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About Sherman County journal. (Moro, Or.) 1931-current | View Entire Issue (July 7, 1939)
JJ auntai Fifty-first Yea í i\< O fficia l Cc in ty P a p a S om e o f Y a tes M erch an dise It’s Fair Silhouette R eco vered (Some of th e m erchandise th a t w as tak en from th e Y ates store *n W asco w as recovered a t Ider- B lfc m iston upon the a r re s t of Roy " Davis, who adm itted a p a r t ip ’the robbery, according to Sheriff W il son who w ;n t to H erm istont w ith Mr. Y ates and D eputy E v erett, to identify th e goods. D avis had served lim e in Cali- W ashm gton, D. C. Ju ly 7 - P r e s i- : fo m ia , it is said, ' and adm itted ie n f Roos* ’vlt is ira te a t con- ta k in g a new car from th e warC- jrees and w ith reason. J u s t be- j house in K lam ath F alls, obtaining fore going aw ay for th e holidays B license p late in Moro and the :ongress adm inistered • ' several robbery in W asco and in H ermis- Mows. He wafiTYorccd to sign the ton> i relief bill d espite his objection to He will be sentenced from many of its provisions: he w a r ,1 xJm atilla county w here he w as Ip aren tly , deprived of his control C8ptu red but both S herm an and ►ver th : d o llar: the n e u tra lity bill Kia m a th counties m ay have him tie w a n ts was so am ended in the h e jd a fte r his sentence on the first louse th a t it contains the m and- count ¡5 finished. sto ry em bargo fe a tu re the o n e _________________ thing he d id n ’t w ant. T hree strike ‘ vou Id make any president mad. flr p a n n R afpfl Mr. Roosevelt did not spend the V ie g O n ItaKCQ lU gH Glorious F o u rth reading the Dec- , p P ,Ll laration of Independence to h ’s DV vOVCnHHCm j e i t t o o r . o r poping s trin g s o f , ’ Count, irecrack ers. He was running up r n telephone bills consulting w ith h i, J» "™ » ' '™"> our »• lieu ten an t, and planning a cam- 1 paig to m ake congress g ig -b a c k ' b a th .n tg o n , D. C., Ju ly >n n eu tra lity and the m onetary H e ie la the economic p ictu r; of n a tte r. Mr R oosevelt refuses t o O r e g o n »» Quoted by one of he •take i t ” He re fu s e , to adm it « « a n t i c lending agencies of the ihnt he i. licked and is p r e p .n n g o go to the m at im m ediately un.h the leg islative branch of the g o v -■ irnm ent. W hen M r Roosevelt be- ■ _ factor5 affect. s trik i ,y fa v . R ent-paying rPentals loves he is rig in fighting. e iportS” w rite rs call ^_E_. £h. are m oving upw ard: re lie f load is j( « -I ,« « » ‘ lig h te r; costs of building lower; a g g rt.h:^cn *ia ] activ ity in cr.ased ; iicart. , fa rm income g re a te r; bank debits •Reason the president re g ard s . j . compare<1 w ith corres- continuation . of his contro over p o k i n g periods la st spring. Only h o dollar and th e so rt o f n eu tra l- d isco icb n t note is th e increase in ity bill he fav o rs as vital is based n u m 5 e r. of foreclosures. Employ- in confidential re p o rta th a t m m pna and payrolls trend is steadily late A u g u st o r ea rly S eptem ber ; ard the long exepeted w ar will m t e n a - _________________ lire. (All th e inside inform ation Mr. Roosevelt has received say« B r e a k fa s t CIllD that as soon as the h a rv e st is oviT in G erm any H err H itler will s ta r t M l shooting. -M r. R oosevelt w a n ts IfldKCd V lS p ld j authority to m eet the j A display of the principal varie- r h i, accounts fo r the unpubhshed of bar|p y _ Pa ts and conference he* 8 *en fo rag e g rasses grow n in Sherm an * . . coun.y was placed in the window W hat caused the sen ate to join q . O dd-Feilow s building Wed the house in prohibiting any rt * nesday evening by LeRoy W right lief fund*! fo r th e federal the e r , M erril Oveson, m em bers of project w as a book and a m anu- ( com m itU e appoin ted by th<f script. The book contained photo- B re a k fa st Cl ub fc r th a t pur- frap lts of nude girls a po$e. Sm all sheaves of the grains jf m odels available fo r a m ounted on stained plywood