Sherman County journal., July 23, 1948, Image 1

Sixtieth Year No. 38
Moro, Oregon, Friday.
July 23, 1948
T h ese
T h in g s
We
N ote
Official County Paper
Sale Plan Offered Club Boys and Girls Wheat Harvest
Entertain With
Wheat Men As
Starts With
Barbecued Beef
Well As Loan
Optimism
F arm ers who do not choose to
take a loan on th eir 1948 crop
have an opportunity of receiv­
ing producer price support by
applying for a Purchase Agree­
ment.
Under this p a rt of the AAA
program , the producer by sign­
ing this agreem ent, and paying
Vi cent per bushel service • fee
will be assured of reclvlng the
loan rate per bushel for w hat­
ever am ount of grain th at he
elects to sell, to Commodity Cre­
dit next April- T here is no obli­
gation , to sell to CCC and the
grain rem ains in the producers
possession at all times.
These agreem ents are available
up to December 31, 1948, on
w heat and barley.
The county loan rate for Num ­
ber 1 w heat is $2.04, and for
Num ber 1 barley is $1.28 per
bushel.
F our H club children and their
parents w ere hosts Friday night
to the buyers of th eir beef and
pork and m utton at The Dalles
stock show and sale last month
Officers of the show , w ere addi­
tional guests. ’
E ntertainm ent consisted of a
bounteous barbecue prepared by
County A gent W right, to which
was added vegetables, salad, eof
fee, buns, ice cream and cake
until everyone was either con
tented or past that stage.
Some before dinner talks were
given by the officers of the
show and the association that
manages the event-
Especially
im portant for the children waa
the presentation of checks for
sale of stock and for prize money.
The total of these was in excess
of $11,000 Buyers w ere called up
to take a lx>w along with the
producer.
H arvesting is going on in Sher­
man county but there are few
well substantiated retu rn s on
which to base 'a more accurate
estim ate than has been made
before.
by Giles L. French
Cutting started the last fiiv\
days of last week east of Klon­
T w enty o r th irty years ago an
dike and north to the Columbia
experienced w heat grow er could
and some have pulled into the
walk through a field of w heat
field west of Wasco- So far onlv
and estim ate it p re tty correctly
a few acres have been threshed
at 7 sacks or 8 or maybe a big
and very few fields are com­
w hopping 10 o r 11.
pleted.
Bulk handling and the change
Estim ates are, if any, higher
to the bushel basis made the es­
The country east of Klondike
tim ator be twice as nearly co r­
than before a start was made,
rect unless he w ants to sc atter
that is not famous for consistent
his shots by saying 20 to 25 bu ­
yields, is reported to be turn in g
shels.
out
40 bushel per acre. The rim
E astern Oregon W heat League at the Moro park Friday night G rant
Perry aftd Mr. Perry,
Many estim ators are rath e r F at Stock Show & Sale officials, w ith the club boys and girld as licking hia lips ? in expectancy
land farther north is doing as
helpless in a year like 1948 be­ buyers of Sherm an county stock hosts.
well and no one has rejxirted
,
and Em il Maurer of Antelope.
cause they are not used to pass­ 4 H club lx>ys and girls and Slicing
much
less than that.
the beef
is
LeRoy In the
background are Wendell
ing Judgm ent on so excellent a guests dined on prim e club beef W right while w aiting are Mrs Balsiger, Eva Landry, “Norman
The heavy yielding land will
crop. A m an who could tell the
produce its usual return of 30
___________ __________________________________ Fridley and MlUagi Eakln.
difference betw een 7 and 8 sacks
bushels and then 10 or T5 more.
