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â>hvrmmt Œnmtiw journal Seventy Fifth Year No. 11 These Things We Note Giles L. French G randpa has less to w orry about than grandson he w orries about the past which is known while grandson m ust w orry ab out the future which isn’t. TTW N W hether taxes are ?ut or not social security taxes are already up and then th e re ’s th at 25 per cent increase in postage. You can ’t win. T T W N The democratic theory of gov ernm ent is, or was, th at the peo ple would elect legislators to pro tect them from governm ent, to look after their interests. We hope that all leg islatirs under stand and believe th at theory. T T W N It seems the style to feel good a t evidence that Russia and China are in disagreement, but we are sure we'd be better off w ith them getting along China will eventually become ‘he stro n ger and Russia may be a better ally inside th eir alliance than out Moro. Oregon Friday Ivan Kirkelie W7ns Sherman Wins Honor and Cash Bv Two On League | Chsmical Discovery The NEWS, a paper published at Richland, W ashing’ in by the Hanford w orks had a front page devoted almost exclusively on December 28, to Ivan K irkelie and the use of his method of cleaning up the heavy w ater used at tlie atomic plant. Ivan tried a method he found in one of his chem istry textbooks to a ttra c t the oil that polluted »he w ater so it could be removed, says the story and for th a t he received checks totaling $3000. Ivan is a graduate of Moro High school as his family lived in Moro i7 years moving only last sum m er to Richland w here the elder Kirkelie is now employ ed as a plum ber-fitter w ith Gen eral Electric. First National Reaches Billion In Deposits Road Trip Rill Doolin fired a last second shot through the hoop to give Sherm an a 59 to 58 victory over the G rant Union Prospectors on Jan u ary 4. The visiting Huskies sw ept in to the lead in the opening m in utes of the game. They kept up their scoring attack until th e e a r ly m inutes of the fourth period when the Prospectors capaializ- ed on Sherm an’s erro rs to drop nine points into the basket and tie tiie score 54-54. Sherm an re gained the lead w ith a 3-point m argin but G rant once more clo- sed the gap G rant’s top scorer, Andy Conforth, stepped to the foul line and sank a free throw to put the Prospectors a point ahead w ith four seconds left to play. Sherm an took the ball o u t of bounds. The home team and spectators stood dum bfounded as Doolin caught the pass a t half court and shot His attem pt sw ish ed into the net and fell to the floor a t the final buzzer sounded. Ron Johnson took game scor ing honors w ith 20 points. The H uskies made only 5 out of 13 free throw s w hile the Prospec tors sank 18 out of 21 attem pts. Bish, 10; Blagg 6; Scoring Doolin 9; J uson 20; Kellogg 4; Lane 10. Sherman 20 36 59 53 1 11 32 45 58 County Official Paper Jan u ary II. 1963 Right here will be the en 1 of I m built later th is year. And off the John Day dam on th e (tie- to the left there will he a row of gon wide. C le w s are p u sh in g p o u e r liouxes and th e w ater w ill n ike a rise over tlieLs ithan gra v el in to th e river lo m ’ »pot - • higher • - huM* for th e coffer dam tli at will any building in the county, You Gotta Have Health Advisory Teachers Now Get County Agent’s $ 6 2 0 0 Per Term Report Sh .ws Oregon public school tea? lers will receive an average salarv of $6250 in 1962-63, according io a study Just released by the Ore gon Education association re- search departm ent This is an up- proxlm ite increase of $180 over the figure for teachers and ad- nunistrators in 1901-62. There are 19,712 public elenun- tary, junior high school and sec- ondary teachers in the Oregon public schools according to the report and 18,154 are teachers. Teachers average salaries run iron $5894 for elem entary to $6, 278 for senior high school teach- r res. ot T h » Junior Inrtuki- h high iir h a school c n n o l '.e ach- The teach er will receive an average of $6, 020. All figures are based on ac- tual s a ia r^ s paid Oregon lull- tim e certified school personnel, p r H enry Oslbov, OSA research director stated Salaries reported in the study, according to Oa.lxw include the following, teacher coa tracts for ten, ten ami i halt ant eleven m onths e x tia pay fo. ex- tra duty; and pay for extended contracts. O ther salaries reported indlea- ted the average salary of all leacn era in Oregon to be $6019 and the adm inistrator« average salary to be $8938 Teachers Increase in average salary waH Over $170 over 1961- 62. A dm inistrators salary