Sherman County journal., May 01, 1936, Image 1

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Forty Eighth Year No. 26
State Affairs
Rain Haited As
Huge Ifenéfit To
Moro, Oregon, FiMay,
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Republicans of County Hold Rally
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Official County Paper
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ȧrass Valley
Summerfallow
Baseball Team
May Be Classed As
, .Republicans, over a hundred
etrpng, filled the dining room of
A. L Lindbeck
th<Moro Hotel to overflowing last
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Monday night to give evidence off i
What of Peter Zimmerman ? The
their interest In the organization’
ptew for the former state senator
of a Repubbcan rhtb. . .
from Yamhill county in the piwni
Jowell Q. Pa^et, president of the'
campaign has the political prog­ Three Quarters Inch Falls At
Rowe and Gaymor Both
vi ¿gon Republican Club, came
nosticators guessing to say the
fr^pa Portlar<J to aid local mem-'
Suffer Fínfer lujurie»
least Zinynerman this week tame Station od Other Parts Of
of the par* 7 in getting the (
out with an announcement that he -
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Sherman county chapter under!
During The Courte
was supporting Sam Browq in his
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a
way.
The enthusiasm displayed by
race for the republican nomination 1^1
the gathering surprised Paget who
Cf^The Game
for United States senator Md BA
remarked that the crpwd represent- ;
ukie for
ed the largsn percentage of Re-
ppblican yotet^ ^ho had attended
great in
Rain In generous quantities tamo an/ of tV di^atiirj^bn meeting«.
Grass Valley took the Maupin
in the
Sherman county farms-
team to the cleaners for the second
Peto's wa
day night when the clouds Representative Knight Speaker
straight game last Sunday on the
Uy opened after several days
local diamond to demonstrate their
self, could be expected to —__
<jf threatening. The station instru- Wil|iari W. Knight, legislator
superiority beyond question, at
race for one of these offices, as an jpepts recorded .65 of an inch and Douglas county, gave the principal
least for this period of the season.
independent candidate jf the man Of. more was reported from the ends address and briefly pointed out b
,Oasulties were heavy for both
Lowell C. Paget
of the county. Rairfall at Kent was many of the inconsistencies ef the
teams as two men were injured
.70‘for that night and other show­ present administration’s policies. candidacies an/ 'Hhat of Arthur during the game. Clifford Rowe
ers during the week have given a He spoke of the growing national Prioulx. state cljairtnan.
tagged a base runner and caught
United States awtotabip» »tantta jfbod soaking to that section. . The debt, the payments to put land in­
Officers elected ' by the group his already bandaged finger throw­
an indepeu<kj4 gapdidate foi? m t fiqrth end also reported larger to production and take it out, the who voted unanimphsly to form a ing it out of place and breaking it
debasement of the civil service, the Sherman county chapter and affi­ near the hand. He will be lost to
rainfall.
two majorJÄtea the acare of
The effect of the rain and the collection of funds from WPA liate with the state club were: the team for the remainder of the
their lives, riinnlgg a» VWF1’. sunshine
on the wheat crop has workers and ended with a plea for George G. Updegraff, president; month. Claymur, who was catch­
forteble
ing for Maupin, stopped one with
been remarkable for fields that the retensioa of our system of
democratic government.
Margaret McKee, secretary; W. his finger and had to retire for the
mmblieMi can-i^*^ held the
color of
Walter Tooze and, Ben Litfin, Ray Blake, treasurer; Hugh Walk­ remainder of the game.
ing Joe
— -ground for many months, although
gome time ago
didate,
candidates
for delegates to the er, E. D. McKee, and C. L. Poley
wheat was seeded In them, have
Scores Presented
national
convention
from the state as an advisory committee.
read h
suddenly become green and spots
at
large,
spoke
in
favor
of
their
lican
Miss Catherine Tom of Rufus
Grass Valley got its first three
in the. newlí are filling up where thin wheat had
most
told of an organization of “young” scores as a gift from the Maupin
:wen unable to cover the earth.
organizer
Republicans formed in the Rufus boys who were careless with their
in this _
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kainfall Spotted
school for the puypo »se of studying throwing. Rowe was on second
endorseme^t ' of «Ml
and discussing the principals of when Vintin struck out. The catch­
. Perhaps the main advantage
should c
politics and the Republican party. er missed the ball and when he
bought by the rain was in soaking
an ind<
A resolution was passed favoring picked it up he tossed it to first
sehatotahip or Tof up the crust that had formed on
United
the organization of such clubs but the first baseman was already
Congreag^O
_,
. ;th^^surface of fields sown to winter
throughout the' state and nation. on his way in and missed the
All wheat and other plant­
a
«MW* W. wheat.
throw. Vintin changed his mind
ed drops will also benefit, of course.
