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O V ^lirrmíin íL'mtitiit jlmtrital Seventy Third Year No. 23 These T h in g s We Note Moro, Oregon Friday April 7. l<h»l About New Feed Grain Regulation, For Barley County Official Paper March Ends With Rod & Gun Club’s Two Inches of Rain March finally brought an even two inches of rainfall and ended the fourth w ettest March since record keening began, a long way from the 3.33 of 1957. Normal for March is .98. March also brought the heaviest snow of the winter, a total of three inches The crop year total at the end of March was 10.43 and that is 1.40 above the normal. Testing for soil m oisture has been going or. and the top soil contains as much as 17 percent m oisture and the stubble is wet as the crop land usually is. Tiie highest temi>erature w as 64 degrees on the 29th and the lowest was 27 on the 4th, a n a r row er range than usual for March usually has 66 degrees and 20 de grees. But the m onthly mean was 43.1 and that is 1.5 w arm er than normal. The wind averaged but 4 miles an hour. Annual Meeting Billed For April 12 Write About Wheat; Win A Prize From OWG The Sherm an County Rod and Most Oregon farm ers will qual Gun club will hold its annual ify autom atically for price sup The Oregon W heat Growers nieet??g at lhe 5o,jrt roon? ln lhe ports on their 1961 barley, oats, court house at 8:00 p. m. the even- League has announced its second and rye under the new emergency ing of Wedne«day. April 12. annual w riting com petition for feed grain act just passed by Purpose of the meeting is to Oregon high school students, w ith Congress. But th e re ’s one big ex elect .... officers , . and „ . discuss the four cash prizes again planne I ception, reports Jeans Terjeson, condltion of the fishing road anil for top winners, Giles L. French Pendleton, chairm an of the Ore and the Jainage done bY high The contest will be open to * ater lasl w inter when some cab- students in grades 9 through 12. This adm inistration would like gon State A gricultural Stabiliza ins were washed away. O ther The article, limited to a maxi- to stop the income tax deduction tion and Conservation (ASC) com pertinent m atters affecting club mum of 1,500 words, must be for dividends which was made to m ittee. Farm ers who grew any am ount business will also lie discussed. w ritten either on "Advantages of encourage the savers. As hard as Wheat in the E veryday Diet” or it is to save in these days a little of corn or grain sorghum in 1959 ‘ Production and M arketing of encouragem ent might be retain or 1960, or who plan to grow* corn Volleyball Teams or grain sorghum in 1961, are the Oregon W heat,” according to Ron ed. exception, Terjeson said. These Rew, OWGL president. TT W N To Show Abilities O ther signs of spring notwith- farm ers will have 10 meet acreage Awards of m erit will lie given The local women's volleybad to the top 25 contestants. The standing the frogs just began io A u c tio n provisions of the new team played The Dalles team at state w inner will be the guest of croak this week. act t0 ** eli8ibl® for price sup- TTW N ports on th e ir 1961 feed gram the Civic A uditorium in The Dal- the OWGL at its annual state les Monday evening The Moro m etting Nov. 3 0 -Dec. 2 in Pen- At the annual meeting of the crops. team won the set with scores of dleton. W inning articles will also Pendleton Grain Growers the Farm ers who grew or will Republicans Rally 21-13, 21-7 and 21-17. 