F ifty -fir st Yea; itu. ¿3
Of Oregon-
Its Government
and People
Moro, Oregon. Friday,
April 14, 1939
Huge Siphon to Help Irrígate California-Jy alleys
Farm Meetings
Scheduled To
Start Friday
Official County Papr
Bank Expects
South Wettest
Ta Pay Federal
Determined In
Incqme Tax
Series of Tests
‘H. W. Ghampneys returned
j Tuesday from Portland where he
•
Farm Plan and Estimate
had been to attend a hearing re­
Moisture Tests Show Ground
The pie counter hoy» of ' th«
garding the matter of federal in­
'Republican camp are becoming
Sheets Must Be Filled Out
comb taxes on the Bank of Com­
Wet Enough To Make Crop
impatient. The political plume
merce at Wasco. It was not pre­
are not failing as fant as they
By AU Cooperators
sented that a bank in liquidation
In Normal Season
would like. No amount of shak­
would be forced to pay income tax
'Meetings will begin Friday at uhtil recently and th? charge may
ing item s to have any effect on »
The concensus of opinion thru-
Locust Grove between farmaia fill heavily
_____ w
~ depositors who out the county all spring has been
the Democratic incumbents who
on the
comjnunlty cwmnittees
ex’p irted to receive interest that the north and was better
continue to a X tight in their snug
and the county «(rent whioh have on Jhelr dePo«ite »ccordlng- to a supplied with moisture than the
berths apparently oblivious of the
mdb demanding their head«.
for their purpose the signing of r « , nt sta ie supreme court ruling. southern end of the county. Testa
farm plan and, estimate sheets toy The stock holders may also lose made by the experiment station
Rumor had it that as soon as
each farmer who 1«, or expects to in case tH're is any securities re­ staff this week indicate that the
Governor Sprague got the legis­
co-operate with the government’s maining for the tax will be a di­ reverse is true and that a consid­
lature out cff. Salem and had a
farm program.
chance to look about a bit ^e
rect. Inability on .the liquidation just erably greater percentage of mois­
The sheets will apply to the as it is on an individual.
ture is in the soil near Kant and
would * ‘begin reorganization
I 1939 crop and each fanner will
state departments over which
The casse will take some time to Grass Valley than near Wasco.
I indicate the number of acres he settle as it will go to the court
A dozen places in the county
hoJds jurisdiction but apparently
! has in his farm and the number of tax appeals ‘before being paid. were tested with the standard
the governor is not going to he
in crop, summerfallow, compliance,
soil tube and the dirt weighed and
rushed into any thing like a
hay. grass and in any other crop
dried and the percentage of mois­
wholesale housecleaning. In fact i
or pasture. While this informa­ Typing Contest Held
ture computed with most inter­
he is a bit tco conscientious about
tion has been given a number of
esting results.
the responsibilities of his position
times there to possibility of change 1
In Anmndus von Bomtel’s field
to suit many of those who sup­
For Sherman County near Wilcox there was 16J%
on each farm.
ported him in the hope of politi­
The meeting for the Wasco dis­
moisture for three . feet, which
cal reward in the form of a job
Easy does It as cranes lower Into place a U-ton section of the siphon which carries Ail American caaaJ trict will he held Monday and Tuea
The typing contest for high may be compared to 12.7 on the
on the state payroll.
water across New river, 1% miles west of Calexico. Calif. The bureau of reclamation, which to constructing
Rumor that there would be no , the canal for the Irrigation of the fertile Im p erial and Coachella valleys of southern California, to bul'dlng this day at Wasco and alter that in school pupils of Sherman county experiment station in dean sum­
i Mcro, Craas Valley and Kent in was held Wednesday afternoon at merfallow and 18.3% in the
further changes in the state tax
siphon— one of the principal engineering feats of the 80-mile route.
' order to give each farmer of the the Moro high school. First and trashy fallow.
commission to make room for de­
I county an opportunity to declare second year students were in sep
In th< field trail plots on the
serving Republicans was confirm­
h.’s farming intentions for the aróte classes. Winner of the first ¿Haggerty place near Kent there
ed by the governor this week, |
year division was Clauline Thomp­ was an average of 15.3 in four
year.
thufc blasting the hopes of at least
Receipt of checks for the prom­ son of Moro who made an average feet. Near the junction of the
one of the faithful who m ig h t:
ised December paymrent has been of 46 words per minute, Audrey ’ new Bourbon road and the high­
have found a lucrative post there­
•’ow but some arrive nearly every Baker of Moro was second with way there was 17.5 percent of
on. Right on top of that an­
week. The payment that was due 42 and Nellie Wilson of Kent third moisture in 3 feet for the highest
nouncement came another one to
in early February will be along with 40, June Wilde and Kenneth mark in the county. In Goon’s
the effect that J. W. Fe/gu'on is
B’cir of Wasoo were fourth and field just south of Gram Valley
later.
to be retained as state foreetcr,
Sherman county again won the
fifth with 33 and 28 respectively. there was 15.3 in 4 feet.
