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About Sherman County journal. (Moro, Or.) 1931-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 12, 1949)
Sixty-First Year No. 40 Moro, Oregon, Friday, T h e se About the County T h in g s We N ote ) Mr and Mrs Amos Short with son Bobby of Camas, Washing- ton spent Sunday with Trace Fields and family. Also at the Field’s ranch a couple of days were Mr and Mrs H. W. Pack- ard of Portland Their daughter had worked for Leonard Fields during harvest, T h e Packards all returned to their Portland home Sunday. Helen Shanks from Portland who bad been working for Glen Van Glider during harvest, re- turned home Sunday*. Cliff Fridley is repairing his home residence in preparation for the “falling” season. A rthur Spencer is boasting with a broad smile, a grandson born to Mr and Mrs Stanley Rex Bohms. The mother is the former Idallia Loraine Spencer of Wasco. The Bohms live on Butter creek in Umatilla county. Mr and Mrs Jim Beaty moved their household goods to The Dalles Monday this week, mak ing that city pieir home and to be near his work. Mrs Sadie Rich is vacationing near Hubbard, also is interested in her grandchild bom to her son Gordon and wife recently In Portland. Mrs. Elvis Rich is wanting to show everybody her new elec tric sewing machine “The New Necchi” free demonstration. See her for particulars. August 5, 1949 about folks vou do kaow or would enjov knowing The wheat harvest is about over for this year. About half a dozen outfits , are still going, but they* expect to be through by the end of this week with maybe a couple of days next week for mopping up opera- tions. „ The opening of school is just four weeks away, so there is talk /of vacations while there is still time before the children enter the school room • again. The children say the summer has gone by too fast, and that they don’t want to think about school for awhile. Mr and Mrs Frank Bayer and Mrs Charles Perrigo were In The Dalles Tuesday on business. Miss Barbara Duncan return- ed home Sunday from Santa Ana, California where she spent a month visiting relatives and friends. Mrs Dell Olds, M rs Boyce Blaylock and Mrs Wayne Kelly were business visitors in The Dalles Tuesday. Mrs Roger Hayne of Carlton came up Sunday1 to take her husband back a f t e r spending two weeks here helping Bill Holmes in harvest. Howard Pierce left last Tues The REA electricity was off day for his home in Portland for twenty hours Wednesday after working aweek at the ele in the northeastern part oi u»e vator. county. There is quite a bit of Mrs. Herman Ziegler returned confusion here when the elec tricity is off, as the people have J home Friday from Ellensburg gone all out for electricity in where she spent several days the year and a half since it wa3 visiting at the home of Mr and Mrs Willis Eslinger. Luetta Es first turned on in this area. linger came home with her to A light sprinkle of rain fell spend several weeks visiting , Saturday night making relatives. Mr and Mrs C. R. Andersen the air fresher Sunday. The days are cool now with but lit and son, Dennis, went to The palles Saturday w h ere Dennis tle wind. * Mrs Andy Engberg is in the entered the hospital for medical Sacred Heart hospital in Spo- attention. Mr and Mrs Andersen kane according to the latest went down Sunday to visit him word received in Rufus. / at the hospital. Mrs Clara White and daugh- Mrs. Joe Blbby was a business ter Virginia of Portland spent visitor in The Dalles Monday, four days of last week at the Janice Bibby came home with County Has Storage For Over Official County Paper Council [Starts Action On Permanent and 3,000,000 Bus. Crop Nearly All Double Parking 4,500,000 Bushels " • *■ ¿2 Harvested Preparation of a new c i t y ordinance to provide parking re- Storage capacity for wheat in gulations and help stop some Although ¿here has been some Sherman county is enough to parking ills will be done by the discouraging reports’ about the house any crop that may be city council before t h e next returns from the crop a compil- grown