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About Sherman County journal. (Moro, Or.) 1931-current | View Entire Issue (April 21, 1961)
fl* Sperman GTmmfy inum ai Seventy Third Year No. 25 Moro. Oregon Friday April 21, 1961 Charles Burnet Wins Soil These T h in g s Conservation Honor for 1961 We Note County Official Paper Mrs. Frank Reid Assessor Says Wins Club Dress Valuations Up Contest for Adults All Over State Mrs. Frank Reid won the state The assessed valuation of Sher contest held in Portland last man County has been Increased Friday for design and sewing the to a ratio of 25 i>er cent of the beat dress for a club woman's true cash or appraised value for wardrobe. The Oregon Federated the 1961 tax roll reported Clair W omans' Clubs was sponsor of Ilalzer, County Assessor. the contest which will now move Giles L. French This Increase is a result of leg to the national scene Should Mrs islation passed during the 1959 The city m anager of The Dalles Reid win there she will get a legislative session and applies to followed the Wasco County as three week fashion tour of Eu all counties in the State. sessor in stating that he was not rope for tw’o. The second place Last year Sherm an County had responsible for high taxes. N eith w inner will get $509 and a trip to •i 29 jx?r cent ratio, so the increase er is. The people are responsible the Miami convention of w om an’s will am ount to a 25 per cent for high taxes and have to pay clubs. Judging for the national increase in the assessed valuation them because they are too ineit pirze will be done by colored \ i t . 1 of the county. However, the ... in- to protest. slides. \ leader in Oregon agriculture ... . crease will result in lower m ill TTW N Also w inning was Patty Miller, ^or nearly half a century, Frank age rates for the various taxing W hen we see pictures of all daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Merle E Ballard, will re tire on his 79th units and taxes on any given th e bushy haired women, that is Miller, who was second to the birthday May 8 as associate di- property should l»e the same as the style in women these days, girls w inner. She won the con- of the Oregon State cooper- last year. we are reminded of a bald headed test to represent the F ourth dis- a Rve extension service, Taxes will increase only if th<? girl we took to a party once upon trlct and took her dress to Port- Under his direction, the OSC various budgets are raised over a tim e in the long, long ago. She land Friday for the contest. H er extension service has achieved last year, or if an individual had fallen into a fireplace when dress was a suitable dress for notable success in long-range ag- makes im provem ents on his pro a small child and the hack of her high school girls to w ear on many rlcultural planning with rural perty, or in case of Personal P ro head was burned leaving only a occasions. She is a sophomore. leaders. perty, buys new or nore equip- fringe of hair along the front Mrs. Reid’s dress was a toast In 1924, the year after Ballard t h livestock on which to tie down the front of colored linen suit worn w ith i was named county agent leader hand la n n a rv i thi v »>,r h er wig. bone shade blouse to match the for the state, he spearheaded ' in th e f itv «f W i L « m m i . TTW N suit lining and a coat of wool statew ide conference for farm ers, v , ’ » u The old tim er says th ere's only plaid in m atching colors. Suitable business leaders and others to in e re L e d 'a n ^ d d iU o n a l 6% one coat difference between a accessories went with the outfit, determ ine goals for Oregon ag- ‘ . , . ., cold spring and a w arm one. P atty MUIer-. <lr«3 was a sim ple £«'<«>•>• « • nuteome was that " n 'w " . . a . district depreciation allowed at T T W N