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March 6, 1931. Waaco News-Enterprise, Eat., 1890. Consolidated March 4. 1932
OFFICIAL PAPER
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Moro, Oregon, August 25, 1933
Boy Scouts Taken :
Schedule For District
On Trip To Portland
Meetings Announced
NRA FINDING SUPPORT
IN SHER MAN COUNTY
The schedule of meetings for the
remainder of the county that has not
yet had community meetings is com
pleted and the dates set for organiza
tion of each community.
Thursday, August 24, at 7:80 a
meeting will be held in th« Locust
Grove school house for that district.
Friday. Augut 25, at 7:30 the Kent
district will organize.
Monday, August 28, at 7:30 a meet-
ing wil ba held n the Harlandview
grange hall for organization.
Wednesday, August 30, at 7.30 the-
Wasco community will held their
meeting.
Thursday. August 31, at 7:30, the
meeting of the Grass Valley district
will be held at the Auditorium in
that town.
At each of these meetings a direc
tor will bo elected to serve on the
county allotment board and two com
munity allotment board directors will
be elected. The county board mem
ber will be chairman of the local
community board, making a group of
three for each district.
Firms In Wasco ami Grass Vaky
Signing Up
Ff* EMPLOYEES HFFÍtlfll
are on display in Sherman county so
far and nearly all of these are in
Wasco. Regulations regarding them
make it necessary for the postmas-
having three employees- Those hav
ing less than three employees may
come to the postmaster and ask for
a card which will be granted him. He
may then sign it, send it in and be
given his blue eagle.
Firms in Wasco that are display
ing the insignia are: W- G- Arms
worthy, blacksmith; R. C. Atwood,
grocer; Gift and Jewel Shop; Hull A
Spencer, barbers; Sherman Garage
A Machine Co.; Wasco Bakery A
Confectionery;. Wasco Grocery A
Market; Joe Mee, shoe repair; Indepe
ndent Warehouse Co. grain and feed;
P O'Meara, hardware A implements;
W. 'R. Reid, plumber; J- O- Yoeum,
kRrrber; Wasco Dray.
At Grass Valley ths NRA enthu
siasm is starting with a majority of
the business men signed up but not
yet displaying their cards as it takes
several days for the new signer to be
outfitted with the stickers, emblems
etc. Those adhereing to the blanket
code are. Fields Garage; Grass VC1--
ley Pharmacy; Hartley’s Garage;
R. A. Stow, shoe repair; J- 8- New
comb, service station; H- Zeigler,
merchant; Gus Smith, dray; J. H.
Wilti & Co., merchants;
The Tum-A-Lum Co. in the coun
ty is adhereing to the lumber code
and the oil companies doing business
in the county are all signed as mem
bers of the NRA- They are the
Standard, the Union and the Shell
and Texaco The Pacific Power and
Light Co-, ha^e also signed the code.
The Farmer’s National Warehouse
Company, being a seasonal business
Confinued to page tour.
A group of twenty one boys vary
ing in age from ten to sixteen had
the time of their lives last week
when, under tho leadership of Mel
Schadewitz, Harvey Thompson and
Clyde Gilmor, they made a trip to
Portland to see the frigate “Old
ironsides” and other entertaining and
instructive sights of the biv city.
A majority of the boys rode in
Harvey Thompson’s track and the
others traveled in cars. ’Ojeir first
stop was at the Bonneville fish hatch-
ery where they found out the secreta
the life nf a fish. They made camp
at Viking park on the Sandy-
Saturday they visited the historic
vessel and learned about its hbtory,
saw the aeroplanes arrive and de
part from Swan Island Airport, went
through a fire station, looked! at the
animals and birds in the zoo, peered
at the papers being printed and fold
ed in a big newspaper plant and took
in the sights of Jantzen beach/
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They returned by way of the Wapi-
nitia cut-off Sunday arriving home in
the afternoon a tired but enthusiastic
bunch of boys.
