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Sherasan County Observer EsL, 1888, Grass Valley Journal, EsL, 1897,. Consolidated I
SHERMAN CO
ìlSCHBAi BPUIHS
BANK LIQUIDATIONS
M- G. Tuoi, owner of the Wasco
Atari B^taf '
Moro Sute
filled thr
I county by this Arm
again when conditane
«¿n?-
thia institution in the county requires
the consumption of but a quarter of
a pound of bread per day for each in
habitant and more than this amount
is usually eaten by anyone.
All of the stores of the county have
agreed to cooperate in the move to
keep this Sherman county business
in operation and it Is thought it will
not be long until the county's bread is
baked within the county again.
and showed by blackboard illustra
tion the causes of bank failures in
times like the present, last Tuesday
evening. He also explained carefully
the method of liquidating banks, the
laws effecting such liquidations, and
in answering questions asked him
gave the reasons why such regula
tions
are 4 in 7 effect.
r
The meeting was called by the Club Leader Seymour
Moro Commercial Club which felt that
Coming Next Saturday
a free and open discussion of the
community problems relative to the
banking situation would clear up
Saturday, April 2nd, H. C. Seymour
some of the rumors, that always be
state
club leader, Will be in Moro at
come apparent when accurate infor
the
school
superintendent's office to
mation is not readily available.
meet
with
the
club leaders of the
It was in 1907 according to the
speaker when the first regulatory county and give them Instruction on
laws were made in this state for the the best way to do their job.
A|1 club leaders are requested to be
banking business. Since that time
present
at the meeting and meet Mr.
many changes have been forced by
«
law. Previous to that time anyone Seymour.
was allowed to start a bank with a
little capital and it was not necessary
to give security for money deposited/ Young People Married
Now a liability equal to the amdunt
At Bride’s Home
of stock is demanded of the stock
holder. In 1925 a law was passed
making $25,000 the lowest capital
Friends of John K. Wilson of Kent
stock permitted by the banking de and Mary L. Smith of Moro will be
partment and the tendency is to raise glad to know that they were united
this to $50,000.
in marriage on Easter Sunday, after
One of the main reasons for the noon at 1:30 o’clock. The wedding
closing of so many banks during the was held at the home of the bride’s
depression has been the shrinkage of parents, Mr. and Mrs- Chester W.
assets because of the natural with Smith. Those present beside the
drawal of funds for the needs of de bride’ sparents were Mr. and Mrs.
positors. This shrinkage was 15 per J. H. Wilson of Kent, parents of the
cent up to the first'<ff the year and is groom. Rev. and Mrs. N. Sherman
still continuing.’ During the last five Hawk of Wasco.
years banks have been consolidated
and merged together until bow there
are only two thirds as many as there New Management
were five yean ago in this state.
At Paria Store
The speaker said that when a bank t
was once closed the assets of that
Mrs. Cecile Oviatt, < formerly
manager of the far department of the
Bedell qtore in. Portland^ and Miss
die the liq
the deposi
to perform this service and in the F- Borg and former assistant buyer
eases where depositors have attempt- for Hubbard’s Gown Shop in Portland
satisfactory-
It is not the policy of the
department to allow the
Continued to pace four.
Dalles.;.
. .1 .
The new management of this well
customers of the Paris Shop to come
in and get acquainted.
■—«
Earl Snell Expected To File
For House Position Soon
Earl W. Snell, of Arlington present
state representative, whose hesitancy
about filing for office has caused some
speculation in the district has decided
to flip as p candidate for the lower
v
house again. If elected this year Mr.
Snell will represent the counties of
Sherman, Gilliam and Wheeler, as
formerly and Morrow as a new addi-
tion to the representative district.
He is one of the members of the
house most spoken of as a candidate
for the speakership of that body- And
his chances seem to be better each
week as house members announce
their retirement or candidacy for the
senate or other political Offices in
. their districts.
