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About Sherman County journal. (Moro, Or.) 1931-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 27, 1939)
> * ■' *- X F i f t y - f ir s t Y e a ’ O f Oregon Moro, OregoUj, Friday, January 27, 1939 Across World’s Fair Lagoon it * G overnm ent Com fy Road Crew Makes and People Progress By A. L. Lind heck Mild Weather Makes Restoration of the old one-mill market road tax is 'being urged by county judges and commission ers, many of whom are to be seen mingling with the legislators. - According to F. L. Phipps of The Dalles, executive secretary of the State Association of County Judges and Commissioners, relief needs have eaten so deeply into county road funds that additional revenue must be found if the roads are to be maintained in anything like usable condition. Under the old market road act the state levied a tax of one mill On the present basis of valuation such a levy would raise a fund of approximately $900,000. Coun ties in order to participate in the distribution of the state fund would be required to make a simi lar levy to match the state money. The state tax, which was a special levy outside the constitutional six percent limitation was repealed by the legislative session of 1931. In lieu of this state aid the coun ties were given a slice of the rev enues from gasoline taxes. O • ♦ The League of Oregon Cities continues to insist on a share in the distribution of gasoline taxes. Mayor H. W. Hand of Corvallis, president of the Jeague, Alden Mil ler of Oregon Oity, and a number of other prominent city officials have been interviewing legislators relative to their views on this sub ject and are said to have received considerable encouragement. The League’s program calls for the al location of approximately $880,- 000 of highway revenues to the cities for repair and maintenance of streets. League officials deny that this would be a diversion o f highway funds bat merely a re allocation. Governor Sprague in his in>ugu*al message urged the legislators to give serious atten tion to the demands of the cities but expressed the opinion that the state needed all of the highway revenue for the time being. The lawmakers will not be lack ing for legal advise in the prepa ration o f their bills from now on. The House and Senate will each have a lawyer assigned to this task. Two years ago Ralph Moo dy, then a member of the attor ney general’s staff, was retained for this aervice to both legislative branches. This year the House voted to again retain Moody buj the Senate asked the attorney gen eral to assign a deputy to thi.« task. Opponents of Moody in the House made two attem pts to re- consider the vote by which hw em- ployment wM «uthonzed but each time were over ruled by substan tial majorities. Except for the legislative ex pense bill the first and only ap propriation m easure to run the gauntlet of th e two legislative branches so fa r was a hill anpro- p riatin g an additional $37.000 for the use of the W orld’s P air com- mission in establishing and main- Continued on Pape Two W orking Conditions Better And Progress Mère Rapid City Fathers Scratch Heads Over City Well A test of the city well was tak- •*n last week by a representative f a pump company who deter- nired to bis own satisfaction that io type of pump sold by his com pany would wo k in the well bet- er thnn the one now being used. Only suggested change waa that i •ubmersiMe pump be installed. This type of pump is located, mo tor and all. in the bottom of the well. of drilling another well >« being discussed but no 'Igure' are at present available md it will be some time before •’iiv chsnge is made in the wate" •upply system unless an accident > rr'S m eh a change. Sponsors Quarrel Over PUD Bill Provisions Many Objections To Be Ironed Out Before Bill b Introduced The PUD bill that was suppos During the past two weeks ed to make Bonneville juice to much has been accomplished by flow through the wires all over the county road creW, the weather the state is at present held up be being favorable for but dbor work, cause of something akin to a with the thermometer rahging be quarrel among its sponsors. tween 22 to 51 degrees, seldom Peter Zimmerman, who is known fleering enough,to bother touch. all over Oregon for his interest When the grading of the two in public