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About Sherman County journal. (Moro, Or.) 1931-current | View Entire Issue (March 29, 1935)
J- TU UUMAN COUNTY JOURNAL, MUO, OREGON SHERMAN COUNTY OBSERVER, Established Nov. 2, 1888 GRASS VALLEY JOURNAL^ Established Oct 14. 1887 CONSOLIDATED, MARCH 8, 1981 WASCO NEWS-ENTERPRISE, Established 1891 • ‘CONSOLlD^l EI) MARCH 4. 1932 mímica Grass Valley Born: To Mr, and Mr». Virgil Schadewitz a » oil (March 25th, 1985. Dr. Poloy and Ml** Cassie Holm** attending. Th* entire faculty of the Grass Valley schools were reelected by the board at its last meeting. Small ON Published Every Friday at Moro, Oregon, By GILES L. FRENCH > Managing Editor new contract*. The so-far successful Grass Val Entered a* second-clasa matter at th* Postoffice, at Moro, Oregon, under Act of Congress of March 8, 1879- ____ ley debate squad will meet the Chiloquin High School debaters SUBSCRIPTION RATES—PAYABLE IN ADVANCE. April Sth in what will be the de One Year ____ ______________________ ___________ ----- ---------- H ®<> ciding match before the final estst- ern Oregon debate which will be held at Hermiston later in the MARCH 29,1935 month. Winner of the eastern Oregon district will go to Eugene for the finals with the winner of EROSION VS BIG FARMING . the valley district The Grass Val ley negative team, which will be The recent wind storm, mild as it was in comparison composed of Mildred Alley and with the winds of the mid-west, may be a fore-runner in Janet Wilcox, will debate against point of distraction to storms that will ruin our wheat fields Chiloquin, probably at Redmond. 11 n 1 pm * proper steps of erosion control are taken. The local declamatory contest Since the development of the newer type of heavy farm will be held Saturday night March machinery there has been many prophesies that eventually 30. Twenty six contestants are *1] of the wheat land of this area would be farmed by a com to try for the three places on the paratively few men who were able to operate large outfits. team which represent* the Gras* Valley school at Rufus April 6. That is certainly the present tendency «as a land owner days can hardly afford to rent land to a lessee when A dinner was given Wednesday night for the members of the bas we can hire the work done so cheaply by the modern ket ball squads of the high school- ‘ methods. " . Parent* provided the food and the There is another side of the picture. Unless immediate youngsters the entertainment. •••• steps are taken to preserve our foreign markets it may be Allen Morgan, sheep buyer of come impossible to raise wheat exclusively in the northwest, Condon, was here the first of the •ven at the lowered cost made possible by machinery. This week on business. would make diversification necessary and would prevent Mrs. George Wilcox was taken ill Sunday from what was thought stopped it will not long be possible to farm large acreages to be an attack of ptomaine with heavy machinery. - Washing may cut the land into poisoning. smaller pieces and wind erosion may make closer attention Mr. and Mrs. R J. Baker were to farming methods so much a need that one man cannot in Forest Grove Friday night to operate so much land. Really, one of the first requisites of attend a recital in which their son, successful farming is to keep the land in condition to Dale, gave several numbers on the produce to full capacity and it is doubtful if this can be piano. x They returned home Sat urday night. done on the wholesale schedule now in vogue. The period of bonanza farming in any country has last A family reunion was held Sun- ed only for the first fifty or seventy five years after settle day at the Rolfe home when the day with ment After that time extensive farming or erosion children returned for a the ’‘old folks.” intervenes to make the land worthless. That is the history of nearly all agricultural districts and it is doubtful if the Miss Norma Garrett and friend are here this week from Monmouth mid-Columbia basin will long be an exception to the general Normal to spend spring vacation rule. Miss Hazel Boyce, daughter of IMr. and Mrs. S. U Boyce was mar A NEW MUSTACHE ried here Sunday by her father The trees have been taken out of the court house yard, and left, with her husband for Salem where they will make their that is, the most scrawny ones. Only a few of the best have home. been left. This is to our way of thinking an improvement. Miss