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Sherman Camrty Observer E»t. 1888, Grass Valley JownaU E»U 1897,. Consolidated March 6, 1981.
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News-Enterprise, E»t,
1890.
Consolidated March 4. 1932
SHERMAN COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER
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Town School Wi&Ml All » Teachrs
IWO RURAL SCimiS OKI
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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
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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
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Moro, Oregon, ; » July 28, 1933
Forty Fifth Year
SCHOOL TEACHERS FOR
NEXT YEAR CHOSEN
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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,
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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.
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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
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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)-( . .
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1« IS »11 BE««I
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Meainre» Withstand Avalanche of
Noc.’t
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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.
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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
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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
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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-
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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
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22.
Martin Redding, examiner for pro
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23.
spective automobile drivers, will be
24.
in Moro August. 2nd, at the court
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25..
house. His hours will be from ten
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26
to five.
Total
V'
Drivers License Must Be
Procured Next Month
Fromthe Onserv r August 2, 1994.