Sherman County journal., July 24, 1931, Image 1

herman Cnunty journal
situar man County Obsnrvor Est., 1S88, Grass Valloy Journal, Est., 1097, Consolidated March 6, 1931. .
CROP HARVESTING10 •
WHEAT SMUTS STUDIED WEATHER REPORT FOR
WEEK ENDING JULY 22
BY STATION MH
No. 37
GENERAL NEXT WEEK
DATS
New Rates Go Into
Effect August First
LIVESTOCK LOAN CO.
MAY BE FORMED HERE
MIN. PREC1P.
Freight rate» in Sherman county
.00
46
87
July
16..
.00
88
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Mue for another change on the J. W. Hoech Explains lie!hod Of
“ 17.
.00
90
52.
Crop lidding Less Inao tsumaies ftrgt of August when the rates order-
Many Kinds oí Smut Make* Job a “ 18-
.00
.54
.97
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ed by the Interstat Commerce Com­
Organization
.00
98
.67.
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20..
In
Many
Cases
mission
go into effect. Practically all
Difficult One
.00
52.
.87.
21T
■ 00
of the grain that ia being bought and
89
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the prices that are being quoted are
.00
Total for week
based on this rate ar it will in all
smut and there was little dockage for
. probability be after August first be­
smut-in wheat grown here. Wasco
fore much wheat is shipped.
was particularly clean of smut. This
j At present we are operating under Livestock Wpdd Increase County’s In­
year there is more smut than for sev- Better Price Gives Some Encourafment the intra state regulations which vary
Thoasandt of Dollar» Are Lost Every
«X»l years and it i» probably safe to
come Greatly, Is Said
from those ordered ¡ y the national
To Growers
somma that because smut had not
Year
commission.
• bothered seriously for several years
The new rates will be: From all
fanners were not as careful about
points between Millers and. Wasco in­
Whether Oy not there will be an
The hot wave that struck this part clusive, 12^ cents per
Smut, the second worst wheat dis­ seed treatment as formerly.
Agricultural and Livestock Loan As­
Mr. Stephens has developed two va­ of the, country over the weekend weight to Portland for wheat; from sociation formed in this county or
ease known, is especially prevalent in
crops now being harvested in Sher­ rieties of wheat at the local station changed’ the prospects for spring all points between Klondike and Grass not depends upon the interest taken
>" ‘he Kent "'*»•
Valley, inclusive,. 13 cents per hun­ in this venture by those who are able
man county and will take a toll of that are very re.iatant to any ot the I
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»eath" accompanied dred weight to Portland and^fron^ all to assist in, the organization of such
several million dollars in the north* smut» found in thi. country and have.
one of the loweat .muttin» record»
“»« wind' the 'h*n«> w0' not for points south of Grass Valley to Port- a company. (The meeting of last Fri­
west.
the better.
of
any
wheats
in
the
testa
held
in
land the rate will be 14% cents per day night at the Court House brought
It is estimated that in the last
Grain in that part of the county hundred weight.
together about twenty men to hear
three years when wheat was worth other places inthe United States.
was in a very uneven stage of ripe-,
This will make the hushelage cost of the expri ience of Wasco county’s
nearly a dollar a bushel that smut One of these has been developed from
ness due to the fact that heavy show­ run 7.5 cents north of Wasco, 8.1
caused damage of $10,000,000.00 per Argentine a turkey wheat, and is be­
association a4id learn of the plan of
ing field tested "by Fred Hennagin ers hit part of it and left the remain- cents from Klondike to Grass Valley, ¡organization laid down by the goy-,
year to the Pacific Northwest. *
der almost totally dry. The wheat on and 8.7 cents south of Grass Valley, rernment.
D. E. Stephens, one of the leaders near Wasco this year. The yield and ‘t»
the
«mut
content,
if
any,
ha»
not
i
l»nt« that w”» mi»«d by the May
in wheat experimentation, ha» made
t It is a reduction of from two to ( J. W. HoecJ'i of the First National
i nearly five cents per bushel in freight I Bii link "bf TTi«' TUtHes, also manager of
many testó of this disease and ha‘s been
determine!