gingham one but well made and the whole farm economy was A revolution from the right i; well fitted. keyed to consider m arket posse the time of reappraisal in 1958. T h e B urnet farm stead w ith ties in a w ide bottom in G rass fi ult trees of an This depreciation was a tem p certainly less appalling than one —— --------- — — bllities as well as production w h ite fen ces and red barns ne,» V alley canyon from the left. orary m easure, applied only to w ith som e old Clyde Beard To This resulted in many new en- the City of Wasco, and was T T W N The foreign observer noted im plem ents are different from terprises. Even more im portant br,’ught ‘,a it ‘Jy tbe 1088 that early ea rlv conference confpr^nn» established l m ., ..... ° ' the h o te l- I)lus o th er factors, th at shaking hands made Ameri those used normally. The plow Talk Her© Sunday can men feel happy because he which at this tim e are no longer the spring-tooth, the narrow , the Clyde Beard, The Dalles High the philosophy of Oregon’s exten present. had never seen a picture of a regular drill, have to he discard „. . , . . School principal, will be guest sl°n service—finding out w hat . ... glum man shaking hands. Wasco will po possibly ed and new equipm ent bought. apeaker for church fa|n|ly Jay the ,arm era a ,„, . T Taxes “ “ . in W « « » wll T T W N . ' t r t .1 ? conslanl bJttle w lth program . Sunday. April 23 at the then giving It to them. i, , „ ' hl|iher th,ln ley were last year. F rank Lawrence observes in a cheat that no implement seems Moro P reshyterlan church printing magazine “Never try to to conquer .v, as .1 well plow Final levies cannot l>e deter Thon 1 1 us 3 a V‘ ,°W' A P°6uck dinner will be shared kill time; time can stand it long mined until all budgets are Ap Then, too, the yields are «-Worn immediately following church Women Host To er than you can.” proved and the total valuation as good although the yields gap MrvlMa Mr „ t.ard w ||| b T T W N of the county is figured. Until is being reduced as men learn , he , f , erullnner speaker He save Visiting President We can imagine a person eating this Is done, taxes for thia fall 'X X n ew ln " Of V 'eryn n e e ls e Is talking about one smelt if sufficient hunger Tw enty five memlx*rs of the cannot l>e determ ined. Th-.» io i ii .u “Outer Space”, so his them e will sailed him but we think that a The tru e cash o r appraised . u ? „ hy. nearly 011 these lx- "In n er Space ” American Legion A uxiliary had hundred sm elt Is a diet for a trashy fallow farm ers are a so rt Mr lu_.ald well known ,n dinner Tuesday evening w ith value of property has not been shark. of dedicated group, idealists who this" co*mm unitv tor ’nl«*'thought" Mrtl Maxlne Blgalow of Medford, changed, only the assessed value T T W N forego some of the ease and pro- provoking and often w itty speech slale Prea,dent o f that order and La»t year on the 29 per cent re fits of the present in order to ta The church Is fortunate to o l.- Mrs Eve,yn Kenny, district pre- ll°- [he assessed value was multi- The legislature is doing a good sident of The Dalles at the Moro P,Jed by 5 to find the appraised retain for their descendants the taln hlm hls thLs progr as job of beating bills, w’hich is the assurance of good land to farm h(. ls in much demand as a Hotel. There were four m em bers vaJut>- this year m ultiply by 4. indication of a good legislature. It. this spring when most fields gpeaker. All who would like to Present froni the Kpnt auxiliary Members collectively cannot be are marked with deep ditches atten(, are jnvlte(, to Jo,n , thJs and eight from the Wasco auxlll- FFA To Host C h arles and A lth ea B u rn et be- Ionise w hich is the blamed for introduction of the where fertile soil once lay, that Sunday afternoon service a