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About Sherman County journal. (Moro, Or.) 1931-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 7, 1945)
Fifty-È ighth Year No. Moro, Oregon, Council Talks - -----r. .. .. ..rj. About Improving City Socially A column o f n tw i About Government, Politics and People «OifA especial emphasis a w on die Northwest Tate ,• December 1 7, 1945 O fficial County Papar China < Court Buys New W here C ivil War Gravel Loader For Crushing Job Moro’s city council debated un til the late hours Tuesday night on civic matters, chief of which was consideration of some plans Ito make the Icity a recrea<tioi«al center instead of a recreational desert. Whether to use the old Le gion haM, a building stout and straight, as a start toward giving the community a place to find en joyment or to tear it down as a public eye-sore was the question^ And when the debate had waxed and waned the council, though gen- erajjy favorable, decided to find what others thought o f it an ! until they had heard from the voters. - jn ^he meantime the hall was rented for Monday and Thursday nights to B. W. Taylor, who will operate a roMer skating rink those nfahts. The charges for construc- ^gon new fajewalk ware read The above map and 5^), ^ 1 goon 5«. to pro- Involving almost a m illion central gov perty owners. treope, fighting far control ef eome 11 — --------- - the Katfeng section; (2) Prelaw Shanai; (4) Tetnan, rail earner; It to not often that an ambassa dor resigns and accompanies hie resignation With a atetesaant that blisters the state department. That ia what General Pat Huriey did whoa he threw up hl* job as ambassador to China „ aid blew some of the career diplomats into the air. Pat Hurley u»'S M»puW- ean, but his work and hi* reports have not been partisa l Patrick Hurley was Mt orphan hoy in the Indian territory and he wae clever enoigh to accumulate a fortune before fate.es ted fa.pol- tttoa. His wife was the most beau- tiful woman in the official set in capti!. Pat isn’t bad When Herbert is spreading. la the White House hto secretary of war. After Hoover’s retirement Hurley to the practice of Twelve hundred AAA farmers in the District ef Columbia to (tore have N O W are thT going «ndk leeH enU were numerous and committee-men T ^ job duriiig T ex? P o p u la r The county bought a shovel gravel loader at its meeting Wed- nesday and listened to a plea from residents of the district east of Moro for betterment of their road. In the group were |l r s Frances Henrtchs, Lloyd Hem rich«, Tom Douma and Orfaw Martin. It was reported that Rogers Con- struotion com pany would .begin immediately on the job of crushing rock for the county as the outfit is setting up on the Albert K l e berg farm west of Wasco where some 10 or 12 thousand yards will be crushed for use in that section. Later the outfit will -move to the Crites farm east of Moro to crush 16,000 yards and later it will go to the Bourbon district for another 16,000 yards. flared In Chine Commnnist «e ere; (1) Is the prise; (I) where fighting AAA Groups Will Inventory Soils He once collected a very large ft* for asking an in vestigating committee to permit his client to make a statement. Anyone may appear and make a hot the client -was ner- and employed Harley to ar range for his appearance * * • * * * * * b<^ Kwt not far from Ball’s Bluff, one of Oregon’s early aen- Baker—was killed fa bottle fa the war between the states. The farm’s «tables were famous, for all the members of Hurley’s family and their friends Came the war, and P resident BootereM »elected Hurley for a miaaion to Moscow and later sent him a» and* reader to Chma. In his statement Hurley says he en- to follow the American as enunciated by the high command and he floated between the Chinese nationalists and the Chinese red army in trying to bring them together. In his work fa China, Hurley declares, the un- deretrappers fa" the state depart- X X T -2 other and making a mess of af- w « . Hurley leveled his criticism nrfactpally at the career diplomats. A career diplomat is one who Urds « job fa the state department when young and hang» to it through change« in administration. In other words, a career diplomat