Official County Paper
Friday, January 11, 1935
COUNTY TAXES LOWER
BY SUGHI MARGIN
EROSION WORK BEING
: IHR0U6H0IÍI NIIHIN
Earl Perry Sentenced,.
Paroled By Hendricks
Appointive Officers
Retained By Cities
Of Applied Education
BASKETBALL TAKING
LEAD IN SPORTS
The Moro Woman’s Club met at
City organizations were changed
Earl J. Perry, who conf eased
the
hbme of Mrs. D. E. Stephens little because of the first meeting
last week to guiltiness of the^eriny|
Friday January 4 with about 80 of the councils for 1935. This
of larceny in a dwelMi^g nous\|
in
attendance.
meeting usually is the one in which
was sentenced Wednesday by Judge]
Mrs. A. Douma. director of the new officers are chosen. Wasco Rufus and Grass Valley Teams
Hendricks to serve two years ¿ml
meeting, read a poem by Edgar names a marshall and an attorney.
the penitentiary and was than pa
Guest, followed by club singing.
Moro appoints a recorder, pump
Have Best Conftreuce Start
roled to J. D. Weed, Gilliam coORtyi
The main feature of the after man and marshall and Grass Val
parole officer, under the most
noon was an address by O. D. ley appoints a marshall and pump
stringent parole regulations. H im
Adams, of Salem, director of er and a recorder.
is not to be permitted to leave ^be
Vocational Education for Oregon,
This year Wasco’s new city
county of Gilliam without p^rtxu® Elmer Hanaan. marshMUi Hugh
on
the subject of “Applied Educa council re-appointed all of the offi
sion. may not drink or remain S-j
Chrisman, trustee; CGm King, 8«
tion.**
cers of the city giving Chas. Ever
round where drinking is going on, D; Harvey Thompson, 3. D; Segal
The next club meeting will be ett the marshallship and George
must repay cost of board during
Friday, January 18thi at 2 p. m- at Updegraff the job of city attorney.
the time before trial, must report! Searcy, steward; an J Jof Peters,
the Presbyterian church.
tiller.
It was ordered that a fence be plac-
every two weeks and above all
Mrs. Harvey Johnson of Port
The Eastern Star installed Mrs.
ed around the city park so that the Local Team» Have Ch&nce For Meet
must obtain employment unless he Harw Pinkerton. W. M; Wta. den Watte Entails Cost of Many Millioi
land, a very interesting speaker, Woman’s Club may use that bit of
returns to school and when there
will talk on the subject of “Inter ground as a public garden. O. T.
1 • Salem
must endeavor to earn a part of
of Dolían
national Relations.”
landscape
McWhorter,
his way. The Judge administered
This will be an open meeting, from O. S
will be in' Wasco
the sentence with a lecture in
and any one interested is invited soon to direct the work for the
which he said that he had pondered
to attend.
County league Standings
ladies.
Thirty-two widely scattered ero
long and deeply on the case in an
PCT.
There will be little difference in
sion control projects—practfcpl de-
attempt to give the young man a
Moro named the same men to
l.boo
Grass Valley ....... 2
0
the tax notices sent out to tax
nionstrations of the most scientific
chance to reclaim himself without
fill the same positions during 1935. Rufus .... ............... 2 w 0
1.000
payers .this year as compared to
and effective methods of cudring
George Williams will be marshall.
putting a burden on society.
•00«
Wasco .................... 0
1
last year although there will be
Henry Ruggles, water master and Moro .......... ......... 0
1
changes in nearly every district
er—were in active
L. H. Nahouse, recorder.
Kent ................. 0
2
according to advance information Moro Library Board
the Soil Erosion
Licensee were approved forBuc-
found at the sheriff’s office this
Basketball has assumed
closer of 1984.
Being Reorganized
holtz confectionery and 'Ruggles der ship
week.
sporting interest in
These projects, according 'to a Bar zee, Dutton and„ Tiller Named confectionery who have asked for the county since the mid-winter
Two of
a state permit to dispense beer and poker season has begun to wane
report submitted to Secretary of
will have larger millages for the
As Enumerators
Reorganization of the IMoro Li
a card room license was granted and the five high school teams and
the Interior Harold L. Ickes today
1934-35 tax year than for the past
brary
Board
was
started
Tuesday
Ruggles. Doors for the fire house
by
H.
