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About Sherman County journal. (Moro, Or.) 1931-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 8, 1935)
german Comity journal aa Forty Seventh Yw No. 14 ?rr wi u «e* --------- The Women’s Club met at the ■ home of Mrs. Schaeffer Feftruary list. , At the business meeting the (, possibility of buying a building for ¡tCluh and Library purposes was r discussed- The building in ques tion i« the one on Main street be- A com- longing to Mr»- El mUtee was appointed to secure term». r The club voted upon and accept ed a new member, Mra. Merle Miller. The buaine»» meeting closed and a good program followed. Mp. A> H. Barnum director, read the poem “Fla^O' My Land.“ Mra Z Pre-session new members lature offer» “third” bpt»< assembly. At lobbista, house, will use program inf th. T Moro. Oregon, fl DRAWS FEW «DS WE The crew of debaters who repre- sent-1 ~ * - > toumamnt _ last Friday and Saturday returned Hirry Loderai On Hud To Aid New Contraici Çoqm Much Simpler j paper on Civics explaining the diff- Than Old : «rent steps in citizenship that ia it dur. presented to the child through the entire eight grades. All present joined in singing Apparently few farmers are in On Februai» 12 qr about that •Yankee Doodle. date which. Ute Hme wes Mias Helen Cowgill was intro terested in attending meetings inexperienced in making laws de duced. She talked of the 4-H Club held by the bog allotment commit clared the Legislature would ad- work and what it is doing toward tee for organization purposes. Any teaching American Citizenship to way few were at the court house pleting ita busipegs in 30 days in stead of from 40' on up to 60. the The ‘‘Oregon Chib Woman” re Wednesday afternoon for either Third House program will be held view was given by Mrs. Lena Sear the meeting of the county hog al in the form of a Ivt nigùt meetr cy. The program closed with a lotment committee or the after- ing. At this program ’ take-offs short review of the “Manuel of noon meeting _____ for signing hog al- of members and state officials will the United States. I lotment applications. . . be given. The next meeting of the club will be held »t the Moro Hotel Feb- .. y L But speaking of completing the roary 20. The "Huaband.- win be ?°Ue*e w“ pre8ent ,nd ,,d€4 tha business of ths session, few now entertained at a banquet. Club hog growers in making out their can see any possibility of adjourn members planning to attend should applications where such help was necessary. For those who signed ment on February 22. the end of make reservations with the ban paying time for members, and quet committee b/ February 16- the 1934 contract cooperation in 1935 is rn^de very easy. The base the best guess now 1« March Mrs. O L. Belshe is chairman of period is .1932-33, the same as it f*r adjournment, and then with a the above committee. The hour of session in the offing to pro the banquet will be announced next was last year and the work of ob taining evidence is thus remov v^de further tie-In with the federal week. ed. That is. unless a change has »•rA'»ram of relief and social ser been made in the^farm or number vice. • • < < of acres farmed. M Adult Education There is one qualification neces- *T->— ’n its second half of the Started In County Mr y {or 1985 »ig»«™: They must . *. dewu th* first half have raised 25 percent of the 19&2- nteht. the Legis- - — - - 33 base last year to be eligible to its miitfitiest task Two more classes in adult edu- sign contracts. Ill case the grower to fa"*— unemnloyment relief. cation have been or soon will be bas been, prevented from raising N^hin'r ivas yet been presented on this msior nroHem. not even a sign started in Sherman county- One this number of hogs through dis of approach to the solution—and hes been organized for several ease or other good cause he may weeks: the Rufus singing school still join* the allotment although Legislators are getting worried. Mrs.” Akers at Wasco will instruct permission of the board must be Two chief difficulties ¡have be a group in singing and Mrs. Guy obtained This year the government will come paramount this session, and Hoskinson at Kent is teaching an as a result the power of the assem adult class in Rural Social Prob pay $15.00 for each hog not raised bly has diminished and virtually lems There is an attempt being on ten percent of the base num has become subservient to the pub made by Wily Knighten to start ber. If a man raised fifty hogs lic cry and the federal government classes in Moro and Grass Valley per year during the base period he —different than in times gone by. and public speaking has been sug would now contract to reduce to These two are the demands and re gested as a subject that mig^t be 46 hogs and would