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About Sherman County journal. (Moro, Or.) 1931-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 5, 1934)
german County inumai Canty Obnrvar Eat., UM. Gran Va Ury Jamal Bat, UM.. CaaaaUatW Marfh «, MSI. « = Moro, Oregon, January 5, 1934 ■ Forty Sixth X*** : - COUNIT COURT NAMES APPOINFNE OFFICERS Ebeti** Officiai», Stock iaspector, R*slYiewm Naaed ROM PROJiCIS PRESEHreD , a. - Varco Newa-Eaterpriac, Eat., 1890, Co.Mlid.fH March « 1932 ' • , . * North Eiders Have Raid-Striker ¡Reed The first meeting of the county court for each year is always a time for detail work. A new list of elec tion officials must be appointed, new officers mu9c be named and the usual nwh of small matters has to be ar- —ed for the coming year. Tils year was nd exception. Court ■'< labored over the poll books iff new election boards or ffiv* . : tne old another try at the job. . t ci Stewart was named stock in spector. The Sherman County Jour nal was made the county official paper for the year. D- E. Vintin. Roy Powell and Homer S- Wall were made the road viewing board again and the other officers were reappoint ed. Three groups of road petitioners appeared each asking for improve ment of roads in their territory- AU same from, the north end of the county in the section . where the county road program did not rach before it wasa bandoned. The court agreed to make a CWA project of the road that leads from Mrs. Elisabeth Fuller’s place in Scott canyon up the canyon and over the hill to Dave Reid*s farm. It was estimated that the cost of this pro ject would be 14880.00- The road will take the place of the one that runs on the hill near the aeroplane beacon. Other committees asked for con sideration of a Scott canyon road that would be up to market road specifications. It was explained that the present work being done on the Brackett canyon leaves less than four miles between that point and Rufus. A road graded up and gravelled was considered necessary by pie committee which feels that their section of the county has waited patiently for road develop ment during the past years Ano. ther project was one to make a cut off on the Rufus road that is used by one of the school fusses making the run to the Rufus school. Both of these projects ware taken under ad visement by the court- Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Elder Married Fifty Years Mr. and Mrs- J. A. Elder of Forest Grove celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary December 30th, 1933 at their home. Their daughter, Mrs. A. E. Gardner holding open house ’-"m 2 to 4 o’clock. The house was beautifully decorated with gold chrys anthemums and gold rose buds- The •’hie from which ’ the two ladies was spread with a lace cloth w«s a wedding present ^50 : ry ago. Mrs. Elder were married T December 30, 1883 and 5 >•:. a farm one-half mile east cf Wasco Oregon. They were charter members of the M.' E. church at Wasco. They moved to Forest Grove in 1907. ¡■bjndsy ^December 31, Mr. and 'MrOj-.A. E Gardner and Mr. and Mrs. J. Lamborn Elder gave a dinner at the- A. £ Gardner home where places were laid for 24 relatives and friends. The table was beautifully decorated with a large wedding cake and gold candles -and chrysanthe mums. ’ W. H. Ragsdale drove to Spokane early this week on a business trip. Moro Council Approve* New CWA Project Moro city council met Tuesday night for a genera^ diecuari^n of CWA work and formation of plans for continued employment of the men on that work in this part of - the county. Permission has been grant ed to Moro to put in a supplementary project and continide week cd the water pipes of the city which will be done. Clarence Mersenger was ap pointed as foreman of this work. It was voted to try to obtain CWA funds for the water system project that was discussed last fall. This is designed to install larger pipes in the main line between the cistern and the business section of town in order to materially reduce the insurance rates and to give better fire protec tion as well as reduce the risk of disease caused by dead spots in the water system. A circulating system has been recommended by the in surance bureau. A free and untrammeled discus sion of the hotel rent situation was held with no definite results achiev ed- , • . Fat Beef Clubs Being Started 1 * , In an effort to start several fat calf clubs Wily Knighten and Perry Johnston, county school superinten dent and bounty agent, respectively, have traveled about this county in search of boys or girls who will be come sufficiently interested in a calf to put it in shape for the stock show next fall- Calves to enter this project should be full blooded calves and should re ceive the best of cire in order to be able to compete with thooe from other parts of the west- The 4-H club leaders will be glad to assist any boy or girl in this pro ject or others regarding other live stock- They were at Arlington Tuesday looking over beef herds there and spent Wednesday at Kent and Grass Valley. Deposits Guaranteed With New Year . 