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Sixty-Sixth Year No. 29
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Moro, Oregon Friday,
May 21, 1954
County Official Paper
Five Man Team
Going To State Track
Meet This Week
Five high school boys will be
in Corvallis Friday and Saturday
for the “B” school track meet as
representatives of Moro high
school. They are Harold Duncan,
Larry Sayrs, Ivan Kirkelie, Gene
Knott anil Verne Mobley, who
replaced the injured Don Miller
on the relay team.
They will enter seven events,
the low and high hurdles which
Duncan won at Bend and broad
jump, another Duncan event, the
hundred and 410 dashes with
Sayrs the entry, the shot put,
which is Knotts feature and the
■“ ■ L J relay. Preliminaries will be run
Dent are d irectors of the Mid Friday at 2 p. m. and the finals
Colum bia L ivestock Show
asso Sat unlay at 2 p. m.
Other school events are the
elation, w hich annually operate*
8th grade visitation when the
the show and sale.
8th graders of Moro, Grass Val-
ley and Kent will visit and the
regular PTA meeting Friday,
Voting Percentage
Expected To Be
Low In Primary
’^•imary election to day, May 21
ht aroused as little interest as
an. election in recent times, des-
pite a contest for county judge
one one ticket and for governor
By Giles L. French
on one ticket. Iz>cal contests are
said to create interest. This one
Some future historian may pos­
has not.
sibly Interpret our American urge
State wide estimate of voting
to produce and produce, more
is 55 to 60 percent for Kepubll-
and bigger, as a disease and trace
cans and not over 50 percent for
the downfall of the nation to the
Democrats, there being fewer con-
economic results of it.
tests on the Democratic slate,
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Republicans voters will elim-
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As far back as we can remem­
inate either Paul Patterson or
ber there has always been a P L A N S FOK the conduct o f the d iv isio n heads o f the show op er­ T ibbetts, S cott C levenger, II. A.
Earl Newbry from the gulierna-
spring and a summer.
Springs eigh th annual 4-H and F F A fat ation board. Heated, from left: Dr. Dent, M arshall N elson and E. M.
torial race and either Donald
may be delayed until May, as was stock sh ow and sa le o f the Ore- H om er Webb, E lm er Lierm an, N elson . IJ en n a n is the general
Martin or Curt Tom from the
this one, and summers may con­ gon W heat G row ers L eague, to H arry Hogan, W. 8 . N elson; m anager of the show , and Glen
county judge contest. They also
sist of one hot spell.
But there be held Ju n e 7-9 a t T he Dalles, standing: C. It. P urnell, D elbert P a rn ell Is a ssista n t secretary of
will choose between Gene Allen
will be one of each. Be assured. w ere com pleted a t a m eetin g of Purnell, M inor Brady, I ¿ester the W heat League. Brady and
and H. E. Barker for labor corn-
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missioner. They may for the oth-
It sounds funny, actually fun- z-»
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ers. With one exception Repub­
ny, to hear of gambling casinos L O n S e V V a tlO n 1 OUT O t FTflSCO W O O ie n
licans have a full slate of pre­
Neece Canyon Road
taking steps to control crooks.
“ Hub” Nichols Dies
cinct candidates.
Democrats In Sherman county
Many an U ernauonaiiat, who deludes High School Students o f Countv
No Longer Open
In California
have no decisions to make and
the list of precinct office candi­
in theory favors dividing up with
A conservation tour of Sher- plantings were shown and uses
Herman H. "Hub” Nichols dates is not full. A Democrat can
other countries, is just as selfish man county was sponsored by the explained.
The old wheat road, on which
passed away at Oroville, Califor­ tell right now who is going to lie
as anyone about his own town. Wasco Woman’s clubs Thursday Other projects of interest visit- the sett,ers hauled
their grain to
nia, early Friday morning May their standard bearers this fall
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with the aid of Sherman branch ed included a dam on the Bernard Biggs ln the daYs before th e Col-
14, 1954 of a heart attack. He is without doing a thing about it.