Candidates Introduced
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developed ip thk.iieuioctatie. ta^
Rock Dams Expected To Make
about going to the bench and took
The
series
of
rainfalls
has
come
for state.
-the
Candidates for county office were first while Rowe scored before the
in
streaks
the
county
and
the
total
1
party
organ
gon Dem
introduced to the assembly during visitors could recover the ball,
ot .73 inches at the Moro station Bottom Land More Useful
is openly
the meeting and Representative That accounted for the first score,
tion of Jack Alton of Pendleton as is not an exact indicator of the
E. R. Fatland, who came from Gil­ Not to be outdone in generosity
against UA Burt of Corvallis Ver­ amount of moisture any other part
Work of the OCC boys who are liam county to attend, was also Grass Valley gave Maupin a cou­
non Williams editor of the Demo­ of the county has received.
doing the 9CS work in this coun­ introduced. He was accompanied ple before the teams settled down
A rain of almost cloud burst ty ia being concentrated in the ma­ by Lawrence E. Straker, editor to making their opponents earn
crat it seems, has no great love for
Burt and has repeatedly tried to proportions was reported in
jor watercourses of the county at and publisher of the Condon Globe- their runs.
discourage the latter’s candidacy. Hay Canyon country and near Kent this time. It is likely that the work Times.
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Young Democrats meeting in several hard tains have been re­
Four boys fronFUte COO camp Many Players Used
Salem this week tn their fifth an­ ported.
furnished an interlude of music for
Grass Valley made ten hits and
nual state-wide convention went on
impossible to get on the fields with the dinner that waa well received.
eight
runs while Maupin made
record with a demand for more of
any large group of men at this Patrick Garrity sang two numbers
four
runs
on eleven hits.
the spoils of office. A resolution Lamb Show Date
time of year.
Charles Miya played a sax a phone
Line-ups:
denouncing the practice of appoint­
In Nigger Hollow, on land own­ solo and Albert Gullbrants, in ad­
ing Republicans to office under a
Grass Valley
ed
by the E. O. L. Co. and farmed dition to playing his accordian pro­
Maupin
Democratic administration was Moved To May 20
Dunlap, 1
Webb, m
by Glen King4 a spring that had duced a pocket sized “monkey”
adopted without debate. The young
Rowe, s
Muller, 2
The committees who are work-i been unused for several years has whose antics amused the gathered
er members of the party are very ing on the lamb show met Wednes­ been developed into a water pro­ Republicans greatly. John Horan
Rolfe, 2
Bofto, 8
well satisfied with W. L. Gosslin, day night to complete plans. for ducer of considerable magnitude. was accompanist.
Vintin, m
V. Miller, 3
secretary to Governor Martin, who for that event. Matters on which About seventy acres of this land is
Fritts, c
Pettys, 1
has been taking good care of the decisions were made include tba. to be seeded to crested wheat grass
Squire, I
Claymur, r
Democratic applicants for minor change in the date from the 18th this season.
Peters, r
Abernathy, I
Dale Baker Presented L. Miller, c
clerkship but are anything but to the 20th. This was on account
Hughes, 3
Several dams are being built in
satisfied with the way the governor of the impossibility of getting the Rosebush and Grass Valley canyons
Miller, p
Green, p
himself has been dispensing pat­ judges here at the former, time. and the surveys of all the ranches In Recital at P.U.
Rice, c
Cunningham, c
ronage with most of the choicest It is now practically certain that along these water courses are be­
Schilling, r
Fraley. I
Pacific University, Forest Grove
plums going to the Republicans. R. L. Clark and Dick Richards and ing completed in order to make up
Goddard, 1
Morse, c
—
Dale
Baker, son of Mr. and Mrs.
