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About Sherman County journal. (Moro, Or.) 1931-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 1, 1952)
FAGE Z SHERM AN COUNTY H H K N Al MOKO, O KEG ON F R ID A Y , FEBRUARY 1, 1052 logging and sawmills with $2.17. Plywood and other products which hafe been near the top on FablUthed E ve ry F r t a a j at weekly earnings dropped to $74.- Moro, Oregon -t lw ause of less overtime. Over six hours was eliminated from ..Editor Kile« I«. French their work week since Decemlwr, gntervd aa Mcurul cl«»« m atter a t th« Employment and earnings ol 1350, cutting average pay to PoHtuffice a t Muro, Or» iron, under Act tt CunirreM of M arch 3, 1379. Oregon’s workers in industry $11.51 a week from last year's O F F IC IÂ T C O U N T Y P A P E R " and trade remained on . a high $84.18. level in December despite let downs in seasonal lines after E D IT O R IA L N A T IO N A L T lio N thTholidays, reports the State Unemployment Compensation commission in co-operation with EOR SALE: Pubescent Wheat grass seed fur sod waterway the U. S. Bureau of Labor Statis plantings. Prices upon request. tics. NEW SPAPER R. W. Schaad, La Grande, Ore. Production workers averaged P U B L IS H E R S 13-15c $2 an hour and $76.85 a week A SSO C IA TIO N to remain near top figures re FOR SALE: 1950 Chev. 1-ton Pickup with 4-speed trans, corded during busy summer stock rack. B. MtNeely, Grass months, while the number of S U B S C R IP T IO N K A T E S Valley, Oregon. 13c tfn jobs dropped only 1.4 per cent O N E Y E A R . . . ..................«2.06 from November, staying slightly above the 446,500 reported in De LOST or STRAYED: Four head F E B R U A R Y ' I, 1032 of horses and two Shetland cember, 1950. Loss of 11,000 ixmies. Marcus Eslinger, Grass jobs in 30 days in construction, Valley, Ore. 13c ST<M'K.MAN'S DECISION food processing and lumber and logging w’ere partially offset by \\ E have another shipment of 'ihe decision of Lowell Stock gains in trade, service, govern First of the General Motor* division« to announce 1952 models, Pontiac ia currently display Queen Stock heaters. Ranch & man, congressman from this dis mental and other lines. ing w hat’s new for *52 in dealer showrooms here and throughout the country. Shown Home Store. Moro. trict, not to lie a candidate above ia the popular Super Da Luxe Catalina. Higher standards of performance and fuel again was a surprise beausc it ’ With many plants on overtime, JEEP FOR SALE: Practically economy are achieved by a newly designed “power train”. has so often been said that he machinery manufacturers report new - driven less thaA 1800 enjoyed the social life of the ed highest weekly earnings of miles. $300.00 off from list. capital. However, his willingness reader easily Instead of jerking ammonia because of its nature The Sherman County Agricul- $87.27. Their average hourly pay Dorin Wilburn, 518 W. 7th to accept appointment to un ad him. Anl most badly needed is applied directly into the soil tural Planning Council will meet of $2.11 remained below print St. The Dalles, Ore. Ph. 3729. ministrative positon may have ing and publishing with $2.37 and are some maps of the county tn in the form of gas. Drills with at 10:00 a. m. February 7 in the 12-15c indicated that he was not entirely early times. Place names are not both grain and fertilizer boxes county courthouse. The purpose happy as a congressman. Also located on tiie only map included are available for placing the of this counci1 is to advise the HELP WANTED: We offer an he has said that he did not have and there is insufficient descrip granual forms. opportunity to establish your The granual extension service of Oregon State the disposition to keep interest tion given of the locations of forms of fertilizer can also be college in determining and carry self in a permanent, dignified indefinitely in any occupation. many events cited. business. Excellent profit. We plowed or disked down in one of ing on a coordinated county pro Stockman's self removal from The history since 1900 is brief the regular farming operations. gram. The council seeks to co will finance you. Give full par the race will change the picture ly written apparently because The fertilizer should normally ordinate the activities of all ticulars about yourself first as far as other candidates are it is within the memory of many be worked into the seed bed agencies and organizations touch letter. Write The J. R. Watkins concerned. There may be several still living. But the early history whenever it is applied. Fertilizer ing agricultuie, including rural Co., 137 Dexter Ave., Seattle 9, of them. The writer is the first of the county has been well ga which is broadcast late in the home life for a long range county Wash. 5-10c to announce — .. ■ ■■■ thered, and from many sources. fall and not worked into the soil program. Committees of the coun It Is the aim of this candidate EFFEt T OF HAMS NEED AN ALL-PURPOSE CART Heading it will convince one is subject to loss by soil erosion. cil are as follows: Land Use, Live to learn ail about eastern Oregon Then see the Willys Station that many hours work has