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About Sherman County journal. (Moro, Or.) 1931-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 21, 1931)
M h U the let and 8rd Thursday evening» of each month. Visiting members cordially in- ly oruci OI W • K« Robt Urquhart, Secretary. Bethlehem Chapter No. 78 O. E. S. Moro, Oregon Regular communica tions oach 2nd and 4th Thursday evenings of each month. Mrs. Ruth Sparling. ‘ Worthy Matron Nana Barzee, Secretary. Meet* every Monday evening in the LO.O.F hall. Transient and visiting brothers ate cordially invited to meet with us. larvey C. Thompson, N. G. A. M. Young, Secretary. _ Moro, Oregon j Meets 2d and 4th Tues days of each muntl Visiting members wei come. Florence McDonald Noble Grand essie Henrichs, Secretary Chris Schults Post No. 71 Meets at Legion hall on 2nd and 4th Wednesday Jw evenings of each month. ‘ R. J. Bruckert, Commander Vernon Flatt, Adjutant ‘ A ILeCdiOi Mrs. M. E. Miller returned from Redmond end Bend Sunday. । Harold Bryant was here Sun day from Hood River where he Mrs. W. C. Bryant returned is working. from the hospital Thursday. Lew Thomas of Hood River, is Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Ginn were assisting a few days in the May in Portland last Saturday and & Son store. Sunday. W. D. Wallan left for a few Mrs. Omer Sayrs has been eon- days at Walla Walla Sunday. He fined to bed for several days returned Wednesday. with a bad case of lumbago. Mr. ancL- Mrk. Rob Hoskinson James Stewart left for The left Friday for Camp Sherman Dalles Wednesday morning to where they will append their vac see his sister who is very ill. ation among the tail pines, a * * Hans Thompson and wife are Mrs. Elwood Thompson died at Camp Sherman for a few days at the family home in Oregon to visit with Martin Hansen and City last Wednesday night of as family. thma. She was a former pion Tom Douma drove to Portland eer resident of Sherman county, Wednesday morning with a truck but has been living in Oregon load of hogs. Mrs. Douma ac City for several years. Besides companied him. her husband she leaves two sons Misses Opal and Velma Powell John and William and a daugh were in Portland over the week ter to mourn her loss. She was end, returning on Monday morn a sister of Neil McDonald. ings train to Biggs. Mrs Fred Quist and Mrs Gene va McDonald of Portland were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm Neal of The Dalles. A marriage licence was issued last Friday to Vernon Miller, of Moro, and Mias Thelma Rice, of Eugene, by the county clerk. HARLAND VIEW GRANGE No. M2 Meets in their hall in Harmony Dis H. W. White who has been trict the second and fourth Friday visiting with C. V. Belknap for a nights of each month. Visiting Grangers welcome. week or so left for his home in C. P. Adams, Master. Portland the first of the week. C. JS. Crites, Secretary. xWm. Morrison left Thursday by stage for Pendleton 'where he (hurtta Preaching 11 A. M. Evening Worship B. Y P. U. 7 P. M. ... w Preaching 8 P. M. Prayermte’ing Thursday at 8. The beginning of fall season seems a particularly appropriate time to concentrate a fuller en listment of the churches resour- ses, not of material means only, but especially of enthusiasm and personal ability. * The church and pastor extend a cordial invitation to all to come and worship with us. Rev. S L. Boyce, Phstor. Grass Valley Methodist Chursh Sunday school at 10 a. m. N Sherman Hawk, Pastor. OREGON STATE NEWS OF GENERAI INTEREST Principal Events of the Week Assembled for Information of Our Readers. Methodist Church Moro I Sunday school at 10 a. jn. N. Sherman Hawk, Pastor. Presbyterian Church. 10 a. m. Sunday school. x ' THE MARKETS Portland Wheat — Big Bend bluestem, hard wheat" 6&c; «oft . white and western white, 46ftc; hard winter, northern spring and western red, 43 Hay—Buying price, L o. b. Portland: Alfalfa, 915.60; vifley timothy 916.60 @16; eastern Oregon timothy, 918@ 18.50; clover, 111; oat hay, 911; oats and vetch, 10.50. Butterfat—27c. Eggs—Ranch, 18@22c. Cattle—Steers, good, 96.50@6.75. Hogs—Good to choice, 97.25@8. Lambs—Good to choice, 95.26 @6.75. dMGMk Grass Valley Lodge No. 181, The Full Gospel Assembly I. O. O. F. meets every 2d and will visit his brothers and sisters 4th Thursday svemngs of the month in and incidentally take in the , Usual Sunday meetings: the Odd Fellows hall. Sojourn ng Round-Up. Sunday school 10 a. m. brothers are cordially invited. Seattle Preaching 11 a. m., and 8 p.m. Vern McGowan. L. K. Smith Alex and John Montgomery, Wheat — Soit white and western ’ Secy. N. G. “ For I reckon that the suffer of Portland were here the first white, 46c; hard winter, western red of the week on business for the ings of this present time are not and northern spring, 44c; bluestem, Joint