0 •4 loan« mada. Half a billion dollars of financing as been obtained by farmers and tockmen of the four Pacific North- vest States since 1923 through the j’ederdl Intermediate 'C redit Bank if Spokane, W. E. Meyer, president, announces. The five hundred mil- ionth dollar loaned by the bank was ncludcd in a loan to W. E. Oneal of ‘ppletcn, VZash., and was advanced > Mr. Cneal through the Mid- olumbla Production Credit Asso- lation of The Dalles. Ore., of which .e is a member. A good farmer FW» ia ' m • « with a sound credit rating, Mr. Oneal (1) receives the congratula tions of Mr. Meyer. He runs 400 grade Hereford cattle on his 1,800 acre ranch. His son Ted (2) is shown with one of "the herd bulls. Sheep and cattle are the largest lines financed by the Federal Inter mediate Credit Bank, although crc-p production and gene^gl farminc are becoming increasingly Impor.&nt. The chart (3) shows the volume of loans made by the bank since 1923 for the production and marketing,of some of the Northwest’s main com modities. Each lull figure represents $10,000,000 of loans made. Farmer.; and stockmen do not do bùsinew directly with the Federal Inter mediate Credit Bank, but with 4: local Production Credit Association Agricultural Credit Corporations am cooperative associations which dis count growers’ notes with the credit bank, or borrow from it, either directly or through the Spokane Bank lor Cooperatives. Each dot on the map (4) shows a local Institu tion which brings the service of the credit bank within reach of farmer? and stockmen in the four states ol the twelfth Farm Credit district. T. Lester Johnson Would Test New Rifle on Russian Bear runds.. Mrs. Frank Lawhorn and rfrs. Floyd Root won high scores. ------------~------ -——r—----— .ess for a number of her friends" ‘ Mrs. H arry Van Gilder received he hi£h scoi’d for the afternoon. i Mr. and Mrs. Ove Hansen and ; laughter? Gertrude, were dinner rje sts Sunday a t the home of Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Gilder and chil dren. Mrs. Ida Arfdrews who has been ill for a number of weeks is quite well again.' - Mr. and Mrs. Fred Cole* took Mrs.. Emil Anderson, Frankie and Mrs. Scholl to The Dalits Monday. The young people of the Metho dist church Phjoyed a party in the ousement of the church Monday evening. A fter playing games, .hey enjoyed a good feast of Chilli beans. Mrs. Ross Morrow helped with the serving. RURAL AREAS MOST DANGEROUS Rural areas proved the most dangerous during the month of December, so far as traffic-deaths were concerned; Earl Snell, secre try of stut?, announced today. Fifty one per cent of the traffic fatalities during the month occur red on ru ral highways, 13 acci dents being oni heavily traveled highways and eight on lightly traveled roads. In the urban areas the fatal accidents were divided as follows: " business districts, four; residential districts, fivq; open areas within city limits, tjrçp- If you wish to cultivate pleas ure, there are three parts 6f it to be cultivated: One is anticipa tion, another realization, and the hird is retrospect. IAKE IT -T R Y IT on your own land There is no guess work about selecting the right tractor when you follow the “C aterpillar” Dem- .m iration Plan. Here is hdw it works; 1. You comparo values to find out why “ C aterpillar” Diesel is the best buy. 2. We help you analyze your work and pick the right size: for your farm. 3. You take it, try it and con vince yourself that it is the tracto r you need on every count — performance, econ omy, simplicity. F ruits and Vegetables in , Season AIR GetHMTlAMBD c o c a 8TORAC« LM RflR S \ Zu V V > • £. ■ W hat appears to be a practical large scale method of eradicating annual weed« from fall sown grain and grass seed crops, as well as for elim inating weeds from lawns, -yk.____________ > > i’ ” --------------- -------- -----------— I is being developed a t the Oregon ♦ experim ent --station through re- Because colds are common dur O yster Stew and high in vitamin ! search carried on by L. E. H arris, ing the w inter many people seem A because it is made of whole : assistant agronom ist. Successful to feel th at they are unim portant milk and b u tter. W ith a gener ¡ results have, been obtained on lim- and a practically inescapable form ous serving o f-th is cream soup, j ited areas and will ibe tried out on of illness. Consequently too little a green salad and le t’s say fru it c larger scale th is “’ season, says precaution is taken against th?m. for desert, you will bring the pro H arris. tective elem ents into an easily pre Tests made here two years ago “ Today a common cold is looked pared meal and be adding to your upon as an indication of a lower- upvil ao ail lliu vaiiun V..