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About Sherman County journal. (Moro, Or.) 1931-current | View Entire Issue (July 28, 1961)
JP •®hcrinan (jtauntu ¿íntima Seventy Third Year No. .39 T hese T h in g s We Note Giles L. French Moro, Oregon Friday County Official Paper Ju ly 23, 1961 Veterans of ’18 Yield i Around Moro* Explanation of Again To Meet Proportionatlev Better Than IVaseo’s Crop Drop Made To Eat, Talk World War I veterans are go ing to meet again on August 27 at the O<td-Fellows hall In Moro for dinner, a program and a lot of visiting. This will be the fifth reunion since Theodore Johnston hatched the idea of getting the group (which he headed) together that went September 4, 1918 for a 40th anniversary. The meeting was so enjoyable it was expand«» to include all Sherman county veterans of the first World War. First the veterans outgrew the church, last year it croud«! the capacity of the hotel dining room and has been moved to the Odd- Fellows hall as Theodore expects ever a hundred. Veterans and their wives or mothers or daugh- tni« an d theV must have a Harvest goes quietly on. Theie is no boasting. No one is getting as much wheat as he wanted ci expected, although some crops are reliably reported to be in acre - excess u. of 40 bushels per — which h is mucn much better earlier oenei than m w i mu »« •ns and is big enough to be return table any year. profitable of ».w, hot w eather A combination combuiaumi vi — and rust will probably be blamed for the reduction In yield and the percentage that each is respon- sible for the cut in bushelage will vary from farmer to farmer and from field to field. And this Is probably right and proper. In the north end of the county where rust struck first and where wheat was farther along the loss is greatest, crops being cut a good half of recent years normal in most cases. No field is By Scientist by W. E. Hall • The trucks are lining up in the field rather than at the elevato- ,hls year." Thia was an observ». Uun one managei jn ^ B on of o ne elevator ------ . tvpicai of conditions througn- out the Columbia Busin. sb erm an and Wasco t o in ----------- indleate areas with yields au per vcnt t,elow what was harvest« | WO years ago. Rust or heat? Which 1» respo Fields gible fov the low yields? appear "to have fewer heads. The ‘¿ u l s have have fewer fewer and smaller heads kernels than normal, • This could tbe result of either rust oi beal The kernels in most cases appear plump. Test weights are g(KMj This is not typical of eitn t or heat. , . idly tbe reduction in omblnatlon of the two es of ove.* 100 to have Had an suiieren inosi auuiu inait»»»«, »» effect on uic nw*»- How then can to 18 bushels. Yields in the we decide how much of a !edu. twenties are most common al lion the rust caused andI is it though the Erskine country is serious enough to w arrant chang doing much better than that, run lnir varieties? _ On the Sherman Branch Expe • ning nearer 40 bushels. Not enough returns a te In from the intent Station a comparison o south end to Justify an estimate. yield» of resistant and suscepttb li varíenle» Indleate a reduction n yield from last year w th the greatest reduction with the sue Bank Debits Up ceptlble varieties. Unfortunately Golden and In This Region vor were Included In this1 ex Rank debits for the Upper Col- vor were not periment Kharkof (Turkey Red) urebla River Including Wasco, was the most rust resistant var- Hood River, Sherman, Gilliam, ie,v included. In 1961 It yielded Wheeler counties Increased by 23.8 as compared to 28 8 bushe 4 13*7^,- cent In June 1961 as com .. . lo /ln r tIn n is A former Nebraskan, now ele vated in to the public prints by politcs, says Nebraska’s schools ' are backward. Maybe they are. Trouble is Nebrakans have kept C harley H ard in g is going to school control at home and do not rem-e> Next Tuesday he will not favor federal intervention. bave to g0 to work and he can TTW N stay home out on Humphrey road As usual we get ready for hot and think about how he atarted < weather the week after the peak hanking by sweeping out a little is passed and run around half In 1 aflrnnHo about th e frozen as it cools off. T T W N COWBOYS YKLL------------ WHOOPEE ! 