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About Sherman County journal. (Moro, Or.) 1931-current | View Entire Issue (July 21, 1944)
<7 % M A* *-* I* A Fifty-Sixth Year No. 37 A column o f nowo About Government, e Moro 'Garage Reopened By New Owners w o jo in « « a t o. Politics ^and People tuifA espacial em phasis on die Northwest • • ' to'^ -J.. Importations of flaxseed and other feed grstos were not increas- ed nor wars price, reduced by suspension of the ta r n rates on tnese products, according to war Metro, Oregon Fridhj¿ ;Jt^y 21, 1944 .to ic m Bonds Still Sell; i«e *aftd J J.‘if. (Red) Johnson Cram .H . (Bed) opened a machine shop and to the builang formerly by the Moro Garage. They have leased their quarters flora the Moro Grain Growers, now owner of the property. Case b a native of Heppner and Johnaon bailed originally fcom Redmond. They have bean w«ik - ¡ng for Poole. MeGonigte and -to n in g , nwehine .hop in Port- Und but the urge to come back to the high country «meed them "*.............. ................ . Urged To Buy Csuty Still Not Over Top In All Types of Bonds Sherman county's total for all appears H o w this week than last. This is because an error o f | l0 .000 in the compute- b<m Inatead r f . ... , X ,h<mW ** Harvest Starts; Success of 5th War Loan Will Meet Acclaim of Men in Field and Prove Nation k Backing Our Arnfed Forces Non-Participants !) Official County Paper K Yields Not by Gen. Ike Eisenhower _____ _________ ■ “In momafite of crisis Involv ing the safety of «ur native lean people have tovaxtefate tallied against the danger Wfra sournfe. faith and resolution. “For the putt two years we have been to «tie of these crises, perhaps the greatest In our his tory. On the battlefield and on end wom- korae front B great sac- - rifles* so the freedom in our way of, life os«' be preserved “There to SWdr to progress the 5th War Loan Dbve to raise money as aato htoure that this bet «01 brought to the tia ti pstitibte conclusion and With the toast toss in lives. * Spectacular The complete success in the drive will rndet the acclaim of the forces in'-the field and will be renew ed proof that all Americans are one solid pha lanx of determination in ’ great war. Good GropsExpafead . Bat HearyjLaW fhti Raise Average “All of us profoundly trust With harvest getting «tested it F _ a bit too early to J w h a tth a oatcooft o f fete that soon the world may bs re- stored to a just peaee. Until we can. with G od', help, bring about that happy realization of our dreams, each of us must seek incessantly for ways and means by which the value of our services to our country may be enhanced. Right now we can do «0 by buy ing Bonds. Let’s make this particular vic tory a quick and dec stve oaa" u | t u U te en<M_ h » tariff of 90 days. It was thought supplies could be brought in from Canada and Mexico by commodity cred t corporation at a lower price tx reuse of removal of the duty. But Canadian and Mexican grow er» had a . different idea While the two governments are cooper- tting with the United State, fa war pffort. the nroducera of the war effort, the producers o. o fX r iX " « ^ ^ * Jd Fuftemlt mvvtetorior Mrs Nora ago the Grass Valley post-office had CLAIMS PRESENTED AGAINST statement of County Treasure», of funds in General County Fund Mend Akers were held from the «oW $80,075 and sale« to date are SHERMAN CdUNYY, OREGON showing fund balance», presented, and