Sherman County journal., June 09, 1939, Image 1

Fifty- first Ye:
Moro, Oregon. Friday,
J l H i e V, âV.C/
East S'de Kids Model Latest in Informal-Attire Grass Valley
Baptist Church
Burns Down
Sunday Morning Fire
Entirely Destroys Old
Structure; None Hurt *
Last Sunday morning as Sunday
school was ending at the Baptis.
church in Grass Valley a tolnl«:
enteied the building and quietly
and politely asked pardon for in­
terru p tin g the services but begged
to inform the congregation that th.
roof of the church was afire.
R. A. Stow and Dean Olds ha-*
also noted the blaze and the fir<
bell called citiz ns to church. It
was too late for the enlire east
half of the roof was blazing and
the bell tower almost ready to
fall by the time the hose w>s con­
nected. The furniture was taken
from
the church and sav d altho
« h a :,th e well-dressed East Side boys and girla will wear this summer, as modeled a t ths,aam
show of the New York Children’s Aid society's children’s center in New York. L eft te 'tfg b t: M argaret “the building and fixed equipment
Ca’IaJ-.an In a blue play suit and cape; M ay Wagner in a beach play suit; Grace Callahan in a blue sun was entirely destroyed.
Official County Papa
Summer School
Children Speak
Over KO A C
The sixteen 4-H club children
who left Monday for Corvallis to
attend the synt-mer school gave
heir broadcast over station KOAC
Thursday evening from 7 tb 7:45
and were heard by many parents
and friends. Thos: who are spend­
ing the twelve days in Corvalli:
ar* Bill Todd, Malcolm and Theror
Richolderfer, M a rg .’wt Kock. She!
«c-n F ritts jr, Rob?»* Holmes.
^ ’•ark and Jack von Borstel, Jerry
W ikqn, Bob King, Henry Richcl-
derfer, Carsten von Borstel, L?r
ard Leland Barn, t, Eugene Nor­
ton and Carl Barnet.
County Court
Hears Road
Petitions
Many Groups Come
To Ask For Road
Changes and Improvements
The county court was again b<e
■iet with road troubles a t the June
meeting and while their difficulties
were not so intense as those whick
w re connected with the Rattle-
’.naket road they were more num
?rous ami bettor diffused over the
•ounty.
Residents to the north of Moro
whose loads aie not among those
to be graveled while the crusher is
net up near Erskine came asking
that some gravel be put on the
hills between their places and
town. H arry Pinkerton and Eu­
gene Amidon made up one delega­
tion and E. R. Barzee and W. C.
Schilling were another.
A. E. Leonard from the district
near the head of Shearers grade
asked that he be paid for fencing
along a road put through his place
some years ago.,and that he be
paid for the loss of a horse killed
by falling over a bluff when work
was done on the Shearers road.
W ashington, D. C., June 8 - Not
since th a t A ugust day, 1814, wher
the W hite House was burned, the
capitol partly destroyed, the con
gresaional Iibrarv wiped out ano
the navy yard captured, has W ash­
ington been so excited over the a r­
rival of the iBritish as this week
with the visit of King George and
Queen Elizabeth. The town has
gone daffy; the plain citizens cur
ious to see their m ajesties hide by
in an auto provided with bulle*
proof glass, and the socialite
*3 hr sheriff’s office has applica­
elated or angry because they were
tion blanks for renewal of drivers
or were not invited to meet the
licenses and will be glad to send
them to anyone in the county who
royal personages.
1A hotel window overlooking the
will indicate his desire for one.
parade costs $75. A seat in a bur suit; P illy Collins in a blue sun suit, and Catherine De Lorenzo in white clacks and cape. Ohly bit of trouble— I Built in 1894
Drivers licenses must be renewed
in a parking lot costs $2.50. There the children didn’t want to take off the new clothes.
by th-? first of July, says Sheriff
i The Grass Valley Baptist church W ikon, and applications should be
isn’t a window on Pennsvlvani
was built in 1894 being first locat- made out now to evade the jam at
Avenue th a t has not been rented
J e j cn the corner diagonally across thc month end. The exam iner will
for the past week to “hold” it for
"k
j from the Union Oil plant on land be here June 19, from on* to five.
