Sherman County journal., June 02, 1944, Image 1

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Moro, Oregon F r i d a ^ i f a n e 2, 1944
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Shortage of Feed
A
column o f news
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on the Northwest
I l i . assum ed th a t a f a ir per-
re n ta g e o f th e men m th e arm ed
forces will w ah to re tu rn to the
farm , o r buy a farm , and con-
grese is w orking now on auch a
provisidn in the GI bill. H ow ever.
the m easure as presen tly d ra fte d
provides t h a t th e intbreet on
loans for thia purpose shall not
be snore th an aix p ercen t and the
Iran m u st be re p a d in 20 years.
This b rin gs u p an interesting Tea-
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“ U nder the B ankhead-Jones fa rm
te n a n t law the governm ent pro-
v.des a loan up to 100 p ercen t of
th i value of the land, the in te re st
ra te » th ree percent and th e loan
n.ay run 40 y ears T h ere are 125
o f th ree fa rm te n a n t lo an , in
t r a s h in g « » s ta te am ounting
to
$1.052,289; Oregon has l« 0 ten-
a n ts to whom the governm ent has
advanced $715.381: Idaho h a . 102
w ith loans .m o u n t n g to $904.178,
and O nbforrun has
164 w ith a
to tal o f $1.552431. T h e « are th e
o n w ount»
u u ita bji
o f J J»
a n n . 1 i,
num , bers and j am
a* oi
1944 All told, to th a t d ate, there
were 31148 borrow ers receiving
$201.669,850, w ith th e bulk of the
b o rro w e r, in A lri-s n a . M *-*"-
iuri
Georg . , North Carolina.
W?l’
>n<j T ex as— the
S outh C arolina
deep south.
i i addition to th e f o ^ o i n , . 172
people in Oregon r e c e iv e loans
of W W . W - t o g t o n . M w ith
„7 0 ,0 4 0 ; Idaho. 108 wrib S M I ,
68f. and C al fo m ia . 22 w h h $1».-
129 foe farm
developm ent, r i-
th ough th e re 1. no law p r o v e n ,
fo r such developm ent loans. These
developm ent lo a n , « m e from the
Stock Numbers
TV, a
Smaller Gram Crops
American Legion Holds
Expected To Cut
Program For |len
Feed for Livestock
Who Are Lost In War
A dditional inform ation on g ra in
stocks .confirm s e a rlie r m d cations
of
reduced »uppl.es ip the
l,rJ te d S1“ 1» fo r
1M4-46 lric -
s^oc't feeding season, the sgricul-
t u r * ‘ « o « > ™ c» section o f Che
DSC ejrtaiwfcm aervee
reports,
Tt»' ’ “ PP>y
d“P « * i
“ P °"
.lyoJyiwWt n 1864, which Is u tter-
t “ in ° * tn« P »r t |f *> <»«1*yed p lan t-
in« o p erations in m uch o f th e
country.
t , » ‘ed s ta te s stocks of corn.
<-“ »• *"d
by next Ju ly 1
a re expected to be down to 18
20 m illion to n ., about
two-
« “ • “m ount on hand
*<2 t
>»*3. according to cu r
PMlt <*“ *• from Mie V.8. d e p a rt
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<* agriculture. The w heat
ca rry o v e r is expected, to
he
abound 300 m illion bushels, or
1—
h alf of the 1 (MS c a r r y
C™ " * « * .
■" C «m da are
»— 11« «ha" • X »« ago, , .Iso, by
« « u n d 400 m i l on trn.beri of
wheat, oata, an d b arle y on the « ra t
of A pril. A lready well in excess
200 million bushels o f C ana-
«<'“0 ff™i" Have been .m uorted
M o t i f . country since la r i A u g u st
U ^ S U — production of w im
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* * X 1 »‘ i* * 2 ” «aUon t — hels.
n ea rly 180 m illion above 1048 and
ever 90 mtihon above average The
^ e crop » expected « , fee n ear
™ "•»1— bushels, b u t p rin t ng
o f eh oot h atf o f the rirt, a a » -
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exce.rive n m rf.il m t h . t servegc
»«J production m ay fall below
T ri 9
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whole Srnne of the oats
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P l ^ e d to corn end other
c r o w wtweh can be planted la te r
farm secu rity adm inistration
The question raised by *Mnn in th e x p rn g .
