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IRE SHERMAN COUNTY JOURNAL, MORO. OREGON FRIDAY, JÚÑE 2è, 193«
PÂGE TWO
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^^erntipi (Cnunly Journal
SHERMAN COUNTY OBSERVER Established Nov. 2, 1888
GRASS VALLEY JOURNAL, KHablished Oct 14. 1897
CONSOLIDATED, MARCH 6, 1931
WASCO NEWS-ENTERPRISE, 'Established 1891
CONSOLIDATED MARCH 4 1932
Published Every Friday at Moro. Or»*von. By
GILES L. FRENCH
Managing Ediitw
ME MB 2R
LhON
ED
Entered as second-class matter’ at Uc? Pu8t.office, at Moro, Oregon,
under Act of Congress of March 3, 1879_______ ____________
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SUBSCRIPTION RATES-PAYABLE kN ADVANCE
One Year ... .............
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SL;2
JUNE 26,J9^6
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ONE HUNDRED SIXTY YEARS untilled, wild and tame. No one
■has to really do anything about it.
A week from tomorrow €hDT The residents seem to have fol
nation will celebrate its 160th lowed the poets injunction to “fling
birthday. * It is not a long time away ambition” and live on the
for A -government to live when country with a minimum of effort
judged by the periods of time and the greatest degree of pleasure.
other nations have survived. It is, The variety of crops possible al
however, a long time for a democ lows them to put their eggs in sev
racy to exist in the modern world. eral baskets as recommended in th®
The United States was the first old injunction whereas residents of
of the democracies that came out the wheat country follow Andrew
of the turbulent period started in Carnegie who said that one should
the eighteenth century. The Dec put all his eggs in one basket and
laration of Independence proclaims then watch that basket.
that all men are created equal and
The land visited is a soft coun
that liberty and the pursuit of
try
whtre mere living is so easy
happiness are among the inalien
that
little else is attempted. This
able rights of mankind.
is a harder country where ambi
The theory of equality of all men tion is stirred. One is reminded of
has been interpreted to mean that the comparisons of Kingsley in his
all are equal before the law as “Ode to the North-East Wind’*
neither government nor proclama when he holds the soft south wind
tion can make men equal in all to scorn and praises te north-east-
matters, Divine Providence hav
‘Tis the hard grey weather
ing arranged for endless variation er,
Breeds hard English men.’’
in living kind.
So Oregon has room for both:
For 160 years America has been the man who would work hard and
a lodestone that drew the oppressed play for the stakes of large income
of all the world who were hopeful and the one who prefers to hunt
of liberty—liberty to worship as । a little, fish a little, work a little
they chose, to speak and write as |
they chose. This country would and have a little.
soon cease to be the ideal of human
government if liberty of action
REGARDING MR. PEGLER
was lost. Those who believe that
During the Republican conven
mankind is so iniquitous that they tion it appeared as if the sarcastic
may not be permitted to have lib Westbrook Pegler was bothered by
erty fail in their Americanism, a very bad stomach that kept him
their faith in humankind which is from seeing the bright aide of any
a part of democracy.
of the actions of that conclave. It
Today, the United States and the just didn’t please Westbrook a bit.
parent country, England, are the The candidate, th* platform, the
only countries in the world where delegates were all personally in
liberty is recognized. Dictators competent and irrelevant.
' have taken the right to protest
Many gathered the feeling thru
against their governments from the
out
the week that Mr. Pegler was
, people of every other land. There undoubtedly
a Democrat of the
is no free speech or free press. most decided leanings.
This week
The words of the dictators are he is proving them wrong.
law.
Now that the Democrats are
The peoples of other countries
holding
their quadriennial brawl
have been unable to hold their the sarcasm
of Mr. Pegler is just
liberties and they have been lost.
as
pointed
against
and their
Perhaps the most liberty loving of leaders. Perhaps them
he
just
don’t
the peoples of other countries
like folks of any political complex
came to America and joined with
ion.
the pioneers of this land.
Maybe, though, he is just a step
During the 160 years since the
ahead
——or to one side—and when
Declaration of Independence this
the
pot
calls the kettle black he
nation has undergone some very
is
able
to
see the smudgy bottoms
trying times including civil war,
of
both
combatants.
Many of us
economic depressions and has ex
are
prone
to
find
little
good in the
panded many times in size. There
opposition
and
campaign
years
has been constant re—statement of
bring
out
the
most
pronounced
tiie theory that changing condi
tions will make democracy fail yet statements regarding the position
comparatively few changes in the of others. Mr. Pegler just agrees
written constitution have been with both sides that the other aide
made. When need arises and the is iniquitous. We certainly hope he
people favor a change the means is not entirely correct.
are provided.
