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About Sherman County journal. (Moro, Or.) 1931-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 8, 1943)
X ' ■ ‘ Ì' ‘ • v-r -• '* - 7, ” 7 ■* '. ' ' W-t * I- » " ■ »■ ■ ■ Moro, Oregon. Iriday. January 8, 1943 F if t y - F if t h Y e a r N o . 9 _____ I. . . -- County Court Holds First Meeting of Year O ffic ia l C ounty P a p « On Heels of Rommel’s ^Westbound Afrika Korps Moro Farmer Buried Here On Tuesday Omer G. Sayrs died early Sun day morning a t his farm home a fte r an illness of about an hour. Newly Elected Members of He had not been ill the day pre vious, and was in good spirits Court Take Oaths of Office when he retired. Mr. Sayrs was born April 22, And Learn Procedure 1890, a son of Frank Sayrs and Emma Powell Sayrs, pioneers of In th e form al language of oaths W ashington, D.C., Ja n . 7.—- of office Jerry M. Wilaon and Ver this county. He farm ed the home Shippers in Gilliam and Morrow non I. Miller promised to support place until he bought the Erskine counties have been notified by the the constitutions of the United farm southwest of town which he Union Pacific of a tri-w eekly in S tates and of Oregon, and to ful , improved and made into a modern stead of daily service, which be fill th eir duties to the best o f farm home. He served in the U S. gan Jan u ary 3. Explanation is their abilities as county judge Army during World W ar f at th a t the change is to save motive and county comnoassioner before Camp Lewis, and was a member power. Shippers in these counties Rosa Om duff, county clerk, at of the American Legion post. challenge the statem en t and arc the meeting Wednesday. Omer Sayrs was always* inter assem bling data intended to con- Thus began a new county court. ested in public affairs and was vi.K 3 ICC th a t a daily service m to he counted on to aid any com- There were no indications that essential and th a t there would be there would be any m ajor changes munity endeavor with his time nc sav'nT of motive power by a in policy as two old members re and his capital. He served as three rimos a week schedule. Jo main on the court. There were. president of the fair hoard until seph P. Eastm an has been ad howeveT, more requests fo r ex 1940, and during his term of ser vice some of the county’s biggest vised th a t there are 1500 c a rs a planation of paym ent of bills and year of food and lumber moving a general desire to be informed fairs were held. from these counties (about four on m atters before the court. He is survived by his widow, Britain’s eighth army has been hard on the heels of Gen. Erwin Rommel's much-vaunted Affika Korps, The county court also made the pushing them westward towards Tripoli. Photo at left shows local Arabs, friendly to the oncc-again-invadin* Edith; two daughters, I^avon cars a day) and there are three million busliels of wheat stored regular yearly appointm ents of British army, gathered around British armored cars when the British occupied a wrecked town in the Libyan H art of Beaverton and Mary of officials, for 1943. L. L. Peetz was desert. Dense smoke from a burning tank fills the background. Insets: Left, General Rommel, leader of Moro: his mother, Emma Sayrs; along the railroad track». • * • reappointed as road foreman. Roy Axis desert forces, and Lieut. Gen. Bernard Montgomery, commander of Britain’s eighth army. one son, Lam er of Moro; four Fowell and Hugh W alker are road W ar production board has or grandchildren: four sisters, Mrs. dered stopped all work on tlie viewers, and the Sherman County Dick Morgan and Mrs. Clair Ax Sprague river road in the Klam Journal was made the official coun tell of Moro, Mrs. Will Morgan ath Indian reservation. Througn ty paper for the year. of Sheridan, and Mrs. Edgar Race Discussion of the m atter of giv the effo rts of Senator Rufus Hol of Bingen, Wash.; and one brother man an appropriation of $150,- ing raises to county officials wno Carroll, of Moro. 000 was made for the building of had made a request took up a Funeral services were held on this road. WPB now says th a t large p a rt of the afternoon. The Tuesday afternoon from the Moro the road is not justified, but the court passed a resolution favor Community church with R ev. Indians are asking for p a rticu ing a raise in pay for the clerk Jam es D. Moberg officiating. The Moro’s city council met Tuesday and county school superintendent lars. American Legion members pre night and ro-appointed