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Sherman County Ob^rrer Eat, 1888, OMM Valley Journal Eat.. 1887.. Conooiidated March <, 1931.
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Stub of Budget Lead* To Belief la
Sherman Countians
Attend Dalles Banquet
Veteran, Diè» in Wasco
LESS FAVORABLE „ „ —.
I Mr. John Sheets, 45, who lived in
I Wasco for 9 numb«g of years died at
. his home after a long filnêss at 10:10
Last week quite a number of Sher
man county citizens promised to
arise in the chill dark part of the
! APPfllNTMEIiTS MADE
8Ï COUNTY COURT
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New Year Brêp Mod DetaiiWork
Op»»» More PesjÍB»fc
OFFERS BONDS ACCEPTED
TURKEY NOW THOUGHT HURT
WEATHER REPORT FOR
WEEK ENDING JAN. 4
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No. » '
Oregon August 21st, 1887 and for
centage of those wiur promised to
To Officers
Every
Day
many years worked as a blacksmith
Possibility of Balance
preform so Herculean a feat did not
was a World ;
I in this
do so for one reason or bnother-
m a patient I j
t
War
veteran
and
has
been
Nine adventuerous souls made the
_ in the
in Portland
night trip* to represent the county.
P । a number of times* John Sheets en-
They heard a program designed to
1,1 listed at Fort George Wright, Wash-
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show the possibility, or even prob
ington
December
11,
1917.
He
was
ability, of ocean gomg vessels dock
with the American?-expeditionary _
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ing at the wharves at The Dalles and,
force» *8 • private N»t class from C"’«T »UI »' 0» Warraat Basis U»IU
Legislator» Is Asked T» Make Severa* in fact, captains and admirals and
Taxes Paid
commodores were in evidence to
was
attached
to
thè
837th
Areo
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To Observers
prove that boats were already after
BiÄ Cuts
squadran in thè Aviation corp- He
the inland empire wheat crop- Nor
was
discharged •t Camp Lewis. [ There is a surprising lot of detail
val Martin, president of the Lion’s
Washington on December 28, 1918- work necessaty to the running of a
Club, was chairman Ind Francis
Whether it is due to a reaction He is survived by Ms wife, two
county knd this is never more ap
The tax leagues of the mid-Colum- ' Galloway, acted as toastmaster- Shel from. the cheer of the holidays or
daughters, and a small son, his parent than at the first meeting of
by
Wiggin
gave
the
address
of
the
W counties in their second session |
whether caused by a more thorough mother of Joseph. Oregon, one broth
the county court in each year. This
at Arlington to' discuss , the state occasion- ,
examination the general opinion a-
is erpecialiy true in those years aftei
Eight were in attendance from bout the condition of ¿he winter er and three sistersK>
budget and make recommendatons to
The funeral was Weld Wednesday a general election
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the state legislature regarding the Grass VaHey, J. W. Shepard, W- Ray wheat crop in this county >8 under JanUftry 4th, at
1th the Was7
There is the matter of the appoint
tax situation formulated a set of Blake. A- R Fortner. Estel Hartley, gone a change fcr the worse within co with the Wasco Äerican Legion
ment of a stock inspector, a health
resolutions that cover the parts of Fred Krusow, Joe Newcomb, E. E- the last week.
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in
charge
of
the
sawiees
officer,
a county physician, a truant
Moro
state expense that have been debated Gervais and Dell Olds; from
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Observers who have been hesitant
officer,
and there ts the detail of
most heavily up to this time. Ac G- L- French-
about seating their views on the sub
accepting
the bonds of the county
cording to those who attended the
ject now declare that the wheat is Saloman Coats Buried
officers who hai/e been newly elected
meeting from this county the follow Legion County
gone. Federation,- Forty Fold,\ early
cr re-elected to office- * It all takes
ing recommendations do not repre
In Wasco fcemeti ry time and no small degree of patience-
Turkey and late Turkey. In wthe
Conference
Postponed
sent the complete program of the tax
counties lying near Sherman county
Work of this kind took up the time
leagues for the present session of
there is agreement that a large pa ft
of
the court members Wednesday of
the law makers and other resolutions
The American Legion county con of the wheat has been killed and in
Solomon L. (Bud) Coats was born this week when they hailed the glad
will be sent in later as occasions ference that was to have been held
the southern end of Gilliam county it in Yell county, ArkjMisas, April 27. some new year for the first time in
in Moro Saturday night January 7th is reported that some farmers have 1860 and passed awi at his home in
their official capacities. James Stew-,
Those who have represented Sher has been postponed until a later date. already reseeded their fields to win Rufus December 26, 132. at the age
art received the appointment as
man county at the meetings are: Thia action was necessary because it ter wheat-
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of 72 years and 8 mi K»
stock inspector again- He has been
W- H- Ragsdale, who, was chosen was inconvenient for the state lead
There are still those who believe
early life was •ent in Arkan- in that capacity so long he is almost
chairman of th« permanent organi ers to appear in eastern Oregon at that the winter wheat will come out as anj Missouri- In*i903 he moved
a permanent fixture- Hugh Chrisman
sation, W F Jackson. J. B. «Adams, this time as they are holding confer »11 right. These men maintain that wjth hjs family to Oregon where ha
was named as truant officer and small
W 8- Powell. L. L. Peetz and G- L* ences in the Willamette valley and the wheat is starting to grow again has made his home at Rufus with boys vagrantly inclined had better
because almost every family in the and that although a part of it might
French. •
' cw?<pe Ms glance when playing
community has one or more cases of be killed and all of It ret back to the Gilliam county.'
