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Kent School Notes
BIIER M AN COUNTY OBSERVER, Established Nov 2, 1888
GRASS VALLEY JOURNAL’ Established Oct. 14. 1897
CONSOLIDATED, MARCH 6, 1931
Robert Mitel :Manner Inspetc-
or. Joseph Morrow; Personal In
spector, Harky McKay; Decora
tor. Myrtle 11 dyer; and Sheriff,
Millard Howell.
The Wawbansee Camp Fire
Girls entertained the Junior
Camp Fire Girls at weenie roast,
Wednesday evening, March 11
At that time, Margaret Dunlap
Pheobe Lyons. Anna Sather, Phy
llis Haynes. H den Wilson, and
MaxcinePlem ke took the Wood
gathers rank
The pupila of Mra. Wilaon.s
room are giving a party Friday
OFFICIAL PAPER OF SHERMAN COUNTY
evening March 13.
Published Every Friday at Moro, Oregon, By
The Epicurean Club met at the
Managing Editor home of Marguerite last Friday
GILES L. FRENCH
afternoon, where the demonstra
Entar*d*aa ••cond-clann matter at th«
at Moro, Oregon, under Act of
tion of making angel food cake
Congress of March 3, 1879.
was given by Clarice Wi’.son and
Marguerite Mitchell.
SUBSCRIPTION RATES—PAYABLE IN ADVANCE
...SI 50
The Kent high school team
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... 1.00 gave a good account of itself as
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a county representative at the
FRIDAY, MARCH 13. 1931.
Tournament at Hood River last
The Gorman School followed a
Friday night. The Kent boys rather
long list of schools Friday
lacked size to compete with the by qualifying as a standard
ANOTHER POSTPONEMENT
large Odell team but this they school The s 100I has six pupils
The Railroads have applied for another extention of time, un made up in speed and dash. and Mrs. Edna Purcell is the
The lead changed from one to teacher.
til June 1st, before the lower rates on wheat become effective and
A group of people in Gilliam
this stay has been granted by the Interstate Commerce Commis the other many times during the county near the mouth of the
game, but the husky Odell team John Day wa- t to join School
sion,
which evidently fears that the railroads may take the
won out by a score of 31 — 29 District 3 at Rufus and obtain
matter into court and cause a longer delay.
1'he team work and passing abil bus service fr m the new school
The carrying companies have postponed lowering their rates ity of the Kent team was the at Rufus Th»-y have petitioned
District B< undary Boards to
meet the reduced value of goods they carry as long as they are talk of the town. Even during the
form a joint school district bv
able. By delay and by devious excuses they have made it pos the Hood River-Dalles game, Sat unitir g part of School District
sible to have practically all the 1930 wheat crop hauled to market urday night, where the lead 1. in Gilliam, with high school
changed from one team to the District 3 (Rufus), in S >hern an
at the high rates. Wheat has been forced to pay a high rate so other several times, with lots of county.
Achievement t»*Rts are being
that the goods of better organized shippers could be hauled at hard playing, one constantly
prepared and others assembled
prices that do not pay the actual cost of moving them to market. heard reference to the Kent-OdTll for the purpo^ • of testing each
. All of which seems to be unfair tactics when the present con game as being the outstanding l^hild in school :ibovethe 3d grade
dition of the wheat industry’Js taken into’consideration, for if it is a game of the tournament. Itwas in eluding high school pupils. 1 he
teats will be given towards the
good and just practice to make wheat pay more than its share of a heart brtaker to loose but a latter part of April.
railroad earnings when it is a profitable industry it is fair and thriller to the spectators. The
Kent team will be long remem
equitable to lower the rates so that it is paying less than its share bered in the reminiscences of the
Grass Valley High School
when it is not prospering, z
tournament of 1931.
