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' PAGE TWO ( M HE .IHKKM a N COUNT! JOURNAL. MORO. OfcEUüN jSfyerntan Conntu journal SHERMAN COUNTY OBSERVE u. Established Nov. ¿j 18S8 ’ GRASS VALLEY JOURNAL, Established Oct. 14, 1897 CONSOLIDATED, MARCH 6. 1981 WASCO N EW S-EN TERPRISE, Established 1891 C onsolidated march 4. 1932 Published Every Friday a t Moro. Oregon, By GILES L. FRENCH , ,, Managing Editor Entered as second-class m atter at the Postoffice, at Moro, Oregon, under Act of Congress of Ma rob 3, 187:* _________ • SUBSCRIPTION R A T E S -P A Y A B L E IN ADVANCE. One Year .............................. . ........................................... - .................... $1-60 NOVEMBER ¿0, 19: 6 THANKSGIVING Next week we in the United States will celebrate one of our strictly American holidays. Thanks giving. Christmas is a holiday for e^ety Christian nation although the fes tivities vary to a wide degree, New Years is a common date for a cele bration, Armistice day is observed -in all the nations concerned in the late war. : of dairy cattle. Since sheep feeding l»ecame a ceVnmon winter job the quality of sheep has increased and now there are a number of flocks that rate .very well with those of other coun ties. Sheep were formerly of mix ed breeds on farms as on the rang es hut the present tendency seems to point toward the developme«». of pure bred flocks. • < As for swine, the only registered stock that has been shown for a days, Memorial day, the Fourth of couple of years at the local fair July and Thanksgiving are strictly has been a , new breed that was introduced recently and that has American holidays. found favor among farmers. The Every school child Vnows how it all started having read the story j number of hogs is decreasing here told in the history books about the j at the present time and there is Pilgrims who came to this land to an average of less than five to the find religious peace; how they! farm. found exceedingly hard times tr y -1 It is a long standing beast that ing to raise a living on the bairen the climate and general conditions soil of New England and how after in this county are such that heal finally gaining a crop of corn and thy and vigorous livestock majt be filling their larders they decreed produced. Perhaps we will again that a day be set apart in which to have the stock to prove the claim. praise God and give thanks for the bounties of nature and nature's God for their deliverance from W HEAT LEAGUE what appeared to be a dismal • Nearly every group of our spec starvation. Nearly every people sprung from ialized industry in America holds an agricultural race has some holi an annual convention at which there aro discussions of the prob day during the fall of the year it m«“ ThaTconfront that industry. when they celebrate the end of the In this section the Eastern Oregon harvest. We are not strange in Wheat League is the organization that matter. that provide* thia need for the Thanksgiving has been retained wheat fa miers. in America through all sorts ol There are also the much larger times and is now observed in ‘ a and more inclusive farm organiza manner that perhaps would have tions that are of aid to farmers. been rank heresay to the staid Puritans. They were a frugal Their principal work is for faion ers generally and they express a people, and to them an outward doctrine or sentiment that is wide show of great joy was often held spread o”' national in scope. The as a sign of inward sinfulness of some sort. A Puritan, sueh as Eastern Oregon Wheat League takes up the problems of the those who raised peans of joy at wheat grow er of th is specialized th e first Thanksgiving, would flee section. in fear of spiritual damage from This year the meeting will be the scenes of bacchanalian revelry held at Heppner, one of the typical that is An occasional ‘feature of wheat towns- of the area. There present day celebrations. will be western hospitality that will Today we do not observe the hol make both farmer and guest feel iday in the same spirit that moved at home. Prominent speakers will our ancestors who were a little talk on agricultural problems and. band of religious iconoclasts on most important of all, the wheat the fringe of a new continent, growers themselves, will meet in surrounded by hostile Indians, un