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Gherman (County journal
--------------------------- Sher..n C------------ ‘j Obeerver Bet.. 1S8S. Or... V.lle, J wm I. EeU 18»7.. Con.eM.Ud March «. 1M1. Va«o New.-Enterprl«'. &t„ 18SO. Conoolld.ted Marek 4. 1»32
-SHERMAN COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER
BANK LOSSES CHARGED
TO TAXING UNITS NOW
Election Draws
Little Interest
POSSIBILITY Of BANK
III COUNTY DISCUSSED
A* election arrive* there i* little
interest in the measures to be voted
on as far as Sherman county is con-,
cerned. The sales tex held the at-
$19,000 T rtmt « Ibde But Sinai tention
of the voter* for several
week* until it was threshed out and
Aumat Distributed
explained after which discussion of
it dropped to a minimum. The (repeal
question is a lively topic in some
quarter* but it has not aroused near-
FRBZEH ASSETS ME CLEARED
July 21,1933
Moro, Oregon
Forty Fifth Year
,
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BeB Agree To Petition For
v Brandi la County
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r
» NUN-HIGH
MEN SIGN CONTRACTS
have
The city council of Waicp
cut the water rate in that city by
a substantial percent a ^?e. The act
ion was taken at the meeting of last
Monday night. The minimum rate
on water in Wasco( still remains the
at $1.50 for the first 133 cubic
feet, but the surdprgee have all
been reduced. Whereas the users for
merly paid 30c per hundred for the
Rural High School Children To Go
To County Schools
I“—i ; NGHWHIWMIEHENT ASKED | _____
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XTÄ TUITION PETITIONS REJEC1EO
___________ to* charged
.
Threshing In County
Will Start.Next Werk
iBLALOCK DEFEATED BY
GriASS VALItY BLUES
Farmers who live out on the point
'
are getting a decided start of the
remainder of the county this year
They have been harvesting for neai-
ly two yeeks there on some farms
and yet few. if any, farmers in oth
er parts of kho county have l>oj:un
threshing operations so far. Next
w’eek will see the first general com
bining in the county this year for
by the latter part»of the week the
north end of the cc.uniy will be plen
tifully dotted with Combines, and
bark of the ti actor and the horse
combine driver will ‘he heard over
tho land. .
“Pretty fair crop" is the concensus
of opinion about the wheat in this
county- No one prophesies that it
w$1! reach normal propVriicy but
nearly a! are agreed that the county
will have more wheat than in
year since 1928.
Weather has been favorable this
week with cool winds every day. The
wheat has finished it.? ripening pro
cess slowly . when the absence of
sufficient moisture is considered.
Tho psklden drops of twelve and
fifteen cents in the price of wheat
reduced optimism somewhat the mid
dle of this week. but most observers
did not expect wheat to "blimh a®
rapidly as it has anyway and were
not surprised at the drop.
There has been some contracting
and quite a bit of Rcllirfg of last
year’s crop at prices no one dreamed
of a few months ago
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Visiting 1 cam Handicapped By Lack
►Of Regular Players
UNG HITS FEATURE OF GAME
cents per hundred- All above this
• । amount of water will be charged for
wheat—-and -the sudden fall—are
at a rate of hut 15 lits per 100 cubic
Twerty Hits Gathered By Locals While
Local Pupils May Not Attend Outside
items of much reater importance to Werk On ShermaB Highway and Sec-
feet.
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resident* of this county than the
fire siren will Schools Unlesj’Conditions Warrant
Hereafter the. c
Visitors Get Nine
method of handling liquor or collec
ich
day. This
be sounded at not
ting taxes that the election measures
* sure that the
is being done to i
have - been shoved into the back-
jrly and to let
siren is working 1
Thc second meeting of the Sher
A somewhat disarranged ball club
it is time to
A group of business men of the everyone know 1
There are 1405 person qualified to
man
County
non-high
school
board
from
Blalock met defeat at the
Sheriff Chrisman turned ovbr some
county met at the Hotel Moro Tues eat-
was held Saturday July 15 in the
$19,000 in taxes test Saturday and
in the special Section in this day night to discuss tb* banking sit--
hands of the Grass Valley nine Sun
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county, but it is not believed that a uation and the possibility of inter-|
court room of the county with rep
day at .the Grass Valley diamond-
check* for the *ame wUl aeon be in
of
resentatives
of
the
-five
highschoo
The score of 9 to 5 doesn’t half tell
e
Stock
Should
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the hands of the clerk* and
themselves of the opportunity eating a bank in coming to the coun
districts. The secretary of the board
the story for the game was closer
ty. The cause of the meeting was a
Inspected Here explained the stand of the new board
ers of the taxing unit* of the offered-" The approach of harvest
than the score indicates-
petition written by R- C. Atwood, of
county.
