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Ítfty-Séventh Year No *9 Moro, O regon, F r id a y , Jan u ary 5, 1945 Dayp pn^laft A co/omn of news About Government. ’ ■f * . T».. « w A g ric u ltu ra l Census H ead W ants Help Camp Rufus Expands With New Group O fficia l C ounty Wasco Swears New Councilmen Made To Fffl Into Office The 1946 census of ag ricu ltu re is to be taken d u rin g the .month c l Jsnu&ry- Thia census is ta k e ’: Col. arhart Now every flve years and covers all farms in the U nited S tates com Commanding Camp; Work prised of three or more acres f lend, or. i f less th an th ree acres, On Bridge Begun producing >260 o r more in farm I t.-Col. Rufus C. C arhant has pioducts during 1944. arrived a t the R ufus engineer5» Men and women are needed in camp and has assum ed ch arg e this district to work as enum era of the operations being conducted tors. Parsons in K lam ath, Lake, there. A com pany of light ponton Deschutes. Wheeler. Hood River Jefferson, Sherman, Gilliam, Wasco engineers has been moved in to and Crook counties who a re in make a detachm ent of fo u r units now in the camp. M ajor Schilta terested in becoming farm enum er is in charge of the heavy ponton •tors Should write, telephone or I*» tta lion. call at the office of t.he bureau of The job of th ro w in g ponton the c««isus, , 1006 M edical-Dental b ridges acrosft the Columbia has Bldg. Klamath Falls. and People ie<7A espacial em phasis on the Northwest County Pontioae New councilm en fo r the City of W asco were «w orn in Tuesday at th e first m eeting of th e new year and the first g ath erin g of ♦ h.e newly elected councilm en In Most Cascai Q m b M ayor T. I/ester Johnson nam ed E. D. McKee. W. A. N ishet and Aad Jary Litt Dram L. L. Funk to the Finance com m it- A tee, W illiam . Clothier, W. R. Rei d c***nty ”* 1 * * * ” * rn d Hal Shelton to the s tre e t com- •* * m rttee « o n o f detailed ap p o in tm en ts jmd . . . . other business th a t occurs Approval of »troet im provem ent W in n ( n ^ m .« o rd a n c e w,«h r e f la t io n , mt appointment, fo rth by the highw ay d ep a rtm en t The Sherman Courtly of the state v a s m ade. W ork to w m named official »on he done is the m acadam ising of i f suggestions made on the floor of the house, during consideration o f the revived crop imurance pro- fW«n are heeded, experienced in- •u ranee salesmen will be placed 4c the fleld on a commission ba- díc to Induce farmers in every ^ ^ n . T aLk. , and state to sign up for a three-year Wilaon. When th e w ork will be C. C. Wilson was named M period. Failure of the former crop done depends on th e release of ant officer, the coriftty Court insurance program waa attributed m aterial to the s ta te (highway d e to the fact that so few farmers . E n u m era to rs m ust be over IS started and ihe bridge is p artially p artm e n t which cannot now oil c ’ntinue as the DeMosa Park hoard, were willing to pay the premium years, have an autom obile and be cornPleted. The ponton« used are new sections of road because of L. L. Peetz Roy Powell and H ar ry Pinkerton will 'continue as «btosna of th e U nited States. In- about 30 feet lon* and arv com* lack of m aterial. demanded for protection against county road viewers, W. fc. Brue Structione will be given before the T*»ed of sausage shaped alum inum drouth, hail, and plant infestation, C harles E v erett was named kert, Tom Douma fflttd Xermeth w ork b egins, a f te r which they will containers th a t float and hold the m arshall fo r an o th er term . with the result that the federal Sather will sarvs l a members of treasury was out of pocket to the work on their own tim e and he wei* ht P o s in g vehicles. Exper- SiroM hands bands lift Lt. Comdr. Robert Hoyt Pile«, USN, o f the Dog Fund committee Iftd Toes basis Provision Aments have been conducted re- tune of $69,000,000 before congress Shelbyville, DI., aboard a carrier in Task Fo ipaid on a piece Oree 58. Price, Garnett will remain as county derided to call a halt and refused t an air group commander, was attacking a Japanese cargo s h ip ' will be made for additional gas- cently in an effort to improve the brand inspector. ty p e of ponton bridges used by when antiaircraft fire clipped his oil fine and foWed him to( oline. to make further appropriations. the arm y and some of these new A changs was made Under the amended law now land In the water. Price spent 5 hours in the Water wMring developm ents may be tried a t Ru- his Hie jacket before another fighifir pilot dropped hl— » t> fair board due to effective navment for loss will oe fue during the period the d etac h one-man raft and a note promising that a Kingfisher OS2U* of Joe Peters to not l.mtted to 75 percent on the basis The Moro city council m et tr that capacity. 