bcviititiT County journal
Moro, Oregon Friday
Seventy-Second Year Xo. 2
These
T h in g s
We
Note
Giles L. French
Bargaining having failed to set-
tie the steel strik e we will now
try a so rt of governm ent inter-
vention. Maybe It w on’t w ork eith-
er Foreign nations can settle it
through imports; recruiting dif-
ferent w orkers could end it or
the unions could buy th e steel
mills and pay w orkers w hat they
w anted
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Well now they're all set to
ecare the cranberry right off the
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A w riter in Horizon explains
how the human race got rid of the
probia for w itch hunting. It was
encouraging. Maybe, we can even
tually get rid of the phobia for
government.
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We’d like to know w hat the
models look like w ho sit for ab
stract paintings.
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It appears that televiewers
wanted entertainm ent and hon
esty, too. A little faking helps
many a script.
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Wie can tell the kind of country
a visitor comes from when he
stops on Sherm an county streets,
If he come« from the city he locks
his car.
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W onder w hat became of the
hula hoop craze. T here was some-
think to put action into a harden-
ing spine.
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Airplane travel is getting fast
er and cheaper, but it is still pos
sible to save a little by staying
home.
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Bill Langer was an individualist.
He never got anything out of the
senate but publicity and th at was
enough in these times.
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For the forty
one billion it
takes to defend this country we
should equip everyone wdth an
atomic bomb.
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The governm ent now suspici
ous th at m any m ore houses are
(being built than have been coun
ted. C an’t even keep hooks, eh.
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It has long been expected that
India w ould be conquered from
the north th at being the route
taken by form er conquerors. And
we think th at is ju st w hat will
happen unless it gets rid of
Nehru.
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If w\? didn't have C hristm as we
would have to invent it. No holi
day does so much to exercise the
Sherman Makes
Play-offs With
21-0 Victory
Wheat Leaguers
M iet Next Tuesday
To Discuss Policy
Farm legislation will be the
major topic tinker consideratio.t
during the forthcom ing Sherm an
W heat Growers Association fall
meeting, Tuesday, November 17,
County Courthouse, Moro. Mae
Hall county president, indicates
committee meetings will get u n
derw ay at 9:30 a. m. w ith accep
tance of committee recommenda-
lions and program to follow in the
afternoon.
Floyd Root, president, National
Wheat Growers, will report on a c
tlvltles of that orgam zation dur-
ing the afternoon. Sherman coun-
ty wheat farm ers need to take a
serious look at prospective chan-
«es in farm legislation at then-
county meeting. Lincoln and Ben-
ton counties, W ashington, want a
drop In wheat parity support to
55 to 80 p er cent w ith an Increase
wheat acreage, Root reports. This
program, coupled w ith increased
soil bank acreage national nee 1
be considered in relation to the
Wheat Stabilization plan, Root
adds.
Andy W ard, assistant secretary,
Oregon Wheat Growers League,
will review the expanded "W heat
Field” published by the leagu ».
A film on m arket development
worked in Japan and Korea taken
by league representative« will be
shown
Committee meetings will be the
main order of business during the
day, starting at 9:30 a. m. Various
committees will meet in separate
groups to form ulate county re
commendations. Chairman, m eet
ing place, and comm ittees are:
produ. tion and l^and Use, county
COurt room, Allan Pinkerton,
chairm an; Taxation and Leglsia-
tion, circu-it judge’s office, John
Decker, chairm an: Y outh-A ctivl-
ties, county agent’s office, Larry
Kaseberg, chairm an;
M arketing
and Transporation,
ju ry room,
Ted Thompson, chairm an; Feder
al Ag Program s, circuit court
room, Hildned Zell, chairm an;
and Domestic W heat Utilization,
social room of Moro church, Mrs.
W. E. Bruckert, chairm an.
County Official Paper
November 13, 1959
John F ield s make« yard age be player, R oy«e cam e up to hein
fore b ein g tackled by a M aupin hut lie e l. M ays and Leaxe of Mau
pin were th ere to put him dow n.
