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About Sherman County journal. (Moro, Or.) 1931-current | View Entire Issue (June 21, 1946)
Official County Paper one 21, 1946 Fifty-Eighth Year No. 33 School Elections Hail Damages, Make Some New Rain Improves Burned Down School Officers With Huge Loss School elections w ere general Wheat Prospecfs O’Meara Store A column o f n e w About Government, ly decided by a few voters, there being general lack of interest. Crop Destroyed In Streak Saturday Night Fire Destroys <\t Wasco w here th e re was dis agreem ent about w hether to hold Six Miles Long Near g Harvest Repairs tad Big high school, to send them to Moro, or to teach pupils from Grass Valley; Raiu .80 inch Collection of W ar Trophies eepecial emphaeie adjoining d istricts th a t are mem- ' 4 • J The big O'Meara Supply & bers ’of the non-high school dis- H ail and a heavy, th o u g h spot- Im plem ent store a t a Wasco was trict, a fair sized group came ted rain hit the south end of com pletely destroyed by fire to th e meeting, about 20 being Sherm an county last Thursday S aturday night, together w ith reported present. High school night and almost completely des- Judging from letters b e i n g C aterpillar and H arris and John w ill' be continued at Wasco. troyed severaj fields of standing dumped on members of congress, Deere extras fo r the 1946 ' har- Lloyd Royce was elected di- grain. Other fields were mater- the American people are becom vest season and the finest col- recor replacing Afton M cIntyre ially helped by the rainfall, ing tired of the program to feed lection of w ar-tim e souvenirs in at Wasco, H. H. Brackett replac- The hail hit first on the Davis all the hungry people In the this area. - t i ed Hugh M athison at Rufus, Fay ranch southw est of Grass Valley world. The wheat shortage, to Cause of the fire Is unknown. B rackett was reelected at Biglow, and proeeded in a north by east gether with the announced plan I t was dlcovered about 10:30 H. M. Zell reelected at Locust direction to George Sm ith’s place whereby every farmer who puts a t w hich tim e the interior of Grove. in Nigger Hollow, northeast of his wheat In a warehouse must th e wooden building was all At Moro E rn e st Woods was Grass Valley. Damaged was grain sell 50 percent of which the gov ablaze. Nothing was recovered elected to replace Kenneth Me- on the Lemley, Coyle, Stradley ernment will buy 25 percent, half /ro m i t - Kean. C. 0. Higley was elected Olds, E a k n , May, Kock, W illard of which will be sent overseas, The fire departm ent was able to replace Irving H art at H a r- Barnett, Kee, King, and Smith is not making a hit. The Pacific to save the W alter Medler house fmony. farm s. northwest, as a sample, has con im m ediately w est of th e store B ernard M artin, from the new is likely th a t well over 2000 tributed more than Its quota of and th e residences east were also p a rt of the Grass Valley district acres were seriously damaged wheat for the starving and now aaved b y constant w etting from was chosen to replace Dell Olds. Or destroyed, sufficient to run finds that it does not have en th e fire hoses. • This broadens the board’s re- nearly to $100.000, depending on ough feed to save its poultry In W tth tourists and vacationists free once again to , Loss of the extras Is a serious presentation as to te rrito ry and the recovery that may he made ta k e to the open road and travel as far as they wish, dustry from liquidation. The Oregon's picturesque coast line is expected to -a ttra c t m atter to the ow ners of farm ^ v e s recognition to the newly from what rem ains. smaller bake shops are closing a i eto d num ber of visitors th is year. T h is picture m achinery who have long de- votcd section. T he taller w heat. Rex an d Fed- for lack of flour, and bread lines o. w ¿Uf« of seashore is one of a series of tw enty- pended on O’Meara for repairs E arly retu rn s Indicate that eration seemed to have stiff are being formed in many cities In harvest. H arris