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About Sherman County journal. (Moro, Or.) 1931-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 22, 1952)
«A- < fA ü E 2 SHERMAN C O IS T I JOCHS A E, FEBRUARY XX, 1952 MOKI), OREGON* Out of county speakers who viill chemicals will be featured. Rufus. W hen they went home th is \e a r. Taxes, as estimated by B u b er will stress m ultiple use api»ear include Arlyn Evans, re Jfrljrrnmn Countjj Journal them. OREGON'S “DARKENING SHADOW" Jim m y Fox accompanied the Oregon Voter are $728,000,- spray equipment, and proper ad presenting a nationally known MF. and Mrs. George Fox and 000 which means th a t hlntbat one Published Every Friaay at chemical company, Rex W arren, justm ent and handling of equip eon, George Jr., were Sunday din- half of the assessed valuation of Moro, Oregon ner guests of the E arl W eather- farm crops specialist and M, G. m ent in the field. À colored film _______ the state would be needed to .fords, and J im m y , came home Huber, agricultural engineei, made by the bureau of réclama _____Editor pay the taxes. filles L. French w ith them. The Foxes were out from the Oregon State college ex- tion and featuring ditch bank The United States Chamber pf weed control by chemicals, CnUrwd M sseond class matter at tfea In a blinding snow storm Sunday tension service. estim ates that the tartotttM at More. Orason, ondar Art Comnjerce mowing, and grazing will be nigln on their way home. T h e ' T h e new chemical, Thompson ti Consraaa o i March 3. 187t._ _ _ _ _ _ $85.4 billion budget of President storm began on this side of Olex states, was tried by the OSC ex- shown. Practices pictured In the OFFICIAI COUNTY PAPER Trum an would cost Oregon $914,- and continued bad as far as Bla périm ent station last year, and film are applicable for use on 000,000 o r $1843 per family. lock. .R ufus looked like It hadn’t results indicate it will control drainage ditches, along right of When slate, county, city and oth grasses and broadleaf perennial ways, and fence rows. felt a snow flake. r - N A T IO N A l E DITO RI A l er taxes are added the valuation After looking like spring __ all plants. In the mid-west, .O n U l A i ÿ C ^ T l l o N of Lie en u re .sta te would be paid week, the community was sur- has also beert used at the rate of - in little over a year for taxes. prised, w ith snow falling Monday one to two pounds per acre as Tne difference in estimates morning. The ground was .white selective spray. At higher apph- _ ------- may come from different ways around this part, b u t as the cation r a te s 'it has controlled HARTS cH IX — every Tues, of estim ating and not a differ NEW SPAPER ground was so warm, It melted vegetation for an undeterm ined Folder and price list by re ence in information. off by mid afternoon. length of time. turn mail. H arts Hatchery, PUBLISHERS in any event taxes are so high The county grader was around One of the cautions to oe Beaverton, Ore. 15-24c as to endanger private owner- ASSOCIATION last week filling up some of the brought out at the meeting will whip of ^property. The only way ditches left by the departing be the fact th at accumulative cf- LOST: Rusty-brown half Collie they can be reduced is for the w inter run off of water. feet on soil ia still not determln- dog missing since Sunday. Any voters to vote against all last SUBSCRIPTION RATES one knowing w hereabouts, no Mr. and Mrs. Donald Clodfel- ed. .. ‘ . measbres, against all new ser- USB TEAR . .............. tify Ted von Borstel, Grass Other chemicals to be discus- vices th at will be paid from tax--- T here’s a "Darkening Shadow" and indirect taxes and 'fe e s of ter of Grass Valley were over- Valley, Ore. 16c nigh guests W ednesday of the sed include 2,4-D, 2.4-5T, MCPA, eb and against ail candidates of 1952 taxes over Oregon! The every kind. T he total 1952 tax , td t and Tf'A FRI DAT, FEBRUARY 22, 1952 with