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^limitati (Tuimin Suunta Seventy Fifth Year No. Zl These T h in gs We Note Giles L. French "I don’t w ant to” is th e father of “I can ’t ”. T T W N The senate stru ck a blow for liberty last week by defeating the bill to make every d riv e r’s license include perm ission to test for physical condition, including drinking. T T W N Capitalism has its faults, no m atter how patriotically we de- fend it. Unuer capitalism it is possible to h ire a m anager who w w ‘< £ £ W . Moro. Oregon Irrigation Water Will In 63 Continue Beyond Be The Snort 1003 irrigation season will April Showers Friday, April 12, 1963 County Officiai P aper ..3 soon iregin in Hood River and Wasco counties with the poorest w ater supply outlook since 1944, April started out, apparently, according to a report released w ith full intent to wipe out the today by T. P. Helseth, sta ’e con* little deficiency of .08 inch in servationist of the SCS. Heavy m oisture for Sherm an county for storm s near the . end of , , March . th e crop year P a rtin g back on w ere " ot enol" !h 10 th e huge deficit in the near record Septem ber first C ertainly the .69 inch that has low snow pack. Snow cover is near the low of fallen since the first of the month record for alm ost all snow tour* has been enougn, but it will not last all m onth for the normal for ses and novv averages only 15 April is .78. However, should Pelvent of the A pril 1 average » for the 1943-57 period. Snow the rains continue— and so far •'<’<> • there is no sign they will stop— mea.-ureme ?nts average only 15 ? . we could pass the m ark of nor- 1,1 *ast >ear al Bus tune G ir ls w ith d ark (th e y w e r e red) g ir ls. T h e e v e n t w a s th e "p ow - malcy and get out of the preci- a s .v.el1'... jumper.*« a r e s e n io r s o r fr esh - d e r p u ff” g a m e to reinr m o n e y pitation red ink class. W atershed soil m oisture ia m e n und th«M«e l a w h it e are ju n fo r th e gbis.*« h aeh b oard » th e b o y s It has rained nearly every day goo(1 and w111 favor ru,loff from h r » o r so p h o m o r e« . . T h e s<x>re w a n t. T h e r o le o f t h e g ir ls w aa this month, the most being .20 the meltlng snoW o r future rain w a s a b ou t 3 t o I b e c a u se o f th e t o h e lp , w h ic h ts p rop er. T h e y on the 9th, although there w as 8t° f m s h a s k c th a ll a b ility o f so m e s e n io r a ls o se r v e d s p a g h e t t i fo r fu r th e r stream flow for flu n k *16 on the 5th and .14 on the 4th. h Forecasts \ p ril to of September p e r i o d ________________ _ . . F arm ers stand around and won- ( Ap’ ‘ ’ to or 90,000 de,r h° w. they are going to get ? f 1 rid of the c h e a i E 4 H B o S < U S * 1“ Call of Duty Students Find Rain At Salem On Trip To Legislature would not do. He som etim es feels the pressures of business neces- sity instead of the pressures of morals, i t looks as if legislators are com ing to adopt some of the sam e theory. T T W N The 1964 w heat progiain has barely enough McNary-Haugen in it for bait. T T W N Really socialism is a beautiful i US Girls Give Own Stvle Show Ed Bisig Shot At An E aster theme set the stage as 28 home economics and FHA girls modeled outfits a t the spring Style Review at 3:30 on April 2. ITeceding the show Jen* nifer H ahn and Billie Wade, por traying hill billy beauty contest winners, visited the modeling of fice of Kay Hlg'.ey and Bonnie Jeff», ! . , in . sk it They had ___ a . style review so „ never seen were Invited to one at Sherman. Carol Owens, comm entator, in troduced the girls as they stej>- ped out from behind decorations of huge E aster eggs and little rabbits. Modeling th eir first a t tem pts at sewing, Jacque Buch- oltz, Nina Rhinehart, Susan