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german (County Journal |\ Grass Valley SHERMAN COUNTY OBSERVER, Established Nov. 2, 1888 GRASS VALLEY JOURNAL, Established Oct. 14, 1897 CONSOLIDATED, MARCH 6, 1981 and the ladies made $9.00 on the candy and cake sale which was held. Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Dpnlap and daughters Margaret and Anita, and Dick Abell, visited the Clarno oil well last Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Helyer and daughter Rua, left Wednes day to spend a few days in Mad- Competition in Fat Stock To Be Keen Mrs. W. I, Westerfield left for Portland last week. Published Every Friday at Moro, Oregon, By Mrs. Amelia Peterson and son Managing Editor Ted, have moved back to Grass GILES L. FRENCH Valley. Entered aa ancond-claae matter at the 'ootoffico, at Moro, Oregon, under Act of Jim Woods left.for Klamath Congreso of March 8, 1879. Falls Monday, going with John fiüBSCRIETlON RATES—PAYABLE IN ADVANCE. VanMetre. There was 41 people at Sun OuTur..................................................................................................................... 11 60 Mrs. E. Olds moved to Moro day school Sunday with a collec FARE AND 8UM0OÜM .. ................................................................................................. 1 last week to spend the winter tion of $1.75. ONE-THIRD with her daughter. Mrs. Na- Mrs. Frank Haynes was con FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1931. house. fined to her bed Sunday because ROUND TRIP Clyde and Lester Smith were of the shaking she received Sat out after the heretofore elusive urday when she fell down the FARMER vs.'EUROPE.. OMAHA deer again this week with very stairs lea ling to the basement. KANSAS CITY We hear on all sides, and it is probably true, that great effort» good success. MINNEAPOLIS Mrs. J. N. Maclnnes and dau Beautifully fitted Aberdeen Angus heifer “Queen of All", Grand Cham ST. LOUIS < will be made during the next session of congress to repeal the Jacob Wassenmiller has re ghter and Mrs. C. B. Doyle of pion In Fat Stock Division of 1930 Pacific international. Owned and MILWAUKK fitted by Montana State Agricultural College. Bozeman. ttm marketing act because the government is loaning the farmers turned from Nevada where he Grass Valley, were over week SIOUX CITY cornerstone — livestock. Here each The "Grand Championship" »i DES MOINES too much money to no avail. So far Uncle Sam has put up a has been for the past few weeks end visitors at Wishram, Wash. year are exhibited millions of dol the most «agerly sought award by DULUTH lars worth of America’s outstand llveatock breeders everywhere. Par Art Justesen went to Portland revolving fund of $500.000,000.00 for the farm board. The board prospecting for pay ore. CHICAGO ing examples In the better breed ticularly do our agricultural col ST. PAUL kaa wheat and cotton to show for a part of the money invented Herman Schilling has about Sunday with Charles Belshee to leges treasure purple ribbons se ing and better feeding of Beef and COUNCIL BLUFFS build have another X ’ ra y picture tak Dairy Cattle, Heavy Draft Horses. completed the hoube he is cured in competition. No wonder, and they are also reasonably sure that their use of the money in MEMPHIS Sheep. Hogs. Goats. Poultry, Rab therefore, that the entire popula place, en of his finger, NEW ORLEANS bits and Pet Stock. Prized ribbons ’ the purchase of this wheat and cotton kept many small country ing on the Harvey Smith tlon of Montana was jubilant when, occupied by Charles Baker. Mrs. W. W. Knighten spent and cash awards totaling >100,00U last year, "Queen of All” secured DEPARTURE DATES. > banks from going broke in the fall of 1929. Yet $500,000,000.00 is Tom Garrett and wife were in the week end in Grass Valley. Insure the keenest competition In the premier award in its class the ' Quite a sum of money and the opponents of the farm board can the Willamette valley where Mr. and Mrs. Art Decker and first time the State College partici all classes Here also are to be found Dairy pated In this particular event. Will make plenty of noise about it. they formerly lived, for a few daughter Hazel, drove to Hood- and Land Products Shows; Wool Montana repeat? Other breeders Stopovor privilogoa and Mohrlr Shew; Industrial Ex and colleges of the Pacific slopu The Department of Commerce says that in November of last days this week hunting birds. * River Friday morning, returning — LEAVE — hibits; Boys’ and