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Ci O • »• < Sherman ÖTnuniy Journal Moro, Oregon Friday Seventy-Second Year No. 10 These T hings We Note Pacific Power Off Taxes Divided Friday For Station To Spending Units Start at Grass Valiev By Officials .Jam un v s . lî>«U> County Official Paper L’oyd Henrichs Named i ew Fair Board Member Vsers of Pacific Power & Light 'power in the Grass Valley and l.loyil llenrlch** w as nam ed County sheriff George Geiser Kent region are going to be out to th e lair board by the cou n ty jr. has turned over to the county of Juice next Friday morning court, accep tin g the ap|»ointm ent from 12.01 a. m. until 2:00 a. m. treasurer, Mrs. Darwin VanGild- Thu rsilay tore noon. while linemen switch over to the er and the funds collected from Work of the county court en new substation built at Grass Val taxes for 1959 totaling $606,582.- tails several appointments at the ley, just west of the railroad 69. The total was $625,334.48 less first of the year as law directs. rebates of $18,751..79. tracks on Market Street. The Sherman county court met The rebate is generally three The new station is just com Oilen L. French Tuesday and Wednesdady this pleted at a cost of around $40,000 per cent but for taxes paid after week to have plenty of time for This year is hardly different in an effort by the company to the 15th of November, is less. them. Done was the picking of The Rural School Board receiv enough to be refreshing. improve the lines of this county 500 names for the jury panel ed, less rebate, $181,657.04, the TTW N to give better service to custom which is a time consuming job. Sherman High Special fund $76,- The subject was polygamy but ers. Also named were T. lis te r 580.99, 6 H S reg u la r $83.701 72, that doesn’t matter. The Jury de Johnson and Arzell Lemley to the School Dist. No. 3, $128,170.89. cided that if it wasn’t halted it dog board; the Sherman County SD7 $48,789.99, SD9 $17,426.95, would be difficult to eliminate. Two Burned Journal to lie the official news SI)17 $38,978,38, SD23 $4,587.74. Natch. paper; J. K. McKean to serve City of Wasco $3722.11; Moro TTW N When Gas Explodes another three year term on $7827.60; Grass Valley $3876.95. Now it is said man has invent the budget committee, Mrs. Hol The county general fund re ed a machine that can think. If Lee Gunnels and Ed Sullivan land Johnson to serve another every model works that Is better came close to serious injury last ceived $130,011.20 less $3898.64 term on the planning commission; rebate of which $72,287.72 went than the Almighty did. Thursday afternoon while paint in Loren Winnett, deputy sheriff, to to the general fund and the fol TTW N ing the small office used by the lowing sums were credited to the le truant officer. Gad, being ruler of a nation Pacific Power & Light company. The court received petition ask nowdays is better than having a Fumes from a pan of cleaning four road funds: No. 1 (outside M em ber* o f th e h erein h ei1 lin gtoii for a w in ter trip, stop to sh ow n front left are those of Ray ing for appointment of a commit the towns) $49,131.31; Wasco, pocket full of credit cards. solvent exploded when an electric $1700.87; Moro $1647.04; Grass “ F ro stb ite” cru ise of Sherm an refuel the tan k s lx*forr starting KeltH>, Prank Itehl, Irvin g lla rt, tee to study and write a county TTW N heater went on and the pan Valley, $1345.62 cou n ty boatm en w ho w ent to Ar- through Rock Creek rapids, Itoais M ilton F rid ley, Jerry B arnett und charter, sold 80 acres of tax Running a latx>r union may be caught fire. The men suffered foreclosed land to R. H. Schilling Chuck W allace. like riding a bicycle: you have to burns on their hands in putting rebates of $18.751.79. and heard a petition from James keep going to stay upright. out flames. One wall was mov Brown for roa improvement. TTW N Dcember Very Dry Bid's on B iggs B ridge 1960 Fishing Rules A welfare meeting took up a Chairman Butler of the Demo ed back an inch or so and the Farm Prices Down office is much more in Up For Study part of the afternoon and the crats says they will campaign entire At Local Station court heard Frank Reid speak for Slightly In Fall