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^hermmt Cfixuntty Journal Sixtv-Fourth Year No. 40 T h ese T h in g s *W e N ote Moro, Oregon Friday, Eating W as Main Problem o f Early Visitors lo This Countv; W as Poor Here August s, l ‘J«’)2 County Official Paper Fertilization Not Utility Valuations Evenly Succesful Smaller Part of* s In Station Tests County’s Total| The first white men who saw men and 200 horses neeiled sev Sherman county were just look eral hunters to keep them fed ing. They were explorers, moun and seldom could they stop to tain men who had restless feet let their horses graze unless that took them toward any new there was food for men alao. ^This business of testing th•? range of m ountains anti up or •Grass alone didn't appeal. results of fertillzaton grows more down any new river. They went In the 1840s and up into the complicated. George Mitchell, like tourists xwho set out to see is 0s ém igrants tam e across superintendent» of t)he experi the country. Sherm an county and wftile their ment station', has Just released Lewis & Clark drifted down diaries indicate appreciation of figures cn the 1952 trials. the river in large canoes «paying the grass and occasional springs By Giles L- French First, the test plots yielded little attention to the land, they also indicate an biding urge 42.7 bushels per acre. Second, which they could not see from Actually we never own any to keep on going. ammonium nitrate at 20 actual thing except ourselves. All our their viewpoint. They had h u n t There were almost no cattle pounds per ai re made 49.9 bu land and houses and sim ilar be ers out looking for deer and elk in tlie west at this time despite shels. T h .J l, a n 'iih o u s an, longings will be here after we and antelope and in their absence efforts of Dr. Mclxmghlin to in monia applied at the rate of 20 are gone. Ownership is m ereb' were in the habit of buying dogs crease the few l>elonging to the actual pountls made 46.1 bush tenantry and the average life of from the poor, lll-fe<l Indians; company. Deer was the meat, in els; at 40 pounds 49.0 bushels; ow nership of land is but eight who camped in small groups the absence of that men ate a n at CO pounds 51.0 bushels. years. We belong t|> the earth, along the northern shore. Lewis telope when it could be killed, Ammonium nitrate was ap & Clark's men thought they felt elk when available, buffalo on not the earth to us. plied in the spring with these better on a diet of dog than on the prairies, salmon along the results 20 pounds 43.5 bushels; T T W N Well, a sum m er ought to be a diet of salmon. »Astoria papers Columbia and when all these 40 pounds 45.6 bushels: 60 failed horse meat or dog meat, pounds 49.2 bushels. The check hot and a w inter ought to be please do not copy.) H unters anil fur traders from neither of which would lie eaten cold. T here’s always something plots are an average of 18 plots strange and unnatural about a the Northwest company and the by the Indians. and yields are an average of Snake. Piaute and Bannock six plots. cool sum m er or a warm winter, Hudson Bay company moved something that makes us wonder across this land always on their Indians sometimes came this in 1951 there was no gain if more unnatural things aren ’t way to stream s abounding in bea way, usually in raids on the fish after an application of 10 pound» ver or tim bered hills where eating Indians who made their coming. of actual nitrate. Consifler/ng they could find deer. homes along the Columbia. Riv the cost of fertilizer and the T T W N Food was an ever pressing er Indians kept to the north We think it highly im proper cost of application there Is a that the governm ent refuses to problem to the first men of the bank in fear of them. There •was financial gain this year from it. northwest. They had to kill it camas and other roots in the There may not l>e if both years let Vivian Kellems into court with her refusal to pay w ith ev ery-day or do without. There lo t toms but w hite men never are considered. was no way to keep meat except learned much about them. holding taxes. In June of this year there to eat it and they did well with As a place to eat early Sher was three times the normal T '1 W N Why w orry so much about get their eating when the food was man county was a bad spot. No rainfall for that month, which ting everyone to vote when the available. Sherman county pro thing much happened here. might have been a factor. pollsters can estim ate w ithin a vided little food, for there was There are many farmers who few percent of the total vote by only grass on the hills and the are certain that fertilization is antelope and deer could see a T h is picture of the broken carefully chosen jsamplos. If a of great benefit to their fields Korean Veterans well distributsd ten percent vot long way. although positive proof of it sid e of (lie new Hay C anyon Parties that set out with 50 ed th e results would probably has not yet been proven by ex elevator sh ow s how the w h eat spilled out from pressure of its be the same. Closer To Parity perim ental methods. r r r Farm s are grow ing larger