H-
Bennett,
Director
of
Soil
year. These are Wasco which will
Elmer Barzee, Vernon Dutton were ordered, and it is expected their out of county opponents are
night
the
council
meeting when
Erosion
Service,
cover
approxi
have a tax rate of 53.1 as compar
being watched by their adhérants
a delegation from the present
mately 27,300,000 acres of land and Roy Tiller will be the enumer that the firemen will have their .in an attempt to place them in
ed to 48.5 last year. Grass Valley
ators
who
will
go
about
the
county
chariot in its own house within a their, final positions this early in
in thirty one states where the dam-
will have a . millage of 40.4 in board requested that the library
next week asking fanners to fill
be
permitted
to
become
a
commun
Althoughi
wheat
farmers
of
the
ag
,
e
i
an
j
resource«
by
acceler-
few days.
stead of 37.5. Moro will have a
the season.
out th» questionnaire blanks for the
millage of 44.7 instead of 49.4 be ity enterprise instead of a civic ap- Pacific northwest are still losing ated erosion has been most severe. farm census. They received their
General opinion is that, as last
Heretofore the library. Uigny thousands of dollars annual- , Outlining the development of the
cause of a low budget allotment pendage
appointment
this
week
from
Ellis
year
Rufus and Grass Valley will
Ragsdale.New
Head
|y from growing smutty wheat, erosion control program. Mr. Ben-
while receiving a
Edgington, of Sisters who is su
be the probable winners with Was-
toi from to Woman’. Club, ta. I
ition and demon-
pervisor of this district. All must
Of Mid-Co umbiaTCA co a possi upsetting factor. The
county will UI tave practically to been legally “"^r
attend a meeting in The Dalles
Wasco team has al-
rame rate with to exception of the cityJ™™1
*’^,”7 to
•
Satyifrtay
W
insmctiAns-'
*
ready
been
defeated
by Rufus gives
• * of the board m the hands ot vne
and conserve the -nation’s most
Moro which has been raised ■ about
The Mid-Columbia , Production that team an advantage especially
I
/William
L.
Austin,
director
of
basic natural resource.
four mills because of the action of city fathers.
i4he census says of this survey of Credit Corportion absorbed the
The present plan is that each one
“Since its inception sixteen m<qi- agriculture, “The earnest cooper Empire Credit company at the an considering that the next game be
the board in raising money for re
tween th» two will be played on
ths ago,” the Director stated
tirement of bonds- Rufus with 23.7 of the community organization«
ation of the farmer is necessary nual meeting held in The Dalles the Rufus floor- The Wasco boys
program of the Service has f
instead of 23.8, Wasco with 23.6 appoint a committee of three as he says.
Three good smut varieties of from a mere idea into a major ef to the success of this census, for January 5 and consolidated t.Se are suffering from knumps and
instead of 23.4, Grass Valley with a library committee with the chair-
it is one of the federal activities loan facilities of this district into their center, McDermid, was bad
24.7 instead of 24.0 and Kent with an serving as a member of the wheat are now available to farm fort on the part of the United ; designed primarily for his bene one head by the ac.tion. With ly hurt in the game Friday when
ers,
Mri
Stephens
pointa
out
¡Two
States to curb the destruction of fit. However, the welfare of agri- this change J. W. Hoech has be
21.3 instead of 21.0 have not un board proper. For the Qty council
1^ while playing.
of
these,
'Rio
and
Oro,
are
Turkey
E.
E.
Barzee,
Vernon
Flatt
and
its
land. Through the thirty-two ’ culture affects all other industries, come the secretary-treasurer and he cut
dergone much change.
1
Gress
Valley
slaughtered the
or
hard
winter
wheats,
while
the
existing projects, which range en 1 directly or indirectly, and the pub- acting manager of the Mid-Colum
Last year the state and county W. A. Ruggles were appointed to
Kent
boys
Friday
night
by x score
third,
Rex.
is
a
hew
cross-bred
size
from
28,000
to
16,090.000
atrwes
serve
in
this
capicity.
millage was 11.6 and this year
of 43 toD with the first team plain
variety of thé soft white class the Federal Government is showing ; lie generally. The statistics are bia PCA.
this has been reduced to 11.4 mills.
