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About Sherman County journal. (Moro, Or.) 1931-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 3, 1936)
LHC S HUIMAN COUNTY J OU KN AL, MORO, OKKOON FRIPAT, JAN LAR T 8. 19M STATEHOUSE GOSSIP Continued from page one. Jennan bounty Journal that a suit may be brought to null ify the >10 license fee for “pick GHERMAN COUNTY OBSERVER. Established Nov. 2, 1K88 up" trucks and panel delivery can. GRASS VALLEY JOURNAL, Established Oct. 14. 1897 Tho double license fee for this . CONSOLIDATED, MARCH 6, 1931 WASCO NEWS-ENTERPRISE, Established 1891 type of car was passed by the re CONSOLIDATED MARCH 4, 1932 cent special session and has met with much' complaint especially Published Every Friday at Moro, Oregon, By from farmers who use thia type GILES L. FRENCH _______________________ Managing Editoi of car for hauling supplies out from town. M E MB EK of.the engagement of Miss Bulah Hayes, a former gi»V to Malcolm R. MacEwan of Eugene was made public. „ . .- A considerable number of Moro devotees of dancing attended the New Year's masquerade at Grass Valley Monday evening. O. C. Hogue has sold his quar ter section near J. C. Wil son for $6,200 cash* Consideration. Resettlement Work Held To Be Neceuary *6» jactive must be not only to restore to tb«sa people chance to attain an American standard of living, but to make them once mor» con sumers and prdoucers of economic foods. • . The Resettlement Administra tion is buying up tracts of land in various problem areas of Washing ■tor» the natural forest or.« grass resources whici^ if property cared for, can again provide empioytaeni Motorists appearing in public for local people. At the same with the old 1936 license ptetea dis second semester started with 62 time, this work win put a step to played will be required to show pupils. noadiesa destruction of soil fertil evidence of having applied for the A family dinner was enjoyed at ity, which, if perfirited to continue, Entered as second-class matter at the Postoffice, at Moro, Oregon plates or explain to some conven the home of T. J. Hankle on New Editor's note—The old frontlets wauld- make tke rehabilitation of under Act of Congress of March 3. 1879_______ __________ — ient judge according to Chas. P. Year’s Day to celebrate the 65th are gone. There are no longer vast the people even more difficult Ma SUBSCRIPTION RATES—PAYABLE IN ADVANCE. t Pray, superintendent of state po wedding anniversary of Mr. and areas of new land on which a grow- cortfy. One Year ............. . ...................................... * ■ - / ........... * - lice.5 Pray calls attention to the Mrs. A. J. Hankie who were mar Families who cannot be employ attitude of hi» force test year in ried January 1, 1852 in Appanoose It is now up » us to conserve and JANUARY 3,1936 enforcing the automobile registra County, Iowa. develop win ly the land which we ed in forest work will be helped tion act and warns that he is not have. How th!» am be done is to move out of the hills to fertile fooling. described by L. C. Gray, an author, valley lands where they am be NOW TIME r • ”,•**•* : -V' ' W. H. RAGSDALE it/on land use, in a series of three come self supporting. The state forestry department A similar conversions of the land articles, of which thia is the first: Now that there is temporary assurance that the CCC (Continued from p«g» one^ closed its twenty fifth year of ser to better uses is being undertaken camp and the SCS work will remain in Sherman county for vice with th» expiration of 1935. ervises the Farm in other areas such as ths old for- Spokane ar® at least a few more months there should be an effort on the Organized in 1911 for the single tration institutions est regions of the Great Lakes, Vs Pacific Northwest, western plains part of everyone concerned to see that it is made as perm purpose of .protecting the timbered 81 . Prodtastiw. our major sources of wealth. Hun areas of the state from fire the and deep south.