Sherman County journal., June 13, 1952, Image 1

Sixty-Fourth Year No. 32
T h ese
Rain Falls Twice
T h i n g s 1“ Week Making
Q
Wheat Greener
Moro, Oregon Friday, June 13, 1952
Grain Growers Elect
Bacholtz; Re-elect
Peters and Miller
Connie Wilson
County Official Paper
Q u eea
_ n n b jerts
C on n ie
sp ea k «
i n m e d ia tely
to
her
a fte r
th e
cem en t
of her
Named Queen of a « n n o u m n ade
M b» W lluon
e
q u een
of
th e
M hermun
Elections Interest
e le c tio n
Citizens and Tax
becom e
C ou n ty
Fair
kB
lr aner
** p«tictp«uon
The annual meeting of the I n n tv p a i r
V U U IJ 1 O il
lB
w ith w to B to g th e
_ .
.
_
,
Moro Grain Growers brought a
During th e
past week £1 ,
crowd lnto Moro Tuegdav
•Mis» Connie Wllaon, daughter boys an d girl« p o n y ra ce s on a
Next Monday ami Tuesday will
inch of rain has fallen at the afternoon.
The m eeting lasted of Mrs. A rt W atkins of Wasco little sp o tte d p o n y . Hhe was the
lie days on which the voters of
Moro experim ent station to make from two ocIock untlI seven and Paul Wltoon of Bzgcne, is u n a n lm o a s c h o ice o f th e th r e e
the Moro school district and the
the wheat somewhat greener and durlng
thcre were charges to be the queen of th e Sherman
city of iMtoro can express them ­
nil
from
o u tsid e th e
to make greener the hopes of alout management made and re- County Fair Septeiriber 12-13-14.
By Giles L- French
selves on' two questions, qne of
wheat growers
futed.
Complete . information Misses Sharoh Coons, da u n iter co u n ty .
which has received a great deal
lEiaenhower says
he.
will
be
o „
o
The fir8t ra,n was Thursday about handling of the grain bus- of Mk. and Mrs. W. J. Coons of
of attention recently.
T
he
th
r
e
e
g
ir
ls
pone
in
th
e
glad to meet Stalin. Better re- n ight and it was fast and furi- lneg8 was K,ven M appHed to the Moro and Miss Joann Ross, dau
June 16, Monday, voters of the
P rinceau , S h aron
consider, Ike, no American pre- ous, hitting over the mld-Colum- ioe-al elevators
gbter of Mr and Mrs. Howard Cooua, w ith e v id e n c e o f un In­
central part of the county, will
si dent or hopeful has done well bia in' varying intensities, Con­
Ross of Moro will be Brtncesses. ju r y from b ein g th r o w n In a race.
decide w hether that district will
at that sort of thing.
don getting .25 inch and Heppner
Elected to fill the place held
Decision on this all tm io rta n t Q ueen ('o u n ie and P r in c e s s Jo-
build a new high school building
- .75 inch, while Moro received by ftlul Fraser was A rt Bucholtx. point was made Sunday after­
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'o r noi. Before them Is a bond
a ll
c a p a b le
horae-
th
at
20
inch.
■
Joe
Peters
and
Vernon
Miller
Now a professor says
noon at the end of a program in
issue of $310,000. School board
pink will improve digestion, lm-
The rain Tuesday night was
reflected.
No change in w hich seven contestants vied at
estim ates are that the total coat
agine poor grandpop who could of « more quiet and .orderly sort, management is contemplated. - horsem anship talents. pol*< while
in ten years will lie 108.4 milla
P tctw eu w ere
» -!« ■
digest onions, beans, beef and a coming by night and lasting •
and interest will be 14.9 mills a
being interviewed. Kenneth Frid- d u r in g t h e program g iv e n by th e
huge hunk of apple pie while until .31 inch had fallen. Spotted
ley, fair board member, conduct •h osaS SM Klderw and th e fair
total of 123.3 mills.
The first
watching a field of yellow w heal rains fell over a wide area with 4-H Children Going
ed the interview s and tandled
year’s millage is estimated a t
the Horse Heaven country get
over a scythe.
the program of finding the queen.
13.54 mills, interest being- great­
ting a good rain.
er then.
Aided by the Dufur Riding club
To Sommer School
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The average rainfall for June
hhe Sherman Riders presented a
The y»chool tax outside the
Recently a national magazine
city was 21.5 mills last year.
