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IHÌ SHERMAN
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german (County JJmxnxal
Published Every Friday at Moro, Oregon, By
Managing Editor
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Entered as secón d-c la«« matter at the * osto th ce, at Moro, Oregon, under Act of
Congress of March 8, 1879.
SUBSCRIPTION RATES—PAYABLE IN ADVANCE.
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FRIDAY, JULY 21, 1933.
A BANK
Revived interest in the establishment of a bank in Sherman
county is dhe manifestation of increasing cheerfplness and hope
for the future. Business men who have gotten along without
local banking connections for a year or more have determined to
do all within their power to bring to the county or have started
within the county another bank and the fact that they are working
on the plan is in itself a sign that a better spirit is permeating the
county. That business men in every community of the county
are working cooperatively instead of in opposition to each other is
a further hopeful indication and it strengthens the possibility of
having a bank established for it is reasonable to suppose tnat an
outside banking house would come to a county much quicker if
they were assured of united support.
Sherman county is undoubtedly one of the logical places in
the state for a bank. During the past ten years the county has
often had a total income of above $4,000,000 and in one or two
years the total income of the county has been $6,000,000. While
this sum is total income and would not be deposited for any
length of time in a bank it would nearly all pass through a bank
at some time of the year Our average production of wheat for
the last ten years has been 2,440,000 bushels, which, at the parity
figure of approximately 95 cents set by the government would
make over $2,300,000 for the next two years. Divided among the
county’s 3,000 persons this gives a per capita income of over $750
or approximately $3800 for a family of five Surely, annual in-’
comes of this size need banking facilities and it will not be long
before some forward looking banking institution decides to come
to the county.
. This is the wheat income. Other means of revenue have been
- increased greatly within the past few years until they are of con.
siderable consequence, not only for their own sake, but because
they show possibilities of diversification and a consequent stabil­
ization of incomes.
New national legislation makes it seem probable that brand
banking will be the order for a period, at least, and it is very likeiy
that instead of a local banking house the county will be served bj
a branch of some large financial institution. With the turn of the
time« it is time for a stable bank in this county. Let it not be
delayed.
Mr*. James Dennis and Mr and • Mr. an<Fli|r«i. W Barnett of The
, Mra Fred Krusow were in Portland Dalle» spent Thursday and Friday
visiting with relatives at Kent.
last week doing a little trading.
Albert Plutrnke, Arnold Dellinger,
The two Fortner girls, Helen and
Thelma are visiting their Grandma who are working at the C. C. C.
spent the weekend at their respec­
Lucas at Heppner this week.
tive homes in Kent-
J. W- Shepard was in Walla Walla
LurlinO Smith spent Friday and
last week to attend a convention of
Saturday at the home of her undb
co-operative managers.
W. O. Smith.
P. N. Lemon, former butcher,
The Home Economics Club of Kent
farmer and merchant of this city,
grange
held a meeting last Tuesday.
arrived here Tuesday aftemoonfrom
The
day
was spent in quilting.
his home at Albany. His son, Owen.,
a recent graduate from O. S. C- came
Mr. and Mrs. L- D. Davis and chil­
up with him to work during the sum- dren, Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Clark, Lill­
meri
ian Schassen. Mrs. Ida Davis and
W. S. Schilling and Arch Fortner daughter Pauline. Mr- and Mrs- J- C.
drove to Heppner Sunday to bring Wilson, Mfr. and Mrs. Winnie Helyer
and daughter Riyx, Elinor Helyer,
home a couple of horses for the
Schilling ranch. One is a valuable Mr. and Mrs L. V. Walton, Mr. and
Mrs- W. C. Guyton, Mr and Mrs-
saddle horse-
G..L. Walton, Mr. and Mrs C. F.
Fresh Vegetables at Low Prices.
Guyton, Bill Helyer, Mrs. Wm
Earl Olds.
Young, Wgi- Mitchell and family.
