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Fifty-Eighth Year No. 14 A Moro, Oregon, Friday, February 8, 194(f Official County Paper VFW Wives School District Wilson Resigns r Organize A t As Sheriff After Votes To Lease Monday Meeting Playing Field cohtmn o f now» About Government, W ives of members of the Vet erans of Foreign Wars met at the Odd-Feilows all fri Moro Mon day night'and started jan auxili ary for that order .by , electing officers and appying for a char ter. I 7» Chosen w ere M rs X^^nn F erry of Grass Valley as president; Mi Chester Coats W asco as vice- w «. president; Mrs Wilson as _ . . . . Li „ «« o n d vice-president, Mrs S tuart « . « c rö .1 7 4 A nother VFW party wil, he ' given at the same fiall on the night of February 1^5. Politics and People 1 With oopocial ompha»i» On the Northwest AE Pali)' The appeal of President Harry 8. Truman to congress to agree to the proposed loan to the Brit* ftah government fell on many deaf ears, and (among them were the ears of * six-foot six inches Lowell Stockman, Oregon Repub lican, who la the tallest man In the house of Representatives. Mir, 8to^kman delivered him self of a lengthy address on the reasons why he - is opposed to the British loan, and among Other- reasons ,he said that the 16,500.000,000 that Greet Bnta n received from the United States in the first world war Is still un , . . paid, and this is a dead lo6s and out-of-pocket Item amounting to Nine Years Breakfast Club Organized With At the school election held at a special m eeting Tuesday night the voters of the district voted to accept the lease on the field in the flat from the city, which com pletes the deal t>etween the Re creation Booster club, the city, V -» rf-K school .l < district. 1 • <-»♦ *»** »e l'v -*xv z» club l 11 and xl • the The Norman Fields To Take Job Next Month When Wilson ^Resignation Effective New Committees Poynton Tells of Training Program of Gunners in Air Force in England 1 a The resignation of C. C made the field and planted the son a s * county sheriff as of v*" vice officer who served with the ? grass and obtained most of tne c«i„u,u Ai.. v s r- , M arch 1, 1946 was accepted b y - 7 , , Eighth Air Force in England, land. The city owns a the ian'1 t . the county court a t its m eeting . . . . . ... to,(1 club m em bers something W cdnesday an<1 the appljcalton having been given the c lu b . part. about tbe training for of Norman E. FleWg J % lg 8UC. t to Itoted as city park The city gupncrs originally American fi- approved. h ters w ere snooung shooting down ccssor was approved. , ’ ,h e . >’u‘n »> ,w h,ch has * . * ;" . g g niers w ere down fiv live ----- - to * lie * -------- ’ ' , . _ »• found unequal 1 * to ** the ’ job) on x« u* , T here -has been speculation and furnisheg th e w atcr wht,„ . r w b ’ b " around the court |house for sev- avallable. The scbool dlw rlct |s WaS eral days about the anticipated in charge of the f,e)d supervi9. «toveloped the big bom ber trew s w ere getting three and a h a jj^ resignation and those who said it es jt and m aintains it. of the fighters out of five. Train-^ would never happen seemed hap- ______________ ing is difficult because of the py when the sheriff was not in sjieeds of the planes involved, his office until nearly noon Boynton said. He showed mem The Odd-Fellows lodge of Moro “ “ 1 mcmbPrs bers) some views of Europe and held installation of officers Tues- cal'ed, " to ’ ,6ec?et meet? nR JAPS 8IGN PETITION TO MACARTHUR . . , To Ichiro Arakl Is shewn of the crew of which he was a addr»M iar a crowd o f-J a p s oo Tokyo’s G lnia, pleading with them U day night w ith Ralph Bakin ns ln the sherlfrus offic,e Fron’ tben w as a ew m inutes i j3wrence Kenny reports part. algn a petition to General MacArthur to save LI. Gen. Y am ashlta from installing officer. A few hands of on . Bob Brisbine and Bob Boynton the hangm an's noose. The sign across Araki's c h e s t r x s d a - _ cards and a lunch followed th e ,u n ^ ! e w ritten resignation \%ai , bat collections from the milk were named captains of the two spons| b|e for the moVem ent to save General v . r u . ^ n . »• l . °n the c o u rts table, soon to be e .. . i . . . ... — _— ------------------------------ -- ---------------------_ ceremony. followed bv the annlication of Mr 1)01168 for lnfantlle paralysis crews t hat w jn compete in an I ° f flcer8 are: Bernard M ar p je jdg who hag deoutv for cam paign have r®«ulted in the initiation program of new rnem- tin NG; Jack Lawrence VG; Roy * . receipt of $146 from Kent, $200 at F ebruary 20 meet- baby In this country. Not only Kessinger, secretary; Orlow* Mar .. . — from Grass Valley, a sim ilar suni jng has thte debt not been paid but tin warden; Jo h n Foss, conduc- B usin es« ( ’alls • from Wasco and $70 from Moro. Guests introduced w ere Judge it never w iii be, he said. tor; Teodore Johnston, chaplain; No dance will be given this year j M Wilson, Herb Flatt, Knrl R epresentative Stockm an, who a wheat gro w e r , protests a- large group of farm ers votod gram to p u t the above requests Charles Siscel RSS; Vernon Miller . . . . . . . ds usual and the total quota m ust Landstrom , Don Thom pson and LSS; Ralph E akin RSNG; Leo ^or n ^ne years h a v in g .been first p^ged from milk bottle col- j ()e Hflderbrand. gainst the United ¿States agree- unanim ously to request the coun into operation. W atkira, LSNG; l Lewis McKee. c^osen *n ^ e 1936 election. He je tto n s . A house to~fiou.se can- Committee chairm en and the rnent to wipe o u t the $25,000,000- ty court to invoke the term s of o Other th e r discussion proposed ------------------------ L3VG; ” * lg"s to care for his cam p vagg n,ay |)e n<„ y to obUlin px“ r o n n n .t t " m et Friday OOO lend-lease th a t |G reat Bri- the stale weed control law nere soil conservation district for the Ralph ,Brighine tain received and call it square W ednesday at ,the county aferi- north end of the county,, reach- A Douma* Ufeidp Guardian G. ground, along the Columbia riv the needed amount. night and named m em bers to for $650,090,00^—liquidating the cuturai conference w here weed ¡ng nearly to Wasco, anti the Douma- Outside Guardian; Clàren- er hl*hw aV iu'ai Rufus. the eight com m ittees as follows: account for 2 12 cents control and other agricultural to- state soil conservation board P ersinger, (Treasurer; E rnest Approved also were the ele< ( ’o m m ilte e s Nam ed tion officials for the eight pre oil the dollar. This, argues Stock- P‘cs w ere under discussion. may be asked to call for a vote Houston P ast , Noble Grand cincts m eaning the elim ination n«n is another r im position on The resolution asked th at mor- on the estabishm ent of such a ------------------- — - Public Affairs: Giles French, of the Rutledge precinct which chairm an; Arden Squire vice- ■ u American taxpayer, ■ for the nlng gl<*ry be controlled and district. W ind erosion is the gv* has been added to the Graas Va’- chairm an, A rt Bucholtz, Free pocket books of American tax pay knap weed and w hite top be greatest danger in the area in- it 3 D ie * l^y precinct.. era f n S t W tapped for the re eradicated. A delegation of fàr- volved. - , —— — > ' v Farm ers and ranchers in Id- Crews, G. Douma, A. A. Dunlap, g a in ing 93 1-2 cents. W hen an<^ m ers an(i AAA o ffic e rs’will meet The state weed law has been in 1 U C S u H V A t 7 0 I CRTS aho, Montana, Oregon and Wash- John Foss, Vince Genteman, J. D c M ohm Road Ordered ington last year liquidated more k . McKean, L. L. Peetz, George paid th e United States is paid w ith th e county court at next force for about ten y e a rs and W illiam C. H£yper, resident The court agreed to go ahead than $9.500.,000 of their L<nd potter, Joe Peters. thè $650,090 000 E ngland » is to opportunity to prepare a pro- Sherm an county has t been a weed control d istrict for nearly iT ’n D t J? W*th the construction of the pr<” bank a"<l la™l bank commission- Com m unily Welfare: W. T. Bal- how the money can be ------------------------------------------ all of th at time, b u t the law has nig.h t‘ Jected and stake(1 roa<1 from th ° er loans’ R ’ E ’ Brown- President siger chairnian> c . A. Ruggles, not been enforced, partly because ^ arPf r W&8 b?