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F ifty-Sixth Year No. 41 A. column o f nom Moro, Oregon F rid*y,A u|gtiat 18, 1944 O ffic ia l C o u n ty Paper Sherman Citizens Meeting For Past and Present Service Men Gather and Dine Suicide fa County Jail Sherm an countiana, p ast and present, old and young, picnicked a t L au relh u rst p a rk Sunday in th > annual g e t to g eth er of those who have a t one t me been re si dents o f this county. Politics and People A * « Ctikor Ea4> luie with especial emphasis By H aapM Self With Beit Sunday Morning on the Northwest Jo h n CUbor, 52, itin e ra n t fa rm B ask et dinner a t long tab les could h ard ly be finished fo r the v isitin g an d “ do you rem em ber*’’ . r j a i <■[ the diners and m any a tai* ktborer, committed suicide by As of A u g u st 1 the sh ip y ard s han g in g wh le an inm ate o f thè uUU* « « « tr u e - county >11 Sunday wornjng. ted 3632 merchant vessels since th is county entered the w ar. They O tfcor had been em ployed on lire still tu rn in g o u t sh pa a t Van th e K laus B ardenhagen ranch csu v er-P o rtlan d and P u g et sound south o f G rass Valley fo r about vards and presum ably will be for ten day s, having come up from an o th er year. This raises th e q u e,- The Dalle» office of the em ploy bon as to w h at is to becom e of m e a t service. P ap ers indicated th is arm ad a o f A m erican m erchant th a t h e had lived m S acram ento m en— the larg e st com m ercial flfet and a t S tockton, California w h e ~ of any country in the world, when he worked fo r th e «Diamond Match . . , . ., „ ♦he w a r ends. A percentage will company. 18 an aJr vlew °* the newly Men suffering from tropical aii and be loot due to enem y ‘action or opened M arine Corp« reh abilitation m eats are ted here until res- 5.000 ito rm a t sea, b u t the num ber w 11 *** we «**** 170 Pounds and was center n ea r K la m a th Falls, re st tored to fuU v ig o r and fitness. It is he negligible. The fleet will be C fe et and 7 hlches in ^ » < ht A r- ra v e n fo r thousand« of L eather- F ir s t <rf its K nd in th e nation s nard p ractically in tact when the «hoot- ’ *•* Waa m ade fcy S heriff C- c Peck v eteran ’ of Pacific w arfare H ato ry , the co t e r is still grow ing __________ ___ ____________________________ , ing stops WiUon S atu rd a y evening on com- fcw Dr. Hill Warn* That N e i High r J E X tS th is m erc h an t fleet the U nited M a te , can c a rry all of its ocean borne cargo and the c a r g o « of e th e r c o u n t™ , In o th er w ord, sta rv e th e o th er countriea to de«*h by hogging th e off-shore busine-». Shipping officials here have o th er 'ideas They favor d vid m g up -he b o v in e » and consider that if 6« p ercen t o f the Am erican com m erce w andering around the so u th end o t bown clad * fe w er ck>th“ than prop" He had ’* « " fr'w n h i’ B ardenhagen ranch w*’j ’e r ***** day Wi,aon Went to look a t hi* p r i ’ fo n e r **** B ^ r d a y a ig h t and h * '™ 8 He •» » •' ’« k*n ou‘ toT br"*Va»> Sunday morning >nd about 40 m inut«* a f U r bein-f i , e a rn e d In Am erican b o tto m . pu‘ th at will be anfllcient. E ngland. M* r *Kal aleo. co n sid er, th a t 60 p e rc -n t hh" ”U A w arning th a t Alicel and El- w hich gin w heat, now m uch in dem and i m m“ k n K 0°»™. req u ire «*>»■« than o rd in a ry protection ag- iim ,t >mut h a" been *iven by Dr D D Hill, head of the fa rm t ™ps d e p a rt'" « " ‘ »* Oregon S ta te M N eith" ° f *>«« » * ••* * e m nw nd. p atn m e m a le « r e * n/ ’ m ut ~ - U n c e a t all, the fu ll am ount of cereaan is » “ l“ d hince b'* h r« |ulr<‘ thoroukb t r “a t need. . ** > d A11 h a s njei ian t thousands of d o llars o f ei profit, will be lost if theaa su so tp tible v arieties are w o e ly u w d l j t h o u t careful tre a t- n e n t - h * ***» w here seed tre a tin g is done by rurtom treating plan ts, Hill re- « d A *u " h m <f A m erican bua n e s. i . enough h“ » « 1 fo r th e A m erican m erchant m arine ^ > r probably less N othing h a . been settled and the v u b j« t is a tm open to »«go- t'ation. f t k aaaumed th at the L n .te d S ta t e , m ay di^m ae larg e p a r t, af i t . m erchant fleet to foreign n a t o n ,, b u t ahipbulld- ing n atio n s such a s E ngland, the E ru n d a n av iai countries and F m - nee intend tb revive th e ir own «hipping industry to provide empl- cym e n t and to again s e t s a l upon the «even seas. They will p re fe r _______ ____ ________r to build th eir own «hips - _____ ra th e r th an to buy from the U ry te t S ta tes th e surplus els t t h h a a t t w»;i will surplus vew vessels be anchored in o u r port«. Inciden- tly, th e foreign countries can build sh ip s cheaper than can A m er can yard», and it w as to offset having A m ericans o rd er «hips b u ilt foreign th a t the fed- <-ral m aritim e com m ission is per- mi tied to pay the difference in cost and th u s keep this w ork fo r Am- Yielding Wheats Smut Bpdly „ M ™ us , n' v • «> >" Return Planned Jobs for Veterans To Concern Local People in September A m eeting of the Land Use com- rn*ttee of the county, tag eth er with ° th er a Sencies designated Ot requested to plan for the return- • . -ng veteran s will be held a t the c<)urt hftuse about thc middk o/ ¡•epteiriber for th,. purpose o f pre- r a rm g u m eans of o l,tu n in g m- fo rm a tion about jobs for returned Bervioe men Thc laill(1' U je u tu , „ g r ie u tu r ^ s e h e m e is the com m it, tee th a t J K o n c e r n e d w ith eeon- OI)lic8> a ? ric u ltu ra l and o th en ria e. o f e a rly days wa« told and m any a frien d rem em bered. ■ Some had aetUed in the hunch graaa and broken a new furrow o th ers had ta u g h t S herm an coun- ty children. Doctors, fa rm e rs. nierchanta, w ive, and ch Wren all hold th eir days m Sherm an coon- ty to be an experience well w orth will accom odate more than keeping alive by a t least an an l ^ e t . n g with them will be re p re M arines when com pleted. ru a l retelling. sen tativ es of the towns, the d ra ft commanded by Colonel B e r - --------------------- board, and men who are interested Dubel. in the county section of the sta te p ost-w ar planning board. This will require a group of 30 oi la rg e r and from it a sm aller Penn C Crum, Hood R iver c°m m ittee will likely be named oculist, was elected as s ta te com- to P<‘rfect P ^ n s fo r veteran reha. m ander of the Am erican Legion b l o t i o n in accordance w ith plans o t th e annual convention r'n P ort- K’re ady made by the federal gov- land last S atu rd ay . Crum had <“rn m en t «nd the sta te Thl* state been liaaon officer between vet- V« ^ r a n ’s Service m ay be of *om? ere ns o f the F irs t and Second t r s *8tance, »Iso- World W ars for th e p a st year • M embers of the Land Use cora- George G. U pdegraff resigned iu W allafe May, chairm an. circu it judge of the 11th judic al and ” was considered ” • ~ well " ** " adapted j e ^ oy are \y r j»ht( sec retary J Pet ~ ' W right, secretary d u tr i# t « m r a r .in g Gilliam S h er r ” ^ “6 ‘ h'*i ,im porU nt p h a “' o G H ilderbrand M O G H ilderbrand, M arvin “ n I d T 1 , r M ' t T d n 7 1 Th.mms Tracy F i d ™ Lee £ h l a r “ <l Wn« £ countla’ « ’ <>' A atona , , erb Root H a rry P r m X t Pau A u g u st 16 and g o v ern o r Snell h as elected v.ce-consmander .