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german Glmmty Journal Grass Valley SHERMAN COUNTY OBSERVER, EetebMolwd Nov. t, 18« grass V alley journal , EsubiiciMd Oet u, 1er CONSOLIDATED, MARCH t, 1981 Published Every Friday at Moro, Oregon, By Managing Editor GILES L. FRENCH Usa of Jacgson county granite from the Ashland quarry Is being consider ed by the Jackson county court for use in the new >265,000 courthouse building at Medford. It theta about George Ellard, of The Dalles, >6 per foot to quarry. ‘ Principal Events of the Week Seventy men are engaged In Klam looking After hi« fArming inter- ath and Lake counties on grasshopper Assembled for Information estsin this county. control work, fighting the pest, which of Our Readers. has become particularly destructive of Pnt Conroy who ha« been with grass. Between 20,000 and 30,000 Henry PAtjens for severAl year« pounds of poison have been used. as a herder is in The Dellee ho«- THS MARKETS A new record in mountain climbing Portland pitAl for A few dey« treAtment Wheat- — Big Bond bluestem, soft wag made recently by a party of four Robert Guthrie And wife were white and western white, 69c; hard who ascended the North Sister a here lent week from Portiend to winter, northern spring and western month earlier thanvlt had even been donebelore. The register on the sum see how the wheat crop wee com red, 66c. mit shows that the earliest previous Hay — Buying price. L o. b. Portland: I ing Along And to ahnke bands ascent of ths mountain was July 6. Alfalfa, >14015; valley timothy >15.50 with friend« in this county. A call for bids to rock 19.6 miles of ©16; eastern Oregon timothy, >18© Art Bibby and wife were in 18.50; clover, >11; oat h»y, >11; oats Vie Oregon Coast highway south from town Monday morning from the »nd vetch, >10010.50. Glenada has been issued by the fed- oral bureau of public roads. It has ir home in Heppner. They were Butterfat—18 ©21c. been announced at Eugene. This will Eggs — Ranch, 11© 15c. iH on their way to Portland for a , complete the road through that por- Cattle—Steers, good. >7.2507.50. •hort trip. tion of Lane county south of |he Sius- Hogs—Good to choice, >6.2506.50. Mrs. Dean Old« is working in Lambs—Good to choice, $6.0006.50. law river. BSSttle Hood River daring the fruit sea Game Commissioner Irving Vining Wheat—Soft white, western white, was given the thrill of a life-time wheq son there. bluestem, 69c; western. re<J, north a delegation from the Lake county Lyle Olds, Fred Peters, Frank ern spring..hard winter, 67c, chamber of commerce took him over Pike end John Koepke made a Eggs—Ranch, 13O20c. to Hart .mountain to see the antelope trip to Yakima, Wash., in sear Cattle—Choice steers, >7.50® 8. and to test their speed. One antelope Hoge—Good to choke, $6.9007. raced the cars across a dry lake bed ch of work in the fruit orchards at a speed of 60 miles per hour. The Lam be—Choice, <707.50. of that district Spokane cars of a few years ago were no match Miss Louise Homewood return Cattle—Steers, gdbd. >7@7.50. for Lake county’s antelope but the late ed home Sundsy from Corvallis Hogs—Good to choice, $6.50. model cars won the race after a long Lambs—Medium to good, $6(06.25. chase, - • where she has been attending O. Congrew of March 8, 1879. SUBSCRIPTION BATB8-PAYABLE IN ADVANCE. One Year............................. J........ ^...11 W . Six Months........... .. ....................... -.......................... 1« 55 FRIDAY, JUNE 12, 1981- THEY GOSSIP ABOUT US. Bad news, they say, travels fast And like a «now ball, a story of someone’s misfortune, gets larger as it travels. These thoughts have been forced upon us by frequent notes in the public prints of other parts of the state alluding to the absolutely terri ble condition of most of Eastern Oregon not under an irrigation .ditch: . We are reported to be without sufficient water to keep alive our livestoek, our wells are reported as failing, apd one witty sort of an editor said we were as “dry as a prohi’s dream,” which ■ most certainly an exaggeration. * Now let us get at the truth of the matter, and we wish every one of those who are responsible for printing the first