Moro. Oregon Friday
Seventy Fifth Year No. 15
These
Things
We
Note
Giles L. French
January Drv, Cold
Sherman Has
That Almost Became
Winning Weekend
Driesst Ever Here
January* was as dry a January
as we’ve reported for years. Only
nine have been drier, one bring
ing but .31 inch, back In 1939.
Last year the precipitation was
but .441. This year January gave
up .78 inch of rain anil snow’ and
.50 of that was on the 31st, just
in time to keep the 1963 January
from being the driest. It was .97
inch below the normal.
For the crop year the total
rainfall is now 6.82 and that is
but .02 below’ normal so no par
ticular harm has been done to
date.
Highest temperature was 49 on
the 4th and the lowest minus 6
on the 12th which is really a lit
tle cold for we can expect 53 and
5. The monthly mean was 27 and
that is 3.1 below the normal tem
perature.
The wind blew pretty well on
the 24th when it got up to 24
MPH but the 18th was the wind
iest with 216 miles oi it. The
snowfall measured 7H inches in
January, a little light for the av
erage is 9.4 inches.
County Official Paper
February s, UM»!
Snow Runs Off With
Little Damage To
Frozen Fields, Crops
With 2 Victories
Sherman over whelmed the
Grant Union Prospectors in their
second match of the season with
a 74-42 triumph on the Huskie
home court, February 1
After a close first quarter, end
ing 16-15 in the Huskie s favor,
Sherman broke the game wide
open to take a 14 point lead at
half time. The Huskies contin
ued their attack in the second
half by adding 39 points to their
half time mark. The crow d went
wild in the final minutes as the
home team added 15 points to
thteir season high score of 59, the
final score against both Steven
son, 59-51 and Grant Union 59-
58.
Johnson’s 18 points and Kell
ogg’s 16 points were high for
the game.
The Huskies made
61.5 per cent of their shots from
the foul line, 15 of the 16 came
in the fourth quarter
Scoring: Allen 4; Bayer 5; Bish
8; Blagg 6; Doolin 4; Fields 4;
Johnson 18; Kellogg 16; Lane 6;
Rayon 3.
Sherman
16 35
51 74
lion
JohiMon M2) anil
Bill
Grant Union
15 21
35 42 Ilayon (22) try to keep Burns
Junior Varsity:
guard Dick Anderson (33) from
Sherman
5 15
22 33 getting a r«*l>ouh«l under the Sher
Grant Union
8 21
39 53
It snowed on January 31,
really snowed for a good ¡»art of
the day so that nearly eight In
ches
covered the ground. Fri
day brought more of the same
only colder. Then with the wea
ther prophets saying that cold
weather would
continue the
stonn folded like a fighter after
a hard punch to the Jaw.
As for the ground hog he was
entirely frustrated on Saturday
morning. It was cloudy and a bit
foggy and unpleasant enough for
any ground hog and to clinch the
matter for any follower of popu
lar superstition there was no
glimmer of sun all day.
It was pretty warm In the
south end of the county Saturday
and roads were dear until night
brought a little frost. The snow
ran off down Grass Valley can
yon, flooding the Dunlap motel
cabins and almost getting into
the Grass Valley confectionery
on the way. Bridges across Grass
Valley canyon had a full head
of water under them. South of
Nigger ridge the run off was
Saturday and Sunday. North of
the ridge it was Sunday and Mon
day and in the Barnum canyon
watershed the run off was not
heavy and did little damage
Tiie fields are not washed l»adly
as farmers expected them to l»e
with seven or eight inches of
snow going off in two days on
frozen ground. Some of it must
have found a way into the earth.
More damage was done to the
roads, apparently, for there are
several places where graveled
roads are damaged.
Since Sunday it has been warm
with little rain storms coming
across the country nearly every
day.,
First DeGaulle and now Diefen
baker make themselves such won
derful enemies; they can be dep
ended upon to make serious mis
takes.
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Probably the best reason for
managing the news is to suppress
that part which is not favorable
to the administration.
