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About Sherman County journal. (Moro, Or.) 1931-current | View Entire Issue (May 13, 1932)
Inumai tyrmän EaL, 18H, Coaeetidated March 4, 1>3J Forty Fourth Year No. 27 County Celebration to be Held In Grass Valley SOIL WEHER THAN USUAL UN MAY RUST PRIMARY afGTIOM ONLY WEEK W ate on the , year, which ■ this county ■ Waaeo coun- ty win rather under B trees of the •rar a total of 857^58-08 to U m «ran- , i'W» ï fashioned picnic and^ »ntertainment and family visiting b«^L' . '' Just what the tateffiainment wUl consist of ha* not Balm decided, but it to almost? certain .that a feame at baseball will be played, the boy* and girl* will run a few me*« and people will stand around In f&ups and talk with old friends, whtoh I* really what holidays are for anyway- i' UIMHES HE WEIHS‘•“»«■»s»»'"»' Chan-vp May 20th -70?'> - -r 1921 «mums miEsiED Erti Y > i Friday, May 20th, which is also Election Day, ha* been designated by . Serre Voter* the Commercial Club .Committee as Clean-up Day for Moro this yçar. Mr. L. L. Peeta has been lippohited Major Friday, May 20th, will be ju*t an General of the day and he will an other day to the majority of the citi nounce his Captains and the assign ment of territory and the Buck Pri zens of this state, the sun will come vates at their command, in due time- up in he morning and go down at The Commitlee respectfully requests , night to arise again, but for the flock that all home and business place own of candidates who are awaiting to ers will clean up their premises and hear the voice of the people it will be will dispose of thy refuse before a day of days. Thè sun will come up Clcan-up Day, so that the workers in the morning, but it may go down may be free to dévote their time on at night never to rise again on per- ' that day to thé Streets, Allays, and sona) political ambitions. vacant properties. - A pot luck lunch Voters will have an opportunity to will be served in the City Park at vote for f ur contestants for the Re noon by the good ladies of the city. publican nomination for United Sta- , All places of business agreed to re tea senator, Ffed Steiwer. Kenneth1 main closed until noon. To the end Harlan A. E. Clark and <R- N Stan that we shall maintain the best kept field having filed for that office- For j and most attractive City in the Coun- Democratic^ nomination for the same ty, the Committee requests the full office Marshall Dana, Walter Gleason co-operation of everyone. "and Elton Watkins «re contestants- In the second district voters will have a chance to nominate R R But- C unty Court Actions ler or J. M. Richards, Republicans ' For May- Term and F. V- Galloway or Walter Pierce Democrats as candidates for the house of representatives. State officers to be nominated are CLAIMS ALLOWED AT MAY TERM OF COURT secretary of state for which office Stamps E. Hoes and George Palmiter are Geo. B Bourhill 71.02 for Clerk competing for the Republican nomi Dis- Geo. G. Updegraff nation and Ray H. Wisecarver for the trict Attorney Expenses ' 8-87 Democratic and state treasurer has Fern Rakes Work in Su Milt Scherping and Rufus Holman 8383 perintendents office competing for the Republican nomi Mrs. S. L. Coate County ’ “ nation and J. W- Maloney asking for 20.00 Charge the Democratic award. An attorney Wm. Shiel 80.00 County Charge general will also be elected this year Alva Stone Pred. .ani and I. H Vanwinkle and Earl C. 1250 mal control Superin Bronaugh are the only contestanta A. E. Simmons tM tendents supplies for the office, both being 'Republicans. * All of the candidates for state sen Wert C. Print A B. Co-, 737 Clerks supplies ator or representative in this district 18.75 Supt. supplies are Republicans. For the senatorship 138-40 1224 171.02 A W. Specialty Co. 2.50 Clerk's supplies D. Antrim Earl Snell, at ArHngte»} f. N. Shewn ’ Weights and Measures , C. L. Poley Vital of Foaail; J. O. Turner and MiK. 2-50 Statistics .75 • W. E. Tate Vital 'Statistics Mouture For Summer assist in the celebration inchiding the city itself and the nUBey made, if any, will go to tin - and paint- ■ Moisture conditions remain good in ing of the city pa^ Sherman tounty due largely to the rains that have fallen during the last Grass Valley six weeks. While there was not as Declamatory