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O o M O © © Gherman & .(Journal Sixty-Seventh Year No. 23 County O ffic ia l Paper T hese T h in g s We N ote Baseball Season Miller, Roberson Get Starts Favorably Interstate Bridge For Moro High Union High Flan Beset With New Plan at Olympia St. of Difficulties Jutlge Vernon Miller and B H. Roberson w ent to Olympia, Wn., __ By Gary Schilling last Monday to talk w ith William Efforts to build a new high U oro’s Huskies tucked a second head of the W ashington school building for the students of win under their belts Tuesday ToH brli*ge authority, W. C. Wll- Sherman county, or a part there- when they defeated W ishram, 8-4 hams, assistant state engineer of of, seem most sorely beset with In a basehall game played at Oreg<>n and officials of Klickitat troubles. By Giles L. French Wishram. county about the bridge across the After a long case in court that The Moro J. V’s edged the Wish- rlver at or Maryhill. was finally won after delay of a Oregon women are to get equal ram team In the second game of R now estim ated that the year or more, a new union high pay for equal work; and If that the twin bill, 9-8. cost of the survey will be $22,000 school district seemed to he amlc- isn’t a misnomer we’ve never The first game of the afternoon divided into two sections. The sur- ably formed with no prospect of seen one. was highlighted by a homer and ve^ o? tra Hic and economic justl- organized dissent, T T W N . tiiple by Harold Brotf'n, while the ^caDon will cost an estim ated It appears, however, that it will The requirem ents of travelers Huskies collected eight runs off ^2,000 & will lie undertaken first be impossible to bond the union are a soft bed, fine food, a swim- 10 hits. Should the report be adverse it high school district If formed of- ing pool and night clubs. Scenery The Huskies scored one run In necessary to have the ficially April 11 unless there is is nice but not necessary for tra the first inning off two singles, a engineering survey which would a rem onstrance filed and an elec- velers (American species) want to passed ball and an error. In the 0081 $10,000. Work will begin ln tlon held. John Shuler, the man live like they would like to live at second Inning, Cyphers singled three or four weeks on the econ- who must pass on the bonds, home. and Brown slammed out a homer om’c study. It now seems possi- doubts the constitutionality of the T T W N to score tw’o runs. l»le that the Tudor Engineering law providing for the form ation The looking is more fun than * Moro was held scorless and hit- Rrm ^an Francisco, builder of of union high school districts. He the finding. less in the next two frames, but tbe Dmatllla and The Dalles will not approve bonds unless T T W IN scored two more runs off two hits bridges will do the work. there is an election. A few years ago disgruntled in the fifth. hen the bridge is paid for it Therefore, it will be necessary laboring men were wont to com ixM ikinv ui c i 1” tb 8ixth inning, Brown poked wlR revert to Klickitat and Sher- to arrange a rem onstrance, have plain th at they were treated like The s l w w A T a ". I ja r < f o rd ? ut a two run trip,e and acor^ on manu «»unties which may tu rn it it filed with the county Ixmndary. w ork animals and not like individ PP&L Plans New S rf tiL i iS T - T *frade wi,i Duncan'8 8‘h«'’» t0 thG sU ,es 38 a Pa' t the high- board and call an election to de- uals. Yet, the tendency of labor a itd d ir e c tly t h r o u g h t h e c e n t e r o f be U> t h e le f t ( n o r th ) of the p re - None of W ishram ’s runs were waV system or they could operate cide on the formation of the dis unions has been to make the situ sent highway, earned. The first came in the third 11 38 a tod bridge if desired at tr ic t ation worse. W orkers are paid Switch For County Inning on a base on balls, a single, that tlm e- Inasmuch as no remonstrance whe not working, paid after too a passed ball and an error. Their has been filed by volition of the old to work, have pay raised or Pacific Power & Light will spent three runs ln the sixth Inning Grass Valley Masons citizens of any of the three dis lowered to fit the cost of living. $12,655,000 in construction during were the result of three errors, a tricts it may be assumed th at the All they need is to be fitted with 1955 to expand and improve its passed l>all and a lone single. opposition Is scattered ln that It Have Homecoming shoes and collars. five-state power system, according Harold Brown was the pitcher has not taken any steps to pre- T T W N to Ray Kelso, lineman-agent. The for Moro and struck out 12, while Thlrty-five were present at the vent the move. Rufus will never be the same, while some Milk dealers have found out Reali«nm ent of the hT ghw ay^nd apiece and o th e r^ n d h ^ b r o S g h t ?!Vin< up three w alks and four d,nner held last Tuesday evening So some one will circulate a re- th at advertising in papers sells , ° Z 1. n , ¡e Dalles d,s’ the railroad and raising the river $1000 Der acre fo r hiiiiriim, i ? U hit*’ Klrkelle wa« the catcher, at the Masonic hall by Sherm an m onstrance petition and in effect more milk. Oddity is th at it was countv ShCfman has Chan*ed thln«s poses £ e nm n b ir of exchanges and Miller were the bat- chapter in honor of Master Ma- sot up some formal if not .sincere new s to them. Thn hicr * expect it to rem ain a town in te r-'h a v e been few Old tinwr« Z S n’I „ ry f° r W lshram ln lhIs Same, sons and the chapter anniversary opposition to meet the demands T T W N rh e big system-wide construe- ested priniarlly in frult and sec. ‘ J 0" ? Moro cmnmitteed six errors to and homecoming. of the bond attorney. And an elec- in "h e a t. *” X - S X i ^ ¿ p ro n “ ‘% L fOMrZ is,hr^ - . . ? • “ *>“ « A " “ *> “ ob w‘" bel" 1,rob;,hly Education is a process where- under one generation tries to mately the same am ount as spent The highway has been moved a The sh o rt stretch o f h i u h w i v , T ,M ® J * V ,8 got n,ne runs red roses and 8rcenery by Mrs. --------------------- make the next generation follow last year, Kelso pointed out, and 'J1*’’™ // I n 1 ,0 » A n t a t o n a I n a a m iW ' - h a s t h e r P E r ln n o ,E n „ n n n * V ... a O U lU , not but im m ediately east of D inty’s Is fl,°m " h P°sted the w ,n* Owen E«U n. Mrs. Vernon Eakin, Wheat Growers Plan Rufus Relocation Job Eliminates Orchards; Will Change Economy of Area Greatly the decent things for themselves? T T W N Two well known newpapermen died last week and conservatives and radicals both lost an advocate in Col. MeCormick and Joseph Pulitzer. They knew w hat they stood for even though it w a. oc- easioniy e x t r e ^ n •Z way .Z. on the r Lewi., Z_, river, , Uer the Santiam, the middle Snake and lhe Clearw ater for the possible development of neatly 1.500.000 kilowatts and ln addition atomic power is being investigated by Pacltlc P0Wer and neighboring town that o of f one-time o ru -tin ,A r G r rant a n . V hZ ? f? ,.Z . 7 ’ " and “ " 'V the u ,c motels “ rl! all off that G r a n t th t h a t f flour- lo u r. ,12,7 , n in the 'ROh •» ‘¿ ”7 ' ’ i’r!n tip a ’ ra l'n)ad point. It hand X ge l X h a v b J n m± in uwheal and tha tb f ,^ q v p r othva I u/a haul« i and was 3 buslne«« center f<> bldid t h e n e u f ^ r a d e « * * witb botels’ 11 very stables, ware- ' “ w ^ e Îhe worit is going on P i,“'" project “ .