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4 t fe r -t I Oregon Historical Society tt Auditorium County journal Fifty-Third Year N o . 43 Breakfast Club Arranging Cowboy Feed B Washington D. C., Aug. 28.—A l location of funds has (finally been made for improvement of airports in Oregon and Washington, five in the former state and twelve in the latter. Of the total approprie- atxwi of $80,810,110 Oregon will receive but $1,038,000 distributed as follows: Eugene $113,000, Klamath Falls $278,000, LaGrande $106,000, The Dalles $180,000 and Tillamook $410,000. The total for the 12 airpont projects in Wash ington is $2,105,000. Selection of th ese a irp o rts to r e ceive federal fu n d s w as m ade by a board composed o f sec retarie s of w ar, navy and com m erce which c e r tified th a t th e y w ?re necessary to the n atio n al defense. T his ce rtifi cation included 26 locations p re viously announced b u t on which work has n o t been sta rte d and 140 new locations. The W PA will do th e work on 87 of th e projects and p a rt w ork on 15; the o th ers will he let fey bid. I t is expected th a t nil will he com pleted sh o rtly a f te r th e first of th e year. W hile all projects a re sta te d to be n ecessary to th e n atio n al de fense, th ere is a som ew hat m y s ti fy in g disproportion in th e selec tions. F o r instance, Texas is giv^n 27 a irp o rts on which $5,942,- 00d in federal m oney will be ex pended. F a r to th e n o rth e a st, in M aine, 17 sites were chosen fo r which $3,069,000 will be available, and w ith one less m num ber G e o r g ia will receive $3,178,000. J u s t why th ere should be m ore a irp o rts in G eorgia th a n in O regon or W ashington is not clear, n o r why Maine should he favored above o th e r N ew E ngland sta te s, unless it is fe lt th a t th e Fine T ree s ta te affords a b e tte r jum ping off place fo r th e defense o f G reenland a n d Iceland. n F or the announced purpose of aiding South A m erican countries to p rep are an efficient personnel to o p erate airlines to be establish- e«l by them to replace lines p re v iously operated fey G erm an com panies. a p ro g ram .has been set up fo r the tra in in g o f pilots and tech n icians in th e U nited S tates. The n um ber from each country will be apportioned on an eq u it able basis and will to tal 404 pi lots, 120 service m echanics, 120 in stru c to r m echanics and 20 ae ro n au tical engineers. The a rm y will tra in 100 of the pilots and the balance will be under th e d irec tion of the Civil A eronautics a d m in istra tio n . H ith erto all h u t a fey* of the airlines in South A m er ica have been e ith e r G erm an ow n ed or operated. ' n e w W hile no record was m ade of the vote in the house on extension of the selective service period, a teller’s co u n t showed 21 'Republi cans voting w ith the m ajo rity and thereby keeping d ra fte e s in th e arm y an o th er 18 m onth«. Had th e policy of R epublican Leader Joe M artin n o t been oppossd th is num ber would have 'been considerably la rg e r as o th e r R epublican m em bers had previously expressed them selves a s favoring a longer period of train in g . B ut H am ilton F ish rallied such stre n g th a g a in st the house leader in a p a rty caucus ju s t p rio r to the voting th a t only 21 upheld th e ad m in istratio n mi a sure. T his clash w as only one of rnanv recent alm ost open q u a r rels between C ongressm an F ish and the p a rty leader. . v - • • * Still Available While hunters are purchasing more antelope tags this yead than has been the case in any year since open seasons on this fleet footed animal were established, there are still tags available for hunters who desire them, according to announce ment by the Oregon State Game Commission. This y ea r th e re a re tw o antelope seasons: th e first, in t h a t p a r t of M alheur county south of th e B u rn s-O n tario highw ay from S ep tem b er 22 to O ctober 5, both d ates inclusive. T he second antelope season will be 'held in p a rts of L ake and H arney counties from S eptem ber 28 to O ctober 