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Fifty- first Year no.
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Moro, Oregon. Friday,¿-—Ju ly 21, 1939
Poleys Honored County Yields
By Old Time
Continue To
Neighbors
Friends of Dr. and Mrs. *C. L.
' Poley honored them Sunday after-
' noon at the school house on the
26th anniversary of their coming
to Sherman county. Mrs. Carrol)
S«yrs was in charge of Vhe pro
gram.
The girls orchestra played sev
eral opening numbers. Patricia
sang “Wedding of the
Washington D. C. July 20 - Write Pinkerton
Painted
Dolls”
smaller chil
it in the books that President Roose dren presented while
it
in
pantomime,
veit will have the kind of neutral LaVelle Schilling, Connie
Ruggles,
ity bfil he is asking from congress. Joan Oveson, Jean Englebrri.son,
Basis for this prediction is the
fac. that Mr. Roosevelt ip mages, Priscilla Melzer, Dickie Oveson
somehow, to get what ht wants, i and David Moore appeared in col
Owce he has an objective he can orful costume.
A short skit by high school and
not be prevented from achieving
it. The man persists un.il he j college boys and girls had to do
wins. Defeated in his supreme with a scene in the office of Dr.
court bill he has since attained C. L. P. Oley and was acted by Carl
part of his plan through death and Peetz, Jane French, Gene Bris-
resigni^ions and hrs staffed the bine, Carrol Bennet and Lois
court with new deal liberals. De Melzer.
Dr. «Coberth of The Dalles paid
feated in his effort for reorganiza
tion of government bejuaus, he tribute to Dr. Poley as an excel
has won out and grouped in three lent diagnostician and capable
new agencies an assortm? of bu doctor and Harry Pinkerton pre
reaus which were over-lapping served a lawn chair*to the Poleys
Defeated in his monetary author on behalf of their friends in this
ity, he has recaptured control over community.
the dollar. Defeated in his desire
Dr. Poky replied with some rem
for a ................
nt* rality
law
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- which he be inisccnces of early days in this
litres will restrain dictators from county and Mrs. (Poley recalled a
starting war in August or Septenv pOem that fittingly gave thanks
ber, the best guess is*.hat h<* wT i friends.
force congress to come through.
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The reason Mr. Roosev It is
successful in dealing with hostile Miners May Do
in congress where his predecessors
failed, is that he is a b<ter poli Work Later
tician. If he encounters a r.verse
he does not’ retreat. Instead he
Special to the Sherman County
bides his time unkil the stage is Jturnal from* our Washington
Set and then goes smashing D. 'C. correspondent.—A last min
through.
ute effort by congress has extend-
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president ----------------
is a man-killirg ed the time for making assessment
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job and eight years saps the vital- | W(?rk on minin/ claims. For sev-
itv of env incu.mbe.d, serving that erai a moratorium has been grant-
grant
long, yet Mrs. Sarah Delano ed on assessment work, amou:*. ing
R'X/’evel mo»h?r of th° president, to not less than $100 a year, until
declares he is physically fit for a habit. Thia year, however, con-
another four years. Whit? Hou«e gr ..aa decided to eliminate the mor-
physician Ross -Mcli*yre (Oregon alorium and took the position that
Boy), attests that Mr. Roosevelt , jf „ claim holder wanted to rt» ain
is in th: pink, nevertheless Roose- his claim he must do the assess-
vt<. children said they hope i mept work.
their father will no* rerVn r th’tM ,
sQ jgte wj,en
congress
term as they are solicitous of his j d f
rfown th « little time re-
health. Then along come bhe p s- muftied before the July 1 dëàdline.
simists and point to the record: I.Thif situation was so precarious
every president rlected in a v"'r.r I fcr-thousands of claims that con-
ending with ”0” dies in office. Thus gress rushed through an ret ex-
1940 should b” " hcodoo v^nr A' 1 nding the time for making the
whoever is elected
u-.'•'i ssment work until Sentemuer
t; at noon. That is now the dead
They call •. the “big bill” the line *for performing the woik that
3.6 billion dollar self liquidating "bould have been ■ aken care of be
lean proposal of Mr. Roosevelt. fore noon July 1.
There is plenty of opposition to it,
but the president waA? it enacted
before adjournment. In it is sug Frosts May Kill
gested $460,000,000 for the rural
electrification program. For fiscal Mormon Crickets
year 1940 congress, appropriated
$40,000,000 for this purpose: there
Late spring frosts which dam
are applications for $60,000,000 aged grain in some sections of
more than the appropriation. A- cen.ral and eastern Oregon had
mong the applications are marfy some beneficial resul.s, according
Oregon and Washington com- to William Marshall, county agent
of Gilliam county. Threatened
munities.
