Sherman County journal., June 30, 1933, Page 3, Image 3

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THE SH KAMAN
COUNTY
JOURNAL,
MoRu,
PAGE
ORKüÖN. FRIDAY JUNE 8^,1988.
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When the first J.. M..married a red-
"Don’t like Uie idea of that El l’aso beaded Spanish woman who Insisted
bank being coexecutor with
you. on
name as it was pro­
Peter B. Kyne
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SHERMAN COUNTY OBSERVER, EaUbHslod Nov 2, 1888
honey. Wed better ascertain haW ( noBncR|, My
ancestor was a good-
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GRASS VALLEY JOURNAL, E«UMi«bod Oct. 14, 1897
much money the estate owes the bank. natiir,M| man; having taken on Spain
I pay them off and get rid of them. I
CONSOLIDATED, MARCH 6, 1981
and the Spaniards, he did not object.
I Imagine it isn’t a great deal. No sane
Anything for the sake of family peace.
WASCO NEWS-ENTERPRISE, EaUblislMd 1891
bank would loan Tom Antrim very
So the irlhe of Higuenes was born. The
CONSOLIDATED MARCH 4, 1982.
much. If course this Dingle Bell—"
family migrated to Mexico early In
“Bill Dingle," Roberta corrected.
the Nineteenth century, and my great-
"Senor Higuenes doesn’t trust him."
grandfnther married the daughter of
Published Every Friday at Moro, Oregon, By
“Senor Higuenes is evident 1/ Jn the
an Irishman who owned this ranrho.
Managing
Edito»
GILES L. FRENCH
rattle business, If we mny judge from
Th it brought the Celtic strain up n
his letterhead, so naturally he wouldn’t
little. , My grandfather added to It by
trust any sheepman. I wouldn’t he
marrying a girl who was half Irish,
ION
In' too great a hurry to oust DlnglV
and when he looked nt his-offspring
Bdl—I mean Bill Dingle, if I were ' he was glad he’d done It. He notice«]
you, B<»f>by. The qualities that go to
the cross had increased the height,
make up a good sheep foreman might
Entered as second-cbM matter at the ’ostotfico, at Moro, Oregon, under Act of
breadth, general appearance. Industry
not appeal to a cattleman. However.
and temper of the Higuenes tribe. We
Congreaa of March 8, 1879.
I think you should engage Senor Pru
looked much more like Black Irish
denclo Alviso as your attorney. What
than Mexicans now. and were prob-
SUBSCRIPTION RATES—PAYABLE IN ADVANCE.
we- want now Is action. We must
aldy. a Jittie more than half Celt. But
Roberta came to the old man and Higuenes. Having perused it, Ro­ have th«»se sheep counted. We'll Vn
we had Spanish customs and a Span
Si 6<
One Year .
put
her fair arms around his leathery berta handed It to Crooked Bill.
gage Prudencio by night letter tonight
Ish omlook on life and Spanish was
1 a
Six Months
neck. “I’m Uncle Tom’s heir. At
our mother tongue. »Also we had no
“Rancho Valle Verde. Uis t ruces and tell him we’re forwarding a tho«
least he wrote me to that effect once Co., Texas.
sand for Ills retainer; we will also
reason to bo other than proud of our
when he was very ill—’’
suggest
that he consult with Hlghenes
fipnnhh
blood, so we never mixed It
-June
23,
1925.
FRIDAY. JUNE 30,1983.