in, size and fewer in num ber which is probably progress tow ard ef ficiency and economic produc tion. Socially it may be different. r r r Overheard: “she sang like a nesting crow ’’; “so old he never laughed, seldom sw ore”; “as bux om as an unworked Belgian, and for the same reason”; “like a pup py he wanted to be loved by everyone: like a puppy he show ed it”. T T W N We wonder w hether there is really a drouth in the south or* if the governm ent merely w ants to distribute some money. T T W N Some morning soon the house holder in coming in from his round of- chores is going to go into the closet or behind the door and find his coat. T T W N One of the saddest stories we rem em ber is that one about the lonesome man who entered a restau ran t and informed the w aitress th at he w anted two fried eggs and a few kind words. She brought the eggs and he re minded her of the other part of his order, to which she replied, “Don’t eat the eggs.” Why is th at sad? Because humans, from the youngest child to the doddering oldsters are so anxious for a few kind words. T T W N We read a lot about the end of gambling because of the fed eral tax on it. We have much more respect for the ingenuity and adaptability of gamblers than that. It will take constant watching to make them earn their living. T T W N No need to w orry about T ru m an’s failure to pick a success* ful senatorial candidate in his native Missouri. As long as he can pick presidential candidates T T W N The rain that fell briefly and so well scattered Monday m orn ing was merely a threat. N ature put <>a its blue and cheerful face shortly afterw ards. It was in a way a threat and a w arn ing th at the crop that nature has made possi•<> • . plentitul moisture °¡hould be gathered speedily. T T W N Folks used to be too pious to waltz: now some are too active for that dance. T T W N One test of the sort of person you aré is: W hat wouid you do if you had nothing to do? > T T W N We suppose that an up-todate school will soon have a TV set. So many of our entertainm ents have been found to be absolutely necessary to education including pi ^ g ro u n d s, radio, trips. One could almost finish college w ith out encountering the sterner facts Of life. T T W N By the time a rnnn’s memory gets long enough to use the peo ple are doing the same things all over again. Library Story Hour Continues Popular The W ednesday evening “Story Hour" at the Mbro library is a popular event w ith the com m unity children • 28 attending this week. Mrs. Paul (|yphers and Mrs. Kenneth McKean were the readers thus far. Two more books have been added to the “Memorial Shelf” in memory of Frank Scherrer. They are: “Teen-age Out-door Stories" |and “The Boy Scouts Book of Adventurous Youth”. Contributors to the operating fund of the Moro Library asso ciation have been the Chris Schultz American Legion auxili ary, the Junior Ladies club, the Mono P-TA, the Harjai^dvlew grange. Bethlehem chapter, O.E.S., and Mrs. W. F. Jackson. School Site Selected South of City Veterans of service since the sta rt of the Korean conflict may now obtain forms locally on which to apply for mustering-out paym ents under the Veterans Readjustm ent Assistance Act of 1952, the Oregon departm ent of V eterans’ Affairs announced to day. The state veterans’ departm ent has reproduced a supply of the application blanks and is d istri buting them to Oregon’s county service officers. The departm ent will also furnish them to veter ans on request. Mustering-out pay is provided in the new “GI bill” for person nel discharged from active duty in the armed forces since June 27, 1950, w hether they had re ceived m ustering-out pay fop World W ar II service or not. Applications are now being ac cepted by the various branches of the armed services. The paym ents amount to $100 for veterans with less than 60 days’ active service; $200 for those with 60 days or more of active service in the United Sta tes only; and $300 for veterans with 60 days or more of active service, some of which was o ut side the United States or in Al aska. Paym ents to discharged veterans will lie in a lump sum. Those still on active duty will receive $100 at discharge and the rem ainder, if any, in $100 monthly installm ents. The school m eeting of District 17 held Friday night for the pur pose of voting on a location for the new high school appro veil the site on McKean .land across the highway frpm Belshee's by a vote of 48 to 1. Ju st where on the land the building and grounds will be lo cated was not decided as there is som ething like a half mile GRASS VALLEY NEWS available. Possible straightening of the highway and possible need Mrs. A. A. Dunlap has as her for city w ater will lie considered guests her brother and sister in by the lx>ard *in choosing the law MY. and Mrs. John Haynes site. of Carlton who arrived Sunday. Howard Pierce of Portland a r rived Sunday and will work at the elevator again this year. If You Haven’t All Mr. and Mrs. Clarence May left T hursday for their home in Your Buttons,Make’em Astoria after spending his gen day leave here w ith his parents, If you can’t find buttons