tne wild gleam of a spend- 1951 total assessed valuation of bill on Old Mian Oregon and his George Foxes. ^ h e evening - J. ,-hpmii-a.s WANTED: Man w ith car to call In addition to these chemica.s, th rift in their eye. , «all property in Oregon was 1/121,341 men, women and child- 8Pent playing pinocnie. on farm ers in Sherm an county. weed control through use of 1MPRE8HI0N8 OF $1 6£5 billion. The total tax bill ren ‘equals the assessed value of $15 to $20 in a day. No experi sm other crops, cultivation and SENATOR TAFT NAMES UN TH E BALLOT on Oregon people for fiscal 1952, all property In Oregon In* the CHEMICAL« MAY ence or capital needed. Perm an combination of cultivation afod Those who heard Senator Taft '1 hese anxious persons with a has been estim ated by the ORE- blackened out area shown in the ent. W rite today. Me Ness -C q . speak at his Oregon appearance touch for meddling in some or^ GON VOTER to be $728,000,000-- above map. HURT QM L Dept. B 2423 Magnolia St., , are almost unanimous In remark- .e ise s business, wno are rushing all federal, state, local, direct Oakland 7. Calif. 15-16p Eureka Lodga No. 121 AJR. > AAt IF USED TOO LONG hU V liu p T i‘"UUI geUI"» Meets on the 1st and titiuns to put names on the Ore 3rd Thursday evenings 800 fam ily W atkins Route now By T. W. Thompson Lola were the Misses Vaneta ness to discuss ag ^, issue gon presiueimai ballot leave us available. If you w ant your each month. Visit ins County Extension Agent Peck, Donna Wllaon. Marie Blhke frankly. own „business with better members cordially In very cniliy. if a candidate wants Use of a new chemical to ap- Elaine Eaton. T he boys were From published reports of his *o pm_.uis name on the ballot than average income, w rite , vited to meet with us George Riggs, RonalcT Douglas, ply along fence rows and ditch speeches the impression was giv u e * in oe giad to votfl for or for inform ation to The J. R. Mrs. George Fox Clyde GUImor, W. M. 'G eorge Fox Jr., Paul Blackburne, banks to control perennial weeds en that he was second guessing • W atkins Co., 137 Dexter Ave., will be discussed during a weed H. IX Pinkerton, Secretary on foreign m atters apd express against him as our conscience ' Mrs. Pat Macnab was honored A1 Blake and Charles Wilson. Seattle, 9, W ashington. I5-20c may dictale. But we do m ink it w ith a layette showep when The Rufus school board m et meeting In ■ Moro, Thursday, ing opinions that would hardly m iniy*unfair^7or be tenable a t this time. ’ «igm y. uniair tor some do-goou- Mrs. Kenneth Fridley of Emi- Monday night to w ork on the February 28,r> announces T. W. Bethlehem Chapter No. 78. O.B.8 FOR SALE: 1950 Chev. 1-ton Meets every second ano ers to put a man's name on a grant Springs entertained the school budget. The meeting w as Thompson, county extension Pickup w ith 4-speed trans, fourth Thursday in each L asmo I. ai Tw ■ neither desires nor Com m unity Pinochle dub. A fter held at chairm an Allen Tom’s agent. stock rack. B. McNeely, Grass month; visiting members m reels. the members w ere all present, residence. Mrs Tom served a The meeting starting hour has Valley, Oregoij. , 13c tfn he would have done this or Invited. Moro. Oregon Of course, R will be nice for Mrs Macnab opened her elite nice dinner to the board before been announced for 1:30 p. m. that instead of - saying that ¡»e Gwen Ross, W. M. NEED,AN ALL-PURPOSE CAR? the work began. __________________ would do i t He would have, for- u ic g o u s voteis to have a com- for alJ to see. Naomi Van Gilder, Secretory - .T hen see the Willy a Station (Mira. George Fox received high Rufus school „ received two instance, adopted the Ideas of picie choice and almost six DISTINCTIVE FUNERAL Wagon on display,, at WILLIS »core in «------------- pinochle. --------- Mrs. ----------- Leland T new pupils last week, Lloyd.Co General MacArthur about the u s e months ............. * before the ... real . election -------— Moro Lodge No. 113 LO.OJF MOTOR CO. All-steel body, over of bombers against the Yalu riv- v<lue wn° hke ****• Medler received consolation prize, xier ls a freshm an in high school SERVICE W ITHIN THE drive, plenty of carrying capacity Meets 1st and 3rd ef material concentrations and n 80 “ «Pbr- Refreshm ents of fru it Jello, nut «nd Russell Cozier is a pupil in MEANS OF ALL means safety, economy and prac Tuesdays In I.O.O.F. uuii as tne political am ateurs bread and coffee were served the 6th gratfe. Another recent power centers. I t may be too hall. Transient and iate in tbe evening. Mrs. Bill pupil a t Rufus school was Elean- tical transportation. Also New late t© effectively do that now. stvub io uunk. visiting brothers are i Here may be reasons why Macnab will entertain the club or Smith w'ho is in the 5th grade, Four Wheel Drive JE E P S , PICK .We have failed to win the Kor cordially Invited Leonard Jordan is reported a s UPS and STATION WAGONS. ean war and probably nothing a cunuidaie would not care to at the next meeting March 4. Floyd Lane, N. G. prim ary in Oregon, present for the evening besides. resting comfortably after his ma- Contact W ILLIS MOTOR for Wll- will let us salvage even a draw Leo W atkins, Secretary ... . . w av- u sm au state, far, from tne the hostess were Meodame« P at J°r operation last Tuesday at a lysO verland Sales, Service, P arts out of it. A more aggressive at- , ..u . d w n u n t e r a , lu probUnw Macnab, Dewey Thoms», Torn hoeplul In The Dellea. M rt Jor- i.OD,» . H .h .k .h i ~ , . . and Accessories. W est Columbia L eon ard B. It. H S m -lth ith — woew we —u u . aupepo „ „ nol tho, t. of me Macnab. George Fox. Don M ac d»n «Uyed down h. The Dalle. l™«ar<1 Lopto.^ H e b e U h ^ la » !,. River Highway, T h e Dalles, Ore ji-j-... u y would fiave won it and prob- ably "w ith o u t extending "the''¿•on- ulner aUUB’ why can- nab, Leland Mtedler, Wayne Bar- last week, and MFs. Zythel Rice gon. .. . 23-tfc. The Dalle«, Oregon Tuesdays of each GlCltilCS w GO * flOt »* tLoirt * tron «n^ _* F- ««« w___ a.-.. »zvzib Ko Rufus Ri » *ul enter * oi W. w Macnab.' took ' c ite of ♦ the post of- 1 Phone 3135 flict Now that the enemy is month. Visiting CUSTOM SLAUGHTERING — prepared, his millions o f trained vollUon tfinge from T a ft's ' M rs. AUee Wilson entertained «<*- M rs- Jor^ n members welcome Meat cutting, wrapping, sharp men, a better >ir force than oiMC, noJ ,‘av‘n« ^ e time; MacArthur s the Rufus grange H. E. club at ln$ th5 notice TO CREDITORS Gladys MArrlson, freeze. Bring them In any dav ample supptie«, , he is ready to “. ^ t i aV‘,nK lne ,aeHlre to l>e P««' her home Thursday afternoon. J<* Morris Is the 1 llk *' . ... having claims but Sunday. C A C Food Store, i tum an s not w anting to Mr« H a rla n ri ^ M c D o X n a ld w a “ s w co- a x h «BOaa4 Am nnf os'll l WU ♦/» «AMbno w S siuent, - S ;a way w^ n Rufus Rr x school s s bus x j route. x persons H e ,e n M a r,,n - Grass*Valley, Oregon. 2 ltfr - u I . 1 . Iik « iv t h a t I uo; Elsenhow er’s not wanting to candv placed on a dollv were continuously for over tw enty Wilke, decease«, are n e r e p y ------------- -------------- ~ n X z r s n °i w ~ M o r t g a g e L o c. *»s t o M e e t Y o u r I n d i v i d u a l n e e d » 3 iHEPnriìi lFonf Ads Rufus News SMITH-CALLAWM ~6HAPEL General ^ A r t h u r when he re-’ are" ^ o n e turned and until th « bt, president Who doesn t nxe The senator has said that he thv lntenie^ hlm . » ■eh *>» T c u l n i e n . T f e OWB w o,k’ ? “ur «»* î'î™ *fM T O taC» n d ’ï " ™ u n è lnt o f le b e ü ü e d . t i ’t o t i u i ; id e a ot o f nm NW iM <’ > •« d ,lf * tvrm wOukl w o u ld rather i-nthot- aeil w«n candy. o o n d t, idea wno ^ w J T h ^ t h e UHd of America^ of Oregons crop of likely by the , « ,_ttnra Wf. Political m anugers to hitch their end American dollars, ^ e to publ^ men and Am very » p a r e n t. doubt the popularity