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About Sherman County journal. (Moro, Or.) 1931-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 29, 1932)
In'rman ** FARMERS HEAR FOUR SPEAKERS FOR COOPS Wasco and Crut Välky Scenes Meetings SHUMWAT REVIEWS HEW BOOK , Sherman Cennty . Judge Potter Taiki At Engineens Meet For School Lunches Simple Food Best Simple and inexpensive garden and dairy products form the foundation ’ of the best school lunch, says Miss Lucy A. Cas«, nutrition specialist al Oregon State College. Whole grain bread and butter sand- wiches, a raw tomato in season and a bottle of milk will go a long way to ward satisfying the body needs of th« growing child, Miss Case explains. She suggests whole grsin bread and L LA t f aS 1" vuktci > m r >«1 i.«lx a. a nunu w it. fit*» Unemployment Men g Pick Laborers i CHI la III HI g cheese, meat, fish or nut butter; a raw I Members of the unemployment com vegetable, a bottle of milk and a frui t mittee met in Moro Wednesday morn or custard desert. ing and afterwards made a trip to the It "Make the school lunch ss complete eounty work on Sherar's gride. a meal as possible," says Miss Case I has been noceseary to change many of ssys, "and have the foe d appetising. I the men working on thia road to other work in order to ^ive employment to Wrap it in waxed paper to prevent as many as possible. It to expected mixing of flavors snd drying out, and that the work on Sherar's road will bo pack it compactly in a washable, ven finished by the middle of February. tilated container. Put the heavy foods The road is now passable down to the in the bottom, snd those to be esten second point and there is not a great deal of work left on the north side hill first on top.? Tim • and effort may be across from the old road. saved /or mother by teaching children to pack their own lunches ss soon as they are old enough." Wasco High School A rmple, balanced school lunch, with To Give Student Play adequate time for consuming it," she ■ays, "is an important factor in the economy of health, and it is dsily re Next Wednesday evening at 8 o’clock ceiving more sttention from both psr- in the high school auditorium, the ents and teachers." '« | Masque and Dagger Club will present Sherman county farmers had the choice of two meetings Saturday af ternoon when A. R. Shumway, pres ident of the North Pacific Grain Growers and George Davis of the Farm Board, spoke at the Wasco high school auditorium and Orris Dorman and Roy Bitner, prominent farmer of Umatilla county spoke in the civic auditorium in Valley. These men are engaged in paign to spread information about the workings of the National Cooper ative movement that is headed by the federal farm board and the speeches made in this county were similar to those that being are be ing made throughout the northwest. a throe act comedy entitled, "The »At Wasco the meeting was called Whoofonproof." The admission will to order by Dr. Leah Richelderfer. Legionnaires Attend I be twenty five and thirty five cents president of the womans auxiliary of The story is laid in the office of a the Sherman Cooperative Grain District Conference sm 41 town newspaper which is on the Growers under whose auspices the verge of bsnkruptcy. The character meeting was called. She introduced of Mona Lary, who is crowding the George E- Davis, field representative Floyd Flatt, Fred Pickett, Theo I Condenser to the wall by vamping the of the farm board who outlined the dore Johnston and Vernon Flatt I trade to her paper. The Clarion, is por- growth of the cooperative movement drove to Hood River last Thursday I trayed by Belle Clothier. and explained the work of each unit night to attnd a district conference Old Roaring Riley, ths county sheriff of the plan and compared it with of the American Legion. This meet and the Widow Winters are acted by the old system of marketing farm ing was made especially interesting Malcolm Guy and Ruth Schwendel. crops. by the presence of many of the state These two characters are good for a He stated that the Fanners Nation officers who are using these confer-, Laugh every time they appear on the al Grain Corporation has made and encesto acquaint the posts through scene. The east is as follows; Dad Keteh- returned profits tho the grower of two out the state wih the p[ans being I ell and John Liebeck, who are partners and a half million dollars within the made for the entertainment of the two years since it has been in opera legiohnaires of the whoje Uni teed in the paper are taken by Nyai and Mrs. tion.. States