m em bers of congre«» 1«, why th e
th ree percent loans a re given to
one g roup o f people—non veter­
a n -w tik
th e v eteran
would
have to pay twice that interest | x > n g H l T I l L O a D S
ra te and pay off the loan in h alf
the tim e accorded a te n a n t
Of
M erle Bedket, M anager. Sher-
cauree th ere is n o th « « to p re man -County B ranch, F irs t N a-
ven t a v eteran from applying fo r tional Bank o f P ortland, s ra t-d
a B ankhead-Jones loan, b u t if he th a t the F irs t Nation*: Bank in
w a n ts a loan intended to en co w cooperation w ith the Equitable
age b a n to go on a fa rm he nftiat L .fe A ssurance Society
of the
c a rry a h eav ier financial load th an U nited S ta te s wfll w rit .• 4'< farm
the sh arecropper who is sim ilarly end sueburban acreag • m ortgages
on a long term bas-s. w ith loan
Th e is a sn a rl th a t m ay ser- m a tu rity u p to 40 years,
icusly affect veteran» w ho have a
‘ T his new long-term loan scr-
y ea m in g fo r the good e a rth and vice,” said Becket, “ fills a long
prev en t m any ex-service
men fe lt need o f Oregon farm ers. T here
fiom buying farm s in the Pacific is no restriction on th e use of the
northw est.
k
’*<-•" proceeds and it gives the
farmer an o p p o rtu n e / to improve
. 1 is holdings and to do m any
Confusion still reig n s m the
M (yre „
food situ at on and its c la rlfi^ tio n
of t iv ,
f aTm
would seem to be rem ote so long n | o r t w e pja n «i
Recket, <«be.
a? th e conflicting po Kie* °
w>r sides the long-term and low in­
food ad m inistration and OPA con-
fe atu rp * a re ¿hat none of
tinue. W ar food adnriim strat on is
such as
concerned p rim arily w ith utm
Application, appraiaal, atto rn ey and
encouragem ent fo r m axim um pro-
feeg and com m i, ;,ion co„t?
auction, While OPA conceives it
phe only c<fct to the
n d u ty not only to p re v en t p r cei borrow er is the ab stra ctin g and
from going too h igh u t
»us-
expense Loans m ay be
tain floors below which farm prf- amOTtked OV€r fn y num ber of
ecs m ay n o t be p erm itted to go.
to guit
individua lborrow
The first is m aintain
y ®e " r
»mall sem i-annual o r a.i-
¡ng and the la tte r by
nual p a j ^ n t a . ”
sn h sd ies. W FA would not object
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to th e rem oval o f all ce,.l m*
“ SODIUM CHLORATE ’
foodriuffs b u t gives ta c it appro
x . I to th e subsidy plan. A dding .
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fu rth e r com plication i . the tend- and
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lease p ro g ram un d er which food
1— b « " rim pU ««l th ro u g h
is be n g se n t fo r the re lie f o f pee- the issuance by tb e bureau of
nles in r i n d s ' reacued fro m N .x l. m m es of a
gener.1 pu rch aser’-
u I t is
• a queer y jum
bkmble
and
a
t
tim
e’
crdeT*’
which
axempta farm ers
ble and a t pines
the d ifferent agencies seem to be from I r i b W
— rir A e federal
w orking w ith
cross
p u rp o se , « x p r i « « . « t ,te connection n t h
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of these m aterials,
t r i » * each
be perfonndng f a a purchase o r use
Qg<,
Bank Wifl Handle
necessary funebon.