power, has some objec mile stteach of road from Bour tions to the bill and Governor bon to the highway Was finished Sprague is likewise making some the county machinery was moved amendments before the bill goes to the north end of the eoùnty on to the legislature. the Scott chnyon road where one The bill, which is »till awaiting qua ter o f a mile at Kuypper» introduction, is said to giva the spring which was the narrowest directors of the district the right r ir t of the road, was blasted and Crop insurance written on fall to issue revenue bonds at their «x*.ded, that part now being the wheat and on which premiums discretion after the first group at widest. have not as yet been paid are now bonds are once approved by the At present the crew it working oh he. Gerkin canyon road, an due and payable and must -be paid voters of the district. iPossfcili- rrod in the north end, and on or before January 31th in order tits that may arise under this leading to Rufus. They are doing that the insurance will be in force. sort of an arrangement do not Under the crop insurance pro appeal to many property owners rAnnn nowler work widening and gram Sherman county farmers and the Farmer’s Union, with g ding the read up as has been have insured 11,784 acres. These which Zimmerman and Herman A “ marine” view such as m ight be obtained at a beautiful lake is this pleasant vista of the Cali ♦h* custom the past few years. policies written in this county are Lufky are affiliated hold that the The rock , erusher situated St fornia State Building and colonnades at the 1939 GoMcn Gate international Exposition. The view la that seen over the Lake of the Nations, which lies between one of the main exhibit palaces and the the head of Finnegan, south of bowed on 75% and 50% produc bill should be changed. group of state and county structures. v " We want the bill to give no Gtmss Valley, hiss finished it’s con tion, on a ten year average end- right to issue i general obligation tract for 10,006- yards of gravel injr with 1935. Mr. Dewey Thompson, Crop In bonds and they want the districts JC*— fhe state apd is now crushing su ance Supervisor for this coun to be forced to make tax contri ff€ fiÇ y I 3000 yards for the county, placing ty is now writing crop insurance butions to counties through which , y r~ Mf 1 : " °n newly graded on spring wheat. All producers A n d f* CCd L o o n s * ro><1 from Bourbon to the who are seeding spring wheat are they i un instead of being permit ” i highway. Several individual farm ted to do eo. They want bidding i err trucks are hauling gravel to eligible for this insurance whether on the bonds, a limit on the tax copntv roads leading to their they are in compliance or not levying power of the board of dimeters. k , places. Others are purchasing the with the other AA1A ptograms. Oregon growers m arketed from A plications for emergency crop themselves for the purpose Other objections heard are that 1P37 production approxim ately 8 and feed loans for 1939 are now making Improvements on their the districts should be disbanded million dollars worth of. specialty At the maeting of the grange being received a t 220 Poet Office own private roads. The rrUshdr if not used or if no bonds are sold c ops and products according to a ag »cultural comittees held a t Building, Portland, Oregon by carted work for the ooufity Mod- instead o f existing perpetually report on “Production and Income Moro Saturday a program was Verne F. Liveeay, Field Super- to finish this Wtdfc. with no means of quitting sup Statistics for Certain Specialty adopted for the granges through visor of the Em eijency Crop and plied, that some atate regulation Farm Products” ju st published by oqt the county. Four m ajor head- Feed Loan SecVWto of the- Fvrto^ The annual trtntor aebaol held be Applicable to the districts In thc Oregon State college exten- ings w ere decided upon which Credit Association. Wednesday fey J. K. MbKooh in the much the same manner as the pri sion service. were: • Weeds, 4-H Club Work, The loans will be made, as in Moro Legion hall for customers vate utilities are now regulated. This is the second of two reports Discussion! topics-, and Miscella- the past, only to fa . e r , w h ... All these things are important and owners of Tnterfiatitotal Har cash requirem ents a re small and vested