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About Sherman County journal. (Moro, Or.) 1931-current | View Entire Issue (Nov. 13, 1931)
É SHERMAN COUNTY OBSERVER, EatabUahed Nov. 8, 1888 GRASS VALLEY JOURNAL, Eatabiiahad OeLM. 1897 CONSOLIDATED, MARCH •» 1981 Grass Valley i- ............ Bert and Paul Buker were here for a short time Sunday to attend Managing Editor the funeral of their mother, Mrs. GILES L. FRENCH Anna Buker who died in Moro. Entered a» serond-claM mattar at the foetofflee, at Moro, Oregon, under Act of ' Mrs. R J. Baker was taken to Congress of March 8, 1879. 1 the hospital in The Dalles last Monday evening suffering from SUBSCRIPTION RATB8—PAYABLE IN ADVANCE. an attack of appendicitis. Sh$ One Year..................................................................... . .................................................. H 60 was operated on Tuesday and is Six Months .. .................................................................................. 1«W getting along very well. - ■ i ......................... ' — Dewey Snider, who worked a- FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 13. 1981. round here for several years, was killed while working in the REPAIR NOT REBUILD. woods near Battle Ground, Wash ington, last Friday. A little over two yean ago after a great deal of pleading on Jim Woods has returned here the part of the farmer the agricultural marketing act was passed after spending a few weeks in along with an appropriation large enough to permit it to be put in Klamath Falls. to action in a much shorter time than i» usually the case with new Gus Smith is building a septic laws entailing so great an amount of detail work and organization. tank on his property here, assist The contracts binding wheat growen to market their wheat ed by Henry Roth. through this new organization were signed by thousands of farm Matt Simon is constructing a ers who were given to understand by the farm leaders advancing garage large enough for two cara the cause that it wm to a certain extent experimental and could be to put the faithful mail route buggy into during the chilly wea changed if it proved unsatisfactory. Xher. During these past two year» a grain stabilising corporation The annual Homecoming of has been formed that loaned money to fanners on their* wheat at Odd Fellows and Rebekahs will more than the market justified (on other crops too, for that mat- be held Nov. 17th at 7 o’clock at malter, but let us consider wheat). It is admitted that this action the hall. A pot-luck supper will alone kept literally thousand» of »mall banks with money loaned be served to all Odd-Fellows and -on wheat from going to the wall. The stabilization corporation wives and Rebekahs and hus bands who are invited to attend. softened the fall of wheat It “tempered the wind to the shorn Mrs. John Wilt and Mrs. Ray lamb.“ It did not make the decline of the wbeatjpricea painless— Blake entertained the Moro nothing could have don» that—but it it did help. That .much is Bridge club last Tuesday after unquestioned. noon at the home of Mrs.. Wilt, In these two year» also a nation wide corporation has been J. E. Brown of Redmond, was formed to handle the wheat of »II -member» of the organization here the first of the week and re and warehouse facilities have been provided in many places to ports that he will probably move back here for the winter, handle the crop. The Farmera’ National is almost entirely backed ■ C. W. Fields has rented, the by money borrowed from private sources and not by farm board work shop in the back of the - capital - ' Hays’ garage and will repair The directorate of the Farmera* National is composed of one automobiles this winter. man from each of the thirty-one wheat regionala of which the J. S. Newcomb made a couple North-Pacific, of Spokane, is one. The North-Pacific is composed of tripa. to Redmond after some of 59 locals cooperatives represented by their directors and the di- of the Deschutes county Netted Gems. rec’ors of the regional elected by the members themselves. A large number* of local citi It is probably true that no organization could have done all of zens attended the fightr program these thi gs without encountering a great deal of criticism especi- staged in The Dalles Tuesday ally in economic times as they have been. All of the sins ,and all night. of the Illegal acts in the book of laws have been laid to the coops A. W. McLeod and family have in the two years since their formation. They hive been called too moved from the old Frank Payne small and too big; too hasty jmd too slow; profiteers and organiza place owned by H. Sommer to a tions that operate without profit to kill off eompetitiora. The of- place east of Moro on what is called Starvation Point, recently * fleers have been called