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M o r o . O re g o n ;
Sheriff and D.A.
Neats af the
Return From
State
o f Oregon Idaho Friday .
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Win fo il Games
Salem
Sheriff C. C. Wilson and Comity
Attorney Lester Johnson returned'
Friday from Payette, Idaho, where All Teams In Gatmty Get Into
they'had gone to arrest T. ‘A. Ap­
plegate who was thought to have (Action on Secone Sttnday of
-.-A» • • •* ’* stolen the machinery from the
Report» that petition» were in gravel bar near the Maryhill ferry. Season; Watkins Tams in High
circulation asking for the removal M AJer and Stocker were the own­
Strike-oat Record in R t f a Game
of w .
secMtorr to ers of the- equipment.
Governor Martin .do not seem to
Wilson reported that with aid
be well founded. Avery Thomp- of Sheriff Rose of Rsyette county
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The Wasco and Graus Valley
Young Democrat who « a s aa»d to ty they found the wanted man as '■ baseball teams won their game»
he one of the sponsors of the pe­
w«a preparing to bury the loot. ' u . t Sunday when they met •Rufus
titions has denied any knowledge be
He is said to have served three
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of the move and characterized the year, ior robbery haring been « n t ,n d , th' 2?°™ “ C te* m8 resf,et-
report • » ‘‘just newspaper talk.” up from Malheur county.
' tlv®>y- ; T“® Wasco koye. behind
Thompson, known to be allied with
He was traced by the local men ^?®
pitching of Fritz Wat-
the anti-Goeslin faction in _• the
through drivers who had noticed *cins ^eat Rufus by a score of 7
Young Democratic organization
his trailer Toad of machinery and u 1
th® ° ™ M Valley stag-
not only dei/ed any coneection followed to the home df Ws mother g’er8 defeated the Conservationists
with the reported petition move
near Payette. After spending a by an u 3 8Cttre-
but declared that he would refuse
day or two in the local jail he was
Watk ns, ehubby and muscular
to sign one if it should be present­
released on bail of $1500 which heaver fori Wasco, ran up a total
ed to him. Thompson*» attitude was furnished in cash by his
hoots in the afternoon to
Jhai ° * ' mother Trial will probably be heldi
h’mself the title of local Bob
moat of the anta-Gos.lin faction, i
in a i win prooaniy be new,
u
Feller and make it easy lor his
Even if the reported petition»:1” May,
team
to win. Leniency In the mat-
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should materialize—as does not | ----------
, t«r of giving walks allowed Rufus
seem probable- they would not
team to score although they only
bear any great weight in the opin­ Columbia
• made one hit during the game.
ion of those close to the governor.,
Murderers Row Wine
This is not the first time Gossiin’s
p a ttllS
enemies have sought his •. scalp.,
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The Grass Valley team per­
More than a year ago it was rum- j . A caravan of farmers taNa the
£ med as usual in beating the
ored that he was to be replaced dry land farm ing areas of
C boys hitting the offerings of
by a secretary with more tact and Columbia basin will leave
the
opposing pitcher to all parts
experience in meeting t h e ' public May 11 on a tour of the dry areas
of the
but GoatKn appears tq be ju st as, of Washington to view the ihaO p]91
\ne lot
1012 which is the
, time honored
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« c u r . in b i. Job now «a he w a a 'oda
th . « m i-.rid land. ™ *tom, ° f •ome of *he
d
two y « r . ago and will probably' there,
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continn. to « r v e the - governor, The.
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tlw > « t j M me'
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W* » ^ R'rfus
throughout his term unless a ihore njght
WenMtcbeet Waab^OMr ™
Rufus
attractive Opening appears to en- j fonowing noon at Grand Coulee
Wasc0
tice him away from the governor. • where they win gee the
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Hastings, s •
Wilson, p
.Guilford- 2
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. -iauU later inspect the Douglas c o a » -l^ ‘ Watkins, I
Sixty-five drunken drivers Rad
where disk tiller»? b are’ Kean, 2
Thompson, s
McKinney. m
ears, hi
their licences revoked
been’ used for several y tc r , and*
March, according to reports filed- wìiere
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Jensen, I
farming is done v e r y «ear­
'itichelderfer.