TVoïhêr'smut resistant wheat is :
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rat. At Grass Valley th reduction is the
th« Was o County Loan Association,
gathered samples of smut through­
an ■ r^8
greater than at any place along the was present to give the history of
out Sherman county for others who a turkey wheat also and was bred on Pro ’ ’ “l in.cu
have studied the disease. While these the local station. It is called Oro by “J en pine e some y e recen . yne^ Each-bushel of wheat will be that loan company. It was formed
L '"Lat er*
worth 4.8 cents per -bushel more by the stockmen of Wasco county be­
* studies have not resulted in the erad­ Mr. Stephens for two reasons: Oro is ° Some
of the spring wheat is still
cation of smut, they "have led to the Moro with the “M” removed and Oro green and cannot be harvested for there than it would have betn under cause it afforded an opportunity for
the old rate.
them to borrow government money to-
development of several varieties of Ta the Spanish name for gold. «
several weeks, some is ready to cut
finance livestock at a reasonable rate
wheat plants that are only slightly - As has been said before in this ar­ and a part of it will be ready within
ticle, it is comparatively easy to pro-
j of interest and for a term that was
susceptible to this disease.
a few weeks. Weather conditions Swimming Less his
i more lenient th:in commercial banks
There have always been wheat va­ duce a wheat that will not smut, but
wheat
I
have niade a great difference in its
rieties that did not smut badly but in it is indeed difficult to breed a
To Begin Monday wer These
" ablc associations
1
pro­ ripeness.
are formed by
most cases they did not yield very that is pmut resistant and will 1 nro-
Wheat that is being harvested in
grobps of investors who give their
x,well. The process of developing smut duce a good yield as well. This Mr. the Grass Valley section is yielding
notes or cash for acceptable bonds.
resistant wheats has ben to cross Stephens has done with Oro wheat. about what it was expected to make, I
The swimming less ns under the These are deposited with the Inter­
. good yielding wheat with these smut | In the varietal yield test conducted
although threshing is not general aUspicea of the Red Cr > organization mediate Credit Bank and are the capi­
resistant wheats in an endeavor to ! at the statiojp, it has produced three
around Ahere sofar.
of Wasco and Sherman county will tal of the local company. It is then
preserve the good qualities of both. ! per cent' inore than local Turkey,
Four to six sacks per acre will be begin next Monday morning at 10
possible for ti e Lol company to re­
Smut is a spore plant and is a para- which is th6 standard for the test.
the general run of crop gotten from o’clock at Stiles where Hey were held discount up to ten times the amount
Some
of
this
wheat
will
be
available
site that, like misletoe, derives its
most of the fields. John Buether, on last year, according to information of the capital sftock. Twenty five
sustenance from another plant. But for distribution to farmers this fall. the Gus Engstrom ranch, hauled the
given this office by Mi J. L. Searcy, thousand! dollars is the smallest or-
unlike misletoe, which merely decor­ This method is used to get the Wheat first wheat to town shortly after he
who is in charge ‘pf the work for ganization recognized by the govern-
into
field
trials
and
have
if
propagat
­
ates its host, smut destroys its host
began threshing Monday morning and Mor,)-
, /ment
they favor those of larger
plant, wheat. ‘ The studies by the ed in greater quantity than is possi- has been hauling Since.
This year classes wiii be given for ¡ .
wheat men have shown that there are (ble on the small plots of the station,
Harvesting is general around Moro aduit8 as well as children and anyone | The Wasco County Association has
many different varieties of smut. Also different climatic conditions can
with nearly everyone at it in full wh0 haa not learned to swim will be ■ been in operation only a few^ntonths
These are divided into two great be had if seed is distributed over a
force. Wheat is yielding from four given an opportunity t<> do so. A life and was really organized to handle
classes, the “Tilletia Tritiei” and the large district.
to »even »ack» of fairly good gade. I guard win be on-hand to >ee that nd the loan„ o( th(_
8tock men of
Tilletia Leyis”. There are 46 known
Several men in the Wasco coun- accident ^happen to amateurs in the that» ..............
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county and the stock growing
apecimens of the latter and 48 of the
try have finished their harvest and w^ter.
Roy E. Moore Buried
■bounties adjoining. They would not
former^
the returns there have been just about | Thosc wishing to attend these
sh„nuln county be-
• This multiplicity of kinds of smut
Io
Wasco
Wednesday
the same as the estimate Published
may register with Mrs. Searcy
it js cxnected that such loans
is one of the things that has made it
last week. East of town wheat made at Moro or Mrs. C. L. Poley at Grass in this* county will be much smaller
particularly difficult to develop any
from four to six sacks and west of. Valley.
than theirs and the attendant inspec­
kind of smut resistant wheat, for a
Wasco it made from eight to twelve j
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.
Roy
E.
Moore,
for
the
past
six
tion fees would be proportionally too
wheat may not be affected by any of
sacks per acre.
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- large.
