german (County Sminuii
8HERMAN COUNTY UBS14RYER* Established Nov. 2, 1888
GRASS VALLEY JOURNAL, Established Oct. 14, 1897
,
tions on th« Dayton-Salem market
road aro progroesing and the work la
almost complete from Dayton to the
Untonvale store. *
Grass V alley
CONSOLIDATED, MARCH 6, 1931
mailed Immediately to depositors of
the defunct French & Co. bank. This
was announced at The Dalles by A. A.
Schramm, state superintendent of
hank» as he concluded the liquidation ।
of th« pioneer banting inatltutlqn
which closed its doors eight years ago.
JY Bank’s Word
Charles Potter was killed when a
Mr's. Soren Hansen of Moro,
grain elevator on the Alex McIntyre
spent a few days here last week place near Athena collapsed, crushing
A record for swift justice was made
Published Every Friday at Moro, Oregon, By
with friends.
him to death. The wooden elevator at Condon, when Mrs. Reaths Graham
Managing Editor
GILES L. FRENCH
and Mrs. Elisabeth Horsey were ar
F. L. Stradley and family re was filled with wheat
rested on a charge of manufacture
The
Llbbr
McNeill
4k
Libby
can
- Entere«I as second-clas» matter at Ute oaloifn-v^at Muro, Oregon, under Act of turned the first of the week fron
nery at The Dalles has announced it and aale of intoxicating liqquor, pled
Congress of March 8, 1879. •
a trip to Portland.
would start the packing of Bartlett guilty, were sentenced in justice court
Mr. and Mrs. A. Conklin Buck pears about August 15. Fruit deliv to six months in the county jail and
«UBSCRIPTION KATES-PAYABLE IN ADVANCE.
ley from Tygh Valley, were via eries will be made from Hood River were paroled within ten minutes’ time.
One Year.............................
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$1 50
and Yakima.
Th« Traffic association, composed
itors here last Sunday.
Six Mon thè......................
1 00
of private and cooperative fruit ship
The
logging
camp
of
the
Western
Dr. F. Chick of Hood River.
Lumber company at Westfir will re pers of th« Hood River valley, have [
was
here Sunday to visit will sume August 13, it was announced by set the wage scale to be paid in the
FRIDAY, AUGUST ’ 7. 1931.
the J. H. Wilt family. .
valley during the present fruit season
W. N. Ferrin, manager.
The camp
has been closed down since a few days as follows: General orchard work, 25
Mrs
Mrs. Morse, mother of
COOPERATORS MUST COOPERATE.
cents an hour; picking apples and
before July 4.
Arne Annala, is here for a few
pears, 25 cents an hour; packing, 4
Members of the state fair board
Ever since the war the farmers have clammored for govern days with her daughter.-
cents a box; warehouse labor, 25 to
have decided that this yen's fair will
ment relief from the lowered prices of farm products which fol-
Mrs. J. S. Newcomb spent the be kept open eight days including two SO cents an hour. This is the lowest
wag« scale fixed in the valley since
- lowed the international conflict. Th* federal government prepared week end in Wasco with het Sundsys. It Is hoped that an eight-day the
fruit industry became a factor
fair
will
wipe
out
the
financial
deficit
.• such a law and passed it whereby the Farm Board came into being. daughter, Mrs. Wayland Weld.
there.
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created last year
Rachael Poley is leaving Fri
Deposits
in
the
215 state and nation
Of course the plan didn’t suit all the farmers. No plan would
The first carload of pears to be
day for Portland where the will shipped from the Rogue valley this al banks of Oregon totaling 9278,269.
visit friends and relatives for a season left M«dford recently en route 405.61 st the time of the last call on
Two years ago the government agenoiee atarted by- the Farm
June 30 hady practically recovered
to the Chicago markets. The car was
week or so.
from the slump recorded during the
of Bartletts. Th« pears .were of good
,
Q9Qney an wheat at a high eupugh price to hold the
Miss Nadine King returned to six« and quality.
first few months of 1930 and were ap
Jt would have droppérf Tó 'bt from fifteen to Portland Tuesday after spending
proximately the same aa those report
An interesting experiment is being .