O tophhy equipment was new when the means for using of this nature published within the neous. credit from past ftw months using data gath- U r le r weeds the comm ittee who cannot obtain The government purchase of well attended With 275 registering. Bonneville power is being set up e»-ed under the term s of a special agreed to continue the weed con- other source. The money hnah A1 Mison, a representative of and it is important that rights of legislative appropriation for this ;rol dem onstration plots estab- loaned will be limited to the fa m- w hich w a s « w a rd ed to th e the company, devoted the thorn- property owners be considered for purpose. The two reports now lj„hed in the v a io u s grange com-! er’s mrmedrate and actual cash 3 t i. in ing session to demonstrations and the tax burden is heavy over much published, one covering 1936 and munities, encourage 4-H club ac- needs for growing his 1939 crops rfoaina date f<r talks oh trucks, while the after of the territory through which the other one 1937, constitute the tivities on weeds, and the promo- or for the purchase of feed for aV1_ ...v „ _____j obtaining this wheat by Commod- noon wiS given over to tractors. the lines will run. With the dam built by the fed only comprehensive county by tion of an identification m eeting livestock h ity Credit has .been sot as Fdbru- A free flinch was served la the eral government, with a small Farm ers who can ' obtain hall at nodh. In the afternoon, county listing of production figures with specifications to ibe furnished __ * - . .. . . ary 4. Premium« are paid at the of 2c 0[) Numfcer pictured other than those showing part charged to power, with epsy For such im portant O e g o n pro- bv the~cdunty agent, and finally, funds th ey need from an ind vid- 2 4<_ oj) Nljmber „ gnd 5c „„ the parts and workings of ma loans supplied to build the lines ducts as vetch and field pea seed, field visits to the plots for obser- uul production « edit association prem |um, chinery w ire shown, including a the district should be able to pay various grass seeds, ladino clover v ’, ion of ^control methods estab- bank or other concern are no. N|)mber 4 eligible for crop and feed loan. r whw> jungle scene, a trip through Alas if well managed and to see that seed, flax seed, fiber flax, filberts, ijched. fln T#u for ka, Ortgon scenes, and the trac they are, is the business of those peppermint, turkeys and some Vnd^r 4-H club, one program f om the Emergency Crop and whe>t jn tor pictures taken in Sherman who are working on the bill. othe* crop and animal products. or| ¡cultural com- ^red Loan Section of th e Farm The loans * ha< county by Serai Searcy. Music State and county data are given m inee ¡s be devoted to 4-H club Credit A itain.stration o w f one , U ih e lj for some 50 sources of agricultural work prRnin? to sponsor at will not Ibe made to standard re- for the day waa furnished by three whereig sh erm an t wranglefs imported by the com Womans’ Club Meets income. Vnst 1 scholarship to an outstand- habilitation clients «diose current ¿ „eWlborhóod pany. They played a violin, ac- The bureau of ag ¡cultural eco- to«r 4-H club member in the com- needs are provided for Iby Farm 0M bushel> A^ , r „ imaUIy cordian and guitar. nomics tentatively estim ated Ore- m in itv for summer school and the Security Adm inistration, form er- The Moro Woman’s club met on g,cn.g €.as|, f arm income for 1937 Rg icu’tu ra l committee under 4-H ly known as the Resettlement lAd- 2R% of the 1,780,000 bushels on Hlrold Berry, sales promoter, January 20, with the President, gt ,^3,392,000, exclusive of $2,- club work is to encourage grange m inistra ton. loans in th is county is wheat and Jack Zimmerman, also of the Mr». Martin Melzer presiding. The KOvernment member8 t0 | Md 4-H «lob.. As ,n the past, farm ers who ob- w hkh )g t0 u,^ j sales department of the Interna maid feature of the program was tional Harvester GO., Were Visitors a talk by Miss Vivian Trounce on jcove'nment purchase plan- To this total is now added $7,994,-; Topics for Discussion, tain erne gency crop an loans will give as security a f i r s t _____________ here for the day helping to put on “English Family Life,” illustrated 000 in income from specialty crops the following were decided upon: the school. by pictures and given in hef usual and