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About Sherman County journal. (Moro, Or.) 1931-current | View Entire Issue (July 7, 1944)
/ ■ m 4 X* 4J0untai A, F ifty -S ix th Y ear Moro, O regon 'F rid a y * J u ly 7, 1944 Farm Bureau A column o f new« About Government, O fficia l C ounty P ap er amt ? Reorganization Crop Ma^ Be Officers Chosen 4,000,000 bu. Politics and People z with especial emphasis Mac Hoke Tells of Income Reaches Aims of Bureau And Fantastic Figures With Of Work Being Done Good Crops and Prices on the Northwest mL , The cool w eather of the p a st . x l v j , two weeks has made the effects of .. • . * • . , the m id-June ra ns" last much longer than usual and, if cool winds continue for an o th er week or two, a fine crop of w heat will , , _ . _ S ’ Mac Hoke, s ta te president of th e Oregon F a rm B ureau F ed era- In the m ilitary bill fo r th e fls- t on» spoke to the new and old cal y e a r 1945, heg m w n g .th '» Ju ly m em bers of th a t group here F ri- th ere is an ap p ro p riaio n of day night when new life was pour- $562000000 to be used fo r re lie f «d the fed eratio n by reor- in th e te rrito rie s re cap tu red i r o n ganization the G erm an a rm y in Europe. Thia The F arm B ureau waa active is in addition to th e o th er m illions in Sherm an county in th e ea rly which have already been used 20s b u t w as allowed to lapse into d u rin g th e fiscal y e a r 1944. The desuetude. A t the m eeting F riday allied arm ies tak e a d istric t or aright the old officers w ere seated co u n try and then rolls in the sup- begin the m eeting. plte« fo r d istribution am ong the Sam H u n ter, as ag en t of the populace When th e arm y has rta te o rg an izatio n , stated th e pur mopped th a te rrito ry and moved 1>ose of th e g a th e rin g and pro- r .. cn to a new th e a te r of operations reeded fo rth w ith to call fo r nom- it invites th e U nited N ations Re- m at.ona fo r office. J . M W ilson lief and R ehabilitation adm snw tra- * * * elected president, W C. Schil tion to take o v er the handling of ling, vice-president, T. M. Rolfe relief second vice-p-esident and H a rry B *•*’ • Tit .m an, wife of the A m erican charge d’affahs, was among T h . i n n u b - . „kA d fo r . P inkerton. u t r e U r y ^ r e u u i w J ? i “* ’ 7. " h o were given protection W the V atic.» w hc. The UNRKA n aa asked fo r a . . . . , . . .. Iuc I niUd Stales entered the w ar. She Is shown a l the antes »r v .t i , tiem endous <ium w ith which to In h “ ’peel h eajpla n m g e “ 8 e entering A m ericans of the victorious fifth arm y, buy supplies fo r c a rry in g on this c,m * the F arm B ureau, Hok< ta u c u u is now giving protection to Nasi diplom ats caaght in Some work, and a < e d fo r m ore money ° “ t J'“ r ' » « " “ w«" clomdy th an it can spend in a reasonable connected w ith the extension »er- period. The request has been v‘t e * " d in ’ ome o f th ' some v 4 ,,t reduced, fo r inverfjg* h -* " " * * U> d° A ______ . £» E J- „ rh - . • t u x «hows th a t th e re are already «P P °intm ent o f county a g e n t. slo fk p ile , of m ateria l w hich a n Th' condition d o e. not prev.,1 The county co u rt held « Ion« to A rt D o nlni and Billie Blue. be uMd w itliont th e U N 1 B A " ow *“ “ ld T here is g re a t need fo r a stro n g session W ednesday. In stead o f g et- All were residents of the country ntaking tim e. additional p u rc ple, h ases there fo r farm organization, said Mr. Hoke, t ng the w ork some F or exam n early done by aroun<l M issoula a t the t m e Bur- County Court Gives O K To AnnCXOtlOn tSy Kent DlStriCt are $21,700,000 w orth of raw wool and $43,200.000 of raw cotton the U nited S tate« owned or Hl controlled by agencies of the federal g o v e rn m e n t T here is a •UekpOe e< UMJMMW warth >f hdang » organ zation.