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About Sherman County journal. (Moro, Or.) 1931-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 27, 1950)
A' Gherman County Moro, Oregon Friday, Sixty-Second Year No- 13 T hese . T h in g s Crowded With Farmers Here We . N ote Soil Conservation More Snow Falls At Grass Valiev District Officers After Thaw Baptist Church Elected luesdav Reduces First Farm Train Gets Missionary To Talk The Rev. Harris Johnson, W. L. May was elected chair tq Isa io nary appointee to Belgian man of the Sherman County Soil Just when the people of Sher Conservation District at an man county were beginning to The Union Pacific’s farm in Congo, will speak at the Grass organization meeting of t h e relax a bit in the warm Chinook formation car was full to the Valley Baptist church on Janu Mr. and board of supervisors Tuesday, that followed the freezing wea back door Monday afternoon ary 29 at 11:00 a. m. M rs. Johnson January 24. ther of a week ago the tempera when the program offered by will serve in A Vernon Miller was elected as ture dropped again and another that company in conjunction HH the Congo with vice-chairman and A. C. Kase- storm began. The second series with state and local agricultur- | the Conserva- berg treasurer. Charles Kuypers of Canadian winter was not so by G iles L. F re n c h ists was given, ft was estimated 1 1 1 v e Baptist and Luther Davis are the other severe as the first one and zero that over 80 attended. Perhaps the funniest thing in . Rex Warren, extension spe Foreign Mis two members of the five man was the coldest recorded. Little these United States is Ry-Krisp cialist in farm crops, talked sion society, board of supervisors. T. W. snow fell but some is promised. with butter on it. Chicago. Thompson, county agent, was It appeared Saturday and Sun about the danger of smut in Mr. Johnson elected to serve as secretary for day that those who had worried seed wheat and gave percentages A Texas editor in a verbal indicating the tremendous in o f Mankato, about the run-off while the mer- the board. ,L ink-slinging with the Oregonian crease in smut in northwest Minn., is a The supervisors choose the cury was at zero might have says, “If all the water Texans wheat since Elgin became a pop graduate of Seattle Pacific coll ••DAUGHTERS” OF ROTARY . . . These Burmese nurses. Ht» Sien 3rd Tuesday of every month as been correct. Warm i sun and (left) and Ruby Thaw, have been unofficially adopted by the Jersey their regular monthly meeting warm wind reduced the 18 or drink for chasers on Saturday ular wheat. Methods of treatment ege, Seattle, Wash., and also City Rotary club to save them from deportation—and almost certain date. These meetings are open 20 inches of snow to five or six night were spilled into the Col were also discussed. A motion received business training at death. Their visas have expired. Because of their political affiliations, to the public and farmers are inches in a day and a night and umbia river there wouldn’t be a picture showing how one mid Mankato Commercial college, they say, they would meet certain death In their Communist dominated dam in Oregon by morning.” west farmer learned the value of Mankato. He spent two years the creek started running around urged to attend. homeland. The Rotarians hope they may be permitted to remain in the So—Texans put water in their seed treatment was shown by in theological training at Bethel Moro Sunday. Not a great deal The main business before the United States permanently under provisions of the displaced persons act. whiskey, - Hum-ph. seminary, St. Paul, Minn. meeting dealt with the program of moisture was lost because the company's machine. For the past few months, Mr. and work -plan for the district. Monday was cooler and Tuesday Bill Hall, assistant at the local Some years 4ftgo then^ was a experiment station, reported that Johnson has been working in Additional work will be done was colder. Much. County Court Makes Appointments For bad spell of weather in Novem- J^ere are 25 races of smut, the finance office of the mission No thawing weather has oc relative to these plans during her and local citizens remarked known by the kinds of wheat headquarters. After a few coming meetings. After comple curred since Monday and the that it was a fine way to arrange tion, the program and work snow still remains making far . ^ ey attack Smut is a spore months of deputation work, Mr. Countv Jobs For New Year a winter; because Z/ plan will be presented to the mers happy because they want -T Plant that can cross like wheats Johnson with his wife and dau CONDENSED REPORT