I
J
german Cmrnty Journal
Forty Sixth Year No.3®
Moro, Oregon, Friday,t^ane lft 1934
To Picnic
Co-op Changes
WHEAT COULD STILL Legionaires
ANTELOPE DEFEATS •
In DufuZ/une 17th
Organization
BE HELPED BY Rilli
MOR012 Ï0 8
1
Legionnarires of this district
are going to have a general get-
together on Sunday June 17th
when a picnic is scheduled at the
Dufur camp grounds. Every le
gionnaire ard auxiliare is invited
to attend.
The day will begin' at 10:30 in
the morning when ex-service men
and families have arrived and
will continue until everyone has
had his or her fill or entertain-
ment. Statfe Commander Harold
Warner will deliver the prtocipal
address of the day and' district
commander Don McLeod will
conduct the program.
Each family should bring its
own cups, ■ knives, forks amd
spoons anh each post should
bring horse fihoes, tug of war
ropes and baseball equipment-
Official County Paper
Ethan Woods Finishes
Inspectors Report
County Crop Good
Work At Oregon State
47 FINISH GRAMMAR '
GRADES IN COUNTY
Achange in the organization of
Four government men, K- H.
Oregon, State College, Corvalls,
the North Pacific Grain Growers
Myers, C. Venstrom, Dale Kieffer June* Ethan Woods, son of Mrs.
and the Farmers National Grain
and H. M- Perchouse, from various Hazel Woods of Moro, is one of
Corporation has resulted in the
. parts of the United States, step 39 Seniors who will be graduated
Caed Wheat Caren (her A Hard
appointment of Bruce H. Grady, T m Itay Errors Cane Downfall ped here the first of the week to from the school of Agriculture at
More Going into high Schoo! Than
who has been manager ’ of the,
look . over this county. Their O. S. C. at the sixty-fifth annual
Sherman
Co-operative
Grain
Grow*
af Canty
mission is to kvn about different commencement there June 4, when
•(Locals
i Out This Year
ers at Wasco, as district mana
wheat production methods in the 390 students will receive bachelors
ger of the grain growers branch
nation as well as gather data or masters degrees. G. W. Peavy,
office to be located at Walla Wal
about productive areas in the newly appointed president, will
la
take charge of the event this year
wheat sections.
In his new capacity Mr Grady
They state that this is practi for the first time- He has in/viued
will be in charge of wheat buying,
cally the only section of the wheat Chancellor W; J. Kerr, who has
in his new territory which includes
country where harvesting was handed out “sheepskins” to the last
south western Washington and
general last year and th^t so far 26 graduating classes, fio take part
northeastern Oregon In part. For
this is one of the favored sections in the ceremonies.
several years he has been mana
Bishop Titus Lowe, head of the
for wheat production they have
ger of this district in the same
fuhd. They have been ¡¡n the Methodist church in the northwest Ten From Each Schoo! Finish Grade
capacity.
northern tier of states. The Da states, will preacih the baccalaure
Work This Me nth
To a large extent the dual ca
kotas and Montana, especially the ate sermon Sunday morning. June
pacity managers are being discon
3,
and
Dr.
Herman
Frank
Swartz,
former, will not be able to produce
tinued which means thgt local
a crop this year because of drouth president of the Pacific School “Of
grain growers corporations will
A survey of the county’s wheat
Teams
Won
Pct. and wind storms. The dust has Religion and head of tlhe Berkeley
Forty seven youngsters have
have managers who will handle
been moving nearly all spring and chamber of commerce, will give
•trerigthens the report made last
Antelope
0
1000 the wheat except on ths heavier the commencement address Mon graduated from the eighth grades
the
local
.
associations
only,
while
week regarding th° cond’Hon nf Property Tax Payment
2
667 lands has no chance to mature
of the county schools this year and
the warehousing.will be managed (Moro ,
day afternoon.
the crop. There is undoubtedly
Grass Valley
2
667
are ready to enter into their higf.i
by
district
officers.
W.
T,
Balsiger
Woods
took
his
major
woi
k
at
.
