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g e r m a n OTnwnty ¿Immuti Seventieth Year No. 43 T h ese T h in g s We N ote Giles L. French No one knows how to settle our problems although everyone has an idea. We will use the idea favored by the leaders of the m a jo rity party w hatever th at is and it w ill lie determ ined by the num ber of votes they think they can get w ith it. In fifty years or more the argum ent will q u iet down as to the correctness of the idea by which time other prob- lems will have made our present problem s seem small and old fa shioned. T T W N An epistle addressed to the "food” editor started us for a mo ment. We- wondered if some one had found us out. Moro, Oregon Friday Robersons Injured About the County In Car Accident Near LeMars, Iowa Mr. and Mrs. B. H. Roberson are in a hospital at LeMars, Iowa, «because of an accident at an intersection near that town. According to w ord received by th eir son, Jim m ie, who is caring for th eir motel in their absence, th e ir car wras hit on the right side by a cattle truck. Mrs. Ro- berson has one leg broken above the knee and the other broken 'below the knee and will rem ain in the hospital for at least month under traction. Mr. Roberson ha several scalp wounds and will he home w ithin They were on a a week or so. vacation which started at Salt Lake City the middle of the m onth when Mrs. Roberson fin- »shed sum m er school at the Uni* versity of Utah. She was to teach in the Moro school this w inter. A ugust 29, 1958 ¡S s tS ; County Officiai Paper M ìllM IIS STAKT SEPT. H Definite Date Set The Sherman County Elem en tary Schools and the Sherm an For Celebration High School are scheduled to be- gin the fall term Monday, Sep tem ber 8, 1958. The principals of the county Of Dam Start Al l. TEACHERS HIKEI> Mrs. Rill Pausch was hostess The sw im m ers are still enjoy- Miss Joan Brackett went home at a party at her home T hursday ing the old swim m ing hole at w ith Miss Grace F ranklin to w ith «lessen luncheon followed by Rufus. bridge at four tables. Scoring Mrs. Alta Smith took a week Nampa, Idaho who w as visiting aw ards w ere won by Mrs. Bben off recently to go to Tacoma hen? last weekend. Mr. and Mrs. Kee, Mrs. H erm an Peters and to visit her new grandson and Fay Brackett tyok a vacation have indicated that all teaching Mrs. D. L. Reynolds. Mrs. Ken- daughter, Donna and family. Mrs. which took them up to see the positions have Ixvn filled, and drick Dunlap won the traveling Smith stopped In Portland on her Fossil beds and through the John th at tlie various sch«x>ls are all prize. O thers present w ere Miss way home to visit another dau- Day country and on to Nampa. well along with the sum m er re M argaret Purvine and Miss Alice ghter, Mr. and Mrs. Dick Peck 1 lie,e wil1 UP Joan who novation programs. Johnson of Portland, Mrs. Ted and T erry. She reported she also " ll1 re,u rn home w ith them. New teachers in the countv are von Borstel of The Dalles Mrs saw the form er Velda Guilford Mta< sh aro n Mnier her as follows: Moro: Dorothy Blagg. iXmald von Borstel, Mrs. Donald who took them out to see her in o sister in Seattle, Wn., last week. Leona Helgeson; Wasco: Carol Clodfelter, Mrs. Harold Eakin, ther, Mrs. Marte Guilford. The T yrrell; Rufus: Donald Kohlmcler Mrs. Jack Adams. Mrs. Gene Key- Guilford« were residents of this Mrs. Jean Thompson visited Marie Roll; Sherm an High:""Date nolds, Mrs. Joe Peters, Mrs. Ar- area for m any yeare before mov- some of her husband’s relatives Christianson, Robert Haynes Ver zoll Lemley, Mrs. Alfred Kock and ing aw ay in 1950. who l>»'« unu™ ««,(.. who live "«a<- near Salem this past ----- non .