AmieT Qarthafner was here ihi» Mr. and Mrs Geo. McKay and daugh­
week looking for a job, he having ter Edna, Pheobe Lyons, Jay McKay,
lost his position with the railroad Geo. Howell and son Dale. Mr. and
Mrs. Walter Byers, Dick Abel, Ar­
company.
thur Juste^en, Mr. and Mrs J. L-
Mrs. Wren Hogue was taken to the
Matthes. Mr- and Mrs. R P- Barnett
hospital Wednesday to undergo an
and Mrs. * George Barnett were
operation.
1 among those who attended thefun
Bob Poley is home from work in
of Miih Hilda Schassen in The
the McKinzie foreat with a case of £>a.lleh
lumbago and the Poley home resem­
Charles Uarhammer who has been
bles a hoaoital with both of the chil-
i
in
The Dalles hospital recovering
dren in bed.
from injuiles received in an au*-
R. C. Atwood and wife were here • accident rejpurned to Kent Friday
Tuesday afternoon interesting reei- evening. *
dents in a bank in the county.
Della Helyer, Alta Norton anc’
Marion Dugger is here for har- Mra. Leroy Daniels were busines
vest-
| visitors in The Dalles Wedneda
Joe Gregg took a daughter to the They were accompanied home by Mi"?
Dalles this week for treatment as a Winifred Vogel who »pent the rc
piece of metal in one of her eyes had mainder of the week at the home o
Mr. and Mre J. R. Dellinger.
caused an infection '
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WE CHANGE COMPANY
Now that wheat has climbed to reasonable levels again the
salesmen are out in force. From v now on, «through harvest anc
until bad weather puts a quietus on pleasant travel, the county
will contin jally be host to gentlemen with persuasive voices anc
delightful manners who will have something to sell We do not
rise to criticize. It will be most agreeable to us to be told with
positive assurance that we can buy something, that we are on the
road to riches and that we owe it to ourselves to enjoy life while
we may
It has been a long time since we have been told any such a
thing. For three years now our contact with strangers has beer,
of a generally distasteful nature. They wanted a mortage on the
new colt, the old combine or they were certain that the old mort-
gage must be paid this very day or the fury of a resentful creditoi
would fall upon our heads There may be some of these gentle
men, but their threats will be less dire and less <dreadful, because
they will not wish to endanger future business, for it begins to lool
as if there may be future business again.
No, as someone to meet, we prefer the smiling salesman t<
the dour and threatening collector He is much better company
He talks m more pleasing tones. He increases our ego instead o
causing that touchy part of our being to shrivel into nothingness
And all this because wheat is up. because the wheat farmer, for .
time at least, is able to see daylight ahead. It is a most enjoyabh
vista and the company is so much easier to get along with.
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Whether or not Mr Close was kidnapped he told a most in’
teresting and attractive story. Now we believe the old saw that
the pen is mightier than the sword.
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ÖREGUN, FRIDAY, JULY 11, im
PAGE
A Dunlap, W. G. Helyer, W O.
Smith, W. C. Helyer, Dick Abel.
Wayne J(^Culloch, Mr- and Mrs L. V-
Walton and Jesse and Bill Helyer.
Grass Valley
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.
GILES L. FRENCH
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Weare afraid that Mr. Post is not making a very complete
study of the countries he visits A week is a short time to tour
" the world and get much out of it,
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A few years ago we Wouldn’t bet, couldd’t drink; now we can
do both of them and haven’t the money to do either.
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Sister Aimee made the headlines again, but it is getting harder
all the'time.
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Kidnappers should note that dead victims pay no ramsom.
Henry Moers and Mrs- Gra*
Vern McGowan was up from Cor­
vallis last week end to see his son Smith of Portland spent the fir*
part qf the week at the home of thei»
and heir.
sister, Mrs. Max Pluemye-
The Conroy sheep are in the moun­
tains near Clackamas lake and the
Patjen band are farther south along Wheat Exhibit At Fair
Mt. Washington.