Appointment of interim com­
for the time being at least. Fc.r- cup given for th? county th at sells
m ittees by the presiding officers
In the second year typing group
Near Moro the percentages were
guton has never been very popu- , the largest number o f Christm as
The ci!} council of Moio met of the St nate and house is one of Trashy Fallow Gives
Geraldine
Norton
of
Kent
won
much
Hke those taken on the sta­
lar with the forestry people. A ; seals per capita. Nineteen tto.ir.ty
Tuesday night for a discussion of the last acts they perform before
first place with 55 word*, Thelma tion, with 13.9 being found in Chas.
Democrat, he was forced down the eight was the 3cCont, consecutive
winding up the affairs of the Good W heat Yields
Fortner of Grass Valley second Powell’s field near Erskine and an
throat of the forestry board by year th a t the cup has come to municipal affairs. A report on the
legislature. Thia week appoint­
with
53, Willard Okto of Grass even 13. in the E. E. Barzee
progress
of
the
job
of
installing
Governor Martin at the outset of this county, A picture in the
m ents have been mad? tu three
Moro—Shallow land double disk , Valley third with 37 and Lerma wncoi. oom tests were m eat to
his administration. It had been papers this week showed Mrs. J. the new pumping system wa:,
such committees by E. R. Fatland,
the full six foot depth. In the
Kent fourth with 35
hoped by many that he would be M. Wilson, of Kent, vice chairm an made* by the w ater committee to speaker of the houa^, and Robert ed for fallow has produced just Rarn^ t
the
effect
that
the
n.w
.system
Kaseberg country on the old Gor­
as
high
wheat
yield
as
when
plow­
among the first to walk the politi­ for this county, accepting the cup
Dupoon, president of thè senate.
don ridge road there was 13.2 per
cal plank when the Republican ad­ from the hand« of the state direc­ was in, in a tem porary fashion and . . On the committee to make rccom ed with a mold-iboard plow in 13
that a pit was being dug to lower
cent moisture in six feet and far­
years’ trials at the branch ex- Moro, Wasco Track
ministration took over. But ap­ tor.
mendations for stand?nl forms to i periment station here. The double
the
booster
pump
in
order
to
in­
ther north on the Kaseberg road
Whjjle the seal sale is ended by
parently thia is not to «oe the case,
be used by the house and th? sen­
there wpa 10.9 in five feet, wto -
Fergoeon’s status was discussed the first of the year it always crease the capacity per minute ate on bills, Senators Strayer and disking leave* the straw and stub- Teams Hold Contest
from
fo
rty
to
"fifty
gallons.
The
though
this piece had heavy wheat
. ble in the upper few inches of
at the executive session of the takes several weeks foefore the
Franciscovich, and ReprOsenatives soil, which helps prevent wind and
pole«
and
wiring
for
the
autom
atic
on
it
which
might have sapped
Track
teams
of
Moro
and
Was­
concluding
figures
are
made
up
forestry board in Salem last week
. Lonergan, Turner and McAllister ! water erosion. 'Average yields of co held a contest last Friday af­ some of the moisture.
device have been installed.
and it was decided that no change and the cup awarded,
were named.
Nearer Wasco on the market
The pit will be concreted and
mold-hoard plowing have been only ternoon at the fair grounds in
would be made just at this time
Or. the committee to study re ’ six-tenths of a bushel larger with order to give a bit of additional road a test taken showed but 9.7
the
booster
pump
lowered
within
This, however, doss not mean that :
apportionm ent of senators ar
a few days.
winter wheat, while with spring competition to those who will be in six feet. On the Wes Fuller
Ferguson is secure in his job for
re-pi esen ta’ives after the 1940 ' wheat the averages aTe exactly contestant* in the county (track place north of Klondike a test
another four years since he serves
It was voted to inform memqers , census and to report to the 1941.
taken showed 11.8 moisture in six
meet to be held in May.
only at the pleasure of the board
of the fire departm ent that the ; legislature, Senators Clark and j the same.
