THK «HERMAN COUNTY JOURNAL, MOHO, OREGON
FRIDAY, MARCH 8, 1935
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cSl|crman (Uounty Journal
SHERMAN COUNTY OBSERVER, Established Nov. 2, 188«
GRAoS vALiÆï JOURNAL, Established Oct. 14, 1897
CONSOLIDATED, MARCH 6, 1931
WASCO NEWS-ENTERPRISE, Established 1891
C0NS0UQA1ED MARCH 4, 1932
Grass Valley
Fighting Their Way Through Indian Locusts
Phone 402 for appointments at
he Sally Anne Beauty Shop.
Mrs. Alfred Lyons v»
brothers, Cari and Earl G
families in Bend a few <
week.
Alva Stone and family have re-'
urned to Grass Valley after a stay
of some weeks in Umatilla county.
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Published Every Friday at Moro, Oregon. By
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under Act of Congress of March 3, 1879-
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MARCH 8, 1935
DEVELOPMENT, TRANSPORTATION AND POU ER
Kent News
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Harriet Fredrickson and
Joe Bibby spent the wed: «
Portland
Mrs
Poley entertained the
bridge club at her home Wednes-
lay afternoon.
George Wilson made a trip F.
day to his sheep camp on the 1-.
layson range, known as north po’* .
He took Wayne McCulloch and'R<
White to help through lambing sea
son.
Loren Beardsley is visiting in
Eugene this week with friends who
are attending the university.
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Garrett were
n Portland last week for a few
lays shopping and visiting with!
friends-
Mr. and Mrs. George McKay an :
sons, Jay and Harley and daughtc •
Edna, were called to Ocean Park,
Washington, last Monday to atten i
the funeral of Mrs. McKay’s sister.
Mrs. Casper. They returned Wed
nesday •
Mrs. Gaylord Davies returned
home this week after a few days
spent in Portland.
As the work at Bonneville progresses znd the date
Mr. and (Mrs. Robert Eslinger
when electric power will be available in m that source
Pomona Grange was held at Ken
draws nearer there is an urse on the part of advocates oi are back in Sherman county again
grange hall Saturday March 2nd;
after spending the winter in Port
with forty four members present.
public ownership of power lines to insure the constructioi land and The Dalles where they
Recently a great cloud of millions of locusts appeared In the region of Raw! mil, India
Pot luck dinner was served, A num.
of the main transmission fines, at least, by the federal gov thought the weather would be hours had .devoured every bit of vegetation. Two men of the Royal Signal corp are seen
ber of Kent grange members will
through
the
storm
of
Insects.
ernment. It will be advantageous to the people of this easier to get along with.
1 motor to Rufus Tuesday evening to
help organize a new grange then*
state and Washington if the argument that is iesultirg be
Mrs Ed. C. Cofer and grandson. is quite probable that they had able market prices»
which
would
have
authorized
such
settled amiably before the dam is comph ted <rd steps are Bobby Edmonds, were week end never heard of Macbeth until the] Principal opposition to the plan
Nelson Glover of Bend was visit
a program. Under the present law
being taken to decide the matter.
visitors in Grass Valley. .They re n*
.
|is believed to have come from the a processing tax cannot be laid on ing friends at Kent Sunday.
Much more important to eastern Oregon, howtvei, are turned home to Portland Tuesday The Glee club has begun to work far we8tern range livestock men any commodity.
Mr. and Mrs. L. V. Walton re
with Mr. Cofer who has finished in earnest on its minstrel which । , -
.
turned
to Kent Friday from Port
other problems that will come from the development of the evangilistic
Meanwhile the Washington offi
services here for the will be presented on March 22. The Wh0 fc *
the1!- industry would
land,
where
they have been spend
cials
have
announced
emphatically
Columbia In the more sparsely settled sections devoted i present He will begin a series of i copies have been distributed1* with
P^acetl >n the position of being
ing
some
time
having dental worl.
that, contrary to some statements
to the raising of wheat and slock ard to mining the power meetings in Maupin next week.
the admonition that all parts must taxed for the benefit largely of the and rumors, the AAA lias no inten done
| be thoroughly learned by Monday*^om belt feed grain producer. tion of abandoning any adjustment
development will be of much 1< ss consequence than cheaper
Lester Barnum shipped a carload March 11.
