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HIE SHERMAN jSljennan (Cinmtg Journal > SHERMAN COUNTY OBSERVER, Established Nov. 2, 1888 GRASS VALLEY JOURNAL, Established Oct. 14, 1897 CONSOLIDATED, MARCH 6, 1981 WASCO NEWS-ENTERPRISE, Established 1891 CONSOLIDATED MARCH 4, 1982. Managing Editor Entered as second-class matter at the ’oetottico, at Moro, Oregon, under Act of Congress of March 8, 1879. __ „ SUBSCRIPTION RATES—PAYABLE IN ADVANCE. One Year ............................................ ............................................................ Six Months .................................. ................................................................ i $1 50 1 00 FRIDAY, MAY 5, 1933. CO-OPERATIVE GAINS MORO, OREGON. ern Califonia to see what minerals trip to Portland Sunday were left in that part of the world. Row'll Seas Off th? English Coast Dr. F. A. Perkins Those absent from high school this । week were Alta Norton, Marguerite [ Mitchell, Margaret Dunlap, Anna Sa- ! ther, and Virginia Helyer. The grade camp cookery boys fin- ished their fourth project last Fri- GROCERIES A complete stcck of all staple grocer ies always on hand. Clothing for all the family. Every thing staple and guaranteed satisfactory. : « s & Dr. J. A. BUTLER Reliability is our watchword DENTIST HOME OFFICE, WASC<> Quality Store H. Zeigler’s Grass Valley In Moro th« First Week in Each Month Oregon : returning THE HILLS ARE SUDDENLY GREEN A broken cylinder in the well on the Henrich Peters place caused a It seems that there might be an opportunity for another Briggs cessation of work there for afew days to sketch one of those cartoons about a“Ain’t* it a grand and while a new one was put in- George Witter managed the job. glorious feelin’ ”, based upon conditions here. We have had three poor crops, a winter that froze out 95 per cent of the wheat, a spring that was cold and forbidding and mis erable for man and crops, an economic situation that to any one but a wheat farmer would have been impossible and yet—we go right ahead The hills are green again, the wheat is up, growing, able, with favorable weather, to produce a crop that will lift the burden of care from wheat men long worried by troubles. Now the wheat begins to wave in the wind, to glisten in the sun and to raise the hopes of farmers that perhaps things are not as bad as they seem Hills are green to-day where yesterday there was but the faintest touch of color; and likewise hopes are higher since the winter is gone. Something in green fields and growing things makes us all young and willing to carry on in spite of what- difficulties might arise. ------- o------- Silver is worth about 36 cents per ounce and gold $20.67. Yet the senators from the silver states want silver monetized at a value of 16 to 1. Wouldn’t that be gorgeous for the man with a ware, house full of silver? Wheat farmers might start a campaign to make money out of flapjacks at say 50 cents per ounce. --------- 0--------- Mrs. Day Goodrich, of Yreka. Cal., visited here with her sister. Mrs. Frank von Borstel and her brother Don Clodfelter last week Sam Holmes, with his daughters Mabel and Cassie made a trip to Lower Bridge last week. L. R French’s Portland here for French and wife, and Mrs. grand daughter arrived from last Thursday to remain the summer MON TUE WED Dell Olds and Florin Coon left for Portland early Wednesday morning with a truck load of Dell’s livestock for the markets- 15 16 22 23 24 29 30 31 Henry Tetx will be the principal in Rufus school next winter after eight years spent teaching the youngsters of Grass Valley. \ W C. Schilling and Dick Edwards, accompanied by their wives were We seem to have abandoned the principal of government of visitors in The Dalles Sunday. the people by the people and for the people and adopted a policy The town has been full of men for of saying, “You ro ’ahead Mr President and do whatever you a few days since the oiling crew ar rived to repair the highway. ------- o------- Hop growers and hop buyers are hopped up it appears SUN 8 We like to look at ’em all right, but it is a total waste of mon. ey to send so many brightly colored pamphlets describing the Rev. Tennison, of Pendleton, visited Chicago Fair to us. Private inflation of a tnousand percent here this week. wouldn’t take us out of the county. please with the country.” ----- _o------- Daylight saving may be defined as a means of getting up earlier without undue pain and suffering It is recommended for those who like to kid themselves -------- o------- Cold weather this spring may serve to protect the fish from raids by their worst enemies --------o------- MAY Ms. Stone returned home from the hospital Sunday after several weeks of serious illness. Kent defeated Grass Valley in a base ball game at Kent last Sunday. Rolfe and Fritts were the battery for Grass Valley and Young and Pluemke were battery mates for Kent- The score was 13 to 11. GRASS VALLEY* SCHOOL NOTES Genevieve