?
the local varieties of smut and estab­ years proprietor of a garage in
Prices for wheat have increased a Automobile Tax Refund
night
from
Wasco,
died
last
Sunday
Although several thousand dollars
lish a good record only to be worth­
little during the past week and show '
were pledged to the formation of
less when taken to another part of an infection of the spine, Mr. Moore some tendency toward getting per­
May Be Stopped such
three
years
was
born
in
Illinois
fifty
an organization in this county
the country where another sort of
manently better although it is not
not enough interest has been shown
•mut is found. For this reason the ago and was a veteran of the Spanish- expected by local observers that it
development of smutless wheat is a American war and a member of the will climb very high in price this f Announcement in the daily papers so far to warrant going ahead with
the plan. Those men who realize
»low process which requires much veterans of that conflict.
last week was to the effect that this that the^e livestock loan companies
The deceased came to Wasco in season.
testing.
j county would receive $2474.00 from
are a feasible plan for helping the
f*It has been determined that wheat 1925 and bought the garage business
' the state automobile license fund. country out of the present difficulties
which
he
operated
until
his
death.
ordinarilfiy called clean by graders
World Wheat Production This fund is divided into thirds. Two are the Ones who ihontd rally to its
may have 1.6 per cent smut in the His first wife died shortly after his
thirds go to the state and one third
arrival
ip
Sherman
county
and
two
support.
field. Wheat that has two smut balls
Estimated
As
Less
goes
to the county from which the au-
Papers for organization are in the
in fifty grams, a large handful, will years ago he was married to Miss
! I toinobile
was
registered.
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hands of R. II. Coppock at the Moro
average 3.8 per cent smut. From Dora Fridley, who survives him. Chil­
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I Oneo,‘hc,,roject’t?<:?”?,belf,,re State Bank where additional detail»
two to five smut balls in fifty grams dren by hij^ first marriage live in-Hood
An
estimate
of
world
wheat
pro-1
the special session ot the legislature,
obtained
denote 6.6 per cent smut and from River.
duction giver;out by the United States in case it is assembled, will be the re-i ‘ ‘
The
funeral
was
held
in
Wasco
five to ten smut balls indicate that
Department of Agriculture says that duction of license fees on cars by one
there was 14.5 per cent. These per­ Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 with this year there will be 250,000,000 third and the placing of an additional
centages show that there is ordinar­ the Rev. Frank Jackson of Hood Riv­ bushels less wheat produced than last tax of one cent on gasoline. This'
ily more smut in fields than is thought er, officiating. Pallbearers were J.M. year.. The total world wheat produc­ would lessen the amount returned to ,
by farmers and other observers. For Davis, Edward Maynard, J. B. Kirk, tion in 1930-31 was estimated by the the counties from car licenses by one visions of men, wo obxt-ne that the
instance: Last year the wheat in Henry Gates,Horace Miller and Frank department to be 3,778,000,000 ex­ third, but as none of the gasoline tax discreet man, not the willy, nor Mfb
Sherman county was very clean of Fridley. Burial was in the Wasco cluding Russia and China for which is returned to the counties, they wduld learned, nor the brave, guides the con­
versation, and gives measures to so­
cemetery.
.
lose that income permanently.
no accurate figures were given.
ciety.—Addison.
KENT HAS A SPOUED CROP
SMUT IS A PARASITE PLANT
LOANS NAOE BY GOVERNMENT
Old-Time News of Days When
Sherman County Was Young
From the Moro Observer of July
22nd, 1892:
Announcement was made that a
distillery and flour mill would be es-
tablished at Grants. The plump wheat
of Sherman county would be ground
into flour and the shrivelled wheat
would be transformed into whisky
and wine.
z
Some of the advertisers having
cards in that issue were:
Dr. O. H. Davenport, Dentist.
L. V. Moore, Contractor and Build­
er. ,.
A. E. Cousens, Tonsorial Artist.
Dr. I. M. Smith, Physician and Sur­
geon.
Stock Inspector Alex Macintosh ad­
vertised himself and the following
deputies: J. H. Smith at Shearer’s
fridge; R. H. Guthrie at Grass Val­
ley; and S. M. Carson at Grants.
Store of M. A. Phelps at Rufus was
destroyed by ftre.
F. M. Hampton purchased the Moro
Livery Barn from J. A. West.
Moore & Rollins advertised General
Merchandise at Grass Valley.
J. B. Hosford advertised that he
would arrange» to buy Sherman coun-
'• ty script from any one wishing to
•oil.
