d«-e»on Historical Socwcy
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F ifty-T h ird Y ear N o . 37
Moro, Oregon. Friday, July 18, 1941
Hay -Barn Burns Wheat Producing
From Hot Hay
Bigger Crops
On Cooper Farm
W ashington, D. C. Ju ly 17— Pro-
' iding co ngress approves (and it
ha*> not yet disapproved a n y th in g
in th e w ay of an a p p ro p riatio n )
tjie U. S. m aritim e com m ission will
soon »be given an o th er fund of $1,-
668,000 with which to co n stru ct
566 vessels of various types and
si»?.*:, all of which would be com-
j/.eted n ext y e a r and in 1943, Out
of th e 566 ships th e Columbia
a w a will have an allotm ent. The
O regon Shipbuilding Com pany will
undoubtedly receive some and th e re
¡ . a p rospect o f new yards being
given orders a t V ancouver, R ain
ier. PorC and and A storia. Y ards
a t Coos Bay and Tillim ook may be
included.
The com m ission has heretofore
p re ferred expanding e x istin g yards
(as a t the Oregon Shipbuilding
C om pany p la n t) to financing new
w ays, b u t if the p re sen t bill is
enacted tih? com m ission will require
48 additional w ays and to reccn-
d 't on old shipyards. The new ways
v ili give th e C oktm bia riv er area*
an o p p o rtu n ity to have a t least
two new y ards, possibly three.
The p ro b le m 'o f steel en ters into
th e situ ation and th ere m ay be
such a sh o rtag e th a t th e com m is
sion m ay abandon its present poli
cy of all-steel ships and orde r
sem e wooden boats. This would be
a concession to W ashington ;:nd
O iegon, two sta te s p a rtic u la ily
qualified to build boats of_ wood.
Spread of A m erican defense to
Iceland and a ba«e in n o rth Ireland
>3 new old news, but th* »•-» a re o th ? r
s ut prises in stor*. A m erican offi
cers are being dispatched to Ind:a
and can be expected before long
a t S ingapore. The (Pacific ocean
is playing as im p o rtan t a role in
the w ir ps the A tlan tic, although
it has not been a s d ra m a tiz e'! as
th e la tte r. W ake island Will be
ready fo r occupancy in A ugust.
1 his is a sm all coral isle r p re se n t
ed on the m ap by a dot. The navy
is ¡having a statio n constructed
•there and while it is not ccimpWe*’.
th e first of the naval flier-5 wifi
se ttle down th ere in some th ree
w eeks. Midway island is an o th er
w here co n tra cto rs a re building a
base fo r the arm y and n avy; Guam
is Being p repared, an d l Title JchiT-
sun and* C hristm as islands.
W estern congressm en are busy
ta k in g polls c f th e ir co n stitu en ts
by th e post card m ethod to m ake
ce rtain w hat th e people think
ab o u t going to w a r or keeping out.
M any of these polh have not been
c fn tn k te d , b u t th e tab u latio n to
d ate shows decided opposition to
w ar in th e Pacific n o rth w e st t ’
in th e middle west. P re s ’dent
RcoseveY’s own congressional dis
tric t voted1 ag a in st w ar and his rrvn
precinct of H yde P ark found o-o'lv
six people favoring w ar. A poll
ip New York C ity, conducted by a
new spaper, gave a s lig h t edge fa r
w a r, b u t New York contains >thè
g re a te s t foreign population of any
sp o t in th e U nited S ta tes, . and
ithey reflect the bitterrtess
E u ro p ean peoples.
V '* 9
In A laska, o n islands stretch in g
to w ard Asia, w orkm en arc h u r
riedly co n stru c tin g a ir bases, can
to n m en ts a n d underground sh el
te rs. These w orkers were nicked
up in Oregon an d W ashington and
sent north w ith no publicity on
ships ca rry in g supplies. The sud
den storms« which sweep down from
B oring sea alm ost wrecked the
steam e r th e day it landed in a
sm all cove andi th e sihip had to be
heoched, a s it had lo st its ¡anchors.