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Thia nation is in trouble be
cause it believes its own propa
Smart Kids Can
ganda. We inflate the number
of unemployed. One reason for
Enter College Easy
unemployed is that they like it
that way; another is that high
The Chancellor’s office of the
wages make some people unem
Oregon State system of higher
ployable because they ain’t worth
education has announced that for
the price. So away with unem
the second year Oregon high
man basket while Jim Uatterson
ployment compensation and let
school seniors whose grades av
(21) gets ready to help. Sherman
men work for what they are Cattlemen To Meet
erage C ¡»lus or l»etter will be
wa-sn’t
getting many of either
worth and the problem would be
granted admission to system in
over.
reboundti or |M»iuts until later in
Hear Scientist
stitutions without waiting for
the game.
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final grades and graduation.
Sherman Cattlemen’s associa
If the appointment of Frank
According to Dr Francis B.
The Huskies edged out the
lin D.Roosevelt jr. as deputy is tion annual meeting is scheduled
Nickerson, assistant to the chan
a sign that he may become Sec for Saturday night, February 16 visiting Burns Highlanders to
cellor, early admission forms
retary of Commerce, the nation is Odd Fellows hall, Grass Valley. ciajm a 43.41 victory February 2.
have been mailed to all high
Cattlemen,
wives
and
friends
are
Sherman
dropped
behind
In
the
disraced. He isn’t the one of
Show A t Church
school principals In the state.
FDR’s kids who could add, was Invited according to Paulen Kase- earjy minutes of the game and
Qualified students should apply
trailed during most of the first
a pitifully poor congressman and berg, president.
Coming
Sunday
for early admission through their
J.C.Miller,
head
of
the
animal
^ajf
After
a
desperate
comeback
unworthy of political preferment.
"As we all know Oregon's Des
science department. OSU, will be in lhe ¡ast seconds of the half,
From: Office of State Director,
Sunday night, February 10th at principals or guidance counselor.
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The early admission plan was
chutes river is rated as one of 7 (H) p.m. In the Moro Presbyter
Reducing the hips, says this the featured speaker. Miller is a the Huskie tied the score at 23- BLM, Portland.
first
uaed In 1962 with notable
the
outstanding
fishing
streams
noted
authority
for
beef
cattle
23.
Burns
added
a
free
throw
A meeting of State and Federal
ian church the Youth of the chur
lady, is an inside job.
improvemen methods in the US. and a field goal to their score resource management officials in tlie nation. It is a national as ches of Shennan county ¡»resent success. Many students were able
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“The Tony Fontane to begin admission procedures
Anent the proposed tax cut; Under his leadership, Oregon has and drew a 26-23 lead at half was held in the Bureau of Land well as regional and local asset. the film,
early in the year, thus establish
For
these
reasons
BLM
does
not
become
distinguished
in
livestock
time.
Sherman
held
the
visitors
Management State office in Port
there used to be a word for it:
Story”.
„ .
“The Tony Fontane Story is ing their admission and permit
beware the Greeks bearing gifts. research work and is being hon- to 4 points in the third quarter land Tuesday t<> discuss the fu want to make any unilateral de
ored by serving as host to the
keep the iead for the first ture development of public land? cisions that would forever alter a feature length color Christian ting more orderly planning and
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International
Animal
science
con-
time
in the game. The Hlghland- bordering the lower Deschutes the present character of the Des Musical presenting an unbeliev processing on the campus.
If you would like to know
er tied the game 41-41 In the 4th river l»etween Warm Springs and chutes river” said Getty.
able, yet true, story featuring
which American has the most ference next August.
George Johnson, secretary Orc quarter with seconds to i lay. the Columbia river.
expensive education just check
Considerable time was snent Tony Fontane and Kerry Fontane
Construction of access roads discussing tiie types of develop
He is a former television and Herman Oliver Gets
on the cost of keeping Meredith gon Cottlemen’t association, will H|sh and Kellogg each sank a
report on activities of that organ- free throw to give Sherman a and the installation of public re ment that could be peed along popular recording star now feat
at Old Miss.
