ventb Year
No. 23
Seniors Splurge
W ithK O lN
Orchestra
The senior claes of Moro High
school have reached out ambiti
ously to obtain a well known or
chestra for the annual senior boll,
which will be an event of Satur
day night, April 21, at Grass Val
ley Auditorium.
Moro. Oregon, Friday, April 13, 1946
New Weed Kilting Moro Council
Trick Trial Due Talk‘ Street’’
Cbb, FSM, Bills
For Test Here
The Mono city — ncil met Tues
Over Development Said Ta
Kill Weeds After Short
Period of Treatment
The orchestra will come iron.
Trial of the new weed killing
KOIN, The Journal, Portland chemical “weedone” will be made
which wiM send 5-piecee here to in this county tbie year, says Lc-
A fter diseerering by reference play for the graduating class and Roy Wright, count agent. Thi« new
to Webetor tha^ “demographic their friends in what will be the chemical was developed in Mary-
¿Keene < atady o f birth and mor class's last appearance before land where it has been very sue-'
ta lity end that “ambivalent” re- graduation. Georfre Burns, wh> cessful. Instead o f killing weeds
* _ n?m.C direofciy it kills them by kindness.
xhn to the emotion of experienc
ing fore aad hatred at the same bands is the leader of the orches that is, it causes the weed to make
a growth so great that it dies
time, Begraeoatatf ve Ccx of ' Ge tra.
from lack of nutrition h> a abort
orgia derided feet fee was oppos
time. It is put on by a40 pott.id
ed to a resolution brought oat by
pressure spray and is used on
the rales ts— Utsh of the house.
Morning Glory and other root
U se e f these lords was accredited
stock weeds.* -
to * — neentatiwe Dickenstein of
Only nine penw.1 of 4he driver.
Terf, wi«' be ™«ie on the Herb
New la r k , author of the resole
™nrh ®" Morning Glory .m l
txm, which mould authorise the using the P«ifleH ><hw .y durir.«
e— nittoe on hamigratton and the month o f March kept their on other farms Russians Knap
naturalization to
a study speeds at or below the 35 mile weed and White Top if such car.
of srigrafem trend» with relation wartime speed limit. Secretary e f „ be found in the properstage All
parts of the county will be tested,
to the future e f the United States State Farrell disclosed today.
Chester Otis of the state college
“to enable them to intelligently
In February, the figure was 14
end iefaiy deal with legislation" percent-and in January, it was 19 will be here to aid with the trick
on poet WM immigration and nst percent. The Mriroh figure is the and is exipected some lime this
month-
. ' > ’
x •••
uraiintsou.
lowest since the period of Apr.I
At
Rufus
where
the
fruit
grow-
The fc— lgration question be through September of 1942.
came ' a serious problem after • Since speed too great for exist, ers made a tria l of the cultivation
world war I end ae one means iug conditions figures rn every method of killing White Top Jtff
of aohrtog kt the quota system senous accident reported in* Orc year, it is reported that none of
set up by act of congress. It gon during recent months, it wax the weed has made snappearar.ee
contonded by several repre- evident that many of these high so far and indications are that th*
that the problem will way casualties could be prevented trial may have been more success
reappear m an aggravated form if - drivers would reduce their fu! than could be hoped.
The county court has ordered
offer «hie 4par and that a sensible
a
duck foot cultivator for use by
A t . its solution should
farmers
who want to try th«cul
¡by careful study of all
tivation
method
t on weeds. The
A s one example.
cultivator
will
be
leased to farm
H one ashed wfenfc is to become
era
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— •©»©-
Few Drive At
Suggested Speed
Bob Hack Wins
Posthumous Honor
by* epeeatW* oifder; oho. Whether
qaetoa shahid h e ffa n g e d e r tool-
uoed fa r Ge— any and any other
en— y eo— try. More than 7,000
a— ead w u asn are near being
heU in mtprnment camps through
out the United State« under the
< tesrificatx» o f alien eoam ies, In
cluding ¿,<g| Japanese and 2,&9
German«, w ith a scattering of
talians and othgr nationalities.
