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About Sherman County journal. (Moro, Or.) 1931-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 29, 1961)
P A G I 2 ~ H1IEHMAN COUNTY JOURNAL, MOHO, OllßGON FRIDAY, DECEMBRE 29, IM I make them useful to society. Thai may not be retirem ent merely ____ Editor change of interest. ( ; - S 4 |r r m A n C o u n tg J o u r n a l Glie« L. F rench “ R tb E ah ed E v e ry "Friday a t M oro, Oregon U liE .u I'H O G H A M FACTS ABOUT SHERMAN COUNTY, OREGON ' CCJIOTS) Sherman county la located In Eastern O ref on. and la about 100 mile* e s -t of Portland. The O. R. « N. Co. line of railroad »klrtt the northern border of the county along the banka of the Columbia river, and people traveling over the o it a N. ra ilr o a d g e t th e Itnprexnlon th a t there la nothing Sherman county but »and, bluffs, and »age brush. We wLh to a- ure the reader, and the homeseeker that the »and doona and bluff» along the northern border of our county are the blgge-t kind of “bluff" ever, and would m islead St. Peter himself were he not to take the trouble to pass to the top of tne hills where he can get a view of the wonderful grain fields stretching out for a distance of 60 miles to the south with an average width of 30 miles. It Is a well known fact in this country that bun- dreds of men have come to Sherman county without a dollar they could call their own who have since their coming established homes, become wealthy, have retired from active life on the farm, and are s ' now living off the Interest drawn from their possession». We desire to emphasis« that we hav« a rail road running north and south the sntlr« length of the county, located very near tn the center, In addition to an east and west railroad in the northern part, and also an other railroad building along the western and southern portions of the county, mak ing It a short haul for all farmers of Sher man county to reach markets with their gram. in e adm inistration is consider ing a wheat program that has T his is not technically a letter some of the features of the Ale to the editor, but It is printed by A ar> nau g en bill of years ago, consent and does make a point N A T IO N A L E D IT O IIA L a iwo price plan that would hob* that young people m ight find in up tne price oi luod wheat and teresting. It was w ritten by Gene lower tne price ol leed wheat. Z«7 a A H t t l A T f M fM filR ,, t , Cantrall, now in the a ir force, and i n “ ? “ learnlnK SOme uf of l‘fo O F F IC IA L C O U N T Y P A P E E n n v ?.‘, 7 „ *' ,h at <'sca‘a‘" hlm ln »*'■ “ hool happy ahout this proposal but and S( BS( It IP 'l IO N H A T E S ti.eie is nothing certain about it “I wish I could convince Ken ONE YEA H $3.00 I p lecent years the white wheat ny that the education he is get has been sold to tne Orient, partly ting now is the tu rning tx>int and l»l < I M I O 20, 1001 because of the work of the wheat guide to his entire future. I am icauge anu w heat cjiim ussions oi ju st now really beginning to see \ I \ ETEEN SIXTY-ONE tne northw est states and there is this myself even though I had There w asn't anything about presently no surplus of white some conception beforehand. As wheat. 1961 that couldn't lie im proved in a ... . ... ♦ x. a civilian you lead a fairly shel- — .. .. 1 pla,‘. * “ «•<*<* Uf*. b ut to here you see 1962 and we think it about time the world started on th at task, ‘ educe tti« acreage of w m te w heat things th at are too shocking to te t'n lted States has 1 tne p m e oi th at p a rt describe. And the m ajor turning Certainly the lnt in anv ,1(e u « some work to do if it is to regain useu tn Hour. W ntte w heat 18 cake tiie prestige it lost this year and Hour and very little of it is su it much who you know o r w hat we don’t think Russia did much able for bread. As long as it can you know, but entirely on w hat better what with exploding atom- be sold abroad witn norm al sub you have learned in the past and i? bombs all over the place, q u a r sidy in tne way of foreign aid or are capable of learning iji the fu reling w ith China and lx?ing w ith use oi foreign tunas m ere is no ture. The only ones that are get good reason lor lu rtn e r cut tailing ting ahead are those th at are will- out food. Ami that vague dream th a t was oi lue Pro°dction ol wni(c wheat, lng t0 study h artj and app,y them- the United Nations seems about u u u ’n is tne Rind grow n in tne selves diligently. And you have ready to end by a world awaken- n<Ji ulweBl« to learn how before you come in ing which will probably lie a g<xxl in c lunt* has come when govern- or you have