Road Fund. In re: $500 00 re ward: Dewey Burrell Murder. Re- W*"5° Mrthod“ * Church t*M Mon- «* .582-?10 FOR J U N S APPROv’ ,pI>r<We<1 ,nd vay aiiernoon owing her ner sud- sua- bonds v-'«"*» sold wm . u ia, >*, therefore. inctciviu, $185.282.25 ------ ----------- Certificate « m e d by court mem- War<^s Rrw’ tx) ^ e following al- ¿ay afternoon ion following FOR -- JUNK, M B ---- — APPR0V- Official figures as of July 17 give AT JU I/tf, 1944 TERM OF certm caw • ‘P * 0 <**>rtmem . t b T t m e k w « c o She w *. S h e r in J / cconty , »125.58« ^ a t C O O TO »C O U »rTH ER EO F >*r. crtify m g and appnriing bud- , 2M 00 „ Norman M, „ . tnat the crop on the eaM ade of the county is not going to be equal to that raised in k the three pre vious year» when the lighter land produced SB to 40 bushels pet acre. I Wea Fuller, on t e Pap« report« a yield of 20 on the first field cut. ere for a little mom on fields. . Farther north. fee csafti ere reported te be enqsawlpit Wa vier and 25 bushel yield« te t e northeast corner of the «aunty where there was a near failure l**t year are reported It is the west aide of the ty that has the big crop m-1844 EaHy |h ^ tW „ d L w 7Z ^ I f«™ j d « d 1« her b«l. o flW l «< u r» get tepronatxm for C ounty, pro- cula. Montan. an(J ¡t , , Mid u «mount of the tariff rate he ta ff rate. Later, to further teat “the ex périment, congress extended the -duty free period for another 90 no days, but the results n ore satisfactory and the Anal days before the summer recess, it waa proposed to grant suidtber extension this tu n ifo r 180 days there was strong op position on th* floor of the house. War Food Administrator - Marr n Jdnes stated that the demand ter l^seeed wsm auek fe t i, vtife or without fee duty, ‘^ e r y avufedblc N<** Maud McHenry was born 1<yw< 6> 1875 and was married to Glen C. Akere at Monette. Mteaouri, July 1, 1897. They crane te Oregon in 1910 and lived hi Waaee most ain<* Akera • faTTO *«d worked at var- kxw ¿»tide jfe e about Wasco until appointed eea n ty 'd erX More He died In 1991. Surviving are tore daughters. ><re Ruth Htiloraay of Bsa Augal- * te d Mre Henriette Hmmagm < Poritoad and a sou, Carol of the actual salea. Sales of bonds to corporations waa $46.12« and these haws been Tntefemlly steppad by the with- of the bonds prtfvrred by corporations from the sale. S a l« << honda to individual, to $25394 to date. In st week tfars *■ $fi<.*#4 which waa $1<>X»O too much. Our quote for »»d P° expense or $15000 to Mrs Mary Jauron, ^ ain^ n^nce2 nd * * ivit* » of coun- clinton Montana g 11” - , .T . >60.00 to Arthur Donian. Port- ® # „ r lftnd. Oregon. J * * " 1 * 7 ® * ^ for Puroh^ $50.00 te William F. Blue, Char, T* * i_ ^ 2 ^ / 7 * * * t ,O’ ManUna- Clerk directed to make transfe: Clerk directed te draw on Em- urgency Fund to exten of $187.53 1 / for benefit of Law Library Fund- n ag V 1 Semi-annual report of County Treasurer presented, approved and filed. < ¡J je S W e d n e s d a y Cleric directed to tpay^claima. / X ticLachlpn dted at Tqe upon which action had been prtr ____ ___ „ u . x. Some farm eraam k y and oate tert fee « ¡« A M y ife re small as t e b« negiigibfe f e ll y w . Some c tsp s <4 riake batter than whife. aceotding to tin $47 will bring * P®r acre- The weather fana ha romnssr until f e s wna east wfed brought on which dtippm r ■Par«’ could The found,” and that the net rfeult of ' the cancelation of duty,z waa