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german Œmmty Snurnal
Candidates For
County Office
Get Under Wire
Sherman H\ gway Relief Groups
Association To Now Ready To
Be Organized
Pay Pensions
Registration of State Office
Voters Shows
¡Candidates File
Little Change
Probable formation of a Sher­
man Highway association is one
of the results of the commercial
club meeting this week. A pro­
posal was made that those who
live along the Sherman highway
and are interested in its repair
and development form themselves
into an organization with the ben­
efit of the highway as a sole ob­
ject. Giles French, John Fosa and
Marion McKee were appointed as
a committee to arrange for an or­
ganization meeting.
The meeting has been scheduled
for next Wednesdaymight at Moro
and representatives from all the
towns in Sherman county And in
southern Wasco county will be in-
vited to be present.
Lamb Show
Assured of Aid
Of Club
Phil Yates In
Congressional
Nomination Race
State Affairs
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Farmers Can
Wild West Wind
Get Refund On Moves Land In
Pick-Up License
Many Places
In Profusion
The registration of voters in
Sherman county for the primary
election M.y 15 will be completed five Republican. Want To
Qualifications Given For Those
All File Petitions Before Final
April 15. Registrants as of the
first
Of April were as follow, for Run Againat Walter Pierce
Who
Wish
To
Apply;
Must
Be
Five O’clock and Will Have
the county and the several pre-|
cincts:
Total county voters are and One Democrat Is In The
At Least 70 Years Old and
Names On Ballot; Seventeen
1232 which are divided into 805
Republicans and 415 democrats1 Race For His Seat
A Long Time Resident
Out For Court House Positions
and 12 other«.
In Rufus there are 72 Republi­
cans,
52 Democrats and 3 others.
Filing of candidacies took on ad­
State officers to be elected from
The meeting for eastern Oregon
InLocust
Grove there are 43
ded speed over the week end and
thi«
county or from districts of
for the explanation of the new 2 others.
the totals for the state have been
a part have
relief and pension plan was- held Republicans, 42 Dt mocrats
announced as 444 which is not so
At
Klondike
there
are
48
Rep-
filed
in
sufficient
numbers
to fill
Tuesday
and
George
Wilcox
and
large as it has been but still e-
1 out the tickets of the major par-
Judge Potter represented Sherman ublicans and 49 Democrats.
nough to fill the offio:« which will
At Monkland there are 83 Rep­ । ties. George G. Updegraff, who
be vacant by next January.
county.
ublicans and 21 Democrats.
The new plan which was recen
At Rutledge the registration is 1 is republican candidate for county
Seventeen Out
tly approved by the federal social 43 Republicans and 5 Democrats, attorney, is the exception to this
Seventeen candidates are trying
security
headquarters provides a i' At Kent there are 99 Republi- rule as he is the only candidate
for county office as all who had j Rock Crusher Being
payment
of one half of the ex- cans and 85 Democrats.
trying for that office.
-
announced got under the wire be­
In the Grass Valley precinct The joint senatorship of the 18th
pense
by
the
federal
government
fore five o’clock Monday evening. Set Up Near Wasco
. ,
a quarter by the state and a quar 121 Republicans are registered and ...
These ar? divided into one judge,
70 Democrats and 1 other.
idiatnet composing Sherman, Gil-
I
ter
by
the
county.
This
ruling
will
George Potter, democrat; two can­
H. C. Rogers is constructing the
At Moro there are 173 Repub- ‘*m. *nd Wheeler will be decided
didates for commissioner, P. C. bases for a rock crusher between make a'bout £8,000 available in licans and 89 Democ.sts and 2 of ^twee"
»• W'1'?’' .of
this
county
for
the
remainder
of
। Grass Valley who filed Monday for
Axtell of Moro and David Reid of Wasco and Moro near the George
other
faiths.
Rufus, both republicans; six can­ Laniborn place this week and holes , the year.
In the Wasco precinct there are 1 the democratic nomination and
didates for sheriff, C. H. Linde­ are being drilled for the blasting | Act Now Effective
123 iRepublicans and 52 Democrats William H. Steiwer of Fossil, who
is the republican incumbent.
man of Rufys, Joe Truitt of Moro, operations. This job is a state j
and 4 others.
Lester Nahouse of Moro, Charles project for crushing of some 5500 The act is now in effect and will
Some change is taking place all These two men made a race for
Everett of Wasco, all republicans;, yards of rock for state and feder­ be administered by the state re-, the time as voters re-register to the job two years ago.
lief committee and the county re-
C. C. Wilson of Rufus, T. M. Gar­ al roads.
vote for friends in the primaries. Four For Representative
rett of Grass Valley, democrats.
