Sherman County journal., August 13, 1937, Image 1

Moro, Oregon,
Friday, August 13. 1937
Potato Digger
Morning Glory
Destroyer
Kent Robber
Sentenced To
Two Year Term
County Fair
Judges Picked
By Board
Official C ounty Paper
August Work of Slow Harvest
County Court
Caused By
Reported In Full
COUNTY COURT
PROC B ED - Green Wheat
Miss Sophia Robertson of Pen«
LeRoy Wright returned from
dleton is here to make a survey of
T ■*
' Union Friday afternoon after
_ INGS, August Term, 1937 ___
historical records of Sherman coun­
.-d'-
.' attending a conference of county
August 4, 1937 being the time
Paul Quintit Sent To
Changes In Seating
ty. County, city, school and jus­
June Rains Sends Up
agents a t the station there. Weeds
for the regular term of the Coun­
tice of peace records will^be cata­
ty Court for Sherman County in
Penitentiary After Confessing and methods of control ■ wan the
Arrangements Pondered By
Suckers That Endanger
logued and listed in the report
subject of the meeting. Mr. Wright
the State of Oregon, The Honor­
which will be made a part of a
reports
that
the
recent
report
of
able
County
Court
did
on
said
date
To Robbery; Sentence
Board Since Change In
Crop When Threshed;
general survey of Oregon. All state
the station there that morning
meet in the County Courthouse at
records will be catalogued and sent
glory was controlle4 and actually
Moro, at the hour of 10:00 o’clock
Began Thursday
B o ein g Location Is Made
Yields Higher Than Expected
to Washington, D. C.
killed by use of a rpd weeder and
a. m.>
Miss Robertson 4s anxious to in­
Sentence was passed on Pauifpotato digger jg^xorrect. The
The following being present: — - Harvesting is still being delayed
Judges foe the exhibits at the
Appeals to the supreme court by terview pioneers of the county or Quintin Wednesday afternoon byI ground was tilled fourteen times
in some sections because of the
county
fair
have
been
choaen
by
Geo. A. Potter, County Judge
old awl J. H. Campbell, those who have stories of histori- Circuit Judge Carl Hendricks of during the summer and a- heavy
N. J. Arnold
green
spots in the wheat and the
Reid, County Commissioner;
operator- of th es< . devices, were 1 cal value or books or diaries that Fossil who gave the confessed rob* stand of winter wheat was sown the board. Three men and one David
A. A. Dunlap, County Co mm is- |
wheat
»uckered up from
dropped this week and restraining j tell of local history in early days, ber two years in the penitentiary. There was no morning glory in woman will place the exhibits in
.
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missioner;
T.
Lester
Johnson,
Dis-
pooU
afte[
the
r»in.
orders issued by the Marion coun- i She is staying at the Moro Hotel, Sheriff Wilson and deputy Sheriff the wheat and the summer fallow their order of excellence. Judging. trict Atterney. Joe Truitt, County|Thla « raen wheat heavX June
black and
ty circuit court pending the o u t-' The Historical «Records Survey is Toni Garrett left Thursday mom- this year is free from the weed,
horse classes will be Al Oliver of'Clerk.
taints the ripe wheat in the sack
come of the appeals were dissolved. being conducted as a Federal WPA ing for Salem with Quintin.
the animal husbandry department j The following proceeding» werei?i?d
?n'y 8‘
A few days later when deputy Project in each State, and the find­
Of Oregon SU te college. Joe Bal- had at the »aid teim of court:
!‘L J T . ,
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f
sheriffs searched the county for the ings of the writers will be avail-
Paul Wesley Quinton, 27, is in
county zriU X * M
^ i e ^ h « n T n ' d r i1" tbe,.nlatter “f ‘he payment of thre.hing a ^ i n ^ w h ’ e eome7r’
presence of the machines none 1 able to County officials, libraries the county jail awaiting sentence
caU,e’
sheep and, Claims listed m the Claim Docket still waiting
could be found. In both of these /n d Universities.
for the robbery of the (McKay
hogs for both tba open and 4-H
cases Circuit Judge James W. C r a w -------- — »----------
against General Fund:
, Cloudy days and d a m p -n ig h t.
service station at Kent a week ago
club classes. D. 1. Stephens of the
ford had held the • pin ball and
i ir
i
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Sunday night. He has confessed.
