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About Sherman County journal. (Moro, Or.) 1931-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 26, 1958)
FAO* i SHKRM.UN COUNTY JOURNAL, l'K lU AY , DLCIM BUR M, 11«“ MORO URKOOW cents of the average dollar spent fire it Is im portant for food. T bs high was 53 cents in ?n hing extinguí! C ertainly wheat grow ers cannot ’ustorn Slaughtering by appoint 1945; the low was 32 cents during S h r r n ia it C orniti! J o u r n a l t eondu ;t eletti ricii hat be expected to do nothing with m ent only. Meat cutting, w rap the depression years. equipm int. th eir land. The sm aller share going to the ping, sh arp freeze. K en n y s Published Every Friday at Fourth, increxved yields must farm er is of real concern to him. Mero, Oregon _ Market. Grass Valley, Oregon. not be reflected in increased hold But he’s not criticizing m arketing HARLAN DV'IEW GRANGE Call ED 3-2345 for appointm ent. Gllr» U French - MH«* ings of wheat by governm ent. In to combat the situation. He real Meets First and Third Saturday -»TATE W IDE PA IN T CO. com gnwrrd »• •*»<<«! tl»«» n»»tt«r »I »he other words farm ers may not ap ises consum ers like more con each month at 8:00 p. in. PuMofftM »I Moro. Oregon un-Ur Act plete p in nS and decoiating ply more fertiliser and expect thé venient forms of food; they like Helen Brurkert, Master s p n y or brush. Phone of (.SongroM o f March *. 1ST®. service, governm ent to take up the big modern grocery stores, fancy gio- 7 e r' CY 6-5293, 1205 E. '«’«»renee Brurkert, Secretary CY 6 39 crops resulting. cery carts w ith ball-bearing roll Bethlehem < hapler No. 78 O.E.S V ei n Campbell and 12th St Out of these discussions and ers, new forms of packaging and Meets every second T hurs w Or. 38tfn lack N resolutions should come some special services offered by the day each month. Visiting changes that will Ire beneficial— legal notices retailer and these often add m ar mem bers invited. Moro, Ore and they are long overdue. Annabelle Kelso, W.’ M. keting costs. NOTICE OF EXPIRATION The farm er realizes too, that Dorothy Heater, Secretary . HI It I III 'I F I ION FFHIOD N IW IF A F I* about half the money which goes Lupine Rebekah Ixwlge No. 116 II XJOTK 1' IS HFREBA GIVEN, 1 ’ 5 KM FLOYM KNT < OM P. to m arketing goes for labor, i t s p U B L It H f IS M etts 2nd and 4th Tues ’ that the period for r e ’em ption this money which m akes good days of each month. V isit rrom fore iosure sales for delin- A lay committee has reported ASSOCIATION ing m em bers welcom- after some investigation into the golden w edding celebration at custom ers for the food he pro V ,uent taxes of all properties Ann Miller, N. G. Y hown on the Sherm an County Mr. ati<1 Mrs. Erne*! Blaylock, Grass Valley December 14. Pic duces. problems of unem ploym ent com Helen Martin, Secretary The farm er is com bating his O FFIC IA L c o t N T ï P APRR pensation in Oregon, a tax that 1953 Foreclosure List anti inclu sm aller share of the consum ers is currently taking 2.7 per cent of h a « o l e m i l , » h e gay, taken at their ture delayed. Moro LODGE No. 113 l.D.D.F ded in the decree foreclosing Ml BM I t ll’i lON KATE* collar by making his farm ing payrolls from em ployers w hether It will take more than this to Meets 1st and 3rd Tues JT u -n s as shown by said list ONE YEAR M •*’ tax lu n s on as 31st day of December, they have good records for con- should have been considered in make unem ploym ent com pensa more efficient. He m ust sell laig- < Ä > days in I.O.O.F. hall. Tran-1 entered »lent and visiting brothers 1957 in the Circuit Court of the OMCBMHKK ¡26. I*'»* tinous employm ent or had ones, the report, or, if considered, tion perform its proper function er am ounts of food. But, more l-'urt her more, unless something is should be ruled out. and not be a source of easy "rex k- than this he m ust produce the are cordially invited. State of Oregon, for Sherm an Floyd Haines, N. G. quality and type of food which Em ployers would have to pay ing chair money”. fifty - eight done about it, there seems to be ICounty M1 1 e \p .r • J a n u a ry 5, LeoW alkins, Secretary____ consum ers will choose fur tbeii on $4200 of wages instead of the 1959, an 1 that any property not We ara about to perform the no chance for the fund to ever m arket basket. This is a real chal Taylor LODGE A. F. & A. .M (present $3600 and would have to redeemed by said date which was last rites over another year, get hack to a normal basis. It has continue at 2.7 per cent until the lenge, as consum ers m ake their • Wasco, Oregon income a relief agency instead of included in sal 1 decree and order aomethlng we do w ith little sa Thin Meets each First anu choices from over 6000 item s at fund was up to six per cent of jf sale will be deeded to Sherman ness ordinarily, in fact, the wake what it was Intended to be. ruesdays. the grocery store each week. County Agricultural Agent The recommendations are that payrolls instead of the present County Immediately upon the ex la sometimes more hilarious th a r Doug Shull, W. M. Itight Kind of Fir© Extinguisher Farm and F ertilizer three per cent. That would 1** a all employers l»e put under the act piration of such period of redemp- Carl T uggle», Sec. soiemn. A m inority of the farm s in the Having the right type of fire Eureka time. tion, and that every right or inter- Lodge No. 121 A.F.