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About Sherman County journal. (Moro, Or.) 1931-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 14, 1944)
.«••»tnt Fifty-Sixth Year No. ÏO Official County Paper Moro, Oregon Friday, January 14, 1944 Leaders of New European Invasion Team Frozen Surface On Roads Halts ............ ............ Four Leave For Armed Services Tuesday Travel Entirely School Cotts High Here For Last School Year Carsten von Borstel and Earl Lyons of Kent, John Buether of Grass Valley and Roger Wilson Per capita Costs Mach Ahere Columbia ighway More of Moro left Tuesday for the arm ed services, going down for their State Average; Taitiea May Dangerous Than Htgher final physical examination and in Be Increased Agaia . Highways duction a fte r which they will have «Orne time a t home before Figures on the coet of educa Sherman county highways weru going to camp. These four • men ting grade school pupils haa been sliek Wednesday morning, very The tem per of congreee seem* are the January call from Sher compiled by School Superinten very clear on two point* of leg slick. Reports have it th a t all dent Wily Knighten for the 1942- highway« from Portland to Pasco man county. islation. F irst the men and women 43 school year. Records are taken were covered with ice and impa i- in the armed force« are to be from official reports. sable except for cars equipped beneficiaries of some type of leg Pertinence is given these fig with chains and carefully driven. islation which will assure them ures in as much as the GraSxS Val There was no through traffic on of ' the opportunity to vote. Sec ley and Moro school district» ars ond, the labor mess — strikes, the Sherman highway. contemplating raising the price The school bus from Grass Vol th r ’^tened strikes and wildcat J. W. Maloney, Collector of In of tuition and Wasco is reported ley stopped in th a t town as the • oats which have in many ternal Revenue, announced today to have already raised the charge driver found the highway slicker c ' t ' r?rkn»ly hampered our w ar ” 11 get ret immediate otter1 - - These are the m e* who will lead the lone awaited Allied '’second front’’ invasion o? E urtpc. Le.'t U right: than the dangerous gravel road th at he has begun to mail copies for tuition to rural (fwtrict* send eft ort t vdll 1 _ immediate ... . atten K Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, suprem e commander of Allied invasion arm ies; Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Ted- of the 1943 Individual Income and ing children to th at school. t:on f r o n congress, e ith e r thro u g n der< depn|y Eisenhower; Lieut. Gen. Carl Spasts, chief of all the American slra te s’c air forces that will over which he had arrived in town. Victory Tax Return to the es The total cost of elemeutary The mail truck from The Dalles an a ’ment to the Smith-Con- hit Germany from west ta d Booth; and Gen. Sir Bernard L. Montg-orreryi chief of thc BritlS'i land armies. tim ated 450,000 Federal income edlcation is $8430.53 at Waeco, nally enti-etrike law o r through Appointment of Tedder as Eisenhower's deputy indloated that air power was to be a major aeapon in the slid ” iu s off m the m e highway uiguwoy this mi» »«ue side ui of taxpayers in the District of Ore $9632.30 at Moro , $6173-13 a t new legislation The scores of re- battle to crash the fortress cf Europe. Elsenhower, who had never before made a prediction in 13 months ©r Biggs and had to he pulled out gon. t» m m , law m aker, who viailad - » " .r e , *»»»«»<rd a , he le i A id e r, to auum e hi. new pool that -we will win the E u ro p e., war In 1M 4- thc ditth and taken jn for Grass Valley, $7463.15 at Rufus Collector Maloney said: ‘ Al and $6507.35 a t Kent. ---- pair. The mail arrived in Moro the home folks during the holiday though these returns are not re about two in the afternoon. The report show» the br«ak- recess report th at the people are a II 1 V 1 . quired by law to be filed until dewn of this total item. From Wasco north rain had fa l absolutely fed up with «trikes A ll W H e a t IlOW len and frozen