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About Sherman County journal. (Moro, Or.) 1931-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 22, 1941)
r: A 1 ° r ego 0H ^ S o ‘ A u. K. r clt (w ’Hid « « ,rV., >■ i/'-v' J Fifty-Third Y ear N o . 42 Moro. Oregon. Friday, A u gu st 22, 1941 Sherman County Poor Tillage People To Picnic Cuts Yield August 31 The Marines Have Landed '■ .■ r f :•, : . ■ ‘ , .... >>< • ■ v t ■• Ï' Í Í The annual Sherm an County picnic for form er residents of the county and those who still live here will be held August 31 in I>aurelhurst park n Portland. This picnic is usually held the fourth or la«t Sunday in August. This year there a re five Sundays which make« the picnic come on the last day of the month which has caused some confusion. It will be held a t noon. iO By PAUL DUNHAM W ashington iD. C., Aug. 21.— S ta rt of work by th e governm ent on the irrig atin g of 60,700 acres in the Grand ICouelee are a w aits only on the signing of contracts with irrigation districts for repay m ent of the costs. Negotiations for the contracts are now in pro- g.ess. Thia is the first step toward reclam ation of th e 1,200,000 acres in the project, and it is estim ated th a t about 1966 all the irrig ib le land in the area will be watered. F irst s ta rt will be made on 15,300 acres in the sooth d istrict; 27,000 acres in the Quincy-Columbia d is trict, and 27,000 acres in the e a st district. On these three areas w ater is expected in three years, the bureau having authority to sj>end $2,000,000 on the rnntrsl program , the buid'ing c f a pumping p lan t and an equalizing re- feeeervois. Exam ination has been made and blue prints drawn for a dam and reservoir in the Potholes, south of M o'?s lake, to recapture w ater a fte r jt has been used fo r irrig a tion. The Potholes are «and dunes vh»ch cannot be reclaimed. The public lands ' ureau has w ithdrawn 11.500 acres foT the flam and reser- voir and these will be constructed Inter. Somewhere in the Grand O n . lee program there will be a w rite-off of part o f the construc tion charges to lighten the load on settlers. * * * ■Senator W heeler’» of the fra n k to distribute one million postcards calling, in effect, for a referendum on war, recalls the op position to prevailing e x te r- ive ure of th is privilege so frequently voiced bv Jim F arley white he was postm aster general. Mr. Earley rrsieted he could save th? govern m ent a vast sum of money if the congressional frank was u^ed legitim ately for official mail of members. (One congressman used his frank to send his laundry home each week.) W • < The presidential order fixing a ceiling for ra w su g ar - prices is probably the first of others to fol low until such tim e as congre«s provides a price restrieton set-up bv enactm ent of one of the several bills now being considered, and it is expected th a t ¿’:scu,,sion of these m easures will furnish the re^l riot of the session. N either of xhe m easures so f a r proposed fs s a t’s- factory, but the adm inistration in tends to prevent inflation and some kind of price Axing will be neces sary. W hat OPM does not like ra OPACS stepping in and curtailing production. Office of Product’on M anagement insists1 the price fix ing fluncticn belongs to it. IA larger num ber have been" go ing down from here each year to -meet with old time residents and fi,ends and this year should find a igoo-d sized at the picnic. ¿Ac Hog Market Still Strong The following quotations are based on prices being paid in Wednesday’s trading: This photograph was made at Jacksonville, N. C., during marine maneuvers—first time—between army-navy and marines on beach land ing practice. Transports unloaded armored cars and troops carrying equipment, etc. Photo shows marines going over the side of transport into landing boats. Heavy Rain Delays Harvest At Kent Four More Men Called For Sept. 29 CATTLE: Good grain fed sheers $11.25 to 12.25. Good gras« steers $9.75 to 10.50. Good grain fed he iter« $10.50 to 11.00. Good grass heifers $9.25 to 10.00, Good beef cows $7.75 to 8.25, medium 6.75 to 7.50, common $6.25 to 6.75, canners $5.00 to 5.75. Bulls, med ium to good $8.25 to 9.50, common $7.00 to 7.75. Vealers, good to choice, $12.00 to 13.00. HOGS: Good to choice truck- in«, 170 to 215 lb weights, $12.50 to 12.65. 