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Sherman County Observer E«t., 1888, Gras* Valley Journal, E«t., 1887, Consolidated Marell 6, 1931.
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Moro, Oregon, August 7, 1931
Forty Third Year
No. 3’
T
ANSWERS GIVEN 10
, 97 ROAD QUESTIONS
Sanitafy System of
Hog Raising Praised
i SHERAR'S ROAD PLANS
INTEREST COURT
Government Reports
Large Amount of-Wheat
COUNTY STILL HAS :
SOME WORK ANIMALS
Railroads Pay Large
Tax io Sherman County
386,331 BUSHELS OF
WHEAT IN HOUSES
A part of the plea of the railroads
The government expects a much
ENTERPRISE, ORE., Aug. 5—°I
for more of the freight business from
larger crop of winter wheat than is
believe in the sanitary system of
this county is based on the amount
usual in the United States. The July
raising pigs,” Vern Ripplinger, Pra
of
taxes the railroad company pays
1st
report
show*
that
to
the
best
of
bowledge Of These Questions Need irie Creek farmer and dairyman, told Surveyor Wall Shows Map oí Three the government’* present knowledge 3100 Hanes and Moles Listed By into the coffers of the county to Figures Include Saturday’s Receipts
County Agent N. C. Donaldson re
maintain the county government. In
there will be 712,811,000 bushels of
-7 Different Routes
Added To July!
Of Every Driver
cently. “I have the most Uniform lot
1981 the company will pay $57,787.65
winter wheat produced in the United
grown, and they
of pigs I have •'
or 22.50 per cent of the total tax. Of
States this year which compares to
will be ready fo^ parket earlier than
this amount $30,172.70 went for edu
612,288,000 bushels last year and a
usual.” Mr. Rip dinger followed the
cational purposes and $14,413.29 for
five year average of 547,360,000.
swine sanitation’program being pro
roads and highways.
Spring wheat wil' be less than for
moted in Wallowa county, and a* a Ceart Has Choice of North er South several years owing to the drouth in
The towns of the county benefitted
result has had only one runt out of
from some of this tax money for
the
northwest
stated
It
i«
estimated
Side of Canyon
100 pig*. The rest averaged 153
that 124,182,000 bushels will be all Three Hundred Sixty Nine Farmen Grass Valley received $931.70; Moro Too Eady For Accurate Estimate Of
pounds at five months of age.
$876.26, and Wasco $1,457.12 to
of the spring wheat produced. The
X'
Total Crop
Control Mach Power
help maintain them.
five year average is 207,376,000 bu
e*-
sss
«À
The August meeting? of the county shels and last ysdr 194^057,000 bu
- The total tax bill of the Union Pa
f- V
••*«-
court, which occurred Wednesday shels were raised.
•Ute? No. (Pagfe (40)
cific In Oregon was $1,361,196.49
, . 1
. • -, • ♦
The following report of the amount
the fifth, was to a great extent taken
Thred thousand one hundred work and the company and its employees
Re has become aware of the
5. Q. Who is a nonresident?
This makes the total wheat crop,
of
1931 wheat stored in the ware
Ans. Every person who is not a up with a discussion of the different including Durum wheat, 869,013,000 horses are still left to Sherman coun feel that they are contributing their
houses
and elevators of Sherman
routes
surveyed
for
the
rebuilding
of
resident
of
this
state.
ty
in
spite
of
the
fact
that
many
7
sxtmhUtion to test their ability to
share in the development of the state county up to last Saturday night was
bushels in the United States and the
* •
' 1' dffve a eMr within a comparatively
6. Q. What, is a student permit? 'Shearer grade.
average crop for five year» has been have been sold in the p^st years. and this is the basis of their request gathered from the office. of L. J.
County Road Master Homer S. 821^979,000 bushels.
