Sherman County journal., January 24, 1936, Image 1

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Forty Eighth Year No. 12
Moro, Oregon, Friday, January 24, 1936
Official County Paper
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Tugwell Visits “Tugwelltown”
State Affairs
Bangs Disease
Veterinarian
Still Testing
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Relief is a local problem and not
one for the state or nation to deal
with in the opinion of Governor
Martin, who declared himself as
opposed to any further huge fed­
eral appropriations for unemploy­
ment relief such as the $4,800,000,-
000 authorized by the last con-
gress.
Local officials. the governor ex­
plained, art In closer contact with
the situation and in better posi­
tion tn weed out the deserving
from the undeserving than are
state and federal officials.
discussing the re­
The
ion in Oregon with El-
lief
, executive secretary of
mer
the state relief committee, ex­
pressed tfce opinion that an allot­
ment of 910 a month was adequate
for the needs of the average indi­
vidual on relief, qualifying this
statement, ‘However, by explaining
that recipients of relief i should be
al>k to supplement this fund
through part time « seasonal jobs.
Dr. B. H. Miller, vatfrinarian for
the federal government. Is in jihe
county to complete the work of
testing cattle for Bang’s disease.
He will not test cattie for the sec­
ond time but will try to make the
first teat on herds that hake not
had attention. It is eitLnated that
there are. 80 horde comprising
about 1300 cattle that have not
had 'the first Bang’s 'disease teat.
Dr. Miller’s edbedule is being
handled by the county agent to
some extent and those having
herds untested may get in touch
with turn through county agent, ’
Perry N. Johnston.
Teachers To Study
Reading Methods
Rex Tugwell, undersecretary of the Department of Agriculture, Is
talking to Jesse Trimble, PWA worker, during Rex’s visit to ‘‘Tugwell-
Sixty-six Oregon motorists lost »wn,” a new building project at Berwyn, Md.
their operators’ licenses during
December. 36 for driving while
drunk, and 30 for various other
rant*"« including reckless driving, vv llvOl
speeding, Mt and run driving, etc.
Three motorists had their licenses
suspended for failure to satisfy a
judgment resulting from an acci­
dent under 1#ie provisions of the1 p
at
p
A A
new safety-responiibir ty act
f OF N CW F aFID ACT
Start Offensive
Traffic accidents on Oregon -----------------------
highways during 1935 took a toll!
of 259 lives, according to figures Resolutions Favoring Export
compiled by Secretary of State
'
Snell. Wlyle this traffic toll mp- rlan, Grower Control,
resents a 'decrease of 34 from the
#
1984 record Snell insists , that the Payment of Existing Contracts
traffic fatalities are still too high -
.
and urges a continuation of the ac- and Kiver Use Approved
cident prevention work being con- _ ____
ducted by various agencie« through
out the state.
' The representatives of the farm-
* • • •
ers of the eastern Oregon counties
Boys at the state training school interested primarily in wheat met
near Woodbum are to be given
Arlington last Thursday, and
of “the fomulated a set of reto lotion« that
Oregon Cattle Club have offered will be the basis for their work
their assistance in promoting in for a new farm bill to take the
terest in dairying among the boys place of the unconstitutional AAA
through awards of merit
Present from Sherman county
prizes of various kinds. Ax a re­ were Corliss Andrews, Harry Pink
sult of this interest on the part eton. and Herbert Root who were
of the Jersey breeders the Ward elected, H. D. Poudfoot who is dir
of control this week authorized ector for the wheat league and W.
Superintendent Laughlin to change S. Powell director of the North
the school’s dairy herd to Jer­ Pacific Grain Growers.
seys. State • Treaaurer Holman
A. R. Shumwey, who is now in
presented the proposal of the Jer­ Washington was authorized to rep
sey breeders to the board of con­ resent Oregon wheat fanners in
trol after I conference with a com­ working for a new farm bill.
mittee from the breeders’ associa-
The resolutions follow:
tion at tih«. training school earlier
WHEREAS the nullification of
inthe week.
the Agricultural Adjustment Act
by the United States Supreme
If the state senate figured to
has again subjected agri-
discourage Governor Martin in his culture to the inequalities which
determination to develop Oregon s existed previously, and
mineral resources they reclined
Surplus Feared
without their’ host.
