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About Sherman County journal. (Moro, Or.) 1931-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 5, 1937)
Forty Ninth Year No. 14 State Affairs 9r. A. L LbAeck . M Attention of the legslature was directed by Governor Martin this week, in M message to the senate to the gross inequalities o f prison sentences meted out under the presJ ent system and to the inadequacy of the state’s parole system. Fris- oners convicted of almost identic cal crimes, the governor pointed out are serving terms ranging from one year in some cases to 20 years in ethers. The governor recommended centralization of authority for fix ing prison sentences in a board in order to overcome this' condition which he declared created a bad Moro, Oregon February 5, 1937 Highway Safety Moro, Rufus Subject Studied Girls Top By High Schools League Bay Drug Which Aided F. I). R., Jr.. Saves Girl Old Signers Ready For Soil Program The study of highway safety . When old-' shivered with will be recognized as an essential , '.i,* f - r ' - ' j 1 their younger^ and express- part of the Oregon high school ch*- Three Victories For Two , ed the opinion January 1937 rieulum if leading educators t>f 35 was colder than 1 they had the Communities complete their plane Schools; Wasco-Kent Postpone : support of at the expert-i for teaching safe driving, accord ment station, the exception! ing to David C. Guiibert. membei Last Week's Encounter of January 1 last month was of the national safety education the coldeat in since weather advisory committee of the Ameri Because of Storm records were kept W 1911. can .Automobile association. earlier days Tcmoeratures Mr. Guiibert talked with hun are only av in monthly Rufus high school continues to dreds of delegates to the conven 1911-37 show hold top position in both boys and averages. The tion of the Oregon State T e a c h e r s’ association in Portland in late De girls competition of the Sherman ed the ’ Juninsy IH itfti as 29.09. cember, explaining * courses of county basketball league with ap while this past January had an study already prepared for use in proximately a month left to com average of 14A ai the mean tem perature. The highest temperature the schools. He attended the con pete the schedule before district for one day was 40 on January 4. contests. However in the girl’s Any doubt in the public mind as clave at the request of the Oregon standings Moro has joint honors This year w were 11 days U the attitude o f the Grange to State Motor association. * with sub-zero® temperature. The with the town by the river. ward the anti-strike legislation now 44 A bout one half of the teachers ry 30. when, But two schools played during lowest was on before the se*«ion was set at rest I talked with are beginning work opped to -14 i* by the statement issued by the in high school safety the next the last week. Grass Valley trav- the thermometer Grange Executive committee in op semester” Guiibert said. “It is eled to Rufus Wednesday night, ¡ the next day the jnercury did not position to the measures. Grange very apparent that a course in January 27, dispite the cold and rise at any time H er tlree above, The same new German drug that aided in cubing Franklin D. Roose leaders see in the proposed anti- safe driving is becoming recogniz- storm, and was defeated in both This however is not the lowest velt. J r., of a throat Infecion has saved the life, it ¡3 declared, of six- games. In the boys* contest the reading for the sWtire period 1911- year-old Valerie Straslnger of Baltim ore county, wh-i was aulicied with strike bills not only a slap at organ e ’ -s s necessity." - ized labor but also the entering The first important step, Guii score was 25-21, while the girls’ 37, for several tttnes -20 degrees streptococcus meningitis, a disease «hat has a fa trl outcome more than however the 99 per cent of the time The drug, prontylin, waa injected into tha little wedge toward governmental auth bert said, is the adoption of a uni battled to a 54-21 finish. Because has been r uary was in girl's spinal column at a Baltim ore hospital. Grass Valley girls had but five coldest for any ority which might in time work to form plan for use in high schools, the detriment of organised agr.icul- using safety as a unit in the cur- players, special floor rules were 1930 with -18. f adopted that permitted the centers January 19 slightly above t S N i ----1------- riculum. . • • * freedom of the entire court. The the average fi Pin precipi Kent-Wasco encounters were post- tation with L ces reported at The House voted 44 to 15 to poned. .