TUB SHERMAN COUNTY JO URNAL. MbXO, OREGON „.FRIDAY, JANUARY 1. W 7 .
PAGB PODB
Klondike Grange Grass Favored
By Wheat Men
InstaUsNew
A t Heppner
Officers For Year With foreign demand for wheat
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NOBEL PRIZE WINNER
t Cleaning Truck Can Battle Poison Gas
Recipes For
Winter Foods
Spund Alluring
still uncertain from year to yea ,
I With the ravages o f Thanksgiv
Business of the Klondike grange diversion cf as much wheat land as
ing barely cleared away we are
December 10. included installation possible in eastern Oregon to other
completely engrossed in plans for
of new officers for the year. They feed or cash crops was recommend
Christmas—the joUiest, the moat
art: C. W. Johnson, master; C. L. ed by the Eastern O.e^fon Wheat
colorful, the moat festiv e o< aU
Fridley, gate keeper; Fay Boice. league at its annual meeting held
holidays.
lady assistant steward; John Mc recently in Heppner.
, Everyone
enjoys
CbiUUna-*«
As to possibilities, the committee
Clure. steward; Mae Johnson,
Children get up at <tow» M W r to
Flora; Mary Thomas, Ceres; Daisy on production recommended care
1 see what surprises hgve been s|or-
Fridley, Pomona; Inex Wallace, ful study of the returns from feed
1 ed away in their ftocfctagz. Grown
chaplain: Katherine Fridley, lectur ing wheat to livestock, both by
folks delight in the music, the
er; Pres Boice, overseer; Lena f:rowers of wheat and feede s of
. friendliness of relatives a n d .^ g h -
Brock, secretary; * Charles Wal hogs, sheep and cattle. Experi
bors, and above all the pleasure
lace. treasurer and Louise Thomas, mental lesuits as well as practical
of the children. And grandparents
1 experience of a number of feeders
musician.
recall old memories and marvel
Mir. and Mrs. Charles Wallace ,a>e indicated that wheat fea
t at life repeat!ng fcself. ‘‘Tommy
have moved to town occupying th' has will return more than when
Hkee noisy toys Just like I t f T o m
Heyner house near the lumber-gold as a sack crop.
j did when he was that age. Twen
Seeding of marginal and scab
yard.
Eugene O’N eill, playwright, who ty five y ears ago—it doesn't Seem
The sons of Mr. and Mrs. S. W. land to crested wheat grass bulbous
We always had a big
has been awarded the 1936 Nobel possible!
Brock, Virgil and Clinton of Twin ¡ 4 ^ grass or other perm anent for-
prise in Hteratuie . O'NeiH’s mos t
Falls, visited with their parents re-i -,r-c v;as recommended, as was the
famous plays are: “The Emperor ies. Grandma taught Ethel to
cently.
use of Ladak alfalfa and sweet
«ones,’’ “Anna Christie,” and make them, like aa not, ’
Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Brock a r e iciov<?r on gome of the lower sub
And we pw reminded that cookies
“Strange Interlude.” Mr. O’Neill is
now in Salem visiting with their ,j riffaterf areas subject to washing
a native New Yorker ana noted for and cakcr are as essential to the
son in law and daughter. Donald, ancj where wheat tends to lodge.
blunt realism with which he por celebration of Christmas a s any
The growing of canning peas where
Banta and children.
other traditional activity. A plate
The latest development in military defense against gas attack makes use of the, ctdlnarOy . un-war-like trays the lives of his characters.
Delta Grey spent a week at the markets are available and peas for street cleaning truck. An auxiliary apparatus, attached to the truck, throws out-Jets of water to disperse
¡of these gbodiea beside a pitcher
home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. seed in areas distant from green poison gas in the air, and also sends out fan shaped sprays of wjter to cleanse walls and roofs which have
of grape juice ready to he served
George Drihkard. She is teaching pea production was also recom been contaminated by poison gas. A demonstration of the new equipment is shown in London with the “crew”
immediately that the tree is trim
mended. More flax seed produc- of the truck clad in gas proof clothing, complete with mask.-
school in Wasco county.
med. Cookies ready to-be served
Mrs. Hugh Herin was a Portland tion jn Wallowa, Union and Baker
when guests drop in unexpectedly
visitor for several days last week. coUntiVs was pointed to as a P0**
r."=-"¡ ■:.
with a cheery word of .Christ«®*R
Mr. andaMr. Frank Morrow left gjbility.
greet* "g
to farmers than at present.
