1 ‘ 4 • r ' X . » .fi, - J ^Iwrman Cnimty inumai r Sk«»«. Cmnty Okaarrar Bat. 1(M. fìraaa Valtay Jam aal &t, IM?,. Condurti Marek «, mi. Vaaca Nava-Birtarpriae. Kat, lgw. Caaaalldata« Marek 4. 1942 SHERMAN COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER .; Moro, Oregon^ k August 11, 1933 Forty Fifth Year ™ FOR HARVEST RETURNS gio boutn End Or county CUUNH OBUANiZATIQN ~ CONTINUE RIH Wasco District Wil Raise .C mm V’ i Average TEST NOT SO HIGO BO «ROOT MiHiaf Qaality Nat Sa Caaatal Asb- As harvesting continues arid fields — i ‘ of in the middle u. the county are crops fai tic reports art i still are nearly all quarters. There will be en­ tire fields that will average fifteen sacks in that district- Wheat is roll­ ing into the warehouses to some ex- U^nt although the general hauling . has not started yet. Wheat in the territory tributary to ’ Moro is making from six to twelve sacks, a large spread, but not more than was expected from the spotted appearance of the fieidh- East of town the general average is reported to be seven and eight sacks i Test weight*, first reported and loc- ally tested on first samples to be and better, will average between 56 and 57 according to the graON received to date. ‘ The field* of .Ifarqui* at>**tjn the district and ths Aside of Turkey Red that remained through the win- ter are reported to be testing very well. I* -^1 The Grass Valley section is mak­ ing about the same yield as is the district east of Moro, six to eight sacks being the usual report from farmers who are cutting. Threshing is now going on all over the county. From one end to the other combines are in the field; every one is at it A few men have finished their entire crops, but they are the exceptions- The slight rain of last Hail swept over a section of the county about four o'clock last Friday afternoon and damaged some wheat, fields in • strip nearly throe miles , which was fortunately proceeded by a heavy rain, came up tha canyon south of tha Bibby farm and followed tha usual northeasterly direction of such storms- in the canyon several feet deep and M t - Gregg mired down in the stubble field shortly after the storm- Rain fell heavily for a, few minutes •nd th® hail down until the lere is no doubt in the minds of the farmers in the the path of-the , storm . — ’that ----- — had the fixer* would hpve been no wheat left In the hail brit, but the toughened the straw io that the h**1 damage than usual- As It is always hard to determine the percent of damage.caused by hail no estimates were made. The streak of hail damage included the Grover Young. Matt -Simon, Joe Gregg, Hans Koepke, Ted and Frank von Barttel, Roy Barnett, Patjens and Andrews and Bob LeBleu fams south of Finnegan and Henkle, Moore Eakin. Smith and Alley farms in the Rutledge and Bourbon territory, Wheat heads examined were damaged * quarter Ui a third but were not an average of the field. - week stopped harvesting for Friday an<| gatUrday, but no damage was done to the wheat in a large part of the county. A hail storm damaged vHteat in the Liberty, Bourbon and Rut]edge district* although the ex- Unt q{ the daina■ ■ 1 / • • - • J South line to the .Columbia river Wke, AHataaeata Mata Highway. , . a Preliminary organization of Sher­ man county as a part of a new farm plan will be started next Tuesday eve­ ning, August 15, at a public meeting at the court house. . " The meeting has been called by Charles Smith, county agent for Mor­ row county and acting administrator for Gilliam county, but it is thought that a director will be named by the date of the meeting- Mr- Smith, having organized two counties, is familiar with the requirements of the county allotment groups and will be able to aid this county materially. Steps toward organization will con. *i*t of districting the county and ap­ pointment of an educational cam­ paign committee to inform growers of the details of the plan* Delegates from each district will be elected to form the preliminary organization. Only those who sign the application for a wheat allotment contract will Re: Removing of «fence and other obstructions on Maskpt Road between A- J. Decker and J. Jl. Wilson-Hart­ ley ranches—leading East 82 rods. Court authorizes L. V. Walton to re­ move fence an«L posta on market road four and one-half miles southeast of Kent; road between A. J. Decker and J. H. Wilson-Hartlig ranch, Sher­ man County, Oregon* County waives payment at present on warrants held against high school tuition fund. Trrasuxpr instructed to call high school tuition fund warra.V* to the amount of >17«.45. Clerk instructed to draw warrant on Road Fund, payable to County Treasurer in Re: Sinking Fund, for the amount of interest on >7000.00 Road Warrant covering loan from Sinking Fund to Road Fund. Re: Elementary School