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About Sherman County journal. (Moro, Or.) 1931-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 25, 1952)
X V >• l i m i t a n (C o u n ty j o u r n a l Sixty Fourth Year No. 12 __ ____________Moro, Oregon Friday. Jan u ary 25, 1952 Cox Bays Hereford T hese Cow From Halev Thincrs Herd For $6200 We N ote By Giles L- French When Don Cox attended the Haley cattle sale at Tulare. Cal ifornia he bought an eight year old Hereford cow. N1|R Aloha by Battle Domino 32nd for TA- $6.00. .Ihe is bred to L arry Dorn- ro, a regis er of m erit bull and has a record of production of fine calves herself. Becayaa of road conditions she has not been brought home yet, being kept at Sacramento by the trucking company which has several head of cattle fur the northwest bought at the sale. Smut Cost High Arnold A. Dunlap Says Thompson, Succumbs To Heart Cost $300,000 County Official Paper Shermt'. County Club Moves To Ailment Suddenly Aid Da u Plans Arnold A. D unlap died F rid ay ev en in g as he* entered a car to Three hundred thousand -dol ie tu r n to his G rass Valley home lars ($300,000) were lost from a fte r v isitin g his d aughter. Mrs. smut --------------- infestation by ~ Sherman ......... “ “ A rth u r W atkins and familv nor county farmers in 1951 says T. theast of Wasco. He had had a W. Thompson. Sherman county heart attack some week- igo extension agent This loss is A. A. Dunlap was born in Penn- double the previous high of 1950 sylvania. December 13, 1SS4 and u'hen a $150,000 loss was $sti- had been a resident of Sherman county since 1910 when he A fifteen percent (15%) in- came to Kent and l»egan work- crease occurred in wheat grading ing in a store. He become store sm utty to push the loss by far- owner and after it burned he mers past a quarter m illion dol- moved to Grass Valley where he lars. F orty seven percent (47%) was manager of the Grass Valley of all wheat delivered to the ele- Grain Growers. He served as vators of the four Cooperative county commissioner from Jan- Grain Growers graded sm utty, uary 1924 u n til 1939; he was The 1950 crop saw th irty-tw o mayor of Grass Valley; he was percent (32%) of the wheat tag- active in the war time bond ged sm utty, Thompson stated. campaigns; he was manager of the county’s auccessful infantile E lg in M o s t S m u tty paralysis drives; he was an o ffi cer of the (Sherman County His Elgin, soft w hite club type torical society; he was a mem- wheat, contributed the greatest ber of the countv budget com- ,oss w ith seventy (70%) grading mittee; he was a public servant sm utty. A one percent (1%) In- who took part in nearly even crease in Elgin samples grading a ctivity for community benefit sm utty was noted over 1950. F raternally he u is an an k Elk - ik . a Smut occurred in ‘ _ Federation, Mason, a Shrlner. and Odd Fel Golden and Rex, but Elgin ac- low and a Presbyterian S ! 1,6*1 . '° r, xlxt,y s lx , per« n' d»(»%) of all wheat produced in F|vp (M ildren s u n n Reorganiza on and reactiva tion of the S t m an County club was begun Wednesday ' night when a grot, n of niendiers met at I he Dalle , Prim ary purpose is to make t a club a factor in Sherman cou i 's e ffort to aid the construct u of the John Day dam as soor ?»s possible. The meet i t , ; was called for I he Dalles in u ile r that members m ight obtain > e advice of W. S. Nelson, seen n y of The Dalles (’ham her ot Commerce, and pt ime mover of that tow n’s suc cessful efforts in obtaining ap proval of The Dalles dam. Mr. Nelson » «viewed the brief made in 1948 - ien the engineers gave approve of the Columbia l iver dams • j, luding the John Day. At that t me it was estim ated that $700 000 would he need ed to blueprint the John Day dam so accurate estimates of its costs could bo nade. Reasons for construction of AB A N D O N T A F T , A L L Y E WHO E N T E R H E R E . . . Senator J a m « the John Day dam are appar »mt Duff of Pennsylvania stands bealde the doorway of the “ Elsenhower-for- to those who have followed de Presldent” headquarters which w ere form ally opened recently at the velopment of the Columbia basin Shoreham hotel In Washington. D.C. “ We like ik e ” Is the motto over the dams, i t woi obtain the flow door. The various Elsenhower headquarters have received no open sup- ot the Coin ibia and upriver port from their recommended candidate