„ ^ T o h n T iiS X .n T ^ .n for e u „ in the Moro, Wasco for l0„g t h o u g h it ntay ai, hegin ¿ S T . U ’S S e ^ n ^ t ^ l ^ h o Z Grass Valley and Kent area will , ,, Z i T u t0 es,abUsh a fact t ^e installation of the sec- ’ y tbe I>aY ^am and c h e a n « U r tH M tv and Duncan> Pinch hitting for MU- tionalizing switch at E rskine cheaD electridtv Rufus come a dan headquarter ton Frld,ey’ Iashed out a sin^le Little land has been sold and junction. This device is expected u T s doubtful If k w^l ever X n 10 tW° rUnS R° ,fe’ h lttln« i r ^ u c e as much 7ru t as i ^ d d f° r Ada™ ' gOt 3 ° ne run single' t0 minimize interruptions to ser- vjce d u ring emergencies, Kelso Bloodmobile Unit in O ld e r d a v « w h e n iL e i? K irke,,e- hatting for Gochnauer, said es and a p r^ o ts suppli^l ^ th ? ud - S‘ng,ed drivln« ln another run and indicative of the rapid increase A t Wasco April 21 landers ln S h e r m a n c o u n tv o ,1 G riggs. who went in as pitcher to ¡n ^ ie use Of electricity in The ." . S o u r i s , X c; J homp9on' 8" ” " e<1 ,n the The Bloodmobile u n it will be in 0 aues district is the average an- nual residential use of 8,295 kilo- Sherman county Thursday, April ket. Moro went ahead ln the seventh w att hours during 1954. This is 21, with a quota of 80 pints to be when Eakln drew a base on balls fed and and full full an increase of 977 kilow att hours obtained from well fed and Kirkelle singled to score him. March Cold; Wetter over 1953 and represents a 13.5 blooded Sherman countlans. cent increase. This was the H eadquarters will be at Wasco The Moro Huskies nicked St. Than Average largest increase on the Pacific the office building occupied by Mary’s for six runs off six hits Power & Light company system John Foss and T. L. Johnson and March was cold but not as cold to down the Gaels 6-1 In the first a , either Ja'nua'r'y’ J r 'F e liu T Z "n b“9eb* 'l » , ™ 1 of ,the " " ° n pla>’- for t ^e vear. the hours are 3:00 to 7:00 p m. -------------------- Different method of using cards j ju ust st seemed colder because more m o r e cd at The Dalles last Friday. q 0 0 ( j Friday Observance " ‘J 1 Preval1- Sponsors are the Am- was expected of it. ’rhe average Earl Griggs, veteran H usky pit- F rid a * w orship at Moro erican le g io n and its auxiliary. mean tem perature for M ar:h was cher, er gave up only three hits, one Gomm unity Presbyterian church The former meeting place, the 33 1 which Is 5.7 degrees colder In the second Inning and two ln w yj je(j choir as it Moro Community church, is going than normal. For February the the fourth, issued two bases on sings the sacred cantata “The Se- to be occupied at the time of the average mean was 33.8 and for balls and struck out 14 Gaels Moro gathered two doubles and ven W ords of C hrist” by v^sp *8 tbe reason for the change January 31.2. Coldest night of the « lu r u i d m r i e u iw w w u o h » diiu p>u]LX)js ¡n this dram atic work, the ,ocation. year was on the fifth when the two singles ln the third inning; a lone single In the fourth and a wordg spoken by Jesus on the m ercury got down to 8 above. cross are told and interpreted In For moisture March w as' the triple in the top of the seventh c^orus and soio. Soloists are Ruth Wheat Men Tell Story first month since September when for their total of six hits. They goiom0n and Velma McKean, so- more rain fell than the average committed one error, while the prano. Russell Belshee, tenor; A t Coon Reception At the station 1.06 Inches were Gaels made four. St. Mary’s single ru n came ln Frank Sayrs and Alfred Solomon, Representative Sam Coon emcees recorded and that is .18 above baritone Special instrum ental ef- m eeting for representatives of