ry - vl8ltin« units. crazy stuff th at too often occurs, h*re J h e ir «-oniplelt-ly rem odeled of the su ccessfu l farm en terp rise, idealism seems practical as well '* l( 1 Units reported on their actlv- Parents Friday but they can see that it doesn’t and eventually necessary. itiestor the year and th e ir plans 609 is annually ln alternate w'heat by Doug Medler Sherman Defeats pass. tor the rem ainder, and Mrs. Rig and fallow, som ething over 200 in The Sherm an FFA chapter will T T W N alow talked about the value of barley and some in alfalfa and Chemical Fallow Condon In Meet We wonder if Russia did actu civil defense in case ‘his countrv hold its annual parent and son grass. F orty purebred Angus banquet at the high school April ally send a man into space anJ Sherm an won a dual *t rack meet Is bombed with atom ic weapons. cows and their nigger-baby off To Be Shown get him back. Also w hat does the ra th e r Surv‘val is possible, ¿he says, ,f u L h i J m l " °M with Condon last week spring keep fat on the grass and world look like from 189 miles viienucai iauow, a subject of or nanm iy the tne score being r>eing 79 79V4 o I,lans a ,e made liefore hand and .. m which eh .»m J a"»! m ** Chemical fallow, handily spring grow th of the ranch. away? research and dem onstration In 41H . Goddard of Condon and ?n underground room is equipped for the year are reviewed a m /th e , 3 ? ^ " On , U 1„B c “ » C0Unty’ T h,unP™ <»' - » « d a y , o, cra.nped H vh«. % T T W N It is interesting io watch a Valley canyon some three miles * Tuesday APril 25 ln a tou r ell of Sherm an were best point iftfto-iofl, not allawl 1960-1961 urn are I Installed. political adm inistration w ork— east of Moro w here the canyon conducted by the Extension Ser- makers, Bill Blatchford, vice-president and also a very expensive kind Pole vault: Sherman County Club W inners were widens out to make a 49 acre vice. Starting at 9:00 a. m. at the o." the Oregon Association of F u of entertainm ent. w i Courthouse, Moro, the group will S trutters, C. 8’ 6"; meadow and w here a spring fu r ture Farm ers of America, will be T T W N C h arles and S tev e lik e tin* To Meet Wednesday nishes ample w ater for house- in.sjxK't research work on the Shot: Goddard C. 44’ 9 t t ” the featured speaker. Blatchford The president’s suggestion that black on es. branch experim ent station, then Brd. Jum p: J. Fields S. 19’ 3% ” The Sherman County Club will carries a project consisting of 12 unemployed be sent to school to ________ __________________ ______ hold needs and some irrigation It was one of the first places move on to ranches ,n the Moro- H H urdles: Simmons C. 17.4 hold its next m eeting Wednc-- dairy cows, five acres of pasture learn how to work m ight be Grass Valley area to view chem- Discus: Mobley S. 138’ 11” Charles Burnet will be acclaim- in the county chosen by a settler day night, April 26, at the Mason- and one-half Interest In 15 acres beneficial. ed the conservation man of the A Frenchm an named G uillanJ ical fallow plots, roadside an I 190 yard: Thompson S. 10 2 lc hall in Moro with Beeto’s set v- °f wheat. Blatchford has serve 1 TTW N dem onstrations. Resum- Javelin: Goddard C. 129’10” ------ » . w . j « is that year for Sherm an County when ran stock from there first and fencerow ,n„ Ing the dinner and being the secretary and president of the One economic theory st rates stim ulate bus,- the county wheat league m eets at John H arrington homesteaded it \ ,2 . P " V * the Wasco 440 yard: Thompson S. 56.7 m eeting place at 6:30 for the 7:30 Hillsboro chap ter before becotn low interest æ ¡T ' “ include w inter I^ow H urdles: D. Rolfe S. 23.3 dinner. Ing state vice-president. ness recov /ery when it is sick Grass Valley the evening of M a/ for the same occupation. Many 5. men have lived on" it and tried fal,ow results. fencerow trials 220 yard: Thom pson 24.2 Speaker will lie George Brooks, A nother is th at high in terest The choice was made by men all sorts of ways to m ake a liv- an<’ roa<^8ide plots ln the Wasco- 880 yard: Powell S. 2:17.2 according to Irving H art, pro Mrs. Mac Hall’s rates stim ulate business by pro who watch such things and real- ing on the bottom. Now it is used Hufus area ,nU?rt,"ted People will Mile: Powell 6. 