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About Sherman County journal. (Moro, Or.) 1931-current | View Entire Issue (July 6, 1934)
rnrrnan County Jlnumal r ' ■ Moro, Oregon, Friday, July 6, 1934 Forty Sixth ¥ KENT TEAM WWF " nONORSW Homes Endanged By Fire Monday CROWD ENJOYS 4TH AT GRASS VALLEY County Represented At Highway Meeting Official County Paper a . CROPS FAILING TO REACH EXPECTATIONS Believe It Or Not An Elk In County WHEAT FIRE BURNS NEARLY 700 ACRES . Elk in Sherman county ? . Well. Believe it of not, several A small tion from Sher- i The city’s new water sydtem residents of the country east of man county ared before the and fire fighting equipment was IMoro give it on their word and highway n Monday as given its first test 'Monday after honor that they have seen such that body had requested that gov noon when fire was discovered In animal within the last week. All AUertcon Fire Covers An a ernmental and civic units present Fields Found Wanting When Final an Homer the woodshed of the property oe- Neighborly Celebration Brings Belshee and his haying suggestions for places to spend capigd by W- J. Martin jr.. Be crew saw him jump a four wire the years’ aUotment of federal of 2000 Acres Rounds Finished fore help could be summoned the OH Timers Back fence. Hans Thompson and wife, At CdebraiÌM funds. The Sherman county men fire had spread to the woodshed tlhe Nichols brothers and Bert were told thak^J^uB, surfacing of and garage on the Ireland proper Davis all have seen the strange the broken gap in Federal High ty occupied by G, C- Vinftin and animal. It is presumed to be a way 97 would cost in excess of the houses were threatened as a stray bull that has drifted down $200,000 because of the nature of hard west wind was blowing. the John Day from the forested the country west of Shaniko. The Th hose rests were hustled to country. And for one we hope he members of the commission ’have gets back (home safely- been over the section of the road in question a number of times and ta 00 th® not too soon Tom Striker, Dave Reid and Frank for the shingles on both houses Fatriotic Program Lt eretti Large are aware that It should be com Reda tion of |2 to 5 Sacks Common Republicans To pleted and while there' was, of had eaught Are in several places Picnic At Jantzen Medler Suffer Loss course, no definite promise of any Az Harveit“Co! tinues Witnesses are certain tat noth Crowd work soon it is probable that if ing except the quick work of vol money is available the road will unteer firemen and plenty of water be surfaced up to state and fed Republicans . of the stat? are hnmedia trig applied tio the proper., eral standards- L L. Peets and invited to attend a picnic at Jan • A wheat fire in the northeast As threshing becomes more gen ^pots prevented the destruction With a crowd of old timers G- L. French made z up the dele eral in* the county it is apparent zens for the purpose of becoming corner of th? county Wednesday of the two houses- present to meet friends of otjhter gation. that the returns from this harvest bitter acquainted with each other afternoon destroyed between 600 No great damage was done al days, with children of the mxt acientifie standpoint are not going to be as large as and the nominee?, of the party- and 700 acres of standing grain though the wood houses will need generation exploding firecrackers expected last wepk- Estimates There will be" some musics games twice that amount of grass pas quite a bit of rebuilding before and guns in their exubranoe of they will be much good again. made after a few days of combin and water’ sports and a few ad ture and several buildings for a damage estimat<ed to be in ex of people whose whoop» and yells Mm Vintin lost several chickens. spirit and with pleasant but warm ing have had to be revised in the dresses by prominent members of weather to make the day suit cess of $25,000. Tom Striker was added thattouch to the «vests tat light of additional knowledge of the party. The usual amusement able the Odd-IMlows entertained the ’heaviest Ipser as 500 acres makes baseball the national game- features of the park may be used the crops and it is now thought the people of Sherman county on Belshees Will Play of his standing grain was burned that the wheat crop, even on thle for entertainment by the visitors»- the national birthday- Dave Reid lost 35 acres and a best land, will fall from two to Cherry Park Grange iThe