Sherman County journal., July 30, 1937, Image 1

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Porty Ninth Year No. 39
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Moro,
Fri<tay, July 30, 1937
Official County Paper
Harvesting Starts
s Cut New Drivers Code Fair Board
Liquidation of
Storm Brings
Slowly Since
Wasco Bank
State o f Oregon Threat O f Rain By 13.5 Percent Designed To
Arranges Dates
Unseasonable
Reduce Accidents
Expected In Fall
Threshing is getting underway
from Salem
With
Wasco
Co.
By
Co-operators
“I
will
drive
carefully
a
t
all
/slow ly because of the weather ^and
A n effort will be made to collect Rain Showers
times, keeping hinds on . wheel,
green spots in the wheat. Opti­
News o f the
M l » •
.
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the outstanding indebtedness of the
eyes on road, mind on driving. 1
Shennan County Fair WiB
Bank of Commerce this year, as
Lightning Starts Grass Fire
- will learn, respect and obey the
notices have »been sent out to all
safety rules,”
A id To Farmers Who
Be Held On September
who are owing the bank setting
West of Moro That Fidiw ytn
i Striving to stem the flux of traf­
September
16
of
this
year
as
a
fic
disaster
scourging
Oregon,
thus
Reduce Crop Acreage By
24-25-26 a* Prsneaalj
deadline for final payment of mon­
Wheat Fields For Time;
j will every motorist in the state be-
eys
due
the
Bank.
With
better
'
Announced; Repairs Made
Wanting Soil Conserving C rop**™ 11 an °PP®rtUBity to alii« him-
Light Rains Fall
crops and better prices it is con-'
self with Oregon’s crusade against
sidered
possible
to
liquidate
all
the
Acreage of soil depleting crops 1 death.
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The conflicting dates of the Sher-
on 14,209 Oregon farms that partic ’ The motorist^ “White Cross m»n County Fair and the Wasco assets of the bank this year. Many! An electrical storm that filled the
ipatod in the 1936 agricultural con- Safety Pledge'* bearing the signa- County Fair have been amicably have already paid in full from la st' 8P<«ifications of mid-western thun-
year’s crop and little remains to der storms was heard and felt and
program depressed by an
of the car’sr^ erator, is con-
settled this week and the Wasco collect in comparison to the origi-
avertge of 13.6 per cent, which was tained on a sm a ll red, white and
seeq here Tuesday when a small
accounted for by increase in soil Blue sticker to be attached in the county show will be put on at Tygh nal total. H. W. Champneys, liquida cloud crept up from the west, ac­
c o n se rv in g crops or practices, ac- l°ww> right-hand
corner of the Valley September 17-18-19 while tor, is now living in Wasco instead
cording to the final summary of windshield. It will signify
the the Sherman county fair will be of Moro to facilitate the Bank of companied by lightning and trund-
■ er, loud enough to scare the timid,
the 1936 program submitted by driver’s sincere intention to drive held on the days advertised which Commerce liquidation.
« to r s however, d„ not hold to this
and set the brave to wondering on
N.
C.
Donaldson,
secretary
of
the
«*fely.
view declaring that other factors 1 1
I -J I C C l V I I l C a l
will be September 24-26-26. A
its possible effects.
State
AAA
committee,
to
the
re-
n-j
—
b .ve operated to eliminate McCol-j John A. Kuks, who was a res! cent conference held at Oreogn j -■ 8 Asked To S jp i
cavalcade of Sherman county peo­
Light and power were shut off
f
8PCfi'a *u the fa<
he is dent of Sherman county for many State college on compiling recom-j The pledge (s sponsored by the ple will go to Tygh Valley Satur­
several time« during the day and
n tn T 1 Wlth? he U lnt of a private years before moving to Portland,
evening and the local crew were
Oregon Statp Motor association and day of their fair and take the IMoro
utility as a former attorney for the died last Wednesday in The Dalles mendatlons for the 1938 d e g r r m
band witr them for the day.
kept busy changing fuses. No,per-
This
is
considered
an
excellent
show
other
safety
leaders
as
a
part
of
W hihrn^ OJue<CnoPoWer 5omP*ny- after suffering a heat stroke on the
Near average crop prospects, ious damage was reported although
Which of these two schools of Wspinitia cut-off earlier that day. ing in view of^the lateness of the the traffic safety program of edu- Programs Ready Soon .
with
food crops somewhat more a grass fire was started west of
season
when
the
1936
program
was
cation,
engineering
and
enforce-
thought is correct only time will
-
»
Arrangements are pretty well promising than feed crops, is the Moro on the slopes of the Des-
teij
.
