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About Sherman County journal. (Moro, Or.) 1931-current | View Entire Issue (May 7, 1937)
Forty Ninth Year No. 27 •— Council Votes Music Festival News o f the To Serve Notice at Wasco Has State o f Oregon For AsseStnents Pleasant Day from Salem . The city council at its May m eet-1 _______________ ing Tuesday night voted to serve1 : notice on property owners who i Nearly All of Pupils of County have delinquent street assessments that payment will be expected, soon. Schools Take Part In Musical A total of such delinquent assess Acceptance by C. A . Howard of Features of Day; Large Crowd ments will be mads by the record the presidency of the eastern Ore- er within a few days .and collection of Parents, Friends Attend gon normal school leaves a vancy be started.’ jpew* payments in th e office W superintendent of have been made since 1930,, when public instruction fo r w h ich th ere there was a . general waiving of w already a mad scramble on the I The Sherman county music fes and «f riitiM , « . « . t o r . , Whii.» tival, held at Wasco last Saturday, Governor Martan , haa announced tjiat collections can be made aga.n drew a day of warm sunshine that that he expects to pick the best Many of the property owners have 1 added materially to the entertain man for the jeb—when the time paid in full with the exception of ment features offered by the school comes—regardless of politics it is one or two payments and compara children. Four hundred and eight generally expected that the plum tively small sums will clear their of the school children participated will fall to a Democrat, especially titles. In the program put on by the since several prominent educators various schools which is a high of this ; political persuasion a r e ---------------- ------- perentage of the total. known to be in a receptive mood, t g » , ,. Five Banda Compete Most prominent among those be- K C u d D l l l t H U O l l Ing mentioned l ur the post are Rex) __ ■¡s»a> Bauds from the five major P utnam , city superintendent of r r O f i X a H l Z c UW schools participated in the morn schools at Albany; R. R. Turner. ® ings program, four of them being head of tfie Dallas school system; | Sherman County's rural rehabil- led by Clyde Simpson and one. Paul Jackson, superintendent of 1 itation program completes its sec Wascc, by Evelyn Scott, music the Chemawa Indian school- and ond year under the 'Resettlement teacher of that school. After the J. W. Leonhardt of LaGrande. Put- Administration on April SO with a band concert a series of soft ball nam* prior to going to Albany was total of 3 farm families being serv- games were played at the school superintendent of the Redmond iced under the standard loan pro- grounds and dinners were served schools. He is also a member of gram and an additional 10 fami- by several Wasco oragnixations at the state textbook commission, lies assisted through the emergen- neon., Picnic lunches were enjoyed Tu;ner served as superintendent j cy grant program, acco ding to by school groups as well. of public instruction for a short Milburn A. Stout« County Super time under appointment by Gover-4visor for Wasco, Hood River, and Children Ring and Dance f nor Pierce when J. A. Churchill Sherman Counties. The program in the afternoon resigned to become head of thej Standard loans made to families was varied and included nearly Monmouth normal school. He was without credit facilities for neces- every phase of school musical en also connected with the federal y feed/ seed, livestock, farming tertainment. The Opera house was land office at Roseburg at one tim e, equipment and capital goods necea- crowded with parents and friends and has twice been a . candidate sary to piace their farm on a pro- of the schools; Appropriately dress fdr Congress in the first Oregon ductive basis, are assisting these ed children danced on and off th? district. Jackson was formerly farm families in regaining econom- stage during thb afternoon to superintendent of the Klamath jc security. Practical farm and tunes of well known folk dances Palls schools. Leonhardt. a mem- home plans insuring maximum use and time honored sorigs rang out her of the faculty af the LaGrande of ajj facilities of the farm are f;cm the building as larger chil schools, was the Democratic candi- worked out with each loan. dren in chorouses and glee club: date for Howard's job in the last Loans made in this County total sang. -election, missing the mark by a $2080.00« or aa everaga of about In the afternoon a f'-ee picture margin of 26.000 votes. $650.00, while emergency grants show was given to the youthful . Inasmuch as Howard's resigna total approximately $726.00 to participants and the evening was tion does not become effective un date. Collections of payments due given over to a dance sponsored by til September 1 when he takes over on the three to five-year loans the auxiliary of