1 m ? published. main prize was tickets to the grow corn for si,age or grtH>n Republicans Mr. and Mrs. Ir- These two teams along Mrs. L. E. K aseberg is in Round-Up. Fendleton is so proud f(X,der are affected as much by unn(g Mla r tL COT ty ch ain n an - Mr- G oidendale’ and “L yle“ win play of itself that it makes others be tbe new 1ct 38 thope wbo pro charge of the project for Sher- and M rs p 3’^ V°u B°.riite1’ Mr' ln lhe Jam boree next W ednesday man County. proud as well. It is one Oregon duce 0001 for grain J o y ce V aughn o f P acific Tele- ch im e a llo w s a ch oice o f three a " d Mr»- J aulen Kaseberg, Mr. evening. April 12, at 7:30 p. m com m unity still able to carry on 11 now a PP®ars that farm ers and Mrs Mrs. H a n k Reid. Mr. and at the Sherm an High School gym a com m unity effort w ith o u t'ask - who didn>t grow corn or grain phone N o rth w est te sts the mtisi- d ifferen t sign al fo r in c o m in g loud ' G dts Stench and Mrs. Colli? The Jam boree sponsored by the Cherry Growers cal tone« o f the n ew ly introduced calls: ch im es, soft hell. ing or receiving governm ent help 8orghum the Past two ye«*s, and Moore drove to Hooo R iver Sat- Moro Fire D epartm ent is to raise B ell C him e. A sw itch on the bell. and you’d ought to take off your don 1 grow tbese crops tbIs year unlay night to attend an aw ard funds for the L ittle League base Boosting Industry hat when you go through th e can plant * and * * harvest * as much dinner honoring precinct i',,,,,. «.___ com The Dalles-The C herry indus feed grain as they like and still place. tant, Oregon, W ashington and Al- mittee men and women of three ball team. Interest Rate Drops . try, which brings to this area take part in price supports. T erje Admission is by donation ir TTW N Spokane* benk ^ s a id ^ S te in ^ scho' I * * ™ 31 W y’east Higb tk k e ti* are available from Little a,i annual gross income of $3 For one who feels th at there son emphasized. 1 ’ bte‘n ^ ° ° ' lb e new s ,a ‘® chairm an, League players or Moro Firem en will 1)0 saluted here Sun- Detailed inform ation on how On Land Bank Loans is no need for federal aid to -------------------- Rob Davis, spoke saying that e a c h _______ _ _ day. the new program will affect corn The interest rate on new land education th e argum ent over R 'p u lilu an > should preach the D D P I I The Cherry Sw eetheart dinner .u w hether to include private schools and grain sorghum grow ers In bank loans has been reduced Health Advisers Meet philosophy of the party every dav PP&L Gains In Sunday afternoon officially opens Oregon will be available soon. to 5H percent. J. Merton Stein, as well as public has little tnean- lh e Sherm an ( ounty Health and at every opportunity R etired the second annual C herry Festi ing. But we are certain it will do F arm ers who have question- m anager of the Federal Land Advisory Council met W ednesday chairm an P eter G unnar' reported Past Year val, April 9-June 17. much to give the nation another sh? uld contacl lh eir county ASC Rank Association of The Dalles, at'ltee'fo’s for'iunch and b ^ in e Z . o ^ r ^ m ^ t o r i u ? ”» ^ The cherry industry in Wasco cause for disruption th at it does office> or county extension agent, reported this week.The reduction Dr. Berg, Miss Jane Ruff and the Oregon I a I ty ln Customers of Pacific Power & Light Company continued during (o u n ty represents approxim ately not need. ^he emergency feed grain pro- became effective April 1. county court were present. Mrs. ___ _________ 1960 to increase the am ounts of 2v percent of the nation’s total TTW N gram was set up to enable the Stein said th at borrow ers w ith Lester W ilson presided. R n n t T in a tv electricity they used in th eir ch®£ry production A new spaper says the