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fiftie th
Y e a r N o . òb
Of Oregon-
Its Government
and People
M o ro , O re g o n .
Fourth Quiet
In County;
People Gone
The Fourth of July was spent
more quietly by Sherman coun-
tians than have any of the nation
al holidays for several years as
this was the first year in a blue
rnoon th at no local celebrations
were held. The towns were de
serted and nearly everyone was
a lookin?
t some a t lake
or far-off
driving country
around
some
S
m lnv b i
ih r 2 v .r ‘« nf fUb fiiivbt indicate
the,.repOrtii
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a disappointing holiday’ for the
fishermen
Anti-Picketing
Bill Filed
For November
day,
County'Court
Has Easy
\Day ' o f . • Work
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July 8.
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Officiai County Paper
8
County Roads
Being Worked
And Gravelled
Rules For Tennis, Varied Cargo
Court Made
To Come To
For Season Play
Dalles
Because there is considerable The
J County court "meeting for July
i was not eventful as no changes
demand for use of “ Win. Raymond;
By A. L. Lindbeck
, In Acounty polfcy were made dur-
Court” and it is the desire of the,
Farm Organizaton Act
S. S. Wheeler Bringing
Preparation For Wheat
• ing the m eeting. Omer Sayrs ap-
tennis court committee that all I
The taxpayers who footed the
’ peared for the fair board asking
To Put Measure Up
may play, a few rules will be put I Supplies For Inland
Hauling On Roads
bill fo r the new building got their
th a t the building« be painted and
in force today, reports Beth Mer-j
first chance to inspect Oregon’s
' th at m inor rep a y s be made to
To Ore?on Voters
stngcr, C. E. president. “The rules
Empire Saturday
Mrde By Roadm?ster
new >2,500,000 state capitol build
the grand stand and’ the bucking
i committee taks that all who play,
ing Saturday afternoon.
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picketing and chutes be changed in sllpht
.Work
on county
a s p e c t them
- The S. S. Charles L. Wheeler,
alight detail
Work on
county roads
roads is
is con-
con- seapect
them ,”
,” she
she announces.
announces.
More than 6000 persons took
boycottme by labor
and *nd th a t starting gates be con- tinuinif with
b- in_ gopftaii '
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Jr., when she sets world tfnd
advantage of the opportunity of
Protection to agriculture In the ri veted to m akef the startin g of
, «
r
,
! ’ • T hirty minuta» is t c J” ®** national m arine navigation pre-
harvesting, processing and m ark- races easier.
;
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5 ® ^ ° ° ,road
imum time of play for an individ- ! cedentg on an ¡njand sbip channel
fered by the “open house” pro
cting- of f » m products arc »ought ’ The V enn for bundling delta- *h' ,Pit ‘° . the Fulton placc' K ’’
*'xcept th at he may play lon* 'i by docking a t The Dalles, July 9,
gram to spend an hour or more
gravel and er if no one is waiting. In every ns the high light event of cere
in a farm -sponsored
exploring the spacious hallways,
m easuie quent tax payments prior to the
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exclaiming over the magnificence
monies in dedication of the Mid
though others are waiting.
of the legislative chambers, going
Columbia-Bonneville ship channel,
c o u r;.
into raptures over the myrtle
This was agsured today when this fall on property ‘ on which in^
tennis will have her holds filled with
a
2. Rubber soled
wood lined room that will be the
initiative petitions bearing approx- taxes are not paid. Principally
1500 tons of varied cargo. Charles
shoes must be worn.
governor’s private office and spar
L.
Nellor, m anager of the port of
, 3. Children must finish their
ing a few moments to inspect the
The
Dalles, says t h a t this allo
1 p(ay by five o’clock p. m.
Because uregon is geograpni- Snell by How, •<1 L. S h o e m a k e r of
private shower baths that have
o r c itie s f o r ttvevwl v e a rs
cated amount could have been far
bing w^ e paid.
being done to prevent the job of
been installed in the offices of the cally rem ote from g reat centers of Hood River p r , , }d<.n- of tbe As-
4. The rules committee may
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secretary of st^te and the state population in the United States, w eiatod F a rm e /s of Oregon.
i close the court a fte r sufficient
consumer demand for.ita product».
, ddition to
Assotiated
\
treasurer.
* notice at the court.