crooks and membera fools. vacated by Manuel Etlinger who Undoubtedly mistakes have been made in |he planning and in is moving to the Taylor place. th» execution of the plans informed and intelligent member Roy Feely expects to leave ' or director of the corporation will deny these errors, but let us .Sherman county sometime the • hark back two years to reconsider the general principles tack offirgt of next month for Ione th? organization. . , ’ where he has bought an irrigai* ed place. It was formed by the government for the farmers and was to Many residents of this end o. b-come their corporation as Boon as they organize to handle it the county were seen at Waaci without government aid. It is within the power of the farmers Wednesday either attending the who ar? members to take the management away from those in football game or watching the o- charge any time they vote to do so and it is an organization of ther attractions. farmers If they can handle it in such a way as to bring greater Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Strange are success to them than did the old competitive.system it will be of visiting here this week with Mrs. benefit to them and they are ready for national cooperation. Strange’s daughter, Mrs. C. . L. If, on the other hand, the farmers are incapable of cooperat Chamberlain. Published Every Friday at Mero, Oregon, By 4— ing and allow their organization to fall into the hands of those Miss Cassie Holmes is in The who are looking out for personal interests it will prove an expens Dalles taking care of Mrs. Dick ive boomerang and will set national cooperation back many years. Reckmann Jr., who was operat ed on for appendicitis. S or many, things about (management and operation of th»* Farmers' National may need changing—every one has his ideas about that—but it will be much easier to change this cooperative until it is suitable than it will to begin from the bottom and build Kent News while Mra. Jregg is in the hospi-1 tai. Mr. and Mrs J,. H. Smith and family of Mitchell, Oregon,' via ited relatives in Kent over the week end. Mra. Hal Morrow and sons, Marion and Edwin, motored to The Dalle» Monday, returning the same day. Mrs. J. L Matthes is in The Dalles staying with her father, George Barnett, while Mrs. Bar nett is away. Carl Gregg. L. W. Amick. Mrs. J. L. Matthes and Mrs. Wren Hogue were visitors in The Dalles Tuesday. Lawrence Gott, Harley and Maudie McKay and Marguerite Mitchell were visitors in Grass Valley Sunday evening The card party given by the Rebekah lodge last Thursday ev- ening was well attended and ev- eryone had a good time. Mrs Carl 8. Gregg was taken to the Mid-Columbia hospital in The Dalles Friday afternoon, where she was operated on Sat- urday. The Kent vicinity has had several good rains which will benefit all the farmers who have seeded. The fall was .82 of an inch. Mrs. Dick Reckmann, Jr., was rushed to The Dalles hospital Monday morning where she un derwent an operation for appen dicitis. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Guyton, Mr. and Mrs. Wayne McCuUoch and Mr. and Mrs. Delbert Rees were at the Dunlap home last Sunday. Mr. and Mr». Wm. Geddes and Mra. F. Cole who have been visit ing at the W. G. Helyer home, have returned to their home in Gearhart, Ore. - J/C. Wilson was a visitorrin The Dalles Friday evening. Mrs. Rita Harpe who was going on to Portland, accompanied him as far as The Dalles. Mary Smith and John Wilson drove up from Hood River, Sat urday evening to visit with Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wilson They re turned to Hood River Sunday afternoon. Visitors in The Dalles Satur day included: Mr. and Mrs. Wily W. Knighten and daughter, Anajean, Waiter Wilson, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Barnet and family, Carl Gregg, Mrs. Wilbur Helyer and daughter, and Mrs. Essie Wilson. A birthday dinner was given at the Geo. Howell home Sun day in honor of Bernice Howell’s 23d birthday. Those who were invited were: Mr. and Mrs. Fred Cox and family, and Mr. and Mrs. Bert Cox of Grass Val ley; Mr. and Mrs. Walter Byers, and daughter Thelma, of Shani ko; Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Mitchell and family and Mr. and Mrs. George McKay and family, of Kent. OREGON STATE NEWS OF GENERAL INTEREST one entirely of new material. ----- —O--------- . FOR BETTER AUDITS One very noticable handicap that budget committee work un der is the lack of adequate audits of official book«. A group of men trying to make up a budget for a county, or city or school dis trlct. are most seriously hampered in their endeavors unless they have figures before them showing the amounts of money actually . used in the different activities they are budgeting. O i? hopeful sign of improvement in county affairs was the in- Crea<ed