Fund. County Treasurer instructed to trans­ fer from Elementary School Fund to County General tha sum of a These application* for contracts are >1852.38. not binding. If the contract does not • Re: State Fund: County Treas­ please the grower when it is finally urer instructed to transfer 'from prepared he is not obliged to sign it. Fuzd to County General Fund the What he is asked to sign now is sum of >818.13 merely an application for a contract, Claims Allowed at August Term of showing his interest in the plan and County Court- intent to join if the contract i«r sat­ isfactory. Naomi Van Gilder Qanva* $500 The application is made up of ing Special Election Votes definitions of terms that clarify the L. H. Nahouse Canvassing 5.00 allotment plan and some of the mora Special Election Votes important clauses of the contract are Percy Thompson Drayage also included. These stipulates Th? 1.75 for Moro precinct acreage reduction shall not be in ex­ Rufus No. 1, Precinct cess of 20 percent; the government 459 Chairman will pay to the farmer in considera­ W* L. Wilson 4.59 tion for this reduction ii^l934 and R- P. Foister • Judge 1935, a payment bn the 1933 crop that Blanche S. Everett Clerk and 659 mileage shall be not less than 28 cents per 4.59 Clerk bushel and, if the “current average W. A. Morris 4.59 Clerk farm price of wheat per bushel with Mary M. Brackett respect to the crop year 1934 is be- Locust Grove No- 2 Precinct low ihe wheat parity price, there Victor Anderson Chairman 4-41 •hall be made to the producer an ad­ Fred Hennagin Judge and justment payment in respect to the 5.81 mileage wheat crop for the crop year 1934.” Nellie Fields 4.41 Clerk The same rule applies for 1935. 4.41 Clerk Amelia Root The county will be divided into dis­ Gladys Zell 4.41 Clerk tricts—the exact number is not Klondike No. 3 Precinct known—and delegates from these 483 Chairman districts will elect a committee of J. T- Johnson three which will be known as the B. Potter Judge and 6.23 county allotment committee- The en­ mileage 4-88 tire county organization will be Geo. W. Drinkert Clerk 4-83 known as the Wheat Production Con­ C- W. Johnson Clerk ; 4 83 trol Association and those who sign W* S. Deaton Clerk contracts will be .members of it with Monkland No. 4 Precinct power to elect delegates and office, s. Chairman There is a very limited time in C. J- Thompson 6.04 and mileage which to complete organization in 501 Judge Geo. N. McDonald this county as payments are schedul­ 5.04 ed to begin shortly after September A. C* Kruger Clerk 5.04 15. Although the organizers realize T. S. Reese Clerk 504 the difficulty of holding a meeting in Wilford Belshe Clerk harvest time they have no other al­ Erskine No. 5 Precinct ternative as the time is so *h<£t. 4.32 Omer G- Sayrs Chairman 4.82 Judge Miss Doris Amidon left for Port Roy Powell 4.32 Clerk ' land this week where she will remain Collis P. Moore Clerk and a few days before starting back to Theo. Johnston 4.72 mileage Excelsior Springs, Mo., where she 4.32 Clerk will represent her sorority Zeta Tau Truman Strong dmment Instead of the usual 18 pound cannon she was equipped with 24 pounders and everything was done to make her the very beat fighting ship possible. It was • naval unit the entire country,—then more ship wise than now,—-could appreciate. Appreciation became reverence when in the war of 1812 Captain Hull with the Constitution captured 20 British ship« and established almost singly • reputation for American naval strength- The crew named the vessel “Old Ironsides” in honor of the seasoned oak planks that with­ stood the fire of enemy guns. When, after a cruise in the Medi­ terranean the navy decided to dis­ card the ship and sink it, the people protested. Oliver Wendell Holmes wrote the poem, ‘‘Old Ironside«.” that every school child has learned and the ship was placed in a navy yard* A few months go it was re­ conditioned and started out on a trip to the porte of the nation so that all curious might see her. Now she is thronged with visitors. They tramp up and down the worn decks, they examine the sample of copper spike that Paul Revere made Alpha as a national delegate Michigan No- 6 Pracinct to pin the ship together, they lean Chairman C. E. ‘ Eslinger over the cases of relics of a century and mileage ago, they comment on the old cos­ Roy E- Tiller Judge tumes, the old weapons, the cat-a- Ethel Tiller ’ ’ Clerk nine tails hanging on the brig, they Frank A- Lemley Clerk jest about the grog tub so handily MIN PRECIP DATE Louise J. Eaton Clerk situated and they curse softly as they .76 . .., .00 .51.. AUG. bang their heads on the low timbers Rutledge No. 7 Precinct .65 ....50 . .. .01 on the lower decks. All apparently Clyde Smith Chairman and 5.............. .69 . .49.. .. .02 without realisation that here in this 3 6.............. :. 