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About Sherman County journal. (Moro, Or.) 1931-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 12, 1932)
Journal Sherman County Oberer B«.. 1888, Gnn VnlWy Jonnul, EM., IMJ.-C omo IMMW M««h «, 1M1. *•» E»U 1890, Consolidated March 4, 1932 x SHERMAN COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER Moro, Oregon» i August 12, 1932 Forty Fourth Year AUDIT OF COUNTY SCHOOLS COMPILED - making purchase of books mandatory on the district- Janitors and supplies for him and other necessities for the management of the school property are ineladed Receipts and DistarseMto Dishrid firn - EXPENSES J1S.I00 WOEI 'N Good Ball Gime Won . Sunday By Grass Valley nn YIELDS JIT STATION GIVEN v Those who were in. Grass Valley ' th* ¿4 laM year tha that burn the cheap grade of to smaller costs heating hd power costs have been re- Qaterially. 00 - ¡lafiarwrs: -- Ä— >• F Year 'V SMntary tuition as the sums hit him i a* hk» ’ «N «I IS KH TESTING Rain Stops Harvestin g Grass Valley Fire ’ In Part Of County Equipment Mounted A harvest rain .topped work for half a day in a .trip of territory running across tne county from Grass Valley northwest Wednesday afternoon. It is not known how much rain fell but it is doubted if there was enough to bleach the wheat in many fields- Rain has been threatening for several days or, since the warm weather broke and per haps, a little local shower will clear up the atmosphere and permit of better weather than’has been the lot of the farmers for the past week- Wages Reduced In J Largest Cat Made in Bend Agricultural Department slow ball the boys Varietial tests ^t>-the experiment eouldift wait long enough for it in most cases- ■ About a third of the station show results Somewhst dif- t M. A. McCall, Washington, D. C who is in charge of cereal crops and Sherman county school» for the year tool batimen went ont on pop fe„nt than Mual thl, ycar. In the ' ¿¡Mases on an of the stations, was in flies or fouls. J.**, just past discloses a few rather p«- The amounts .pent tor gas and oil up ItWM • c U mm game with no bick- plwe the te8ta on winter *^¡ “0^^ to inspect the and repair are included- A great cui ar conditions. While the school gave lower yields than last year for , local station. Sunday he was taken difference may be noted. Rufu. < »ring, no series of errors, several . expenses were reduced in nearly operate, several busses for the e. the reason that in many cases poor to the Pendleton station by Mr. double plays, one of which was made- stands cut the production of some of Stephens and from there on to the every district the total saving was amount given. Boardman district by Osborn, unassisted- an j theVvsrietie». Union station- Young struck out 11 men not as much as was thought possible made an enviable record thi. year by Last year some of the crossbred Mr- McCall's mission here- aside hauling a bu. full of children to Douglas, one. Hinges and Stone at the first of the year- r wheats with Forty fold and Hard from his annual inspection was to school in Moro for the nominal »um were the umpires. One reduction that is not encour- Federation and Forty fold, and Ode»- determine __ ______ _ what savings could be aging is in the number of pupils at of $624.99 Their total expenses were sa aa parents ranked high in the , made in the operations of the sta- tending Sherman county schools- $770 which i. quite a reduction from winter wheats, this, year they did not tions. As the appropriation for the the $2026 they spent last year. Af Whereas in 1930-31 the average daily Harvesters Finishing - do so well and thet tnkey wheats gapport of the experiment stations attendance in the grades was 416 8 ter a school bus is paid for it can ap yielded sufficiently 'high to top the ‘ has been materially reduced econ- Their Labors For 1932 parently be operated for a compari- it has dropped to 382.4. In the high list- Four bearded ;wheats were, omies will be enforced- All em schools the average attendance last tively small amount- highest with Triplet ranking fifth. ployees have had their salaries cut year was 177-5 where it was 186 3 • The interest costs of the schools The best yields obtained for win ver beginning with the i*rst of July and Harvest is drawing to a close in has held about the same but will in In 1930-31. wheat in the varistial .trials were a some activities will be curtailed to some parts of Sherman county this crease a. interest is paid on the One of the startling increases is in little over fifteen biiahols meet the budget reduction. week as farmers finish their fields warrants now outstanding- The $6166 * the amount of warrants not paid for and pull their machines into the As a general thing the spring want of funds. This item has been paid last year for interest is greater Within the next week more made better crops than did the Winter Kent Sponsor increased from $5,568.31 to $$18.