OF PRO- 1950 and filed, used to real cold early the re making new smuts that can at ghter will leave for language Department of Agriculture. The a blanket of snow over their No further matters being at acceptance of this long range crop. mainder of the winter would tack any wheat. . study in Belgium before pro- CEEDING8 OF JANUARY 1950 , TERM OF COUNTY COURT issue adjournment ensued. seem moderate. Since the eleven ceeding to Africa. Reports from all sections of soil and water conservation pro Elgin is not resistant to any below of the first part of the the county vary as to the per gram by the department will Claims against all funds al- CI,AIMS PRESENTED AGAIN- but is has been crossed storm this comparative mildness centage of moisture that got Into allow technical service to be lowed as presented excepting ST SHERMAN COUNTY, ORE- of 20 above makes one feel like wlUl Hymar, a smut resistant GAME RULES CONSIDERED made available to county opera- the soil during the thawing wea- one General Fund claim and one GON, GENERAL AND ROAD spring Is really on the way. a^ J he.n "-crossed three tors through federal agencies. ther. Around Kent, where there PUDS FOR DECEMBER, 194» And speaking of spring a half «"> « °" «I(Hn to produce Elmar Ninety percent of the wheat General Road claim ‘Howard Cushman, executive was presumably more frost, re TERM Monthly financial report and APPROVED JAN.’ 4, a dozen persons said they want which is resistant to 15 of the smut increase In the Pacific secretary of the State Soil Con- ports are that the run-off was ed to start gardening when the 25 smut races. Elmar will be re- Northwest Last year was due to semi-annual report of County OF THE COUNTY COURT servation committee served aq considerable although a GENERAL FUND: chlnook was blowing Saturday. leased in Washington. Federa- dwarf smut-a variety which san- Treasurer presented and Hied, the chairman for the first me?t- bit of snow remained. In The Monthly report of County SHERIFF’S OFFICE: We may be as independent as tion is resistant to five smuts, not be controlled by seed treat- lng and explained the duties of central part of the county most showing Budget balances all get out about some things Rex to 15, Orofed is resistant to m ent—it has been estimated by Norman E. Fields, $37.20; West the supervisors and discussed of the water was saved although but we are slaves tp the weath more kinds than Federation and Dr. C. S. Holtortr - USDA cereal ln County General Road Fund Coast Printing A Binding Co., the program and work plan that Hay* Canyon ran quite a stream Wheat lf nOt s u u ISœ u â e Oned at W^ hlngton “ ° f December 31, 1949 present- WI67; Kllham stationery & need be written by the supervi Sunday. North of Gordon ridge er. When.spring comes we dig in L X J r ,'™ the* d irt,. when it’s summer we seeded too early. ed and filed. Printing Co., $11.06; Norman E. sors. Tom Helseth, district re there was not much frost and Temperatures iffects smut From figures given him by loll in the sun, in the fall we presentative of the Soil Censer- the snow went Into , the ground elective Fields, $60 00 Renewal of bonds of rustle and +n winter we shiver, growth, says Mr. Hall, because the Pacific Northwest Grain officials approved. vatlon service, was present dis- pretty well except that on the CLERK’S OFFICE: smut germinates best at 40 to 50 Dealer association, Dr. Holton West Coast Printing & Bind- cussing the soil conservation ser- western part where the hills are Deed executed to Al Fox con degrees and wheat at 50 to 00 reports that 14 out of 35 wheat vice work with district^ George stepper theFe was some run-off; ing Co., $65.30; Oregon Voter, veying lax foreclosed property The president’s proposal to degrees. varieties grown in the area last Mitchell, superintendent of the Generally farmers are pleased, $4 00 reduce a part of-the excise taxes Bob Fletcher of the Northwest year were smut free. Golden and in Grass Valley; Moro experiment station, also being used to seeing all of the and raise an extra billion from Crop Improvement association Elgin contributed 86.4 percent Purchase and pales contracts ASSESSOR’S OFFICE: attended. *-------- ,'«*>- snow go down the creeks. West Coast Printing A Bind larger corporations would have spoke about certification plans of all smutty wheat reported, for County’s gasoline require ------------------ The roads were entirely clear the effect of transferring gov- saying that the Sherman Grain ments for 1950 entered into with ing Co., $66.97; Kilham Station Monday before the second snow P R IS O N E R S E L IG IB L E Shell, Standard and Union Oil ery A Printing