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And »peak’ng of wubsidiee. the
fight a g a in s t them seem« to have
died out alm ost to th e vanishing
poJit and no fu rth e r organised
opposition is exipected. A few
j»p< echos will be m ade durin g con-
s d eration of the bill' , extending
Continued on P«»e TWe
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of World War 11 Gets Oak Leaves Ends With Two
AlthoaghMissing Q j
Given Honors
The 13th A A F in the South P a­
Politics and People
with especial emphasis
— T**wHaèe— '■■'■ 1 '
Dead and Missing Lt. Christianson High Schools
Summer Comes to ‘B ig Town'
Grains to Curtail
About Government,
Official County Paper
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laseag tbe het weather scenes in Braax aaa. Naw Thrk, this eaa (left)
abaat the catest. Slx-year-el4 Gorten Oaynar la Aewn enjoying as
Dream ooao as his eompaaion, a “honey bear,» enjoys a cone ot
** Might: When the mercury jumped to M degree« la Chicago,
Flala, two, and hto pop, jamped for the water at the beach.
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Hitting Beach Behind Curtain of Fire
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AAP
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tOw, Qrsi.fVi P n .
cific inform s th a t by direction of
the president the oak leaf clu ster
in lieu of an additional medal was
aw arded May 14 to L t R. K. C h ris­
tianson, “fo r m eritorious achieve­
m ent while p articip atin g as bom ­
b ardier from 6 M arch to 16 M arch
1944 in sustained com bat opera-
tional mission», flights were of a
hazardous n atu re d u r ng which
enemy opposition w as m et, or
during which an area was trav e r-
sea where enem y a n ti-a irc ra ft firt
v/a« effective or where enemy
fighter p atro ls were habitu ally en-
countered. L ieu ten an t C hristianson
exhibited g re a t courage and un-
tirin g en erg y ;
hia aennees re-
fleeting highest cred it on th e mill-
to ry forces of Che U nited S tates "
An identeal
c tatk m
dated
May 16 .. a w a rd , the Oak Leaf
C lnater for services perform ed
IS M arch to 29 M arch and both
note th a t Lt. C hristianson is miss­
ing in action.
W
O T
M mm U j and T bm A q
Cerenoaies Ead Year
Except for Social Attain
G raduation fo r six seniors of the
L egionnaires o f S herm an coun­
Moro High School w as completed
ty , aided by o th ers in terested in
Monday n ig h t when School Board
show ing M em orial day honor to
( ha nman C arroll S ayrs handed
th e m an fro m thi» county Who
cut diploma» to C lair Balxer,
have given th e ir lives in World
p hVid Bayer, Loyd Kellay, Doris
W ar II a rra n g e d a service T ues­
Newcofafo.
D onald Thompeon and
day m orning a t the Moro Com-
H<rrf»n
Ziegler,
m un tiy church.
Dr- J. W. Elli»on of Oregon
The e n tire g ro u p sang the n a ­
gave the gradotting ’ ad-
tional anthem and M rs Ray Sieg-
d rfs# w l i n t
frld U a te , „ j
e n th ale r and M rs Ronald Poweil
the au d ien te
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san g a d uet. Thia w as followed by
th ^
batU e, fo r them u
fc<ht
the read in g o f b rief biographies
i;) t h d r j w
of
o f th e six men by m em bers of
' a-
tlie Legion. Wily K n g h te n read
>n<J
o f E arl William», Jam es Moberg
iw>rv and
>n(| unemployment. H
n n .itery
He e
o f Donald B urnet, C arl M elzer of
read two excerpts from s ta te ­
Chare» M cKinney, Ryland Scott
m ents nia4e by a labor leader
of E a rl D utton, Theodore Jo h n ­
and a social w orker In which they
ston o f H arlow Parkin» and Giles
asked fo r governm ent Aid if
French of R obert C hristianson.
the r demand« were not «Atiefiod
Rev. F le tch er L. Cannell of thi
a fte r the w ar.
W asco M ethodist church spoke of
Of thelong list of aww^h. An­
th e p a trio t c value of a nation
nually given a t gradnA tkw
th a t m akes it w orthy o f dying
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P ay er was given
aw -
ft r and recounted person* 1 ex
A stm plfied schedule of .« liilg
p< riences to show the m eaning of
” , el S L nf
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Do"*“
the w ords “ I am an Am erican ”
sh ortly by the Office of Price Ad-
m in istratio n . The main featu re of
u-. v - - v . m
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e s t grade» (an honor be» bA» held
the new p n c .n g wUI be th a t it
sets the e^ g ce ilin g , county py
£ £
county, for each week of the year, •
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a t all level, of d u trib u tio n from i “ nd^ * * Ud’ n t*'
th e first receiver to th e retailer. » > "
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•__i Seniors bad th e beat claa* record
An am endm ent fu rth e r sim p li­
The tabes of owhng prwe» wiciud- .
