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About Sherman County journal. (Moro, Or.) 1931-current | View Entire Issue (June 8, 1945)
A-------~ 4 ** / x * > • : .uaü— — A •* - - -t fy-Seven th Y ear * A Announced f County Will hate Bond Show, 1 b< Grass Valley Theater, through its manager, Es- tel Hartley, h aw arranged to shew ? About Government, Politics and People tkh i y * W <wy>fcnfw __ »-V j,_ I on tnc noriDww Veterans W n f released from service eve discovering that the GI bill o f nghte is not all that it was cratkedifip to be- Proposals are now before congress for amend ments which would make the mea sure meme workable and more ac ceptable to the veterans. Men in the armed’ force» have understood that the federal government would guarantee loans for homes, farms, and bumoesa, and the bill so de clares, but there.is so much red tope Involved that scarcely more than a of the jeoterans already discharged (in excess of 1/M M 00) hmre obtained loans. While the loans are guaranteed, the veterans are discovering that It in almost Impossible to negotiate the lam . In t>e Amt place, the veteran must And some person or institution willing to make the loan, a u d ifh e swcceede » t h i s aconsid- hhle amount of paper work mutt be A » » W e r e theHoen.» approved f e r a guarantee by the veterans administration. Banks are as cau tious in dealing with a veteran who has just returned from Europe or the South Farifle at they are in dealing with any stranger who walk* in and says he would like to borrow money. The veteran's ¿ « g it to looked up, and as rmay veterans have no credit rat- tog atoee they ware called into aer- hef ore they had a job or were tt, they a iu d o t ef kick. Tbe Tytenns are discovering that if they are able to satisfy frapAwg requirements they do not need fee veterans administration to guarantee one-half of the loan they wish to negotiate. Of course, some of the blame for the mix-up can be laid at the door of tbs len d»« agencies, but even nflar the isfe r iil hae talked the w G n m in to being willing to make a loan there to still the quesfcien- aim of the veteran» administration to sattofy, and that ia another hurdle to overcome. Thto loan feature of the <11 bill carried an appeal when it was en- acted by eengrees, but the actual mechanics o f obtaining a loan and securing the guarantee of the gov- ernment agency to developing many (flaws. Congress, of course, to willing to remedy the situation as soon as it can figure out a tool- proof system, which the existing law most decidedly dees not pro- vide. Also, m the matter of prior Hie. to obtain building materials, on which the veterans are suppos- ed to be No I the plan is not working out ’ as expected—too many regulations. Y . • • Juhe^X T945~^ Official County Paper Fret M i J Show War Bonds Sell All Is Not* Fighting on ' Okinawa A cohunn of nom < & Moro, O regon, No. ¡30 Paralysis Group Allotments Made To Meet With T() R£A Slowly; Over State Officer l t . . Of Quota unsold Eugene W*. Hall, rep resentative For Extension r4rf. th e In fan tile P araly sis board Akoat $100,000 E Beads Z in O fegon, will be afc the court Expansion Plans house T hursday night, Ju n e 14, a t 7:30 announced A. A. Dunlap of the picture **A Gay Named J o s ’ As Rapidly As Yet To Be Sold If County G rass Valley chairm an of the the evening «< Monday, June 18 Materials Available §herm an county in fantile p araly Readies Quota at 8:60 o’clock. A s 1» usual. sis cam paign. A m eeting will be As <te usual with bond shows ad The allotm ent of <692,000 to the The official report of the Oregon held w ith th e m em bers of the lo mission to'’to ho by wat bond. Be Wasco E lectric C o o p erativ e, an War Finance committee as of June cal board and all others interested cause it i«ra<her late m the pre nounced laM week, m eans th a t sent hood eaawaign, those who 4, Monday, shows