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© © •^lu-rutan Cnitnl y inumai County Official Paper Moro. Dreg on f'ruiay, .January 7, 1955 Sixty- Seventh Year No. 10 Weed Man Named County Agent Recounts Services Offered These To Station Post- T h in g s Succeeds Bayer W e N o te Anii ^ ork Done ßv His ^rganizat,on A new year is upon us and be- ties. General and technical fore it is very far along, 1 would like to extend to each and every one a very healthy and happy New Year. With the new year it seems an opportune time to re mind folks of the place, and the services Available from . your «»un — ------------------- extension agent’s office, coun- (y courthouse, Moro. The county a , „ a representative of OSC. and thg Unlted States department of agriculture, in the various coun- infor- mation on various subjects are available at the asking, with in dividual assistance given, and council rendered as desired. All the items available, from the county extension office do not seem appropriate or possible, but an individual farmer might se- cure identification of weeds in- sects, plants or diseases o grains flowers, shrub* or horticultural crops. Recommendations as to control of disease and insect pests along with recommended varie ties for seeding and rates. A soils testing laboratory exists at Cor vallis, where complete analysis of the soil can be made to determine its needs. The college does not run nitrate tests, at this time, for determination and recommenda tions from this test for nitrogen application. A poultry disease laboratory is maintained to iden tify and render recommendations as to poultry disease control. A diagnostic animal industry labor- atory exists to diagnose and re- commend control, or determine control for diseases of horses, ___ ___ sheep, cattle and swine. A plant clinic was was formed this past year, to more orderly handle di seased plant* that were causing difficulty for individual farmers, Other services of this nature are available, and are rendered upon request of the individual, Builetins Aviftable Sherman County Club Starts With Plans for Progress Late Rains Make New County December Moisture Officers Sworn Total .6 0 Inch In Wednesday December finally ended with ? total of .60 inch of rainfall, mucl A majority of a new county The Sherman County club was more than the .15 originally r* Appointment of a weed-control <»urt was sworn into office Wed started again Monday night when ported. The final three days broi research worker for the Columbia nesday foren«x>n with some defin interested Sherman countians met ght .45 inch of rain. Basin has been announced jointly at the call of Vernon Miller, pre- Despite this the month ende< ite promises to the public of ac by ♦ »1 OSC agricultural He hmnnh experiment etatinne at gWent lo elecl officers and talk with a shortage of 1.07 inch ana tion to be taken during its term station and Its branch stations at ovcr a pr,,graIn ,o fu|,nl the needs the total for the crop year is 3.1 » of office. County Clerk Mane Pendleton and. Moro h county economic, so- which is 1.79 below the norm 1 Hosklnson swore Vernon Miller By Giles L. French Dean Swann, recent graduate of cial and civic improvement. for the first four months at t t In as county Judge and Charles Happily the holidays are over the university of Wyoming in Kluypers as county «»mmlsslon- The constitution was changed winter wheat crop year. again and we can go back to work. chemical weed control, was named er with neither the crowd nor the to permit meetings to be held at A light snow fell Tuesday after Not that holidays are not pleasant to the position January 1, succeed« any time when called by the ex noon, enough to make the roads fanfare that occaslonly accompan in their place but It is much bet- ¡ng David Bayer who resigned ecutive committee. slick and give some protection to ies such affairs. Oscar N. Ruggles ter that we have 300 days of work September 1 to resume study for Prior to the swearing-in cere- The report of the nominating the wheat. Not much snow was and 65 of rest than if it were the an advanced degree. committee was adopted resulting eXpeCted that day by the weather mony the outgoing county court Dies In Portland reverse. Swann will headquarter at the in the election of Giles French, prophets although more is looked Judge C. A. Tom, Commissioners T T W N Pendleton branch station which Oscar N. Ruggles, 72, died at a president; Collis Moore, vice-pre for later in the week. Donald Martin and Kenneth Sath- Now the magazine writers are is supervised by Merrill Oveson, hospital in Portland Monday af er, approved the bills for Decem sident; B. C. Baumgartner, sec taking after the kids again and but he will also conduct weed ter a long illness. He was a na ber and finished the work for retary-treasurer; John Decker, L. writing profitable articles about research in western basin «»un tive of Sherman county having Ted Gamble Made