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About Sherman County journal. (Moro, Or.) 1931-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 8, 1941)
.r X. / I 5” Oregon Hiatorical Society Auditori i, ,u ó T Defense Aide First Entry In Queen Contest » . . . Is Cleo Laffoon Sale of Tickets Starts As Contestants Enter Race for Royalty W ashington D. C. August 7- - Confusion reigns in the national ) dpfral. The Japan»?«« situation, th< new tax proposals ,the argu- menu over whether the national guard and selectees «hall be kept in service, the proposed price fix Ray Conway, P o r t l a n d , has ing and production control------ been assigned by the Oregon State these are only the high ¿pets. u M otor Association to the w o rk of The Japanese situation has a asgjstan( adm inistrator for Oregon direct bearing o-n people of the • f the Defense Savings Bond staff. north west, more than appeals on first blush. Since Japan started its undeclared w ar cn China group» and individuals have pro tested to the governm ent and shown th a t the oil, scrap iron and airplanes furnished1 foy the United States were actually m ain taining the w ar and thait, in a way of speaking, the United Sta- te s was indirectly responsible for First meeting in Sherman co Ithe g rea t loss of life in China unty to «tart the stale of defense Airplane m akers difcootmued «1- Ing to Japan, but junk dealers din - gtormx>n wjlien Palm er Hoyt, a thriving business in «crap «teel 4jtate chairm an, T. R. Gamble, ..end oil companies gold *11 adm inistrator, Ray Conway, the Japanese could p to C r »of administrator, George curry away. Now aJJ fchajt trading O ed fre y , deputy^ administrator, n stopped. „,<) Rnbert s FarroH, chairm an For years Japanese fishermen speakers’ bureau, m et with have practically monopolized the g*. k>cal com m ittee a t the bank m arket for crab meat. House- kn Moro e wives bought it for salad». The Exphanatian of the methods to Japanese «old tons of cann .1 ' , m acouarratinir the people tuna fish to America in competi- nation with the aim s and tion with albacore caught off the of made Oregon coast. As soon as the pres visitor« ent stock of crab m eat is off the sie v e s in storm Americans will in th e sta te 13 committees have have the f& d to theme ehrea, but been named to aid the general thebe to no indication that they committee and it ia probsb.e State Heads Explain Defense AJlhoug*h tile contest for queen o f the Sherman. County F a ir o f ficially (began a week ago lwt one e n tra n t has announced h e r se lf and taken out tickets from th e county a g e n t’s office. This e n tra n t is Miss Cleo I>af- (foon of Mr. . . . of Kent, _ _ daughter t j ®nd M n C. I. Laffoon, and a «tudent M Kent school, also much crab m eat Prices ,too, are go higher. ^^^^"»«^"w fbjarMrneae c,u of S: * as the Japanese. fairly certain to »_. • li a 'n t m ^ 3 to get f i s h - r ^ n in Al- « a t^ X n S m e n t Breakfast Club Decides On Road Activity Wrong Guess-They're Lady Acrobats Wheat Pours In To Fill Storage Decision to take more , active steps tow ard the betterm ent of the Sherm an highway as a part of Federal Highway 07, w«« m«de by th e B reakfast culb Wednes'uay m orning when a resolution was passed favoring sanding a del a t i o n to other (towns in Oregon an'» W ashington that may be in- teresJted m having the best, fa st est and easiest route chosen for the east of the m ountains route. A committee consisting of D'- Roy W right, Lloyd Heonagin, T. Lester Johnson, A rthur Bfcicholtz and Wily Knighton was maimed by President Oveson to .have charge o[ fo r th, Septem- bw. ]neetjl)? t|)d a member o f the Sherman Coiui ever plans for the .aid of the fair fy Riders. as may seem advisable. No pro- I t is not expected th a t Miss gram was given a t th e Wedmes- Laffoon will have the race all to day m eeting because of th e press herself by any mean». L ast year of harvest activities. there were numibers of candidates -------------------------- and the only w orry th e fa ir board /v had was in tryin g to reduce the V F O D number so th at each district of j™'ty r " Bond Sale can catch up with and furnish as | T\ I I lS U r 3 D C 6 J 1 7 6 3 (1 Line Is August 30 resenftative m the running and “ th ere fo re have either a queen or With August 30 as the final a member of the cou rt.--------------- date for taking out crop insrar- Q tes™ m ust be 16 years old. arr<' on fal1 T * « 1- xtate AAA and 'be able te T r tf c a offi“ « tk ™ (horse. i,ut state to acquaint all gro- -««.