£ X F i f t y - f i n t Y e a / ix u. MS>y, M ay » , 1909 Official Comity Pape Moro Council Moisture Nearly K ents^iool Wins Court Hears Life Mrs Carroll Say rs - - "* ,w Fair Board Starts Considers Street Declamatory New Head of Gone Under History of the Work on 1939 I Oiling Program i Contest Woman’s Club Possibility of oiling some of the Winter Wheat W .nners of , the Declamatory Mormon Cricket New officers for the coming year County Exhibit streets 'in Moro is being consid- I c e n t:st were chosen last Friday ered by the city council and a were elected at the Woman Club / 'j *. • '< >» Heavy Draw on Sub-normal night at Grass Valley when the Crickefs Live But Little Over meeting last Thrusday. Mrs. Car meeting was held this week with Judges Stand To Be Placed ^annual sneaking* competition was state highway engineers Chandler rol Sayrs will be president; Mrs. Moisture Caused By Rank heli- wi.h frjrtc e r, contestants H u n d re d Days; Have Seven of Bend and Koons of The Dalles. O. A. Ramsey, vice president; Mrs. On Grandstand; Race jf 'e m the fiv? ech Is taking part. Unless too much gravel is needed James Kenny, secretary and Mrs. • .. Growth; Grass Poor ' Oniy four tried out in th h ghe. Distinct G row th Periods Program Adopted Tentatively to put the street in sha-pe for oil | L. V. Moore, treasurer. Mrs. M. idrririon,— — x,— t the end of April the deficien- ing it is thought that the counc: ! G. Melzer was elected director for officials vtewed viewed (the th n e year term. A recent fair board maeting with will have the wort* done. ; cy in moisture in Sherman county ! I «r Winner K T 'A n of L A th?* « group composed , . ” A • gioup ~ of BC.> omenu, ! as judged bv the readings at the ‘ 5 th3 children ,n grades one to crx4cet territory Thursday Washington, D. C. May 12 - An all members, Omer Sayrs, Ormand tv..nA was z ru_,.;~ rj , ftinrmr,» . * Mrs. Aden Axtell and Mrs. Mel­ The matter of choosing the I . »a jwugea . . oy me readings ac tne , three D enio JLnnagin of corning and decided that the m. attempt will be made to force to street to be oiled is a matter for U'*8 2'?2 ln Mn,° ‘econd Eugene H os-’ weic too scattered to permit vin Sehadewitz were made new Hilderbrand, Roy Barnet, present Moto, ’ ! second the floor H. R. 2, the measure the councilmen to decide, but it | along with LiRoy Wright, secre­ *>n ™r™ T7h T ”*’ ^ nson of Kent anve work by CCC boyJ Th< members of the club. l$:nson of Kent planned to put the Townsend idea appears probable that the street j iA splendid program .was pre­ tary, was the first start towards "<**’ 1 h* first Herman Petsrs pf Grass Valley. that the plea of the county for old age pensions into effect. from the Foss garage to the court I of September to date. j - The geeond divkjon compo#ed i court for aid in the fight again«! sented by Mrs. Vernon Miller. Mrs. the 1939 Sherman county fair The ways and means committee I E. H. Moore r<»ad a paper written which will be held this year Sep-* has concluded hearings and listen- i .house is the one nx>st used and ' In March the county received of children in the fourth to sixth Mormon crickets has been denied by Mrs. C. L. Poley on Child Wei t«mrber 15-16 17, the same week d H. Middleton of Spokane Mil- ed to witnesses for and against | most favored by the city fathers, t »» «nch o f moisture and the nor grades. was won by Vernvri Mel- ,Mrd Rodman of Pendleton J ,R fare. Mrs. Merrill Oveson talked as the Pendleton Round-up and a the bill. The committee is still « A twenty foot strip would be - mai rainfall is .91 so at that time zer of Moro with Anna Flint of on '*Care of Pre-achool Children.” week before the Wasco county tri ut< d. ' the d e c e n c y was 1.89 instead of Kent second and Betty Bryant of Chenault of Hermiston, camp sup in executive session, hut there is a ___ ____ ____ fair. j 1.91 as was at the first of March.- Rufus third. erintendent and R. B. Ebnes, local Mrs. Karl Melzer talked on ‘‘In­ feeling on the part of supporters I Some change is being made in ! April, usually a month in which ruperintendent, togeth.r with termediate Ages” and Mrs. R. G. the annual premium list which of H. R. 2, that the committee will ijp C uni Iff told »bout “The High Poipts Close the farmer can exp.ct some rain, Judge Potter went over the crick­ not report the bill on account o f ! School Age.” In recognition of will be printed and ready for dis­ was very dry only .03 t f an inch In the seventh and eighth grade et infested ar<.a before the deci­ National Music Week, Mrs. Clyde tribution next month unless de* the administration's opposition tojg^ * ' falling ’'ñatead i f the normal .76 division JackMaxm Borstel of Kent ,. sion was made. It was provided. Simpson of The Dalles demon­ lays are encountered. Premiums it. Representatives favoring the vOltOnWOOu G t HGC ■ inch. The normal for May is .78 won first, Glhiys Stone of Waaco k ?or Inay »* fur measure have decided to file a pe will be much the same as befroe. Louv 1.0^ part o f that amount h a s 1 i---- . - nUhed rf the situation become? strated teaching piano lessons to Shtrman County entertained tition to discharge the committee Macnab of pre-school age children, with Bar Race Program Made fallen ?o far in the month and none UK re acute. and bring the bill to the floor for near-ioyalty unawares for a short i , in immediate prospect. j Kufu’ ,hlr I 117 1* charge of cricket and grass has been the man who said whether Lewis Griffith, clerk of the land , and the clean tillage had 12.4 per T It was decided to mbout to cave in. It is doubtful if horses will be near Stanfield of a new noxious a ?iO 8t>cs on for some time, and is teaching system in Oregon is a trained by the fair board this year Claude Swanson, secretary of the When the fire truck had reached Wheat Condi Von Fair Navy, has been practically an in­ the scene and men and women * Genersi condition of the wheat weed, known as perennial pepper- a,most • continuous process dur question, but the statistics disclose as the 1938 arrangements were period when the ground that candidates for West Point not entirely satisfactory. Enough valid for the past four years but had nearly all gathered it was at the station is fair and some grass. It was sent to Oregon the president will not ask for his dircovared that a hot chimney parts of it look fine. It is the Slate college for identification and i ** warming up. There are seven and the naval academy at Annap­ colts are now in the county to the life of the crickets olis from that state do not make a make a good futurity race and resignation and Swanson won’t re- fire h d caused all the excitement grasses that are suffering from foiwarded by the college to Wash- Kta8 ea ington, and finally was given a . , 8e are inatars. The good showing. Boys who have a these are now being signed up for sign. With tX-‘ secretary and as- Rnd ..