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About Sherman County journal. (Moro, Or.) 1931-current | View Entire Issue (Nov. 13, 1931)
Herman Cmmty llmtrnal SUrman Cam.ty OUarvw Rat, 16ML Gsswe VaHoy gberaal, Moro Forty Fourth Year ' COUNTY BURGH SEI 11 $139,196.80 " 1 City Council Nam» Budget Committee COURT PROCEEDINGS FOB - NOVEMBER TERM, 1931. b 1932 of the hotel Sherman / portant expenditures for new con struction. One thousand dollars was removed from the appropriation for new machinery for the county leaving $1000 in that fund for what pur, chases may be needed. the care of the poor of Sher- county was a less onerous bur- d< i. last year than was anticipated e time of the budget committee a i *ing enough saving was made in K at fund to allow a reduction of $10(10 which cuts it to >2000 for 1932. On account of the decrease in the. school children of the county the county school fund was made >7620 instead of >9000 as it was last year and some minor reductions were made in the administration costs of the school system as well. It is anticipated that the stat^ taxes will be considerably less for next year than for 1931. This is due to the intangibles and excise and in come taxes that will go into force. lowed $64,000.00 for state taxes and this year only $40,000.00 was ap portioned for that purpose. Some increases were made in items before the committee. One of the largest of theae was the emergency PR0ÜIUN FOR WHEAT ARRANGED M Emmajean Stephen» On Debate Team Emmajean Stephens of Moro, junior in home economics at Oregon State Co Hoge, hao been selected as a mem ber of the Womens varsity debate squad. The women’» debate team mot 15 schools in 28 debates last year and ended the season with a percentage of of .833, thé largest on the const. They were recognised as the Pacific coast women’s collegiate thè west was debated, includine Stanford university, University of Southern California, University of California, University of Oregon, Uni versity of Washington,* Washington Mias Stephens is a member of the Pi Beta Phi, national social sorority. fund. For several years this county has been getting along without this fund at all because it was possible for the court to change money from considered fund necessary for this reason. >3000.00 was appropriated. __ ___ Due to another law that was passed last winter the county had to levy >1000 for the care of the insane patients sdnt from thh county to the state hospitals. Formerly this ex pense hqs been born by the state. Minor increases were made for in surance . and upkeep of the fair ground* aad buildings while idle, and for relief of soldiers fund that has been depleted by calls for. aid, and for a mere thorough audit of «•B®*y books. The final hearing on the budget will be held Saturday, December 12, a* the court house in Moro at which time any taxpayer may appear and express his opinion by vote of any of tho itemo for which levy b made. It b poeoiMo to reduce appropria tions but it b impossible to raise them. Members of the budget committee with the board were E. D. McKee and W. F. Jackspn members of the county tax revision committee ap pointed by the governor. More Wheat in Sherman County Than First Reported Cheering news in time becomes a L Track loadings from the following habit. First the increase in the price stations were : of wheat raised hopes of fermera Rnfus ...... ... 5,000 that they might get something for ' Thornberry .. .. 10,000 the next crop they grew. Then it Sink .. 12,000 rained and a rain in Sherman coun- Wasco r........... .. 17,000 ty, unless it comes in the very short Klondike .... ... 8,000 harvest season, is always cheering. Sandon......... .. 12,000 , Now the Farmer’s National Grain Grass Valley . ... 1,333 corporation have compiled figures to Wilcox ... 4,666 cw that there was actually a, Total f................ .. 69,999 th more grain in the county this* 1,257,574 Grand Total ev than was reported previously.