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Sher nan County Observer
Kat., UM Gram Valley Journal,
1W7,. ConaoUdated Mtrdi ì, 1931.
Warna Newa-EaterprÍM.
Conaolidated March 4. 1932
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SHERMAN COUNTY CUFFICIAL PAPER
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Moro, Oregon
Forty Fifth Year
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SCHEDULED MOWN
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a reading ox
>1 linquent water users
sufficient impetus to
. ' council determine that
hard for ths city as
• within the \
part of the entire
■ from water to stil
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Council Sees
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TALKS IIDE IN COUNIY
worthy,
Master
At the close of
the evening refreshments were served Advice Ab>t F. «diM Br«rkt T.
ditions. They were disappointed with
the slowness of legislatures and con
gress to bring relief and were ready
for more direct action. He finished
bis remarks by a pointed allusion to
a national congress that in the midst
of hunger and starvation concerned
itself with a 130.000 swimming pool
in the White House.
' ment coming duo tn
solu tel y necessary that
era collect some hard
This being the
cided to instruct the
Farmer J ,
No. 14
uary 10, 1933
lections
of the de-
MEEIS;
PROIESIS EXPENSE
the city
any person
No small
of the city
in deltn-
With
it is tb-
city fath-
it was de
Manhall
the
current
°
of water
months bill from all
of at
and to also
delinquent
least 10 per
such pay
account,
being
ment will result in the
the
water
shut off. During
,ot large
fund collections 4 WdN
expenses
enough to pay the
rf that department.
other prob-
Street lighting was
j further
lem before the council
tered before
bei
formation will be
the question is settled.
We! Attended Meeting in Wasco Is
In fmt Sdàry Cuts
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STATION BUDGET EXPLAINED
Recaption of Normal Schools; Passage
of Sales Tax if Needed Advocated
Moro Woman’s Club
Study Indians
The Moro Woman's Club mec Fri
day afternoon February 3 at the
home of Mrs- Ragsdale for a most en
joyable program on “The Indian from
Hunting Ground to Reservation.”.
Mrs. O- L. Belshe as director, de-
par.ed from the u^uai custom of
reading a poem for the first part of
her program.
Instead she asked
twenty questions on “Are You Really
Honest’ ? These were taken from
the February issue of the American
Magazine, and proved to be very in
teresting to the club members.
Mrs. L. V- Moore then read a pap
er on the work being done by mis
sionaries on the Indian reservations
■of Oregon. This paper was prepared
by Mrs. Moore ten years ago for a
club meeting, but was so interesting
sha was asked to read it again- Mrs.
C. P. Moore then discussed the causes
of Indian wars-
Little Miss Mary Lou Sajirs enter
tained the club with a pianologuc
“The Movie.”
Marjorie Byers followed in a pleas
ing manner with two songs “Smilin’
Through” and “Trees ”
The next meeting will be held at
the home of Mrs. John J’oss.
ASI WIND, COLO
HORIS SICK WHEAT
Twelve Below Zero Recorded Here
Wednesday Night
WHEAT RECOVERY DOUBTFUL
Second Freeze of Winter Wo se Than
First One
A piercing east wind accompanied '
by a light .snowfall swept over this
section of eastern Oregon Wednesday
and lowered the mercury to the
twelfth mark below trie zero point on
the official thermometer at the ex-,
pertment station.
Not noly did it chill the mercury
tp a greater extent than any -cold
spell thik winter, but it also chilled
the hearts of the optimists who thot
their winter wheat was alive. There
will be no doubt now in many minds
at least about the condition of the
wheat. It is as dead as the dodo-
The wind that struck this country
was apparently the tail end Of the
disastrous storm that struck the ,
eastern states causing the death of
28 persons. It blew ’fiercely here for
about twelve hours Wednesday dur
ing which pipes were frozen, houses
were chilled and life was miserable
to all humanM and stock. Wednes
day evening the wind died down and
the, thermometer droppad to* 12 de
grees below mark. It is fortunate
that the wind did not continue or the
wreckage of broken pipes would have
been much greater.