who will convene in Portland Edward Grady respectively; Ketcheil, Orion Wattenburg; Wheeler Mr. Shumway discussed and re next September. Ketchell, a young college graduate. viewed the book. “Wheat and Poli Max Williams; Deep Liebeck, Winifred tics.” that hae caused so * much * in terest among the grain trade. He fanner,” Mr. Dorman said. “Thia is Fortner; Rparing Riley,' the county showed the falsity of the accusations decidedjy too small. There are more sheriff, Malcolm Guy; Widow Winters, Ruth Schwende, and Mona Lary Belle made by the author, Brinton, and than 30.000.000 Americans engaged Clothier. showed his reasons for attacking the in agricultural pursuits, and prosper farm board ity cannot return until their buying He stated that the farmers na- ‘ power is increased. Sticking Doers . If doors tend to stick, especially the tional had handled 390,000,000 bush- I “Mortgage loan« aganst farm •Is of grain at a cost of less than one lands have been doubling with each swinging door Into the dining room, cent per bushel. Salaries, and wages each succeeding generation. Today, first try soaping all the outer edgon If this doesn't work, look the tdoor amounted to less than a fifth of a 25 per cent of them are delinquint. over, discover just Where It sticks cent a bushelon this amount of wheat This means that agriculture is headed and shsve off n little of the surface. he said. * . tomards ruin unless the farmer can The womens auxiliary expect to receive sufficient returns to meet hold meetings of this nature once his obligations.” Mr. Dorman declared statesmen I each month during the spring. At Grass Valley, Orris Dorman and others advocating the abolition was the prncipal speaker. He said of the federal farm board and the I that the farm problem coujd only be i agricultural marketing act, claiming I settled by finding markets for the the board is dissipating the people’s I farmer so that he could get more for money, sre talking without first hisproducts. *. Borrowing additional hand knowledge. money is no cure for the preelent Roy Ritner also addressed the conditions, he stated. i group of farmers who gathered to Only 30 per oent of the sale price learn ; more of coperation. Very good farm products is returned to the < crowds attended both meetings. Contestants Coy As Maids “Now don’t it beat the can,” said the old timer, “the way these poli ticians ace. Roosvelt has admitted that he is a candidate for the demo cratic nomination for the presidency after three years of working for the doing that *very opportunity thing. “If a man is running for sheriff or constable he goes out on the street corner or the oad coner and talks to every one he meets about the office and his qualifications for same; but if he is going to run for president he backs off squirms around says he to a plain cl then- sayr| he is interest merely in performing his duty as a common man. say» we have a great nation, says he love* his family, has his picture takenwith a dog, goes fishing, talks abiut every thing else but what he is. thinking about.” , “Does anyone suppose that any of a dozen other nationally knowtn men will not announce them selves if they can Une up enough support amoung the different groups that carry lots of votes? A man kinda gets the notion that presidential candidates are feminine in nature and candidates sheriff are masculine. One is coy and hesitant and does his ]eve| bast to be dis-; creet while the other is bold and bravely' asks for what he wants and hopes to get." School Out County Judge Georg« A. Potter and > Roadmaster Homer S. Wan attended the annual meeting of th« engineers of the state in Portland last Saturday night. ' Thia meeting and banquet marked th« close of Mr. Walt's term ar president of this organisation. Mr. Potter wm one of th« speakers. /mntaiMimv Presidential Politics Makes Wasco 1 recorded, we er of students I has increased of the last six OREGON STATE NEWS OF GENERAL INTEREST Principal Events of the Week Assembled for Information of Our Readers. THE MARKETS 1 Come on girls! girla whose ns honor list this Paulen Käseberg Delmer. SMth Orion Wattenburg » last time there Portland mior class leads Wheat — Big Bend bluestem, hard sber of honor white, 77 He; soft white, western thirdof of them. white, hard winter, northern spring I are 9 boy* to 6 and western rod, 62He. appear on th« Hay—Buying price, f. o. b. Portland; Alftdfis, >14015 valley timothy. eastern Oregon timothy. 