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Moro, Oregon Friday
T hese
T h in g s
We
N ote
Rufus Grange Host
To County Grangers
New Supermarket
Opens Doors Today
The Russian governm ent has
,old Its
th a t they ,n U4t
w ork harder to prove the super-
iorlty of that system. T h at’s one
of the very best ways to prove it,
too.
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T T W N
We don’t know w hether tele-
vision is educational or not. It is
entertaining and it keeps the kids
out of m ama’s hair.
And you
can’t have everything.
T T W N
H arry Trum an dislikes to be
called an elder statesm an But
H arry, you are getting old, so
part of it is true.
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find grounds ’for disagree-
m ent w ith the decision of a Lane
county court held th at the su it of
i / v t lirwk m an against a state
3 I n S i l n ^ . i r inacfuracv would
fmpaR the freedom of the press.
Freedom of the press means tihat
one can publish w hat he w ants
to but he is still liable if he is
proven w ro n g ?
n
Itonald. master, presided when
Rufus grange opened Its busi-
ness meeting.
__
Mr
Bert sw igart
will
be
were ballotel for and
by initiation.
grange m embers
legislative chairm an reported
the diesej and gas refund to farm-
wni
a
to them. Itol-
land j ohnson tells of using bar-
ley for hot feed. Mrs. Boh Byrd
said the H. E. club will m eet at
*be home of Mrs. Rolland John-
son April 12 a t 1:30 p. m.
The grange and community will
have a clean up day April 14.
Mrs. Trace Fields will be chair-
man w ith George Fox, Harland
McDonald and Atlee Wilson on
the committee.
Orlow Martin,
m aster of Harlandview, was pre-
sent and made a dhort talk,
George Fox, legislative chairm an
reports he will put on lecturer s
program at next grange meeting,
Bill Huck says the Past M asters
X g e ^ r i ^
Roltond John-
Governor Elmo Smith has de
signated April 15 to 21, 1956 ns
Home Economics Week in Ore-
gon in recognition of the oi
standing contributions of the pro
fession of home economies to fam-
lly living.
The week will be sponsored by
the Oregon Home Economics
economists at G earhart, April 20
21, 22.
"The fruits of home economics
training are very ev dent in the
constant Improvement of homes
and the preservation of vadue
significant in home
nor Smith said.
Sherman
Mrs Ina B. Hanson, sncim a
county extension agent p la n s to
attend the G earhart mee ing
Api il -1 and 2
Our Junior senator was report-
or! as saving over a radio station
rt h a t we need an American version
of the Canadian Mounted police
to enforce segregation
Ini the
south.
T hat * o w s a d ic ta to rs
concept of government.
Now there to talk of changing
son, county deputy, said Sherman
county takes its program to Mos-
ier May 1. Hood River brings its
program to Harlandview May 12.
Mrg John Mathleson entertain-
*
Q
& party
Due to the n ,ness of her husband
^ h n Mre^MjUitoBon M id ^the
The annual meeting of The
Dalles National Farm Ix>an Asso
ciatlon wlll
held at the Cherry
p ark grange hall, The Dalles, Ore-
«on. April 28 co,n,” em^ ?
a dinner at 12 noon J ^ e t a r y -
treasurer T. F. W hiteman an
Qn ^ ~ ress of the Fed.
Down $5000 As
Prepared Tuesday
The county court anti the bud
get commute» approved u bud
get for the fiscal year, July 1,
1956 to July 1, 1957 nearly $5000
lower than the one for this year.
Total for 1950 was $192,200 and
for the coming year will lie, if
approved by the voters, $187,-
636 00.
Of this am ount $122,209.48 is
Inside the six percent limitation
and $415,426.52 Is outside. This
means that voters will get a
chance to pass on the budget at a
special election to lie held May
18, 1956, the day of the regular
primary, tjast year the voters ap
proved a budget over the six
per cent lim it by some $76,000.
The saving-' war* inoatly ef-
Travelers going past Biggs may fected by reducing Items in the
be mnnewhat surprised to see a road fund although some Items
huge 350 ton elevator annex mov- were increased. I*al>or will get
ing sedately toward the railroad $57,000 instead of $50,000; repairs
track from the river as if of its will lie up $3000 from $10,000;
own volition. The new railroad gaii und oil up $500 to $8500; tires
tracks hide the unhurried hut de- au<j tubes $500 to $4000 and sup-
liberate action of the crew of men plies took a big jum p to $12,000
causing this change.
from $4,000. On tihe other side of
Under tbe direction of E. L. Le- the ledger the road machinery
Beck Jr., one of a family of fund was cut $2500 to $17,500,
» housemovers, the huge elevator quarry site blasting was cut» out
* was jacked up and p u t on 12 inch entirely saving $15,000.