Those favorable to the plan argued program now in effect. While some
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Johnson of
means of transportation and the increased potulaticn that of cattle to Portland Saturday
that range livestock men would prices have reached the pre-war Moro and Mr. and Chas. Boardmc.)
should come to this district if condit ons are made favorable night and spent Monday there to
benefit along with the others thru level, the average price of 14 basic of Camp Sherman were dinner
see them sold.
to the building of factories.
the national effect on market prices commodities is still substantially guests of Mr and Mrs. A. A. Dun
Cattlemen Vote
The committee conference in below parity. That is, a given lap Saturday evening.
If from three to five centscan be taken frem the freight
Miss Phyllis Rinehart was in
Washington,
which included Her quantity will not yet sell for
rate on 20 million bushels of wheat ard if river rates can be Eugene Saturday night to attend
man Oliver of John Day, Oregon, enough to buy as much non-agri-
Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Wilson.
Against
Joining
made low enough to allow mines to be developed Bonneville I a formal given by Bob Poley’s
was called specifically to pass upon cultural goods as it would before Phoebe Lyons and Jay McKay were
dam will have done much to make eastern Oregon prosper ! fraternity. She returned Sunday
visitors at the C. C. Wilson homo
AAA Program proposed amendments to the AAA the war.
at Rufus Sunday.
ous If the population of Oregon and Washington can be! night
J. I± Davis is now the owner o''
doubled to make a market for the raw products that nov I The entire debate squad compos
Ajo—Here’s a fellow who has a new John Deere tractor.
just patented a contrivance for pre I Mrs. Dick Reckman jr. and
must be shipped east or to the orient it will bring this I ed of Elton Eakin, Janet Wilcox, Cattlemen of the United States
venting girls from falling out of daughter Margaret, and Geraldine
Katheryn
Burton,
Mildred
Alley,
co mtry to the front economically quicker than anything I Marjorie Blake, and Kenneth Todd, have apparently turned thumbs
301 E. Second St
rumble seats What do you think I Norton were dinner guests at the
else.
of the idea ?
The Dalles, Ore.
and Coach C. P. Rowe. Harold down on a tentative proposal to lay
J. C. Wilson home Sunday.
Those people who are interested mainly in the develop-1 Hughes, Mrs. George Wilsox, Ray | a general livestock processing tax
•Í Goozlum— I don’t like it at all.
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211
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Miss Edna Lyons left for Klon-
। to raise money for financing acre
It‘s just another move to displace dike Sunday where she will be em
ment of the state and the cheapening of transportaticr I Blake and Charlotte Beardsley age control of feed grains. Word
OPTOMETRIST-OPTICIAN
went to Redmond Tuesday night to
! men with machinery.
ployed at the H. H- White ranch.
should insist that their side of the question be i resented to I attend the debate with representa j received by the extension service
at Oregon State college indicates
the government along with that of th< se u ho are interestsd I tives of that high school-
that
the national cattle committee
solely in the fighting and power features row being devel-|
of 25 voted 12 to 10 against adop->
h
W.
Harder
and
family
have
oped There is room for both.
moved to Athena where Mr. Harder tion of the proposal.
Dr.F.A. Perkins
ZELL'S
What the next step will be is not
known as details of the conference
iMr. and Mrs. I. D. Pike were in in Washington D. C. have not been 1
FOR BETTER PLANNING
Phone 345 The Dalles, Ore
Hermiston last week for several received1, but judging by past ex-1
days to see how things were get i perience. the AAA will not attempt
-or—
It is expected that the legislature will adjourn within a ting along on the ranch.
to put any program into effect un
few days after considering nearly 9C0 bills, five hundred
til the producers most vitally affec GRASS VALLEY PHARMACY
Phone 222
ted
are in substantial agreement.
