Moro, Oregon Friday,
Sixty-Second Year No- 12
T h ese
T h in g s
W e
'
N o te
Official County Paper
January 20, 1950
UP Farm Train
Soil Conservation
Due Here Next
District Now Ready
Monday p.m.
Blizzard, Cold Make
To Operate
Living Uncomfortable,
The Sherman County Soil Con
servation District was given full
Smut and weed control, will be approvai by the State Soil Con
the main topic of discussion dur servation committee at a recent
ing the Union Pacific agricultur meeting in Corvallis.
County
al improvement tier visit to iandowners had previously ap-
Moro Monday. January1 23, ac. Proved this measure 169 to 55
Snow started falling l a s t more snow and somewhat war-
cording to T. W. Thompson, ex- -on NoVember 16.
Thursday i n ' fairly warm air mer weather but Sunday it
by Giles L. French
tension county 9g9Bt.
Charles Kuypers of Rufus, Vhlch by Friday morning had snowed heavily again to make
The program walk start at 1:30 and Luther Davis, of Kent were turned to a sweeping blizzard a total of 14 to 15 Inches by that
We suppose it is considered
p. m. at the depot fh Moro with appointed by the state committee with a high east wind. It was night. .
progress that a man can be born
all Sherman county people able as supervisors of this., district one of the worst storms in re-
Oddly the south end of the
in a log cabin and die from an
to get out of the snow Invited. for two and one years respect- cent years and country roads county had a Chinook Sunday
atomic bomb.
Speakers accompanying the fuiiy. These two men fill out the were soon drifted full.
and it drifted the snow back
• • ♦ • •
car include Rex Wfcrren, exten- ffve man board of supervisors
Friday afternoon the wind over the path It had taken In the
The president says that Am-
slon specialist Oregon State col- which will carry on the business moderated and snow continued east wind which brought It. At
ericans should have an average
DANCE OF T H E D E L E G A T E . . . Warren R. Austin, permanent
lege; R. O. Fletcher, Walla Wal- of ^he district.
The other men
fap until there was eight or Moro and farther north the
United States delegate U the United Nations, dances with his wife nt a
income of $12,000 by the year
la,
secretary
of
the
Pacific
Nor^h-
elected
to
the
board
at
the
time
<en
inches on the level although wind was easterly all day Sun
spectacular masked ball at the Waldorf-Asterta betel la New Terfc.
2000. The way the national debt
west
Crop
Improvement
assocl-
Of
balloting
were
A.
C.
Kaseberg,
there
was no level because of day except for a short time In
The U. N. delegate frena Bnrlinfton. Va., was only one of the many
is growing they'll need i t
ation;
and^
George
T
.
Penrose,
Wasco,
Vernon
I
Miller,
Moro,
the
drifts.
Travel was almost the morning. Such change^ of
glittering names from the world of diplomacy, the stage, and society
« * * « *
Portland, U. P. agricultural ag- and w . L May, Grass Valley,
stopped and big tru ck s returned* w i n d
direction, temperature
who
were
present
for
this
gala
benefit
affair
Is
help
the
pension
fund
The storm which we are now
ent.
W.
E.
Hall,
Moro,
not
ac
The
five
man
board
gives
t0
the|r
base
and
remained
there.*
and
snow
fall have been corn-
digging out of was hailed as the _ of the New York philharmonic sympheny-
companying, will also speak.
equal representation to each Travelers were warned to stay mon In this storm.
worst blizzard of the winter at
Sherman county being one of of the communities In the coun- off the highways and for most
Saturday night the tempera
first and grew rapidly to become
the serious offenders in the ty and thus equal part In the
th em no - urging was neces- ture was seven below but Sun-
the worst of this century.
We
*
»
S
smut picture can well benefit formation of a long range soli sary.
day night it was an even zero.
from the latest information
on conservation plan.