One of th e im n e rta n t pieces of
equipm ent a t th is naval .'fir b '1*-1'*
will b e metcro,logical ih stru m en ts,
for knowledge of {the »weather is
v ery im p o rta n t an -deferte of
lAlaskia. It is im p o rta n t th a t this
p a rtic u la r statio n be cem nletcd be
fore w inter, and w orkm en are
o p eratin g in s h ifts . S pecial-cloth
ing is new under contract» for
tro o p s to be R ationed th ere, a
b a rre n island w ith m ountains and
fierce storm s. B uilding th è under
ground r e tr e a ts is a re al stru g g le.
T his is onlv one of th e Alasikan
p ro jects in th e defense program .
C om ntaints continue pouring in
from farm ers who w ant workers
. i lo n u n u etU o n . P ag e twq>
A peculiar fire d estro y e d th e
barn on th e M arie B a rn e tt C ooper
place W ednesday j u s t before noon.
A hundred e ig h ty five tons of
(hopped hay bad been stored in the
b r m w hhin th e p a s t week o r so
a r d this becam e heated' because it
w ar too dam p. I t sm ouldered fo r
an hour o r so a f te r it w as d is
ci m e re d . N eighbors w ere called
an j a fire g u a rd plowed' around
t i c h a m and a tte m p ts m ade to put
out the fire. T hese w ere unavail-
ir g and, w ith a m inor explosion,
ti e barn burned to the ground,
-U-aving a g re a t pile o f closely
p led hay th a t will burn fo r sever-
a: days.
\ olmy eer »workers w ere able to
save a nea-i by-hog bouse and chick
en house alth o u g h they will be in
ci r.stamt d an g e r until the hay is
bt rned.
Used Aluminum To
Be Assembled
The cam paign ito g a th e r used
ilrniinum is to begin n e x t w « k
in S herm an county and th e m ay-
o n o f the th re e tow ns, J. M. Wil
son a t K ent G eorge PobteT a t
K on dike and C arl Thom pson at
R .fus, are in charge o f th e w ork
in th e county.
In Moro the girl scouts under
ti ? direction of M rs. H. B. Pink-
e- ton have volunteered to do th e
w rk o f assem bling th e usco
n *t?l. Any of the g irls will con-
vi y the* alu m in u m to- the ce n tral
Ft ttion o r anyone m ay g et in
t( itch with them by calling 102
ot Mrs. P inkerton.
T h h m etal is to be used in
»' -n nd-ary defense w ork to release
a! iminum
fo r airp lan e
m anu-
f f -tube.
Alum inum will be assem bled a t
th e old city pum ping p la n t across
th e s tre e t from th e Sobadewitz
g j rage, w h°re M arshal C othran
w 11 cart1 for it.
Marry Iu Portland
Plenty of Excitement in U. S. War Games
Standing Wheat
Harvesting Results Please
Losses Heavy from Fire
Farmers; Big County Crop
As Hot Days Dry
Almost Certain
Fields and Grass
As h arv est continue« into the
second week re su lts indicate th a t
the m ost o ptim istic ¡estim ates of
the size o f b e crop w ere not fa r
from correct.
H a rv e ste rs announce yields of
17, 18 and 20 sacks on land around
W asco and in a few instances a 21
sack yield is au th en tica te d by
figures o f acres and yields. E sti-
rnaited av e rag e of w heat around
Wasco is between, 17 an d 18 sacks.
A few a re fa llin g below th a t fa r
vario u s reasons and som e a re
above. Few fields a re en tirely
cut.
Yieldis ih th e cen tral p a r t o f the
county are n ea rly as good and are
even b a tte r in com parison to th e
a \ e ra g e of previous y ea rs. The
Pape place on th e point m ade 29.4
bushels.
L. R. Conlee obtained
3P bushels of 63 pound w heat from
his place and Moore Bros, had a
yield of 42.7 bushels from th e
58.6 acres near th e ir house which
v.as cut th is week. The<*e yields
a rc all based cn actual w eig h ts and
m easures.
