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About Sherman County journal. (Moro, Or.) 1931-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 22, 1943)
” M>dO {Jflüo > ns«*iniiï?r' MX** i .je .«A u .; .U ó í i SRI Uûl^V>‘1 r ' - ■ » > irt..:L cb ù jf 1 * •/. ?»• • •; i) Hfcitdu*! Moro, Oregon. Trapw agons Official County P&fta y, J a n u a ry ?2, 1943 More Machinery Sherman County To Be A vailable Schools Closed For Farmers Oregon will g e t ¡more fa rm m a For Bad Weather Thattlom Ship' Takes, to Waters M ust Have W ar Certificates F arm ers usin g old tru c k s • fo r tr a p w agons, and to do incidental w ork about th e farm , m u st obtain a certificate of w ar necessity for them , even th o u g h they are not cu rre n tly licensed, according to inform ation received by the county a g e n t’s office la s t week from Mr. C olter o f the OP A. These m achines W ashington, D.C., J a n u a ry 2 1 -- will not be eligible fo r gasoline, Sen. R ufus C. Holm an re tu rn ed tire s or re p a irs unless a ce rtificate to th e natio n al capital glow ing of w ar necessity is obtained fo r w ith enthusiasm over th e chrom e them on o r before J a n u a ry 31. situ atio n in Oregon. He says All trucks, w hether licensed o r th a t on one o f th e beaches ' of not, m ust have these ce rtificates, so u th w estern Oregon m achinery b u t reports are th a t about 15 | is tak ing out 250 tons of m ineral p er cent of Sherm an county’s con centrate a day, and of tbi> tru ck s still do not have them . 42 - y r cent is chrome. Before R eports have been circulated F a 'c h says th e senator, p^cduc- th a t tru c k s operated solely on turn v. il be upped to 100 tons a the farm , w ithout a license, could day c r ’lrom e concentrate. The be considered as farm m achinery o p eiat i is n ea r Coquille. Ac- and listed as such, but this is n o t co rd irg ' * S enator Holm an, th ere tru e, according to the county a i«s an aliro-st unlim ited am ount of gent, nds, and A pplications fo r certificates of m inerals liri the black sands exploration discloses th a t th e de- w a r necessity should be made im- m ediately to H erm an Sites, Dis- p o sit runs e a st M r m iles tric t M anager. Division of M otor A r- T ra n sp o rtatio n Office of Defense T ri-w eekly service on th Pngton-C ondon branch of the U P T ra n sp o rtatio n , 1130 A m erican is scheduled instead of daily. Of- B ank . Building, P ortland. When fice of defense tra n sp o rta tio n an asking fo r blanks, applicants roves of the change, as d o e s should give inform ation as to O regon Corporation -Com m issioner m ake, y e a r model, size and type of O rm and Bean. and ICC gives its th e equipm ent the certificate is blessing Clyde B. Aitchison of to cover. . ICC says th a t the tra n sp o rta tio n The county ag en t also recom- situ ation in the Pacific n o rth w est niends th a t those fa rm e rs who has become one of the m ost dif- have already received th e ir cer- ficult in th e whole nation because tifieatp s and who consider th a t of th e volum e and irre g u la r char- th e m ileage allowed is inadequate a c te r of the shipm ents. Involved fo r th e ir needs, should tak e imme- in the aforem entioned change is diate steps to m ake application said to be- of o one supplem ental Je- a saving or n e tra ir u in jn i fo o r r F u p p ien ien w *i gas and milfc- crew<*'tw„ o locomotives, . . . . . . pass m g e r,. ag e. This can be done by apply- b ag g ag e and m ail car. ing to the local tran sp o rta tio n county » - » com m ittee, through the This y ea r the ‘‘general w elfare a g e n t’s office. act.” prom oted in the last session - of cqngress, has been reintroduced by R epresentative M agnuson of W ashington. W ith the new p ro posals of th e president fo r p ro viding social security from tne cradle to the grave, the M agnuson F arm ers of Sherm an county at- bill may not