* . - v e rs with provisions of th e new They receive some rather gor-. gjmplified crop inaurance program rid in j c k -b e , from the fa ir improvements in ^ o a ^ . boots, riding skrrlt, the 1942 program are being call- brn">ned hot, and the opportututy w] . attention. They Queen « week. are as Tickets are printed for sale by 1. Provision fo r , payment of contestant». Season tickets premium with a no»n-in to re-1 bear ^or luiu',ts will c'°’c,t $2.25 and will ing note signed a t the tim e of be 5000 votes in the con- application. The note may be paid ’tes',t- Any day tickets are $1.00 by the grower tony time before ®'re w orth 500 votes. Th^ A ugust 18, 1942. A fter th a t date children’s season tickets sell for it will be deducted from his AA j A 75 cents and count 1500 votes conserve ton check or wheat loan, the tickets for children 2. A single application form , for W 259 executed 'by one si gnat «re, which votes. insures al of the farm er’s inter- rfhat nearty that many will be set No «tat ions have a« yet been in .the w heat crop. fcy gbe organization committee to leavR 3. Revision of premium rate s by which met with th e sta te leaders ¿;cket stubs which (boar W e s but inclusion of - recent crop history Among the committees th at the*e will be ammo .meed later. no the individual farm. wU1 be heTC are: batnk- I^ast year the ballot boxxs w e r e ------------------------ fin,anee’ - a ^ ! fu ll each week with th e millions p W - n r l d 1« culture .patriotic and fraternal, of Vf^ fo r favorites. t a r W r e c k e d III ^ Vern’ M ,ss June Wilde of Wasco fin- ^ y ana ftCT jOTe Collision With Trestle gressiomal Record is full of the sn ethes of members from Ore- gon and W ashington a-nd the del- egate from Alaska. It is asserted th a t th e Japanese were taking and canning the king crab o f Al- a»ka; they were «inspected of ^ a c h i n g on the salmon run. . Oregon women have been w earing silk stockings for years, The United States obtained al- most all its silk from Japan. Or- d r s have gone o it to the silk f , < o * X m akins hose, Official County Paper Moro, Oregon, Friday, A ugu st 8, 1941 Fifty-Third Year No.40 ^ in* . T h o m so n , Mar- S*1* * * * , V irg in » Helyer and Wide sale of the .bonds so th a t Gather;«!}.? Fridley who all became every citizen, old and young, rich princesses of th e 1940 fair, and pear, will have an interest - in th e economic future of his country is desired. For those who ate. neb able o r do mdt care to buy large s/zed bonds defense savings jj D r a f t O r d e r stam ps are on sale a t all post- offices and it wil be the aim o f the Placmg oT newly registered local committees here and thru- men *he 21 year old cla^s m out the nation to make hem av- th e d b ift lists has now been .ib b e p w .h a a e a t every <k»e. Except b a few cau- 21 Year Olds Put J Charles Lewis Prances drove his ca r into the overhead crossing two miles south of Moro Sunday night between three and four o’clock a.m. as he was returning from The DaMes to the Bill Hea der ranch where he wias employed in harvest. ■- —---- Frances, himself, was not bad- ini»™! having a few face fluts Y J s.niaish^ fin^ He was d , , 1 *** • Z m i^ 'ocked unconscious o r . ^ 7 ^ ^ * ■Wonven' can u ,e e :h ,r r.ykn o- rto re ecd by naceeany c h a » ^ m the »£> cotton stockings, amd if things National indebtedness for de- '!«* ™ch as deaths or removals _ ‘ continue as they a re a womsn f m «o her? become so high th a t a to other counties, tihe new men Kruger came wearing slk hosery will b? reg a r- jr.ians of dHstribu-ting it to the 'have been seeded m every 24th o’clock Sheriff Wilson deri a s unpntriotic—-or something, p ^ p lc is absolutely necessary; >n P- beginning a t notified and' Fiances taken Most prople know that silk comes the minds of treasu ry officials The num ber S62 in d ic a te th a t where from Japan, W t ,ilk » <m.y m e Thw c A f e ^ savmga t ^ d s a re X to ihe h o s Z ? a item. for the purpose of creating sav- will be called rnim ediattly a fte r Many of the gimmicks used m gs to forestall infliation ami ^2. ________________ around the house are made in ¡the deflation th a t inevitably fol- Robert Speelman S206, IPhilip * i i «» Japan. The 5 and 10 rttops have tows. tOUIlCll AdtlS NeW carried large stocks of the Japan- Members of the Sherman co- Kenneth B arnet S2o4, Charles ese articles .The little American unty committee are E. D. McK«e B ry an t S230, David Richeldorfer M . m L o r P [k lim a flags .stamped1 “made in Ja p a n ” T . Lector Johnson, A. A. Dvnlap, 3157, Lewis Riggs S86, DaPiel IT iC U lU C I. VJ. M U U IIK t orna j b Adams, J. F. Peters, Llovd Hoskinson S300. Gordon Reid S38 are dbt. tChristrmas tree In a brief •ses.sion the city co- m ents, from silver balls and glass Hennagin and Giles French. All Ivan Blagg S109, H arry StarioS62 ur)Cjj voted to have the buildings trin k ets to strings of electric p(V^t m asters are ex-officio mem- H'?