CHRONOLOGY
The
1937
agricultural
adjustment
Wasco.
for Salem last week to visit with
The necessity for maintaining
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We are suggesting two cookie
The report, which is a v a ila b le ---- -
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program
will place added emphasis
Oct.
16:
Larger
registration
of
their son in law and daughter, Mr. fore;gn outlets for Pacific north- irom ^ o unty agricultural agents,
(Continued from page one)
on
permanent
rather
than
tempo-
recipes
that will probably. bd, naw
and Mrs. Laidlaw. He returned wegt wheat was emphasised by contains farm price data and other
June 16. School elections draw voters ready for election. Non- rary soil conserving uses of the to you.
high school levy is reduced. Car-
home
Monday
and
gpenkers s at
the
who îmormation
information on a large numoer
number 01
of »*«•**
small votes
few cimuges
changes m
made.
uume «uiiu
ajf .u
u she will - con-
— 1 speaxers
i m
e v convention,
v i i t w » v . v .» ,
vuvea j and
w iu icw
» u c.,
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’"nl and will pay at higher rates Butterscotch Cookies
tinue her stay until after New,
to the reciprocal tra d e, farm products of importance in Farmers and soldiers receive gov-
„
fo-. such type« of soil usee as es- j With Burnt Butter Icing
Year.
agreements and more stabilized : ¡n agTjcuiture of Oreogn, showing ernment checks.
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. tablishment of perennial grasses One half pop butter
Mr. and Mrs. Louis Scholl visited I currencies as favorable factors. ( the re]ative position of each com-
June 26: Grass Valley ready
and legume«.
One and a half cups brow®, sugar
last week in The Dalles^ at J b e America must buy from abroad in pared wjt>h the - general average for celebration of Fourth. Change JiiJ, _ £
T™ . *
This much advance information T*'0 •OT»
home of their daughter, Mrs. Geo. 1 or,jer to sell, it was pointed out and conditions which have existed made,in organisation of CCC camps CCC crews come home from Bandon on the neture o t the new pn.gr.rn Tw<> ">d *
1
fire^
Knebel.
The export problem was recognized during other years and periods.
Deschutes railroad abandoned cut
Oct. 30: Weed control program was given by Dr. E. J. Bell, M ; I
Mr. and Mrs. Grant Armswor- ajs0 ¡n vigorous action against
ting valuation.
to the director of the w m v • JJ®*
start».
Wasco bank pays 20% sistwirt
thy enjoyed having as their house (>*cscnt maritime strikes which
July 3: Good erowd out to see
era region of the AAA, in an . d - ;
lod*
guests
their daughters. Miss were reported to have cost north- PLANNING CONFERENCE
field day at experiment station. Spring wheat proven best in dry
dres« at the Eastern Oregon W heat. 2 “* t
Florence of Ontario and Mrs. Nor- wcst wheat producers upwards of
J. C. Freeman becomes postmaster, yesy8-
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Nov. 6. Sherman county fol League annual convention in Hepp- • 2"® f
ma/Tweedy of The Dalles.
10 million dollars through inability formulate a future program for Wheat ripening rapidly. Tarp Gar-
ner
U
et
week.
J
Dr.
BeU
«
m
e
to
O"/
Mrs. Robert ,Evans spent last t0 make use of favorable foreign the state and county planning rett made head of relief committee, lows nation and state m voting ,k„
iron, W
uk.
Cream hatter and augar gm a
the meeting directly from
Wash
week visiting in Portland and Bea-- m3»kets this season. Legislation boards.” ‘ -
1 July 10: George Hennagin bur- record. Children takes tubercu ington where conferences on details ually, and cream thoroughly. Wend
verton with relatives.
j to make arbitration o* such dis-
in well beaten eggs. Sift Bour
Governor Martin will deliver the « d in M»™- Co-operatives buy losis test.