allowed for auditing the county books. This is the most important.step that could have been-taken toward making county nffai s i Heln^ible to every taxpayer as it certainly should be, Ei^h item on the budget of any levying body should have a « Kent was visited by a snow Tuesday afternoon. Miss Loriane Darby spent Armistice Day at Wasco. Mr, and Mrs. L. V. Walton motored to The Dalles Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Bob Phelan of The Dalles visited in Kent last Sunday. Mabel and Cecil Cothran from Moro visited friends in Kent last Sunday, . * Mr. and Mrs. Raleigh Hamp ton Have moved from the country into town. corn xnding item on a certified audit showing the exact amount J. M. Wilson left for Portland actually expended during past years. These should be published Friday morning, returning Sat in comparison with the budget so that any taxpayer could determ urday evening. * Mr. and Mrs. Glea Johnson vi ine where and how his money was expended. We hope the Im* sited at the Paul Wilson home prove nent will continue and spread to other |ax making units. Sunday evening ------ 6------ Mr. and Mrs. M. B. Sias and Whejit going up, taxes coming down. Wheat coming up, ex daughter left for Forest Grove panses coming down. Prospects rising and rain falling. Bring on Tuesday morning. Thanksgiving Day. There were fifty-three present Principal Events of the Week Assembled for Information — of Our Readers. Evidence that the ginseng growing Industry In the Estacada locality is assuming greater proportions steadily Is shown by the fact that two new gin« seng driers have just been completed by growers there. F. A. Baker of Stanfield is the own« er of the second Jiigh-produclng cow for September in all Oregon cow test« Ing associations. Thi cow, a grade Jersey, produced 11S4 pounds of milk, containing 86.4 pounds of butterfat • H. H. Weathernpoon, apple king of Elgin, and former state representative from Union vounty, has donated an entire carload of cull apples for the drouth-stricken farmers of Montana, according to >1. L. Andrews, state in spector at La Gr:;do. Two bronzo d.Ink ig fountains have been placed on Main street by the Ro tary club of Klaian h Falls under the plan of the community service com« mittee which is headed by C, A. Dunn. They are the first public fountains on the streets of Klamath Falls. Depositors of the defunct Fanners bank of Weston received a second dividend November 1, it was announo* ed by E. E. Tate, in charge of liquidat ing the bank's assets. The second di vidend was 20 per cent. A 40 pet cent payment was made last March. at Sunday school Sunday morn November 11th brought the first heavy frost to Sherman ing. The offering was $2.48. Mrs. Claire Sinjar and child ‘ county. , How is that fur a salubious climate? ren are visiting with Mrs Sim- ■ ^r-0r— lar’s mother, Mrs. Belle Hogue. Not that it makes any difference, but what has become of the Malling of the 19,000 intangibles tax A representative of the Al ridinm dialed watches we used to wakeup In the night to look at? refund checks was completed by the berta Kerr baby home was solic of state’s department racent« ------ O------ < iting funds in Kent on Monday. secretary ly, fulfilling the promlso of Secretory • .r Donk »avs foe can end the depression with a million Hester and Edna Lyons are. of , ~ State Hoss that the refund would staying at the Cari Gregg home! be com^iete^ by NoylBBt-His duliari*. Ob, Boy. We can and our» for • lot less than that. --------- 0-------•- M hb depARmekCwai concerned. Cedar lumber and cante are beinf cut at th« n«w Tremblay sawmill near Wedderburu, In Curry county. Lo«- gers are hauling logs from Euchre creek by truck, while others are x«t- ting out logs on Lobster creek, to be rafted down the Rogue to the mill. Murat Blevans of Joseph smokes a meerschaum pip« that has* been in constant use since it was purchased in 1888, which is believed to be some sort of a record. The pipe is in ex cellent condition and still has a lot of good smokes left in it, Mr. Blevans says. Construction of a hydroelectric plant on Shitike creek at the Warm Springs agency «t a cost of >32,500, and two fireproof dormitories, at a cost of >65,* 000 each, is now under way and is a part of a building program which will involve the expenditure of >162,500 this year. Salem will vote on a >2,500,000 bond issue for a municipal water system December 15, the city council decided. At the special election citizens will vote whether wells, the Willamette river or the North Santlam shall bo used to provide water in case the bond issue is passed. . Deposits of the 209 state and na tional banks in Oregon at the close of business September 29, 1931, aggre gated >263,283,837.49, or >14,885,458.02 less than was reported at the time of the previous bank call in June of this year, according to a statement by A. A. Schramm, state superintendent of , banks. ------ - . —.