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Gherman County Journal Seven tv-Second Year No. 22 Moro, Oregon Friday April 1, 1960 Rainv Week Slows These T h in g s We Note Farming; Increases Scantv Moisture It has been wet and rail y since Sunday night when a genera; rain came to th > county after a week of warm, sunny weather, that made both glass and grr.nd- pa think spring was here. At Moro .35 inch fell and rcpeit from Ixstli north and south is that more fell there. Tuesday evening a pood shower fell at Wasco anti wc.t. While little i hr. has fallen since Sunday in most places there have Ix'en drizzles and the skies have been clouded over. An inch of snow fell at Kent Thursday morning. Giles L, French Bill Baldwin, who served as .ounty school superintendent for a few months, had been a teacher in France and often praised the /rench for the Interest they took in life and mental activities and excused them for their laxness in sanitary matters. We thought of him when looking at the cen sus return which is unduly con cerned with plumbing. The bu reau of census doesn’t care if citizens have a book in the house or a newspaper, but bathtubs, yes. RR Crossing To Be Built Near Rufus Construction of two temporary railroad over-crossings near Ru fus were approve«! Monday by Public Utility Commissioner Jon el C. Hill. The crossings were requested by the U. S Army, Corps of En gineers, in connection with the John Day Lock and Dain project. Cost of the construction and later maintenance will he borne by the T T W N After you get up the first good sweat the spring garden work goes easier. TTW N The national president of the class room teachers says a lot of teacher time Is wasted In non- educational Jobs around a school. That is right. A senior could do most of them. Corps. The perm anent relocation to higher ground of tracks of the Oregon-W ashington Railway A Navigation Co.(Union Pacific RR Co., lessee) and IJ. S. Highway 30 will lx> made necessary by th«' w ater level of the pool raised by the dam. A detour and the two overcross ings are expected to lx» abandoned after 1963 on completion of the dam and lovk project. T T W N Senato" Hall Lusk is called con servative with liberal tendencies by a Washington writer. No one dares intimate that a political of fice holder is either conservative or liberal. Our opinion is that Hall Lusk is a liberal—without the quote marks. T T W N We understand that nothing has come of the suggestion that the civil defense board try to cross humans and moles in an effort to find a hybrid that could enjoy living underground. TTW N Secretary of State Appling )■ drawing partisan criticism lie- cause he resigned from the na tional association of secretaries of state saying he could save the taxpayers $1000 by staying home. We think Appling’s decision is the correct one and that such conventions are a lot of high priced marlarky. TTW N The usual conception of weath er that sunshine follows rain, ft hasn’t worked that way here for some weeks, rain, and even snow coming right after a few warm «lays. This is the week for rain and chilly wind causing as much unhappiness as the sun of last week caused joy T T W N Theie s talk of doing away with the hump Inside a car you can’t tell, it may be important to some one but it does keep ma from kicking pa on the ankle. TTW N The average gasoline consump tion is 14.3 miles per gallon, It says here. Drivers could get more if they could shift their gears TTW N Sidewalk superintendents get little chance to air their views in this small town. But they had a field day Tuesday when the legion and Huis buildings were pulled down. T T W N Newspa|>ers and magaslnes are saying that prices are as high as they can get without boosting tariffs as a multitude of foreign goods is waiting at Ute door. The list of goods so affected is large If so we’ll have to produce to profit, not merely raise prices. TTW N It has lieen a long winter—too long The human spirit in these parts is not up to it. In Grass Valley citizens a r e quarreling about transferring to REA, in Moro about the marshal, in Was co about keeping cows in town, In Pendleton about new form of city government. All are evi dence of "cabin fever” that might well be cured by some sun and activity. TT W N Governor Hatfield is receiving much praise for the Interest he and his party aroused among eastern industrialists. The praise from those who should lie