Mftietfc Year No.
Moro, Oregon,
' Unemploy
May Register
in County
O f Orcgon-
Its Governm ent
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1. Lindbeck
Thirteen changes la major state
offices were recorded during 1987.
•' Death claimed two members of
th e.state’s official jk m ily -^ u a tic e
r J- U . Campbell o f ^ S e supreme
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Official County Paper
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ax Turnover
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Moro Officers
Retained By
City Council
chine Tells Sex of Eggs
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For Year More
Than 114 Percent
The State Employment Service
. thia week announced an itinerant
j service to enable eligible unemploy
ed workers In small towns and ru r
al districts to resist«- fo r employ
m ent and file their claim fo r an-
employment jbea
homes.
This service <01 consist of * <
weekly v is k b y reprosentativu of £
Diitribotion • ( $59,000 W ill
Aid Taxing Units; School
D**tr>cUGg| Large Sums
Turnover of funds by the sheriff
th? A “ d, ° L 1937
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rs a rt and J -.A . Derby o t Hood
Raver, mewCter of the E tate Hydro-
•' electric commission. Juatir» P«mn. vne o iaie ampioyraenz »erviee to . . . ,
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bell was succeeded
w .n more than 80 towns of the State pB d ln Vi»e J * 8* quarter- The year's
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« •» o f U f ln p d » w , .n o o to u d to
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111 health was responsible for the
retirement of three Other officials.
D r. R .R . Lee Steiner, fo r nearly
80 years superintendent of the
»atT b in -T
state hospital for
resigned and has
»ucceeoea
by
, Dr. « H* John
Charles
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p o ration com m issioner to be suc
ceeded by James H . H azlett of
Hood River. A lbert R. Hunter re
tired as a member of the Industrial
Accident Commission on which he
had served for more than six. years.
B i . .uccw or i» R o y B o d m in " of
Pendleton?
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condition. for th/ ye((r
Each person applying fo r unem-
ployment benefits is required to
register with the Employment Ser-
vice for job. I f he has worked
Bt
eraPl°yment subject to the
State Unemployment Compensation
lgw and ig foun<J eH<iWe f or feene_
flt* ’ he mBy drBW weekly compen-
~»tion after a waiting
waiting period
period of
two weeks providing suitable em-
ployment is not found for him in
the meantime.
The schedule of towns, places and
dates for Sherman county is as
i" nOTra: „W^ , 0l5 ‘ty
Pri<fcy-
January 7, 1938 from 9:00 a. m. to
10:00 a. m.
Moro: Court house, Friday, Jan-
¡¡ J .'L 7’ 1938 from 11:00 •• ” •
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Grass Valley: City Hall, Friday,
January 7, 1938, from 3:00 p. m. to
4:Q0 p. m. (Every 1st and 3rd Wed
nesday of each month commencing
January 19.)
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Charged to the tax collector for
1937 was $186,970.87 and of this
* um $181347.51 was collected leav
in* $25,023.30 of 1967 taexa still
Oue.
A rebate of $3,448.95 was
allowed on current taxes paid and
interest of $1,008.35 was charged.
$64,320.73 was collected on delin-
quent taxes some of it as old
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Some Old Taxes Paid
D r. W illa rd ,*. F aak, (sitting) ef Loa Angeles aad tea assistant Jaok
Davenport sMswfr ^ m o n s t : a tln < the operation of his new machine which
can determine tatencdlately whether a newly late egg w ill hatch a polite
or a cockerel. Dr. Fepk claims he can change the spa < eggs with the
new device. In the past M per cent ef chick??» hate hod were roosters.