hooky. C- L. Poley will be the health
To the Members of the Oregon
flu- This prevalent illness makes it beginning stage i. will come out in
May 20, 1883, he was married to officer and county physician for 1933-
Legislature.
nearly impossible for the Auxiliary the spring-
Margaret E- Fox. Four children were ,Tload viewers Roy Powell, D- E.
The following recommendations
to hold an installation at this time-
The
pessimijts-
or-
realists
recall
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rn to them- He is survived by his Vintin and Homer S. Wall were re-
were made by committees of the Tax
While a date cannot be promised that in 1924 when the wheat was wife and two daughters, Mrs- H- H.
Leagues of Wasco. Sherman, Gilliam,
appointed- *
for the meeting later in the year it frozen out it- was first reported that Bracket and Mrs. J- G- Addington
The bonds of A M. Young for >20,
Morrow and Wheeler counties, meet
is thought that the state officers can the soft wheat was gone and that all of Rufus, five grand children and
000,
of G- C. Vintin for >10 000, of
ing at Arlington, December 30th.-
arrange to attend a meeting here Gradually everyone came to admit one great grand child
Hugh Chrisman for >20.000. Mrs-
1932,
represent, we believe, the i
when they make their trip to Spokane that all of the wheat was dead much
Mr- Coats was the last member of Peetz for >10,000, and of L. H- Na-
ideas and opinions of the wheat and
sometime next month-
as they are doing, now-
a family of ten brotiters and sisters- house for >10,000 were accepted by
stock men of the Mid-Columbia river
While no survey has bteen made in
Funeral services were he’d at the the court-
counties-
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I Scoutmaster Belcher
this
county
it
is
thought
that
there
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u
fus church with burial at Wasco,
The Sherman Co ’Sty Journal was
Whereas, the salaries paid to state
is
enough
wheat
in
the
county
to
re-
named the official newspaper of the
officials and employees during the
Visits in County Mrf. It i. probable that there i. in-
the ads in the Journal
county for the coming year.
war and post-war period became ap
sufficient spring wheat to reseed and
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The report of Sheriff Chrisman
proximately fifty percent higher than
Scout Executive W W. Belcher
showing
a turnover of >4.418-67 at
those paid in normal times, and,
was a Sherman county visitor Wed wheat in January and February ’ to
the
end
of
the year was accepted. It
Whereas, the occasion for such
nesday. calling upon Scoutmaster prevent shipping in spring wheat at
was
explained
by the court that there
salaries has now passed, and,
Melvin Schadewitz and other Scouters additional cost.
would be no funds available for the
Whereas, the percapita cost of of Moro- Principal Paul R- McCul
MIN PRECIP elementary school fund as this fund
There is a strong possibility that a ’ DATE
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state government has increased from loch of Wasco school has accepted
part of the county will not be re
was depleted after paying off the
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85-90 in 1917 to >15.06 in 1931, and.
the post of Scoutmaster there and is seeded if the wheat Is frozen out- DEC. ‘ 29 ..
warrants that had been written a-
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.90
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Whereas, the incomes and earningri looking forward to a successful year
With the wheat market at approxi
gainst it However all of the back
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of tax payers generally have depre
mately 25 cents per bushel there is JAN
of Scouting in Wasco
warrants
are paid-
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ciated to the extent of forty to
Plans are being made for a troop not much incentive to grow wheat on
In fact there were no funds of any
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eighty percent, with many of them of Boy Scouts in both Grass Valley land that is not certain of returning
consequence in the county’s hands
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even suffering heavy losses, thus and Rufus, as people realise that the a good crop- If moisture is lacking
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and warrants will be the method of
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rendering it impossible for them to character building work of the com
payment until taxes can be collected.