Van Gilder and Jannette Ix>ng display ed a splash of spring colors. A P ^ 'B 'rvn ce tow ard smocking and r u B le d sleeves W’as show’n. More advanced but still learn- iti i a ......... Virginia Todd. Marcia M artin and G inger I«aughlln appeared in ensem bles to meet various occa- ... „ sions. Between groups Peggy Biggs entertained the audience by singing “W hen I Fall in Love” and " I t’s Now or N ever” To odd an air of relaxation la*c E aseberg played the piano dur- lng the review Refreshm ent* of «. ------ -------- c0° k'*» *ni1 ------ Puneh » « "« . 1 . ------------------ Rufus; Condition Serious, Paralysei Edward Richard Bisig, 31, wt shot in the neck Tuesday afte noon while sitting in a car o a street Bake . . in , Rufus. Dolph . P*wPr,0 <’r ° ' ‘ *’ of shooting lllslg w ith a Colt J autom atic loaded with an arm bullet that went through the nec without breaking an a rte ry bt did sever the spinal cord so thi Bisig is paralysed from th e nec down. Doctors say he m ay a ways be so paralysed. Baker, about 18, has been i Rufus for several years and hs a wife and family. Bisig w as hei earlier in th e spring and wt charged with assault and batter on his wife and brought befoi Justice Darwin Van G ilder o Ma“ ih 15 to plca 1 not g u llty ' ,A te r five days in the county ja he pled guilty and was given y«ar (J. b in jail whic 1 was suspend« would leave the state. P went to Idaho from w here he r turned Monday night to try 1 persuade his wife, Janice, to r tu rn w ith him. Bisig’s form« tilts w ith tiie law have been no violent. Officers say he broke into h< loom at tiie krrow head Mot- und took her and h er son, aboi 2 Mi, on a drive into W ashingtoi On th eir re tu rn she w ent to he W()rk jn Kufus tavern and w he pbe dld not re tu rn he w ent I , f , ,, f he parked iH his ca,. in fU™ t c Bakrl..s g;ilUL,v_ sh e lef, th<? ca ag he en"etx?d by U)e rig h t han door and h„ M,t , he cb i,d uow jn tbe seat whure he was wbe tbe shooting occurred. sh ertn an counyt sheriff Le Roberts on inform ation th a t Bisl w as i,ack ¡n violation of parol dispatched Deputy John Caln t a rre st him. Caln arrived ju st ai lbe shooting and called th am bulance w hich Ralph Buss drove. They took Bisig to Th DalU's w here he ts lx»ing cared fo although d*K tors give him les than half a chance to survive. oiflcU ls, Including the aherll anU A tt„ rney T |x ,s tt Jo h n«>n had a hearing w ith H; k, r W ednesday m orning and hav p,tern,gated .„ h e r w itness» Charge against Baker, If any, wl ue determ ined by the conditio Bisig and the evidence the o ficlals find in th lnvestigalloi over the prospect of additional 9 West Fork of H*.od River. Hood m oisture on th eir wheat. Up In Oregon E lectricity was off in Sherman River near Hood River is expec ted to flow 205.000 o r 56 jier coun'ty Sunday afternoon for half cent of average. Down In Sherman an boiir 01 “tore and again Tues- S tate wide, Oregon is begin- Purchases of United States day afternoon the cu rren t stopped Rain greeted 14 international coming. Cause was identical. ning its 1963 irrigation season savings bonds in this county for L ightning stiuck near Dufur and with an extrem ely poor w ater March am ounted to $3477 accor- KeVaUons"'students when They supply outlook for lands served ding . to to 1 a report issued today today. vlsiUMl re p o n ,MU»d 31aw " April 3 cut lhe P°wer until the equip* « m «■.