Stock Land Bank in which worthy to be compared with the 54c..' glory which shall be revealed "in Butterfat—27c. they are interested. Dr J. R. Morgan us.” Rom 8:18. Eggs—Ranch, 15@26. Cattle—Choice steers, 96.25@7. This is so because the suffer Hogs—Good to choice, |8.25@8.40. ings are light when His grace is Lambs—Choice, $5 @5.75. sought, because they are “but Spokane for a moment”, as compared' Cattle-^-Steers, good, 97@7.50. Hogs—Good to choice, 98.25. with eternity; and because they Lambs—Medium to good, $4@4.75, tend to mature, settle, and esta blish the character of the Chris- Three frame buildings were de tain who is enduring the ordeals stroyed by fire at Condon. The own of life with the fortitude odr ers estimated the total damage at Lord provides. 98000. Growers of late pears and apples In Douglas county are considering, plans for handling this year's crop. It Is expected that the Umpqua valley will produce about 100 cars of apples and pears this year. / Vic Baft, while working in the har vest field near Moro, lost all of his clothing except shoes and suffered nu merous bruises when his trouser legs were caught by a shaft driving the header of his combine. Deliveries of flax straw are being made freely at the state prison. Daily deliveries average 60 loads. The flax harvest is now at Its height, but both the yield and quality were reported disappointing to growers. The work of altering Steamboat falls, eight miles up Steamboat crook from the junction of the North Ump qua river, has been successfully com pleted, releasing several hundred steel heads impounded below the falls. The body of Charles Wood, 48, of Portland, was found by rescuers-In a sand cave-In midway between Man zanita and Neah-kah-nie, where Mr. Wocd and his son, Lynn A^Wood, 40, had been buried alive. The body of the younger Wood was found earlier. The men had been searching for treas ure, It was reported. Two crops of apples during the same season has never been heard of at Medford, but it is possible for ope tree, at least A tree of an early vari ety in the garden of^ames C. Murray is In full bloom for the second time this year. Construction of the short-cut road from Shanfko and Antelope, in the southern part of Wasco county, to Mitchell, in Wheeler coqnty, was urged at a meeting recently at Red mond of the John Day Valley DeveRp- meat association. ^For the second consecutive month, Friday, a Holstein cow owned by C. W. Lewis of Klamath county, has led all cows in the state in production of butterfat. In May, Friday, until then unknown, became the leader of the state's thousands of dairy cows, and repeated in June with a record of OFFICE AT 2130 pounds of milk and 110.8 pounds MORO, OREGON of butterfat. Conrad Peterson, gardener, living two miles west of Canby, is harvest* #n ordinance has been introduced ing and canning her second crop of J. D. and Mrs. Miller, In the Salem city council banning mo peas from one planting. The peas Pastors.' tion pictures showing the operation were planted early in the spring and of outlaw gang's in the larger cities of yielded well. After the late rain new sprouts came up and these have yield Christian Science the United States. Physician and Surgeon ed as many peas as the first planting. City officials of Bend have ordered This is said to be the first time two Subject: Mind. .Grass Vs Hoy, Oregon , Goldeb Text: Isiah 26:$. Thou all residents to turn off their lawn crops of peas have been known in that sprinklers when a fire alarm is sound wilt keep him in perfect peace, ed. Sprinkling may be resumed whes district from one planting. People can reach me from Moro Federal hunters in Oregon killed 303 whose idind is stayed on thee.: the fire is extinguished. at night from the long dintance predatory animals during July, 266 of because he trusteth in thee. booth at Hotel Moro by ringing The fifth annual flower show for them being coyotes, 30 bobcats, 1 cou The Dalles. Responsive Reading: Isaiah Hood River ccunty was held at the gar and 6 bears, according to the 56:6-18. Rockford grange hall recently. This monthly report of Stanley O. Jewett, Church service every Sunday was the largest flower show held in leader in predatory animal and rodent control for the biological survey. Chas. morning at 11 o’clock and Wed the mid-Coluinbia district. S. S. Hayes, one of the origin B. Brown, Malheur county, led in the Unless the taxpayers of Astoria vote nesday evening at 8 o’clock. al settlers of Sherman county, a special levy of 960,000 requested by catches with 36 coyotes and 7 bohfcats. All are cordially invited to at the school board the schools will have T. W. King, Grant county, was second came up from his home in Port tend the church services and to shut -down to four or five months with 21 coyotes and 2 bobcats. DENTIST