I with it* attendant hurry wUl prevent Wasco, who became interested in
in regard to the percentages of to al
Glass Valley took the lead in the
Not .11 of th. mon.y will b. given
O’“’ “I* getting a bank for the county- sever-
school costs that may be assessed to
first when Dunlap, first man up,
James Stewart, county stock and high schools. These were agreed on
lifted the first ball pitched into far
to the witing monw di.p-.wr.,
al days ago- He had a petition cir
If
a
thousand
voters
brand inspector, . has informed this with little or no dissent and the con
however A divtaion h>. be- nuul.
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left field for a homer. One more
culated in a part of the county.
office that hereafter* stock from this tracts for tuition of non-high school
of the fund, in the clowd tank, .nd ”“■*
‘ w111 be *" ,hat 18
score was added later in the inning.'
It was felt by a marjority of those County will be inspected here and
and pupils in the county high schools were
some of the taxing units will have expected.
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nkihrk
<■ univ. back in. their half to
present that the county should pres 1 that shippers havtf^ an inspection
signed. These contrart* provide that
fall
on
the
offerings of Young and
a large part of their fund* tied up ।
ent a united front in asking a bank certificate properly filled out will not.
the non-high school district will pay
made
a
couple
themselves, tying the
for a time yet. Thi* is caused be-
to locate here and that ‘he citr.
reexamined |n pp-tiand. Several the actual cost per pupil to each
Boy Scouts Are Having
Score., McKinney, who started for
cause heretofore no notice ha* been,
wherein the bank wa. to be located shipper>
been ^arged , doub!(.
school for the education qf high
Blalock, was relieved at the begin
taken of the fact that >89,858.92 was ‘
Stewi i> trying to
Good
Time At Camp .hould be chosen by the-bank itself- ( feePPand
school pupils not in districts having
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ning of the third inning by Phifer, 4
tied up in closed bank*. The differ-1
Thi. sentiment wa. agreed upon.
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high schools.. This is very similar to
♦he regular pitcher, but the heavy
ent taxing unit* have received their
IL C. Atwood was made chairman Depuly gt^ inspectors in the coun- the arrangement that has been in
hitting
of th.e local boys W’ent on un
money from the county and th«
Washington, one of the most of the committee whose duty will bo ।
have been suppA(| with proper effect for several years in this coun
abated. Twenty hits were recorded
frozen aaseta have been carried as difl|cujt
¡n the Cascade*, was to prepare petitions and send or Wanks ior inspectinrf stock
ty. Formerly, though, the non-high
for Grass Valley and many of them
cash on hand or a* an unapportioned j
Sunday by 4* group of scouts take them to Portland to present to blanks for inspects
school pupils were educated from the Sherman County Road
turnover. Now the auditor has made and a party of - Bend - men, - led - . by a chosen bank. Committee members
were long^ ones which explains why
proceeds of a tax levied by the coun-
only nine runs were scored. Three
a division of the fund* tied up and Chris Kostol. prominent skyliner of named were. A- A. Dunlap, of Kent.
Sign
Re-erectei
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I ty court; now they will be educated
Many Attend Funeral
hits were home runs and several
the part of each school district and Bend. A splendid view was obtained George Wilcox qf Grass Vslley, Fred
from the proceeds of a tax levied oy
w^re triples. Practically all of them
^ich town and each fund will be from the summit, which was reached Pickett of Moro A. J. Butler of Was
Of Miss Hilda Schassen the taxpayers of the non-high school
¿^ept from the present turnover-
' The Sherman county road sign wa.- were W’ith no one on base-
with considerable rope work, all .the co and C. A. Tom of Rufus.