Whether Governor Martin is
The loss of democratic govern
correct
in stating that the people
ment and liberty in other countries
proves that' constant watchfulness are backing his stand or not it is
is the price of liberty. One need certain that many people use the
have no particular care for the same kind of words, mule skinners,
government under a dictator, but golfers and amateur carpenters
in a democracy the citizens must being the most noted of them.
be active and concerned with their
government.
There is no joy in Harlem,
We have existed as a govern Mighty Louis has struck out.
ment for 160 years. Upon our own
actions depend the continuance of
County courts in western Oregon
that period.
'have formed an organization to
hire a secretary and lobby ~ for
COMPARISONS
things they want in the legislature.
A recent trip through the west Any secretary who could put that
ern part of the state brings some over should be a good one to lobby.
peculiar reactions especially regard
ing their climate and the country
It was most fortunate for Mr.
and its effect on the inhabitants.
Barkley
and Mr. Robinson that the
It has often been said that the
ambition of people in this part of Republicans held their meeting
state is to accumulate enough first.
& the
money to enable them to move
The old timers used to say that
Across the mountains and in south wheat would fill properly on a diet
ern Oregon people are afraid to of west wind. It is probable that
accumulate money for fear they the statement was based on obser
will want to move away, or at vation instead of on hope. Anyhow
least that is the boast of some of the winds of the week don’t seem
them.
to be doing any damage.
Compared to the agriculture in
the wheat country of Oregon the
Firecrackers are more powerful
inhabitants of the valleys in the nowdays than in papa’s boyhood
western part of the state appear and more fingers will probably be
inefficient. Grass and weeds ano blown off this year than ever be
brush grow along the fence rows fore.
in a constantly widening border,
and the crops and orchards are
often full of weeds, but so prolific
The checkered career of Mr.
is the country that enough is pro Zioneheck appears to be checked.
duced anyway.- So, why worry
about a few weeds.
It begins to look as if high
There are fish in the creek, ther* school boys will not carry sack
are deer it* the hills, there is fer needles in their hat bands this year
tility in the earth to make a crop in Sherman county, an affront to
with little effort. What if the hay the productivity of the county they
is weedy, there will be enough of have been able to get by with for
it and the pasture will keep the several harvest seasons.
horse and cow anyway. There is
wood all around for fuel and lum
The Fourth of July will find
ber f^f houses and barns are cheap.
Berries, fruits and vegetables grow people in a celebrating mood this
anyway, anywhere, both tilled and year, with * ffodd looking crop
coming up after the holiday.
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him, and 210 left the next night. | any and «11 interest which they, or
STATEHOUSE GOSSIP
settling in swales enroute. Wading
Miss Cassie A. Holmes of Grass either of them, and all persons
through
(Continued from page one)
_ slush snow water over
Valley
was a member of the June holding by, through or under them.
~
“ h »oft ground after a winter of ac-
1917, graduating class of St. Vin-1 or either of them, may have since
that he will have the situation well tua[ jdlenM8 found
not harden<.
in hand in the event the Roosevel-1
f)>r
w >nd j actually took
cent hospital training school. The acquired therein. The purchaser
tians .gam control the Houa? -or.
rjde on
of the
tender8>
commencement exercises were held at said sale will be placed in im-
in event of Republican control, the
he WM kading We From the Observer June 28, 1907 this week, the class numbering 15. ( mediate possession of said property
majority partisans deadlock over arrived toward evening at the low.
Officers of the National Asso. of and of the whole thereof.
Moro could employ 100 men
the choice of a speaker wi h arl
8hack an(j found the herder had continuously in brick, tile, cement the Red Cross have advised those J
HUGH CHRISMAN
Hill oi
nane county and
ana r Frank
rana Lon
i.on moved hi her up on the range and plaster works, besides supply in charge that Sherman county sheriff of Sherman County, Oregon
of Lane
ergan of Multnoham county both ; whefe th<>
parÛally ing the world with bon ami.
rank? highest of all places, cities GALLOWAY & KRIER
metioned in that connection.
or
counties in the United States Attorneys for Plaintiff
cleared of snow. I looked long and
34-88
John Clark has a fine new well
wishfully at the straw bunk which on his Kent farm, and has rele in its support and subscription in ।------------------ •
From •’«tern Oregon come re-
herder
UMd
proportion to its population. The
port, that Clint Hatght, Canyon
tQ
on with
camp tend gated the tank wagon. His well, amount per capita is in excess of NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE
City newspaperman, may enter the er
was the ])acl. hor9e pump, wind mill, reservoir and all $8.50 and no other district has Ex OF REAL PROPERTY
legislative race as an independent
. . of supplie8 except i„d. Combined, cost $1,700, but if you ceeded that figure.