This displeasure among the youth­ Harry Lindgren will be able te a comprehensive program for wat­
McKay, p
Woodcock, p
Roy J. Baker of Grass Valley, will
ful members of the party orgam- come on the 20th for the show.
er and soil conservation.
be presented by the Pacific univer­
zatiop extends also to department
Another change contemplated is Watercourses Dammed
sity conservatory of music in his
heads and commissions particu­
graduation
recital for the degree State Librarian
larly the state liquor commission, to hold the show in the city park
The water table will be raised
instead
of
on
the
streets
of
the
where the good jobs are all going
by large rock dams. It is con­ of bachelor of music, Friday, May
Visits County
to adherents of the Republican city. This will necessitate the tended that if the water table is first.
party while the loyal Democrats consent of the city council but it raised a few feet the grease wood
Mr. Baker, who is a student ol
Miss Harriet Long, state libra­
stand hungrily by licking their is thought that they will acquiece will die out in the bottoms and give Harry Van Dyke, has been active
rian,
visited the county Monday
in
the
change.
chops.
way to a good stand of grass in musical affairs during his four and talked to the library boards ol
The
premium
lists
and
the
inclu-
Election of C- C. Carlson of Port
which can be kept green through- years at Pacific. He has been a
wool
show mmitó.
for the üit
day । 0“1 U*» y«r m,kin« th* '“"d ”V- member of the glee clubs, and the three libraries here. She re­
land as s^ate president of the sion of the L
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val^b|e ,8 jt ia men’s quartet and is a member of ported that the Wasco library has
Young Democratic Clubs was con­ were a pproved. The commits. that
ceded to be a victory for Gosslin has been, investigating the possibi- now.
the men’s ensemble which presents distributed 4676 books during 1935
and the Grass Valley library had
who, with his gift of oratory and lity of giving a dance on the night
Several large dams have been monthly programs over KEX, lent 3119 books during the same
of
the
show
reported
that
such
a
organization together with his con­
built in the water course in Bar­ Portland.
trol of patronage in the lower venture was a good one and the num canyon , above Moro on the
The program of the piano recital period. No records were made a-
va liable to her for the Moro
brackets, had the delegates eating dance will be given.
Sayrs and Powell land and severe will include. Sonata Op. 7, Allegro library.
out of his hand and easily domi­
floods will be checked to some ex­ moderate. Andante,. melto, Alla
Miss Long, who makes a visit to
nated the convention from start to
tent by the structure it is thought. minuetto and Molto allegro, by
library in the state at least
finish.
Declamatory Contest Water will be retained to aid in Grieg; Rhapsoda . in G minor, each
once
every two years, spoke to
Brahms;
Nocturne
Op.
32,
No
1,
the growth of vegetation.
the
local
library board in the af­
Administrators of
Oregon’s Winners Listed
As for the uplands tillage meth­ Chopin; Etude Op. 28, No. 15, Cho­
ternoon
and
suggested several
unemployment compensation act
pin;
Valse
Op?
36,
No.
7,
Arensky;
ods will retain a greater part of
methods
of
increasing
local inter­
were considerably heartened this
Etude
Op.
57,
Liszt;
Staccato
The county declamatory contest the moisture that falls on them,
est
in
books.
week by news from New York that was held in the auditorium of the and thus the entire run off will be Etude Op. 23, No. 2, Rubenstein.
the court of appeals—highest tri­ Wasco High school last Friday checked before it geta entirely With Mr. Van Dyke at the second Reference Books Needed
bunal of that state—had upheld the night with a fair crowd in atten­ away from the county into the piano he will play Spanish Dances
constitutionality of the act, very dance. One of the best programs rivers.
Op. 12. Allegro briosco, Con moto It is probable that more reference
similar to the Oregon law. The new in recent years was given by the
books will ba added to the shelves
and Bolero by Mosakowski.
York court in a five-to-two opinion participants in the three divisions
and that books of special interest
held that there is “nothing unrea- of the contest.
to adults, will be -displayed in
Jury List Chosen For
nonable or unconstitutional in a
places where they will be seen in
Candidate
Biographies
Judges Mignon Chisholm and
legislative act which seeks to meet Mrs. Ernest Van Nuys awarded
order to acquaint citizens with the
the evils and dangers of unemploy­ prizes as follows: Division 1, (first May 18 Term of Court
service the library may give. Any
Given For Others
ment in the future by raising a
book may be obtained from the
third grades) Audeen Alsup,
The jury list for May 18th term
fund through taxation of employ- to
library by asking that it be
Grass Valley, first; Annajean of circuit court has been drawn and
Joe Truitt, candidate for the local
sent
from
the central state supply.