the end of 1954 while the new E. Kaseberg, L P. Haven and juvenile delinquency. Heck, all de ties under supervision of W. E. lx*en born in Moro in the wintei court looked on. Sather, two year Charles Burnet were chosen as linquency is juvenile and the old Hall of the Sherman branch ex of 1882-83, one of the first child W ar Bond Head veteran, remains as county com directors. folks do as much as anyone. periment station at Moro. ren to be born here. His parents If arrangements can be made Ted R. Gamble, Portland busi- missioner. T T W N In announcing the appointment bad from California the fall Judge Tom expressed confi the first meeting will be one about ness man and former treasury co We seem to have developed two F E Price, director of the OSC ex- ,^ fore They took up land east of ________ ______ , prophets _______ one neriment station said major em- ± ¿ 5 and Oacar.grew up highways with a member of the ordlnator of war bond sales, was dence in his successor and offered schools of weather saying that this month will be dry . . m placed on “develop- th ‘ and on the John Day where highway commission as speaker. this week appointed by Secretary any aid that he could give the and another that it will be wet. measures for X l R u X his father,' moved Meetings will be held when there of the Treasury Humphrey to be new men. He said he was closing _ ... ... x.- «... I,leI11 UUIIUVI * fVUBBica, > Io Rucinncc P U'tlPn PH- chairman ..V.„1____l„ of bond sales in Oregon 53 years of public service with is business tn to hi» be ilflM done, when W wea Probably neither will be right by weeds now causing heavy losses after leaving the wheat land ther is suitable and speakers are relieving E. C. Sammons, who has pleasure in his accomplishments very much. in the Columbia Basin wheat-pro- He farmed and later bought the available. held that post for nearly 12 years. and satisfaction that he had no T T W N ducing area." Swann’s research Finnegan ranch with Charles Bel- A new quota for Oregon was further official duties. We hope the Democrats and program will be conducted in co- shee, whom he bought out later, announced at the same time. The Republicans in the Oregon legis operation with the OSC farm crop lt has been his home fot many The new court entered into the Wilson Says Rain state is expected to buy $45,100,- lature will forget they are one or department. years and he has been engaged in ir duties with caution. Members 000 for 1955 which makes Sher the other until after the session. Swann completed undergradu- raising cattle and some wheat. will meet Friday and make some Making Delayed man county’s share $95,000. This appointments We the people will appreciate ate work at the university of Wy- Surviving are his wiodw, Allie, that were delayed is higher than it has been. In or that oming in 1952 and Instructed In nee Huis; a son, Orville, on the George Wilson, county repre while prospective candidates are T T W N vocational agriculture at Chad- home ranch; two daughters, Mrs. sentative on the rain making der to keep the nation’s bonds interviewed. Among these is a Folks age faster in the. United Nebraska for one year before Zela McKinney, Ione, Mrs. Char- Oregon State college extension board for the three mid-Columbia current it will be necessary to member of the fair board to re states than anywhere else. That’s rpturni t0 university of Wy- lotte Barnett, Grass Valley; five and experiment station bulletins, counties, reports that activities dispose of $5,500,000,000 in E anti Kenneth Fridley whose oth- will er because more changes are made . . M s degree. He is grandsons, two brothers, Starr of USDA bulletins are available, on re 8 topped as of January 1 and H bonds during 1955 Thls win e labors kept him from accepting horn than ‘‘ ’ . .. . _____n r - n Walter _____ _ of riArA^nnr- . . . make __ i__ for safer fl«c financing than re-appointment, and a member of in a - ___— normal lifetime here than married and Stayton, Heppner; tbrnn three various subjects for farm people. will not ’be started again until has two children. anywhere. If a man could live sisters, Mrs. Lois Olds of Califor- Blue prints of farm buildings and A n j Reason fOr this is that sales to banks, the budget committee to succeed under nia, Mrs. Eva Landry of Portland equipment and farm homes are lherp lg not enough money for unuer the uie same conditions for 60 ZM 1 Miller. and Mrs. Lu Brown. available at a small fee. Farm re- continuous operation because Mor- Joe Morrison Buried years he could keep up with the M o ro I V L IllD Without debate the Sherman Funeral services were held cord books and also made avail- row county has not made full con County Journal was named county Wednesday afternoon at the Grass able and have been developed for t t w n Elects Officers tribution. Here Tuesday official newspaper; J. R. Yocum, Many new men are being sworn mv Huh hPid a meet- Valley Baptist church in Grass Oregon