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About Sherman County journal. (Moro, Or.) 1931-current | View Entire Issue (July 5, 1963)
U of O LIBRARY æfyermatt (Cmuth, jjmtrita Seventy Fifth Year No. 36 T h ese T h in g s W e N o te Giles L. French Moro, Oregon Will Compete A t State Fair Friday, July 5, 1963 Jake George Gross Draws Manslaughter 15-Years And Fine Oliiciul County Newspaper Volunteers Ready to Begin County Swim Classes Monday EqualizationBoard Journeys to Salem A change has been made in the in charge of the swim program, Jake George aGross, about GO, scheduling of the Swim Classes The classes at E akin's in Grass was convicted of m anslaughter ,n at the Coelsch and DeMoss pools Valley will lie w orking on swim* m er certification and pre-lifesav* Members of the Sherm an coun a Wasco county court last T hurs to allow better instruction. Children scheduled to attend ing courses In preparation for re ty board of equalization w ere in day after a four day trial and was classes at DeMoss o r Coelsch gular training the last two weeks Salem last T hursday for a m eet sentenced Tuesday of this week pools v. ill have afternoon classes of August. These classes are open by Judge E. H. Howell to a max The 8 o'clock class will be at 1 to 8th graders and high school ing w ith the S tate Tax commis imum of 15 years in the peniten (/clock, the others following in students. The other pools will sion in the process of settling the tiary and pay a fine of $1000. order. The Eakin. Sayrs ami concentrate on the tieginner an I rate of valuation on real proper Gross was tried on an indict Riehelderfer pools will operate on interm ediate levels. ty in Sherm an county. m ent charging him with the mur-1 morning hours, Please call y o u r city chairw o Members report th at this most der by beating Frank Edward , Following are the young people man to learn when your children Finnegan in the bunk house on who have volunteered to help are scheduled or notify her if they recent meeting w as the most cor the Fred D orm aier ranch In April, with the swim program widen are unable to attend. The various dial of any so far held A private E fforts of his attorney Kennetn | starts Monday, July 8, and the chairw om an are: Rufus. Mrs. Ly appraiser gave an estim ate that Abrams of Hood River to prove lools at which they will lx* sta- le Peek and Mrs. L. H. Steward; | the actual tru e cash value of that an in ju ry a hour or so be tioned. Eakin pool, Rev. Duane Wasco, Mrs. Bob Byars and Mrs. Sherm an county farm land was fore the beating was contribu Dunham, Mona Eakin and Burt Vernon Melzer; Moro, Mrs Allan about 21 percent. This Is higher tory cause of death did not eon Blagg; Sayrs pool, Mrs. Millie Pinkerton, Grass Valley and Kent than the 17 ix*rcent previously estim ated by the commission vincc the jurors. Wasco countv Moore, Nancy Crews and Sally Mis. Everett* Cantrall. staff. A ratio of 25 percent is le got the case after a chance of Bibby; Coelsch pool, Mrs. lXiro- The registration by towns js : venue was asked heause of poss thy Benson, Mrs. Edna Paulson, Kent 23; Grass Valley, 49; Moro gal. ible prejudice. This means the Increase in val Sharon Coelsch, Barlxara Jones 89, Wasco 102 and Rufus 64. Sherm an County district attor Carol Todd, Kay Whipple, Max (Note; There is a total of 327 uation will lx? about 20 percent 'n- ney T. L ester Johnson was assis ine Dormaier and Ann McMu •- children involved in this swim stead of the expected 40 percent. ted by Roliert M rea of Eugene trey; DeMoss |*x»l, Mrs. M a r y m ing program, all the help and It may lie that any raise can be in prosecuting e ease. Ixm Gayman, Mrs. IlarlKira P m -, cooperation given will be greatly avoided for this year by changing Gross will I taken to the pen kerton, Mary Ann Thompson.! appreciated by these bard work- the ratio of o th er property to bring a sort of tem porary equali iten tiary at Salem to start serv Janice DeMoss, Alison W alker, Ing organizers.) ing his time. zation, but this will not lx? Donna Nelson, Kay Huckaba, Su-I —------------------------ known for another week. sail Seims and Deanna Quillen; Riehelderfer pool, Mi's, Ina Byrd, Gallery Of Fine Arts Fire At Moore Place Linda Byrd, Mary Haven, Betsy At Seal