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^Ijcrnian (Unuiiig journal
SHERMAN COUNTY OBSERVER. Established Nov. 2, 1688
GRASS VALLEY JOURNAL, Established Oct. 14, 1897
CONSOLIDATED, MARCH 6, 1931
WASCO NEWS-ENTERPRISE, Established 1891
CONSOLIDATED MARCH 4. 1932
Published Every Friday at Moro, Oregon, By
GILES L. FRENCH
Managing EdiUn
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under Act of Congress of March 3, 1879___________ ________
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FEBRUARY 7, 1936
PIE
Political leaders and those who have ambitions to
appear in that role are given to berating the people or the
classes now in power and telling hearers that justice
demands that they too get their feet in the trough or in
more elegant words demand their slice of government pie
Such statements are evidence of a peculiar state of
mind and one that has become rather prevalent these days.
It may be assumed from these assertions that the sole duty
of government is to cut pie fairly and impartially or that
the process of government is for the purpose of making pie
for citizens or constituents.
This government was established, if the preamble to
the constitution can be believed “in order to form a more
perfect union, establish justice, insure dortieBtic tranquility,
provide for the common defense, promote the general wel
fare and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and
our posterity.” Maybe we will want to amend it to include
equal income or at least equal opportunity to every citizen.
Undoubtedly some groups have been more successful
at getting laws passed that aided their business than others
and thus has grown up the parable about pie. If every one
is regaled with pie according to his or her wishes there is
likely tc be a shortage of pie. Perhaps we would be better
served if we shut up the pie counter altogether and went
back to the original theory that the duty of government
was to govern and not to dabble around in an apron and
cap serving pie.
THE ELECTION
There was, almost without doubt, an election. It may
be interpreted as an almost unanimous voice of protest, a
loud and vociferous wail against special elections on cold
winter days. It was a rebuke to special elections, a sign of
hearty dislike at having affairs of state thrust upon the vot-
ing public in off seasons. Furthermore it was expected
that it would terminate in just the manner in which it did
terminate. No one, therefore is surprized although some
are undoubtedly, relieved.
It would have been a much more exciting period if the
issues had been more closely contested. As it was, it was
a run away race for the “No’s” who won their easiest vic
tory in a generation. There was almost no support for two
of the measures, the sales tax and the legislators pay. The
student fee bill had some active supporters and the Septem
ber primary had a few adherents who worked for it, but
there was little in the whole preformance that smacked of
real argument or political conflict.
NEW STYLE
A short time ago farmers in riding by a plowed field
were wont to remark how pretty it was if each furrow slice
had been turned completely over leaving no trace of stubble
on the surface. This was more easily done when the stub
ble had been burned off after harvest and this was the
custom.
Along comes the soil erosion service to say that such
nice clean summerfallow as was formerly thought a thing
of beauty cannot be a joy forever for it gives too great »
chance for erosion that soon reduces the value of the land.
The style in summerfallow may change and within 8
few years we may follow the erosion men and make sum
merfallow that is covered with gray and weather beaten
stubble and is rough and cloddy under that cover. That is
the erosion style of plowing and while farmers might no
hasten to adopt the style with the same speed that wdmen
adopt the Paris styles we may find it more profitable to a1
least try the new mode.
URNAL, MORO, OREGON
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 7. 1966
ized in this state under authority
ture
of an act
of 1931 must ‘‘furnish electric ser
vice to all applicants residing with
in the boundaries of such district up
on terms which apply to all equal From the Observer Feb. 9, 1917
W. A. Woods sold 23 hogs last
ly under like conditions.” This
Tuesday
for $825.60 that did not
opinion given to the Hydro-Elec-
trie commission by attorned Gener cost him a nickle at any time they
al Van Winkle is expected to have were on the farm. They were 8
an important bearing upon the fate months old. weighed an average of
of these projects, three of which 1414 pounds and sold for 10 cents
are now under consideration. Two on foot. They had made their way
of these embrace only the most entirely on stubble and received no
populous portions of their respec care until rounded up to be driven
tive counties—Marion and linn. to market.
A meeting was held at Grass
The other contemplates a super-
district of seven eounties-i-Clack- Valley Friday evening, February 2,
amas, Polk. Washington, Yamhill to organize a rod and gun club.
Columbia, Clatsop and Lincoln. Officials were elected as follows;
Public hearings have been held in L- W. Baker, president; M. B. O’-
each of these counties and field Brien, vice president; C. W. Wal
surveys completed by engineers lace, secretary and treasurer; mem
employed by the commission. Re bers of executive committee, H. A.
ports and recommendations of the Smith and H. Zeigler.
