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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
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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,
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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
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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.
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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
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_______ 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
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fVUBBica,
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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
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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
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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
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’
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_____n
r - n Walter
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. . . make
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financing than re-appointment, and a member of
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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
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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.
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Suggestions
that
a
service
charge
the Cub Scout leaders and boys of the Sherman county Rural Advi-
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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.
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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.
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„ t portiand- three are based on 1953 wage credits.
better government when one par vid Rlchelderfer and ..................
are especially urged
to office or OSC,
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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.
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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)
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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
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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
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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,
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Most frequently heard radio ex fit from their farming operations, ployees.
During
show
slides
of
some
of
the
activ-
down
by
locations
shows:
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- 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.
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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
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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
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e
n
u
f
a
M
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m
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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“
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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