Ana. A special permit issued to
sbor$ time. While it is .usually con-
When this This is five hundred less than were for support and friendly feeling to Lucas of Wasco, for the divisiori^-
. / ; tillered, improper to give the students persons over the age of 14 to operate Wall showed a map upon which he amount is added to the holdover held on hand last year when the assessor ward the railroads.
north of Erskine and from J. W.
the highways as a means of had drawn the three possible routes.
made his rounds.
i »• « list of the questions before the ex- over
transportation to and from any The route which would run south of by the Farm Board and priyat«.per-
Shepard at Grass Valley for the south
"
amination, Secretary of State Hal E. school, college, or other educational
sons holding wheat it majies a total
As an example of the way horses Visitors Tell of Iowa
end of the county.
the old grade crosses the canyon be of about 1,100,000,000 bushels which
r ',H om has done ip in this case and they institution. (Page 87, section 5a)
and mules have been decreasing,
The records -of the warehouses are
Farming Conditions kept
may he studied at will.
7. Q. May an operator or a chauf low the cliff just below the old bridge is almost enough to last the United there were 192 two year old horses
in tons, as it is upon that basis
whose license has ben suspended that was washed out and climbs the States for two years at the normal reported to the assessor and only 79
In this iMqe we print the entire feur
Three retired farmers from 'Cla that storage is computed, and has
or revoked obtain a new license?
hill.
It
angles
up
to
the
old
Hollen
list of questions, 97 in all, covering
Ans. No. Not during the period beck cabin, through the Ruby Pettys rate of consumption if there is any yearlings in the county the first of rinda, Iowa, dropped into Moro Wed been transferred into bushels by the
such rate.
March. This decrease is faster than nesday to visit relatives. They were reporter as that is a more ordinary
,_the principal things to be learned for which the license is suspended or
Some of this wheat will be export has been the case for several years Arch Smiley, a brother-in-law of J. way of computing wheat crops.
about the rules of the road in Oregort. until the expiration of one year after place and across the Brown land fo
Twenty-five questions will be asked such license was revoked. (Page 88, join the old road at the end of the ed to countries having a smaller crop for there were 214 three year olds on E. Coleman and Mrs. R. J. Ginn, Alex
Station
Bushels
section 5b, and section 27, page 98)
macadem.
than usual, some will be seeded and the same date. These were included
th^ person asking for a driver’s li-*
3,400
8. Q. Can an habitual drunkard
There are two routes possible on undoubtedly much more will be fed in the number of work horses as they Duncan, a brother-in-law of R. W. Wilcox . .. .
cense out of this list.
Pinkerton, and a Mr. Pollock, who is Kent
10,467
or a person addicted to the use of the north side of the canyon. One is
than has been for several years as will be able to take their regular
Questions and answers, compiled narcotic drugs obtain a license?
Bourbon
.
3,865
longer and cheaper than the other. corn is worth several cc nts more than place in the plow teams from this accompanying them.
Ans. No. (Page 88, section 5c)
• by Hal E. Hoss, Secretary of State,
■ They state that farming conditions Grass Valley
14,533
They
begin
at
a
point
on
the
old
from the 1931 edition Motor Vehicle
time on.
wheat.
9. Q. Can a person afflicted
are not good in Iowa, for dry weather Erskine
6,833
Laws of the State of Oregon, prepar- with, or suffering from, any physical’ Shearer road where the most pro
These 3100 work horses would make had damaged much of the corn and Moro ......
66,300 .
.
ed especially for persons applying for or mental disability or disease which nounced turn in the road went around
258 twelve horse teams if they were unless rain has fallen since they left DeMoss -.. . .
1,800
driver’s license«.
might affect the operation by him of the head of a short canyon. From First*Telephone Line
^The page number and section num- a motor vehicle, obtain a license?
distributed
where they would do the home there will be a very small corn Nish . . . .
2,633
that
point
they
run
through
the
near
*.ber following saeh answer refers to
Ans. Not unless the applicant can
Subscribers Listed most good and would be able to turn crop if any at all. As it was, careful Hay Canyon
.23,467
' page and section in the Motor Vehi- demonstrate personally that he is a by shell rock in a west or northwest
over a little better than 2300 acres farmers were looking around for corn Klondike . ..