informed. Vet it seems odd that the jot) was possible with so small Before and a fte r pictures show ing the d em olition of the tw o old buildings on the site of (lie new postoflice b uilding. T h e M« V lc k e r ('oust ruction eompan.v «lid (In* w recking and has the contract for the new b uilding. Alex MclntGsh Builder o f Structures Torn Down To Make IVav For New Alex McIntosh was a sheep man whose place was at the con fluence of Grass Valley and Rose bush canyons south of Moro. In the seventies he ran his flocks in that area without let or hindrance except to keep them off the Gould meadow which was owned by Daniel Leonard until be was shot an«l killed by his wife Mary Leo nard at his place on the John Day. Despite this handicap Alex Mc Intosh prospered and piled up money sufficient to satisfy bis Scotch instincts. He put up hay in Grass Valley canyon and his wheel tracks through the sod started the washing that ruined the canyon for hay. A big ditch lowered the water table until bis bay land was merely spring pas ture. Alex McIntosh went to Gram Agriculture in Theory for Those Who Practice It The first boars to pass rigid ¡>erformance tests at the Oregon Swine Testing Station will lx* sold April 2 at the Umatilla Branch Exj>eriment Station near Hermiston. The sale, slated for 12:30 p. m , will see about 20 top-quality boars for sale. To be entered in the sale, boars had to gain at least 1.0 pounds per day from the time they were weaned until they weighed 200 pounds, make thij gain on not more than 360 pounds of feed for each 100 pounds of grain, and have less than 1.4 inch es of back fat when the test was completed. Tests were carefully su]>ervised by DSC research and extension personnel. A brief ceremony preceding the sale will see the new swine test ing station dedicated and offici ally presented to OSC authorities. The testing station was construc ted by the Oregon Wheat Com mission to promote prcxluction of market hogs in Oregon and more use of locally-grown feeds. Visit ors will lie welcome at the station the morning of the sale to look over the new facilities and ins|x*< t the hoars to lie sold. Think It Over About 1020 a magazine article stated that the trend toward in sanity was increasing so rapidly That Antony Armstrong- Jones that by 1960 the majority would is going to marry into a pretty lie insane Since the majority ritzy family, so much so that he would lie insane, their positions has to go into training for it would lie accepted as normal and Wc hope he isn’t entirely over those previously considered sane would tiecome insane. In 1020 sn come a show of official Interest T T W N Postoffice w here be ran a hotel and saloon for a lime w ithout adding to his fortune. Then he came to Moro anil built the house Clarence Huis has used for a carpenter shop In recent years. He bought stock and operated a meat m arket. In the early nineties Elvln Barnum drove his meat wagon, ixxldling meat all alxmt the country to farm er’s wives too busy to come to town and to harvest crew s in the fields. Meat wagons w ere common until much later than the nineties. They were operated until gas buggies were used for power instead of a couple of tire less ponies. In the Cleveland depression Alex McIntosh went broke, lak e many another man, he discovered that the a rts of agriculture are not al ways sufficient as the a its of trade. Henry A. Page came along and bought his building and shortly he built another alongside It. It is l»eing razed loo to make way for a new jxist office for Moro. Page ran a butcher shop for years, selling steak for ten cents a jxnind and roasts for seven and eight. He could buy a good steer for $15 ami beef was never alxive four cent a jioiinil on the hoof in those «lays. Charley Belahee came in from a ranch and lxiught out Page He Ixmght ami sold stock for years, trained the Douma I k » vs to kill an«l cut meat anti soltl out to them when he went to buying ami selling as a com mission dealer. Tom Douma, elder of the fam ily, sold the building to the Amer ican Legion of which he was a «levoted member/ for a nominal sum and it has been used for meetings of that society in recent times. This week ends the more than sixty years history of the two buildings and their old timbers are lx?ing broken in hurried des truction. idiot was u person who would shoot at the moon. In 1060 there is an international race to see who can best shoot at the moon.” i