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About Sherman County journal. (Moro, Or.) 1931-current | View Entire Issue (Nov. 29, 1940)
I ¿journal F ifty -T h ird Y ear N o . 4 Moro, Oregon. Friday, N o v em b er 29, 1940 Atlanta Armory Destroyed A W ashington, D. C., Nov. 28— The private lives of hundreds of young women and men hastily en gaged by the National Defense Ad visory commission are being scru- t.nized by governm ent investiga tors (who themselves have been in vestigated >, to the em barrassm ent of the workers. Object is to de- t'j’ mine the loyalty of these work- < :•« as well as their Character. ^Sample questions: Give a list *bf every address for the past five years, with name of landlord to whom rent was paid; give name of every employer, length of employ- mi nt and why quit. How much money have you in «bank, where did von get it? Have you been in law suits? If so, give details. Do you drink, and if so, how often, how much, and if you have been “lit'* wher and where? Name your a s sociates. Are you in debit, and it so, how much? The worker m ust give names of ten acquaintances for reference. Pack of the ten is interviewed, and records of courts are searched, old landlords and employers called on. Every statm ent given is checked and double checked. Theory of the character prob? is th at a w orker’s affiliation with a subsersive organization can be readily determ ined, but the work e r’s background will give a clue w hether or not he or she, because of habit, m ight succumb to tem- tation by a foreign agent to reveal information the National Defense Advisory commission does not want to leak out. The quiz is tougher than th at made by a loan shark. • V * (’»-men of FBI are satisfied th at recent explosions were not the work of saboteurs, but th at these enemies have been active they know, because: A cruiser was put out of business when its electrical control was ruined by someone who d’ f ve a phonograph needle into a cable; someone placed buckshot in th( engine of an airplane: some one weakened a batch of molten rv tai intended for airlane use by tosring a couple of plastic handles from a machine into the mass: someone with a hacksaw sawed a sheet of aluminum in an airship, which would'w eaken the craft. In FBI files is a document revealing a plot to fire a m erchant vessel and «ink it in the Panama canal—which is why a guard of gobs with offic e s now take charge of every ship unr.g the canal, the guards being stationed at every key position on the vessel, the guard even install ing its own telephone system on the ship. Every industrial plant filling a government order has been studied by FBI inspectors and the m anage ment has been given suggestions how to improve protection from fire and sabotage. Recent explo sions and fires in eastern plants are attributed by G-men to care- h ssness-; some workers become negligent in handling explosives because of fam iliarity with the siuff. •* * Measures have already been drafted and soon will be introduc ed to have congress repeal the neutrality law, enabling American ship' to carry munitions to E ng land and be protected by American warships on the voyage across the Atlantic. The proposal has the support of several very high offi cials in the government and the plan may have adm inistration back inz if the m easures come to a vote. The bombing of Birmingham and Coventry, industrial centers com parable to Detroit and Flint, has ruind domestic sources of supply, rnd supplies m anufactured in these B-itish communities m ust now be rerlaced from the United Statees. As the" British have not sufficient ships, the proposal is to dispaten fhe supplies in American flag ves sels. It iS another step toward v/tr. ’ashington Scene—Taxi driv- of the national capital have i paying initiation fees to join carpenters union and then gel- jobs on cantonment construc- at F o rt'M y e r and. Fort^Bel- , near by . . . • W orkers in the (Continued on Page two) Ofncial County rapar Sherman County Weeks Weather Race Horses Wet Again Sold To U. S. Seven Sherman county horses | were sold to the .government last F .iday a t the Dalles when the arm y officers picked them from a hunch of .‘15 offered for sale. A total *of ten horses were taken. | Of this group of seven, two were well known race- horses of , Sherman county fairs. J. K. Mc- j K ian sold Silver Sarko, recently bought from A rt Barnum and W. f Cr Helyer sold »Prince Rupert, who ! has been a consistent perform er j at" the fairs for the past four years. 