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Moro. Oregon. Friday, A u gu st 22, 1941
Sherman County Poor Tillage
People To Picnic Cuts Yield
August 31
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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.
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■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.)
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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. '
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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.
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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
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, 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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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