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o æfymttan ÖTounfg ¿faurtml Seventy-Second Year No. 9 These Things We Note Moro. Oregon Er ida v .January I. I960 Farm Loan Units Officers Elected Bv Change Name; 45C farmers> For n . • r Coming 1 ear’s Work Retains runction a < nuw, . a. kmi a ~ County Official Paper Last of 1959 Was Driest Ever; In Sher n in ___ fJoe the following farm ers have 31, t1959’ U'cn elected to serve on the ASC a -N ajtonal harm Loan County Com m ittee for the 1960 A little snow <»f. nearly tw o Inch ? ? ? ,, ,„“i n 2'“,vb* ? ' ne ,<hT Fed: year W<«>n. chairm.n. es fell Wednesday night. It con eral Land Bank Association of Delmer Smith, vice-chairman, tained .07 Inch of m oisture w hich The Talles. tu i , .. Wm. S. Holmes, member, Joe changes some of the figureN about _ r ™ s, h tnf h '' hange'. ap' Heater, 1st alternate and David It. w eath er am i precipitation for p ro tcd by the associations Iward Rtchelderfer. 2nd alternate In 1959. T h e year 1910 is s till the £ iv t ” " aS '” a Choosins ,h * com m ittee Giles L. French driewt lh*<‘einher w ith .42 whereas the land a " ' " ' “ ' i ' "e m b e rs, the delegates followed December 1959 now has .1:1. We suspect th at the one who die iast e n n ^ e S T ' V ' he P° " ''5' i*d0’,,ed l38' > 'ar anl1 W eather In 1959 at the Sher had the most did the complaining. the last congress, according to advanced the present com m ittee man Branch E xperim ental sta TTW N the announcem ent by WUIiam D , he next position. tion was cool, dry and calm com Hogs go up and hogs go down. i S e Uasaitm ton • *”x?s,<’en " ’’esc committeemen with the pare . to the 25-year normal. Six Now down so fewer will be born Mr K eich,,,,, >«i i ’•'P " f com m unity com m itteem en months had below normal aver next year so th ey ’ll go up. It al .1 . Ketchum said the new adm inister the several F e 'e r a l age tem peratures ranging from -.3 w ays happens and some always “ n w h h V h t „n,ifles ,hZ a“ OC,a' farm 'o r Sherm an degrees In June to -5.1 degrees in get caught. tlon w ith the purpose for which County through the ASC office In May. The other six m onths had T T W N “ ;* ™ ha,r T ei and for whlch 11 ,he - ’urthous? at M ora tem peratures from .1 to 2.9 t’e- W hether you go out into the has operated through the y e a r s , ___________ degrees above normal, the la tte r night searching for the new year namely, the m aking and servic occurring in January. or stay quietly a t home w aiting ing of long-term federal land bank Roy (Satan) Axtell (’oldest tem perature re o rd e d fo r it it w ill arriv e at the same loans. in 1959 at this station was -10 de time. The difference is in the “The legislation providing for Buried Sunday grees on Jan u ary 3. Highest tem- attitu d e—and the age. the association name change also Aden Axtell received word last perature was 102 degrees on July TTW N changes the title of the position week that his elder brother Roy .y 'g iH .'p a . ny. t h X Z ‘ m X 22. Long time averages Indicate The politicians are saying that held by J. Merton Stein’f i ^ & 2 ï X “ X X p h ..„ °c ............. sec- (Satan) Axtell had' lieen found there will be a dem and for some retary- treasurer to get th eir we can expect a range of tem per t,eatl ch ristn ia s m orning in his Itallievv of I oi (land, f l u t i n g up book* fo r the coming year. M W director!«** w ith this cover atures from I degrees in Jan u ary state school funds at the next said Mr. Ketchum. legislative session, eith er th at or vides that after rx* ' room in 3 rooming house In Rore- to 100 in degrees in July. T lic in A p ril. 31. 