Sherman County journal., June 06, 1947, Image 1

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Official
Wasco Meets
Historical Píen
Fossil Sunday In Draws Crowd
Hard Test
Despite Clouds
- m i l l i ln
eh nt
HL* _
u t of the storm
;
| so abort
ugeture is but
the ^jo44 av-
since * JungT*
lake the short*
’ Representatives of all parts of
**** county m tt Wednesday mor-
ning at Invitation of the Moro
Breakfast d u b to discuss the
feasibility of forming a county
organisation to inform and
** informed about civic
Pertaining to the county,
‘ Merle Becket, Breakfast club
president, directed the discus­
sion in which many participât
•*- LeRoy Wright reported on
the excellent showing of the 4-H
cldb boys and girls from Sherman
county at the Eastern Oregon
.Wheat league stock show held
last week.
speaking on behalf of a county
organisation were George Potter,
Arnold Dunlap, Paul Goddard,
T- Ixater Johnson J. M Wilson,
Kenneth Fridley and Giles L.
»
com m ittee was named to ar-
range for a fu rth er m eeting which
m em bers announced would be
^eld in Moro Ju n e 18. Preparation
for the program and discussion
of by-laws will be done at a com-
m ittee m eeting to he held at the
experim ent station office Wed-
nesday evening, next. Members
of the com m ittee are M errill Ove­
son. A. A- Dunlap, George Wilson,
L. E. Kaseberg and K enneth Frid-
»
By accidental and close rim ing
t Sherm an countians Sunday were
j able to have th eir h isto rical pic-
nic and their rain, too. Sd anxi-
ous were residents for a fain
that they would have gladly giv­
en up the picnic bu t while the
5 skies threatened to continue the
1 rain th at fell early in the mOm-
Inevitably the cost of new hous-
• ' Ing, it was nearly four o’clock
&Jftg must cqpne down. The depart-
- and program ’s end before the rain
rm«nt of commerce has had to re­
j came to disband the crowd,
consider and revise its estimate
aln has already
s
A program of music and reports
,«< new building, which was made
i n on arl trf .60
»
on
society doings as climaxed by
¿-last November But last Novem-
Ibe ~ » y Tfftit
the address of E. B. Lemon, na­
¿fcerprteas wore so high that build-
tive Sherm an countian, of O0C,
en the average
>J«g toll etff. en d -la st month the
Mince
Septem*
who interm ingled With remini*
* coals were gttll higher and there
censes of earlier days gave aame
f ’ ’’ . -
.
waa > » -p e r c e n t falling off. The
general advice on preparation for
* have foilex^
em aagency-program for housing
a
fu tu re on a scale slightly dif­
Buaagg <b email
toe veterans has come a cropper
ferent from th at taken by the
h
the
forecast
heaauae ftiwn price* < w ere beyond
form er generations.
Veterans w ho had started to build
urfthere» fe jne
A scientist, he reported, has
Miss
Rachael
Poley,
daughter
Mtoet year a left their .♦ dwellings
m of blouds.
of Mrs Stella^ Poley of The Dalles presum ed th a t eastern Oregon
.»the raaeh oTthe»average veteran l
ugh to Insure
and long a resident of Sherm an counties m ight be seriously dpm.
only partly completed ano offeree
op o r ‘d M m |y
county, was m arried Sunday to aged by prosperity. They m ight
them tor sole. This is a condition
; a t o o g t o fllV
which exists everywhere In the
Stephen Gammon, son of Mr and forget soil conservation, crop ro­
tation and other necessities o f
wheat« la -con-
United State*
Mrs G. N. Gammon of The Dalles, an aging agriculture so long that
t
average
crop,
The plea« of President Truman
w ith Rev. H. G. Hanson of P ort­ the county’s economics would be
and the warnings of the housing
VEGtlABLE GROWERS SERVE . . . Five tea
land officiating.
harm ed beyond speedy repair.
expediter have had no e ffect
atonale* by National Junior Vegetable Grower*
Many Sherm an countians a t­
He praised the county for its
Prices have gone up steadily. Con
lined for the youth of Greece. Jame* Spell,
tended and took p art in the cere­ changed school system and fryst-
»•ow
traetora w ill not agree to build
president of the junior growers organization, pre
mony, with Misses Joan Oveson ed th at the end was not yet, for
M l flat sum: they insist on cost- k t * organization, the seeds to Jason Pro*-«*»«», I
and Diane Christianson lighting schools, too, said the speaker,
phm. for they admit there are so
WWAHtafcr
New York City. National Junior Vegetable Grow«
the candles. Robert Poley gave m ust be kept abreast of the times.
many facto« Involved that they
aa active part in garden work during the war.
his sister in m arriage. Mrs Carroll
P. Waldo Davis brought bis
-have ns asaurapm that they cap
a. flew to Pull-
Sayrs
assisted in
welcoming musical bells and golden chimes
set labor and materials to warrant
and played them, the R ufus q u ar­
A flat sum.