™ bridge over Grass Valley canyon of the Federal Land Bank of vic e c halrm an, R. P. ’ Brisbine, it has teeth to enforce compli- ansas January 26, 1876 and on the Monkland road to DeMoss Spokane, said today. In addition, not dollars, and it must be used i _ IP ance w ith its provisions. am on« This road will give better grades they had accum ulated approxi- M a v ^ M ik e * Mulick, Roy construct such buildings as LFOClge D O D O ¡L aF to U n d e r it e v e r v f a r m e r m ust seR^ers ¿be 8O3. He to the new DeMoss elevator than mately $2,000,000 in future p°y- n .. p i rpv Thorrmson the United States requires in A fter the construction T he draw ing of Dodge tickeic eradicate his weeds had h**31 a farm er in W asco the d d one that crosses the m ent accounts') to m eet future ’ Oveson England the w as held at the office of Govern- “ com X . faT ” malUrlt' eS ° " ‘“ H8' c h ~ D eJey T h o m Z .’ Is completed the rest of m ust be used for carry- ° r Snel1. Jan u ary 30 w ith the h l. retirem ent last fall. The inventory of equipm ent D uring the year. Brown said, , h^ rV an R B Hoskinson, money ^ t educational program s governor, w ithout perm ission which i I i s s n a"<> “ m aterial al in lhe ba" ds 01 (b* th “ e land bank d u ™ d u ^ iu> uonu- « a e ^ n l n M artin Mel-' , . . . o ' - , an(j tne nanus tne m idiiu ix iiik e tita s e Martin Mel- mg out educational no CeOJ Ku ’ Wh° Had t>een “ Vlng county road boss was shown to «1 indebtedness $27,974,000. paid r b 'MKi ° ' CpJ , h . Savrs. to be determ ined later. In other g ran t« ! on assurance th a t r -Dort With hei* iath e r’ two sons’ G o r be $43,933.11. This includes tru- a 6% dividend of ,$206,000 to its se r’ oe k e e s, words, the m oney is not to go r weed seed will also be transpor ,po don and Willard, uqui both H farm ers c^ \ s tractors, tractors tools, tools tubes, tubes tir?s stockholders, and finished the Membership: Robert Marvin, intn th e United States treasu ry H ugh F. • Tolley of K lam ath »< -a«* um er? year w ith $53,000,000 of loans chairm an, Paul Cyphers, vite- w i m ust s k be l ervonf ’ th _ maphlnp sheds spent, m ost nf 01 It n, in in F'alls was ow ner of the first Kenneth F ridley was chairm an near Wasco, and a brother, ~ Char- ancl tne inacnine sneus and contracts on its • books, $1,- chairm an, Roy Belsh^e, Clyde ev- ticket draw n and was declared . , c * ,es> now retired in The Dalles. England so th a t practically cv of the weed section of the meet- i r arTinr - 300,000 in cash; , $5,225,000 in Gillmor, Richard Holdaway, B. , * f ien(j ieaee w inner. He has ten days to t la ’m . « Mrs H arper died several years <ry dollar’s w o n n oi renu»^«-^ - ing ago. governm ent bonds, and deiin- H. Roberson, Paul Goddard, Free British received plus the re- »he award. Others whose tickets The range propram comm ittee, F uneral services will be held quencies of less than $300,000. Crews. ♦ -arin hx, keot in the w ere draw n were Norman Swan- payment win ne 2" Portland; V irginia Hoffm an, ueaueu oy L i.u u u th ie e r Davis, ,» » .» , m ...aue headed by ade Friday, from the W asco Finance: B. H. Roberson chair “ « t o . 1« * ' , . .L T ; .. Portland; V. M orris, Portland; f™ 'ral recom m endations, about M ethodist church w ith Rev. F. man, William Close, vice-chair ’ X ' o r e g ’o X g r e s s m a n w ants M O. Timm s, Burns; W L. Cris- , p a y m e n m a d e for range L. Canneli giving the se.m on posslbl,lty of thc man, Trum an Strong. J X «Kzv R r t t i u h - h n u i d ®ey, Brookings; Mrs I^ena B e r im provem ents, asking nigr.e and interm ent being in S unrise , n ic t r i n t o nnd i t u Education: Wily W. Knignteu, know » v Lar- I nr. price s e e in g . cemetery w ith Masons giving bping consldered and the district vL w . ™.V nnlv i «2 ueicent 'and. , Portland; Dagney E. P n ce for tor Crested c re s t« ! W W heat ac chaiim an, Carroll Sayrs, vice- ** * t ed 22L aoDrox- aen. Prineville; Leia M M artin; th at paym ent be made for m ore flna, rltes , chairm an, H arry Benson, Paul boundary board has been asked art-the proposed loan Of ®PP p or,dnn • T^m erv B ow les Port- practices, th at the anim al u n it itoately $4.000.000.000 (which Condon, Lem ery Bowles. - to set a date for the school board? K- H arvey Miller, Heppne. Goddard, H. B. Pinkerton, Clar- involved to meet and set a date wheat rancher, h a s ;succeeded Ro- ence Sparling, ttMT ’do not have to pay unless Ian The soil conservation commit- for an election. Petitions may he l>ert B- Taylor, Adams, as