Tw enty Sherman county 4-H program of riding features and
ran an euitonai accompanied oy is .71 and it is possible to reach
The increase would be 71.4 per­
a cartoon indicating th at pri­ that figure during the month if club members will depart Tues a total of six races between parts
cent in School taxes. In total tax­
vate enterprise ana presumaoty the w eather man so provides, day, June 17, for 4-H summer of the queen contest.
Racing resulted in a victory
es the increase would lie 41.6 per­
uie wnoie nation wau on the The ,on* range Prophesy by Dr. school at Oregon State college in
_
cent. Total millage outside the
brin k of socialism. It isn’t
tunny. Krick is th a t Ju n e this year Corvallis, County Agent T. W. for Freddie Dormaier on Blase
town would be 35.
'i» e u p n o to eiT ot "individuaiism would ** w arm er and drier. So Thompson, reports. MTs. Ellxa- In the horse race for children
Proponent» are talking about
a ra <>mng thing» yin-ini itfi u ■ n»i
that has not been the case beth Hartley,
club leader from under 13. Tommy Eakin was sec­
the value of a new school and
reform ers « c .a u ,u i m every pun- “
« C ™ * Valley. «III be oM dal eta- ond and Mike Fields, third
Tapper Baoter, AnSone Rose
the probability of uniting the
neauon when we. lo r one, u u n e 9 * £ • *
» *"d 11 P * ™ e (or the group,
.county’s schools by construction
n would oe wiser lor m em u> has tjeen 001(1 ln«tead of warm.
Boys and girls attending will and Peggy Oirl placed Ik that or­
i i ™
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enough be housed In c o l l i e living (kcll- der In the three-eighths race
of a new and modern building.
Opponents are talking about
w e aooarentiv turning sooaiisue for
f t half of the m pnlh- lties attending claams and group after a poor start. Sharon Coons,
. * ..¿ T Z Z
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W heat em pe a re damaged to entertainm ent
conducted
b y riding An tone Rose, was throw n
the bigger taxes and the Inequal­
ity of one district building new
nor uoes it provide basis for 60016 ext* nt “ the thin land has resident and extension personnel on the back stretch after the
i^ m e u T ^
8hown up ™°re than for * veral
0 9 0 The «Minty ^ OUP
race and suffered a sprained
facilities for an entire county.
Each admit» the others argu­
-
years. The rains, however, will travel by bus returning Friday, w rist and bruised shoulder .
ments.
..
.
W W
. m a k e a11 « r a ln A 11 b etter
and June 27.
The Sherman county
F air F un won the 330 yard
If Eddie t r a s s t b .ed
to the crop should exceed 2,000,000 group will appear over the air race for quarter horses with
The election will be held from
play oaseuall to r a«b,uuu txmus bushels With the rain already via KOAC, 550 on the radio dial, Lucky McCue second. TranSbai*
two o’clock until 8 o ’clock at
ne goi ♦«oo per pound which is fallen
the shool house and anyone may
1
- I L . 7:30
(daylight saving time) took the half mile from DuWin
preiiy nigh lor baseball pitchers _____________
and Rairtbler in 53 4 which was
vote w hether he or she owns
Friday, June 20.
however good. It m ust be funny
property or not,
Those attending and scholar­ good enough tim e for the dusty
to cone« on a Ute’s amtoition f ¡ f U - f n n n K p g
track
snd
not
completely
fitted
On Tuesday there will be a spe­
ship donors are as follow s Hen-
before the w ork starts.
VUHHUO UCl
cial city election to decide whe­
ene Sather, Sherm an County horses.
F air Fun, Stan Coelsch s sorrel
ther to approve a levy over the
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Fair
2 « Association;
M
^r" Sii Elaine Brlnkert,
six percent lim itation, or not.
Assuming th at Sherman coun Share of Liquor Cash Alex
Marshall Food Store; Shar­ stallion also took the quarter
mile event, heating A flto n e Rose
The levy is for $9055 which will
tians pay income taxes in the
on
Coons,
U.
S.
National
Bank;
Apportionm ent of more th an
and
the
Fields'
horse.