Beardsley, Editor. I>ast Friday night Mr. v and Mrs. Tetz entertained the seniors, the eve ning was begun by an outdoor ex ploring, detective game, which led the three parties of. competitive search ers from the depot all over town. and finally ended at .the high school fire 1 Mrs. Ayres- Refreshments were served at mid- night 5 . Word has been received of the ser ious illness of Guy Hoskinson, for mer member of George Bell Post, - who is in the Veterans hospital in Portland. Women of Kent are responding enthusiastically to the call for vol unteer workers to distribute poppies , on Saturday, May 27, Mrs. Dellinger .said as she was completing the en- | rollment of her Poppy Day forces. She estimated that she would havo 6 workers to help distribute the mem orial ’flower' to the people of th , community. । “The response to the Poppy Day rail reminds me of the World War days,” said Mrs- Sid George. “Now as then the women of the city are ' ijrw to serve in patriotic work The Southern rallwry • nr;*-, r'mm i boni W. u i o» t h They appear to realize that in the of the gale as she headed lust th,. break lyatei Dieppe. This photograph t ik >n vlih a lomr-focu sale of the poppies they will be help- Acuities which beset siiippui^ d:n».ij n>n/i w.»?« Ung to rekindle for peace time service the spirit of patriotism which mad » ' the great war achievements of our them y and home Monday evening [ country possible. They know, too. Dr. C. L. Poley was a visitor in that they will be accomplishing much Kent Tuesday evening. Thursday evening Phyllis Haynes, for the welfare of the needy veter- That we have a student so indus- Maxine Piuomke, Edna McKay and ! a ns' families of our city. A program is being worked out fi r trous that he would ride ten miles Wils on will recite in the' local “The Auxiliary is very grateful to on a bicycle. Just to sit in church with Mother’s Day. Rev- Swanders of .he “Light of his Love”? | Portland will conduct the regular try-out. from the 7ih and 8th grade • all those who have volunteered to 1 help us in our poppy effort. We Mothers Day sermon as has been the room. Georgia actually beat Genevieve in know that hard work and personal custom for the last several years A English? sacrifices will be required of them. pot luck dinner will be held at the - -«* «■ ~ We hope that the public will recog Kept Vixilia ’ v Notes That Ellen came into Miss Edmonds grange hall. nize their unselfish service and when room to study,'during the last period Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wilson were they appear on the streets on Poppy when they are having play practice visitors at the J. N Maclnnes home Day, will respond to them in the same The members of the Auxiliary of in the typing room 7 Sunday. spirit that their, service is given.” . George Bell Post No. 49 and the Le That Ferd Stark comes in Miss Ed gion held a social dance Wednesday mond« room last period to study—or night in lieu of their regular meet what? ing. Mrs. Ayres, community service For Jimmy Blagg to refrain from The Misses Helen Thompson and ^airman was in charge of the music talking and sit in his own seat for Winnie Hill, seniors of the Antelope and conducted a five piece orchestra 301'JC Second St fifteen minutes continuously ? high school visited at Kent school An interesting musical feature was The Dalles, Oregon That Phil Boyer could be trans Wednesday due to its being their a number of selections on a saw by PHONE 211 W Mr. Rogers, an ex-soldier. Mr- and formed into an expensive and deli “bunk” day Mrs. Rogers from Long Beach, Cali Oi ’ i OMETHIST-OPTICIAN cate fish dish? Dean Rogers of Portland gave an fornia have been visiting Mr. and Could Neva actually have lost her interesting talk to the high school temper in American History class the last Wednesday afternoon about the — \ other day? trip which he had recently taken coV- pring 1^,000 miles. Whatever happens to agriculture in the changes that are immi nent in farm legislation the farmers should see to it that the co-op erative marketing associations, as well as regional and national, are preserved. It is true that some farmers criticise them for two young men who unselfishly vol causing the drop in wheat that caused such disaster, but every unteered to dig his grave Attendants would not have been thing else produced dropped as well and there is no evidence to lacking, had the people of Sherman show that co-operatives in themselves have been responsible for county known where and when he was to have been buried. any harm to farm prices. Who was responsible for this 1 On the contrary the farmers through the co-operatives have shameful treatment of a splendid old been steadily getting a larger percentage of the market value of gentleman ? It is true he died penniless, but let their wheat. The report of the^herman Co-operative Growers, of us not forget that he was of that Wasco, has just been made available and it is the latest example of generation