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Distribution of the delinquent tax
much more general than for
the current tax as every tax unit
w ill receive some money from the
The offer of a lucrative post with
years included in the delinquencies.
a private law ftm induced Frank
The Kent school district w ill
C. McCoIloch to r o l p
u
public
the largest share o f any district
utilities commissioner, the vacancy
with $1635.37 and both Wasco and A
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Grass Valley districts will receive | ^ '
VBW FI F i t l y •
being filled through appointment of
Judge N. G. Wallace of Bend. .
over $1000 from the delinquent
The feud of Wasco Fata
B. F. Irvine o f Portland, fo r 39
taxes.
years Identified with the state's in
The county general fund will get Leans that was fought out on the
Driest May, Wettest June,
stitutions of higher learning, re-
$2959.64 and the road bond fund basketball floor resulted i n ' the
Leans
being
declared
victorious
fused reappôintment as a member
will be increased by $2344.88.
Wettest Year A ll Come In
of the state Board o f Higher Edu-
Cities will get from $216.38 for with the unprotested score being
20
to
18.
eation. His place was filled by
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Moro, $225.91 for Grass Valley to
Fast Calender Year
W alter E. Pearson of Portland
The Fats -made S part of their
$872.88 for Wasco.
Heads of two of the statue insti
score by bringing In a fresh ball
The weather man had
tutions of higher education resign-
Library meeting Monday night
School Helped
from the sidelines and also outdid
ad during
year— H. E. Inlow at brought the affairs of that civic
the Leans a t rule breaking by queer doings to record in 1987, the
LaGrand and C. V. Boyer, presi- enterprise up to date and made
F>orn current taxes the distribu- shooting W A. Spencer in a stnig- ^ s t of which was marking down
dent o f the University < Oregon some plans for the future. Appro- tion w ill be larger but restricted gie over the balL Captains drag- the largest annual rainfhll since ths
a t Eugene. C . A. Howard, state cistion and thanks w m voted the to Fewer taxing units as many lev- ged him from the floor and the records have been kept at the local
superintendent of public instruc- Wasco Library fo r the g ift o f more k d no tax during 1937. The coun-1 game want on. About a score of
experiment station.
la acMeeed Intern than 12$ duplicate books to
M. Erb, form erly a Moro library.
I ‘•“ c
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» me game as me morcamy was rail H ereto best the record of 14J50
member of the university faculty,
Twenty dollars w ill be spent fo r tary school fund $2371.54 and the very heavy.
I made in 1918. The average ra fa S T
h**® electJd ^ ° ®ucceed Boyer, new books from funds raised by road bond fund $4831.48.
WM aU a patt of a
for the 28 year period is now 11.10
Resignation of Howard to accept the csrd party and all bills were
The Wasco school district will paign by the Wasco Civic Club to Inches per year. The heavy rain-
the presidency of the LaGrand paid ir-luding a small recompense get $1623.40 from current taxes to r j8e money for the local town team fall for 1937 raised it from the
normal left a vacancy in the state to the Librarian, Gertrude Gillmor. top the list of school districts and 8nd the other local projects and it 10.96 it was last yn«-
department of education which was Officials promised a play during Rufus, Moro and Grass Valley w ill was highly successful from that
filled by the appointment of Rex February to raise more money for receive over a thousand dollars, point as the gymnasium was Seasonal Moisture High
Putman, former city superinten books.
each. The final payment of cur-1 crowded,
dent of schools at Albany.
Other records fell in 1987 also.
rent taxes to the non high school
Orville W. Gamble resigned as
M ay brought the lowest precipita
deficit fund was made, totalling I
superintendent <f the Employment
tion of any month since records
Institution for Adult Blind at Port
have been kept, a mere .03 while
land to be succeeded by Lindon Mc
win
June
brought
the highest month’s
1938.
I The Moro Woman's Club .....
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Cullough. Mrs. Gordon Voorhies
Wasco w ill receive $535.24, Moro hold its first meeting of the year ra*n^»il with a whopping 2.63. The
of Grants
asked to be
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ICash income for Oregon
farmers $597.36 and Grass Valley $317.74 on Friday, January 7, a t its new PJev’ous low had been .05 in May
f d as a member of the .Ospitol Re- f OT 1937 wju t>e the highest since to carry on their municipal work, club rooms.
