Sherman County journal., July 29, 1938, Image 1

Moro, Oregon. Friday,
Fiftieth Year No. 58
Of Oregon-
Its Government
and People
Cleated Tractor
Sign Means
What it Says
Official County Paper
Ju ly .29 «9/fc
Start Moving §1.290.000,00® tn Silver
Fire Bums,
Combine and
Regulations Made;
Some Grain
Wheat Loan
1939 A ccra^e ScL
D. £. Stephens
Honored By
Local Friends
A wheat fi:e on the Clarence
¿Some disturbance was created
I
Morrison place last Friday proved
here Saturday afternoon when a
tracto r was driven over the high-x
Lo be lucky for the owner although „ Meeting Held At DeMos«
By A. L. Lindbeck •
Oregon May Plant
way from Moro to the K londike,
serious damage was done to the
For Presentation of
toad going east. The legality of
combine and some standing wheat
768,3b3 Arre» Of
Oregon’s contribution toward i tke m atter wa* thoroughly exafrt-
was destroyed. The fire started
Gifts To Station Head
the relief of the needy aged, aver- ! *ne^ before the trip was finished
as mcmers dot the crew drew gas-
Wheat In 1939
aging »21.36 a m onth, is well a- ' and the dtete“ ‘ n' ^ te" ? n17 e" ’
niinc from the combine motor to
Fax niers of the county gathered
With wh”»’ bun) ra cs announc­ prime I he tractor which was s ta ll­
hove th e national average of »19.-1 P » » 5‘ me from Th*' Da"<'8 *
at DeMoss park Sunday afternoon
ed almost simultaneously with ed when crossing a draw. At the
36 a m onth, according to figures R«'ttlc the argum ent. Driving
.0 show their appreciation for the
w heat acreage allotm ents
for time the machine was on the ex­
compiled by the bureau of re­ vehicles with other than pneumatic
wo
k done by D. E. Stephens dur­
1939, the T. iple A has laid the treme eastern side of the field
search and statistics of the fed tires on the highways can only be
ing his twenty six years as super-
eral dlviaion of public a s sis ta n c e .;* ™ .
p e n n i» » » has been
ground work for the wheat pro- in d ’the wind was in th e west
iiitendent of the experiment s ta ­
rr..n> for the coming year, which Which saved the field of wheat.
Oregon’s quota of needy aged «fc“ !ned fr°"' thJ'
J™”,’
tion.
who are receiving financial aid. i ">>“ »"• “ >»
O,'l,r" r’ loeal
k i> hoped will merterially reduce
P resen tatio n of a gold w atch an d
the present surplu«, says N. C. Crowd Quickly G athers
however, averaging 196 for each P«trol..mn and highway foreman.
chain, suitably engraved, for Mr.
Dunaldson, secretary of the state
1000 of state’s aged population, i s ;
Volunteer fire figbte:« rushed Stephens and a set of traveling
AAIA committee.
slightly under the national aver- InvA nf nrc T n U avp
from Moro and Gr»*« Valiev and bags for Mrs. Stephens was made
F i m ers desirous of obtaining drove the fire into the stubble ane
of z 212
pensioners f6r ------
each inV eillO rS 1 &
0 naVC
age oi
iz pensioner-
with T. M. Rolfe and Mrs. Marie
wheat
loans are advised to contact to the highway. The inflammable
1000 of aged popula\m .. This high q «
li C *
B arnett Cooper speaking for those
their county com m ittees,, as clear- w r t ’ <>f th«» comC^ne were burned
er national average is accounted OnOW A t rSIF
who obtained the gifts.
In one of the
UcciJng jobs ever undertaken, $1,290.MO.M0 ince from the committee to show
but it was rebuilt and is now
for largely by the apparently!
.
.