Draft Age Men May But what will give the county
is no b etter than an am ateur
Mrs. Will Morgan
at deciding w hether a crop will
the big figures to rem em ber the
year
by, will be the jxiorer land
m ake 40 or 45 bushels
Attend School
which. In m any cases, will p ro ­
T here h asn ’t been much guess­
Buried At McMinnville Men of draft age planning to duce 30 or 40 bushels this year.
ing about crops, either. F arm ers
H afesting will begin around
put a figure on them for in su r­
Moro will be the first city to man county should plan to take
Funeral services were held enter college this fall need have
M010
the last of this week and
ance purposes, but street corner
no
fear
of
having
th
eir
work
l>e invaded by the motley collec­ iq the th re e Jd ay s of the celebra­ Monday July* 19 in McMinnville
the first of next depending on
estim ates have been, “ I t’s good.”
Interrupted
before
the
end
of
tion.
J
for Opha E. Morgan, daughter
tion of Dalles residents who, as
or “W on’t m ake over 25 bush
The Cerftennial J>ays are tied of Mrs Em m a Sayrs and the late the school year, If they do satis­ w hether the east wind blows or
B
rothers
of
the
Brush
and
Sis­
the west wind cools off the a t­
els.”
Mrs Morgan factory work, reports President mosphere.
C urt Tom began harvesting his ters of the Swish, are willing to in with Oregon*« Observa.rrc of Frank A. Sayrs.
W heat is already
A.
L.
Strand
In
a
brief
analysis
the
100th
anniversary
of
the
ad­
* * * * * *
died as the reseult of Injuries
alm ost any antic
to
wheat crop last Friday. He re­ perform
pouring
into
Hav Canyon which
P ursuing still fu rth e r the th e ­ ported a yield of forty bushels draw attention to the Ft. Dalles mission of the Oregon C ountry” suffered in a train-car collision of provisions of the selective ser­ wil get the greatest boost in In­
farm near Sheridan vice law as they affect students take of any of the central region
ory of “Enjoy Yourself. I t’s T>ater and was alxmt the first farm er Centennial Days celebration to as a te rrito ry of the United on their
President Strand recently re­
Than You T h in k ” Edgar I>ee on the hill to begin operations. l»e held in The Dalles August 26. States A featu re of the célébra last T hursday July 15.
tu
rn
ed from a m eeting of the ex stations.
lion
will
be
a
m
aiümoth
histor­
Opha Sayrs was born near
M asters in “Spoon R iver” con­ Iceland Medler and Fay Brackett 27 and J28.
The crop in the Wasco section
ical pageant depicting much of Prineville March 25, 1883 and ecutlve com m ittee of the Associ­
tra sts Cooney P otter who “in h er­ and the Macnalj brothers o u tfit
is estim ated at 1.500.000 bushels
The cavalcade, first of a series the hstory of th is area.
ation
of
L
and
Grant
Colleges
and
moved to Sherm an county with-
ited forty acres from my father pulled out in the field Saturday. planned to cover the entire Mid-
Wooden nickels actually will her parents the following year U niversities w here the matte»* hv the directors of the Sherm an
And, by w orking my wife, my Monday m orning turned cool and Columbia area, is scheduled to
Cooperative Grain G row ers, all
two sons and two daughter's windy a fter m ost of last weeks visit Moro S aturday night this soon be in circulation as a means In 1901 she was m arried to W il­ was discussed in considerable farm ers. At Moro W endell Bal­
They liam A. Morgan at Moro. To this detail. He learned also that the
From dawn to dusk, I acquired terrifically warm days, and found week. Those in charge of the trip of publicizing the event.
siger thinks the .Moro section
A thousand acres But not con­ less than half of the farm ers would not disclose details other will be issued by local business union six children were born, m ilitary authorities are planning of the county 'w ill w arehouse
ten t,” - - - -
etc., until the ready to pull into th e fields, al­ than the fact th at horsem en will houses as change and m ay be all of whom survive, Mrs Don to increase the size of ROTC 1.200.000 bushels of which the
old Simon Ix»gree passed on be­ though they are expected to take th eir m ounts with them, spent as legal currency. Rut Cen­ T itus (Zola) of Eugene, Rav and units in colleges and depend on greater part will I n at Hay Can­
tennial Days officials hope most Art of John Day,
A very and them as the prim ary source of yon. w here 700.0uo bushels are
fore sixty still denying him self s ta rt tow ards the end of the in trailers, and ride-into the city
of the wooden money will be Maurice at home In Sheridan officer m aterial.
