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german County Journal
Grass Valley
SHERMAN COUNTY OBSERVER, Established Nov. S, 1888
GRASS VALLEY JOURNAL, Eetebliobed Oct. 14, 1W7
CONSOLIDATED, MARCH 6, 1981
WASCO NEWS-ENTERPRISE, Eetabliabed 1891
CONSOLIDATED MARCH 4, 1982.
For Sale: A »et of hack harnesa
Seo L- R. French.
1932
Charles French left for Seattle
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Managing Editor the next morning for home. Charley
has not been well for several weeks
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h«a lately developed a condition
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that may be serious.
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Moro, Oregon, under Act of from his railroad run on the Condon
branch.
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Coogrew of March 1, 1879.
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Mrs- Taylor, mother of Mrs- I> C.
I Dickson, is visiting here with her
SI W daughter thia week.
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Don Smith and Vern Baker were
here Saturday night from ' Forest
Grove where they are attending
school.
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BACK TO REALITY
Adaughter was born September 29
I to Dorothy Stradley Morris of Spo-
A famous teacher in Portland the other day said that since k*M. She 1» a dau^t*»-
Mt. ana
the beginning of the depression people had gone back to thel1^ p- u stradioy.
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to the El Paso offle« of the United
Preaa go it was in the El Paso pa-
pera this mornlug, and your Uncle Bill
read it there."
"Uncle Bill? Why, what wa« he do
Ing In El Paso?"
"En route to Valle Verde, my dear.
I’d wired the old gentleman a hearty
Invitation to come down and visit us.
and he has accepted and was on his
way." Thus Jaime Miguel Hfgueues
—the Hari However, he comforted
himself with the thought that l)«ftas
only a white Ue and was to be pre
ferred to violating his word of honor
to Crooked Bill not to reveal to hla
niece the news that only two days pre
vious he bad been in Los Algodones,
plotting against their peace and hap
piness.
"You’re such a dear, Jimmy. Si
thoughtful, Dear Uncle BUI. I know
he’s missed me. , Does he know I'm
hurt?”
“Yes. the paper» carried the Kory.
I’ve wired him on the train to save
his tears until our wedding day ”
“Are we engaged, Jimmy? I c.in*t
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classics for their literature and philosophy; the newer ideas were I
Engstrom ha» finished paint
being discarded for the old.
house oauide and in. and BUI
That this movement IS going on in the world of thought is Brinkert has started on his farm
not strange for normally when men are puzzled they are inclined I,oW- Both ranches belong to R. J
to return to tbe things about which they fee) sure It has not been I
Sincetroubles descended upon the state _ A
fnelld8 sath«red st
the leaders have exerted themselves to find and try new ideal» to help George celebrate hi» birth-
that would not be given a second thought in normal times. 14ay.
ao in the world of politics.
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1921
1923
1925
A3 foreign restrictions on our
wheat mount higher, more of it
Uss up In this country. That la the
9ason at this chart of United Slates
rheat stocks and the rate of import
'sty imposed by representative
Ouropean consuming countries. In
>25 these duties first became gen
<al and sinos that time our wheat
1927
1929
1930
1932
1931
supplies have climbed. Tie Get man
duty of 81.62 la highest of all. a* 'he
picture shows. Next come? Hal. a 1; h
a duty of 11 07 a bushel and IFiallv
France Is lowest with a duty of 80.S5.
The black bars, representing the
wheat stocks In the United States,
show that while these restriction«
have been In force, the stocks have
climbed to more than 360 million
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bushels Even with the short crop is
the United States this year, the black
bar representing the stocks for this
country h year from now probably
will be near the 200 million bushel
mark The following year, If nothing
I* done to prevent It, the carryover
I* again likely to be around 350 mil
Iloti bushels.
The library of the high school has
“They say that if a man's ears arP
Meier, Governor of the State of Ore
Whether they are to prove sucessful or not remains to be seen.
Herman Peters is leaving for port-
undergone a thorough cleaning dur gon, by authority in me vested do cd itS a sign that somebody is talk
Even in the farming practices of our own county a return to Iand •«x»“
b*™ another ®x«n>na ing the past week The Senior class
designate and proclaim the period ing about him."
the customs that have been tested by years is going on. Farmers
ti<m by lnauranc® doctor»-
. was selected to do the work and from October 8th to 14th a.i Fire
“Yes, and he can just bet that
somebody is also talking about him
are less inclined to gamble on a crop than formerly; they groa Brewer
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th he i 'f therefore escape some of the daily Prevention Week
area&ier property in the north end of routine of studying.
