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About Sherman County journal. (Moro, Or.) 1931-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 1, 1941)
H b to ric ., Society A uditori,,,., Official County Paper Moro, Oregon. Friday, A ugu st 1, 1941 Fifty-Third Year N o . 39 Five Men Called To Army From Sherman County Definite call for five men from Sherman county has been received end the men notified to appear August 18 a t 10 a. m. at the head- ■qinairers o f the local board in Moro, whereupon they will be sent to an induction center at Portland. Those who will join the army are Jack Lewis, Dewey Thomas, Donald W ashington D. C., A ug. -.—This Macnab, Kenneth W alker, A rthur Spencer. town, the heart of America, is _________________ practically in the hands o f the British and royal refugees. They P L j l J 14 o n I f k have moved in bag and baggage V I l lI U 11 C a l l 11 and are elbowing the natives to one side. The governm ent is oc cupying all o f its own buildings The schedule for maternal end and is-renting 201 other structures child health conferences to be held pay ¡fig ren t a t the rate o f $5,054,- in Sherman county are a« follows: 000 a year. Government within th? Tuesday morning, (August 5, at District of .Columbia is bursting Mora; Tuesday afternoon, August its b o n d s and governm ent agen 19 a t Wasco; Tuesday afternoon, cies are spilVng over into adjacent August 26 at Kent. Virginia and Maryland. Accom Dr. Donald J. Bouirg of the modations for federal workers are Wasco-Sherman Public Health De difficult to find. Girl clerks are partment will be the examining living four and six to a room in physician. the boarding houses. Those families that have chil There are 11,500 workers m the dren starting school for the first old navy buildings, on Constitution time this fall, may make an ap avenue and there is a cafeteria pointment for a pre-school exami which can feed 2,500. The other nation a t the conference by con thousand m urt «bring •*h??r lunch tacting the health nurse at the or go without food, for in the courthouse m Moro. short time perm itted for krnch they cannot walk to a drug store or cafeteria almost two miles away e-nd return. In the old da vs some enterprising woman would drive up ir. a dilapidated car and sell r^ndwiches to the hungry, but this Every Monday night a t eight h verboten now—th ere is no place o’clock th? U niversity of Oregon for s«uch an itinerant m erchant to has a program over KGW which park her car. M called th e Pdhlic 'Relations The vast green sw ard a t the foot Forum . I t consists of a round of Washington monument could table diaevssion by a grofip of accommodate several thousand four to six who are interested in autos. The navy departm ent has and acquainted with the topic of requested the secretary of the the program . Keeping the boys Interior to »permit parking, hart in service fo r longer period than the p ^ e t a r y (who has charge of or.e yeer was the topic this week. all .parks) absolutely refuses; he Lrbor** rights and duties was doesn’t w ant the grass destroyed. another. Nor will the secretary perm it the navy to use the arm y’s polo ground nearby. There are no underground garages in the new buildings and in these days of the automobile clerks m ost park th eir cars miles front their work. r Strategic Outposts for U. S. Defense S.C.S. Tests Show Slight Fallow “5 Difference Trashy Fallow Experiment For One Year Shows Two Bushel Variation The te s t plots on the experi m ent station, w hen on Joe Belan ger for the soil conservation. ser vice is trying to find out what kind of summer fallow system gives ¡best results from the points of view of yield and soil conservation, have been harvested. This is but the second year ¿the tria ls have been conducted, the first year, 1940, the yields were w ry poor. This the year the yields a re very high, giving results of both extremes but no returns from .normal years. It may be possible to determine trend's as well in this m anner as with normal years but Mr. Belanger is not drawing con clusions from so short an experi ment. Results of the experiments are nevertheless interesting ibecauise of the feeling am ong some farm ers th a t the kind of trashy fallow now being made has not l>een as pro ductive this year as moldboard, plowing. The average of six plots of each type of fallow gave the» following reru lts: «Regular fallow’, made with a «bottom plow, made 41.6 bushels; fallow in which «11 the straw had been kept on top (the earth not turned) yielded 41.6 bushels. Fal low in which the straw was mixed with the