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About Sherman County journal. (Moro, Or.) 1931-current | View Entire Issue (July 11, 1947)
f • ' , ... I a k u ilM À * ’ c d t o i T Ï JÜ V R N Ä t, I >» M óhO . OREGON FRIDAY, /U L Y l i , UM7 » Portland and Wasco, and Mrs Cordelia W hite of P ortland ar- •rived du rin g the week and plan to stay until a fte r harvest. W eekend guests at the hom e of Mr and Mrs George Buck were th e ir son and daughter In law, N! '; ^ nd. M,r8^ r . rge. , B„UCk J r ’and Mr and” of Mrs c7R .*M children G rants Pass. arshaH of tory. The mfcln reason It is high now is because people w ant it so badly. We are consum ing m ore —— E very F rid ay at m eat than ever in this nation, es Moro. O r e g o n _______ pecially beef. Pork raisers prefer CU r. I.. F r r . r h ----------- l t^ >*1 to sell the com direct. W hich is m erely io say th a t as ------- - - -■« c I« m m»tt*r at -he S i« “ » OrT L un4*r Act u far as Sherm an county is concern *eM ,of March — ---------------- ed there will be no depression as long as prices for w heat and beef H arvest of the w heat crop o T ^ v e r ^ ^ X 8 are high. . i • •ttó>MÌsVp-E« started here last w eek w ith th e A great m any people are wait- holiday w eekend a t the hom e of Fi I v 1» M r and Mrs E. D. McKee. Mrs M arshall Is Mrs McKee’s sister, Harvest Starts pfrjjittr- ^auwUi 4 * » * * * In Wasco Area; Y ields Good il » 44s<r!i»Ti*» O FFICIAL COUNTY’ PAPER ------ H tB S H tiP T lO N “ RATES JULY 11, 1»47 are down. T hat Is good economics, Georee H arris m anager of the sister. Mr and but. If followed m a^ Sherm an Cooperative « r a i n Grow- hasten the tim e of depression indicate th a t the yield is prices. , b e tte r than expected and m ay be been 8r s t ’X \ h X AS usual Moro finds m ay he p u t Into it ,s de- sayy to u neces- N oM yolds s aom e^t l - a t e , * 2 s s s « = ssr-vx ='-,s a x “ P ortland spent the1 * Oregon beaches driving N e w p o rt-to ^ A s W a — p ^ 8 visited at the home of from T he D alle, v i . ^ o Mrs day and also attended the Condon ~ C ,A S AND OIL * T ires- ieceaaories Ph ne 3234 Grain, Feed, Flonr, Fnei Farm Im plem ents, Bags, Twine Auto Repairing BARBED W IR E —GOOD POSTS r TONES Feedstore Office Residence 163 162 182 « ’ The Dalles EVERY FAMILY’« need»» and w ish es are accommodated by our low er funeral prices. OUR SERVICE reflects every advance made by the funeral profession. . 0 1 ’R IMPROVED FVNERA I, HOME * •’' arr'" 1 netting for a service of impr essive beaaty. OREGON M ac’s W elding & Atlas Batteries ..From where I s it _.h y J o e M a rs h Machine Shop ---------------------- ;----------------------- CHEVRON " ~ , Kelly •< Tenth, is favorably k own because . . . . Wasco, Oregon WASCO b e e Driller. F rancis W a t k M . Trace Fields and Orm aud HUder- brand w ere in T he Dart 1« S unday for the firs t shooting ei» the new grounds of The Dalles Rod and Gun club. Mr and f"‘a Mrs ’ daughter, Philip O’M M eara are argaret J™ »« n d v 7 at The D hlkc Patricia, born July 7 at The Dalle hospital. Mrs Pearl Gross« up re tu rn d Tuesday from a business trip to P o rt'an d during which she spent the holiday weekend visiting at the home of Mrs H arley Garth- 5^3! tfc. Mrs Dale Laughlin has been ap pointed clerk for school district No 7 for the 1947-48 term . __ - —T ------- Spencer 4 Cibby funeral Home R. H. McKJJAN and SON IN S U R A N C E Atlas Tires ^ M c Q u lllfn M r s ^ R e l d of Wasco baseball game, Glenn and <k>rdon Bolce <>> Camas arrived during the wee* •^W eekend visitors a t the home end and plan to stay during j u r North torn at WASCO The head of the soil com irya- ¿ " ’““ r e x e r t s . Or. it can v isitin g -h er son i n law and, dau- The head of the soil conserva- tion service is presented in pic- » ' ygt home through unwilling- ghter, Mr and Mrs Joe D rinkaitl for the the past past twe tw o weeks is spend tu re and story telling about the negg tQ pay the pr ice. „ for values y a s n y ianvw Trouble is values or of ^rashy fallow. . T *..