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PAGE THE SHERMAN COUNTY JOUR NAL, MORO. OREGON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1934. TWO number of friends Friday afternoon with a quüting party and a fte r the Moro, Oregon Meets the le t and Xrd work was done th e ladies traded their Thursday evening* of needles fa r cardes. each month. ViaitUg ee eee mem hem cordially in Don’t fail to see. Ethel Barrymore vited to meet with us Bryant in her big role Tomorrow Elmer Hansen, W- M C. V. Belknap, Secy. n ig h t ee eee M o r o L e d » . N o . 1 1 3 1. O . O . F. M in Mildred Whalley arrived in Moro, O roroa Meets every Monday Moro Saturday for a visit with, her evening in the I.O.O.F aunts. Mrs. M argaret Peetz and Mrs. hall. T ransient and visiting brothers are Carroll Sayrs- She recently grad cordially invited to uated from high school in Portland __ meet with us. * eeeee Ralph Brisbine N.G. Concurrent birthdays of W- H. I Joe T ruitt, Secretary. Ragsdale and O. L- Belshe wer©| L u pi a . Rebecca Lod ge N o . 1 1 ® _ celebrated Thursday night a t t h e 1 Moro, Oregon Ragsdale home with dinner and a Meets 2d and 4th Tues days of each month, gathering of friends- Visiting members wel e • • • • come. -Joe Peters and family visited in Jessie Martin, N. G- Shaniko Sunday with relatives of Mrs. l.ila Bull, Secretary. Peter*. c .r .k « L W g - N o . 1X1 A . F . A A . M C h ris 3 c h . l t * P o e t N o . 71 A m e r ic a n L e g ie a > Mr». A- M Zevely of Dayville, was Meets a t Legion hall on calling on friends in Moro Wednes 2nd and 4th Wednesday day. ’ ' evenings of each month. Giles. L French, Commander Wily W. Knighton, A djutant lyTown Talk FOR SALE: Dry F ir and Pine wood Will deliver myself. W rite Ray Hulse, Mosier, Oregon. Lost: 4 yearling Hereford heifers, branded E on the right hip. Phone A. C. Kaseberg, collect • • • • • Baby Chicks: Leghorns, Reds, Rocks. Order now for early fall layers. Custom hatching 2 cents per egg. Wilcox Hatchery, Mosier. • • • • • Neil Rader, son of Air and Mrs. William Rader was taken to a hos pital in The Dalles last week suffer ing from a broken arm caused from falling fro n u a horse. • * * • R. J. Ginn has been kept to his home for the past week or more be cause of a slight stroke of paralysis He is reported to be getting along well- Mrs. E rnest B arnett visited here with her mother for several - days this week from her home near Mikka- lo in Gilliam county • MM Mr- and Mrs- Guy Hoskinson of Kent made a brief visit to the A. S Johnson home on Tuesday afternoon. Kidsk Come see your teacher per form Saturday night- Robert Eslinger came up from The Dalles Wednesday because, as he ex pressed it, he heard there was some money up here. E. 0 McCoy was here Wednesday afternoon to accept delivery on a few wheat checks covering his several wheat farm s in this county. • • • • Bridge fans 1 Free lessons includ ed with admission price a t the big show- • • • • Old tim e friends dropped in on U L Peetx Saturday night in honor of his birthday and spent a few» hours playing five hundred. Sing High! Sing Low! Hear Rufus R astus Johnson Brown in songs of the sunny south, Saturday night, school house. • • • • • " 'Mrs. Trum an Strong and Mrs W alter Ruggles were hostesses to a large party of women Tuesday a fte r noon a t the Strong residence. Bridge was played by twelve tables of guests. Fishermen, a tte n tio n ! Hripful ex p ert advice Saturday night at the auditorium • • • • • The P N G. club will hold a m eet ing Friday afternoon, February 9, a t the Freeman home Mrs. Freeman and Mrs. Brisbine » will act as hostesses. Don't bother with dr.