expected- This Is m ore than the
and those about him.
week. The farm ers are all antici­ about 8 o’clock th at evening. Old- kept as souvenir«, so that the
Oregon State and m any other entire section received in 1947.
and
Mrs
Charles
W
hittier
(Dor­
And Fiddler Jones who “N ev­ pating a bum per crop.
, - fashioned garb will predom inate. revenue m ay be applied toward
othy) of Spokane, W ash. She colleges open this fall liefore the
er started to plow 4 » my life ~
A guest a t the home o f Mr
Cavalcade m em bers won’t* be cost of the ceiebraUpo. T he Dal­ Is also survived by seven grand selective service act l>ecomes ef­ A. A. Dunlap, m anager of the
Gras« Valley Grain G rowers es­
T h at some_one did -not stop in and Mrs R T. Dingle Tuesday passing out any wooden nickels les po«t No. 19 of the American
children and two great grand fective. Any students enrolled at tim ates the crop In that p art of
the road
and W ednesday of last week but will probably issue plenty of Legion is sponsor of the three-
that time are exem pt under the the county at 1,000.000 bushels.
children.
And take me away to a dance o r was Mrs Ethel Em m et of Ash­ reasons w hy residents of ShCr- d a y event.
act
until the college year Is cpm- Spring grain has quite a ways
Mr. Morgan who was
also
picnic.
land. Mrs Em met is a cousin and
pleted—assum ing good scholastic to go he explains.
seriously
injured
in
the
same
I ended up with forty acres:
child playm ate of Mrs Dingle
accident is at the Portland Sani work.
Total acreage of the county
I ended up with a broken fiddle nd they had not seen each other
tarium
and
at
last
report
his
is
134,000 says LeRoy W right,
And a broken laugh, and a th o u ­ jr fifteen years.
condition had »hewn some sligh
county agent, of which about
sand memories,
Charley Lemley of Hood Riv-
Oregon Ha» Gas Tax 4,000 acres are in barley. Be­
improvement.
And not a single regret.
r and his boy friend Don Sie-
tween two and three thousand
Those
attendng
the
funeral
Most of those who w rite on the ers are visiting at the home of
acres
have been cut for hay
from
here
were
Mr
and
Mrs
Car-
A
m
ajor
move
in
the
D
epart­
kota
offices.
The
total
num
ber
subject choose the side of th e is uncle and aunt, Mr and Mrs
About Average Size
leaving
about 128,000 acres for
roll
Savrs.
Mr
and
Mrs
R.
T.
ment of the In terio r program of offices, prior to the issuance
eat, drink and be m erry crowd. Lichie Dingle.
wheat
crop.
Morgan.
Mrs
Clare
Axtell,
and
for
stream
lining
public
land
ad­
of
the
Executive
order,
was
22
The tax paid on m otor vehicle
T hat is those wh© w rite the stu ff
Mrs I^eo Dumler and sons left
At an average of 30 bushels
Mrs Edith Sayrs. also Mr and fuel ranges from 4.5 cents to 8.5
th at gets into the books of poe­ Wednesday for her home in m inistration in the W est was in the States and 3 in Alaska
this
will make 3.840,000 bushels.
Mrs
Dave
R
ansler
of
The
Dalles.
