l'» - -P ^ v - • journal F ifty-T h ird Y ear N o . 29 Moro, Oregon. Friday. M ay 23, 1941 Grass Valley County Court Circuit Court Wins High School ^ ^ i n g s Chambers Added t i m a M ay Term, 1941 ¡rack Meet Commissioner’s Court Docket, To Court House May 1st Special Term, 1941 Payne of Grass Valley is « High Point Man: Good Time Made in All Races May 1, 1941 Court met in spec­ ial session, in response to call of County Judge, in the County Courtroom! in the Court House in Moro^. Oregon at 10:00 o’clock, a. m. The following being present. Geo. A. Potter, County Judge Ross Ornduff, County Clerk J- M. Wilson. County Commissioner I>avid Reid, County Commissioner T. Lester Johnson, Dist. A ttorney The following proceedings were h id and taken, to-wit: Sealed proposals and bids for alterations ar.d additions to Sher- n an County Court House- were rf'c*>v*d, opened and-read in open Court, which had been received in response to duly published calls tnerefor. Proposals and bids received: T i-State Construction Company ° f Portland, $7966.00. Kw^ u te Company Official County Paper Wickard Calls Farm Vote May 31 Grade School Farmers To Graduation To Vote On Quotas Be Held in W asco With the exception of the Kept school the grade school classes of thy county will meet in Wasco Friday night, May 23 to hold graduating ceremonies as a unit. Changes Made To Care For Increased Use Of Saturday, May 31 Five Election Boards Named To Serve The There are 35 from the five schools Court House Offices The Grass Valley team won the A change in the plans for re­ high school track meet at Grass modeling the courthouse was made Vulley last Friday by a safe m argin having 39 points to 29 last Monday -when a group of rep- resentative citizens met with the lor Wasco, the only real competi­ county court. tor of the day. K ent had 19 1-3 A second story will ibe placed points, Rufus 13 2-3 and Moro 12. above the new jail to make room In addition to thia G rass Val­ for a chamber for the judge and ley had the high point man in Payne who won the 440, the broad fc j^ a jury room. These changes jump and took second in the shot were made because the present piK. Wilson of Kent made 12 space available for court officials and juries is (being used for the pointe by taking the pole vault, AAA work and the county agent, second in the 440, the javelin and When the work is finished the third in the high jump. Huck of judge will sit on the north-w est Rufus won both the dashes. side of the court room instead of While rain threatened and the i ui . the south-west end. wind blew steadily throughout the A partition will be placed mermng, times made were better across the old court room between than those of last year. Nisbet B.d of Mid-State Construction of the railing and the form er judges of Wasco turned in a 5:13-4 mile y* .u*1 111 ,,1C The Dalles for $6700.00 accepted, dias and the room thus provided to better the time made last yea. for ff , Court Hou, e improvement, improve^ ent will will be used used tfor tfor the the AAA AAA work work Court House sin SeC°M s u 8 " y e ,'nn « Contract entered into and construe *” <1 the county health nurse who 440 was 56.5, Huck ran the 100 m tion to s ta rt May 6, 1941. will have perm anent quarters, be- 10.3 all to make the tim ers (there Court adjourned, subject to call cause she will now supervise the were three) check their watches of County Judge. work in the south end of Wasco and wonder if they all could be . . county instead of going to Mor- right. Commissioner s Court Docket, row county as formerly. In the afternoon the music fes­ May 7th Term, 1941. The county agent’s office will Declaring safe management of the country’s large wheat supplies an tival was , , . held with . pupils of all . . 7, 1941 being the time for n m a jn jn the sanre place as will important defense measure. Secretary of Agriculture Claude R. Wfckard the schools compet.ng in evenU in the regular term of the County tk t office of ,the relief adm inistra. (above) has proclaimed a marketing quota for wheat and has announced the pavilion. Court for Sherman County in the tor. A window will be placed be- The Events: State of Oregon the Honorable tween the ag en t’s reception room May 31 aa the date of a referendum at which wheat farmers will mark Mile: Nisbet, Wasco, first; F ritts, C unty Court did on said day meet and the new IAAA room and wfL ballots such as the one shown to determine whether quotas shall con­ in effect oa' the big 1941 crop. Marketing quotas are provided by