10 minutes required for the pro­
'n o w owed by M»- Amelia P-Her-
cession to pass. President Roose­
. sen. (About 1906 it was moved to
velt has given a holiday to thr
New Road Asked
118,000 governm ent workers. In­
, the lots on which it last rested
fantry, artillery, cavalry, marines,
and an addition was built some
The matter^ of the new road
tw enty years ago.
sailors; tanks and airplanes hav*
through the Amick place for Jack
been mobilized for the show.
M. F. S. Hinton, who was but
Rucker was brought up again and
The Wednesday meeting of the
1
n.’ ua! li­ bi (.a
a ■„ th;
Two thousand of the elect arc Moro B reakfast club was attended
i a f w years ago buried in the
both sides were armed with a pe­
A
group
of
legionnaires
and
1 Jl«l experim ent <Ut:cn will -be ; Gi ass Valley cem etery a fte r his
invited to eat straw berries and
Sufficient Deep Soil
tition, bearing some
identical
by guests D. E. Stephens, soil con­
held next Thursday, June 15, ae- d ath in California, was thp first (heir families met in the city park names, which made it a bit difficult
cream with their m ajesties at the
W tnesday noon to have a picnic for the court.
Moisture Fcacd To
British Em bassy. W ithout an in­ servator and co-ordinator, J. H. j
cording t j M. M. Ov?jon, super-
ster of the church when it was dinner together.
vitation a b u rg lar couldn’t break Christ, regional head of the ser- j
The petition for the closing of
intenderli. A group of officials dedicated in December 1894. At
A fter the picnic had -ended the
Mature Good Crop
v ic e
the old Shearer road above the
, ,
~
.
thc $ftme t,m - the Central Oregon
in.
and Virgil B. Hawk. .Pro-
_
-f ,
,
, i f,-?n' Ore«on St».e.college .is gx-.-K-. ctto.
w w
get tinK members of the Auxiliary ad-;' junction of the old and new grade
As guest of the W hiU House, gram consisted of a skit panto
,u .° - ¡1 °
U*L ° .m018" 1
for t*>- afternoon an 1 Joe started on an adjoining lot and joum ed to the home of Mrs. C. C. was grant°d and the order issued,
Bert and .Bess, at a state banque* mime ;a«.-d on “The Shooting of t,,r
___
»
>
u_________
ture
in
the
soil
at
the
Experiment
will have regular chicken dinner Dan McGrew“ by a group of ca- statio n indicate th a t (he soi; h , . Belengcr, experim entor in "stubble ! f n i - wa<s much interest in ih» Wilson for a regular meeting and Thie road has not been used since
?leciion of officers. Chosen to
New m attresses have been bought
utilization, will be present to. tell j J7 Y VPnt ure >n education and re-. head the organization for the year it was partially washed out some
o
1
*
i.*
tr
d
u
u
'
UP
about
all
the
dam
pness
for their beds. The King’s uni­ B'.-.choltz, W. Ray Blake, Bob Hen-
years ago.
which will begin in the fall were
w i
. tw x
can to the wheat plants and that . of what he is trying to find out 1
form s and plain clothes will be £ j f ™
Bam Stark and Tommie B arnett
, d L
X
- f : on: no, : ° n
h a r w ’ 1 .tinik ,he . f> -
»»
„» thn 1 Early Pastors Listed
Mrs. C. 10. Wilson, president; Mrs. came before the coart asking that
cleaned and pressed in the base­
O. G. Sayrs, first vice pneeident;
j a n ^ W,U have to g t rain or fin- j station here and in Morrow e.nd »
m ent where, before the invaders 3ennett
A rth u r Royse. R ichard H ar- Mrs. Wesley Fuller, second vice the two miles of road between 3S,
ish
with
cool
w
eather
and
west
•
U
m
itilla
counties.