the average. Since September 1 and the second inning off an error. fetc8 w i,i psoVided by I^ o My- National Association of W heat the beginning of the crop year the After McCormick flied out to cen- erg tym pan is t. Director is Doro- Growers. The two-price or domes- precipitation has been 5.85 Inches, ter field, McDonald hit a two bag- th peachler and Helen Sayrs is tic parity parity program program for wheat a good 3.08 below the average for ger and Wilhelm struck out. Mac- t h y ___ kenzie came up and blooped a o rganist. would give greater freedom to that period. straight through third base ball N orthw est farm ers while protect- ----- . WaSCO OES Meets ing’ to score McDonald. Merrick struck Ing farm " income? income, two’ two Oregon Easter Service To A( a meetlng of Annle Fulton wheat ran(.herg th ,rty £ n. M a y e M u g ic out to end the ,nnlng. ^ apter J 0 J.24. G E S Kressmen and three senators at • E aster m orning worship at the Moro staged a rally In the third Matron Mrs. Keith McDonald used meetings here yesterday Moro Community Presbyterian nnlng to go a ^ a d n b e g a ^ for her theme of the evening Ser- The congressman, members of church will be marked bv the re- to 1 Duncan led off with a dou- ViCC” takPn fr° m thC SU r r ° l nt the H° USe A S ^ l t u r a l committee S ’? o 7 th e ^ e s u r r e ^ o /s to r y in ble. Kirkelle was hit by a pitched Odd Isn’t It. hen the ram columns of the Portjan 1 dan w ent to talking about ramo iney had fewer readers T T N u .v « Hiffi The American' 7 L rw r< culty getting Russian farm ers over here and the R u*slan* may Ruth when she sponsored the charter members and past ma- trons and past patrons. The charter members present were Mr and Mr, t Herl^ rl Rbot’ a" d ,MJ S■ AIbert Kas^ rK- Mrg Fred F ortncr and Mrs. Horry Van Gilder. Each presented with and others from the northw est, attended either a breakfast or a social hour at the invitation of Rep. Coon. Marion W eatherford, Arlington, chairm an of the Oregon W heat commission and Jack Smith, Con- ^ n , special representative of the spoken word and In sa red music. Several people will unite with the church on confession of their faith in Christ, and the sacram ent of infant baptism will be admlnls- tered. The choir will sing “Ea- «ter Call to W orship" by Gros- venor, “In Joseph’s liv e ly Gar- bal1 and Rolfe, sln*led- «coring Duncan. Kirkelle was out on this Plav Smith then hit a two bagger, * 'o rln« Ro,fe Fridley singled; B<?ns<»n struck out and Adams fouled out to catcher to end Moro s "coring threat. Tbe H uskies took advantage of the emblem pin denoting their National Association of W heat years of service to the order. Growers, discussed the domestic Tbe pagt Dagt m atrons and past parity n a r i t v program n ro m -a m ¡ong inn<r f favored a v o r a d by hv The patrons present were Mr. and Mrs. the Oregon W heat league and H erberl Root> Mrs H arry Van commission and the National asso- GHdei.( Mrs Fred Fortner> Mrg. tlaUon „_ ..V . . . ______ ___ Huckin ^ s ’ ^ H u ^ ^ i ^ i r ? th ^ea T T 7 •S'" . t lb Huckln, ..................... — ---- C -- o .ic a l l B t w t-ate a tc Mi- Hugh WWt . Mrs. therford have u done a l first There Is talk of a >a < Gordon Harper, Mr. and Mrs. Ho- job Of educating today”, Coon de- mooring at the mouth of tne 1 mer Wall, Mr. and Mrs. Hlldred d ared at the close of the m eeting chutes, a projec’^fcat would .