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About Sherman County journal. (Moro, Or.) 1931-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 18, 1952)
s«1 g e rm a n (County jjmtrnal Sixty-Fourth Year No. 11 T hese T h in g s Moro, Oregon Friday. January IS, 1952 ®oar<* ^ans Started Earlv Meeting fòunty (WidUl Patur Engineer Tells PP&L Pavs la x About McNary la Cities As Dam At Club Franchise Payment Annual Cropping Talked By Conservation Men A check for $329.78 was turti- It's eight months aw ay but th« . ed over 10 the city of Moro Uus .7 *,_ Sherman county fair board has acts about McNary dam and week by Lawrence Kirby, line- Farmers, eighty'strong met at begun laying plans for the 1952 a picture showing the details of man agent for Pacific Power A the court house TueadJy fair. They go like this. construction were presented to I lghl company, in paym ent of noon it the behest of the coun- An effort will be made to ob a dinner meeting of the Moro the u tility’s 1952 city License ty ’s soil tonservkfton district tain possession of the three Boosters club Wednesday night ta*; . and after watching a d ‘......- cornered piece of land west of By Giles L* French by Lt. Col. R. N. Anderson of Kirby said that the 1952 pay- about soils and electing Vi ernon the grounds, which, if obtained, the Walla Walla office of the n,ent *,‘n bring to $1771.78 the Miller to membenhlD ...... doesn’t make „ a llM 111 wil1 fenced in w ith the other. Being rich man U. S. Engineers. *•««*••«* — — . . . in .. r ° heard am ount Pacific » has paid 11- . board . for another term Im portant although the process T f,e chjtken barn and other bull* cense taxes to Moro since the three men |»lk< about w ll c £ ’The problem of building a nf getting trpttini» rich pinh sometimes cnnio,i m r tz w io 1 <>e tween the gate and the of does. n / 1 lnt° effeCt S*Ptemb*r **«-vatlon apd .. the im portant cattle barn will be removed leav- series of dams on a river is a T T W N ¿J£ . ’ . , toP*c of w hether’, o r not Sher- technical one, said the colonel, They don’t read poetry any a ®Pace large enough for a * ,na quarterly paym ent of man county soil' could be crop- who said that the Snake river more, neither in public nor at ?a r" S e P uf tanks wiH be varied in flow so that at some $<».44 on the 1951 franchise tax ped oftener. ’ home. It used to be done and by .ta led and P«rhaP« a few trees month by times it was 40 times as great h ,,* L P»,d this that means poems wera memor- cutA ‘ ° wn not many, E. R. Jackman, extension as a t others. The question of Pdc,fic to Wl izeti and recalled in later years. l.bange »be method of utilizing all the flow is Im im portant levy Now the man who remember a ^barging f° r the program will be ........H went . mto w«sco effect since May toe «' ¡ nitrogen ¡ T S reaction “ 11“ ' 1 in » “ t h * . * " » • but the question of how to build 1946 to $1487«« poem Is very likely grey and old. General admission a ’. ln® there-must bo nitrogen will be sold to the grounds. This a dam of the right size to use the <9i<i iu i 7 cbeck f°r to make the carbon • in straw *• Cr" * *nd crop Add^J flow without making It too big "By the flow of the inland river, will cover admission to the car- wasteful or of money money. |k (,n ' ^ J “ - W " » « of city nitrogen heipe b r e a k d o w n or- Whence the fleets of iron have nival, barns, Judging corrals, and therefore u itreiore wasteful fled, etc., and those needing passes to The projected dams on the - IPUilc matter, summer fallowing W here the blades of the grave- attend to stock will be admitted, destroy« organic matter. Columbia, Bonneville, The Dal grass quiver, For those who w ant to see the les. John