' Guests at the George Potter pUtes compulsory was advocated,
Nov. 13: Preparations being of the new program" have been in once before measuring. Sift flour,
main address a t the all-eounty warehouse facilities from national,
home were Mrs. Potter’s parents,) officers elected for the coming luncheon to be held on the first Twenty even new CCC» arrive.
made for wheat league meeting. progress for several weeks.
bhking powder, soda and salt to
“The program under the Soil gether and add to creamed mix-
Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Norcross of ^ ar are Charles Nish, Mikkalo, day of the conference.
Other
July 17: Crested wheat grass Farmers consider weed problem
^ m a t a l y with cream. Blend
Pendleton.
» 1 president; J. D. Woodell, I.aGrande, speakers will be Mayor Joseph K. »» demand as soil conservation! Nov. 20: Budget passed with Conservation and Domestic Allot-'
MGss Sarah Stalcup of Pcndle- ^ ce president; and Charles Smith, Carsen. Portland, who will deliver program gets under way. John minor additions. Railroad levy re- ment act has as its objectives m ore1 in vanma am}
than merely control of soil washing chiU
jg firm. - Drop by
ton arrived Tuesday evening of Corvallis, secretary-treasurer. New
the address of welcome, and Fred Stephens tells of drouth dam age, duced for Sherman county,
in North Dakota.
j Nov. 27: Fred Blau buried in and soil blowing.” said Dr. BelL • teaapooI1f ulg on lightly buttered
last week to spend a week visiting county executive committeemen
Fiske, county judge of.Lane coun
are Fred Eppinger, Baker; Hugh
with relatives.
July 24:1 Dr. Nicholas Cornat- Wasco. Big dams being construct “The program embodies the «*>- ¿ J f o g sheet. Leave space pf at
ty. An ‘‘All-Oregon’’ dinner will
Jessie Hull of Portland spdht Wilson, Wallowa; Gilbert Court- be held in the evening of this day, eanu comes from (Rumania to learn ed by SC Service in Grass Valley nomic use of the land, sound farm- least 2 ¡ 0 ^ ^ between each cook
ing practice, and restoration of the I
for spreading.
several days of last week at t h e ^ ^ t , Union: Jim Hill, Umatilla;
with outstanding citizens of the of American agriculture. Peter canyon. 4 -ft clubs forming.
income
of
farmers.”
15
minutee
to moderate oven
home t of her sister Mrs._ Andy A jj Nelson, Morrow; Lloyd Smith
Dec. 4: Wheat league meeting
Quick colts being trained for first
’state as speakers.
Gilliam; T. M. Rolfe, Sherman;
Dr. BeU added that estimates (400 deg.) When cookies are eooi
Shaarer. t ’ •
well attended by Sherman county
Sherman county futurity.
Clifton Fridley and wife are en- Emil Shanno. Wasco; and A. D. - The conference is regarded as
July 81: Low test weight ex men. Waterways association lays indicate that about 30 million more gpread with Burnt Butter Icing,
one of the most important to be
joying themselves riding in a new, An(jePSOn, Jefferson.
acres than desirable are being de- Makes 5 dozen eooWee.
pected
on Federation. Rules for out new program.
car. Mrs. Eliza Dingle also has a, LaGTande was added to the list held in Oregon for some time, soil conservation changed again.
Dec. 11: Safes blown at Grass voted to ^oil depleting and export Burnt Butter Ictog
new car.
¡of convention cities and will be and several hundred citizens are Aged brown eagle killed.
Valley and Kent. Moisture condi crop«. It is the purpose of the Three fourths cup butter
expected to be present for the two
Mr. and M rs. Lloyd Hennagin ac- the me€ting iplace next year,
tions bad. Fourteen school dis-, program to help the market situa- Three cups confectioners’ sugar
August
7:
Perry
Johnston
re-
day session, planning board offic
companied by M rs.. Mautfc Akers -------------------.----
tion and the future welfare of the Two tsp vanilla
signes as county agent. LeRoy tricts levy no tax.
ials stated.
were dinner guests a t the 5John
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Dec. 18: Final payment on 1936 country from a land resources One fourth cup hot water
Wright appointed. Unused roads
Foas home in Moro Friday night. F m - m
P flQ P S
Melt butter, keeping over beet
AAA contracts being made. Change standpoint by encou aging the in-
closed near Bourbon.