________ ■ _____ | tb s SKpsrt station. The eve* abolish the job of director of mark Games scheduled for tonight rage during the H l-37 period is eting research now held by Dr. Htwever the five that will be played unless there is 1.52 -inches. W. J. Kerr, former chancellor of the later notice to the contrary are months beginning in September state system of higher education. Kent at Moro, and Wasco at Grass 1936 show a deficiency of rainfall Many are predicting that the sen with 3.42 inches while the normal Valley. ate will also pass the bill although P ' precipitation is 6J>9. In January Boy’s Games W not by any such a wide margin. , • • • 1.000 1936 Sherman county residents ex- Rufus 3 troop 360 are invited to join in the »st rainfall re- .600 perienced the 3 Senator Ross of Washington Grass Valley New Feature For Non- nation wide celebration of the Boy 6.46 inches. .600 corded in 24 2 WasCo county wants to equip all automo Scouts of America twenty seventh .333 1 Kent - biles aad trucks with governors set Crop Pastures anniversary, according to word re .000 0 for a maximum speed of 60 miles Routine Business Completi Moro ceived this week by Clyde Gillmor Girls Games au hour. b and I^awrence Mitchelmore. troop • « • During Wednesday Morning 1.000 3 Rufus leaders. • 1.000 Payment per animal unit in this 3 When is a frog a fish ? When the Moro “We are particularly anxious .400 year’s range program has been re 2 ♦be leg* ■At”—» so decrees. A bill Grass Valley .250 duced from $2.00 to $1.50, is the that Moro, Maupin and Mbsier par 1 now before the senate declares bull S n ow and m ore sn o w w a s th e Wasco .000 word received from the office of ticipate in the rally to be held at 0 frogs to ko game fish and would p rin cip a l to p ic o f co n v er sa tio n a s K en t------ the Parish hall of the Catholic the Sherman county agent. require that persons seeking to en- the county court left the court When a reason was asked it was church, The Dalles, February 11,” enare the croaking hoppers first house, Wednesday noon, for a tour equip themselves with a fishing of inspection of the efforts being County allotment board members explained that the sum of money writes W. F. Johnson, executive of license. The bill is sponsored by made to clear county roads for will be erected oa February 20, at alloted for payments to farmers the district. “The rally begins at the game committee. the county court house according 4ind stockmen made the cut neces 7:30 p. m.” travel. Much of the morning was There are three special activities to word from the county agent, to sary. spent approving current bills. . • * * * Representative Ernie Fatland of day. Present members are ,C. B There is a new feature in pay planned for the week of February Road master L. L. Peetz explain Gilliam county thinks that money ed difficulties encountered stating Andrews, Grass Valley; Joe 'Peters, ments for non-crop pasture land, 7 to 13, states the bulletin received paid by motorists for their drivers* that sometimes it took a walk of Moro; and G. H. Root, of Locust at the rate of 60 cents per head locally. The first is the Scout licenses should be earmarked for as much as three miles before the Grove. Committeemen serve for less five hea(V according to infor church service recommended for safety campaign purposes and not crew could reach equipment and I one year and are subject to reelec mation received in Moro. Suppose next Sunday. The second is the Docs any one remember Jim tion, it is sajd. / used for highway construction and gc to work. Approximately 30 a man had fifty head, of cattle on rally of all troops of The Dalles maintenance. He is working on a miles of the nearly 200 miles of Morrell? Well then, does anyone I Prior to this Jaunty wide meeting pasture, he will receive 50 cents district. The third is a district who was a resident of Grass Val measure which will so provide. county road that should be open it will be necessary to hold meet a head, less five head on the graz hike, on February 13, led by Eagle • • • ley back iin the Deschutes railroaa ings in each of the 5 communities ing tract. However the farmer scout Wayne Froebe,, employee of at present was available for travel, The public hearing on the Clark he r~ld. On Wednesday work was building days recall the dashinv1 affected, that local committeerpen must also follow certain practices the Forest * service, The Dalles; bill to close all coast streams, ex going