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JHE »HERMAN COUNTY JOURNAL, MORO, OREGON, FRIDAY, JULY i 1931 PAGE TH F Ri Sijcrnuut (County HJonrnal Women Are Working the Farms in the Saar Grass Valley SHERMAN COUNTY OBSERVER. EsUblubad Nov. 2, 18B8 GRASS VALLEY JOURNAL, Established Oct- 14, 1897 CONSOLIDATED, MARCH 6, 1931 WASCU NEWS-ENTERPRISE, Established 1891 CONSOLIDATED MARCH 4, 1982 Kent News Mrs. Lil Coon spent the v end here with her husband, con from Monmouth where she is tending summer sdhool Published Every Friday at Moro, Oregon, By GILES L. FRENCH , Managing Editor Entered as second-class matter at the Postoffi^a» at Moro, Oregon, under Act of Congress of March 3t 1879 SUBSCRIPTION RATES—PAYABLE IN ADVANCE. One Year ...... a............................................. >1 50 JULY 13, 1984 The J E. Norton and J 1 • Davis families spent ’Wedne d: ' evening in The Dalles to see A m - works. Luke Bibby and wife were for the fourth while on their back home to Heppner- Mrs- C. nna Taylor of Wa! ■ Walla is spending a few with Mrs. Camelia Smith Jack Gervais has a yen gold mining and has some partic les of panned gold to prove hi The government estimate of the wheat crop is not only prow-ness as a miner. the lowest estimate of the wheat crop is not only the lowest Dwight Baker is here from Gre estimate that has been given out officially for many many Sham looking for a change b years but it presages a lower per capita yield of wheat than help with the harvest the country has known ip modern times- x Back in 1900 we raised 8 bushels of wheat for ♦ very person in the United States, in 1910 it was 6.9 per capita In 1920, the beginning of farm troubles, we raised 7 8 bush els for every inhabitant of the country and our export was Elmer Hansen and wife returnee form Camp Sherman Tuesday ant will return at the end of the wal to Gel dent hale to continue work for the electric company. Mrs- Minnie H^nry, sister ol Mrs- I- D. Pike was here for a few days this week- Sho lives in •Malone, Wash■ , •____ __ still something to brag about In 1930 there was 6 9 bushels produced. Now, if the estimates of the government hold true we will raise but 3 8 bushels for each person. Our consumption is considerably over that although it has drop ped from around six bushels to a little above four. r, A relaxation of government reduction requirements is expected for next year and the secretary of agriculture has already stated that crop* abandonment will not be increased. With nature preforming so sweeping a job of reducing the crop the best thing that could happen to wheat growers would be something to increase ti e consumption of wheat before it falls much farther. The siding on th? Odd-Fellows hall has been put on and given its first coat of paint making the new building look like it was all completed. COMPLETE THAT ROAD Ray Blake will take samples of ggiiin for the elevator company again tUs year- Rinehart Wassenmiller visited with his parents here Saturday and Sunday from The Dallas- Lila Lee " Alley spent a few days at Ione with her aunt, Mrs. Roy Feely, last week Two serious accidents within the past ten days bring FRAZIER-LEMKE BILL to the fore the danger of a piece of gravelled road connect (Continued from page ore) ed on each end with surfaced road of modern type. One worthy farmers, v ho tin->ngn 1 no man was killed and two women injured in the two accidents, tepipovarily fault of their own both of which were caused by cars swerving and rolling have been unable to mc:c these after hitting soft gravel payments . The Fei dem! Land A driver who has been travelling over the macadamized banks were placed in a po ition roads for miles is nut likely to realize his danger when heLto grant this relief to Lorrawcrs — receiving coinpens i puy- drives on to gravel The unimproved stretch in the Sher by ments • from th’ United S<ates man Highway is deceiving in its condition for a road of its treasury. The Emergency Farm kind and travellers do not slacken their steed. A turn out Credit act of 1933 authorized the to grant ibis aid to the to meet another car, a bit of loose gravel and some one may treasury Federal Land banks w’.ich con be hurt or killed, gress selected as the vehicle to This is one of the important reasons why the stretch carry out the refinancing of the of road ihould be completed before the highway commis Farm debt program From June 1 1933 to July 2, 1934, the banks sion starts new roads. will have calk'd on the treasury for about $50,000.000 for this pur ------- o------- ’’The intelligence of thia administration in creating a labor court for settlement of labor disputes is shown by the record of strikes in this country. The labor court, as now constituted, in reality provides a system for settlement of disputes in peace, instead of paralyzing activity and pros perity in huge areas through the strike with its code of the jungle”. Oregon J onrnctl duly 9, The same day gas oline distributors were informed that no more gas could be shipped, wheat could not be sold or handed, and a general strike was being discussed by labcr leaders of the entire coast Mr- and Mr»- G- W- Barn^^ of The Dalles were all day vi^* ors Frii.ay at the R. P- Barne., home- L. R French and family k Monday morning for Portia sending their household goods way of Roy Barnett’s truck. Th< will remain in the city indeft ttely- . * E- C. Left, Smith Hughes i struebor in the Newberg schoo was here Monday looking for beam of good horses to put ( his farm near that town. EAT