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About Sherman County journal. (Moro, Or.) 1931-current | View Entire Issue (April 29, 1938)
F iftie th ivi.»«», tírelo»». Y e a r N t» . ^6 O f O regon- Its G overnm ent and People Registratioñ Shows Minor Changes- Registration of voters for the ' May primaries was completed last toeek in this county and the totals L. Lindbeck •are very much the same*as they Sixty-seven of the 76 members have been in the past. Repitbli- of th« last legislature whose terme c»ns number 843 and Democrats an expiring are candidates in th e ! 538. This indicates a slight gain now being the P*rty in Power- primary campaign New registrations were 33 for waged. Forty two of the 60 mambers of the House of R e p - e - ‘he Republicans and 38 for .the sentadves are seeking re-election. Democrats Of those cancelled 19 Of these 1« are Republicans and » « • Republican and 16 were Dem- 26 an Democrats. Five House c atic. This last item indicates menfben— two Republicans and the changes that were made pos tim e Democrats— eek promotion ’ ¡ble for the Purposes of voting to the state senate. . Two former for certain candidates in this representatives—Walter Nodblad primary. While much talk has of Astoria and Jack Wagner, Port- been heard about the land democrat, are candidates for change little has come of it here Congress. Two House democrats.; »J;„pr_e.cinCt’ “ * reg,‘ trat,on 18 Clarence F. Hyde of Eugene and Demo Repub. Paul E. Roth of Po’tland—would 74 92 Rufus 54 59 Loc. Grove 53 41 ' Klondike Oleen of St. Heh 27 75 Monkland the Democratic nomination for 14 40 Rütledge governor. 39 98 Kent • • • 1 89 121 . Valley' Eight Republicans and five Dem G. 4 111 181 Moro ocratic members of the state sen 4 77 127 Wa«co ate are candidates for re-election. TOTAL 14 538 834 Friday, O ffic ia l C o u n t y April 29, 1^38 Wade Crawford Jurymen Chosen Wasco Beats Speaks To Club For May Torn, Grim Valley In Of Circuit Court At Wasco ' • Following is the list yf names Opening Game Paper Lamb Show To Music Festival I Be Sponsored By Contestants * v Wasco Civic Club Coming Saturday The Wasco Civic Club voted I flonday night to sponsor the an nual lamb show this year and com- School Children of County riittees were appointed to handle lhe details of that event. May 21 To Show Result of was chosen as the date. The show has been held in Moro Musical Instruction the two previous years and the The annual Sherman County < hange is being made to interest Musical Festival will be held next f ther sheep raisers in the show. Saturday with Moro being. the As usual prizes will be given fo- resentative in congress from the Moro farmer; Barnum, Wa9C0 was played Sunday on the le st Individual lambs and for pens host town thia year. This event second Oregon district, spoke be- M->ro, farmer: . Inland Medler, Wasco diamond with the home of three lambs. Fleeces will also in all counties of the state has been fore the Wasco Civic Club Mon- Wasco, farmer; Vernon Miller, team winning by a score of 6 to 1. »<» awarded prises in two or three recognized and approved by the day night in behalf of his candidacy Moro, farmer; Rkha-d Dingle, Pitching and- general team play «lasses. A sheepherder’s ball will i state department of education be given in the Opera House at j which urges all counties to add Mr. Crawford, in telling of his life Rufus, farmer; L. E.< Kasdberg, were much closer than the score. the close of the day and the lamb| music to the school cirriculum, and experiences, said that he was Warco, farmer; H. A. Vsn Gilder, School bands wUl meet at the 42 years old and had lived through Wasco, farmer; Glen Thompson, Miller for Grass Valley struck out that is used as a demonstration in a period of great development of Rufus, farmer; W.i D. Watkins,j 14 men and Jensen, Wasco hurler, meat cutting will be given as door school house and march at 9:45 to the band stand which will be plac the southern part of the district. Wasco, farmer; Rqy Powell, Moro. fanned 12 batsmen