be paid $75.00 strictions under the new deal fed interesting to a good sized group, tgxr doing so. according to the con- eral government, and the other ‘ I dead line for signing the the vote of the people which would GRAMCW contracts is set for February 25 defeat any attempt to gain revenue An all day meeting will be b^dd and no application will be accep- for relief through any system of taxation. A hard task for an inex at the Klondike grange ball Sator- ted after that date. perienced house where revenue day the 16th. The morning will DANCE SCHEDULED be given over to grange work and measures must originate. the afternoon will be used for an Members of the Chris Schulte Three groups named by the gov instruction period in farm account- post of the American Legion met ernor during the past week of up ing. All of those who are inter- Wednesday night and in addition sets and swift tnpyemen|s are al ested in this should take an m- to paying the bills voted to give a ready, at work, the frame commis ventory of their farm before com- dance the night of February 22, so that the Washington’s birthday.. The Dalles sion. the revamped liquor control ing to the meeti commission, and the permanent books can be start drum corps will be Here on that planning commission. And all of actual worth of the farm. night to make lively music and A pie social will be held the lend color with their new uniforms them expected to have some mat ters before the Legislature before night of the 9th by the Klondike A Dalles orchestra will play for grange. they can adjourn. the dance. ===== »SSEW WtlS : SHOW M1NY GK --- Twuiy Five Year, Record Gives school represented?* ended the tout nament in the r fourteen of the forty five presept gt the meet. * Morat uier Official County Paper February 8, 1935 Beaverton, Hillsboro and McMimy. ville and lost to (Jr^sham and Hills boro giving the teagi four wins and two defeats in competition with schools of mucH larger registra- tion. Nine schools >on five out of the six debates and were entered in the semi-finals. Beaverton final ly won witM ' Jem second. Gresham was ted winner of the tournament by placing first in declamation and ’ extemporaneous speaking. < , The team was jiteompanied by Cliffors Rowe, c , and George Wilco« Janet 4 cox, Mildred Alley, Marjorie I e and Elton Eakin made up teams, two of whom are first year debaters and two having, two ypars experience in the art. They Will debate Red mond for the privilege of repre senting this district in the state tournament/ - Interesting Dai» Value of Merchandise Fall* Since War Y ar* i. A study of the assessment rolls of Sherman county fqr the past 25 years gives a picture of the development of the county in sev eral matters that could hardly be gotten in any other way; It shows the rise in the valuation of all lands from four and a half million in 1909 to twelve and a half mil lion in 1920 and the drop from that peak to a little over six min- lion this year. In 1911 automobiles were num erous to be assessed but they con tinued on the rolls until 1917 when they were taken off by state law. In 1909 there were stocks of goods valued at $140.130 in the county. These increased up to nearly $310,000 in the banner year in 1920 Farmers Spend . Day Learning and have dropped since then to $47.550. Farming implements, start About Deteel Motor ing in 1909 at $97,930 have gone Over three, hundred interested up to $450,670 and are now dewn farmers gathered in Moro Tues to $127,270. All portraying a day tof attend the tractor school part of the economic history of the sponsored by McKean and Searcy. county. International Harvester dealers in . Back in what some of the old this county. The school began at sters are wont to call the good old ten in the morning and continued days there we™ between 6 and 7 at full spoed until4ate'in the after- thounand horses in th« county, the number' remaining almost con noon * A feature that attracted much stant until 1925 and 1936 when the attention from tihie farmers, all of number began to decrease. Now whom are familiar with the mech there are but 3853. > With cattle anics of modern machinery to a the opposite is the casp The coun marked extent, was the dismantled ty had less than 3OCQ cattle until tractor display which showed the 1915 and less than 4000 until 1933. working parts of the new Diesel whereas now there are 5289 in from stem to stern so that it could the county. Sheep, also, have shown an increase in the years since de be clearly understood. Verbal explanation of the trac pression settled over the land. Be tor was made by Wade Goodman fore the war we had leas than 20.