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
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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
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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
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)
.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
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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
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