83 . . 46 . .. .00 mileage old fashioned little ship men per­ .00 7............... .90 '. .57.. James .W Blagg Judge , formed valorous deeds in the name 8............... 93.. ..65.. .. .00 . L. rtoife Clerk of their new nation and made possi­ 9,....*.... .93.. .61.. .. 00 Bud Moore Clerk bly the appellation “home of the . .08 Total for wi sk... Continued to pago t»»ur. brave and the free.” WEATHER REPORT FOR WEEK ENDING AUG. 9 No. 4* PROSPECTS FOR BARK APPEAR BRIGHTER 520 3.60 3.60 8.60 3-60 5 76 896 8.96 8.96 Grass Valley Collects Few Dollars In Fines Fines were paid to recorder Ger- vias of Grass Valley Monday morn­ ing by 'Ronald McLachlan and “Red” George for disorderly conduct. These fines were >10 each. Bill McLachlan paid a fine of >20 in the same court for disorderly conduct and striking a minor. GRASS ÏÂELEÏ WHS OVER NH-REDMOIID Agee, Visiti,g Pitcher, Makes Locals Look Easy The arrest of the three and the subsequent fines were caused when under the influence of liquor they be­ came embroiled in a quarrel at Grass Valley Sunday. The elder McLachlan struck Ferdinand Stark, a minor. An Cnnnty’s Need Fer Bank Is Shown By elder Stark boy, Hadley, took up the argument and a fight ensued- Mar­ Vuiters Leak Easy;Prave Ta Ba Tough Data of Committee shall Garrett of Grhss Valley made ' Customers tha anwrta. ,______ ___ _ __ __ THIS FIELO TO 8E EIMIHED Tuesday a delegation of Sherman countians were in Portland to pre­ sent to the First National Bank • petition asking that a branch of that institution be established in thH county. The petition was the result of work done by the committee working un­ der R. C. Atwood that was appointed a few weeks ago after interest in new banking facilities was brought to the fore- Members of the commit- te having the petition signed were Mr- Atwood, J. A. Butler, C. A. Tom, Fred PickeX George Wilcdx and A. A Dunlap. Information about the income of the county as a unit and government statistics about the production of wheat in the county was given the bank. The county has raised an ave­ rage of 2,400,000 bushels of wheat during the 1923-82 period and has had an average income of >2,195,312 during that time. This gives • per capita income of over >737.00 f The county’s position as regards average wealth is higher than that of any other county in the state, being almost three times the state average, according to the brief accompanying the petition- The committee was assured that the county would be given consider­ ation in the matter. No definite promises were made regarding the establishment of a bank here, but an examination of the county will be started that may lead to favorable action later. The First National located a branch in The Dalles this week. Despite reports to the contrary no plea was made for the location of the bank in any toyrn in the county. This was in accordance with the aggte- me!nt reached between business men of the county at the first meeting. The locating bank will make its own decision in this matter* There were slightly over 300 names on the several petitions which is not a large number. A fair representation tfas on them, however. Farmers are very busy at this time of year and many of them didn’t sign the peti- tionh, but practically every business man had his name thereon. A bank is almpst a necessity in this county, especially during the wheat selling period when wheat checks must be cashed or deposited so they can be broken up Into smaller amounts. With the new banking laws making banking safer the inconven­ ience of a community doing without • bank is not necessary and it is felt that a branch bank would receive, good support in this county. Those who presented the petition were: George Wilcox, Fred Pickett. J- C- Freeman and Q. L. French. ’’ OTO SCORE WON STH A blue shirted army of players re­ cruited from The Dalles to Shaniko Elimirate Fire Hazirds cavorted over the Grass Valley dia­ mond last Sunday while waiting for their opponents to get ready for the The laws regarding fire hazards in fray. A team from Madras and Red­ the city of Moro will be enforced mond, dressed in corduroys, khaki* more carefully in the future, was the and varied uniforms finally stragg­ decision of the council at a meeting led on to the field with a twelve year Wednesday night. The visit of W. .old boy as lead off man. F White, engineer of the Oregon The local players were prepared > Rating Bureau, last week caused for a romp. The visitors in deadly this decision to be made. earnest. Little Bill Brewster, the Joe Truitt . was appointed Fire twelve year old, was hit by a pitched Chief with the understanding that ball, a few errors were made and the council would back him up in Madras ended the inning three runs eliminating fire hazards in