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In support of this observance, 1
urge that local officials, and organiza
tions in every community promptly
unite upon specific programs of co
operation, in order to discover and
game and wonderful team work was cort-ect existent fire hazards, promote
displayed
measures of public and private fire
protection, extend instruction in fire
prevention among adults as well an
Fire Prevention Week
school children and arouse the people
Governor Meier has issued the fol generally to the need for habits of
lowing proclamation asking people to greater carelessness.
observe fire week:
If this be undertaken without delay
In accordance with the proclama and earnestly carried on throughout
tion issued by the President of the the year, the result cannot fail to be
United States, I invite the people of a large contribution to public welfare
In testimony whereof, I have here
this state"to observe Fire Prevention
Week from October 8th to 14th. I unto set my hand and caused the seal
hope they will make this a conscious of the State of Oregon to be hereto
ness of the dangers from fire which affixed on this, the 22nd day of Sep
wlil remain with them and be effec tember, A. D. 1933
Julius L. Meier,
tive throughout the entire year.
- Governor, i
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Julius L.
the crops they can grow
Livestock as a supplement to wheat town and will move to the budding»
The vollyball game Friday night,
farming is coming in again because a little variety gives more there this week
between Rufus and Grass Valley was
security of income. -
Leslie Peterson has had the cast very successful indeed, for Grass Vai
People are concerned with the necessities of life. We work I uk^ f
hU ler and b now able ley. Both teams played a very good
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to provide for ourselves to-day instead of for a trip to California I
next winter. We have turned to the basic ideals of life in a way. I
were in
Wc live for to-day
Families that one time could find no enjoy- business and pleasure trip
ment within their neighborhood are now content with the society I
they find in their own community. It is almost like the ideal state I <
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Kent News
of affairs the pioneers of the county tell about
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BONNEVILLE
The Kent volley ball team motored
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The government's decision to build the Bonneville dam has I first game of the season The girts
been acclaimed with great joy in the section of the northwest I put up a good fight, but were unable
where it will make the greatest change. As we understand it the to get ahead of the Moro team. The
score was 30-14 in Moro’s favor.
principal purpose of the dam will be to generate power at a cheap
Mr. and Mrs Ted Kaser of Port
er rate than any other plant so far constructed. This may be of land spent Sunday visiting in Kent
great help to Portland and to other cities able to provide the other
George Craig of Camas, Wash- was
necessities for a factory center.
a business visitor in Kent Saturday.
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Transportation of goods on the river will not be aided by the
The Kent high school duly initiated
dam unless better locks are built than was first planned. thirf freshmen Saturday evening at a
party which was held at the Legion
They will be locks designed for barges and not for large vessels. hall- The teacher» of the school ond
The goods of the Columbia basin will not be moved to seaboarc I the alumni attended also.
Our advantage fron I Alta Norton and Lester Wilson of
cheaper because of the Bonneville dam
it will come from the increased population the cheap power max I Kent, Mrs. w. R. Adams of Antelope
attract
Up river communities that expect a boon after the dan 1
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Seal for the N. R. A. CoOcc rater
I land were dinner guests, at the J. C.
is completed will, we think, be dissappointad for with Portlari I wuson home Sunday
only 40 miles away from the power house it is only reasonable
Mr and Mrs- J. L. Matthes spent
to suppose that the factories that come to the northwest on ac I Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs
count of cheap power will be built near tide water and near the I W’ D' Barnett
Vaiiety.
largest available supply of labor and the largest market for their <uy ni(rht at
church ,nd organ_
products.
ixed Christian Endeavor under the
leadership
of Miss Johnson who acted
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at chairman.
Pauline Dkvis wa^ elec
Let no official of the borrowing state or county governments I ted president
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GRASS VALLEY SCHOOL NOTES
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Freshman initiation was held
Something should be said in praise of the weather mans
actions in the past week. It couldn’t have been better unless it ushered into high school.
had rained.
I The director of dramatics. Mr-
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A destinct Step has been taken in the development of the dam
on the lower Columbia: they are discussing names for it.
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Rowe, has decided upon a three act
play to be given by the high school
students. The title of the play is
“The Dutch Detective.’’ It will be
given sometime before December.
