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Sherman County Observer Est., 1888, Gras» Valley Journal, Est., 1897,. Consolidated Mai rch 6, 1931. V(asco News-Enterprise, Est., 1890,-Consolidated March 4. 1932
SHERMAN COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER
Forty Fifth Year
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SHERMANCOUNTYWHEAÏ
LOOKINB FINE SINCE RAIN
Moro, Oregon
Tax Turnover Made
Federal Men Are
By Sheriff Chrisman
Studying Erosion
June 2, 1933
SCHOOL GRIES UHLE
POWER TO NEW BOARD
Sheriff Chrisman has made another
Two men from the Federal Erosion
turnover of taxes to the treasurer Station at Pullman visited the local
whic^ totals $3,606.28. This merely experiment farm last week for the
includes those taxes that have been purpose of starting some experi­
Rapid Growth Made During the Last collected since the May 10th turn* ment» on soil eroe ion in this county. Arrangement For Tuiticn and Taxes
over; and is made to allow apportion- i Erosion is a very serious matter, in
Only Positive Lnty
Days of May
ment of funds before it is necessary many farming acetins of the United •
for the county to make their half . States and is especially serious in the)
year payment to the state.
, | Palouse wheat belt where the hills
The general fund is credited with are numerous and steep and the rain-
$917.57, the state fund with $79.52
and the elementary school fund with
In Sherman county is not very
$389.75 in this apportionment. School rapid except during the spring run .
districts receiving sizeable sums of off of snow water. At that time gul-
money are the 'Rufus district with lys are often cut into the fields and
Cool Weather Causes Rank Growth In $202.98, Wasco with $221.62 and dis­ a great deal of valuable top soil is No Autnariey Given To Change er to
trict 35 with $100.73. All the others carried into the creeks and rivers.
I
Consoiidte S«hoois
Ma ay Fields
Experimenters W. A. Rockie and
received less than a hundred dollars.
The high school tuition fund was in­ F. C. McGrew are trying to determine
the amount of erosion on farm soils
creased by $294.94.
Interest in the new school district
It may not be safe to prophesy
Cities received cash as follows: and to devise means to prevent it.
to
be known as the Sherman County
what the wheat will look li^e at har­ Wasco, $29 46; Moro, ? $52.58; . and They have tried terracing, killifering
Non-High
School District has in­
vest time, but one may find,almost Jrass Valley, $1.64.
and different means of cropping land.
creased
rapidly
within the past week
universal agreement t^xat it looks fine
D. E Stephens, of the local station,
since
contestants
for the office of di­
How. The warm days of last week
has two dams across a lit de creek on
Farm
Loans
May
rector
have
been
active~ in getting
ga. c a needed impetus to spring grain
the station and the sediment washed
signers
for
their
petitions.
and apparently caused It to grow
Be Refinanced down by the spring freshets has filled
As the law now operates the coun­
tv. ue ns length within a few days.
it above the dams several feet thick
ty
is required to make an assessment
Sxne of the early sown grain In the
showing that erosion is an important
on
all
districts not mainta.ning a high
north end of the county is already in
Refinancing of farm loans is taking । feature of soil preservation even in
school, sufficiently large to pay for
the boot and will be heading out in a up a considerable part of the time of this comparatively dry country.
the education of all, high school
ua Iler of ten days or less if the a number of- farmer« since $he««w |-----------*——
pupils
in the non high school districts
weather continues favorable.
bill allowing a lower rate of interest Insurance C<»mm ¡SbiOEtr
who wish .0 continue their education
■ Winter wheat is already * heading on all farm loans from the govern­
/ out in the warmer sections of thè ment- The new Sherman county
Issues W truing at high schools in the state.
county proving that wheat gets rea- farm loan association is receiving I
The new Jaw changes this by giving
uy to harvest at approximately the applications in great number but so ,
to the non-high school district itself
same time whether the weather is ar have not advanced far enough to ( State insurance commissioner A. H. -he authority to levy this tex instead
cool or warm. Fields of winter wheat enow what they can do wivh all of Averill has sent out a warning to of the county" officials. .Section 1. of
that looked thin and spotted a few hem.