products as a result of this the outlook and situation, lien ’bn the livestock to be fed if ------ = --------—— -------—*— The lucky ones in the drawing interesting manner. W X to sil ATI com pehensive survey made in all AAlA program s, crop insurance, the money borrowed is to be used C|./wwl_ < to produce or purchase feed for OIOCK5 OI TT U C o l Oil at the close of the meeting were, “6 counties of the state. The next meeting will be the rural electprfication'i reciprocal livestock. m * , | Matt Schwendel of Wasco, receiv anndal Husband’s night party on trade agreem ents, handling of W heat loans are made to ten- r a f f l l S I l l £ n C r ing a priae of 83, George McDon the evening of February 3. It will Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Ragsdale weeds on allotm ent acres, and ants, th e landlord, or others hav- - - ■ ald and Earl Belshee of Moro, re »» H »rry were in the Moro roads. ing an interest in the crops financ- The report of the departm ent of ceiving $2 and 81 respectively, be held at the Masonic hall. An an<* G lass Valley vicinities on bus- Unde- miscellaneous, the a g ri ed or the livestock to be fed, are agriculture as at JanU try first Max Saraee drawing the names interesting program is being planhed by the director, (Mrs. E. ¡a« » Tuesday afternoon from The cultural comm ittee is to put on required to waive their claims in shows the wheat stocks on farm s from a hat containing the names A. Amidon. Da as. at least one lecturer’s program favor of a lien to the Governor ol to be much higher thb year than of all registered during the' day. M T . n i during the year in each of the the Farm ICredit Adm inistration in 1988 and al*o higher than the g-anges. until .the loan is repaid. , average for the previous ten Checks in payment of approved years. In the three northwest leans will be mailed from the states there is according to Regional Emergency Crop and the report, 22,064,000 huthW» of Fred Loan Office at Spokane, wheat on the farms as compared W ashington. Application blanks to 13,942,000 the first of last year Bv Gifea L- French out of them, but as a means of f ¡ends. Mr. W right spoke of her jmaxjbe „secured a 1 „ c o u n t y «nd a t e n d e a r J**' lattjhg off steam for overheated splendid q ualities ms a pionocr j The aoasioa > « getting on ana 702,000 bushels. 1« UhW t A m eeting of the Legion posts agent’s office. advocates of the measure in ques mo(ber, wife and neighbor when bills are coming back from com I States as a whale there are 88i>- ef the county is scheduled for _________ ____ . m ittees all decked out with dauses tion they cannot he beat. life Was harder m this county, Tuesday evening, January 26, at PLAY CONTEST POSTPONED 190,000 bushels e f wheat »toted The amendments to the unem on farm s which may be compared “recommend that the bill do pass” ployment compensation law were Mrs, Dell Bakin presented, in be- Kent, in the basement of the The one act play • contest be to the quantity in 1908 of 208,- or “ be amended as follows” and helf of the Easte*n S tar Chapter Legion hall! The m eeting is for tween the Rebekah lodges of this 510,000. Parm storage of wheht each day the third reading of discussed in the senate iMonday. * -* “ * * " ? ± 7 ” T i “ ” ' the purpose of organizing a coun bills goes on with resultant roll The revision of la*e c o iiu R b e of V- Bt Eal(ln “ b e d sp re a d , a re- tv squadron of the Sons of the district has been postponed one on which the government lean has body mode some amendments calls. . week and will be held on Saturday been taken may be a major eon- membrance from the Eakin fam - Legion. Hugh Bowman of Pen from the original and the ddbate It would be a Food stoty if dleton, is expected to be p esent F(b uarv 4th, in the Grass Valley t ibuting factor. “ V- . waxed hot and heavy. In the nuditcrium , startin g a t 7:30, free somfeqg& Aguxed .out at the end of Miss Anajean Km ghter gave a »»« the main speaker of the eve to t h " p u b lic . meantime, the house, ready te I * «a n t each session bow fenny bills Intro pinnolcgue “The Patchwork Quilt” ning. Percy Larson and a few of adjourn for the day, waited under O n ly th re e lo d g e s w ill compete P n i i n f v R a R k p H w i I i duced were /MAr WUb ind how Mrs. Po’ey read a “toast to my the boys from the Sons of the to th - contest, Moro, K