-ee' Zeli Mrs viggo Haufelt, Mr. and “There is increasing Interest In fantastic to I>ewTS ( larK, tne Mrg F ran cls W atkins, Mrs. Char- the domestic parity program here mountain men and em igrants w. ¡es Everett. Mrs. Estrelle Hailey jn W a s^ lg to n and clear answ ers found Towornehiooks a rougn and yirg W alter Ruggles, a past nge these to the questions th at stream entirely unsuited to moor- matron of Bethlehem chapter at are raised will gain valuable sup- ing anything. Moro. port for the program .” den” by Dickinson, and “ Methinks I Hear the Heavens Resound” by Bedell. Sermon «horn theme of Rev. e«'i Sol- omon will be “He Is Risen!” At9:45 a. m. the Sunday church gchooI program prp .Choo, Earner program wm be pre- sented. Presentations by the var- K JUB U f p d l IIU C O U I W ilt W 11V1O U C lous department« will conclude with numbers by the junior choir: “The Palms”, “W ere You There?” “We Will Be Merry, F ar and W ide” and “The Ix>rd Hath A risen”. Soloists will be Lana Jean Paulson, Maureen Myers, Nancy McKean, Arlene DeMogs’ Barbara Gilman and Vee Busse’ errora bX lbe Gaela and >’• Rrown slammed out a triple to score four runs In the seventh Inning to bring the final score to « *<> 1 ^ e Huskies The Moro Huskies meet Dufur — lhe (' ra «8 Valley <'‘am°nd to- d- © on and enterU Mrs. Lester served and lhe inm ent Wilson commUtee also assisted Mrs. Frank von Bor- ste'f ^ 7 7 ^ 7 sTÎf, A r '^ m m lT /e e ^ A program o î m us£al X ^ r s w al presented c o n s i s t i n g o f accordion solos bv Deanna Martin trum net " y “ nd i ^ n e « The H en, canyon p o i i t ^ ^ d Show seems to be more boos than cheers. Maybe It needs a new script—and new actors. T T W N I t looks as if voters will have to sign the poll book hereafter. T hat may make it possible to po- lice election procedures better and stop some of the voting by those not qualified by residence; that is if there is liability Involved T T W N It used to be said that if Port- land lost the first game it would have a good season. If so, now for the first division. T T W N The new sign board law isn’t going to affect barns which are sometimes painted with advertis- ing of various old fashioned arti- cles. No need to ban barns, t e tractor has already done so. T T W N The last of the Yalta men, is ou of office finally. Let us hope that never again do the people o f t h e world perm it three such egoists to get ln position to divide up t e world according to their own ig- norance, selfishness and idea o political gain. „„ W hen Mario Lanza dldn t ap- pear to fulfill his $50,000 a week contract he was certainly dread- fully Hl- Do y you °u reckon there u . c c s a - five day week for such s a la t ies. T T W N When and if we get a cigarette tax a smoker can cut a king size smoke in two and make a p a ir jj proletarian pills- Maybe . call ’em dukes. T N the “radio” have more getting them back. T T W N The Is to maxe make he art of governing is people like it; the power of the ernment can be applied, whe- government . they like it or not and that is ^ Z ' S ' w a y “ “ ’ ............ . ' © n '‘, Z Ï to lead into the top half o f tb e f i f th g to 3 M<>ro h e l J scoreless pss for the rest of the game, Moro put on a five run rally "in the top Sf the fifth to U e up^thS game and drove tbe w inning run in the seventh The rally be- «“ » » hen Smïth went iiT £ spring m eeting of W heat G row er’s laid, Thursday a t a meeting of the executive committee, reports T. Thompson, county agent. Tentative arrangem ents are to , hold the spring meeting T hursday five7,nif- A|Hl1 “J , a£ M ^asco. I he r ,n a l P ----------- ^ a r n ~rttl w W be announced ---------- " ext week PIans are to ,n d u d e two sPeakers anfl a report of committee action since the annual Portlan"' , S of town present were Mr. and Mrs. H arr* Youn« of Portland, Mr. and Mr8 L D Eakln of 1>alles- Mrs E rnest EaIin«e r of Mr and Mrs. Lester Wilson, Mr. and Mrs. H arry Justesen, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Adams and