JL regtefccetion
made in
toewod approximately
1941
five, mil-
H od a lte te h i the United* States,
hah I t woe stated th a t tote
has aaar dwindled to about three
one
It la os much to de
ehall be done about
guests ae it is to
OH fdture immigration
it the study la Justified. accord-
» to Its proponents. This and
Ared questions will not be 4e •
ed by the investigating com-
fctea, hot Its report and reeom-
exa expected to form
for whet aver action cen
to take. Those
the reeolutioa arged that
fee rejected because
its use o f unusual
toi end toe «rgaesent obviously
t effective einee th e recorded
• gave 168 for its adoption era
edtoag aay.
f'.-, . .x.t • • •
fee e f the wtoor casualties of
promises to be the gov,
foweetment In >lanto to
helium from natural gas.
Is operated by the
sau o f mines and the initial
: woe IttjOOOJMO. So suecess-
>M been «fee pree ees employed
^new more heHam it being
|aoed than emu be
or
of, end ' the demand will
sharply with a ©easation of
ities. At one tone It ffas
h t such wiAe use of the bli.up
th^t vast quknti-
dtoa» would be require <L
Bob Huck, who was killed in
action in Germany, earlier in the
year, was awarded one of the ten
prises given to 4-H dub boys and
girls by the Oregon State Bark
ers* association for 1944 club worn.
All of the ten were 19 years old
or more and were all senior
members.
Huck was the only son of Mr
ana Mrs William Huck and had
attended school at Rufus. Other
winners were Ralph Cope, Lang
lois, Merton Bradshaw, Browns
boro, Gerald Bauer, Neskowin and
Huck, who was fourth. Marjorie
Wright of Days Creek was first
among the girls.
County Agents Take
Over Belanger s Job
At a meeting held in Arlington
Monday night it was decided that
hereafter the work on the trashy
fallow plots will be done by the
county agents of the three coun-
ties involved, that is, Sherman
Gifiiam and Morrow.
Joe Belanger has been doing the
work and under the new manage-
ment the Soil Coservation Serv.ce
will furnish the equipment for til
lage and the farmers will be ex
peeled to furnish the tractor.
Similar plots are being con
ducted in the other counties to
that experimental one on -the
Moore Bros, farm south of M no,
This means the entinuatkm of the
work
LOIS COATS WINS
Mis» Lote Irene Coats, daughtoi
of Mr and Mr« Claud E- Coats of
Waaco, earned 'a place on the sec-,
ond honor roll at Oregon College
of Education for the winter term.
The second honor roll requires a
grade point average of 3.0 oi
better
when 15 hour» of credit are
toe iightor-ttoca-eir bÁlloot?
carried.
,<
not proved practical In mod
^arfara, and wbat to do with
-$v '
¿ béHum It worrying bureau SGT. VERNON MELZER HOME
««&• offriate-
all toe <50 and <100
MMr in circulation is a qoes-
» ‘‘«nrkK more than one de-
mertt o f,to e federal govern
L Currency in circulation has
Mrted tooca than ten bilUcn
on Page two)
Marine Sergeant Vernon C. Mel-
ter, 23, »on of Mr and Mr* Carl
Melzer of Moro, isfiiome on fur
lough. He recently returned from
the Pacific where he was a me
chanic with a dive bomber squa
dron of the fourth marine air
wing, based in the Marshall and
Gilbert island*.
Official County Pàpei
Wounded Vets Join Ball Clubs
School End Plans
Indicate Another
Year Near Gone
day night in lengthy session at
which several matters were de
cided. .
’ W i
An agreement was ordered sign
ed between the city and the high
way commission which gives Jie
«*ty the right
'accumulate th?
highway funds for several year»
order to properly oil the street>
in the projeqt that has a heady
,l*en approved. The 1944 pay men I
ia * W d y being held in abeyance»
Bn<^
payment will be h .’ l
>hw- B°th are between $400 and
tbOO. Work to be done include s
riling of First f^ to t between > ’sin
<ml Scett and grading and oiling
Scott and Big*— streets fvui.>
Main to Fourth.