“The time he was shot by his fore- -Dear Miss Aptrlm:
when sel«*cllng the mon- to count the
with Indian.' When we ynoved to
Texas mv grandfather fought under
“Supplementing my telegram of a sheep. The court will probably nj»
point „the man nominated by your at
the Stars ahd Bars. He sent my fa­
week
ago
I
regret
to
report
that
on
FRIENDS OR JUST CUSTOMERS
Peter B. Kyne needs no Introduc­
the 21st Inst your uncle, Thomas An­ torney. Meanwhile we will have to
tion to any American reader. His sto-
ther to the Virginia Military Institute
trim, as the aftermath of a dispute
A well authenticated report that the road sign the business rtea are in demand by editors of every
arm -you with proper credentials—
and father married * Carrol of Vir­
that arose due to your uncle's alleged
birth cert P.cirte,-affidavits and other
men of Sherman county had erected last summer at the junctior popular periodical and magazine in
ginia and begot me."
trespass with bls sheep on la mis not
th« nation, and he is a contributor
pfbof that yeti are the identical Ro
“You have never been married?” the
owned
by
him,
engaged
In
a
duel
with
of Highway 97 and The Dalles highway had been chopped dowr to most of tlx-m. Aside from his work
berta Antrim mentioned In your un­
nurse asked.
rifies. ,Hls antagonist, ^ne J-m Hlg
was received with considerable dismay in this county where res as a writer he has had an interesting
gins, emerged the victor in This san­ cle’s will. Glenn Hackett will attend
career from which he gleaned many
to that, of course."
“Aren't you going to beF
guinary afffay; ' From testimony It
experiences, the Incidents of which
pect for property is the rule • - - -
“Must I dash down to txt* Algo
“I fear not. The loneliness here^—the
appears, much as I regret to say so,
hare been used I d much of his writ­
dunes immediately?" Roberta queried
coyote chorus on the buttes—all mill
that Mr. Antrim was very much the
This is the second sign that has been destroyed, probably by ings.
He was born in San Francisco
complalnlngly.
late against, it. Mrs. Ganby."
aggressor.
In fact Higgins was
some in Wasco county who is interested in keeping as many tra la 1880, and married In Des Moines,
•’Oh. take your time, take your time,
“The right giFl,” ?aid Mrs. Ganby.
wounde«! three times by your relative
Iowa, tn 1910. In bis youth he worked
honey. Dingle Bell, rrudencio Alviso,
“wouldn’t mind, it in the least. Go
before he found himself In posit ion
veller* from taking the federal highway as possible. This or. aa
a clerk in a general merchandise
and Jaime Miguel Hlgueb“« can han­
forth and search for her, Don Jaime."
to retUr• the fire. The coroner’s jury
was on leased land and was erected by a reputable company, fl* store, then held Jobs In a wholesale
“Impossible,” the master of VpUo
returned^ verdict of justlfinbie homi­ dle the sitmiihm. LImagine.”
lumber company and in a shipping
Verde replied lazily. “I have sheep on
cide.
one had either a moral or legal right to go near it, except
concern. He quit mercantile Unes to
my hands."
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CHAPTER IV
In accordance wlth your tele
become a newspaper* reporter, and
“If I can credit the gossip I heard
* Sherman countians why had it erected
graphic instruction« I have
it .
followed that line for some years both
In Los Algodones, you killed the own-
that your uncle received
TJje assistant general manager of
It seems about time that fair minded peopie in Wasc» before and after his enlistment in the
burial in Odd Fellows cemetery.
the Rancho Valle Verde walked, with
county_ there must be some—begin to be less selfish in rerd mat* regular army in 1808. As a member
•»Your uncle was well known to me.
a Jingling of spurs. Into tho coolt vine-
Company L, Fourteenth United
We had a community of Interest In
enclosed veranda where Don Jaime
ters Peace officers in Wasco county and prominent citizens States Infantry, he served through-
many things, so when at bls untimely
lay nt ease in his chaise longue, while
the period of the war with Spain
passing no one came forward to per
a nurse, ftlmnst old enough to be his
should lead in the work of apprehending those who are responsi­ •ut
and was with his regiment when it
form the last sad rites I took It upon
mother.
,n ”n mUncent chair knit­
ble for tearing down this sign. It was the property of the basi- was a part of the third expedition to
myself to notify you. It has been a
ting.
Uncle
Bill,
So
if
You
Go
Bust,
Philippine Islands.
During the
pleasure to me to have served you. .