who is busy In Europe. tributaries, it is in the center ot the area i.» «ding power so transmission » > ts would be less, it would com; < e the slack water pools to tht Hanford atomic plant. . . Slime discussion w a s held lo u n g men and women who gram (December-Mav.) about the po: d b llity of develop- would like to be -grass roots The International Farm Youth ing alumina «lays in Wheeler ambassadors” are now being Exchange is sponsored in Oregon county by us» c f the new power sought as International Farm L'...... ,or lbe second year by th e that can be i 'e along the Col- Youth Exchange delegates, an- campus 4-H club and M'u Beta umbia. = ^ h o “ " Xpph' Beta, 4-H honorary at OSC. It Dam costs i n divided in vary- cation Wanks a r e ’ a v a iia h ii'a , is a n conducted t i l e a t K ^ h by r ^ i g 4-H h ^ the” members ‘s ^ K Ing T ratios o u W of f , ' e i y factors: '^ n ^ e T o f Gee, it must be fun to be a Russian, not a peasant, that isn’t much fun in any land—ex cept in spring. We mean a boss Russian, one who annoys A m eri cans w ith w ild story, dramatic charges, possible peace plans, scornful words. A cat w ith a mouse, a spider w ith a fly, a snake w ith a bird, come in the general class but do not have so much fun as the Russian. Despite a state population rise They’ve got the Americans so jum py they dream their own o f nearly 40 percent since 1940, Oregon now has fewer licensed stories part of the time. taverns and restaurants selling T T W N .......... The president wants a war- alcoholic beverages for , on-pre than were tim e budget passed. Most would mises consumption be for m ilita ry expenditures. We licensed ten years ago, accord- suspicion that like other govern ing to a report compiled this ment budgets all the really neces week by the Oregon liquor con- tro l commission. sary things in it could be bought Thee also are less outlets per a t less than the estimate. And If the unnecessary things were cap1“ sln.ce 194! ’ ,v± nlhe, _...¿Li- the whole i . i __________ _ mission licensed 2519 establish- eliminated would not ments to sell for on-premises be so high it could not be paid. conumption, or 2.3 per thousand Thompson indicates the stag- S urviving are his widow, Dor- T T W N population. A t the end of 1951 gering $300,000 loss is based on othy (Haynes); three daughters Oregonians, particula rly Port- . , , . . t the number of such premises dockage and yield loss. E lg in Mrs. Margaret Mobley of Kent landers, are very interested in had dropped and the population fields in the Wascp apea on ip- Mrs. Doris Watkins of Wasctr ^ eeinng“ nTnHe ? W R°ivpr^ risen’ resulting ln 2481 on PFe’ ®Pe<-tion showed 50% sm utty Mrs. Anita Hooper of G rass Val- P*ar in Bend of the R Jyer. mises outiets, or only 1.63 per heads. On delivery, samples ran ley; two sons, Kendrick of Carl- Ihe Eisenhower people should thousand persons. Computations as high as 5% smut. The Wasco ton and Charles of Bellflower, be pleased inasmuch as it shows are based on federal census area, however, had a decline of California; sister, Mrs. Nell a healthy hero worship. figures, which place Oregon s 5% in samples grading sm utty Swick, W arren Pennsylvania T T W N population at 1,089,684 in 1940 from a high of 72% last year to Funeral services were held 67% in 1951 " ----------- , ........ ....... Loss of Arnold Dunlap Is seri and 1,521,341 in 1950. County farm er, have ,ost $700,. “ V T h e ^ ous fo r Sherman county whose 000 due ,O smut the taa, six w ith inter,nent in the cemetery citizens have long relied on his steady and intelligent w ork in years. Dockage loss this year there. Grass Valiev Masons con- (lie count.v extension office. 1 he I H B chairmen in Sherman John Day < is), navigation public affairs. I t takes a long amounted to $67,000 and $233,000 ducted the rites of that order Applicants must he h i g h county are Joy Baumgartner and (slack water t> he Interior), irrl- time fo r a man to reach the po in loss in yield of 109,400 b u s h - _____________ school graduates aged 20 to 28 Douglas Alley. gation (over . Ou.OOO acres to be sition in public esteem held by els, states Thompson. who can spend three months in Nationally, t h e program is reclaimed by p unping from the M t. Dunlap and a lot of good Thompson bases his announce a foreign land livin g and work- sponsored by the cooperative ex- P°°U fisherie. (not