0 hers selling horses were John Jtn k in s, W alter Carlisle who sold two, H arry Van Gilder and J. N. Landry. i Sunday Landry and McKean took de’ivery on a Kentucky saddle stallion a t Walla Walla. This horse, a two year old sorrel, will l be broken in the spring and kent in the county. He is named Gov- I ernor’s Lad and is registered in 1 th e saddler stud book. Committeemen To Be Chosen A view of the early-morning fire that swept through and (watroyed the 179th Field Artillery National Guard armory ia A tlanta, Georgia. The dam age to the building and to equipment for the a* my was esti j The election of community com- m ated to be about $500,009. Pending investigation, author ELs would ; m 'tteem en under the agricultural not com m ent on the possible cause of the blaze. conservation program will take SPEAKER Wheat League Committees After Chill Form Program Nearly Inch of Rain Five Groups Gather For Falls To Bring Precipitation Discussion of Farmer Well Above Problems In This District ormal The w eatherm an, having gotti Local committees of the Eastern th( fro st o u t of his disposition. ■ Oregon W heat League met this .took steps this week to get the ! week and discussed the problem« f~ost out of the ground. T h e re ' allotted to them and drew conclu was rain , a bit of snow and fog.-« sions about them for transm ittal But in general the rain predomi- i to the annual wreat growers meet- ra te d th ro u g h o u t the week alth.» i ■ng at Pendleton next week. it occasionally froze as soon as it 1 The resolutions of the Sherman fell and made tne roads slick. county men will be given to the D uring th e week we had .81 i league committees where they will inch of rain which was enough to ; be threshed along with those from put N ovem ber well over the aver- ' ether counties. The entire body “N . E. Dod.l age and give a good soaking to 1 will decide what it wants to say low er depths of soil th a t have'! N. E. Dod.l director of the AAA, about the various m atters. beer dry for some m onths. Not who will be one of the m ajor Some troubles are controversial tn at the stubble is wet down very | speakers at the EOWL meeting and o th ers found general agree fa r as yet, but it is g ettin g wet- i next week. ment. ter. T hat is the im p o rtan t th in g ! The Federal Program committee in November. headed by Joe Peters found need H EA TH ER FOR THE Date Max Min 21 37 28 22 28 23 23 28 24 24 34 26 27 16 29 26 33 26 27 45 - 28 WEEK I’ocip .09 .47 Allotment Checks Smaller Than Before P aym ent of benefits under the 19 10 AAA program in Oregon is ahead u| ’ast year a t this time in total num ber of applications re ceived and approved for paym ent, alihough the total am ount paid ..n».. below, th at of a y ea r ago, nc- for a new plan to finance the fed eral farm program , praised crop loans but wanted the county com mit tee to set the cost in each coun ty. This group also asked th a t the county committee be allowed to classify land for allotm ent pur poses and with the Bureau of Agricultural Economics and the Soil Conservation service be given authority to d iv e rt land« and classify lands for diversion. Thia bemerule section has been defeated before by other counties. The group also asked for con tinuance of crop insurance with a study of actual local conditions to make it more workable. The I»and Use committee under he chairmanship of A. C. Kaae- 1 m rg recommended that land pro ducing an average of 14 bushels per acre when tne price is 00 cents per bushel be sown to grass. .31 ; piace the week of December 16-21 I in this and all other counties in O « gon/ aecording to word receiv- BREAKFAST CLUB co rd in g to a report ju st made by j ed from the sta te AAA office. , N. C. Donaldson, executive officer TO HAVE AUCTION Each community in the counfy The B reak fast club com m ittee for at the sta te AAA head q u arters. will elect a community chairm an, the m eeting next W ednesday m orn | ” A total of 3689 applications had a vice chairm an, one regular and ing is try in g a new type of p ro been aproved for paym ent to Nov- — By A. L. L’ndbeck year period. tv.o alternate members, and a del g ram in an effort to in terest more . em ber 20, am ounting to $495,571.- 1 74. A year ago only 1565 appli- egate to the county convention, at Salem, Nov. 28.