w orkers; the m an u scrip t was l O f r each wiH lettere d to show a th e a te r project, play w .th p l o t , v arie ty ftnd e x te n t to it Rndu btush is gi own here. The g ra in display- made h ard boiled l e g a t o r s blusK , K C3ri 'r r in the. T a ,• n S heater e n t project U .U n produced d n rf P>ays m any but i i iw e tiy propaganda fo r were .wiU be valuable for th is purpese com m u- fo r some tim e before, d e te n u ,n t- nisrm and ag a in st the A m erican r e f, form of governm ent. These few bad ap ples roiled th ; b arrel o f , p D C l- ,» - T p lk good ones. W orkers in th e a te r D . EilHI Co I vllS projects w ere pam pered; they were paid twice as much as the every-day re lie fer and given va- .. The B rea k fast club cations on nRV pay. i . . program , , , , * * ♦ i held T hursday m orning instead of HODO h as foreclosed on 692 ! W ednesday, was given by R. B. hom es in Oregon since it began re- E lm es who told his follow break financing d istre-se d owners, June I fu st club m em bers about the 12 1933. The»*» ore the foreclos- j G rand Canyon of the Colorado pres out of 9416. Of this total th e , near which he lived when in his federal agency loaned $18,821,240 ■ native s ta te of A rizona. The In- and M arch 1, th is year, they had • dian tribes th a t live in and near repaid 24.9 percen*, or $4,681,300. ( the canyon, some of the fa cts and Jo h n H. F ahey, headm an of HOLC figures indicating the m agnitude a fo rm e r new s paper publisher, of t i,: canyon, and the job the points w ith pride to the m anner in p a , k guides have in tak in g people which the Oregon e lk n ts are tak - , (| ovzn to the bottom and back in g care of th eir installm ents. In - j mules. -d e n ta lly , of the money loaned, j p j a ns are being m ade to pur- 771.000 w as used to pay taxes. , cbase some pennants w ith wh ich evident R oosevelt designated t(J j cco rat,e the str.-ets during fa ir ihhy as chairm an to clean out tim e and re p o rts on the activities ditics which filled HOLC origi- o f o th er com m ittees w ere given d u rin g he business m eeting. llly- / Of Grand Canyon Sponsors of W PA projects un- r the new law m ust, a fte r Aug- ,t, pay 25 p ercent of the -co<. j *om F eb ru ary this year O regon’s * cal contribution to the project is been 23.2 percent; W ashing Con’rifcu'ed. n ’s 24.4 percent, so th : new rc- Af th home of the b ‘ ’pe*s n rem en t will not be much of an p a re n t’s, Mr. and Mrs. Thom as |,ded burden. B ut from the be- St. C laire Reese, eleven miles nning of W PA to la s t December so u th east of Moro, occurred on ,e av erag e local contribution in la».. S atu rd ay , July first, th . wed-, regon w as 18.9 percent: W ash- ding of M ery E lizabeth Reese to E ton's 16.5. All told, as of D :c- C l°r nee 0 . H igley. nber 1, 1938 (rep o rted by the I ’vm edi"tely following the im d eral tre a s u ry ), Oregon receiv- pressive cerem ony and1 .form al l federal W PA funds am ounting reception the couple departed for i $3636»-.6»l; W ashington. $77.- th eir n-.w hom e near P arkdale, in 14.955. I t averages about $36 the upper Hood R iver valley. >r every m an, w om vi and child The’ w edding was conducted by . h? Reverend H enry H. Hanson, Oregon. ♦ ri r r. sto r of the Moro C om m unity’ H ere is w h at the row over th - be h, in the s e 'tin g afforded by »valuation of the dollar m eans he beautiful shrub cud flower i the Pacific N orthw est whea gai den of the Reese home, which (C ontinued on P age two» . Continued on P«g9 Two Wedding Of Mary R..esc Held In Garden Public Welfare Paid In Full; No Group Named For County County Bonds Debt Remains Last of Twenty Year Cld C300,0G0 Bond Issue Retired On Date Due The county U out of d e b t Looking through a doorway into the Court o f Honor ft the tti Cali fornia World’s Fair, you aee the 400-foot Tower of the Bun and at the left a bright red and yellow light standard. Lacy clouds drift lazily overhead. I <- Oregon Drivers Pay Less Than No E xcitem en t Found Oh H oh d a y