that Sherman in th e work are invited to come agency will have sufficient fu nds have bought a <100 bond and who county purrimoers have bought a said Mr: Dunlap. to electrify all Sherm an county •bow the receipt, for <t will be ad total of <99,622 (in bonds. Of this farm s and com plete th e job it mitted. Others Will buy a bond as •urn <67,73? V ITO E bonds, or a has s ta rte d in Wasco county. little over a th ird o f the q u ota of M o T C H o fifS NCCUCCI admueion to the show. Otherwise Previous allotm ents have to ta l <190,000. O th er bonds are <740 of ® the «bow to froe. led <348,000 which has been used It to desired that as m any as to co nstruct the W asco county possible eoo the show which it u lines. The new allotm ent, which A week previous to the above Maximum breeding of available complete show and' not just one . ... . . , m akes a total of <1,040,000 will picture. It will continue until Ul rejprt the^ county waa credited breed by these Oregon grow - ke it ih k fo r the of have seOn it, says M r / H artley. with sales o f <72,172 o f which . , . ... , . . qoo • a- a i . ers already m th e hog business d irectors of the cooperatives to <61,282 was in E bonds Sale of hire a firm of engineers to do the <20,000 in C bonds boosted the and prepared to grow hogs econ- COUNTY FIFTH to tal during th e week. D uring the om ically is suggested by agricul- stak in g and designing of the lines L SHERMAN w and build under co n tract as the Sheraton county’s place in the week the co u n ty ’s purchase« of E tu ra l official« as the best method original section was constructed. pap.r c th a r i« « ...n p a i,., b con- * “ * • « « • with more f ° T in incre‘ 7 <* The first REA power line in a t a n tl y getting farther from the th a n th ree weeka yet t(> a COn‘ fo r fa fatroW in* 8 as 8et hy t,ie ♦»a WtadHnsäft Shernxan county started May 16 top. The latest boBeton from the tln u a t’on <* M e purchases would »tate AAA cominrttbe. when farm ers through a coopera-, klnaws Island an d tola . . . . , r The com m ittee set the state give the county about a half o ' "" tive effort started digging holes young native (below) is proud te do hl. .hare. And a . hn^rU nt tart this county fifth with 58.1 pounds the Quota. goal a t 22,000 sows to farro w ’his ( v h near Kim. Upper left: Marine Clar It Is, lagging water to other natives fall, which is in line with a national and settin g poles. There were a t ence J. McFarland, Cuyahega Fajls, Ohio, amuses native beys as «'basket per capita. N q; shipments have Salesmen Working goal of approxim ately 5 3-4 mill tim es as many as 60 farm ers w ork porter. Horseplay of this type haft won friends for the marines among tbe been made since M arsh when 14 ion sows, which would provide a ing on construction west of W as Island folks. Upper right: No.red points needed for this Okinawa pig io n s were W- Sales are i)einK ma<,e in ftOm° fall pig crop of approxim ately 37 co.- killed by shellfire (It says herie). Leathernecks are. Carp. F. Alice Benton to Arte with 70.7 pound;, •«ctions as salesm en go into the (left). Lake View, Ore., and Cdrp. Victor Howard, Philadelphia, Fk. m illion head. The Oregon goal of In sum m ing up tlje use of elec Marion second with 64.7; Clatsop fleW customers and they 22,000 sows bred com pares w ith tric energy on the farm s in W asco — third with 66.6; Waaso fo u rth w ith a r« Ending no m ore sales re sis county, Eric Johnson, m anager, 18,000 sows th a t farow ed last year ts . Nona of them are a re so f s r U n <* th an usual although there has found th a t radios, w ashing ma- n ^ v w ,ssm s^ w vv is eome inclination to re stric t and 37,000 in th e fall of 1943. ahead that Sherman county could not peas them with a good truck the size of purchases despite th? ' 1° connection w ith the Oregon chines, irons nnd re frig e ra to rs arc K°a b livestock specialists a t O3C found in over 85 percent of the load of paper.- Boy*, tbyte’s"’ < In te rs ity of the w ar on Okinawa. point out th a t the hog-grain ratio t o rm homes. Electric ranges ar.d T otal «ales a t Wasco since the chance to make eome spending in Oregon is not encouraging un- hot w ater heaters can be found in start of the ^Inve have been <19,- money. less grow ers are assured of the ’approxim ately 28 percent of the 612.50 up to W ednesday night. A t a m eeting held a t m ark et stay in g a t ceiling prices, farm homes. W ith electric space A dditional sales were made a t On the o th er hand, they point out, h eatin g being pushed prom inently WHEAT LOANS UF Monday night, Ju n e 4, the mem- Moro this week th a t are not re- The county court accepted the m any farm er* who can supplem ent in the foreground, it will soon be bers of the Locust Grovp electric The War Voo< Adnunietration corded in th e official to tal b u t the g ra in w ith various w aste products possible fo r the fa rm ers of Wasco State Highway C^mminairm’s pro oompany sold out to th/r Wasco kds of a com- most optimistic estimate shows , A A posal for construction of roads b as announced ’ ’ tQ can m ake a profit on th eir hug and Sherm an county to enjoy all County Cooperative REA T and ' end “"i wiUun th b county nt the Wednea- « « “ ‘y > « • * -««M“ « U“ t «*utny. b“ <100 JX)O growing operation» at the p resent th e com forts th a t electric service ed one <rf tho, local dtoputea ot t the price of IU (tool. advtnil Week» ot*n<tng. The vote Hhadhao _ o —.tin . no norcent of ----------------------- hog-grain ratio s, in c o n tra st w ith can offer them , which has been construction as sqon ae money to at a leTeJ reflecting 80 percent of. . i.reported bo be 8 t^ 3 with those who would have to feed m ar - made available with the building available from the federal-.U te P * « V . « • » national rang» , of o n | , « ___ ketable g rain exclusively. - of the Bonneville and Grand Cou two-third* majority being neces- three year pool, and contracta let. opprorimately g lg g per Vfihal l f i n i u S u tr O H ^ lee dams. eary for a sate. Feed Coneidered Many arguments have been / t The work include. 2031 m U « '* £ n - 1 I f Bids for the property were of Sherar, g™de, 18.W nule. of •» » «" D U H e d 111 L U g d i e In settin g goals th ro u g h o u t the b ro ught forw ard in the past, says <4300 from Pacific Pdwer & Light Cottonwood. 1.60 m iU . of Fultdh naUmal avcraK» of about <1A5 per bushel. If tha ^ a M iller S trong ’ o f Eugene co u n try on num ber of sows to M r Johnson, as to w here the company and <5000 from the REA. canyon on the secondary system parity price of wheat advances »t her home Ju n e l.'S h e was farro w , the national officials gave m oney th a t is alloted to the At the end of thp meeting the and 9.9 miles of Fullpn canyon more than 1 cent bushel before horn a t Neoshoe, Kansas on consideration to feed supplies on operative came from . RFC goes Pacific Power & Light company offered the REA an opportunity and 7.7 m iles of the Rufua-Kkm* July 1, 1945, an ad ju stm en t will Septem ber 2l', 1867 and moved to fa rm s this spring, according to on th e open m ark et and calls or Oregon in 1888. She m arried Hor- R. B. T aylor, sta te AAA chairm an, loans fo r the Rural Electrifies to book onto the company's 22,000 dike road on the county road sys be made in the new loan rates. tem. The total to 58J 7 miles that ace W. S trong a t Moro, Oregon, T he geographical sh ifts in hog tion A dm inistration. This is p ri volt line at any place hi the coun- on June 6, 1892. She lived n ear production in recent y ea rs were y ate capital m oney. ^ T h « ^ m tu rn ’ ty and use current. Payment would will be built within the next three MISSIONARIES COMING */««« 30 years before also considered, as were records l° an lt through REA to the cooper