• This is the amount of wheat ware- The increase is in approximately 85- housed in the county this year and OOObushels. shipped by direct loading. It is Crop of 1931 warehoused in dif- quite likely that more wheat was forent stations was as follows: kept on farms than is the usual rule ’M ¡Her ........... ... 168,189 (and It is certain that 13,000 was r«- 47,507 tained for seed of that number of • Bigg* ............... 110,761 acres of summerfallow. A fair e» Rufus ................ Wasco ............... . 213,530 tinate of the bushels kept for feed is . 141,687 about. >... hundred thousand which Klondike ...... . . 69,106 added to the amounts previously Hay Cnnyon ... . . 11,488 accounted for makes the total crop Nish............... . .. 13,401 of Sherman county 1,487,574 bush De Moss . 109,029 els of wheat This raises our aver Moro . ......... o U. . . 88,978 age crop from tho 9 bushels indicated 'Erskine ........ .. 58,338 two months »go to 11.4 bushels. Grass Valley .. .. 93,600 Kent............... Quito a cheering bit of news in . . 20,600 itself. Wilcox............... 1,187,578 • Total ......... $ V. J No. 1 Mrs. Anna Buker Moro Women’s Club Learns of Brazil Dies at Daughter’s Honje At the last regular meeting of the Moho 'Womans Club, held November Allowance of >150 made to Hou. 6th, Mrs. Stephens gave a .detailed and very interesting account of the •ontxol for 1931 appropriation. Dqiti Sessi» district meeting at Arlington. Ac * J. L. Brackett allowed >18.11 re cording to her report the Moro Club bate of taxes. was well represented, there being twelve members in attendance from Regard to appointing Budget Com- here. Mrs. Bryant was elected pres ittoe for 1931; the following appoint ident of the Fourth District, a fqct ed: J. M. Yocum, Klondike; C. P. in which all Moro chib members may Adama, Moro and Fred Krueow of J. S. Durwin W® Talk on International take a justifiable pride. * Mrs. Kyllo’s 7th and 8th grade In regard to allowing the follow children sang two song, after which ing 1931 Budget appropriations: a short business meeting was held, Boys’ and Giris’ Aid Society—>120, and then the meeting was turned allowed; Volunteers of America over to Mr». A. XH. Barnum, direc era Oregon Wheat League puts Sena tor of the days proram.. Baby Home—>75, allowed. tor Frsdsrick Steiwer on the pro Mrs. Elmer Barzee read a paper Sheriff’s turnover report, ac gram Saturday morning at 10:00 on. the founding and early settle cepted. tL m. and sets the time for the talk ment of Brazil. She told..how the Resolution designating secondary of J. 8. Daris at 7:45 Friday country was divided, and sections, evening. highways, accepted by Court. each fifty leagues along vthe coast Other interesting features to be j were presented by the Portuguese Claims allowed at November Term heard by the Wheat men may be government, to individuals for settle- of Court. found in the following program: I ment, much iij the manner of the a Oregon State Association of early land grants in North / merica, November 13. Friday. Judges and Commission in what later became-our own thir ers, Fees for Committee.. 125.00 9:30 a. m. Call to order by President teen colonies. Hal E. Hoss, Secretary of Mrs. Bart Burrell discussed Brazi Address of welcome—Dr. Fred State, Predatory animal Thompson, Mayor. Response by lian art and music. She described 150.00 control ............................. Hany Pinkerton and review of ac the many wood jrarvings in the Fran- Margaret W. Peetz, Expenses ciscian and Benedictine cpthe.drals, tivities of the Wheat League. to State Tax hearing .... 35.00 10:00 a.m. Cooperative Gasoline which are said by some to be more Geo. B. Bourhill, Stamps for Purchase»^—W. A. Holt, Pendle ecclesiastical than artistic. w 2.00 clerk’s office . .. ....... Mrs. Webb, one of our new mem ton. Mrs. L. S. Coats, County H):15 a. m. Feeding Wheat to Live bers, read an excellent paper on the 20.00 Charge .............. ...... stock—Harry Lindgren, Corvallis. status of Brazilian women, in which Mrs. Fern Rakes, Work in Reports by farmers on. feeding an encouraging picture was painted Superintendents office ... 33.33 of the manner in which the Brazi wheat.;“ ' * >■ Alva Stone, Predatory animal 10:45 a. m. Surplus Wheat Dis- lian woma^ of today is breaking 24.99 control .