Sherman County journal., January 05, 1940, Image 1

Moro, Oregon.
F ifty-S econ d Y ear N o . 9
itry
Divisions In
Appointments
¿.srAt, Ga
4-H Beef
By County Court ®ec““se ° " ce
Changed for 1940 n
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\On Wires
The 4-H club children who *x-
i_hibit a t .the county fa ir n e x t fall
will find th a t th e ir beef s te e r
en tries will fa ll into different
' classes th an before. In stea d ol
having all ste e rs divided into sen-
' ior and junior classes th ey will -be
divided into fo u r sizes ra n g in g
from 650 for the sm allest to 1300
for th e larg e st, .W h a t w eights
wjjj m a rk. the' upper- a n d ^ lo w tr
¡ b rack ets of each division is not
yet known. P rizes will be chang-
ej to m eet the new m ethod of
( dividing steers.
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W ashington, D. C., Ja n 4— T here
was a scare in th e a g ric u ltu ra l
a r eas o f th e Pacific n o rth w est
w h :n S ecretary o f A g ricu ltu re
H en ry A. W allace issued his new
farm pro g ram . One rule is th a t
loans will not be allow ed fo r fa rm ­
ers w ith one cash crop, th is reatric
tion b eing intended to encourage
diversification. T h is is the rule- to
apply to PSA loans and w as so
declared, b u t w h e at grow ers, hop
N ineteen hundred Oregon fa rm ­
g row ers and o th ers w'ho specialize
e rs used the g o v ern m en t’s w heat
in one crop (fa rm e rs not connected
loan' program in securing im m edi­
w ith FSA a t all) had the idea it
ate cash from th e ir 1939 h arv ests,
affected thorn. T elegram s and lei-
, , .
. thus enabling them to aw ait b etter
ter« w ere rushed to
¡-marUeU before selling th e ir w heat.
the W ashington and Oregon
according to a year-end sum m ary
g âtio n s in p ro test.
| by the s ta te AAA office in Cor-
Am ong other -things affecting j vallis.
the n o rth w est in the present con- ! F arm ers borrow ed nearly three
g ltasio n g l session is W allace’s plan j and a h alf m illion d o llars from the
fo r a certificate prograrp to aid . governm ent, p u ttin g up approxi-
in p arity paym ents. The plan has ■ m ately 5,750,000 bushels of w heat
been m eeting w ith objection from I a? security.
T hese loan figures
S ecretary of T re a su ry M orgenthau j are som ew hat sm aller th an those
alth o u g h it doe* not ta k e a nickel , of a y ear ago, acording to the s-tate
out of th e tre a s u ry . F arm ers, | office, probably because of higher
aay« W allace, a re now g e ttin g only , m ark e t prices th an prevailed in
75 percen t o f p a rity and th e c e r­ 1938.
“F a rm e rs found th e loan pro-
tificate plan will m aterially aid in
b rid g in g the g ap .
— j gram of special value d u rin g July
T h a t the consum er need have ; and A u g u st,” said W ill*S teen of
no fta r, W allace explains th a t even M ilton, ch a iim a n of the s ta te a g ­
a t p a rity prices th e av e rag e cost ricu ltu ral conservation com m ittee.
of w h eat in a n e ig h t or ten ceni “ D uring both th ese m onths, grow ­
loaf of bread is only 1.8 cents. ers could borrow m ore on th e ir
T his would be 0.7 cent m ore per w heat from th e governm ent than
loaf of bread th an in O ctober, J they could g e t on th e m ark e t. If
1939, w h .n th e average fa rm price there had been no loan pro g ram ,
of w h e at was 70.3 cents. T he c e r­ m any would have been forced to
tificate pian is needed, . assent* .sell on the low m a rk e t and would
W allace, to p ro tect farm income, have lost thousands of d o llars.”
S teen pointed out, also*, th a t the
the soil, the consum er and national
loan program w as a su stain in g in­
income.
R econstruction Finance C orpora­ fluence on A m erican w heat m a rk ­
tion received a shock a few days ets which norm ally follow world
ago.
