» I * german dmmty Huumat T" 1 1 ■’•nu I ................... ei-n rs Forty Eighth Year No. 15 State Affairs k. L Lindbeck Moro, Oregon, Friday, February 14, 1936 Official County Paper Futurity For Mercury Drops . Peter Quiek Colts 30 Degrees r Draws Entries Witb special election now a matter of history and a primary •lection coming up« in May thots of the politically minded naturally turn to thoughts at public office and the state and federal jobs for which the two major parties will be selecting their candidates, Included in the list is one'United “—* three — - —l Statai senatorship, members Three entrants have already been listed ■ tor the Peter Quick futurity which will be held Friday of the county fair next September, There are 13 two year old colta in the county having Peter Quick as a sire and other entrants are ex- pected to be sent in to the fair board secretary soon, as th« train ing period will begi4 «when the weather opens up bit. Colts already entoivd pro U. 3. justes*, • »tat« treasurer, an at­ torney M «ral. abc circuit judges, attorneys, 60 state rep- Borstel, Sis Kent, owned by Dw* reesotativva and 16 state senators. ward Helyer and Prince Rupert, In the United States senate the owned by W. C. Helyer. The prize term of Chas .L.• McNary, repub- 'for the race has been given by* Guy Mean, expiree with the current Matthews of the Granada Theatre year. Congressmen being elected whose interest in horse racing it for only two year terms seats of ever fresh.' Entrance fees to the al! members of the House will be race are being paid by him without open to contest Rufus C. Holman, cost to the owner of the horse. •täte treaa«rsr,.and I. H. Van Win­ kle attorney > were H. Gilbert of tee fourtf forty present. During the program 'Snow Falls on Frozen Ground and advisory members both taking comprising Multnomah county; the young people were reminded part. Suggestions made for the Fred H. Wilson of the seventh dis- that Dr. Francis E. Clark, pastor To add to the wintry touch betterment of the seating arrange­ trict compriaû)g .Hood River and of the Williston Congregational brought by the east wind a snow ments at the grounds were the Wasco ébunties. G- H. MoColloch church, Portland, Maine, proposed storm started Tuesday afternoon construction of a row of boxes in of the eighth district comprising Christian Endeavor as an organi­ •and >at this time there is four or J front of the present grandstand to Baker county; and Chas. W. Ellis zation where youth had opportuni­ five inches of snow spread over be sold as reserved seats, the pur­ of the ninth district comprising Legionnaires of Chris Schultz The Wasco Civic Singers will chase of seats for the grandstand ty to serve Christ and the Church. the county. According to the mens try to Grant, Harney and Malheur coun­ present a minstrel show Saturday with money raised by an additional Ted Thompson, president of 4he urements made at the experiment post. Moro, are ;going to post as entertaift;Use ladies of the ties. night at the Opera house there a* charge, and the moving of the Many Contestants Indicated station there is half an inch of Twenty-five of the state’s 36 high school society, and Wyman moisture in the snow, but no one well ladies entertained them their winter contribution to com­ grandstand turnstiles to the foot counties will ballot on district at­ French, head of the juniors, reepon has any expectancy of getting it last month. ^Not only the ladies of For Judge and Sheriff Posts munity entertainment. Nearly ev­ of the stairs to eliminate over ded for their groups. Wyman pre­ torneys. The 11 counties in which ery member of the singers is in crowding on the steps. out of the snow and into ^the the Auxiliary, but the wives and thia office is a hold-over include sented a birthday take as the jun­ families of all Legionnaires and the cast of the minstrel which is Dates chosen for the fair this Benton, Curry, Gilliam. Jefferson iors contribution. Rev. Lawrence ground. prospective Légionnaires are invit­ being directed musically by Mrs. Mitchelmore presided. In most parts of the count> about the wheat, while year were September 3-4-5 which Worry Klamath. Lake and Linn, Malheur, ed to the affair. Maude Akers and dramatically by is the first Thursday, Friday and not very intense, will grow every there is talk of candidates for the Multnomah, Polk and Wallowa. The date chosen is next Wed­ Mrs. Homer Dixon. William Cloth- conditions are such that Saturday in September. The state day until Candidates will be nominated for nesday, February 19 and the place county offices which will be con- ier will act as pianist. An after­ fair this year will begin the 7th of farmers are satisfied that the all 60 of the seats in the Hall of will be the Legion hall. Entertain tested for in the May primaries piece, consisting of a short skit wheat is growing again. No fear ment is still bein^planned and will and the November election. At I will be directed by Mrs. Dixon with September which is Labor - Day. RepreadÉtativea of the state legis- at present felt for the depend somewhat on the weather h and for 16 seats in the state - • - 5n_ Margaret Johnson. Oscar Humburg The Pendleton Round-Up dates true winter wheat which comprises conditions existing that night. least six candidates are being men­ Floyd Root