•'Well, how’s our law«, Mrs. Gnnby
ness men of Sherman county and through them the entire county the
You Can Have Uncle
World war he was a captain In the
“Being at this time confined to my
Ken Hobart queried.
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One
Hundred
and
Forty-Fourth
field
Sheep."
Many of the people who owned the sign are patrons of Wasct
! home with a slight indisposition. 1 dh
“IliM wounds have all healed by.first
artillery. Aa a ’ writer he has pro­
man in a quarrel over participating, rectqd my general manager t«» (all
Inteutiop." the nurse answered. "1
county businesses, and the destruction of the property * ill ,
duced a long list of “best sellers.”
profits, you mean."
. upon your, uncle’» foreman in charge
should say he’ll .be up and around
Including such nnusunlly popular
doubtedly be reflected injhat trade It should.
“—so If you Ro buKt, Uncle Bill, you of some 40,000 sheep on the range and
again In a month. Probably lame fdr
works ss the “Gappy Ricks” stories,
can have Uncle Tom’s sheep."
Inform him that It was your *ish, a* a month or two thereafter. At any
Regardless of the identic of the individuals vbo did the
“Webster—Man’s Man',” “The Valley
“A terrible heritage.” Crooked Bill the probable heir to your uncle's es­ rate he loses me next week?’
•f the Giants." “Green Pea Pirates,”
yal chopping the entire citizenry of Waste tn unn n tst te Lt c
“Why don’t you remain here, do
replied, «nd shuddered. “Well, we’ll tate, thftt he continue to carry on with
and “Jim the C«»nqiieror," which is to
the stteep until the arrival of . you or
Don Jaime In the eye for another
hope
for
the
best,
honey.
You
-or
your
fault until they find and prosecute the guihty ones. This gn
appear aerially I d our columns.
legal representative will have V» go your representative here. The fore­ month’s salary and take a nice, quiet
us a golden opportunity to see whether they are interest d in t it
“Do you know anything about to Texas soon nnd do something about man, a man named Bill Dingle, men­ vacation?” Hobart suggested.
"I'd like to, but It would be taking
those sheep. Now that your Uncle tioned having a contract with your
that wonderful foreign cooking?
neighbors or merely as customers
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uncle
to
participate
to
a
certain
ex
­
money
under false pretenses, I like
Tom’s dead his herders may steal
*No, it’s all Greek to me.”
this ranch. It’s so peaceful here,”
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some of the sheep, if not h 11. Did tent in the latter’s sheep business and
Mrs. Ganhy said. “Every night 1 Jiear
he or did he not make a will, nnd if stated that he was not taking orders
HERE WE STAND
from anybody. My manager there-. a coyote chon» from those buttes
so, who is the executor?”
yonder. »It’s thrilling. I dare say,
“I do wish. Uncle Bill, that you nponiT showed him yonr telegram- to
A copy of the Oregon Voter for June 17 has been handed in to
Don Jaime, you find it rather dull here
would go down there and attend to me, conveying your request that I act
—such n young mnn ns yourself."
. this ofliice with a request that the artic e on the effect of the sales
these matters. I’ll give you my power as your representative temporarily.
This written display of authority had
“I do not,” Don Jaime replied, al­ • < “Impossible,* the Master of Vallo
of
attorney."
ax on Sherman and other counties be read - '.The article says in
most curtly. “It Is the home of my
“What!” C.rooked Bill almost yelled. little or no effect on Bill Dingle.
Verde Replied Lazily. “I Have
The Rebekah lodge of Bend visited “With the market skyrocketing and While Jim Higgins is recovering from
ancestors nnd I love it.”
part, “Local newspapers and politicians in Marion, Polk, UmatilL
Sheep on My Hands.*
“Don Jaime resembles the Chinese.
the Grass Valley lodge last Wednes­ every dollar I.have In the world tied his wounds Bill Dingle continues to
- and Sherman counties who are representing to the landpwneis that day
trespass on the former’s lands.
He worship* his Ancestors,” Ken Ho­
er of those sheep trying to get rid of
night. Mrs Chas. Garrett is ho- up In It? Impossible!’’