Attracts Visite»
Frank Pike is driving the Davis
tradtor at the Emergency Conser­
vation Work near Bear Springs. Bud
Universal is the appeal of ri’
Moore’s tractor is also on the iob
wheat
in the field, framed in th-
there
I
magic background of a typical rur?
Mrs. R. H. Johnson and parents re­ country sidel The only demonstrr
turned home from Newport Sunday tion of a farmers’ cooperative to b
night after a stay of several weeks. seen at the Chicago Ohtury o
George Witter was here this week Progress is built around such a vis
from Kent looking after the wells ta executed in pictured backgroun
and structural foreground, the nev
and pumps.
type of exhibitor’s art called dio
Mr- and Mrs Arthur Smith, now
rama.
of The Dalles, were Shemjan county
Visitors from Saskatchewan hav«
visitors last week.
paused before this remarkable exe
Ted von Borstel and family spent cuted view of grain fields and coun­
a few days of last week in Portland tryside which constitutes the exhibr
where Mr- Borstel’s parents live.
of Farmers National Grain Corpora
tion,
national grain cooperative, ir
Matt Simon attended the annual
Scial
Science
Hall, to exclaim: “Tha
convention of Oregon mail carriers
in The Dalles last Friday and Sat- looks like our country in harvest
time;” farm folk from Oklahoma an
urday.
Kansas, from Iowa. Minnesota an<’
The Misses Tillie and Tollie Wasse- Illinois promptly declare that th
miller and Mrs. Mollie Hillman, an­ scene portrays their home commun­
other Wassemiller girl, are visiting
here with their parents for a few ity Of too.
tens of thousands who pass tni
weeks.
exhibit of co-operative grain mark
eting, the present day farmer, the
thinker and Che educator alike gra<l
its lesson of economic and social ad
vancement; but every man, woma.
or child of rural origin or of rural
George Wilson made a trip to understanding thrills to the appea
Stevenson, Wahington, Friday eve­ of the picture—ripe grain waving n
ning, returning home Sunday eve­ the breeze- fertile slopes and valley«
ning.
in the back ground, richly prophetu
Mr. and Mrs. John Wilson spent of the bounty of the land and r
Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. never failing source of verile citi
R. J. Harbin near Grass Valley- They xenship.
vtere accompanied home by Nellie
Wilson who had spent the week
When »Roy Baker and Jake Ger
1 vais went fishing not long ago, dow
at that place.
Those who attended the meeting of on the Deschutes, Baker bet Gerva
the Wheat Growers Association he would get the first fish- After r
which was held in Moro Thursday few minutes fishing Baker feU, mt
afternoon were: L. W. Amick, Alec a deep hole and Gervais yelled. “Say
McLennan, J. E. Norton, Mr. and if you’re going to dive for ’em the
Mrs W- C. Guyton, J. C. Wilson, A. bet’s off ”
n«
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Kent News
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They have to EAT
Those men who pitch hay and work pvmmerfallow
I
from dawn to dusk ---
Let us provide the foods, Staple Gro-
cerief—Fresh Vegetables all reasonably
and fairly priced.
. H. Zeigler’s ^7
Grass Valley
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Oregon
"But tliey aren’t safe!” Ken Hobart
protested. "What’s to prevent Rill
I Jinule from driving to market tlw
sheep still on the range?”
“You forget that Rill Dingle 1« my
guest. Better go to Los Algodones to­
morrow. Ken, draw about a thousand
dollars from the bank and pay off
those sheepmen? They'll stick on the
|ob and take good care of those range
dieep, when they know they're belmc
watched."
“And do you Intend keeping Bill
“Jaime is Spanish for Janies, read
ily corrupted to Jimmy, ami Hlguenes
Is Spanish for Higgins. Don Jaime
went over to Antrim’s camp to order
him and his sheep off the lliguenes
range. Antrim, the skunk, figured on
murdering the boy without risk to
himself. Fortunately a third man was
present at that conference just before
the killing—a ranger named Kenneth
Hobart—son of old BUI Hobart to
whom I sold the Rancho Verdugo.
