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About Sherman County journal. (Moro, Or.) 1931-current | View Entire Issue (March 28, 1941)
-? x - l -tm«»«- - ’-kV'- ' O Moro, Oregon, Friday, M arch 28, 1941 F ifty -T h ir d Y e a r N o . 21 Breakfast Club Moisture Content 'Grass Valley To Sponsor Of Soil Indicates Elevator to be Father-Son Feed Enlarged The Moro Breakfast chib will Good Yields Construction of an addition sponsor the first Father-Sorts banquet to be held in Moro for several years, next Wednesday Average Beaten In evening at 7 p. m. at the Moro hotel. All Tests Made For This meeting will take the place of the regular Wednesday Soil Moisture m im ing meeting which will not be Comparison between the miols- held. evVt «M i spring Wnwhmirtrm D C March 27.— While the club ie sponsor for the tlTe of the soil this B o X v i U e ^ w i r Administration ; dinner of fathers and sons the and other springs gives an indi- i in d»»nMtete'need of $1 600 000 invitation i» given to any who wish option th a t the w heat crop this r f u X r X f c K u te a t t e n A n d bring a «on. I t may be better than the ave- Metals Co., the new aluminum company which has located a t Ivor.gview W ashington, instead of Cascade Locks, as originally plan ned. - Production is* wanted by June 15, but it will require many months to assem/ble m aterials for a substation or to run a transm is- . , ' is not restricted to club member- . ship. Program will be by and for 1- cal people and a picture of in- tt rest to all will be shown. I r“ gc. On the p lo t, at the experiment station th at are plowed in April i nd kept clean of weeds the aver- r to w io n to m e m n oisture U rtn ib » in age percentage otf m in early March is 12.9. This year the sam e' plot contains 15.1 per cent of w ater which, if it can be Sportsmen Over 65 Licensed for 50c Ä ' " to the Grass Valley elevator began early this week With razing of the warehouse north of the present elevator. Before harvest a new 60,000 bushel elevator will be built on this site. Cost of the new structure will j $9000 and it is being built be- — __ $ intent •_▲ . — A. of e cnuie of /»a*. the ««pressed I farm ers t o bulk their grain this ! year On account of the high price j ^ k s snd t h . difficulty in get- t ng them a t »11. Work will be done with local labor as much as possible and a 1 firrn f rOm The Dalles has the gen- ----- - I € ------ a 1 ’; ---- contract j --------------------- --- N e W P JoW U lg M e t h o d Tried Here I On plots plowed in May the | ----- — — — s Port*mep 66 year8 of a*e or average is 12.6 percent and tins | A new method of plowing sum i fVwx 9n . . Mo-wire’ ^ ave reei^ ents ° f , year th at plot has 15.6 nitrfallow is being tried »izrpoinir | ■ n °Ver’ ’ ------- to.o • percent of oi i i nitnaiiow Deing triea a at t tlbe lire ed the 20-year contract, agreeing m years » rnoiaturet a r clear . ... . .. I „ 8tate Oregon for 10 three percent | experim ent station this year. U bring power to the B ^ l d s more> o**«in annual com- rao„. than the averBge. | Land that was in barley la«t year . ccnrrpany, he asked for a deficien- bination’ fishing and hunting lie- j June Di<>wed Dlots av plowed plots average 12.5 ) is being plowed with an ordinary cy” appropriation from congress j eriseg f or 5 ^ However, to obtain V’\ • XTP,WP*iT H kil I er,ses fo r &Oc‘ tl° wever. to ootam percent moisture, nearly as rod weeder to which has been at- wh’.ch him .¿fo to take concession each applicant armlicant much . as . l t aa^^riaa... u . t U y ; s " concession, ------------- '’ eacn €ac!1 m ucb ftg the earlier plowed . , p lo ts' teched a series of shovels about ___ ~ * would »iaaa enable ____ wario«, earher power o e .. Hu» wnrular rou®^ m^^cc an affidavit before the .R avera^ e years. This year there six or eight inches across which W • f Hill the fiscal <x unty chairman of the . b t 13 2 percent of m oisture ete fastened to a bar th at seta appruprm t.on W l f c r the fi« ri rf of to h llS iif « H h e A u v * his ! T y ” “ "“r I Thls is <tue the fact t h , t la,e I This land is fairly » f t for thia assistant« 'solicited the help of the , P" n 0 ^ ^ « n i A y " be "mmd P'W ed pl° tS .