district, itself- This method was de
Blalock collcted twelve hits off
erected again Tuesday by a crew of
This will permit of much dearer climber* were thrilled with the «kill
A report was made regarding the
vised to give the non-high districts
Young,
but were unable to start a
Many
residents
of
the
south
end
men
under
the
direction
of
Homer
and ability of their climb leader.
re-erection of the Sherman county
a little closer contact with their tax
Wall, bounty engineer. It required rally that lasted for over two runs«
• ty officials As fund* are received
A Court of Honor, held in the sign st the junction of the Sherman of Sherman county attended the
levying lioard.
from the banju. and some have al- screened dining hall at Camp Ring- branch of Federal Highway 97* and funeral of Hilda Schassen, held in The
eight men nearly the entire day to A. touch of hard luck in the eighth
The
board
made
recommendations
• ready been received, they will be ap waak, closed the first week of the The Dalles road which was torn down Dalles last Sunday at 2 o’clock. Miss
put the big sign back n place so robbed them of a couple of scores.
about
the
percentage
of
expenses
thorough wan tho destruction per With one man on, the batter put dne
portioned according to the auditor* 1933 Scout Camp. E- R. Westlake, by vandals last month. The sign is Schassen was born in Sherman coun
that
may
be
charged
to
high
schools
petrated by vandal?* the night qf into lefc field that rolled clear to the
Harold Shearer, Rex A- Allingham, now the property of the business ty July 25. 1904 and lived here until
report.
that
will tend to make more uniform June 19.
race track and everybody scored. The
12
years
of
age
when
she
moved.
Less some warrants the taxing and Scout Executive W. W. Belcher men of the the county due to an ar
the accounting methods of school
batter forgot to touch secoad base
Some
work
will
have
to
be
done
With
her
parents
to
The
Dalles-
She
units will receive credit or cash for formed th^ examining board of the rangement with the advertising com-
clerks throughout the county- Some on the sign in addition to the put and a watchful player and Chas. Mc
finished
school
there
and
took
nurses
court
and
awarded
badges
to
a
num
their portions. The general fund
pany erecting it-
districts have charged a third of the ting back in place for the front was Cutcheon. the base umpire, saw it.
training at the hospital«
has $3332.87, the elementary school ber of the scouts.
A suggestion was made that it
principal
’s salary to the grades and cut in several places wiuh an axe There was a brief discussion about it
She passed away at the open air
New campers for the second week
fund $1,852.08, Wasco school dis
should be possible for this county to sanitarium in Portland after a short some have charged ten percent. The •It will l>e completely repaired in the during which Grass Valley offered to
trict $763.43, Moro school district at Camp Ringwaak include Frtnk have a state policeman stationed
ruling for next year J* not over 15
forget it and Blalock refused. The
$1,139.64, Grass Valley school dis Sayrs, and Carl Peetz of Moro; David within the county instead of having illness. She leaves her mother, Mrs. percent. One percent will be allowed near future-
Orioles took the field and the game
John
Schassen,
four
sisters,
Mrs.
L.
trict $518-97 and Kent $845 00. Rufus and Henry Richelderfer, Jack Mor to depend on those who travel thru
for depreciation of stone or concrete
went on, with much less than the
J.
Davis,
of
Kent,
Mr*.
L-
E-
Clark
ton,
Stephen
O
’
Meara,
and
Douglas
will receive a smaller sum The
The Sherman county boys who are customary bickering, thanks to good
the county or come from their of Grass Valley, Mrs. L W. Eck and building, but no Interest may be
Tuel
of
Wasco,
and
Stanley
Jones
of
high school tuition fund will receive
stations. A letter asking for a police
charged the non-high school dis- at the C. C. C- camp near Friend sportsmanship-
$1044.20. Moro will get credit for Portland. This brings the total num station within the county will be Miss Lillian Schassen of The Dalles
were home for the week end and
Batteries for Blalock were: Mc
trict.
$1.106.51, Wasco $17237 and Grass ber of campers up to 45 not includ dispatched to Charles Pray, head of and a brother John, of Portland, sev-
agreed that the tall timber is a pret Kinney, and Phifer and Turner and
five
were
received
from
many
Petitions
eral neices ape nephews and
Valley $185.69. Only a part, and in ing four scout* from Kinzua for
the state police.
parents in the county asking pci - ty good place to be when the sun I Bartelmky; for Grass Valley, Young
friends.
many cases a small part, will be whom transportation home was not
gets hot- Most of the boys have been and Fritts. Phifer struck out seven
The
possibility
of
having
some
of
mission of the board to send their
paid in cash- The remainder will be provided on the change day. Sun»-
put at the more experienced jobs.