Kent, second; Thompson, Moro, in the County Courtroom in the also -be a part of the new p a rti­ tinue the AAA farm program, and enable farmers to safely store their surplus third. Time, 5:13.4. Courthouse at Moro at the hour tion. for use as needed, Wickard said. According to current estimates, U. S. 190 yard Dash: Huck, Rufus, of ten o’clock a. m. Great changes are being mactt farmers will have enough wheat on hand after harvest this year to first; Hogue, Grass Valley, see- The Following being present: t in the court house these days, with supply the nation*» expected needs for nearly two years. ond; MeDermid, Wasco, third. Geo. A. Potter, County Judge V n e w jail and new rest rooms .be­ Time 10.3. David Reid »County Comm. ing .built as an addition and with 440 yard Dash: Payne, Grass J. M. Wilson, County Comm. new vaults being built for the Valley, first; Wilson, Kent, sec- Rr^s Ornduff, County Clerk sheriff and treasurer and a larg er ond; Bardenhagen, Grass Valley, T. Lester Johnson, Dist. Attorney ore for the clerk. third. Time 56.5. The following proceedings were When the job is completed the 220 yard Dash: Huck, Rufus, had at said term . total cost will be $10,600 «which first; Hogue, Grass Valley, second; In the m atter of the payment of will serve to remodel and make voii Borstel, Kent, third. Time 24.4. claims presented against the Gen- up to date the entirecourt house Wasco climbed into place a t the 880 yard run. Bayer, Grass eral Fund. Claims approved and I_____________ *_________________ top of the wheatland Timber league Valley, first; F ritts, Kent, sec- ordered paid. eral Assistance $164.11 last Sunday by beating Mitchell Graduation of high school class ond: McLeod, Moro, third. Tim< In the m atter of the paym ent C. M ersinger - DeMoss Park 4.50 by a 4 to 3 count in a game th a t es in this county is taking place 2:16.6. of claims presented against the The F irst National Bank - Aid had a Frank Merriwell finish if this week and will continue into Relay: Won by Grass Valley. R »ad Funds. Claims approved and to Dependent Children 22.20* one -ever did. With Wasco trail- next week. Grass Valley’s seniors Payne, Bardcnhagen, Bayer, Hogue ar.d ordered paid. ing w itha 3 to 2 score W atkins were given their diplomas Tues- Time 1:40. Re: Report of Audit, Sherman Th.e F irst National Bank - Aid to the Blind 9.40 hit a home run in the last half of d<_,, night, Kent W ednesday night Javelin: Richelderfer, Wasco, C< unty for year 1940. Report of The F irst National Bank - Old n*nth with one ahead of him. of this week. Next Monday Was- first; Wilson, Kent, second; Fields Auditor examined and filed. Age Assistance 164.00 Condon is the team tied with C(, wjj|| g rad u ate its class and G rass Valley, third. Distance 140 Re; Resignation of O. G Sayrs from the position of Direc- Gtis Uaker - Ja n ito r’s Salary 75.00 Was^Q for league leadership hav- Tuesday night of next week Moro ft. v/i? hold graduation exercises. Discus: McDermid, Wasco, first: ter of Sherman County Fair C. M ersinger DeMoss Park 4.50 ir.g lost but one game. Instead of Jensen who is now R ufus lias no seniors. J. C. Freeman - Stamps for H artm an, Wasco, -second; Mer- Board. Action Deferred sir.ger, Moro, third. Distance 108 F uom the en tire four classes Re: Report of Sheriff and Tax Clerk’s Office 10.00 pitching for the Blue Mountain league team of Elgin, Melletin of of the county this year 24 pupils ft Collector on Tax Collections and George Fox - Field Work High jump: M artin, Moro, first; Delinquencies, as of December 31, Assessor’s Office 150.00 Trie Dalles, hurled for Wasco Sun- a , e graduating. Seven are from day and did a creditable job hold- both Wi&ua and Moro and five Bryant, Rufus, second; Wilson, 1940. Report examined and ap- Mcrie Hoskinson - Assessor s ing the opposing team of five hits, from each Grass Valley and Kent, third. Height 5; 1.3-4. p, cved. Office Help 57.50 the same number as Wasco got R( nt. Shot: O’Meara, Wasco, first; County T reasurer’s Report for Burroughs Adding Machine off Gw altry for Mitchell. C harles W alker of Portland Payne, Grass Valley, second; Bay­ month ending April 30, 1941. Re- Co. - Assessor’s office $5.35 Wasco : Mitchell spoke to the parents and gradua er, Grass Valley, third. Dis­ port examined and approved. T reasu rer’s office $3.20; 8<25 Sol vester, 'Hawkins, s ting class at Grass Valley Tues- tance 37:3. County Treasurer instructed to Bushong & Co. - Sheriff’s office W atkins, 1 Gwaltry, p (;ay night when Gene Reynolds, Pole