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TBB SPBRMXN COUNTY JOURNAL,
serfs
catata
{Çenalç
be bettered by revision or* amend*
men! by membeis of the senate
Sherman County Observer
and house. One wonders how .he
Established Nov. 2, 1888
achieved his position in a democ
Grass Valley Journal
racy where majority opinions are
Established Oct. 14, 1897
considered to he supreme to those
CONSOLIDATED March 6, 1931 o f one man. That there is not
mere resentment indicates, per
Wasco News-Enterprise
haps, that the love of liberty under
Established Nov. 1891
CONSOLIDATED March 4, 1932 democracy is not ss ardent as it
was a fejsr generations agb *nd
that in itself* is «omething for the
Published Every Friday at
younger folks to notice <rld efbrrect
Mom, Oregon
Editor v ; « y so ’P dug H?^
Giles L.
m rtti
Statehouse Gossip
• Continued from page ona)
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Lemonade Stand Up to D ate
Natuàdi ci CfedicsUtizn'Vastly
- U h a n ^ & l ' F s o n i ‘F e c i
Report that a $2,OOQrOOO (Jfcgon
o*
Trail museum of history, science
and art was in store for Oregon
D e v e lo p m e n t o f N ew P r o d u c ts an d R aw M a te r ia ls A d d e d
without coat to the taxpayers came
as a au prise to state officials nonaJ
to P rice R iv a lry .
of whom, apparently, have foeO T r~r~
consulted on the project. Plans
Washingt’oa— Are our “g ian t” cor miea and promote efficiency, the
for the museum as outlined in a
porations bolding down living stand study found. This is in contrast to
Salem newspaper would require
ards by bolding tqp prices, in an the aim of combinations of a gen
that the state donate only the site
effort to make exorbitant profits? eration ago, which waa chiefly to
for the structure. Financing of
Has com petition declined so |bat the control markets, suppress competi
the project was to - be financed
production and d Lpj$bu|io^ of good« tion and raise, prices. Some of these
Entered as second-class matter at ; Up in Wallt Walla,county a dis through ,A PWA grant of $900,000
needed for higher living standards older combinations were able to
Is being hindered?
thfe Postoffice at Moro, Oregon pute is raging that may have an with donations from foundations,
hold up prices for a time, but even
A study which has Just been com tually such attempts broke down or
under Act of Congress of March effect on this county at some fu institutes and historical societies
making up the balance. ‘
pleted at the^Brookings institution aroused so much resentment that
.3, 1879.
tu c time. . Farmers have built »
found that competition is us real as the combinations were dissolved by
grain elevator and the railroad
M em ber
in form er days— perhaps more real. governmental actions.
Suits fried in the circuit court
But it operates in a different way.
T he study did not find th a t the
ipaperJ?ubJt{Kers company objected unless g hear here this week by J. A. Moore,
ing was held before a state com of Brooks, strike at the validity of
W eekly Wages au<l Wholesale Prices of M anufactured Products
mission.
¡sociati
the Carney and Martin bills of
T h e harvest season has come and
INDEM NU IN B i NS
INDEM NUH8ENS
the 1937 session outlawing slot
to o
to o
re.irly gone and still no permis- machines, pin hull games and other
OFFICIAL COUNTY PAPER Ision tq pross tfoe tracks haa b^en games qf chance. The complaint
s 11 owed and the farpiers afer ;to filed by Moore alleges that the
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>OUCTs!
rav tlx le»»t, in very bad humor procedure attending the passage of
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na uu n m c TUNEO NNC
1
r
a n ctif,
a .:S :f> y a b l^ 4 ||.
the two measures was faulty. The
to o
Complete with cash register ia the lemonade stand opened on a St
to o
built
along
the
Uttluntria
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ONE TEAR
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suits, it is understood, are designe«!
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Louis
street corner by Dickie Bradley, left, twelve years old. Constantine
, MM BES
cccnfy^there.W l f e e s iim flat
to keep thelfwfe measures off'the
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Deminas,
six years old, hands over a penny for a felaas, after a sample sip.