committee and do some talking on acquainted with the means of mak their own account. Woe betide the ing a livelihood in a new land. The person who tries to change the enjoyment of food and shelter Js sentiment of one of the com no longer something for which to mittees. " thank the Almighty, but a right that is demanded from the powers ’ Wheat league meetings are loual- ly famed for the seriousness of in authority. their discussions and the lack of the fun making and play that is a common part in most conven R A IN tions. True, there is the annual There was a bit of rain early this week, about enough to dis banquet which is a joyous affair, courage a wearer of a straw hat. but the meetings themselves are It laid the dust on the pavement. serious and the decisions that come There was not enough to sprout the from them are usually sound. If a small business man feels wheat or even to sprout weed seed that he can afford to spend two or that was lying on top of th* three days of his time and go to ground. As a rain it was nothing and since it started—and stopped some little expense to meet with —the skies have cleared and the the“ members of his trade “group sun shines as bright as in mid once a year surely the farmers whose success depends to so «large summer. a degree on co-operation, can like This is not the longest period of wise afford to attend their meet fail drouth for back in 1929 it quit ing. raining June 19 and didn’t begin again until December 8. Except for brief and unsatisfying rains If it were not for the fear that this dry period is running close to the tables might be turned before that record. A couple of weeks winter is over we would comment more and we will be on the verge on the comparison between the re of establishing another dry mark. ported storms in the east and th< America is noted .for its endeavor spring like weather we are experi to beat every record on the books encing here in this part of Ore but this is surely one matter in gon. which is doesn’t wish to make a new mark. When neighbors fight with neigh bors as they are doing in Madrid LIVESTOCK it i» often a worse mess than il Back in what is occasionally re strangers are the contestants. The ferred to as the good old days Sher Spanish revolution, or rebellion man epunty was famous for its will be over for lack of Spaniards livestock, particularly its horses, if it don’t quit pretty soon. although there were one or two ex cellent herds of fine cattle. The big companies are getting For a number of years there has rid of their surpluses at the end of been a laclç’iof registered stock here but within the past two or ihe year, paying them out in divi three years the income in the num dends or in increased wages. When ber of well bred stock has increas conditions show a need for sur ed notably. Better yet, there is pluses what will happen? a larger variety than formerly. Now there are at least two Perhaps now Rexford Guy breeds of horses well represented well will roll up his sleeves ai with some godd specimens that are make molasses over. of prize winning caliber at almost any show. Beef cattle are well represented although not with the Bee stings are being recommend quality to win show prizes except ed as a cure for colds. Well they in the club workers classes. Also should warm up a part of the cold the dairy herds of the county are anyway. of much pure breeding than for merly and within a few years this may be one of the counties that i;. Portland is in the fog both have a reputation for the produc- meterologically and industrially. Lincoln’s and W ashington’s Birth FRIDAY, NOV£h£dER 20, 1MW river, probably, followed thè rout» ed by tha circuitious rout» over of the Columbia slough. Then hills via tb s trail and tha more di through some great natural up rect rout» down th» Columbia by heaval a split probably was rent in tha highway. Tim» for making will exercise over the session re the mountain side bluff, Just north this distance Is hut two hours by mains to be seen. The first teat of Millers island that formed the auto and from seven to nine days of the Townsend strength is expec deep surging gorge o f Hells Gate, by ox team. < i . ted to come in the organization of where now all steamers pass and Immigrants made their camps at the House where a number, < of when the river is at normal stage watering