LUE HHKMMAN UUCNTY JOURNAL, MORO, OREGON FRIDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1935
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COUNTY OBSERVER. Established Nov. 2, 1888
GRASS VALLEY JOURNAL, Established Oct- 14, 1897
CONSOLIDATED, MARCH 6, 1931
WASCO NEWS-ENTERPRISE, Established 1891
CONSOLIDATED MARCH 4. 1932
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Published Every Friday at Moro, Oregon, By
GILES L. FRENCH
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Managing Edito.
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cork bobbing up and down, but he
prefer* the fishing in Oregon even
if it is a little more strenuous and
requires more exertion than did the
“nigger fishin’ ” of his youth. Ore
gon's wild life, the governor de
clare*. is one of the state'* great
est assets and contributes largely
to the maintenance and increase of
tourist travel to the Pacific North
west.
Thirty seven Lives have been
lost and 81 persons have been in
Entered a* second-class matter st the Postoffice, at Moro, Oregon, jured in fire* in Oregon during the
nine month period ending Septem
under Act of Congress of March 3. 1879- ’ T _
ber 30, according to a report by
SUBSCRIPTION RATES—PAYABLE IN ADVANCE.
Hugh C. Earle, state Are marshal,
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DECEMBER 13, 19x5
were 3403 fires in the state with
losses aggregating $1,780.493. The
report covers only fires on proper
THE WHEAT LEAGUE’S MISTAKE
ty covered by insurance.
The Eastern Oregon Wheat League was asked as plain
as a government official can ask to offer criticism of the
AAA at the session just concluded in Pendleton. Mr.
Conser, ef sistant in the wheat section, stated that there
are 25 million farmers who like the AAA and that there
are 100 million people who apparently do not like it. He
said that thia 100 million people could not be entirely
wrong.
No public criticism was given Mr. Conser. He left
with the understanding, undoubtedly, that the faimers o
eastern Oregon had nothing to offer the administration to
change or better the AAA.
We think this an unfortunate decision on the part of
the wheat league. It boasts that it is a forward looking
body, capable of thinking through a farm situation. A
great number of its members have criticized and do criti
cise the allotment program from various standpoints when
in private conversation.
The wheat section of the AAA is vulnerable because it
is still a temporary plan. It cannot be otherwise unless it
is changed. No farmer can be expected to permanently
take from production a single acre of wheat land as long
as he is being paid for keeping it in wheat or in contractée
acreage for which he is paid. As lopg as this condition
exists there will be no lasting reduction of the wheat acre
age which is the desired end and the solution of the whebt
surplus problem.
Anyone acquainted with the conditions in nearly every
wheat county admits that land normally produces less 8 or
10 bushels per acre had better be used for some other pur
pose than wheat production. Yet, there is no provision to
permanently retire this type of land from wheat productior.
under the present act and it will continue as long as an
allotment is paid on it.
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Little if any changes have been made to give the farm-
er or his agents greater control of the local administration
of the act than at first. Red tape still encumbers the allot
ment plan, If it is to be a permanent plan of farm control
this condition should not be allowed to continue. As fast
as it is possible for the farmers to handle the details of the
work it should be given to them.
There is now doubt as to the legality of the farm ad"
justment act and A. R. Shumway asked, “What is the farm
er going to do if it is declared unconstitutional?’’ Wheth
er or not it is upheld by the supreme court in January it
ill behooves the farmers to cease to struggle for perman
ence in the farm act. This plan is temporary and has been
so called by both its friends and enemies. It is a function
of the farmers, themselves, to propose a plan that will be
permanent or as near so as any new plan can be made.
This is no time to sit idly by and make faces at the
critics of the AAA behind the temporary security of a
wheat allotment check. Farms in the United States must
be put and kept on an economic basis that will return a
profit to the owner. If the theory of processing taxes is to
be definitely established it will require work, not inaction.
If the theory of reduction in acreage is correct, plans that
will take out of production the least valuable acres must
be enaoted.
The eventual solution for the problem of farm prices
is an organization of producers of each commodity strong
enough to control the production, the marketing and the
price of that commodity. That is the system that has
made the corporations successful; the farmers can profit by
their example. The AAA has been and is a breathing
spell for American farmers. During its existence a perm
anent plan must be worked out that will benefit the farm-
and the country at large. The wheat league as the self
appointed spokesman for the wheat farmers of Oregon
should have realized this fact and been ready with sugges
tions and constructive criticism when it was asked by the
wheat section itself.
We used to hear that nobody loved a fat man, but
until the New York school board ruled against obesity in
teachers we didn’t know that school boards felt that way
about women.
