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PAGE THREE THE SHERMAN CÓÜÑTV JOURNAL, MORO, OREGON FRIDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1931. ^^erman bounty ^Journal Grass Valley SHERMAN COUNTY OBSERVER. Established Nov. 2, 1888 GRASS VALLEY JOURNAL, Established Oct. 14, 1897 CONSOLIDATED, MARCH 6, 1931 WASCO NEWS-ENTERPRISE, Established 1891 CON SOLI 1^1 ED MARCH 4. 1932 Noiabks on Supreme Court Building Pediment Miss Barbara Walpole is home from Eugene wdhere she has been attending the Univarsity of Ore gon. MEMBER Ted Baker, son of Mr. and iMirs. V. A. Baker, ia spending his Chnat maa vacation here with his parents. He is teaching school in Phillips Published Every Friday at Moro, Oregon, By GILES L. FRENCH___________ Managing Editor burg, Montana. Entered as second-class matter at the Postoffice, at Moro, Oregon, under Act of Congress of March 3, 1879 - SUBSCRIPTION RATES—PAYABLE IN ADVANCE. One Year ......................................................................................... - 60 DECEMBER 28, 1934 NO, NO With the statement that an army only has one general and the state of Oregon should have but cue governor, the newly elected governor opens a campaign to obtain more power for the office he is to occupy. This will at least justify the fears of those who did not like the idea of a military man in high office. It is true, as some of the supporters of the general imply, that he was elected governor It is also true that Holman was elected treasurer and Snell was elected secre tary of state, both with the undeistanding that their wisdom and experience would be available to the boaid of control. The people have given tacit consent to the system that gives the two confering officials the power to vote cn im portant state questions. It is about the only way cutlying sections of the state can have direct representation cn the most important board of the government- The governor needs not the power of dictatorship. He must convince but one man to control the beard. Surely he should be able to convince one man, even if that man be skeptical, if his ideas are good enougn to try on the state at large. Both Mr- Holman and Mr. Snell are better acquaint- ed with the state than is the governor to be, both are as interested ir its development and it is. doubtful if a move would he advisable that could not enlist the support of eith er- This state does not need or want a government by executive edict We still hold to democracy. Miss Rachael Bayne, sister of Mrs. C. L. Poley, is visiting here over Christmas from her home in Salem. Several of the farmers who raise sheep are lambing this week and are praising the moderation of the weather as it allows tibean to save a large part of the lamb crop. Bob Poley is home for the Oliristmas vacation from the Uni versity of Oregon where he is go ing to school. •••• Principal Hughes and School man Rowe left Sunday for Ridge field to visit over the holidays. Mr. and IMrs. David Morris and daughter and Lee Stradley came home to the F. L. Stradley place to make a real family gathering for all. Mrs. Morris is a dauglhter of the Stradleys. Grover Young was in The Dalles Monday on business returning the same day. Mr. and Mrs. Glen King drove to Portland Sunday to visit with rel- atives over the holiday season. Harry and Florence Beezley are here this week to visit with rela tives of Mrs. Beezley for a short time. 3Ä **•*■’**' » I " »I K * II Several notable men, some living, some dead, appear among these figures on new Supreme court building in Washington. Left to right, the figures are: I • Howard Taft, when a student nt Yale; Elihu Root, former secretary of state: • building; “Authority”; “Liberty Enthroned”; “Order”; Chief Justice Charles *. sculptor of the pediment and former Chief Justice John Marshall when a lad. men’s stores dropped 59 jxrrcent, and ladies apparel houses 48 per cent. The average for all retail establishments was a drop of 49 percent for tihe four years. Cleveland Housing Pro' U? cer Way Changes Mad: In Farming Areas Lately Miss Olga Koepke is home from Hood River for a few days on ac count of the Christmas season. planned by IMrs. A. A. Dunlap for Mrs. Max Pluemke at her Ihom« Monday afternoon in honor of Mr». Pluemke’a birthday anniversary. The honor guest was the recipient of many birthday gifts. Qaeda was. the diversion of the afternoon an I rereshments were served to the following guests: Mrs. L. V. Wal ton, Mrs. G. L. Hoskinson, Mr:. A. A. Dunlap, Mrs. J. L. Matthei, Mrs Ida Davis, Mrs. Frank Hayne, Mrs. W. C. Guyton, Mrs. Wayi : McCulloch. Mrs. C. F. Darby, Mr?. J. E. Norton, Mrs. J. S. Wilson cl I of Kent and Mrs. G. C. Young Ox Grass Valley. Kent Grange No. 688 iheld iti regular meeting Saturday, Ljeceni ber 22, with potluck dinner at noo. . Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Bruckert o. Klondike grange were visitors. Af ter the business meeting in the a. - ternoon the following officers wer • installed by County Deputy J. L. Davis. Master, C. B. Andrew ; Overseer, J. L, Matthes: Lectu - er, Mrs. George Wilson; Steward, L. E. Clark; Assistant StewarJ John Decker; Chaplain, Laura Sr- ther; Secretary, Mrs. H. E. Mo; - row; Treasurer, H. E. Morrow, Gatekeeper, George Wilson; Ceres, Helen Wilson; Pomona, Marguerite Mitchell; Flora, Clarice Mitchell; and Lady assistant steward, Paul ine Davis. Albert Pluemke arrived home Saturday from Warm Springs CCC camp to spend Christmas with) his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Max Pluem ke. Students enjoying the Christmas holidays at their 'homes in Kent are: Donald Maclnnes from Lin field college; Marjorie Maclnm-s and Rua Helyer from Hood River business college; Alta Norton, Les ter and Charles Wilson from North western business college of Port land; Virginia Helyer and Clarice Wilson from Oregon Normal at Monmouth and Hazel IDlecker from the Girls' Polytecnic, Portland. Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Norton were shopping in The Dalles Thursday and also to meet Mr. Norton’s sis ter. Miss Rena Norton of Spokane wlho will spend Christmas here. During the past eighteen months great changes have been made in The Holmes family gathered at agricultural production. In any I the home of S. B. Holmes in town system of national planning it is on Christmas day for a family cel Mr. and Mrs. G. L. Vergier of obvious that a detailed knowledge Bend spent the week end at Knt ebration of the day. essential, of farm inventories FEDERAL FARMING repairing and remodeling radios. Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Brown were The forthcoming Censui f Agricul Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Dcker and It may be easily imagined that the comments on the here this week with Mr. and Mrs. ture to be takep in January, 1935, son John motored. to Portland supply this information. The Thursday returning Saturday ac removal of 85 Jefferson county families away from their Elmer Hansen. They are from i will data obtained by the use of uni- Hillsboro. companied by their daughter Hazel. vines and fig trees will be varied and nun erous. S( me will I form questions in every part of Mr. and Mrs. F. C. Darby went say, with conviction that smacks of truth, that if the “A smart girl is one who can the United States will also fur make her complexion taste as nish a splendid basis for compari- to Vancouver, Wn., to spend their farmers cannot make a ivingvHie they aie the govfip* ; son, and an excellent basis for de- good as it looks. ” holiday vacation. ment is acting as a rotecting angel to them. Othdswill I termining the effects of drouth in I d Wrecklng crews are here seen removing some doubt the advisability of the federal governm*nt interfer Ethel—How can I get a wart reduced crop yields and the reduc- Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Dunlap and I e urea in Cleveland, Ohio, where the federal public works housing । tion of livestock through govern- daughter Anita and son Charle? off my hands? ing actively in the chosen lives of its citizens. •reject is under way. I ment buying, forced marketing. went to Yamhill Saturday to spend Jefferson county is a new farming area even for the Helen—Why not shoot him? Land voluntary réduction in adjust- the Christmas holidays with rela west and it is doubtful if the land there is worn cut so as to | ment programs. tives. tihe project, which is designed pri be useless for anything but grass A wet winter and a To obtain tihàs information quick- marily for their benefit, by writing Earl Harbin of Portland is home , ly and accurately will require the to the Bureau of Census, Washing- spring rain would still । reduce a fairly peed nep cf wl eat to spend the Christmas holidays active cooperation of the farmers ton, D. C., and procuring a sample with his parents. Mr. and Mrs. R. there in all probability. Many of ’he inhabitants undoubt I tliemselves. Sample copies of the copy of the schedule. J. Harbin. A pleasant surprise party was edly believe that the dry years are ab< ut < ver and better f a schedule to be used in the farm The definition of a farm for cen- days are coming They may k(k forward with no enthu C/f enumeration can be obtained by I sug pUrp<)seg ¡s an tihe land that is addressing the Bureau of Census, directly farmed by one person, siasm to pottering about a patch cf irrigated ground after -------- I Washington, D. C. By filling in e,ther by his own labor alone or experiencing the