Truck d riv ers alm ost unanim ous
ly re p o rt 30 bushels o r b e tte r and
vntil fields have been finished th a t
will have io go as final. A t this
tim e, »unless tihe hot w e ath er ol
th is week h a s seriously cut th e
ci op in th e south end o f the coun
ty where th e re is more sp rin g
g ra in , it looks a s if the county will
•produce 3,000,000
bushels
of
w heat.
T h re rtrn g has ju s t s ta rte d a t
G rass Valley and e stim a te s of
y?c Ids a re a s y e t m erely guesses.
Roy Ba m at, who s ta rte d first,
th in k s his crop will yield very
we11.
Corporations Must
J W. M aloney, Collector of In-
’err.al * Revenue, announces th a t
corporations filing C apital Stock
" ax re tu rn s fo r the period ended
Ju n e 30, 1911, should ex ercise e x
trem e care in declaring th e value
of the capital stock.
The C ollector points o ; t th a t the
value row declr"ed will form the
basis for the ad ju sted declared
- value f o r th e y e r r ending J u n e 80,
1942. and Ju n e 30, 1943, respec
tively; and th a t th ere is no elec
tion to increase this value in thfvse
y<ars a s w as je rm itte d fc.r 1939
and 1940. T herefore, an adequate
decleraticn
is essen tial w here
corpce atiens anticip ate inercasen
e a n ijn g s d uring the n ex t th ree
in'" m -tax taxable years. '
(Capita! Stock Tax ret -ns fo r
t l r 1 r> riod ended Ju n e 30, 1941,
m ust b? filed on or before Ju ly
31, 1941.
On Judy 10th a t 7:00 p. m. in
tl ■ F irs t C h ristian church in
1’. rtland
G eorgia II. B racken,
<k u g h tc r o f Mr. and M rs. A rth u r
F ncken c f M ultnom ah and Gordon
11. Ricfcu son of. Mr. and M rs, E, P.
R ch, Wasco, w ere united in
n i rriage.
The bride w ore a • w hite satin
(bt-.ss w ith a finger tip veil and
c: rried ¡a bouquet o f Calla lillies
t i 'd w ith w hite sa tin Tibbon. The
b' .de’s siste r, Mrs. H arold Kim sey
w is m atron o f honor and the
g oom’s siste r, M arojrie Rich,
w - m aid of honor.
Jack Hill o f W oodburn acted as
bt d man and Elvis Rich, brother
of the groom , w as groom sm an.
The decorations w ere sim ple butt
e le c tiv e , consisting of a green
b: ckgnound w ith bask ets of white
ff< w ers and s'even candles on each
si<‘e.
. A Reception was held a t the
B acken home im m ediately follow
Mr. and Mrs. LesteT E arle .Ship-
in'.’ th e service fo r the frien d s and ley a r e now located a t Ojai, Cali
rtdatives atten d in g .
fornia' w here Mr. Shipley is p asto r
of a fchur<&. They w ere m arried
in P ortland, Ju n e 27, a t the F ir s t
Chri'-itian churcih w ith 'Rev. T. L.
Shannon read in g th e cerem ony.
G eraldine Powell, d a u g h te r of
Mrs. Ruby Reese Powell, w as ac-
ci n.panied to the a tta r by heir sds-
The Civil Service Commission t r, Aileen Powell and» Mr. Shipley
h rs announced an exam ination to had h is-b ro th e r, Vernon of G rass
se lire F arm er-F ieldm en tq .ip te r - V alley
ns best man,
pr ?t and p re sen t the program o f
Mr. Shipley, son of Mrs. Tom
th ■ A g ric u ltu ra l A d ju stm en t A;l- Doum a of Moro, was a g ra d u a te
m n istratio n to officers and imem- of th e Univer«5:ity o f P ennsylvania
r? o f A g ricu ltu ral C onservation this s.-mmer.