0.<J. m ent is camped there. plane would be sent out for him next morning. The K in«.* of average yield for the preceding Tuesday n ig h t to organize fo r the fisher canfe bat failed to find him. T w elve days ia tffc a j will act as chairman aided bv Roy three yearn, and after an experi A g re at deal of equipm ent is ccm ing two years. Councilman destroyer found him , picked bite up, and rushed I ur »seh- mental period of, five yeans th? to a being used and the p ark in g lots H arry Kunsm an, Clyde Gillm or, Barnett of Kent and Arthur •.-V carrler. cits of Moro. OWL 1 L.- 7- r - ~ w program is te be placed on a self- T h e Red Cross, through the are filled with light and heavy G Douma, E rn est Woods. Law- sustaining baric with payments K,,nny an<i U R o y w rig h t Claims were paid and <hs com m ittee in ch arg e of aiding bhe trucks, jeeps, tan k s and o th er mo- pen rated to balance receipts from tored m onsters th a t serve more were sworn in as was C. V. Belk- county treasurer Dec R ufus cam p, Lois H ilderbrand, premiums ooDeeted. Dun ng the ember waa accepted aod c h .h ™ n , u ask in g for fu rn itu re ’ F « '“ ' Pu rP“« '’ in the life of an ra p as trea su rer. expel stfsntal period inmwanoe cov with which to help in furnishing arm y engmeer. The council approved th e selec on file. erage will be limited to wheat, eot-. Further details that mgaind nine day rooms, 30 x 100, fo r re tion of s tre e ts fo r n ex t im prove ton and flax, but after that tame The new. nude and blushing m ent th a t had been m ade previous- an afternoona creational purposes. practically all farm produce will 1946 waa ushered in to Moro with tion o f a jury list of 2O0 lj and* the proper fo rm s were Furniture donated will become be eligible to come under the pro a minor amount of fanfare al Discussion was had about the pur tra n sm itte d to the S tate Highway Election of officers fo r th e Sher- the property of the arm y. It may gram. In addition to insurance though soma of the great irres chase ' of a power mewar pritfc com m ission fo r approval. W ork , be listed with Mrs Roscoe Moore protection. an appropriation of ponsible horde gave the fine siren m an county AAA w a8 done last to be done includes oiling of First to keep n o r io « W j A efip- , at Moro, Mrs Ed Alley a t G rass $90.000,000 was voted as a sub a practise buzz and the bells war? Thursday at the annual meeting Valley, Mrs Tracy Fields at Ru Women o f Sherm an county bav? S tre e t ibe^ween M ain an$l S co tt 11 to th e roquet an<J sidy to flaxgrowers to induce io- rung tor a fam. strokes to herald O< delegate« from the community thto and Mrs Joe m id erh re n d very production'for war pur- the year and give vent to the ex- be bought by «Ins o f the Red Croas fo r cookie« __ e ____ _____ ^or F o u rth to Bidwell and Bidwell com m ittee of th five _____________ AAA com- _ Wasco. Tfcie item will be of special obrance of some o f those who ha I ^ j t t e e s o f the county. W allace L high next Needed a re davenports, easy and the aervice men a t C arnP R ufus' fro m Scott to Main. This will pro- ’S % Moro Government Starts ’ ew Year Forniture For Army Asked By Red Cross New Year Makes Wallace May Again Heads County A A A Modest Debut Cookie Campaign Dates Announced in te re st to farm ers m sections of Op welcome it Dances a t K ent and Wasco were ^eld S atu rd ay n ig h t as so rt of a formai program fo r the y ear's W atch p a rtie s were held final n ig h t of old, cold and dis- app<>jn tin g 1944. The a ir wa» w arm f or a change and Happy have tu rn ed to other crop« which ^iew Y ears echoed around, prom ised m ore satisfacto ry re- ____________ Washington and Oregon wiiST® the growing of flax haa attained Important proportions. Thia en- eouragement to flaxgrownr» was mads nsttsssry, it w aB aararted . because OPA has refused to ra ise th< celling on flax and farm er« ftT()rO WillS Game May o f G ras« Valley was elected *tn»igbt backed chairs, ta b le s of t.nd la te r made ch airm an, ‘ O. Q. kind«, re ad in g l«m.psjxx>k cases, H ilderbrand of Wasco was chosen *h<et music, pianos, phonographs, vice-chairm an and Dewey Thomip- en<i records, m usical in stru m en ts so r i8 the new m em ber of the ci any kind, radios, gam es , ^ h board having succeeded Jo e P e t ers- who would serve no longer. In addition to the th ree m em bers Roy B arn et was chosen first al- <Umate an d E. H. W atk in s second a lte rn a te . as pingpong, checkers, cards, dom iron, p ic tu re s and curtain s. Moro collections m ay be left a t the F reem an sto re building. PICTURE SHOW COMING An objectionable feature o f the old law yws Ua . failure to lim it administration expense«, which ran ae high a s 38 percent. U nder tha T he Moro H igh School basket- zv n«w p ro g ram th is coat cannot ex- - eeed 26 pereent. Mid ev«m « ¿ « w e . »»H d efeated M aupin In both Ui. first »■“» and second team gam es T Th? eeganled by nurny leirlalatans u «""» ’" From Maupin A m oving p ictu re »how will be given in th e Legion hall a t Moro, (to n ig h t), rtrid ay , J a n u a ry 5< by the Hanson P ictu re show. “Sm all n • Town Boy” w ith S tu a rt Irwin, and “ W estern Songs and B ullets” B P u rs u a n t to the custom a re p w ith Fred S co tt to g e th e r witn tra v e J o g u ^ , com edies and c a r re sen tativ e of the In tern al Reve- toons will m ake up the «how. z.ue service will com« to Sherm an Mr. H anson is considering lo- county to aid in m aking o u t in- ccm e tax sta te m e n ts fo r fa rm e rs t *n / _18 terntory “ ae ca 1 a su itab le circu it w here he who m u st have the job done by j J a n u a ry 15. The <Mputy collector He h“ .-111 be In Moro J a n u a ry 9. Tuea- In » and r®P«r t 3 th a t day. **>'« U> ‘»test Internal Revenue Collector VOID IDS b rin g ex oibitant. I t is aswumeJ the crop insurance program will be bandied through the trip le- A aet-u p a« has been the caee in previous y ears, b u t w ith a director in ch arg e who will put on a jx ig h - pew ered « n i n e e e m p e l« .. I t i> recognized thet th e mv-eeaa of the p ro g ram depend, upon p e « u e d ln y th e la rg e st possible num ber second team gam e was ra th e r slow little scoring by e ith e r side, ’^h*’ ^ n a ^ »core w as Moro 10 and M«uipin 6. The second gam e was an open gam e w ith M oro’s fa s t breaks »"<< be/ldxierd play th e W «hli«ht. The final « o r e w aa Moro 36, Mau- P«r 27. . bf - effem in favorable aa well as un- favorable crop years. Plans of the interior department to increase fees charged for the grazing of livestock on public lands aroused «nipl»»** opposition lr the hsnate and it to expected that the senate committee on public lands and surveys will take deftn- its action shortly after *be con- -vening of the 79th congr««a. An- nounceromt of pl«> brm*h» auldk and mdirnant protect from llveatock men in all western Mate. end S m t o r MeCarran introduced a resolution declaring it to be /the sanse of <be sem te that no In In gtazlng fees ttwuld b: cri hrtposed until the committee or public lands and survey» has an opportunity to make a complete study of the subject. , • • « An administrative program to offset the efforts of Great Britain for control of trade in Europe is bring rtodtod and it to expected t to t definite piwpoaals will lie msde in Prerident Romevelt’« mes sages to congress. These are re ported to be repeal of the Johnson act prohibiting credits to coun- tr ie s ' whtoik'liave not repaid their first world war loans. Indredse of the lerwftnr |» w e r of the export- Import hank arid a«k arragement to ^optinued on P aps Twp accord’nK to M rs Lois H ilderbrand, w1k> been a PPoint^d chairm an Camp and H ospital com m ittee ol th e ^oca ° a Pt e r - 0 re pound« of coolaes were delivered a t the cam p December 24 for C h ristm as appetite« and 109 P0001^8 delivered Decemlrer 30th from the Wasco com m unity for New