extras w ere Tom F raser has been reelected enough straw to be bent over to buy the few loaves that are distributed over four counties to the non-high school board, w ith some of the , heads being avtttable. Also, the loaves are a n d ' C aterpillar extras over all together with Alfred Payne from knocked off and m any others smaller, the price Is a trifle high of Sherm an county. The O’Meara the G rass Valley zone and Ken- damaged by hall stones. Turkey er and there is talk of rationing firm has been In business for neth Fridley from the northeast Red suffered least, being softer bread one loaf to a c u s t o i y over 30 years. The souvenirs zone. The six percent limit was straw ed. Elgin and Alicel were And m eat Butchershopr* > Approval of 1946 loan pro- $1.462; Pt Umatilla coun- w ere the property of the O’Meara waived in the non-high school dis- h u rt w orst as the b rittle straw closing b / the hundreds and the gram s for Oregon’s tw o leading ty, $l.4i3; lies, Wasco boys, five of whom served In trict. w as bro k en off com pletely. grain crops, w ith loan values county, $1,1 P a rts of th e E ben Kee field the arm ed services. W hole show 8 cents a bushel higher than 1045 County /g tor barley cageg were filled w ith them and of E lgin look as If m owed by a th a t rem ain open m ust take such Since the big hall and rain of fOT w hea‘ and 5, .. cents a buahel dull m ow er about six inches mAot ns is offered and it Is tied the collection included almost in w i t h stuff th a t they do not last T hursday and the sm atter- higher for barley, have been an G ill ia m . 90 at>ove th e ground, n o t ov er 5 Jaifwnson, 88 everyth ln g of interest from Ger- cents, Urna- p a n y and Italy. Gun?, knives, and which they have difficulty ing of rain of Sunday the weath- nounced by the state PMA oom- cents; p ercen t of th e head s b ein g left. »0 cents. ‘ tn oney, uniform s, medals, Ins’gn in telling T ry to buy a ham or a e r m an has decided to w arm up mittee. till», 87 a Oat rig h t of way w ere also mow- the country a bit and tem pera- G eneral provisions of the loan Farmers Saturday. Ju n e _ 8, at 9.00 a. m. ed around some fields. and deal an<^ a great < ^eal of other ______________ pound of bacon disappears, the m eat tu res have ben m uch higher th an plans for both cnZDB- remalp. the r y on <^Red "purity" m aterial Much of it Miss Elizabeth Mary B ryant was W hether owners will choose À i try in g to dispose of during May and June. sam e as the 1945 program. Index p u b lish ed m o n th ly by d ie invaluable for sentim ental united In wedlock w ith John (O cut the rem aining green s tu b chickens w hich are being a great deal of hay w as down through which m oje than $10,- costs except hired Mbor, believes j-eaaons. Angelo De Santo In St. M ary's b ie tu rn in stock, or wait until liquidated. Spring lamb is about before the rain and the w arm 000,000 was loaned to Oregon USDA to show the trend In fa r m . T be ¡Qgg | n supplies and extras Cathedral in Seattle, W ashington, ^ t e r to determ ine has not been th e only m eat generally avail- w eath er has dried th a t although producers. Details can be O-8-C- ex te n sion ^ d tb e building is estim ated at The bride, who attended R ufus icarned. Some crops m ight grow able. W ith th e liquidating of the m ost of it was turned. Sum mer- tained from county agricultural agricultural economist. Even in qqq w hich Is partially cover- school unil her senior year, was from the roots and produce poultry Industry th ere is a grow- fanOw will have to be worked conservation com m ittees, w hich farm operation expense« ’ insurance and the loss given in m arl age by her gather, something, it is stated. Ing shortage of ~ e£gs ________ and the - price ______ but - th th at at was was a a job job th th at at a8ain a«ain will will handle handle the the loans loans for for in Oregon had reached a ® lev” jn , souvenirs is given as $30,000 Joseph Bryant, Biggs section fore- R ainfa n was heavy a t Moro lasso ing up. Prices are now up would