Sherman County journal., April 06, 1945, Image 1

»venth Y ear
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No. 22
Moro;
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KS C y T April
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O fficial C ounty P ap er
6, 1945
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Nine New U. -S. Four-Star Generals - Moisture Not So ACP Payments
A
North
cotam n o f iww«
End o f County
About Government,
Additional >4sts made of the sell
moisture , l / i
Sherm an
county
around M oroaad Wasco were made
this week and all indicate th a t
moisture eoodttioas are not more
than average in th a t area.
Oil the Charity Powell iaii'.l
eeroee from L andry’s the l i s t
showed 14.1 percent m oisture in
s ix 'fe e t. In fact, all tests in ¿his
com pilation are fo r six feet. On
the Canroll Sayre land on Gordon
Ridge the t e r t was 14.8, on v*ie
P roudfoot placé near the house it
W M 11.9 with the lower two feet
very low, on Potter land, near K b r-
dike the tart showed 13.3,
the
Fred Hennagtn place above Niah
it Was 13JJ *»d on the McLacnia.i
land oast of Moro 12.3 percent was
found w ith distribution com para
Ms to th at on the station.
Daep soil moisture was deficient
4-H Beef Doing Honor Roll For
Well On Feed; County Service
Coming Through
Gains Big
AAA To Farmer Boys an d g irls having the 4 5 Men Ordered
4-H club calves in Sherm an coun­
ty are
p u ttin g fa t on
them
List of Those Who Serve
PeKtics and People
Next Year To See Drastic
more rapidly th an usual in the
opinion of LeRoy W right, county
To Be Erected On Court „
of Such
agent.
witA «yrwrf «m^Aa«»
House Yard Mext Month '
Payments; Quotas Cut
Of the 45 calves 31 are Here-
The county co u rt decided a t it»,
Checks am ounting to $59,196.61 fo rd s and 20 are from locally own­
have been rep o rted as received by ed herds. Of the rem aining 11, one W ednesday m eeting to have erect­
S herm an county w heat grow ers in is from Wasco county, 8 from ed and to pay fo r a w ar mem orial
Um atilla. th a t is to be erected on the couit
Just why ‘SoUiUry security”
pay m en t fo r work done last year W allowa and 2 from
The
7
S
horthorns
a
re
all
from the house grounds by M em orial Day
should prevent the girin g out of
on b ehalf of soil conservation, ac-
herd
o
f
M
illard
Eakin,
and
the 7 if possible.
_____
_
~
__
cording to the AAA office. The
figures on exports o f farm mach­
A
ngus
are
all
from
K
lickitat
coun­
u t a i expected will be near $1 "o,
T he plan was presented to the
inery to not «tear, but thin la r iv ­
ty in W ashington.
nzm
court by George U p d eg raff and
en by foreign economic adminis-
000.
The heaviest is being fed by Ed W ily K nighten who stated
A.
th at
tretow» • as a iea scn for withhoid-
W ord h as been received from
F
ritts
and w eighs 770 pound.» at so fa r no recognition had been ac­
t e tbte data from c o ugr *—, and
sta te h ead q u arters th a t the sum
IheaWew, ftfim * » public. A par­
to be expended fo r paym ents for the m ost recent w eighing. The corded to the men of this county
'
...
’
’
tial bfi$ort 1»* b*ea irertred, how-
rod conservation will be $55,- lig h test of th is breed is owned by who are fighting the nations b a t­
r, by tbactostowwa < * the house
000 fo r 1945 w h ic h
m eans Edwin B alsiger and weighs 543 tles and th a t some m eans of not­
' 4 » appropriation»
a decided cu rtailm en t of paym ent pounds. This calf has grown from ing them should be started .
The m em orial will be an hono’
m o t be ether k
MF <
fo r soil conservation practices as a m ere 278 in December to hio
p
resen
t
size
or
practically
double
roll
to contain 10 rows at 32 n a ­
'fib farm ers in the
W' .
application h as alrekdy been made
in n e a rly all places tested
in
3
1-2
m
onths.
mes
each w ith an o th er row re ­
«KWh somehow,
fo r $162,000 fo r th is work.
m
aining
fo r gold s ta r nam es. The
H
eaviest
H
ereford
is
being
fed
f i b « * * erep pre-
(H eretofore p ay m en t for weed
cost
will
he ap proxim ately $500.