Friday night the thermometer Monday night it dropped to ten
q u V kae s ^ / c ^ e ^
u
presented
An organization meeting of at the experiment station drop- below again and water pipes be-
batty with any within tb®
. j^ y
Shermul county b o y s' Beef club members in the by Mr Warren, said Mr. Thomp- the supervisors will be held on ¡ ^ / ‘¡o eleven below, coldest ¿f gan to freeze all over the coun
20 years. Gr»ndpa can
t
organized Moro area have joined together 8on’ county agent
^ tro1’ Tuesday. January 24, In Moro th wlnter.
Saturday brought try and the cold crept in.
worse ones back when no fam-
8
i
Moro area have joined ^ e t h e r ya
situation, and seed house wlth a representative of the
Althouh t h e ’thermometer drop-
lly had central heating, hot wat- £ * * *
clubs^ r^ W a c ,n a 8Undard dub and
elect
wU1
dlscufi8.
commIttee present lo a 8 8 ls t------------------------------ — ---------- ped to below zero Tuesday even
er tanka, warm barns; when the
T h irty -tw o ^o f officera at lhelr next meeting ed by the other speakers.
In outlining the duties of the Qn n w a n J
C h a n f f P ing about dark there was a gen
^ h e ro ^ e
« X
^ u a r y 25. W. T. Balaiger U -------------------
N>ard and tbe election of a cbaln ¿ " « W 3 0 0 ICC V n a i l g e eral
trend toward warmer wea-
Balaiger
vice-chairman,
and
secre-
•
•
o
•
■
ther.
Wednesday the mercury
man,
p lr fir
s t v year
p a r of club work.
w o rk .
nervin
e as
r this
aw ay'over "unplowed roads; and tb
their
first
serving
aa local
local leader
leader fo for
this
D r i v i n g R e q u i r e m e n t s Climbed to ten above, reminding
KNIGHTEN HAS FORMA
tary.
about which memory has become
To obtain a better knowledge group.
everyone that It takes time to
forms for the
more
sewing ______
and _____________
forestry club Application
__ _ competitive than factual, of proper tractor maintenance
_____
Ice and snow conditions now warm up a whole state full of
Farmers now days have stopped ten boys have been organized
organlBed at last week at Washington State World War II I f TIC R o « U n l o v e
general throughout the state are cold alr There was a promise of
that old worry about tying a into a Tractor Maintenance Rufyg. Five girls ara starting veterans’ bonus are available at i ’l l l u D d S n C lC c lS
bringing an upsurge of skidding ________
8omewbat warmer
weather—
rope between the house and barn club under the leadership of La-
beginning sewing
project state and county agencies and
_
T\
r
accidents, the secretary of state’s sometIrne ¡n the future.
to Insure accurate passage bet- mer Sayrs.
Clarence May was under the leadership
of Mrs. service organizations throughout
F ro m DuiUF
Traffic Safety Division has re
ween. They don’t have any rea was elected president of the d u b Charles Wilson. Mr
Donald Oregon, the state Department of
H ighw ay 97 Open
ported.
son to go to the barn.
with I^ rry Kaseberg and Roger Brislain, instructor at the Rufus Veterans’ Affairs announced at
The Moro high school b°ys
The division said following
Highway 97 remained open
.......................
_
Ball elected to the offices of vice- achool, has eleven boys organized Salem this week.
won their second game of the another car mo closely, sudden
,hp tlm. . xceD, at
Tupfidav
hv
heating
D
ufur
7
_
Z
Z
T
.__
-
-
a
nearly
all th e tim e except a t
A group has filed a petition for president and secretary, res- lnto a fore8try ciub Officers of
The Oregon veterans’ depart- “
• I ue^ Games y scheduled
^ a2 !" L DU this
/h'!I B Ä 'ü p - or b rnt^ectl'o'ns
r Ä
and
bill that would atop pectlvely.
-
X s e tw o T lu b . are not avail- ment has received a supply of 40
to 29.
2"?, ¿ " ¿ V S
liquor advertising in Oregon.