Beach Show Fourth of July Quiet Bish, and Mary Spencer. Quickly Extinguished These volunteers have been Paintings, draw ings, and graph w orking th is past week on the ics by Eastern Oregon College In This Old County The fire W ednesday shortly af training and procedures neces art Instructor, Marvin Saltzman, The Fourth of July was a quiet te r noon, was at the Moore place sary to conduct classes, particul-1 «are featured In a show at the In- along the highw ay when grass arily at the lx*ginner level. Miss ternational Gallery of Arts, S * il day In Sherm an county except for the traffic on the highways. caught fire around the barn yard Ann Si raver, assistant director of Bench, Calif. Most ixxtple seemed to w ant to and endangered the shop until W ater Safety in Portland, states The show, w hk’h opened w ith volunteers from town arrived to she is very pleased w ith the a reception Sunday also features get out of the way. Boating on stam p It out with the aid of the group and predicts we should the w ork of a rtists Mike Stearns the Columbia, trying to fish on rural fire truck that arrived at have a very successful program. Fran Soldlnl, Anne Shields, Jim the Deschutes, lolling in the shade the scene w ith water. Little dam Tom Philbrick and Ann Hall are my Thompson, and Carolyn Van- at ( ’amp Sherm an attracted many Sherman countians. age was done. the two W ater Safety Instructors Demon. S iltzm an’s work has lx*en en thusiast ically received, and has lx*en featured In show s in »11 three Wes, Coast state's over the Ju ly past year. 7-20 -Tri • County 4-H Sum m er Cam ps, C ry stal S prings. Ochoco W ASCO M E T H O D IS T ( I I I IK II N ational Forest. Ile x, John M«M iiitiv .v , Pastor 15-17 Camp W ilkerson Forestry Services will be held during Camp. Columbia County. July and A ugust a s follows; 19 20 Baker County 4-H Horse 10 n.m.— Both Sunday School Show. and Church. 21-27- Farm Safety Week. Sunday School included chil 23-27 Marion ounty 4-H S h o w , dren through the Oth grade only. Salem. T o Hear Appraisal Anyone who makes an effort to see all the sights in Oregon will find him self in some strange places. Last week end we w ent to Wal Iowa county, p artly to join the Oregon Historical society sum m er tou r of that area, partly to visit S IIV R M A N l- ll Horae C lub m embers selected fo r ()i«*gon State friends and p artly to satisfy an d u rin g pre • fu lr jud g in g last week. L eft to lig h t, (k>nr lata* active curiousity. thorn, Wasco; Sharon and I «co Coelseh, M oro; am t Itro n t Van G ild er, Wasco. The historical society filled three busses of aging persons who Sherm an County 4-H Horse E x selected were, Jan Carter, Sharon like to go on trip s and do a lit tle discreet roughing it. The soc hit itors at the Oregon State F air Coelsch, and Jeanne Gayman. Al iety takes good care of them, come Septemlier w ere select ?1 ternates are Paulette Pat node, seeing to th e ir bed and board and last week during pre-state fair Fred Hall and Gene L anthorn. providing such entertain m en t as horse judging, reports Thomas W. Others placing in the first ten the conditions afford. More are Thompson, County E x tension were Derrie Peters, Leta Esiin- Agent. These are the first c lu b . ger, Holly Mullck and Leo Coel* going every year. I m em bers selected to represent the sch. Members of th a t party were countv at the nxja sta te F air A(l. F ifty or mope 4 H are distributed at E nterprise and J o ditional exhibitors will lie selec- ( anticipated to either en ter ex- seph in hotels and motels. O ursel ted July 16 and 17 during the pre- hibits or participate in contests or ves being hangers-on, made our state fair judging to be held at , dem onstrations during the '63 own accomodations. Sherm an High Sch<x>l. Selections Oregon State Fair, states Thomp- W allcwa county has a rep u ta in various 4-H Home Economic? son. Since the Sherm an County tion it well deserves for green projects and contests, eletricity, Fair is held after the Oregon ness and at th is tim e of year it is judging and dem onstrations will ¡State Fair, pre - state fair judging all green, green grass and dark er be made. J prgoram s have l>een requested green conifers on the steeply ris 1903 4-H Horse exhibitors