against Nixon’s w e l l known need of painting than before. A sk e d Bv T oll O regon’s sport i ¡siting r gula- Sullivan went to,the hospital the planning commission and the roughness of those who were soft Total precipitation for Decem tions for i960 w ill be te n tativ ely Oregon farm prices averaged . i n j j and both have their recreation committee of the Sher on communism. They don’t dare. overnight ber was .43 inch, a long ways be set follow ing a p u b lic h earin g on hands heavily bandaged and will slightly lower during November, A u t h o r i t y W e d lie S Q C W man County club asking for court TTW N low the average of 1.74. The F rid ay , J a p u a ry 8. T he h earing stay away from paint for a few' while national farm prices drop- to get a small park at the Considering the economic rise days. Bids for the construction of the will he held at tlx? gam e cum tnis- must for any day was the 24th aid ped more sharply, reports Mrs. mouth of the John Day river for of western Europe we might ad when .18 Inch fell. The crop year ion s P o rtlan d office, 1631 S, W. Elvera Horrell, extension agricul Biggs Rapids bridge a ross the launching. Also desired is a vice workers to go there for Jobs; Columbia by the Washington Toll Mder, an i is scheduled to begin total now stands at 2.13 which is boat tural economist at OSC. highway ano railroad bridge 20 for steady work, not wages, how 2.90 below normal. That Is great at 10 a. m. Prices received by the state’s Bridge Authority were request? I Lagoons For Sewage ever. D uring the hearing, w in te r and est moisture shortage since Jan feet above the water so boats farmers for their products slipped January 6 and will be opened TTW N su m m er an gling ru les for all gam e uary 1957 when we were 3.63 tie- could enter the river and suffi February 9 at Olympia, Wash. one-half of one percent last month cient outlets from the highway. They settled the steel strike Disposal Well Tried fish will be covered. Follow ing a low. Purpose of bids Is to determine as small rises in prices for farm The court decided to return which was good; and now they The highest temperature was an actual amount for which the two week in te rv al and p ublication crops failed to offset sharp drops Satisfactory operation since in prices for livestock and live span can be built. When that Is of the te n ta tiv e rules, a second 58 on the 15th and the lowest was Friday for further discussions of argue about who gets the credit, the appointments which include 1958 of an oxidation lagoon for which is bad. products, Mrs. Horrell done bonds will be sold to pay for h earin g will he called by the com 17 on the 6th, 28th and 29th. a new fair board member to re disposal of sewage and industrial stock TTW N lxmg time average is for a high m ission on J a n u a ry 22 aifter w hich the structure which will form studied l eports from place Jack Cushman who will not An organization has begun w'aste has brought a new' three found U. as S. she department of agricul the last link on Highway 97 be the final reg u latio n s for th e 1960 of 55 and a low of 25. Average serve longer or several new mem agitation to make .Mother’s day year grant to Oregon State Col the maximum for 40.2, average min ture. They are still nearly 3 per tween Mexico and Canada. Cross season w ill be adopted. last a week. Be careful, popula lege for additional studies on how’ cent All p erso n s In terested are In imum 25.9 for a monthly mean of bers to make the board larger higher than a year earlier, ing the Columbia Is now done by ami more representative of coun tion statistics Indicate It might ba. the low-cost lagoons might be 33 1 which is .06 above normal. v ite to atten d . ferry. ty Interests. Also probable is the helpful to do away with them al used best in the future by commu however. Beef cattle, calves, hogs, lambs, Men interested in financing the appointment of a committee to together for a while. nities and small industries of and w’ool all brought lower prices bridge by purchase of the revenue write a county charter. TTW N Western Oregon. to Oregon farmers last month, that will be Issued to pay The new grant to the OSC en- Mrs. Horrell said. Sheep w-as the bonds