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About Sherman County journal. (Moro, Or.) 1931-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 11, 1946)
lir ' A A T . . . . lirnruut Cntmtg journal F if t y - E ig h t h ___________________ Moro, O regot^K riday, January 11, 194(7 Y e a r N o. 10 Condon Bests  column o f M W t About Government, Politics and People M th especial emphatic on the Northwest There is slight <5 prospect that . the actual operating expenses the federal government will fall below $20,000,000,000 a year for some time to come. This is just •bout the maximum which may be expected from income taxes and otb.r reurore of revenue under present laws, so that nothing will remain for payment wi the nation- al debt end any further expendi- tore, must be financed by more bond reles. There statement, were made fa the ren.te during discus- fare, of a bill to increase the pay of federal employes and wore not disputed. For the current fiscal year there will bwa deficit of ^ .X o 0 .0 0 0 . * , , The total payroll of all federal employe, in continental United S tole, for the fireal year 1945 wa, 57317,000,000 and the «tim ated payroll for the next «real year i. »4.248,000.000. Pay increares pro- posed fa the biU were expected to add between 9600,000,000 and 91,000,000,000. Senator Taft said that while he had been unable to obtain any concrete statement, his own addition of the figures snow ed that i f aH the presidential re commendations are enacted into law the next budget will approach . w. - 938400.000,000. ight have 13S3004MH, ,MM. He m might hav. ex- «- pnaded this statement by qu au.g total« for project* which have been submitted by various members of congress, thereby adding perhaps 915,000,000,000 to his estimate. The situation created by propos- ed «alary increases is further com- plicated by the f » c t t h .t per,on"e' reductions have been much less than had been anticipated before the end of the war. Whether this will be changed greatly by presi- dential action under the reorgrn- ixation powers voted Mr Truman remains to be seen. Experience along thia line has been dieappoin- ting, former employes of abolished agencies having been transferred to established bureaus and depart- menta with very few eliminated Senator Taft believe« this cordi- tion could be somewhat relieved by adopting a half instead a full Saturday holiday with prepor- tionate reduction in the number of employe«, but his suggestion met with slight favor and was rot pressed. Since the reason for the Official County Paper £ity Committee Corrected List O f4 -H Club Calf Owners Considers City Basketball Court CoDitnI(;ti(m M oro F ive On Tk® fktnHnn Hiirh The Condon Higih school bas- bas ketbsll team didn’t show much Plans For R evaapinf oi superiority over the Moro five in Old Legion Hall Under the first half Saturday night, but when the second half started they Study By Committee started a scoring spree that loft Steps toward the repair and re nothing for the Moro boys at all. Final score was 16 to 31. As a hab itation of the old Legion hall warm up to the game the Mur'. were u k e n bY the city council High school second string played Tuesday night when it voted to the alumni and lost when the eld- name a committee charged with hitting the basket in responsibility of obtaining es- timates for material and labor for revamping that structure. ___________ __ Committeemen are Ernest Woods __ Hurry Kunsman, and Lawrence Kenny. Plan most seriously dis cussed was to block off the stage £ from the main body of the ball at The Sherman County Chapter, about 26 feet from the north end American Red Cross, met at the the building by putting up a mg,ht 8Ild partitioon. The weUe end ceiling chMu, <, A T<(m w cbair. of the dance room to be covered annual driy0 for fu„ds. wiU. firtex wfah the cetl.ng lower- driye held in Mrly ed about six or eight feet, Now Merch and modern wiring would be put _ a , .Win, the woodwork painted and the County quota » year is brought up to date. A heat- a S,“ ble drOP fromr f; r: ¡ng system would