The Senior class met Friday and
There must have been a lot of baseball experts with a grouch
decided upon the graduation an-
after the second world series of game
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class selected
their
Wheat should begin to move now that the plan for exporting class rings and pins this Monday.
it is approved and maybe there will be a price’ that farmers will
take.
Every business firm or individual who agrees to co-operate with the gov
ernment In Its national recovery program Is entitled to use this seal, which is
endorsed by the President The rather futuristic eagle holds with the tnions
of one foot a cog symbolizing labor's place In the machine age, and with the
other claw the zig zag lines representing electricity.
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Let Portland have a road to the coast built from federal funds
Goodness knows why two roads are demanded, most communities
are glad to have one
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“Cooking is not a messy job”, says a cooking expert She
should take a look at the kitchen sometime when the wife is away.
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The legion asked Hoover for beer and then at Portland asked
for the bonus. Roosevelt gave them beer and they refused to ask
for the bonus.
It is reported that 34 cents in American money can be exchan
ged for $3000 in Chines*« currency. As tough as it may seem it is
better than if it were reversed.
We have Stacks of Clothes and Shelves full of Shoes.
They can be bought cheaper now—Don’t Delay—Get ready
for winter.
It is ECONOMY to buy while prices are low.
Our large stock of Dry Goods and Clothing
is an opportunity for our customers.
H. Zeigler’s
Grass Valley
Oregon
Milton—Henry, your wife never
seems to grasp anything you are say
ing to her.
Henry—No; she’» the kind of wom
an who. Instead of listening to what
you are saying, is already thinking
of what she is going to say.
Employer — James I wish
wouldn’t whistle at your work
James—I wasn’t working; ‘ I
just whistling-
you
was
Lawyer—Then you admit that you
struck the plaintiff with malice afore
thought ?
> Defendent, indignantly—You can’t
fix me up like that- Fvo told you
twice I hit him with a brick, and
done it on purpose. There wasn’t no
mallets nor nothin’ of the kind about
it—Just a plain brick like any
gentleman would use.
if his nose is red.’’
ueror
So tin* eihhr.rra sed wretch obeyed
orders, arid Itoberm fainted again.
“Don Jaime, ihla time It's your fault,"
Hobart almost moaned.
"Fan her ami mop her face with this
wet bandanna,’* Don Jaime comtnand-
ed.
He went
the corral and
"Are Wc
Engaged, Jimmy?"
remember that you’ve ever asked me
to marry you.”
“Oh, didn’t I, sweetheart?"
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He rubbed his tanned chin and his
lazy eyes roved over her whimsically.
searched In the chuck wagon for the
”1 suppose I was afraid 1 might speak
tin box containing the small field first-
out of my turn, but of course when
aid ki1 he suspected might be there.
you
came stampeding into that corral
It was, so he returned to the girl, cut
yesterday and broke the glad news to
her clothing away from the wound and
me, I couldn’t, as a man of honor, pre-
applied first aid in a singularly work
tend I didn’t understand you. So I
manlike manner. Thereafter he at
. rather took it for granted.”
tended to his wounded men and when
He bent low over her and
that task was done he caught the
her cheeks with bis eager lipa “SUH
chuck wagon mules In the corral, har-
interested In those bummer lambs,
nessed and hitched them, spread out
boll-weevil and Irrigation, brown
on the floor of the wagon box the bed
ding rolls he found there and loaded I babies and cholo men and women.
I heat, dust and purple lights on the
ids casualties Into the wagon.
"Home, James,” he called cheerily I buttes at dawn and sunset, darling?”
She nodded. "I can be a good part-
to an Imaginary chauffeur, climbed up
| ner, Jimmy. 1 never had any respon-
onto the sent and gathered the reins. | si bl titles—and now I want so badly
He peered down between his legs at
I to share yours—always.
How are
Roberta's face upturned to him from I your wounded men?"
the wagon bed.
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"Taking an Interest in life. I sent
“You'd have to live a few lifetime» I them over a quart of thirty-year-old
In Dobba Ferry, Westchester county, I Bourbon whisky a friend gave me ro-
Now York, before you’d get your teeth I cently, Mrs. Ganby is still weeping
Into life as deeply as you have In the
past hour and a half," he assured her I with Joy over our engagement, and
I Robbie Is Jealous as a collie dog. He
cheerfully. "Whose spunky old sw’eet-
I has an Idea that when we’re married
hoart are you?"
