THE SHERMAN
COUNTY JOURNAL,
MORO,
(Countg Journal
OREGON. FRIDAY. JANUARY 27, 1933.
PACE 3
eluded salary reduction throughout That typographical error too small
for human eye«.
the system already In effect ranging
SHERMAN C< UNTY OBSERVER, Established Bov. 2, 1888
Till
the ink is on the pa per, when it
from
5
to
15
per
cent,
which
involved
GRASS VALLEY JOURNAL, Established Oct. 14. 1897
grows to mountain size,
savings
at
the
rate
of
$182.000
per
CONSOLIDATED. MARCH 6, 1931
And you see that blasted error, far
year-
WASCO NEWS-ENTERPRISE, Eatabliabed 1891
Georg« Witter, and Mr- and Mrs.
as you could throw a dog,
CONSOLIDATED MARCH 4. 1982.
In order to meet further shrinkage
J. H. Wilson were visitors at the J. C-
To the Editor:
Looming
up in all ita splendor, likq
in income from present authorized
Wilson home Sunday
lighthouse
in a fog!
I am taking the privilege of writ
sources, additional curtailments for
Published Every Friday at Moro, Oregon, By
That
glaring
blunder juts out like al
ing you a letter telling you some of stoking the furnace although be did
There was forty six present at the system aggregating $830 000 are
GILES L. FRENCH
Managing Editor
ulcerated tooth
the things that I think will help the make a trip to Portland with his fam Sunday school with an offering of outlined by tho boarc in its report,
ily leaving Wednesday. Al Agidius,
Where it dodged the eagle vision of
conditions at this time.
relief man for the company is taking 11.19. A double duet was sung by nart of which will be made up by
the napping comma sleuth.
I do not think that I have a cure
Della
Helyer,
Burna
Orr,
Alta
Nor
further reducing salaries so that the
his
place-
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all. Neither do I think that there
—News-Timoa, Maroa, Illinois.
ton and Clarice Wilson.
total cut under the <931-32 base will
is any one man or group of men that
Henry Roth left Monday for Olym
range from 9 to 27 per cent. Addi
Among those who attended the
Entered ae Mcond-cla*« matter at the oetotttoe. at Moro, Oregon, under Act of are responsible for the conditions as pia, Wash., where he will build a
tional drastic savings ih the salary
dance
at Shaniko last Saturday eve
Congres« of March 8, 1879.
they ar«. .
house for his brother who has a fruit
account are being made by heavy re
Kent Auxiliary Notes
ning were: Mrs. L H Ayres, Alta
But I do think that one of the ranch near that town-
duction in number of staff members,
Norton.
Della
Helyer,
Arnold
Dellni-
SUBSCRIPTION RATES-PAY a BLE IN ADVANCE.
greatest causes for th« depression is
made possible through consolidation
Several county roads were blocked ger, Harley McKay. Darrow Kelly,1
The members of the Auxiliary of
of certain departments, decreased
'
OneYoar..;........ ‘......................................... ..................................
X 60 the commercializing of the home.
early in the week and the mail car Robert Schilling, Karl Pluemke, Mar
George
Bell Post No. 49 hsve beeM
enrollment, and complete elimination
Six Month« ................................... .............
The government made it possible
1 00
rier was unable to follow his usual garet Dunlap, Rhinehart Wassemiller,
studying and discussing legislativi
of
some
former
activities.
for people who wanted land and did
Max Pluemke, Charles Dunlap
route.
at their meetings since January |g
not have money to buy, to obtain it
Continuing appropria ions restrict
FRIDAY, JANUARY 27, 1S»3
the month of legislation according to
by homestead right and thereby ob- ! James Stewart, county stock in
Durward Helyer of Wapinitia spent ed to branch experiment stations, ex
the calendar of activities adopted at
tain title to a home- Complying with spector. and a state veterinarian the week end,at the home of his tension work and similar projects in
the last Department Convention and
this
law, they gained title to their have been testing cows in this neigh parents, Mr. and Mrs. W- C. Helyer. agriculture and. home economic«—the
FOAM BEFORE FOOD
printed in “TJje Summary of Pro
homes and were prosperous. Not borhood thia week-
only state income outside of the
ceedings of the Twelfth Department
Saturday evening, January 28. the
The legislature has been in session nearly four weeks count wealthy, but their conditions were
millage now coming tq^higher educa
Convention.”
