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About Sherman County journal. (Moro, Or.) 1931-current | View Entire Issue (July 10, 1931)
pt natural gaa gave Indications of oU iu th« vicinity. Dick Lakin racantly made public hi« discovery and the «HERMAN COUNTY OBSERVER, EiUblhhed Nov. 2, 1888 community people joined him In build 8c To Members GRASS VALLEY JOURNAL, Eotabltobod Oct 14, 189? ing a road to the prospect. 8 l-4c to N on-member• CONSOLIDATED, MARCH 8, 1981 John Sherman Gray, 82, the grand W. B. Wilcox came up on the . Mr. and Mrs. Harry Beesley stage Monday from Portland were here over the Fourth of old man of Lower Umpqua, died at his homo la Oardiner of heart disease. Published Every Friday at Moro, Oregon, By " These are High Grade Bag*, Come where he baa been visiting for July holiday to visit Mrs. Fran Ho was born in Embden, Somerset ces Bibby, Mrs. Beesley ’ s moth- Managing Editor the past week or ten days. GILES L. FRENCH in and Look them over. county, Maine, September, 1849, on er. the place which his great-grandfather --------------- „ j . . t Leroy Stradley waa here Sat- in the 17th century. The Ut “ urdv ni«h‘ “d P»« * 8«"d” A. A. Dunlap and family re settled ter was a brother of Captain Robert ------------------- - ----- — from hia work on the highway turned laatweek from a trip into Gray, discoverer of the ColuipbU river. near The Dalle«. the Willamette valley where they ■’ SUBSCRIPTION RATES—PAYABLE IN ADVANCE. Thirty-three pioneers, who either visited Fred Haynes and family. crossed the plains as children or aro Il.w Vern McGowan came up from At Less Than You Have Paid in OnpYa&r ■..................................................................... ....................... native sons and daughters of Oregon, Stx Month«................................................ -,.................................................... Independence to «pend the Four- Years. J. L Rudolph who was the attended the annual dinner of the Linn th with friends. Kerr-Gifford manager in .Kent County Pioneer association. The com FRIDAY, JULY 10, 1931. __ _ Ray Ragedale ia home again for several months, moved with bined ago of those present was 1744 from LaGrande where he ex- his family to Pendleton where years. Queen Rebecca Morris and Mrs. Mary Overton tied for the honor pecta to locate soon. SPORTSMANSHIP. > he will be employed. of being the eldest. They confessed , . . . .. . . Mrs. Henry Tetz and Mrs. * # Mr. and Mrs. Wily Knighten to 88 years. “I lost and lost fair,” said the vanquished immediately after Haro|d Hughei were here over Old times wore relived again at Pen th? last heavy weight championship bout. Noble sentiment for Fourth. Mrs. Hughes from returned from Portland Friday dleton whoa the river steamer Uma him to express after giving a very low blow in the last rounds Norma| school at Monmouth, of last week to remsin the re« tilla landed a cargo of 140 tons of malnder of the summer in Sher wheat sacks there for wheat farmers when he waa plainly losing. Rod Mrs. Tetz from Portland. man county. ' * of the Inland Empire. The sacks ' * It was just as well that he lost fair after that for It would have Mr. and Mrs. Bob Johnson and were purchased from San Quentin penitentiary by the farm board at bMn .(most impossible for him to h.ve won fair. what the board said was a great sav " Where is all this vaunted American sportsmanship th.t «. ^^in for” ing. A large crowd witnessed .the have talked about in the past years On the two occasions that monthormore in the aa|ty ajr docking of the historic river boat. Donald W. Lawson, 26, was In the the ehampion has appeared in title fights in this country he hss a|ong the ocean. Oregon City hospital with burns on been fouled by men at the head, theoretically, of American sporta. Dr. and Mrs. Poley and family Principal Events of the Week his hands, arms and right leg as a It seems that\when sportsmanship comes into competition spent the holiday at Camp Sher result of a fire which started while Assembled for Information he was repairing his. automobile. man. with the dollar and/personal reputation it always lose«. When Lawson touched a wrench to a of Our Readers. Rinehart Wassenmiller , was live wire, the spark set fire to the here over the Fourth visiting gasoline and the flames spread to his A MODERN