Kennedy Sovernm ent to make some head- 6 percent loans already on the Dr. Berg stated that health ex- D ic e n s e D u e Sponsored by the Chenowltli cabinet is working hard. T h at’s way tbis year tow ard stem m ing books of the Federal Land Bank am inations for pre-school an 1 1 be new 1961 annual boat 11- homes, farm — s ---- — and ------------— businesses, , ac- good, hope its for the right tbe flow of feed grains> and 8ive of Spokane also will benefit from 8th grade children will lie held in cense< which is orunge colored, cording to the annual report is- ' range* the public d inner will lie things. time to develop more satisfactory the reduction. The bank, for May at the various grade schools. 18 commencing to appear on boats 8ued to stockholders W ednesday atrved at The Dalles Ju n io r High T TW N perm anent farm legislation, ac- which The Dalles association The m atter .of civil defense for throughout the state. The State covering the firm ’s 50th annlver- froJn 1 ,o 2:30 p m ‘ and from 4 Dalles association To those folks who think th ere’s co[c,ing U. S. Secretary of Agri- m akes and services loans, is is the county was discussed. More m arine Board reports that since sary year- P' T / Sunda? ' ___________ services loans, Use homes b® ( herry Sw eetheart coro nothing to the Fourth of Ju ly but cu ltu re Orville L. Freem an. advising its 6 percent borrows definite plans will lie made at the ll,e iirst ..... • of this year 10,000 U- 11- ---- of electricity in h i the UIV IIUIIIV« censes have been issued. The 234,470 residential custom ers r? a lon s scheduled for 3 p. m. firecrackers we suggest a read- The new. Pr °8ram 18 also aim- that, until fu rth e r notice, the 5% May meeting. ing of the Declaration of Indepen- ®d. at stablbzin8 feed grain sup- percent rate will be applied to Favorable reports w ere heard board expec ts to issue 35,ooo reached a new high level at an Bast year 3 sw eetheart, Sharon Maupln’ w ,n Pr‘‘ dence. plies so hom em akers can be as- their loans commencing April 1. concerning the First-aid classes more licenses before the boating average total of 8,19« kilowatt- ’ur.n7 n ’ hours an Increase of 425 kilowatt- sent for the ceremony. TTW N sured of fair and stable Prices f° r "This voluntary interest rate given at Kt nt grade school by season gets under way. Candidates for 1901 Cherry A new spaper has a headline ,oeat' Poultry and dairy products, reduction cn outstanding loans Miss _______ _____ ______ ,___ lx Application forms were mailed hours over the annual household Ruff. The same ____ class _ will Sw eetheart are Ju d y Miner, The that says a certain editor gives * reem an said. It is also hoped the represents an interest savings at given soon at Grass Valley and to boat ow ners with their last U8e tbe year previous, his com m unity a voice. E very Pr°8ram will ultim ately reduce the rate of $325,000 anually to Moro grade schools. Request for y e a rs licenses. License fees are Tbe am ount of the residential Dulles; Addle Lou Root, Mosier; editor does. T hat’s w hat he is for. ^eed g ra*n Program costs to tax- 4,500 farm ers and ranchers w ith this course must come from th? $3.00 for boats 12 feet in length 1,R,rease is more than double the Donna Lee Miller, Dufur; and TTW N payers by about $500 million. 