Kent Grange No. 688 will hold its
Mrs.
Martha
McGowan
entertained
ing that special session and it seems like they should be getting improving, and as long as a person’s with a bridge luncheon Wednesday at regular meeting and at that time tion—will be automatically reduced
The following
resolution w»i
thru shrinkage in county appropri
down to actuafpa sing of bills. At least the general direction condition is getting better they are her home in town.
the initiatory work in the first and
adopted
by
the
convention
committee:
prosperous. They built better barns,
ations which are matched by the
they are likely to direct the state should begin to be known soon houses, and living conditions in gen-, Richard L. Edwards and William C. second degrees will be given.
i
Whereas,
„the
American
Legion
Aux
sate the report*.points out-
'
iliary
endorses
and
promotes
the
| Schilling were visitors in Portland
nqw It probab y seems s ower to the general p< pulation this year eral became better-
At a joint installation at Kent Sat
“Such changes in oi ganization will
legislative
program
of
the
American
Farmer Jones went across the fence and Oregon City last week-r
urday night the following officers of be effected as will insure the greatest
because so m^ny organizations had a program all mapped out for
Legion and
one bright summer morning to have’ „
. _ ,
. . . , ..
the I. O. O- F. and Rebekahs were
their representatives These groups ere naturally displeased that a friendly chat with his neighbor Mrs. Alvin Balzer entertained three installed by Clara Hei yer and J- E- possible efficiency at the lowest possi Whereas, the Seventy Second ses
ble coSt ” the board's report con
their bills have not been made into law already. They overlock Fanner Brown. They sat on the hill tables of pinochle players at her home Norton district deputies assisted by cludes. “Effort is being made in all / sion of Congress failed to enact tho
here last Saturday evening.
Ada Guyton and A. A. Dunlap, mar cases to retain as many as possible widows and orphans pension bill; ami
the apparent fact that oti er groups are striving to have the law side and watched the cattle as they
nipped the tall grass They looked
A series of Sunday night dinners shalls: Glade McCullough and Bob of the most -essehtia! types of work the Brookhart resolution creating thq
makers pass legislation of an exactly opposite nature.
Senate Veterans Committee;
across to yonder hill and saw a field is being given by a group of towns Phelan, N. G.: Laura Sather and in the various institutions-
It does seem, however, io an observer removed by several of growing grain. The horses came people. Dr- and Mrs. C. L. Poley en Harold Howell, V- G-jDorothy Dunlap “While reductions have already
Now, Therefore, Bd it resolved,
and Frank Haynes, secretaries.* and been such that efficient service is that we, the Legislative Committee,
miles from the scene of conflict, that after three weeks of associa- j trotting around the hill and up to tertained last Sunday evening
the spring drinking in cool draughts
Sherars Grange held a regular Clara Helyer and Arnold Dunlap, threatened in many phases of work, reccommend’that this convention here
tion together it would be possible lor the legislators to discuss •of water to quench their thirst.
meeting Saturday afternoon and in treasurers. A social hour followed the board is deeply conscious of the assembled pledge themselves to sup-
something of a more constructive nature than they have done so
As the sun shown down upon this
econpmic emergency through which pprt these measures, vital to tho
addition to transacting regular busi and refreshmenta were served.
scene
and
warmed
the
earth
all
was
far. It may work out for the best if the hare-brained boys get
ness and passing on several resolu
A. von Borstel left Monday on a the state is passing and is resolved welfare of veterans and their depen
contentment.
dents, •t*'
/
their bills out early and get them defeated so that worth while leg- I And then there came another morn- tions to the legislature the members business trip to Portland. ,
to make the best of the situation.”