Wasco. hia new duties it is not expected have excellent with total that the governor will announce of | 140.00 already repaid, his appointment before July or j August. By A. L Lmdbeck * Y MTS Woman’s Club Community Church Here Fifty Years To Hold Banquet There will be power in plenty and to spare for everybody from The annual Mothers and Daugh Bonneville dam in the opinion of ter’s banquet will be held Wednes Governor Martin who returned Sat day, May 12th 6:30 p. m. in the urday from his trip to the national Community Church. Club mem capitol where he appeared before bers please note correct date. the Congressional committee in A yery humorous skit is being support of a cheap rate at the dam prepared by some of the club mem- site for the use of industries that On July 10 the P re s b y te ria n might want to locate there. + Church will celebrate its 50th an- bera and a unique banquet is being planned by the committee. Each nive:sary. Many of the records of member is being asked for seventy Sate Treasurer Holman is taking the first meeting which resulted five cents to defray, the cost of the initiative in a drive for purfica- in the formation of a Presbyterian the dinner and this money must tion of Oregon streams. A meet church in this neighborhood have be left with 'Mrs. Poley or Mrs. ing of all persons interested in been preserved through the years Walter Ruggles by Sunday, May the subject haa been called for the and changes in personnel made by 9th. Imperial Hotel in Portland, Satur time. Worthy of preservation is day morning. The drive hqs the the simple statement of J. M. Mor moral support of the rstate board rison, missionary, whose work of control although the board is caused the Church to be incorpor taking no official action in the mat ated. It follows: ter inasmnch as there is no author * “In November 1886, I a home ity under which the state can act. church« located at Weston. Umatil The library board met Tuesday Holman hopes that the campaign la county, visited that section of will result in legislation requiring East Oregon known as the Grass night and adopted a set of by-laws all municipaltes to make adequate Valley of John Day country for that was presented by a committee provsions • for the disposal of its the purpose of learning the spirit appointed In April by acting pres sewage without dumping it into the ual condition of the people and ident Knighten tc draft such a document. Under the new by-laws most convenient stream. their needs with a view of start member organizations of the libra . • • • ing a mission in case such a work Layng the corner stone for Ore seemed demanded by the condition ry grou0 will appoint directors so gon's new capitol building will be of the community or considerable they will begin office in September an event of June« possibly the first number of people desired, estab when the annual elction will be week of that -month, according to lishment of a Presbyterian church. held. The libarian w illb e an ex- J. A. McLean; chairman of the Finding a goodly number of Pres officio member of the board of di state Capitol reconstruction com byterian families with in a radius rectors. Means of raising money mittee commission. Workmen are of ten or twelve miles and a large for the use of the library were now engaged in pouring concrete number cf people, not professors, dilffiissed at the meeting and in for the fourth' cr top story of the who preferred the Presbyterian creased activity was promised. new building and this work will church and desired services, I de- be completed by The last of this sided at the earliest day practica month when the work of placing ble to open such services. Accord the granite and marble exterior ingly February 1886 I commenced covering Will be started. The cor bi-monthly service in Harmony ner stone laying will be made the school house in upper Hay Canyon. occasion for an impressive cere And a few months afterward I com Work on the bank building has mony attended by high state offi menced holding 'services in the attracted major interest during the cials, members of the legislature school house at Moro. The atten week and' if any business man and other dignitaries. dance and interest increased stead fails to answer his telephone or * • • ily at each place and' in a few his door he may be found watching The federal grant for new state moqths our people in Moro deair the laying of bricks and running buildings will not exceed. ?4;>0,000 ed to be organized into a Presby of concrete by the workers em Governor Martin explained on his terian church. Accordingly in the ployed. The entire inside- of the return from Washington. The gov spring of 1887 a petition was sent building was removed and a new ernor is confident that enough re to the 'Presbytery of Oregon for started on its way to develop lief labor can be found to satisfy the appointment of a committee ment. New floors, new walls, new the government's requirement for to organize the church. The com electric wiring, new windows and mittee was appointed and the 10th even a new outside coat for. the this grant. day of Jqly, 1887 chosen for as tfce building is either proposed or on * * * its way.