The committee on
aI)d the best month before
construction commission, her place depression days and w ill approxi-
Distrfcution may be expected “ American Citizenship and Legis- ^®d been 1.98 in June of 1916.
being filled through appointment ot mate the previous peak year of
on thege funds which win lation will be in charge of the pro-
Taking the crop year which is
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"J*"1 , ” 1929> according to a compilation
ag a relief to some school «ram with Mrs. W ily Knighten and From September 1 to A r<u»t 31
the State
" ^ -^ •¡¡¡îiL k T y , 6 P 1
made by L -
Breithaupt, exten- districts A a t are nearing the war- Mrs- MaVgaret Peetz being respon- the 1937 year brought 11.05 inches
in turn
iT n J i L . u «
economist at Oregon State rant
ag school expenses l$ave| 8ib,e for the program events. Host- o£rain whereas the normal is 11.09
of Portland. U n g le y also resigned college, and based on latest gov^
esses for the day will be^Mrs. L. C* indicating that fo r the crop a 1R-
started since the last turnover.
after only a short experience- on the «rnment estimates and other data.
Wright and (Mrs. E. H. Moore. tie less moisture was 'available.
Parols- Board,-to be succeeded by
“ Sales of crop and animal pro-
The best crop year precipitation
Special music will be provided.
Gcrald Mason of Portland.
j ducts from Oregon farms during
was in 1916 when 16.62 inches fell.
Three of the new appointees are 1937 w ill amount to between $130,-
Seasonal moisture is from March
former members o f the state sen 000,000 and $140,000,000, which is
1 to August 31 and in this regard
ate. They are James N. Hazlett, more than double the cash farm in-
the year 1987 was very good indeed
new corporation commissioner; N. come during the 1982-1933 low
bringing 6.35 Inches to the county.
Twenty-eight rookies frbm Tenn
G. Wallace,utilities commissioner, ye<rg and
tb« 1928-1929
The
normal seasonal moisture for
essee will arrive at company 5428,
>n<i- W j^terc E l P earson who sue-
period," says Breithaupt.
this period is 3.23. Back in pro
The
Oregon
Voter
in
ite
latest
Camp
Moro
sometime
in
January.
seeded UVIBS , on the Board, of
“ Ore^on'a agricultural manufac-
issue comments on the R. A. Stow ^ 8 ’ous 1916, 7.07 inches fell in the
H igher Education.
turing and processing industries, This number will increase the com-
sign
that decorates the front o f the sPr,n8 and summer.
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1 such as mills, canneries, and m ilk, PBPy strength to 180 men.
1937 Breaks
§1?" W‘T ’ £ ourf Werther Recòrd»
Leans Beat Fats
.... Of 27 Years
Library Board inanks
Wasco For Books
1937 Cash Income
Thonçht Greatest
r . n ^ n . X ^ ^ T l J C l u b To Meet
New Men Come
To Local Camp
products plants, w ill add perhaps'
Since the company has been lo- Stow business building at Grass Temperature Low
$30,000,000 to $40,000,000 addition- cated at Moro, eight men have been Valley. That sign, by ths way, has
al to the farm sales income, bring- discharged, which has reduced the caused more comment and been the
W hat hurt the crop year of 1937
object of more pictures than any was the absence of rainfall during
ing the total agricultural income company strength to 152 men.
up around $160,000,000 to $170,-1 On Sunday, January 9, the first other thing in the county.
the fa ll of 1936. The year ended
“E. W. Keeler of the investment wjth only 1.71 inches and that had
000,000. This equals if not ex- Open House at Camp Moro w ill be
firm
of
Blankenship just arrived between Christmas and
ceeds the previous high mark of held. Invitations have been sent banking
$163,000,000 in 1929, which figure out by the boys of the company G °u^ A Keeler was born in New the New Year.
During September,
includes $34,800,000 credited to and by Lieutenant McKnight, Com- England ^nd finds difficulty in un- October and November
but .20 had
Or*^on motorists are
finding agricultural manufacturing, but manding Officer.