1939, Rainfall for 195!) was lielow nor h ig h er local taxes. W hich leads Boatmen Get New mal nine of the m onths. December us to state th at we can raise Lawrence Buck, 64, appears to lie setting a new re school funds locally cheaper than m ee,s ,h e - 3 V "" “ ‘" ° ' - a - cord as the driest December. Only we can do It through the basic Rules To Follow Dies In Portland .36 has been recorded thus far, school fund. a n ^ X s TTW N George l.aw rence Buck was an.: the previous low was .12 in The Oregon State Marine lioard 1916. Since - ........... Gil- be* i!n1p " ih '.'f *»». X ’1 r ,,' lciX‘k an(1 has announced that a synopsis of In case anyone . ............................ « tv» a few ---------------- — -------- , Jan u ary 1 a total of 1/ the first year was year 0 the al Land Bank of in Spokane still needs burled ---------■ Monday < -- at The Dalles hoi year 19 j 9 was the end of a decade bam, Hood River, Sherm an Was- tors in i i ' ° ?n ° t,augh" the new Oregon Ixiatlng laws, Nt*w Year’s resolutions, I have following his death in a Portland 8.01 inches * i,‘ " h,S ” en received, TTW N co and W heeler counties Direct- him f , ‘ A" SUrVlVe " ’ ff“c<ive January compile,I this handy list which hospital C hristm as night. IL " * had >• - ,l<“ n' <lry v«‘ars w ere In 1949 with 7.21 inches and 1944 and We have been told th at the ors in addition to Mr. Ketchum at R oaeviiS cslm'!» T J ® . hel b 1960 ls now available to the ma-v >*’ clipped and mounted on a been ill for many m onths. w ants of m ankind are unending are E arl A. Moore, vice-presLent, ment there ' ' ' ' in te r' boating public. The synopsis and cupboard door for easy referen e Servkes were conducted by 1946 with 8.07 an 1 803 Inches, b u t are now in an age when man Ho°d River; Gordon N. H aip er application forms to identify boat throughout the coming months; Rev. L arry Eddings at Spencer & respectlvedy. in 1930. 1935 and 193!) total rainfalls of 6.6!),, 6.72 has caught up w ith his w ants to Wasco; W illiam L. Hulse. D ufur’ Libby's. num ber, annual boat license and ,IMi0 RESOLUTIONS and 6.43 were receive<l. Since the extent th at he wdll rill not work and J- R. Wood. Fossil Mr. Buck was ‘ b orn February P O R T L A N D G E T S G R A IN certificate of title are available at I I will adm it (at least to my- April 1 it has been the driest on to satisfy any more of them, so, the offices of county sheriffs, (hat the only exercise likely 5, 1895 at Mt. Carmel, Illinois and Grain Inspected on arrival at state motor vehicle field offices t0 reduce my w aistline is the act has lived at Wasco since 1941. He re. ord. the nation suffers from citizen Home Extension Evaporation from a free w ater Oregon term inals picked up inertia. .. - r in and the various lx>at dealers of Pushing back from the dinner was a veteran of World W br I surface was above normal in 5 . o\ em ber to 7.8 million bushels throughout the state which have table while still slightly hun- and a m em ber uf Frank Brown TTW N Meets At Kent loin ,.6 million bushels In Octo- been listed with tho State Marine grY' lx,st a t Wasco. Surviving are his of the 7 sum m er m onths. This In We are very certain that even ,,t?r but was under the 9.8 million board. 