Day, McNary, are de He mentioned the -MacGregor Mason» E n te r t a in Asleep on the ranks of the Program admission will be char- signed to provide continuous fgrm in . W ashington ...that has dead; ged to the stand. The stand will slack water f o r navigation. come into attention -because of Under the sod and the dew, be enlarged by construction of There will he some irrigation Eastern Stars and some stories to th e effect th at i S S S S * . ' ■ ■ ; S1£- ' TS i - etition . . . w . . h ln iu „ . n c . , p - m « . . W aiting the judgm ent day; a retaining wall along the track from them but electricity is the with 13 inches of rain' MacGre Under the one, the Blue south of the present grandstand main product. No monetary ben gor grew an annual-crop, or two 0 ,c a r Ch- , “ , n ~ and erection of four or five tiers Under the other, the Gray.” Join In Installation efits are figured for recreation. .'o three. Jackm an thought that A ’* ” 1» " ’ protesting an edict which would cancel of seats along it. ** Cd B,5 U®e ««rvlce U Alaska. The Indian v iliare of Minto de- The engineering feat of drop seeding w ithout plowing or oth recalled th e Civil w ar days. Fred Cox was appointed as Peod« •*» n o o ^ h e d u le d flig h t, to bring in fresh fr u it, vegetables anH ping tetrahedrons in the Colum- Masons entertained the Eest er - cultivation -------------- would > not »vl work worn m ilk for the Inhabitant« of the village vegetables and "I had a Mother who read me director of the beef division of bia to close the river so that a 1 " 1 Thursday night very well as there would be too the exhibits. Pearl and Cynthia the things the southern part of the dam *h . . / ” 'l*r “nd a f te r w a r d both many wee^s a n d Volunteer could lie built was regarded by he,d joH* Installation to put new wheat* ’ . -g , That wholesome life to the boy Bell were named to head the Negro Girls Have poultry divkhon, Mrs. James h eart brings— the colonel a , a fine stroke of *** « « • * • akU the deA lopm ent Stories that stir with an upw ard Dyer n f „ , of flowers. powers, Mrs. Althea Ingenuity anil the picture was t Insunc«,. o/. root growth which - themael touch, Burnet and Mrs Helen Martin Fun At Basketball largely about the technicalities Dinner was held at the church ves add to the organic m atter Oh, that each m other of boys and Mf 1’ Vl5 ?,nia M cIntyre will of that that job lob « • » and the ceremony w w P .u le n K a« b erg ” “ !ed w l y of were su c h ’” «gain be exhibit clerks. held at the hall. Installed ae Efforts In this countjl' io crop Election of officers for the . The board moved to hire the Lose To Locals club resulted in the choice of Wer» ..í'írs; annually, which w ere-V ery un wrote Strickland Glllllan of N orthw esterners for the 1952 as president; WUUrd Alton ’ Tom asked U reading and made little impres- £ ^ r - They were here In 1958. An exhibition of basketball Request of the Pacific Tele- vice-president; S*ilu U wee true that the more shal- V e r n i Arstill, slon. They will play for fair dances l>etween the Roamer girls and phone and Telegraph ctm pany Robert . . ------- Brisblne ------- ^1 as secretary; . ,pia,J *tr,mx’ HoJ^ard lo»r solfs would respond to an- _ , . , , aL Grass Valley on Friday nieht tb e Moro town team was pre- for urass Valley vaney Monday .uonaay an increaSe rates was Andy Paulson as treasurer and X * . ®Wen **' nual to p p in g b e st *Th? answer There s the stirrin g "Yarn of of fair week and at Wasco on -vutcu * nted uu a t Grass Nancy Bell Bell’ . "Kentucky Saturday night. night <re*«urer; was that often sha«oW*;soils are t h e Nancv * ‘ with the locals victorious «»anted in part by the public Wendell Balslger and