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No. 44
Moro, Oregon, September 11,1931
Forty Third Year
SEEDING RATE
UNIMPORTANT
Wasco Editor Buys
Elgin Recorder
MMITTE ON
RELIEE MEETS
WHEAT CROP
1,172,768 DU
Four Men Injured In
Automobile Accident
DAYTON PLAN
TO BE HEARD
A rather serious accident that
fra W. Cauthen® pkaded guilty to
marred a holiday trip and might have
A R McCall, who ha® publi»had
the charge placed
' him of as
resulted fatally to »some of the
the Sherman County New. at Waico
sault with a danger««* weapon and
county’« most pronj^ient citizens
for the past year, WM in Moro MoB:
was sentenced to tbe penitentiary
happened last Monday evening near
day and etatad that he ha. purchased
Ward Brothers To Speak At Court
by Judge D. R. Parser last Friday
Figores Given Oot By Grain Corp. Sunnysid®, Washington.
the Elgin Recorder and will give Hi
about
11
o
’
clock.
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will
serve
an
J. P. Yates and his brother in law
Cunty Committe Makes Plans For
House Saturday Night
indeterminate sentence of not more
Arthur Molesworth, accompanied by
Almost No Difference In 2 To 8 Pk time to that enterprise in a ®hort
Almost Complete
time.
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than three year®.
E. D. McKee and A. B. Potter, at
Winter
Work
Mr®. McCall ha® already moved to
Cauthen® had thra«t« ned to take
tended the celebration of th® opening
Per Acre Rate
the Union county city and is man
the life of hi® wife and children while
of the Satus road and after the pro-
aging that paper while Mr. McCall i®
she was employed at the Floyd Flatt
ifram was finished drove up into toe
in Wa®co for a few week® longer to
ranch the Sunday previous. It wns
Yakima valley to- s«*e the new work.
arrange for the continuance of the
explained by the District Attorney
Near Sunnyside some loose gravel
Hail
apd
Drouth
Cut
County
Crop
To
that Cauthens, being fir«>m the south
businesa there.
combined with a soft shoulder on the Attempt Will B* Made To Organize
ern state of South Gbrolint, might
road caused the heavy car to run off
Less Than Half Normal
Sberars RoU Will Be Used T o S.pply
Locally
have a more ungovernable -temper
the grade and turn over down a ten
Dayton Henrichs
than the average man and while Uli®
Emergency Labor
Wheat—how much and where? foot bank.
was not made as an excuse for his
Yields oLTurkey Wheat
McKee and Potter were badly shak
Funeral Large One
What to do? What to do? is the
actions it explained them somewhat. These questions have been bothering en up and cut and were taken to a hos
plaint of the wheat farmes when he
some of those who like their statistics
.
The
prisoner
expre«®«
d
himself
as
While it j® not expected that un
pital where they remain' d over night. considers the price of wheat and the
reconciled to his fate and^aid he be close*-te-home for several weeks.
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Of all the things the farmer has to
The funeral of Dayton Henrich« employment will play so important lieved that he wa® not fitted for the Fortunately this is a year when it is George Potter drove to Xakjma Tues surplus—supposed or real -that con
day and brougb|-the paWy^ home all fronts him. Here com®s to Sherman
‘ worry him, about the best methods last Friday was attended by a crowd a part in the internal economics of
comparatively easy to find out how
from .. bruises
and minor county two men who are going about
of getting the most for his land, one I of friends that taxed the capacity of Sherman county a® in counties having duty of husband and father and much wheat this county ha« produced suffering
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can be dropped from his mind as of the Legion Hall. The sermon was a larger urban population, plans ar® would make no protest if released
h
urts
r
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the country,.like the prophets of old,
for all of the wheat wa® stored in
little importance in itself. That is given by Rev. R. A. Hutchinson, of being made to take care^of those who from that duty.
। It is thought that ithere arc noy
nV n < f < on
warehouses
and
elevators
owned
by
-nv
of
the
«n-oun
explaining the Dayton plan of con-
He was taken to Salem Saturday
serious
injuries
to
any
of
the
group
the amount of seed to put on an acre The Dalles, who, from the large num will have no job® during the winter
the Farmers National Warehousing
'"K
of ground. It just doesn’t make a bit ber of persons present to pay their month®. The committee named by morning by Sheriff Chrisman and
and,unless something deve•lop« within (roll
These men are the Ward brothers,
Corporation.