- than the sums paid for fuel and im shed than half of the farmers will be done wheats this year on U|e station- This provements together and is ten times 432 45 due to the non payment of with the 1932 harvest in the north is contrary to the condition through- Singing Contest Again taxes and the fact that several of the the amount paid for library books- end of the county. out the county and Way be because The average cost per pupil varies districts have over $4700 tied up in In the south end of the county the of the fact that the soil ‘on which the hi the districts from W-l® the Moro State Bank. first week of harvest has just been spring wheats were grown Is slightly Young singers of Sherman county, lowest last The amounts paid the districts ledge which w»» *1®° completed in some cases and it will better than that where the winter who aspire to musical careers—or a year to $344.70 in Fairview. This Irom the elementary school fund are chance at cash prizes totalling $15,- not given in the receipts because of cost is effected.more by the number be a couple of weeks yet before that wheat is sown. the fact that every district received of pupils in the school than by any section is through with the annual ’ Spring grains produced over 20 000—will have an opportunity to bushel to the acre in some cases. The make their dreams come true by en $300 except Rufus, Kent and Buckley other item. Last year there were threshing. Wh»«t hauling has been a little best yielding wheats were selections rolling prior to August 26 with Mrs which received $600- This is not the districts that paid nearly $600 per from Hard Federation although the J. M. Lowe, of The Dalles, chairman slower this year than it has been pupil for elementary education, but total amount which will be apportion ed to the district« but is all they were they have since began te transport or several yean because instead of parent stock of regular Hard Feder for the Mid-Columbia area of the having their wheat tabled duriQf har ation ranked third in the list. Us 1932 National Radio Audition- given from this fund during the year- the children to a town school. Tryouts for the state competition The average cost of educating a vest many farmer» are waiting until ually the »oft Federation produces Legally the elementary school fund more wheat than does the hard will be held at the Granada theatre. theshing is over so they can haul the must be paid by the counties to the child in the grade school of the coun The Dalles, Friday night. August 26- Continued-to page three. districts whether it is paid in or not. ty is $180 29 which is approximately wheat themselves. With the excep Contestants who qualify in this local but in years like this one it is difficult $10 lower than it was last year when tion of bulk wheat that is hauled di audition will be in line for advance rect from the machine there ia much । of accomplishment- it was $19O-Q1. , ment, through the state contest, to in the ess wheat in the warehouses than is The «f expense given in j Of the I HP first IirSl, item VI IIIV $19,000 saving made — participation in the National Audi the tabulation shows clerk’s salaries, jn'1931-32 over $13,000 was asual at this period of the threshing tion finals, the winners of which will bonds, and costs of election or Made in teachers’ salarie»- . With the season. wheat in the louttuand receive, from the Atwater Kent publicity. In the Moro ditrict this exception of janitors^waget and light • The MIN PRSCIP Foundation, MAX. cash prizes totalling did very well in.ÿfeld, includes some supplies inadvertently, DAY® of the charged clerk’s » — salary. sec-1 .made in any, item QYer $15,000. , ’ .00 cnargea to iu ww» — The -------- \ 97 -o87... Aug. ■ 4. Individual prizes to the Ave young ond column shows the amount paid year M a general rule- Clerk» *4®’ ...96 .. 66... . .00 •» 6 men and the five young women who to teachers- This oonsider^ly draw the same suma and other s ® t . .00 W .96 ------- <7 progress to the fin^ft will bet $5,000 lower than it was last year when $63- pensee remain ns flohd .deal tbajÄin* .. 88 . . .00 ...93. 