have preceded harvest in Commodity Credit corporation. g rea ter th an the total value of wag uninsured, m an for nine y e a rs before mov- w h ere go ¡nch w as recorded w guui« . . . . d u . rin g J . u n e w h e a t loan rates and anim al production 1 flrm hag * mQved tQ t the ing to Seattle. on b u tte r uh and cheese. any event. R r ainfall vvneat loan ra te s will w m be oe at a t crop c < v P «.»u p iw u v u v ,, be- w lthjn a cpa(ie f)f -VGr an As one W ashington housew ife has totaled .86 inch, w hich is n et 90 percent of parity as required ore the w a r and hlgi e r costs E agtern Oregon Electric com- a wedding dinner for family hour. At the Peters ranch south complained;; “It Is m ore difficult fa r from norm al and, despite by ,aw - Th® terminal loan rate are indicated for 1946, he says, p ^ y 8tore, owned by P atty and relatives was served in the of Qrass Valley .58 inches fell to buy food now than it was dur- t b , dry May, chances for a crou f° r P ortland will be $1.57 a bu- T he p arity Index of farm costs O'Meara, for th e present and will dining room of the Casa Italiana, and 34 was recorded at Kent, ing the w a r and everything else seem p re tty fair in the sections shel to r No. 1 soft w hite w heat, rose sharply from mid-April to continue in- business. Every ef- and a reception, followed by R a jns did not reach far east of is going sky high. W e are now of the county h it by the heavier Rates tor principal stations in mid-May this year. At 184 per- fort wlll be m ade t0 obtain r e- dancing, was held at 8:00 p. m. town suffering from inflation and no rainfall. main w heat producing counties cent of 1910-1914 this index a t and supplies for the com- in the Casa Italiana ballroom. On m any fields the rain will one knows how much w orse i t ---- ,--------------- are as mid-May was 3 points higher j harvest. C u ttin g th e cake a t 11:00 p m. hp su ffjcjent to insure a b etter will become, b u t I anticipate , GTl" iam coun^ * th an a* mid-April and 11 p o i n t s --------------------- The bride and groom departed than wag expe€ted before th at we have scarcely begun ’ Je^ erSOn COUn^ ’ over May 1945‘ I n d u < W h ire d . for a week in Vancouver B. C., u y J ttle rain fe„ north of ^ e x p e r i e n c e of the reaction $ .4 3 1 ; H eppner!M orrow county ,abo r farm co«a a re now around F e V e r F U n d .a f te r Wh,ch they will take up „ r)d frAm trvinv to save the starving .• _ k< K S1 45. Moro» Sherm an county, 5 or 6 percent higher than a year **“ rpsid - the _ * « _ “ ■ . „ . . . residence in - Seattle, w • here Some damage was ...............- done to la n d s " ago, the data indicate. P rice Fiir m illions of other lands Kroom operates a grocery store. w heat on the l „ u Schadewitx advances for farm products have pl?ce farm ed by Grover Young Bread, m eat, chick®n s' J**® Of the $175,066.27 on the 1945- averaged nearly as m uch so far, b u tter, cheese, are vanishinR bu t other reports from th a t area however, although som e have de- h e X % X a T : ^ \ h e natlfToiad from the grocery stores th g a)J hag been but $3376.. » C . . . - ™ - - . Q ~kz>rd do not mention extensive loss. ««« percent * collec- n ■■■ d in e d recently. The only field covered by Insur out the land. Some ea . T his is a 98.2 of rheum atic fever has been • 1 a . WI*la. collec B BB . l i i i i m i r - i a i - i i u u i plain the i”' and tion. Since the first of the year F ourteen 4.H club children _ ance w as that of Wallace May taken by the American Legion who had governm ent insurance and A uxiliary by placing $25,- f ^ t e ^ f t e Ju ly 1. when W UO57 in taxes and interest ,eft mornlnR for Blggs N e W S D O p e r M e n 000 each in a pool from which Friends w ere saddened by the on his crop. ott,er foods a n e y w))) has collected. w nere they caught a bus for Cor- r r funds will be draw n to combat recent death of W illiam Henry -------------------- - thOfle J? m arket. The In deliquent taxes $5264.63 has vallis and th e annual sum m er the menace of rheum atic fever. H arder of Milton, Oregon, who throyr t em ^ j y j been collected includir^g the in- SChool. A bus ow ner from Condon 1 OT Ptans f o r ^ h e Joint p r o l a n , ’„ »/«„“e « e ’o , ^ talH W lon s and th a t te re st th at has accrued. L argest took children from G rant, Wheel- f - - r r ^ a t s o m i d e ^ r s are w aiting pm ounts paid w ere on 1939 and e r, Gilliam and Sherman count!