Mr Kuks was on bis way from announced. A much wider partici- ment.
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'
i b*8 present home at Milwaukee to pation will be shown in the 1937
Motorists will be asked to sign made for the local fair as the pro­ general agricultural situation in chutes river which swept up the
Lusk who will take up his new his ranch southwest of Grass Val- program, he said, even though th e ; the pledge only with the under gram is already contracted for and the United States at mid »July
UH and burned three or four acres
hi 7 8t ° ni
1 a8118UCce88Or t0 ,ey when he was overcome. Pass percentage shift from soil deplet- standing that they will accept as only the concession features remain indicated by a report just released of Bud Powell’s whef t before niegh
J U " pamPBell. will be the ers by took him to the hospital
mg crops may not continue at the the pledge outlines, their clear-cut to be definitely settled and this will by the O. S. C. Extension service. bors could get it put out. About
st Democrat to grace the su- where he succumbed.
fifst t year rate.
‘duty to conserve life and prevent be known in a few days according Considering the somewhat reduced 160 acres of grass land were re­
preme bench in this state since the
He came to this section of Ore Range Program Included
. Buffering and injury with every to LeRoy Wright who is secretary numbers of livestock, the feed sup­ ported burned over.
retirement of O. P. Coshow in Jan-
ply is expected to be about ade­
, means in their power, the safety of the board.
Little Damage To Wheat
uary, 1931. In fact Democratic goh at an early stage of its de
The premium lists will be ready quate in the country as a whole.
velopment
and
lived
here
until
The
statistical
summary,
which
leaders
aver.
supreme court justices have been
Despite some improvement in
A rain came Sunday night af­
Three out of five fatal vehicular f®** distribution this week unless
few and far between in Oregon about thirty years ago. Through includes more than 99 per cent of
steady industry he became the the participating farms7 shows aa ccid en ts.a re caufed by some nag- unforsaen circumstances prevent, crop prospects compared with a ter a brief storm and several spots
history^ most of those who have
served in that « p s c ity re« h in »
of Shen~ " total of $1,905,408 having been paid licence of the man behind the and exhibitors will be able to work month ago, the general farm price in the county were well dampened .
fkmU
A
U
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county
farm
land.
to croperators in the program fori wbeeL the motor association points out their exhibits before the be­ level in the whole country and in at that time. Tuesday’s rainstorms
their position through appointment
Oregon appears not to have con­ wet nearly «11 of the county hut
The
funeral
was
held
in
Portland
carrying
out land diversion and soil' out- To motorists desiring to lend ginning o f the fair.
rather than through election. Cos­
tinued
during the past few weeks in some places the rain was light.
Saturday
with
interment
at
River­
building practices. Of this amount their support in the"battle against Good Rodeo Promised
how, the last Democrat on the su­
the decline which was apparent Brief showers o f ten minutes were
view cemetery. His widow, May, approximately $263,000 was paid!this needless toll, the pledge will
preme bench, was first aDpoihted
three sons and two daughters sur­ out under the range improvement Be available throughout the state,
Rodeo preformers will come to during April aiA May. Farm going on all afternoon and until
by Governor »Pierce in January, vive.
program. Total expenses deducted at offices of the motor club. Here’ Moro directly from Pendleton prices arc generally considerably mid-night.