is » federal officeholder who man- Mre» te k « o htmraW on the pay- months says R. B. Taylor, chair man of the state committee. This job wiH be to make an inventory of the conservation needs of the* farm lands in each community Thia inventory is intended to show the extent and type of farm prac tie«« needed to check erosion, re P*ir damage already done, restore fertility and improve sod and wot- er resources. \ The riudy wilt alto help deter- mine to what extent AAA practice payments are necessary to obtain the needed volume of conserva- The results of the survey will be used in planning the programs allocating funds to counties f or practice payments. The first « u n tie s to make test surveys are Marion and Morrow. __------------------- Crested Wheat With Farmers Eastern Oregon farmers are for the most part making profitable Most Bonds Still Held By First Owners The treasury reports (1) United ¿Hate* Saving Bonds (Defense «nd War) Series E, F> and were ffogt issued on May 1, 1941. Since that date through October M, :»4* m o u n t issued to taled M 2>M to«ton. Hold Club Meeting roll. Mr Hurley’» outburst has paused something of a sensation, but President Truman loot no time in appointing * new ambassador to China—General George Mar- shall. , • t ♦ Anthony Eden, * member of the Br.t.»h hooae of ctenmon», made • »tatemmt • few day. ago« in that bodv to the effect that the lo tte d « a t e . ahould abandon it» aorareornty. Several other Euro- pea'ns, and a few Americans, have made a similar plea and row co n g ressV ta k in g cognisance of the remarks. What the Europeans a urging » a United Nations fed- eration, to which sH (participants should .bandon their national flag and their ¿sen conception, of gov- eretment. A f e w yean, Mto it wa, known a . “Unton Now," but that was before the war. . , , Cougresrional Rl* daring that the UW«»d State •hall never become a province of the British empire nor a subsid- fary o f the soviet republics, nor even ail outlying territory of some super-world government. There is a difference, explain these con- gresamen, between an aaaoeiatfan o f countries each maintaining it« (Continued on Page two) New B«rber a - w • ___ _ _ IT A llt O LlCCDSCS U p F qj . Y e a r October motor vehicle registi a- tton “ Oregon totaled 419,513, compared to 416382 for the some Period of 1944, Secretary of State Robert 8 . Farrell Jr., disclosed to- day. Thin 1» an increase of 3,631 . Since there were fewer pr.vate paswoger vehKl. «gsstered this V «*. » “ ~ unted , 0 .r numbers of busseu and *” »>», Fared! aald. p "'r«‘t* passenger veh.de. total- *d 329•2«3 ' compared to M<M60 a <*»• B“««*» '-200 ~">- L to *™cka totaled 48,132 compared to 46 739 a year _ Registration fees to date this «mounted to »8,57«,604.11 c(>m <t to 431097.62 a yea. >g0‘ weeks earlier than native grasses while it stays green two or three weeks longer fa the aummer. ft also starts regrowth in the fall whereas native grass usually re- mauns dormant. Farmers stated that created wheat grass will carry two or four timM> M m, ny „ 1 - maIg a8 reasonably e<Kxi native pasture ¿though it i , reco p .i« d that wheat gra»» usually occopie» better soil. A m erican T ro o p * A ttopd School in Germ any P re v e n t TB ______ A traveling examiner of oper- a tors and chauffeurs is scheduled to arrive fa Moro Monday, Decem- her 10, 1946 and will be on duty at the courthouse between the hours of 10 a.<m. and 4 p.m . Buy Christmas Saab Tost $««ks fa h««d, A mo «4 c « n soldi««» servi«« «s «ccupoflon troops 10peaeé i f them «»dor H*« U. S. An»y Id«eotloH Program Oor«M«y. Kdwcatio« «nd »rod« »r«fal«« «ra »w« of »ho •Hired I» *f»««« wh« relis» I» »S« Regular Army. Quallfiod «IvNIare tfl te M yrers e t 99e, testesire, rew c«« relis» •» ««y U. I. S. Army R«cr«M»f SteHo». Tax Figures Show Large per cent of Collection The Moro Women’s club will hold its Christmas party Friday, December 14, at the club house, Schools Get Major Share t i The Bible committee will furnish program. Bach member is re- Taxes As Big Districts quested to bring one or more gUeste (Raise Huge Sums Toys for the Doernbecker hos- of 1946-46 up pital and a sUver offering for the . Collection OK Children’s Farm Home at