expanse of large wheat fields. the information called for in this W1th the assistance of members of We doubt if it is a proper function of government, this Figures given in the retail cen sdhedule prior to the visit of the or hired employees, taken last year show that dry enumerator a more -accurate as ( The household ianj operated by a partnership meddling with private affairs, It can lead to many danger sus goods stores have fallen off in bus ous practises The farmers of Jefferson county, we think, iness more than any other and yet well as a more rapid census can be is likewise considered a farm. A taken. farm may consist of a single tract will be better off in spirit at least if they work out their practically everyone is wearing of land, or of a number of separate own salvation without the aid of I he paternalistic touch of clotfiies. The decrease in business tracts, and these several tracts as compared to 1929 for dry goods may be held under different ten the magic governmental wand. They may have fewer mrchants was less 77 percent. ures, as When one tract is owned Candy and confectionery stores bath tubs and automobiles where they are but much For winter clothes, ouershoes, coats and by the farmer and another tract more of that inner toughness that has made civilizations dropped 53 percent, combination is rented by him. When a land stores 18 percent and the food wool shirts and dry goods— SEE owner has one or more tenants, succeed. group as a whole dropper 37 per renters, croppers, or managers, cent, eating places 38 percent. the land operated by each cropper Trade At is reported as a separate farm, and If you want to make a small boy happy this week ask t LEARNING TO SHOOT the land operated by the owner or him what time it is Quality . Some time during January, 1935, manager by means of wage hands a United States census enumera- is likewise reported as a separate Store ter will call at every farm and farm. No report is required of a Just as an exhibition we wculd like to see Huey Long ranch in the country in connection farm of less than 3 acres, unless and Hugh Johns« n slinging the Lum’s English at each ether. with the Census of Agriculture its products in 1934 were valued at and farmers and ranchers can be $250 or more. of great assistance in furthering Whether poor or rich we can all be interested in the Dry Goods Men Hit Hardest Ujf IVlCrcnani S Kent News This store will have the food products to make holiday cheer as Farm Census Is Primarily For Farmer merchandise for everyday needs. H. Zeigler’s superlatives used in describing the new cars. Preparing for Another Bonus Army A man in Oklahoma discovered that he was a singer by entering a hog calling contest Well, some have started out as singers and ended up as hog callers, tco. Who can foretell what it’s next ring will mean? The New Years game may br ng in a lot of jack for good old Alma Mater, but it tough on the contestants about dinner time of Christmas. Teachers are heir g tested with 40 words to spell, and all look fairly difficult. The teachers will appear more foolish if they are caught misspelling f ome of the shorter words, like ‘busy” say. After the first of the year one can write checks without paying the two cent tax , That wasnTthe biggest difficulty with writing checks however. I It is now thought by leathers in the freight rate fight that lower rates are not to be expected and that they may be higher. W ith the river turning by thé door higher rates will just about finish the branch lints. If this winter ends as it han started we will forget what zero weather is like in this country Nineteen thirty-five will be as good as we nfake it. An order requiring all New York policewomen and police patrolwom en to report for target practice oner every three weeks, at the precinct headquarters to which they are at tached, indicate« that the -time h not far off when they will be armed Louis Wittenbon while on duty with revolvers of at least .32 caliber. There are now Ir Rank and FUe commi the department 105 policewomen the coming of anotlx I and 50 pólice patrolwomen. The last one look like a I photograph shows one of the police the middle of January women on the range at police head quarters. . Harold Hickerson and Fames O. Eaton, of the ■e, In their Washington headquarters planning for “bonus army” which, they predict, will make the Scout camp. The army Is due in Washington by nd “will stay until the bonus is paid.” Those who have no telephone may never know what friends tried to reach them and failed . . . what Opportunity regret fully passed them by. But those who have ' x a telephone do know that iri value is beyond measure. T he P acific T elephone and is large, and its r T elegraph C ompany
