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About Sherman County journal. (Moro, Or.) 1931-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 30, 1931)
Vernon Flatt, Marvin Miller. Joe Truitt and Gi es French at tended tbe meeting of tbe tri- each month. Visitiuc county council of the American Legion Wednesday night in Tbe Mrs. Art Barzee was admitted Dalles. X :obt Urquhart, Secretary. to The Dalles last Wednesday. IjDCúiOir Bethleham Chapter No. 78 O. E- S. Moro, Oregon communica- Regular ----- H obs each 2nd and 4th Thursday evenings of Mrs. Ruth Spi Worthy M Nans Bane«, Secretary. Mero, Oregon Meets every Monday evening in the 1.0.0.F hall. Transient and visiting brother» are cordially invited U» meet with u» Harvey C. Thompson, N. G. A. M. Young, Secretary. Moro, Oreg'-n Meets 2d and 4th Tues- days of each munti Visiting members wel- come. Florence McDonald Noble Grand ess ie Henrichs, Secretary Dave Reid was here from The Dalles the first of the week. Dr. F.W. Clarke Dr. Clarke will be in Moro. Greta Freeman is here visiting Saturday, Nov. 7th Moro Hotel. her parents from her home in Take care of your eyes now. All LaGrande. glasses reduced 25 to 50 percent. Mrs. C. W. Templeton is visit When in Portland call at our of ing in Hillsboro with her daugh fice. 202 - 203 Merchants Trust ter for a few days. Bldg., cor. 6th and Washington Wayne Akers, of Eugene, vis streets. ited his mothec. Mrs. G. C. Akers here over the week end. C. L. Pepper was here from The Dalles to consult with his partner. George Updegraff, about legal affairs (tacita Frank Fortner was here the iirst of the week from Vancouv er, Wash , where he makes his horn t now. Sunday school 2:30 p. m. Preaching service 3:30 p. m. Vern B. McGowan of Grass will sing. Mrs. M. E. McKee entertained R. A. Hutchinson, Pastor. the members of the younger bridge dub at her home Friday k Meets at Legion hall on MethodUt Church afternoon. ■ 2nd anl 4 th V^ednesday Moro * evening» of each month. Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Barnum of days R. J. Bruckert, Commander The Dalles, spent a few Sunday school at 10 a m. Vernon Flatt, Adjutant last week visiting with relatives Preaching 1:15 a. m. here. Our morning services are held HARLAND VIEW GRANGE No. M2 15 minutes later than usual. The three Cothran girls, Mrs. Meets in their hall in Harmony Di>- N. Sherman Hawk, trict the second and fourth Friday Cothran, and Mrs. Pluemke of nights of each month. Visiting Kent, drove to Portland the last Pastor. Grangers welcome. of the week. C. P.’Adams, Master. C. E. Crites, Secretary. Dr. and Mrs. W. N. Morse were here Sunday fora visit with - Usual Sunday meetings: Grass Valley Ixxige No. 131, L, V. Moore and family, parents 1 Sunday school 10 a. m. I. O. O. F. meets every 2d and Preaching Ham. and 7:30. of Mrs. Morse. 4th Thursday »venings of the month in I am not ashamed of the gos the Odd Fellows hall. Sojourn ng W. C. Bryant visited her Mrr. brothers are cordially invited. pel of Christ, for it is the power daughters, Lois at Monmouth L. K. Smith Vern McGowan. of God unto salvation to every Secy. and Ruth, who is teaching at Al N G. one that believeth. — Rom. 1:16. bany, last week. Behold, now is the accepted Mr. and Mrs. Darwin Van Gild er visited Mrs. Van Gilder’s par time; behold, now is the day of salvation.—Cor. f:2. Dr J. R. Morgan ents, Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Young J. D. and Mra. Miller, last Sunday. Pastors. DENTIST Miss Frances Bacon, Moro United States Dental Ex High School English teacher, Christian Science aminer for this district was in Eugene over the week end. Everlasting Pun Subject George Gochnour, well known ishment.” OFFICE AT resident of the Yakima valley, Golden Text: Proverbs 10:28. MORO, OREGON was here Wednesday advertising Tbe hope of the righteousness sales he is crying at his ranch. shall be gladness; but the expec J. M. Callahan, who formerly tation of the wicked shall perish. Responsive Reading: Matthew represented International Har vester Co., in thia county, has 5:6-8, 17-19, 29,30. Church service every Sunday been transferred to Eugene DENTIST morning at 11 o’clock and Wed where he is in the same work. HOME OFF1CB, WASCO A. H. and Henry Barnum drove nesday evening at 8 o’clock. All are cordially invited to at to Portland Thursday morriing with a truck load of stock and, of tend the church services and Regular visits made to Grass course, to