A. H. Barnum returned Satur
commission will be forthcoming
day
from Denver, where he atten
within the next four months. These
recommendations which will deal ded the Middle West Stock Show,
largely with the feasibility of the estimated to be the largest show
proposed ijistricts, will be only ad of its kind in the country. At this
visory. Sponsors of the project show, in the Hereford class alone,
can call an election for
purpose there were 25,000 'head on exhibi
of organisation by Aling petitions tion. (Mr. Barnum bought a 2-year
signed by five percent of the voters oW Hereford bull for his Lone
in each parcel of territory within Rock Stock Farm.
the propozed districts regardless of. Jas. Stewart has a list of 278“
the commission’s recommendations., sportsmen of Sherman county who
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' have signed for the Oregon Sports-
Jack E. Allen, retiring adminis- j man for another year. This is a
trator of the state liquor control larger list than was sent in last
system predicts the downfall of year.
the system and repeal of the Knox From the Observer Feb. 8, 1907.
act if the liquor commission does1 Sam P. Brisbine dug through
not mend its ways. Allen blames nine^an a 'half inches of frozen
most of the woea of the commis- ground Wednesday, on a south
sion upon its chairman^ Ajrtbur K. slope of his farm, before reaching
McMahan of Albany who refused the soft earth. This shows that
to comment upon Allen’s; charge the snow has not rotted the ice
that he (McMahan) had been “at crust of the soil yet, in a manner
tempting to use his office to furthei pleasant to think about ,
Robert Urquhart took Rev.
his own political ambitions.”
Johnson and Buchanan to Grants
Otto J. Runte wo sugceeded Jack Monday, on their start homeward.
Allen as state liquOt administra He had an unbroken road all the
tor is the fourth man to hold this way before him, and consumed the
post in the less than two years the most of two days on the trip. He
liquor control system has been in succeeded in securing a copy of the
operation. There are those who Oregonian, February 2nd. It isn’t
predict that Runte tenure will not quite worn out, and if anybody is
last out the year. Eugene Kafty. looking for news we will loan them
assistant administrator, is under this latest date.
There are two slides on the O R
stood to be contemplating resign
N between Dalles City and Port
ing to accept an outside job.
land that baffle the skill and in
Governor Martin is expected to genuity of every railway man on
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announce
the appointment
of u;,.
his the line.
new executive secretary this week.
Emmitt Sells surprised folks by
Wallace S. Warton, Portland news-' coming home this week via Colfax,
paper man. is understood to be1 Elmer Heath of Grass Valley and
slated for the post. Wlharton' J. H. Bottemiller of Kent, came
served as secretary to Congress- through also, somehow. J. H. says
man Elton Watkins and handled walking was bad.
Charley
MJartin’s publicity in his first cam-
_ Deikman and his broth-
paign for Congress six ygars ago. er in law, Mr. Monroe, made a fly-
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| ing business trip to Moro this
,The WPA mining classeswin Jose- week, 20 miles and back in three
phine county (have attracted an days and two nights. Talk about
enrollment of 1152 men and boys your sleigh rides! Gee.
according to O. D. Adams, state
director for vocational education Goldfish Overfed, Not Gassed
who is in charge of the project.. Corvallis—Gold fish are not in
Forty-two percent of the students jured by chlorinated water common
are men actually engaged in min in most cities, but they are injur
ing in Josephine and } Jackson ed by over feeding, according to
counties who are being instructed । investigations made by Dr. Natihan
in the newer developments, in. plac Fasten, head of the zoology de
er and hard rock mining.
partment at OSC. Dr. Fasten has
recently published in the American
The perennial fish fight will be Naturalist the reeult of a best he
injected into the forthcoming gen made which showed that gold fish
eral election campaign if the Col will live indefinitely in chlorinated
umbia River Fisherman’s Protec city water, and that they will live
tive Union has its way. Represen from four to six months in many
tatives of the union filed1 preAmi- cases with no food whatever.
nary petitions with the state de
partment this week for a proposed
Misterss—Mary, did I hear you
initiative measure which yrpuld bai kiss someone in the kitchen?
all traps and seines from the Col-
uhbia
------ river , *nd lts
1 man said he came for a little oven.
Sponsors of the measure explain
——r®—
that the measure is identical with
consumated
federal
the one introduced into the recent government will pay up all delin
special session bjr Senator - Fran-1 quent taxes and in the future the
ciscovich of Astoria and which county will receive one-fourth of
went down to defeat in the House all revenue from the tract in lieu
by a three vote margin.
of taxes.
