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About Sherman County journal. (Moro, Or.) 1931-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 31, 1936)
.—-T THE SHERMAN COUNTY JOURNAL. • •* Former Residents { MORO. ORBGON Manager Wedding Date George Hennagin Very Ill In To dan I Hospital Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Norcross of' Pendleton celbebrated their 50th wedding anniversary January ¡4th at their home there. Their daugh ters, Mrs. E. L. Woods of Milton and Mrs. George Potter of Klon dike were present for the occasion as were many friends. Mr. and Mrs. Norcross lived in Sherman county thirty years and are known to nearly all the old timers in t-hiu county. They were married in Weiser, Idaho in 1886 but have I lived in Oregon since 1893. George Hennagin is in a Port land hospital and was reported as operated on for cancer of the stomach Thursday morning. Chil dren have been called to the city to be with him for the next few days. The American Legion Auxiliary will meet Wednesday afternoon, February 5, at the hom^ of Mrs. Theodore Johnston. J. C. McKean and Serai Searcy drove to Arlington Wednesday to attend a meeting of oil dealers for this territory. Keith Thompson, small son of Mr. and Mrs. Dewey Thompson, is ill this week with pnuemonia, but is reported as better the last day or two. Gayle Amidon wAs taken to the • hospital in The Dalles Wednesday j afternoon with an attack of appen-1 dicitis. She was operated on that j day and is said to be resting easily. Pacific University, Forest Grove, Ore.—Marjorie Byers of Moro was elected secretary of Kappa Delta sorority at Pacific university this week. Salem. Ore.—Of the more than 1 $32,000 in liquor tax revenues dis-: tributed to Oregon counties and citie« this week by Secretary oi State Snell, $64.74 went to Sher- j man county. The city of Moro re-J ceived $1-1.99 as its share, Wasco. $13.63, and Grass Valley, $7.08. Ward Farrel of Madras was here last Saturday looking for some seed wheat for spring plant- Special School Levy Special City Levy Levy Value none none $188,066 96 12,018.06 1,261.881 1310.Q7 239,837 6.3 . none 66,258 none noné . none 486.487 11,291.94 11.3 999,287 4,742.39 8.8 538,908 252.52 TJS 33.670 138172 7.5 170,896 1,24038 7.6 165.410 none none 177,394 none none 131,086 ’ 29.41 .1 294.112 230.60 .6 384,338 741.62 1.5 494.412 7.670.62 799,012 j>9.6 none none 249.905 73.84 .2 369,189 196.50 1.0 190.502 , 335.89 1.6 , 209,934 5,558.47 10.1 550.344 1,139.28 3.9 292,124 130.17 .4 325,428 none none 425,318 641.07 246.565 ’ * 2.6 612.21 2.3 266,179 49,697.76 9,551.542 Non-High School District Fund levy is 2.5 mills and applies to all school districts except Nos. 3, 3A, 7, 9. 9A, 9B, 9C. 17 and 23: Valuation $4,802,297; Tax $12.005.74 High School Tuition Deficit Fund levy is .5 mill and applies to all school districts except Nos. 7, 9. 17 and 23: Valuation $6,663.991; Tax $3,332.00 Tax Valu« Lev; City 7,668.65 $ 218.480 86. Wasco : 8,188.72 163,476 1A Moro 1,707.67 Grass Valley 126,487 .„<12,514.94 Total City Tax ...... .. 59.7 Total levy in Wasco ...... 42.1 ToUl levy in Moro ------ 86.9 Total levy in Grass 'Valley Diet. 1 3 3A 4 5 7 9 9A 9B 9C 10 • 11 13 15 16 17 19 20 21 22 23 24 26 30 32 33 Tax 110361.72 262.18 196.17 161.78 ^11,461.05 General Fund Milis Department 3.8443 SUte Tax . 2.2521) (SUte . (Ele. School .... 1.5922) .4188 Market Road .......... ......... Bridges ...................----- ---------- .3664 Sinking Fund for Road Bonds 2.6174 Interest on Road Bonds .—........ 8376 . .7119 School Per-capita 3.3036- County .................. 12.1000 Total Average consolidated levy for county . - 21.42 mills .. |9,551.542.00 115.573.66 36.718.50 4,000.00 3,500.00 25.000.00 8,000.00 . 2,225.00 6,800.00 1,895.00 . 2,655.00 . 2,900.00 4,000.00 17,880.16 115.573.66 General Fund ...... -......-............. ——*•....................... *•—’ 49.697.76 Special School Tax ................