Must Be Hurried and J- W. Shepard will continue Kent
some fine wheat in the favored .
school
work with the b?ginning of
M7
3
0« .8. C. in farm crops, a course
parts of tfne county—wheat that
Klondike
the
school
term next fall
4
833 Country Elevator
their
dual
positions
as
formerly.
dealing with problems of produc
stands three feet high and has
Wasco
5
I
200
Of
these
and Grass Val
tion,
improvement,
marketing,
heads that satisfy th? most hope
Codé Effective May 21 manufacture ano uses of field ley-have the Wasco
It is going to be necessary for
Harmony
4)
6
000
larger
number ther?
Christen
Endeavor
ful farmer- T.ie Waisco country some property oWhers to* pay
crops, and designed to develop being ten in the graduating class
will harvest a crop unless some something on thrir delinauent tax
Officers Elected Moro wanted t .e game Sunday t A county grain elevator code be- men with broad training for lea of the grammer school of those
thing very, very surprising hap es before July first if they wish
against Antelope but through a came effective May 21 which ap dership along agricultural and towns. From Wasco . th.re are:
pens ftiortly. The crop in the to retain control of their nrooerty.
mistaken
sense of generosity pre- plies to elevators in Oregon as general lines and to provide scien- Maxine Ballenger, Anita Beards
Scott and Gerkin canyon neigh
A recent a?ssion of the legis
seqted it to the visitors- Bargee W®H as all other states where tifie training sudh that graduates ley-Wayne Bartron, Catherine Frid
borhood w in good condition also lature passed a law that allows
Norma Meiner wHI serve
•nd
Walk* 'bald the
th# southerners Strain Is
is marketed by farmer«,
farmers. may succeed in the professional leyr Gertrud? Hansen, Leonard
•nd harvest time there will bring the nayment of delinquent taxes president of the Community church
hlte durlng tlw rwne but ,
f
expected for the and technical agricultural fields. Maurus, Stephen O’Meara, John
joy to the farmers for th?y should in ten installments, but it provides high school-col lege Christian En- to
th«n
™*ke farmers from the code will be He was a member of the Ag club, Proudfoot, Audrey Spencer and
have one of the best crops in sev iibat <he payments on real prop deavor society fo¿ tlhe next three* ®Tr°r8
Spencer. Exercises , for
- . 1 through
uuvuin cyuurvemeni
oi fair
lair meth-
mem- the Farm Crops club, took an ac- Idallia
months,
it
was
decided
at
an
elec-
runR
on
the
ten
hite
«ron
bin-
enforcement of
eral years.
erty taxes must be made on or be
graduates were held Wed-
Reports tfiat th? eastern and fore July 1, 19$4 or the sheriff tion of officers held last Sunday ed with two walks and ten errors. 1.1 ods of competition, AAA author: tive part in crew and intramural ।
nesday, iMay 23.
southern parts of the county have must Issue a delinquent tax cer- night by the young peoples group.
Tro A was no more effective in 1 ities say. Thes? prohibit) inten- sports, and served on a number of
important
committeas.
Wooes
has
I
tional
Moro’s nine graduates were giv
under-weighing
or
ever-
been hurt by drouih and freezing •ificate and sell the property.
Assisting Miss Melzer are Ted th® box than was the local pitch- j
under-weighing or ever-
also
gained
practical
exper
en
their diplomas Wednesday
lompson,
vice
president
and
look-
er»
but
his
team
mates
were
leee
w
e
gving,
and
provide
for
dockage
•re true although th? wheat is Property taxes coming und?r this Thompson, vice president and look-1
but his team mates were less
They made
prpbably in better condition J an act are those of 1930 and prior to out committee chairman; Geg|> generous with errors. They
made anil grades in conformity with the ience relating to his major wo^k night May .30, after a program at
and at the same time eametl part the school auditorium
In the
pessimistic reports would indicate. that vear- Taxes payable in 1931 vieve N aho use, secretary,
‘
and ‘ V vee. and they were made one at federal grain standards act. Pro-
of
his
college
funds
througih
sum
class
are
*
-
Melvin
Baker.