With official notifiitation o f his local experiment station has con­
The Clerk is instructed to write have also delayed h arv estin g Few-
marble board game® to be lotteries fe e d VallieS BeillP
Quinton was apprehended by appointment as deaa of boys and sented ,to judge the field craps ex­ warrants against the General Fundj er machines are in use now than in
operating in violation of the state
-
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Sheriff Wilson and Deputy Tom director of recreation for the Ore- hibits and Mbs Helen Cowgill, as­ in the amount and in favor of the past years due to the increase in
constitution.
Garrett at Vancouver, Wash., and »on Christian Endeavur conference sistant club leader, will judge the Claimants listed on pages 249 t o 1 commercial cutting and this makes
Ralph Moody, assistant attorney
260, inclusive, Claim Docket No. 3. cutting the crop slower than in
brought here last Thursday. He at hand, Rev. L. H. Mite helm ore
general and special prosecutor who
An interesting study is being was traced through a stage ticket leaves Monday for Turner where home economics classes.
In the matter of the payment past years. Acreages cut per day
Fair board members are con­
handled the Marion county cases
at the Union branch experi- he purchased for Celilo. From he will serve on the faculty of the
of Claims listed in the Claim Dock­ per machine is probably higher due
cerned
over
the
seating
capacity
against the pin ball and ma A le meIrt sUt¡on
on the comparative j there he went to Wishram where state wide assembly from August
et against Road Fund:
to faster tractors. •
board operators declaré»- that dis- p a y a b ilities of the various grass- he boarded a freight train and 1® 1° 23« Mr. Mitchel more will al- of the grand stand this year andj
The
Clerk
is
instructed
to
write
contemplating the purchase o f !
Yields Very Good
missal of the appeals gave to eg and iegumeg. Equal amounts of rode to Vancouver^ The
officers »<’ teach a class in recreational
movable bleachers or the erection warrants against the Road Fund
Judge Crawford’s decree the 6a™e ,the ¿jfferent varieties of grasses, found him and obtained a confes-, leadership.
Yields are generally higher than
of permanent bleachers near the In the amounts and in favor ot
force and effect as a favorable; ci0V€rg and other forage crops are sion and recovered the plunder
Others on the staff for the young present grandstand.
the
claimants
listed
on
pages
251
was
expected when harvest started
supreme court opinion. Attorneys fed
anjmalgf and the amount re- which consisted of $27 in nickels people’s conference are Dr. Walter
253, inclusive, Claim Docket No. 3. and with some exceptions where
Vepresenting the operators, how- jected is measured. The slender and some knives that had been L. Myers, state C. E. secretary, Bucking Chutes Changed
Rs: Claim of Millard it. Eakin the * ra»h was seriously damaged
ever, deny this claim. They point g^emroed type of crested wheat taken from a punch board.
Eugene: Rev. James A Smith, Cot-
for
damages of sheep killed by. by the hot weather are higher than
out that the suits effect only the g ra8g| krown as the' fairway strain,
Bucking horses are to be ridden
Q uinton say s th a t - some boys
^ rove; Miss Lovfcia Wilson,
average.
status of the machines in Marion wag re]¡ghed better than some le- tried to break into the station while Tillamook; Howard Cole, - State in the arena this year instead of dogs, refered to dog committee.
Re: County Clerk’s Semi-annual1 Winter wheat hae
has made as lit-
county and • indicate that their gumes. This strain is recommend- he was looting the place. He has Pre>'d<’n ti Mi»a Ruth T ow «, Mr», on the track and the additional
reports,
Jan. 1, 1937 to July 1, He as five sacks in some places
clients will continue to operate in ed oniy where moisture conditions been at Kent for about a month
seating
space
is
needed
to
keep
$ eV’
where there was a thin stand and
other counties of the state.
J
a nttle better than the drier and was to work in the warehouse. I Gates* Ladd LAddition.Evangelical people from congregating around 1937. Accepted and filed.