Stone and Peterson residents of this, suite regarding the new law reads in partf “all the
weeks ago now appear nearly as rank were in the county a week looking
¡nerant outlaw -insurance agents territory of speh county not included
and thick as in normal years when ver the land of applicants..
who are working in the smaller com­ in a district hot maintaining a stan­
viewed from the roaci. Ordinarily
J. A. Scollard is agent for the Farm munities of the sta-e. These men are dard high school is hereby organized
z they are much more weedy than usual, Loan Commissioner and may be ’"-if-esenting the Western Pacific ì .io a non-nigh school district for the
however.
reached through the Federal Land Health Association of California ' j. pose of levying a tax. to defray
The light rains of May and the Bank at Spokane. He is authorized which is not licensed in Oregon. They tho cost of tuition and for transporta­
cloudy weather are adjudged to have to make loans to individual farmers, re- e arrested and fined once but are tion of the high school pupils of the
Caused the spring grain to stool out not corporations. These loans are not reported to be still working in this •
high school district.'* This is
and chicken up and grow rank. There the same as the long time farm mort­ state.
th? purpose of the new law.' '
All persons are asked to watch for
are som? very beautiful fields in the gage loans. They are made for the
After stating the processes for
county and the work of the. worms is nurpose of reducing the amount of them.
election of directors of the district
not so apparent as it was before the farmer’s debts and refinancing them
the law enumerates the powers and
warm days.
duties of the board of directors. They
on a better, longer term basis. To Pomona Grange Will
are as follows. To enter into con­
. The general belief is that if we do this, he is authorized, under the
Hold Evening Session tracts in writing with any district
should have a June rain of an inch or lavz to make loans on first and sec­
j maintaining a standard high school
over a really good crop of wheat ond mortgages upon the whole or any
-
1 for the tuition of nun-high school dis-
part
of
the
farm
property,
real
or
i would be harvested in this county
Sherman county Pomona grangi vriefc pupiis. To levy a tex on all
this year,, but if a June as dry as personal, including crops. Effort also
was the June of 1932 occurrs this will be made to help farmers to re­ will hold their spring meeting at Kent property in the non-high school dis-
season there may not be much wheat deem or repurchase farm property next Saturday June 3. The day time trict to pay for the tuition. To issue
to harvest at all. The few acres of owned by ^hem and foreclosed after sessions will be taken up with degree warrants to the county treasurer in
winter wheat will undoubtedly make July 1, 1931.” to quote from Mr. work of interest to members of the payment of claims on the district. To
order and an open meeting will be make such reports as are or may be
something in any event for it is thin Scollard’s statement.
held in the evening which may be at­ required by the state or county super­
This
may
afford
some
Sherman
and farther along than the spring
grain. Weeds will make it hard to county farmers an opportunity to re­ tended by anyone. At this time intendent.
cover their property or to refinance speakers will discuss the sales tax.
To provide polling places for elec­
harvest in many cases.
chattel mortgages. Payments may be State Senator Hazlett, of Hood River tions. To make an annual written re­
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county, will speak in opposition to port to the taxpayers of the district*
Patronize Journal Advertisers.
passed for the first three years.
the sales tax and arrangements are To pay election expense» and inci­
being made to have some one favor­ dental expenses.-
ing the new tax to appear for it.
The county treasurer is the treas­
Speaker Snell will not be able to at­ urer of the non-high school district
tend having another engagement, but and the county school superintendent
Pomona master Carl Adams will en­ is the clerk of tho board of directors
deavor to have a speaker to replace of the non-high school district ac­
A suggested division of Oregon in- negligible.
him.
cording to the law.
to six districts for purpose of admin-
As to dairy cattle numbers, the
These are the only powers and du­
istering the new federal farm act, Willamette leads with 43 per cent,
ties of the board as stated in the law.
and recommendations as to possible the Coast and lower Columbia has Average June
Reports current that they may con-
substitute crops for this state in case 18 per cent, and the Blue mountain
Rainfall .56 inches soliate schools or eliminate schools
acreage reduction of surplus commod-' 17 per cent.
The other districts
are without foundation. The board has
ities is decided upon, have been sub- * range from 6 to 9 per cent.
the power to contract for tuition with
mitted to Washington authorities at
Specialists in the various agricul­
any standard high scliool acceptable
One
may.
argue
with
certainty
a-
their request by Paul V. Maris, di­ tural enterprises at the college con­
to the state department of education.
bout
the
moisture
and
take
either
rector of agricultural extension at ferred as to possible substitute crops
There is nothing in the non-high
this
year
for
it
aide
of
the
question
Oregdn State College.
to be recommended in the event of
the county is school district law to enforce a dis­
he.six natural divisions into which acreage reduction under the farm act happens that while
trict to send pupils to an Oregon high
Oregon divides by reason of crop and and agreed that the greatest diffi­ short an inch and a quarter of rain-
school.
