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Fifty-Sixth Year
Moro, Oregon
No,
Fourth War Loan
Official County
Friday» January 7, 1944
Pilot Boards Life Baft
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Campaign Starts
Utncers for
January 18
1844 Program
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Called For
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General
Parley
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Joe Peters Refuses To
C o u ty E Bond Quota
Remain Chairman For
Larger Than Before; Quota
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For Corporations Smaller
Another Term
Election of new officers of the
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'eounty AAA committee was done
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December 31 when the counfy
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was Wallace May who succeeds
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•Joe Peters who has been county
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chairman since the second year of
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the AAA work. Mr. Peters wanted
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to retire from the work entirely
but agreed to accept election as
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O G -Bilderim md
was named the third member of
The Fourth W ar Loan campaign
In September the w ar depart-
begin all over the United
ment,navy departm ent, w ar ship- S tates Jan u ary 18, a week from
ping adm inistration and the m ar- next Tpeariay. * . r
¡time comm is«ion haT 'w iexpend
Total
raised ¡,
ed balance« of appropriations to i ^^ oqq ^ oqq ^OOO a billion less than
taling 106 billion dollar«. Of this
raised in the Third War
sum 82 billion deliars were un-
drive heW
obligated balances, which mean«
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th e :7 trad mot be«, eny order.
qu6U
ylucad, contract. .w arded, « r -
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V.ce, performed or any o th er tra n - M8’000 fa « * P" ’ io° - dr”re-
sac tier i charged against these ‘ Quota« of Oregon counties have
fund,. 7 hie is the allegation of been readjusted tp conform to the
cum m ttee in reduction of nones- bond buying habits and abilities
scntial federal expenditure«.
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citixene thereof.
Senator Byrd, chairm an of this
The E bond quota for Sherman
committee, intends ««king for an co u n ty has been raised from
investigation of these huge unex- $71*300 to $88,400. At the same
pended balances to determine time the quota for sales r to WC
whether additional appropriations porations in this county has been
will be needed until such tim? as redueaJ from $51,800 to $15.700.
all the outstanding balance« have Sherman county citixene bought
been encumbered. It is the purt more E bonds in the Third Bond
pose of the committee to turn Loan cam paign than any other
these unobligated balance« of 82 county but «old only 33 percent
billion dollar« back to the treas- of the corporation quota The ad-
urv, if possible, in the ev-nt th a t justm ent makes the Fourth drive
th e
appropriation«
committee quotas more realistic.
thinks it cannot appropriate the
Quota $142,100
balances for other purposes.
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Believe it o r not, the Byrd com-
Total ouota fo r Sherman County
m ittee has been the caoee of con- b $142,100,
In addition to the above E bond
gr-tss saving in excess of two
billion dollars by the liquidation quota this county ia expected t*>
of non-war agenciea and the re-
$26,200 in F and G bond«,
duction of other appropriations $11300 in other bond«. Consider-
where w ar activity would not
popularity a l the C bonds
,b e m torfered with. Senator Byrd in
of the Third W ar
is an all-out economist and is
campaign it ia likely th a t
Court Names
AAA Elects New F °rm Meeting
A meeting »ha« been called by
the county agent for Friday, Ja n
uary 14 a t the court house to di«
cuss 1844 production goals. The
meeting will begin at ten o’clock.
On the list fo r discussion are
the national farm production for
1944, the price policy th at should
be pursued, the farm labor' situ-
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the ^arm s’ bveatock and livestock
da’ry and <*»” * P™duct^
Ftom this group of" ItopiCH it
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continue all day. Clyde Kiddle will
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be present from the state college
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to aid in the discuseion and help
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Purp0K , ” *° plan the, farm
proftram f° r
‘ Pd take
inventory of what may be done
fcc reach the national needs.
Appointive
Officers For Year
Delegation Comes To Get
Aid In Mormon Cricket
Eradication Battle
County court meeting for Jan-
uary ts usually a rather long aff-
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for appointment of many officials
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of court members-
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Among the m atters of interest
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court was information th a t the
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railroad company la not going to
buy the land a t Kent on which
jt had planned to build a wye for
turning trains around. Other ar-
rangem ents have been made, t -
ported the railroad office. A t pre
sent engines have been backing
to Kent from Grass Valley where
a turntable is already installed.