Harry Kunsman.
the
governor
some
weeks
ago
held
the
next
few
days
they
will
be
able
' of difference. z
last respects to the departed, drew
Russel, of Portland and Mikkalo, and .
Figures released this week from the
In the years the »ate and .date of the conclusion that the deceased had their initial meeting in Moro Wed
Lucas in Wasco and to be about their work with nothing Walter, a husky wheat' fanner and
offices
of
L.
J.
more painful than a multitude of
sowing test has been running at the lived in accordance with the wishes nesday morning and mapped out the
J. W. Shepard, in Grass Valley, give bruises and stiffened joints to recall 1 stock raiser of Multe, Montana,
station there has been but little vari- of God. Certainly Dayton Henrich® procedure they will follow in listing Reception For Teachers
the amount of wheat delivered into their narrow escape. Mr. Yates’ car I Both of them were reared on a
.- ation in the net yields produced when had lived so as to merit the respect applicants for county relief this
1 farm near Day ton, ^Washington, the
the houses ànd elevators so far this
Scheduled
tor
Sept
18
. seeding from two to eight pecks to of his fellow citizens.
winter.
men have also made was badly damaged.
h<yne of the Dayton plan. They are
year
and
these
Member® of the committee are
the acre. There ha« been so little
The quartette, Mrs. Wilford Belshe,
"enthusiastic about it because it
an'estimate on the bushels of wheat
difference that Mr. Stephens has ceas Mrs. L. H. "Nahouse, Homer Belshee County Judge George A. Potter, Earl
promises to lead the farmer in whom
A teachers reception, sponsored that will come in later in the season. Battles of Youth and
ed to experiment with the odd peck and Tom Fraser sang accompanied by Jones and J. C. Freeman and all were
Bushels
they are personally interested into
Station
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by
the-Moro
Woman
’
«
Club,
will
be
plats and now conduct® tbe experi L. H. Nahouse and Tom Fraser, sang present nt the meeting. They will
a
154,20G
Miller
Education To Begin better land. ' 7*
work in conjunction with the county held- in th® Moro school gymnasium,
ment only with two, four, six and
Briefly the plan is to form a body
a solo.
47,100
Friday September 18th at 8 o clock
Biggs
eight peck sowings. This is one-half
Pall bearers were Harry Pinkerton, court as it Will be the duty of the un
of farmers who will promise to sell
117,667
Rufus
\
bushel, one bushel, one and one-half Elwood Ginn, Ross Ornduff, Walter employment comittee to find out the p. m.
only three qdarters of the wheat they _
207,767
Wasco
Teachers in adjoining country dis
Anoth<T battle will begin next
bushel and two bushel.which is range Ruggles, Allen Murray and Melvin condition of those applying for jobs
raise and do something else with the
Klondike
tricts as well as those in our local
Monday morning at nine oclock be
enough for any condition.
Schadewitz and honorary pall bearers and to recommend to the court and
remainder
of their crop. They point
57,800
Hay
Canyon
school
are
invited.
This
is
to
be
a
tween fiery youth and old man educa
• The heavier sowing does sometimes were W. F. Jackson, Robert Belshee, the engineer that those be hired wljo
out
that
for
the past fifty years the
10,267
very informal get together and par
Nish
tion and it is presumed that there will
make a little larger crop but when Chartes Bullard, Charles Adlard, Fred are in greatest need of work.
short
crops
in
the United States have
7,000
-*■ DeMoss
Blanks are now being printed ents and patron® arc urged to be
be no armistice between the two con
the seed is taken from the total crop Krvsow and W. S. Powell.
brought more money to the producers
106,700
Moro
which the members of the committee present.
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flicting parties for bine long months.
to give the net return the smaller per
The Masonic lodge of Moro, of
than have the large crops. This is
38,600
Erskine
No winner can be prophesied at the
acre drop sowing is every bit as which the deceased had been a mem- will have filled out by the needy.
true not only in price per bushel but
73,867
Grass
Valley
These blank® when filled will give in-
peesentr writing, but as combat is con
good.-
’
I m I for eighteen yars, had charge of
in total price paid to the farmers.