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Total for week ..
Continued on Pago "V»nr
meet the expenses of government as munity must not be neglected, regard
at present constituted, and.
less of the kind of a year.
Whereas, a thorough investigation
of the salaries and wages now paid
in business and industrial establish Mens Club PUn
ments and by agriculture reveals
Meeting Saturday
that the rates of pay during the past
three years has been reduce^ twenty-
The men’s club of the Community
five to fifty percent, be it resolved:
1. That the salaries to be paid by church expect to hold their second
the state henceforth be at once read meeting Saturday night at the
justed downwards to conform to the church- This club was formed for the
schedules of salaries paid during the purpose of bringing together the men
of the community in discussions of
pre-war period 1909-16-
2- That the extravagant manner questions of general concern. The
of employing clerks and stenogra first speaker before t?ie club was Rev.
phers in the legislature that has been R. A- Huschinson who told of his
customary in certain sessions thereof trip to Europe-
Sidney S- George, national com
in the past be corrected and replaced
at the coming session by a program mitteeman of the American Legion
of economy and efficient management. of Oregon and former state comman-
3. That the cost of the governor’s der of the ex-service mens organi -
office, which has been raised approx zation, will speak at this second
imately forty percent in recent years meeting of the men’s club. , A pot
luck dinner will be served at 6:30
be reduced to the previous level-
4. That the making of the state sharp at the church- All men inter
budget be henceforth accomplished as ested in the discussion of public af
formerly it was, up to 1929. thus dis fairs, especially ex-service men, are
continuing the present budget divi invited
sion and office of budget director-
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No longer are the reporters and
5. That th« expenditures in con
nection with maintaining the Oregon desk men of the Waterbury, Conn-.
National Guard be reduced by fifty American .negligent about answer
percent or more as an emergency re ing the other fellow’« telephone- A
caustic bulletin, by City Editor Ray
lief measure-
6- That the cost of maintaining mond J. Fanning, turned the trick.
the capitol buildings and grounds be It read: “To the Subjects. Anyone
reduced materially, more than has who can sit still and listen to a
been sugffistod in the budget, by pay telephone ring has the nervous «ys-
ing the ordinary labor required no tem of a mud turtle and a helluva
(CepyHitt. W.
more than is paid for such by indi- nerve to be about" a newspaper
office.
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8EC0MMEW0AT10NS ME HIDE
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CIAL PAPER
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TIT LEAGUES ASK FOR
LOWER STATE COSTS
Consolidated March 4. 1932
Moro, OregoOtJl January 6, 1933
Forty Fifth Year
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Wasco Now»- Enter prise. Eat., 18H,
A New Horse
Gin COUNCILS NEH
IN ANNUAL SESSIONS
Valuations of the cides of the coun-
ty. have been completed by the as-
sessor «nd they have been shanged
somewhat since the report of last
ApFo'ntirent of City Officers Order
year- Wasco is valued at >272,497
This sum Is divided >220,470 local
of Meetings
valuation and >52.027 public service
giving Wasco much che larger slice
of railroad property of any pity in
the county*
Moro is valued at $197,356, divided.
>164,720 in local valuation and >32,
636 in public service corporations-
The tax rate in Moro wll be 19 7
mills*
Wage Questiun'Compromised By Con»-
* Grass Valley has a total valuation
of >147,795 of which Fl 12-250 is local
cil and Laborers
valuation and >35,545 represents
public service companies- The tax
rate in Grass Valley will be 11-7
The new council of the city met
mills designed to raise >1720-
Tuesday night for their first taste of
civic responsibility in their elected
office and ’in a three hour session
Mews of Earlier Days
transacted regular city business,
For Old Time Readen cleaned up the docket left from the
old year and began a study of the
city’s condition preparatory to ad
Taken from the Observer January vocating changes in the management
6f municipal affairs-
4, 1894. ♦
Four men were sworn in as coun
Miss Jennie Belshee and J B. Mor
rison were married on New Year’s cilmen by retiring mayor J. C. Free
day at the residence of the bride’s man. They were Harry Kunsman,
parents, Rev-. Morrison preforming O- A. Ramsey, Frank Burnet and -*
E. E- Barzee. Max Bull elected at
the ceremony-
vhe general election, did not put in
Col Thompson mustered “A Co” an appearance and until the time of
into the 3rd regiment, O. N. G; at the meeting haxi not accepted his
Wasco last week- There were 54 certificate of election. Giles L. French
^members, and as fine appearing men was sworn in as mayor.