230 to 285 lb butchers $11.50 to 12.00; lightweight butch- , • ers $11 j 5|0 1A to -Packing t sows 7R 11.75. Pi>o(Ur , ? $9.75 to 10.75. Feeder pigs $10.50 to 12.50. ' x This Year Too Starts With Three Entries Wedding Observed Build Platform Predatory Fish May Be Killed -X. Queen Contest Powell-Nahouse Fair Board To To Burn Stubble Held Costly Delinquent Tax Statements Going Out Sheritf Wilson is about “ready to send out statem ents on delin quent taxes to all those who owe Well Tilled Plots Two Start Work them. Some are for real property ano some are for personal prop Yield Better Than This Week As el ly. The law now is th a t per sonal property taxes m ust be paid Poorly Treated Fair Draws Near when due or the sheriff is obligat ed to s ta rt proceedings agawrsit the The result» of the tillage tests With harvest nearing an end on the experim ental station owner. There a re 300 lots of de there ha-s come activity in the race pnoiituls show th at while this y< r linquent property in this county for queen of the Sherman oounfcy wais one in Which poor land and an attem pt will be! made to fair. m ight have bested the normally collect the assessm ents th is fall, Until this week Cleo Laffoon of good land, poor farm ing did n t says the she riff. Kent has had the race all to her bint good farm ing. self, with what success has not Plots not cultivated in tW w i" lv been learned. Loot week end the plowing group made 30.2 H?’ hels, Moro Grain Grower« started tbs plots on w hich.tillage was d'u’ayed ball rolling by sponsorrn^ the made 35.0 and the plots th a t were didacy of Reafcha Sayre of Moro cultivated immediately a fte r plow as queen. Early thia week the Misw Genevieve Nahouse, da-ugh- Sherman Grain Grower» of Waeoe in'* made 37.3 bushels. On the May plowed plots the te» of Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Nahouse took out a block of tickets to he dfTt rance was less marked Ixung of The Dalles, and Ronald Po^rell, sold in behalf of Dorothy Jean 31.1 for no cultivation and 35.8 son of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Powell, Mncnwb of th a t community. of M oro were m arried Sunday for immediately tilled fallow. Il is not thought th at other Thus was not a year in which night at eight o’clock in the United candidates will contest w ith theae deep plowed summerfallow showed Biet-hern church a t The Dalles be th re e girls inasmuch as all have to an advantage over shallow plow fore a large group of friends and strong «pon«orship, especially since ed land. The average for 10 ” relatives. 'be Gras» Valley Grain Growers plowing on all plots was 29.8 Mrs. Leslie Stew art, sister of have begun activity fo r Misa bushels and th at on the land plow the bride, was matron o f honor and Laffoon. ............................. , ed 5” deep was 31.2. This fre Austin Foes acted as be»t man The first entry is a daughter of quently occurs. for th e groom. Miss Betty Plowell Mr. and Mr». C. I. Laffoon of Kent On plots th at were poorly tilte ’• v-. frirf of the hride’s maids and and a sturient of Kent high school. or not at all the yield wrrs mimch Wuyn-e T hom son and Lyle Na- Mias Sayrs is the daughter of le*c on l»oth types o-f fallow. hf i.se were u-hers. Mr. and Mrs. Carroll Sayre of , The regular experim ental farm A f t'r the ceremony a reception Moro and is a student a t San J« m t<«t between disked and plowed wa« held a t the home of th e college in -the winter time. Wi— fallow showed disking m aking 28.9 • i'1 ’-a narar-** where Misses Jean Ma-cnab is a daughter of M t . and bushels of w inter w heat and mold Pi well and Lc.’iise Ba-rzee served Mrs. Ronald Macnab o f Wasoo. beard plowing making 29.4. When The couple left for a trip to Canada Because o f the grain growers spring w hrat was sown disked land a fte r which they will live on a interest in the race -the oAcea of produced 20.8 bushels and plowed farm near Moro. the grain growers have been desig land made 18.3 bushels. nated a» place» where the battst Mold board plowing in one ex boxes will be kept and where can periment made 33.8 bushel ami didates can deposit ticket stubs that tilled with a listor bottom indicating votes won. made 32.0 bushels. If the race ends a week before Of interest this year was the fa r time, aA it did b e t year, there te«t o f new hvhrids in a series Sherman county sent 384 pounds of plots with Rex as a check. The of aluminum to the Federated an* but two more weeks in which Rex was h -tte r thAn the others Metals company in Portland as it« to conduct the race and ticket sale making 48.5 bushels per acre for part of the drive to g ath er used and this surely -means some hasty pp. average. A Rex-Rio cross made aluminum and send it to plants work on the part of those who are 45.1 b't^hels and a new bearded, w lure it can Ibe used in defense w iling tickets. late wheat, still unnamed, but work. Queens are outfitted with a rid parented^ by 40 Fold on one side This is not a large am ount but ing habit including boots, hat, rid and Fed x Oro on the other made is very good eonsklering th a t the ing skirt and silk shirt and p r i» 49.2 in one plot. campaign was put on in harvest ccsee» are also bedecked with the These tests will l>e tried again Itiine when everyone was /very habiliments of the western «how. For three days they are rulers of anil wheats th at did well will be busy. the gay queendom o f Sherman m ultiplied fc r distribution if they county aad have the time a f the«* prove worthy. NO EXPORT MARKET lives. Ix>ng live the queen. A call has been made on the . , . , ,, . ,i . t , . , d raft board of Sherman county A heavy rainfall fell a t Kent and . * . « Monday «• , , a t , fo r four sent to on south , last evening th Iuur white wrwte men mCT1 to bp aem completely stopped harvesting f o r th e armiy on September 29, Mon- a day or so and fu rth e r delayed day. reporting to the local board, SHEEP: Good to choice spring harv estin g in the section th a t has Ficm there they will be fcrans-part- the large»! am ount of wheat to be ed to Portland and from there to tom’bs $9.85 to 10.00, carlots quo w hatever post requires them. It table $10.25 to- 10.50; medium to cut. At Shaniko the ra»in a ' me J is not po&i#le to tell w hat men good $9.00 to 9.40: common $8.00 cloud 'burst proportions when s?v- will be sent a t this time but the to 8.75. Slaughter ewes, good to eneighths of an inch fell in the actual call will go out within a choice $3.75 to 4.50. Feeder lambs S8.00 to 8.75. first fifteen m inutes of the storm . d®ys - At Kent also the first p art of the rain was the heavier. Rain fell for several hours. A stream fifty feet wide rolled down the south fork of Buck Hol low during and a fte r the storm and flooded over the Sherman ICOUNTY COURT PROCEED. on or (before (August 15, 1941. S at highway in a few places doing no INGS Commissioner’s Court isfaction of m ortgage signed and damage. Docket, August 6, 1941. filed. Aside from .halting harvest Re: -Sheriff’s Return o f sale on _ .. , the A kgnst 6, 1941 ibeing th e time ram was not ^enous. I t did »top f w the lar term c f Cou„_ County owned real property ac- c u t t i n g will certainly delaythoa fo r sherm an .Caunty quiredt by delinquent ta x forcelo- The fair board expects to build operation o fr some days. W heat thp of Qrei?on the Honorable sure proceedings, R etum of sale in the Kent area has been wet six c ^ u rt on dated July 23, 1941. Order of sale a platform on the south end of the t,n»es >s nce