conditions. Special infor- Because the organization pre Funeral services for Joseph B. J. F. Peters and Izester Wilson Into office these days right after Thursday night and ap- Valley wlth interment In the mation is secured and recommend fers to be active in the second appointed read viewers, the first of the year No doubt actylon9K which will Odd-Fellows cemetery at Moro, ed from extension specialists or quarter of the year InsteadI of the ^ ^ " ^ I n g ' f X w m g b j“ n- were Nor'ntan FleW .;truant officer and experiment station research work first, the work has been de ayed T uesay mor g they feel fine. To them we can lncorporate(1 ,nto a « t ot by. Waller „ruckert. T. I-ester John- ers. at the Moro cemetery. only repeat what we have said be laws to be written for the cooper Cab Scouts To three months so that available terment Mr. Morrison died of a heart at- son and Arzell laemley on the «log Farm demonstrations are carried fore: that doing the job well is a ative association w h i c h h a s on throughout the year relative money can be spent at a more tack Friday, December 31 at his damage board. much greater honor than being brought television to several resi See New Picture home In Arlington. Ivan Blagg reported th at the to the various fields of agriculture needed time. elected. dents of Moro. The Cub Scout moving picture, as they are important to the in Joe Morrison was born in Penn- Grass Valley FT A wanted le T T W N . It was agreed to make a charge Letter to Loretta” will be shown dividual county and community, sylvania February 19, 1865, the health service and Bob Boynton As soon as we get a few luxur- Markets For Grain lea J h T ™ ‘n ^ ^ ti'e s T n U l o f ^ r - ¿ - h o o k i n g on^o — • school the the over all extension program son of an early day minister who asked for some improvement to evening of January 13 at 7:30 with for the county is coordinated by Good A t Portland came to this county in 1896 bring- the road to the John Day river. we can never live luxuriously. ______ Suggestions that a service charge the Cub Scout leaders and boys of the Sherman county Rural Advi- T T W N Pacific Northwest markets were Ing his numerous family. He lived Don’t worry. The prophesy that he made were turned dcwft when the Grasg valley and Moro troops sory Council. This council coo- in Hay Canyon when a young there will be 750 persons to the officers said it would not be neces- ag sponsora. pick Carson, scout sists of the chairman and vice little changed from last week. De man, married Jennie Belshee, and Federal Employees mand was seasonally slow. But square mile won’t happen in your sary if a few new customers Join- executive of The Dalles, will bring chairman of various committees, farmed many places in the county, ed to enable the club to pay its tbe Rjm up for the showing. as determined by the council it- the light offerings held prices living In both Moro and Grass Under State U.C.C. lifetime. bills. This picture grew from a letter self. This «»mmittee is meeting mostly steady. At Portland, gains Valley. T T W N While the United States is not Officers elected are Harry Ben- wrRten by a small boy to Loretta January 12 to look forward to the showed up in high protein hard About 30 years ago he moved First claims from former federal in the position of France so son, president; Ray Kelso, vice- y oungf movie actress, who had coming year, and extend recom- winter wheat from Montana. Oth- to Gilliam county which has been workers for unemployment insur t L obtaining parliamentary president, Robert Marvin, secre- the play written and put it on a mendations as to the extension er wheat was generally unchang- his home since that time and ance benefits are being taken this iaI\ rities is concerned it is not tary-treasurer and George Gel- television program from which it program for 1955. The council con- ed. On December 29, cash sales of where he and members of his week by the Oregon Unemploy ment Compensation commission. I ° ood position So long as a ser and Dewey Thompson mem- has has been been adapted. adapted It has been in sists of chairman and vice-chlar- No. 1 Soft White, W|hlte Club, and family have farms. I11H widow, ____ minority of a very few can make bers of the executive committee great demand and sponsors feel man of a Land Use, Weed, Farm Western White brought $2.34 a Surviving are his Mae; Under the law passed by the re- Clarence of Wasco, cent congress, these payments will lucky to have lt here. Home and Rural Life, Livestock, bushel. No. 1 Hard White ordin policy by the switching of their sons, At the annual meeting of the Ted Kelly is leader of the Grass Crops and 4-H Leaders associa ary protein was $2.35, while 12 three lames of Portland, Jodie of Ar- come from federal appropriations votes the «»untry is in danger. per cent protein brought $2.50 to ilngton; .laughter». Marie Wilcox, but * U' X “r » g 7 n c ^ AU « nften those who switch ASC