A reduction in the number of ing only part of the time.’.4, During
Oro and Rio are highly smut hesis- thousands of farmers in every sec necessary not only for the ordinary
This reduction has been made pos South Dakota Has
।
transaction
of
governmental
busi
directors
was voted some time ago a part of th» second period the
tant and yield about the same as tion of the country the practicable
sible because of reduced millages
ness.
but
also
for
allotment
pro-
and
therefore
five directors instead Gtass Valley lads made, three
good Turkey varieties. »
and sensible way to combat their grams. These programs range from
for state purposes, road bond in
Shelterbelt Program other
of nine were elected. The new points per minute which is pretty,
Bek
is
a
winter
wheat
with
char
most vicious enemy, soil erosion.”
terest and bridge fund. Increases
acteristics resembling Federation. Within twenty one of the- estab the allocations of the Agricultural board of directors is composed of fast bnsketball The G. V. boy» are
that have been made in the general
Tt matures abhoet "as soon, M lished project acre«, the report sta Adjustment Administration to the W. H. Ragsdale, president; Walter the typ0 of fàgt passing basketeers
levy are small and are overcome
A South Dakota paper was
Federal Emergency Relief and Kortge, vice president; Harry Carr, that can look their opponent, in
by the decreases to cause the .2 brought to this office this week by Federation, does” not shatter when ted, approximately 10,000 individ Farm Credit Administrations. In representing the Washington coun
eye anj pa8S the ball between
ripe, and is about equal in winter ual farmers had signed formal co
mill reduction.
H. D. Proudfoot which carried a
deed,
the
benefits
expected
to
be
ties,
Howard
Shoemaker,
of
Hood
their legs. They won third in the
Many of the school districts have story regarding the shelterbelt pro hardiness to Hybrid 128. It is operative contracts agreeing to car derived from this census are in-
ry but. for a period of five years, calculpble and will have a marked River and W- H. Steiwer represent district tournament last year..
reduced their levies but on the gram in that region. It has been
Moro has only played one league
the erosion control measures rec- influence on the future welfare of ing Gilliam and Wheeler counties.
whole millages for the entire list presumed by many that this pro
New offices will be set up in The game so far, but have tried Hood
fact,
are
all
the
smut
résistant
of them are much the same as in ject had been abandoned because
agriculture and the country as a Dalles and the enlarged corpora River, unsuccessfully. This Fri
ag mogt adaptable to the needs
other years. Some reduce every of its impractical nature but the varieties when smut is bad, Step-.
whole. At the completion of the
their land. These • contracts canvass every effort will be put tion will start the new year with day they play The Dalles. Rufus
year while others increase making story tells of local headquarters hens believes.
(Continued on page four)
To be auro of smut control, it is covered an aggregate approximate forth to make preliminary tabu a large amount of new business.
the general average very similar being established at Brookings,
acres. Additional lation reports available at the
then.
<year after year. Of course there South Dakota.
nec<
resistant variety,1 contracts were awaiting completion earliest possible moment.
are always the lucky districts that
clean 1
»perly'before sow-1 jn those projects which have only
seldom levy a tax at all, princi
and
to
ins' 'haVe dhown ■ recenty been set up and which
pally because of property owned Court House Basement
that
n^
given ’ have ' not yet gotten fully under Local Loan Associations
that brings in an income.
Project Started constantly1 ^tisfketdry ' results
if way, the Director pointed out
Elect Officers
the seed used td start with
. ^hder these cooperative con-
served in metropolitan style in
From the Observer Jan. 16. 1896.
Large Crowd Attends
| tracts, far-reaching cropping re-
this
city. That period is in sight.
Work on the court house base-1 smuty, he s^yp.
The little son of C. W. Moore
A number of Moro ladies met
ment has started arid six men ar?| Of the mkfiy treatments tried, forth! designed to halt run-off of
Thfe Federal farm loan agencies and his' playmate found- amuse
Final Moore Rites working at the job. The runway! tlhe coyJper Carbona!» Snethod has ndiTwater and consequent soil loss operating from IMoro as headquar ment in the store of Moore and at Mrs. Hadley’s Tuesday, and or
for the removal of dirt was dug been found thF "Mbit ¿atisfactoty wfll be instituted throughout the ters selected a group of officials at Moore at Grass Valley, on the mor ganised an afternoen tea club, to
One of the largest crowds.that on the back of the court house । when injunr to germination and pfdject areas. In approximate their annual meetings held last ning of the 5th in handling a load meet at homes of members weekly.
