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SHERMAN COUNTY OBSERVER, EatabUahed Nov. 8, 1888
GRASS VALLEY JOURNAL, Eatabiiahad OeLM. 1897
CONSOLIDATED, MARCH •» 1981
Grass Valley
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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.
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the hospital in The Dalles last
Monday evening suffering from
SUBSCRIPTION RATB8—PAYABLE IN ADVANCE.
an attack of appendicitis. Sh$
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was operated on Tuesday and is
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getting
along very well.
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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,
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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
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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
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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-
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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«
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< 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.
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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 ,
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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-
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Moro, Ore.
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