according to a check meeting. Informatoin about par- ation of the available figures king laws in other cities has together with the best estimates Without providing any emer- been requested from the League on the grain remaining to be by Giles L. French gency storage the county could of Oregon Cities and the new cut, indicates that the county away some 4,650,000 bushels ordinance will be based on that, will reach the p, 000,000 goal of A sackaewer once said In the of grain, all in elevators that Permanent parking and double pre-harvest guesses, olden, golden days as he took are comparatively new. This in parking are two local habits T h e Sherman Co-op Grain his check from the boss in the cludes some flat houses made about which the council was Growers at Wasco has already cookhouse at the end of the over for bulk grain. concerned. - taken in about 1,250,000 bushels season, “The best thing about Division of the storage is as A review of the work done and expect, to finish the season this job is the cleaning up af follows. In the Wasco territory was made. Cleaning the ditch with a total’of 1,300,000. Althou- terward.** And he looked It. Big there is 1,600,000 bushels brought a charge of $1000 which gh this is 600,000 under the 1948 stubble bearded (for no man storage including the new ele' is being reviewed before pay- total it is still a good crop, says shaved until Saturday night) vators recently built and one nxent and new sill for the Han- manager George Harris, with his knees covered with warehouse. sen bridge cost over $500. Ad- In tbe district served by the canvas patches and his fore The Mpro Grain Growers has ^utlonal work on the ditch above Moro Grain Growers, Wendell arms with long leather cuffs, 1,400,000 bushels of storage, a town is to be done before wln- Balsiger expects 750,000 bushels part of which is flat houses con- ^er the sack sewer looked as if he or slightly more when the sea verted to bulk use but a large , _ _________ knew what he was saying. son ends. Saturday night there port is in concrete elevators or was 647,000 bushels of 1949 new wooden ones. wheat in the elevators with give their principle pleasure Wheat Agreement At Grass Valley there is room prospects of well over 100,000 from the conclusion thereof, for 1,250,000 bushels of wheat wars for instance. bushels more to come. and the greater part of it Is in Makes Subsidy High • • • • • At Grass Valley A. A. Dunlap comparatively new elevators. Big shots are saying that a The international wheat ag- expects to end the season with The farm storage, including p re B B iu n **» t ■ ■■■■ ■ — , . reement went into effect Aug- 600,000 b u s h e l s p f ... that which is new this year, dnt to certain market advan- ust 1, according to the weekly *he bins. The ® will be at least 400,000 bushels s as proof. And Mr. Hoover bon and Kent districts ha9 not grain review prepared by the as some good sized houses have still alive. OSC extension service from US been as much as expected. been built in 1949. Total of these accurate predic - ♦ • .* ♦ • - Commercial houses are still DA reports and other data. This tions is 2,650,000 bushels. There is now a high school well filled with 1948 agreement was drafted early say contest on the subject, In 1948 the farm storage ca eace, With Honor for Ameri- Mr and Mrs Willard Spangler Bobby B r X who spent his Lee Woolwlne. bv the ^ e Commodity Credit Cor- ing and exporting countries. ....... ....... pacity for the county was bet by ”, which seems a sort of Infl and son, Henry, and family who Australia, Canada, France . and ween 300 and * 400,000 bushels «s well over 2,000,000 the United States have signed and all 1948 wheat was removed Mrs Don Don Smith, Mr E? ation that it would be a little are visiting in the northwest furlough at th e hom e of Mr and Mr and Mrs have returned from a vacation Mrs Charles Kuypers went back and Mrs Frank Pike and H enry f w heat 8tlll ln storage as exporters of wheat. Nineteen from these elevators last spring. Tlcult to have both peace and _ In the service where he is with Peters went to