te increase the selling price asked by fore:grt producem . This profiteering attitude on the part of Canadian and Mexican pro- tuer son, MaJ Wayne Akers died month In SanFrsncweo Mrs’ Akers was always active hi see al and church circles wher- «*e lived. A t her death she " •« a member of the Wasco Methodist church, director of the Women’s Chore! dub. member of T u«d«y and Friday Study dubs of Wasco and was engaged m other « tm tfa e . Rev. KLCanhell «ave the fun- era^ sermon te d interment o » made hi fee Waseo cemetery be- ride the grere o f her ktekand. Muny friends from all over the county attended. food administration. The experi - tc be here. fis te ment waa first tried last December Both are married and their fam- . „ when there waa » acute ritort- H i« will co»« to Moro later in eg« c f feed for llvertock, by p .^ t ie IMn< rage of an act «.p en d in g -the can be o b U ta a f ' - Mfe Buried Monday la v e 4^1 £ £ “ it is right.) r t ) A part ° of f * *» t ’uMOte hut the e n e t figure should be tfgfcer hr bMk County Court Pays Bills, OKs Payment o f Bangs haw fcaaw «M Mffifc a* «w V, co poeteffice $26,062.50, at t*b« Dteease Claims, Asks Draft Deferment o f D.A. Morp postoffice $488.60. Ten date tzjJ i «Suri ■ M»-M «, a » - ■ lB ^ AM D P (’ticers angered members of con £I«M «.d id their rwentment «m - tinues it is quite likely to mfiu- cnee future eongrewional arton on tariff rerWona Much have bean proposed as an incentive to tírale expansión in peacetime. The r-tuation is of waned ate intereet to residente of fee Pacific fiorfe- west because of fee shortage of stock .feed resulting 'from lend- lease operation« and abnormal use cf grains in the production o f la ^ W war materials. It was Mated that ra •. the condition would change tiffe F lC B r C r I H f l l ) « « « t io n of hortilttio. Whc,, Am- lBCTeaM whaat « often' brirind • Vendom« H otel; room and board eriekat $427.70; Firat National Bank, Old-Age as- stetanm, $188 40, First National Bank, Aid to Dependent Children, $52X10; David BsM, County Com- nitoakm«r, $1840; Verhon I. Mil jgr. County <3u«m'«oner $13 60; t Lester Jl h— nn. District Atter- g p Braqum, $10.40; Pacific Paw- er > Light G o^Lfehte for court- **»«•* $38.64, DeMtee Park $100. 3^» B r * - « » « » > » - $3494: ’ City < Mrt». water for & ®f tor «m»ti»eura Pacific Tel. “ e nrare than $20 less than its & t fe ^ o u e q all offices ^Ato . «f I»’»»» fa "t,n ™ G *>on<te will be on sale until 2* of th? month. The series » tie s are always on sale, everyone has been 80 not a11 citb«»» have been **>,ic’ted bo buy bonds. They may *tin * Part th’8 Fifth **r b2 b» * " « bo««!« and the end of the " « th . i vv ■ C H I vaH.'cS $K7B: ff Al« - be attempted. 25 00° t i them te start with—and oqt $4.00; Standard Oil Co., gas a 1 q yi rt now rxxs has the popular ap- tfic plan o il $89.65: First National Bank year ago and a gain in resources . . - ----------------- both WAVES and worn- wife-holding tax, $98.26. over the * 12-monfes period p f amim« CONDENSED PROCEEDINGS OF $1<M 74,385.75 COUNTY COURT DURING MEET The manager >t The Dfillto re- Don -D. Hill was here Wed — - - . . ING OF JULY 5, 1944 There is hope feat the shortage of telephone set» will be some- v te t: eased early this fall ad fee result of a war production board ^ r« r Ä Ä .w " « U a ’ Quarter. The order was made nee- * - Continued on Page Two t ” ^¥*>9 Ifiay VO WAV life "fife1 There ww. little damage could be done to the wheat although «wing wheat ih the south end of the county was not helped by the ),ot <iH'’ ° r two' A1 tough June has seemed aeemed a very Altough cold month it could not qualify 88 extremely cold in com parison other > Junes. «v • It t waa, * how- Klondike Elevator 04: Foss A Co., repair» $7.06 Howard Cooper Corp.,repairs. $32. 