on the road. South Mnrch 15th, I cannot urge too Instruction coat Waeeo $5270.03, and threatened strikes which have of Wasco the highway was covered strongly th at everyone prepare Moro $6092.62. Grass Valley $39- kept the public in a continual - , k . U - a. a with frozen sleet, not so slick and file his return as early as 91.30, Rufua $333137 and Kant sta te of “jitter»” -^ edPr since Sherman county events of the em S tar holds district meeting A , , . . w ~ - * as the frozen ram, but too danger- possible.” $3069.87. Reason giv»n b -that Pearl H aibor last half of 1943: „ . in Wasco. . . , . . ‘ There are,” he said, “ two ma Moro paid higher salaries to < a «• w •*. . * . w r a . ous for any travel not of an em- The h o n e folks, and the ser July 2: June raihs have made Oct. 22: National War Chest jor points that are vital for every . ■ ergency nature. teachers than any of the other vice men also, made a . it very -J d e e a r crop prospects very good. .M ore campaign start*. Bain comes to . . . one to understand. F irst: many schools. Except a t Grsmr Valley th a t ' members n* mber® o£ the armed fo r > The establishm ent of ceiling xtodc found in county by assessor, make seeding safe for farm er i. W<S. FP,r . persons will owe a substantial a p a rt of the principal’s salary «hnidd have a chance to vote, • — cars were off th • ro id be tv.’. ” -a ces m o « « " .Experiment station holds annual F ourth ration book ready for de- Waaco and The Da ,, , e . m u,- . ■. re ... tax and should s ta rt immediately and they’re m fchty .o re a . t «m - prices for wheat was the princi- * The was charged to supervision grea. for e ta llm , » the m a tte r * of ,? 2 L u J. n t ■' to find out how much they will Operating of plant la an item bv eorxrreF®men who 15 J ’ , . . . . . and no serremr 'rrerraentr ft— -• ojye ami to make »plans for meet th a t shows unexplained variation. ** .b ly M is t - cording to the W ,r Food Admin- l,other’ eleTatcr man**ers- b reak , all October record,. Moro the num rer of car, and ing the obligation. I m ust em Wasco spent $1241.93, Moro $14- are region« istration •• - - (County court reduces budget by footballers win over The Dalles . ... . . phasize this as a simple m atter 95.95, Grass Valley 120821, Ru ed by the potent e rictn mftant an g m jng wjth slashing sinking fund - to $500»'. Papooses 27-T. Lopal w ar board __ ’___________ of fairnesis to those taxpayers fus $1750.00 and Kent $1122.09. 8 xm T*^?*^Ure_ j the exception of rye, are now op- No celebration of Fourth of July expects 120,000 acres to be plant- who may® have overlooked this Maintenance and repair la an to pass granting * erating under maximum price re- held. ed to wheat. $ U n a P f i f P C lit S p f phase of the changeover to the item th a t varies from $128.00 at vice men a nus a gulations. Demand a t m idwestern July 16; Soil m oisture depict- Nov. 5; Sherman \ county far <> pay-as-you-go system. Grass Valley to $760 12 at Kent » ill m arkets f^r all grains continued ed as crop nears m aturity. Crop ahead of others in purchase of E f l - /Second, although many tax This item naturally varies from Thi* ggateoo jn broad an d p r ic e s on e v e r y th in g h im rance in HT’c t f a r 1943 bonds in third drl A liotircr rU W 'w O f* - payers find th at they are substan year to year. sac plenty * (rf held right up against ceiling lev- ' July 23: W heat dam age estim- makes ground too . wet to work. A change ,ha9 occurred in the tially paid up on their 1943 taxes Oddity is that each one of the tb b e h a v e their eyes on th^ els' Uneasiness prevailed in fa t- ated at 20 percent in some parts County allowed but one tractor* prioe ratio a t Chricago —some of them, in fact, being schools charge off $400 00 each ballot box which will be taken ures ** wel1 as cash rT>arkeis of the county County fire truck for fourth quarter. . a „d the intention8 of farm ers in entitled to refunds—4t is - •’’till year for depreciation although ^ T o f ato’r ace next fall Speech- Pending a more detailed study and in operation. Lester Conlee re- Nov. 12: Trucks collide near Unifed