Dinner will be dem anding why people do not come to ths fields. The normal for
that it does not pay to
put off does not include returns from »pec- served at 3:30 p. m. and later in the balance their budgets. He brings the first four months of tha crop
until tomorrow that which they ialty crops estimated in this year’s evening refreshments will be serv-1 in a photograph which illustrates year— and the last four months of
Oregon
should have done before the New totals. W ithout either manufac- ed in the Recreation - H all. The the re9ource.fullnesa o f * an **
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the year— is 4.98 but the fa ll of
Year arrived, referring particular- turing or specialty crop income the camp will be open to inspection by ian business man at Grass Valley 1937 has been so favorable that
lv to the matter of purchasing new latest government ^estimates for the visitors and games will be play- On his place of business appears 5.67 inches has fallen. This came
the following signs: ‘‘R \ A. Stow, .38 in September; .89 in October;
license plates. Drivers of cars this state are $127,811,000 for i ed to entertain them.
Justice of Peace, Shoe and Harness 2.49 in November aad 136 in Dec
which still display the old 1987 1937."
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Shop, Harness Oil, Sickle Grinding, ember.
plates are being tagged by state
Breithaupt calls attention to the Basket Ball Team Scores
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Wood
Turning,
Saws
Filed
and
police and instructed to either re- growing importance of specialty
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. I The mean temperature for Jan-
•*la**e
old platee-wit-hout further-cropa in Oregon’s- income, even
The Camp Moro Basketball team Gumed, Auto P a rt, and Pipe C«t- M r y of , fl37 w„ ftfU ïn
delav or appear in court to explain though milk production and wheat went do<qn
defeat Wednesday ttai? D river » License and Refund
u ,e nonnBl t „ that „ „ „ a ,
their failure to the judge.
continue as the principal single night Jargary 6 at Wasco to the Blank», N otary Publie, Blue Blades,
on|
14 5 dsgree . for the
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items, with beef cattle, sheep and tun« of 42 to 17. The experience Furm ture Repaired, J a a . for H ire,
February ™
2 J beta«
Only 4.5 percent of the potential other livestock accounting fpr fully
the Wasco team was too much Shoes Soled.’’ 1 Almost everything normal and A pril was also a cold
but an undertaker, a filling station month with 2.4 degress below nor
hydro-eleqjhrfs power in Oregon is a fourth of the total. Tree fru it»,;
the camp boys. _____
being utilized, according to a sur- nuts, small fruits and nursery crops; (Saturday night at 7:30 tba camp and a branch bank. , Arid “Stow" mal. The fa ll month» all averaged
vey just completed by N. G. W al- together bring in about a fifth of boys w ill play the camp team fro m sounds like a good old New Eng over three degreoa above the nor
lace, public utilities commissioner, the total.
| Cascade Locks in the High School land name. Here's a wager that mal temperature end Deeeaabor
The output capacity of privately
Specialty crops include a h alf of gym. Captain Holliday, former he didn't vote for the New Deal.’’
was 5.2 degrees above the mean
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ro-electric plants in Ore- ajj
owned hydro-electric
an the hops produced in the
ths United commander of company 6428, and
temperature for that month.
gon, Wallace’s report shows, aggre States, a Urge volume of eggs and now a t Cascade Locks has promised W E A T H E R FOR T H E W BEK
The past year waa a windy year.
gated 164,625» kilowatts in 1986. fine baby chicks, and a tu rk a / out- to give Lieutenant Me Knight’s D'TK
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UIM FRIC€!P Only March and June were less
These plants, operating at an aver- put that puts Oregon In the first team a licking and will attend the
85 .. .22 . windy than normal. In fact wind
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age o f only 59 percept of capacity rank of turkey growing states, gnma.* \ ....... .L _ , .............................
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has been harder since 1929 anyway,
generated 72 percent ot the electric Specialty crops often omitted from
“ So Red the Rose,” a study of the Jan . 1 .........