1924, to succeed Justice Lawrence
from the sum distributed, to care
can be obtained at the office of where they will take part in the ligher than a year ago, being sup­ , Damage to wheat and cut hay
T. Harris, resigned. In the gen­
this newspaper, * the Chamber of Round-Up. The
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horses and riders ported by substantially higher con was not considered heavy as the
eral election that year he was re­
amounted to $127,319, or consid- Commerce, and any official appoint*-1 have both been contracted for to sumer purchasing power.
showers were so short and the air'
turned to a full six year term on
remained
warm. The wind also
erably
less
than
1
per
cent
of
the
ment
of
the
Oregon
State
Motor
aPP®>r
on
the
now
settled
dates,
Prewar
Reached
the bench. That same year Martin
association.
*
aided drying. It is probable that
total.
The fact that they ware also to ap-
Pipes, another Democrat, was ap­
The decline in the general level the wheat will be bleached in some
P®*r at tka. Round-Up was one of
pointed to the bench to succeed
>2 Percent In
of
farm prices during April and fields where the rain was heaviest
the conditions that caused the
_
_______ t (Mormon crickets have been found
Justice John ____
McCourt,
deceased,
May,
without a similar decline in •nd it is certain that some farmers
change
in
dates.
but served only for a few months. in Sherman county. County Agent
Donaldson estimated that, con-,
farm
costs,
resulted in a decline in will find weeding necessary again. •
Funds
have
been
provided
for
sideringthe
sign-up
under
the
1937*^
The only democrat to -be elected to Wright discovered some on the
the
index
of
farm purchasing pow
the purses for the important races
to the supreme court in this state R°in t . near the Gorman schoo program, totalin g 36,421 woi*k
-
er
of
approximately
8 per cent ------ ----------------- ..I r „— —___—;—x-----------—
and horse owners are getting their
in the past 50 years, with the ex- house and Wednesday morning he sheets with the tocal crop land in
stock in shape for the Peter Quick since January, as measured by the
ception of Justice Coshow who had and Wendell Balftiger found a few the state as shown by the 1934
futurity, the Sherman County Der- ratio between prices farmers re­
the advantage of a previous ap-
them on the west side of the census, approximately 93 per c e n L _
hy and the Free-For-All, which ceive for farm products and the
pointment, was Alfred S. Bennett cotn*ty in Peters A Ginn's field of the crop land la represented In
Will
be the features of the race pro­ -prices they pay for commodities
whose term began on January 7,
crickets on the east side of this year’s sign-up, even only about!
used in production and living. The
gram.
65
per
cent
cf
the
actual
farms,
j
1919 but who tired of the strenu- tbe county were larger and more
John Kaaeberg left for Portland
June
index of purchasing power of Thursday after staying in Sh er-f
ous grind after less than two years ne*rly developed than those on the as recognized by the census takers,
One hundred and twenty-eight C1,ute8 Chiinged
farm products stood at 93 per cent man county long enough to find
experience and resigned on October we8t sidc and therefore larger but have signed up.
Sherman
county
farmers
have
solv-
At
Vh«
u
j
of
the prewar average, compared out what the wheat was making on
6, 1920.
undoubtedly of the same variety.
♦d th e.r f.rm fi„ancine p n « em.
*£
. T 1*,"1'
with 101 at the high point in Jan­ his farms here. On the place farm­
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Crickets have been a danger to
with cooperative mortgage loana I rhri t i o W’ S
^jee an9 uary, 1937.
ed by Everett Watkins Soft Feder-
and special com m iaaif^ r l « ” l Chr,aty
wel1 kn0™
The state forestry department is cr°Ps
Baker, Union, Lake anc
The report, which is available etion is making 14 sacks or 32
hot on the trail of the careless: Klamath counties this year anc
riders,
who
appear
at
many
west-
through their local farm
from county agricultural agents, bushels, about twenty five per cent
asscciations and the district U n S h?r , es' h°WS With th“ r tr,ine<1
smoker, described by J. W. Fer- some thousands of dollars have
contains much detailed information more than was estimated when
guson, state forester, a« the worst Been spent in poisoning them. They
bank of Spokane, according to in
on farm prices and market« outlook
menace the department has to con are sa*d to lay their eggs on high
u s 8 will
Smut vs still fcuch a big prob- formation from the Farm’ Creditk . T ew
- W c cn“^
W1" be 1 built ao that for numerous commodities, includ- harvesting first started. Sacks are
tend with. Of 128 fires in Oregon barren knowlls and the young ones lem in the wheat growing sections! administration, Spokane, this week b“C,k?ng wl11
done 1 m the center j ing wheat and rye, corn, oats and weighing 145 pounds. No other
yields have been reported but some
forests up to the middle of July, come out in the spring and sum-
thav aPProximately one TBe amount of their loans totals tra c k he w aren*
hich Ju ?tead ° f °n th! bar,ey’ potatoes, truck crops, frui
Ferguson joints out, 33 were set mer with voracious appetite for all third of the wheat that reaches th e 1 $928,625.
