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About Sherman County journal. (Moro, Or.) 1931-current | View Entire Issue (May 29, 1931)
^l|crman Jnurtuil SHERMAN COUNTY OBSERVER, Established Nov. 2. 1888 GRASS VALLEY JOURNAL. Established Oct. 14, 1897 CONSOLIDATED, MARCH 6, 1931 Grass Valley Mrs Dorothy Tetx entertained the Gras« Valley Bridge Club Published Every Friday at Moro, Oregon, By Wednesday at her home in town. Managing Editor GILES L. FRENCH The Women'« Club will meet Tuesday June 2nd at the home of Entered as Mcond-clM« matter at the ‘oetothce, at Moro, Oregon, under Act of Mrs. R H. Johnson. This is a Congress of March 8, 1879. special meeting called to diacuss changing the date of meeting for SUBSCRIPTION RATES—PAYABLE IN ADVANCE. ......................................................................................................... si H next year. Some members wish x ' ’ ’ ............................................ 1 00 to meet on the second and fourth Six Months Wednesdays instead of alternate Tuesdays. FRIDAY. MAY 29. 1931 Dick Huhman is the owner of a new car and Matt Simon is al DIVERSIFICATION. so driving a new bus. In the absence of accurate figures a computation has been Ray Hoffman, brother in law shown that sales of cream have brought $40,000.00 into Sherman of Herman Peters, was visiting county during the past year. It may be safely assumed that moat here for a few days last week. Carl Brown was here last Sat of this money was made from the use of products that would not have been salable unless fed to cows and,’sold aa butterfat. In urday attempting to find out whether he could get contracts other words the farmer who kept the cow« fed them hay, straw on tranaporting wheat from Big and that would have been mostly waste unless utilized by the gs to Portland by barge. He has cattle. a one hundred horsepower tow Pasture is one of the principal needs of dairy cattle and it may boat and would like to arrange to be presumed that the small waste patches in the county have con haul wheat down the river dur tributed their share of this $40,000 00 At the present prices one ing the harvest this year. Mias Addie Borthwick of An pound of butterfat is worth about as much as half a bushel of telope, waa visiting here the. fir wheat; An aere of land that produces 20 bushels of wheat would st of the week with her aunt Mrs easily produce more than 40 pounds of butterfat and return a L. C. Dickson.- greater profit Miss Pauline Jobbs, a teacher A carload of steers are worth as much as the product of 200 in the Bend schools, was a visit acres of 20 bushel wheat land and can be raised in the same time. or here Sunday at the L R Fr A thousand dollars worth of hogscan be raised on less land than it ench home. Miss Louise Homewood, dau takes to produce a thousand dollars worth of wheat The stock argument against all these means of diversification ghter of Mrs. L. R. French, has been elected to the honorary ed is that we can’t all raise hogs or cattle or milk cows. Sure we ucational society Kappa Delta Pi can’t. Some farmers are equipped to raise one kind of livestock, at Oregon State College? some another, some, in truth, are not equipped to handle any. It Paul Wilson has been calling at is not the contention of this paper that Sherman county farmers the doctors office lately to have should forget all about wheat farming and raise livestock exclu his arm dressed. Last Friday sively. This is a wheat country, but during these hard times nearly while working with a tractor his every farmer can produce something else other than wheat with arm was burned below the elbow quite severely causing him a out flooding the market in that product as bad as the wheat moat painful layoff. market is flooded at present. James Dennis has been very ill The agricultural history of almost any country shows that the at his home in town with a com- products and farm practices have changed, One time this was a plication of ailments caused prin atock country, now it is a wheat country; at some future time its cipally by senility. Jack Noonan, a painter of Mo principal product may be something else. The wheat farmers are ro, has been refiniahing the in sure now that Sherman county is adapted to wheat and nothing else just as the old time stockman was sure that the homesteader terior of the apartments occupi ed by the Poley family. was going to go broke trying to raise wheat in a country that was Roy Feely took his family over only fit for stock. to the warm springs last Satur It is said that the only thing we [can be sure of is change. day where they will stay for a Let’s not be too sure our future is entirely wrapped up in wheat. few weeks until Maurice im proves in health. J. W. Hays and wife are also taking a vaca $3.00 LICENSE tion at the same place. If the intention and desire