“Suspecting that Your „uncle might
bart informed her. “But he’s never
them."
.
“If Glenn Hackett loved me half as
land taxes will not be affected in the substantial way indicated ble grand in Bend.
lonely here. Too much to do.”
Don Jaime nodded.
much as he started to tell me he did, have made a will, I suggested to the
above are doing so at the risk of their reputations for careful
public administrator that he look into
"Why doesn’t he get married? Cer­
“Well, why don’t you get rid of
L. R. Smith brought home a bunch he’d go dowrt there for me.”
tainly he can afford a wife. Mr. Ho­
them, then?”
“He Ims half a dozen very Im­ the mutter. Three days ago I re­
of
young cattle from Antelope this
’figuring"
f
“
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.
“The foreman, Bill Dingle, Is still
portant cases demanding his attention ceived a letter from this official in­ bart,” the good lady queried.
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So. The article has been re-read. It made us justifiably week to feed this fall.
living and in charge of those sheep.
here, Why should he neglect client« forming me that the Federal Trust
“I only look after his cows and his
He’s a bad man and a better shot than
Rachael Poley, although in a wheel who pay bi in huge feea to chase off . company, of El Paso, had forwarded a
lands, Mrs. Ganby." After the fashion
Vangry on first reading and more so on the second In the first
old Antrim. Besides, If I get those
of the men of wide horizons Ken Ho­
chair, is able to get out on the street on your business after .the way you’ve ' will to be filed for probate nt Los
place wedid not know we had a reputation for careful figuring We and see the sights through the ,as- treated him? Besides, he wouldn’t Algodones. From this will it appears bart was averse to discussing person­ sheep off my range now, where will
they go? Why, to somebody else’s
have the hardihood to send you a bill that you are the sole heir and coexe­
alities. “fve brought the mail, Don
do not try to do any careful figuring. We try to do accurate sistance of friends.
range, of course, and then there’d be
for half what the trip would actually cutor with the Federal Trust com­
Jaime," he ndded.
pany, whose executorship, however,
trouble and we might lose Bill Dingle."
“
Thank
you,
Ken."
cost
him.
”
The
government
horse
brought
to
figuring-
*
’
may cease, at your option, but only
“So you’re putting up with those
“
I
have
so
many
lovely
things
"Don
’
t
try
to
sort
it,
”
I
lobart
urged.
This newspaper has not tried to mislead anyone about the the county by W. C. Helyer is at the planned. Uncle BilL To go down to after the trust company shall have -The letter you’re looking for U ps on sheep on your range merely because
Dell Olds farm for the use of those
top. I’ve silt nil the envelopes for
this Antrim girl Is her uncle’s heir."
Texas now would quite ruin my sum- been paid certain loans made your
> sales tax and will not do so Beginning April 21st it published a who wish to use him.
uncle in his lifetime. I have no In­
“That’s the proposition."
♦.
mer.” she protested.
you.”
series of articles dealing with the effect the sales tax would have
“Why, Is she a friend of yours?"
Don Jaime read his mail. , rrese ,
“Not to go will probably ruin tho formation as to the amount of these
Mrs. Pauline Wilcox is home from
if any.
' “No, I've never met her. But then
ently he looked up- and there was a
on the taxpayers of this eounty. May 19th it published an article California again after severol months same summer for Jaime Miguel loans,
“You will, doubtless, have to employ
no Higuenes has ever quarreled with
glint of deviltry in his black eyes.
Higuenes, Bobby.’’
based on assessor’s figures showing that the sales tax would yave in that state.
a lady."
“Probably, too. It will not. He’s ac­ a local attorney. »If desired I shall
“Don Prudencio Alvlso writes me
“I fail to see how you are going to
customed
to Texas summers. I take It" be happy to recommend one who has
thaf he has been engaged by Miss
Misses 'Maude and Helene Home­
$33,000 in property taxes to this county. Based on 1933 figures
served the Higuenes family ably and
escape a quarrel with her, Don Jaime.