54,300k
cle Taws.
erly
direction
to
the
point
of
the
prpper person to operate a motor ve
Years ago the farmers« and busi per day if figured at the rate of nine to feed during the winter. One man Wjisco . . ►
90,633
1. Q. What persons are exempt hicle. The secretary of state may re ridge. Then they climb the ridge, go
had paid four cents above the Chicago Biggs . .. ^.
11,367
quire a certificate, signed by a proper through the R. A. Stow field and the ness meh of Sherman county were acres per day for such a-team.
- from buying operator’« licenses?
market for 2000 bushels of corn to Rufus ....
Ans. Persons driving or operating authority; a restricted license may be Brown land on the north of the school hearing about the wonderful new in
43,900
We
have,
however,
become
mech
a road roller, road machinery, or any issued. (Pae 89, section 5f) «>
feed his stock.
Miller.........
52,833
vention that allowed a man to talk
• farm tractor or implement of hus-
10. Q. Can any person who is un house and connect with the market to his neighbor even though that anized to a great extent for there are
Total
.
.
.
.
386,331
40 large track layer type Tractors in
baridry, temporarily drawn, moved, able to understand highway warning road at the end of the macadem road.
or propelled on the highways.
It is estimated by Mr. Wall that the neighbor was several miles away, the county, capable of plowing 30 Odd-Fellows Shore
As to the proportion of wheat al
or direction signs in the English lan
Persons in the service of the army, guage be granted a license?
ready
in the warehouses and there
south road would cost $12,950.00 and They formed a comi any and sub- acres per day or 1200 acres. There
Up Lodge Hall Floor
navy or marine corps, furnished with ^ns. No. (Page 89, section 5e)
would
bo
3.75
miles
long.
*The
short
scribed
$25.00
each
for
^he^elephone
fore
in
this chart, opinions vary.
are
45..
smaller
track
layers
able
to
a driver’s permit and when, operating
11. Q. Hqw may a person who
.Carpenters O. A.-Ramsey and Will Warehouse men ’in the north end of
an official motor vehicle in such ser does not know how to drive gain the north road called ADX by the sur- sen ice. The compan was to run a plbw 20 acres per day for a total of
Raymond have been busy this week the county where harvesting begins
vice.
necessary experience to get a license? veyor, would cost $1'8,485.00 and '’ne to each member’s house or busi-|900 acres and there are 36 wheel
• Nonresidents over the age of 16
strengthening
the floor* of the
earlier than anywhere else, say that
Ans. Upon application for an op would he 4.41 miles long. The long-1 ne^s office if the distance did not ex- tractors in Sherman county which at
who have been duly licensed else- erator’s license by an inexperienced er north road, called ACX, would cost ceed a mile from the line. In case 15 acres per day could turn over 540 Fellows hall over Ruggles confec not more than half has been hauled
wluqre, and have «aid valid license in driver, the examiner may issue a 60-
tionery. It seems that when the and-they think less than that. From
their immediate possession. (Page day permit which will permit the ap $17,766.00. 'On the squth side of the it was farther than that he had to pay acres. All of this machinery could
brothers
around sac,ks
they shook
for
it
himself.
R.
J.
Ginn
found
the
plow
at
this
rate
of
work
2640
acres
----- ouvuk marched
Wascp 335,000
were sold which
86, sectian 3.)
/.
plicant to operate a car when accom canyon the road would have a grade articles
the
floor
and
caused
it
to
sag in the would indicate a crop there of 750,000
of
agreement
among
hi«
each
day
which
is
greater
than
the
of
7
to
8
per
cent,
while
on
the
Q- Can a nonresident, whose panied by a licensed operator who is
operator’s or chauffeur’s license has actually occupying a seat beside the north side a grade could be built papers.
¿amount the horses could do in the middle. Two additional posts have bushels.
Wert revoked in another state, oper driver, (Page 90, section 7)
been put in the confectionery and a
with not over 7 per cent grade.
