«oro, Oregon. Friday,
F ifty-fL st Year No. 41
Ted A pplegate
Parole Broken;,
E x tra
• d " ited
A ugu st 18, 1939
S H E R I F F ’S P O S S E T O I N V A D E F A IR
ankof Commerce Repairs Made In County Acreage
Being Returned 1 * * ^ « A ‘
Permitted To
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p mr Groun(ja
I
lo stockholders
The parole allowed Ted Apple- ’
gate upon his p h a of guilty a fte r
his first trial was revoked by Judge
-Hendricks and Applegate was
caught a t Grangeville, Idaho last '
week. He fought extradition and
papeis had Io be issued by state
officials to bring him to Oregon ,
to seive his sentence of two years, i
Sheriff Wilson left Monday for
Salem, Boise and Grangeville to ,
bring the prisoner back to Oregon. 1
He was sentenced to pay a “penalty :
of §60 to Mahler and Stalker ,
which he failed to do which result- -
ed in the revocation of his parole. .
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Final Payment To
Deposits Ordered;
Committee Gets Assets
Steps, are being tak tn to close
the business of^ h e Bank of Com
merce at W’asco and turn the re
maining assets over to the stock
holders. A notice of final dividend
payment is being published in this
sue notifying depositors of the
payment.
Depositors have been asked to
assign their claims to a stockhold
ers committee composed of E. D.
McKee* and Mrs. B. Estralle Hail
ey and many of them have done
so. Of the $36,437.43 th at will be
paid out to depositors next week
21,562.14 will go to this stock-
lolders committee. The rem aining
$14,444.31 will he paid to the ori
ginal depositors. This is' the final
payment and represents interest
earned on deposits while the bank
was being liquidated.
The stockholders agreem ent pro
vide? th a t the expenses of this
'•ommittee and the pay of em
ployees hired be the first item
paid out of this $21,562.14. Cred
itors claims will be paid also from
the $21,562.14. They ampunt to
$367.90. Late depositors claims of
$62 90 will also be paid and income
and other taxes. A fter th at those
stockholders who paid their as
sessment* will be reimbursed.,
Eleven stockolder* paid their as
sessments in full and others paid
in part. Out of the total stock of
<55,000.00, $16,135.24 was paid in
principal and interest.
A fter these payments have been
made the stockholders committee
will divide the rem ainder among
he stockholders in proportion to
he amount of stock owned.
A deal is in process of consuma-
Ak.n that will, 1f made, turn the
hank building over to the city of
Wasco to be used as a city hall.
This will be in lieu of the city’s
claim for interest on its deposit.
Washington, D. C.,—Aug. 17—
All hands and the cook are holding
th eir breath anxiously to learn
whetbcT the upward trend in busi
ness will continue to suffer a re
lapse, as has been the case repeat
edly during the depression. Gov
ernm ent statistics compiled by
departm ent of -commerce (Secre
tary H arry Hopkins), and the re
ports of many large concerns re
veal th a t there- has been a sub
stan tial, and in some instances,
Except for the extreme south
rem arkable recovery in the first end of the county and for a few
six months of this year. Mr. late harvesters, cutting of grain !
Roosevelt, however, charges th a t in Sh -rman county is over. Farm - J
when congress refused to enact ers now are getting their receipts .
the 3.6 billion dollar lending-spend f-om the warehou3 s and elevators (
ing bill it pi »»vented recovery.
filling out the nececsary govern- j
Largest mail-orde»* house in the m ert papers and obtaining their J
country made a net profit of 9 1< ans from the Commodity Credit f
niillion dollars mors for the; h a lf - .
jon th
h loca, t>anks.
This beautiful horse, ridden by Ix*n Richardson, la one of SO such that
y e a r end,nK June 30 than for the
«
„ . 'd ’d - r -
The cron this year wss „ con’
w in appear in the Han Francisco H herlff’s Mounted Posse, super
coi responding period last year. ably sm aller than in 1936, berau?
attraction at the Oregon State F a ir night horse show, opening Labor
Rail loadings were 13 percent bet of th? greater restrictions placed
* day. Fine horses and silver mounted equipment of the Posse ar«
te r. (American Telephon, had a on acreage this year and because
worth 975,000. The fair closes September 10.
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terrific increase and net loss for
of the lighter yield in the area
W estern Union was only $223,38«
south of N igg r ridge. No check
compared with a loss of $1,518,000
has been made es to the number
for the period a year ago. Na of bushels warehoused in the coun
>7- ;
tional Dairy Corp., had 6.6 net pro tv b u t-it is likely around 1,500,-’
fit; same period last year a profit
000. A number of farm ers hauled
of 4.84 million dollars. On August
to riverside points this year, _ (
1, increase was shown in 51 areas,
few loaded directly on to the cars i
26 held their own, slight declines
and some wheat was stored on the :
The county agent’s office has
in 70.
farm
s.
