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About Sherman County journal. (Moro, Or.) 1931-current | View Entire Issue (July 16, 1948)
Moro, Oregon, Friday, Sixtieth Year No. 37 T h e s e T h in g s _ -r W e N o te by Giles L. French M errill Oveson has been con- vinced by 1948 and is p utting ., ««.«r g u tte rs on the new hmtfio house at a» K the experim ent station S herm an countians are .usually* so happy to see it rain th at they w ant o see it drop from the roof an they seldom install gu tters » * * * * One of T im e’s editors in com m enting on a movie says th at it was based on a conflict betw een s s ' i z n s i X ? July 16, 194S Club Votes For Opposition To Phon? Rate Rise Decision to represent the county at the hearing before the public u tility com m issioner in which higher telephone rates a re asked was m ade by th e exe cutive com m ittee of th e Sher m an County club a t its m eeting in Moro Monday night. The hearings begin Monday, July 19, w hen the com pany will present its argum K & ent. Cross ex am ination will follow and oppon- en t the r a tes will be given t jm<? ja ter to present their side case. Dates will be an- n o u n ced . later. Giles French will represent the club on the rate question and J. M- W ilson on the m atter of service to the Kent neighborhood, Inclusion of women on club tton which has largely abandon ed honor as a guide to life. The search for security is 1 vain one and the effort to obtain it through governm ent is use- less. / o r some m onths this new spaper ran a statem ent at the head of its editorial “T hose who would liberty for security are a reading of the club conatitu- tion which says th at m em bership is open to any citizen of the county, Four com m ittees were filled this year Instead of three as in 1947-48. a m em bership group *- . . . . • thought to be original, L ater it w as learned th a t Benjam in F ran k lin had said “ .T h e y th a t can give up essential lib erty to X t a a little tem porary safety deserve neither liberty nor safe ty ”, w hich Is p re tty m uch the same thing. A few years ago m en—and w om en—w ere m otivated by con- cern about rig h t and wrong: honor. Now it is m ore likely to be profit of one kind or another. “W hat do I get out of It?" B ut that w on’t last long for the nation cannot exist w ith such a philosophy in the m inds of its people and the people would fall to m o ral decay. Post-w ar condi tionn are likely responsible. jt is to the county. A. A. Dunlap is chairm an of this comm ittee, to be aided by Phil O’Meara, C. A. Tom, - E rn est Sm ith, Carrel B ennett. Millie von Bonrtel, Sa die Alley and M argilee Kaseberg The A griculture and Livestock committee' will have Dewey Thom pson • a s ' chairm an and W illard B arnett, LeRoy Belshee Vernon Miller, Bill Hall, Ken- neth M artin, Clara Kock, Helen B ruckert and I>eRoy W right as m em bers L e g a t i o n a n d Public Affairs w i„ g be J.halrm aned by Giles French and George Potter, Je rry WHson A A Dunlap *B trJle HaJley Bene Conlee, and Paulen K aseberg will be mem , ' bent. Official County Paper Experiments Wasco Holds Second Damage To Crop Shown Farmers Place By Beating Heppner, 12-7 On Field Day And Orchards Huge at Rufus Wasco won from the Heppner baseball team Sunday at Wasco D a m a n s to crops, orchards An interested bunch of farm in a wind storm that blinded and buildings in excess of $80,- ers, many from other counties the players at tim es and made 000 was estim ated by fru it went over the experim ent sta high hit balls -turn into fouls grow ers of the Rufus district tion Saturday afternoon and saw along the first base line. last Friday when they m et w ith wheat plots with potential crops Jensen went the route for County Agent LeRoy W right better than ususal. Wasco although in trouble a and AAA C hairm an Ormand Trees attracted the first