The railroads are feeling the competition of truck carriers
B arrara \\ h . polf . Editor
The Boys of the Kent Basket
and will, in this county, soon have the added competition of water ball team enjoyed a most delight
In spite of lo dig out in the Hood
transportation if they are uhable or unwilling to reduce their rates ful dinner given in their honor
River Tournament the Grass Valley
t) a reasonable basis when their best group of shippers need their last Wednesday evening by Mrs. Tigers were not left out after all.
Paul Stout. Mr. and Mrs. Paul ■ . In acknowledgement of the splen-
cooperation.
Wilson, and Mrs. V» ily Knighjen. j
recorj mjl e during the Bas
Whether the^present rates are continued until June 1st or not
Jack Sather returned to school
Ball season the Student Body
does not greatly concern most of the farmers for the last year s Monday after an absence of four at the instiga* on of Mr. Tetz,
crop has been ahippod or is out of the farmers’ hands, but another | days.
| sponsored a trip to Portland
they de-
delay brings the time for applying the new rates close to the har-
Newly elected officers for the.
Rose^Quintet hr a
vest of another crop. If the Interstate Commerce Commission has
foilowl• ^reai• very exciti®«
ne Saturday ni*ht’
SCHOOL B t ESFROM IHE
SUPERINTENDENTS OFFICE
March 7.
The List half of the game
n it been able to enforce their edict in the,past nine months, will
Clarence Gregg; Vice Pres-! looked very gl< my for the Tigers
they be able to enforce lower rates before the 1931 crop moves to ident, Marion
as the Park Ro e team was in the
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r Evelyn Davis; Librarian, Robert lead by a score of 22-9. However,
market? If the railroad and the comm.sswn reahze how much
pr6per|y ln8peclor> j
after a severe rt premand from thy
this means to the wheat farmer, there would be no question about_______ ________ -------------------- _
the answer,
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coach, the boys came back the second
half with a grim determination to
show the city spectators a few things
about the fundamentals of Basket
Ball. In a few minutes things be
gan to look brighter as the Tigers
began to forge ahead. They held
their opponents down to nothing un
til the last quarter. When the final
whistle sounded the standing score
was 19-32 in favor of Grass Valley.
Besides Victory, street car rides^
Hat tires, inilk shakes, and shows
helped to make the weekend excur-
nion one to be long remembered.
The highest averages for this six
weeks are; Pearl Bell, 1.5; Vernon
Eakin, 1.75; Florence Young, Cinthy
Bell, Pauline Newcomb, Barbara Wal-
j>ole, and Marietta Perry, 2; Norma
Garrett, Earl Shipley, Dale Baker,
Willard Barnett, Bernard Martin, Bob
Poley, and Margaret SchiHing, 2.25;
Erasmus Baker 2.5.
SPORTS
(Continued from page 1.)
A group of men and boys who are
interested in baseball met at the
Hotel Moro Wednesday evening to
discuss the prospects of a team to
represent Moro this year. It was
suggested that a league might be
formed consisting of the towns of
Sherman county or as many of them
as would get up a team and one or
more towns from Wasco county to
make a curcuit of six teams.
Some of the more rabid victims of
the b&seball bug were on the grounds
last Sunday warming up muscles un
used to violent exercise and getting
familiar with the feel of the ball a-
gain. Another session will be held
next Sunday at ten o’clock and all
who enjoy the national game are
requested to be there.
It wa§ said at the meeting that it
was doubtful if Wasco is a member
of the Wheatland league this season
and would be available as a member
of a Sherman and Wasco county
league. Grass Valley has nearly al
ways been able to get up a good
baseball team and Kent has some fine
young players who like the game.
Rufus would like to play and the
Wasco county towns of Maupin, Tygh
Valley and Dufur are baseball con
scious, to borrow a term from
aviation.
Baseball Was the sport of Sherman
county a few years ago and many
I of its men now grown were developed
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NOW THAT IT’S OVER
The Oregon Legislalure haa at last adjourned and the propon-
ents and the opponents of their legislative program are busy ex
pressing their opinions/ These remarks pointedly call to mind the
old saying about one’s opinion depending on whose ox is being
gored.