Farmers availing themselvc
grasshopper invasions in the Trail
REA spends approximately $100- fork «ection of the county were
for wiring and $200 for appliances ' efl'i 4 ively checked by the cold
during the first six months h? re-' weather. Poison bait materials
ceives electric service. Additional i which were on hand to fight the
expenditures come later as She hoppers have been stored for use
farmer learns how convenient the next year if necessary. Mormon
power is. Farm plumbing instal cricket cor* rol operations in north
lation is about $200. A survey ern Gilliam county will result in
,A 86 ' the saving of at least $500 for land
shows that on REA projects
percent of the consumers have 1 owners, Marshall estimates,
purchased radios, 81 percent have I . ---- ----- ---------
bought electric irons, 47 perceiA i
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purchased washing machines, 25 j g g D6Hl AllOtlllCDtS .
percent bought refrigerators, 17 I
percent installed w ater pum ps. Sec j p y
rtppf p/1 SoOIl
re.ary Wallace points out that |
farmers, through 'REA. are aid-j “Wheat acreage allotments for
ing business of the mznfacturers i each farm have i been made and
of appliances.
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j sent in to Oregfrn Stcd.e college by
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{ the local board. When they are
Next year there will he 13,000.- leturned they will be sent oil to
000 or 10.04 percent of the popu farmers with the yields for each
lation ag?d 60 vp /’ ts
over: farm. Each farmer will have 15
»here will be 8.311.000 aged 63 days in which to protest or apply
years and over, or 6.30 percent. In for a change if any errors are
conference now is an amendment | found,” says LeRoy WrigH., coun-
to the social security act to in- > ty agent. It is expected that this
creas? old-age benefits. Rolls of i will de done within a short time
the aged receiving federal-sl ate I So that farmers will know how
aid last month, June, were l,818.-> much wheat they can sow this fall
700. Average amount beintr paid and what other crops may be sown
at the present in Oregon is $21 30; .o make compliance with the 1940
in Washington, $22.10; California. control methods.
$32.50; Idaho, $21.75; t lowest.
Arkansas, $6.15. Proposed amend-
me:1 ? aim to increase these a- NEW TEACHER HIRED
mounts. The revised Townsend
Alex McDonald of* Banks has
(bill defeated a few months ago been given a contract to teach in
was calculated ** to. give approii-
. the
ui;r high
Illg11 suiuui
vaucj
school at Grass Valley
mutely $40 monthly. Important-) for
coming year. With Miss
par*, of the proposed social seeur- patficia Cyphers of The Dalles
ity amendment is to start making ancj Ray j eweit principal, this
payments under th ir act next Jan- i ccrnpletes the high school facutly
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Continued on Page Two
there,
Official County P ape
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u. s.
lorers Seek Headhunters
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Exceed Estimates
Center of County Has Good
The July weighing of club calves
was completed this week by th*
county agent and the resul.s indi
cate that good growths are being
made by the stock under .he hand
ling of the 4-H club boys and
girle. Highest gain was made by
the Senior Hereford of Frank von
Borstel’s which gained 3.6 pounds
since the last weighing in June.
Elton Medler’s Sr. Angus gained
3 1 pc-unds and Bob King, John
ll:'drr.brend and Cars.on von Bor-
ste| made their calves gain 3.03
pounds in the same period. There
are 38 steers being fed and 3
heifers and the average gain was
over 24 pounds.
Best gain on sheep was mad»1 on
lambs being fed by Dickie Oveson,
Bobbie Hoskinson and Gaylord
Guy who put an average of three
fourths of a pound on .heir lambs
per day..
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Crop Although Yields Not
Equal To Nortn End’s
Whjat yields continue to be
surprising. Although grain in the
central part of the countywhere
harvest started generally this
week is not making as many bush
el per acre as farther north, crops
are very good indeed.
It is reliably reported that How
ard Spencer threshed a field ol
Rex wheat that made better than
20 sacks to the acre. Other wheat
in his vicinity, the northwest 6or-
ner of the county, obtained 15
sacks to the acre. Truman Strong
finished harvesting Tuesday with
29j bushels from his farm adjoin
ing Moro.
Cool Weather ConL’nues
East of town the wheat is mak
ing 8 to 9 sacks according to re
ports but in the Erskine district
yields of 30 bushels are common.