09; C F Kuypers, repair. $69.75 O'Meara Supply A Imp. Co., re v j 28.00; Service Garage, re- ^¡n», $20 08: Shell Oil Co . gas A Now Running The new elevator-feat the Sher- rian Cooperative Gra’n Growers built at Klondike to make room for the wheat there has been com- ior pleted by Hogenson Construction crtmpiny except for a few last ¿etaRs- Reoeiving of wheat begun when the wiring was completed Wednesday. Some grain had al- ixa ready been taken in at Klondike . .. . a a _ old _«A and this was stored in fee ÎS S S ? fa ke¡q>- r.e«Uy t » fa««# « fa . a««1 on tt- Ö Ä , allowed » m t e d a- «factor, to l « «ten lurif lalf the! with the growth of fee bank experiment station. Dr Hill is the gainst County General Fund A fee sise of fee new 160.000 buahe vuceeeeor to George Hyslop. County Road Funds- Monthly one. as a whole g < M HeClt ^OITXCB A t Last To End Cool Weather »g t fa •• e correspon mg ca h ktifc« 144« 541 330- WAVES <™eess duty have ’’ * r 9 . ' l»een overcome, fee proposal has ™ "L re fceen by fee House Na- fei U Affklrs oomnpteee, the Navy sources in f • wmrces m fee w e history of fee U. • now f<>r WAVEfi at £. National and t e w a g a ir iin <yven* <B rtafem a-an esfm ated «4- « T t ? ^ i« X l ^uX diton to a «tee.gn.ted quoted <* and WM cf cr, month by month, in 1948. Ex- tensón of this principle to pricing of >11 ™ OPA has fixed ce bring about about a a chrifrfcic bring chtotic «omfitiun ©onumwi and it is improtefele feat rt will T “ ^4 Ounfe hmme *uppl < « $10.20: Department wnpotu tor - f erttte Agriculture, sealer, w eighted ,eg’ *n •PeratM>n LhilL’ Deeds approved and sgned by By fuext week lUsnty meawI1Wt $3.7$; Mrs L L T aylor. *®1,ed to 8tap onset of tire Cpurt terminatng sales o f Tax north Moro w i l l threshing, Veterinarian's Field Helper, $3.00; d,!* BW- .Foreclosed property in Waeco vo Mrny pulled out Thotodaff Ho Was was born near Monklan 1 Lawrence and Myrtle Funk and Friday.» Harvesting will fifa^N be M ret Coast Printing A Binding Co He 1001 near iooo being u.:__ 55 M r----------- _ How again this year as B warn last ciZrtPawopplies $56 34. AsseZsor’a °ti°b e r to, 1888. yeare Fjorence Grant. EU1-,Hre $3 75, Sheriff’s supplies at death- 4 t Action deferred relative t o There are not enough iteflifere. 17 married to of boundaries of Rutledge men, and fee csep, beteff $33.80, •>$93.89 • Charlee R. Logan. Co- B ool., »160.00; C A ?'»'>* F° r the g r « te r wtln(¡, p ^ nct No 7 _ • there will be delay unload in , tSe , m leage appraisal and S * * ° f , “ t - farmed , thl<* Clarence Mersinger delegated to trucks at fee elevator, flíld trip. »2.90 SUndaM Oil C < ' ’“"ty !C * 7 »1*™“ Fire Fif hti"« treck «•ur of c .lifo m ia , official car « p e n « -. g J X ir iM two h trT e*‘ »29.00; Foss Foa. * A Co., Co offical car c a r * . A Mr> D„ of Q e rk instructed n ^ r u c t c d t to o « communicate n l c r i . $29.00: official Clerk e x p e n « , »650; J C F reem an, box- >nd Mre w A W(xmU o{ w ith Select, ve Serm ce B oard m l- M . T .