Who would have thought that experiment station, state and Martin ranch, trashy fallow, an- umbia Southern came steaming
survived by his widow, Mrs. Alta
Precincts in Sherman county
a plain gabfest would even be- federal extension service, Ore- nual cropping and wildlife plant- up Spanish Hollow to Wasco,
is
M. D. (Doc) Butler, extension Nichols.
have been reduced to five for
come a conference.
gon game commission and the ing on the Bill Todd ranch.
closed in part, and has been for conservation specialist, WSC, has
Herman Nichols was born in
been selected to fill a new posl- Coffee county, Kansas, A pi ll 15, this election. At Rufus, No. 1.
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son conservation service, to show Each brought his own lunch several years.
1 he old road ran west of Moro tion as overseas marketing repre- 1888; came to Oregon with his election officers will lie S. A.
“Ever since I was a boy” said the participants the conserva- which was eaten at DeMoss Park
by the Marks place or nowdays sentative for the Oregon Wheat parents in 1889 to Marlon coun­ Wilson, chairman, Jean Brown,
Uncle Emmett, “I’ve been pres- tion practices used in the coun- during the noon hour,
along the road from the Peetz Growers league.
He will leave ty where the family lived until judge, Curtis Neal, E. C. Eaton,
seil by a well developed urge to ty. Ihe tour, under the direction - ■■
do something every minute, to of Mrs. Helen Bruckert, conserva-
place by Bill Powell’s and the for Washington. D. C. May 23 for March 15, 1913 on which date W. A. Morris, clerks.
At Kent, No. 8, Art Justesen ls
Frank Sayrs place and thus up- conferences with USDA person- they moved to the home ranch
“improve each shining hour” as tion chairman of the women’s 4 -H Clubbers Judge
chairman, Wynona Wilson, judge,
to the top of Gordon Ridge. Then nel.
my saintly grandmother had
it. clubs, Henry Grabenhorst, work
east of Moro. He lived there until Hazel Helyer, Durward Helyer,
You can get so many hours to unit conservasionist and Thomas Stock A t Cox’s
it dropped down Neece canyon
Butler will join forces with 1942, at which time he and his
Luther Davis, clerks.
clear to the Simpson place and Gordon Boals, representing
shining it’s hard to keep ’em Thompson, county agent,, was at-
. ____ _ the wife moved to Cecil, Oregon.
At Grass Valley, No. 9, Roy
shined. And now I wonder about tended by approximate 135 peo-
Eighty 4-H livestock club mem- from there on down past John Millers National Federation and
At the time of his death he was Schilling, chalramn, J. E. Alley,
all that work for there’s more
including all high school stu-
bers, parents,, and leaders parti- Fulton’s to the hill above Biggs. Earl Pollock, foreign agricultural on a vacation, visiting his wife’s
Frank Ketter, Bertha
needs doin’ now than when I dents of the county, teachers, clpated in the livestock judging It angled down that steep grade, service, members of the Far daughter In (California. His widow judge,
was a boy.”
and °ther interested persons. Oth- field day at the Fred Cox ranch, *n light soil, that was always cut East trade mission now traveling will continue to make her home Brinkert, Willard Barnett, clerks.
At Moro, No. 10, Theodore John­
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ers ai(Bng whh the tour were Leo last Saturday, reports T. W. deep with ruts from the high in the Orient. All three will re- there.
ston, chairman, Lamer Sayrs,
If you know the nomenclature ^ y ers, principal Moro high school,
Thompson, county agent. iron wheeled wagons and into port back to the Wheat league
Other survivors are three sis­ Judge, R. J. Bruckert, W. E. Hall,
you know the profession so the , aIr Griffin, area conservation-
Donald Miller and Tonai Miller, sand where the tired horses found about June 15 with specific plans ters-, Mrs. Gladis Fox of Salem,
hardest thing to learn about
IIaro,d Winegar of the Ore- unrelated Moro high school stu- tbe Pulling harder than any- regarding where liest to begin Mrs. Iva Thomas of San Jose, Harry Kunsman, clerks.
At Wasco, No. 11, R. M. John­
work in the Orient.
anything is the words to express gon game commission and John dents tied for first in the livestock where on the road.