«»<« Cnlna /vC slud gove govt.,nllwnL Ml. Uach. m ent could be repaired. There from direct .tream flow . In con- Last year It was »5731. bales o t ,o study w as ‘luite a bit of lightning Sun- trast, most lands served fiom E and H bonds for the entire ellor, teacner accompanied them. W atching the senate in action About Referendum day and Blunder rolled like in a stored w ater supplies wili have state had an increase of 9.5 per- mld-summer storm and from G o r “ " I . ’ “,“ ’ as guests of P resident Ben Musa, . .. , . . . te r of the year w ith 22 counties was first on th e agenda. Tills In tl‘e “ Pcomlng w heat referen- it is not adjusted to hum an na- dt,n north a hard hail fell ahead of their sales , . ,, . auued to the understanding of dum > May 21, w heat farm ers will to cover the ground completely Planned by Church ture. “Our national fre e d o m Bond how bulg are pasjjed A tour f have many decisions to make be- for the rem ainder of the day. T T W N drive opens May 1” the' chairm an capllal buiRhng ended al Uie /ore voting. There are income Our legislators seem to be try Easter Program reported. ~ i o . ? 2 n HUiU‘ aeal lnlald in t t e floor at and n ^ -ln c o m e c o m m e n c e s to ing to m ake a pik er o u t of old Big Business Has For E aster Sunday the Moro tiie two m onth drive will be to die fpont enlrance The guRle ex. be considered by all growers. George H I. ««tarals on the wall. E,very ief,fort 18 and will be Com m unity church has a pro- M , T T W N gram planned for all mem bers. every American family They repreaent the three m ain ”*ade lJ lnf°rm grow ers on var- Maybe w e’ve got too much in Big Stamp Bill sources of Income for Oregon in asI*<ts of the vote. A pril vested in those Cuban refugees W hat’s a penny worth? I t ’s T here will lx? a com m unity ser- 1859: wheat, fish and tim ber. 50 has lx* n 801 for a « * n e n l edu- vice at eight T hursday night; the to keep them from trying to go the sm allest o f'sm a liT h a n g e Although unable to see the catlonal m eeting on the vote. back home, even if it does make So the extra i>enny it now takes young people will meet at 6:30 Extension Service house in action R epresentative ,<,n*‘ral plans for the m a tin g Sunday m orning a t the church ( a s tr o mad. to mail a first class letter prob- <•„_ _ „ . . . , , ably doesn’t seem very slunifi- f2 ^rvuce and breakfast, and Q . « . 1 7 A i i n f n « V zw I a Jacg Sinith explained house pro- ” a \ e .en draw n UP by Bie ASC T T W N T his is one season of the year cant to most people. there wi 11 Sunday school at O 3 y 8 1 1 y V V U V & n V OTC ceedings. He unsw ered questions *’?' extenslon service. A review and invited the group to sit in on of 1 W8e, Plans was made by rep- 9:45 a.m. and regular church se r w hen young men are afflicted Businessmen take a different Over 17,000 Oregon farm ers can h is com m ittee on taxation. resentaUves of the Sherm an Co- vices at 11:00 w th -R e v . E lw yn w ith mononucleosis, an ailm ent view. qualify to vote May 21 in the na- At th ree o ’clock a comm ittee un,y W heat league, ---------" ------------------ Pomona gran- th at often comes from kissing ,Fo r Instance, officials for Amer- Channer, preaehir.g lal tionaJ w heat referendum which ¡hearing on education held the ge and * a n n Bureau, A pril 10 girls. T he h ab it has oth er dan- lean Oil company, a m arketer of decide the nation’s w heat mar- stu d en t's Interest. Social work with ASC' and extension represen- gers also. petroleum products, estim ate keting policies for 1964. ers in Oregon schools was tiie tut \e s T T W N that the increase in postal rates Sun Life Raises Each g e w e r has a reaponalb- The vote relates to the pro- topic under discussion. The group The legislature is not about to that took effect Ja n u a ry 7 adds gram th a t would be in effect only leit the capitol about 3:45 p. m. lll.y to become Informe,!. Plenty adjourn as long as it holds public nearly a half million dollars a Dividend Rate for the 1964 crop. T his referen- iOr the trip home. of factual info n n al'o n Is avaHahle hearings w hich give m em bers an year to its cost of doing business, The Oregon branch of Run Life dum is required by th e 1962 Food _____ on the h latoiy of production, use, opportunity to bask in the lime- . Final ., figures on 1962 expenses A ssurance company of Canada and A griculture Act. The law in- and types of farm program s, . a AT a lg . 