The board was in session m ark e t tread s. This last y ea r the
and ab o u t -to approve a loan of Liverpool w heat m ark et fell to
$275,000 to PU D No. 2j}flP acific thi low est point since 1892 and
county, W ashington, when** wire O rtg o b fa rm e rs m ig h t have ex­
was handed the m em bers th an k in g pected to g et only feed grain
the board fo r its consideiation pjicc-3 for th eir w heat, according
but ex p laining th a t PUD No. 2 to Steen. Yet a t no tim e did the
had closed a deal to obtain its A m erican m a rk e t fall very fa r
finances from W all S treet. This bt low the level of 50 to 60 cents
was th e first public u tility d istric t ! set by th e loan program , com pared
to reach the p oint of borrow ing with 1932 fa rm prices as low as
governm ent m oney to function. 25 cents with higher world prices
O ther d istricts m ay now m ake a p ­ than this p ast y ear.
To d ate, O regon fa rm ers have
plication.
redeem ed less th a n 20 per cent of
G overnm ent officials have refus- th e ir w heat und r loan despite
ed a req u est from religious groups i cv rre n t h ig h er prices, Steen said,
th a t when the census is taken -ndicatin g they are satisfied a t
every person b e 'a sk e d if he or she • p re sen t wi*th th e loan retu rn ,
believes in God. A second ques- j Many are holding for a possible
tion, also rejected, w as, “ If you fu rth e r rise before th ere will be
do not belong to a church, w hat a gen ral move to redeem wheai
church would you p refer if you and sell it.
s
joined
any?”
S ta tistic s
have
D ecem br 31 w as th e final d ate
been g ath ered by the census on for borrow ing on th e 1939 loan
the num ber belonging to the v ar­ program . All w h eat loans will
ious denom inations., b u t officials n iatu re on A pril 30, 1940
hold th a t it is not the gov. riim ent's j _ ... _ ------------
business to inquire into w hether
,
m v A iQ
an individual is a C hristian or ■ SON BORN TO JOYALS
i AS N EW Y EA R A R R IV ES
a pagan.
Most Wheat Farmers
Take Wheat Loans
For 1940 Jobs
No Change Made In
County Officials By
Yearly Appointments
The J a n u a ry c o u rt m eeting, a l­
ways the m ost im p o rtan t of the
year, b ro u g h t little ex citem en t
when it occur<d W ednesday as
there was no dispute ab o u t th e
num erous ap p o in tm en ts th a t have
to be m ade an nually.
The sheaf of bills on the g en ­
eral and road funds w ere paid in
due course w ithout arg u m e n t and
the applications of W. H. Mc­
Donald, H. H. W illard, C. H. L inde­
m an and G eorge F. M cKay fo r
Class C b eer licenses allowed.
The rep o rt of the resigned
health nurse, K ath rine Morse a n d
the county health officer were ac­
cepted w ithout im p o rtan t com m ent.
The Sherm an C ounty Jo u rn a l
w as named as co u n ty official paper,
C. C. Wilson m ade tru a n t officer
and O. G. H ilderbrand renam ed to
the fa ir board fo r a th ree y ear
term .
Roadviewers for the y e a r will be
L. L. Peetz, Roy Pow-ell and H. A.
W alker. The court, itself, will
ad m in ister DeMoss park. L. L.
Peetz will continue as road m aster.
The tax tu rn o v er of th e sheriff
was accepted as w as the re p o rt
of the tre a s u re r for the m onth.
Two hundred n am es w ere d raw n
from the poll books fo r the ju ry
list fo r 1940 and th e co u rt a g re e d
to view roads T hursday.
Official County Paper
5, lM t
Power line patrol» o f . Pacific
Powei- & Light Company kept
close check on the weather :n the
Columbia gorge thia .Week, on
guard -for the first .indication of
another sudden ice storm such as
the one which ushered hi the New
year iMonday b y ' I Interrupting
electric service in much of the Mid
Columbia territory. * Moro, Was­
co, and Grass Valiev w ere without
electricity a» a result orf the ice
storm from 2:29 to 8:4(5, although
it required a hazardous 19 hour
battle by P.P.AL. repair crews to
clear away the damage left by- the
storm
and corup lately restore
service.