„_. While Willis * Mahoney has not day for organizing the church.” There are many still in the No information has been given yet taken the public into his *>n- Rev. out Huvnvv with wrw respect to ,__- who will remember ..... ..................... ..... be ... ___ as to who will in charge fidence his goal ^county in the forthcoming political campaignilfllorrison and his family for^they when it opens its the political 'dopesters appear to lived here for many years. Plans doors on May 15 and therefore kaYe him all set fo r.« try at the for an’ appropriate observance ofj many rumors are in the air bn , that subject none of which can be United State» senate. .Incidgntial- the annjvenaqt, are (Continued on Page two) verified. *- (ConÄnuad on twój Library Board Adopts New By-Laws Remodeling Of Bank Progresses Rapidly '.■j.i— i ■■ 'W A S " — — ■ ~ .y 4 i'» — - Plaque in Honor ¡County Court Of Pioneers * Road Unveiled Plans For Bank Race Program Opening Day For County Fair Formulated S Tentatively Made Arrangements for the celebra it : ’X r vL*.c . tion to be held May 15 when the their Wagons Jproased the Des-i C t i z c u b C t t t r t l uh Southern Sherman County • Branch of the First National Bank opens were chutes at this F b c«” was unveitod p . —. < c i ___ ' . Saturday at Stiba by memhsr, Sfc*rm“ planned Wednesday night at meeting of the executive com Wasco County PJbneera association Counties Desire Good Roods mittee of the Commercial dub. A in keeping with 4he policy of that To Connect With Wapinitia Road band concert for the afternoon will organization of ma lung some j be a feature if it is possible to ob historic spot each year at the time tain the band children and in the of its annual mealing. . , . . • x . •even ng at 7:30 a dinner will be d gat on of citizens from th e! g-iy^n <t the hotel In honor of the Louisa Barzce fwr Sherauui county and Mias Elizabeth Wilaonl MU^ end of 11x6 «»’W roet with ) occasion, for Wasco county were chosen to 1 tlle county court Wednesday morn- At this meeting the officials of do the unveiling While Mrs. Peters, Ing and requested that the court | the Portland, hank. who are here president of the association gave give its assent to a program f o n for the °Penin8 will have an op- the dedicatory address, • putting the Barlow trail on the i Pcrtunity to meet the people of the . The plaque is in a stone t h a t lhi« hw*y m»P the state. J. E. county tdl their banking came from the grounds of the old Norton was spokesman for the th® 48 un’ Fort Dalles. It tft located between < * rouP- ' , derstood that E. B. McNaughten the Stiles station and the Deschutes > A petition bearing the names of pre<1 en • Wl 1 be here for the oc ca&ion. river on a bit of grass. truck owners who make regular Men and women are both invited ------------------------J ’ trips to Portland and passenger to attend the gathering and. all car owners who dr:ve over th e 1 parts of the county will be rep ¡Wapinitia route presented tof resented. » i show the traffic that would go over! . the proposed cut-off. The exact i I route haa not been determined but' w. n t. * . the request as made allows for two Winners of t h .S p .l ll « , «>M «t router on. which connect for the county U j. year We th o « w . mic >nd , A plaque/tearing the Inscription ‘‘To Honor tha^Pioneers who with I Winners Of Spelling Contest Announced Immunization Program Now Under Way :»«!>« would connert W .mic with tests given throughout Immunization of children of S E . ~.i. the aurd school S i. tlle Junction ea"t ° f Government term without mi i Z . i e ^ ? u l ^ C“ "P- A “ Vin» Of 27 school age and pre-school age a- children th,. .hr have • f . Z h l T l « - . . d W°UU m* lJ* bttWe •" »"d gainst diphtheria and small pox h r ,-. Z n m u t l " 8 ‘ Portland It w « .fated by the will be done in this county under three from Mor* .po^e.idan, « • the supervision of Miss Althea The-K ent children arej M ary! ‘ ~ Stoneman. county health nurse. Dr. Lou von Brrstel, 3rd grade; Elea- '-Condra • Kent Road Asked nor iioskinson, Ah r « 4 e i Jackie, A further improvement in ioUr Poley will administer the serum. The seneume schedule wui will be follows . von Bo.stcl, 6th grade. From Moro:. ~ oe as as iohows Patty French. 