be inatolled. mer quotas of recent years. Credit f<)r o w subacri tion , „ t yeor ha, At some later tune, or whatever u BCCOa.,t cond.t.on, wre rented the stage fM. figur<> p , rUa, part of the building would be ra yMa were aUK) made to ,nade OTer into * m~ ’Brn Pratur' an in5lnKtor jn thi, ^»ure and eKher lrered or operat- giye an courw in firat ed locall>'- aid Tb(, c0ur3e would 30 Estimte« of the cost run from 92000 to 94000. It is possible that hours. the city would have to obtain some fu rth e r funds th ro u g h some kind of social venture, but that de pends on the cost involved. Aden Axtell was renamed mar shal and water collector. Agree- Funeral services f^r Julius me nt to repair the roads damaged Medi<T (r<m by «acfaout wa, w af- ^«»ched. Another meeting n c u council will be held when bids on temoon at 2:00 p. m. with the projwfced are Rev. Roy Pittman in charge a n d _____________ Callaways officiating. Rev. Pitt- man and Mrs Ormand Hilderbrand sang accompanied by Mrs Jonn T. • Sherman county 4-H club mem bers are feeding 35 Herefords, 17 Shorthorns and 16 Angus in 4-H clul)work for 1946 4-H project.!. This »s the largest number of beef calve« to be entered in 4-H work for the fairs in Sherman county’s history. The following communities will be strongly represented at the Sherman County Fair and at the Pacific International Livestcck Show this fall m the 4-<H club de p artm en t. Kent—21 calves f\£(j CrOSS NHIH65 A J om Chairman Julius Medhr Buried At Wasco Sunday Fanners Holding County Conferences J<>hn9<>"- Interment was made in ©unrue J cemetery near Wasco. Out of town Leading farmer» in 16 counties attendant« at the services were now busy preparing for county C. W. Johnson of Aloha, Frid farm program conferences later in Medler of Portland, Howard Wool- January and early February are en of The Dalle«, Donald Woolen taking timely steps to prepare the of Portland. agriculture of this state fur the j^r Mejiei- wus born in West inevitable postwar changes and Virginia, September 30, 1869 and adjustments, say« F. L. Ballard, carne Sherman county in 18SJ associate director of extension at j*i9 parents, Mr and Mrs Bru- O.S.C. While this is in line with a ^ e(y €r He has been a continu- .national movement, Oregon »« QUS of the county and has ahead of other western states in the same farm all launching a definite schedule of the 65 years since his arrival. He such county program conferences, married in 1937 to his wife Oregon farmers are experienced wh<) survives him. in this type of program planning, having pioneered in such activities more than 20 yearJ ego following the first world war, Ballard recall proposed increase was given as ed. From that , earlier planring higher living costs, Senator Taft profound changes re«ulted which also suggested that it be tempor- V d l b t t V d l l a U I C placed emphasi« on what could be ary and revert to the former rate George R. Moscrip, of the Sma’l- produced and marketed witn a when living costs declined, but er War Plants Corporation made profit, considering Oregon’s gco- he received no more support for the following statement regarding graphical handicap in freight rat- ithia idea than for his Saturday surplus cars: — es, rather than on limitless produc- haflf holiday and neither sugges- “Only recently figures were re- tfan regardless of market po«5i- tion went to a vote. ,« ,sed'which"afa.uid"tonvinec. the M W « Several aerie, of county * . .. veteran that he has but little conference, in Intorven.ng year, Becauae m 1928. when air mail a^ ure an automobile. have kept up-to-date informaUon toning w a . afcoliahed and the rate .