«no.ld Bartron S133. on th e south east side of Main lights: the 'intricate mechanical bers and J. C. Freem an salt in street removed «is soon as they toys, dolls, puzzles, the tin sol- -with the local group become vacant. Deed fo r thefld diers-they are not coming to A m - ------------------------ properties is expected by the city erica an’vmore. The tenmis «hoes this week a fte r the county court (made from old antemobile tires) meeting. Rental of five dollars and even the powder used to ex per month will l»e asked on the Wednesday’s trading on the K ristine term inate bug» are out of the property pe.ndmg .it» Portand m arket were a t the fol- vacation. picture. Like he crab m eat, the Ron E. Dreske of Hood1 River Jewing prices: Japanese had a mononly on b u r G. Don ma wa s sworn *in as powder. No more Japanese tooth was appointed p a rt (time repres- CATTLE: Good grain fed councilman to fill the place left brushes. . er fcative for the National Youth steers $10.50 to 12.00. Good grass vacant by th e resignation of M. Women of Oregon, with few ex Adm inistration «by State (Admin- $9.25 to 10.25. Good grain g. McKee. Payment of bills ag- ,oeptons, never realized how much istra to r Ivan G. Munro last week heifers $10.50 to 11.00. Good arnst the city was the only other of their lipsticks and other (beauty W orking under Area Director heifers $8.75 to 9.75. Good action taken. (aids), including the fki»d Curlers, Jack Bencfiel of Portand, Dreske ^eef cows $7.25 to 8.00, m e d i u m ________ _______ _ -w ere exported by th e little brown will m anage NYA work projects 75 7.25, common 5.75 to people. Japan furnished thjm and youth personnel in Wasco. <5 50, carmens i5.00 to 5 50. Bui’s, the* combs, hairnets, embroidered Sherm an and Hood River counties m,exjv1rn fo good $8.50 to 9.50, .— common $7.00, to 8..00. Vealers “Spanish” shawls, And the can- -------- ;----: aries cam edtjw n .„Japan, about good bo choice $12.00 to 13.00, A check for $5,000, in payment lOO.OOO’ a year. • one venler brought 13.50. Japan has been the foumth best ' - . HOGS: 170 to 1251b (tiruckins fpr five U. S. government defense $12.50 to 12.75, 230 to 2851b but- savings bonds, w&s handed over custom er the .United S tates has had. It ha® been th e No. 1 buyer cbers $12.00. * Lightw eight butch- recently by Ralph M. Osvold, Port- of southern cotton, which it made A traveling exam iner of oper- <153 $1150 to 12^00: packing sow» land , trust.ee of the Odd -jyjto pr[nt goods and sold) in the «¡tors and chauffeur^ is> scheduled $9:75 to 10.75. Feeder pigs, none, Fellow» lodge ol Oregon, to W. L. United ""States. All these »articles to arive in Moro Wednesday, Aug. quotable a t $11.50. » J. Davies, vice president of the were so’d1 fo r little money to this jg an(j wiU ,be on duty a t the SH EEP: Good to choice sprin:» United States 'bank. Ihcome from country because wages in Japan (c^vnrt house between th e hours lamlbs $9.25 to 9.50, medium to the bonds goes solely to help main- arc little Arid thTe factories which c f ten and five. good $8.75 to 9.00; common 8.00 tain the Odd Fellow and Rebekah produce most of the goods ¿such traveling exam iner of driv- to 8.50. Slaughter ewes good’ to hojne for the aged and for orphaned os dolls, etc., a re in homes .with €ns wjH .aiSQ jn Wasco Friday choice $4.00’ito 4.40. Feeder lambs children in Oregon, for which a (the entire fam ily engaged in jAwgusit 16, At t W City hall, to ’ good to bho-ice $8 00 to 8.50. shorn tru s t fund o f ov?r $180,000 has th e ir m anufacture.'