Co., $8.65. ernment costs from the consum- Growers in the Wasco territory began and are now coated with COURTHOUSE: ers - to the consumers, but fco it are building a seed mill capable NEW CLUB FORMED companies a light snow covering that is not Former prisoners of war en Elsie Jones, P. M., $2.40; City wouldn’t be noted on the bill. Qf turning out well cleaned and Appointments -for 1950 con titled to benefits under the war very dangerous at n o r m a l •of Moro. $1.95; Pacific Telephone present Seventeen boys were treated seed. Plans for seed mills sisted of: & Telegraph Co., $35.50; Pacific claims act of 1948 may obtain ap- speedR. Some Ice is on The roads Hiss, apparently, was guilty may* be obtained from the asso at the 4-H club meeting at Ru- County truant Officer, Norman Power A Light o., $20.98; Ranch piication blanks from local vet in places. of denying that he was guilty. ciation. Cost of producing pure ^us school last Thursday night, E. Fields, Sheriff. & Home Store, $6.45; R. B. Hos- erans’ agencies and service or There was alx)Ut an inch of ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ • seed would range from 15 to 35 Donal Brlslane, teacher at Rufus ganizations. the Oregon Depart water in the snow and a very County Fair Board Member, kinson, $5.00 After We note that several towns cents over regular cost, he said, school is the 4-H leader. ment of Veterans’ Affairs an little in the later snow. Temper three year term, Harold D. Ea- CIRCUIT COURT: Mr Fletcher said that if mill« the business meeting the boys are choosing senior citizens of atures Tuesday night were Peter L. Di Curti, $2.50; Gor nounced this week. the year and sometimes also ln the north^ had the c h Z ^ m e s Brlslane kln. around zero but there is a pro Forms received by the state don R. Griffiths, $5.60 DeMoss Memorial Park Board, junior citizens of the year. Per- of any wheats they wanted served the boys a lunch at the mise of warmer weather in a veterans’ department from ' the COUNTY COURT: County Court. haps In some places they choose wouj ( j grind million bushels en( °* evening. war claims commission have day or so. Vernon I. Miller, $17.60; Les DeMoss Memorial Park care women of the year although pro- Qf Elgin, 3 million bushels of ------------------------------------ ter Wilson, $24.00; C. A. Tom, been distributed to county ser Trucks were routed through hably no senior in that class. Triplet, 2 million of Idaed, 2V* yields. If it must be used the taker and supervisor, Donald $125.00 vice officers and to the major Moro with the closing of the Col AU this no doubt adds something m|jjjon of Fortyfold, and 5 mil- wheat should be older than non DeMoss. veterans’ organizations. COUNTY SCHOOLS: $698 00 umbia river highway at Starva- to the variety in headline in jjon of Rend wheat. They County Road Viewers, Joe GOV’T TRAPPER. $50.00 ------------------- tion creek and while traffic has mal age when sprayed. If there the local newspaper and puts now jmpor^ 13 million bushels of Peters, J. M. Wilson and J. R. COUNTY AGENT: $1642.50 RILL BIGGERHTAFF kept moving over the Waplnitia is one annual weed per square some citizens up for t target for Montana wheat to get protein, Yocum. COUNTY AUDIT: $100.00 B..1 Blggerstaff, eldest of the “The river” ’ “ « ^ the next twelvemonth. Perhaps <pbey would grind no Rex. Pro- foot spraying is recommended. County Road Foreman for COUNTY JAIL: $34.64 four Biggerstaff brothers, who f „ blw.k J wlth lce an(1 it does something else, probably auction is now cut from a capa- Morning Glory may be control 1950, Frank Bazzel. SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS ran saloons In Moro years ago was c]osed for ncar)y two weeks not. city of 46 million bushels for led by treating July first and Dog Damage Indemnity Board, $600.00 died at The Dalles last week for all but occasional travel. . e # » northwest mills to around 22 again in two weeks with 1V6 W. E. Bruckert, Kenneth Sather, DEMOSS- PARK pounds of 2-4D acid per acre. and T. M. Garrett. Pacific Power A lig h t . Co., following an operation. Both sides of the river were it is a proveable statement million bushels. He had been living ln the plugged. Dwarf smut, the kind that County Official J Newspaper, George Penrose, agricultural $0.95 that the Increase in the size of Richmond country in Wheeler DISTRICT ATTORNEY:. Snow began falling sometime farms has helped to bring about stays stays active in the soil, Is agent for the Union Pacific, was Sherman County Journal. county and was taken to the Wednesday night and continued in Klickitat county and prob Election Precinct Board mem- In charge of the