California, Mrs. Ixirena Anderson son, chairman, Marvin Thomas,
U
Puul, soil scientist with the SCS. judging practice. Club members
armers living east of Moro
of Grants Pass; three brothers, Judge, Ixiuise Nisbet, Junietta
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A tOUr
the branch experi- and parents judged classes of beef, didn’t go that wior; they went
Everett of I^ewiston, Idaho, Wes­ Macnab, Lucille Fox, clerks.
iTniocc w o an tn w a r w ith
R us- ment statlon- under the direction sheep and swine. Cattle for judg- most often to Grant, down Scott
ley of Moro, Arthur of Spokane,
Election hours are from eight
, and her satellites we
are of
Hall, showed the results ing furnished by Fred Cox and or Gerklng canyon to a little
Washington.
ln the morning until eight at
* fn ho re s tric te d to o u r
own and effects of the manY experi- I^eonard Fields. Other livestock ab°ve Rufus and along the hill
"Hub” was a member of the night and all those registered as
.
T h o m nrp o u lc k lv
we ments being carried on, machin- was furnished through the court- down to the warehouses at Grant.
Chris Shultz American Legion members of either the Republican
m akP th o Phnico th e e a s ie r it will ery used’ and tree Plantings-
It esy of Howard Ross, W. J. Coons,
It was a two or three day Jour-
post of Moro.
make tne cnoice tne easiei
waa
out that the tredder E ad G<?ntry and Jay McKay
ney, all of that from out south of
or Democratic parties may vote.
Mr. and Mrs. Everett Nichols
De*
ls winning a place of recognition
L. J. Marks, county extension Grass Valley where quite a bit of
of Lewiston, Arthur of Spokane
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ln handling trashy fallow.
agent, Fossil, was visiting judge wheat was raised in the nineties
and Wesley drove down Phr the M oro P T A Announces
MHe was a tolerant man, most
Strip cropping on the Bill Todd for the event. Cold drinks and ,M?fore the railroad was built,
funeral which was held May 18
tolerant, until someone aisagreei ranch and cheat grass elimination dessert was furnished by the Cox Some could make but three trips
at 2 p. .m.
i, Final Meeting for Year
with his opinions.
trials to the east along the gravel family for the pot-luck dinner. in two weeks and the loads were
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road were also explained.
The Judging field day was the not big, maybe ten sacks to the
The Moro I’TA will meet
In any case we hope the army’s
Irrigated pastures on the Wal- third annual held in Sherman horse, for the horses were small.
Friday night, May 21, at the Moro
M
rs.
Nellie
Cushman
Mr. Stevens retires to quieter lace May ranch along with quail county. The judging event gives
Th<? road is now closed from
school fur Its final meeting of
scenes. He doesn t look the part, roosts, game bird guzzeler, strip 4-H club members an opportunity the Kaseberg place where Fete
this school year.
Gets 50 Y ear Jewel
cropping, and wildlilfe habitat to learn to select and know better Macnab lives to the top of
Business will Include election
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type livestock, states Thompson. the hill although it Is open
Mrs. Nellie Cushman was hon­ and installation of officers for
This is the week in Oregon TYG h VALLHY INDIAN
and in good shape from there on
ored by members of Bethlehem the ensuing year.
to rest the feet to keep them nO|)E() com ing
down to Biggs. When the county
An interesting program has
chapter, OES, by presentation of
healthy, to write letters overseas
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W . A . Young Buried
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,he w,,rk
a 50 year Jewel at a ceremony been planned and will Include
which was attended by Mrs. Cush­ Alex Marshall of The Dalles
w ri« to. and to «(rain. from, run- wl|I
„ Wasco ,x|unly
county
road farther east and Neece can­
man’s daughter, Mrs. I^eah Sib- speuking on his trip to Scotland
ning over anyone carrying a fajrgrounds near Tygh Valley
yon was not graveled except In
ray of Portland and Mr. and Mrs. and Germany. The Junior girls
white cane. The remainder of t e s a turday and Sunday with plenty
Morris Wilson, Oregon Wheat Virgil Cushman of Condon and will offer vocal selections and
Word was
year you can endure your bun- going on |n the way Qf prel,mln. death
w A received of the spots.