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row ne, 1
with Secretary o f State Snell by ly in accordance with the “
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Brady, r
court» «rar tha state. During the memUUms of the
eónttrmtím» /XUliamSpC
same period IS licenses previously service.
Moorehouse. r
Johnson, 3
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revoked wede reinstated on special
F. Watkins, p
Reed, c
Several car* will be nr the cara­
recommends ton o f the committing
, Deyo and McKinney also pitched
van. Those who wish to go
magistrates. Thirty nine other
this county may get in ito e c h w ith M Rufus.
motorists had their permits sus­ the county agent and make
pended for various reasons includ­
rangements. Two or three ^ ‘ rPteight Rate Rise
ing reddest driving, hit and run,
will be needed for the trip.
speeding and operating without a
vehicle license.
To Be Opposed
By A.JL, Lindbeck /
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Life insurance business written wy
in Oregon during March repre­
sented an increase of 45 percent
ever that of ‘March- 1936, ac­
cording to Hugh Earle, state in*
surance commissioner. The- in­
crease for the entire United States,
according to Earle, was only. 15
percent.
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The Interstate Commerce Com-
t mission will hold a hearing in the
northwest, -probably in July, to
take evidence on the recent tempo­
rary raise in freight rates on
northwest wheat to southeastern
states, according to F. L. Ballard,
vice director of extension at Ore­
gon State college, who with Solon
Lighted highway, for Oregon j Twelve Contottanb
X White, director of agriculture-
are only a dream of the far distant 4
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recently returned from Atlantic
future in he opinion of R. H. Bal- Speak for Foffr Schools
-City,
where they represented this
dock, state engineer. . Baldock s
•tâte at the hearing conducted
comment was made in co n n ectio n --------
there. The Oregon and Washing­
with a rep®**. ^ntem platinc^thc ' The E>ecIamatory contest held Fri ton r e p re s e n ta tiv e s succeeded in
^ 7 . 6 « . h i g h l y « W » th . Moro gyn m rt™
convincing the commission that a
“po^toud ' . n ? S«i«m .: ‘•">'■«1* «ut . goodly j o w d _ of western hearing is essential to a
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those interested m youthful fofen- full presentation of the case by
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lio-hts fo r such rics. Contestants were judged by j growers and shipprs of the Pacific
stalling ,^ o~ 7 0^
t8mlfle B u t' Mrs. Chisem of The Dalles who haL Northwest. __________
th rt^ o u M * be only a starter.1 served in that c*P*rifcy for the,' An important outlet for north-
Msintenance of such a- lighting; P*®1 four X®*1*8. In the primary J western soft wheats had been de-
would
states
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™ “ t o cost
X T $600
« , : a year 4i?irion she placed Dickie Ovesen, veloped in the southeastern
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Declamations
Chosen Friday
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I of Ruins third.
, ■ j ing c e n te rs. R ecen tly a te m p o r a r y
State traffic police made a total
In the intermediate division advance in rail rates from these
of 1050 arrests during March acT>Mhry kenny of Moro placed first! ports, coupled with a lowering of
cording to the monthly report ofiatfth ‘'Pekdh PIeH a$ th« tHle of rates from the soft red wheat pro-
Chas. P. Pray, superinUn&nb Ap- her declamation. Betty Mae Juhnke ducing areas of the middle west-
proximately one fourth e f the t e a r - (bf Rhfns w s given seeond and served practically to close the mar-
rests followed failure of motor v e -; Shelton Fritta of Kent third.