6 percent loans in Idaho, Mon- grade school principal. but less than 16 feet; $5.00 for avera#* annual sales to homes Linda Lou Morris, Maupin. Good Lord. Now they’re talking boats 20 feet in length plus $1.00 served in 1910, the year the com about a boom. Can’t we hav? pel- foot for each additional foot pany was founded, according to Grass Valley Dogs or fraction of a foot. som ething in between boom and the local district m anager for the bust? company, A M. Thrasher. Must Be Vaccinated you know or know about All residential, ru ra l, com m er TTW N Mrs. James Woods Dr. Milton Sk-»v will lie in Mr. Kennedy took care of Mr. cial and industrial custom ers in Mr. and Mrs. William B rinkert w ith his family, The Rufus I’TA met at Rufus 13 to vac- P I’&L’s service areas in five Nor- (,raHS Valley, April E lsenhow er’s surplus p r e t t y had as guests recently Mr. and Mrs. T. M. Rolfe, Mrs. Don school cafeteria Monday night Buried Saturday thw est states used 4,773 '> r-u 000 1 ' biate pets quick. Now he is after ours. 258 pc,s and d,’K ow ners of Mrs^ Otis G rey and family of Smith, Mrs. H. O. Dugger, Mrs. with Chairman Morris B urnett TTW N Ga rden Grove, Calif. She is a j ohn Rust and Mrs. Claus Bar- in charge. Mrs. Jam es Woods died at the kilowatt-hours, an increase of (JrasH Valley are required to have Mrs. Morris Burnett Somehow this Laos crisis seems niece of Mrs. Brinkerl. They also dtnhagen were hostesses at a acted as secretary for her hus- family home in Portland last eight per cent over the prior their dogs vaccinated against a pajier batt^ - home of Mr> and show er held a t the home of Mrs. hand. He said the group elec’s a week and was buried Saturday y e a r' P ,,AL gained 2,336 such rabies, states Mrs. Don Smith, acting recorder. Cost will be $3 50 L ittle Chaiiel of the CUMtomer« in 1960, 1960 u. v- . ' pu ’ . . Rolfe W ednesday afternoon for new chairm an at the May meet- from the for large dogs and th is vaccina Two sparrow s fought a battle The Grass Valley Home Exten- Mr and Mrs BiU Brinkert, who ing Roy Gay man, principal of the Chimes with interm ent in Lin- " ------- tion is perm anent; for small dogs coin Memorial cem etery. j _ . r and cats the cost will lx? $2 50 Mr. and Mrs. Woods had Just ® o a r d m a n Deal OK” and will last one year. Down in from a trip south and "Legislative aproval of the B«»e Pets will lie » vaccinated a ai t int* the had gone H lied early. In the ing deal for the Boardman Space rifv ' nrsT 'hni'r r. .tuba .............. . Indus,,.,.,, ....... : ; ' y o„ e " . f ‘ ve r’ « p served by the hostesses. science and art display April 11 m orning his sister, Julia, called Age Industrial Park of ______ TTW N pliances. and wanted to talk to Mrs. Woods acres will lx? a good thing for B f | ew Mr. and Mrs. Frank von Bor- between 7.30 and 9 p m. This is and Jim couldn't aw aken her. Morrow County,” said Represen- M a r k e t R e p o r t Some young folks think getting Mr and M r, A S. Alherty and s, ef attended a n ' aw ard banquet ir? a ’form "of "o'^n" hou«. a’nd"t T v , ’ COl' ^ 1,S/ bOU,. a.S? a r d a 3 ! ? " Of Moro,an<i . Sh<‘rl o 0 l,t were f ^ th ;T e 'iu b h c a n " " p r « ln r t''c r m ’ L r e ' l i y l ^ " ' , » ' ' « 'th e T h id r e n “ had 1,ed h" r » '« P Sur- tatlve Frank M. W eatherford of Livestock receipts totaled 241 b 3 t t vv ere gues s E as,er Sunday at m ittee men and women of Sher- work. A pantomime by the 7th viving are b *8 widower, one dau- Olex. A ».«!