,
R. V. Lockhart, local agen t for
P. P, A L., expressed hi* apprecia­
tion of the attitude .o f the people
of Sherman coqnty ik connection
w ith -the disruption q g jM r r tc e , ^Br
tic u la rly when the trouble causing
storm w as so localized.
The storm cen tered ap p a ren tly
in an area only a m ile o r «o long
on Indian M ountain, jus* east of
Hood River. T here w as little or
no icing a t lower altitu d e s. Pacific
com pany’s 66,000-volt
tra n s m is ­
sion line which serve«. th is a rea
crosses Indian M ountain th ro u g h
th e h e a rt of the a re a h it by the
sudden ice storm . The foot-thick
sh eath of ice first b ro k / one o f the
lines ab o u t 7:30 a. m. Monday and
fo u r hours la te r snap|>ed off a
pow er pole and whipped an o th er
o u t of the ground and th re w It
fifty fe e t down hill, v
v
All ’a vailable re p a ir men from
The Dalles and Hood R irw . with
help from Goldendale and W ish-
rani, worked steadily throughout
the
holiday
to
finally clear
the br.ak entirely at 2.30 a. m..
Tuesday. By dropping industrial
loads entirely and cu ttin g out ver-
ious -parts of The Dajfcs during
the day, the. oosnpaay
able to
supply p artia l service to p a r t of
the te rrito ry while th e re p a ir
crews fo u g h t to re p a ir the dam age.
Th? b re a k th rew th e e n tire load
of te rrito ry on only one plant,
th a t a t W hite R iver, which w as
not able to supply enough c u rre n t
to fill the e n tire dem and.
1939 Breaks
Drouth Record
By .26 Inch
County Gets
Final Turnover
$600 for Coyote of Taxes Sends
Eradication
Sherman county was allowed Total Over Roll
Last Week Stern
Brings Moisture Up
ButNutEMUgh
Developments o f the weather
during the past week dem onstrat­
ed again that prophesying the,
weather is dangerous practice.
With but four days to go the d e­
ficiency in the moisture for the
calendar year w a ^ l.0 6 Inches with
what looked to he good indications
tnat fallin g weather was at an
end. It looked as though the 6.69
inch fa ll o f 1,930 was to be deoisive-
•y worsted in 1939.
Then came a rain of .25 that
froze on the earth securely and
the next night another .18, and
then .08 and then -the final day of
the year .28 alm ost enough to
leave 1930 still the driest year.
Not quite, howwvtr, for 1939
ended with 6.43 inches of rainfall
.26 drier than any year since
record keeping began.
December did mors than any
ether month to end the dry spell
as 2.09 inches fell that month to
i x s t the average of 1.61 for the
final month of the year.
$600 from the predatory animal
control by the department of agri-
cultv re reports W. H. Lytle, chief
of the division of annual industry.
Fourteen other counties were a l­
located funds totalling
$17,250
which together with the ?11,-
700 from the gam e co m m it J on
will give thd counties some funds
to kill predators.
The to tal i-ppropriation, rem ain ­
d er of th e $36,000 voted fo r th is
work by th^ 1939 legislature, is
based on necessity fo r control and
financial cooperation received from
•‘.he counties.
Reserving m oney w ere B aker
county, $900;
Gilliam , $1500,
G ra n t, $2000; H arn ey , $1500. Jack -
son, $1600; K lam ath , $1000; Lake
$1500; M alheur, $750; M arion,
$500; M orrow, $1500; U m atilla,
$1000; W allowa, $1000; Wasco,
$190(1; W heeler, $1000.
$27,000 To Be Paid
To County and
Taxing Units Soon
The final tax tu rn o v er fo r the
year b ro u g h t th e total of tax col­
lection up to 115% of thi- 1939 roll
according to inform ation released
from the office of C. C. W ilson,
shei iff. The 1939 roll was $154.-
037.36 and $178,636.49 was collect­
ed I t ; cu rren t and delinquent tax»>
d u rin g th e tw elve month».
