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About Sherman County journal. (Moro, Or.) 1931-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 28, 1956)
PAGE 1 SHERMAN COUNTY JOURNAL, MORO. OREGON. FRIDAY. DECEMBER 28, 1M 8 THAT WONDERFUL SICURI MELINO Two would be the minimum re quired. W ith housing It appears th at w ithin three years the dis Published Every Friday at trict could pay tor the equipment. Moro, Oregou T hereafter a tax of one mill should m aintain It. Giles I«. Frene b ________ Editor It is not probable th at sufficient a - Mvlng m insurance could lx» made of OnvraM of M*rch s, nt>._ ._ » to nav for the cost lmmediu » j& irru u tn C o u n t" IJo u iita ' *T 77ZTTTi H A T J O H A .1 tn iT O 1 $ r * ftlA L I A S^O C ^T ^N nor within ten lt probably would would come ln fire lG iiu u u in y o u CAH 'QUICKLY BUILD ' " ,r -avmg I he prevent- W hether or not the residents and property ow ners of the area north of Gordon ridge have a dis trict or not Is strictly up to them It Is not state m atter, nor a feder ^ a ' síociatiom al The law Is permissive in that any area can use it If It wants to. There Is no coercion. Distances are great but roads U P W liA K - COUNTY P A F E k are usually good. Volunteers are SUBSCRIPTION RATES generally available in towns. We ■ * ‘ fewer wheat ONE Y E A R .......................... • 2-°° have l>een having fewer —----- -------------- " fires recently but we don t know DECEM BER«», 2 ^ _____ how long th' t wU1 last. m many j " ” years the county has lost enough iu m w heat 10 pay for s®vera? ¡? ® 1 u , trucks, fully equipped. And a Men and women and thoughtful mc>dern fire truck can put out a youngsters are taking a little time wheat flre W ater Is often scarce out this week to thin k about the and there is no adequate prove twelve m onth Just passed to see slon ln the COUnty for getting it w hat progress has been made anil a wheat fire. The old sack and considering ways to make the barrej method is obsolete. A mod- nex t year better. ern truck can carry 500 gallons, Politicians will be taking ad- whlch wjt h fOg nozzles, will put vantage of the tim e to prophesy QUt a blg flre great things done by their side R seema to us that the projxm- and great danger if other ideas gntg of tbe district should pro- a re adopted. It Is a sort of annual voters with complete infor- 1 event and we think that it might Uon about districts, fire equip- ■ be an appropriate tim e to consul- m ent cooperation with towns, er the changes ln Sherman county cf>stg probable management. On and w hat they have brought. information the voters A look at the news columns asked lQ deckle. for the year show th at the g o o n _______ croDs th at started, rath er sudden- ly in 1940, continued for another <> h i «}GON AND ITS T ltO l BR* year, and the 17th, and nearly gometblng WM have to be every farm produced well. During Oregon toward establish- this time many farm ers have had a ubUc tax policy that poor crops but in no year has the me For far tQ0 long county grown a poor croP have been listening to the all. Rainfall was high and the and optim ists who tell year was good economically nave H .. . we vt'.uo a “erea-a-t Nineteen fifty six will be known us , a wonderful future in as th e year when all high school and sb ipping and tourist pupils of the county were brought Indus y’ a n ^ whlch everyone together in one school. It is like tr. f , A nJ n atu rally having all the family hom e,for a wishes.... we m rnus, levy >evy taxes of said day in the court room of # head strayed from mouth of the County Court In Moro, She Buckskin and rest from mouth m an C o u n ty , O reg o n , h a v e been of F erry Canyon on John Day fixed by the Court as th® thne and River. Any one knowing of any place for hearing objections to of these call collect. Sid Seale, said Final A-count and for the Condon, Oregon. 5'8c settlem ent of said estate. Allie Ruggles BEST ONE-MAN BUSINESS IN Executrix V S.A. W atkins Service Route now available this area. Estab- T te s te r Johnson 8-1 lc lished demand. No cash requlr- Attorney for Executrix ed but car necessary. For full TO CREDITORS information, w rite The J. R- NOTICE Ail persons having claims W atkins Company, 3903 Brook- against the Estate °f Mary K • lyn Ave. Seattle 5, Wn. 5-10c Smith, (also known as Marie F. |T A TE W IDE PAINT CO. com Smith), deceased, are hereby plete painting and decorating notified to present them In pro service, spray or brush. Phone form to the undersigned, the IB S S £ « Ä browr/antl spotted. Can be seen at Wasco phone GI 2-5486. 