ization. Sherman county’s modi- . wo point margin and the victory. creation facilities along the river the lower I>eschutes. Some favor ured in Christian concerts and is Veterinarian Award
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Scoring: Bish 20; Blagg 2; Doo- were the main topics of discus ed a through road paralleling the religious recording artist for R-
Another tax gimmick is "pro fied certified brucellosis ceitifi-
perty tax relief” which means cate will l»e presented by Dr. lin 4: Johnson 10; Kellogg 6; Ray- sion. BLM is responslnle for 25 Deschutes from its confluence C.A. Everyone is invited to see
A pioneer Grant county cat
000 acres of public lands along with the Columbia river to Warm the film. A free will offering tleman, banker and philanthro
generally that we’ll reduce your H any Naylor, state veterinarian. on 1;
The annual meeting will start
23
35
43 the lower Deschutes river, most Springs. Others favored a combin will be taken to defray lhe rental pist— Herman Oliver of John
8
Sherman
property tax by charging you
41 of which are inaccessible to the ation of automobile and foot ac of the film.
30
26
16
Bums
Day has l>een awarded the Ore
more income tax so that you can with a 7:00 p.m. banquet at the
hall. A social hour will precede
general public. Part of the access cess in the Deschutes canyon,
Junior Varasity:
gon Veterinary Medical associa
eventually pay more of both.
thte event, starting at 6:00 at the
25 problem results from private leaving portions of the public
25
18
8
Sherman
tion’s “distinguished service a-
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31)
34 land which block public entrance lands In a near naturd condition B&PW Call
24
Bums
13
ward to laymen”, the first honor
These public employees who Legion hall with Stan Mayfield
Sherman travels to Heppner onto public lands.
of its kind ever to be conferred
for the use of hikers and fisher
are saying the government must as host.
Attendants at the meeting In men who want to get away from Meeting Monday
8 to play the Mus-
February
by the veterinary organization.
spend more money to keep the — -----------------
tangs in the most vital game cluded representatives of the roads and automobiles.
The award was ma«le primar
economy moving are entirely
The Shennan County chapter ily for Mr. Oliver’s contributions
of the season. A victory In this state committee on natural res
wrong. It is big government
The Oregon game commission
tilt would give Sherman a tie ources, the state game commis has stated that there Is little dan Business & professional Women to the control and eradication of
spending that is keeping the ec-
Get Civics Lesson
for first place with the Mustangs sion, the state parks sui»erlnten- ger of depleting the game fish will hold a meeting at Shennan brucellosis in cattle.
nomy slow’.
Oliver, for 10 years president
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Alice Kaseberg will be the rep Heppner is undefeated in league dent, the state planning and dev resource on the lower Deschutes High school the night of Fe»>-
Ain’t it wonderful: every year resentative from Sherman county play and Is the only team which elopment division, the bureau of river because of its size, its near ruary 11, next Monday at 8.00, of the Oregon Cattlemen’s asso
we have a brand new’ panacea to the 4-H conference on state has beaten the Huskies In the outdoor recreation, the fish and Ideal conditions for trout, steel for a discussion of by laws and ciation and former member of the
for all our governmental prob government that will
meet in league. Sherman plays Colton on wildlife service, the national park head and salmon, ando the fact general business, according to state board of education and the
Saturday night in a non-league service, the bureau of Indian af that you cannot fish from boats Mrs Elna Fields.
state highway commission, was
lem. And need each one worse. Salem
February 7-89.
Off leers of the new orgaulza one of the first cattlemen in Ore
fairs and the BLM.
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They will hear about how the contest at Sherman.
in that Ptretch of the river.
In opening the meeting BLM
Women, this writer says, are a the legislature works from Rep
Monday BLM and bureau of lion are Mrs Glendora Smith, gon to become concerned at the
state director Russell B. Getty outdoor recreation officials flew president; Mrs Orllu Coons, first severe calf losses during the mid
strange animal, unlike man in C. R. Hoyt and Sam Haley, legis
Youngsters Can Earn
told the group that BLM is seek into the Deschutes canyon for an vice president; Mrs Carole Bris thirties.
all their thinking. Isn’t it nice lative counel.
ing the advice, cooperation and on the spot Inspection of the re bin«, second vice president; Mrs Losses at that time, which were-
that they speak the same lan They will visit Ways & Means
assistance of all public and pri creation potential of some of the Fields, secretary and Mrs Marie assumed to have beon from cau
guage?
field in the governor’s office and More Than $600
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Cyphers, treasurer.
ses other than brucellosis, were
Students remind your par vate organizations witn an inter public lands along the river.