places; yet always they Townsend-endorsed representatives 99% of the wgter flows. To the were provided with equipment for are candidates for the Speakership. geologically minded observer, this carrying water for camp use. The Dr. Ralph I. Shadduck, big chief slough course of the Columbia Is first watering place west of Well of the Townsend movement in Ore further confirmed by the rapids Spring was ’ at Cecil on Willow . gon. has already let it be known about these bridges across the creek. Next was at a watering that with 22 Townsendites in the mouth of the Des Chutes. There is place south of Arlington and jqst House his organization is going to a water fall of some 16 feet in east of John Day ford. The next these rapids. This water fall pass- J usual camp was a t the trail named have a lot to say about what goes es through deep gorges and rock' on in Salem during the forthcom “Immigrant Springs.’* Water was ing session. If Dr. Shadduck's fissures which denote some extrem e’ then to he found in China Hollow, disturbance at the time Hells Gats Spanish Hollow, Mud Hollow. Des . estimate of Townsend strength is gorge was rent from the north Chutes and the last camp before correct then, inaeed, his organiza bank -through which the Columbia reaching The Dalles at Fifteen tion should have no difficulty in now flows. dominating the proceedings of that mile. From Well Spring the body. In that event the mantle of The Immigrant road of which I immigrant trail leads westward the Speakership should descend on have personal knowledge from through Morrow County until it one of the Townsend-endorsed can Well-spring in Morrow county to reaches Cecil on Willow Creek. didates—either Barnes fo Multno T h e, Dalles, I will now review as Thence westerly through Gilliam mah, Bull of Union, or Hosch of marked out by the late Ezra County until it reaches th» John Deschutes or Hyde o f Lane. Meeker. Day river ford where i t .yeaehsa But there are many who dispute Well Spring, where all Immi Sherman county. Thence & climbs Dr. Shaddock’s claim. In fact a grant trains camped, is so named the hill out from where a g rist miM number of the Townsend endorsed Wilna Splivalo, San Francisco. Calif.. 21-year-old heiress to several because o f a freak of nature re was built near the mouth of Joint candidates have already publicly millions of dollars, shewn nt work as a sculptress In a Hollywood movie sponding to the effort of the im Day river and ne»r Immigrant - announced that in accepting the studio. Miss Splivalo, daughter of the late Adrian W Splivalo, grain migrants to • obtain water at springs, before mentioned a», tim. support of the Townsendites they and shipping m agnate, gave up society life three years ago and studied their -camp.- There was a damp D. J. Cooper sheep camp. From made no committment of support painting and sculpture in Paris. , place found by them which indicat migrant springs 'ft heads west .to to the movement and do not feel , , ------------- --------- . . . -------£ ----------------------- ed water. They thought to dig a ward China HotTo# past the. early«, themselves obligated to support well to AfcaCh it. A t a shallow settled Medter ' farm and ' m . X - Pinkerton. either the candidates of the move depth they dug through a stratum Spanish Hollow, crossing between ment or its program. That being o f . hard-pan that freed a stream the Eaton and i$ink residences^ - From the Observer Nov. 22, 1907 the case much of the influence of of water that flowed over the top This was the last' watering place .the Townsendites as an effective Mrs. Taylor Bergin has been and is flowing today from this same before reaching the Dee Chute» on working “bloc” in the House can making some very cheerful visits Well-epring. Just south and a lit the Columbia as it crossed «the , be discounted at the outset. Am ong) P rora the Observer Nov. 23, 1317 among old time Sherman county tle east of Wellspring is a flow of Fulton hill, Biggs wheat road, de those who discount the strength of Mrr Melba w . Kreote ¡, a visi- neighbors recently. water from a circle mound from fending to the Columbia slough . the Townsend bloc a re a »um ber ftom MiasoulB_ Mk)ntana. 