Corvallis announced by Sheriff C. C. Wilson wilj collected that day. at the end of the major taxpaying __________ period. Total of the roil was $175,- 066.77 .and taxpayers have paid >166,742.69 of that amount, from which must be deducted $4,964.62 in rebates. In addition to this Mi.» Helen Jean May, daughter ... ............... _______. ___ *99« 02 ” « in q W B t ta x « « d to. _ of Mr and Mrs R. R. May of Moro, tereet were colleot*d durm* the ^ as married Sunday at St. Paul’s 9* " * r_P^ri° d This means that the treasurer Episcopal church in The Dalles to will distribute $161,744.09 to the Mr. Verne Rolfe, son of Mr and taxing units of the county. Mrs V. E. Rolfe. The distribution is odd. Great The couple left for Spokane to est sum goes to the road fund visit his sister and grandparents . , ti, u. j • tv . which gets $30,160A3. Next larg- and will thereafter remain m the 7 . . . .. . . . est recipient is the Kent school Dalles until the groom returns to district which gets $28,564.39. the. army . air corps at Camp Third largeet participant In the Kearns, Utah. He is to remain in turnover is the county general the army for a year. Both were fund which gets $21,668.64. Next (members of the last years gradua comes the Rufus school district tion class of The Dalles high with $20,972.07. Thus we have two school. I 1 V'M school districts spending about as much money as the county for gen eral purposes. The Moro school district receives >16,726.69 and after the five big taxing units are taken care of The funeral for Andy May was ther* much left as >116,865 held at the Moro Community of th* H «b774 has been delivered, church Tuesday afternoon with However, the non-high acho 4 Rev James Moberg giving the atr- board will get >9,286 to spend, the mon. Interment was in the come- county school fund will have >6,544 tery at Wasco. to distribute, the Grass Valley Mr May died last Friday night, ^hool district will get $6,019, Bu- when r“ ” *" the hou” iro" ckl* Z ,S * 8L 7 -^ Moro Girl Married In The Dalles Andy May Dies Suddenly Here use of the vastly increased acre- age <rf crested wheat greee. akho they are finding that some adjust ,lveWock ^ ber31, CABL G FARRINGTON . U : - 1Me totalled »»414 utoliou or Direstor, <2r»U S m m K 1 m ' *re ‘‘" " ’ ‘j ’’ * * « " * " « * » 1 7 . 7 1 ^ ( 4 ^ tommd.. comprehensive faudy o f production 'Hrarefore 81-28 percent of the and use of thie grass made in this funds invested in Series E, F, and •nd VUe-Pre.ld.nt, C om m odity Credit Corporation, U. S. Depart, state. G bonds since they were first off- The importance of crested wheat «rad is still invested, in these grass in the eastern Oregon farm- bond». system x k x w is indicating by , (2) United States Saving bonds the fact that its acreage jumped (Defense and War) Series E am- frorn fan than 2600 acres prior to ount j^ued though October 31, u 1936 to more than 180,000 in 1942. 1946 aggregated $38,446 million. ’ The hi^h winds of the first of Some of this acreage has since Redemptions through October 31, the week did no known damage in gone back to wheat in the recent i945 totalled $8,664 million or this county but electric service was drive for wartime high production 22.38 percent of total issued. very erratic until the wind died jo»t m the AAA Rwmwred down- A , of October SI, 1»45. 77.62 <kwn TuMdey with »undown, ward adjustment of wheat acreage p ^ e n t of the $38/448 milhon ser Mr and Mrs Harold Ginn are in previous years stimulated the E giving Bond» sold <1 expected home from California .. . . «,1.« .. . . . rapid m e r e ... <rf w b « t gr»«. plan. cuUUndin« m the hand, of the hia s,kter Mr and Mrs Guy Weedman camo tings. original purchaser». up from Portend to spend Thanks and mother. The recent study shows that tiie Mrs A. B. Christianson left Mon Here day for Oregon Cdty to be with her aunt for a few d»y». She went _ _ M. R. Rymal and wife camo up as far as Portland with Mr and »net with Mrs H. H. Wni.e inov . The l» tt^ fiffure U »o eiception.l, 1™ « S*ndy Friday night to open Mr. Leeter Conlee. “ with eleven member» and Mr» ¿ ^ ■ " - ^ “the’ .rarage'io only «>e Hotel borimr rimp. He >. . D.vid McLeod 1» here having Chester Coate, qul s i1R+vt]y more than one