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About Sherman County journal. (Moro, Or.) 1931-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 29, 1943)
I J* orc' * \ Fifty-Fifth Year N o. 12 Moro, Oregon. Basketball Games • • «* F r id a y , J a n u a r y 29, 1943 Official Ooxmty P ap« IT TAKES BOTH! — * Interest Pupils Cold Moderates; z.;£ *3 Of Local School Crop Damage Appears Slight High School Honor Rolls 1 8 For Six Week Period and Roads Have Been Opened Sufficiently To Allow Nearly Semester Announced All Children to Attend School Moro lost a league game with W ashington, D.C.—Seed fo r Kent last Friday, 30 to 21, only cover crops is rapidly becoming one of the mxportant resources of because of the superior height Oregon. In 1942 there were 236,- of the Kent boys, and because of 300 acres planted to various seeds Jack von Bo rs tel’s shooting spree * and this year t^e acreage will be in the first half, when he scored expanded, according to the AAA. 18 of the 20 points made by his Four years ago there was very team that period. In the second «5 little cover crop seed in the state half, the Huskies held him to a bvt through the soil building pro lone foul shot. gram of Triple A, together with The Moro boys played a good a Fa .r orice to the grower, the brand of ball, and made it nip and industry has spread from the Wil tuck with the visitors during the ls mt ttc valley into eastern O re first quarter, but from there on gon. were unable to overcome t h e A c re a ji figures of AAA are: Badgers' lead.. Hairy vetch 125,00b acres, rye Kent 30 Moro 21 grass 84,000 , A ostrian winter J vonBorstel (19) Zeigler (8) peas 78,000, W illamette vetch Sather (4) Bayer (3) 22,000, common vetch 14.300, Wilson (6) Wilcox (4) crimson clover 13,000. The first Bardenhagen (1) Schilling (2) year of the program Triple A set C. vonBorstel Thompson (4) 4 a price of 3 cents a pound for Substrtitions: For Kent, Kelley, peas, 7.5 for hairy vetch: and last Gregg, B arnett; for Moro, D. Lem year paid 5 cents a pound for peas, ley. • * • cmmon vetch and rye, 6.5 cents for W illamette vetch, and 10 cents In a prelim inary game Kent for hairy vetch. nosed out Moro 13 to 11, with the F Cash price for the 1943 crop, Pups playing w ithout the se r ■’ 'F- f j. which has not yet been planted, vices of Buether, Robinson, and it is computed, will bring into the W. Melzer. The line-up included state almost $20,000,000. A dec H. Melzer, C. McLeod, forwards; ade ago the seed business was al Bob Flatt, center: Christianson most nothing. and Roberson, guards. Substitu * . a u ■'* tions, Brisbine and DeMoss. A Salem distillery applied for • • • permission to m anufacture indus The honor roll for the last six trial alcohol from surplus wheat; weeks included 11 students, with U. S, Irjantry Dtfsritnttn the government pgency addressed Donald Thompson leading with an threw cold w ater on the proposal average of 1, closely followed by by saying th at the chief disad Dean Wilcox, P atty French, and vantage of m anufacturing on the Dorothy Miller with 1.1 averages. west coast was lack of m arket, Freshmen, Eileen Lemley 2, Jam es and that there is a tank car shor Ziegler 1.8: sophomores, Dorothy tage which prevents the product B arnett 1.4. P atty French , 1.1, being shipped to the middle west Duane Len>ley 1.8, Dean Wilcox Oregon fanners generally are or east. I. 1; juniors, Doris Newcomb 1.4, • a • planning their 1943 farm opera Donald Thompson 1, Dorothy Mil The war manpower commission ler 1.1; seniors, Lila Lee Alley tions for an output th a t will e- qual or exceed most of ths war is still trying to devise a method 1.66, Betty B arnett J . 5. production goals set for the state of nrov’ding farm labor on a vol Honorable mention went to Dor this year, R. B. Taylor, chainnan untary basis? This year an ave is Payne and Mary Kenny. of the state USDA w ar board, rage of 100,000 men will be in Honor roll for the sem ester in reported a t the end of the first ducted into m ilitary service e a ch ' cluded: Donald Thompson, junior. week of the farm sign-up drive month and th ’s will fu rth er sap 1; P atty French, sophomore, 1.1; now under way throughout the the sunply of farm labor. There Ijean Wilcox, sophomore, 1.1; E i state. Farm sign-up meetings have been talks between Claude leen Lemley, freshm an, 1.8; Jam es Wickard. food adm inistrator. Gen Ziegler, freshm an, 1.8; Dorothy were held in various communities of Sherman county last week* eral Hershey, and Paul McNutt, B arnett, sophomore, 1.4; Duane The farm plans th at have been manpower commissioner, seeking Lerpley, sophomore, 1.66; Doris turned in so far indicate that some way to give, farm ers A Payne, sophomore, 1.8: Dorothy Oregon farmers, intend to oper break. To date nothing