i a<k which wdl remove some of | nuts, hops, flax, hay, pastures, farmers have expressed them­
bv careless smokers, 24 were g owing things.
the danger that has been experien-1 hogs, milk, and eggs and chickens. selves as being pleased with re­
market is docked more or less be­
sults. Mr. Kaseberg says his grain
ped heretofore and is expected to j _____________ _
traced to logging operations. 18 to,
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cause of it. Because of prevalence Ivoans Cooperative
was
very short.
make a faster moving program LICEN8E ISSUED
of this disease, no new wheat is
brush burning activities and 16 to n
x _ ll
111>
1
Land
bank
loans
are
made
on
I
lightening. Campers, incendiarists V O U I l t y H e a l t i l D O a r d
possible
A
new
judging
stand
will
A
marriage
license
was
issued
I
now released from the Moro or
cooperative basis out of funds be constructed that will take up Thursday by county clerk Joe
and miscellaneous causes account'
__
Pendleton branch experiment stati- a obtained
from the investing pub-|
for the remaining fires.
tions unless it shows marked re­
less
space
than
the
old
one
and
Truitt
to-fcloyd
Laverne
Royse
of
sistance to all known forms of lie. The local farm loan associa­ allow a better view from the grand Wasco and Esther Leona Missman
tions indorse the mortgages theyi 8tand-
of Iowa.
Consolidation of smaller schools,
At a meeting of the Sherman smut without being treated.
The recently distributed Rex pass upon and approve for their I
eoualization of taxation and more County Health Association held wheat
U »
r« ? Sto„t to sm uÌ ! S
ÌY " “
1* " ' \" d th’ di”
By Earl Snell.
adequate school supervision and re- Wednesday night at the court
but
even
it
is
not
recommended
f
o
r
i
î
f
1
Land
Bank
“
“
the
»««oc»-
not recommended for
lief of property from a part of its bouse the constitution and by-laws
I recently commented upon the
By tion-guaranteed mortgages as se
present heavy tax burden were wer® adopted with a minor change, seeding without treatment.
hazards
of night driving, and the
curity for bonds sold to private
urged by county school superinten- No more meetings will be held un­ treating it, growers may escape
difference in the ability of various
I
investors
in
all
walks
of
life.
dents meeting in Salem in their
the annual meeting which will smut losses, however.
people to face blinding headlights,
annual conference this week. The Be held in September as the mem-
Interest Rate Low
taZw ’ iu
8ea8°" wl!enJ * thin* Gf having a test of the water at! consideration on the part C*f ^rtv^
educators also went on record as Bers will be concerned with harvest
Due
to
the
sale
of
a
recent
issue
d^or snortP
^ 7 5 Gut the. P°int
which you expect to ers, in order that due considera-
favoring the establishment under duties until that time. A program
. . E L If y °“
not indulg- swim and at a time when bathing tion he given to the safety of
of Land Bank bonds bearing 3 pei
state regulation of a bureau or of ^ork for the winter will be
Some recent tests ^how-
cent, interest, the local association ed m the sport mdoors it is all the place . is , being used, there is no - 1 others.
teacher’s agency for the dispensa- ready for approval by then and the
-
recent tests show
more
alluring
but
thereby
hazard
are*now
able
to
close
new
first
tion of accurate information re- association expects to become ac-
way of knowing definitely of the the American Medical Association
ous. Swimming itself is a very
garding the Qualifications of appli- tive with the start of school,
A State Highway crew has fin­ mortgage loans bearing the record healthful, enjoyable recreation and purity of the water. There are, in this connection are of interest,
low
interest
of
4
per
cent
a
year
however, a number of points of *nd trace this “night blindness” to
cants for teaching positions.