” Moro was superior in the dis­ feet and further south on the
and is subject to removal at any
fire engine was not to be taken i Stallem an and Representatives |
tance runs with Barzee and Ken­ Bo ice place there was but 9. in
time.
outside the city limits except to i M arsh, Wells and French were 1
Unemployment
Men
ny, French and Lurtje winning the five feet. On the land farmed by
Interest just now centers in the
other towns. Possible loss of the were chosen.
I
half And mile runs but Valdis Charles Burnet east of Moro the
•possible fate of D. A. Bulmore,
city’s present favorable fire in­ I To study the m irit system for
Three-fifths
of
all
driveiä
in­
Wilde of Wasco was clearly better teat gave 11.5 percent moisture in
administrator of the unemploy­
surance rating was the reason for state employees one represents- • Clarify Changes
in the siprints although Adams of six feet.
ment compensation aot. The job volved in fatal accidents in Ore­ the decision by the council.
! tivc, Al Grant of Baker was named
All tests were made in land now
Salem, Ore., pAril 13—The state Moro made a hot race out' of «the
pays $4000 a year which is enough:, gon last year boasted an other­
The boys club was given per­ to work with Alex B arry cf P ort­
sown
to wheat.
wise
clean
records
for
the
past
220.
to place it in the political plum j
mission to use the room above the land, W. B. Duerst of McMinn- j unemployment compensation com­
Despite the fact that the grass
No jumps were attempted and
classification and R ‘is understood j seven years, Secretary of State fire house and the street and pub­ 1 ville, Mrs. Lamer Toozs of Port- mission today sought to clarify
that the commission is already ; Earl Snell announced this week. lic property committee was namtii land and W. A. Bowes of Portland. I changes enacted in the job insur­ Moro won in the »hot put and is drying up the wheat apparent­
looking around for a “conservative
ance law by the legislature in re­ discus Pinkerton and Adams out- ly has sufficient moisture for the
“It is a common misconception to have the roof repaired on that
present time if these tests can be
business executive” as a possi- . that a majorit} of all accidents, building. The boys will repair the
gard to waiting weeks and rede- throwing their competition.
relied upon and conditions remain
ble successor to Bulmore.
teirn¡nations. The statement read:
and especially fatal accidents, are interior of the room.
norms].
Grass, except bunch grass
It has just . leaked out around j caused.by a few reckless drivers,”
Waiting weeks served since
A discussion was had about the
and
Created
Wheat, js short root­
January 1, 1939 (or as many of Slow W orld Trade
the capitol that the Democrats
. 1( J Snell commented, “yet the fact advisability of oiling at leaat o n o i W j n
Q r II p r « n r i < r n
ed
and
the
dry weather of the
week» 50, 61 and 52 of 1938 which
put over a fast one on the Repi*- that more than half the drivers of the streets up the hill because ¥T 111 <** ^ d n r r t t llC lS C O
past month has caused it to stop
are
a
part
of^
one
interrupted
licans in loading the Oregon ex- 1 ja these fatal accidents are suffer-
giowing. ---------------
Agamst the strongest competi- period of * unemployment which la W heat Situation
hïbit at San Francisco’s worlds J jng their first mishap indicates of the trouble of keeping gravel'
Near Mayville in GiHtom county
on
them.
Inform
ation
about
the
^icn
in
the
history
of
the
In
ter­
continued into* 1939) by any claim­
fair with followers of Roosevelt,’i that they are responsible for
Crop developments in the North there was 22.6 percent moisture
com and possibility of having the state Junior Livestock show held ant whose benefit year does not
M artin, Gosslin, et al. Created I many bad sm ash-ups.”
ern Hémisphère and slow world
job done this year will be obtained. at the San Francisco World fair, expire until after that date shall trade were outstanding features and west of Condon there wae 21.
under the administration of Gov­
On th? ether hand, the figures
, Oregon club members made a be countable for waiting-period j in the wheat situation during the while on Shutler flat the moisture
ernor Martin most of the commis­ , do indicate that poor drivers are
clean sweep of blue ribbons in the purposes under any new claim for ! first Week in' April. Beneficial was only 11.1 percent. Four feet
sioners are, naturally, Democrats. more apt to become involved in
Aberdeen-Angus bafby beef, took 1939 benefits filed by such a rains in thé domestic winter and was the deepest the tube was
Likewise the executive secretary : fa ta 1 accident« than the average
one
blue ribbon in Shorthorn claimant on or after April 1, 1939. ; spring wheat areas improved pros driven.