«----- Mason. Doris Pearson and Mrs. A. F. Balzer. Sherm an C hapter No. 132 OES, week. Emma Ross. Mr. and Mrs. F rank K etter and Grass Valley, will have its first ------ family returned home Friday fall m eeting Tuesday evening, from a trip to Tacoma w here they Septem ber 2 at eight o’clock, visited his parents, Mr. and Mrs. — ------------------------------------------ Steve K etter and to Seattle and A U X IL IA R Y H E A R S G IR L S Brem erton where they visited friends and made a trip to Mt. The A merican Legion auxiliary A knock sounded on the door spot w here the bite was at this Adams fishing, then back to Ta of Chris Schultz post met August Mr. and Mrs. w riting. They caught mice along coma and home. 21 at the hall ami heard the re at the home of Mr. and Mrs. H. N. Riggs and port of the girls who went to Jam es Fox who live besl«k? the the way to feed the rattlesnakes, M arjorie and Peggy, w ere busi- G irls’ State this sum m er. Sherrie John Day river about seven miles The snakes would pounce on the ness visitors in Portland Wednes- F raser and Wilma G entry both from the mouth, T hursday morn- mice and begin devouring them r e n o r te d M ild r e d M r D n n a id ingl Au*ust 21 • at 10 «• m - When as w » n as the boys put the live day. Two Boys on Canoe Trip Down John Day Find Hospitality at Jim Fox Place Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Norton of district president w a s 'p t 2 i- n t A definite date has been es tablished for the celebration for the sta rt of the John Day dam. It will tie Friday, October 24. Tentative date in August was first postponed tiecause of vaca tions and the fact th a t access roads m ight not be made. The contractor’s strik e made things indefinite, also. Next proposal was September 19 which has bevn abandoned be cause the engineers would like to have some evidence of construc tion work when the celebration is held. It is hope«l that by October 24 there will lie a healthy sta rt of construction at the north end of the dam, access roads built and the engineering corps established in its h?a«i«tuarters building that will lie occupied for the first three years of the construction, After that time, according to pre- »»»»•«•«• ,he * " « * «*» "'Ice in front of the snakes. James sent achedule. headquarter« will s.an tilly clad sunburned and peel- Fox said the rattle snakes were be molted to the Oregon side for TTW N - ing boys stood there and asked, the kind which the settlers saw a time. All this depends on con G overnor Holmes says he hopes ‘•Where are w e?” Mrs. Fox asked here around the turn of the cen- tinued appropriations from Con to make his cam paign on his re when she didn’t see any car or tury. They are rarely seen in gress. cord, especially his appointm ents. ~ ™ y - At a m eeting held at Goldendale We think that should delight th e CQme from ?” “Down the John The boys said they never once Tuesday night which was attend- opposition. Day river In a boat,” replkxl Har- had to take their boat, which was «1 by Bob Ferrell and Giles TTW N old Hinds and I^ee Bouchard of donate«! to them, from the river French, the date was made cer- The governm ent will sell you Portland. Then the tx\ys went on to carry it over the rough spots. tain. Although it is prelim inary Manager Obtained a buffalo o r an elk or a long to explain that they had left Day- They explained a flock of young H ls expected that Senators Mag horned steer, preferably if you lin e July 4, and traveled down fish ducks that were unable to fly nuson of W ashington and Neu- For Co-op Export w ant it for propagation purposes. river by boat. They said it seemed yet and which they had first spot- * »erger will lie speakers from the O, these bureaucrats. e rts and to take their daughter S M Alcone of New York City to them that every turn of the ted at Kimberly h ad led the way United States senate and that T T W N /m lin p a i has ***” *PP°lnted General Man- river they should see the Colum- for them. The «lucks were still in members of the engineering corps Susan, home after spending A ppraisal of the recent con ager of Producers’ Export Com- bia river after all this time. The the lead when they went past and the contractors will lie addi- week here w ith them. gress is being made, pro and con. pany, recently organized with au- headw aters of the John Day river the spot of the form er old flour tional speakers. G overnors of the •Mrs. Grace Zevely of Wasco We think members w ere profes spent last Monday visiting Mrs. thorized capital of $5 million by which is roughly a hundred miles mill at