I he’ll have to leave the ranch.”
"Youse," said Roberta wearily.
“I wouldn’t even have a groun I
"Giddap," yelled Don Jaime, and I squirrel
leave that ranch, Jimmy."
flicked the rumps of the leaders with
"Then
we’ll keep Robbie and his
his long whip. Gently he eased the I ma on the payroll"
mules into yielr collars and rolled
“Does Uncle Bill know of our en-
away up the valley Into a long draw
I gagement?”
that wound between the hills and
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Don Jaime produced the telegram
eventually led them out to where the I and read:
deserted motorcar waited. Here he
"I never figured on you taking ore:-
transferred hit wounded — Lambert
my principal responsibility but now
O’Grady, and Martine» Trujillo on the
that you Insist on being reckless take
rear seat, with Ken Hobart on the
a tip from one who knows stop Do not
front seat. lastly he lifted Roberta
np Into Hobart's arms, after which I »poll her stop I did that long ago
he braked the chucTc wagon, unhitched I stop You are as welcome in our fam
ily as the silence that follows a con
the mules and tethered them to the
gressional oration
wheels.
“Sheepishly yours
“Guess they can stand a night of
“UNCLE BILL"
watchful waiting," he declared, and
“Why does he sign himself ‘sheep-
climbed In back of the wheel. “And
Ishly yours,* Jimmy dearT’
maybe I wasn’t a smart boy when I
“Some far-fetched allusion to the
put Mrs. Ganby on the payroll per
manently. Nothing like having a good I sheep that brought you here. Bobby.
trained nurse around in an emergency I Just some of his gringo humor, I
Imagine."
like this. Hold on. everybody!"
“I sea "• She wag silent, turning hi»
He switched on the lights and tooled I
the car carefully down through the I brown, strong, useful hands, counting
I the calluses on them. Hands that had
sage to the Loa Algodones road, after I
which they made fast time to the I known toll and would always know it,
I the hands
empires, hands
ranch. Here one of the hands took I that, when that build
folded at last In the peace
the car and departed for Lo» Algo
that would mean their* parting, would
dones to bring back the only two doc
be kissed by lowly people and sprin
tor» there, while Don Jaime aided Mrs.
kled with their tears.
Ganby to make her patients comfort
“It will be forever and ever, Jim
able.
my," she whispered "and I’m so happy
About noon the next day Jaime
—and grateful"
Miguel HIguenes came into Roberta's
"The Illguenes men keep their
room and sat dffwn on her bed.
women," he assured her gravely.
"Caraveo and his men have Just got
She thought of Glenn Hackett
back safely," he Informed her. “Not I “Foor dear." she murmured absently.
a man of that bandit gdng got back I i
“He never had a chance," Don Jaime
across the river, »o I venture to say I assured her, with a flash Of that
this has been a lesson to them. I im I prescience, that clalrvoyaney, that
agine the Rancho Valle Verde will be I would always make him. for Roberta,
regarded In beyond-the-Border circle» I a new. puzzling, yet wholly under
ns a good place to keep away from I standable human being and a Joy for- ,
hereafter. How'» the future Mrs. Hlg- I ever. Yea, he would be the same ab
uenes feeling now. *
"Not very chipper, Jimmy. How do
lenging her Interest, always holding
you feel?”
It. Of him (the girl thought) It might
“Guilty as a »heep-killlng dog. Still I be said that age could not wither nor
every cloud has a silver lining. Din- I custom »tale his Infinite variety.
gio’s dead and 1 Imagine he died In- I
"I’ll get my guitar and sing you a
testate. At any rate I have a sus
Httle Spanish love song my gmnd-
picion nobody is going to come around
mother taught me," bo suggested. “IF»
and claim a ten per cent Interest in
very old. It came Into Pern with
my lamba And I have a telegram I Pizarro and worked north. Oh. by the
from your Uncle Bill. It seems that I way, I forgot something! Ix»t’» get
when the news of the battle got to Los I this on record officially. Miss Anti n'
Algodone» last night, via th» man I
will you 4« me Hie m4ir honor to
sent after the doctors, the editor of I marry me?’*
(he local palladium of liberty, the Los
"You outrageous Celt," she langbed.
Algodones Herald, considered It of suf- I “YoO’rs the last of the troubadours
flcleDt
to put
on the wire
Of course I wlU."
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