^ a T ' ,:m< of year and “ nearly free of R j» v o r f i i t m - ! Official County Paper County Receives M a ch in es P r o te c t A m erica Large Part of 1941 Taxes Two-Thirds of Current Tax and $11,000 of Delinquent Taxes Collected Collection of taxes for the year has totalled $108,648.85, aocerd- ing to Sheriff Wilson, who also I reports th at $97,370.21 haa been in current taxes and $11,314.64 has been from delinquent taxes. Of the current taxes the largest sum will go to the general fund [ which will receive $20,093.91, next grt i.test amount will go to the road fund which will receive $15,222.- 10. School district No. 3, Rufus, will get $10,294.05, the third larg est amount to go to any one pur pose. This is largely because of full tax pawment on the p a rt of' the railroad company. The elem entary school fund will get $9,289.39, Wasco school $5,- 040.04. Moro school $4,598.84, Kt nt school $4,147.29 and other taxing units will get some of the funds which are being distrifoutea by the treasurer. Market roads will get $3,246.68, county school fund $3,396.47, non- high school district I4.706S6, Machines play the leading role in modern defense. Shown above are Wasco $3,467.93, Moro $1,755.99, machines for «oil defense and national defense. The cannon is one of a Grass Valley $1,414.24. number of U. S. guns capable of long-range destruction. The earth Taxes for 1940 were paid to the moving equipment at top is of a type used by many farm ers in building extent of $3600.28, for 1989 to dams and retervoirs. In 1939 farmers moved more than 11 million cubic $E29.65; 1938 for $305.16; 1937 for yards of earth in performing thia conservation practice, equivalent to he volume of material going into Columbia river’s huge Grand Coulee $129.56; 1936 for $167.33; 1935 for $1149.35 and for 1933-34 and prior years $5143.31 was paid. These payment« are larg e, enough to insure th a t the taxing j • I - • A I I I unit» of the county will have funds to operate for the ! mainder of the year with other By A. L. Lindbeck. voters of this county are closer to i tnX payments that will come in Salem, Oregon, March 27.—Lib- the scene of action and are more at later tax paying periods. or made substantial gains through frequent spectators at these dis- e ra d m e n t of the recent legisla- gusting scenes than are those of live seaaion. Amendments written mo'.y distant sections. , . into the workmen’s compensation Grunted th at the inebriated act and the unemployment compen- Representatives constituted only sation act provide for increased a small minority of the H ouse, t benefits aggregating more than membership and that their antics) The Moro Woman s club m et $1.140,000 a year. were anything but typical of the) March 21 with the program in A new schedule of awards writ- conduct of the legislature as a charge of the Drtma and Litera tim into the workmen’s compenta- whole, it cannot be denied that it | tu,e committee. Mrs. waa tii n act provide for increased is upon such demonstrations as director for the day. Mr». W *80 benefit payments to injured work- these that opinion is based in the Hollinshead sang a group of four men and their dependents amount- minds of a public th at is prone to ! ?ongs. Mrs. Carroll Say™ ing to an estimated $522,000 an- > judge by surface indications. , cd ^ e book, The Family by Nina n ia lly . i ' . . . I Fedorova. Mr«. Hollinahead and Oregon delegation, but had aeen , 14 ,wh the new ^ ? w ln , the w intcr <J1»n d o , v. teds or volunteer.- It is loosen- W ashington’s Senator Bone and 'A t f « By th a t t me tl ? earller,,p^ fied ones' , N itrates e 1 up to a depth of four or five Representative heavy. i m ,p in ion Wanks' for thia type of “7 *enera"y dlficlent ,n late Plo“>i*lwhes in good Wiape and if some A third d ra ft of the proposed! n ' X « id » U W hands all ed plots wh.eh cauaes poor stands E Jrface cultivation was done it Columbia power authority has been I „ , y j ud™ and county commis- ^ ter!