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S, B H E R « A N
COUNTY
JO U R N A L . MORO. OREGON
T
F R ID A Y , D EC EM BER 12. 1941
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reduction cut into the acreage of
co-operating farmers more than
others.
♦ The crowd applauded the state
ment of E. B. McNaughten that
there would be more government
control and sat mute when Dr.
Dubach mentioned governmental
usurpation of the people’s power.
McNaughten
enjoyed hia
J ic n u u g n ie n cujvjrcu
» » talk
* the
trend- into the period after the
war and prophesied freely. Per
haps he was entirely correct, but
we often overthrow tendencies
when they seem to go too far.
After his speech he was ques
tioned from the floor and made
answers to all inquiries for nearly
T H p <*rowd liked it fine
an hour. I ne crown IIKCO J v Illlt.
Taxation and legislation had a
^ c o m m U U e and e n d e d ^ y X in i
W ily K nighten w ill go to Salem
R U F U S GIRL IN
J*LAY
Monday to attend a state wide
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meeting of defense council co-ordi
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from
page
one)
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nators
who will meet with state
Eastern Oregon College of Edu-
Sherm an County Observer
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the
family
farm.
Responsibility
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and
military
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and
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n, LaGrande, Dec. 6, (Spec-
¡Established N ov. 2, 1888
for
curbing
child
labor
in
agri-
s
&
co-ordinator,
Jerrold
Owen.
ial)—-Catherine
Tom, daughter of
Grass Valley Jou rn al____
culture
is
now
placed
with
local
The
first
general
snow
of
the
taken
care
of
the
fancy
work
booth
An
accurate
count
is
not
possi-
q a . Tom, Rufus, had one of the
Established Oct- 14, 1897
school authorities, who are subject winter fell over Sherman ,county for many years was out again to 5je but there are six or eight Moro iea.dinf? parts in ‘‘Sorority House,”
CONSOLIDATED March 6, 1931
to local pressure and prejudice. Monday night but was pretty well watch the proceedings and have a boys in the service who are proto- comedy drama presented by Sock
Wasco News-Enterprise
This led to a situation which La- gone by Tuesday night. There
part in the fun. ably in the war zone at either antj Buskin, student drama society
Established Nov. 1891
FoHette
hopes
to
cure.
The
amend
wasn’t
much
of
it
and,
as
it
fell
Farmers
were
voting
on new Manila Bay or Pearl Harbor. None at the Eastern Oregon College of
CONSOLIDATED March 4, 1932
ment is of more than passing ;m- or. unfrozen ground, it didn’t stay officers for the AAA in the county of them have been heard from to Education Desember 6.
Published Every Friday at
Miss Tom is a sophomore in the
portance to thousands of farm long. Prom Moro south the high- this week although interest was date but in this case no news is
Moro, Oregon
way was slick Tuesday morning lacking because of much greater probably good news.
Lt. Lloyd teacher training division at tne
hemes in Oregon.
because of a silver thaw that pre- things to talk about.
, Henrichs and Lt. Paul Fraser are college.
Editor
Giles L. French
The order has not yet been made ceded the snow.
Dr and Mrs. C. L. Poley and thought to be in Hawaii. Rodney
public, but SPAB has given an
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Blake were in » daughter, Rachel of The Dalles Truitt and “Dutch” Belshee are m
Erttred as second class matter at
A-10 rating for farm machinery. Heppner Friday night
for the were up Thursday to look over the the navy and may be around that DEFENSE COUNCIL
the Postoffice at Moro, Oregon
i.o 'ip ’iei from pave one)
Farmers and dealers have been wheat leafgue banquet and remain- rna^erjaj made for the Red Cross, part of the world.
under A ct
Congress of March
calling attention to an apparent cd in Morrow county until Sunday of wbich Mrs. Poley was formerly
Bob Christianson left for Port- Huis, L. L. Peetz is chairman ot
3. 1879.
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land
Thursday avotiinrr
evening CYrwrfini*
expecting T»*nw,
Transportation.
to
visit
friends
and
relatives.
shortage of pumps and water
secretary, and to visit friends.