5, both d a te s inclusive. The bag lim it is one antelope o f e ith e r sex, th e ta g s cost $1 each fo r resid en t o r nonresident h u n ters. This flee is in addition to the re g u la r h u n tin g license fee. 4-H Clubbers Going To State Fair Questions Answered About Stamps Q. W hy ahould A m ericans buy Defense IBonds and S tam ps now ? A. A m ong the reason« are: (1) T, is th e quickest w ay in which every citizen can both serve his cc u n try and conserve his ea rn in g s, and (2) the purchase of Bonds and S tam ps h e lp s not only to finance Nr. C oral /Defense h u t a lso to p re vent high prices and increased cost, of living. Q. Gap I pledge a D efense Bond as co llateral fo r a bank loan ? A. No. Bonds are re g istered and not transferable. They are payable only to th e persons nam ed on the Bond. Sherman County Soldiers Sent Named In Defense To Middle West Committees C o n trary to norm al th is county is going to have som e stock e n trie s in th e 4-H divisions a t th e s ta te f a ir th is year. Five boys a re ta k in g th e ir f a t s te e rs to the show. Jack von B orstel, H enry Richel- d erfer, Shelton and Ed F r .tts an d Don King a re ta k in g th e ir la rg e r calves bo Salem fo r e n try in the 4-H classes there. T h ese calves 9 • • are «already larg e enough and f a t E m phasizing th e fa c t th a t such gasoline sh o rtag e as m ay ex ist in enough t h a t it is n o t considered an y locality in th e U nited S ta tes best to hold them u n til the Pacific is due to lack o f adequate tr a n s International. David Richelderfer and Frank p o rtatio n facilities, a d e p a rtm e n t of in terio r re p o rt on production of vtn Borstel are also taking pure n a tu ra l gasoline shows th a t the bned heifers for entry in open d aily av e rag e in Ju n e w as 7,133,- classes. Wheat - will be sent by 000 gallons as com pared w ith 6,- J. B. Adams and others and, it is 161,000 in Ju n e of la s t y ear. How expected on past performance that ever, th e re was an actual decrease it will bring home a good share in th e q u an tity on hand, 261,870,- of the prizes. 000 gallons th is J u n e a s com pared w ith 294,000,000 on hand Ju n e 30, 1940. Harvesting As Wheat Loans Halted By Heavy Rains A Breakfast club committee met Wednesday alight end arranged for a cow boy breakfast to be held Taxes, Chattel Leins Wednesday a. m. at the city park September 10. The regular' meet and Mortgages Being ing will fee held next Wednesday at the hotel to make final arrange-, Paid Rapidly ■ ¡n.eryts for’the event. Hi Everyone who thinks he or she N early everyone a t th e co u rt can eat a steak for breakfast is house is busy th is week. Some are ashed to come out bedecked in their sig n in g p a p e rs to signify th a t western show finery, and try fa rm ers a re eligible fo r th e gov- chewing a steak cooked by Chief z 5 e m in e n t loan, s o n ic a re a tte s tin g Chef L. L Peetz or some of hie to the fa rm e r’s record as to crew of oooks, viz: Ray Blake, m o rtg ag e s an d liens, som e a re Merril Oveson, Free Crews, Giles ta k in g in tax m oney an d others French, Lloyd Johnson, Shorty a re re le asin g m o rtgages. W r - It is probable th at a t least Olds or Corliss Andrew«. There will probably be singing— th re e q u a rte rs of th e ch attel m o rt or music. There will be cofree for g ag es will be released for good this the well trained coffee making fall. This very likely will re team of Dewey Thompson and Don duct fa rm debt by well over a and Mac McLeod ‘have it in charge. m illion d o llars in th is county. In The queen candidates will be on audition to th is m any real m o rt hand and every member of the gages will be e n tire ly paid and club is charged with the duty of o tn e rs will be reduced until they showing visitors a good time. ■' can he ca rrie d easily with norm al crops. Time is seven o’clock. Ail re quired for the affair is to come E x c e p t fo r th e ever p res en t looking like a drug store cowboy record searches the pages of the or like you had been riding herd S ta ff S a n a a « R o b e rt W . S h ac kleto n of N e w Y o rk , who . . . d ra fte d c lt T k ’s l * x ,k s « * all night and bring your feeding la s t / a l l and has a lre a d y e a rn e d his s e rg e a n t’s strip es, p icks the first releases, ch attel and r e a l ,J o tools, a plate, if you like t o e a t off capsu le, N o . 