8t the Mrs. P. F. Maus is filling a long which the wind has blown all the beaoh. Thence down the slough ' of supporters of Harry Boivin, of home of her grandmother, Mrs. felt want in Moro, supplying the loose soil down to the hard-pan. to the Dee Chutes river. ’ ’ ’’ Klamath county for the Speaker- W. B. McCoy. It was here that m y father, id th» t people with bread and pastry, a la In the center of this circle mound ship. These claim that Boivin^ is a bog of water from which now fall season Of 1862 drove' his ox- ’ The Moro Red Cross auxiliary Bakery. who has been actively campaignii)g claims the champion knitter, Mrs. C. P. Ragsdale has invested flows a spring stream. In this pond team and covered wag^n with six for the honor for the past two of water, some 16 feet across there of the then living flat seven of his ' $47,000 in Wallowa property. years already has the job “in the) C. E. Sheets having knit an army is continually a bubbling gas aris family of twelve chidren across the sweater in 10 hours and 50 min Cliffs, the first railroad division ing in different places about a cen Des Chutes ford. Even today fen .2 bag" and that among his m ost1 ardent supporters are several mem- ) utes. The shortest time, before east of Portland, on the North tral location. - If a gas tank with would dare to cross this stream bens who gained their seats through : this is claimed by tn Aberdeen Bank Ry, situated opposite Rufus, nearly closed faucet is placed over which with its deep fissures of ’ the support of the Townsend organ woman who knit one-in 12 hours. is rapidly fogging to the front as these bubbles the exit of gas may surging water seems not to be ford Friends gathered at the home of a city. Within the past month it be lighted and will burn, indicating able. It is, in fact, a dangerous ization. t.Miss De Armond and Miss Keyts has 24 buildings up. It has 9 ft. gas minerals ill that region. The ford if not fplly understood. The • st T W sd a y evening in honor of gide walks through the business bottom of this pond of water is a smooth shallow water before men-’ Be that as it may the fact re last Miss iss Nina Searcy, showering her part and water piped to all points miry, substance through which tioned, is underiayed with blow • mains that there is plenty of polit ical manipulation under way right with many gifts of linen, in. an- -b y street mams. It has a barber sticks may be thrust fo r “ severat sand which when immersed in mov j shop, hotel, restaurant, store etc., feet. The water is semi-warm but ing water becomes like quicksand. now for control of the House. ticipation of her marriage. — G. W. Jordan and wife were with other business opportunities can be drunk as far as tempera Any object heavier than water will Howard I^atourette of ‘Portland* who presided over the House at I visiting during t ^ w e e k with Mrs. open to new comers, ture goes. Just west of Well Spring sink rapidly if not - kept moving. ‘ the last special session and has I Jordan’s parents, Jas. Woods and ' Dr. O. J. Goffin performed the and on higher ground is located the This quicksand danger was weH • since ascended to the role of dem wife. Their home is near Moscow,. operation for appendicitis upon Immigrant grave-yard, now su it understood by word o f mouth pa«»- Willie Hockman at Portland, at • ably marked with grave stones, ed out to all immigrant trains. - ocratic national committeeman is Idaho. Tuesday evening November 20, tended by four other physicians probably through the efforts of Other than this obstacle the ford said to be anxious to dictate the • ’ organization, possibly with an wedding bells rang for Miss Inez but the boy failed to rally and Ezra Meeker who marked out the is not dangerous. eye on the governorship two years May Peake and Dewey Thompson: his death occurred Wednesday old immigrant trail with white C. W. Barzee, painted posts encircled with black 412 S. E. 30th Ave. Portland, Ore hence. John Beckman, chairman ol Mliss Nina Olive Searcy'and Harry night. stripes. the Multnomah county central For historical data and to defi Estate of CharUa Fraaklia Falton committee, is also understood to be <»> » »w >1 /• nitely inform the reader I will now NOTICE TO CREDITORS . - • ,n x io u , to h»v, « h .