of the people is to build roads out Miss Helen Homewood visited of the money raised by taxation on property the license fee should over the week end with her mo be reduced and automobiles should be placed on the tax list. If ther, Mrs. L. R. French. T. M Garrett, T. M. Rolfe, the people desire to make automobile owners pay for the roads Mrs. Clyde Smith and Mrs Geo. they use out of fees charged and gasoline tax the license fee should Wilcox returned Friday from be left as it is. Corvallis where they attended > It has been the contention of this state that cars should be the state convention of I. O. O. taxed according to the wear they might cause to the roads instead F. and Rebekahs. The teacher and pupils of the of being taxed according to monetary value. We believe this to be the proper attitude. In the first place it is a step away from Rutledge school were pleasantly ' the general property tax In the next place it puts the cost of surprised last Thursday, May 21, by some of the parents. They building and maintaining roads on the persons who travel them arrived at the school house on that morning in a truck, an m»st.- California and Washington car owners pay aa much for the nouncing that there was plenty privilege of operating an automobile as do Oregon motoristseven of room, lunch and ice cream for if it is paid aa property tax. Neither of our neighboring states all, and to hop right in and go ’ have built their roads for nothing; the taxpayers have paid for for a picnic. Needless to say, they all hopped and all professed them out of the general property tax and the gas tax. In Oregon a good time. we have caused the car owner to pay for his own roads out of lic CALL FOR BIDS ense fees and gasoline tax. Can anything be fairer? School District No. 32 will ac- State officers believe they will have some difficulty in collecting cept sealed bids for position of on all cars with nearby states charging a lower fee. They would school bus driver for school year also have difficulty in getting all cars on the general tax list if the 931 32until June 15th, 1931 at 12 larger part of the car tax was raised that way.- If we continue to o’clock noon. The board reserves right to maintain the roads-and we will — it will take money and lots ef it reject any or all bids. and it must come from the' people of the state. Why try|to fool Hans Koepke, Clerk. our wflves by taking the moeny out of another pocket? MEMORIAL DAY Saturday. May 30th is Memorial day. One day set apart from the other three hundred sixty four aa a day of reverence and res pectful attention to the memory of those who have finlahed their lives and journeyed on into the silence that awaits all of us. It is « day when the words and ’acts of the elders who have gone are recalled lovingly and the hopeful promiae of those who departed this life in youth is most poignantly remembered. It is a day of might have been Since its beginning the day has been linked with military ob servances It’was the day of the old Grand Army men and is be coming the day of the American Legion for military men honor their comrades who served their country. But when our wars are over—if ever—and the last veteran is dead, mothers and fathers, sons and daughters will still meet on Memorial day around the little mound« under which their dear ones rest for sorrow is universe and Memorial day has outgrown its beginnings as a soldiers’ day the swimming pool. Three cars of Camp fire girls left Wednesday for a few days outing al Camp Sherman. They were chaperoned bj Mrs. A. A. Dunlap and Miss Lorainne Dar by. Mrs J. M- Wilson was to have gone with them but she re turned after hercar was wrecked. C. R. Belshee was in Portland the first of the week selling a car of cattle that he shipped from here Saturday night. Albert Pluemke returned to his home in Kent early this week af ter graduating from the Moro Hi gh School last week. He ex pects to attend O S. C. next fall. OREGON STATE NEWS OF GENERAL INTEREST Wool growers of Curry county are making arrangements through the of fice of the county gent to truck mar ket lembs from Curry county to Ban Francisco market*. There are several thousand Iambs In the district ready for market The Guernsey Gaieties, the aunual state tour of the Oregon Guernsey Cat tie club, will begin June 4 in Lane county. It has been announced at Eu gene. The tour will extend from Lane county into Douglas, Josephine and Jackson counties. Deer are making themselves at home on the Ellis Edgington ranch near Sis ters. They Jump the fences and feed with the dairy cattle. They are mak ing destructive inroads into Edging ton’s clover field, where they are trampling out the clover. Pendleton Camp Fire Girls are to have a good swimming pool in the Umatilla river thl summer as the Pendleton Lions club went to the river near the girls’ cabin