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Rainfall Has AI Soaked Into Soil
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WEATHER REPORT FOR
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WEEK ENDING APRIL 15
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Hectic Encounter Almost Stopped By
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Miss Dorothy Stradley’S
SCORE 17 14 AT GAMES END
Engagement Annouced
Turkey
Six Pitchers,
Red and Federation Wheats
Both Doing Well
Observers who have been out and
around the county during the past
week are unanimous in the belief.that
Sherman county Will have one of the
best crops in the decade unless some
thing unforsees happens between now
and harvest time.
The precipitation since the first of
September, from which date the
year’s rainfall is calculated, has been
nearly eight inches. Of this amount
practically all is in the ground which
is an unusual condition as normally a
portion of our moisture runs off with
melting snow in the spring freshets.
While we still have a deficiency of
moisture, we have nearly a normal
amount in the ground.
Due to th« fact that the proceeding
years have been drier than usual it
may take a large amount of moisture
to make a bumper crop, but most of
the farmers are convinced since the
record breaking rain of March that
th'
will be able to raise f pretty
fHr crop in spite of anything the
•• eatber may do before July 1st.
ven the old-timers who are accus
tomed to compare the present unfa
vorably with some year in the past are
practically agreed that the prospects
for wheat this year are as good as any
in the history of the county. In nearly
every field there is a good stand of
wheat whether is is the winter Turkey
Red and Hybrid in the north end of
the county or the spring sown Feder
ation in the south end of the county
where moisture conditions were un
satisfactory for seeding last fall.
1 here have been a few farmers who
have hud to reseed for various
reasons. In the dry ground of last
fall some grain died before it sprout
ed and early sown spring grain treat
ed with formaldahyde died in one two
hundred acre field before the rains
came to sprout it.
The grain in the south end of the
county is not nearly so far along in
growth as it is nearer the river but
this is a healthy condition as frosts
are later there and its backwardness
now is merely frost protection later.
Pupils Of Mrs. Doris
Blake Give Recital
A gypsy musical party was giveiL
by the pupils Of Doris E. Blake for
their parents in the Masonic hall Fri
day, April 10, 1931.
Tha hall was prettily decorated in
rugs, floor lamps and plants making
it a home like scene.
The musical numbers were as
follows:
1. Piano Solo......... ; Melvin Balzer.
2. Piano Logue ..... Rachel Poley.
3. Piano Solo ;........... Janet Wilcox.
4. Piano Duet .... Martha Hodgkins
and Doris Blake.
5. Piano Solo ........... Ralph Balzer.
6. Trio . . Janet Wilcox, Vivian Rey-
. nolds and Marjorie Blake.
7. Piano Solo ....Catherine Burton.
8. Solo..................... Vern McGowan.
9. Piano Solo............ Marjorie Blake.
10. Piano Duet . . Ralph Balzer and
Melvin Balzer.
11. Piano Solo............ Bruce Alley.
12. Piano Logue . . Marjorie Blake.
13. Hano Solo .. Barbara Walpole.
IL Piano Solo .... Vivian Reynolds.
15. Trio Bruce Alley, Barbara Wal
pole and Doris Blake^
16. Duet .... Barbara Walpole and
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•( . . Catherine Burton.
. r c.e recital numbers were giv-
n Tana Kerchiefs and huge red
rm rings were passed and everyone
had to play gypsy. The guests were
so< n busily engaged in gypsy 500, and
the children wer« entertained with
ganiLS. The prizes going from person
to person ■ » the evening progressed
until the final scores were added. Mrs.
Dean Reynolds and Mr. Ed Alley re
ceiving fir^. prize and Mrs. Poley
•nd Bruce .Alley receiving consola
tion pi izes. A dainty lunch was serv
ed by the pupils of the class.
Mis:» Shirley Olds
Wedded in March
At the home of the brides parent«,
Mr. and Mrs. W. K. Olds, near Knight-
•en, California, st noon March, 81, 1981,
Mias Shirley V. Oida was married to
Mr Hugh Peterson,
liter a short wedding trip the young
couple will be at home in Lo« Angles.
At a formal banquet at the Chi
Omega house, at Oregon State Col
lege, Corvallis, the betrothal of Miss
Dorothy Stradley, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. F. L. Stradley of Grass Val
ley, Oregon, to Dave Morris of Port
land, Oregon, was made known to
sorority sisters, Monday evening.
The dinner, a founders’ day custom
of the sorority, readily lent itself to
the charming place cards which told
of the engagement of the couple.