Carrel conduct«»« h .T k , Belle”, “Casey at the B a t', nyiM i, uetty Christianson; tilled with m oisture» in the Charles Burnet was sworn in b> a 5250 score after an even- utility commissioner and the Bennett as members of the dSMK-late conductress, Catherine spring and su m m erfal& h n g can- “Abou Ben c««, Adheni", matUn wew- -ThJL . as a mernb«r of the board sue- ,ng of «ood fun and some good rate for calls will go up to ten executive bend Ihompson. Installing officer was not add any more A CToo m U ht mation of Sam McGee . There a reeding A rt Bucholtz who re- basketball. The m en ware not cent8 Januarv 21 ‘ ew ™ H « k ^ ; r; S S E S ? r V alter Scott’s charge to patriot- signed after five years service P e r i l e d to take the ball o f f " Main Hoskinson; chaplain, An- lie supplied, as««*», ism Breathes there a man with The next meeting will lie held th* backboard at the girls' bas connetted service will be filed Circuit Court Docket “ r . o t ' ^ mU,,CUn' N' ~ W - n e r . ¿ £ ¿ * ,1 , o. soul so dead F ebruary 18, Monday at the ket in Eebruary- ho never to him self hath said, court house and at that time the displayed ability at The company was granted Installe<l for the Masons were for the P e l e t o n ^/StoTtrow e1* 1 rt»» my ° Wn’ my native hoard hopes to get the fair off basket shooting and appeared new rates to Increase income by Set For Six Months Jr ««2 nm,OK wor85?Pful n‘** showw * v e ra l (¿ h S ^ -'o f land the plannin« board and action ab,e »core when they wanted some $853,000 with which to , Ju a _ . of lw. noo - ter. Bob Belshe, th at has aroused more patriot- ““ r “ d b*fore «Pr'ng work be- “ I ■ « »‘«> cTever a t pay federal taxes. About three Can v in City has ma. e m. Ws secretary I I J r senior warden; on which’ fertillxer h a iie e i *► le thoughts than Fourth of July „ " P » » « and k t P< M atter going eighths of this will come from 5 ,^ ™ " t„ a ,u 7 e ? ' C l a X i — ~ U. f . *” J * 1* orations In a generation. . ^ \ rS’ ^ aornl Van Gilder, di- a the time to the amusement the raise to a dime and the re- of 1952. it indicates trial of 28 stalling officer was t ’Urence ,Ie 43 un- 1 ector of the fancy work divi- spectators. mainder from new connection o r » i • Clarence dec which he would tMt land .Rudyard Kipling wrote a sort slon. Is h o p .,« , „ J , during t h i s ------------------- rates. whW . alx a're t o t e h " s h v ° h X n “ r * h “ ’ » « - ' *»r iu.rogen ifc l of a prayer for the English which cold w ea.her ,he women will TAX MAN I.V E H E R E The company asked for a ™ n “c X t y . ' E ig V X ,* ," l ^ l n The program „ im lste d of ,w . they didn’t heed | and it might out their knitting needles. return high enough to earn it Wheeler, ten in Grant and four «ongs by a quartet elih w .1 composed 5 * 2 ? îf*d^ led .¿.at> p p llcatlo n s serve fo r any people; crochet hooks and make some <>N FEBRUARY 7-11 7M| per cent and was granted a *n Gilliam. of Russell BelsheF, Mac pvi w ill ttiiu vvd.s g id n ieu a ••• O ia v Hall. i t a n , oj qa jjq Doiinds nr v "For heathen heart that puts displays for the fair. Premiums Sherman county cases with Bt‘u y Keyes and Beulah T ow n-«ej weji orl (hX work‘ The collector of Internal Rev- rate high enough to bring it 5.7 her tru st will be very sim ilar to those for ent. The greater part of the their dates are Dams vs. Dams, seryd- Mrs. Townsend Sang two . ‘ ’ WK*0, enue will send a man to this percent. In reeking tube and iron shard tbe 1951 fair, she says. .solos, “Smilin' Through” «**» and f ^ h “ bough the • average*num ber county early In February to aid com pany’s income comes from February 11-13; Irish m a n vs - ............ .................. . y All valiant dust th at builds on citizens to make up their tax California and increase in Ore- Taylor, March 24-26; Van Gilder My Hero”. Visitors w ere pre- ’ ,t W1heY KJ'own P»»?4nch of dust, returns. He will be at the court «on rates would have little ef- vs. Andrews, March 31- April 2; sent fronx The Dalles. Wasco, n ,?*lure ‘••th re e , gppMgatlon of And guarding, calls not on Thee Captains Appointed house in Moro, February 7 and ^ect on »be total, said the Oregon Keenan vs. Keenan, April 3-5; und Grass Valley. Leslie Martin. . has raised tfiie to Alh to guard— 8 and a t the city hall in Wasco, commissioner in partially gran- Cooper vs. Potter, May 5-6; district deputy grand m aster, 1 skb For frantic boast and foolish 11. ting the request. Ford vs. School Dist. 9, May 7-9. and P®st worthy grand patron of • admitted that- if'tnplsture Foi Dime Collection February word, ___________ ____________________________________________________ ____ ______________ ' »he Grand Chapter of Oregon, waa present nUeotffrn might Thy mercy on thy people, Lord.” Idoyd MIcRae and Mrs. McRae burn up a crop Uinatilia coun — - Carrel Bennett, county chalr- ty rainfall varied • f/om - 35 to 8 i here are books and books man of the March of Dimes com- and almost any condition can be of them, old and new, narrative, mlttee, has announced th at col- found t he r e . : Sherm an” county'a average l e ' 11.48 -teehee which ^ T ° a pp u « « ’S X J S ‘ iave” " n.meSf Seven Drivers Do puts it in the low er tgacket of breaks down They are: Kent, L uther Davis; CONDKNftED REPORT OF PRO- ber 31, 1953. Kenneth Fridley re-COUNTY JAIL: dry land agricuMure. «** Di U. Un i . raSS ? .a Anlta Hooper; CEEDINGH .OF .JANUARY 2, appointed to Fair Board for a Hotel Moro Coffee Shop $180 Damage To Many O. R. McDole, ion^< ’time soil ^ ? h t £ ° T ’ .uWhHe we are Mr B e n n ett’ W asco- ! * w - 1952 OF COUNTY COURT te rm of th ree years. ----------- P’ DEMOSS PARK: corwervatlonist lra<be- northw est reading about the strange cus- is Hastings; Rufus, Mrs. Har- T ruant Officer Norman E If ()re*on drivers had avoided talked about rotarichw that might Pacific Power & IJght, ------ $0 95 tom of weighing the Aga Kahn vey Hanson. Claims against all funds al- p ,el(js sh eriff P R E M IU M ON OFFICERS ju t seven accidents last year,, make lt pow ible for -farmer« In and paying him th at -much in A dance is being given at ,o^ t‘d as presented. DeMoss Memorial Park care- BONDS: T. l i s t e r Johnson, $100 f 4 P*°P,e probably would «till thU county to grow ..tw o crops platinum , we want to say that Grass Valley Saturday night to County T reasurer's monthly ta k e r Mr Erank Bazzel GOV'T TRAPPER. $58.35 be alive today. And if 20 other in three ymus. -He recefnmended we wish we could get by that aid the drive. Ciüzens who are financial statem ent showing all Hoard of Road view ers J M U. S. FISH & W ILD LIFE SRR- «oiash ups had been forestalled, aweet .clover and-' blH ey with easy in this country. able to contribute to the cam- fund balances as of December 31, w'llson Joe Peters and J R VICE: $350.00 40 men women and children wheat, th e-clover 'btenr Dlowed TTW N paign against the spread of the 1951 Presented, approved and Yocum ’ < DISTRICT a t t o r n f v $15.00 now on the traffic fatality list down. The uae of MiSeep type thr number diseaa* and for continued re- fll^d. I)og Damage indemnity Board: IA W BOOKS: $12 50 would be alive. plows waa^Tecommended by Mr. of collectors of internal revenue search toward eradicating It may County Clerk s monthly state- w Bruckert T M G arrett COUNTY PRINTIM C- «ui These 27 accident« were term- McDole who -would-- Rite to see ?i.V _e. ? heir S°n trlbutions