Years. F u rth e r bakings of cookies w il’ ** Pkked UP fo r d e,ivery from the H oum a’s Grocery a t 11:30 S atu r- (’fly of th is w eek’: fo r n ex t we°k S atu rd ay J a n u a ry 13th from Al *’ ley ’s Confectionery at 11 o’clock donated fn>ni G™*8 Valley and K ent d istric t and from M athieaon’« G arag e a t R ufus J a n u a ry 20th at 3 o'clock. M artha H astings o f Wasco is chairm an of the cookie detail of th e Ga,nP an <l H ospital com m ittee. _ _______ Mrs E. Amidon is home from m onth’s visit -------------------------------------—— -----------------------------------------------------------------2______________________________________ _________________________ Review of News Stories of 1944 Discloses Effect of War on Sherman County: Men Lost In Action, Men To War, Bond Sales, Scarcities The follow ing ig a review ol a t 2,504.000 bushel». A tto rn ey gen- new» item s of th e p a st year. eral «ays c ric k et ex p en d itu re le- em ergency. E arl D utton Jan. 8. AAA elects Wallace May £ &1 plane accident in S outh chairman of county AAA. C o u rt k*’ied Pacific. , makes annual appointments, Feb. 25. County A g en t s re p o rt j an 14 T ravel halted Iby frozen highway surfaces. 20 c a rs in tell» o f m any a c tiv itie s Bond sale ¿itch. School costs found high in reaches 162 percent. Politic» b? cfunty b . in i , 214^ 0 M compared average of 6101.87. Proud- foot m m fd w < i Hyalop Mem- oria| tfmd ’ t «. rv T Jan . 21. F o u rth W ar Loan i paign sta rte d tow ard goal o f "T * __ , x , v 100. More w heat, less barley, , , , , . . cam - $142, few - . . . e ‘n K> >»' »<*ive. Shaniko branch bec<lrne’ Kent »" ™ih< ta- ken ap io r "17 m,le» * bov* Kent March 3. Cricket control aryu- merrt settled by agreement to lo . , , .... ' x. . „ , .crocket killing cooperatively. Red _ . . , . . w Cio»s s ta r ts drive fo r $4200. Wom- r r su g g ested ®or »heriff. trra d y r2 er hogs asked of farmers by AAA ' signs from Sherman co-op. Jan. 28. School» planning to March 10. Farm work starts. charge actual cost to districts tran- R A (Bob) Stow talks over radio r tin g . H ow ard Coulee g e tz 8tati<)n GanadKan w h e a t filling Nine men called f o r exam - pm ^hm d' m a rk e t, d elaying ehip- inations fo r arm y- Feb. 4. Sherm an county passe» Maneb 17. Sherm an county rai- E bond quota w ith $123,447 on flefl o v er |5O00 in Red C ro ss drive, quota o f $80,400. P hillip O ’M eara race for com- D gets Purple Heart for wound. Dis trict Attorney (holds expenditure for cricket control illegal. Feb. 11. County reaches 117 percent o f total bond quota. Feb- ruary starts with good rain. Ere- ax>n endangers land, say conser- vi.riomsts. Feb- 18 1943 wheat crop fiven to r buy« Wasco B akery fro m Lew ii H asting» who Joins S eabees. ‘ A pril 7. M rs Glen P e rry hears f rom huriband who is p riso n er in G erm any. (Soil m oisture (better tk a n expected. Gerknng canyon i-oad im proved. A pril 14. R ain comes to w et down crops. M cDermids exercise option to buy e sta te land. W heat being sold a s deadline approaches April 21. Dan M organ sentenced fo r c o n ^ s s e d m u rd e r o f Dewey B urrell, s e ttlin g old case. Total ‘b ond sales fo r th e w ar th ro u g h M arch w as $988,066. F irs t power com pany dividend paid. April «iy Two can d id ates fo r ctocuit M g e v isit on sam e day. H arlow Parkin« killed in Italy. N orth C entral track m eet sche- duled. “ M ay 6. R eport of Bob ’G hriet- ianson’s being m issing se n t to p aren ts. Bend w ins tra c k m eet, massionerahip. Start made to ga- for Moro second. County considers March 24. McDermid estate land coyote bounty. »old. Wasco county pioneers post- May 12. Primary election ap- pone meeting because of war. preach finds candidates striving Marchi 31. Federal planes ob- against voter inertia. Five boy« tamed for cricket control work, going to state irack meet. Circuit End o f filing season for office court called off. politicians busy. Hal flh el-■ May 19. $40,000 set aride for post war road fund by county budget com m ittee. C ricket control lagging because of windy days. May 20. Cordon, Holman and M ackay win m ajorities in election in th is county. Schools ready for graduation. County get» $170,090 bond