Another thing:
-Business has
Crested W heat grass seed on hand
b en saying it was afraid of what
The 4-H club calves weighed the for those farm ers who wish to sow
the new deal may do, tpjs fear n s
C lllb
past w e.k showed r. good gain in more of it this falL The price is
suiting in holding back employ- D r e a K i a S l V 1U U
spite of the hot weather of the to be 19 cents per pound and the
w ent, expansion, placing orders
.
first of the month although the seed is 92% purity and the same
for depleted stocks. Well, congress | | Q A l < l F a i r
gains p e r day were not as high percentage for germ ination which
has adjourned until January, will
Wavs and irteans of advertising
hfcfwre, For the month Elton makes it a very good quality seed.
do nothing in an election year to th s county fair were mad. the Medlar with h 'i ar, AnRHS made Sufficient has been arderqd to pro
alorm business, an a t the very least
the g r a ts s t g»!n, 9
pouodFpfr vide enough for all wanting It, it
business has nothing to worry special business of the pjb li day. Leland Ba. nut was ’econd i» thought.-
affairs
committee
by
the
Rreakf
i
j
about before January, 1941 - 18 club Wednesday morning and t V?.‘\
was
p e2rife
W. L. Teutsch was here Thurs-
months in which to be as active as m eeting of th at group will b e ; 2 ” rd
2 ? 7 a Pd „ F ,“ " lt von j day from Corvallis to inspect the
it desires.
held Friday evening to consider ■ Borstel fouith with 2.
wepd plots in the county and look
Reasonable prediction; the up
figured ever other m atters, he being as
pro
pc
sals
offered.
Already
busi-
Gains
have
also
been
turn shown in the first six months
for the total feeding period, now sistant county agent leader for the
will be continued and there are ness men of the town have orderetL approxim ately six months. Leland
state.
street
decorations
which
will
be
streaks of daylight ahead.
Bgrpet, who has a sr. Angus show-
c»**ct<d soon.
A vote to obtain more informa- ed a gain of 2.8 pounds, Elton
About a month hence (if plans
tion
about governmental permis- Medler 24, Frank yqn Jiorstel,
quietly laid by departm ent of ju s
=
ion
.»b’alned
for a bridge across Carsten von g o rstri, and Lee
tices m aterialize), there will b a
the
Columbia
w.’s pa?se<l. L L. Barnet were tied for third W?th
rash of indictment« in two dozen
key regions of the country. Uncle Peetz brought the m atter before ; 2.5, John H ilderbrand’s sr. Angus
1 gained 2-4; George DeMoss and ’ At a lovejy home wedding Aug-
Sam believes th a t monopolistic the c'ub at a former meeting.
"T rc gram committee was John j Henry Richelderfer made t h : i r j us» 12, a t Wasco, Miss Augusta
practices in the building industry
Huckin „ became . the
have held back the repeated efforts G linns, Bob Gillmor and Austin I calves gain 2-3; Boh King and Christine
•Foss
who
gav
a
few
characteri-
¡
Je
rry
Wilson
had
calves
that
gain-
bride
of
M
urray
Graham Walker
of the adm inistration to inspire a
en
2.2
and
Shelton
Fritt*
nnd
of
’
Pullman,
W
ashington.
The
zations
of
members
in
experiment
building boom for the past six
years. From th? beginning of the staticn jargon nnd- propounded Frank LeMaster showed gain? of caremony, which took place in
depression, in 1929, it has been gen quest ons that proved to be un- 2.1. The average for the entire , front of a fireplace a lta r banked
group of boys was 2.3.
| with white and salmon Gladioli
erally recognized th at there is a answ: rable by members asked.
Largest total gain was 427 was read by the Rev. F. L. Can-
shortage of housing and if private
pounds by Elton Medler’s calf and nell. Miss Huckin wore a gown
individuals would bu;ld>t^ er'e . Y ° ^ |
John * H ilderbrand’s calf gained a of blue lace with a corsage of or
Me work for practieSttT
tte-
total of 403 pounds. Lambs being chids and was given m arriage by
crfcfts. But this ‘ program could
fed fOF the fajr gained an average J. O. Russell of Salem, a friend of
never get under way.
of six tenths of a pound per day the Hyckins.
