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.
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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
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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
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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