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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
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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
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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 ------
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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” -
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.
>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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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$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
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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 $7.
^T^c*** tfjjlfalilffi tor dte^retie use
eome avauarae
. _
'
Y .
.. P j -»i»«««* ah áAd.
of irrig ation an
'
ed expense
mil
-
rf
(|r. t five monifa. ° * J > «
The death tufa far » « J » ” 1«
of May tW« year tea» tigMJ pete
£Ons killed
>'-on miles of travel. * * * * ¡ 2
'writH fee lowest rate to tor OB»
year was April wife z > rate of
five.
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t h ^ t e m p e ^ t u v . ^ not read, »
Klondike Bedric
jj*
the highest jnrak registered in
June was 89» In 1927 and 1943
the higest mark was 88.
In both 1943 and 1944 cool wea-
ther a :dsd t e wheat crop very
materially It was July 17, 1943
before it was hotter than 90 and
¡{ was July 18 feia year before
----- reached.
i
t k i .
that figure was
This
jear June was filled w ife chlUy
_a _.)
The ’ change over from
rolt. to 4000 velts in t e W toto
* » • wa« vmade ^j$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.
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