for what must .m ixes. Life Recalled I H et^r ** ‘O,”e The dance committee will be ed on First Street. First street Owen Barnett, Walter Blau and between Main and Scott will be Emil Anderson, Wasco, farmer; out record. Miller gave five hits, Steve McMillan. The general com closed to traffic and parking will ¡ng to Chemawa'he had “to“ U avd Alva Bakin. Grew »alley, farmer: two of them /being of a very mittee which will handle the work be permitted-there. by wagon and narrow guage rail- c Wilson, » p H , w®®£* scratch variety, and Jensen allow- of putting on the show will be After opening ceremonies the road to get to his destination and Claude Coats. Rltfuw farmer; Rob- four hits during the game, made up of L. P. . Haven, L. E. bands will give concerts with Kent that now two roads the reserve- W\ BM*hee, firm er, j Line-up for the game indicates Wright, George Drinkard, Clyde i being first, followed by Rufus, tion of his people: For four years K. farmer. I tjiat Wasco will be.much stronger; Fridley, H. J. Dixon and O. G. • Grass Valley, Wasco and Moro in he was administrator of the Klam- •• Amidon. MWO, farmer, ., vear than because of the; Hilderbrand. ' that order. ath Indian reservation and in that JJ. Barnum, Moro^Jarme . a | Edition of Jensen as nitcher and I —— ------------------ | The nearness of May 1, whidh capacity handled up to a million Powell, Moro, farmer: L. ■ °°?*’ iRice as catcher and Vintin, who; , is child health day is the reason and a half dollars each year. JJcro farmer: Walter played in his outfield position The C om m unity PUyS for having physical education He asked that the voters send Moro. f a r Z ; T ru l; JV X v features included in the program. Portland democrat—is a candidate Frank Thomas’ pupils from Was for the Multnomah , county dis back to Washington a man who is man Strong, Moro, farmer; S. L. Gragg VaUey hag Mi’,ler a de co will give an exhibition at 11:30, trict attorneyship. Senator U. S. active and able to do those things s f ,; ,," ‘¿ ^ v iu « * .‘ farmer, pendable pitcher and the Roth The Moro community play, “Aunt I after which there will be a period Balentine whose term does not _ for his constituencv that they re boys of last year’s team as well Tniie“ Gees To Town” will’ be giv for lunch. T lie torn told oi of his expire until 1941, is a candidate B a n q u e t AlUlOUllCCCl quire. Me nis travels oxer es Phifer, an experienced player, en at Gra„ Valky Friday night, for congress from the second dis- the nation and said that he had trict ; The Moro Woman’s Club will been in every state but four and who is field captain. Wallace Stark I tha same cast that presentad it All Schools On Prograi „ a - hold • its annual Mother's . and knew the country intimately. Charles A. Spragoi, »'ccompxnied ¡j’y * ¡ ’' “* « > ’ « ««» '*'»><• Waaco hadan op.^ i„ the afternoon the program Oregon’s own Agricultural Ad- Daughter's meeting * on Monday little with the w illow It is a p o ^ ^ t y t0 see the play Wednes- win be given in the Legion hall He explained the method used by r Bob Jackson, w»s here Tues- judgment Act is back on the stat- evening May 9th at 6:30 in the younger team and one that should dfty ni(fht The Wasco community I where the Rhvthm hand of Wasco ute books but it is hardly probable Basement of the Presbyterian and in so doing stated that tHe jn behalf of his play “Through th Keyhole” will be unde£ the direction of Evelyn practice and play together. Schill- given in Moro under the auspices - Scott, the J{pro primary chorus di- that it will ever be put into effect, church with a pot luck supper. many speeches sent out by con- the Republican nomination for gov- ¡” " 7 ^ The state supreme court reversed Each member will v let vessm en to their con stituents-ere ernor. Mr. Sp'«»ue is edkor and X e 6™t to t L in of the Legion, lib r a r y and Wo- rected by Margaret Turnbull, an the decree of the circuit court the chairman. Mrs, 0 . L- Belshe, merely d-esshft to impress the publisher of the Salem Statesman. the ™ " me but much *b,Ii- man’s club n.nt Wednesday night.. intermediate eherus, directed by ty as a hitter. holding the act to be unconstitu- know whether you are coming or voters and were of no value for _____ Nan Smith, an older chorus with - - •, Wasco has . plenty of players _ _ tional but in doing so the higher n o t. and how many daughter s you or against the legislation on which . . .Jeanette Huddleston, directing and . - ' tribunal refused to accept respon- arc b inging, not later than Sun- they were aobut. The work ^.ReDOrt D eals W i t h sibility for passing upon the sta- May 8th. congress is done in committees 1 azvsaa» saaa ley will be presented. In addition and Jensen, a cool, young pitcher.) tus of the law. In side s te p p in g ------------------------ there will be other numbers inter- and before the various administra- 1? tive board., he a^d. - »ra iU l UMMll^QIIS this question the court took refuge y, f , ____ g_____ sperced. Lineups: behind «be argument that inasmuch ElMjCaVOr^rS VjOlUg The boys high school choruM Gullies through summer fallow Scotch Blood Held Needed , Favorable crop prospects in Ore- Wagco as there was no bona fide contro- or in wheat fields used to be that from Wasco and the Wasco girls gon are not unlike conditions gen- H AB R ▼ersy between the parties to the J q S tate LOnVeiltlOIl of as some thing that just happen chorus will sing nt the end of the Mr. Crawfo d imid that he was erafiy the country as a whole, j^oot 3 3 2 1 suit no relief could be had under ed, but now they are considered a program. The Moro band will descended from Scotch, Irish and accOrding to the monthly review of Rice 3 0 c 1 the declaratory judgment act. Carl Peetz. Ardis Truitt and Indian parentage apd commented the agrjCultural situation and out- Watkins reflection on the type of farming give a cohcsrt at 6:45 at the band 1 3 1 1 Deciding hypothetical questions, Rev. L. H. Mitchelmore are ‘ r a man is doing, says Joe Balan- stand. on the need for some Scotch thrift ico^ just released by the Oregon McKean-^~ 4_ 1 2 -4 the court held, is not a Judicial tending the Oregon State Chris- in congress as well as some Irish g tate college exFemrion service. y intin egr, county agertt of Morrow coun An educational show, will be 2 0 1 m f unction. Two members of the tian Endeavor convention at Ore ability to fight for the r^eds of ty, in discussing the progress that □resented at the school house at The geasQn .g starting off with Wjlde 0 1 3 court, however, took issue with the gOn City this week end in company the-district. He is not running, e prospects for craps> ranges and Morehouse 1 is being made in the control oi 8:00 and after that a dance will be 0 0 3 r majority members on this point, with more than 1500 other yobng both wind and water erosion. given in. the American Legion said,, on a jMatform of 100% for moderately better than Kruger 0 0 2 c Justice Rossman, in a dissenting people and youth leaders. The Roosevelt and he is not a politician hall. ‘' For the past three years farm 0 3 0 opinion, declared that the “very three a e representing the Moro o- an adept campaigner, but in any of the past several years, j Pn(, en P Nearly every child in the county ers in this courtty have been hold- 0 0 1 s purpose of the declaratory judg- High School society. Sessions will would, if elected, be an active which is pretty good considering Williams ing their own erosion control bas a part in this program and it that crop production last year m«nts act is to enable the courts be held in the First Congregation- legislator. meetings without any outside is expected to bring a large crowd turned out 13 per cent above thé Grass Valley to step in before damage is in- rhurch and the high school H R AB speakers to tell them what to do. to see the youngsters perform and He was accompanied by his wife average. gome parts of the Great flicted.” Justice Rand went even auditorium. 