of the commission, C. C. Carlson, run of motorists. Thus, only three
In Jefferton county tests were
classes,
and were second only to
u is also a Democrat and a close per­ per cent of all drivers were charg-
All waiting-period weeks he- ; pecta fbr winter wheat and placed made for an average of 2 | feet
Texas
exhibitors
in
the
Hereford
sonal friend of W. L. (Pinky) I td with three or more accidents
ginning with week 14 of 1939 w}ll , the soil in better condition for
Work of tearing down the build­ classes.
te determined as such under the spring seeding. East of the Mis­ with tile result that moisture con­
Gosslin, Oregon’s little Jim Farley. 1 during the past seven years, while
Of the 23 club members from Inw as amended with respect to sissippi river, winter wheat re­ tent of the soil was determined
It now develops that while the Re­ 11 per cent of the drivers involv- ing? at the camp has been going
on
for
ever
thiee
weeks
and
two
six Oregon counties, 16 won one all claims for benefits regardless mained1 in fair to good condition to be 31.5 near Grizzly and 19.2 on
publican job hunters have been , ed in fa al accidents had three or
entire
tn
rrack
s
and
some
other
or more prizes on their animals. of the date the claim was filed and although damage from freezing Agvnoy plains.
haunting the executive offices more accidents' on their records,
buildings
have
been
completely
These were in competition with whether or not the claim is “ori­ and thawing was noted in some
young Carlson has been busy tak­ not cou’ating their fatal mishap.
razed and th? crew is working on stock shipped from nearly every ginal” or “new.”
ing care of young Democrats in
parts df the eastern Ohio valley. Easter Sunrise
the rem aining ones.
section of the United States. Some
When a claimant who filed prior The crop made good progrès« in
jobs with the fair exhibit. There
It is ixpected that three weeks 4000 head of baby beeves, lambs, ¡’to April 1, 1939 and ufiioee benefit the Mtokiasippi Valley area. In the
are now 14 of them on the com­
more will be consumed in the job and hogs were shown.
year ends on or after June 30, southern Great Plains, south of Service Held
mission’s payroll at salaries rang-
of tearing down th? remaining
Taylor High of Klamath coun- 1939 has ^rved a total of three Kansas, wheat made good progress
• ing from $125 to S325 a month, '/M
j
THL
»
The Easter Sunrise Service, held
barrack-, the hospital, the recrea­ ty took the highest honors among waiting period weeks at any time except in west central Texas and
most of them hired, too, since the , V i O l l û S I U rC H T C Il
on
the Sawtooth Read at 5:30 a.
in
his
current
benefit
year,
he
will
bon
hall
and
the
garages.
Some
Oregon
eithjbitors
by
winning
new administration came into ‘
in part* of Oklahoma. In Kansas
Rain s t a r ted to f*U in Sherman i or Hie m aterial îs“6ëïng' used in first in the Aberdeen-Angus class not be required to’ serve addition­ the crob showed improvement in m* and sponsored by the Chris­
power but without consulting the
governor or any of his patronage county Tuesday evening raising other ccmps, a truck from Hepp­ with a bmby beef weighing 65(X to al wait ing-period weeks under all sections with growth rank in tian Endeavor, was attended by
dispensers who have ju st awaken­ the hopes of farm ers who always ner com ng Wednesday t-o take a 800 pounds, and also took the breed such current claim. Benefit« will southern counties. In the north­ Rev and Mrs. Gilbert Garry, Mr.
ed to the fact and are not any too desire nain when the, wheat is in load of interior board to th? camp championship. Charles Kik of not be paid for any waiting-period western* plains and . the Pacific and Mrs. Taylor, Mrs. Leo Wat­
kins, Marion Crewe, Gordon and
the ground and growing, but the there 1er installation purposes.
happy over the whole thing. ,f '
Um atilla countv placed first; Stan­ week served prior to April 1, 1939, Northwest, the outlook continued
Marjorie Rich, Edward Johnson,
hopes were rh o it lived for the
* e $
whether
or
not
such
week
1»
in
favorable.
Based
on
April
1
con­
ley M arten, Klamath county, sec­
Gladys
Stone, Idssbelle Spencer,
lain w a s but a shower of which
-
’
ond; and Kenneth Bensel, U m atil­ excess of three such weeks whioh dition«, priyate trade agencies es­
Chalk up another “ first” for the
Danny
Kaseberg,
Walter Mee and
n
u
b
h
g
«--j
k
f
.
j u a new place
have
been
served
by
the
claimant
timated the winter wheat crop at
la, third, in the Aberdeen-Angus
new capitol. Charity ’ M. Watson to msk? tiack s on by the next 1
Eugene Gosaon. . The program con­
in
his
current
benefit-
year.
over*500
million
bushels.