on close to the J. T. Johnson figure of Porter Brothers chauffer? may be chosen. Farmers plan to approved by th e county allotment troops are asked to meet in front Ah, I thought so. of The Dalles high school at 10:00 cept the Colombia river, to place near Klondike. meet and elect at More, Grass Val committee. Back in 1909 this Jim Morrell commercial fishing, attracted the ley and Kent, Wasco and Locust Pavment will not be made fo" a. m., with equipment for passing broke ' all existing records for usual large crowd. The sportsmen,, Farmers Make Plows soeed between Grass Valley and } ^ ^ 7 * sometime during the week any fencing except drift or line second class tests, according to the who insist on being referred to as Many farmers are reported using Moro. He raised clouds of dust, £[ February I S . W n g h t fences. This means a farmer will announcement. conservationists, were all for the plows of all descriptions in hopes The county committee is elected not be paid for building a' fence bill as the only solution to the that roads will stay clear of drifts that could be seen for miles and from the Chairmen of the commun around his range, it is said. TAX AID PROVIDED rapid depletion of the salmon sup long enough to make travel possi we e often mistaken for dust ity committees. A deputy collector from the U. Fairmers considering sow'mg ply while the commercial fishermen ble. Perhaps the iftost pretentious storms. He drove about the streets S. International Revenue service seed will find the program differs were just as strongly opposed to is the snow plow built by the Ers at twenty miles per hour, endang from 1936. Last year payments offices in Portland will be in Sher the m eoure which, they insisted, kine farmers which had their road ering the public peace and dignity, were made at $2.50 an acre if at man county to assist taxpayers would not work as expected. nptn from Moro to Jess Landry’s and a warrant for him was taken least five pounds waa sowed to the in preparing their Federal Income v • • ■ farm, Wednesday. When it waa out by the local authorities. He acre. This year 20 cents a pound tax returns, according to J. W . The House knocked off work Fru- found that two tractors was in- sped over the wooden cross walks will be paid up to 10 pounds an Maloney, Portland, collector. Moro Opportunities to work out reliet acre. This is the same as $2 an will be visited on February 19, day. afternoon so that a new boiler ¡.guffjcient power an additional one and broke his springs. could be installed in the armory was attached ahead of the plow. He was habitually dressed in aid given needy, the question of acre payment. and Wasco on the following day. heating plant before the old one One of the Erskirie crew described duster, goggles and long leather funeral expenses for poor, and old blew up. The Senate, warm and some drifts as rising above the gloves. He was all that a small age pensions received their share town had come to beieve a chauffer of consideration, Wednesday, at the snug in the Marion hotel dining caterpillar cab. room, held over until Saturday Later in the afternoon members should be. He carried all sorts of court house, when the county re- morning. of the court returned to their tools and repairs for the open 1909 1 ef committee met. The problem • • • * meeting place to complete routine model and kept it running. A nd' of what groceries should be con- The bill providing an increase in business. It was movtd to ad be wps the talk of the town because I sidered necessary when purchased the counties’ share of the gasoline journ subject to call of the judge. he was an entirely new figure by families on relief was introduc- taxes has made its appearance at The next regular session is set whose very appearance indicated ed. > Those present included: A. A. Any citizen of the state of Ore-‘ Several important hearings are that he was from the city where in- Dunl*»n. David Reid, George Potter, last. It increases the county money i" ,r Mr.rch. gon who, during sessions of the being held this week. Thé labor iquitv and speed and sophistics- J. C. Freeman and Tom Garrett, to >2.000,000 a year. That would I legislature, are given to reading bills in both house and the senate tien flourished. ! chairman. * * - increase the allocation to each coun the brief reports of bills introduc will be given their first public air Well, he 's new working for the ty by 26 per cent over the amount. ed must have felt this week that ing and a large group of those ' urir industvy in Portland