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About Sherman County journal. (Moro, Or.) 1931-current | View Entire Issue (July 29, 1949)
Moro, Oregon, Sixty-Fist Year No. 39 July 29, 1949« or would esjesJnowing M r and M n Eban Kee spent farmers have Some wheat Roy Stanley of who have been already finished harvest, but several days at the coast, re- on a W to Yellowstone park the majority have another week turning home Wednesday ac- and other scenic places visited or two of work yet. There hasn't companied by Ms sister, Mrs Mrs. Esther Stanley last week been an official announcement, Loy Cochran of Portland who but i t is thought around here w ill spend a few days with them? at her Wasco home. Mrs P G O’Meara expects t r was a year ago. The h bout th irty oung pe pie be home soon from the hospital it fields charivaried • M r and Mrs Duane irem ley . Sa‘urday £ " t« h‘ a‘ according to last word from her. Mrs. Albert Kaseberg had a m m home of his parents, Mr and painful fall in her home and l d 1 p Mrs Arae11 Lem tey . The has since been very uncomfort duces less Ing w as spent dancing and re- A few sprinkles of rain fell freshmente WltK^Served at M able. * Rev. and Mrs Claude Stephens here Sunday, and although It late hour. w ill be absent from his pulpit was cloudy no rain fell Monday. M r and Mrs Bud Coon had as Sunday while they attend a re- Vernon M iller finished har- thelr gufgts s , S d ay, July ie union of the Stephens clan. His vesting on the Tom Striker place Mrs Nellie Messing- ? and Mrs father was an early settler in and Wednesday he and Mrs M il George Kaseberg of The Dalles, Multnomah county near the. old ler, their sons and harvesting •Ed Alley returned homeTues- Barlow road and the family w ill crew moved the outfit to the _ . __ day ,from Kansas, where he get together to relive old times. Lewto McKee place east of Moro apent Ume hlg dau. Rev. Benjamin L. Hicks, 81, to harvest the wheat crop there. ghter and family. one time minister of the Chris The Millers have leased the Mc Between 2 and 3 p m. July 23, tian church at Wasco died last Kee farm and w ill make their an 0UUg® “C A * , Rn A “J ? week at Albany and funeral ser . h . Moro x k k -1 m .- was reported both at Grass Val- vices were held Saturday at w ill attend i the dfchool. The Turner, where he had been liv community fells a loss In losing ley and The Dalles. Crews went to .look for ‘ he tr,<uble- A ing since his retirement. He is the M iller family, as they have made many friends here during b* * " fuge waf,2 bun,r1, about f' ve 8urvlved by a stepson, H. E. * T h* Dalles bat Huddle and a stepdaughter, Mrs the laat five years In which m‘ >“ re-enertlatd. ' T — T — • - they have made this their home. y b an, further out However, M iller w ill farm the it “ tripped « P * * 1 breakers bre^ " ,furtber ° ut Harvesters are wearing away Striker place for at least anoth- ■ W J * 1* * * * .**** “ “ ¡J the grain fields and getting M r A n d M r . J. I. Lucero and nu S W fe v morning good yields to make the farmers happy L it I T lfT R * Fresno, M r and Mrs W Calif., - V A / X X |\ l X v V t T v -r U V J by Giles L. French A woman tripped across the rearing a big, black picture bat, allowed by a man carrying a ox. Women >men wearing big, uig, black cture hats are often followed ’ men. _ . * * * * * One can read in the news uch about “shortage of dol- rs” which will have no new eanlng to most of us. I t mere- means that the English are ilng to have to go to work to ntlnue living and that no gov- nment can deliver ease a n d mfort, high wages and short iurs, health and happiness by . wh^tner »Utical legerdemain. Whether — ... ow n a r J S t be hungry. Private agencies re more efficient than public England which follows the chingB of history elsewhere, Ve note* that women apparent- >ke as much delight m show- their legs as men take In elnv at them. ' • . • Jbert Schweitzer said at A»- l Colorado that gadgets are the Indications of clvlllza- r that ownership of automo- -s bathtubs refrigerators, tel- ilon outfits meant little and t morals were the means of erminlng the degree to which eople had advanced. , community of people, how- r large, that knew how to get with each other would be re civilized than one w ith all gadgets without social abil- , •he Pope recently decried our suality. -. t follows that probably^ the Test citizen is one withewt rals, who to also too weak to tere to them if he had any. ™he. vei _ . — tractors Dangerous Dedicate the week of July 