Tfet budget meeting was sol
8 end Wendell B olster,
P»«-
J- * - X cK «n . Dewey
^ e° r** u '*le«n^ »■*
Wily Knighten Were named as
budgeteers for the city,
There was lively discussion ef
the possibility o f toe city taking
out a service license for the en
Urtainmeat e t -— ¿dents of toe
community and jposslfie city rev
em»e for payment1 Of the city debt
Counrihwsn Erneat Woods and
Harry Kunsman Were named to
investigate further.
Dust Treatment
Rohen Maaske To Speak At
Both Moro and Wasco
Graduations May 23.24
Plans for the activities that ac
company the end of the school
year have been made by the prin
cipals and Superintendent Knigh
ten th is week.
Left, Lt. Bert R. Shepard, who lost his right leg on his 34th mission
ever Germany, is shown as he batted them out at the Washington Sena
tors’ training camp. Upper right, Emer Durrett. discharged marine vet
eran of Guadalcanal, now a Brooklyn Dodgers* outfielder. Lower right.
Bright Whiteside, Boston Red Sox catcher, received navy medical dis
charge, having been wounded In action.
Woman’s Club Meeting Becomes
Show of Bell and Button Hobbies
An
exceptionally
in terestin g who prepared refresh m en ts of Cvi-
program w as given by the Moio fee, tea and cookies.
Woman’s club Friday afternoon
The table w as very a ttr a c tin '
. Departure of the soldiers from in the club rooms which were w ith a cen ter piece o f yellow can
Camp Rufus left their camp site brightened with bouquets of daff dies and daffodils. Mrs F. L. Can-
bare and because it was leveled odils.
Nell and Mrs A. S. Johnson ser
Due at Rufus
and. disturbed oH winter, a seri
ous blow ha< started Chat some
tones'M ader eat fee tom .* The
D elivery is expected a t any time-
U. 8. Engineers, with the cooper
ation of the county extension ser
vice, are planning to spray the
camp site with oil and have it
planted to rye this fall.
AAA Committee Has
Tough Problem
F irs t event will be the county
wide Play Day which will be held
in Moro, May 18, F riday, when
the grade children from all dis
tricts will g ath er to take p a r t in
an athletic program
sirpilar ti
those of other years.
For the second year there will
he no declam atory contest, th a t
activity th a t lasted longer than
any o th er in Sherm an county
schools. It began in 1907 and was
continued until 14143.
G raduation cerem onies in the
county will he held the la st of May
with the Wasco High school h o ld
ing its first on May 23. The follow,
ing
night. T hursday, May 24,
Moro will grad u ate its 1944 class.
Rohen J. Maaske, president of the
E astern Oregon College of Edu
cation will be ¡the speaker a t -both
events. Rufua g raduation will be
held May 31 and the nam e of the
speaker has no<t been announced
Moro will g ra d u ate 17, W asco 8
and Rufus 1 from high school.
G rade school g raduations will
be held a t Waaco Monday, May 21.
Kent, G rass Valley and Moro will
g rad u ate a t G rass
Valley the
n ig h t of May 23 and Rufus will
graduate eighth g ra d e rj May
Gueets from The Dalles Son.sis, ved-
the Tuesday afternoon and Study
The next m eeting wall hv the
clubs from Wasco and woni’-n M others and D au g h ter m eeting PromRB» have not been arranged.
T here w H he two finish th e eighth
from G rass Valley were present
with a pot luck l»anquet a t 0:39
to enjoy a program of music and P. M., April 20th. Mrs George grade a t Rufua, 6 a t Wasco, 5 at
Moro, 4 a t Kent and 3 a t Grass
“hobbies”.
Moorehoad S tate P resident of Fed
A fter a b rief business session
a few words of welcome were ex
tended by the p resident of the club,
Mrs E. H. Amidon.
Mrs E. T. S tro n g and MrsHenvy
B-arnum had arran g e d th e program .
Two songs ‘ F loating W ith the
Tide” and “ Sundow n” w ere sung
by the club q u a r te tt composed of
Mrs H. B. Pinkerton, Mrs Jam es
Moberg,
Mrs C arl Melzer and
Mrs N orm a Cushing, accom pan
ied by Mrs Helen Sayrs.