Contest much moisture as usual at the begin-, ning of the crop year, in March, these rains have kept the wneat growing Grasa Valley with a 5*st and7 soc^ and so far it has used very little of t held in the soil moisture stored during the nual declamatory in Wasco last Friday night as one of winter. the activities of the final week* of The following chart shows the per- the school year- Moro won a first, centage of soil moisture in the soil Rufus a second and WaAo^nd Rufus on different dates in the past years a third place. / compared with the amount this year Little La Vonno Anup with her on the tillage plots at the experiment piece, “Hay Fever” to which her voice station. was particularly adapted, was win Year Good plots “Poor plots Date ner in the C division comprising the M*y 2 first four grades of the grammar 11.3 10.5 J9°8 9.6j May 10 school. Leota Cross, at Rufus was 9.0 4928 M*y 20 given second place with “Kentucky 7.7 7.0 1929 m w ■ « _ Philosophy" and Vieton Fritta, of 19.8 1930 Ki 10.1 May 15 Kent, placed third with *An Inspiring । 8A .7.8 . 1950 K I V 1Û) May 5 Dishwasher.” 11.3 1932 Th^ yeaf on the 21st of March there was an average of 12.5 percent moisture in the soil on these plots. This has been decreased to a little over 11 percent during April. How- ever it is higher than it was in the year of 1928 when we had a lit- tie less than eleven on the 2nd of May. It is considerable higher than the moisture content of the bad year of 1929 ond 1930. It will be noted that there is usual ly more moisture in the poor tillage ■ "T ■ Courthouse light bill Pl......................... ~ 1 Wasco Fire Department Saves Many Times Its Cost In Two Years A little over a year ago the city of Wasco was informed that unless something was done to reduce fire hazards in that municipality there-' would be ap increase of ten per cent in .heir fire insurance rates. The Mayor busied himself and within twenty font hours a «fire department v as organized and held its first prac- i*A The rates were not raised. That’s how it started- Now there is a modern fire truck, between a thousand and 'reive hrijdred feet of first class hose, chemical tanks, a siren, and a fire fighting organization that practice every week and is proud to do it. That's municipal pride and concerted effort that is successful. The total cost to the city has been about 81000-00 and the saving has been many times that amount. First they bought a truck, or rather a truck • chassis, and mounted their chemical " tanks on it. built a place for the hose and learned to take care of it. bought a siren and mounted it in a public place where it can be sounded by the telephone central office girl at any . time a fire is reported. Then by prac ticing week after week they develop- ed team work and group morale until they feel that they can rush to a ^re, couple two or three hoses to hydrants and begin playing water on the blaze in time enough to save any building in town. Anyway there has not been a toial loss since the department was organized. ; /' ■ -/«V They have the same pride in their ability that* city fire departments have. During the first warm days of this spring when business was slack the members of the department drove the truck containing their equipment out on the street in front of their places of business and spent hours polishing the brass, repainting the equipment and repairing ladder* and other things that needed to be done- Tliac shows the interest that is taken an(j ¡t ¡s not for selfish reasons fornot one of ’ the members of the organisa- tin is paid. Elwood McPhitfson is the chief and there are less than twenty men and boy* in the department. They have certainly added a world of interest to life in Wasco as well as saving money for every property owner FAVOR GROWERS Oreg « Crop Called 85 Per Cent oí , Normal METEO SUIES CHOP suoni Country May Haya Bat Little More Than Requirements Winter wheat prospect« in Oregon and elsewhere in the Pacific North west «how an appreciable drop during April. The acreage remaining for harvest in Oregon on May 1st, is estimated at 800.000 aerea according to the report of the Division of Crop and Livestock Estimate«. The esti mated acreage sown last fall was 825,000 acre*. The difference i* 25, 000 acre« whiçh representa the aban donment