A ssociations. T he positions pay
$2,699 a year. A pplicants m ust
h ve h a d six y ra rs o f experience
in certain position« in connection
w 'th A g ricu ltu ral A d ju stm en t Ad-'
m n 's t r a t i on w ofk and in p ra c ti
cal farm ing. F o r th e fa rm in g ex-
The Second D istrict of Oregon
pi rience college study i.n» agricul- will have two vacancies fo r A n n
lu •(* m av be su b stitu ted . The apolis ap p o in tm en t for e n tra n c e in
c1. sing date f^r filing applications Ju n e, 1942. R epresen tativ e W al
»-• lAturur-t 7, 1941. •
te r M. Pierce announces th a t
A nother ex a m in a tio n announced designation exam in atio n s will be
by tbi"! Commission Ja fo r Ju n io r given prospective candidates by the
Pj.bfie H ealth N urse. $1,800 a year, U. S. Civil Service Commission on
e f nldymcmt ¡being in the U . S. O ctober fo u rth , c t th e , first ah a.
Public H ealth Servicd, F ederal ¡second clas# post offices in O regon
Si curiity A gency and' in th e Jndian cittesr having applicants.
Fiuld Service,» D epartm ent Of »the
Any high school g ra d u a te who
Ii terior. C ertain n u rsin g ex p e ri has m aintained a high scholastic
ence and education are required. record an d is physically fit, espec
Applications? w ill be ratted as re ially as t o .e y e s ,.m a y e n te r th is
ceived until fu r th e r notice.
exam ination, ’
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Earle Shipley
Married In Portland
Civil Service Jobs
Ready For Farmers
Opening Available
For Annapolis
Fire Burns Big
Barn, 140 Acres
Than Expected
Be Careful
V asco Couple
Official County Paper
The huge steep roofed, Joe
S hearer barn on th e Finnegan,
ranch was com pletely destroyed
by fire Monday noon to g e th e r w ith
96 tons of new meadow hay. The
fii<* broke out so quickly th a t spon-
taueous com bustion is indicated.
At the left Blue army tanks era »h through the fled army’s lines amid a smoke screen to pave the
way for an infantry attack in the war games near Hillsboro, Tenn. In picture at right steel-helmeted
soldiers wearing gas masks and carrying bayoneted guns—members of Co. B 101st Infantry—plunge through
smoke screen laid down by gas officers during success ul “attack” on an objective hill at Camp Edwards,
Mass.
Claims Paid By
County Court
A t July Term
Temperature Goes Five Men To Get
To 107 This Week; Call for Army
Wheat Damaged
Service Soon
CLAIM S P R E S E N T E D AND AL
A prelim in ary call for five men
LOW ED A G A IN ST T H E G E N
f ir m Mrs county w as made on the
ER A L F U N D , Dog Tax Fund
Sum m er w e ath er of an undisiput- h<al d ra ft ¡board th is week. The
and Law L ib rary Fund, JULY able so rt came ,to the mid-Columbia
call is ¿¡object to fu rth e r check.
TERM , 1941
a n a th is week and while no rec Th s? men will leave for camp
C jim a n t
A ccount
Am ount ords have been broken to d ate the A u g u st ISt.h o f 20th.
days have been tru ly h o t and- the
F r s t N ational Bank: G eneral
W hether ei* not tim e will p er
As-sistifiace
$90.51 nig h ts, although much cooler, have mit one of the newly registered
net, been cool enough for good
F rs t N ational Bank: Aid to
21 year olds to be included is not
s'u ( ping.
»the Blind
9.40
known buf it is possible th a t oim
T .rs t 'N atio n al B ank: Aid to
The record fo r hot w e a th e r a t r ay be included am ong the five..