1 We suspect that the wives of construction workers may break Sm iling beauties from Prineville the strike which their husbands rangelands are added attractions range things so farmers could permitted by giving too much au at Crooked River Roundup slated E lks All-Star football game Sat of a rememl>ered voice Reservations are being hand- stay ¡n business without much thority to union leaders. Hungry for action-packed opening Friday urday night A ugust 12, matching night, August 11, with show s Sat- eastern and central Oregon hoys. led by Theodore Johnston, Moro money, about managing the first wives have many arguments. T T W N who will be glad to send an an- branch bank in Oregon at The Fewer Unemployed There’s a new book out about nouncement and Invitation to any Dalles. the Renaissance which was the Moro Womens Club World War I veteran who left Folks in Sherman county like New Drawing Pay movement for a new civilization Sherman county if addresses are Charley Harding even if his bank Mid-July showed another de- gUppiied. after the long dark ages. Think it Meets At Olsens did get much of the blame for ___ aath. cline in insured unemployment In should be very well read because making loans tough to get by de Woman uo ga por the week ending July The Moro W omans s v Club gain - Qregon ___ onHint? .iuiv we’re acting a lot like we did be ciding to quit lending to the little 16,908 benefit weeks of un ered for a specially called n fore the other dark ages. Hunters Must Hurry banks that borrowed from Port summer meeting on July 20, at employment insurance w e r e T T W N land at six percent and loaned to We’ll hear a lot about the firing the home of the president, Mrs. claimed as against 18,260 weeks farmers at ten. Charley was a Rudolph Olsen. The hostess ser- four weeks ago. This was a de To Get Extra Tags of the Jailer who let men escape pleasant guy who laughed easily, Flring a" man for failure to do his ved 2 o’clock dessert, and iced cline of 13.5 per cent in unem talked soothingly, ate and drank Job Isn’t done anymore, it seems, tea all during the afternoo Oregon hunters are reminded with them and could dig up a ployment insurance claims during .............. Business included the adoption four.weeU period. they have only about two weeks hundred if the tank was clear out T TW N There is no sense in New York of some changes in the clubs During the same time, the rate ¡n which to submit applications gasou ne or the wife had to go farmer Smith going around boast- constitution and by-laws; a stut > of insured unemployment for for the controlled and permit deer to a hospital. ing about buying a Cadillac with of the proposed floor-plan for a Oregon went down from 4.6 to 4.2. hunts. Applications for the var- The Unit«! States the money obtained by not rais- Legion community hall, with Highest rate of insured unemploy- ious controlled deer seasons are bank win be different ing grain- he’s not the first to do some suggestions recommended ment was In the Ontario area with due ¡n the game commission’s of- bjm sitting on the front that. » for the kitchen area; a decision io a rate of 10.3 and lowest rate was fjce by 5 p.m. August 1, while t be vice-presidents in the request stop-light signals at the in the LaGrande area with 2.5. T T W N applications for unit deer permits fice ¡n Portland. But, then year They were reduced In yield We ran across the old philoso intersection of Highway 97 and are due 5 p.m. August 8. couldn’t expect anyone to go on 477,908. additional 10% supposedly by SS Gives More; Gets More pher as he was solemnly pulling First street, in Moro. Drawing for controlled season forever. ar. Oregon with 230 banks report Mrs. Olsen named for chairman tags in oversubscribed areas is _ — -------- rust. Omar, a moderately suscep- a barely protesting chub out of ing had a decrease In bank debit:« New social security regulations scheduled for 10 a m. August 8 GERTRUDE BROWN BURIED in June luCl of 1.6 per cent com ible variety, yielded 21.3 this year the water. He sat down with a nf community affairs, Mrs. W. plump on the sand as his legs bent Roy Belshee. safety chairman ’ and the drawing for unit permit! Fnueral services for Mrs. Ger pared with May 1961 and an in and 44.0 bushels in 1960. It was m their limit and let him drop Mrs. John D eM oss;press report- of a new bUl In U te J u n or 12% is scheduled for 10 a.m. Aug, 15. trude Brown were held in Port crease of 2.7 per cent over June reduced In yield 29 % Controlled season applications land Tuesday, July 18, with in- 1960. Total debits for Oregon In .note than Kharkof. The most sus the last four Inches and, as he er.