endangered qualities to start w ith. We w ill ment on inform ation compiled The wage board is taking ac- ing w ith a farm family, Dele- tension service of the U. S. De- Because nor s, awning grounds not soon see his like again. ' tion against all employers who <),n the four ( o p e ra tiv e Grain gates must Rbo spend consider- partment of Agriculture to pro- flooded); recr «. Hon (m inor but which handled a l l T T W N gave over the ceiling pay raises Growers able lime reporting on their ex- mote better understanding bet- valuable. iJbmeway we are unable to this year w ithout firs t getting vvheat delivered in the county. periences throughout the state ween rural people of this and The John Da dam would pro These co-opts include, gherman w o rry much about Republican official approval, as required by Funet-al services for Francis when they return. «Hlier countries. vide 1,105,(XX) kilow atts of prime Co-op. Wasco; Mbro Grain Grow quarrels at San Francisco. I t iaw under the wage-salary, freeze, Lafe Barnet were held Monday _ groups plan f,owcr and more when upstream _____ The blanks must be filled out ’*1 be “ two campus shows they do have opinions County Agent T. W. Thompson ers, Moro; Grass Valley Grain fiom, t h e W a s c o Methodist and returned to Mr. Thompson to finance Oregon's delegates by control is figured. W ith the and ideas. And we hope it de- reports this inform ation was Growers, Grass Valley; and Ea- c, UF$h J ? l,o.w i?.g h,s (,eath Eri- by F eb ru ary 1. More than 40 raising money through 4-H clubs. !)SO()0() KW of the Dalles dam velops a platform that Is A m eri received from the wage stabili k in ’s Cooperative, Grass Valley. day in The Dalles. countries w ill take part in the Part of the expenses w ill be paid this section of the rive r would Percentage of smut figures are can and not “ me too.” zation board, U. S. deparment ol Lafe Barnet was horn in 1952 program. Northern hemis by the N ational 4-H Foundation have more power than Grand based on inspection furnished labor, Portland, this week. TTW N Ycnkeetown, Indiana, F eb ru ary pheie countries w ill he visited «•I Am erica. Coulee. According to the wage board farmers by the Production and 5, 1859 and came to Sherman during the summer program When we look at the maps of New officer were elected. M arketing adm inistration grain F urther details on the IFY E new Portland tra ffic plans we those employers who did not get county in the early 80s. taking (June-November), and southern \ ernon Millie’ was chosen pre inspection division.. program may he obtained at the can’t help but wonder if the man approval for a raise, then not up land west o f Wasco where hemisphere countries w ill he sident, Giles ' ench, vice-presi who makes them isn’t a square only the amount of the raise he lived u n til It was sold a few visited during the summer pro- county extension office, or from dent, Allen •’ c n, secretary-trea New M heats Better 1FYE chairmen, Joy Baumgart- dancer. but the employee's whole pay years ago. He raised a fam ily of surer. I E . \ iseberg, retiring er and Douglas Ailey. T T W N for the entire year w ill lx? disal- A reduction ln percentage of M'von’ build a good house and president prt 1 ed. Four direct I f Oregon pedestrians keep iThe leaning tower of Pisa has lowed as an income tax deduc- smut and dollar loss Is expect- ProsPe ,ed on a half section of ors w ill be 1 u ted before the pace w ith last year, seven peo had Its photo in every magazine tion. Farmers should check ed for the 1952 crop year, Thomp- Counties affected ple will w alk them selves to next meeting u n til it is known to every school against the new regulations, any son reports. Seeding of several He was a successful partlcl by the dam < struction w ill be deatli before January ends. boy. I t is reported that in a 100 new raises given to see that thousand acres of the new smut Pan^ many shooting matches, That was the number ot pedes- i^ 'a n o rn n H » ' | he f * n,pa""> years it w ill fall because settling there were no violations and if reslstant wheats Elm ar and Bre being an expert w ith a »hotgun. tita n s killed h, I,,,„ „ .,v 1UXI fo r '«)T,r"Prl» <’I> for plannng. Recent storms havevgiven Ore- l,'ianw killed in January, 1951, still goes on. I t w ill be used as there were to rectify w ith irnme- vor w lll a„ evla ’ the situatlon S urviving are four sons, Ben- Increase