& lY lj And we needn't lie sad aovUt except employers of casual labor, long The committee was composed United States—2.1 m illion—now extinguisher handy is the best st of any ¡»erson in such property 1958. It was a p retty good yeai. m aritim e labor not in interstate of representatives of labor, indus produce 91 per cent of all our way to prevent fires from spread Meets on the 1st and 3rd ill he forfeited forever to Sher The nation had a little depreaaion trade, should be included, hear try and the public in about equal food and fiber, while the m ajority, T hursday evenings eaeh< G * man County. month. Visiting members that halted profits in some lines ings provided for em ployers who num bers but the forest lndustiy, com prising 2.7 million farms pro ing. U nfortunately no one kind of GEORGE GEISEH but which also served to bait the believe themselves exempt, that which pays a large part of unem duce only 9 per cent. No wonder extinguisher will control all class cor ially invited to meet with ui charity w orkers be included. Joe Heater, W. M. Sheriff and Tax Collector tide of inflation. Both profits and The com m ittee further recom ployment compensation, was not efficiency is now the key word on es of fires. It pays to know w hich Clyde Gillmor, Secretary 7-8c Inflation seem to l»e back at yeai s well represented It is Industry the farm as well as in industi y. type of extinguisher is l>est to end and we th in k some way to mends division of unem ploym ent that pays the tax; labor pays none The business farm er is interested control each class of fire. E x tin ^ ♦ ^ ^ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ * ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ * * * * * * * * ▲ and state Industrial accident separate them is necessary. in item s that make each hour of guishers should be provided in it. ♦ But crops were good and the na which have always operated un of We doubt if the recommenda labor and each acre of land pro areas according to the following: ♦ tion has its g ranaries full of food. der the some board. Also that un tions about adm inistration would duce more efficiently so as to cut employm ent l»e managed by one Class A fires: wood, trash, ♦ We are the only people that has to be very helpful, nor th a t the in his ^ n i t cost of production. This, paper and sim ilar com bustible ♦ worry about dieting, nearly the commissioner appointed by the clusions proposed would do much of course, is w hy such farm ers These fires are l>est ♦ only one w ith serious traffic governor, which would he good to build up the fund, nor th at the are the highest urers of com m aterials. until it got into politics probably controlled with w ater or w ith ex ♦ problems, the only nation w here Grass Valley. <Iregon restrictions on draw ing from the mercial fertilizer. tinguishers that ure large ♦ leleurv does not endanger eating l»efore the first com’mUaioner was fund would protect it very much. The latest figures, that I have am ounts of water. ♦ appointed. The committee thinks W hat we have to fear is lethargy, seen, show fertilizer has gone up W . M. B ow den that the right to borrow funds Class B fires: grease, oil, gaso ♦ not starvation. less than 10 per cent from the line, and other flammable liquids. I from federal governm ent should Oregonians may he happy th at 1947-49 base. Other production These fires are best controlled by ♦ the thinking of its politicians has 1«? given. The governor did l>orrow item s are up much more. For sm othering or blanketing to cut ♦ funds this year hut the attorney finally caught up with its citizens example, taxes per acre are up off the oxygen supply. ♦ We about taxes. Voters w ere sm art general said it was illegal. more than 60 per cent; farm real ♦ think it m ight lie b etter adm inis Class C Fires: electrical equip enough to defeat a few apendeja, in cry service esta te up approxim ately 65 per ment, motors and generators. For ♦ tered w ithout this right. if they will do the same in anoth ♦ cent; motor vehicles up about 38 As a mean« of curbing the at reasonable cost er election the state can expect ♦ per cent; and hired lal>or up about abuses