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P a g e 3, a^B H X A h COUNTI JOURNAL. Wasco Woman III After Caring For Daughter Word has been received that Mrs Tracy Fields, who wtas adled to Wenatchee, Wn., by «the serious illness oi her eon in law, Basil Baines, that • nee then her dau ghter, Thira Baines, had contract ed this seemingly contagious jmJ- c.dy and was in St. Anthony hos vital also. Mrs Mary Thomas Williams visited last week with her brother. Marvi n Thomas and family. The High School seniors left T h u rsday fo r P o rtlan d fo r th e ir “ Sneak Day” celebration. The g irls w ent on th e bus and Mr. Blakeney took the boys by auto. They returned Sunday. The ju n iors, n o t to be o u t done played ‘ Hookey” F riday and w ent to The Dalles. Mies Lavelle Guy of P ortland vksited relatives for the week. H er g ran d p a re n ts M r and M rs F ran k Lamfoome drove h e r back to P ortland Sunday afternoon. - Mr and Mrs M aicoat and fa m ily have moved to Herm iston. M ss Carol Dae D rinkard, a Dal les stu d ent, spent the week end w ith h er parents. Mr and Mrs George D rinkard. Mias Lavilla Gossen and friends M js * Ruby Johnson and Mrs N an cy F reguth of C latskanie were g u ests of h er parents, Mr and Mrs Archie Gossen over the week end. P riv ate Harold Ireland spent several days of his furlough with his w fe. He is stationed a t a G eorgia camp. Miss C hristina Moon of A rlin g ton visited her brother, George Moon and wife, a couple days this week. Also th eir m other, Mrs B ertha Moon, who da home from The Dalles. Jack Wilson was called e a st by the ser ous illness of his father. He left last Thursday. Mrs Jennie H earing of The DalleR ia the guest of h er d a u g h te r and fam ily, Mrs Eldon Nes- h tm . C'pl Bam Brock J r. and w ife of Camp Beale, M arysville, C alifo r nia visited his parents, Mr and M rs Sam Brock, also th eir d a u g h te r, Mrs Claudina B anta of Vernon a. They le ft Monday for th e ir hom es. The Masons gave several d e grees of th eir order on F m d a y ar.d S atu rday evenings-. A d ele gation and some high officials were th eir visitors from P ortland S a t urday evening. On - Tuesday afternoon Miss C rabtree gave dem onstrations on home economics a t th e M ethod s t church to the ladies of th e com m unity. She is a recent g ra d u ate of OSC. She discussed p la n ning of food supply and v e g e ta ble p rep aration and held a clinic o r prevention if spoilage, etc. of food. This rs being put on by th e ag ric u ltu re and home economics office of Sherm an county. The Red Cross com m ittee has sen t recently 4*54 finished g a r m ents and one com forter to the Pacific area office. They a re a s k ing help on the housewives and shoes to fill o u t th eir quota. There h as been 360 hours of work donated, said work being g reatly appreciated and th ey have had w onderful cooperation. Anyone who would I k e anything from the sew ing room call either Mrs A H Mc In ty re , Mrs E arl R ichelderfer oi Mrs F ree Crews. The sew ing room is open and you are invited to c^me in often. MOMO. QifcRGOA ? JUDA.Y, APRIL 21, 1944 M db A H MtcLtyre has enjoyed, the past week, a visit of her mo ther, Mrs W A Wallace of Van couver and week end visit o f her brother, W F Wallace and her sister, Mrs W F Oonlee o f Van couver. Mr and Mrs Tom Ghrvey of The Dalles were callers Saturday eveni ng at the A H McIntyre h im . Mrs Walter Medler was ehop ping in The Dalles Tuesday. The Tuesday contract club met with Mrs J T Johnson this week. Willard Leff, son of Mrs Frank Knox, who spent a ten day fur lough at home left Monday for hi’ camp in Wyoming. R L Anfrag after a weeks visit with hfs wife, also reported for duty leaving Sunday. Mias Kathrine Richelderfer. a nurse from Portland, spent the week end with her parents, Mr end Mrs Asa Riichelderfor. Mr and Mrs William Clothier, Mr and Mrs D B Johnson and son, Gordon, and Miss Belle Clo thier were Sunday guests of Mr and Mrs Frank Lehman. Mrm Jessie Hull returned this week from a months visit in the Valley. ’ Mrs Wilma Wilde, Mrs Mabel White and Mrs Martha Hastings spent Tuesday in The Dalles. Mr and Mrs Paul Alley and Mrs G A Sargent were Monday shop pers in The Dalles. Mr and Mrs Carl Anderson of Portland visited relatives near Wasco over the week end. Mr and