Young, long time
Down this canyon went thou- Growers leagud president, an- many friends from Wasco and Nancy Conlee will be featured
ions, save your ink and use or- ary even(8 Friday.
resident of Kent, whQ died at the sands of bushels of wheat in the nounced that this action was re­ Grass Valley.
ln tap dancing.
dlnary discretion toward the
The affair ¡8
blind. What are the purposes of Ty'wami" s id d ii c l ^ ^ T y g h
^ spitaI -afler 3 days when farms were smaI1’ and
by ? ' egOn wheat produc’
The public, as well as I’TA
An addenda under direction of
government
when spe-
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s,,ori
He was 83 years, homesteaders worked hard to es- ers In a resolution adopted at the Mrs. Darwin VanGlliler given by members are welcome to attend
iment, anvway
anyway, whiin
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old
V1? 6 month* 3"d 10 d3ys ° ,d- He ,3bIish themselves on new land ,a«< a" " “a« meeting,
the officers and the official pre­ this as well as all other I’TA
clal weeks are declared?
oia time bronc rider George Nel- homesteaded near Kent in 1890 without benefit of other govern-
In making the announcement,
sentation was made by Harry meetings.
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®°n in charge of rodeo events. Ac- antj HvecI there until 20 years ago ment aid other than the practical President Wilson emphasized that Pinkerton. A flower addenda giv­
Refreshments will lx* served.
This is the time of year taxpay- cording
to Nelson, Indians from when he moved to near Portland. gift of the land itself.
P “ “market
’ ’ development
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for Oregon en by the star points and pre­
erg are making up their tax bills Canada and nearly all of the
Mr. Young is survived by his
wheat overseas is vital since sentation of a bouquet of carna­
for next fall—that is, making western states have registered, widow, Mrs. Sarah Young, four
75% of the wheat produced in tions was made to Mrs. Cushman Oregon T ra il A ’ssn.
them or letting some one else.
The horses, as well as the per- daughters, Mrs. Harry Horner,
the Northwest must lie exported. who was twice worthy matron of
A ll.TnzIton» Coquille, Mrs. Roy S
_ Boosters Club W ill
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formers, will be *« ’All-Indian',
Barnet, The
Contiuued, expanded usage of the Moro lodge and installing Issues Strip M ap
Success of the democratic mostly range stallions to tie run Dalles, Mrs. Ixittie Hampton,
our soft, white wheat in rice de­ officer for many years.
The Old Oregon Trail associa­
form of government ls the lack in from the far corners of Warm- Portland, Mrs. Otho Smith. Ta- M eet Monday Night
ficit countries of South Asia can­
Singing of old songs filled tion, under management of Lee
of imagination required to get springs Reservation in Wasco and coma, Wn., two sons, Willie
not
be
left
to
chance."
in
the
evening
as
the
honor
guest
There will tie a meeting of the
Drake of Pendleton, has Just
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d£ne
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was recently 83 years old and Issued a little folder containing
Moro Boosters club ° n at Z the M Ameri-
refreshments concluded the even­ a strip map of the historic road
ment tends to become totalltar- member ^th cm ,as w ltchknm «! and tw enty,hree great grand „,ght. May 24 There will be some Senator Cordon Gets
ing, which was filled with visit­ together with pictures of scenes
ing and reminlscenses.
mttP Anri thnv riryn’t
vniiuivu.
refreshments and a discussion of
along the road or that may lx?
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, % " d they don 1 buck for
Services will lie held Saturday, nianti fur renrraniMtion A ll those Needed Amendment
senator Guy Cor,on has done
May 22m 2 ^ a, the „ „ I Top ¡’n lerested
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seen near the highway.
Each of the counties bordering
Boy
Scouts
Attend
his usual good job on getting ap- . t
community club are invited and
An effort to Impose restrictions
the road have contributed to the
propriations for northwest dams f s m‘Aing ®how wiI1 be races
urged to come and lend some aid on the states in administration of
making of the folder by payment
by getting the aenate appropria- » » » horses from many reserva-
to such a project.
federally-aided public assistance Camporee, W in
Oregon W heat To
of
$100 Into the fund and citizens
Uons committee of which he is a uo" ’
-
The meeting will lx* called to programs has been defeated with
Scout Master Harold Winegra have contributed pictures to
member to approve more funds , 'j'g h t events wtil Include an
order at 7:30 by Lloyd Johnson, the aid of Senator Guy Cordon, and assistant Gene Colton, took make It accurate and interesting.
fo r T h e D alles and Chief Joseph Indlan boxing match irld a y fol- Yield Much Less
acting president.
acting as a member of the Senate 16 members of the troop to Sweet These will lie distributed along
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fun’ds
»X «ahclng with the Warm
Appropriations committee.