1 hey are u tterly useless, s o\\ t lat American Oil paid tiie has announced that higher earn- struct» the Secretary of Agricul- IV U S l O d lu J iO t Much of It was w ritte n before the inform ation they produce be- P -st office departm ent some $2. lngs by tiie company have result- ture to o/fer U.S. w heat produ- <» the c u rre n t hysteria had 'level, m g obtainable in half the tim e 2a million to carry company mail. e | in increases in the 1963 scale cers an opportunity to choose be- ¿ D r e a d i n g N O W u j and m uch quieter. • oie t lan a million dollars of dividends for most Sun Life tween two kinds of program s for Drop by and we will be happy 7 ... «> P ~ v.de you will, reading „'.af- I T W N went for postage to handle billing policies next vear exolains M D Thom as ” ' ± ”."1 ---- ’2 Z Joe Dunne, once an Oregon and correspondence w ith credit For the 1963 dividend year the Oregon State U niversity extern ° n W‘n te r Wheal haH noUfd erial. pohtical leader, .lad one quality fa n cu i im is Regional sales interest rate for dividends and sion agricultural economist. C arrv over infectk.n haw h »- ------ non-income consequen- Under th a t will not be duplicated soon, centers accounted for nearly ano- procee Is of polici s left on deposit ' For the first time, fa n n e rs w ith ^7 " J Can ** ,,Sted D your Phll°* Two From Here On When an opportunity came for ther million. The rem under is increased from 3 75 to 3.9 per wheat allotm ents of less than 15 X w il X J .£?* w p h y ’ 2) rlsk’ 3) 4)ef- him to speak, he started imme- came from o ther operations such cent. An increase is also being acres will be able to vote. How- . . . , . ^ 2 1 IT ! fects on others« and 5> other val- OStl Honor Roll ♦ h31?' ani! Was n volce by as H‘,l'K'ries- pipe lines and ter- made in the scale of dividends ever, fa n n e rs w ith these small only on., fudd , , . *'*' 1,1 ue» th e time he w as on his feet, con- I1|ir>cd locations for paj(i up additions. allotm m th Prices on all US w heat m are v Steven F. B urnet of Moro u an n « iltn u ir ents nuf i n ust u s i i indicate n u ic a w u i eir vu J ’n e w e a t h e r d m inir t h o n a t w iii-tii tinuing until again seated. -------- wish to vote by signing w ith the .... we«»k*i )>»»< m ri-.ii.iv > » « supported by governm ent action. Lynda I. M arden of Wasco mad T T W N county A gricultural Stabilization o ra hi4. . f ? n ,.aV' A11 exP °rts L’S w heat are sub- the w inter term scholastic hono We doubt if it makes much and Conservation Service office Amount of r>r»a..n» °?i 8,dlzed 196162 exports equalled roll at Oregon S tate university difference w’h ether the legisla by May 14, pointed out R E . determ ine w h Jth .* r\ 7 ™ k .T i i about 60 of nation’s Bui net is a senior this y e a r m th M L* tu re passes th e cigarette tax or Sehedeen, chairm an of the state UD w , ji (M.CU, crop. T hat year, the govern- «ehool of agriculture, Miss Mai not. ASC com m ittee nJ4.r w eath e r o c c u r s * 1X * r * m e n t ln v e s t e d clOHe to one bli- den is a freshm an in th e schoo T T W N Those signing up to vote will T hree ai.oiir.iuin« h»v h . llon (k,Ilars ln exported wheat. of pharm acy. To be eligible stu Lettuce eaters, hum an a n d rab also qualify to receive supports, uonHed on ti iais wo..r« , u As,(1e from relatively small a- dents m ust make at least a B plu. bit, will be happy at th e drop in m arketing certificates and diver- ci emcial o i o t e i in oi * / mounta u*ed as flour, seed and average for tiie term . Miss Mat the price. G row ers have caught sion paym ents if m arketing quo- established Audo j ,\ .i i/i??