^ Mrs. com. smaller pension, widows get pried the hook out of the mouth to $2,132,023,188, ceptible variety, Bio-Rex Athena of the unmoving chub the old ing club-year were discussed. A about 10 pet cent the total was $2. x Orfed was reduced 34% In yield, for June, a year having yielded 25.6 this year as philosopher remarked, "There's gift was presented to Mrs. Roy benefits are $40 people like these. No spirit. Don’t Belshee in appreciation of her be- less work* is needed ras $2,075,032.097. compared to 39.0 bushels In I960. la. t „ not s u c c e s s i In drawing a I l V l I l I t ' l t d l u u u i c i m i n i v n n w » « v resist nothin', race, religion, com ,ng president ( o r ^ e , p a ^ . w e Percent Yield.«» Variety munism, nothin'; swallow any years. The Reduction but not least, taxes will go up controlled season tag in the area had lived In Portland for many Runt Rating 1961 I960 Mrs. Olsen’s pleasant, air-condi applied for. years. thing that looks edible whether 17 January 1, 1962. 23.8 28.8 Kharkof it’s got a hook In it not. Damn tioned home and gracious hospl Resistant 20 37.4 16.8 C.1.13148 (Shorty) trash. The rivers and country tality. .Mod Resist 20 28.8 88.7 Orfed is getting full of such—” 28 28.0 38.8 Burt TTW N 29 31.3 44.0 Omar Mod suscept, We are often amazed at the George L. Barnett Rio Rtx Athena PROCEED- $28.50; Pacific Telephone, $27.80; 44; Motorola C & E, Inc. $2227.00; Suscept. ability of politicians and political 34 25.6 COUNTY COURT 39.0 x Orf«l w riters to keep the interest in Buried Tuesday i v i ’H REGULAR MEETING George F. Cake Uo., $40.45; Craig W heelers $<3.55. such things going between elec- Funerai services for George j r i Y 5 1961 Office Supply $69.05; Dunham MISCELLANEOUS: If the previous assumptions j i i»i o, Printing Co $236.76; C. L. Ro- First National B e ink $319.10; tlons. In fact, we wonder if the Eawrence Barnett were held in are correct, less than half the 2 ? " ^ ° L ^ e d and signed Herts $7.75; C. L. G ray $105.20; State T a x . Commli bmmission, $(»4.00; Board oi Health people would vote at all if these ^ he Dalles Tuesday afternoon . 1961 yield reduction this year is due to read, corrected and signed Public Employes Retirement Bd.- folks didn’t overdo during elec- wRh lnterment in the Odd-Fel- rust. Even with the rust, Omar Social Security $86.32; State Ind. Makes Request ^Claims allowed as presented CLERK'S OFFICE: was higher yielding than Burt, tlons. low’s cemetery there. $7.80; Re- Acci. Comm., $31.06. To avoid delays In service, the Orfed and other more resistant T T W N George Barnett was born in against r o i l fund, ordered paid. p ®c/ fi® r e «2M M . state board of health today asked varletle„. The only higher yield The land of Sherman county, M,gsouri( December 26, 1896 and One claim disallowed as pre- ^ (‘ak ^ F IC E ’ ROAD FUND: parents to send full information ing variety than Omar was the we are sure, will be farmed for came to gherman county with sent«l against general fund, ba»- TREASl RER S OF H< K. WAGES: and the necessary fee when re "shorty” variety, C. I. 13448. many years to come or that part his parents when a sinan boy liv- ance allowed and ordered paid. Pacific Teiephone $5/7u; Mor- Lloyd Gosson $419.98. Frank of It not given over to industry. . near Kent where his Previous experiments have in Monthly financial statement of rell’s Business Machines $20.00; Bayer, $346.80; Jerrold Morehouse questing birth certificates for their children for school admis dicated Golden and Brevor to be W hat It