Hlguenes borrowed the ranger's rille-
unknown to Antrim—and although
Antrim shot Hlguenes three times,
eventually Hlguenes got out of range.
Then he stalked Antrim and killed
him. I have had a report on the mat
ter from the coroner at Los Algo
doncs."
“Very Interesting, Mr. I.atbam."
“Best news I’ve had in fifty years.
Glenn. But what challenges my in
terest is this.
Antrim is dead.
Hlguenes lives and is not seriously
injured, yet Antrim’s sheep, with the.
tacit consent of Hlguenes, continue to
trespass. Meanwhile Hlguenes is do-^
ing all he can to protect Roberta,
whom he lias never met—ami all at
considerable loss and Inconvenience
to himself, because those sheep utv
ruining his range. Sheep foul a range,
up. and cattle will not graze where a
sheep has grazed. Also, a sheep de­
stroys the range. Eats thegniss down
to the roots and then some. Now,
why is Higuenes doing this?" ’
“Search me, sir."
"He has some ulterior motive, mid
Roberta will discover it, of course.
Well, I want Roberta to go down
there all het up with the mental pic­
ture she has painted of this romantic
Hlguenes. She’ll find a brand of man
«lie never met before. All I hope is
that he makes love to her with Latin
impetuosity, because If be does he’ll
be put in his place. Roberta will not
be rushed by any man. All the mtn
she’ll meet there will be so different
she’ll be disillusioned. She’ll begin .to
appreciate a man who bathos and
shaves dally, who dresses in good
taste, who knows something besides
cattle and sheep and local politics,
who lives In a regular house and
moves in cultured society. She’ll see
the other side of tho picture—and II
will be good for her Immortal sou).”
"There may be a great deal In what
you say, Mr. Latham, and perhaps
your cute financial ¡dans will work
out exactly ns you expect, but I'm here
to tell you they will not, and for one
very potent reason. I’m not so blamed
certain that 1 w*anL Roberta.”
Crooked Bill stared at the young
man In undisguised horror and amaze-
ment.
"I'm afraid of her," Ihiekijt re
an med in his slow, methodical way.
"She's too blamed modern and I'm too
old-fashioned. I’ll nor change and she
can’t. 1 fear we would be mismated
and I'll not risk a brief happiness. I
can stand to lose Roberta now. but
I wouldn't care to have to stand to
lose her after I’d won her; It'd break
my heart to discover at some future
time that she wasn't happy with me.”
•'Ma res* nests," Crooked Bill pro-
tested. "I tell you I know women.
They may hoot for years nt a master­
ful man, but they'll end up by marry­
ing him and adoring him until death
do them part. However, why cross
the bridge until you come to It? Go
through with my little plan and then
stand by to see how the cat jumps.
Remember, we’re out to humble this
proud damsel, to make her see life
without looking at It through amber
glasses. She lias some things to learn
and some to unlearn. Nothing like
worry and adversity to clear a proud
head. I’m telling gou.”
“Well, it cannot hurt to try the
thing out, Mr. Latham, if there’s any
back-fire later, you'll be the one to got
scorched for deceiving folks who trust
you."
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“Spoken like a man," said Crooked
Bill.
CHAPTER V
Half an hour aftex Don Jaime’s coup
had resulted in the capture of Bill
Dingle and- his men, another dust­
cloud to the south attracted Don
Jaime’s attention.
“Ken Hobart and his men return­
ing,” he explained to Mrs. Ganby pres­
ently.
Ilfs cheerful grin welcomed Ilohart
ri he entered.
"I didn’t bother sending a messenger
with the news that It was a false
alarm, Ken. I figured you'd have
one man drop out of your party to
watch the road to Vallo Verde, while
you rode ©n, taking your leisure."
"I did exactly that,” Ilohart re­
plied. “When he galloped after us
•nd reported seven mounted men had
come out of a canyon to the east and
taken the road to Valle Verde at s
fast trot, I concluded your suspicions
were well grounded and that 1 might
risk returning. So Dingle arrived
with blood In his rye, eh, Don Jaime?”