in early seeding by use ton of Rufus- ° ’ T « of Portland, «ons 1952 water supplies a big according to the state tra ffic an example and as a freak long diate steps. of the the deep deen furrow furrow d d r rill ill' w toward recovery from the division, Salem. after it has crumbled and folks The base pay rate for farm of w m ill Dean of Zig Zag, Leslie of Musko- Although the seven January w ill be telling about It as proof ia)x>r may lie Increased w ithout also reduce loss to farm er, gee, Oklahoma; three daughters, severe summer drought, accord- that however slow ly one moves Wage board approval up to and were not the from the straight and narrow including one were kill- path the end always comes The base rate the division the ear- eventually. 95 cents \ per nour; per m illion three hundred seventy .David W illiam Nish was bur- T T W N month w ithout room and board; thousand bushels (3,370,000) was Co,°rado. college ag ricu ltu ral ex p erim en t m ark s of the most dangerous led in the Moro cemetery Tues Taxpayers who have been $195 per m onth, plus use of a delivered to the cooperatives. An Rev> Gravenor gave the stat*on. month for iiedestrians. day afternoon. He died at Bridal moving around w ill get most of year-round house, etc.; and $175 additional 400,000 bushels was Mineral sermon and Sinlth-Calla- R esults of the annual snow Rain, fog and long hours of Veil Saturday after a lingering the tax money to be refunded. per month w ith room and board, stored on farms, seeded, or feed way was ,n cl>arge. Interm ent su rv ey show that mountain snow ‘larkness provide ’ ideal” condi- illness, lie was in a rest home for pedestrian accidents, there. Those who have had permanent ¡ n addition to this regulation, to livestock fo r a total produc- was ,n S unrise cem etery at (o v er on Ja n u a ry 1 was more lions addresses have already gotten increases are permissible In line tion of 3,770,000 bushels. Larg- Wasc0- than twice as heavy as normal most of which occur at night •Mr. Nish was born in McHen theirs. for this date. Surveys of three w hen the pedestrian is wearing ry county, Illinois, March 3, w ith the Bureau of Labor Statls- est production was recorded in --------- T T W N tics national consumer Index 1948 when 4V& m illion bushels representative Oregon stivams dark clothing. Of 37 deaths re- 1859 and liked to tell of early An old man ln Washington over index of January 15, w e r e rc-vealed above normal w inter ixirted for the firs t six months days on a farm where his par produced on Sherman was telling about the hard win- 1951, The increase to date farms. flow reported W. T. Frost, h.v- of 1951, 25 were wearing dark ents raised Mo k for the Chi ters of his boyhood. We pre- amounts to 3.9 percent states drallc engineer for the soil con clothing. cago market. He went to that sume his ideas came from pure Thompson. servation service. city and was teamster on the memory w ithout dilution by fire department for years before Reservoir water supplies are Increases ln excess of those history. W inters were colder permitted by these regulations he came to Oregon to lie near less than last year ln 14 of 20 when the fuel was wood piled his brother. Alex, who had le-iervoirs reported, but the hea on one side of a board cabin n<l ulre application to and ap- homesteaded here. vy snow-cover already is greater the Prova* by the wage stabilization under four feet of snow; unuc. *uu, J)oard RequesU for r.pproval of 'Ihe death of his w ife a year than usually recorded at the lie- The Wasco OES social club winds were stronger when they -age in c re ise s should be di- or two ago saddened the aged ginning of the m elting season, came through cracks In the side wage increases should he di met at the home of Mrs. Hugh man who found it d iffic u lt to Frost said. rected to U. R. Department of La W hite Monday evening. January of the house; the cold season adjust himself to livin g a d iff bor, 317 8. W. Alder, Portland 21 w ith thirteen members and was longer when there was erent soft of life. He Is survived 4, Oregon. one guest present, to enjoy des nothing fresh to eat u n til the by a daughter, Mrs. Lloyd Glm- Farmers giving pay Increases sert supper. mustard came out of the ground es of Portland. should re< o ld ,-uch increases in Mrs. Keith McDonold, presi ln March. A tig h t house, a good Services were held from the