Fifty-Fourth Year No. 36
Moro, Oregon; yriday,
J u ly 10, 1942
New Rubber From Old to Help Bridge
Official County Paper-
Hot Spell Breaks Injured Crop
Communities Hear With Lightning; Estimated At
Damaging Lines
About Inflation
2,250,000 Bus.
Leaders of
Appointment of Local
Leaders Postponed I ntil
T he hot sp ell o f la st w eek en d ­
ed its w orst period F rid a y even in g
w ith a n e le c tr ic a l storm th at, a l ­
th o u g h of sh o rt d u ration , d am aged^
elec tr ic sy ste m s
and telephone"
line? to a c o n sid er a b le exten t.
Lets ot About 25 Percent
Estimated From Hot
T h e L ocust G rove
p ow er lin e
Days of Last Week «S
w as ou t a ll n ig h t and th e local *
F our or five rea lly h o t d a y s la st
F ou r c o m m u n ity leud ers o f the crew ,
a u g m en ted by h elp from
effec tu a lly took t h e
crop
eig h t w h o w er e re ce n tly ap p o in ted The D a lles w ork ed all n ig h t re- w eek
b y th e
co m m itte e o f co m m itte e I la cin g a burned out tran sform er. p rosp ects from th e b u m p er sta g e
h ea d s a tten d ed a m eetin g W ednea Severn 1 o th e r
tra n sfo r m e rs w ere to th è level o f Just a n o th e r g ood
*,
day n ig h t a t th e co u rt h o u se. P u r ­ d a m a g ed . A few trees w ere hit crop.
pose; to u p p oin t so m e 30 pairs of nnu lig h tn in g
Old resid en ts w ill reca ll th a t
stru ck In several
n eig h b o rh o o d
g ro u p
lea d ers to fields. A b olt w as seen to h it In so m eth in g
u su a lly h app en * to a
c o m p le te th e U S D A ’s In form ation th e K ee field near K in g ’s. G rass crop o f w h e a t to p rev e n t It from
sc h e m e .
T h ree m em b ers o f th e fires w ere sta rted and . on e cau sed » m atu rin g p erfectly . It m a y b e a
ex te n sio n sta ff w ere p resen t,
dry fall, a w in ter freeze, cru sted
d a m a g e to p a stu res east o f K ent.
L C. W right rev iew ed th e plan
ground, a h ig h w in d, d rou th , fro st
g iv in g e m p h a sis to th e need for
or hot w in d s. In fa b u lo u s 1941»
irmrc rural leaders»» w ho w ere to
none of th e se th in g s h a p p en ed
be a p p o in ted .
nnd the crop w as th e m ost p erfe ct
yet grow n over m u ch o f th e c o u n ty
T he c o m m u n ity lea d ers then b e ­
and the en tire m id -C o lu m b ia area.
gan their" d iscu ssio n o f n eig h b o r­
This year it was four hot day*.
hood b ou n d ries and p erso n a litie s
M argaret P eetz, co u n ty a ssesso r
Men w ho w ere w illin g , to b et
a v a ila b le as local lea d ers. W hen rep orts th a t th e v a lu a tio n o f p er­
tIt ap p ea red th a t im m e d ia te r e ­ son al p rop erty Is larger thlH year th a t the crop w ou ld ex ceed th e
When you answer the nation’s call for your scrap rubber, here to what becom es of It before It becomes su lts w ere not to be fo rth c o m in g than last an d g iv e s , a s a reason co u n ty a v er a g e o f 1941— 39.8 b u ­
reclaim ed rubber, mixed with crude auJ served up to bridge the shortage. At left you see scrap rubber It w as su g g ested th a t th e m atter
th e p u rch a se o f m any p iec es oi sh e ls per acre, h ave n ow d ecid ed
which has been ground, heated and m ixed before being forced through a flue screen to rem ove dirt. The rub­ be p ostp on ed and th a t th e eo m m u -
new m a ch in ery last se a so n . H er1 th a t th e crop w ill p rob ably a v e r ­
ber com es out like spaghelti strings. At right Is a pile oi finely ground rubber scrap.
t.lty lea d ers get to g eth e r at so m e b ook s sh o w v a lu a tio n
Increases a g e around 23 b u sh els, a cu t o f
co n v en ie n t tim e and c h o o se th e o f $22,640 fo r co m b in e s and $36, 25 percent.»