Sherman County Picnic Club Fair Will Be
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Due Next Sunday
Held Monday
Sherman countians of present
times and those of other days will
have an opportunity to meet and
exchange experiences on Sunday
August 27. when the annual Sher
man county picnic will be held at
Laurelhurst park In Portland. At
noon a basket lunch will bo served-
County Bridge Crew
Repairing Crossings
A county bridge crew has been re
pairing some of the bridges around
Moro for the past week in places
where such repair was necessary. The
wooden structure that spans the
creek at the L. L. Peetz ranch has
been repaired to make more stable
| and at present the crew is rebuilding
the bridge on the Erskineville road
just north of the under crossing on
the highway.
Water last winter washed under
one of the concrete buttments mak
ing the bridge unsafe for heavy
loads. While this is being repaired
as a necessary duty of the county a
new deck and stringers will be put
up to make the bridge usable for
several years
Turkey Growers of Hermiston
Raise Huge Flocks of Birds
It seems that everyone has their |
troubles. The wheat. farmer worries
about smut, low prices and an occa-
sional freeze out Up at Hermiston
where they grow alfalfa, turkeys and
irrigated crops they have black head
among the tuikeys, curley top on the
vegetables, frozen alfalfa and poor
prices for the turks.
The experiment station there un
der the direction of Harold Dean is
something entirely strange to our
wheat country. There are 17.000
acres under irrigation in the three
projects around the mouth of tho
Umatilla river and Butter creek. The
new station there has 180 of these of
which 70 is now in cultivation.
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On these projects the farmers
raise over 16,000 turkeys every year-
Last year they shipped seven car
loads each on« holding 2300 of the
national birds- That’s a lot of
Thanksgiving meat for some body.
The tendency now is toward smaller
birds as families ane getting smaller
end the. old custom of having all the
family in to feast on a huge turkey
has fallen by the wayside. Folks
used to want a husky and heavy
thewed tom, now the demand is for
a delicate limbed hen turkey.
Herds of 1000 birds are not uncom
mon on the Hermiston project now
days k Most of them are bought as
day old chicks or rather poults, but a
few of the smaller turkey raisers •
hatch their own birds.
It is necessary to keep the turkeys
moving from one plot to another. Fou
or five times a year is the necessary
number of times the ground must be
changed if the poults are to be kept
healthy and free from disease.
Saturday a group of turkey grow
ers from Deschutes and Crook coun
ty visited the Hermiston project and
inspected the methods used by the
growers there- Paul Maris and H- E.
Crosby, of the extension seevice.
spoke before the picnic crowd in the
park.
Then, of course, in an irrigated
district there is always alfalfa- Quite
a bit of it froze out last wister in one
of the two freezes Of the two best
varieties one stood 77 percent and tho
other 69 and that beats the wheat
stand considerably.
The station at Hermiston has just
been moved and is now on a new lo
cation higher than the other irrigat
ed areas about. It is the intention
of Mr. Dean to conduct crop rotation
experiments on a part of the land un
der the station management Crop
rotation where there is plenty of
water moans wheat barley, elover,
alfalfa, corn, early spuds, late spuds
vegetables and many others not so
common- Already Mr- Dean has
planned 126 rotations and will have
more. Keeping track of that number
will wear out a computing machine
in no time-
DISTRICT ElfCTIONS
BEING HELD HERE
Re-employment Man
Government Crop Report
To Be Here Monday
Indicates Higher Yields
PER A Y N JOHNSTON NAOE AILE
county agent leader for Oregon and
C. W. Smith, county agent for Mor
row county and administrator of the
recovery act for Morrow, Gilliam,
Sherman and Wheeler counties
Applications for contracts were
signed by farmers controlling 18,500
acres
of 1933
wheat signifying that .
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twice that amount will come under |
the plan in those two districts. This
was considered very satisfactory for
fij-gt community meetings.
Barge Shippers Meet
And Elect Committeeman
FARMERS STILL AWAIT
REDUCTION PERCENTAGE
The government’s crop report for J
August shows a slight increase in1
the expected wheat crop. The increase [
is approximately 3.000 000 bushels or
a little less than 1 per cent. Produc Date Postponed On Account of C m -
tion of all wheat is estimated at
" ¡ ference In London*
419,671,000 bushels- The increase
was in winter wheat as the spring
crop howed no change over the July
report.