Girls’ Club Work country are serving notice right year the European countries owed the United States $11.640,000,- Grover Young is moving his home Saturday. now that "Montana” will have to Exhibits; Wild Life Exhibit by Ore "go some” If it expects to retain W. H. Helyer was a visitor in gon Fish and Game Commission; 000.00. This represents money that the government itself had family back to the Louis Schad- If Its laurels at the forthcoming 21.»1 "Truth In-Meats". Exhibit; and one Kent last Monday.. phon loaned to foreign countries, Also it is reliably stated that private witz farm south of town and ex Annual Pacific International Live of America’» most spectacular stock Exposition, Portland. Orec.m, Horse Shows — feat^ring this year, Capital of the'United States to the amount of over $13,000,000.000- pects to remain there this winter Saturday evening the young A. ROSE. A««nt October 24 31. instead of in the city. people of Kent gave Mr.' and for the first time, matinee perform Moro. Orwon Pacific International, with its .00 has been loaned to Europe. These sums together make a total ances every afternoon A number of the ladies of the Mrs. Dick Reckmann a charivari complete shows housed un of nearly $25.000,000,000.00 loaned to our allies and foes across the Woman’s Club drove to Arling- and shower. - The young people twelve I Reduced round trip fares are an der one Immense roof eleven acres K -s* M a nounced by all leading transporta, tn extent, is in reality a great edu pond. lington Thursday to attend a received many useful presents. tlon lines to the Pacific Interna cational Institution devoted to the Now the simplest arithmetic will show that what has been district gathering of representa At midnight lunch consisting of tlonal at Portland. October 24-31. upbuilding of agriculture and Its cake, sandwiches and coffee loaned to the farm board for the American farmer is but 2 percent tives of Woman’s Clubs. Sherman County Jouanal Read the ads every week. of the amount that has been loaned to European countries. Furth- Last Sunday Dell Olds achiev were served, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wilson, * rm ore financiers are still loaning to Europe and are drawing in ed a fishing season’s ambition Mrs. Sidney Wisner, and Mrs. S. loans in this country wherever that is possible. Also our banifici- when he returped from a fishing A. Wilson of Rufus, were visit trip with Jack Gervais, carrying •nt government will permit foreign countries to put off paying ors at the J. C. Wilson home more fish than Jack had. Principal Events of the Week Chair interest and payments to us although it was not stated wheth The old liR^t plant is being Tuesday. Assembled for Information er the interest payments were made on what was privately loaned torn down this week by Henry Jack Kelly who has been visit of Our Readers. Howell and another glaring bill ing in The Dalles, returned home or not. Monday evening. Business men have about convinced the American farmer that board of a structure will be re he does not wknt to borrow any more money until he has paid back moved from the sight of passers W. G. Helyer and son Jesse, Many alfalfa growers in central Ore For Fall Work returned home from their hunt gon have cut a third crop and all have tome that he has already borrowed. It is, however, rather pecul- by. had two fairly good crops. Out in the John Hays and wife and Bob ing .trip Sunday evening. ar that European countries are not told the same thing. Lone Pine, Powell Butte, Terrebonne J. C. Wilson motored to Hood Burns and wife are at the hot For Winter Anyone acquainted with farming conditions knows that there springs on the Warm Springs River Tuesday morning and Cloverdale districts there will be hundreds of tons of hay over the needs are many farms mortgaged for more than can be paid with prices Indian reservation for a short Mr. and Mrs. Roy Martin of Of Course These Goods are at of the districts. Hay in the Lone Pine M they are at present. Also anyone reading the daily dispatches fall trip to allow John to recover The Dalles, were visitors in Kent section is selling at >9 to >10 per ton. realizes that Europe is in debt for sums that they cannot pay the from the fall he had recently. Monday evening. Richard Beasley, 86, pioneer Uma interest on. If anything Europe is worse off than the United Elva Baker underwent another Jeorge Wilf on who has been tilla county resident, took his first air major operation at The Dalles attending the university at Eu