top soil made 39.4 bush els. Rex is the wheat used. An increase was shown in all yields when fertilizer was vjsed this year. Some of these plots were plow ed eight inches deep and some five, sc me fertilized and some not. Starting Chutes Wheat Continues May Be Used To Pile Up Agaiiy-At Fair It is probable th a t the starting chutes will again be used a t the fail this year. They were 'built some years ago aixl discarded after a days use because some horse owners object ed to them inasmuch as the hors«es were not trained to s ta r t th at way. There has been no known criticism of the chutes themselves, as they are of standard design. The fair board is contem plating gt tting a man to aid in training the race horses and usng the chutes, holding th at race starting has not been satisfactory any other , ■ • J way. An exact cheek on the number of two year olds to race this year has not been made 'but there will be a goodly supply of three year olds to fill in the races. * In Elevators Big Crop Taxing Capacity of County’s Storage Space Wheat continues to pour into Gherman county warehouse« and elevators in a huge stream that shows little sign« of diminishing although the crop is half harvested. Already more wheat ha« been stored Than in seweml years o t the oast diecade and thousands of bushels are still to be cut ana h vbJtxl. Only chance of storing the Ci-ofi is to keep some of it on the farms and this type of storage has been •considerably increased this year. Elevators a re nearly all filled1 to capacity and the grain i« being sacked out to be stored in w are houses. This is done to keep the grain in local storage for the tide w ater elevator« a re full of wheat owned by the government. Placing U. S. troops In Iceland in occupation of strategic Atlantic The cftttle m arket was a little This sacking keeps crews work outposts were taken “ in order to forestall any plnceqs movement under mere active Wednesday with price« ing day and night at several of taken by Germany against the Western hemisphere,” according to a on a'^Venerally steady basis. A the elevatos». statement by President Roosevelt. Above map indicates how this works. scattering of jrra s s steers sold a t (1) Iceland occupation nullifies any Nazi threat from the north and $S.OO to 9.00, with a few of the best Grass Valley Has Rain occupation of Trinidad, and British Guiana (2 and S) take care of the grass fat steers a t $9.50 o 9.90. southern jaw of the pipcer hinged on Vichy-French Dakar in Africa. At Grass Valley the rain Sun Grass beef heifers scored $8 j 50 to day dampened the wheat so that Some sources contend taking over of Azores and Cape Verde Islands P 75 with common to cutter dairy none was received at the elevator (shown in large type, would further greatly strengthen hemisphere defense. heifers around $6.50 to 7.50. Can- until Tuesday and then it was ner end cutter cows sold around. handled slowly to give it every $5.25 To 6.00 with heavy hoistems chonce to dTy. A t one time 16 upward to $6.50. Medium beef trucks were waiting to be unloaded. cows bought $7.00 to 7.25, with odd Saturday 161 trucks were handled young cows up to $8.00. .Common at the elevator to make it the big to medium bulls remained under gest day. p-reeaure a t $7.40 to 8.25 with Wheat is yielding better than heavy »ausage bulls around $9.00 est ¡mates all over the oohnty and to 9.25. Good to choice vealers e\en those who were pessimirtic Delegates ’• 'W renting Sherman I ticked at $12.50 to 13.00 with some about their prospects have found posts and ec u nty Ameri •ieaf Legion L sizeable lots a t $13.25 and a few that good land and poor produced Nelson W. Thompson died in thei; Auxiiories were: Wily W. h«?ad a t $13.50. Common to medoum a crop this year above expectatione. The Dalles Monday morning a fte r Kirighten of Moro and Frank von veaera cleared a t $8.50 to $11.00. Delegates a t a week’s illness following a stroke Borstel of Kent- Biggeet crop so far reported woe (iood to choice around 175 to 215 a yield on the J. H. WUeon land of paralysis. He had been in large, Floye von Borstel, District lb drive-ins sold a t $12.25 to $12.35 oast of Kent, farmed fay M m President, and Ella Hooper, De failing health fo r some time. .with one outstanding lot up to Wilson. One field ia reliably re Community Service Mr. Thompson was bom in Iowa partm ent $12.50. IButrhers from 230 to 270 ported to have mode 55 bueheJs December 26, 1862 and came to Chairm an: Donal da H. Knighton, lb sold a t $11.50 to 11.75 with a per acre. wbat is now’ Sherman county in o ' Mr.ro; Dorothy Dunlap and Hil- few up to 