„It was the general opinion th at guests and Mrs E. H. Moore ser­ tet sang, Mrs Lillian M acFarlane.
-* All the while the housing short
ved.
such an organlration would be
age continues. Houses are still
The young couple will live in F rank Sayrs and iRev. Howard
helpful, th at it should be based
frard to gat and those which have
The
Dalles where he is employed Schilling gave m usical num bers
priced tb—nselves out of the open
on civic Im provem ent w ithout
Rev. F. L. Cannell gave a sermon
by tho Mid State construction using
early day churches ae a
market are usually sold to some­
specific attention to Internal ec­
company.
text.
one who Is desperate
onomic* of the county.
1 The department of commerce
The stage w as filled with pic­
predict* (but not too enthusias­
tures o f early times, many taken
I). I). W IL L IA M S GOING
tically) that the peak of cost has
70 years ago and ail indicating
TO NEA CO NVENTIO N
been reached, that there will be a
some phase of com m unity life in
Delos
D.
Williams,
principal
of
tap erin g off downward and that
the Rufus High school, will rep­ a pioneer county bent uptaa •»
this reduction, poaaibly of 20 per­
chieving all ev id en ces of moder­
resent
the Oregon Education as­ nity.
cent, will be apparent before the
sociation as one of 29 Oregon de­
tond of this year. However, there
Elected to office w ere R oy Bel-
-- Louis M. (Cotton) Morrow died legates to the annual convention
t o no reduction In sight of the
shee, president G. H. Root, view-
Volpa
at
hi*
home
in
The
Dalles
last
«Wage scale of the various unions
of the national
association in president; Mrs Millie von Boratel
Bobby Friday-«atl was buried in the Odd Cincinnati, Ohip, July 7 to 11.
These have W en upped and up-
secretary-treasurer; Giles French
Fellow« oenfetery there Tuesday gates were anncm fwyp shrdl
ooAainti) th e labor costs (as dis-
historian; Mrs Lois HUderbmnd
rflar>or*ff. u
d o c to r a n d j .
* r W * * W w a r M * f t » I TBprtl -JCtfrrgpt educational problem*
h a v e discouraged veterans and
will
occupy
(he
attention
of
thè
non-veterans from attem pting to
county, Illfaaota, April 9, 1872 and 2000 delegates from all parts of four year director.
build.
P resent from out o f the county
came w ith his parents to Sher­ the nation who will attend the
Dealers to m aterials argue th at
m an County in 1888. He made five day meeting. The convention for the day w ere Mrs M argarita
:their price* a re not too high con
his home h ere until a few years is the largest annual gathering von Borstei, Oregon City; Mr a n d
aidering w hat they m ust pay for
ago
when he moved to The Dal­ of educators in the United States. Mrs George Simon, Eugene; Ro­
labor. I t adds up that labor costs
bert U rquhart, Portland; Mr and
les.
m akes m aterials high, and the
Mrs Jay Price, N orth Bonneville;
Surviving
are
his
widow,
wage scale of tradesm en on Job
Lloyd Dunahoo, The Dalles; M rs
Maude, a son Barnard of Ash­ B E E F C A TTLE TO U R
Is high and there appears to be
man&hip and first s e c o n d , , . * ? ^ 5111"
Jam
es Dunahoo, Oakland, Chiif.;
nothing th at can be done about it.
land, a brother, Hal of The Dalles SC H E D U L E A N N O U N C E D
Mr and Mrs W. H. Ragsdale, T he
fifth,
and
ninth
In
•
senior
»how-
A n d ' again, building contractors
The Oregon Beef cattle tour Dalles; Joe Morrison, H erm iston;
and three sisters, Mrs L. M. W eb­
m anship as well as cham pion
“H“'-
assert th at the w orkm en they
sponsored
by the W estern Live Mr and Mrs W. C. Hclyer, The
ber
of
Hood
River,
Mrs
Ed
Kase­
and breed cham pion showman- Mrs Harlai
hire do not attem pt to do a day s
stock Journal will be in Sherm an Dalles; Mr and Mrs Carl Adams,
berg
of
Portland
and
Mrs
Annie
ship ribbons.-
City. Mr*
work for a day’s pay, and this is
county June 24, Tuesday, while The Dalles; Mr and Mrs Phil
Golllher of Salem.