Portland Tues- 1 e 1948 in Sherman of the wheat Importing coun Some additional storage has nor. Will some patriotic or- trip down the coast. Miss Janet Workman is at- the Air Corps. He expects a dis- day to attend the funeral of °Qunty nization please start a contest tries have signed. The remain- been built and it seems a safe Everett. _ ... . Wheat has begun to move out der have until October 31 to rat conclusion to assume that it is how to fight wars with hon- tending Young Peoples Chris- charge in October. tian conference at Cove during Mr and Mrs Jo h n rh o m p so n Mr and Mrs B ruce Alley went p ortiand this week and it is jfy the agreement, filled. This makes the early r this week, August 7 to 13 with and family-spent the week en d to Portland Tuesday on business. tbat tlde water storage This agreement is designed estimate of 3,000,000 without • • * • • other young voung folk from The visiting Thompsons parents, Mr Mr and Mrs R. J Baker of units llKe y may again begin to receive - * calculating 1 9 e bushels saved other to stabilize world wheat mar- A hand written from an eld- Delies. and Mrs Glen Thompson. Danes and ano their tneir granoenuu- - The w heat Retfl The Dalles grandchild- The im porting countries for seed and feed, which prob- [y man Is in some of the fln- Melvin Brady of Portland is ren Carol Lee and Gary Baker, tVw Phil- o«,,« to take 454 million bush ably totals 200,000 bushels more. This Sunday* at the Wasco « fpw is going to Japan and the Phil- agree t writing seen 1 n years Church of Christ the topic, will here this month helping Carl came up W a tew jpptnes to help feed our late P|S Of wheat annually. Tlie tf. S. —---------------- " bools taught writing in those be "The Active Agent in the Thompson paint t h e R u f i i s days here. t h a t part o f the share of this Is 168 million bu- ys before typewriters and Life of A Christian”. school house before school opens Dr. Kalland and J family of enemies shels. Ted Everett Funeral world. •chanlcal means of expressing Portland came Sunday morning, in September. Importing cqpntrles agree to William “Bill” McKean and oughts on paper. Children Dr. Kai land preached both mor 8HANIK0 pay $1.80 a bushel based on No. I Mr and Mrs Leqnard Jordon ning and evening ____ tmed how to write and often family are spending a few days sermons at northern wheat in bulk at Fort Held In Portland R ev ’ Mrs Rosa Harris and- Mrs write beautifully. In these with his mother, Mrs Sadi« Mc- were on a couple of weeks fish- J ^ p J r e t Baptist’ church. The' price _ ^ _ rg A l _ . Kiatner _ _ are on ’ Rose Cunnion & Walter Young Williams, Canada. >ppy days college graduates Kean, also looking after the bus- ing trip which took them tn La and Funeral services for Hugh E. for other exporting countries ‘ ‘ as ‘ far east as On- a“J ^ " ’‘^ k8 vacathWr Lawrence were business visitors in The -Ite like first graders used to lnees. The day man. Morse ‘ is Grande ‘ and (Ted) Everett Jr. were held in will vary as to the difference in vacationing. tario. They came home w it rpodd will preach at the Baptist Dalles Thursday*. Portland Tuesday* afternoon and freight rates between the coun Mr and Mrs Paulson, former Mr and Mrs Hill are returning some nice fish. Mrs Ray Brown church Sunday, August 14. concerned, compared to the Interment was made ln Lincoln from vacationing with Mr and attended the postoffice during Mrg Orville Ruggles motored residents bf our city were visit tries freight rate frorri Fort Williams, Memorial cemetery in that city aybe there was something Mrs Wayne Hixson via Califdr- lir a JoriOOl 4""Bee. _ Prineville Thursday bringing ors here a t the hotel and at the Ted Everett was born at the he old willow 'sw itch meth- nla, and coastal points of Ore , Mr and Mrs John Addington hef slster Mrs. Maurice deVries home of Mrs Rosa Harris aunt Canada. Freight rates from the Pacific ' old Everett place near Blglow ifter all. and grand daughter, Miss Shir- and famBy hack with her fora of Mrs Paulson. gon. • March 21, 1892, and had lived northwest ports are considered Mr and