¿ X rg E tao r Helyer £ r - Penn Crum Elected State Commander George Updegraff Resigns As Circuit Judge Alicel 1. . high yleWing, rfto rt ° ‘' Con’ Crum i , well known in S h e,- roll Sayrs, C larence Sparling, , d , a , at re wed. club type w in ter whe^t*. ° *7*7*’. „ , man county as Hood River is a George Wilcox, Millard Eakin. r m 2. .° f “ T * “ ' 7 ’ 1’ developed at the Moro b ranch ex- *»’ M ay to be p a rt of the fifth dU trfct which R „ R Do *"? W * ™ * A ttorney T m ade b y lo d eral p la n t patholo- iiriuiK-ni fnaimn. ix, R was „ „ not not re- circu it ju d g - Hu, term would have vak ta tin d , „ . . Bend . L‘* 'x r called and gm ta, A l.cel and E l g n need to be L £ 9 ^ J dei . | » " J F ^ - . W a » t J U d t *"------ ' ‘ ' end Prinville. In th e days o f .the K 4 B aker, L P Haven, J e rry Wih 4 Z S j ' 7 --------- l ! i rL fi7 i. " e. defeab,!d ■nitide« The tr—tm i wHK n »w i w p u n qfl cei^s w i 1 because of its h ig h susceptibility *** FWreiey o f PoemT m a clöse tri-d o u n ty council he w a i ROn. Vernon M iller, Arnold D unlap - 1 » D v D rfe a and a t the ra te of one ounce p e r bu- TOWt mi,|<?rs nQW race. ective in it« opemfc on« and social Wendell B alsiger, Mere Becket, ’ »’ * * " ’« '"> r t f ™m ° f * e d u . U* « ' .<*>>" m at- T re fer it lh , h < h , sn, u t. r „ ; j . Since sp rin g when Mr. Upde- affairs. Gt orge H arris. Giles French and «■»<” « » " th o u g h t to live e n a l o r o f thu, m ater,al in .m a il , a n t yaripty it is coming n- graff decided not to continue us a H arvey Thompson. am ounts is unsafe should serio u s w jder use. W>Ui*. M ontana ju dge he has prurchased the ab- In ag ric u ltu ral counties a ques ®®n ^a m *n a ^ >n occur> Whil* Elgin is an improved selection fftract o p eratin g in ’ ■*” tio n n aire has been prepared to A le e l has proved to possess ex- from AHce, more uniform in tyjx, G illiam and W heeler counties, m J M U a n fc ask each fa rm er o r householder, cellent m illing q ualities fo r spe- w ^ l h ^ more smut* ré s a t a n i pdditi« n to the Sherm an County ▼▼ a l l l S to designate w h at work he will CsaUy flours, th e mills will not tb an paren t v ariety Sm ut re_ A b stra c t com pany wh ch he pre- ’ j r P l^ ^ J have done for the a fte r th e war ! • > O lO O G U O n O fS use it if it n -smutted, says Dr. F ÌsU n t typeg flre so u g h t bu; viously owned, and desires to get , F ,ve y™ n K ^ en ™*n t fN>rt period and have these potential iIlc v>.v-»a w... H ^ Ii v not bepn developed for re- back his work and active Pra?- *3’ld thCU ft Ph Vslcal cxain The Red Cross, blood bank will i n a to n fo r en tran ce into the scr- j “1" 1 ’ ted and in an jn 7 ^ Dalles again A ugust 28. .. rouX car tre a tm e n t and jea8e t ce of the law caused him vice Tuesday. They were Jack I.y- « “,v i“ m*“n can flnd “ " '« ‘•"’W resign. foondav. a cco rd in e- to Wilv Knivh- 086 ° _ 8m ut ^ « ’» tan t v a r eties -------------- M onday, according to Wily Knigh- z „ - o n ., Lee B arnet, John S ch ad ew iu . thl'5' can do ,""h<' n th<“>' " e e d . * * Un service chairm an for , " Wh grow ers Donald Thom pson a n d mhu ,,, .