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About Sherman County journal. (Moro, Or.) 1931-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 13, 1933)
l P YATFi ce chairman ■ •„■AIM on the forest- ' chair- ry committee, a member He of is the as- man of one the sessment and taxation . committee, committee on that will have plenty of trouble be industries, vi- fore the forty days are over. He is also a member of the committees on dnunty Jjunntal Sherman County Oboorver Est.. 1888. Grass Valley Journal. Eat^ 1887.« Consolidated Marci •, 1931. Wasco News-Enterprise, Est^ 18M.- Consolidated March 4. 1932 SHERMAN COUNTY ÖFFICIAL PAPER _____ —» ___________ A Little More Cheer Put Into Dis cussion This Week SOME RESEEDING BEING DONE South Ead of County Has No Hope White Wheat If some all wise being would de- ; termine once and for all the all im- : portant question about whether the wheat is frozen out or not conversa- । lion would lag as if people were stricken dumb. all absorbing topic and minute de scriptions of the reactions of wheat plante to certain treatments and fol lowed with attention In every gath ering. Some farmers test their wheat by stretchtea the rente, if it stretches it is gone. «}ma pull it through their JI .......................................................... Moro, Oregon, January 13, 1933 Forty Fifth Year WHEAT CONDITION STILL ALL ABSORBING TOPIC - . LOAN APPLICAflONS SHOULD BE HASTENED Yates Has Important Woman’s Club Meets With Mrs. Strong Committee Assignments The Moro Woman’s Club met at the home of Mrs- Truman Strong last Friday. January 6. There were pres ent twenty-one members, and five guests The song “Michigan My Michigan' was sung substituting the word Ore- gon for Michigan The topic for the afternoon was '‘Pioneer Life in Oregdíí”’ Mrs. Martha Cope read an interesting paper on Living Conditions- • Mrs- Allen McRea told of the very unusual and helpful lives, lived by the Circuit Riders of early days- In closing, she read a splendid poem, written a year ago by Mr. McRea Many members told of hearing, in their younger days of the circuit riders and camp meetings. Mrs. Strong, the president, led in the discussion as to what had been the outstanding happenings of the world during the past year The meeting was closed by singing a group of sacred songs, in honor of the pioneer ministers of the west- . The next meetjng will be held at the home of Mrs. R. B Hoskinson, on January 20, with Mrs- Margaret Peetz as director S. S. George Speaks Before Cbmmunity Club No. 10 Tractor Company To Give Entertaiment COUNCIL CHANGES APPOINTIVE OFFICERS Those progressive farmers want ing to get their grain raising opera tions on a business basis of profit and to keep them there, should see Hare Time a new talking picture which has been released and will be shown by the ten! Cascade Tractor A Equipment Co-, at The Dalles, on January 23 and 24 and at Arlington on January 25- Thi* shows the operations of fanners and managers in the various areas of the United States and Canada from seeding to combining.* A special en tertainment will be given Monday evening, the 23rd. When the Old Fort Suffit i:ab rands Loaoti To Predice Dalles Wranglers will be on the program. Qap Senator J. P- Yates, Sherman county’s most direct representative1 in the Oregon ' legislature re coived com- Goveruaent Ageacjr m i 11 e e as-1 T« Pass O b Cab s i g n m e nts that will keep ' him busy dur ing the ses sion- H Job; Nahouse Made Recorder WILLIAMS REMAINS MARSHALL SEEDING LOANS BLING NAOE D. E. Stephens Reports kg financial “Wheat should file aid this -----------; — , „ . - ... applications with our office imedi- engrossed and enrolled bills, public ately „ gayg w Er^e Williams, institutions and buildings and roads Portland Manager of the Regional and highways- Agricultural Credit Corporation, ser Of the representatives of this dis ving the state of Oregon, in a letter trict E- W, Snell is speaker and in addressed to this paper- stead of receiving committee assign Governmental.aid is Mew available ments, gave them J. O Turner, the to finance the coming Crop and the other representative from this dis^ Portland office is aniibus that all trict, is on the committee on agri applications be filed with them as culture motor vehicles and aeronau soon as possible. tics, railways and transportation, and Because of the " «Xtreme cold revision of laws. weather in December, much of the Ten Graitest Points Henry Ruggles Given Wale rm aster wheat in eastern Oregon' will