It seem ed reaso n a b le th a t th e
m ost Influential m em b ers of ea ch (»05 for tra cto rs. M erch an d ise also
n eig h b o rh o o d
In th eir
d istricts. in creased an d th e re is a h ig h er 95,800 acre« of w h ea t m ig h t m ak e
D a te for rep o rtin g th is d ecision v a lu a tio n on ca ttle, sh ee p , h ogs 2,7 50,000 b u sh els had it gon e on
" 2 __
_
s
w as not m ade.
nnd p o u ltry (first tim e a sse sse d ). through w ith o u t n^t b ack . N ow th e
o p in ion s o f o b serv ers Indicate a
M iss L ucy LanC of th e ex te n sio n
P erso n a l p rop erty v a lu a tio n for
se r v ic e th en sp o k e of th e w ork lf-42-43 Is $765.7^0 and for th e crcp of a b o u t 2.250,000 b u sh els or
B ets m ay be had
• . f
o f w om en in th e w ar a d v isin g flirt h a lf of 1 942 w a s $580,150 an slig h tly less.
th
a
t
th
e
Cóùnty
w ill n ot produce
co n serv a tio n o f m a te ria ls and food in crea se of $1 85,620. P er so n a l p ro­
T h e fa ir board has d ecided that a s a m ea n s o f a id in g th e w ar e ff­
2,000,000. T h ey are o fte n tak en .
R eport' of A ustin F o ss, w ho h as
perty v a lu a tio n s »in th e sta te in -
S< m e fields a re u n d o u b ted ly se r ­
th ere w ill b e no fair th is fall.
been g a th e rin g In form ation about
ort. W a reh o u ses, sh e said , are r e ­ Screased g en er a lly . T h e co u n ty has
Men from around K en t h a v e
In stea d
th e r e -will be a 4-H ported fu ll, and m n? be, bbt go o d s
io u sly d am aged b y th e h e a t w h ich
th e
drive fo r va rio u s
k in d s of
yebn g iv en a ratio o f 66 for th e
fig h tin g fire for a c o u p le clu b fa ir w h ich w ill be held S e p ­
■crap m a teria l sh o w s th a t th e c o ­ been
are m a d e in a d v a n ce o f d em and co m in g tax year, on e p ercen t low er reach ed a m axim u m o f 104 a t th e
M oro sta tio n . N ea rly e v e ry field
u n ty has sen t out 799,912 p o u n d s d ays. It Is th o u g h t to h a v e b een ti m ber 4-5, th e la st w eek end b e ­ ~and th is
a c c o u n ts for sto ck s on th a n b e f o r e ..
har. sp ots In it th a t a r e ob viou sly
o f scrap iron to d ate and h a s a n ­ set by lig h tn in g 'F riday ev en in g . fo re th e s ta te club fair, w hich is h and .
h u rt. .
other 408,700 p ounds to sh ip at a It sta rted on th e .John M a cln n es to ta k e th e p lace of the sta te fair.
W ool »will be
hard to g et and
p astu re tow ord th e J o h n D ay an o
- W h eat " th at w as sow n th ic k la
T h ere w ill he ex h ib its of club
b ter tim e.
sh
o
u
ld
be
cared
for, lea th er m ay
sp read o v er th ree or four se ctio n s p ro ject p rod uct« on ly and p rem ­
d am aged th e w orst.
Oi th e scrap iron sh ip p ed L o c­
b efo re it w a s b ro u g h t under con - iu m s w ill be ad ju sted to p erm it b e sc a rce ns so ld iers , w ear o u t
• Som e fa rm er s claim n o dam age
ust G rove se p t 60,195; W a sco 180,
m a n y sh o es. W om en sh o u ld e s p e c ­
, trcl.
resulted,
and som e fields are ap ­
th
e
w
in
n
in
g
o
f
prlzas
co
m
p
a
ra
b
le
2C0; Moro TC32.112; G rass V a lley
ially guard th e h ep lth of th e fa m ­
M i. and Mrs. B la in e M iller and to th o se n o rm a lly wbn.
p aren tly fr e e from injury.
234,045;- K ent 93,300. S crap still
ily so m ore w ork ca n * b e done.
