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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make the barrej method is obsolete.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