The Oregonian, sensing defeat, temporarily at least, of their
power ideas, states that the mandate of the people was overworked
while the Oregon Journal, pleased over the advent of a state ad-,
ministration that they helped put in office, proclaimed the.deatb of ।
machine politics in Oregon.
It seems to us that the legislators have forgotten somte of the
most important parts of the constitution for they certainly made
themselves unnecessary when they voted so unanimously for the
power program of the governor. Mr. Meier himself was elected by
a great majority, but it must also be remembered that each one of
the representatives and senators were elected by a majority of I
their constituents and in many cases from districts that did not I
favor the power bill.
Governor Meier is not going to provide power without cost to
t le tax payer, no one is going to give us power for nothing, in fact
we might state without fear of successful contradiction that no
one will give us anything for nothing/ The legislators know this. ■
or should know it and there is no reason why they should have|
voted against their better judgement in an attempt to further such
a project.
1
The principal thing that the present administration can do for T
the state is to equalize and decrease taxes and governmental ex- j I
penditures which the governor is apparently determined to do. His I
experience in handling large corporations gives him a knowledge!
of management that is seldom found among politically elected ex- |l
ecutives and* fie seems disposed to use this knowledge-to the reduc-
tionof taxes. There undoubtedly are in any business as large as. .
the state of Oregon many places where economies can be made
’ without loss of efficiency. If the governor will apply his talents |
t) adjusting these leaks he may be remembered as one of our besti
BACK TO PRE-WAR PRICES
The downward trend of merchandise prices makes it
necessary for us to sell much of our slock tor less than
the previous wholesale cost to us.
All previous methods of doing business are changed;
when a merchant buys merchandise, he must pay for it
promptly, at the end of each week or month, so in keep
ing with the new and changed method of doing business
we must ask that all merchandise charged on accounts
after March 1st, 1931, be paid for by not later than the
10th of the following month, as we must comply with
these same terms, to wholesale houses.
court.
The following excerpt from the nin|h biennial report of the
Oregon State Highway Commission places this county among the
leaders in the state:
“Sherman has continued as one of the leading counties in organi-
aation and management and efficient construction and maintainence.
While Sherman county is small and funds are limited and construction
and surfacing are difficult, wonderful results have been obtained in the
amount of road built and maintained with the funds available. Owing
to limited funds a policy has been adopted to concentrate all funds and
equipment to one section of the county in one year or period and then
to mo\n to another section. This has resulted in great economy.’’
One thing the legislature forgot: To advance the fishing season |
a month or more 80 the opening would precede some of these nice,
springlike days. If this isn’t fishing weather, what is ?
FOITSALE Yellow Newtown apples H. B. Belshee will buy your turkeys.
Write or oil 2F5, Moro, Ore______
Grown at Hood River 50 per box at
S. L. Stark ranch Grass Valley. Also hOR HALE I HEAP One t-yeer oH
the famous Parkdale netted gem pota
Toggenberry Billy Goat. L. W.
Am;ck, Kent, Oreg»®.
m6-19
toes I 75 per sack
Published in the Interest of the People of Grass Valley and
Vicinity by The TUM-A-LUM LUMBER COMPANY
GRASS VALMEY. OREGON, MARCH 13. 1931
Vol. 31
Mens Overalls and
Jumpers
2.20 White Back Demim
No. 29
Hope never dies. The fellow who
spent strawberry season looking for
strawberries in ahortcake.is now look
Disillusionment comes to the bride ing fcr an oyster in oyster stew.
when she discovoers that her I.u «band
—T-A-L—»
AM
makeo the same kind of a noise as Dad
Unpainted hou^s depreciate 5 |O
did, when he is parting with money. ' cen^ faster per year than a house that
— E. E, Gervais, editor and \ ard Man- -8 properly painted. If your property
ager.
। is worth |5,000 that means >250 a year.
