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About Sherman County journal. (Moro, Or.) 1931-current | View Entire Issue (July 28, 1933)
hrrman Cuhntu journal Sherman Camrty Observer E»t. 1888, Grass Valley JownaU E»U 1897,. Consolidated March 6, 1981. Waac© News-Enterprise, E»t, 1890. Consolidated March 4. 1932 SHERMAN COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER ... Town School Wi&Ml All » Teachrs IWO RURAL SCimiS OKI 1 'I Sherman County Votes Coat 52 Cents Each The report of the liquidator of the What does a vote cost? , Not that there Is any question of stabilizing Moro State Bank has been filed lor if the value of a vote for the sake of the period from November 16, 1932 vote buyers, but after every election to May 15, 1938. It »hows that progresa is being Wet it is amusing to figure the average cost of votes to the county. For the special election of last AW Jr * week the cost was between 52 and The MB* payable have been reduc ed from >102.107.90 to >380.40 «»d there weve 720»baílots Michigan precinct voters num bered 20 and the cost was over nineteen dollars making the voting of 158 out of a total reghtration of 200 had the lowest cost per vote. 1 It was Ides than thirty cents- Teachers for Sherman county schools have practically been chosen for the year beginning in (September. Two rural dtetrlete and one town district are not yet sure about their teaching force, but the — Moro, Oregon, ; » July 28, 1933 Forty Fifth Year SCHOOL TEACHERS FOR NEXT YEAR CHOSEN 1 Crested Wheat Grass Unaffected By Heat ceipts include an Ram of >6^11.02 from the loan» and >2,691.86 from interest payments- A few dollars have been collected on bonds and warrants. The disbursements show that >7,- 854 81 has been paid to the United States National Bank to clear the bank’s paper held by that concern. Expenses for the half year total >1.494.67, This is made up of salary rent, office expense and travel ex- pense and miscellaneous expenses, i Salary for R. H- Coppock, the liqui- dator totals >779.51, rent was >207.50 and travel expenses were>176.78- Mr. Coppock's pay has been decreasing since the first of the year. H1PPNER—The hot weather of the question finally, unless something un the early summer which had foreseen should happen to some of the teachers or they should be offer-: little effect on the crested wheat grase, . reports C- W. Smith, coun- ed a better job. . _ Corman dUtrirt. «Mah «»«to tai' «c««! inapectod one pupil th» year, ha. not yet P»« »oreene. of the county. IM. Investment Company Fleets Officers - hired a teacher and ha. not decided I™« ™ ««U •nd K™™« whether or not it wilL Fairview, al- "> othcr • . though having had a large «chool varietiee of gram m the nursery laet year i> .till without a teacher th« «tend«- f««»- Directors of the Moro Investment for the 1933-34 term. Kent ha. ure «»»he latter grate Snnth believes Company met Saturday night and hired a principal and has given a may be due to poor seed- elected officers for the year. D. E. contract to an eighth grade teacher, # Stephen» was re-elected president, but the remainder of the teaching New Registrar Must A. H- Barnum vice-president and M- force is an unknown quantity, at E- McKee was made eecretary-treas- Be Appointed ured. George B. Bourhill was for merly treasurer of the company. concerned. A Ibt of the teacher» of the coon The death of J. H Canner last ty already hired for the year follows: week in The Dalles brings to the Allotment Plan Leader District 3, Rufus: Henry Tetz, principal Gorgia Striker, i Edythe Johnson, Elizabeth Ashbaugh Erma Duvall. District 7, Wasco: Paul R. McColloch, principal. Robert J. Manning ' Elma L. Profitt Lorraine E. Darby Ivalou Peugh Deona Clothier Marie June Andrew* District 9, Kent: L. H- Ayres, principal Essie Wilson District 17, (Moro: John K. Walker, principal Robert Cunliff Faye Thompson Elva Bryant . Cecil Cothran Ione Miller District 23. Gras» Valley: Harold Hughes, principal Gaylord Davie* Durward Helyer Phyllis Rhinehart Phyllis Smith front an appointment as registrar of the U. 8- land office in that city. Mr- Carsn’er’s term would not have ex pired for almost three years and he was expected to hold office until -the end of his term. Several candidates are in the field for -.the appointment. Among the leaders in the race is W. F. Jackson, of this county. It has been a long time since this county had a man in the land office and, as Mr. Jackson has been a party leader for years his chances are considered good. Not Yet Named Up to date no appointment has been made for the position of tem porary secretary for the to be form ed Sherman county wheat reduction committee- It was thought at the time of the first meeting here that a man would be on the job m this county before this- • Sentiment throughout the couhty favors the plan apparently, but work of organization will have to be started soon if the county is ready with allotments by the middle of September. By that date it is hoped to have the allotments adjusted so that the partial payment can be made to those who agree to aid the plan. Lily Coon District 16, Erskine: Helen Osborn District 20, Harmony : Glenna D. Hansen District 24. Rutledge: Edna M. Purcell First Explanation District 25, Liberty: Josephine