and that character who made this Oregon country possible. the profits made by the farmer’s company. As a Government Scout during the Shares sold for $30 with a down payment of only $3 The Indian wars he actively helped win remaining portion of the share was paid by note. No farmer has the west for the present generation, been asked to pay these notes and while they were to be paid in and for years was a substantial tax five installments many of them will be paid in three year opera payer in Sherman county, and always to the last a splendid citizen. tions How is that for an investment? His financial reverses came not be Wasco’s local is paying a dividend of one and five-eights cents cause of any viciousness of charac- { but rather because of a too great I per bushel on a patronage basis If each person owning a share ter, generosity and sympathy for others. put no more than 1000 bushel through the organization he would Was Sherman county too poor to receive $16 25 as dividend on an investment of $30 and a cash in pay for a coffin, or having paid the fee to the undertaker, too vestment of only $3. And this on the 1931 crop which no one con stipulated indifferent to a past benefactor to' see sidered to be more than one half normal. that the.common decencies and cour Kent News ■ Furthermore the co-ops have disclosed to farmers many of tesies to he dead were paid him? We old timers who soon must join the tricks of the grain trade that have made plenty of money for him, Mrs. Leroy Daniels and son Cecil have reason to pause and pon them in the past. There is the matter of protien Ten years ago der whether wo too can look forward spent Wednesday at the home of Mr. there was not a dozen farmers in the county knew there was any to this kipd of treatment should the and Mrs. R. J Harbin of Grass Val same misfortune over come us be ley. protein in wheat. Now every one is informed on the subject. fore we lay away our earhly cares Mrs. Susie Davis and son Joshua Through the co operatives freight rates have been lowered, some Roy Atwood- • of Kinzua were visitors at the J. C. Wilson home Sunday afternoon. thing the grain companies did not interest themselves in. The Wm Mitchell is repainting and re co ops have dropped the price of storage considerably, have been Grass Valley ' modeling his house- instrumental in having the grain discounts reduced and above all Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Davis and they have prepared their sales sheets so that any farmer can daughter Evelyn spent Saturday eve readily understand what the charges are against his wheat, an Arnold Sharp, Grover Young and ning and Sunday at the home of Mrs. innovation that will make it harder for any group in the future to Jacob Wassemiller left the last of the John Schassen in The Dalles week for southern Oregon and north make the profits from farmer’s wheat they have in the past. Wilbur Haggerty made a business ------- o------- PAGE FRIDA), MAT b, 1933 escape where a stick of candy await ed the worthy searchers Owen Eakin and his assistants, Genevieve Beardsley and Juanita Boyce came out ahead, closely follow ed by Loren Beardsley, Mary Brown, INGRATITUDE and Glendora Garett. Nothing will (To the Editor of the Journal) will be said about Bruce Alley. Sylvia In the April 21st edition of the Coyle, and Georgia Blalock; except Sherman County Journal appeared an that they got their candy too. Re article giving the history of the late freshments were then served, followed Byron W. Anson who died in Moro on by a series of other interesting and Saturday night April the 15th, stat nonsensical games. ing he was buried from the Method The school got two new Underwood ist church in Wasco at 3:30 o’clock typewriters Monday, and now the p. m. Wednesday April 19th. typing room is the most densly pop Do the people of Sherman County ulated room in the building Every know how this old pioneer was real one ha» to tryout the new machines. ly buried? They should. The play “Adventures of Grandpa” He was buried not from any church, but was hauled out to the Wasco will be presented this Saturday night cemetery lying on a board, and there May 6 at the city auditorium. Ad buried without a coffin, and without mission ten and twenty-five cents. benefit of the clergy; although Wasco My I What happy countenances the and Moro both have clergymen who seniors are displaying, the announce- would have gladly officiated had they cents came Monday. They were or been asked dered for April 20th, and no doubt No one was present to pay their the company's ears burned during the respects and help consign his earthly long interval of waiting. remains to the dust from whence he । sprung, except the undertaker and Is it possible? Ccluimn Published Every Friday at Moro, Oregon, By GILES L. FRENCH COUNTY JOURNAL. 28 IO THU FRI SAT 5 6 11 12 13 18 19 20 25 26 27 Information About the County Schools Roads and Crops. News About the People You Know SHERMAN [OUMI JOURNAL