196, in the second p e a c e tim e n a tio n a l lo tte ry a t W ash ing to n, ^hc e x c lu s io n o f n early ev ery th in g one,, a good sharp knife. The club D. C . L ie u t. Col. R . M o r r is , w ho also o ffic ia te d a t 1917 lo tte ry , is a t rig h t. el se- T he saving in in tere st alone wlli furnish the appetite and the _____________________________________ ___________ _____________. will be m ore than $100,000 per food. - year. Antelope Tags Bond Sale T he executive com m ittee o f the defense bond sale m ovem ent in th s county m et T uesday n ig h t a t th e council room s an d organized com m ittee« to carry on the work in th is county. ¿jnght groups w ere nam ed as follow s: A gricu ltu re, Governm en ta l. P atrio tic , F ra te rn a l and S er vice, W om en’s o rg a n iz atio n s, Edu- c?t>onal, S peakers, B anking and Fm ance, D efense Stam ps. Com plete com m ittees w ere not nam ed fo r all o f th ese im p o rtan t posts and chairm en w ere a u th o r ize*’ to solicit the aid of any one w illing to do some w ork on th is n atio n al defense p ro ject. H eading the a g ric u ltu ra l co m m itte e will b? J. B. Adam s, who wili have a s aides the follow ing: Joe P eters, W allace M av, M illard -Eekin.* A m andus von Borsitel, E l inor H elver, A rth u r SmVh. G. H. •Rcot, D avid Reid, Ross Guilford and others th a t m ay be nam ed la te r. Clvd»» G illnw r was chosen to (h ad the governm ental com m ittee wl.icb will have (the d uty of seeing th at all governm ental w orkers a re info- med about defense bonds, th e ir piHnose and value. H arold E akin will fee h ead o f the P atrio tic , F ra te rn a l an d Service com m ittee and be charged w ith th e d uty o f o rg a n iz in g th e fra te rn a l O’, g anizations o f th e county. A com plete list of th e m em bers of th e wom en’s , com m ittee is aw aitin g fu rth e r word from o th er p a rts o f th e county. L eaders of social, club and h ea lth work will be on th is com m ittee. Education Committee Named (Principals of th e schools of the county and1 th e co u n ty su p erin ten d en t will m ake fin th e eduea- tk -m l com m ittee which will be headed b y 'R ay Jew el. W R. Jones, R. G. Cun-liffe, C. C. Caldwell and R ussel Hoflinshead will he otheT m em bers o f fth e g roup w h'ch will have a job Of giving in stru ctio n to ali teach ers about th e bond sale. T. L ester Johnson will be head of th e local sp eakers b u reau and will assign speakers to various o ig an iza tio n s when th ey a re re quested. R ay Blake, new m a n a g e r o f the bonk, will ta k e th e place o f Lloyd Henna gin and handle (th e b an k in g and finance an g les of th e sale. Judire G eorge P o tte r w as a p pointed chairm an o f th e ' defense stam p sale. Thi« com m ittee, which will be composed o f b usiness m en of the county, .^yill endeavor to have every business house keep a supply of savin g s stam p s fo r sale. T his is alread y being done in a lim ited w ay in th e c o u n ty and has resulted in much in tereet. W ord from th e group of young men who le ft Moro la s t Monday fo r serv ice in the a rm y is th a t Jac k Lew is w as perm itted to e n lis t in th e -army air corps and has gone to W ichita F alls, T exas for train in g . K enneth W alker an d Dewey Thom as w ere both sen t to F o rt Leonard Wood, M issouri where they will be at the E n g ineers Re- placem et T rain in g C enter. The fo u rth lad, A rth u r Spencer, failed to pass his ex am ination and th ere fo re was not accepted in the arm y. Winter Wheat Plans Demanded Now Oregon w heat fa rm e rs are be ing contacted by county AAA a s sociations to sign w in te r w h eat plans fo r th eir fa rm s p rio r to the deadline October 31. E v e r y . farm er who will p lan t fa b w heat this y ear m u ct sign a plan fo r his