two counts against thing. Tiie world must learn that eliorts to handle all wheat you before you ever start. electrical the serious affairs of nations and in l,lu sa,nt? program cannot "And even as a civilian there storm«, and ,»copies cannot lie solved by m ere 11UP® lo ,M-‘ auccessiul. Speakers is only one chance in a thousand earthquakes talking alxiut them and th at it is a ‘ Ule Iecenl wneat league m ee’- of getting ahead w ithout a college are unknown ; impossible to evade responsibility in^ sa,u inere w ere very lew men degree. If he could only see that no extreme hot or by referring problems to a com- in W asnmgion wno unuersiooj he may have to sacrifice a little cold w eath er; Ideal mittee, how ever nobly conceived me prometti of wnite wneat. it now th a t it m akes the total dif clim a te; no poor m at is me case it is probable m at ference of syccess or failure in or how ornately housed. h o u ses; no pau Tiie w hites and the blacks are m eie win not be a u illeren t pro the fu ture.” pers ; no sa lo o n s; gram lor it. still fighting but some of tiie no c r i m i n a l s ; in e pian would cut the price jf blacks have discovered th at they L E G A L N O T IC E S churches of all de- wheat to $L4U. c e iu iic a te s auuiu need mine. other characteristic ncminati o n e ; a n d than being black if they aie going be worm GU cents a ousnci ma&- NOTICE TO CHKDITOHS some of tho best mg me price to n u iieis 5>2.ou per to take u big place in the world Notice is hereby given that the school» in. the state Not many w hites know m at yet. busuel, accoruing to m e w an of Oregon. T iie blacks will probably win if bireet Journal, w neat w itnout undersigned has been duly ap pointed A dm inistratrix of the We have three physi they remain jxior. Nothing is certificates would uraw tne cians In the entire county quite so enervating as riches, no- P»ice which inigui encourage E state of Clyde F. Stradley, de ceased, and has qualified. All p er and these are compelled to tiling else so great a handicap. siocx leeuing. sons having claims against said devote a portion of tbclr Inventors have made long 11 ls possible tor a feeder to estate are hereby notified and time to farming interests steps in m aking little electrical ooubie me price ot barley by required to present the same or they would starve to gadgets and huge missiles w i’h leeuing it to nogs il iie is equip death. The lawyers we which to tour outer space. And in Ptni lor nog raising anu a teener duly verified, and w ith the pro have are in somethipg between thousands of tilings to m ignt uu well at leeuing wneat. per vouchers, to the undersigned :e living of the same fix as make living easier. easier An An-erlcan, in m e nurtnw esl me m arket to r ’ t„ he,r1 reJ “ d' n™ " e a r p r a « Val- the physicians ; there we b o u t. can w ork no more than nogs la good as w e im pur port nearly is so little for 20 hour a week and live better an uur pone. of this notice, to-wit: December them to do along than any one in history has ever A griculture not handicapped by 15, 1961. the lines of lived, or if lie likes ease a little tne louerai governm ent is doing Georgia H. Stradley, Ix'ltcr yet, lie need not work at all very well. W itn the new com pete their profession A dm inistratrix and still eat and sleep in com- lion ot me E uropean common they needs H eisler & Van Valkenburgli fort. m arket it is uoubttul if tne gov A ttorneys for E state must apply a Progress ai getting tiie world's ernm ent can continue to noiu m e The Dalles, Oregon part of their peoples to adhere to our code of price ot farm products as lugn tim e to Dec. 15, 22, 29, 1961, Jan. 5, 1962 morals lias been nil, nor have as mey have been so pernaps other they shown a liking for the morals m ere may be an end to tiie la ru is vocations. of any oth er nation. Tiie world is anu subsidies m at have cost so Mrs. Roy (laym an. Grade four re in process of political d isintegra niucii m oie than they have been cited in unison ”Tw as the Night Before C hristm as”. Grades 6, 7, tion witii little nations jxipping worm. and 8 sang C hristm as car?!s. Then up everyw here. Hut it may lx* the audience joined in to sing ending for some nations th at were Sherm an county has had a num- and th a t sign is w hat he used to the county about then, a huge af- The country was very proper- carols with all the children before her of booster organizations, most rememlx?r Sherm an county by. fair w ith tracks and a front wheel ous in th at there was plenty for new a decade o r so ago, are try icuius Mews Santa Claus arrived w ith candy of them in the days w hen