Don Jaime nodded. "And masked,
I have an Idea they planned XP
hang me from one of the trellis beams
Well
under guard.
my li
■e my
hospitality on Dingle ami his
until after we’ve counted those sheep.'
Hobart nodded approval. ”’i
way to win a fight is to avoid
he
agreed. "Well. Caraveo can count the
sheep now
up to El Paso
ret timed
Mrs.
little
uhil
arm, aero
When he
mo! her he
velili a
eg and
a
his
nw f 11U y
ii hero and keep me com
»io," the young man greeted
lifted tlie frail little body
"What can you do to keep
a fellow amused?" he demanded.
Robbie was surprised. He had an­
ticipated being amused, not being
called upon to amuse another cripple.
So he pondered Don Jaime's question
and replied, presently, that he rtnild
play the harmonica.
"You'll be popular, Robhii*.
your harmonica?"
Ken bought me a grand
come
pany.
him.
with-
out tiglitln
Robbie laughed nt the bare idea of
conflict with his new-found friend. He
stared hard at Don Jaime. “What’s
you name, mister?"
"My name is Jimmy.”
“You got any boys?" .
“No. That’s why I sent Ken up
after you. I've been lonesome a lot,
here lately, so wh^n your mother told
me she had a boy, why, I thought I'd
borrow you. Did Ken tell you about
the pony we have here for you?"
Robbie's wistful eyes glistened. “I
can ride a pony. I know I can."
“When I get well we'll go riding to-
gether. I think now, Robbie, your
mother wants to visit with you, so
you'd better run along. After din­
ner we'll have another visit and really
and his men In your private
:<»w indefinitely.?"
“Oh, no, not indefinitely, Ken. I’ve
only sentenced them to thirty days
trespass and assault with intent
do great bodily harm."
"But Dingle claims that part of his
remuneration as manager for Tom
Antrim was an Interest In the iamb
crop. He’ll charge you with «stealing
Ids lambs and suc ÿuu for huge d..m
ages."
1’11 give his foreman a i« -eipt
for all the sheep and wool I possess
of. I'll even give Dingle a
duplicate receipt. Sign it myself, too.”
“Don Jaime, you’re hopelessly
medieval. If [Jingle charges you with
kidnaping and swears that you
him a prisoner thirty days In an effort
to make film sign over his interest
Iti those lambs. It’s going to cost you
a lot of money to defend yourself. And
If yop’re convicted the punishment
Is Imprisonment for life."
“An Hlguenes cannot be convicted
In Las Cruces county, my friend.
There would be an overwhelming pre
ponderance of Latin blood in the Jury,
and a Latin doesn't care two hoots In
a hollow for the law. All he wants I :
Justice and he doesn’t want any Jus­
tice other than the brand that appeals
to him. King John of Runnymede
and Don Quixote could never agree
on anything.”
Ken Hobart surrendered but not
without misgiving. “How are your
wonnd^?” he queried.
“Nothing to worry about, I’ll be on
the job again In a month.”
Crooked Bill’s well-laid plan worked
with the smoothness of a piston—
thanks to Roberta. To lier airy greet­
ing (Henn Hackett returned one of the
utmost gravity, so Roberta, jumping
Instantly to the' conclusion that
store
from
accustomed freedom
cool
shirt and
Ken Hobart dropped
long ’hair beside his ein-
we re counting the sheep,” Don
¡aid. He had the gift, decided-
c, of telepathy. Had it to a
"Any trouble?"
*None. Bill Dingle's foreman made
a bluiT at starting some, but Caraveo
paid no attention to him. I Instructed
Cargveo to Ignore him and tell him
necessary.
treat hirn
nothin
rough. And 1 sent enough men to en-
force my desires. First they moved
the sheep south of the San Dieguito,
where we had another gang building a
corral, with a chute. We're washing
the brutes, shearing them, running
them through the chute one at a time,
branding them, and plan to haul them
up here In motor trucks, after giving
the foreman a receipt fur them."