«~-rt Come early and eat Camp Fire Girl candy. Saturday night a t the school bouse. • • • • e CHJIRCH WASCO 10.00 A. M. Church School 11:00 A. M. Church Worship 7:30 P M. Epwoth League of the church The remodeling building will be completed enough by Sunday to have all parts of the building in use Come and see the convenience and safety of our new arrangem ent. We ask you all now to make greater effort to make your church of more use to the com munity. Dr. T. D- Yames, D istrict Super intendent of the Cascade District, will be in Wasco February 13th to m eet with the Epworth League Cab inet and the Church School Board. C h r is tia n Landry entertained a mist was distributed Monday- tho score being 21 to 20. Tho g irls league held a m eeting on The Moro high school boys will play a basketball gam e with The Monday of th is week to decide w heth e r bo give a luncheon, banquet or tea Dalles on their floor February 2. Several of the >igh school' girls and boys are preparing a vaudeville Act directed by M iss’ Biggness. to be given a t the Womar.'s Club pro gram Saturday evening- It isr hum orous and should be interesting to the audience. Those taking p a it in the act are: Lucille McLaehlan, Alton Axtell, Doris Mon ¡son, Harold Bel- shee, Melba Thogerson, Phillip Rug gles, Doris Thompson, Ted Thomp-, son, Louis 'May, Marjorie Byers and Gordon Fraser. a t some indefinite date in the fu tu re b u t it seems th a t nothing w as de cided so th a t they know no more th a n ihey did before, which is not saying much as it concern- only th e fem i nine portion of the student body. S c ie n c e ser are taking post-graduate courses Spring fever seems to have strick Subject: Love thia semester. There may he others en some of the population of the Golden Text Jude 1:21. Keep your- post graduate students later. student body as there is an increas ♦ > •’ »alves in thp love of God, looking for ing num ber of “victims” can be seen A num ber of the girs are working the mercy of our Lord Jesus C hrist on a stunt to be given before the starin g out of the window upon the unto eternal life. grassy swards, with th a t much- high school assembly soon. Responsive Reading: Luke 10:30-87 quoted “ for away look” in their All are cordia|ly invited to attend The band seems to be progressing eye?. Or it may be th a t ,‘In the the church services and to make use very well urider the direction of Mr- spring a young mans fancy’’ is caus of the reading room m the re ar of the Sim pson, and th e group h as received ing some, _ of it although the said church building, which is open dally th eir new books, and are practicing gazing has not been altogether lim where a!l authorized Christian Science diligently. ited to the masculine portion of the literatured may be read, borrowed ot student's. purchased. GRASS VALLEY SCHOOL NOTES Kenneth Todd—Editor “ What time does your husband T k e F a l l G o e p e l A s s e m b ly Tho basket ball games played in arise in the m orning?” Sunday School ........................ 10 a. m. Kent this week end were very success “In time for the radio exercises.” Fellowship meeting, and preaching ful for the home teams, as they won “ Why I didn’tf know he went in for 11 a. m. all three of the games played The exercises.” Prayer m eeting Wednesday 2:46 p. m. 7th and 8th grade boys played first, “ He doesn’t, bub the g ir t across the Every body welcome. and played a very good game the street doe».”—^Rotary Reminder (G rass Valley) ecore being 12 to 9 in favor of the B a p lb t C k a rc k Grass Valley grade boys The revival services ’ directed by The girls gam e was the faaters Evangelist Ed C- Cofer will close and most hard fought game th at has Sunday night with a gospel rally and baptism al service. Over eigh been witnessed for many a day (th at is among the weaker sex) the girls teen have made profession of faith, and the church will receive many of all played an excellent game and the these in fellowship. L ast Sunday score was exceedingly close through The agricultural situ atio n also im out the game. The Kent girls played there were 106 in Bible School and proved during 1933, p rin cip ally as a • very good game but could not the mark is set higher for next Sun re su lt of orderly m arketings of crops day ' Bfbl* School 10- Preaching break through the Grass Valley guard which was working to the and higher farm prices, actual p ro by Evangelist Cofer a t 11 a. m., 8 point of extrem e perfection. The duction of crops being ab out th e sam e and 7:30 p. m. as in th e proceeding year. Clim atic »core was 12 to 5 in our favor- Church School ........................ 