918018.50; clover, 912; oat, 912.80; oats and vetch, 912.50© 12. Butterfat—18 ©20c. Eggs—Ranch, 14018«. Cattle—Steers, good, 95.5005,75. Hogs—Good to choice, 94.65 0 5 25. Lambs—Good to choice, f4.50@5. ... Seattle Arthur Spencer Aguata Bucking Sophoasona Cass Winifred Fortner . Wheat—Soft white, western white, western red, 62c; hard winter, north ern spring, 63c; bluestem, 75c. . Butterfat—23c. Eggs—Ranch, 14 O18c. Cattle—Steers, good, 95.25©5.75. Hogs—Good to choice, 95.15©5.25. Lambs—Choice, 94 @4.50. Spokane Robert Ferrell Geraldh*« Funk Leon Smith Marvin Thomas In order to be < student must hai Cattle—Steers, good, 35.50 @6. Hogs—Good to choice, 95.00. Lambs—Medium to good, 93.50©4.50 honor roll * least one Automobile Driver Examiaer Coming There were 966 births and 643 dbaths In Marion county in 1931, according to a report‘completed by ths Salem health unit. Having decided that It is impossible to sell notes of 9500 denomination to Astoria people, the city school board is planning to issue notes in 950 de nominations. Early lambs are thriving tn the Day ton section, growors report, but there Turner. are fewer twins than la past a co errs» Members of the state g On the Asa Nichols farm in tho Plaaa- ehm will be advised that sntdalo section there are 45 Iambi Seaside to vor an open mi from 55 owes to date. ' . 1 Aa order reducing coyote bounties only thooo holding cortiflcatoa hrona from 910 s pelt to 98 has boon adopted tho commission showing that they by tho Douglas county court. Tho have killed a cougar bo granted per- change becomes effective January 15. miseion to kill elk. The bounty on «oyote pnps will re The United States land cilice at main at 93.50 a head. Roseburg is la third place among all A census of wild lit* In tho Umpqua the land office* of tho gae3rn*aint national foreat shows 3250 blacktail from the standpoint of reedpta test deer and 450 black or brown boars. 1 year. The receipts of tho office W«n Of predatory animals tho census Is: 9285,246. The two OffiCM heWfi^r Coyotes 386, wildcats 510, cougars 105, more business were Sacramento wolves 70 and porcupine» 215 and Cheyenne, Wyp. ;_ Growers in the Re inter drainage Tho volume of building permits is- sued In Portland. Eugene and Cor* district will plant appro tfrnataly go valila in December shoved healthy acres of peas next spring, the crop gains over November and as a result from which was contracted for re lifted the total for the entire state cently at a meeting of the growers well above the November marks, hold in Rainier. A price of IB eente , City Mansger Reiter of Bend has per pound was accepted from a ean- announced a drastic economy program aery near Portland. involving the reduction of th« »umber While digging out a stump on the cf city employes and consolidation of MascaU reach near Dayville recently, departments. It is estimated that a James Harper, sheepman, excavated raving of about 95000 a month can a fine gold chain which apparently ta mad«. had been burled for a long then bid t „ . Th« California-Oregon Powor com was in good state of preservation. pany will complete soon the fencing Several years ago a ring was dug up of 15 mil«s of canals la th« southern on the same ranch. Oregon section, to pretont d««r from Here's a depression trick all police tailing into the canal and drowning. departments might employ: Oqrlss Earlier this fall about 40 deer wore Lemons, Pendleton, police chief, has drownod. <• - paid with empty liquor bottles collect A locomotive - automobile crash ed durfag raids for redecorating the claimed Chsrlos Ellers, well-known interior of the police station. Lemons peach orchard owner ot Aurora, as a traded the bottles to a teral paint victim when Ellers drove hi* automo firm for a kalsomine job. bile over th« Aurora crossing Imme Polk county Is proud ot her Jerseys diately la th« path of a Southern Pa and is planning to ten the world about cific passoager train. them. D es fahu was reached at the annual mooting of the Polk Conty Th« Baak of Southwestern Oregon Jersey club just hold, to hold a spring at Marshfield, capitalized at 9100,000 Jersey jubilee and also to seo that and with deposits of 9878,422, was suitable signa wore placed along the closed and placed la th« hands of A. ' highways «siting attention to the qual A. Schram, state sup«rintead«at of ity of Jerseys la that eounty- El Campo Ruglente, the annual Vai« firemen’« winter festival, will be held C M. Bentley, ex a miner of operators this year February 26 and 27. Robert Bible, the directors said. and chauffeurs will be in Moro, Wed Barney Is general chairman in charge ■ Approximately 9250,000 was placed H<den, „superintendent