*‘ Poorer « rad’ ° f " heat’ ] '' ould make a very good looking completed and is under study. It I JPd^ l . 1 » £ < « S e . Tt St’ tak ! " » '‘"’"'erfallow . Increase of » e d doe, not provide for home rule, Tt T e Z t l w d X r f t h e O o ' ! «he county show th at there ¿ » ¡c ro p , will be J t on this land next like the nrevious d ra ft, center« “ ? A L_. L Z L ’ L n .enough drill methods enough m oisture ,n in the soil t to o , j y J ta r and an(j like the previous draft» center» Geme commission produce a good crop if it is utiliz- ti.ed. the authority in the hands of the j ______________ ed for crop and not dissipated in j ____ secretary ■etary of the interior, Harold p j « TlFl . other manners. On the Proud foot Ickes. In the northwest the r CdCTBl W u 6H l place the average of two tests Q p w ir A g p PffcF increasing demand is for an “au- showed 13.7 percent of moisture. | 1W th ority” directed by local people, JnSUrHIlCC FlgU rC S At Dave Reid's it was 12.9. Wal- and not a single head in Waahing- ® jT n tr -« tor. D C. Final figures on federal wheat ter Blau had 14.0 and L. P. Haven . __ - _ ..r > insurance in Oregon.for 1941 ©" the Sharpetein place had 15.1.. Euneaal service» for M m Etta A, nreviouslv nredieted in this «how th a t 48,056 growers have These tests were all for six feet Ann Barnes Rich were held Tues- column the navy has awarded taken out insurance this year com- of »oil *n<1 the lower tt^ree feet day afternoon, w Mr». Rich, w o con X ’t s ^ the j L Dver s h i n e d P ^ e d with 2009 in 1941. reports were good and wet as well as the c u d March 23, was born in Jack- ^A W ori« Will Steen, ehaim ssn of the sta te upper three f e e t son county, low . October 10 a t C oos Bav each for four 136- committee. The paid-up ap- -Glen K in g s land in one test 1363 being one of a faimiliy o tooT C L .s ThX will X mine pVcatfon. cover about 300.000 contained 20.0 percent of m oisture twelve children. One sister and SeVerll C t o S m £ compared with about 294.000 in five feet. On the J. B. Coon four brothers atiH aurvive. Jrill be reauiTed W « A r f Ole I»’« year, and guarantee th a t place 19.0 percent m oisture was s h t waR maprled to 0. H. Rich v .-d , l,a te r th e old shinvard a t g"f wers will have 41 million bush- found in four feet and farth er ¡n s-mith county, Kansas, October S ^ e l e m wili o r ^ b r v ^ riven ' el of the 1941 etop to sdll. sogtfc Corliss Andrews had 19.8 , fi 1882 and their home was in a contract to build freighters for Last year. 3,654,054 bushels were percent, Theo von Borstel 21.7 and th st regjon until they came to the m aritime commission, as the ctvered, while total indemnities W ilbur H aggerty 17.4 percent it. c klrm an county in 1902 where Mr. Amendments to the unemploy-. The state hospital for insane a t ' (y nvprnm pnt n o w plans le ttin g 1 Pr i(1 at end of th* s^ason three feet for each> , , , Rich entered the sfock business, m int compensation act provide Salem came in for sew re criticism S 1 atrisk s day skii. in e n r o M . i l z’ A x A . nr.r.vTMiMnn >«zark/\V*T tX/«« 'IJV work for 200 additional freighters 1 ah 'untedto 146.339 bushels. Wind, On the station the early plowed j | e ^jecj ^ere ¡n 192I. for increased benefit payments to ( hands of the Marion coun- committee report was given by a number of there to be allocated j frost and hail were the Jand’ v e l 1 Of five children born to the cou- tem porarily jobless workers a- I g, an(i jury which made its an- M's. LeeRoy Hanson and the music to cords on the Pacific coast. <•« '•'»«» »f crop lossess to growers ture down to ‘he fifth.foot and the p,c four Hving th(, e,de, t mr unting to an estimated $621,000 j nual inspection of the state insti- committee’s report was given by There is such a need for de- , '«=' y«»r, although ortly 23 per sixth foot has 13-4J « " cnt- son, Leroy having passed away in a year. Reductions of the waiting tutions this week. While the Mrs. Ray Blake followed by Rich st-overs that the navy is consider. ; of the insured growers sus- June P>?wed land- ? 