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humor if it is found that trfbiks November ballot so that attention
SO
so
A U G U S T 19, 193Ò
Dickie says business is booming.
...............
¿arrving wheat can not crosk^he of the voters might be. centered on
track.
deal of newspaper (publicity by epitomized the spirit of the New
Ute so-called ‘fUtade stimulator”
ISTO
IOBO
•a s o
1 9 00
I9 IO
I9 to
1 9 30
1940
Of coirse, in the long run the measure sponsored by the Oregon
RURAL TIRE DISTRICTS'
th eatening the banks for being too Deal, not alone in this but in most
raHroad officials will have to pull Merchants Legislative Council.
tight, tfoe Federal Deposit Corpor- matters. Anyone who shows an in-,
The
Am
ount
That
Cook!
Be
Bought
W
ith
a
W
eek’s
Wage
Discussion of the propriety of in 1 heir horns and permit the cross
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ation,
also a New Deal agency, tere9t in making a profit is as-
INDEM NUM3ENS
taking the city ftre truck to a ing but as is their regular proce
INDEM N U H IE N S
warned the banks against being sailed as greedy by those in the
For the first time on record the
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wheat fire several miles from town dure they will engender as much
too generous with loans.
New Deal who never overlook a
official voters’ pamphlet this year
may result in the development of ill tfeill as possible before doing it.
“Bank supervision is concerned single opporutnity for private gain,
will include poetry among the ar
100
a rural fire protection district that Such alienation of public , esteem
lOO
primarily with the protection of
Much is said about morality in
guments used in support of the
w ill‘be of aid to all (the county.
haL hurt the railroads more than several measures on the Novem
depositors,” said the F. D. I. C. private and public life, yet the
Three such districts In the coun a .couple extra c^nta op the freight ber ballot. One of ithe poems is
SO —
“As in any other type of business, White House sec ebarial offices are
SO
ty would be assurance that ho rate.
bankers, if they are to perform turned over to a young man whose
the ‘‘Beautiful Willamette” by
I 1
wheat fire or fire in farm buildings
their function, must be prepared to income comes chiefly from prem-
Samuel L. Simpson, in which the
would be very destructive If /dis » a C onvert
H 7O
1900
e je s o
t
!9OO
I9 IO ■
/9 to
I9 S 0
1940
assume some risk. But when thesei iums on insurance sold to corpor-
sparkling waters of the Willamette
The sudden cop version of Henry river are pictured as “waltzing,
covered early. They would be
risks become excessive in terms’ alions doing 'business with t>he
These charts indicate in general how living standards have risen since
inexpensive because the valuation Wallace to the principle of export flashing, tinkling," splashing” on
1870, during which years there have occurred the greatest development of
of the amount of capital of the Federal Government. .
of such districts wtrnW be around debentures or governmentally aid th er way to the sea. The other
machine production and the growth of large corporations. The upper
bank or when a bank is othe wisc * Worthless convention books are
$3,000,000 apiece. Equipment pur ed export of wheat is the out poem by Dean Collins and pic
chart shows th at, although the wholesale prices of manufactured goods
mismanaged, it is the duty of the autographed by the President and
chased for the district would be standing agricultural news of the tures the same river as an open
were about 9 per cent lower in 1937 than in 1370, the weekly wage had
bank supervisor to step in to seek sold to corporations—in large
able to efficiently fight rural fires. week. For years the fanners of sewer carrying the waste from
increased more than 150 per cent. The low er chart shows how much a correction.”
quantities to some—for $250 each
- AH equipment for cities is design the northwest have urged that mills and industries until even
w orker could purchase w ith his weekly wage, assuming th a t re ta il prices
Be Cautious, Says Crowley
1 to supply the party with funds.
kept in step w ith wholesale figures; in 1937 it was nearly three tim es as
ed for available hydrants, hose is something be done to aid the ex “the fishes hold their noses and no
Leo T. Crowley, chairman of the Federal workers are shamelessly
much as in 1870. This increase cams in spits of the fact th a t the length of
standard 21 inch and the water port of wheat. The thirty percent longer leap and frisk.”