T liis final turnover totaled $27,-
318.69 and delinquent taxes repre-
reaented $15,140.77 of this total
and current taxes $12,177.92.
M>st surprising is tha amount
of tax es collected on very old de­
linquencies.
F o r 1931 and prior
years $4280.88, for 1932 $2879.14,
fo r 1933-34 $1469.42, fo r 1936
$1211.38, f o r ’ 1934 $1811.46, for
1937 $1317.28, f<’ 1938 $2171.39.
,County Balance ’ p
Oregon Drivers
More Careful
Several taxing unite fared very
well in the division. Tax payments
of delinquencies brought the city
of Moro’s receipts up by $1884.16
and the Kent schaol district fared
equally well and several other» will
be turpriaed at the »ize of their
receipt« from Chis final 1939 tax
turnover.
Paym ent of this tax brings the
county’s bank balance up to near­
ly $125,000.00 with no debta to
pay and only a little money tied
up in sinking funde. A goodly
part o f thi* will» of o0ur«e, be
paid out to the taxing units that
obtain their fund» through the
county but a tidy sum will remain
to at art the official county year on.
Oregon’s death rate for the first
eleven month» cd thia year was
South End Dry
11^ as compared to a rate o f L2.6
The south end of the county for the same period last year. The
suffered more seriously than did death rate for .the state for the en­
the central and northern parts tire year of 1938 was 12.7.
Oregon drivers are to be con­
during the year from a moisture
rtandpotet. A t Grass Valley the gratulated on the showing made
precipitation w as 6.6 6 , a t B o u w m >o far thia year, Snell declared, fif
4.64, *nd at Kent 4.63 neepratng this record la sustained through
1° records taken <by lArseU Leaaloy, the month o f D i f a r t h er , th e moat
dangerous month a f the year *o
Henry Petem and J.
the-Ffar a s traffic accidents are <®n-
The rain storm that
year brought 2.37 inches In Moro eem ed, Oregon can be Justly proud
as * total, 2.44 a t Graas Valley, of its reord for 1939.
2.19 at Bouibon and 1.61 to Kent.
E rn e st Linwood W eld, p io n eer of
A large part of thi» moisture
Sherm an county and re sid e n t fo r
fell as rain which fro z e to tree
six ty years, died in T h e D alles
limb« and gras« making travel
hospital F rid a y of la st Week fro m
very
dangerous apd breaking many
pneum onia which cam e upon him
limb«
from the trees in some sec-
suddenly W ednesday before his
tie ns o f the county. A t Moro warm
Snell- have not bee« afele
death.
er current» cleared the trees la«t By A. L. Liadbeck
Mr. W eld .w as born in Tonica,
Unable to agree on a state for­ agree on his successor, both
Friday and again Tuesday night
Illinois, O ctober 10, 1865 • b u t
ester to succeed J. W. Ferguson, these, official» having their swn
but slightly higher land has not
moved early in life to the w est.
resigned, the state board o f fores­ candidate for this lucrative post
had this relief. A t Kent the try, m e e tin g here Friday, called which carries with it a salary of
In th e late seventies, alth o u g h but
weather cleared Monday night and
a boy. he w as riding the g ra s s
in Carl L. Davi«, Coos county $5300 a year.
the ice was said to 'be gone alm ost
A new rumor gaining circula­
covered hills of Sh rm an county
logging operator and lumberman,
ntirely by Tuesday.
for so m e-o f the stockm en whose
to take over the affairs of th e de­ tion this week has it that Fry may
H ighw ays were very slick for a
c a ttle ranged here.
partment tenrjporarily. Darts, 54 be retained as chief deputy to tht
day or tw o b u t w ere g enerally
He was m arried in W asco in
ard a Republican, came too Oregon Board of Control secretary—w ho­
cleared b y the first o f '“th e week
M arch, 1898 and to this union w as
The fu n eral
o f Mrs. Ruby so as to be safe unless being re­ 25 y ears ago from Minnesota and ever that may be— assigned to
loom one son, W ayland. 'Mrs. Weld P e tty s was held from th e Com m u­
has been engaged in the lumber control over the purchasing divi­
' Survives a s does his son, who lives nity church S u nday afte rn o o n a t cently frozen.
and logging businew in Coos and sion. Should such an arrangement
; }n P o rtiand-
a b ro th e r, R ay in
the
w
e.k
.