It wouldn’t cost that much to paint it
and the increased joy and pride of own
Never saw the bride yet that wouldn't
ership would pay bigger dividends than
stay happy if she had a nicely painted
the banks pay on mortgages.
kitchen to work in. Do you realite
—T-A-L—
that one third of a woman’s life is spent
Tum-A-Lum
paint will cever up a
in the kitchen.
Brighten up your
wife’s workshop with Turn-A-Lum multitude of sins. Try a coat of many
colors.
Kitchen-Bright.
editorial
The Tum-A-Lum at Graas Valley,
Oregon, haa become' the building ma
terial center. We specialize in Paint,
Lumber, Mill Work
You can get your
Water Troughs, Window Screens, any
Odd Doors on quick notice from this of
fice. We quote on wood in car lots at a
real saving. We also hope to be able
to serve the patrons still better in the
uture if possible. Pay Cash, Pay Less.
A doctor was called in to see the
maid of one of hia patients. After ex
amining her he said; “Why, I can't
find anything wrong with you.’’
Maid: ’‘There’s nothing wrong with
me, but these people owe me $35 and I
won't get out yf this bed until they
pay me.”
Doctor: “Well move over; they owe
me $1'50.
More than
7?WOO miles in
a New Ford
a
THE substantial worth of the new Ford is reflected in
its good performance, economy and reliability. Its
stamina and endurance are particularly apparent in
sections where bad roads and severe weather put a heavy
extra burden on the automobile.
hi le«s than a year a new Ford Tudor Sedan was
driven more than seventy-three thousand miles over a
(IdTu ult route. The operating cost per mile was very low
aad practically the only expense for repairs was for new
piston rings and a new bearing for the generator.
T he car carried an average load of 1200 pounds of
i.n il und“was driven 250 miles daily. “The Ford has
nc\er failed to go when I was ready,'1 writes one of the
three mail carriers operating the car. “The starter did
the trick hist winter even at 31 degrees below zero. The
gas runs about 20 miles per gallon. At times I pull a
trailer whenever I have a bulky load.”
Many other Ford owners report the same satisfactory
performance. Every part has been made to endure — to
serve you faithfully and well for many thousands of
miles.
T he Nev F ord
T i dor S edan
The Famous Macy Taylors
Line
MENS CLOTHING
250 samples to selectfrom
Market road construction, as such, will soon be over in this
state for the law has been repealed that made it possible, but it
will be pleasing to residents of the county to know that compara
tive success Sherman county has had in developing feeder roads
during the past ten years under the administration of the county
FOR SALE OR TRAPE A regtoterd
Belgian Stallion Will Mil ©Tirade
fur ho rat-s. H. B. Hetohee, Moro.
In evidence of the Downward Trend of Prices We
Quote For Your Comparison:
officera.
OUR SYSTEM PLEASES
on that sport alone. A revival of FOR SALK Good Retted Mi
those halcyon days would furnish
Uelohee, Mora
plenty of amusement for spring
Sundays.
FOR MALE 4
1150 to 1300 Ibu_________________
lbs. 13 mii«s south of Grant Vallay.
W R Dugger.
fl. o w
OF
FORD
Io *060
All One Price
Suits With Extra Pants
$1.10
$24.75
15c pr.
14-oz. red wrist Canvas Gloves
$1.95 pr.
Mens Work Shoes, Scout Style
36-in Rayon Fancy Crepes Regular $1 values 50c yd
10c
3 Skeins D.M.C. For
J. C. FREEMAN & CO
1 H E
•lient, fully rncto»ed four-wheel brake», four Haudoille
a; ting h^ Rraulir thock absorber»,aluminum piatone, chromo
n alloy reit' ., torque-tube drire, three-quarter floating rear
n ent y ball and roller bearing», and bright, endur-
i Rutilen Sir l for many exterior metal part», In addition,
e many dollar» becauao of the low firtt coat of the Ford,
■ t cf rperdiiun and up-keep and low yearly depreciation.
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