Only nine hundreths of an inch of
moisture fell and the wind whipped
that from the grain fields as fast as
it fell Had the grain not been fro
zen by the earlier storm it would
probably have been killed by this one
for it was colder and there was in
sufficient moisture In the ground to
keep the soil temperature from drop
ping below the danger point.
After the cold night Thursday
dawned wiht bright sunshine and
warmer atmosphere as If nature was
attempting to make up for the misery
meted out the day before.
That farmers are interested in tax
Every resident of the county had an
reduction was conclusively proved last
A meeting called to appoint a
excellent opportunity to hear the
Saturday when nearly a hundred of
group of representative citizens from
latest information about the reseed
the wheat growers from the Wasco
which a state committee could, pick
ing of farm crops on land that’ has
vicinity met at the school house in
’ five men to act as a mortgage ad
been frosen out this winter. when
tha« town at the behest of the local
justment board in this county re
I Prof- George R. Hyslop, of Oregon
branch of the Sherman County Tax
solved itself into a pep assembly for
The Robinson bill, the Frazier bill, State College made a series of talks
Reduction League-
the organization of the county farm
farm interest rates were debated. to farmers in this county last week
Mrs. Marie Barnet .Cooper, actual
ers into a militant groqp for protec
Roy Baker, and farmer, predicted a end. *
farmer of many acres in the Klondike
tion against foreclosures, high in
return to the sort of ife led by our
Mr- Hyslop talked in Wakco Friday
section, opened the meeting and act
terest rates and high taxes here
grandfathers. T- M Rolfe, W. H. afternoon, in Moro Friday night and
ed as chairman. W. F. Jackson pres
Monday night.
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Farmers
Hauling
Gas
Ragsdale and others spoke advocat in Grass Valley Saturday afternoon. B
w
ident of the league apoke briefly on
* The meeting was called by Harry
ing an organization of farmers to do Th each case his talk was heard by
From
Portland
the need of tax reduction and W. H Rufus Boy Scouts
Pinkerton at the request of the state
for themselves what they have failed an interested body of grain growers
Ragsdale, secretary, seconded him
mortgage adjustment board- Ite ori-
; Organizing
to get from their government.
who came to learn about their prob
with
a like expression.
ginal purpose was to nominate twelve
George Wilcox then proposed a lems both economic and productive.
Almost every farmer who owns a
The repeal of the deficiency judge
men from which five could be picked.
general county wide meeting some I From- knowledge gained through truck and has a few dollars in pocket ment law followed in which it was
Even before the nominations were
“Two Days to Marry.” a comedy
what like the one recently held in years of working with farmers in is making trips to Portland after explained that the present law was
made there were speeches, short and
play,
will be featured by the Letter
Wasco county when farmers there or the field of crops and economics the gasoline to use this spring in reseed- unfair in that it often led to fore-
impassioned, about the injustice of
men
’
s
Club at Rufus February 11, in
ganized a protective association. His speaker reviewed the history of ing and plowing. Gas, the first neces- •. ^ures against those financially
the conditions in which the farmer
suggestion^ was enthusiastically sec farm relief legislation from the in sity for a tractor farmer, can be able when those with no other assets the high school gymnasium at eight
find? himself. When representatives
onded and the following committee ception of the McNary-Haugen bill bought in Portland at 7 to 9 cents. •han the property involved were al o’clock. The admission will be twen
of the different towns adjourned to
ty five cents for adults and ten cents
appointed to handle the arrange
One little station is selling the fluid lowed longer time to pay.
cauwvs they talked about tax reduc ments: George Wilcox, J- M. Wilson, down 'o the present session of con-
for children.
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^ress and their discussions of the for 7 cents.