Carl Thompson is in charge of
Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Martin left
Howard Conlee left Prineville
un« 1 Mo“day-
. m
system
equipment
and
this
is
M l
gradually '»^angling farm efforts T h u ™ lay
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Mrs. Jessie Henrichs came from the utilities division with R. V.
for the army last week and will
A T I 01
Washington to spend the holiday
Portland Sunday and is now at Lockhart as chairman of the elec
cautious about new ideas. A res for national defense. The priority season with their daughter, Mrs. probably be in the air corns as he
trical group aided toy P. P. Bris'
home
here.
has trained for that position.
olution favoring the Smith bill or rating was issued to relieve this Ben Morgan and family.
Blackout regulations for the bine, George Moon and Stanley
OFFICIAL COUNTY PAPER
situation,
applying
the
order
•
to
similar legislation was turned over
LeRoy Wright was in Portland light company have been changed Coalsch. The water group is
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Brisbine and
SUBSCRIPTION RATES
to the directors whereas three dairy and truck farms. A rating son, Bob, went with George Upde- the first of the week with some and beginning Thursday night Charles Everett, chairman, H. 0.
Payable in Advance
years ago the league sponsored of A-10 is the first after the so-
4-H club boys who had been in the
ONE YEAR
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$1.50 a labor bill for Oregon that was called defense rating. It is com graff to Tacoma last week end to sheep feeding contest of the wheat street lights will not be turned Kunsman, B. M. Kelley, J. M.
see the WSC-Texas A & M football
<«ut unless ordered by city officiais. Wilson. C. A. Oestreich is chair-
much more drastic than the Smith mercial, the same as that received game and to visit briefly with the league.
As no request has been made for man of the fuel group and W. A.
by REA for copper wire—and
D EC EM B ER 12, 1941
bill.
The
wedding
of
Harry
Ragsdaie
n blackout east of the Cascades, Kïgbet, R. Abell, M. G. Melzer
Brisbine’s
daughter,
Mrs.
Carrel
The league has practically out REA has been unable to purchase B ennett.
end Miss Jean Porter, which was lights will be on in Moro until and Lawrence Üènis memebrs.
the
wire.
Lecturers
at
grange
grown small towns. Heppner's
WAR
Word from M; M. Saunders, the *et for Sunday, December 14, further notice or further orders.
lb - E. M. Alley has the Medical,
citizens will be tired for a week, meetings have been advising farm- piano tuner, of Walla Walla, Wn.. i*as ^een postponed because it now
Disaster and Relief \division and
The news that we are at war they worked .o hard at the job of
>>ave their equipment re-
working with him in case of need
came through the air Sunday. entertaining
A banquet for 5SG Palred »»mediately, at the near- states that he will be in Moro and seems impossible for Mr. Ragsdale
vicinity
as
soon
as
possible
after
to
get
away
from
his
post
at
Fort
Be
kind
to
the
birds.
The
dove
are
Cassie Homes, Mrs. /B. E.
eat
blacksmith
shop,
if
they
are
While we have been slowly but people is no sinecure even in a big
the Holidays..
6-1 Canby.
brings peace and the stork brings Hailey, J. M. Wilson, C. A. Tom,
surely approaching that state the city and yet service was good. unable to buy necessary parts.
A meeting has been called for tax exemptions.
Dr- ‘Richelderfer and Lucille Vale,
Miss Trounce wishes to make the
final act was from the Japanese Churches aided in feeding the
next
Monday
night
to
recruit
some
announcement
that
she
has
a
few
whose planes raided Pearl Harbor. crowd and we’ll het that nearly
more boxes of Christmas cardsleit.
Unfortunately there is not a everyone else did too.
Virgil Conlee is now working in
great deal of action that can be
The lamb feeding experiment
the shipyards doing finish work held at the office of the Moro
taken by civilians. It would be was not so successful. Lambs were Continued from page one.
Grain Growers.
better if there was some place to not top lambs indicating that more county; Walter Tooze, Martin on ships nearing completion. f
Quite a few persons from around
Mrs.
