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-r—u & ,X-‘ t * » jj nitrititi F ifty-T hird Y ear N o . 23 Moro, Oregon. Friday, April 11, 1941 Geyser Forms Giant Mushroom Moro’s Council Discussss Many Civic Problems W ashington D. C., A pril 10.— D espite the assurance given by P resid en t Roosevelt th a t no A m er ican soldiers, saliors o r av iato rs w ill be sent to fight in E urope and th a t U nited S ta tes help to B r ita n will co n sist of supplies, there is a definite belief th a t an A E F will, w hhim .a y ear, h e - o p e ra tin g in north A frica. T he convoy ques tion also w orries congress and this is one reason th a t conrgess will n o t-ad jo u rn this y e a r but will re main a t its post on a hop-skip bacis, prepared to cope w ith any situation w ithin a few d ay s’ tim e It is now c e rtain th a t the a d m inistration will give aid to Tur> key and to Y ugoslavia. A p p a ren t ly, the only way to sent supplies is around the Cape of Good Hope, xt the tip of South A frica, and then up the o th er coast to the Red sea and Suez canal. An expeditionary Force could also follow the same .<. te. W henever the subject of convoys Era been broached to the p re si dent, as at press conferences or o bis congressional leaders, his re ply h as been th a t a question is rpo stero u s. This answ er, how ever, has not quieted the m em bers >f congress. It is generally ad- vitted th a t if A m erican supplies ire to be sent to E ngland they 'Hist he accom panied by a convoy, ’l 'h '”’ 'Am erican or E nglish naval vessels. U nder the lease-lend bill lestro y ers can be burned over to Canada and th e A m erican crews \in volunteer in the Canadian navy without loss of A m erican citizen-, d in. W hat congress knows (and h e p resident has said a convoy means shooting and shooting means w ar) is th a t an Am erican rnr.voy will be attack ed li>y th e je rm a n subm arines, and then “we ire in.” s r a • C ongress is tak in g tim e by the ’{•’'elock. It is s ta rtin g to inves- ig'.te the national defense con tacts now' instead of w aiting un- il a fte r the w ar is over and more lam age is done. A special com- rthtee of the senate will investi- t.- why co n tracts have been dis- ;r;buted g eo g rap h ically : why cer - bin sections of the country have >een given contracts (and in ex- po-ed positions w ithin 200 miles if th e coast) and o th ers have ieer ignored. T3ie sale o f land for n rta in cantonm ents and defense plr.nts reeks w ith scandal. One 'an to n m en t was estim ated to cost db000,000 and it will cost $22,000,- )00 because of Iheing im properly rented. This com m ittee will in- ,'trtig a te the reason fo r g iv in g a ■( w g eneral co n tracto rs more than ir.ee billion dollars’ w orth of w ork while ' scores of o th ers were ignored. S trikes, too, will be ii ijjied»w’here they have halted de- frrse orders and some effort will >.<? made to determ ine how mtany millions of dollors have been col ei ted by dues before an A m erican litizen can work fo r national de- Fer.se. E stim ates ran g e (from $30,- )00,000 to $80,000,000 collected as initiation fees, o r work perm its. No one knows th e exact figures, n;d the unions are not revealing [heir receipts from this source. A fter the first w orld w ar con- y 'era authorized m any investiga- ¡»Xn*. Out it w as too late to rem e dy w h at had been done. Now rrn g ress is m oving in on the job In the h e a t of construction and the fiv er of production, and the fact that congress is in v estig atin g will prevent g ra ft and crookedness, for not all are patrio ts. The length to which national de- fvn=c can he stretched is rem nrk- pblc. The governm ent, through one of its bureaus, suggests th a t ml«? he ex term inated in the cause of rW enep This renort rav^4hf*rp is one r a t for evprv two neraonc. in the citv m entioned and one ra t to' every person in ru ral areas. Afiruol destruction caused hv ra ts is estim ated_a t $180,000,000. On the farm ra t dam age is about $10 000 000 for »11 f a r m s ,. Thri p,at grain in «hock* fir. ’ g ran aries, from m anners, pig stys and poultry yards. No e s ti m a to r s m ade of h«hv chicks and eggs destroyed, b u t the re p o rt cites (Continued on Page two) C ity Council of Moro m et Tues- d n j n ig h t to discuss several m a t ter? - of city interest, not all of w hich resulted In action being t: ken. Discusseci w ithout action w as the ren tin g of the offices to tl e county ag en t, exercising thb c r y ’s rig h t to redeed tax fore- c ’osed p ro p erty , sending a re p re sen tativ e to the m eeting of PUD advocates in Condon. Action was taken on - the p u r chase of fire hose by ordering the b ying of enough to bring the city i'p to stan d ard , ordering the m a r shal to stop long time double park- ii.v on Main stree t, collection of w a te r re n ts long delinquent and ri decking the bridge of T hird stVeet n ear M rs. H ansen’s place. The council also voted to pay $ ; <XX) in bonds which will reduce the indebtedness of Moro to $23,- 500. I . . . V - 1 ¿¡¿dSkitiis.