«v hat is is th th a a t t wnen when such a ing a week at the borne o f h e r indicative of of the the reasons reasons farm farm ers ers th ere is i8 r no p iace to son In law and <Jau«h ta r’ “ in/Urativp . „,nrt Q thorp often hold the soil conservation ™ unt(| thlngg are ,n a very M rs Dale How ell a t D e M o « h e service in low esteem. Its conclu- 1 gtate T he n a tiOn now, too, fore leaving for San F ranc sions are based on theory instead b f gome 260 billions for a short visit. of experim entation. X ’ s which ,g much different Mrs Ida Lum ley of P m rre JU J. The ordinary moldboard plow h the 25 billion dollars left In and daughter M rs Clara B . is considered to b e a n im plem ent m 2 . wee guests of Mr and M r e ^ o r r^ M rT n d £ Tigard Saturday Mr and Mrs Steve MtM1|1)n and Mrs B E strelle Hailev attended the w ater pag- and visited the Pet- k gardens near there. . M? and Mrs E. L. Woods <* ^ tU ry ^ y lM te d ^ le m K "" W ilma W ilde and Jam es Maddox enjoyed an outing a t Bear Springs «■ ana ,¿ 5 ath * STANLEY SWETT will be no depression. A reyer- w ill be in full sw ing, sal of this cVnd. tC“nt()8^ |r ‘ i X s , M onUna who has SOIL CONSERVATION Mrs B. W. Guy Mr G uy's m other M rs ^ n h a Hailey, all of Portland, -1 the w eekend here and friendsI l e f t .M > d b ay of Goldendale for a sh r th ere before re tu n g . Mr and Mrs . " d v?sltingS,friends S Mr"and M?s W. R. ReWI lb com- ■ PORTABLE W ELD ER Go A nyw here See Me F or Steel Fish Bites W o m a n I B ring Your T roubles to Mac such sU iht s th rin g s of the soli M o t i nor for other tow ns in th e e a t Foaall w h ere Mr , . . A. D. McConanghy are successful in producing crops, semi-arld area. Nevetheless, Mc<Juiuin will open an e le c ln t. * '* T ’TrM k.T Wasco Oregon H ereabouts it has not been profit- not pleasant. appliance sto re Now, or as soon as possime, Mr and Bill E dw aras wi Shop Phone 332 •M * ¡MOW, Ul on ---------- .. ryjf anVl I.*-- —-------- . o m e - grc __ ____thp sum th m e er sum at m tne No one will deny th a t eoll con- the . clty xxr.n will rgartainlv certainly do s some- gpending er at the Home 331 aervaUon is one of our moat lm- thlng w relieve the situation. I t Johnny Robinson ranch ytslteu p o rtan t Jobs.We m ust eat and food may baild a bigger cistern, dou- (n p o rtland over the * 5 ek®"d m ust come from the earth . Keep- or m ore the present the hom o( Mr — E — dw r j b)e nie or i i i w i c «ay. ------- capacity. - - »ne non»: e ui - ard s - Parenls p N early aU all of the trouble could ba ards. Ing the five or six Inches of top be „ Mr and an<J Mrs Mra E . P p . . Edw Ekhvards by * th h io is mnvp. move, wh*ch w hich ha3 has ‘ &nd Mr Mrg O Tpd Te<1 E E v v erett erett an and soil fertile and stabilized is a a obviated w» the added advantage of having daughler| Lois Ann, »pent necessity unless we w an t to get w eekend a t.th e home f to be the sort of a country China a know n cost and a know n result ALW AYS: New Dresses, Blduses I I t t could could dTill is now w ith its w asted hillsides drill another an cinc. j well, - - . Mr Mr flnd gnd Mrs Bruce Grady at Gol w hich would probably be better enda(e