During the recent special ses­
WHEREAS the states oA Idaho,
sion the governor asked for an ap­ Washington and Oregon produced
propriation of $15,000 for the use an exportable surplus even under
of the state mining boa/d in mak­ a plan of acreage reduction, and
ing a survey of the state’s mineral
WHEREAS to date no crop has
resources. The House cut the a- been found that can be grown prof­
mount to $5000 and passed the bill itably on the acres taken out ol
but the senate, under thé leader­ wheat production, and
ship of the veteran, Senator Stray­
WHEREAS the soils in this area
er of Baker county, killed the
are
subject to both water and wind
measure Under an avalanche of
erosion, and
“no” vote«.
it is practically im-
»
For a X time Ik the Governor «ri,
was ; WHEREAS
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to
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foT thc sinrlu« wheat>
stumped but *
produced in this area to be put in-
’>,V* L _.T.i Jl.nnir>e board thill*0
donyestic trade channels due
ma. The rtiteptenmng board thill
ex^sive
rates in
week announced plans for an im-, effect at the present time, now
mediate survey of the mineral re
be it
sources of the edate. This is iden­ therefore
RESOLVED, That the Executive
tically the sort of program the
of the Eastern Oregon
senate rejected, but the planning Committee
Wheat
league
and the elected
board appears to be clothed with; delegate« from Union,
Umatilla,
plenty of authority as well as Morrow. Jefferson Sherman,
­
funds for proceeding with the pro- ian» and Wasco counties at Gill
this
The act creating the board auth meeting in Arlington, Oregon, on
orizes it to ‘‘from time to time this the 16th day of January. 1936,
fol
recomm fend to the governor com­ unanimiously go on record as
lows:
prehensive plans for the utiliza­
tion. conservation and develop­ New Legislation Asked
ment of the natural resources of
1. That the purpose of the Ag-
the state.” The board is also re-
quired ‘Wt the request of the gov­ ricultural Adjustment Act be car-
new legislation
ernor or the legislature of this ried out ' through
_
state,
st s to, to conduct investigations,
inveWtiglations enacted immediately. These pur-
■urveyu and research upon any sub poses inckufc: «<*il con«ervatio«i,
ject and to submit reports and rec stimulation of production of deficit
ommendations on such subjects to crops, removal of surpluses w<hen
the governor or to the legislature.”4 they threaten ruin to the price
As to funds, the board still has structure, machinery to avoid the
to its credit a balance or more tendency to make farmers pay the
than $33.000 out of an original ap-' full price of depreesions and even-
propriation of $46,273 set aside for tually assume the losses of all
its use by the legislature whidh casses through the maintenance of
created this new state activity.
|lbw agricultural prices and high
• • • | industrial prices.’
2. That Congress immediately
Grants Pass continues the prin-
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Schoolma’ams and fchoolmasten»
of Sherman county 'Hill meet in
Rufus next Monday flight to talk
about reading and English. The
Sudden interest in the subject of
rfea^ing.has been brought about by
tKfe* recognition of the fact that
many pupils did not know how to
read and were held back in then
studies thereby.
SWh grade and high school
teachers will be present Saturday
a group of the teadttrs will go to
Arlington to meet instructors
from Gilltan and Morrow counties
to plan the semesteif tests for the
end of the school term In May.
Erosion Control
Organizations
Formed Here
Cooperate With Erosion Service
In Checking Wind and Water
A group of 52 farmers and farm
owners met at the .court house
Tuesday to form a temporary or­
ganization for the control of soil
erosion. Name given the new as-
lociation was the Grass Valley
Canyon Soil Erosion . Association.
A similar group met in Wasco
Wednesday and in Kent Thursday
to form themselves into a unit to
cooperate with the erosion service
in bringing relief to the washing
and blowing lands of the county.
It was estimated that there were
85,000 acres represented in the
meeting and . that signed up as
ready to aid in preventing further
deterioration of farm lands.
Assessment Rolls Fann Conference
Change Little
Attracts Speakers
Since 1934
On Many Subjects
The summary of the county’s as­
sessment rolls which appears oli
another page of this issue is very
much similar to the one issued last
year. The number of tillable acres
has made a slight decline although
the value is almost exactly the
same being $21.35. Non-tillable
acres are valued at $1.51 per acre
which is a cent above last year’s
figures.
Most important change is in the
number of cattle, sheep and swine
in t‘he county. Cattle have in-
creased about ten per cent; sheep
are a bit more numerous on the
ranges' of the county but swine
have dropped from 2409. which was
low, to 1460, which is very low.
Values of animals have increas­
ed as well. Horses are now assess­
ed for an average of $27.09 as
compared to $24.74 in 1935. Cat­
tle are worth $20.67 as an average
wherein they were worth $12.95.