40 ~ 2T . r .00
as is indicated by tha average of
energy used &i the state. Steam estimates include celery and other Civil W ar, w ill be shown at the
6.4 miles per hour fo r the record
40
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29
.01
pUnts, used maiifiy as stand-by truck crops, fieWf gar<jen and flow- Legion H all Saturday night at 7
period and the fact that since 1929
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34
29
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plants, have an output capacity of 8eeds; bufcs, peppermint oil, gurs, o’clock. The acoustics of the hall
every year but 1985 has had an
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153.400 kilowatts.
and a great -variety of nursery have been improved so that the
average of over 7 miles per hour,
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Oregon patrons o f electric utili- stock for vboth .ornamental and sound can be easily heard in any
This peat year tha wind averaged
Total for Week
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commercial planting.
.28
rÇonttnuêd an Pare two)
part of ttye building.
Heavy damage was suffered by
firirtiary and secondary highways
throughout the state as a result of
last Week’s storm, according to R.
H. Baldock, highway engineer,
Roads leading from the W illamette
vnP*»” *0 the coast north of Eugene
were hardest hit.
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On Court For
The January meeting of the city
council is usually taken up with the
appointment of city officers for the
year and such other annual busi
ness that comes at the year’s be
ginning.
The applications of George A.
Williams as marshall, H a ir y Rug
gles as watermaster, and Charles
Ruggles as recorder were favorably
votedon, no other applications be
ing received. A card room license
was voted for the iMbro Confectton-
•*y.
-Diacussin of s new lighting con
tract between the city and .the
Pacific Power A Light Company re
sulted in s proposal being made
that s ten year contract be entered
into with the city having the right
of cancellation within ninety days.
The present contract expires March
5, 1938.
Friends Bid Adieu ’
To Bob Johnsons
The Eastern Star and Masonic
lodges of Grass Valley were hosts
Tuesday night at the lodge rooms
to a group of friends of M r. and
Mrs. Bob Johnson who came to bid
them bon-’ voyage on the eve of
their removal to Lebanon where
Bob will be stationed as manager
of the Standard Oil company. The
health of their son is the reason for
the move to a lower elevation
Games were played and Robert
Tapp gave a solo on his violin a f
ter which refreshments were serv
ed by the ladies of the Star. A
large number of friends
present for the farewell party.
Wool Growers
In Prineville
Authorities of national repute
will discus* problems facing the
wool market and sheep industry in
general, Monday and Tuesday, Jan
uary 10 aad 11, when members of
the Oregon Wool Grower* aeeooia-
tion meet in Prineville. The con
vention actually is under way Sun
day, January 9, when all conven
tion visitors are invited to sit in
on committee sessions at Ochoco
Inn.
Monday morning, F. R. Marshall,
secretary of the national associa
tion, will diseuse marketing prob
lems. Discussion of the sheep dis
ease question and of range im
provement arc billed for the after
noon. Monday evening, top-notch
wrestlers of the Pacific coast will
be featured a t a convention smoker.
The wool market w ill come in for
lively discussion Tuesday morn
ing. Tuesday evening visitors will
enjoy famed Prineville hospitality
a t a banquet and dance.
Stow’s Sign Copied
In Magazine
Delegations Call
Road Work Being
Done Near Kent
Some work is being done on the
projected road east from Kent to
the John Day river. County ma
chinery was in the south end of
the county ready to work on the
Bourbon-Kent road which was de
layed.
Residents of that district
offered their work and the county
machinery was taken to the head
of the oanyon end put to work.
Some grading and bull-dosing was
completed and it Is possible that a
passable road will be opened before
work steps.
SPEA K ER URGES S A F E T Y
John Kerrick, speaker from the
office of Earl Snell, secretary of
"State, recently completed visits to
4 high schools which took him
rom Helix, above Pendleton, to
Portland, showing two short movies
which emphasise important safety
essons. Tha movies were shown to
more than 5,000 students on a pre
vious tour of 27 high schools. Ho
is currently on a sneaking tour of
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38 coast high school
Better Roads
Need Of Gravel Stressed By
Delegation From Ersldne
Which Offered Aid
Delegations from nearly every
section of the county faced the
county court when it met Wednes
day for the first meeting of 1938.