HOLIDAY. Five hundred persons attended the clothing and to the automobile. He with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J avingî D ipt I annual Central Oregon Grange picnic was forced to leap into the Clackamas There ha« been much mourning this year over the old fa«h- Jacob Wasaenmiller. k NO 6503 held In Redmond. — river to quench the fire. ioned Fourth of July celebration with it. scorched fingered youth * tb* Lincoln county will build a modern A granite marker commemorating two-room *choolhouse at Otis. Con the site of the first schoolhouse built •nd its high flown praise of the nation’, greatne... A sort of victoria Wedham, is struction will start at once and the in Umatilla county has been erected harking back to the days of “when I was twenty-one” and al| the gpending , few daya hefe. Eu- building completed for use thix tall. on the lawn of the county courthouse, field« were green. Well, we «uppo«e the mellow apple always gene Charles i« also visiting at A canvas* of the cranberry bog* in at Pendleton by the Umatilla chapter A Checking Ac the section north of Coo* Bay reveals of the Daughters of the American Rev thinks longingly of the time when it was green and still hanging .the Buether home expectation* of a normal crop at nor olution. In simple ceremonies Colonel count Prevents from the parental tree. The glamour of life is pretty well gone Charles E. Davis was here for mal price*. New plantings are in James E. Raley, pioneer attorney of Errors. the county, described the schoolhouse and therefore ruined by the time one is seasoned enough to be- a few days the first of the week progress. come a very well known writer. Cause or effect, we don’t know, from his work in Washington Oiling of the newly completed toad as he remembered It when it stood along the McKensle highway is being where the courthouse now stands. _ Ted Peterson spent the Fourth A freak lamb possessed of two per butit seemsto beitrue^^ ; of JuJy here from The Dallea held up because of the rain, as the road oiling process requires dry fect bodies w^h but one head.jsas The present style of celebrating the nation s hohday-on a day born on the ranch of Mrs. Ed Camp tnat has no historical significance, by the way-apparently suits MrB Minnie b Robinson, of weather. Two hundred residents of Hermis bell pear Pilot Rock, and has suc the folks here now very well. Many of our whiskered patriots Knightken, Calif, is here to ton and vicinity attended the Satur cumbed after living but two days be have listened to the reading of the Decoration of Independent 8penc| the remainder of the sum- day night jubilee dinner celebrating cause the artificial feeding which was necessary failed to supply the right Your Banker is Able to Give Valu upward of fifty times without ever remembering the first line of it, raer with her aunt, Mrs. Lucy the appropriation by congress of funds nourishment. A post mortem exam for the new experiment farm. ination reveals that the two bodies and have heard enough oratorical rhetoric to convince them that Ruggles. able Advice. * " * W. H. Crook, Pistol river farmer, were perfect In every respect and Mrs. 0. M. Fraley was here has served notice on the state game ournation was perfect without ever changing their opinion about were joined to the head by branching commission that unless they protect the tax rate or the honeaty of Democrats or Republicans as the Heppner. They him from marauding bands of elk, he throats and windpipes.- A crew has started construction of case may be. remainedjintil after the Fourth. Is going on an elk hunt, law or no law. a forest road to close a gap of a mile Many shipments of vegetables and Nowadays the celebratee and hia family takeoff in the family Billy Dickaon scared hia and a quarter In a scenic loop road root crops coming into Klamath Falls carryall and actually see more of the country he claims as his own parenta very thoroughly when from the Rogue River country recently which will connect the Mill creel£ in the Ochoco forest with the than his grandfather knew existed. He fishes, picnics or just he developed a sore and stiff have been sent back by the local in road Ochoco highway at the summit of the drives to suit his own will, or perhaps that of the back aeat advia- neck shortly after being burned spector because of