receive considera tended farm m obilization tion. L a st session an a tte m p t the various com m unities \&as made to force the general 'n ' ” n t this week to fin w elfare bill out o f out farm plan a n d 'e s tim a te sheets petition. A petition requires A rJ J U|'rPn fell f« r 1943 and m ake plans fo r m eet- sig n atu res. ’ an< by a handful desm it« d j . _ c , jng w artim e production Ä quotas. Farm. Mobilization Meetings Held S ta te H ouse , Salem —As the leg islatu re g e ts well into its sec ond week o f work th e c o n tro v e r sial bills are beginning to show un in both houses. Several tax bills are in which would modify th e s ta te income tax. Truck bills are w ith us ag ain which would irc re a se w eight and length. Sev- eral local "optio n /heasures have e ’so been introduced, and more to come. Two have the stro n g backing o f th e Anti-Saloon league nnd the W.C.T.U. And of course. it wouldn’t be th e leg islatu re if we ... didn’t .... have . . a few , fish , and m ilk bills on the law m akers menu, All th e above m easures are h o t subjects and are sure to bring fo rth much o ra to ry if they ever reach the floor/ B ut first they m ust ru n the g a n tle t in com m it tee, which re p o rt the bills out ' “Do p ass” or “ Do not p ass,” and i t ’s a cinch m any of these m eas- ures will g et a real w orking over from the law m akers who are on said com m ittees. One of th e h o tte st of th e hot bills introduced so f a r is the one to m odify th e ta x paid by em ployers to the w orkm en’s unem ploym fund. p io y m e ent n i c com o m p pensation e n s a tio n iu n u . This in is m easure will be b itte rly fo u g h t by organized labor. Labor has a huge bankroll available to ™ain_ anv M i c ^ f i o r t^ o n 7 th e p a rt an y suc.ft a n o rt on tne> p a rt oi em ployers, and th is lobby is al- ready on the scene of action. chinery fo r this y e a r’s food pro- Wind Storm And Snow Storm ‘ duction job th an th e am ounts al- i located under th e o riginal sta te And Low Temperatures quotas. A lbert S. Girod of Salem, chairm an of the s ta te USDA w ar Add To Local Discomforts board’s farm m achinery com m it- tee, rep o rts a fte r his re tu rn from - . . / . _ .« W ashington, , D C . , Q u o te, for • 71,6 weatherm an seemed to m any item s will be increaseff’hy n a v e considerable trouble in 25 per cent, and some m ay be deciding what sort of weather doubled, Girod said. The increase dish out the past week but is the resu lt of WPB allocation e 11 j j j x r • u J of m o r e m a te ria ls to ,m anufac. f , n a l l y decided to furniah var- tu rers. Even w ith th e increases, I3ty. High w n d s and extrem e new farm m achinery will not be- tem peratures caused much in . gin to m eet all needs, he w arned, convenience and some dam- County ratio n in g com m ittees will be advised of how much ad- ®Re- ditional m achinery will be alio- All the schools of the county cated to each county, and will use were closed Thursday because inform ation now being g ath ered 0 ' t h e b l i z z a r d . As the snow th rough the e v e ry -fa rm er can- - vass to determ ine the fa rm s where Continued to fall and drift it the m achines are m ost needed. appeared likely th at m ost of Here is the fhantom of the sea, a concrete vessel, completely auto- The Sherm an county com m it- country roads Would SOOn matjc> crewlesa, and designed to travel in convoys of ten or m ore operated tee haa postponed the » "« In ten t b a i m p a 8 8 a b le radio kontrol from a m aster escorting vessel. Photo at top shows ship of m achinery to fa rm ers of the being J i launched a t West r Palm Lower photo . shows its b m c b c » » n . o Beach, r « - « , r Fla. » . aaw wcr put™ u«w. ship on ns ... .. have recejve(i The gale which reached its way through inland waterways. The deckhouse is only tem porary. This county u n u is a 91-foot model. The larger “ phantom ” will be 260 feet long, difficult a revised quota ¥’ peak between O a n d 6 O ClOC* will ac- jag£ to sight, and h ard to sink. “ which v :- L ~ sn be forthcom ------ ing, ‘ ‘ Fr i ’ j 1 ay morning was note- c° S ? g '" “ „‘ce". worthy. Many oldtimera have _____________ _ The couftty ag en t announces th a t if there- is in stock a t m achin- rem arked that it was as strong ery d ealers’ equipm ent th a t the a3 any they can rem em ber. In A r tr tiifil M e e t i n g I PfTl c l 3 t l farm ers need, ap p lican ts m ay se- T h e 9 a u eg t h e m a x i m u m Ve- cure a purchase certificate from , ei -i D J S' ' th eir local M achinery ra tio n in g T o c ity reported was 61 miles I \ e U \^ T O S S I A U d ^ d fl k l7 I , , ' ’ v U Y v Iv U U j L * U L d l com m ittee, and m ay obtain this per hour. m achinery w ithout having to m ake Considerable damage w as ** application to th e s ta te com m it j o n e ^r e e 8 pOWer line8 and tec. This equipm ent would have S’ - The anni& l meeting of th e had to be in th e hands of t h e various farm buildings. The Sherman county 'chapter of the dealer w d istrib u to r p rio r to No- high line was down between American Cross will be held Explanation of things vem ber . 15, • when these reg u latio n s Moro and Grass Valley, and «, . J&r the EeglSiaUVe OlOiy tzf January ,25 Representative Monday, January |5 . a t 2:00 p.m. done mav be compressed into a t the county cqbrthouse. This a very short Space; prophesy m eeting should be of in terest to Qf t | l i n g s £0 come may be ex e.v ei7 ?ne and par‘ tended for many, many words. ticu larly u th o se who have mem- . ber> tha1r the ser Things actually done inc- luded organization of both hou vice. At the m eeting the reports ses, the senate’s delayed--but One p a rtic u la r bill introduced , e la st week didn’t cause much com- of departm ental chairmen will that is a long story and an old m ent a t tfie tim e, b u t th e re was be given and plans made for one. For the first time 1n re. plenty of .politics w raooed up in comjng war fund cam* cent history the m em bers re- . ____ ,______ . J . ___ \7 it* The m easure would consoll- paign. Officers will be elected id. mained in se ssio n 'th e first d fte the office of corporation com o f week until Saturday morning. In tim e of war the duties m issioner w ith th e s ta te bankine t „_ x -------- 1. v***.* d ep artm en t. J u s t a week before t he Red Cross increase in eve- Correspondents gave as the Mr. Sprague o \- r y w a a v y - F.«<4i»rnuntv e e d s an he d e c i’r e t to n s save a v p f face ace a became p S d an Mr.” ex -g jo"yd Each-county n needs an rooenn reason t the desire ¿ m o r X he ^ m reappointed We>n t h,J a b ee n ^ u g g ested by the lo- g a / ^ m i t U e th a t all applications be m ailed d irect to the County M achinery R ationing com m ittee. in care of the county a g e n t’s of- fice Tn thia w ay ( all a.pplicatioiw w ui be available when the com- m ittee m eets to act onvthetn. ®eyeral poles and transform ers were blown down in Moro. E- lectric service, however, was off for only a short time. n erate e ffo rts in the closing <1 . __ _______x__n .__ oqjj qoo S m Sm i t l ith, corporation com m issioner, active, well-organized chapter- That is inc rrect The reason ; cre yieldg| groWers still collected tc H rid u c t the n ecessary ‘ num ber m an county controlling to an o th er fo u r-y ear term , which The annual meeting is tne i- is that the presiding officers 65,450 bushels in indem nities on to sign. The general w elfare act. rc re s of crop land, The sign-up includes an inven- deprived G overnor Snell of a j eai ¿jme for people to learn of both houses refused to ad- federal crop insurance policies, supported by the Town i n d i t e s . »tete’ L nV more about the actrvitiea and joUrn sooner Both are from had the backing of every m em ber ‘?ry 0fdcrT ^ a t e d t0Ckm«p^wer bo«. X ' d . / M anpower requirem ents ing job is up f o r ap p ointm ent in functions of the Red Cross, of- the country, neither could go rcporU. from Oregon. - ., , th a t f production of established a sh o rt tim e. Hence if the two fer suggestions, express opin- home and they have always , is in terestin g to note e. Two federal Pr0-’ec% ™ ’ w artim e e „als will he determ ined, d e n a rtm e n te are eonaolidated a s io n 8 a n d elect capable officers disliked th e ’delays oftK e ear- production in Sherm an county p ercentage to Oregon. One is a f V ictor P eterson d istrict secre- outlined in the bill, Mr. Sm ith to direct the year s work. 1- ~ ------' lier weeks. # insured under crop insurance, produce in d u strial alcohol w in b c M t o More bills aie coming in was above the insured yield in thp I ° U b o r a to r ^ n The1^ ' ^ ' has “n g ^ o f ' Wasco’ and Locust Grove In the first two weeks more to the house this year than be- »" cases, and th a t n o t a single . . . . . o p erato r in the county collected C1 / b oa o v e r and several «,u.t- fa rm e rs ; Kemble Tellefsen, local bills have been introduced this fore largely because of nil. jndernnit}ea this year. »Xie «"tea h iv e been »netted, for aupervisor of th e F arm S ecurity session than fo r th a t p en o d last nor details from the State Off- Of the 4010 insured grow ers. i h l d W in erv hut the Irb n ra to rv ad m in istratio n , was a t th e Moro a.sam n. The law m akers are real- ices. There are a num ber of 568 collected fo r losses, „Kindle th e d i.till . m eeting- Joe P eters of the county lv try in g th e ir b est to wind up f o r T o ^ a c r e s ^ t h house», l-ke a w a r hoard assisted a t G rass Vttl- the session come th e fiftieth day. Tom, chairm an of t H e changes needed in ,he code, J ’ C. A. f n„™ cem nus but th is ac-ea ee le y ; and LcRoy W right, county F o r the first tim e m m any years . n n ™ Ptethe0 Sher! s ° m e d'screpancies between X T o t b T i n s i s ^ on The l X - agent, he.ped a t the K ent meet- both houses were in session _ev R e 7 T r e s ,“ U . fc. ...... county q u o t e d the" annual the Constitution and the la w and'drouth doing the m ost dam cry . day . durin g the f ir s t „ week. man tion is now m pnosod to be wide ing. P a rv e v of P o rtlan d and F n sb ie dHve fo r fundg fo f thjg y ear tQ ab0L1t elections and some little age. Most o f the losses were open and those h a rin g gites w i l l — r f B a k e r-h o w th e lead f a r intro- be T h jj .g $<w0 m a t t e r 8 t h a t s h o u ld - r e p e a l. «mBll, and the to tal J " * ™ " ’4' « be given an opportunity to sta te „c new U.,1. the e house a]_ , { s i m i l.a r la w s P»“1 W« e th ° loWeSt f° r * " 1 2 (bietion of bills in th house, th e ir case, according to our infor- Î620 Î ,, °®CaUse °* tW O S im lla tla w S . sjncc the proKram was sta rte d in while W allace of P ortland holds though i t is only ab o u t rnation. If a distillery’ is assigned fi r s t honors in th e senate. A rul- m ore th an w as actu ally subscribed T h e house has already passed this state in 1939. to Oregon it will presum ably be ’ LeRoy W rig h t, county agent, j i g by S peaker M cAllister th a t ¡'* ^ c " a“ “ j he quota"7fo r the en- several ’ of ' these, som ewhere along the Columbia, T h e w a v s a n d m e a n s c o m culls the atten tio n of the fa rm e rs the old m oth-eaten custom o f tire U nited c S ta te s th is year is e a st of the Cascades. M eeting 90 per cent of the “ Mr. Speaker, I ask * th a t t h e $125,000,000, while the quota last . T h e w a y s and m eans C o m . t0 the fa c t th a t the final date . . o fa rm ’s w ar crop goal and seeding n u r t e s y of the house be extended ’ $66 000 000> mittee, under vigorous t hair- for signing up fo r sp rin g w heat W ar production board savs some w ’thin the fa rm ’s w heat acreage Mr B lah” is out th is session, The increased dem and f