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8, 1981. Wasco News-Eater prise, Eat., 1896, Consolidated March 4, 1932
OFFICIAL PAPER
Moro, Oregon, A April 1,
Forty Fourth Year
It has been reported that Ben Tay
lor, of Mitchell, will be a candidate
for the senate to oppose J« P. Yates,
of Wasco, but this report is not taken
seriously by those acquainted with
the situation. The senatorial district
is composed of three counties that
have been together for many years,
So many, in fact, that-thk principles
of county courtesy have been well
established. It is now Shertnan coun-
ty’s turn to send a man to the state
senate and as the candidate of this
County for that office nas thej legisla-
tive experience to perform the duties
of the office it is not thought probable
that another county will back a can
( didate for the position.
™ I®“-
LESS MULE
1932
Wilcox Warehouse Fired .
By Unknown Person
g some person
to set Ar* to the
Wilcox warehouse
failed to do
They had put
any serious
Bt the foot of a
uched them off
with about fifty foot M fuse and prob
ably a little powder. As the gasoline
|sd up it burned
t falling out of
ie blase before
the sacks1
I. S. CONDUIS ULT QIN
off the rags,
ing on the Lu-
Otto Wallman.
ther Davis ranch, discovered the fire
j and with the
Mr. Davis and
it. When the
Hernan, Grimm,
veröd the fuse
~ and had the first intonation that‘the
. So far no
in connection
WHEAT: Crop development and
n.
the rate of disappearance of the with <he attempt at
world's wheat surplus remained the
dominent factors in the general
wheat market situation. Recent freez Masons Meet at Wasco
es, set back the domestic wheat crop
For District Conclave
in some areas, but tne actual damage
is yet uncertain. In western Kansas
much of the wheat was frozen down
and soil blowing was also harmful.
The condition of the Winter wheat in Wasco last Friday was a huge
dropped 3 points to 80 per cent in success. • Herbert L. Toney, Grand
Nebraska, with an estimated aban Mater for the state, from McMinn
donment of 12.5 per cent, according ville, Grand Secretary D. R. Cheney
of Portland, and District Deputy
to the mid-month report-
About 16,967,000 acres of Spring Grand Master, George D. Brodie of
wheat other than Durum will be seed Dufur was present. There were rep
ed this season if farmers carry out resentatives rom Hood River, Ante
their, intentions reported as of March lope, Dufur, The Dalles, Moro and
1. This represents an increase of a- Grass Valley. A banquet was held at
bout 5 per cent over the acreage 6.30. Plates were placed for 130- The
seeded in the spring of 1931 and of menu consisted of turkey, mashed
53 J per cent ^"“r the acreage har potatoes, browned gravy, corn, pick
vested last season, when dry weather les, salad, apple pie with whipped
caused an unusally heavy abandon cream and coffee. H. D. Proudfoot,
ment of Spring wheat. The acreage Worshipful Master of Taylor Lodge
sown to Winter wheat in the U. S. No. 99 A. F. 4M acted as master of
last fall totaled 38,682,000 acres, ac- ceremonies. There were vocal selec
cording to the December estimate, tions renderd by Mrs. Huckin, and
The extent of Winter injury to fall Harland Johnson, and piano selec
sown wheat is still undertermined, tions were given by. Bill Clothier.
After the banquet, the convention
but average abandonment will reduce
the acreage for harvest to about 33,- convenied and was taken charge of
820,000 acres.
by Grand Master Toney, who gave an
No important changes have been address consisting of the meaning of
reported in foreign crop conditions. Masonry. AU of these talks were en-
Scattered rains relieved the drought joyed by all present.
in France, .but warmer rainy weather
is still needed- Some freezing occur
red in Germany, but milder weather
now favors the crop. Warmer weath- ।
er with rain improved conditions in
Italy.' Taken altogether, European 1
crop prospects are somewhat less1
NIN. PRBCIP
MAX.
DATS
favorable than a year ago, because
of the sharp treating in March. The J Mar- 24
.52... ...36.,. .25
new Indian wheat crop is reported of
" - 25
. 49.. ...84...... 03
good quality and trade estimates
26
...44 . ...82..... 00
.58 ...87.^.. .01
place the outturn at 346,000,000 bush
els. Marketings of new wheat slack- j
.58 .. ,M..... 09
29
;.8o... . .87......... 00
ened in Argentina and exports for the
80.