and Max Williams in have been set for the 10-11-12 of senate. The extra vacancy in the that month. much the largest part of the acre Dinner cooked by hard masculine tioned for the position of county the cast. ppnste occurs through the resig-, judge alone although it is not pre­ These dates will permit prize age sown. nation of Jack E. Allen of Uma- hands is being considered by sumed that all of them will declare winning club children to go im- til la county following adjournment 1 “Slats” Brisbine chairman of the their intentions in any one year. Wheat Thought O. K. mediately to Salem with their of the 1935 regular session. J. G. * committee for the entertainment. stock without returning them There may be some danger to Present Officers QuieV Barratt who was named to succeed home. ■the soft wheats like Federation if Allen serves only until next Jan­ No statement has been made the weather remains cold for many uary and his successor will be elec . , __ Grounds to be Improved by the present office holders about ted for only a two year term. Oth- bmitbsonian Instltate VOMUCU days longer. The covering of snow in From a magazine published their intentions regarding the Concessions have already been will aid it too. unless later winds er senatorial districts in which va- „ nomination and until this is done Boston, Mass, by the American tentatively arranged for the cancies will occur this year include Research In Deschutef VeHey drift the snow around. there will be some hesitancy on "the Society for the Prevention of this year. Improvements to the Douglas county; Josephine; Coos- No one who reads the stories of Cruelty to Animals is published grounds suggested at the meeting part of the political neophytes. Curry; Washington; Clackamas, I Visions of prehistoric Neander­ intense cold in the east and mid The office of sheriff always, ap­ the following account of a wonder­ were a new gate for the stock Multnomah (4); Hood River-Was- thal or Cro Magnon man roaming west is able to feel anyway but parently, draws a larger number ful cow. It appears under a pic­ closer to the barns in order to co; Crook "¿hpmusn thc plains of eastern Oregon from cheerful over the comparative of candidates than any other office ture of a rather ordinary looking speed up the stock show and dem­ Klamath-Lake; Gdluun -Sherman- mildness of the cold snap in this dark colored beast with a typical­ Before sound conclusions can be . Grant - 15 ’ °° 0 to 50 000 years ago, perhaps Wheeler; Union-Wallowa; Grant county. An even aero was the low drawn concerning agricultural re and it may be expected that before ly sad expression: ‘ This is not the onstrations given before the grand «Jn Tilla- hunting or discreetly avoiding the the field to stand. Some changes will prob­ long others will be in Harney -Malheur; Lin • strange and now extinct animals. est recorded by _ the official govern - search, the farmers of America contest for the place in addition tamous cow with a crumpled horn, ably be made in the program fox mook. » of his day, were created by a re-'ment thermometer although other will have to adopt methods of rec­ to C. C. Wilson who is seeking the but worthy of note. She is twenty the fair when the board meets Both the Democrats and the Re­ cent report of excavation by the fringes showed a lower reading. ord keeping which will not only Democratic nomination. Rumor has four years old. For eleven years again next week. Bids for the publicans will also elect a national University of Oregon Sítate Mu- T furnish reliable information to the it that each of the towns will have she has had no calf to warm her caretaker job were opened but no committee man, a national com­ economists, but will give the indi ­ at least one candidate for this motherly heart, but she has still choice was made at the first meet­ mittee women, ten delegates to the consisted of «te^t dUopteVa on 4he kept right on rewarding her own­ ing. vidual farmer an index of his busi ­ office. national, conventions and 1630 pre Deschutas Í crc M pt Wtek-1 ers, Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Fletcher, ness. This was the opinion recen ­ ci net committeemen. of Freedom, Maine, with the daily iurp damsite «bout 40 tly expressed and emphasized at County Officers Up supply for four quarts of milk.” meeting of the the New York Wallace S. W’narton, Portland Voters of the county will elect Henry Tetz is chairman of a American Farm Economic Asso- newspaper man, took over his new a judge, one commissioner, a clerk, ns—aitta r to study student activ- ciation. job as executive secretary to thek a sheriff, an assessor, a district in high schools and a group of governor Saturday. No announce­ attorney, a county school superin­ Enterprise Records Aid Any principal* near Refus have been ment has yeV been made as to the tendent. No contest may be ex­ •Mt on the cojnrunittee Harold The value of complete records pected in the race for district at- nature of his duties except thnt he of five feet beneath a tans of all farm enterprises has been will succeed D. O. Hood as director by of Kent, John Walker of Moro, stressed in earlier issues of the torney as George Updegraff is The Moro Woman’s Club wih! of the budget. If Wharton’s duties probably the only one in the coun­ “We have bene evidence of agriyi and