I ket to northwestern producer
hide operators to produce a drlv-L Thoypyper division contest re-
Ballard reports a potential mar-
era license. In addition to the suited in a victory for Casaie von ket there for some 18 million bar-
a r r e s ts w a rn in g slips were present-1 Borsfrel of Kent with “Kadacut’s rels of northwest flour, which
ed to 10.194 other motorists m ost1 Cat.” Jimmy Coats of Rufus would largely solve the surplus
of whom were caught driving with placed second and Claudine Thomp- problem which confronts ths In-
improper brakes, improper lights «on of Moro was third. Winners! land Empire when foreign export
and for other infractions of traffic w e n given pins emblematic of outlets are not available.
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Registration of foreign cars in clubs of the Moro school enter- W ftS C O 1 C H IU W l I l S
•Oregon during the first three tained with songs and a brief com-
months of the current year shows munity sing was held before
T y p in g M e d
an increase of 20 percent over the decisions,
same period a year ago. T o u r is t --------—------------- 1
The annual typing contest held
at Moro high school Wednesday
wealth nurse coming
. went for team honors to Wasco in
winter since the opening of the, Miss Althea Stoneman will ar the first division. „ In second place
new bridges on that fQUbe.
'rive Saturday, May 1, to take over! was Kent and in the *>third was
the duties of public health nurse'Grass yalley. First year typing
Storm damage during the past for Sherman county. She will re- was not taught in Moro and Rpfus
winter cobt the state highway sys- main three months in accordance this year so they had no one repre-
tem approximately $150,000 ac- W:th the appropriation made last! sented.
cording o R. H. Baldock, state faH by the members of the budget
Individual honors in the first dR-
highway engineer. Biggest single committee which approved the ex- • vision went to Beryl Sheets ol
item $f expense was for ej^ow re- p ein tu re necessary. _____ _____
Wasco who walked away from the
moval following thé Jan u ary stbri£T-- ~ - —i—r-----------
other students. Beryl Sheets was
midp« and washouts also contrib-
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25 words ahead of the rest with
uted to the -hiSh w ,y damage due- FAIR BOARD TO MEET
47 words p**r minute. In the sec­
ing the iiiifrMMl
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k A m eetin g o fth e Sherman coun ond division Moro and Grass Val-
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ty fair board will be held Saturday ley tied for first »place. Anna
Information from the national night at the office of the county Coats of Rufus took individual
honor’ with 55 words per minute.
(ConHnoed tm
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the court house.
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Music Festival
Scheduled For
Wasco Saturday
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Official County
P ap e r
Jury
List
Drawn
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For M ay Term
Will Open Doors
O f Court
Here May 15
j Due to the leasing of thè' bank .
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j > The jury list for the term of
[ building by tha Firet Mattonai 27; ~
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court which will begin May 17 was
i B“i k ofv p" t1* * wh^h w flf op-n K M « , Glee Cinbt, D u cer«
selected this week by the county
a branch here May 15. the HquL
dator of the Baal e f Moro, i T w .1 TVShow Abilities D a r in
cl«rk and sheriff. The following
names were drawn:
Champneys, moved his office and
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J. Pt Yates. Wasco. Oregon| R;
bank funritur« to the rbom in the W y O f Music; All of County
M. Guilford. Rufas, Oregon; S. P.
hotel used by t h i elty ctrtmcfl.
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Boyoe, Klondike; O. L. Belshe,
His scheduU bi days in Moro 5duols To Participate
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Moro;
Cliff Fridley, Wasco; Lester
will be the »am« as it has b e e n ,___
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Barnum.
Grass Valley; A*
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previously and h» wiT be found in
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Striker- Wasco:
Chas. Bullard,
bis n^w location’by those who de­
The 1937 edition of the Sherman v'«« .- v u
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will- be Mor°: E‘ 9 ’ Am,don* MoFQi C U
sire to find him otrhe may be found County Music Festival
hotel!
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Powell,
Moro;
George
Witter,
on the main floor of thf
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M ,y Kefft: F .»k Medler, w « c o ; W. <B.
where h e has aV office.
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Hom,r Bice. Moro; R. W. Rnk.rton, Moro;
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Tb* " u*!<:c’ ™ Victor Anderson. W .« o ; J. T.