The cargo, which includes 24
L-
an impossible job. Killing the
A parade participated in by the is han icappe
y eavy reig
Farmer», other sponsors and »up- Nafjf n e IVhcpf
tons
of salad oil, ranges from
5. The fact that a person is
#f the jniti>tive incIode II3111118 WTOai
weeds while green will also keep
Salem Cherrians, Newberg Ber- charges and Oregon producer» are
sugar
to cement, and it will be
playing is evidence he agrees to
Q
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th'* seeds from scattering.
riansand Portland Rosarians and forced to depend very largely the
distributed
from Hood River to
respect these rules.
the Q
Farm Bur(,au Undamaged
a dozen bands and drum and bu upon fore.gn market», reached by r
The local gravel is being spread
Spokane. It is valued at more
fence
.
(ooJor.
i
gle conps preceded the program lcw’er w ater rates, for continued
a
nt a cost of $1.20 per yard, a -con-, At present there is no
than $150,000. Mr. Nellor, who
G r.n g e rT in every section of
Incre*3ed ™»*-lt«ttags of winter ______________________
«Iderable saving over the cost o f .
eo u :t- but as soon as cites th at life is ju st beginning
a t the capitol a t which Governor and profitable »ales.
| new1 funds can be raised the in- for America’s (youngest seaport,
Thus Oregon involuntarily, and stat<?
w heat and beneficial rains in the sprt.ading crushed rock.
M artin declared th a t the comple
i convenience of chasing balls will initiating
of
necessity,
enters
competitive
.
disastrous
w
at.
spring
wheat
areas
were
the
out-
tion of the state house “ demon
revivifying influences
i be placed at a premium, Beth an- of lessened transportation costa
in domestic G,adeH Lowered
stra te s anew Oregon’s ability to world trade and becomes an aspi- erlrQnt gtrike of lfl34 Oregon a ? _ standing features
turn adversity into triumph.*’
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riculture has suffered losses ag- w^eat m arkets. , The quality of
The year’s road work has in- i nounces.
for all the Inland Em pire, pays
Frank Branch Riley, noted lec aci°i>s
e se .
e e e
gregating
many
hundreds
of the m arket receipts improved ma- ciuded cutting down several sb a:|
high tribute to H. E. Loundbury,
f* „ « .„ I
turer, described the building as ,ts product» ■» recogniied, and tkouaands of d o lla rsn Mr shne. terially and threshing o u ttu rn , in- piu.he, ¡„ lm po,ia n t road, and c ,
general freight agent of the
rie
y
, JV. maker pointed out. “ We have otcased as the harvest progressed the rock blasted out has been • M l i e r m <111 v O L lF lty j
“one of the most beautiful struc w e ami y an
Union Pacific System, and K. C.
in labor». northw ard into areas where fro st uspd to fu rth er lower the grade bv I
tures in America.” Four states exist they may hope to retain pre- been helplesg victims
Conyers, district m anager of the
m-nrts
or Qwn qu arre,g and we
deter. damage was less severe. Trade fiJling in
Heavy grading has I L e S S DangCrOUS
and one territory had contributed fe rrtd positio n in the
McCormick Steam ship Company,
m aterial for its construction, he foreign purchasers.
for securing special permission
mined to p ro te st not only our- estim ates of winter wheat produc- pu^ many more miles of road up
pointed o u t.. The marble for the Friendliness H elpful
selves but the public
and the tion at the first of July a\< iaged jn shape and the rocky spot and;
H ats off to the ten counties, in from the In terstate Confmcrce
exterior of the building came from
working people from these unfair arcund 716 million bushels com- bad t urn on
horseshoe bend I Oregon which passed the first six Commission for applying, on the
Vermont. The interior is deco
Nations, no less than indiv.d-
laLov practices.
pared with the June 1 offifcial es'ti- northeast of Kent has been ohang- i months of 1-38 without a single interchange at The Dalles same
rated with marble from Montana uals, prefer to deal with those
w ater-rail rates as published P ort
M r. shoemakeT indicated
th at m ate of 761 m*Uion bushels. The ed all of which has
in j ^ e 1 traffic fatality! ,
and granite from California, A r who display a neighborly spirit
f a . m group» will un ae in man-1
official estimates of the win- wjtb tbp present policy of h ittin g .
Last year these ten counties re- land interchange w ater-rail rates.