^ although canned tneafc, and more than there are 700.000 famiKes m th e pre- fa ■ ra • B C lO W I a f l t V >1’*.000.000 of dried beans, peas in d soya products: an o th er item fa «1«.000.000 of « « m ed B A - . » . . » p p r o x n x u l y the c « t of the «1 fare ealmon pack o f the oorthw eat; »2.500.000 of chaaac, and »¡*.000.- - • \ « mb _a_ 000 of canned milk. These goods are now in stockpile, w aiting. New supplies necessary to buy wnll be $17000.000 w orth of farm m achinery, $88,870,000 of woolen ien ion g arm en ts, $22000,000 of cotton of g arm ents, a n d $38.250,000 rhoes. The arm y h a s its relief ap - ipropriation, has ... cm Lnow U NRRA ------ -Hoke its money , and the tw o com bined rm o u n t to $1.012,000000 fo r fo r- e.gn reliei. rm giano has nas c<mir*>u- relief. England contribu- ted iU JP m P '* * * a " otm e" t ’ “ m a tte r of $.320000000. . . . . 7 Domestic grain m arkets were CeneraUy firm during the WCg£ * n<* ^ e r" . MobleJ' a *n" : cnaed June 10, o th er g ra in s be ng s ittin g hs A 9 It fcrw? court, sittiwvr ciis- „i_ i by w » heat, accord- *8' influenced also tract boundary board to agree ing to reports to the W ar Food --a;__ zn uT n r ° / • *° w ° of T z' ^m inistration. Crop conditions 4 ♦ B ?A ap p aren tly were well m aintained 2 T" . l ° ° / ” L L j an rn s s m in the n" ^ u new w cr°P crop o o u n ttu iu im the . y ** n V 1. S outhw est were fully m eeting ex- * ” r” n £ K ent Z h ^ t £ " ecU tio n s- The P O - ^ H ty of Gov- e m in e n t influence in id v an cin g tore'. co u rt agreed to th e annexation prices on some g ra in s was praiaed the 10-point ag #s o f Ju)y , , M S , me - - - -» » u a „ c u ltu ra l plank in th e Republican rpnui^ d t „ thp " ? ‘h ", K fact° r ’ J™1 dem an 1 being required to p erm it the legal ,n M idwestern cash w heat m ark - r ia tform . aaying th a t it was very neceaaities It was arg u ed th a t . DroDertv te ts »«»Proved w ith b e tte r m ill gijjy'iar to the program of the f, ul bureau. H e p ro p b fa ie d th a t the |M and th e m a t of cduca- '[' a '” 'ciPa t ‘«n » red..«- D em ocratic p a rty would adopt t <m ,n t h e s u b s id y ra te fo r July. a p ro g ram like it. , . w anted ; om“ ’ ia r ^ U ^ rte t Were fi™ Denials to the c o n tra ry , the ru- n o r p ersists th a t a special air- lan e e “ job” u ik in p p lan joo as as been ow n b uuux in Cal- <>*»•- if o m » fo r the use of the p resi- <k’n t when he wiahms to m ake a trip to London, o r C airo, o r To- iheran, or China. T here is no good Tiason fo r m aking a denial if the p lan e is a fact. The p resident h as ns m uch rig h t to have a special p lan e as he has to use a .special railro ad car . The plane used by M r- Roosevelt when she flew to Ghina and th e south Pacific had to h av e various a lte ra tio n s fo r h er accom m odation, and if the p re sid e n t is to have an a ir liner it should be built (n o t tra n sfo rm - The bureau does not believe in anyw ay and prevailed. T)arity and above all does not co unty»s $5O0 rew ard fo , w an a a g g ric cy oj of fV nn,n ™k™« r k » n n M Mnrtr«-, w ant ant an ric u u ltu ltu ra ra l l p H vy .» wi R n n re b « in s ™ on o f D orizn i sca rcity , as t s leaders beKev- mur<lerer - o f Dewey th a t when distributkm is properly R „ divkted in tc f OUr don, th , re will be need fo r .11 ™ Me raise and a t a good price. tlR n M »rv Jm iron and 160 each $160 to M ary Ja u ro n and $50 eac The s ta te m eet ng of the F arm B ureau will be held N ovem ber . _____ _________ _______ i f . j g a t th e Colum bia G orge hotel P a r a trO O t> C r R c a d v » e a r Hood River. Dues are $5.00 J l v p»,. y ear and th e 50 m em bers have paid $7^0 fo r 1944 and 1046- o f th ia sum $4 sta y s in the local, f2.60 goes to the s ta te and $1.00. to th e national fo r the bureau m agazine. —.