- « ! - rent due for quarter ending end mg 9-20- four iong q ^ , at.ve to renewal of claw flc.tion of W o » i n U I I t 44, 53.16; J C Freeman. P. M. y „ ,hill(rton> Wendell and D.atnct Attorney. Oregon’, traffic <faa»fc stamps for Clerk’s office $10.00; nQw anj glen of More, There being no further business the ftrsk five m o n te of- State Industrial Accident Comm. fwo daughters. Mrs Lucille Har- court adjourned subject to call eight persons killad par t e « tint- dred « m -« illion peace officer's protection. $5.29; r rton Eugene and Mrs Evelyn Judge. h «-. mdaa «f * tteNtek * a M a > * «X * • * actly the same « • to r t e -gama First National Bank, withholding Chamnera of Portland, both of -------------------- - jteriod of 1948, accosting t e S t e tax, $101.69: C C -Wlson, Sheriff’s y,hose husbands are in the service, f t « A » rr ta ry of Skate Bob Fareslk - expense, $16.50; Marie I}o»kinnon, FuneraI 8ervic<M win be held A rses»or’s . office' help» $5 20; Friday af teroon at 2 p. /n. from The traffic death Tate Sherman County Joubnal County Moro Com m unity church and unit of measurement res printing $10.95. Assesroris office in)Urment yrin be made in the term in ing the relative i $3.46, $14.40; W ily W. B n ig h ten . 0 ^ . fellow cemetery. traffic in relatien to t e expenses to Sun’t conference $39- __ ___________ to accident. 16; w ily W. Knighton, office help Travel in Oregon, a« I After remaining cool for six )eM U l , $94.20;. W u m Bakery, O i l i n g C r C W U S e S weeks to givo the wheat a chance gasoline com sum ptio. boanj of Cricket Control workers 6 board o i <zncKev v ^ i u w i n * ripen satisfactorily the waath- ly higher for fee ,9.74; l , w Library Fund Law W o D # « ! 1 ITICK D r i v e r s e - became overheated for the t first of thr'g year than in Books, $137. 53, Elner M. Helyer, at time this year last Tuesday and five period of 1948. Ban?.a diaeawd cattle slaughter«. Ar, oiling crew J ^ b e e n W <1 »12.00; Jonathan N Macjnnes- e ^ t on Urn b l X m y w i f a ”’« * ‘ u tio '> thermometer up te Increa« of four per e^ffi B d i s e a s e d cattle slaughtered T is Z t W fa g « - tote! of « « .^ 7 0 5 -d fa . - - e a «. An attempt to equalise return« to producers rather than an effort to establish uniform price» throu- ghout fee United States is seen ¡.i the recent order by OPA grant ing increases of 2 0 #to 30 cents a bushel for potatoes grown In Kansas, Nebraska, Maryland. Nor- th Carolina and Virgin a on the ground that unfavorable weather conditions have reduced t he yield in those states. Potato growers of Washington and Oregon have been granted no such concession an^ they must market their 1944 crop nt the aame price» M toh jjUUOfl- imported from Mexico while Oan- felfefM E 0 t KlHed hl VI An In th T u n ito d ateta« Ft«*- oilcake and meal have been a Dan McLachail ■ Proapects of the largest wheat crop on record served to keep the general tone of domestic grain futures markets heavy during fee week ended July 14, according to report to the War Food Admin- ]oan n.Uas irtrafon. The large wheat crop f°r 'th e 1944 crop announced by *n prospect and a slight increase fee Commodity Credit corporation in the 1944 oat production over basic price at Portland year more than outweighed $1.46 for No. 1 grade. The atete amnewhat smaller corn and AAA distributed to >11 *wriey crop, in sight and made « ™ t y ofa«« a complete arimtah- «■« total «»pply aituation quite « # « * « • far «hoping pointe flm a - I » fa « r iv t at th « time. While the T .w>" *',,c ghekrt the ««ate. «fete. rge erep eet.rn.te. made for The rate« range frenr $1.19.9 at irregular to l w e r markets for oats futures, cash Bn™ t ° »»<«1 » t HWaboro. vnry » wheat h«*‘ ««I °«u >"* «» ««W in« nnd «"*> « - .