F ifty -F ifth Y e a r N o . 20
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Moro, Oregon. Friday, M arch 26, 1943
Official Oonnty Papg
Wednesday
School Group
Jananese Treasure Chest in Hands of Marines Restrictions On
Expected To
Is Tin Can Scrap
Killing Livestock
Study System
Collection Day
N ext W ednesday, March 31, will
Apply To Farmer The committee appointed
Sherman Co-op
Shipping Wheat
To Clear Houses
the
first of £his month to investigate
be tin can scrap day over the
the sc h o o l'“ system of Sherman
mid-Columbia area. T hat is the
Commodity Credit Expected
Licenses N eeded For Killing
county is expected to meet and
day when school children are re­
begin form ulating a report w ith­
To Ship Enough To Permit
Beef, Mutton or Pork For
quested to bring their tin cans,
in a few weeks so it will be
Storage of 1943 Crop
properly flattened, to school.
ready for action by the several
Anything But Home Use
school
boards
by
the
time
of
the
Thursday,
A pril 1, Vernon
I
F la tt will g a th e r these cans and
Farm ers who store their grain
Farm ers who * kill their own annual school election which is
W ashington D. C. —There are take them to The Dalles where
livestock will find some new res-’ held the- third Monday in June. with the Sherman Co-operative
562,689 m ales in Oregon. On the they will be loaded ab o ard . .car
Members of the committee are
trictions ham pering their, activity. J L. Davis of Kent, Wallace May Grain Growers have agreed to
farm« there were 141,509. In the along with cans from adjoining
There are four types of license of Grass Valley, Dewey Thomp­ turn over to the Commodity Cre­
rural areas but not on farm s were counties.
158,862. Such was the manpower
under which stock may be killed. son of Moro, Afton M cIntyre of dit corporation 572,000 bushels of
The work of gathering th is type
less than th ree years ago. Since
Two of these are for commercial Wasco and S. A. Wilson of Rufus. w heat before the end of the loan
of scrap is under the direction of
then selective service has dipped
Investigation
of the
school period. This is being done to in­
killers and do not affect m any in
the county salvage chairm an but
in and removed thousands, the
system
of
the
county
has,
in
the sure removal of the wheat from
S
er£t.
MaJ.
W
illia
m
B.
R
ickards
of
F
it
c
h
b
u
r
g
,
Mass.,
gloats
over
this county. Those who kill in
the school children have been re­
exact number being something
opinion
of
a
m
ajority
of
obser­
f
easure
chest
fu
ll
of
Japanese
money
which
wad
captured
by
the
m
arines
excess of 300,000 pounds per year
quested to get the cans into one
the elevators of the cooperative
of r. n ilitary secret. The d ra ft age
i l the first oiTcnsive on the Solomon Islands. M a y b e Sergeant Richards
pile in each town. Instructions for r /Ill s p c x l to m e of this dough in Tokyo— w ith th e a rm y of occupation— will need one type of license- vers, been a need of the county to make room for the coming 1943
strength of Oregon ( 18 to 38 )
those commercial killers who kill for some years inasmuch as Sher­ crop.
flattening tin cans ,have been r,e hove.
was 229,368 and from th is should
less than
300,000 pounds
per man county has one of the high­
sent to everyone and it is expect­
While this amount of space will
be subtracted several thousand
year
will
need
another
type
of e st costs per school child of any probably not be sufficient to store
ed th a t hy this time every house­
who ar? in the arm y, the navy,
county in the state and the quality
license.
hold will have a pile of prepared
the crop it will be of m aterial aid.
marines and coast guard. The per­
F anners who kill over 10.090 of education provided is not, in The Wasco territo ry often pro­
cans ready for delivery as scrap.
centage
of rejections fo r phy­
pounds of meat will need another the minds of the patrons thereof, duces in excess of a million bu­
sical reasons has not been stated.
kind of license and those who kill comparable to the cost. Some shels of wheat p er year.
The following is a series o f forces, will be raised through the less than 10,000 pounds of meat recommendations for change are
In addition to taking this quan­
short items having to do with continuing sale of war savings will need another kind of license. hopefully awaited from w hat is tity of wheat from the Wasco
60 percent of these have disap­
All must apply to the USDAC- probabl ythe most im portant com ­ section the Commodity Credit is
rationing and other w ar activities. bonds, and ta x savings notes,
peared, swallowed up in m ilitary
It comes from the Office of W ar treasury bills, and the offering of a WB (United States D epartm ent m ittee the county has had for also taking wheat from the other
forces or in w ar industries. One
many years.