T he b ran ch office o f th e e m p lo y ­
s^n L o u is and d a u g h ter M avis o f
H arv estin g w ill b egin in a . few
T h er e w ill' he no rfBqaission, no
on th e fa rm s th a t can be shipped,
T u rn in g to th e
d iscu ssio n of m en t bureau w as op en ed h ere last
M oro w ere a fte rn o o n c a ller s a t races, no program . T h ere w ill he a
p
laces
-th is w ee k and h y th e end
w h en tim e is a v a ila b le
or w h en
p o ssib le
in flation h e said . th a t w eek w ith J a m es D. Mo berg in
L ou is B ather's Sun day.
o f n ext w eek w ill be g en era l in
p a ra d e o f p rize w in n in g 4-H club
ca lled for is d istrib uted as fo llo w s
p eo p le o fte n m isju d g e Inflations ch a rg e. D em an d o f th e* farm ers
tho north end o f th e co u n ty if
Mr. and Mrs. A rthu r C ratty and Rtock so m e tim e d u rin g th e tw o
L ocust G rove 82,800; W a sco 83,
and ch o o se th e wrong* tim e to In­ for labor in clu d es 27 cat drivers,
th
e w ea th e r rem ain s w arm .
fa
m
ily
o
f
S
utherlin
w
ere
here
to
d
ay
p
eriod
.
F
u
rth
er
d
eta
ils
a
w
a
u
250; Moro 104,500; G rass V a lle y
vest, th ereb y lo sin g th eir sa v in g s. 4? truck d rivers, 31 h ead er ten -
sp
en
d
t
h
e
F
o
u
rth
v
isitin
g
h
er
th
e
p
lea
su
re
of
th
e
board.
83.550; K en t 49.600. •
He sh ow ed c h a r ts p ictu rin g th e -ders 11 sa ek se w ers, 7 co m b in e ten
p aren ts. Mr. and Mrs. G eorge Me
co u rse o f p rev io u s Inflations, thbso d»rs arid 59 h a y hands.' T h is r e ­
A N G LERS ASKED TO SEND
K ay.
o f 1 81 5. 1865 and 192(k A p arity port Is from th e list g a th ered hy
Mr. and Mrs. J. E. N orton and R E P O R T S OF CATCHES
ch a rt sh o w ed th e re la tio n sh ip b e ­ vhdts to .ea ch farm .
A n g lers pre u rged again to r e ­
d a u g h te r
C arole and so n s W ily
tw een a g ricu ltu r a l p rices nnd in ­
T e lep h o n e num ber o f thq, em ­
and R oss, L eon a S ath er, Mr. and port th e resu lts o f ea c h of th e ir d u strial p rices from 1909 to date.
Mrs. G. LUTHoskinson and d a u g h ­ fish in g trip s to th e G am e C o m ­ S pots on th e ch a rt alsft sh ow ed p lo y m en t office is 101. It is op en -
The Idea th a t dry ran ge g rass
ter E lea n o r w en t to B ea r S p rin gs m issio n on th e sp ec ia l o ran ge co l- th e p osition o f w a g es as com p ared f it rr. 8 u ntil 6.,
F ed era l crop in su ra n ce offers
co
n
ta in s en ou gh food v a lu e to c a r ­
-
ored
record
catch
ca
rd
s
fu
rn
ish
ed
S a tu rd a y to th e L egion p icn ic.
to farm and
in d u stria l
prices.
p ro tectio n a g a in st a ll p ests— and
ry stock th rou gh th e la te su m m er
fo
r
th
is
p
urpose.
J erry W ilso n jr and G lenn S a t­
F arm price« and th e prices fa r m ­
th at in clu d es H itler, H irohito, and
en d early fa ll m on th s h as b een
T h e g a m e d ep a rtm en t is p a r tic ­
to S u ttle
L ak e to
ers h a v e to pay are about eq u al
c ie w , O regon w h ea t g ro w e rs are h er m o to red
fu rth er .d iscred ited by »additional
u
la
rly
a
n
x
io
u
s
to
h
a
v
e
a
s
co
m
p
lete
sp en d th e F o u rth retu rn in g S unday
at 160 p ercen t o f the^ 1909-1914
ad v ised by th e sta te AAA.
.e x p e r im e n ts m ad e on th e Squaw
.In
fo
rm
a
tio
n
as
p
o
ssib
le
on
th
is
• Mr. and Mrs. A m a n d u s vonBojr-
p eriod.