W
eath
er
fo
r
Linn counties every since. Governor materialize it would mean a re­
two o’clock w ith Rev. H . G. H an ­
Prec Sprague- in announcing the selec­ organization of the purchasing
Min
Max
¡P o rtlan d , 'F r a n k in Springfield, sen officiating and Zells in ch arg e.
25
'.three siste rs, M rs. A. W. C lark of
38
tion o f Davie a» temporary head staff and probably the release of
IMrs. Ruby R ust F airchild P e tty s
.25 of the forertry department declar­ one of the three assistants now de­
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31
M ilwaukie, Mrs. B ertha H ailey of was b o m in Colusa, C alifo rn ia,
.18 ed that he was not an applicant voting full time to state purch­
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32
F o re st Grove and Mrs. H a ttie D cember 13, 1870, and cam e to
.08 for the job and was not aware ase«.
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35
S a rg e n t of Boone, Iowa and two Oregon w ith h e r p a re n ts in th e
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32
grandhildren.
tliat the board was considering
e a ’ ly eighties settlinjg on a hom e­
.12 him until he wa* notified by tele-
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32
T hi funeral w as held T uesday stead about two pipes so u th of
Oregon industries have experi­
.17 prone following the adjournment enced their best year in a decade
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i afternoon a t two o’clock from 'the Moro w here she g rew to m atu rity .
1.08
W asco M ethodist
church w ith
judged b y records, of the State In­
of the meeting here.
For the g re a te r p a r t o f h er life
R v. F. L. C annell in ch arg e. In ­ she has lived i i r ttoe so u th w est
dustrial Accident commission. Re­
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tel m eni was m ade in the local Odd p a rt of the c o u n ty ' w here she
Friends of Dan Fry, state pur­ ports to the commission indicate
Fellow s cem etery w ith th e K n ig h ts m oved on her m arriag e to C ash
chasing agent, are urging his ap­ that 1939 industrial payrolls in this
of P y th ia s giving grav esid e s e r­ F airchilds in th e early nineties.
pointment to the post of director state will total approximately
vices.
of the Federal Housing Adminis­ $158,000,000 an increase o f $11,-
The m in ister a p p ro p riately r e ­
Mr. W .Id one tim e farm ed near fe rre d to the h ard sh ip s and diffi­
tration for Oregon, to succeed the 000,000 over 1938 and setting a
W asco and of late years, until his culties o f her life and com m ented
Bob King of Grass Valley and late Jamieson Parker of Port­ new 10-ye«r record.
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re tire m en t a few years ago, was on the d eterm in atio n w ith which Bob McDonald o f The Dalle« left land. Fry, reputedly slated to lose
Talk
may
be
cheap but residents
active in the road building p ro­ she m et her trouble» an d h e r un­ this week for -Ogden, Utah and his state job to a Republican, ad­
of
Oregon
p
aid
-a total of $76,-
gram of th e county. -
fa ilin g good hum or w ith h er l o t
Denver, Colorado, to attend two m its that he is “interested” al­
326,769
in
telephone
rentals and
She w as laid .to nest in th e old livestock shows in company with though denying that he. has been
T he in fan t son of IMr. and M rs.
PW A announces v ’thait it has
tolls during 1938, according to re­
actively
seeking
the
federal
job.
H
eibert
Chandler
o
f
Baker.