Ookly.
be about 40 mills. The valuation
same proportion they would pay »63000.00 in alcoholic beverages Mildred Eakin, Johnston. Bros,
Butch Helyer won the furlough
of the town was »239,829 last
property taxes they would turn
reven*u ea will go to Oregon BanRers; Jean Roes, Harlandview
year,«- ‘ -
in »164,489.18 to the basic school (»unUes and cities this week Grange; Tonal (Miller, Pomona race for children 1» to 16 with
Bucky
Brady
second
and
Sherry
Purpose of the levy is to fin­
iund from which they receive
apportionment, based on Grange;
Susie Woods, Oregon
ish drilling a new well, In which
»50,695. Multnomah county pays tj,e 1950 federal census figures, Employees Aagoclation; Vaugh- Woods third.
the city already ban Invested
The riding clubs had a pole
in »10,068,077.77 and gets »6,286,- represents a distribution o< »63.- P* Rothery, J. C. Penny Com-
some »4000, and repairing the
0/4. Josephine pays in »356,479. 01L81 for the first quarter of t* n y ; Sally Fields, Safeway Stor b e tid in g ram , won bjr Gordon
rtsmsge to the drainage ditch.
35 and gets »773,500.
1952, ending March 31st. The tax ««. Inc.; Kay Mt Kay, Chib Funds; Helyer, a h u rry scurry, a Judg­
' I gist year the levies In the
ing of a large class of pleasure
The
Mariners
club
of
the
Moro
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1» of m anufacturers and lm- Sharon Cantrall, Club Funds;
horses and a drill by boys and
Community church is sponsor county were 20.4 for rural schools
We note th at a plain, simple Porting distributors of m alt and Joan Bakin, Club Funds, Janice girls on Shetland ponies.
, Probability that the Sherman fOr a Father-Son banquet to be which everyone paid; 1.1 for
" Y e s f i t s moat nc<Z?iQn* better »Jcoholic beverages. The revenue Mcjntrye, Club Funds; Donald
The day started w ith a bucks- County Historical society wIJI held at the church today, Friday Moro schools;. 4.1 for general
than the m ore eipreM lve “Yea", »
, U“ ng 30
“ c ,“ ‘y re ' J ’,1'"™ *,?
2 r ,l n roo breakfast from 0 to 11 at hold a meeting in the fall, prob- at 6 30 p. m
roeds, which everyone paid; 6.0
• Hard
every »1.30 of revenue derived Growers; Frank McKay, Grass
w ere ably Novekdbsr. was discussed
invitation is for any flu tin i mills for special roads which
eh »ee
to
from tax upon malt beverages; Valley Grain Growers; Gary Mll- w hich some 140 persons
fed. Between three and four after a suggestion to that effect 8on team to attend and members rural residents paid; 5.3 mills for
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snd 10 per cent of the revenue Mr, U. S. National Bank; Donald
hundred attended the afternoon was made by new president. Jim
t he d u b have tickets to sell, general county.
The theory that better farm- from the
tax upon alcoholic Millet, Harold and Cecil Eakin;
The basic tax last year was
program.
?
Tate at a directors meeting held
speaker for the dinner will be
ing and better wheats have sol- beverages, as provided by the Arnold Miller, Moro Grain Grow
All queen contestants were last Thursday night. Additional Dr. Ralph W alker of the First therefore 29.8 mills. Road district
ved the w heat growers problems state liquor control act.
era; Milton Fridley, Jam es W eir
mounted and many had very public m eetings to talk abput the Presbyterian church of Portland num ber 1 (rural) paid 6.0 mills
has had a long period of survival
Money apportioned to coun- Memorial Fund; and Jim m ie Bal-
p retty horses
Horsemanship history of the county were pro who recently gave the Baccalau- additional. School diaLrict taxes
with nothing to show it false, ties must g o to finance oki age she, Club Funds
counted 25 p ercent Other con- posed by Dr. Griffith a t the an- reate address to graduates - of varied from .3 at Wasco to 6.9
However, if It doesn’t rain thisrPenatops an d -d ire c t relief of in- ------------------
at K e n t Grass Vgiley paid 5.9
testants than the w inners were nual picnic If the meeting ms- Oregon State college.
month, another, and older the- dlgents, but use of money allot-
rnilte.
Joan Fridley, Caroline Lemley, teriallsss it will include a din-
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mav «.»onbmt it.
ted to cities IS not restricted. Two SWIMMING I.H8SON8
o ry . m .y . w p w ‘ N
M
c l;iS i
, H I , ,I R K S
Betty Dormaier and Donna Wil- ner and a program.
The Wasco tax was 13.1 mills,
Bills w ere paid for the picnic I*
T k f t f n o . W on
Moro 46.5 and G rass Valley 9.8.
son.