F arm w a g es are at 183
T he .fa r m e r
h o ld in g a p o licy
P u tte ran ge livesto ck ex p er im en t
stel had a s g u eets S u n d ay Mr. and y e a r ’s fish in g sea so n and th e c o ­ and Industrial w a g es at,, 305»
from now on w ill b e co m p en sa te d
stctlo n In H arney cou n ty, rep orts
o
p
era
tio
n
o
f
all
sp
o
rtsm
en
is
n
e
e
d
­
T h e p ro g r a m fo r c o n v e rtin g s u r ­
It is ex p ected th at th ere w ill
for u n a v o id a b le lo sses cau sed by Mrs. T h eo d o re v o n B o rste l.*
K en n eth Ik eler .su p erin ted en t and
ed . T h e card'» pre self-a d d ressed
p
lu
s w h e a t In to m e a t, m ilk a n d
Mr.
and
Mrs.
W
illia
m
M
itchell
be
little
o
v
er
60
p
ercen
t
o
f
the»
b o m b in g or o th er w ar d a m a g e u n ­
P G. Joh nson , head o f t h e O8C
nnd sta m p ed and req u ire no s ig ­
e g g s t h r o u g h C om m od ity C r e d i t ’s
der the ter m s o f th e a ll-r isk crop and d a u g h te r J u a n ita , Mr. and Mrs n a tu re so th a t it Is o n ly n ecessa ry g o o d s produced a v a ila b le th is year
a n im a l h u sb an d ry d ep a rtm en t.
fe e d w h e a t p r o g r a m
h a s p ro v e n
R ob ert
in su ra n ce ju st as he w ould be for V oln a G u y to n and so n s
Detalle»d reports o f th e se g r a z ­
for th e a n g ler to in d ica te in the for .consum ers. The, rem ain d er will, p o p u l a r w ith O r e g o n f a r m e r s , th o
and
•
W
illia
m
w
ere
v
isito
rs
over
lo sses cau sed by d ro u g h t, Insects,
in g stu d ies w ould h a v e b een m ade
sp a ce s
provided t h e n um ber of g o to -th e arm y. H ow ever, a ll p ro ­ s t a t e A A A r e p o r t s .
p la n t d isea se, w ind, fire, flood or th e w eek end at th e J. J. D eck er fish co u g h t. sp ecies, lo ca tio n hnd d u ctio n w ill he h igh .
av a ila b le at th e Squaw B utte field
O r e g o n r a n k s t h i r d u n itin g th e
T he program o f th e d ep a rtm en t
h ail. T h is p ro tectio n w ill b e e x ­ ran ch .
d ay had It b een h eld th is year.
o th e r p ertin en t in fo rm a tio n .
te n w e s te r n s t a t e s in t o t a l v o lu m e
ten ded a u to m a tica lly to th e h o ld ­
Mr. and Mrs. J.^L. D a v is and J.
L ack o f p rotein In th e d ry grass
T h e ’ d ata so acq u ired w ill h elp o f a g ricu ltu r e is based on a m e s­
o f w h e a t s o ld , e x c e e d e d o n ly b y
ers .of 1942 p o licies on 6098 O re­ C. W ilson d rove to P o rtla n d S un - d eter m in e
or so m eth in g a sso cia ted w ith th is
vfhere
p resen t
fish sa g e to co n g ress by th e president
C a li f o r n i a a n d U ta h . A s o f J u n e
gon farm s, and w ill b>e co n tin u ed dav to see the D a v is s d a u g h ter p la n tin g p o licies o f th e com m issio n T lint program Is as follow s:
lack , Is a p p a r en tly tfie ca u se o f
been
1. Tax h ea v ily and hojd prices 1.*», 1.800,000 ^bu sh els
fc r fa rm ers
in su rin g th e ir 1943 E v e ly n an d Mrs. W ilso n .
c a ttle lo sin g w e ig h t soon a fte r th e
a re su c c e ssfu l and w h e re ch a n g es
so lo at local loan v a lu es— 85 p er­
cro p s d u rin g
th e n e x t se v er a l
M att S im o n of G rass V a lley h a s sh o u ld be m ade for th e fu tu re.
dow n.
grass d ries up. R ecen t ex p er im en ts
cen t o f p arity ' prices, for fee d in g
2.
