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journal Moro, Oregon Friday, Sixty-Second Year No 36 — Wheat Price Set T hese T h i n g s At $205 bu rT r w e N o te by Giles L. French In Sherman The production and market ing administration Wednesday announced the loan rates on wheat for the 1950 crop, through E. Harvey Miller, chairman. The loan rate for Sherman county will be $2.05 for No. 1 wiiTTov wheat. Census figures are o u t a n d are apparently »«*c1“ ' X ' s * * * the 19M <™P and as ,h » 7 . t o r - but » K 8ures a ,or ,he cr°P now grow th w as arg t. V growing. The plan to charge the so great as had been h o p r tt o r farnWr for g n , A m e r i X do abandoned. This would have in all important. V,p ^ m e rlc a iw jlt take great store in the biggest growers by seven cents if the of anything; look at our in wheat was kept until spring. sistence on keeping the largest The rate is $2.21 in Portland national debt. with reductions . . - I based oa the Rudyard Kipling once used > 1 , A freight rate which gives Wasco this little poem to illustrate a county $2.05, Gilliam $2.04, Mor- point and it may be done again: row $2 03 and Umatilla $1.97. "Twelve hundred million men Condition of the crop in Sher- are spread about this earth man county has deteriorated And I and you wonder somewhat during the hot weath When you and I are dead. er of the past week although not What will these luckless mil below what had been expected lions do?” if hot days came before complete ripening. Fields are turning ra But before that urns (much, pidly in the north end although better, too) some brief considers the spring grain in the southend tlon can be given to what the still „ remains green. The amount Oregon million and a half do as bughelg the county obtains far as producing food and fibre this year above the normal will are' concerned. It causes reflec come from the spring area be tion on the productivity of pop cause the winter wheat is not ulations. L lk expected to be above average Agricultural production in 1949 except in a few places. went like this: The temperature was 93 here $27,549.000 Marion the first of the week and al 23,945326 Umatilla though a little cooler Wednesday 22,248,393 Jackson is still seasonably warm. 21.458.960 Klamath 18,885,000 IJnn ABOUT TH E COUNTY 18322,000 l^ane 17343,000 Clackamas Mr. and Mrs. Dell Olds and 15,697,000 Yamhill Mr. and Mrs Earl Olds motored 12,349,760 Union to Whmic Sunday where they 9313.000 Multnomah attended the 50th wedding anni 7.754,000 Morrow versary of their brother in law 7353,300 Wasco and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Bert 7.068,000 Douglas Brown at the home of their son 6,832.580 Wallowa in law and daughter, Mr. and 6,819,390 Benton Mrs. George Balzer. Other guests 6,421,000 Sherman included Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Na- 6398,100 Coos ) house and daughter, Mrs. I^eslie 6,000.000 Tillamook Stewart and sons from McCoy, 5,970317 Hood River Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Powell and 5,940,072 Josephine family from Moro, and Dalles Mrs. 5.792,333 Brown from Mr. The Deschutes Louis •ÿ.776,130 Crook » and W , R Olds from Ynha City, 5,500,000 Columbia California. 5320,575 Lake ------------ 1----- , , „ 5,02^,200 Harney Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Grimes, 4,390,307 Grant and David Nish were here Wed- 2,519,926 Lincoln nesday to look over the Nish 1,600,000 Curry a mathmatical mind home while at The Delles to see If«n^e time and patience or a Mrs. Nish from Portland. or some time he can > computating coinpu voviii© • intenta® ----- Women Lead Both Parties Here Sherman county has a distinc tion. It is the only county in the state where both political par ties have elected women as chairman of the county central committee. The election of Mrs. Wt O. Brinkert of Grass Valley by the Democrats last week brought that party into feminine control where the Republican party has been since 19338 when Mrs. Howard Conlee became chairman of the central commit- ' o rfth e ,? OP has <**“ *“ °T h year8, . 'Other ° m cer» elett^ by the Democrats were Mr. Paul May, S^ reU,ry' M™ , W»lter B™ *- t and John B. DeMoss, congres- 8*onal committeemen. M.ELZEK-McCOLIXX H Wayne Melzer, last single one of the Wlr four iVUI I sons of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Melzer was married last Saturday at Goldendale Wash Miss Evelyn McCoiloch of The The weddlng party consisted of Mrs. McCoiloch, Mrs. Melzer, Doris Murray and Keith Averill besides the bride and groom. Aftek* a wedding trip into Washington they will return and help farm, the Melzer place, — WASCO P I a A Y S CONDON Wasco will play the Condon baseball club on the Wasco diamond next Sunday, Condon was the winner in the mm « -- - « ______ Timber league and is a eonsls- te n th 8ood team an d an o < foe of the