—Although Ore Oregon’s newly created peoples which county committeemen will m em bers than have been a tte n d ' cations had been approved, al gon school districts were carrying utility districts still have time in ing recent m eetings. M essers a debt load aggregating $13,371,- which to levy a tax for 1941 opera be chosen the following week. AH H ennagin, HoskinsonT Hollinshead though the am ount involved wa 251.65 on July 1. last, the load tions in the opinion of Chas. V. farm ers who participate in AAA end Johnson, the com m ittee, will $>•'•>.780.;>2. Because of the reduc was lighter by $1,758.117.89 than Galloway, chairman of the state farm program , or who intend to have an auction sale the am m uni tion in w heat and some other p ay participate in 1941, are eligible to tion for which is to be. furnished m ent; the total cash benefits this it v.as two years ago, according tn tax commission. In this opinion \<>te in the election. a survey ju st completed by State Galloway relies on a ruling by the by each m em ber who is to bring y< ar will he under those of a y ea r ago. Ti easurer Walter E. Pearson. some article of no use to him. but sti te supreme court in the case of C. unties which have sent in the has some value to another. These In the past ten years Oregon State vs Johnson in 1916, in which Barley, Oats Alternate Crops m< sf applications to date are Uma- will be auctioned.- senool* districts have succeeded in it was held th at “statutes, sim ilar Barley and oats were the only w hittling $9,168,068 off their debt A session of singing will be held. jii’a. Hood River, Union, Deschutes to those now in effect, specifying i i P H J Jacisshn-r Josephine, K lam ath, Mor- substitute crop® considered avail burden in spite of numerous bond.' tile time or period for making and J Y le C tlll^ v d llC C l M eetings of the club are open to issues floated to finance new con reporting tax levies were not man. the public and those who are not iow, M ultnom ah, Tillam ook, ami able to Sherman county farmers. W allowa. A.l land here is partly eroded, it strictio n , Pearson reports. Next Monday afternoon at 1:30 m em bers may attend. d tto ry but merely directory for held, and that 10 to 15 per cent of Only twelve of the s ta te ’s 36 the guidance of officers in the or at the court house a meeting wdl it had been lost. No method now counties increased their school derly conduct of business devolv be held for the purpose of organi known will control thia erosion. zing a Sherman county branch of debt during the two year period ing upon them .’’ The committee said that control Twenty five counties reported suo- | tin Oregon Taxpayers Federation. of erosion was a job for the public stantial progress toward reducing | The new dorm itory under con The local men in charge of this rn.! that the farm er could not pay their school indebtedness. Lincoln i struction at the state prison farm m eeting are J. B. Adams, Millard for the total cost of soil conserva COUNTY COURT .PR O C E E D Eakin, A. A. Dunlap and A. C. county stands in a class by itself , south of Salem will be ready for j Ross C. Ornduff, Deputy S h er I N G S . NOVEM BER TERM . 1940 tion Kaseberg. as the only county without any ! iff’s s a la ry $125.00 occupancy al>out Jan u ary 1, ac- I Despite erosion, yields have been November 6, 1910 being the time school disirict indebtedness. The federation is a group of coding to Warden George A lex a n -' jeep4 up by better farm ing raeth -- j for th e're g u h rrterm of the County ¡~ t( iidentVs salary Sherman county’s school debt on ' dcr Í25.00 (d s and better wheats. The new’ building, a three p.-eperty owners in Oregon who are C ourt for Sherm an County in the Jply 1, last, was reported as $21.- | story concrete structure is being ! interested in reducing taxes on T raveling expense ' 25.00 J. B. Adams, Taxation, Legisla 955.08 compared to $34,204.61 on 1 constructed with prison labor at a their holdings. It has no other S tate of Oregon, the Honorable Nn< mi Van Gilder, T re a s u re r’s tion and Rural Electrification com I C ounty C ourt did on said day m e d July 1, 1938, representing a re ccst of approxim ately $50,000 for interest. salary 75.00 mittee asked for a property tax .p the County Courtroom in the duction of $12,249.53 in the two m aterial. It will house the 200 Gio. A. P otter, County J u d g e ’s Ccunty groups have been organ millage limitation law and th a t j. Courthouse a t Moro, at the hour salary 75.00 r.ew revenue be found by the legis ized in many of Oregon’s counties trusties now employed in the oper of ten o’clock a., m. Ot i Baker. J a n ito r’s sa Iary 75.00 ation of the prison’s farm ing ac especially in the W illam ette val I Thi following