Both
B
ap
tist
c
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m
e
te
ry
b
y
th
e
side
o
f
C. Pardons, ex am in er of o p era-
aided education in O regon and J ta n Joyal of W asco is m ost
T he rumor of F ry’s ouster per­ ports compiled by Public U tilities
fo r he to rs and chauffeurs, was here W edjkiher fa th e r and m other and (broth- beys are former winners of the
W ashington su b stan tially . In O re­ tru ly a New __ Y e a ~ r’s «« baby
Commissioner Bean. Bean’s report
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fo r his first trip th ro u g h er Lot. ‘S urviving a rt a son Glenn grand prize at the Pacific ilnter- sists in capital circles although
gon it has had 136 school projects, was born in The D alles before the
shows that every dollar collected
first
reports
that
he
was
to
be
le-
of
W
amic,
two
d
a
u
g
h
te
rs,
M
rs
nrtional.
m aking loans of $1,495,050 and w histles th a t b y custom proclaim tb.is-county. He is tak n g th : place
Bob and his brother, Don, rec­ placeJ the first of the year did by the telephone utilities 14.44
Em m a J a n tz e r of Fossil an d H azel
giving g ra n ts of $5,203/504. In the new year had stopped blow ing. r f C. M. B entley who has m ade this
for. taxes.
of D allesport; tw o «iaters, Mrs. ently bought twe, registered Short­ not materialize, probably because cents was paid • out
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W ashington th ere were 166 pro­ He came in w ith 1940 and the te rrito ry fo r several y ears an d
horn
calves
from
the
Broughton
the
two
Republican
members
on
He is a v/ho will cover the. ea ste rn p a rt of May Nicholson and M rs. Maud
jects, w ith loans of $435,000 and ckcac’s of th e fo rties.
When
Uncle
Sam
attempted
g r a n d s o n « ^ ,Mr. and M rs.E v erett the d istrict. Mr. P arsons will be Watson, and several grandchil- herd at Dayton, W ashington and a the Board of Control— Governor
g ra n ts of $7,030,870.
C ontinued on page tw o
Sprague and Secretary of State
Duroc gilt from R itter Bros.
dren and nephews.
here again J a n u a ry 31.
“ U se” tax es, such as W ashing- i McQuellen.
ton sta te collects from p e r s o n s , ----
who buy outside the s ta te .to avoid
the sales tax , will be cited as <?ne
of th e b arriers betw een s ta te s in
the general in v estig atio n of th is
subject.
E ig hteen sta te s have
“ use” taxes. O ther b a rrie rs to be
IMarch 10— E xplanation of new road petition« from many parts ol win field meet. Mormon; crickets D. E. Stephens visit* from new
probed a re the q u aran tin e statio n s i Ja n . 6— C ounty co u rt discusses G rass Valley teachers injured* in
dial
telephone« made by com pany county. Crop conditions held Un­ invudd fields east of Wasco. Rat­ home.
wreck.
of
R
attlesnake
road.
Now
s e t up by C alifornia on all roads c'.ufcing
Feb. 10— N e arly h alf m illibn rep resentative«. R ufus w ins b as- favorable. Bob King w ins second tlesnake closing petition , post­
lead in g into th a t s ta te ; to b a c -{city* officers installed in th e towns
June 9— Some moisture found
co ta x e s (in 20 sta te s) which are of th ' county. M rs. H an s Koepke bushels of w hite w h eat sold fro m ket ball tournament. Henry Rug- , and fourth a t $qn Francisco fair, poned.
in favored spots. Grass Valley
j April 14— Moisture tests indi-
Sherm an county.
S co tt F o rtn e r gles dies at age of 78.
May 12— Life history of M or­ B aptist church burns down, j
re su ltin g in bootlegging tobacco; b u ri;d a t G rass Valley.
M arch 17— Mrs. 1A. M. Young cate that south snd of the county mon cricket» told by entymologiat.
the preferen ce given to local p ro -j J? n . 13— 1939 leg isla tu re began and M arjory 'Blake m a rrie d . Slick
June 16— John Wilt buried in
dies after being bedfast w ith in-
< r e * W percentage o f m ois­ Work started on 1939 fair. Little
ducts for state in stitu tio n s in 28 in new cap ital. Moro high school road's caus< m inor accidents.