Small red hearts, bearing the two
names were pulled from bouquets on
the announcement cards as the tra
ditional box of chocolates was passed
around the table. The table was dec
orated with flowers of cardinal and
straw, sorority colors, and lighted
with tall tapers. To his fraternity
brothers at the Delta Tau Delta
house, Mr. Morris made the an
nouncement at the same time.
Miss Stradley bas been on the busi
ness staffs of the daily Barometer and
of the Beaver,» Oregon State annua!
publication, while .in college. Mr.
Morris, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. F.
Morris, .of Portland, is manager of
intramural sports at the college. Both
he and Miss Stradley will graduate in
June and plans are being made for a
wedding early in the new year.
Large Crowd Expected
To Hear Tax Commission
Reports coming in from all over
the county lead to the belief that the
meeting of of the Commercial Club
scheduled for Friday evening April
17th will be well attended. At this
meeting; Charles V. Galloway and Earl
Fisher of the State Tax Commission
will discuss the new tax measures
placed on the statutes by the last
legislature.
As Sherman county is one of the
most active counties in Eastern Ore
gon in tax matters it is only natural
that many persons here should be in
terested in talks by these men. The
meeting will begin at 7:30 and will
be held in the dining room of the
Hotel Moro.
Wasco Teachers To
Hold Local Institute
, Next Saturday, April 18th the
teachers of the Wasco school will give
a local institute which will be attend
ed by the teachers of the county and
any of the parents who wish to hear
the discussions.
This will be thè third local
institute to be held in the dbunty this
school year, Grass Valley and Moro
teachers having given their program.
At these meetings the teachers talk
about their problems in an endeavor
to better their work.
OREGON STATE NEWS
OF GENERAL INTEREST
The annual otsarvance of Blossom
day in the Willamette valley was held
Sunday, with moro (ban 20,000 visitors
In Salem.
Governor Meier has announced the
reappointment of M*. A. Lynch of Red
mond as a member of the state high-
way cqmjpi&aion for a four-year term.
Douglas county sportsmen will lend
full Influence to the fight to defeat
the referendum on the Rogue river
closing law and the McKenzie boat
bill. ?
The state land board turned over to
the stnta treasurer during March a
trial of |47,1€3, according to a report
by George O. Brown, clerk of the land
board..
* The Salem city council has adopted
n resolution withdrawing the offer of
81,100,000 for the local plant of the
Oregon-Washington Water Service
company.
,
The annual meeting of the Apple
Urov.ys’ association was held in Hood
River recently. A board of 11 direc-
tora was elected. More than 400 grow
ers attended.
Depositors of French A Co., defunct
bank oF The Dalles, will redelve •
final dividend of 7.9 pel' cent. In a
few days. This will make a total of
87.9 per cent.
Typing Speed Necessary
For Award Changed
IWO SUNDAYS GAME
PKKCU*.
9
Total for week
WHEAT GROWING RAPIDLY NOW
1897, Consolidatoli March 6, 1931.
Moro, Oregon, April 17, 1931
Forty Third Year
CROP CONDITIONS
GOOD IN COUNIT
1888, Grati Valley Journal, E»t_,
OkMrttr E»t,
Showers Fail To Damp
en Batter's Ardor
After two Sundays of effort, four
teen and a half innings and two rain
storms the Moro baseball teams de
feated the Grass Valley nine 17 to
14 last Sunday on their fair grounds
diamond.
For those who like their baseball
lively and full of spice the game was
a dandy for hardly an inning went by
without scores counted. In fact the
score was tied in almost every inning
until the eighth when the locals gain
ed a lead of three and were not head
ed. The six pitchers who officiated
on the mound were all treated with
utter disrespect by the barters. Bar-
zee retired in the fifth after his arm
became unable to withstand the
storm of hits and was relieved by
Tucker who did pretty well until he
began hurrying up his pitches when
he was hit hard.
Grass Valley used four pitchers.
Olds started but was relieved in the
third inning in favor of young Bar
nett who the management wanted to
try out before the threatened rain
storm materialized. He lasted an in
ning and a half. Rolfe and Rutledge
finished the game in relays.
The play of the game that brought
the most laughs was the fielding of’
Miller who played at right field for
Moro during one inning. With the
bases full a ground ball was knocked
into his territory by Perry. Miller
committed three errors before getting,
the ball back into play in the mean
while allowing four men to score.
There will be no game Sunday out
of deference to the fishing season
which opened the fiftenth.