There was discussion of the fea
sibility of putting underpasses
for »took on some county roads
but no decision was made by the
court as costa were not available
nor was it known how fa r the
county should go in meeting coats.
D raft deferments for county
officials stiM under 38, was ano-
ther subject th a t required some of
the court’» time.
in consideration of appomtment
of 1844 officials the court
Roy Barnet as a member
fa jr board fo r three
the Sherman County Journal as
official county paper, named Dr.
feeal(h of.
the county board.
A (secretary
and treasurer will be elected Ja n
uary 10.
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Officials of the community con.- J ^ a s o n s a „ J S t a r
m it tees are:.
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Wasco: O G iHilderbrand, chair- v
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man and delegate, R N Guilford
vice-chairman
and Marvin Thomas
«meiAL •. a. «ATT
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Installation of officers for the
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L E Dehlar are al
O ne-m an r u b b e r life rafts are stan dard eq u ip m en t in all
local Masonic lodge« was held
Navy sin gle-seat figh ters. T h e raft is packed and stow ed ternates
lest Thursday night a t a jo.nt
Grass
below the tu rtle back im m ed ia tely b eh in d th e p ilot's seat.
Grass Valley: George Wilcox, meeting.
A fter a land in g at sea, th e p ilo t p u lls ou t th e raft, turns the delegate and chairman, Millard
Put into office for the Masons
valve on the b o ttle o f carb on tlio x id e, and th e raft inflates in Eakin vice-eha;rman, J B Coon were: R P Brifbine, WM l Char-
1 m in u te. T o get o n to the raft, th e p ilo t grabs the o p p o site member. ARerr'st'‘s «re Rcy Sei»
res Ruggles SW; LeRoy W right,
aide and throw s h im se lf h o rizo n ta lly acroaa the boat.
illing and W illarl B u t t
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; Clarence Sparling, treasur-
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Locuet Grove:
IXlegate
e r; R V Lockhart, secretary: E E
chairman,
H D Proudfoci,
Barxee, SD: Irving H art, JD; E ir
chairman Paulen K aJelerg. nem
gene Lockett Sr. Steward; Ron-
ber, WalteT Blau: slternat?«, II:!-
aid Powell Jr- Steward; Martin
dred Zell and G H Root
Melzer, tyler: Wendell Babiger,
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without
giving1
Carroll Sayra, j * ! -»'1 - m am (,a| ; H arry Pinkerton, chap-
f Some rule« of the OP A meat tom slaughte
a n 4 . if they are to ani' «ha.rman. Clarence Snarl,ng
program have been boiled down to up ration poan
definite cans and can’t«. • He’ C be used on th e farm .
<wrtP*on,
Eastern Star: Alice fleer,
appointed CCWilaou as
they are:
You may
give away ra- ™e™ber
Omduff WM; Clarence Sparling, tru an t officer, made the court. }t
You don>t need a fartn 8iad. tinned meat« without collecting
al/ _ * n< D_ r
1 WP- Naomi Van Gilder. a w l. * l f the IXMow Park board, ap
Kent: Rov Barnet, delegate and w p i Naomi Van Gilder,
perm it for «laoghtering am- point». You
loan meat from chairman, Frank
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vonBonrtel,' vice- Matron: H arry Pinkerton ass’t. painted L L Peeta. Roy Powell
ral, ed tf you
anim als to any ker«on who is a c a r m a n .
a k
wenv Patron; Marie Hoskirwon, seerv- and H arry Pinkerton .. road viewers.
the
from thera for’ yout home producer‘<f'M m at b u t such
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tary ; Irene Fraser, treasurer, chose L L
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having a field day in saving gov-
them will be bought tbi« own household
(Rained means m eat must l>e retum ed in ’
Election, were held with a mm- Genevieve Powell. . « t condor-
^ E « ™ c k ^ Louis
em m ent money. Ae governor of time.
go day«).