Wn and flooded valleys. and Hand Made Gifts oh- year» th tn e govern govern- IF a good n flow „w of w ater w ere uv- Mrg ^ ¡ H e Yocum cam« c a n « fr-m For several years m ent, th ro u g h the soli consents- u ln e d a t a reasonable Monm outh w here she Is atte tio n service, has been paying w ou,d g,ve , w0 wells and sum m er school to ape” d ‘‘L NOW : Nylon Hose, Anklets and fa n n e rs to follow certain tillage p um ps and a safer watet h liday w eekend w ith Mr practices such as plow ing w .th a T‘“ d t y now has one of Marie B arnett Cooper of uadies Levis disc plow or “ Un« J M rito or )n nd plow ing un d er atubble. would be expecting a great deal B enton county, W a sc o , O r e g o n * a schem e hasn’t worked very w e ll another as his resid®"c t . farm m Sherm an T here appears to be as m uch w n o p e bm pr;jb. havlng his farm < ooooooooooopooooooooooooooooooooioooooooooooooooo« erosion as ever, and a lot m ore g<*« t <, get a county. ready talk about i t w ed from which enough waieT lb . Tuiv i7 th ,‘ and the Of late there has been s< ™ um ped t0 satisfy the city for dedicatio J ly are maRipg experim ental w ork done in this 1 storage. W e will always Moro Dancing bt county T he station does some ^ o u t ^ t £ R fan Hrrangem ents to «« w ork of th at nature. Joe Be ger DUrnped in hot w eather. party at .. good sup- bad a series of experim ents before b e wU1 ln any event w ith splendid m u s ic ,..« h GAS STATION anything hut trouMo. Nobody vho knew the fnets would ovor criticioo Willie Wells was coming from Seward’s Creek the other eve ning with a string of trout, when a stern looking indy (visitor at the Boxwood Inn) »tope him, and tells him a man hia »lie could be better occupied than catching fish. The Gay Shop Willi«’« right to go ftshiag on blu one day o< — any more than they'd deny hia right U com« bom« to a mellow glass of beer. From where I »it, tho «lowor wo ar« to critlclx« — and tho quiokor we are to reco g n ise a n o th e r ’s Ustea. the better w e ll get along together — whether those tastes apply to beer or flihing. Willie tell» her off real good- naturedly by saying: “ Perhap« you’re right, but if these ft»h had kept th e ir mouth« »hut, they wouldn’t be here.” (At that, say» W illie, lau g h in g out loud, »he looked ju»t as if a ft»h had bit her 1) Blabbing mouths never cans« Ceyynff A t, 1947, UiuiU S ^ t t Statement of Condition h’ ^ ^ r n e n t mU^ T X woruld he in h - t t > p u t £ - - - - and ^ 1 ^ ^ 5 5 0 u f 8‘ltiOnc o X ’dem o", between the pum p and cistern is F .N A ^ A C C O U N ^ “ rVate the best to, *’ D ^ u sM o n on th is problem Beatrlc.t ^ o f Ju lia FIRST NATIONAL BANK of Portland June 30, 1947, useless. If. ‘hrou« h„ texpf.ear*n'8ehnOw Zf The problem . Solution will cost g “ ’„ ^ C o u r t of the State of tion, the governm ent can show of p laxpayers will have * for s h erm an County, and th a t certain farm ing rnem od. m o n e y w h ic h U p m 2»,d « u r t has fixed W edw riday. WIU _save the soil and pneserye w pay ugust i d 1947 S S b c T a .0'«» A Ao’JgU» day a a “s IU fertility, there will be no w in he given due w eight, the tim e for h e a r i n g o b j e c t ions trouble getting them accepted. to said final account and the set Note how closely farm ers now Uement thereof. On o r ^ b e ore grow the varieties of w heat de Raid dav any person in terestea veloped a t the stations ln • this in said estate may file objections n orthw est area. to said final account or to any From the Observer, July 13, 1928 I t is perhaps tru e th at our soil F ire sta rtin g from a hot box item