In Oregon the production of win
ter wheat declined about 11,000 000
bushels and spring wheat production
increaed over 6.000,000 bushels for a
total loss of nearly 5,000 000 bushels.
The entire wh«<at crop in the north World Conference Failure May Retail
west states is estimated to be 107,-
Favorably
144,000 bushels compared to the 1932
crop of 150.539,000 bushels. The five
year average is slightly higher than
the 1932 crop.
The announcement of the percen
tage of crop reduction that will be
asked of the wheat growers has been
School Expected
postponed according to press reporta
To Stqrt The Eleventh it was stated several days ago that
the decision would be made so that
definite wohi could be given the
Small boys and likewise girls who farmers by Thursday about this im
like to go to school and who look for portant phase of the new farm plan-
ward longingly to the opening data
Due to renewed activity among the
each fall will soon have their ambi wheat conference leaders in London
tion realized for the principals are it has been deemed advisable to await
arriving, looking over their sheets their decision on world wide wheat
and making schedules for the win acreage reduction for a few days
tai s work , Teachers will drop into longer instead of setting the United
। town soon to take up the task of States percentage without regard to
teaching the youngsters the three R’s that of other nations-
and all the remainder of things that
It was presumed earlier in the
go to make up a modern education.
week that if a percentage was agreed
Rufus planned to start school or on by the world conference the same
the day after Labor Day, but has percentage would be made to apply
postponed opening until ’ a week to this country and that if no deciato
later. Wasco, originally dated for the was reached by the international
18th may begin the 11th and it is delegates there would be a very small
now thought that it will be possible reduction asked of American farm
for all of the town schools to start er? and that the administration would
on the 11th. Kent has expressed a 1 rely on export bounties to raise the
preference for that date, Moro in-1 domestic price here. A scheme of
tended to start then and Grass Valley this sort is apparently to be used as
once decided on the 18th may open far as the northwest is concerned to
up a week earlier to conform to the judge from reports coming from the
general movement-
export hearing held in Portland this
As all of the schools have athletic week, the results of which will not be
schedules which include the other announced until approved by the
schools a uniform opening date is secretary of agriculture.
considered an advantage to the en
tire county system.
Kids Swimming Class
Ivan White and Victor D. Carhon
were in the county last week arrang-
ng for a series of heannge to be held
in each of the towns of the county
Klondike & M btb Communities Name for
the purpose of registering the
unemployed
for work on highway
x Board Members
improvement work on the Columbia
river this fall and winter.
Mr- Carbon b the federal director
of employment stationed in The
Dalles and will have . charge of the
i 4rork of hiring men for the contract-
' ors doing the work.
Mr. Carlson will be at Wasco at the
Independent Warehouse and Milling
company office on Monday, August
Wide Group
28, between the hours of 8:80 and
12100.
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He will be in Moro in the Boy
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Scouts
room in the basement of the
Community organizations under the
Moro
hotel
between 1.30 and 3:30 on
requirement ol tho Farm Recovery
the
same
day.
Administration bo^hn in Sherman
He will be in Grass Valley from
county Monday of this week with an
4:30
until 6:80 at the Grass Valley
afternoon meeting at the Klondike
Grange hall and another meetihg at Pharmacy on the same day-
All those interested in this work
the court house in Moro the evening
of the same day. BoJi of these should arrange to see Mr.' Carlson
meetings were led by F. L- Ballard, whiie he is in the county.
A meeting of the contract shippers
The annual 4-H club children’s fair
of the Columbia Boat A Barge com
will be held next Monday at the
pany was held in Wasco last Monday
county fair grounds according to an
evening at Fraternity hall with offi
nouncement made this week by the
cers of the company present to ex
School Superintendent W. W- Knigh-
plain the proposed constitution and
ten
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.Election of community officers and by-laws of the company- .