Niere Average Charge The F ourth was quiet. W heth er all S herm an county p.ople Oregon stan d s well under th - i spent a q u iet F o u rth is not kpown national averag e of license fees f or f ew o f them rem ained in the charged o p erato rs of m otor ve county for* observation. W ithin hicles, figures released by the the county, however, it was a most N ational S afety Council reveal, peaceful day. E arl Snell, secretary of sta te , The only a tte m p t to provide said today. fc r a g ath erin g on the holic ly A ccording to the Council, in a was a t G rass Valley where a picnic typical s ta te it would cost an oper was scheduled in th e park. Few a to r 98 e n ts to qualify fo r a li came. No ball gam es w ire played cense which would see him through a^ planneed although the dan-ce on the first year while in Oregon this i ij4<- night of the F o u rth was fair- cost is 50 cents. T h ereafte r, in well attended. the typical state, it would cost 65 - A larg e num ber of Sherm an cents a year to keep a license countians were at Camp Sherm an while in Oregon the cost is 50 or on the lakes nearby. Some wont cents, this sta te ch arg in g $1 for ; to The Dalles to see the fireworks a tw o-year period. an 1 th? oth er em u-'em ents pro- In the typical sta te a chauffeur videed and all report large would pay $2 for the first year crowds in th a t city. A few wer ag a in st $1 in Oregon while renew to Bend the night of the 3rd, to a l. wccld cost $2 per year a g a in s t, w itness th? w ater pag ean t and a $1 in this state. m ajo rity stayed at home. O riginal d riv er’s licenses cost m 25 cents for an indefinite i • led in a f w states to $3 a County Court In y* ’T in some the Council’s rt ’ art ‘•hews. Some sta te s charge fi>r th ” exam ination required o f those tak in g out licenses for th The m eeting of the county court first tim e and in one state this was of sh o rt d u ratio n W ednesday fre is $2 which, added to the $3 and the paym ent of the m onthly fo r the license itself, m akes a bills was all of im portance done. charge of $5 for th? original A decision was reached on the pe license. In Oregon no charge is tition of Jack Rucker who asked made for -the e x n ^ in a 'io n . F our for a county road to his place. It state», F lorida, E/jBisiana, South was th a t stock passes be built D.oketa and W yoming have no law? through the Amick ranch so th a t requiring licenses for drivers, t h ’ Mr. R ucker could g e t through rt port !‘hows. w ithout opening gates. The final Oieg.m complies w ith 'h e S afetv paym ent to the predatory anim al C ouncil's requirem ents for s ta n work w as m ade to the state and dard d river's license 1-ws. th • r e a beer license was g ran ted to port indicates, this s ta te meet in r 11. J. H ailey who has purchased the three mod. im porant p ein 's the Deyo confectionery rto re at lifted as com plet. adm in istratio n Rufus. by a branch of the s ta te g o vern m ent, exam ination of all new applicaantis by sta te exarrfnc: s and strong revocation and su s pension powers for the ad m in istra tor This sta te is in line w ith m ost I ‘ A fire of serious proportions sta te s re g ard in g th. age a t which occurcd On the extrem e north edge- persons are allowed to drive j of tbe COu nty for the second time alone, th ere being 29 sta te s which w ithin two weeks and the second set 16 as th? low age lim it. Two was m ore destructive than the s ta tis hav? no age lim its, seven first. C u rt Tom lost his barn and set 14 years of age, eig h t yse 15, some of the hay along the s des on - h ac 17 end one 18 Oregon of the fields were burned. persons youriger than 16 J u s t ’ recently the g ra s s on the to drive under certain conditions hillside from the whi-at land down sunb ss when driving with nar- to the highw ay w as burned over •e»'t . or on :• sp cial ju n io r license. by on accidently started fire. Low F.