— —------------ f TOm. com- von pBe candidate in th e Oregon p rim aries. May 17, receiving the num ber o f votes in the ata)te w<g Leslie M. S cott, republi- * tate tre a s u re r, aeek ng re- n/mrination fo r th a t offioe,wntb a ffotal o f 118048 votes, according a b s tra c t of votes issued by the stg te o ffi^ a t Saflem- Scott w as w ay o u t in fro n t in received by a n y candidate in e jyi€ r republican o r dem ocratic p a r ty. W illiam T- L am bert, dean- « » k in g the s ta te tre a a u r- e r ,g B erth polled 71048. ________ _____ £ Quota Made I ercy Inoinpson Quits ti»at of last year as the n o rth end Percy Thompson has resigned of the county has b e tte r expec- from his p o stfo n as secretary of tancy than in 1943. The rains were the count d ra ft board and will of g re a te r benefit to the south leav^ t h a t office Ju ly 15th. end of the county and alth o u g h the Mrs Doris Wilson began w orking tim e required to make the g rain in the d ra ft board office Ju ly 1 th ere safe is longer a good crop and will become the successor to i? nearly assured. Mn Thom pson upon bis retire- Fields are not even and good m ent. A lthough no statem en t has looking as they have been fo r a been made, it may be presumed few y ears but a p a rt of th is th a t this resignation p resag es the fem es from the add tional 26,000 acceptance of the Republican nom- rc res th a t ar» in wheat, this y e a r./in a tio n fo r sheriff by Mr. Thomp- These acre^ are often on so u th or son whose name was w ritten in west slopes where dry w eather n ‘ the May pr mary. shows up first. ---------------------- A yield of 1 ttle over 20 bu- n y ««,» . shcls per acre will give th e county W O H IB IIS v l U D 2,500,000 bushels. F arm ers insur- _ . ing w heat never g et so low 20 bushels, h o w e ^ r. N ot this j e a r The average, nsurance men educational com m ittee of say. is ab o u t 33 bushels per acre Moro club is try in g which, if realized, would give a a r r * 'F e I° r a weekly picture <r°P of a little over 4000,000 bu- to be given a t the school shels o f wheat alone. hoU8e* 11 is planned to use the I t 1» ent rely possible th a t the 8 machine and obta n the. county’s w heat income . will be o f th e scbo<)1 houiW“ to show $5,000,000. O ther crops and live- re ^ u lar com m ercial films. The Mock can easily account fo r an- 0001 n n tte>e is Mrs Nina Pinkerton, earlier. ■»>»« of Sales of o th er bond« to mdivid u a h to taled «12364. The quota ’8 437,000. Sales to corporatioiM reported was $36,000. Q uota is «31,000. T otal sale» a re $160,931.76. Quota is «176.000 E bond sales mad« a t th e bank are $66,043.75. Wasco poetoffioe $21093 73. G rasa Valley postoffice $25,606.25 Moro poatoffice $337.00 The la te st official re p o rt show ed S herm an county m 14th place in th e state. Sale« have been la g ging i<n the s ta te an d nation ex« te p t fo r sales to corporations which have m ade heavy Invest m ents in the n atio n ’s bonefe. Ju ly 8 is the date of the official closing o f the 6th Wer C rive. It