Notice is hereby given that on
candidate for state senator trom|Thi|> part of camp cooking was want to realize what value a farm
the 13th day of July, 1936, at
the twenty-second district compris- ,
sed
be ^tten from the er places upon such an addition,
2 o’clock p. m. of said day, at the
ed of Grant, Harney and Malheur
kinwJ for dog moat - So ask John what he would go back to TAKE IT EASY
front door of the County Court
counties. If he does he will be emaciated were these animals that water hauling for.
House in Moro. Sherman County,
Unless you are a seasoned trav Oregon, I will selFwt- public auc
opposed by Robert M. Duncan, in not enough tallow could be had for
Mark this down in plain sight,
eler, it is wi.se to make the first tion to the highest bidder for cash
cumbent
. w . republican
™ T from
, ~ Burns,
. greasing the bread pan. The herd- wJiere you^vill not forget it: “Moro
auu
iwuvi v E. lævb
and Robert
Lees, , va
of vnianu,
Ontario, ‘r Fred Ha„ rcmarked he wished city property will never again be day’s drive reasonably short - say the following described land, to-
000 miles - when starting out on wit:
democratic
candidate. n. Haight
. . a
- was
,. the camp tender had brought along soicheap as it is now.” This littje
defeated by Walter Pierce for the a
Qf ax]e
8e when he dug city'3® juat entering on “its best a l°n£ motor triP» according to the
The West Half of Sec-
democratic nomination for Con- the
d ,d
h out of the bake d^s’’ even though some folks Oregon State Motor association
10 in Township 2
tion
gress dn the second district but is
tfmk it may resemble a “singed” Then, if fatigue is not too great,
South of Range 16 East of
the mileage can be increased each
strong with the Townsendites who
hor5es were w a9 horseB cat in many of its parts.
the Willamette Meridian in
day until the mind and body ac
recently elected him as a member would
the sn<}W wh4ch expofM;d
Ray Ragsdale's name appears in custom
Sherman County, Oregon, ex
themselves to long-distance
of the national advisory board tha cured bunch grass, not even the list of graduates at the Mon
cept so much of said premises
drivjng.
from Oregon. •
.
colored by moisture as the snow mouth State Normal this week.
as is included in a 100-foot
r
The night of the 20th S. H.
right-of-way 50 feet on either
_
m
fell on dry earth and dust filled
Governor Martin’s proposal to
n ruts jn
A„ the Mosher’s team of horses became
NOTICE TO CREDITORS .
side of the center line of the
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transfer most of the minors now anow melted and
ventured unhitched from the rack in Moro,
railroad of the Columbia
Notice
is
hereby
given
that
Alice
serving time in the state penitent- out u
e they would mire down and went home, 11 miles, without
Southern Railway Company,
iaryto the training, school fori and whfn hel d u rise would a driver. They must have struck a Belshe has been appointed admin
conveyed
by Henry Frock and
boys has aroused a storm of protest charge the helper and go down lively gait as the seat was shaken istratrix of the estate of Clay
wife to E. E. Lytle by deed
Belshe.
deceased,
and
b
a
*
qualified.
from persons who are fearful of again, being perfectly wild.
j loose, the circle split and tongue All persons having claims against
recorded December 19, 1899,
the bad influence these older boys j Spring brough plenty of work damaged. An overcoat, robe, cush- said estate are hereby notified and
in Book MG” at page 615, ’
might exert over the younger of- for aU at Iowing> seeding, ditch
" ’ ''
’ ' was lost.
, ion and ’ duster
Record of Deeds for said coun
required
to
present
the
same,
duly
fenders at the Woodburn institu- di in and fencing.
ty.
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verified,
to
said
administratrix
at
tion. There are now 62 boys un-
p s To be accurate I must men_ From the Observer June 29, 1917
Said
sale
is
under
execution
issu
der the age of 21 years at the pen- tion as 8tock men clftrk
Dunlap ; Mrs. S. C. Bryant arrived this the home of Robert Belshe, Moro, ed out of the County Court of the
,
Oregon, within six months from
itentiary. It is expected that ap- and
flnd -
father-in-law Mr.