shade tree's in the city park Antilope (Cestir gei To Win; Kent five machine shed and grain drill and sacks short of earlier expec Measurement Of Crop never shaded a more neighborly about a hundred acres of Frank like . a championship affair bff tations. crowd of people than khose who their partisan interest. Holding Second Place Land Finished Medlcr’s wheat was destroyed. Some farmers charge the high ’ The fire sl|arti?d shortly after Next Sunday the Harmony came to spend the Independence And whether it we»- thi» urg wind of last Tuesday a week ago one o’clock near the fence on tlhe ing or not the K«uk team raid ball team, having a day off from day with their friends- The Sher with the decrease in yields and it Reid place- A spark from the ed to be downed and raMteAM regular league competition will man county school band, assisted TEAM PCT. WON LOST is undoubtedly true that in many Measurment of crop land by tractor motor is thought to have array themselves as the Harland- by a few more experienced mus Antelope 0 10 1000 fields the ground is nearly cover men working under the wheat | been the cause- Little help could view grange team to play the icians, furnished the music for tihe finished be mustered to fight the blaze as Kent 8 2 8C0 ed with kernels of wheat dropped cont/rol association Antelope defeated Moro on the Cherry Park team from The Dab day with Clyde Simpson lead ■ 7 706 there from windblown head’v This with the possible exception of nearly everyone was away from Moro 3 fourth to win the rtwlalta end lea. The Belshees will have it- ing them. A crowd'filled th? aud 5 546 damage is estimated at from two a few re-runs in a place or two. biome celebrating the fourth. itorium for the patriotic program 6 G V. Look at this line-up: of the tournament. 3 7 . 300 bushels to two or three sacks per Men have been quitting the job Pitcher, Robert Belshe; Catch in the morning and list/ rod to Klondike Burning shingles from the Reid several selections by the band, . 9 Wa -co 1 1(0 acre- Thismay easily reduce th: for several days to take more machine shed blew Into Strik won from Moro by a score of 7 er. iRus*el Belshee; First, Halbert music by the Moro GleeClub, a total crop of the county by forty permanent harvest work and five 10 Harmony 1 - Oil Second, Max B|ishe; to 2 in a postponed league con Betahe; or fifty thousand bushels- or six crews were all that re ers wheat and caused fire fighters Grass Valhy octette and solos Next Sunday they play: Ant- to lose their battle with the fires - test the Grass Valley and Ant Third, Earl Belshee: Short, Hom by Dale Baker. Melba Tkogerson Mori common belief is that the mained the night of the 3rd when starting there- The Reid house elope teams took toe field for one er Belshee; Left, Arthur Belshee; gave a tap dhnre number- J M elope at Kent, Grass Valley at uL) at just isn’t there, that the the work was stopped- Center, Howard Belshee; Right, and other farm buildinga^were in Klondike and Moro at Wasco. Total costs were reduced every Wilson spoke on the Declaration A barrage of hits from the tr kernels are smaller tthan usual week the work wak in progress grave danger at the same time. county in recent years- Müler« an Olay Bel3he- Some others may be ' of Independence. med before the game is finished. usty bat's of R. Moore, C. Moore and that there is too few meshes and it is expected that when the Striker’s buildings were barely Francis V. Gallioway, a tomey The 'game will be played on the and Jack Tomlin won the Klon on the heads to make as large a final report is made the cost per, missed by the sweeping blaze of from The Dalles, gave the oration dike-Moro game for the latter crop as was expected.. Fjeld» that acre will be very little above, the wheat, only a road, prevent and he held the visitor» to ta Harmony diamond and Wilford of the day and chose for his sub team before the affray had hard aro completed in the Wasco dis two cents per acre measured. ing their destruction- hit» and no runs, to half of ta Belshe will be umpire- ject the historical events which ly s orted Sunday. In the first trict have shown a return of from After leaving the wheat fields up to the signing.of the now inning Walker, second man up, five to twelve jack’s with the av to Sr Granville Phillips Dead led the fire moved on toward the famous document. Mr- Galloway hit a homer, Roscoe Moore beat erage probably being about eight School Principals Will' 'John