Ifd w M fi ih ortzgc
by
C
arl
Schilling
and
weighs
754
control has been made on a basis
Petition
Signing
M p iw i
adequate
Placed
on
the honor roll will be the
and
th
e
lig
h
test
w
eighs
424
and
is
of 10 cents p er pound fo r chem i­
The absve nine lieutenant renerals were nominated by
nam
es
o
f
all persons officially re­
being
fed
by
R
oger
Ball.
The
Besueveh to be full generals in the U. 8. arm y.
cal used. Betw een $10,000 anil
They
are:
gistered
and
inducted or volun
lig
h
te
st
and
heaviest
Shorthorns
D ie parttol repent show» th at m.
$12,000 was so used in 1944. This
Not Popular So
Jacob L. Dever», commanding general, 4th arm y group,
tcered
and
in
addition thbse who
«sported through theater.
are
both
being
fed
by
Duane
Ea
y ear paym ent is to be based on the
resideil
in
or
who
attended schoe!
I
t
b
iwportod
by
the
county
follow
ing
fo
rm
u
la:
$1
per
ncie
kin
and
the
w
eights
are
555
and
f__ w_ .„ _ _ n e n t agencies 41,•
M ark W. Clark, commanding general. 15th arm y group In Ita ly .
W alter Krueger, commanding general, Sth arm y, Philippine«
ag en t th a t signing Of the petition.» f or each acre in the farm or $2 •693. £iot all calves under feed pie in Sherm an county since December
wtorel traetofh, >94X1 plows.
C arl Spaata. commanding general, U. 8. strategic a ir force I n ____
fo r a labor hearing for thia area
acre for each crop ian j a r re . in the sam e class which accounts 7, 1936 or whose p aren ts have re ­
1 J K drill*. 17.-
Joseph T . M cNarney, supremg deputy Allied commander, M editer­
Sherm an county since
h av e n o t been signed in q u an tity j t requires ab out 800 pounds of fo r some of the differences in sided ¿n
(fib cafcfcmfeMW, and « ¿ ffl combines ranean theater.
th a t date. Persons knowing of
Om ar N. Bradley, commanding general, 1Mb arm y group
1
and th a t much few er than the 51 chem ical to tre a t an acre. A m an w eight.
red gnato b ted en . In every Hens
front ta Europe.
nam es of eligible service men or
percent needed » the regulation« having 800 crop acres could tre d t
the anmber exported last year» is
Thomas T . Handy, deputy chief of staff, U. 8. arm y.
women may send them in to Mr«
have
signed
W
fa
r.
20
acres
com
pletely
if
he
could
nore than <bodhle the number e x ­
Brebou Bt Somervell, commanding general, arm y service <«__
D ons Wilaon a t Moro.
George C. Kenney, commanding general. F a r Bast a ir toro**.
Whether w heat grow ers have g et th e allotm ent.
ported te 1>O —and thia in face
Closing date fo r inclusion on
iif a constantly increasing short-
concluded the* the move by* th e
The paym ent fo r trash y fallow
the
list by Memorial Day is May 1.
In the number o f machines »-»
r^~ >
•
qp
W FA is warranted interference
j 75 p^r ^ r e if there is
The
honoj roll will be 8 feet,
for naie U farm ers in the
w ith their business, or th a t it will 3(X) poUn<^ to 1000 pounds of trasr.
by
18
feet,
will be tw o fe et off
Sherm an county w heat grow ers
m erely tend to raise wages or on to p o f th e ground and $1.25
JnUed “ *
the
ground
and
have a to p piece
whether th ey m erely have not g el- per aCre if th ere is 1000 pound« or 'have an opportunity to become
The total number o f m achin -s
two
feet
high.