1930 Wheat Leaving
County Rapidly
The wheat that has been held in
the warehouses and elevators since
the last crop was harvested is now be
ing moved out. Most of this wheat
belongs to the Federal Farm Board
and they have been requested by the
warehouse owners to move their
wheat in time for the storage of the
next crop. At all Of the stations along
the line wheat is being shipped every
day, from two to four cars being
loaded in that time.
Within a few days the houses will
be near enough cleaned out that the
managers can begin their annual Re
pair and clean up job in preparation
for the July rush of new wheat.
Dcyi Changing, Length
Brown s measurements of the «•lump
¡qg length of days show that In 1P2N
the earth was 32 seconds ahead of its
average rotntlonnl niotiop for the past
three centuries. There appears to be
a cycle of 300 years of lengthening
and shortening.
No. 33
NEW RAILROAD RATES
NOW AFFECT US
A special Junior Chamber of Com- I
merce meeting was called Tuesday .
afternoon for the purpose of chang-|
Groceries and Like Goods Will Be
ing the rate of speed that had to be
typed to win award*. The rates were
Delivered
45-55-65 for the typing I students
and 55-65-75 for the typing II
students. It was decided at the meet-I
ing that these rate« were too high
and they were chang d to 40-50-60
and 50-60-70.
The Tewose Camp Fire girls left
Wednesday evening immediately af Merchants Will Ask For The laclu«ion
ter school on a hike out to Lone Rock.
Of More Items
A delicious lunch wu enjoyed and I
some of the meinbefs returned by ।
cars while a few of the more ener- I
The Union Pacific pick-up and de
getic ones hiked back again. Laura |
Ruggles was in charge of<he excur livery service which was instituted in
sion which is one of the requirements Sherman county this week makes it
for completing her .Torch Bearer’s possible for some goods to be shipped
by rail and delivered at the door of
rank.
1
Miss Brauninger enj< : cd the week the consignee.
According to the tariff received
end visiting with friends in Golden-
here applying to the new service
dale.
Some of the student are thank- groceries of nearly all kinds can be
their “lucky stars” that there are no shipped from Portland to any point
more six weeks exam* this semester. in the county and will be delivered
Moro school had tv u visitors last free of charge to the purchaser. A
week, Margaret Webb< r, from Ore few other items including tin ware
gon City, a sister of M rs. Glen Ryan, and cotton gloves usually carried by
wholesale grocery firms are also on
and Clara McDonald.
The high school glee club has been the list of deliverable articles.
On shipments from Portland to The
asked to sing at the Odd Fellow’s
Dalles the railroad company will pick
Convention, Sunday, April 25.
The same teams . entered in the up and deliver a much greater variety
Eastern Oregon contc t will partici-! of merchandise including some kinds
pate in the Oregon State contest to be of hardware, fresh fruits and pro
held at Corvallis on April 18. It is duce. Shipments of agricultural ma
hoped that the typista’will have gain-| chinery can be delivered in Hood
ed sufficient confidente from their River but at no other point between
past experiences to' ma e a good rec here and Portland.
A group of business men represent
ord at this meet.
, The cooking club, whose leader is • ing the firms of the county interested
Miss Grayless, cooked and served a in increasing the list of merchandist
very good dinner Wedn day evening, ¡ that can be shipped by the new sys
tern expect to go to Portland early
April 8.
Dr. D. V. Poling, from the Exten next week and interview the heads of
sion Service of Oregon State College, the Union Pacific there to see if th<
and former pastor of The Dalles, Ore-1 provisions of the act cannot be ex
gon for fifteen years wa warmly wel tended th include a greater number of
* ■
comed by the students f Moro high items.
Goods
to
be
shipped
under
the
when he addressed them on Friday
afternoon. His messag was of vital ruling must be billed Union Pacifi«
interest to the students, -specially the stages and may be sent by merely cal
seniors, and his advice was very ap ling the local drayman whom in mos
propriate to present conditions. He cases is the delivery man for the rail
met the senior class in private con road. He will take care of all ship
ference and gave thorn considerable ments and deliver goods that come
under the proper classifications.
vocational guidance.
An achievement test was given to
the Moro high students by Mr. Rakes
April 14. This test will be given to I Gas War Begins On
all the high schools of the epunty. It
was an extremely difficult test and
Sherman County From
took all morning.