I men and Jacob Young whiffed ten
the federal money alloted to Oregon
children out of the county for the
used in the move to straighten out day..
spent
on
Sherman
county
roads
or
next
school
year.
The
petitioners
1
umpires.
Democratic Leaders
the books and allot the proper loss in
Patronize Journal Advertisers
roads in which the county are inter
gave as their reason in a majority of
closed banks to the proper taxing
County Clerk George Vintin and ested in. was debated vrith general
Interested In Election cases that their children were taking
unit.
family returned Tuesday from a approval promised toward any effort
a course in some other school which
visit to Wenatchee, Wt. George still to this end- A consistent and con
they wished to finish or that high
O. A- Ramsey i* superintending the like* Sherman county, but he did tinued attempt to interest the state
Tried and true democrats whose schools were too great a distance
construction of a straw shed and have a good chance to visit the highway commissioners in the com name« are on the mailing list in the from their home for convienent
barn on the L. V. Moore ranch south Coulee City dam to be built by the pletion of the finish work on the office of James Farley have received travel. All of the petitions were re
J. M. Parry, G. T Parr, and C. L.
• government.
part of the Sherman highway within a communication from the postmas jected Because this feature of tho From the Observer July 24, 1914.
of town.
Ireland.
Wasco county was urged on the ter general requesting that they give board’s activity has created so much
A fire on the Lambom place Sat
county court and a motion was pass their aid to the repeal of the 18th comment the board voted the fol urday afternoon destroyed the straw Otto Peetz will have Hazelwood ice
ed asking that body to attend the amendment. A letter from the pres lowing statement of its policy re carrier and rattle rakes of the thresh cream every Saturday and Sunday.
session of the commission for «hat ident gives the reasons for, wishing garding the high school pupils of the er owned by George Lambom and Ed
F. C. Mathais began his harvest
McMillan and set fire to the straw
a change in the liquor laws of the non-high school district:
purpose.
Tuesday, He has 1300 acres to
In view of the fact that a number stacks. No very serious damage
Continued work on tine secondary nation. As the platform of the rul
cut.
roads Joining this county with its ing party favored the repeal of the of petitions for sending Sherman was done to wheat, either threshed
Local force* working against the gainst the use of intoxicant* by their
H. A. Page has embarked in the
neighboring counties was also advo amendment the president intends to county students outside the county or standing-
repeal of the Eighteenth Amend employee* and Mrs. Aker* told of the
market
business at Grass Valley-
cated. It
stated at the meeting bring it about if possible in order to have been presented, to this board
Ed Tomlin suffered a broken leg
ment held a meeting of unusual in deplorable condition* under the open
and
since
this
board
has
rejected
all
that three million dollars have been put into effect , the principles on
Monday while helping at the L- V. EYom the Observer July 26, 1894.
terest at the Presbyterian church saloon from her own experiences in
without exception, this board feels
alloted this state for secondary which'he was elected.
railroad
and
oil
center*.
Mr.
Melter
M'oore farm, A hitch broke as tho ' George Crosfield, representing the
Sunday morning. Delightful music
that a statement of its position on
roads. Sherman countians present
stressed
the
responsibility
of
better
combine was being pulled out of the Staver machinery company» wai :n
was furnished by Mr. and Mr*. El
this rather delicate subject is due
hoped that road work in thi* «action
example
in
lawobservance
to
be
set
shed.
tho city last week.
bert DeMoss and the hour devoted
Board of-Equalization Meeting
the residents of Sherman county.
of the state be given an appropriate
in
the
Moro
vicinity
largely to talks by those interested our young people by the older gene
Threshing
Mr. Smith, one of our Shennan
Feeling as we do that the good of
ration and Mrs. Foss declared her share of this sum because of the need Notice:
came to a partial stop Monday be county freighters, is about to com
in the cause.