%................. -.................... -...... 12,005.74 Non-High School District Fund ..... I -.....-...................... 3,332.00 High School Tuition Fund Deficit ........... T.................. — 11.461.86 General Road Fund ................................... —............. “...... 12,514.94 Special City Tax ..................... — 5.44 Overplus fractional extensions ...... -...... -.............. —........ 204,591.39 Grand Total Tax ................. 177.13 Advance Tax $171.75 and rebates, $5.38 credited ........ Refunds on advance tax ...... -.............%........... ~..... >4.68 204.414.26 Amount to be collected by the Tax Collector ........... I Margaret W. Peetz, County Assessor of Sherman County, ’.Oregon, herebv certify that the assoesed valuations, tex levies and texes set forth herein are the full and complete true copies of the originals as the same appear in this office and in my custody. Witness my hand and seal this 17th. day of January, 1936. MARGARET W. PEETZ. County Assessor. a volume on “Initiating Methode o« Criminal Procedure.” It will be based on authoritative research studies made by the two men. LOST: One white gelding, weight 1350. Has ’white nose. Notify Notice Of Final Settlement Notice is hereby given that Geo. Gerald Holzapfel, Wasco. Oregon. 11-12-13 H. Wilcox, administrator of the estate of Bud W. Moore, deceased, Livestock Wanted. has filed his Final Account in said HIGHEST corn-beit prices for car estate, and'that Tuesday, the 3rd loads broke or range horses, mules day of March, 1936. at the hour and colts. Fred Chandler Horse of 10:00 «. m. in the County Court and Mule Market, Chariton, Iowa. Room in the County Court House in Moro, Sherman County, Oregon, FOR SALE or TRADE: Trac has been fixed as the time and tor disc drill. 16 disc. Chas Bullard, place for the hearing of objections Moro. to said report and the settlement of 60 choice thereof. FOR SALE: Your Geo H Wilcox, Administrate! head of horses. All kinds. H. B. tfn Geo. G. Updegraff. Belshee. Attorney for Administrator. Strayed: To J. J. Decker Kent Jan. 31, Feb. 7, 14 and21. 1936. place, red heifer yearling or two yr. old, underbit in both ears. Own er call and claim. 13-14-15 UPDEGRAFF A PEPPER FOR SALE: 10-vol. set “Source Book”—$35.06. Mrs. O. L. Hock- man, Moro. 13-14-16 Levy 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 Recapitulation I AW AUTHORITY LOST: Suckling brown colt branded — Z on left shoulder. No tify E. iR. Barzee, Moro. 13- 2W 8M 4G Value. 19.043,100 218,480 163,475 126,487 9.561,642 Total valuation of taxable property in Sherman County The levy for the General Fund is 12.1 mills, producing Which is divided as follows: State Tax (State $21,510.13; Ele. School $15,208.37) ..... Market Roads ...... -....................................... -.......... Bridges ........................... -............ ; « " j......................... Sinking Fund for retirement of Road Bonds ......... .......... Interest on Road Bonds ........................................................ . . County and Children’s Industrial Fair ......... -..... Per-capita School Tax .......................... -............... —............... Elections. Circuit Court, and Justice Court . . .................. Care of Poor, County Physician and Burial Expense ..... Old Age Pensions, Widow’s Pensions and Relief .............. Emergency Fund ............................ .......................................... Balance for running expenses of the county ...................... Mr. and Mrs. S. K. Martin have been sUying at the hotel while Mr. Martin is inditing the books of the Grass Valley Grain Growers. Those people who were all ready to sUrt plowing next Monday have changed their mind and will delay a bit longer before going in spoke for and ferninst the meas ures that will appear on the bal- to the fields. Lloyd Johnson is trapping coy- lots today. D. E. Stephens left Wednesday ' o'.?s and other pestiferous ani- evening for Heppner where he mais in the Kent vicinity. vo „.... returned spoke Thursday betortf1 a farm eon- Miss Mildred Ginn from India to her home here last ferenfe meeting for Morrow coun week after spending several weeks ty. He was accompanied by E. R. in Los Angeles with ’er sister, Jackman who attended the con- Mrs. Nedham. Her mother, Mrs.: terence here. Belle Ginn, who has also been in California returned with her. The Woman’s Club will meet Friday, February 7, with Mrsuj John Foss. Henry Tetz will speak i orr International Relations. Mr. and Mrs. O. G. Sayrs drove to Portland Sunday returning late Monday night. Kendrick Dunlap went to Kent Thursday evening, to be at home on election day. Little Gordon McKefe is staying with his grandparents in Wasco until Ce scarlet fever scare is over. Many Moroites went to the stock and equipment sale below Wasco Monday. Horses sold for a price that was called good by most ob- aetvers, the highest team being reported as selling for $375. En tertainment features of the.; sale were said to be remarkable good. A group of friends called on Lou Peetz Thursday evening that be Wayne L. Morse, dean of the ing the date of his birthday. . school of law at the University o1 A newly organized discussion Oregon, who with Raymond B group held its first meeting last Moley, editor of Today and former Monday night and different ones under secretary of state, will write Classified Ads General Road District Tax District Attorneys At Law Moro, Oregon • In As New Co-op on the Aueeement Rolle for the year 1935 Sherman County, Oregon Celebrate 50th . Dunlap Checked Abstract of Taxes Payable in 1936 Grain Markets But Little In Patt Week close of the week, with foreign markets influenced by large new wheat shipments from Australia and liberal offerings from Canada, , Light Argentine ihipments. how- ever, and uncerUin Northern Hem- l isphere new crop proepects, tend- | ed to support price«. Clearances । from Australia were unusually Domestic grain markets were heavy for this time of year and rather quiet during the week end totaled 3,845.000 bushels. Argen tine shipments, on the other hand, ing January 24. with prices fl uc- were at a record low and totaled tuating within narrow ranges, ac only 436.000 bushels, making a cording to the Weekly Grain Mark total of slightly less than 3,000,000 et Review of the United States bushels since the first of January, Bureau of Agricultural Economics. compared with nearly 15.000,000 bushels shipped during the corres Severe weather throughout the ponding period last year. Central West sharply reduced coun try marketings and market . re ceipits fell off materially. Demand Try Jouria) adverisiag it pays remained dull for wheat, but in quiry for feed grains was stimu lated somewhat by the cold snow which increased feeding needs. Rye was in good demand from mills and prices of cash grain advanced slightly. Flax, on the other hand, declined 1c to 2c per bushel, influ enced by weakness in the oil mark et which tended to slacken crusher interest in seed. G RASH VALLEY PHARMA« U The general wheat situauon turn Phono 222 ed slightly weaker toward the PAGE FIVE -FRIDAY, JANUARY 31, IW >r y a Mrs. Gus Engstrom Taken To He spiral After Accident A. A. Duhlap was checked in as new manager of the Grass Valley Grairf Growers this week when S. K. Martin, of Spokane, audited the books of the company. Mr. Dunlap will move to Grass Valley from Kent within a few weeks or not later than the end of the present school term. Mrs. Gus Engstrom' taken to the hospital in The Dalles this wee^ front the result pf a burn on het arm that became ihfected and spread. She is reported as being very ill. Mrs. D. M. Burnet of Biggs is acting as station agent here . for a few days while Mac is absent from his regular duties. Victor and Emil Anderson of Wasco were visitors here Tuesday John Beuther