o r mansh p, is tnovinR t o COnsid - re e d c S "^ relief will be afforded fa rm ers allotm ents are the only require- caused M cA llister’s stock to rise 'for necessary m achinery. A t the m ents .,.V8 Oregon w . . heat . . . . e grow --------- ---- --------- . . h er „ as . . . -------------------- ------- funds i» due to th e m creased need er the mass of figures that are nQt eli(fible u in, urc ers will h ig a presiding officer. m om ent th ere is a dem and fo r have to m eet to earn, 1943 AAA Thp h o rsw la v to please vanity the nine re g u la r and the nine m a k e u p the bl-enmal budget. Rprjng w heat, as the insurance is w elding rod iron, and a search of w heat paym ents, N. C. Donald- on]y caused the house to lose ®J>ec a a c tl°ns ° , e ® won’t be a short job and t h e planned to cov£r the en tire acre- sources of ordinary sup-nlv dis son, s ta te AAA executive assis- ^ ^ v hours of valuable tim e in C ross Mr. om as jus ' i -jj }_ j e j a n (j age of the farm , and fall w heat closes th a t none is available. F or ten , has announced. sessions gone b y ,, and everyone tu rned from a s,x-day congress m e m b e r s w ill be red eyed and before m onths fa rm ers have been calling Provisions req u irin g th a t 90 rro u n d here 4» glad it's o u t: ami o f th e Red C ro .s a t La G rande, nerVOUS before it IS done. any see(n ng w as done, atten tio n to the dwindling supply per cent of the fa rm ’s acreage al- herd’s hoping it sta£s J)u t indef- and he. plans to meet w ith van- jn meantime the tax- eus groups of citizens o f t h e t h n t Punie»«a »to m ethingr w a«"'<i"nc iotm ent be P '»n t^ ‘« «\th y ir ite ly ' th a t unless sumeniuiK rh»«ri<rna.ted substi- * * • county in the n e a r fu tu re to tell S tio n committees are trying tO T h e S h erm a n C o u n y th ere would he a sharp decline in w»* crops or i g the people of the changed condr- gather in the bills that have th e 1943 cultivated a c rea g e._ i t reported. ' gjon when bhe the’*' politically ™°Hticaiiv wi.u ‘J0"? and the incr«*’e<1 need for been promised so they can be J o u rn a l a sk s t h e in d u l- h as arrived a t the point w here Donaldson reported. fUThe drive fo r .contribution» will »X members before o f it# f e a d e r s f o f W ar crops fo r which individual n iake th e ir guesses as to fa rm e rs are re n tin g im plem ents farm goals will be established long the leg islatu re will rem ain 1° and "end M arch "l5* th e y , are Considered by the fr o m neitrhbors when th ey are to _ he hnd and in m apv cases these during the ev ery -farm er canvass ip ses?ion. M any th in k the law- th e fo rm o f th e paper committees. m n e h in e s are in need o f ren airs. according to local conditions, in- m akers will .wind up th e ir chores rw , x* . i ( _ - T h e secretary of a g ric u ltu re has elude potatoes, vetch fo r - seed, and hom eward bound b y 't h e Education heads of the t h is w e e k . D u e to a uttomrated to MY lbO^ç p rio rities flax fo r seed o r fib e r.jd ry edible t -me th e fiftieth day rolls around. state are buzzing around try. P' h ™ .’Z‘ Quota Announced In Drive For Funds AA4 Wheat Farm Procedures Altered f o T f ; m “m 7ch ^ r^ '‘im i^ 7 h 5 F i(r pre«, dry hesns; peiErfre- canning H«*eUW. the old-timer, who have Final Wheat Loan - - - • ---------- - l otals AnnOUnCed ing to find favor for the pro- b r e a k -d o w n in th e h ea t- to now his success h a s been n e g - and tom atoes fo r processing. heen w atch in g them eome and 8« posed am endm ents to the bill e le m e n t o f o u r ty p e - lltrlbl* - * ' . fo r m any years shake th e ir heads \ • • •. F a rra g u t, Idaho— A rth u r Roth, a nd say 6$ days a t leaM.. and may- 4 F inal to wv».