and he there were storms blowing in the who labor and those whose market After passing the lieutenant-gov remembers well the days when he minds of the legislators as severe has been stopped by labor will be ’vss driver of the first automobile, ernor resolution by a vote of 32 to as the one that whipped around the on hand, snow or sunshine to give 25 the House defeated an attempt | to go over many of the road's of UniVCFSlty their views on the subject. In fact corners the same day. to reconsider the vote and sent the —Delmar A. Smith of Wasco, sen- ?rstern'Oregon. demonstrations are being managed There is some consolation in the measure on over to the Senate. If; ¡or in chemistry at Oregon State Strains of “Sweet Adeline,” “Bull by both sides of the controversy. that body puts its okeh on the r e s-} college, ha«-, been pledged to Tau Frog on the Bank,” and other old old saying that “Man proposes and The erosion bills that permit the God disposes.” In this case indi olution the voters of Oregon will Beta Pi, national honor society in I favorites, sung with all the “min- formation of erosion control dis vidual legislators propose but it again have a chance to exp-ess engineering. George Short of Frec- I ors” pnd harmony of bass and ten- tricts is in the hands of the erosion their opinion on the issue—for th e , weter, president, announces, i orr. v/ill once again be heard on takes a majority of ninety of them and flood control committee. The and the governor to dispose. It is fifth time in 25 years. . j Membership in this honorary the University of Oregon campus. bill is in better form than when ! fraternity is composed of upper- Formation of a men's glee club not probable that the legislature After several days of coal short first drafted and will come nearer will vote to give an award to writ . Representative Bennett, Newberg classmen In engineering, selected has been announced, the first of age in Moro when prospective cus to doing what is wanted from it. ers and« musicians, that it - will attorney, serving his first term In on a bam of qualities of manhood, such organizations in many years. tomers received only a shake of ., A resolution to let the people abolish those who examine into re the legislature, nominates between practicability and scholarship, be •he head from dealers, a train from, It will . . directed by Hal Young, i„ lief cases, or that it will do very vote on a constitutional amendment the north arrived Tueeday n ig h t P'oferaor of voice and nationally his hqme and the capital city every “ many, of the peculiar things asked to give egch county a representa- with fuel for local firaf,- - tenor’ _m u_ ° f it. .: _ _ • • ; tive is finally drawn and in the Trainmen report that little diffl- . "ew There is *aft” effort being made hands o f-a committee. The culty w e. encountered on the trip" * A” °° “ ted by what seems to be a majority to that simplifies the procedure of Daisy Bevans, Clackamas county - . from Biggs, though a few drifts Students. hold to «the tule that no bills can getting Refunds-on gas tax pay in the Klondike vicinity made work bcjntroduced after the first twenty ments is through tl|e house and in pretty gtrl pictures in c garotte J Eugene—A high school text book for the train which was assisted WEATHER FOR THE WEEK » "' ‘ d a y s.‘ Thus, the lack of heat in the senate. advertising. - .___ • V j on present economic geography bv a pilot plow. No attempt w a g ,n m r There was snow in Salem Sun / MAX. MIN. PKRCIP fhe armory, where the house is . The predicted eleventh hour del- jj prepared in the near future made to go farther couth, as only j an meeting* and the heavy snow /in day and Monday morning there .00 24 . .4 4 ...... uge of bills materialised Monday ■ fta| e p in n in g board and a rotary can do anything with the}. %«« ‘z9 the valley, caused a postponement were a number of absenses among ... ?o .. 7 .06 when 43 new measures were dunip- board of, higher educa- deep snow drifts north of- Grass! „ 3 > of tho dead4 line a few days, but members.' Twenty seven inches ot 10 -10 .. .00 ed into the House hopper. And then ^ on vr)iume will be written Valley, it wa’s reported. Arriving the movement to have it put off for wet, valley snow that has been soak 31 ......... . ... 3.. . -14 . .26 to give the procrastinating m em -jfcy expcrtt the gtaffs of the two in Moro about 6.30 p. m., the train ten days was killed. There is a ed with rain is hard to move from . 