car and prepared West Coast Printing & Bind- our socialistic trend. A majority nf^he^population "resides in the ably in Wasco county also, said the programs. Western states in bers for 1950-1951, same mem- ,ng Co $10 30; T Tester John. hospital by Art Barzee. He was through the first part of Thurs a native of Missouri and is sur day. It was a real snow, falling Htipq where they hold jobs pro- Fletcher. which the company operates are bers reappointed excepting one 8On $1250 vived by brothers Miles and at the rate of an inch an hour Rex Warren advised against included in the car itinerary change in Moro No. 10 precinct. PREMIUM ON OFFICERS’ of re- viding services instead John, both in California. the use of oil In weed spray which takes the greater part of Circuit Court Jury list, con- BONDS- ' IR5Gvo and in apparently large flakes maining in rural areas where mixtures as it sometimes cuts each year. sisting of 200 names, drawn for bonds : Giles L. French, $50.00; although the temperature was they worked at production. They George G. Updegraff, $140.00; flMU’J’ FROM EIGIN but little above zero. The snow have lost the security that goes T. lis te r Johnson, $125.00 with land ownership and they The Oregon State Game Com was fluffy and Impeded traffic about folks vou ao know RETIREMENT FUND: $57.63 mission announced today that little until piled high. are trying (successfully) to get MISCELLANEOUS: The six inches of new snow it by the ballot. Concentration the final angling regulations for or would en>ov knowing State Industial Accident Com 1950 will be set Friday, January that were on the ground by noon of ownership in agriculture and industry is bringing t l T h e grange card party sched- Mr. and Mrs. Donald von Bor- School opened Monday as bus- mission, $9.26; First National 27, 1950, at 10:00 a. m., in the Thursday had about doubled Banw, $132.00; State Tax Com- Portland office of the commis- the snow on the- ground and reward it has • political for iast Friday was called stel (and children spent Friday ses were again able to travel tions. It may go H on account of the storm. evening at the home of Mr. and over the country roads. The Retirement System, $144.95; Na «ion. Tentative regulations have *ave fur^ er protection for sown disintegration, probably will. It been released, and any changes cr°Ps- There wag Uttle* drifting Mrs. Gene Reynolds playing thaw over the week end left tional Hospital Association, deemed necessary will be made excePl on m°re, exposed ridges, generally does. Then some other w hen the blizzard hit here canasta. many bare patches „ of ground $10.50. at that time there being little wind although race will myve in, parcel Friday 13, It practically stopped Mrs> orstei received receiveu but out consiaerauie u to vu Mrs. Ted von von n Borstel considerable snow snow is Is su still the snow came from the 'east. land, and start all over again. everything. School was dismiss- word from Dr short at found covering the stubble ROAD FUND: ed at 10.30 a. m. and the children WAGES: that his wife suffered and in the many* drifts, This is the kind of season sent home. All the children got a Lebanon Frank Bazzel, $245.55; E. Mc Stockman Assumes Paul Banyan Role stroke on January 16 and was Bill Jeffries and Durward Hel- when one might consider the home, but George Fox Jr., who helpless. Mrs. Short will be re- yer were busy several days last Pherson, $204.38; Earl Rehr Eskimo diet of whale blubber has a north and south lane to membered here as Mrs. Jeanie week clearing roads and lanes $216.22; H. A. Shields, $245.02; While doubtful about its taste travel over on his last lap of the Wray, a former resident of Grass with bulldozers. R. F. Looney, $246.11; A. H. For New }ork Lumbermen and not entirely convinced that school bus route. The snow had Valley. Frank Bayer, . Mr. and Mrs. Robert Helyer Olson, $107.81; The lumbermen’s legendary for along spell better than any Its appearance would contribute already drifted too much in this - and an d son ’son Larry Larry were were dinner dinner guests guists »220.94; First National Bank, Paul Bunyan came hack to life other Invention of mine. It took to appetite, it would surely put iane for travel. George, who had The Valentine pinochle party Sundav of Mr. and Mrs. Harry $61-10; State Tax Commission, a covering over th ribs that stayed with Paul Blackburne to sponsored by the American Le- j ustesen $16.26; Public Employes Retire- today when Congressman Iz>well so many worries off my mind Stockman of Oregon spoke to a that I just went on and on leav would keep out the cold. We attend the 4-H club meeting at gjOn and Its auxiliary