of that ö ä s s S Ä Ä i s » 5 ^ h e ^ e X e r ^ W” The chairm an Mrs Roland J1 1 /ng w h " c h ^ ! w e w w i w t X Ing which followed the lundw on m ’Î "eKh ‘ r X n d e d by hat „»___ they _____ were _____ working . telling w l i _ . _ .................. ______ on for the bazaar to be held later jn the year Mrs- Grace Medler haT \> X e < I the for the grange t a W by newspaper w riters, govern ment henchmen and theorists on ace ! n,,dlr X a^ foreign affairs Listeners felt th at here was r l ™ . chairm an read matrucUona introduce X ro“^ t an almost w e C ¡ Ä -X . - 'p X ^ n “ 1*“ £ « A g T J S T W ATTRACTIVE TERME and Testam ent of Cathrtoe C Wilke, deceased, at the offi< c of Geo. G. Updegraff, Moro, Oregon, w i t h i n »¡X m ontM from of th l. notice, to wit. F r tr u ir y 18th, 1952. Geo. /I. U p d e ^ f f T '" 6 AnderSen z s r a s m F ROMPT SERVICE S tan d ard In su ra n ce Co. 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 ic u ltu r e HOME OFFICE 812 S. W. WashiAgtou Phone AT 4331 15-lSc Attorney for Executrix s V Portland. Oregon s Ä Ä ; at ^ g r a n g e the f.rat meeting ^ lorgovu-n w e -X Ï Ï e ‘i ï . . Æ was "caught In her eWctrlc wood lift She waa taken w a hospital in The Dalles. M t» Audrey B lackburn, of Tbe D d le . who I. u k ta y «utten nursing i t th » ~ hogpltil »pent SuP d* l_ w i t h h e r D a rei Kunridrv »n«1 Ml? ’ BiackburrM> Th* Rufus Rtrfus high school girls gL_ The ««d a game of rflle y ball Friday n i t t ’ w îtZ h e w X ¿ r ’la. xirthe . e c Ä <> I • < > Grass Valley Baptist Church D A. D Morning Worship étervlce of Moro, Oregon, w ithin six months G ^FEBRUARY 24, 1952 DR. EARL 8. KALIAND, t S S say th at T aft gained strength hi Oregon by his JT ------ D IE ha r d CONHMUAJ K E« The sto iy is rememberei of an r X X w to * a ™ M ^ f h V bad * ? ^ * * ^ . * O “ S .V J . T„ hi not seen man Jr change« In hi* time, replied, “I sure have, ap<1 I’ve been agin every onV of ’em ."- - yf Rlnce the northw est and p ar ticularly eastern Oregon seem IT <7 T n t ^ m t n e 1 tcTnote-’" th a t lt is Interesting , some citizens tyjh e ,- theory as tne . the story ’1 A n o X ^ u U ,« lg79 ihat ? was 48? ° , Wa^ ? j . D. GR^eh brought a band of Sa|,, at Wasco Friday, February Steward was ahead w ith 20 Webfoot cattle, and- nx-ated in. a, nnP o ’clock The next club P°,n ts- Fox H, Blaekburne 10, Spanish Hollow, * W e Tho.’fiber- L ing will ^ h X X £ Blake 5, Brand 1 , anA«g Eaton L Co, FuRon whu ,lveJ ' X T S , ? Mrs C °‘n« from ^ m a n county Te" M"c , l n W awu county, , to,»nrt lohnaon and Mra San, 17'“ r8,<?ay evenln< “ “^ „ r f’ut a b“ nd ° f I o ™ 8 “CTO»8 U>v Brock Uruck to to __ be ________ ho.te.ae» _____ Mrs. — At- visitation program of Hood River - Deschutes in the early sixties, lee Wilson won the draw ing Wasco and Sherm an county granges were Mr. and Mrs. Har- and had ,a corral In the hollow prize. t' ~ grangei above where John Fulton later Mh-S. Lola Foster of Wasco land McDonald who took Mr. OLD located. Each summer, he would ’entertained S atu rd ay night for and Mrs- Walter M orris and Mrs. round up the most of them ahd p,er grand daughter Lola John Grace Medler; Mr. and Mrs. Ro- lierd them .for about a month, gon Mrs. Foster was assisted by land Johnson who took Mr. and He saidT t was done to keep them her daughter, M tsT coidon John Mrs. Sam Brock and Mrs. Mai from getting too wild. Fqlton gon. ' colm Guy* Mt. and Mrs. Will sCkl h)>. hor#ea to j D Coopei- Rufus hlgh ^ h ^ j wa8 ln. Huck who took MV. and* Mrs. who drove them to Montana, yited. A buffet supper preceded George Fox, Mrs. L uther Steward Cooper also bought Fulton's t he dancing The rug rolled back and Andy Engberg. » » C Mr and Mrs. Earl W eatherford Pia ‘‘e ° n Tt*n Mile, and Fulton in the living room and the young overnight lhen nwvwl acrow lhe folks enjoyed dancing to music of Arlington were QW qians on \ chutes, and lived w here Miller's furnished by records played on