*••<»*.............. posal Plan»-—Ed Aldrich, Pen- through the restrictions of I^tin tra F. D. Antrim, Sealer Wts. ditions, and looking forward to a • die ton- • T 2.94 and Meas. ...... . ............... I future of economic and political " . NOON Dr. C. L. Poley, Vital Sta 1:15 p. m. Barley as a Substitute equality <and independence. 1.50 tistics ............................... Mrs. Harry Pinkerton reviewed Crop—D. D. Hill, Corvallis. W. E. Tate, Vital Statistics 1.25 ----- .mo ma Smut omui Situation oituanion — — the Oregon Club Woman. At the 1:45 i p. p. m m. The Geo.,A. Potter, Supplies for | E. R. Jackman, Corvallis. close of the profcram all members Springier ......................... 10.84 2:00 p. m. Activities of the North were invited to sign the petition be^ Hugh Chrisman, Board of Pacific Grain Growers—A. R. ing circulated by the National Feder- 25.00 prisoners .......... .............. Shumway, Milton. - ation of Women Clubs, urging defi- Sherman County News, Coun Orris- Dorman, Lacrosse, Wash-, nite action o.n the Limitation of Arms 8.20 ‘ington. ty Printing 10-16-31 .. project, by Governmeht officials. Sherman County Journal, As The Fanners National Grain Cor-' New members welcomed into the 4.00 sessor’s supplies ........... porat ion—E. J. Bell, Fed. Farm club are: Mrs. Serai Searcy, Mrs. Pac. Power A Light Co^ .. : Ora Workman, Mrs. R. B. W«bb, Bd., Wn. D. C, Court house light bill ... 1.50 Discussion bed by E. M. Hulden, -Miss Kutch, Miss Bacon. Pac. Power A Light Co., De- Blalock. | 2.50 4 .QQ p. m Committee Meetings. City of Moro, Court house 6:15 p. m. Banquet. -T water bill ..... ............. 6 40 “ 7:45 p. m. .The Intwx.tion.1 wheat Unemployment Group Geo. G J Updegraff, Expenses, Situation—Dr. J. S. Davis, Food Re- Asks Expansion of District Attorney .... 13.52 search Institute, Stanford Uni Farmers Elevator A Supply versity. Co., Coal for courthouse.. 138.24 9:00 p. m. Committee Meetings. - Wasco Co. Industrial Farm November 14. Saturday. I The unemployment committee of care of Chas. Patterson M Sherman cdunty met last Thursday for October.................... 40.00 8:30 a. n>. How Crop St»ti»tic. are, night ,t hote| anil classified the Drs. Reuter, Thompson, et al, Gathered Paul C. Newman, Fed. i appjjcants work Jon the Sherar’s visit to Chas. Patterson .. 2.50 Statistician, Portland. I road who have applied since the last Geo. B. Bourhill, Supplies for > 9:00 a. m. Research Results to Date meeting. One hundred twelve have Supt’s office ...................... . 19.70 —D. E. Stephens, Superintendent asked that work work be given May A Son, Courthouse sup Moro Experiment Station. them. plies ................................. 1.90 The committee expressed the belief Continued to page four. Geo. A. Potter, Judge’s ex>- that it would be necessary for the penses . ................. ........ 4.80 county to enlarge the camp to ac- A. A. Dunlap, Telephone comadate thirty men as soon as pos 9.30 calls sible in order, to take jare of as A. M. Young, Telephone 1 many needy families as possible. 12.00 maintenance .................. Work on' the state highway in the F. D. Flatt, drayage for north end of the county is expected 11.50 court house .................... ‘ min . precip to provide some men with jobs. DATE Boys’ and Girls’ Aid So- Nov. 5.. . 57 ,.33......... 00 Classification was as before with 120.00 1931 appropriation....... .65 ,.37......... 10 ” 6 the married men with dependents Volunteer’s of America Home ..87......... 55 “ 7. receiveing ratings permitting them 1931 appropriation....... 50.00 8. ...47 ..83......... 04 to go to work sooner than unmarried Waverly Baby Home, appro ” 9. . 50 ..35.........04 men. 75.00 .. “ 10 priation .................. . 44 ..81......... 02 ..28.... .00 “ 11. .. 