Sherman County journal., April 08, 1938, Image 1

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fiftieth Year No. a
Moro, Urea«»».
K fttlay,
April »
Official Coun
DUTY
Qf. .Oregon- ....
Dana Leaves
C a n ci'd a te
Its Government
For Tournament
and People
At Eugene
The Childrens' Farm Home Tea
was a vary successful and enter,
By A. L. Lindbtck
tabling meeting for the Moro
Woman's Club. A •’ substantial
> silver offering was received from
Entry of Chas. A. Sprague into
' the members and guests present,
the political arena, forecast in this
re 1 m ini laet week, tea la n * « tench aa well as a, number of useful a p f'
tfces o f clothing and food which
of uncertainty to the Republican
ware donated to the Home.
gWbenmtorial contest In which
The director, Mrs. Carroll Sayrs, -
Sam Brown, the Gervais farm er,
had prepared a vary fine program
was generally cascaded to have a
to entertain those present. Jane
decided edge ever h it ether oppo­
} French and Lois Melxer, acoom- '
nents. ' Sprague who i t hdd in
panied by Louise Barzee, played
high regards b y the ritisens of
two clarinet duets, the Waite and
Salem where ha is well known an
Cradle Song by Brahms, and Ooun
a leader in civic and pufctfeal af­
try Garden, by Percy Granger.
fairs, it lacking in G w t state wide
.Mrs. Blaine Miller then gave a-
acquaintance which is sash a val­
short sketch of Brahms' life. A ’
uable asset to a candidate fo r pub­
very interesting book review on i
lic office He is however, possessed
"Lure of the 'River,’* was given 1 i
of a large circle o f friends in the by. Mrs. Poley, and Mrs. Reese had |
newspaper fratern ity who may
prepared a report on the History :
take up the fight in his behalf in
of the Os re of the Dependent
which event he ean ha counted to
Child. A soueaphone selection “Ro­
give Sam Brown and Is old Ford
mance" by Rdbenstein, which was
a real race fo r the party nomina­
very capably played by
Frank
tion. A t any rate the political
Sayrs brought the program to a
prognosticators are already plac­ close.
Dessert lunch, which car- I
ing their bets on these two favor­
ried out the spring colors, green
ites to set the pace in the forth
and yellow, was served.
coming struggle, with the remain­
The next meeting will be held I
der of the pack trailing fa r behind
Friday, April IB. Mrs. Howard
when the final results ate tabu­ Conlee is to be the director. She I
lated.
plans to have a speaker.
In the Democratic camp it ap­
pears to be all over but the shout­
ing so far as the gubernatorial con
test is concerned. Governor Mar­
tin is generally conceded to have
it in the bag if he does not talk
himself out of it by too many tact-
G. A. (Tex) Oliver, University of Oregon's new head
tleas comments on touchy subjects.
<oacb has arrived on the campus st Eugene and w ill opei
His defense of Senator Reams sup­
leetbaU practice in a few days. He is shown above ( A ) w
port of the president's reorgani­
Cornell, athletic manager.
zation bill last week is said to
have cost him a lot of support
among conservative Republicans
who are fearful of a continuation
of New Deal policies.
Contest of C Class
High School Bands
Set Fee Saturday
Camp Officers
In the senatorial arena State
Treasurer Holman is believed to
Show Facilities
To Citizens
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A goodly number of Sherman
Countians gathered at the CCC
Governor Martin has given his
approval to a $750,000 short term
loan to be floated by the State
Highway Commission in order to
take advantage of federal aid funds
Early training ae a curb to
allocated to this state. The fed­
¡crime
was stressed by U. S. Dis-
eral aid, totalling approximately
1 trict Attorney Carl G. Donaugb in
$3,200,000 is available only bn a
match basis requiring $2,800,000 a recent address to the Lions Club
of
Marshfield. “Fifty-five per
of state money which the highway
cent
of
the people arrested in the
department is unabe to spare out
I United States today have previous
.of current revenues.
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m . committed by youth, of 18 or
19.” Donaugb « id . "In all my « -
perience a . a proaecutor I have
not encountered a single man in
trouble who had had Boy Scout
training.” .H e urged AU liatners
to .pread the good influence of
Scoutdom as a deferent to crime.
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Donaugh, now a candidate for the
Democratic senatorial nomination
advocates crime control measures
and racketeering abolition.
Carl Donaugb
Praises Boy Scouts
i
• Construction work on the new
sta te forestry building' to be lo­
cated on a tract of land near the
atate prison east oh Salem got
under way this week. The now
building to coat $31,000 will be L-
shaped with a frontage of 70 feet
and a depth of 100 feet. Different
kinds of native Oregon wood will
be used in .finishing the interior
c f the building which will be the
flr^t unit in a group which ulti­
mately Will . include a machine
shop, garage, warehouse and oil
houses
Visitors were grouped off in
squads of eight to twenty and
taken around the camp by foremen
and engineers of the SOS. The
officers headaua'ters, the' educa­
tional room, the barracks, the SCS
headquarters, the shop, garage and
dining room were all visited and
the work done there explained. Vis­
its to the infirmary and the main
rec'cation hall were also included.