committee, call an Mark Hat-
Whenever the legislature gets hear Senate President Musa and ents that U 19 possible for you est in the lower Deschutes river.
between 150 and 200 calves each
year out of a herd of 1300 to
something really serious to think House Speaker Clarance Barton, to earn over $600 and still be
State Department
1400.
about, like taxes along
comes and that afternoon hear a passel claimed as a dependent. That is.
some silly little bill like colored of lobbyists, Ivan Congleton, AOI if your parents furnished ovet
With the cooperation and inter
Recovers
Cattle
oleo or Sunday closing to take George Brown, labor; Alexander 50% of your support.
est of veterinarians, Mr. Oliver
Estray animals worth $100,000 instituted a brucellosis testing
all the public interest.
District Director A. G. Erick
Brown, Portland; J. Misko, med
were returned to their owners program and the entire herd was
son of Internal Revenue said to
ical
society;
Cecil
Posey,
teachers;
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last year through work of the tested three times during one
Irvin
Luiten
Weyerhaeuser; day that you students who earn
International relations in the
brand Inspectors and livestock of winter. Approximately 250 re
over $600 are required bv law to
Huck Rolfe has brought to this on rotating crops.
John
Lansing,
PP&L;
George
De
western world are in a bad shape.
file a return, even ’ hough your office a bound copy of the culti
There are some cuts of new ficers of the state department of actors were discovered and re
The only man who can be non wey, faim bureau; Allan Wheeler parents claim you us a dependent. vator for the years 1835-36. The machines to make farming eas agriculture.
moved from the herd.
Blood
Grange.
chalant is Nikita Khrushchev
Roy Nelson, livestock division testing continued the following
Cultivator was a 16 page monthly ier, planters anil harvesters. The
Howard
Belton,
tate
treasurer,
who has absorbed Cuba, gotten
publication "deveted to agricul cuts were all crude for this was chief, made this report In Salem winter and a marked decrease in
the United States out of Turkey and William McAllister, supreme New Veterinarians
ture” as the masthead proclaim in the time when grain was cut this week. He added the value the number of reactors found.
court
chief
will
talk
the
last
day.
and Italy so he can watch De-
ed. It was published by the New with a scythe or cradle, bound put on the 615 estrays handled Upon the discovery of a brucel
Named To Po3t
Gaulle disrupt the NATO alli
losis vaccine in 1941, a vaccina
York State Agricultural Society and generally threshed by dri Is conservative.
Traffic Up On
ance still further.
Dr. H.BNaylor, an assistant of which Jesse Buel was presi ving horses over It and tossing It
He added that last year the de- tion program was quickly edop
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state veterinarian with he state dent and conductor which prob In the air to let the grain fall.
¡»artment Impounded
$200,000 ted.
Certainly the crack down on Highway 97 Now
department of agriculture at Sal ably meant editor.
while It established ”l»e>ond ques
Mr. Oliver recalls that because
expense account will change the
em. has been assigned to The
There are articles on building tion” ownership of 1349 animals of early skepticism concerning
The purpose of the publication
Traffic
on
state
highways
show
selling habits of many and prob
Dalles as area veterlnlarian for a noted below the name was “ to some solid looking wooden gates sold at public salerings or stock the vaccine he undertook to
ably break some club« and hotels ed a pronounced increae during Wasco, Hooo River, Sherman Improve the Soil and the Mind”. and direction on how to build a yards. The volume of animals prove certain factors. Tests of
December 1962 as compare« 1 to
but it really was getting to I*
and Gilliam counties. He may t»e
Although it is common to as- cistern and other farm equipment Impounded last year was almo«» atMiut 20 18 month old vaccinated
December 1961, according to the
pretty foolish.
reached through the courthouse crlbe the Ixglnulng of scientific Nearly every issue had an article double that of the previous year, heifers were made each year
Oregon State Highway depart
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annex office of the Wasco county agriculture to the passage of the on breed of farm animals, Short which Nelson says Indicates tigh for several years without the ap
How foolish can we get to ap ment’s monthly traffic report. extension agent.
land grant college act the Infor horn cattle, with directions for ter controls on the requlremnt pearance of a single reactor.