Ken Hobart chuckled. "Why, you’re
quite a sheep man, ^ren't you?"
"Well, somebody had to do it for
the girl. I’ll place a guard on the
wool, and as soon as you can buy some
wool sacks I want you to sack that
wool and haul It up to the ranch for
safe keeping.”
"You'll be put to quite a bit of ex­
pense. Don Jaime. Have you author­
ity to take possession in this high­
handed manner?"
"Seguro! I always make my own
authority. Don Prudenfto Alvlso Is
Miss Antrim's local representative,
and whatever I do will be Jake with
Prudencio."
"What are you going to do with
the wool?”
"Hold It here, safely, until the mar-
ket goes up, or I receive orders to sell
It Immediately.”
“And the lambs and tho old ewes?"
"The old ewes with broken teeth or
no teeth at all were starving to death.
Their carcasses were dotting the
range. So 1 thought I’d put them on
our tender, succulent alfalfa. A month
or six weeks on alfalfa and ground
barley will fit them for market. They
ought to bring ten dollars each.”
“Who’s going to pny for nil this?
The Antrim estate?”
“if It can afford to. If it can’t—"
Don Jaime shrugged the indifferent
shrug of one who has not been reared
to do things on the half shell, as ft
were. “Don Prudencio was out to see
me yesterday. He has had a letter
from Miss Antrim. It appears that
her uncle, whose ward she Is, Is very
seriously threatened with the loss of
his fortune. She's anxious about the
sheep, and has Instructed Don Pru­
dencio to gunrd them and preserve
them. I told him to wire her that the
sheep were safe with me and to dis
abuse his placid mind of all worry
,
concerning them."
'V/ell, Glenn,” She Said, “Haa Uncle
Bill Been Telling You Hi« Sad
Story?”
Crooked Bill had been talking his af­
fairs over with his lawyer, promptly
precipitated the drama, much to the
relief of the principal actors.
“Well, (Henn,” she said, "has Uncle
Bill been telling you his sad story?”
Hackett nodded owlishly.
Crooked Bill raised a protesting
hand. “Let us not discuss It, if yon
Bobby. Remember, girl. I’m
not the whimpering kind.”
"I know you’re not, dear Uncle Bill.
You're a perfectly good old sport I
have Just had a long telegram from
my lawyer in Ix>s Algodones, Texas.
He Informs me that the affairs of
Uncle Tom’s estate are in excellent
shape and that he died leaving even
more sheep than was at first suspect­
ed.' There are about ten thousand
lambs that will soon be ready for mar-
ket and which should bring ten dollars
a head and there are upwards of a
hundred thousand pounds of excellent
wool worth thirty cents a pound—
Why. it would seem that Uncle Tom’s
estate will run close to half a million
dollars. We should worry and grow
wrinkles and gray hair, darling.”
The butler announced dinner—and
between the fish and the roast, as per
agreement, Glenn Hackett com­
menced to question Crooked Bill ad­
roitly ns to the exact nature of his
operations in the market Roberta
noted a grim little smile playing across
Hackett s Puritanical face from time
to time, so presently, with her cus­
tomary impulsiveness, she asked him
to share the Joke with them.
“It's on your Uncle Bill,” he replied.
"It Is my duty to Inform you, Bobby,
that your Uncle Bill Is an antedilu­
vian idiot who can't see the woods for
the trees. If he could he’d see a path
out of this mess he’s In—a path as
wide as the boardwalk at Atlantic
City. Let us eat, dripk and be merry,
for tomorrow Uncle Bill will no longer
be a financial corpse. He Will have
commenced his resurrection.”
"How are you going to save Uncle
Bill?" Roberta demanded.
Hackett proceeded to outline to her,
patiently and in words of one syllable, 1
his plan for the salvation of Crooked
Bill.
To bo continued.
Dixiy: “This is a nice quiet spot.
I’d like to pause here and park.” J
Lizzie: “You mean you’d like to
park here and P*w, but you re not
going to."
t (