¡-* O ther plans m ay be m ads county. A« before 15 donors . ? uce ® av erag e p ercen Schonlger. All w ere In school la s t ’ '->'b»bl<- la te r- A lready the co in - tage of sm u tty w h eat on tha are expected from Sherm an coun- . o . . »» « - , tv, and to some ex ten t the cifcie«. year except Schoniger. Unofficial - • P ortland m ark et fro m around 50 ^y and the norm al division i ’ s one have m ade plans fo r post-w ar re p o rt is th a t only two, Lyons and T*er cent to less th a n 5 p ercent, earful o r five from each of the work, b u t it is fe lt th a t private C ultivation o f R ussian Knao B arn et passed fo r active duty, tra t , . , . , . . , said D r Hill. T his adv an tag e, three la rg e r com m unities. weed in the orchards in the Rufus Renewal cf basic ‘A ’ gasoline Thompeon and Schadewitz were in d u s tl>- which includes agricul- Five donors are expected to go ~ d istric t has improved the condi- ìatio n s wh ch ex pire S eptem ber 21 p a#ged f or f l u t e d service and tu re ’ w ’^ bavc to PrQV’de more ¡r c a r w ith a d riv er who is ^ } ip f * v r |Q r t i n f i l l 11 tion m aterially according to Coun- will g et under way the la tte r tb a t Schoniger waa not passed than publ c w orks if post-w ar n n t a donor> They should be in K _ j u _ c I l u a - u V U U U l J f 9 , ‘y A g en t W right, Who aaya th a t p a rt of A u g u st, F rederic F Jan - h earing. No call « “adJu s t"'<‘nt can <‘w r bc don«- erican yard s , The D alles a t the high school by T he fo reig n ers can also operate &.1B and wi th o u t b re ak fa st. Those as are now being worked when the cutive announced today. _________ MAIL PACKAGES SOON a ship fo r less expense, w ages who can go wiH notify Mra A H Fm al re p o rt on the F ifth Win weeds are a t the p ro p er stag e. All renew al applications m ust bc > • t . . . fo r seam«n being much low er th a n M cIntyre a t W asco, W ily Knigh Loan has now been com piled by the W alter M orr s has cu ltiv ated his accom panied by the back cover 111101*111 A llQ I l A b O l l t Local postm asters all have in th e A m erican scale. One th in g <rn a ^ Moro o r M/rs Ed Alley a t e ta te h ea d q u arters and although weeds twice this y e a r and has of he cu rretn ‘A’ hook, Jan n ey stru ctio n s f n m h ead q u arters in is reasonably c e rta ih , how ever; £ raiW Valley. W ashington to u rg e all persons the finap does n o t m a te ria lly ih e ground nearly d e a r o f them , empha-s zed. The applicant who A m erican m erchant ships will c o r _____________ ............... .............................J _ _ ___ who contem plate sending Ghrist- (h an g e th e •* p re .m in ary re p o rt fo r the present a t least. has lost or throw n aw ay the co- ry m ore goods th an they did be ver of his ‘A’ boo-k will have to Beckett, manager o f the ^ iaw presents to men or women m ade la s t w*?ek it does give Sher- ________________ _ fo re the w ar. __________ ________ prove -to the board 1) th a t he rm an ounty ranc o t e <vt rseas ^o g et it done between m an county a h ig h er figure fo r E has a c a r which en titles him co ira^ »tiona an , t ■ wee an s e ptcniber 15 and October 15. It a • 1 bond sale«. D ifference' w as m ade apply fo r an A’ ra tio n ; (2) that, n<)un a^ a a3 impossible fo r the postoffice de- One of the first organ » t u r n s b « a u « the s ta te lo a. in popula- ./A P 1 to u rg e an appropriation fo r a tarn w aa Jfatrib ilted in tls a d of D V R U G A S S O C l d t l O n the ca r is cu rren tly reg istered ,x‘en « r i » " ‘« d tb * ‘ «>»">« <*>’ - p, rtm en t to give assu ran ce th a t new w est coaat highw ay to Al- A a u rre y of traffic « « d e n t s ... a few " J r t» M W .I « U lU I I c, , „ and in use and 3) th a t a new I*™* i" ormatson **«* • ur_ p ackages m ailed la te r will reach aska is t i e a s .o c i.tlo n Af hotel Oregon « t i e , d u rin g the first s,x o r A mat<w w eK ;a x \ v” A y ' >«»* A- ration h as not been is- plua J a r « ff* red ,o r • 9ale the soldier by C h r stm as unlea. men of C alifornia. T he