4 2 0 Instead they talk over their own display the musical knowledge they 2 and daughter and was returning to p]ajns area are still lacking in sulb- B. Roth farther to declare that the act is With the opening meeting sche- Klamath from the young Demo- goij moisture: so that crop yields H. Roth 0 4 0 9 I experiencee and# trade ideas on have gained during the year. 1 unconstitutional for the same ,iu]ed for this evening, the conven- crats meeting in Pendleton. 1 1 4 1 how best to keep their good top c in sUCb districts will depend upon Schilling reasons as were set forth in the ^,or eon»;nuing through Friday, 0 2 0 s 0 soil from blowing or washing away, On the program for the club adequate rainfall during the rest Phifer previous case in which the origi- Saturday and Sunday. The final 0 1 3 1 The first year there were about 60 StOCKS 3 ‘ J- Roth nal state AAA was held to be un- cession Sunday night will be ad- were Evelyn Scott who played two of the growing season. 0 9 I attended this meeting. •< The next 4 0 m clarinet solos accompanied by Wm. The abundance of production Dunlap constitutional. Solon T. <■ White, dressed hv Dr. Lusher Stein, pas- 0 0 4 9 year there were 80, while this win- 1 director of agriculture, refused to „p fv,n First P eabyterian Clothier; the two little McIntyre now jn pro3peot is evidenced some Stark 9 1 ter about 150 turned out for it, 0 0 1 r girls who ¿ave a Scotch song; a what by >he i government SUrk comment upon the court’s opinion chu»-ch. Glendale. California. Other 0 0 says Balanger. - P : 4 " The department of agriculture but indicated that he has no pres- indude Howard Col,e, duet by June Wilde and Beryl • e£timiate of winter wheat produc- Miller 0 0 2 r Sheets and some readings by Mrs. tjon_ 7 2 fi million bushels. This B- RoIf® report showb that on April 1 there ent intention of attempting to en- Salem, state pre*>dent: D*. C. P Strip Farming Tried . compares with? 685 million last ----- ;------ were 197,958,000 bushels of wheat force the act which constitutes him Qntrs and Dr. D. W. McCleur of C. L. Poley of Moro- This spring farmers ane watch in interior mills and elevators j'ear and 546 million as the 1927- q • a virtual dictator, over the agri- Portland; Dr. Paul Doltz. form«? ing with great interest a plan and warehouses compared to 110,- va 1 i t • , 1936 aevrage. Allowing 200 mil- i\CpOFt ullOWS DUS1I1CSS cultural industry with power to missionary to the Phdinnines: and started by Frank Anderson on his, 473,000 bushels on hand on the Ked C ross U nit lion for sipring whéat, the C T O R regulate prices, production and Albert A rends. Spokane.- Mr. Mitch 2000-acre ranch. He has planted same date last ' yea*: The total , . _ , could be large enough to care for QM 2 3 .8 PerCCTlt agricultural products. ., elmore is leading a three hour . his ----- fall w grain in strips about 10 visible supply in the United States domestic and export require- .— - - - K seminar on “Recreation.” one of I nrafpd At R ufus l A J V a i d l . r a i ments and a very substantial in- The report of the United States rods wide along the contour of his is given as 254,170,000 bushels Governor Martin’s special com- 12 groups for study of C. E. actlv In o der to keep in line with the crease in surplus stocks. department of commerce shows h and. There is as much as 40 compared to 147,322,000 bushels m it tee on probation, parole and ities. nation.nl program, The Dalles Feed grain production prospects that business in Oregon has drop- acres in each strip, so harvesting last year. In Washington and Ore sentencing ’ of prisoners, meeting gon there are 25,551,900 bushels, Chapter will install a First Aid are below average, but the supply pod off an average of 23.8 percent costs need not be increased. here this week, recommended that whereas there were 19,184,000 Station at Rufus, Oregon. The wdj be ample considering the near in March of 1938 compared to jn order to take up the “slack” work camps be established for the ¡Summer LOUTSC credit for this station goes largely record carry-over and the some March of 1937. Greatest loss