«*. A i m U a l M e e t w ere announced In a Mr Hacder owned and operated m eht by John Stelle, / T rum an said mon- prior years of which the sheriff 3 he children will re tu rn June and his ranch southw est of Grass N ew spaper publishers from all Com m ander of the Legion, — - for. Prssvwmi ncople fcas gotten $1443.73, which w as 28 Mrs B . H. Roberson went H---------- ago tn« th a a t t th the e Am e' £ n e ^ a r r|y th s ago ago th i v $400 «400 interest, in te re st. No recent a iong as chaperon un til Sunday sections of the state will gather Mrs W alter G. Craven, National Valley, u T iirprtnr«? o f the F irst National would have to tighten their. M its. when he retired to his old home R Monday to transfer y e a r had delinquencies collected wnen she will be relieved by Mr at G earhart on F riday and Satur- P resident of the Auxiliary. in Milton, leasin g , his ranch to T he chief executive w as right. day, Ju n e 21 and 22, for the 59th F ifty per cent of the funds m M iuon, ic a » u ig .« « ~ $5 m inion from tbe undivided g reater th an $200. W rig h t ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ annual convention of the Oregon available have been earm arked em ey. countv Profits and reserves account to • ,vi an amend- The rep o rt is one th a t m ust be N ew spaper Publishers associa- for a broad program of attack mong w ho attend- th e b an k s surplus account, ao SCnat!her cTse bill which would m ade to the county court and •— ' on th e disease and the rem aining W ends and neighbors w ho.attend R R MacNau(fhton, Vile Case Vz<i‘ m et to the 1 .go a _- rb b $tate fov tax onmmiccinn comm ission tn to ebn show tax 8HEI7T BURRE8 8E L W tion. L I „ . a . «,11. h» Iitllli. ed his funeral at Milton Monday arllnn lncreased m !to n P™f la to r «disputes in util- collections j>n p roperty d uring 8 T e E R 8 FOR FEEDERS rs s a . a uuiitdp president. actIon “Advance registrations Indicate half of the funds will he utiliz- “ pd *M r A. Dunlap, Itles and Industries affecting the fiscal year. s h e ll B urres sold 67 head of °ne of the largest attendances ed In research. M r^ n d Mrs ArzeH £ m d e y ° F ra n k 'h e surplus acrount . to 4tI*®. J lf. WPifare and s a f e t y ,------------------ . . t h r „ vpar oid steers in th e history of the organiza- Rheum atic fever, w ith its ef- arnmond Mr and Mrs Max Total capital funds of the F irst S u ’^ t d l X d e ^ author. Sen- «89« NORMAL GRADUATES ' ^ a n d ^ e ^ a r , o l d ¿ d e e rs q mana- fects upon the heart, causes m ore Brow n°and Mr and Mrs Donald National, Including capital, sur- ± r " w n w o f W isconsin, from MEET AGAIN AT MONMOUTH " n c S v e r and *er of the association. "M any deaths and m ore Invalidism up c)odfelter plus, undivided profits and re X t i n ^ l n i hte effort and renew- The 1896 c ,ass of X Z n u r e and finish them on c u rre n t problem s of th e Industry to th e age of 18 than any m her ------------------ serves, now stand in excess of $23,000.000. No stocks has been al of his plan aw aits the propl- Oregon s ta te Normal at M o n -corn The steers w ere In good are to be discussed fry qualified d i s e a s ; th e j >■ sold by the bank to the public tlous hour for the m o u th m e t for its 50th anrdve.,-cond,tlon and w e i g h t around Erer’ aSd X m a C i t y B u d g e t since 1910. All gains in the in tlons w ill be given to help pub- of 26 rhem atic fever and rhema- of a hill by him . This is th e con last week Out Of the oiginal 1000 pounds. stitu tio n ’s capital funds since elusion to he class ’o f '51. 