chan i jegis lation: George Updegraff, they feel like lt) when loans to ------ tee, w ith W allace May as c h a ir signed asking for such a move. man of the state agricultural chairman> collis» P. Moore, vite* dem and t~ « a - • •, American veterans demand the e » man, recom m ended th e u tilizi payment of interest at four per- L 0 C 3 l t r C t F l C l t y D istrict 23 is Grass Valley and 33 conservation (AAA) comnn r e chairm an T . L ester - Johnson, tion of all rop residue although r i < *“ I lu p O r id n i w i8 Buckley Buckley has been antl Qregon director of the field ,Ornduff not specifying the m ethod by Anyone contem plating raising gending itg children the Grass services branch, USDA Produc- R e c ° ation; ' Ernefit Woods, President Truman can look for which th a t is to be obtained, chickens will do well do decide Va|,ey for about 20 year3 tion and M arketing adm lm st.a- cha,rm an s ta n Coelsch, ylcechair fl 1 a 1*^0 oF i a biost-il^ con ■ targe «„«ti.h loan Effect of Pacific Pow er & Light Slower tillage speeds were r e r at the outset ¡w hether he w an ts and the Buckley district now tion- man, Robert u a Boynton, Robert * irress t>efore tn e r»ntii»ii . « cuiu m e d u l a i v j v»»ov»»w ...... __ m an. rvuuvi j w v i h a j »«, wins approval from the legiala- com pany’s $1,000,000 rate reduc- ommended, as was the use of the t0 o p erate a com m erçai business, the form er shcrar3 " ra y lo r, who has .served as state Brisbine Vernon F latt, H. R . tive body. No one will predict tion m ade last A ugust is dc.lect- killlfer. a sideline enterprise, or a sm all dletrict • (Lickskilleti and the chairm an since June, 1941, relin- Jewel Jack McDermld, J. D. th e outcom e a t th is tim e. a 12 percent drop in the A full report of the proceed- family flo c k -th e n phoceed ac- Michlgan dlstrict Tax m „ ,age q u |shed the post F ebruary 1 to Mobe [)ean Plnkertoni Fra„k average price received per kilo- ¡ngs is expected to be available cordlngly w ith the most efficie.it for Grags Vfidley this year is h g give full tim e ' to , operation of g g rwhor nuZstions* are being w att-hour for residential service to farm ers as soon as it can be num bers, says Noel N. Bennlon, Bûckley Ls 9 3 his heat ranch his Umatilla Um atilla countv county w wheat ¿ 7 such . as w ha »..4 4^ In the last four m onths o f 1945, prepared. ' extension poultrym an a t O.S C. - He has also served as chairm an J s to. baconu R McRee p rp jl _____________ gtudy Qf thlg m atU r u n --------------------- of the USDA w ar board which V a l l e y IO Ww m ijita r y k CtQf_c dent, in his F ebruary letter to der Oregon conditions has show n Ci.-ww.L-— U o ln în s v since last November has become the SU .es lh at a farm depending on poul- ^ ! ^ < t o by " ta ~ th ■ e United ” AU.„tic, at Preferred stp c k h o ld e ,^ the Oregon USDA council, a try for its m ^jor income will need q post to which Miller , also has T rinidad and o th e r spots, which Average price received forelec- a flock of at least 2000 laying this country fortified w ith the tricity used in homes , since the been elected. There will be no evening sec hens, Bennion points o u t O re expenditure of m illions of dol new low rates became effective Miller brings to the position vice a t the Grass Valley Baptist R epresentative Dowell Stock- The Goldendale basketball boys y m an of ^be 2nd D istrict of Ore- a wide background of experience church until fu rth er notice. When lare w ith no m ore than a lease is 1.78 cents ^kilowatt hour as ---------------------------------- _ htan and his fam' X The leases have about ninety-five compared w ith ,the 1945 national adnnnistered a w hopping defeat cflre or sue ai oc•• gon has requested an investiga- as county com m itteem an field- the bus service to Portland im- y X s ^ o r e to run, b u t there is average of 3.42 cents, he stated. to the here Tuesday night The m ost favorable sized flock « --- e ----------------------------------------------------------- - ---------------- c .K<n. tion of the run-around veterans man and commodity loan sped- proves so the pastor, Mr Schill- no assurance th a t G reat B ritain “Continued grow th and devel- and w ent home on the long side for aJ ® ‘deli^ J ® __ ___________ glue