When we go to paying football flayers openly there
will still be a fear that the richer colleges are giving a bonus
on the side.
If all the various organizations collecting clothes for
the poor are successful a lot of us are going to have to stay
home until Santa Claus calls.
Poor Haile Selassie seems fairly able to handle his
enemies, the Italians, but he will have trouble handling his
friends, the French and British who would have him give
up a part of his territory.
The Portland police any they are not guilty of giving
a prisoner a black eye. Maybe he ran into a door.
Except for March, April, May
and October, tourist travel this
year has been heavier, month by
month, than during 1934, accord
ing to a report by Secretary of
Stat« Snell. Registration for for
eign cars for the 11 month* to
November 30 this year total 96.883,
or a gain of more than 4,600 over
the registration totals for the en
tire 12 month* of 1934 In both
years tourist travel was heaviest
during the months of July and
August.
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.M n rcli i ox In their K o. T. C. uniforms ns n gesture In support of military preparedness ns beat insurance
ngalnst war. P ip simhMit soldiers of Boston university made a drnncilic appearance nt the mall, nt an anti-war
mwtln;» dimouncrd as communistic by police.
War Veterans
Given Chance
A total of 496 motorist* were
convicted in Oregon court* during
November for violation« of traffic
laws. Of this number 37 had
their driver’s license revoked and
16 others had their license suspend
ed. Thirty-four of the revocations
were for drunken driving, two for
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hit-and-run driving and one for Interested Men Will Write
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driving while his license wa* re
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voked. Four of those whose right Veteran’s Bureau Wash. D. C.
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to drive cars over Oregon high
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ways was revoked were non-resi
dents of the state.
Proverbial swords will be beat
en into plowshares for war veter
State employees were warned ans with farming experience who
by the board of control thia week yearn to till the soil, through a
against the use of state cars for plan worked out between the re
other than public business. Viola settlement administration and the
tions of this rule, the board de veteran’s administration to provide
creed. will result in summary dis farm units for a selected number.
missal. The order followed defeat
A number of suitable farm
by the legislature of a measure tracts with adequate school, road,
providing for pooling of all state marketing and other public serv
owned cars in an effort to regulate ices are now being listed by the
their use. Abuse of the use of resettlement administration in Ore
state owned cars, once very com- gon. Washington and Idaho, says
mon on the part of officials as well Walter A. Duffy, regional director
as employees, is now believed to be
Although partially developed
very rare but still of sufficient tracts
of land with productive soil
gravity to require an occasional and adequate
moisture reserves
admonition such as that issued by
are being given preference some
the board this week.
already improved farms are being
considered.
Gasoline taxes collected by the
Lands qualifying for resettle
state this year will set a new all-
ment
of farm families will be de
time high record in the opinion
veloped
for selected veterans, ten
of Secretary of State Snell. For
the ten month period ending Oc ant farmers, young farm couples,
tober 31 taxes on motor vehicle rehabilitation clients and families
fuel totalled $7,721.438 compared from established conservation ar-
to $8,298.923 for the entire 12 eas. Veterans receiving compen
sation or pension frojn the gov
months of 1934.
ernment will be given preference
as resettlement client*.
Plarft provide for establishment
of qualified families on units, where
with an improved farm plan, they
will be assured of a livelihood and
From the Observer Dec. 15, 1916 be able to carry a reasonable debt
Pres Boice and wife returned burden. If the resettlement clients
from their wedding trip. The equity is insufficient to establish
young couple were married at Van him on the farm, he may purchase
couver, Washington, November 29, the farm on an amortized basis.
Interested veterans are advised
che former home of th« bride who
i* a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. to write to Dr. E. G. Dexter, Vet- I
erans Administration, Washing
Grant Morgan.
Harvesting of wheat is still un ton D. C., for proper application !
derway in the section south of blanks. After the 'blanks have1
carefully executed and re- I
Kent and near Shaniko. Snow has been
turned to the veterans office, they
■topped several machines and oth are studied in connection with ap- I
ers are trying to save crops.
plicant’s case folder and jf approv
The ladies of Moro who are dev ed, forwarded to the resettlement i
otees of th« terpsichoerean art en- administration for further action. •
.tertained Wednesday evening at
the hall with a leap year dance
The freight agent on one of the ।
Mayor Freeman has issued a Western roads received a shipment
proclamation declaring Friday, on which was a donkey, describeo
December 15 a holiday so that all on the freight bill as "one burro.”