6B0WEH6 TO HEAR I REOraillAN TALK — The telephone lines of this county | suffered heavily during the one fog and freeze last week. On top of Gordon ridge and the demetery MH « north of Grass Valley the lines are nearly all down. Company crews I were here immediately and strung up temporary wiree *o that communiea-.) tions could be restored but the job of । making permanent repair is waiting ! —* 9 a / Çwina U■u■g HMBKI " uwmc . utters k minimum pulled poles over and broke cross arms for long stretches- Telephone] conversations were limited to a small, territory for several days and com munication between towns had to be j relayed as far as Madras in some * instances. Farmers who grow hogs in this * a 1 county will have an apportunity to Arranged For listen to an explanation of the corn Two Weddings hog program at the court' house January 17 at 1:30 in the afternoon. To off-set the tendency toward divorces in this county the county While this county is not a large clerk has a few marriage license ap producer of pork there are a number plications to announce. of farmers w hoc an cooperate in the Boyce W. Blaylock, son of Mr. and Mrs- E. R- Blaylock of Grass Valley hog reduction plan and receive some and Miss Catherine Elizabeth Jones benefits from it. Hog - raisers who of Multnomah county will receive raised three or more Utters of pigs , in 1932 and 1933 can join in the plan. their license today, Friday. Miss Pauline Edna Newcomb, There is a provision regarding the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. 8. number of acres of corn raised that Newcomb of Grassi Valleyand Lysan does not apply to Sharman county. der Smith Logan of Oakland, Cali There are undoubtedly a number of fornia may wed Saturday for their farmers who have exceeded three lit ters of pigs within the past two three days will htfve ended then- years- These are asked to join in the reduction program if they desire. Legion Has Important ‘ Ae with the wheat plan It will be Meeting Next Week necessary for farmers together in formation about the disposal of their hogs for the period from December Moro legionnaires will ho'ld a meet 1, 1931 to December 1, 1933- Upon ing Wednesday night at the hall for this information -¿he allotment is made the first meeting of the new year- Legionnaires are used to being dl -poeal of their The processing tax on hogs is to told that such and such a meeting is going to be important. This one be enforced by the internal revenue really is. Two payments are due on department. The courtty agent’s delinquent taxes and sometihting will office has nothing to do with collect either be done by the Legion or ing the hog tax. Those who butcher something will be done by the coun hogs are responsible for that tax. ty before long. Some of the boys] are thinking of giving a play this New Policy Featured winter as a means of first aid to the exchecquer. Some have other no- By Insurance Company tions. All ex-service men are urged to come out, Wednesday, January 10 Featuring the new Reconstruction Policy recently presented by Oregon Mutual Life Insurance Co., the Smith Fire Hazards Reduced Agency of that Company directed by Edgar W. Smith, General Agent, in the seven weeks—November 13 to December 30— wrote 157 policies. Salem. Ore- January 2, (Special)— The campaign ended the first seven State Fire Marshal A. H. Averill months of the Agency’s business, and announces with much pleasure that 40 salesmen will be guests of the the Holiday Season has passed with- j Company at a Sales Conference to out the reporting of any deaths, in LaGrand on January 5 seriotm injuries or heavy property and 6 as the result of each having losses in Oregon due to careleMnees written two or more policies during in the use of the customary inflam the campaign mable Christma