nominating committees last Valley Cubs and Henry Graben- tions $2.53. No 1 Har«l White Baart, . from l°° 11.. .zv th« nthpr are not week the same men were elected horst is leader of the Moro troop one side to the other are not Questions Answered ordinary protein, was quoted at X m'. X n ^ o „ t a g u e . Mllwau- the most stable members of a to serve as the county committee, which is just getting stared in the have Frank von Borstel, Da- work. Although everyone is invit These are rranx uorsiei, worx. A unougn eveiyuue mvu- you have problems or ques- $2 39 to $2.40, wun ... r i ark Albany; a workers up unm juhv . If $2.39 with m 12 i«-* per cent -- ’ legislative body. Wfc will Russell Bel- ed boys of the troops and their tions that the county extension protein at $2.47 to $2.4R a bushel. * 3 , „ t portiand- three are based on 1953 wage credits. better government when one par vid Rlchelderfer and .................. are especially urged to office or OSC, ...................................... ................ “ • • " Nancy Thomp«>n. Brem- After mk,-year. will he ,h . shee who have been on the job for ............. parents might extend, — These ty has a workable majority. some years. _____ attend please let us know. We will do our coast delivery, 15-day shipment. erton, Wn. Margaret Bates, Cor- base year. workers who Continued on page 3) r & Ä KMnan’ S“ n' h»” n S T c ,» i" m'a w .n g '.h e Pendleton, now assistant to Sec- “ 'He X "n Elk and . Pioneer of ,953 4 benefit y ..r m u.t .erve one Traffic Accidents retary Benson and tue agriculture Rural Council To waiting week before drawing ben Wasco county. efits. Those who have a current Less In Oregon iha” fl racial m « ” m in .°t^ Meet January 12 claim may 1* entitled to addition Oregon’s 11-month traffic accl- cause us to note that the inferior ^jost farmers and farm workers social security offices, The Sherman county Rural al payments if their 1953 wage cre complexes of non-Aryans ^ u se Oregon are affected by amend- The first thing farm operators Advisory Council will meet at dent and injury count was releas Mid-Columbia PC A dits are sufficient. them more trouble than anything menlg tQ thp federai social secur- and workers should do is get so- 10:00 a. m. January 12, county ed t«xlay by the secretary of Meeting Announced _____ __ _ Al»ut 18,000 federal workers in else. ity law passed by congress In 19- cial security cards if they don’t ‘^uTthouse, Moro, County Agent state’s office More than 200 farmers and their Oregon are being brought under T T W i i -H aa of 54, reports Manning Backer, farm already have them, stresses Beck- T w Thompson reports. W. L. The toll: 50,010 accidents and Government manipulation _ man,a gement specialist at OSC. er. . May chairman of the council will 11,660 persons injured. In 1953 wives from Hood River, Sherman, coverage of unemploym«« margin requirements had brought The law now brings federal old- Social security, like income tax, p ^ g ^ e reports covering the same perlotl Was«,, Gilliam a n d Wheel« anc«. adding to the 4 1 0 work about a drop in the stock market. age and SUi»i»uia survivors insurance to is now compulsory. The farm op- Gordon Hood, state extension show that 59,880 accidents and counties In Oregon and Klickitat ers already ellg ble on the hasD of It is likely that the X »t7arm Bfamnies° erator has the dual responsibility ag^ 7 c o r v a n £ will comment on 13,505 injuries had occurred in and Skamania counties in Wksh- n>53 wage credits. Several thou getting too high bu Beginning this month, persons of reporting his own earnings at trends in agriculture. T. W. the state. ington are expected to attend the sand others who are ve Rpm«» might have determined for themseives be the Thomnson. c c o o u u n n t t y y extension November meeting Korean action also arebeing who farm for themselves wm will be the end end of of each each year year at at the the time time he he Thompson, extension ------------ traffic accounted for annual m enu« of the MldCol- the ---------------- . , v stead of the government. included in social security if they files his income tax return, and agent, will report on the extension 4,739 mishaps and 1,1/2 injuries. umblg Production credit associa- paid on a supplementary basis oy T T W N make as much as $400 a year pro- the wages he paid his farm em- program during the past year and The November accident break- dy|c audllorlum in The the e Oregon urvK”» commission, --- ------- . . . Most frequently heard radio ex fit from their farming operations, ployees. During show slides of some of the activ- down by locations shows: — - - 1954, * Just 1- • over $24 mil Dalles, January 8, J. Merton Stein pression these days: "There s a the specialist explains. Farm work- Farmers are to pay 3 percent R¡es demonstrations and prob- in urban areas — 1,268 acel secretary-treasurer, s a i d t h i s uons was paid to unemploye« whistle on the play." workers covered by the state law era are Included if they are paid social security tax on their net jern8 facing county farmers. The dents, 204 Injuries. In rural loca- week. T T W N As previously announced, this and about $1,260,000 from fed« ral cash wages of $100 a year or more earnings from the farm. However, variOUs committees of the council tions — 1,315 accidents, 683 injur- Wk believe that a newspaper hy anyone farmer. no tax is paid on earnings of over wl|j review their activities dur- i^ s. In Portland — 2,156 acci- year’s meeting will feature the fumft to Korean veterans. No t - editor is barred from pleading $4200 during a year, year. To ¡ng the past year. dents, aw 385 injur,e.. Injuries. w .