Mr. Chap-
Chap- week from her home in Portland the first publication of this notice. State of Oregon for Sherman Coun
his father-in-law
proximately 40 of these will be eli man located at middle Spanish
ty to me directed in the case of the
visit her son. Attorney W. C.
gible for transfer under the plan Hollow watering place just below Bryarft „Mrs. Bryant is 70 years The first publication is June 26, ¡'California Joint Stock Land Bank
1936.
proposed by the governor who has Wasco. Also the Armswoirthy boys old and very active for her age.
ALICE BELSHE, Administratrix.'0' San F™»««®. a corporation,
acked James Lewis,"warden at the and their father. Mr. Armsworthy
I plaintiff, v. C. E. Johnson and oth
W.
C.
Rutledge
returned
Sunday
34-37 ers. defendants, which said execu
prison, and Sam Laughlin, super ran the first hotel in Wasco. His from Portland going that far with J. Tracy Barton
intendent of the boys school,- to old maid daughter or sister did the his son Joseph, who was called by Attorney for Estate
tion commands me to sell said land
select the boys for transfer. The cooking.
to satisfy the sum due said plain
the navy last week. Mr. Rutledge ■
move, it is explained, would serve C. W. Barzee,
said that the night his boy lef11 NOTICE
SHERIFF S SALE tiff, to-wit: the sum of $7,452.01
the two fold purpose of reducing 412 S. E. 30th Ave. Portland, Ore, Portland 10 others accompanied ।
On Saturday the 25th day of and interest thereon.
the rapidly increasing prison popu
Dated June 8th, 1936.
July,
1936, at the hour of 10:00 a.
lation and of segregating the more
m.,
at
the
front
door
of
the
County
HUGH CHRISMAN
youthful criminals from the older
Court
House
in
Moro,
Sherman
Sheriff of Sherman County, Ore.
criminals confined in the peniten
County, Oregon, I will sell at auc
32-36
tiary.
1
tion to the highest bidder for cash
the
following
described
real
prop-
The state relief pot which has
NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S
erty located in Sherman County, SALE OF REAL PROPERTY
been simmering merrily ever since
Oregon, to-wit:
Governor Martin threw the fat ir.
On Wednesday, the 7th day of
The Southeast quarter (SEI)
the fire two weeks ago is expected
July, 1936, at the .hour of ten
(32),
of
Section
Thirty-two
to come to a full boil at a meeting
o'clock, a. m., at the front door of
Southwest quarter (SWI),
of the relief committee in Portland
the courthouse in Moro, Oregon, I
West
half
of
the
Southeast
Friday. The governor has announc
will sell at public auction to the
quarter
(WiSEi)
of
Section
ed his intention of attending and
highest bidder for cash the fol
Thirty-three (33)* in Town
subjects to be discussed will prob
lowing , described real property
ship
Three
(3)
South.
-Range
ably include reduction of the relief
located in Sherman County, Oré
Fifteen
(15)
East
of
the
rolls and reduction of overhead
gon, to-wit:
Willamette Meridian, and Lots
costs of relief administration. Al
That portion of the SWi of
1,
2,
3,
and
4
and
the
South-
ready two members of the relief
Sec.
2, lying west of the John
„
west
quarter
Á
of
the
North
committee—E. R. Bryson of Eu
Day
River in Sherman Coun
west
quarter
(SW)NW))
of
gene and Miss Celia Gavin of The
ty.
Oregon;
and the Ei of the f
Section
Four
^(4),
Lot
One
(1)
Dalles—have resigned as a result
SEi
and
the
NW4 of the SE -
and
the
South
half
of
the
of Governor Martin’s criticism of
i
of
Sec.
3;
and
theWi of the
qllkrter
(SiNEi),
Northeast
their work and further resignations
SE
I
of
Section
4; and the
of
the
Southeast
North
half
are expected. In a publi^state'
NW4
of
the
North
west i
(NiSEi)
quarter
I
and
the
ment Saturday the governor reit
of
Sec.
11,
and
that
portion
of
quarter
of
the
Northeast
erated his insistence that all “chis-
• Of the bonds received in payment of their
the
Ei
of
the
Wi
of
Sec.
11,
NEiSWi)
quarter
Southwest
elers” be removed from the relief
Adjusted Service Compensation, many will be held
lying west of the John Day
of Section Five (5) in Town-
rolls, declaring that relief funds
by ex-service men and women as a good investment.
River, in Sherman County,
ship
Four
(4)
South
of
Range
must be conserved for the incapa
The bonds yield 3%, which is a substantial rate of
Oregon,
all in Township 1 N,
Fifteen-
(16)
E.
W.
M.,
Con-
citated and loafers must be put to
return for government securities at this time. May
Range
19
EWM. Situated in
taining
481.02
acres,
more
or
work.
we suggest that a Safe Deposit Box at the (J. S.