harvest began a n d , jn o ^rtr-oom in oec-epted and Sheriff’s Return of grand stand for the pari-mirteul booths. Tt will be long enough to 13 T ?n J tan<hn* rt 1S^ U the Courthouse a t Moro a t the-hour Sale approved and ordered filed, accomodate tho«e who wish to pace bleached. About a qu arter <dLt;be of ten o’clock a. m. Re; Agreement with The Texas bets on the ponies and will be so crop still rem ains to be cut, sofne Company pertaining to purchase The following being present: situated th at quite a number can men being through and others ju st Gfo A. P otter, County Judge of gasoline and oils. Agreement watch the races from th at point. It startin g . David Reid, County Commissioner signed and filed. is expected th at thia will result Rain ^ a i n fell o f G ra? j . M. wifeon. County Cowmi-aionor Re: ReqC.r?«t o f Mrs. Carl V. in lesis confusion in the grand Valley Tuesday b u t thre«h,n« ra R (ot Orj)<1uff c c ,w k Ar-iaerscn, Jr., to defray expense nearly done there. Sutnmerfallow T. Le«it3r Johnson, Dist. A ttorney incurred relative to house cleaning stand between races. is now in shape for seeding with The foil-owing proceedings were 'brought on by virtue of du st caused e. little prelim inary working but by reck-crusher. 'Request refuised. h ' l at said term : form IC'-ounty T reasurer’s Report for . . ers do r o t wrant to put seed In the m atter of the payment of into th e irrouiHl f o r anotfhor «.neo d a im s resented affain«,t , t'ho Con month 'ending July 31, 1941. R e or four weeks. H arvest ram s hoye (..a| c|aim g an<} po-" t accepted and1 approved. been heavy enough to practically ordered pajd Semi-Annual reiport of Naomi Control work in several lakes- in • • • assure good seeding conditions In the m atte r of the payment o-f Van Gilder, County T reasurer, of the Deschutes National forest is this afll. Indicative of improved1 condi claims presented ag ain st the Road receipts and dis-burse merits from ccntemplated hy the Oregon State tions -on th ’1 farm , th e Farm Credit Funds. Claim's -allowed and order December 31, 1940 to June 30, Gome Commission, according to •administration T-pcrfo th at about 1941. inclusive? Report approved ed paid. announcement by C. A. Lockwood, on-' fourth of all farm s held for Re: Claim of Orma-nd G. Hil- nnd filed. assistant state game supervisor, sab- by the banks as a -result of Re:- Application fo r purchase derbrand fo r $6.00 for Bang’s Dis in charge of this work. foraclc’’ re« in ’the past seven eased cattle slaughtered. Claim of tax foreclosed ^property, by At present Mr. Lockwood does years '•old1 in the first six Sherman County, m ade fby City of “ Don’t burn anything th a t can allowed and ordered raid, not know in what lakes the con imnnths of this An increase be converted into hum us,” is a Re: Insurance Policy covering Moro in con-neetion with th e fol- trol work will be carried or. How in farm sates also is repor'rd bv basic rule ru le for m aintaining tho county owned trucks and cars, pro- lowing described property: ever, there are a number of fine Federal F^rm M crlgag? cem ora- Yer.tili.ty of Oregon soils, accord- tection against collision and lac Pa-foal No. One: W esterly 35 tion for which Federal Land banka ing -to Dr. R. E. Stephenson, soil cidents. (Policy accepted and er- feet of Ix>t 2, iBlock 5, Original trout lakes in this a-rea now infest ed with trash fish, and in -some in- have handled first a rd second m o rt scientist at the OSC experim ent dered paid. Premium $82.98. Town, Now Cty o f Moro, Oregon. «tan-ces biologists empolyed by the gages during the paet eight venrs. station, in a new station circular Re: ¡County Clerk’s Semi- an Parcel No. 2: All o f Lot 4, in Cçimmission have reported1 trout For the first time since 1934 +he No. 143. entitled1 “ Humus for Ore imal rep o rt of fees received and Block 5, in the City o f Moro, Ore afflicted with parasites and worms. Federal Land banks are now hold