17 attended four o, — E' a Keyg. nee EUa K enoy, « .h e re Improve th e ir newspa- tic 1910 have come solely frm o earn- W isconsin eenetor-s rem ark s on whom w ere from sh e rm a „ coun. 6lster c h a rle s , Jaraes an d J ir e >peake„ ,nclude Dr H The Moro city 'council, sitting Ings. Dividends have been paid C o lu m b u s,-------------- as th e levying board for the city, continuous y ° f . .. approved the budget as published The capital of the bank, late in May. It calls for a lower 000, plus the surplus now $10- millage than have form er bud- 500.000, sets the basis for the t3 am ount the bank m ay loan In “ “ s Am endm ents to the curfew any sin g le ' tra n sa ctio n ,. or - the becoming m ore acu found M artin will take charge o f - the Oregonians who w ill appear The departm ent -»f agricul- .. w ere given flnal pas. am ount the bank m ay Invest In which a on mu t^ u e MARION CREWS FINISHES church services at the community Qn i tbe a n H. tu lu re r e ’s s latest miem h crop u h the prOgram program include c Carl reP °rtth .................. ° ’? 5 r° sagP, funds w ere tran sferred to one single bond issue « t $1,500,- lf the United States 1 WILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY church Sunday and speak on their G th Portiand; w ill W. Henry, amount of wheat in North Amer on rem ove some • non-active funds 000-______ ' on the rttad to full Industrie ■ of F . M . w o rk as teachers of the Bible to Portland; S. W. Starr, Salen u J'a shows l 90,486,000 bushels or X n u were ^ X ’red % i n ' £ COUNTY COURT P R E F E R S ~ ,__ . ... _ — .. . _\ »i.i„ ...not nn inrrfMKf Stanley Bacon. Portland; and hand th is wgqk, an Ve«umTmr W iley adm itted th a t Crews, w as presented the Char- children. -.___ u Moro.- . frnm week over -a from last last w eek of of dvw y¿ “0 ~ - wlth red tops the 'public SHED TO SERVICE MEN w ^ T ta lta r and m anagem ent have Ieg E .’ McCulloch Scholarship for. Alan Thompson, son- of Mr and Glleg T French, to com- outstanding Thom pson Joined Tom 'P u rc e ll, £ roperty com m ittee w as asked T he county court, together both labor been ana opposed ___ _____ — scholastic o h i ability n i v U r « M rs O r v Orval a l Thom pson joined th e th e Tnm n * Bw Purcell, l publisher of bushels^A year ag? s.ocks Un™ arbitration because of over a th re e year period a t th o ' m arine corps this week » L P o rt- the G resham Outlook and presi- 334,737 000. . iceg Qn w )rlng the w lth the m em bers b f th e budget E l u t i o n W broader govern- A w arda Chapel a t th e university, land according to w ord sen t rel- dent a th e ONPA will preside In the U nited „ „ slr€n th e city hall. , comm ittee, m et last F rid a y and IUm t controls but, he declared W ednesday. T he aw ard allows atives here. , • a t th e aeaalons. A rrangem ents and 00440000 last year. A rep o rt w as made by George approved th e budget as published control in the inter- for fu n tuition for the fourth Mrs G arth Bonney and tw o for th e '.convention are being J ^ e d ’ ’ dr0DDei flom U pdegraff to th e effect th a t the w ith th e exception th at th e $1500 g°t nf the public cannot be avert- y^a r at W illam ette. \ children, G arth Jr. and Jeanette, m ade by a comm ittee cprpposed ^a«adlan ° r (0 city had no au th o rity to compro- th a t had been placed in th e bud- m anv event and com pulsory Crews is a Junior at the uni- w ere here the first of the week of M erle R. Chessman, A8torian- 249/7 G, Bancroft assessm ents and get for paym ent of $ service Of- X D iv id e s an answ er y e rsity and ha7* public school to visit w ith M rs B onney's sis- Budget; Max Schafer S e e s.* ■ S.g- J a week Politics and People on the Northwest Warmer Weather 1946 Loan Rates on WÀéi Comes As Barley Announced; Summer Starts Former Biggs Girl Married in Spokane yaH ab- 1*.^. BUMupt, % 2 Percent TaX * p 11 LOlleCUOn Maae ----------------------------- 4_U ViUDDerS flnkkprc the shcriff <|-n In OWDmer dCllOOl RhflimatlC Research I rovided William Henry Harder (Juried At MlltOIl Uudivided Profits Put In Surplus Account Approved By CoUnCll Wheat Sleek» (Continued on Patf® two)