Dependent Children ,
22.20 th e ex p erim en t statio n . is still
If the younger men do not go
F u s t N ational B ank: Old Age
111 degree« which was established the list will be made up o f 'Jack
Assistance
•'
157.40 J'tly 27, 1939. This w as a f te r a la w 's , G rass Valiev: Dewey Thom-
Otis Baker: J a n ito r’s S alary 75.00 n.j'h.t of 77 degrees. It has been a-, W asco; Donald Macnah, Rufus:
A S h earer: DeMoss P ark
5.00 I l f back in 1928 and 107 in 1938. K enneth W alker, Wasco and A r
J H. M cC .ne: C ourthouse im
The fact th a t the 107 top te m th u r Spencer, Wasco.
provem ent—-N ight W atchm an
pi! tutu re of this' hot spell is not
at C ourthouse Ju n e 6 to Ju n e
,th> ho ttest we have had does not
30, inclusive
.
62.50 rrcke it seem more ag reeable to
A M. Zevely. Expenses Gov
t)'-»»« who a«?, fanning themselves».
ern m en t T rap p er
12.50 r<n ’ w orrying a b o u t' the heat.
C .ugon S ta te'A g ric u ltu ral col
Th • w eath er fo r the week:
lege— A gricultural ¡Agent 925.00
Max
Min
The Oregon land use planning
I. ucil’e II. Vale: H ealth Nurs» e
J u ’v
10
85
53
com m ittee composed of farm er»
S alary and Expenses
125.00
11
82
55
from different p arts' of th e state
lb part men t of A g riculture:
12
52
* 92
ami rep resen tativ es o f sta te and
3.76
S ealer of Wts. and Meas.
13
97
59
federal agencies ha» adopted and
J H. S teers: Em ploym ent
14
190
62
forw arded to W ashington, D. C.,
< ffice O perating Expense
7.59
103........
1?
-a poo-gra-m for Oregon A grbiultuw
~S7f: rihan "Counfy ‘Jeurh-aT:
16
107
72
foi the y^ars of the present
C ountv p rin tin g $19.60;
D uration of hot spell» in this ern< ogcncy ami those im m ediately
Tax Foreclosure $164.40; 184.00 county is usually not o v er a week.
following. This rep o rt has already
W est Coast P rin tin g and B ind
Ri cords show th a t the w eather be been subm itted to a regional land
ing Co., Assessor*» office ex
comes h o tter gradually for th ree use conference where it was p rais
pense
34.65 to five days and then slowly cools
ed highly by federal officials as
M arie H orkinson: A ssessor’s
off. Th? fact th a t the W illam ette b eing one of the m ost complete
help
42.50 v; ’ioyhas h? 1 some very hot days
and carefu lly prepared of those
C t j of M cro: W ater a t C ourt
wul m:ili° the cool’ng off proce-« su b m itted by tihe states.
house, m onths of May and
r;,«I,,,,-,. sjow th is time.
“The plans projected in th is re
Ju n e .
28.00
S' me dam age h is been rep o rted p o rt are b u t a continuation anil
F icific Power & L ight Co.:
♦ >
sp rin g w heat in the south □•fluptoition of work th a t has been
C ourthouse lights $28.72:
” i of the county and while some c a rried on foir ninny years by farm
M erchandise .25c:
L
¡>f crop is agreed on by all people and various agencies,” says
DeMoss P ark lights $1.00; 29.97 o' •;,, v r ; »he ex ten t of the dam age
Dean W illiam A. Schoenfeld, ch airT
Jo n a th a n N. M achines: B an g ’s
»< ” et a cn-ction o,n which all can mail of the s ta te com m ittee. “ In
d is?ased ca ttle
21.00 agree. A loss of from a q u a rte r an o th 'tr sense, however, these plans
Jo n a th a n N. M achines. B an g ’s
to a fifth would likely be an aver- a re b u t a beginning in the develop,
diseased ca ttle
72.00 agi of the estim ates.
pie-nt o f an effective and adequate
Donald B. M achines: B an g ’s
W inter w heat, especially
if unified program . This is a con
diseased cattle
12.00 ea rly sown, has ripened very well tin u in g and long-tim e job.”