1936 Surviving children are Zetta period from three to two weeks m anagement of the hospital was ard S trauss’ Reverie played by ing placing orders in the Columbia tamed losses. ® «nd Q ft in the sixth fhach of Petaluma, California, aloni account for an increase of given a cjean bin of health the Mrs. Chas. Ruggles on the piano. W illamette river region. The yards The greatly increased number * * th £ E. P. Rich of Wasco, Opel McCoy Mrs. Henry Hanson conducted $250,000 a year in benefit pay- ) Institution was said to be “almost on Puget sound are .now loaded of policies w ritten this year, but foot, " ’.d^ tjnK ® ‘ of Eugene and Ruby Agee of Port- m ints while changes written into unbearably overcrowded” while a memorial in honor of Mrs. with all the orders they can which represent only a s lg t in- an ” Hotter culti- land. Six grandsons, a grand the ceasonality section of the act ' certain of the buildings in which Robert Pinkerton in which Mrs. errase in acreage covered, is caus- ' heat as well as the b etter cuiu- daughter, and anj one one great great grandson grandson the seasonality section of the act inmates are housed were declared Russel Hollinshead sang a aolo. A decision was made for each . ' ed by the fact that a fa r larger veted soil. were with her in h er last days. another $300,000. he “fire tra p s of great hazard.” I .u ¡J.I nr .l.m o . I number of sm aller wheat produic- ------- v--------------- member attending the Mother’s Mrs. Rich w w a lifejong con- In the m idst of w a rs a la rm s,, jn Ore)fon anJ Qther ’ ’ 1 The first move in a building pro- ai d Daughter’s banquet on April s ientious Christian who joined the increased premium rates aver- gram to improve conditions a t this the bigges in sections outside of the main Col- lV ll£ d t F d l H offS 18, to bring 25 cents to cover Christian Church in early youth. tional capital last week was the t(wk H U C d l I CU H u g o aging 15 per cent were announced institution was taken by the re- cost of obtaining a speaker for She was a charter member of the strrn g e disappearance of a Forem > according to U D p m a n d by the State Industrial accident j cent legislature which, acting up- the evening. N< ighbors of Woodcraft and the Grove. Oregon girl. A new a m v - I I J ; 111 J L /C llia ilU commission this week in order to | or the recommendation of the Steen. With hok, a t their highest R«bekah lodge She waa much meet increased drains upon the Board of Control authorized the a! in the defense program , brought m arket level for several years and P-eaaed to be a workmen's compensation fund. here to work in the w ar depart , lOnnKniiprl nn Paire t wnl prospects of continued demand for ! V. o k o to spend her la s ' ment making miaips, she left her Still further increases in rates are ’p ork. Oregon ptodueera ‘ — j' in store for Oregon industries in office and th at was the last seen opportunity to convert low priced ^ r i e r i raiy r > , cf her for two days. Newspaper» order to m eet increased benefit X a t . into high priced m eat, Stm Brock, Art Smith and Bert payments written into the law by Graveside services were held at carried pictures and scare-head the I.O.O.F. cemetery of Moro with 1 0 0 0 the last legislature but which do stories. When found the young Hinrich Peters died quietly in judging from the results obtained ' E ns‘_____ Rev. Henry G. Hanson in charge, woman was located in a park, suf a hospital in The Dalles a t 11:20 in surplus wheat feeding experi- not become effeotive until a fter The federal government’s re last Tuesday morning for Mrs. fering from amnesia. July 1, 1942. Wednesday night, March 26, a fte r merits at the Oregon experim ent . . . 