<Theae fiKureg indicate that the before farm and horn« leader«, was reduced from ten to eight number serviceable pa9s6n(. cr “Fortunately Oregon emerges cento an ounce there was a 96 automoba<.!! the of thc from this war with, reWtiwely percent increase in air mail vcl- A J9 000> »«fa dislocation of ,to; eatobltohed ume, Reprceentative Hagen of jn Nayy w>u]d pr0 production pattern,” say, Direct- Mlnneaota believe, more revenue Eayh w r or Ballard. “Sonne thin land has will be derived by cutting the pre- indicated that they will bacl' *> wheat- sh<* p n’Jm* M U eitht-cent rate to five cent, fcut tfew these carJ bera are abnormally low and and he has introduced a brll tor may be a temporary excess of thia authorization. No aerious con- suppose t o ey i re ^cr proce8«ing, though this •ideration wa« given the measure lease even up to ty fper cen o enterprise linked to new before the ¡holiday recess but Mr these cars. e rst p / an y group procefigjnif methods in which Ore- Hageh ftated that he would press riamely, ernm en €Xp€C4e<j play a major dor a c fe T w h e n eongrea. meet,. Agencie,. and the State, County, . Under existing law, the air mall «"d City Governments would take ,q t * check up, however, rate will automatically drop back Jeast tWs irrouP and look towiard fundamental long- to six cents when official prociam- which would ®av* roughly , developments as well as im- • tion of the end of the war 1« that ™auld *» av»J«b'« t° mediaU .ajnrtnrento,” Ballard con. made, but the postmaster general tbe veteran. tfaued. “Agriculture here been hag said he favors the five-cent ‘‘Today every one of the 110 divided about equally between rate as soon as possible, and this District Offices over the nat.on jiv e ^ « ^ an(j crop« for income. It statement 4» cited « by Mr Hagen have at loast one thousand appli- jg t jme decide whether increas- «« Justification for his bill. The cations now in ¡hand flor autonio- €(j emphasis on crops in »ome »re measure would also provide for a biles. (So you can readily see there tjong ^duce soffl fertrHty ao three-cent air mail rate for-postal is little chance of you obtaining as endanger a permanent pro cards and souenvir cards. In 1044 the automobile ytou »o badly need fitable agriculture. Other funda- the total air mail business In the in your bus i new, through Govern- mental tissue« are at stoke, in- Uuited (States was given as |7.)- ment Surplus. eluding betterment of rural «octal 412,610 on which there was a net " “Of course no surplus is sold conditions so as to challenge the J / (Continued on Page two) f°r Personal use.” best youth to stay on the farms.** Moscrip Says Few p Availaklp there hu WITHOUT HAXDCtJFFg . . . Irm a Wright, Canada’s prem ier typist, handl- everythlng bat m anacles in s demonstration at To l l ! errorless words per minute blindfolded, with gloves rough s silk handkerchief over the keyboard. Without each impedisneats she Mt 1M words per minute. Harold Dutton Married To John Day Girl A t Vancouver, Wash. t, On January Lt. Harold L. Dutton, son of Mr and Mrs Harley Dutton of Waaco, and Margaret Marshall of Prairie City were mar ried In Portland. Mr and Mrs Leonard Lutje were Saturday night tinner guests of Mr and Mrs Norman Gochnauer. Mr and Mrs Gus Hartmann weie guests New Year's eve and New Year’s day at the home of Mrs Hartmann’« parents, Mr and Mi» C. R. Bruckart of The Dalles. Mr and Mrs Latibanoe Edwards who have be«a tiaWng Rev and Mia Oaantil at thejKethodlst par- ■onatfe, returned m Safcm T ues day, after «pending a few days with Mr and Mr« James Edwards. They will go to Log Angeles, Cal ifornia, where Lawrence expects to attend college and complete his master’s degree. On their way they expect to spend a few day« with Miss La Vaine Oannell ar.d some friends. Mr and Mrs Kenneth Blau and ton of Portland are visiting M rs Blau’s parents, Mr and Mrs Dan McDermid. Mr and Mrs Arthur Sargent re turned home Monday, after spend ing a week with their daughter and family, Rev and Mrg Neville of Corvaillis. William C. Reid, who has been stationed with the transportation unit at Vancouver Barracks, has been promoted to the rank of mas ter sergeant. He is the son of Mr and Mrs W. R. Reid of Wasco. Mr and Mrs Ed Dodson of The Dalles were the guest« of Mr and Mrs Ed Feldman, Saturday. Guests at the home of Mr and Mr» W R Reid Sunday were M r and Mr« Leonard Lutje and child ren, Mr and Mrs George Smith and Judy of Gras« Valley, and Mr and Mrs Harry Allen of Am boy, Wash. Mr and Mrs Allen