“ For the tirat time lUJbe history of the Oregon City hospital, triplets were born. The parents are Mr. and »Mrs. Felix Bokoskie of West Linn, end the new arrivals are all daughters. Dr. Guy Mount, the attending physician, was so happy over the arrival of the three healthy babies-that he gave his services complimentary to the proud parents. . - k The Klamath County Turkey Grow ers' association, Intended to operate not only in that county but in north ern California and in Lake county, per fected organization at a meeting re cently, at which 25 members chose the*-» directors of /the group. The group hopes to establish an increase in the market price of turkeys to benefit the growers. . , Reno’pbst,- Grand Artoy of the Re public, organized in Roseburg Septem? her 27, 1884, with 22 charter members, was formally disbanded recently at tbe Armory there when th« four remain* "Ing niembers of the organization held their last meeting. ’ Cinnabar ore of gr?at extent was uncovered in the quicksilver mine of the Amurey Mountain Mining company - on Crooked river, 30 miles east of Prineville, when workmen cleared away the rocks brought down by a blast. The company's mining engi neers estimate'the ore will run from .>1000 to >1500 at on.......... A 3000-acre stand of grain was raised this season on Malheur lake bed, ten miles southwest of Crane. Different ranchers adjoining the north shore of the lake planted the seed grain after discing, The crop Includes wheat, barley, oats and rye, which is now being cut for hay, and stacked on higher ground than the lake bed. The first lead ore ever to be shipped from the Bohemia district near Cot- toge Grove, Is to go soon to a Utah smelter, A deposit of nearly pure lead was opened a few days ago on the Lead Crystal Mining company’s property. It also carries large values in gold and sliver. The company has a contract for all of this ore that it can ship. A new Incubator has been discov ered on the Alex Sparrow farm at Medford. When the hen died on her nest .recently, the unhatched eggs were thrown on a refuse pile and for gotten until a few days ago. The peeping of tiny chicks attracted a farm worker who uncovered a fluffy brood. Shaking themselves, they The unemployed of Bandon are chip ping in to buy a silver trophy to be awarded at the poultry show there December 1, 2 and 3. When it was an nounced that the barbers, the carpen ters, the Lions and other organizations would offer cups, a number of unem ployed citizens, to show they were not down-hearted, took up a collection to do likewise. Elmer Judd, 29, was killed Instantly when 25 pounds of 40 per cent blast ing powder and 100 dynamite caps he carried on the scat of his truck deton ated without warning aj he was driv ing toward Oregon City with a load of wood. The explosion was so ter rific that Judd's body was thrown 50 feet and terribly mangled whlla win dows 75 feet away were broken. The population of domestic animals in Umatilla county suffered severs in roads from the depression during 1931, according to figures just released by Robert O. Hawks, county assessor. Horses and mules decreased from 9922 in 1930 to 8375 this year; cattle from 19,124.to 18,790 and sheep from 125,000 to 110,385. Swine showed a slight in crease, however, and there were more dogs, poultry and bees listed this year than last. ------- =1— |----- - — Net awards by the state Industrial accident commission for the 17 years ending Jupe 30 of this year, aggregatr ed 918,099,501.11, according to a re port prepared by the commission at Salem. The outlay for medical aid was 17.310,941.38. Linn county families who are In need will have at least one good meal of fish. Through the state game com mission, 2000 pounds of white fish from Odell lake arrived there recently, consigned to the American Legion county-wide relict compute«. started the search foa a mother that clucks. The Oregon-Washln<tOB Railroad A Navigation company and th« Oregon Short Une railroad waa authorised by the Interstate commerce commlealon to abaridon 25 mlleq of the Homestead branch from Robjnette to Homestead. Freight traffic on the branch was de scribed ss very light and frequent cloud bursts have caused maintenance trouble. Trucks have replaced the abandoned train service. j The Hood River Traffic association, comprised of independent and co-oper ative shippers, has fixed women’s wages for packing apples and pears at 20 cents an hour and men at 25 cents an hour. This is a cut of practically 33 per cent from the wages paid last year. Packing apples and pears has b?en set at 4 cents a box, which h also a reduction from last year. Com mon labor tn the packing house will be paid from 25 to 35 cents on hour. The John Day