Hogs have stepped up in price
from $13.51 to $4.62.
Afternoon Program Filled With
Talks on Matters Pertinent
To Wheat and Stockgrowing
In Sherman County
A farm conference meeting ot
farmers of the county will be held
next Wednesday afternoon at the
court house with a list of speakers
who will interest farmers engaged
in every phase of agriculture in
the county.
T.ie meeting is one of several be­
ing held in the counties of the
state during the winter month»,
when farmers, theoretically at
least, have more time to discuss
problems of Vheir business.
Session To Be Snappy
The county agent will act. as
chairman of the meeting and start
the program promptly at one o’­
clock so that the talks can all be
Directors Elected
finished before the audience has to
go
home to do the evening’s work. •
A temporary board of directors
E. Harvey Miller, of Lexington,
was elected which will serve un­
president ot the Eastern Oregon
till the regular meeting to be held
Wheat League, will speak on the
the first Tuesday after the first
progress being made by the new
Monday in February of each year.
farm bill back in Washington and
The first meeting will be held Feb­
ruary 4. when a constitution and COUNTY COURT PROCEED­ the part the farmers of eastern
Oregon are having in the new firm
by-laws of the association will be
INGS FOR THE JANUARY legislation through the activities
voted upon.
Oregon, famous for its trees,
TERM. 1936.
of the w'heat league.
also has its famous trees, accord­
Elected to the new board were
Weeds Is Subject
In
the
Matter
of
the
Applica
­
A.
H.
Barnum,
O.
G.
Sayrs,
Marie
ing to T. J. Starker, professor- of
tions
for
Recommendations
for
B. Cooper, T. M. Rolfe and V. B.
forestry at Oregon ¿State college, ।
f f •
•
E. R. Jackman. of Oregon State
who has a hobby of collecting in- J\ClUOlt
I Eakin. A board meeting later in ‘‘Class A” Package License to re­
college will talk about weeds. As
the afternoon elected 0. G. Sayrs tail beer:
formation on this subject. Through!
Recommendations made by Coun a subject of rural interest weeds
as president, V. B. Eakin as vice
casual observation. Professor Star
! president and county agent, Perry ty Court for Dinty’s Service Sta-I have become more important in*
ker has already collected data on
j N. Johnston as secretary-treasur- tion, Biggs, Oregon; for Delbert the past few years or since the in-
dozens of trees of far more than
H. Deyo, of Rufus; for Carlisle’s troductaon of perennial, rootstalk
er.
local interest.
O. E. Dyer *nd Marcel Sandoz at Miller’s; for the Shell Service weeds into the wheat fields. Many
There is a black locust north of
of the local erosion service spoke Station at Kent, and for H. H. methods of eradication have been
Corvallis, for instance, which is
suggested and tried but all have
to the assembled farmers and ex- Willard of Biggs, Oregon.
believed to be one of the oldest
It is said that thore«* lots of plained the work to be done and ' In Ue Matter of the Applica­ either been proved futile or too ex­
and probably the largest in the
state. It grew from a locust rabbits in the southwestern part the methods that will be used to tions for Recommendations for re­ pensive for the individual farmer
unless he is assured that . his
switch planted in 1860 and is now of the county. In fact, on author­ get it done.
tail Beer License.
neighbors
will cooperate in killing
52 inches in diameter five feet
Recommendations made by Coun­
Farmers
Must
Be
Pleased
ity
which
we
consider
absolutely
weeds
also.
from the ground. There is a fam­
ty Court for Dinty’s Service Sta­
J. W. Hoech, manager of the
ous walnut tree near Brownsville authentic we have it that the rab­
All work that is done on the tion, Biggs, Oregon; for Carlisle’s
and a peculiarly shaped oak tree' bits are so numerous on the Clod- farms of the county must be dono at Miller, Oregon; for Shell Serv­ Mid-Columbia Production Credit
that has been dubbed a ‘‘weeping. felter ranch that to look at them with the approval of the owner of ice Station at Kent and for il. H. Association, of The Dalles, will ex­
plain the details of his organiza­
oak’’ in its locallity, and many otK makes it appear that the earVn it- the land. 1
Willard at Biggs, Oregon.
tion and tell how it is possible for
ers t/hat he has listed.