Most of the men employed on lief committee. Applications will The total registration has
Two republican candidates are the job will be from Sherman bo received at the office of the mained much the same for sev-
For representative in the state
out for assessor, Mrs. Margaret county relief rolls if men can be county relief ' committee in the eral years.
legislature from this district
W. Peeta, Moro, and Carl P. Ad­ found who are able to handle the court house from those who are
which, includes Sherman, Gilliam,
entitled to the benefits of this
ams. Grass Valley.
Morrow and Wheeler counties the
work.
act Any assistance necessary will
In the race for clerk are John
democrats have I. D. Gray of Arl­
be given in filling out these ap-
T. Johnson of Wasco, Collis P.
ington and Hansen Hughes of
plications and it is not necessary
Moore of Moro, Viola M. Hansen
Heppner as candidates and the
for the applicant to go1 to any ex-
of Moro, Joseph A. Mee of Wasco,
republicans have E. R. Fatland of
pense whatsoever.
and A. B. Riddel of Wasco; all
Condon and Giles L. French of
Assistance shall be given to
republicans, and Walter A. Rug­
Moro. The two latter are the in­
any resident of the state of Ore-
gles, Moro, democratic.
cumbents.
gon who:
The race for congress will find
No Coroner Candidate
Walter Pierce, veteran legislator
Must Be Citizen
Commercial club members who । opposed by Clint Haight of Can­
No one filed for coroner in this
1.
Is
a
citizen
of
the
United
met
Wednesday at a special meet yon City on the democratic tick­
county. Wily W. Knighten is run­
States
,or
a
native
born
American
ing offered cooperation to county et. The republicans will have 5
ning for school superintendent but
woman who was married to an agent Perry JuhimfiD in putting to choose from: Phil Yates of
his name’Xrill appear on a non­
alien prior to September 22, 1922 on a lamb show here sometime In Wasco, former state senator, C.
State Senator Announces
partisan ballot.
and who thereby lost her Ameri­ May. Tentative plans for the show B. Phillips of Burns, (Roy Ritner
For justice of the peace in the
can citizenship, and who other­ were discussed and a program of Pendleton, former acting gov­
Grass Valley district R. A. Stow, Platform Which Include« Aid
wise is qualified by reason of age was read as a basis for the dis- ernor and R. A. Tull of l^aGrande.
democrat, Ihas filed, but no one
and residence as herein provided; £ussion.
has appeared to try for th? place To Cooperative Marketing
If the first draft of the program McNary Opposed
2 Has resided in the state of
left open in Wasco by the candid-
Oregon for five years during the is followed the judging will begin
acy of Joe Mee who is running
Senator Charles McNary, who
ten years immediately preceding in the morning of the pens of has served the state for many
for clerk.
Sherman the application for old age assis- ‘ lambs.
There will be pens of years in Washington will have
Republican precinct committee-
c o u nty’s tance and has resided there in con-1 three, five and ten fat lambs. Ed- Sam prown anj Theodore Nelson,
men who have filed are Harry
fitrst can­ tinuously for one year immediately ucational talks about judging both
Proudfoot of Locust Grove, Hugh
Marion county as compet-
didate for preceding such application;
lambs will be given after the judj itorg for the nomination and the
Walker of Klondike and R- P-
n a t ional
Foister of Rufus.
Democratic
3
Has attained the age of 70: ging and explanation of the m©th democrats will decide between
office with­ years;
i ods of butchering and dressing Willis Mahoney of Klamath Falls
committeemen who have filed are
in the me­
lambs will follow.
Tom Striker of Rufus. Carl V. An­
and John Jeffrey of Portland.
mory
of May Not Transfer Estate
derson of Locust Grove, W. B. |
For State treasurer Rufus Hol­
Program
Prepared
political o-
Rice of Klondike, George McDon-1
man
and W. E. Burke are repub­
4 Is not at the time of receiving
b s e rvers I assistance an inmate of any pub-
aid of Monkland, John Buether of j
A program will be held in the lican contestants and U. S. Burt
now active lie or private institution or home hall in the afternoon and probably and Jack Allen are after thedem-
Rutledge, Arthur Justesen of Kent I
wa^i an-
E. E. Gervais of Grass Valley, J. i
the aged; an inmate of any a display of wool 'and woolen ocratic banner. I. H. VanWinkle
n o u need for
C. McKean of Moro, and R. H. i
institution
may, however, make ap goods will be shown during the is the republican contestant for
this week
McKean of Wasco.
plication
for
such assistance but day. A list of prizes will be made attorney general and A. P. Dob­
when Phil
up later and a date set for the son is the democratic candidate.