• thirty cents: ‘-They did it to save banks and fatmerr^from going a few weeks with relatives in carried on at the E. H. Hall ranch in ed at the time of the December 31
tell, according to A. A. Schramm, state
Powell butt« diatrict. On a three-acre
flat broke in one-fell smash.
As a result wheat farmers have had Grass Valley.
superintendent of banking.
An In
Dr. Poley removed the tonsils plot of ground 47 varieties of alfalfa crease of more than 97,000,000 is
‘"'• •'two year« preparation for the thirty-five and forty cent price they
has been planted and the outcome is
shown in deposits over the figures
from Donald Olds last Monday being watched closely.
* are forced to take at present.
for the March 25 call.
and from Betty Lou Olds Wed
Lower by one foot than it was a
Bankers freely admit that had the price dropped to forty cents
nesday morning.
year-ago, the Columbia river stood
- In 1929 they would have been unable to stand the shock.
1 he
Roy Harbin, a former resident at the 9.5-foot mark at The DaUes.
Farm Board was criticised for buying the wheat at the time. They of Kent but now making hia Last year a record low stage was
are criticised now that they want to sell it. It was said that the home in Eugene, was seen on reached, and sandbars were revealed
that never before were seen.
Farm Board by holding wheat, was depressing the market as the the streets here Tuesday. ,
The Mount Angel Co-operative
WOOD FOR SALE OR TRADE—
wheat was Hot used up. Now it is said that they are depressing " M. 'C. Davis end family of creamery, in its semi annual report for
body fir wood., delivered at* your
the first six months in 1931, Show an Good
’
ranch. Will take grain, livestock, wool,
.. the market by selling wheat. Like the old saying they are Portland, drove through town
Increase of 60 per cent in number of
or pelts in exchange
C. E.
Tuesday on his way to his ranch pounds of butter manufactured by the hides,
‘‘damned if they do and damned if they don’t.”
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* phone
ihone 172.
Corn,
White Salmon,
Wash,
<
to
When the Fsrm’Board was holding up the price of American now farmed by D. L. Reynolds. creamery, over the same period last Or leave orders at Journal office.
year.
F.
A.
Marlin
was
here
the
first
IF YOU have anything for sale or if
-wheat they were criticised for meddling with the market and it was
One man was killed outright, two you want to buy something, say it
of the week to adjust the loss on
intimated that they were actually holding the price of wheat the W. F. Schilling house east of severely burned and four others suf- , through the Sherman County Journal’s
Everybody Looks at Them’These Days.
down. When they stopped this practice a month ago the wheat town that was burned last week. fered great shook near Freewater, classified column.
when* the arm of a hay derrick they [
' market dropped down-to the world level they were criticised for
Mrs. Mat Simon and two girls. were moving* collided with a high ten
Agnes and Delores, left Tuesday sion wire. Leo Lawson, 55, a widower
** letting the price drop.
morning
for Portland where they with two grown daughters, was killed
In the first place the whole structure of Farm Board and at
when he took hold of the arm of the
Is Always Necessary to Satisfaction.
tending organizations was.set up by the ‘government to provide a. will visit relatives for a few derrick in an endeavor to free it from
the wire.
means whereby the farmers could cooperatively1 market their crops days.
The L D. Pike and the C. W?
In pursuance further of Its campaign
. and make whatever savings that practice would bestow. As soon
SUITS
Fields families were swimming of economy, the Coos county court has
as the different organizations of farmers4earn to handle these prob at the mouth of the John Day made an order allowing but 1200 as ex- 1
lems themselves they will not need the Farm Board and it may be river last Sunday during the hot? penses for making the county’s Exhibit
at the state fair next fall, whereas the
withdrawn. If it happens thaf the farmers do not wish to cooper weather.
- ' sum of |400 has heretofore* been al— f Driver is in Sherman County
R J. Brannon is taking the lowed.
ate and lend no assistance to the pian soil fails, they wHI then go
Towns Every
GRASS VALLEY. OREGON
place
of J. S. Taylor at the O.
Officials of the Pendleton Round-up
back to the old competitive system that they have been cursing
Monday & Thursday
W. R. R. & N. depot while Mr. are planning a new feature for this
- linee “thè memory of modern man begins.