at Mission and dredged out the river channel and con structed a dam for the pool last week. Plans for Vale’s biggest Fourth of July celebration are under way. For 12 years this show has been the big gest thing in the Snake river valley. The celebration will be a threeday af fair. Starting Thursday, July 2, it will reach a grand climax on thp 4th. Announcement has been made by Supervisor J. H. BElingslea, supervis or of the Siskiyou national forest that the forest service bridge across the Rogue at Agness, partially destroyed by high water several years ago, is to be rebuilt this summer at a cost of $25,000. Reports of engineers on drilling op- eratlons in the Holmes gap and Bethel districts of Polk county, a few miles west of Salem, prove conclusively, it was said, that natural gas is to be found in that section, and that the lo cation may develop into an important petroleum oil field. The Moore Mill & Lumber company of Marshfield, which lost heavily In a camp and forest fire May 11, is ar ranging to reopen logging after a clean up Is made of debris and estimates are mad© of what machinery Is available. The camp at Leneve will retain only the married men. NOTICE OF SCHOOL MEETING NOTICE 1^ HEREBY GIVEN to the legal voter* of School District No 17, of Sherman County, SUU of Ore- wn, that a SCHOOB MEETING of said district will held at the School House, on the loth day of Jun®. UJI, at 2:00 o’clock in the afternoon for the purpose of discussing the budget hereinafter set out with th® levy! g board, and to vote on the proposition of levying a special district tax. . The total amount of money needed by the said school district during the fiscal year beginning o from 1931 and ending June 15, 1932, is estimated in the following budget and includes the amounts to b® received from the county school fund, state school fund, elementary school fund, special district tax, and all other moneys of district. BUDGET Estimated Receipts Balance on hand at beginning of school year (third Monday in June) for which this bud get is made....................................................... From county school fund..................................... From state school fund......................................... Elemen- High tary School Total estimated receipts (iter 3900.00 j 9, ine.) . . $5868.00 Elemen- High tary School TOTA1 a nee of buildings and grounds .......................... 50 3. Other expense of maintenance and re pairs ........... .............. 100 GENERAL CONTROL— I. 1. Personal service: (2) Clerk........................... 4. Legal service (clerk’s bond, audit, etc.) .... 25 2 b 35 30 4. Total sxpsnss of Gen- 6. 115.00 INSTRUCTION — Supervision II. 1. Personal service: (2) Principals.................. 2. Supplies, principals and supervisors ..... 5. Total expense, Super- 275 275 100 100 750.00 vision................................. 111. INSTRUCTION — Teaching 1. Personal service : 5230 3780 (1) Teachers ..................... 2. Supplies (chalk, pa- 115 115 pws etc.Ji............... 3. Textbooks (desk cop 10 10 ies and indigents) . . . 112.50 Textbooks .................. ...... Total expen»« of 6. 50 100 Total expense of Main- 375.00 tenance and Repairs. . I. AUXILIARY AGENCIES 1. Library: 25 25 (2 ) Library books . . .". ’ 5. Total Expense of Aux- iliary Agencies............. VII. FIXED CHARGES 182 182 1. Insurance ................... 5. . .Total Fixed Charges vin . CAPITAL OUTLAYS 4. New furniture and 95 95 equipment.................. 7. Total Capital Outlays IX. DEBT SERVICE $1000.00 1. Principal on bonds . . . 600.00 4. Interest on bonds......... “ 9. Total Debt Service . . . - 50.00 364.00 190.00 $1600.00 OPERATION OF PLANT 1. Personal service: (1) Janitors and other 400 400 employes........................ 50 50 2. Janitors’ supplies ... 200 200 3. Fuel............................. 75 75 4. Light and power . . . 100 100 5. Water. . . . f*............. 8. Total expense of oper ation ..... . . . . . . . .x Recapitulation 1650.00 MAINTENANCE AND REPAIRS Repair and replace ment of furniture and equipment . ................... 2. Repair and mainten- Total estimated expenses for $14466.50 the year............................... (sum of items 1-6, 11-5,111-6, Vl-8, V-4, VI-5, VII-5, VIII-7, IX-9, X-3) , Total estimated receipts, not 5868.00 including proposed tax .... 