is expected t h a t . ‘oado d u rin g July be M00^«d although no word coofirmtog Ibis been received 1ft county head q u arters. In the Ja n u a ry cam paign the W asco postoffice sold $47,867-50 by Mgs Mai Oveaon and M reY sim «. tfeft ajpaa - <4 tb l M other Bullion and salarie s, M&er. ‘ Grass Vsdley $40^6176 sold. and o th er income a re a t least The bank accounted for $66.431 25. a nrllion. Solicitors who s till have te r r i The national income in 1943 i tory to cover o r possible buyers estim ated to be $147,900,000000 or tc see are urged by the county $ P 2 0 p er capita. T h at is much com m ittee to h asten the work if the highest it has ever been. The Pe r c a P ta '"com e of Sherm an N cxt Monday the county clerks Po“ ibl<: because: fl™t, the tone 4 V\ «. m irfint* <>■** be ^ fo z ~ w « u b . v r » 4 time? i mxi □ of > Oregon • have x been asked to meet Ft'ifi V Klfkt. I >44 1 A.ll li Countv t***® year /« can ^at of th e average Am erican. in w th the of second, the closer W* Txxl nm = ....... Will lA 8t aaxxx y€ar w* 8 naaevkxklar Probiably flnno th ree s t ........................... a>u to be instructed in the ®hof* snors- prOache« r ---------- th« . lUOr« difficult x# •$ kn thn<* as much 88 . the e s t m eans of g ettin g the ballots ** ° b U ,n atten tlan of bUy Am erican citizen enjoyed. printed and distributed to service e i* p rinted and distributed w 'n ^ s may lower estim ates rn€n a jj over |,Be world, 0 » ^ Oregon law »U te» u ' a t “ n _i\ , ha7 Ld °_n, " " " ‘¿ T : ' ’. P « ¡ d e 7 t " k k 7 d a ^ ” ’’m a t * « * mt t Sherman Stfll SeCOod ’ Soldier Voting Being Studied v'eath er. N orth end w heat is s l advanced to he ¡niu red bv h e a t al- 8fnoU8jy inJured b\ . . h eat a l' il L though the crop would be lig h te r - - - if hot w nds came. ward trend of the p a st few weeks. M arket firmness was a ttrib u te d to stren g th in M idwestern w heat fu tu re s, and m.u extrem tA u tm e ely iy n lig g n h i t offer oner m gs from grow ers, ra th e r th an an y m arked im prevem ent in dc- imy tim e up to 45 d ay s before th “ tr<n<iral election. P rin tin g of the ballots - m ust v w ait u.tvu until th at — -------- rvca.v v,«g»v The la te st rep o rt from the . , v,« ♦ me. I t has been estim ated th a t salvage ch airm an , Roderick fi« - if ballots can go by a :r it will ney, is th a t the av erag e scrap require 32 days fo r the round p a p e r collection has been 16 ^ ta te S N e a r ly trip . T h at leaves 10 days fo r the pounds in Oregon Sherm an oouA- scldier to g et his voting don« ty is second w ith 31.6 pounds A /k A A A A VI J and a rriv al a t the county clerk’s pe? cap ita being led by benton $5,000,000 DOilaS office th re e days before <<unty 49.9. W — asco county . u w w c election. << uniy w w ith in xo.». p a r fc ip a turn o f the s t a e It ig bje bhat a 2. Psiper is still °f V H q m " e I ectk > n wil 1 ** held dhan*e m demand. U " " / “ nd ----------- ''------------- . . .. , _ y _________ - <iates may a t ar»y tline com m ission on recom m endation of j a teg ao as to give a longer tim e Pedestrians Lose " ta U - TreftS Scot^, - a ^ - was fo r ai/nviitLce absentee voters. can- ------ --------— --- M* --------- vvver». n R e egular g u ia r Qan* r.nnounced by Governor E arl Snell, ¿¡date« m u st make the?r decision I j v e S A lO D fif , . t a u rlnirm T.. * O A Arp ns m em pm ber bfr 45 ¿ ays Before __ av i____ "W fh a ,rm A a n n * L ren8» m th e - p rim ary elec Motor Vehicle accidents took the rta te indu strial commission, 18 tion o r about 5 1-2 m onths soon lives