“The early (tate* explained Mr-*
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Ono of the purposes of the meeting
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county representatives in each dis-
Knighten, “Is caused by the fact that
was
to elect a Sherman county ment-
trict was the official - t^ainoM of the
ber
of
an advisory board which will
meeting a J- M- Yocum was made
week, and all county club fairs must
have a voice in the affairs of the
chairman of the Klondike district and
be held previous to that event.”
company. W. B. Rice was elected for
director on the county board and
It is expected that state club
Sherman county. He will serve with
Ormand Hilderbrand and Lee Dehler
leader H. C- Seymour and assistants
Walter Hartfield of Gilliam, county
were elected as the other members of
L. J. Allen and Miss Helen Cowgill
and Chas. Jensen of Klickitat county
the Klondike community allotment
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wil be here that day to judge the ex 1^-
I who have been elected at previous
hibits of the youngsters and aid them
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meetings.
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At Moro W. S- Powell was elected
in preparing for next year-
Mr. Knighten wil be at the fair as director on the county board and Interested Bankers Visit
grounds all day Sunday to receive chairman of the community board.
County This Week
exhibits and he win also be on hand Theodore Johnston and L. L- Peetz
early Monday morning to finish with were named as the community board
whatever exhibits may come in late. members
The county has been pretty well
Announcement was made that Per-
The fair will start at 10 a- m.
Four children will be taken to the xy N. Johnston, of Condon, had been supplied with * bankers this week
state fair the next week- They will appointed to assist M. Smith in this when it is considered that there is not
be chosen because of their outstapd- four county district and that he a banking institution operating in the
ing club work during the year. Two would be in charge of the refnaining county.
L. A. Littleton, of The Dalles
Sherman county meetings to be he)d
girls and two boys will be chosen.
this month. Mr. Johnston was for branch of the United States National
merly a resident of this county hav was here for several days soliciting
HOLC Heads Named
ing lived here during boyhood days business for his bank and later Grant
until 1919 when he moved to 8. Hemphill, of the First National,
For County and
Condon where he is a farmer en was getting acquainted with resi
gaged in raising wheat on a ranch a dents of tho county in tho interests
few miles east of that town.
of his institution.
Appointment of local administn-
It was expected that a man would
tions for the Home Owners Loan
be appaointed to serve Sherman coun Lynden Lucas Takes
Corporation resulted in W. F Jack-
ty exclusively, but it appears that
son receiving the job as appraiser for
Job At Condon
there are few men on tho list capable
Sherman County and Roscoe Krier
of handling the job so fewer men are
being named as attorney for this
to be used than originally contem
county. Both are democrats. Mr.
Lynden Lucas has accepted a po-
plated-
Krier is a young attorney working in
In his review of the wheat situa cepted a position as manager of the
the office of Francis V- Galloway and
tion of the United States, Mr. Ballard Condon wheat growers association
is not at present a resident of Sher
stated that our normal production and began his duties there Monday
man county.
has been 850 million bushels per year morning. W- P. Scarth, former mana
since the war days and that our nor ger there has gone to the Willamette
mal disappearence has been between valley to another position.
Fines Trickle Into
Mr- Lucas has been identified with
600 and 650 million bushels- This
Wasco Treasury made it necessary for us to export warehousing and wheat handling in
about 200 million bushels annually. terests in this county for many years
We were able to do this until tariff having been an employee of the
Arrests of persons under the in-
Wasco Warehouse Milling Company
Continued to page four.
fluence of intoxicants has gone on
before the Farmer’s National came
regularly with Wasco - taking the
into being. Since the oo-operative
lead in the past two week ends-
organisation bought the warehouses
Weather More Pleasant
fine of |12-50 was paid by Lea More
in the county he has been superin
house after hb arrest a week ago and Since End Of Hot Spell
tendent of warehousing-
last Saturday night a young man
He has been mayor of Wasco,
working at Moro and One working
member of the council and for years
This week has been a decided re has been prominent in American
near Wasco were arrested by Marshal
lief
from the extremely hot weather Legion affairs throughout the dis-
Everett and each paid a fine of tho
of
last
when the thermometer ran up trict.
same size into the coffers of the city.
to 101 degrees on several days. Even
Frank Knox will handle his work
this 101 was not as hot as it can get jor
remainder of the season.
in Sherman county for back in 1928.
in July Old Sol bore down to end the Call For Warrants
mercury up to 110.