- is,,. .. v. - JFl An unusual photograph of the world fam ous Old F aithful Gey- •" r in Yellowstone N ational P a rk . With clock-like reg u la rity Old fa ith fu l spouts a m ighty stre a m of boiling w ater 120 feet into the w r, preceding this perform ance with a growling, rum bling, hissing p ologue. The capriciousness of wind and clouds som etim es form s unique pictures in com bination with the m ighty w a te r g u sh er.— — U n on Moro Women Take Second In Table Setting A num ber of m em bers of the M jro W om an’s club w ent to The D.Jles last S atu rd ay to aid B ritain a.id incidentaly to tak e p a rt in a table settin g contest. Adnfission ci.aige of 15 cents w ent to B ritain ai ;! honor of w inning a few dol lars and no little honor w ent to h : first and second place w inners, in the contest. Moro’s entry placed second only to th a t of the D ufur M ethodist Church. Local women combined th?ir antique trea su res and bi n ight a num ber of articles th a t m. de a pleasing 1890 table setting. M '.-dames C. L. Poley, T rum an St ong, May Belshe, C. P. Moore, a» 1 E. H. Moore were active in m king the arran g e m e n t and pro- vi iir.g the m aterial. Wasco Girl Killed By Estranged Husband P a c ific R a ilr o a d P h o to . Sherman County Has 28 Men In Military Service Btnneville Agents S op Here Briefly M orton Tom pkins’, o rg an izer of public utility d istricts fo r the Bonneville adm inistration, w as in town T hursday while on his w ay to Condon w here a m eetin g was call ed fo r th a t night with the avowed purpose of p etitioning fo r a dis tric t to ba-form ed of the towns of Gilliam, Morrow, Sherm an and V.’heeler counties. Also here was Eric Johnson of the W asco county REA who had l»een' sent to the, m eeting by the Wasco county, group. M arch 17, 1941 Count m et In si ecial session, jn response to call , of County Judge, in the County 't C' urtroom in th e C ourthouse in Moro, Oregon a t 10:00 o’clock a. m. The following being present: G o. A. P o tte r, County Judge I Ross Ornduff, County Clerk- J M. W ilson, County Com missioner David Reid, County Com m issioner M eeting w'as held in consultation v th A rchitect rep resen tin g Mid- S ate C onstruction Company of The D alles. Oregon, relative to proposed addition and vault alter- I a ’ ions to the C ourt House. A fte r i doe discussion, w ritten au th o rity was g ran ted M id-State C onstruc tion Com pany to draw up plans i and specifications, covering such proposed im provem ents, for a fee I of- $200.00. C ourt adjourned sufeejet to call o f C ounty Judge. I COUNTY Sherm an county d ra ft h ead q u ar ters announce the list of local men who are now serving in the arm ed forces of the nation. This list of 28 men have either volunteered, beer, inducted or are officers who have trained for th eir com m issions. Of the 28, eight are in the arm y, tv o jn the national guard, six in the navy, two in the m arines, five have enlisted a jte r re g istra tio n and five have been inducted. Two have gone from R ufus, f- g h t from Wasco, twelve from Moro, four from G rass Valley, one fiom Kent and one from outside the county. In the arm y are Thom as H. F ra se r jr., 1st Lt.: Gordon O. F rase r, 2nd Lt.; Earl C. W illiam s, 2nd Lt.; Lloyd V. Ilenrichs 2nd L t; Donald R. B urnet, corporal; Mel vin D Balzer, F rank L utje, A lbert Thompson. National Guard Has Two Mrs. Naomi Moore, d au g h ter of Mr. and Mrs. B. H. Grady of W as co. was killed S aturday near Tygh V. hey when her estranged h u s band, Clifford, entered the house in which she was living w ith their two and a half year old d au g h ter, e.rd shot her. An arm y 45 eal. « j . .