- who told of the principles of Die 000 sheep often 10 or 12 thousand- sel motors. The ordinary gas mo In table latter years of the war and tor is rated as 23 percent efficient early, -twenties there was an in*- at the crankshaft The remainder crease that brought the total up of the fuel is used in the following above 20.000. In the middle twen manner. Seven percent is friction, ties this number dropped to less 36 percent in heating the cooling than 10,000 and has Since risen to system and 34 percent in waste. 17,384. The value of town, lots has been The Deisel motor is able to use 35 percent of the fuel as power, 13 as low as $62,000 back in 1915 and percent in friction 27 percent for was as high, as $122.900 in 1927. heating and only 25 percent out of shortly after the building boom the exhaust as waste. He stated was ended. Improvements on town that on the draw bar the Diesel on lots have varied in. value from demonstration produced 29.6 per $175,000 to $332.000 with $989.000 cent of its potential power which being the present valuation. Mer was greater by 10 percent than any chandise value» climbed from the early days up to 1920 and since other on the market??» < • Frank Henderson explained the that date have dropped. The high mechanics of the tractor, aided way was built in 1922. Many iterpaenumerated in. by slides shown on the screen and by moving pictures of the machin the 25 year» that are not on the tax rolls now. Money, notes and es and its iqanufactura. Tractor users and others were accounts, are off, automobiles, (pr- here from Washington points nean eiously mentioned) house bold by to see the show ^nd attend the goods, dogs, grain (one ynar school. Stanton Hayes of the there was three-quarter» of a mil motor truck department told of the lion dollars worth) all have been new truck line and displayed the taxed at some time and are now new long base pick-up that at tracted the notice oft many farm all. ers during the day. Ira» lunch was served at noon. CLUB, LEADERS MEET TRIECTDB SCM DKWS INTERESìEB (WO PROPOSED UMS EFE EOT COm * ’ James Tomlin, well known citi zen of Sherman count* for fifty years, died in Klamath Fall» Tues. day morning after several years of suffering with rheumatism. c w .• ... Graveside service© will be held at “<1^ MF WOUid Aid the Moro cemetery Saturday af- ‘ u* L tempon at 3 o’clock under the di- IllgllM'dy rection of Zells. | Mr- Tomlin was born in Missouri February 17, 1848 and would have attain»! the age of 87 years had *dMrBan k SW Bill INTRCiOOCED HORSES MIKE EMKE MOP The planning commission, com posed of tote old “brain trust” of Martin's is working on a cabinet form of govenmjenot for the ex ecutive, which will require legis lative action. The new liquor con Churc^, Grass Valley— Q. A. Heath trol commission will suggest new From the Observer Feb. 9, 1906. Miss Jennie Williams who was Superintendent;' Wesley Chapel, amendments to the existing law. and the game commission ¡has its the guest of Portland friends last M. E. Church. Rutledge—Rev. D» week, returned Monday after a H. ■ Leech; Friendship Baptist revised budget to prepare. Church, Mòro—Rev. C Hi Fred- very pleasant visit. enbqrg; United Br. church in Christ Neil McDonald and family re It was no surprise that Frank Rev. J. W. Adams held services at turned last week from a longvisit Spencer was name^ administrator Most of the time the Jacks School house; Locust of the liquor board. That has been in Montana- About twenty 4-H Club leaders known before Governor Martin they were with Mr. and Mrs. Over Grove Church. DeMoss Springs and Mrs. MettaPatjeo^Martin Baptist Obqrch in Moro- met Saturday afternoon for a pre turf in Ravella county. took office, and although he declar season discussion of the problems Quite a surprise was given on Constable W. '»A; Kentner of ed he would give the members of Dies At Age Of 70 Years before them and organization. the revamped commission free rein, Kent. was in town Monday On the evening of the 7th to Mr. and New officers were elected fm he selected the two new members official business in connection with Mrs. Ben Hailey. The party Mrs. Mettq Patjens Martin the year, Henry Barnum being because be knew they would name the burglary of the J. H. Bottemil- reaohled there about 8 o’clock and Spencer. Such is the working of ler place of business January 28th. “tripped the light fantastic” until passed away at her home in Van made president Mrs. Tom Fraser and the burglary of the E. O. T. Co. 2 a. m. All who were present ex couver. Washington February 1, vice president, and Mrs. Theodore “free rein’’ politics. pressed themselves greatly pleased at the agpe of 70 years, 2 months von Boritel. secretary for her sec store January 29th- ... ond year. Messrs Brannon and Ball have From theGbserver Feb. 11. 1916. and 1 day. His selection of the game com J. W. Forbes and wife returned A demonstration of table cour She was born in Germany in mission. however, was somewhat returned safely to Sherman coun- deferent.