inter-, tim e or two. McCurdy started H ilderbrand to s ta rt tow ard ob- est and the new planting of for H eppner but retired in the talning federal aid for their loss, wind breaking shrubs brought third after Wasco had made six W right, acting for Ralph Beck, out questions as to th eir age runs on some steady hitting w ho has been appointed to ad- and adaptability. Better home Bucknum finished the game and m inister flood losses in Oregon building protection can be oh held Wasco to three additional took a qst of the losses and the taincd with them , said Superin tallies, enough to make the score estim ates of them in dollars and tendent Oveson. 12 to 7. has sent it to state headquarters The planting of Rex wheat on This was the last game of th? ¡t js xpected th at invesigation PRISO NERS OP W A R —A N O LD STORE . . . Despite talk of a truce the trashy fallow plots was the season for Wasco, another b e-.of Sherm an county claims will and abortive peaee nefotlation*, the war in Palestine continues its ■alien coarse, producing deaths, destruction and prisoner* as aJl wars do. next stop Results show that ing scheduled for next Sunday *be *iirs t on the list because of These two m em ber* of the Jewish Haganah were captured by the Arabs moldboard plowing has made at Kinzua. The win put Wasco the speed with which prelimin- a fter the battle of K fa r Etayon, a strategic Jewish settlement outside the best yields, but the real in second place with 7 wins and ary action was taken. Mr- Hll- Jerusalem. Arab report« say these were the only two prisoners taken. trash y plots have prevented run 2 losses. derbrand told the fru it m en ~ ~ 7- off the best- --------------------- th ar there would be some AAA & *<>»' Varieties th at are being tried « funds which could be used for In plots w ere identified and A . B. P o tte r , P io n e e r , soil conservation purposes und som ething told of them by Mr 7 7 er the federal act. T his may Oveson. Several crosses with TV A l f if i V solve the problem of sour soil tu rk ey wheat now look prom ts UlvS A I OO I CRTS prevalent in the orchards. ing. he said, although doubtful The George Stadelm an of B. Potter, storekeej)er A barbecue will be held in the if the country goes back to and Antone farm er at Klondike for Halls sa,d that a l>rlcot and Peach Mr and Mrs Keneth Young ar- Moro Pa,k F rid a y evening when bearded wheat soon. A B lackhul’ in a orchards w ere w orth $1000 per rived home W ednesday, a fter the 441 Sherm an county club Oro cross was thought the best aied re and cherry orchapds $1100 • . . . . . . . » *--*......... - * Return prQm fjp t Convention Clubbers Invite Buyers To Dine 0(1 the National Conference on be host to the other club child total h e a d s, this year w hereas ^u aiy ._28’ “ 6 mov^ 1 to ^ ^ c h e r r i e s ten he said Cher- the Education of Teachers in ren of the county. it started w ith 25 percent. , X ' S W h hi > u X s are X lling for $290 X r Rowling Green. Ohio from Ju n e The buyers will be guests and l * s t year the plots that had returned to Ca? ton peaches averaged ‘ alxw t Qn . .. , _ v . . . in addition the .officials of the been seeded to alfalfa ‘ te b u r n e d to t a l o P K l° Ju ,v 3. Mrs Young viglted show G ran( p / rry , w „ , the effects t o r n . » H e homes eaded and la- $100 las, year and apricots a re friends near Niagra Falls. Courtney, the m anager of the trates by producing poor Wheat. remain« „ 8lore $ * The Bowling Green Conference Dalles Cham ber o f.Commerce, W This year,- w ith more m oisture q ® *8 .. ' Heaviest losers are the men iK the thIrd annual conference S. Nelson, D. Phillips of KODL. the old alfalfa plots are m uch- « W l ™ * . kjix - with old orchards in which the sored by the National Edu- Carl Floten and th e W ink lx>ys b etter. . at i n / t h e store fa rm er ntv Uet8 are dead‘ ,n 801116 68868 cat‘on