Yates, of if granted shall not begin until show. Assistant County Agent
I hil Yates
after
he
ceases
to
be
an
inmate
Wasco, filed for the Republican I of said public or private institu- Smith of Union county told of a
nomination for congress.
| ! finn-
similar show held in Curry county Band Contest At
Mr. Yates has been a resident/10”’
and several business men spoke
of this county since the first of
5 Has not made .an assign- favoring the exhibit.
property
so
By
OSC Arranged
the century and has been engaged! ment or transfer of
1 i. Lus ness in Wasco for a large as to render himself eligible for
A. L. Lmdbeck
The thirteenth annual high
¡part of that time. He served 3’assistance under thus plan;
Boy Scouts Meeting
' school band contest, to be held at
of
physical
terms
as
mayor
of
Wasco
and
was'
6
Is
not
because
Another office building, a dup­
OSO April 10 and 11, is expected
licate uf the present structure, is then sent to the state house of or mental condition in need of In Portland Today
to develop the keenest competition
cm
esentatives
from
this
district,
continuing
institutional
care.
needed in Salem to house the slate
of any yet held, with Corvallis
He
served
two
terms
in
this
cap
­
Anyone
desiring
any
more
in
­
library aid departments occupying
For two years the 5000 Boy high school as tho defending grand
rented quarters in down town acity and was elected to the state formation concerning this act may Scouts of the Portland area coun- champion in Class A, and Jeffersoh
get in touoh. with any member of cil have been looking forward to high gchool of Portland, eliminated
senate in 1932.
Salem.
tne county relief* committee. They
Governor Martin called atten­
,
competition last year after
Has
Clean
Record
(t|na
George Wilcox, chairman, tonight and to-morrow Right.
tion to the need in a statement
There
is
a
reason.
j
h
av
j
n
g.
won
for three consecutive
this week. Giving the capitol re­
His personal and political rec­ George Potter, A. A. Dunlap, P.C. । The Boy Scout circus
b
ac
k
¡n the running again
construction commission credit for ord is free from criticism. He was ‘ Axtell. Roy Powell, Chas. Everett held in the pavilion of the Pacific, jn that c|agg
doing its best w^ith the money active in obtaining better freight and Jay Freeman.
international Livestock Exposi-
available the governor pointed out rates and shipping conditions when
An investigator from the state ttjion in North Portland and for the Winners Will Defend
that the new state house, when in thte legislature and has support­ headquarters will examine the last two months every one of the
La Grande high in class B, Bea­
ready for occupancy, would fall far ed legislation favorable to the far­ cases in this county.
210 troops in the council have been verton in class C and Burns in
short of taking care of state needs mers on every occasion.
leaving nothing
to make
I
-ui unturned
in their
His platform includes the fol­
for office space.
the 15 act nightly
affair a grand class D, all winners
lagt year>
are res-
Fourteen state departments now lowing planks: Work for the con­ 1936 Payments May
gigantic succeas.
I pected to defcnd their titles this
occupy office space in rented quar­ tinued development of the Colunv
j Reports sent to Field Executive
ters in Salem with a total floor bia river to make it available for Be Hard To Get
W. F. Johnson, general manager i year-
i At least 25 high schools with a
«pace of 37,309. Tentative jilans barge and boat transportation and
of the circus, and Harry Aldrich. total of nearly a thousand young
for the new capitol make provision the construction of a dam at the
Farmers who still do not have the executive board’s chairman of | musicians, are planning to enter
for only the executive, state and Umatilla rapids.
their 1934 and 1935 payments un­ the circus committee, indicate that ' one of the four classes of the con-
treasury department, budget de—| The protection of industries and
the AAA may feel sure that. from the time the U. S.
. 7th Infan teat this year, according to prelim­
pairtmerti, board of control and agriculture from importation of der
.
,,,
.
..
...
•
trv
band
takes
to.
tne
tanoark inary registrations received by
will arrive sometime within, y
purchasing department, land board j similah goods while there is a sur- they
M
>
. „„
♦ ,,, final! m the arena at 8 p.m. until taps
the next ninety days and the final .