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, p.
. a,
,
fo r grad«« and Don Thompeon re­
fy ing the req uirem ents by which ed . in
the regulation are so aim-
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i au a
u ji
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c e v e d the so called probabl» sue
farm er» m ay purchase aupplie» pie
th a t any handler of shell eggs
,
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oeas aw ard and also a p » a a <al-
and sm aller equipm ent has been
m any town o r village can in-
zm . i .
n .i .^ , .i^> re
i&aued by th e W ar Production stan tly find h ri eml n g . fo r any rd m to n an . Clrnr Balxer alao re
Egg Prices Now
Figured By Chart
Fanners May Buy
Almost An i thing
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L anding barges c a rryin g troops ashore In the assault on Hum boldt
B ay, Dutch N ew G uinea, move in behind a cu rta in of fire laid down by
navy ships and planes. So accurate was the bom bardm ent th at barges
swept op to the shore ri^ h t on the heels of the fo rw ard m oving explosives.
Operations In the three Dutch New G uinea sectors are believed to have
cut off some 66,900 Japs.
H ow To E radicate Morning Glory
Told By Experimentors .
How to erad icate wild m orning
glories, or bindweed, while rais­
ing a profitablt crop every o th ?r
y ear if» described for the first tim e
in d etail in a new circu lar of in­
form ation No. 336, ju s t issued by
the OSC experim ent station.
L. E. H a rr s, associate agrono-
Irtiat, and G A. Mitchell, su p erin ­
te rd e n t of the Pendleton branch
ex p erim en t statio n , describes in
tivie circ u lar the m ethods th a t have
betn used successfully since the
sp rin g o f 1939 on some U m atilla
county Indian land th a t w as so
badly 'infested w ith m orning g lo r­
ies th a t it had been abandoned fo r
crop purposes.
W hile the m ethod« used th ere
ap p ly b est to eastern Oregon con­
ditions and to th e h ig h er rain fall
areas of the w heat lands, a modifi­
cation o f tbe m ethod to a yearly
rm o th er cropping plan "a also is
also applicable in irrig a te d regions
and in w estern Oregon. The a u ­
th o rs of the circu lar arrived a t
the follow ing posit ve statem en t
o f conclusions,
“The m ost economical m ethod
of m orning glory control and e ra d ­
ication, and a t th e sam e tim e the
m ost practical, is to a lte rn a te one
3c a r of properly timed cu lt vation#
and one y ea r of crop, ra th e r than
to cultivate continuously and keep
tire land out of production until
all th e 'bindweed o r m orning glory
plant» a re Idllled.”
In outlining th e essentials of
th « p lan , th e au th o rs give th e fo l­
spcrial at, says
hbr new
oM er lowing steps, condensed here from
will straig h ten out confusion in the original sta te m e n t:
g3me counties w here dealer» had
1. Plow infested fields early in
ref uaej to handle these m aterials th e spring.
of th e red tap e involved
2. C ultivate th ro u g h o u t the sea­
m u st still obtain a 1 cense son e ig h t to 12 days a f te r each
record» o f quantities em ergence of th e weeds
farm custom ers need
3. Seed heavily to w in ter w heat
obtain licensee as fo rm ery or w in ter rye in th e fall.
icquired.
4. F ertilise the fololw ing spring
4M °®ee “
CorvalHs M s feselt‘» « 'Irid . ’
U nder the new o rd e r m any
m ore item s h av e been added *o
tbe lis t of article» fa rm e rs may
g e; from dealers m erely by sig n ­
ing a certificate say in g the su p ­
plies a re needed and will be used
fo r other than household purposes
in the o pc r a t on o f a farm .