Mrs. Hilling of Portland visited r a r m
1 HUGO
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creasing
of
soil
conserving
crop«
until
it is go’dsn brown. Bleed
fmade
in
soil
conservation
program
August 14: Race progrom made
with M r.'and Mrs. Everett Wat- - -
.
f
in confectioners’ sugar. Arid va-
Dec. 25: Rain brings relief to to thi« extent.
up
by
fair
board.
Fraser
&
Son
buy
kins. She is a aisttt of Mr. Wat- M o V l H g U p W C U T a
sown wheat. New farm program
“In accordance with these objec- nilla. Stir in hot water by spoon-
new horse from Iowa.
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kins. Ail had Christmas dinner a tf
♦ive/ the 1937 program is being ful until icing is right conzMBBlBY
August 21: Range program an announced.
the home of A. C. Kaseberg and
designed to make a permanent to spread smooth. Sufficient ictog
nounced. Million bushels now in
“It says the man was shot by rather than a temporary adjust- for about 60 cookies.
family«
warehouses.
Mr. and Mrs. Earl McKinney of
nent in the use of the land. The Mincemeat Cookie«
August 28. Trashy fallow yields his wife at dose range.”
Heppner spent the week end with
“Then there must have been general principles of longtime ad- One and a third cups mtoflSBMat
less than plowed in experiment.
,Miarket prices at mid-December
Earl’s mother. Mrs. Minnie Mc
ustment from soil depleting crops One cup butter
Fair preparation gets final touches. powder marks on the body.”
indicated that the general level of with a “Caterpillar*
Kinney.
“Yea, that’s why she shot him.” to permanent conserving uses of Three eggs* 7 r
Lower light price announced.
Mr. and Mrs. Wade Hull were farm prices in Oregon has advan
'h e land hac Feen adopted as a Three and a fourth cups fioRf..
Sept. 4: Viola Hansen re
here from Portland again spend ced somewhat during the past
Mrs. Jones could only find two ational policy. "
One half tsp salt —-
signs as courtty clerk deputy.
ing last week end with Mr. and month, according to a review ot
“The ra te c f p aym ent fo r e3la.b- ^ ne ^®P
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Wasco school opens with larger aisle seats—one behind the other;
the agricultural situation just re
Mrs. G. T. Andrews and family.
she turned and cautiously survey lishing permanent stand« of pec en-
CUP chopped p®to i f _
enrollment.
A family dinner was held at the leased by the OSC agricultural ex
Cream butter and sugar. Add
Sept. 11: Fair draws large ed the man in the next seat. Fin nials this year will be somewhat
Clyde Hearing home last week tension service. This trend is
beaten
eggs,
then sifted dry m-
crowd and provides entertainment ally she leaned over and timidly iipher than it was a vp^ir F
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when their daughters and families sim ilar to that of farm prices in
gradients
and
the
One
for full time. Joe Truitt named as addressed him.
and considerably higher than the
y ........ .... . mincemeat.
_
were gwesta. Mf. and Mrs. Jack the country as a whole, and in line
"I
beg
your
phrdon,
sir,
but
art
oayment
of
such
practices
aa
cop
o
f
chopped
raato
may
nominee for clerkship.
Brown and children, Mr. and Mrs. with recent trends in consumer
.y fallow, ptowing under green
deairad.
i,
Sept. 18: Sherman county wheat you alone?”
Kenneth Stuart of The Dalles purchasing power as indicated by
•re or other more short-time ?n * buttered cookie sheet. Baxe
The man without turning his
wins at state fair.- Bobbie King
industrial payrolls and business
in 400 degree oven for 8 to 10
were there. ,
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and Dorothy Fraser chosen to rep head in the slighest, but twisting uses of the land.”
The Knights of Pythias held activity.
minutes.
his mouth to an alarming degree
resent county in 4-H club event.
Compared with a year previous,
election of officers and installation
November 10. 193«
28: B a m e f Knock comes and shielding it with his hand
last week with the following re the Oregon farm price index for
!t0 »tr.ighten out triple A pay- muttered. “Out it out Kid—cut it
salts; Faye Brackett, chancellor: November, at 84 per cent of the Gentlemen. ’
out! My wife’s with me.”