Wasco toys The game will begin at 2:30 standard time, July 7, 1950 y Reapportionment Sunday School Rally Coming Sunday Balanced P an The annual Sherman County Sunday School Rally will be held Sunday July 9 in the Moro Com munity church. The rally will be gin 10 a. m. standard time with . Bible classes . . for ... everyone. . . , Morn- ,, „ ln* * orsJ?.lp, W.U* m. Mr. Paul J. Bayles of the Kent church will speak. There will be a basket dinner at 1:00 p. m. followed by a pro gram in which all the Sunday schools of the county will have a Part- ---------------- Gets On Ballot Information that the balanced plan for reapportionment will have a place on the ballot next November because of the filing of 35,189 names was received Wednesday night. The gather ing of the last of this huge _ number of names ' was done by tr avrilng’ th . length^? the state from ¿ v e ra l directions to P“* nP ‘»<* certified The plan sponsor»-! by the AF of u , he CT0 the GAME HEARING DUE ton. some young Democrats and some young Republicans The annual public hearing on hunting regulations will be held will not be on the ballot, it by the Oregon State Game Com was announced, because of fail mission at 10 a. m. July 14, the ure to get the necessary names time prescribed by statute. The checked by county clerks in time. commission’s Portland head Enough signatures were obtain- quarters are located at 1634 S. f°r 0131 Plan ?°tne day8 W W. Alder Street “ learned but so many All persons or organizations were in Multnomah county that they could not be prepared id interested in regulations pertain ing to seasons, bag limits, and time. methods of taking game animals, The result will be properly game birds, and furbearing ani considered a victory for the mals are invited to attend. Re rural people of Oregon who have commendations from all parties met a challenge mor« effectively will be heard, but for accuracy than the challengers themselves. in the record, Charles Lockwood, The fact that the balanced state game diretor, requests that plan will be on the ballot does all Important facts are state pot mean that it will be passed ments be submitted in writing. without active support of those Tentative regulations will be /who have an interest in having announced after the hearing. JTaprteHBtation based The commission will reconvene on more factors than popula- within* two weeks, make any tlon. I h ere is m ore than one changes deemed necessary, and hurdle to making a law by the set the final punting regulations initiative process. for ^50 About the County All of the right of ways along the wheat fields haven’t been cut for hay yet, but most of the fall wheat fields are cut. It’s a common sight now to see the bundles of hay curing along the right of ways. Some of the farm- ers wait until after harvest to haul the bundles in, but most of them see to it that the Job gets done th ir Thoi- that have out them h ay th ro u g h choppers, have learned the h a rt way that It doesn’t pay to put U ^ X t i a a p o ^ to n ^ » e o ^ 8Ults of triat spontaneous com bustion, which has burned up fine barns filled with good hay. The spring wheat still has that fresh green color, but some of the fall wheat is turning that Official County Paper ------------ ---------------------- about folks you ao knote or would enioy knowing golden yellow which means the livelihood of most of Sherman 'H10 kernels of the w heat are formed now in the wheat heads, and in some places, 11 eA<M alreaJ y hard- A Allen Tom be might Mrs. CJeo Barnum and son. be able to start harvesting about the middle of this month. ^ ‘‘Hey of Portland <*“* th * £ Was™ S t x * - « 8 i S s U n ^ rd lin ^ Z week, Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Barnum and Mr. and Mrs. Giles French drove to Bend the afternoon of the Fourth to witness the water pageant and visit with Mr. and £°UP Mr. and Mrs. Ross Guilford were in Rufus last week gather- ing up their belongings that were stored with fie n d s to ^ k e to their new farm which they re- ^ ? tly pun hased at Beavercreek ^ d V rT who br e “ " 1S3'° nS m ad e th e ir h o ' n w T Z L £ Deer have been geen around tfae end of countv 7 7 th is year Sunday a cou pl# g , bt|(As were notlced loung' ROAD NOT DONE ,ng around BrUC^ Millard’s The canyon grade which sprlng road the state highway is build- Mr. and Mrs. William F. Mac In*' ls atnI in the making. Since nab left Saturday for Portland school is out, and the school bus X ne dX n X l p r^ u c e S i d e r Diane Christianson Tells About Trip lo when they went to see Macnab’s hasn’t needed it to make the cousin, a newly ordained priest route, not many local people X .o th - A c tin g A t Salem say his first mass Sunday in have hindered the men at work Portland at his home church. by us,n< the 8rade They had And "m e deivlnj into sudi -O Arlene, , __.. Kay to build UP the road bY