for it are coming next week an 1 We have a surplus of organi gineerlng «experiment station is , It Is expected that work will pro zations that live on our fears for $27.000 from the National In- <>nl\ *" ,he. ? '* '? Health Unit Plans Be careful when you drive; be stltutes of Health. It will be used to show an upturn. As a n result, ceed by spring. careful what you drink, don’t for studies of lagoon design, load meat-animal prices fell as much Conference At G. V swim beyond this line; don’t go ing capacity, and other operation as 7 per cent during last month and now' stand 12 per cent under Short Course In near atomic bombs. Gad, there’s al problems and possibilities. The monthly meeting of the mzat-animal prices in the state a enough of them to have frustra- Sherman county Health Advisory Inexpensive to build and oper strated Lewis &. Clark had those ate, the lagoons have found favor year ago. Council took place on January 6 Stock Production Here adventurous gentlemen lived in with small communities and in Prices paid for farm crops In at Beefo’s, restaurant, Mrs. Les these times, such do-gooders eith the state last month continued up ter Wilson presiding. The county which are unable to af ward for the second straight First session of the Livestock er think most of us are fools or dustries court members and Mr. 1. D. ford sewage treatment plants. short course will get underway that they are gods. Being scared Other larger communities are us month, with increases reported on Relerson, sanitation engineer, also may save your life but it spoils ing them to expand existing fa all crops except feed grains, Mrs. next Friday. January 15 at 10.00 atten ed. Horrell added. Prices on feed a. m., reports County Agent T. living. A pre school well- hihl confer cilities, Burgess noted. Reduc grains dipped as lower barley pri W. Thompson. The event Is being TTW N ence will be held In Grass Valiev The argument about growth tions in sewage disposal lagoon ces more than offset higher pri sponsored by the Sherman Coun on January 13, from 10 a. m. to is 2.3 acres in size with varying ty Cattlemen’s Association and will wax hot this next year. ces paid for corn and oats. 12 noon, at the grade school. Fact is, If the nation wants to depths to three feet. It is con Nationally, farm prices drop the Sherman County Extension This conference will Is? for the grow Its citizens can save money structed adjacent to the Corvallis ped 2 -per cent during November Service. Programs will lx* held benefit of the communities of sewage treatment plant. Various and invest in American industry with meat animals, «cotton, and each Friday for five weeks be Kent, Grass Valley and Moro. or agriculture. Trying to grow loading rates that would meet the oranges carrying most of the res tween the hours of 10 a. m. and Committee heads are Mrs. Harle.v needs of communities or samll throughlarger taxes doesn’t work ponsibility for the drop. Biggest 3 p. m. McKay, Kent; Mrs. Clyde Strad- Pre-registration for the event through larger taxes does not industries have been tried and upturns came in milk, potatoes, ley, Grass Valley; an Mrs. Dale W hen basketball in Sherm an Sch ool. T he year, n n 'o n lln g to tin* work It does, however, produce found feasible in the preliminary wheat, turkeys, and soyiieans, has been requested. Registration county w as y o u n g and a team con- w ritin g on the hall w as 1915-16. Harrison, Moro. research. a growth of timidity. Mrs. Horrell said, but these were can t»e made through Sherman slsli ,| of five in stead of a wqod of P la y ers w ere C h ester A n d ersen , The schedule for polio shots TTW N not enough to stem the lower County Cattlemen’s executive tw elv e th ese y o u n g m en, garbed t'o llls M«s»re, lx*e S tew art, Carl- and also booster shots was an committee members or the Sher Anyone should be Able to Join price trend. in varied hut <omf«n table look in g ton B oss and Joh n n ie Hearry, all nounced. It is as follows: January any union—If he can do the work. Snow Conditions Make As a result, national farm prices man county agent’s office. i i n i l o i i u s eeiu eseiited Moro High less agile now than th en . (ftlollie 18, 11 a. m. to 12 noon, Antelope; Subjects to l>e covered Include: Just as anyone can start a news now stand 7 percent below a year 1 p.m. to 2 p. in., Kent; Jan. 19, M( | M 'n hIan picture). Dry Season Prophesy ago and the lowest since March Livestock Improvement through paper or a hardware store. 