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About Sherman County journal. (Moro, Or.) 1931-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 12, 1932)
THE SHERMAN COUNTY JOURNAL, ^I|eriuan Qlountg journal ./ Grass Valley SHERMAN COUNTY OBSERVER, Established Nov. 2, 1888 GRASS VALLEY JOURNAL, Eatablished Oct. 14, 1897 CONSOLIDATED. MARCH 6, 1931 WASCO NEWs-ENTEKPitl8E, Established 1891 CONSOLIDATED MARCH 4, 1932. Vern McGowan and wife are here after epending the time since the ctee- ing of school at Independence. They have moved into the Baker «pertinents Published Every Friday at Moro, Oregon, By for the winter Mrs. S. L Boicu entertained the B. GILES L FRENCH Managing Editor Y.P.U young people wit h a party oa bar lawn Wednesday evening. Alice Wilcox returned to Grace Val ley last Saluidsy evening. R J. Baker was a business visitor Entered as wond-clas* matter at the . ’«Mtoilir«, at Moro, Oregon, under Act of in Portland the first of the week re Congreaa of March 8, 1879. turning Tuesday night. P# N Lemon,-of Albany, was in SUBSCRIPTION RATES—PAYABLE IN ADVANCE. Sherman county looking after bls OneYear............................................... 8160 farming interests Ipst week He re Six Months ......................................................... . .....................................................100 turned by the way of the McKenzie highway. ; s ,, Loren Beardsley was working for the FRIDAY, AUGUST 1982. state highway crew during oiling oper- atioas between Wasco and Moro iMt _ * « W hy SHERMAN COUNTY. Consolidation of big business has added its shafe to tye econ Quite a number of Grasa Valiev resi omic turmoil in which the world finds Itself and now here comes kine last Saturday evening The Dalles Chronicle advocating that the same movement be John Block ia visiting here from Tigh In a lengthy editorial that paper Valley where ha has been working for started in county management statesan opinion that Sherman, Wasco and Hood River counties Hasel Boyes has gone to Prineville should be consolidated into one. The editor states that he has and her sister J «units, has returned made no examination of the records to find the indebtedness of from that city d irteg the past week Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Balzer were in the counties but presumes that whatever debt there is could be Portland the last of the week returns separately budgeted and paid, . iog home Sunday. Here are a few figures on the condition of Sherman and Was Mrs. Leona Rooney spent Sunday co counties taken from the last biennial-report to the state treas here with her parents, vr. and Mrs. I., P. Pike. urer Genevieve and Charlotte Peardsley Wasco county owes a net sum of $614,476.00 on a property val sre visiting in The Dalles with friends uation of $22,067,423 which gives them a debt ratio of 2.78. They this week. are in debt for that percent of their valuation. Sherman county Haya Eoyce is home again after a owes a net debt of $240,766.87 on a valuation of $14,257,130 for a summer spent in the hayfields of cen tral Oregon. ratio of 1.69 We are in debt for that percentage of our valuation. Guy Hoskinson returned to Sher Of course these valuations have been lowered since the report man county Sunday to do a little was made and some debts have been paid as well, but presumably work in the harvest-fields. _ the • ratios have not changed very much v . • * c STATION WHEAT For strictly county purposes Sherman county budgeted $26,- •»no alvd uioxj panupuoa 562.55 on their valuation of $14,257,130 and Wasco county appro variety' but did not do so this year. , priated $90,039.32 for county purposes on their valuation of $22,- Among the barleys Peruvian, a 067,423. Hood River county budgeted $44,563.87 for county pur bearded barley, made the most grain poses on a valuation of $7,386,620 according to the treasurer’s this year which is not surprising as report These figures show t>at the total valuation of the com it normally ranks among the first in yield. Meloy barley, the common bined counties would be 343,711,173 of which Sherman county beardless Sherman county strain did not do as well as normal this year yould be approximately one third. but is favored by farmers because of If county government of the three counties put into one was its lack of beards carried on for the identical sum that is expended for Wasco Oro wheat that has been grown by co mty alone it would c -st Sherman county taxpayers $30,000 for farmers in the fields this year did not do so well at the station as some county government instead of the $26,562 they did expend in the other wheats although the difference year for which the figures are given. That is four thousand dol between it and the leaders was slight lars worth of. reason for not being in favor of such a consolidation- Its average yield on several stations throughout the northwest compares Furthermore, it is most improbable to assume that the three favorably with any other wheat and counties thro vn into one could be governed for the same sum as Wasco county is now governed. Any increase in costs would ier than almost any other variety- It is also very resistant to smut. make that much greater reason for opposing the consolidation. Sherman county separated from Wasco county forty five Breast Fed Babies years ago because its citizens felt that they could be better gov Have Best Chance erned as a county by themselves Their judgment has been jus tified. We are a wheat growing county very rich in per capita