Knighten, Moro, second; Jacqueline the following men will be urgently Republican nomination for 'county
requested to gather at the court sheriff, was bom at Pratt, Kansas,
The proposal of Donald Young Tetz, Rufus, third.
house on that day and render their January 30, 1893 and moved to Ore­
Salem capitalist, to build an office Second Division Close
judgment
on the cases that may gon from that place in 1904 set­ State School Man
building for state departments did
. ; tling in Benton county where his
Division 2: Jack von Borstel, come before the jury.
not look to attractive as a close-up.
parents bought a farm. He was Inspects High Schools
Collis
P.
Moore,
E.
E.
Barnum.
Kent,
first;
Bill
Eaton,
Grass
VaL
No saving would be.made in rental
educated
in Benton county schools
W.
C.
Miller,
Roy
Powell,
W.
B.
charges over those now being paid 1 y, second: Dorothy Miller, Moro,
F. W. Parr and T. F. Brumbaugh
Rice,
Dewey
Thompson,
.
Glen
P.
(Continued
on page four)
for quarters in down town office third.
were
here Wednesday morning
buildings and Young wants the
Division 3: Claudine Thompson, King, Moro; T. W. Alley, Thomas
while on their way to Shaniko to
Barnett.
Ernest
t
Eslinger,
Earl
state to install its own heating Moro, first; I.aVonne Alsup, Grass
WEATHER FOR THE WEEK
inspect the schools there. Mr.
Olds, unaries
Charles Lemley,
D. Eakin..
Demiey, L.
u. u.
system and furnish heat as well as Valley, second; Frank von Borstel, Ulds,
!
Parr is working with the state
MIN
PHEC1F
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Clyde Smith, Grass Valley; T. L. datk
water, light apd janitor service, al) Kent, third.
school system ami will inspect
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Fields,
W.
A.
Medler,
A.
Sid.
John-
Apr.
23
The one-act play which was to
of which are included in some of
Sherman , county schools Thursday
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the rentals now being paid. The have been given by the Wasco son, H. A. Walker, Elwood Mo| •• 24 .
and
Friday in company with Wily
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G. i H.
Root,
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students
during the intermission , Pheraon, R. O. Scott, wer
board took the proposal under ad­ Hl
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Knighten,
county school superin­
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visement bpt without any display between the contest and the judges! W. Roy Belshee, L. R. Walsh. Was-
tendent.
Rufus,
Wasco and Moro
decision, was not on the program I co; J. J- Decker, H. E. Morrow,
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of enthusiasm.
will
be
looked
over
Thursday and
due to a recurrence of the Kenneth Mariin, George L. Bar­
.00 Grass Valley and Kent Friday. Mr.
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.os Brumbaugh is superintendent of
Eleven thousand adults are aL- measles epidemie in Wasco. Two nett, Kent; James Fox, J. M. Hil-
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tendlnff the 730 classes which have of the cast were ill with the ail- derbrand, Marie Barnett Cooper,
. .73 1 Wasco county schools.
Total for waek .
|C. W. Johnson, Klondike.
(Continued on Page two)
Winter Wheat
tm
Soil Depleting
Defeats Maupin
Erosion Work
Following Canyons
Report That Dry Land Farmers
Would Have Benefits Cut In
Two By New Ruling Not
Verified By Administration
The report that the new soil con­
servation program officials have
ruled that summerfallow may not
be included as a soil depleting crop
Mrs. Azalea Sager
has not been confirmed according
Extension S ecialistjn Clothing and
to County Agent Johnston, a 1tha
Text ’ ' ' \ gon t^ate College.
rumors have been heard that such
a ruling might be made.
It is possible that unless sum­
merfallow is not excluded the pay­
ments will be cut in half as the
production of wheat on land in
districts where the summerfallow
system is used is less per year
than in other wheat growing sec­
tions. This may result in the pay­
ments being cut in half. This fear
The third annual conference on has caused a protest to be started
Family Living will be held in Moro in some parts of the state.
on May 6th at the court house.