<> — in • loans _____ ____ ------------- ----------- --------» e tals fo r » g . ra fo r passed last November Most The la s t fo u r un its of Bonne- son of Mr. and M rs. H enry Roth bc m ore. I t ’s been close to .30 the y ear 1942 have been announced of them have found the m ajor S ettin g m a c h in e , W e are ville dam will be installed and of G rass Valley, Oregon, has be- y ears „¡„ce the law m akers fin- by LeRoy W right, county agent. .x f Kill- and th e se t A g en e ratin g power th is year. They gun his re c ru it train in g fo r ser- ished th eir labors in the allotted Tbere w ere 824 loans on w heat f a ‘ 0 fo r c e d tO 0 8 6 will develop 200.000 k ilo w atts, vice w ith the U. S. N avy, a t the tim e and adjourned sine die. B ut stored in w arehouses, fo r a to tah have been COrncUd by the which will be available fori indus- N aval T rain in g statio n here. ; th in g s have changed in 30 years, of 2.217,422 bushels. Loans on teacher’s association itself, m e th o d s . try , I f any industry can be found D uring the n ex t several weeks, an d ao have we. f w heat in f arm sto rag e to taled 22, N however hasdiscover- th a t s looking fo r larg e blocks of he will learn the fundam entals - , ♦ . . fo r a to tal of 96,921 buahelsT On one’ «OW eVCr^UI1JCO S o m e sto r ie s are sh o r t- cheap energy.* Thui pow er cannot of seam anship here. Then he will O bservations from th e press barley 78 loans w ere m ade for e a a way to m a k e t n e Dill a very well be disposed of to fa r- e ith e r be sent to a N avy service j)OX; railro ad and truck lob- w arehouse-stored g ra in , totallin g positive tax reduction meas. en e d and S om e are neC- m ers as th ere is no cq n p -r wire school fo r additional train in g in bieg are h e re , ready fo r the usual 86,407 bushels. N ineteen loans u r e , b u t ¡t w y j b e d o n e if p o s ' .. 1 ... . .. . available fo r tran sm issio n lines or a specialized field o r will join braw l. . . Jim tn y Donegan looks w ere made on farm -sto red barley, eSSanly O m itted e n t ir e ly . primltIV6 ver tven to wire the houses. - the U. S. fleet at sea.— ...................................... - Continued or page two - - ooa on 40,264 bushall. Bible. . J L*®1 Monday morning t h e mercury reached the shivering point of 14 degrees below zero freezing many w ater pipes. Qn m p W llg a t In SU fanC C ... Barzee tracto r, which was stored in the Foss & Co. _ _ rturorm frrr ronoirc a.roo froZCn |»i Rig CfOD Year garage for repairs, was frozi 1 “* ® H and damaged considerably. Although O regon’s 1942 w heat M otorists had considerable op was the big g est in m any ¿rouble getting cars started. S ’p o in i of per- Claims Allowed At January Court Term CLAIM S P R E S E N T E D AGA INST SHERM AN COUNTY, OREGON, C EN ER A L AND ROAD FU N D S FOR DECEM BER, 1942, AND APPROV ED AT JA N U A R Y 6, 1943 TERM OF T H E COUNTY COURT T H E R E O F: C laim ant Account Am ount F irs t N ational Bank, Gen- eral A ssistance $ 91.50 M^ “ berculosis stam ps for S h er m an Co. 500 F irs t N ational Bank, Old- Age A ssistance 135.00 F irs t N atio n al Bank, Aid to ‘h<! ?;llnd , „ . B °° F lrs t N ational Bank, Aid to dependent children 18.00 A,. P o tter, County J udgeÂ&Salary . * 75.00 ciaren ceT fie rs in g e r, Jam - to r’s S alary 85.00 J' 15.00 David Reid, County Commis- m issioner 14.00 Bushong & Co., C lerk’s office .75 expense A. E. Simmons, C lerk’s office 6.00 expense W est Coast P r i n t & Bind. Ce. C ourthouse expense $17.72 C lerk’s expense 77.50 T re a su re r’s expense 86.00 Com m issioner expense 6.05 Sheriff’s expense 16.90 Total 204.17 J. L. Murray, Repairs to Check Protector, Treaaur- er’s office 9.60 Association of Oregon Coun ties, Association dues for ’ 1943 \ 63.00 Oregon State Agricultural College, 2nd half for Coun- ty Agent’s office for the year 1942-43 1,106.00 The Frank Shepard Co., Sub scription for cumulative supplement» 10.00 Paulsen A Roles Laborator ies, Courthouse supplies 31.60 W. R. Reid A Son, courthouse ou supplie* Sunset* Motor CoM Expense ---- — ---- Continued on FMR O?»