1. $8598.50 Indebtedness For School Year from June IS, 1931, to June IS, 1932 Personal service sum of I-l-(l), (2), (3), (4), (5); II-l-(l), (2), (3), (4); Ill-l-(l), (2), (3), (4); IV-l-(l), (2), (3); VI-l-(l), 2-(l), 3-(l), 4-( 1) $10410.00 Supplies 1-2; II-2; III-2; IV-2; 530.00 VLl-(3), 2-(2), 3-(2), 4-(2) 375.00 Maintenance and repairs V-l-2-3 1600.00 Debt service IX 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8 xMiscellaeous sum of 1-3, 4, 5; II-3, 4; III-3, 4, 5; IV-3, 4, 5, 6, 7; VI-l-(2), 3-(3), 4-(8), 1551.50 (4):VII-1, 2, 3, 4, VIII-4^6 $14466.50 Total................................. ATTEST: ' by district tax 75 Summary of Estimated Expenditures Lady of middle age wishes work housekeeping and cooking on bache lor or widower ranch. Can cook for 6 or7 men if required, and will work for reasonable wages. Apply at this office. FOR SALE: 1927 Model Case Com bine, 12 foot cut, side hill machine, for sale cheap. See F. M. Crews, Wasco, Oregon. TOTAL 9372.50 Teachers ...... .... IV. VintAds William Mitchell has finished the rock work on the Kent-west market road and moved his equipment. An insurance adjuster was lere from Portland this week and settled with J. C. Wilson for his house that was destroyed by fire last Thursday night. He re ceived $4000.00 for the house and some additional for the light plant and other goods that were destroyed with it. The Legion will give a dance in their hall here on Saturday night, June 6th. An orchestra from Dufur will furnish the music. and is of the whole people. Members of the Legion have cleaned out and repaired the A Portland doctor states that the walkathon performers may swimming pool in Buckhollow injure their nervous and mental make-up by such continued exer and it is now ready for the warm tion The nervous system may be injured, but the learned doctor days of summer. The boys are to entirely too optimistic about their minds being damaged. Not contemplating erecting a slide for the children to play on near walkathon performer«. 854.00 214.00 Estimated Expenditures 1. Amount of bonded indebted ness (including all warrants issued by vote of electors).. $13000.00 2. Amount of warrant indebted ness on warrants issued and endorsed “not paid for lack of funds”...... .. ..................None 4. Total Indebtedness (sum of items 1, 2, 3)........ ‘............ $13000.00 Dated this 11th day of May, 1931 M. E. McKee, District Clerk. - W. 11. Ragsdale, Chairman, Board of Directors. Dr J. R. Morgan DENTIST United States Dental Ex aminer for this district GET OUR PRICES •----- ON------ GROCERIES BEFORE BUYING You’ll Be Surprised to Learn that We Are Selling OFFICE AT GOOD MERCHANDISE MORO, OREGON Kent News 900.00 From elementary school fund........................... From county high school tuition fund for tui- tion and transportation. .. As Cheap as City Stores DR C. L. POLEY Physician and Surgeon ZIEGLER'S Quality Store GRASS VALLEY, OREGON People can reach me from Moro at night from the long distance booth at Hotel Moro by ringing The Dalles. <3 MENOMAI. » Published in the Interest of the People of Grass Valley« nd Vicinity by The TUM-A-LUM LUMBER COMPANY Vol. 31 GRASS VALLEY. OREGON, MAY 29,1931 EDITORIAL. Karl Eaton tells us that the price of fresh eggs has been so low for a couple of months, that his hens, in stead of cackling when they lay one, blush. —T-A-] husband at Wife (to returning . . darling, I’m so 4 Oh ------ - — summer resort): “ _ . — .. - ... glad you are here. We h®ardl'xhat some idiot had fallen over the cliff and I felt sure it was you.” Be up to date insulate May and June—the months of flowers, new paint, vacations and June brides. Tum-A-Lum will beau- tify your garden with lattice fences and lawn furniture, furnish the paint for your building* and plan a new home for the bride. Names of pro spective husband* will be furnished on request, for a moderate charge. N load. —T-A- R AM BLINGS Concrete for permanance. Build a garden pool or new walks and drives. Saw Dell Olds going fishing the other day—haven’t heard Matt Simon talking of the depression lately. Kvtefv body in town was wearing a noty nnntiv Louis Olds is go poppy last week. ~ ----- -------- ing to build a new cow corrall. Tom Coyle is hauling one car of Tum-A-Lum Fuel for winter. —T-A-L---- __ Did You Know — We Build Window Screens. Furnish Plans for Lawn Furniture Glaze Windows. , D Do Painting. Roof Repairing. Sell Fly Screen. Celloglass. Glass Cloth. We have some good ideas for build ing new summer camps or fixing up the <*W one. Insulation, painting, new exteriors of log cabin siding, and the so forth*. — WOOD — 16 inch Pine Slab graded. 16 inch Fir Slab Heavy. 4 inch Fir Wood. If we did all today that we expect 16 inch Body Fir- —$8.75 to et done tomorrow, it would be a 16 inch Body Pine—$9.00 reat world. Prices on other on request. That’s all. - . MIU Ends th^ fuel for «ummer—$8.00 The Conquoring Spirit The true American spirit that will not be downed is what led us into those wars from which we came forth the victors. Be cause everything has a price, and victory perhaps the great est of all, we lost thousands of men who fought our cause. It is to them that we go on Me morial day bearing flowers as tribute In honor of those men who have preserved our Unitt'd States. THIS BANK WILL BE CLOSED MEMORIAL DAY, MAY 30, 1931. NORO SI ATE BANK
