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About Sherman County journal. (Moro, Or.) 1931-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 7, 1938)
X PAOS TWO IH K « U U M A N XOUNTY JOURNAL. able to get to town from their farms with ease are now getting mired down in the middle W the Sherman County Observer road. * • Kstablished Nor. 2, 1888 It makes a farmer happy to hare Grass Valley Journal the moisture but, like everyone Established Oct. 14, 1897 else, he is most unhappy when CONSOLIDATED March 6. 1931 stuck in the mud. The delegations Wasco News-Enterprise before the court proved that much. Established Nov. 1891 What the court can do with its CONSOLIDATED March 4, __ 1932 rather limited funds is not known. ___________________________ MORO. OREGON M UDAT, JANUARY 7, f r g , ley: 10:00 a. m. Bible school. Come R. J. Kitchen, STATEHOUSE g o s s i p . and study the Gospel of Mark with La Grande, Oregon, f ’>n,tinup'l .from page ône> ■ us„ 11:00 a. m. The pastor will be- Attorney for administrator, ties boy their “juice” at a much gin a series of messages on t h e _____________ lower rate than do consumers in ^ ¡ „ t Of <n‘,b” ;L8', T IN THE COUNTY COURT FOR other sections of the United States. 7 « ™ STATK O“ X » N FOR Wallace’s report shows that the T bS Grass' vLffev hToh sch ^ l THE C0DNTY 0 F SHERMAN average rate paid by domestic j in s ursss valley high school or- p r o r a t f DFPARTW rwT * users in Oregon is only 2.97 ce n ts' chestra will be with us again. 7:80 DEPARTMENT per kilowatt .hour whereas the s tu X ^ W e ^ ^ “ s t u d r in ^ l NOTICE 0 F ™ A L ACCOUNT average rate for the nation is 4.69 J o h n ' 2-Z n m W THE MATTER < THE cents per kilowatt hdur. M b s i o « r / S X ’ S S ° T ALEXANDER DA- Consumption of electricity in VIS, Deceased. * -• Oregon increased 14 ' percent in have a work meeting at the par u « '• ’ S S t ' ^ 2 : Notice is hereby given that the 1996 over the 1980 figure. Based sonage. undersigned, W Administratrix of upon data already available gross a considerable, expense that is not Entered as second-class matter at the Estate of Alexander Davis, de Wasco Methodist Chursh the Postoffice at Moro, Oregon provided for in the budget. Yet revenues of Oregon electric utili ceased, has filed her final account ties for 1987 will exceed the g r o ss1 F. L. CannelL Pastor _ __ ___ under Act of Congress of March gravel is a dire need in many in the County Court o f the State revenue of 1986 by approximately Japanese soldiers on the Nanking places. «.HW::iSCaOt ti r hOdi’t Orof«n77«r Sherman'Cougty. 3, 1879. front enjoying a bas ba'l czm c «lur The state hired some gravel 10 percent i” J J S ' ♦’ i J S S S L ? ” » « * • that Monday, the t« & day of ing a lull in their warfare e gainst Through .negotiations between crushed in this county for its own Subjert ‘Friendship" q hoor rf w the Chinese. Note the er m ini L ? ' highways apparently finding that the utilities commissioner and the If r ^ u W“'? iS .li « che O’C,W* •» th» forenoon o fta ld day a makeshift club for a b it v-hQe of my fnend«.1 Zeeh. 18:6. Choir >wJ the of th e. various electric method as cheap, or maybe cheap w (he pitcher prepares to deliver a rate reductions involving er, than owning a crusher. That If h" been »PPoteted b , mid Cotort fast one. .rareh.nU has achieved The may be the best policy for the coun ivinUr of $865,670.82 to Oregon ? < . ? “ “ the time and place for the hear- S’ , eat popularity in Ja/su an J it is ty or it may be that a portable were put in to effect be- MIHHM ms W a favorite pastime. orusher would solve the problem 1, 1985, and October OFFICIAL COUNTY PAPER League will furnish special music. MtUwBent h e r e o f.. better. The court will have to set 31, 1937.' ---------L— r Dated and first published' De tle that matter and will not lack Everyone Welcome. SUBSCRIPTION RATES While operating revenues of cember 24, 1987. • - for urging. Payable in Advance Oregon electric utilities show a Date of last publication, January the oysters J. A. West’s side won ONE YEAR ........................ $.1.50 NOTICE TO CREDITORS gain o f . 