“
But
not
to
playing
nursemaid
to
Antrim
as
attorney
for
the
estate;
wood are leaving Friday for Chicago
hat would be the saving in 1934 Our figures are derived from where they will attend the exposi­ the Lord knows not how many sheep faithfully for forty years—Don Pru­ that Miss Antrim has given the Fed­ You killed her uncle."
for a person he doesn't even know. dencio Al viso, of Los Algodones.
Don Jaime winced, “Perhaps she
eral Trust company a check In pay­
an authoritative source and are accurate and we believe readable. tion.
“I regret to state that I have very
After one look at you he might derive
will believe that I had no alternative;
ment of the notes It held against the
little confidence In the Integrity of
that, not until after I had killed him,
' They are not mixed up with formulas having to do with A plus B
estate and that the bank has resigned
Mrs. Verna Burns, accomdanied by considerable pleasure from his kindly your foreman. Bill Dingle, and suggest
act, but in tho absence of any Interest
did I know he was her unde." In
as
coexecutor.
Old
Prudy
tells
me
• minus Q times 7 D ete, as were those of the critical Oregon Voter. Maurice and Nelda Feely, were here on your part he may be tempted to that you take steps to count the sheep that with his appointment he received fact, I didn’t know I had killed any­
body until Ken rode down the draw
deny your sheep the mother’s care all Immediately. The count will have to
a retainer of a thousand dollars and
Any objections this newspaper may have against the sales tax last week from Ione.
be made by one backed by undoubted
and informed me of my luck."
instructions to secure a good man to
Miss Norma Garrett visited in Con­ sheep require."
legal right to do so. Upon the request
are not based on the effect it will have on the tax bill of german don for a few days last week.
“Well, the -fact that you are being
count
those
shpep.
Such
generosity
know
that
I
am
heir
“But I do not
of the local attorney fof the estate
overwhelms him. As a sheep-counter
so excessively nice to her since may
county We are convinced that if the sales tax is passed this
to those sheep. Can’t you wait until the count will appoint a man to do
mitigate the affair, although one can,
The paint has been spread on the
he suggests you, old leather-face, and
Is unearthed or the absence of this for you. I advise yery prompt
county be required to pay less taxes than if it is defeated. Also auditorium and it looks as bright and a one will definitely
never predict the attitude a woman
I
second
the
nomination.
An
honest
established?
Glenn action.
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.
will take. A woman is usually guided
count of those sheep Is most desirable,
we think that the passage of the sales tax will reduce to some ex­ shiny as it did when it was first con­ brought up that point yesterday. If
"If I can serve you further, please
by her heart, not her head, Don
Ken."
there is no will I. shall, of course, as do not hesitate to command
tent the price Sherman county fanners will receive for their wheat. structed back in the good old days.
“I could wish the job on,some other
Jaime."
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•
Uncle Tom’s n6rt of kin, petition for
“Your obedient servant.
honest man, Don Jaime."
Don Jaime appraised the old nurse
Henry
Tetz
is
in
Ridgefield
vhere
letters
of
administration,
but
until
I
This newspaper has stated that there is a lot of bunk abowt
“JAIME MIGUEL HIGUENES."
“Pali! We compliment you, man."
with kindly Interest “I take It. Mr«.
he went to attend the funeral of his have a letter from Senor Higuenes it
“
Well?"
Roberta queried as Crooked
“I’ll have to have help."
Ganby, thftt yob are old enough to be
the arguments both for and against the sales tax and it still believge father who died there last week.
ieems to me I can do nothing but
Bill folded the letter and laid It on
-You will—ft court order."
guided by your head. You told mo
mark time.”
the statement to be true We do not think the state will be ruin
Don Jaime lifted some very expen­
you are a widow. Have you any chil­
Maude Homewood and Della Hel-
“Very well, then, mark time. That’* the library table.
ed it the sales tax is defeated nor that the sales tax will necessar­ yer were at Government Camp near what I’m doing and It's driving me ‘ “So your Uncle Tom tried to run a sive statlqnery to bls aristocratic nose dren?”
blazer on an Irishman, eh? One Jim
and smelled It hungrily. “Attar of
“One—a boy of fifteen. He has been
crazy.”