will grow or what kind falher farme(, He marrled J treasurer showing all Dunham Printing Co., $3.43 $351.24; Earl Johnson $340.00; of people will be doing It Is anoth- who survives, and fund balances ¡>alanrp, as of June 1861 ASSESSOR'S OF» ICE. 20 to 25% lower yielding than purpo««! as of June 30, 30, 18-- ------- «maK. Mnr. Joe Griggs $366 67; Lee Gunnel-« sion Marian Martin, state registrar, Oinar T hui It does not appear er matter entirely. was the father of three sons. presented— examined, approved, Pacific I«1 »-p i'»n< , «20 00- $373.55; Bankers Life & Casually rehs BusIness Machines $20.00, $46.80; First National Bank $286.- said abstract copies may be ob- U(ivlsab|v to change to such a T T W N Melvin of Roseburg, Carl and Lnd ordered filed Klamath is having a beef stew Ernegl of Maupin and one dau Gasoline consumption for month Dunham Printing Co., $13.35, 00. State Tax Commission $54.50; talned for a fee of $1 00 from the jower yielding variety on the dinner put on by those dedicated ghter, Mrs. John Palmer of An of June presented—examined, ap- COUNTY PRINTING. state board of health for anv cbance of anuther rust epidemic, Social Security $160.38; S late Ind child born in Oregon Photocopies WJ(h (he rt.jease of the “shorty'’ to the increased use of beef. Fine telope. Surviving also are three Sherman County Journal $177.32 Acci Comm., $226.36. and "ordered filed, Most beef stews are put on by brothers, Earl of Parkdale and the entire certificate cost $2.00 wbeat expected this fall. Improv- Road balances for month of DISTRICT ATTORNEY: MISCELLANEOUS: those dedicated to the consump and Ernegt of The Dalles and each. An abstract copy of a birth resistance will be available in examined, 7 lis te r Johnson $60.50 June, 1961 presented Pacific Power & Light Co., $19.- registration Is adequate for school near future. tlon of potatoes. Well, that might eJght grandchndren. approved and ordered filed. ANNOTATIONS & LAW 2g; CUy of Moro $1 75; Pac,f,f work In Klamath. adtnlMsion. Bids received for pick-ups for Shepards Citations $40.W, Am - T<>k,uhon(, ${) 75; Telephone $9 75; K. A. Dunlap Requests for Oregon certificates 1- T W N road department and weed depart- |can Law Book $100.00, Bancri $1.65; Auto Electric Supply Co., There was a picture of a foot Market Report ,nent— % t pickup and Mff pick- Whitney Co >102 >0. Wwl Pu*> $38.68; Smith Auto Parts, $3.42; should include the fee, full name Census Percentages ball player in the papers this of the child, names of Imth par Livestock receipts were 148 up purchased from Michael, Inc, hshing Co. $354.00. Moro Postmaster $10.00; Moro ents, and place and date of birth. week and one morning It wa3 Show fewer Earners COURTHOUSE: sent to the Vital chilly Do you suppose It is al head with over 100 head of cattle yjadras, Oregon. U. S. No. 1 and 2, 180-230 lb. but- Swenson et al, County and In Oregon in 1950 60.9 per Oregon State most fall? cher hogs $19.50 to $19.70. Feed- Keiations Division. State High O. Box 231, cent of the jwpulation was be T T W N tween 18 and 6 1 which is gener As we understand it the objec ei hogs around 100 lbs. $17.00 to way Department appear before ally the working age. Of the re tive of the founders of this coun $20.00 and weaners $12.50 to $13.- COUrt and present agreement relocation of highway 80N, Biggs- Moro $3.50; M orojOrain Wasco Equipment $68 33; Moro mainder 30.4 were under 18 and try was to establish a government 50 ah ead . Feeder lambs $10.25 to $11.25 Rufus area Agreement not satis- erg Association $1 00; Gran Growers Association $316 1 » U S. National Bank 8.7 were over 65. under which men could be free. factory to court. CIRCUIT COURT; In I960 an even 54 percent REPAIRS: Presently, the objective seems to a cwt. Medium 525 to 650 lb. steer-« Budget for Sherman County for John H Newman $15.50 were of the working age, 10.4 arc be a government that can exact Auto Electric .Supply Co., $143.