7 each to the young man and young 065 00 was paid for teaching, bM$ ...77. ...60..', .00 woman rated highest; $1,000 each to aghout the south en&will when it is considered that there were whole and tfiff average cost per .. II. ...42,. . .00 k sa^be to V the act* and 00 ■ the second place winners; $500 each ...68 ...49.. seven fewer teachers fn the «ountry p^pa M M follow. > to the six runners-up. ¡will not bo the boèt districts than last year a School Total beat Av. eo»t pupü ? x¿ li-- is explained. Only W»« couatry dis . 3MQ7.1ÌI _ HWÄ tricts held school in 1981-32. The 8166.98 148.49 others transported the children to a 1768.78 I»«-» nearby town. 714SJ5 190-96 The next item include, all amounts VWtey “ 61 «92« 148-90 that were paid fur ruppll«« attendant * ------------------ to teaching of which th« greatest Continued to page two. sum was for book» due te the law 4 . .-‘'ll WEATHER REPORT FOR WEEK ENDING AU6. 10 - ————«W» Wheat Holding General Among Farmers Because of Necessity 5ft H ANV- y 5 a, SK, I ain ' t e«K 1 »SÄ ERSKINE SCHOOL ENDANGERED Corrals Fire Sponsors Of School Consolidation Sought In an attempt to clear up the mys tery about who is responsible for the circulation of petitions for the con solidation of the ’ schools of higher learning in Oregon the School Tax Saving Association »as sent the fol lowing letter to C- J. Whiteside, resident of the Corvallis Chamber of Commerce asking his assistance in the search. Mr- C. J- Whiteside. President, Chamber of Commerce, Corvallis, Oregon. Dear Sir: The astounding revela tions of a secretly organized, secret ly operated and secretly financed organization to promote the Zorn- Macpherson educational bill, made in court at the Brownell hearing, points so strongly to a group of big business and professional men of Corvallis that we are actuated to write to you as president of the Chamber of Com merce of Corvallis to ascertain wheth er the tactics used thus far by them and the extravagant claims made for the bill has the sanction of the Cor vallis chamber or represents the city as a whole. If the activities of these hidden forces have the sanction of the cham ber or the city, then the voters of the state should know it in light of the amazing disclosures of the conspiracy made under oath at the Brownell hearing by Henry Zorn, president of the so-called Marion County Tax payers’ Equalization league and al leged eo-author of the measure; John Ramage, go-between and ‘treasurer’ Continued to page three. A fire that aroused the neighbor hood and brought men from nearby towns occured on the Chas. Powell ranch last Saturday evening between five and six o’clock- About seventy acres of standing wheat was burned and. approximately nfty sacks' of threshed grain and a hundred acres of stubble and straw was destroyed before' the fire was brought under control Eben Kee was cutting the crop for Mr. Powell. As he happened - to glance back from his seat on the tractor he saw a burning grain sack fall from the combine. . He im mediately stopped the outfit and with the aid of the crew put out the fire under the machine, but apparently a part of the sack had fallen before as the fire was burning behind the combine and it could pot be stopped. The combine was pulled to a point of safety and the alarm was phoned to town by Mr. Powell who had seen the fire from the house- As soon as - possible the tractor was hitched onto a plow and a furrow was thrown * along the side of the fire which had by this time reached across the Pow ell field and across the half mile of stubble on the Schaeffer place farmed by Elmer Barzee to the Erskine school grounds- Shortly after the fire begun a backfire was started on the west „ of the school house by Wes Fuller and Wiley McDonald who were assisted by neighbors and townsmen coming to the fire. This action undoubtedly saved the school buildings and the buildings on the Schaeffer place from burning- There was little or no wind and the Continued to page four. News of Olden Days Retold For Readers Who Remember Observer August 10th, 1893. —------- 1 Sheriff Leslie was out on a tour of investigation last Friday. His ranch । at the other side of Gordon Ridge' was the object of his solicitude, but he tells us that his grain is excellent On one portion the wheat will go 20 bushels and the balance will yield 12 to 15 bushes T. -jr Moore. C. W. Deikman and others commenced work last Monday on C- A. Buckley’s fine resilience which is soon to adorn Grass Valley. Clyde Williams, manipulator of the mechanical department of this paper started Monday for Trout Lake to spend the next two or three weeks fishing Observer August 8th, 1903 Mr. and Mrs. A- Nish, of Monk land, have a record breaking crop of vegetables this year. They brought us a solid head of cabbage which measures 12 inches through and an excellent beet which measures 6 inches through and 29 long, good to eat tops and all. We doubt if there ia anything in Oregon worth cabbag ing onto that can Beet this- (Copyright. W. M. ü.