Day river and up thal) tera facing him. , recalled that the Jews have con a scratchy hit, Collis Moore dxks. stream to the Early buildings Graw Valley scored in .th« third At Hood RtVCf pfOHlC tinued their existence as a race out Meet In Salem owned by Homer Wall- It is As a rule the wheat Is of good bunted safely advancing Roscoe and the eighth to win the because of adherence to their and Jack Tomlin brought both in test weight. No official tests have thought that the house there was Two hits and an error 1 ceremonials showing that the ob been completed as yet, but the destroyed. — Kirkley to — score __ _____________ in the third _____ and , Granville Phillipte, former res- servance of national holidays is with the second homer of t£:l? in sacks are heavy according to men ning. County’ rchool superintendents A crew of fire fighters was three singles tn row brought King ident of the Kent community, died of value to a people- Barze?, with his team mates weighing them- A large part of will gather in Salem on July 12, gathered in the evening and they Fritts home in the eighth. Troth at home near Hood River He related theswry- of the ev hitting like demons, pitched o<ne of the drafts wrigh better than 725 13 and 14 for a conference on worked until nearly midnight be allowed but 7 hits for AAtolope- Wednesday evening at tfhe advan- ents leading up to the actual si- his best games -allowing \ only pounds although in some instan In the six inning opener of the ced age of 85 years. Mr. Phillips gning of the declaration and said five hits in tihe seven and a third ces theey are as low as 650 ponuds school problems Ihield each summer fore they finally put out the under the ouspices of C- A- How-j flames on the entire front of the fourth Antelope defeated the tired was a native of Indiana and has it was not a radical paper but innings he».was in the box- In the Threshing in the Moro dis ard, superintendent of public in fire. and discouraged Moro team by a lived in Oregon for thirty years one tf.at expressed the wishes of first three innings only three men trict has been going on for sev- struction, and the county school While the wheat wasi insured 15 to 5 score. Walker started for a large yart of which was spent the great majority of uhe colon- faced him per inning- rral days but no yields have been superintendent’s association the destruction cannot be repaid- Moro but was good for bub. thro at Kent- The funeral was held ists or it could not have stood the Klondike couldn’t seem to get computed on large enough acre Officers of the county school1, Fences were ruined and feed will innings after tile work of the day Thursday afternoon in Hood River. test of time as well as it has. going with the Moro sluggers age to determine the ultimate ra su-erinttfmdent< association ara bo short beaus everything on the Mr- Phillips is servived by his The settlements stretd.fad along before- I>eonard tried but was landing on ti/.te ball so hard- In turn Three to ten or twelve sacks T Frank Brumbaugh, Wausco co- » . . - burned- The grain was found for many long hits M Bar- widow, who is the mother of A.S- the Atlantic seaboard were al- ihe seventh Tomlin knocked an are expected in different parts unty, president; A.M-Cannon. Lin ” I land Is burned. ' estimated to be about a ten to Johnson of ¡Moro and a daughter. ready at war with tlhleir mother other home run and in the eighth of the district with the lowest zee finished the game for th« la«* _ vice-president and twelv0 saek crop and yields on coin county. Mr«- Fred Hennagin of Wesco- country and the formal declara- C-Moona followed suit Manager yields being in the east side of aers. Bud Malone, once a pitcher Katherine McRae, Clackamas co- janj justify the estimate. but la tel y a fielder did ■ the hur tion was but the acknowledgement Bucholtz rewards each home run the county. Threshing at Grass unty, secretary -treasurer- ling for Antelope and was good of that condition- hitter with a gallon of beer and Valley has not begun to any extent Committees of super intendants Fire Destroys Wheat Collis Moore drove to Natdhos baseball, ..wo of with the score 19 to 6 he wasn’t Dance and enough to win- were appointed earlier in the year Camp in Washington Saturday ■« the accepted modes of public en KJent played heads-up ba# to On Millard Place joyment in this section held the so anxious for more four base to study problems dealing with taking his wife and her sfeter.