plane ride at Hermiston last week. State«, but they are getting the loans. GRASS VALLEY. OREGON Mr. Beasley crossed the plains with W This being the case, it seems reasonable to suppose that if hospital last Monday. Another gene, returned home Monday. ox teams in 1865 from Missouri, reach piece of diseased bone was re American money is invested in Europe instead of at home, the fin- moved from his hip and tests A number of Kent people at ing Pilot Rock within six months after start. nanciert will be more interested in European recovery than in made for tuberculosis, from tended the dance which was giv the The stork arrived last week with the en in Shaniko last Saturday American recovery and will lend their greatest strength toward which disease he has suffered for night. first colored baby ever known to be Published in the Interest of the People of Grass Valley and born in Lane county. The parents, making European countries prosperous before the United States. several years Vicinity by The TUM-A-LUM LUMBER COMPANY Mr. and Mrs. Carl Gregg and Mr. and Mrs. B. Weston, have named They will have more financial interest in promoting, new trade The Woman’s Community Club family spent Sunday with Mr. the baby Eugene Lane Weston. He No. 3» GRASS VALLEY. OREGON, OCTOBER 23. 1931 Vol. 31 was the first negro baby registered channels for Germany, for instance, than for the domestic pro library was moved into the new and Mrs. Alfred Lyons. yeant, good building material and fuel. EDITORIAL. ducts; they will hunt harder for markets for European wheat than Legion hall last week from the J. C. Wilson and son, Charles in county records at Eugene. Baker building. The Legion Noreen Leary, 8, daughter of Mr. Mr. Norton at Kent is securing or for wheat grown in the United States in which they have less fi boys finished cleaning and wash and Charlie Bill Wilson were vi and Mrs. Dan Leary, went hunting ders W hen you feel tha cold creeping for a car of Utah Lump Coal. through and your fuel bill runs high— sitors at Rufus Sunday. autumn leaves near her home In Rain Phone your orders now. nancial interest. Money boasts that it is international and patriot ing their new quarters Monday think of Insulation instead of how to ier last week. Suddenly two bears raise money to buy more fuel; then ism is too weak a sentiment to even moderate self-interest. and the old newspaper office is Laurence Gott, Jimmie Rees, reared Grass Valley has a car very fine Oak come to the office and we will show the up from behind a log. She ran and Millard Holt were visitors in Anyway, when the sums that we have loaned to foreign already asuming a new role. 16-in Wood at minimum low price. new way to get permanent winter com one way. They ran the other. Kent Sunday. fort at less cost. The Ray-Brown cannery at Wood Countries for the benefit of their people are redeemed, the loans to Johnnie VanMetre was in town W. W. Knighten went to Sal • ’ I hear you had hot words with your our home co-operatives seem to be .small. They are, indeed, a a few minutes last Monday while em last Thursday where he at burn brought the busiest period in it» wife last night.” If its Paint or Kalsomine, we hava it. history to a close when the last of this on his way to Reno, Nevada, “ Yeah, I had some but I didn ’ t get a •mall part of the financial worries of the government. ’s pear pack waa completed last where he is in charge of a filling tended the principal’s meeting. year This is ideal weather to paint. week. Some 5000 tons of pears have chance to use them.” He returned home Sunday. ---------- O---------- —T-A-L— station for the Standard Oil Co. been put Into cans this season, as com to Red- pared with 4000 tons a year ago, which Carl Gregg motored S’ALL See.you neat week.—E. E. He has been working for the FOR Sale: — Thia week and every THAT SINKING FUND. other week, at special lowest prices in Gervais, Yard Manager. company in Portland and was mond Friday evening, returning wys a record up to that time. home Saturday. One of the items often mentioned when the approaching county transferred. Warren Norton left for the budget is under discussion is the $18.000 sinking fund for the pay George Wilcox, Dr. C. L. Pol- ment of road bonds of the county. Two sides argue with equal ey. E E. Gervais, Earl Olds and Willamette valley Sunday. facility about whether or not this amount should be levied this Ray Blake were at the Moro J, L. Davis and children, Eve- lyn and Luther, were visitors in year or whether this sum should