MORE OF IT OH. YEAH! en» are getting their indebtedni in better shape- Most all of the residents of f Ker.it community celebrated Uhle 4t h of July at Grass Valley. Mrs. Camelia Smita and Mr Ctnna Taylor were G’inr'er gues Sunday at the home of Mrs- I [ and Pauline Davis- In keeping with die "back to the farm” movement being advocated in the Saar region, which is non under , the control of the League of Nations, wom.n are here shown working the soil. Next year the citizens of this I Mx and Mrs- G L. Hoskins region will vote on whether .hey wish to be ruled by Germany or France or stay under the wing of the league and family and Mrs. J Ruck ----- i attended Catholic church servic . t of fiscal year 1935 just signeel lue-’of farm«, although less than duction in the number of fore- at Grass Valley Sunday. , ti *5? ‘ $82,890, one-tenth of the farms in the closures shows that an increasing ) to be us:a for this- purpose x e u • ““-«wa-sing Kent grange No- 688 will ho! ’ necessary during fhle year er d* country w«re »ndebted for more, numbei of heavily inelebted farm- its next regular meeting Satu • r June 30, 1935. Loans by the than 70 Percent of their value at| «M» day evening, July 15th- Bank commissioner have Mrs- Carl Schadewitz went t ‘ made and will continue to be The Dalles Monday for medcia up to 75 percent of the va- one half of all the farms in the 'T- io treatment country were free from m6rt-( OailV < FUCk Service Mrs- Leauren Sather and GL- rXT Por,I“<l. The Dalles, Crass Valley Ho^kinson were business visitoi “RAILWAY QUEEN” in Moro Saturday. or mone of -their value has been -r • _ t i . A . i n cut to an even smaller percentage' Fl-Weekly to AntdopC & Mrs. Essie Bilson spent Frida since la^t year by the refinancing way points. anc Saturday at Madras tram program tlbus diminishing to ex-1 acting business and visiting wi .< ceptiona! * cases the number of r , o.... ......------ . friends possible applicants for bankruptcy 'ClStuQrUICC - LOUJGSt Rate W R Adams of Antelope w:. - under tlhe Frazier Lemke bill. Re- ' at Kent 'Saturday on business Mr- and Mrs. V- J- Kelly of The Dalles were Sunday gue-s at the L V- Walton home. ZELL’S Baseball FUNERAL HOME ---- A N O ----- AMBULANCE SERVICE Phone 345 The Dalles, Ore ------ or------ GRASS VALLEY PHARMACY Phone 222 Dr.F.A. Perkins 301}o E. Second St- The Dalles, Ore. PHONE 211 W OPTOMETRIST-OPTICIAN July 15th Warm Springs Indians tour of the railways o[ Canada and the United States Is Miss Oracle Jones, Holyhead, Wales, who recently was selected as “ralL way queen” by the railroad work-, ers of the United Kingdom. Around hör neck Is her '‘chain of office.* ^We can supply your . Harvest Grocery Needs VI Sherman County League Economically ^All Stars Wife. Dear, I’vs set my heart on a Rolls Royce, appropriation Hubby: Yes? Well that'* the only part of your anatomy that’ll evgr set on one. UPPER SIX Best of Quality, Best Price A good bunch of local players are going against team that has had a suc cessful ball season against strong competition These Indians are worth seeing pose- “The emergency LADY IN I DALLES FREIGHT UNE INC. I SX'“ Doris,, why are you scratching yourpelf ? , Qausi? Fm the on’ÿ one that knows where I itch- Trade At Quality Store H. Zeigler’s Grass Valley : : Oregon -------- 0-------- So much ha been said and done since the waterfront strike started in Portland that the results of the struggle will not be settled for years to come The present fighting will end, of course, and some sort of a settlement will be efiected, but one side or the other will still feel unfairly treated. Strikes must be brought to an end by some power in which both sides have confidence. As that power does not seem to exist, it should be developed. ------ o------- Tugwell, while on his trip to the northwest, evaded newspapermen by getting up early in the morning That’s what one might expect of a secretary of agriculture. -------o------ General Martin, back in Oregon for his gubernatorial campaign, may find that he has a hard summer’s job on his hands, one almost as hard as being a congressman Hugh Johnson safe e is going to quit making codes, Gosh, unless we develd! itonre industries he’s going to have to quit. The betting is even here that the Beavers will end the season with a percentage of 100. Hm. Wouldn’t mind striking for a couple of weeks, JULY SUN i 8 15 This Is not a scene from a mo tion picture but a view of the new style upper berth In the sleeping cars with which the Union Pacific streamline train Is equipped. Fold Ing stairways take you to tho up per, and a little platform provides room enough to stand up while dressing. sliding aluminum panel completely encloses the berlh, making it In fact a small compart ment. All berths, both upper and lower, are provided with Individual washstands. The new style sleep ing car Is one of the Innovations be ing shown at A Oqntury of Prog ress In Chicago as part of the Union Pacific's streamline train. myself Maybe we will some daygethack to the era when we feel sorry for the tax payer instead of the tax user / From now on to September people will be coming home fro«» their vacations looking like they had spent a couple of weeks in the harvest field. Trucking- Anywhere for Hire Phone Kent 4F11 or Write Roy P. Barnett h’i fine weather: for once the weather is good for the »wheat farmers anyway Garas Valley, Oregon 22 29 MON TUE WED THU 4 11 5 12 3 IO 2 9 16 23 17 30 31 24 18 52 19 26 FRI SAT 6 13 20. 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