en t,, and V O U IH y D aB K C lD B H revet« for debate to end, and fin mend repealed or ,j|iaend«i, other m other” ’ w ritten by Mrs. Sara I/Cgion squadron in The Dalles O -ncg V n llc y . ally adjourned anyway whieh legislation. Aa 8 ghes« It may he Rasmussen, a daughter. Mrs. E. have also promised to be nresejit A dance; for which a small Standings Given PStimated tbet half .of the bills mdkes another day before the D. Piercey, a form er resident of to give an idea of the work being charge will be made, will follow amendment can be discussed by This week marks the start of 1ntro8uced.lttb f»uafe88ot)r Md * the house. Grass Valley, sang three appro- done by them. The ladies of the immediatey after the play. oettigH jepeal. There Ona , the second half of the Sherman priate songs, “F iend Meet Friend’«! Auxilia-y will also hold a meeting It waa contended by many Sen reali* aré few new taws passed County League games. “School Days,” “Do You Remem- on the same night. ators that if the changes in the •Rufus is at the top With a record her,” accompanied by her daugh- WEATHER FOR THE WEEK of four wins and no loafces, Grass ter. T. M. Rolfe read a poem-the rt an amendment te the MAX. M IX’ . Mra. Owen B arnett en tertain ed , d * tf Valley is second with three wins pdriehced .legislators theme of which was 40 years old at a brithday dinner Wednesday Jan -bill that waa passed by the people .00 . W The inrfefcani Ufcbfca gra get TTT. .48:. 1 9 ..... | and one loss. Moro is thtrff with at the last election. It is not felt and 83 years young. for the pleasure of he- son Je rry , •• 2 0 __ ....... 46.. . 29... .00 two wins and two losses. Wasco ting In And pdMk behringa are be by the majority that the will ed Refreshm ents were served from whose guests were his teacher,; « .00 21....... ....... 40.. .2 8 is fourth with one win afid three ing held nearly every night thia the people, so expressed, has been a beautifully decorated table with Mr. Cochran and school mates! „ 22....... . ... .40... . 2ft . .00 losses while Kent is in the cellar week. These are gala thnee for changed in the past two months a large birthday cake as a center June Hines, Thelma Lutje, P a tr i- 1 „ opponents and proponents of var 23....... . . . . 41.. .2 7 .. with no wins and four lotsea. .00 since election. piece, baked by iMtrs. Frank von cia Yocum, Charles Ha tman,! „ . ious bills* and n a y get to t heir ........46 . . ,25 . .. .T 24....... Chapman’s hiU to declare eon* Borstel. M s. Eva Landry and Henry Richelderfer, Steven Alley, ,, Seen on an Arizona Fruit Stand: feet and; belabor .the opopaition in 25 . . 41 . 00 tracts calling for a closed shop te Mrs. Sara Rasmussen, daughters Herby Burnett, Marion.,Crews and “Cantaloupe«. Were 20 cent«— term< t in t tit permit (Continued on Pare tw o !___ . of the honor gueat, poured. Danny Kasebeng. ; T ^trl for the week ... now 10 cent«. Pretty aoft for you!”; ted. U tils now iafiormation comes Crop Insurance Premiums Due < 8 Million In Specialty Crops I '. Oregon Birthday Tea Given In Honor Of Grandma Ruggles Mrs. Lucy Ruggles was pleas- antly surprised Sunday when Mrs. W dy Knigbten and -Mrs. C. L. Poley arranged for a tea in honor on birthday u- a v j- e - anniversary at of > her 82 the Masonic hall in G ass Valley. Grandma Ruggles greeted over 200 M * $ ? . » 4 '¿ h o c alle d to congratulate her—m any of 1 whom v v started 4- tod on life s ™roPr she career, teaching them „reading, w riting and arishm etic. All her children were present except M 's. Will Olds and Lucy Brown, both of California. Out of town guests were Mr. and Mrs. S tarr Ruggles and son Neal, and Henry and wife of T urner; Mrs. Sa a Rasmussen o f Pendleton, Mr. and Mrs. Phil Ruggles of St. Helens; Arnold Ia n d ry and Miss Jean Gaiter of Po ’tl^fid; Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd D nnthoo, Mrs. E. D. Piercey and d au g h ter'P au lin e, Mr. and Mrs. George. Wilcox and ohi’dren, Mr. and M’s. L. Barnum, all of The Dalles. »M t . A. M. W right, a r acquain- tance of the fam ily for 54 years, presented Mrs. 'Ruggle* w ith a floor, lamp given bv h<r many Official County Papar Agricultural Committees Outline Work Available McKean Holds Tractor School . Sherman County Lags ■j Legion Posts To Meet At Kent Legislative Hi-Lights A nd Capitol Observations and Predictions