Statcs produce hogs neces«ary for them to file a re the age of the school buildings, ° alore will fill the Congrea- clarification of provisions of the ports on first crop yield, 40 bu Rufus injuring four men. Ex-ser- according u ¡„formation prepared turn ” - ’ and the cost of them ia different b ow for the benefit of new wheat o n k r ‘ Julv 30: Cyril Kru* er lo8es field vice * roup installs officers a t by the agricultural extension Ber in each case. th home folks and nine^tenUis Reflecting the action of mid- of w heat east of Klondike by fire. Wasco.. .Cottonwood road straight- yjc<} a t QSC Average daily attendance was o f ^ t will be nothing more or less western futured m arkets and the Loan values set on coming wheat ered. With the hog .Corn price ratio 54.3 a t Wasco, 53.1 a t Moro. 43.3 than politics intended to snag announcement of ceiling prices on crop. H arvesting becoming gener- n ov w h eat league commit- a t n .7 late in December 1943. a t Grass Valley, 22.2 a t Rufus the votes of the law m akers’* con- wheat, prices of cash wheat a t al. tees meet today. Tax collections compared with 16.2 a year ago, and 22.5 a t Kent giving average Ftituents Portland advanced around 3 cents Aug. 6: Valuation of county near too percent mark. Moro hogs are worth 30 percent less in cojits of elem entary education as , per bushel on principal classes, as rises w ith more stock and high- wj„3 from Maupin to end football exchange for com. With net in All Oregon Dads $re invited to follows: Wasco $155.25; Moro Conrp te n t *obaervers of labor compared with a week ago. Tra- e r utility valuations. Interstate season. come to feeders m aterially reduced attend the annual Dad’s day at $181.40; Grass yafiey $142-56. politics are convinced th at union ding, however, was extremely light Commerce Commission / permit« Nov. 26: Old clothes salvage the government pig crop report in the University of Oregon Janu Rufus $336.18 phis tran sp o rta leaders are lees concerned w ith rince all classes of buyers and thc abandonment of Kent-Shaniko end committee wants, used material.«- ¿¡cates th a t hog production will ary 22, it is announced by Robert tion of $60.26; Kent $289.21 plus immediate wage increases than trade generally were aw aiting cla- of branch. Ram halts harvest. Resolutions passed by w heat lea- decline in 1944, although the hog Hemphill, Portland, general ch air transportation cost of $88.76 » L b tbp lnrur view of postw ar rification of the ceiling price re- Aug. 13: T hirty bushels to the gue here. Seal Sale quota of $700 corn ra ti0 ia still considerably man. A luncheon will be held ut There are four grade school cere thought to ibe w heat yield. se^ higher than it has been in soni? 1:30 Saturday afternoon honoring pay. There are indications th a t gulations. teachers a t Wasco and Moro, three Oo«t of county schools varies from Dec 3; 1>ast train to Shaniko previous years. the Dads, with E rnest Haycox, a t Gras« Valley and two a t Rufus future efforts will be toward s ta $226 ¡per pupil to $1350. N. E. mj trip. W heat league m eets p;g <rop report shows that Portland, well-known novelist and bilizing conditions a fte r the w ar . Dodd report« th a t enough feed ¡„ Dalles. Moro houses all the downtrend was noted last fall Oregon alumnus as the guest and Kent. In addition' a musical and the main purpose in the ne S h e iT lia i) CO U I)tiail for «to^k.4* available. occupied with a smaller pig crop than ex speaker. His topic will be “ Dads instructor gives some time to gotiation of labor contracts will y « 1? J elem entary pupils. Aug. 20: County’s 97,000 acres Dec. 10: Speakers cover nearly per ted, although the number of Belong to the Human Race ” be to secure guarantees of mm- n C f t u S H y S l O p r U I l d These figure« give the county an rmum weexiy and nnu daily u««.y ■ expected to produce nearly 30 every phase of w heat growers pig3 farrowed in th? United Sta The Dads» will be guests a t th? average per pupil cast of $214*80 rmum monthly, monthly, weekly rates for a stated period Formation of th e George XI. bushels each. Form er Sherman problems a