has been Miller, junior, 1.6: Lila Lee Alley, accomplished. Mr. M cNutt i 8 ate at top capacity to produce a senior, 1.66; Betty Barnett, senior, thinking of using women to re maximum of essential crops. The 1.66. place manpower on farm s but this extent to which these intentions Honorable mention for the se ij only a m akeshift, for com para m ester went to Doris Newcomb. are carried out will depend on the tively few women, and especially Bob Schilling, and Mary Kenny. assistance giCen by city dwellers, those from cities, can s t a n d women and school children during a * a farm work. peak cultivating and harvesting Plans now are th a t Moro will W hat the farm ers are trying to seasons, Taylor believes. substitute two gam es with St. figure out is how they can faise He said th a t all of the r e more food in 1943 than they did M ary's for those scheduled to sources of the U.S. departm ent in 1942 (the all-time record) with have been played with R ufus,'due of agriculture, co(-ordinated by less help and less machinery. De to" the fact th a t Rufus has can 1’SDA w ar boards, will be used partm ent of agriculture answers celled their basketball season be t » assist farm ers in getting w hat this by telling the farm ers t o cause there aren’t enough boys ever is needed to obtain peak pro work harder. A big factor in in the high school for p team. duction from every farm . Locat raising crops «is weather, and no The game here ,will be February ing those farms- needing assLs/tance one is promising anything on that. 9 and the one a t The Dalles Feb i.i one of the main purposes of ru ary 17. the farm canvass. « * » Potato grpwers of Redmond, The girls in physical education LOCAL BANKER LEAVES Ontario, and the Klamath basin can look forward to the time when class, under the direction of Mrs. FOR MOTHER’S FUNERAL the people are rationed pn spuds. Timmerman, will put on a special W. Ray Blake left Wednesday The allowance for 1943 will be a t num ber between halves of the morning on the stage to attend These least 10 per cent under consump game tonight (F riday). the funeral of his mother, Mrs. same girls will also put on a spe tion last year, and it may be cut W. J. Blake, 69, of Ione. Mrs. cial entertainm ent for the public still deeper. OPA is discovering details Ray Blake and their daughter Mrs. th at with people turning to pota February 26. F urther toes to rill out their diet the spud will be given in a later announce Scott Fortner, left Thursday mor ning by car. The funeral was supply tig tightening. A general ment. Thursday afternoon. ♦ * ♦ expansion of acreage planted to Mr. and Mrs. Blake had spent retted gems is predicted t h i s Monday, Feb. 1, will bring an the previous week end with his year. other school show entitled “T ar ». * e parents a t Ione, because of the get for Tonight.” This is one of To promote the “good neigh the heaviest booked w ar films on serious illness of Mr. Blake’s f a bor” policy in Latin America the the m arket, having to be sched ther, but came home Sunday leav government has had three old Nor uled many weeks in advance. The ing the elder Mr. Blake much im came Tuesday wegian freighters modernized and picture shows 'the planning of a proved. Word made into refrig erato r, ships. ta rg e t in Germany by the RAF. morning of the sudden death of These boats are ’TO’ bring hundreds with ’ the photographer making Mrs. Blake, who had not been pre of boxes of pears from Argen the trip in one of the bombers, viously ill. tina, together with grapes. There and returning with it. The pic are immense quantities of pears ture should be not only exciting BREAKFAST CLUB WILL in warehouses on the Pacific coait but also educational. With it will MEET WEDNESDAY NOON in all the fancy, pear grow ingdis- be shown three shorts; "Building The Breakfast club will hold iU tricts (Medford, Hood River,» etc.) a Bomber,” “Building a Tank," February meeting a t the Moro and these Argentine pears will be and a cartoon comedy. 8:00 p.nr. Hotel Wednesday noon, February CVAUhueri or page two Monday, Feb. 1. 3. The' weather has moderated slightly over th at of last week, although we are still besieged with winter. The experim ent sta tion station reports that, while it is not yet possible to deter- mine the exact extent ,of damage to the crops, such damage ap- pears at present to ‘ have been very slight. , There is still considerable snow, the roads are still dangerous, and chains are indicated. However, the snowplows- have been active, and those roads which have been patrolled are fair. --w- 1 School is being held on regular schedule throughout the county this week with the exception of Waarco, which was forced to close clue to* a shortage of fuel, accord- ing to Wily Knighten, county school superintendent. School bus- ses are making regular trips, al- though in some instances coun- 3>' try children are staying in town m J until road conditions improve. W eather statistics for the week follow: Date - Jen. 21 j J a n . 