Completion
of
he
December
tot
plaud boosts in federal giveaways
Mr. Oliver later devised an in
mation In the Cultivator, a good judging them; Merino and South that sellers give proof of owner
and cut in federal taxes? And in als also reveals that all major PP&L Plans
genious branding procedure used
thirty years
before that, was down sheep, the Berkshire hog. ship.
highway routes had general in
the same bill, yet
As an aid to better tillage
Th department recorded an all for identification during the test
certainly a long step toward scien
creases in traffic during 1962, as
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To Build Anew
there was an article on ridging time high In livestock brand In ing which also proved of value
tific agriculture.
compared
to
1961.
The weather can be very chan
Rural highway traffic in Dec
Pacific Power & Light com Prices were very good. Mess of fields to drain them or to nold spections last year; the 1,099,284 in his general herd management
geable and all of them are accep
ember increased 10.2 per cent for pany has announced plans to beef (which we presume was the water when necesaty, a practice head Inspected was 92,340 more program.
table. Sure
As the result of his personal
the month and urban traffic in spend nearly one half million kind feil to Lhe army) was $13.00 that is Just getting started again than the previous hlg.t mark set
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.»tup puo>w «>qj s r m *m x 1961 u| encounter with the source of bru
creased 59 per cent compared dollar» on electric service facility a hundredweight and mess pork in this scientific age.
All this for fifty cents a year In the history of Oregon brand cellosis infection he liecame an
construction projects in its Was was $18 50. Wheat was quoted
We read that Oregon has fall to December 1961.
at $1 62 at New York and slight and without advertisements al Inspection that the million head outspoken disciple for brucellosis
Comparing the past two years co-Sherman county district.
out shelters for only half its pop
control and attended many meet
"This year's program repres ly less at Philadelphia and Balt though it was announced that an figure wa reacheil.
ulation. Enough Surely not half 1962 had an Increase of 8.5 per
appendix would be published at
In other 1962 activity In con ings urging cattlinen to vaccinate
of the Oregonians are going to cent on rural highways and an ents an increase of 30 percent imore.
A page was given to a statis the end of the year containing nection with the movement of heifer calves and to ¡»aillcipate
crawl into a hole in the ground increase of 4.4 per cent on urban over the 1962 program for this
district’’ reports A M Thrasher, tical report of in exeprlment on advertlements if enough money livestock Nelson said the depart in control and eradication work.
highway.
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Born in the John Day valley
grasses giving the height, the could be raised to pay for its ment made 24 arrets, issued 149
The routes which showed the district manager at The Dalles
This is the first we have heard
in
1884, the son of pioneer par
publication
and
distribution.
The
warnings,
conducted
726
Investi
kind
of
soil,
weight
¡»er
acre
greatest
increases
during
the
’’The
full
amount
planned
for
that the c are of the mentally ill
Herman Oliver and his
or deficient was a federal prob year were Interstate 5, Interstate this district by PP&L will pro when green and when dried, the magazine anil the ix»und biennial gations, made 306 mad checks ents,
Live brother Frank, continued to ex
lem And we hope it is the last. HON, US97 and US101 The travel vide for Increases in capacity as date when In (lower, when In copies apparently had a good cir and 278 license checks.
generated by the world’s fair at well as improvements for its dis seed and several other notes on culation for a list of the num stock personnel spent 93 hours pand the early land holdings. At
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Kenneth Bragg, state fiscal of Seattle was credited with a major trict distribution facilities needed the quality of the hay. There are ber that was sent to various post In court and attended 53 meet its peak the Oliver ranch com
was publlhed monthly ings. Tlie brand inspection work prised 54,000 acres, carrying 4,
ficer. savs the basic school fund role in he past year’s increase of to ftuply the growing amounts of articles on lime, on lieet sugar, offices
irohaMy
a* a boaat and proof Is self supporting with fees paid 500 cattle, 7,000 sheep and many
on
potato
experiment!,
a
des-i
electric
power
being
used
by
our
isn’t much of a law Never vas. raffle.
horses.
by livestock owners.
popularity.
crlptlon of a rural credit bank.
customers”
tlie
manager
said.
in fact
BLM Sends Delegation To See Deschutes
Gorge and Plans To Open It To Public
Old Book Tells 1835 New Yorkers How To
Farm Better; Ideas Good Enouge For Today
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