«m atic was used. Moore then " r t him self. Mrs. Moore was born in M adras, lived in The Dalles and attended school in Wasco until her p aren ts moved to W alla W alla w here ghe was m arried. Graveside services were held Tl ursday at two o’clock a t Golden- fla'.e. She is survived by her daughter, Ruth Ann, her parents, Mr. and, Mrs. B. H. Grady and two b o th e rs , Nyal of Spokane and Ed of W alla W alla. Officials Talk About Addition To Court House The national guard has J. Melvin B aker and Fred S. Beardsley. Navy men ‘are W alter H arold Lelshee, pharam aeists m ate; Leo na k M aurus, Willis I). K aseberg, Rodney T ru itt, Jack H. Hines, Byron Olan S tark. The M arine corp men are A rth u r Van Gilder, sgt: and Norm an Adams, pvt. 1st class. Those whou have volunteered afle? reg istratio n picked th eir own 'branch of service. They are: Rob- e r‘ Poley, m arines; W alter G. Boicc, navy; C harles W. M cKinney, navy; Wm. Roth, arm y; H a rry A. Mi Donald, navy. Inducted into service h a w been Gordon W. B ringm an, N orm an Fields, Goerge E. R ohrback’ P aris Fim o G entry and Vinton W atkins. O p these Fields, Rnhrbaek and G entry are a t Louisville, Ky., v here they are in train in g ,• for arm oured division. Recent new's is th a t the count> will receive credit for the e n list m ent of the m nn w'ho have gone to the colors which mans th a t a l ter June there will likely be a slack cuing of d ra ft needs unless the»e is increased expansion of the *ar my. Mrs. F rank F. F ag an of Me- M 'rnvillo arrived Tuesday to visit ff'r a few days with her sister. Mrs. Darwin Van Gilder. Mr. F ag an in the m ram vfi’le is in .Spokane at- 'i p i ’ing the N.F.A. convention this week. They plan to re tu rn to Mc Minnville S aturday. COURT PROiCEED- , ING S, A PR IL TERM , 1941 iinril 2. 1941 being the tim e for t l - re g u la r term of the Counfv C ourt for Sherm an County in the S ta te of Oregon, the Honorable C' u n tv C ourt di 1 on said date jrm e t in the County C ourtroom in the C ourthouse a t Moro at t-he hour of ten o’clock a. m. The following being p resent: G ‘O A. P o tter, C ounty Judge L .vid Reid, County Com m issioner J M. Wilson, County Com m issioner T L ester Johnson, Dist. A tto rn ey R »ss Ornduff. County Clerk * • President Forty People April Already Meet to Organize Riding Club Over Normal Rainfall Here n Next Meeting To Be Sunday, Rains Of Past Week Bring April 20 At The Sherman • Month’s Total To More County Fair Grounds Than 30 Year Average O rganization of a group of p irso n s to be called the Sherm an C n in ty Riders was started S un day when over fo rty men anil women met a t the court house to talk over the pleasures and ad- ' v an tag es of riding horseback. Elected president of the group w is LeRoy W right, vice-president is Claude Thompson and secretary is D hrw aid Helyer. A board o f 1 d irectors of ten, two chosen from eoch of the five d istricts in the ‘ county was also elected. They are 1 M •. and Mrs. Jewel Her in, Mar- j< 'le Ri?h, I/eon Sm ith, Velma Mc Kean, D. H. W right, F m m ajea’i F .k in , Donald M artin, W. • C. H Iyer and Mrs. Kenneth M artin, i W ithin a few days a m eeting will he held by the hoard of directors i te w rite a constitution and a set I o| by-law s. Next general m eeting w ’1 Ibe held Sunday, April 20, a« th ■ fa ir grounds when a ride will j be held. This first ride of the si '.son will be held close to town in o rder to give those who are i .*:< i u?ed o riding an opportunity to toughen muscles for longer ri.’es to come. Several suggestions as to how to increase the num ber of those in terested in horseback riding > v.i re made at the m eeting. Pur- I cli .se of horses and riding equip- i Mrs. I^aura Goode, president of mi nt by everyone interested was the Am erican Legion A uxiliary of up eed as the ideal, but objections O n g o n , will be in Wasyo next w: « raised th a t some would find I Monday to speak before the mem this expensive. Those who have i t is of the ex-service units of this available horses will lend or ren t d istrict. Mrs. Flo-ye von Borstel them for .use to those w ithout for of G rass Valley, d istric t president, a tim e or until other arran g em en ts w 11 preside. (Accompanying Mrs. a»e possible. Goode will be Mrs. Mae Whtcomb, Formamion of a sheriff’s posse si o ’- Portland, sec retary of the aux- one of the aim s of the group. Rides iiiety. m ay be arran g ed with other riding A one th irty luncheon will !>e d u b s in Wasco county or at Gold- served and the m eeting will begin enacle, said the officers. in the early afternoon. Secretary Governor Sprague Vetoes 15 Bills B. A. I.. Lindbeck. Salem, Oregon, Ajiril 10.