: The line was to be in Moro and same time.
J. W. Shepard, at Grass Valley,
ate in Orbgon?
longer
beam
along
the
ceiling
and
the
12. Q. How and where must ap
The
court
was
undecided
i{)out
must
have
extended
east
and
south
stated
that hauling had just begun
There are 272,813 acres of tillable
. VAps. No. (Page 87, section 4, plication be made for an operator’s
how best to arrange for the rebuild-
judge from the list of Signers who land in the county, according to offi whole floor jacked up into’ place.
to the warehouses under his charge,
subdivision c.)
license?
and that a very small parj of the
• 1 3. Q. How old must a person be
Ans. Upon approved form of apa- ing of this road. The county will re- lived in that direction. Among the cial figures and approximately one
about $14,000.00 from the state signers who are still known in the half of it must be plowed every Cream Price Raises
total tonnage was in. Elevators will
to obtain:
plication furnished by the secretary ceivc
1
■'(*) Student’s permit?
of state and before an authorized ex which must be used for maintainance county
were: Roy Benson, C. R.
be done taking in wheat as soon as
_
spring,
This Week Here harvest
. . jAns. 14 years. (Page 87, sec- aminer at designated points in the of macadem roals and or new --------
con- Belshee, P. C. Axtell, Neil McDonald,.
.
is over, but the sack ware
twn <5.)
state. (Page 90, section 8a)
(
A. M.. Wright, R. W. Bel.hee, J C.
In makl"» th" compilation many
houses
will
be receiving grain for
struction.
It
cannot
be
used
for
any
*-(h) .Operator*» license?
.Teale, John Chriatenaen, Chria An-!of the oM tractor, have not been
13. Q. What would you do if you
As many things as tho farmers are many days after and the totals will
purpose.
"Ans.^ ilFyears. (Page 87, sectioh lost your operator’s or chauffeur’s li- other
*
5.)
If the highway commission could be derson, Geo. Hennagin, J. R. Martin.' coun^d as U’e>' ,re not ““d at *" interested in, it is almost impossible not be known until nearly the middle
cense?
—-———•
(c) License to drive a school bus?
Ans. A duplicate will be issued shown the value of the road to Sher- Martin Hanaen, Perry Miller, A. B. or °nly to a d«11* •xUnt There arc for all to go against him at once. of September. It is not expected
Ans. il^keanc. (Page 89, section upon furnishing satisfactory proof to man and j «r
*
Ta
uz A.
a
Wasco counties
it . is ~ quite Craft,.W.
Woods, t I. n
D. Pike, C. r
G. more horses in the county than this The week has brought a lower price
- - report shows for th« reason that the for wheat, but for those who sell but that the county will have a very large
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t
the secretary of state that such li likely that they would consent to H put ................
Huis, H. T. Peugh, J. F. Belshe, R. J. (
amount of grain and it is doubtful if
(d) Chauffeur’s license?
assessor never counts horses that are terfat a better price is promised in
cense has been .lost or dstroyed and
Ans. 18
(Page 87, section upon the payment of a fee of 25c for more than this amount into this Ginn, W. W. M. Co. by L. Barnum, j
the salable crop exceeds 1,300,000
aged and have lost a part of their
bushels which is much smaller than
duplicate operator’s license and $1.00 road as a part of the secondary high- Barnum Bros., C. K. Cochran, G. E. usefulness. Some of these are still the future.
Public P** fpr a' dupheat« chauffeur’s license. way system. Officials of Wasco coun-1 Thompson, Sherman Trading Co.
The sign on the Mutual.Creamery Sherman county has grown under
^nge^-busT”
v
able to work for short periods when
(Page 93, section 14)
station that remained at 20 cents for, what might be called modern f^rm-
ty have shown an inclination to co-1
A V-, J 1 years, (Page 89, section
needed.
14.
Q.
Where
must
you
keep
your
so long, changed to 22 cents some ing conditions.
operate in this road as they consider
<—•
ojieratoris license while paying?