Ohly on? or two are cutting at
Grass Valley ar.d early reports in
dicate yields of 20 bushels or
•better. -
The cool days and almost cold
nights have permitted the late
grain in the south end of the coun
ty to rip'm normelly and good
crops are expected there. Esti
mates are 7 to 8 sacks over most
of that district although this esti
mate may b? as low as wire those
made for the north end of the
county.
M r. and Mrs. Carveth Wells, famed as explorers sad authors, as they
left by steamer fo rth e Orient, heading an expedition to Formosa to take
movies of head hunters for a U. S. geographic society. Accompanying
them (center) is Lawrence Mills. Princeton ornithology student.
Breakfast Club
Debate
Fishing R ig h t.
The Breakfast club meeting of
Wednesday morning had for its
program the initiation of three
new members who were inducled
into the club with a ceremony
♦mere amusing than serious. Dis
cussion in the business meeting
w » l mainly about the desirabil.Ly
j of sending a group to Madras to
| join with the club there -,o ask for
Bear-Miller
, laws or rulings permitting fisher-
!
men to go along any stream. The
Wedding Observed
closing of a part of the Deachutes
the
An impressive church wedding river was the occasion’
was solemnized Sunday, July 16 argument. General sentiment of
at the Community church when the club was that fishing streams
Miss Eva Miller, daughter of Mr. should be kept open but there was
and Mrs. W. C. Miller, became the no agreement on the nid.hod that
H ide of Willard Bear, son of Mr should be used to obtain this re
and Mrs. C. A. Bear of Turner, sult.
Oregon. Rev. Ormond Whiteside,
The report of .he Public Affa irs
of Morton, Washington read the committee regarding pennants was
Episcopal double ring ceremony. accepted and some will be purchas
The bride, wearing white satin, ed to decorate .he streets at fair
with full length tulle veil, and time. The matter of rebuilding
carrying th? bride’s bouquet of the Conine building into a p:4.ure
pale yellow roses and bouvardia, house was discussed Monday night
Ciime in on the arm of her brother, at a meetiog of that comm).tee
Vernon, preceded by Roger Miller anc it was decided to obtain more
as ring bearer and Connie Ruggles informaion on costs before coming
a? flower girl, who wore a replica .o a decision.
f th? brides dress. Matron of
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honor was Mrs. Dorothy Marcy,
New
Road
Opened
sister of the groom, attired in a
rust colored gown and brides
maids were Signs Woods and Mrs. Near DeMoss Springs
Ione McKinney in gowns of peach
The county road crew this week
net 'over peach taffeta with floor
removed
.he pld bridge on the road
length rust ribbons and carrying
leading
up
DeMoss canyon and art
bouquets of Ta lisrosin rosebuds,.
buil<lirig a road south’ of the ditch,
Earl Bear, brother of the groom’ Hereafter traffic will not have to
acted as best man. Ben Marcy of cross the ditch when coming to the
Oregon City and William McKin- warehouses and the county will
nty of Arlington were ushers.
not be obliged to rebuild a bridge
Marjory Byers sang “Because” that was becoming unsafe for
and ‘‘I Love You Truly.”
trucks loaded w< h wheat. John
After the ceremony a reception DeMoss, owner of the property,
was held for the guests with Mrs. sold the new roadway to the
Raymond Stewart and Mrs. T. H. county.
Fiaser pouring and Mrs. A. H.
Barnum, Mrs. Martha Cope and
Mrs. Hazel Woods serving.
Adlard’s Mother
After a trip to the San Fran
cisco fair th? couple will live at Is Queen Mother
Morton, Washington where Mr.
Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Adlard at
Bear is a teacher in the schools.
tended the EaJ.ern Oregon Pioneer
encampment Sunday at the Julia
Henderson picnic grounds on Ser
New Laws Make
vice Creek in Wheeler county. Mr.
Adlard’s mother, Ms. Catherine
Changes In Lights
Ariiard of Condon was chosen as
State laws regulating the use Mother Queen .o rule over the 1939
of spotlights and auxiliary lamps encampment. The Mother Queen
on automobiles in Oregon were was crowned at 10:30 Sunday, then
amended at the last session of the followed a program put on in
legislature and are now effective, charge of the family, including the
EarH Snell, secretary of state, life history of bhe Mother Queen,
said today in reminding motorists who is now 80 years of age. She
that in the interest of safety and was attended by five grand daugh
courtesy full compliance with these ters and the crown was placed by
regulations should be forthcoming. little Joyce Hout of Corvallis, a
grand niece.