1 mount service is in search of 1000 l M McGinnis of 205 * ” ▼ I U U argaret lg ltlV V v Jane aaaw / aw * • » a brief illness. ‘ | station. # ¡UVeSlOCK lTIdrKCl t Iwinladive « « t o n l i ? " 8*’ ?75k >nv<l | North 7th Street, Corvallis, who The recent One reason President Roosevelt Mr. Peters was born in Hancver . W heat has been fed to hogs in . was not only, next tx> th at of 1939, ) 1150 rounds, 15 to 16 hands h ig h ,, pafl8€<i away in th a t city last doer not w ant much river and Germany, February 15, 1859, serv- direct comparison with corn and R T^e ^ veato5k o X - i/Y a r d s for the longest on record in O regon,' « ’>.■' <*hllc r" arks pe™ ' ’ , Saturday morning at . the age o. harbor and flood control work now ed for. a time in the German arm y, other feed grains at the station Portiand U,?,7 but also neat to th at of 183», the I «•> we>-' p r i™ win r a n i e ! 79 yea” - ■ • ' . ■ m arried and moved hie young and has been found ju st as valu- week ended March 22nd tended is th«t lie wishes to build a back most costly. The payroll« of both * :h :w . , ^ ' 7 ' Mrs McGinn» was -bom In There log of employment against the w*fi and young family of three «ble pound for pound. In one te st to the strong si e, ™ the House and Semite were aub- - from $150 to $175. Breeders will Brt,mer county> Iowa, but grew up ch.Wren to this country in 1888. the average am ount of feed r e - ) mg the lead ad\ ance’ ™ ere tim e when national defense is over Page county near Clarinda, la. ’ atantially higher than those of the ; be given preference over dealers and peace reigns in the world. T'.ey arrived at The Dalles the quired for 100 pounds grain was were 2,16o catt“\ 330 1»SB .e » io n which lacked only : and "» ° " e ne<,<1 '>ay a e<mim»8s.on [ A fter te„ching achool _toere for The adm inistration realizes th a t ni *:hrt of January 1, 1889 and be- 369 pounds of corn, and 364 pounds 3,285 hogs and 2,960 aheep s fw,- days of equalling th at of 1»41'| t0 ,e ‘l a h" rse' A. v,< '.ry fow maJ” I «»me Mme ahe married Thomaa R. there will be a terrific let-down fere spring had settled on a pre- of wheat. Furtherm ore, it was the open m arket during the pa* allhough oonaideraibly under t h a t . can taken and these must be McGinnis. They ,p ,„ t some time ^ « 4 . ^ „rP for the United States when thè en.ption claim. Later Mr. Peters found that wheat-fed hogs had wiek. of the 19.79 session. Senate clerks ' reg,sterol. - , in Kanaas and later migrated to The following * emergency is over and th at some- took up a homestead and this has firmer carcasses than corn-fed and stenographers drew an aggre- „ Tha buyer will be a t The Dalles , ShePman county, where they lived _ thing m ust be planned to meet the lx in his home from th at day un- hogs shipped in from the com belt, based on prices being p gate of $26,874 in paym ent for ; Monday, May 5, at the R '< W cI“b j for ten years. In I»05 they move« tP hi« d e a th ..... which confirms the oft-repeated , Wed-nesday s trading: unemployment situation and the CorvalliSj where ba. since A real farm er, who loved to till opinion of Portland m eat packers CATTLE: Good grain fed steers their services during the recent ataWes at 8:00 a^ m.; a t the Maya , inevitable depression. This also session compared to $32,033 for - raiKl' a t Tygh Valley a t 10.00 a. mnde her home. on applies to new reclamation pro the soil, Mr. Peters has been ac- that western w heat-fattened hogs - $9.75 to ^-00, one oa she t u «qg p jn t^e m1 . OI1V w„ VVO«S brou#h UIVWJ..I | *11.25. Good gram h e r ^ s tut- 1939 session and $21,644.50 - m- and a t ‘be W- C- Helyer ranch jects, and for the same reason tive on his farm all his years and excel in this respect. formed Preabyteri»n Cbupch and for the 1935 session. House clerks I siu th Kent at 2.00 p. m. The tests carried on recently $9.25 to 10.26. Good beef cow there wi1! be no extensive develop but a few years ago took a place through all her life $ho JWI » and stenographers were paid $44,- up ment of the Grand Coulee reclam a in harvest. His interest in ptfblio hear out previous experimfents to $8.00 to 8.50, young ! member of the ProA yftrifJ* 279 for their services during the aftairs was demonstrated in his the effect th at the feeding values ; $8.85, medium $7.00 to 7.76, corn- tion, though a s ta rt will be made. I Church U. S. A. She took >n M- service as school director as he of ground wheat and ground corn J n.on $6.2o to i.OO, cannevs »4.7PM recent session, compared to $47,- * * • ! tive interest jn the Corw^Uif medium to goou 047 in the 1939 sessio'n and $38 - An item of $7*5.ftOft.ftftft for cloth he s .been on the board o f " the »re equal so far as average gains j;G,76. 