F.D.I.C., went on to point out that shaken down for the benefit of the
The
the working week wieo reduced by approxim ately one-third during thia
carrying capacity is small.
of tariff receipts has been avail poems are used as arguments in
“loans and securities will foe criti- party wa- chest.
period.
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LA chemical outfit with a tank able for years but the Secretary the support of the stream purifi
I cizerl on the basis of judgment as
“I dont want people to do as 1
Alanutacturers today compete not percentage of the nation's business
for high presure, small bore hose of Agriculture would not permit cation measure sponsored by the
to the ability of the bbligor or do, but as I tell them to do”—those
oply in the pricing of their products, done by “g ia n t” corporations has
, .
• • ' Stream Purification League of
mounted on a good truck could get its use..
debtor to repay the obligation.”
words deserve to foe painted across
but also In the development of new been Increasing. Production by such
Now since the 1938 program has Oregon. -
to all most any place in the coun
And some people wonder why the New Deal banner.
products and new uses for raw mate large enterprises comprises about 40
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ty in a short time and control built up a huge surplus he Js
business is confused and uncer
rials.
T h e result mafe foe even more per cent of the total, which ia about
fcureka Lodge No. 121 A-F
A-M
suddenly converted to the idea that
r most Ares.
tain!
In this case the banker is
Word from Washington that the
useful to tile people t»9 « whole than the same p e^eu tag e as obtained a
Meets
on
the
1st
and
ha»
been
Urged
on
him
so
long.
in the delnnma of being told" by
Public1 Works Administration has
A rural fire protection district
in tile days when tha prices of near generation ago.
3rd Thursday eve
Even
if
100,000,090
bushels
of
Mr.
Jones
that
if
he
does
not
lib
approved a grant o f $56,361 toward
may be formed upon an election
ly ail gauds were fixed by direct
nings of each month.
Big and L ittle Companies W ork
eralize bis judgment on loans the
by the residents thereof rfhd such wheat were sold to foreign nations construction of a new heating plant
bargaining in the uijfii.et.
Visiting members cor
there
would
still
be
too
much
Together
government will go into competi
to serve the caprtol group o f
election shall be called by the coun
Tko malting or prl<*4* over a large
dially invited to meet
wheat
left
in
the
United
States,
tion
with
him—’
w
hile
Mr.
Crowley,
The study shows how big and lit
buildings is expected to spur action
ty court after a petition for it is
part of industry is vasjly changed
with
us.
but
it
will
help.
tolls him that if be does and any
from what it used to I»«. The pro tle « ompaniea work together to the
on that project. Total cost of the
presented to it and a hearing is
S?aral
Sea
cy,
W.
M
If
the
proposal
had
been
accept^
of his loans go sour he will foe held
ducer estimates in advance a price ubvuntaga of both. Large corpora
plant ia estimated at $110,000 with
held.
C.
V.
Belknap,
Secy.
ed by the secretary last year the the state’s share to come out of
to
strict
accountability.
at which an a rticle can be bought by tions are generally able to spend
It is possible for a rural dis
farmers would not now be forced the $1,000,000 appropriation auth-
an
expanding
nunfber
p(
people
and
But,
of
course,
the
most
signifi
trict to contrine • with ' an incor
more freely to m aintain competent
to accept fifty cents for » their orited by the last legislature for
then tinds a way to turn ou» a prod- 1 technical
cant aspect of this whole business Moro Lodge No. 113, I. O. O. F.
porated town but in this county
and management staffs,
Moro, Oregon
uct within that pi ice.
wh(\at or pledge their wheat to the construction of a new library and
was the disclosure that the private
the farm valuations are so high and
Meet« 1st and 3rd
Almost everyoué fk^ba^are th at aud these companies have usually
government for a loan of that heating plant. The state board of
bank
in
Housfton,
Texas
which
Mr.
the buildings to be protected so
Tuesdays
in the
this is the way automobnfe. prices beeu in the front of price reduction.