An
aban
class
with
steers
weighing
805
to
and H arry Stopp weje the first morning. Since then skies have
The Moro Womans club held a
donment was placed at about 141 sisted of the following numbers.
bride and groom to be m arried in been cloudy and rain has threat- regular mt citing Friday afternoon 950 pound's. 'Charles Oheyne and
percent which was somewhat un­ Scriptua^e reading by Marjorie
Oregon’s $2,500,000 ptate ouse. ened. Et has been so long trying ar the club house with members Virgil Ratcliff cf Klam ath county CAR EXPERTS COMPILE
Rich; Prayer, Rev. Carey; trumpet
took
first
and
second
in
the
Aber­
der
that indicated at the first of
IBoth are from Portland. The cer­ to rain' new th at th? moat hopeful of the Wasco and Grass Valley
COST OF OPERATION
solo,
Eugene Gosaon; Reading* by
deen-Angus class with" steers
emony was performed at 7 :09 have co rr’uded that th :s attem pt clubs as invited guents.
k costs approximately 6 cents Deceirtbér. The Crop Reporting Gladys Stone, Gordon »Rich and
weighing 955 to 1100 pounds. Bob a mile to operate a medium-sized Board will release it’s indicated
o’clock Friday morning in the
Mr. Taylor.
will result in a blow.
j The program which was handled Blickcnstaff of Klamath county
presence of a score of friend- and
car, including all the expenses con­ production figure, on Monday.
At the conclusion of the service
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:—
j
by
Mrs”
.
T.
W.
Alley
and
Mrs.
W.
Seeding of spring
we.? first in the low weight Short­ fronting the average automobile Avril 10.
relatives.
twenty-two
persons enjoyed break­
A. Ruggles consisted of a song horn class. Robert H. King of in Oregon, accoiding to figures wheat Was about half completed
» # »
• ’ rob ’ t G uthrie dies
fast
in
the
basement
o f the church
by Connie Ruggles, a solo, “God Sherman county with two animals announced by the Oregon State at the close of the week in South
Resignation of Dexter Rite?
under the able direction of Mrs.
R cbcit H. Guthrie, 83, well Bless America” by Mr^. Lloyd pi'iced second and fourth in the Motor association. /
Dakota and had started in Minne-
Roseburg attorney, from the state known to many Sherman countains Hennagin, a series of Professor
E. P. Rich.
The cbHts include gasoline, oil,
and North D«>ota.
game commission leaves a vacancy J of 'h° p o s in g generation, died Quiz interrogations a t which Mrs. Hereford. 650 to 800 pound class.
Others who won ribbons in the | tires, maintenance, depreciation, ----------- *------------
for Governor Spnague to fill,_ The in Oakland, California Tuesday af- Collis Moore was adjudged beat
TAX PBNNIES FLOW FAST
H rreford class were Clayton Cha-r- licenses, taxes, storage, Interest
governor said th a t he knew R ice,;te r an Hlnr's of several weeks, and the talk on homernakin^ by fry, Jackson countyf Marvin Well-
BANK INSPECTED
Pennies collected for state gaso­
was resigning as chairman of the He. leaves three daughters and a Nancy Morris of the Oregonian mar and George Poulos, Baker and insurance. The average own­
er of a car weighing about 3200
A crew o f three men from the line tax flow into the coffers at
hoard but not th a t he was leaving wife. He was an early day stock Home Institute. All phases of
courty; and Joe Keller and W al­ pounds, a technical bulletin from head offlfce of the First National the rate of shout 2404 per second.
the board entirely.
fn /in ir.d 'faim ?r *r»utheas't of Grass homemeking vzere dineussed by
ter R itter, Klamxth county. Oth- the highway department state«, bank are* here this week to in- This sum $24.04, represents the
, Valley and still owns several the visitor who r:ceivc‘d close av e- w inneri In the Aiberdeen-Angua
pit yr about $430 a year for opera­ sped the local branch. They are typical weekly wage of about half
Plans are already underway for hundred acres of land which to tention from the members of the
class were Lawrence Ousterhout tion. Smaller cars run about $290 W. M. Burkhart, G. W. Schaahtsick the people who own automobiles,
Continued on Page Two
fn mod by V. B. Eakin and sons.
clubs present.
and Don P ruett, Jackson county. a year.
and R. C. B om .
according to the census bureau.
By A. L. Lindbeck
Sherman County New City Pump Committees
Wins Cup for
Installed; Change For Interim
Seal Sales
Appointed
Being Made
Oregon 4H Clubs
CCC Buildings Are
Being Torn Down
Rainfall Brief But
woman s Club Meets
' Jf