take a look at the show. make use of the reading room Valley. Watch for announce C. J. Thompson left early this which is open daily, where all ments. week for the stock show and see authorized Christian Science lit his colts with the ribbons on erature may be read, borrowed or purchased. them. • Dr. J. A. Butler UPDEGRAFF & PEPPER Attorneys At Law Moro Oregon „ Webbers fiï ^Tailors fl SUITS Cleaned & Pressed —$1.OO— Driver in in Sherman County Towns Every Monday & Thursday ........................................... ■ -- Mrs. Ted Guinan, of Golden- dale visited here the first of the week with her husband who is employed by the Shell Co. The Shell Oil Co. plant here was broken into Wednesday night and som> gasoline and clothes were stolen. Morris Searcy arrived here for a few days visit on his way from Marshfield to Yakima where he will be employed on a newspaper. The elder woman’s bridge club was entertained Thursday after noon at the country home of Mrs. O L. Belshe. The Ladies Aid Society of M E. Church will hold a ’’hard times” social at the home of Mrs. J. B. Adams, Nov. 5th. Ladies must wear house dresses or pay a fine. When Your Shoes need ' Hunters were bringing in deer Repair, send them to until the last days of tbe season. WERN MARK’S GOOD SHOE REPAIRING 204 Second St THE DALLES ZELL’S FUNERAL HOME -- and —- AMBULANCE SERVICE Phone 345 The Dalles, Ore ----- or GRASS VALLEY PHARMACY Phone 222 CALLAWAY’S FUNERAL CHAPEL Funeral Directors and Embalmers Union and Third St. The Dalles, Ore. Dell Wright, George Meloy and Jack Noonan brought one in from the Prineville country last week. Notes of Interest Fr^m The 1 Baptist Church (Grass Valley) Morning Worship. —• Church School 10 a. m. Preaching 11 a. m. The Firat Ch apt., of Revelations. We will continue a series of sermons on the Book of Revelations each Sabbath morning. Come and hear these sermons on this won derful Book of prophecy telling of the things that must shortly come to paM. Evening Worahip. B Y. P. U. 6;30 p. m. Preaching 7:30 p. m. Not Yet. Mid-Week Worahip Prayermeeting and Bible study Thursday 7:30 p.m. The 8th chapter of Acts for Bible study Thursday evening. You are cordially invited to at tend our services. Come and worahip with us; if you are a Christian, yon can be a better Chriatian by your attendance up on public worship; if you are not a Christian it is all the more necessary that you do attend public worship. Church pews never skid into a ditch, smash against a telephone pole, or get tagged for speeding. May we have tbe pleasure of seeing you at the aervicea next Sunday. Rev. S. L. Boyce, Pastor. J. C. Freeman was in* Port land the first of the week on business. Neal Freeman who is here from LaGrande, is looked after the business during the absence of his father. Tommy Fraser was hit on the head sometime during tbe foot ball game last Saturday and was out of his head for a few boura afterwards. He did not know how the game ended after play ing most of it. Monday morning he was able to attend school as usual. Grana Valley Legionnaires Fred Pickett, MetMlst Chwreh Vernon Flatt, Ralph Brisbane, Preaching at 10 a. m Theodore Johnston, Giles French, Sunday school at 11 a. m Marvin Miller, Art Orsborn, and The friends will please note Mesdames Pickett, Johnston, the change of time for the Brisbane, Osborn and French at tended the county meeting of the preaching services. ex service men in Wasco Satur N. Sherman Hawk, day night. Pastor. of wheat and vetch for »oil enrich- Famous Eastern Stables To Exhibit ed to the closet shelves as antiquated will be brought to light, dusted off and placed on display. Minimum wage scales on ths new $265,000 Jackson county courthouse For the past two years Oregon has have been fixed by the county court Show Matincec this yvar are and advisory committee. They are; had the lowest birth rate of all states scheduled for Sunday. October 25. Common labor, 40 cents an hour; In the union. While It does not Indi- . and Saturday, October 31, accord skilled labor, <2% cents an hour; brick cate race suloide, statistics of the de lag to A. P. Fleming, Horse Show masons, >1 an hour. Contracts for partment of public health reveal that Manager The performances to be given on the remaining Afternoon» construction will specify that Jackson there hre fewer babies born per popu will present the famous James Me county labor must be employed with lation on the Pacific coast, and es Cleave high . jumping horses aun preference given nfen with families, pecially in the cities of the Pacific comedy jumping ponies. coast Government figures Just re and taxpayers. Competing for a share in tbe By a vote of 1282 to 414 Tbe Dalles leased show that the birth rate for >35,COO Horse Show awards will be last week authorized the issuance of Oregon for 1930 was ILL this being entries from the stables of Mrs A. a $650,000 bond issue for the construc the lowest for any state in the coun C. Thompson, Chicago — saddle horses and hunters; W. D. Alex tion of a toll bridge across the Colum try. In 1929 Oregon was also at the under, Bloomington. Hi., — saddle bia river there. The bridge will con bottom of the list horses; Reginald Dug law — har Considering tire business depression, nect The Dalies-Calltornia highway ocas horses and hunters; R. L with the new Satus Pass road tq Yak Bandon has had more than normal ac Davis, B(everly Hills; and from the tivity in cedar this year, one operator ima, and will be the connecting link stables of Dridgford Bros.. D. estimating that altogether some 5,000,- in a new trans-continental highway Welty and John Hubly — all of 000 feet went through Bandon. extending from the Canadian to tbe whom have shown many times in Portland. Mexican borders. Game deputies said hundreds of A prime collection of America's Min Marton Thompson, dauqhter thousands of small trout, as well as Four flour mills of Union county finest and best is^proinised in al.’ of Mrs. A. C. Thompson, Chicago, some larger ones, are dying in pools have a steady run before them. In divisions of the Livestock Show, tn famoua asstern exhibitor, posed addition to the normal demand for along the Sixes river in Curry county, eluding Beef and Dairy Cattle, with AdMph 8preckel’s Jumper where the water holes are drying up. flour, which generally Is insufficient heavy Draft Horses, Sheep, Hog>- “Wait and See”, entered in 1931 to keep mills running at capacity, The mill of the S. L.& S. Lumber Goats. Poultry and Rabbits Pre Padtfla International Horse Show. there was an allotment of Chinese company at Donna, on the Mohawk miums totaling >100,000 are offered Several interesting Innovations flour production. As a result, lume^ Other features Include Dairy and river 12 miles northeast of Eugene, are announce«: in connection with Land Products Shows; Wool anc. ous families that were uncertain of 250,000 feet of lumber and a small the Horse Show of the 21st Annua! Mohair Show; Industrial Expos; pay checks, now can face the winter residence were destroyed by fire last Pacific International Livestock Ex tion; Boys' and Girls' Club Work knowing the Saturday night gjiost will position to be held at Portlan.l. Exhibits; fascinating Wild Life Ex walk with regularity. Oregon, October 24-31. ' hibit by Oregon Fish and Gam A lefthanded sickle for reaping r Chief among the entertainment Commission; interesting and edi. grain, belonging to a great-grandfather natures at the 1931 Pacific Intef- carnal “Truth-ln-Meats” Exhibit ational will be a series of Mat- of G. W. Star, who lives on a ranch Leading transportation line: ees providing Hqrse Show per throughout this territory have ar about four miles below Coquille, is »nuances every afternoon of the nouncod reduced round trip far«' estimated at being 150 years old. The ^position. Tbe regular Horse to the Exposition October 24-31. grandfather, Zachariah Albaugh, was an associate of Lewis Wetzel and Dan The Homeseekers* agency at Silver- iel Boone in Kentucky in the pioneer FOR RENT Three room upstairs a- j ten has decided to hold a "large pump- days. The sickle is a beautiful hand partment or si< gle rooms Mr». C. ; kin and squash” contest in connection made tool, with a blade 22 inches long Akers j with tho forthcoming corn and poul and about one half inch wide. Oregon eggs suffer by comparison EJR SALE Cooking ap- try show, which the Silverton chamber Thursday night the Juniors and of commerce ia sponsoring there No with those of other states, Max GehE pie» 2-* Extra Fancy 60c Box. Seniors gave a student body dance har, state director of agriculture, de One gal. of < ’ider Free with each 5 Box vember 20 and 21. - in the high school gym. which proved Tho new Hellgate bridge over the clared. “This state produces only 23 es. Bring your boxes and jugs. Ap to be quite a success. Mr. Nahouse, Willamctto river tn the Willamette per cent marketable eggs, Utah for in ples