On th is play Sherm an failed to
score from the one foot lin e al-
th ou gh it scored from far out af-
ter M aupin had kicked. Dunean
(N o. 14) turn« to hand off to a
l*a«< a s Oeel (No. SO) breaks
through th e line to ham per the
play.
Census Will Revise
Figures On Farms
Some Advice About
Tbel959 Census of Agriculture,
now under way In Sherm an coun-
05 w *9 '» ing up to date farm
statistics last collected in 1951,
when fhe farm census revealed
the following facts;
The value of products sold In
1954 by farm operator« was
$9,009,398
The value of all crop« sold was
$8 387,024 and Included $8,352,-
292 for field crops and $34,732 for
fruits and nuts.
The value of all livestock and
livestock products sold was $622,-
Spreading Colds
Given by Health Board
We’re back once again to the
season when upper respiratory in-
fections c a n - to expected to in-
crease. The most common of these
are Influenza, pneumonia and. the
common cold; collectively they
prol»ably strike more people than
any other groujv of diseases In
the country today.
If Oregon residents m aintain
the estim ated national average,
Sherman Countv Club Society Members
Meelmg Dated Far
Monday A t Wasco
To History, Song
The Sherm an County club will
hold its next meeting at the little
Alx»ut 80 persons attended the
A careful, calculating Sherm an Legion hall in Wasco, 'Monday,
football team defeated an over night, Novem4»er 16, according to fall meeting of the Sherm an
R. E. ______
Ferrell, w_______
p re sid e n t The County Historical society dinner
confident Maupin team here F r l - ____
day afternoon by a decisive 21-0 Town and Country Grill will cater held at the Odd Fellow s hall n
score with the district champion- the 7:(X) o'clock dinner for mem- Grass Valley Sunday, November
ship the rew ard at stake.
bers and other Sherm an countlans 8. Fall flowers and Oregon Grape
As a result Sherm an will go to who wish to take part in the puh- and w heat heads decorated the
tables which had l* en done under
Medford F riday by bus to play ifc affairs of the county.
St. M ary’s of Medford, a private
Speaker will lie K enneth Frld- direction of Mrs. Dorothy D un
school, for the cham pionship of ley, sta te highway commissioner, lap, in preparation for the potluck
districts five and six. The game who will have some of his co- dinner under m anagem ent of Mrs.
will be played at 8 p. m. Saturday w orkers with him. Discussion Clara Kock and Mrs. L ester Bar-
night on the lighted field of Med- will center on inuprovement of num.
ford high school. No booster's bus highways in the county and con-
Carroll Sayre, president, hand-
will go from Sherm an and per- struction of a bridge across the led the program w hich Included
sons m aking the trip are asked to Columbia, w hich is still a project musical and singing n u m te rs by
fill their cars w ith students want- of the S tate of W ashington, al- Bonnie Jefferies, Patty Knott,
Ing to go.
though local branches of govern Ju n e Jefferies, Sally Rue Bibby,
The first Sherm an touchdow.i ment and the highway commls Teresa Bardenhagen, Gary C arl
son, Jim m y Tatum and Donnie
came on the first play in the sec- slon have a part in it.
Mobley, under the direction of
ond q u arter w ith th? l>all n e a r --------- — •
Eugene Knott, Kent principal and
the Maupin goal line due largely Republicans Raising
music teacher. Mrs. Ju an ita R ug
to a long run by John Fields. C a m p a ig n Funds
gles and Mrs. Joe Bibby w ere ac
Kaseberg ran the l.all over and
The Republican party in Sher companists. Clyde Fridley, L arry
Zachary’s kick was good making
man county Is conducting a fund Bddlngs and Bob Nisbet, accom
the score 7-0.
drive by mail and calls for 1959 panied by Mrs. Eddings sang two
After the kick off Maupin fum
and I960.
num bers.
bled and Eakln recovered on its
It is hoped that- with sufficient
Mrs. Nellie Fields read the m in
22. Fields made two, Middleton money candidates can I k - secured
five an ! after a penalty*for back- to local, state and national offices, utes of the last fall meeting, Theo
field in motion Middleton made a says Irving H art, finance chair dore Johnston gave a re p o rt on
the scholarship given in the name
first down on the Maupin seven
man.