Mrs Volna Guyton • • • • • • _ TiHrarv has order- ley Herin wcre overnl«ht guests vigit Mr deVries arrived here and ln the county almost his entire comparable to those from Fort son Bob of Clackamas are The Wasco Library h a s ^ rd e ^ Wednesday of Mr and Mrs Don- ^ ¿ rday. from Oroville, Calif.. very body’s talking about Williams, Canada, so the wheat life. He was married September aid Macnab. growth of big government ed the following new taking his family to Portland guests of the Chas. Carrigans, agreement price for Portland 22, 1934. In recent years he has Wayne has would . ~~~ like the Huck Mr and Mrs nuv*. Salur(jav — -been - with his aunt and Seattle is $1.80 a bushel been truck driver for the Sher how dangerous it is *o our they county ------ readers to come ln and met from William gunday Saturday to w visit her Drotner, for the pa3t Ished way of life and every The eastern man Co-op at Wasco and had Mrs Amanda ?n .«>e D eschutes.w here, they returning to their home ln Cal Amanria Fine went to for No. 1 wheat. r’s taking government cash ^ F a t h e r of the B rlde-Streeter — » « _ __,i -it — > — Thp iiaiips i nursudv w j uui- ports of the U. S. have a maxi- lived all over the county at some to pur- The Dalles Thursday otherwise helping build up (2) Hunter's Hom —Araow sJ“ d a Picnt® • ’x* *U > • » ‘ ifornia. chasc a new car with which she' mum export price of $1.96 a time. He had many friends. government. Until we get rsi The Husband—Natalie Scott ,n®; Funeral services were con . Mr and Mrs Charles Lemley ' . gunj ay evening and bushel for No. 1 grain. These Mr and Mrs John Mathieson of Gresham came a3 far as The returned Sunday ev n g e e courage into our convio- u S a t h oT a S^esm an-M Iller ducted by Portland post No. 1, Death « of a baiesm ------ d werc guesU Sunday of Da,les Wednesday to take their went hack m ner^w importing countries, American Legion with Chaplain n e r gue»u> 3 we Just as well stop talk- (4) (5) -Z The Fountain H e a d -H R a an n d w e re d in Mrg Em le o u tiu daughter. Mrs Leo -------- Morse, -------- home E A_ Maurer Davenport officiating, Ted had <61 After the S torm -G arth H al. ™ £ m” Saturday from the and her son and daughter ln so the freight rate is less than served in the army in World Mrs Harold Fine, from Fort Williams. This dif- John Mathieson and Mrs Wy- hospital where she spent aweek ’ . t ~ War I. Redmond to see ference is added to the $1.80 a great change has come Surviving are his widow, Nor cliffe Rice went to Grandview recovering from virus pneumon- whcTis in thè hospi- bushel to make the price of • Portland. It is much like School Busses Must ma, a daughter, Lois Ann, his Thursday evening to attend a ia. Her husband came from Al- tai there ’ wheat w n e at the same when' received sed to be ' before the mid- father, four brothers, Charles Missionary convention. Rev. Tay- aska to be w ith her. Mr and M rs. Andy P atjens are by t h e importing countries lemers moved in to build lor from Peru w a s the guest Gaii weld spent the week end visitors at the coast this week, whether it Is from Canada or and Carl of Wasco, Lee of Em «. (Whatever became of Meet Standards speaker and told of the way oC.in Portland at the home of his Mr and Mrs Ernest Patjens the U. S. The gulf ports are a . pire and Pearl of Coos Bay, four e ships anyhow?) There is living and traveling • in Peru parents, Mr. and Mrs Wayland and th e ir house guests Mr and little farther from Europe than sisters, Mrs L. L. Funk of W m - ' New or used school buses a on the streets for a car; w h i c h was interesting to us W^ld. He Is working for Fred Mrs George Douglas and Jack east coast ports so thefr export co, Mrs Clara Ramey of Davis, e’s room in the hotels for a purchased on or after July 16 here. Mrs tret j? British Columbia, price is $1.91 a bushel of No. 1 Calif., Mrs Iva Downie of Los Rev. Taylor will come to Cox in harvest. must meet minimum and uni- Keere eler; barbers lounge in their f o r m I * • Angeles, and Mrs Mattie Ross Mr and Mrs Asa A. Roblev Canada, were also at the coast wheat. construction