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1 THE SH ÇRM AN COUN TY JO U R N A L , MOÄO, OREGON PAGE FOUR ? FR ID A Y , MARCH! 22, 1B40 Farm Loan Ass’n Grosvenor House’ Trio Entertains Éoddies Treasurer? OREGON RANKS BEHIND Mrs. J e f f Wilson and son Don IN FARM ELECTRIFICATION nie cam e W ednesday from 2 Th? Dalles to sta y o v eru th e7 week end Although Oregon haa been in at the Roy Belshee home. creasing fcdectrical service in rural The Moro N atio n al F arm ^Loan areas rapidly in the last few Mr. and Mrs. H oggard and Mr. association will hold i t s , annual years, it still lags behind both ar.d Mrs. Sam Brock were Sunday tin n er g u ests a t the B eJsh.es. m eeting a t the C ourt House in Washington and California in the Mr. and Mrs. Glenn G arner of 1 Moro n ex t T h u rsd ay m orning, percentage of farms electrified, Portland wen? g uests Sun lay a t M arch 28, ait 10 a.m . A lunch reports Everett H. Davis, exten- the home of Mrs. A fton M cIntyre. 1 will be provided a t noon for mem , sion specialist in agricultural en Of in te re st to local people will Mrs. G arn er was form erly Mrs. bers. gineering at Oregon State college. be the radio talk A pril fifth over K enneth^ Woods. I • On the pro g ram for the day will L ate st published e stim a te of KOAC by M inerva Scholl, who is Mrs. Belle C lothier is here from be O. G. Swenson of the F ederal the Edison E lectric in s titu te gives s ta te chairm an of Bible study for Olympia, W ash. She came to see Land Bank a t Spokane who will \to ta l occupied fa rm s fo r Oregon the fed erated wom en's cJubs of iei d au g h ter, M rs. Diebert Jch n - talk of th e policies of the bank. as 61,137, o f which 35,800 now Oregon and will speak on that ;on, who has since been released Jacob S tu a rt, secretary of th is riceive electric service. This is ‘iom The Dalles hospital. sulbject. association, re p o rts th a t of all the f'8.6 per cent, com pared w ith ap Gwen B a rn e tt m et w ith an ac- Mr. and Mrs. Paul Alley mo- land bank associations in the fo u r p roxim ately 50 pl?r cent a y ear to ied to C orvallis over the week ?;d.nt Monday evening a ‘. h i s sta te s of the n o rth w est, the Moro ago. T his fig u re fo r to tal farm s end to see Mr. and Mrs. Asa Rob- dojre when he fell down th * b rse- association has the h ig h est la tm g in Oregon is som ew hat lower ley. The two women are sitte rs . nent s ta irs , breaking th ree rib?', in point of view of prom pt p a y than m ost oth er estim ates. M rs. E v e re tt McQueRin left for vis collar ‘'done, and dislocating I This re p o rt lists W ashington m ents. One of his lungs P o rtlan d to see * her m other, Mrs his shoulder. I ’. C. A xtell, president < the as having 81,000 occupied farm s, vas also punctured by a broken W illiam Barzee. 1 68 p er cent electrified, and Cali- association, will preside io, He is in The Dalles hospital. ! fornia 132;600 fa rm s, alm ost 94 Mrs. Tom Peugh and Ivaloy are Miss Maud B ryant of Albany M ost secret societies are a good per cent of which are electrified. in P o rtland. * arrived M onday for a stay in deal like an ice-cream cone. The These fig u res are based on cen M tm ebrs of the T uesday a ter Wa>co. S'he is now a house guest i fa rth e r you g e t into it, thi* less tra l statio n service and do not i-uon study clulo m et w ith Mrs. of Mrs. Eliza Dingle. Sh • lived include fa rm lig h tin g plants. then, is to it. Leo W atkins. A-fter the rej ula- itrc a t one tim e. m eeting and program Mrs. Pres Dr. A lbert Roy was th guest Boioe assisted M rs. W atkins in serv in g re fresh m en ts. P ro g ram speaker a t the M. E. church S un num bers were