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
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, , „
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®
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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-
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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
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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.