Mr. Rolfe in reviewing the work
worth
of
bar
silver
is
bcinj?
moved
from
M
anhattan
Io
tfce
government’s
that ¿he applicant is a coooerator running again after the addition
padded assistance rolls of such
Keen interest in the . ta e
of
Mr. Stephens in this county and
states as Oklahoma where polit- v e n to rs Show which will be held new storage vault at Wert Point. One truck will mown gut of Manhattan under the 1938 program is the first of a new d ra p e , grain l»elt, rattle district said, "D. E. Stephens
each
day.
fivcjday.s
a
v'c^k,
for
abrut
ten
m
un’
.
i.s
bc.<n
?
a!)
oi
the
silver
(s
essential in c*1 lining a lo,,n. Anv
ieslly dom inated relief sdm inis- «>«
« » " ew
.of, \ he
grew up in the Malad valley in
moved to the tig re h rc rc e ’. vault. A company of 53 eer.rt guardsmen arc grower is co usidered a coope a ter inker fans and shafts.
•ration h .s enrolled 676 out of Oregon S tate F air is reported by
z\ day or two before the com­ southern Idaho, attended the U tah
assigned to serve 33 a protective «.»savoy on the '3-mCe tr’rs. Fno.ogrsph whose soil < pleting acreage for
every 1000 of the aged population J T- lAnderson, patent coordi-
bine of Donald M artin’s east of Agricultural college, graduating
3 with 253 bers nf <»v c i.
bei::’
shows one of the
1938 does nor exceed 105 per cent town wii« damaged by fire but
as pension .beneficiaries. In U tah " « i « , w »>o « '» ’ «pei-vise the event.
in 1904. For two years before
J
of the soil ■ epleting acreage a l­ was put into commission again
’• 462 out of every 1000 of the state's! Inventors of Salem and vicim- --------
graduating and three years after,
lotment for lis farm.
aged population are on the Tension i ‘ 5- «howed up nearly 250 strong
after a »delay of a few days.
he was private secretary for D r.....
Oregon . -•< wers
may store
rolls and Colorado pays assiatence “ “ m eeting held last week in L I - ..* W
,,
Kerr. In 1908 he went to W ash­
wheat on ’ ' ich ^oans are to b<‘
to 464 of every 1000 of ita aged s »lem- »wording to Anderson. I ICO I II <l t
ington where he wo ked in the
made eithe. in commercial wa.e-
population.
, They made arrangem ents for the
-
bureau of plant industry for four
h'»uses or in approved farm gran­
.
exhibition of their creations ian ?- |> •
years before coming to the Moro
H ighest pensions are paid by
from
u
to hlwe B r W g S I l O t t e S t
aries. The county committee has
station in 1912.”
Cshfornia where the monthly
*
charge of inspecting farm gran-
The speaker then told of his
k f
,¿ 7
Plans now tentatively worked
a r ;e« to see that they a r t suitable
personal experience with the s ta ­
M assachusetts with » monthly
c>]1 for m(,etinKS with other
Mrs.
May
Whit.ing
passed
away
must
actually
placed
Contemplated request by the Wheat
Wednesday at the home of her tion upon coming to the county in
avrage pension of »28.07.
¡„venters in principal cities thru-
in
a
farm
g
anary
30
days
before
city
for
PWA
fpnds
for
the
drill­
dauhgter,
Mrs. E. C. Thomas a t 1914 as a beginner in <the business
Oregon’s general
relief pay- out the state
a loan may be made on it.
Although the recent hot spell
ing
of
another
and
large:
well
has
Klondike
at
the a g e ^ f 84 years, 1 if wheat growing and commented
me n t s, averaging only $15.62 per _______________
A grower may find ourt. ho>w
was not so severe as a t least one been
' pause» by inform ation
month
and
12
days. Bom May on the cordial t eatm ent and sin­
case per month fall fa r short of
much he is eligible to borrow by
m
t
h
e
‘past
from
the
point
of
day
to
the
effect
that
the
governm
ent
Reynolds,
she
came
to Oregon 33 cere interest he had received from
the national average of $25.34. ww
■
T b s t’ a ting the freight rate to
yea:s
ago
and
has
lived in this the superintendent.
time
tem
peratures
it
did
sue-
will
allow
a
grant
of
but
25%
on
Thia situation is largely accounted KCHt ItCmS
Portland, plus four ~eents for
"I never thought of Dave Site-
Mr and Mr« Joe S tato n and ceQrf in m akin£ record for the book, wells and will approve no loan un- handling charges, from the base vicinity for a large p art of her
for <by the more generous relief
Mr. and Mrs. sloe S ta to n and
. ,
supply of w ater bae been
phents as a citiaen of Sherman
life
here.