nematode Infection. Blue mountains. Work will be com- One hundred and fifty young tur I pleted within three week», and when er. .nd re.llyi.moreindividn.li.de .nd Americin th.n gr.ndp. keys were burned recently at the W. I it is done, motorists may enjoy a loop could afford to be. , - - — . illness was proclaimed to be A. Curtis ranch, near Terrebonne. The trip of about 75 miles, through the I turkeys were In a new brooder house, Ochoco national forest, one of the mumps. and the fire started from the brooder most scenic drives In central Oregon. George Wilcox and Earl Oida stove. OUR RAILROAD PROBLEM. The Rogue River Traffic associa- drove,to Portland Tuesday for a Till» new world will be u world tlon ha« taken steps toward securing baaed op slavery, but its slaves will be The railroad situation is another manifestation of the fact that few dayB stay. the printing. on all pear wrappers of knowledge and The machine.—Frank our economic conditions are not healthy. The farmers, with the Kenneth Old« was here a short brief and plain directions on how to Clement value of their products cut far below the cost of production know time last week on his way to ripen winter peans in order to get full __ j . th.t they must have lower freight rates in order to continue at all. Pendleton where he will work eating value. this summer. He recently grad The state of Oregon owns land, They feel that it is not worth one bushel of woeat to carry uated from the University of buildings, equipment,.and livestock valued at approximately 125,813.^48, • four bushels ohe hundred fifty miles to tidewater. They fee) so Oregon. Cleaners KTallors ^ ---------------- according to a tabulation prepared by decided on this question that they will haul their wheat to the Co - QarfieId Dugger and wife and the state budget department. Although umbia river and transport it to the sea by boat unless the railroads Dugger arrived Tuesday the valuation schedule bears date of SUITS or the Interstate Commerce Commission gives some relief from the morning from their home in Port July 1, 1930, the figures were not com present high rates. That is the farmer’s aide of it and _he wiM land to help the farmers of this pleted until recently. A «team shovel on the John Day - stick to hia resolve as long as rates remain at their present figure, section harvest highway grade, on ths north fork of Little is heard in this country of the pleas of railroad share Clarence Scheurer am wi e are the river, rolled down a 100-foot em Driver is in Sherman County Mine IS nearu j here on their vacation from bankment and was destroyed by fire. Towns Every holders for higher rates of income, we are not greatly worried a< work with the Standard Oil Co. Two trucks which were taken over • GRASS VALLEY, OREGON Monday A Thursday with the shovel wers not burned. The bout the demands made on the railroads by the labor unions, yet |n port|and cause of the accident is unknown. The 4 all these effect rail rates as much as does the producers plea that p Stevens is staying here crew was at lunch at the time.' he may have cheaper rates than at present. \ for a few days with Bob John- Success has finally crowned the ef Labor, especially railway labor, is an important part of the son. He will drive an oil truck forts of Butte valley fanners to get voting public to be considered by any body that exists because of during the rush season. an adequate ----- - supply of'Irrigating water. After spending considerable money government sanction as does the Interstate Commerce Commission. Mr. and Mrs/W. R. Blake had and effort, wells havo been drilled In The bond .nd share holder, «ho own the r.ilro.d. but know noth- “ .nd’ the valley affording a supply of 900 gallons per minute. Thore aro six ing of the operation of them are another powerful group who Neil sherroan of Heppner, wells now turning water Into the irri like to aee rail rates and rail income go up. ( Mr an)J Mrg Char|M po||ock gation system. By a vote of 82 to 86 the voters of Tho Interstate Commerce Commiwion’. ruling lowering the gnd fgmjly o{ Log Ange|eBi Qanf Gold Beach rejected a proposal to in rale« will go into effect August 1st unless something happen« be- were here the first of the week corporate the town, with the result tveen nowand then to postpone it further. That is what