at? former residents of this vicinity. Traffic Deaths Mount With Car Speed People died in Oregon traffic at the rate of 16 persons per one hundred million miles of travel during the month of November, Secretary of State Robert S. Far rell Jr^. disclosed today. The traffic death rate for the month was the highest recorded in Oregon since September, 1941 when it reached the «ame peak. For November of 1944, thc death rate 1« a method o f express ing the actual accident situation, showing the number of persons killed in relation to the exposure to accident. For the first eleven months of 1946, the death rate was 10, com pared to 9.2 for the same period of 1944. Declaring that «peed „too great for existing donditiona was a ba ric factor in most traffic accidenta, Farrell urged driver» to reduce speed and to give consideration to the Increased traffic volumes in most areas. Roger Ball—2 Herefords - LeRoy Martin—2 Herefords Rodney Rolfe— 1 Hereford Ronald Rolfe— 1 Hereford Fred von Borstel—2 Herefords Ed Fritts—2 Hereford«— 1 Shoit- horn—1 Angus Scott Fritts—1 Hereford—1 Angus Doran Fritts— 1 Hereford—1 Sho rthorn Joe Harvey— 1 Hereford— 1 Ang us Roy Harvey— 1 Hereford Dick Wilson—1 Hereford—1 An gus They sp en t the C hristm as wi ek w ith A gnes M erritt and Clema Grass Valley— 23 calves Allen, who are s is te r’s of Mr Al len. L ast week they were guests Margaret Reck man— 1 Shorthorn a t the home of Mr and Mrs Grover Harry Hartley— 2 Hereford.!—1 ^7 Young G rass Valley and- £3p?"iTT Angus—1 *ShortHorn Sunday and Monday of this we -k James Hartley—1 Hereford w ith Mr and Mi's W. R. Reid. CarJ Schilling— 1 H ereford 1 An Mr and M rs C lark Van Ga^s- gus beck, G arry and B etty, were Don Schillings—1 Hereford guests of Mr and Mrs George Van Alfred Kock Jr.—2 Herefords—2 Gaasbeck Sunday. G arry remained Shorthorns fo r a visit here th is week. John Alley—1 Hereford Mrs P earl G a rre tt of Gre^s Barbara Alley—1 Angus Valley w as a Monday visitor* in Clarence May—1 Hereford—1 Sh Wasco. F u oers, services orthorn wore conduct Merle Eakin—2 Shorthorn • ed for Andy Sanvig in the Meth odist church on Saturday, January 5. Rev F. L. Cannell delivered the sermon. He wa« laid to rest, in Sunrise cemetery. Duane Eakin—»-2 Shorthorn Keith Barnet—1 Shorthorn Moro— 18 calves Edwin Ralsiger—2 Angus David Wright—2 Herefords Dick Oveson— 1 Angus—1 Short horn Stephen Oveson—1 Hereford Bob Martin— 1 Hereford Dean Martin—1 Hereford Terry Bucholtz—2 Hereford«- 2 Shqrthoms—I Angus Larry Sayrs—<1 Angus— 1 Short horn Dorothy Wilsofi—«1 Shorthorn sincere Kenneth Hart— 1 Angus The young adult group of the M ethodist church m et for th eir m onthly m eeting and dinner in the basem ent of the church Sunday. Lt. Comdr. Eugene H. Spencer, son o f Mr and Mrs Howard Spen cer of W asco, is home on term inal leave. He has served in the arm ed forces 44 y ears to date. CARD OF THAN KS I wish to express my th an k s to the relatives and friends fo r th e ir help a rd ym pathy and the offering of flowers during the recent loss of my beloved husband. Gina Medler LEGION AND AUXILIARY PLA N JO IN T IN ITIA TIO N Chris Schultz poet, American Legion, together with the auxili ary is planning a joint initiation to be (held sometime early in Feb ruary according to plans revealed at the meeting Wednesday night. Exact date will not be known un til the district president has set a date possible for attending the meeting. Regular post business was transacted and women of the aux iliary came an wath a bounteous lunch to make the evening social as well as businesslike. General Follows Son Percentage of E Bond Quota, Championship Retained The final report on the Victory Bond drive, which ended Decem ber 31, has been mad« by the slate office at Portland. Soles made to army and navy have been distri buted to the counties on a pro-rata basis and returns are complete. The compilation shows that in E bond sale« Sherman county was second in percentages of quota. Benton was first with 178.6, Sher man next with 169.6 followed by Union and Hood River with 167.1, then