Jones controls, hgs been more than
few that it might be more desir amount. It must be a bit painful control ia expected to act at once
But s m a lle r concerns also benefit
I.O..O.F. hall Tran
are sex. and the study found that the
for Wallace to accept the policy in purchasing a site for the new
usually
cautious
in
its
loan
policy.
able for the districts to be separ
three largest concerns in this indus from tli is large-scale production.
sient and visiting
Banker Jones, it seems, does not
W ith larger concerns purchasing
ate. Major equipment would be of aiding exports because it wfes plant which will probably be lo
try
have
set
the
high
w
ater
mark
or
brothers
are cordi
entertain the same ideas about this*
their supplies in large quautities
different in character as well. Co a part of the 'McNary-Haugen cated on Tweith street on property
competition thus far.
ally invited to meet
nrograuvAnd
because
the
adminis
matter
as
does
R.F.C.
Chairman
adjoining that already owned by
operation between the districts
Today, it is alm ost impossible for and planning production fa r in ad
with us.
Jones.
~l
would be natural and probable, of tration has . so often declared it the state.
so-called monopolies to keep prices vance, sm aller companies which sell
Ralph
E.
Eakin,
N. G.
impossible.
The Jones’ bank in its June 30
coprse.
unduly high In orderflto tnake big them supplies and raw m aterials are
Joe
Truitt,
Secretary.
statement
revealed
that
its
loans-
/ Not only do the salmon adorning
profits. «Advances in physics, chem in turn able to plan production on
fiherman County was particular
Without «being acquainted with the new capitol swim down stream
and
discounts
amounted
only
to
the
most
economical
basis.
Many
istry, and en g in e e rlp ^ h a v e been so
ly fortunate in 1967 in its losses the details of the deal it appears
16 per cent of its total assets. Re Lupine Rebekah Lodge No. 116
great in recent years th«f, whenever Small concerns also find it easier to
by ftre as less than $400 worth of that if Cascade Locks purchases Contrary tb all précèdent, as point-
cent figures for the 503 Federal ......—-..................... Moro, Oregon....
a corporation tries to tfo thls/tonae borrow money from local banks and
fed
out
by
a
fisherman,
but
the
ox-
property was destroyed. This may the West Coast Power, company
Reserve member banks of Texas
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oue comas along w ith a sathfuctory other sources when they have con
not always ba the case and if a lines and equipment for $44,000 drawn coypred wagon on the state
tracts with large corporations.
disclosed that loans and discounts esday of each month
substitute at a low er price.
seal
In
the
capitol
rotunda
ia
head-
small tax of half a mill or less will there is little justification for is
Operation of industrial enter
represent 28 per cent of their as- Visiting members we
Previous studies made’r at the
prevent disastrous fires it would suing- bonds for $90,000 to pay for fed back eaht. ’ Thia latter fact was
prises
at their practical capacity is
Brookings
Institution
Abdicated
that
sets, while for the nation the com come.
discovered
thia
week
by
an
“oldL
be well spent.
the best method of parsing on to the necessary if the nation is to have
parable figure is 29 per cent.
it. Thqre may be need for some timer” who explained that he had
^ -I m a Miller N.G.
public the benefits of improved PTOr maximum production of goods, the
The Spirit of the New Deal
extensions slid improvements but come weatjn a covered wagon him-
Florence Johnston, Sc
dtrrtfve çfîîi'léncy Ja
giving the report of the study says. Forward-
At a recent press conferenco
to double.the indebtedness-hardly s e lf but “Had never heered.of one
THE P R W D E N ’S PURGE
looking price policies, constantly
consumer lower p r ic e s
Mr. Jones was requested to recon Bethlehem Chapter, No. 78.O.E.S.
looks like sound financing. En o’ them traveling east before.”
aim ing toward giving the consumer
The president is definitely nt the thusiasm. not under control, is one
Policies of M any Corporations
cile his demands that the banks
Moro, Oregon
more for his money, were found to
peck as far as the reelection fof of the dangers public ownership
loosen
up and the cautious policy
Are Examined
Meets Every Second and
be the most im portant factor in
senators who have opposed his must combat if it is to be success
Hprece W, Strong has sold his
of his own bank.
In the latest study/ entitled “ In bringing about capacity operation.