Under the amended act motor
The Mother Queen woie a sheer
vehicles may carry only spot black dd ted dimity, trimmed in
light while under the old law two white. ' Her wrap was a cream
such lamps were allowed, said colored silk shawl with . fringe,
Snell. The spotlight must be so which had belonged to her mother.
adjusted that, upon approaching She also wpre a brooch of her
another vehicle, no part of the high mothers, which had been made
intensity portion of the beam will from a gdld nugget found on a
be directed to the left of the left civil war field.
side of the car upon which it is
Grandma Adlard is the mother
mounted at a point 100 foet ahead of eleven children, of which six
of the car.
are living, three boys and Lhree
Three auxiliary driving lamps girls. Also twenty three grand
arc now permitted whereas only children and five great grand
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children,
Club Calves
Make Good
Gains In June
Thompson Put On
Public Welfare Board
Dewey Thompson, Moro, was
appointed by Governor Sprague to
be the new member of the local
public welfare committee and his
acceptance was mailed .his week.
Roy Powell, who was named chair
man did not accept his appoint
ment making the vacancy. The
chuirman was named later.
Mr. Thompson’s appointment
makes
the committee consist of
The »tart of wheat harvest this
five
farmers,
including Mrs. Rich-
year finds more and more com-'
bines going into the grain field elderfer who is a farmers wife,
equipped with straw scatterers. 1 one minister, Rev. H. G. Hanson
Soil Conservation Service men and one. merchant, Judge Pother.
int.rpret this advance in harvest Other members are Dean Reynolds
ing method as one of the most and the two county commissioners.
promising trends toward good land
use and erosion control. The more Government Approves
struw s c a tte re d that are in the
field during July and August, Ron
ald B. Elmes, damp Conservation Most Warehouses
ist of the Moro Camp, pointed out,
The warehouses and elevators
the less occasion there will be for- of the Grass Valley Grain Grow
stubble fires next spring. Tho ers and the warehouses of the
fewer stubble fires, he added, the Sherman Grain Growers have been
less soil washing (and - or blow
ing) there will be through the long approved to receive wheat on
a loan is to be Laken. The
1940 fallow period when the clean- which
banks
have
also been approved
tilled land needs protection against
and
fanners
may obtain loans on
excessive rain or wind.
wheat at any time. It is expected
Scattering the straw instead of tha» the Moro elevators and ware
letting it feed out of the combine houses will be qualified this week.
in thick straw rows, Mr. Elmes ex
plained, leaves the straw spread
uniformily oVer the stubble, so
that the field can he “plowed’’
without particular difficulty. Farm
ers who are following soil and
-moisture conservation practices, he.
said, go one important step fur By A. L. Lindbeck
ther in their crop residue utiliza
Senate (President Robert M
tion—substituting implements such
Duncan
eliminated himself as a
as the mold-hoardless plow and
possible
future contender for the
disk tiller for the regular mold-
board. In this way, they leave the governorship of Oregon this week
straw on the surface as a good when, after four days devoted to
ffor
Governor
protective covering when crops pinch-bitting
Sprague ha told Cipttol news men
are not growing.
that he ‘wouldn’t have the office as
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as a regular job if it was present
ed to me on a silver platter.”
Brand Inspectors
The central Oregon legislator
found the office beset by too many
petty annoyances to suit him, peo
Named For County
ple looking for jobs, relatives of
Brand inspectors may collect prisoners pleading for pardons and
10 cents per head up to 25 head paroles.
and 3 cert.s per head for those in
Duncan has been prominently
excess, and 10 cents per mile one mentioned as the Republican can
way for travel. Four copies of didate for Congress against Wal
brand certificate must be made, ter M. Pierce, Democratic incum
the first to go to .he sheriff week bent. So far, however, he has
ly, the second for the bill of lad himself refused to discuss the pro
ing, the third for the files of Lhe posal.
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common carrier or hauler and the
fourth for the brand inspector’s
Sometime within the next two
reference file.
weeks the Oregon Hydroelectric
Inspection is to be made only commission is expected to decide
as oi<lined in the law, and not in whether or not the rural area of
trucks, and failure Lo personally in Hood River county can proceed
sped subjects the offender to a with the organization of a peoples’
utility district. At the election
$190 fine.
Any carrier or person who vio last month the city of Hood River
lates the provisions of the ad. is rejected the proposal to organize
subject to a minimum fine of $250 a PUD, thus eliminating iuself
from the project.
The rural
and a maximum fine of $2,500.
areas, however, voted in favor of
Brand inspection blanks must
district and its sponsors are
•be marked “paid” across the face, the
now urging Hie Hydroelectric com
otherwise the carrier is responsi
to give the necesaary ap
ble for the collection of the in mission
proval.