Morrow with 151.4, and Gilliam with 148.8 and Wasco with 148.6. In percentage of total sales to quota Sherman county failed to reach the state average of 269.1. Sherman county had 174.8. Lack of corporation sale« prevented a high percentage of total sales. Remarkable in this classification was the record of some countres. Hood River had 822.3 percent of its corporation quota of $260,000 Baker county had 666.2 percent of its corporation quota of 9230,000. Several counties went over 300 percent of corporation quo* a. Sherman’s percent of this quota was 251.7. Although the figure« have r.ot been sent out Sherman county is again in the lead in sales of E bonds per capita. Quota figures for the Victory drive were generally one half of the quotas in the Sev enth Bond campaign. In the latest drive Sherman county almost rea ched $100 per person which a ap proximately four times the aver age of the entire state and well above any other county. News reports have stated that a state organization will be kept to aid the sale of government bonds to investors. Advisors will be appointed for each of the coun ties, it was said. However, thc war time bond drive» are ovtr including the Victory drive, wnich was, in fact, planned before the end of hostilities last August. Court Session Due Monday For Case Veterans’ Welfare Group Meet 15th Living Higher In Portland Tells Ruggles Story A— . Sxond Place Woa In Wasco and Rufus—6 calves Douglas Alley—1 Hereford—1 A- ngus I>arry Kaseberg—1 Angus Circuit court will ¡meet next Roger MiMer— 1 Hereford—1 An Monday, January 14 at ten o’clock gus with the Case of Riahmond va Ed- Donald Miller—1 Hereford gington being the only one on the docket. Platt, Henderson, Warner & Gram are attorneys for Rich a mond and Edward A. Boyrie of Layton A Boyrie are attorneys for the defendant The case Is ex The Sherman County Veterans pected to occupy the time of the advisory committee did ¡not meet court for most of the week. Tuesday its regular meeting dat ‘, but will convene at tbe court hoase next Tuesday instead. Discussion will be on the farm implement situation and AAA Portland family food costs in committeemen and farm imple ment dealers ere asked to come. creased 1.1 percent during the Full information as to the regula month ending November 15, it tions to be followed in »ale of was announced by William A. farm machinery to veteran« will Bledsoe, Regional Director of the be given. Veterans are always Bureau of Labor Statistics, U. S. welcome to any of the meeting» Department of Labor, according of the committee. Meeting» are to statement by W. H. McCargar, District OPA Food Specialist. held at 10:00 a. m. With the removal o f subsidies butter advanced 11 percent to an average price of 55.4 cents ■ pound. Eggs climbed to 70.2 cents per dozen on a seasonal rise of 3.6 percent. Fresh fruits and vege The Oregon Mason, magazine tables were also higher, led by published for members of that lettuce, up 27 percent at 14.3 cents lodge, carried a story about Wal a head. A few Items trefidod k*w- ter Ruggles in its December iA»ve. er, including carrots, potatoes and It tells of the rare Masonic jewel peanut butter, but these scattered owned by Mr Ruggles and the decreases were insufficient to belt story of how he obtained it from the general uptrend. t Despite this month’s inertetee, his ancestors who were long time Portland Food eosta were still Masons in Missouri. • The jewel was presented to Eli slightly under their high point of jah Ruggles, grandfather of Wal last July, and 1.4 percent lower ter, by five lodge» in Missouri and than the war-time peak reached sent him after his removal to in May 1943. Compared with the California. Uncle Henry Ruggles 1935-1939 prewar level pricei on inherited the jewel and gave it to November 15 were up 51.4 per cent. i Walter. Mason Magazine Lieut. Gen. Alexander M. Patch, veteran of World W ar I , who also fought against both the Germans and Japs tn World W ar n , recent ly died at San Antonio. He lost his sen In thia w t i. County Again Tops List In Percapita Sales