poems by the late day afternoon when the county was held. Floyd J , Cook, P o rtlan d in su r Edwin M arkham read by Mrs Sunday school rally The “ Grosvenor House O rchestra,” a m usical trio recruited from ance m an, has filed fo r the re p E tta Evans. In te re stin g spring \b o u t 200 attended. The Tuesday co n tract club and Britain’s royal air force, conducts a “ h m -sc ssfe n ” som ew here in France ublican nom ination fo r s ta te tre a s pocme were read by W ilma Wilde on the western front, “ GrcsvcnoT I.'cusc” is also the nam e of their and Maud A kers. G roup sinking quests were en tertain ed by Mrs. j&ugout, as w ell as the nam e of an exclu sive London hotel. The enem y’s u rc r and launched an aggressiv e W. A. M edler a t h er home. High p erso n al cam p aig n which w ^ ill before adjournm ent. Mrs. B ert savage breast w as not reported soothed by the m usic. tak e him to all p a rts of th e s ta te W atkins and Mrs. Flossie Denton score- went to Mrs. A rt Sm i^ and Mrs. Bruce Grady. before May 17, the p rim ary date. w i n d u b visitors. Mrs. B. H Grady was honored V itally in terested in the indus-, Mrs. H aner is in town again a f which ^Farm C redit u n its m ake trial developm ent of thi: sta te , te r spending the w inter stay in g at a su rp rise bn", nciay p arty w’-en loans a re not fixed by the FOA, Cook has adopted as his slogan, friend? called for an evening of with her d au g h ter, M rs. Rich. but by C ongr.s«. The farm loan “ S tim u late our in d u stries by u s cards followed by refreshm ents M rs. J. T. Johnson and Mrs acts have been changed in the ing Oregon products in all s ta te W ednesday evening Election r o f ’ officers. O. G. Swenson, o f Spokane, the H arley D utton w ere additional past. They m ay be changed a- in stitu tio n s and d e p a rtm e n ts.” F riday evening Mr. an'! Mr s. r.. ■ ” . f g u ests when Mrs. A rt Sm ith e n C harles Everebt en tertain ed ior gain, b u t if so, it-w ill be ¿ y con H is b rief cam paign sta te m e n t F ederal L an d Bank u ill talk. terta in e d for mem-bens of the Til- stitu tio n a l m ethods - under our the pleasure of Mr. and Mrs. Ed . * * is as follow s: ‘‘If nom inated and licum club T hursday a t her home. re p resen ta tiv e system of govern R eturn cards so a rra n g e m tr s c a n be m ade for lunch a t noon. M cKie, Mr. and Mr?. Grady, and elected I will d u rin g my term of H igh soofe w as won by Mrs. Andy m en t,” said Brown. Mr -and Mrs. F ran k Larmborn. office conscientiously p erform my S h earer. Pinochle was the diver ->ion of the duties in accordance w ith basic OOOOOOOOOOSCOSCOOO&l □&20SOOSOSOS02GOSOSOQGOOOOOÜC M em bers of the Wasco wom en’s Evening. The F ederal Land Bank system business principles, ever m indful study club m otored to Moro F ri a Mr. and Mrs. C liff Fridley were will continue to o p erate on th a t a public official is a public day to atten d a tea given by the sound business basis regardless visitors in P ortland this w°ek. se rv a n t elected to serve the v a r Moro club. or Mrs. George B aker, accom pa of ill/reasoned im po rtu n ities ied in te re sts of all the people” . M rs. Jessie Amos and her sis M a k e yo u r a p p o in tm en t now fo r your nied by Mrs. Dora Moore saw the m is-advisi.d criticism , declared R. O regon products should have t r Mrs., Croefield retu rn ed from E. Brown, recently elected p re s P ro m p tly on th e a llo t d day A. how in The Dalles Thursday. p referen ce in the p u rch asin g of The Dalles w here they had v is it Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Royce vis ident of the Spokane ¡bank, S a t Mr N elson, local ag e n t, appeared