The cost of the extension work' in
tion instead of nominating- It was
A boy scout club of ten members
The
farmer
receiOte
-^a
rebate
on
proposed domestic allotment plan. He
the state followed. The budget for
that sort of a meeting.
has been organised with L-,W. Rakes
his
gas
used
in
farming
operations
of
er and Leonard Mauras.
stated that the farm board had been
the Moro station was read showing
Finally the following twelve men
The meeting will be held in the of material assistance to wAeat grow, 4 cento. If he can haul it from the that of a total estimated cost of ap as scout master. Mr. Simmons has
were named as candidates for the po
court house Monday February 13 at
cjty for a cent a gallon he can buy proximately >13.600 per year, the been chosen assistant scout master.
sitions on the county adjustment 1.30 in the afternoon. The officers of em of the Pacific northwest.
All boys are working for the Tender
In explaining the new plan Mr. fuel for what is really a very nominal state of Oregon will contribute $6000 foot and Second Class ranking. W- A.
board: From Kent. J. ' M- Wilson.
the Wasco association will be present
and receive nearly a third of it back
Hyslop said that it was designed to figure- And does that help?
Corliss Andrews; Grass Valley: Geo.
Morris, R .N- Guilford and M. L.
to tell of their conclusions. Every- !
unspent.
The remainder of the ex
make the tariff effective on products
Wilcox, Roy J. Baker; Moro: W -S.
Burnett have been recommended as
one is invited and urged to come, and
pense is borne by the United States
used domestically. At present it is
Powell, W. F. Jackson; Wasco. E. D.
committeemen for the boy scout
to express their ideas of what should
government
as the station was estab
Income
Tax
Deputy
»
thought that the processors tax on
McKee, L. J. Lucas; Rufus: C. A-
be done to bring about better condi
as a federal station and is un troop .
wheat would be 42 cents or the equiv
Tom, Chas. Kuypers; At large: Fred
Thirteen girls with Miss Duvall as
To Be Here lished
tions for agriculture. Affiliation with
der the jurisdiction of the department
alent of the tariff and that the plan
Krusow, A- H. Barnum-
their
leader are organising a girl
the farmers protective groups of the
of agriculture.
would raise the price of wheat by
Following this , brief attention to
scout
troop.
No committee has been
east is a probability. .
Employees of the station are un
that amount less costs of opera ion
the business at hand several men
appointed for this ,club.
For
those
who
have
worries
about
In any event the meeting next Mon less losses entailed through shipment
der the civil service act and their re
claimed the floor to express them
Jean Morris, Sec- of Rufus School
day
is going to be one that may of the surplus to other lands. Just the payment of their income tax this muneration is based on the regula
selves on the problems of the day as
year
the
internal
revenue
department
they affect farmers. George JL Wil- make history in farm circles in this how much would be, gained through has made the services of a deputy tions if that act. These salaries have
It costs twenty dollars per capita
As one enthusiast re his scheme is problematical until
been reduced by congressional action
cox, druggist and farmer, of Grass country-
collector available-
to have disease and only a few cents
marked
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No
one
wro
is
tired
of
tak-
and
may
be
further
reduced.
Any
Valley r said
contacted
tried.
saiu that farmers he —
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A man from the Portland branch changes that are made will be by the to prevent it.
becoming dUcouraged »nd di^ mg it on th. chin ia going to be «b-
Making the allotment for the na
■ were
of the department will be in Moro federal government instead of the
tion and state would be comparatively February 21, and he will bo in Wasco
heartened over the injustice of con- sent-
easy he stated, because the produc February 22 to assist those who have state-. The budget for the Moro
tion of these units is known for long problems regarding the payment of station shows a directors salary of
|4500 per year and traveling expen
periods past. Hdwever, making the
internal revenue-
ses of $600 only a part of which has
allotments for counties and individ
been used this year.
ual fartris will cause considerable
Elmer Nelson who finished Mmo
Ex-judge E. D. McKee moved tho
I work and can best be done through
High School the first semester of this
adoptoin
of two resolutions that met
I authorities.