a guests of the George Foxes Fri- the Deschutes. T h e fishing may day night. While here they at player ‘ ‘ be better or worse but It will Ktution is now. T hat tvas about i^cord Present besides the honor gue3t tended the basketball game .c. th e. time the, railroad w as built. •/n o t be much worse. We who in eastern Oregon have almost 13 Aitei; Dad «Old out« Fulton lixed acres of tillable land on which below our old place. His son, to produce may have new neigh Frank, also bad a place there. bors with whom to share It. Dave ¡•'ulton lived In Mud Hol There may be factory folk to d e low. There were several jn e n th at mand foods we do not now pro had horses and cattle on the duce. It is certain that not all changes range between the Deschutes and ■ ^ i e a û u ‘Â ( / are necessarily good. But It Is John Day rivers,- th at -lived i t The* Dalles, or elsewhere, that equally certain .that change I* . .. . . -R ______ «0411 Inevitable, th at peipie~are still never owned and land In th a t moving w est and that the neces- country. I u name a few, Louia slty of civilization IS that we Davenport Jake Minton, Floyd utilize our natural resources In boys, Kimbel, Englem an and an effort to feed and clothe several others. . • George Reetier had a horse Therefore we will build dams, t^nch north of Gordon Butte, L • -. / “ ; : « Irrigate land. utilize tim ber ««d l* v e Daughefty was w ith wastes, conserve water, prevent him for a while, anti they g«ithei- erosioh of soils and do such ed up most of the strays, and $2.60 Dt. other things as will husband some that were not strays, and the resources th at are in our left the country lietWeen two days and took them to Montana. care for a generation. He who stands In the »’ay of IXive ¿iso stole Ida Bash, and fifth m arried her a t Walla Walla, and progress will get ru n over. they never came back. The W alk er brothers also had a sheep TAX EH. TAX »-Si The Oregon Business & Tax ranch near Gordon Butte. J. B. Research organization by use of Dickerson had a horse ranch a m ap published in this issue a t about five miles southw est of tem pts to show the cost of the our place. He sold the horses to K PROOF • THE OLD HERMITAGE tax loai^ln Oregon. The assessed W att Helm, who took them to COMPANY. FRANKFORT. KENTUCKY valuation is some $1,695,000,(MN) the Big Bend in about 1886 or 8n JJ < < < Prealdent .of Western Gonnerv ative Baptist Theological Seminary, Portland, Oregon » D March 2, 1953 ( i ProfesMor of Theology of W estern Conservative Baptist 4 , Theological Seminary - ........v .......... - . ------------- —-------------------------------:-------*---------------------------- <> G Everybody Welcome 4 .... < » < I < I < > < > < > DR, HTT’ART HACKETT, H 1 > G G G G G G G < > < » < i I I J L < > < I G n in u it: weyâY p e a ’ w w w 1952 1912 Girl Scouts 4 O th A n n iv e r s a r y COOKIE SALE ’ February 21, . March 8 Moro Brownie Scouts i S4.W How To Stop fool - Spillage With Funnel - Mode From Con» a farmer M end who fills his tractor by backet with Standard Diesel Fuel showed os the funnel drawn in the diagram. It was soldered together from a 5-gallon can. Slanting baflles stop fuel from slopping over the side« - I’ metel strips- slonled down soldered of joints ond > to edge o f > ^ funnel You’ll keep your engine cleaner, too, with clean-burning, clean- delivered Standard Diesel Fuel. Cold W eather Tip. Standard Diesel Fuel is "Climate Tailored" —with pour point and volatility to meet cold-weather require ments in different areas Assures free flowing, smooth running, fast pick-up, full power and easy idling. Ask us about it today. • - funnel He keeps a rag in the funnel when it’s not used —ae rag is polled out it deans off injector- w recking dnst and g rit th a t might collect. * • ' Z * Dialrihteed by C a th e r in e A n d e r s o n Grass Valley,—Oregon Phone: Grass Valley, 232 K e ith M c D o n a ld Wasco. Oregon Phone: Wasco 552