The
result
at
applied the m atch in 1814, the
16 and 17- E ast be closed» This is
The club voted again to have
| the station this year- are much g.-etvc?, G. W. Black. J B. S pight. president; ’Mrs. W. W. Knighten, the county road b* *ween the Jess
W hite House fam ily cow was fcept sage gr.’en shirts if it is possible wind.
The fine appearance of some of i different than in any recent year, who n k o tau g h t in the academ y, secretary; Mrs. N. W. Thompion, B arnett place and the E.O.L. land
In famed E ast Room, Friday night to get them. A letter from Dr.
the
wheat fields caused the owners I esp* d aily in regard to the grass and E. H. Hicks were o 'h e r early treasurer.
Mrs. Roosevelt will be m aster of Poley from D etroit was read. Fines
and the E.O.L. section 13 and the
to bel eve they had a greater pjots. The dry year has permil- d s v ’preach ers who filled the pulpit
ceremonies for an entertainm en4 were duly assessed.
land
owned by Erwin Lemon and
bi blight wo kly word to the
1 amount of m oisture than at the cd but a sh o rt grow th in m any o f s snd
e tt,
o7 fh ,
consisting of hill-billy^ singers
L. H. Brisbine.
The order was
KIDDLE VISITS
i station and accordingly a test was the g ra sse s th a t hereto fo re held
colored singers, Viiyinia reel dan
granted
as
it
was
shown that the
G?rald Dryden, present pastor,
! made on the place farm ed by Col- most promising. The tillage m eth­
Clyde Kiddle, state crop insur­ road was not used.
cers—nothing hi-falutm*.
slates that an effort will he made ance adm inistrator, and E arl Will­
! lis M oore with cheering results.
od plots also show the effects of
Friday afternoon when the King
These m atters and the clerk’s
, No tests were m ad: of the first ( the drouth although much of the to rebuild the church using the in- iams who is assisting him, were gathering of bills for th« month
meets all the members of Con
tu rtn e e money end roch other I hei t Thur«d»y to see how the work occupied the time of the court in
J two feet of soil as it w as dry. On crop is good—considering.
grgss, he will stand in the Totun
fo rd s as may he made available. ¡, g e ttin r on in thia county
—
,
the
ridge
near
the
Moore
ho’
?
e
da of the capitol and far« a paint*
the forenoon.
Services are meantime being held 1 ________ ;_______
Dr.
F.
E.
Clem
ents,
ecologist
of
i
the
third
foot
had
7.1
percent
ing of the surrender of Cornwall if
in
the
Methodist
church.
*
~
—
1
and another of the signing of the he Cam eige foundation, was here Jm oisture; the fourth foot 8.1; the
Declaration of Independence, while Tuesday night while making n fifth 11.5 and the sixth 12.9. On
nearby will he a bronze of Old tour of the northwest rn experi­ ’ th? ridge near the east side of the
the third foot had 6.9: the
Hickory Jackson, who licked the mental stations v th D. r e e-
ph-?ns
and
J.
H.
Ch‘r;t.
‘
>
f
u
n
th
8.5; the fifth 12.7 and the
British troops a t New Orleans
U niversity of Oregon, Eugene,
* six h 15.5 percent. The wheat on
when he did not know the w ar had m ents spends p art of each \
June
8—The largest graduating
j By A. L. Lindbeck
for the u.iit guidon, will be pre­
been declared off weeKS oefore. Santa B arbara, California and thc tlu se places was Rex wheat that clasi in the history of the Uni-
Sunday,
June
4
the
members!