There will be another meeting Inform ation.
cooperatives to clear their w are­
number of new treasury issues de­ of Agriculture County W ar Board)
of the problems which has been
Red stam ps from w ar ration signed for every class and type of to you) and bring inform ation as
houses for the growing crop
|
worrying congress is how to keen
"
farm labor on the farm .. I t i,<M oro B re a k fa .t e ll* a t the court book two, which are good for the investor,” said secretary Morgen- to killings made in 1941 which
Some W heat Moved Earlier
purchase of m eats, cheeses, edi­ thau. “As we move forw ard into will be used as a base, and m ust
generally admitted th a t if a farm house Friday night, April 2. It
ble fate and oils and canned fish, full production in the w ar effort, submit with their application an
During the railroad abandon­
laborer is given a deferm ent to ¡g probable th a t these meetings will become valid and will ex­
inventory of beef, pork and m ut­
m
ent
scare of last fall a great
it
is
increasingly
im
portant
th
at
work on a farm he cannot be w¡n
a regular thing during the
ton on hand for slaughter
pire as follows:
Point values of m eats to be­ many bushels of w heat was ship­
every
American
invest
in
his
gov­
frozen there. if this 1s America, spring and summ er growing sea-
A fan n e r who kills for his come im portant March 29 when ped out of the Moro and Grass
Red stam p A (16 points) will
and being a free citizen he can gOn for gardeners, both profes- become valid March 29 and ex­ ernm ent's securities to the limit own use has “no lim itation as long
m eat rationing bégíniT have been Valley houses and a smaller num ­
desert the farm fo r a w ar industry 8¡onal and am ateur, .may be in pire April 30: red stam p B (16 of his of her ability.”
as he stays within his norm al”. announced by the OPA. Almost ber of bushels will have to be mo­
w* • •
where the pay is better. As an aî- need of inform ation or consolation points) will become valid April 4
If he sells a p a rt of his m eat he all popular cuts of m eat will re­ ved from them than from Wasco
tem ative the suggestion is made during the period of production, and expire April 30', red stam p C
There ie nothing in, any OPA m ust apply for and obtain a spe­ quire 8 of the 16 points given per
to clear these houses for 1943
th a t as long as he is needed on - A t the m eeting last Friday (16 points) will become valid regulation preventing sales of but­ cial tag from the USDACWB.
week. This means th at everyone delivery o f w h e a t
the farm and rem ains there he night there was interest in the April 11 and expire April 30; red te r a t lees thsm ceiling prices S3t
Commercial killers m ust obtain can get two pounds of m eat per
During the w inter the
Com­
will be deferred, but if he leaves problems of raising gardens, in- stam p D (16 points) will become recently a t th e cream ery and a stam p and stam p the carcass
week of the best cuts, provided modity Credit corporation has or­
for a w ar industry he will be eluding the tim e to plant, depth valid April 18 and expire April wholesales levels. These ceilings with approved type of ink. Farm
he doesn’t need to spend p a rt of dered the removal of wheat from
picked up and placed in uniform . of planting, varieties best adapted
30; the expiration date of red represent the maximum prices at slaughterers should send the U S­ his points for shortening or other other stations in the mid-Cefambie
There is Ulfe, too. of raiding to the county. Some of those stamp E (16 points) which will which this cofhntodity m ay be sold, DACWB ah inventory of their rationed commodities.
area and it i s ' eapeeted th a t it
m arried men and sending them with experience find th a t th ere
become valid A pril 26, will be an­ price adm inistrator Prentiss M. stock by the end of this month
In the eight point per pound will provide local storage space
into service. There are in Oregon are new things to learn about the nounced later.
Brown said.
if they expect to sell any of the class are all steaks, the best fo r the crop th a t is now being
on farm s, 25,252 m arried men fine a rt of tilling the soil to suit
meat.
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g
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chops, sliced bacon, butter, cheese, grown. W hite w heat is in g rea t­
below the age of 34 years.
cabbages and carrots, and
ex-
A dealer, under this ruling is ham, boned cured pork.
e r demand than red w heat as
Pldrtty
of
metal
closures
and
Blue
stam
ps
D,.