trees and decora tions. G. G. Updegraff Made This has been accomplished only । by the fire cautiousness of the pub Veteran Agent lic at large and Uhl? general good supervision by the parents and oth ers old enough to realize the dangers, George Updegraff has been ap petfticularly to tihe small' chilldr-'n. pointed by Jerrold Owen, head of the Although the holidays have passed World War Veteran’s State Aid in this fortunate manner these same Commission, as agent for Sherman hazards are very often increased due county of all property in the posses to the trees having become dry and sion ani property that is delinquent. highly inflammable and being dis This is a part of th c commission’s carded in the basements - or other plan to decentralize the work and convenient points or being burned in get it closer to the holders of proper open fireplaces, stoves or furnaces ty bought under this plan. In most with a flash of inlense heat which cases those who were already rep sometimes envelops the clothing; resenting the state were appointed, causes fires from overheated condi in most cases, and Mr. Updegraff has tions in general or starts flue fires. been attorney for the commission Many • disasterous ' fires have been here for several years. started from these careless practices. ’ Insurance of bank deposits in Ore gon became a reality on January 1st when the Federal Deposit Issurance Corporation guaranteed bank depos its up to $2.500. E. B- MacNaugh- ton, President of the First National Bank of Portland, announced today that The First National Bank had made first premium payment which insured, after New Year’s Day, 97 percent of the bank’s depositors 100 per cent and insured the other 3 per cent of its deposits up to $2,500- This aggregation of depositors in the First National Bank of Portland parallels almost exactly with a simi lar classification of all banks in the Twelfth Reserve District as shown by information developed under a recent survey which states that “In the Twelfth Reserve District 96-6 per cent of all deposits accounts did not exceed $2.500 on May 13, 1933. Nearly 99-4 per cent of the depositors carried balances smaller than $10,000 leaving only six accounts in every thousand with deposits of $10,000 or over. On-the other hand the $2,500 group of accounts included only 33.3 per cent of the dollaj amount of the deposits, while but 55 4 per cent of the dollar deposits came wiihis the 110,000 or smaller class of account.” The Federal Deposit Insurance Cot- poration, created under provisions of the 1933 Banking Act, guarantees deposits of $2,500 or less in banks and became effective January 1st 1934. After July 1, 1934, plans of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corpora tion will be completed for effecting the 100 per cent insurance of bank . DATE'“ deposits up to $10,000 ; 75 per cent DEC. 28 insurance of deposits from $10.000 29 to $50,000; and 50 per cent insurance P0 ... of all larger bank deposits, - 31 ... 1... Miss Dorothy Foss returned to JAN. 2 ... MohmoUth normal where she is tak 8 ... ing a teachers training course, after Total for spending her vacation at home. No. 9 * Sherman Countians Go 50 Miles For I Breakfast County Warrants Called Funds are now available for the payment of all Sherman County Gen MIN, PRECIP eral Fund Warrants Registered “Not 28 22 JO । paid for want of Funds,” prior to .. 48 25 .... .12 September 1, 1933- Serial Noa. 813 .. 46 . . 86 .00 to 1214 ‘inclusive. Registered Nos- .00 ... 42 . 30 219 to 620 inclusive. ....38 88 .0«* Interest stops on / this date. - 46 . . 38 .. 10 Dated this 5th day of January ....50 . 42 .. 80 1934. week .58 A. M. Young, County Treasurer. • County Employment WHmEOTO WHEAF IN 1933 TOLD Four Sherman county men braved Homer S- Wall, who has been the early dawn last Saturday morn county engineer and county surveyor ing and drove to The Dalles to at for these many yvsrS has resign«! tend the Lion’s Club breakfast, an and accepted a position as engineer event that is held close to the advent Review By Department of Agricnhure for CWA work in Deschutes, Crook of a new year. The after breakfast and Jefferson counties. He will have talk made by Dean W. A. Schoenfelt, Gives Stocks the responsibility of approving or re of Oregon State college, who said fusing to approve all the civil work-, that development of the Columbia projects in that district and rework river for power and transportation