Residents of Oregon will be sub sented by General White lauding
rem
ainder
in
Colorado
where
he
was
well
headed
on
-M
ay
24th
And a n ’ immense white marble
verrty
of
Oregon,
740
who
receiv,
head of Lincoln, looking sadly at makes a study of grass and ero­ w’hen th? tests were taken. Suffic- ed. degrees or certificates, includ­ ard families of Lupine Rebekah Jw t 10 367 new regulations on and the annual field training assem ­
the American law m akers bowing sion experim entors now and then. iem moisture was present to in- ed Earl C. Williams from Rufus, lodge and Moro Odd-Fellows en a fter next Wednesday when the bly a t Camp Clatsop this month.
• • •
joyed a picnic a t DeMoss park. new laws passed (by the recent
to the King of G reat B rittain and Mrs. Clements accompanied the , sure a crop with normal weather, S b :; man county.
legislative session 'w*oome effec- _ O . R. JBe^n who succeeded N. G.
j On the Eeon ^Moore . place, gown
About
80
members
_
and
guests
Em peror of India. Chairm an of party.
At an impressive ceremony Sun­ were present and after a pot luck !tive- These >re the legislative
to Turkey Red, which waS heading
Wallace as public utilities commis­
the reception committee has w arn­
day
evening, June 4, Dr. Donald
' at the lime, there was 6.7 percent
dinner a t 1:00 o’clock, contests of act®
w ithout benefit of the sioner June 1 has announced the
ed congressmen not to w ear white
j in the thi-d foot; 7.4 in th? fourth; M. Erb, president of the univer­ various types were staged*
emergency clause and which have appointment of F. L. Davis of
linen suits, flannels, colored shirts
! 8.9 in the fifth and 12.2 in th? sity^ conferred 704 bachelor and
G ^ n d M aster Steel of the grand had to »«»son 90 days before be- Portland to the post of assistant
or tan shoes.
advanced degrees and 36 certifi­ lodge of Oregon, and Mrs. S te e l: coming statutes. A total of 188 commissioner. Davis, who is now
• « *
: sixth.?
cates
for social work and nursing. were pres- nt from Pendleton. M r.' nieasures passed by the session chief of operations in the depart­
The regular tests on the ?tnt;on
By adding *$50,000,000 .to the
I)r. Erb also pointod out the duties
A
‘concentrated
weed
control
pro-
i
were
taken
on
May
22
w
th
th-8
Steel gave a very instructive talk
effective upon signature ment of public works over which
w ar departm ent civil functions
ef students as citizens in his acb
Bean was head while serving on
bill, the congress is giving $1.963,- gram carried out on the Henry j result th it the first foot showed dress entitled, • “The Debt We on Odd Fellowship and presented by the governor.
the
Portland city commission, will
Howell
ranch
is
apparently
giv-
J
4.4.
th^
<?cond
6.0:
th«
»bird
5
9;
W.
B.
Rice
with
a
35
year
Jewel
Most
the
new
,aws
involve
250 of th a t sum to Oregon and
Owi?.’’ The baccalaureate sermon which was a gif* 'm m Mrs. Rice, j only minor amendments to existisg join the utilities departm ent with­
W ashington for flood control pro­ ing . good results. A fter using the fo u rth 5.4; the fifth 6.0 ard
was delivered by Dr. Raymond C.
An organization was loriwH and j «tatutes. There are a number of in the week.
jects. This amount is in addition using liquid chemicals applied with th-' six th 7.1. A week later, on
Brooks, of Los Angeles, who spoke
• • •
thc following officers were elected ■ ’ml>or^a n ^ amendments to the
to appropriations already made tc pressure pumps for several years, the 31 st, tests w ere t?k<’? cn th
cn
“The
Widening
Horizons.”
Frank Nixon, form erly of Sheri­
for the ensuing year: President &ame Iaws which are of special
Howell last fall filled boxes of hie sam e plots which showed as fol­
the two state».