furnace and a handy grocery th eir time 0« account book w ith dent, opened the business meet Moro Community church w ith reason» so it ' .1 be documented. ing. I t was decided that future shorten any w inter. Rev, W. W. Gearhart officiating. social club meetings are to be T T W N New snow fell Tuesday, nearly held the night preceedlng the W’e often wonder if private all day, and piled another four second Wasco Mason's meeting Industry could have done a or five Inches on top of the each month. Plans for a food worse Job on radio than did the snow that came December 26. sale were di&ussed. Mrs. Mc FCC. And if so, how? Almost It is unusual to have snow lay Donald- appointed a committee any radio set w ill get two sta- | UireClOrS Portland, state on the ground for 30 days In Jack Lynch, to check on place and date for tlons at one setting and some announced his this county and while It Is good senatoi», has Friday nigl t the Moro Huskies Two new members were elect the sale, set for February. can get three or four. There are New officers elected for the candidacy fo r the Republican for the wheat some folks are outscored and outhustled the St. not to exceed five or six main ed to the Board of Directors of It Is light Mary’s Gael» 56 to 43. programs and perhaps 5000 sta The F irst National Bank of Port year were Ms. Joe Hllderbrand, nomination for state treasurer, getting tired of It. Sigfrid I ’nander Is resigning Bob M artin and I^ r o y M artin tJons to carry them. Government land at the annual meeting of president and Mr». Carl Tuggle, He has served four sessions w ith enough that it would d rift badly membership on game, insurance, If the wind blew, control was deemed necessary the hank’s stockholders Mon secetary treasurer. as chairman o f the Republican forwards, stored 18 points each. Computations at the experl- state central committee Febru Norval I^ n e v ig th ird w ith 14 Follow ing the business meet public health, county affairs, to present all this. I t didn't. day, according to F. N, Belgrano affair» and u tilitie s ment station show that as of ary 2 and says he w ill become and H. Dune: n 4, M iller 2. Jr., president of F irst National. ing cards were played w ith high m ilita ry The game f is close although Elected as new directors of score In bridge going to Mrs. committees. He was born in Kan- Thursday there is J 88 inches of a candidate for high public of Probably our feelings w ill be e way. h urt when we find out that ue the bank were John V. G. Po Hildred M. Zell and the high sas and has lived all hie life in moisture on the ground, either fice. His name has )x«en connec Moro led all The firs t q tarter ended 14-9 at cannot make European nations sey, president of Posev Lumber, for canasta was Mrs. A rth u r Oregon since the age of four, as Ice or snow. Exactly half of ted w ith the state treasurer's lovely attended school at Salem, Ore this came in December, after office, a pla» 5 he endeavored to the half 84-1 I organize into a combination of There was a gon State an-1 Northwest college Christmas and the other .91 w in feur years ago when he notable lack i f fouls w ith St. states sim ilar to ours. But It president of W illiam s and Hart, hyacinth. The room» were attractive w ith of law, was in navy In W orld Inch ha» fallen in January. Nor- was defeated in the primaries Mary's 10m ttln g w ill lie better for our feelings Inc., hop producers and brokers. 12, w hile to be h u rt than to have them F irst National stockholders also dainty arrangements of daisies War I. is pu -He relations advisor mal fo r January is 1.51 which by Howard Belton. Mr. I'nander Moro had 6. and has other means that we w ill lx? short for is a grandson of Simon Benson, LeMarehe was high fo r St. l.ite us for forcing them into reelected the hank's 19 Incum- which added a touch of spring for druggist business connections. that month. famed Oregon timlbertnan. l»ent directors, It was reported. to such a winter)- evening. Mary's w ith 18 and Twiss had 9. something they do not want. Fewer Places To Buy Liquour Now Agricultural Ambassadors Sought lo Go Overseas Learning and Teaching The Goblins Will GetJ High Wage Payers ‘Lafe’ Barnett's Life Ends Short of 93 Oregon’s Water Outlook Good David Ni h Buiied Here Tuesday Wasco Stars Plan Active Season More Snow Falls; Moisture On Ground First National Adds Moro Wins Game From St. Marys