selec-, by members, parents, and 4-H ing slopes of the Wallowas th at ted were Sharon Coelsch, Moro, leaders to allow jiarticlpation by rise so abruptly almost w ithin Senior Division; Gene Lanthorn, I Sherman 4-H’ers, Thompson re- reaching distance of th e towns. Wasco; Leo Coelsch, Moro and | ports. The w eather w as w’et, not exactly Brent van Gilder, Wasco, In ter rainy, but m isty and cloudy, how mediate Division. These four 4-H ever the sun came out occasionlly horse m em bers will compete in Fair Permium Books to make (the w h ite caps of the horse show m anship and horse m ountains shine. Being Distributed m anship during State Fair. T here is an old saying among A 4-H horse judging team wa3 cattlem en of the elder generation selected after completion of a Throughout County that w hen a m an sta rts selling horse judging contest. Delegates Sherm an C ounty’s 19G3 F air his calves he is soon out of the premium books are being d istri cow business. Yet the newcomers buted this week — right fresh and the yo^p^er residents of tU; Rufus Laudromat Now from the Jo u rn a l’s presses. Wallow^ valley are doing Just Mrs. Dorothy H eater, secretary that. In fact, some do not even Does Dry Cleaning of the F air Board received t h ’ raise calves any more. They go Mr. and Mrs. Bert Sw igert— first 300 Ixxiks early this week down into th e flat lands In the and has lx*en busy getting them spring and buy feeders o r calves operators o fthe Rufus Laundi > into the hands of exhibitors. She to run on th e valley meadows m at— in this issue of the Jo u r was already in the midst of h a r until fall when they sell them at nal are announcing the addition vest “cooking for several extra of a dry cleaning unit to the a profit if the prices and the los jxxiple” and w ith the o th er extra ses do not forbid. Well, they say laundry facilities in Rufus. The ranch w ork at this season. it is impossible to use the Wal plant serves many families m The rem ainder of th e books Iowa valley more than six m onths this p art of Sherm an county as well as residents of the Rufus- will be completed and delivered to of the year anyway. Mrs. H eater this week-end and Therefore there are thousands Biggs-Arlington area. will lx? mailed and distributed to I Chaplain; Ruth Martin, Marshal; man, Pas, Matron as Organist. The plant has lieen operated by of cattle of all ages in the mea several business places In the Genevieve Powell, Adah; Doro Special m em bers and guests dows. The old cow and calf ec the Sw igerts at Rufus since con ' ■ - ' ■ ■ n ______ county for distribution to all fair- thy Zimmerman, Ruth; E d n a l»r<“-ent wen* M arguerite Kasc- cnom y still prevails on the east struction of the John Day Dam I IK .H M A ) .to tra ffic w ill lw <lii’cc<(*(l noon acromi the new John minded jieople, lx»th young and Paulaon, Esther; !><>ro,hy Heater, lx*rg, Grand Chaplain of the side of the county. The way to has lx*en underw ay and they have not so young. Hay Itiv c r bridge pictured above. T he bridge fo ,wirt of the huge Martha; Nina Pinkerton, Electa; Grand Chapter of Oregon, Gene added the dry cleaning unit to thart. area is by way of Joseph highw ay and Vnion Pacific Railroad relocation project» as a The 68-page lxx>k w as assem | ix>rine Hall, W arder; William vieve Powell, m em ber of the E.S.- th at is also the center of the tour meet th e needs of the entire area penult of the construction of John l»ay h am about tw o miles bled by Mrs. H eater w ith assis Hall Sentinel. Marie lloskinson T.R.A.L. committee of the Grand ist industry, which brings visi surrounding the dam and includ went of the mouth o f the John l»ay R ive r. T h e new highway Lind Shirley Blaylock were ap- Chapter, Adeluine and Harland tance from the County Extension tors in to regale them w ith fish ing all of Sherm an County. bridge I h approxim ately 150 feet h ig h er than the H w y .10 bridge office and M arvin Robertson, ^pointed Courtesy Girls. McDonald, W orthy Matron and Ing, riding In th e m ountains, cool Which lias been in i i m * fo r m any yeaiw. FEA advisor. Setting of the type W orthy Patron of Anne Fulton The Installing officers were air, and a little history about down to the riv er as one m ight «and all the other work connected