Millards, matters would lead to informa- Diane Christianson vespers. Speakers who addre„ Their daughters, _ . _____ ♦in« atout other firsts since they delegates during the and Nancy were overnight guests by PuUing rock on it, so once to be cherished. Umatilla An exciting week of experience of meeting included of Mrs. Alta Smith while their over those rocks with-a car, the __,,ntv h as the largest number in state government was mixed jjaw8On McCall, from Governor folks were away. Also leaving PeoP*p were satisfied to go the rvf tinpd acres, Morrow second, with plenty of education for |£Cj£ay»g office, Mayor Dorothy from Rufus Sunday to attend the ®^tra distance to go down Ger- cborman third: Douglas has the Dorothy Wilson and myaelF, McCullough Lee of Portland, mass were Mr. and Mrs Leland king canyop. It is not known timber and the most sheep; Diane Christianson. I was se- william Browne,, State Medler and Mr. and Mrs, Tom when the grade which is to be n X r has the most minerals, lected ’ and sponsored by the < 3 ^ ^ MttrIe wilcox, and Mrs. Macnab. Mr. and Mrs. Don Mac- a b,ack toP highway, will be uffcMnwa has the most scenery, American Legion auxiliary from Goode, past national pre- nah were present also, h u t they finished, but it doesn’t look like cborman has the largest per- Moro and Dot from G rass Val- g| d e n t Of ^ e American Legion went down to Portland on busl- p wiI1 ready for the wheat t i l e of tilled land and the ley to attend Girls’ State In Sa- auxmaTy ness during the middle of last barve8t this year. 'largest përcapîu Incomes; Har- lem June 12 to 18. Lighter in vein were some or the largest, eV county is tne larsvov, bake Part of a nation-wide program fBe planned events such as an Cooley-Lemley Wedding Held In Moro Rewind- Multnomah the smallest. to fncrea8e interest in practical amateur hour, style show, group Mi «« government, Oregon’s obser- parties, reception, and / candle- of the making of platforms vance of Girls’ State brought light service. There was lots of ♦her? is no end. Anytime any about 185 high school juniors f|ne democratic spirit, as I re- g ro u p wants to make headlines from aB parts of the state to call. One morning when the so- Lemley, daughter accompanied at the trouble it calls a few of the meet an(j gO through the funo- cretary of state was waiting on of Mr. and Mrs. Arzell Lemley Mrs. Carroll Savrs « 7 7 1 or ■ hful together _ faithful together and makes, UP Uong of government from city the table, the governor said, ?f . . Gra?s _ Valley became the played the wedding music ° 80 a program som etim es called convention and «will the secretary please serve bride of Jack E. Cooley, son of a reception Wn c < and county dJlaration of principles, or a elections, On up to the choosing the eggs?” and the girl who waa W. E. Cooley of The Dalles and ately after the cerpmnn ln?rni M v,rter or whatever else the nub- Qf a cornp)ete slate of state offi- secretary of state answered, “I’ll Mrs. Frances Hunt of Portland. church , , Dar7 r" ° n ^ ,v man thinks up for the clals _ 3erve them when they.re r9adyt" The ceremony took place at the °C,a' parI“ ™- After the ^adon . We had a good Idea of what You see, even the highest offl- Moro Community church Sun- ™ap 'fn cut ‘ho first piece I^ ls all a part oT a democratic wag golng Qn of our clals had t0 take their turn on day, June 25, with the Rev. W. ° f ,the w.edd.'.ng “ ke M” Henry Tetz and Mrs. Vern ? IcGowan, nrocess in that every group or cIvlcg trainingi but there was a K.P. This also shows the demo- W ^G earhart oniclatlng. number of the practical angles, cratic form of government and The bride given in marriage of th<? br,d* cut a" d ®er* like filing for office, that prov- that we all have freedom of by her father, wore the tradi- e cake and punch, Mrs. Three forms of speech. tional white satin gown en train Gnrdon Lenj 7 L a?< n° iie clamor If we all do It. An 1 .uttor- ed to he new. citv government were demon- The delegates were housed with a fingertip veil held in om assisted in serving the Iy „ s e le s ^ , strated* commissioner, alderman- on the Willamette university place by a tiarra of orange bios- guestf- Mrs- < haf]PS Lemley, the straiea, conn . 