supplies and m a te ria ls fo r sta te G ra d u a tio n Pictures. W e offer y o u , ed for the p ast two weeks. at the office of the sheriff and tax ited w ith his p aren ts enroute to urday. ' In stitu tio n « , and d ep a rtm en ts.” Mrs. M arie B arnett Cooper left F ossil a f te r a hrief sta y in P o rt . S peaking before em ployes of . collector w i t h h is c o w a n y ’s Screen make-up Selection of proofs F rid a y fo r P ortland to spend sev land. the bank, Brown said, “ Rum ors check fo r • “26,2.50.19 to pay for No Justice eral days. Mrs. F ran k Lam born and Mrs. that have been given wide circu the S herm a i county p ro p erty .ta x Attractive folders Special prices L ittle Willie says th ere is no Tom m y Handles is visiting his B. W. Guy motored to P ortland lation and which have reported es o f th e Union Pacific railroad. justice. Says the cat licks her p aren ts here from the U niversity S aturday, accom panied by Mrs alnandon-ment of th? land b an k ’s At th a t the com pany got off easy paws ahd gets praised for being Also we will ireb d e an enlargement in a frame Ed McKee as fa r as Hood River. sourid business principles are .en in th is county fo r the to ta l .paid neat; but when he licks his, he of Oregon. witk each dozen. in the s ta te was $1,020,714.97 Yet Music night was weJl attended Mrs. McKee w ent to see her d au tirely w ithout foundation. g ets a lecture on table m anners! it re p re se n ts 17.5 percen t of the “R ecently Governor Black a n and 127 was donated to help pay ghter, Mrs. H a l' Shelton. to tal p ro p erty tax of th is county. the expanses of the band a t thi Two tables of co n tra ct bridge nounced th a t certain special rem N ever d u rin g the W orld war P ro p erty taxes fo r Sherm an m usic to u rn am e n t to be held at were in play a t the home of Mrs edies would be a p p lie j • in cases did the U nited S ta tes harv est IjiG ra n d e A pril 12. John McDermid T u .sd ay evening where w orthy borrow ers are un county to ta lin g $2106.88 w ith the m ore fhan 60 m illion acres of W rite or phone for Pioneer Building Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Jensen and when she en tertain ed for thi? past able to m eet th e ir re g u la r p ay discount for p r o m p t paym ent, w heat. U nder the AAA p ro g ram were paid la s t week by the P a c an appointment The Dalles Mrs. H orsm an of The Dalles Vis n a tro n ’s club. Mrs. Eafeelle H a i m ents. These rem edies have been A m erican fa rm ers exp ct to p lan t ific Telephone and T elegraph Co., inaccurately described as ‘extrem e ley m ade high score while thi ited Sunday a t the R obert Evans 62 m illion acres in 1940. econd prize w ent to Mrs. Rhode? leniency’ and the inference has according to J. R. F a rrin g to n . home. been given th a t the system is Total property tax es now being Mr. and Mrs. Clyde H earing of Biggs. St. P atrick and Easte? abandoning sound lending poli paid by the com pany in Oregon 'ecorations prevailed. and Mr. and Mrs. Eldon N eaaham are $813,083.85 which, w ith “ fed A ' cooking school will be con cies. sp en t-S u n d ay an M osier w ith Mr ‘■As a m a tte r of plain fact, e ra l, franchise, social secu rity and and Mrs. K ennethf S tu a rt and chil lucted W ednesday afternoon Mar ?7, a t the O pera house and ev .base new collection policies were oth er m iscellaneous taxes brings dren. ry worhan in the county is in adopted last sum m er by t h e the com pany's tax es on its 1939 C ath erin e F ridley, M arg aret presidents of the land banks and op eratio n s to $1,232,973. . ¡fed. ar.d Donald M cDermid retu rn ed The W asco school band will a F. F. Hill, who was