Re: Treasurer’s report for month weeds, but throughout the county
the
chutes
and
obscuring
the
vision
In a letter to T. Leland Brown, eastern Oregon lands.
church, Portland. . Study, inspira­
He comes from Georgia.
it will probably make from nine to
district attorney for Wasco county,, ______ ________
tional addresses and recreation of these in the grandstand. Few- endin< July 81. 1887. Accepted
ten sacks. Spring wheat ia making
er
people
will
be
allowed
in
the
flled-
Moody pointed out that Oregon’s
m ake up the p ro g ram of leadership
By order of the court the Coun­ more wheat per acre and probably
statutes already contain enough
training for Christian Endeavor center of the track this year.
ty
Clerk is ordered to issue war-, sixty to- seventy percent of the
law to outlaw these gambling de­
The new judges stand is built
m em bers.
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rant
for $150.00 in payment of county is in spring wheat indicat­
vices and declared that responsi­
and is much smaller to give spec­
1937
Biological
Survey of Preda­ ing that the average yield will be
bility for the enforcement of the
tators a better chance to see the
better than twenty bushels.
tory
Animal
Control.
law rests with the district attor­
events la. the arena. Standard Oil
Re:
Budget
Item
of
Inland
Em­
The county allotment committee'
The price has been working
neys. Moody also pointed out that r •
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officials are trying to arrange for
met Thursday to discuss plans for
Judge Crawford’s opinion holding
a sound truck to announce event« pire Waterways association. Clerk downward for a month and few
setting the carrying capacity of
pin hall, marble board and similar
and keep visitors informed of what) instructed to isaue warrant for sales are being made at figures
$250.00.
range land under the conservation
offered as farmers think that the
devices to violate the lottery,
is going on.
'Re: Stock inspector, action de­ small crop will cause another in­
gambling, nickel-in-the-slot and ^yagco county farmers have form- plans. Joe Peters, Ormand Hilder-
An effort is being made to ob­ ferred until later date.
crease before long.
brand and Frank von Borstel are
tain samples of wheat in greater - Court adjourned, subject to call
1 # » P » - ed " organization to »peak and act members of the committee. Meet­
number than before so that the of County Judge.
porting to authorize eountie» and for them in matter« pertaining ing with them were Bernard Lee,
major crop of the county will be
cities to license the operation of to the enforcement of law and range supervisor of Prineville, and
i Farmers taking part in the lAAA iT ^ €rly Qr.epreaenUd in the ex- CLAIMS PRESENTED AND AL-
these machines to be unconstitu- maintenance
of
constitutional W. C. Elms.
I program in Oregon can speed up hibits. Sherman county wheat LOWED AGAINST THE GENER-
ti<>nal.
i rights. The name given to this
the work of checking thjs year’s placed well at the fair last fall AL FUND, August Term, 1937
Already a number of District organization is the Associated
i performance by having the neces- and this years crop is of equally U. S. National Bank, Public
Attorneys have indicated their in- Farmers of Wasco County, and it
Lieutenant John F. Goodwin, U.
i sary information ready for the good quality or soma fields may be . Assistance
$196.44
tention to follow up the success of is a corporation under the laws of
S.
Navy, Officer in Charge of the
supervisor’s check, says N. C. found as good.
U. S. National Bank, Blind
the campaign in Marion county Oregon.
I Donaldson, secretary of the state
5
77
;
Oregon
Recruiting D istrict with
Assistance —— ________
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with prosecutions against opera-
Similar units of a farmer as-
'
committee at O. S. C.
U.
S.
National
Bank,
Aid
to
I
offi<,e8
>n
the U. S. Court House at
tors of similar devices in their own sociations have been formed in
The extent to which the so-cal)-; R ¡s SUKgestwi that growers
dependent
Children
22.36
Portland,
Oregon, advises that a
counties. It is pointed out there Hood "River and Jackson counties
ed “college whats” have replaced prepare a list of 1937 crops grown
U. S. National Bank, Old lAge
| Traveling Recruiting Party headed
that in event any district attorney and are being formed in others,
A lisistä nee
171.67
Chief Machinist Mate M. P.
should prove derelict in the enforce Definite purpose, as set forth in older varieties in major wheat on each field and indicate the fields
SU
te
Ind.