> POWELL WHEAT BURNS IN FIELD SATURDAY The Grass Valley fire equipment is being mounted on the truck that ■ was recently bought and the entire ' ensemble has .been painted a most gorgeous red as is the custom with Blaze Started on Combine Spreads fire trucks. It is ready to have its o Wheat first initiation into the business of fire fighting anytime the occason de mands. The Chemical tanks that the city ha« owned for several years have been mounted on the front of the chassis and a box has been built in the rear fbr the hose The ladders are carried on the same truck. There is a place for everything, axes, Backfiring Saves Buildings and Plowing noszels and men. Miss Mollie Nichols has been found at last. She was out riding after horses and crossed the John Day river Into Gilliam county when she was thrown violently from her horse receiving injuries which rendered her unconscious- She has been stopping at a house on the other side of the river but is now at the Reynolds home in Wasco. . y Farmers in thia »action of the wheat belt seem to be convinced that the movement to hold their wheat is a good one- No one has organized the farmer, for this holding game the world market price plus th« tariff of 42 cents per bushel and that is getting nearer to a dollar wheat day. I Anyway, thre is something en- I | couraging about the general outlook They just realize that if they .ell We're had this depression on our their crop that represents the years backs long enough. All this money work for less than it cost them they that has been in hiding for the last will be out of the running as far as two years might come out into the putting in another crop of wheat is open if prices started up again and concerned« They don’t need .any goodness knows everything else isn’t organization. The ability to add and going up very fast unless wheat and other farm products go first. subtract is enough. For this reason the movement to Furthermore it often happens that ‘ this sort of a »ellers strike is more ward holding wheat from the market effective than any other kind. The is going good in Sherman county - manufacturers don’t sell when they How long it will last, no mkn know- can’t make money by doing »0. Why e.h. for to be successful it must have the support of the land bankfe, the should the farmers? It loesn’t look like it is going to state and local?<banks and other cred be possible for the fanners of the itors. However, as long a. th«»« middle west to get their demand for agencies must have a Mse in the dollar wheat- That Is »»king almost price of wheat to break even for the too much from a busted world, but it year it is likely they will string along L, certainly possible and probable i with the farmer until wheat gets to * that the American farmer can get I be worth hauling it to town anyway. No. 40 - N"■P'T at the Moro Hotel Ice Cream par lors- R. W- Pinkerton and C. H- Poole are cutting 1600 acres of No- 1 wheat in Morrow county using a $2000 com bine the first in that county. Friends of C. C. Kuney will be glad to learn that he is able to be at home and be about, but all will be pained to know that he may lose his eyesight. At the fire hose demonstration Saturday night streams covered buildings on both sides of First street. Observer August 15, 1913- Mr- C R. Ball of the agricultural department at Washington D- C. was here last week and expressed himself as well pleased with the progress of the work of the Moro station espec ially with the success attained this year in the matter of purifying grain varieties. John Harbke and family left Wed nesday for their former home in Portland. Mr. Harbke left his con nection with the Moro garage because the smell of gasoline acted unfavor ably on his health Eugene, son of C. G. Silver» was thrown from his pony Friday evening August 8th. into a wire fence badly cutting and tearing his right fore arm F. E- Fagan is building a barn 14x20 feet on his residence property. Max Pluemke has sold his residence and acreage in City View addition in Holder and Swift are the new firm Moro to Earl Field».