reports could see this. ‘ In Sherman county we do not have, at present ¿writing, OREGON STATE NEWS OF GENERAL INTEREST enough moisture to mature a normal crop of wheat, but that does 8. C. She will remain here with not mean th At we are a total loss. Far from it We still have her mother, Mrs. L. R. French during the summer. more than the United Stateeaverage. Mr. and Mrs. Ofie Christensen Our stock is doing fine and each and every one of them are are visiting here with his mother. getting their fill of water every time they come to the trough. Mrs. R. A. Stow. They ar^ from - Our wells are still furnishing water at the same old stand and it is Montana. 1 Tom Smith of Yakima, Wash., just as wet as it was last year or year before. Like Mark Twain, we are able to say that the report of our visited his neice, Mrei Herman Schilling, here last week. death (economic in our case) is greatly exaggerated. The Rebekah lodge held an in teresting meeting last Wednes WHO WILL HAUL THE WHEAT? day evening when the delegates Now we hear Chat commercial truckers will haul wheat from to tbe Grand Lodge meeting in several miles south of Arlington to Portland for 12 cents per hun Corvallis, reported, Marie Smith dred. This compares in miles to almost any place in Sherman and Marie Wilcox both gave an account of tbe state session as county and will be a reduction in freight charges of almost 50 per well as T. M. Rolfe who repre cent jo the southern end of the county. sented the Odd Fellows. There is not one thing that will do the wheat growers as much Helen Hall is here for a few good , as cheaper transportation with the exception of better weeks at tbe home of her aunt, prices for his crop and it is particularity gratifying to learn that Mrs. Dell Olds. Eunice Bucboltz returned to it will be possible to have that wheat hauled to tidewater at a her home near Corbett Friday, charge more reasonable than the growers have had to pay. Now we are more convinced than ever that the state and fed after a short visit with Miss An na Schwartz. eral officials were correct when they ordered a lower rate on wheat The city water tank on the bill shipments to the we«t coast. They were aware that the railroads has been drained and cleaned have had a reasonable return on their inveatmpat and moat cert during the week. ainly they did not place the rate so loW that this return could not Mr. and Mrs. W. Ray Blake be made. The railroads can haul cheaper from thia territory and and Mrs. J. H. Wilt were in Ione must if they expect to hold the business that is "here. Sunday to attend a wedding of We are asking nothing of thejail lines but cheaper transpor friends. Arch Zehner and wife have tation. We are satisfied with our stations; we do mot ask them to rented the C. F. French house install expensive crossings or terminal equipment; we make little here and expect to move in im . complaint about service, for example, witness the change fm> mediately. seven day to six day train service within the past week, but we do Sam Davis and wife are spend want the wheat of this county hauled to market cheaper than it is ing a few days at the warm spr now being done? Furthermore, weare going to have.it hauled ings in search of health. cheaper; we have to, for we cannot continue to give.one quarter of Grandma .Cox, mother of Fred and Bert Cox, is here on a visit the county’s income for transportation. from her home in Vancouver. Doria Anderson, her granddau INDIANS WILL BE INDIANS. ghter is with her. Our Mr. Butler, who represento Uto dietrict in the houee of ’ Henry Patjens shipped his repr. eentativee eeeme to be much concerned «boat the welfare of sheep from Farger station on the last Wednesday. the Indians who for aome months in Ue early part of the aummer Deschutes They will enter the government Inhabit the terrain adjacent to Celilo Fall where the masculine reserve the first of July West of portion of the tribe engage io gracefully aeoopingthe royal chioook Siatera. aalmon from its native habitat, while Ue feminine members dry Jess Beardsley and > family the fish in the rather crude manner of their kind. lave moved into the Roy Feely We superior white people