Congressional
au th o rity
for
made in P resident T ru m an ’s is­
cents a gallon, with the national
try and essays.
alem after visiting here since
And
so far, no one has reported
decentralized
adm
inistration
of
average 6.3 cents, the Oregon
W hen one* tu rn s to the library he 4th w ith relatives and friends. suance on July 14, closing five
a yield of less than 35 bushels
the
626
million
acres
of
public
outmpded
Federal
Land
Offices
State Motor Association reported
shelf labeled economics the story
Donald Bryant spent his vaca-
per acre.
is different The well loved Ben on in Rufus at the home of Mr in Oregon and the Dakotas, Sec­ land under the jurisdiction of Grain Price Below|Loan today- Oregon’s tax of 6.5 cents
LeRoy Belshee north of W as­
the
D
epartm
ent
of
the
Interor,
retary
of
the
In
terio
r
J.
A.
K
rug
thus is slightly over the national co brought the first load of
Franklin, whose record for en­ nd Mrs William Huck. Bryant
The wheat price is staying average and midway between the
joym ent is much better than rho is from Seattle is employed said today. Under the order, Dis­ paved the way for the first re­
w heat to the Wasco elevator and
vam
ping
of
the
d
istrict
land
of-
trict
I.and
Offices
m
aintained
by
ju
st
below the loan price and lowest and highest.
one m ight judge from reading s an assistant tool buyer for a
the 100 acre field made 43 b u sh ­
vice
stru
ctu
re
since
1933.
In
the
B
ureau
of
la
n
d
M
anage­
there are few farm ers who ex­
Oregon m otorists
pay five els when finished. Estim ates at
him, advised “Never leave th a t wholesale house th ere He came
th at year, the federal land offic­ pect it to get much above that cents state tax plus a cent and a
till tom orrow which you can do londay & left Saturday, spend- m ent at Lakeview, Roseburg, and
es were closed in A rkansas, Flor figure. Ix)an price is $2.04 but half federal tax, but the m otor Hay Canyon are 40 bushels and
The
Dalles,
Oregon
will
be
con­
today.” and “Dost thou love life? ig one night with Jam es Coats,
farther north, also in a light
solidated into a single Land and Ida, Nebraska and Minnesota.
a half cent Is taken from that for association pointed out that in land section, .the same story is
Then do not squander time, for
form er school mate. B ryant is Survey Office In Portland, The
The offices closed by the new AAA costs.
That Is equal to several instances, m otorists paid
th at is the stuff life is made -ell known here attending the
changes a re sch eduled to become Executive Order w ere veterans $2.185 In Portland. There is a city taxes in addition to state told
of.” and other such epigram m a­ tufus school for m any years,
There is enough evidence al-
in the land office set-up, Director general opinion, though, th at far­
effective J u ly 30.
and
federal,
and
in
a
least
one
read
v a,t ha ml to prove that 1948
tical advice.
raduating in 1942. After which
Clawson pointed out. The Rose­
Of course there a re well known e w ith his parents Mr and Mrs
The closing of obsolete land burg office was established 88 m ers will be able to make it al­ city, Reno, Nevada, there is a is going to be a big year, perhaps
expressions for all philosophies oe B ryant «moved to Seattle.
offices and the tra n sfe r of train years ago, The Dalles 73 years right if the price stays up to county gasoline tax of a cent and the biggest; certainly the biggest
$2.00 and the crop l>eats 30 bu­ a half.
in money returns.
and one can p u rsu e alm ost any
Miss B arbara Rice who arrived cd personnel to m ore stategic ago, and Lakeview 71 years ago
St. Louis, Mo., imposes a city
kind of life while following some t R^ifus Saturday is visiting at locations is only one of the Once the mecca of thro n g s of shels-
tux of one cent, while A lbuquer­
well worn phrase, except dis­ he home of Rev. and Mrs W. E. steps contem plated by the Bu­ land-seeking pioneers the volume
ARE CROPS GOOD
que, New Mexico, has a city tax
honesty and deceit, of course. lice and family. Mrs Rice, nioth- reau to reduce costs and to pro­ of cu rren t business in these of­
NOTICK
According to the July crop re ­
There is no decent philosophy r of Rev. Rice Is from Moscow, vide the decentralizied handling fices today is Insufficient to ju s ­
Anyone wanting to move com of a half cent.