V ault. Wilson, Kent, first; expense- $1.00; Assessor’s O’Meara, L M arshall, c E llenx Eakin, Coats, Wasco, second; Fields, charge County Fund w ith.,$16.23, H arry W aynt brlance of claim 106 Moro State office expense $3.69; 4 6 9 Wilde, r Meisner, 1 Yeung, Claud Bayer and Donald Grass Valley, third. H eight 7:6. B issett, 3 Powell, r r Olds received their Broad Jum p: Payne, Grass Val­ Bank, County Clerk’s fees Decern- Kilham Stationery & Print- certificates ¡ng ’Co. - Supt. office $5.19; Ryan, 3 that work in the local high school H. R ichelderfer, 3 ley. first; Nisbet, Wasco, second; ber 1931. Approved. Re: Resolution in the m atter of Assessors office 61c; W illiam s, c IPrindle, 2 was over. M artin, Moro, third. Distance 17:5. Sheriff’s’ 5.11; 10.91 B ryant, 2 W aggner, in Hitch Kick: Fields, Grass Val­ the abandonment of ascertain por­ „W illiam s-, L Two G raduate Next Week Melletin, p ley, first; M artin, Moro, second; tion of the Old Columbia River S. W. Searcy - Courthouse ex­ pense 19.20 D. Richelderfer, , s von Borstel, Kent, Blackiburne, Highway in Sherman County, At Kent Wednesday night T.F. Rufus and Bryant, Rufus, all tied O'-egon. Grant-Rufus Section of Moro Garage - Courthouse ex- Brumbaugh, sueprintendent of old Highway. Resolution adopted pense 0.50 for third. tlu Wasco county schools ,spoke ard filed and certified copy order- Pacific Telephone & Telegraph to the class of five graduates and ed mailed to Oregon State High- Co - Courthouse expense (Tel- their friends who gathered to w -y Commission, Salem, Oregon. phones) 21.45 A t H lp fl FlCUirP see them in their final appearance (Note) Resolution recorded in May & Son - Courthouse ex 0 3 / as school children. Finishing the Commissioner’s Journal *me addPM3 Ross Hammack of yoter Polk gre u open of P ortland sang “O Promise Me” from 9 g m untU 9 p m and Mrs.’ Ray S.egenthaler sang • Because.” Both were accom- panied a t the piano by Ray Sie- genthaler. The bride wore a lovely ,dress of white organza and carried a white prayer book. Her attendants, Miss Rachel Poley, maid of honor, and the Misses Iva Belshee and Betty Powell, bridesmaids, were gowned in pastel frocks and car­ ried sweet peas. Ross Hammack was best man and ushers were Jack Grader of Imnaha and Mur- r a r o i d i k l d o f Corvaili»."“ Little Miss Marjorie Anne Pierson was ftewer girl, and Dean Fuller, brother of the bride, and Kenneth Warnock, brother of the groom, performed the candle-lighting cere­ mony. Following the wedding a recep­ tion was held at the home of Dr. and Mrs. C. L. Poley for immed­ iate friends and relatives of the couple. Mrs. C. J. Thompson pnured and Mrs. W alter Fuller cut the wedd,nK cake. Misses Claudtne Innm pson and Veda Belshee, cousins of the bride, assisted a t the serving. Jn this county a close ghcws th at will p ^ u tte d u Cftst balloU Qnthe quata meaa. ure total vote is not eat- p^cted to »be «o large, ________________ R P R p J lir f I H V I £ieC inC I\.aieiVC ,rfH bBye a redoction of nearly 18 per Mr. and Mrs. W arnock are a t cent. home in Portland, where he has a position with the W illamette Iron and Steel Co.- He is a menu- bur of Delta Upsilon fraternity, and Mrs. Warnock of Kappa Djelta. Buth attended Oregon State cob Out of town guests included Mr. and Mrs. W alter Fuller and (laugh- ters, Mr. and Mrs. Armour Spauld? ing, the Misses Sara Simpson, Donna Brown, and Dollie Belshee, all of Portland; Mr. and Mrs. Lynn Cooper of Centerville, Wash- ington, and Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Warnock and Miss Betty Warnock, parents and sisiter of the groom, from Imnaha. ------ 7------------- Marshall Cothran has been working this week at the job of reconditioning the Legion hall, First job was to rebuild, the sidfe- wulk leading to the main ddor, ------- Based on the May MU when the city used 2790 KWH at a coet the new rate would have b( en $50.7«. Under the old rate tbe first 525 KWH were at a 7 cent rate and cost $Q6.7fi for the hook-up charge of the 15 KP motor. The next 975 coat $1940 a t 2 cents, apd the remainder, 1290 at one cent waa $1240. Hereafter1 the coat wiU he aa follows: F irst 270 will make up the minimum charge of $15.00, next 480 will be a t 4.5 cents or $21.60, next 1050 at 16 cents at $1^7j5v and the remaining 990 a t .75 cents or $7.43, making a total of $59.78. The bill of the city of Moro would have been cut from $38.71 to $32.73 on the basis of the May billing. a Other commercial users of elec- tricity wiU find similar reductions.