being present: lature to take the place of part of Ryla.nd (). Scott, R eg istration tivities, more than one half of ley where the movement started. G°o A. P o tter. County Judge the property tax. It also asked d ia ft 3.00 for a labor relations act and de wl om are now being transported Claude Buchanan of Corvallis is David Reid, County Com missioner Joe A. Me?, R egistering vot- back and forth between the prison sta<te president. sired that the unemployment funda : J. M. W ilson. County C om m issioner j -ors $1.90; d ra ft $3.00; Jus- Those property ow'ners who and the farm daily. shouldtnot be paid to men while on . T. L ester Johnson, Dist. A ttorn *y J tice fees $2.50; A meeting of the sportsm an’s 10.40 Strike. ' , w ♦. » would be interested in a group for 'J o e T ru itt, County Clerk R egistering D raft: organization of this region will bo The committee considered’ that Governor Chas. A. S prague, a c the study of taxes and the reduc- The follow ing procedings were 1 old in The Dalles next Sunday, H II. W hite, 3.00 no change should be made in the t.on of property taxes are invited companied by L t.’Col. Elmer V. had at said term : December 1 a t 1:30. The Dalles Velma McKean 3.00 percentages of relief now being Wooten, assistant ad ju tan t gen to attend. In the m a tte r of the payment of h 3tel will be the scene of the meet Mae Moore 3.00 paid by the county, state and na eral, inspected the Oregon troops ! j claim s presented against the gen- ing. G ertrude Giilmor 3.00 tion. V i in Camp at F o rt Lewis this week. , j tra l fund. Claims examined, a p 3.00 W ynona Wilson Two resolutions are to be con • • • The Production, Handling and proved and ordered paid. 3.00" Mae B. Hoskin«on sidered. The first asks the legis M arketing committee was chair- Tobacco used by patienss and In the m a tte r of the paym ent of I’loye von B orstel 3.00 lature to give the game commis irm ates of state institutions costs ' f l a ’ms presented ag a in st the road maned by Millard Eakin in the A. M. Zevely 3.00 sion the power of eminent domain fund. Claims exam ined, approv- absence of J. L. Davis. It formed the state approxim ately $10,000 a 3.00 T. M. G a rre tt over lands alor.g fishing stream s, year, according to Dan J. Fry, N im rods who took p a rt in th> ed and ordered paid. Don Smith 3.00 a resolution asking for federal aid oither to nurahase or otherwise state purchasing agent. 1940 elk hunt bagged a total of j the m atter of the settlem ent 3.00 for the experiment station. ( ¡ara M uthieson control footpaths where necessary 2.273 elk, of which 1,127 were buH i of certain personal property taxes L stated th at “conservation of 3.00 Adeline McDonald to give fishermen access to the i elk and 1,146 were cow elk. A total , of A rthur Smith and the removal natural resources in land is a The state textbook combiission S. A. Wilson 3.00 stream . The second resolution of 4,192 hunters checked in and of li(n from certain real property, public responsibiliy and we aak n e t in Salem at its regular biennial ^Registering voters: asks for a law to perm it the cut of the various checking sta- Recorded in Commissioners Jour- public aid in meeting a part of the session this week to examine new I. I). Pike 2.60 game commission to close stream s Cons conducted by the Oregon nal C page 235. cost.’’ Trashy fallow costs more books and make selections of new 2.10 Opal Brady along which the owners will not State Game Commission, | R e: County T reasu rers re p o r4, than the clean kind and the group 1.00 J. E. Norton perm it fishermen to travel ami texts for use in Oregon schools. The number of hunters who held month ending October 31, 1910. felt th at the farm er should be Adoption» are made for six year 4.30 \\ . A. Spencer fish. compensated for some of the addi periods with not more than on? only buH tags totalled 2,319; those ! Examined and approved, Marie Hoskinson, 1 days work’ The Dalles Rod & Gun club is Jh ird of the texts changed a t any with cow tags, 982; and the num -j Court adjourned subject to call tional cost. in Clerk’s office $3.00 3i days the host group and those interest biennial session. her possessing both type of tags of County Judge. The danger of smut and’ tho Deputy Clerk $12.14 15.14 ¡totalled 900. I CLAIMS PRESENTED AND AL- ed in proposals are urged to a t value of clean seed, well treated, * * * tend. Aecording to reports received LOWED AGAINST THE GENER- Joe T ru itt T rip to Salem on was acknowledged. Six graaaaa It; spite of increased employment