of 21 p ed estrian s in Oregon t l h e r commission m em ber. er th an do the independents. d uring the first five moaths of The bulk of bonds purchased are 1944, according to S ecretary of ea rly m atu rities, according to A trav elin g exam iner ua of oper- „ . »• . deemed neces- F srrel ] j / » ato rs and chauffeurs is scheduled ‘ u i u < 13 ’“7 > ™ « ' » « " aads o! to arriv e in M ore T hnreday Ju ly ° < lh* j 1 ^ r e ^ A t o Livestock Gets ’ ta ta ,o r ca"h to c a rr7 petivitie» »ueh a» post-w ar plans beneficial to returned servicem en servicemen and industrial w orkers no longer engaged in w ar p lan t work. > m gs P » r,ty p r»ces Ju n e 15; W heat 5? ' Corn - .« 6 ^ o, ; Cy S1 05 22I Flax- $2 87 busheL F arm Prices !! " Oata a r l«y 11-12, Rye $1.06. and F lax- spefj $2 86 per bushel. Cash w h eat prices a t P ortland developed a firm tone the p ast week in co n trast w ith th e down- «*» have been made to a rra n g e the p lane which h a s. been used on th e t/a n s -A tla n ti? trip s as com fort- able and convenient as possible, h u t th ere are th in g s lacking. The new W hite House plane is paid fand it is all denied from tlje W h ite H ouse) to be th e la s t word in a ir travel. No one can deny th a t the head of th e Am - erican governm ent Is en titled to the b ea t th a t science and m oney can produce. Some fine day the p resid en t will d isappear, and la- te r will come an announcem ent th a t he is a t a certain foreign Not Yet Over Top; ww Wheat PllCeS Still tiie t have been pu t o v er from vkmg 9esfl ong deleeatjon fro m K ent -- delegation from Kent, g{ Lut4ier I)ayi5 War Bond Sale The F o u rth o f Ju ly was ju s t an o th er d ay fo r picnics in S h er man county. The p ark s in the Corporation Boy Bat towns and a t DeMoss all had ‘everal groups of people in them Individual Quota Not who used the day to m eet to g eth er fo r a d inner. There was no cele- Made In Sherman bration of any kind, no dance, no . , , . . „ , , . . The w ar bond situ atio n in Sher- fire w orks, no speeches, b u t plenty - , . . , , . . . , K man county is this. ol food and d n n k an d com pany. ' ---------------------- As o f W ednesday n ig h t, wMn q mm . the exception of G rass Valley which re p o rt ls ~ e _ i . . $112,167.75 in E bonds bad been D ra ft B o a rd J o b - ,iw w o - n3 Sponsoring Pictures was there. Recommendation b e e a u » so few fa rm e rs belong to rr o n for e a r iy aftern o o n ad jo u rn - Fe ¿♦av 10 paym ents w as made by m y one of the b ig fa rm groups m ent the m em bers had to O regon’» 66000 fa rm e rs e re less UTltil ebout five Before «rol ^ P t a i n Vayne Gurdane and T. Lesrter Johnson, c o u < y attoineyL th an 25 percent organised ; the jn g home, __________ _ a - n atio n ’« 6 m illion fa rm e rs do not Diacusgion of B an g ’s disease F arm reau. The D airy I-eague, the Coop- e r .tr e e council »nd th e P erm Bu- . . . .. . , r r . u l x . worked to r e th m m l e f - faUt.ve m atter» and have been w r y auceeaaful. The b u re au doer xx* > _ •>« »1 not «jrpect«to com pete w ith o th er fa rm o rg a n iz atio n s b u t does aim to in te re st its m em bers in legis- k tio n , tax atio n , roads, electric service and medicau medical care— care— tn th in in g g s s service and th a t m ay be obta ned through group .c U « . and o f a public no Fourth of July Day o f Picnics Over County County Wheat Guest of the .Vatican fr e e d Enough Vitamins In Paper Drive KOBOS 18th and will courthouM |Q a m an(j An Elated Trio Grain Storage May Liveetock producers need b e lit tle