In sheep’s three classes t t i i s ip**** Ca
another
unfortunate
feature.
o n 'its way from Bend where the Searcy, Portland; Mr and Mrs
T h ere Is co m p lain t a t m e cw v ««
«
rv»
county took 3 firsts. 2 seconds,
co
sta rt is to be made to Walla W al­ Em anuel Eslinger, Ellensburg,
is admittedly high
1 fourth and 1 fifth and als<^ union. Mri
Wash.; Mr and Mrs Charles Goet-
PARALYSIS CHAIRMAN
la where it will end.
b u t lum bercost is a small share in
second in sheep herdsm anshtp,
Borsti
jen, B ritish Columbia; Mr and
Stops
in
Sherm
an
county
will
building the average d w e llin g ^
1 1
VISITS IN COUNTY
first, second, third, fifth, A eighth Moday and
A rth u r Sm ith, The r^Vr*.
be made at the Ted Ball ran t, Mrs
Earlier this year th e govern- expanded
Mr and Mrs L yle Woods and ton,
in
sheep
show
m
anship,
grand
Eugene
Hall,
representative
of
m ent entered the w heat m arket
»
and at Millard Eakln s, r re d v o x ’ Centerville, W ash- Mr and Mrs
and bought m illions of bushels
Im portant revision in the Ore cham pion and reserve champion m>r it i1tor41l
the Foundation for Infantile P a r­ Ralph E akin’s, Elton E akin’s and Howard Belshee, The Dalles; M r
frCm OSMf<
for the relief program in Europe, gon v eterans’ home and farm lamb.
alysis was in the county Monday at Harold E akin’s. Lunch will me and Mrs Mark Henkle and -fay*-
F or the two classes of hogs the
W ord w
O ther buyers rushed In and m ade loan act, including an increase
while on a trip through eastern eaten a>t the Moro Hotel and the ily, The Dalles; M r and Mrs J . C.
•*** M
a killinsr. These purchases w ere from $3000 to $6000 in the amou county had first and second w ith
Oregon. He reported th at Sher­ party will be in Arlington Tues­ Wilson, Portland; M r and M rs
reflected In th e dom estic economy n t the W orid w a r II ex-service cham pion hog show m anship and
*** WrtJ
Karl I^andstrom and daughter.
man county had topped other’ day night.
and resulted In an increase in the m an may borrow , w ere explained grand champion single hog.
and Mrs
Portland;
Mrs Haxel Woods
counties In the recently ended
price of brrad and
today by Director George E.
Receipts of
th e ■ exhibitors Oregon Clt;
Drain; Mr and M rs Allan M urray,
drive
for
funds
by
raising
77.55
b im w o i î t o l ^ f o r ^ p a r t of Sandy following certain interpçç- from the sale of the stock totaled
Hood River; Mr and Mrs Chas.
Mr and
cents per capita whereas the A M BU LA N C E F I N D
Powell, Portland; Mr and Mr?»
m î m f to tio ^ C o u g r e s s heard of tations of the new law by A lter $11,115.63 of which $6924.15 w as
J - E.
state average was 32.64 cents. B E N E F IT P L A N N E D
from steers, $879.63 from sheep
toe Me
For the benefit of the am bu­ T^wrence Moore, Portland- y e
theae m atter* and made Inquiries ney General George Neuner,
Gilliam county was second with
and Mrs E lbert DeMoes, Eugene;
lance fund1 the Moro Dim Stars Mr and Mrs George Belshee, Los
and to 1« *• w hat they discovered
T he act, Including am endm ents and $311.85 from hogs. Sherm an Friday mo
63.01 cents.
W ealthy E uropean refugees and passed by the 1947 legislature, county stock placed highest in house l*wr
and the Grass Valley Playboys, Angeles, Calif.; (who had not been
sales of all divisions the hog
Mfss
displaced person* who w ere in now proVide:
with some long forgotten repuia- here for 47 years) M rs W alter
thiS'Wauntry were an active ele-
j A loan of 75 percent of the bringing 36 cents, the sheep $2.10 stream liner
WATER MAIN REPAIRED
to outfits of baseball players (sic) Williams, Portland; Mr and Mrs
m ent t to the gwcu>*Hve marK5„ appraised value of th e property, and the steer $2.00.