Selective Service R egistration by Frank B. Wire from the check- \ L FUND, OCTOBER TERM 1940 were found to be suitable for land throughout the state, the state em iu Sherm an County 35.00 ing stations, the elk were in far Claimant Account Amourtt taken from wheat. The committee ployment reported this week that D epartm ent of Agriculture Seal better shape than in tne past. The j First National Bank General asked that vigilance be used a- it still has more thun 24,000 jobless I large increase in the bull kill was! Assistance er of W eights & M ea su res’ 3.76 g ain st importations of wheat to $116.03 The report of the sitate liquor men and women on its list. Bui roughs Adding machine throughout the elk area and not j Hote1 Moro Meals for mem- this country. It recoramendad the control commission for the bien A ssessor $4.45 " * I cencentrated in one* section. 1 bers of Ass’n of Oregon Cof. tkOO formation of weed contol districts nium ending June 80, 1940 has T re asu re r $2.50; 6.95 rnd asked hat cereals be classed Oregon property bwnens art In 1939 a total number of 2,022 ; J. C. Freeman Stamps for Gen been released by the commission cnee more to be spared th e ‘new s- hunters bagged Sherman. County Revolving Fflnd bulls and 379 eral Electron as seeds under state and federal 6.00' Figuers on the sale of liquor in sity of contributing toward the cows. In that year only 500 cow First National Jlarfk Old Age Sulphate of Ammonia, lawn .90 guiding and inspection law«. the state are given. Profit made support of state governm ental a e - ; tags were issued, but in 1940 the! Assistance If Í.80 Pacific Power & Light Co. The Transportation committee by the commission will be enough tivities. While the tax commission commission sold 2; ,000 cow elk F irst N ational Bank Blind As L ights 31.55: Supplies 5.50 37.05 was under the direction of Wendell tho report indicates, to reach fhc is still working on the 1941 le v y : fagS. sista ncq 9.40 S tate Indus. Accident Comm. Balsiger. It enunciated the policy am eunt asked of it by the legis tneir computations have already Peace officers 1 protection S.01 F .rst National Bank Aid to de tnat competition between all types lature. Profits for the year end progressed for enough to show th at . 90 of transportation be mainained and pendent children 2220 J. K. McKean, courthouse ing June 30, were $3,383,368.05. S. W. Searcy, courthouse .35 that shippers be allowed to appear estim ated revenues from levies ERSKINVkLLE SCHOOL Moro* Lum ber & Fuel Yard The Moro store sold $7259.00, against incomes will entirely off IS BEING SOLI) Coal for C ourthouse 224.75 Shei man - County Jo u rn al in hearings conducted on rates. > County printing $5tE80; the Wasco store $9900.40, during set property levies both within and Bids for the Erskineville school M argaret W. Peetz, County As- It is requested that the Oregon -Flection 5.00: the year. This is a total of $17,- outside the constitutional six pet buildings will ibe received by the'i sessor’s salary * 150.00 State Highway commission be em Clerk’s Office 4.50: - 63.30 powered to regulate the site and 159.40 for the county. Expendi cent lim itation. e'erk until 12 noon, December 14, : Joe T ruitt, County Clerk’s sal- .50 ■ weight of trucks and trailers on This will be the fourth time the Saturday. Separate bids will be tures for comparable districts are nr.v 125.00 Moro P h arm acy ,.co u rth o u se J K. Gill Co., Sup’t office 3.65 property levy for state purposes Condon $15,839.65; Heppner $28,- accepted for the garage, teacher- P atricia Woods, D eputy Coun the highways of Oregon. The group 296.70; Arlington $14,903.00; Fos- has been waived in its entirety—- age and school house. The board ty C lerk’s salary • 77.80 M argaret W. Peetz, Assessor’s noted that competition between . office 10.68 carriers has often resulted in «ii $14,657.85. Over a hundred first in 1932, hen again in 1938 a m reserves the right to reject any or C. C. Wilson,, Sheriff’s salary Wily W. K nighten, Sup’t. 1939 On two other occasions—-1937 thousand dollars worth of liquor all bids. Wily W. Knighten, $150.00; Traveling Expense compétition for higher rates then was sold from The Dalles store. (Continued on page four) 4-5 . $35.00: clerk. - Continued on page two Total 185.00 fcr lower ones. i Oregon School Districts Reduce Indebtedness During Past Year Tax Federation November Session of the County Court Orders Bills Paid Sportsmen To Consider Two Resolution Elk Hunters Are Very Successful Report of Liquor Board A