* interview applicants. His hour-, feeders $7*.5O to 8.00. Shorn lambs beer, accumulated' during the past 29 years. Continued on Page two) ’ will bfc from 10 a .m .'u n til 4 p.m. $8.50. '* • Grain Fed Steers NYA Administrator Up To $12.00 Appointed Here Odd-Fellows Buy Defense Savings Bonds License Examiner Coming Again . Warehouses Elevator and Warehouse Capacity Taxed By Bumper Wheat Crop W hat to do with the w heat th at comes roJIimg .to the elevators of *h.e counity twelve hours each day is getting to he a problem (that, keeps) elevator manager» awake nights, even in the brief tim e al lotted for their sleep. No, Good Reader, the Seven world’s foremost lady acrobats. first American appearance, and aomething to talk about You’ll Salem September 1 through 7. County Court At Hay Canyon and Moro a gang of men has been kept buoy Wallabies are not chorus girls, but the since the first week of harvest They’re English girls, making their sacking wheat ouit of the elevator what they do with grace and ease k and storing it in warehcMses. see them at the Oregon State Fair in This is done to provide more space and because the high price of sacks has made bulking wheat a favored method by more far mers than usual this year. 4-H Clubbers Have Fatter Calves This Year Meets In New Court R o o m ___ J Sherman county’s court met Wednesday for the ftr^t time in th e new county court room in the court "* house, llore.tofou’e it has held its m eeting in th e assessor’s office. The naw room is not finish ed, but is nearly ready. Details of the* construction of the court house occupied «ome ot the tim e of the county court mem bers when they m et Wednesday m orning in reg u lar session An Brrangm ent th a t will allow room for the jury box withrt.lt taking up too much of the reduced court room space was disousmed infor mally with attorneys and others but no decision was reached. The coL’Tlt was in a quandry over two identical bids for a par cel o f city property in Wasco und finally decided to have all such bids made to the clerk in w riting. All bids m ust be accom panied by a cheek for the full am ount of th e bid as the court will not sell tax foreclosed par cels of property on term». The court »igned deeds giving the City of Moro the property bid in for taxes. The city bought the land and buildings to protect its bens ag ain st the property. The county AAA ajfd tihe coun ty agent and staff requested th at a differen ^ arran g em en t be made in the large room <Tevoted to their activities up stairs and the count looked ovem»tha premises in question. Macnab-Fleck Nuptials Read A p retty wedding took place at St. Peters Catholic church, The Dalles, July 30t.h wih< in bcifo’,e the a lta r trimmed with pink and white glad i olas and white candle:. Edn»a Lenona Fleck of The Dalles daughter of Mr .and Mrs. John Addington of Rtafus anvd Donald Edw ard Macnolb, son 'of Mr. and M rs. Alex Ma crab exchanged wedding vows. Rev. F ath er Nooy read the low m ass at 9 o’clock. The bride wore 1 brv blue suit with matching accessories and a ctrsagf* of pink rose buds and bo\-ardia. Mrs. Wiliam Macnab was the Irid e s’ only attendant, a ttra c tiv ely attired in a brown velvet suit with brown accesorias and a cor sage of talism an rose buds and bovardio. Bill Macnab, brother of the groom acted as best man. Mrs. Addington chose for her daughters wedding an afternoon frock of brown sheer print with a corsage of talism an rosebuds and gardenias. The grooms m oth e r wore, a powder bl’uie ensemble with m atching blue accesorios end p ;nk rose bufl-s and gardenias. • Following the nuptial mass a Wedding breakfast was served in the Peacock room a t ' The Dalles Hotel to the bridal party and parents of the newlyweds. Both RDf grad'Uates of the Rufus High school, Mr. Macnab later atten d ing Portland university. A fter a short wedding trip the young .couple will be a t (home in The Úalles. The premium lists for the com ing Sherman ' county fair hiiva been printf'd and will be- read? foi distribution some time- next week. , At Grass Valley the elevator was closed Monday and Tuesday because of wet grain and in order Ito allow sack sewers to catch up Boys raising calves in this and free elevator space. Wheat was accepted again Wectoeadfcy. county this year are doing so good a job that their anim als are Elevators Running Over already latger th an sim ilarily fed Elevators in this' county norm anim als were last year a t fair ally ship out many cans <rf wheat time. Of th e, 53 calves on feed to Portland storage during _ the only 20 are under 900 pounds season m order to give space and only 7 are under 800. This This year that is impossible be includes both junior and senior cause the government has leased b /11 the available space 'far 1940 calves. wheat and shipments, from the Biggest calf is being fed by country