to Mr. anil Mrs. Wallace May. Mrs. match your linen or butcher May took them to The Dalle.4 linen dress, make bone ring cov where they took the train. ered buttons, advises Miss Muile Mrs. Frances Mathews and son, Scales, extension clothing speci Teddy, arrived W ednesday from alist at Oregon State college. Seattle, Wn., to visit her mother, They are sm art looking and easy Mrs. T. M. Rolfe. o to make. Miss Laverne Wllke of Gold- Select a bone ring the size of Widale spent the weekend hero the botton you need. To cover it, with her aunt, 'Mrs. C. R. Ander cut a disc of fabric twice the sen. diam eter of the ring. Gather the Mr. and Mrs. Charles Perrlgo edge of the fabric, using a dou and daughters w ent to Portland ble thread. Then place the ring Tuesday on business. on the inside of the fabric. Draw Mr. and Mrs. Frank Pike wentl up the gathering thread tightly to P o rtla n d M orCay evening on and fasten It securely. business iW urning Tuesday. To trim the button, use heavy W. C. Schilling left Friday for thread such as button hole tw ist his home in Cottage Grove to or embroidery thread. Miss spend a few days iiefore re tu rn Scales recommends. Make small ing here the last of the week. back stitches ¿ o ^ n d the inner The Baptist Mission Circle met edge of the rii™. pulling th? at the church Thursday after thread tightly after each stitch noon July 21 wth seven membetr To finish the back of the but present. The ladies spent the af ton, cut a disc of fabric the ternoon piecing quilts, Mrs same size as the button, and Charles Meyers led the devotion overcast the edges. Draw up the als. Refreshm ents were served thread so that the raw edge- later by Mrs. Sam Stark. turn In. W hipstitch this pi*-ce to Mr. and Mrs. W alter Koch of the underside of the bone ring Oregon City were here last week button, covering all raw edges. visiting relatives. Marines Move Out w eigh t. A p p roxim ately 30,900 bushels w ere in the lour sided bin, tw o sid es of w hich w ere Of The Dalles Gearhart Leaving The U. S. Marine corps recruit ing office in The Dalles has re- Moro Church for Technlcal Sergeant Lee F o ss's’dii he would leave for an undin- closed assignm ent, and would like to take this opportunity to extend his Thanks to his many friends and associates for the splendid cooperation afforded him and the m arine corps d u r ing his stay in The Dalles. The station will be discontinu ed indefinitely, and if any infor mation or assistance is ever de- sired from the m arine corps, it can he obtained by w riting or calling the U. S. Marine Recruit ing Station, Room 208 New Court House Portland, Oregon. Ojai, California Officer Reports Show County Finances In this issqe is the report of the county treasurer, which, when taken with the report of the county clerk, gives a com plete picture of the county’s fi nances during the past year.. Readers will note that the county had $39,095.60 on hand from various road funds on July 1. To this will t>e added the $67,400 of the money budgeted for the road fund last June minus $5000 declared as cash. This will give the county ap proximately $100,000 to spend on roads by next July. The sum s given and the items concerned are public money arid any taxpayer may ask the coun ty clerk or the treasurer about any of them. WASCO By M rs. Joe D rin ka rri Miss Joanne W atkins, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Leo W atkins was guest of honor at a bridal shower given her by Miss Joan Fridley and Miss Betty Dormaier at the Fridley home. Other guests were Miss Carol BrljP s, Miss Sharon lau g h lin , Miss Bar bara Buck. Miss Vaughna Roth ery, Miss Ix»ls Everett, Mrs. IJoyd Gosson. Mrs. Eugene G ob son of The Dalles, Mrs. Leo W atkins and Mrs. Donald Thomp son of Moro. Games were played and c lo th e - q s were- given : prizes. A grand prize was given the holder of the most clothe.-» pins which was Mars. Donald Thompson. Refreshm ents were served by the hostesses at the end of the pfternoon. F. C. Givens of Castle Rock, Wn., accompanied by his brother In-law and wife, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Syrmnons of Amarillo, Texas, came recently ai)d re turned the Givens’ children Johnny, Bill and K athryn to their home. The children had spent six weeks at the Bruckert ranch. Practical Information] Rev. William W. G earhart has received a cull from the Com m unity Presbyter ianx church of Ojai, California and was released by the local church to accept it. The G earharts will leave about the middle of September to ac cept the call. The church at Ojai has over 250 members and a good plant and manse for Christian work, reports Mr. G earhart who also said that he was sorry to leave the friends he has made during his stay in Moro. Thi> local church board agreed at its meeting Sunday to improve the manse here to make it more modern. At the regular m eeting August 17 a committee will be named to search for a m inister to fill the place being vacated by Rev. Gearhart. E X A M IN E R C O M IN G A drivers license exam iner will lie on duty In Moro Tues day, August 1!). 