Helen Osborne spent the Since the deforestation of the yard it has a bare look week end in Bend with friends. somewhat like the appearance of a man’s face after he has Mrs. Fred Cox was Uken to the ghavad off a mustache of long standing. The court house hospital in The Dalles the first ■fund* out like a man’s nose after such an operation on the of the week. much maligned hirsute appendage. But the trees were as Mrs. Mac Alsup returned from useless as the normal mustache and they have been remov. Portland the first of the week after ed. The question before the house is, ’’now what”? «pending several weeks there with Probably there are few court houses in the state that her mother who just recovered have as favorable location as Sherman county’s. It stands from a serious operation. atop a hill with a natural and graceful slope to the street Lawrence ’Davis was here Tues on every side. It would be a magnificient place for a big day from Fossil where he and his lawn. Only the fact that this is a semi-arid country makes brother Joshua are living. the planting of so large a lawn impractical. However, we Art Bibby and Jacob Wassenmil- have available, through the state college, all kinds of trees l©r were in The Dalles Monday and and shrubs, and there are a number of native shrubs that Mr. Wassenmiller remained in that city on business matters for a few are decorative. Also, there is a large and growing group of boys and girls in the county which is interested in and to Glen King was in LaGrande last a certain extent informed about trees, how to plant them, week to bring back a Holstein and how to care for them. heifer for his boy and a Hereford The court could probably interest the state college bull for Ted Ball. He returned to staff in landscaping in the problem of planning the arrange- Spokane this week after a bull for ment of the trees and shrubs. The youngsters are already his own herd. interested in planting trees someplace. All that is needed is Taylor Baker and the two Ball the advice and consent of the county court in order that the children are the latest victims of grounds may be made more beautiful. The expense would the mumps. be small; the result would be desirable. Grass Valley School Notes By Dorothy Fairchild. THE MUMPS Th© Minstrel that was presented One thing the legislature overlooked was a revision of by the high school last week prov the laws regulating quarantine. One of the peculiarities of ed a very agreeable entertainment. the present law is that it is possible to close schools for Th* plot of the story? was that only two weeks in case of mumps but the period of incep tion is at least a week longer than that Results of this rule are occasionly funny. Witness the present situation in Moro. It probably isn’t very serious PAL.’ considering the lightness of the attacks, but il is an example of how the strictly legal interpretation may not fit the practical side of the case at all. , Muddy Rains Caused By Dusty Winds I is the Chiloquin Debate team, on April 5, at Redmond. • ' Because ^aylpr Baker i| at home this week with that which is conp- monly supposed to be the mumps, any one who feels a sore throat fears that he, too, is afflicted. Alaska te purchased from th« Russian«, 1857. treaty with Japan, 1854. They need a ”Joe Bedcovers” for the western part of Kansas. ' L. .. < a • 1—England impose« a tas on all bachelor«, 160S. I Mrs. Jacob Crocker and Har.y- . Yeakei of Golderidafe. Wash., were at Kent on business Saturday. FUNERAL HOME The Highest Price LIVESTOCK Albright Commission Co., Inc. Groceries---------- —-------- - . Trust us to have the most complete stock, not only of staples, but of vegetables too H. Zeigler’s Total .........1 8 7.178.508 M Value of real ««late owned imarket valu«) .........8 851.582.1* Value of stocka and bouda “u ini**"®« vaiu*/ ••• 10.551.728.77 op mortcasu and eol> Cash In bank* aad on hand Premiums In coUrw of COi- teUon written aince Sept. 1984 ................................ .. > 1 J91.021 15 1,040,780.25 4-H Club Notes On Various Topics Reporters ar* allowed 250 words per story and may write for one dub only. Any clnb invited. 85,387 94 T*«l —•18.887.180.82 1J70.M8 90 It is too bad the governor did not go over the Sherman highway. He wouldn’t have gotten stuck in the snow and he would have found that it was worth improving. QRÍ-GON <QA1RY COUNCIL Mrs. C. F. Darby and Mrs. Ida Davis were Antelope visitors Mon-« day afternoon. ZELL’S Interest and rente due and 29—Vara Crux, Mexico, sur> render» to General Scott. 