thereof and contest the conservation departm ent po Y cam e about naturally. n aturally, I iv t never Qn the shaft of the loading mach- S3Dated Ju n e 20, 1947. presum ed th a t it would have such lnery al the top of the G rass Val- B eatrice L anphear B aker _____ _ as «o n CCC f f cam ram ps th ru s t upon viovatnr things E ievato r Co. at G rass . w— building ------- \ A dm inistratrix it and huge appropriations ior for v jjey Tuesday afternoon cause« Coolev .. ~ __ tre e w-w l a nfIna <70- dam building, planting, go- # th a t for a tim e threatened ^ Uoimey for A dm inistratrix , pher baiting, fence building. It brlng the building to th e ------------------ AmnVTWT happened to get in the way of £ o u n d gin a sm oldering m ass of NOTICE OF FIN A L AOCOI NT one social experim ents of d n d e rs and tw isted iron Notice is hereby tfv e n th at Vllv of the w--— — --- * “ The Moro Pharm acy business the u ndersigned has filed in tne the screw ball era. Soil conservation deserves be was sold the evening of July 5th County C ourt of the State of Ore te r treatm ent. T here should be bv Karl Schade to M arion McKee gon for Sherm an County his F^n son of County Judge E. D. McKee j Accunt and R eport m oney appropriated for , , iaftator of th e E state ri W illU m m e n u i work, either te * ^ eat^ “ W a.™ The regular annual m eeting of G MaCnab, deceased, and th at extent on present stations or through actual field practice, the stockholders of the F arm ers Wednesday, the 6th day ° f Aug- Eleva te r and Supply Co. was U8t> 1947, a t 10:00 A. M , of said w hich would he better held in Moro the afternoon of day at the Courtroom , m the There is no need of m oney f courthouse, in Moro, Sherm an paym ents. The Am erican farm er Ju ly 6th ’ A fire creeping through the c o u n ty , Oregon have been fixed is as quick as anyone to pick up a grass in a draw a t the Amick by the C ourt as the tim e and^place useful idea. hearing m of objections to ------------------ - farm east of K ent Tuesday noon n w .. for nearing 7 .a farm east ctilndintr Flnal Account i/w n m t and and R eport and DKPREBSION COMING? burned over oi 80 ____ acres of standing a" F o r the very excellent reaaon ,t wag p u t under fo r the s e t t l e m e n t ^ aa th a t there has alw ays been a ^ .ntroi v !2 . im ik A dm inistrator -depression" after everv war, xtwMit 86 acres of w heat be- T . L ester JoYinson, people are looking for one soon Econom ists are divided on the longmg to L. D. May, in the A ttorney for Adm inistrator— _ _ . A J as M onkland vicinity, was destroyed R .b e k .h ' m atter and very m uch divided to w hen ay he w w w it »v m a..-^ — i , w a r by fire last Saturday afternoon, Meets 2nd and 4- A fter r the first W orld • May had his grain insured Tuesday» of each A fte there was a flash depression th a t Mr May had mern. h it th e farm ers. Then It was ten Just tne y welcome. < ’ RESOURCES “ E ’ v . Moore I. going W expert- m and bu t nh buying pUn Qf re a rm g and t h a .Wu,ne as Am erican labor gets dom esticating the Denny phea- ^ . t there will he a price sant at hia farm south of th is city. r k ^ t T a t ¡ 1 .« satlTf«- e 0 Barzee is about to change F- “ v .« .« - - N„. 121 A.1-.A and Meets „ on the 1st am Thursday evening of each month Visiting members are cordiall} invited to meet with os E. E. Baraee, W. M. Pinkerton, Secrc’ary Mixo Lodge No. 113, Meets 1st and 3rd Tuesdays in I.O.O.F hall- Transient an riait ng brothers are' cordially invited to meet with us. | U th e r R e s o u .’ ............ .................................... J 'U 1 A L L IA B IL IT IE S C aoiU l . Edna Melzer, Secretary . “ .7 7 7 ? ., $ 5 0 1 ,6 2 6 ,7 0 9 2 6 / L— X $ 4.W5.000.W ........................ •........................... ............... >0,500,000.00 Undivided Profits and R ese rv e s....................... » 11,436,249.83 $ 26,430,249.83 Reserves Allocated for Taxes, Interest, etc...........1,291398.03 Interest Collected in Advance.............................w . ? , ! 545,220.76 Other Liabilities .................... ? •"%'......................... • • • •’ ! • 228,168.08 D e p o sits (ex c lu siv e oi .u>< tpm< al bank d e p o r t « ' 4 TOTAL,. LIA n H , ITI EL p : ?5,6'72 61 $50 i .626,709. 26 •"W * In addition to It» 4 0 branches throughout Oregon, also affiliated with the First National Bank of Portland are 10 other Oregon banks DEPOSITS First Nitional Bank of Fartfand and 40 branch«..................................i-.................. $473,125,572.51 10 other Oregon Bank« affiliated with First National Bank of Portland........ ........... 84,838,574.43 TOTAL difosits ............................$557,964,247.04 LOANS AND DISCOUNTS . First National Bank , - - F.rtlan4 and 40 b ra n c h « ..'............... ...................................$108,145,995.98 10 oth« Oregon Banka a ffilia te with First N atural Bank of FortUnd................... 13,554,474.05 TOTAL LOAN5 AND DISCOUNTS............ $121,701,471.03 John I>awrence N.G. A. R. Kessinger, Secretary Genevieve Powell, W. M. K EuO L E v E h _______ ..... - - - ‘ s J p iu s A .O .O .F . Bethlehem Chapter No. 78. Ö k A Meets Every Second and Fourth Thursdays in each Month. Visiting Member- , invited- Moro Om ^on **«a Cash on Hand and Due from B a n k s.. 4$H®373,7W.16 U. S. Bonds, including U. S. Government A gen cies^ 225,570,488.66 $336,044,197.82 50,653,216.01 Municipal B o n d s ..................................................... •• •!•; < Other B o n d s ...................... .. .................... .. ........... «a i ' /' L o a n s and D iscounts......... ..........................................lubJ 46,^96.98 Stock in Federal Reserve B ank................................... - - 450JWWMF Bank Premises, Furniture and F ixtures.................. 4,037,576.05 Other Real E s w c None I n t e r e s t E a r n e d ...................... ............................1,989,1/4.71 Ober Day«^ preasion atoppea inauhvr, «... relatives and friends iasi e r the nation- all over the wo . )eR Monday for F o rest ln fact, for OroVe to to v v isit isit his hia father father and and mo- mo- in i««vv, »v this —— nation z/ ♦ .. r <♦ Grove of th e last to feel fhe eff<^ ° * 'J . ¡her Mr and Mrs Asa Eslinger. F arm ers seem to he pre Schilling has dlspori-d of protected from low prices m r Standard Oar- »-heat and meal a . long as th e ™ lnte£ b rother w „ . U nited S tates continues to f ~ d age at K Europe. W e m ight expect th a t name draw lng fQr F ord dem and for w heat and meat wt d an hwas he|d tn T he Dalles on the drop w ithin a year or, «0 lhe nrg, nllm ber draw n E uropeans are able to start g j G Van M etre of Ing th eir own food That Unit, w o we guess, w llt le p e n d as much on Grass J n |y , 0 t w t th e ir spiritual condit D epartm ent has 200 ---- t b TO.eCZ m l . pcxluclng far Inch hose and — i««i feel ievi of v. n new t " ,wo ----------- . w heat fo r home con- nozzle to go with It, procure* y W ^ n n * eat It all at the Moro H ardw are and fm p l^ we ship K .n y ment com pany which was reeled place unless we a re w i l l i n g t o on the hose cart T uesday after- v V FEDERAL D E F O E IT IN S U R A N C E C O R F O R A T IO N