1952 at the court house between the hours of 10 a.m. and 3 p. m. ( ( II N T V Valuation of public utilities in Sherman county has been de creased by the state tax commis- j skin for the coming tax year ac cording to information receive«! by county assessor Glair Balzer this week. Actual valuation is not less but it is assessed at less because of a change in the county Patio, a change that was made in all counties in an effort at equali zation. In the 1951 legislature a hill was introduced to make utlltle^ pay an excise tax to the state as other corporations do. They pro tested that their valuations were higher than privately held pro perty and the state tax commis sion is apparently movtryf to equalize the apparent discrepan cy. la rg e st utility Is the Union Pacific which is valued at $1,- 257.292.50 although the figure includes $8453.50 of Oregon Trunk. Valuation of the main line Is $44,529 per mile and valu ation of the branch line is $6360, with yard and side b e in ’ approximately half as much ner mile. The W estern Union telegr;.,).. company is valued at $7281.21 the Pacific Telephone & convex, one side concave iinxl and company at $133,- one side straigh t. The upper Telegraph part of the concrete work did 165.68, which Includes 1,444 miles The R ufui not < onie loose. T he grain has at $92.22 per mile. been picked up and the concrete w ater company is assessed at $1908 and the Maryhill Ferry at rem oved $ 1399. The pacific Power & Light company is held worth for as purposes $173,650. Portland Conservation sessment Valuations are based on a 52 percent ratio, lower by five than Class Comes For was used last year. Utility val uations are made each year by the state tax commission; other property Is revalued at the will A c la s s In conservation assessor, led by Dr. Ruth E. Hopson, in- t tructor in Portland's summer 4 - session of Oregon State System Unemployment Up of Higher Education came to th. W. E. B ruckert ranch to see a farm conservation plan iq actual In Oregon operation. Unemployment in Oregon is They toured the ranch Satur running from 15 to 30 percent day afternoon and discussed the higher than a year ago arid no various operations with Henry serious shortage of harvest work- < irabenhorst, supervisor of Sher- era js expected for at least an num county s conservation dis- other week or tw’o, according to trict and Zeke .Madden, field man reports from local offices of the from tlie Oregon State Geame sta te Unemployment Uompensa- fomroisslbn. eom ntteton. 'I tie party spent the night at Claims for compensation filed the Bruckert home. since the beginnng of the 1952-3 Sunday morning they spent benefit year July 1 have reach- several hours at the Shermqn ed 14,787 as compared with 12,- county branch of the experl- 603 a year ago, while payments ment station at Moro where Mr to Insured workers last month and Mrs. George Mitchel, show totalled $469,156, an increase of cd and explained various expert 31 per cent over the same j>eriod merits, after which the party re- of 1951. turned to Portland. Only one area. McMinnville, Among those aliening were now has an actual shortage of two former Sherman countians, harvest help, although Salem, Eu- Errol Reece, supervisor of gene and other valley offices an- chools for Multnomah county tlcipate heavy demands by mid- and Ernest Webb of Beaverton. August. Ia ls ir surpluses were Mr. and Mrs. Wiley Knighten reported from practically all tils- and daughter Anajean joined the trlcts despite considerable bean group Saturday evening. picking during the past week. <’<H R T The county court met Weo.tes- day, that living the first Wed nesday of the month. There was little to do other than paying the bills that had accumulated and attending a meeting of the welfare commission. 1 Driving Off Rond Most Dangerous W bat tw o of On -on traffic ac cid en t is most likely to kill? It depends on where you are, reports the state traffic safety division. If you're on the road outside of any city or town, ru n ning off the roadway will land you In the morgue more certain ly than any other type of mis hap. Colliding with one other car will do It almost, but not quite, as certainly. In town, the surest way to end it all in traffic is to run, walk or step Into the path of in oncoming car. Last year, city p ed estrian fa ta litie s in Oregon totaled 42, as compared with 31 victims of fatal two-car colli sions. On the "open highway” last year, running off the roadway claimed 195 lives while two-car collisions inflicted an even 100 deaths, reversing the pattern noted the year before when vehi cular collisions led in fatalities. . The division said a total of 75.117 accidents were reported in 1951, a new all tim e high for Oregon. I 8. JETS PERFORM FOR QUEEN . . . In Athens, Greece, Frederika, the queen of the Greek people, watches the maneuver patterns of a formation of American Jet fighter airplanes over the Eleasina airport. Present at the ceremony, which was marked by the turning over of a •quadron of American Jets to the Greek air force, were Greek and foreign officials. The Jets are to be used by the Greeks In the defense of their homeland from any aggressor who may strike. i