F
ix
ce
ilin
g
s
on
prices.
m o n th s.
sh ew ed th at c a lv e s also lo se w eig h t
C on tin u ed on P a g e T h ree
3. -S ta b ilize w a g es p a ld ^ w r k e r s to O regon liv e sto ck and p oultry. in S ep tem b er Instead o f m a k in g
w ill b oost
4. S tab ilize p rices received by S ales sln co th a t d a te
Y ea rlin g s too go to p iece« on th is
th e to ta l so n sld era b ly .
fa rm ers.
th e d esirab le g a in s o f 1 | to i f 7b
U ho o f th is su rp lu s feed is c r e ­ dry grass as sh ow n b y th e ch arts.
5. E n co u ra g e p u rch ase of w ar
dited w ith b ein g an
Im portan t
L ivestock m en h a v e sh o w n k een
bonds.
6. R a tio n essen tia l co m m o d ities fa cto r In h elp in g O regon d airym en in terest in th e se
findings,
and
d eep
in to’ O regon ’s fo re sts th is th a t are scarce.
jtr .d p ro d u cers o f o th e r liv esto ck m an y are p lan n in g eith er to put
to be u sed for old a g e a ssista n ce
3 - \ L. LlndbeekL
su m m er m u st first s e c u r e a p er­
7. D isco u rg e in sta llm en t b uyin g p rod ucts In m ee tin g th e Increased stock on m ead ow s ea rlier or su p ­
SACEM . O R E .,— O nly one of th e and v o ca tio n a l ed u ca tio n .
d em a n d s for “food for fre ed o m ”. p lem en t th e dry g rass w ith a p ro­
A Legislative a c t re strictin g or m it.
A p ro cla m a tio n , clo sin g a ll and pay d ebts.
sev en ih itia tiv e m ea su res for w h ich
tein co n ce n tr a te . If h rou se is p re­
p
ro
h
ib
itin
g
net
fishing
in
co
a
sta
l
n a tion al fo re sts a s weM as td ja c-
p relim in a ry
p etitio n s w ere filed
se n t sto ck g e t th e n ece ssa r y p ro­
stre
a
m
s
and
*bays.
e n l p riv a tely ow ned fo rest la n d s
w ith th e secreta ry of s ta te ’s office
GRANGE PROTESTS TO ICG
W
h
en
th
e
d
ea
d
lin
e
for
filing
of
to en try excep t w ith th e requ isite
The O regon S tate
gra n g e has tein. '
mr.de its w ay to a p la ce on th e
G overnor
N o v em b er ballot.
T h a t w a s th e in itia tiv e p etitio n s arrived ' It waft p erm it w as issued by
filed w ith th e In te rsta te C om m erce
STOCK PR IC ES H IG H ER
m ea su re sp onsored by th e O reg o n foun d th e five m ea su res had fniled S p ragu e th is w eek . T h e itrocla-
co m m issio n a p ro test a g a in st tho
The follow ing quotations are
r
ia
tio
n
p
roh
ib
its
sm
o
k
in
g
in
'hazar­
S ta te T ea ch er's a sso c ia tio n w h ich to q u a lify fo r a p la ce on th e N o v ­
prop osed
a b a n d o n m en t o f
the
based on prices being paid In Mon­
d ou s zon es. P erso n s d esirin g to
se e k s to d ivert all su rp lu s in co m e em b er b a llo t. T h ese in clu d ed :
V
a
le-B
ro
g
a
n
an
d
B
lg
g
s-S
h
a
n
lk
o
S herm an co u n ty q uota for W ar
fire« in o th er than S a v in g s | b on d s for th e m o n th - of m a in ta in in g th a t th e se lin es are day’s trading session at tho P o rt­
ta x reven ue« a b o v e
$7,750,000 a
C. H. A g er s’ prop osal to ex em p t build ca m p
land stockyards.
y ea r Into a sp ecia l sta te
sc h o o l h o m e s fro m taxation up to a true d esig n a ted , Im proved ca m p ground
b le n c h lin e s o f th e U nion . P acific
J u lj is $16,800.
•C attle: Good grain fed steers
sp o ts mU«t equip th e m se lv e s w ith
fund» —
ca sh v a lu e o f $2000.
Every person w ith earned J s -” ■esrentlal fo r tra n sp o rta tio n of food $11.00 to 11.86. Good grass steers
T h is m easu re, h o w ev er, to g e t h ­
'
Joh n H. W a ter h o u se’s p rop osal fire fig h tin g eq u ip m en t in clu d in g com e and r e se r v e
fu n d s sh ould to m a rk et.
$11.60 to 12.76. Good grata fed
a x e. .s h o v e l and w ater pall.
er w ith th e six referred m ea su re s to re p e a l th e m ilk co n tro l act.