* . Most of them he never ty. Lloyd Leslie is looked for Wednesday from a six wp^ks vi«Hf 1866. and married to Deidrich Pati- tesies was given by Dorothy Fra- seY. Louise Barzee and Helen ’ now. Tb^y were selected unon the soon. with thteir married daughter at jens December 1886. I They came to Sherman county Strong and a demonstration of club -AAonim<mdatton ©f close advisers. prom Observer Feb. 13, 1896. Mosier. Mr. and Mrs. I* L. Peets enter- in 1891, and made their home near organization was given by a group * nJ '»nr*mont is that he selected a • Rrilph C. Bennett and Fred of girls. Miss ‘Helen Cowgill tained Saturday evening at the Bourbon, very capable group. Defter Rice Krtisow were down from Grass rn chairman, was fortunate selec Valley last week, consulting At farm south of Moro. Using two| In 1912 thley moved to Felido, talked about the club work thru- out the state and the program for tion. He will .move slowly and torney J. B. Hosford upon road bob sleds, one a six-horse and one Washington. A^rpfully. The first general ses- matters. The question is whether a 4-horse about fifty people at- ’ Mr. Patjens died in 1919 and the year. In ordpr to hold the ginn of the commission will be at one man. even Joe Shearer, has big tended from Moro. Five ¡Hundred Mrs Patpens was remarried to demonstrations before the state A. F. Martin at Vancouver. Wash, fair this year they will be held at State House next Saturday ger claims to certain realty than was the chief diversion. Grass Valley on July 3rd. The morning. the man who iholds the patents I /Mir. and Mrs. S. H. Arbuthnot in 1923. Mrw Martin’s second club fair in the county will be held came in Monday on the fist train, husband proceeded her In death from Uncle Sam. with the county fair which) is af succumbing in 1982. It was quite appropose for the Ministers of Sherman CMpty to operate since the blockade. Mr. Surviving nwr her are Wve children. ter the state fair. Arbuthnot ’ has in executive to name D O. Hood as h • «ogg Prsshirti_rian ArDUUimo1 nB" purchased purcnaBw an in-1 «surviving nve cnnurwi. Already plans are being laid to budget director during the *essiop. Mnm t M MnrrU 1» the Moro Hardware A One son, John Patjens sf Filido. It follows exactly the same logic y - . . Moro Rev E Implement Co. 'Washington; four daughters, Mrs. hold achievement day meetings for I C P- Coe Grant and county I :n ruPT’nx Hfnry Ai/nwi. Uninn qimHnv Sehool Coe living ,ivin* between between Moro Moro Marie Marie M. M. Grant and Mrt. Mrt. Rosa Rosa G. G. clubs throughout the ot —«? and ----- TIM »noli th.t food »nd Oro«« V.ljey, «twpected his Webber of Vancouver, Wwhinr- Gro.. V.llev hu .nnouneed theirs ' and Grass M. Hszen. .55------- .. Moro-R. J. Ginn. Snperi^«bnt, rabie, ki,led ton. Mrt L|ltie jj , Gront of P.r- for Febru.^ 18th with Mrs. C. is perhaps t’ Chanel. H.v Canvon Qther Harper of Portland; and aevanUen L. Poley in char», of She entertain. new .,B.v. B. G. Alford. Fin» MfW» R kj|fe4 'grand cMldron. - 'ment. ’ (Contin Items That Were News 39, 29 and 19 Years In The Past James Tomlin Dies At 87, Services Saturday Laura Ellen Thornton in Stockton Missouri December 7, 1879 and six years later came to Moro where they hava lived since. Mrs. Tom- lin died ip W19. In Sherman county Mr. Tomlin has been engaged in many enter- prises. He drilled well» over a large part of the county thirty, years ago and later,. when oper-' ating a blacksmith shop, he inyen- ted the Tomlin ‘Y«0tfer that is still manv field» fields each year. i used on many Surviving hiqi qre seven dhij- dren. Mr». 1J. 0. Kunsman, of Moro; Mrs. W- Y. Shearer, Shedd;j Edward L. of Portiand, Carl A. of । Klamath Falls, F. of San Francisco. George D, Klamath • Falls and Laqrel L. of Moro. Portland Symphony Orchestra Coming --------- County May Be Added To This Senatorial|Di*'rict • j ------ Legislation that effects ShtortUMS county is not the fore to any great extent in the present legiala- ture but there are a few bills of importance to residents of thia county unefer discussion before ttite house and senate. Senator Steiwer has introduced bills to permit the establishment of a ferry between Maryhill and Biggs and also ¡has a hill for such a ferry at Arlington. There will be a hearing on the MaryWl ferry bill Friday after noon and members of the county court and others interested are go ing down to give the county’s side of the case. The usual county officer’s salary bill is before thfe house having passed the senate this week. It provides for a treasurer's salary of $600, a clerk’s salary of $1500, a shleriff’s and assessor’s salary of $1600. This adjustment is madq to equalize the salaries