8<,mg shc ., b(nRJUOt of bride’s grandmother and Mrs. If nresent sentiment continues )c clty manager. Our city, which campus, and during our , _w .ll S e e wdl ___________ oro City C ltv In ’orp rnnell IPtPfi through all white roses centered 1 ‘ , »be legislature see we caned, “Ufo'cn "We’re U Here in xrro we u were conducted center« with an Bruce Yeager presided at the of coffee urn. Mrs. Ray Dickson pernaps firecrackers com- You’U-Find-Us -When -You-Want of the capltol building. As I was orchid. Miss Marilee Yeager , t i e ie x t session and _Uq Cbunty,” was a commission elected as a state representative Roseburg was the maid of honor wa8 in charge of the guest >ook. p,! te.’Z f« tc Of a menace to o f government, and th e ! had Dot ax my secretory. While and Miss Carolyn Lemley was After a wedding trip to Van- Fl/d ' th d lim b and destruction } kind we were concerned visiting the representative cham- bridesmaid for her sister. Miss couver, B C_the couple will he life and Umh ano............. ..... only Kinu afternoon of the inau- Yeager’s gown was of pale green at home in Eugene. bv fire A willingness to compro- with Miss laemley's of or- Among the out of town guests mise h ,s kept legislation lor I . served as one of our city’s guration of our governor we satin and Their haio bonnets at the wedding were Mrs. Char- chid net. to sit at the absolute aholltlo off H e 1 o,.ks councilmen, and in the state were determined les I-emley of u Gresham, and . - occunled bv Giles French, matched their dresses and of æ8 îæ m iey or re s n a m , Mr. Mr. aim her.tofo.T- * * * government a er or after arriving we discover- identical style, both carried nose- Mrs. Henry Tetz and son Steph- representative. While at the But after arHvlng, ive llsco v er “ e p l glad)oll florets en of Heppner, Mr. and Mrs. Lad re read the exclusion It was sai g gay y oouqueu, »w y« conclusion of the week-long ses- ed that it wm taken, token so we sa i McGowan and family family of tb n of independence ™on one representative and al- directly behind these girls and The best man was Ray Dick who will will talked talked to to them them for for some some time, son of Bend and Rnil <.ie ushers »■"*»•■ were wpfp Mr. and Mrs. Carl Declaration » wbn last Tuesday? te rn « « wwe chosen who m k t g e rm a n of Forest Grove, Frank « « ^ in „ A August u g u st to a h GlrlSn Nation FtoaD g J Qf of Vprnon,n. Mr. and » go oheriff’ Fields^ who registers meeting in Washington, H v J ™ " « we could lighting of the candles by the Mrs. C. Bansch of The Dalles, ag a Democrat, has been having to follow through on a na . I sherman TOun[y UBherg Vern MrGowan. uncle of Mr. and Mrs. George Wilcox of Lt« of fun this week trying to scale. R tQok the brld(f of pilot ttock Rang two Salem, Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Baker noddle an elephant to the Repute ^ a c h d a y was carehUy p^ ■ ' gifted persuatlon 'on our numbers. “Ah Swagt Mystery of and Mr. and Mrs. Tom Alley of He was In dtante of one ned,_beglnnlng w H h jJ l a g rals ^ m a ^ g U t o d J » DalIes. ing ceremony and ending with part to manage attached from a circus. Church June 25; To Live In Euaent Field Day At Station Time For Showing New Wheats; Fertilizer Trials Two new wheats, ready for nitrogen and the flying time. distribution, will be shown at Experiments have not been the experimental station today carried on long in fertilization when visitors gither for the an and the results this year are not Moisture, weather nual field day. They will be led conclusive. by Superintendent Geoigc Mit and other conditions affect the chell, assistant Bill Hail and Dr. results. D. D. Hill, head of the farm The nursery will attract the crops department at OSC. attention this year because it One wheat is Elmar which is contains many new winter bar a cross between Hymar, a smut leys in an attempt to find a win resistant variety, and Elgin and ter barley that will fill the re recrossed three timjes. It looks quirements present under the exactly like Elgin but carries farm program. . Olympia now the smut resistance of Hymar. looks the best with hardiness It yields with Elgin, too, and and an average production of mills VPfell. What has been de 38 bushels over five years. veloped is Elgin that does not The nursery interests every smut badly. year because it ls from there that - The other new wheat Is Brev- all the new wheats and barleys or. In its ancestry is Oro, Flo- come. Developing a new variety ence, Turkey, Federation and is a long process. After the cross 40-fold. The breeders just cross ing of two wheats the desirable ed the best wheats for various descendants are picked out and things and Brevor is the progeny. planted hi head rows and ob It has a long he^d like Federa served for smut resistance, head tion, a white chaff, white ker character and straw strength. nel and grades as soft white. Then the best are planted In a It yields well, mills only fairly rod row and tested for smut well but the millers have agreed and growing characteristics again to accept I t and the good ones then go into The effects of fertilization will single rows where they are re be shown at the station this year plicated four times and watched although the superintendents say for vigor and the other factors the difference does not show so and then the test for yield can much now as earlier in the be made. The average time re spclng. Trials were made by quired Is 10 to 12 years and using three kinds of nitrate bear m an y varieties that look fine at ing