Early. That is about six two states will also have a place sional policians (th a t’s the pro), «w. I9 m ajor farmer-owned regional t0 where it em pties into the Col- milea from w b?re the John Day on the program . O. N. Ruggles. and did a lot to con the public, Mr a'ml^Mrs H arry VanGilder grain m arketin8 associations. The umbia, is more than two hundred enpties into the Columbia river. Radio and possibly TV cover- (th a t’s the con). J verett ' were company was established to de- miles long the way the river Jam es Fox gave the boys w ater aK** wil1 ,be arranged in an effort and Mrs. Charles E TTW N Mrs. Elsie Fulton is receiving velop an export m arketing pro- winds in and out among the can- melon an«l cantaloupe to eat, and lo make the sta rt of this last big It does look as if A m erk an s congratulations from friends this Sun«lay visitors at the home of gram and to expand sales abroad yons. took some pictures of them. Fox dam on the main stem of th e Mr. and Mrs. EdMcKee in Hotxl might profitably spend their tim e week for her generousity in do- for United States grain and oil- The two boys, one 1G and the also saw the boy» over the falls West’s biggest riv er an event w ith River. solving problems at home instead nating the equipm ent for a room xeed producers. other 17 years old told th e F ox’s by th? old mill site. He used wk,e coverage for it will tie the of w orrying a»bout w h at’s going in the new T he Dalle» hoaplttl in g” 1 " " 'J_ sh<‘r " 'an A nnouncem ent of the appoint- of some of their adventures w hich their movie cam era to record the flnlsh of a long program of north on in space. honor of her late husband, C har ment was made *txlay by W. A. inclu«led upsetting the boat and scenes for them. The only thing w°sl developm ent that th e pre- TTW N les S. Fulton, m em ber of one of Thirty Appear To Richards, who is General Mana- losing many of their tielongings. the boys took from the boat be- ,sent generation has witnessed, Republicans a n d Democrats the oldest families of Sherm an ger of the North Pacific Grain They had no hats or sh irts left, fore braving the falls was their --------------------- have both nom inated two very and Wasco counties. Growers, Inc., and who is a di- One barefooted boy wore only a puppy who didn’t seem to m ind Build Wash Rack Mrs. W. C. Todd Dies rich men candidates for governor. The new hospital will have 75 rector of Producers’ Export Com- pair of shorts while the other had running along the bank for Both are called ‘‘liberal” which is rooms and while funds are al Tuesday, A ugust 26, there ap- pany. The North Pacific Grain on a pair of overalls. A two year aways. The foovs arrived at Twin a popular label these days and has ready available for the building peared about th irty public-spirit- Growers, Inc., is one of the ro- old black spaniel puppy was giv- Bridge«, the m outh of the John A fter Short Illness no other use or m eaning. Each it is desired th a t the equipm ent ed men to make the work-day at gional organizations subscribing en to the boys by one of the re- Day river about 2 p. m. Thureday. Mrs. William C. T«xkl of Grass had parents who knew the value also be new a sentlm ent w ith the F air grounds a real success, capital to the nn w export firm. sklents along the river whom They called their folks in Port- Valley died in a hospital in The of a dollar. W hether in heriting which several donors have agreed, T*be F air Board certainly appre- Mr. Alcone will soon open of- they stopped to visit. They said land who came after them that Dalles last T hursday after a brief money gives the respect for it among the first being Mrs. Ful- thie effort, tim e and expense flees for the company in New th eir puppy would appreciate evening. Illness and funeral rervices were th a t m aking it does, we doubt. Ion. involved and the am ount of im- York City in mid-October. His some milk to drink, as he had The boys told Jam es Fox that held from th? Baptist church at provem ent achieved. T hanks to home is at 11 Riverside Drive, only eaten meat on the trip. The it was an uncle of one of them Grass Valley Monday