Acc.
Comm.
I
Bry»nt,
U. S. Navy, is enroute
growing
sections
of
Oregon
was
'
ir*
which
they
have
performed
ment of the anti-gambling and the article of incorporation, is:
Peace officer’s protection 6.23[ tr o u g h the SU te of Oregon. This
entitling them to pay-
lottery laws Governor Martin has “Without profit to the corporation apparent to any trained observer»!
party has with them complete
West Coast Print. A Bind Co.
ample authority to dieplace him OP the members thereof, to pro- who traveled the Old Oregon Trail ment under the »«rtcultural con-
sound
moving picture equipment
highway
this
year.
From
the
top
;
P
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T
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Such
*
’“
t,ne
Record
books
for
Clerk’s
with a special prosecutor just as tect, preserve and maintain Amer-
Do you think that it is necessary
office
32.90 and a large number of film of trav­
he did in Marion county when he jcan institution and-ideals; to pre­ of Emigrant hill east of Pendleton, will cut the time required to
elogues covering practically every
asked Attorney General Van Win- serve the constitutional form of many thousands of acres of grain prepare the compliance forms for that one human life be sacrificed R. T. Morgan, work on Court
point in the world vieited^by ships
From"i>7t
checking
xnd
«uditing,
will
cut
the
yard
3.00
kle «to step Into the picture which government in both state and na- are visiable.
to modern traffic every day in the
of
the U. S. Navy: scenes of our
point,
before
harvest,
only
three
cost
of
checb,n*
perí°
1
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Carl
Anderson,
Coroners
fee
he did by placing Moody in charge tion; to oppose and combat any
state of Oregon? That thousands
Navy
at work and at play, and a
$5.00; Mileage $8.80; other
of law enforcement.
and all doctrines or practices which fields could he seen that did not 14 may enable the AAA to make must be injured and millions of
number of film showing enlisted
it
could
have
the
brown
chaff
indicative
of
Pa/
m*nts
earlier
than
expenses
$9.90;
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28.30
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imperil the maintenance of these
dollars in property damage suff­
men under instruction in many of
Thirty three hundred officers and constitutional privileges which the either Federation or Rex w heat otherwise. It will also be of as­ ered as a part of the price we must Pacific Power ft Light Co.
the
trade schools mainUlned by
sistance
if
.farmers
will
notify
Courthouse lights $9.88;
men constituting Oregon’s Nation- educational system of the United Federation was introduced from
pay for the enjoyment and conven­
the
Naval
EsUblishment. The Re­
their
community
committee
chair­
DeMoss Park $4.60; ToUl 14.38
al Guard contingent will start mov- states has brought to all children Australia by the Moro branch ex­
ience afforded us by the use of M. Clarke Webb, Sealer of
cruiting Party will exhibit these
ing out from their bases in 25-g^j students; to fight against the periment station, while Rex wheat man or the county committee as
motor vehicles? lAre you willing
3.64 film,at The Dalles, OregonAugust
cities scattered over the state infiltration of all subversive doc- was actually bred and developed soon as all practices have bpen to pay your part of this tremen­ „ Weights and «Measures
17, 1937, and enlistmenU of young
performed.
D. J. Butcher, Reemployment
early next Tuesday morning bound trines into the educational systems there;-
dous toll?
men between 17 and 24 will be
Certain
amendmentsrto
the
west­
Service
15.00
fofr the annual maneuver.
and into government; to combat
Uken.
If not, what are you doing to SUvens-Ness Law Publishing Co.
ern division program «s it applies
Instead of going to Camp Clat- the dictatorship of individuals and
change
present
conditions?
No.one
to Oregon have recently been an­
Clerk’s 1937 AnnoUtlons
2.50
sop as usual, however, the Oregon groups: to foster and encourage
nounced by George E. (Farrell, can be sure of being exempt from Joe Truitt, Bank check register
troops will go to Fort Lewis, Wash- respect for and * to maintain law
western regional director. One of the penalties of reckless or care­
for Clerk
’
.75
ington, where they will join with and order particularly by pooperat-
these extends the practice of ap­ less driving. Its toll will even­ Wily W. K nigh ten, 4-H Club
troops from Washington, Idaho, inff -w-ith local, state and national
I plying landplaster in certain case« tually be felt by you, your family
Fund .