Well Done and Whistling ble at the persent time. -
the forms and has distributed week have not been played and and curves are commonest drl-
PAV/v ? ^ v crew kw t the
Some one has faith in the value Tea-Kettle Cooking clubs were
All of these 4-H clubs are plan- them to county veterans service probably will not be this season, j
faults causing trouble on
h g
aifhnuizh
of newspaper advertising.
We organlzed ln Moro ^ t b ^ Mrg
club year with at officers in 22 counties The coun- At Dufur the second squad won u ^ o r snow
Sherman section.
althou^
travel was hazardous and chains
suppose, however, that the group f^3ipb Busse and Mrs. Thomas least ten meetings, including a ty service officer for this area 28 to 13 with Leslie Edwards
Braking distances are from 3 were considered necessary by
.w ith 10 and Bob Martin . with
will use billboards to carry on w Thompson serving as local picnic or party, carrying on their is Wily Knlghten.
seven
dolne
a
larce
Dart
of
the
to
12 t,m®® 8reater under such most drivers. The road was cov-
the campaign. And lose
leaders.
The Well-Done club lessons, entering into demonstra
g
g P
conditions, it was pointed out. ere4 by
by two or three inches of
• • • •
scoring.
girls elected Sylvia Zachary as tion contests, exhibit by each ROAD« DRIFT 8HTT
making
it
imperative
that
driv-
packed
snow with a couple of
The
reports that president, Kay Klrkelie, vice- member at the county fair, and
«CORE:
— Oregonian
_
FG
FT
F
PTS
ers
keeP
blenty
of
sPace
between
of
banked snow alongside
Roads opened th e first of. the Moro
George Sandy says that the mod-
an<j
Eaves, secre- complete their 4-H club record
their
car
and
the
vehicle
ahead.
plow
ed track.
Some very
week drifted fuH agein in some Alley, J RF
ern printer Is no longer a ,i lre~ tary of their clube.
hooks
To
help
avoid
that
lielpless
deep
drifts
had
to
be
moved to
10
Instances and road crews were Rust, D. LF
man with an eye
Susan Woods will take over ------------------ -
feeling
when
your
car
goes
Into
kPep
the
road
open.
16
having trouble getting through May, R C
diction to the use o
e
the presidency of the Whistling
Je a skid, the division offered these
Almost no farmers came -to
Well, we suppose the, cigarei
Teg Rettle dub glnce
ObD RESIDENT DIBS
many of them. It Is expected to Roberson, RG
town;
almost none could. Har-
5
tips;
be next week before anything Knighten, i/J
has pretty w®11
p
. Sayrs, elected president, is Join-
2
1.
“Pump
the
brakes
when
ap-
ry
and
Dean Pinkerton drove ln
chewing
tobacco as
burnea
another group of girls
James H. Frazier, former re- resembling normal living is res- Bucholtz, T. C
0
plying
pressure
to
the
brake
pe-
on
a
small
open tractor and some
marks on print shop furniture
second year cooking club, sident of Sherman county, died tored and that only with for- Moore, D. G
2 dal to keep wheels from locking, made the trip ln trucks.
testifies but as for the eye sha e
Mlller wiy g ^ e aa the at his home at Wenatchee, Jan- tunate
Generally farmers stayedlhome
0 help prevent side skids, and to
we refused to be nU* ^ t
secretary for the group. A new uary 12.
He was a brother in official
and
storm
maintain
directional
control.
_ waited until the w
printing business because we
ld t wlll
el€cted at law of the late Al Wright and wait until Monday before trying DUFUR
7
2.
Be
gradual
ln
starting,
stop-
abated
before
trying
to
break
—
Incidently this is _
---- M --------
2 3
to open schools.
Mead F
wear one.
a«vpn their next meeting,
7
ping
or
changing
direction
of
through
drifts
and
clear
the
printing week and it lasts seven
3 1
F
Potter
10
movement.
roads.
Those
who
had
to
come
days.
Five days would would
5 0
C
Lovey
5
3. Use tire chains to reduce took to the ridges in the fields.
have been enough tout even
2 1
G
Crump
that Is better than some.