>’ those who drive for pay, the of the second fire was estim ated !i v. ' f nge lim it „in Oregon is 18., be jn | be thousands of dollars. y ?rs which is the lim it set by . ; L _____ _______ 27 states. FAM ILY PICNICS * Members of the 'Peetz anti Barnum fam ilies m et a t Vi. nto y •«»•): last Sunday for a picnic din- nm-. Coming from P ortland were Mi and M is. Byron Peetz, and Wily K nighten was elect-d as Mr. and Mrs. Ted B arnum , Bon president of tnv s ta te c o u riy p c?tz and wife and sen. F :’om school superintendents at th e ir Morn went Mr. and Mrs. L. L*. I’e^'z^and Mr. and Mrs. A, S. ro u tin g held in Salem la st week HoTwill mrik plans fo r the next Johnson. J a n r i and Louis P* etz program and preside . over th v returned to P ortland with their aunt, M rs, Don Yantis. 1949 m eeting. Short Seision Fire Burns Barn On Tom Farm Local Man President Of Superintendents All of the rem aining bonds ot the $300,000 issue th a t was pu out fo r th e building of th? Shea man county sector of H ighw ay 9. w ere due. Ju ly first. i AJI of them ! wt i ? paid, or have been ordered 1 retu rn ed fo r paym ent. As th u wa- the only bonds the county nad an i as th< re are no outstanding w a rra n ts m arked '‘not paid for w ant of fund«” the -county of S h trm an is for the flrsrt, tim e in tw enty y ears en tirely out of debt. No money was raised for n ea r ly ten y ears fo r the repaym ent of bonds and th ere was some doubt as to w hether the county would be able to m eet the paym ent on Ju ly first. C ounty, courts for the p«s: ten y ea rs have been saving he re and th ?re and m aking plan« to |»ay off these bonds which were not serial or callable. W henever bonds could be bought by the county th ere wer? taken up and only $90,000 rem ained on Ju ly first T his was paid by the bond fund which contained $63,- 928 67, th e in te re st fu n I which was available when the bonds were paid of $10,126.44 and by borrow ing from the general fund the re m iin d e r of $15,944.89. The gen eral fund will be paid back with f u r l s from delinquent taxes, mo tor vehicle income and from the secu rity in v estm en ts th e county has. T hese a re in farm m ortgages taken in the deepest d epr«**'or day? on S herm an county farm s. L ittle School Debt A few in te re st coupons rem ain unpaid and the mor.ey fo r-th e m m ust be retained b y 'th e trea su rer fo r ten years. T he to tal of these unpaid coupons is slig h tly over $500 and some of them have un doubtedly been lost an d will never be redeemed. In addition to th e d eb t fre e con dition of the county, County T re a su re r Naomi Van Gilder announces th a t th ere are only two school d istricts in th e county w ith bond ed indebtedness. These are Rufus with $25,000 in serial bonds ru t- stan d in g on th e school house and Moro which has $3000 o u tstan d ing. All o th er d istricts are d e tt free. The cities of Moro and Wasco h the tax in g u n its w ith o u tstan d ing bonds la rg e enough to be ser- iou,:. W asco had $28,500 in bonds issued for s tre e t im provem ent and Moro h as $28,500 in bonds o u t standing. These w ere stree t im provem ents and w a te r bonds. G rass Valley has about $2000 in w a rran ts. • The to tal public dobt of the county u n its is th erefo re $87,000 or less th an h a lf the am ount th at w as due in Ju n e. T his is ap proximately» $30 p er cap ita for city, school d istric t an d county debt. The sta te debt for each person in the s ta te is $44, or less, th a t be ing the figure Ju ly 1, 1938, based oti a million population. The national debt S atu rd ay was $10,378,17541)53,87 w hich is over $323.00 per cap ita based on a population of 125,000,000. ... The new public w elfare bodies fo r the several counties- of the sta te w ere appointed l^ st week, by Governor S prague. They will take the place of th e relief boards th at have served sinc^ the s ta te has had com m ittees to handle the relief problem. " A ppointed for Sherm an coUnty w' re Roy Pow'oll, Moro, as chair- S. L. R rih ”!?’" " ftr, v ’- sc^. R"‘". ’ I 'n r y G H r^son, ' M t”'? ”.r ' D. L. T eyenldf. Oras-s Valley. Mr. Powell has been a m em ber of the com m ittee for several years. Because he could not sp are the tim e to serve as chairm an of the w elfare board he tendered his resignation to the governor who has not accepted it at late st notice. ESC To Buy And - Distribute Surplus Fish “Special t j the Sherman County Journal from our Washington D. ( . Bureau.” W ashington, D. C. Ju ly 6.