Association through its are invited- O ther foods will he In the nu rsery the methods « ~ 7° m ? lr“cs died 6V6n when not «>ver- Commission on Teacher Educa- served -along wHh portions of used to try and find new w heats ■’ <£ • M rT rn?? 6d with w ater 88 lhe «round was t,on and Professional Standarrs. the qp pound ba/becue from were told by Bill fTall, station w , 1 M .tn ‘7 Vivt SOKKy aroun<1 the roots- TheX Problem s relating to the selec- some of the 4-H beef assistant. This year Is not a fa ,,randchlldren _n |, n ’ " ; 6 are n<d expected to recover. Bon and training of teachers to Checks and aw ards will be vorable one. he said, because 2 , h „ , *’• . . JV George B lackbum e’s estim ated lm Prove the Products from tea- presented to th e boys and girls nearly all w heat looks good « ¥ M anua, of p ptah in r. ,O8S in which in- cher tra ,n in * Institutions w ere who9e 8tock ^1,1 and the Drouth resistant qualities can- um a- eludes most of h 's old orchard thorou«h ,y discussed. About four toLal ig $11,095.70. This repre- not lx? found in a year like this Puneral services were held In and n e a riy 14 acr^a ut new trees- hundred delegates from 46 states, sents 29 5 percent of the total one. The Dalle/ W wlnesday aflernoon ^ „ ^ 7 at 3 territo ries, and a few foreiffi sales m ade at the show. Sherm an W ilson Foote, plant disease at 2;00 m wUh | nterm enl $U,8tX) ot which the larger p art countries attended. The U-. S. county hdd 23.9 of the specialist from Corvallis, .talked ¿he th e r e was *87uQ in * Cham ber of Commerce, Federa- *exhibits and won 33 percent of about rust and said that even ___________ __ x Atlee Wil»on lost a fruit crop w-orth $2670 and dam age to his .. tion of W om en’s Clubs, Lions th.e p irm iu m money. leaf rust may damage a crop Even the crop year has troubi The F>jucation and Recreation International, and 22 other m ajor Average prices paid for Sh?r- over a half “because it reduces «y ««« M n el land and orchard was $8075. - settling down. So far th e re has com m ittee chairm an will be organizations w ere represented. rnan (o u n ty stock was higher the ;rcn of the plant’s breathing ▼ vlC iallS IVlUSl W alter M orris was a heavy loser as w ater ruined 23 acres been rain and m ore rain ' Floyd Root, and K enneth Frid Delegates w ere divided Into 27 than the average for the entire surface. Stem rust is now pretty _ e ■» “ 1 1 «*« of orchard containing 456 peach w hen the sun m ight l>e 7*xpec^ ^ ley, B. C. B aum gartner, W ynona groups. Mr. Young acted as a re- show largely because of grand v eil controlled but there are |v6intH t€ D V J u l y 3 1 to beat down on cut hay the W ilson, V irginia M cIntyre and corder for the group studying cham pions^ among the local about 200 kinds of leaf ru st that trees, 571 apricot trees and 537 w ind like March- It does- .. K eneth Young are m em bers. “Science and M athem atics in the Hroun Price for Sherman county I -------------- 'l l nuzzle ------------- scientists — blows - ~ . .w -------- -------- ------- - July 31 is the last chance for cherry trees and 50 apple trees. ___ 1- knf <0 otill _A ___ A __ __ ___ r» K’ . . _ . not do much harm b u t Is still The first m eeting of the sea General Education of T eachers’’. )ambs was S1 9 (tn ts and the Visitors from Morrow county World W ar II veterans to rein- His crop loss includes 40 tons unseasonable. T here isn’t «much wIn held at 6:30 a . M., He will, w rite this chapter in the average for a p w;is 43.8. Choice said that some 1000 acres in state their lapsed GI term insur of cherries, 35 tons of apricots assurance as long as the w ie th e r p g T Septem ber 15 at the Moro final rep o rt of the conference. steers for t pjs C),nnty brought that county are being plowed up ance w ithout the requirem ent and 15 t(>ns of peaches for a to- doesn’t act normal. \ Hotel and the subject for the