N
am es will be on
ten around to siga is a m a tte r cv er o f tsa«h on top of the ground. life m em bers of the E astern Ore­
iported is perhaps lees impres­
a
beard
8
mehee
by 18 mchea
G eneral recom m endations f a /o : - P u l l m a n , P resident, . W aahington- that w ill
gon W heat League fo r a nominal
le ft to time,
W b * t method w ill be used to
t i » jilt of eountries
O
ther
delegation*
attending the
fee as the re su lt of action taken
;ng oontinuanoa of the AAA pru Idaho W heat Gisonm l sag or, IL **
determ ine which applicants nre
court
m
eeting
were
C
larence M or­
giwro a fte r th e w ar, w ith re fer- P. C arstensen, M aster, W ashington
a t the la s t m eeting, according to
to be p erm itted to c a rry o u t their
econo m ence to w heat, and urging th a t its S ta te G range; E. T. T aylor, Mas-
Vernan I. M iller of R ufus, of the rison who w anted the co u rt to p e r­
soil conservation program s is ro t
i Great Britain operations be made m ore aelf-ii- te r, Idaho S ta te G range;
m it the use of its road m achinery
Lloyd Harry McDonald
league’s executive com m ittee.
known a t p resen t and the d e te r­
__ favored sh w e a l others, with nancing were adopted today by a Sm ith, Mayville, E astern Oregon
The life m em bership plan was for the Torque club, the aviation
m ination will undoubtedly
be a
turtraHa, Mow Zealand and H ex­ group of thirty-five fa rm organi- W heat
group, a t Wasco. The m a tte r was
League; Archie
Camp,
cause of m ajor concern of the lo­ adopted la s t Decem ber as a means taken under advisem ent.
Home From War
es foUewfa^ fat the order named, zation leaders from Idaho, W ash- Pullm an,
D irector,
W ashington
cal AAA com m ittee. It has been of stabilizing p erm an en t m em ber­
low evsr, South Africa, India and ington and Oregon
P aul Alley and G. A. S arg en t
;
S ta te AAA B oard; R. B. Taylor H a rry
A. McDonald, son of Wil- suggested
th a f weed trea tm e n t ship in the league and to sim plify asked the court to consider all
o f the Central and South
In th e first joint m eeting of its Adam s C hairm an, Oregon AAA ey McDonald o f Wasco, has been be given first ra tin g and th a t o*h the paym ent and collection of
republics were ®°t ©ver­
scope in the Pacific N orthw est B oard; E. F. Dum m eier, Pullm ai.
from the navy
a fte r er m eans o f soil conservation be dues, Mr. Miller explains. The a r ­ ways and means of p u ttin g some
bs Latin-American oean-
gravel on the road between their
a re a , representative« of S tnte W ashington S ta te College^econom- f wlT yearg because
of physical
rangem ent xalso will add to the
leleg ated to a leseer position.
a rtawdilu propor
farm
s as tru ck s in w in ter cannot
G ranges, S ta te F arm B ureaus,
jyrofessor; R. T. Smith, E llens condition atte n d a n t on his long
efficiency of the organization and
M , .« < « k - t o t o L A « te tw M it
pass
over it often. A nearb y g ra ­
the convenience of its m em bers.
W heat Leagues agreed to set up a hurg, P resident, W ashington S ta te aerVjce< H e h as arriv ed a t the
¡ O . TCMrt o p la iu ,
ve
y
prt
was suggested and the
Life m em bers will not be asse ss­
A m Ife w rtM ln
com m ittee fo r study of spe- F arm B ureau, and m em bers of ex- y,ome of ^¡g fa th e r n e a r Waaco
court
agreed
to investigate.
i^ u d e U a rto re
and ciflc
which hU of the or‘ ecutivc cornmitt**s
* * groups fa r R
re a t
ed annual dues.
O ther business was routine, in­
fu r- ff*nix*tion« could support, to re- represented.