At '
, att" p i« « »«leers of
t*>e SCS, Mr. Elms and Mr. Dyer
»he work be.mr done and
‘he . ‘ h“ r'T5 , of erosion bemg
Uu/ ht to the farmer, of the area
“ der
“ any picture, of
w r7kJ ' erc an<1 m other C“mf”
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A fter the tour of the camp re-
fregh nts wPre „erved at the
r00m
Kp>s J
>n(1
1>ter taken
t0 , he work
the
Mr. Baker, the new educational
advisor, spoke briefly
eo * each
CSC I rG^ram U l
«roun telling them of the amis of
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the educational work being offered
« ivinK • review of the classes
° noss^ble for the bove who wish to
Thf8 community concert associa- avail themselves of it.
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Concert Season Coming and
tion of The Dalles is sponsor for
the presence of Addison Fowler and
Florenz
Tamara,
international
dancers, in The Dalles April 13.
This is the last of the concerts for
the season and ticket sale will be-
gin in June for the 1938-39 at-
tractions. x A number of Sherman
county people have attended this
series of concerts in The Dalles
auditorium this winter and have
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Governor Martin has appealed
to the citizens of Oregon to join
in the observance of accident and
health insurance week beginning NOTICE
The Examiner c f Operators and
April 25. The governor said he
made the appeal in an effort to Chauffeurs, will be in Moro on
reduce the number of preventable Monday, April 11, 1938 at the
Courthouse between the hours of
1 and 5, respectively, according to
Friday'is election on the propos­ information from the office o f the
ed Northwest Oregon Bonneville Secretary of State.
Peoples’ Utility district, regarded
All those wishing permit« dr
as the first real test of public licenses to drive cars are asked to
ownership sentiment in this state, get in touch with the examiner at
is expected to bring out a heavy this time.
vote in the j seven counties in­
The city of Moro this week re­
volved.
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State election officials Estimate ceived he outstanding bonds that
that between 70,000 and 75,000 have been exchanged for new
residents of the seven counties are bonds at a lower rate of interest
qualified to vote in the election and the refunding process h prac­
tically complete.
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w^re^m.them“ ’v“ “
For manv, especiallv%women and
children, who have had no p-evious
opportunity to visit the camp the
tour was very interesting. The
methods used to handle the com-
paratively large bodies of men
were all explained.
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rro g ra m ^ e a n n g
Walur M
S u c m tfa P S h d
' Crawford, Klamath fndlan and in
“Home stretch*' for the drive to tlle re<1,**r election w iff haws to
create greater employment by in- i °P®08e Bayard T. Merril, Juntura
creased consumption of products
teacher;. U. S. Balentine,
of this area finds all forces active-
se^atnr from Klamath or
ly pressing forward to make thia Renn? \
LaGrande, who has
year’s campaign a memorable one, run before-
ccording to Ex-Mayor Geo. L. Snell Unrrp-mrd
Baker of Portland, and > manager J
of Columbia Empire Industries,' Earl Snell is unopposed for
Inc.
The campaign concludes Republican nomination for secre-
April 10th.
tary of state and Emily Edson
“We are particularly grateful
receive the Democratic nomi-
for the fine support our efforts nation for the office.
have received this year from the! I7*01* Superintendent of Public
people of the Pacific Northwest," j Instruction the Democrat« may
state« Mr. Baker. ~ ‘T he idea of, name J. W. Leonhardt of LaGrande
buying, as the key to increased w^° ^a8 tried for the office before,
industrial activity, and conse- or
Putnam, now filling the
quently to increased opportunity, °Ace by appointment Charles A.
has been enthusiastically taken up E’ce» superintendent of Portland
throughout the Columbia basin." schools will be the Republican
Gram Up Again
. The job of labor commissioner
*ttracted more candidates
than uauaj an{j Charles Gram,
>f soil and moisture
time incumbent, will have
ractices will shortly' «on>P«.titkm jn the person of David
a number of dem- ; Graham’ Malheur county judge,
ns in Morrow, Sher-1
fall election he will be op-
niiam, and Jefferson
by Clarence Hyde, Eugene
| legislator or Paul Roth, Portland
eported today b y ! MffWMor who are aspiring to the
ill, manager of thejP06^
on service project
More candidate« are out for
nder this phase of supreme judge posts than common.,
m program recently F°r Judge Bean's position, besides
mi ted number of in-
George Cochran, Roy
•s outside of project Hewitt, John W. McCulloch, and
in which the Service Howard Zimmerman are contest-
lay obtain technical
S. Martin of Salem is
adopting soil and runn*ng against J. 0 Bailey and
measures to their Hal1 p«8k-. judge by appointmeat
tions. Each demon- *8 being opposed by I, H. Van
will b e j selected Winkle and James Chirfnock.