Pea Planting Considered
This conference is now „ being
arranged by the County Ag-j Orders for eight tons of pea
ricultural Agent Johnston and; seed have already been received
the members of the County Com­ by the county agent and shipment
mittee of which Mrs. Wilford Bel- of them will be made at once. The
she is chairman.
price is 21 cerfts per pound, deliv­
Registration starts at 9:45 a. m. ered at Biggs. An order for 12
and from that time until 4:00, ac­ tons would be enough, to insure
cording to County Agent Johnston, delivery to Sherman county points.
the program will be of great inter
Many of these peas have been
est to both men and women. MYs. sold with the possibility of the
Sager, Extension Specialist in lower payments considered as farm
Clothing and Textiles, will give a ers feel that even on the lower
demonstration on “When the Fam­ basis the planting of peas would
ily Buys Shoes.” Mrs. Sager will be a profitable venture.
discuss the types of shoes for the
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various members of the family, Officers Elected
men as well as women, suitable
Election of officers at the various
shoes for the pre-school child and community meetings held thia week
for growing boys and girls. This has resulted in the selection of the
demonstration will consist not only county committee and the com-
of a discussion of the development mi ttemen. Dell Olds • ia chair­
and care of the feet, but shopping man and county committeeman at
points to look for when purchasing Grass Valley. E. E. Barnum and
the family’s shoes.
Wallace May are community com­
Mrs. Maud Morse, Extension mitteemen and Millard Eakin is
Specialist in Parent Education and alternate.
Child Development, will discuss
At Moro Joe Peters was elected
“Our Family Talks It Over,” show­ county committeeman and chair­
ing the value of cooperation be­ man. Tom Fraser, vice chairman,
tween members of the family in and O. L. Belshe committeeman,
the harmonious working out of Glen King is alternate. The Klon­
family problems.
dike, or Wasco East, district elec­
This conference is one of twenty ted O. G. Hilderbrand as chairman
two being held in the state.
and county committeeman, Hugh
Herin vice-chairman and Art Smith
committeeman. Mrs. Marie Bar­
28 Pensions Approved nett Cooper is alternate.
For the Wasco west or Locust
Grove district G. H. Root is chair­
By Committee
man. A. C. Kaseberg vice chair­
Fred Hennigan, committee-
man,
The county relief committee met
man
and
Roy Baker, alternate.
last Friday night at the court
house and reviewed the pension County Committee Named
situation in the county. Applica­
The voting in the five districts
tions for pensions under the new
plan devised for Oregon were pass, being completed the county board
ed upon by the board with the re­ which will govern the soil conser­
sult that 28 pensions were approv­ vation work in the county will be
ed for a total of $7980 per year. composed of Corliss Andrews of
These range from $10 per month Kent, Dell Olds of Grass Valley,
to $30 per month depending on the Joe Peters of Moro, O. G. Hilder­
need of the applicant as shown in brand of Klondike and G. H. Root
of Locust Grove.
his or her sworn statement.
It is expected that other applica­
tions will be received later but Remount Stallion
for the present time $8000 is the
appropriation which has been made
for the care of the aged in this Now Available
county.
W. C. Helye’r of Kent, who is
managing Peter Quick, remount
stallion, stationed in Oris county,
Moro Band Will Go
has announced that for the conven­
ience of owners of remount stock
will take Peter Quick about the
To TheDalles Saturday he
county visiting farms beginning
Participating in the Mid-Colum- about the first of May. A charge
bia district Band Meet the entire of five dollars for service and five
Moro high school band will go to addition upon the birth of a colt
The Dalles Saturday May 2, where will be made to defray the cost of
300 bandsmen will enter in the moving the horse about the coun­
musical competition. Bands will ty. Several horse breeders have
be present at the meet from Dufur, taken advantage of the fact that
Goldendale, Moro, Stevenson, Ru- the government has sent a re­
fus, Maupin, Grass Valley and mount horse to this county and are
raising colts of this class for race
Condon.
and sale purposes.
pre-
The local 50 piece band will
sent three numbers; a march as se­
lected at the meet, one selection
number, Urbana; and an Oferture Wheat League Protests
entitled Harmony King by De Luca.
The Eastern Oregon Wheat
Besides the parade, massed bano League and the North Pacific Grain
exhibition in which 300 bandsmen Growers and other organizations
will take part in unison, and the interested in the wheat industry
concerts, there will be an evening of the northwest have written a
program under the floodlights of letter to Secretary of Agriculture
Amaton athletic field. Climaxing Wallace criticizing his recent
the evenings entertainment, June statement that Pacific Northwest
Lash. Dalles high school Senior, wheat prices will trend toward an
will be crowned May Queen during export level this year.
a spectacular May Day fete. Con­ They ask that some permanent
cluding the band festival will be plan be adopted that will prevent
mass singing of “Oregon My Ore­ speculative dumping of northwest
gon” by the spectators, and glee wheat with its disastrous effect
clubs of the high school in The on the incomes of the farmers in
this region.
Dalles.
“Family Living
Conference To
Be Hela May 6