The westbound cargo, symbolic
kansas and Alaska.
of cooperation in commerce and pjn_ out and carrying on a Chirj te r and sPr ’nK wheat crops will tbe wora^ spots of the roads.
corded twelve highway deaths in
Dr. Bruce Baxter, president of a degree of tolerance in the more paign, tbe culmination of which be released Ju ly 11.
Several bad points were bull-! th e same span, according to Sec- of the past as well as prophetid
W illam ette university, who presid di lie ite re la tio n s o socia
con
believes will put Oregon in the
Hard w inter w h e a t in general
dozed off the canyon roads, espec- i retary of State Earl Snell: Their of the future, will embellish the
ed as chairman, declared th a t tact. Neighborliness is in iac , f crnfront ¡n solving the present has escaped stem rust damage in ja|jy in Scott canyon which will combined r ¡cords have given Ore- celebration ceremonies a t The
“this day will rem ain a most sig- as well as in theory, an essential ncfjftrial labor debacle.
northw estern Kansas and north- carry many ton„ of wheat this gon approxim ately two-thirds of Dalles with what will perhaps be
n if ant one in the history of Ore clem ent in all hum an activities. (
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its present reduction in traffic its most picturesque incident. De
livery of cargo will interweave
With a water-borne commerce thoughtful gtudy of our prOposed uation was threatening a w e e k -------------------------
gon.”
deaths over last year.
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m ounting into the hundreds o f
,ftw „ be gaj ^
are not op_ ag0, aCcording to representatives
hi«=V)ric
romantic history and fem
Two of the counties—Coos and
inine pulchritude.
Any lingering doubt as to Gov millions annually aud holding
to organized labor as such, of the Bureau of Entomology plpvaf/iy CnmnAnV
Tillamook—the in W estern Ore
w<? know
thgt adoption of tb ij, and Plant Q uarantine. Some loss
VVUljjaUJ
Clint H aight, colorful editor of
ernor M artin’s political intentions promise of sustained increase, the
gon.
The other eig h t—Crook,
the Blue Mountain Eagle of Can
w -n strengthen
legitim ate
may occur in northw estern Kan- F I
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were definitely resolved thip week peonle of Oregon are, therefore,
: Grant, Harney, Jefferson, Morrow,
yon City, and Charlie Brown,
by his declaration th at he would vitally and personally concerned jabor unjong and will bring to sas but very little if any in the D IC C lS V i n C C l S
i Sheiman, Union and Wheeler—lie
picturesque old tim er of the John
“be glad when he could get away in the initiation and progress cf Oregon an era of much industrial north central sections of th a t
state. Stem rust is abundant in
al, ?*eet? n't of the , «‘ast °f the Cascades.
Day Valley, will deliver to Cap
from public service.” The gover all m atters and movements which oeaee and prosperity.’
“The significance of this achieve tain P eter Lund, m aster of the
late fields in southern Nebraska stockholders of the farnaers Ele-
nor told newspapermen this week m ight influence, for good or ill.
and Iowa and in low land fields of ya1t?r ¿ nd Supply company was ment is much more apparent when Wheeler, a pouch of boni fide
th a t he proposed to “take it easy” their dealings with present and
w
inter wheat in southwestern and l,eI<l Wednesday afternoon. Elec- we consider th a t last year only Grant County gold dust, and a
I V pfp r on
for the rem ainder of his term as prospective customers in the Ori- A
cm,
in
the
Philippines,
Hawai^
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central
Illinois. Rust infection in ‘ion of officers for the year re- five counties were without a traffic leather saddlebag, the kind used
governor, carrying on the duties
creased very little in the spring 3ulted ln the selection of Omer death during the first six months, by pony express riders, filled with
p,
i
of his office ’but tAking on no ad Africa and South (America, in all np
wheat a-ea during the week, it RsS rs as president, Trum an Strong compared with ten this year, letters from Inland Em pire munic
ditional responsibilities such as cf which the products of Oregon >0 ViettySDUV^
was
reported, since cooler weath- » ' vi« president and Geoiye Me-i Snell said,
ipal officials. These will be car
forests,
factories,
farm
s
and
or-
outside speaking engagem ents.
m Lower, father of Mrs.