of the society to Eva Klrkelle, now
from where Jim Duncan ran it
a student at ORC and Mr. Rayrs
over and Zachary kicked success Woman’s Club
told of the placing of m arkers
fully again.
along the- route of The Dalles
Maupin strengthened In the Meets At Pinkertons
The Moro W oman’s club met on Military Road last sum m er by
third q u a rte r but Mobley blocked
a kick and Middleton Intercepted i'uesday afternoon at the Harr> so. lety m em ters.
a pass to keep that team contain- Finkerton home, Mrs. Louis Sat li
Giles French talked on the h is
ed in mid-field. In the fourth quar e r «»slating as hostess. I n s e r t tory of G rass Valley from the
ter Sherm an was stopped on the ""a* served a t 1:30.
days, now nearly 100 y ears ago,
Mrs. Roy Belsbee presided at when pack trains used to cam p
one y a r l line by the aroused
Maupin line, Maupin c o u id T o t the meeting. Reports w ere made in the tall rye grass th at grew
gain and kicked to Fields on the from the m em bers who had a l In the valley to the changed con-
45 yard line.
On the next play tended the Fourth D istrict board ditlons brought on by transporta-
Kas«s)M‘i-iz broke
ixvkkn over
nvA>- tns-v,n
Tom F raser sang "Rweet
Kaseberg
tackle and meeting at W eston and also the (jon
ran through the visitors for the Kendleton club m eeting at which O regon” accompanied by
Mrs.
final touchdown re elving sAme Mrs. Richard L. N euberger spoke C arroll Rayrs.
on her experiences ns a delegate
helpful blocks on the way.
¡Sherman has lost to Umatilla, to the "A tlantic Congress of N.
Heppner and Gokiendale, mostly A.T.O. N ations” in I/m don recent Kent Extension
i,y close scores and often through ly.
Decision«, were made by the Unit Meets
apparent over-confidence. When
The Kent Home Extension unit
the team buckles down to Its best club to have a Scholarship Tea In
it ¡performs well and hag a chance December; to send C hristm as met at the home of Mrs. Byron
to win from St. M ary’s. That team gifts to the Eastern Oregon State Stark November 5. Home Exten-
Rufus School Again
Rated Standard
w nn m e provision
me pro
A business m eeting was held
m unity as we do w ith some otner
The weather, which has been ject must b e com pltfed; and the ,ju ri[Lg the morning hours. A buf-
diseases w e’ve had, or why a vac
The County School S uperinten
cine can’t lx? developed to give warm with low clouds for several club voted to Join the General fe t luncheon w as enjoyed at noon
den t’s office has ju st received a Farm Prices Down
days turned cold with an east Federation com m unity achieve- followed by Installation of offl-
artificial Immunity.
report from H. Irene Hallberg.
Actually, comparatively little is wind T hursday and some snow ment contest, In which prizes are cerg co u n ty com m ittee member,
elem entary supervisor, from the Also Farm Costs
furnished by Sears Roebuck & Co. Annice Nogle installed the new
known today about the cold, al has been prophesied.
State D epartm ent of Education,
though research is now- being
officers. Carol A rm strong then
statin g that on the basis of her
Oregon farm prices showed a jntens|fjecii
\ w do know that
presented the lesson on fitting
supervisory visit on October 8, mixed pattern of ups and downs cw|(js are caused by viruses, a
and buying foundation garm ents.
1959, Rufus Elementary- School in Octotx?r and ended up w ith an wj,oie family of viruses, a4x»ut 40
This proved to I k » a very in terest
has ¡been re-rated as Standard.
average 2 percent higher than a rnemtl»ers of whi h have already
ing lesson and all th e ladles learn
The Rufus school board, Jack m onth ago, reports Mrs. Elver a lt>een j ;e n tif
Thus, you could
ed many helpful hints about foun
Lloyd, principal,
the teaching Horrell, extension
agricultural have several "colds” yt once, or
dation garm ents.
staff and the com m unity w ere economist at Oregon State college, I k » recovering from one and get
commended in the report for th eir
At the same time teports from another.