10 a. m. The boys also had a very exciting conditions w ere generally favorable B Y. P U- .......... ............. 6.30 p- m. and close game. The boys all played for th e grow ing and h arv estin g of a good game a-nd the score was clos? crops, although as a re su lt of the Beginning the 8th of February, a throughout the game. In spite» of dry year, range foi age w as e x tre m e revival m eeting will be conducted in the supreme efforts put forth by tho ly poor. Movement of livestock to the opera house in Wasco, under the G V. boys they only managed to m ark et w as about th e sam e as in auspices of the Nazarene church squeeze out a victory by one point, 1932, and prices improved b u t little Services will be held each evening at 7:80 for an indefinite length <4 time Special music and singing under the direction of Rev. B- L. Simmons of ¡Milton, Oregon. Rev. G F Allee will be the evangelist in charge; Rev. Allee recently conducted a very suc cessful revival a t Rufus. Bank Reviews Farm Situation MORO SCHOOL NOTES The Girls Glee Club was represent ed a t the last' m eeting of the study class la st Sunday n ig h t When call ed upon to sing Dorothy F raser and Doris Thompson sang “ Roses of Picardy’.” A fter th a t Gayle Amidon sang ‘‘Smilin’ T hru.” T hat was all they had prepared but were asked to smg. They finally replied by giv ing three numbers “ When Irish Eyes are SmiliQg, The Sunshine of Your Smile, and Mother M achree.” The girls Mio sang were Irm a Morgan, Elms Axtell. Freda 'Rice, Gayle Ami don, Dorothy F raser, Doris Thomp son, Genevieve Nahouse, Norm a Mel- zer and Ethel K ruger They were ac companied a t the piano by Lavon Sayrs. The reason for the Irish songs was th a t Reverend Hutchinson gave a talk on different religions. eeeee Jees This Is the new United States cruiser Astoria Just launched nt Seattle. It was built under the terms of the navnl treaty and is more powerful than many battleships. The Astoria was christened with champagne by a descendant of the founder of the city for which It Is nnrned. S em ester exam s w ere held last week and th e re p o rt cards w ere handed out on Monday of this week, much to th e delight, of some and ch ag rin of oth ers. Those who m ade the honor roll th is six weeks include: Freshm en, F ran cis Fairchild. Sopho mores', J a n e t W ilcox, Isabelle F o r t The g irls glee club are also going ner, Cora B ayer. Juniors, Mildred Community Presbyterian Church Alley- Seniors, V ivian Reynolds., Lila Sunday School ..."................. 10 a. m. to give a clever stunt. Harold Thogeison, ar.d Paul F ra Fay Boyce, E a rl Shipley Sunday Elmer B a n e s returned to work in the E C W. camp above Dufur afte r a winter spent a t home • • • • • The basketball games with Rufus Cheer the heroine . Hiss the last Friday were postponed until a villian Saturday night at the big later date became of scarlet fever benefit chow. in th at town Mrs. P o w e r f u l C r u i s e r Î3 L a u n c h e d The high school paper. The O pti- from the low levels of th a t year- j ments in 1934 in the first of the ag Steady improvement in Tw elfth ricultural situation and outlook r e D istrict banking conditions followed ports for this year ju s . issued by the pervd of severe pressure which the economists of the Oregon State culminated in the tem porary closing college extension service. This issue, which is the annual re of all banks in March, 1933- W ith th e view and outlook number put out at reopening of most banks on anl un restricted basis in the last half of the s ta rt of each year, lias been pre-1 the month1, currency was redeposited pared by L. IL B reithaupt, extension about as rapidly as it previously had agricultural economist, assisted by been withdrawn. These funds, to A S- B urrier, associate, and IL IL gether w ith those entering the dis White, assistan t economists- It is tric t banking structure from large now available fo r distribution thru net United States G overnm ent. dis any county agent or direct from bursements in this area, enabled Corvallis. Total supply of agricultural prod banks to settle for a n et outflow