11,i for. 1936. over 1980 14 1938. ; by one rabbit over John McGrath’s. operating expenses of the same (A iy persons having claims against Neoma E. Smith, Administratrix. OF PIONEERS (Passenger passenger trains uraana over the uoe GSR the EgUU John Mathie g Q R ftichaK|t / X ttortty, utilities show an increase o f 16.79 JANUARY 7, 193Ô commenced m jk m , regular trip. De,.eased, are Ired u uren A«onrog. For some weeks, or since this percent during the same period. yesterday. The llrot trom left them TOUcher, to the under- newspaper passed into its fiftieth Taxes alone paid by these utilities t h e p r e s id e n t s spee c h Moro at 11.30 A m. i their farm residence Bareka LiJg«~N«. 181 A - f 1 A-M Editor: year, we have tried to write brief increased 87 percent during the t o Moro, Oregon seven years covered by the report T TA T»x 1— ■ near Rufus, Oregon within 6 The address on the state of the histories of several of the old time and Meets the 1st and 3rd Joe— If I d known you were of the date of the flrM b. for the year 1936 aggregated We Grain Growers of Sherman families of the county. These are nation given by President Roosevelt Thursday evenings of $2,936388.18 representing more County are a bit tardy with sup extravagant I would never h ave, Hcation o t thia notice. The date of to the newly convened congress was necessarily short and are intended ihan 16 cents out of each dollar of Plyin2 our portion of the fund ?e- married you. each month. Visiting ! the first publication of this notice much more conciliatory in tona to tell of the families instead of gross operating revenue collected Dot—If I hadn’t been, father I is January 7, 1938. member* cordially in f°r carrying on the neces- only some member thereof. than numerous of his talks have would never have let you. vited to meet with ua. by these utilities. ‘ »ary fight against rising freight Families whose members have in Hugh S. Mathieeon been in the past. Instead of berat Cittor HAS mill» per k ila w .lt. on g « m because none of us Roy Powell. W. M- Executor ing those who hold opinions con the main remained hi this county bpur a . the average operating ex- >“ ve h,d the t,me work the C- V.' Belknap. S ikv . for 50 years or more, have chang Margaret Leff trary to his he stated many opin campaign therefor, while in othei ed the county from the bunch grass Executrix J. *• pense involved in tjie production of ions and argued foe the one he Moru Ixtdge No* P * . I/O . O. F» Frank G. Dick, Atty, covered pasture land that it was electricity by plants in Oregon the counties *’ considerable funds have favored. v »*; r fL w time " 16. “ is short CommumiA’ V*» *ch»<cri«n Church i Vogt Block M u f, Oregoa A . . t in <1» 44rly eighties to the fertile commissioner breaks this expense been rai^ed; J The Naturally hi. ¡»ragm pha on the wheat Und ft , , To t|)(ml item item down down as as foRdws: friTlrtw»- Production now with the Rate Hearing coming Lawrence H. Mitehelmore. The Dalles, Oregon 10-13 Meets 1st and 3rd farm plan are of most interest to muJt the credjt weaUlerin< expense, 2.25 mills; transmission on at Portland January 11th to Community Presbyterian church. Tuuadavk in 'th e this county. He passed over the wjnters of deep snow and summers expense, .26; distribution, 1.11; uti 15th. We must help a bib or, no m A uk « "'•’ . ‘The N O nC E OF FINAL 8ETTLE- 1 O.O F. ball Tran proposal of reduction in cost of i of blistering heat, of withstanding lisation, .31: commercial, .81; new doubt, pay the fiddler. If the pro Messiah In Prophecy, first in a MENT siertf and visiting production of farm crops below years of poor crope and of poor ? ! ? ife^ ° f IN r a E COUNTY COURT OF business, .69; general and miscel posed raise in rates should be C h ^ R t ^ T h lT X broth* re «re cordi that of other nations as not feasible | prices for wheat or stock. And to laneous, 1.22; depreciation, 1.62; granted, we would have to pay, t tw «Ti n i Sm5 L S’/C Ub !Or^ >y* SHERMIAN COUNTY, STATE OF ally irritad to neet as it would cut the standard of them must be permitted the mone uncollectible bills, .15; taxes, 3.11. most likely, from $10.00 to $12.00 and ffirls will meet for its first with us. living too low for America. Also tary rewards many of them have per 1000 bushels more freight on 7:W P m‘* - IN THE MATTER OF THE • • - V Lewi« McKee, N. G. he refused to sanction the argu attained for their persistence and wheat than we now pay. By united Three Christian Endeavor groups ESTATE OF Maude P. Muilenburg, Joe Truit. Secreta’, Governor Martin has invited