7-7-8c legal notices NOTICE TO CREDITORS Work of Developing New Wheats Difficult; Many Work At It J County Ramblin’« By “Tommy" Thompson “The Public’s Stake in Agrlcul- ” was utato the them e of Researcn, the i »5o Polleee S n L n and R o d e n t Staff con- = S ä i ' ä wMU ^ n . w U M n 7> 1956. Thomas B arnett Executor T. l i s t e r Johnson 5-8c Attorney for Executor Notice is hereby given that the NOTICE OF FINAL ACCOI NT undersigned Iva Dams has been In the County Court of the State duly appointed as adm inistratrix o f o‘r egon for the County of Sher- of the estate of Mary l>ena Gib- Department, son, deceased, and has qualified . M atter of the Estate of as said adm inistratrix. All per- „ Catherine Davis, Deceased: sons having claims against said Em m a C a l l ^ b glven th at the estate are hereby notified and re- ^ ^ n^ eas i xi c Utor of the quired to present the same, d u b g Emma Catherine Davis, verified as required by law to e sta W o f Lm yc the undersigned at the ranch of in lhe County c o u rt of the Iva Dams near Moro, in Sherm an Oregon for Sherman County, Oregon within a l x gth at Monday, the months from the date of the first of January 2957, at the publication of this notice, to-wit, hQur 10;0() a m of sald day December 28, 1956. and tbe court room of said court IVA DAMS, been appointed by said court A dm inistratrix of the. estate of ag the Ume and place for the Mary Lena Gibson, Deceased. h ing of objections’ thereto and BROWN & VAN VACTOR tbe settlem ent thereof. The Dalles, Oregon Dated and first published De- A ttorneys for E state 8-1 lc cember 2l, 1956. FINAL ACCOl'NT Date of last publication Janu- F arm er’s p art in the ov er all economy needs to be b ro u g h t to the*"attention of the g eneral pub- Notice ' LUTHER W. DAVIS 11c with m ore em phasis In this ¡i1 c o u rt of the State of Executor of said estat modern day and age. O ne of th e for°Sherm an County, her ^H A R V E Y farm organizations recently pub- Account as Executrix of O CONNOR & H^ R liclzed farm consum ption of six th £ Qf Oscar N Ruggles, Attorneys for ¿aid estate vital commodities in th e over-all , se(1 and that Thursday, Jan- 521 Equitable Building 7-lOc economy They w ere as follows; ,K|ry at ten o’clock A. M. Portland 4, O r e g o n _____ r«*dy. Patrons will be very proud t o o( ht.,n« an at- J J X X p new wheat varieties luok part in the week long 9%. Steel 8% /„, an d • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • of lt although th e r e wi >< ■ . tractive state for both Industtv wjth superior m illing qualities is program. Some of which w ert . W heeler McMillen^ vice presi- aoo^ve and tourists may seem rath er ob- Qf a four.year study un. ‘K aymond Bressler Un versUy of Eart arm Jour- M i l , E S T b in progress on the vious to others as well as our- way at the Oregon s ta te col- California, Dr. John Iffrtcukure nal magazine, spoke during duri the There haa lieen progress experim ent ent sue sta- director director progra.. program ^ of A b griculture annual banquet o f the Oregon rk ,,nn u a ., lege "agricultural cultural experim campaign for a bridge a t vty Biggs selves is The fact Is th at Oregon . a u<>n The fltu<Jy lnciudes WOrk on and Business, H arvar * , ... of W heat G row ers league in Portland rapids although the county la The work- very undeveloped state. 1 na uick lnexpenslve way to check and form er a s b s ta n ts e recently. Mr. McMillen’s topic but one ard of the governm The ents project many millions of acres th at wld Fna tow thaVend.* (jualUy Qf wheat A prlcult?,re , UndF 1 ^ e r Chicago’ was "Some G uesses on Agricul- In« toward tn at eno. ,„ c p ........ 