have to be ‘ reseeded. The Government is ready and anxious to assist in financ ing this reseeding A definite program has to be work ed out covering the financing of the coming crop- The first step is to > file an application. These applica • tions may be secured by writing to » the Portland office, 524 Pacific • Building The Government, through the Re gional Agricultural Credit Corpora tion, will advance money for seed -nd seeding, flowing and summer fallowing and harvesting. Loans must be secured by chattel mortgage on lives.ock and equipment, in addi-^ « tion tq the growing crop Waivers of their interest must be given by landlords and mortgagees KO that the Regional may have defl- Analysis of Bancroft Bonds Shows That Payments Were Used For Other Needs ROBERT REYBURN BUTLER , Gilliam Wheat Dead Repu sentatix e Buthr Buried in D; Iks Today, D E- Stephens was examining wheat plants in Wasco, Gilliam and Umatilla counties this week and. re ports that the outlook is rather dis couraging- In Wasco county the white wheat and a considerable part of the Turkey Red is gone. In Gil liam county it is estimated that 90 percent of the wheat is dead and many farmers are reseeding. Rebekahs & Odd-Fellows Hold Installation Members of the Men's Club of the Community church and other inter Of Stations Given ested men of the county were enter The Odd Fellows and Rebekahs tained and informed on the attitude held their installation last Tuesday of the American Legion on national What he considers the 10 greatest night at their hall and in addition to affairs last Saturday night by hear- single accomplishments of the Ore enjoying the ceremonies attendant i ing an address by former state com- gon Agricultural experiment station to the official induction into office of ' mander of the department of Oregon, have been listed by Dr- W<-A- Schoen new officials they partook of a dinner SUdney S- Georg«. feld. present director of the station that made them glad they came- Mr George prefaced his remarks who joined the state college staff but Installed were: William McKinney, by giving the aims of the American recently and hence had no connection N. G-; Lewis McKee, V. G.Î Joe This week there is a little ihore, Legion and by saying that through with the work he lists as most" out Truitt, Sec-; W B iRice, Tress ; Re cheerful outlook in the north end of , the patriotic services of that order standing- Here is the .list which bekahs: Mrs. R. P Brisbine. N. G-; the county although a majority of, the United States was the only great necessarily omits many achievements Mrs. Avery Martin, V- G-; Mrs. Lila the observers still think that the, power engaged in the war that was others might place at the top: Bull, Sec.; Miss Signa Woods, Trees wheat in that section is dead Some able to live through the post-war 1. Discovery of a method of remov are reported to be seeding In the ! period without serious governmental ing spray residue from fruit- This Thrilling Show central part of the county the farm difficulties. emergency achievement saved Ore “The Legion,” he said, ‘‘asks noth gon's crops in the crises and is now ers are more cheerful and many of Pronrsîd Theatre Goers them still think that the wheat that ing for itself. It is interested only standard the world over- was seeded early will come out al in the protection of its disabled ¿".d Continued to page four. 2- Discovery of the cause and con- right. In the south end of the coun dependents of those who gave their If you want to see a show that trol of infectious abortion in cattle ty where a large percentage of white all in the war ” He stated that in “Oregon System’’ of control put brings you up out of your seat with The wheat was sown there is general the administration of the affairs of excitement you will not miss the next this state In the front rank in this agreement that the wheat is killed. any business so large as that of the one that is billed for the Legion vital work Some are already reseeding and oth- veterans bureau there are errors and theatre- It is “Tiger Shark.’’ 3 Introduction of Federation wheat. rs are getting ready for that opera discrepencies and Ite showed how As may be surmised it is a story This variety, which averages from MIN. PRE CIP M AX. E tion as soon as conditions are favor- these errors have been magnified to of the south seas and the tuna fish two to five bushels above others, is make it appear that the entire sys 36.. .. oo 52 5 able- ing and it shows scenes that are al now the most widely grown wheat ( .. .00 32.. 