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trn«*- Helen
Helen nuggies,
Ruinrles c conductress;
imum
of r farm
ers _su voting indication
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, Sather and Tom Do urn a as „ mam-
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Virginia he made a reputation for
Opganixation for the campaign
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Qn * * 7 ^ you negd
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Nina
Pinkerton,
organist;
Edith
ber«
of
the
dog
fund
hoard,
named
th a t interest in the program
has i\!h.a rm a e rw n . ui¥ ». >
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. the economical way in which he in
^ t y will begin next
up r a t^
for TO SELL SOME SHOES
1 Burnet, warden; Truman
Strong, Torn G a rre » as county brand in-
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waned
In
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last
few
years.
About
administered taxff>ayer fund«, and we^ «rhen volunteer
workers
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wrwn^n’« fnntwoflr most twenty votes were cast in the co- rentinel; Norma Balsiiger, mar- spector.
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from y(idr own farm raised
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aw Dor-
shall Anna Moore, chaplain:
A delegation conpoaed of R M ,
rinee coming to the .e n a te he h a .
ba provided with b a n k , and
.laughter for , Some womens footwear, . most
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been plugging away at the same rndfeto» « id territo ry to cover.
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ly novelty type«, w,U be sold ra-
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otha Moore, Ada; Ruth Sparling. John»on. Deibert Jobnaon, Fred
idea, bu t only in the past year
Although
Sherm an
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v tion-free a t $3 o r less a pair
Ruth; Pauline Douma, E sther; Hennagin, George Drinkard. A J
have his efforts %ome fru it.
p u ro b as^ of bond« have , always
If y°u do n0t raise nvestcck fpoin January 17 through 29. This TIRE, TUBE SUPPLY
Kerrone Christiansen, M artha; E- Smith, O G Hilderbrand and WC
A Democrat, but anti-Kooae« been high, both in amount» re- J**1 m ay
kuy AR am nia an doeg nQt mean th a t the shoe STILL LOW
thel Strong, Electa. ’
Fuller, with L C W right a» «pok-.
velt, Byrd was suggested aa the quested through the quota« and in
,5 * ^ ^ . . 1 supply picture has improved. It
Tjre and tube quctafl for j anu. _____ .
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esman,
brought in a auggeated
budget for baiting M onpan «rick
man to lead a new party in the amounts * actually * bought, i^ ia fa n n “ a “8 hter Perm
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* :v is 'intended to help dealers dis- &ry reflect
continuing short-
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south by Senator Bailey, w ith a Hkely «that because . of a high »»MLW R®»».
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pwu> of u mited quantities of wear-
The quota of 276.629 new W o o I g f O W e f S S e t I 0
ets in the northeast p art of the
second-the-motion from Senator s ta te of prosperty t h » can be
You may have anim als you abje sboeg whidi have been ly truck tires is 13,090 less than the
county. The budget called for e x
“ Cotton” Ed Smith. In the 1832 continued.
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^ v e raised on your farm cus ini, on the shelves
penditure 'Of $1500 by retid en u
December figure, and the quota M p p f I n T k p
of the area most affected and
of 230,400 new truck tubes is 27,-
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nominating convention Byrd was
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$1150 by the county
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787 under the December figure. Thorough discussion of the
«„ aapirant b u t
.w p t - f c e
It
was
estim
ated
that
45.000
by the steam roller of Jim Fai^
Similarly, a lessening in demand livestock and meat marketing
which
usually
occurs
during
the
situation
in
Oregon
and
the
Pa-
acre«
should
be
baited
by
an
akr-
k v , who was prom oting the then
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colder months accounts for low-
northwest and the present plane from
the government aar-
governor of New York for the
D. Roosevelt»
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January quotas
for
farm prospects for handling the 1944 vice. Wright reported thfld
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Following fc a roview of new , .quarter exceed cu rren tjtax es paid
April 30: M argaret Peetz bur
chief has been done in Gilliam county
Declaring th a t it i , t h , buai- event, of the fleet ,ix m onth, of W heat quota, u p e n d e d fo^ 1943. ,ed Monday Women e l M « o e u
quota
{or
forty for two yeira wi8h reduction in
newt of eongree« to arrange for
^ » r iu ,t en d id ' 1943'
CrwM dnve for fund’
bC' entert* 'n d* *
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27.600-low er by 4.600 than the eighth annual convention of «he the number of cricket«,
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PH O TO «««,
M eat Slaughter Possible If Rules
Obeyed and Ownership Proper
goi
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News R eview ed Briefly; Governmental
Regulations Take Up Most opcice r or F Urst H alt
the disposal of government owned
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Farm
goals given to
p , r
, h.ll nroviding .o r the
Moro ^ f o n e r y clou cuj]y
in
Da,1(B
creation of a connnittee to be ejj ^or „j^^tkyn.