—In tended as a help to fisherm en and th • fishing industry on th . Col um bia river and elsew here in th? Pacific N orthw est is a bill a u th orizing the Federal S urplus Com m odity Corp, to purchase surplus stocks of fish and shellfish. The bill has received a favorable re- p< rt from th e senate com m ittee ar,d will soon be placed on the .•alendar. By this m easure the corporation is authorized to re move stocks of surplus fish in the nime m an n er th a t it has brought su rp lu s w heat, prunes t and' other commodities. The fish will be dis tributed to fam ilies on relief. CREDIT GIVEN GROWERS July 6,—Warren Pieraon, pres ident of the E x p o rt-Im p o rt Bank, sta te s th a t the bank is w illing to cooperate w ith the. apple and pear ex p o rters of the Pacific N o rthw est in widening the m ark et for f i n i t in South A m erica. Mr. Pierson suggests th a t iBrazil, Colombia and Venesuela are possibilities. Brazil has taken m ore than a $1,999,009 of pears from Am erica in the 1934-4937 period and an equally su b stan tial am ount of apples d u rin g those years. Threshed Grain Starts Coming Into Elevators First Grain of Season Hauled In This Week; Harvesting General In Few Days F irs t w heat delivered to S h er m an county w arehouses this year was .by Bud Belshe who started th n s h in g W ednesday, Ju ly 5. It was estim ated th a t the g ra in was m aking between 25 and 36 bush els per acre although it is too early to obtain a close estim ate. T h resh in g ball been going on in the n o rth end of the co u n ty for a day or’ two but as g ra in there is all sacked hauling does not be gin as soon a s fa rth e r south w here b u lk in g is g e ttin g to be m ost common. • The cool w eather of the past week has been o f g re a t aid to th e g ra in south of N ig g ;r ridge and th ere is now a p ro b ab ility th a t it will m ake a b etter crop than was previously estim ated. G rain th a t was green ten days ago is now rip ening w ith good color. The rain of Sunday n ig h t and M onday cooled the atm osphere and m ad: it likely th a t it will re m ain cool for an o th er week. If this happens the sp rin g g rain should be fa r enough advanced to produce a v ery good crop. Out of the 97,863 legal acres of w heat in the county it ia probable th a t not much more than 99,009 will be harv ested for g ra in as m any fields have been trim m ed w ith h ay c u ttin g m achinery to cut off w heat th a t did not prom ise a «afcisrfftct-ory yield of w heat. By n ex t week it is th o u g h t that h arv estin g will be general over the country north of N igger ridge although some men will not be ready to s ta r t until later. The cool w e ath er has kept the north sir peg green and field« in which here a re m any of these will cause seme delay. Mr. and Mrs. T rum an Strong, Mr. and Mrs. W. F. McLeod, and Mr. and Mrs. Viggo H au felt made up n p arty th a t drove to Bend on M onday afternoon to see the w ater pageant p resen ted then? th a t eve ning. They drove home th a t night. New Liquor Control Commission Appointed By Governor Sprague •ly A. L. Lindbeck • com m issions and d ep artm en ts, is probably Ih? w o rst offender in this re sp tq t. T his situ atio n w as b ro u g h t sh arp ly into the fo re ground ju s t now th ro u g h an opin ion by A tto rn ey General V an W in kle holding th a t claim s presented by two Salem atto rn e y s fo r “ le gal services” rendered the now defunct bakery board are legit- m ate and m ust be paid. The a t to rn ey s in question w ere em ployed by the bakery board to oppose the repeal of the bakery b«ard act d u rin g the last le g islativ e ses sion. A pproval of the claim