Mrs Marvin Thomas aic rejo’cang over the birth of a 9 £3-4 pound son born April 16th at The Dalles hospital. M r and M rs G A Sargent were Sunday g uests of Mr and Mrs Louis Scholl. -----j------------------ The authors report that, of the 2 1-2 million acras of open sum mer range, approximately 80 per cent can best be by good range management practices which The chief limiting factor in are already wider way in many eastern Oregon livestock produc instances- On the remaining half tion at present is lack of enough trillion acres, however, range de summer range to balance the pletion has gone so far that ac spring and fall grazing area and tual reseeding irfche only hope for the normal winter feed supplies, restoration in any reasonable len according to many studies that gth of time. After atuding meth od* and results of such reseeding have been made of the subject. The beet possibility for im on both experimental and com proving, stabilizing, or expanding mercial scales in eastern Oregon livestock production in the range range country, the authors con country, therefore, lies in restor clude that reseeding summer ran ger in Oregon Should be given ation or improvement of approx imately 2 1-2 million acres of op en summer range consisting of meadows, open bunch grass, and alpine graas lands. C H U R C H E 9 Sermon „ Be B elieving” John The reading room In the rear of the building is open. AU an 20: 27 Special music. thorized Christian Science liters C h rist an Endeavor 7:30 p.m ture can be bought or borrowed Tuesday 8 p .m . P ra y e r m eeting W ednesday 7p.m . Ju n io r (Txrir GAS AND OIL WASCO M ETHODIST CHURCIl Sunday School a t 10.00 A. M. M orning W orship a t 11:00 A. M. E pw orth League ait 7:00- P. M. F L. Cannell. pastor. Christian Science Society Tires - Accessories R R. McKZAN and SON In su ra n ce Grain, Feed, Flour, Fuel Farm Implements, Bags, Twine BARBED WIRE-—GOOD PO818 Sunday m orning services a t 11.00 a. m. Subject “ Probation A f Feed stop. Jam es D. M oberg, p asto r. ter d e a th ” ? 163 Bible School 10 a. m. W ednesday n ig h t service a t 8 Worship Service at 11 a. m. includes testim onials of healing. WASCO Moro Community Presbyterian Church PHONES Office 162 A report on possibilities and methods of such improvement has juri been made in an illustrated bulletin, “Reseeding Eastern Ore gon Summer Ranges,” written by G.D. Pickford of the Pacific Nor thwest Forest and Range experi ment station in Portland, and E. R Jackman, extension specialist in farm crops at OSC. Saves Four - a W 9 -c »H« you i KED CROSS HOLDS MEETING A meeting of <the Sherman coun ty chapter of the Red Cross was held at the court house Wednes day night for the purpose C la rk C ulbreath, wfae rescued fe a r writing a con«tstrut ion and by- wum ea passengers a f bos which Ihws. Some argument occurred plunged through guard ra il of bridge over ^he provisions and the final tuts Passaic riv e r, drowning 15 per detail* were left to the commit sons. C ulbreath aided women who escaped through em ergency door. tee on constitution and by-law's A derire to change the budget in order to provide more funds E ureka Lodge No. 121 A .F A A M for production was expreueed but Meets on the 1st and 3rd T h u rsd ay evenings it was found to be too late to o f each m onth V isiting change «the size of the budget al m em bers are cordially though some adjustments were invited to m eet w ith us. made to give more fund« for pro R. P. Brisbine W. M. R. V- Lockhart, secretary duction. Misa Grace Jackson, state or Moro Lodge No. 113, I.O.O.E. ganizer, attended the meeting. M eets 1st and 3rd Bethlehem Chapter No. 78, O.E.S. tw in iene Meets Every Second and Fourth Thursdays in ea^h Month. Visiting Members Invited— Moro, Oregon Alice Ornduff, W. M. Marie Hoskineon, Secretary Lupine Rebekah Ixxlr- No. 116 Meets 2nd. and 4th Tuesdays » of each month. Visiting mem bers welcome. A lee McKee N.G. Florence Johnston, SI high postwar priority. “Such effort will offer a much reeded reservoir of employnjent, will save the fertile top soiC will aid in insuring the national sup ply of meat, wool, and hides, and will help provide a dependable output of water for irrigation, po wer, and domestic purposes,” they say. Lack of Grass Cuts Livestock Production S E arly next m onth you