After checking his goods care
members of the Moro Rod and Gun
club can take part in the annual fully. the agent made his report:
“Short, one bureau; over, one
rabbit drive and hunt contest.
Jackass.”
From the Observer Dec. 8, 1906.
‘‘So the doctor’s trial marriage
Boardman school, Miss Sadie
Pickard, closed last Friday with a has been found out?”
"Yes. and he’s been arrested!
program of music, recitations, etc.
‘‘What’s the charge?**
Three prizes were awarded for
“Practicing without a- license.
punctuality to Herman, Ruth and
Arthur Christensen.
J. Fred James and wife are tem Tureks Lodge No. 121 A^F & A M
Moro, Oregon
porarily located at Gras* Valley
Meets the l*t and 3rd
Fred is shoving gold into the peo
Thursday evenings of
ple's mouths and likewise into his
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each month. Visiting
own pocket.
members cordially in
Miss Vie
teaching the
vited to meet with us.
Spaulding chapel school.
C. Spacing, W. M.
The world famous Umatilla
C- V. Belknap. Secy.
house at The Dalles has passed in
I am I rc N o . 113, I. O. O. F.
to the hands of T. N. Crofton of
Centerville. It has been in the
Moro, Qregoq
hands of the Sinnot family for 43
Meets 1st And 3rd
Tuesdays in the
I O.O.F. hall- Tran
Judge Hull of Grant, this county,
si ent and visiting
was run oyer and instantly killed
brothers are cordi
by the yard engine in Dalles eUy
ally invited to meet
>ast Tuesday. He was on« of the
with us.
foremost citizens of Sherman coun
O
Rice N. G.
ty.
Joe
Trait, S«<cret
R. G. Judkin, who has ianthfully
served Erskineville a* U. S. mail
Lupine Rebecca Lodge No H6
carrier for more than five years,
Moro, Oegon
has tendered hi* resignation and
will go to Philomath to live with
Meets 2d and 4th Tu
his sister.
esdays of each month
Visiting mem be
F1 at ter y is soft soap, and soft
come.
soap is 90 per cent lye.—Gilbert
Florence Martin. N. G.
K. Cheaterton.
Lila Bull, Secretar
At Resettlement
In Other Days
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OREGON ÍAIRY COUNCIL
Do you have in mind a gift
basket of food for someone less
fortunate than yourself this Chris-
mas time? In arranging for such
a basket besure and plan the con-
tents very carefully before the
food is bought.
Don’t give just a ‘basket of
food’. Make it a basket of food
with an idea in it. Make it a well
balanced food supply for the Christ
mas week end and choose th?
of milk - fresh whole milk, for
every child in the family and a
pint for each adult. Next, a half
pound of Cheddar cheese. This is
our plain American cheese made
from whole milk and having the
food values of milk.
Then the vegetable*
First of
all remember potatoes - three
pound* of white or sweet potatoes;
a head of green cabbage, the green
er the better because the green
leaves have the best vitamin and
mineral values; two pound* «f car-
rots, two pounds of onions, a No.
2i can of tomatoes, and here you
have wholesome food B tuffi, god
flavors, and many poss ibilltiea for
attractive dishes.
For fruit* include two pounds
of apples and a half dozen or
more oranges, a pound of raisins,
for their iron and vitamin* and al
so because they give pudding* and
cakes a more fe»tive air. -
And then peanuts. They may not
seem important, but they have sev
eral kind* of food value in their
small kernel* and are good in sal
ads. in cookie*, in escalloped dish
es and, of course, in peanut brittle.
For the ever important meat,
why not include a pot roast of
beef. Select a three or four pound
roast of chuck rib*, cross arm,
clod, round or rump. In some local
ities chicken or duck or even turk
ey may be cheap enough to come
within the cose limits you have set.
And where there are children put
into the basket at least a half a
dozen eggs
We have included the protective
foods but we must add more in the
way of energy foods, A package
of wholewheat cereal. two loaves
of bread,
pound of butter.
two pounds of sugar, coffee or tea
as the family prefers will complete
the basket.
But if you can. tuck in a few
spires of parsley or a pound nf
cranberries just because it is
Christmas.
foods so care
you udì
know that the family getting the
basket will get the most food value
to he had for the money spent.
Particularly for the needy fam
ily it is important to supply the
right kinds of foods. It’s a pretty
safe guess that such a family is
not apt to have milk, vegetables
Wife (at head of stairs): “la
and fruits—and without these pro that you, John?”
tective foods no family can thrive.
Heavy Voice from Dark: ‘‘Who
So begin your list with one quart wai you expectin’?’*
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EARLY
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