- Gaining Steadily b o u g h t »20 00 .0 $22.25. Cros, vear a„(,„led No one ap- COUNTY COURT: U. S. National Bank of Port over 65 and 35.7 are under 18. government1*!» , £ Tnemy of the «-"d dairy and beef type. ».7.00 ,„.arlnK obJ« t . Total bodge, in ................. Lester Wilson $30.00; L. E. 18- Ace Equipment Sales, Inc., land rei*>rte«l de|x>slts totaling That 5.3 |>ercent of the 1,768,687 $32.15; Stone Machinery Co, g o > e iiiin e u i. t m iY A s n H U n io io in « o ________ » id .g o f in n n to $20 00 and Holsteins $15.00 t to amount of c $154,280 00. Kaseberg $27 20 $1459 05; C. W. S. Grinding & $826,818,561 in Its June 30 report or 93,730 is in school or about to people. Hearing on vacation of alley in JUSTICE COURT: $17.00 Light dairy steers down Port- Machine $68.15; Smith Auto Parts , he comptroller of the curren- )*< and should t>e educated and T T W N block 20 Town of Rufus— Vaca- Pacific Telephone $1.15, While this nation was talking to $13.00. & Seal Co., $5 90; $28.66 ; Ranch & Home Store $3.- cy—an increase of more than there Is 6.9 percent or about denied—No alleys Stamp Mix«l dairy and beef cross br«l M X S jand Crag O ^ P s u p ^ ; ' c a . .?»»»; 52; The UaUe» ...... W o rb . ,47.. $17 million since the comparab! • 100,(MX) fewer persons of working big to Russia little Cuba steals age to pay the bill. »««.«» D»rw,n V .n £ our commercial planes What a heifers 500 to 700 lbs. $16.00 to °Hr, g b X . . p r - n t ..me ,n Ru- c . J o f (all date one year ago. $18.00 with medium beef breeds And of the oldsters there are The Dalles Branch of U. S. Na mess. to $20 00. Dairy heifers $13 00 to fUC ourigsigns Certificates of Ap- PREMIUM on OFFICERS BOND: Co. , :04. TTW N tional recorded deposits of $f«,- 17 percent more and some of The polsters having determined $16 00. O.'j.'l 2 "» at < ..I 'lin g Io .lame « I . them may be drawing money for . . g_ of # Funds for (*Xt£*n* liiHnsuin $17.50 XI / .>0 Of OI I-*» T. T Lester Johnson Canner and cutter cows were propriatlon that seven out of ten Americans stan -lar.l Oil Co $179 13, Shell Johnson, manager of The Dalles in a h ih iy or mere age. WEED CONTROL: Branch The Dufur Branch of U. Sherman county Is similar to fsvored a strong stand on Berlin In good demand at $11.00 to $13.- g|On agents. Agri Them. In c, $30.00; Miller Oil Co., $209 83; 25 with utility to $15 00 and COURT ADJOURNED. Agri nem , B R n x -ES & CULVERTS: 8 National record«! deposits of the state, there being 36.8 per the president joined the ranks of Products Co., $363.75; the saved by declaring such a standard to $17.00. Old shelly ( I.AIMH I’REHENTKD AGAIN trol Service, Inc , $10 35; Wilbur- Woodbury Co., $333.12; Turn a- $1 945 317.16, according to G W. cent under 18, 51 percent of work- ST SHERMAN COUNTY, ORE Cows with cows down to $8 00 Hertel, manager. ing age ami 9,2 percent of aged in policy It also gives the adminis Lum Lumber Co., $92 55. calves at sides $160 00 to $170.00 GON G ENERAL AND ROAD Ellis Co, 11070.00 Total loans and discounts for i960 compared to 30.7 percent be- tration a chance to raise taxes. TIRES A TUBES: DEMOSS PARK: F IN D S FOR JUNE 1961 AP a pair. T T W N V S. National’s statewide system low 18, 60 2 workers and 9-1 old- Cushman Equip Co., $312 56 Pacific Power & Light Co., $1- Bologna bulls around 1100 lbs PROVED JULY ft, HWl TERM The board of higher education stood at $399,863,658 as of June sters In 1950. We do not accum- ROAD MACHINERY: 25- J W Gilman $82.80; Ranch & OF TIIE UOl NTY COl RT end some of the press may think $17 00 to $18 20 30, with The Dalles Branch re- mulate oldsters very fast as they H. 8. Michael, Inc., $4673.26 Home Store $5.1«; Auto Electric Dairy type calves $15 00 to $17.- JUVENILE COURT: that the criticism over the pur- jxirtlng $7,839,324, and The Du- move away and not all are draw- INSURANCE: Supply Co , $1.28 Larry L. Eddlngs, $7000; of a $62.500 house for the 00 and beef breeds to $22 00. Fat W. T. Balslger Insurance Ag fur Bianch reporting $572,026. In Ing money. The economy would EMERGENCY FUND: l»e easier if more were working new president of the school is calves up to $24 50. Baby calves, SHERIFF’S OFFICE. that category. Moro Lumber A Fuel Co., $13.- ency, $1,500 00 Morrell’s Business Machines, Holstein« $24 00 to $.3100 ahead ever But we doubt It. County Court Proceedings