Fitst approved sale of privately
owned timber land in this state
Copy No. 95—75 Line»
to the federal government under
an act of the 1935 legislature is
nqw before the National Forest
Reservation commission' for final
action. The deal which involves
ownership of 8950 acres of timber
land in the Marys Peak area of
Benign county has been. Approved
by the Benton count jr court and
ratified by the ¿Oregon Bdard of
Forest Conservation. If the trans-
In Other Days
v ^ r LWITH
To the Editor of the Journal:
It is encouraging to note that
those who have attended the Soil
Erosion and Conservation Educa
tional meetings over the County
this week now see a great deal
more merit in the program than
heretofore they had. It is regret
able that jaore did not attend, it
is quite evident that it is not to
become difficult at all ■ for grain
growers and livestockmen to em
brace the practical employment of
this necessary and profitable un
dertaking. Many had feared that
considerable “Strip-cropping” and
change in implements required
would be called for. but it now ap
pears that all tJhe productive lands
of this county may be brought un
der the system of farming pro
posed, without such innovations.
It is felt by tihe experienced men
who have looked over the county
that our erosion problems may be
subjugated by the employment of
the “Trarihy” fallow method, and
that we may well, in the outset at
least, employ, very largely the
equipment that we now possess,
although it will be desirable in
time to shift to Tillers of the disc
type and to grain drills of the
same style. Moreover, it appears
that most likely under the recom
mended system of farming, there
will be fewer and less expensive
operations required than under the
present mothods. And it seems that
we no doubt should within two or
three years begin to be able to
grow greater yields than hereto
fore under present practices, be
cause we would immediately be
come able to retain on and in the
soil more of the precipitation re
ceived than formerly we have. Al
so, as the fertility of the soil would
be built up. we should realise bet
ter milling quality wheat, which is
sure to command better prices as
grain lands in general become in
capable of producing this premium
quality.
There can be no doubt but that
it would pay every grower within
the county, whether owner-opera
tor or Lessee, to become informed
of the facts and, thereafter, to ac
tively and at once begin the em
ployment of the new and wise
system of dry-land farming.
Yours for a consideration of this
matter by everyone within the
county.
James B. Adams.
Moro, Feb. 5, 1936.
STATEHOUSE GOSSIP
(Continued from pair* one)
of a mobile laboratory for plague
control and prevention. An aptpro-
priation of $15,000 for the pur
chase of livestock in connection
with- the new range livestock ex
periment station near Bums is al
so included among the 24 new laws.
Other new laws authorize the
state treasurer to make temporary
transfers of public funds in his
keeping; dissolve the Nestucca
Highway Improvement district;
create the Deschutes county Live
stock district; authorize the state
to build a central heating and pow
er plant and to install its own tele
phone exchange; and authorize
cities of 5000 population or over
to condemn land and erect memor
ial monuments or buildings.
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.Sales of hard liquor at state stores
and agencies during 1935 aggre
gated $6.041,282.11 according to
the annual report of the State
Liquor Control commission. This
is an average of more than $6 for
each resident of the state or near
ly $40 for each of the 153,755 per
mit holders. Profits from liquoi
sales and permits during the year
amounted to $1,218,719, to which
is added $526,205.05 from privilege
t«xes and $146.686 from the license
division for a net surplus of
$1,891,611.
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Veterans who are in arrears on
their state bonus loans will be re
The man who prophesied that within a few years the quired to apply their federal bonus
Pacific coast wou'd have a large part of the nation’s popu to this debt, the World War Vet
State Aid commission has
lation must have said it during the winter when blizzards erans
ruled. Failure of veterans to meet Eureka Lodge Nt. 121 A-F & A-M
were raging throughout the frostbitten east.
their obligation will result in fore
Moro, Oregon
closure on their property. Delin
Meet- the 1st and 3rd
quencies
oq
state
loans
to
veter
California has now begun to corral instead of coddle
Thursday evenings of
ans now total approximately
each month. Visiting
the indigent who come with slim pocket books to enjoy the ’ $1.000,000.
members cordially in
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climate. Who was it said the air and the sunshine were
vited to meet with us.
Defeat of the sales tax at Fri
free.
H.
B.
Pinkerton,
W. M‘.
day’s election is causing the State
C. V. Belknap. Secy.
Relief Committee no little concern.
“Go to the ant, thou sluggard; Consider her ways, and Should the Public Works Program Moro Lodge No- 113, L O. O. F-
fail to absorb all of the employa
be wise” says Proverbs and the Oregonian repeats the bles
Moro, Oregon
or labor disputes add to the
Meet® J st and 3rd
advice. Well, what do ants do about unemployment and list of needy it is generally admit
- Don’t let atonic Indlgeatfon spot*
Tuesdays1
the*
ted that the relief situation thru-
overproduction anyway?
your appetite, make you feel run
I I O.O.F. hall Tran down, elugclBh. without anVbltion or
out the state may become serious.
for th« <ood things of life,
Bien,t aa^i risiting aest
Governor Martin has repeatedly
without trying Williams ff L. K
brothers are cordi- Formula. The first bottle must pro-
The millers are being allowed to keep the tax the cor- declared that he would not call an
money
back.