“Y e.'. Mid th e old d » k man. Monmouth and N ew terg, do not * « ■ * € « r —M e—
and the secretory reported that J i m
1 n O U l d h TT Oil
The proposed school building
“T here’s nothing I like better participate in the apportionm ent
Swimming lessons started (Mon
would add 13JH to the Moro
210 had signed the register. A
.
m
A * CL
than to have a nice empty
of havin* v°ted for local day w jth 160 Sherman county
perm anent
m arker committee first llaCC At ¿DOW
school district and the city levy
wastebasket and a day’s govern- °Ptlan*
children going to the pool in Wheal Markets
was named to ' Include Giles
would slightly' reduce the 1951
me nt mail.*
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’ The Dalles to wade and prac-
The name of Jam es Thomas city tax,
French, Oscar Ruggles, Albert
was /erroneously om mitted lest
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EXAMINER COMING
swfnvming D tl^ to oold wea-
Kaseberg
and
Donald
Mfertin.
T » *»
It Is still snowing In p arts of
ther a smaller num ber attended Generally Weak
Plans to have more copies print week from the list of prize win
Oregon. W inter, not content w ith A drivers license exam iner later in the week. Monday night
ed of th e song ‘‘Sweet Oregon’’ ners at tbe w heat league live­ Range Management
T he m arket for w heat a^lQ
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lingering in the lap of
sprang, will be on d u ty in Moro Tuesday the high wind a t The Dalles
stock show. Young Thomas is a
tained a fairlv firm tone durlne were also made
making eyes at summer. .
June 24, 1952 a t the courthouse blew so much debris in the pool the week Influenced largely bv
of m Mr.
Mrs. «««rvm
Mtorvin « , .
A m eeting
will be called of the »on or
t . and
ano i»™.
£ T
11
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between the hours of 10 a ,m. that it had to be drained and light offerings
since stoSts
directors In Septen»>er to plan Thomas of Wasco and is in his S u b j e c t 0 1 Talk
The Taft-H artley Jaw,
passed and( 3 p.
m. w as cold for the younsters.
old crop w heat w e r e b e c o m in g • historical e a ~ y contest In the first year of club work. HM calf
Range management and re­
by Congress and favored by a
the seeding program of the Bureau
time, schools and to diacuss further won first in division ID,
quite scarce. A t the
m ajority, has seldotn been en­
lightest
Herefords.
The
calf
exporters continued in the mar-
fail meeting,
of I«and Management on Taylor
forced It may be that the pre
weighed 770 pounds and was sold Grazing I«and will be discussed
k
et
for
small
quantities
to
fill
-
sident doesn’t like Tteft. .
for 45 cento.
by Hugh Thayer, district grazier,
out earlier commfltmento and
“ ‘a " a
at
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Monday, June 16, in the county
mills bought a limited volume of R n r a l AcciClOXlti
,Eisenhower has . passed
his
courthouse,
T. W. Thompson,
special
protein
types
Trading
A
C
C
ID
E
N
T
R
E
C
O
R
D
first test as a candidate and
county agent, announced this
in new crop w heat for future
A T SA LEM
-stated his position very well and
week.
shipm ent continued light w ith More Often Fatal
acceptably to watching Republi­
Oregon drivers kept flte clerks
Thayer has been requested, to
grow
ers
not
anxious
to
contract
cans. He is handicapped b y in­
Fenders are b e n t
P aint is
in the secretary of
current bids of scratched. Tempers are frayed. and typists
their crops at current
office more than busy be »present during the m onthly
experienced m anagers who are
around »2.31-2.33 per bushel, ba Rl,t .
nn a Htv ’ te le s ornce more tnan Dusy meeting of the Sherm an County
spending m ore time berating his
sis No 1 m ade delivered c o a st BUt 1 traffic accident on a city durlng the n rs t fjve m onths of Soil Conservation district meet­
s
u
no.
i
graoe,
oeuverea
coast.
atreet
gtm
offers
you
a better
T-.-«
opposition than extolling his
At the same time, buyers were ch>nce a t survival than one on 1
that
t ke depart- ing. Contributions of the Bureau
virtues.
not aggressive in view of the an open highway.
During th at time, t h | oepart of I«and Management to range
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license division improvement on Taylor Grazing
favorable prospects
prospects tor
for • > largo
larao
— h ^ accordlng
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ravorabie
T
to the Oregon
7 ; ^
v lo at on
Years ago some man reputed
1952
crop
of
w
heat
in
the
Pacific
gtale
oeoartm
ent’s
trrffic
safe-
revorded
17,278
traffic
violation Land in cooperation w ith coor­
to be wise said, “Man learned to
Northwest.
W inter w heat w as ty d l v S t o ^ w a s proved again « ^ vlctl° ^
dina ted farm plans developed
live by dying, and life at its best
by the district will be sought.
heading
o
u
t
to
well
headed
in
the
lggt
week
when
accident
a
n
a
ly
sts.