- win from Grass Valley in the fi swats feeling that four were en Former Principal unproved improved supervision oi supervis.on of schoolr BcCty> who ,hM visitin<r major interest of the crowd- The ough for one game- Moro ended nal game- McKay did the box cards, ' , . They were met there by Uhe par- permanent record c “ rl ^ four ball games and two dances Dies In Portland legWation. apportionment of the of w(>men whom win A wheat fire destroyed between drew good siaed crowds who ap- with 22 runs and ^9 hits off Sam took turns and all were effective and Mutt Brock and Klondike had school funds, federal em er gency SO and 35 acres of standing grain perently enjoyqd themselves. stay with for a few days. 6 hits and 6 runs. (Continued on Page two) pitched for Grass, Valley M he on tile Fuller place farmed by Sunday saw Grass, Valley admi F. E. Dunton, recently the dem and Ms cohorts couldn’t hold ta| Bruce Millard Monday afternoon, nister a defeat to Harmony in a ocratic candidate for state school embattled younngstere -fism ta, The fire was started by a car that Frazier-Lemke Bilk league content at the formeir’s superintendent and formerly the south end-. They scored early and was itself partly destroyed. The grounds and Antelope beat Wasco principal of Moro schools died at kept fheir lead winning 8 to fi. grass along two canyons and a although the score would indicate a Portland hospital from theef- _________ -— email amount of hay was burned that Wasco might ¡have been in fects of an operation last week- • _ in addition to the wheat- The preeiderh has» rignedl the good form that day- Antelope 8 Mr. Dunton taught here in 1915- From the Observer, July 9, 915 tiefield gave the oration ‘‘replete Frazier-Lemke bill the provisions Wasco 5. Since that time ?he had continue with historical data and patriotic of which have been under discus F. G- Dunton, superintendent of fervor” and Moro won two ball It is getting to be something in school work and was superin sion in this section for nearly of a job for some of the teams tendent of the Mollala schools at schools at Cottage Grova^is vis- games two years- In the form approved to muster a full quota of players the time of his death. itimor at the home of his* brother, by congress and later by the pres since harvest has bceonv? g*enr L-A. Greenleaf, the Rufus or- F. E- Dunton, school hetad herct ident the bill providUe that a eral over a large part of the co chardist, brought the first peach Th<< Hotel Moro had a close es to Moro this week. The entire farmer, wich the approval of his unty- Gasoline Shortage call from destruction by fire Sun load was disposed of at 75 cents The county non-high school Moro 40 8; Grass Valley 44-8; creditors, may go into court and day evening about eigftit o’clock. board Meld it- meeting for ta pur Rufus 23.2; Kent 21.5. These fig asked to be adjudged bankrupt. Report Unauthentic ures show some • changes from The fire had already reached the per crate. poM of signing contracts with Then an appraiser would be ap Co-ops Learn Of J. M. Axtell has returned from roof but was soon under co<nitrol. the various high schools for^ the those of last year but such change pointed to determine the “fair his to Colorado. While that is a normal one- tuition of the pupils of ito district and reasonable, tf.iough not nec- Strike Conditions Reports that there was an in C W- Nottingham shipped a car state trip has some advantages Oregon Total costs of the different high Tuesday night at thte superinten ¿ssarily the market value** of the sufficient amount of gasoline ir of fine looking beef cattle to the is the best all around home. dent’s office and although this ua- schools show Wasco and Moro farm- AfJer this appraisal has the state to harvest th® wheat Portland markets last week. . expense been made the "farmer would pay ual argument’ arose as to the fun with ihnost identical crop do not seem to be substan A district meeting of th® co The first automobile party to From the Obcrver July 11, ction of the board in the future sheet» Wasco spent $4796.27 for from one to six percent on it as tiated by the statement^ of gas operatives of the mid-Columbia come in to Sherman county by The finest horse on the track development of th®- s<f*>ols the its high school while Moro spent inteilEBit for the next six years, section was held in Wasco Sat oline dealers here- Nearly every contracts were signed under sim $4794.36. Grass Valley