Johnson Made Of New Plan District 80, Klondike: Margaret McKee District 11. German,: not yet decided With preliminary county wheat about school. meeting» completed throughout the state, the next move In putting the Patronize Journal Advertisers wheat' adjustment program into ef fect in Oregon will be to district each county Into definite community units and build these into the permanent county wheat production assoebtions according to officials of the state college extinsion service in charge of Bunch grass b bunch grate to is deep and some from the hummocks “Triple V’ educational work in this most of the resident* of thb county prtxmd Stenflco where the soi| is state., ¿a ch county agent, with the help of a temporary committee, will who disregard tho difference® in the not deep. * start thb local organization work. several yarietiee of tho plantv To A «wing was made around through Those who took part in the series Mr. Stephen» bunch grass b one of Maupin and Wasco county wheat of 29 educational meetings thruout a number of forage grasses that field» to compare them with those of the 22 leading wheat producing coun have the habit of growing in bunches. Sherman county- There is, of course, ties report keen and intelligent in The move toward reduction in acre nothing but picturesque scenery be terest on the part of those to whom tween Shaniko and Maupin on the age of wheat land has aroused inter wheat is a principal source of live est in grasses and the local station highway- For one wed to riding lihood. Among those the sentiment 1 lookftig for a grass that may be in a country where wheat field fol was overwhelmingly in favor of used for forage on land which will ba low» wheat field it looks, well, just joining the wheat control plan des taken out of wheat production next a little bare and useless, year. I Fields of wheat on Juniper flat. pite the sensational advance in wheat prices while the meetings were be Crested Wheat grass is the best j^bove Man put, look good as they ing held- looking forage crop found so far and generally do- Federation wheat is Opinion prevails that present mar it is very good- That doe» not pre the rule there as in Sherman county. ket boom, while highly beneficial vent the experimenters from look The wheat is of fair height and of for growers having wheat to sell this Ing for a better one, however. Po»- good color. year, gives little promise for the fu •ibly by crossng the known grasses Quite a number of fields 'along the ture unless some form of acreage that are common to the wheat coun highway near Dufur were Ihft in control b put into effect. -The fact try with some of the Siberian grasses Hybrid which was sown last fall. It remain*, according to those who have as Crested Wheat, a new and better is thin in most places and does not studied production and consumption grans may be developed that will promise a heavy yield. Between statistics, that even the short crop permanently replace wheat on mar Dufur and The Dalles the wheat is this year, plus the abnormal carry ginal lands. largely Federation and appears to be over, will probably leave the United Last week seeds from several va not so good as wheat in this county- States with twice the normal carry rieties of bunch gras» were gathdVed over next July, and that given then . by Mr. Stephens, some from unused It may do the surprising thing and ~ Continued to page t»»ur. land on Gordon ridge where the soil be better than expected. Native Grass Seed Gathered For Experimental Purposes WET COLUMN BY 65 No. 3« BAH6E SUHU! Ill HI OFFERED FARMERS NOW Completion of Celilo Canal Repairs Wil Be Signal For Start Candidate Pickett Chosen Over Bl)-( . . •V 1« IS »11 BE««I ; Meainre» Withstand Avalanche of Noc.’t Y" Following the nadon wide swing toward a liberalization of liquor laws, Oregon and Sennan county, heretofore considered dry,’ voted a substantia! majority Tor the repeal of the 18th amendment last Friday in Ae special election- Voters in this county gave vary ing majorities to theUhree wet pla co on the ticket. E. Fred Pickett, candidate for the repeal forces, won over Mrs. Elva Bryant, dry, by 118 votes. The repeal of / the 18th amendment won by but 65 and the vote on the repeal of the state liquor laws gave a majority* of 83 to the if Total votes on this xjuestion Were Pickett. 354, Bryant, 236; National repeal, 368; national retention, 303: State repeal 381* State retention 298. Precinct giving a majority to the drv forces were: Monkland by a de cided lead, Rutledge, where Mrs- Bryant won and Kent which rave Mrs. Bryant the majority but voted even on repeal Except for the repeal measures few measures carried the county. The amendment to the state constitution that would curtail the length of time in which .veterans may borrow from the state carred by a mere 85 votes. It lost in the state. It was designed to stop the cash payments of the veeians and reduce for loans, but voters evidently thought otherwise- The bill to levy a tax on oleo-mar- garino carred in the county only to be defeated in the state- Every precinct except Rufus, Moro and Wasco gave the bill a majority al though a small one The county vote fas 366 for and 298 against. The sales tax went down to igno- minous defeat in the county