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ished the job of painting a new i
, .
. . ,
yellow streak down the center o
f
a ««und iba.i. of it should be given the utmost con- observation which will be helpful a definite physical condition. Un­
for I ,ideration- Pools and beaches un- in determining the probable safety ¡til these tests were perfected a
the Sherman highway this week
The loans are
,r e written
wrltte" for
June was the second “million
as long as 34 years, arranged I d?r. ^be direct and constant super- ■of swimming places. A water is p ew weeks ago, this “ night blind-
dollar gasoline tax month” in _
which will give every driver fair so the principal can be systemat I v'8*<)n
guards provide the
Oregon this year. Taxes paid by j Q J
D r iv C fS
warning as to the part of the road ically paid out of farm earnings by I ^rea^est safety. While urging the not absolutely safe for swimming ness” was supposed to be confined
unlesp it is safe to drink. Therefore to people on very poor diets, who
users of- this motor - vehicle fuel
he may
use. wagon
Two trucks
and the
spray
were used
by
*Td.
,,‘he contract period I •’ubli<: 40 P*tr<>ni*« »“P«rvlted swim particular attention should be giv- ate little if any vitamines A. It
duting June swelled the state cof-, Mr. C. M. Bentley, Examiner of little
at>
to the locat,on of the lake or was common in Russia during the
k -
■y. through installm ents on the “amor- ¡"’" h J?0?1* a ? dC817
fers by $1,028,815.76 which was Operators an<4 Chauffeurs, will be the crew.
tization” plan.
| I tension to the need /or
for pools of stream
stream with
with respect
roirutoi fn
W j RT* Medical
M as Ì izxi I « men
mam did not dream
.1____
to zlrainaAMi
drainage j war.
only $12,000 under the all-time in Moro, Thursday, August 6th,
Borrowers
have
an
ownership
in-
nr°Pe^
construction.
(
Unless
equip
and
the
possibilities
of
pollution
that
t|ie
same
blindness
could
ef-
high record set by May collections, 1937, at the Courthouse between BOARD OF EQUALIZATION terest in this cooperative mortgage I
*8 in^uded to provide for the from cities, towns and cottages feet lange numbers of Americans,
according to Secretary of State the hours of 10 a. m. to 5 p. m.,
»MEETING
A
J
,
onstant renewal or recirculation located on its banks. Remember who ate perfectly adequate food,
Earl Snell, who predicts that July respectively, according to a recent Notice: There will be a meeting system and «Bare m the mAnage
of water for Alteration and chlor- that streams may be polluted by
of
the
County
Board
of
Equaliza-I
mt"
t
thr0G*
b
theM*
investment
in
Safety demands that you take no
collections will top those of May. announcement released from the
’nation and unless equipment is drainage from the territory thru chances in night driving. A large
tion
of
Sherman
County,
Oregon,
¡
™
^
*
J
;
aP*ta,J
[t<
>
<*
<
>
*
their
loca1
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Secretary of State’s office.
properly maintained and operated
Federal subsidies for Oregop flax
All those wishing permits or at the Court House, Moro, Ore- associations. The associations ir a pool may soon become a menace which they run. In addition to percentage of accidents occur dur-
turn
hold
a
corresponding
invest­
having safe water a swimmer! ing the dark hours, and much of
growers are now practically assur- licenses to drive cars are asked to gon, on the second Monday in Aug­
to the health and safety of the should safe-guard himself in re- it is caused by blinding headlights,
ment
in
the
capitol
stock
of
the
ed in the opinion of L. L. Laws, get in touch with Mr. Bentley dur- ust .that being the 9th day of
bathers. A swimming pool well spect to a number of other points: Remember that the, parson in the
August, 1937, to publicly examine Land bank and elect their repre­
manager of the state prison flax ing these hours.
regulated and so equipped as to /Never g0 intodeep water unless approaching car may not be phrsi-
sentative
on
the
district
Farm
the Assessment Rolls, correct all
plant. The government is expected —1--------------------
fttrnish a supply of clear, trans** you are a good swimmer.