there ing to absorb tiie new er ones. There is no doubt th at the that needed tw’o m achines to everyone Including the nordes of f°r a ,l- was land for sale In the county. plow has been the im plem ent operate and repair. It seemed that hired men who worked from frost Things like tliat happen in tiie By M rs. l»«*orge Fox ~ None of these w ere m ore active used to establish and augm ent it would never replace the horses out to snowfall and did chores the world «’very few hundred years. i'lie iiufus G rangers .uiu their So, we tu rn another page and hiuiuies met lu u isu a y evening at W A N T than the Sherm an County Devel- the fortunes of Sherm an coun- that w ere used in eight horse rest of the tim e for th eir board, ADS go on reading the same story. opm ent League, w hich existed tians but dollars w ere not plowed team s to tu rn the land In the schools were startin g to give ine nail lor a jxit luex uinnet. m NUTRI BIO for several years, about 1910 out of the ground as the Sherm an spring— th a t is unless there was some high school subjects, the an- sp u e of tne coiud oi some oi tne FOOD SUPPLEM EN T You r \ t e t r l b uw " t'o ‘r""Nutri-Ilio " h“' ^ ,im e "?is c ,,t ^ n,n. ' v »-««ue in- enough volunteer to promise a AL'a? fie’d m eet"w as . „.,u people there were about sixty tiv - TIIE SQI E A K l W HEEL a social and Products, Alice McIntyre. JO 5- ™ Mown; jT A 'rj, ' anyonc . u aed Crop wl‘hout plowln«- c “mb"1£,s sporting event and a man who out io uinner. i no utnner table Tin* dcpurtinnt of Interior .124.1 figv.fn 3245. Gctfn was ,wc th,nk) the secretai'y most a w alking plow (foot burner) for were common but a large part of coul(, plav ,>aseball v.a , . Ioral which is Ixiss of the Bonneville beiu a centerpiece ot a i m ist mas of the time the league w as In ex- almost two generations. the crop was threshed bv big out- ho.o \ 1 .u 7 It, 1810 there w ere fa-m s for fits will, crew s of tw enty or more. X In ruhtw r Power A dm inistration announces u ee inane ot toothpicks wtlli col- FOR FROZEN PIP E S call K irk’s istence. i ivu oinaiuenia on it waicii was plans to send Columbia river Plum bing and Heating. Have The reader of the script may lx? sale. One of the w ays to success vvu . u , a , tired ’niggles power to California, clear to L/w mane i»y Aonya i etersen. Mr. anu electric pipe thraw c.’. Phone JO ;» little puzzled at the reference to was to farm awhile while the land Wheat was hauled in a wagon on while hoping to get en o u g M o buy one of those new gas buggies. airs, in to P etersen were Hostess Angeles. 5-3220. Ic-tfn the bluffs along the Columbia, enhanced in value and sell it. Now roads a foot deep in dust. As tiie squeaky wheel gets the es. BACKHOE WORK — Dump Sherm an county used to be very the land has increased in value Tiie hall held a large given fir grease in o u r form of govern truck to haul anything. Rufus concerned aixiut them and for beyond the dream s of 1910 and it ment tiie big population center» ficco taiea v iin s tin a s tree w ith L um ber &. Plumbing. Phone years a sign w as kept at Biggs to is more profitable to keep. There gel tiie attention from govern loioreu lights burning onghtiy. W A S H IN G T O N A N D 911. 52c-tfn tell passers-by that upon the was no federal income tax fifty Mrs. Holland Joim son, m uster, WINK GOLDENDALE ment. SALES hills and away from the ever years ago and the local property It is Hue that tiie dams w ere gave a welcome aduiess. In e n the t Yard, Goldendale, Wash., has drifting sand there w as w heat taxes w ere small. Sharing income built with federal money altho gix»iip sang a coupic ot C nnstm as aii auction every Friday at one land of the finest quality. Ixiwell with an indigent governm ent was Hie adm inistration says it is be carots, accompanied by Mrs. tiiac* By C. W IL S O N H A R D E R ¿I o'clock We have the r»arket if Paget, now Republican National unknown There may be as m any Mary Bracxeil read ing repaid by sales of electricity lu a is e ti. ■ _____ • : - .- K J ; you have the livestock. Guar Committee man, served as ad- who look upon these tim es w ith uzzy ’. Carolyn right lu re m tiie northw est. And ' 1 utisim as While it did not get to vote of men entering British medi anteed top prices. Frank Wink vance man for the C hautauqua envy as w ith disdain. if the> belong to tiie fedc al gov inoinpson sang a v iirisim as solo, in the past session, it is quite cine is deteriorating. 