the colonel says, as there are in
The election of a recorded and a
Eastern Oregon- The mustering was
marshall, usually a part of the busi
done in the K- of P hall, and every
ness of the first council of the year,
courtesy was extended' to the muster
was postponed until th« second meet-
ing officers by the citizens of Wasco
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n^ra JIWLI TuBSuBJr
Following are the commissioned logr ”
The report of city treasurer C. V-
officers elected- V- C. Brock, captain;
Belknap was accepted by the coun
W- H- Henrichs, first lieutenant; Jas-
cil. It showed that the city has
Marsh, second lieutenant-
money in four banks, three of which
Another young man residing in arc closed and that for this reason
Washington was mistaken for a bear the. financial affairs of the city are
and killed a few days ago- A young' not in an enviable state.
man has no business to look like a
The disagreement about the rate of
bear, especially when there. Is a fool pay for the city work of digging out
in the wöods with a gun.
the pipes during the freeze was set
tled by a compromise- The retiring
Observer January 9, 1914.
Emerson People», writing from council had recommended that the
Pasadena, says that he attended the men be paid at the rate of >2 25 per
recent 'Rose Tournament* in that city, day of eight hours and the men had
but of the roses on display it would asked for pay at tne rate of .40 per
take a half a dozen to make one of hour a's the city had been in the habit
of paying- The work had required
an Oregon beauty-
422 hours of labor and the bills were
Mrs- J O- Powell, son. and Lloyd settled by agreement with the work
Powell and wife, who were visiting men present at the council meeting
relatives in Moro during the holidays to accept payment at -35 per hour.
left for their home at Prineville Sat A resolution was made by the coun
urday-
cil setting the future rate of pay for
Miss Leah Cushman returned Sat ordinary city work at -28 per hour-
Standing committees were appoint
urday to Portland to continue her
ed by the mayor as follows: Public
studies at school in that city.
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property and buildings; Councilmen
Miss Inez Hansen who has been
Ramsey, Pickett and Burnet; Finance „ ,
spending the holidays at home re
Councijmen. Pickett, Barzee and
turned to Albany college Monday to
Kunsman! Water Councilmen Kuns-
resume her studies.
mcn, Ramsey and Burnet-
Invitations were issued for 430
Annual council meetings were held
people to join with Moro in a Made in Wasco and Grass Valley and like
in Oregon banquet at which the Moro the one in Moro they did not produce
Unity Club will be assisted in enter the fire works expected of th«m-
taining their friends by the Oregon Grass Valley appointed Tom Garrett
Manufacturer’s Association. A spec as marshall for another term, and
ial rate has been mad« by the rail made E. E- Gervais recorder for the
way for the occasion and a party of year 1933- Mr- Gervais usually ap
twenty will attend from Portland. points I- D- Pike as his deputy. As
Hood River and The Dalles by means Ray Blake, re-elected councilman was
of a special Pullman. The affair is not present and failedMK qualify for
under direct charge of L- Barnum, the position. C W FWds was ap
chairman, W H- Ragsdale and R. D. pointed to fill his term until the next
Jackson as an executive directing, general election-
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committee with other committees to
Wasco* council men were officially
inducted into office and th« usual ap
pointments were made.
Charles
Observer January 8. 1904-
Everett was renamed as marshall
Uncle Tom Williams’ carpet loom
and water superintendent-
is again ready ifor business at his
Mayor Tuel appointed Councilman
farm west of Wasco-
Yates O’Meara and Nesbit as his
No better flour is made on the Pa finance committee; Councilmen Mc
cific coast, than the Superlative, Kee, Scott and O’Meara as the street
twisted out in Moro mills. Try the committee and named R- O* Scott as
home product.
the library adviser. Officers reports
Mrs. S- S- Hayes gave an evening were accepted.
to the young folks during holiday
“Haunted Gold” is the tide of the
week in honor of Master Dean, who
was at home during the Hill Military show coming to th« L«gion Th«atr«
next Wednesday evening under the
Academy vacation-
management of J- M. Yoe« who has
N- P. Hansen has just bought an been bringing pictures to towns of
other of th« best farms in Sherman the county during the winter*
county. The Buckey«, or Robert
This is a four star western featur
Newton farm, now occupied by G- E ing John Wayne who is developing
Moore- - Consideration >25 per acre- into a western actor in the manner
George Mowry Is at home on va of the famous men who have taken
cation from Forest Grove University. like parts sine» pictur»» b*gan-
NEW OFFICERS TAKE OATHS