Elmer
____
_
Doris
a
tim?.
Moro
made
theirs
in
bun-
tec-Jion
is
also
given
small
eleva-
The foliage is dried on th? are 1930 texes.
Louise Barze’, treasurer.
Moro branch
------ on
... th?
— ------
- Belshee, Gertrude Gillmor, Robert
Thompson is the new social chair- ches, Moro made 8 runs, three ini tors from being driven out of busi- mer work
wheat and the beard on the turkey
red have turnrd white over a
man; Mary’ Pinkerton will plan the first, two i* the fourth and nets by larger competitors out experiment station, as warehouse Gillmor, Dale Johnston, Beth Mer
and elevator foreman, and as lab- senger, Lyle Nahouse, Carl Peetz
large part of the fields but with Boys May Enlist
for tlhe meetings as prayermerting three in the ninth when Tomlin bidding them temporarily.
orator*/ asedutajit in the vojteri- and Gordon Thompson.
cool weather for the next month
chairman; and Austin Foss will j smacked a Huw into the far field
nary
medicine department during • . Exercises for
grammar
or with, a good rain a fair crop
In Marine Corp look after the missionary and ser for a home run with Roscoe and World Wheat Prospects the school
year.
} school graduates of the Grass Vai- •
might be cut in som*? places even
vice projects of the organisation Collis Moore on basso ahead of
| ley school were held Friday eve
him.
ning May 25th at t£h»e school house
Since the first of September
Memorial
Day
Spent
Wheat
prospects
generally
are
Except for the third inning
The United States Marine Corps County Club Contest
with the chairman of the school
there has fallen at the experiment desires young men for enlistment
Moro did fairly well. In that much below those of recent ÿears.
Quietly
Here
board
handing opt the coveted
station in Moro 9.28 inches of rain. to fill vacancieowhich Will occur
Th
North
American
outturn
is
yet
Closed May 31. frame a combination of three hits
diplomas.
Th? class includes: Wan-
The average for this period is 10.30 during the month . of June. July,
uncertain.
But
present
conictitions
ana' three errors gave Jh»e visitors
da
Tiller,
Agnes Simon, Ramotfo
teehee which shows that if we do and August .'934.
five runs and a lead that was suggest littlev if any, increase over
I
Spoor,
Billy
Alsup, Doris Stradley
the
short
1933
harvest.
-,
Winter
9^ a normal amount of rainfall
es-
Memorial day was very quietly
Requirerrtents
for enlistment
The.contest in/ which club boys. never
... overcome- , Errors
.. . . wer?
.
Wilfred Stone. Kenneth Barnett,
this crop year we will receive provide that accepted applicants and
wheat
in
the
U.
S.
suffered
further
observed in this county as there
Kiria in thia county have eon- P»««» “»«y ta ‘h»» lnnln«'
some rain soon. for June should must be American citizens, un-
deterioration in the Ohio Valley were no public ceremonies of any Forrest Russell, Billy Crockett,
tested
for
the
most
and
best
stor-
'
Thi8
*
Ives
Antelope
undispu
.d
bring .56 of an inch- May was married, at least eighteen, (18)
am' Western Kansas and Nebra kind. Formerly the Legion posts and George Crockett.
Kent ÎTèld graduating exercises
the short month this year for only years of age, of good (habits and ies published about club work is i leadership of the county league as ska. Wheat is heading earlier of the county have held services on
•07 inch fell whereas 86 normally character, sisty six inches tall or ended and, if tlhe rules have been that team 11118 defeated every oJh- tihian usual over most of the belt, tlhat day but even that was discon for «even eighth graders and pass
followed, all contestants- haVe* er team in the league. The seconu
ed out diplomas to the following
falls in that month.
over, and able to furnish at least handed in fheir note book contailro-! half °f the season begins next and mostly on short straw. In the tinued for this year- Many old
children:
Rose Ellen Barnett, Dan
- In April w6 had .82 and the
Spring
wheat
erea,
drought
con
timers whose relatives are buried
Uhres letters of reference from ing their publiched stories to the Sunday, but the Amtelope boys do
Hoskinson, Dave Hoskinson, Edna
average is .72; in March we had
tinued
practically
unrelieved,
with
in
local
cemeteries
dropped
into
reputable people.