The price of regular gasoline port of the USDA, crop produc­
of
public
land
m
a
tte
rs
authoriz­
that condones them .
tify th eir separate
operation bines, derricks, or other high
daho and expects to retu rn
ed by Congress in the 1949 In­ under the modern stram lined equipm ent or m achinery under in Oregon is aliout average at 25 tion in 1948 promises to surpass
* * * * *
ome the middle of the week.
out put in the outstanding year
terio
r A ppropriation Act. W ithin program-
wires of the Pacific Power & cents per gallon.
Mr and Mrs Carl Casey and
The federal tax in Oregon was
of 1942, and th a-x e io rd set In
the
next
six
m
onths
a
large
bulk
Light
company
can
obtain
the
roughly $225 per capita, the state amiiy of Dufur had Sunday din­ of the services now being ren ­
1946. The acreage in crops is
aid of men from the com pany SH A N IK O
tax $45. the county tax $110 and er and spent the day visiting at dered ,by the Bureau in W ashing­
among the largest in recent
by
a
simple
request-
There
Is
the city tax in W asco $15. The he home of Mr and Mrs George ton will be handled on the spot REA Borrow» More
By M rs M aude G a rrett
years and yield prospects are
danger
in
handling
wires.
county tax , includes the school llaekburne, parents of Mrs Cas- in revitalized local Land and
very good for most crops. The
R. P. Brisbine, Manager.
Mr and Mrs W ilburn Frazier corn acreage, though relatively
except for th a t p art that comes y-
Survey Offices, D irector Marion C (n friction Funds
of Pacolma, Calif., and
Mrs small, is a half million alxave in­
Miss Mary Brackett is expect- Clawson ’ explained-
from the state—about a third.
U ltim ately,
Anna Pitgen and grand childrefi tentions and a record produi-
Actually Sherm an county paid d home from sum er school in virtually all of the present cross-
The Wasco Electric c ©opera­
of San Francisco were Thursday tlon of more than 3.3 billion
much m ore than the average in “ugene this Friday o r Saturday. continent tra n sit of papers be­ tive, with lines in Sherm an coun­
and Friday visitors at the home bushels Is now indicated. The
Mrs
Bert
Gooden
who
-
has
federal tax and state tax. too.
tween« W ashington and the W est ty, received an additional $575,-
of Mrs Maude Garrett-
And in 1946 for every $1000 In Keen ill here «at the home of nt?r or Alaska for adjudication will 000 as a loan from the federal
wheat prospect of 1 billion 242
W. J. Crozier of E verett, Wn„ million bushels is an improve-
Mrs Hugh M athieson be dispensed w ith, and much agency last week when
income $314 was spent for gov nother,.
Eric
is the house guest of his daugh­ m ent of 4 percent over earlier
ernm ent. T hat m eans th a t we vas taken to San Francisco by of th e B ureau's business handled Johnson, m anager and several
ter, Mrs Malde G arrett.
forecasts and will be the sec­
are nearly a third socialistic. ler husband two weeks ago on a face-to-face basis across the m em bers of the executive coni;
Mrs Amanda Fine and W alter ond largest crop in our history.
W hen all income is taken by "uesday m orning she was to counter in local offices.
m ittee were in Seattle to meet
Young are _ w orking ' for the Rice will set a new acreage re­
governm ent and spent by it we lave m ajor surgery at St. Jose-
Almost as familiar a feature w ith the administrator..
Muddy ranch near Prineville..
cord and nearly equal last y e a r’s
)h’
,
s
hospital
there.
will have gone all the way-
The money will be used to
of American settlement history
Frank H arris returned to his record production. Oats and bar­
G
rant
Boise
who
is
in
the
arm-
build
a
high
voltage
line
from
as the covered wagon, -District
* * * •» ♦
work at Antelope after a sick ley will be well above average
id forces is home on a m onths la n d Offices maintained by the ’M aupin to Clam o to provide
Both big Portland papers are
spell.
crops. Cotton acreage Is 10 per
urlough.