exchanged for wheat, kdgar N. Paul May, Clarence Huis and Chas. Oct. 23 4t highway, near Westfir, is now being stance, with natural conditions not so Smith. Dufur. Ruggles were the orchestra, and used for traffic, but it will not be com favorable, has 50 per cent marketable cards were the entertainment for FOR SALE Nice JERSEY COW, pleted for som? time yet. Plans are eggs,” he commented. “Oregon’s poor those who didn’t damce. Refresh showing lies in Improper handling. J fresh short time, cash or * ill exchange j being made for Its dedication, but no ments of Pumpkin pie and coffee 1 fur grain. Edgar N. Smith. Oct. 23 2t which makes it necessary to sell 77 . dato has been set. were served.. per cent of the output outside the ( II INCE OF LIFETIME. Reliable Steam shovel crews, whila working Ths Girls Frolic at Wasco which a on the road over Cummings ridge, state.” 1 m.m Wanted to call on farmers in Kher- Net receipts of 13,131,543.65, repre number of the Moro girls attended, south of Yacbajls, uncovered a cave 75 ' man county. Wonderful opportunity. was a success. Their gym. was dec feet underground and of unascertained senting moneys received from motor , Make $X to $20 daily. No experience or vehicle licenses and motor vehicle op orated very attractively in colored depth. Walls could be seen about 500 I capital needed. Write today FRUST crepe paper and Chinese lanterns. For feet from the-opening. Preparations erator registrations during th «(period A THOM AH, I »ept E 426 Third St Oak- July 1 to September 30 of this year, entertainment the different classes are being madw to explore It. were apportioned by Hal E. Hoss, sec 1 |and, Cailf. put on stunts, and the Moro girls also A dahlia more than ten feet In retary of state, among the various had a stunt. The stunt put on by height and growing in tree form is at counties and state highway depart the sophomore class of ‘Wasco Was tracting much attention in the garden ment. Total cash turned over to the awarded first place. of Mrg. Margaret Wagner of McMinn treasurer during the three month^’ Myrtle Garland of Wasco and Eva ville. The flower Is about six inches period was >3,450,215.27. Refunds ag Miller of Moro won the prizes for ¡ in diameter, and is yellow with a gregated $5742.97, leaving gross re costumes. Cider and doughnuts were slight pinkish tinge. It Is almost six ceipts of >3,444,472.30. General Shoe Repair- served. feet through tho foliage. For the second time in two years — ing at — ’ The Moro volley ball girls play' Reports on the weed known as LaGrande and Union county will place Grass Valley volley ball girls at Grass “strawberry blite,” which is being put its antiques and historical keepsakes IT PAYS TO HAVE THEM RB- Valley Friday night, t । up extensively in Gooso Lake valley. on show. The LaGrande Neighborhood The .nd ot the first six week, of' ha'e •» ,ar ‘,ro’e<1 verj' RE AIREI». TRY US * club originated the idea successfully We Pay Postage One Way last year and Is conducting a similar Mhool proved quite eucceseful for “* 'logmen. Fourteen pound, wee the gain made in 20 days by a Short display for October 31 this year. Heir JOSEPH A. MEE some and not so successful for others. horn heifer and a Eteer that have been looms, historical things, odds and ends The Wasco Shoe Man Many report cards show a large field on a straight feed of the weed. found in Union county In early days WAS('O ORE. for improvement. and hundreds of articles now relent- The Oregon Caves enjoyed its best season in 1931. More than 28,000 per sons made the trip through the cav erns this season, which is 2000 more than in any previous year, according to George C. Sabin, manager of the SATURDAY and MONDAY SPECIALS resort. This total does not include many visitors to the lodge who did United Brand Tea, S'-lb green35c; 1 lb green 68 Principal Events of the Week not make the trip through the cav erns. black 38c; “ black .75 Assembled for Information Work has been started ou the con One pink tumbler free with each 1-2 lb struction of the new exhibit hall for of Our Readers. Two pink tumblers free with each pound the annual northwest turkey show U.B Flour (Homespun) 49 lb sack $1.19; bbl x 4 59 which will be held at Oakland Decem- Milk your choice of brands. 4 cans ... 28 A. A. Shramm. state superintendent ber 17 to 19, ti 10 rapjd growth of the Sweet Peas, No. 5 Reive, 2s, 2 cans.................. .. 