all city from $1500 p er year to $1800, • • • The first of two im portant farm sented the full m ilitary funeral The Moro B reakfast club elect officers not elected. These were The purest chrome found in the which will put them on a par with ed LeRoy W right as president for Charles Ruggles as recorder, meetings was held at the court for their departed comrade. In United States, according to gov- the sheriff and assessor, who now the coming year, W. Ray Blake George A. Willlabs as w ater rent house Tuesday afternoon when term ent was in the Moro ceme receive th at salary. In addition ’eram ent scientists, is coming from vice-president, Leon Hubbard sec collector, and Aden Axtell as m ar Charles W. Smith of the exten tery. the court resolved to ask* the leg retary. and chose Wendell Bal- shall and w ater master. The m ay sion service, William Enchede of the black sands on the beach of islature to increase the pay of all southw estern Oregon. Private county officdals to $2000 for a two siger, George U ndegraff a n d or was given a leave of absence the AAA and Leo Anderson of cap ital is capturing the chrome year period. This la tte r resolu Giles French as executive board for the term -of 4the legislative the W ar Board m et with members »nd m aking a bettor job of it th**n tion was to give sufficient increase members fo r two year term s. M. session, and H arry Kunsman was of the local war board, chairmen of the conference committees, and the experim ents of many years in pay to offset the rise in the M." Oveson and J. K..McKean are chosen as mayor pro tem. A group of boys- between the $ome county committeemen. in attem pting to recover gold from cost of living. In 1933 and again bold-over members of the execu ages of 12 and 16 appeared to Purpose of the meeting was to these sands on a commercial in 1936 county officials took a re tive board. The record for calendar year Feature of .the meeting, whicn petition the council for use of the establish goals for county pro scale. duction in pay for a two year per was held Wednesday noon a t the piecipitation in Sherman county • w • room above the fire house for n duction on farm s for 1943. An iod as the cost of living was held hotel, was the presence of - the club room. Permission was g ran t other meeting will be held Jan u was broken the final afternoon Tbo— who thought 1942 was then to be low. new county court comprising J. ed pending the form ation of a ary 12 to talk to a larger group when the last of a total of 15.64 tough will regard it as easy com inches of rainfall was recorded at M. Wilson, judge, who introduced club by the boys to suit their ad about the sam e thing. pared with w hat they will be up the experiment station. Thu his five sons, George, Paul, Les visers, Russell Hollinshead, W. Goals agreed upon, in percent against in 1943. There will be so hi'eaks the 1940 record of 15.42 ter, Je rry jr. and Dick: nerwly e Ray Blake, and G. Douma, and age of normal, were: Hogs, spring m any sacrifices required th a t it lected county commissioner V er the observance by them of cer fi rrowing 120, fall farrowing 135 by .22 of an inch. will be impossible to keep track non Miller; hold-over commission tain rules as expressed by t h e cattle and calves 108; sheep 95; The months of November and of them all. S tarting Jan u ary 1. er David Reid; and recently ap council. December were the w ettest the milk cows 100; milk 100: hens for example, the Victory tax be rince 120; eggs 125: chickens raised county has experienced Distribution of funds derived pointed George G. U pdegraff, cir came operative, to be deducted cuit judge. weather records have been kept. 120; chickens for m eat 120; tu r from the sale of tax-foreclosed from the payroll a t the ra te of A brief explanation of the work keys 100; turkeys for meat 100; Noevmber brought 3.21 inches and five per cent, and applying to all property has resulted in the in done by the club during the year wheat 100; feed grains 100; hay Decemehr 4.35 for a total of 7.56 crease of receipts to many taxing wages over $12 a week. This is ju st ending was made by the out 100; potatoes 120; peas, dry ed inches of moisture or more than units. only one tax. The individual in going president. LeRoy W right ible, 500 acres. More home g a r wo received in some entire years. The county treasu rer computed come tax will take another chunk spoke on his trip to W ashington dens will also he aske<j of Sher Lowest moisture for any one year the income from tax foreclosures Sherman countians bought $82.