Registration of
Pupils Drops In
A Bomber’s-Eye View of City of London
Most Schools
—Through the offices of Senator
Charles L. McNary last July con
tact was made between representa
tives of a Swiss aluminum com
pany, next in size to the (Aluminum
Company of America, and members
of the national defense commission
in the Rational capital. The Swiss
gentlemen frankly stated their
mission was to And a 'site in the
United States for an aluminum
plant, and they intimated that they
Lsd their eyes on the. TVA area.
Senator McNary informed them of
the advantages offered by the
Pacific northwest and called atten
tion to the fact that rates of the
Bonneville hydro-elecric plant wera
lower than could be obtained any
where else in America.
Senator McNary’s efforts were
a;ded by Edward R. Stettinius of
the defense commission, who in
formed the visitors that no surplus
electrical energy is immediately
available in TVA while (Bonneville
could supply their needs on short
notice. The Swiss company pro
posed a $5,000,000 plant which
would require 30,000 kilowatts for
its operation. The fact that the
Aluminum Company of America
had already located a plant on the
north hanu of the Columbia river
was not reagrded as a handicap,
and investigators were sent to Ore
gon to look into the situation.
The report of these investigators
has now been made and, needless to
say. it is favorable. There remains
the matter of obtaining a. site and
this is now under consideration.
Whether the company will locate
in the Portland area depends upon
availability of site and the price
which must be paid for the desired
acreage. It is understood that ne
gotiations are now in progress.
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Hereafter and during the “emer
gency** state highway commissions
T.ill have little to say about what
new roads are to be built and what
improved with the aid of federal
iunds. In the regular federal-aid
authorization bill there is a clause
which alters the picture, allegedly
in the interest of national defense.
It stipulates that priority be given
routes designated by any defense
agency, which means that in some
states a large portion of their
funds must go to highways of mili
tary value. The bill also provides
for federal studies, when required
by states, for “flight strips” along
highways where planes may be
landed without interfering with
ordinary traffic.
Il is not expected that other
steps will be taken immediately for
the carrying out of a program foi
rcvlifcary highways. What is to be
done about the inadequacy of pres
ent highways to bear the burden of
heavy motorized movement may
come later as a part of the nation
s ’. defense program, but no provi
sion will be made at this session.
Pari-Mutuel Betting
Arranged For Fair
First and Second Places To Be Used In
High Schools Getting Smaller
Washington D. C., September 12
Official County Paper
Moro, Oregon. Friday, Septem ber 13, 1940
Fifty-Second Year No. 45
But Prim ary Enrollments
Experiment With State Controlled System
Show Slight Increase
Of Wagering; All Fairs Profit
Monday Sherman county young
sters of school age trod the
grounds of the school yards again
after a rest of over three months.^
A sa general rule there were fewer
legittered in the classes than last
year although the drop is not
startling. In Sherman county the
decrease in school enrollment is an
old Ftory.
No figures are at present avail
able for the Kent district but the
other districts have a total of 297
pupils.
These are divided as follows.
Grade
Dist
63
Wasco
31
Rufus
56
Moro
58
Grass Valley
Kent has between fifty and sixty
pupils in all probability.
Announcement was made Wed
nesday bv the fair board that, an
a.ranfrement had been ’made to
ha\;e pari-mutuel betting the first
two days of the fair this year.
Now^that a larger number of
h.ojjf-es are on hand and ready to
race than before and the horsemen
anxious for a try at the state regu
lated betting system, this was
thought to.be a good year to try
the method here.
Robert J. Murray, who has hand
led the Multnomah county fair for
several years is here to handle the
le ttin g which is under the super
vision of the state racing sommis-
Here is an aerial view of a section of London’s waterfront as it appears to the bombardier of a raiding
plane. In the foreground are som e of the piers and warehouses that stretch for miles along, tire Thames;
across the river; magnificent public buildings and residential estates. London, heart of England, and nerve
An oddity is the enrollment of
center of the British empire, has been in a continual state of alarm recently, as Hitler’s air armadas swoop
the Rufus high school as all eight 1 in from across the channel. The Thames is a silver signpost that leads air raiders right to the front door.
Student Body All Boys
of them are boys, none of them are ;
seniors and it is expected <by the ,
principal, John F. Jenkins, that the .
Va.-ket ball team will be as good
as usual.