then Gover home from OSC to spend th eir gain be heard th is spring nt th/ nor of the F arm C red it A dm ini FEB R U A R Y T R A F F IC DEATH sp rin g vacation. C hristian church Sunday, M arc1 stratio n . R ath er th an re p resen t Bdb Collins visited in Wasco •-1. A basket dinner is plinne«’ ing an abandonm ent of sound TOLL TOTALS 28 LIVES from GoJdendale. Mr. and Mrs. Donald Jchnsoi piactices, these policies are a c tu O regon tra ffic d ea th s totaled Je a n M cIntyre celebrated her vert* in W asco W ednesday. ally designed to save the banks 28 fo r the m onth of F eb ru a ry , a ninth b irth d ay an n iv ersary Mon from the severe losses they have day a t the M cIntyre hom e a fte r suffered from foreclosures—a n d decrease of 9.6 per cen t from thi. school. Ten fr i.n d s w ere guests. thusr. ar<L, a step in the direction toll of 31 scored in F eb ru a ry of E arl of g re a te r soundness. I believe 1939, fig u res e o m p ile d 'b y M rs. Flossie H e a to n re tu rn ed Sneli, sec retary of sta te , disclose. the banks and borrow ers both to W asco and will stay a t the Kir F ifty -th re e per cen t of the F eb kelie home to care for Mrs. Kir will benefit. ru a ry deaths w ere p ed estrians, kelie, who recently re tu rn ed from “ These policies were not made The band mad.- a g re at show Snell’s fig u res showed. a P o rtlan d hospital. Mrs. Deaton ¡ng a t the spring concert F riday public, however, until G overnor The city of P o rtlan d accounted has been in C alifornia and M ich night, M arch 15. In full ai ray it Black succeeded Mr. Hill. They s ta te ’s igan w ith h er children, but finds took its place in fro n t of the call for various tre a tm e n ts of dis for 46 per cent of • th e th a t Oregon is her fav o rite place. audience, ready to take the lead tressed cases, including . sim ple traffic toll for the m onth, 13 p e r Miss C atherine R ichelderfer r e ing p a rt in the evening’s e n te r extensions, ream o rtizin g or re son? being killed th e re in F e b ru tu r n , d home from San M ateo, tainm ent. Among the in stru im n - w ritin g of the loan rep ay m en t ary. C alify for sp rin g vacation. Collisions betw een two c a r s ta ’ solos w ith band accom pani program , and in some cases v a r m ent w ere June Wilde w ith her iable paym ents based on the re took fo u r lives d u rin g the m onth, v- ’ ---------- saxaphone, Jack Hines, Jim m y tu rn s the farm er receives for his two persons Being killed in one such accident. Non collision m is C oats and Law rence Royce w ith crops. th eir cornets. The R ythm n Band, “S im ilar pro g ram s for d istres haps also took fo u r lives, while accom panied by Miss Bracken a t sed borrow ers have been in use car collisions' w ith fixed object- the piano, played fo u r number«. for some tim e by m any larg e in took th ree lives. T here were two P rim a ry children also umd r th« surance com panies and oth er in car-m otorcycle accidents, each re supervision of Miss B racken, gave stitu tio n al lenders, realizing th a t su ltin g in a fa ta lity . T hree accidents took two lives three folk dance«.! The evening «f it seldom is p ro fitab le to take a each, one a collision b etw e .n two m usical e n te rta in m e n t w as end farm over from a man who is cars, one a non-collision wreck, ed w ith the playing of the n atio n keeping it up and doing his hon and the other a car-bridge col al anthem by the band. est best, because of the costs of foreclosed lision. A g irls ’ sex tet has been form ed handling and selling are from the Glee clulb under , the d ir real estate . These policies They prdcaJbly Read the Ads In the Journa! ection of Mr. Landles. P a tric ia sound businesls. Yocum and IdabeJl Spencer sing should have been adopted by the ago. first soprano, M ary Goats and land banks s<.vecal years reason D orothy Knox sing seQont| sop C ertainly th ere was no rano and Ju n e Wilde and La villa that I can think of why th ^ e y Gosson sing alto .. M arion Crews *hou4d. not have been made pub accom panies the sextet. Music has lic when they were adopter! last LAWYER been received and practice s t a r year. WASCO MORO Will it sa v e me m on ey?’ * ted fo r various school functions. “ No new policies have been de The annual Ju n io r Prom will veloped to d ate under Governor be h Id S atu rd ay , M arch 23, in Black, and when Mr. Black and the school gym nasium . Jim H all S ecretary W allace talked to the H andrad» • ( " C a te rp H le r" » w M n »n Ote his five piece band and electric general ag en ts in W ashington a N e rtltw e *» —perliap» »ame a< y e a ra e í» R - Uer»—re p a rt tk eir " C a te rp illa r" Diesai» organ will furnish m usic. The week ago we w ere given every are tfcea« fre m ta SOX in Ju n io r class is p u ttin g a fcvat assurance th a t no m ajor changes fa e l 0»ea »W » p ark-ig n itien »lac deal of tim e and effort on the in land bank policies are plan lar» TUe roa »an—Diesel fo al na» only prom and prom ises a good tim e ned ’ ce»*» ta«a « e r « a lle a »haa » a » U « k o t Brown retu rn ed this week from «ka Diesel e a fin e k a m » only k a li a» for al atten d in g . m ack fa e l »a de a « iv a a »ab as e a conference Of th e general a- N ew ru b b er tractor a» »ke »oma k a r» a p a w e r. , g ents of the 12 FCA d istricts. » li i la t o r «to p « w r i n t « r » e l . s . Brown will continue to serve as W h y not »aa y a a r " C a te rp illa r" D ealer FCA general a g .n t in Spokane, a a d le e rá h o w m ack y a a can »ave. his fo rm e r position, com bining the duties of th a t p o st w ith those ’ Tki» h Ike »econd of a »erie» di»cw»»in« Trade your old washer as .-,p o ilo n t point» le rem em ber w k a a G roceries— Meats—Fresh of the land bank presidency. down payment. Phone 161 ~ “The ~ published — a«sun*ptions a tractor. F ru its and Vegetables in th a t com pliance w ith Federal a g -------------------- -X . 7-- for trial ricu ltu ral p ro g ram s will- be re Season quired of memelbrs of the F arm AIR ÜONW TIOHED C redit system are even m ore than COLD STORAGE LOCKWRS ra rs p a re n t. In the firs t place, it is im possible to a lte r the term s mht P d ia u e Appremkd of any contract now in effect. In The Dalle«. Ore.. thé second place, the laws undeT Wasco Woman To Elect Officers To Speak Over KO AC Floyd Cook Trying For Treasuryship N O T IC E ! The Moro Naticnal Farm Loan assoc iation will hold a meeting at the Court House in Moro, March 28, at 10 a.m. ALL MEMBERS URGED TO ATTEND Land Bank Policy Not To Be Changed Utilities Pay S E N IO R S : Tax Bills BOLTON'S STUDIO GENERAL ® ELECTRIC COOKING SC H O O L W ednesday, March 27, 19' Wasco School S tartin g a t 2 : 0 0 p. m . Band Plays A t th e W a sc o O p era H o u se ASK THIS w hen you TRACTOR T. Lester Johnson Miss Esther Nuernberger, one of the leading home economists in the country will conduct cookingdem- onstrations in Wasco in co operation wilh General Electric’s Home Service Section. T h e h o u s e w iv e s o f S h e r m a n C o u n ty a r e in v ite d to a tte n d . EASY WASHER SAFE WASCO MW1 O u t o f t h e m o n t h M is s N u e r n b e r g e r w i l l s p e n d in O r e g o n O N E D A Y is a l l o t t e d t o S h e r m a n C o u n ty . W e d n e s d a y , M a rch 2 7 O’MEARA ’ Supply & Imp. C< HAMPTON FHRNITliRT Y I Door P izes Door Prizes •» À .