—Of the .">(• I lulls dumped into Governor S| a g u e’s la]) by the recent legis- ln.ive srs-ion 480 were perm itted to continue on th eir way to th" st tu te books. The other 15 were co down by the executive veto, trta b lish in g what is »believed to be I an all-tim e high record for vetoes ' in this state. Of .he 15 vetoed m easures the The following proceedings were nti s: o u tstan d in g were the House h id a t said term : m easure providing for retirem ent In the m a tte r of the paym ent of t circu it and suprem e court o< claim s ag a in st the General judges on $200 a month pay; the F rd . Claims approved and a l Jo n es’ bill, also a House m easure, ii wed. which would have perm itted the In the m atter of the paym ent of sa’e^gf n atu rally ferm ented wines cliim.s presented ag a in st the Road ¡ by nte glass, and an o th er House F re d . Claims approved and a l-j bili providing for a tax on dairy li wed pioducts to finance an advertising Re. A greem ent between N atio n and m ark etin g cam paign to in al H ospital Association and Coun crease consum ption of these pro ty C ourt of Sherm an County, Ore- ducts. g n. - A greem ent signed and a p In vetoeing the judges’ re tire proved. m ent hill the governor expressed Re: Sheriff's turnover of cur- him self as opposed to the extension n nt and delinquent taexs collect of this privilege to selected groups ed io date of March 15, 1941. Ac- or public" em ployees, and p artic u C( nted and filed. larly to a group enjoying the sa la Re. Bill of Sale of Pacific ries paid to judges. The Jones Pow er & L ight Co., to Sherm an Itfint* bill was disapproved by the C' unty, covering th ree poles w ith governor as co n tra ry to the p rin in Sherm an County F a ir Grounds. ciples of the Knox Liquor Control B'il of Sale approved and ordered Ast an d as not desired foy the peo filed. ple of Oregon a t this time. Bill of Sale from Sherm an Coun O ther vetoed m easures included ty to Pacific Power & L ight Com bili.> providing for appeals from de pany. covering eight poles located cisions of the liquor control com ab ng the County Roed between the m ission: cu rin g defective and ir E ’ le rim e n t Station and the F a ir reg u lar deeds and conveyances; in G 'ounds. Bill of Sale approved creasing the cosm etic-therapy am ' ordered delivered to Pacific board from th ree to five m em bers; P< wer & L ight Co. ap p ro p riatin g $250 to provide a Re: 'County T re a su re r’s R eport “ suitable enclosure” for the bronze f )" month ending March 31, 1941. ntate seal imbedded in the floor of E ' mined and approved. the capitol rotunda; ap p ro p riatin g Re: County H ealth N u rse’s $5200 for additional experim ental R eport covering six weeks period v’i rk on arid lands in Sherm an to Miarch 31, 1941. Exam ined and ccv.nty; ap p ro p riatin g $5000 to approved. n nipensate Mrs. Elizabeth F. In the m a tte r of the A greem ent Brown for injuries sustained in a b<i ween Munnell & Sherrill and fall a t the state ttuberculosis hos Sherm an County reg ard in g the pital; p ro tectin g pul’ lic employees purchase of tire and tube req u ire in th eir pay and p rio rity ratin g s m ents for the period* beginning w h ile^ab sen t in m ilitary service; Avril 1, 1941 and ending M arch-31, ptpviding penalties for acts of 1912. A greem ent signed and ord- ««botage; relatin g to changes of filed. boundaries of school d istricts re C ourt adiourned subject to call viving the old Soldiers and Sailors o r County Judge. commission and ap p ro p riatin g $5000 for its operation; including r ’T M M S .PR E S E N T E D AND AL- service trad es under fair U*ade act; t.O W E D AG A IN ST T H E ROAD anf> relatin g to relocation o’f^ o u n - (Continued on page four) tv roads on or near a irp o rts ^ - . f Official County Paper The governor used the p artial vi to provision to elim inate two it' ins totallin g $20,000 from the omnibus ap p ro p riatio n bill and to strik e out a claim allowed to Mrs. Pose Swanson for the death of her husband while in the employ of the eastern Oregon s ta te hospital from the sundry claim s bill. Records of the state deportm ent show that only seven m easures ol th? 1939 legislature were vetoed by Governor S prague while Gover- n rr M artin vetoed only six bills of the 1937 session. » » * B arrin g the referendum which has been th reaten ed by cig arette m anufacture rs Oregon smokers will begin paying a two cent state tax on each package of “fa g s ” on June 14. Governor S prague sig n ed the cig arette tax bill this week In th e presence of a group o f