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Auditori i, ,u
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Defense Aide
First Entry In
Queen Contest
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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.
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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
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, 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
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®nd M n C. I. Laffoon, and a
«tudent M Kent
school, also
much crab m eat
Prices ,too, are
go higher.
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fbjarMrneae
c,u of
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as the Japanese.
fairly certain to
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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
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Line Is August 30
resenftative m the running and
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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.
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state to acquaint all gro-
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- 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.
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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
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in* . T h o m so n , Mar-
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* * * , 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
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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. ■-
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Frances, himself, was not bad-
ini»™! having a few face fluts
Y J s.niaish^
fin^
He was
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i^ 'ocked unconscious o r
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■Wonven' can u ,e e :h ,r r.ykn o- rto re
ecd by naceeany c h a » ^ m the
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cotton stockings, amd if things
National indebtedness for de- '!«* ™ch as deaths or removals _
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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.
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around the house are made in ¡the deflation th a t inevitably fol-
Robert Speelman S206, IPhilip
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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
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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,
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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.
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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. '*
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Grain Fed Steers
NYA Administrator
Up To $12.00
Appointed Here
Odd-Fellows Buy
Defense Savings Bonds
License Examiner
Coming Again
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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