afternoon TTW N everyone who helped. New York City. Fox’s gave milk to the puppy, who tried to come «iown the John Rev- Don Leach officiating. In- A news story was dateline«! School Funds A nother work-day is schedule«! Mr. Alcone was graduated from The boys had lived off grey dig- Day river more than thirty years term ent was ma«le in the Moro •’Shaniko” this week, the highway for W ednesday, Septem ber 3, an«l the U niversity o f California a t ger« and porcupines which they ago with a lou«l of l>eaver skins, cemetery. death of a California couple pro Distributed Here it is hoped at that tim e the floor Berkeley in 1929, specializing in «hot along the way. They said The (boat was upset and a num ber Ethel Edna Newton was born viding the reason. Once there The August apportionm ent in the Poultry Barn can tie pour- foreign trade. Since his gradua- they had eaten rattle snakes, and of skins lost. Fox rem em bers all at Philom ath, July 28, 1881 and wras almost daily news from Shaniko when six, eight and ten from the Basic Sch«x>l Support ed and a num ber of other im- tion he has been engaged in the had earlier sent one home w here these incidents as it was in 1902 c«m>? to Sherm an county shortly including export-im port business Ix>th here the father put the snake in the that his father William Fox from after her m arriage to Mr. Todd, horse teams were hauling su p Fund has ju st been received from provem ents finish«!, I’a tie rso _____ n ..... New’ ’te r^ v living * ________ near Moro for several years plies from the Columbia Southern the State D epartm ent of Educa- the finishing of the concrete floor and abroad. He wax in Shanghai zoo. One boy was bitten <>n the in- _______ tion, and d istributed last week to * --------* “ ** * ' “ “ u ‘ ‘ ----- . . . - In one half of the Swine Barn. when World W ar 11 liegan and dex finger while he was endea- land along tlie John Day river until they m ov«l to Grass Valley railroad to booming central Ore 1 he F air Board is making every was interned until lilierat«! fol- voring to give it some w ater from near Early. The Fox”« still own w here they farmed until retire- gon and two railroads were ru sh the various districts in the coun ty. A m ounts vtere as follows: effort to make this 1958 Sherm an lowing VJ-Day in 1945. From an eye dropper. The boys «lit the this land, and Jam es Fox resides tnent a tew years ago. ing up the Deschutes to tap that Dist. 3, Rufus $ 1,214 County F air the biggest and best 1947 to 1949 he was an official flesh w here he was struck by the a half mile south of his fath er’s Surviving are h er widower, a vast country. Shaniko w ent out Dist. 7, Wasco 2,947 ° t aR- ior ,lh? U. S. Economic Coopera- snake, in order that it could ble*Ml old home. T his spot has l»een his daughter, Mrs. M argaret Schilling, w ith a bang, most of which it Dist. 9 J, Kent 1,202 Please go through your Prem- tion A dm inistration, directing the freely, then used the F irst Aid home with the exception of two three sons, Kenneth and Bill of caused itself. Dist. 17, Moro 2,957 ium books and bring your efforts f«xxl distribution program in kit which they carried. T heir was in tb? arm y spent In France and G rass Valley and Lawrence, a TTW N China. 2,761 to the Fair! m issionary at Iw ataken, Japan, Just some peeling skin on the G erm any «luring World W ar I. One might well wonder how’ Dist. 23, G rass Valley 5,347 five brothers and sisters, 17 grand American industry gets along at Sherm an High Total • 16,42« children an«l five great grand all; (he laboretN so often do their D istributions from the Basic children. level l>est to handicap the em School Support Fund are made ployer. q u arterly by the State Depart- i'OUNTY COURT PKOCKKD- RE VACATION OF CERTAIN built by Geiser. i'L E R K ’S OFFICE: T T W N ROAD: Court signs order and RE S H E R IF F ’S O FFICE: Vote of Dunham Printing, Co. $241.30- FFA Judging Next thing to l»e expected in ment. The August apportionm ent IXGS REGULAR TERM AUG- dl l not include paym ent of the UST «, 1958 resolution to vacate and close appreciation to Sheriff Geiser Books & Blanks; Haloid