March 12: W ar boards given
ccmposed e f the chairm an of the
Jan g; Q ^ r Sayre buried Sun
d€ferm ent of fa: n
dir tteTB __ - _** day. Fundi from tax sales diatri
v ictory garden program
Sunplie, Com., the ^ r e t « r : e , of hute<)
a ik , p . y
Tele
w ar. navy and treaeury and ttn fc „ .„ e , for county officials Coun-
reyumed
after
experienced (business m^n to oe
buy« 180 percent c f quota for japge
wS ^P>1
appointed by
quarter ftf 1942.
sbal
ave «upervi
j* n
p arm€rB being asked
sales of ill such surplus?«, with
at
inertings. R*v
RFC a , the *e,,’n* a* '” y'.
Jewel, Frank Graves. Robert Rolfe
reed of a c e n t r a l ^
W arren MorFan. Robert M orri,
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chaotic condvtion
ui i aii.Il ,n<l Fayuiond Van Gilder
winch p re ra .l,
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different governm ent ifroupe en
- , wraintinrvi of tih8
deavoring
n
’ surplus goods situation.
of Already
Aita *X the
X navy
™ ™ is a / selling
° b M d «orne
erA
leeve
Jan- 22: Sahcols c lc ^ d by cold
winj an<j 9now,
w eather wnin w in a a n y ow w .
Loans made on 2.217.422 bushels
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ef Sherman
county wheat. F arm -
c r , p ro m i« d more machinery. .
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on. Fuel rakzwln
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runic K
Jan
29:
shortage
clos:a
The x arm y is selling
some
goods
™ h X f f * t u r n - W-MkSO «Cihool. Kent five wins from
direct and oth « are « « n g tun.
Marah 19: Glen Karnes leaves
G rass. Valley, closing grocery,
Farm ers asked to keep with a lb r-
ed acreage. Viobory garden m eet-
¡ngg
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o ma e
p
unti, pump
charle3
Ruggles made county assessor.
Roy Poweil elected head of Was-
co county pioneers.
May 14: County bond sales ex-
ceed t2 00,00« Farm loan groups
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merge into Wapoo-<Sherman cou -
ty association. County budget
date to be May 24.
May 21: Ex-senator Phil Yat-
e , buried Monday in Portland. Rav
Blake leaves bank. Bucholtz .e ll,
December figure, while th? Janu- Oregon Wool Growers association
held M The Dalle.*
GAS RATION FOR
SERVICE MEN
To aid servicemen in recupei-
a ^ nif f rom illness or wounds re-
while on
dutyi 0 PA
their meetings the afternoon of
J January
al' u ary 13. ____- » « k s n on
Amqpg progra"
thM e ’ublect" wl11
Madigan of Chicago, in charge
ilft8 announced th at they may be
Rection of the OPA;
special gasoline rations for ° T
" secretary
of
uge ¡n traveling $o and from th e 'r
N atio n a l W ool Growers asso-
or other places of convul-
cscencc. This special ration will ' ' a ti™ '
AWoo7 c lw T n i'^ c o o p -
be ia, ued upon prc, cntation of ‘»e Pac.fle Wool Grower, coop
March 26: Tin can w rap being confectionery to Randall M artin. jcave papers to a local ration- <ra
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frpm WaM0 refundinK
anJ R )etter from the era >»' ^ « g e o
killing livestock. W arehouses be-
jne cieared of 1942 wheat. Group
jng ciearea oi
w u m s w v . v j i w u ,»
named to study county echool sys-
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April 2: Ground w et b u t romc
m
(9 Z Charles
TU n
TJixwnrloci named
run«
off.