average was increased by $376 over 1961- 62 Income $9 trillion If you would like to find out hvw m any and w hat activities are |ng on in the county ag. ricukurally get a copy of the county agent’s report for i962 w h|ch the extension ^ rvice had m lnw ographed this vear for dis- tribution lo ^ .n e com m dtee Ineinbers T.W .Thompson estim ates the cash farm crop income for 1962 at ,062,000 of which wheat was 430 000. That Is a good income __ - . . for 2500 people, but in addition to that the livestock and poultry income is placed at $879,700 and the horticultural crops at $21,900 which make another $900000 to add to Bum '• ’°P Income i n \ h T eath- ‘ th e 'e ro p w ent and how much th ere is th e lx?suk of experim ents on wheat, feilUizers on insecticides and som ething about grasses and ran- and how effectlve i8 range h An e8tlm ate Jn the live- Jn th<? w u dlffers ,rom of th<i by being hlgk. er, but may have been taken at a different tim e of year. County Agent Thompon esti m ates 650 horses, 11,500 cattle, 2000 sheep, 1700 hogs and but 5000 chicken. His figures show th a t there are alm ost twice as m any horses in the county a in 1954. Oregon became the tenth state Numbers Nowdays to claim a banking institution with deposits in excess of a bil A.G.Erickson, district director lion dollars w hen the F irst Nat of Internal Revenue for Oregon ional bank reported year end de has issued the following s ate- posits of $1,002,158,197. m ent regarding tax account num On January 2 the Sherm an co Total deposite for the 90 oftice bers. unty Health Advisory council system were up 7.5 percent from Public law No. 87-397 approved m et at lleefo’s for lunch and busl- 1961 figures of $932,499,010. The October 5, 1961 requires „hut ness. Mr Don McDermid, pres bank also reported loans of $568, banks, savings and loan as-uxba- ided. 974,500 an increase of 16 percent. tiens, credit unions, and ,ther The m atter of “safety for cnild- Total resources of $1,106,199 295 payers of interest and dividends , vn in honie and school” was compared to $1,029,242,783 in last obtain the tax account num oers Ui.scu.-sed. It was decided to dis- _ N M 11 year. Oi their shareholileis o, deix/tut- tribute literature on the subject Steelhead Tags Due At The late Senator K ?rr was a The Sherm an county branch very strong man, resolute and reported year end deposits of $3, o rs and use them on in t o i m a tio n t,, tiie kindergarten through the State Game Offices Sherm an 24 10 17 33 documents submitud to the hi < Wpen ,,r th t culin(v determ ined to get all he coui 1 for 324,706 and loans totaling $776, Cattlemen Meeting Next k 11 27 43 58 nel Revenue service. \ letter from the council will be Salmon and steelhea 1 angleis K err and Oklahoma and in th at 287 according to Doyn Price, the F or those individuals h arin g sent w kh the literatu re are rem inded by the game com- T u e s d a y in The Dalles respect almost the perfect pat branch manager. The Huskies took th eir lifth Social Security num bers the So mission that the tim e is at hand te rn for modern day politicians. Judge Vernon Miller informed rH u rn th e lf 19€2 salm on and The Oregon Cattlem an’s asso- At the same tim e he released straig h t victory in a 53-50 win And how the senate will miss comparable totals for December over the Burns H ighlanders on cial Security num ber is pres» rili grotip that Janies Bidgixxl, wtet>lhead punch c a n ls. Ou<lets elation is holding regional meet- ed as the account num ber to be his telling members w hat to do. 31, 1961, when depasits were Ja n u a ry 5. and hunting licenses mgs in eastern Oregon and th e included on the tax and inf irma- W a -c o druggist, had b e m a p p o in - for fish T T \V a $3,090,572 and loans $836,070. Sherm an dropped behind the tion re tu rn s filed w ith the ser tea civil defense director for have lwen provUled ^ ilh boxes one for this area will be held in We wonder how the w orld’s placcd T he Dalles a t the court house B urns boys early in the first vice If a person does not h a re a Sherm an county. Dr. E.E Berg |n whR.h card;J may best dressed women are chosen. 