Agents of departm ent of justice
Ma Hyn Walker, srster of th(
Th»* general wheat situation during the feeding period
have scoured the country seeking
groom,
was the bride’s only at-
the cause and their reports (thus strengthened slightly with leas
She wore a dress of
tendant.
pressure
from
Argentina
offerings
far confidential), indicate there rs
salmon lace and a gardenia cor
a nation wide monopoly in ..the and fu rth er deterioration in pros
sage. William Clothier was bes
building industry and the*e prac pect from North ,America spring
man.
tices are a t the bottom of th fail- wheat. Spring wheat in southern
nre of a building boom to click. Manitoba and Saskatchewan show
Families Attended
Salem, Oregon. - Electric rate
Now, through scores of indictments ed fu rth er deterioration as a re
Friends attending the wedding
everywhere the federal govern sult of heat apd dry weather and reductions totaling more than
men, hopes to break the log-jam repor'3 of light yields and shrunk $300,000.00 and effecting more from Wasco were Rev. and Mrs
ar.d give the necessary impulse t. on g a in wer: numerous. Rros- than 60,000 users have been made Ccnnell, Mr. and Mrs. William
construction which will put money i pPC ts were less promising also in by puijiic utilities in Oregon since Clothier and daughter, Ann, Mr
in circulation and provide employ ’iortiens o f Alberta and in some January 1, gay» Qrpiopd R. Bean, and Mrs. Diebert Johnson, Mr. and
Mrs. Ross Hilderbrand and son
m ent for a few million p ople. It <»uth rn districts farm ers were state utilities compiisaippei?.
These reductions by various B lly xnd Mrs. H'ltla Hartm an
m eans much to the lumber m- cutt.ii g crop? for feed. Private
force rste at the first of August operating companies, said Bean, Prom The Dalles were Mrs. Guy
dustry of the northwest.
,th * outturn in the Prairie have result-d following informa) Pound, Marshall Pound, Mr. am
Pension for life as Ion- as you Provi ices at around 384 million hearing« or conferences under the Mrs. J. 0. Russell from Salem, Mis?
live a fte r 65 years, with benefits bushels, a decrease of about 14 commissioner’s plan of continuous B lie Clothier from Longview, Wn.
to your widow, orphans or depen- niillici bushels from the July investigations, where under the Mr?. Katherine Johnson from
d nt parents is, perhaps, the g rea t forec-at. H arvesting of spring earnings of the concerns are con Portland, Mrs. Isabelle Clothier of
Olympia, Wn., Miss Edyth Ivey
est piece of legislation of the re wheat in the United States was stantly under review.
of Hunters, Wn., and Mr. and Mrs
nearly
finished
except
in
so
m
e
ja
te
“W:
are
anxious
to
pass
on
to
cent congress. This am endm tnt to
consumer all the savings pos G. C Walker, Madelyn Walker and
the Social Security act affects more secticns a t the close of the week
sible,” said Bean, ’‘and in this seven Mrs. Jack O rr of Pullman.
than 40 million wage-earners di and m arketings increased.
The bride is the daughter of
months
period these reductions are
rectly and indirectly’ at least an- ------
Mis.
A. M. Huckin of Wasco. Miss
almost
equally
divided
between
the
othnr 40 million. IBenefits sta r , ADMINISTRATOR HIRED
Huek'n
attended W hitman college
residential
and
commercial
brack?
: X a U n y X o O hZ - n - ’ In
I>lIBL,C W ELFARE
ets of the service. The companies at Walla Walla and later W ash
Oregon and W ashington several
The first meeting of .the new have cooperated with this office ington State college where she re-
thousand move into line. Worker« public welfare committee for this in its determination to pass on to efived hei degree and made an
who have already received lump county
held last Friday with the public all possible benefit» in outstanding .scholastic record. She
is a member of Phi Kappa Phi and
ppvm ents (which ended their ben all members present but Rev. lower rates.”
Among, the companies which Phi Beta Kappa, scholastic honor
efits), may also be eligible for Hc.ns'm who had not yet returned
m onthly pension under the am end from his vacation. George Potter, have announced^reduetions in their societies and Gamma Beta, an
economics honorary. She is also
ment. There have bu?n approxi county, judge, is the new chairman. electric rates this year arp:
Paisley Electric, Pacific Power a num ber of Kappa Kappa Gam
m ately one thousand of the»? Ju m p Kenn th W alker was chosen as th6
sum payments in the Pacific N ort new adm inistrator for this county A Light, Mountain States Power ma. Mr. Walker is the son of
Mr.
and Mrs. G. C. Walker _ of
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west. '
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. and eptered into his duties im in the W illamette - Valley, Coos
It works something like this: A mediately. He will work out of Bay and Tillamook divisions; West Pullman and a graduate of WtWF
man who has been making $100 a The Dalles for a time until he be Cortst Power, Idaho Power, Pres- ; ingtan S tate’s school of engineer-
month since the old age insurance come? acquainted with his work. ton-Shaffer Milling, Portland Gen- i ing. He was a member of Slgmr
wa«
established in 1937, paying 1 His salary was set by the state eral Electric, California Public | Nu. They will be at home at
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percent of his salary, and becomes' oflke ftt $100 per month and the Service, California-Oregon Power, i Ephrata, Washington where Mr
65 years old on December 31, 1939, J
assume responsibility E atern Oregon LigW and Power, • Walker is with the NS Bureau of
reclamation,
and Butte Light and Power.