I’ll A C H A l’TKIt ORGAXIZKH
fine school program .
the U. S. departm ent of agricul
The only vaccines available are
by Patty Byars
tu re show prices received by effective against a limited num-
Twenty-five girls held an org an i
farm ers over the nation dropped te r of these viruses, and of course
zational m eeting of F u tu re Home
Family Living Will
seasonally In October to a point there is no "wonder drug" which
m akers of America Monday after
2 percent lower than last m onth can cure a cold.
sch<M)l in the home economics
Include Legal Talk
ami the lowest In nearly 2 years,
The chief weapon we have to
room to ekict officers and to learn
Sherm an county residents are National farm p rl es now stand day against the common cold is
more alx»ut the club. Miss P e a r
invited to attend a session on g percent below last year and the ¡»lain old-fashioned courtesy, If
son, FHA adviser, explained the
f« A
«wZ
w ill
You have to m ake u n vo u r "'Family Business and the L aw ’’ lowest since November 1957.
we will keep our cold to ourselves
FHA goal and its m otto "Toward
mind.
<»«
«'«'"Infi, November
| n Oregon, OetOber eg g an,I tur- rather than trying to give It
N ew Horizons.”
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16- Tbe nieeting, which will he key prices moved up, ami milk away, In ldence could be reduced.
The FHA is a national o rgan
G etting som ething for nothing held at the Sherm an High cafetor- a it: milk cows also carried higher
ization of girls and boy» who a re
We all know the rates— such as
is a very economical w ay to ac- ium will begin at 8:00 p. m.
price tags. Feed grains and w heat staying at home, sneezing or
studying homemaking in high
schools of the United States and
quire property—popular, too. Of Mr. Donald Dunn, attorney from climbed, and hay and potato coughing Into disposable tissues,
Its T erritories. 'I’Ve rod rose, FHA
and not talking nose-to-nose w ith
ten though th ere’s a hook inside The Dalles will conduct the ses- prices also rose.
slon, whose purpose is to make
These gains In state farm prices others. An unprotected sneeze,
flower, representy. the search of
the wiggling worm,
people aw are of the opportunities were partially offset by lower for example, can spray viruses al
FHA for l»eauty in everyday liv
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and pitfalls
that the law holds, prices on most meat anim als and most 20 feet, and Infect a lot of
ing
Red and white, the club’s
W onder w hat folks
do on a \ j r f>Unn Is acting as a rapresen- wool, broiler prices dropped for people.
colors, holds a m eaning In the
holiday. Eat? 8leep? Drink? Dif- tative of the Oregon State Bar the second straight m onth, and
None of the upper respiratory
organization; red stiggastft stre n
ferent Work? Talk?
association.
corn prices turned lower. How- infections should be taken light
20'
gth and white is rerognlzed as the
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a few of the many points to be ever, gains averaged m ore than ly. A cold or the fill can weaken
symbol of sincerity.
Stereotyping Is done by high covered Include: W hat is the Ila- losses for the state's farm ers and
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The new organization elected
a ..........................
¡»erson to the extent
they be-
•chool boys In many p lants In Ore- bllity of an em ployer to his em- total farm prices averaged 2 per corne easy prey for a serious In-
the following officers: Penny Hlg
gon anti it isn't a job that requires pioyees? W hat happens to real cent
higher than in Septem ber fection. So don't take any chances,
ley, president; I>arlcne Gochnau-
much ability. And $3.61 for a and personal property if there Is and 1 percent alx ve a year ago. c a u vour phy ician when you be
er, vUv-presIdent; P atty Byars,
long, lazy hour is akin to high- no will? p o w-hat extent is a fam-
Meanwhile prices received by Comc ill. and follow his advice.
secretary;
Barbara
H am pton,
way robbery, except unarmed.
lly responsible for acts of Its V. R. farm ers fell to the lowest _______ 1___
treasurer; Connie Axtell, p a rlia
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minor children?
average in nearly two years. Cat-
m entarian; Nancy W ilson, rep o r
If you want something done
The public Is Invited to attend tie, hogs, corn, grapefruit, calves, Sherman High In
ter; Jeanne Macnab and Julia Bay
cheap offer a prize for It. It beats this meeting, w h k h Is Jointly and eggs ail moved own. Higher
er, historians.
modern wages all hollow.