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From the Sherman County Obser-
. ver of July 22nd, 1902:
Told of the murder of David Mer-
- rill by Harry Tracy, both of whom
were escaped convicts from the Ore-
■
Moro, Oregon, July 24, 1931
Forty Third Year
The Call of the Great Outdoors
j gon State Penitent ary.
Saturday wns an east wind broiler
that cooked last sown spring grain to
j about one half of a finish.
James Woods lost a fat yearling
steer July 15th, killed by one of the
eight trains passing over the Colum­
;
bia
Soutl^rn Railway that day.
Wallis Cash Store advertised the
following cut rate prices:
Sugar, 20-pourfds for $1.00.
Rolled Oats, 25 pounds for $1.00.
Arbuckle Coffee, 8 pounds for $1.
Corn Meal, 10 pounds for 25 cents.
William Barnett sold ten head of
two yeas-old'Durham cattle Tuesday
at an average price of $40. per head
From the Sherman County Obser­
ver of July 26th, 1912:
Heim & Landry advertise the Very
Best Ice Cream.
Carl McKean, deputy sheriff, went
to Arlington to get Robt. Dwyer who
stole two horses^ from Ed. Froebe.
, Teachers for the next school year
were announced. They were P. M.
Nash, principal; Miss Mary Taylor,
Miss A. T. Pierce, and Miss Ada
Parry. . '
Harry Kunsman has purchased the
Everett White residence proprty, lat­
er owned by Col. B. F. Pike, of New­
berg.
L. V. Moore delivered the first load
of IDliLcrop wheat in Moro July 17th
to the W.W.M.Co. warehouse.
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Round-up Plans Progress
As Time Draws Near
MILDRED GINN GOES
BACK IO QUILION
Pendleton, Ore., July 22 (Special)
This is the Pendleton outfit’s busy
season. It is overhauling its chuck
Temple Covering Seven Acres Is
wagon, checking over its corrals and
wrangling up its remuda in prepara­
Visited By Missionaries
tion for the 22nd annual Round - Up
and its companioiKpiece, Happy Can­
yon.
With some "$154)00 total prize
money fts the magnet, eyes of top
hands all over the West are turning*
toward the event which is set for
Indian Widows Subjected To Many
August 27, 28 and 29.
One of the annual chores connect- j
Strange Customs
cd with the show is finding room for
the thousands of visitors to lodg<*.
Last week an accommodation bureau Travelers’ Bungalow, Kbduland, India
was opened to list all available lodg­
Wednesday, July 6th, 1931
ing places and see that-no prices are
9:39 [). m.
boosted.
Dearest Mother and Daddy:
Two pre-Round-Un events are now
I was in bed or\ce, but Winnie is
waited eagerly —. tne arrival of the writing, the light is on and I might
rangy Texas longhorns, schodulid for as well be improving niy time as I
August 5th, and the Hress-up night was not sleeping in bed. Hayp been
parade, August Ifith.^hen the whole I dozing all day and should be able to
city and country round goes cowboy. ' M>p. Am rather tired.
After that night it will be a heinous' Well, as to my sourrounding>: —
offense for anyone to appear in Pen-1 Unusually clean and well kept for a'
dleton in anything but cow country Trawlers’ Bungalow, with mosquito
garb.’
- going-to-town
v
nets furnished for our beds, also pil-
I’endleton , is like that about Rs ]ous. Am writing Uy lamp light; a
Round-l^p. The show is a common- punkah is hanging over my head, but **
ity affair and everybody- seems»-to |
jn Use. There are windows'on
realize his part ownership in it. Even
sj(ie> well barre<| as the mon-
the Indians look forward t«> the affair, keya are thickjn this locality and nof
with its pageantry on the streets, in-at all backward to enter where they.
the arena and in the night, show.
' fancy and when at all possible:-
Quilon, Monday,'a. m.
, This letter has had quite a rest as
1 seen sought rest last Wednesday
Vic Barr Disrobed In
nighty tho.’ sleep did not coma till
past midnight. The days since have
Field By Combine Shaft been
full. At present I’m writing
standing ap, keeping one eye on Mar­
ian.
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Vic Barr has innumerable sore
Beginning where I left off: Thurs­
spots on his body, a rather badly
day a. m. I was awake rather early.
bruised leg and a skittishness about
After ■'dressing and “rolling”- things
drive shafts, due to an accident last
' together we watched the monkeys;
Saturday afternoon on his place west
big, little and intermediate; playing
of Moro.