Gladys Helnhee, Past Matron and t ’hapter, Wasco, Teresa a n d Old Chief Joseph, who is buried suppose from descriptions. S at w ith publishing the Ixaok was Ixdtoy Helahee, P ast Patron, George Hood, W orthy Matron and near the lake and stories of the urday the snow was blowing done in the Journal commercial W orthy Patron of ( ’olumbia Chap Anne Fulton Chapter, Wasco. young chief, who fought the great across the point and th e clouds printing departm ent. , retreat. E ast of Joseph the valley were d riftin g down th e riv er to Installing Matron and Patron ter The Dalles. Barbara G ray In Is nearly ten miles wide w ith put a so rt of inappropriate veil Marie Hoskinson, Pas, Matron as troduced the memtiers of her some of the most beautiful c a t across the face of th e Seven Dev Husky Hut Announces installing Marshal, M arguerite family who were present: I«ester tle ranches in all Oregon. Kaselx rg. Pas, Matron Anne Ful Gray, her husband; Cheryl and ils on the Idaho side of the river. Soon the road drops down ton C hapter as installing Chaplain Lynna, her daughters; and Brent The visitors shuddered as they New Merchandise canyon to Little Sheep creek and gathered th eir trays of lunch and and Gr. (*haplaln of the Grand her son; Mrs. Vera Metzger, her A new stock of clothing and C hapter of Oregon and Ina Kuns- m other from Portland; D e l t a this is followed until it meets drank the coffee made by W allowa and Holland Johnson, Mother and Big Sheep creek and then, sh o rt County Judge Fred Him mel wright other m erchandise has been add Barhara Gray and Donald King Father-ln-law; arid Mrs. George ed at the H usky Hut, the an ly, the Im naha and the settlem ent by the sim ple process of putting were instalhsl as W orthy Matron D rlnkard, Grandnu, '« r-in-law. of that name. Glaciers must have two ]x>unds of coffee into a ten nouncem ent being made In this and W orthy Patron of Bethle Jacque Bucholtz samt two num- ralU.n ¡-an o f 'w a i / / a n d 't e l l i w l ,,f the ■,ournal Al made that part of the county hem C hapter No. 78 a, an open lx*rs (luring the Installation “My mussen, proprietor. and perhaps all of it— grinding it With a weed burner. cerem ony ut Barnum Masonic T ask” and “Bless This House” Men’s and boys’ W rangler over out th e basaltic rocks to cu t the According to M cArthur, Hat Hall, Moro, Friday evening June and Cheryl Gray played two p i alls and girls jeans are now in w atercourses that were uncovered Point w as named for H at creek, 28. The hall and dining room was ano solos following the Installa when the ice melted. They say which w as called th a t after orn- the stock at the Hut as well 33 lx*autifully decorated with pur tion “Star of the E ast” and “Blue one m ust eith er stand on a hill ginal settler Alex W arnock lost many o th er types of clothing f.<r ple and w hite flowers, the colors Danube”. o r in th e river and It is literally his hat w hen his horse bucked adults and the younger genera chosen for the year by the ne»v Jack Cushman Jr., Past Patron true. W orthy Matron. and the hat remained on a bu ill tion. presented Linda Reed, Jr. I*a;t Al said “we have felt the need Im naha was presum ably named for weeks. As a sight It m ust O ther officers installed were Matron her jew el for her y ear V N IO N l ’A< IV ILiili-ojtd tra in s have ccohms I Ih U bridge for for a Nez Perce chief called take second place to the seen**« here for some tim e for this m er Jack Cushman, Associate Patron. which wa-i a gift from the C hap chandise and believe the people of many years am i w ill hr m n h i lw tra v e lin g a new route across “Im na” and the “h a” w as added visible on the way. Gwen Ito:*«, Secretary; T h e 1 in a ter and Donald King presentsd the John day R iv e r. T in new bridge is expected to be rawhed to describe his domain. The river R eturning we w ent north t o ,. this . area will . . . . find . . . It convenient ’ Miller, T reasurer; Myma King, a gift to her from h e r officers, to completion th is su m m er and the prroent bridge w ill be -larkston, W ashington, across t h - l . ' . 