Wasco has the largest school
with 93, Grass Valley next and
Moro third.
gram. A survey of school shop
By A. L. Lindbeck
A comparison between the first
Salem, Or., Sept. 13.—With the equipment now available in this
g aders and the high school thin Oregon National Guard scheduled state is said to have shown that ap
will be graduated next May. The for mobilization into federal service proximately $200,000 will have to
classes that have been graduating next Monday state affairs have be spent to bring this equipment
a'c larger tfian usual for a large assumed a decidely military atmos up to the standard necessary to
number of children were born in J phere this past week.
meet the new demand arising
the post-war years of 1920 to 1923. ( Governor Sprague on Thursday through the need for trained work-
s.gned the formal order transmit cis in war industries.
•
ting the president’s proclamation n
first Drawing Won
calling up the Oregon troops for
O. D. Adams, state director for
a year of intensive training but rotational education, has been
even before that machinery had gi anted a six months leave of
By tanle Coelsch
been set in motion for a promnt absence, in order that he may serve
The drawing for the Moro Com and orderly compliance with the as head of the 13th naval district
t. aining program at the Bremerton.
munity Club prize this week will be mobilization order.
held at Foss & Company. The time
The adjutant general’s office Washington .navy yards. Adam-,
has been changed to 5.30 in the which is also the headquarters of holds the rank of lieutenant com
alternoon which will be after the Major General George A. White, mander in the naval reserve.
Atltftig last, it now appears,
fair program. Stanley Coelsch is commander of the 41st division,
driving more safely now since the has been a veritable bee hive of in Oregon’s $2,500,000 capitol is to
drawing of last week.
dustry as a substantially augment have a pole from which to display
ed force of clerks and stenograph a flag on appropriate occasions.
ers have labored over time to grind Failure of the capitol construction
out
the numerous orders and whip commission to provide for a pole
Sheriff Wilson Brings
into shape the documents and rec has caused comment and result“d
ords incident to the mobilization of in nc little embarrassment to capi-
Man Back To Jail
l onlinjtG on Page Two
Oregon’s more than 4500 officers
and
men.
Sheriff C. C. Wilson drove to
Prosser Tuesday night to return
When Governor Sprague this
Ophfer Baker to the county jail week signed the official order call Guyton Family
here. He is charged, according to ing up the national guard for fed
the sheriff, with stealing a car in eral service it was the 3rd such or
Klamath county, a tire and tube der issued by an Oregon Governor Has Reunion
from Hartley at Grass Valley, in the past 25 years. The first of
The Guyton family met near
beating and robbing a garage man these was in 1916 when the Oregon Government (’amp for a reunion
at Condon and stealing another car troops were inducted into service Sunday. There were forty-four
at Heppner. State police are ex for duty on the Mexican border ieiatives and friends present. This
pected to take charge of the pris and the second in 1917 when Uncle is the first gathering of the family
oner before the end of the week.
Sam again turned to Oregon for since the death of William F. Guy
help against Germany.
ton, pioneer of Wasco and Sherman
General White announced this counties, over ten years ago. There
Helyer Horse Wins
week that Oregon guard units will v't-re only four of the six living
be billeted in local armories where sons and daughters of Mr. Guyton
that plan is practical from the present. Eleven grandchildren and
Place At Salem
fm e they are mobilized next Mon f< urteen great grandchildren were
iPrince Rupert, bay gelding be day until their departure for the a’so present. Plans were laid foi
longing to W. C. Helyer, placed In concentration camps on September making these gatherings an annual
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Powerful farm groups are put the steeple chase at the state fair 23. Where local armories are not event and a president, vice presi
ting pressure on congress to pass Saturday. Earlier in the week h* available or are not adequate dent and secretary were elected and
the Jones-Gillette bill amending the placed first, with two seconds, in quarters will be rented for the ermmittes appointed to assemble a
1937 agricultural marketing agree the musical chair race. He will ap troops. Where it is not practical h story of the family and make ar
ment act as that all farm products pear in the races at the Sherman to set up unit kitchens and mess rangements for the reunion which
may be included in marketing county fair. Sir Kent, grey geld facilities arrangements are being it to be held at Bear Springs next
agreement to be administered by ing belonging to Durward Helysr, made to feed the men at restau June when^it is hoped, the. whole
fi.mily will be present.
AA'A. The plea is offered that this was sold after the state fair to L. rants.
Governor Sprague in addressing-
is necessary because of loss of ex R. Banks, of Portland for $200. He
the state convention of the Amer
poit markets. Canners are oppos will be .used in a sheriff’s posse.
ican Legion at Seaside this jveek Sherman County
ing enactment of the measure as
made public plans for the organi
they don’t want marketing agree
Rain Comes To Wet sation of an “Oregon State Guard” Horses Win
ments on products they buy.
if the need should arise for armed
At present, only milk and a lim
troops during the absence of the
ited group of fruit and vegetables Track For Fair
Tom Fraser brought his horses
national
guard. This “State Guard”
can be controlled by the marketing
home
from the state fair Monday
agreements. In the Jones-Gillet-
First rain of the season came would be made up of veterans of
tee bill apples not produced in the Monday evening after a day of sul «he World War. already well train bedecked with many more ribbons
Pacific northwest are the only pro try heat and for a few minutes the ed as soldiers and hundreds of than when they left late in August.
ducts not blanketed by its prov:- rain came down like the start ot whom have volunteered their ser- His string won 12 of the 15 places
in the Belgian’ classes including
l^a flood. Only .24 inch was record v.ces in any emergency.