Fourth Thursdays in each
wheat for^Tc., to be delivered for
plans are concerned. Best, and in ful.
dustrial Price P olieljy and Eco — The high level of em ploym ent
“I don’t want people to do as I
Month. Visiting members
m
fact only, reason given for his in
iWn£ as soofi aa threshed.
Io. but as I tell them to do,” the
nomic P fo ire s s ,” specific inquiries which would come with such capaci
Invited
terference with state primaries is
were made into thé doîiiffes of many ty operation would have fa r greater
M w jA . S . , Johnson has return-
R.F.C. Chairman replied.
This is the time to save a
Kerrone Christianson W. M.
m an u facfh ring ¿o'tfCbrnr/d jïn d out
that he wishes men of hm own 6f wheat to ‘display at ther
T h e re , concisely and c le a rly was
’’
Pendleton, bringing with
effect in raising living standards
Ruth S p a rlin g , S e c re ta ry .
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w hether ffiey'fcëî'd 'af'fàeffltfth is di than any em ploym ent which the
views to fee named so that his pro QMH County Fair.
/»erg. prettv. 4>abv bOy^ h e r
rection. T i e t a f ? w a l made by'D r.
gram, which he feels has been ac
governm ent could provjde.
Edw in O. Nourse, director of eco
cepted fcg the people, will he con
Since 1870, while our large cor
.
,
,
-
Partners
are
flnish-
nomic research, and Dr. Horace B. porations have been developing,
tinued
in< jffieir harvesting, -,
D rury, a member of the staff. It was the am ount of manufactured goods
Hia reaeon in thia regard will
Thè temperature thia week on
financed under a grant by the Mau which the average w orker’s weekly
bear examination. He was not
Monday was 92 degrees • and on
rice and Laura F alk Foundation of wage would buy was m ultiplied by
elected nor rs alerted because of
Tuesday 96 degrees.
Pitt -liu r& i.
two and a half. At the same tim e, the
his program
because of his
From (he Observer August 18, 1899 From the Observer August 22, 1919
B g corporations since the World working week was reduced by about
personality and the unpopularity
W ar have sought to effect econo one-third.
of his opposition. . The 1982 plat
One of Elwood Thompson’s
The L. L. Peetz tractor pulled
form of his party had much of horses stepped on a atone in the
combine and the Roy Powell self-
merit in it—and it has been dis road Saturday causing it to fall
regarded. Court packing and re flat. In its struggle it broke the propelled combine were in the C. G. .
Silver wheat field this week, while
organisation, such as proposed, carriage pole.
across
the road .the tractor pulled
were not in the 1936 platform on
This is "a busy y e a r f o r M o r o combine of J, N. Landry was buay
which he was elected and those with much building going on. The'
who opposed these measures may court house, S. S. Hayes new home, harvesting •• the ' BuHiet*’ wheat. By Frankíyn Wattman
«these two fields are finished
easily have more people on their and E. E. Peoples also is building When
t Hp
a El n» uri
11 IK
« RuOut thru
4. U —
win
oe
Pprh»p, no Objective t a i r « e iv .
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side than has the president.
a home.
Geo. P. Higginbotham in this section.
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W
sX ’ ^ ‘ rth” rtod^ X
ti,at
Very likely the real reason for is building a massive warehouse
money
The Grass Valley Journal says
tlM“ ° f coordi,nit^ Pl«>- for loans now usually
interference is a desire to be the and J. B. Mowry a large barn.
made by
that there will be a bank at Kent nmg and governmental efficiency. finnn/.o
big shot in the entire country and
J .W . Ertberg is using his com this fall. A bank was contem Certainly there is «one towa d “nce comP«n,e. with fttockhold-
slap down those who dare oppose. bine this being the third year he plated earlier this year but a per which less actual p ro cess has been *th^t ^ P X e 3’’6' ' ^ Y ”Ut UP *“*
(i
If this smacks of a desire for dic has run i t .'
,
purpose.
mit from the State Bank exami made.
tatorship the voters—those who are
Monklend will have good schools ne- could not be had.