22 Jan. 23 Jan. 24 j 2 g 27 SU te House, Salem—^Never in the memory of the oldest of old- tim ers around these parts can they remember a legislative session ? b a t has been a slow as the pres- ent one. The lobby is alm ost di- vested of the usual array of via- ^ ora’ The usual daily trek of school kids, who in every past se98*on »pent hours each day hounding the lawmakers for their autographs, is missing. With the legislature well into its third week work only a very few lobby- have appeared on the scene, and heretofore they were as thick as on a coon. There is no * la™or or fireworks mixed In this session so far, oKbougl •^veral hot bills are scheduled to ^oor the house foT de- *n ne3rt day or so. However, it m ay be th at a slow Rfca rt will wind up raudh different ly a week or so before adjourn ment. Legislators have b e e n known to get a whole flock of brilliant ideas, when it’s time to go home. In all probability the very severe w eather th a t h it Sa- lcm and all of Oregon last week had much to do in keeping down the expected stream of onlookers, visitors, etc.p I t’s a cinch that the weather had plenty to do with * I U -M UZ , PARALYSIS FUND CAM keeping practically all the law PAIGN ENDS THIS WEEK m akers in Salem lost week end. You’ve probably never written As a rule they always "%ightail” to President Roosevelt, let alone it for Portland or home to enjoy having sent him a birthday greet- their week-end siesta. ing. But here’s your chance to • • • (k it and help a good cause, too. Many guesses are going t h e W ar The annual nation-wide, cam- rounds as to who will be who for Farm ers and other operators of pnign for funds to fight infantile several 0/ the juicy jobs to be commercial vehicles still waiting Despite the fact that the pre for certificates of war necessity paralysis now is in its final week, handed out by Governor Snell The campaign also celebrates the a fte r the session adjourns. Ru- siding officers of both the house or who have appeals pending for prosident’s 61st birthday on Sat- mor has It th a t George Flagg, and the senate have insisted that larger allowances will continue to urday. Each card is to be ac- "h o served as chief deputy secrc- the members remain in session receive tem porary gasoline ra comipanied by a dime (or as many tary of state under Earl Snell and until Saturday noon of each of tions for “adequate mileage,” it as you care to send) to help in always his good right arm, will the two weeks of the session so has been announced by the office the fight. become liquor adm inistrator, one far, it does not seem to have made of price administration. Dr. E. T. Hedlund, Portland, of the best payng jobs on the the session any faste r than usual. Acting on a request from , the state chairman of the campaign governor’s platter. Frank Loner- It is, perhaps, a laudable move, office of defense transportation, f or the Foundation for Infantile Kan. long a legislative warhorse, but the bills seem to corpe in only OPA announced th at tem porary Paralysis, explained th a t when 8a«d to be first choice for a about so fast" anyway. rations will be issued by its lo- y0lf m ail yOur birthday card it Multnomah county judgeship when For instance, the bills of the cal rationing boards under t h e goes directly to the White House and if a vacancy occurs through many adm inistrative agencies following conditions, it is report- m ail room«, where Ira Smith, vet- retirem ent of one or more of the have not been written in most cd: eran chief of White House mails, incumbents; and, incidentally, it’v cases. There have been some in If an applicant has applied for takes it in charge. T ^ n the funds a certainty th at one or two of surance bills and some from the an ODT certificate, but has not are audited. Portland’s judges intend to retire code commissioner making little received it, and his application has “The best p art of it.” Dr. Hed- if a judge’s pension bill goes thru changes in the wording of the law not been denied. lund pointed out, “ is that half of ^ i s session, as is being planned. or deleting obsolete m atter. Oth Or if an appeal requesting more the money raised is returned to Jerry Saylor, who directed several er than that, nothing. gallonage than the ODT certifi-' the county raising the funds, successful campaigns for Snell, A new governor seems to have cate allowed has been submitted There it is used to help cure in- ’s ®ure to be rewarded. A success- difficulty in getting his program to ODT and is still under eonsid- fantile paralysis victims. It may