Mr. and Mrs. Frank von BOT31el from K ,n * Mosier Boy Gets Odd-Fellow-Rebekah Trip A Mosier high school student, Kendall King will join others this sum m er in the annual United Na- ™ rrd b y gth " J o O F <M d X b e k X Judging of the contest was has- on a j (000 word . ..j, the Unlted Natlons Fulfilling Its purpose”, and a five to seven m inute speech on “Why I Wish To Visit the United 7 N aU° ations”. The *° ,V 1S.U was l" C u limited nh A ,1 contest to sophomore . iunior hltrh -chool s t u d e n t s , th d is t r ic t in m e uistrici. ’ GCO Get Power To Shift Wheat ,. our btecest w heat ow ner is now 'permitted to consolidate and rotate- ,,s S»ocks bv selling its anH hllvlno, ythpr s t ^ X h e C C ’C K S h r . " ^ » Howard Ross, Iz>Roy Belshee, Bob Schilling, L. E. Kaseberg, Norris Gilkison, Ted Thompson, Hlldred Zell, BUI Todd, Gladys Zell. ------------------ Cancer Research Funds Sought In County The annual campaign for funds for cancer research and education Is being held during April, accord ing to Mrs. Frank von Borstel, Sherman county chairman. Among those assisting In the campaign are: Mrs. E rnest Esling- C«h- Ear (,en ry an Mrs. Iz>y ( hu ran,county chairm en of the Moro area assisted by Mrs. Boh Belshe, Mrs. Charles Burnet, Mrs. U w - rence Kenny, Mrs. R. E. Marvin, Mi I S .tv i- M r- B B an of ev Wasco iincxh and « Halley, ../.J; ’ chairm „ R u fu 8 a r e a a s s l8 te d M rs. H u g h White, Mrs. W alter Bruckert. Mrs. Dewey Thomas and others whose names will be announced later; Mrs. Ehen Kee, chairm an of the Gra88 Va,,ey area aMl*ted by Mrs Herman Peters, Mrs. Edgar Alley, J?” '. ? aV 8,^ Reyno dq’,, Mrs. . Sam 1°?" 1 v c,odJe,t^ r ! ^ ,8, A’ 1 Rl c h a l r Fi a n ° r ,b e « ^ e d by Mrs. Harley McKay^ and others whose names will be an- " ‘¿’„U v w T n U ^ T ^ r a u e ’ nointi nounced la,% '„ 1AiMl , ^ u n t r y « ^ In la n d Last year $1710.00 was contrl- or va,Ue at lerm inai markets. This gX t h £ y e X T *1652 would allow CCC w heat to be mov- K ¿LV campaign •.gainst cancer . . trade c h a n n e ls m o r e m s Az < d rn p *” Bn ,uf a . of w Seat T tT k s Is ha” Gn“° r8ed ncesgary because of Patterson and many fraternal, pa (he age of of the w heat. triotic and church organizations. H opr For yeap Another ‘ governm ent s t e p Horseback Riders Get brjghteng the prlce plcture for get p 0- Spring- 19{« wh<?at AnP th er ‘ Ml.U’ohrmbia Saddle club bushels of g o v e r n m e n t s to c k s hayb ^ t ^ glde from the m ar. niX J r saddle ketable supply of wheat Thia brings the total “set-aside* to 500 mll, bu>helg the ,egaI Hrnlt "get-aside” is im portant l” e R af ects the m ir k e ta X “ n tUr n r e g u m e T aupply, which In turn regulate, gupport prlceg Ag grajn lg added , h(. "set-aside” it cut able supply, cushioning the price FIELD8 BUYS STORE cut In prospect for next year. Prl- C. W. Fields and wife bought ces after 1955 can vary from 75 out the Alley Confectionery at per cent to 90 per cent of parity G rass Valley and have taken depending on the supply. A reduc- charge. Doctor’s order to get offtlon of 100 million bushels could the oil truck caused the change In affect the support level as much as business for Fields. 4 percent or 10 cents a bushel. •««nf clubs In twelve the Mid-Columbia area, met for a » potluck and ' (u dinner * " * busi- ' Rider’s 7 l t t b house on Sunday March 27 vnn t o i l 2 dent ccmducied ¡he meeting dent, conducted the meeting. whp^ ,ans for thp maJor show T entative plans for this show Indicate th at It will be held June 19, at W hite Salmon, Washington with the Cayuse Saddle club of Husum, W ashington as hosts. The possibility of holding three horse shows this year rather than two was also discussed.