Senator Steiwer, a member of tha
listened
to
short
talks
by
D-
E.
Steph
. islation can take the floor From here it too looks as if some one I ing: Farmer Brown crossed the fence
It is announced that the Rebekah
American Legion who served over-
ens and Giles French.
lodge
is planning a program of plays
I
to
Farmer
Jones'
place
and
said
“
My
will have to make up a sensible program for the state and present
TYPOGRAPHICAL ERROR ’ I
place is not large enough . I want to v Oscar Ruggles and wife were in etc- at the grange hall on February
stated that while a huge amount had
v it to the lawmakers.
_
The Dalles last Saturday on a busi 18, followed by a dance and serving
buy you out” •
As
you
say.
“
She
may
be
empty,
but
been expended for the veterans it was
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supper cafeteria style.
I had never thought about selling ness trip.
I'll tell the world she’s clean.”
, necessary and should not be reduced
There is a movement on foot to bring back the fish wheels cn out, says Farmer Jones, but I will
Clyde Davis was here Tuesday on Miss Lavon Sayrs of Moro visited But when the sheet is printed and is and that, although many of the fig-
ures were being misrepresented by
the upper Columbia river The contention is that the ^hee s do I think it over, and right there was his regular rounds selling hardware. with friends in Kent over the week out upon the mail,
that little seed of discontent sown.
end.
those opposing |leg^£atnon for the
On
its
way
to
the
subscribers
I
have
He
visited
briefly
with
his
mother,
* not catch a large p? rcentage of the fish after all. People in Sbtr- I. The land sharks made it possible
veteran?, “The bonus would put the
neVer seen it fail—
Mrs. W. J. Davis.
r ■
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**
man county have n ason to know that if the owner of the wheels for Mr. Brown to mortgage his home
In the center of the front page, in a ex-service men on the basis of the
Mrs- R. H. Johnson invited several
and
buy
Mr*
Jones
out
making
the
lowest paid laborer.”
most conspicuous place,' •
does not catch all the salmon he feels bad enough about anyone
Kpni << honl Notes
Land Bank and Mr. Brown partners of the younger married group to her
Some
typographical
error
fairly
kicks
else catching a few Men like Seufert and Downes have given on a fifty-fifty basis.
home Monday evening for an evening
you in the face.
In other words the land bank own- at cards.
ordinary citizens the impression that they felt the river was their
The following pupils in the primary For the typographical error is a slip
personal property. The action of the Seufe/tis in painting a huge I ed half of the land and Farmer Erasmus Baker has been helping room were awarded reading circle pery thing and sly,
UPDEGRAFF & PEPPER
I Brown paid the taxes on It. That sale
sign on their cannery after the defeat of the fish bill will not bring I hardly caused a riffle on the face of push the mail car through the drifts certificates: Helen von Borstel, Cath» You can hunt ’till you are dizzy, but
this week as a little venter exercise erine von Borstel, Glenn Sather and
it. somehow will get by,
Attorneys At Law
many votes from this section to the aid of their cajse. And now prosperity at that time/
Margherita von Borstel.
Till the forms are off the press it is
Mrs.
Davies
is
taking
the
place
of
But
it
was
the
beginning
of
a
con
that that is out’of our system we might add that as long as Wash
strange how still it keeps,
The intermediate room took tho
Maro
Oregon
dition that spread like a plague all Miss Thomas as teacher of the fifth
It shirks down into a corner and it
ing permits wheels, Oregon is losing a little revenue by prohibiting over our land- At first one farmer and sixth grades, whose resignation county tests this week.
never stirs or peeps.
them.
bought ' out his neighbor then he was effeitive at the end of the
Deloris Gregg is absent from school
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bought out the neighbor adjoining semester and is now visiting with her due to the small pox-
When Your Shoesneed
until his acres run into the thousands. sister in Portland.