From District No.7
Temperatures of over 190 degrees
MAX./ MIN. PRECIP
DATR
are uncommon however for except
3. 17 ... ........ 98.. . 65 . . . - 00
for the above mentioned years the
Warrants No. 106, dated Decem-
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18 .. ............87 . 50 . .. .00
mercury has stayed below 100 except
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19./. ......... 75 . . 42... .00
in 1914-15 and 20. Nineteen twenty ber 23rd, 1932, to and including
........... 71.. . 85 .. .00
eight was not a hot year as a whole warrant No- 146, dated February 10.
-21....... ....... 79.. .39... .00
except for the one hot spell- This 1933, will be paid in full at the office
22....... ......... 85 . . «... .* .00
week it has been very pleasant with of School District No. 7, Wasco, Ore-
28___ .. ..M.. . 51.. .. .co
temperatures below 95 on the hottest gon. Interest ceases at the date of
.00
Total for wee|c,..
this notice.
day.
WEATHER REPORT FOR ,
WEEK ENDING AUG. 23
No. 42
REDUCTION NIÏ BE SMALL
Martin Redding Coming
To Grade Autoists'
Held At Biggs
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Swimming lessons are taking the
attention of the youngsters now
since Red Cross lessons have begun
again- On Wednesdays at ten o’clock
a lesson is given at Biggs and on
Thursdays at two o’clock a lesson is
given at Stiles. Each class has an
instructor to teach the youngsters
how to handle their arms and legs in
order to learn the art.
M t . Martin Redding Examiner of
Operators and Chauffeurs, will.be in
Moro Wednesday. August 30, 1933, at
the Courthouse between the hours of
10 a. m- and 5 p. m. respectively, ac
cording to a recent announcement re
leased fom the Secetary of State’s
office
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Newspaper Files of Years Ago
Tell of Early Day Happenings
From the Observer August 28, 1914. ma. The Flag of Truce-
Blue stem wheat was up to a dol- J
Frank Hulery is once more in
lar at the close of the market in Port charge of the Phallamont livery at
land last Saturday.
Wasco-
A little thing like a war in Europe
Mrs. A. 0. Anderson sold her resi--
never bother. . genuine bueb.ll Un. dence propert(y now Kcnpied by E.
The other day we ask Ernie Moore Sells to E. A. Cushman for $1000-
for the news and he gave us the
From the Observer August 30, 1894-
standing of the coast league teams.
Justice French and Justice- Meader
A baby girl was bom to Mr. and
met
in the Observer office this weak ,
Mrs- Roy Powell Monday evening at
and
discussed the railway situation
the Poley sanitarium.
freely We believe the road will soon
J- O. Thompson has purchased the 1 be built.
feed and stable business from Alex
The Thompson A McDonald crew
Hunter.,
and the Wash . Reynolds crew of
L. J. Pape was in town Tuesday threshers will play a game of < base
and took homo a new set of light ball for an oyster supper soon.
buggy harness from the Belshee shop ।
A school program given at tho doz
at less than war time prices.
ing of Miss Gordon’s classes featured
From the Observer August 26, 1901 ' recitations and songs bv the Blalock
A letter from William Kenny who children, Ernest, Fay, Fred and Pearl
recently moved to Canada told of tho the Stanton children Carrie and Edna
trip and his first impressions of the the Jones children Jeane and David
Alberta country-
and Gilbert Davis.
A night school will be started by
County clerk Hayes took a three
Messrs Frott 'and Bryant about Oc- mile walk the morning of the 25th as
tober 1st. Bookkeeping, commercial *his horse eft him at a farm house
law and typewriting will be taught. ! where he went on business-
The Margarita Fischer company
opened a two night engagement at the
Opera house last Friday evening pre-
senting the interesting military dra-
* H. Hennagin met with an accident
to his header on the 28th that cost a
loss of time. He has ten day» har-
vesting ahead of him-