SERVICE MAY BE EXTENDED
The war is on, the banging of gaso
line cans and the reek of petrol ode:
is on the land along with the sound o
ager Makes Statement motor trucks traveling to the rive
• I where gas sells for a mere twelve an<
a half per gallon. The tractor has e
G. L. Corey, manager of the Pa cheaper chuckle and the tractor own
cific Power and Light Company in er a more pleasant countenance whic!
The Dalles makes the following state- ' all makes the gas war a happy affai;
ment regarding the halting of the sale compared to more sanguinary en
gagements.
of stock issued by that company.
All of this week farmers have beer
“The campaign was not carried to
a conclusion because of economic con hunting cheap fuel with considerabh
ditions. We found that the quick success and the gasoline pumps in
response to our offering resulted in Moro at least are displaying sign1
a very serious drain of cash .from ag-1 quoting 18 cents instead of the 21
ricultural districts and reduced the cents that has been asked for som<
money available for crop sowing and months previous to the last battle.-
This is the first time in years tha
production.
“This situation had not been com the war which reigns annually in th<
pletely forseen when the campaign thickly settled portions of the stat<
was started, and we felt that the com has reached Sherman county and it
munities served should have first call is believed that the farmers will make
on sufficient funds to nnance crops.” i the most of it.
Light Company Man
The Baseball Season Opens
TRIP TO INDIAN NIELS
MADE BY MISS GINN
The four paper machines of the
Hawley Pulp & Paper company plant
at Oregon City were put in operation
a few days ago, and a large number of
employes who had been idle for some
time are again at work.
Perfection of a maraschino process
which may provide profitable outlet
for the growing surplus of Royal Ann
and other white cherries In Oregon
is announced by the horticultural prod
ucts division of the Oregon experi
ment station at Corvallis.
P. R. Brooks, financier and owner
of considerable property in central
Oregon, is heading a corporation
which has applied for a charter, to
open a bank at Redmond. The new
Institution is expected to be in opera
tion in less than six weeks.
Approximately >10,000 will be spent
in the 1931 program for maintenance
and construction of telephone lines,
lookout houses and shelters in -the
Cascade national forest/ according to
P. O. Thompson, supervisor. The pro
gram has been approved by the gov- |
ernment.
Automobile Journey ThrM<h Indiali
Country Described
NATIVES DAILY BATH OBSERVED
Missionaries Pass Near * Barainf Ghat”
hip
Thursday evening. May 3, 1931.
Dear Mother and Daddy:
I have just returned from a lovely
walk and will continue that letter
which I mailed this morning. Thia
will no doubt have many installments
between now and next mail day but
you are used to them by now.
I mentioned our last week in Quil-
on and spoke of our new place of
residence but now for the few inter
esting hours spent between them and
now. About 12:30 Friday night we
watched Hazel disappear on the train.
We then jumped into our packed-to-
the-limit car and were off for the
Plans are under way for a woqd-^ hills. It had been a busy day and we
products exposition in Eugene, April were rather tired to begin the trip;
23, 24 and 25. The show will be con several times before morning Winn«
ducted through the co-operation of the had to draw over to the side of the
Willamette Valjey Lumbermen’s as road and take a ten minute doze.
sociation, the Loyal Legion of Log Tuffy the dog and Micky the cat were
gers and Lumbermen and the Eugene squeezed between and «n top of the
luggage in the back seat. Poor Micky
Chamber of Commerce.
The Oregon insurance rating bureau did his best to keep us awake though
has informed citizens of Baker that I’m quite sure that that was not the
if a well with a capacity of 100 gallons purpose of his yowling and carrying-
per minute were bored and two pumps on. This was a new experience for
of 500 gallons per minute capacity him but he became a very good trav
were installed an approximate reduc eler before the journey’s end.
While we were driving along the
tion of 2.2 per cent would be made In
“
awfuRest
” “ghostliest” smell filled
the insurance rate on- mercantile
the
air
for
some distance. I had never
buildings.
smelled any thing like it before but
The forest service road east of guessed the cause before Winne ex
Bingham Springs was practically de claimed: “A burning ghat!” There
stroyed by the recent high water in had been a Hindu funeral where the
the hill district of the Umatilla na dead had been burned.
tional forest. The road was construct
It had also been, a night of religious
ed during the past winter as an un- festivity. At day break we passed *
employnxenV- relief job. Reconstruc large number of Indiana going home
tion work will be started after for after their all night of celebration.
estry officials have surveyed the dam We were almost upon a large ele
age.
phant before we recognized his great
Authorities at The Dalles have been form in the gray light of early morn
trying to check on a mysterious bee ing. He was a huge fellow but walk
ailment that is threatening to wipe ed along meekly under the hanti of
out all hives in that district. The the little form high on his back. H«,
malady is believed to have been in too was returning from his part in the
troduced by a recent shipment of 200 past hours ceremonies.