« » j n the nux- mg of the political medicine that „ ° name the camping places and dis No. 366, '• tance from Well Spring to The will precede the opening of the sea- T V . ’I In the County Court of the State sion. And of course, it is incon- / YQ.lL F YOYTÏ W € l l L j p Y l f l g Dalles through Morrow, Gilliam, of Oregon for Sherman County. ceivable that the state administra Sherman and Wasco counties. Notice is hereby given that the My Earliest Knowledge of Sher- i moment on this bridge and cast tion will remain entirely neutral in From Well Spring via, the Trail undersigned has been appointed the organization manipulations. m^n County, And How It Came } your vision up stream, directly be- the distance is approximately 90 Administrator c. t a» of the es . low and down stream to the rail While Governor Martin, himself, About. and 80 miles via the (Columbia high . tate of Charles Franklin Fulton, In these days of streamlined roa<1 brid^ - ,yhen . yourself way from Boardman, a point al will probably remain in the back deceased, by the County Court of ground so far as any active par trains, palace balloons, rapid tra n -, bow ^ « '/o u W cross Uus ra<.nr most directly north o f Well Spring? the State of Oregon fo r Shennah' < £ /hCTe w e r e "° This difference of distance is caus- ticipation in the organization is ait air planes, how little does the ‘° " ent ° { County and has qualified. concerned his youthful aid and ad- joy or business auto rider know, bridge to accommodate you. Yet All persons having claites a* visor, W. L. Gosslin is not to be think or, perhaps care about the it was my lot to cross this stream I Lupine Rebecca Lodge No. 116 gainst said estate are hereby notifi in the fall season of 1862. As you ' restrained by anyi considerations hardships endured by those who Moro, Oegon ed to present the same d u ly v e r i- of official dignity or political mod- made this great state the Paradise- pass over this bridge going west- fled as by law required to the un dir<*ti°'>. Meets 2d and 4th Tu- esty. It was largely through the Garden »pot of the Paride north- ward *" » "orth dersigned at 514 Porter Building, you will observe, by looking direct, activities of Gosslin in the pre west. '.■ •avs of each month Portland, Oregon, within six ly east a smooth, placid, ebbing primary campaign that the Demo Visitinir members wel months from the date hereof. As you glide along over the Col sheet of water as the De« Chutes crats presented a complete legis umbia Highway, crossing the con- come. „ Dated and «first published, No enters the Columbia slough, proper. lative ticket in the field this year.i ‘^ me‘to the vember 20, 1936. It was through th is placid part of Maggie Barnum, N. G. Many of the Democratic victors j bridge that spans the turbulent, the river that I made my first Date of last publication, Decem Lila Bull. Sprr^twri owe their presence on the ticket to gpi^hing water of the Des Chutes crossing. ber 25. 1936. the urging! Of Gosslin ! river. we ask you to pause for a In prehistoric days the Columbia Bethlehem Chapter, No. 78, O. E. S. W. M. Huntington that fact alone, he has a right to) Administrator e.La. ' Moro, Oregon expect that his wishes should be Meets Every SeconJ Huntington, Wilson A Davis, consulted on matters affecting the .'ourth Thursdays in each Attorneys . * ’ welfare of the state administra fcmth. Visiting membert tion which he represents as politi- lavited. NOTICE TO CREDITORS pal contact man. bather Morris. W. "M. / NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN Seating of the 60 members of Rose Amidon, Secretary. that the undersigned Frank von the House of Representatives at Borstel and Amandus vop Borstel the 1937 session will be arranged Eureka l>odge-No. 121 A-F A A-M have been duly appointed Admin by Ronald E. Jones of Marion - ‘r.loro, Oregon istrators of the estate of Carstep county and James W. Ekersley of Meets the 1st and 3rd von Borstel, deceased, and have Clackamas. Appointment of this Thursday evenings of qualified as such administrator«. committee was announced only this each month. Visiting The most typically American of fruits, All persons having claims a- week by Howard Latourette who members cordially in gainst said estate are hereby noti our feast ' days it Thanksgiving. So much attention has been cert- continues in his role as Speaker vited to meet with us. fied and required to present the ^ " t h 'r H o u '^ 'a n t ij 't h e ^ o U ^ ’s t! Alth0llKh outward m an ifestation tered upon the turkey and attain Pinkerton, W. M. H. B. same, duly