will not be satisfied ss long as the louse for the summer. Indian retains one of his native habito. He must be bathed, Min Dolores Baker ia visiting cleaned tonsured until the only difference between him and. his lere with Mr. and Mrs. Roy Ba white brother to the color of the skin, which wouldn’t differ much ker from Gresham. She will re- in th-se days of sun tanned complextions. ;orn Sunday when the Baker fa We fear that the legislator takes himself a bit too seriously mily will hold a reunion at Eagle His plan to civilize our Indian wards will meet with no spproval >eek on the highway. from them The nice white houses he plsns to have erected along Miss Dorothy Stradly returned lome from Corvallies this week the roadside at Celilo will not be inhabited by the aborígenes for after finishing her course at Ore* they prefer to live in nearer touch with nature. In all too gon Staie College. ■ short a time the new housee, even if used, would giveoff Ue same Henry Tetz and family are at odor as do the tumbledown shacks that are so precariously sod Qidgefleld, Wash/» for a few picturesquely set along the river brink. . days to visit with Mr, Tetz’s par* - No, there just ain’t any use. A real.natural Indian is of ents. wme good, hut one trained to all the waya of the white man to John Montgomery, an apprai often a total loss, for the bad things of our civilization appeal to ser for the Oregon,Washington Joint-Stock Land Bank, was in his nature so much stronger than our good pointo. town Thursday morning. SCHOOL ELECTION MONDAY. Salem officers Jiave been searching for an unidentified person who recent- ly shot and killed one of three pet deer on the state tuberculosis hospital grounds. Shad are so plentif .l in the rivers at Reedsport this season that some of the residents are buying generous sup plies and storing for future fertilizar tion uses. JF? • At a special election July 8 voters of Pendleton will vote on a bond Issue of >90,000 for levee improvements to guard against the flo< Is of the Uma tilla river. The state hospital r ached its high- est population in histoi y at Salem re cently when the recoi s showed 2102 patients. Of this num' r 1249 are men and 853 women. Harvest of the Roj 1 Anne cherry crop in the Ashland district will be gin this week. Althou h the crop will hot be so largetas last y^.tbe quality will be exceptionally fine. About one-half of th< average peach crop hr evident in the 120 acres in the Clyde LaFollette farm at Wheatland, presumably due to the cold rains prev alent during the blooming period. George Phillips, 50, a camp tender, was killed by lightning °n the Little Lookout mountain near Raker. He was in his tent when the bolt struck. Two dogs were killed by the same flash. Wheat acreage in Grand Ronde val ley is badly in need of ruin, reports Fred E. Kiddle of the Island.. City Flouring mills. Recent showers were spotted and gave little relief to the main wheat sections. Fivo deer have gone over the Youngs river fulls in Clatsop county during the past two weeks. The deer were being chased by dogs. Local sports- men will ask tho county court to see that the dogs are either restrained or disposed of. . C. H. Gram, »tite labor commission er, has appealed to Oregon communi ties to employ local residents in al! jobs Ithureferenco to transients. Gram said he mbC, received complaints Indi- , eating that Transients wdre given the preference over loteal labor. 1 । Picking in the 178-aore strawberry ■ farm of W. A.-Heater, said to be the I largest strawberry field in Oregon, be- ’ gan recently. Two hundred pickers .