Apre
Æ
e/mse
¿
ï
i
j
t
■
sponsored by the county Home prices on milk, fresh tomatoes,
Mrs. Bob Byars and Mrs. H ar
Quarter Finals
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Extension u n its and the Sherm an and wheat only partially offset
ley \l Kay w ere elected by the
School kids m ust get a kick out county extension service. A ques the decline.
by Turn Eakln
girls to l»e their C hapter M others,
of teachers going to «chool.
Sherm an's football team will
tion and answ er period will follow Prices the nation's farm ers pay
The secorul Monday for every
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play St,
for goods and services also moved travel to Me*lford to
Mr. D unn's presentation.
month Is the tim e act for the
Well, anyway, women look bet
T
lower In October, but at a much Marys of Mwlfonl in the ( ’lass B
meetings to be held th is year.
ter in skin tight pants than cow American Legion
slower rate, Mrs. H orrell found. quarter-finals this Saturday at
The next meeting will be Decem
boys do.
Farm wage rates paid for things 8 p. m. The H uskies defeated
Auxiliary Meets
ber 14.
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The auxiliarv of Chris Schultz used in farm-family living offset Maupin, 21-0, here In the district
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“She looked," said the m an at Post American I>egion met Friday these lower costs to some extent, play-off last Friday.
BI S D R IV E R S M UST
Vi
With
prices
received
by
farm-
The
team
bus
will
leave
at
6
30
afternoon,
Nov
6
in
the
Masonic
the bar and sliding off the stool
T A K E T R A IN IN G
ers
dr<n»|»ing
faster
than
prices
a.
m.
Friday
for
Medford.
Coach
he waved his arm s in frustration. hall w ith afwut a dozen members
A training session for school
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/ ’ »-•
(She looked” he repeated trying an '1 quests attending After the paid by farm ers, the purchasing Christiansen plans a w orkout
bus drivers will be held in Moro
products
slipped
Friday
afternoon
to
loosen
the
for words to express his disgust, business meeting. .Mrs Floyd von I » * « of fa, n
Decetnlier 3 u n d er d irection of the
"She looked like a model for an Borstel of Kent showed several « llttk» last mon’h. The parity hoys up after the trip.
D epartm ent of Education and the
They
will
«tay
Friday
night
abstract painting."
different rolls of motion pictures ratify—the governm ent’s yard stick
D epartm ent of M otor Vehicles.
in
a
M
e’ford
hotel,
relax
S
a
tu
r
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ah* had taken In her travels to for m easuring the relationship l»e-
I Id*. 1« how th e new p o sto fflee th e a lk y lin e and w ill hr abowt Punpose Is to im prove the safety
day
and
play
the
game
that
night
tween
prices
received
and
prices
It beats the deuce how much many state conventions. Members
w ill look. Three tree« w ill I m - left M feet deep from th e H reet. T he of pupil tran sp o rtatio n and effl-
time is saved by the lack of news- brought gifts to be sent this week paid by fanners— fell to one point at 8 00 Th-? 27 players with the in the (Nuking Strip. T he build- park in g area w ill he |Nived. T h ere clency. T he county school super-
below
Septem
ber
this
year,
6
two
coaches
and
principal
will
papers But it doesn’t handicap to the Gift Shop In Portland at
Ing w ill nrrMpy .1ft feet o f the M w ill lie a «trip of decorative IxAck inter» ¡ent is m aking
conversation w hich does not re- the V eterans hospital. At the point« I k I ow October 1958. and leave from Medford Sunday mor foot frontage, t e l ng fluxh w ith In fro n t.
for a county-wide meeting.
nJ ng.
quire Information.
cake and coifee were "*rved the lowest since A ugust 1940
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