Petter Canning Methods, March 11M.0) l-'iuaiK i.il Situation of Types of F arm s The agricultural economics de partment of (»SC is undertaking a research project to determine the general financial situation of different types and sizes of farms in Oregon. Data for the study must come from farmers in the various counties. Nine Sherman countv farmers have lx*en selected at random who will be asked to co o|x*rate in providing information for the study. Initiation of the project Is bas ed on tiie assumption that the public on the whole does not have ilie projier concept of the tremen dous amount of capital needed in land, buildings, machines, live stock anil operating costs in or der to carry on a modern farm nitration. Also, most |>eople are not aware of the low income posi tion of farmers in general as com pared with the incomes from oth er types of occupations. The amount of time, effort, capital, and risk involved in farming are many times not understood Col lection and summary of on the farm information will provide In formation to compare the posi tion of farmers and the need for pitiable laws and policies for farm people In the future. Annual Weed Control Io Gra.a The best time to spray for win ter wheat is after wheat is well stoole<l. Plants should have from 4 to 6 tillers. Avoid spraying when wheat is in the Ixxit stage. 2, 4-D in several forms ate sat isfactory — isopropyl, butyl, jr low volatile esters — applied at from % to 1 ¡xjund of parent ma- terial per acre with sufficient to provide satisfactory cover. Spray ing just before or just after a hard freeze may decrease weed control, it is advisable to wait at least a week after a hard freeze liefore spraying. Spring wheat or Ixirlcy can lx* sprayed when the grain Is 6 to 8 inches in height and liefore the lxM»t stage. Any of the above ma terials mentioned plus amine type 2, 4-D can lx- used for spray ing spring wheat or barley. Ap plication of materials should lx* from *4 to 1 pound |«er acre. Weed problems in oats in gen eral correspond to those for wheat and liarley. Herbicides should rx* applied when oats are 6 to 8 inch es high. Since oats are the most sensi tive of cereal crops io 2,4-D, use only the amine form at *4 to % pound per acre The addition of a wetting agent may assist in giving better weed control Several excellent wetting agents are on the market Wet ting agents are especially needed where the amine or Mxlium salt of 2,1-D is used. New Electric Rates New In Effect Here Revised electric rates expected to provide Pacific Power 4 Light company w ith additional re venues to help offset post-war in creases in construct ion and op erating costs were on file Friday witli the state public utility com missioner. The new schedules will be re flected in service hills received after March 30. For most residential customers in the local service urea, PP&L said, the increases will range from about two cents to seven t ents a day, depending upon the amount of electricity used. The new schedules make avail able here an "all electric” resi dential rate which is advantage ous for consumers using both an electric range and an automatic water heater. The company reported uniform ity of schedules throughout PP&- l.s upstate service areas would lx* achieved, including the elimin ation of the present difference of al»ut 35 cents a month between rural and uiban aiea resment.a« rates. Pl’AiL reported tnat for house holds on the new straight resi dential service rate the cost of KM) kilowatt hours of electricity w ill lx- $3.Si). The amount of the increase for customers on the former urban schedule will lx? 54 cents a month, and for those on the old rural rate 22 cents more. For 200 kilowatt hours, the in crease will lx? 92 cents more than the old urban rate and 57 cents more than the old rural rate. Under the newly available "all electric” rate, the charge for 500 kilowatt hours will be $8.57. This amounts to $1.25 more a month for customers on the old urban rate anil 90 cents more for those formerly on the rural rate. For 1000 kilowatt-hours, the charge will I l f S12 8? Thi WtH bt I change of $1.95 for urban house holds and $1.60 difference for rural residences. 