verified, to Frank von in ¡ the recent election arc officially | »«-“ld >™d «’ »» believe thaLmany upon the dessert appropnate for C. V. Belknap Secv Borstel, Grass Valley, Oregon, of us actually consider nothing but a Thanksgiving meal that we are canvassed. * feasting on that day, there are offering some recipes for in-be- Amandus von Borstel, Kent, Ore Moro Lodge No. 113, I. O. O. F gon, or Brown & Van Vactor,, . . • • • actually few Americans who do not tween dishes that may not sound Moro, Oregon Drawing for low number» on the recall the spirit of our forefathers as festive and alluring as roast Pioneer Bsilding, The Dalles,4Ore Meets' 1st and 3rd 1937 automobile license plates will and bring to mind that Thanksgiv- turkey or mince pie, but contribute gon, within six months- from the Tuesdays in the be conducted by Secretary of State ing day was established as a day just as surely to the success of a date of the . first publication of I.O.O.F. #ball.. Tran this Notice, to*wit: October 16, Snell on Friday. Snell reports that on which to give “Thanks.” There Thanksgiving dinner. sient and visiting 1936. . « applications for the new plates are still many this year who. will r . . , r ___w brothers are cordi have been coming to his office in give “Thanks” * * * simply because n Frank von Borstelj . 7?- . . . / # «. , xv x n.L One half cup fat ally invited to meet greater volume than ever before 7. Amandus von Borstel, they have something to eat. Others o . . , r n will follow the usual custom Ubltepoons flour with. us. _ in the history of the department Administrators, and gather around the table loaded P ™ Uewis McKee, N. G. Brown & Van Vactor, down with typically American ° " e CUP WB* r Joe Truit, Secretary The Dalles, Oregon • 60-55 D------D 7 dishes of turkey, cranberry sauce, , C°ver giblets with water and “Mother, what does dee-dee stand pumpkin pie and all the accompan- ?>»"»« untl t«"der- Let stand i » Hutiuiuutmtmtwmmny». ying “fixins ” ln ll(lui<* unta* ready to use. Meas- for?* “ Doctor of Divinity, my dear. In making plans for the Thanks- out the fat from roasting pan Don’t they teach you such things at giving menu the hostess is always Bnd P"1 *" skillet. Add the flour school?” confronted with certain problems. an<^ st’r unt*l smooth paste. Add “Oh, ye»: but it doesn’t sound Wlwn all is said and done.-it is slowly the milk »nd one cup water right here.” not so much a question of whether in wmeh the giblets were cooked, “Read it out loud, dear. it shoiild be turkey for dinner, as Stir until mixture thickens. Add “The witness said he heard the what to serve with the turkey, chopped giblets and season to taste. defendant say ‘I’ll make you suffer After all, Thanksgiving dinner'is Brussel« Sprouts and Celery •••• for this. I’ll be Doctor of Divinity usually a family affair and is pre- ^ne and a half thsp butter if I don’t.’ ”—Exchange sen ted to much the same audience Three fourths cup diced celery year after year. Therefore, it is One and a half tbap flour well to plan the dinner with the On« P>«t cooked Brussels Sprouts Extracurricrlar i( view of achieving variety without Three fourth cup milk A man in an insane asylum sat too much richness. In other words,1 Buttered crumbs fishing over a flower-bed. A visitor the hostess attempts to balance the Melt butter: add celery.. Cook wishing to be friendly walked u p ) essentials of such feasting in a two minutes, Add the flour, and and said: ‘‘How many have you manner to do the least possible then slowly add the milk and caught today?” . harm. And what are the essen- bring to boiling point Add the “You’re the ninth,” replied the tial^s ? , Even on Thanksgiving day cooked brusfeels sprouts. Season.) nut.—The Bee Hive. we aptly center the meal Around 'Turn into buttered baking dish, the three most essential food stuffs cover with buttered cruwfos, and Try Journal advertising, it pays, —milk, green vegetables and fresh bake until crumbs are brown. A. STATEHOUSE GOSSIP J Continued from page one) Heiress to Millions Likes to Work f In Other Day: i ç . yy. B arzee Tells o f Oregon Hi- W ay / t o H ealth _ ¿y A D A ,R . MAVN E OREGON 'DAIRY COUNCIL a T R A D IN G C E N T E R For Sherman County People 7 COMPLETE HUE OF Groeeries, Toiletiies, Remedies Sundries ? f Tobacco JJaCLci- Cc (u « i( ut 7 Ha iZ it , -A “K •s - a - ;.