‘w* out of professional Farm earnings may now count 542uo i « simplify ing paying off of the government’s tlmate yet has been made o, misquotation wlsh toward godai security benefits for reporting, a farmer Is allowed t o . The council is organize«! to de- Aa reported earlier, traffic association capital amounts under the third program courtesy. But both farmers and their families, report one-half of his gross income vejop and aid In carrying on a deaths through November number stock. As a member-owned Instl- just being established but reim- we weren’t. These benefits are in monthly if this isn’t over $1800. If his gross COunty rural <farm< home and ;{#5 as compared with 354 at the tution, Mr. Stein, said, the PCA bursement will be made >y T T W N just payments in old age, and monthly income is over $1800 during a yOuth) program in c«x>peratlon same time a year ago. will operate on its own capital federal government for benefits Somehow, perhaps from with the extension service o of n OSC, „ to have a payments to survivors In ease of year, he must report his actual W|th tai', and reserves and will pay Its full paid based on previous bederal ^ 2 ? '™ .te c t for those who are , he breadwinner's death. A lump- net Income If the net Income Is that will study axrlcultura and share of taxes, including federal earnings. ’ e meets !^2l„catJd in the formal sense sum payment will also be made at less than $900 he may have the rural living problems, formu sting grang Some federal groups already The Harlandview grange new income taxes. and who have nevertheless accum- ,be time of an insured person's option of reporting $900. programs to meet them ani 0,1■ year party even though it was A B. Roberson, vice president have been Informed of wisdom which heats educa- ,,eath at any age Thia payment The farm operator is required line a yearly extension program. {¿id In'ih'e Juvenile hall after the Credit Corpora- and responsibilities n o ^ irL X w may range fiom $90 tn »225 say. to withhold 2 percent of each of The chairman and vice^halr. stove blew up and scattered soot ,|on ,he of Production Spokane, will be featured program anti others are being lion all hollow. nJciter hl. employee's pay up to $4200 man of »M ral committees, a. over the main r«x>m. After dinner speaker at the business meeting tlfled by th«* r ag« n if someone would take some Farmers must have worked un- annually. He must match this selected by the ^ unc ro™ 1 a meeting was held follow«-1 by following a dinner at noon. Mem- state commission represent a prettv pictures of scenes around der , wla| p u r it y for at least 1 U amount and make a report to the card playing until 8:30. Mr. and l*rs will elect two new directors Claimants should have »oelal n ^ e n u f a M - m ^ fuTal I ,fe Other mem. Mrs. Atlee Wllsotr and Mr. and to succeed Paul Davenport and curlty numbers notices of jx-rson- action. an«l a^ re88^ f Mrs. Rolland with Rufus a few Riddell I-age, whose terms expire nel TJ u U ha«B warned W ’" ? ,0 ’ I“ ” “ 3 him ’ h " am ° U nt oTthe^attlemen's asso other,, were Johnson present from December 31. Nominations for di recent payroll office. Further «le- rectors will he presente«! by a tailed Information concerning job u.St° h T ieman “kept on ‘nv«lUng Tpe'rlalls’t ’^ n t s out that For further " X l« r m. committee composed of members opportunities and benefit pay association. The president charter members, were up ments may be obtained at any of and discovering he would perfect benefits aren’t paid automa- suggests checking with local no- Izeaders vkte-president of the W ieat The Dalles. Help will be needed to present from H«x>d River and the 26 local office« of the Oregon something he was afraid of, some t,cajly however. It is necessary to cial security offices. Addresses of and Klickitat counties. Nominations association are being ask to par-make the grange hall ready for thing he didn’t need, something thern information on how local offices are available from also can be made from the floor. commission. tlcipate this year. the January 15 meeting. @ that could destroy him and all dQ tWg lg avauabie from local county extension offices, bis works. S«M:ia( Security Now Compulsory For AU Farmers and Farm Workers By New Law