1 when the crop
climatic * imilarity are the Willamette culty will be in finding anything to fall since September
There has apparently arisen a mis­
year
starts
we
are
almost
30 long on
Valley smith to dhe Lane-Douglas use on such a large scale in the dry
understanding about the tuition of
rainfall
since
the
first
of
March.
line; southern Oregon includes Doug­ land wheat districv of the Columbia
What that means or may result in pupils who wish to attend schools
las Josephine and Jackson counties; basin. Some of this land might ulti­
outside the county. According to the
.wo leave to some one else.
tne . p I and lower Columbia, includ- mately be made into range and farm
law it is possible for the board to
The
normal
amount
of
moisture
for
Cnrry, Coos, wes ern Lane. Lin-_
Lin iasture8 by planting crested wheat
ing Curry,
send
pupils outside the county. It
this county from thefir st of March
coin, Tillamook, Clatsop and Colum- g-ras8 <jr bulbous blue grass, it was
to the first of June is 2.45 inches and may be presumed, however, that in a
bia counties; Columbia basin, includ-. fejt, but it would take several years
this year we have had 2.74 inches. great majority-, of cases the non-high
ii»g Hood River, Wasco, Jefferson, to accumulate a seed supply large
The month of April was one of tho school pupils of Sherman county will
Sherman, Gilliam, and Morrow coun­ enough eo go arcry far.
¿ryest on record and was not par­ bo given their high schdol training
ties; Blue mountain, including Uma-( If »f<,nnd desirable to reduce wheat
ticularly favorable for growing things here for it is doubtful if the voters
tilla, t pion, Wallowa. Baker and Mal­
acreage in the Willamette vally thru from the point of view of warm will elect directors favoring outside
heur; nn4 central Oregon, including , vnluiltary arrccrtiont with nroquetr
tuition for very many students.
wheathcr.
Des hutes Crook, Wheeler, Grant,!
it was recommended by the special­
Years ago some experienced farm­
Klamath, Lake and Harney counties.
ists that much of the land taken out er Remarked that he could guarantee
The six young men who will work
Production studies made by L. R- (
of wheat could well go into a number to raise a good crop every year if in tho woods this summer as a part
Breithaupt, extension economist, as
of substitute crops, particularly al­ some one would pomise him a good of the Civilian Conservation Corps
regards wheat and dairy, products. '
falfa, poveri, vetches and! pctssibly rain every June- The average rain­ left Thursday morning from Grass
the 2 commodities in the farm act of
field peas.
fall for June is .56 of an inch and Valley for camp. Rolla Thogerson,
mv-l vital-concern to Oregon, show
Not hint as to how the dairy ad- , that can hardly be called a good rain Moro. John Thompson, and Robert
that the Columbia basin district pro­
jUstment work is to be handled aside on wheat that is headed out espec- Hill of Rufus,. Deeton Russell and
duces 47 per cent of the wheat, the
from through marketing agreement ially as June rains often come in Kenneth Todd of Grass Valley and
Blue mountain 36 per cent and the
has been received in Oregon, but even small portions causing a large per LloyJ Young of Kent were the young
Willamette valley 14 per certt. Wheat
Continued to page toury
rpen joining the corps.
Ccmtinued to page four.
production in tho other districts is,
WINTER WHEAT LOOKS BETTER
New Farm Heads May Enforce
Change of Crops In Some Sections
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IN W LEV YING SLIGHT
No. 30
Memorial Day Observed License Examiner
Quietly In County
To Be Here Again
I GRASS VALLEY DEFEATS
WASCO FIREMEN 3-8
Memorial day was observed in
Persons withing .io take advantu^
Sherman county without public cere­ of the fifty cents fee for driver's1
mony of any kind. Each person or licenses are to have another chance.1
family, having loved ones buried in j according to an announcement math*«
the county quietly made their way to by Sheriff Chrisman. 7'
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the cemetery at
decorated the ing. license examiner, will bo at th"
graves and as qui ly went home, cour house Juno 7 and 8
test tho
There was nothing U> distract their driving ability of. anpil¡cants. The new
minds from the self imposed duty of law raising the driver's license fee
caring for the plots wherein their rel- to one dollar will go into effect June
a dves rest.