Dr. C. L- Poley of Grass Valley was
It seems to/be generally accepted that Roosevelt will be- given
Labor became scarce because the . Bud Coon, Dr. Poley, Dell Olds and at school Tuesday morning and vac
Repair, send them to
power to d > almost anything he wishes after his inauguration. farmers boys had been trained for families surprised Tom Alley Tues cinated all those who wanted to be
j
day night wi»h a little party in his for small pox.
DENTIST
Here is to express a wish that someday we Americans will elect a city jobs.
-Then he began to look for a way honor.
GOOD SHOE REPAIRING
man as president who doesnot think he is a super man and who to farm this large body of land with
HOME OFFICE, WASCO
:
The Kent grade team met defeat at
Bill Buether is expected home from the hands of the Grass Valley grade
s 204 Second St.
THE DALLES
is not expected to be perfect in all his thought processes and ac less help- The Tractor seemed to be his trip to Germany sometime in
team last Friday evening on the home
the
solution.
Tractors
were
installed-
tions. If the governmental ideas of the newly elected president
February. He was married Decem
Fences were torn down, houses and ber 14th to Kate Raap in the old floor. The score was 17 to 2 at the
are sound they should go through the regular channels of legisla barns were left to go to ruin and the
. In Moro the First Week
end of the game.
In Each Month
tion without too mu 'h dissent inasmuch as his party has com place where once was home and hap home town near Hamburg
The Kent town team added a vic
:
Visitors
at
the
R-
A.
Stow
home
tory to their list last Friday evening
plete control; if they are unsound they should have to undergo the piness, the very land marks were de
over the week end were Mr- and Mrs. when they defeated the Grass Valley i
same criticism as do the ideas of other men and presidents. The stroyed.
The next question was what to do Christensen of Shaniko-
x>wn team on the home floor by a
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jr your convenience I have ar
principle of our government is not autocracy.
with the surplus feed. Why not feed
Mrs. E. M. Alley is saying, “Num narrow margin. The score was 17
ranged for you to leave your
it to cattle, hogs and sheep? And ber Please” to telephone users this to 15.
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£hoe Work at Walter A. May A
Phone 345 The Dalle«, Ore.
week while Mrs. Vqyna Burns visits
There is a bill before the Oregon house to declare a morator that was done on a large scale.
Son. Pick up and delivery twice
The Kent basketball teams meet
The result was a large surplus of at the Feely ranch to Morrow county
GRASS
VALLEY PIIARMACY
a week at no coat to you.
the Wasco teams Tuesday evening.
ium on f .reclosures for the next two years Now wouldn’t a man all farm products. In trying to find a few miles above Ione-
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January 24, and the Moro teams Fri
with a due mortgage have fun for the next biennium if that bill a market for one product the price
JOSEPH A. MEE
day evening, January 27 on the home'
The Wasco Shoe Man
Phone 222
sh »uld pass He would pay no taxes, no inteiest, no payments was lowered until all farm produce
would not pay the cost of produc GRASS VALLEY SCHOOL NOTES floor.
and do no work that would not pay dividends before the end of tion and millions of pounds of foods
Genevieve Beardsley, Editor.
two years If at the end of that time conditions had changed £O were wasted, while good Americans
Higher Education
that he might make’it had he tried, he would be so far behind he went hungry.
A Business built on dependable
The Rufus basketball teams played
Takes Big Cut
Not because the food could not be
the Grass Valley teams last Friday
• would have no chance anyway. The only « ay the legislators or distributed
to the right place, for it
Merchandise so|d Reasonably to Satis
anyone els i cin help the unfortunate is to help them help them was grown on the same land that January 20. The girls won their
game by a score of 16 to 7, while
fied Customers.
That higher education in Oregon
formerly was home to these people.
. selves.
the
boys game was quite close. The has already gone far with economy
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But because the people had gotten
Anal score was 21 to 18. During the in state affairs by reduction in expen
in the wrong place and were not
first half of the game one of the ditures of about 22 per cent in tho
There is no doubt but that an added application of machinery where the food was grown.