At a hearing before the
spection fees and failure to do so, commission
in Salem Friday pro
subjects him to a $200 fine."
ponents and opponents of the pro
Complying wilh a new law, J. D. posed district were aborf. evenly
Mickle, director of the sta’.s de divided, with representative« of
partment of agriculture, recently the Grange supporting the project
has appointed county aftd deputy and represeiljatives of the Farm
brand inspectors for every county Bureau and Taxpayers League
in the state. All eastern Oregon, opposed.
and three western Oregon coun4
Fewer transients sought jobs in
ties, Douglas, Josephine and Jack- Oregon this year than usual, ac
son, must have out—of-county cording to John Cooter, farm place
brand inspection, as well as the ment director. During '.'he first
out-of-state
brand
inspection six months this year, Cooter points
which is necessary in all counties. out, there ware only 17,565 o u .-o f
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lata worker« regiatarad with the
Spreading Of
Stubble Held
Good Practice
Accidents Mar
First Week of
Harvest Work
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Dropped Gun Causes Brbkeu
Leg For Earl Belskee; Over
turned Combine Injures Man
A series of accidents marred*«^
Ihe start of harvest in this sec
tion of the county this week. Prob
ably the most serious ‘was the ac
cidental shooting of Earl iBelshee,
son of Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Belshee,
who was hu< while working o i
his father’s combine.
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He was repairing the machine
"'•’ing aided by Lyle Nahouse who
v’s? carrying a gun in a holster.
As N p house stooped over the gun
dropped and was discharged, the
bullet entering Belshee’s right leg
»bo< three inches above the knee.
The bone was broken but not bad
ly splintered, according to doctors
who took care of the wound. The
bullet spread, apparently being
sef no<5ed. and the parts of it were
left in the leg. No part of the
bullet damaged the artery, the
main vein or the sciV.ic nerve,
which waR most fortunate.
Belshee was taken to The Dalles
hospital by Dr. Poley where he will
remain for several days.
Combine Tipped Over
The Roy Barnett combine '.urn- •
ed over Monday evening while
cutting on the Robert Rohde farm
east of Moro. The hillside was
so steep that no “ attempt wna
made to turn up hill. The machine
was leveled toward the hill as ^t
a»q roach* d the corner and could
not be straightened up fast enough
when the swing was made down
the hill. George Barnett, separa
tor tender, was thrown from the
machine and received a cii. over
his right eye and the tool box fell
on him, injuring his back. Earl
Barnett was driving the tractor.
Rattlesnake Shot Kicks Back
An accident not associated with
harvest befell Bob LeBleu Tuesday
morning i when he attempted to
kill a rattlesnake thsf. was sunning
himself on a rock. The bullet
ricocheted and a part of the jacket
struck UlBleu above Ihe eye and
had to be removed by a doctor.
Senator Does Not Like Being
Governor; License Payment New
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slate employment service compar
ed to 32,563 registrations during
the first half of 1938.
More than 55 per cent of Jho
farms in Oregon now enjoy elec
tric service, according to a survey
just completed by O. R. Bean, pub
lic utilities commissioner. Bean’s
figures show tha. 33,770 Oregon
farms are now being served by
private electric utilities. This is
an increase of 4559 farms during
the past year. It is estim>.ed that
another 200 farms are served by
the three municipally operated
electric plants while no figures are
available on the number of farms
being served by the Rural Electri
fication administration.
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After a visit jo Sacramento and
a conference with budget officials
of that etate Devid Eccles, Ore
gon’s budget mas.er, is convinced
that Oregon has much to be thank
ful for. After the last legislature
go: through financing state activi
ties, Eccles points out, the state
budget was $40,000,000 out of
balance. This deficit which does
no. appear to worry California
officials at all, is three times as
great as the total of appropria
tions approved by the Oregon legis
lrf ure. With 35,000 people on the
state’s payroll California has a
personnel department which does
nothing but hire and fire employ
ees of the numerous state depart
ments and institutions. This de
partment opertf.es on a biennial
budget of $500,000, an ammount
sufficient to operate almost any of
Oregon’s stA.e institutions.
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Multnomah county stands to lose
more than $115,000 a year in high
way revenues through the opera
tion of amendme.4.s written into
the law .by the last legislautre. Ap
portionment of highway revenues
for the first six m<w hs of 1939
just completed by Secretary of
State Snell shows that Mul.nomah
county thia year will receive only
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