it
iv, i er favored development of grain ^ onald» Charles Powell and Lloyd
“ And in those five counties only ried (by Captain Lund to San
State House gossip has it th at the shards are received with growing o " illia
R. H McKean of Wasco at the rath er
than
rust< Susceptible Hennagin as
directors. Lamer two liveg have been lost this year, Francisco for delivery to the Com
Governor and Mrs. M artin will h vor
age
of
96
is
attending
the
75th
varieties
spring
wheat
and
some
Sayrs
will
act
as
secretary-treas-1 compared w ith the saving ot mission of the Golden Gate In ter
em bark on a tour of th e ' world
anniversary of the battle of Get fields of durum wheat are lightly urer f° r the year.
twelve lives in this year’s death- national Exposition.
shortly a fte r he retires from office
tysburg where he fought the first infected in western M innesota and
Miss B arbara Johnson, beauti
H. W. Charrepneys was engaged free counties.”
next January.
davs of July 1863, He is a resi
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eastern Dakotas
but T hatcher
to continue with the liquidation
The biggest improvement so far ful “ Miss Oregon,” and this
dent of Boliver, Mo., where he has w heat so fa r has remained
re- of the company
as was outlined tb jg yegr bag been made ¡n Mult- sta te ’s official representative to
O. H enry O’Leen, state repre
lived most of his life since the sistant.
some weeks ago.
Lloyd Johnson nornab county, where twelve few- the great fair of next year, will
sentative from Columbia cotinty
end of the war. According to the --------------------
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remain
as
m
anager
of the er deathg bave been recorded this go pioneer for the celebration
for the past six years, will side
Two-thirds of payrolls in Sher- bo]jvcr Fr^e Press he is still hale
step politics for the tim e being, man county upon which employ- gnd hearty and retains much ot
Joe Ritnei has accepted a posi-
j^ e a r than last. M alheur and Des- She will be on the box with the
he declared on a visit to Salem ers contributed to the state unem-
-
chutes counties are tied with sec driver of one of the old, original
v jgor of early manhood which tion with the Mercer-JAahenfelter
this week.
Rumor had it th a t ploym ent compensation fuml in kep|_
Mr. and Mrs. E. W. C h riste n ., ond honors with six fewer deaths, The Dalles-Canyon City stage
f rOnn staying at home company a t Condon and will go
O’Leen, defeated for the demo 1937 represented „•wholesale distrib- wbye | be reunion was on.
to th a t city Sunday to begin work, sen drove to Tillamook Friday while Coos and Tillamook coun- coaches, and will make personal
delivery of the gold dust and
cratic nomitation for governor, utors other than wholesale me' - • __ _______ _____
Mrs. R itner wlli remain here for returning Monday a fter catchipg ties have each had four fewer
official greetings when the old
m ight seek a return to the legis chants, according to a survey just
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the present.
fish over the holiday.
i deaths than last year.
equippage,
with its last relay of
lature as an independent candi completed (by the commission and Alumni 0 w 6 SchoOl
four
horses,
is drawn a t a gallop
date.
forwarded here from Salem.
WWW
down The Dalles* main street and
It was even large*' in 1936,
turns to the w aterfront to contact
The scale model of the new cap year of adm inistration of the la w .iM a j S v Z l d t l U c l l v
Captain Lund at tjie gang plank
itol building which has been on figures disclose. Sherman county i Degpite generft] tendencies to
of the Wheeler.
display in the lobby of the state emnlovers paid contributions on thc contrary> there has been po
Captain Riggs, who will pilot
office building for several months $33,869 in 1936 and S3..,161 was subg£jtut e yor work found by the
the
Wheeler, says he will be ex
is soon to be sent to the architec in this in d u stria l - assi cation gqyer
class, acc< rding to a
pecting to see all of you July 9.
tural school at the University of known as code No 2S in ,he state
rt made
Charleg Reynoldg>
Oregon.
statistics. In 1937 wholesale dw-
Grand(?> spokesman for the
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tributors paid or. $24,63 ou o cjags at reunjons held this summer.
The high cost of living slipped $36,579 for the county.
“¡Prosperity is up to us; the gov
substantially in the three month A u g u st 1936. Larges
em inent cannot produce it.” said
period between March and June
August of 1936 was the biggest Reynolds. “We hav? ndt found
according to the records of the
Oregon State College—Regular
state purchasing departm ent. Cow month for the. county, as fa r as that, education instantly brings
employment
covered
by
the
law’
Wealtff
and
happiness,
but
in
tbe
and
odd jobs valued at $44,876
beef, o f which sta te institutions
.Cfw
ow
ed,
with
January
193C.