Saving
I beams. Then with a dead man in the road departm ent was $2500.
burled near the highway and a
v\>r tihe general fund total ap-
7«» wind) mounted on a truck with proprlatlons were increased $2366
six line power the elevator Is roll- aithough money was set aside for
ed along on 10 inch square tlm- purchase of an adequate ambu-
berw kept a t the right helghuh by lance, wages of full time officers
almost solid blocking.
w ere ixiosted $100 and $ >0 for
Letteck doesn’t expect any half time, and ,a<Jdltl^ na}t.$l^
trouble with the Job although was appropriated for health an
the annex will tie raised several $2431 for welfare.
feet to get it over the new tracks
More cash and receipt w ere de
and then dropped down onto a dared.
new concrete tw»e already pour-
A few minor change« were
ed for It by Hogenson & Co., tihe made in appropriations for vari-
4 general contractors.
ous items but nothing to c ang
When the annex is in place the county policy regarding them,
crew will go back after the m a i n ------------- -—
elevator which weighs 700 tons, w
W n r lr im r A t
having the machinery ln it and W o m e n W o r k i n g A t
being larger. The office and un- H e w L i b r a r y R o o m s
loading *Uod will be «w»ved1 inta» t
* of
am bitious women
Nel'l'<T have any wheat £ them
(h< >ommun„ y an? worklnJf on
h^h w ay 'fnd .he u X Tor .he na.hts In the Barnujr, building
Ih'e t ' X l i of harvea,
She
Big Moving Job Underway At Biggs Where
Elevator Is Being Rolled To New Tracks
HE Workers Plan
Gearhart Meeting
NFLA Holding
Annual Meeting
j a B
Thompson’s home. After the eral Land Bank of
an
WOMEN HEAR SH ER IFF
ration given by Virginia the association, and election or 4-H HEWING CLUB MEHTH
By Julie Woods
T ?e M ie s The ho^u-ss two directors for three y e a » w
The Moro Woman’s club met at
ents.
vacancies of incumbents-
rveu refreshm
rexresnmenus.
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and
Tile meeting was called to order the home of Mrs. H arry Pinker-
Sheriff Nor-
The Rufus PTA met April 4 at Gordon \
i P£ h Um of The Dal- by Susie Woods, president of the ton rhursday, Apt. 5*SheriffN
or-
Lne
Handy Girls
Girls Sewing
Sewing club.
club. Jarque
Javque man
man ‘^
Held.«,
gave a J a a lk
talk on on ”Clvjl
( ivil
the Rufus school lunch room.
room, William
w iinam I).
m . Ketch
.. ..........—
H«ndy
u s gave
The group usually meets the first les-
. . , Buckoltz led the «roup in the Defense” and M. Sgt. ItalpH A-
Monday of the month but on ac-
At the conclusi
Aarde 4-H pledge. Minutes were appoy- Bragg, V.S.A I-. gave a talk and
<om t
w acher.s worltshop ness meeting Carl' f -
w| a. read.
uhowe,! pletures, -pertaInlng to the
it was the latter date.
of
n r il/k e s * Mrs. Ina Hanson was present work of the^ (}r<mnd ^Observer
enough" “ Mr“ ^
V Z nara Jovian - ¿ » e -u p o n ¡ a r m ln , =
W
•‘I i wish
num - I was wise
said the philosopher,
<
the things t h a t m e n al e
and then the things m at
them different.
T T W v a lie n t rea-
There are some excelle
sons for vetoing tihe
ld
and some for signing i .^It would
pass o u t more m01105'
¡ - \,,tn r e
this
thei
mu> year and m ake «nticfipd
w ith
more precarious. I s j »
th e short
lt * lve program
ferring a con.
took a d r » e up to_ Madras April
xook a urrv e up w .viuuia* a j iiu
? 8topplng in a t Eddie Millard’s
* vW
form er Rufus
— Then
------
the j Jordans
drove on
on to
to Worm
W arm
the
ordans drove
Springs making the circle into
Tb& Dalles an<i |home again. They
reported much
snow on the
m^ ntaing yet
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Morris mot-
ored
portland
orea
r o rria n u Thursday
uiui»u<v night
returning Friday. Mr. Morris dri-
ving on to valley points to bring
hoine a load & yoUng trees. Mrs.