concerned over th e widespread vitam in vogue now sw eeping A m erica, p artly through com m ercial Thfc will be the first year in cates appeal . c e o r t n , to a re- fo u r tfa .t h a rv e rt wil, begin wllh Be Problem Again po isau y t e n u tritio n coni- elevators and w arehouses nearly n iitte e of the Ann-rican V eterin ary „ „ p ty . F o r y e a r, th ere h a , been M oaical association, and concur- , jo b crihb.OK flat h o u se, and i ♦ in, in the main, by Dr. J. R. necessity o f'im p o rtu n in g Com- aag, chem ist of the OSC exper; • .mod ity C redit to move enough m en t statio n . w h eat to p erm it storage. In some Livestock obtain m ost o f the counties g ra in h /s been piled out- TU B ES NOT R A TIO N ED '¡ '» m in , they need through sun- ride the fac shine foods, provided This year the houses are nearly s u p e r n e ux p assen g er, tru ck , tra c to r a reasonable am ount of care em p ty and th ere are few le ft to th e head man- QrMj mrplement tubes will be exercised in selecting and pro- be cribbed up The job of p u ttin g • • • moved fro m ratio n in g , effective cessing the feeds used, the rep o rt te crop aw ay looked easy u n til The taxicab d riv ers in the na- j ujy i t 1944, the OPA announced A m erican paratro o p er going shows. The chief exception is w ith th e middle of June when a norm al tional ca p ita l (who a r e «upponod today. »hoard a transport plane a t a Brit- poultry, whero ex tra vitam in D is or sm aller crop was expected. to know eW iy th in g ) are, a s a This move, OPA e x p la n e d .c o m - k* resm «2» usually su p p led , both by the use Now th e rains of Ju n e and cool rule, convinced that tfcs ^SBT^ te es as a remilt of the fa c t t h a t in- t r *op" ™ c ” m orV ^qulpm ^nA han 01 fish oils anf1 a lia lia le a i nieai. w eath er m ay make sto rag e a prob- E urope will corns to an end before ven^oriss and production appear aVerage sqaad, as It Is essential except where adequate exposure of lem ag ain for it tak es a good C h ristm as th is year. The driv ers n<jequate a t local War P rice and tj,ey be ready for any emer- the birds to sunshine m akes the«e deal of room to place th ree or fo u r C ontinued on P age Two R ationing Boards fo r tubes. gency. unnecessary. m illion buahels of w heat. “X be on duty a t the " 62 perC6" j ” ” hau„ of «■¡dents oecu” n » “ noon teven »even were were killed killed in ru ra l aeci- dents- t- “ These figures a re evidsnep th g t p ed estrian safety is a ru ra l prob lem, as well as an urban pns,' S& iretary F arrell said. “Tha ru ra l p edestrian accidents a re th e resu lt, in m ost cases, of fa ilu re <m the p a r t of th e person on fo o t |p |$ - crcise proper care when crosi^ g highw ays. S ixty percen t of tha ped estrian fa ta litie s so f» r invol ved unsafe actions on th e p a r t of the pedestrian. ; '^ÖÄ I S “During the summer months, there will be many persons walk ing along rural highw ays. 1M roads, going to or from fa u n a fo r the harvest work. In m any cases, pedes t r a n s will be walking short distances along country roads. Drivers should he on the alert when driving in these area% and tlse pedestrian should accept his g Ryrd bv Rrt. 1 share of the responsftiBty ter his Harrison, left, and Craig Wood* c v n safsty - He CSM do thin by right, all appearing happy ts have walking only on the left finished In the money a t $17,SM w ar traffic, and crossing highw ays only bond Invitation golf toarnam eat at w hen no cars are near enough to Philadelphia^ 1 co n stitu te a hazard.” v . * K. » ’ vir - ' i - V'