™ * °* *r * 8nd M**8, Sam nian, Wasco and Hood R iver and 8th grades w ill lie put on at g lte r’ ^ * 8 J^an Stone and one Both houses of the Legislature head. U. S. No. 1 and 2, 180-230 lb. butcher again ^ n S.e ‘hn l ' ^ ,la T « , , , , h7 W W y'eaat u f u school 7 A p April " r i f 6 with teach- g,'and d«ughter, Sylvia. counties “ at l the y’east high high K Rufus have now approved two bills— thp downtrendI hogs Tn n?i” c7 followed .he b ili, Jou V„,e o r“ i a , ge? F or. and 7 X a'nd w n C u a h V X r ,X ,w ™ S VA' * i S ‘ ie.ae , ”. h M . . , . ' , S e e to " .Ign ¡ h " ‘7 F« d" o '«-»'Ing n . ,u enable .he " ’ ,7 M m ’ ,8 4 ° * *" tro u h " » “ b «he ir T a m “ X ‘u> h e ? h X in Moro ' n ,e r" ,e<1 P*raO’” ■ '" ¡ " ¡ “ Y " ~ P ™ ""« a X - w ro p rU X h 3 ’''",” " ' ? ’ *» • About the County b“”| TTW N ghter, M r, Donald von B o n te l The decorating com m ittee for 0,1 *“ « '• » . «he $4,Xi.no would he . ¿ T m . , w o T \ 7 e d i ? “ eers to Scotchmen. We hope the Astor Rend spent Saturday afternoon 0 " ^ . ^ "7^* 1. ______ _ . . ... 1 ... . . . .. --------- Wasco farm ing In th a t area who is coming from London will visiting Mr. and Mrs. Bill Pausch. T h e u t te r is as fo llo w s . ---- ------ like the country. Bill — 1 ne ------ letter is as -- follows. "F irst of ir- u aUM ? several days a|, j w ant you to know how much TTW N 1 1 w a Jt l,,sp’td ,n r h ‘‘ 1>alles last j enjoy your column in the pap- Sometime ago we suggested week with a slight concussion er As I read it I alw avs feel a h it governm ent arrange it so and a cut on his nose that re bi, closer” ? my fri?,,d? in Sher that no one would have to work, qulred several stitches He had „ „ „ Bdly .? d I ?re " ^ ‘ 'H o V w o Jid 'H ’we' " ? v T hn X ‘" • ¡ ¡ " V « » " - ; » ’ » »ver lng on a ten acre .?ac, out fmm ery. How would we live? On come by the fumes and fell caus- Scapwxjse and eniovinc our re unemployment comp, of course, ing the accident. Mrs. Alfred n r e n w n t- if vou can cfll R that We still like the idea Some on* Kock took Mr. and Mrs. Pausch to u e sfli| get up early and work has an Idea th at could amend The Dalles Monday w here Mr. ours F o lk ,, he say,, will use l-ausch had ihc „ itc h e s removed m X “ We’ r” ,w „ ^ « th eir leisure to work at some- Mr. and Mrs.A F Balzer drove i .<o k < thing they like until eventually to Portland Friday and spent the {)Ut ®n° Ugh hens for o u r eggK' they will p „ ..l,„ c „ much in I. , weekend a, "lhe hnm»",?, we h , , e • " ' ,,us garden sure tim e there will he no need their son Ralph B ad er and fam- Y h.°n’_C extension unit which she enjoys, of w orking during work time i!v Sunday they all took a drive and that the extra work this year TTW N ® W a"h ’ t0 V,S,t Mf has >**<•" lamp shades, upholster- Criticism of the John Blrcn and Mrs George Sim ll. and fsm- mg and in A d HI thev will society is on methods Almost no llv. Other guests there were M r m u i- i , ' 7 one Is for the things the society is and Mrs. Bert Simpson of Wood- against Its principal target Is land, Mr. a rd Mrs Glen Kennv ? h ^ i g r which to only communism which everyone is and family of Ponland and M r, P’ac® against even those who are en- I^ois Fihn and 5 fll?_*,?d A,f * r MiH8 .w l8b aP a J^ng o? ^ u n ^ tic practices. It could be against U oodland „hiTh taxes and get almost as much as- Mr. and Mrs. Bill Pausch and n A sent -Mr. and Mrs. Hud Kock and fam - a Youth c n U V t e . says the w i t h e r a m ? M r / A K r ^ K ^ k ^ .2 ,,* . i afterno° ^ for th e'M ay m eetlng’ Mre.“ Peck“ Mrs. Howard Steward and J . i c Burnett Don Kohlmeler showed an In- teresting film on the living con- dltlons In Alaska. A fter the film the hostesses who were the teach- e r . at Rufus Mr. and Mr«. Gay- man. Lyla Hayes, I>on Kohlmeler and Mrs. Robinson, served des sert and coffee to ail. ™ Itural arch .Service (ARS) k ^ ^ he ‘ndex on O regon', far'" and8« with Improvements, ” 7 ' ’ of„the ,94749 aver- .5®’ A ' Ho,7’eI1 «aid. This was M,ne 48 the Ju,y ,96<> index, percent above Nov em ber 1959. During the last half of I960, farmland values In 41 states e