10.30 a. m. to 12 noon, Grass Val Genetics and Selection (covering TTW N ley; 1 j). in. to 2:30 p. m., Moro. 1947. Easy To Make Whik? prices received by the fundamentals of genetics. Inherit Tale o f Old Baseball Game Comes From January 20, 9 a. m. to 10 a. m. Dr. Krlck said January would nation’s farmers tumbled, prices ed traits and environmental In Rufus and 11 a. m. to 12 noon, be warm and wet and then the The April-September stream paid by the farmers crept up an fluence, pra tical application of Wasco. U. S. Weather bureau said Janu flow outlook for Hood River val other notch—one-third of one per genetics, and the Oregon Reef Cat Walter Parrv, Earlv Day Shortstop Mr. Relerson announced that a ary would be dry and very cold. ley and Wasco county streams is cent. But this was enough to push tle Improvement program), Janu Walter F. Parry was raised and the fans were yelling “Kill planning meeting for a mogqulto- So far we’ve hid a compromise; poor, according to a report releas- the government’s yardstick for ary 15. Physiology of Livestock control, or Vector district, will be warm and dry. We hope the gov ed today by W. T. Frost, snow measuring farm costs one percent Reproduction — January 22. cov around Moro, his father being the that umpire.’’But he was running, held at 8 o'clock at the Rufus ernment is as wrong on this as survey supervisor for U. 8. De about a year ago and within one ering fundamentals of I 1 v c- postma-ter for years. Now Wal too. Dolph Heydt was first to gra e school on January 14. At usual. s t o c k physiology, Interaction ter Parry, el erly and reminls make the bus and had to go up this meeting, the people concern partment of Agriculture, Soil Con- percent of the all-time high, TTW N servatlon Service, Oregon Agri- With prices fanners receive of hormones, function of organs, cent, likes to write to those re the stairs. I was Just behind hlin, can a cept or reject the dis Football Is a pretty slow game cultural Experiment Station and down, and prices they pay up, possibility and problems of arti maining here who he remembers then came Andy Sherar and ed trict. Mr. Clair Balzer, assessor, back in Wisconsin, deliberate and State Engineer, State of Oregon. farm-product purchasing pow»*r ficial Insemination, and managing and occasionly he has nn interest when we were about halfway up will attend to explain the cost in determined, but slow. Not good Snow survey measurements indi lost ground last month. The par livestock for maximum efficiency ing story to tell. In a letter to FI- they grabbed him and yelle«J, volved. Mr. Relerson urged that enough for export. cate less w’ater content than was ity ratio-the government’s yard of reproduction. Llvesto k Feeds vln Barnum he told about a base “Kill that umpire”. So Dolph and there I k * a good attendance, since I turned around and grabbed him TTW N measured at this time last year. stick for measuring the relation and Feeding. January 29—to in- ball game at Goldendale. has become such "I remember FI Meach he pit and yanked him on to the floor of a mosquito-control A little car Is good If you want The water content of the snow’ ship between prices received and lude fundamentals of nutrition; problem. to go a little way. as measured this month is slightly prices j>aid by farmers—dropped basic nutritional allowance- for ched his last game for Moro back the bus and O. P. Hulse yelled to TTW N lower than last year’s January 1st to 77 in November, 2 points below maintenances; balancing ration in 1902 on the 4th of July over in the «'river, “Go, go go” and up Goldendale. We won the game town we went. Portland newspaper unions measurement and only 17 percent a month earlier and 5 points and supplemental feeding, and and mad<- a world's record In get Finally the umpire got up and Kent Prcipitation feed preparation and feed a di- of the 1943-57 average. By Janu below a year ago. complain about the Importation sat down and