Breast fed babies have the best chance to survive- The first year of have a county that h strictly a wheat county. When it becomes life is the most critical one and for necessary, though we think it never will, for us to join another every breast fed baby that dies in, c mnty in government it will be wiser for us to consolidate with the first year, three or four bottle fed ones die. The beat life insurance some of M m counties on the east where we will be more likely to wealth. A large percent of our land is tillable and tilled We find the same economic conditions and wh^re people are engaged care of a competent b*hi,- doctor. in more similar occupations than in Wasco county. —o—; . months and later once a month it much lees than is spent at one time LET’S GET IT STRAIGHT. if baby becomes ill. Mnxaover. tooi We fear that the reader who is not informed about farmers often the baby that is si^ when the will derive the wrong impression from the article that appeared in the Oregonian last Sunday Nowadays, times being what they Ripley says that kissing was one of the athletic events of the old Olympic gdmes, what fin athletic generation this present one tries to be. j A Few Timely Specials 75c pr 25c pr. 05c ea. 10c yd 18c yd yd H. Ziegler’s %torey Mid = Summer Specials Mens Work Shoes If you are up and going in matters of fashion, you will be wsnting a dress of some one or other of the new bor dered chiffons which sre the last word in sheer fabrics. You will appreciate the uousualnesg of these bordered sheer weaves which qgny out their major theme In it penciled outline pat- teriMng done' delicately in white on either a navy, 'brown, rust, or black ground, their borders being In startling contrast such a* orange with the brown or bright green enlivening navy and. SO on. In the picture the border la used for the yoke with its cowl neck and to top the sleeves. This model obqervqs style points such as the slen derized gored skirt, also a snug-fitting waistline. Mens Blue Denim Bib Overalls, pr A new Notion Item of Exceptional Vai ue in Dias Bias Ta 1 ape, 8-yd pack, with 50 yd Spool of Thread to Match, per pg. Best Grade Table Oil Cloth, per yd' AMBULANCE SERVICE New Fall Paterns Indian Head Prints 36-inches wide, Guaranteed Fast colors, per yd. - - ’ 1 Phone 345 The Daljei, Ore. GRASS VALLEY PHARMACY ---- or —— Phone 222 When Your Shoes need Repair, send them to The Famous Nation Tailoring Co’s line of Mens Clothing for Fall, at Lower and Values Better than ever Before Offered WERNMARK’S GOOD SHOE REPAIRING 204 Second St THE DALLES $ 17.50, $21 .OO, $25.00 • • • • • • • • ■» ■ • • • • • • ■ « uinmuinn • Dr. J. A. BUTLERÌ DENTIST HOME OFFICE, WA SCO The Fearfal Uneertainty . “There Is one thing that Invariably crosses my mind as the train bears me out of the station towards the sea," says a writer.. “Did 1 turn off the bathroom tap, or didn’t IF—Lon don Humorist.' .75. Mens Blue Cambra Work Shirts, large and Roomy, each - - . .50 ----- and -^- Vics Admiral Frank H. Clark. u. 8. N, who has assumed com nyt nd of the scouting force of the United States fleet His flagship k the U. 8. & Augusta. Admiral Clark, who Is a graduate ol ths United States Naval academy, was promoted through grades to tbs rank of mr admiral In February, 192J. $1.50 and 1.65 Mens Horsehide light weight Gloves, pr. .50 FUNERAL HOME * PAGE > «truci ion of our present Institutions ' pay Slocum 1500 a month for his vitality that it succumbs to some be divided in separate bottles, stop and educational system. services and provided thnnfnd« of alight ailment which a well-fed atur- pered and put on ice till needed It The almost unbelievable statement dollars, which were admittedly paid dy one does not contract at all. may be heated just bfore use. No made under oath by proponents of obtain the signatures necessary The boot gnides to baby’s well be milk should be kept over till the next the bill at the Brownell hearing have to put this destructive measure on ing are weight and its own actions. day. Dry whole milk may be used not as yet been fully published in the the ballot- A baby should double its weight in in emergencies, 1. e-, when traveling press; briefly summarized they in 6- That Zorn has been paid out of six months and triple it in a year- If - the secret funds handled by the rep dicate: . it gall» steadily, looks happy and 1. That a group of prominent resentative of this committee ap- 1 acta it there is no need to worry. personally for so- business men, real estate owners, and 1 proximately . |300 . ' “What are you making. Mother?” If it is for a baby to be and that John professional men in Corvallis secretly called “expenses' should undoubtedly asked little Walter. gathered funds and made the first Ramage has been paid approximately “Lemon meringue pie, dear,’’ his by « pediatrician, draft of the so-called Zom-Macpher- | $B00 for his personal service and mother answered. that in diseases of son educational bill, independent of “expenses’’ from similar sources, Half an hiur later he reentered the children, milk has to be । $500 of which he testified vas handed either Zorn or Macpherson. modified to orm to various for- kitchen and inquired: “What did you 2. That Henry Zorn, president of to him by a mysterious chauffeur. to change the say the pie's middle name was. the Marion County Taxpayers Equal who refused to give his name when Boston Transcript. constituents of. a eow's milk approxi Mother ization league, was invited by this he delivered the currency to Ramage mately