9upport h of anything p ia » len„ sU nce(1 aome way Editor, P ra irle _ ,F a rm e r,J Mcago. K ulure„ th<? , m por. « m , nearer than It did a yen, ^ e r ^ . „ / ¿ " s U y - d ’eterm ine milling qual- This Is a yearly con.erencc - - - - - waK brought ou( Cal Horn, your Telephone Manager Work started on a definite lo- a com i p paratively ,,v of wheat ¿ hva, U„es research, c couruy o u n y agent^ a^ aboyt the , p ast needs g p ^ a i con. a r u u w .j "Y ," „ht itv lines used In in breed- all researcn. b dam acreage. Sherm an count la 1« oxnerlm th a i t resiuem resident instruction • sidération in the future. He stress- iage. sneriuuu c, experim ents in order tn , sideratlon cation for the John Day . .................................................. ... • • ......................... ® wmen w ... — ______ — ° wheats with desirable mill- fields of ®gricultlf‘ ® Slate ed the fact th a t th is county was which will l>e built at ________ Scofield not believe that this cm ' rapids about th re e miles below 59 lu c r e s has the Ing qualities are used as parent G rant college of J tnw ntl of built and is w hat it is today due the mouth of the John Day river. Its total of 53l,5)( ‘ enable stock, according to Wilson Foote, to tAJ the freedom and ini- -Fkw» 1 he .. s ta tL , . 1 . , . . J t V - * thia LUL individual 1IIU1V 111 Ufl & t tiative available to American citi- W ork is expected to continue al- highest hlgnesv perceniag _ agronoIJllst heading up the A griculture heli ope . though It may be a year before land of a y giate gtu<Jy pregent methods of determ- week. The departm ent has recent- thought for Am erican farm ers. the engineering studies are com- andI b ird it tl H" rne (.o u n ty ,n in g m llH ng q u a llty require a ly occupied a newly of wheat, and agriculture building a < haye several i 956 Farm ers pleted. W hether it will help th< tilbil’1® ‘lt ’ - 8 lin d e r nlow. f iirlv large amount am ount of wheat, and amount wneat, lnspectlon of th e new a- Tax Tax Guides Guides to to assist a3sist farm farmer# county or h u rt it will not be has 176,275 ®c rts ’ ', v n ,.n <ivp and tim e consum- public inspection ers in k^iown u ntil It is built. Good or Wheeler 35,503. are expensive and time consun amJ the WQrk of tb g de. completJng th c lr lg5fl reporU . , 1. n ro s re ss Oregonians should know a ing to run. partm ent. The departm ent of ag- xpbese were available a vear aeo b , N„J m m ? ghull.llng ha» hevn ,t ,» a rule of taxation th a t the u U t o U ^ l a ^ 5’»culn.re has various laboralorle» and w ere™, done and this the county needs, greater the population th e g th e ! s l)A v t ' t including foods, dairy P f ^ u c ta , farm ers w ho secured thenl If There is room for at least 20 or taxes. More services are rec uited oratory, Allwny, CaUf., hav® ln feeds> fertilizers, insecticides bru- desire g 30 dwelling units and some firms The theory that we should get dicated that d lTerences in m* g €ellosis, plant pathology and en- a d yg card d could well use new commercial more people out here to help pay ,jUality between w heat \ a i i e e . tomoiogy w ith most of its work the office for your ’ establishm ents, farm ers could the taxes is not a tenable theory. may lM, predicted by the differ- devoted to regulatory m atters in Two new bulletins are available build new homes. On the debit That Is especially true if the1 new enceg |n ,nlHlng quality ^ e e n the fle,d o( agriCulture here in fQr dlstrIbution tQ sherinan side Wasco lost the Sherman comers are lalw rers who do w heat varieties may be pred.cted the gtale county farm ers one is "Perform- NOlel. 1 f g — .rv... ufxafxltlr TO , z.zv.v, till T ... -Staff an(?e W hent Varieties in East- The county rem ains strictly ng- development of new w ialth. In yf l)entosan_ a chemical com- conference at Corvallis a visit was prn Th . . rlcultural in outlook with busl- Oregon most of the new pound found in w heat kernels— made to tbe departm ent of Agri- of tbe new , ‘ released varieties ness attuned solely to serving are cutting tim ber and ’P aJ ^ ng ’ that can be extracted from w heat cuitUre to inspect Its new quar- d h y various loca the farm ers W ith a bridge prob- mto a more saleable form of k( rn d s wUh ay acW terg am, become more fam lliar va" ous ¿<*a; »hie to close the final gap in a weaith , not making " ^ ^ t a l t h Fo„owlng thls lead, the present wlth the various phases of this N orthw est b V ci ® long international highway, with Timber ’oi will try to simplify the organization. Some of the items o{ F G ra in ^ is X conalrucUon S ^ " n , . _of <" n d a ',n ma? 