the
entire
county
is
the
paramount
for
the
roads
and
for
the
need
of
There
will
be
a
meeting
of
the
Coun
iRev. McRea stressed the stand of lowalty to the dry cause. Mrs. Ram
plete a contract for hauling wool to
ty Board of Equalization of Sherman issue, we believe that our schools can cause of a heavy wind-
the churches, the grange, the Nation sey and Mrs- Jackson recalled early the citizen* for work.
be
built
up
to
a
higher
standard
and
The new six cylinder Studebaker The Dalle* from a point 35 miles
It was the most amiable body of County, Oregon, at the Court House
al Educational Association and the conditions under the saloon in this
was demonstrated here Sunday with south of Prineville-
on the second Monday in August, ------ 'Continued to page four.
Federation of Women* Clubs a- vicinity while Mr. Wright graphi al business men who have gathered for
bo much success that Judge William
L. K. Moore and his barn builder*
ly depicted the havoc wrought by the over two years within thi* county- that being the 14th day of August,
ga inst repeal of the amendment.
Heinrichs annexed one for his future aro enlisted in putting up a fine new
1933,
at
Moro,
Oregon,
to
publicly
liquor
traffic
in
those
days
in
every
They
laughed
and
joked
In
the
man
Mrs. Bryant spoke of th* popular
examine the Assessment Rolls, cor
driving.
barn for-J. J. Schaeffer. Appearances
attitude of mind which blames the town from The Dalles with its 31 ner of a luncheon group, reflecting
rect
all
errors
in
valuation,description
indicate that J. J- will nob be satis
saloons,
through
Wasco,
Moro,
Grass
the
turn
of
wheat
prices
for
the
bet
Observer
July
22,
1904.
From
the
J eighteenth amendment for modern
qf
lands
or
other
property
assessed
fied when tho bam Is finished until
Valley,
Shaniko
and
Antelope
and
ter within the past month.
lack of respect for law. She traced
A new barn will be dedicated at he has a first class'residence beside
by me, and it shall be the duty of
challenged
the
often
quoted
statement
/the general increase of crime among
min . precip ! the farm o*
df John Holman
this - - Fri-
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- it and a help meet j artner to pre
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Funds are now available for the persons interested to appear at the
• juveniles through the years, and that condition* are just as bad un
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day
night
by
a
large
crowd
of
neigh
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payment of Sherman County Gener time and place appointed. . All pe- JULY 13.
side over it-
quoted authorites to show the cause der the eighteenth amendment.
bors at an informal dance-
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All the speaker« protested' the al Fund warrants registered “Not ’titions must be made in writing and
14.
Prof. Hiram Tyree, formerly sup- •
to be the breaking down of the home
CO
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verified by the oath of the applicant
Delegates were elected to attend erintendent of schools for Sherman
15.
with its religious training, parental plan of .the wets to balance the bud for want of funds’ »register Nos.
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.00
:.99. 50
16
the meeting of the Oregon Develop county, has accepted a position
restraint and emphasis on good Citi- get by legalising the liquor traffic in 29 to 100 inclusive and will be paid and filed with the Board within fif
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.52
..86.
teen
day*
from
the
time
it
is
by
law
17.,
ment Ix»gue in, Portland. They
any
form,
and
declared
no
feasiable
by the county treasurer.
svn.hip, toKether with the freed for
principal of schools at Albany.
..83. 52 . .00
18.
required to meet.
were: W B. McCoy. B F. Pike, L.
method of control had been offered
Interest
stops
on
this
date.
gain and self indulgence that char
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81... M
R. J Ginn is supposed to bo on hi*
19.
7-21,8-11
Margaret W. Peetz,
Bar num. W. H. Ragsdale, O. P.
by the advocates of repeal. Their
Dated July 21, 1933.
acterizes the age
County
Assessor.
1
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Hulse,
Dr-
0.
J.
Goffin,
O-
W
.
Axtell,
way
home—from low*.
Total
for
wa*k
A. M. Voupg, County Treasurer.
Mrs. Rose «poke of the consistent advice was to vote 301 X No, ant
«tend of the railroad companies a- 315 X No.
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Other Days, Other Times Recalled
By Old Newspaper Clippings
Drys Hold Meeting At Church
Sunday Morning; Many Talk
WEATHER REPORT FOR
WEEK ENDING JULY 19
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