49 tem is unfair to the tax payer- 6 D. E Stephens, of the experiment most unbelievably realistic- in the entire northwest- j , 35 . . .00 55 Instead of costing the national 7 station, who is intensely interested Edward Robinson is the star of 4. Development of the system of ( . .00 44 57 8......... • in the welfare of his test plot government one quarter of its in breeding poultry for egg production. the picture supported by Richard Ar 38 . .. 00 . . .44 9 come the total cost is not over 21 as well as the general crop wheats len and Zita Johann making a com .00 8 II This revolutionary idea produced the )0 outlook believes that a majority of cents out of each dollar and for this bination well able to dramatize the . .00 27 . 45 11 fist 300 egg hen and started Oregon’s the early sown Turkey Red north of the veterans of all wars and their tense situations of the play- . .00 Total for week .. Continued to page two. Nigger ridge will come through the ' widows are cared for. The ------- sum ex- winter with enough stand to be worth ‘ pended for the world war veterans leaving. He has no confidence in the ' is only a part of the whole- At the | end of the 14 year period after the white wheat mmibUity that the final Civil government ww pay- There is a -- ing 35 cents out of each tax dollar result will not be determined until for the veterans and in 1890 it was much later in the year There is paying 39 percent for veterans- |T SAVS HERE THAT ÍUE FULL MOW, DELIGHTFUL sti’.l a chance that much of the wheat This cost is borne by the income WEATHER, (X>OV will recover from the severe shock TCJlilE tax payers of the United States, a -nop TÖ PLANT iVWIOES FARM MW— of the freeze or it may repeat the group of people who made their for history of 1924-25 when the grain tunes during the war while 49,000 gradually died until there was hardly Americans were being killed in a spear left in many fields. Time France, and it is this, very group who will tell, but in the meantime time should pay the cost for veteran hos will have plenty of ^assistance. pitalization as they are the ones who profited from the sacrifices of the soldiers, stated the speaker. Station Soil Spechlift People are less sympathetic toward gag W«fWMg In Corvallis the disabled veteran than after any na* other war. said Mr. George, because SSP disabled men are kept in hospitals Merril Oveson, soil specialist at the and are not seen on the streets every experiment faria. ia in Corvallis day to excite the feelings of the where he will remain for the next people Mr 'George told his listeners that two months testing soils. For some the Legion was not a military organi < the soils on the different tillage zation. that it was interested in plots ■ ao they might be taken to the bringing about international peace be laboratory for thorough examination cause of tbe lessons Legionnaires had learned in the war. The veterans firing the winter months. ‘ Every ten years a complete analy are interested in citizenship, in peace sis is made of the soils undergoing time service to the community in the different tillage methods to determine same degree as they were intersted the result of varying crops on the in protecting the government in tftne chemical content of the soil. Some of war A recital of some impressions of crop that will increase the nitrogen the Portland convention by Theodore of the soil in the semi-arid parts o^ Johnston and group singing filled out the state will be of inestimable bene the program of the evening A pot fit to the fanners in these sections (Copyright, W N. Ú ) luek dinner was served that belied thoughts of hard times Read the ad* In th« Journal WEATHER REPORT FOR WEEK ENDING JAN. II The New Almanac After two hours of debate during which every member of the council, the mayor and some interested visi tors had an opportunity to express their thoughts several times apiece The funeral of Robert A Butler, the city governing body reached a representative from this district to decision about the hiring of * city the national congress will be held in officers for the year 1933« The Dalles Friday at 2:30 p. m- The job as city marshall of the Mr. Butler was well known in this county having been at one time judge city was divided into two parts and of the district court On numerous Henry Ruggles was hir^d to operate occasions he has addressed audiences the pumps, care for the cistern, the in this county as he was always in well. the main pipe lines, the fire demand, his ability