D m ald B. M aclnncs: B ang’s
but th e sp rin g w heat, which was
P lan s fo r the p reparation of the
diseased ca ttle
48.00 g ieen , was h u rt. This reduction in ¡report which, as completed, covers
J -C. F reem an, P o stm aster:
the crop may be enough to prevent 1(X* ty p e w ritte n pages, were ini
(Box re n t
3.15
th * county from reaching 3,000,000 tiated by th? sta te commititee early
Pacific Tel. & Tel. C om pany:
bushel.
in Ja n u a ry . Tb? p riniarv purpose
C ourthouse telephones
17.35
wa» to recommend adjustm ents
W dy W. K nigbten: Supt. office
which would perm it Oregon a g ri
help
50.00
c u ltu re to contribute m ost tow ards
S ’ .te In d ;^. Accident Comm.:
n atio n al defense and a t the same
•Peace officers protection
4.99
¡time p rep are it to w ithstand the
Tan M acM illan Company: S u p t
in.¡nacts of th e em ergency period
efface expense,
.67
The following quotations are and em erge la te r to avoid the dis
K :lham S tationery & P rin tin g
based on prices being paid in a s te r s which ag ric u ltu re suffered
Co., Supt. office' expense
,98
v
trad in g :
follow ing the first world war.
Geo. A. P o tte r: County Ju d g e
C A TTLE: Good g rain fed steers
The preparaition o f the re p o rt
Expense
7.00 f t 0 00 to 11.15. Good g rass steer» a s u n d ertak en by four principal
J. M. W ilson. County Comm. 22.00 $9.25 to 10:00. Good grain fed subcom m ittees, fo restry , range live
D avid Reid: County Comm. 16.00 h rffe rs $9 75 to 10.25. Good grass stock, general farm in g , and farm ,
T. L ester Johnson: D istrict A t
L ifers $8.75 to 9.25. Good beef home and ru ral life.
As deber-
to rn e y ’s Expense
8.00
c :^ ’s $7.50 to 8.00. medium $6.75 to minded by the com m ittee, the ad
diVfftter L. Blau: B ang’s disease
7 25, common $6.25 to 6.75. canners ju stm en ts in Oregon ag riculture
ed ca ttle
12.00 $5.00 fo 5.75. Bulls medium to for ¡all-out defense fall into two
S W .'^gearcy: C ourt horp-e ex . *
good $8.50 to 9.50, choice to 9.75, cli» *ly related classes.
4.26 common $7.50 to 8.25. _ Ve^lers, . Tlje firs t includes m easures .to
S tevens-N ess Law Publishing
good to choice $12.00 to 13.00.
m eet changed and changing needs
(Company-—Oregon Code An
HOGS: Good to choice 170 to 215 in th e field of production. In the
n o tatio n s e
10.00 lb truckins $12.00 to 12.25: 239 to cb.sr is included m easures fon; ijn-
J. C. F reem an, P o stm aster:
-285 11) butchers $11.25 to 11.50; p rev in g the w elfare of the people
S^amns Supt. office
13700” lightw eight» $1 l.t’O to 11.25; pack so thait thev m eet the problem s of
W ily W. K nigbten: County
in g .sows $8 75 t»> 10.00. Feeder defense w ith renewed vigor and
Supt. E xpenses tn oenfenenee
tpif’p $11.59 to 14.99.
w ith new confidence in th e demo-
n t/S a le m
17.35 S H E E P :
Good to choice spring crqVc w ’v of life. The«-#» msiBisures
M oro G arage: C ourthouse Im
lam bs $9.25 to 9.50: medium to fall in th e field of health, n u tri
provem ent
6.00' gr od $8.59 to 8.75. F eeder lam bs, tion, secur’d v and general morale.
Sherman County Law Library
good to choice $8.99 ¡to ~R.59 c r L ate r articles will deal w ith
(Association: Shepard’s Ore-
above. S lau g h ter ewes, good to recom m endations on th ese- sub
(Continued on page four) \
choice $3.25 to 4.00.
jects.