Rufus players was injured and could last two years, and will cut still fur
Resolve to start the year Right
Would reduce the amount of work needed in this world. That’s
If this feed had been fed to horses
not continue the rest of the game.
ther to more than 31 per cent on the
elementary. How are the profits from the machines to be divided? it would not come back on the mar
by trading at :
Mrs. Gaylord Davies is now teach basis of prospective Income from
ket in the shape of pork, beef and
How are sorre persons to be kept from taking too much advantage? mutton. When hay and grain is fed ing the fifth and sixth grades in the present authorised sources, is shown
How are people to be persuaded to change their way of life suffi to a horse it is gone off the market position held formerly by Miss Hasel in tho bienniel report of the state
Thomas, who has resigned-
board of higher education recently Is
ciently to embrace these new ideas? Technocracy is only one side forever-
The road back to prosperity is the
Report cards were given out Tues sued for distribution to members of
of an age old problem.
the legislature, state officials and
road back to the small farm, I do day.
not mean that there should be a
libraries.
The published report provided for
Two men writing in the New Republic, a national magazine stampeed from the cities and towns
by law contains 151 pages and in
to the farms, for that would mean
*df liberal tendenci s, counteract the oft repeated statement, that disappointment and failure. '.
cludes the report ofthe board for the
system as a whole, the report for the
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I- one third of the income people,get is paid to the government, by
We have been years bringing about
University of Oregon submitted by
stating the other side of it; that, therefore, the government pays one this condition and it is going to take
J. E Norton who has been in the Dr. Arnold Bennett Hall, .president
years to get back to where we are
third of the income of the people, for governments pay-out all their on a solid foundation and prosperity valley for the past week returned there during the 1931-82 biennium,
Portland. Ora
home Sunday evening. He was ac the report of Oregon State College
income.
->
is with us again.
/ ■ „
M.
NELSON,
Owner
Get the farmer back to the farm, companied home by his sister. Miss by Dr- W. J.' Kerr, formerly president
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ARTRUDEEN, Manager
Rena
Norton,
who
will
visit
here
for
there though now chancellor of the
merchant in his storet tho banker
Portland bankers have ageed to loan the sta e a couple of mil the
system,
and tho report of the normal
in the bank, the clerk behind the a while.
♦
RATES«
lion if the state will retain the property tax or some other sure I counter, and the .worid will look Lt. Carl W- Nelson of Portland
schools submitted by J. A. Churchilj,
means of paying back the loan. That’s not generosity, either * bright again.
director of elementary teacher train
H. B Belshee. was a visitor in Kent Friday.
Room with Bath, $2.00 and 11 60
Without Bath, $1.60 and |1.00
ing.
If the state has to keep the property lax with certain payment'
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Wilson and
Average annual reduction for the
Permanent rates as low ae $12.50 per
The Journal is glad to accept let*
from the counties why will it need to borrow money ?
month.
tent for publication whether the daughter Nellie were business visi past two years amount« to $1,161,291
tors in Grass Valley Saturday aft«»- as compared with the averate ex*
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-t ideas expressed agree with the edi
A A A - Fireproof—Insured
, | penditures for each year of the 1929-
torial policy of th paper or not. Let noon’
FREE GARAGE
We recommend to the leaders of the Japanese government the ters should be kept to a moderate Mr. and Mrs. J- H. Wilson and 80 biennium, the report shows- Cur-
length and the thought stated cleerly. J. L. Davis were business visitors in । tailments effected by the board in-
reading of the history of the nations of the world
Grass Valley
®iuwn
Moro Friday.
Mrs. R. J. Harbin and son Earl of
Grass Valley were visitors in Kent
Sunday.
Dr. J. A. BUTLER
WERNMARK’S
ZELL’S
FUNERAL HOME
AMBULANCE SERVICE
H. Ziegler’s ^7
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Grass Valley
Oregon
Kent News
New Perkins Hotel