'fhe new "all electric” rate will lx* applied automatically to all residential customers who, in res ponse to a recent I’P&L question naire, reported they had both an electric range and water heater, the company said. THANKS AGAIN Thanks to the residents of Sher man county, the chairmen ami their helpers, the March of Dimes had a successful 1960 drive, a lotal of $1 119.91 Ix'ing collected. Mrs. Ernest Shull at Wasco had $185.27, Mrs. John DeMosa at Moro $136 1}), Mrs. W. A. Morris at Rufus $80.00, Mrs. Willard Bar nett at Grass Valley $280.65 an«l Mrs. Harry Just esen at Kent $107.20. The Sherman High school gave a dance which netted $29.35; a basketball game at Rufus made $8.80 despite a snowstorm and $22.45 came in after the 1969 re port was made, says Mrs James 'I'. Brown, county chairman, who is thankful to all workers. Th«1 Dalles will lx* host Wednes day, Apr 6, for the official visit of David W. Pearson, grand master of Masons In Oregon, to lodges of district 14. Other lodges to lx» presente«! are Taylor No. 99 at Wasco, Ho«xl River No. 105, Eu reka No. 121 at Moro, Morris No. 129 at Dufur an«l Sherman No 43 at Grass Valley. The grand master, who will out line bis program for the year, will Ix» accompanied by other grand hxlge officers, Including H B Pinkerton, district deputy of the grand master and member of the grand hxlge resoultlons com- mitte«, who is in «barge of ar rangements. County Official Paper Sherman Countians Sherman County Donate 52 Pints A total of 52 pints of blood Club Hears Elder were drawn when the Bloodmo- bile came to Sherman county Monday with 10 deferred. The Sell About Dam staff from the blood center as sured us this was very good con sidering the amount of flu and colds prevalent at this time, says Mrs. Darwin Van Gilder, chair man. Four residents of the county who received a total of 15 pints asked friends and relatives to re place for them The statement was made during the drawing that “if the blood is not replaced the recipient will have to pay for it.” We are very sorry that this mis taken Idea has developed. It Just doesn't work that way. Any i>er- son entering a hospital and In need of transfusion will receive it and the only cost is for administering, lab., etc. Replace- mentis to insure a supply In the blood bank that the next per son needing will receive. Four pints were also given by friends of the late Marlon (Bud) Powell for this same reason—another person may need it desperately. The chapter W’lshes to thank all who helped at tl.e drawing, w’.th recruitment an I especially t e „ nj.s. Helping to make it a .cccss wc e Mrs. Dewey Thom as,, M.s. Jack Cushman, Mrs. Ken drick Dunlap, Mrs. Willard Bar nett, Mrs. Harry Benson, Mrs. Carroll Sayrs, Mrs. Donald Clod- feller, Mrs. G. Douma, Mrs. Win. Reid, Mrs. (’has. Burnet, Mrs. Les ter Conlee, Mrs. Clara Houston, Mrs. George Wilson, Mrs Alfred Kock, Mrs. Orlow Martin, Mrs. Colonel H. B. Elder, resident engineer in charge of building the John Day dam, told memlters of the Sherman County club Tues day night that the units to be in stalled in the John Day would be the largest ever built. When com plete«! the datn will have 20 units with a rating of 135,000 kilowatts each for a 2,700,000 kw total. Fur thermore It is the custom to pro duce about 15 per cent more than rated capacity so the John Day dam will produce more than 3,- 000,000 kw when done. It will be by far the biggest dam on the Col umbia, as Grand Coulee has but 1,994,000 kw. And unless some other dam is built before it Is completed the John Day dam will lx» the biggest in the world. It will require eight years to construct whereas The Dalles dam was built In 5*4 years. John Day will lx* 23 feet higher than either The Dalles or McNary, will have a 500,0(8) acre flood control element, and "-ill contain the « ♦ single 1 ft lock. a;« • ' t control the over 11 be % feet high com- « to 46 feet at The Dalles, u uction will lie different from most dams, In that the over flow section will lx? left at half heighth until the power house is done to give ixxnn for the water. There will therefore lx? three cof ferdam stages lx*fore the dam Is done, Bonneville Power administration Robert Brisbin«, Mrs Willard estimates that the Increase in de Leff, Mrs. Kenneth Fridley, Mrs. mand for electricity in the north Earl Gentry, Mrs. M. V. Miller, west is 600,000 kilowatts a year Mrs. Dewey Thompson, Mrs. Ro- anti that Is the reason for so much lx»rt Olsen, Clair Balzer and Chas. «lam building both by public and Burnet, the Girls Scout troop of private power agencies. That is Moro who cared for ami entertain more than Bonneville prtxiuces. ed the youngsters. John Day will cost $400,000.000 Congratulations to Charlotte due largely to the great amount Barnett for increasing the Grass of relocation of highways and Valley number of donors from 4 railroads on lx>th sides of the riv In November to 18 at this draw er. The dam itself will cost little ing. Comments around the coffee more than the $260,000,000 The table indicated they were very Dalles cost. happy with their showing. Employees at the dam this sum mer will be alxjut 1200 and most of them will lx? working on the Charles Belshee Washington side. In 1961 there will lx? a peak of employment Buried Thursday when between 2000 and 2500 will Charles It. Belshee died Mon lx* hired io build the first stage day morning at the home of his of the overflow section. In 1965 daughter, Mrs. Avery Martin, in another peak of employment will McMinnville after a long Illness. occur when the power house is Funeral services were held Thurs being built. This will probably day afternoon from the Moro result in 300 sch«x)l children dur Community church with Rev. E. ing the first i>eak and 400 in the C. Go«xlenl»erger presiding fol second. School districts can be re lowed by interment in the Moro imbursed for some of the school cemetery. costs caused by such construction Mr. Belshee was lx>rn at Mc but not until the expense Is In Minnville September 19, 1879 and curred. came to Sherman county In Nov- Colonel Elder explained in ans ember 1883 when his father took wer to a question that hydro pow up a homestead east of Hay Can er will continue to lx* used even yon. This had always lxx?n his after atomic power is develope«! home. He farmed for awhile, ran which is not in the forseeable a livery stable and txmght the future. Reason for hydro power meat market In town which he is Its flexibility. run for years. It was here that The permanent crew to operate be started buying and selling the dam when completed will be livestock. aiwut 200 who will live in both After selling to the Doumas he states depending on the kind of Ixmght stock until last fall. He work done and the part of the dealt with farmers and stockmen «lain they o|»erate. over a wide area furnishing them Vernon R«x»t stirred some inter with feeders and taking their est by presenting the case for a fattened animals. He was widely with known and wisely respected for youth center, complete his knowledge of stix’k, their swimming pool, from a Wasco group that had some county wide weights, the market, the prices. He is survive«! by the remain sup|x)it. Others said a swimming ing eight of the family of J. F. pool .should be In connection with anti Emma Belshee who grew to the high school Frank Ketter, president, intro adulthood. They are Robert W. The Dalles, Wesley Roy, Moro, duced club guests and asked for Howard It The Dalles, Homer, committee reports. Bob Ferrell California, Benjamin Frank, Port introduced Colonel Elder. In udditlon to all the other land, Mrs. Edith Burnet, The Dal changes going on on First Street les, Mrs. Estella Benson, Port land, Mrs. Lloyd Mason, Salem between Main and Scott the city and one daughter and two grand thought it a good idea to replace .augiiters, Mrs. Janet Robinson the old water main up the ally of Portland and Mrs. Beverly as pait of it had to be moved any way to permit grading for the new Skinner of Dayton. postoffice parking lot. A backhoe caught on the old pipe, fkxxllng CENHIH TAKEKH NAMED Sherman county census takers, the street until afternoon when Dorene Hall, Moro and Lucille the mains could lie drained to Fox, Rufus, say census starts permit replacing the ruined pipe Friday, Apr. 1 and should lx? com with a new main. It is estimated pleted In two weeks. All infortna that the old pipe was 70 years old tion is strictly confidential and is which may lx* somewhat exagger used In no way other than statis ated, but not much. tics. MANN I.OW HIDDEK Successful bidder for the con struction of the bridge over the John Day river at the mouth of Cottonwood on the Wasco-Hepp ner secondary road was Mann Construction Co., of Redmond whose bid was $223,760 The bridge will lie ready by the sum- met of 1961 and the old one will lx* used until then. Charter Committee Gets Organized The county charter committee organized last week by the elec tion of Kenneth Hattrup as chair man and Gl.vads Zell as secretary. Selection of the ninth member will be made at the next meeting which will be held on April 29 ut the court house.