¡ n e d >" » relatively Arm poaition at Mm- *»nd A few aouthern Oregon terminal markets m . ™ ." w r ™ n 'he erew will work north from points are based on- San Francisco GENERAL ROAD FUND • gnd Mv<,r of kdrich afford* « bighor rate than I V A AZT7C IV la v n , Road employees pay roll—b L W .™ and Moro t e Portland base at their dis- Peeta »97.18: E McMremon « 9 0 « : . ej)fht womcn C Bargenholt »94.64; J Gentry on the crew, most ancea. i The increase In fee wheat rates *V /vC l S 6 3 S OOOI1 __ ----- $94.64: O ra W orkm an $50.16; : L L * , 4 e - c - , ^ - - - «kaUi '«¿W '«H ^ht look mr amounts to 7 cents per bushel and Overseas service for WAVES is Peetz »98 24: E McM“ " «> *“ A8; & day, of place« fee loan level at 90 per aMmred y,« pr» e n t proposed C Bargenholt, $88.16, J Gentry, resent 'to be the peace was preaui cent parity instead of the previ- permitting these members $86.00; Ora Workman $90.76. :he perogative' - g ^ braw’ , and ous 86 per cent women’« reserve of the State Industrial Accident Com --------------------- Navy 1« passed by congress, ac- m erion, Insurance $31.14; Nation b ANK GROWING cording to Chief Quartermaster al Hosnital Ass’n., Insurance $5 00 .tab. How th , mi ^ y fallen, _____ _______ Fallon, of The Dalles Navy Re- W T Balsiger, Insurance $46.66 n , — L cruitmg «tetion, wtrch handles City of Moro, water, $1.75; Pac the OtiftWroller o f C urrency e applications in this area Power A Light Co., Lights, $2.00 per the• official call o f J u c „0, tKpee j R M<íKean repa¡TW ^ .oo- Moro ____ «aton to t i s ’ ntP8^y preventing assignment of Lumber A Fuel Yard, repairs $7. ^T^c*** tfjjlfalilffi tor dte^retie use eome avauarae . _ ' Y . .. P j -»i»«««* ah áAd. of irrig ation an ' ed expense mil - rf (|r. t five monifa. ° * J > « The death tufa far » « J » ” 1« of May tW« year tea» tigMJ pete £Ons killed >'-on miles of travel. * * * * ¡ 2 'writH fee lowest rate to tor OB» year was April wife z > rate of five. --------------------- t h ^ t e m p e ^ t u v . ^ not read, » Klondike Bedric jj* the highest jnrak registered in June was 89» In 1927 and 1943 the higest mark was 88. In both 1943 and 1944 cool wea- ther a :dsd t e wheat crop very materially It was July 17, 1943 before it was hotter than 90 and ¡{ was July 18 feia year before ----- reached. i t k i . that figure was This jear June was filled w ife chlUy _a _.) The ’ change over from rolt. to 4000 velts in t e W toto * » • wa« vmade ^j$teday *>«"■• one Wld four ° linemen from ready bojp m toatelh tetoltiti^ ^ ^ ^ hi that city in order chxnrs- TrantWfteifii «Mr»«*- Arannwraw» W$P$ P*d two feet on t e poles. nights and, 'n fact, only 9 nights were warmer than 50 degrees and it was dowb to 36 one night Mean temperature for June wat «0.5, oe compared compare« to w 60.5, wnicg which may be « .A when a. . « • ___ _ temper- June 1943 fee mean ature wrai 58 7. It was 58.3 in 1948; W-0 In 1941 and 65.4 in 1940. Long time average 1« 61.7. A ne< wiring waa made necentory <000 volts higher voltage btifig „^eefiWf enough - ptotir . . te . . fe$ lu x y ,- carry ------ V ’nnri Klondike elevator. A M « and suburban U W ry 4000 volte n s t e e ^ f i mal 2300. — - - ^ t e - 1 : : ri f •