Probably nearly every one of our time ago. This week it slipped up to
it
advantageous
for
residents
of
the
.Xns. In 'y^ur immediate posses
369 farmers have a .combine and cer 24 and then to 25 and now stands at
curlteented in this state? '
south end of that county in finding
sion. , (Page 93, section 15)
tainly all of the above mentioned 27 cents, a better mark than for sev
An«. Yes, if he has in his immed-
Hypsophobia is the fear of being in
15. Q. When does a chauffeur’s a market for their wood and fruit.
—
late possession a license issued to
equipment is divided among them in eral months. Even a milk war has high places, “llypsos” Is the Greek
The
court
held
it
almost
certain
Fr bNconso e<nir B.Î .
P
DATE
M KX.
MIN. PRECIP. some manner. If work was done on its compensations, apparently.
for height.
license
Ans. On Juné 30 of each year. that some work Will have to be pro
the basis estimated it would take 29
nge
94,
section
16b)
...........
93.»
July
'30....
(Pi
...58
... .00
I and he has nev»r obtained one. Exr
vided this winter by either the county
days to do the plowing job in this
16. (Q. Hqw>n«ax your operator’s or the state for those who will have no
< eept,Vuf Bo^nskter^--------- ------- L
“
31 ... ....... 93 . ...59... .00
br chauffeur’s license be affected by
of agq, frim^aWne»
county.
It does not take that long
Aug.
1...
...........
99.^
.63
.........
00
.
the ruling of a court having jurisdic employment. Nothing definite was
41 > license, mdV operate a car
for
the
reason
that tractors are work-
’
’
2...
.......96..
...61
.........
00
>red for the current tion over the violation of the motor done at the meeting Wednesday, but
4» been duly registered
ed more than the average day and
3...
9i.. ?..52......... 00
the court will see the highway com
calendar year in the state or country vehicle laws?
many operators with horses are able
•
4.... . ........ 81... .48......... 00
•f which lhexwMier l*.a resident, fem -A>f. Ati«fVd of convictions will mission and learn what arrangement
• period fibt r^orp than 3.0 days in be endorsed on the back of the 11- can be made to build this road im
to get more than three quarters of
......... 75..1 .49......... 00
uny
Jlktehy-b» required censé bytfhe/mirt and q record made
b
Total for week.. ............... 000
an acre per hor»e when plowing.
mediately.
to prove lawful possession. or the in. thq. secretary of State’s office. Said
right te operate such motor vehicle "court may also* recommend the su*-
. From the Observer of August 5th,
From the Grass Valley Journal,
and establish his .proper identity.
t.pension .or revocation of an opera-
1892:
I August 8th, 1902:
No, IfMs license is suspended er. tor’s or chauffeurs license. (Page 97,
•
section 30)
revoked.
The Wasco News commenced its w Henry Pattison will start a fire in
Example: A friend from a state,
q
For what reasons must the
second year last week. Long may it his new brick kiln sometime next
. th** dP^itot require a Heen»e
.
of 8tate revoke an opera-
flourish and help to build Wasco and week and in a few weeks it will be—
lf y0U^ CaLiS PT?" tor’s or chauffeur’s license?
Sherman county.
more mortar.
erly l|ceWfed By you in the state
Ans (a) The Mcretary of 8tate
H. C. Jackson and his force of
The celebrated Columbia bottle
wherejfop tPajwtor-.
shall forthwith Tevoke the license of
Gan * resident of Oregon use in
_
_ ____ ______________
workmen are making good headway beer at Cochran & Keffer’s at 25 cents *
Oregon a car licenaed in another
Continued on Page Two.
with the vault and county building.
per bottle.
Work on the new hotel is being , Postmaster Wilcox will move his
rushed along at a rapid rate by dwelling from its present location off
Messrs. Hill, Armstrong and Van the business street and build an addi-
Osdel.
Ho"—;
E. O. McCby has disposed of his
The fire near Wasco on Tuesday
home at Grants to Alex McIntosh.
afternoon occurred on the George N.