and wife and Mrs. William Beuther and Klaus Bar- denhagen returned Tuesday from a trip-to Portland, They were gone for two or three days. Mrs. Arden Squire is in The Dallas acting as nurse for Mrs. Engstrom. C. W. Fields was in Wasco Mon day to attend the sale given by his brother Tracy. Ray Blake is driving a new car this week having made a trade. J. W. Shepard and wife left Saturday for Lewiston, Idaho, tv take over his new duties as man ager of a warehouse company in that area. IMhr. Shepard has been manager of a local elevator and warehouse since 1919. I. D. Pike was notified this week that his appointment as postmas ter here had been approved. Several farmers from this dis trict were in Moro Wednesday to attend the farm conference. The house on the Guthrie ranch southeast of town burned to the ground the night of the 16th. Mr. and Mrs. Dave Vincenzi escaped through a window after awakening with ' the entire house in flames, Mrs. Vincenzi was burned on the hands and arm in getting out of the house. Grass Valley Debaters Leave The Grass Valley debaters left I for Linfield college at McMinnville Thursday of this week. Debates will take place on Friday and Sat- urday. Last year the local squad won four out of six debates, but do not expect to do so well this year Jue to the inexperienced material.! Thos€< making the trip were Janet Wilcox, Marjorie Blake. Agnes Simons, Thelma Fortner, Keith ’Rinehart. Robert Rolfe and Mr. Clifford P. Rowe, coach. Grass Valley won the district championship (six counties last ature may be read, wuvww borrower » v» or year) and have two lettermen re-1 purchased. The public is cordially maining. I invited to attend the services and The Grass Valley basketball ag to make use of the reading room. gregation dealt a double defeat to _ the Rufus Wolves on the latter’s o , Assembly floor January 24. S'1"0?--------- “ In the first game which proved Morning Service ........ l!.00 a. m. a hectic and exciting battle the Community Presbyterian Church local girls emerged victors by a 19, n a. m. “Our Sabbath,” sermon to 17 score. i by Rev. Lawrence H. MItchelmore, In the boys game the local Tig- Therevwill be no Sunday school ers after having a mere 2 point nor evening service. This is in ac- lead in the first half, went to town cordance with the request of the in the second half to win 40 to 26. school authorities that the boys This gives both of the local teams and girls remain at home until 1000. percentage in the county Monday. , standing, neither team having suf The high school and junior Chris f?red a defeat. tian Endeavod societies will hold Grass Valley schools were shut a “potluck banquet” on Thursday down for the past week due to night. February 6, in honor of the a scarlet fever scare. No cases fifty-fifth anniversary of the found ing of the organization by Dr. have developed, as yet. Francis E. Clark in Portland, Maine, Beginning at 6 p. m., the banquet will end at 7:30. Thursday. 7:45 p. m., midweek study of “The Life of Christ’’ at the manse. The subject of the Lesson Ser mon for the Christian Science When Your Shoes need repair church service next Sunday at 11 • send thenflo o’clock a. m. will be “Love.” There will be Wednesday evening meet- ing at 8 p. m. The Reading Room at the rear of the church is open at REPAIRING all times, where the Bible and all GOOD SHOE THE DALLFS authorized Christian Science liter- 204 Second St. CHICHES WERN Al ARK’S Dr. Viggo Häufelt Dentist Will be at his Moro Office at the Hotel Moro : From Monday, February 3 To Saturday, February 8 , inclusive ■ : Please Make Your Appointments Early CONFIDENCE All Satisfactory Business is built on Confidence - Confidence on the part of the buyer that goods purchased will be ef good quality and fairly priced. Dependable Groceries, Fresh Vegetables Overalls, Jumpers, Shirts, and all kinds of DRY GOODS Trade At H. 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