on their way to the Yellowstone that this community retains the dl«- OW much is it worth to you to have a the farmer, have been fighting for. Hearinga on the proposed WA. Mrs. Pollock is a sister Unction .of balng the only county aeat customer come into your store? In the entire United State* without an fifteen percent increase in all rail rates will begin July 15th. That® B burton * C°* " organised government. The town will continue to be without e«tabli«hed It is hard to tell, but it is worth while to If what the railroads are fighting for. Luke Bjbby an(J Djck Huhman curb* or police or Inspector*. Voter* At the present time the farmers are in a fairly good position drove K|amath Fa|j8 Monday feared that if they incorporated mu have people to look over your stock, meet you nicipal taxes would become burden in this argument, but it will behoove them to watch their step un- on a 8hOrt business trip. and see what you have to sell. > some. agri ; ^mtrnn bounty Journal San Quentin Gram Bags Kent News Grass Valley Arrow Twine MORO GRAIN GROWERS ASSOC’N To Be In Touch With OREGON STATE NEWS OF GENERAL INTEREST Your Bank* Means Safety "'^7 '. In Paying Monthly Bills B ank In Investment MORO STATE BANK Your Harvest Needs Let us give you a price on a harvest bill of grocer ies. We have good prices Cleaned & Pressed —$1.00— ZIEGLER'S Quality Store — WhatisitWortn til this is all settled or the powerful influences opposed to culture will reduce this apparent advantage to naught. VALUE OF A NEWSPAPER Mr. and Mrs. Jack Gervais and A^hlll of potatoes that has survived children spent the Fourth in Gol- for 13 years through the process of dendale. Mias Margaret Rags reproduction Is growing on the Spen dale accompanied them. cer farm on the Brownsville-Halsey Call for Bids. Some weeks ago Chia paper in reporting tbe actions of the city Sealed bids for school bus ouncil stated that they were contemplating the purchase of addi- driver of Boardman School Di»-j tional meters in the water system. Before the meters were bou- trict No 22. for school year ght offers came to the council to furnish meters at a decided sav- 1931-32, will be accepted until I July 15, 1981. Address bids to ing. T om F raser , Clerk They saved something over $40 00 on a dozen meters because School Diat. 22, Moro, Ore. this paper printed the results of their deliberations. This is one [6 19- jy-10] example of the way a newspaper serves the district it represents. It is a necessary- part of modern community life. ^Bustles, hoop-skirts, mutton<feg sleeves,^short aklrts and now pajamas Modest enough bat another example of, the -fact that the eternal feminine is eternally changing something. Where is that hoary headed sage wjio skid that woman was the conser- vati ve sex? In the final examination« conducted In a Chicago high school, tha following question wss asked: "What Is the essential thing about the earth from an agricultural standpoint?’ One an swer read: “The essential thing about the earth from an agricultural stand point Is that It revolves on Its axis, thereby providing for the rotation of crop*.' road in Linn county. The hill Is the survivor of a crop that was planted in 1918. The law enacted by the 1981 legis lature creating Ue new state agricul tural department became operative July 1. The department absorbed vt^ tually all state agencies having to do wld agriculture and is under the di rection of Man Gehlar. Due to 2.77 inches of rain which ha* fallen In June on the Siskiyou na tional forest, 11500 has been saved, according to Supervisor J. H. Billings- lee. The .sum is Ue amount Uat would have been spent in wages for lookouts and firemoa on Ue forest had the rain not fallen to protect tho wood* from fire*. Not since the days of railroad pro motion In Lincoln county havo Uo resident of Nashville boon so expec tant a* recently, when the — discovery « —► ««■ «— - e »*' —am - It is also worth while to have readers see your name in the weekly paper where it is identified with the goods you sell. It is worth a lot to be able to tell your customers every week what you are selling, that your goods are responsible merchandise^ and that your prices are reasonable or chea^T J It la the man who doesn’t advertise who pays advertising bills. Let us help you with your advertising. SHERHAN COUNTY JOURNAL