C. W. Phelps & Co., of The Dalles, Crosfield ranch. 2800 sacks of wheat
offer to pay the toll of Sherman went up in smoke along with a sepa
“Publicity,” said Uncle Emmett as lintel of the highway commission’s
county farmers who purchase agri rator, derrick table, cook house and
he perused the headlines of his paper, door, Eh.”
cultural implements from them.
five wagons of a threshing outfit be
“Publicity is sure a right hand bower
Gilman A Smith announce to beef longing to T. E. Sink. The grain was
“I know, Sim, it must hurt you to
eaters that they will run a butcher insured, but there was no insurance
■ for a man’s ambition.” •
see anyone but a lawyer settin’ in
“And a handmaiden for his vanity, the seats of the mighty,” answered
wagon from Rutledge to Grass Val on the threshing machine.
if you don’t mind mixing your sexes,” Uncle Emmett, but as a representa
ley and to Shearer’s bridge.
chimed in Simon Peters, the lawyer, tive of the said wide open spaces
From the Observer August Sth,
glancing over the old man’s shoulder Hanley will shore be picturesque.”
From the Observer of August 8th, 1912:.
1902:
, ’
to see what ha^ caused the original
Eugene Amidon was the owner of
/‘Yes, Uncle Emmett, he will. He’ll
John
Holman
had
1000
sacks
of his the first wheat to be hauled into Moro
. comment.
r
.»
---- „
be picturesque whereVer you put
wheat ready to deliver last Saturday. this season. It was from a 75 acre
“Now here’s Bill Hanley fresh him. As a representative of the days
He «old for 50 cents per bushel.
from viewing the sights of Europe when folks rode horseback he is per-
field of turkey red that produced
and still flustered in the head from fect ”
Mrs. Ruby Fairchild, daughter of 1370 sacks, better than 42 bushel«
Mr. and Mrs. Lot Rust, and L. D. per acre. His other wheat made over
tellin’ about himself to a writer put I ««j always thought that a man whb
pn the highway boa$fi. Ain’t that looked like William Jennings Bryan
Pettis were married in The Dalles July 15 sacks to the acre.
23rd. Our best withe« attend them.
)nlce^for the old, man? said Undjg an> ^ore a white hat fer Sunday
L. Barnum has traded the Moro
A hotel Closed up at Mitchell be Hardware. A Implement Co. brick to
WWBMtt.
c t
'would get some place In this state,”
#he/great open space* where the 8ai(1 the
««And when Bill H
cause help was scarce.
C. W. Moore for stock in the Citizen’s
A fire caught from a traction en Commercial Co. of Grass Valley., giv
men wear hair pants have at last re- iCy broke out on the frontpieee oi a
gine, burned astrip 400 feet wide ing him a controlling Interest in that
‘ceived recognition in high places,” I reakJtemte Lknew the ^ate would have
and half a mile long on the Horace company.
«aid the lawyer ab|»rbing the head-Lecergnize his prominence.” Yu
Strong field north of Moro.
lines. “A lifetime given to the P0Pu*ipan^t keep a good man down»”
W. II. Ragsdale took D. E. Stephens
tlarization of ton gallon hat« in col-1 «Nor a white hat Jn
gage
Tracy had been caught near Odessa, and C. W. Wharburton of the United
Washington, sod the “O. Man” as the States department of agriculture on
lusion with Walter. Hgrse, has had it« (>rU8ht” added the lawyer as a part-
f
reward and Bill Hanley is to bring ing 8hot
qld«r Ireland called himself was very a trip through southern Sherman
pinch pleased.
, the dove of peace to perch on thek
county.
EXAWNATÎONS ^WEN OREN
STATE FUNOS MAT BUILD ROAD
TRACTORS GAN PLOW MORE
WASCO HAS LARGEST TONNAGE
71
WEATHER REPORT FOR
WEEK ENDING AUGUST 5
Old Time News Events
Retold For Old Time Readers
Punctual
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Praised By Uncle Emmett
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