nirris Such a u n it w ill Just- are exP€riencinf? . ln trying to aiist. He is a graduate of Oregon ing> can get back there for his will not want the U nited States opm ent of the territo ry served of a 53 to 32 score, to pretty de- ‘J* - - eoulD- Purchase surplus property. State college and a W orld W ar I Monday »classes, he will resum e to evacuate' these islands w ithin during $ 4 5 are reflected in an finitely establish Jtheir superior- ♦ house thaL can R epresentative Stockman has veteran. He operates a 3000-acre Sunday evening services. B. Y. the next y«««. . increase of 3.431, or 4.5 per c en t ity . LInde„ w as high point m an men» *1H need ^ h o u s e ‘h a t can c Kavanagh, wheat and livestock ranch ar.d f . service at 6:30 as usual, year» the num ber • of custom ers w lth 16> and Don Thompson, who be ,< 1 1 v ia«! to isoiaw puiwus old hene, D irector of the , Veterans Branch since last November fias been The G rass Valley Baptist church was home for th is one game enough eggs to be m arketed ln of th e S u rp lu s Property Admin- commodity loan assistant to the w m have a guest speaker S a tu r-* The War is over, but all th a t suppliel w ith electricity.” A transpired at the ’ conferences Home use of electricity increas- made 10 for the Moro team, case lots twice a week, which la mtratlon, and , asked that utc state AAA day evening and Sunday mor.!- between Stalin, Churchill and 9 4 per cent an zannual av- GO| jDp ^ D A L E MORO rieairable to m aintain quality.'- Compliance Division of the Sur- Miller will have direction in ing, F ebruary 9 and 10. Rev. Ed- Roosevelt at ‘Yalta and other erage of 2,164 kilowatt-hours. Fo the familv th at ju st w ants &Ius Property A dm inistration in- the state of program s and act’v- mOnt Haines of the W inona Lake Bayer 7 . f vestlgate not only the fact th at ities of the departm ent of agri- Bible conference will speak about places h$s not-- been revealed. Commenting on the com pany’s Crocker 11 M t& of It is still'oecret from Am- 1945 U x bUl of $1,608,435, • Me- Linden 16 Cowherd 2 lavin«? h en s are the veterans who have been culture in the .fields of produc- the Tabernacle in the Wilder«. • Sayrs 3 ’ Wre flock r(?. certified by the Smaller W ar tion and m arketing. These In- n ess. Saturday evening it will erican people and even from Sec. j^ee pointed out that federal Wymer 4 Pinkerton 6 -year w ith pullets. Plans Corporation f o r , priortics elude agricultural conservation, be about the Brazen A ltar and of State Jimm y Byrnes, It ap- taxes alone am ounted to $900.- j acroux 0 Thom pson 10 P year autom otive m aterial have not commodity loans, crop insurance, Sunday m orning /th e A rk of th e pears. When Russia announced or nearly as much as its en* Woodward 9 i K ing 2 been able to purchase any auto- production goals, price support Covenant. He has large side mo* It was occupying 'the Kurilehs ^ re iocai, state and federal taxes Hamilton 2 Boynton 2 P e rry Roy Shelton, son of Hal m otive supplies, h u t the fact th at operations and school j lunches, dels of 1 both the A ltar and the there w$s a lifting of eyebrows In 1940 Taxes in 1945 were equi- Spalding 6 P erry 0 Shelton, of Wasco was dlscharg- veterans generally are not being Most of these program s are ad- Ark which will be shown. Satur* In this national c it y .P o lit ic a l y ^ n t to nearly 20 cents- for Wilson 4 observers were 1 w on dytn g how ©very dollar of revenue Axetll O gj from th e n avy and reported given notice of sales in sufficient m inistered locally • by , elected day evening service aU 7<5 and Linden 1 to the local d raft office this week, time to attend the sale. —* AAA com m itteem en. , Sunday m orning a t 11. Overly 0 (Continued <m Page two) f* Odd-Fellow» Put New Men Into Office Polio Drive Lagging In Moro Community I / Farmers Ask That Weed Control tie L .ntorcedln b o u n ty w ide D istrict ’flf Farmers Getting Out n i z* it W. C. TOPF Of Debt Rapidly Klamath Man Wins r\ n J Rnl School Consolidation Being Discussed Harvey Miller Heads to State Ag. Board Zr Size of Chicken ClnrL Imnnrfor»F CMt. „tatd of *"' "* * Less Than Average P -U — J-U n_..L. Goldendale Drubs Moro Basketeers otockman Helping J C 1 Cl dpCCQ ulirplUS uRl6 Has No Night Sermon