Ruggles
acting assesor. Railroad caseclos-
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Feb. 5; W awo G ift ,h c n cold
April 9: Second Bond Sale be-
ment which *o fa r hi« been un
Point gin« April 12. - B reakfast club
able to evolve a satisfactorv p ^ n to W. R. Reid and »on.
May 28: Ernie Moores have gol- attending medical officer certify-
den wedding. County budget nut jng
transportation by au-
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v>y e n
raised but taxes higher. Small tomobdle, rather than by other
classes finish in 1943 from schools ra€an8i ^11 m aterially assist in
Ginn Coleman warehouse ratine- the recovery of
’erviceman’s
cria
T
'ite!
starts.
health.
June 4: Crop look» good b u t ------------------------
t tw0
eeellOX T ' ^ " k .
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to the public: crihera h e l i /
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dealers. Dealer«, who are virtually
X u t truck», are eager to buy
without tTUCK»,
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the surplus, h u t first they are
told thev will not be perm itted to
bid on them and later they are
told th a t they will (have to com-
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formation.
formation.
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tor accident. Station trying new
crops for w ar tim e uses. City
council8
^ 2Î':‘'
m e M budget
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and picked the ju ry list
of 200
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Preaaure cooker, and feed grin-
der» and crusher» have been »
moved from rationing. Because
supply of prrawire cooker,
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tBi t Afk»
will not meet all
for the women’« auxiliary is also proval of the War Food
being prepared by Mr« A rt Boyd tration » neceaaaTy tor p w t e i e -
crepe. Farm er, see ste e r, fed on F (JTU'R E REpA IB8
of Baker, president.
pressure cooker, tor other than
green wheat. School ends over
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food preservation, uses. A p p a l^
A careful insnection of the me-
tiona should ba made to the
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award
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r offlee
Oregon trail route. Bill Raymond to ^m ay save you time and trouble
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The county court i. in receipt Faciline., W ar Food Administra
dies. Defense counail to arr. g-
& fr#me<1 „ rtifkate
honor- tton. WwJiington. D. C. .
“ ..line 18: Loan rate on wheat you have on, of our skilled ,e r- able mention for i t, trafffc racord -
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June
h k
needa now jn 1942. The certificate state« RUBBER HEEL PRICB8 8BT
set a t $1.32 G*° I June_ rem vice me
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raises
. make
a deflniU
^ e hopes
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^ for o another
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^ big X cron, and
p.lrln
g your
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i price,
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Fgb. 12: Shoe rationing .begin,.
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Affidavit in (behalf of KenbGra?«
Valley section of Shaniko branch
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agent.
il'b consolídate grrocerfcri a t Wasco- Nazis. Song program arrefige .
Feb. 19:
Mrs George Wil
uses R ^ o rd «hmm th a t green cut hav -Ju n e 25: School elect/oem held
jobis Waaca. Feed program
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with few changes Field dav to
e Z . M ^ w i Z ^ S m Z , L’l s Z t to M o J . Rad Crore _
- H e ld ^ s ta tio n tomorrow. Feed
Feb. 2«: ~ Delinquent taxes for paign sucessful.
Decision was left until the Febru
ary meeting with agreement that
all residents of the area concer
ned would be interviewed by Le-
Roy W right to determine the »m-
aunt of oo-operation thait might
be expected.
The court named the qlaction
wool for t h e ________________
w o o lid rJ M
w ™ ]^ng.ton p £ , and several
W ashington
staff member» from OSC.
program feature« will
k
fJvHU^eveknwnent th«
ouUook and' pr<,.
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datorv animal control.
GETS
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I t was said that
wheat being sold again.
we can o er
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your tractor mav need and sched- ty had rated
ole the work in our Service De- bedKuse it had
p . r t m e ^ we m .y bettor serve cident. during
every one.
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-h^nnrable mention ber heel« »old to coniumere who
honotoWe mention
reduced traffic ac- desiw to attach t t a a >0
the year to ques in their own home» have