44 Continued on Pago vOur. Total for wook .............0.66 BAMQUET TH IE FRHMY NIMI MMT BOAOS till MOST year the recommendation was for >139,196.80. Th* amount paawd by the budget committee is not the ex act amount asergsed because the state" taxes are set after the budget meeting and this makes changes. The cut in county and state taxes for 1932 wiU be >38,219.80 of which >14,219.80 will- be in county texes and the remainder in tho state. Cuts that have been made in school taxes in the different districts holding their budget meeting in June will lower the total tax roll of the county to about 200,000.00 for next year. One important change in the allot ment for different county activities was made in. the market road fund which was cut from >14,600.00 to >4000.00 with the understanding that this amount would be used for main tenance and for new construction. This has been made possible through the* repeal of the market road law. Another important reduction was , made when it was decided to make no appropriation for the county fair for next year. This action resulted in a >3000.00 decrease in the budget. The bridge fund was reduced from >8500.00 to >6500.00 a sum which is expected to keep the county’s bridge« in passable condition for an- Claims Against County Paid For November 4 November 13, 1931 ■ y--------------------- T County Wil Spai $38,219.80 Lev keeping the reputation of the county for leadership in reduction of taxes under their control slaehed another $38,219.80 frqm the budget. In 1929 the budet committee recommended >225,134.50, in 1930 >187,416.00 of 1897, CoMalidated Marek », 1931. WEATHER REPORT FOR WEEK ENDING NOV. II How Soon We Forget Mrs. Anna Buker, of the the pion eers of this part of the Columbia val- ley passed away at the home of her daughter, Mrs. G. C. Vintin, last Fri- day. x She was born in Peoria, Illinois, in 1852 and came to Oregon when a young giti. She was a pioneer of the well known family of Benjamin who were early residents of The Dalles. Her Grandfather, Richard M. Benja min was one of the owners of the townsite of Spokane When that town was a village. In 1866 she was married to John Buker, in The Dalles, and after liv ing in Heppner, and Grant county, moved to ~Gra^s« Valley about 30 years ago. Buker was a well known grocery man of that city for twenty years until his death in 1921. Deceased leaves ninq. children, 25 >rrand children and 27 great grand children to mourn her. Her children, all of whom are living are: Mrs. Dollio Hart, Newp«frt, Wash., Mrs. Maud Campbell, Perrydale, Oregon, John R. Buker, Salt Lake City, Har ry E. Buker, Mitchejl, Oregon, Mrs. Grace Bourhill, Portland, Mrs. Stella Ottman, Portland,. Echo Vintin. Moro, Bert Buker and Paul Buker of Paulina, Oregon. The funeral was held in~î the Methodist church.in Moro Sunday afternoon at 2o’clock and interment was made in The Dalles cemetery beside her husband. Sixty Threa Percent Of County Taxes Paid The end of the tax paymg period alwaya. brmg. out aome mtere.ting hgurM from th. .h-nff'. office. Th., year when nearly everyone ha. been prophesying that few peOple woujd pay their taxes at all these figure, are espee.,! y mtereatmg - The tax roll for the county this year was $256,556.96 and of this sum $142,275,91 has been collected which along with $19,007.59 worth of de linquent taxes makes a total of $161,283.50 collected in taxes for 1931 so far. Sheriff Chrisman ro- COUNTY CELEBRATES ARMISTICE » WASCO r_ urn p-_____ m • "^8108 V. udllOWiy UVCS jUlTlIf Addressef the Day II« WINS FOOTBALL GAME Passe« and Wide End Rus Determine yf^ - .g ‘ \ w>®6 The dangers of wbr time with some of the action and life of army days were recalled fleetingly at the Armistice day celebration in Wasco, Wednesday. As post adjutant lee Dehler, of Frank E. Brown Post 91, called the. names of those who had * answered their last roll call for their country and as the bugler* sounded the doleful notes of taps the heart at tendant to war were painfully re membered by the cHwd of Sherman county people proserit at the servies*. This sentiment was heightened by the words of the speaker of the day, Francis V. Galloway, of The Dalles, who in a thoughtful and yet fiery speech told of the economic and physical costs of war. Styling him self as a “militant pacifist” he pic tured the expenses that war entails as compared to the