Morris staying in
Portland to
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the Col- view the Chrysler A rt exhibit.
This may be the year
w hite man he
Arnold Ijam pert „
umbia tells
can't*cut
the the tim ber, plow the L h
visiting his brother in law
c a n tc u i o
. ..
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£«> « " * " «
1»
°
v
Aarde is
South Africa. . •
he
^ e - d e r the =
s
tfjh e
A m enm n f t h t t id i ™
lk
,,
farm ing
ing ,mf
f,n
farm
me \ hodf .
•
be Preceded by a ■sto re d film
South African life.
ir tra ile r norne in ivuiu» n r m
weakness In customers
T T W N
, n
We don’t expect to live long
enough but we would like to see
some one propose a tax who
d .d n ’t expect to benefit from it.
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T T W N
Compe tition used to be cal 1<M
Is an a o .
" v« X ufi» X of trade.
w X Now e It rhfhts
the individual or a fiendish ef-
^ , o use nalura, resource, for
4. Mrs. TourvlUe, the m other of
Roy, is here to help her daughter
,n jaw
|aw lint„
jn
unRi ahe
she feels ilke
like domg
doing
W(>rk again
Taylor
ame
the m other of a daughter ix>rn at
T h ï ï i a U » » r 7 p “r’>(7. »he
has a daughter Lsther who i. five
^ " ck° “ rugett h a . .p e n t nearly
h-1- <* <
man Cooperative (»rain Growets
* a n d \h e walls'sm oothed,
are the ow ners o f t h e t *‘«™ tor ^ 8
avallable the fl(K>r
which is being
will
be
sanded,
the walls and ceil
above the w ater mark of The ing painted and then racks and
Dalles dam.
tKxiks can be moved ln providing
the snuggest little library room
the town has bad for some years.
Dust Oloudfl 8»y
Mlesdames Bob Marvin, Stan
F ro m H ig h W in d
Coelsch and learner Sayra were
flrgl of |h e week there the last shift of workers.
was a pall In the sky th at was
ascribed to dust in tihe air and K
. . „
Keeps
probably correctly. It was report-
ed to lie over 7000 feet high and B u s y P r a c t i c i n g
«
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» o n ,,, which w e will I n , a <ln>u» «
...U « «
demo n aira uons, w iu m
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ipre8ent to the Woman’s club. Also Moro. Alter the business meet ng
were .erved J y ¿ h e
haye m
ade
uvltrs
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hostes res, 'I he next m eeting will
Refreshments were
were s served
and i>e a Mother-Daughter banquet
Refreshments
t.
adjourned<
party April 27.
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M)m(.
lh„ w„ lher preceding
bR)W of W31 whtoh whip-
y
„ ,, , ha „
j,r grew natu ra|iy again. Although
theg wln<1 wag ,n thP east it was
som e or m e w n tin e i
not strong.
Wheat Ranee and Rainfall Make News For Countv Agent Thompson
’
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T h p e annuai
w neai
annual Oregon W
heat
1<?ague meeting was set for Dec-
t
6 7 and g at the Mult-
in Porllan<1 a t a « .
meeting of the executive
comm,Bee lefferson .county will
I* the host countv for the ton
■■«ntion.
A letter from E rnest Kirsch,
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unty agent from Condon, says
Î T ^ p î ’o y e r s œ n T h a ? ^
X h y ’ï T ^ ^ h t
more" pay/em plojrere
know if he feels up to staying and that^ a
more
T T W N
County Budget
Moro Wins From
Maupin By 12-8 Score
Last Friday Moro Huskies won
Mrs. Richard Bruckert lecturer
Opening of the Siherman Super- their first baseball game of the
of Harlandview grange
brought market, Paul Cyphers’ new gro- season from Maupin, on Maupin’s
the literary program to Rufus eery and m arket is definitely set field. Griggs was the winning
April 5. She had her
program for today, April 13. During today pitcher.
The Huskies had 7 hits to the
p rio r to the business meeting and tomorrow’ coffee and dough-
The childrens church choir of nuts will be served to custom ers Redsides 13, while the Huskies
Kirkelie
Moro directed by Mrs. Kenneth who come to inspect the new’ outscored them 12-8.
. McKean and w ith Mrs. Max Bar- stock of goods and prizes will be and Rolfe w ere the leading hitters
zee at the piano sang two num- given the little ones.
for the Huskies, with
12 hits
bers, “W ere You There”, and
The store building has under- apiece.