24 -2 .00 - t bers still more time to get } ot uniz.'J.ions and is expected to be returned later in the evening. Four „ ' feeling that if state departments the highways and many legislators 37 . .. 9 . .. .06 2 ......... bills into shape the House moved Qf vajue to persons outside the errs p^e on the ^ocal sidetrack M ennnot g 't thri? bills ready in the ha'l eight to ten hours Work getting 00 3 . . . t . ..'32 ..18 . its dead line forward to Wednes-i who wish information as with Shaniko as destination. allote l time they can wait for an a few miles to Salem. Trains Total for iHMNÍ « •• e • d • -e. J7 waer late and busses off schedule r (Conttmied <m Page two) S well as students in Oregon schools. other easaion. Range Program Scouts invited Reduces Paymentit0 ^ 2^ Anniversary Fete Per Animal Unit Snow Removal Observed By County Court Farm Allotment Group To Elect On February 20 Former County Speed Demon Now In Portland Relief Commitee Holds Session Bills Coming Before Legislature Discussed By Rep. Giles French Wasco College Man Receives Honors New Glee Gub Train Brings Coal For Hungry Fires „ .. u—-- Economic Geography T C tu^id^bidZ°us:fof Test Planned Official C oubty Paper Few Change« In Practices For Sherman County Farms; Payments Slightly Different Encourage Land Building Sherman county farmers signing 1936 work sheets need not sign again in order to comply with re quirements for receiving payments for soil building practices in 1937, according to LeRoy Wright, county agent, who attended the conference on the 1937 agricultural conserva tion program held at Arlington, January 28. All last year’s signers are thia week receiving letters from the county agent’s office stating the sail depleting base for individual farms. If a farmer has not signed up. and at present 98 per cent of Sherman county farmers have done so, he must notify Mr. Wright by March 1, it is announced. “It seemed best to make some changes in the program for the West to encourage participation in soil building practices,” ’ according to the county agent. He explained that the Arlington meeting intro duced the program that varies from last year. In 1936 a diversion pay ment that averaged $10 an acre ’"¡ftinr ¿ « . g e out of soil-depleting crops. For 1937, this payment wall average about $6 an acre. Howeverdor each acre diverted, an average of about $4 will be set up in the soil building allowance for the farm, and this can be earned by specific practices which will be explained to any one interested. It was poihted out that a fanner cannot receive payment for trashy fallow unless he adopts a soil building practice as well. Some Land Idle It is expected that in Sherman county most farmers will plant a soil conserving crop, or leave some acreage idle, said Mr. Wright. All payments will depend upon the pro ducing index as in 1936, ne explain ed. In all probability the county base will be the same as last year. However, this will be decided at the county-wide meeting to be held at the court house, February 20, when N. E. Dodd, BaJ^er, chairman of the state conservation commit tee, will be present to explain the set-up. .Farms will be divided into two groups; diversion farms which will be in the majority in this county; and non-diveralon farms where there are orchards and vegetable gardens, as the principal enter prise, it is said. 4-H Gubs Serve Their Communities Four-H clubs are literally serv ing, their communities in the pro verbial 1,001 ways, a check of their last year’s activities by the Nation al Committee on Boys and Girls Club Work shows. Histories of 4-H clubs entered in the National Program on Social Progress last year revealed hun dreds of activities which could be grouped under such heads as pub lic presentations, educational pro motion, social service, conservation and recreational improvement Under these heads 4-H groups cooperated with Red Cross, Chamj bers or Commerce, Farm Bureau. Grange, Farmers Unions, Ameri can Legion. Kiwanis, Rotary and Lion’s Clubs, and churches, schools and other groups. t The activity of the youth groups were as varied as the material and spiritual needs of society. Four-H members were found to be cheering the sorrowful, serving the sick, ministering to the poor and im provident, assisting the unemploy ed, providing wholesome passthne occupations, and creating better ¿Om ^ unHy \elatioiizhipa. ” ’ Mattson Reward Announcement Out A notic4*tras received Wednes day by Sheriff C. C. Wilson from the U. S. Department of Justice offering a reward of $10,000 for information concerning the where abouts of the kidnapper of the Mattson boy In Tacoma.