“ » j m jr -: ot Th- county had r
h^
. n w ,tu X ^ . u £
■fcte of 67 cents for No. 1 wheat
The
Surviving are two children, Mrs county,” he continued, “but a l­
.,
r . f « * mrsnthlv «ver- r nr’*ne ^o*»nt a few days last it has experienced since the rec-
thoutrht ox drilling a ten at Portland. No. 2 wheat takes a
ways realized th at he belonged to
»35 33, followed by Mass'-
the } “ • ™ ‘«on home 01 * haV® bee" ‘" ’ ‘ • V ’ l l ,
1 inch
“ ’' hole near the present city loan rate of 2 cents less and No Thomas and a son, Shenban W hit­ the whole state. I soon learned
ing
of
Portland.
Funeral
service?
3 wheat 5 cen^s less than for No.
adhusetti with »29.61 and by New J he W d«>n» * " d S t,ti on’ w<‘rP j
Thursday night, a fte r a V ’1 to o'./taia cheaper pumping 1 wheat. The loans bare inter­ were held in The Dalles Friday th at the state of Oregon was not
H am pshire-.nd Penn.vlvania with form erly neighbors in Eugene.
day time tem p« ature oi 107 the
nd an additional supply of w ater. est a t 4 per cent and become due with Archie Gosaon, Ed Dutton large enough to encompass W®
activities, th at he belonged to the
monthly average, slightly in ex-
Mr, and Mrs. Robert Schilling cool of evening and the chill of -W h a t stc^s W*J be taken to in-
May 31, 1939 in the case of farm - Pres Bo ice, Clyde Fridley and Lon
whole Inland Empire. Now I find
and
SBdh
and
Billy
Pow-
aarty
morning
failed
to
m
ater-
c
ease
the
w
ater
supply
is
not
ceaa of $28.
stored wheat, and seven months Thomas as pall bearers. Maibel I m ust revise my calculations
'
ers
were
dinner
guests
at
dhe
J.
ialixe
and
the
thermometer
stayed
known
at
present.
The
pump
« • •
from date of note in case of wheat Thomas of Portland and Mr. and again; th at he belongs to the whole
Lane C. Wilson home Sunday.
-
at 80 throughout the night. This 'o r the well at the camp is in Van­
Mrs. Charles Thomas and Ralph
tbp^effffect th a t Peter
Clarence Gregg and Helen Vacey might be a record for com fort in couver and will be put down as stored in public warehouses.
Thb r.ew wheat acreage allot­ of Kiickitat attended the funeral. nation.
“The value of Mr. -Stephens
VfU«¡idlivan countv relief director, of Bend were dinner quests of the sw eltering east and mid-west
on as it arrives. This will re- ments, which aim at a national
work to Sherman county and the
AAii«’m of Governor M artin Mrs. Grace Gregg Sunday. Mrs. but for Sherman county, used to lieve the situption to some exttent acreage of only 55 million ac:ea
whole Inland Empire can never be
7nd th a t hie appointm ent to the E arl Gregg returned to Bend with cooling off a fte r a hot day, it was is the camo well will furnisn next year, allow Oregon 768,303
estim ated. He has labored long
relief job was ‘'political gravy” her son Clarence a fte r having a record.
w ater for the fair ground®. This acres, as compared with a seeded
and faithfully and cheerfully in
brought a prompt denial from th e ^P^nt three weeks here with her
He. etofore the hottest night had week more care has been exercis­ acreage this year of 1,013,000.
giving us better methods of till­
-vvnmAr whn to ld newwnwDer men sifter.
been one way back in 1913 when ed in the use of w ater and as a re-
“The acreage allotment« are
?hat this was the t h i T t i ^ e when
Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Lyons and of July 20 it stayed a t 76 for a Ult the cistern is filling up
age, in introducing and proving
Congressman W alter M. Pierce,
especially im portant to the suc-
better varieties of wheat, oats,
he had been called upon to “ nail children went on a picnic to Buck night. July 24, 1938, a fte r a day slowly.
ess of the farm program in view reprectenting the Second Districl
barley
and grass««, in actual crea
sim ilar lie s ”
In a statem ent to Hollow Sunday.
t me tem perature of 110 it cooled
of the loan fea-tu es of the new n Washington, has been notified
tion
of
valuable new varieties.
the press the
governor said th a t
Mr. and Mrs. G. W. B arnett of off to 75 degrees and those were
farm act,” says H. R. Tolley, that there will be one vacancy for
There
is
not a man, woman or
neither he nor Mrs. MHr>- Md
The Halles, Mrs. Jim McKinley of the hottest until the torrid night
\AiA adm inistrator. "Loans can the D istrict at Annapolis, begin­
child in Sherman county who is
relatives in Oregon other than Pockville, Missouri;
Mrs.