From the Observer February 13, 1914
year has joined the navy and will be-
with
the
approval of all those pre
Allotments
should
be
made
oh
a
While painting in the Moro meat
The discussion of the county unit sity of Oregon after an analysis of bushelage basis is the opinion of Mr, rin his enlistment in a week or so. sent. In one motion Mr. McKee ad
He
wits
here
last
week
end
disposing
market
Roy Axtell fell from the
country
schools
in
Klamath
and
Lane
school system is more purtinent than
I Hyslop because production of acres 1 of his property. Lloyd Johnsonand vocated the closing of two normal
counties
states
that
while
Klamath
scaffold
catching
the palm of his hand
was at first thought for if a bill now
varies greatly over small areas. ’ Richard Barne accompanied him to schools because there is no demand
county,
managed
under
the
unit
plan,
on
a
meat
hook
resulting in an ugly
before the Oregon legislature passes,
The allotment should be made to the ’ his home at Carson, Wash., returning for the teachers graduating from
has
a
cost
$5
29
lower
than
Lane
wound
and
a
sore
hand.
each county in the state not now sub
them and the expense was unneces-
land instead of to the farmer so that
ject to the provisions of that act will county it has better schools, more ad-1 there could be no switching of allotr- ’ Tuesday night- _
sary
D- E- Stephens and family returned
vote on Tt the day of the annual equate equipment, better transporta ments from good land to poor to use
Another resolution advocated by Tuesday from Washington D. C.
tion and had better teachers with
the ex-county judge asked that the Where Mr. Stephens has been con-
• school election in 1934.
among those engaged in them.
the entire crop produced.
training.
The
average
pupil
in
legislature be implored to remove the suiting with the department of agri
on,
While
the
college
has
advocated
the
The bill that they will vote
In case this plan is put into ef
Klamath
county
was
more
than
half
direct property tax, cut all state ex- culture regarding the work at the
dif-
seeding
of
barley
for
several
years
however, will create a slightly
fect by the govemmerit it is prob-
a
year
ahead
of
the
average
pupil
in
’enditures to the lowest point possi Federal experiment station at Moro.
one
they
do
not
favor
it
for
this
spring
able that some changes will have to they
ferent county unit plan than the
Lane
county.
ble
with out impairing efficiency and
be
made
in
production
methods
in^for
there
is
a
production
of
80
million
known to the state heretofore-
A letter received from George De
on pass a sales tax or some other
mendments have been provided in the ‘ School districts are not divided to the wheat country, in the opinion of tushels more of this crop than in pre-
Moss who is touring Iowa and Mis
pending bilf that will require any give equal opportunity to all children the speaker. If, under the plan, it prohibition days. Not much of the form of taxation to make up the souri with the DeMoss Lyric Bards
district heavily indebted to pay its for often the smallest and poorest is necessary to abandon some land, barley grown in this country is val- deficit.
said that the company was entertain
Those present were asked to write
bills and bonds by a special tax on districts have the most children with- temporarily at least, some other Uable for malting purposes. For use
ing good sized crowds each evening.
the property in that district in addi units will make j changes of local crops may be grown on it to keep it in this country beardless Meloy bar- letters to their legislators asking the
school population less important,
in cultivation so that it may be used ley and Markton o«ft were advocated repeal of the deficiency judgement From the Observer February 12, 1904
tion to the costs of school.
law, the reduction of state salaries
portunity
as
well
as
taxes.
Larger
later if conditions justify. Some sort as feed grains.
Mrs. N. W. Thompson has three
* This provision removes one of the
It
is
the
purpose
of
the
county
unit
and
the elemination of two normal stands of Italian honey bees which
Due
to
the
fact
that
the
freeze
has
of forage crop may settle this prob
greatest objections formerly held
EXt the adoption of the county. .ytem to equalize educat.onal op- lem in semi-arid .districts such as already reduced the amount of smut schools.
she wishes to sell.
J. E. McClure acted as secretary
in the ground‘If it hasn’t killed it all
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Sherman county.
unit plan- Districts that are out * of * ( in them.