M rs Dorothy P. Johnston d i s
played a collection of “ bells’
which she bad gathered in her
travels to various an tiq u e shops
in the U nited S tates. Many were
originally from foreign c o u n t r y
and were shown w ith in terestin g
sto ries of th eir origin and use.
They were made of brass, silver,
g ’aas, copper and china
Mrs Helen Ruggles played two
piano solos, “ Alpine Bells” and
Bells of St. M ary’s ”, which were
very appro p riate.
Valley.
crated clubs will be guest speaker
Schools will close generally
Anyone having
w earable dis
May 25 with Rufus a week later.
carded clothing will please leave
at Doum a’s M arket.
The county AAA committee will
meet at the court house Fpday at
10 o'clock and at that time will
take up the subject of bow to allo
cate the $66,000 of this county’s
News of the death of Neds Han
share of Agricultural Cbnserva sen was feceived in Moro Wednes
The public hearing for the es
t¡<m Payment8
tablishm ent of w age ra te s for the
day night. He had died that day
Clarence Scheurer, form er me w heat section of Oregon will be
The funds have been seriously after a long illness. Mr. Hansen
chanic
and S tandard Oij agent, held a t A rlington and Pendleton
curtailed and the demands for was born in Denmark and came
a
t
G
rass
Valley and one time op th e 17th and 18th of this month.
payment for such work continue here when a young man to settle
e
ra
to
r
of
his fa th e r’s th resh in g W ages fo r pea and hay w orkers
necessitating the establishment of sad farm east of Moro. He later
machine
in
th a t te rrito ry died a t wiu allto
discuaiMx1. it has bee<
a policy on the pant of the AAA was owner of the Morvkland store,
his
home
a
t
A
urora
Sunday,
A
pul
stated
th
a
t
51
percent of the grow-
board. Merle Cummings, AAA field For some twenty years be has
8,
1945.
F
u
n
eral
was
held
W
ednes-
ers
have
signed
petitions for the
man, will be here.
lived in Portland ill retirement,
(lay
and
in
term
en
t
made
at
But-
hearin
g
although
figures hava r.ot
-
---- *
having sold his land in this county.
G rille , n ear the long time home ^ erT k e e n e d su b stan tiatin g it.
^Surviving are his widow, Julia
of the Scheurers-
______________
Woods Hsnaen, and four daugh
Surviving are his widow, Nell,
ters, Mrs Roy Powell, Mrs Roy
a
son>
Howard of Tulare, Califo»
Kunsman, Mrs John Hardin and
n.a,
a
naval
officer, five b rothers,
Mrs Margaret Wigle. Mrs Powell
R
alph,
C
harles,
E m m itt,
Merle
A new ruling makes it possible wot with her father ait the time
and Reuben and *and two »ist*u>,
/ or owner* of purebred beef to be of hi* death,
M rs Florence W ade o f Ocean
uw<j for breeding purposes to sell
Funeral services have not been
Dairy payments amounting to
Lake and Mrs Joyce Madden of $184.30 have already been made by
them without regard to OPA ceH- announced.
Mrs Neva Johnston showed Los Angeles.
inga. The new regulation <1*0 ------*--------------
the county agent’s office for the
her collection of 1500 buttons of
make* / it possible f o r “ 4-H club p
X
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The Scheurers have lived in first quarter of 1945. These pay
all sizes, color and various nu-’ Portland fo r nearly 20 years since ments are made to every person
children and other group» of simi- V A D C ^ f V&IDpftlgKl
Uriels
from Jhe commanding brass Clarence left G rass Valley to be who produces and sells milk or
lar kind, ■ to sell beef at price*
#
'
’
buttons
of a (Canadian mounty, come chief mechanic a t the Stan butter fat at the rate of 70 «ent»
without the control, of, the OP A C f l^ ir H ia n V H O V dSSlD ^
to
the
dainty
pearl buttons for dard Oil shops’ there, a job from per hundred for raw milk and 10
if the «ales are made at public
fine
trimmings,
button» from aP which he was retired several years cents per pound for butterfat.
Mr« Qf G. Hilderbrand has beer
sales at county fairs or. the Paci
named
ok
county
chairman
of
the
types
of
uniforms,
picture buttons, ago.