hotel men m onths o f 1944 showed m ost ur- flgurin* h as been « te d jby the Keep Oregon for jt and application for by the federal governm ent. - th is early m ailing is done. realise th a t th ere will be a g re a t ban collisions involve unsafe park- Jn g b(md G ’ een Assoociation fo r m eri to ri - r. renew al is pending a t any board. Inform ation will be available t o ------- ; surge of trav el following the w ar :ng m an au v ers and fa ilu re to yi- S herm an COUJ>ty jeftd • ii +kws ♦ (/UlR ®erv ice to his s ta te and has , . . <A, . , a an d (they wish to see a highw ay eld rig h t o f w ay a t intersections, . t. “'7 “ . been aw arded a m erit badge. T h s an n ey “ j- new ° ° “ tell how to acqu.ro one o f those F i ?WE r SCHOOL CHILDREN co nstructed th a t w 11 enable tou- the s e c re ta ry o f s ta te report«- . , F o u rth >nd th« Third 1 ^ ° y’ 18011 Mr an<* M rs A rth u r Provl e sam e mon y »a p Ud d k jum ping jeep«, when and if j N E IG H T E E N C OUNTIES lis ts to travel from C a lifo n ... In « t i e . w here angle parking “ ‘be a"d Th^ d- a ’- B« * y o f G rass V alley, m em ber of “ on “ 0,6 , K . ,h * y a re placed on th e m ,r k e t- J u a t th ro u g h Oregon and W .ah in g to n , prevail«, a larg e proportion o f thc t ^ t d r t e f ' l 7 “th tb e Green & ,a rd haa help« 1 ap p ro x lm at*ly 120 m ,' e’ “ " " " ‘J1; now' bowaTOr. « 'e y a re n o t being E ighteen O regon c o u n t,cs^ ex - ta k in g off fo r A laska from the traffic a c cid en t, reported during by ’ la* ^ 7 - ’" th e Th.‘r '1 th e publicly-sponsored fire pre- H o o v e r coupon, ,n the new A , oM> g o v ernm ent needs actly o n e - h a lf-h a d few er ch.ldre.l ¡•uget sound te rrito ry . The hotel the first h alf o f th e year involved *' «3 t . h ’ V€ntion P™ gram by ex tin g u ish in g bo° k 7 “ * '* WOr(t?’ f ° “ r gal1™ ’ •"*"> in w inning th e w ar, eo the atten d in g public schools during tl,a Ha«. *n F o u rth $104.93 and in the _ _,u ___________________ _____ i instead of three, th e value of th e would-be p u rchasers will have to 1943-44 school year than during yripn have petitioned congress to vehicles backing aw ay from fhe .. , _ , « fire which m ight have proved 1 z «v z wouii m en nave ® * f i f t h >87.49. S ta te av e rag e fo r , , . •« x , presen t coupons. Stx of these fo u r w ait 1942-43, according to the sta te «iitm ort th e proposal and they curb. Som e of the v e h c le s backed - eQQ __ , dangerous had it n o t been de- p p ... w an - su p p o rt uie . the la s t drive w as $88-37, the . . .. a , , , , p-allon coupons w 11 become valid ___ _____________ rcbool su p erin ten d en t’s recent com apeclfically .to t e th a t th e y do „to p a « n » g c a rs, or a.deMV.ped , jt ever tected .m m ed.stely and has been p p parison o f “ total pupil-day of ac n o t wish to use the .« n th e rn per- o th e r parked cars. Several w ere In jn aw arded t h e badgh recogn.t.0-, y tu al atten d a n ce”. The countie«, tion of th e Alcan highw ay, wh ch etruck by passing cars when the Sherm an TOunty wag m h of h « service to the sta te and ms * p m ost of them in E astern Oregon, j , in C anadian t e r r to r y and fa r d riy e r, failed to notice the e a r Ay com m unity th a t showed a declne in school T h e Keep Oregon Green As- “ BRAVERY ALONE rem oved from th e P a c i f i c c o a s t back, ng■ . f r o m the c u rt, £ threp -ru . v .. attendance, w ere: sociaton and the Oregon Green IS NOT ENOU GH” Local W gr Price and as a to u rist route. When the m at- I„ « b e , w here „ .n a lle l p a r tin g jg fo r Ben-ton, Coos, Deschutes, G uard w ere in stitu ted a s an