In h is le tte r to th e ICC. Morton heifers $12.00 to 12.60. Good grass
d ev o te at leiist 10 p ercen t o f that
w ill g iv e O regon v o ters a to ta l of
* * ♦
D an H a y s’ ‘‘h o t ca r g o ” b ill p ro ­
Incom e reg u la rlly and sy ste m a ti­ T o m k in s s a id ,” T h e p resen t sh o r t­ heifers $10.74 to 11.26. Good beef
sev en b a llo t
m easu re« to
p ass h ib itin g seco n d a ry b o y co tts.
T he c o n te st for th e h o u se sp e a k ­ ca lly Into W ar B onds.
a g e o f m oto r tru ck s nnd tires m a k e cows $8.50 to 9 J 0 , m edium $7.76
Judgm ent on co m e elec tio n tim e.
P ro fessio n a l m en, farm ers, and It Im p era tiv e th a t th e se lin es not to 8.25,
com m on $4.75 to 7.40,
E. C. A llen 's p rop osal to tax ersh ip h a s been, co n sid era b ly e n ­
T h e referred m ea su res Include.
co rp o ra tio n
d iv id en d s to
cr ea te liv en ed th is w eek by th e Injection o th ers not on p ayrolls, m ay also be ab a n d o n ed a s th ey w ill be n eed ­ canners $5.00 to 6.00, Bulls, m ed­
A proposed co stitu tlo n a l a m e n d -
an
u n e m p lo y m en t co m p en sa tio n o f th e n a m e of Carl E n g d a h l. v e t ­ p u rch a se re g u la rlly b.v using- the» ed to In sure a d eq u a te tra n sp o rta ­ ium to good $9.75 to 11.26, com ­
erom en t
in crea sin g
th e p a y o f
eran
U m a tilla co u n ty leg isla to r. bunk au th o riza tio n plan. In thl» tion fa c ilitie s for w h ea t nnd liv e ­ mon $8.25 to 9.00. Vealers, good
fund for th e benefit o f serv ice m en
le g isla to rs from $3 a d ay fo r 40 at th e c lo se of tk e w ar.
Into th e race. E n g d a h l is not a c t i­ c a s t th e b a n k er is au th orized to sto ck m oVIng o u t o f th ese district« to choice $13.00 to 14.00, a few
d a y s to $8 a d ay for 50 d a y s.
v ely se ek in g the honor.
head to $14.50.
d ed u ct o n ce a m onth from c h e c k ­ to m a r k e t.”
by th e
A m ea su re sp on sored
A p rop osed ' co n stitu tio n a l a m ­
‘ A m em b er of th e h o u se sin ce the ing a cc o u n ts for bond p u rch a ses
Hogs: Good to choice carlotft
A
ge
B
en
eficia
ries,
Inc.
p
ro
­
en d m en t rep ea lin g th e a r tic le p ro ­ Old
1935 sessio n E n g d a h l 1« re co g n iz­ pnd m a k es th a t p u rch ase in th e NO BESW A X ; NO LIPSTICK;
$14.50; 170 to 2151b trucklns $14.
v
id
in
g
fo
r
th
e
c
o
m
p
le
te
rev
a
m
p
in
g
v id in g for a rural cr ed its
loan
ed as o n e of th e Ablest m em b ers r.nme o f and d eliv ers them to the
E x ten siv e u se o f b eesw ax fo r 86 to 14.40; m ostly . $14.60, 280
o f th e sta te p ub lic w elfa r e o r g a n ­
fun d.
o f th a t b od y w ith se v er a l Im por­ dep ositor.
w
ar
p u r p o se s (co a tin g b u llets and to 2-85 lb butchers $ l t .7 l to 14.00:
A proposed
co n stitu tio n a l a m ­ ization.
ta n t C o m m it" * a ssig n m e n ts In clu ­
W e estlm n te, sa y s A llen R in e ­ sh e ll c a s in g s ) probably w ill m ean lightw eight butchers $18.50 to 14.
S
till
a
n
o
th
er
prop
osed
in
itia
tiv
e
en d m en t p r iv ld in g th a t g a so lin e
d in g a p la ce on the a ll-p o w e r fu l hart, th a t m ore th a n on e m illion th a t
m ila d y ’s
lip stick w ill be 00; packing sow s $11.00 to 11.76.
ta x es sh a ll be used e x c lu siv e ly for sp o n so red by th e S en io r C itizen s w ay and m ean s body.
d ollars has b een spent' for sta m p s sh o rted g r e a tly on b eesw a x n ext F eeder pigs $18.76 to 14.64.