1963 Fishing Regulations period 8-18, and could not find Social Security number, a num announced plans to hald an in The expired punch cards may next Tuesday at 10.00 a.m. Mem- Is it by the dressm akers who pick th e ir m ark until the middle of ber will be assigned upon re eipt struction course in medical self- also be mailed directly to the hers of the Sherm an t ounty Cat- the big spenders; by th e impor To Be Established the second q u a rte r w hen they of an application. These applica- help at The Dalles. It will meet commission at 1634 S.W. Alder tlem ans asoclatlon and especially tance of ‘heir husband’s position; a week, 12 lessons to be in Portland t (ed the score a t 25-25. The H us lions may be obtained from the once th e officers are invited to c*ame Oregon sportsm en are advised ,>vgin (h<> q( Febr because of their looks. None seem , . . , .. and taik about how the state and kies increased th e ir lead in the taxpayer« naareet In tern al lU v e - the the sport fishing regulations , e<vlving t , c<>urge w fu entirely appropriate inform ation recorded on the can worx to- th ird q u a rte r but lost it in the nue office. for the 1963 season will lie open punch cards is used to estim ate h<?; m .)re effectlveIy. T T W N I c i xpected to teach others. for discussion at a p'mlic hear fourth as they had the night The a rt and pleasure of lead ing Friday, Jan u ary 11, at the before by throw ing the ball away Lynn Ham pton stated th a t he the total annual catch of 9 a T n o n ______________ ing poetry has been lost o r is in was distributing to the prim ary and steelhead as well as th e catch Art Course Starting At game commission’s Portland head eight times. Time ran out before distribution by stream . The law abeyance. If revived it would quarters, 1634 S.W. Alder. The the H ighlanders could close the Veterans Benefits Up club en of the county Informa- requires that the punch cards l>e Sherman High School beat most TV programs. The V eterans A dm inistr ition ti ai from the F.B.I. on how to m argin, giving Sherm an th e ir m eeting is scheduled to convene T T U N second victory in league compe Regional office in Portland dis p i«ct them selves from inoles- returned w hether o r n >t the bold at ten a.m. A course in a rt (painting and er caught salmon o r steelhead. The final decision about the bursed $39,700,00 in disability {ols During the hearing winter and tition. draw ing) will be given as an w elfare of Latin America may sum m er regulations for all game Ron Johnson repeated hla top and death paym ents in Or gon adult class at Sherm an High for be th at there is too much restric fish will lie considered. Following scoring honors w ith 21. during 1962, Manager R.J.Novot the next few weeks. The class tiv e law and too little economic a two week interval and oubli- The H uskies play th e ir third ny announced. Of this total, $30, will meet next Tuesday, Ja n u a ry law. But look w ho’s talking cation of tentative rules, a sec league game against H eppner on 500,000 was paid to 34,302 1'vlng 15 at the school at 7.30 and last veterans and $‘ 3 ,200,000 to surviv TTW N ond hearing will be called on F ri Jan u ary 11, then travel to Mau until 9:30. In stru cto r will be Those who try to make a day, Jan u ary 25. At the second pin on January 12 for a non ors. Doug l>oash of The Dalles High The paym ents are higher than sporting event out of politics are hearing the game commission league rem atch school. It will lie necessary for a year ago because of the enac - building up the struggle over who will adopt the final angling regu Scoring: Bish 12; Blagg 5; Doo eight pesrons to join before the is to be who and labelling men as lations for the 1963 season. lin 6; Fields 2; Johnson 21; Kel m ent of a law that increa c I class can lie given. com pensation paym ents from $1 liberals and conservatives in ev All persons are invited to at logg 6; Rayon 1. a month for those w ith only 10 ery paragraph. Kennedy is said tend the regulations hearing. Sherm an 8 28 44 53 Traffic Deaths Not So to be on the side of the “liberals” B urns 18 25 37 50 percent service connected disal> ility to $25 a m onth for tno.-c and well he might for they are Telephone Almanacs Out Junior Varsity: Many Last Year with 100 percent disabilities th e easiest pushed around, but Sherman 11 17 22 33 Compensation paym ents are Oregon’s traffic death toll for The telephone almanac for ’63 B um s we don’t think he is either one. 12 16 28 45 1962 was just short of ‘he figure paid to veteran of the Spanish- is now available free of charge in TTW N for the preceding year. T entative American was, World W ar 1 and Did you note that story about Pacific N orthw est Bell's office figures released today by the II, Korean conflict and peace Mexican women who put their ir. The Dalles according to Man March of Dimes tim e service connected disability. Oregon D epartm ent of Motor Ve children first in their affections, ager C.P.Hom, hicles listed 480 |>ersons as 1962 Pension are paid by the VA to Theme for the 41st edition of th e ir parents second and th eir veterans whose disabilities are traffic fatalities. the publication is a series of tr i Campaign Starting husbands third. Well. This figure, the departm ent ?aid not service connected and woo: e bute and disertations on twelve TTW N may 1* revised upw ards if any income does not exceed certain The chief of Oregon’s prim ate basic types of telephone users Top quality medical care statu to ry limits. Pens! m s a.