gone Fertilizer bioadcast in the spring stock, School, Crops, Farm Home Anyone driving through Uma into it and to understand the problems Wagon on display at WILLIS and not worked into the soil & Rural Life and Weed Con of each part of it. Also it is his tilla could reasonably think that MOTOR CO. All-steel body, over will not be available to the trol. Other members of the coun hope to state these problems tiie building of a huge dam in a drive, plenty of carrying capacity plant after the surface soil drys cil are the president of the 4-H throughout the 67,000 square river the size of the Columbia means safety, economy and prac out unless rain has been suffici Leader's association, member of . mile, of the district so all of them would make a big change in the COUNTY’ K A MB LI N K tical transportation. Also New ent to dissolve fertilizer and the county Fair Board, and mem will lie known to the voters. surraunding area. It has. But Four Wheel Drive JEEPS, PICK ber of the County Court. carry it into the soil. Enough anhydrous ammonia Because of its size the Second the activities of the wheat farm UPS and STATION WAGONS. T. W. Thompson High egg production for poul Oregon district has not i»eeii po ers a few miles away are not will be available this spring to try raisers is necessary to show County Agent Contact WILLIS MOTOR for Wil- establish demonstration plots on a profit when feed is high and litically cohesive. We could work changed. lys-Overland Sales, Service, Parts The change is confined to a around two hundred acres throu eggs are comparatively low. together to lietter effect if we and Accessories. West Columbia It was announced this week by all understood the needs of each small area close to the dam, ghout the county. Plots will be Eeed costs to produce a dozen, River Highway, The Dalles, Ore section. where the workers live. The In forty acre fields using at eggs at various levels of produc Giles French, Chief Whitetail O R D E R E D TO S A V E . . . Superior gon. 23-tfc. Judge F ra n k Swain, Hollywood, least two rates of material. Some Many miles of travel, many same will he true of The Dalles tion if 100 pounds of feed made that the Order of the Antelope ordered actress Diane Cassidy to of the material will be applied up of 50 percent mash, and 50 will hold its annua! trek to Hart discussions of local and district dam and the John Day dam. CUSTOM SLAUGHTERING — Ix>cal Invest 10 per cent of her salary in It Is probable that the towns on re-cropped ground and some percent grains will cost $4.50: 10 mountain on July 25-27. problems have, we think, given Meat cutting, wrapping, sharp us a good start toward under of Sherman county wjll have on summer fallow sown to spring percent production - $1.35 feed members who are interested in savings bonds a fte r she argued she freeze. Bring them In any dav was having difficulty living on $200 standing eastern Oregon, com an increase in population us grain. but Sunday. C & C Food Store. costs per dozen, 30 percent pro protection of wild life may plan per week and paying back debts Anhydrous ammonia is deliv duction - 45 cents feed cost per on these dates. bined with lifelong residence, 17 those who cannot find suitable Grass Valley, Oregon. 21t?c from her income. years of legislation and an oc living (juaiters close to the work ered as a liquid under pressure dozen, 50 percent production - 27 cupation that require« tiie gather move a few miles awliy where and injected into the soil as a cents feed costs per dozen, 80 NOTICE TO CREDITORS Is less , crowded. The gas. The material is SO to 82 per percent production - 16 cents ing oof some information. Armed living All person having claims again : M o r t g a g e L o c ts t o M e e t Y o u r I n d i v i d u a l n e e d s Demonstrations feed costs per dozen. with the facts about the district change brought by the actual cent nitrogen. st the estate of Arnold A. Dunlap using this material were applied dam building will likely— as at the next step will be to endeavor ATTRACTIVE TERMS High production requires close are hereby notified to present î to present it to the proper per I'mat ilia lie confined to small in the fall months of 1950 on the culling and good management. them in proper form to the I R O M P T S E R V IC E H. Nf. Zell, L. E. Kaseberg and A thirteen hour day using artifi undersigned, the duly appointed, ; sons as convincingly us may lie space. The effect of tiie dams, how Damon Field’s ranches. iMoter- cial light and supplements will qualified ami acting Executrix of possible. Such method has been ever, will be much farther reach ial to date has not been avail help to stimulate production at the Iaist Will and Testament of successful ixefoie. ing. When they are built trans- able commercially to county far this season of the year. The most Arnold A. Dunlap, deceased, at poitation by water will be more mers. Due to plant developments common procedure in using a the office of Geo. G. Updegraff, : A w e s te r n c o m p a n y s e r v in g w e s te i n a g r i c u l t u r e flow MUCH I ROST feasible and elevators along the In California added supplies arc supplemental is to give the flock