self is weaving about and moving
The matter of weed control was
formers
to best utilize the credit
Auditor
Hired
Anyone knowing a tree of such - somewhat like a volcano disturbed discussed and w^aile it is still im-
facilities offered them through its
unusual interest can make it a1 by some unknown subterranean possible for the erosion service to
In The Matter of Bids for Coun-
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— writing to force. —
matter
of record j u by
There are, it may be sur- take any direct action regarding ty Auditing: Bids of Charles R. services. The applications have
been speeded in many cases in this
Professor Starker at Corvallis and mised. so many rabbits that none the weeds there is still hope that
of The Dalles, and Herbert district and less time is now re­
giving him the facts about it, in­ but the poorest coyote families such a result will be the outcome Logan
R. Welshons of The Dalles re­ quired to ’ obtain a loan. it is
cluding a picture if one is avail­ could be persuaded to eat one in of the situation before long.
ceived. Bid of Charles R. Logan claimed.
able. If enough material is ob­ public.
accepted.
tained, he plans to have it publish­
The question before the federal Weed Control Desired
In The Matter of Insurance on Stephens Will Talk
| rabbit eradicators is what to do
ed in book form.
After the units are all organizeo County Experimental Farm at
D. E. Stephens, head of the local
about it, for humans eat, directly there will be meetings of the di­ Moro and County Fairgrounds:
experiment
station, will be the
I or indirectly, some what the same rectors of the three groups to form
Insurance po^cies as filed for ap­
Dozen New Tractor* To,
fourth
speaker.
He will talk on
, things as do rabbits. We have a board for the entire county.
proval accepted by Court and
production
methods
and will tell
jbkeingly
remarked
that
we
would
Bark In County Field* \
The soil erosion service does per­ Clerk instructed to draw warrant
' give the county back to the In­ mit organization on a county wide covering premiums On said policies. of the results of experiments car- •
Indications at present are thatj^j^^ but we ’have no present in- basis as prescribed in the regula­
ried on at the station during the
In The Matter of the Salaries of past
about * dozen -new diesel tracton 4enti0n of giving it to the rabbits. tions, but agreement between the
twenty years.
Deputy Clerk and Deputy Sher­
will be pulling plows around Sher-
R.
L. Clark, stock buyer, of Port
groups in a county is permissable iff:
man county - fields when work CCC’s Want Drive
land,
will be the last speaker and
it is thought.
Salaries for 1936 to be paid ac­ has been asked to talk of the pos­
opens up in the spring and. the
There is a possibility that there
cording to 1936 Budget Appropri­ sibilities of stock production on the
ground gets dry enough to till. • will be a rabbit drive some of these
The meeting for the north ena ations.
Total cost to the farmers of this week ends when the CCC boys can
wheat farms of Sherman county
equipment
has not been announced get away from erosion work. Back of the county • which was held , RE: 1936 Jury Panel for Circuit and to give some points on market­
. .
but it will probably be between in Massachusetts they keep rabbits Wednesday in Wasco resulted in. a Court for Sherman County. Two ing live stock in the northwest
$40,000 and $50.000 as the heavy in a pen and it is not considered enthusiastic gathering of farmers hundred names drawn for said markets.
track layers used on wheat farms good form or good judgment to kill who were very much interested panel.
Every farmer in the county and
in this section comes a bit higher them- Out in the prolific west, in the work that the erosion ser­ In The Matter of The Sheriff's others interested are invited to
than the .lighter variety used on where the rabbits make it appear vice might do for them and willing Reports:
come to the meeting and hear the
Sheriff’s turnover report of delin­ speakers as an effort has been
to
cooperate
fully.
A.
S.
Johnsen
leveler and heavier land..
-
that the earth Itself is walking
quent taxes collected, accepted and made to make this one of the most
and jumping, it is both. Rabbit was elected president and G. H. filed.
Root
vice
president
by
a
board
of
instructive meeting of the year.
Clover On Dry Land ;
Eradicator Prentice and Erosion directors which included Chester
Sheriff’s turnover report of eur-
Preventer Eaton made a trip to
Medler, W. H. Burres and John T. rent taxes collected, accepted and
Fanns Fouibiiity
the rabbit country this week and Johnson in addition to themselv s. filed.