- I feed’ a11 the w heat Produeed in den was one of 107 stu d en ts sin up w ith th e fre?ze damage. tas are approved. If quotas are been established *< n the <’ n state exported. Except for Ried out for special recognltioi T T W N disapproved, those who sign will and M ^ v i« ¿« fa the w ar year9’ Pac,f,c northw est for having made stra ig h t A gra in essentially the same post- o t n i r ?ria^ I r e . n u r wheat exports have sub8‘d‘’ des during tiie term . Proverbs 27:15. “A continual lion a . If they had no. In-llealed “X n d j'u h n ^ n ““ h X " ' — 1M3 U'1' , lr ’' dropping on a very rainy day Zell program for w heat w as set up mj and a contentious woman are » c a desue to vote, T liomas said. and Paul F raser ranches. alike”. Sounds like they had fau Ul at that tim e and our Pacific nor- D io M o r e S t r o n g As usual, all w heat producers cets in Bibical times., thw est w heat was shipped Io n « n „ a li with allotm ents of 15 acres or T T W N China. Our economists tell un that Z 4 - U E s t e r A l l o W C O more ure autom atically eligible Nitrogen Testing The recent statem ent by the o u r Pacific northw est w heat has to vote in the referendum . departm ent of labor that/ employ, .r* «té** been subsidized longer than any Oregon no longer allow s us. Details of the 1964 program Can Be Observed ** . -Wk* __ _ m ent took a sudden jum p would other producing area. Thus, of Isopropyl e ste r of 2,4-D o r a ir were recently announced by Sec Local wheat grow ers are again " l " *, t » S i',’x ,u l,n 8 have more im pact if th a t d ep art retary v tog offered an o p p o rtunity to Wh<Mt of A griculture Orville being opportunity wnf aJ , / f,rm arm ,ncom" incomes In this area oth er ester of equal o r hlghe m ent had not been caught m ani eir wheat being , Sherm a” c°u n ty w heat land volltillty without a iierm lt. Tha freem an He ha« set the nation- see sen sam ples of th their pulating the statistics before. al acreage allotm ent at 49 5 mil- chemically analyzed to determ ine va ues* are d*I*ndent upon fed- perm it m ust lie approved b. Surely, all music can’t be as lion acres, 10 percent under 1963 present nitrogen level. w beat Pr°k ri*ms. An average three persons bad as the sample that gets on but the sam e a t 1962, and has Thia free service io grow ers ° i 10? mPIIon bush«,>« annually Tills am endm ent to tiie Orego: the air. T proi»osed a national m arketing in thia area is tiie second annual 5 ;- ? ° : .w . ‘ wheal bas ‘‘x Ciiemical \piUu utors law wa T T W N quota for domestic use, export, mass nitrogen survey conducted d u r,n * lhe past f,ve yearH passed by the 1963 legislature. I T he governm ent of Englaml seed and livestock feed of 1,220, by Agrl-Chem, Inc ‘ The value , Wh<>at pr C*S ln the UnUed Sta> has a campaign against cigarettes 000,000 bushels »rf « a .—.__8H wcl1 as «Bier nations went into effect March 29. E j and one has been advocated for If approved, certificates oov- w heat grow ing s e a » n ” states are * 7 largely managed rnana«<^ eith e r dir- plration date is Ju n e 30, 1965. th e United States H etetofore the ering about 80 percent of the Vernon Root, local manager who £ X lnd,r*clly by governm ent Charged jointly v Charged jointly w ith approvln tax has been considered enough quota will be issued. These cer- is in charge of the program “is varlety of m ^h a n lsm s. perm it« for tiie use us of such e. and it will be interesting to see tlflcates entitle the farm er to a the chance It gives grow ers to T ^ * * . lnc,ude exP °rt levies, com- ters are the Oieg< )regon sta