Development associa tion, with affiliations in citiea and communities from Portland to I’rairie City, have petitioned the state high way conimlKaicn to place the Mitebcllr Antelope sbprt cut highway oa the secondary road map. The county courts of Wasco. Jefferson and Wheel er counties have asked for the road, proposing c.e ¿traction from allot- menta cf the gasoline tax. The road would cut the distance between The Dallei md th a John Day valley by 75 miles. Kentucky may be the bluegrass state, but it holds no corner on quan tity production of that popular crop. Geary Brothen of Klamath county have just .harvested 20,000 pounds— 10 tons—of bluegrass seed which seed specialists have pronounced heavy and of excellent quality. Fire which apparently started in the furnace room destroyed the Centnl Oregon Motor company garage at Bend last week. The flames spread rapidly through the two-story building, aided by a tank of acetylene and gas oline In the tanks of nine automobiles which were destroyed. . __ j Construction of a new filtration plant for the city of Eugene water system to cost >220,000 will be started immediately, Carl A. McClain, super* intendent of the city's public utilities, announced. Bids for construction will be called at once and It is hoped to start work November 1. were >5,752,022.94 fur thia year. ««aw pared to >5.975,12944 tor 1989„fl«cra* distillate tax collections far the flrat seven months of 1111, compared to the the big touring month of th« y«ar to Oregon, showed a declino ofjnors than 3,590,000 gallons over Jdf, 1989, and 1,590,909 gallons less than Jone, 1988. A paving crow has started work on the market road from Aarora toward Wilsonville to the Clackamas oonaty Une. Hitting an aged man over the head with the butt of a pistol, after leaving Miss Katheryn Joehnko bound aad gagged in the vault of the First Na tional bank at Aurora, two unmasked and artned robbers mads their escape with approximately 31509 of th« bash's funds. Hood River county has subscribed to the new road-sign program inaag* orated by the Oregon State Motor aa- sociation. Signa will be placed at each of the crossroads that wiU be uniform with tho signa in all the counties of ths state that subscribe to the now program. * - The Klamath Falls cRy council ha« purchased a 111,500 pumper. The now fire-fighting equipment will have a cm pacity of 1000 gallons. Further con sideration of the bids on ths hook and ladder truck held up the lotting of a contract of purchase on this piece of equipment. Finding a dynamite cap while at play on the- ranch operated by Ma father, Otto Freeman, I, son of Bua uel Freeman, living nine miles east of Prineville, blow off a portion of his left hand and a large hole hi Ma side, breaking one rib, badly brala- ing his body and disfiguring his face. A decrease of more than 3,000,000, bushels In the Idaho potato crop this year compared with last year was shown in the monthly report of ths federal crop statistician. Th« total forecast for this year was 23*,400,000 bushels compared with 26,190,000 bushels harvested a year ago. - R. A. Collins of the Dee Flat section, near Hood River, heavy grower of Bartlett pears, who refused to permit a canning firm to grade his fruit, call ing out approximately 4 per cent, load* ed a truck load of pears and went to eastern Oregon, where he traded, bushel for bushel, his pears for wheat Half a million trout wil be liberated from the state hatchery near Oakridge in the streams ef eastern Lane county during the next few weeks. Ths Eu gene sportsmen’s r association and chamber of commutes have been in touch with the state game commission to get numerous streams stocked this fall. Ladak alfalfa, the new hardy type being introduced in eastern Oregon, has proved far superior to common types on the Clyde Ward ranch near Baker. Actual weights taken on meas ured patches showed that the Ladak outylelded the old at the rat« of 1H tons green weight per acre on two cuttings. tinatlon«, return limit«, etc.’ ROUND TRIP CARISI AWAY All busses used In the various coun ties for the transportation of school ' pupils are to be inspected, according to announcement by Charles Pray, superintendent of state police. The Inspection will include the mechanical condition of the busses, whether the drivers are property licensed, and If they are equipped with proper acces sories. A new industry Is in the making near Bandon In the Bandon Home can- AWAY AWAY 10.80 Moro, Ore. MUUMI DANCE FOR 5Oc AT GRASS valley EVERY SATURDAY-NIGHT a ---- ------------- Win A Majestic Radio--------------- - One Majestic Midget Radio will be given away every Fourth Saturday Night to holder of Lucky Number. RULES: Winner must hold Two Tickets besides Winning Tick et, and holder must bo in hall at time of drawing. DANCES START SAT. NIGHT NOV. 14