“Once There Was a Garden F a ir”, gone a face lifting having a new'
The game was a non-league
The children have an excellent tile floor, new wiring. New re- game,
By Giles L- French
director in Mrs. McKean.
Kay frigeration has been installed and
r.nvprnnw nt is a means where- Higley gave the recitation “Giv- an entirely new arrangem ent of TKVC|C n rM P S ORANGES
'hi'v
iThlnX
th
e
y
would
mg-.
A
piano
solo
•
Blaok
Pirates"
islantls about
a b .u t tne
.he store,
store. The
ar ™
K
.
Ki.v thinp-i thev would ing”. A piano solo “Black rira te s islands
ime p pm-
by I**’!’1*
y
•“ Inon>ey on__ by Marcia Martin.
Martin. Mrs.
Mrs. Wlalter
W alter tition
tition in
in the
the building
building has
has been
been
A north thourxi truck loaded
not spend
Bruckert gave a talk
talk on
on the moved back to give more room wlth oranges toiled to make the
direct y.
granges of Sherman county. A for display spate and the entire
turn at the ft)O< of DeMoss hill
headline of the sk it “Doctor Come Quick” by interior has a new coat of fresh last ^ ld a y and ran into the rock
b S
i w rm
BUI In Mrs. George Henson, Mrs. Rich-
pain,.
, bank The body was open«! up
week. ixe o
ard g r u ^ e r t and Mrs. Louis Sa-
The store will he operated on and the highway strew n with
adequate.
ther.
There was a game by a the m arket style w ith customers oranges jn a somewhat mushy
T T W N
if tbn «»».te of New York cannot a group of men. Then the chorus gathering their own purchases conation. No one was injured.
„ .
ninni h th e man guilty of again sang “Steal Away” and ln baskets and bringing them to
th £ w in g Pacid’ m the faw of Vic- “The Lord’s P rayer” to end the the counter at the front of the
will he
tor Riesel it is already fa r gone program.
store. Charge accounts
W
1
to a n a r c h y
A 6:30 P °l luck dinner was en’ perm itted, however, says Mr.
on the Path ^ a n a r c h y .
by the grangers ^ hers
the name of prospective Johni Day
darn for one with more senatorial
appeal. N ub. Why not promise
to make R out of pink concrete.
T T W N
Election
board m em bers are
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not going to I* happy a;*’
write-in candidacies of
and Adlal (what a pair of names
that is any^ a^ w N
County Official Paper
April 13. 1956
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.
u i iin„ r-^«witv of soils
-hoidlng capacity of
^11«
«gficient
water
and will be an aid for
application an I u
f
w ater U te eHec « applk aBon of
fertilizer In dry land
eg
.levlces.
<k,’ne by the
^ The
i work w B .X
be don<
Ir~
7
i.h n ra to rv and the
soils Physics » ^ t o t y
ml
^ ^ ‘. n i l ^ t t l in this should
^ / " „ " f u n b l Ï 'm î X a -
.
a»
anv
of . eastern _ Oregon
feel
any
o « safe ln j
p can
ibsolutelv
using
Nomud
J ^ l^
.
Where rainfall is less, it
I n t ^ W h” w,oni|1„.n(l lt wherc
conditions are such th at It can
b . .........^ u X s ^ “
woul.l in d u d . s p r ^ p U n t l n ^ a f -
fallow north slopes,
ter a year of fallow,
of
yons ¿ r flats, and low hills where
Z ’ J k m ' i n ^ s " - m e '»Ä-
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M
i
’w
Ä
Q, ■■.m, .„ .» c iu,,.,.. ------ w-
.(ratio n . The ay , « •
a. m.
w iw at Growers
The Oregon W a
con.crvaB on.fannçr
the
league
^ M a y v ^
I^ J S n u th to m j
on-M ay 29. FoJUs .houRI
(n riu keep
n itv
produc,«(,(ty f o r . •even.ydlye
years. It Is believed that the main
factor in this decline is the reduc-
factor
a
X /d o T Z
build or'gLme
.n d J -
m a legume
U e r .™ plant
« that w.ll produce
of
needed on our pa
Is ne
ground.. Alfalfa
to
see o f conservation pracilce h a ,
typ^
a,1.1 nitrogen to
week here visiting his been utihzod.
crOund range land’s when- seeding can
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oltVinr h u c a r J n r irlv in tr u s a Cd
either by card or giving us a call.
w m ew hat coru.erned WRh
the re-enrollment of 4-H d u b
„iem tera and gaVe a -peclal con-
.(deration this past year. We re-
JX ' '
thelr
home of th e ir leauer,
M ». Ken-
Mr», iw u
lh S ather > a business meeting
neth
Mobley presiding? The rest of the
aftJ rn(K>n was «pent in cutl
cutting
out material and sewing. Refresh
m ents of cookies ami ice cream
were served.