quota fo r . F ifth W ar Loan drive. Ju n e 2. Dear! and mlissirig Sher- m an countians honored a t Mem- « rial service. Oak Ix a v es given Bob C hristianson, m issing in ae- tion. Schools out. Ju n e 9. Weed control w anted by R ufus group. Many school d istric ts will have to have special elections. W ayne Aker» dies in San F rancis- «>. Ju n e 16. Lack o f rain d eterio rat- ing w heat crop. Power line being built to new Klondike elevator. CCC buildings offered fo r »ale. ' June 23. T rash y fallow plots vls- ited by fa rm ers. Rain aid» pros- v -(le a b etter s tre e t fo r school form al lease to take th e placn Red Cross Coaütittte o f the agreem ent by resolution w as ordered signed betw een the ciity and H arry O. Kunaman. A. On Wednesday a/teraoop pf tost K Axtell w a9 rehired a s m arshall week, Mrs Afton jlclotyro, «fiato- and w ater collector and C. A. R u g n an of (the Sherman County Bsd gles will continue to serve as re-, •M Miss corder u n til a successor can be Grass Jackson. General found. A card room license was a ti ve for the chapter to « .an ted Percy ThompMm Oiwwl> Com m ittees were nam ed a s fol- military camp at Rofaa lows. W ater: E rn est Woods, Law <h«ro >h,y UlhMl ydth tU g rt» ! rence Kenny, Clyde G illm or; F l- cervices officer and ttto adjoter r.j nee: H a rry K unsm an, G. Douma LeRoy W right; S treet and Pub- who expressed wfiiilsfiflifW lit P roperty: Clyde Gillmor, H a r (preciation for lha WM0F done for them by the Rod pBSS» ry Kunsman, LeRoy W right. Formed To Aid Bond Sale Totals Expected Soon Available figures show a tot’ll w ar bond sale of $333,159 in Sher- man county during the Sixth War Loan drive. These figure» are not com plete and final figures will n o t be available for several day». Tbs Oregon W ar Bond »toff will com- pile th t totals as fa r as i t can oh- tain them from inform ation com- ing from the Federal Reserv? system . Payroll deduction» fro m corpor- ation» will be added to th e above figure« and sale» m ade in other areas and credited to Oregon will aU/izwi q 1« a TE<xn from frnm W WAshlns?- a<M «i also. Then ashing- ton D C. will come the figures on sales made to the armed forces which som etim es adds quite a little to O regon’s total, an d a few dollars to Sherm an county*«. Population estim ates are made by the OPA and on them is based during the abort time <fiv been stationed in ttw sesmtv local county chapter of American Red Croat has organised a C+ W and Hospital Ooromlttes uadsr the chairmanship of Mm IxAs ‘Hfl- derbrand, the puapoas of totoamn- m it tee ia to supply day room recreational needs and antetto»»- iment which cannot fis ‘ ttipalied through military souMaa. a committee through ; resources of the county a r t sfisa- ncled giving Wljyu« groim» *•<* individuals a n ; opyottamMy to do something for the hays, same time avoiding dupltoatioe of effort and re su lta n t On Saturday bs«aca 200 pounds of , _ (Vneted by b o u ssa rto sisf ^>hsr man were delivered ta.4h* tn an county wert boys, and many boys talned m Shunten gad county So th a t the«« boys^gptod some Christmas gift Cross dUsctur io 1000 fioass to - $to the final per capita fig u res on sale o f E bonds. various individuals sftd Sale o f E bonds according to Pacific ares. . ? r available figures Is $216,907.76. * > Sale of oth er bonds is $116,182 F1VB INJUMBO W W ltO and th ere is no change expected * > •» in th is figure. Three ’firts. <4 In to ta l sales Sherman county soldier end a riviliaS V ta I. m third according to the latest ly injured word from state headquarters. Polk *Hck Wghw«f tt county has 224 percent, Benton night sad 1 pects for crop, one inch total, county 219 and Sherman 217. «M-» O»«P C ricket control job a t bnd. County Above figure» will give Sherman tines <rf thirty budget passed. county 222 percent of quote. girls ware from Tbs Dsitof -«ad June 30. Sherman county pro- --------------------- one, the driver, from due ing 26,000 acres more of wheat A new shrink-preventive treat- moo. Injuries th is year. Field day held a t Ex- irren t h as been developed to keep bail« two periment station. Report made on woolen socks issued American sol- proposed Columbia river bridge. diers, from shrinking, to reports.