Continued on Page Two
.for h s pay.
Harvest Ended In
Officiai County Paper
J
Most Of County
Crested Wheat
¿ Make Good Gains Seed Now-
A vailable Here
Club Calves
In Feeding Period
Walker-Huckin
Wedding Held
Wheat Crop# Not - -
So Good Now
Electric Rates
Reduced Steadily
Sherman County
Furnishing Teams
Of the 6 six-horse teams that
will compete a t the- state fair,
three will come from thia county.
T. M. Rolfe, Tom F raser and W. C.
Helyer having made arrangem ents
to take their big teams to the state
show. They will compete for the
$500 stage offered in thia class
at the night show and for the D.
F. Burge perpetual trophy which
was given by the widow of Mr.
Burge to be used as a trophy for
his event.
Both Rolfe and Fraser will also
ake a Rtring of other show horses
‘o compete in the Percheron and
Belgian classes. F raser will also
attend the Multnomah county fair
and the Puyallup fair in W ashing
ton. iBoth will be at the Pacific
rnti rrational.
Student Nurse
Wanted By U. S.
The United States Civil Service
Ccmmission has announced an
open competitive examination for
he'position of Junior Public Health
Nurse, in the Indian Field Service,
Departm ent of the Interior. Ap
plications must be on file in the
Commission’s office a t W ashing
ton 1). C., not later than Septem
icr 11 if-received from states east
if Colorado, and not later than
September 14 -if received from
Colorado and States westward. The
salt.ry for the position is $1,800
a year. .
High school education and cer
tain nursing training is required
for i ntrance to the examination.
Competitors are to be given a w rit
ten test covering practical ques
tions. Applicants must not have
passed their fortieth birthday. The
age limit will nqt be waived in
any case.
SITE LEVELED FOR
FAIR CONCESSION
The county bulldozer was used
this week to level'off the land be
tween the city pump house in Xhe
flat and the Ginri-Coleman’fc store.
Concessions for the fair will be
located there. Water from the
city well is being used to prevent
dust.
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Work a t the fair grounds to put
them in shape for the coming fair,
September. 15-16-17, has consisted
of rebuilding the pens in tne sheep
and swine barn, making 48 new
pens to receive the entries in those
divisions. The hog pen?, have be n
floored.
The judges stand has bexn taken
from inside the arena and is being
placed on top the grandstand from
where the judges will view the
races to b e tt.r advantage.
A ruling has been announced
that all Peter Quick colts will be
permitted to enter the two year
old futurity whether th .ir owners
reside in Sherman county or not.
Other half bloods in, the county
may enter also. This is expected
to make a larger race of the an
nual two year old futurity.
The fair books have been se-nt
out from the office of the secretary
and aie now in the hands of farm
ers and other exhibitor? at the
show.
Alice Kessinger
Marries H. McKee
Miss Alice Kessinger, daughter
of Roy K essingtr, was m arried to
Horace McKee Sunday, August
13, a t the home of her uncle, E. M.
K essingtr, near Yakima.
The bride wore white taffeta, with
net veil and carried a bouquet ol
pink and white larkspur. Her sis
ter, Mrs. Ethelyn Pierson, was
the bride’s oiily attendant. L.wis
McKee, hrother of the groom a ct
ed as beat man.
Out of town guests included
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Hulse and
daughters Lorinda and Jeanne of
Camas, W ashington; Mr. and Mrs.
W illard H agerty, daughter Wilma
and son Royce of Wichita, Kansas;
Mr. and Mrs. Lewis McKee, Clin
ton and 'Roy Kessinger, Mr. and
Mrs. Ted Pierson and daughters,
Patricia, Rose Marie, and Marjorie
from Moro. .
The ceremony was performed by
Reverend Bray. A fter a short
wedding trip the young couple
will return to their ranch home
east of Moro.