be made through the Bonneville years unless plans are changed. atives a t two percent in terest, wno •The county inspected a bit of pool. Saving in construction costs The Women’s Missionary socie- go^K t» Eugene in 1919. Mr. of p ast production, probable acre re p a y thia back to RFC to g eth er new equipment and asked that it age in feed crop« to be planted and speed in building throughout ty of Moro, has invited Mr and Strong died in 1934. w ith all earned in terest over a p er be tried for ten days in the Cole Mrs Ernest Moser, faculty .mem- Surviving are a son, Truman, of this year and the need for mcrcas- the county were given as argu gravel pit before final acceptance. bers of Lewis A Clqrk College, Moro, two daughters, Mrs Ted ed supplies of meat in difftrent iod of 25 to 35 years. m ents in fa v o r of the plan, A fte r the loan has been repaid ■It is a gravel loader that will be former mtosionari« o f Africa to B ali of Ota*» V illey ah<f Mrt Har- areas. continued Mr Johnson, the lines used to load gravel on trucks for - . the - srge of the g H U ' The need fo r m axim um hog pro- __ • m l ■ i spreading U ke charge of the *enrfe* M L W chiltown ’"and two' ’gfeht' 1J lJ K v d u c tio n d u rin g the next yeai is them selves belong to the m^ berJ I*RFID d l R l i g h t e r - Moro ,n Community church * t v .---------- -- ehiWron................. - T g re at, according to WFA officials, of the cooperatives. The cost of July of the non-election year is 8 t . Ma',»', ■ fi *' the only month in which the coun - d X l ^ l E « r v ic e . were conducted Pre.ltnlnary report» orf farm plans electric energy to Ute m e m b e r e ^ - R u le s R e to ld X Z l I ^ r tJ S r ih X the Poole-Iatrsen eh.pdl or, g ath ered by the s ta te AAA com- te r th a t peno-1 w,U be pow er eoat ty court can make change» in . » ___ « Saturdav June 2 at 3*30 p’ fti. mittee in Oregon indicate increays plus operation and maintenance. election precincts. Therefore, if ¿ b ^ y a p o ,<< duekdm ™ ’ ‘m r fX d ^ h a h , fa rro w in g , which, if r a r / e d If thia were p o ^ W e a t the preaent OPA’s ruling of April 30 made °f G' *il48# °'c For Nations’ Food K. J^QCusf Grove Electric Line Sold To REA Aftojl Road Program Agreed Upon By County Court onp «hoot K> «» i X T a /Z regulations for farm slaughter of « « » t Farmers are asked to learn about the order and comply with It They are 1) asked to se.l more animals on the hoof; 2) obtain a 3 permit from th<> local OPA hy Person or by mail. For fall slaughtering the permit should be obtained by July 1 .1 The permit any election precincts . want . a di.cnaainn will follow U m * BlIbMr Interment was rti the fam ily plot o u t will b rin g ° r e g ° n pTOd"®y£ " ^ t y re r^ m t a n d Ua t i n Ur ™ ’ in the afternoon. Prtenda' abd »n th e R eal Haven m em orial p a r t, up to the au g g e.ted g o ,!. T a y to fifty Percent and etu i be in h ealthy operating condition.” -V.. tW - -adds. 1 members of the church and society ®^8ene- ___________ are invited to attend •4 afof ; tome the day . ---- £------------ ■ ■ \ v-J/ 'k* ‘ IMPORTS BEAT EXPORTS > bt Overseas shipment« of wheat from the United States and Cana da during the first' five years of Sir this war have averaged 257 mil lion bushels annually or 163 mil w <0^ lion bushels less than the annual average during World War I. Of the 690 million bushels average shipments during the last war, ; 242 million bushel* were shipped R&,: * United States and 159 $4- « ¿n July j . .- n The county budget meeting will be held next Friday, June 15 and final passage of the budget will be done at that time, as published or as amended. Payment of bijls and action upon Alarming statement a s to prob- limits the sale of dressed meat to other county business was done. uble exhaustion of oil reserves in the swine amount as killed the the United »states, current m the same quarter in 1944. 