24 through 30 — and then other weeks as well— to the removal of at least one farm work haz- ard; get the farm safety habit, suggest members of the Oregon Farm Safety council In calling attention to National Farm Safe- ty week. The farm tractor is still an Im- portant accident problem on the nation's farms, reports Council chairman F. E. Price, assistant dean, OSC, school of agriculture, overturning caused at least eight Oregon farm deaths during an 11 month period ending July 1 this year Seven others lost their lives in accidents Involving trac- _ . .. , - ...... Held At Church lically poor and politically (Miss Marie Blagg. daughter poor government or good of M r and Mrs J. W . Blagg of cs. The decision w ill lndl- Grass Valley became the bride whlch we prefer. of Clair Balzer, son of M r and ♦ • • ♦ - » o ievers m law mw enforcement e m u rcv ...... M™ A. P. Balzer of O « « Val- llevers 'row rly In give notice of Chief ley »t a ceremony held Saturtay e s 'p ra y gof Portland, who morning July 16 at 11 o clock • the leadership of Mayor at the First Baptist ohurch In i X t a been enforc O n « . Valley. The Rev. F. L. aw. Which many have M id unenforceable. Pray la ing that citizens do not to have illicit liquor sales, machines and w other under- l money makers If - «■•w and appoint the right law ► • • • • ling the nations of the AV pact would keep us b u sy tome months and our taxes high for som and would keep the wor e brink of war for som mi ' ♦ ♦ .» • ♦hAre are Is said that aanin n o w 1 teaCi?.eT , A lt'a the d ought to be^ Us the » Id Job for beginner». wouw Cannell of PleaMnt Home read the double ring ceremony before the altar decorated with tall bas- kets of yellow gladioli. M r Gorman Rose of Moro sang, “I Love Yoy Truly” and “Because”, before the ceremony accompanied at the piano by b y . Mrs. Orville Ruggles, who alsQ played the wedding march, bride was given in marri- hef father wag gowned silk marquisette w ith fitted bodice w ith a bertha em- broldered In seed pearls. Her finger tip veil was held In place toy a crown of seed pearls. She carried a white bible wlthabou- quet pf pink rose bud. and lily Mf Mid the* bright young Allege graduate.” fine” replied t h e cuve employer “now K ——»- — get to work and u a m ilng you’ll be OK.” ..“ J, a of* the boys in the car ammed a wheat truck on Street Tuesday Is report- have expressed this reac- while the car h^, was in uck In the side of a 200 truck: “But we cant ve’re In a hurry. * * * * * . avp the •t we Americans have t ;st tíme living up t<? ou ution Now we are argu, ibout the separation or ! and state again An 3 the awfulest debate on ntly about who can taix ite. Then there s the Ne- md Jews that are offlc: y every way and still have e getting into a social club r no law, constitution or •»> i «At *wflges high rbe if they get yag eem g n h ,o r , [ only .gain- and X t he actually what he anua j vjUey Mlgg Leone Moore, wore frock of yel- low rayon «atln with a bandeau hat to match and carried a bou- uuri of orchid gUdloU. »pbe bridesmaids, Miss Carol Norton and Miss Leitha Leader wore WUre identical lUCUWV«* frocks of orchid organdie w ith picture hats to match and carried bouquets of yenow gladioli. John Buetber waa best man fQr the groom and Donald Thompson and Harold Melxer flcted M ugbers. reception after the cere- mony was held at the Masonic tiered wedding whJte decorated w ith pink budg &nd with the traditional bride and groom fig- one end oi covered table which bore a, arrangement of sweet baby breath ,n ft CTy. nanked by lighted Jn crygtai candela- Official County Paper « t a folk, voo <f. know . M<,ro’s New 60 Day & bout the T hese lay» X ‘ -,A , ° Elevator Opens , -The A ” * J * “ " ° ' * he!“ taken into the new Moro eleva- tor Saturday m orning bout 7:30 when George K ruger, .hau lin g for Jess Ijandry appeared as the night crew w ere testin g the out of ....... T he s « ..e house of «he new 300,000 bushel elevator w as not com pletely fin ish ed and all o f the pipes from the head house to bins were not In place but w heat was accepted only three days after the July 20 deadlln, „ taW,Bhrt) contract w as let a week the fire, May &. Work actually started May 17 when a shovel began excavat- ,B< , or the p|( bu, wa)) d(.,ayed because of water and some very hard rock. W hen the founda- 2n".«W." r J , OL B « r L 7 a."d “ P at • ratr of 11 foot a day <1 and the main structure was finished by the Ju ly 4th holidays. Although not as large as the 32930P bushel Grass Valley ele vator the Moro elevator built to w lM under rush conditions fol ........ ... ....... .. — ride • « » " £ '« “ T X - r X,Z a sam ple o fA ^ A ^ ~ H o l t o n l taking U fer ranch north of Was™, where »»»> while W endell Bateiger and Bob Briabine and George first of the week Mrs. Lucero an alrPlane nad botb wlreB Wetea, foreman of the construc ....... * “ lTf< is a daughter of Mrs Barnett tion crew, watch the new and It was the first time in four cbinery perform Its first task. teen years they had seen one Over 60 loads w ere taken In another. . i, Graveside services for Mrs Saturday. A fast leg m akes It possible Nora Lee Adams of Orting, W n, in Condon this summer. Mrs to em pty the pit hy the tim e a held at Kent Sunday with Thompson and two daughters the Rev. Apley of The Dalles truck can left to spend a week In Condon and Rev. Earl Hastirv: of Kent which means that over 200 tru with her husband , officiating. Among those attend- cks can be unloaded daily. There are six big bins a, and A native Sherman countian, I lng were M r and Mrs I. B. W ll- a who was b om and raised here, an(j daughter arid Mrs Essie many smaH ones in the inter- left f o r California Monday. Wilson and her son and his wife stices betw een the big ones. The H ugh M athleson who sold hte all from Pullman, M r apd larger ones will interests here to Gordon Reid Mrg R j Harbin anti son, Earl, 35,000 bosheto each. _ about a month ago, loaded what Portland, M r and Mrs B. was left on two trucks when he gias and da of Forest took hte departure. Also leav- Grovei M r and Hl Wilson lng w ith him was Mrs. Mathi- M r and Mrs Y . „ dyer, Mrs eson to whom he was married M ary Ruhm M X •bout four years ago. Mathleson Mrg w . Amick, Mrs Clara has had failing health the last Heiyer, M r and Mrs W . B. Wll- year or two and is the reason gon, an from The Dalles; M r and he relingutehed his roots here, Ted Kaiser apd children of The Mathlson farm was home- Portland, M r and Mrs W alter steaded by Hugh’s -fa th e r sixty Wayne Adams of Salinas, Calif., five years ago. They had but M r and Mrs Jesse Adams of one child, Kate, who was with Wapato, Wn., M r and Mrs J. C. them when they arrived, but six Wilson, M r and Mrs Jesse Barry more children were born t o M r and Mrs John Sohassen.Mr them and raised on this farm. and Mrs Logan Gentry and their W ith the exception of Kate, who gon and his wife, M r and Mrs J is dead, and Margaret Leff, who Wilson and son all from Port makes her home in The Dalles, land; Dr. Joe Wilson of Moscow, a brother and three sisters still Idaho, M r and Mrs O. Douma make Sherman county their and Mrs Ida Davis of Moro, M r home. and Mrs Roy Barnett ■. of The Miss Gerita Riggs has been Daiies, M r and Mrs O. N. Rug helping out Mrs Harvey Me- gieg and M r and Mrs Sam Davis Claln who has been ill. of Grass Valley; and the wldow- Mrs Frank LeMaster is cook- er, W alter R. Adams. lng for Mrs Bill Macnab during --------------------- the harvest while her husband _ » — e drives tractor for the Macnab 3 1 (1 0 L /3 V IS brothers. , Mrs Louise Thomas and A rt P. Waldo Dav fr;M |(|j| y and Brown were dinner guests Sun- appreciated by all Sherman day at the home of M r and Mrs countians, died in Eugene last George Fox. They are both em- week and was buried F ri- ployed ..during harvest at the day. .. 7,-; VanGilder farm north of Wasco. He was born in Iowa City, Mrs Thomas who came to nor- i Owa, May 21, 1871 and was past —, » < them Sherman county In 1906 78 at the time of Jils death, 1 O f A A /V C fC S to well known here although which was from an heart attack. she has been living in the valley His father was a minister In Eu- The proper use of the last few years since her gene in the ’80s and P. Waldo acres was stressed by L. K. husbands death. Her son Marvin graduated from the university Jackman, extension specialist 01 joint meeting meeting of east- Thomas still lives near Wasco in 1894. He Joined the DeMoss OSC, at a a lolnt ern Oregon County Committee where he operates a wheat players and married Lizzie De men of the PMA, State PMA farm. Moss in 1900. , ■"j'J:. , officials a n d eastern Oregon Mrs Allen Tom and daughter, He was one of the members Carolyn, . made a trip , to Port- of that family and w ith them county extension agents in Pen- land Friday returning home traveled over America and Eu- dleton, July 22. again Saturday. rope giving concerts in church- ,Mr. Jackman, suggested that adaptable grass specie^ be M r and Mrs Bernard