to other districts because of commercial ucts for the coming year is expected transactions. to reduce borrowings a t to be less but no g re at improvement the reserve bunk, and to build up re- in export demand is foreseen a t seerve deposits The gain of funds present, hence any m aterial improve from n et T reasury disbursem ents m ent in the economic position of a g continued during the last half of the riculture m ust come largely from im year, resulting in the building up of provement in the home m arket, the excess reserves to record proportons report point* out. Home demand, moreover, depends and in a reduction Tn money rates. N et demand and tim e deposits of on the continued flow of income to reporting member banks tfended up industrial workers, hence any improve ward steadily a fte r March, and a f ment in business conditions should ter Ju n e th ere was a m odem expan be reflected in agricultural b etter sion in total loans and investm ents ment, even though it) brings some as a result of enlarged portfolios' of advance in farm labor cosfs and Government securities and an In prices of farm supplies. The new year sta rts out with crease in “ all other’’ loans. Subse farm prices 14 points above the low quent to the banking holiday period, capital structures of many hanks level reached' early In 1933, though were strengthened through sales of preferred stock, some banks were PURCHASED BY CUBS liquidated, and some merged into branch systems, the effect being a strengthening of the entire banking system. League Will Help Cities Eugene, O re—Legislation for liquor control, federal aid civic work, city planning and wide variety of topics were taken up a t the third regional m eeting of tho League of Oregon Cities held recently in Medford- Officials fiom Ashland. Gold Hill, Grants Pass, Klamath Falls, Pheonix, Talent and Medford were present- Representatives of cities were pioetieally unanimous in their opin ion th a t projects under the Civil Works Adm inistration should be con tinued, as a means of relieving un employment, FoMordble atten tio n w|as also given to the request of M arshall N Dana, regional advisor for the Public Works A dm inistration th a t t h e —principal communities a t Oregon establish a city planning commission which will have for ita purpose the securing of maximum benefits from the public work* projects. William M. Briggs, field consultant fo r the le a g u e of Oregon Cities, and Herman Kehrli. executive secretary of the league and director of th* U niversity of Oregon bureau of mu nicipal research, were in charge of the session Briggs outlined leg islation passed by the recent session of the le g isla tu re th a t related to cities, while Mr- Kehrli outlined the purpose of the league- Other meetings will be held in various sections of the state, follow ing the success of this session and sim ilar gatherings held previously in Marshfield and Baker. Cheerful Outlook Held For Farmer geles ball club. A prospective increase in raw m aterials prices including farm com modities, better and cheaper credit and less unemployment with conse quent better demand fo r farm prod ucts, are foreseen as likely develop- BEST FARM ORATOR Kumquat)—I never deny my wife the sligheet wish- Strudel—T hat’s generous, but how in the world can you afford it? Kumquat—Afford it? Oh. it doesn t cost me anything- If she want» to wish, why shouldn’t I allow heT to do it? WHEAT _ 7 Continued from page one. ¡some areas- Italy lias reduced w heat acreage around 10 per cent from th a t of last year and excessive rains have dam aged crops, particularly in Southern districts. A sm aller acreage has ;dso been sown in Germany but no serious dam age to the crop is ap parent. Seedings in the Danube are slightly under those of a y ear ago, totaling around 17.300,000 acres as against 19,000,000 acres last year. Most sections of the Balkan countries are protected by good snow covering although conditions in Rumania are below those of other parts of the Basin. Conditions In other parks of Europe are generally favorable. The firH official estim ate placed the acre age sown to w heat in