town. It ahead. What looked to be a rout be­ was made plain to councilmen that came a ball game and good one- this must be done if fire insurance Agee, for Redmond, pitched some rates are to be held to even their fine ball until late in the game* Few present level. solid blows were made off his deliv- ■ ery and most of the time the boys in Grass Valley’s blue popped up or Brawling Frowned On went out on easy infield Tollers. Poor fielding on the part of Redmond-Mad­ By City Dads ras players caused more runs than 1 hits until the final three innings. From the 3 to 0 score of the first The brawling of last week end was inning Grass Valley increased to a the cause of special meetings of tie then it remained 4 for G* V. and city aouncils and determination to 3 for Redmond until the eighth inn­ stop unnecessary noise, yelling, fight­ ing when Ford weakened and allowed ing and disorderly conduct if possi­ four runs while Grass Valley made ble 3 in their half. Wasco city council voted to hire a Jacob Young started the ninth and night man to keep the peace. Grant his “boom” ball was good enough to Armsworthy, husky blacksmith, was retire Redmond Madras without a named night officer with the promise run although a man reached third be­ to keep order or know the reason fore Jacob found the plate- Two why. hard singles in the Grass Valley part Moro council took steps tn have of the ninth ended the game with more peacable conditions prevail in Perry rounding the bases as the tired the future. It was the unanimous visitors walked in from the field. The opinion of city officers that the laws score 8-7. Several good catches were made regarding noisy conduct must be during the course of the game- The observed- visiting center fielder caught some hard flies and Moore fielded a Fred Pickett was in Salem Mon­ hard driven ball over second base day afternoon representing the coun­ that looked like a hit. ty as delegate to the repeal conven­ Olds and McCutcheon umpired* tion. He was among the 110 that Batteries were: Ford, Young and voted to repeal the 18th amendment, | Fritts. Agee and Brewster- Council Moves To ■ ■ ■ nt......................... -- Newspaper Files of Years Ago Tell of Early Day Happenings From the Observer August 16, 1894. goods away with a four horse team Chas. Florer has added a new tire Wheat has advanced to • figure In Portland which justifies paying 80% shrinker to his blacksmith shop. cents here now.- • Moore Bros, and Ginn have ware­ Morrisey & Weigands threshing houses at Moro and McDonald bridge heading outfit gangs number about this year. They will buy wheat and 30 men. They art working on a dis­ store it for 50 cents per ton. trict of about 1500 acres for them- W. C. Rutledge has added a safe srive^ George Bourhiik John Coy to his hotel offices for the conven­ and Tom Searcy. x ience of guests.’ R. H- Guthrie has not yet disposed From the Observer August 14, 1914. Board of Equalization Meeting of his wool clip snd has the advan­ A bob cat was killed on the W. C. G. tage of the 3 and • half cent raise. Notice: Woods farm near Boardman Satur­ There will be a meeting of the Coun­ It) can now be sold for over 9 cants. day evening by Clyde Woods. ty Board of Equalization of Sherman E. M Shutt was declared winner County, Oregon, at the Court House of the Antelope foot race. It is re- Thursday. August 6, th* separator on the second Monday in August, ported that >1500 changed hands. ’ I of Asa Eslinger was destroyed hy that being the 14th day of August, _ , T . . K : fire while threshing on the E. H Frank i.amphear was badly hurt •___ ___ . 1933, at Moro, Oregon, to publicly Moore farm* Another on* wa* bought on the 13th when he fell from a der ­ examine the Assessment Rolls, cor­ and the work resumed the following rect all errors in valuation,description rick while at work in harvest Monday. of lands or other property assessed From the Observer August 12, 1904. County Judge Fred Kru*ow is au- by me, and it shall be the duty of A letter from George DeMoss un­ torit^ for the statementi that the persons interested to sppear at thelder o£ July 24f from p^ky. couny has a small crew' of men time and place appointed. All pc- Mkh Mich., says, “we deafare desire to introduce introduce working on Cottonwood grade, ro- titions must be made in writing and » - .... our ten pound son who was born this moving rocks, etc. Next year the verified by the oath of the applicant • morning at one.” • | county will make more turn-outs on and filed with the Board within fif­ The S- T. company have been busy teen days from the time It is by law for two weeks- During that time they | Albert Kaseberg had the fingers of required to meet. ,, outfitted over twenty harvesting his left hand crushed while oiling a 7-21,8-11 * Margaret W. Peetz, County AiMssor. •