11.85. Light lights moved the early eighties. He farm ed in m a H ooper.of Kent Unit. The Farmers are already obtaining nt $11.2)5 to 11.50 with a few to l<x«ns on their wheat, business is his early years and for many years delegates reported a successful 11.75. Packing sows were nearly moving and debts ore (being paid. ir. his life was owner of a hardw are convention, and were es«pecially steady a t $10.00 to 11.50 but med There is now little doubt but the pleased to learn th a t Eogene would and machinery store in Moro. ium grades ranged down to $9.50. county will produce 3,000,000 bush He was m ayor of Moro for over again be th'» host city for th e con ten lycjtrs and during his adm inis vention in 1942. Mr. Richmond of Elimination of total soil deplet A few lots of good to choice feed els of wheat this year. British agents of all ports fill Bonneville Pr = t was elected Com ing allotm ents and the establish e r pigs went a t $11.00 to 11.50. tra tio n the city built many of the the cocktail lounges and criticise Good to choice springer sheep improvements including th e cis ma rid°r of Dist. No. 5, and Floye ment of a «uniform soil conserva- the United States fo r not “going heaviest grain stubble ern th? hotel, fire station and rm- ven Borstel was re-elected presi- ticn requirem ent for each farirf are «sold a t $9.50 to 9.75 with medium in.’ “ ko » n 't n n o te « o m e 'Ore8'on ltlle Paciftc northw est pr overrents to the city park. He dent of the 5th District, which is the principal basic changes in the to good grades a t $8.75 to 9.25. AEF DP P soaxenea ana uun-ve sviiiv h . as seen M„n in • a deoad»e Ao^aAo. or or more mAf«' may mav r. xt_- _i-_ x • ir.nn crmposed ____ . of r n„„.l . . . . Hood o:,,«™. River, Wasco, I I 42 ' AAA program as applied to A few feeder lambs sold around of the British generals th a t Amer still be handled and returned to I p P th is office voluntarily in 1930. He is «survived by his widow, Sherman, Jefferson, Dechutes and Oregon, the sta te AAA office has $8.25 to 8.50. Odd yearlings made ica m ust send m anpower. At pres the ®o:,l with a bit of adlvance $6.00. F at >ewe« sold upward to Ella, a son, Harvey, two daughters, Ciook counties. Because of the growing shortage announced. ent (Britiin is raid to 'be receiving plcnning, «according to OSC exten $4>50 with common ewes down- of farm workers and farm pro Due to the National Emergency Mrs. Frances Henrichs and Mrs. There will be no commercial 75 .percent, o f the m unitions pro- sion and Soil Conservaitrou men tVe Posts and Units xftere urged to vegetable allotment, ibut special wiixL to $2.61). ’ duce, Lt. Colonel Elmer V. Woo- disced in the , United S ta te s—th? ■who a«re fam iliar with western A? A. Busch o f Hillsboro and 9 begin an early membership drive. «llctm ents will again be esta«bl¡sh grandchildren. ton, State Director of Selective B ritish are receiving so much th a t tillage methods. Burning is un O f th e large Thompson fam ily ea en whcait and potatoes. How Service for Oregon, today empha a t the arm v m aneuvers in Septem necessary and costly in soil «losses, of which Ned was a mq;m|>er four ever, paym ent for compliance with sized that local hoards have ample ber (500,000) stovepipes and sticks t b ’y sa«y. (brothers still survive, A. (T. of authority to defer students of these special allotm ents will he of wood will be used fo r cannon Th? r-n k straw growth resulted Moro, Bert E. of Pasadena, I. Owen conditioned by a requirem ent th a t agriculure as men ‘*in training or an d machine guns. f,om abnorm al «rainfall during May of Camp Sherman, and Ezra of 20 per cent of the crop land on the preparation for” necessary occu The agents of Britain have and J«7tne and early planting . Philom ath and two sist'-irs, Mrs. pations. farm be devot'sd to soil conserving taken so many offices (ousted gov w inter wheat last fall. W et H a rrie tt Nish of The Dalles and Existing Selective Service Reg use?, such as perennial gras'ses ernm ent bur rains) that the govern w eather and winds have caused« Mrs. Charles Billiard of Moro. and legumes, biennial legumes, ulations covering <(neoe«aary men” m ent has to ren t any old mansion much of the grain to go down, Funeral services were held Wed protected summer fallow, approv ore sufficiently broad to permit th a t it can find. The B ritish aflso m aking it difficult to harvest. The ed green m anure or cover crops, deferment of agricultural students, irs is t on air-conditioned Quarters, r e t -result, it was pointed out, is nesday m orning from the Moro Legion hall in eba«rge of