X r fL in
Johnson. Wasco; A. W. Schilling,
Forrester Horses
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£ f 3 , * i Mo°*“ ' Grass V .Il.y; D c e y Thompson,
. v V* , r w ? »•">; F ~ d Krusow, G r«s Valley .
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*nd *rk M‘ ' Arthur Chri.tl.nson, Moro; V.rn
Bring Good Prices
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; Shipley- Grass Valley; Roy Tiller
from Wasco. Rufus, Grass Gnug Valley; M G Melaerf Moro.
A horse may ^ »considered
museum piece in some parts of
and ^oro will compete in L. E. Clark. Grass
vj «®=. s
Valleyi nu.nnu.
Aurelius
t h . United Sthta. but good
“ ora*"«J*«1
*»“ « » " « ’ Dourn., Moro; C. R. B«k.r, Grass
mens still bring a price to t h o s e ' W he played to .nU rtain th o « v>lu.
John McCiure Wasco;
interested. WitM«s the public sale
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.«riou a orgamsatlons. Theodl,ri von Bo„ tel. Gr„ , V ll.
of horses held at the Charley For- i At n®°" • P‘' h,c
" " T : ley; E. R. B a n ... Moro; Thomas
rester ranch southeast of Grass “ w ?h1Jtab1®*. placM *» the old Barnett, Grass Valley; P. C. Axtell
Valley last Friday. The top team- j Crossfield building.
Moro.
a well matched pair of bays. Varied Program Manned
brought $750 from-Dickson who
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took them to Prlfiev’ille. Note fur-
In the afternoon the differentC n i i n f v
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ther the price of the. second team, schools will give various musical
MVII U C j r l C U ll g
a pair ef black ifipres almost iden- numbers which will consist of rin g-ilk ~
tical in appearance: $450. Theming, dancing, rhythm bands. h a r -* D a S v S V O I l i p i l v G
average price paid for th. sixteen monica playing and choral ringing.1
>oj| d. letin Munt b„ e8
head of horses whs $173 and this ( The music director, of J i e schools for th„ 193? BJrUu,iar>1 M'n K n , .
included those sold for less than! will be in charge of this part of tion program have been reviewed
$100 because of age or lack of it.' the program.
and compiled by the state AAA
Mr. Forrester will leave in a few! The events will be held in the
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committee for Oregon »nd were
days for Goldendak where he has Opera house this year instead of
W lahlnfton for firu|
purchased a farm where he will on the street ae has been the
i approval late in April. r«
In compjl-
not/ need the stock and equipment tom for some years. Windy wea- . ing the bases the committee worked
sold.
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- “ ! tber or the fear of It is given as with two representatives of he
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J western regional AA1A office, who-
after completing the task in Ore­
gon went on to Washington and
Idaho to . work with those state
committees.
Comparatively minor j change!
were made in the totals submitted
Thè Harland View grange open by the 36 .county committee«, ac-
meeting for ' a discussion of the cording to N. E. Dodd, chairman of
, weed situation and methods of con- the state committee. County corn-
trolling them was held last F ri-, mittees hdd made adjustments
- day night at the hall in Hay Can-. caused by changes in crop or prac-
yon. Wilford Belshe arranged the tice elasaifiention before the list-
Liberal Terms of Purchase
; program. Dewey Thompson tola ¡ng sheets were submitted to the
j of the spread of weeds throughout ’ state committee.
Encourages Fanners
1 the county and the probable cost, Final approval of the new base«
to the farmers through noxious, ¡B expected early in M4y and as
weeds and the control of them . soon as this is received th« figures
Out of the ranks of approxi­ , D. E. Stephens spoke on the meth- j will be reported to the counties to-
mately 2000 Oregon boys estima­ ods of controlling or eradicating gether with tho adjustment in
_ weeds and the loss of crops from j county productivity rates.