Moro, Oregon, Nvithin six months hanks will probably be built to expected for the fall of 1953. H O M E O F F IC E white mosh or pellets they will from the date of this notice, to The annual argument aluut handle wheat gxown near enough Stan Mayfield, The Dalles dis : 812 8. YV. W ashington Portland. Oregon how much frost there Is in the for truck hauling from fields. tributor for the material, plans clean up in twenty or thirty wit: February 1, 1952. Phone A T 4331 minutes fed daily at noon. Birds Dorothy Dunlap ! ground and how hard it is has The larger bodies on having a permanent man 13-ltic been going on for some time have a softening of water may here In Mx»ro to serve Sherman that are out of production should Geo. G-. Updegraff now. It is a good argument, al climate, both in effect on the county. A sidetrack for delivery be culled especially if they are of Attorney for Executrix summer and light weight. ways, but usually the partici winter. of the anhydrous ammonia ma pants are handicapped localise If tiie dams merely generate terial by railroad cars is i>eing T he shop will be closed January 10 and so few of them has actually dug electricity and aid up-river trans located. Tanks and trailers to in the ground to achieve any portation their effect will not carry the material is made avail scientific check on their theories. he gre.it. It depends on the citi able by the distributor. With the will open again February 1 with a complete Occasionally one with more cur- zens of this Immediate urea coining of anhydrous ammonia lousity or mor estrength has dug whether the dams are useful to material farmers should be able stock of in one place. * us or not. Unless we can inter to obtain adequate supplies of No one knows whether snow LOVELY SPRING DRESSES est industry or start It ourselves fertilizer thej desiie to purchase. will draw frost from the ground the dams will he potential build George Mitchell, superinten or not and this gets into the ar ers of empire instead of actual. dent of the Sherman branch ex gument liefote long—about the The power rate Is lower near periment station, has informed third beer. There is some evi me that anhydrous ammonia dence to show that the tempera the dame which gives an induce plots were established on the c ture on the ground is higher than ment to industry to locate near station. Plots were duplicated six W a?co Oregon them. There will lie rail and on top of «mow when the sun times and several rates of ma z k water transportation available JCf C l V T u. ui —11—i v_- uik4 —i « vûî -4^-4 m 1-4 —y 'r y-r— shines. If that is true— and we terial were used. These plots know of no one locally who has and locations for air fields. The arc in conjunction with the dry highways will l>c rebuilt to get tried it— it Is very possible that With a fertilizers most commonly avail the sun. together with the snow, away from the river. proper foreign policy t h e r e able in this area. George also in IK may warm up the ground in. should he a market for manu dicated spring plots using this time so the frost is softened. material will tie applied when When runoffs come in the factured goods in the Pacific. weather permits. spring It is not hard to tell The reasons why we should at Results at the Washington where the frost remained and tract Industry seem sufficient. M Y S T E R Y M A N . . . Henry Grüne Yet, we think, there is need for State college experiment station where it was gone. In summer- wald mops face a fte r refusing to work to insure that industry is this last year show that the me fallowed fields especially on testify at open tax scandal hearing north slopes It Is likely that the informed alxuit these advantages. thod of application used has in Washington that he had demand Other areas are better equipiuxl considerable effect on the re frost will cause a runoff unless ed. The special sub-committee rec the process of melting Is Igng to attract Industry and the gov sults from using nitrogen fer ommended a contempt action ernment does not seem inclined tilizer. Placing the fertilizer in the delayed. In stubble and on south against him . to keep the power near its soil increased the yield an aver slopes, where the sun has shone, It Is likely the snow will get Into source. New jxipulutlon nearby age of 15 bushels per acre over Enreka I/odge No. 121 A .F . A A-** The perfection in quality of would give u* ready markets the broadcast treatments. Nitro the ground. Meets on the 1st and light OLYMPIA Beer is due not for items we do now product* gen fertilizer placed ¿ielow the Of course a good rain always 3rd Thursday evenings alone to premium ingredients, and would relieve us from the straw layer is more readily hastens the removal of snow so each month. Visiting but to the rare water from our members cordially In fast that the ereeks get most of burden of one crop agriculture, available to wheat plants and artesian wells, famed for its vlted to meet with us It. Hard rains even run off with which Is either fabulously fine or less will be utilized by soil or natural purity and brewing ganisms in decomposing the ' ///W?m'(Tjrtle Glllmor, YV. M. out any frost and from dry (lec 11 lei 11 v di sastrous. qualities. straw. I I. H. Pinkerton. Secretary ground. Final touch of perfection is Install it yourself, stop that heat loss Results also showed that the The experiment station has IIA R N E Y CO UNTY H IS TO R Y the skillful brewing . . . a skill nitrate form of nitrogen is reported that there is 1.8 Inches Bethlehem C hapter No. 78. O.E.8 handed down through three Make your hom e com fortable for both tieorire Brimlow has written a more effective than the ammonia Meets every second ano of moisture on top of the ground generations. fourth Thursday In each now. That is a good supply and l»ook alxuit Harnev county that form when broadcasting a seed w inter and sum m er. month; visiting members If a large part of It can lie re Blnfords A Mort published. It is lied. For broadcast applications Invited. Moro, Oregon tained It will be valuable in June one of a series of Oregon county and particularly spring broad Gwen Ross, W. ?!. histcrles which the publishers cast applications the use of am when It will lie hot and dry. W e have all types in stock. Com e Naomi Van Gilder, Secretary We have little knowledge ho|>e to make complete In time, monium nitrate is preferable to a I »out the depth or solidity of the it Is likely that the Harney the use of ammonium sulphate in and let us estimate your job. Moro Ixxlge No. 113 l.O .O .F irost but huve heard that ao-and- county history will be one of the or Urea. The Washington results Meets 1st and 3rd so went down with a spade. Toe good ones even after 30 more indicate spring applications of nF Tuesdays In l.O.O.F. trogen to fall wheat are satisfac Doakes couldn't bust through an* written. Its inexpensive, Its easy to install, hall. Transient and A great deal of research has tory if there is only a small with a pick, Mrs. Blank got visiting brothers are «.mount of un-decomposed crop stuck In the middle of the road Iw'en done by the author, inelud It m akes you coin/ortuhle. cordially invited and the water isn't running in Ing a search of government re residue from previous crops left Floyd Ixine, N. G. many places. These stories have cords having to do with tiie ac- in the surface soli. Spring ap Leo Watkins. Secretary a familiar ring and w’e'll l>et the eupatlon of the territory by plications must l>e applied early ground will be wet when the troops during Indian uprisings. enough to assure adequate rain I opine Rebekah Ixxlge No. 11« He has co-ordinated the history fall to move It into the soil. Fall snow’ is gone Meets 2nd and 4th of the county with that of the applications, however, were pro Tuesdays of each state and has done a great deal ven to l»e more satisfactory in L ig h t Refreshment Beverage • / month. Visiting NEW till A IN FI.FA 'A TDK ÿ i / l i o » ! of Tem perate People of reading before sitting down the lighter rainfall area similar members welcome Tlw Port ot Portland Is going to write about Harnev county to ours here In Sherman county. Gladvs Morrison. How to take advantage of the M' MPIl UtVISC C l. IITHRA. «ASI l i f t . to build a new 2,000.000 bushel and its cattle range NO. *!>•«• Marte U S . R at OX benefits derived from placing The reader at times w ishes grain elevator and this part of Helen Martin. Sec. the state should be pleased over that there was more co-ordina nitrogen fertilizer is un Individ- Ma I » it. There has l»een some trouble tion in the book, that it led then I farm problem. Anhydrous S h e rm a n C o u n ty U u u rn a l about storing big crop¿ before although our local trouble is less than the average Country «tor- awe Is often better in that stor age income is retained in the area where the grain is grown. However, it is not presurneu that the new elevator in Port land will lie built tor the purpose of storage, it will he used mainly to move w heat from cars to ships and handle it before shipping w hii h means some brief storage while ships are awaited. Principal ivasor for pleasure should come from the fact that the elevator is being built at ail. That very fact means that the men in charge of the i>ort have concluded that there is going to lie a continued shipment of grain from the port. If northwest wheat growers <an keep a market in the Orient the wheat business will be sta bilized better than it has been for some years. We can grow the wheat and w'e can grow it as cheaply as anyone in this coun try. Our trouble has been find ing a market. This has been made by the nation's foreign ¡»ollcy which seems prepared to continue to feed Japan, the Chin- (•'(• on Formosa, the Philippines and make some sort of a trade with India whereby we <an get rid of wheat. We doubt if it is necessary tot give the wheat away. Most of the nations that need it have somothing to trade for it. Wheat at four cents per pound is not a had buy in these days when values are changing on many items. We should feel much better over selling wheat than over sellink' cannon and aminu- FJaw 1952 Pontiac Features Perform ance Pay High For Oregon Labor Want Ada ♦ e Standard Insurance Co. z G ay S hop What makes Olympia so good? fts the Water MAUSER LUMBER !0. “ E verything To Build A n yth in g ” The Dalles, Oregon i