',
^
-n c« Kappa Kappa Psi, national honor
<nd tax commission. 1 This will plus in this country.
. will
... . be 12 cents ac- . is sounded at 10:30 there will be society for college bandsmen. The
1935
payment
still leave enough departments in । Care for every veteran who is |
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.
no waits, delays. An added attrac- ' solo contests and probably the
information-
rented quarters, on the basis of in need i u because 3
of service tn
to his
ms cording
v As
* to tho
1 r for
iu recent
loir
Ufp.t
tion
will be a camporee for out ' Class C contest will be held Fn-
1936 payment latest
their present size, to fill at least country.
c
of FieW Execu_ I day, the Class B and D contests
two floors of the state office build-
Further development of cooper- information » that those formers
LjHie snd wju afc<>mo I Saturday morning, and the Class
By the time a new building at¡vo marketing associations of who had complied with the con-
approximately 1000 Scouts 1 A competition Saturday afternoon.
can be erected the normal growth farmers as an aid to better price tract as Of January 5, 1936 will
receive
their
payment
and
all
oth-
.
of state departments will have in- and better control of products.
ers will not. If a man did not.
the tent dty.
oreated this need to at least three
Prosperity depends on the em-
Women Meet Today
fl™
ploVment ol uZr and thi prob-
^b
now housed in entirely inadequate lemR that bcflet
WOrkingman last fall he cannot be p l
it WARRANTS CALLED
Th ex next meeting of the Moro
All otft«taTiding Sharman Co-
quarters in the supreme court are aerious and important ones he left his ^ound
Woman’s club will be held today,
_ j «4
.
-
uArat
n and
nrl it
it. was not seeded on unty N on-high
School
District
wiVeat
the
¡building, are estimated at tne i in the
ine struggle
Struggle for
ivr iwvvctj.
recovery.
.
. .
Friday, at the home of Mrs. P.N.
equivalent of at least two floors of I Mr. Yates has alwaysstood with January 6, he cannot be pa.d un- warrants numbered as below are Johnston.
The legislative com­
hereby
called
for
payment
at
the
the office building.
| the veterans o f the world war and <l«r the present rulinK.
mittee will have charge of the
Count#
Treasurer's
office
as
of
State building needs to be faced
bven honored by them on
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Brashers April 3 1936. Interest will cease meeting with Mrs. Collis Moore
by the next legislature, however, I,,al occasions. He has consis-
and Mrs. J. J. Schaeffer acting
will not be confined’ to office space. | tently voted for adequate pensions of Salem visited at the home of on this date. Warrants numbered as hostesses ami with Mrs. A.
86
A,
87
A,
95B-126B
inclusive.
Institutions are growing apace, ¡n bjg 8ervjce jn the state legisla- Mr. and Mrs. E. E .Barzee last
Wily W. Knighten Douma as director-
week for a few days.
ture.
(Continued on Page two)
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Official County Paper
Moro, Oregon, Friday, April 3, 1936
Forty Eighth Year No. 22
Blanks are available at the i
sheriff’s office for the use of those
farmers who had to pay $10 for Warehouse Blown Down and
a license on a pick-up truck this
year. Blanks may be filled out and Many Other Buildings Wrecked
«ent in to the secretary of state
in order to get the refund of $5 By Blast From West; Damage
which has been made possible be-'
cause of a court luling in Marion Not Estimable So Far
county.
City resident« will not
be given tho refund.
A west and southwest wind of
Bunyanlike velocity and power
WPA Nearly Through i 1 swept
over the wheat sections of
Oregon last Thursday and Friday
For Present Time
and destroyed small building^,
C. E. Silbaugh of the WPA met some warehouses and acres and
with the county court Wednesday acres of wheat.
and discussed the county’s need
The extent of the damage in
for continued projects to keep the Sherman county will never be
unemployed men of the county I known for it will be impossible to
busy. Because of the number of put an estimate on the value of
men working on the Biggs over- the land that left its accustomed
head crossing and the probability place and sailed off in the wind,
that others will work on the crush- * It is even difficult
— ' to estimate
- . on
er near Wasco it is doubtful if the number of acres of wheat that
another project is started here was damaged and harder yet to
this spring.
estimate the extent of that dam-
Work on the new Fulton can-1 age.
yon road has not been started yet
as plans are being made for its, 2000 Acres Damaged
construction as yet. Normal busi-j It is probable that a conserva-
ness of the county for th? month tive viewer of the entire acene
was transacted.