insurance man, it ia under- w ritten into bills. He apparently erfltion. —— * be your neighbor’s boy or girl, he has his eye focused on The deadline for tem porary ra- or even your own.” ^be job of insurance coramiasion- concentrated on getting his ideas into his speech for the inaugural. tions had been fixed previously Dances are not being scheduled er* Floyd Cook of Portland, an- other of Governor Snell’s close Then he has to find some one to for January 31. this year, due to the war. political advisors, is said to be write it into a bill. It doesn’t scheduled for a good job, a n d sound hard, but history indicates HORSES ADVERTISE MORO WOMAN’S CLUB WILL many other good jobs are in the that it requires some time. AND SHERMAN COUNTY HAVE COMBINED PROGRAM offing for some one a fter the leg The tax program has iust s ta rt The Appaloosa , Horse club, The Moro Woman’s club will islature is out of the way and ed to take shape this week as the through articles and pictures in meet nt th e' clubhouse next Fri- homeward bound. It’» always poor house taxation and revenue com horse magazines that have a wide day. February 5. The program 'politics to make political apfolnt- mittee, im patient because of the circulation, such as the W estern of the meeting which was sched- ment s while the are jn lack of bills in its hands, started Horseman published at Lafayette, uled to have been held last Fri- «¿Mion. So the boys wfl] have bearings on tax m atters without Cal., and the National Horseman day but which Was cancelled be- wait awhile, bills. Monday the school dpll was published’ at Louisville, Ky., have cause of the inclement weather . • • • under discussion,' Tuesday it was brought visitors to Sherman coun- will be combined with the pro- Gdles French of Moro introduced the income tax, whether it should ty from all over the United States, grtim which had been planned for the bill to place churches, pri- he reduced, how much, etc.; on and inquiries from all over tin the February 5th meeting. In vate schools, etc.» which have al- Wednesday it was the corporation world. Recently there was an charge of the program will he the ways been exempt from rooi prop- excise tax, Thursday the reserve inquiry from Honorato Colete, Ha- Bible departm ent and the library erty taxation, on the tax roll. Ob- plan advocated by Governor Snell bana. The English spelling i. committee. A s io r t play will be servers give the measure little which will run head on with the Havana, which is in Cuba. presented. chance of passing, but agree that school bill. Shall the reserve fund The meeting is «cheduled to be it’s a step in the right direction. Requests for information have be made merely^ for the reduction also been received from the Na gin a t 2:00 p.m. Too long have many revenue-pro of property tax or for post-war tional Horse Association of Great ducing businesses been exempt r needs as the governor asked? F ri Britain, R. A; Brown, secretary, TAXPAYERS TO BE AIDED from taxation, ouch as private day the committee will talk about 35 Wymona St., Putney S. W. 15; IN PREPARING OF RETURNS schools, clubs, etc. Multnomah the pay-as-you-go plan, and by from Mr. Kenlock Wylie, in care Deputy collectors of internal, f° r instance, .Which does a Saturday will be a t least partially of the Clydesdale Bank, Cranston -a v e n u e will be in Moro February whale of business in its bar, ros- prepared to begin making up its Hill Branch, Argyle St., Gias- If, and in Wasco February 17 for tau ra n t and other club activities, mind 6n the mass of information gow, Scotland; and from Mr. A. the purpose of assisting taxpayers and al®° receives about $36,000 gathered during the week’s cor., M. Brown,-Kameula P.O., Hawaii, in preparing their federal income «Radium rental each year from the ferences. Appaloosa booklets have'been sent tax. returns for the year 1942. dog races, pays not a cent of real This week also saw the big to individuals in foreign countries, The same assistance is also a- property tax. They own.t^d op- truck legislation get started when the United States, and Canada, variable to taxpayers at the of- erate several acres o f real estate public hearings were held on as well as to several libraries, fice of the Collector of Internal downtown Portland jH udl for House Bill 44, to permanently which asked for them so that Revenue, Custom House, Portland years has received police and fire raise the size of trucks to some they might be placed on file for each dav until March 15, which protection, ate., f rom ttte d ty Continued on page two— reference.. is the final day for filing return«. T Continued en Page . Bi 1 F arm ers S et H igh G oals B u t N eed Labor a Editor Sends Notes From Legislature Time E xten ded For F arm ers - C ertificates i