ith er held practically unchanged or rose just a little. Decreases of 2 Mrs. Be Millard Ix>igh the to Rufus percent Home chairm an w ants an- ’b< ? other or nine states mostly in noun«. t i ,„ ihc home specialis,, IW rnlc. Straun will ,hc Moro Wll, H<’me on Er.stlval k er April 29 Also th e women of S h e rm a n H h ™ " County are invited to visit the Masco County Festival which W‘U April 8 #t th ® ,u n ,o r Hlgh School and lunch will be served a< noon for ” 36 a piste Mr. and Mrs. H arland McDon- the papers spent E aster w ith Mrs. McDon- ™ 3 a,d'S brother 8nd fam ,,y lbe Cha r- u ... v l<* Pearsons and other relatives Gra88 ^ s 'T u s t about the Oregon m g .sls.u r, ¿ ' T Y " ' ' * 7 7 ,W" h C rM ’ Val' thev bov Honor w ithout an Iden- Mr and Mrs C u m N eal a n d \ ii t * gdme tificatlon card T here’s o ther family w m t to Hood R er F 1» - 7 aS 1,1 ,OWn M° n' le rS u n Y ^ n , X . ST “ T * things. pent ine daypiace which he bought recently, n,fM ' d” ’ ind Wa' appr ,p n a te ;b* 5,)n shining n’o*’t of the day and w arm ing the M " h E r' ' ' ' “ Vered ,h<‘ ro o h m orning, after Easter. <1|ffe7e77e In tween the two sites and $ i£ 0 S 0 v, oukl spen’t' engineering studies and the like it iS hoped that the lease might be signed by next December R epresentative W eatherford said that the action ot the Legis lature, w on n taken . J/,1? . consultall«n with R<x*lng officials and local people, will assure slow and o r derly development of the area. ti,.' 1 ? !' t" * 1'* * p°®,n< will uee «he cem ral par, o( , he country Land , r c . r i c ? , ? in c r „ . ly agreed that the m arket for >> u.ai the m arket for farm land was w eaker last foil than a year earlier, the ARS <«• u P^rt noted. Few er ¿ . I l ™ :.eCr X hands, demand was i slower, and pr° hpetUv® buyers seemed more inclined to resist prices lx>ing inclined “ 1 * asked. " " [ 'Y Bo- “ • I” 'n(>“ u r , OT. ,,',w - . t- Y ;,.“"'!,. 'Y l . Y .i’ Y c re w s o f 12’1 m ?oo .. ..i ? • , 1 2?° T inJ t„7 h < \ e ,“ p,OVt‘d’ r(,rnniut- K to th ® P unching pads from X ' , ' " ’ , . / " '1 Boa"*m‘ n , ,U matelv Boeinv may mav employ ,.n,ni„„ as mately ikxdng many as 2000 ,a rso n s at the ■»ardman p roj* r A rrangem ents with Boeing will « X X 'v 'X X ix-rmit the company to sublease readjustm ent In the usual rela- part of the area to auxiliary man- tlonshlp between farm land values ufacturera of defense insferiils or other defense work under fed- and farm Income In Oregon eral contract« value’ , "T vo?™ lh“ ° r“n‘ 40 while taxes levied on farm real estate rose 40 percent and r e d ' nM ~ farm ing dropped 15 percent. Urn! ’7 ” X rcneeotH ted A . SpCIlCCrS W e d Si) Y e a r . Q lln/kar 0 « I M r » waaaaaaaj d U Ild a y . . xcars „1 m arried life will / celebrated by Mr. and Mrs. W A Spencer Sunday, April 9 at an open house from 2 to 5 n m m ....... ™m o ____ —. In The - Dalles :. auditorium Hostesses for the golden wed- (Hng observance will t>e the Spen- c t r ’s daughter In law. Mrs. Ar- th u r Spencer and their daughters Mrs Evelyn Shamp. Mrs. Gene McNutt and have to lx» _ _.............. _ y ta r s ' s l* n,'er operated a barb er shon ? X? L ? ” r'.bk‘ « H * ■«> »Ml they moved county will come out of the to The Dalles where they have rental money. resided ever since. P r o n e r tv ts • * $2685 with up to $28 00 500 to 700 lbs ’n , tO 7 ¿ ¿ S I? 0 ar° l,nd 'M)0 ,bs to 3 ^ t. Several fed steers grading goisl sold at $23 50 to $24 10. Several Jots of cows w ith cal ves at sides sold at $172 50 on light crossbreds to $227.50 on young Whiteface cows w'lth cal- ves at sides. Stock cowe brought $167.50 to $18500 a head. ' '