A- Nish met with a smash up Sat
It is possible that diversion of land this spring the farmers have a better of the meeting and forwarded the res
debt will not have to pay the debts ; One large family can under the
urday
en route to Moro from his
olutions to the representatives of this
present system materially change the to other uses may seriously affect chance to raise a smutless crop than
of other districts.
farm. The team ran away and into
district.
A
county
wide
meeting
of
As in i he present law the local necessary millage in some districts, other industries and cause suffering for several years. Mr- Hyslop stated
a barb wire fence with disastrous re
that extra care should ba taken to the tax reduction league will be held
^school board will be retained with fn our own county problems of trans
treat seed this spring. Son»/» of the some time early is March for the sults to the rig.
only a change in name. They will be portation of one or two children in
Wm. Wallan has been appointed
standard varieties of wheat should be election of officers.*
called school committees. They will a district are often a source of ill
deputy
sheriff to fill the vacancy oc
sown
instead
of
some
new
and
untried
hnvo th*» power to object to any finan- feeling and unnecessary expense I
The
Grass
Valley
high
school
bas
casioned
by the death of C. N. Mc
kinds of wheat. . .
rinl adjustment that in their estima Such questions can be better settled
ketball teams wore defelted by the Caleb. Mr- Wallan has been the local
Flax
has
not
been
a
successful
crop
tion is unfair to their district. They by some unprejudiced board.
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in the dry land areas of the north Moro teams by a narrow margin irf agent for BalfouY* Guthrie A Co. in
may refuse to hire any teacher ap
(Editor’s note: This is the third
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west and field peas ard the most the games last Friday February 3. thia county -for four years.
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pointed to Iheir school by the county and last of the articles about the
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successful of the - alternate crops at Moro- The final score in the boys
Charles Nelson has taken the 20
county unit school system. An at
hoard.
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adaptable to this country. *It was game was 17 to 18 and that of the acre tract east of town owned by Mrs-
Taxpayers Equalization tempt has been made*to appraise the
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urged that copper carbonate be used girls was 8 to 11.
Anderson and will establish an incu*
. snd Conservatkm League has made system without prejudice either for
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Both teams showed a great fighting
for wheat treatment and that formal
bator hennery there.
i .,f «Ms school nlan and has or against. We welcome le ters or
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spirit throughout the games and
dehyde
be
used
for
barley.
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is better adapted to seeding with L groat excitement prevailed from the Quoted from a Pendleton pgper in
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week
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the Observer. Grass Valley is to
ed persons)
turkey than any other spring wheat, beginning to the final whistle.
A report prepared by the Univer-
Items That Were News In
County Unit Amendments Remove
Cleveland's Administration
Objections of Many Opponents
WEATHER REPORT FOR
WEEK ENDING FEB. 8
have a large mercantile and general
supply establishment the magnitude
of which will surpass anything of its
kind in the county- The enterprise
is being promoted by 17 wealthy
stockmen and farmers of the com
munity. The company is capitalized
at $150,000. The new building has
an 80 foot front and is two stories
high built of brick-
From the Observer February 8, 1894
Mr. J. K Craig will start for Port
land in a few days to purchase the
rails and rolling stock of the narrow
gauge road that was changed freiu~
a narrow to a standard guage by the
Southern Pacific last season if he
makes the _ trade that he expects to.
Work will commence about March 1st •
on the grade. Parties wishing to buy
may write to the secretary of the
Kent A Daljes Co., at Kent-
A special committee consisting of
J. A. Forbis, Sheriff E- M. Leslie and
Jos. Marsh made a thorough inspec
tion last Thursday of the books, se
curities and general financial condi
tions of the Sherman County Bank.
We learn that the result of the ex
amination was most satisfactiry and
that the affairs of the bank are in a
healthy condition. A dividend of 5
percent wm declared at the last an
nual meeting.
Perry Watkins announces that in
order to oblige thoee coming to More
for the St- Valentine’ll Ball, February
14, he will feed and house a team for
only 25 cents.