Sherman County, Oregon.
less, in Sherman County, Ore
National, costing only about a cent a day, is a safe,
Together with the tenements,
gon.
Oregon consumers have no cause
hereditaments
and appurte
convenient keeping place for your bonds?
Said
sale
is
made
under
execution
for complaint over the hi^h price
nances
thereunto
belonging.
issued
out
of
the
Circuit
Court
of
j
of milk. A report filed by Paul C.
Or, perhaps you will want to establish a cash
the State of Oregon for Sherman | Said sale is made under execution
Adams, administrator of the Milk
(County. to me directed in the case. issued out of the Circuit Court of •
Control Board, shows that in spite
bearing savings account. In s’iorl, let v our
of “Evelyn Houghton, Plaintiff, vs. | the State of Oregon for the County
of the increase of one cent a quart
add to jour permanent prosperity.
John Engstrom, et al, Defendants.«’ i of Sherman to me directed in the
in the price of milk the price in
I am directed to sell particularly! case of Clema A. Allen, plaintiff,
Oregon is still below the level of
all
of the interest, right and title vs. M. F. Duncan and Agnes Dun-
adjoining states. Under the pool
in the above described property can, husband and wife; The Dalles
arrangement, Adams’ report shows
of the
which W. M. McGinnis and Katie Investment Company o corporation;
producers in the state’s four mark
McGinnis, husband and wife, or1 William G. McDonald and Mattie
eting areas—Portland, Salem, Eu
either of them, had therein on । J. McDonald, husband and wife;
gene and Corvollis—now receive
Head Office, Portland, Oregon
January 4, 1926 (the date of the and Mary Nitschke, a widow, de
$2.34 per 100 pounds for four per
MEMBER FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION
execution of the mortgage upon fendants.
cent milk compared to a price of
which said judgment is based) and j
HUGH CHRISMAN
$1.65 per cwt a year ago.
In Other Days j
I
JEx-aerriee Men.
The Dalles Branch
United States National Bank
Because of a lack of interest in
the proposal to display th« college
and university colors on automobile
license plates the plan has been
abandoned by Secretary of State
Snell. The 1937 plates, instead,
will be black numerals on a white
background. Besides the black and
white combination will result in a
material saving over the other
color combinations, Snell explained.
Forty-eight Oregon motorists
had their drivers’ licenses revoked
during May, 45 for drunken driv-
ing. Thirty six licenses were sus-
pended.
EARLY STOCK MEN
(Continued from page one)
their cuds. The range was so lit
tered with dead animals when
spring came, some of which were
skinned by order of the owners of
therir brands, that green (blow)
flies woulT swarm at evening in
the settlers shack.» ana coa! oil
lamps would fill with flies whose
wings were singed by flying about
the lamps until the chimnies would
fill above the lamp wicks. It was
during this skinning period that
the -writer skinned sheep for D. J
Cooper, a Dalles sheep man whose
camp was at Emmigrant Springs
near the head of the grade leading
to John Dav ferry. For Aheep skin
ning ten cents per pelt was paid
and good wages waa^made at skin
ning sheep for hFm and others
from the breaks of the Des Chutes
to my claim south and west of
Wasco. Skinning had to be done
quickly to save the hides and pelts.
Well do I remember the trip 1
made 'to Emmigrant Springs for
skinning sheep for D. J. Coopen
The deep snow was melting and |
Li wouldn’t groan
about
getting 3 meals a day if you
had my electric range!
* Women who have modern electric ranges cant
help likiflg to cook. With controlled heat thejr
. don’t have to guess or trust to luck. They don t
have to waste a lot of energy keeping up a fire or
scouring pot bottoms. A simple turn of a switch
givesTthem clean, quick, dependable heat.
Besides being efficient, a mddern electric range
is a beautiful addition to any kitchen. Its smart
styling adapts itself to any decorative treatment.
And its gleaming porcelain enamel finish can be
_ kept immaculate by only a swish of a damp cloth.
Be cookery wise. Declare now for kjtehen
freedom by deciding on an electric range. Among
the new models is a range to suit every purse.
See them today.
INSPECT the new electric refrigerators and
water heaters, too. For once you enjoy the
conveniences of electric cooking, you’re go
ing to want to build toward Wn all-electric
kitchen.
SEE ANY DEALER IN
ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT
PACIFIC POWIR A LIGHT COMPANY
Always at Your Service
COOL. Insa«
lated, no-draft
heat out of the
kitchen air.
Summer cook
ing is comfort
ably cool and
practical.
ING. “Chef’s
Brain**—turns
oven on and
off while yon
are miles away.
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