will receive a check like this for your share of a $300,000 “rate dividend’’ to all PP& L electric custom ers. T he am ount of your dividend will be approxim ately one-half of your aver age m onthly electric bill — and it will be paid by check and not m erely a credit on your next bill. W e are taking th is unusual step because there is an unusual- condi tion to be dealt with. T he war is causing an abnorm al dem and for electricity at m any places on the P P& L system . Ju st as a few ex am ples, we are serving new war industries, com m ercial businesses, a ir fie ld s , t r a i n i n g c a m p s, n a v a l bases and supply depots. T uesdays in I.O.O.F. hall T ra n sie n t and visit ng b ro th ers are cordiality invited to m eet w ith us. E rn e s t H ouston N. G. P ercy Thom pson, S ecretary And besides serving electricity to all our regular custom ers, PP& L has been called upon to furnish electric i n t n i i i H n i i i i i n i i i n i i i i i i n n i i t t a g tm C. A . Ruggles ity to a sudden influx of new families in the neighborhood of all these war- caused activities. All this has resu lt ed in an unusual increase in our to ta l volume of business. You and all the other users of our electric service have a right to share in the benefits of this extra business while it lasts. T he question has been “W hat is a sound way of distribu ting these benefits?’’ A fter thorough investigation, the W ashington D epartm ent of Public Service and the O regon Public U tili ties Com m issioner have approved this “rate dividend’’ plan as a fair and practical way to m eet a w ar tim e situation. T he check you receive as your share of this $300,000 custom er-divi dend will reduce further the cost you pay for electricity — which already is only about half national average. INSURANCE Moro O rc HUIV P P & L RATES HAVE BEEH ...» n m im H H in in n n t u iiin iim x m t m REDUCED PEAR DP PEAR NOW IS THE TIME To Put la Your Order For Neat Winter’s FIREWOOD AND COAL OPA rationing rules Tem porarily p e r m i t “consumer winter storage”- Deliveries will be made as sufficient supplies arrive. Be sure a shortage doesn’t catch you unprepared. Delay may cause you to be too late. R. H. MeKEAN A SON Wasco, Oregon Phono 163 / o r U n it e d S tn te e Price of 100 KW H of PP&L electricity in Moro homes SENATO R (S a»i> T o r * ) ! JVe Ir ju s s r s O ra g r« « — I t * ♦4.97 j r + b l v - n n nund r e t n a r c e i . ' E q u ip p e d f a r Une S r n a t n r a h i p bff « x p t r le n t i » » á tr a in in g ♦4.54 FaW oWv.— Sprogua for U. S Sontrtor CaanaMaa Kay S. Early, M a rg o . Building, Portland, Oregon ♦4.01 OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO0OOOSQOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO YOUR POWER PROBLEMS ARE OURS With 1944 stepped-up food demands and no assurance of new farm power, we are aware of the problems you face. But we’re prepared to help- We’ve dedicated the fa cilities of our Service Depart ment to extend the forking life of your “Caterpillar” Die sels— We’ll help you all the way. All we ask is that you try to anticipate your needs in advance so our limited manpower can serve alL Walther-Williams Co. O’MEARA Supply & Imp. Co Tire Repair and Recapping Jbhn Dear« < 1936 1931 1939 ------------------------------------- — -------------------------------- ;------------------------------------------------------------------------------ It was B U S IN E S S M A N A G E M E N T that made these reductions in your electric ra tes,w ith o u t calling on the public treasury for help. In fact, P P A L has paid c o n stan tly increasing taxes in support of Governm ent w hile rates w ere being reduced. » Now, when it is doubly important th at you have good workmanship and quick service to keep your cars and trucks running, have us take care of your service problems. 1928 1926 Is an old established firm th a t has been selling, servicing and repairing cars for a generation. The dependability of its products and the qual ity of its service has been proven many times. PACIFIC POWER & LIGHT COMPANY Your Business-M anaged P o w e r System 4 01 E 3 rd T h e D alles OOOOOOOOO0OOOQOOQOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO mu O k k k * * HELP W IN THE W AR BUY W AR B O N D S & S TA M P S Residence 182 OREGON