'ï ,: ; : ': r ,.; dam n i ï pervent o t h e J , x « uf n l Ä n n . , ^ ' ,.xlral.ting 7 ~ n P ^ - - _and _work that are handled by lb s «roup avai,abIe farm ers has out a simple method for routine a re: adm inistration of all agricul- tbeJr san3tatlon p rogram on th T hie w as th e year you discovered th a t fascin atin g th in g Mommy _» 1___ «...ai laws, >_____________ ... W J| "æ tnc ^ v ' Ä r ^ n X X Us ,,ua h n. - a n , inai,on of large ,.r num bers of tura. Hrand rprnrnlni?. brand recording, onr l i d Da“ dy cal! the telephone. P re tty w onderful, ten t i t ? B ut and t®1™ ’ 1 of several of the commerce of . m o r e » ex len .lv . Rnd ,,„ d . out w h .t , h e y ^ n t w £ n anew — n ^ f n ^ i S iu st vou w ait! W hy, by th e tim e you re g ro w n (~ sa y twen y extensive out whi y e a rs from n o w - l o t s of w onderful th in g s will have happened for a new ■ort. That can l>e a project for looking “ v :f,.b in “y of m .7 k « . foi Vh. P « ,to « n content of a large num- and fe rtiliz e r. are included. t o your phone. You’ll probably have one in every room of your 1957. Product Second Is wages. Ore- her of w heat varieties, and the a new federal order governing hom e Maybe you’ll even c a rry a tiny one in your pocket. Com- io n ’s are highest in the nation, pentosan values obtained will then the interstate movement of ani- Lined telephone and television m ay be yours if you wtsh. All KIRK PROTECTION DISTRICT Third is abundance of labor, he compared to the actual milling nials and creating certain require- f V A IN I A D n Z e things will come from never-ending telephone research —. tl .„ I v tr » P ro te c tio n dis- Oregon hasn’t a n y large supply, qualities of these varieties to es- ments with respect to testing or - will come, too, from the men and women of Pacific Telephone, .T ! ^ » S Uwaq a t i e m h i In 1939 to One must go down to 14th (ell- tabllsh w hether pentosan content vaccination of cattle for hrucello- Custom Slaughtering by appoint ^ b o work to m ake your telephone more useful every day. trlct let It workable and since __ Mxnditinnat rindinv before , tnniiv does actually indicate does milling sis will go Into effect go January 1, m ent onlv. Meat m ent enttii only. Meat cutting, w rap then matlc Twtfnre conditions) finding Indicate milling make 1957. All cattle moved interstate ping, sh arp freeze. Kenny's M b een generally adopted in one th at Oregon rates good. Ixrw quality. rineh <»r Oregon It provides that cost of power Is not mentioned Atxnit 100 spring wheat varie- except steers, spayed heifers and Market. Grass Valley, Oregon. 'dtlaens of a given area may petl- although availability and cost of ties were grown near Pendleton calves under eight ^ernths old Let your Personal Number Bock Call 242 for appointm ent. 7c fnrm ition of a district to utilities Is 17th on the list. , his year and will be checked come under the federal order on ST 1 remember the number the countv court which holds a All the foregoing is for the pur- tbls winter, Foote says. And over that date. Sherman county farm- J ¿ er' f ‘ ing ^eg‘ A m Ing If It decides to hold an __ pose of showing that th n Oregon .»,»n 200 w . inter ................ ,-i..ti.,. bow«, have ers will be mailed a folder w ierea Hereford heifers and a _ ___ wheat varieties ers shortly "B I shortly be mailed a folder find y ourself w ith m ore th a n th e usual num ber of few steers. Branded: Lasy S thjg nm e elertion a date is set. might well adopt a tax program bpen planted this fall for test next spelling out the various require- Do you find yourse over S on right side, e le W c tio n a ............................. ‘ . . . . crosses have ments for interstate movement of Tattoo hen the district la formed it that fits Its actual conditions ln- vear< , n addition. ™ — . . . of y e a r: friends to call and num ber In right ear. Three bus five directors who hold of- stead of its wishful thinking. made between gcxxl and cattle under this new orc . th ank, sto res to phone, p a rty n " n J . year» and have »ta«K.’r- In fact, we are not »„re th at a mU11 whl.ats s t„(ly , h. Many b « f cattle »I*ra'or, In ed term «y They may levy a tax m ajority of Oregonians want the ¡nheritance of pentosan content. the stale arc u®ing f,he p/ eg; arran g em en ts to m ake? Well, Lupine Kebekau Ixxlge No, four mills on property w ithin state to become industrialized. T| s»udv Is being supported nancY tesl on their breeding herd now is the tim e to collect all Meets ¿ X S to i W c r / of the M a y ;, they are oldfa-hlone,,. by\ h g ra n ^ ^ m th e ^ « - _____ 2ir and 4th * 4 these telephone num bers in Tuesdays of each t diotrlct may levy up to ten mills, maybe Just sensible. * utilization branch of the US- Period. Plus plan «an^kixc $J( to mon^b V isiting one spot w here th ey 'll be easy anti may issue bonds up to the Phercfore. we doubt that the r'1(f;iltural research service $4° l>er he?dJ n T as w e,‘ members welcome. to find the year around. And a v«h,o of five percent of the dis- legislature should concern itself : ’g . . ilb *a saving labor. Luther Davis of Laura G rabenhorse, „ , u . o , five p e rc e n t.....................Irylng to he the high.», K’ m th ” good place to w rite them down N.G.; Vada DeMoss, is in th is handy Blue Book. tb.rrwiox. o f a u c h a d istrict is to state in welfare payments, In un- ‘*,v * uu* on hls hord. A regular veterlnar Secretary prevem Tflres and put them out. employm ent benefits, in general cjiemist at I . t and ‘ ' lan can do the best job of ln.*»*c We’ll be happy to give you one. Moro lxxlgr No. 113 rifigw, m-iv not be a part of any aid to the lax and lazy. Few other <le> agronomist at the IVndleton tlon ra p|d iy and accurately. Ju st call, w rite or drop in and L ilie s m ay iR’i _______ _____________ tio n . ___ u ________ i___« Meets 1st and 3rd states have ___ as ____ many state-paid brinr>h ^ranch pvtwxriinpnf experim ent sta station. Many home orchard and com district. see us. The Blue Book of Tele Tuesdays Ln I.O.O.F. mon garden diseases In shrubs, In a c tu s’ a e r a tio n most dis- services ns Oregon. W ithout in- hall. T ransient and phone N um bers is yours for immunization ornam entals and annuals are car- U k ts cooperate with a city which dustry. w ithout many rich men, the asking. SS m Ririr an.l fur- Why should Oregon continue u i'r,'i.,'v‘’<'l'i^.mbir**M *.t i h . rlc d o v c r f r o m v e r t o y .s r o n old S visiting H S a f to brothers V iS S .' are W HATS DOS N O ay v i i l t Listen, my little sweetheart. . . nlihc« m anpow er for tire fight- break ing In understood exchange for Santa u m of equipm ent on town fires, wise; It Is felt by the state fire m arshal lar. and inaurance companies that " d istricts have reduced fire losses and saved lives. As to th e proposed one at >v as- co and Rufus: It would be the largest In th e state. It should not in d u d e te rrito ry south of Grass Valley canyon. The valuation of th a t d istric t would lx? about $ t • 300 000 and it could raise 5'5JXH) ’ w ith mwuv.-»» m oderate tax. h“ a year wun — I,u‘ best equipment available can » m * bought for slightly und er 6J0.W0 a u n it which Is a four wheel drive t r o t , w ith pum per fog nozzles, every th in g needed, 11» citizen» trying to tw health h„ , hh departm ent Claus. We doubt If lt Is 9:00-10:30 a. m. we even doubt If it is popu- •nablos the family ♦o limit the cost to ¡1« need« or withe». Dr. > from J»a<l leave». Now is the time to ,„ h„ o w „ , „ „ rake up these leaves and dispose John Shipley, N. G Leo W atkins, Secretary of them If It hasn’t l»een done to date. Rose diseases such as rust Bethlehem C h a p t e r o 7 78 O.fijfc. andleafspot left over w inter in Meets every secor. 1 andl this m anner on old leaves either fourth T hursday ln each, ütfs G. Perkins on plants or on the ground. Apple month; visiting members invited. Moro. Oregon. scab, pear blight and several oth Optometrist ers are reproduced on leaves or Dorene Hall, W. M. old falling petals. Dorothy H eater, Secretary 4M E. «Across from Bonn rfcenc asflj V NOOklltVAVt 2nd S t Stadleman- H ardw ate) I he ! «II ►, Ore. -w Eureka Ixwlge No. 121 A.F.AA.M. Dr. Frank D. Reid Dentist Moro Hotel Bldg. JO 5-3361 Office Days: Tues. A Wed. Meets on the 1st and 3rd Thursday evenings teach month. Vising members cord’ally In vited to meet with us. Dean Pinkerton. W. M. Clyde GllUnor, Secretary Hm<M>th Hailing New Year’s ^ a y nil year through! « and HAPPY NEW YEAR! Tbe Dalles employees of Pacific Tele phone Join in wishing you and your family the best of health and happiness In the New Year. It Is the hope of all that 1957 will bring understanding and peace between nations of a present troubled world. We can truly count our blessings for the precious privilege of being fortunate to live in America, to breathe the fragrance of freedom, and to live without fear. Sincerely, Cal Horn