-moke by whirling around the drouth more than the wheat *s ^ e nearest thing to a vision of going to either of these sistant secretary unable to p er-. t h , ro(rf appeared u cominK so far. Instead of tall succulent name. Unknown three years ago, 8V€ that. race. form, the navy department is now from cvery place at once ,A fln,_ grasses the plot is now filled with it is now becoming a menace in ; •*crt«bman of Benton county. Ore- Dies in Arlington To the average resident of Ore­ ,steak dinner at the Herman Oliver the afternoon’s entertainment was ready to go again although some­ Cork), who has participated in R e ­ what changed in color. Each new gon, those whose acquaintance ranch ttwo miles out of John Day drafting much of the controversial r ATxut twenty five friends and Mrs. A. L. (Lena) Huff, died at 'n exhibit of antiques which were shell is darker than the previous with the state is confined to that in Grant county where most of the displayed in the church parlor legislation in the past two years r relatives were present to witness her home in Arlington last Wed one until adult crickets are near region lying west of the cascade« party for the first time in their and who is an important member the ceremony. Th? young couple ntsday night after an illness of iroceding the program: Welcome ly black. ‘he expression ‘‘wide open spaces” extensive gastronomical experience of ’the little inside group at the will make their home in Corvallis. several months. Her hu'band address by Mrs. Maud Akers; After adulthood is reached the is just a nice sounding phrase, red­ discovered just what a properly White House, is recovering from a R*v. F. L. Cannell was the offleiat- Link Huff, is well known in Sher­ »tar Soangled Banner,solo by Mrs. insects eat eartily for two or olent of sage brush and greese- cured and properly prepared beef­ Lois Hilderbrand; Ladies Sextette man county, having lived here for major surgical operation. J. D ing m nis'er. ‘H^art Divine” and “I’m a Pil­ three w'eeks and begin laying eggs. wood and grazing herds.e To truly steak tastes like. many years when younk- Ross, administrator of Bonneville I ------------------------ The female is equipped with a appreciate the vastness of those It was not my first visit to cen­ who was to be the head man f o r 1 Glen King was in* Prineville Huff was 81 years cf age when she grim.” Vocal solo, Mrs. Mary An- long ova posterior with which they wide open spaces that lie east of tral Oregon .but it was the first hews; dialogue, Patsy Needham the president’s plans for public Saturday to bring back a calf for died. Mr. and Mrs. Ernie Moore nd Patiicia Kasetberg; piano duet, bury the eggs in the earth about the Cascades one must visit the time I had ever traveled so far attended the funercl. power in Washington, Oregon and Bffb’s í h b work. Alma Jean McMullen and Marian a quarter of an inch deep, laying region in person as did this writer from the beaten path for the Land Idaho, passed away two months li'cws; vocal duet, Marian Crews around 160 eggs each. The fer last week, trailing the State I>and Board after all was out to inspect ago. John Nance Garner, heir — end Idabell? Suencer; solo, Mar­ tility is very high and teats have Board on its inspection of school school lands and most of that is presumptive as vice-president, has r T Q C e c d lîïS S F MOV garet Johnson; skit, Spring is been made which indicated that lands of which the state still owns still left in possession of the state been laid up with lumbago. Pres- • o ✓ fere, Mrs. Nellie Fields and Mrs. about 96 percent of the eggs more than 700,000 acres scattered lies far removed from the inhabit­ sure under which top-flight admin­ ‘hroughout the public domain that ed centers. Much of the trip was Trrv Andrews. Mrs. William hatch. istration officials work, plus Wash­ After the egg laying period the constitutes more than 80 percent over uriimproved mountain roads Clot her was the pianist for the ington climate, is largely respon­ crickets die and each years crop of central Oregon. and thtough v a s t- expanses of occasion. The program was in COUNTY COURT PROCEED­ Bank for cancellation of. certain sible for . the sick list. Illness is new. Their entire life history The trip of the land board was grazing lands wiiere the only signs p rsonal property taxes. The Coun­ '?ter? are out for the Shrepher- to dust £hem with hydrated lime up the Crooked river from Prine­ Crooked river to Paulina with a b Ball which will be held in and calcium arsenate which is now ville where the official party ar­ stop at the Severance for dinner, sufficient to hold-up or defeat a Re: The petition of Geo. B. June 7, 1939. the evening to raise funds for th' being doae here. Machines used then across country, over a nar­ bill. For instance, a representa- Gutherie, Receiver of Oregon- Court adjourned, subject to ca^l prize money. The advance ticket are a circular (blower that is tura- rived just in time to participate row forest road around _ Maury in the celebration of the ' silver ’ (Continued on page four) Washington Joint Stock L