4th ,<r rade; Dorothy ” “"‘y K « t “ d ^ « « V a l l e y at the Graas lill ” 5th grade; Audrey Baker- pOBfed- 71x18 would Provide for a Valley school house, Wednesday, sth o-radp secondary road between Kent and Jurte 2 at 9:00 a. m.; Moro school r ' Condon to intersect the Heppner- house, 1:30 p. m. and 'Rufus and i Wasco road at Condon and allow Wasco at Wasco school house 1 ' ¿ s ' iv- "I1’ | travelers to drive direct to Port- Thursday June 3, at 1:30 p. m. A C I l i e V € I D € I l t D a Y | 0 A lland from that point. It was said Parents who wish their children -is t-X -K . J .t t . P b a t a favorable grade could be immunized for either or both of canyon on these diseases may so signify on a thia aide and up Thlrtymile on the | blank that is being sent out from Achievement day for Sherman Gilliam county side to make a the superintendent’s office this county 4-H club children will be southerly connection between the' week. The cost will be fifty cents held Sunday. May 16, at the Grass two counties. This route will b e, per child. Valley city park. This event is held i investigated further soon. I —---------------------- in order to give an oppoi tunity tor The court agreed to give aid to i the presentation of awards, and' the proposal which for the present pins to the children who have won ■ ' is to have the Wamic short-cut them during the past year. Eith-iput on the highway map of the er H. C. Seymour, state club lea state, der. or L. J. Allen, assistant, w.ll In the afternoon the court visit-' • be in Grass Valley that day to ed the roads of the county and look R c itf ? i T l C C speak on the value of club w o.k,ed over the maintenance program and a representative of the First, and considered some proposed National Bank will be there to a-' changes in roads including the Pursuing plans that have been ward the pins. A picnic lunch will s closing of one road. The bills and be enjoyed at noon by the congre-' regular court docket was handled under way for some months past, gated clubbers- parents and friends, late in the day. representative farm organization and soft ball and other sports may 1--------------------- officials and members of the wheat be indulged in after the program. producing area of Oregon, Wash ington and Idaho met at Walla Walla Wednesday and completed the organization of the Tri-iState Wheat Transportation Council, . Julius Rhuberg. for fifty years a which UL to’ be incorporated under resident of Sherman county, died the laws of Oregon at once, but Sunday In Moro and was buried with authority to transact business Tuesday afternoon in the Michigan in each of the other two «member cemetery southwest of Grass Val states. ■ ley. Services were conducted by Rev. H. H. Fleckinstein from the Many Attend Wasco succeeded in defeating Lutheran church in Grass Valley. The meeting was well attended Rufus again Sunday although both As a little boy hv saw the Danes and all three states were well rep teams showed a greater strength driven out of Hanover, his home resented. A Committee of five, than the week before. The score land, and always remembered the one each from and to represent was 15 to 4 but but a majority of tired soldiets. marching past his each of the three states and two the Wasco runs were made in the father’s farm. He remembered from the area at targe, were elec final innings when Rufus pitchers clearly the days ot 1872 when Bis ted to perfect the details of the were becoming worried. mark sent his Teutonic legions organization and to incorporate it. Batting had somewhat improv against Franoe to win unification These are: J. E. Edwards. Dayton. ed on both sides as Wasco obtain for Germany and the German peo Chairman; Clyde . Kiddle, La- ed 13 hits and Rufus 8. Watkins ple. As part of his early education Grande; J. W. Shepart- Lewiston, who set up a strike *ut recort last he traveled over much of Europe for the three states; and Peter week fanned ten of the Rufus and he retained to the end the im Peterson, Moscow, and Mac Hoke, pressions obtained then. boys instead of nineteen. Pendleton. Wasco Rufus - When he approached manhood Since there are to be hearings Hastings, s Reed, c he came to California where his held soon in connection with al A. Watkins, I ’ Bartelmay, m uncle« M iller/the San- Francisco ready asked for raises in both McKean. 2 McKinsey, I butcher, who became famoua as a marine and rail rates on grain and O’Meara, m Wilson, r part of the firm of Miller A Lux, certain machinery employed by Julius grain growers, the Council will go Wilde, 1 Guilford, 2 was already established. Kirtley, 3 Medler, 1 rode the Nevada hills for stock in • to action at once In Williams, c Brown, s when many of the pioneers of this order to arrange for wanted repre McQuillen, r Johnson, 8 country were breaking their home sentation of the growers of the Watkins, p Jensen, p ties in the east, or in other lands, Pacific Northwest. It is confiden tially expected that a large .d is Substitutes used were: Wasco; and coming acrosa the plains. In 1886, hearing that Carsten trict of Western Montana will soon J. O’Meara, Moorhouse. Richelder- von Borstal, whom fie knew in arrange for membership in the fr. Rufus: Deyo. Germany, had settled In what is Council. Next Sunday Wasco and Grass now Sherman county, :he rode Valley will play a return game. Freight Rates Higher Grass Valley played .with Kent across Oregon. Since then he has lived a major part of the time in It was brought out at the meet last Shnday In a practice game for this county although he has made ing that altho there was about both teams. several trips to his homeland and the same amount of freight hand led in the United States in 1936 WEATHER FOR THE WEEK * to other states. V He a survived ,'by his widow as in 191$, y e t the amount of v MAX. . MIN. PRBCIF DATI Augusta, whb ;,h— lived In Ger freigh t charges paid la st year was .90 many for'thirty years and by a approximately 48% more than the ...........fi».,. 