of the fund by laborers the some badly needed economy. ♦ 23 per cent. W eather was good, the w intei group asked that women who ♦ F arm ers Share of Food Dollat leave work liecause of pregnancy being mild and the hot days of ♦ Most changes in agriculture af sum m er being spread so as to do I m ? ineligible, that persona who fect both consum ers and farmers. M u t u a l F u nd S h o rt» minor damage. The fall brought quit, if fired for misconduct or S o it is with the changes in our m oisture, late but sufficient so fails to seek work also 1 h ? inelig food dollar. The latest figures that the apotted fields seem on ible. There are other abuses that WADDELL & REtD, INC. show us that in August of this p/n ipol Un J«« writer» the road to recovery. T here were year, 39 cents of the average dol no serious storm s th at did dam- F u n e ra l S ervice lar food shoppers spent at the ♦ age over a wide area. E . E. B illin g s ♦ grocery store w ent back to the Z E N IT H TV L eonard £ W ilm a S m itt In fact, we can lay the passing ♦ farmer. The other 61 per cent B ox 184 year away w ith a hit of sadnoss S ales & S erv ice went for m arketing the food. D irector» T h e Dalles« O regon And in hopes th a t its successor These am ounts have been shift HHItVH'N ON ALL MAKES will be as kind to us. Phone The Dalles CY Ä-3ISÄ ing through the years. Just a year Call A N D Y P ? U L SO N W ANT ADS ' " 1 County Ramblin’« VALLEY REFRIGERATION All New Major Appliances AT GREATLY REDUCED PRICES P erfection ♦ ♦♦ RCA Whirlpool ♦ washers, dryers, freezers, refrigerators ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ Plumbing and Electric Supplies Î toasters, roasters and minor appliances w itK i r rwoai-MM - The other day we read a letter In a newpaiper w ritten by a farm er In the middle west, lie advo cated a restriction on sale of grain and said, thut, w ith modern m eth od*, farm ers could produce much more grain than needed and if the surplus was to lie curtained it would have to he by a differ ent restriction than acreage allot ments. Thut m akes sense. How ever, farm organizations that have lieen m eeting this fall have not expressed any enthusiasm t»w bushel allotm ents. Farm ers, of course, are p ri marily concerned w ith keeping up their Incomes during any period of readjustm ent that may come Most of them know that such re adjustm ent is overdue. They op pose lower loan rates tliat would endanger income—a most natural attitude. If hushelage allotment« could he enforced (and we think it would be a big Job) the price could be high enough to keep up farm income for the grain used a« fool The rem ainder could go for feed at a cheaper price and thus effect a kind of two price system . It seems certain that a nation so a e ll able to produce grain should have lower feed costs. W heat ha« a compllcaton not found in corn, which is prim arily a feed grain w ith a small propor tion twiiig used for human food Because of high loan price« (he production of w heal ha« l»cen u n duly expended until the legitimate wheat growers are being crowded out. By legitim ate wheat grower« we mean those who regularly pro- d u .e a supply for the m arket and who live in areas adapted to the production of wheat Actually they are the only wheat grow ers the nation needs w orry about, they feed the nation its biead and do ao economically and efficient ly. If the nation had to depend on its 15 acre farm ers It would soon tie hungry Floyd Hoot, president oi the na tional wheat grower«, enunciated the program of these grow ere on hla retu rn to Oregon First was the m aintenance of farm Income W hile we agree th at this is neces sary we do not think it is the exclusive problem of the govern irkcnt and th at farm ers could pro duce other crops or feed 11 vest o k to obtain an Income. Second w-as the stopping of the surplus and it« gradual reduction. Sure. Third, that reduction in wheat afroag»» m ust not be shifted to other m u » We don’t know whe th e r this Is an accurate statem ent or not and we hope It is not It may have resulted from protests tlons by grower« of feed grain«. ago, farm ers w ere receiving 41 JO i-t&l* BIliGtST FUN NIGHT III THE YEAR Ring Out the Old Ring in the N E W a t 3 O 3 ’s N e w Y ear’s Eve Party D ance T o T he M usic Of COM E AT ST A Y 900 JO H N N Y U N T IL ? ? ? ? AM MTTNGFF P n r f b n d H i" * a fG rrn ii DON T W ED. P A Y S T H E B IL L N o th in g M ore To S p e n d W elcom e th e N E W S e rp e n tin e a n d YEAR P le n ty of N o isem ak ers M ISS T H IS O N E - - $12.00 t * t rvrv » a tty » T ATTWnt* « - .» «• . •« /* <• T» « rp«-» Tr»”* AT OT,V P ia n o - O ra g n S ty lis t See Y our F rie n d s H ere! ! DEC. 31 THE BifiGE 5 i NIGHT OF THE YEAR FOR ELKS. 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