9." th<,'r neW‘ ; rlght was discovered by Captain Bon | Conduct rem; Doris Aliev, Associ- after which Linda expressed h e r removed, according to re|s>rl» fro m the <x>mrtruetion engineers. neville although Lewis and Clark G rande Ronde river, w hich like c n • oro- ________________ | ate Conductress; F ’sie J o n e s , pleasure and apprecdatlnn to h er heard the name as Im nahar. It all u p e o u n try s; ream s in those ( officers and m em liers for an en runs north from th e Blue m oun parts m ust find a deep canyon joyable year. tains <Wallowas) to the Snake, by which to reach the compara- Barlxira Gray and I «ester G ray and It runs In a canyon so deep ively low flow ing Snake. From were presented addedum s by the the sizeable riv er looks like a there o u r route lay down the new officer». R efreshm ents were silver thread lying on wrinkled vaheys traversed by I-ewis and Prr»gress on Industrialization I cut on the w est side of the c a n ! o u n e Tuesday when the contra-t I elect rival installation und use of served with Mrs. V era Met/«ger green silk. Clark to W allula and transportation in Sherm an von is finished ho w hen som? between the «.r n , „ „ , i .. ¡ot (rf , K/Wer Gherman county and Mrs DeMa Johnson pouring. Hat Point was the m ecra that drew the historical party. Big busses stopped at Im naha and sm aller school busses took the visitors the rest of the way, which ’’’he w eather rojxjrt is furnish is 25 miles up a seven mile grade and along a rim for 18 miles on no one could come aw ay (Mflgat*|of the section of Highw ay 97 In jo n n i*ay (lain, whh-h will lx* In «-<1 The Journal through the co mueh Improved road. This contract is for the ra th e r| operation in 196», and because of operation of BUI .iall, Supt. of which is it often possible to look fied with his vacation in thl<? the upper end of Spani>«h Hollov/. L. S Matusek is getting along the Sherman Branch Ex|x*rimc-nt down into the Im naha Itself and section of Oregon. If one is in - , The first two bridges across the painfully assembled 100,(MX) acre,«, its pn>xl,nlty to n orth Sherm an well despite his handicafxs. Some Station. into Horse creek from the same te r e te d in h istory there is the canyon are being used The rock county will provide* elaotrtctl gravel has l»een spread at the top of Morrow county lying near a reduced rate. 45 Friday, June 28 --------- . 68 place. There is no more gorgeous to ry of the Nez Perce who first cru sh er is «till digging into the </f W alker hill ho the old surface 43 Saturday, June 29 - . . . f t sight than that from some of lived in these valleys and raised hard rock of the big, high cut can lie torn up and the new road Boardman and adjacent to the! Completion of the John 43 Sunday, June 30 . . . - 65 Columbia river. It Is exps-ted to these view points th eir Appaloosa horses, courtod w here gravel is lielng made, but put into use Blasting has be*n Monday, July 1 ............. . 70 12 1» used for testing of m issiles! dam will also m ake it poesih Hat Point is a rath er level spot ;heir lieautiful maidens ami w ere w »thin a week or so th a t cut will done in the cut a t DeMoss hill and o th e r defense equipm ent irrigate a large section of the Tuesday, July 2 ........... . 83 58 from w hich one can look down (’riven out by the iniquities of le opened and th e rock spread end a rock cru sh er w ill tie In op- m anufactured by that company northeast co rner of the county Wednesday, July 3 __ __ - 72 61 Into th e Snake a little over three the w hite men who w anted the on th e surface. Thursday, July 4 ........ 88 erat ion soon. W hen j«oles are tak- for the government, 53 from the John I)a.v arm by using miles away It Is some 6900 feet grass for th eir ow n stock, and The bridge across the canyon en out (j< Uie w ay the grading Any projaot as large as the Average 72 degrees 19. and the cheap ele<trk'ity from the high and the Snake around 1200. whose m orals w ere unequal to at th e form er shortest curve on can le completed Boardman Industrial site antlcl- dam Som e projects are already Normal 65. But one does not look. straight th eir avarice. ; the road are alm ost done and the Biggest news for this area pates th e use of a groat deal of tieing planned. Precipitation: 03 on Ju n e 28. Farm Calendar Barbara Grav and Don King Installed in O ES Bethlehem Rites Construction In Area Progresses; Boeing Signs WEATHER REPORT * X fi .