9. After that date it will be possi­
Legionnaires wl»o have heretofore ble to get a license without n formal
organized a military observance of examination unless Jie applicant is
the day frere content this year to de­ over 70 years of age or has a record
orate the graves of ex-service men showing several accidents.
Pitcher j In Plenty of Trouble Through
with flags No armed men marched,
po firing squad» broke the stillness
No Fault of Their Own
Boy Scout L *
of the day.
The three day holiday held in Moro Preparing F< m
(} a m p1
allowed many citizens to go to dis­
You all know the story of the ball
tant places and as usual many* who
game at Grass Valley Sunday be­
formerly lived here returned for a
To better equip, them selves for tween that team and the Wasco Fire­
few hours on Tuesday to care for th«? leadership during the coming session
men. It has been written in story
family plo.s in the cemeteries.
oL Camp Ringwaak, Scoutmasters books since baseball. began.
Howard R. Hyde of troop 25. Bend,
It was the ninth inning; the score
J senh ”• Woifinbarger of troop 37 . tied and three men on bases. It so
Grain Growers Met
of WoEn' Springs a ¡id Scout Exec­ happens that there was only one out,
In Wasco Last WceT utive W. W. Belcher are attending but why quibble about details. The
the tlamp training school being held hero camo to the bat as a pinch hit­
at Tacoma thi a we^k. This school is ter ^r.d .smacked the first ball pitched
Wednesday representatives of _ r. 1u‘te:l bj the National Camping .towiu the game.___1___
a number of the grain grower locals department, and bring to local coun-
Wasco had" tied the score in their
met at the Sherman Co-operative and cils the latest and beat ideas gather­ half of the ninth. Peetz went out
Farmers National office at Wasco a. ed during the past season throughout fqr Grass Valley, Peters made first
which time Harold ßanford of the - ertire United States,
en an error, Ford, pitchqr, got on and
Farmers National Grain Growers of *“We are planning on the best rWfHp Bernard Rice also connected safely-
Portland explains the history of the ever conducted in this council,” said Alva Slone, manager for the Grass
railroad rates
the present time and Belcher before leaving, ’’and with the Valley team, put himself in as pinch
of the efforts being made by tho opportunity that every Scout „has of b.ittcr. Stone weight 270, is of aver­
Farmers National Grain Corporation earning half of his camp fee, we look age height and therefore generously
to secure lower freight rates to Port- for one of the best attended sessions built. He hit the first pitch into the
md Among those who attended the of Camp * Rirtgwaak, .when it opens dirt in front of the pitcher; it struck -
meeting from the Sherman Co-oper- July 9,”
the pitchers knees and bounced clear
,ive were: H. D. Proudfoot, H. A.
Tho men will bi gone almost a into the outfield to win the game.
Walker, H. B. Pinkerton, Cl A. Tom. ■v.eel: the school covering three days
Outsido of the Frank Merriwell -
A. J. Smith, A. D. Richelderfer, A. C and nights of Intensive training in finish the game was interesting, not
Käseberg, E. H. Watkins, L. E. Deh­ all branches of camping, from sun- so much because it was well played
ler, A. 3. Johnson.and Senator J. P riseto '*4a!s.,J------------------------------ Imt because the errors were so evenly
Yates, and B. H. Grady. From Ione
divided the " score* remained close
Bert Johnson and H. Schmonse from
throughout
Arlington, Chas. Story and C. N. Inspector Must See ,
Bob Hayes, pitching for Wasco, had
Reed, from The Dalles L. Kelly and
a lot of luck in several innings or
Brands On Stock showed a good deal of pitching abil­
*Jd Ward and from Grass Valley J. L.
Davis, H. Schilling, J. Shepard, Roy
ity for he succeeded in putting out
Baker and Richard Abel, from Moro,
tho side several times after allow­
’County” Stock Inspector James
W. H. Powell. James B. Adams, Joe
ing a man to reach third with none
Stewart
wishes it understood that it
Peters, Hans Thompson and W. T.
out. Ford, of The Dalles, pitched for’ _
Balsiger; from Condon, Lloyd E. Is not legal for a shipper to bring Grass, Valley, and while he was hit
Smith, G. K. Barker W. R. Scarrc t a mere record of the brands on stock. fiard in several innings generally
1 eing shipped out of the county to'
and Perry N. Johnston.
came back the next Inning to do a
him. The law distinctly states “The
nice job of holding his opponent
county brand inspector or his deputy
down. It was the errors that caused
—shall check the brands and examine
D >lph Goetjen Buried
the score, not the pitching. Oh, yes
the animals offered for shipment.”
the score was 9 to 8.