- and there will be payroll taxes to aid the attorney with requisi man county farm ers, who were is 6.43 inches. fo r social security. W hatever your and returned to the taxing units t e m atters a t the ICC hearing on 470.25 in w ar bonds during the The November-December p re told th at these gardens Would be final three months of 1942, ac income may be, i t will look very concerned their percentage of the abandonment. cipitation is more than we have practically necessary if farm fam foreclosures based on the percent em ail by the tinie all the taxes A resolution of condolence was cording to information sent by ilies are to be supplied with e- ever received for any consecutive have been paid—and these do not age of the levies each had. passed by the club on the loss of the state war bond staff in P o rt nough vegetables, as arm y re three month period and more than The county fund obtained Omer G. Sayrs. a charter mem land. This was divided $22.883.75 take into acoount the state and quirements are high and tra n s has fallen for a four month per $1263.23, school fund $111.38, ber whose death was deeply re in October. $29,787.60 in Novem county taxee. portation difficult. « iod except for three times. ber and $29.800 in December. Oc The luckiest man in 1943 will non-high school fund $233.98. gretted. Crop year moisture was 8.05 at Farm ers are requested to fill tober and November sales includ School districts also participat be the farm er who grows his own the end of the year and .79 have out a 1913 farm plan sheet o n ed F and G bonds which were not food. The city dweller will be at ed, Dist. 7 getting $216.88, Dist. which is listed the crops of field fi.llen since. Normal for January sold to any extent in December. a disadvantage for he m ust de 10, $277.65 and Dist. 23 $110.10, WINTER REGISTRATION AT and feed lot for 1943. They will is 1 59. The county’» quota was $16,100 pend upon the neighborhood gro and other districts getting small OSC STAYS FAIRLY HIGH Farm ers are already talking a- be expected to reach the goals set for two months and $14,904 for cer. There will be stric t cu rta il er amounts. heut harvesting another big crop Oregon State College— Registra- December. This makes the rec for the county. The erty of Moro received $275.- t'm at Oregon State for the win- m ent of food for civilians and In addition to this,-, farm er* in 1943, and as moisture is the m any of th e ordinary items will 24, Wasco $551.64, and Grass Val t r term was running from 10 to ord about 180 per cent of quota. limiting factor it is a possibility. Because of increased need for m ust fill out another farm plan disappear. Shortage of tin is o- ley $182.14. 11 per cent under the previous money to finance the w ar the quo work sheet which contains lists of lim inating canned goods other There may be some sale o f J iar during the first week o f ta for January has been set at crops and livestock. Each farm than for the m ilitary forces and foreclosed land this year, in which the term . The indicated final en- $21,630 for January, in which must have a minimum of 16 units lend-lease. No m or^ fru it juices case another distribution will be r »llment in excess of 3500 is con month the state is expected to in order to he considered a nec nor m any of the preserved fruits made. Cities received a propor siderably higher than was ex- essary farm. raise $10,300,000. grown in the northw est will be tionately high am ount from this f ?cted by many in view of war Battle ship Oregon souvenirs, An acre of corn is worth .20 distribution because a large part c o n d i t i o n s . ^ . , found in stores. consisting of small pieces of wood unit, an acre of wheat .07 unit Completion of the bond refund Food will be rationed. The ra of the tax foreclosures were 6n Enrollm ent of women ha« re from the historic sihip, will a r (seven hundredths) an acre of ing operation of the City of Moro tion book soon to be distributed city lots or other city property. mained close to normal, and a rive soon for distribution to war soybeans .07, a milk cow one unit, was made Thursday when pay will be a vital possession. E very considerable num ber of new stu bond buyers. These were sched cattle and calves for m arket .05 ment was received from the state one m ust have such a book or be- dents, mostly below d raft age. uled to come in December but it unit and other stock is also list for