E.
artd
F
in
W hat is not generally apprécia- change of experience is found
anyone who has stock on hand
feeding operations are growing
The
seven-point
class
includes
rubber
ja
r
rings
will
be
available
w
ar
ration
book
two,
totaling
48
Ud is th a t only California and helpful. This is the reason the
for a period of less than 30 days.
with the shortage of m eat and
second
class
chops,
rib
roasts,
ba­
for
American
housewives
who
will
points,
will
be
good
from
March
W ashington
paid higher farm m eetings are being held,
Dealers m ust obtain a license.
con, sausage, weiners, bologna, poultry.
be doing an increased am ount of 25 through April 30. Stamps A.
wages last year than did Oregon.
canned fish, tinped meats.
canning^ thia year.
The W a r B and C will be valid only through
The difference between W ashing- I
y
Production
Board
has
removed
all
March
31.
Consequently,
between
For six points one can g e t
ton and Oregon wages was 15 1HCO1DC 1 ftX KCtUFDS
quota restrictions on ^the m anu­ March 25 and March 31, blue
shoulder roasts, neck meat, pork
cents a day, without board. Cal-
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*1 ”1 C
facture of certain types of metal stam ps A through F may be used
shoulder, tongue and similar meaU.
iio m ia fa rm ers paid
«0
lids
used
to
seal
the
jars.
Pro­
to
buy
rationed
canned
foods.
In the five point group are
day more than Oregon also with-
%
, ifned by
hibition
of
the
use
of
zinc
i
s
A
regular
meeting
of
the
Kent
rump
roast, ham burger ground
out board. . When Oregon and
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Gasoline for spring planting
,
.
,
navin?
Governor
Snell
by
March
30,
the
continued.
Grange
will
be
held
Saturday
eve­
from
necks,
flanks, etc., and oleo­
W ashington farm ers were payin„
A driver with a mileage ration
and for cultivating and harvest­
< * B
$3 09 and $3.24 a day (dozens of deadline for gubernatorial appro-
of more than 240 miles monthly ning, March 27, with a farewell m argarine.
ing crops will be readily available
Beef short ribs, brisket a n d
Three modifications of shoe re- now can have new casings t>f the party afterw ards.’...'
states pay only. $1.86) and ship- vaj of bills ,it will be possible for
to farm ers this summer through
Wilbur Alfred is staying a t the shank, veal breast, lamib n e c k ,
yards were paying $1 and more gtate ¡ncome tax payers to wait tion order 17 have been authorized lower qualities, grade II, when
rationing procedures streamlined
an hour, it was almost impossible
^ p ril 15 before sending in by OPA. They are: (1) An ad­ he needs replacements. Motorists Sather ranch, and will finish school scrapple, headcheese are in the for their convenience, Richard G.
four point class.
ditional ration for “safety” shoes, with mileage rations between 560 in Kent.
to keep labor on farm s. Was indus
returng for 1942
Montgomery, district OPA direc­
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Lester.
Wilson
For three points per pound one
used
for
health
protection
in
spe­
tries won whenever t
a
This is the
bill th at provides
and 1 000 monthly, who have been
tor
says.
and daughters were visitors in may obtain beef brains, ox tails,
contest with farm s or a r.
f or quarterly paym ents as well cial work, may be acquired from eligible for new casings in the
Anticipating
increased farm de­
the local board by any person lower quality bracket only, can Dufur Sunday a t the home o f tripe, lamb breast, and chile con
as changing
the date of the
mands
because
of expanded crop
Mrs. Wilson’s parents, Mr. and came. In the two point class are
Here is the value of t e ea
first payment. Another bill was whb has spent his ration stam p now get grade I tires. The re­
schedules,
OPA
has laid plans in
pork kidneys, pork necks artd pigs’
ing industries of Oregon (not in pasged
recent session of 17, even though a member of his lease of these new casings under Mrs. Edgar Smith.
collaboration
w
ith
the petroleum
Helen Sather was home Sunday feet, and for one point per pound
eluding war industries).
un\ €_r the legislature which makes the fam ily has an unspent stam p: (2i rationing to “B” and “C” card
adm
inistration
fo
r
w
ar to assdre
*140,140.023. food product, »27. notar¡a| >ea, on income tax re- Sandals which can be sold ration- holders will be for replacement of evening, leaving Monday m orning one can buy fresh pigs’ feet and farm ers the gasoline rations they
pig ears.
free are re-defined to include all tires worn beyond the recappable on the stage.