3) farm eis early days of the war, are refut- may market 400 pounds of meat ed in a recent announcement by by asking OPA; 4) charge no more the petroleum institute of Ameri- than ceiling price and collect red ea which shows that these reser- points for meat sold or ¿GIVEN ves are greater today than when AWAY; 6) destroy all red ration A new plan for the construction NoetilHies began, and thto despite points when out of date. of rural electric lines has been the fact that a record total of Rural customers of farm slaugh announced by the PPAL company. ljm ,0 W .0 W barrel, of-«rude oil terCT« »re a’ked: D "° more R b“ e<> the o'«* Program th . drawn from the ground last tKan ceiling prices; 2) give red 6 to one only it is now worked out present war, United States exports 0 e r . The more frvoreble rift»- P°in+" f<" me*t 'bou« h 3) report to a more definite figure. For con- struftion of a single phase line averaged only 34 million buahels tion ie due «holly to the activity violation, (th charge will be 23 cents per while the overseas shiptnents from of American »oil companies in de month per hundred feet. For a Canada averaged 223 million bu- veloping a^tontifle methods and three ph,»e line the cort per month D.u™ « y“ r*' SYBIL BELSHE UPPED discovering new fielde. While a the United States ha» becora/ a per hundred feet will be thirty five The prom otion of WAC Sybil cent,. It w „ reported that .ome net importer of w h e ^ Durin, the greater supply than ever before was made available for war and F ern Belshe, d a u g h te r o f M rs Ha- lines are to be built at this rate. 1943-44 season, 136 million bushels civilian use, the year ended with a zel Belshe, Moro, Oregon to the of wheat were imported, mainly larger balance o f oil reserves than grade of C orporal has been an- for feed while only 40 million bu when It began, amounting to a net nounced. shels of wheat Including flour, gain of 366,000,000 barrels and Corporal Belshe, who enlisted PRICE CEILING RAISED were exported. For the first nine with known oil reserves in the May 19, 1944, is a graduate of Ore- o p A announced an increase up month* of tl/is season, July, 1944 United States now at an estimated gon College of Education. Prior to 3 1-8 cents per bushel in the through March, 1645, 38,638,000 total of 20,458,231,000 barrels, to h e r enlistm ent, she ta u g h t 'wheat coiling effective May SO bushels of wheat Were imported Since new field« are seldom devel- school in Portland, Oregon. At The adjustment covering all grades while 10,389,000 bushels were eX- oped fuDy In their first year, It to Key Field, Miss , Cpl. Belshe has of wheat was made to guarantee ported. During tha same months, probable that this estimate 1» be- been assigned to duty as a link parity prices to grower«. The Ag- floor exports were equivalent to Sow rather than above the actual trainer instructor, where she give» ency also announced a reduction 19,5^7.000 bushels o f wheat while figure«, and that the reserve may student flying officers training in of 2 cents a bushel in discount* flour imports were equivalent to only 180,600 bushels. for “sample ---- T o n lin iid "on ' Page Four instrument flying. More Liberal For Construction Told » ANCIENT STATE BUILDINGS HAMPER WARD CARE 1" 1) , f ' '‘'I BA AW Modern care for ward« of tha atate Is hampered by over crowded, over age buildings which the United Cl risen« committee points out can be replaced or modernised by passing the state postwar building measure at the special «lection June 22. Modern care for etete hospital patients requires much expen sive equipment like the fever machine operated at left. The old frame pavillion at right ie in use at the state tuberculosis hospital. The inset nameplate of the penitentiary shows the original building ML •d ll need wee built in 1<TJ. ff «pension and remodeling is u r g a ^ *— _____ —1