as a speeker be hydrants, the park and do the repair ing universally recognized work at a wage of $4(KpO per month The death of the legislator was and George Williams was hired to caused by a heart attack brought on take care of the ordinary marshall’s by pneumonia and occurred in Wash «duties and to read the meters and ington last Saturday- He was 51 collect the water rents at a wage of years old- Many frientjs from Sher $40 00 per month. man county are expected to attend There were applications before the the final rites Friday council from other men who agreed' , to do the work at a much lower fig ure than allowed by the budget and News of Pioneers From a majority of the council expressed their opinion that as managers of the Old Newspaper Files city they could not consistently pay more than competent applicants asked Hence, the above decision. From the Observer January 11, 1894 L H- Nahouse was appointed as Uriah Servise. having leased his recorder at a salary of $1000 per land in Sherman county to J- B. month for the year. Mowry and A F. Carleton, left for A report was submitted showing Gridley, California. the status of the improvement bonds The Kent farmers are talking of issued under the Bancroft act. Ac organizing a company to build a cording to this report there has been narrow gauge railroad from there to approximately $8,050-00 paid to the connect with the Regulator at The city by the owners of property ad- jaient to the improved streets. Of Dalles this sum $4500-00 has been used to Rev. J- M. and Mrs. Morrison were retire the improvement bonds and the /aken completcdy by surp^se last remaining $6200 00 worth of bonds Tuesday when a large number of have been refunded- friends visited them at their home The matter of an adjustment of in Hay Canyon bearing offerings of the street lighting costs was given various" kinds- to a committee composed of Fred Messrs Krusow and Allen were Pickett, O. A. Ramsey and the mayor down from Grass Valley last Satur The monthly rate for street lights is day night to attend the Odd-Fellows now $67-58 and the city budget allows lodge at this place but $50 00 per month for these lights From the Observer January 15. 1904 making it apparent that an adjust- ment must be made if the light bills A blizzardy wind and rain yester are to be paid- day winds up our spring like weather Vernon Flatt was named as coun- this week. cilman to fill out the term of M- A- Workman are hurrying the E- H Bull who failed to qualify at the first Moore barn along to perfection before meeting of the year. Mr. Flatt will the coming blizzard which is due serve until the next general election- next month- He was sworn in at the beginning of Moro doesn’t want a Taylor now, the meeting nor a Bakery, nor a Bootblack, Moro A report from the treasurer show is now provided with these, but Moro ing the standing of the separate does want a good Shoemaker funds of the city was accepted and a It is feared that the proposed report from the sheriff’s office giv railroad building on this coast will ing a list of the delinquent taxes by lie seriously retarded because of a years was shown for the information of the legislative body- shortage of laboring men. From the Observer January 16, 1914 W C- Guyton returned from a vis it to Pacific county in Washington W- C. spys it rains too much for him there E O- McCoy and wife are attending the various stockholders meeting of the banks in this county with which he is identified, this week Henry Moore has been confined to his home in Porltand by illness, but is now able to be about the house. H- W Strong and wife and Vivian and Maybry returned Sunday from a visit to Portland and Washington points- H W shipped his last car of cattle and hogs. Our tonsorial artist, Jess Landry, is there when it cornel to decorating and one stepping into his neat and uptodate shop will think he is enter ing a floral garden. Conleeand Ruggles Slowly Changing Places A change ia being made in the lo cation of the business houses of Moro. Sunday Walter Ruggles be gan moving out of the building that has housed the pool hall and confec tionery for so .many years. He is now located in the old post office building temporarily. As soon as the necessary changes can be made in the former poolhall it will be occupied by the Conlee grocery. It is expected that this change will be made about the first of February. When Mr. Conlee moves from his present location Mr. Ruggles will move into it making a straight trade in locations fcr the two