1847. - I Serving meatless meals becomes One half cup boiling water somewhat of a problem during the Two cups mixed fruits Mn and Mrs. Frank Haynes and. Lenten season- To prepare meals One tablespoon sugar daughter Annie Taurie and Mrs. without meat over a period of time One eighth teaspoon salt Max Pluemke were Dalles visiters and to keep them interesting to the One eighth tsp cinnamon family is sometimes a task as well । Put cheese through a sieve, add Sunday. Young Man—(inquring at post as a test to one's imagination. sugar, salt and cinnamon and whip The Home Economics civ office)—Any letters for “me today? Meat and its substitutes are muscle 1 ped creatn. Add jello dissolved in building looos foods and should be Add --------- fruits. - Put a masquerade dance £ Postmas ter— N o. ana snuuiu uc in-, boiling water. ...... - sponsored --------- — ----- . the diet every day. They in molds and chill until set. Unmold the grange hall Saturday evenin Young Man—That’s strange. eluded in Postmaster—Nothing so strange also lend flavor flavor, variety variety and and satis- satis- and serve on lettuce with fruit March 23rd. A large crowd atten- ded. Mrs. J. L. Davis anfl Rosellen about it You haven’t answered faction to meals. Meet substitutes salad dressing. CONfDON—An experiment in Barnett received prizes for th her last letter include fish, eggs, cheese, nuts. Supper wa> dried peas, beans and lentils. Eggs range reseeding with crested wheat most comical mask. are now considered as a protective grass has been started on the J. R. served ca feteria style. SYNOPSIS OF ANNUAL BTATXMKNT OF THK COMMIHfE IN3URANCK CO of food along with milk, fruits, and Wood farm near Arlington under Olena F«U«. In the atate of New York, on the Hat day of December. 1934 m^de vegetables, and therefore, should the supervision of County Agent to the inBuranc- commiuionrr of the State ot Orwon pursuant to law: be used often—daily for children, R. M. McKennon. The nursery CAPITAL plot is a part of a 400 acre field । when possible. ” Amount of cadi cal stock paid 21.000.000.00 up .... .............................. on which no crop has been grown Milk is the best bpy on any food INCOME for several years. The seeding was , Met premium* received dur- 1.123.440.99 list and this is true no matter-how Interest. (Jridends and rents done early in March and four diff-j great the need to economize as it is 109.500 71 received durine the ye«r. erent methods were used to deter Phone 345 The Dalles, Ore our chief protective food. It should Income from other sources 226.353 28 received durin« th« year . , be used freely in food preparation, mine which is most successful. One Total Income .. ...................... tl.4S8.294 98 especially) in * meat substitute section was harrowed in, one was DISBUR8KMENT8 plowed and seeded both in rows and GRASS VALLEY PHARMACY Net losses paid durine the dishes. year includine adjustment 503.564 51 expenses ..... ............ . Interesting meals can be built broadcast, one was seeded in rows Phone 222 Dividend* paid on capital in the sod, and one section was 60.000 00 tock durin«’tile year ... around these meatless dishe«: Commissions «nd sal«ries broadcast with no preparation- 402.129 41 Codfish and Noodle Escallop paid durln* tti« »ear .... Taxes, licenses and fees paid Two cups cooked noodles* 51.249 88 durte* the year..........- • - Amount of *11 other expendi One half pkg salt codfish: soak 279.450 39 tures .... .. . .......... over night, drain, cover with Total «xpend’turc» .... . ,11.296.495.99 , ASSETS fresh water and cook until ten Value of «tock» «nd bond« owned (market value) ....12.764.468 61 der. Loana on morteazca and col* Two cups cream sauce, made as 285.428 45 lateral, «te. ....... . ... can be realized from 106.245 82 Cash in banks and on band follows: Premiums in oeurae of cOI- lection writt« «Ince Bea Four tablespoons of butter 185.688.17 tern brr 20. IM*..................... . Interest and renU due and Four tablespoons of flour 8.332 17 acerued .... ..... ..................... One-half tsp salt Total admitted aasset« ... .28.393,271.32 • when shipped to One-fourth tsp pepper LIABILITIES Gross claim* for loaaea un Two cups milk 141.052.04 paid . 