24 of banks, announced the First In-1 BhOw to the position of second largest Palm Olive Soap, 3 bars ........................ 22 land National Bank of Pendleton has ¡n country has made it necessary Our Mother’s Pure Cocoa, 2-lb can ......... 23 effected a merger with Inland Empire gecure more commodious and suit- Beans Mexican Reds, 10 lbs ........... 37 bank and the First National bank, both able quarters than have been used pro of Pendleton. ! viously. Three plants in Elgin are novz pack-' Stayton can well be listed as one See our Hand Bills for complete list of Saturday and Ing the finest crop of apples the val- ( of the leading centers of the woolen Monday Specials ley has seen for years. Warm daya Industry In the Willamette valley. For WALTER A. MAY & SON and cold nights hav< brought the De- a number of years it has been prom- 11 clous crop to perfection. A few cars inent as a manufacturing town. The have been shipped. j woolen mills, which have been closed Approximately 3000 checks, aggre down for the past three years, were gating >45,000 of federal funds, will be recently sold, and are soon to begin distributed among Oregon national * operation under the name Stayton guardsmen during the next ten days. Woolen mills. It was announced at the offices of The mystery of the spotted leaf, dis Major-General White. ease which lias been damaging or Though It is October Instead of chards of the Talent and Sams valley March, thoi*ands of)baby chicks are districts near Medford for several still being shipped to growers from years, has been solved by Professor Corvallis because of an unusual condi F. C. Roimer of tike southern Oregon tion in the poultry market, reports experiment station. It is caused by Russell’s Poultry yard. using water for spraying that contains ? Mr. and Mrs. T. 8. Townsend of alkali. The alkali causes the arsenic Sheridan celebrated the 58th anniver to separate from the lead In the sppay sary of their marriage at their home and scald or burn tho leaves. The last week. Mr. and Mrs. Townsend disease has caused undernourishment were married In Mooresville, Ind., and of the fruit and resultant small sizes tn that sodios. moved to Portland in 1884. Burns resulting from the explosion The catch of chinook salmon in tbe of a pan of gasoline at her home near Columbia river this season was more Monroe caused the death in a hospi than 25 per cent in excess of the catch tal at Corvallis of Mrs. Joseph Kientz, for the previous summer season. Dur 53. She was heating the gasoline in ing tho 1931 season almost 11,000,000 pounds were taken and delivered to preparation for cleaning clothing. Minimum city water rates for the Oregon dealers, as compared with 8,- first >00 cubic feet of water used per 753,000 j^tSunds the previous year. month have been raised at Grants Pass Tho federal farm board will again from 40 cents to 60 cents per hundred. assist in financing the turkey ship The summer sprinkling rate period has ments of the western states, according been reduced from six to five months. to an announcement of J. C. Leody, Sixty thousand dollars worth of on representative of the Oregon Turkey ions from one 120-acre tract on the Growers. The Northwestern associa IT MEANS so much to hear n friend’s voycc—to new Bully creek bench lands of the tion is making application this year have a chat with members of the family who are Vale project are being shipped from for >250,000 to handle its greatly In traveling or away at school—to send personal greet the Veto station Of the Oregon Short creased business. ings when there are birthdays or anniversaries or J. P. Lane, on an irrigated piece of Line to markets In all parts of the special events of any kind. ground of about 20 square rods, has country. Who would thrill to the sound of your voice— Pooling tbelr flocks to make a total produced 9604 pounds of Connecticut today? field stock pumpkins this year, 16 of for the mar- ef close to 5000 turkeys kets of the current season, 20 turkey which, weighing 947 pounds, he has growers of the Nyssa country organ saved for seed. Forty-eight of them T he P acific T elephone A nd T elegraph C ompany ised a co-operative unit recently to be weighed a ton. He has an overhead known as the Nyssa Turkey Growers’ system of Irrigation, and prepared hid soil bjr plowing under a 2H4y^ stand ^SSOCistioa. Moro School Notes LOOK! REDUCED RATES OREGON STATE NEWS OF GENERAL INTEREST Whose birt hday or anniversary would be happier for the sound of your voice?