I about the. trees and buildings until
His pants leg caught in the drive
the butler or bearer in charge of the
shaft that drives tin» header ef his
Travelers’ Bungalow boiled.some wa^ -
combine and wrapped up around it. i
ter and made some toast for us. We
Vic grabbedM.be braces and hung on 1
then^drove into Madura — about 38
until the motot was stopped,.by which
m|les — where wo spent the rest of
time he was completely divested, of
the morning. Madura is a city of •
clothes with the exception of his
138,900 inhabitants.
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After securing a guide we went
Uis hurts were not so serious that
first to a large temple coveting seven
he could not continue work.
acres. It is for the god Lisa and hi^,'
wife Meenakshi and is the largest in
, Sotith India. There are five gate
City Continues Its
ways about 150 feet in height which
Meter Survey are elaborately carved with figures
of gods, goddesses, sacred bulls, etc.
Within the gateway which we enter-
New meters and new parts for ed is a space given over for a bazaar.
meters have been received by the city In one section a number were em­
and work of putting them into ser­ ployed in making garlands of beau­
vice is going on apace. It is report­ tiful flower blossoms to be used, as
ed that there lire no houses occupied I offerings for the gods. An arch way
by families that haven’t a meter in­ , we passed under was covered with
stalled and the process-» of testing ,* hundreds of tiny oil lamps which
are lit at night. This was donated
them is about completed.
No change iS at present contem­ by collector of the East India Com­
plated in the policy*of charging the pany. There are large stone pillars,
minimum rate to those business and richly carved, though some are cheap-,
residence places that plainly do not ened by white wood, all along the cor­
use the minimum amount of water. ridors. Numerous black stono idols
Meters will not be installed in such stood behind iron bars or in deep al­
coves. These were shining as a result
phiccs at the present time.
of the daily oil-bath received- Lights
burned before some. Others were
decked with garlands. Tho goddess
Revival and Relief
Kali was smeared with daubs of but­
ter
and ghee. When a child is sick
Editorial Reprinted
tho mother prays to this goddess; if
the £hild gets better the mother comes
with her offering of ghee and throws
(Published By Request)
All over America and the civilized it at the idol which is elevated on a
world men are eagerly looking for pedestal.
Exhausted pilgrims were to be
relief from what many consider the
greatest business and. economic de­ seen lying about on the floors. We
pression of history. The world has
Continued on Page Two.
Continued on Pag* «•’our.
JUNGLE HAS GROWN GREENER
Hot Weather Affects Uncle
Emmett’s Placid Disposition
SEEMS TO
IHEAE W&M
(AUJH6 ME-
when speaking about the weather,
Hot enough for you? Uncle
it was kinda thoughtless. When
ninety-eigh£"|n the shade, it’s hot
mett?” inquired the slick and stylish
soda clerk as the sage of Vally City enuf fur anybuddy but the, ieemafi.
sat pn the bench in front of the If yuan me was out in some narrer
store.
gully brandin’ calves, or was pitchin’
“Say, young feller, if yu ask me hay right in the sun we wouldn’t be
that inane an’ ondistinguished ques­ half so miserable as we are settin’. »
tion agin I’ll wish yu was in a place here watchin’ the thermometer.”
so hot yure sodas wouldn't cool yu 1
‘“Anybuddy that gives constant at­
off,” answered the old, man.
tention to their troubles always finds
“I didn’t mean to hurt your feel­ that they multiply faster than if given
ings” said the youth, apologetically more cursory hptice.”
J
r “Of course yu didn’t,” returned I • “Now there’s the wheat farmers.
Uncle Emmett, somewhat mollified, | The b0¡i¡n’ hot sun of poor crops is
ruin«» 4/1
ko sociable
attfinklf* .
.
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‘“Yu was just trying
to be
bearin . ’ down
on • ’em and
the humidity
1 an yure originiality wasn’t equal tp
|ow prjcea ¡s Sw«epin’.up from the
the occasion.”
swamps of over production an them
“Come to think of it, there ain’t that's settin’- worryin’ about it are
many original things to say about 9Wentjn- 8omethin.’ terrible, ain’t they?
the weather anyway. . Mebbo that’s vb hi|0 them that’s goin’ ahead with
the reason it’s such a safe subject of aomethin’ else tryin’ to cut their pat-
conversation.”
tern to fit their goods ain’t sufferin’
‘“May be,” agreed the young man, so bad.”
feeling that th conversation had some
‘“Pretty hot though, ain’t it, Unci*
way gotten beyond hi» control..
EmmettT-” said the soda clerk.
~
“Now that question yu asked me.
“Yea, it’s pretty hot, but I reckon
It wasn’t no more original than a it’ll cool off toward night,” answered
calf’s bawl which may not be so bad the sage.
A