G rant and his wife Department (if the Interior play­ pow er for irrigation. A 66,000
having trouble w ith th eir new ¡pent the week end at the home
A1 McKinley was taken to The cent larger than in 1947.
The
vodt
line
is
contem
plated.
Some
presses as any reader can plainly >f his parents, Mr and Mrs Pres ed a stellar role in thé advance
Dalles Saturday for medical at­ second largest crop of flaxseed
other additions will be m ade
ment
of
the
Nation
westward
to
Ree. W ell, it takes tim e to get 3oise irr Camas, W ash., and went
tention and Is much better now. Is forecast. All-crop t prospect«? ,
w ith the funds and a building
evervthing adjusted and w orking m to the coast before they re- the Pacific. The phrase “doing will be constructed in The Dalles
William Hanks spent the week are reported, above the 'average
properly in a new machine. New urned to R ufus Monday evening a land ofice business” wrfs added for th e company offices and
end in Portland retu rn in g Mon­ of the past 10 years and as good
kinds of ink. new way* of m ak ­ it the hom e of Mrs Boise’s p a r­ to the popular vocabulary by warehouses. A new line 98 miles
day.
as In 1946. Current estimates In­
the tremendous volume of work
Mr and Mrs Cannon have dicate
ing pictures and a lot of o th er ents. Mr and Mrs C urt Tom.
a g g re g a te p ro d u c tio n
long
to
serve
88
custom
ers
is
incident to homesteadirig In the
rented
the
Frazier
home
here
In
new things will be learned before
about
128
percent-of the 1923-32
David White of Willow Creek early eighties. *At Its peak, this also planned.
Shaniko while he is w orking average, compared to 123 per
th e papers look as well as tnev s employed during harvest at business required a total of 393
for, Ix>fts & Sqn on the rock cent in 1942 and 126 percent in
did off the old presses.
W*v» lome of Mr and Mrs Claude offices in the United State« and
Sherman County R iders held
crusher north of town.
1946.
had a w hirl at th a t ourselves.
a
picnic
at
the
Moro
park
last
Alaska, and at one stage of the
?oats.
* * * * *
Frank W agner took a truck
Sunday
and
then
finished
the
SCJPCRKID
•
*
.
GeorfeJL
settlement rush there were 37
A drivers license examiner win
load of sheep pelts to P ortland
Tim e isJJonlj^viIuaMi" "Wtwn
M rs Miller Is employed for land Offices maintained by the day by going to t h e fa lr grounds Bochow, Jr., of Mount Vernon
lx? on duty in Moro Thursday
Monday-
used. A m an h a s about 70 years
N.
Y.,
17
month«
old,
can
tosi
to
ride
and
pr
actice
drill«
-
for
um m er a t the Vernon Mil- Department in Minnesota and
Melvin Baker of The Dalles is July 29, 1948 at the Courthouse
around a 10-pound dumbbell. Hi
on this earth in which to do
lace. Also w orking for the 33 in the Dakota Territory. N o\^ coming events,- am ong them the ean ride a «cooler, too, a« well now working with the highway between the hours of 10 a. m.
th e things he m ay w ant to do.
Sherman
county
fa‘r.
A
short
rs Is Donna Alford of Port- there will be‘ none in any of these
as hang from a horizontal ban crew here.
and 3 p. m.
t
T here is tim e enough for n e a r­
states with the closing of the Da- business m e ttin j v.'aa held.
ly all of them.
First Rufus
Fort Dalles Centennial Celebrants Plan
invasion o f Moro Saturday Aight*
Returns Are 40
Bushels per Acre
Historic Old Land Offices Being Closed
As fre e Land Era Ends In West