Thursday j
tions or ones stricty In the future, Ross Sm ith, Okanagon, Wash.;
AFTER BREAK FOUND
and th «y-repo««!
not to exceed $6000, for the ac-
Sherm an county had 28.7 per 1° Menom«
will play a game Sunday at Grass Mr and Mrs C. L. Fridley. T he
the
Am em heA <7 con- Qulsltion of a farm or a home by cent of thestock at the sale and
A leak was discovered in the Valley- Admission will be by do­ Dalles; Mrs L aura Lofton, Salem;
M r and
cu lated among members of con
w
v e te ra n s w ith at
w aterm aln
leading from the nation for the fund.
George Brock, Salem; Herahei
BT«ts it did not help the advocat- W orld W ar veterans wild ai received 36 percent of the sale *bd Son lei
pum pipg p lan t to the cistern
Davis, Eugene; M r and Mra Lee
£ T h o h a w been unrtn« that least 90 days’ sendee who w ere money. Average for steers was their horn«
Monday caused by a rusted water-
Hines, The Dalles; Asa Eeltnger
Mr and 1
the immigration law* be suspend- Oregon residents before entering 40.25 cents and was 34.60 cents
main. It was repaired by M arshal
F orest Grove; Mr and Mra F? R.
excluding the grand charaoion dinner gue
ed and dlenlaced persons be ad- the arm ed forces.
Beardsley Tuesday m oning which
Jackson, Hood River; Mr and Mrs
m illed fraelv and without num-
2. Repaym ent at 4 percent in­ Steer prices averaged 31.28 cents, Borriel bbt
should m ake some im provem ent
Wm. Patterson, The Dalles; Mrs
t e r tor t tow year*. The story terest, over a period of 20 years sheep 48.85 and hogs 27.73. I n brtal *et*v
in the am ount of w ater p u t into
Mabel Lemon, Corvallis; W. B.
also recalled that
of' or less
* the eptire show there w ere 108 Mr Larson
the system hereafter. Enough
Rice, The Dalles; M rs W. B.
R«*!*
dec'ared
The veteran m ust own the pro- steers, 35 lamb* and 35 hog* of cer ill The
was lost to w ater a good sized
Johnston, Salem; Mra Stella Dlll-
’ w r v ^ ^ v e a r Perty, and give a first m ortgage which Sherm an county young-
oer Sondenna, garden however.
Mr and
inger and rgand daughter, Salem;.
’ hb, t e ÎÎS’ th«MîS ttn a te ^ f those to the state as security when the sters showed 31 steers, 15 lambs acSMnpani*
’r* 8ondenna’s
Mrs Lena Searcy, Beaverton; Mrs
not « a ^ h t '
loan Is completed.
and five hogs.
r ,
- sister, Mar
1* Ton Boratel vUltora . t the Eugene Norton ^ “ "ng in "time for some fall Thoot- Jeff W ilson, The Dalles; Mra Ju­
who
is
a
student
at
the U. of O.
The world bank has been wor-
The term "acquisition” now
ing and were placed in best lo- lia Hansen, Portland.
wer»*
at the noma.
rving over Its securities. F o r a means purchase of real property
Edwin
sm
ith,
son
of
Dr.
and
cated and protected spots with
HENRY CALLAWAY
'Amañdus ron Borfrtel home.
tim« It appeared as though large and its Im provem ent; paym ent
Mrs Noel Sm ith of The Dalles Is th at Intent.
VETERANS PLAN RODEO
investor*, such *k ihsurance com- of balance of purchase price and BUCCEED8 McCULLOCH
Mr 'and
+ ' Kullck Sr- visiting at the Lester W ilson ---------------------
panlee, would not be in the mar- interest on a contract; and refi-
? rivfed at the home of Mra Kullck’a
AT THE DALLES
Announcement was made this parents, Mr And lito 'Theo, von
e
¡‘m n id o S T A n S d e r will
nancing of an existing purchase
Mr and W
Mrs T L ester
Wilson and 1 SH „ A N IK O N E W S
week of the appointment of Hen^’Borstei M ay-21 - p lt o r a motor
c,.«
Tom Morelli was in Portland
The V eterans of Foreign W ars
^ .Iwwïït a n v d a v perm itting na- m oney m ortgage.
fam ily w ere dinner guests Sun- .
w eek to see his brother Toe post 2471 at The Dalles will pre
^ T b i n t a to take the world
T he act also now perm its a ry C. Callaway as local represen- ’trip from Berry Indiana. Mr Ku- day
a t the home of Mr and Mrs
WhO ÍS PPC11 pPFH tl Flff from 8pOttCCl sent a rodeo in th a t city on June
r f T f 1 securities up to 10 percent loan for the construction of a tative for Standard Insurance.Be* is now wRh A ráal estate firm H enry flvvaiíH
Sm ith zvF
of The Flallraa
Dalle«.