was betweenb the wheat and fallow bushels in 1937. employment of. trustees and pa- to Curtis Tom, foimer State Legis- wbat reduced (but increasing) sustained by motor vehicles which 18trip«, Anderson has planted a rolees in forestry, conservation and r : v p n A f k ( l N V lator and extensive North Sher- numbers of livestock on hand. ' dropped 41J percent. Filling 8^a’ | narrow strip of crested wheat other public works projects. M e n U lV e il M l D .V .H .O Conditions «re are favorable for tions showed the smallest 1 lose with | «bertween them ^averaging man county wheat grower. PnnHifinn«« employed in these camps would be On4 of the sevgn Oregon insiti- Mr. Tom is a graduate from the heavy miik .production, and su r-j3-2- Business in cities of the state a rod in wjdih. This makes paid a small compensation ‘'to en -; fhtiflns of higher learning to hold American National Red C/oss 7 show increases in young «k°wed a decline o f i t possibie to keep the stnps of able them to make a start when - j9?8 summer schools, the Eastern Aquatic School held at Olympia, chfcken8 and turkeys, owing to 37.4 percent krlMmt and fallow an even w dth released into society.”, J Oregon Normal at La Grande will w o«hir»«rfAn fnr O rem n . W ashing- t ____ and bet- UP from 435 independent retailers I tbroughoUt the length regardless Winter wheat in the« • > • hold a double session, from June Washington, for Oregon, Washing- f aV0rable feed conditions and bet who gave confidential information. I the gjope of ^„d, thereby faeü States. made ra>P»4 recovery from 7 Only one third Qf the check^be- fi to Julv 15> and from July 18 to ton and, Idaho, and has trained and ter prices for animal products rel- Itating harvesting and other farm the recent setback aided by warm instructed a class.to manage the l iv e ly than for crop prodticts^^ ing written by the Unemployment August 19. ing operations. These grass strips er weather and beneficial moisture ’ „ v - Compensation Commission are fo r , Under' the supervision of C. A. station.. Mr. Tom has the Junior, statistics show. account for just about the normal but some permanent injury result-" Thg report contains various "in- the maximum amount of $15 a Howard, president of the institu- Standard, Advanced, Special, and diversion needed under < the AAA ed from early April frosts in O k s l week. Forty per cent of the com- j tion and director of the summer Blue First Aid Cards and holds a d<?x figures of farm prices, costs program. lahoma, Texas and Southern sec pensation checks going out to un- - sessjon> courses offered will be in National Red Cross Certificate anJ demand conditk>n8, which in- txaiB S AllllOUIlCea R. A. Thompson is making plans tions of Kansas where the crop qualifying m first aid, boating, dicate t W the economic position employed workers are for ^he j ar^ education, English, geogra- The United States Civil Service I to go even farther in changing his was well advanced. Rain was still sums-under .$12 a week. . | phy, health education, history, canoeing, water front activities, of afry €U]ture {s somewhat less has anounced an open competitive old farming practices, He is ser- needed in portions of the northfcU1 favorable than a month ago and «Residents of Linn county, who; hematics. mu&ic, physical edu- and swimming. examination for the following po- iously considering an 18-year ro- great plains but elsewhere in the Opal and Arnold Brady are in ( materially below the situation a go to the polls at the primary cation, psychology and sociology aitions: tation in which crested wheat West winter wheat was generally charge of the new station year ago. The Oregon farm price election will also have an oppor Farm manager, $2,900 a year; I grass will be kept on one third of reported in excellent condition. index is given at 65 per cent of assistant farm manager (dairy.! his wheat land fer six-year periods tunity to vote on the question of The erbp made excellent growth ! thel929-1930 average level, two organizing a peoples’ utility dis in most of the Ohio valley although ing) $2,300 a year, Bureau of affording good- spring and fail ! points lower than in February trict. The Hydro-electric commis Prisons, Department of Justice. pasture for his livestock as well as occasional yellow spots were re and 27 points below March 1937. sion has called a utility district . zx making considerable seed yields. ported in low wet land. Seeding The farm cost index shows a de election for Mby 20. At a previous L d v i ' e V H C of Spring wheat was near comple cline of six points compared with election in ’‘November, 1936, the The funeral of J. C. McKean was tion in Minnesota, North and South proposal was rejected. * LaGrange,1 a year ago. held last Friday in the Moro Leg- Rennie A: Tull, of Dakota, with early sown grain up ‘ • 4-ion hall and w a s . attended by accompanied by George E. Walker, i ----------------— ,< ' • to good stands in South Dakota. "Ninety seven law school grad- wh0 filled the hall to over- was here last Thursday njght - A a C 1 Seeding in Canada was extending gates have signed up for the bar flowing Many from out of the while touring this part of the VOUDlY AgCIlt OpCRKS gradually from Manitoba and The tuberculosia tests were giv examination to be held in Salem countly came to pay their last re- state. He is a candidate for the j Southern Saskatchewan to the T T « . w V M - ___ ____ _____ - Charles Harper, old time resi- July 12, according to Arthur S. j gpeC(tg t0 one whom thev hiad hail- Republican nomination for repre- L. E. Wright, county -agent, was en to the children and adults of Grass Valley Tuesday morning, 96 1 d$rit of Wasco and a farmer there, west and north, with iurface mois Benson, clerk of tihe supreme ed ftg f rjendt Rev.' W. I. Eck, sentaztive in congress. Mr. TulT was on business connected with the ture favorable to germination over« court, ___ i— ------— ............................ . of The Dalles gi»ve 4iSi ■>».'mon as a c a n d id a te in lu.36 being elimikl ag ¡cultural w e lfa re of the county. taking the teat.. Other part? of suffered a stroke Sunday and was most of the JJtairiq* province«. • * - si?ted by Rev. Lawrence Mitchel- nated in the primary. He is chief He appeared over station KOAC the county were given the test *aT<en*to The Dalles wb«e he as Large areas of Western Saskatch •’Apporontly reversing a previous more. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Pinker- mechanic in the UP shops in La- Tuesday »evening at 6.30 giving a earlTtr but small pox prevented been since, His left side is para ewan and Eastern Alberta, how oral opinion Attorney General Van ton gan? a duet and Tom Fraser Grande and therefore expects the talk on prevention of smbt in giving it to Grass Valley people, lysed and it is not known at this ever, are still deficient in moisture Winkle this week advised the Cap- a BOiCt Interment was made in support of many of the laboring wheat in the mid-Columbia wheat Dr. Poley assisted by Mrs. Poley time” whether or not he will sur- reserves. ’ . \ ’ ’ and Chssie Holmes gave the test. vive. “ftkmtinusd tm Page two) the Odd-Fellows cemetery. men in the coming election. district. By A. who have been chosen fotAhe Jury fo- the May terntW court which, , Few Hits, Few Runs, Candidate For Congress « will meet May 16 a J t ia‘understood that three cases W<11 be ready for Tells of Experiences aud Few Errors Make Game trial at that time, 5 Ernest Eslinger, jOra-s Valley, Criticizes Aged Opponent Odd One for Opener farmer: .S. A. Wilson. Rufus, farm Wade Crawford, candidate for er; C. F. Kuypera, Rutus, farm er The first game of the baseball the Democratic nomination for rep- ^red Cole, Moro, season between Grass Valley and Being Exchanged Mothers-Daughters Candidate Here to. h.toy^n»»«:rr.ndbV.h.rMorrow County 1» H.rmonic. u - v..- Fanners Study Erosion Summarized Winter Wheat Makes Rapid Recovery Civil Service McKean Funeral Congressional Candidale Here T. B. Tests Given In Grass Valley Charles Harper Suffers Stroke