Xerox, th a t new California semi-pro Team Places portions of certain county road for remodeling office. Inc., $147.75 • supplies. football league may be organiza tax offset, or apportionm ent for RE CLAIMS: All claims w ith ex- grow th. option of one allowed and or- situated in Road Dist. No. 1 and R E ROSEBUSH • RUTLEDGE COUNTY COURT tion of players into a union. Play The F uture Farm er LivestiKk dered paid against general fund. within The Dalles Dam project. ers may get onto that alma m ater ROAD: Delegation of farm ers Kuypera, $15.00 Wilson, $15.00 judging team returned Thursday All claims allowed and order«! Road Supervisor ordered to meet with court and discuss JU STIC E COURT: Mrs. Augusta Huckin from a successful tour of W illa business lx*fore long. paid as allowed against road post notices i. e. Fulton Crook hauling gravel on said road. Benjamin H. Galloway, $20.00 - mette valley fairs. Steve Burnet, TTW N fund. Canyon road; That P art of F irst Farm ers present agree to fur- postage; City of Was«), $10.00 • Ron Mobley and T erry Karelierg T here’s so many persons and Buried Thursday RE TREA SU RER’S FINANCIAL Street in Town of Biggs; T hat nish trucks for hauling base rent. groups telling us how to live we made the trip with advisor, Mar Funeral servtees for Mrs. Au STATEMENT: Statem ent p re part of County Road No. 65; rock. County to furnish gas. COUNTY PRINTING: get confuse«) and go on living by vin Robertson. gusta Huckin were held in The sent«! showing all fund balan M urray Springs County Road; ear. County also to furnish trucks. Sherm an County Jounral $161.46 The team plac«l 4th at H ills Dalles T hursday m orning w ith ces as of July 31, 1958-approv Maryhill F e r n Road. TTW N C ourt agrees to go ahead and DEMOSS PARK: boro with 21 teams competing. We w onder if tbe'ch eap er price following in the IOOF ed and order«! filed. NO FURTHER MAT use 1960 FAS funds plus 1961 Pacific Power & Light Co., $().- Ron Mobley was 8th high indiv RE GASOLINE CONSUMPTION: ISSUE COURT for coffee will ruin that m«xlern i ^ rnf‘u‘ry »here. ADJOURNED FAiS ne«led to complete and 95; Douma’s $0.93; idual judge among the 150 com habit of the coffee break. ^ uck*n • b«x!y was found Road Sujiervisor presents re- SUBJECT TO CALL OF COUNTY surface project. C ounty to DISTRICT ATTORNEY: petitors. -r f w N Monday m orning by Wasco police- port showing gasoline consump- JUDGE. crush base rock. T. Itester Johnson, $15.00 Highest placing of the trip was . A , lanky . . hound , dog Just went . man Ja<k Rothery a fte r neigh- tion for month of July, 1958- COURT MET IN HPK< IAI. HEM- NO FU R T H E R MATTERS AT COUNTY JA IL: at the Clatsop county fair with “ approved and order«! fil«l. SION AUGUST 26, IBM ISSUE COURT ADJOURNED W asco Co. Jailer, $57.00-board a 2n«I. Steve Burnet was 4th high up the street with hl» nose to the „ „ ,,r tel hone „ „ C))ronpr RE CL E R K ’S ANNUAL R E Road Supervisor instructed to CLAIMS PRFXENTED AGAIN- of prisoners; Moro Hotel Coffee individual and 3rd high sheep ground He was in trouble: lost. Loy , _______ _____ . Cochran assumed that she PORT: Annual report of Clerk fix bridge and put tube In Bar- MT MHERMAN COUNTY, ORE Shop, $3.85 Judge. Kaseberg and Mobley pla- But he had an unerring instinct had died Saturday night from n at presented showing report of zee road; also to pateh holes in <;<)N GEN ERA L ANO ROAO PUBLIC W ELFARE: c«l 6th and 7th in this contest. to Fad him to his m aster and we ural causes. She had had an a t budget expen«litures and report lower Hay Canyon road. EU.NOM FOR JULY, IBM A At the Yamhill county fair Mob State Public W elfare Comm, rath er envied him and wished tack in The Dalles earlier in the of fees collected for fiscal year RE BOARD OE EQUALIZATION PROVED AUG. fl, IBM TERM $1,594.20 ley was 13th high individual with that some of our leaders had an week. July 1, 1957 to Ju n e 30, 1958 Judge Vernon I. Miller appoln- OF TH E COUNTY i'O l’RT a score «>f 558 out of possible 600. COUNTY AGENTS: instinct so sure, a philosophy so Mrs. Huckin was bom at Bon- incl. Statem ent approv«! and ted to lo an ! of E qualisation to CIRCU IT (XM’RT: Oregon State f ’ollege Exten Hum et scored 539 In the same tried and true, as a guide instead homme, South Dakota, January ordered filed. contest. represent County Court. A. C. John H. Newman. $88.78 - Cir- sion Service, $3,595.00 of continually try in g to follow 21, 1876 and came to Wasco In RE TREA SU RER’S ANNUAL Kaselierg to represent Budget cult Court Reporter. The team also competed at the ASSO. OF OREGON COUNTIES: the people. 