In Maupin Tuesday Mr. Stewart has been appointed as Line-ups were: Grass Valley, •
brand inspector for this county by
Fritts, c; Ford, p; Peetz, 1st! Dunlap,
Max Gehler, director of agriculture,
2nd; Coon, 3rd; iRolfe,ss; Rice, If; *
« Dolph Goetjen, 58, an old time resi­ lie expects to appoint deputies who Rice, cf; Peters, rf.
dent of Sherman county died at Os­ may be found at convenient points for 1 Wasco: Eaton, c; Hayes, p; Woodh,
wego Saturday, May 27, and was shippers.
1st; Johnson, 2nd; ’Schunke, 3rd:
buried at Maupin on Monday. Mr.
i Weld, ss; Brock,? If; Tomlin, cf;
Goetjen came • to Sherman county
Let the Journal do your printing I Hastings, rf.
when a young man and with his five
brothers wad instrumental in settling
the Rutledge neighborhood. H< has
been a resident of Maupin for ever
twenty years.
His widow, Sadie Ashley Geotjen,
one daughter, Mrs. Vera. Tunnlson,
¡ Hop. R. J. Ginn and wife returned
and four brothers, Albert ofPortland, From the Observer June 5, 1914
A camping and fishing party ex- from the Methodist conference at Los
Fred of Grants Pass and Henry and
Charles of Canada survive him. An­ pectsto leave Moro this week for the 1 Angeles this week and report many
other brother, John, died recently in Metolius. Those in the party arc Al- I interesting experiences.
bert Hennagin of Portland, Fred J
Portland.
H. E. Cole, visiting here with P. H.
Hennagin and family O. L. Belshe
Johnson,
informs us that several
and family, George Hennagin and
CALL FOR WARRANTS
families,
including
a brother of L. D.
family, Marlin Hansen and family,
Outstanding warrants numbered 1 L. L. Peetz aqd family^ and Hugh May. are ready to leave Marion coun­
to 20 endorsed, “Not Paid for Want Shull and family. The party will ty and locate in Sherman county.
of Funds” will be paid by the district travel by the aid of six automobiles. From tho Observer June 7, 1894
clerk of School District No. 17 of
A steamboat was sent down from
A. C. Thompson and N. W. Thomp­
Sherman County at his office upon
Snake
river to Grants on the 2nd for
son were entertaining an old family
presentation- Interest will cease af-
friend last week in George Hansell delayed mail eastward bound.
er this date.
of Umatilla county. All three were« Three horses and a wagon load of
Dated at Moro, Oregon this 2nd
in the same emigrant party from wool were lost on Shearers grade
day of June, 1933.
Iowa to Oregon.
.Saturday evening after the bursting
M. E. McKee, Clerk
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George GTand Henry S. and the of a cloud.
DeMoss Lyric Bards have returned
Tho Columbia river is now several
from a very successful concert sea­ feet higher than at any previous rise
son in tho middle west.
of which ther^ is any record.
From tho Observer June 3, 1904.
Hom G. M. Irwin, of Union county,
DATE
MAX.
MIN. PRECIP
Geo. Sink was the first man to in- candidate for state school superin­
troduce a ¡rubber tired buggy in Kent ' tendent, Win. Henrichs, Clark Dun­
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MAY 26 .
lap. Justice R. E French, B. S. Kel­
26 .
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Three teachers have been selected sey, Chas. Hill J. D, Wilcox, Chas.
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27,.
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for the Moro high school for next Belshee, Frank, Pike and other prom­
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term. They are: Prof. W. C. Bryant, inent republicans of Sherman county
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2»..
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Miss Poole and Miss Harwood.
were among the jubilant visitors to
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Tho Gordon Bank in Moro is re­ Moro last Tuesday. All rejoicing over
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ceiving a coat of paint at the hands the great republican triumph in Sher­
.08
Total for week
man county. ’
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of E. M. Meach this week.
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ERRORS EVENLY DISTRIBUTED
Items That Were News Nineteen,
Twentynine & Thirtynine Years Ago
WEATHER REPORT FOR
WEEK ENDING MAY.3I