previous to May 1 of 3-0 per cent of the fall sown acreage. This is about an average abandon ment and is a result of unfavorable fall conditions, some winter kill and an unfavorable spring. The condi tion of the crop iq estimated at 85 per cent of normal, a. figure consid erably below the average for this season. The estimated production forecast from the May 1st condition i» 16,400,000 bushels compared to 17, 908,000 bushels forecast last May 1 and the final 1981 figure of 15.262, Jurors whose names were announc ed to try cases coming before the May term of court drew a bye appar ently for it is extremely improbable that there will be a session of the circuit court this term. \ ’ Judge Parker was here Wednesday and when informed that there would likely be no case* to come before him ordered the jurors excused from ap pearing next Monday. In case some thing should arise before that time that demanded a jury trial they may be called to serve. Tuesday Is Clean-up Day In Wasco Next Tuesday has been designated as clean-up day in Wasco by the American Legion post that is spon soring the municipal activity. On this day trucks will be chartered to haul the accumulations of the win ter months away to the dump yard if householders will box or sack said junk and put it on the streets. Much of it has been done already. At noon a pot lufk dinrtf r will be served on the Legion dance pavilion and free coffee will be served by the service men or the Auxiliary. There will be a childrens pet parade at noon an.d in the afternoon there will be sports including a ball game between the Wasco Firemen and the high school. Either a movie or a program by the Girl Scouts will be given ip the evening. Captains pre as follows: Elwood McPherson, Paul R. McCulloch, L- P. Haven, Phil Bishop, Dick Schunke, Wes Wilde, Bill Nesbit, H S. Wall, Bob Evans. In the paint crew are E. T Jones, E. F. Feldman and Chas Everett. Thdse who have promised to lend trucks for the occasion are: O- G. Hilderbrand, L. P. Haven, Union Oil Co.. Standard Oil Co-, Lee Dehler, Wasco Market and Roy Atwood production figure is 19,577,000 bu. The United States wheat crop is forecast on May 1st at 440,781,000 bushels or a drop of 17,189,000 bu- shels from the April 1st esiimate- The short winter wheat crop is a heavy acreage abandonment gener ally and drought damage and soil blowing in the Great Plains of the Southwest. A larger Spring Wheat Change In Banking planted acreage is estimated but Arrangements even with average yield of spring wheat the total wheat production will not much more than equal domestic The banking arrangements at the requirements and the wheat position Farmer’s Elevator office have been of this country will be greatly al changed somewhat in the last week. tered- Due to certain regulations it was im ” 1 . ' . ’ - possible for the First National of The ' ... You will find it les* easy to uproot Dalles to continue with the previous *• rT? fault* than to gain virtues. Do not arrangement and connections were . datu min . frbcip think of your faults; still less of made with the Bank of Commerce in May ' I 5„ W..:. .00 8.. it..», others’ fault*. In every person who Wasco. The local office will handle cash for 7.» jo , come* near you, look for what is good and strong; honor that; rejoice in it; merchants and the general public and m and M y°u try to imitate it, and will accept deposits for the Bank of your fault* will drop off like dead Commerce by those who do not care ....74, .00 .85.... ,OQL I leaves when their time come«.—John to drive to Wasco for that purpose. ........ 9.00 iBoAtn. This again placés Sherman county Total for week« banking on a county basis. WEATHER REPORT FIR WEEK ENDINQ BAY. II I? - T “.T r ’k “"V" IT* plants do u not draw as “ much moisture from the soil during the growing season. Wheat will use the moisture stored forth*.«oil vary rapidly from now on until ripening begins. n.:., a check for my own brother.” | ? . 