1904 as the wife of Dr William REPORT: Annual report of Committee. S H E R IF F ’S O FFIC E: Clackamas county fair at Canby Public I^ind.s Comm., $5 00 TTW N Huckin who practic«! there un- T reasurer presented showing RE PAINTING JA IL : Ixy» Gun- George J. Geiser, $85.00 • offl- TRAVEL OUTSIDE (XJUNTY: but did not place. C ertainly labor is getting plen til his death in 1932. report and disbursem ents from The team had perfect scores on nels bid accepted to paint (all c lil car; Dunham P rinting Co., Ixrrin E. W innett, $1920 ty of time In which to make the Mrs. Huckin was very active, July 1, 1957 to June 30, 1958 In l»eef cattle at two of the four and paint and clean hallway. $296 63. State Ind. Acc. $7.70 COURTHOUSE IMPROVEMENT: necessary reform s it needs to attem iing m any functions and cl. Statem ent approved and o r RE DOGS: Sheriff authorized to TREA SU RER’S OFFICE: fairs. Moro L um ber A Fuel, $58 85 qualify as honest organization«, driving her own car. She was a dered fll«i. The team was trouhl«! by the take stra y dogs to Webb’s, The Im nham Printing Co., $5.95- COURTHOUSE INSURANCE If the unions do not utilize the m em ber of the OES, Nydia Tern- RE OUTSTANDING CHUCKS Dalles, Oregon and to pay costs supplies regular judging of dairy cattle W. T. Balslgt-r, $500.00 tim e the public will chastise them pie. D aughters of the Nile, Gas- ON TAX ACCOUNT: Sheriff since this was a new experience of board and exterm ination ASSESSOR’S O FFICE FAIR BONDS: p retty soon. p a r Shrine, W hite Shrine of Jeru- G eiser petitions court to w rite from Dog Fund. Clair L. Balzer, $65 00 • Asscss- United States Flilellty A G uar for all of them. TTW N salem and the Wasco W oman’s off certain uncancell«! checks- RE DOORS FOR AMBULANt’E o r’s State Convention. anty Co., $25.00 • secretary; Frank — High soh<M)l football player po«- club, perm ission grant«!. GARAGE: Sheriff to check prl- COURTHOUSE: J. K etter Agency, $25.00 Bond DR IF T D F F K ’E CLOSER sibtes are looking very ok! th is Surviving are a daugtyer, Mrs. RE CITY’ STREETS Mayor Ro ce« and types of door« for said Pacific Tel. Tel., $48.30; Pacific MIS< ELLANEOt S: The office of the local selective week as they cripple around w ith M urray W alker. Olympia, Wash , berson appears liefore court garage. Pow er A Light, $26.13; City of F irst National Bank, $276.70 • service lx>ar<| will be closed next sore muscles caused by the first a sister. Mrs. William Thompson, l k ■ for aid from courP^ ' 'U I- l< I. Ass- Moro. $20 20; Sherm an Super Mar- Federal Taxes W ithheld; Oregon week from Septem ber 1 to 9. This setting up exercises. Irene, s. D., a brother, E rnest in rex king city streets - court essor prewents court with fig ket, $2.01 • supplies; Conley Chem State Tax Comm . $53.70 - State office serves Hood River, Sher- TTW N Anderson, Decauter, Ind,, and a advis«i not legal for county to ure» of wiring, etc. new office, k a l A Supply Co., $78.70-«up- Taxes W ithheld; Social Security, man and W as«) counties and is Chilly, ain’t it? grandson. expend funds on city streets. New cabinets authorized to be plies; Ranch A Home Store, $1.41 $116.26 located in The Dalles. Kent had as over night guests T hursday her brother and sister in law, Mr. and Mrs. Ross of Tan- gent. The N ortons and trip their to guests left F riday on a p Canada. Mrs. Carl Schadewitz and John w ere visitors in The Dalles Tues day. Mr. and Mrs. Duane Anderson and Mike of The Dalles spent Sun to hear them. The state prepktent called and offered the rehabilitation district ¡X u “ retuseu it because sue is thinking of leaving the district. Rutledge Farmers Agree To Help Countv Build Road; Retain Fund s