fertilizer, ammonium nitrate, first fall before ail the tests are ammonium sulphate and ura- made. mon. All were tried in plots A suggestion has been made treated with 10, 20, 30 and 40 that by planting grass on wheat pounds per acre of nitrogen. fields for a four or five year Check plots tell what would have period it may be possible to happened if- none had been ap bring the soil hack to a more plied. Cost is about 14 cents per porous condition so that water pound for nitrogen plus cost of will enter it instead of running application making the total for off. A farmer might properly a 40 pound application $5.60 for have a fifth of his land in grass all the time on a rotation basis RANKS RAISE RATES and thereby prevent it from danger of the run-offs that The United States National have cost thousands of acres of Bank has increased the interest soil loss in recent years in this rate on savings accounts and has » announced a proposed 20 per area. A crop of grass usually cent stock dividend. reaches its peak of root growth The action was taken at a In atout five years when there meeting of the board of directors is something like a couple of Friday, June 30. tons of roots to the acre. These Savings depositors of the roots permits water to penetrate bank will receive 50 per cent the soil more easily*. Aid to the more interest on their savings soil and often better crops are beginning July 1, 1950. E. C. grown for a five year period Sammons, president of the state after grass. wide banking system, explained. There are experiments at the The rate has been increased station that show the effect of from 1 per cent to l t t per-cent and spring wheat of grow on savings accounts under $10,- winter ing grass and alfalfa and alfalfa 000 and to 1 per cent on amounts and grass combined. The results over that sum. this year will be different than Stockholders of the United before as this is the third crop States National Bank will bene since the alfalfa was plowed un fit from a proposed 20 per cent stock dividend If a plan approved der. There are some new plantings by the board of directors is rat of grass, mostly the standard ified at the bank’s stockholders’ varieties which are now recog meeting called for August 11, nized to be crested wheat, big 1950, and if the plan also meetf blue, the biggest hunch grass, with approval of the Comptroller bulbous blue and the fescues of the Currency, Sammons Stat (sheep and Idaho) which are ed. slow growing and hard to start. “Since more than 75 per cent There are some crosses between of the stockholders are residents rye and rye grass and wheat of this state, the proposed in and wheat grass for those who crease in capital structure will would like to see a perennial benefit Oregon,” Sammons added. wheat experiment And the new shrubs show well As *of June 30, deposits of this year and anyone wanting $1,487,399 and loans of $195,284 were reported for the Sherman to shield and decorate his farnv County branch, Moro, of the stead could find the kind of First National Bank of Portland shrub for it by looking at the by* Carrel S. Bennett, local man many varieties on the station- ager. Op June 30, 1949, deposits grounds. Mrs. Mitchell has an experi were $1,600.590 and loans $256,- mental vein in her system, too, 011. The First National Bank of and has many varieties of flow- Portland with 45 branches, re ers blooming or getting ready for ported June 30 deposits at $478,- later blooming There are ta 766.582; loans at $176356,994 and delphiniums, many varieties of total resources at $518,679,679, chrysanthemums and others to according to F. N. Belgrano Jr. please the heart of the ladles while the men talk about wheat. president On June 30, 1949 deposits were $458,205,572; loans $156,556,423; B E I j HHK CHILDRBN WIN and total resources $497,187,407. Jimmie and Sharon Belshe, Increased Interest rates for savings account depositors at the children of Mr. and Mrs. Boh First National Bank of Portland Belshe returned from a months became effective July 1, said visit with their grandparents, President F. N. Belgrano Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Elner Helyer at Depositors will receive 1^4% Vale, Oregon. During their stay in Vale they interest on all savings accounts up to and including $10,000 and attended the Oregan state grange 1% interest on any amount in juvenile session in Ontario, Jim excess of $10,000. This action mie being a delegate from Har- was taken by the board at its landview juvenile grange. Both regular June meeting on Wednes Jimmie and Sharon competed In day. Belgrano stated that the the state declamatory contest, new rate will apply to both new Jimmie winning 2nd place in the and existing accounts and that 10 to 14 age group and Sharon deposits made on or tofore July 3rd place in the 5 to 10 age 10 will draw Interest from Ju ly l group.