farm if h e is to be eligible fo r p articip atio n in the 1942 farm conservation program . \By sig n in g the plan th e fa rm e r declares his intention to seed w ith in his w heat acreage allo tm en t and also indicates the n u m b er of acres on which he will have w h eat in 1942. W ith 1942 m ark e tin g qu o tas a l ready proclaim ed an d alm ost sure to fee in effect, county officers a re stre ssin g the im portance of seed ing w ithin allotm ents. ' C hanges in the w heat program Ä>r 1942 provide th a t the no n -allo tm en t op tion can be chosen only by fa rm ers norm ally cu ttin g w heat fo r h a y and w ith an allotm ent in excess of 15 acres. Those with allo tm en ts of few er th a n 15 acres -are exem pt from quota restrictio n s, however. The s ta te AAA office also points ouf th a t it, will not be possible fo r non -allo tm en t farm s to seed up to th e ir usual acres, as was th e case in 1941, w ithout in cu rrin g de ductions from p a rity and co n ser vation paym ents. TheYe will fee no chance to ob tain a c c u ra te figures on the 1941 crop in Sherm an county fo r some weeks yet, as w arehouse men are «till fa r to o busy to sto p and add up to tals o f intake of w heat. E stim a te s ru n as high as 3,500,000 bushels but this m ay be higher th an actu ally can be found. One sizeable Tdock of land is known to h av e m ade in excess of 27 bushels per acre and th is on rather poorer th an av erag e land. An av erag e yield of 30 bushels on th e 105,000 acres will make 3.150,000 bushels which will he one of the la rg e s t crops on record. Savings in production cost and closer financing are responsible fo r much of the la rg e r th an usual profit m ade this y ea r by farm ers. T hese savings were m ade because of the necessity of p ast poor crops and low prices. W ednesday 340 loans had feieen ■made in th is county for a to tal estim ated to be about $1,250,000. This is ab o u t hqjf the expected am o u n t of loans to be m ade a l though la st year but 520 loan« w ere executed.» Stock Prices Hold Steady Wednesday The follow ing quotations a re based on prices being paid in W ednesday’s trad in g : CA TTLE: Good grain fed ste e rs $li.5O to 12.50. Good g rass steers $10.00 to 11.25. Good g rass h e i fers $9.50 to 10.75. Good beef cows $7.75 to 8.50, medium $7.00 to 7 50, common $6.25 to 6.75, canners $1.75 to 5.75. Bulls, medium to good $8.25 to 9.50, common $7.25 to 8.00. V calers, good to choice $12.50 to 13.50. HOGS: Good to choice 170 ' to 215 lb tru ck in s $12.50 to 12.85; 230 (to 285 lb butchers $11.75 to 12 00; lig h tw eig h t butchers $11.50 t o 11.85; packing sows $9.75 to 19.50. F e e d e r pigs, handy w eights $12.50 to 13.00, heavies down to $11.25. S H E E P : Good to choice spring lem bs $9.75 to 10.50; medium to good $9.00 to 950; common $8.00 itc 8.75. S la u g h ter ewes, good to choice $4.00 bo 4.25. F eeder lam bs, good to choice $8.25 to 9.00. Shorn lam bs $8.75 to 9.00. Remount Horse New Teachers All Sale Postponed Hired At EOCE Inform ation from th e rem ount h; ad q u a rters, a t San M ateo, ‘Cali fornia is to th e effect th a t officers will n o t he buying 'horses in th is te rrito ry in Septem ber a s previous ly announced. The tr ip h a s been delayed and' it will be O ctober 10 to 18 before horses will be looked over fo r purchase. Definite date« will be given later. E astern Oregon College of E du cation, La Grande, Aug. 25.—One h u n d red percent of the teach er- tro in in g g rad u ates a t the E astern Oregon College o f Education this ■spring and sum m er have been o f fe red teach in g position« for- n ex t fab anr) calls for additional teach e rs are being received alm ost daily, according bo Dr. Roben J. M aaske, president of the college. These teach ers have boon plac ed a t an average salary of $110 per hionth in both larg e graded 'gbh-ools and ru ral d istricts. A num ber have been placed as ele m e n ta ry echoed principals th ^ jt first year a t salaries ran g in g frirm W R IG H T TfTTA LK N ote:— To b u y D efense Bonds LeRoy W right ’Will ap p e ar over and Stam p«, go to th