to the nwnt showing all General Road Kenneth SaïhZr COUNTY A G ^ n Î $1725.oÎ)' ed Oregon's “worst of 1931” by ir o P residues all Jefi wn top of It Is the quality that is deficient, above named persons. Fund budget balances as of County Official Newspaper: RETIREM ENT FUND: $52.11 the Secretary of S tate’s traffic the «oil ¿»tor conservation pur- not the quantity. — --------------- December 1, 1951, presented ap Sherman County Jorunal. MISCELI ,AN BOUS: safety division Friday. Seven of l<*es. Building up»--. Hie organic T T W N proved and filed. County Road Foreman for State Tax Commission, $19.- the 27 reached the uiam highway m atter in the soil-uM lne of the County Road Foreman pre 1952, Mr. Frank Bazzel. . s P ’ h ” , “ S i ”?c h , / 1>ced MHWIONARIEB MEET 94; Public Employes Retirem ent «laughter class, as each resulted best things poss$ble-*for preven* the heat provided by the sweat- sents report on gasoline con- Budget Committee Miember: A. System, $121.59; State Industrial fn three or more deaths. tion p f erosion** he safdA Moisture ers in question. A gradual The iMoro Missionary society sumption during December re- c ” K ^ ^ r ® " thV M 'vear term Accident Commission. $12.18; One driver was involved ira w 01 a H*> if inf», factor in w’arrath Is w hat's wanted, not to met January 9 in the church P°r t approved and filed, Countv Road Foreman nre Election Precinct Ju ry List: First National Bank. $284.20; two accidents three months areaa ° f ra Inf UP «ten where have it all at once. social room, w ith Mrs. Jennie n U r „ L , Yr „ „ ¿ J , Y. J i , a L t co n sistin g of 200 nam es drawn National H ospital A is’n., $8.00 apart which bought death to six n,oA» tu re -ru n s --u p • 15 to 1« TTW N Martin, Mrs. Kathy Thompson sen(s report of gravel spread on f ”/ ¡K fj^ an d Bled ROAD FUND: people, including his son, his iQc h « « -- -t*.'*1» The old sport of cock fighting and Mrs. Inez Thompson as hos- county roads report, approved No furthpr m atters hpinu a» F ran k Bazzel, $147.73 A $134.. nephew and himself .T”ni >Ulseth, of the is in court in Linn county. Am- tesses for the afternoon. A de- a"d filed. i8 ™ a d jo u r n m ^ « n « u ^ 18; E. McPherson, $115.36 A The seven worst smash-up« ^ n s e rv a ü o n <HstrloW»*lii .th is ericans d o n ’t care much for it, liclous 2:00 o’clock dessert was Court O.K.’s applications for J tb**«teU**spehe for his nor bull fighting, either. Yet the served. renewal of beer licenses. ULAIMH PRHNENTEI> AGAIN* $94.48; Earl Rehr, $108.16 A $95.- had one thing in common the part Each involved A dePa rtraent ;-brlnglnrt>-apprecla- bull dogging is popular and The business meeting w a s Bond of Clair L. Balzer, Ass- HT HHBRMAN < (H'NTY, ORE- 50; Frank Bayer, $122.30 A $56.- division said. steer roping. Our customs, of conducted by Mrs. Maggie Bar- «»«or, approved and signed and GON, GENERAL ANI) ROAD 40; Jerry Morehouse, $119.38 A rate of speed too fsst for’ file Uon ,or the good*wdA of the $124.98 driver to control. ’’’ board, lie anaoiMMrtd • that Hen- course, are much more eiviltaed num, president. Bled. FUNDS FOR DECEMBER, 1WI, $6192; Ora W orkman, than those of other peoples. The treasurer, Mrs. I ^ ta Hs- District Attorney, T. Lester APPROVED JANUARY 2 TERM & 74.02; Claud Bayer, $137.79 & A nd for a safety office, the ry ^rabenliom t would succeed $103.95; IJoyd Gosson, $126.69 division made a strange com- I'aw renc*’ W arren at looal super * H linger, gave a report of the past Johnson, presents court 1 w ith THE COUNTY (X>URT & $89 90, Flrnt National Bank, rnent. “Speed, ... , vb»or. Wallace May■ W r chair- in ____ itself.' ____ they Norman Thomas says that all years financial activities. Over Resolution to be signed re: So- GENERAL FUND: $156 10; State Tax Commission, said, “was not responsible for man the meeting:.