county agent or county school, n°t expect to do so well in that
McKay. Mhxine Pluemke, H)len
1.13, average .86; in February we
Information, literature and ap superintendent^ They will be judg-, half, as several of Jieir players are late sown grain not germinating. town for a few hours to decorate
Sather
and Helen Wilson.
had -42, average 120; in January
Early
planted
wheat
was
in
fair
to
the graves in which they were to-
plication blanks may be obtained'
we had 1.32, average y57. In De- from th? postinaster or from the ed and the winner will receive a leaving to go to the mountains good contrition in parts of North teresjted, but as a general thing
Rufus
held their services on
f°r the summer. In fact some
cember we really did well with United States Marine Corps Re- trip to the summer sdhool at the have
Dakotia but generally poor in other there were few on (the streets, _
May
18th
at th? same time the
already
gone-,
Troth,
the
state college.
2.51 inches compared to the mor-
'hligh school graduate finish«!.
pitcher, left this, week or expected sections. Spring wheat seedings
| cruiting Station, 208 U- S. Court
mal of 1-65-
has been practically completed in
Completing the work of the eighth
.
House, SW Broadway and Main
to do so.
L.
Beardsley
Dies
Monday broke the record
Canada,
somewhat
earlier
than
grade were: Isaura Barnett, Mar
School
For
Land
Portland, Oregon.
Kent won their game against usual- Private reports that a re
jory Brady, Ivan Eakin, Doris
heat dunng May witlh a tempera
Applicants res id tog at remote
Wasco Sunday by a score of 14 duction in acreage of L’O percent
In Dalles Hospital Johnson, and Clara Mathieson.
ture of 96 degrees Formerly the „
D
Measurers Held To*day to
8 at Kent, One of the pecular- compared with last year. Germi
highest temperature record in
Vivian Fuller and Betty Powell
May was in 1931 when it reached
1 J*
preference in filling
ities of the season is that Wasco nation is slow and irregular, be-
finished
their eighth grade work
94. Records date back to 1911. 1 exiatinK vacancies.
wins so few games when they causi? of lack of moisture. Mois
Lester Beardsley, for four years at the Erskine school; Thirley
A school for contracted acreage J often play
K
a pretty good’ game ture conations, according to trade section boss at Wasco, died in a
Chapman completed his at Fair
inspectors is being held at the against some of the leading estimates, are about 77 percent of
hospital in The Dalles Monday view; Harmony graduated three.
court house Friday and Saturday teams*
the ten year average in Manitoba night after a short illness. Mr- 1 Clinton Kessenger, Winifred Bel-
for fl's purpose of instructing the
Klondike beat Harmony at Har- and 71 percent in Saskatchewan
Berdsley had been in The Dalles shec .and Barbara Belshe-
twelv? candidates for these jobs mony Sunday )
and 82 percent in Alberta.
for
theatment a few days before
in their duties. Prof. W- J. Gi!-
Next Sunday: Antelope at Har-
In Europe and North Africa,
more of Oregon State College is monyv Kent at Klondike, Wasco moisture supplies have been inad- his death but his illness was not
Georg? Belknap, son of C- V.
conridsred dangerous. The funer
Wa are going to open ourj to serve tempting and delicious exnec I i to conduct the school
at Grass Valley- Moro resting-
quate over extensive areas. En al was held Wednesday in Arling Belknap, has recently been - ap
There are twelve men. seeking,
•chooi with a good old fadhíoned ’1 meals in the hottest weather ”
the countries of the Lower Danube ton, the former home of the dis pointed as editor of all the publi
think that there is no d6ubt th? jobs in this county. Eight of |
baking day. By ‘ola-fashioned* I
present prospects indicate that a eased. He leaves a widow and five cations of tlhe University of Ore
mean We will bake lots of cakes but that this cooking school will them will be selected and six will Campfire Girls
gon. Also the British Museum
crop around 100,000,000 busihels dhfildren
•nd cookies, but as for recipes arid b? one of the most interesting and immediately go to work on the
has accepted an article of his to
under last year. Smaller crops are
methods, they will be as modern most complete ever presented job. .Tlhle other two will be kept)
Entertain With Play also in prospect in Italy, France, Read the ads in the Journal
be published soon.
here,” t’he noted Home Economist in reserve for emergency work or
as tomorrow.’’