e n e a re st post office, bank, o r savings and • David Eccleis, state budget di sta tio n KOIN S atu rd ay ab o u t noon* Iban ' association : o r w rite to th e rector, and his brother Taylor, .to (balk about the w h eat situation'* IColonel B lank-of the IPresidto, T re a s u re r o f th e U nited S tates, stopped ir Moro Wednesday af 4n the n orthw est according to a r - - in full uniform, decided whiles in W ashington, D. C., fo r a m ail ternoon while on a tripafco Pendle ra n g e m e n ts made W ednesday th ru $110 to $135 per «month. : the s ta te AAA office, A' ton to ispect the state hospital. order form. . 1 — (Conti&tftd o» Page two) i ' A Official County Paper Officials Busy That ‘Goldfish’ Bowl Again Are Made By PAUL DUNHAM * * Moro, Oregon. Friday, A ugu st 29, 1941 . i- There has been no h arv estin g in Sherman,, county th is week up until T h u rsd ay because of the heavy ra in of S atu rd ay . Monday a serie s of show ers w et different sections of the co u n ty very s e r iously. A bout noon a very hard ra in fell south of K ent, in the aftern o o n Moi^i had a h ard ra in and la te r in the evening sm all ’.v P e r sp< u ts fell n o rth of Wasco to bring d irt across th e highw ay and halt traffic. C u ttin g is finished a t Wasco .Hid around Moro everyone is through with one o r two excep- tinns. It is th o u g h t th a t 50,000 bushels of bulk g ra in m ust be hauled yet and h arv e stin g is go ing very slowly indeed G rass Valley is n early done w ith a few m achines having a day o r two in the field. How much dam age h as been done to w heat by the ra in s is a subject fo r debate an th e s tre e t corner^ with the assum ption general th a t the loss has been up to $2 per acre on still stan d in g grain. Teacher’s Institute Plans Made L ast Monday county . school sujH rintm den'ts of th is a rea got to g e th e r and arran g e d fo r th e p ro g ram of the an n u al teac h er’s in s titu te which will a g a in be held in The Dalles. D ates a re October 6 and 7., C ounties concerned a re Hood River, Wasco, Sherm an, G il liam and W heeler. Schools in S herm an cour-ty will begin S eptem ber 8. W hile some difficulty is being found with teach e r ’s co n tracts it is expected th a t nearly all o f those who signed co r tra c ts ea rlier in th a year will he on hand when the first bell rin g s. Mrs. Dick Reckmann Buried At Kent The fu n eral of Mrs. Dick Reek- m an J r., was held from the C hris tian church in Kent Monday a f te r noon w ith Rev. C. F. Sw ander of P o rtlan d , officiating. Mrs. Reckm an died S aturday m o rn in g in The D alles a f te r am em ergency operation. She was hern N ovem ber 30, 1910 a t Taco m a. W ashington, the d au g h ter of Mr. and Mrs. Jam es C. Wilson. The g re a te r p a rt of her life was spent a t K ent w here h er paren ts have lived fo r m any years. She w as m arried in 1931 to Dick 'Reckmian Jr., and has been living on the Reckmnn farm southw est of G rass Valley. She is survived by her widower, two daughters, M arg aret aged 8, and Peggy, aged th ree m onths: her parents, tw o s irte rs , Mrs. H. C. Nelson of Bend, an*l Nellie Grace W ilson of Kent and her m atern al grandm other, Mrs. Ida Davis o f Moro. Mrs. Reckm an was a m em ber o f bh“ church a t Kent, and the grange. In term e n t was made* in the Kemt Odd-Fellows cem etery. i Votes For Queen Will Be Counted 3rd. Votes fo r queen o f the Sherm an county fa ir will lx* counted n ex t W ednesday, S eptem ber 3 a t 9 in the forenoon, according to a n nouncem ent made by fa ir board n u m b e rs th is week. T he flair board will be responsible fo r th e count. The queen ra c e .this y e a r h a s a ttra c te d less atten tio n th an b e fore, largely because o f th e la te ness. of th e h arv est which has k ep t n early everyone v ery busy. Grain g row ers o rg an izatio n s of the county have tak en "Over ,-th e job of aid in g the girl« in 's e llu ig tick ets and re p resen ta tiv e s o f th e gi'ower» have been co n tactin g jj>ossifetle p u rch asers a t evefy -op p o rtu n ity . Three can didates a re in the field