t league m eeting. Fcod t eS was 10 percent above the fall Oregon-W ashington basket hall for elementary education. The av a fte r the w ar has ended. This Hyslop Agricultural Research Me- countians m eet in Portland. wheat raised 20 cents by govern- crop of 1942. The number of pigs game Saturday evening in Mc erage in the state in 1941-42, the nowition has been strengthened by morial to provide a perpetual Aug. 27: Union Pacific agrees ment. Three percent discount tnk- to be farrowed next spring was A rth u r court, as well as a t-a first previous year, was $101.87. the attitude of the adm inistration working fund in memory of the to leave Kent-Shaniko sector m en on nearly all taxes. indicated a t 16 percent rewer than night showing of “ Dark Victory,” in extending such guarantees to late head of the division of plant r peration until Nov-30. Local cit- Dec. 17: Oregon Trail Program ¡„ tbr spring of 1943. Tf farm ers University theater production, di farm ers in the form of a floor industries a t Oregon S ta te col- izens m eet with highway travel given a t school house. Sherman nct Ually produce the number of rected by Horace Robinson, act fov basic crops to be mamtamed h’fire has been decided upon by a group. Mrs Frank von Borst-1 county’s cost for old age assist- bogs indicated for 1944, the fall ing head of the dram a department. eith er through the paym ent of volunteer statewide committee un < lected s ta te auxiliary head. ance comparatively low. Used a„d spring pig crops combined will subeidie« o r if subsidies are out- der the leadership of H arry Proud- .Sept. 3: Glen Perry reported mis- clothing shipped by selvage chair- ^ ¡ n be the largest on record, ex lewed bv congress, the purchase foot of Wasco. sing in b a ttle for Sicily. County man. cept 1943. The num ber of pigs Joe Belanger came down from o^f ®u lus product» by commodity The subject has been under d u - tax delinquencies alm ost nil. Bib- Dec. 24: Few vote a t AAA r a ised in 1943 was about 67 per- Pendleton Tueoday l o set his run er dat corporation or some othe»- cussion for several m onths follow- by Bros, lose bam in fire. elections. W eather cold enough for ce„ t above the 10 year average off guage» so he could find out mment agency in£ r a e i p t of numerous «ppn- Sept. 10: Turkey Red m akes ¡cc skaters. a „d 17*percent more than in 1942 how much Water, silt, etc., ran ^°Naitional leaders of labor have taneous contributions from citi- ¡letter average than Rex for first Dec. 31:1943 was cold and with Information received from the N off his soil erosion . plot». Joe not been reaponsible for the re- zents of the state who tyul heard time in years. Third W ar Loan little wind. Slick roads halt WFA regarding hog price support found the ground well fro ie n h u t ■y' » cent flareup of strikes and in th a t some memorial Had been campaign begins. ' Final payment Christm as travel states th a t the schedule in effect the road was slick so he couldn't L o st cases have done th e ir ut- mentioned. Prelim inary g ifts are on cost of rail fight made b y -------------------- — ¡„ Oregon during December 1943 go home so he dug the ditches L o st to prevent them. W hat they already grown to several thousand court. • , H* I A wil1 ** continueil until further no_ anyway. The ground was frossn all w ant is an assurance th at dollars, Proudfoot announced. Sept. 17: County bond «olici- £ £ £ LHC I n U T C g O I l tice. This means $13.75 nt P ojt reaaiy y wa*iv io .au ----- ■ about six inches deep and oddly e The rvx state committee, ^*»4««**«*« — selling bonds all nsrav» land for good and choice 200 to there will be no * reduction in wag- m Axilla— a d d r a tors over z»z\i,rst county xv , enough the trashy fallow »oil had e« when the millions of workers tion to Proudfoot is E A McCor- County income rated as large for J ^ 1 1 1 C A C C l d e i l t S 300 pound butcher hogs. a couple inches less fro st in it Effective October 1, 1944 until are released from w ar plant» and nack, Eugene: Ed Geary, Klamath j 94Q. George Williams resigns as ----------------------- than the moldboard plowed or k emmlovment in private in- Falls; Roy Englebretsop, Astoria: city w ater rate collector. Oregon traffic accidents claim- March 31, 1945, however, it has the disked. * ' F L Ballard. ConAallis;..