51,467
Bourbon
ducted individually- between each
Surely there are conditions which the cergtoohWrirthe grave Bltfr «nd farmatioi*' as to the name, age, oc Farmer’s National Grain
W(th this in mind the originators
80,600
Kent
student and the foe it is likely that
make it impcactical to sow v/heat too the Moro troup - of Boy Scouts cupation, and financial standing of i
20,600
of
the Daytcm platt'4®yiBeti a way to
To
Bè
TMd
Here
Wilcox
each side will win some of the en
thin. One that every farmer will aalutod their assistant leader’s grave the applicant. They will tell how long
make
all crops conform tp the
1,111,768
Total
gagements.
thinly of instantly is the prevalence of with the impressive notes of taps, the the applicant has lived in Sherman
mesUc
requirements of tho , nation
“ 4 36,000
Judges furnished by the various
To be delivered
weeds. In caae the field is wf,ed in- last farewell to a adMier or a scout. county; how man/dependents he has; j
and handle the surplus in such a way
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25,000
when he was last employed and' how
,w
Due to the short cr< P in Sherman
school districts will be on hand at all
festqd heavier sowings may tend to
to keep it from interfering witji the
much
he has earned since April 1st. - county this year the Farmer’s Na-
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1,172,768
times to see that the. rules of the
- chtfke them out and give a better ।
Total
price of tho total crop.
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In addition to. this information ^onai announce that they will hold
4 H Children Holding
Mr. Lucas estimates that there will game are followed strictly and while
yield.
It has been pointed out during the
the committee will have before them । wheat
wneat purchased
purenas«« by them here in be 36,000 bushels delivered or held I their support and-encouragement may
Good nitrogen content of the soil
Annual Club Day when thè blanks a/e filled out knowl- ]ocai warehouses until spring.
‘ . This over the winter for sale it» the terri- be all on the side of youth they will controversy that has been raging
is necessary to stooling of the wheat
about.the Walla Walla plan and the
edge of whether the applicant owns
give local houses a chance to tory north of Hay Canyon and Mr. I insist on the rules.
plant making it good practice to sow
Dayton plan that th<'y should be
a home or an automobile and whether make up some of the loss suffered Shepard estimates that there will be I Following is a list of the teachers
heavier on ground that has not been
¡worked in (conjunction with each •
Friday is club day and children | these posessions are paid for or not. tbroUgh warehousing a short crop. 25,000 bushels in the territory south who will conduct the engagement:-
farmed in season or on poor summer
other. The former would control the
are
hurrying and scurrying about
All of these questions will be vked wbeat that is shipped out of the coun- of Grass Valley to be delivered.
Rufus: Homer Sibley, Prin., Rosa
.
fallow.
present surplus, and the latter^would x
washing
the
pigs
and
combing
the
with the one purpose of finding out ty brings in no further income to
It is pleasant to talk 6f early sow
The average crop of the county Bates, I. W. Nolen, Dorothy Nolen, 'control all future surpluses and put
is over twice this total. The largest I Vera King. .
ing and advise that this is the best lambs to make the best showing. It the persons in the county who are county organizations.
most needy and who must be given
Prior
]
to September 1st the Moro crop that this county has raised in
Wasco: Paul R. McCulloch, Prin., the farmer on a solid basis.
practice, but sometime« Jupiter Pluv- is a great time for the club workers.
Tho Ward brothers are not among
Two
assistant
‘
state
club
leaders
work
by
some
means
or
other
than
Q
ra
j
n
Growers
ha«l
bought
64,083
ius, the rainmaker, forgets his part
recent years was the crop of 1923 Robert Manning, Elma Profitt, Vir- those who would have the government
bushels of wheat in the district cov- when we produced 3,640,000 bushels gina Magness, Maggi«* Triplett, Marie
- of the. ceremony and early sowing is will be here Friday morning to do their own efforts. t
provide aid for the farmers indefi-
It is expected that a camp will be ered by them, from Hay Canyon to of wheat something over three times June Andrews, Retha McDonald, Mrs.
impossible unless th® farmer wishes the judging of livestock, garden ex
nat®ly.