--» al deaths occur during the next 12 center has resigned. So, we'll whose occupations are vital to though often capable of chang m onths due to Injuries received have to wait a while to fin ! out the life we lead in America today. ing the whole life prospect of In so paid dependants >f decease 1 last year or If person« tentatively Usual features of the almanac fants and children w ltn crippdng veterans whose deaths wes ■ not how to g i/e monkeys cancer. listed as traffic deaths are Judg include the calendars listing hol disorders, is unavailable to the due to service connected disabili TTW N ed “non traffic motor vehicle ties and whose incomes are w ith Maybe if w eatherm an Krick idays and historical events, astro m ajority of these paitients deaths” (cases w here the accident in lim its fixed by law. can m ake his theory stand up nomical data and recent happen Dorotha Moore, chairm an of occurs on private property). th at atomic explosions make the ings in the telephone business. Sherm an chapter of the National For com parative purposed state w eather bad the big nations will foundation- March of Dimes poin Speaker Obtained agencies throughout the country Federal Rules Adopted have to stop them. Fear of bad ted to the fact th a t the national ue the Uniform Manual on T raf w eather may lie w’orse than fear Carl H. Nleberg, senior vice- Federal regulations governing health organization, through n a t fic Accidents for determ ining of of war. pesticide residues on law agri ional headquarters and some 500 president of the Fede al In ter ficial traffic death tolls. Oregon TTW N cultural products will become of its chapters, is financing a net mediate Credit bank of Spokane had 492 deaths In 1959. Next Monday the legisla'ure Oregon's tegulaUone also on Ja n work of more than 50 treatm ent will be a featured speaker it the will convene and liegin the age u ary 25.. centers across the nation for annual joint m eeting «if the .did- old contest to see who is the liest Production Credit Director J.F.Short of the state birth defects, a rth ritis and polio. Columbia L’.S.National Bank K cpie-enting Sherm an county men. And may he lie public spir departm ent of agriculture signed The centers are affiliated with association and the Federal Land at the national m eeting of the t “ nated statistic« w ere i.iven »hat ited. an order to this effect January 4. more than half th e nation’s med Bank asoclatlon of The Dalle m s subject will lx* F.n . H ial d c.l. in Cancer society held at P is o n s in Sherm an county Makes Gains in 1962 TTW N His The ord er followed a hearing on ical schools. Management” and Mr N idierg the Multnomah hotel In Portland saved from cancer in S National bank c o n tin u e to Well, we got rid of the holidays December 28 in which adoption In this county the local chapter and -that th e re would be excw d the $1 billion m ark In again and after a cold sped or of the federal tolerances as Ore has Joined with o th e r chapters has had long experience In Uiat Jan u ary 5 and 6 were Mrs IIll- two perhaps people will go hack gon’s requirem ents wras at *.ssue in Oregon by contributing to the field Also in attendan e will be • 1 I Zell, <1 trlct direct ,r and Mr e |kl‘t new caaes diagnexsed for totai resources according to y ear iirsf Bine as cancer. Tw enty end figures released this week, to work. — except no issue developel, as center established at the U niver A W Behrens, ass’t vice president nd Mi F rank vonBorstel. They year« ago one in seven was Deposits w ere u p m ore ih an TTW N no one offered testim ony e ih e r sity of Oregon Medical school. o* the Fedeial I^and bank of po r<- art i gofMl attendance from 11 kane who will have inform.i ion wa tein n ates Including one iep- !»ave^- Now a lo u t one in three jyg million and now ‘otal *983, Probably five years of hard for o r against at the hearing. Since 1938 the local chapter has *' '«-n'aiive from Alaska and one an'* one morv of the t.iree could 473 352 compared w ith $906,711, work In youth is worth tw enty Federal pesticide residue toler spent $2000 in treatm en t of polio to share William Hulse, Dufur, m ed - Loin Hawaii. sav**<l lf early diagnosis and 7 jfi recorded