smut control jiFe
taken irito numbers, these crop reforms, un- week in conformity with their by ed gun which they found secreted Once a month the gentlemen are
has gathered at the Grass Valley under the jail which made the start
consideratiori,:1$i3g!9Fn« points out. der contracts signed ub to. Octo- laws. The Snerman County Na in the office. The piece was dis to be invited to an evening out.
slow
as
this
was
the
part
of
the
auditorium for many years met
I _
-fungicide
1, include: Strip cropping on tional Farm Loan association, the charged, the load passing through
R. 0 Lyons has bought the
Sunday afternoon to attend tihb buikfing that was closest to the
4c^esan and
1,000
acres:
contour
farming
on
Shandy
lot, east of the Presbyter
for
smut
’
elder
of
the
loan
groups,
named
the
wall
of
the
building,
but
for
ground
and
needed
the
most
block
funeral of Bud Moore who was in
although
it , _J,000 acres; planting of. thick E. H. Moore as president to succeed tunately no further injury result ian manse, and contractor H. O.'
______
______
basic
copf
ing.
A
great
pile
of
yellow
dirt
stantly killed December 31 when
er yéii*rreròns wifi be growing cover crops on 200.000; himself, Fred CoX, J. H. Wilson. ed than badly- frightening every Shugart will at once begin the erec
a car he was working on fell on has already been dumped just back least anotf
necessary before thè* experiment retirement from cultivation of 125, S. A. Hall and R. W. Belshee as body within hearing of the explo tion of a neat and substantial home
of
the
county
hteaquarters
and
the
his chest.
ired to make 000 acres; and a decrease of 100, directors. Mr. Belshee succeeds T. sion and scaring the children out there for Mr. Lyons.
Rev. S. L. Boyce gave the ser hole is just nicely started although station will t
êgtrd to thélr 000 in the number of acres hitherto B- Searcy as director.
From the Observer Jan. 14, 1916.
of a year’s growiih.
. .
mon assisted by ’Rev. Ed. C. Cofer it will be enlarged much faster | recommèndatii
* tri
The <¿4>ating team is hard at
1
planted
io
clean
tilled
crops.
use,
he
says'.
'
The
Moro
National
Farm
Loan
Resignation
of
J.
Harvey
Smith
former minister at Grass Valley. when more room is made for the
work
for the final debates between
association,
which
is
the
newer
as
stock
inspector
was
accepted
-----------------------
I
In
addition,
under
contracts
ex-
men
working
at
the
job.
A trio, Ellen Cox, Helene Lemley
and
J-
V.
O
’
Leary
of
Rutledge
was
Moro,
Wasco and The Dalles to be
group,
re-elected
C.
J.
Thompson
It
is
planned
to
make
the
base
।
isting
on
October
1,
the
Service
had
and Orville Ruggles, sang, accom
Gordon
Çr^s^er
5gin»
appointed
to
fill
the
vacancy.
held
on
January 21. Marie Morri-
as
president
and
P.
C.
Axtell
as
। secured agreement on the part of
panied by Charlotte Ruggles. Pall ment a few feet smaller than the
vice
president.
Directors
in
addi
;'
Miss
Daisy
Van
Winkle
of
Cali
court
house
so
as
to
not
disturb
cooperating
farmers
for
the
ter-
bearers were.
Ernest Blaylock,
4-H Club Scholarship racing of 225.000 acres, thte con tion to these men are J. B. Coon, fornia was a passenger on Tues
Frank Bayer, T. M. Rolfe, Lester the foundation. Later a furnace
struction of 70,000 erosion control Hugh Herin and Mrs. Augusta M. day stage on the way to visit her
Smith, Clyde Smith and Ray Blake will be installed and a vault for
Grace Muir will meet Wasco’s neg
¡the
storage
of
county
records
will
dams, and the planting of 1,700. Huckin. The loan committee is father in Grass Valley.
Interment was in the Odd-Fellows
ative team here, and The Dalles
An
attempt
to
burglarize
Moore
Albert
Kaseberg,
Hugh
Herin,
retired
be
made
down
stairs.
This
will
000
trees
on
areas
to
be
cemetery under the direction of
negative goes .to Wasco. Esther
Arthur
Justesen
and
alternates
are
Bros,
store
on
the
night
of
the
9th
protect
the
records
and
give
more
worn
cultivation.
Zells. Odd-Fellows were in charge
Cushman and 'Marjorie Haynes are
J.