Th^ a4 m irai «f his command
U nder the plan, a m em ber may
cluding paym ent o f bills and o r­
purchase a life m em bership on a
p o rt back to the whole group
H enry R oberta, W aitsb u rg , Ov-
McDonald for zeal,
Ju d g e J. M. Wilson has received g rad u ated scale according to age. dering of some road re p a ir m a te r­
Sadw taaresa h the w ithin nin ety days. W hile prim - erseer o f th e W ashington ‘S ta t? fo rtitu d e and devotion to duty
the following le tte r from M ajor The ra te s by age groups a re : from ial.
m
o«i arily m a w heat m eeting, th e group <}ra n g e was chairm an of the two- d u rin g his en listm en t w
m-
G eneral John P. Lucas of Camp 20 to 34 years, $25; 35 to 49 years,
recognized th a t producers of o ih -r day conference; and > R. d . F la- eluded b a ttle s a t P earl H arbor,
Ml
farm com
moditie,
$18; 50 to 64 years, $8; and 65
com m odities should p artici- h e rty ,"W a lla W alla, S ecretary of G uadalcanal, Kula G ulf, Bougain Rufus.
b l to » • t o » <rfjHS8X>00.000,
,n
“
The
Com
manding
Officer
of
years and over, $5.
in such postw ar ag ricu ltu ral t ^ e W ashington S ta te »Farm Bu- ville,, B ism arks, Saipan, Guam,
OTdn* ~ * ’, k n t “ planning.
the Provisional Engineer Combat
Vernon I. M iller is accepting
w a s designed H**'Ml,*ng.
< reau, a c te d /a s secretary . .
P alau and the Philippines,
Group of tro o p s of the F ourth life m em bership paym ent fiom
tons o f smokele*«
M odernization o f th e present
.
Arm y who have been engaged Sherm an County. J. B.Adams at
W
M
M powder . . . ’ >a r ,t >’
was
‘ he
C. P. Horn, acting m an ag e r of
upon im p o rtan t activities in the Moro and A. A. Dunlap a t G rass
J
J
./tfto»- spend- conference asking th a t not lcs«
The
Dalles office of the Pacific
Columbia River valley near Rufus, Valley have been asked to assist
on the projoct the than P *rity Pric*’ «ho-uld be baid
Telephone
& T elegraph com pany
Oregon, has reported to me th at
The 140-page proceedings of the 'an d S. C. Inkley of th e same com­
' ord en d con.truc produeer. of w heot for th a t ^or­
the citizens of Sherm an County
1944 m eeting held a t A rlington pany were here Tuesday on busi­
lop work dtoonttm ed on th re e « » "
th eir production wh,ch ,a
The Oregon W ar Pood A dm inis- rive a t a ju st and fair w»ge ceil- have been m ost generous and hos- in Decem ber have recently been
♦ 0 » (lx productor H n « . The « « » fo r humian iood w’th,n
ness w ith telephoe users o f the
tratio n W age Board will hold a mg fo r each operation covered.
pitable tow ard the soldiers of the s tn t to all league m em bers, Mr.
placed in . U nited S ta te .,
county.
thkes. completed
m m e lo m i
c o n - tw o-day public hearin g a t Arlinfccn
A g ricultural w age sU bilization o rganizations of thia group.
e M iller reports.
Mr. H om s ta te s th a t the com ­
th e ex- * P articip atin g in th e jo in t con-
xtanddaff. rtttdRi . w ith __ ference
were M orton T om pkirs.
and Pendleton to consider specific b rin g s fa rm labor in to th e over- states th a t th ere
ve een
ro
pany
has new developm ents th a t
X
p Z ^ n d M ^ r T t h e Oregon wage ceiling, /o r the o p eratio n , ali em ergency price
control act quent donatm n, of c o o k « ,
day
will
m
ake b e tte r ru ra l telephone
2 ^ S ^ G r a n « ^ L J .m i.o n P en. p a i r e d in th e production, p lant- p a ^ e d by O o n g r.« In 1942. U n- room fu rn itu re , phonograph
rc c
system«
as soon as production can
a S ifif
a lh ii* - «M eh dleton S ecretary
Oregbn S ta te ing, and h arv estn g of w heat, hay d cr the re g u la tio n ,, «peclflc w age o rd , and m ag azin e, an.
aa t
begin.