The
° hLakln^ ,'! i S'.anCH an<L l° m n v
Htor,n
0 0
Thom pson
0 vide added traction when mov-
coal miners could have a coal
0 0
Hix
C
0 ing from a stopped position or
Schools were closed Friday
0 o
week ln two days.
Taylor
G
• • • • •
________
climbing a grade.
and remained so.
Nearly all
Dick Yocum, William Huck, C.
,
Frances Woods was an over ture from the snow.
A drivers license examiner
4. Whenever possible, stay off meetings were cancelled. Social
Tuetday was Ben Franklins nigbt guest Thursday night a t ' The basketball game between A. Tom, Carl Thompson, Tracy
will be on duty In Moro at the the roads entirely following sev- affairs consisted of chattering
birthday and it Is appropriate
J()bn
home.
Moro and Rufus boys was post- Fields, Bruce Millard.
Mrs. Bill Macnab returned courthouse between the hours ere storms to facilitate snow re- remarks about the weather and
that we remember it by _***®*J*
i na May Ziegler of Grass Val- poned Friday night as neither
Ing some of this American phll- ,ley wflg a
at tb e Lester school had held classes that af- borne with her Infant daughter of 10 a. m. and 3 p. .m. on Tues- moval and sanding by mainten- heartfelt imploratlons_ for re
lief from
the e cold.
cold.
osopher’s sayings:
“They that wdson home from Thursday to temoon.
-----»bn just beating the day, January
Ta«„nrv 94
ance crews.
Hof
from th
Radio and
last Thursday
24.
newspaper
stories
promised
no
CM give u p , e8“ nllal
Mon<l«y
-
own»
.... storm.
Some farmers have been . able
change
except
occaslonly
and
obtain a little temporary saie^y
Mr gnd Mrg Qug Koepke of
get
U)wn wJth trucks but
these promises were not observ
George Fox Jr. attended a
deserve neither liberty nor sa
Tbe
gpent Tuesday at lhe going is slow and hard with
ed
by the weatherman.
ln
the
cuts.
meetin8
of
bis
4
H
club
ln
Ru-
ty.”
t it. ,
. the home of Mr. and Mrs. Harley
deep .
cuts.
Given the blame for the cold
“Dost thou ovle life? Then OO
R
»H a m w h
a
v
e
«rotten
rus
ia8r
vnursuay
lu
s
n
t
h“ve ? °« en
Thnrsday^
A r m e J f Qr
spell was a frigid wave that
not squander time for^ that is
Mr and Mrg Harry Howe„ frozen cheekB The worst case «P«* th e n ig h t with Paul Black-
came down from Canada across
the stuff life is made of.
were dinner guests Wednesday jg
of Tommy Macnab whose burne. The snow came on
A reeducated and rearmed be the deciding factor in wheth- eastern Washington.
It arrived
. a
i____ww
. . . Friday while going
__i__ n e next
x t d a day
v
and George hasn t
It is hard for an empty bag at
home
of ««3
Mr. tuvc
and Mrs.
stalled
West Germany rpay prove to be er the Germans go with us or abead of a warmer storm that
been
able
to
get
borne
so
far.
to stand upright
Harley McKay.
home. He had to walk and was
our most substantial European whether they go with Russia,— wag due from the ocean.
The
u V p to
Mr. and Mrs. Jay McKay and nijjjyed by the cold wflich was
bulwark against Russian aggres- in which case Russia would con- cdd wave had super iOr force
If the i reader
injured family, Mr. and Mrs. Allan Bek- down to zero.
It has hovered T\
R q 4 T im o
sion, Congressman Ixiwell Stock- trol Europe. It is these leaders and forced its way down the
bre the person~w h
kedahl and family and Miss around zero since Friday.