are not being accepted Don King which tips the scab's unless previous arangenwnts were a t 1174 pounds, a Hereford. Car- made for it. «ten vomBorstel has one weighing It is now accepted in nearly oil 1105 and Henry Richeldierfer has quarters that the crop this year c Hereford th a t weighs an even in thia county will exceed 3,000 1100. These weights were taken 000 bushels. County agent Wri last week when there was »ix ght estimated flsrm ■»nrage afc- weeks until the fair. 350.000 bushels which to wet M * Calve« bought in fchft county ficientuto entirrty nnHevs the stoogb»» and fed by Jack vomBorstel are age situation in the elevators as doing well as indicated by weight. long as they cannot ship to tide One purchased from Ix-ster Bar water siborage. num weighs 1070 and one ’bought It i® esthnoitied that half the from L .K. Smith weighs 1075. crop has been cut at Graoe Volley There are 11 calves on feed by alxrnt 70 percent around Moro 4-H clubbers th a t weigh in ex and more than that at Wasco. cess of 1000. However, hauling of sacked grain has not become general at Wasco which has a dearth of commercial truckers so far. 4 1 . I Wasco Library Festival Started Remount Service Interest is already being m an ifested in the Library Festival to be held in Wasco Saturday, Sep- ifruTtw 20. tAT a recent meet ing The Remount service w ill pur of j^he library board committees chase horses in the western sta were appointed as follows: tes again starting about Septem General chairman and co-chair ber 1, according to information man, Beatrice Richelderfer and received by the animal division of the state department of agri Loi? illilderbrand. culture. »Records indicate more Dinner, lx»is Hilder'brand. Advertising, E sther Pnoudfoot army horses are loaded out of Ontario, eastern Oregon, than any tnnd Myrtle Clothier. Parade, C. C. Caldwell, Marian other shipping point in the coun try. Johnson and Lena Brock. Because many thousands o f re Raffle, Wilma Wilde, Mary An cruits are coming into the ser drews and Grace Medl’er. vice, the arm y will not accept Queen, Louise Thomats. Coronation of Queen, Vashita anything but horses that are gen tle, both to ride and to handle. Strogilis, .and Isabel Haufelt. Booths, Gordon. H arper and On the fall purchases, c h ie fly . cavalry horses will be bought, John Robinson. with geldings preferred. To be Pennants, F ire Department. H ot dog M.an<{, Louise Thomas, considered horses must have Stlm a W atkins and Mary Frid straig h t legs and be good movora a t walk, trot and gallop. Also ley. E ntertainm ent, Leora Johnson, they must show some breeding, Loiif Hildorbnand and Georgia with good rugged thoroughbreds and well made half breda prefer Harper. P lans are for a festival sim i red. Registration papers usually lar in type to those previously will lx* rewarded. Western held with some changes in the mount headquarters a re in San entertainm ent to be announced Mateo, Gaifomia. at a later time. Will Buy Horses Light Company Photographs Men As a precautionary m easure ag airr/t possible sabotage, all em ployees of it he Pacific Power & Light company, whose duties take them to the company’s substa tions o r generating planlts o r to defense JnHu»trie»s,' now carry in dividual.^. idintificatipn <-nrds, ac cording to R. V. Ixx'kha.rt, local ag en t for the company. .»• Each of the specially processed cards carries a picture of the h<«ror and a photographic copy of his signature. In line with a national pro gram hcinded by ithe federal power (*ommis»ion, power stations th a t wt re form erly open to public in spection are now closed» to visi ter». U tilities throughout the na tion are cooperating in the de- f«n«e onovement. ' Fire Burns Over Several Hundred Acres A very disastrous fire „started from a combine operating on the Sid Johnson place, raced before a strong southwest wind, burned a portion of the Johnson grain then spread t» the old Qhman place operated by Pat Kooeberg destroying several (hundred aona of standing grain. From (there it spread to the adjoining ftekd of Grace Medtor. Mrs. Medles’s crop having been cut and the groan hbauled to the warehouse damage was slight other than the harrow- ing experience. A number o f'te l ephone ,poles were burned oral considerable damage done to fen ces along the north end oouth rood. The fine crossed the rood and only for the timely action of neighbors the flamee would h a w burned the Alex Macnab stnbbto UAL • • ' ? u #• ? \ w 5