The
K ent Telephone com­
,ittoa on m U itary affa ra j a h l c h dleton. Secretory. O re g to
U
«
a m any of the w M
h ave
been
pany has been revived an d the
• » b e e n doing
i n e e ^ g a t F a ™ ' B ur“ ^
R ™ d E ’
; y ,,
GBltoS». S herm an, need fo r atabithrtng wage or . .! • extended the h o .p ito l.ty o f hom e.
board is now in operation, h e s ta ­
“ d Wit" P ± ^ ; . 8 u n on ¿ i p i G i i l e Z p i e , W a « » . J e f f « ,o n
and W heeler ary r a te , within an a m . o r fo r a in .e v e r .l to w n , of the county,
W ith th e shipm ent of 14 tons of tes, and in addition to th a t the
.rprtoing teatrtto.
F a r m e r . Union. R alph G I P
„j
to exU nj
. incer,
p ap er d u rin g M arch
Sherm an fa rm ers w est o f K ent are building
g h t, county agent.
u larly wh«re larg e » num bers of personal th an k s to the citizens of
.
'
county jum ped fro m six th to sec­ a line to connect w ith G rass Val­
vif another ease The war
The hearing will open a t A rllng- ag ric u ltu ral w orkers are . needed Sherm an County fo r th eir pa trio - ond place in the s ta te ’s paper ley over a new copper circuit.
spartafojfc ' cancelled ,
ton,
A pril 17, in the High School on a limited num ber of job opera- ic and unselfish in tere st in these drive, according to a re p o rt made
• d left th e eomtreetor with $58r
G
ym
nasium
, and will be continued tkm s. F arm ers and fa rm w orkers soldiers of my command and I re available by tlfe salv ag e division,
attlkrf eb rtrieal .C rtF _
the
follow
ing
day a t Pendleton, alike a re governed by th e reg u la- quest th a t you extend to as m any WPB.
his amount $8,400 tasa a b o r te d
tlong>
of them as you can reach the
F irs t county m O regon in col­
fy m » , eotttrector, leaving $50,-
Sm all trees from the college Sessions will begin * t 2:00 o’clock
' W age determ inations b y
the h e a rt-fe lt appreciation of
the
lection o f p ap e r is Benton which
00 t * Jb*"*<Ad as Janlu The W ar tre e ia rm have been received here in the afternoon, and will be re-
wpartment sold
it for $6,000. Rn<j m<y b© obtained a t th e coun- sum ed a t 8:00 o ’clock in the even- W ar Food A d m in istrato r m u st be A rm y Com mand.”
has long led th e list and still
such aa to facilitate the obtaining
The la rg e r p a r t of the men leads w ith 67.9 pounds per capita.
hro waeks later the junkman sold
B ren t’s. office. N ot all of the ing if necessary.
Ism a il portion o f this high pri- £av o rfcte tree s are available and in
The purpose of the h earin g is of sufficient labor fo r th e opera- have been moved from the camp Sherm an has 58.1, W asco 57.5,
to
obtain first-hand inform ation
tiona In question, y et such as not an d it is understood th a t the £
,rlty ^effuipmont to a manufoc-
pk o e a re several new vai -
M arion 54.8, C latsop 51.3 an d G il­
conaem
ing
local
conditions
affect-
to
be inflatio n ary o r in excess of m ainder will go as soon as the liam 45.8 to give th e figures fo r
aror fo r $12,000, and when he j^tieg to this county
m ay ing each of th e crops and areas th e capacity of the grow ers to pay. d etails of loading equipm ent and
alts «ho «attainder H will rep re-
the leading six counties. •;
Prospective tree p la n te rs
straig h te n in g up used sites can be
Oddly enough a t th is stag e of
M»t a stlH fu rth er ¿hear p rofit
have a choice o f Black Locust, m entioned. All groups of Individ- ---------------- -----
finished. E x act date of co m p ete
^ n o th ew A Puerto Rico corpor Chinese Arbor Vitae, Arizona Cy- unis interested are Invited to^at-
the w ar some counties have not
SCARCE
abandonm ent of th e camp and the
Golden Willow, Russian tend. Problems to be considered
collected w aste p ap e r in large
tiep «bartered a w ar ehipping pre»*,
will
include
th
e
p
a
rtic
u
la
r
crops
A
decline
in
a
lfa
lfa
acreage
in
cessation
o f crossing practice is
¿ministration cargo vessel and Olive o r Ponderosa Pine.