standards Rufus to speak Sunday evening rs; eating places have emp- These wheat agreement pri- of Salem. and three sons from Corvallis over the week end. and must be Inspected before August 28 at the church, chairs. ces are considerably* under the ------------ Mr and Mrg Fay Brackett spent the week end w ith her Alex Matheason was a dele U. S. domestic price. Therefore is so different from last they can be placed in » ^ c e , family*, M r and Mrs sister and the secretary of 8 trainc tooR Mr and Mrg R j WhltmIre . - ng as to be shocking. Where gate to the Legion convention Douglas. • at Salem.. He represented the the U. S. government is provid Legion Advocates people have gone no one safety division reminded today to Vernonia Sunday where the Paul Alley and ing subsidies to make up this Division officials said school Wbjtrnlre»s have a home. Mrs a8e 5» remal 60 dif« William E. Cooke post No. no . w erence 8ubaldy enables «rs. Some say they’re home, n ï r oîn m T p ^ u I A U ^ 'a r c ’T n M o n ly f c n in g and reports a exporters to buy wheat on the Veterans Bonus way they are not on the districts placing buses Into ser- v/hitmire helped Mrs Brackett e v isit ?t8, nor in the stores. There- vice for the first time In their during the summer. The Brack- local market and sell It at the io depression, we hear, but district whether new or used eR,g reported they went throu- Sherman county again for har wonderful time. Reversing the stand taken wheat agreement price. The at Cascade Some of our oldtimers will amount of these subsidies varies at two previous conventions, aitely things are not so de- should report this "fact to the gb a rajn 8torm Mr. Buell has driven en remember the Bill Wornstaff traffic safety division so that going down but the trip vest. iy and delively as before. „ .. v, - as the market price of wheat state bonus proponents ------- --- at the gine for Paul for four seasons. the vehicles may be inspected home was nice. family who lived here between cba g Tbe markets on which 31st annual American Legion • • • • • before they begin transporting Mr and Mrs Harvey Whitmire 1910 and 1921. Mr and Mrs cur- amount of the subsidy is de- convention just concluded in be house committee recom- pupils. The new standards, and children are on a vacation tis Wornstaff and son are nere are p ortiand and Seat- Salem pushed through a resolu- ’ ded social security for more adopted as a result of a law which has taken them into Cal- Oregon Chest Gives looking up old frineds. tJe fop the Pac| flc northwest, tlon calling for payment of $10 )le but not for farm labor- passed by the last state leglsla- ifornia. Mr and Mrs W. C. Guyton of Chicago for eastern ports, and a month for domestic duty and Evidently the admlnistra- and Mrs Vernon Miller and County $584 Quota Dufur were here Friday at the Kansas City for gulf ports. The $15 a month for overseas duty thinks that the farmers ture, are outlined in a pamph- home of Mr and Mrs Chas. Car- am0Unt of the subsidy♦ today to Oregon veterans of World e more political power than let distributed; to all districts, gOns were visitors at the home bus dealers and bus manufac- of Mr and Mrs George Fox H C Johnson has been ap- rlgan. This was the Guytons’ was 31 cents a bushel for the war II. farm workers. turers last month. Friday evening. pointed executive secretory of 43th wedding anniversary. Those we8t coast, 23 cents for the east Speakers favoring the state • • • • • School buses in service in th e Mr and Mrs Gordon Rich and the Oregon Chest since the present to help them celebrate coast, and 29 cents for the gulf bonus argued that “stay-at-hom- Mr. 5% Hunt is lying same district before July 16 8On Errol will make Wasco their death of Irl McSherry, orlgina- besides the Carrigans and the portg. i. es’” during the last war recelv- n he boasts of white house may continue to operate with- home after coming week. , j , q{ the post who died last w . D. Hanks of Shaniko were ______________________ ed a partial bonus In the form lections that is bad, if he s out waiting for inspection, it