ing the project plans as submitted would not seriously damage existing by the several municipalties or other companies. He thought that enough units that apply for CWA funds It new uses for power and transporta is probable that lat?r the PWA work tion would be developed to off set any will come under the same engineers. temporary loss to railroads and Mr. Wal) will be stationed at Bend for power companies. He said that fruit the present. Mrs. Wall and the Fluctuât on of Currencies Chaff es AU could not be hauled by barge without three Wall girls will remain in Was- Prices Greatly refrigeration and later transferred to co, at least until Uha end of the school cooled ships for ocean ship year- ment as too much damage to fruit It -is thought. likely that Sherman would result. He strongly urged vhe The year 1933 witnessed the first county will not hire a county en larger locks at Bonneville. gerJ.i-al upward trend in domestic Amusement features centered a- gineer at the present time believing roun4 a prophesy of new industries that other arrangements for ngineer- grain prides from the low levels pre that would come to The Dalles and ing can be made as needed and that vailing since the sharp decline of the mid-Columbia in case locks a J competent road foreman can be hired 1929-1930, states the U. S- Bureau of Agricultural Economics in tlh® Week power were made available as. re as needed. ly Grain Review of December 29- In charge of CWA engineering for quested Those attending from this Wheat prices doubled from March to this county will be C- M. Hurlburt, county were: ’ J. B. Adams, W- H. Ragsdale, J C. McKean and G. L. of Hood River- Mr._ Hurlburt has the middle of July and held more been county surveyor for Hood River than half of the gain, despite plenti- F rench- county until his appointment. He will | ful supplies and continued low world The .smallest domestic have charge of Sheiman< Gilliam, i markets. 1934 Starts Off Wet । crop in nearly 30 years, enactment Wasco and Hood River counties. . cf farm relief legislation and the up •33 Ends That Way turn in the general commodity price Production Loans level, all contributed ‘ to the advance- Now that 1933 is finally over it is Making Some Progress Foreign grain markets were un- . settled throughout) the year, with time to make a definite check oq the I ‘ harp fluctuations in currency ex- rainfall of the crop season beginning ' change values obscuring actual pric-j September 1. The average for this There haa been , something dont four month periodis 5.04 at the ex about production loans in this county trends.. World supplies of grain are periment station here- This fall, 5 52 after all but it hasn’t begun to show still plentiful, despite extremely inches have fallen giving almost half yet- Sometime in November the short crops in some of the indepen- an inch over the average. As before directors of the Sherman Co-opera dent grain producing areas and mar- mentioned it is nearly all in the tive Grain Growers of Wasco sent ket* stocks remain large. World ground. Except for the small rains in a list of prospective borrowers who trade in grain held at low levels that came in September and evapo agreed to organize such an associa throughout the year reflecting Jack rate'! out the total rainfall has bean tion in this county The wheat league of an effective market inquiry from absorbed by the soil wetting it down finance committee is concerned about consuming areas, maintenance of to a greater depth than fdr several tho set up of the association« and are high tariffs and other drastic bar riers and continuation of extreme years. working to make it liberal enough Also 1934 although new dt the that it can be used by those needing nationalistic policies. World trade game and supposedly unacquainted it. A group from Moro are ready to was characterized during the year by continuing slow demand from impor with the urgent need’ of the wheat organize. tant consuming areas as a result of farmers has started off generously. The slowness apparently is caused restricted trade barriers- This in For the first three days of the new by headquarters at Spokane where turn, stimulated extension of the year .40 of an inch fell most of i. they have not yet received their in policy of Government aid to ex coming Tuesday night when it rain- structions nor completed their organ • ports, de igned to reduce large sur ed all night. ization of the western