320,006, paper (products $25,603. turng unnecegsary
Mr. and Mrs. William B arnett
A few items will require more need when they need it, within
632, meat products $17,24O,44o,
R ,g
expected th at th<> sandals with an open back and a stage, according to OPA.
and
daughters
of
Grass
Valley
than
eight points such as bone­ lim its of available supply.
d airy p ro d ucts $16.955347, p rin .- governor will fa il to g¡gn
bilí heel height of 1 1-8 inches or less
Applications fo r rations f o r
less
sirloin
steak, boneless ham,
were
visitors
Sunday
a
t
the
J.
L.
ing and publishing $ • ’ . ' ’ ag Jts provisions are not contro- regardless .of the m aterial used
tractors
and other off-the-highway
pork
tenderloin,
ready
to
e
a
t
M atthes home.
in the upper; (3) Certain shoes
iron and steel $11,503,339, bakeries
*
farm
machinery
m ay be mailed
Mrs.
M.
K.
Pluemke
returned
ham
and
shoulder,
boneless
slicod
with solqs made principally o f
$10,682,384. Wages paid by var- ______________
to
w
ar
price
and
rationing
boards
ham
and
dried
beef.
The
last
of
home
last
Wednesday
from
P
o
rt­
rope, wood, or other non-strategic
ious
industries were:
Lumber
or
they
m
ay
be
turned
over
to a
these
will
require
12
points.
land,
where
she
had
been
taking
m aterials m ay be sold ration-free,
$46,116.398, p ap e r products $4,- ^ a s c o S c h o o l N oteS
W
eather
conditions
in
Sherman
county
war
board
to
certify
and
Full
regulations
will
be
posted
care
of
her
daughter,
Mrs.
Paul
r gardless of the m aterial used
085,403, wood products
county
for
the
past
week
have
forw
ard
to
the
rationing
board,
in
each
retail
m
eat
shop.
Smith
and
infant
son
Michael.
in the upper.
¿
Z ne<1puhH,hing8 ,T 2 ^ .
which will mail back the ration
been generally favorable to spring
J. L. Davis was a visitor in
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work,
which
so
far
has
consisted
coupon
books to the applicants.
The
Dalles
Monday
of
this
week.
bakeries
$2,212,623, machinery
A t a m eeting Monday afternoon
An employer who tem porarily
SOLDIERS STUDY HARD
chiefly
of
seeding
of
spring
wheat
Farm
ers
may also get ration
Mrs.
J.
N.
Maclnnes,
Mrs.
G
arth
and tools $2.025,918 .iron and steel COUnty school superintendent Wily hires workmen fo r periods of less
and barley. Plowing has not be­ Walton and son Thomas and
coupons
for
a six months supply
OREGON
STATE
COLLEGE
—
$1,534,671, woolens $1.347,737.
K nigh ten talked over the Victory than 30 days m ay obtain rationed
gun
yet
on
a
m
ajor
scale.
of
gasoline.
This eliminates the
daughter
Ellen
were
visitors
In
Soldier
students
assigned
to
this
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garden project with the students foods for them by applying to his
In the south end of the county The Dalles Saturday.
necessity
of
applying
for renewal
campus for advanced engineering
On the picturesque coast of anj teachers of the Wasco school. local w ar price
and rationing
it is still freezing nights a n d
of
rations
every
three
months as
Mr. and Mrs. Louis Sather and train in g will begin ectual class-
Oregon n t P ort Orford, near Bat-
Music supervisor Andrew Land- board. This is of special impor­
there is frost over a large part son Glenn were visitors in The work March 29 instead of March was required until recently. How­
tie Rock, the government is to les has been ill for a week,
tance to farm ers who hire labor
ever, any farm er whose needs
of the county, but the days are Dalles last Thursday when Glenn 15 as first planned.
build a class 4 airport which will
Here is a rem arkable report of during the planting and harvest­
warm and usually sunny although received medical treatm ent
for
The first hundred men to re­ may increase a t any tim e dur­
cost $865,000 and will probably the Tuberculosis seal sale
i n ing seasons, to employers of con­
clouds have tempted the wind on his foot.
port
here represented more than. ing the six m onths period, may
be well over a million by the Sherman county. Of the amount struction w orkers on , tem porary
several
days.