- , - ... . . . . . J revealed th a t a commercial chemi cal called sinox was effective in ed state of resistance which makes I fam ily s resistance against colds, eradicating annual weeds, includ the body unable to w ithstand in- Cream of O yster Soup, ing volunteer vetch or peas, from fection. To build up a protection One f ° u rtb cup butter Two tablespoon! flour grain crops. L ast year investiga against acquiring colds, certain One quart milk tors got even b etter results by food essentials are necessary. One half pint oysters Science-has grouped the foods con combining a sm aller am ount of One teaspoon salt sinox with the common nitrogen taining these essentials into the One fourth teaspoon celery salt fertilizer, ammonium sulphate. “ protective group,’’ because they dash pepper The m aterial is applied as a w ater furnish the -minerals and the vita Melt butter in top of double mins’ which build up body resis solution containing one-half of 1 boiler; remove from h eat and. per cent of sinox, and 20 per cent tance. ; While no diet can be considered blend in flour. Add milk and atir ol ammonium sulphate. Although this -costs about $.75 as à preventive of colds, it is constantly over direct heat until per acre to apply, increases in reasonable to assume th a t the m ixture boils and thickens slight yields of ryegrass seed last season person who consistently includes ly. Add seasoning and place over averaged $20 per acre, and in adequate quantities of the pro boiling w ater; cover. Remove any some cases as high as $28, from tective foods - milk, fruits and bits of shell from oysters, chop, , such applications. . Increases come vegetables - is taking fundam ental using chopping bowl; add with both from killing the weeds and m easures for protecting him seit liquor to hot m ixture, heat*thor- from the fertilizer value of am against them. Special emphasis oughly, approxim ately 10 minutes, is given to a large reserve of v ita and serv< .piping hot with crisp monium sulphate. The m aterial may be applied min A which is considered pne of i crackers or buttered to ast strips with any power spray outfit with the best defenses against ci .Ids i and rings. Serves 6. -. a “ boom” attachm ent to spray the and sore throats. If you-have in- liquid from several nozzles in eluded vitam in A-rich, foods* r< ?u- Be not afraid of enthusiasm ; front or to the side of the vehicle. larly in your ni.als during the you need it; you can do nothing Successful applications have been past months, you may expect your m a d e ’from February 21 to as date reserve to be high. I f . you h ivq^»fcfrecl ua^y w ithout it. Guizot. _ — —= = ........ . as April 10, depending on the .not, a good plan would be to s 'i r t i stage of growth. The younger the hr.ving such foods daily if you _ _ - J- w e d s the easier they are killed. the protection which vitamin A The same fciaterial, but applied can give. Whole milk, b u t.tr, stronger, make the best lawn weed fru its and vegetables (especially eradicator yet“ found by the col green and yellow) are the n a tu r LAWYER lege. About one-third pound of al food sources of vitamin A. MORO WASCO sinox paste and one pound of am Here is a recipe for Cream of monium sulphate, each dissolved O yster Soup, a new v. rsion of separate in. about one and a half gallons of w ater, before th-? sinox is added to the latter, will cover - f Z50 square feet of lawn. G rass will ' turn brown but will quickly re cover. Distribution of sinox is expect ed to be arranged this season,"'»ays H arris. __ O’MEARA Supply & Imp. Co John Dé«re Caterpillar V ? )• :--------- -------------- — extra CENILE F ifty percent of the* traffic ac cidents during the month of Dec ember occurred at intersections, figures compiled -by the state traffic safety division indicated today. Eighteen percent of the fatal ac cidents were at intersections. Of the 41 vehicles involved in fatal accidents in Oregon during December, • 38 were traveling straig h t ahead, it was revealed to- day by Earl Snell, secretary of state, who