I ^ P J ^ I o n of the Hendrick« Assured of Election
A il A n t Afl - -
M V|JiCU
has
nd w ill be approved
>n service. The soil
No one filed for the circuit
service w ill« supply judgeship for this district making
within limits of a-< it easy for Judge Carl Hendricks
mel, from its near- to win election in the primaries
thus obviating a fall election in
the following basic this office.
control of soil ero-
For representatives from this
II underlie recom- district Ernest Fatland of Condon
ions sot, forth In and Giles French of Moro are un­
ion farm plans: (1) opposed for nomination. No state
steep slopes from senator is being elected.
a permanent vege-
County offices to be filled are
2) use of sound commissioner and treasurer. J; M.
which provide for Wilson of Kent has been the only
f fertility and ade- one to file for the oommissioner-
-e covqn (8) follow- »hip and will undoubtedly receive
ars whan using any the Republican nomination In
it for tillage opera- May. Mrs. Naomi Van Gilder,
of improved stock county treasurer, was the only one
lan to Secure uni- to file for that office and will be
sr utilization of pas- nominated.
re vegetation; and,
Nominations for eity offices are
crop residues and not made until October in towns
surface of the soil the size of Sherman county towns 1
soil losses durihfi so the aboye list just abobt covers
and wind erosion those for whom local citizens will
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The Moro high schoal hand
will be among the contestants in
the much-anticipated Oregon state
high school band contest to be
held on the campus of the Univer­
sity of Oregon, April 8 and 9.
The band will be entered m class
C division witn bands from Uni­
versity high school, Woodrow Wil­
son and Roosevelt junior high
rrhxjls from Eugene, and bands
from Arlington, CreswweU, Hepp­
ner, Burns, Powers, Sherwood,
«atorad tbs Bete aw «sodMato far Santo Clara, and Sandy high
the Republican nomination for schools.
The contest is approaching with
governor.
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more than usual enthusiasm this
year because of the new ruling
which will allow all entrants re­
ceiving superior rating to enter
the national regional contests to
be held in Seattle May 14.
As was the practice last year,
the contest divided into two sec­
tions with all class B bands and
ensembel contestants having par-
ticipated ht Oregon State college
last week end, and dans 'A' and
C bands participating in Eugene
during this week end.
Many Contestants
Approximately 6B0 contestants
will be entered in the contest, with
17 bands and numerous soloists.
Soloists will be entered from sev­
eral schools which have no band
contestants. These will be from
Medford, , Lebanon< Oeehara,
Springfield, North Bend, Halsey,
River Read, and Portland’s Grant
sad Franklin high schools.
Judges for the contest at Eugene
will ha Lewie Waeeea of Taeoma,
and Owen Sanders of Portland.
Visiting bandsmen will be lodged
st the campus living organisations.
John Stehn, director of the Uni­
versity of Oregon band, and as-
sistant professor of music is in
charge of the contest arrangements
here. ’
The Moro band : left Friday
morning fdr Eugene with parents
Sayrs, Barzee, Pinkerton, Thomp­
son, French providing part of the
transportation for the thirty band
members.
In the afternoon court members
made a tour of the county to look
over the rokds and decide where
the n*»xt new roads shall' be con­
ducted.
UNION BARLEY SPREADS
The fame of Union beardless
barley, a hybred variety developed
at the Eastern Oregon branch ex­
perim ent- station at Union, - t has
spred beyond the borders of this
state, report« D. E. Richard«,
superintendent of the station.
Seed houses in Arizona, Cali­
fornia and Waabingon ,are now
socking Union
beardless, after
finding it superior to other beard­
less barleys for certain sections
of their states.
In eastern Oregon Union beard­
less hse consistently out<tyielded
other beardless varieties, particu­
larly in the irrigated er bettor
rainfall sections. Its yields are
not consistently equal to Trebi or
Hannchen, which are leading stan­
dard varieties, although it has
out-yielded them In certain years.
Kent Auxiliary
Orders Poppies
The Kent Auxiliary held its
regular meeting at the home of
MSldred Norton Thursday evening.
It was reported that 300 poppies
had been ordered.
After the meeting, members of
the Legion ware invited to help
celebrate the 19th anniversary of.
the founding of the Legion. A
big birthday cake, jello and coffee
were served and a social meeting
enjoyed.
Millie von Borstel, Emma Pluem-
ke and Dorothy Dunlap attended
the district heating at Hood River
Monday night, April 4th.
In t h is one week you have o n ly s&apled the
fin e products o f the Coluabia E aplre.
In
one week you have s ta r te d th e snow ball o f
prosperous e sp lo y se n t r o llin g . So, reaea-'
ber th a t we who are WORKERS and BUYERS are
the c r e a to r s o f WORK and OPPORTUNITY.
L e t 's a u lt ip ly t h i s l a s t week by f l f t p . '
two. As lon g as our produota o f th e C oin»-
b ia Empire have a e r i t - a s lon g aa they
produce happiness and eaployaen t fo r ue;
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l e t ' s g iv e then f i r s t and peraaaent oon- J
s id é r a tio n . We have found th e tru th - "Wt
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