LlCCCmbCr DdQ 1111)6
see
man of the second district of and young people who must be Columbia gorge to give Portland
l
V.
by the loss of ^ na
Marion Buchanan -Were dinner,
The Rufus community sur-
Oregon stated from t Washington
shown that American’s material ¡ ^ ’ ¿'treets" and colder weather
but to l ^ k in the m ^rnjr
Iagt gunday gt
Joh„
Mf
M
^ a,
f 0|>
D n V e rS today.
resources stem from the found-
c ^ n » are used to
Much of our
B"
)t Decker homc ThC afternoon was Morrte last Tuesday night the
Representative Stockman has ation of the great spiritual re- havlng The gorge routes were
the wesi w m t
° ur manu-« spent skiing and sleighing.
occasion being their 35th wed-
Application of Oregon’s finan- recently returned from an in- sources as set forth in our Con- dosed and many cars and trucks
took our wnea
arG
gnow
and blizzard ding anniversary.
The crowd d al responsibility law resulted speCtton tour of Europe with the stitutlon, where recognition Is were abandoned, some were
what to do next began at Rufus Thursday when met at the Morris home and ln 8Ugpension of 5.973 operators’ House Appropriations Commit- Riven to the right of every in- blown off.th e road and others
quarreling hdo
became icy played cards and visited untB Hedges and 7,187 vehicle regis- tee and he sald that. “While dividual to ‘life, liberty and the wrecked.Heavy snow and slides
£5
mire is that we should and visibility was reduced to late when supper was served. tratlon8 iast year, according to w e* have made great progress in pursuit of happiness.’’
kept the Columbia highway par-
One tning sui
rtm ent that flfty feet Friday morning a t The group presented the Morris the department’s annual report, revitalizing the economy of Eu-
“Since the basic struggle is tIally dosed for three or four
g eti^ I a Z v more than one direc- l i o’clock school was dismissed with a gift and their six child-
Majority of the drivers whose. rope our efforts may prove use- one of ideas,’’ he continued, “I days and made travel slow and
could
A
AM.n look
ir™ more
and none wa8 held, this week, ren brought them 12 big toses. llcenses were suspended failed to ,esg ’unie^s we induce the Ger- believe there should be much dangerous when travel was pos-
tlon at once
There is about 18 inches of Children are Mrs. Ray Brown, ftle proof of responsibility after man natiOn to accept the prin- more active use of Ideas to pro- 8lbie' at all.
xv m b4»t*thl‘s *ls the only snOw on the level, although it Mrs. Ronald Klock, Mrs. Frank
lnvolved in property dam- dple8 and t0 practice the meth- mote the living of democracy in
»rv ¿ h ere the papers carry is not level, and farmers estim- Adams, Mrs. Bill Myers end Joe flge Qr lnjury accidents. Owners
of democracy. There is need Germany where occupation Is Lit«« Frost
country w reducing diets.
ate that there is not ¡more thap Morris.
Present att the party of vlebiCles involved must also for practical training in how to Riving us a chance dt reeduea-
What seems at present a for-
is one of the most an meh of frost In the ground were Mesdames and Messrs liar- fUe proof and 5114 of the reg. Hve Jn freedom
tion.-
’
tultous circumstance was that
2 3 * ! ? va of human necessities which should assure som« mols- land McDonald, Andy Engberg, i8traUon
suspensions resulted
g congressman Stockman
“We have never before tried the snow fell on ground barely
eT r t * I l n and is often sold the ____________________________ ___ _________ — ------------------------ from failure to comply Other
th)nk Ruggla wlll de. the job of leading a country, frozen and the concensus of
cheapest when once obtained.
,,NITHn STATES WHEAT SUPPLY A NID [DISTRIBUTION vehicle suspensions were for un- llberatelv gtart war any time ln Bteeped ln hundreds of years of opinion is that the snow will go
satisfied judgments, drunken drl-
mrseeahle future due to the war thinking, Into the simple into the ground—or the major
• • • • •
tfuojui
4
1949-50 flP.AftON
SEASON WITH C
COMPARISONS
. we hav^ uken ln philosophy of live-and-let live, part of it at least.
Some who
1043-47
1949-4»
1949-SO ving not resulting in accident.
An Arizona man has beeij
and
failure
to
maintain
proof
af-
r
.
rn1.
nv
hp
declared
“We
and
80
far
we
have
been
playing
have
been
traveling
across
fields
average
Preliminary
arrested on a charge growing
ter
filing.