en- “ B ravery alone is not enough . . h v the TT . QIH- te r com e, M ." re _aj5en..».i«ee ef prey.,1«. m any « c e d e n t, i n v o k e ^ congress the hotel men w i.l cars pulling o u t of the parkng _________ su p p o rt in a concerted effo rt co V .m d erg rlft, C om m andant of the from gny0M wh(J d t , tr((y, .a e k so n , Jefferson. K U m ath L ak ^ th ro w in th e influence of the en- space while th e re w ere some in reduce the ravages o f m an-m ade M arine Corps ,n urgang youths o r wood M alheur, Morrow, Sherm an, TH tire Cal fo rn ia delegation to re- volying c a r . th a t .to p p ed to back F A L L E N C l ^ E S NAVY fi.ee in Oregon. of pre-m ilitary age to re tu rn to of wJ)o , , R aw ay lamook, W allowa, Wasco a « f f inforce th e delegation« from Ore- jn to a p a rk in g «pace and w er? R EC R U ITIN G O F F IC E • We are proud o f the work of high school th s fall. “To have w jth o u t to o d reason, in order to '"may'^'reflec* C hief Q u a rte rm a ste r R. B. Fal- gon and W ashington in p re ssin g stru c k by th e follow ing ca r A pproxim ately th re e -fo u rth s of lori, in chargo o f N avy R ecruiting thi« (boy,” says G lenn Howell, b ra v ery w ithout knowledge is to o lta in a fuel oJ1 ^ t i o p C harles o i 6,011001 attendance m ay the causo. ♦he intersection collisions report- S tation a t The Dalles, received W ^sco-Sherm an county KOG ch air he only h a lf prepared. If you M axftdd d istric t a fuel ra tio n - a *h ift ° f P°Pulatlon B ackers of th e Chma-Americ».n ed O regon cities involve fa ilu re orders to close the s ta tio n A u g u st n ,a n | “b u t during th e n e x t two «have been employed in the fac- r e pre»entative said. d u stry com m unities, council o f commerce are n o t now r j^ h t of w ay, the survey 31. All young men and women who nronthe when the skies are hazy to ry o r on* th c fa rm this sum m er The percentage o f sc M gs bro ad casting th e ir activ it és, but showed. R ear end collisions, occur- m ay be th nking o f en listin g in and th e fire d angers a re a t th e ir you should plan to go back to H ereto fo re board« have only nance decline wa» *arg^ a th e head office in New Y ork citv ¡ng when the car »head sto p s sud th c navy a re requested to make*} eig h t, we must ask th n t all peo- h igh school th is fa ll. We in the been p erm itted to révoks o u tstan - chutes county, 17.3 is accu m ulat n g some im p o rtan t den}y> and head on collisions re su lt application before t h a t date. p le , young and old, accept a p a rt M arine Corns feel you can b est ding r a t ons if such o th er equip- sm allest in Jackson and d a ta which will be of special (nt- from tu rn in g m ovem ents fo r a Chief Fallon will re p o rt to th e Jn th e responsibility o f prev en t- serve your nation and your fel- m ent w as destroyed o r made un- counties, each o fw W e h Five Men Examined For SerVKe VTVl© Rufus Orchardists Cultivating Weeds t Bond Sales UDDed 1C oi A ’ Ration Book Renewal Changed 31 ,u'ri'’ badly We,ted ,,cy> diatrict 0PA rationinK ex«- has been for the SlirplllSCS Available Parking Maneuvers GanSe Accidents Stephen Bibby Cited n CaMOt SHI VOUIWI UVU Coal BlinÙllg Stoves A' ÏSÎSr S a iü OP W**™“ W** KMMM e re s t to th e p o rts on t he P>eiflc gm all p ercentage o f intersection ac- P ortland re cru itin g sta tio n Sept- ¡¡ng , d etectin g and P age Two " cidents. em ber 1 fo r duty. these sm all blazes.” C ontinued on su p p ressin g low m en a t school, now, bu« lding serviceable a f te r th e the sound mind in th c body.” issued. ra tio n w as 0.8 p ercent sh rin k ag e the two school year». neWfW ------.