33c-tin A man or woman could buy * • * certain that the proposal to ex ernm ent it lias tiie right to sell airs, onto i elersen with her two CUSTOM SLAUGHTERING by anything he wanted and could af- As British medicine has now pand Social Security to provide it w here it wishes, w hether fur .small < inldren recited "The Night ford in Sherman county in those appointm ent only. Custom cur become a civil service func medical care for the aged will Beturc C tinstm as" with o tto P et SmiG> Callaway business or political purposes. again be introduced in Cong tion, with automatic pay raises days. Stores had racks of heavy ing. Meat cutting, wrapping, The entire state of Oregon will ersen playing some back ground according to tim e served, and ress in January. wool suits for men and the shel sharp freeze. K enny's Market, FUNERAL all the other stultifying aspects • • * now be in a position sim ilar to music on his guitar. A hilarious v i m p e i S E R V I C E ves were stacked high with hoes, Grass Valley. Call ED 3-2345 ot civil service work. British It is signi that E astern Oregon has disen- game was played by two chosen for appointm ent. 23-tfh Leon; rd R. Smith work and dress. There was under medicine is attracting a differ ficant that In Joyed lor years tliat of living sines much to the amusement of PboM C Ì M I M ent type of person. w ear in heavy wool or sum m er a nationwide tT A T E W IDE PAINT CO. com tiie site of pow er generation tne children Then Santa Claus ap- • • • The IhillcN, Oregon cotton and 5 young sport might poll of the na- plete painting and decorating While there are some Imper with us attendant troubles w ith I »eared with much excitem ent tto n 's In d e ------------------------------------------------ have found a pair of BVDs. Shirts service, spray or brush. Phone feetions In the American sys out getting tiie advantages tliat Handing out gifts to tiie children pendent busi tem, any one who wants to CY 6-3977 or CY 6-5293, 1205 E. Bethlehem ( liapt<r No. 78 O .EJ a w ith detachable high collars and nessmen con might lx* derived from ‘t. lu st, then the men and women. practice medicine must have a \ i Meets every second T hurs cuffs made n man look formal 12th SL Vern Campbell and ducted by the Before colonialism got such a I lien he passed out sacks of can spirit of dedication to carry day each m onth. Visiting w hether he felt formal or not National Fed Jack Null, The Dalles, Or. 38tfr .Aik him through the long rigorous bad name a legion was considered ny anu peanuts 7 m embers invited. Moro, Ore w hich were a eration of In- schooling and training pro WANTED: Livestock for Con Edna Paulson, W. M. an economic colony if its reso u r n e a t tixmi the G range. On the w om an’s side of the big d e pend en t gram, knowing at the end of it. signm ent, The Dalles Livestock Dorothy H eater, Secretary ces were used by outsiders w ith stores, (and there were big stores) Business, al- c. W . H arder _____ __ is no automatic income l lie Rufus E xtension unit m e’ there Commission, Inc. Sale every 11A R LA N I)VIEW GHA NG E most three-fourths of them are ruaranteed It Is In some as out accompanying benefit. That T liursU ay, Dec. 12 it the hom e of the clerks were glad to show all opposed to this measure. Saturday, 12:00 Noon. For Ip Meets first and ’hlrd Mondays kinds of dress goods, black silk is why colonialism lost its favor. Mis MiiiaiM Leigh w here all en pects a most brutal system of • • • formation. Ed Coles CY 6-4672, selection, yet usually only those for the elderly in age or spirit, at 7 p. m. joyed ,i noon pot luck luncheon. There is an old Arab proverb Dm fittest to practice medicine or CY M 5 1 1 P .O .B o x eai. The Max Belahe, M aster ginghams for little girls and ki - P IN C I I .IN EN Mi s Joe St>mck w-»« co hostess to the affect that once the cam survive. Oallea, Oregon j j f 'n Agnes Benson, Secretary chen wear, satins and poplins for II sat In the office chair and with Mrs. Letgli. Mrs. Sorrick • • • el gets his nose into the tent, However, under the British he soon takes over the tent. IX) it y o u r I UpTn<U3lr)wk..h Lodge ~ N o ~ n i Sunday go-meeting dresses. There he said he was planning to retire made a decorated birthday cake LIVESTOCK Men And it is proved time and system, anybody who can man self • "Auci.or Brand" AMma. fVMs Jeets 2nd and 4th Tue« were high button shoes and long that he was tired of having to do honoring Mrs. llilf Huck whose time again that once a bureauc age to keep up the minimum Health Products, penicillin, and days of each month. Visl- lisle stockings and camisoles to things at a certain tim e and birthday was that day. racy gets into a free institu grades is guaranteed im m e instrum ents are available at cover the eternal corsets with lng m em bers wel place. A fter dinner a short business diate rewards, a lifetim e of tion, that institution is gone. Mary B rackett, N. G. your Co-op Oil and Supply at which women persecuted them security, with automatic in- • • • Tliat is, of course, tiie reason m eeting was held with Mrs. Sam Helen Martin, Secretary The Dalles. 