bonds sold to it. The city Is involved in endless difficulties. enrolled for the first tim e this was impossible to get them sh ip ed for a smaller number of units. to w indebted for $17,000 a t an Meat, butter, eggs, poultry, milk, term . ped. They will be available a t the It will be necessary for every interest rate of 2\4 per cent. In cheese, bacon will be doled out in Indications are th a t none of the schools and at the bank in Moro. farm er to have 230 acres of wheat terest per annum will be $382.50, skim py fashion and these are on 1200 or more students in reserve to qualify or a sufficient quanti a little over a tenth of w hat it ly a few of the item s on the long ty of stock to make up the re *<vas ten years ago. Mr. and Mrs. Giles French are m ilitary program s ' will be called FARM MOBILIZATION DAY list of things “ hard to get.” quired 16 units. Not all bonds refunded have leaving Friday (today) for Salem before the end of th is term , and Shoes will be rationed on the to begin work in the legislature many of them .probably not until TO BE OBSERVED JAN. 12 Members of the w ar boaijd are been received, but those which point system and as the w ar goes when th a t body meets Monday. the end of the year. • to check these sheets and d e te r have been sent “in are paid. In on the quality of the leather will Farm and civic leaders through mine, with the farm er, how much terest stopped on the refunded Mrs. French will act as legislative become poorer, the better leathers out the state have been invited by labor he may employ on a farm bonds as of January 1, 1943. secretary to her husband. being conserved for American R. B. Taylor, chairman of Ore of such production and how much During their absence Mr. and troops and allied forces. There gon’s USDA war board, to help machinery he will need. CITY SIGNS CONTRACT TO Mrs. Orval Thompson will be in will be a gradual deterioration in bring about wide observance of If less than 16 units are grown HAVE STREETS REGRADED charge of the Sherman County clothing, more shoddy and _ less Farm Mobilization day, Tuesday, th e o n era to r m a v be u rved to e-o The citv made a contract with Journal. —..... WJ— wool. ' Even the galvapized g a r January 12. This is the day pro into some industry, or some of the state highway departm ent Coverage of the legislature will R. H. McKean has ibought the claimed by President Roosevelt bage can cannot be replaced when the help m ay be taken to some Thursday which assures th a t Scott be by a weekly column of n ew s, interest of Leonard Maurus in and state governors to mark the needed as no sheet steel will be other place jf there is an excess street from F irst to Bidwell and and comment by the editor, and the firm of McKean and Maurus, beginning of a nationwide*drive . available. Bidwell street from Scott to thè of labor on the farm . Farm ers who have specialized a weekly column by Vernon Wil dealers in farm machinery, in to enlist every individual 'farm er It is a part of the manpower state highway will be regraded < in berry patches will have to re liams, who has covered legisla surance and feed, a t Wasco, and in the 1943 food production pro survey recently ordered ’ by the and rerocked this spring. duce their acreage and turn to tive sessions fo r m any years and will operate the business under gram . The city preferred th a t F irst government and is made in con- producing som ething more essen is editor of the Oregon Demo-' the name of R. H. McKean and Highlights of the day will be a nectidn with the farm survey to street from Main to Scott be oiled * . son. tial, o r go out of business alto crat. national broadcast over all four determine the needed agricultural hut the state highw ay departm ent, Mr. McKean reports th a t he networks, starting a t 1 o’clock production. Editorials will in the ihain be gether. The dairy bursinese will through Cap. Seely, district engi neer, states th at no new oiling be revamped, reorganized, and in w ritten from Salem. Those who will be able to obtain any farm Pacific w ar time, and featuring some way the w ar manpowef com have new« wi|l find it appreciated machinery o r supplies for which internationally known leaders of W. H. Ragsdale and Victor Pe can be done this year. The Scott mission will see th a t dairy work if they bring it to the* office or the farm er purchaser has procured the United Nations. Special Ore terson were here Tuesday to a t street project was second choice ers are found. (D epartm ent of a g send it in, as facilities for cover approval for purchase from the gon program s will Also be carried tend the meeting of the war board and will he done this year, which riculture now suggest» milking ing the county will be lessened county war- board o r rationing by radio stations in this state, in and hear of new farm plans for will prepare It for oiling at somo later time. board. --------- --------- - . i r . cluding several over KO AC. during the legislative session. 