Land Use Group
Make State Plans
Hog Prices Still
Going Higher
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The haying V crow h ad - ju s t
stepped fo r noon and p u t th e ir
tia m s in the horse h a m acro«3 the
n r.adow when th e bam was seen
to break into flames so faAt th a t
shingles were blown off th e roof
to fall across th e .ro a d to the west.
O iville R uggles, son of th e owner,
est maites, th a t in ten m inutes the
e n tire stru c tu re was leveled.
N eighbors w ere called to put out
the g ra ss file th a t th re a te n e d to
run across the canyon and en
d an g e r th e Schilling and Holmes
w heat and range, and while th e
fine bulrned down th e canyon fo r
n early a m ile it was stopped be-
for< g re a t dam age was done.
The S h era r barn w as b u ilt in
1SA5, according to Sam Holmes
who cam e to the country th a t year.
It was 119 fe e t long w ith two 10
foot sheds on each end m aking a
to tal of 112 feet. I t easily held
206 tons of hay and room rem ained
to feed a couple of carlo ad s of
stock.
Mr. Holm es and I. D. Pike re-
crll th a t F red Q uinter was chiei
c a rp en ter on tihe job an d th a t B. F.
Pike and Ned Quinm hauled the
lum ber from Joe S h e ra r’s mill
above Tygh valley. In those days
th ere was no need to economize in
size a f ¡timbers and they w ere o f
thi best, as is proven by th e fact
tiia t tihe b am was s ta ig h t and
square a f te r 55 years.
It is understood th a t insurance
was carried on the b arn buit th a t
the h ay w as, as yet uninsured.
The sam e day an o th er fire de
s tro y s ! the w hr,a t crop o f John
Robinson eas»t of W asco, when a
sp ark s ta rte d g ra ss along the road
on the north side of th e place. An
estim ated 25 acres was saved when
the cqjinty m ain tain o r plowed a
b re ak er s trip around the buildings
and some of th e w heat. Loss is
hi tween 149 and 169 acres which
wps insured.
A nother fire sta rte d on •¡the
Puoudfpot place w est of W asco
M onday evening b u t was pint out
w ith loss of about h alf an a c re of
wheait, according to rep o rts.
G rain fires th is year are alm ost
impossible to fight as the w heat 1»
so high and th e h eat so intense
th a t fighters cannot approach it.
Lightning Sets
Wheat Fires
The lig h tn in g flashes . W ednes
day n ig h t s ta rte d several fires
around the county. I t is rep o rted
th a t about 49 acres of w h eat on
the F ay B rack ett place n ear Rufu«
w as burned an d th a t an o th er fire
v a s sta rte d fa rth e r n o rth , on th e
Mnrnciib place.
Wind caused an outbreak o f the
sm oldering hay on th e R uggles
plnce and lig h ten in g is th o u g h t to
have s ta rte d an o th e r g ra ss fire (
n: a r the C lodfelter place where
si veral thousand acres were b u rn
ed la st week.
L ightning is also said to have
caused oth er fires in th e n o rth end
o f _ the county d u rin g th e n ig h t,
one a s late a s fo u r o’clock in the
m orning on .the T racy Fields
place.
Survey Planned
Of Organizations
The O regon H isto rical Records
survey, a W PA , o rg an izatio n has
been put in ch arg e o f a n atio n wide
inventory o f civilian organization»
which will cover all county »eat»,
and o th er a re a s hav in g 2500 o t r
Piurc' population.
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Moro has been listed a s one of
th e towms to be surveyed in this
sta te , according to word from E.
J Griffith, s ta te a d m in is tra to r.-
The ¡report ’ mccst be in to <*the 5
st?lbe 4>y A u g u st 20 and in W ash
ington by S eptem ber 10. Nearly
all kinds of* clubs except those
purely social, w ill be included in
the su rv ey w hich will give a u th o r
ities in W ashington a complete Krt
of all org an izatio n s in th e nation.