said, “What’s the ting out of the park. This is the low’est parity ratio tlves. of workers to take the jobs they ary 1st there Is usually a little matter with that crowd? You had Averages 10.75 Inch Any Sherar wag umpiring and vacated. Ruch doings break their less than two-flfths of the total since August 1940, Mrs. Horrell Economics of production, Febru the crowd was pretty sore at him that fellow out didn’t you?” J. F. Norton, weather watcher ary 5. Final program has not b«*«*n monopoly Crying about opposi aocummulatlon of snow on the pointed out. I shook my head and replied, at K ent, has com p u te I th e 1959 ground. This year there Is less When all a counts are added up completed, but will Include pre going into the ninth Inning with lion Is not adult action than one-tenth of the total ‘‘snow- this year, VSDA economists say sentation of economic Informa the score 3 2 in favor of Moro “No, Andy, 1 missed him by three figures for his station and sent In TTW N feet.” comparisons w ith other years. national net farm Income may tion on various tyjM* livestock and two out. But Meach walked Portland papers are concerned crop” accounted for. Andy swore at me all the way They show how very dry It has the next hatter and the next got a and management programs of lo Although some snow has fal fall below’ last year by as much »bout new buildings for the ‘ingle to right field putting a up town because he was really been th is fall. From September state higher educational Institu len since these measurements as 15 percent. Biggest reasons for cal interest. runner on first and one on third. trying to give Goldendale a square 1 to December 31 In past y ea rs Animal Health—February 12— tions Before building new’ ones were made, It Is very doutbful the crop, the economists say are On the next pitch both runners deal. the precipitation has l>een: 1953_ to Include p(*st and Insect con that subsequent storms will be lowered cash receipts, caused by we’d like a report on how fully Years later in Portland a man 4.63; 1954—3 36; 1955—5.78; 1966— heavy enough to overcome this heavier supplies and lower prkes; trol and livestock disease prev« i- •arte«i to run and our catcher the present ones are utilized threw down to second base. I was from Goldendale told me that 2.19; 1957—6.26; 1958—4.16; 1959 shortage. elimination of the acreage re tlon and cure TTW N pi lying shortstop and ran across Walter Moore had won $500.00 on —1.94. Most instructions will be Re High w ^ es sure put the pres Soils on most of the watershed serve; and a higher farm operat and ove for th«* iiell. It stuck In that game, but win or lose Mr. The 35-year average precipita search or Extension personnel are drier than a year ago due to ing bill, pushed up by higher sure on poor workers. It's bad my glove and I «'ove for the run Moore never said a word about a tion at Kent for the crop year, from the Animal Husbandry, Vet below normal precipitation dur prices on industrial goods and enough to be good for nothing but erlnarlan, Agri ulture Economics, ner sliding f«*hin«i me but missed ball game. The next year, 1903, September 1 to August 31 is 10.75 when you're poor for something ing the October, November and higher overhead costs. Farm Management, and Entom him alxmt three feet. The umpire J. O. Elrod got up that crack team Inches. In recent year« It has i»een {>ecember period. The VSDA experts expect an it’s hard to find a buyer ology departments. Qt estiors bawle ’ You’re out” and I .«wung but Ed Meach didn’t pitch. Earl 1952-3—12.21; 1953-4—10.51 1954-5 Higher elevation mountain »oilseven further drop in farm income TTW N and answer sessions w ill be held around and ran for our wagon Sanders an Danny Shay were the —8.35; 1955-56—14.68; 1956-57— were moderately wetted by rains in 1960, Mrs. Horrell said, al- It isn't making up your tnln 1 lottery. That was the team J. O. 11.43; 1957-58—15.99; 1958-59- during the entire five week pro past third base. that causes Worry, It’s W’orry that that would ordinarily have been’hough this should be only about Tl • whole team was running Elrod won $500.00 on at Wasco. 10 38. gram. «now at these elevation« half as «harp a« thl« year’« drop. t ak<s darislohs slew.
