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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.
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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.
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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
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IN THE COUNTY COURT FOR
other sections of the United States.
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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
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THE
cents per kilowatt hdur.
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ALEXANDER
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Consumption of electricity in
VIS,
Deceased.
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Oregon increased 14 ' percent in
have a work meeting at the par
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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
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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.'
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r Dated and first published' De
tle
that
matter
and
will
not
lack
Everyone Welcome.
SUBSCRIPTION RATES
While operating revenues of
cember 24, 1987.
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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
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■ 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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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Portland.
January*»,
gravelled read..]?
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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
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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.
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County
For 1938
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