of county officers in this legislative district However * Representative Fatland has introduced a bill, House Bill No. 238, which authorizes the board of commissioners to set the sala ries of all county officers except themselves. An election would be held in case a change was mqd». This bill, if carried would stop once Lovers of good music in the IMid- Columbia area will have the op portunity to hear the Portland symphony orchestra the nighi-of February 20, when the organisation comes to The Dalles civic audited turn for their only appearance ia eastern Oregon before leaving for .the . eastern states on a concert tour. The Portland symp^lony is direc ted by William Von Hoogstraten who is recognized of. one of the beat of his field There are be tween sixty and seventy pieces in the orchestra and all will be heard in The Dalles appearance. Seats may be purchased at the Service Drug Store in The Dalles portuni ng the legislature each ses- sio# to remodel the salaries of or mail orders sent to thqm- county officers in many counties. .It is purely a local matter and one Fr eight Rate Raise that few legislators know much abqut Not Intended By R R The county unit bill is having hard sledding in the house and has Since the wheat league meeting been changed to some extent as last December there has been in- was expected. Whether it will creased interest in rail freight weather the storm is still un rates There is fw that when known. A bill has been introduced to 'the present lowered rates expire permit Crook. Jefferson and Wheel April 1 that the normal interstate. er counties to combine into one. rate of 19 and a half cents from Moro and Grass Valley would be This is for the benefit of Jefferson reinstated. The following letter county which has decreased in from H. E. Lounsberry to agents population and property valuation in Sherman county is self-explana. within the past few years. A bill has passed the house to tort? make a senatorial district out of ' ' “For ypur infprmatipq bpg to Klamath county alone. This same gdvise that it is not intended at th« present time to make any change bill puts Morrow county in the in existing rates from points eighteenth district which is now. Messner and west qn grain and composed of the counties of Gilliam grain products to Portland, Van Sherman and Wheeler. It is likely couver, Wash., and Longview, that the senate will pass the bill as well as the committee on coun Wash.’*, ties has put a stamp of approval on it ' Cwnty HùU>Ty, Contât Now Starting Here Council Contemplated Purchase of Siren A set of rules regarding the Sherman county history contest has bpeq sent out by superintend ent Knigh/ten this, week to each school and pupils who desire to learn and write of what must soem to them Kkq real olden times may begin their, work. The general rules are tile same as last year with 2000 words being tho maxi mum length and the usual rules a- bout writing and punctuation. There will be a high school division and a grade school division. Fifteen suggested topics are in cluded although there is no inten tion to limit the writer to any of them. .It is recommended that students take a subject small enough to be completely covered in the space nlloted instead of choos ing too large a subject New Deisel Burner Teets Now Running Sounds of a fire siren were, the major interest of the council Tues day night at its February meeting but the city fathers docided. that probably the specimen o^ nqipe maker was not loud enough for windy days and asked that a larger size be brought up for trial. There fore it may be two weeks before a. siren is installed in thq city fof fire warning. Discussion of the desirability of foreclosing on some of the Hens held by the ¿ity against property abutting the improved streets re sulted in an informal decision to collect the liens or straighten out this part of the city’s affairs la some manner. Improvement of the upper rooms of the hotel was brought up and apartments may be made out of the third story rooms if the cost is not too great An estimate is being made. HOR81 SAJ^ MEETING Trial and experiment is being * * * Those who are interested in made almost each day of the diesel oil burner attachment for tractors, holding a sale of horses now being sold in Sherman county in the county soon are by Ira Barnett Mr. Barnett rep meet at the court Nsusa resentative of the Slate Machinery day the 11th to diseuss plans for that ■ possible Company of Albany states ------- that y- on ------- <-------- — «vani. - ------ । —1^7 7""a * test on steep lend • troctor used nour, well kneron .aetienror of 3.4 f.llon, of fuel oil per hour witW Sunnyside, WMda«s^hM kM h1s adapter and 7.5 gallons of invited to come and givo adrice gasoline. 1 i4* about sales and selling.