5 4 7 gram chairm an. Mr. Brooks Is th*i moting thrift. ize the difficulty of the job of in conjunction with wheat land W8nt tO at,í,n,, one or m o rr- Hl Jum p: Mobley A Fields 8 relocation engineer with the duty TTW N Mother Buried tie at 5’ 4’’, of changing highw ays and rail It is a good policy for a na saving soil which this spring and its prosperous appearance ing 3,1,1 a^ternoon tours. tlonal ad m in istratio n 'to keep the 8eems even more m andatory than indicates that it is the proper IncIuded ln the «n ,u P be Half Mile Relay: C. 1:45 The m other of Mrs. Mac Hall roads because of changes mad i OSC extension and research spe- people so interested in foreign af- usual. Mr. Burnet larm s hls 1800 use. necessary by the Jonn Day dam. dtod Tuesday m orning In The fa ir, (where (hey are usually “ r e , of tillable land by the The house has oeen built over Many of the problems of the dalles after a long Illness and north end of the county will lx? funeral services were held Thura- unitedi th an In domestic m a tte ., ,rash y fallow methotl and so sue- and green lawns surround It ano X X ? , ' w al“° ** GrUSS Valley w here an adm inistration may be cessful!.v 'bat almost no d irt the big sw im m ing pool w here 11 Mr and Mrs W alter Koch of ,n dealing with these changes day m orning with interm ent in O ,C „ y “pen, , Mom,a, change ,n r., "o- Odd Fellow , cem etery .here weakest. washed away from nis farm last tired farm er or entertaining farm T T W N w inter and that is an accomplish- wife can relax and young folks Auxiliary Hears visiting Mrs. A von Borstel and tlon Mrs. Ca herlne Bassett was boro We are happy to note that ,nent can »ix?n<l an afternoon pleasur . m,,h rra n k E ; r , i y e r ’ ™ m Mark Hatfield is going to get to Usual Proce<1ure of farm ing ably. A patch of nose tickling Report on Girls State . ------------- ,, ,, i /-•’ i i if* .i and Belen, Mona Eakin, Virginia Mrs. Hall are another daughter, move the headquarters for w*el- (,n Burnet ranch is to break m int grows beside the spring in The Auxiliary of Chris Schultz u dd r JoKePh ,ne ParkhurR*. Mrs. John Ollhousen of The Da,- fare back to Salem. T hat is the dnwn the 8tubble in the fall us- such profusion as to furnish sea- n ? T Bever,y LutJe and 01,1 I)ooIln I™, her widower, Clarence Bas- state capital. in® a sort of cu tter like a pow er soning for all the juleps of Ken Post met Frlday afternoon In tht o . « , 8Oclal room roorri at at the the Moro Moro Com Coni- h o m e of Mr Y an r , r<rp W*nt tO Warm s Prin «H Sunday sett, three sons, a sister and a TT W N ldwn mower. Next spring the tucky. B am s and sheds sheds are are soclal arC m ------------- — - The ................ nf , , and spent the day c h u r n in g and I,.other She was a member of The world is close to having «round ls disked to .iet back the painted red w ith w hite trim 3 and unity church. district pre '1 ’ o r, . ,,, . , picnicking. the Presbyterian church and the three billion inhabitant«; it had cheat lhat startH w i,h the first b,g trees shade the farm stead si(Jent Mrs Evelyn Kinney jf . M.r . anJ u ( Klchler Mrs. A. A Dunlap had as over Rebekah lodge. two billion in 1930 so we gained sign of sPring Then the land is I' is a place to come home to. The Dalle* accompanied by her 50 percent in th irty years and gcnc over wilh a G raham-Hoeme Both ( hark* will gain the next billion in w"ich kills vegeta’ion again. A Burnet totaled 3M tw enty year. Nearly all of th e n Kkew treadei breaks up the stray/ time 180-230 lb. are hungry, almost none are edu- o r toP and ,-l*courages the weeds Hls fa th e r........... .. , „,1IC v cents high* cated, few are free of disease or agaIn dfter which rod w eeders this century and m arried •. *h«.i l“ e aux,“ a ry in Tne»r many h.H sundav to visit her at the , , " Y X . -----T.’ -" ............. " even clean. Soon all of them w fl lake care of the problem shee; and she was Althea Puwci! Phases of w ork- and urged the hospital “* day at Tlrn^ r ,lne w ith er at $18 .75 to $19,.15. Several be hungry, ill and dum b and may ^n je < le < l s i d i n g can lx* done daughter of Mr and Mrs Ho J U, T l° rMCh qUOta n membe’- Mr and Mrs. Ted Trim ble re- ¡.¡.‘r d a n d ’" ’ ’ 2 and ( hog, sold down to $17.00 A large supply of wean* consider the atomic bomb a blese 1 ’ but IJurnet' a conservative, Powell. T heir daughter Carol has ’ ’S'. , turned home last Tuesday from I’o itlan d . Max Johnson of Arlee, Mont., er pigs met with good dem and ' n / u B u s t as finished college and is teaching Edw anto- W arm Springs w here they spent was an overnight guest April 8 at $800 to $1600 a head, w ith TTW N WJ,ne 80,1 » s e r v e r s do. school in Salem and th eir son S f 1960’ gave a very a week. the home of Mr. and Mrs. Bill light feeders up to $20.00. Heavy An alcoholic is one who tries Reason for such seeding is to -s ’eve, is a student at Oregon L iT 41*!* ,a<Ic ount of her lr ,P to Bill Johnson left Tuesday April a? Johnson ■owa brought $12.75 to $15.00 to solve his problems w ith alco- obtain a grow th of grain big State He was a consistent win- a? h i n de egate ot H tor Montana taking t . hls sister Mr. and Mrs Ivan Blagg went with light sows up to $17.00. hoi; a glutton is one who tries k* enough to prevent washing. His ner in club work. «nit. Ir ,aw Mr„ Max , lohnaon ohnaon an(, w j > v and to The Dalles T hursday w here Good 400 to 550 lb. steers brut settle them w ith food There Septem ber seeding, h? says, doet Charles Burnet has taken time meefing a( J°urnt? 1 daughter, Sheri, to their home ir. Mrs Blagg entered ’he hosDltai $24 75 to $2760 w ith lighter are many oth er w ay,. that and is not as risky as July to serve his m m m u n R v He „ u ‘ ® " pre8“nl mad* Pa^ r Arlee, Montana. Sheri was In a for surgerv on Fr lay TTW N Oi A ugusl ,n any vear r e tir in g f r ^ m w ,veterana hospital in Portland since April Mr and Mrs H v . n . weights up to $28.00. Good COO to 7<X) lb. feeder steers $22 00 to $24,- Hearings in the grain rate case deep furrow . 14 inen. drills art? o ' school board in e m tw r s h i/ an » i? p h J l ” . ? ,OrU<,nd durlng lhe 6 for medical attention Mr. John family wen* bualnes v is ito r s in have opened in Portland and as he was a fair b o a ™ m e m t o r X retu rn « 1 ho™ EBday A pril ri ° *" 00 with medium grades to $19.00. riday April The Dalles T hursday Good 400 to 500 Ih. heifers usual Inland Em pire W aterw ays T here is a total of 2200 acres of five years f Refreshm ents of lee cream, h w . — i w „ Sharyl Blagg Is staying at the brought $22 75 to $25.00. Goo.1 association is against the farm* land farm ed by Burnet belonging T rashy fallow farm ing is an by our * * Mr and Mrs Bert < . ox left Sa‘- hem e of Mr and Mrs Bill Todd I^rMldent lin t Nanmi a > L n oi vir, <ind Mrs Hill 500 to 700 Ih. heifers down to era to him and hls m other. Of this expensive thing. All the tillage VanGlldcr. ' I l° V b‘l w h ,k h**r "»other, Mrs Ivan Bla g $19 00. Holstein heifers $18.00 o 1er mother, Mrs. C. H. Augee. in the hospital. $21.75, f, v .. “ <>’ “ 3 , '? T° ’ M ”