animal three year veteran a t this war, been discharged from • the navy wa* made for 7 ? . ^ , unit per acre. At this rate, four having been out a t serrice but last week. nafci°n th « C hildren s harm requn-ed to pas- three month«. Previous to this . The December meeting of the Home. unR fpQ|m March service he had operated shops fti group that arranges for veteran Mr and D- un>tii July> * PortUnd and Sandy. They expectlaid jn Sherman county will be held the week end in PortUnd' with Farmenj find tha>t created wheat to have an apartment in the hotel V t the court house Tuesday nx>rn_ Hr and Mrs Farrell Fisch. ^raes ‘‘greens up” about the first near the «hep. ing at 11 o’clock. M™ George A. Potter shopped ^ apch or even earlier fa some ^ = = > ,i, “ The Dalles S»t«'-day. locations, which is one to three Klondike Women Womans Club To Give Party For Christmas and when W* wlfe W«* to arouse him a few moments la- ter. WilUam Andrew May was born in Indiana November 5, 1872 and came to Oregon about the turn of the centtiry after living in mid- western states. Surviving are his widow, Josephine, four sons, C|if- f ord of Oregon City, Clayton of The Dalles, Frank of Portland and Louis of Hermiston, now on fur- faugh from service and a sisteT in Iowa and several grandchildren. ni ,um* th" W0°® The cities rill get a large part of their levies, Wasco getting the most with $3^76, Moro gets $2621 and Grase VaUey >1304. A part of the road tax accrues to cities and of this amount Wasco will get >718, Moro >634 and Grass Valley >491. School district 3A, a part of district, wiH get >2891.- Locust Grove will get $2^88.- 25, Gordon Ridge gets $1^02-66, Harmony $979.61, Boardman $ V 184JB4, Klondike $2,170.34, and Rosebush $993.67. Delinquent taxes have been well collected in Sherman county as less than a thousand dollars was paid The state USDA War Board hat exiatence to „ p i ^ . fa on that account. No Urge pay ed by the state USDA council, ments are to he made on that ac count. the change having been officially jn reoently at a meeting attended by representa- tive8 state and federJu agencies agricultural field. Rcbert R Taylor, Adam« farmer and chairman of the state AAA The newly established post of committee, was chosen chairman the Veterans of Foreign Wars, of the new council as he was head . , j t a »T Sherman County Post, will hold o f the war board. Jack Horton, as- 4B eistant regional director of the U .S . Forest servre, is wreetary. Wrf„e«toy, according to Frank County councils will now be for Sayre, who wiüft become command* m«d throughout the state, the pur- er. Herb Mattieu of The Dalles will pose of both state and county — ilwtal|jn^ ogffce,. Th, group, being to coordinate the ac- b mylt4><| * atUn(f_ _ tivities of ail federal and state agencies serving agriculture. While Cortailmedf Program the councils are formed under au thority of the U. S. department of agriculture, other related agen About Done cy representatives will be invited Discontinuance or curtailment to join the Oregon councils, such of program» through which AAA as the grazing and reclamation committees aafastod farmers fa ob service and Smith-Hughe» instruc taining materials and equipment tor», it was decided at the Portland needed for production was sm- meeting. w. nounced this week by Wallace May, chairman o f the Sherman county AAA committee. He said that the action follows WPB policy a t discontinuing con trols and prioritise assistante as 4 reduced military procurement re sults In generally faognraved sup plies of material« for eivfliaft nee. The farm lumbar program 1» now on a curtailed haafa, and will PMVINT Tfl be discontinued entirely on Octo No on« nood die of tuboreu- losis, yet nearly 17,000 persons ber 1. Until that date, county In the United States do eaeh committee« wiD iaeue farmers* year. Help prevent the spread of lumber cerdfieatee for only main this deadly disease by buying tenance, repair «nd operating pur- and using Christmas Sards—the Seals which support a nation Also discontinued fa the iosu - wide campaign against TB. Buy and U m Christmas f l a t l y ance o f preference rating certifi cates for farm engines. USDA Board Now USDA Council* VFW Initiation Scheduled