peacetime uses that might be made of the same a- mount of money. Schools, hospitals, libraries, roads could all be multi plied almost'without end with the money that is expended for wars, past, present and future, according t0 Mr Galloway', .tatement. . And th not overlMk tt, phyBical and mental ¡n b armed conf|i<:t ictured the com. paratively young.m.n in ho.pit.le bMnd crippled d with theh. live. lo.t ye. living who th. di- röct results of wars from which com mon people have gotten no good. He ended his speech with an appeal to his hearers to work against war. Others of the morning’s program were Paul McCulloch, commander of the Wasco American Legion Foal, oth $60,000 00 before the end of Field>/. Edward Grady, "Th, Ho«r tho month when the wheat that i, of p Tom who being held is finally sold. i - ... . . - .. „n “The Rose of Picardy” and the Rev. In. percentages this is almost 63 N s Hawk and Rev 0 D Purcell. M Akrt Azxln I A w» . 1 1 — 1 — — — J __ I per cent of the total tax roll already The Old For^ Dalles drum and bu paid. gle corp were an entertaining part of the parade with the snappy tunes of war time and the United Artisans “Live in Plenty” ,driu team gave a touch of military New Farm Slogan Precision- Colors were carried by 8 the Legion posts of the county and the Boy Scout troops. Eugen?—“Live in plenty” is the idea portrayed in a recent exhibit of vogrtahlP, grown by Une county homemaker, who cooperated in the yenr-round garden project of the home Economic, extenaion eervice. Out of. a huge horn of plenty” pourdapmach. pepper., turnip., egg plant, beans and other fre.h vega- tables. On a ledge bedow were d..- played canned and dried food, pre- served by these women. Canned vegetables prepared ready for serv ing to the baby were featured. Wasco defeats Mor< Early i n the first quarter, almost tlla first Ume that Vmco had b.n tn , lodr from Williama t0 Walth mld_ fteldi a ,horter and , ,t|rrinr e„d „„ behind rfect iaterference ,cor(,d the flrat touchdown of th. game the bich ,chool team frem Waac0 and t tbem to „„ la,d neyer t0 be headed. Goal „„ Continued to page foun. Old Time News Retold For Readers of the Journal 1 Taken from the Observer Novem ber 10. 1892, A meeting was held in the office of J. C. Burkes in Moro Saturday eve ning for the purpose of organizing a band here resulting in the forming of a bund consisting of 14 pieces. HAPPY GRANDPA STARNS To Tommy and Ina Reese was born Year, 1902, day 5, month November, ’Twas 1-2 past 1, on Wednesday morn, Quite easy to remember. Weight, just 8 pounds by the scales. The sweetest prettiest daughter. Mother and child doing well, Father “quite some” better. R. M. S. Note. Dr. Edgington in attendance. Report of the Grass Valley schools by Clark Brown gives the names of Lewik, Leia, Bertha, Charles, Willie and Frank Olds, Katie and Howard Coon, Roy, Estella and Sadie Vintin, Mrs, Trotter, owner of the Kent Ernest Blaylock, Wesley and Asa townsite was a Moro visitor this Van Winkle and others of old time week. families with varying grades of de From the Observer of November portment and scholastic efficiency. 15th, 1912. Michael King, one of the sheep After many kings of Southern Sherman county, - - years in , Moro . „ Mr. and . v^s in the city Thursday of this week1 Mr3- J- B. Mowry and family moved attending to some legal business. * to •• Uoui. Heydt h.. t.k.n ch.rg. of W. H Moor, h» for dolivery the tonsorial room in the Heydt & to ^ape • u ? Cousens building. passenger Ford car, new 1913 mod* for >690 at Moro. Taken from the Observer Novem- i ber 14th, 1902. Born^ November 6th a 12 pound girl to Mr. aad Mrs. W. C. Todd. Tom VanLandingham brought in a hack load of turkeys this week from Dr. O.J. Goffin is given credit for his Rutledge farm. stopping the outbreak of small pox two u $ - hi» with w- H- “o0"' John H* \ . »«0 R“11^ .» »«UMh., H. sent U. a Hb.r.1 from as samples too large to bake In our cook stove even. * Moro station on the Little Short Dan MeLachlin Jr. hu bw laid •»«“ * ** up by a .hot In th. arm .«Id.ntl» trWty m«aur.m«te UM» bM. Waived l..t «Mk. “k,n f