This rep o rt is expected to have 46 j against 41.7 (<„- a |p Good Iiecause of ru st damage. of a physical exam ination, the tai of $1.6,250. Loss of his or- Mt. Hood w ill.b e lighted in a m eeting will be the county fair, far reaching effects on improv- stee rs brought .7 and for the The rate and date of seeding Oregon D epartm ent of V eterans’ chard was estim ate at $13,500. blaze of glory S aturday evening the date for which have been set ing the teaching profession as en tire group 37 2 and the tillage plots were visited Affairs warned today. H arland McDonald lost 150 Ju ly 17, when Hood R iverttes fo r the following week end Re previous reports. One recoin- _______________ and t he crops judged ’ lrt the The state v eteran s’ agency, in peach trees, a sewage plant,« a set o ff flares and rockets from p o rts of the sum m er work of niended goal set was a m inim um minds of the farm ers. Rotation urging veterans’ to reinstate, well and three acres of alfalfa, high on O regon’s tallest peak the com m ittees . will also be five years of training for all JUV«*» B d t V K .6I1V experim ent results were given .pointed out th at the price of two Glen Thompson -reported loss during the annual Mt. Hood Le- made. teachers. ' some time in which it was ex- m onthly prem ium s is the only of H2 peach trees, 70 apricot Mr and Mrs Young then attend- ■ plained that continuous crop cost. some prune trees together with gion Climb event. --------------------- Climbers will s ta rt up the ed the National E ducation Asso- O U r iC Q 1 n U F S C ia y ping reduces the yields by lower A gtatem ent to t|,e effect t ha t considerable damage to his m ountainside in early, pre-dawn p . « 1 yri ciation Convention at Cleveland, , ,ng the nitrogen so that even lhe veteian is in as good physi. house. Ohio, July 5^9; Mrs Young as a Funeral . / / r ?*r8 ’n wet Years a l°w er <rop ipust condition as he was at the Bob Davis lost lum ber and and m ost of them will reach FlTSt LOBU Oi WhCHt the sum m it of Mt. Hood by noon » dstecste e x p e c te d . t tim i m p e h i« i n s i m n p p la n o g w i w i n .p n p p nn&L<i nd lo w lv tn c r > *^ delegate rof the Wasco-Sherman. Kelly, mothei o * rs e rry his insurance lapsed, will .ence posts a and low lying pa» Wilson, w ere county teachers’ association and son and Mrs on .Sunday. A smoke flare w ill pQuilCl 1 0 0 D a m p suffice for m ost veterans. A fter tu re estim ated at $900. C. C. Mr. Young as a vice-president of held from the Kent iC hrlstian *W Iirn be set off by the first party to July 31 a physical exam ination W ilson lost 1036 young fruit th e NEA- NEA- church Thursday afternoon at SHANIKO reach the top. The first load of w heat came to the church will be required to reinstate, trees, By Mrs Maa<l<f G arrett T ------ housands of cam pers will -------- R u fug ------------ elevator ---------- Monday ----------. m orning, Jam es F. O’Neal, Am erican lx1- two o clock, with the Rev. E ar w here the insurance has lapsed W illiam Huck lost 9 peach take in the I^egion Climb snow bu t t |ie wheaf ^ ad too m uch gion N ational Com m ander ad- H astings officiating. McCulloch left Shan- more than three m onths. trees, 38 apricot and 61 cherrv on S a tu rd a y evening. July 17, m61sture eonU!nt „ the haule,. gresscd the convention and re- Mrs Kelly d.ed a, the hom e of p n‘r , lan,, T e rm I n s u ra n c e v e te r a , Pullman, Wn., iko Saturday for Portland to at- Term insurance, veterans are together with the grow ing crop featuring Nora M artin and the from Quinton d istrict had to shut peated the L^ion pledge to im- her daughter at after an illness tend business college. z rem inded Is the same type car- and there was a lso , dam age to H e Tuesday m orning ‘Ranch of KPGJ. heard down and w ait -— for - a - provem ent in . education. -------- Boys” . — operations, - —— -r— . .. . ML-ac