compiles figures on ac cidents in the state every month. One other fatal accident car was turning right and two drivers fail e d t ô list the direction of trav el in their report. w&ihcïi i et the jaa.ee e«ta »• S lu a U A Shorter? The student shook his head dole fully in response to an inquiry "con In order to test the effectiven ess of the U. 8. arm y’s sensational new GaranJ riflfe, R?p. John D. D in -ell of M ichigan introduced a bill which cerning his pep., “It isn’t w hat it ought to ibe,’ provided for the sale of 10,000 of the rifles to F ’n’o n l—at a cost of one dollar each, The Garands co5t approxim ately Sl.CCI apiece t> ir ? n ’iac- he declared. “It used to be I could ture. R epresentative Dingcll is pictured in araw iug a bead walk around the campus every with a Gcrand rifle. The bill also provided for L;c : o o." am m unition to morning. But now, lately, some how when I’m only half way Finland—at cost. around, I have to turn and come buck.’” _ " ------ College Short Course About Frozen Foods • AU the latest features combined wi h beauty and low price—th at’« the famous Thor E lectric W asher for 1940. finish aluminum agi- tata r of exclusive design washes ca. «fully but thoroughly in amaz ingly short time. Tub is beautiful wh.te porcelait?rhside and out. Big, soft cushion ro l^ ro n wringer sav« bu tons. A truly remarkable buy. PRJCE O N L Y WL)i pump $ 6 9 .9 5 C onvenJe«it T erm s ’’ PACtfc P ow ers L ight C om pani Aluays a t Your Service t.-t Pamphlets Distributed About 20,000 pamphlets design ed to bring together the manless job and the jobless man are being distributed- through 21 offices of the State Employment Service. Emphasis on frozen food p ro Iu the workers pamphlet yo-uth- cessing and handling will be given at the nineteenth annual canners’ ful applicants are g i/en advice m and frozen food packers’ short occupational training and in mak- gQod first impressions on the course at Oregon State college, f boss. Co-operation in job find’ng February 5 to 17, says E. H. Wie- grnd, head oU.èhe food industries is promised through the Junior departm ent, which sponsors the Placement Division a t Portland and other districts. About 22 per school. , cent of the 42,000 active file are -Four full days, from February j under 25. Gut of las/t m onth’s 13 to 16, will be devoted to frozen ' 3,582 placements 1038 were youth- foods, rather than the customary ! ful workers. two. P ro f.sso r Wiegand and oth iPrivate industry is taking a er specialists in the frozen food grenter proportion of the older field will have returned from the workers than ever before. From National Canners association con vention in Chicago in time to par the group over 45 years of age ticipate in the college short course. p riv ate placements took 24 per They will thus be able to bring cent and public agencies 20.7 per word of the latest developments cent ^ast month, in the frozen food industry as it relates, to the canning and presetv- fie’.ds. Included in the work to be given in the short course will be lectures ar.d dem onstrations on supplies, containers» machinery, m arketing, HOME ELECTRIC LIGHT and transportation for the frozen SYSTEM ‘ food trad^. Barrvlers and locker Use the Wind—I t’s Free men are expected to find interest of in the program , as well as those Batteries Guaranteed 80% Original Capacity at End of 5 .01 engaged in the packaging trade. 10-y ear PtTio^. , 8-tft. Special Bunlt Refrigeratoi Drivers in the 15-24 age group for Battery Operation. were involved in 46 fa>tal accidents Enjoy Sweeper, Iron. in Oregon during the month of Toaster, Waffle Iron and many Dt-ct mber, it was announced from other fixtures . . . 3-year Payment the- office of Earl Snell, secretary Plan. of state, today. Their 16 accidente Free Estim ates W ithout Obliga were 39 per cent of all fata l’ ac tion. cidents reported during th? month. Phone or W rite JOHN De MOSS, Dealer. W hat you w’ould seem t.o be, be Moro, Ore. ’ Res. DeMoss Spi Moro Grain Growers, Dealer really. ,/e---- S in ce H o rse B uggy . . . D ays / ' A W a n t A d s i n t h i s p a p e r h a v e b e e n a n e f f e c tiv e a n d e c o n o m ic a l w a y o f t e l l i n g y o u r n e i g h b o r s w h f tt y o u h a v e to s e ll a n d w h a t y o u w a n t to b u y . T & k e n o te o f y o u r m a c h in e ry a n d - a d v e rtis e w h ic h y o u no lo n g e r n eed . th a t