They say that the farmer
Ethel Van Gilder.
to entrust his seed to dry soil which hibits and sewing and cooking. Miss started in the Sherar’s road neighbor Erskine. In the same time and ter this years total.
must
settle
his own problems if he
Kent: Wily W. Knighten, Prin.,
is usually disastrous. However, there 1 Helen Cowgill and L. J. Allen are the hood sometime in October and that, ritory other sales amounted to 34,870 | From Klondike north the crop is
would
have
those
problems settled in
weather permitting, work will be bushels. These sales represent near 664,867 bushels with an estimated Mrs. Rita Harpe, Mrs. Essie Wilson,
has been a marked difference in the judges selected for this county.
a mariner suitable to,him and not to
The club fair will be .held at the continued from that on until the road ly one half of the wheat grown in । 31,000 bushels coming in later. From Lorainne Darby, Della Helyer.
crops raised after early seeding and
some one ebe. Jhjs plan which they
Gorman: Mrs. Edna M. Purcell.
late seeding. The middle of October county fair grounds and there will is finished. Some arrangements will this district this year.
there are 220,367 bushels with about
will, explain at the cotH^*bpuse Sat-
be a picnic lunch at noon in the pa be made if possible to have some
Erskine: ‘Edna Jackson.
! Hay Canyon to Erskine inclusive
is the dividing line.
j
urday night, provides a m®ans where-
Moro: James Luebke, Prin., John
Crops sown September 14th have vilion with everyone invited to come Sherman county men employed on
i 5,000 bushel® yet to come in. From
j
by the farmer can do this.
made 32.1 bushels. Those sown and see the show. There is no charge state work along the highways in this
I Grass Valley south there are on hands W. Walker, Frances Bacon, Helen
The meeting at the court house on
admission
September 26th have made 31.7 f for
or admission.
county.
* 226,534 bushels with 25,000 bushels Kutch, Hazel Thomas, Cecil Cothran,
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Continued to page three
i The county engineer is now sur
bushels; October 12th, 30.8 bushels
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coming in later. These are the divi
Continued to page three
while those sown two and four w®eks depth as possible. Turkey wheat, for veying the new road and will have the
sions of the county that are used
later have made 27.0 and 25.8 bush- instance, should always be covered by I stakes set and the final estimates
when dividing it geographically into
els respectively. This is for an aver- an inch and a half of soil to make the made before any worlg can be begun.
northern, central landsouthern sec
MIN.
PRECIP
MAX.
DAT«
I There will be some work on the farms
age of fifteen years and should be healthiest plants.
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tions.
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fairly conclusive.
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i „Quite often the so called thinner of the county for some weeks to Sept.
It has been estimated that last year
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Experiments are being conducted land holds the fall moisture better come if weather permit« of much
we raised 1,875,000 bushels and
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at the station to determine th® pro»- than does the better soil for the I seeding of wheat this fall.
the year before 1,825,000 bushels.
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6.
per depth to sow different varieties reason that the non porous rock holds I It was the expressed opinion of
In 1924, which wa® one of the poorer
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of whgat,, $Ir. St®phens has dis- the moisture closer to the surface, every member of the committee that
years the county has seen since the
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.06
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covered that some wheats are shal- Land of this kind may qted l^ss seed every man who desires to work this
days of modem farming the pro-
From the Observer September well by him.
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19.
low crowning wheats and others are ' than deeper soil because it will ger
' The power stacker in us© in the
1
duction
1,457,000
bushels.
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13th, 1912.
Total for week....
Continued on Page »•'our.
deep crowning wheats. The crown minate a greater portion of it and
grain warehouses save® a lot of back
Miss Mary Taylor returned on the ache.
The old mankilling way of
ing habits of wheats has more to do the plant will grow faster and ranker
5th
prepared to resume her duties passing sacks from hand to hand un
and
use
up
all
the
moisture
before
with where they will put out their
as teacher in Moro schools. Her sis til they reached the top of tho pile
feeder roots than does the depth of it comes to maturity. Lighter seed
ter, Mrs. V. A. Baker, of Dickerson, is eliminated and the bags reach the
seeding and it is believed advisable ing on lighter soil is one of the be
North Dakota, accompanied her and
liefs
of
the
station
management.
to sow them as near their crowning
top at once by direct route.
will remain until next April. Mr.
From th® Observer of September
Baker will most probably spend the
9
th,
1892.