q u an tities a t all. W heeler county
and operations affected; the areas m ost w estern O regon counties is not known,
hipped 13WXW0 gallons o f mo
has no record of p ap er collection
to
controlled; w
o r salary
revealed in report* to ____
th e farm .
—
a t all, C urry is credited w ith 3.3
Bases to Mew Orleans where it
w be
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n t » u ’i» • toator /o r .18 eento COOK1KS AT GRASS VALLEV
P«w *o t th e • ’* c“ ’c ««*” - er"?* àepuUntnt
M EETIN G CHANGED
pounds, Lincoln w ith 8.9 and M or­
tWgBon a t the suggestion of the
, tions in 1943 and 1942, including college, and is • attrthrted to a
row w ith 9.4 to give th ose counties
nrr^srsst' asptisB -
th e WPB.
The week ending A pril 7 the th e h ig h est ra te s paid betw een n u m b er o f causes. Am ong these
The M issionary Society w ici less th a n 10 p o u n d s’ per capita.
Ths -T-yr eaige could have been G ra ss Valley and K ent communi- J a n u a ry 1, 1942 and S ep tem b er a re dem and fo r riv e r bottom lands ha* been m eeting on Tuesdays or
Collection o f p a p e r in W asco
ought h y Dafepae Sappile* Corp, ties have been asked to fu rn ish i g t 1942; w age o r sa la ry rate3 in fo r vegetable crops, unusual diffl- m any, m any y ears will m eet on is expected to fu rth e r Increase
W Ava CTP** 4 gallon, p lus six cookies fo r the R ufus cam p. They im p o rta n t com peting crop* or In cu lties in obtaining alfa lfa seed W ednesday A pril 11 and W ednes- the county’s posittian and smaller
tran ep o rtg tio n , i f a ship had will be picked u,p a t Alley’s Con- com peting industries, and o th er re- and some difficulty in cu rin g the days h ereafte r. * B » Jte d Cross will collections may be made in other
This klHy wMb Ih
MU mads uvallable* to Defense feetkm ery Saturday- m orning
a t Lat^d m a tte rs. In sh o rt, the B oard first crop of hay. O bservers be- m eet on Tuesday afternoons in the parts.
the county at any tlm*. .ton of a« «xpeetaat b rld * Is
rt I f I** B m I jh Stoek * f
applies Con>4-> government ag- 11 o’clock according ta M rs Lewis w a n ts to g et a balanced pictu re liev* th a t the tren d will be revar- fu tu re . I t i* also reported th a t
wy, by ths w ar shipping sdminls- H astings, county chairm an. L ast o f the situation w ithin each com- sed a f te r th e w ar because of the th* A m erican Legion A uxiliary
I t ’s cloudy enough to ra in ; cold
■efton T h * m ilita ry affairs, com- wv*k Moro furnished 45 1-8 dosen m unity concerned in *rd«r that, the proved adv an tag e o f alfa lfa hay, will m eet T h u rsd ay s until fu rth e r
— (Continued on P a g s tw o)
cookies.
W ar Food A dm in istrato r can ar- p articu larly fo r dairy farm ers.
notice.
_
Wheat League Plan
Good, Says Miller
TarUl tlTOUpS I Tying IO iaCt
Together On New Farm Program
Gimp Official
Writes Thanks
Better Telephones
Post-war Promise
Farmers Called In To Tell and Be
Told About Wages Past & Present
County Gains In
Paper Drive
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of Gninty Agents’
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