^ D D Hill. Sept. 24: County tax shown ed a toll o f . 222 lives, and 4,850 bec„ annOunced th at the suppoit Corvallis. They recently met with from assessor’s records. Schools persons injured during the year p rjce Chicago for good to choice Refusal of w ar production the subcommittee of the Portland s ta r t w ith enough teachers after 1943, Secretary of State Bob Far- butdher hogs 190 to 230 pound« board to place an emlbargo on the chamber of commerce. summer .scare. AAA tells firm - rell announced today. There were ¡c t o be $12.50. compared w :th the importation of Cuban gin and Purpose of the memorial will crs how much w heat they can 30,750 accidents during the year, current support price a t Chicago rum is indirectly rfSDonmble for be to finance research in the field plant. These figures are subject to rc- <,f 13.75 f or 200 to 300 pounders, its pnroval of a project for the m. which Prof. Hyslop h a d ’ been Oct. 1: County doubles war vision in view of possible late re- -r ----------- Ground dry peas can be osod production of 2.500.000 - gallons most active, in ¡part, a t least by bond quota. Posts planted to com- ports, Farrell said. INCOME TAX MAN' COMING to increase the protein content of of alcohol from paper pulp waste providing graduate ¡fellowships in memo rate pioneers of Oregon trail. The 1943 pedestrian toll was livestock feeds during shortages b y a plant to be located in thc farm crop®- Goal (for the memorial Station finds th a t d e a n farm ing considerably higher than in 1942. A representative of the Inter- MISSING—Major Gregory Boy- of the usual protein concentrates, Puget. eound area. If the embar- has been set a t $200,000, •. doe? best in 1943. Farrell said. Pedestrian fatalities nal Revenue departm ent will be ington, Marine Corps fighter pilot but care needs to be taken that «0 were to be imposed, large ------------ -------- /O ct. 8: County club fa ir held, totaled 80, an increase of 2l per- in Sherman county in early Feb from Okanogan. Wash., who was not too much is used in propor quantities of * Cuban blackstrnp The Chronicle carries the in O’Mearas and Macnabs have five cent over the toll of 66 in 1942. ruary (to give income tax payer.4 would be released fo r th e produc- form ation th a t H a rry Ragsdale, sons each in service. Howard Con- The fatality -toll of 222 lives an opportunity to obtain help in reported missing after shooting tion to other materials, says H. down his 26th Japanese plane in A. Lingren. extension animal hus tion of industrial alcohol and the of Mr and Mrs W H Ragsdale le? home from middle eastern war lost in 1943 was a decrease of 18 figuring their income tax state bandman a t 08C. • They are not sulphite Kuuor would not be re- been advanced to F irst Lieu zone. - - percent from the death toll of ments. The schedule as announc a raid over Rabaul Jan. 3 to tie too palatable and whon fed pro the record set by Major J o e ’Foss, . However, th is use of while on duty in New Oct. 15: Awards won at Paci- 273 lives in 1942. Injuries showed e d . by the Collector, J. W. Mai portions higher than 15 to 80 another Marine, in this war, and pulp paper w aste ha® long been Guinea. He, was the first volun- fic International. Well fed hogs a five percent decrease from the oney, is for Moro on February 7 percent of*grain are likely to Captain Eddie Rickenhacker,*of the advocated and if the experiment teer from Wasco county under a t etation best others. Moro worn- previous year when 5,141 persons to 9 inclusive and Wasco Febru- throw animals off feed. Army, in World W ar I, ” Continued on Page T w o the draft. ans club sta rts m e e tin g East- were injured. . . ary 10 to 12 inclusive. Income Tax Blanks Being Mailed Under Federal Big Crop and Big Bond Sale Last Half of Nou) Passed 1943 Ceiling Price ZLS L I Oregon Dads Asked To Visit Campus Belanger Finds Frost Down Six Inches il 1 Dry Peas Good Feed, But Not Good if,.-.