Road matters were uppermost in
their minds.
W alter Blau, L. P. Haven, and
Cecil Fields appeared to ask that
some graveling be done on Market
Road No. 7 near the Haven home,
as that stretch of road has an al
kali base and is hard to gravel
when wet. I t is a short stretch.
Tom Douma, Mrs. Frances Hen-
richs, Orlo M artin and R. W . Bel-
shee ask that a new grade be made
on the Martin-Henrichs road aa R
is impassable during the winter
and no school bus will travel it.
Tom Douma said that if a new
route was wanted through his place
he would interpose no objection.
Possibility of getting some route
around the McIntyre bridge was al
so discussed.
The Erskine road, siibject of
much debate, was represented by a
delegation of nearly all the resi
dents of that district. Roy Powell,
Caroll Sayrs, Jess Landry, Omer
Sayrs, C. R. Morrison and L. R.
Conlee, W. A. May, W. T Balsiger
and H arry Peterson representing
business men asked that toms of
the roads to that district be im
proved.
I t was agreed that the roads are
now well graded except that they
are hard to stay on in the winter
time when it is wet. Gravel enough
to make a surface in the center of
the road was asked by several. I t
w m stated that this district has
paid $8000 in road taxes fo r the.
pest 20 years sad obtehMd'Httte
road work, while doing much work
themselves.
Light Gravel Asked
I t would be acceptable to the
residents if either the main Erskine
road bo graveled and one of the
oast-west roads be graveled or that
the three east-west roads to Moro
be improved. L e u than two miles
additional gravel would be needed
for the latter proposition, it w m
said.
Kenneth M artin and Clarence
Lafoon, who have been active in
promoting the road along the ra il
road track between Kent and Bowr-
bon appeared for that route. The
right of way is still held up and it
is possible that the M artin chil
dren will be sent to G ra u Valley
IiIBLCwu OI j V-BT iv BnCX vfMv tnO KOA(1
east of Bourbon will be graded and
Improved to facilitate thia cahnge.
John DeMoss Mked the right to
put a cattle guard across the road
running to Nish from Deflfioss and
making other changes in the road.
Consideration of all these propos
als was promised by the court
whose members stated that the
road program for 1938 w m not as
yet made up.
Appointments made
by
the
county court Thursday in their
second day of the January session
were as follows: Fair Board, O. G.
Sayrs, T. M. Rolfe, and O. G. H il-
derbrand. Official Newspaper: Sher
man County
Journal;
County
Health officer and county physi
cian, C. L. Poley; Road viewers,
L. L. Peetz, Roy Powell and H. A .
W alker; Roadmaster, L. L. Peetz.
Committees To Meet
For Discussion
Preliminary meeting o f the com
mittees appointed to consider the
problems of the county in prepara
tion for the economic, conference,
to be held hero February 19 w ill be
gin next week when the Land Use
committee, with A lbert Kaseberg
as chairman w ill convene a t 9 a. m.
That same afternoon the Rural and
Home Life committee wfll meet.
Both groups w ill gather in the
court room. Miss Lucy Oese w ill
R E A C TO M ETER L IK E D
advise the latter^ committee .• and
The reeetometer, an
Paul Carpenter the Land Use
wbteb'^eUs drivers eatetly
group.
long it - 1___
takes -_____
them to react to
The Farm Crops committee with
highway emergency,
one of Dewey Thompson as chairman will
the chief features of the safety
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the following day, January
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exhibit sponsored by Secretary of at the court house with Lawrence
state Ear) Snell a t the recent Jenkins aa advisor from the college*
Medford auto show. < The reacto- anfi tbs Livestock group headed by
meter was constructed entirely by M illard Bakin w ill moot W<
employees In ths secretary of day, January 19 and wiU.be
office.
ed by P. M. B ran d t