The members present were
Mary Mobley, Betty Bothwell,
Betty Jean Reckmann. Helene
w cy
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Karen Wilson. Visitors were Mrs.
Verne Mobley, Mrs. John Reck-
mann anil chlldren
A lic e * " "
and „„„aid, Mrs. L uther Davis
A rthur
N >
¡^ H u tto n .
Indicating
Sherman w
county«
fig- peexer
Decker w
who
are " students
OTI
im m aung -----
onr.ii.wi.
u ..—
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w a.«?
» « « - « .- - at home
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up>f _
jgM ------- Qf . f,
yenr
weekend . gUests
at the
club memtiers had en-roll«1. For
their parents Mr. and Mrs.
Ä
had rc c n ro l,« ,. For
and Mr. and Mps.
Women Go
Pilot Rock
seeding ^ “ “•thecosX ,| h,g to p r i
and nu-
some
vide a more productive
„ „ lv„ p.lstu,,.
^T h;
’
7«
'sm '.1,,,,.,,,
tillzer rtse a rtn in « » .
county was completed alwut the
........ . of March. Fall app ka-
U„ n.s were made |.rlor to seeling
On
while In 1955. 123 had done .o. A
A group of j women from the *4
wniii. in i »"» j » i » i £«> linn . a
sizeable Increase has taken place Moro W om an s_ c l u b ^ t h n d u l j
for this club year w ith final fig-
Ur^ OtananV“‘ia^
Judg-
ing field day has been set for May
Fred E. Cox and Son
IB at the r
.
c
,
ranch « ( J w
S
b opened to a
• ..... ■
d istrict meeting «1 th e < * « « «
Federation of Women s c iu d » at
M onday,
o n ^ April 9.
M r. H . r r y . ’m
b ,,
lnkerton
was elect-
ed .president
president of
of the 4th district
and' waii installed liy the state
X w e n t , Mr». E E Hall of Port-
and of iKtter-type of livestock.
x
n
s r x
«
v Vlrvil Conlee, im ow
The Sherman County Cattle-
1 Bill Todd, Roy Schilling, men’» association has Initiated a
b i l l i n g an<i Georve W,l- theft-rew anl program and invites
district
« U -™ .« rauntv
officers
county
~—
-- from __ Sherman
m r li a -
are Mrs. 'Ugen»* . w .dklns d ¡.
m entarían Mrs l^ o W a t k l m . ^
,o r awhlle “ ** w lth hto brother Jhei’r ^ n t r o T T h e ^ b h and Wild ent pasture
_ ¡ n ' tv .,, Dalles o r w e m e Br«**»»* " ....... —
Mra.'Don M acníb h¿d a sewing can. order it
■
y ^ lr s t ar.H
ment nation can’t lay down tbelr
------- lay down
- *
home for the exten. w ildlife service. Orders can tie
we.»,
welght in the
minds like c soldiers
n shp mad(, lhrm,gh the county agent s are .
Alfalfa c .n help
their arms . SO we ne.d an armed •
I , ', . ™ , , . , ' the
the women
women on
on wn;u
wha, ormw
office
peace and
Instructed
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The reason there’s good old
be UMd. b ut
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M » Pat Macnab a t V .*™ «n- make «oll-mobture
” b ° Z on J rX n m e n d e .1 one
Q days Is that we
the good of the present days and tertalned the Community
: ° ; r e S nw Tde’te™ ~ X «
«*">«
cannot Imagine better days to club at her borne April 9.
come.
Murix/nn
fertilizer alt Sherm an co u n ty cattlem en to rectoi and
.
A ,«>
O O O
IV I
»aaavri
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io<) pounds per acre rates.
set for 8 $ 2 O the
arrest and convlc- were Mrs.
A h e rn n n county farm. ,- are In- leading to
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< r™ ‘b
„r
l.rlJ
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unt>
w
Pinkerton, Mrs.
T , Fields. Mm.
,pson
Ml
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wum., « Mr. -
pictb m en" a J.'x tl.tltm '.n d the .peelat The.«h,re lohnston an,I M r.. Ver-
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,heft-r,-w arlt a « s« « n e n t o f .».10 non Miller.
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