'Bulls, i Church for ynany years, l^r. Mc- Rosebush school since it wks form- with hogs a re concerned, and th at i $7.26 to 8.50, common $6.50 278 in 1935. . ’ ing and equipment o f arm y and Ginnis, formerly sheriff of Sher- western buyers a t least prefer the i 7.00. Vealcrs, good c » If the members of the Oregon n.iw . passed bv the house, had a ed in 1889 except for one year. rt man county, passed a^ay in Col? The Wasco Garden d u b has beert legislature are looking for an an Surviving are four sons, John, w heat fattened animals, says OSC t0 stipulation which should gladden girili? 1932. swer to the negative reaction of invited to meet with the Moro ,------ in ------- . HOGS: 170 to 215 lb truckin’ the hearts of sheepmen of the west. Henry, Herman and Fred, a daug'n- livestock men. the voters t o . their repeated Woman’s club'on Friday. April 4, Mrs: MoGinnis is by $8.85 to 9.2Û; 230 to 285 lb butch It. provides th at none of this ter, Mrs. W. D. B arnett, all of t h i s ------------------------ 4 requests for an increase in when Mrs. Eunice Brandt, la n d -’two daughters, Mrs. H enry v d ® ^1 \ ers $8.25 'to 8.50; i lightweight m orev shall be used to purchase ccunty. Others have gone on be- COUNTY TREASURER V “• butchers to 8.50; packing their per diem pav they can find scape architect, from Oregon State ot Houston, Tex»«. w ------ $8.00 blankets, uniforms or cloth which fore and Mrs. Peters died over ATTENDS MEETING --- n rve Feeder pigs it in such tumultous scenes as college will spoak. Odeen of Mnrch f > ld , QipfWBm * \ Mrs. Naomi Van Gilder attended sows $7.00 to 7,75. contains fo*ftign wool. This was twenty years ago. those enacted in the House on) Mrs. Brandi will speak on “ P lan-U hree sons, Lea R. ty & in n b siiuriavcu The funeral will be held *Sun- the meeting of the state finance $8.25 to 8.75, choice $9.00. stipulated despite the ................. fact th at . Corvallis, Forrest of MmnMgW» the quarterm aster departm ent r e - 1 day. March 30 at 3 p. m. with the officers in Eugene last week leav- SH EEP: Good to choice fed woo - the closing night of the recent ning the Home Grounds ” session. And if,- as has been Members of the Club are asked I Minnesota and Luther of Spokaite, t cen H v announced it would accept Rev. W. I. Eck of the Lutheran ing here Tuesday and returning ed lambs $11.00; medium to good charged, this negative reaction is ‘ to be present a t 1:30 p. m. on that i W ashington, a siater, Mro, B. . _ blankets and uniforms made of church officiating and interm ent Friday. The meeting was held m $9.60 to 10.25; common $8.26 to a bit more pronounced in Marion day in order that Mrs. Brandt may Ginn of Moro; a b r o ty f a m ixtur- forei<m and domestic will be made in the IOOF ceme- conjunction with the common- 9.26 Slaughter ewes good -county than in other sections of have plenty of time for her part i Coleman of Moro; eight grtlW- wools. There-is in storage in the tery '»t Grass Valley beside the wealth congress annually held in chcice $6.00 to 7.00. 9pnn^ latTl 3 y - i of - the program. 1 children and many other roUtprtA the. »tate it is only because the good to choice $12.60. ------ —------— ■*------ the univercity city.' "^¡Continued on " Page two) i family. --- -- - .«» . . . . . -- _ . Labor Made Substantial Gains Uuring Kecent Legislative Assembly o„ which H M W onan’s Cbb Holds Meeting Hinrich Peters To B i Buried Sunday Remount Service Wants Horses Wasco Garden Club Invited to Moro ♦ ° « Ï Graveside Services For Mrs. McGinnis