Elizabeth
Schaeffer
came
put the desire to be of active ser knowledge about feeding them Hawkins, Fred Bronn and others,
Moro
are getting readv ^o go to
back
from
The
Dalles
early
this
vice. Excitement seems to stimu wheat is required.
Incidentally this is by no means
late a need /or physical action and
The question that everyone the first time the governor has out- week-after being confined to a Pasadena to see the New Years
football game between Oregon
the job to be done for most of us woujd ke to have had answered, guessed the guessers on his an- hospital there fpr a few days
isn’t physical.
m ine pointments.
The Letrion
Legion carnival Satui
Saturday State and Duke.
at the meeting w««
was what i*
is goinR
The best advice—and it has to happen to wheat now that the
night was a well attended affaii
been freely given—is to keep our surplus is enough for nearly two
with everyone present interested
The new federal “use” tax on
shirt on until we have some better years. It is still unanswered. In
in the games and booths to the ex
use for jt and that is good advice dications are that \ every farmer motor vehicles will coat Oregon tent that well over $200 was taken
motorists approximately $2,250,000
in any emergency.
who can had better produce some a year according to unofficial in by the Legion and Auxiliary. LOST: Two white gilts, weight
The nervousness will die down in of the crops that are sure of re- estjmate(I based upon an anticipa. Mrs. Ella Thompson, who has 180 pounds? Chas. O. Burnet
P
a few days. It will probably die maininc under the parity tent for
regi, tration of 450,000 auto-
FOR SALE: A pair of geese. Box
down more quickly if those who a longer period than wheat.
102, Grass Valley, Ore. Phone
mobiles
and
trucks
in
this
state
lettings
scheduled
for
December.
have the public ear quit saying to
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281?
5-7
n
ext
year.
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be quiet. That’s some like hollering
Tenseness of the first war days
While the new license plates are
This new levy will be in addi
“Whoa” at an excited. team ot have caused blackouts to be tried
tion to all other levies which al going forward by mail at the rate Moro Lodge No. 113. I.O .O .F .
horses.
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in many interior cities. The prac ready bring in excess of $30,000,- of several thousand each day they
Moro. Oregon '
The, civilian population is some tice, and the feeling of doing
may
not
be
displayed
on
.motor
FROM .
Meets
1st and 3rJ
000
a
year
out
of
Orogon
motor
what in the position of a father something valuable are probably
Tuesdays
in th<
at the birth of a child; often the a good thing. Towns in western ists. Approximately one half of vehicle before December 15, ac
I.O..O.F. hall Trai
.
v
v
u
this huge tax total is accounted cording to Secretary of State
most excited and certainly in the _
?,re?°" and
~ - _ T " for hy the «Ute ga.oline tux Snell. Any attempt to jump the
sient
and visit, nj
least danger.
blacked out by army orders and it
brothers are cordi
which, according to Secretary of gun on this date may lead to an
was reported one night that enemy
ally invited to meet
There are (things we can do. It planes were within a few -miles of State Snell will yield approxi invitation to explain the rush to
..ith us.
some
convenient
police
judge.
mately $15,000,000 this year. In
will take money and we can buy
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the coast.
Joe
Ritner
"N.G.
addition
to
this
the
federal
tax
on
bonds. The business of industry
N o blackout» have been ordered
Vil|ei
Governor Sprague has called a V«
and agriculture and trade must go for Sherman county towns al gasoline will take another $4,-
conference
of
all
civilian
defense
Bethlehem C hapter, No. 78.O.E.S.
on and there will be fewer work though Rufus, on the highway, has 500,000 out of the pockets of Ore
Moro, Oregon
ers to do it which means more followed regulations for several gon motor;st8. I Automobile regis coordinators to be held in Salem
Meets Every Second and
work for each one. It is as if we nights. Street lights are-turned off tration fees are expected to au- next Monday. The day’s program
Fqurtlr Thursdays in each
had sent a son away from home at times specified in the arniv proach the $4.000,000 mark next will consist largely of round table
Month. Visiting members
to do a job—and many actually orders for the blackout areas and year, not counting fees and licen- discussions of problems connected
Invited
have—and now it is necessary to street signs have been off for ses paid by trucks and busses which with the civilian defense program.