*»-!.- presidential candidates should three hundred dollars h a v e cial Security. Resolution signed S H E R IF F S OFFICE: $19 94; Public Employes Retire these deaths any more than the ------ -- ' •’ get together on foreign polioy been paid out In benevolences ano clerk instructed to mall pe- Norman Fields. $60 00 m ent System , $104.2? highway or the weather. Th« G IR A RD DAVIDHON and fight about other things, and charities. The society has titions signed by various em CLERK ’S OFFICE: REPAIRS: leal killer was a driver who What chance does that give for added several Improvements to ployes to Retirem ent board, Kilham Stationery & Printing Howard Cooper Corp., $.34.13; failed to realize . he was over* film » FoM’FotfyO* ~ citizens to express, their Ideas the church building. The main Sheriff Norman E. Fields ap Co.. $1.60 ?Tr .VJ Ce. ? l « tOr C° '’ $f>4 (W; Clem ra t,n « bis ability to control the C. Girard "Jbbby * ” Davldaon about foreign affaJr ®; - project to raise funds was the pears before court and presents TREASURER'S OFFICE: T in ts ’i ^ c n p « *P^ 1 ° i h,g Ci*r ” FurWand.-'-^ririotihced- ; M o X y T T < . . rum m a* p •*!«, held for a week m aterial pertaining to new Am- Moro Postmaster, $8.00 FIRES & u BES. The division said too many that he ha«--filed* candidacy for It would be a Joke if It wasn t jn The Dalles, from which $328.- bulance purchase; C ourt agrees COURTHOUSE: unset Motor Co., $246.55; |>eople tend to blame speed for delegate to the-’ f952 Democratic so expensive; that the federal 00 was netted. to pay $1200.00 tow ards new ( ’fl lift? ^4* hiuhtl/'at/ 'astzwlsi AVW«« __ • ... • •LsiL. government, 'a wasteful, irres- The program was given by Ambulance, ponslble, extravagant» outfit if Mrs. Gwen Mitchell. She toM of Motion made and seconded there evei* was one should be work being done by the Mission Assessor’s expenses be paid taking money from small busi- boards In Alaska. In the Matan- Salem to attend school relative He has long’ b e e n - t govern* ness men for promised security. Uska valley. to appraisals, etc. COUNTY COURT: Son. $0 72 Pacific Power & handling any speed higher than 15 miles an hour. men! employe. Irfcibding several T here« n o t, a small business „she also emphasized the need Appointments lor 1952 con- C. A. Tom. $125 00. Donald Light Co. $4 49 Pacific Tele Even U the law established a years aa general CotirtRfl to the I? a n ' . , Oi f • m P,®yed’ who for "blood for Korea" and told of sistod of the following: Martin. $.3600; Lester Wilson, phone & Telegraph Co. $710 top i,peed lim it of 15 miles an BonnevlHe P o*er admldflstratilon doesn t know more about money the se tu p of the Red Cross Fair Board Members: C. O. $30.00 RETIREMENT $78 17 hour,” the division concluded, He left BonnevMe »to ‘ take the and how to keep It than the fed- blood bank, whereby a percent- Burnet appointed to fill unex- JUSTICE COURT: SPECIAL ROAD TAX 1061 52 | "some drivers would still be- appointm ent as *• askiatant aecre • g° ve[n1me2 t d0«* If he age of the donations are kept pired term of A. J. Bucholtz. re- Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Standard Oil Co., ■ $500.09; come involved In fatal accF tary of the Interior, Itpbaition he d ld n t h e d be broke for local emergencies. signed. Term to expire Decern- Co., $4.75 Union Oil Co., $299.55 denU resigned a little dv«4~fc-y*ar N ote Phone Rate Boost Makes Ten Cent Talk Charge County Court Agrees To Contribute $1200 Toward Purchase of New Af”f>«^nce; Federal Social Security Preferred To State ()f Hellx att*nded