Vw,rn W J Crazier at rived from Ev- ried during active service in the his well and house- weekly over the MBS ne‘«'or*- few w arm days. poinS 0U.1 .u®, “ °f m n , taH Jrreon e re tt Wn., Io visit his daughter, arm ed forces. It Is the lowest it Is hoped th a t a p art of the T his show IS p u t on In the Le- George Fox got his sm all com- for federal aid to e d u catio n m Termessee .m. Mrs Mau(k. G arrett Saturday. cost life Insurance available, $10,000,000 appropriated by con gion cam p’s amphit.heaj.er- I t bine going Monday afternoon to Oregon Senator, W ayne Morse. x>ver 20 years ago. S u rv iv in g a re ~ , A recently passed law perm its gress can b$ used to relieve the Rev. E. E. Taylor of The Dal- follows a queen coronation ev- harvest w heat on a flat along spoke to the convention on the the two daughti i s, a son F rank, ent“ on a stage some 6,000 feet the John Day Rlver. The rep o rt R epublican platform regarding in Tennessee, eight grandchild- les. hel.l church services here veterans to _ carry rnrm J n s u r - |oa9es of Sherm an county fruit as in the Kent Sunday afternoon and announced ance another five years beyond men whose orchards have been is th a t the w heat is m uch thick- education. He m et w ith the Ore- ren. Interm ent w above sea level. th a t there would le no servieff their previous expiration date, destroyed by the flood. All over er than a t first expected, and the gon delegates on tw b occasions, cemetery, here the second Sunday in before having to convert to a th e J long prosperous fruit sec ♦ * * * D of sam ple vw heat ■ to quality ? “ a" 7 good 8°“ ' It » is 18 w arm er near ""T t^ istribution s tn o u n o n o, - |(pv , Joward Schllllng perm anent plan. They m ust tion trees are dead or a re losing Oregon voters are going th is fall the riv e r- 80 th e w heat matUrCS sacks w lth lnfDrmatlon about . Mr a™ ..... ,.f Uaxvrau,« wff ,inu ii11n i » 11nr-Pfl tiuit he will not make aonlication for this o n im e w h lr » h pana th a t tv of harvest off has Announced that he will not make application for this re re thoir their l leaves which m means that pass on ten m easures faster there. I t is thought th at Sherm an county attached m et having the wot w hether m any of'The fa7m'ers"in“ th ls w m ‘ w i7h"favor“ a“^ n g " ^ 'd . 'i e g a t e s th'elr"m inds for the first tim e in he in Shaniko the fourth Sunday newal. however, and prem ium ,,hey are dying say the orchard along w ith deciding and will announce later rates will be based on their at- men. Tom D jw ey o r H arry T rum an m unjty wl(| reat|y to s ta rt as did stationery overprinted 40 years, are tisitm g In Eugene in • tained age at tim e of renewal. will sit on th at south porueo^tor threashing operations next week, jvith w ith a a w her relatives. nu7;!._g7; w heat heat fieldpicturc. fieldpicturç. Miss Nita Quinn of V a n c o u v e r,-------------------- - the next four years, w ent to Madras Saturday even- them are ra th e r im portant and thcre Sunday. M argaret Olsen £ &JJe J p Qr civic organizations can do a service to th eir m em ber by ta k Duncan McT.ennon has visitors ing tim e for a full discussion of here -from Miles City, Montana, all of them before th at first The loan price on w heat in Sher- T uesday after the first Monday Mr an(J Mrs F ran k Van Sant> Claude Thom pson having rent- Mr and : '1 r?f" ”c am eron and^famHy8 child- (of man (b<? county to be $2.04 in November. h o m / ’o* M^" a n d ^ M r s ’ 1 Jo h n p k ’ hO' X ' n| T w ^ f o A h e ^ ^ o Y M r and Mrs W.