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Patricia Wuods Sec.
keep up the chores and the work several nights. There has been no will this year exceed $1,650,000.
The
Oregon
Association for the :> .-«><!} • 'I'Mir«’. W.M.
end finance the venture he is upon. attempt tor enforce blackout pro . Operators’ licenses at $1.50 each
The war will never be popular. visions in homes and none will be for a two year period account for Deaf has been granted permission Ucreka Lodge No. 121 A-F & A-M
another $400.000 a year, one third by the Board of Control to hold its
We are not a warlike people. We made until orders are received.
Meets on the 1st and
of which goes to pay the hospital next annual meeting at the state
are too comfortable; our w'ay of
3rd Thursday eve
City councils will meet to ar
life too satisfying to physical de range siren signals if conditions bills of indigent victims of motor school for the deaf in Salem some
nings of sach month.
vehicle accidents. Then, lastly, time next June. It is expected
sires to want to change it by war. become more serious. ________
Visiting members are
there are federal excise taxes hid that more than 150 delegates will
In this
country
we
have
cordially invited to
den in the purchase price of new attend the session.
enjoyed all our lives the fin
meet with us.
cars and trucks, as well as in the
est fruits of the very best
Wtndell Balsiger, W. M.
price of lubricating oils, tires and
civilization the world has ever
C V. Belknap, Secretary
tubes and accessories which are
- known. No where else on the
GEORGE G. UPDEGRAFF Lupine Rebekah Lodge No. 116
earth are people able to be so well From the Observer Dec. 12, 1902 estimated to cost Oregon motor
Moro. Oregon
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fed, to be so comfortably housed J. 5. Amos sold his Rufus inter ists well over $5,000,000 a year.
Meets 2d & 4th Tues
in automatically heated, electric ests to Geo. Ramey and John Ven
A tto rn e y A t L a w
day of each month.
lighted, fully plumed, suitably able and will quit work for the
Of the 157 persons who have
Visiting members w et
equipped domiciles that would be benefit of his health.
been convicted of murder in Ore
M o r o a n d Wa
come.
mansions to most of the world’s
Elmer Heath was in Saturday. gon since capital punishment was
Helen Martin N& G.
population.
His company will move their store restored in 1920 only 19 have paid
i i.irenre Johnston, Set!
War breeds rumors Every man buildings to a new site early next the extreme penalty, according to
who has served a stretch in the year having sold their present records at the state prison. Of
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army knows about rumors. They site to Woodcock and Young for 3 these nineteen who were executed
had an adjective for them. My, flouring mill to be erected to meet for their crimes 16 were hanged
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My, the stories that got around the crop of 1903.
and three were gassed. Five others
in a crowded army camp. LA sud
IA jolly congregation were at sentenced to die had their sentences
?// /'in •
den wedding in a small town the home of Mr. and Mrs. Fred commuted to life imprisonmnt and
in
couldn’t start half as many Mathias and happiest of all were two others committed suicide. Of
rumors. But there’s one nice thing Miss Vena and Mr. Rebman who the 131 convicted murderers sen-
about rumors; they are so seldom were married on this occasion.
tenced to life imprisonment only
true.
Lonney Belshe has purchased 040 73 remain behind prison bars,
BRAND,
acres of land from Elwood Thomp- Six have died in prison, three
Since Thursday .monUng our son for $10,000. Thii^includes the have been transferred to the state
«« m ;
Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey
enemies have multiplied as Italy E. Peoples and Dan Hayes tracts, hospital and 43 have been released
and Germany declared war upon
The row of new brick buildings under conditional pardons.
Christmas Tree Decorations & G ift Wrappings
, us and were met in kind. That in Grass Valley is now ready for
gets the alignment all straight. the inside work.