corporation plus stocks which have been a de There is a probability that more that will handle the local as^ocia- pressing market influence during re rain has fallen at Wasco and points tioBs. cent years in the north of the county than in Important ' legislative measures the south end- Sevehal days ago which tended to restrict grain* im Susanne Searcy, small daughter of seven inches had been reported at ports, included the German decree Mr- and Mrs. J. L. Searcy, is with the Wasco station- her grandparents here recovering providing for complete control of tho from her recent illnesa Continued to page four. MRNfT EFFECTS PRICES PAIR George E. Thompson Buried In Vancouver George E. Thompson died at the home of his daughter, Mre. Walter Thornton. He was born in The Dalles April 23, 1860 and was over 73 years of age at the time of his death- His mother and father died be fore he was two years old and he was adopted by John Dickerson who raised and educated him- In 1884 he came tx> Sherman county and took up a homestea<l southeast of Moro on the place that still bears his name He was married to Mary Bolton May 3, *1881 in The Dalles. Nine children were bom to them of whom seven survive. They are Mrs. Edith ■Sayrs, of Moro, Mrs. Mabel Barnett of Grass Valley, Mrs. Alice Thora- ton, Mrs. Grace Nickelson and Mils Ruth Thompson of Portland, Morrs of Portland and Bert of Moro- In terment wa^ made in Var?ouvcr, Washington Cook Succeeds Adams t WEATHER REPORT FOR WEEK ENDING JAN.3 Homer S. Wail Leaves A new man is atthe helm of the North Pacific Grain Growers. Since the resignation of A. C. Adams who has been secretary and manager since A- Eugene Kelly resigned sev eral years ago there has been specu lation as to who would be selected to fillthe position- All speculation ceased Saturday when the board of directors selected Charles M. Cook W WAV urn to act <■» as inaiiagvi' manager, • i>aa. Mr. Cook has manager of the Pendleton local and is well known among grain ffr*ow- ere of this area. What Happened 40 Years Ago, And Who It Happened To From the Observer January 8, 1915. Hon. R- J. Ginn sold 1040 acres of wheat lands this week to Blake Cra mer and I. M Lemon, two and one- half miles from Bourbon. Consider ation $25,000 T. C- Lee in charge of the W. W. M. Co, wheat warehouse* for this vicinity, assisted by Harry Kuns- man, Geo. Frantz and Jim Tomlin, were busy this week loading out the As Alaska cat with superb fur, E. 0, L. Co- wheat stored ih this sec mink, otter, beaver, coyotes ' and tion. porcupines, and gopher snake aro Born to Mr. and Mrs. J. tR Coth some of the game birds homing on ran, at the L. J. Pape farm Wednes- Mr. Rohr's Villa farm this winter. dac morning, a ten pound girl. Dr. H. W- Naylor didn’t change his Poley attending. purpose, but left for Texas last W. H. Ragsdale ‘and 'family left week. for Salem Tuesday, where he will rep From the Observer January 10, 1895 resent tihis aentorial district during Mrs. John O'Leary arrived from the legislative session commencing Montana the day before Christmas. Monday to spend the holiday with her hus Misses Grace and Lulu May and band and sons in Oregon, missing brother are visiting at the homo of MY. O’Leary enroute, he having their parents, L. D. May near started upon a simllxt mission to Spaulding. visit Mrs. O’Leary and daughters (n Subscribers in this vicinity to the Montana. However, both will have, Millers’ Belgian Relief Fund will be very enjoyable visits, notwithstand interested in knowing* that the W. ing. Mrs. O’Leary with the boys W. M. Co* shipped a car of 250 bar and Mr O’Leary with the girls. rels of flour on tihe 24th of December,, Postmaster Marquis of Grass Val from The Dalles. ley is having a very serious time From the Observer January 13, 1905 with his hand and may yet be oblig iMiss Belle Fitzmaurice left for an ed to submit to amputatiori. extended st^y in Portland this week. Grass Valley has made the right She will be missed in Moro. move toward providing a fine build- Robert Urquhart has bought the S. S. Hayes farm joining the south boundry of this city, and will soon w * be at home nearer the schools and churches of Moro. The farm consists of 150 acres,. Consideration $4,000 m owss ihg fo^ a public hall- A company has taken steps to incorporate with cap ital sufficient to erect a building 40x 70 feet in sine, two stories high with seating capacity for 1000 people on the ground floor- ------