War- es, halls, opera planted on diverted aerft in neris youngest child had a ma- groups of all kinds T fc * most Jor operation Tuesday. A t the active part of his life was spent Columbia basin wheat produc end of the week it was report- in this manner although It is ing counties. Grasslands serves Their older difficult to pick out any part of two fold purpose In assisting son'w'ho l î ’r ^ o yeaiä'öld h ? ¿ P. W a W s U lf e that waa most to cut down ^oll erosion and ^ n ^ X d an. t Sr ^ M r Znd M “ Sinton Barnett the Mn. Walter Adams W tMte Jackman Says Grass Car Hits Wheat measles. the e measles. M r and Mrs George Jenson df The Dalles are both driving the bulk wheat trucks here dur- fner h a r v e s t M rs Jenson Is driv- £5 Herman Brackett w X hw husbSAl is I I In . ,,tfl^ °T h e SZy f o r th e Dick Yecum D ie * Yocum active. He was alwayg «n the go, always ready with a word and always ready to play music He as a regular attendant at the historical picnic and at The Dalles pioneer society where he Played hla musical bell.. For year, he haa lived In Eugene yeh™ " e w a g a favorlt< wlth providing forage for greater livestock production. New plantings of grass on an average acreage cut of ¿0% in the Columbia basin wheat pro- made during areas should be oe maue on Individual conservation farm plana to protect hillsides from Proding and to conserve the soil neaches are beginning to luncheon and dinner clubs as for future generations £ he n A ? « hmlt m en well a» churches and granges. Arnold Bodtker, official of the u . o i f f i harvesting He waa a Baptist, an Odd-Fellow sUte PMA office^ reviewed the ♦VoiA inricntqT W hat made No a Lion, a Granger and many practices which w ill receive pay ! were ^Uken into The DaHes other societies a n d - enjoyed ment by « .u n ^ P M A offices to traveling the bride wore » M « a IH w h ile the rest hung on ir MJin a white suit trimmed In navy M r ^ id Mrs W illiam Coots of blue with navy accessories and X «¿nV the w e X n d ^ the ^ ^ g e w as rosebuds from £ ^ « r f M r i n d fTr^John Ma- her bridal bouquet The young X . X . " a S o th e f couple left on a ehort wedding Vancouver, B. C of Mrs. Mathleson. ♦ k a m " them all. Surviving are a son, Herschel of Eugene; a daughter, Mrs. By- ron Blackwell of Powell Butte, four grandchildren; a sister In iarm ers cuiupv> » ...«11»« strip cropping, stubbie utlliza tlon, pasture development, crop rotation practices shifting from soil depleting to soil conserving law. Aurelia DeMoss of Eugene: a brother In law, John of Moro, crops and assistance ing of range grasses. to plant- Land Sales Make Truck at Intersection' Ownership In A car driven by Alexander Dias of Spokane, Washington, ran Into a wheat truck driven by George Kruger and owned by Jess Landry Tuesday after noon resulting in some badly displaced sheet iron on the front of the car. Dias Is a stu dent a t Gonzaga university. None of the participants in the accident were injured and, the car was taken in charge by the insurance company Wednesday morning and the boys finished their Journey to Spokane by oth er means. • . Kee|er fake« AAA Insurance Job The local AAA office, w ill Jiave a fleldman starting Mon day, August 1, according to ari announcement by O. G. Hllder- brand chairman. Jake Keeler, formerly of Pen dleton, will take over his duties as crop insurance agent a n d compliance supervisor on that date. ' Mr. Keeler will visit all farm ers In the near future to explain the wheat crop insurance ' pro gram for 1960, »• County Greater Land sales have been made In the past month that mean re moval of old families from the Sherman county scene, change In ownership of long established farms and the continuation of consolidations such as has mark ed the county’s agricultural hls- torp since It began. Hugh Mathleson, . son of an original Scotch settler, sold hte 480 acres to Gordon Reid and Is moving to California. Mrs. Grace Medler has bought the Minnie Hyland place,« now farmed by Ross Guilford and her son, Elton, recently married w ill live on the place it Js re ported. « Dr. M B Taylor, long a large landowner southwest of Grass Valley, has sold the 2600 acres south of the Back Finnegan road to J E. Brown, whose son. Max w ill operate. The home place, It to reliably reported, has been sold to Charles Davis, who in turn sold hte section 23 and adjoining half section to Fred Cox. Millard Eakln, who has been farming the Taylor place, has bought a ranch at Powell Butte and will move there af ter harvest. ,