In Oregon, the indicated pro­ -------------------
Home Meadows, near Camp Bald­ th e route and at n e a rb y se rv ic e
springs Indian orchestra furnish­
for the John Day dam
duction
of
winter
wheat
on
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Senate adopted a confer- win, a few miles west of Dufur stations and particularly will be
ing the music. Saturday evening
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encc report on th€ Lhlr<1 »uppie- last Friday afternoon for * a given out to tourists before they
in front of the grandstand will be May 1 was estimated at 21.4 mil­ C. d . Ha It penny
mental appropriations bill and camporee with members of oth­ reach Oregon so they may decide
Things ought to be pretty presente{j a spectacular Indian lion bushels. This was down 21
sent the measure to the White er troops In this district.
peaceful for a time after election dancing program all in native cos- percent from last year’s total Funeral Sunday
which road to take through the
House minus a limitation which
with all the dirt dug out from tume. These will include war output This year’8 whe3t crop
Ron Benson and John Gilman state.
Chester Halfpenny, resident of the House had sought to impose were patrol leaders and both won —a______
however.
holds
under the rug% and out of the dance, circle dance, owl dance and for Oregon,
corners and put on the front hoop dance. Prizes will be award­ about 8 percent above average. Grass Valley for several years on use of federal grant funds for In that order, for lx»st patrols. Harpers Hosts For
For the Pacific Northwest, the and former UP agent there, died administrative purposes,
porch.
Keith Hockman was third In a
ed to naen, women and children
total
winter wheat crop at the in a hospital ln The Dalles Mon-
The House had voted to limit log chopping contest. A court of
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for winning dances and outstand-
beginning of this month was es- day. He was born February 8, to $2,800,000 the amount of money honor was held during the stay Son Going To Camp
Language has a great effect ing costumes,
timated
at 81.8 million bushels. If 1884 in Pennsylvania and has which could lie allocated to the and John Gilman became a first
Mr. anil Mrs. Gordon Harper
on thinking and action. Suppose, Donna Sparling Picked
realized
this will lie down 18% long been an Oregonian.
states for administration of pub- class scout and John Matteson a were
: Sunday for a farewell
for Instance, there was no way
Donna Kay Sparling of Moro from last year’s record crop. Pre-
Funeral services will lx* held He assistance programs for the second class scout
pot-luck dinner for their son and
to say "No” In our language
was among seven senior women sent Indications are for this Sunday at the Baptist church In remainder of this fiscal year,
The church is sponsor for the daughter ln law. Mr. anil Mrs.
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receiving certificates for main- year’s winter wheat crop to be Grass Valley with Smith Calla-
Governor Paul Patterson and
and all arrangements were Iceland Anderson who left Mon­
Sometimes it is hard to tell talnlng a grade average of 3.5 slightly ah' ve average for this way in charge. Interment will be Mrs. Ixia Howard Mason, admln- troop
made by church officiO to whom day for Fort Sill, Oklahoma.
what is cause and what is effect. or better on the basis of an A area.
in the Lincoln Memorial at Port- istrator of the state welfare com­ the scouts are very appreciative. Guests present were Mr. and
Does the apparent increase in in­ equaling 4 points, for 11 terms at
The nation’s winter wheat land. He was an Elk and a Mason. mission, protested this would do Other boys making the trip were: Mrs. C. W. Walker, The Dalles,
terest ln communism come from Oregon State college
crop on May 1 was estimated at a
Survivors are a brother WII- severe damage to the public as­ Alvin Arstill, Bobble (*yphers, Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Anderson
not enough _ education or too
A senior in education.
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sistance program In Oregon, and Gene Yeager, Gary Thompson, and Linda, Portland, Mr. and Mrs.
much; do women wear pants be- sparling ls the daughter of Mr. realized, this will lie one-fifth less Annie and Nellie Half|ienny,
at their behest Cordon joined in Philip Gilman, Everett Kirkelie, Art Macheel and Duke, Arvld
cause they want to be like men aq(j Mrs. Clarence Sparling of than the 1953 harvested winter of Pennsylvania, a niece Mrs. Jo- the successful effort to strike the Mike Zachary. Bill Edwards, Da­ Anderson, Fred Anderson and the
or because they already are?
Moro.
wheat crop.
seph Satdotz of Portland.
restriction from the hill.
vid Conlee and Roy Cyphers.
honored guests.
Wheat League
Hires Expert To
Sell Overseas