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About Sherman County journal. (Moro, Or.) 1931-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 20, 1954)
o FAG R S £ h m u u u C o u n ty ^Journal I* u bib« hr*] Every Friday at Moro, Oregon Giles U French Edit«* gntrrvd M Mennd elate m atter a t tea f-,.»tof(iea at Moro. Orvcon. under A M »' Conrraaa of March I . W O .___________ • OFFICIAL o SHERMAN COUWTY| JOURNAL, MORO, OREGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 20, 1054 COUNTY PAPER Hi MM KIPTION RATES ONE YEAR - ....................... 02.06 Friday, A n fu st 20, 1954 These Things We Note (Continued from Page 1) here, timber, power and minerals together with slow, quiet deter mination. They’ll not dive in so fast as they might, but they will not dive out so fast, either. * • ♦ bones of Mother Earth. The Ca nadian pacific and the Canadian National railways have carved (and carved is the word) rights of way along either side. At one place they cross the river almost at the same place. The highway must sometimes climb afar up the steep sides and it is narrow al though paved all the way. The do minion government is building roads as fast as it can. At Lyttel the Thompson comes into the Fraser and it is a big riv er, twice as large as the Deschutes and twice as swift. By Ashcroft R has widened out and slowed down and produce patches brigh ten its • little bottoms, Chinamen owned and operated. At Kamloops there is also a good tourist trade, the business of two railroads, the OPR going on east and the CNR turning up the north Thompson to Jasper and across to Edmonton, and a lot of very good cattle. There is also an Indian school and building, build ing, building. Cold in the winter? Maybe 20 below. Snow? Not much. Yet the mountains tower 2000 feet and some are snow capped here in August. The fertile valleys are narrow. ♦ • ♦ Hope B. C.: City people write Revelstoke, B. C.: For two days the travel brochures and dilate on we have driven through the Cas the beauties of the scenery when cade and Rocky mountains in Ca half those who oome would find nada and have found no elevation city sights more interesting. At over 1600 feet, in fact 1503 was the written behest of these writ the reported tops. The engineers ers we have seen canyons for the Canadian Pacific found and rivers and bays and hills gaps through the mountains ex when people and stores are prob cept the Selkirks which lie within ably more different from the the great bend of the Columbia. It norm. Victoria tries to be English comes from Montana, flows north and Vancouver tries to be like the to 100 miles north of here and states. turns back toward Washington Oddly even the nations B. C. and it is already a majestic river, provincial refers to visitors from even here. To get through the Sel the states as "Am ericans” which kirks the railroad goes through is true but not distinctive because a five mile tunnel, drilled since a Canadians are as American as slide ruined the road and killed anyone. There should l>e a name many workers. for residents of the United States From Kamloops the road stays and it may be remembered that almost level around numerous a few years ago an effort was lakes until it drops down into the made to find one with the result upper Okanagon valley, a wide that Unlstatian was the lx»xt of and fertile basin filled with dairy fered. That, being plainly impos cows, hay shocks and again to sible, the project failed. matoes and corn. The summit of Vancouver is about the size of the pass between the Okanagon Portland and is the principal city and the Columbia rivers is the of a province of 306,000 square 1503 foot high Summit lake, from miles, almost four times that of which water might easily run Oregon. There is almost every both ways. The distance is 40 natural resource and now in the miles between valleys. At Revelsoke the industry is far north, close to Prince Rupert, the big Kltlmat aluminum pro mining, once zinc, now stopped ject is starting. Rivers have been because of price, and silver and dammed to flow backward and1 lead, now starting, lumbering, and waters rushing through a tourists and railroading. Tourists, kang tunnel will make the elec of course. A town of 3500 and mo dern except that it still puts up tricity. Shops in Vancouver are said to with mosquitos. They are ihe be closed all day Wednesday but civic curse, this year anyway. ♦ • • they are not. The huge Hudson Canmore, Alta.: Around the big Bay company store doesn’t close and the chain stores are open and bend of the Columbia is an inter many of the smaller stores indl- esting and unexpected trip. We, ctaing that perhaps the urge for who are used to seeing the banks leisure is succomblng to the urge of the Columbia barren and rocky found It fully wooded, so much so for dollars. There is a sales tax of five per that the river is seldom seen. Dis cent here, three for general pur tances in Canada are indefinite, poses a part of which goes to mu probably because so much road nicipalities, and two for hospital building is going on. From Revel isation. Any one can go to a hos stoke to Golden, the big bend pital for one dollar a day. Then drive, is quoted at from 177 to 202 United States money is discount miles and it is about 190 or a little ed three or four cents which farther, all through rather small makes buying in Canada an ex fir and cedar timber, all gravel road although treated with some pensive matter. A sales tax is based on what thing that eliminates dust over you spend and an Income tax on most of it. what you earn. Oddly, the way At the fartheretrt point north is the tax is figured, people spend boat encampment and a bridge more than they earn. taking one across to the east side Hope is 88 miles east of Van again. David Thompson, that act couver, right up the Fraser river ive agent of the Hudson Bay com through some fine level bottom pany found the spot in 1811. Ixiter land. Here it is narrow and here Dig canoes from Fort Vancouver