I ally invited to meet duce results
sumer paid last year on bread and the bakers are making other special legislative session,
Williams H. L. K. Formula is com
with us. ♦
holding
that
all
possible
sources
of
pounded from the prescriptin of a
them pay a tax on what they buy thif year. The consumer revenue have already been ex
Lewis McKee, N. G.
former army doctor.
It acts as a
mild
tonic, stomachic stimulant, mild
is going to need the federal housing plan alright, and a hausted.
Joe Truit, Secretary , laxative
and diuretic stimulant for
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shirting plan and a panting plan and an eating plan until
the kidneys. Rein* a liquid—already
No- 116
dissolved—it starts to work almost
something is done to make the distribution of consumer White pine beetles kill more Lupine RebeccaTodge
Immediately.
Richly concentrated.
Moro,
Or
gon
trees in Oregon each year than
It Is economical1 to take.
Try a
goods a competitive affair again.
bottle under the money-back <unr-
forest fires, according to J. W.
Meets 2d and 4th Tu antee. Bee how much better you
Ferguson,^, state forestar. The
esdays
of each montK *rel after a few doses. At rood
beetle invasion is particularly ser
Discussion about the prabable winner of the Italio-Eth- ious
Visiting members wel
in Klamath county. Ferguson
come.
iopian war is just talk. Previous experience tells us that said.
LLIAMS^ FORMULA
Florence
Martin,
N. G.
neither can win.
Lila Bull. Secretary
People’s utility districts organ I
“PEP UP" STOMACH
RELISH YOUR FOOD
Kent Rebekahs
and Odd-Fellows
grand son George Sacre were at
Moro Wednesday. Mr. Davis to
attend the farm conference while
the others visited Mrs. Ida Davis.
Candidates Begin To Appear
Install Officers
New Farm Family Moves
Onto Sias Farm Near Town
As Primrry Nears
The defeat of the September
primary bill has acted as some
thing of a spur to political aspira
tions in the county. First result
is the announcement of Charlee C.
Wilson of Rufus that the will be a
candidate for the Democratic nom-
ination for sheriff. Others are
known to be flirting with the idea
of trying for some of the offices
in the May primary. County offices
to be filled this year are that of
county judge, one commi^ion61-.
a sheriff, clerk, assessor and coun
ty school superintendent.
Kent I. O. 0. F. lodge No. 185
and Wheatland Rebekah lodge No.
183 held joint installation Thurs
day evening January 30th. Instal
ling officers were: J. E. Norton,
grand master and Mrs. W. E.
Helyer, district deputy president.
Officers installed were Noble Grand
Mrs. W. G. Helyer; Vice Grand,: HOLC—Why does a person al
Floye vonBorstel; Secretary. Doro-' ways lower his voice when asking
thy Dunlap; Treasurer, Mildred for a loan?
FRC—I suppose for the same
Norton. Five hundred was played
reason he raises it when he doesn’t
and supper served later.
The Townsend club will hold its get it.
next regular meeting Tuesday --------
evening February 11th. A dance
will be held after the business
session, and potluck supper.
I hereby announce my candidacy
■Mrs. G. L. Barnet and Anne
Sather Were visiting at the home for nomination for the office of
of Mrs. Emma Schadewitz at Moro Sheriff of Sherman county, subject
to the action of the voters of tht
Wednesday.
William Mitchell anl son Robert; Democratic party at the Primary
and G. W. Howell were transact election to be held on the 15th day
ing business in The Dalles Tues of May, 1936.
Charles C. Wilson.
day.
Home Economics club held an
all day meeting Tuesday at the
grange hall arid quilted.
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wilson spent
last ’ Tuesday visiting all the
grades in the Kent s<*hool.
Mrs. Carl Schadewitz who is
THE
staying in The Dalles now for
medical treatment, spent the week
ATLANTIC MONTHLY
end here with home folks.
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Wilson and
Make the most of your
daughter Nellie and grand son
reading
hours. Enjoy the
George Sacre were visiting at the
wit,
the
wisdom,
the compan
C. IC. Wilson home at Poplar
ionship,
tihe
charm
that have
Grove Saturday.
made
the
Atlantic,
for
seven
Harriet Fredrickson and Nelson
ty-five
years,
America
’
s
most
Glover of Portland visited friends
quoted
and
most
cherished
at Kent a few days last week.
magazine.
Mr. and Mrs. Jay McKay havt
Send $1. (mentioning this ad)
moved from town to the ranch
formerly farmed by George McKay
to
and known as the B. M. Sias»
The Atlantic Monthly, 8 Arl
ranch.
ington St., Boston.
L. J. Davis and wife, Mrs. F. C.
Darby and Mrs. J. C. Wilson and
For Sheriff
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