,
Taylor and wife are on their va year. A group of from 50 to 60 girl
Whether the Farm Board continues or not there will always be cation in the east.
riders will be employed to act as
greeters
for trains and auto caravans
a surplus
wheat as long as more is grown than is consumed. It
Mrs. Estelle Hartley left Sat and to ride in the paradc-r to give
Whan truck -
will be easier for the farmer iqbavusome of our surplus sold to urday night for a short trip to them color.
Complete organisation of the Colum
Germany or China through the central selling agency of the board Jefferson where she will visit.
E. H. FULLER
bia
county chamber of commerce was
Mr.
Hartley
returned
Sunday
Our Experience
than by individua Is who are interested more in the profits of the
made, when representative» from
Our Service
after driving down with his
Your Satisfaction
Scappoose, Rainier, Vernonia, Clats
transaction than in the welfare of the persons who are raising
family.
kanie and St. Helens met at St. Hel
wheat.
Mrs. George Wilcox and child ens recently.
Farmers, if co iperati H k
be successful at all, must stop ren, Misses Martha Hodgkins
About 450 cars of celery, of which
this practice of begging for so n • sort of .an organization for years and Marjorie Blake attended the 200 will be graded and inspected by
YOUNGEST COMMISSION FIRM AT UNION STOCK YARDS, '
until it is given them and then tearing itup until it disbands in dis swimming lessons at Stiles on an expert, will be ahipped out of the
NORTH PORTLAND. ESTABLISHED IN 1926
Lake Labish district this year, the
grace. ' Cooperation must work both ways. .
-
, the Deschutes last Tuesday state department of agriculture has
morning.
announced.
Don
Kelly,
17..
drowned
in
Notwithstanding that the Umpqua
THAT HARD WINTER.
Portland, was a son of Mr. and ▼alley cantaloupe acreage is only
We have over 3000 Satisfied Customers.
- ' “Il’s going to be a hard winter,” we hear on every hand. The
Mrs. Claris Kelly.
Claris at about half as large as last year the
There's a reason.
philosopher on the »Vest corner, the traveling salesman on hia tended school here many years crop will be as heavy. Wesley Wil
Consign Your Livestock to Us.
liams has 200 acres this year which
round, the farmer preparing against that very possibility, all make Ugo, during the reign of Profes- is the bulk of the acreage. The acre
‘Vs the Price that Counts.
-- the same prophesy. ‘ So it may be stated with most absolute cer sor White-
age last year was 400 acres.
A gas well has been struck on the
tainty that a hard winter is looked for in all^Quartera.
Rev J. N. Boise and family
Jack Moffitt ranch about eight miles
But the very fact that it is looked for with such surety may be have moved into the Baker house south of Lakeview. The gas was
r very good reason why it will not be so bad as prophesied. The from Prineville and will remain struck at a depth of 100 feet while
extra men who were needed to harvest the wheat crop this during the winter. Rev Boise s the crew was drilling for water. TheM>
family consists of a wife and well has thrown mud and water at
year have a different outlook toward their wages than is common
three children of high school age. intervals to a height of 20 feet.
with the floating laborer* In more halcyon days they were wont He wifi preach in the Baptist
Eugene Daud ell, 11. of Roseburg,
was
Injured critically when struck by
OREGON S
to spend their pay in what, in retrospect, seem to have been rioP church.
a flying buxx saw. The boy was on
CONTINUED PROGRESS^
ou« conduct whereas now they are most circumspect in their handl
his grandfather's farm on South Deer
creek watching woodcutters when the
• • Ing hard earned cash. Gaines of poker and dice are not spoken of
1$ DEPE N DENT UPON
circular saw flew off the mandrel. He
in their conversation and inquiries as to where Ihey could get pur-
was cut on the face, arms and legs.