the effort we have heretofore been able ment that the government should faith in the county earned them. m^etin8 j or y orsbrP’~ 8tudy- *?d Deceased. Grange to hold its 1938 convention guarantee the price of farm pro Lupine Rebekah Ledge Nee 116 As the elders of these pioneers in Salem. In a telegram to Louis to defeat such asked for raises in song. Thursday, 7:30 p. m., at the i NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN ducts. look out over the county now it is J. Tabor, master of the national rates on grain. We must act in the church. Moro. Oegon * that the undersigned, administra His favor apparently fell on the not presumed that these monetary grange tfoe governor pointed out ! same way this time. Local Granges, tor of estate of Maude IP. Muilen Meets 2d and 4th Tu- Farm Bureaus, the .Wheat League, Christian Science Soeietv plan of putting the “primary re rewards are the greatest that they that Oregon» new capital building C op per,tìveB in A iiG r .» Dealer» Christian Science Sunday service burg, deceased, has filed in the sponsibility” of farm crop reduc- realise. For accomplishment so will be ready for occupancy next e^.ìa’ « of each inonrh County Court of Sherman County, tion on the fanners by a majority great can not help but c a r t/ some summer and will be avaittble“ for are undertaking to help the Tri- begins at eleven o’clock. ~ The les Visiting rawwUrs v. »| Oregon, his account as admin- State Wheat Transportation Coun»- son subject will be “Sacrament.” . . . . final . vote of those concerned. He said spiritual reward as well. come. use by the Grange for its conven cil, Inc., with our fight. While The Wednesday evening meeting ,s^rator of said estate and that the that this would mean an adequate This was new land when they tion. Generally interpreted as a begins as eight o’clock. In the 31st day of J a n ^ ry , 1938, at the MahdTBpKee, N. Q. supply and adequate reserves. came and the bunch grass stood slap at Ray Gill, master of the Ore plans for raising heeded Çunds thru reading room in the rear of the hour of 10 ° ’clock in th* forenoon Naomi Van Gilder, a moderate retain in Warehouse It .is interesting to follow this two feet high and the nearest store gon State Grange, for his well Church building will be found all “ id day’ at the « " » tF court type of reasoning a bit further. It was miles sway—like as not— and known pro-labor leanings the gov Charges or at anif time of wheat authorised Christian Science liters- room ,n the courthouse of said Bethlehem Chapter. Ne. 78. O. E. S is natural to assume that if farm when it was reached nothing but ernor In his telegram to Tabor de sales is being considered, it is too ture, which may be read, borrowed county- has xed the court Moro, Oregon late in-the mai ketjrw season to ap ers were permitted or encouraged the * most ordinary goods were clared that ‘‘there are some farm or purchased. The public is lov- “ the time and P,ace for hearing ply such arrangement, so we shall Meats Every Seconj to form some sort of an organixa- kept. Thede was no ready money organisation leaders who cannot ingly welcomed to all services. , of objections to said acbount, if Fourth Thursdays in each have to work subscription lists. tion and given power to determine and the sale of a few steers, a few decide whether to remain AFL or _____ _______ T _______ __j any, and th e s e ttle m e n t thereof. Month. Visiting membeit the amounts raised, they would also loads of wheat or the proceeds of go CIO.” “They think of politics Such will be placed with the local Grp«« Valiev Baptist Church ‘ William Muilenburg, Invited. be able to control the price asked * wool hauling trip made up the first, labor second, and the fanner grain Cooperative« and ' Grain Gerald C. Drvden. Pawtnr. ! Administrator of the estate of Frances King W. M. Dealers, and Granges or other farm for their product. It follows that entire return for the first years of third, If at all, in all.issues affect First Baptist church. Grass Val- Maude p - Muilenburg, deceased. Ruth Sparling. Secretary. organizations will oo-operate as «the same privilege would be given homesteading in this then new ing the advancement of the farm they may elect. Every grower to other groups; labor for instance land. industry.” should contact at once one of these A t they s e e ' motor cars with might be encouraged—as it has • • • agencies and make his contribu been—to organise and demand cer eighty horses under their hoods Seventy-five thousand acres of tion, and not wait to be approach tain wages and perhaps hours. glide up the paved roadway they cut-over, second growth and iso Transportation, industry and others must think back to the many cold lated farm lands in the Oregon ed personally, because no one can would be given the same power, mornings they have started for the Coast range are being restored to be paid for traveling;about t» âee perhaps in greater extent than at Columbia river railroad with four forest production and developed for us. For present needs, it is thought present or with lees governmental or six horses and a feiw sacks of recreation and wild life conserva that i mill per bushel, which a- mounts to 50 cents per 1000 bush dearly won wheat. restrictions. tions three years of intensive land els delivered for.salq,twill suffice for We like to write of the pioneers; Where would we be then? We use adjustment and acquisition near our contribution. would be creating new agencies of we like to think about them and completion, R. S. Shelley, project James B. Adams, government armed with authority their times for there is something manager, reported to Governor indomitable stolut them, can Invin District Committeeman, Tri-State over economic processes. Those en Martin this week. Acqusition of gaged in the production of goods cible toughness and hardiness that 74,885^ acres of land on the Oregon Wheat Transportation Council. would have been given a distinct stayed on and won through hard Coast valued at $428,230 and repre advantage over those who consume. times and short rations senting 395 ownerships is approxi T The loyalty of the average citisen mately 90 percent complete. Lands would naturally go to his economic The resignation of Justice Suth being acquired are adjacent to and, group instead of to the government erland gives the president a chance within the boundaries of the Sius-I as the average union labor man to appoint another man on the su law National Forent. Development1 gives his loyalty to his union in preme court and Tt Is certain that work Is being carried on by 540 From the Observer January 8, 1909 preference to the law. his choice this time will be super- men in cooperation with . WPA. j Similar proposals have been ! ior in training and demonstrated Forest recreation areas have been' Now this is fine—18 inches oi made in leaser places It is well ability than was Justice Black. Of developed at a number of points the beautiful deliverecLIfi fine shape to examine the trend and determine1 the two most often mentioned Reed throughout the area. Most o f thes« thia week- before we have gone far along the is probably the best timber for the are equipped with fire-places, rua- j I. D. PjLe haf • weld WhLfarm and . road whether we wish to travel] job as Minton has often displayed tic table« and b«n«h#s, community b-mght the' Hi<kson jjresidence in _____----- —------------------------------------------------- -----------............................... .......................... that highway or not. It is particu- a tendency toward persecution of kitchens, picnic grounds and sani- Moro park which he will repair and renovate in good style. larly important that farmers look his opponents that hardly befit« the tary facilities. he proposition over carefully. highest court in the land. Perhaps Moro is to have an up to date For years farmers have been neither will be chosen. bakery, restaurant and lodging THB POWELL FAMILY able to exercise some jp r t of a bouse in the Peoples building, E. balance between labor and indus- „ F. Donham, proprietor. try. »Win« one n o « and another at' people will .tudy the national . Marion Powell, father of the Powell family of Sherman county, Born: To 'Mr. and Mrs. G. C. •ome other time. The national budret without flndiny . »everal brought his family here in 1885 Vintin, December 27, a daughter. Graiwe ma.ter, recently made »¡mi- P1« « » to reduce expenditures even from Prineville after having lived uT^Utement. Farmer,, mirht prof, th o u g h the preeident recount, the there since 1869 and after having From Observer Ja«luary 10 1919 «ably eoneider « e ll their poeitk>n ,tor>' ot » c,1,‘ r who “ “W "<* do aided in the defeat of the vigilantes Sherman county this week defini In the national aet-up before m o v -l" - A1> ■•»«onal <hvi»ion» of gov- that terrorized that part of the t ejy adopted a roads program when eminent are being increased rapid ing toward such a change. , at the session of the state highway ly and this could well be curtailed. state in early days. The family has a distinct pion- commission an application was for- Despite the depression an expendi eer background as'JMarion PoWell mally made for a state aid high ROAD8 ture of over a billion dollars for came across the plains in 1857 from WBy through the county from north Missouri and his wife made the to south and going as far as Shan- “ f — y y trip in 1863 coming from Iowa. iko. They were married in Linn county C. W. Moore has sold his brick is an increase from $611,600,000 in have again become an important 1981. Also this item will grow as S ? i ^ n i t h ^ ^ ^ " ^ i o r o ^ n d ’>“ ldin» On First 8trMt °0CUpied part of the thought of farm dwell- try in «nother pioneer »«nture and b Gi o ie m a n A Co. to John ero. For .orne ye.ro, bec»u.e of lon* “ the bod<et b 0Ut ° f h*1' later came to this land when It still Karlen. ” » the depression, the known lack of *p“ ' _ was pretty much in the rough. A letter was received from Wil He settled a few miles west of money, and the former extensive who was in London, road program there has been a com It has often been said that poli Moro on a pre-emption claim he I’8 Burton paratively small demand on the tics was a dirty job, but it was not purchased and later bought other England. C. E. Hill expect« to leave for court for road building. Now every previously known that the state’s land to increase his holdings. His body wants some certain road built three biggest politicians had to sons William S. Po*rell, long a' Waterville, Washington where he leader in farm activities including wall be superintendent of an ex- or repaired or gravelled have a shower in their office. the Farmer’s Union, the Grange, periment farm. Under the former road program n ■» the W k e .t U .g u e wid the Co-op- From the 0 CT JlB^ r, 6, ]gM aa mapped out- in the twenties each There could be more joy over eratives: Charles and Roy, now on . part of the county was to receive «At a meeting of citikens inter- gravelled highways in due timfe. Roooevelt’s proposal to build a the relief committee, have in- Tbe progranTwa«'halted before lt bnnch f new ships if U e d*rn creased their holdings in the Moro ested i» °P«n r>ver held in More and Ebrdkineville neighborhoods Saturday A. C. Huff acted as was finished and two sections of things lasted over 20 years, and all are prosperous farmers or chairman and W. H. Ragsdale was the county were not cared for. Thar ai* the northeastern part of it » M n i th a t a fcattar a r * to live in town. Living chosen secretary. J. B. Wheat, O. a m o u n t , «hero r o ^ « .r e to be £ ^ d.ughtero are Mr». E. H. Moore of P Hul»e .nd C rI Peett «ere cho»- tato R o t o w»d the Eroktae ” Moro »n>l >«"• M»ry Sotfthvfck of •" u roproeent S h erm u county in territory which was to have _ “ . Portland. January*», gravelled read..]? - I — , During the 52 years the family The sweet babes of Mesdames winter the roads were so It was only a few years ago that has lived in Sherman county its E. E. Barnum and EL R. Wheat a- en^g wfth enow that the conditions this nation had its first billion dob members have been active in the sleep in the dancing hall Friday of the surface had little to do with lar congress. Now,' with hundreds business and social life of the coun- night was one of those beautiful tn i^ lin g Tbiy year heavy rains of new taxes, the moat we can ty having helped the organization pictures , which often b4ff3e ' the ^ th e road Wrface all raise is a billion short. What a of banks, elevators and other poet’s description. and men who have been tlMiL. t venture«. i At a rabbit hunt Wednesday for rising S'cns us Soldiers Play ^ b e rm a n C u ttn l^ I c u n t * L ' I r t 19M( * turan CHirpCHFS In Other Days The high cost of living is getting to be a problemZHgaiii^ but you can still get the news of your neighbors each w eek for the same cost. WHY NOT RESOLVE: To Subscribe To The. County For 1938 and know whàt is going on around the county. _ V '-:*' r J1 I _ \ - \