New Officers Installed
CONDON—Considerable interest are arranging the drive which will Perry Johnston was made secre­
Sheriff’s report of total taxes
in forage crops is being shown by be an entertainment feature fot tary treasurer of the organization. collected in 1935, accepted and filed. By Federal Bank
farmers of Gilliam and W'beeler the boy,s a bénéficient move for About 16,000 acres were represen
RE: Trial Balance report - of
counties, according to J. M. Stein/ the farmers and a Roman holiday ted in the gathering of 31 farmers. County Treasurer. Report accep­
Appointment of George A. Brie-
assistant district agent, wha siyw lor Vie rabbits.
bach of Wilsall, Montana, to be­
ted and ordered filed.
he Jias answered numerous ques­
RE: Sherman County Road come a member of the board of di­
tions recently in regard to created
Bonds:
County Treasurer instruct­ rectors that jointly governs the
Californians Using
wheat grass, varieties of alfalfa, Dr. A. P. O’Leary
ed to give Blyth & Copipany, a 12th district Land Bank. Intermed­
and other forage cropi. Several
buying order of $20,000 worth of iate Credit bank, Production Credit
farmers are planning to try small Dies In Big Timber
Sherman County road bonds to net corporation and Bank of Coopera­
Oregon Dairy Stock
patches of I.adak alfalfa in, the
Sherman County 2%. Offer good tives at Spokane was announced
spring if moisture conditions are
PRINVILLE—A good many for two weeks from Jan. 3. 1936. January 17 by W. I. Myers, gover­
Dr. A. P. Ol^eary, of Big Tim­
favorable, he reports.
RE: Right of Way Deeds' To nor of the Farm Credit adminis­
ber, Montana, died last week at his cows from Crook-? eounty dairy
tration at Washington D. C. Mr.
home there from a heart attack. herds have be^n. sold to California Sherman County, Oregon.
Deed from David Reid, et ux and Briebach succeeds P. Thompson
He was well known to. old timers buyers recently and farmers-of the
Boy Scouts Of Two Towns
in this country as he owned land county are saving^ more heifer deed from Elizabeth Fuller for of Valley, Washington, whose term
east
of Grass Valley and has been calves this year than they have for ri^ht-of-way purpose«, accepted expired December 31. He will be­
Meet In Joint Session
a frequent visitor to this county the past few years, reports County and Clerk instructed to record gin his three year term January
29 when the regular montihly meet
Boy Scouts of Grass Valley and since leaving here many years ago. Agent E. L. Woods. Mr. Woods same.
RE: ANNUAL REPORT OF ing of the board is held in Spo­
Moro met here Wednesday night He was 65 at the time of 4us death. believes the latter fact shows that
kane.
V
for a joint session with Kenneth
He was born in Flint, Michigan more farmers are becoming in­ Continued to page 4
W. H. Ragsdale of Moro, Oregon
Wells of the Portland area direc- and moved to The Dalles when a terested in dairying due to the in­
another new member on the board
ting the program. In addition to child with his parents. He grad­ creased sale for cows and the stea­ WBÀT h R r FOR THE WEEK
about thirty scouts nearly a dozen uated from the University of Mich­ dy market.
MIN. PRECIP was recently elected by coopera-
max .
DATI
parents and scout leaders were in igan. He was an intimate friend
Jsn. 16 ... ......... 40.. . 32 . .. .17 tive marketing and purchasing as- f
attendance.
of Cornelius Kelly, president of
Sixteen new men from the com­ “ 17 ... ......... 38.. . 32 . .. .00 aociations of tJhe northwrtt which
Mr. Wells told the boys and their the Anaconda Copper company has monwealth of Massachusetts ar
“ 18 ... ...........35. . 30.. X. .26 are stockholders «of the Bank. <rf‘
Cooperatives. The third vacancy i.
leaders how to make a scout troop ing roomed with him at the Uni­ rived Friday to begin their ac­ “ 19 ... .......... 39. .25.. .. .03
on
the board this year is being
interesting, about the scout cir­ versity. .
quaintance with eastern Oregon. “ 20 ... ......... 41.. . 35 . .. .00
filled through election by the north
cus that will be held in Portland
Dr. O’Leary is survived by two They are attached to the Sherman
soon' and taught some games to sisters. Mrs. A. F. Rice and Edith county CCC camp. All have had “ 21 ... ......... 49,. . 32 . .. .00 west’s 31 cooperative production
“ 22 ... ......... 48 . 29 .. .. .00 credit associations, the result of
the boys. A lunch was served be­ Hickey of Butte and a brother, experience in the work before hav­
. 46
Total for week ..
fore the evening ended.
Frank of Arlington, Oregon.
ing come from Camp Devens.
(Continued from page two)
Data Being
Collected On
Famous Trees
Proposed For
Surplus Bunnies
County Court
Makes Many.
Appointments