B.
Coon,
C.
J.
Thompson
and
Mrs
was
frustrated
by
some
of
the
band
room in the offices up stairs.
of the services.
art hip given each year to thfe 4-H( Most of the actual labor in con- Huckin. W. H. Ragsdale is secre boys returning from the banquet at acting as substitutes.
club boy or girl who had done the nection with the erosion control
Possibly a hundred members of
best work in each of the counties program is performed by OCC tary for both these loan com Willie Powells. They cut out a
the
farmers union attended the
Buyers
Beware
portion of the sash in tihe office win
Registering Of Babies
served by the U. P. Unes., .pm, workers under the direction of the panies.
regular meeting last Saturday. A-
dow.
after
trying
the
warehouse
endless chain scheme qnder neboUrsMp isfor >100 and ls only Service, the report stated. At the
but did not enter the premis mong other business transactions
Found Difficult the An sponsorship
U. S. Marines, Portland door,
of the Sterling
es
where
a loaded winchester a- it was voted to have a Union Day
camps were assigned to the service,
Casualty Insurance Company of
waited
them.
attempt of on Saturday the 22nd; the morning
with « total of approximately 11
Announce Vacancies this kind will Another
The Department of Commerc Chicago, Illinois, a copipany which
surely
furnish a will be given over to business, at
00Ó men. In addition, 4,129 per-
noon a lynch served cafeteri^ style
is finding a little difficulty in is not authorised to transact An
corpse for the coronar-, :
listing all the babies born during insurance business in Oregon, is alternate.
From the Observer Jan. 12, 1906. and the afternoon will be devot«!
The
U.
S.
Marines
At
Portland,
the past year. In Oregon only 55 reported by Insurance Commission
Mrs. Kitty French, of Grass Val
Oregon, announce vacancies for en
ley,
District Deputy, officiated at
percent as many cards have been er A. H. Averill to be now in ‘pro
listment during the next four
the Rebecca installation. Officers
received as there were births in gress. Under the plan offered,
months,
according
to
information
installed are: Jennie Foss^N/ G;
1933, the last complete year of anyone selling three policies of .in
received by Postmaster Bourhill.
records. In Sherman county 11 surance for the company is en-|
Men enlisted to fill these vacan Mrs. S. A. (McCoy. V. G; Ora Lew-
Of the >20,000.000 allocated to
cards were sent out showing 1934 titled to receive a commission, and
cies
will serve as replacements to ellen, Secretary; Mrs. Jessie Hen-
the Service by the Public Works
richs, treasurer. Also District De
births while there were 19 births each purchaser of a policy likewise
Former winners of the scholar Administration Mr. Bennett re Marine Corps stations in China, puty Qhlarles Porter. of Grass Val
in 1933, showing either a decrease becomes eligible to sell three poli
ported. >12,827.000 has been allo Guam, Hawaii, Philippine Islands,
in births or that some 1934 chil cies to three friend« and to receive ship in this county ara Esther cated to the various projects now and to Airplane Carriers and bat ley, installed the new Odd Fellows
Wheatley,
m2;
.Harry
Howsll.
commissions therefor.
officers Saturday night as follows:
dren are not yet registered.
ih existence, >910.000 has been tleships of the Fleet-
Commissioner Averill states that
Birth registration is becoming
Interesting booklets and infor
more important every - year as individuals participating in a pro
mation describing éérvice with the
•civilization become« more complex position such as this are violatng
United States Marines, and appli
’ennagin. >6,268,000 remains in reserve.
Hansen,
and official age «nd birthplace are the insurance law, and should such
Actual cash embursements from cation forms, may be obtained
a violation be brought to Ms at
needed for more purposes.
i total allotment to projects total from the U. S. Marine Corp« re
tention, immediate action against
approximately $6,000.000 at the cruiting station, 208 New U. S.
the offender would be taken by
Hats off to the Past-
Court House. Portland. Oregon.
(Continued on page four)
his office.
Coats off to the Future!
Vat Program Desped To Malt
La^ Useful
DISTRICT MEET LODESTONE
UNO »ND sail MUITSEO
TWO TOWHS UP4 ONE DOWN
WHEAT SHF SW MME
BI SUM» HEAD HEHE
FIRM CENSUS TO START
NEU WEEK IN CDUNH
Items That Were News 39, 29
and 19 Years In The Past