20c tfn selves in that day. It took yards It is not neeessary to go fur- C° me , for retiring, to do as one pleases Tsubota president in charge and yards of goods to make a or to do nothing. P. is thought the unit will have a FOR A gricultural loans see FLU/, T a y lo r lX H K JK A. F. A A. M Alter nfbhM»i . . . “ . " V . ,or" " ' ' r r t “ « M l.U U r d ress and days of a dressm aker’s of The Dalles and the Mid-Col Wasco, Meets the first Our reaction was that prob civil defense lesson some tim e in n ». _wh. B .* Anthony Eden became III, he time. umbia IVA. 4th A Court Sts. Tuesday of each month. ably be had had a busy day and the spring The women had a was once a fine system of medl was first operated on in Brl- L ittle boys probably fared best CPpress 6 2468. tfn. cine, bureaucracy came Into was a little w eary with It all. gift exchange and then played a Visiting brethern welcome. tain, but was finally sent to of all. They w ore no clothes to full bloom with the National Then* are some who m u it have gam e L A E Paint Shop: Interior a n ! America for surgery and re H arland McDonald, W M Health Service. amount to much, a pair of pants covery to health. disciplines from without, some 11«’ Rufus School held its Christ exterior Decorating — Spray Vernon R<»ot, Secretary • o • • oo and maybe a shirt and they w ent voice of ho»s o r >ther authority maa progntm Dec 22. Most of the Painting ED 32273 Grass Va!- E u reka lx>dge No. 121 A.F A k. In Britain it all started in Today, more British taxes go barefoot from April to October. to urge them on In w hatever man rooms had th eir priv ate jwirties *«y 42-tfn. Meets on the 1st and 3ra to support this welfare medi- nocently enough. The govern tru A There were some chores hut noth tier may liest suit tiie psychology either Thursday o r Friday after- FOR SALE: 2 bdrm home, with Thursday cal scheme than is devoted to ment got into the practice of evenings eac ing to keep a lad from t-naring ,cnW supporting the national defense medicine in Just a small way. of the boss and tlje w orker. Oth noon*» The program at school b»* ' V“ ' double garage Inquire Paul nonth. Visiting mem he ‘»s ____ of the country It Is estimated Then it got in a little more. sagerats. riding a pony miles a ers have a built in voice of au th gun with the tiand playing four Cyphers, Moro, or w rite C. L. cor :ially invited to meet wi» » u» day, visiting the thresherm en. today that the average British The next thing, medical prac orlty that pushes ’hem on It 6» numlwrs. Then Max Belshe. W. M the grade« one Balzer, Rt. 1, Cov*. Ore. 34c wage earner pays out in taxes tice became government learning to swim in some dam- Irving H art, Secretary entirely possible that the latter and two hail a little playlet, o o o for this system two or three bO BED OREGON state approved B o rn For never in the history ef times the cost of good private class can never retire F b F g S Nt». ilJ" l o.o.P. “ p c7 ek aru? genera,ly en" "Chrtstnxas T ree Elves" put on nursing home located in beau mankind has any bureaucracy, medical insurance. Meets 1st and 3rd Tuew a fn * and Lit- A fter the disciplines are all re with the help of th eir teachers once started, stayed static. I t tiful Hood River Valley, will 0 o o lays In I O O F. hall. T ran e glrls wcrc i n s ta n tly admon- laxed and tin* urging voice ha.« Mrs Sue Eox and Miss Alice Mc And w h .l «M > k , ( M t V r r , m’. n . 'L ’ " 1’ '1 ,<” lovely fenced grounds. We a< «lent and v i s i t b r o t h e r » Io be little ladies, so much been left tx*hlnd there are some Closkey. T he grades 3, 4. and 5 cept all types of elderly case* are cordially Invited so it is a wonder more of them who will go on doing som ething had a singing nuinlier accompan one thing And in addition, ac- ev ert w ar ‘ as well ss room and board care E’.oyd Haines. N C didn't rebel against the word cording to reports, the quality get hlggei ' a n d ' h ’V r e ? ” perform ing duties or acta th a ’ led on the piano by their ’eacher l-eo W itkins, Secretary The first big Holt 75 came into J l-tfti E n te re d a» »♦rond ria »» m a tte r at P o s to ffire a t M o ro . O re c o n , und er o f C o n tre » » o f M a r r b 1, 1S7». the A rt What Pa Bragged About When He Was Young; Fiftv Year Old Ad For Countv Modest SMALL BUSINESS Chanel