gon soils.” disbursem ents of same January 1. gon, according to the duly recorded Where this condition exists, the ing less than $100.000.000 worth Humi'isi o r organic m a tte r is to J-uly 1, 1941. R eport approved. plat thereof, except th a t portion aft'ectéd game fish will be elim inat of farm si. or 19 percen t less than w hat keeps soils physically fit. Re: Clerk’^i Semi-annual report 20 feet by 50 feet heretofore deed- ed along wi‘h the trash fish. th eir holdings ope year a-go. of disbursem ents for the period ea to Herman Bu-rmfester and more Any waste products of th e farm , Mr. Lockwood, accompanied by g * * or city lot fo r th a t m atter, such as from Ja n u a ry 1, 1943 to July, 1. specifically described in book “S’ 'Ross Newcomb, leader of one of Illustrative of the tim e required straw , weed's, stalks-, stubble, 1941. Report approved of Tl-'eds, page 50, record of Sher- the lake and i?tream survey crews, to m anufacture m ajor electrical vires, canes, or leaves all are val- R-e: County Clerk’s'Sem i-annual man Copnby, Oregon. Parcel No. and Dr. Francis P. Griffiths,, game equipm ent is the aimouncemer-t uahl'» sources of hum us and, wh°n report of claims paid against the ^3: Fraction® of Ix>ts 1 and 2. Block commission 'biologist, will .go into th a t of the three additional genera re tin n ed to the soil, h£lp to p re -“ Ge\ier£.l. Road Fund, M arket Road 5. in the City of Moro, Oregon, ' the a re a this week to determine tin g units which have been o rder ver.< rfo becoming hard and baked. Fund and' Bridge Fund, January. 1 ,1 ^aid fractions being m ore nartic- w hat lakes will be included in the ed for Grand Coulee, delivery of Wh^ra such -materials a re diefictent 1941 to July 1, 1941. Report ac- ula-rly described in book “V” of central Work ithis year. the first turblnet is not premised, in nitrogen th eir value i$ inoreas- cented and1 approved. D.aetfs, page 289, Records of Shor until 500 days from date o f letting ed and their decomposition hasten- Re: Indem nity Bond of Boys’ man Couinty, Oregon. the contract, th e second in 530 ed f*v >h? additicn o f nitrogen r r d Girls’ Aid Sociotv covering Kid's of $210.06 subm itted by HEALTH CLINIC HELD da ysjand the third in 620 da vs. The fertilizer. ' . lest W arrant Clas® “W” No. 610 City of Moro. Bid from City of -A qj-atiTn-al and child, health th ree units will not have been in Estim ates are th a t one year of issued Jan u ary 2, 1941 to Boys’ Mcro in sum cf $210.00 «eceptcdl cottfo.rence was held * in Kent stalled' and1 in operation 'before the legume sod will -restore about as and Girls* Aid Society and' request . and Clerk instructed to have deed A ugust 19 a t.w h ic h time twelve fall of 1943. a t which time- the much humus a s is lost with one fc r duplicate w arrant. Bond ac- prepared conveying siaid property infanits and pre-school -rchjldi p lan t capacity a t Grand Coulee will year o f‘cultivated row crops. The cepted and Clerk authorized to is- to Oitv of Moro. were examined hy Dr. Donald^ be 648.000 kilow atts. The ultim ate upper th re e feet of good, «oil m ay sue duplicate w arrant in amount In Re: Apnl'catiOn of Citv ot Bourg assisted hy Lucille Vale, insallati-on planned’ is 18 units contain more than 200 tons per of $50.00 W arrant No. “ W” 948 Mrro, for purchase o f Tax Fore ■enurtv health nurse. Routine im with a final capacity of 1.974,000 acreaere o f organic -matter, acdu^ i-?<n.ied 8-8-41. closed nropcrtV. owned bv Sh^-r- munizations wore made. Dr. kilow atts, m akng it th e largest Imulated through thousands of iRe: Compromise offer Submitted man County, whe-roin the City of B<urg is the director of the Wasco- hydroelectric development in the years, vvhic-h is lost under cultiva- fcq,J. J. Decner in sum of $2750.00 • Moro 'exercises its rbr^MwmfiUl preferential Sherm an health unit. Another world. .