-established themselves in the 35 cab ins besides innumerable tents on the farm. The strawberry field is a por- tion^f the 650 acre Heater farm which hap belonged to the Heaters since .1852, Indiana, have no special privileges under the state laws prohibiting the killing and transporting of deer dur ing closed seasons, according to an opinion handed down by Attorney-Gen eral Van Winkle recently. The opin ion was requested by the state game ■ commission and referred especially to Indians living in the Umatilla reserva tion. County fairs, lahd product shows - and livestock expositions in the state will receive >56,258.03 in 1931 for the • payment of premiums, according to a statement issued by Hal E. Hoss, sec retary of state. The apportionment was based on a tax of .05 mill upon all taxable property in the state, as * equalized by the state board of tax ’ commissioners. eept sealed bids for school bus driver for school year 1031-1932, u until July 1, 1081, at 12 o'clock, The governor evidently doe« not believ* that the $7500 00 sal noon. The board reserves the right ary includes bonrd. to reject any or all blds. P auline W ilcox , Clerk. Wesh**ar quite a bit now dAy« About knowing how to piAy. It Grass Valley, Oregon might be advisable to know how to work first. ----------- NEWS FROM------------- - J. C. FREEMAN i CO. SHERMAN COUNTY'S OWN DRY GOODS STORE Ladies Hose The Rollins “Run-Stop” Brand in new summer shades, priced 50C to Fine Chiffons at $1 .SO NEW SHOES Ladies IrStrap, Kid leather. uban Heel, New “< ea Sand” Shade $3.so Mens Work Shoes of Pre-War Quality and Pre-War price of $2 so Pair . DRESSES Print Dresses, New lot 95c Each Voile Dresses • $ 1.95 to $5.00 PRINTS All New Patterns, Fast Colors, 36-in Wide per Wasco Warehouse Milling Co A Moro, Oregon TUM-A-LUM TICKLER Published in the Interest of the People of Grew VaJley Med Vicinity by The TUM-A-LUM LUMBER COMPANY Vol. 31 GRASS VALLEY. OREGON, JUNE 12,1931 EDITORIAL. If you want to get a new supply of Groceries, See Ziegler If you want the Freshest- Vegetables, See Ziegler If you need a New Dress, or hubby need© a New Shirt, all powerful vote. It is every body’s duty to Attend. ZIEGLER’S Quality GRASS VALLEY. OREGON General Warehouse Business No. 22 those fence. 7-ft fepce posts for Hfe. Good split Cedar posts that will last for About this time of the year you want years. to start resting for your summer vaca- tion.—E. E Gervais, edjtor and Yard Our plan department “Likes to help Manager. - » , * — —T-A-L— folks build.” Would you like to have If you are planning a nice vacation that dream home put on paper and then this year and your wife has a lot of build Jt? work planned for you to do around the house during this said vacation, just re , BELIEVE IT OR JWT. member our HAND! MAN SERVICE You pay the freight twice on every does all kinds of painting, repairing, cord of wood you haul by truck. and fixing The rail roads must be paid for its empty back haul, in advance rale on “Whew That spanking I Dad: your out shipments. Patronize your gave you tired us all out.” local dealer and help get lower freight Son: “Yes, but you can Bit down rates.' n . and rest.” -T-A-L— 'A CODI WOuDl! WOODIÜ It pays tô use the best. That is why Order your wood now. Fir, >4 85 to we suggest the use of Tum-A-Lum paint for your painting It curries _ _ a >9.00, f.o.b. cars, Grass Valley. Never ‘^ before could you get your winter fuel double guarantee of/datisi action. at such great saving. —T-A-L—- Get our prices on lumber delivered to • CALL FOR MR RIPLEY. your door. We specialize in good ser vice. v , Speaking of Swiss mountain echo, T-A-L— j’ever hear the one about Lava River With all the high school graduate« Cave over in Deschutes county? A tour going to work, the country will soon ist dropped a flask full of Cascade mountain dew down the mouth of the be on its feet again —T-A-L— cave and an hour later the echo came It’s a good time of year to get in back—with hiccups ’, Vern McGowan returned the first of the week from Indepen o-e next Monday afternoon at the school house will be bold one dence, driving anew automobile. ,f th/most important meetings of the yesr. for on that date and L R. French left Thurs st that time the annual school officers will be elected sod the bud- day morning for Portland where get for the year will ba Voted on. , he expects to remain the rest o Everyone has the opportunity to be present and ezpresa bia or the week attending to business. her views about school affaire. Thia meeting to held for that dis- tinct purpose and is the one mealing of the year when the voten Call For Bids ean definitely express himself on the subject of schools with hto School District No. 88 will ac* MARKET NEWS Grain Flour Feed Wood Coal