We had to cross two ferries soon
colonies from California, despite the
after
it was light. While waiting for
fact that they were supposed to have
been inspected before entering the the ferrymen it was interesting to
watch the people taking their morning
state.
bath in the river. Hair, teeth and
Thirty-four and oqp half miles of
clothes all went through the process.
highway, costing J609.000, will be
There was not a great deal of cere
built in and near Crater Lake National
mony attached to it. Having finished
park during 1931, states John R. Sar
the women tossed back their wet hair,
gent; resident engineer of the bureau
quickly twisted it into a knot and
of public roads, who, with a crew of
went ashore to begin the duties of
engineers, is at'Uulon creek, near the
the long day ahead. Some of them
west entrance, finishing the location
of a road between Diamond lake and possessed a dry cloth which they in->
geniously exchanged on the banks of
Union creek.
the river; the others were soon dried
Bent Landreth, Baker county water by the hot sun which was now on
master, has announced that there was duty.
a third more water in the mountains
About 7:30 we were in Ernakalum
in the county now than in April, 1930. where we stopped for a couple of
He said the ground proved to be In hours in the Traveler’s Bungalow. It
better condition than in 1930. Last was quite a filthy place but we en
year was considered the driest for joyed a hearty breakfast from our
some time, and even though increase tiffin basket and threw our selves
Is shown in moisture this year it is down on the far-from-clean beds for
still below normal.
a few winks of) sleep. It was an effort
Alsea is going to have another to get up but once on our way we
cheese factory to replace the one that felt quite refreshed. Aside from
burned several months ago at a loss numerous halts to readjust luggage
of |15,000. Andrew Christensen has and, to see to our “family” in the back
the framework completed now and has seat we did not stop again till about
progressed far enough with his build 4:00 in the afternoon. We stopped
ing to allow him to continue his manu then for gas (or petrol) and dis
facture of cheese. Christensen re covered a flat tire. There was quite
ceives from 12,000 to 15,000 pounds of an army around to change it for us
milk dally from the dairies in the Al but we didn’t wait to have it repaired
—and we didn’t have another spare!
sea community.
Driving out of town we stopped un
It will require 15*4 ton* of meat and
der the shade of a. banyon tree and
60,000 eggs to feed the 3100 men who
had a wee bite to teat sitting on the
will attend the national guard en
running board of the car. Our Ther
campments to be held at Camp Clat
mos bottles were empty snd our
sop and Fort Stevens in June. This
greatest craving was for something
was announced at national guard head
to drink rather than for food. We
quarters. Other items of food will In
passed plenty of water but no water
clude 20,000 loaves of bread, 3500
in India is safe to drink without first
pouuds at butter, 6000 pounds of cof
boiling it. loiter we passed a stand
fee, 5000 pounds of flour, 10,500 pounds where there were some cocoanuts for
of sugar, 3000 pounds of onions and sale and were able to quench our
400,00 pounds of potatoes.
thirst with cocoanut water from a
Eastern Oregon wheat growers will couple of green cocoanuts.
utilize the Columbia river to barge
We reached the foot of the mount
their grain to tidewater as an eco ains just at sunset. It was a beau
nomic measure, directors of the Mkl- tiful sight stretched out before us
Columbia River association were ad and we were thoroughly enjoying it
vised at their organization meeting when an unusual bumpty-bump an
held recently at The Dalles. The »Mid nounced a flat tire. A flat tire, no
Columbia River association embraces spare, and several miles from a city
26 cities between Stevenson and Cas or town I I found we were not in
cade Locks on the west and Patterson such a sorry predicament, however,
and Boardman on the east. Each com as the same conditions might have
munity is represented with one man placed us in at home where one fears
to stop and help at that time of day,
on the board of directors.
or night. We hailed the first motor
Tho upward trend of business In vehicle that appeared. It was a truck
Baker, which haa been In progress driven by an Indian chap, spotlessly
since the first of this year, is reflected clean and attractive in his pink turban
in a gain of more than 13 pet* cent in । cream coat, white cloth and white
postal recenpt* for tha first quarter shoes. He and his two companions
Of 1931, as compared with the same
Continued to page four.
period of 1930.