Bari of last week.
help tem porarily, but unless sup­ ning July 1, 1939, and two at Weal
not reaping benefit from the work t
plies are kept In line with needs, Point. Civil Service examina-
their son and daughter, neither of B arnet of Parkdale and Mrs. J. L.
Of the twenty seven years the
of this one man, nor are all. the
ventually farm prices would sink t'ons preliminary to selection of
whom are on the state payroll.
' M atthes were dinner guests at records have been kept thirteen
benefits
economjp, ,Qr . material.
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home of Mr. and Mrs. R. P. have had no night tem perature of
Premium lists for the 1938 Sher­ xnder the weight of huge sur- the candidates will be held on has always «taken a keen interest
J D. Mickle, appointed by Gov- Barnet Friday.
seventy. Thirteen have had sev- man- County Fair are printed and nluses.”
OkOber 8, 1938, in various post in the educational, social and f r a ­
ernor M artin to succeed Solon T .' Ben Leatiherwood and sons Jim - er.ty to 76 and one, this year, has will be ready for distribution w ith­
office« throughout the District. ternal welfare of the community,
W hite iw igned, a s director of my and Harley and Pete Cubert- had an eighty. Seventeen years in a few days. They will be sent
Applicants should • immediateely so th a t the whole Stephe-ne fam ily
the S tate D epartm ent of Agricul- «on of Coquille were a t Kent Sun- the hottest nights have come in out by the fair board secretary to
secure information from Congress­ occupy an enviable place in the
ture has been in the service oi day..
They were accompanied j uiy and ten in August and there e v e y farm er and others m ay
man Pierce at aLGande.
hearts of the people of this com­
the state alm ost dontirtuously since home by Mrs. Leatherwood and ¡P a w r t of a cycle about it for obtain them from his office a t the
West Point cadets m ust be qual­ munity. It is not by chance or
1912 when he was first elected to daughter Shirley, who had been when there is one high heat per- court house. Some changes have
ified young men, in fine physical accident th a t we meet here today
the office of Dairy and Food Com- visiting relatives here for several jod in August .there ^is usually been made in the list, especially
Immediately following the Pub­ condition, between 17 and 22 years with a mingling of sorrow anti
misaioner. Re-elected in 1916 he weeks.
two.
in regard to fruits and vegetaWee lic Works allotm ent of $10,750,000 of age, and not less than five feet pleasure to say goodbye to Dave
served until 1920 when he decided
Mrs. Grace Gregg and daughter
The big crop yea, 8 are often and needle work. Additional prem ­ for Bonneville’s initial transm is­ fou: inches in height» Annapolis Stephens and present him with a
to quit public service and accepted Frances and Mrs. E arl Gregg wer% tjjOge jn which the hot spell comes iums have been offered in some sion system, A dm inistrator J. D. candidates j n us t be between 16 and token of our friendship.”
employment with the OTeogn Dai- dinner guests at the J. C. Wilson earJy ^ B e v e it or no-t. In 1912, stock classes as well. Farm ers Ross set out on a peronal survey 20 years of age.
A dinner will be given Saturday
ry Council as aecretary. Upon the home «Friday.
Qf foncj remembrance, the hottest who are threshing good, wheat of the route of the proposed
Young men
entering
these evening a t Arlington by the E ast­
lines.
dearth of Curt Hawley, his sue-, Mr. and Mrs. Chester Smith of njRh t was Julv 18; in 1916 it was may increase the county’s repu power
Accompanied by Charles E. C ar- « b o o l, receive paym ent from the ern Oregon W heat League in honor
cessor, two year« later Mickle Moro were dinner guests of Mr. j ujy n ; jn 1923 tt was July 13. tat ion for prize winning grain by
cv principal construction engin- date of entrance and arc thus cn of M t . Stephens who will leave on
was asked iby Governor Pierce to anfj Mrs. John Wilson Sunday.