A
n
n
u
ity
co
m
m
itte
e
and
p
ro
v
id
in
g
roads and h ig h w a y s.
Sheep:
Good to choice spring
O th ers In the race are W illiam ’ not yet co n v erted Into bonds. T h is yea r, for estim a tes now are th a t
a
proposed
co n stitu tio n a l a m ­ for a s ta te old a g e re tirem en t plan
lnmhs
$11.50
to 11.44? m edium to
b
eesw
a
x
a
v
a
ila
b
le
In
1943
w
ill
h
e
M
cA
llister
o
f
M
edford.
vyho
ran
does
not
cou
n
t
on
q
u
otas
u
ntil
sp o n so rs
en d m en t p erm ittin g th e le g isla tu r e w a s w ith d ra w n by Its
geed,
$10.26-
to 11.26. com m on
o
n
ly
h
a
lf
or
less
than
th
a
t
used
so
clo
se
to
R
obert
F
a
rrell
in
1941
co
n
verted
.
O
regon
's
q
uota
for
J
u
ly
to resto re v o tin g r ig h ts to p erson s sev era l w e e k s ago.
Slaughter ewes,
th is yea r. P rio r to th e w ar, th e $9.00 to 10.00.
nnd H erm an C hindgren and John Is $8.865.000 and
con
version
of
co n v icted o f felo n ies.
good
to
choice
2.26
to 4.26. T eed -
co
sm
e
tic
in
d
u
stry
w
a
s
j
o
n
e
of
th
e
S
te
elh
a
m
m
e
r.
•
.
■
th e se sta m p s Into bond s w ill aid
. A le g isla tiv e a ct p ro v id in g \fo rx ^ V a c a t i o n i s t s w h o d esire to lenv*e
epvlambs
$8.50
to
10.40
la
rg
est
u
sers
o
f
b
eesw
ax.
:
th e b ea ten
path alid
p en etra te
the
a
cco
m
D
llsh
m
en
t
of
th
at
quota.
C ontin ued on P a g e Two
a tax on cig a re ttes, th e p ro ceed s
Later Date
W A SH IN G T O N D. C.— T h ere le
ch ro m e m in e 12 m ile« so u th
>f U n ity, O re., a b o u t to be op en ed
ip an d th e o p era to r s h a v e jo in ed
le o p p o sitio n to th e p rop osal to
•em ove th e rails o f th e B rogan
>ranch o f th e U n ion P a cific.
If
hla b ran ch is ab a n d o n ed It w ill
■equire a 76 m ile h a u l o f ch ro m e
nBtead o f 42 m ile s as a t p resen t.
L'nion P a cific w ish e s to ab and on
ts b ran ch . T h er e is a sh o r ta g e o f
d e e l ra ils and w ar
p rod u ction
w ard Is lo o k in g fo r a n y 70 pound
•ails it can find. In te r sta te c o m ­
merce co m m issio n h a s Ju risd iction
>ver railroad s, but In th is e m e r ­
gency W P B can re q u isitio n th e 24
m iles o f track and e q u ip m en t now
»n th e B rogan bran ch .
The traffic is in d ifferen t, o b se r ­
ves ICC.
It is la r g ely * fo r su g a r
jeets and last y ea r 9 7 p ercen t o f
h e traffic m oved In 18 d ays. ICC
v ili p rob ab ly hold h e a r ig s on th e
proposed a b a n d o n m en t In O regon
text m o n th .
p.B.— T h è R o b in e tte b ran ch also
nfly be a b a n d o n ed .
• • * ■
—
T he m an w ho
ra tio n ed su gar
ind cu t th e a llo w a n c e dow n to
■»arely en o u g h to g e t by. not m en -
le n ln g p reservin g, a sk ed co n g ress
o g iv e h im m on ey fo r a 91.250
jrgan lza tlo n ,
alT on th e p ayroll
»xcept 25.000 v o lu n tee rs. T h is Is
he reason th ere h a s b een a clash
in co n g re ss b etw een th e office o f
orice a d m in istra tio n .C o n g ressm en
jon sid ered t h e se t-u p e n tir e ly too
large, wcut h is requ est fo r fu n d s
vnd told h im to o r g a n iz e a c c o r d ­
ingly. T h o u sa n d s o f la w y er s w ould
be on th e staff, m o re la w y e r s than
any o th er c la ss o f p eo p le.