Germany and Spain. Trade reports
be used in case of illness of one
This is Mrs. Audrey Herington’s continued. “The electrical
Vi
^ggetyt a sharp downward revi
I ‘ The Campfire girls of Moro pro sion of the Indian crop from the
promise for the first session of ers of this community are to b? of the workers.
the two-day . Moro Cooperative complimented upon the thorough
> sented a play Saturday night at early preliminbry estimate- Crops
Cooking School to be held heFe manner in which they have super
the Legion hall that was appre- have also deteriorated in North
June 8 and 9 at the Moro Hard vised and arranged every detail Two Boys Wreck
1 ciated by the persons who attend- Africa. In the Orient, conditions
of the affair.
ware and Implement stare.
are reported favorable with an in
B W Brown, a pioneer of the
At time*, the cooking dlemon- Belshee’s T ruck - Selves ed- Thia “Returning of Rosalia” creased outturn in pospects.
From th Obseiver June 6, 1895.
“No, I can’t give all th? secrets
I
portrayed
the
return
of
a
stolen
Kent
township, is in Portland this
away before the school opens,' stration will seem to enter the
I girl to her motlhter after several "Deduced seeding are also re
James J. Hill of. the Great
week
watching the Lewis & Clark
laughed Mrs. Herington when'realm of magic. For instance, Mrs
ported in tlhe Southern Hemi- Northern was im Sherman county
A couple of boys driving Charles years spent in a gypsy camp. •rlhere- The preliminary estimate
exposition get under headway.
questioned further about rBaking; Herington will cook an entire dir.-
last week- He is the ‘‘coming
Day, “but I cam say we have some I rer in one pot, the meat and po Bel slug’s pick-up car turned a Major parts were taken by Reatha places the Australian wheat acre
A test of the 'city apparatus
man’’ for Oregon railway develop
Sayrs,
Gertrude
Gil
moor,
Bonnie
dandy new it eas * For instance—। tatoes, vegetables, and evfen the comer with too much speed Sun
age
at]
13,500,000
acres,
compared
Tuesday
evening disclosed many
ment.
and Jocele Petirs and Jane French
’V irre is thac nirl'-minute chocolate pudding. When you see how day morning with disastrous re- Leaders Signa Woods and Leora with 14,913,000 acres harvested in
dangerous
leaks in the hose.
The DeMoss Family Quartet left
cake- I suspect that there i^n’t a tempting ane. d1 licious the entire sul.s to ths car and minor bruises
1933, a reduction of nearly 10 per
Peetz
were
directors
of
the
play
C. G. Huis, and a crew of men
New York for Europe on the 5t|h.
family here who hasn’t a special meal looks; you’ll agree with Mrs. to themselves. Richard Satiher and
which was given to raise money cent- Traile advices suggest an
are busy thes? days enlarging tihe
fo0dn?ss for chocolate cake. Well Herington that you couldn’t ihave Ariel Morgan were the boys. They
Hon. A. J. Dufur died at his
for the summer camp trip of the even greater reduction in some
road way and turn outs on the
Hl wager that when the cake-bak prepared a better feast though started south for some stock and group.
Australian states. Conditions for home in Dufur on the 5th, in the
Lone Rock grade east . of this
ers of this community see and you had had the iinltire stove cov turned over on the first turn south
seeding the new wheat chop in 71st year of his age-
city-
of Nigger ridge. Sather was but
tarte my nine-minyte cake, tlhey’!! ered with pots and ktettlos.