, Rnd in 1928 the hottest night was saving a few bushels for display eel the Bonneville adm inistrator aided to earn an excellent coUege or before August first for W ash­
again take over vne post of Dairy - Mr. and Mi's. Millard Thomson j ujy 25. The crop years of 1931- purposes.
made a detailed inspection of the I education, meeting all expel«l . ington to become coordinator for
and Food commissioner which he of Antelope are assisting with the 39.33 and 34 found the hottes*
the bureau of plant industry and
region betwen Grand Coulee and and also acculmulating some sav-
did. He was re-elected in 1924 harvesting a t the Gus Schilling night in August although none of
the soil conservation service.
£ c lower Coîumbi» River dan,-
Annlic.tion
for
entrance
to
ings. Application
and again in 1928 serving in th at ra nch.
1 them were over 68. There is
the
Civil
Service
examination
A dm inistrator -Ross pointed out
capacity until his departm ent was
Delores G egg and Nellie Wil- probably no significance in the
that the 220,000 volt line to Grand should be made Immediately. This DAKOTANS TO PICNIC
absorbed into the newly created son visited a couple of days last date of hot nights and if there is
Coulee was the key to opening the^ is an unusual educational oppor-
D epartm ent Of Agriculture which week at the John Wilson home. | sonie one else can find it, but that
The’ annual North and South
also took him over as chief of the
Miss Rebecca O verstreet and her jg t he record.
Dakota
Picnic, sponsored this year
A business, in both long and and Idaho, and developing an in- fine record in both the^e iCIKWis, by the Gresham Chamber of Com­
division of foods and dairies. Al- m other from Portland were b r i e f ---------------------
tegrated power system th at will with many honor students
>,ort time loans, th at would be
though a registered Republican, cau€ rs at Kent Thursday. -
, . ;
P ’
A
J
merce, will be held ait the Multno­
serve all of the 1 graduates.
he envy of many a regular bank
Mickle twice received .the nomi-
Nein e Wilson loft Wednesday
l 3 F 0 AWclfQ
mah County F air grounds at
_________________ _____
j dune, every year at the JJniver; N orthwest.^ According to Secre-,
- nation of both m ajor parties ^and. f g end where she will spend a
Gresham, on Sunday, August l i
- „
both of his appointm ents have
with her sister, Mrs. H. C.
n n r r q n llP F S
-,itv of Oregon, the annual report tary of the Interior Ickes, the high
1938. A program of singing,
of Virgil D. Earl, oean of men, dis tension circuit will not enable the
been a t the hand® of Democratic ^ eison and fam ily.
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8 P
_peeches and other entertainm ent
government to recover its invest-
,
.
governors. .
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wilson and
“Save those summer pictures,” closes.
is being prepared. Visitors may
A t SCDOOl
Last school year the dean’s office ment in Bonneville Dam at an
’ ’ *
granddaughter Alice Mae Wilson ¡3 t ^ e advice of Leo G. Spitzbart,
bring their lunch.
bi<h directs the student loan« earlier date but it will m aterially
County school superintendents attended the Stephens farewell m anager of the Oregon
Strfte
The old fashioned “hustling”
Grand
in session here last week Tecom- part y a t DeMoss P a rk Sunday. F a jr> t o the host of Oregon ama- advanced $20,161 to 161 students advance the development of market
BOARD OF EQUALI­
type of boy or girl is still in exis-
mended th a t election of the state Mrs. Emma Schadewitz of Moro teur cam era fans who will have for long time loan.»., and $64,395 in Coulee by furnishing a
ZATION MEETING
superintendent of public instruc-
spending a few days here w ith unusual opportunity for fine pic- 3.130 short tim e or emergency which Coulee can take over. Mr. tence__ftt least a t the University
Notice: There w ill'b e a m eet­
loans, t total of 3309 loans amount Ross predicted th a t by the time of Oregon, adtdrding to Karl W. ing of the County Board of Equal­
tion be placed upon a non-partisan ber daughter, recupeiating from tures during the next month,
that dam was 1 completed, the de­ Onthank, dean of personnel ad­ ization of Sherman County, Ore­
basis. The proposal will proba- a jeg injury.
j The am ateur photographic a rt ing to $84,556.