Increase For 1940
Government Allows
Farmers To Raise More
Wheat Than In 1939
Total acres of wheat permitted
in Sherman county in 1940 by the
governm ent will be 109,327 ac
cording to information given by
the county agent.,, This will be
an increase over 1939 acreage
which was 97,863.
It will be an increase of around
11% or rather, a curtailm ent of
ten percent less than was manda
tory in 1939. This means that
11.464 acres more wheat can be
grown next year.
292,176 Acres Tilled
Th number of tillable acres in
Slui man county, according to the
latest government survey is 292,-
176. The soil depleting base is
given as 285,887. Of the total
37.4% can legally be put into wheat
next year. The rem aining 62.6
must be in summerfallow or allot
ment of some sort.
The alloted acreage has not
b» en set for 1940 nor have the
perm itted crops been stated. It is
prerumed, however, th a t they will
be much the same as in previous
years when Crested W heat grass,
winter wheat in the spring and
sim ilar crops were perm itted..
Compliance for 1939 payments,
to be made next winter, will be
judged next week when a crew of
three, Roscoe Moore, Willard Bar-
net and Gordon H arper take the
field to appraise the seedings
made by the farm ers.
Wool Crop Larger
Than In 1938
Special, Washington D. C., Ang-
17.—Quantity of wool shorn dr to
be shorn in the United States in
li«39 is estimated at 376,000,000
pounds, or four million pounds
larger than in 1938, and is the
second largest on record. This does
not include wool pulled from
slaughtered sheep and lambs,
which "tveraged 65,000,000 pound«
annually in the five years 1934-
Sherman County Fair, Sept. 15-17 1938.
Former Governor Martin Now
Active For Vice-President Garner
By A. L. Lindbeck
Form er Governor Charles H
Martin has come out flat-foote<
ly for John Nance Garner as hii
choice for the Democratic candi
date for president. In a letter ad
dressed to several hundred ’’re s ’
Democrats”, throughout Oregon h<
urges their support in electing a
Garner-instructed delegation to the
Democratic national convention.
‘‘1 am convinced th a t the real
democratic* of Oregon are tired
of the damn fool idiocyncraciea of
the new deal and will welcome a
chance to vote for a sound con
servative statesm an as their p ar
ty ’s nominee next year,” M artin’s
letter reads In part.
While In Sslem this w^ek a t
tending the annual convention of
the American Legion the former
geveror and retired m ajor gener
al spiked rumors th a t he would
seek election to Congress as has
b ttn rumored. Instead, he said,
he would devote his entire effort?
during the next few months to ad
vancing the cause of Garner with
whom he served during his two
terms in Congrasa and for whose
ability he has a great deal of re
spect.
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President Roosevelt may visit
Oregon’s new capfcol when he com
es to the Pacific coast in October,
according to Frederick A. Delano
of W ashington, D. C., uncle of tbe
president, who called on Governor
Sprague this week. Delano was
in Oregon as chairman of the na
tional resources committee plan
ning board. -
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.
Sixty one of the 95 applicants
for admission to the Oregon bar
passed their tests successfully ac
cording to the report released by
the stato supreme coqrt this week.
Only two of the 61 were women.
The percentage of successful ap
plicants was much higher this yepr
than last when much criticism was
leveled a t the board of bar exam
iner? for the heavy casualties in-
licted in grading the examination
•apera.
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Petitions signed by 5800 persons
equesting the organization of a
Peoples U tility D istrict in Mult-
lomah county were filed with the
Jiegon Hydroelectric commission
Saturday by H arry M. Kenin.
Should the district be formed it w
proposed to acquire the properties
>f both the Portland General Elec
tric Company and the Northwes
tern Electric »Company, Kenin said.
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California, whicli has abandoned
its border stations for the regis
tration of automobiles has written
Secretary of S tate Snell suggesting
th at Oregon take similar action.
Snell, who calls attention to the
fact th at this is a m atter requir
ing legislative action points out
that he called the situation to the
attention of the last legislature
but nothing was done about it.
Sr.ell questions the value of auto
mobile registrations which now
cost this state approxim ately $10,-
000 a year.
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•
When it was first suggested dur
ing the recent legislative session
that the House and Senate cham
bers of the ne^r capitol be placed
at the disporihl of the America*
Ixgiorr for their convention ses
sions, the proposal met with much
opposition. It was feared the war
veterans might wreck the building.
Now, however, that' the Legion
convention has come and gone it
can be said that these fears were
groundless. The capitol does not
appear any the worse for its three
day entertainment of the Legion
naires and their ladies. In fact
observers are inclined to agree that
the war veterans were more con
siderate of its marble halls, oak
furniture and fine carpets than the
legislators.
• • •
Calling attention to the fact
that of the 8218 grade crossings
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