which micans th a t th e queen will have two a tte n d a n ts . „ O u tfittin g o f the royal (flourt will b e done by th e g rain grow ers. • S-ale of farm m ach in ery h as been rap id there th is week w ith fa rm e rs ru stlin g to g et th e ir o rd ers in while it is stall possible to o btain heavy m achinery. * O rders fo r n ex t y e a r’s com bines a re being taken alread y and tra c to rs - a re > selling like bananas. ' • Fair Preparation Being Rushed As Dates Near Horses Getting Ready For Races and Contest* Of Three Days A crew is working at the fair giounds this week changing the old CCC mess hall into a barn for 4-H club stock. This is being done to relieve a situation caused by oxercrowding Tost year when the supply of stock far exceeded the a\ ailable room. This year the open class calves will be put in the old cattlje (>ani and 4-H calves will occupy the -old mess hall. The floor is being torn out and mangers will be installed to make the burilding suitable for the fat »tuck of the club boys and girls. Mac Barbour was in town this week to report that his part of the annual show will be on hand, fit and ready, by time for the open ing day, September 12. This means -that such as Whiz Bang, Gin Fizz, Red Bluff, 'Reservation and .Tip Top will be in the corral ready to be pushed into the chutes for saddling. Harry Ambler, who baa already won first honors at sev eral shows this year, will be here again to contest for the prize in bucking. George Nelson of Wamic, who took top honors a t Heppner, is also expected. At present a t least 26 race horsee are listed far -the racing competi tion. These are all Sherman coun ty horses. While some of the favorites of past yearn have been sold to the army others are ooming up to fill the races and provide new names, and perhaps new records, for the spectators to watch. Assurance was made thia week that all of the six home teams of thip county will appear the three days of the fair. T. M. Rolfe's fit ring is now at Salem, awaiting the opening o f the state fair. Tom Fraser may not attend this year because of farm work but his bunch will be at the local fair as will the six horse hitch of W. C. Helver. This insures competition, iti this colorful event. The new arrangements, combin ed with the old, assure every flair- _ goer something exciting for every minute he or she spends a t the grounds. ;In addition to this the concessions will be located near the dance hall down town which will make of that corner a hot apot of' excitement. Dance® will be held three night«, Thursday, T ri day and Saturday, with Monte Brooks’ flamed dance band pf'O- viding music. Driving In Britain Has Handicaps British motorists not only have to, get along on slim ration» of gasoline, but also must find their way without the help of directional signs. Lt. Col. Lacey V. Murrow, whe has just returned from Eng land where he acted as an official observer for this Government on transportation problem», informed the Oregon State Motor Asaocia- tion. Every car owner in Great Britain is rationed enoagh gaaoline to run his car 150 miles per raenth. The lim it of 150 miles per montb has been established irregardleaa of the mileage the car drives on a gallon of gasoline. Col. Murrow further reported that no longer is gasoline sold by •brands. The war situation has made it necessary to combine ths import, storage, and distribution (facilities o f all the oil companies; hence, the gasoline is • “uniformly of medium quality, and is known as ‘pool.’ ” “Driving in Britain is qpite difficult under war time conditions." he said. “All directional signs have been removed: even fhe names of railroad stations, post offices, an<t banks have been obliterated or removed; and the home defense regulations prohibit the giving of directional information to strang ers. It i» quite often iiSMsrarj to go to the local police authorittss and submit proper identifleetien papers before any information ran be had as to the name o f the com munity in which you may bs a t any time and to secure informa tion concerting^ the dhaetien to which you desire to tra w l"