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holidays in Oregon; he is a farmer
The citizens of Moro should keep
on a large scale, as well as being in
terested in a bank at his Dakota on agitating until the town has^a
good system of water works. No
home.
public improvement could be sug
Robert Newton, of Wasco, adver gested that would be of more sub
tised Thorobred Spitz • Puppies.
stantial benefit to the town than one
(What ha® become of the Spitz any
which would secure for us a good sup
with
many
other
things
that
sound
I
For a lorig time it has been report
Ihpw?)
good
to
one
in
the
hour#*before
meal
I
ply of water.
ed that wheat is good to eat. - Of
Mr. and Mrs. George Bn-rian re <Al Hembree finished threshing on
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course, everybody knows that when time.
turned to their Mdro home on the Thursday of last week. <A list of
When the venality of Sherman
ground into flour and baked with the
9th. The health of Mr. Berrian is those threshed for follows of which
'bounty
cooks
is
considered
it
seems
I
proper baking powder and attertdant
greatly improved by his enforced we give a part. No one had over
that
they
should
take
this
matter
in
ingredients it is good say with honeyx
b25 sacks).. Wm. Holder 258 sacks.
outing. - , ,
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y
bacon or any of the other things us- their own dough covered hands and
Ob King, 149 sacks; O. Cushman, 15J .
attempt
to*
improve
on
it
until
the
L.
L.
Peetz
threshed
a
field
of
54
u«Uy served with biscuits, but when
acres of 40 fold wheat that made the sacks barley, 303 sacks wheat; Geo.
people speak of eating wheat we take cooking of wheat became an art. |
and Dave Vintin. 183 sack® barley
fin® turnout of 950 sacks.
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it that they m®an wheat in the raw They have demonstrated their ability
to
handle
the
common
forms
of
282 sacks wheat; Harty K>niT>
ahd natural state.
From the Observer of September । sacks wheat., 37 sacks oats; Sam
As if to lend strength to the sup wheat as flour at many a grange pic
12th, 1912.
' Holm®», 63 sacks wheat; Carl Peet«,
position that he might again be a- nic and pot-luck dinner; for years
Chas. Hulse sacked 45 bushels per 514 sacks wheat; Frank Davidson
candidate for some dffice within th® they have boiled, roasted and baked,
acre from 90 acres of summerfallow 1152 socks wheat;, Frank Sayrs. 1JJ
gift of the wheat growers Calvin to say nothing of fried, so successful
on the farm, of Uriah Serviss. It pays ; sacks wheat; J. B. Mowry. 145 sacks
ly
that
a
Sherman
county
dinner
is
Coolidge proclaimed some weeks ago
J_i__ 1—, 997
»nrk»
to farm right.
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- wheat.. Average
. that he ate wheat and he,‘ or Mrs. ' something to yearn for as a lover
longs
for
the
object
of
his
affection«.
Henry
Pati.on,
one
vf
the
most
en-
for
Grass
Valley
8 bushels per »ere,
Coolidge, was good enough to tell the
Let
them
concentrate
on
wheat
for
a
terprising
citizens
of
Bhefman
coun-
for
Moro
6
bushels
per acre.
housewife hbw to prepare it for eat
ing. It is simple. Just wash, coak spell and they can glorify it to be a
ty, was a visitor from Grass X alley
Presbyterian chunch at
Tuesday. He reports everything mov-j Monkland was dedicated last Sunday
over night, ¿nd cook until done with national djsh to be as pleasant to the
ing along at a tip top jog in our lively the sermoa bejnff preached by Rev.
one and one half cups of water and palate as the Thanksgiving turkey.
They ' say * that Caesar’« legions
a teaspoon full of salt to each cup of
sister city. He will build four two ; M MorriBOn. A-very large con-
marched on wheat and conquered all
story
buildings
__ oresent. wa®
In present.
the ®ve-
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-- there this fall. ' uregAtion
wheat.
, a
That part of it is O. K. perhaps for of Gaul on it and while the present
One for himself, and one ®«ch for
tho service was made most «t-
those who desire to live simply like scribe has ceased to give advice to
Mayor C. W. Moore, Edmund Hanni-, |ractive by the presence of the De
fin and Frank French. Uenry is look- M
fam.. who eontributed ®«ver«l
th® Coolidges, but some could never military men, it might be a good thing
relish so plain a dish. Now come the to spread such propaganda among
ing «• though the world was doing mU8icg| seiAetloM.
United States home economic® cooks the warring generals, of the Chinese
•nd .uggest some other way. of s®rv- republic.
ing wh^at, with tomatoe., with beef,
EARLY SEEDING DETTER
REGISTRATION TD REGIN
LOW YIELDS ARE GENERAL
PUN TO REDUCE SALES
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WEATHER REPORT FOR
WEEK ENDING SEPT. 9
News of 39, 29 and 19
Years Ago Retold
The Bulle du Board
Popularity Of Wheat Eating
Depends On Versality of Cooks
WS.