The o rd er also raises th e p ri­
o rity fo r fa rm ers to AA-2x from
AA-5 and increases the pow ible
value of such item s from >25 to
$50 before approval is necessary
from the local ratio n in g board.
AAA Committees
w ith nitrogen to stim u late early
g ra in grow th.
5. Resume cultivation of s u r­
viving p la n ts im m ediately a f te r
C ounty AAA com m ittee» have
h arv est, w ith im plem ent th a t leav­ ju s t been notified by the s ta te
es stubble on th e su rface to pre­ office of new responsibilities under
vent w in ter erosion.
tbe Commodity C redit C orpora­
tio n ’s 1944 wool purchase program
These com m ittees will help carry
out new procedure set up by the
CCC th s y ear to help insure
grow ers a full re tu rn on th eir
1944 m ark etin g s, says N. C. Don­
Vernon M iller h a s I bought the aldson, executive a ssista n t in the
fa n n in g outfit
and leased
the s ta te AAA office^.
Tom S tr ker farm n o rth w e st of
Five different plans by which
W asco fo r a six y e a r ¡period. Mr. grow ers m ay m ark e t th e ir wool
S trik e r will h arv est the grow ing
this y ear have been arran g ed . The
c»op and Mr. M iller will h arv est
grow er m ay consign d irectly to a
his crop n e a r Moro, a f te r Whicn
p rim ary handler, \Mhich is one
the S trik ers will move to th eir
who has a co n tra ct w ith th e CCC.
hom e in Wasco and the M illers
He m ay join w ith o th ers in fo rm ­
will take possession of th e ir new
ing a pool to consign to p rim ary
place. O ddity is t h a t Mr. M iller’s
handlers. He m ay sell eith er di­
n e a re st neighbor w ll be David
rectly o r on consignm ent th rough
Reid, who w ith Mr. M iller is a
a secondary handler, which is a
county com m issioner. Mr. M iller
country m erch an t o r assem bler
has resigned as school board mem-
wi th o u t co n tract w ith th e CCC
bei o f th e Moro d is tric t effective
who handles lots o f 3000 pounds
Ju n e 19, th e end o f th e school
year. A t the Moro school election or less fo r resale to th e OOC. A
a d irec to r fo r th ree y ears and a g ro w er m ay also sell directly to a
d irec to r fo r two y ears will be m ill if one is located w ith n 50
m iles of w here th e wool is p ro ­
elected.
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duced.
The county AAA com m ittees
K ILL ’EM ANYTIM E
will be concerned m ostly w ith
A ll re stric tio n s on fa rm »lau­ sales th ro u g h secondary handlers.
g h te r of livestock have been re ­ These h an d lers a re required to
moved fo r an indefinite period ef­ c e rtify to th e com m ittees tffe
fective M ay 25. th e W ar Food prices th e y jh a v e paid grow ers.
ad m in istratio n haa notified the These figure« will then be tu rn ed
O regon s ta te AAA office. This over to th e CCC before paym ent
j u t s all 1 vestock on the sam e is m ade to tb e h andlers. Rule*
bi.sis in th is respect as h o g s have now provide th a t the h an d lers will
been fo r several month)». The receive only a specified m arg in
change is intended to fa cilitate above th e price paid th e grow ers.
th e m ovem ent of livestock from Secondary handlers who do not
fa rm s to consum er», b e tte r to bal ce rtify in w ritin g th e price paid
ance the num ber» o f livestock producers fo r wool will suffer a
on farm » w ith p re sen t and pros deduction when the wool is sold
pective feed supplie».
Will Handle Wool
Commissioner Miller
Buys Striker Outfit
a t sale during any week s i
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determ
ines
the year. A fte r he
The 34th Orom encciacnt of /
w hether he is going to make a
Wasco School w » held Tuesday
sale to a fin d receiver <rf a ret» ,,.
er, all he h a . to do
look a t the
Th# M nior
prices listed fo r his county.
consisted of Clyde L. Fridley (In
service) G hirley Ann
Jufdjke.