, 500.00
Montana and Wyoming, as well as officials and governmental agen-
Isaac Hathaway, 74, died August
regular army units, in the great- cies; to promote the prompt, order- 3rd, at the home of his sister, Mrs. to four additional counties. These or your friends. No group is too Wily W. Knighten, Expenses to
Experiences of branch experi­
convention $36.62: Office
est peace time concentration of ly and efficient administration of John Sprague in Glidden, Iowa. are Josephine, Jackson, Douglas small, no family circle and its con­
tacts
so
few
in
number
that
it
can
ments
stations in eastern Oregon
help $13.60
ToUl
60.22
fighting men and machines in the justice: to promote and protect the His death was caused by progres­ and Hood River. Another change
feel secure.
with
trying
to develop roUtion on
Pacific
Telephone
ft
Telegraph
Co.
permits
the
use
of
poles
or
logs
history of the Pacific northwest, economic and agricultural welfare sive paralysis.
Columbia basin wheat lands have
Deaths on Oregon highways
Assessor $2.76; Clerk $3.46;
in the construction of range fence«.
A total of approximately 15,000 Of tlje citizens of the United States
Isaac Hathaway, son of Leonard
Sheriff $8.20:
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14.40 shown that considerable care must
men will be engaged in the war ma- and particularly Wasco county.”
A third amendment permits the showed an increase of more than
and
Pheebe
Hathaway
was
born
be practiced to make sure that the
18
per
cent
in
1936
as
compared
Annie
Eddy,
Janitress
30.00
neuvers at Fort Lewis which will
officers chosen include many of
w ithholding of any payments in
in Green county, Iowa, June 16th,
fertility and moisture balance ia
with
the
previous
year.
The
num­
Art
Johnson,
Furnace
tender
26.00
continue for a period of 15 days. «t^e .
prominent farmers of
cases where a farmer adopts any
1863. In 1898 he chme to Ore­
The first week of the enoamp-
courtfy and farm owners of
practices which the secretary de­ ber ol fatalities for this year again Geo. IA. Potter, Judges Sahfry 37.50 not too seriously disturbed. It has
gon, first going t0 Umatilla coun­
been found, for example, that if
ment will be devoted to whipping
Dalles.
termines tend to defeat any of the is-rsflsed. Can this continue indefi­ David Reid, Commissioner’s
and later taking up a homestead
wheat
is grown immediately after
nitely
or
will
an
awakened
public
Expenses
11.50
the men into shape, according to
- ty
.
,
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j purposes of the 1937 p ro g ram . It
Major General Georire' A. W hite, 4 t " probable tba‘ aiter tbe '•“ah •in Sherman county. He farmed
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alfalfa has been plowed down,
conscience put an end to a condi­ A. A. Dunlap, Commiaioner’s
also
prevents
the
use
of
any
J
* xu 7i x
harvest is over farmers of Sher- land owned1 by John and Alfred
Expenses
16.00 there will be an excess of nitrogen,
commander of the 41st division.
wX;ii
scheme or device that would off­ tion that has become intolerable?
The big review, high light in the J"an, county ,wl11 ha.ve.,an OPP»“ ^ Dillinger.
which causes the wheat to grow so
Sherman
County
Journal
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You
ask
what
can
be
done?
The
set the performance for which pay-
in
two week’. progT.m from the atand rty, to ,or?an,Ie 8 ain,Uar
‘
rank that it later burns for lack of
In 1912 he moved to The Dalles, ment would otherwise, be made. answer is: manifest an ctive Inter­
County printing $11.35; Clerks
order to have some organization w orking^for The Dalles water Thege are “safety devices
moisture before maturity. Var­
point of the public, will be
Supplies $10.00; Assess­
est.