2. I w’ill visit my physician and widow, Ollie, three daughters, dicates the low hum idity and re tually the w orld will adopt b irth The Kent Home Extension unit The new Oregon lioatlng laws d en,ist for thorough exam inations -^’s. Eva Virtue of Moro, Mrs. flects the low precipitation of the control because it will be m ore ,ne( a ( (be home of Mrs. John bushel s inspected In November, Wind velocity, w hich usual- satisfactory than controlled eat- Keckman December 15. During 1958. which were enacted by the last sometime this year. Vera Van Gilder and Mrs. Bar- year. IV ri (irriv » » .. . The export grain movem ent legislature, are in accordance w 'th (be m orning the business was at- TTW N . (ended by 1« members and two last month w a s 5.9 million the Federal boa^nst act of 19{ The nation seems to have about visitors, Mrs. Carl Nichols from ™ ? ? JL ;\ahf a ‘ ° f a year ag0 but The federal act delegates to the w orn out that a t bunch of easy ' aiparaiso, Indiana and Mrs. Eliz- “ ° ’ushe,s un e r Octolwr, ac- states the num bering of undocu- m arks w ho leaned toward com- “bed» H artley from G rass Valley cording t0 thls report from the m ented vessels and enforcem ent munisan in the new deal thirties, A buffet luncheon was served at State (lePa rt,n en ( agriculture. level of ................... lo a tln g laws. cigarettes and am more than 40 to Indicate thf a 'r movement and the bunch th at had s u c h 'a fit IWK)n A fter lunch Mrs. H artley ”— < H AIRM KN A I’I’Ol NTE’l) Jan u ary 1, I960, the U. S. Coast >’ears of age. G reater over Senator McCarthy and who gavc a very interesting lesson Mrs. Jam es T. Brown, chairm an w>il drying conditions, Guard will discontinue issuing I b stx? (bat the entire fam- wind velociti s would have in- hate Nixon. They almost made on Tin Can Craft. All the mem- Short Course Planned boat num bers to Oregon boats and by <and not Just the kids) have ,be d r*ve for funds for the na- creased evaporation to ev<>n high- anti-communism a sin. **ra (ried their skills a t m aking only those issued by the State tbe recommenced numl>er of im- tiona( foundation, has announced cr am ounts above normal. TTW N of the decorations and orna For Livestock Men M arine board will be valid. m unizatlons against jwllo, <hph- lbe area chairm en for the corning The w riter was saying that the ,nenls from tin cans. Mrs. Grace The Oregon laws emphasize *heria, smallpox and tetanus. campaign which will be conclud- New Form Made Livestock producers ure invited anim als easiest to train w’ere h:arI a1«« visited the unit in the “safe boating” and apply to all un- * won't be the “man of Iron” ed tb‘8 month. to make reservations for a short those that lived and hunted in a f(e ™oon and she gave a dem on course in llve«nw>ir documented vessels 12 feet and (>'!*• this year, but will stay home TheY are: Mrs. H arry Justescn, For Income Tax packs because they w ere used to s tr a (ion on making nvlnn not n , * --------- and to those having motors w hen I have the flu or a cold, lx*- Kent; Mrs. W illard Barnett, Grass follow ing a leader; the lone hunt- i « * 8 a ” d some m em bers who each 'nark elin g to ,)e he,d The brand n w short retu rn of 10 hor *?jx>wer or more, regard- cause those are things people Yalley; Mrs. Curly DeMoss, Moro, e r could only be trained w ith dlf- had m aterial started m aking trees an Ing ,Ianuary 15 less of size of the boat. don’t want to share. E rnest ahull, Wasco, and Mrs. Form 1040W provide? for 1959 for five weeks. It Liltv and never n p w r rnmiWitoi,, Federal income tax filing was ex W. A. Morris, Rufus. flculty completely. »♦ It to take home. will be held at the c o u r t h o u s e . ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ — ■ plained today by A. G. Erickson, made us think of people. Instructors will be Dr. Ralph /"» i i f i t C D *••• director of In ternal Revenue for TTW N the Oregon District. “Men, dying, make th eir wills, Life In India m r i t u AiacKenzie, John le n d e rs • b u t wdves Mr. Erickson said the new two- R. W. Every, Dr. Dean Sm ith and COINTY < <H ItT I’ROCt Kh- I I NhS I’OR NOX FAIRER 1959 COUNTY AUDIT: Escape a w ork so sad; Gets Comment page return form an be used by T. W. Thompson, all of the OSC INGH l)E( EMBER 2, 1939 APPROVED l)E< EMBER 2, 1959 Sec. of State, $161691 Why should they make w hat all any Individual whos* Income con Mrs. Bill Broughton of W^gco extension service RE MINFTF7S: Minutes of regu TERM OF THE COUNTY (OFRT COUNTY COURT: their lives s is ts I of salary and wages, re- has received an interesting letter January 15 will take up gen- lar meeting Nov. 4 and Special CIRCUIT COURT: The gentle dames have had?” E. Wilson, $15.00, L. E. Kase- gardless of am ount, and not more froni Kolhapur, India, from her etics; January 22 the physiology meeting of Nov. 13, read, ap John II. Newman, $90.17-C lr. berg, $92.20 - Comma. Fee & Mile- than $200 Income from interest —John G. Saxe. cousin who is traveling in that of repro luctlon; January 29 feeds and flivl- ends. proved and signed. Ct, Reporter; Ju ro rs fees • $881.24; atfe, Vernon I. Milter, $15.30 TTW N country with her husband, an and feeding; Feb >. economics of RE CLAIMS; All claims allowed c ia ir Balzer, $15.00• Bailiff Ju tg e s expenses. •Hustiand and wife w hose com C hristm as . . . w eather wa« won- Indian national. Excerpts from production and Feb. 12 anim al as presented against general S H E R IF F ’S OFFICE; bine income meets these tests MISCBLIxANEOUS: ____ ' L ‘ sun*>y. reasonably me letter are given here: we health. Jhere will be no charge fund and road fund. George J. Geiser Jr., $52.16, F irst National Bank, $280.30; may file a joint retu rn on .b.U2 J h“ ln »“ left bo* Angeles Oct. 3 for the RE FINANCIAL STATEMENT: U irln E. W innett, $71.76 - Official Oregon State Tax Comm., $55.10 - Form 1040W, he said, three categories. It could be cold non-stop flight to London via the For month of Nov. presented— cars; Moro Postm aster, $160.80- T'axeg W ithheld; Bankers IJfe & er, sure, and It could be a darn p ila r route. However, we had to Leon Morehouse Dead “The new two-page form is to- sight w arm er. approved an ! filed. postage; State Industrial Accld. C asualty Co., $13.66; So lal Seeur- slg,,ed to allow taxpayers in the land in Shannon, Ireland to re RE GASOLINE CONSUMPTION: Comm., $7.50-annual fee; MelO’s Ry» $131.36. TTW N above Income category the lx«nc- fuel, and I was happy to set foot From Probable Fall For month of Nov. presented— Overheard: “The poor devil; on the land of some of our an- " 1 1 * HO 11) I I ROAD FUND: E?on Morehouse, 58, was taken approved a n l filed. Journal, $12.00 - incld.; George J. --r ‘...... ’ surviving spouse’ atu 12» ‘sick htm ^M •■'ln he h° S *’ 8CratChln* « » l « « We spent , . one night ln (o a hospital in The Dalles Wed- RE ROAD BALANCES. pay’ exclusion; (3) <IJvl ends re- F or G eiser Jr., $65.00 • convention; WAGES: London as we had m issed the nesday from Wasco suffering TTW N month of Nov. presented—ap- Ranch & Home Store, $1.19 • itxid. Dunlap, $447.23; Bayer, Ç310.8J, re,vt’d credit; <|> estim ated tax Italy. from a a wound wound on his head and Mr David McDonald i« » t t i n . flig h t to Milan, iw iy. Especially irom proved and filed. W. R. Reid A t Son, $9.32-incld. Morehouse, $267.52, Gosson, $312,- Pa>',npi»t credit, and (5) ite-iizin re Of himself th at h l SL.n i* ,‘n)<,5'e<l seeln« the « W n a l paint- num erous bruts so e ju 17; Johnson, $273.20, Griggs, $327.