The'fact of the matter is that
Mr. Roosevelt aiwayw is talking
in a position to express a free and for nine months. Sam Ramsey
Two combines figured in runa-
most of the bankers feel they
independent Opinion—will defeat has been employed as teacher.
way accidents in the Grass Valley ÎÎ!" ? the. .n" e’?ity *1 P,an"in* - have beeb making all the sound
v him. There Are now many voters
ni
M*"8 A i
F. W. Silvertooth/ one o f the d atrict, last week. L. D. May’s i
loans possible within the limits of
connected in one way and another fair directors at , Antelope was machine on tlie Ellard farm andi Ä
‘
D“ ’ aft.enc,Je’ -
good
banking management. -They
„ with :the government that it is down to Moro this .’ltank* trying to a , de Smiths on his place were'
gr° PeS *'Ong “
“ de- are as anxious to make money as
difficult to obtain an Independent get reduced pasfengfes rates for fch<C owners of the Iifitle damaged airi
purposes of others. Not to 1 let any one else, but they remember
machines.
only too well that the banks that
t t a t i S r t brf 'con-'
H. n . Moore and wife returned
ia>enu ind s ' 1« ™ » >'«•-
County Agent Calkins left on k f t rh i ^ t i.h^ . i ! r ow wl? 1 K?ur
to thq-citfevem Wind River on the Wednesday evening for Union i^ w
a ± , * Sl'em8
8
P0* * “ Pri°» t0 th' fir”
If the citizens of Georgia and 14th. tyra. Smith and Mrs. Bolton county for the purpose of arrang
•*
pression were among the banks
Maryland want a man who will have also returned. The balance ing for a Shorthorn Breeders sale
This lack of coordination among which did not reopen in 1933.
oont*”t- of
of cattle
cattle at
at_the
C o u i i y fair*.’ The th* New DeaI
leading to
But that is not the point at which
, represent FDR there should be
. i . € _ ^ [? _ ° 0l0n^ ,ap?
*7/ ear vvwwuv-
t
some constitutional provision per ed to remain a while longer az the gaIe will
entirely under the wWe«Pre»< confusion fen the part we are driving. The point is that
m itting them to give him a proxy trout are now eager to be caught. aaSp&*a «f the No "thwest Short- of busibe«s—“ well illustrated by after Mr. Jones harvested a great
aqd save the $10,000. I f they wish From t*e,O taerv.r
1H>
a w t e r , ^Association, who ” .r -C~
J'»«; J»"'»,’ “■*-
a senator to represent the people
will be béM responsible for the
campaign to bafferthe banks
of Georgia and Maryland they will
Hon. R.
Ginn worked himself grade of Shorthorn offered at the of .the county lo<»en their purse
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have to elect their own indepen out of a job, finished his harvest, sale.
| strings end be more generous with
dent senator^
' and returned to the noise and
Prof. H. B. Blough and wife, ,oans-
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Them
much of conceit
J • frQ* Pte<Ü>n<l
visitors at the Be Generóos, says, J^pes
k i
lime POnfidenrO tf >0# prele
hafey f c ^ y hors e Howard Conlee home east of Moro.
Mr, Jones became quite bellicose
term in the action o f the preai s (Hnfipfoay gelding,*fend there Is a IwrfL Blough has charge of one about it. He warned that if the
&.• jM W® Ixcgc Portland schools and banks did not liberalize their lend-
dent. He- recognises no potofcility $26 ifeWafeffXor
M o ro a n d W i
jtcfek. to A
thfe Seat- if
son of Prof. Blough formerly ing policies, it might become neces-
that he may he wrong, that: hie
(W littat ytews m lrbt tie fair
Ms
-
the Moro schools.
i sary for an extension of govern-
economic dffift poll
4
i
Bands will Play
Flags will Wave
In Other Day;
tat
L o c k in g
F o rw a rd
Horses will Prance
e will Cheer
Sherman County P
September 23-24-25
Old Friends Will Visit
»«injrn
d u rin g th is m eeting o f 'th e
c o u n ty ’s
citizens, past and present, and there
will -be
laughter,
gaiety, joy, and
good fellow ship for all w he com e.
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GEORGE G. UPDEGRAFF
Attorney At Law
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FAIR.
Every Day Is Sherman County D ay
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