of state income tax “forgive n t m t v m a n fo r month of an heart attack. the Volna Guytons of Clacxa- ng the truth, that is worse. was emphasized, provided they ^ ’X ^ N M o m d Is wor- The finance committee h a s m as, Mr and Mrs Chas. Guyton ness”. met the old standards ln effect Na " vacation met and made the budget for of Sherwood. Mrs Jim Leonard - A measure favoring an In • * • * • * crease in per capita dues of $.23 of ¿ n C h rlsU a n X toe agencies that are to be of Tigard and Mr and Mrs John nation that has learned to last year and are mechanically per member to sustain the vet . James Easter helped from the fund. Of the Decker of Kent, >ect Herbert Hoover may in safe. No application or request eran’s rehabilitation p r o g r a m guests his sister $466,658 to be donated the larg- Those attending the pier i p » learn to respect his. Ideals. for Inspection Is necessary for hnvc 38 these vehicles, but they will be h“ r ‘h u /b a S Mr and Mm est amount, $97.000 goes to the dinner on toe lawn at the was tabled by the delegates ♦ ♦ * • * checked by safety safety division division In- S ^ e with ty ^ ^ n T M T a n d ^ r s '' w 13111"* following Past National Com checked by In- Arthur Jone8 from Mt A|rv , Albertina-Kerr I home toe S H anks hom e * er® . ke 200 years ago William Ol- spectors as soon as practicable. North Carolina, and Mrs. Dick Boys and Girls Aid society se - relatives and mander Frank N. Belgrano’s “ J J , thought these thoughts for charges of waste of Legion ond with $96,000 Only agencies Rees Sunday afternooh, Exempt PUC plates are no Angeies. Calif., afternoon, verity: - funds by national officers. Op longer le# above $30,000 ^ ^ d are ? < “ atholl® v Char_ . d ^ c C The u X “ ‘ohn D ^ke? nger necessary for any school whQg arrlved Wednesday. sy, curious, thirsty fly! ponents of the dues increase It was pointed out. and Mrs Mrs Orville Orville Ru^g Ruggles Providence and all motoring the Mr Mr and s it itles, s, Our Ou Lady y of Army> white Guytons families are to East ik with me and drink as I; bus, asked for a delay until Bel Stop signal arms «s specified and 80nj and ♦ Mr a n d N ursery Saivation Army, White families are ai ursery o Waverly Baby lake ely welcome to my cup, grano’s charges were proved un by the new regulations must be Mrs Max Brown motored n o to N Shield home and V averly B. to fit Idst thou sip and sip it up: founded or the National “cleans te the most of what you may, installed on all buses, whether w arm Springs to spend the day. home. house”. . J or Sherman coun- new or old, to Implement the Mr and Mrs Ralph Madison The qiidta for Sherman jx>un- ANOTHBR NEW HOUSE i is short and wears away, Sam M. Bowe, World Wai\ II ____ ________ ____ is $584 of which requiring motorists to stop of Bremerton, Washington are ty* this year h alike are mine in d thine law veteran of Grants Pass, was un fcnmi Xftft UI«V w u mil»- hjoen K<^ n«#* Is IS tearing veunu down the Eben tening quick to their decline: when encountering a school hire" visiting at the Jim Jones $60 is for services that aid arm- opposed for the office of state near Grass bus ln the process of loading or home They all sfent the week ed servicemen. The larger part ,hOUge his place ne’s a summer, mine’s no commander, succeeding B. E. end on the Metolius fishing. is for ehild caring agencies, Valley preparatory to ^ U,l*u^ more unloading children. Bus drivers “Kelly” Owen of Salem. Grants Miss Cassie Holmes Is spend- mental health and -prison asso- ,a new one which will be built »ugh repeated to threescore, are to display the stop signal, Pass edged out Seaside and Eu the safety division said, only mg her vacation here with rel elation with the children’s ag- on the same sit«. The old house eescore summers, when DOWAGER QUEEN MARY gene as the scene of the next they're gone, when children are crossing the atives from her duties «at The encies receiving much the lar will be used for a garage l’AHHRH MND BIRTHDAY state convention. shop. ger share. roadway to or from the bus. Dalles hospital. l anoear as short as one.” k