gave expen A farmer would re.ain pos es- urday night with Arch Ryer, Port company operating in Sherman way of the Columbia river high at the Grass Valley four.fr>was way was H.i A. Moore and wife, McKinley Bill owrt d by Grant ilar conditions as prevailed last •es of $4265-00 and Rufus $3514 sion of his land by paying a reas 70. Kent has not sent its report. onable rental, whatever that is land manager, preamt to explain county reports a normal supply Harry Moore and wife, and Gla- Hawley- There isn t a prettier year- _ __ _ ?. To fill out the t rm of Frank and would b? permitted at (pile Che objectives of the units for the and there is no fear but that the dra Watkins. They left Portland horse in Qregon Important figures were given »year- Ho explaiit d that the farmers will be able to get en Tuesday afternoon and made the the board by the secretary, county von Borstel who is ineligible to end of the six years to rebuy the It will be seen by reference to waterfront strike is a serious men ough fuel for tractor and mot trip in right hours, twelve hours school superintendent Wily Knight hold the position of director for place at a reasonable figure , It our advertising columns that J-M- ors toy complete their harvests ace to the movement of the remainder of his term be total time four being lost by car an They show that the cost per will apply to tho»? debtors whose Donahue has bought the Gram*; to and that unless a settlement is trouble- pupil at Rufus this year was $151 cause his district consolidated with creditors havd refused to adjust Rutledge mail line. effected before the harvest whtat 60, a slight reduction. Kent’« coats Kent- The board chore S.L Stark dcbfi that are deemed too large. Alley Bros- top of Rattlesnake movement starai there will be Sherman county enjj^ta of Rosebush district- Hl? accepted will remain about} the aame at grade are threehihg some of their serious congestion all through the fourth, you bet- It rained.nearly the appointment and was preeent $132>OO, Moro*s have mcrcjHi.*rd poor wheat, about ten sacks at Rates Reduced district. Dick Rice of the Farm from $96-31 to $11750, Wasco’s at the meeting all day over the 120 lbs. to the sack. ers’ National was also present- have decreased from $115.00 to * Signing of tuition contracts i* •'The rates on air mail po.’.agc MAX. MIN. PRECIP ÖATK F>om the Observer July 7, 1905 $11.00, but the per pupil coats one of the most important func were reduced as of - July 1, ac C th« , NOTICE ,...71... 50. .. .00 tions of U ( ' non-high school board JUNE 28 ... cording to assistant poetmlaster, at Grass Valley have taken the P\ N- Ix^nmon of the Grass although the transportation con Funds are now ^ailable for the “ 29 V.. ...,.85 .. 46 ... .00 Be-ai# Thompson» Ro tthat it is moot startling drop of any hsv- Valley market will run three wa sowing. 30... ,.. 92... 62 ...’ .00 tng come down to $95 20 from tracts have caused more discus now possible to send letter via payment of all genteal fund war , “ gons this summer. One to Rutle Low”t G,,ove- sion in the year the, board has air-mail at little more cost Ihan rants of Sherman county to Ser ... 95... 56... .00 “ 1.... $112 94 last year- cloMd Sunday n1(tM wi^ them dge. Kent and Sherars- been in existence. The only con ial No. 162 inclusive- Registered by the usual carriers- Heretofore These figures are influenced to “ 2 ... ... 93 .. 58 .. .00 W concretatic« The celebration of the glorious tason- Rev. Adams deaervw con ' a large extent by the number of tacts signed were with schools the charge was 8 cents for the No. 1263. Interest stops on this ... 83... 48 ... .00 •• 3 ... fourth at Grass Valley was ad- pupils attending to school. Aver in Sherman county which contin- first ounce and 13 cents for each date- 4 ... .... 90 .. 59 .. .00 ^twlation« for judged a success. Hon. E V-.Lit- age daily attendance for school« ues the rule established last year succeeding ounce. The ri:w rate Dated thtis 6th day of July. 1934 . .00 Ttiw ¿«nt™ —1 att*nd hi^ allow« mail to be sent by air^fo» Total for week.. Mrs- Darwin Van Gilder County Treasurer < has Been as follows: Wasoo adiools in this county. 6 cent« per ounce MTEUK FIULLI MH WIND IS BLAMED FOR LOSS KLUM GIVES ORATION LOSS CLOSE IO S25.000 LEA6UE GAMES CHANGE PERCENTAGES LITTLE t News of Long Ago For Those Whose Memory Is Long County Non-High School Board Follows 1933-34 Precedent WEATHER REPORT FOR WEEK ENDING JUNE 27. 7' I