An
aroused
public
sentiment
to
pre-
that will truly represent their sen-
commission until 1925 when he re- vent rare attempts to take advan- will get results. Discuss the
held on Saturday, August 21. Com-
.
ors printing $5.76; Total
27.10 ious crop combinations are prac­
ntencing on Monday, August 23 timent3
■"«f“8“ -»' t™ *»'«-
tices to avoid such difficulties are
turned to Iowa to make his home taire of the prOg ram.
problem with your educators, your Farmers Elevator ft Supply Co.
with his sister who survives him. i A .
constantly being studied at the
Slack
coal
273.49
police
officers
and
your
courts.
Call
y and continuing day and night with­ FAIR ATTRACTS INTEREST
A1
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i A few oth er changes, m ostly
Also a niece and nephew living . , .■ . .
.
~ ? . ’ , , / it to the attention of your legis­ Naomi Van Gilder, Telephone
branch stations.
out interruption until August 28,
technical in nature
and intended to
As a means of advertising the in Des Moines survive.
the troops will be engaged in a
.tolls,
Jan.
to
July,
inclu­
lators,
that
they
may
act
if
neces­
clarify former provisions, have
gigantic war maneuver» simulating Sherman county fair a group is
sive
—r-
5.66
been made, which are now in the sary. Remember that education,
IN ROUNDING TURNS
as nearly a£ possible actual war being organized to go about the
enforcement and engineering must J. C. Freeman, Stamps for
hands
of
the
various
county
com­
PASSING
CARS
ON
THE
ROAD
time conditions.
' mid-Columbia district dressed in
Clerk’s office
__ 4.50
go hand in hand in the ultimate
An interesting lesson can be
mittees.
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In addition to the 15,000 men bright colored garb to tell natives
solution of this terrible and per­ C. C Wilson, Transporting pris­
learned froAi the technique of pro­
When you pass a car that is "go­
engaged in the maneuvers there j of what is going to happen here ing 40 mites an hour it is just the AMICKS. HOGS SEL l WELL
plexing problepn.
oner
27.80 fessional racing drivers who, in­
will be more than 1000 pieces of September 24-25-26.' ‘
Geo.
A.
Potter,
Judge’s
ex­
stead of keeping at full speed until
same as passing at least T8 cars
“ Every community in Oregon is
heavy equipment included cannon,
penses
/ -
9.70 they are well into the turn and
L. W. Amick is one of the for­ interested in bringing about better
Goldendale, Tygh Valley, Mau­ parked bumper to bumper in the
trucks, tractors and tanks.
pin, Madras, Redmond, Condon and road, reminds the Oregon State tunate ones to cash in on the in­ driving conditions on our streets T. Lester Johnson, Rent of offl- ’ . then putting on the brakes, apply
♦ • • ”
ce $6.25; Phone calls, etc
tjheir brakes when approaching the
The Dalles will pfobably be includ­ Motor association. Always wait crease in tjie price of hogs. He and highways, and it is my hope
Governor Martin, returning from e d in the visiting schedule of the until you can sec the car you have recently sold nine 142 day old pigs that active work will g0 forward
$1.26;
ToUl
7.50 turn, enter it as reduced speed and
a tour of inspection with members group which wants the 1937 fair jubt passed in the rear-view mir- in Portland and the net receipts( in each of them in the very near James Stewart, Stock in-
then accelerate as they come out
of the State Game Commission to be bigger and better than even ror before turning over to the right were $195.15 and that isn’t a bad^ future. Do your part to help
spector
___ 25.00
again on the straightaway, note«
(Continued " on Page two)
the Oregon State Motor association.
(Continued on ^ a g e two)
In front of it.
.
’ way to make a dollar a day.
| eliminate Oregon’s traffic deaths.*
before.
Minister Teaching
At Summer School
Carefully Studied
Wasco County
Allotment Committee
Farmers Unite
To Set Capacities
I
Ready Answers
For Protection
Will Speed Up
Farm Program
Navy Accepting Men
For Enlistment
New Wheats Replace
Older Varieties
Earl Snell Tells
Of Ways To
Prevent Deaths
Isaac Hathaway Dies
In Eastern State
Crop Rotations Still
Being Tired For Wheat
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