Statements of quantities sold
fic International.
cancer/drive by David Simpson glass, bone, pearl, gold crested.
are presented to the county agent
of the Portland Chamber of Com- shoe, shirtwaist, coat, ornamental,
who has authority to write a draft
mere«,, who is state Chairman.
practical, modem and some at
in payment of the claim. The Wat
The national quota for thi* least 150 years old. She had one
Food Administration is in charge-
campaign i» <5,000/XX> of which real jet which is very rare, ¿he
of the program.
57 percent i* to be used for edu- even had buttons from a German
coition* end service, 3d percent for uniform.
The North Central Oregon Track
research and 10 percent for the
Two vocal solos, “ Oregon" and and Field meet is to be held in
national program. The quota for “America Invincible” by Florence Moro again this year, announces
Sherman county is $100,75.
Gentry were much enjoyed.
Coach Tom Preece The event wih
Mrs Hilderbrand in starting the
Several club member* brought occur the afternoon of April 27,
campaign say* that cancer has souvenirs from «the different bat- Friday, at the faidgrounds.
Funeral services for Donna Rae
caused deaths In the United States tie fronts.
Teams that have been invited Knox were held Tuesday at J.00
eeeoftdl to heart disease, the total
T h e following club' officials and which are expected to have P- M. at the Wasco Methodist
for the nation being 145,000. Of present were introduced by the representatives present are Bond, church. Rev. F. L. Connell oiBci-
thefw 1690 were in Oregon in 1944- director, Mr* Strong. Mr» T. Le- winning team last year, Arlington, ated, interment followed in the
esthnafied that a third to 3 larfd Brown, State Chairman of Hood River, Wasco, Redmond, Evergreen cemetery in The DaJex
of . these could have been Fine Arts,
Mrs A. S. Johnsen, Prineville,
Condon,
Boardm an. Do nna was born in Waaco April S, .
aaVed if they bad had information President of The Dalles Sorosis, Moro, The Dalles and Goldend'i.e 1922. She was a graduate of th© -
Ohdut toe early symptoms and Mr* Nan Crawford, Junior Past in W ashington.
Wasco Grammar and High aohodft.
treatment. Cancer kills more peo- President of Founth District, Mrs
The full list of track and field She was « member of the- Wasco
f*e Under 20 than does Infantile Gladys Zell,
1st Vice-President events will be under contest ex- Methodist church and a n active ;
paralysis. Over 40,000
of ufFourth District, Mrs Ora Work- te pt the hurdles for which there worker in the Sunday school and .
Cancer have been cured.
man, President of Wasco Study is insufficient equipment for so Epworth league. She died at the .
For these reasons Mrs Hllder- club, Mrs F- L. Cannell, P resid en t large a meet.
age of 22, on April 4, 1945 . in f
Karl Arse
brand is working to raise the of Tuesday Afternoon club, and
Seattle, Washington due to severe
The
meet
held
last
year
display-
y«eih leader, la «hews as
burn*. Surviving are her father,
small
quota
for
the
benefit
of
in-
Mr*
Loui«
Scholl,
State
President
ed
some
close
compe<ition
in
near-
knee «f death as a epy wa*
creased
knowledge
about
cancer,
of
Bible
Study.
Frank
Knox of Wasco, and two w
ly every event, desplte a windy
U Ilf« imprisonment.
14. (ton.
She
will
name
assistant«
irt
every
The
hostesses
were
Mrs
Charles
sisters,
Mrs Dorothy Cottin* of ;
Ceqrtoey Hodge* chaoged the son-
day.
tence.
part of the county to aid in the Burnet, Mr* Orlo Martin, Mr* R. _____________ _
Paaoo, Washington end Mr* Jeseie ,
Anfang of Indiana,
campaign.
W. Belshce and Mr* H. S. Coulee,----- Buy War Bonds Today
Nels Hansen’s Death
Reported Here .
Breeding Stock, 4-H
Club Stock Exempt
Boy Spy Gets Life
Wage Hearing Called
Clarence Scheurer
At Arlington
Buried At Butteville
Payments Being
Made To Dairymen
Track and Field Meet
Scheduled April 27
Donna Rae Knox
Buried Tuesday