as well as in the state- The defeat of this measure has been a foregone con clusion for several weeks and it did not carry a single county. The vote in this county gave 480 against and 190 for, giving a majority of 290 against the new tax scheme. It did not carry a precinct. Erskine gave it a 22 to 20 vote which was closest The county manage : plan has the distinction of receiving the poorest vote of any of the measures- It was defeated by a vote of 149 to 446 or by a majority of 297. The state also defeated the measure so no county will have the privilege of trying the scheme. • The grand jury amendment, which would have allowed prosecution* by information instead of by indictment by a grand jury, failed of passage by a large vote, being beaten by 219 votes. The same fate was given tife power bond bill although the vote was closer 201 voting for the bonus and 345 against, The bill to make a two thirds vota ndeessary before more bonds cou.d be issued by a municipal corporation failed in the state and in the county. The vote was 256 for such limitation and 289 against. • There was a very fair vote out con sidering the time of year and the general lack of interest as displayed before the election- The county cgst a vote of slightly over 50 per cent. • 4 Developments in the plans of the Columbia Boat and Barge Company Tine within the past week have brought the realization of upper river boat service closer than it ha? been at any time* for the last thirty years. — ( This company, which has been workingman a system of tow-boat and bargo transportation for the upper river for several months, has reach ed the stage of leasing loading site* at strategic points along the Colum.- bia . and is now ready to receive grtdn for barge shipment. Men are already hired to take charge of the wheat as it is received Actual shipment of the wheat will begin as soon as the break in the Felilo canal is repaired, and as the water in the river and canal is fall ing rapidly, that work may be finish ed in three weeks. The company has been workng steadily since the break occurred to have it repaired and the fact that plans were made to use the unper river this year has been a de- cisive factor in getting the govern- ment to work on it speedily. The company’s supervisor in this district, L. R. French, has leased water frontage near the ferry land ing at Grants for the storage of wheat. Other stations are under lease at Quintin, Arlington and Roosevelt. Clarence Lindeman, an experienced warehouse man, will have charge of the wheat as it is stored. No charge will be made for the storage, the company’s representatives state, a* the only expense to the wheat grow ers will be the >1-60 per ton charged for barging to Portland terminals. This b a little less than five cents per bushel- Detailed information, about the plans of the new boat and bargo company may be had from the offices of J. C. McKean, at Moro, and from R. H. McKean at Wasco. R. A. C. C. Loans Under $?50,000 Regional Agricultural Credit Cor poration loans in this county for the production of the 1933 crop now total >236-508-20- These loans have been made to 95 farmers a large part of whom live in the north end of the county. The recent rise in the price of wheat caused a flurry of selling among those who held their 1932 crop and a part of these loans have already been, liquidated it" is said. Unkds early action is taken, fuby two thirds of the automobile drivers in this vicinity will be subject to ar- rest on the morning of September 1st for failure to obtain their new drivers licenses, according to infor mation just received by this news-1 paper from Hal E. Hoss. Secretary of State. An official estimate dit- ! closes that barely one third of the COUNTY WHEAT CROP EXCEEDING ESTIMATES . i 1 w ' u I • lf - "nea! AraillUi WaSCO Making Up 18 35 Bu. To Acre iui WEIGHTS ARE 57 TO 60 . Police officials state that no mora-' toriums will be granted and a strict enforcement of the law will be ob served irt their check on all opera Nearly Every Field Better Than Expec- ' tors. With the "‘deadline’’ barely ted Month Ago four weeks away, all persons- stiU ^ carrying cards issued before July I. 1931 should obtain rew cards at rhe Sherman county has been getting first opportunity, Seer:taiy of State along for so many years with sub Ho<s warned. Renewal permits are being granted normal crops that farmers apparently without examination to all .opera failed to recognize a reasonably good tors previously licensed in Oregon crop when it did arrive. From early who are now under the age of 70. i eturns of the threshing it appears ♦hose with clean accident records and that the 1933 wheat crop of the those fithout physical defects. A'l county will be better than any x applications must be made on regul r since 1928. forms supplied by the Secretary of Harvesting of wheat has been go State and must be signed in the ing on within the county for several presence of a notary pubtir, or other days, but it has not become general- person authorized to administer Next week will see a majority of oaths- Examiners will perform no the machines at work in the north tarial duties for all applicants with end of the county and even in : the out charge, it was pointed out- sounth