be taken from the budget and al hotel Wednesday as represents tives of Grass Valley at the The Dalles Sunday. lowed to wait until more fortunate times. county wide meeting off the Lloyd Johnson of Moro was a The argument may as well be halted or restricted to thp theory county chambers of commerce visitor in Kent over the week of the matter, for the state law expressly states that “the county with the state manager, W. G. end. court shall—until maturity of the bonds, set aside as a special fund Ide. Mr. and Mrs W. L. Wilson of for the payment of the bonds such percentage of the face value of Rufus were visitors at the J. C. Henry Tetz and Wily Knight the bonds as at the date of their maturity shall aggregate the full en, principals of Grass Valley Wilson home. and Kent schools, were in Salem Mrs. Susie Davis of Hood River face value thereof ” over the week end to attend the is staying at the J. C. Wilson The eighteen I housand dollars that must be annually levied for meeting of the high school prin home while Mrs Wilson is con the retirement of these bonds is over seven percent of the total cipals of the state. Mrs. Tetz fined to her bed with pneumonia. taxes. If this amount was to be delayed for several years and was visited in Forest Grove with her Load agents of Stock Fire Insurance companies Mr. and Mrs. J. H Wilson are numbered among your home town people— then added later it would in all likelihood raise the levy to more sister, Mrs. H. Hutchcroft, while spent Sunday at the home of Mr. than 6 percent above that of the previous year. The taxes of this the men were at the meeting. your neighbors. and Mrs. W. 0. Smith. These agents live here —own property and eoenty have been reduced very drastically and some eare must be Four carloads of livestock left John Reckmann of Grass Val pay rexee here—are part of the business and civic Grass Valley for Portland last taken to keep within reasonable limits for when conditions become ley was in Kent Saturday even Saturday night. Lester Smith interest of the community. Every property owner more favorable there will be a strong demand for more generous shipped a carload of steers;- Les ing. should frequently consult his insurance agent. allotments for schools and perhaps roads. Mrs. Rita Harpe made a busi ter Barnum shipped a double The companies have large investments in this Sherman cOunty has already made a larg r proportionate cut deck car of sheep Chas, Belshee ness trip to Portland Friday state. A very personal relationship exists between in taxes than any other county in the state. Other counties are shipped cattle: and T. M. Rolfe evening. you and . ' ; • this year reducing their levies whereas ours were slashed last year •hipped horses for the Pacific The ladies of the Kent Ameri STOCK FIRE INSURANCE and taxpayers are already reaping the benefit. It will, perhaps, be International Livestock show for can Legion Auxiliary went to Antelope last Wednesday even himself and C. J. Thompson. regretted by some that this $18 000 cannot be taken from the bud .— which not only provide» the indemnity for ing, Oct. 14, for joint installa get this year, but to do do so would seem to be directly contrary tion with tife Antelope Auxil which you pay, but works constantly in many iary. •, For the George Bell unit ways to insure the safety of your frmdy, your to law. the following officers were in ----- 0----- home, your business and community. stalled: President, Floy von As a pacifier of criminal» the mountain air around Mecham is Borstel; vice president. Emma Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Dellinger Pleumke; secretary, Dorothy as good as a posse. - * and son Arnold, visited in The Dunlap; ----- 0----- Chaplain, Donalda THE NATIONAL BOARD OF FIRE UNDERWRITERS Dalles last Saturday. Knighten; historian, Rita Harpe; Now Seattle wants Tusko. Perhaps to counteract the drawing 89 NEW YORK Everyone who was present en treasurer, Mildred Norton. After attributes of the famed Ethelbert. CHIÇAGO.222 • SAN FRANCISCO. & joyed the card party which the installation the evening was ----- 0----- American Legion Auxiliary la ■pent In playing cards after The annual fall sport of predicting a hard winter Is on In full dies gave last Saturday evening which dainty refreshments were There were nine tables of cards •erved. b|aat again and it is as monotonus as ever. ONMCIFIC OREGON STATE NEWS OF GENERAL INTEREST 98 Cent Overalls Heavy Clothes Overshoes. ZIEGLER’S Quality Store TUM-A-LUM TICKLER N EIGHBORS Kent News