• Land that is not au^nt as any such activity can be under the prevailing department long ago entered upon Credit associations which make dreds of thousands of rural famL- fertile enough for farming am be seasonal * : crop and 5 live ; stock lies are now a poverty I ain^t always utilized for some a much broader program of acti circumstances. loans by discounting their mem utterly mconaistent with American e<n pUrpo8e> forestry or rec- It haw never been disclosed who or what branch of the vities, including that of reforest bers notes through the Intermedi standards bf living largely ms because reation. or grazing. ing denuded areas. Prior to the SCS work has the responsibility of getting the farmers creation of the forestry depart ate Credit Bank are in the process of a failure to use the land to its Th» extent of this work, and the of nominating and electing one concerned in the erosion wdrk to sign contracts permitting ment it had been the duty of the member; the other will be appoint best advantage. long time necessary to restore the In areas such as denuded tim tend, place it beyond the sphere of such labor on their farms. This should be remedied. If state game and forestry warden ed by the governor of the Fann ber region» of Washington. Idaho private enterprize. Governmental “to enforce the tews of the stat* any department of that work, has that responsibility it for the protection of the forests. Credit administration at Washing and Oregon, where conditions of action is essential unless thous ton. Next year the farmer-owned The legislature of 1907 created living are particularly severe, one ands of families are to be abandon 1 should immediately become active in getting this impor national farm loan asaodations tant job done during the winter when the farmers’ time is a forestry board with an appro which make long term mortgage reason for the present poverty is ed to permanent poverty, and priation of $250 with which to calo loans on a cooperative basis thru to be found in the history of lane» great areas of land relegated toi less taken with farm work. ry on a publicity campaign but it the Land Bank will similarly nom use. The forest, which formerly ruin. There is a distinct possibility that the community was not until 1911 that the legis inate and elect their representative provided the chief income for -the lature recognized the importance itself is expected to see that there is cooperation between of the lumber industry to the state on the district board- The board people of these areas, was cut off without any care for the future the farmers and the erosion service. If that be a fact then and created a separate department will then be composed of three reproduction of trees. The land is elected members and four appoint it is up to the community and the various organizations to take rare of the interests of this ed, with terms running for three on the whole too steep for farming industry. and cultivation merely aggravates years. interested in the welfare of the community to see that the • * , * the problem ’ by encouraging the contracts are signed with as marly farmers as are willing Twenty three association in Ore Hearings on the classification of erosion of the fertile soil. The to allow erosion work on their farms. We have been led approximately 50,000 acres of re- gon are stockholders in the Spo- narrow creek bottoms and meagre _ The new 1936 Telephone Al knae Bank for Cooperatives. bench lands fail to supply enough manac. an annual publication of the to believe that a vast majority of the farmers are anxious forestration land in Polk. Des chutes, Columbia, Lincoln, and tillable land for successful farm American Telephone and Tele-« to cooperate. Clatsop counties will be conducted ing. graph company, is now available, With both the forest and the top and copies may be obtained free There is less likelihood of the work being stopped and by the forestry board on February X . A / • * 3, 4 and 5. All of the hearings soil destroyed, tho people have bo at the telephone office, according th 3 men withdrawn from a county where the work is re will be held at the county seats of come economically “stranded,” apd to Mrs. Hazel Woods. Agency Man ceiving lopal support than from a community where it is the several counties. their standaid of Bring has stead ager here for the Pacific Telephone accepted but half heartedly. This county is interested in ily declined. Housing is very poor, and Talegraph company. The state liquor control commie* consisting often of dilapirated. the erosion work and there will be little difficulty in our sion which found its shelves load- The new Almanac, which has 32 leaky cabins which give insufficient estimation in getting required con racts. pages, contains interesting infor ed with lot of unpaid-for shelter, and enforce unhealthy mation on astronomical calcula stock when it took over the job But the first step is to determine the organization or Two projects held to be of ut crowding. The food supply is so tions, temperature data for repre