Serious curtailment of Oregon’s
r» *
Germany, Italy and Japan, with From the Observer „Dec. 13, 1912 highway construction program is
their conquered countries, are
Conley Harbin dangerously in foreseen by R. H. Baldook, state
pt.
fighting the remainder of tho jured Charles Garhammer over ^¡highw ay engineer as a result of
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world. None of them have ade matter of ten cents in a dice g a m e^ n new f ederai policy under which
quate resources of material to win. It took 50 stitches to close the no f edera) funds will be allocated
Modem wars are generally decided wound which was dangerously near f or highway work until the jobs
Moro,
by material, machines, morale. Of thP heart.
have been approved by the army
"C H E E R F U L A S I T S N A M E "
Oregon
these we have plenty. Let the
Dewey, son of A. C. Thompson or naVy as defense projects. As
sadness and fear be where these wag geverely injured while helping a result of this new policy^all road
93 Proof • Nstionsl Distillers Products Corp*. N. Y.
H A R D W A R E & IN S U R A N C E
are scarce.
q
Nish saw wood. His leg was lettings involving federal aid have
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cut throUgh'a large part of the been eliminated from the list of
knee.
WHEAT LEAGUE
Mrs. George Hennagin has ■ a
IMPRESSIONS
brother,
Alfred Fuller, spending
P O P E Y E , THE R E C R U IT IN G OFFICER, G ETS A 1R -C O N D ITI O N E D I
A m eeting of the Eastern Ore-
Con Wheat I^eague is a meeting tb® winter with her, his first vwi
F-
WELL. BLOW M E DOWN J i l
HORN
LUeLU
I’M AN AVIATION
VUELL,
not only of fanners but of many in four, years.
IF SALUANTS
-WA
CERTlNüLS G E T T 1 N ’
MECHANIC,
I’D LIKE Ì D B E
whe serve them in some capacity.
Louis J. Gates has bought _the
Ycu’rc flyfcg high in fho Navy
TO GET AHEAD,
‘
PLEN’S
O’ FRESH A IR J
NA W
A N AVIAT4OK1
Men from departments of agri- Kent store from Balfour Guthrie
TH‘ NAVS
MOST COMPLETE
, You live like a king! Free meals. Free
HAW HAW
culture, from other branches of and is now sole owner.
MECHANIC,
TEACHES S'A
llJSTPUCKTiCNS
„medical and dental cere. No rent to
government, from industry come to From the Observer Dec. 15, 192-
IF P O SSIB L E
TO AMOUNT
pay. And you get regular raises in pay.
see what trends are taken.- Often
O. G. Sayrs stalled his auto in
\ T O SLiM’P ’N
What a life for a men who’s young and
they try to alter or direct those a snow drift the night of the 8.
7z
trends.
and it still remains in the E. H*
ambitious I You get travel and adven
Although N . E. Dodd had been Moore barnyard waiting for better
ture and you learn a skilled trade that
w ith the fed eral 'p ro g ra m com*
com w eather.-
puts you in line for big pay jobs when
Homer Belshee has a geverely
you get out of the Navy,
m ittee w hich recom m ended con
tinuance o f the 85 percent p a rity sprained ankle. He w as riding
If you are 17 or over, get a free copy
on w heat, he said in his talk, *‘w e down a coyote in his field w hen
'
of
the illustrated booklet, "LIFE IN THE
cannot continue to subsidize w h e a t h it horse stepped in a badger
U. S. NAVY/* from the Navy Editoi of
a t th e presen t lev el,£ E vans in- hole.
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this paper.
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ferred that wheat may not be in-
A committee has been appomte «e»
eluded in the next parity list in* by Mayor N. W. Thompson to re-
SERVE ^OUR COUNTRY.1
his talk.
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ceive donations for a badly burned
b u il d s o u r F u t u r e ,
K elly’s Column
F irst Snow o f W inter Covers
Statehouse Goss’o
W e will, have a supply of
C H R IS T M A S TREES
For Customers and Friends
W ant A ds
M oro Grain Growers
In Other Days
(
SUGGESTIONS
More
Toys for Girls and Boys
per bottle
Household Helps for M other
S unny B rook
Tools for Father
A
M o d ern Electrical Appliances
S. W. Searcy
F arm er, w en t on record for a. A storia. Rev. H .G . H ansen v Rev.
ntnrum o f 56,000,000 aeres in U. C* Sm others and J. E . Colem an
wheat, fearing perhape, that every are the men.
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