•«*
A A «
grain d ri'ls w ith J , v sodium ^chlo­ low s: -First foot. 4.5; second 5.6;
from the Odd Fellows, W B Rice- interest 10 hunters and fishermen, dan, has been designated as milk *
p e n d e n t from the Rebekahs, Mrs. M otorist, will be particularly in- and cream supervisor in Marion
Only a few Oregonians seem tc rate and spread the chemical on th ird 5.3; fo u rth 5.7: fifth 5.8 and
Charles Wkaon: Secretary, Mrs J
in an amendment to the and Clackamas counties, it has
know th at Japan is one of Ore­ morning glory infested land. Thc six th 6.4; The averag e fo r the
Theodor? Johnston.
I trafflc law whlch reRulres the dim- been announced by J. D. Mickle,
gon? »best custom ers. Figures just results were apparently successful. 22nd was 6 3 and the av erag e for
A game of soft ball climaxed min* of headli*h t» whe" meeting director of the state departm ent ot
released from the U. S. Customs Howell has b^cn able to use chem­ the 31«: was 5.6. It is im possible
another car, regardless of weather agriculture. Ralph Schwab of
office show th at Janan was the ically treated land 'again the third for thn w heat plant to draw soil
Ihe day.
Mt. Angel, has been appointed as
The annual Sunday school rally
conditions.
larg e st p u rchaser of Oregon Lum year after chemical application. m oisture below five percent.
the departm ent’s assistant dis­
of
the
Sherman
County
Sunday
The
new
peoples
utilities
district
w*h
yields
being
nearly
as
good
as
F
u
rth
e
r
t--«1«
will
be
made
to
Ser pnd Wh eat during the la.-*
act, “hot potato” of the session trict representative in Marios
see if th? wheat is draw ing mois­ Sefio'ol association will be held at
year. The far east also promises on adjoining untreated land.
•
•
is one of the most im portant of county.
ture from a depth greater than Pi Moss Springs Sunday June 18,
to become one of th^ largest buy­
the
new
laws.
Public
ownership
accoiding
to
information
given
by
six
feet.
ers of Oregon F ruit and Canned
Attorney General Van Winkle
advocates strenuously opposed the
The past week has h e.n very ft. C. Byers, pr««ident. Classe»
Vegetables if well laid sales nlsns
measure and thereatened to invoke has advised Governor Sprague
fcold for Junp with no ma?imum will begin in the morning at the
don’t go astray. Oregon and W ash­
Tne Daily Vacation Bible Schol t jie ref€r€ndUm against it but ap that in his opinion the new parole
' higher than 66. Rain has threat- J'.gular time and special music will
ington producers of these com­
which
is now an annual affair of parent|y ch, „ ged t heir minda.
law enacted by the last legislature
ened nearly every day although it be furnished by an orchestra un-
modities have an e. -'»Bent onnor
Moro,
will bcKin next Monday i Another im portant m easure pro- does not apply to prisoners com­
tunity to capture this im portant
Thc -m?!l house being tem pora- I ^aR been blown away by the w st der the direction of Andrew
consolidation of rural mitted prior to the effective date
m arket, which in the near* future i ily o’c upied by Mrs. C. B. Doyle ¡ w,nd on e w r V occasion but Sun- Laiulles of Wasco who will have morning, June 12. Rey. and Mrs. videfi f or
promises to buy many millions of wa'i completely destroyed by fire day night when .17 fell at the sta ­ under him some musicians from Henry G. Hanson will have charge school districts. Still another re- of the act, June 14, In anticipa­
night clu(b8 to be licensed tion of such a ruling the governo-
dollars of N orthwest products Tiu-sdav afternoon at Grass Val­ tion and varying amounts in other each of the towns in the county. as.Msted by a number of the young (
people
of
the
church.
In
a
d
d
i
t
i
o
n
,^
t
j,e
ij<juor control commission- had already instructed the parole
An
effort
is
being
made
to
have
The Japanese government from «I1 ley, from an undetermined cause. parts of the county.