Douglas Everett Shull (in service)
W ilford Douglas Lvtje, Vera Van
Gilder, Robert Martin Neatrt, Ret
ty Rutih KMncr, Gerald Neebit.
In la n d J Schwendel and Lelgfid
F ran k P itts, who has been a
MedJer (U .S . forces »U-
resident of tb e Wasco com m unity
of ^ g c ) , also received hl»
for nearly 20 years, died suddenly
ag Rufus did n o t have a
May 30, while assistin g w ith a hjg^
th ia y e a r. G raduating
combine re p a ir job a t the A lt
grade wen» T i
Bueboltz farm n e a r Moro.
tik ia Ann Kaseberg, Lewis Rli-
PLtts was reognized as a gooJ npr
Fredrick Basic,
m achinist and was in dem and as an<1 j arnes R alston W hite
a „ re
p a ir ------
m an fo r tra c to rs and f<,llowing jzxv»»——
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combines. He had not been well roceaBi<>n a lf Marion Onwa: *fbvo-
f.nd w as aiding w ith advice more catX)n> r ^
C an n ell;; « ah ststo riar
than actual work. He sa t down, B etty Rubier: eboepo *I%o'Hoav-
com plaining of feel ng badly, and ens Rewound’’ and “The World is
died in a few moment».
W aiting fo r th e S u n rlee":; ad­
i t has been reported th a t he ¿ regB j w EUbon, profaaaor of
was born in S acram ento, Califor- h isto ry a t OSC;
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nia and no relativ es are known
Juhnke, J.oan S hull and
to his friends here. Tbe body is
Goaaon; ewarAs, Leslie
in ch arg e of Zell» alth o u g h fun-
; vataltetorian, Ru^soidifcoo
eral arran g e m e n ts have not been b .t ; prHWTSu tio n o f diploma», Mrs
announced.
E strelk Hailey;
S hirley Me Intjnre; bepM rtlon.
Rev. Keith F led .; reee«ro<rit, M «
Frank Pitts Dies
Suddenly At Work
Kent School
Has Graduation
A t Kent, a f te r a week of ex
am ination»,
patriotic
exercises
Monday, vacation on Decoration
day, a picn c on W ednesday, and
Anal assem bly F riday forenoon,
both grade and high schools d o s ­
ed fo r the sum m er^m onths.
G raduates from th e high school
are Louis Shelton F rftt» , now
w ith th& N avy V-12 group a t W il­
lam ette U niversity; R obert S cott
G regg of Bend, now w ith th e N a ­
vy a t Pearl H arbor;
and Cleo
Rosal e Laffoon of K ent, now en
rolled a t Oregon S ta te College.
* If the voters of the sohool dis­
tric t approve o f th e b u d g et as
plnnned, th e re will be th ree te a ­
chers fo r the grade school n ex t
year.
Oregon, the second eefeet state
in the nation in 1943, so far a*
pedestrians were concerned, has
recorded a 26 per cent reduction
in pedestrian fatalities so far
thi« year, according to Secretary
of State Bob Farrell.
Seventeen pedestrians have been
killed in traffic this year, compar­
ed to 23 for the same period a
year ago.
ion Crew»-
BACK IN T H E SADDLE
Members of the almost fiqggot-
ten Sherman County Ride%» .«net
Sunday and made a ride of «off*
eral miles ending wt PeM ogA^M re
tiiey had lunch. About £0 were
out.
BOARD OF
EQUALIZATION
______
M EETING
NOTICE: There wfll he a moeti-
ing o f the County Hoard of £q«a-
lization o f Sherman County, $rjo
gon, a t the C w t Hoqge, M< m *\
Oregon, on the second Monday >«
June, that being the tfth day of
June, 1944, to P U h t M l examine
the Aaseesment rolla, correct
errors in valuation, deecriptiona
of lands or other property ■■W’1
ed by me, and it bhaU be Mm daty
of persona interested ^o apgtar
the time and place appointed
(appearance k by p ettiest). Afl
petitions must ba in w riting tmd
verified by tbe oath o f the eppli
cant and filed with the beard
wffhm tiie fleet meek It lb by
lnw required to ba fit
CHARLES A.'
29-31
County