' would put the number of acres that
suffered from blowing at about
I 2000, although some have put it
Library Board Has
at 1000 and others at 6000. Some
fields were crossed by a streak of
1 blow land, others Were almost
Pay Book Shelf
completely swept bare of tilled
The Woman’s club library com- soil. In some places grain still
mittee has started a new feature I remains on the ground and some
this week by placing a pay shelf I of it may grow if conditions are
of new books in the Sally Annej favorabha although, un’less there
shop where books may be had at is rain the ground will have to
a cost of 3 cents per day. The be worked again which will kill
books are all new and are prin-l the remaining wheat.
cipally late fiction which will be!
in demand. When they are paid Seme Blows Large
for they will be placed in the reg­ There were blows of two or
ular library.
The board, will I three hundred acres on one place
meet the first Monday in every that swept on to the next field
njpnth to discuss matters pertain­ wider than ever and continued the
ing to the library.
destruction. Monday an east wind
brought some of it back to con­
found the farmers who were try­
ing to roughen the surface of the
land.
At Kent the destruction of about
200 acres of wheat was accom­
plished during the storm. As in
the Wasco country some of it was
spring sown wheat that had just
been sown and some was winter
wheat. In many cases the blow
was started in spots where the
run-off had deposited silt on the
Less Moisture Falls In March
top of the crop and the light silt
started moving first.
Than Normally Making Crop
Ground Wetter
This Spring Than
In Normal Year
Season Fall Scant
It’s wetter this spring. In fact
there is more moisture in the
ground than in an average year.
This is especially truo in well
tilled plots on the experiment sta-
tion. One series of April plowed
plots average 13.6 percent mois-
ture and the average is 12.6 per
cent for the years that the soil
moisture content has been taken.
The May plowed plots average
12.6 percent this year and the av­
erage is 12.4 percent.
The distribution of moisture in
the ground is also encouraging
this year as on the April plowed
plots, for instance, it runs 14.9 in
the first foot, 12.6 in the second,
13.1 in the third, 13.5 in the four-
ni
VI iv
in
vu
in
th, 13.9 in
the
fifth
and lu.u
13.5 in
the sixth. Pecularily the May plow |
ed plots have a larger quantity'
of moisture in ipe lower three
feet than in the upper three feet
of the test which is a condition
that looks favorable for a satis-
factory crop
Bettor Crops Probable
|
Warehouse Destroyed
The large warehouse at Hay
Canyon was blown down by the
wind except about 80 feet of the
new construction near the eleva­
tor. About 500 feet of warehouse
was destroyed. Little damage to
the five or six thousand sacks of
wheat is expected. The house was
the property of the Farmers Nat­
ional Warehouse company, and
was insured against wind damage.
An adjuster will be here from Chi­
cago within a few days to ap­
praise the damage.
,
Smaller Buildings Blown Away
Many minor buildings were
overturned or destroyed including
woodsheds, chicken houses, sheds
and other outhouses. At Kent the
Kent garage was moved on ite
foundation several inches and one
side vi
of the
roof v*.
of Jim Wilson s
niiiu
vnv
bam on the Schaeffer place was
entirely blown away.
--
Npiy Fafn) p
®
M
Tec|mical
p g
If conditions were normal and' heng returncd from the Corvallis
refined so durinir the crop year
Wednesday afternoon
this amount of moisture would ' •Al iL • 1___ -J- «4.11 a/vhiniV from
normally presage a crop of around with their heads still aohing from
30 bushels.
A backward spring the mass of information given out
I there by the extension service
is a deterrent, however.
In a clean tilled plot, April heads who have the duty of ex-
plowed’ ,the moisture content is plaining the new plan.
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¡4.5;
It will probably be anothar week
as follows by feet: first foot, 14.6;
d, 14.8; before the plan can be explained
second foot, 15.5; third,
fourth. 13.6; fifth 12.0; sixth 10.51 to farmers in this county, they
for an average of 13.5 or about say. The rate of payment cannot
the same as the other April plow be set yet until a payment rat« 1»
ed plot referred M above.
set for, Oregon and each county
The average rainfall from the by the secretary of afrnculture.
first of September to April first After that a county committee will
is 8.54 inches which is greater set the rate for each farm in the
than we have received in that time । county.
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this crop year. We got 7.84 to
Soil conserving crops, «oil pro-
the first of March and .34 since tecting crops and soil conserving
then for a total of 8.18. The ar- practices will likely be the thing»
erage March rainfall is .85 and on which payment« will be made
for April ia .72.
I when the plan becomes OWBl