the Indian Pun jab a t 10.646,000 acres, compared with the final estim ate of 9,927,000 acres a year ago. The condition of I the crop was reported a t 95 per cent j of qormal, and above th a t of other Marbles Aid Light Bulb When toy m anufacturers found s demand for lighted toys, such as po< k recent years-.. Ru®sia has again d em onstarted her et flushlighta, m iniature automobile* and motorboats, lamps for such pur leadership as the w orld’s large« ‘ poses were unsatisfactory. They gave w heat producer w ith a b ’llion bushe1 light, but lacked adequate control crop and ap p ears as a form idable What was needed most, \yys popular Mechanics .Magazine, was a tiny I. imp com petitor of the U ni.ed S tates en I that would emit a powerful spot of o th er surplus a re a s in world m arkets, light, resist breaking and operate from according to th e G rain M arket News a single dry cell small enough to he Service of th e U nited S ta te s B ureau Installed in the toy. Marvin Pitkin. of A g ricu ltu ral Economics. Ru ? a Nela Park scientist, got an inspiration has roughly th re e and a half ime from watching boys play marbles. as much land su itable for w heat p ro Some of the marbles were clear glass “aggies.” After n little study an or duction as th e U nited S ta te s and the der was placed and a quantity of ng proportion of th e m ost fe rtile and gles soon arrived. When attached to best adapted lands to the to tal is the stem tubing these aggies provided much higher. Just the light "spot” required. DALLES FREIGHT LINE INC. Dr. F. A. Perkins D a ily T r u c k S e r v ic e 30! Portland, The Dalles, Grass Valley T ri w e e k l y to Antelope & E Second St The D alles, O regon PH O N E 211 W O PTO M ETK IST-O PTICI AN way points. FASTSER VICE-LG WESTRA TES a i o n n x i i a * * ■ •» « ••• ■■■«■<•» 1 Dr. J. A. BUTLERi * J DENTIST -j in .ME OKI- ICli. WASCd I M o ro th e JO S E P H A. M E E The Wasco Shoe Man S Z ■ -3 -O' - In or your convenience 1 have a r ranged for you to leave your Shoe W ork a t W alter A. May & Son. Pick up and delivery twice a week at no cost to you. F ir s t W eek ; UPDEGRAFF & PEPPER in E a c h M o n th A tto r n e y s A t L aw ZELL’S Moro Woman’s Club FUNERAL HOME See your Neighbors Act, Hear your Neighbors Sing AM> AMBULANCE SERVICE 7 BIGACTS-7 SONGS — SKITS - STUNTS Feature — ONE ACT PLAY by faculty A Comedy Mothers Influeuce.” Dick W ard, sen satio n al youn" Vi"lU- handed p itc h er who w as bought by the Chicago Cubs from the l.<»s An it is not equally distributed to all branches of agriculture- F arm pur-** chasing power is not com parably im proved because of the advance in prices of things farm ers buy Com plete application of the AAA pro gram s and other projects designed to adjust production to the probable demand, are expected to balance the tem porary disadvantage to agricul ture of the price advances under the NRA and sim ilar movements, the re view sets out- The review is illustrated with . charts, graphs and tables which help give a complete but easily understood picture of the agricultural business outlook as the new season starts. It also contains suggestions and aids to farmer's - in m aking out operating budgets and keeping farm accounts so as to put their enterprise on a strict ly business basis. Phone 315 I he D a lle s, O re ,.!< A SS *V A 1.LI Y P I I A K M a CV M o ro O re g o n W hen Y our 8hoeaneed R e p a i r , s e n d t h e m to WERNM A RK’S GOOD SHOE REPAIRING 204 Second St. ‘ TH E DALLES Piionc 222 A California Western Stales Life Insurance Co. Saturday, Feb. 3rd, 8 p. m. Moro School Auditorium Life - Accident - Health - Annuities Adm. 35c, High School Students 20c, Children 10c Campfire Candy Sale For Library Benefit wmtmaummnwunijunntniujnjunnuijinninamjnnnnramumttnmm Mrs. William Fender of Meadow brook, Neb., was declared the beat public speaker among farm wo meg from 33 states who contended for tlig honor during the American Farm B a renu federation's moating In Chicago COMPLETE COVERAGE — Get your insurance frt m Sherman County man that understands your needs. 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