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
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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
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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.
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• - 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* * * *
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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.,
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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-
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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
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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
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♦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
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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.
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. 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
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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»
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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
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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
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a sam ple
o fA ^ A ^
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H o l t o n l taking
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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n ^ X d an. t Sr
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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
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X . " a S o th e f
couple left on a ehort wedding
Vancouver, B. C
of Mrs. Mathleson.
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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> »
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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.
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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.
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