fevcr
gt Good
hoep„ a | 14 and 15 according to inftgiaa-
of their capital. The order has new home on property already company. Mr Callaway has mkhy In 'Portland. Mr* M b B c I l expects
Those attending the Historical <pom repOrts that Joe has lost tlon received here from poet earn*
been held up during tltoJllnes* owned by the veteran, according acquaintances in Sherman county t* «spend «Buril Of the summer
picnic
Sunday a t DeMoss Spring* weight and will have to learn m ander K. B. Peterson. Prato*»
of Preston Delano, com ptroller of
a rec€nt ^pinion handed down and until the war he made hit-'With her ttkfthfer # h o ha* been
sional rodeoteer Sonny Bain will
w ere Mr and Mrs Theo, von Bor- to walk aga jn>
home for many year* in The Dal- quite 111.
currency. Delano was form erly a by
attorney general,
provide the stock for thrOlB and
stel,
Mr
and
Mrs
C.
J.
Kullck,
j
van
store
is
get
Miss Marie TÖnf'Wtotel retum-
business man In Seattle, m Port-
A nother provision is th at the les. He has been an employee of
spills of toe event, w ith proto»
land and Grants Fass. an arno g g u te can act ag
lending, in s u tu- the Pacific Power and Light com- ed home last Tuesday 1 from fit. Marie vonBoratel, Mrs F ran k ^jng a new coát of paint,
sional cowhands competing lev
other duties it Is hlfi job to ca
veterad seeking a pany for a number of years thd Mary’s Aowtomy to r her summer von Borstei, Mr and Mrs Ar™®n’
Shaniko stockm en and farm- the big purse money going to
dus vonBoratel, Mr and Mrs f arl erg are gmjje8 over th e rajn Of t be w inners both day« ana to the
recently resigned as manager of vaeatKm.
Schadewits.
Mr and Mrs K enneth past week
rodeo high point winner*.
that company’s office .In Wkpsto.
Kent stydanta graduating from
Seating capacity for $500 peo­
^jrg Daisy VanFossen and son,
Washington.
- the Moro high school last W4d- Martin and family, D orothy Reese
ple each day has te e n provided,
Joe
W
right,
Judge
J.
M.
W
ilson
A
lbert
of
Maupin
were
guests
of
' Mr. Callaway la taking over netday ware R iqteid Wileon, Carl
with new chutes and arene fcnilt
and R in a r d Wilson.
Mrg Maude G arrett from Monday to provide ample ?eeetin<. end
the office of the company’s form- von Borstal and Jfcdd Fritts,
Mrs M arghrita von Borstei of until W ednesday and all attended good visibility. Bronco rMtog.
er representative for this terri-
Jim Lang of Baattls, Washln-
tory, Paul McCulloch, who was ton was a visitor last Tuesday Oregon CHy was a guest at the the graduation exercises at Moro brahma bulla, bulldogging; calf
promoted to branch manager and at the hom e o f M t-M other Leo Theo von Boratel home during when Bill G arrett graduated. Mr roping, bareback riding end oth­
transferred to the main office ln Lang. Hia son Gordon who has last Week. She returned home on VanFossen returned them to the- er attractions will provide < full
afternoon of top entertainment,
w ir home W ednesday evening.
Portland. Mr Callaway’s office teen living at the Leo Lang home Monday w ith C. J. Kullck.
Peterson said. A street parade win
Mra P hilip De Courcey and Among those attending th e
is in conjunction with that of during the p ast sehool year re-
start the two day show at IfoOA
Ben Musa, accountant and tax turned him to Seattle Wednesday, son Denis of Klickitat, W ashing- graduation were Mrs Jam es Phl- a. in. Saturday. There wfil t e a
tonw
ere
callers
at
the
Theo,
vonfer,
W.
J.
Crolzer,
M
r
and
Mra
expert at 465 East 2nd S t , The
MM W t h T O r t» n Iftd ton,
rodeo dance at the city ladlter
Andy Patjens all of Shaniko.
Dalles.
Larry of Portland were weekend Boratel home Monday.
ium Saturday evening.
«
can fighting man
Legion Post
Sherman Con
Elects Bob Axtell Clubbers Get
Commander
$11,000 fo rS
Totton’ Morrow
Dies In The Dalles
lumber, which
«
Veteran Loan r Ian
*
Rachael Poley ‘Weds
Steve Gammon