the river comes down from the slowly made their way up the Co north. This town is new, new lumbia to Boat Encampment to streets, new business buildings, meet fur traders with furs from new motels. The valley Is nar what is now Prince George and row here and the mountains rise Dawson creek, and with them, pad- 3000 feet right off the v ill« v died back down the long river to floor with snow still atop them. what Is now Vancouver, Washing If there is anything in Switzer ton where I)r. John Mcl^ughlin land like this it should tie photo counted their stores. graphed. On the eastern side there are several small streams coming Kamloops, B. C.: Non-travelers from glaciers with a heavy load of who learned their facts about Ca big grave, that is filling the can nada from their old geography yon until it is wide and needs books are in for a shock. Temp longer bridges. Geologically, it is erature figures from the latest pa new with steep hills, sw ift per give Ix»s Angeles a 74 and streams and rapid erosion. These Kamloops 79. Kamloops, although streams add to the volume of the once a Hudson Bay post is now Columbia which Is already a size a city of 11-13,000 depending on able river, even as it flows around the teller. It has more new’ hous the Selkirks in Its big bend. es abuilding than any town If its At Golden traffic is held up lie- size so far seen. There are hun cause so much road work is being dreds of them, whole blocks alike done in the 30 mile krng Kicking except for the color of the front Horse canyon. When the men quit door, new business blocks. at five (daylight saving time) traf Instead of eating caribou meat fic can resume. It is a dusty trip and beans with a few Shuswap but the road will be worth it squaws, one may dine in five when done. Golden, Itself is a fron courses serve*I by as pretty a tier spot, filled with young con waitress as any Broadway may struction workers, miners and boast. loggers. Kamloops has five lumber mills Scenery through the pass can be and three pnxiuce processing described as wonderful so steep plants—-and what is the principal are the sides and ao sw ift the riv vegetable: tomatoes They are er. It will always bring more ripe now and there are hundreds "Ohs and Ahs” from easterners • o f acres of them together with than those who have driven to the many of leans, com, cucumber^ Deschutes. All that In the ’ frozen” north. * I-»ke Louise is pretty, flanked From Hope the Fraser river on either side by high hills and comes down from the far north with a pretty snow covered hill to make a right angle turn to for a back ground. It might have ward ttj> coast. For 100 miles it become^ beauty spot without the is a turbulent river, running be caref« attaentlon of the Canadian tween steep banks of hard rock, Pacifrc railroad which promoted hard enough to resemble marble It. The hotel (or chateau) Is as or granite in places, the very magnificent an ego sharpener as O has recently been seen. At Banff the whole northwest was clamoring for rooms, the streets were literally packed with cars, driven and parked. Even pos session of a Cadillac didn’t as sume parking space for the deca dent body. At Canmore, 15 miles toward Calgary some space was available and others slept in their cars. Canmore is a coal mining town with naturally, a coal mining pop ulation. • a n Shelby, Montana: Here in the long ago Tommy Gibbons and Jack Dempsey fought for the championship of the world in a makeshift arena on some of the many hills around the town. That was Shelby’s claim to fame until oil was discovered between here and the 35 mile away Canadian line. While the oil flows somewhat reluctantly it keeps up an indus try and brings in money. This morning, west of Calgary a I »and of mountain sheep strolled across the highway while cars stopped to watch. They were all ewes and lambs although the cor rect term may 1« does and fawns. Calgary, 150,000 population, laid out on the square on the edge of the great western prairie, is the business center of the aria. Like other Canadian cities it has a block of Hudson Bay company store. Like cities in the states Ca nadian cities are filled with chains. The road south leads along the foothills for miles until it gets out into the prairie, Farther into the flat land at Lethbridge where wheat looks fine. There is some Irrigation there and sugar beets «and cattle feeding. Across the line into Montana the country gets rough find the crops look less promising. It needs the bountiful lakes of Can ada. Here the lightning is crack ing and the rain pouring as the grain is ready to thresh. your refrigerator and ripe Juicy WANT ADS peaches in the fruit bowl. You will have the makings for many deli cious desserts at your fingertips. And don’t forget that bottle of YOUR FIN A N CIA L planning for the future SHOULD NOT as thick, fresh cream so the family sume entirely that the value of can enjoy fresh peaches and the paper currency dollar will cream anytime. always remain constant. Your family will really enjoy Why not let us show you, with these delicious peach desserts. out cost, how sound investment securities can give you a strong • measure of dollar erosion pro Bethlehem Chapter No. .8» O.E.8 tection for your savings. And Meets every second and also provide tax advantages. fourth Thursday in each month: visiting membe.** J. W. DODD, TYGH VALLEY, invited. Moro, Oregon Mrs. W. E. Harms of Portland Betty Christianson, W.M. was here last week-end visiting Elsie Jones, Secretary her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Glllmor. Eureka Ixtdge Nu. 121 AJK. A A.M ORE. Eastern Oregon Mgr., Meets on the 1st and Wm. J. Collins & Co. Stocks, 3rd Thursdav evening» investment funds, Corporate each month. Visiting and tax exempt bonds. Local members cordially in vlted to meet with m and national. 42-tfn Howard Ross, W. M WANTED: Steady year around B. Pinkerton, Secretary work, ranch or otherwise. Ex perienced, married. 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