80
different
colleges, including apply to his rationing board for
Kenpeth
Sather
was
a
business
time the development is completed, solicited the retu rn was over 81 jobs, lumber camp operators and
The ground is wet, very wet, visitor in Kent Sunday getting a Yale, Harvard, Purdue, Stanford additional rations to m eet the
The navy departm ent requested per cent, whereas 75 per cent is other seasonal employers.
and w ater is running in nearly load of livestock to take to P o rt­ and even some foreign universities emergency.
this and civil aeronautics admin- considered very good.
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v
“ No farm er, planning to ex­
every creek, coming out of t h e land.
The men were selected a t various
istration has agneed to construct
Whooping cough immunizations
A price-support program which soil in draws and other low plac­
pand his crop program to meet
camps
by
means
of
examinations
Mrs.
Durward
Helyer
and
fam
­
it It is to be an additional pro- will be made available for children
assures farm ers 20 to 50 per cent es. With a normal season from ily returned home Sunday from tc find those capable of handling w artim e needs for food, need feai
tection of the Oregon coast and through the county health associ­
higher prices fo r th eir canning here on the prospects for a good Bend. She had been spending a junior work or higher.
th a t his farm operation* will be
a i not be far, in flying time, ation and will be administered by
crops than last year has been a n ­ crop are fine as there have been- couple of weeks with her parents
jeopardized because of rationing
These
students
in
uniform
are
a
from the place where a Japanese Dr. Ethel R ueter and member» of
nounced by the U.S. D epartm ent few reports of w inter killing. while having dental w ork done. p art of the student body with all restrictions,” Montgomery em­
submarine ■ sent a hydroplane a- the unit.
of A griculture and the OPA. Some w inter wheat was damaged
privileges except participation in phasised.
shore to drop incendaries in a
The spring band concert night
Crops for which support prices a rr by washjng of the soil on slopes,
F arm ers having trucks should
intercollegiate
athletics.
They
national forest. The little town will be April 2. This is the fourth
GARDENS PLANNED
established include tom atoes, snap however.
apply
fo r their second quartet
woudn’t
have
time
for
th
at
any­
of P o rt Orford is to furnish the annual concert and a fine program
beans, sweet com , green peas, li­
gasoline
allowances, immediately,
way,
as
they
will
follow
a
heavy
The
county
agent
and
school
land w ithout cost td the govern- has been prepared. Everyone is
ma beans, beets, carrots, and cab­
M
ontgomery
said, to assure them ­
superintendent are preparing in­ schedule of 25 hours of class work
nient and m aintain and operate invited and there is no admission
SOME MACHINERY FREED
bage for kraut.
selves
of
ample
gasoline during
structions and seed requirem ents and 25 hours of study periods a
the field as a public airport. This charge.
the
first
of
the
quarter
w h ic h
week,
plus
six
hours
of
physical
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County agent LeRoy W right a n ­ for gardens of varying size so
field will furnish the navy with
Dr. D. V. Poling was to have
s
ta
rts
April
1.
They
should
take
education
and
five
hours
of
mil­
During April the U. S. treasury nounces th a t cream separators and th at school children who desire to
a land base from which to oper- visited the school Tuesday but
or
send
their
ODT
certificates
of
itary
drill
a
week.
ate patrols, being
theoretically was called home by a death in his will borrow the sum of $18,000.- rod weeders have been taken off take part in the essential Victory
w
ar
necessity
to
the
board
show­
All
expenses
of
the
men
are
paid
000,000 (billion) in its second w ar the farm machinery ration list so garden program will be able to
sim ilar to the land base a t Ton- family.
ing th a t they have complied with ,
mie point.
Room picture» of the school loan drive. “Thi* m oney/ which they may be purchased by those get their information and supplies by the army and each receives
the tire inspection requirements.
private’s
pay
while
here.
• , * with a minimum of effort.
is needed to back up our armed who need them.
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were taken recently,
OW I Tells Citizens New Things
About Rationing Problems
K„nT™ :LX>T
Garden Meeting Will
Be Held April 2
Meat Points
Effective Monday
Kent Grange To
Meet Saturday .
Weather Favorable
For Spring Work
Recorded For Week
Farmers May Have
Sufficient Gasoline