- d3ductl°ns for contributions, in- ny a re o a X w i “ “ " h l lng ° f "T he 1'as* 8up,>er'' * Da ’ ald « ses which he was RE HISTORICAL SOCIETY: G. CLER K ’S O FFICE: pretty -a u , . . . - obtained in a fall F’ren. h appears before court Kilham Stationery & Print. Co., 63; Edwards, $289.27; Social Se- 9 n ‘ 1 B'.vni(,nts, me k.tl expen- ® hP V*- \ Vinci, inr*i « xanzl 1_ stairs and M ¡pholanom'o ichelangos loot last varz«v'lr work down « the at the home of his read Proverbs; 16:18. asks for space to store old $7.34 - incld.; Moro Postm aster, curlty, $107.04, State Tax Comm., P' ’ ind ,b<‘ dke of scultptoring. From Milan we nephew. Kenneth Morehouse who m achinery in courthouse yard. $15.00-incld. $40.30; F irst National Bank, T T , W — . , „ N w ent to Athens, w hteh sta rts one lives at Klon ike He died More Accidents, Not advisable. ('OURTHOUSE: 30; B ankers Life At C asualty The In ternal Itovenue Service to thin k in g about early New nesday night. RE “HOME RULE"— Original Pacific Power & Light, $31.93; $46.80, State Industrial Accident (wonder how it came to be called T estam ent days, particularly St. Leon Morehouse is a b r,.o t More Fines Levied home rule and am endm ent un- Pacaiflc Tel & Tel., $48.20; City Comm., $7.50 - annual fee. that) is going to m ake it harder P aul’s experiences—we toured his Rav Morehouse He la s lx -nAiv a" d I* th to Corinth, which i, about mg at Wasco r< 4 n tlv was a vet der discussion. C ourt to act on of Moro, $3.05; Oregon State Bu- GAS & O1L: Oregon courts reported 11,756 jietition by people. that will tickle Uncle Zed who al 50 miles from Athens. We spent eran of World W ar I and h .s a reau of Izjbor, $11.50; Moro Grain tfhell Oil Co., $352.32. traffic violation convictions for RE LONE IWX’K ROAD V. Grw’ers, $3.80; K irk’s Plumbing REPAIRS: ways had to furnish his own ex 8 days in Egypt, touring the Val- son at Roseburg November, the D epartm ent of Mo Jones, State Engineer, present & Heating, $10.00. penses. Ix*ggers & C ontractors Mchy. tor Vehicles has reported. ley of the Nile, before landing in Funeral services for Mr Vtore and pr .mt- figures re grading COURTHOUSE IMPROVEMENT C o . $90.19; Ross Volstoff Pontiac, Nearly 175 of the convictions TTW N Bombay on October 21. It was hou»? were held and surfacing said roa Bridge K irk ' Plumbing Ar Heating, $12.10; The Dalles Iron W’orks, wt’rp for driving w hile Intoxi Over in Africa some of the good to be In India w han Presi- Thursday at 11 a In The Dalles to be constructe on new align $23.60. $217.66, Chuck’s Chevron Service, <’a’p‘L a c h a rg e which required tribes are disturbed over the dent Eisenhow er was making his ment in Sunrise m. w ith Inter- cem etery at ment. County to remove old JUSTICE COURT: price of wives, one being now great and most historical visit; $6.00; Moro Lum ber & Fuel Co., m andatory -u jm n sio n of the drl- Wasco. A son, I,eon Jr. survives. bri< ge. City of Wasco, $10 0 0 -re n t; S1D.55; Dalmor Equip. Co., $1.80; v e r’s license. worth several head of cattle. Over we pray for peace along with him RE HIGHWAY No. 97—R. E. Ben H Galloway, $3 00 - Incld.; Cushm an Equip. Co., $7.67. O ther reasons for license sus here we ve stayed w ith the old He received a most wonderful I e i:e ll e ;d ,»| jw ir b-foiv court Dunham Printing Co.. $17.70-in- BRIDGES & CULVERTS pension during the m onth includ p rl.e of $3 00 despite inflation. welcome, and there is no place In Mrs. Edna Coon Buried and a-ks them to transm it re- eldentals. J. e . H azeltlne & Co $4179- ed; recomm<*n<latlon of courts af TTW N the world w here the people give ter traffic violation ««mvictlons, com mendation to State High- COUNTY PRINTING. Moro Lum ber & Fuel, $240.00. We Just suspect that Washing- such a spiritual love greeting to At Grass Valiy way Commission for comple 179; departm ental action based on >h rm.in C ounty Jo u rn al, $21.45 T IR E S At TURKS; ton has a good chance in the Rose a foreigner. It is beyond cescrip The body of Edna Mav Coon tion of 1J. S. Highway No. 97 Di MOSS PARK driving records, fatal accident in bowl because Schloredt can pass tion. We ju st completed a 2200 (Yishman Equip. Co., $920.53. North from Was o to the in te r volvement. physical condition and b etter than W isconsin can defend, mile auto trip through South In- was brought to the Grass Valley Pacific Power & Light, $.95 G EN ERA L SU PPLIES: cem etery Monday afternoon to lx* section with U. S Highway DISTRICT ATTORNEY: failure to meet certain license re Or did in tlx? season. dia and everyw here Auto E lectric Su¡»piy Co., $30.- we atoppe ; laid tx*si e that of h er husband. No. 3o at Biggs. quirem ents, 232; and failure to re T. Lester Johnson, $105.00 zx- , TTW N large crowds would gather to Howard Coon 36; Smith Auto Parts, $8.60 Mrs. Coon, nee RE TAX F'DRFX'I/?SED PRO I ROTECT1ON OF RECORDS: port accidents, 74. One of the troubles about run- greet us. Nine of us were travel- Stanton w., W EED CONTROL: a native of G rass The conviction figure, as well PERTY: Alice Stew art, Hood Recordak C o r p , $7.92. ning for office is that some one, ling ln one car—Defense M inister Moro Lum ber & Fuel Co., $3.90; River. O re. aubrnits bi for fol CORONER: as num ber of. tem porary suspen friend or enemy, is always telling Krishm a Menon’s 1952 Mercury, \ alley and lived there until mov Van W aters At Rogers, Inc., $560.- ing to a little farm near Gresham sions meted out, reflect an in lowing tax forecktaod property: Ix»y V Cochran, $1200 what you really think w hether Two of our passengers were small some 00; Miller Products Co., $464.52; years ago. Original Site, lots crease over the same m onth last At 6 In O FFICERS BONDS: you do or not. We note that pre babies 12 and 8 m onths old. J sat Weed Control Service, $19.85. Surviving are two daughters. Block 9, Wasco. Rif year, the departm ent report said. cepte •W ential aspirants are no excep in the back with the two m others S Fidelity At G uaranty C o, ROAD MACHINERY; ~ . Mrs. W. N. (Wilma) Hads. Mrs deeJ ordered D ri\lng a cor while their oper tlon. $15.00-A e sors Bond; Fidelity Stone Machinery Co., $7 210 06 and th eir babies, and was thoro- I/»R/>v (Fram es) Bell of Tacoma NO Ft RTHER MATTERS AT IS At Deposit (b . of Maryland, $100- MISCELLANEOUS- a to r’s license already was sus- TTW N ughly punched, poked, pinched, w here Mrs. Coon died, three sons’ peniled resulted In 136 driv ers re- lo y a lty makes unions a n d pulled, Pusher! petted, petted. Elbert, W ilbert and D ep art nine SUE COURT ADJOURNED. 00 - T reasurers Bond • Æ ¡ r , 5‘ “ * * "* » " « « m o n . , < LAIMS PRFXFATFD $G A I\- JA IL. gangs as well as sometimes mak puked and piddled on! ‘Babies in grandchildren and four Doanl U ,h t . K. A „ unlap. U ¿ ‘’V " " * * ’' great ST HHERMAN < (>l M Y, OK|.> ing hetos Wasco County, $44.55 India never w ear diapers!) —” grandchildren GOV ( .I V F K lf |\ |t R ()tD of Prisoners. ad Itlonal su s 00 • <« ni \ en tion. pension period on this charge. ThP Tfc»i L Health Resolutions May Do You Good F l hk"«h' ' • County Court Expects Charter rorm Petition