will be ment System, $60.26 convention of 4000 northeastern ing more and more things to the wonder if it would be improved Rufus school Thursday night, held at the Kent Legion hall Miss Linda Helyer spent Sun- REPAIRS: government, never dreaming I with catsup. - was invited back to Blackburnes’ Saturday, January 28 at 7:45 if day at the home of Miss Bonnie j. k . McKean Co., $97.55; Sun- lumbermen in New York. was stacking up trouble for my Representative Stockman’s six # * * * ♦ place after the storm blew up. the weather Is permissible. Tatum. set Motor Co., $32.05; Interstate self. feet, six inches, dressed in the that the 1950 Incidently, It was the following Mr. and Mrs. Ted von Borstel Mr. and Mrs. Harley McKay Tractor & Equipment Co., $631.- Reports have Saturday before he got a ride an(j gon, Carl and James Rateau entertained Sunday with a din- 82; C. H. Urness Motors, $ $1.24; loud checkered skirt and heavy * “Then so much trouble came boots of the lumberjack, gave that I had to start the R.R.A., woman oman — is going to o . up with Don and Bill Macnab were business v isito rs'in The ner party in honor of Mr. Me- Arstlll-Monroe Pontiac, $39. 30 to his tall tales on government, the Rabbit Relief Administration, 1923 woman did, that being a in their truck, so that he could Dalles Monday. Kay’s birthday. Those present TIRES A TUBES: corresponding year in relation get home. the characteristic Bunyan flavor. for relief of the rabbit critters were Mr. and Mrs. George Mc > Mr. and Mrs. Earl Olds, Mrs. Firestone Stores, $105.33 In the vernacular of Paul Bun- that were starving in the woods, to the end of a major war. We , . . Herman Ziegler and Mr. and Mrs. Kay, Mr. and Mrs. H arry How- GENERAL SUPPLIES: Your yan himself, who claims he made and next I had to start up the agree with others who have iour correspondent, who lives Art Schining and daughter, ru. Di- ell, Arleta and Donna Rhoades, McFadden Auto Parts, $8.95; criticized the style to be, but Equipment Co a11 tb ’nff8’ even government, the e r d . Agency, for frog and duck vuvkv.— - - - - dictant dav te° m eS. n2 a letter ane were business visitors in Mr. and Mrs. F. C. Smith and Mid-Columbia M Home H ’ Congressman said, “When It relief. do recall that in that distant day no opportunity to mall a letter Monday son, Billy, and Mrs. Joyce Arm $50.95; Ranch & Store, of 1923 the women looked pret- for nine days. Snow was drifted Th<,D«Hes Monoay. came to government-making, I ,<More and more 8ourdough $1.50; Firestone Stores, $8.57 strong and son, Mike. ty good. Apd we wonder if this ag high as the fence posts in Mrs. Art Bibby went to The used sourdough as a starter, and gOVemment was getting out of MISCELLANEOUS: Mrs. William Macnab and in- and t^en j started telling criticism - stems directly from places. Dalles Friday to shop and to State Industrial Accident Com that was the first mistake, be- liking for the curvacious figure spend a few days visiting Mrs. fant daughter, Nancy Carol, Just mission, $66*56; Pacific Tele- cause then I could not stop It those loggers the same thing I’m or partly from the emnll™a\ “ ^ n lnch ol l m t ln the Florin Coon returning hojpe made It home before the storm "'Teleyraph Co.. $7.10; from growing and growing, and telling you today, ‘Men, get back erosion of 27 years. eround but it is found at this Monday. swept the City of Moro, $1.75; Pacific Po- rising and rising, until It. got to first principles in govern to he bigger than I was In no ment. Get back to sourdough ♦ • • 55 1 has taken A crowd attended the had been at The Dalles hospital. wer A Light Co., $3.16 It seems odd that Mr. Acheson time /that the _ . F basketball game here in the ‘ Mr. and Mrs E. W. Peck and RETIREMENT FUND: $39 77 tIme at a^- Tbat’s what I return and use it when you need it, but loyal to his personal t h e frogt fro ^ ' hoV o ? this snow local gym Monday night when Ray Lash of The Dalles visited ed for today— to tell, and warn keep it settin’ in a cool place, so would he so Wasco town town team team defeated defeated the the at at tne the Robert ROAD TAX FUND: you about It. friends and hold to Mr. mi. Hiss all indications most of #ar ___ aq th> WaBco Kooeri Morris iviorns home nome Tues- i ue«- SPECIAL i m it won’t rise and rise until it and be ao cool toward China a will (to « » « , Zehra9 „ a „ cvenln(? and attende(t the 0Ag t “When I first contrived sour swallows you up.’ ” ln the ground is con basketball game at school.. Standard ( Oil Co., $296.17 dough government, It served me long time time friend of the United moisture cerned. States. F About the County o Official County Paper January 27, 1950