Since loan funds were establish mand idir power m We8t? i \ ° re" ministration.
ibly receive attention a t ithe hands
Qracp Gregg and daughter departm ent of the fair, which will
gon, a t the Court House, Moro,
Dean Onthank cites as proof Oregon, on the second Monday of
o f the next legislature.. The e is Frances were over night guests be held this year from September ed it has been necessary to resort gon and W ashington would be so
figures of earnings of students
am ple precedent for the reform gunday of Mrs. John Wilson.
5 to 11, offers the public a chance to legal means fo r collection on great th at it would absorb
ville’s entire output of 504,000 who worked p art time during tbe August, th at being the 8th day
of August, 19^8, to publicly exam ­
in the action of the 1935 session
number of Kent folks attended for clean competition in this hob- considerable less than one per cent
.. past year. On the university cam­ ine the Assessment Rolls, correct
whkih placed the election of coun-
rodeo at lAntelope Sunday.
by. Each am ateur may enter five of the total loaned, and the actual kilowatts.
Tbe m ajor circuits in Oregon win pus these totalled m ore than $200,- all errors in valuation, description«
ty school superintendents on a
Mr snd Mrg j L M atthes were prints in each of the following lor.se« have been practically nil.
include a 110,000 volt line froffi the 000, not including money earned
of lands or other property assess­
non- partisan basis, and prior to
a t the W. D. Barnet home grouping»:
landscape, marine,
dam to The Dalles by
H° od durihg vacation periods
ed by me, and it shall be the duty
th a t, the action of the 1931 ses- rfcar £ rasg Valley Sunday evening.; architectural and figure studies of WFATHFR FDR TIÎE WEEK
River.
A p p ro ^m atelv h a lf the
Of this total, $54,000 was earn­ of persons interested to aqpipear at
sion in placing the election of all
Rn<J Mr< j g Norton and people or animals. Ribbon awards
population of Oregon will be ed from jobs obtained through the time and place appointed
MAX. MIX.
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judges in th e «U te on a non-parti- chiMren and Helen Powers were will be made to winners,
reached .by a line th a t will extend the university employment office,
62
.00
.
»—.197
(appearance is by petition). AB
san basis.
visitors at the Shaniko swimming
“ Vacation tim e- is thW tim e for J » lV 24
down the W illam ette Valley from directed by Mies Ja n et Sm ith, em­ petitions must be made In wilting
« 22 . . . .
80
.00
105
’
* * *
i hole Sunday.
' .
I good pictures,” Mr. Spitzbart
Portland, passing through Oregon ployment aecretary; $28,350 came and evrified by the oath of th«
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W ith its program practically
Mrs. Bmma Pluemke had as soys, "and the am ateur who »hoots
City, Salem, (Albany, and Eugene. from National Youth Administra aipptl<»ant and filed with the.bonrd
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completed and its existence near-, guesta this week Mrs. A. S._ Jo h n -; wifh an eye to competition is pre
This line will provide
strong tion~work, and the university tt wilhin fifteen days from the time
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¡ng an end the Capitol Recon- gon from Moro who spent Satur- pared to go places at the fair,
25 - — HM»
"intertie” with the southern part self plid wages amounting to $37, it is by law required to meet.
K
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61
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stm etion Commission 'has at last day nip.ht and Sunday; also her
Details of the state 'a m a teu r
26
of the state and 1 held meet an in­ 600 to students working p a rt time
Margaret W. Peetz,
•« 27
00
decided to move its office to Salem, si<!ter E isa, who arrived Sunday photographic a rt show may be ob
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94
creased power demand of the mu­ at various positions.
35.39
County Assessor.
a move advocated by many state evening and will remain fo r a cou-( talned J>y
t0 the Ore*on
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Total
for
the
week
nicipal
system
at
Eugene
State Fair, Salem
(Continued rn Page two!
pie of weeks.
Night Of History
Loon For Well
Not Favored
By Government
Mrs. May Whiting
Buried In Tin Dalles
Opportunity For
Youth Off erred
County | Premium Book
Now Ready
lonneville, Grand
Coulee To Be Linked
Schools Loan Money
To Students
HUStlerS □till