25
years
since
leaving
the
portals
were
obtained through the college
use about 90,000 pounds every 3
by men students here during the
months antf which was quoted at the lowest. Employment curves of learning have found th at 6du-
last 12 months, according to the
>10.75 per 100 pounds in March shown by thc survey- sjiow g:eat- cation has been a great assistance
est
activity
in
the
harvest
period
in
the
m
aterial
things
as
well
as
annual employment office report
was offered a t $8.96 when bids for
in peace and happiness in mind
tof the employment secretary, Mrs.
the new supply were opened this —July, August and September.
, and spirit—our college owes us
Lulu M. Howard. A total of 1299
week. Steer beef prices were W holesalers Pay Most
> nothing—we are the debtors.”
njen registered for employment
down from $12.83 to 11.97.
during the regular and summer
Total benefit cheeks distributed
sessions, while 4808 requests were
At least one old age pension rhrough June 29th in the territory
Rvotkove T/» '
received*
from employers for work
bill will be on -the N o v em b r bal served by The Dalles employment B z D llIllH D l O H l v i S l O
men. One young man worked for
lot. Completed petitions for the office amounted to $31,956.72. J u n e ; . .
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six regular employers each week,
C itiz'
Retirem ent bill, sponsor checks amounted to 83,681.82, a HaVC tleCLMClty
earning from $7 to $10 a week an-
ed by Elbert Eastm an, Portland drop of 37 per cent frcni Mnv. th "
janitor, cook, nurse maid, chaffeur
Douma Brothers are getting
attorney, were filed with Secretary Dalles ser.-.s Sherman, W asco/
tutor and clerk.
of State Snell this week
The Gilliam, W ne/c» and Jefferson Jeady to build an electric power
counties.
Distribution
of
benefits1
line
from
the
ftockman
place
to
m easure provides for a monthly
pension of not to exceed «100 for already exceeds contributions by their two houses in Grass Valley
BOY SCOUTS HIKE
all persons
year? of age or over employers in the five counties dur- canyon. Twenty nine poles will
Several members of Bey Scout
, be-required for the mile and a
who would cease gainful employ inv 1936 and 193”.
troop
360 spent the night in camp
Seven industrial groups accoun- half of line. Doumas will build
ment, the pension to (be fip|«n.'’ed
cast of Lone Rock, Friday. In«
line. t h e i w l v e ^ ^ j t o i ^ ^ t h e ^
by a two per cent transaction tax. -Ud- for
eluded h r the group who passed
This is- the second initiative m eas during the first quarter of 1938. i poles and setting them and will
tests and played various scouting
Contract
construccon
workers
re-
hook
on
to
the
220
volt
line
mak-
ure for which petitions have been
games were: Second class scouts
completed. Deadline for complet ceived 31 per cent; food manufac- ing expensive transform er equip-
1—Chinese Eighth Route arm y soldiers in Shansi province decked out ln captured Japanese coat«, part ot Linden Mersinger, John Shipley,
electik line«“ in c a ttu r e iita m . .orl. »» food, clothlnr and arm. .h e, leek from th. invader., J-V Ictlm , of an antl-Naxi rial
ing «petitions is set for 5:00 p. m<. tiu-ing, 6 per cent; lumber w
Dave McLeod, and Tenderfoots
tim ber product.
9 per cent
^ n . i o n of e l« tr ie line, in ,o Ncw york d(y ,,„ !ch frew oot #r o « recen, e i,ebra llcB
Adolf Hiller-, fort,-ninth birthday. 3-Henrx Ramsey Schadewits and George
Thursday of this week.
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nre‘ n cenrt
W h o le .a le a n d ’ ’ retail Sough .overL other lin e, «re he-' F - d . whcao vial, to Prealden, J U .e v .lt In the White Hottae w a . re g a rd e d a . the ,l.-n ct a e.o»er retattenahtr DeMoss. Asst. Scoutmaster L.
Twenty nine out of every 1000 K
o per c o ^ r .n d automotive tag contemplated. e»peci.lly on.,.betn-ecn ha,ines, and th . admlntatratlon.
_
H. Mitchelmore accompanied the
residents^of Oregon were on the
troop.
gales and service, 4 per cent,
west and north of Wasco.
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Freight Charges
Handicap Oregon
Little Unemployment
Insurance Paid Here
Scenes and Persons in the Current News
Odd Jobs Plenty
At Oregon State
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