iCalllo- Mrs- . Jacob II. Wilson died sud e ld forest trees planted on crop the Director declared. which a re needed in this climate, the heaviest w inter stubbile in many denly a t the family home a few “Some misunderstanding,** he land since 1936. and it is asserted th a t this air- ai ea-s since northw est farm ers be ways. Pall bearers were L. L. miles east of Kent Tuesday morn said, “'has arisen on the queetion conditioning is paid for from the gun turning away from stubble P crtz, H arry Kunsman, P. C. Ax Basis Now Uniform ing at the age of 63 years. While of whether or not the local board tand-lea ?e act. The British em- bvr«ing and took to using straw tell, G?ne Lockett. W. A. Ruggles and Melvin Schadewitz. she had not 'been in good health has the power to defer student* of The new provision puts soil con has'iv has had to build two w irgs e ’ a tte re rs on th eir combines and Interm ent was made in Rose for several years her death was agriculture. I am in receipt of a serving requirem ents on a uniform and is still crowded. tillage .m ethod th’a«t conserve the cemetery, with graveside ce«re- entirely unexpected. communication from Neibonol head basis for each farm . In the past, • Under the lend-lease act British stra w for soil protection and im- monies in charge o f the Masonic quarters which dispells all doubt Mary Gregg was born in Ten- total .««oil depleting allotm ents have *ih:ps a r? now being repaired in prevement. lodge. n-t i«ee November 4, 1877 and came in This matter.” ibeen established for each county, navy yards on the A tlantic coast. Foreseeing th a t mamv farm ers The Regulations provide, Colonel In on? yard 1.500 Ameriesn mech will consider it impossible to u ti and then set up for each farm by to Kent with her husband i«n 1905. Wooton asserted, for deferment For over 35 years she «has been a the county commiititee. anics are tinkering w ith a b attle lise th? large am ount of straw on of “ . . . a«ny registrant found to be “The changes are expected to resident of the Kent community. ship w h v î nam e is never men the ground, and1 will either bum She is survived by her widower, ‘a necessary man’ in any industry, tioned. These mechanics are taken o r 'be tem pted to bum , the tillage simplify adm inistration of the three children, Dr. Joseph G. Wil- business, employment, agricultural program , ami also place greater away from their work of construc nr«en emphasized, th a t the «extra soh of Moiscnw, Jdaho, John Wits«o«n pursuit, governmental service, or emphasis on conservation,” com tin g destroyers and subm arines. work required to handle the g re a t C. V. Belknap has am ong «his col • • * m ented N. 1C. Donaldson, state of Kent and Mrs. Chauncey «Rambo any other service or endeavor or er am ount of straw th is year will lection of cacti, a plant th a t is AAA executive officer. “They al of Davenport, W ashington, six in training or preparation there FOOD «is the first Jjne of de- he well w orth the effort. Here is called the floral stairflsh. It now so make the program more flexible grand chi Id rim, two sisters, M«rs. for . . . . ” fc n ce, writes an Oregon farm er to they recommend: has th ree blooms on it, tiger m ark “ Obviously, this should apply to L. H. Wagner of Myrtle Point, Catherine McOoiy of Jonesboro, to meet national defense needs. Secretary of A griculture Claude Qn i^nd fvjimmer fal- ed in «red and yellow. The plant students,” Colonel “The mew program should re T trn ., and Mrs. G rant Reese of agricultural Wickard, and Oregon dairym en are jCW2Kj— ipan disking, a s soon as has a reputation as a meat eater, Oregon who has been appointed agricultural agent for the Union sult i«n an increase in soil conserv Bu«Her, Tenn., and one brother, Wooton said. He also emphasised complying with the secretary*» re- possible a fte r h arvest while the enticing insects by its odor and Pacific railroad in the states of that a growing shortage o f farm qr-est to speed up production of Rt ubbb is dry, grt.ri«g the equin- devouring them. I«t has not been Idaho, Montana, Oregon and ing practices in the wheat areas. J. H. Gregg of Butler. Feineral services were held on workers and the growing need for It will also give credit to the mi-lk by increasing th eir herd®. nien| readv now. The disking, with caught in this practice as yet a l Washington, with headquarters farm er who hias already put his Thursday afternoon from the Kent farm produce calls for special While the dtairymen are doing this, ^ « r p dieks. breaks up the straw though it is1 being watched. at Boise, Idaho. He succeeds operations on « sound