Many persons drove to Dufur
house bills and four hundred senate bills, and several dozer
last
Friday
night
to
see
the
first
7 he theory on which the plan ।
mem rials and resolutions Undoubted y thrt, in itself,
part of the basketball tournament was based is that by controlling
was quite a task, whether the votes were made wisely or in which the local lads were repre feed grains you automatically con-'
not.
sented
trol livestock production. There- j
fore if all feed grains were lumped
Interim committees will’consider legislation that was
Grass Valley School Notes
together under one acreage control
either too important to be decided during the sessicn or
program, financed by a processing
By Dorothy Fairchild.
was introduced too late. In this class will be the governor’s
tax from all livestock, then both
reoganizstion bill. These interim committees act some After the examinations for the branches of this vast enterprise
Moro, Oregon
what in the manner of a planning commission and it may 4tih six weeks period were finished, would be kept under control in
a decrease in the number of stu such a way as to maintain reason-
be that they will clash to some extent with the planning dents
on the Honor Roll is quite
boards already set up by the governor.
noticeable. Those who are on this
Incidentlv a bill has been introduced to reimit county] time are Seniors. Mildred Alley,
courts to appoint planning bodies and it is possible that this 1.00; Dorothy Fairchild, 1.00 Jun
Janet Wilcox, 100 Sopho
system will develop something new in American govern iors:
mores: Frances Fairchild 1.50
ment While they will have, for the present, no power to The basketball team was some
act they can gather needed informal ion and compile it so what disappointed with the reeult
that legislatures in the future can get information quickly of its first game at the Tournament
last Friday night when Wapinitia
and easily. If such work was done without prejudice it defeated
it 31-23. The game was
would be a valuable aid to present legislative system which well played and very close until
is not entirely able to meet the conditions of modern life. the last quarter when the Tigers
It might be a means of using the abilities of public spirited began to miss many shots.
The studentbody was very well
men who do not care for the troubles of politics.
represented at the tournament
which helped the boys a lot espec
ially the well organized rooting.
Mr. Johnson, of the late lamented NRA, and Mr. Long’
Last Thursday the jury rendered
nicknamed the kingfish, may eventually develop some its verdict that Macbeth was guilty
swear word as catchy as that of the sometimes remembered of murdering King Duncan and
that he should die by Lethal gas.
Mr. Dawes who coined the famous “Hel’n Maria” expres The former part of the verdict
sion, but the boys will have to improve on their recent caused the iMlacbeth supporters to
accuse the jury of previously know
attempt.
ing the real outcome of King Dun
cans’ death—however, since the
At last there is going to be a hearir g on the continua jury consited of only Freshmen it
will farm a ranch.
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tion of the export association. It will be held in Portland
March 12 which is next Tuesday. A large group of farm
ers should attend.
Democratic leaders in congress seem to think the
Townsend plan is dead. When they get out of Washington
or begin to read the letters to the papers they will find they
have made a mistake.
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"He who unll not pardon otners must
not himself expea pardon ”
MARCH
5— First Shakespearean play
Now thev are bragging about who has the oldest mitten.
H.imp-h, grandpa says he was given the mitten years ago
and still has it
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The blondes ar* vanishing, says a scientist. Maybe
he decline in the number of gcntkrrcn hrs reduced the
demand.
Calling the NRA invalid is getting to be a habit with
federal judges.
fhr oi uinal job of the Columbia highway engineer has
been discovered. He was a pretzel bender.
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Allis-Chalmers K-O-48H.P
Buy the tractor that gives you the
lowest final cost Let us show you
why this is THE ONE
presented in U. S., 1750.
♦—President Roosevelt orders
all of our banks closed.
1933.
7—Ben Amti Williams, noted
novelist, born 1889,
•—Dr. Shuckburs writes
"Yankee Doodle," 17S5.
9—Maxican O«n. Villa raids
Columbus. New Mexico.
1916.
10—Damian of Vienna invente
the accordion, 1829
•dopt th«ir constitution.
«WNU
1861,
Marion Powell’s K-0 is now in operation in the
Moro district. See the load it is pulling and ask the
operator about fuel consumption. You may find the
engine by inquiring at the office of the Moro Grain
Growers Association.
Moro Grain Growers Ass’n., Dealers for A-C