The satisfaction my “Caterpillar” ! ments. Wasco plans festival,
Joe Hildetbrand,. outer guard; 1926-1930 average, was up twelve
has given me over any other way! Oct. 2: Mrs. Hoskinson named
Bruce Millard, vice chancellor ; Ar points, or approximately 16 per
When Your Shoes need repan
nold Brady, prelate and recorder cent . Tbis compares with a gain I have farmed, is hard to^mcasure. as new deputy clerk. New grasses
Perhaps
I
should
have
u
se
d
/th
e
being
tested
at
local
station.
Thir-
send them to
of seals; Guy Andrews, master of of 16 points, or 19 per cent in
finance; John McClure, master o£ factory payrolls in the United word “relief” instead of “satisfac-' ty seven men discharged from GCC
arms; H. H. Brackett, inner guard States, and 16 points, or 17 per cent tion” because the farm work in > camp
T o F in d O ut H o w M u c h Y o u A r e W o r th
previous years was more or less a* Oct. 9: Wasco festival makes
in general business activity, from
John ’Robinson, master of works.
REPAIRING
Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Wilde were October 1935 to October 1936. nightmare and cauaed me a lot of . »321 for library C. W. Johnson, GOOD SHOE
anyiaty
—a--
0. L. Bekhe and A von .Borstei
Mortgage debt
in Pendleton to see the latter s Drouth-made scarcity of some farm
Land
204 Second St. x THE D-'Ll
L ivestock^ \
Bills Payable
products has been a factor giving My land is quite flat and heavy, named on budget committee. Wo-
mother who is ill in a hospital.
Your
net
worth
Minus Taxes Due
Me/and Mm. Arvid Anderson and additional strength to markets and Our late springs and early f a lls , m »n» club convention held in
Çrop Products
sometimes makes it necessary to
equals your
son Fred Visited in Scappose last prices for farm products.
O tter
Cash
do
the
work
quickly
when
the
op
In respect to farm costs, the re
last week.
liabilities
Other Assets
Mrs. Helen Dingle returned from port shows a 5-point advance in portunity presents itself. This kind
Venice. California, where she had prices paid by farmers for com of soil doesn’t dry out evenly and
modities used in production and the low spots “which are a very
been visiting with relatives.
A F A R M IN V E N T O R Y
living, compared with a year ago. small percent of the total area,
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W ill reveal all these facts easily and simply,
The purchasing power of farm pro- prohibit the use of wheel tractors
NO HELP
Mother—When that naughty boy ducts in exchange for commodities until a large part has lost a lot of
V.C. Family and Princess Flour
just as a store inventory keeps the merchant
threw stones at you, why did you usually bought by fanners is es moisture. Horses are too slow.
The
“Caterpillar”
has
overcome
not come and tell me, instead of timated to be 94 per cent of the
Mill Feeds
Grain Bags
informed, and help you plan intelligently for
throwing them back at him?
pre-war average. This is 6 points this and the farm work now is the
Dairy and Poultry Feeds
Junior—What good would it do higher than a year ago and the least of my troubles.
the coming year.
to tall you? You couldn’t hit the most favorable relationship for This tractor pulls a three bottom
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Rolled Grains
agriculture that has existed since plow at about the same fuel cost,
side of a garage.
the year‘4929, except from August I had on the wheel tractors pulling i
Flour
See your county agent for convenient
- Oregon Indians of ancient days to October this year when the re two bottom plo^rs. In other words, ’
it
saves
about
one
third
in
fuel.
I
t
’
were also “doodlers” declared Dr. lationship was even more favorable
All kinds of If&surance
inventory and farm account forms and
is eight years old and cost about |
L. g.
5* the
f
$275.06 lo r repairs. Tliave recent- ’
for suggestions for starting the new year
ly overhauled it and should get a
University of Oregon. Many of
lot more service out of it with1 no
on a more business-like basis.
their rock writings are m eaning-
expense. I can see very little wear
je«a, « m A apparently were made
on the tracks and they will last
“just to pass the time away,” he
N A T IO N A L F A R M
as long as the rest of the tractor,
say^
z
.
probably many years.
IN V E N T O R Y W E E K
Yours
truly.
Groceries—Meats—F resh
W. M. Higdon.
Permanent Farm
Policy Hoped For
“•
A t Years End
H e G ot
“R e l i e f ”
Don’t
wiit until you are DEAD
WERNAlARK’h
WASCOMARKCT
R H ) i WHITE STORE
Fruits and Vegetables in
Sherman Cooperative Grain
Growers : : : Wasco, Oregon
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