te to be coming of ag« this year,
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President E M. Ehrhardt of the the growth of w
Land bank a t Spokane believes 1 C. P. Adams and Claud Thomp-
larger number than' heretofore:
were «>»*» «“ >imm«rts to
p k p b a h
will adopt farming as a career b e -!of , ‘* te *nd "»«onal leffulaBon I W O C K d U U l H F K l
cause of the improved outlook for
weeds. r « p « tiv e ly . Mr, _
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“ r- Thompson critl C o b V e n t l O n H e l d
More Young Men Hwtand View Cringe
Locking for Farms HeanWe^ KwriBM
Says Banker
that more young farmers and t e - '
rnOlutipa ^on th«
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ground
that
the
weed problem _
nant farmers are determined to
acquire a place of their own while well as other farm problems could
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the present favorable opportunity only be settled satisfactorily by tbe
farmers
themselves.
He
stated
prevails,” he declares.
“The depression almost put a that farmers have a duty toward
halt to normal farm purchasing the land that gives them their More Lodge Designated As
by young men and tenants, but the livelihood and it is their personal
Rests For Next Meeting
Land bank- which loaded more respohsibllity to keep it free of
weeds.
Howard
Belshee
grange
than $25,000,000 to Oregon farm­
„ Ths Rebekah district convention
ers during the rveent emergency Master, joined in the sentiment ex­ was held in Grass Valley Thurs­
pressed.
period to refinance old indebted­
A late lunch and entertainment day April 22 with members of the
ness, is now tackling the addition­
Rebekah lodge« of Moro* Wasco,
al problem of farm ownership for features closed tfte M^etfag:
Kent and Antelope as well as
the thousands of boys who come of -------- 1----------- 7^
Grass Valley the hostess lodge in
age each year.’’
attendance.
Mr. Ehrhardt pointed out that Sunshine Succeeds
Mrs. T. M. Rolfe, convention
more liberal terms for farm purch­
preaident presided.
asing were made possible by the Showers Suddenly
Mrs. BsteUa OE Weed o f ‘Rose
farm credit act of 1935 which
City lodge. Portland, president of
Sufishine and wind haa been the the Rebekah Assembly met with
authorizes first and second mort­
gage loans by the Land bank com- lot of Sherman county for the past the lodges.
missioner for this purpose. A com­ week although th« wind has not .There was much visiting and re­
missioner loan, usually made as a been constant nor quite so har<t as newing of friendships so this, to­
supplement to a regular coopera- some of the old timers can remem­ gether with the more serious mo­
t've I and bank loan, enables the ber.
ments of the convention resulted
farmer to borrow up to 75 per cent Winter wheat is making a fair ia a very- enjoyable afternoon and
of the appraisal normal 1 value Of
““ growth although few fields show a evening meeting.
the property to be purchased, if uniform stand* Most of them be­
The Masonic hall was used for
other factors are favorable.
ve the
ing spotted with areas where the the afternoon meeting to
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wheat did not come up or was Grass Valley ladlsa time and space
killed by worms. Spring wheat is to prepare the banquet In the Odd
WASCO UNIT INVITES
gaining on the earlier sown crop Fellows hall. T. M. RoKe was
The Wasco unit of the American and is expected to make a larger toastmaster - at tne banquet at
Legion Auxiliary will be hostess yield in most places than the win­ which appropriate talks were giv­
to the units of Moro and Kent at a ter wheat because of a season more en by the members from the diff­
one-thirty luncheon at Fraternity favorable to it, fewer weeds and erent lodges. Gerald Kelly treated
hall Wednesday, (May 5. Mrs- better stands. Plowing is getting everyone to some accordlan music,
Lloyd Jones of Sherwood, state pretty well along despite the slow Readings were igven by Francis
president of the Auxiliary, will be start but it will be several weeks Wells and L*roy Spoor. Frank
the guest speaker for the occasion. before all the stubble is turned Sextort sang at the bynquet.
Initiatory degree was pût on by
under.
Lupine Rebekah lodge of Moro.