5... Amount of ui nearned prèmi One-fourth teaspoon dry mustard ti! outstandinc um« on 1.080.065 « rteka ... One teaspoon lemon juice Union Stock Yards North Portland, Ore. commiuion «nd Due for 15.000 00 brokerace .. ......................... One tbsp Worcestershire sauce 52.420 98 AU ocher UabiUUea .............. Most Livestock Producer* recognize this fact Melt butter, add flour and season Total Uabilitlea. a x e a p t 528 53 ings, add milk slowly, stirring con capital tl.3U ............................ •Why Not Be One of the Thousands that are Satisfied? 21.000.000 oo stantly. Cook until thick - and 21.010.742 80 smooth- Arrange noodles and cod policy- •“Ä as .... renacds Our Market Report issued every two weeks fish in alternate layers in a but ...................... 82.010.742 80 tered baking dish. « Pour cream is FREE for the asking. Total ............ ............................83 299.271.33 « IN OtUCGON FOR THZ YEAR . sauce oyer- Top with ^buttered, rTTTi là» crumb«. Bake 20 mhiuteb in a hot »id d^«* 9“ ’.eêr t ose 50 " ‘ f?”. . • 4.083.54 oven. (425 deg.> y. * ; Limas With Cheese Mame o' ¿ómoUtti OÒMMERC* INSUR- AMOK One onion, chopped fine SÌ KSSm C « M" _ Two tablespoons butter itutory rrsldent attorney for servie«. One No. 2 can lima bean* । One green pepper chopped fine Two cups strained tomatoes One and a half cups grated mild •y of December, cheese on the thirty' suranca Commii- Brown onion in butter and add Oreson, purtuani •loner of the to lav; tomatoes. Heat thoroughly, and CAPITAL Amount of capital stock season with salt And pepper and I 2.500,000 04 paid up . * "Ò8OÓM1 add drained beams. Heat thorough ly and stir in beans. In buttered For winter clothes, ouershoes, coats and casserole, make alternate layers of beans and grated cheese. Bake in wool shirts and dry goods— SEE a moderate oven (365 deg.) about ..2 7,467,473.54 T’“1 “ëiSJoMW 25 minutes. Fresh or cooked dried Not loaaea paid durln* th« year, includin* adjuatment^ Trade At lima beans may be substituted if 2.588.432,24 Dividend* paid oa capital preferred. 900.000.04 atock durln* Ute ye«r.... Commission* *ud aalariea Cottage Cheese Mold Quality paid durln* UM year ... 2.049.424.57 Taxes, licensee and feea paid One and a half cups cottage cheese 168.100 04 Store durln* the year.. .......... One cup whipped cream Amount of all ether ex 1.575.529 04 penditures ........................ One package lemon jello -Indiana attack and Back Marlboro. Maw., 1678 A man in Portland is suffering from emphysema, which means that his hide is full of air. Everyone has heard speakers who were affected with mental emphysema. This man has it from the ears down, not from the ears up. ! Kent News The band members are very hap py over' their trip to Arlington where a band concert will be held on Friday, March 29. MARCH son* hit. published 1902. V , Conference On Family Living Here April 16 ly when the sun shines." 27—P. Blak« gM hte patent on th« corkscrew, 1860 PAGI THU* dead ■Mster’s dsughter (whose ments for better family living." smeared the glass, leaving it mud« part was played by Marjorie Blake) Miss Nye is a member of the state dy instead of clean- Due to wind wa* being robbed of her rightful rural housing , committee for the storms in central Oregon and Wasli income by the villianious overseer Federal Housing Administration, ington, much fine silt and dust wa it (Guy Vintin) of her plantation. and is in charge of the Home Eco carried into the rain belt Sunday Her negro help knew thi* but could nomics Extension program in Ore night Falling through this dust, b* of no aid to her. It seemed that gon. the rein became so laden with silt*’ she would lose everything when Other speakers on the program as to darken the water. the handsome hero (Edwin Peters) The muddy rain brings home th 3 are Miss Gertrude Scow who wiR came to her rescue and secured for fact that the Northwest, as well speak on 'Recreation, and county “If anyone doubts that Oregon her her rights. Ellen Cox and families are improving their hou agent Perry Johnston. Registration as the midwestern and central Ferd Stark were the parents of ses, even when it is impossible to begins at 9;45 and the program states, has a wind erosion problem eight “chilluns” who had their spend much money, they should will begin promptly at 10:00 which must be solved. . friend» and sweet heart* to add to talk with meh and women who are o’clock. the numbar of singers. Dorothy i attending the county conference.” Try Journal advertising, it pa: Old. vwy «pUy filled the part of Mi„ claribel Nye. SUU Le«- the dear old, nigger' granny. In jer Home Economics Extension the end the negroes were happy who is on th. prog„m for the because the overseer was gone and. secon<j annual conference on Fam- now “Massa Roberts (which was ily Living, which is to be held in Edwin’s name in that part) would the court house on April 16, from Friends of Mrs. Orville Hockman. be the boea” 9.45 to 4:00 p. m. a recent bride and local teache • This conference, which is being Those members of the grade here, surprised her Wedneeda;.’ school who will participate in the arranged by county agent Perry evening with a shower at the hör/.) local Declamatory Contest are busi- Johnston is one of — a series of U. S Department of Interior, i °f Mrs- George Wilson. . iy making their last minute prep-. twenty four meetings being held in Soil Erorion Service. Pullman,! were: Mesdames. J. ’’ j ; r _ Max ____ Id- Davis, norm Theodo ’Thorvln' v ■ arationa. The contest will be held th© stat© during March and April. . ,, 1935-2 Pluemke, __ Ida in th© high school auditorium on All men and women interested in; m ÿj • von Borstel, Frank von Borstel, R. - m - SO - IhouMinf Improvements «re ihvited “Muddy water in the »treat may I P. Barnett. J. L. Davis, L. Sather Saturday evening. - March , I to be present through out the day., ‘ »ont ».' Broadway and a flood On Monday afternoon the Sen- Various house 1 __ plans . r adapted to UuciuL'inni in Wilson! Geraldine0Norton, Marth t tho ^ SI®7PPA lor class had a meeting at which this county will be shown and ex- Pullman. Washington and vicini y H drickson Harriet Fredrickson time they were advised to give plained, and materials and supplies Sunday n.ght it was the result of brkte re- serious thought to the subject of ' ceived a number of useful present; , class colon, 'flowers, and motto. for inexpensive interior housing ( * steady i am. will be exhibited. Miss Nye will, Motorists who chanced to be out refreshments were served, Later on they will meet to decide speak from 2:00 to 3:30 on the sub-' observed the unusual nature of tho on the groups choice. ject “Inexpensive housing improve- rain whin windshield wipers only’ Virginia Helyer of Monmouths The Lit Club plays have been i andlMrs. John Adams of Hood Riv-’ postponed until April 12 due to • er are spending this week at t) word received that our debate team home of the formers parenti E. S* the negatives, will meet the cham I Ü i and Mrs. Helyer. pions of debate District No. 9, who and a shadow attend It is said the Rexford Guy Tugwell will have an important place in the administration of the five billion relief money. Farmers had him put in the background because he had never fanned; now perhaps relief recipients will criticize him because he has never been poor. FRIDAY,.MARCH 2». 1036 Amount of uMAm«d pr«- miuma on *U outstand- . M Ins risk* ..... 5,551.574,98 Due for commission and „ «¡ter.o.u.U:::::- Total . UftbillU«*, •ffl®,,-.. JBB« sxe«pt * . ’“"low».« lull NESS hi ORtobN hdR V YEAR • Net premiums received durln* iMee/pVid durljisr the jre«r^’ WO 99 Loeeee Incurred durln* the rear 7,«2l 70 Name of president. W M Smsltey. for MÎTlOO, Or««on. NEWS nett and Anni* Lauri© Hayne«. Dorothy’s Kitcheneers Jr. held j We were going to have our n*xt their fourth meeting' at the Legion । meeting at the Legion hall, but a* hall with Geraldine Norton and it was stormy we had it at Dun- Phyllis Hayne» demonstrating fruit lap’s. Maxcine Pluemke and Mar garet Holm©« demonstrated veg- salad and potato soup. We have nine members in this ©table salad. Our next meeting will b® st AI- club. Some of the girls ar© taking division two and some are taking. leen Gregg's with Anita Dunlap division three. The ones who are and Dorothy Holmes demonstrab- taking division two are Dorothy ing Anita Dunlap. Holmes, Geraldine Norton, Mhxcine Pluemke, Phyllis Haynes, and An COOKING CLUB III ita Dunlap. The girls who tore On Thursday, March 21. 1935, talcing division three are Margaret very • short meeting was held in Holme*. Aileen Gregg. Levina Bar- the lunch room at school, the pur pose of which was to decide what time our next meeting would be gin. The next meeting was held at Mrs. Stephens house Saturdays, the 23rd, at 2:30 p. m. At this meeting the schedule for the year was made ouh We talk ed about a name for the club, and each member is to have a name for suggestion at the next meeting- Bonnie Peters, Rachael. Rob and Dr. Poley were visitors.