soil-conFerv- Christian church of which Mrs. consideration of all individual however, they a re unable to obtain the ground ju st enough Joe W. Jarvis, who on June 1 Wilssn was a memlbrr. Rev. C. F. claims of merr now engaged In ing ta e ls ,” Donahleon added. «the right kind1 of farm labor. (Ail (j^ n g a large percentage of the was promoted to supervisor of Swander officiated. Interm ent was agricultural pursuit«. A farm ’s soil building allowance „tha't many dtairymen have been able ytrraw in-contact w ith the soil, so ROAD CONTRACT UP agricultural development for the Such consideration must be giv made in the K ent cemetery. will be eailculated in much the to hire are inexperienced older men d'e-eorwose enough dur- railroad at Omaha. en, he continued, in view o f a News reports Thursday gave same manner as last year. A flat . — Union P4(il< R iiU oid Pboio. and young hoys and with such help ^be printer to .enable the farm- recent statement by the Secretary 70 cents an acre will be allowed for it is difficult to operate a fiarm. er t,o „^ke good use o f it in next notice th a t bid® w«o<uld be opened PENDLETON RAM SALE of .Agriculture, Claude R.. Wlek- a t the next m eeting of the high- each en 'e of crop land in excess The dairy business, writes this g^ason’a summer fallow. An ad- R. E» SUTHERLAND SCHEDULED AUG. 22 aixl. which pointed out that the plowing way commission for completion of of special allotm ent acreage for lOregon farmer, is an all-year ditional disking before BURIED AT HILLSBORO problem of agricultural production wheat pnd potatoes, $2 an acre for ¿nofosition, w ith work required ^ ig h t be necessary, even«, if the 6.0fwnile® of the Sherman highw ay The annual sale of rams held already is very serious in some Roland E, Sutherland, 76, died commercial orchard acreage, $1 b£ th e Oregon Wool Growers will »even days a week, and experience is quite heavy next «near the junctKHijwTth The Dalle*- C riterion road. The bids call for in roidland1 Sunday and was bur- an «acre for commercial vegetables, be held a t Pendleton A uprst 22, area«s. is essential. A sim ilar situation 8p r j,pg# ie d r at Hillsboro Tuesday. Mr. an I 50 cents for restoration land. says Millard Eakin, committeeman confront a th e poultry grower. Qp land th a t is to be planted grading, siurfacing and oiling. Sutherland farmed east of Klon Non-crop pasture and range allow iron, th is county for«-th e associa MRS. THOMAS NOW GRANDMA iSecnetary W ickard sympathize* next spring—Disking im Marion McKee came up from dike in the war years of 23 or ances will be little changed from tion. This sale" of rryps draws big am! admit? that a farmer cannot a fte r harvest, likewise, Mrs. Alta Thomas is having the ■ ■ . *« compete w ith th? wages paid in -^fh rough plowing later in the Klamath Falls Tuesday night, ac- 24 years ago arid is known to many 1941: Ci owdis of sheep men irom all over Soil building practice«,- nates of the state. time of her life thia week. She ie ditfemse sca«son to cover part of the _____ straw companies by his wife and eon, foe.nc. He was the grandfather of , , . in«d’ ___ vv _ ctrv , , and there is the _ __________ r __ _____ in (Portland to see her long awaited «elective service. Local boardts, leave pant qf rt on the surface who had s«pent the last few days Dorothy Olds of Gna«sis Valley, and payment ar«l deductions are ex- grandchild, who was bom b a t «rys the secrctanv, are misinform- as a protective mulch. The tillage there with him. He has resigned is also survived by Edison Sutber- peeted to b? aliout the same a s Mr. and Mrs. Mac Barbour were Sunday, July 27 a t Portland. The ed on th? law wnd ¡hav«* taken farm ¿one effectively with either »fiom «his job there and will begin land of Pullman,. Roland Suther- 1941. They are now «being printed (boys when «these should be deferred «^hort mold boards or w ith the vvork «as an inspector for th e .sta te and of Portland and Mrs. Irma and will be announced*»« soon as here Wednesday when returning to little lady is the first child o f Vintin . Klamath Falls from Gohlendale. available. Kinkaid and wife. ' - * (Continued on Pwr® t,ro) heaviest types of oneway disk*:'* * drug «board the first of August. Olds of Seattle. Clinic Scheduled U of 0 Staging Radio Forum N. W. Thompson Local Officers Dies Monday Chosen By Service Group At 79 Years Hogs, Cattle, Sheep Bring Good Prices Soil Depleting What To Do Allotments Out With Stubble, For 1942 Crop Now Question Ag Students May . Be Deferred U. P. Farm Aid Mrs. J. H. Wilson Dies Suddenly At Kent Home Meat Eating Bloom In Local Shop