« ♦ J- tion a t the ritte of about 750 penutfs in full settliqm^nt pf $3000.00 loan right of purchase, as by Jaw pro- ‘c onference-will be held at Kent in per.acre per year. * * secured by realty m ortgage if paid (Continued on Page two) October. ( Continued on page four) County Court Selling Tax Foreclosed Properties Official County Paper Aluminum Sent To Headquarters HURTS FARMERS Kent Auxiliary Oregon’s agriculture has suffer ed severe losses through the gradual but alm ost total elimina- tion of export outlets 'for some of the principal crops of this state, The Kent American Legion Afcac- even though growers have gone iliary held its regular meeting on far in reducing the acreage of ex Wednesday afternoon a t the home pert type crops, the Oregon sta te of Oaasie Holmes in Graa« Valley. land use planning committee points Members from out o f town in out in its summary of present cluded Hilrraa and Ellen Rooiper of Con-fl’tions and recornnvendatio-ns tAntelope. for the immediate future. The afternoon was »pent in re Wheat, prunes, apples, and pears pairing a large box oY used1 cloth a it the principal export crops of ing which will be sent to the Child this state. During the last decade Welfare Center in Portland to be wheat acreage has been reduced used for needy families of the approxim ately 24 per cent, prunes war veterans. 26 per cent, apples 55 per cent, The traveling trophies» won at and pears L0 per cent. Thus means the Convention were on display. th at Oregon’s export crops, which The Kelly Cup was won for being form erly accounted for approxi the first Unit in the State to sand mately 30 per cent of the total in their renewal« for all o f last farm acreage, now occupy only ap year’s members except those by proximately 20 per cent. death or transfer. The von Bor- There remain approxim ately srtel-Cox-Francis gavel bell, given 800,000 acres of wheat, 41,400 by the 'Presidents of District« 5# acres of prunes, 14,100 acres of 6 and 7, was won for Ibeing the anph’-, and 19,000 acres of pears. Unit in these districts with a mem U rder normal conditions, approxi bership of lew than 50 which most mately one third of the production fully covered the Amerioaniam pro of this total acreage would go to gram. foreign m arkets, with two thirds Plans were made for the fo used in the United States. etal lat ion of officers of the Poets The state committee considered each one of these crops as to the and Units in the county. Thia will problems -involved and "possible bo held in Kent preceding a db> action to be taken. Much of the ner on a Sunday, probably Septem Columbia basin is ideally s'uiitod to ber 28. continue wheat production and un- The Auxiliary also plant» to serve Ruited to diversified crops, the com ywpper at the Harvest Ball given m ittee points out. A num ber of by the Legion at Kent, Saturday I'ccommfndation-s for 1924 con- night, August 23. Refreshments o f ice cream and- corning wheat have already been cake were served by the hoetean. Fut into^effect by the lAAA, rnclud- ing elose correlation o f ' acreage reduction wi-th »oil conservation, in crease in loan*values to nearer parity, an<>*reduction of acreage nli-otiment for 1942 tofthe minimum provided by law. Numerous other The Sherman county rid tre w ill recommendations were made look ing to the future. • "* .meet a t the fa ir ground« «wxt Sun F urther reduction i-n apple acre day, Auguist 24. A t thia Mme age through .th e elimination of qyery one who wishes to ride dur- ieties not now in demand is ing the fa ir should put in a » ap^ mmen-iled, while change m* ipearance as the drill« w ill be set pear acreage m ight be limited to and made ready. I t is likely that rem oval of tHseasod trees. Im a group of rider« w ill go to Con mediate and drastic improvement don, September 6 to rid» a t tho in prune" quality is necessary to Gilliam county fa ir. I t is um$Br- «ave the prune industry, the oom- stood that 18 would make the .mitten reported. -,L Repair Clothing Sherman Riders -- May Go To Condon