WEATHER FOR THE WEEK
N«w members are Margaret Mots»
* MAX. MIN. PHBCir PRINCIPAL BUYS HEIFERS
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ley and Myrtle Helyer o f Kent;
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John Jenkins, principal of the Esther Peugh, Iona Evans and
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Rufus schools, was at Tygh Valley Hugh Matheson of Waaco and
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Tuesday to purchkse three head o f , Edna Kee of Grass Vslley.
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Shorthorn heifers with which he i The elective officerrfor the 1988
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will start a herd of purebred cot- convention which will be held in
tie on a farm he has leased near; Moro are Naomi Van Gilder prea-
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Rufus. \ He was accompanied Oh ident; Lena Brock, vie« preaident;
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the
trip by County Agent Leroy Florence Johnston, secretary -tre-
.co
Total for week
Wright.
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asurer.
lo Grass
Work of Remodeling Bank
Building Going on With Many
Changes Planned; Modern
Institution Goal of Bank
Announcement wag made this
week that the First National Bank
of Portland would definitely open
a branch in Moro May 15. It will
be known as the Sherman County
Branch according to E. B. Mc-
Naughton-. president of the Port­
land intltsution.
Work was started by H. E. Endi­
cott and a crew of men Wednesday
morning on the bank building
which will be remodeled to house
the new branch. Plate glass will
be installed on the southeast and
northeast sides of the building, a
new concrete and tile floor will be
laid, a new finish will be put on
the walls and all partition« will be
torn out before the job is done and
every effort will be made to make
a modern looking bank out of the
building. It is probable that the
outside of the building will be cov­
ered with stucco before the work
is ended.
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Bank Wanted Here
Meetings were held last week
in the towns of the county and
Shaniko in Wasco county to give
representative« of the bank, Mr.
Courtney of The Dalles 'anifr’C, B.
Stevenson of Portland a chance to
meet the citizens of the district
and determine the demand for
banking facilities here. Petitions
bearing the names of a large num­
ber of residents of this county
were sent this week asking that a
>>raiy»h be established here.
George Updegraff, president of
the local Chamber of Commerce,
announced today that plans were
being made to hold a public cele­
bration the opening day In honor
of the event. Officials of the bank
will be invited to come from Port­
land for the occasion and a dinner
will be given at the hotel that eve­
ning if present plans mature.
Mr. McNaughten will give out
the names of the manager and
other personnel of the new branch
at some later date he said.
Moro Scouts Honored
In The Dalles
Four Moro
were advanced
to the rank of Secon/ Class Boy
Rlouts, Wednesday ’ night, when
they were passed by the district
court of honor held at The Dalles
in the county house. Linden Mer-
dinger, John Shipley, Donald Mor­
ris and George Martin received
their new badges from William
Johnson. Portland area field ex­
ecutive.
In order to become eligible for
the awards the boys had previous­
ly' been examined in 12 different
tests which included such achieve­
ments as first aid. fire building,
cooking without utensils- thrift,
tracking, signalling, Wednesday
night The Dalles board of review
interviewed the candidates and
placed its stamp of approval on
their work.
Scoots from The Dalles, Mosier
and Goldendale increased the num­
ber of candidates for various a-
wards to 15. Some became Second
Class scouts, while others received
merit badges, and the ranks of
Stay and Life scouts. Scoutmaster
Clyde Gillmor was Sn charge of the
local delegation. Parents includ­
ed 'Mr. and Mrs. I. R. Morris, Mrs.
Clarence Mersinger and Mrs. Tom
Douma.
Liquor Sales
Figures Given
Of the $7,468,777.90 worth of
hard liquor sold by the Oregon Li- _
quor control commission during
193« the agency at Moro reported
sales of $7,691.65. The «geney at
Heppner reported sales for the
year totalling $25.616.05; Condon, %
$21,053.10; Arlington, $d7$».10,
and Fossil. $15, $15,708.30. ‘Pro­
fits of the liquor commission for
the yeqr from the sale of hard
liquor totalled $1,543.068.30 while
net profits from all divisions, in­
cluding licensing of breweries, im­
porters and beer parlors amounted
to $2.426.086.40.
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