4.50 ' ' ' "‘■■^■■■ 1------------ --- Furthur Notice of Moro, won with her declamation “At the Milliners." Ferdinand Stark one <rf the two boys in thrttompeti- tion placed second with "Kentucky Philosophy” and Leonard Mauras, I ‘ . ‘ Wasco, whs adjudged third with j “Busted Leg.” The students of Wasco High gave a one act play “Sham” that was well received being a play upon some of the weaknesses of human kind- * | Boyd Homewood, public speaking instructor of The Dalles, was the judge of the declamatory contest. ceived good tillage. This is because ■ A -------- "------ —_ the Republican nomination for sheriff >yland O. Scott would both like to bo B9C ~ BALLGAME EXCITES ARDENT FANS Moro Defeats Grass Valley-Kent by 5 to 4 Score GAME GLOSE SI «LL IINES Count Even Between Team* With One Win Apiece ’ And now it’s even Stephen,’ but it took a lot of moaning and groaning to make it so- Moro tied .the count in baseball games with the Grass Val ley-Kent outfit last Sunday at the grounds by an eighth inning rally that brought them from behind to win < 5 to 4. Grass Valley-Kent scored first in the fourth on a three bagger by Fritts, who by the way laced out three hits in four times up, and- a passed ball that let him lope home- They scored twice in tlje fifth when Young got on by a passed ball and scored on Dunlap’s two base hit. Then Dunlap was passed in when Walker threw another one away. — In the sixth the Moro boy* squeezed • one in by the aid of two errors a sac-., riflee. a hit batter and a walk, ending a tense moment then when Moro had a good shance to even it up. In lb»ir >rt of the eighth Gras* Valley-Kent added another one and it looked like the old ball gome was on ice for the boys from the south end, but not so. The old timer who says, “It ain’t over until the last man’s out” is right again Osborn singled, Moore advanced him with an out, Guinan fouled twice, and with the count three and two laid a fat pitch into the left field garden for a home run. Score 4 to 3. Balsiger got on by an error, Walker did the same and while they were playing for Walker. 230 pounds of behemoth first beseman hit for home and slid In with a cloud of dust only to be called out. The boys argued about it and while some one had his finger under the umpire's nose Walker took third' and then was safe at home when the third baseman lost the ball. Score even. Rice, who was looking for a chance to redeem himself after striking out with three men on, laced out a liner over first base that was good for three bags and came home with the win ning run when Bareze tapped one out to the infield ' There was plenty of arguing with Continued to page four. /Tf ? MotherEarthGets SpnngFacial Items That Were News When Sherman County Was Young Observer Mqy 11, 1893. The Condon Globe recounts that *11 the two year old steers in the country are being bought up for $14 per head and that buyers will leave 820,000 in the county. byterian church consideration 8800 later sold it to county treasurer Stanley- Thompson Bros. Moro built harves ter left the iron works yesterday for N. W. Thompson’s farm where it will Rufus A- Moore died Sunday. May 7,. be fitted for business. It was cor dially greeted as it passed along. and was buried at Moro. . Lost week the woo) clip of Kerr Observer May 16, 1913. ond Buckley's sheep arrived' at The The law firm of Bright. Bryant and Dalles from their Grass Valley ranch ¿Ilia was formed this week. •I__ / ,.r.2 there being forty sacks. . Robert El cock is an assistant with Sheriff Leslie went to Grant Tues O. A, tRamsey in the conatruetion of day to" arrest George Crosfield for the new barn on the R C. Bennett putting a head on the constable of the farm south of Grass Valley. precinct. George gave bonds. The record time for a car load of Observer May 15th, 1903. logs from Moro to Porltand was Judge R. E. French, one of the made by L. L. Peetz he arriving in pioneers of this county, died at his Portland by 5.30 p. m. the samel day he left Moro. He received the tip top home at Grass Valley on the 8th. price of |8.90. Tom Callaghan was in Monday ar ranging for delivering 30 to 40 hogs - Mrs- Rose Kunsman received a sold for 6 and a quarter cents per sprained wrist and several bruises Sunday afternoon when thrown from pound. County Clerk^icDanel is giving his their carriage in front of the T- C. Lee residence. - . % vaccinated arm a re*t by taking * trip Miss Marjorie Rose will graduate । to Spokane- Deputy G. M. Frost will from the high school thia year a* the 1 drive the quill during his absence. pioneer of the regular four year R. J. Ginn purchased th* residence course. of M. Fitsmaurice opposite the Pres-