C. E. Willard of Arlington are to be confined to the budget man in the high plateen «oueAry, •re otter members of the com- Northwester. Farm records are so ty who can qualify for the position meet this Friday at the home of important, however, that they can and there is no probability of a Mrs. Foss. Because of bad weath­ University of Oregon, Eugene, department the purpose of the leg­ February—The upward swing in •ittae- not be over emphasized. islative act creating the new post race lor the superintendent’s chair. er the meeting was called off last business that began early in 1933 A complete financial account- will be effectively defeated. Spon­ The other offices are expected week. Henry Tetz, principal of the simple though the system may be to provide interest for the condi- Rufus schools, will speak on “In­ continued its momentum during sors of the measure were interest that is used—will guide the farm­ dates and perhaps some interest ternational Relations’’ during the 1935 in nine cities selected for a ed primarily in supplanting W. L.i man, curator of authrupM* study in the Northwest, and a defi­ the University and thief I Sale* during July to discuss the er in future investments by his ex­ .or the voters who are concerned program. Gosslin, the governor’s private nite recovery seems assured, it was archaeological party. affpias of public education as ex- periences from those of the past, about the efficiency of county gov­ secretary, in his capacity as poli­ foynd by business experts of the emplMed * Oregon. i If continued cropping and improp­ ernment. tical advisor to five governor with Forest Service Aide University of Oregon school of er tillage is depleting tho fertility a man of more mature political ex­ business administration. Results of Authorised by the V. & of his soil, his record book will perience. • the study are given this week in show it. If some areas of his farm Rumor has it that eventually Gos service and the SoMthaoMsau I>stì “ Pacific Northwest Commerce and are already1 submarginal to the slin who has been blamed for most Industry, ’ ’ a monthly bulletin is­ party chose an area 30 foot square crop he is growing on them, the of the faux pat of the present ad­ County Agent Johnston and Vet sued by the school ’ s bureau of profit and loss balance will show it. ministration, will be transferred to centering oa the exact point where erinarian Miller were busy Tues­ business research. The experts another and more lucrative post the knives had bean found- Exands eral conditions. Cities studied in­ clude Portland. Seattle, Tacoma, way Tuesday night and again Wed­ of sheep In the same neighborhood : Eugene, Everett, Salem. Yakima Governor Martin ami State derneath the hardpan on tap W very solid condition of the earth practice. nesday night in order to hear ex- are said to be sick with the same and Bellingham. Treasurer Holman do not. agree as which the knives were embedded. la the eauee of their change in Diversification Necessary presidenk Herbert Hoover speak or a similar disease. to the status of state funds. A No additional impiementa or •kale’ occupation The rabbit drive of Business Increases short time ago Holman announced, tai remains were found but impor­ last week was one example ot Diversification is necessary if before the Lincoln Day crowd in Six of the cities registered an that the state had $11,500,000 of tant archaeoiogimd facta were es­ variety given them from cutting agriculture is to be maintained on Portland. After the speech and a Mr. and Mrs. P. T. Thompson are I increase in bank debits in Decem­ idle funds on Which the banks re­ tablished. frozen ground. Monday a bunch of a permanent basis. Diversification chat with Mrs. Hoover for whom “The knives were made of nb- the boys moved the loose material requires the keeping of accudate he acted as secretary about ten guests at the A. J. 'Murray home ber. Only Yakima showed a de­ fused to pay any interest. The an­ crease. hut it ended the year some­ nouncement is said to have brought sidian which has become highly de­ at the city dump ground. Since records because the losses from years ago the Updegraffs started this week. what ahead of 1934. Bellingham a deluge of crank letters to both vitrified.’’ states the report HTh«y the weather continues cold they one enterprise may cost the farm for home about 8:30, arriving here and Tacoma showed insignificant the treasury and executive depart­ show a primitive quality of work­ are to be ueod to remove the buck er more than he makes from an­ at four in the morning. The roads were not good at all, says George, WKAliiKK FOR THE WEEK reactions for -.December, ^ut are ments with innumerable sugges­ manship roughly approximating brush or grease wood from range other well-managed enterprise. PRECIP cOTitihuing their gains on an an­ MIN. MAX. who made the first part of the DATE tions for profitable use of the late Mousterian or early Aurignac- land and burn it. This project With this first month of 1936 nual basis. funds, ranging from financing of | ian. While flaked on both tidas, will start along Grass Valley at hand, every farmer who has not trip by way of the Evergreen high­ rtb. 6....... ....... 40. . 33 . .. .03 Eugene registered a larger gain old age pensions to relief of hard the flaking is very lightly d