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ily be continu d indefinitely just because it is passed for two years. ML Hood over the week end.
Higgins. Must be Black Irish, so Tom
roses,” he murmured.
dare say
quite crippled since his twelfth birth­
Born: To Mr- and Mrs. Klaus par-
th«t’« ns close ns I’ll ever get to Miss
day. Infantile paralysis.”
We do think the sales tax is a poor fax because it is a tax on all
It was a week before .the expected foolishly mistook him for a Mexican.”
He rubbed his ingenious head.
Roberta Antrim. The lady says she’s
denhagen Friday June 23rd, a seven letter arrive^ .from Jaime Miguel
To bo continued.
1
business transactions We also think that if all the legislator* pound daughter. Dr. Poley attend­
going to leave everything in her law­
yer’s hands, with Instructions to con­
rito
had gone to Salem with a definite plan for state economy and ac­ ing.
sult with me, and whatever we two
Read the ads in the Journal
curate information about the state’s needs derived without the aid
decide to do will meet with her ap-
Howard Scheurer and wife were
prnvol, Sha lay* *he dread« comlhf
of lobbyists tney would not have passed the sales tax --------
down here In summer and she has ac-
f riends in these parts.
Highest Prices Paid For
. cepted so many engagement« of a
. We do not consider it our duty to work either for or' against
L. D. Eakin and wife are visiting
social
nature,
that
«he
just
cannot
A complete stock of all staple grocer­
the bill We have printed accurate information about the effect
contemplate abandoning her plans.”
in Corvallis this week with relatives-
“Who Is Roberta AntrlmF thenur*e
the tax would have on the taxpayers of this county and we are
ies always on hand.
Newberg Creamery Inc.
Mrs. Lillian Coon has gone to Col­
Inquired.
willin? o leave to tha judgment of the people the decision. We ton, her former home, to see how the
Vancouver, Wa«hin®ton
“The niece and «ole heir of the man
Antrim I killed after he’d bustjd me,
Clothing for all the family. Every­
do not aspire to run the county, having faith in the voters We old town looks again.
Mrs. Ganby. She doesn’t know I’m
merely wish to publish a readable and accurate newspaper and it
Born: Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Fritts
thing staple and guaranteed satisfactory.
the bright boy that bumped old Tom
off. I Wrote her a chap named Jim
does make us hot under the collar to be accused of misstatement have a new son, born on the 23rd.
weight 6 and one-half pounds- Dr.
Higgins had done it."
. by one who is certainly less acquainted with local condition* than Pbley brought hint,
DENTIST
s
Reliability is our watchword
Ken- Hobart chuckled.
“
That
’
«
his
gringo
alias,
Mrs.
Ganhy.
we are. and less interested in the welfare of this county. ;
: , home offica . wasco
î
. V. B. Eakin. Wilbur Haggerty, l^ew
The first Higuenes to be hpftrd of In
-—rrtt-------
Olds and Glen King were all at the
Spain was called James Michael Hig­
gins. But the Spaniard* gave It a
In a p’anned and balanced society we would feel sad indeed stock yard» last week with animals
Spanish twist. With tho passage of
that our surplus of wheat was fading so fast As it is we are al for sale.
time James Michael Higgins, tpe big
In Moro tho First Week
Millard Eakin and wife hre now
Mick, developed Into Jaime Xflguel
joyous We do our best, apparently, when we are living from
in Each Month
Higuenes, When did that happen,
living in the house on the Jackson
awn
hand to mouth or whefi we have less than a year’s surplus on hand. place.
Don Jal me F
gentian (Countg Jimntal
Z5
OnQUQfO^
Bq
PeterB.Kyne
Grass Valiev
BUTTERFAT
I Dr. J. A. BUTLERS
H. Zeigler’s «7
Grass Valley
Oregon
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