Notice of Annual School Meeting Argentina are not favorable and
Russian grass planted last, spring
never bother getting out their old . ‘Putting the oven to work’ is sligjhtly bruised' and Morgan re
From the Observer Jun? 4, 1915.
planting in1 the Southern Proven
Notice is Hereby Given to the ce« have been delayed' by lack of near Grant on ground that has not
almost a motto with Mrs. Her- mained in b.’d only a day or so
chocolate cake iLcipes anymore.”
Born to Prof. F. E. Dunton and
been irrigated itf* now over three
Brides a score of new baking ingon- In the twinkling of an eye before he too was up and about. legal voters of School District No, moisture.
wife,
a son on Thursday June 3rd.
feet
high.
The
yield
is
equal
to
The
car
was
badly
damaged
al
17, of Sherman County, State of
■ recipes, the program for the it will s€'2m to you, she will pre-
Dr.
Poley
attending.
,
alfalfa,
ano'
is
said
to
be
excellent
opening day contains menus ano' pare a roast, get some vegetables though the cab was the most Oregon, that the Annual School
feed
for
cattle.
Meeting of said District will bd
A- G. Bosen. former resident of
recipes for jiffy meals, party ready, concoct a delicious desert, severly twisted.
held at School House; to begin at
A tin mirte has been discovered Moro, oied May 24th, at Spring
triumphs, and some clever ideas pop
_ _ everything into the oven, and
the hour of 2 o’clock p. m , in tHe
field, Oregon.
for the arranging and serving of an hour or so later, take eVery- Water Pressure Better
near 'Mitchell.
third Monday of June, being the
food.
‘
.
! thng out, cooked to aturn , piping
A Lloyd Mason, of Jefferson,
From the Observer June 2, 1905.
MAX.
MIN. PRECIP
* ------ .
18th day of June. A. D. 1984
DATE
The program for the second day hot, and ready to put on the tabi1?,
Marion county., and Miss .Cassie
Mr. and Mrs. F. R. Cook , of
The city water, .pressure was
This meeting is called for the
of the sdhool will be especially in-j There are dozens of surprises
Belsh?e were married Saturday
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MAY 24...
Minnesota, are visiting Mr. and
tsresting at this time of year, ac- in store for local homemakers, and tried^put Sunday morning with a purpose of electing Director, 3 yr.
morning May 29th, at the home of
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25...
Mrs. J. O. Elrod. Mr. Cook is a
coroing to Mrs. Herington, as the it is hopec.' that) as many as pos- pleasing, result that much more term, Director ? year term and
tlhe bride’s parents, Mr. and Mrs.
00
...
8Ö
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26
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brother of Mrs. Elrod.
greater portion of it is devoted to aible will attend tlhe school on premure was available than thot Clerk, and the transaction of busi
J- F. Belshee, of Moro, Rev. John
00
...
93
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27...
the new and modem art of refrig- each of the two days. Months of possible The new hose and the ness usual at such meeting.
Threatening clouds, peals of
Robinson officiating.
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Dated this 31 day of May, 1934
Aeration cookery. “The old ice bex research and effort have been do- new nozzle made it possible to
thunder
and a few flashes of
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The excavating, cement and con
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29...
was just a place to keep the meat voted to the preparation of the throw water as high as any build-- ATTEST: <
lightening, hovered around and crete work for the Presbyterian
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ing in town except the elevator M. E. McKee, District Clerk.
•nd tb«' milk and cream,” explains two-day course-
about Sherman oounty Sunday, but church is finished and contractor
W. H. RagsdAle,
and in sufficient quantity dis
Each session 1 is
scheduler
to
Mn- Herington, “«but the modem
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1.
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Total for weak
that was all
Hadden is now waiting for lumber.
Chairman Board ofDirectom
courage almost any fire.
electric refrigerator makes it easy gin promptly at 2.00 o’clock
Mm MO FHO5I COSTI!
0ETIER OÍFENGE IS Straw«
CRISS WLLEi mSCO IflO
Cooking School Instructor Gives
Hint of What*8 Coming June 8-9
News of Long Ago For Those ,
Whose Memory Is Long
WEATHER REPORT FOR
WEEK ENDING MAY. 23