Moro
after sudden death. Field
tu
re
in
measurable
feet.
Farm
Feb.
17—
Bob
K
ing
and
F
ran
k
moisture
remaining
under
wheat.
s ta te s ; a p re fere n tia l given to boys win th re e gam es in first
jured hip. New pum p bought lo r
d a / w ell attended. City decide«
plan
and
estim
ate
sheets
being
B
orstel
chosen
to
a
tte
n
d
von
citv of Moro.
local bidders (O regon), and s-tatf week nf play.
•
May 19— Lamb show ready a t to have .Fourth street oiled. Grain
filltd out b y farmers. New city
resid en ts favored over out-sltate in
J a n . 20—P rem ium above federal w orld’s f a ir w ith club c a lv e , Land . Mgrch 24_ Moro B rea k fast
Wasco. Forty to graduate from Growers elect new officers.
W. w(> farm er, ibuild- pump installed.
the m a tte r of public em ploym ent. Ioan value offered fo r w hite w heat. U se com m ittee estim ates th a t
Sherman county high, school*.
-June 23— George (Barnet first
acres
"ceded
‘»
Provide
(tra
ss
serd.
•
jng
]ine
f
o
r
eleeW c
M rl
D
;
t
e
i
fo
r
Sherm
an
county
fa
ir
set.
April 21—.High school track One fifth inch of rain encourages
» * *
I
farmer to collect insurance. Little
Jan
.
27—
M
rs.
Lucy
R
uggles
Ftib
2
4
-1
9
3
9
fa
rm
■
p
aym
ents
E
m
m
a
:S
ch
ad
ew
lti
b
u
ried
Tues-
meet
due
Saturday.
(MJoro
Break­
W ildlife division in the national
from the eovernm ent expected to
Fe<lera| w lw al ,0>ns rte<rly fa st club set clean up day date. farmers.
internet shown in school election.
p ark service (O rater lake, R ainier, honored on h e r 82nd b irth d ay .
May
26—
Wheat
loan
rate
set
at
J.
IP. Y ates store robbed o f mer­
W ork going on b y county road to ta 1 $580,000. L ittle B angs d is­ due.
Wheat league officer» from thia
Olym pic) have been tra n sfe rre d
78 cent» Portland. Lamb show chandise.
c r e v . P ossibility of new pum p ease found h e r e b y te s tin g v e te r­
county
broadcast
aim
s.
to the biological survey, th e or­
March 31— Breakfast club ap­
successful again. Grass Valley to.
inarian.
June 30— County crop estim ated
April 28— 33rd county declama­
g anization known to every sports­ for I loro being discussed.
points
com m ittees for years work.
March 3— F a rm e rs warned^, to
drill new well.
,pe b 3.—N otification of lower
at
«1,600.000 bushels. Government
tory
contest
billed.
.Wasco
ha«
m an, fa rm er and stockm an. Chief•
follow o rd e rs carefully re g ard in g SCS doing’ ex peri man ta i work in
June 2—County Agent hears tells farm ers how much wheat
clean up day and community ball
o f the su rvey ^» Ira • Qabrielaon, rates for electric power made by
soil
conservation.
ICCC
camp
be­
g ra ss seedings. C ounty teac h ers
that cultivation will kill morning they can grow in 1940. Moro and
game.
fo rm e rly in th e field 'in Oregon Pacific Pow er & L ig h t Co. H art-
L y G arage and O range F ro n t C afe mee* fo r cfcnf;rence. W asco Gar- ing removed*.
glory
at weed experiment station. Wasco cldbe picnic and play ball.
May 5—Ora»» Valley and Waaco
April 7—County court hear»
at C rass V alley broekn into. T h ree den club p re sen ts play.
. «
Continued on P a g e T w o
Ernie Weld Dies
Of Pneumonia
State Forestry Board Appoints
Cart Davis Chief Forester
Mrs. Ruby Pettys
Buried Sunday
Bob King Leaves
For Two Stock Shows
of News Events of
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