old p.pe pension advocates and sent it or. to *the sta te d ep artm en t to be come law. Revenues from this tax are variously estim ated a t from $1,200,000 to $1,900,000 a year. F;ve-sixths of this revenue is to go tow ard public assistance, g en erally in terp reted as old age pen sions, while th e rem aining one- sixth goes tow ard the support of vocational education. • T » 1 A su b stan tial im provem ent in the em ploym ent situation, occasion Qil by the 'boom in defense indus tries, is reflected in jobless in su r ance paym ents for the first q u a r ter o f thisr year which w ere 28.7 per cent below those for the sam e period of 1941. ■ Unemploym ent insurance’' paym ents for March, this year, were less than half those fob M arch, 1940, according to a rep o rt by A dm in istrato r Silas G ab er. • • •* L gal minded mem bers of the s t a t i ’s official fam ily do n o t'sh a rc the concern expressed by some com m entators overr the effect of the new F o rth Congressional d istrict on state board¡4 and commissions. In the first place, theik* exports point out, although the legislative ate creatin g the new' d istrict be- cumes effective next June the dis trict itself does not become o p era tiv e until the convening of the seventy-eighth C ongress in J a n u ary, 19 13. U ntil th at time the p iesen t Eir.it d istrict will to all in- (Continued on Page two) '* ‘ • ■ April, the month oif spring show er:, outdid its reputation during the last week by bringing real rain on several days instead of merw showers. The south end of the county was particularly fortunate as it received more rain than the more northern portions. The W il cox district is said to be especial ly muddy from the recent rain». March was a bit drier than u.-.ua! this year although the crop year moisture is greater than normal. But the first day of April .brought .30 of rain to s ta rt the month off well. The normal rainfall for April during the past th ’rty years is .78 inch. Meek Has Heavy Rains This week the w eath er man show cred down .02 inch of additional m oisture to bring the total fd t this m onth well above th e norm al a l though less than a third o f the month is passed. _ Grain all over the county is luxuriant and in some places is ready to joint. Heading is ex pected weeks ahead of the normat tim e. There are those who feel th at the grain has too rank a stand ar.d th at it may be injured by drouth if the rains cease before m id-June. Plow ing has • been slow this t\eek with tractors having to stop because of wet ground and gath er ing stubble, but it is nearly done anyw ay. W eather for the week: Min D etc Max 3 65 34 4 5« 42 6 56 33 C 52 31 7 59 44 8 63 35 54 9 41 T otal Prec. .01 .12 .01 .01 .02 .46 .62 Woman’s Club Hears About Landscaping The Woman’s club entertained the Wasco Garden club and a few non-member Moro ladies Friday, April 14. Mrs. M argaret Peeta was director for the meeting, in troducing Mrs. Eunice 'Brandt, from the Oregon 9tate Extension Service, who gave a very interest ing and illustrated talk on “ Home Architecture, or Planning the Heme Grounds. Mrs. Irving H art sang two num bers—“ In the Garden” and ‘*Rose in the Bud.” The director for Mothers and Daughters banquet reported th at the dinner would be held in the Odd Fellows hall, Friday, April 18 at 7:00 p. m.—Potluck—also each memiber is to pay 25c to de fray expenses. The president, Mrs. Delpha Ramsey, read an invitation from the Sorosis club in The Dallea, inviting all presidents and a dele gation from all cluibs ip the district to attend their annual Spring Luncheon at The Dalles Hotel, on April 15 a t 12 noon. iPrioe 65c. Any one wishing to attend please notify Mrs. Ramsey not later than April 10. M rsi Harold Ginn was elected a member of the club. Refreshments were served a t the close of the meeting by the hostesses, Mrs. A. H. Barnum, Mrs. P. C. Axtell and Mrs. Ted Pierson. Lamb Show Date Changed To May ^10 “ May 10, Saturday is the day officially chosen as the time for the annual lamb show which will be held in Wasco again thia year. A list of p rîte s and classifica tions will be announced soon ad- cording to those in charge of the show. Viggo H aufelt is genets! chairman. A m usem ent event that always aecompanys the lam b »how b the Shcepherder’s Ball, a daneo of large proportions and large times in general. Information aiboat the details of tihe affair will be forth coming by next week says T. Les ter Johnson, who is one of the cemmittee for the ball. “I