w as w ithheld by the budget d irector on the ground th a t the board ex- ceded its a u th o rity in em ploying the additional legal talen t. The long predicted re-o rg an iza tion o f the S ta te Liquor Control com m ission is a t last an accom plished fact. Governor S p rag u e lust week asked for and received the resig n atio n of S tan ley Jew ç tt (republican) of P o rtlan d arid Jam es D. B urns (dem ocrat) of Condon. He was already in pos session of the resignation of A rth u r K. M cM ahan (dem ocrat) of Albany, chairm an of the com m ission, who asked to be relieved of his duties several weeks ago. S atu rd ay the governor ap p o in t.d an entirely new commission com posed of Lloyd J. W entw orth (r e publican) P o rtlan d lum berm an, chairm an; J. N. C ham bers (dem o c ra t) Salem, and Ixiwell Stock- L ast of the m ural p ain tin g s fo r man (republican) U m atilla coun the new capitol were placed last ty rancher. O rganization of the new com week. One of these, p o rtra y in g m ission is expected to be followed the fam ous C ham poeg m eeting adorns the w alls of the Hall of by the resignation of Otto J. R unte as liquor a d m in istrato r and R epresentatives. The other record possibly a few m inor sh ifts in the ing the a rriv a l in Salem of a cour personnel of the organization but ier b rin g in g the news o f statehood G overnor S p rag u e insists? th a t occupies a place in Hie . S enate th ere will be no wholesale house t cham ber. W ork on th e huge g ra - cleaning of th e com m ission’s em y-m te g ro u p s th a t will gu ard the .The U nited S ta te s Civil Service ea tran ce to th e capitol is expect ployees. Commission h a s announced open ed to be com pleted late this com petitive exam inations for the F o u r hundred choice leghorn m onth. positions n a n u d below. pulleta destined fo r - th e laying F arm ag e n t, $1,899 a year, In pens a t th e-C o ttag e F arm of the A to tal of 275 e x tra w orkers dian Field Service, D epartm ent of Oregon S ta te H ospital, will grace w ere em ployed by* S ecretary of the In terio r. A pplicants m ust not the festive board instead, v A pa S ta te E arl Snell last week to h a n have passed th eir 48th birthday. tien t of th e in stitutip n employed dle th e eleventh hour ru sh o f re Ju n io r bank exam iners, $2,009 on the farm , having nothing more new als of o p erato rs’ licenses. The a year, F ederal Deposit Insurance im p o rtan t to occupy his tim e, e x tra crew w as divided into th ree C orporation. C ertain education or w rung the necks Of the entire sh ifts in order to expedíate hand ling of the huge flood o f ap p li b anking <experience is required. flock one d ay this week. cations th a t poured in on th e de • • • A pplicants m u st have reached th eir 23rd but m u st not have p ass Another important change in p a rtm e n t a s the^dead-line fo r re- ed th eir 35th birthdky. The clos the (date's official faihily is sche pewel of the d riv ers’ p erm ita ap ing date« a re Ju ly 24 and July duled for July 15 when Silas proached. Governor S prague le ft {Satur 27, 1939. Gaiser, former Salem school head, FuH inform ation m ay be obtain will succeed D. A. Bulmore as ad- day fo r San Francisco w hefe on ed from the S ecretary of the U n it minirator of the unemployment S atu rd ay he will p articip ate In an ed S tates Civil Service Board o f compensation act. The post car Oregon D ay program a t the Gold en G ate exposition. I t will be the E x am in ers a t the post office or ries a salary of $4500 a year. governor’s first absence f r om the • « ♦ custom house in any city which has a post office of the first o r sec In spite of th e fact th a t the state since tak in g over the reins ond clasa or from th e U n 'U d leg islatu re frow ns upon profes of governm ent last J a n u a ry and, S ta te s Civil Service Oom. W ash sional lobbyists th e sta te , itself, incidentally, th e first opportunity Continued on P ag e Two through Rs numerous boards, ington, D. C. Civil Service Needs Men