land last Wednesday to see about make uae of the reading room during the coming school year. ; bis farm in the vicinity of Grass HOME OFFICE. WASCO which is open daily, where all AH road work In Jackson county for ! Valley. - authorized Christis* Science lit the present year will be finished by W. S. Powell and wife, E. H. erature may be read, borrowed August 24. This is two months earlier Regular vialta made to Grass ; Moore and wife, Mrs. 3. J. Scha than usual and is the result of the re or purchased. Valley. Watch for announce trenchment policy of the county court. effer and Mrs. .Emma Sayrs ments . Checks for $ 158,970 are being mailed drove to Prineville Wednesday. Baptist Church to the depositors In the defunct As Mrs. Sayrs will remain for a (Grau Vajley) toria Savings bank. The payment will short time with her brother. represent a 10 per cent dividend. The Morning Worship total dividend paid to date Is now 45 George Hansen was taken to Bible School 10 A. M. per cent. DENTIST United States Dental Ex aminer for this district DR C. L. POLEY Á1 Mr. and Mrs. Carl Toll and John Toll, of Eugene, were here last week visiting with Howard Conlee and wife. Mrs. Conlee is a sister of the Toll brothers. A dinner was given to celebrate Forrest Peetz’ birthday last Tues day evening at the home of bis parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Peetz. A few guests were pre sent. A. H. Barnum and wife were in Gilliam county last Sunday as guests of a boys club in the Bla lock country. Mr. Barnum was judge of their contest for beef calves. Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Thompson are here thia week visiting with Mr. Thompson’s daughter, Mrs. >N. W. Thompson and looking af ter 'business interests in the county. A deer jumped off the cribbing along the canal of the city’S’ hydroelectric power plant at Leahurg one night last week and was struck by an automobile on the highway and killed. The car was wrecked. . ■ » - The mean temperature for July was the highest ever recorded in Klamath county. It reached a mark of 72.75 degrees. No precipitation occurred during the month, making it the driest July on record. Dr. J. A. Butler I PRICE REDUCTION In Accordance With The Rules of The Mbro Credit Association We Will Operate in ¡the Future on a Strictly Thirty-day CashBasis. This will Effect a Saving Which We Fee1 Should he Passed on to Our Customers, ¿nd We are Accordingly Announcing the ^ol- lowing Price Reduction Effective At Once: Eastern Oik, 5 gal for $530. 1.20 30 Western Oik, 20 Tores and Tibes 5 « u for cash 30 days, fist 1929 Ford Roadster $250 1926 Dodge Coupe $150 F ru P ickett M otor C o . * SUBSCRIBE FOR THE SHERMAN COUNTY JOURNAL Price Changes UPDEGRAFF & PEPPER Attorneys At Law Moro the Veteran’s hospital in Port* land last Saturday with pneu monia. Elmer Hansen and wife have been there for a part of the week since his mother returned home. Miss Lucille Templeton was taken to The Dalles hospital last When Your Shoes need Monday night by Dr. Poley suf Repair, send them to fering with appendicitis. An e- mergency operation was perform ed upon her arrival at the hospi tal and she is getting along very GOOD SHOE REPAIRING THE DALLES well. 204 Second St WERNMARK« ZELL’S FUNERAL HOME -- and -- AMBULANCE SERVICE Phono 846 The Dalles, Ore — or----- 'GRASS VALLEY PHARMACY Phooe222 CALLAWAY’S FUNERAL CHAPEL Funeral Directors : ——- Union and Third St The Dalles, Ore. M. A. McCall, of the Depart ment of Agriculture. Washing ton, D. C., was here Monday afternoon viewing the work of thia station. He was taken to Pendleton by Mr. Stephens to in spect that branch later in the Captain Harbert O’Dean and wife, of Point Dupont, Del., were at the R. J. Ginn home Wednesday evening. Mrs O’ Dean is a daughter of T. R. Mc Ginnis, an old Sherman county resident and is a niece of Mrs. Ginn. Bill Raymond and Clarence Huis spent a day or two the last of the week In the huckleberry patches near White Salmon. Clarence had the misfortune to cut his foot with an axe which necessitated their return before they expected Effective At Once Eastern Oils, 5-gaL Can 44 44 44 it $5.50 1.10 .35 .30 .20 Less than Gal. per qt change, per qt u Western Oil per qt...... ........ Gas. 1c under present price Tires and Tubes 5 per cent off list for Cash 44 44 “ 30 days, list Blacksmith Coal200-lb. sack ... 3.75 JOB Iron, per pound............................ C R Shafting, per pound......... ;. .10 . Cast Shears Sharpened, to 16-in .35 Steel ** * » “ “ .40 The Above Price Change is We Think in Accordance With Present Conditions and we Think Our Customers Will Appre ciate Our Position in Going to a Strictly 80 Day Cash Basis. If We Can Eliminate a Possible L ohs We Can Sell at a Less Margin of Profit. . Foss & Co Member Moro Credit Association ±5