‘ E. Rice ' F rank H arris is hom e on, 1 « re„ A w clinic l|, 1(e for heR1 pre-school a , the TOUrt 194(( is going - par Thlg T he leaves on the trees are K . left M onday fo r th eir “ e tt^ H e 9 mo’ thcr“ Mr‘s R o s a " * sther, Mrs R°sa • which tim e children will be ex- (be Commodity Credit corpora m nch l X « Than usual th is hom e in Sacram ento CahfornU- w l„ vl9)t theJr daughters a t Sa <>f M r8d “ ce', an<' “ ‘ ' A num ber of fr end and nelg - umlned Those w ho are going to tion which has form erly . made and the shade is heavier. Tuesday Mr and Mrs Clifford | d E ugene and go on to the teen Y l ' ors from Shaniko . andj7 2 L ! M r - s U rt to school thU fall —- are - es ioans U I1 on U lC d t l actUal basis of S m th e rm o re there is less need Van S ant arrived to v isit a t th e w h e n *lt.s hot. . ° " e another. — • - ---- 1UUI1S U dl surprised the newIv P^cially urged to come. The tim e fre ight rates and other casts. I ? s h a d e for it has only been Jo h n Royse^home. T hey t e t w as ,,n fw,m The Robert Byr,I is going to w ork and Mrs Joe Morelli de for It nas oniy — - ” - - - M . p McHugh was up from The Robert nym s'» "» and Mrs jo e « io . v ... -v jn l>e f between 9 and 12 1Z o’clock o'clock Tzv« nr,> a will At one t[me there was a differ- enough fo r shade a few day ““ Dan e 8 M o n d a y T have a look In th e Rufus elevator d u rin g the r?n(1, Wes, of town Sun,lay eve. m - an<) Dr Moon and Ma le ent loan rate for nearly every w arm nlng. nurse, -, will be in station in Sherm an county and Verhoof, at the Corfroy land which he is harvest season days. th in k it Mrs Otis Royse Mr and Mrs W. E. Rice w ere Sherm an -------- county charge. of recent years there have been --- may M r and Mrs G aylord Guy w ere m anaging for the John Conroy in notice has troubles With It schools bu charlvar(ed ,agt S a tu ra a y night estate since the death of Nellie called to EHem- >drg W a. h. t at least four rates depending on attend the funeral of Rev. M urifl Anyone wanting to move com^ over in W heeler <»unty the &nd Mra A1 Con freight rate. This year the Miller troubles seem even worse. The Hurd the pastor of the N azarene bines, derricks, or other high W J B p n ftrf A s k e d station w heat a «... will be w orth the ...... . . Ann v ,u u ,.« . o. o— - Mr and M rs L. C. M eyers came ehurc'h in that town. equipm ent or " af™n t d& r “ «*», P® state departm ent has made ^ c r , c lo th ie r of Seattle, W ash., same as the Kent w heat as far as tlclsm of the county high ha8 been a house guest of Mr and from Long Beach, Calif., and ex- c w pf * ra8 ‘’„' „Inv’^ c a n obtain the R oadm aster Jam es Brown has loan8 value goes p la n t at Fossil and th e 1" s tr '£ - Fields since last Wed- pect to m ake th eir hom e in Ru- Mrn a” . . cha,-varied last Fri- ? h tf “TJ from the company been killing weeds In the county Wasco county's county's rate rate I is $2.05, Ln The' county court is th e Mrs Kan _________ mg. At p re!* , t they a re staying Aloha were c h a n a n e a last r )d of „ from he com any „ p e c n y m orning glory, Q u i ^ - g , 2.03. M orrow’, s $2-02 school board in auch 7 f t ^ n d M rs rfon M acnab and a t th e hom e of th eir son and ioh^son- " l l L l r ^ m ’ h-indHnti wires. an<l w" ul' 1 llke to have someone and U m atilla’s »1.97. T he cost wHl n m “ P 1" ' ° $ daughters w ere overnight guests dau g h ter In law. Mr and M rs M rs R . M J I ^ (i danger i ha dl I te „ hlm „f every patch of peren- --------------------- th o u san d s,‘ perhaps nearly’ $ 100c « >t hdm e of M r and W illiam Meyers. Mrs L C_ Mey- Mrs Euia stev(m pon. W n _____ R- F. Brisom e. weeJg ,n cQunty road8 Mr and Mrs Benson Whalley 000 .which to quite a lot for e r s . b « ^ III and w « ' a ’ ,IohB K ftkehe and family of SfrU .- county which doesn’t M T a J o n ii la s a w , hosplta, reportahly July 2. Qf f w p|e here |a8t week Tom F raser was in I-os Angel- were here «M hiaaday o f last Mrs the ,van K,rke"p trV k ^ ; ^ ery on • n~ • .¿ r i m ore difficult Job of transpor- hill F erry . tin g them . * j J r About the County Loan Price Set At about folks vmi do know or would enjov knowing , "\'J '' Pre-School Group $2.04 In County ■■ ofm ; ¿ i ,*;