ITS RAILROADS
chase fire water have been conspicious by their absence. They are
Gold Beach citizens will hold a three
celebration on the Labor day hol
saving their money and they meekly work the long hours of
Mrs. A. A. Dunlap left Tues day
idays as a prelude to the big celebra
harvest time without complaints that might lose them their jobs.
day for Corvallis to attend the tion which will be held there next May
This Serious situation toward lifn on the part of what is usual American Legion convention. or June marking the formal dedlca
ly
prafbhopper element must come from the repeated remarks Mi*. Dunlap left immediately tlon of the 1600,000 bridge spanning
the Rogue, which Is now under con
about’the hardness of the coming snow season and shows that after the county court session struction.
Wednesday.
Harvesting of heed peas, one of the
preparation Is being made for it
newer crops in tli® Silverton vicinity,
These are not the only people who are preparing.
Farmers
Is under way. The SO-acre area of
are getting ready also for a period of smaller incomes. Soon the
Henry, Silas and Samuel Torvend in
the Central Howell district has been
fall will come and we have no Hesitancy in predicting, that it wilt
harvested and «old. Fifteen acres of
be the greatest flour storing, hog butchering, calf slaughtei ing,
peas of Victor Madsen have been cut
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On Investments Spells Safety
When in doubt about the advis
ability of making an investment
They have
Consult your bank
means of gathering information
about investments that are or
dinarily denied the average man.
. Insist on the seal of the bank’s
approval.
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PRICES“
^ebberS
Quality—
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Cleaned & Pressed
—$1.00—
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fruit canning time for many years
The farmer has a great advantage of his city brother when il Principal Events of the Week
Assembled for Information
comes to supplying his physiral>ai.M and he knows it. He will
With
•
of Our Readers.
make u«,of his stock at hand to «« r his midwinter table.
and are drying.
As a possible icult of depression in
other lines, The Dalles residents who
are Interested in mining in the Ochoco
mountains between
Mitchell and
Prineville, report an unusual activity
nd
Lutter
and
the
brindle
cow
’
s
the brindle cow to furnish milk a
in prospecting there for quicksilver?
Three hundred and fifty Chinese
calf U> tarnish meat aqd Jhe pen fu I of shote® to make into eaus-
Several mines have been established
pheasants from the state game farm
»
on
a paying basis.
age an I lard and Kami. fie figures himself «nd family as setting have been liberated between Eugene
AU hitching rings in The Dalles city
and Coburg.
Father p’ el ty.
sidewalks will be removed at once by
Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Barnum of Eu
j the winter may not be so hard »alter ad with everybody ex
order of the city council. These relics
gene celebrated their 60th wedding of an age when horses were tied while
Cepting the worst and ready. .
dWIversary recently, when they en farmers did th^ir shopping were con
tertained 25 relatives and friends.
demned when a woman tourist caught
Governor Meier raised State purchasing .agent Eif.zigVaalary
Taxpayers from all over Curry coun
her heel in one of the rings and barely
from $1000 m $7000 pef year because he had reduced expenses ty met in the courtroom at Gold Beach averted a bad fall.
»recently tor the purpose of organising
With the Increased toll that is be
r btU—how. 7' ä^^ur^tounty Taxpayers’ league. /
With everything dropping Eipzig cc
ing taken by the red spider in Hood
A larga forco of workmeù,"àre en
River valley fruit, the estimates sre
about thf taxpayer? - •
gaged In painting and repkiring the now reduced to 40 per cent of last
Portland is in the mils» of a Ian I ibwinjf with milk and we building of the Tillamook County Fair year's crop. Thu red spider so dam
association. The fair will b^*eld on ages the leave» that no plant food
suppose some honey. Aho has «umeof the other qualifications of August 26-29.
can be stored. The leaves turn yellow
and tease to function.
- The Yamhill county oiling opera-
th? original land about which this was said.
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M
U nion PACIFIC employees in Oregon were
paid $9,147,094 in «alaries and waf.« dnr-
[„<, 1930. More than three thoneand four hun
dred familiee, a total of 20,719 people, received
their support from Union Pacific.
Think what that mean, to Oregon', home
market - to the development of her growing
Industrie»—to the consumption of her agricui-
tural products.
The preservation of thi. va.t home market
among Union Pacific employee. *»
upon the continuing pro.perity of t
Xd Every .hipment made by ruck we^w.
the Railroad structure and affects railroa^
employment.