- sions.
The governor, however, express grand champion stallion. He also
ed at the experiment station, how
Preiminary steps toward bring ever, which was light compared to ed the belief that state and local took second in the six horse team
ing about the setting .up of a Col the 1.10 that was reported at Con police would be adequate to handle ! driving exhibit.
T. M. Rolfe’s Percherons also
umbia Valley Authority, similar«to don. A much heavier rain fell at any ordinary situation that might
arise
with
the
help
of
a
body
of
,
came
home Monday from the state
TVA have been taken in the name Kent, also.
of national defense and progress to
John DeMoss, back from the police reserves which it is planned fair with a number of ribbons de
that end is being watched with in Mitchell country, reports a minor to organize to supplement the state spite the competition of the Norval
Martin string from The Dalles.
terest by private untility companies cloud burst in that town with mud police force.
! His stallion is also grand' champion
^ o f the Pacific northwest. The first and debris washed into business
move was an order by President houses and over the highways.
The state hoard for »vocational of the state’s Percherons.
¡Roosevelt placing in the hands oi
The skies still threaten, and more education meeting in Salem this i The Sherman county horses re
- Administrator Raver of the Bonne rain may fall before the end of the week gave its approval to plans for quired over half the draft barn
ville project the power of market fail week. What has come has been a substantial expansion of the en room used at the state fair. They
ing both Bonneville and Grand Cou- of great aid to the track and has tire state program in order to meet are now back in Moro ready to dis-
1 !ee, with an eventual pool of 2,400,- irtsured a cleaner fair than some the increased demand imposed ot 1t lay their quality to the homo
the present national -defense pro- folks.
times can he held.
( Continued on Page two)
Mobilization of National Guard
Makes Change In State Offices
Mass Meetings
Announced For
Stamp Plan
M ass m eetings of ¡all food re-
tu i.ers in M orrow, ijherm an and
W heeler counties are being held
the la tte r ' p a rt of this m onth to
d b tu s s details of operation of the
Food S tam p Plah which wilt he in-
ai g u ra te d in the eastern "Oregon
area on October 1st.
M ass m eeting of food re ta ile rs
foi Sherm an F o u n t/ will he' in
A ilin g to n F rid a y , I Septem ber 20
These m eetings will be held in the
e\ ening.
It is essential th a t all food re
tailers atten d th e m ass m eeting
m ost convenient to them in order
tha* they' may be inform ed as to
th eir p a rt in the Plan.
According to Donald A. -Fareed,
G iegon rep resen tativ e of the S u r
plus M arketing
A dm inistration,
f'u e ra l agency which adm in isters
the Food Stam p Plan the volume of
new food purchasing power re p re
sented by surplus food stam ps is
equal to a new industry with a siz-
i.Lle payroll com ing to each of the
vi unties..
“ To illu stra te the im portance of
‘he Food S tam p Plan to the fa rm
ers, re ta ile rs and public assistan ce
fam ilies in the th irteen county
tv e a ,” said Mr. F areed, “ We can
take the am ount of surplus food
stam ps which will be used in the
{.'•en annually as estim ated a t
$125,000. It would take a new in
d u stry with a yearly payroll of
$400,000 in the area to re su lt in
$125,000 being spent for food.”
Moro Budget
Meeting Set
The city council met Tuesday
night and decided on a date for the
Lv.dget committee meeting which
the city for 1941. Named on the
committee to assist the councilmen
in making the estimates were J. F.
Foss, S. W. Searcy, J. K. McKean,
Joe Truitt, Dewey Thompson and
E. E. Barnum.
In addition to holding this meet
ing on September 24, Tuesday, it
was voted to hold the bi-annual
caucus on the same evening at the
same place, This caucus will, have
i.s its duty the nomination of a
mayor, a treasurer, and three coun-
ednen for two year terms. Coun-
c’lmen whose terms will expire the
fust of January are M. E. McKee,
L. R. Conlee and»Ralph Brjsbine. _
Republican Leader
To Visit Here
Mrs. Grace M. Wells, vice chair
man of the Republican state cen
tral committee, will be in Moro
re XL Tuesday for a brief confer
ence with members of the party
and county central committee offi-
e ids. A luncheon is being arrang
ed by Mrs. Howard Conlee and Mrs.