Is a magnificent retreat."
Sherman county ranchers hav­
earlier sections and making rapid in the highway departm ent sort- that
the
1
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ing Taylor Grazing Lands arc
progress in later areas. .While ed out last year’s more than 74,- year toy near£ 2 000
Edgar Lee Masters gives this
Regular
additional ralnfsH would be wek ooo traffic mishaps according to . Keeping
K«*Pln« tabs
* ~ on traffic con­ encouraged to attend.
epitaph to Alexander Throck­
victions
makes
it possible for 11- bus ine»« of. the conservation
corned in most areas, only some urban , nd ^ , 1 location.
vlrUon^ g alt
morton: ;
.. a /
local districts were suffering from ■«_ u n 1951 the departm ent said, cen8e offaials to spot potential district will be conducted prior
In youth m y wings were strong
lack o t m ol«ure.
833 « m e death« resulted (rom ’¡ l*hw “g ' ro'1*>le'!"l k ' r "v
K a to thè range improvem ent dis­
and tireless, >
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accidenta on rural h K h w .y .. d r i w
w hal
« cussions.
B ut I did not know the moun-’
a * "repeater",
he can, kf he fails.
w
n
a
n
n
w
u
while
accidenta
w
ithin
Incorpor-
'
tains.
’**
« T Y W B1J. DOW1»
-
l t t d c(tlM
for M to reform, have his license sus
In age I knew the mountains
ABOUT THE COUNTY
NEARLY 4M FEET
deaths. In 1950, there were 330 pended.
But my w eary wings could not
May convictions alone totalled
The locust trees that seemed
rural
deaths
and
98
urban
traf-
follow my vision—
~~-
3,762, a figure surpassed to date very hesitant about leafing out
The
eRy
well
is
now
down
fjc
killings.
! Genius is wisdom and youth.
about »96 feet and Boyd Ben-
|Death results more frequently only by the 4,721 convictions this spring finally made It and
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now look as fresh as If they
natt
Is
drilling
in
a
layer
of
very
in
rural accidents, the safety di- reported in March.
There is an appeal for every
During May, the departm ent had not waited for w arm er w ea­
hard
rock—as
he
has
been
for
vision
said,
because
of
the
speed
w e to quit fooling around w ith
30 feet. W hen th a t layer to pen- at which Involved vehicles are suspended
232 licenses afte»* ther. Blooms are still scarce,
the time since the sponsors of
etrated
the
etty
will
teat
the
traveling.
°
°
ur^
convictions
of driving while the latest remembered.
daylight saving initiMiwe have
H arry Schenk, form er deputy
well
to
Bee
how
much
w
ater
•
Spring
and
sum
m
er
months
intoxicated,
and
20 for reckless
lecided to stop gathering signa
secretary of state for Oregon,
has
been
fodnd.
are
particularly
hazardous
In
ru-
driving.
O
ther
reasons
for
sus-
Itures. Maybe the farm ers will
'O W . . . Lssdos bases, so s xeedwlK te a r te the IL A te |
W ork on the new store and rat areas because of increased pension last m onth included: vio- form er secretory of the Oregon
tra v e l te B rttsta, <hre free rM es te the pabllc Is cities
Inally get lucky.
show room of the Moro Lum ber traffic flow.
Many drivers on latlon of the basic rule, 11; hit Newpaper Publisher’s association,
Here, d riv e r G e e rje Qwyna halls three p retty
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&
Fuel
company
has
been
com-
rural
roeda
during
thia period and run, 4; failure to yield right and now an industrial repre­
massed
by
th
e
ir
regular
Cocksey
d
rivers
ssd
To p u t it in boxing language
pleted
and
stock
has
been
moved
are
not
used
to
high-speed
travel of way, 2; and driving record sentative in Portland, was in
the
rsate
m
arkers
they
here
In
I-endo®—
“
IJveryoo
l
S
tre
e
t/
think the voters should see
Moro to eall on J. K. MkKean
lat they elect candidates who ham Palaee B e a d ." They are m a k la y as Z.aaa-mlle transcentteental te W in? Sidewalks are laid and F irst and are unable to keep th eir (too many accidents or viola-
and Giles French W ednesday.
street has a nice Improvement, cars under control.
tions), 5,
s f thio ceaatry te stim ulate A m ericas teorist Interest la B rlta ia .
re not suckers for *a left hook.
Payers In Affairs
N ote
Historical Society athers-Sons To
Considers M I
& St,wd Bv
M eeting, Contest
Mothers-Daughters