.61.4. ..^9.;.. .oo
Continued to page two.
wook. ...M....088
WEATHER REPORT FOR
WEEK ENDING MAR. 30
ot
L
No. 21
MOISTURE IS 12 PER
CENT OF SOIL NOW
Ceiitieii b Stil Behw Normal oi
Other Yean
SP« MIKS HIE NEEDED
Baseball Season^Starts
At Wasco Sunday
SCHOOL CHILDREN
SPELL FOR HONORS
Sunday the click of the bat, the
plunk of the ball, the shouts of the
players were heard on the ball dia
mond at the fair grounds as two
teams played a few innings of the Oral and Written Spelling Given Ta
national pastime-
Grade Pupils
The ball had a way of getting
through or around the infielders in a
good many cases and the many
tried out had difficulty In getting the
ball over the plate, but for the first
workout it was satisfactory
Sunday the first game of the sea
son will be played at Wasco and while
many players will be tried out it is
expected that Searcy or Rice will do Some Children Have Won (Certificates
most of the catching, Barzee and
Every Year of ¡School Life
Walker will pitch, the infield will be
composed of the alternate pitcher,
Collis Moore, Art Osborn, Wendell
Balsiger and Ted Guinan. Outfielders
Teachers tip-toed around the halls,
will be chosen from several high children slid out of doors and broke
school lads who are breaking into the for the beneficient out side air, prin
game and those old timers who do not cipals leaned on banisters and tables
feel equal to the speed needed closer discussing their problems. These were
to the- batter.
.the only .signs discernable at the
school house Friday that the annual
spelling contest was in progress.
- But inside the rooms teachers were
Wasco Local Makes n
carefully enunciating words after
Profit Last Year words to groups of pencil chewing
youngsters each one anxious to come
from the fray without even the tech
Spokane, Wash., March 29. Dec nical error of a forgotten cross on a
laration of a dividend of 6 per cent on T. Gre^t numbers of them were
stock and six-tenths of a cent a bush successful and their names are ap
el on all grain handled for the first pended below.
year’s operation of the Sherman Co Written: .
operative Grain Growers, Inc., was
reported today by B. H. Grady, Man . Grade I. Billie Howton, Robert von
Borstel, Emma Elizabeth Lamborn.
ager, Wasco, Oregon.
Grade 2.
David McLeod, . June
The report was received here by
Hines,
Dean
Thompson,
John Sch
A. C. Adams, treasurer and general
wende!,
Robert
Ziegler,
Jimmie
Coats,
manager of North Pacific Grain
Bobbie
Wisner,
Bobbie
Huck.
Growers, Inc., regional cooperative,
with which the Sherman county local Sybil Kyllo, Patricia Yocum, Jeanette
Human, Frances Lee James, Zoe La-
is affiliated.
“Our local cooperative is in excel Verne Silver, Cleta Lyda, Linden
lent shape,” wrote Mr. Grady. “We Mersinger, Lois~Reynoids, Irene Sear
have not lost a single membert and cy.
Grahe 3: Juanita Mitchell, Ardis
everything points to the addition of
Fern
Truitt, Mearle Marion Miller,
several new members before harvest.
Audrey Baker, Bonita Kyllo, Claude -
Bayer, Donald Olds.
* Grade 4: Vernon Melzer, Anna Mc-
Logan Is Making Audit
nab, Mary Coats, Isla Jean Brisbine
|Oi All County Books La villa Gossen, Clara Mersinger, Re-
tha Sayrs, La Von ne Alsup, Dolores
Simon, Anne Laurie Haynes, Doug
Charles V. Logan of The Dalles, is las Tuel, Betty Belshee, Carl Lyons,
busy here this week auditing the Damon Fields, Billie Todd.
Grade 5:
Margaret McDermid
county books. It Is expected that
when the job is finished it will be pos Lawrence Kenny, Viola Lundy, Mel
sible for any one to get a comprehen vin Balzer, Lloyd Belshee, Ina Jones,
sive understanding of the actions of Jane French, Beryl Sheets, Luther
the county officers throughout 1931 Davis, Anita Dunlap, Dean Pnkerton,
Grade 6: Catherine Fridley, Stan
by studying the completed audit.