Collis Moore, vice chairman and
si cretary respectively of the coun
tv organization. This will be at
M oro Hotel. Reservations are now
being made for the'luncheon which
is t< be attended by precinct officers
rr.d other interested party mem
bers.
s en. No machines will be used
this year as Mr. Murray is a calcu
lator of the days before machines
were used. “Straight” and “place**
thkets only will be sold and there
will be no quinella tickets.
The Huggins carnival company
began moving into town Monday
evening to set up in the flat. Rides
for the youngsters and games for
the otder folks are being drawn
from the wagons and set up. The
Huggin shows played at Salem and
Goldendale.
Mac Barber is in town with a
string of buckers which he says te
r. little tougher than he has
brought here before. At the top of
the list is Whiz Bang, the tough
little bay, CB, Red Bluff, Reserva
tion, Tip Top, High Hat and Johnny
Jay and to ride them Jerry Ambler,
Jack Sherman, Don Bentley, Cecil
Bedford and a host of other riders
rre at the grounds today.
Instead of holding the saddle
ilass judging before the meet on
Saturday, it will be held Saturday
morning. George Gochnour will
p*3ceThe saddle horse classes, the’
ladies and gentlemen’s classes.
The rain the first of the week
put the track in fine condition,
the best it has been in years, say
the horsemen, and this is expected
to insure times as good as ever
made here. Races are consistently
run in 53 and 54 for a half and of
ten in 51 and 52 seconds.
Sept. 28 Date Wasco
Library Festival
‘ The 17th annual Wasco library
festival will be held- in Wasco
Saturday, September 28. A parade
of children and their pets will start
at 1:30 and will be followed by the
crowning ceremony for the junior
end senior queens of the day.
A program will be given by the
schools in the afternoon. The fra
ternal societies will serve dinner at
tneii hall at 6:30 and in the-eve
ning Ivan Koeher will play for a
dance at the Opera house. Local
concessionnaires will take over
Main street in the afternoon.
Money raised by the festival will
be used to maintain and enlarge the
Wasco library. Wasco high school
Fas named the following as candi
dates for senior queen of the af
fair: Shirley Juhnke, Gladys Ston*»,
Thelma Lutje and Idabelle Spence-.
FAIR BOARD
FAIR ADVERTISED
* A small group of fair enthus
iasts went to The. Dalles Wednes
day afternoon to arouse some in
terest in the fair. Glen King and
Claud Thompson transported the
horses and the queen and princess
D EER SEASON TO OPEN
es were there dressed in all their
In j.ust about a week, S eptem ber leg id ia to parade the streets
20, the deer season opens. Shortly mounted. Some little attention was
th e re a fte r, on S eptem ber 29, the <’iuwn to the fair program.
MEMBER HURT
k
Roy Barnett was seriously hurt
Tuesday afternoon while driving
his chariot team on the track. The
tvngue of his chariot broke at the
double trees and Roy was thrown
out. He sustained a bad cut over
one eye, a cut on his arm and a
lot of stiffness which kept him in
bed for a day or two. Mr. Barnett
is a member of the fair board.
antelope season is on and Noveni-
b< r 1, the elk season, both for hull
end cow elk, will be officially
open. ‘
Decision of the Game commission
to throw open a num ber of gam e
receives for deer h u n tin g has made
m w deer hunting grounds th at will
accom odate m any spor tsm en. Last,
■yiar the commission opened O th
er o, M yrtle P ark and Canyon Creek
ir G ran t c o u n ty and th ese thrc+
reserves will again be opened this
year.
In Canyon Creek refuge, only
bow and arrow h u n tin g will he per
m itted from the opening of the
neér season until October 3.
CHILDREN TO BE EXAMINED
Physical exam inations of the
pupils in Sherm an county schools,
in the first, th ird , sixth and eighth
g -ad es will" be m ade next week by
-Dr. C. L. Poley assisted by the
health nurse, Miss Lucille Vale.
The schedules for the examina
tions will be as- follows: September
18, Wednesday, „Wasco and Rufus;
September 19, Thursday, Grass
Valley and Kent; September 20.
I'«day, Moro. Purpose of the ex
aminations is to find any defects
that may interfere with school
work.
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Jack Bartlett’s famous donkeys
will again be at the Sherman coun
ty fair with a new show. There will
be a grand entry, donkey soft ball,
polo and bucking. The field will be
lighted Saturday night for the.
donkeys. Thik event is put on by
Bartlett and not the fair board al
though It derives a percentage
from the gate, a
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