a year ago reported its busipees department held responsible for the signing and give it to be on a strictly cash basis at most importance to the planning limited that children suffer from sentative cities in the various malnutrition, and easily fall prey local support and enthusiastic cooperation to the end that the beginning of the new year. Es program for Oregon, an inventory to disease. Education is necessar states, and other typical Almanac of present land use in Northwes information, as well as facts re-! the job may be done completely before spring comes tc timating December sales at $730,- tern Oregon, and an inventory of ily limited. J00 sajes of hard liquors through garding the history and develop Society must decide whether hamper it state stores and authorized agen mortgage indebtedness of agricul ment of the telephone. these conditions on be tolerated. cies during 1936 aggregated near- tural lands, have been approved by COUNTY COURT______________ j y $6,000,000 or approximately $6 the Oreron State Planning board It is especially important when we realize that the poverty of the (Continued from page one) for every -resident of the state. Net and submitted to the ’VeA» Frog'- IN tys, Elsie Rust, Mrs. Walter Car profits of the commission for th«, ress Administration for approval, year are estimated at approximate It was announced fn Portland re of large numbers of families upon lisle and Willards during December. Man looks upon the vast mechanics of nature with s ly $1.980,000. - . cently by V. B. Stenbery4 planning publie charity and relief. Our ob- Stock Inspector Jim Stewart was proprietary eye. * He likes to pull this lever and push that consultant for the board. Dr. W. H. Lytle, state veterinar Cost of the land inventory is set button to see if he cannot arrange the flora, fauna and geol ian, is out with his perinnial an ogy of the world more to his liking. Often he makes mis nouncement annent the come-back at 144,828’ of Which all but $4476 is requested from the federal gov takes and winds up with his fingers caught in the gears. of the farm horse., Evidence of ernment. The mortgage study will this fact, Lytle declares, is to be cost $16,891, of which >4575 will The attempts to do away with the marauding coyote if seen in every farming community. an example at hand. For many years the residents of east The come-back of the horse, Lytle be provided by the sponsors and the rest by the WPA. ; The first ern Oregon have been trying to reduce, if not eliminate, the insists, started with the depression project will provide 630 man little brother of the wolf. The first settler used to poison when farmers found that ft was months to be provided here. The cheaper to rpise horse feed than him with strychnine; when firearms and ammunition be to buy fuel oil for high priced second calls for 213 man-months t L , from the WPA and 17 sponsors. came cheaper the howling wild dog was hunted by sheep tractors. The work of both projects will harder and homesteader and there was a price set on hu be sponsored and carried out by Contributions to the Workman’s head. Now, with the aid of the powerful federal govern* x>mpensation fund during the last the Oregon Agricultural Extension meat, these two methods of killing and traps are used to six months of 1936 exceeded $2.000, service and by the Resettlement 000, a figure in excess of a full Administration, with the state exterminate the coyote. year’s collections during the height planning board cooperating. They There are those who said that under the bounty system of the depression, according to Al will be in charge of E. L. Potter, there was an urge to keep a few coyotes for breeding pur bert Hunter, chairman of the hepd of the division of agricultur al economics for the extension ser poses to keep up the supply that brought in extra dollan state industrial accident commis sion. vice, and A. S. Barrier, land plan to the winter hunter; they make the same criticism of the ning consultant for the Resettle ment Administration,.. tip th are federal hunters, and are probably wrong on both counts experienced men in this type of There has been a decrease in the number of coyotes in work. this county and it has brought another problem that is Cover mape, which will include data gathered in the field will be nearly as important as the first one: the increase in the From the Observer Jan. 5, 1900 made for the land use survey, number of rabbits and ground squirrels. Now we have t< The city has a good pest house while data -for the mortgage study poison and trap tne rodents that are becoming economical now, and a strong jail. If the will be obtained from county court srhall pox ever should visit Moro ly important as destroyers of farm crops. records. Both projects will pro it would find our city dads pre vide much needed data that will be Some day we might become so wise that we can meddle pared to fight It of immediate use, and which will Mias Maud Rust and J. F. Wat with the works of nature and achieve our intended results, son were married in Wasco Christ- prove of great value in planning but it looks like it might always be a complicated job, the best use of agricultural lands in the future. requiring much forethought. Mre. McCalhim and daughter All details of the projects have Jennie, of Moro, are ruoste of A. been qutlined and the request sent D. McDonald and family in Spo- to WPA officials. It is hoped that kane. , • * • - v i 1 .* * V * ■ • An Arkansas college professor prophesies that withir We regret very much to be in* an early approval will be given the a few years the women will be the dominant sex with the formed that the small pox has proposals so that work may be started on them in the near future. men in complete eclipse. Wives of college professors shoulc broken out in Wasco. i X-Íí The saw mill of the Sherman Eureka txxige Ño. 181 not make them do the dishes and scrub the floors during County Lumber company at Harris' the holidays. Moro, Oregon on the DesChutes, will soon have Meets the 1st and 3rd its planer at work. They have on Thursday evenings of hand now a big stack of rough each month. Visiting The winner of the liar’s contest brought forth an orig lumber, bexing, etc. W. E. Wood members cordially in cock is an charge. inal lie, to be sure, but for usefullness it cannot compart vited to meet with u». New Dray in Moro. Leave orders with the time honored ones about running into a door or C. Sparling, W. M. and set flag for the new dray. Ed C V. Belkpap. Secy. sitting up with a sick friend. win Stubblefield will deliver the goods promptly. Frank Sayrs man Mere Lodge No. 113, j/li O. F. ager. , Moro, Oregon County Court will meet in the We hope the rainy spell at the beginning of 1936 is an Meets 1st and 3rd indication that Old Jupe has made a new resolution about new court house for the first time Tuesdays in the Wednesday next, January 10th. I O.O.F. haH. Tran 1900. There will be no public aud sien,t and disiting ience. brothers are cordi From the Observer Jam'S, 1817.» ally invited to meet Remember girls, this is leap year — but maybe you with us. At the test meeting of the local had thought of that, already. ** L. O .Rke N. G. Farmer's Union it was voted to Joe Truit, Secretary have a big all day* session, begin ning at 10 a. m.. on January 18th, The Rose, Sugar and Orange Bowl games being over, Saturday. The program and din adherants of iniersectional football teams can dig into their ner arrangements was riven in charge of the following committee: own bowl for the next month’s living. Meets 2d and 4th Tu- Mrs. O. L. Belshe, Mrs. W. iR, Rags fete, Mrs. E. H. Moore, Mrs. D. C. Wheat and Miss Hockman. Visiting members wal By means of an informal party coma Speaking of resolutions: Have you broken your's yet? at the home of her parents in Port- Florence Martin, N. G. . Lila BulL Secretary assured of his job again for the the court meeting accompanied by Henry Pwtjen as sponsor “for his appointment. L The court authorized a payment of $150 to the Inland Empire Wat- - erwayu Association out of the ap propriation made for that work last fall. The association hopes to *• be able to have the federal govern- ment increasethe appropriation made for dredging the Columbia river from Ceiflo to Umatilla by ! $260,000 so that the work can be completed. As congress will meet next week the briefs and other . work necessary to have this done * must be accomplished Immediately. IS THE Telephone Co, Issues Almanac SMI SMB fam east this winter IN Al#• CONDITIONS® COACNI» AN® TOVKIST SHIPIN® fASI •M YÓUStft C m , Dkwr. AU Al »-CONDITION ID. WPA Asked To Make Survey By Planners THE BALANCE • COAOMS pl Hows f portwr Mtvicw« UNION NATURE AT THE END OF THE TEAR Business men, in checking up their years’ affairs, find that they want more printed forms I In Other Days ■ No better meansof, checking business has, bee n devised than printed and well kept We can print any kind records and will be glad .to plan them witn you and give you prices on them j 11 ’* • • ' * •'* ■ .