to the same strength as group to sponsor the bill under in advance of the time that such mother's milk. Omy a doctor can do promises that funds to “put it over” substantia] “expenses’* had been in Economy this accurately, ,giid judge when the • i would be provided from sources that curred. “We go away for our holidays have not, officially been revealed to baby’s stomach is ready to be given 7- That the Marion County Tax every third year.” heavier food- ; payers league at no time paid Slo date. “What do you do the other years?” One ' other fact regarding cow’s 3. That the members of the Marion cum or his Portland firm of attorneys “The first one we talk of last County Taxpayers Equalization but that the attorneys and Slocum milk: not only must it be clean when it comes into the house but it must year’s holiday, and the next year we league, did not hold any public meet were the sources of the funds that bo kept so until iiaed • Even pasteur discuss plans for the following year.” ings to consider the billj nor to spon were paid to Zorn and Ramage, the ised milk need« care in this respect. —Karikaturen. sor it; not to provide funds for it; petition circulators, and^ for other ftteteur|aatipni;pn)y guarantees the expenses including misleading and nor did they originate it. purity pt milk up to the time It 4- That the league’s executive extravagant claims made over Zorn's SCHOOL BILL leaves the pasteurization plant. It committee consists of ten friends, or signature in the press and in cam- mutt bo kept cool before delivery to acquaintances of Henry Zorn. John paign literature- Continued from page one. In view of such evidence it is man the homt and in the home must Ramage and Willard Stevens and this of this mysterious league; Sam Slo- committee at some unrevealed star ifest that the welfare of the state It should be kept in the coolest place receive the same care and attention, cum, professional * petition pusher; chamber session gave them power to requires prompt measures to expose . in. the house, preferably in an ice-box Hector Macpherson, alleged co-auth- accept the proffer from the so-called the motive back of the bill and your or of the bin, and E L Getz of Corvallis committee, whose personnel co-opration, if given, should prove and covered- Zorn himself under oath testified he of great value in thisi regard. We The best way is to mix all the milk Corvallis. If the activities of these few in- does not know. trust that we shall be favored by an for the day in the morning according dividuals does not have the sanction + 5. That this secret committee re early response. of your Chamber of Commerce, we tained a prominent law firm in Port Truly yours, BORDERED CHIFFON are inviting you to call a meeting of land. Ore-, and through it introduced SCHOOL TAX-SAVING- ASSOCIA- ■ÿ rHBKIK VICHOLAS the chamber and ascertain whether Sam Slocum, a professional petition TION. Amedee Smith, it will join with us and other repre pusher to Henry Zorn and agreed to Chairman- sentative bodies to defeat this vicious . measure, which the governor of our state has publicly stated will result in the large losses to the state and its people, 'greatly increased taxes and decreased efficiency* In the functions of the state college at Corvallis it- slf, no less than those of the univer sity and the normal schools, if the Pillow Cases, Plain bill passée and,becomes law- In case this suggestion finds favor Wash Clothes with your chamber, might it not be a good plan to inform the people at Unbleached Muslin..,.. . . .............-___ large that the bill in effect would start four new weak and costly in Priljls, Fast Colors, New Stock, 15c to stitutions of higher learning in place of the established ones we now have ? There is no doubt but that a great, Colored Ouling Flannel for winter wear 20c many of our citizens have been deliberately misled ‘into believing that the actual effect of the measure would be consolidation of our insti tutions and economy instead of the GRASS VALLEY, OREGON creation of new institutions and dç- ZELL’S gayety even in the winter time when they afe proverbially per. Certainly, wheat fanners do not work as hard in the winter time as at other times of the year. It is physically impossible. A man who rises at five and foils till nine for eight or nine months must have some period in which he is allowed to catch up on his sleeping. They have a spying in this part of the wheat country that expresses it, ‘A good farmer does his sleeping in the winter - time.” We think it might easily be proven that the average wheat farmer puts in as many hours per year as men engaged in any other work. If they find ti at their type of work makes it impera- ' tive for them to work sixteen hours per day during the summer and only four or five hours when nature is resting in the winter it seems to be a sensible way of arranging the schedule And then regardless of the hour s they work, th-y a e doing their job; they make each acre yield its very lest crop of wheat each year ac cording to the season, and that’s something ------- 0------ - So far it appears that there will be only one fatality over the consolidation bill The editor of the Corvallis Gazette Times seems on the verge of rupturing a blood vessel. o— 1 OREGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 12, 1982. VICE ADMIRAL CLARK are, there are few wheat growers who have tim^ for unrestricted mitted to slacken their labors MORO, In Moro the Firat Wook in Each Month V J. C. Freeman & Co Moro, Oregon.