te fore w hether this nation will forego support price of $2 a bushel, na- regulate their fertilization oro pcn9at/>‘7 Payments, governm ent — ‘ ter, state lirector of ag ricu ltu t tionai average The rem aining gr^m s for greLtesi X X y and £ £ £ * m ark*U" g" a " d a lucrative tax for some promised and a research spoclalist of OSl health The am endm ent states perm l wheat would not receive certlfl- profits. The year to year record th . T T W N cates, but would be supported at of fertilization applications plant »hi ’ V wh^at producers vote shall lie issued . only w hen It The hum an body is a machine a lower level of $1.30 a bushel, n u trient availability .lurlriv the ” ***."* Í “ rnany ,rnPllca’ ‘determined they will not dama» and a good one. But it will rust national average. ---------- period . a and n d »ron only to w heat produ ag ricultural ami forest produc produc „ grow ing period, crop yields out very’ quickly unless used If quotas are disapproved, the at harvest lime give the grow er ¿ a m e r r a l X . ^ i P ^ lu e e r s or «usceptlhle crops. And, th« T T W N law provides that the 1964 wheat a practical, business like evalua i« i - n ! d *r a l" feeder8 wUl ,x’ subject to sui E aster originally celehrated the support rate would be 50 percent tlon of his production m ^tiiod, men / n lh* r iarmf r'’* k'U8‘ness conditions ¡is the issuing au th o reb irth of nature, but th ere’s no Of parity for grow ers who plant and an opportm ilty to Tr^rovc here taxpayer!’ lty B r i b e s . reason w hy it cannot mark a re within their allotments. At the his m argin of profit e ^ h year Becauso of Rp<‘ B o n d a g e fees are jiaid on a birth of the spirit. March parity level, this would i-se d on past p e r f o r m i n g Wl11 2’“ > <>F 2 ,A T ty p e b e tb ‘^ d^ T T W N mean about $1 25 a bushel sup- W arren Mallory disUl« t sale« Tm h L- i J thP mp° r ' ° n lh° M‘ 80,(1 ,n OreK°n th We note a caption describing port. Those exceeding their acre- manager, recalls that last y ear's will m ak»* ” Wheat Producers person selling to the consume some one as “above prejudice”, a>m allotm ents would hre* their nitrogen evaluation survey by Countv ASCH and v . n ’iUl t,eu,er 18 r e s p o n s e that is presum ably, except the eligibility for price support«, Agrl-Chem resulted in 163 w / o t f i ^ h a » . ^ 2 5 ? , Extension for reporting and paying th e fe. prejudice against prejudice but there would be no m arketing pies of wheat being b r i g h t in by proTurers J J3 ' p,,rcha8ed oul8lde of Or, T T W N lllv u quota penalty. Thomas said local grow ers for tissue ¿ J i v - i P I ( T ? u* ,n analyzing in- gon for use In the state the coi T h i« v o u n g w ibl alm u t-O regon If the people want to be free ui b[ / ' 7 * >rnor M*rfc Hatfield. Secretary Freem an set Ore- G row ers who w ish to t a k i ^ ’ 7 ^ ^ ° ° ,nd‘' ‘d ual farms, sum er is responsible for payln th ey must get rid of big govern- 4heg««niaii i« enU iM aiaatirally pre All rrwbleiiis «re Invited to send gon s 1964 w heat acreage allot- vantage of the , i ** ’ T J y 80 ***** o tb er Pertinent the fee u nless he has a st »t. m ent that takes so much of their p u lin g for t p i i l 16, <l«* sig n a Yeti « s th ia le tte r (u , n„ r m « | al*e> u , M t m ent at 760,059 acres T his com- quested to call o r vls/Ahe**i h*lp ° ach w heat ment in ,,n th* out of state « ’Ik earnings and ’’gives” some of i» B ltK fiO N U E I X O M E BY M A IL «». state Ufquaintemiea in order pares with 851 9go acres in 19C iA grl<hern dealer T. t " 1** grow er to decide for him self how stating tiie fee has already 1 k * c hu*.k to boost Oregon teorism . and 763.938 in 1962 rlM 7 and 18 Ap‘ ? £ W‘ShM to Vot* 21, paid to the departm en t of a « I riomas said culture. »S' S