on Dec. 30, 1961. years of nt in middle age, but ances prevail on raw agricultural cases in the county and also pur Ralph Edw ards of radio and B M tm ent w ere given. Ix»ans Increased nearly $77 mil- we have to tie middle aged to products th a t move in interstate chased a Pneolator’, a completely rknt of the Federal L ind rank 1 wo tilings individuals and lion and now stand at $501017, kr.ow that. commerce For this reason, fed- autom atic oxygen dipensor, for association will serve . gei .Tal t'lev i-io n fame conducted the chairm the meeting, me- mu', Aith m. d in g national chairm an, ianiilles can do to ward off the 359 compared with 3427,071.452 TTW N chairm an an at at the eial tolerances are i ith e r uni the county ambulance. Gordon Hat|»er, vi< - pre - > nt, Denr.i Day, state chairm an for th r«at of canoe r a n d to lie p the a year ago. The fish, when he bites at the formly u=ed by the various dates. Gordon Mrs Vada DeMoss Is Sherman E l d i n g at the m< in ti o, -h a t < .1 f ..nia a , - In attendance and ,he dan«“ r The Dalles branch of the U.S. worm on the hook, is in search presiding K Moreover, J.I> Patterson, SOA’s county March of Dimes ch air P v... ,„.»• of the M a k e r s at the »‘KnalN w h‘ch ®PP*ar •" <?very National recor»led as of Decem o* security chief chem ist, points out th at man and has announced her assi- association. Riddell Lage, Hood American ( a icer ber 31, 1962 total deposits o( TTW N the financial outlay for investi ta n ts as: Kent: Mrs H arry luste- River, preident of the Mid-Colum 1 .n< I ■ n Sati rday. Also speaking I iece William Gar'gan, form er ra »ociely« literM ure and n m e a $18.263.331.98 acconilng to Jam es W hatever may h ap n ei in the gations and studies at the state sen; G rass Valley: Helen Olds; bia I*CA, will chairm an the busi w, , and TV star, now -ervlng as hab‘l of visiting th e ir awn phy- L Johnson, manager. I/ia n s and federal congress you can be su ie level would be extrem ely costly Wasco: Gwen Gosscn and Vera ness meeting of his issociaDon. at ‘* af a a discounts ________ for th e local branch to it is done with an eye on the and tim e consum ing This M m - V anG lder; Rufu: Ina Byrd. A Stein said the m eeting will lx* Day’ »«.chairman. Gov. Mark 1964 election, probably lw>th eyes e unneces ary In view of the special addition th is year Is a held at the Ju n io r High sch<x>l H , f , . | wit» has served as a c<jniPleU‘ health exam ination. For ta]«wl $7,944,973.50. This compares V , ... V and a county these exam inations will $17,174 567 59 and $7,725,567. T W N . . . trker ..... — .— _ —------- — . . . — fact that Oregon Investlgaiions high school chairm an. Kay More evmnasium with regi it at io n to W •»<*«' 51> respectively on Dec 30, 1961. We read that th e United Sta presum ably would come up w ith house has volunteered to do thl» i n CmJerwav at 11 . m One < f c h a i...» a n an d 1« now on th e state tes spends $2*3 per year per cap the same results the federal special collection task I me to the the im portant functl n s of ‘ id < <ei b ird gave a talk. Nan vterlne cancer and all adults will The D ufur branch sh«,wed depo- a ’ rectal-colon . f ,, pr r .dlo, movie and aI» recUl-colon exannna- examina- ,n the amount of $2.506.326 ita on m ilitary expenses and E u found and uses In establishing splendid organization of the Mar annual meeting will be u 70 with loans and dlscoun’s to n 'er, who has .»een cured Boll. ropeans $55. Maybe Europeans Its telerances. directors to fill the 00 Ition- of ch of Dinmes effort In this coun mg »»eautliully dur- And all may help by iieir ton- taling $577.034.09. are sm arter. Because change- occur ’’it her ty and the dedication of the wo the following retiring dire-tor-: ,,i . | , i » sion. tn b u tlo n s to the Amarican Can- Total resources of fhe U.S. Nat TTW N rapidly in this field, the depart- men who give th e ir tim e to the Carroll Sayrs, Moro; and Lari ,»• 1 e egat« 1 w•'.«-» divided cer society to be used for cancer ional system ’s 85 offices was $1, The Cuban ransom case ihows merv* anticipates it will need to task of collecting funds, th is co Meeker, The Dalles; of the * \’A; three group» and discussions leaeartdi, education a n J service 079.346,587 com pared w ith $1, th at on«1 way *et ,n ^as*ni<‘nt hold periodic hearings to review unty is one of the top ¡* r capita William Hulse, Dufur; of the e • held and films snown Ee- to end th'.s dread disease 002,086,875 last year. of taxes Is to have something the the tolerances land bank. contributors in the na'ion. adm inistration wants. Committee To Put Out Instructions 4