1943. ' “ Continued on Page Two .. 4- - Breakfast Club Elects Officers For New Year Moto Council Makes Yearly Appointments Farmers Hold Meeting To Set Production Goals Rainfall Breaks" Several Records Funds Obtained From Tax Sale Distributed Report on Sherman County Bond Sale. Moro Refunding Operations Complete Giles French Leaves For Legislature New Business Firm Promises Service j dh*- Events Of The> First Half of ’42 Briefly Related Chronological Presentation Of Local Events To Give Birdseye View of News Trend The following resume of Sher man county news of the year just ended brings to memory many events: Jan .2—The year 1941 ended with a blast of cold weather th at kept celebration at a minimum. The experim ent/Station reported th a t trashy summerfallow h a d produced less wheat than normal fallow. Jan. 9—Six inches of andw falls to protect w heat fields. Tire ra tioning board named. Five men leave in the d raft, one returned. Defense council names air raid wardens. Jan. 16—Myron Grigsby killed in truck accident on DeMoss hill. Nancy Jane Dunlap dies. Bond sales campaign started in county. Blackout ordinances passed by cit ies. Jan. 23—C. A. Tom elected head of Red Cross. Defense council buys bombs for demonstrations. Electricity off because of ice. Ed Moon dies a fte r brief illness. Jan. 30— Estim ate on b o n d pledge campaign is 90 per cent of all adult resident». W eather mod erates. Many attend farm loan meeting. Feb. 6— Farm meeting called to tell fanners about their problems. Men under 45 to register Feb. 16. Floods wash Moro streets. County pledges in bond campaign aver age $172.91. Feb. 13—Taylor, Lodwiak and W orth tell farm ers what they are to do about crops, sacks aiui ta bor. There will be no sacks. Rab bit brush found no good for rub ber. Women to register. Feb. 20— S teers fed green wheat hay doing well. Candidates get ting hats in ring. Kent residents to get no tax bills. Feb. 27—Bomb demonstrations given over county. Red Cross m akes budget. Otis Baker dies. Twelve take arm y examinations. March 6—Feed wheat now be ing sold. N utrition talks sched uled. March 13— D raft board draws serial numbers for T group. First crop of county candidates a n - nounced. Grass Valley Zebras win tournam ent. March 20— W heat shipments to Commodity Credit begun as re sult of need for space and sacks. Bulk wheat shipped. Four new F irst Aid stations opened. Coun ty fire fighting equipment con sidered. March 27—Bob Axtell get» first d ra ft number. Taxpayers pay 87 per cent of tax roll. F irst scrap drive starts. _ April 3—Potter, Grinn, Wilson, Williams, and VanGilder in county political race. County agrees to buy five pum pers for fire protec tion. April 10—Jessie Amos dies. Tire rationing board gives . tire purchase perm its. County has 86 m et in service. April 17—Questionnaires sent out to registrant». Legion will dine selectees before the April quota of 26 leave. Gound wet. April 24—-Track m eet scheduled for May 1. Eighteen men make arm v grade. Defense school held at, Condon, several attend. ‘ May 1—Five leave for ordnance , company. Sherman county de clared winner of seal sale. More bonds m ust be bought, say» gov ernment. Men over 45 and under 21 register. May 8—No one paying atten tion to prim ary. Moro ¡be* w o rk ’ , at city clean-up. W heat p ric e ' raised. Loans voted by farm ers. May 15— Schools graduate cl a s - ' ses. Women draw n on jury for . first time in years. State candi dates make last trips. May 22—Arm y calls eight more men. County has low rate of AAA expenses. Many attend Ladru Barnum rite». Gas rationing or d ered / Candidates named. May 29—Sherman county bud get made. May brings rains. Nineteen ready for stammer school. . County bond quota set at $21,200. June 5—Numbers given to or- > er agfc registrants. Wasco Co-op set to build more storage space. Simon house in Grass Valley*» burned. June 12—Union Pacific peti- t tions for Shaniko branch aban- (Continued on Pag» two)