end many farmers will he ready for threshing. Yeilds have almost invariably been Boy Scouts At Camp better than was expected before Learn To Swim cutting began- Fields that were es timated at Seven to eight sacks are turning out from ten to twelve Several Sherman county boy scouts sacks. One field near Wasco has h^ve been spertding a vacation at the been finished. The total yield was camp. David and Henry R-chelder-| | over eight sacks and without one - fer. Stephert OBfeara and Frank piece the yield was ten sacks. Sayrs won their swimming trials and The Thornberry place below Was are now real swimmers. Douglas co is reported to be making better Tuel and Carl Peetz were advanced than twelve sacks per acre and the to the first class of swimmers. test weight is. 59 pounds. As a us Sixty one scouts were in camp last ual thing the test weights are much • week. better than last year when 53 and 65 were common weights. A- U. Thomp Bra oc h Bank Petition son, east of Moro, brought in some wheat that tested 60 pounds, which Being Circulated is oo^idered excellent weight for Federation wheat- . Some of the wheat between Wasc > Petitions asking that a branch bank and Rufus and also west of Wasco be established in Sherman county are is reported to be making fifteen and being circulated in every town and sixteen sacks per acre although un hamlet this week as a result of finished. the Commercial Club meeting of Anyway, enough wheat has been last week The petitions do not set threshed of this years crop to make foith the economic reasons why tho everyone optimistic over the pros county should be served with a bank pects of a yield. The color of the but they will be accompanied by de wheat has improved within the past tailed information regarding the week or ten days and field after county’s resources. Later a group of field is ripening with the dark brown citizens will be selected to deliver tinge that indicates a good crop for the petitions and to make a strong Continued to page four. appeal for banking facilities here- Newspaper Files of Years Ago Tell of Early Day Happenings Board of Equalization Meeting combine on the home place Saturday. Louie has one of the best crops in H- S. McDanel has accepted the tho country thia year, just the thing deputy clerkship in Shedmancounty for a new combine- and while he is slightly underweight J. W, Messenger has brought sam we predict that he and county clerk ples of some of the wheat raised at S. S- Hayes will get on well to his farm this year. It is Minnesota gether. Red, is six feet high and has a head Last week a four horse team be several inches longer than bluestem longing to J. W. VanWinkle of Grass which it resembles. Valley ran away near Goldendalc. One horse was killed, one had a bro From tho Observer July 31, 1914. ken leg, one was lost and the driver A resume of the Sherman county suffered a broken leg in the melee- school situation states that the in-# D. E. Vintin filed notice of inten * bedtedness of all school districts in _ tion to prove up on a homestead the county was >15,278- of which >6,- sodn before county clerk Hayes. 416 was warrants. Last year there were 90 pupils in grades above the The water carriers f Moro will soon be out of luck as a supply of eighth. naptha arrived for the pumping plant Fire on the Deschutes river back this week. tof ine the Todd and Hansel farm« — de- ? jOi xuuii muu — ^stroyed over 2000 acres- of glass. From thexObserver. July 29. 1904»*1 Many went from Moro to ffght the > - E- V. Littleveld writing from Mc- flames. Minnville reports that he will ba in County Superintendent Fagan »V ‘Moro this week .to ’ engage in the MIN. PRECIP nounces that Misses Mary Elliot and practice of law. Nellie Wheatly will be granted cer- 85...56.. . .00 I Brick is arriving from Wasco tificates to teach as they passed the .81 ...51.. . .00 again and brick layers are busy put recent examination. .87...48,. . .co ting up tho Goffin building. • Berries are >1 75 per crate deliv- 97 .. 63.. . .00 After arrival of the train each ered in Moro. .96 ...64.. . .00 92 ...59.. . .00 Thursday fresh fish will be on salo G- W. Hansel has pudchesed the 90 ...64.: . .00 at tho Cochran market. McDanel homestead making him • .00 for week L. L- Peetz will start his new Hutt farm of 760 aerm- Notice: There will be a meeting of the Coun ty Board of Equalization of Sherman County. Oregon, at the Court Houso on the second Monday in August, that being the 14th day of August, 1933, at Moro, Oregon, to publicly examine the Assessment Rolls, cor rect all errors in valuation,description of lands or other property assessed by me, and it shall be the duty zbf persons interested to appear at tpe time and place appointed. All pe titions must be made In writing and verified by the oath of the applicant and filed with the Board within fif- teen days from the time it is by law required to meet. Margaret W. Peetz, 7-21,8-11 County Assessor. WEATHER REPORT FOR WEEK ENDING JULY 26 DAT* JULY 20 “ 21. " 22. Martin Redding, examiner for pro “ 23. spective automobile drivers, will be 24. in Moro August. 2nd, at the court •• 25.. house. His hours will be from ten •* 26 to five. Total V' Drivers License Must Be Procured Next Month Fromthe Onserv r August 2, 1994.