Ically able to adjust his vision to
Credit
administration
board
of
di­
errors in valuation, descriptions
to pay flax growers $7.50 a ton this
_
parent water at all times repre­
rectors.
.
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Do not go in bathing until one or tbe changes involved in meeting
of lands or other property asses­
year, Laws said. Earlier reports r B F lT IP I’q S f lP A K P A F
sents a greater financial outlay two hours after eating.
from Washington, D. C. , were that r d f m C r b
TO *
*.nd P*88*”«’ • <ar with bright
sed by me, and it shall be the
than an unsupervised and poorly
Do not enter the water if o v e r -P ^ ? * ’ even though you are able
duty of persons Interested to ap­ weather for the week
the subsidy had been cancelled, f A n c o r v o h ’n n
equipped pool. The addded e x ­
~
to do so.
pear at the time and pla£e ap­
Payments to Oregon flax growers V U l l a C I V a U U l l
max .
MTN. PRXriF pense necessitated by the /actor of heated.
pointed
(appearance
Is
by
peti­
22
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yaar u"d®r
subsidy plan
What the actual Oregon farmer
D o n ot d iv . Into „ t o r w ithout
safety will prove to be a profitable
bHniJ?.
t o t t th i*
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e^HHfcted to approximate $37,- on the land thinks about the oper- tion)). All petitions must be made
investment from every standpoint. first detormininr the depth.
IN WRITING and verified by the
24
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9
7
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..72..^ rr .00 - Swimming pools are for recrea­
' 7
ation of the agricultural conserva-
De«ve the water as soon ss you acute sinus or frippe attack may
oath of the applicant and filed
25
....... 95 . . 66
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tion program and what he expects
tional purposes and not for cleans­ first fee] chilly.
.00
(jo thia temporarily.
Two important steps in the new of it in the future was told to with the board WITHIN FIF­
2G
ing baths. Preliminary showers
.........'93 . . 62 . .. .16
Choose
a
well
supervised
swim-
Have your lights properly ad-
state bnildl | nrogram were taken national officials of the AAA and TEEN DAYS from the time it is
27 1 . .
should therefore be provided and raing beach or pool in which every justed, and show every considera-
89 - 6 3... . .01
by
law
required
to
meet.
by tha Ckpitol Reconstruction com- others at ft conference held m Cor-
required. This precaution is neces­ preesution has been taken to main-1 tion to the drivers of the cars you
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Margaret W. Peetz,
(Continued on Page two)
sary in order to help maintain wat­ tain the purity of the water and to meet, if you would help eliminate
(Continued on page three)
'otal for week
County A ssessor.
.27
er of a safe, sanitary quality. Short protect bathers,
| Oregon's traffic deaths
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mism prevails over the condition
1 of the early spring wheat which is
universally short but said to be
' well headed. The later wheat suf-
Appointment of Hall S. Lusk of f«r*d from the hot spell and while
Portland to the Oregon supreme i* ’R of good heights the kennels
court is believed by many to -have are badly shriveled and it is doubt*
cleared the way for appointment ful *f the yield will be average,
of Claude McColloch ,of Klamath
The general opinion is that the
Falls to the federal bench, a post quality of the crop this year will
which has now been vacant for Be
than in 1936 but that the
many months, basis for this be-
will be as much if not more,
lief lies in the fact that Lusk was I -------- ------------ —
regarded as McCulloch's principal « «
< ar i
w*
opponent in the race for the fed-i J O l M A . K l l l i S D l P S
ersljob. Other political prognosti 1
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By A. L Lindbeck
Nearly Twa Million Dollart
From Fffprf Of Hoat
Farm Prices High er
Than Last Year
Mormon Crickets
Found In County
Sherman County
Farmers Using 1
Crop Reported
L an J B ank
Good West of Wasco
Smut Problem
Remains Big One
P 0®6 "FlVerS CailllOt
See At Night
Now Organized
Things to Watch When Swimming
Told By State Health Board
New Line Marks
Sherman Highway
Examiner Coming
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