of tho United in the state highway fund recently, Ststee reclamation bureau In Klam nesday, February 3d, 1382, at the ot this year's event. as the result of the monthly transfer ath Falls, of the awardink of 67 home- Court House, between the hours tf 9 Mrs. Bertha Langworthy, city librar of collections from the gasoline tax, atsads on the Tulo lake project. The a. m and 12 m, for the purpose of re ian of North Bend, reports that 49 made by the secretary of state. The homesteads go to ex-service men se ceiving applications and conducting ex lected from 163 applicants. The aminations foroperators and chauffeurs' per cent of the city's population Is month's gasoline revenue for the high awards are made on tho basla of capi patronising th« library and the book licenses way fund was «2e4.524.78. tal, farming experience, character and loans for 1931 numbered 52,738. Reports that Shevlin-Hixon . Industry. Circulars propared by th« United Lumber mill and the Brooks-Scanlon Salvaging crippled ducks and g««M States department bf labor are being mill may be running full shifts within on tho United Stet«« wild life refuge sent out to all hop growers in the another month are current in Bend. at Tulo lake has netted 1173 docks Willamette valley asking them to em- | Some of the workmen from both mine and <32 goose, according to tho Meter ploy only white labor this year. have been called In to give all mar leal survey. Tho salvaging eampnfgn The Yamhill County Dairy Hord Im* I dhlnery an overhauling. wa« begin November 25 and continnod provement association recently met at The possibility of erecting a new through December. Tho salvaged DATS McMinnville. Honor roll certificates stat« capitol building with funds to b« birds were donated to charlteblo er- for herds making 300-pound averages obtained from federal lands in Ore ganixstions of Tulo Lake townrite, Jan. 2 of butterfat during 1981 were pre gon is one of th« Important quostions Merrill and Klamath lHlo sented. that will b« discussed by Governor Tho Hobl Airway* airplane from Ed- The Polk county court has reduced Maier when he arrivea in Washington, ---------- _ 9 the licence fees on dogs 50 per cent D. C. th« first of th« month. to tho Evoafng Star mla« la th« Bo* if paid before March 1. The new rate Thres persons worn killed and two homlaa district aad a larg« aawunt is >1 for males and 91.50 for females. Injured seriously when their automo i of food sappllo* was drapped ior tho If not paid by March 1 the fee will be bile crashed h«ad-oa into a truck ■ix pereons maroonod there by th« doubled. driven by Irving Hedges on the Turn- d««p saow last wo«k. Th« mlaero er-Msrion highway last week. Th« ac had bullt a hugs flre aad thoy daacod cident occurred on a straight stretch around tt Uk« ladlans aa th« plano of road about four mllra north of eamo swooping throegh th« feg. WEATHER REPORT FOR . WEEK ENDING JAN. 27 I Old Time News Items For Early Sherman County Settlers -©Set Hi January 26, 1893 ’ Senator Btewier has iatroducted a bid in the state legislature providing for a new county to be bounded on the l west by the Deschutes River and on I east by the John Day river and to be called Stockmans county. Antelope is I the prospective county seat. A teachers meeting was hold in Moro I last Saturday there being present Supt. I H. Tyree and the following teachers; Miss Bolle Cobman, W. J. Poddicord, Mbs Julia Woods, Clark Brown and Miss Maggio Merril. Moore and Karlen, Grass Valley, sa nounces their retirement from business. , Moro prepared for the baseball sea son by naming a committee of W. *. McCoy, B. M. Meach and E. H. Meera to incorporate. --1 January 30 18 J. F. B«lsh«« has sold hi* farm prop arty at Jefferson, Orogon, and to to the coiMty seeking a location for to- turning. M I O. B. Botoh«« to having hi* moat market renovated and repainted; tho James McLeod, the jowebr and spr way the work to b«fag don« will help inter. who formerly engaged in busi hoop the «hop warmer in winter and ness in Moro, has returned to the dty cooler in summer. after a protracted trip. January M, 19(4 Th« dty council Monday «wnteff voted a permit to Arthur PMUNp* I« N. W. Tbempoon has sold the team of horses advertised tn the Old Reliable I Observer last wook for |S00. G. A. Meloy baa boon confined to his Tax roll for German eounty thb bod with rhoumatiam the peat week. yw «arrian divided eounty Apparently Stockman eounty was and «tate M7.1M8E; special m M rad tens NWE; to-j still a matter of discussion ten yean eorporaled citine H*.«. I after It was trot mentioned.