Thè wheat is standing th« sea- W alter Davis of Eugene here with to Bible lessons, Bible drills. Mis- Thc September prim ary law is al- board to make a study o f all pris­
reports has a very friendly feeling M f . D-'vb had had r.o fire in the
for the U. S. which was m aterial­ -Suildin* since ten o’clock in the sun . . exceedingly 'w ell in moat his chimes. F urther details will sm nary stories, and music there 8O in the long list of new legisla- on cases deserving of leniency
will ,b? activity periods for the tion due to 'become effective next with the understanding that he
ly strengthened by the recent trir morning and it was nearly fiv^ places although the lighLjand chcn be given next week
various groups, both indoors and WCek unless the Grange and Com- will „commute sentences regardeà
of the U. S. Cruiser Astoria tc oclock in th? afternoon when the is turning to the gray whi e that -
out
of doors. Twenty-four signe^ , monweaith Federation
c o m p le te ly
unduly severe ir
•Japan conveying the a“$fés of th rt state road crew noticed the blaze. indicates few bushels oe* acre. W EA TH ER FOR T H E W EEK
up
last
bunday
morning,
but
it
is
their
referendum
petitions
before
the
light
of
the
recently
authorize*
late Japanese Ami
dor to th- A.though citizens gathered rapid­ N orth ar.d east slopes still look
MAX.
MIN.
hoped many more will be in at- the deadline Tuesday night,
HAT*
parole reform.
good.
U. S., Hiroshi Saito.
ly to the scene nothing could be
• • •
tendance. The school will be in
- • • •
71
June
I
35
.00
• • •
doni but remove Mrs. Doyle’s
••
session from 9:30 to 11:30 daily. I Company C, G rants Pass; com-
Since its creation in 1913 the
2 ........
.00
76 a .. 40
If Mr. Roosevelt should be nomi­ possessions from the building and Legionnaire Here
«
We bespeak the cooperation of j pany d , Oregon City; company State Highway Department has
3
.
.
.
.
.
66
48
.00
nated for a third term , John N. pi event the flames from spreading
E. L. (Buck) Knight was here
<•
both parents and children in the H, The Dalles; company I, For- collected a total e f $289,754,412.7k
4 .
00
- 60
41
G am er will not *be on the ticket to other buildings.
Wednesday looking a fter the prop­
m aking of this worthwhile project est Grovel company M, Corvallis, of which it had disbursed $287,
59
5
40
.17
with him. G am er says he has ¡been
erties of the World; W ar Veterans
a success. Last summer, there were among the 36 units of the 443,014.58 to April 30, last, leav.
is
6
... 65 ...8 8 .:. . .00
vice-president long enough. )0ac-
W. A. Rockie was here from State Aid commission. II? i<? vide
ing a balance on hand of $2,311-
«
6« ...44 .. QQ were 70 such schools in progress Oregon National Guard receiving
tus Jack recently Ibouffht- 33,000 Sjx»kane fast week to confer with commander of th? State depart­
*7 ......
*.rm ng th Presbyterian Churches “very satisfactory” ratin g this 398.21, according to figures com­
>cres of range and his Texas hold- D. E. Stephen», »90S co-ordinator ment, American Legion and was Total for the week ...
... .17
of Oregon alone with a total a t - ; year according to Major General piled by_Secretary of State Ear
Ontfnued on Page Two
while Mr. Stephens wa> here.
o r’g nally from LaGrande.
tendance of 2984.
George A. White. Bilk streamers
—Continued on P w Two
B/cckfast Club
H is Visitors
F reni A f a r
New Tests Show Field Day Will
Moisture Better Be Held Next
Thursday
Than On Station
4pplicaVon Blanks
4 t Sheriff’s Office
Legionnaires and
Auxiliares Picnic
Famed Ecologist
Visits Here
Earl Williams Is
University Graduate
Odd-Fellow-Rebekah
Group Organized
Weed Control
Apparently Success
Sunday School
Rally Announced
Summer Bible Class
Sma’l Residence
Burns at Grass Valley
Will Start Soon
Many New Laws Are Only
Amendments To Old