>2?
cw adi
nulckiv
into
,lke
amateurs
with
the
reeduea-
and
on
nearly
bare
ridges
say
from the cutting of his w ifes
■ , -'•n r? 13
=
— Million bnahela—
More drivers’ licenses were ^ a rdif we ^ i axed and failed to tlon of the y°uth of Germany, that cars will break through
307.3
196.0
hair. That Just about completes Carry^ yer 8tockfl July i .......... 279.7
. f, „ He feds that the The Problem should be approach- the light frost.
1,146.5 reinstated than were ^suspended,
1,313.5
the circle.
e
New c r o p ..................... ...............
however.
Expiration
of
the
three-
rparmlnC
of Germany would ed wIth the same thoroughness r The early part of the storm
1,4334
1,5094
9
WQO alven a
Total do»«***«
' J**86 2
year
period
allowed
return
of
K
support
to our stand. that hafl brought success to our brought .85 inch of moisture
Each of two men was given
quantlty for feed and
5,009, and furnishing of proof
oper
PP
military and economic efforts, -being a light, powdery kind of
225.0
230.1
borae-
t n geed & industrial use for season 390.7
after suspension another 3,593.
The Congressman said
that Substantial savings can be achle- snow.
Normal snow of this
“How are we goi R
Quantity remaining for milling.
A
total
of
4,051
vehicle
reglstra-
while
he
found
Europe
to
be,
ved
ln
carrying
out
the
program
depth
would
make almost an
1,228.8
1,279.4
them apart?” asked o .
„ export or carryover .......... .
^5.5
tlons were reinstated on filing “A place of too many people on if the
duplication which L saw inch and a half. With normal
I’ll cut off my
Disappearance, July 1 through
of proof.
too little land with too little re- in our military and civilian ac- run-off this will add much to
guggested the second. So they
^
mber 31
December
was
tae
month
of
sources,” he was impressed with tlvftles overseas is eliminated, the chances for a 1950 crop.
276.1
.329.2
trimmed one borses
w heat milled for f l o u r .......... 319.1
heaviest
activity,
with
792
oper-
the
outlook of the people he saw We must find better and less ex- Stock in Sherman county
146.7
189.0
It soon ^ ° utb.T i o r s ? s till
Export of wheat as grain
-
ators’
and
907
vehicle
licenses
on
the West German farms, pensive machinery for main- were near the feed lota in most
4224
318.2
then cropped his horses xai
exorted or milled
suspended. February showed the and with their energy, ambl- talnlng the peace.
Part of the cases and- no loss has been re-
but it, tpo, soon STewou
Balance on hand January 1 for
lowest
totals,
affecting
only
1&9
tion,
spirit
of
sacrifice
and
strategy
of
the
•
enemy
is to ported by stockmen from the
806.0
761.2
^ u r c enough milling, export or carry-oyer
operators
and
200
vehicles.
Oc-
willingness
to
work.
“The
attl-
make
us
exhaust
our
cash
and storm.
Some small bands of
suggested the firs t S u r e e .
Qf n<)ur ,n
v.
tober was tops in revocations for tude of their leaders and of their our credit, and this must be sheep were having Iambs and
It worked.
tf>ri>laclt alent, July-December <not ln-
younger people,” he said, “will prevented.”
were being cared tor adequately.
21.4 drunken driving with 232.
83.1
two inches ttllar W*
eluded in grain e x p o r ts ----- -- 54.3
horse.
Travel Hazardous, Slow
4. J] Clubs Being Organized In Many
Activities Preparatory To Coming Spring
gmut
W
About the County
about folks you do know
or woald enioy knowing
Stockman Thinks Germany Should Be
()ar Qwn Protection
_ A _
r
_
T a /-,
1 n rv4
VS
V-»
♦ Vx r . ♦
A w x rx«» I zx rx *x * r»
< x 4 x x * « i« x l
*
•
«
____
/s