Those parts of it haveing the most ley Jones, Winifred Belshee, Barbara
general interest will be published in Belshe, Helen Sather, John Proudfoot
Thirly Chapman, Anita ' Beardsley,
the Sherman County Journal.
Clara Jane Mathieson, Leona McLeod
Another good place for a zipper
(Continued on page two) •
would be on string beans.—Selected.
SPELLING GETTER .EICH TEMI
Moisture Plentiftl la Top .Throe Feet,
Deep Moisture Short
—:
4 There is no doubt about it moisture
makes wheat in Sherman county and
this explains the interest that every
one has in the amount of water that
has seeped into the soil in the winter
months.
This week at the experiment sta
tion, there/was 12 per cent of mois
ture in the first six feet 6f soil. This
is by feet; 17*8 per cent in the first
foot, 15-3 per cent in the second, 12.3
in the third, 7.8 in the fourth, 8.6 in
the fifth and 10.1 in the sixth. This
is about the same percentage of soil
moisture as we had last year at the
same time/ Last years figures are
12.2.
The average for the years from
1919 to 1931 inclusive is 13.0 per
cent of moisture at this time of year.
During this time, however; there
have been some years in which the
moisture content of the ground in the
spring was much higher. Two of
these years were 1927 and 1928 when
there was about J5.0 'per cent of
moisture.
The difficulty with the present dis
tribution of moisture is that it is all
in the first three feet. This permits
the wheat to grow for a month or
two but unless heavy rains fall in
May or June it is likely to not mature
very much wheat. The same mois
ture conditions prevailed under last
years crop, and were partly the cause
of the poor showing of the wheat af
ter the first of June.
Local Girl Honored
At Albany College
Albany College—Faye Thompson of
Moro has been appointed a member
of the “All for Albany” committee,
to interview prospective students.
Miss Thompson, who is a senior this
year, will represent Albany at Moro-
For those who wish to keep inform
ed about county matters the Sherman
County Journal is indispensible.
Rehearsing for the Big Show
News of Early Days Reprinted
For Those}Who Remember
and H. A. Moore as councilmen.
Observer, March 30th, 1893.
Sherm Huff shot and killed a deer
W- H. and E. H. Moore had a very
on his place south east of Erskinville exciting time on their return from
a couple of weeks ago.
Gilliam county Monday. The ferry,
C. W. Deikman is running a freight cable broke as they were crossing^the
wagon between Moro and Biggs twice John Day river at the old EmucranF “
weekly and will haul up your coal and road and the boat shot down stream,
wood or other supplies at reasonable but fortunately lodged on the Gilliam
bank so as to allow« them to unhitch
rates.
and
back the buggy ashore and take
• County Clerk Hayes proved up on
his Timber Culture today at The the horses with it. This nescessitated
Dalles. His witnesses were Obed a drive of about 100 miles around to
reach Moro via Arlington, Klickitat
Cushman and T. B. Searcy.
and Grants.
Miss Julia Woods and Jas- R. Bel-
A large emery wheel has been put
shee bought carts from R. J. Ginn and
O. E. Leet bought a buggy from the into the Moro Iron works to be used
for grinding plow shares, etc.
same store.
Parties wishing cattle herded will
please let me know by April 20th
Rate 40 cents per month- Best pas
ture in Sherman county. M. H. Ben
net, Kent.
Observer, April 3rd, 1903.
T. H. Fraser’s son Tom is Suffering
from a broken arm caused by a fall
from the hurricane deck of a cayuse.
Road supervisors Carl Peeta and
Wm. Henrichs have been busy grad
ing turn outs onthe Lone Rock road*
Observer, April 3rd, 1913.
' The business men of Wasco have
declared a holiday for April 9th and
will join with the up to data farmer*
of that section in a day of work on
the McDonald-John Day river grade.
A basket lunch will be served the
workers at noon.
Moro citizens in mass meeting
Monday night indorsed the present
city administration by nominating for
John Fields of Rufus was in the
re-election W. H. Moore for mayor, city Tuesday visiting with his son
and Messrs J. O. Elrod, I. D. Pike Earl and family.