The
set-u p w ou ld g iv e O regon ab ou t
I 00 p ayroll w ork ers.
• • *
l
W hen cprrgress k illed CCC and
pave th e
d irecto r o n e
year in
ivhlch to liq u id a te O regon lost 16
com ps W hich w ere to h a v e b een
used fo r p ro tectio n a g a in st f o r ­
est fires. A cam p c o n sis ts o f 200
men and th e a v er a g e c o st to th e
govern m en t is $1000 per m an per
yeari O regon ca m p s w ou ld h a v e
cost $3,600,000.
» 4» »
W ith a ll th e cr iticism of co n -
eresf ta k in g X card s (u n lim ited
g a so lin e )
m em b ers o f co n g ress
received 200 card s and citizen s
of th e n a tio n a l
ca p ito l
(m o stly
b u reau crats and d ip lo m a ts) n u m ­
bered 13.000. N on e o f th e O regon
re p r esen ta tiv es received an JC card
n eith er J a m e s W . M ott. W a lter M.
P ie rce nor H o m er A n g ell; *l»ut X
cards w ere d raw n to se v er a l r e p ­
r e se n ta tiv es from W a sh in g to n . A s
a jn a tte r o f fact, a co n g re ssm a n
sh ou ld r e ce iv e all th e g a so lin e he
n eed s to run erran d s fo r h is c o n ­
stitu e n ts. S treet ca rs in W a sh in g ­
ton D C., do not ta k e o n e to g o v ­
er n m e n t b u ild in g s and it is n e c ­
essary to d riv e or h ire a ta x ica b .
W h at b u rn s up a co n g re ssm a n
is to se e so m e 1 4th a ssista n t s e c ­
reta ry o f an em b a ssy ro llin g a -
round in a brand n ew h ig h priced
car w h ich no co n g re ssm a n is p er­
m itted to p u rch ase, or w a tch a
b u rea u cra t in a b ig ca r w ith a
ctthuffeur. e sp e c ia lly w h e n th e b u r­
e a u c r a t Is h ea d in g fo r a c o c k ­
tail lo u n g e or so c ia l fu n ctio n .
* * •
O regon co a st w ill r e c e iv e b ette r
d e fe n se a g a in st th e e n e m y w ith in
a few m o n th s. An ap p ro p ria tio n
o f $97.000,000 h a s b een mad'» to
p la ce la r g e can n on at
s tr a te g ’c
p o sitio n s a lo n g t h e eo a « t
from
W a sh in g to n sta te tò M aine. P r e ­
se n t g u n s are old fa sh io n e d , an d
th e n ew o n es w ill h a v e a range
th a t w ill k eep en em y su b m a rin e s
or w a rsh ip s a t a sa fe
d ista n ce.
A n oth er added d efe n se w ill he th e
u se o f sm a ll, s w ift b o a ts an d, p ro b ­
ably, p riv a te
a ir p la n es.
S en ator
R u fu s H o lm a n h a s w ritten to th e
w a r d ep a rtm e n t th a t h e Is not
satisfied w ith th e
c o a st d efe n se
a rr a n g e m en ts In h is sta te ,
and
S en ator M cN ary
has
su g g ested
th a t so m e o f th e m a te ria l th a t la
b ein g sh ip p ed ab road he d iverted
to t h e , O regon co a st. ' (A m erica n
tan k s, k n ow n a s G en eral Grants,
w ere In effective in L yb la, w h e r e
th e N a zis k n ock ed th em out; th e ir
n u ig e o f fire w a s llm itP d. and th e
tread w a s w orn ou t from recoil
o f th e ¿75-m m c a n n o n ).
Continued on P a g e Two
Per.onal Property
Valuation Higher
No Fair; 4-H . /
Scrap Iron
Kent Citizens
Clubs To Show
Drive Nets
Fight Grass
Project Produce
Nearly 4 0 0 Tons
Fire Successfully
Employment Offices
Has Long-Job List
Dry Grass Not
Crop Insurance Gives
Good Stock Feed
War Risk Coverage
Surplus Wheat
Sale Popular
One Initiative M easure and Six Referred
Measures' To Be On November Ballot
County War Bond
Qnota $16,800