3 4 ____ 00 brother in Hamburg, He was born amount paid in 1916. And judg May 1 . . . . . . 7 5 ... 38 .00 August 22, I860. He was a steady ing from the raises In rates recent “ • 2 ..... ........... 8 4 ... 46 .. .00 reader of books on politics, econo ly granted and a number of reques “ 3 .........1 .^ 8 1 ... 61 ' .00 mics and history, especially the ted ones now pending, there will “ 4 f 2 ... 44 . - .00 early history of the United States be more increase if shippers do and the development of the west, not vigorously represent their in “ ß ............... 60 ' 80 .. €0 with which he was personally ac terests at hearings that are to be ,00 Total for week held next summer. quainted. ' B eheldlnG rajsV slley *<»«*«• N. W. Farmers Organize F or Pioneer Of County W a s c o W in s Buried Tuesday Second Time From Rufus m . * * List of The Various Races Is Given With Purses; Fair Board Expresses Hope That Local Horses Fill Races The race program for the Sher man county fair has been tenta tively made up by the fair board. Changes may have to be made at a later date but it is felt that the following entertainment program will be substantially the one to be yiewed by the fair patrons the middle of September. Presuming that the fair will in clude three days of entertainment this fall instead of the usual two Friday will begin with the boys and g rls peny race, quarter mile, pu. se $30. divided three ways, horses to be*Under fourteen hands and riders under fourteen years. Due to general demand there will be a quarter mile stock saddle horse race, purse $30, to be run with stock saddles and horses to demontrate ability to neck rein be fore entrance. The Peter Quick futurity, a race for two year olds, colts of Peter Quick, government horse stationed here in recent years, half mile, purse $100. This was a featur ed race last year and brought a good bit of interest. Saddle horse race, three-eighths mile, purse $30. Usual rules that have regulated saddle horse races for the past four or Ave years will rule this race and the half mile race for saddle horses, as well.- - ' j; Saddle horse race, half mile, purse $30. Horses in this race and the three-eighths need not be rid den with stock saddles. Chariot race, purse $50. No Sher man county fair program would be considered complete without a chariot race it is felt by the board. In addition to this race program there will be bucking horses and calf riding. Saturday’s program will be sim ilar the only difference being that the Sherman County Derby will be run in place of the Peter Quick futurity. The derby is a three year old race. Those colts that ran in the Peter Quick futurity last year will be eligible as well as oth er Sherman county three year olds. Purse $100. On Sunday, on which an after noon program is contemplated, the boys and girls pony race will bq eliminated and a Peter Quick Con solation will be substituted. This will be Tor the two year old celts that failed to place in the futurity. The purse will be $60. The Sher man county handicap will be run this day which will be open for all horses two or over. The purse will be $100. It is hoped by the board that enough Sherman county -• horses will enteT these races that outside horses can be entirely eliminated. No provision has been made to bring in other horses in the belief that this county can provide its own stock for fair time races. Debt Adjustment J s Service, Says Bailie S. T. Bailie, district supervisor for eastern Oregon, of the Rural rehabilitation service was here Fri day of last week for a meeting of the county board of farm debt adjustment He stated that coun ty farm debt adjustment commit tees are performing a public ser vice in helping farmers and their Creditors arrange settlement of ex cessive debts and in recommending adjustments which will make farm foreclosures unnecessary. “Both sides are responding more readily to the suggestion of an im partial committee. Suspicion and conflict of personalities are absent” said Mr. Bailie, who has an office in LaGrande. WIND H IG » TUESDAY The wind last Tuesday for the entire 24 hours was the second highest Wind the county has ek- perienced in many many years although the intensity at any one time was not as great. The high est wind on record was April 22. 1931 when the east wind blew at a rate of 26.9 miles per hour for 24 hours. The wind Tuesday was at a 24.6 mile per hour rate, .
