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About Sherman County journal. (Moro, Or.) 1931-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 12, 1940)
4 JL , i j- F ifty-S econ d Y ear N o . 10 \More Women Meet and Hear l--_ * '< Local Speakers Moro, Oregon. Friday. January 12, 1940 County Agent Same Boy; Same Man; Old Calf Makes ReportOn Official County Paper Moro Gets A Little More Out of Hole 1940 Starts With Moisture In • * ■' The Mtoro- Woman’s club met January 5th with a go-od ’ a tte n Moro city council m et Tuesday dance “ considering the great night for its first gathering of Great Variety of Jobs am ount of illness in the commu 1940 and reelected the appointive nity. Drouth of Past Year officers for another period, a t the Done In Year By A numiber of (business affairs same salaries th a t were paid in Well Broken In Last were taken are of during the a f 1939. Jack Cothran will be m ar Farmers’ Servant te rn o o n / Among them was the shall, George Williams water col Month; Hopes Raised appointm ent of the nominating lector and Charles Ruggles, re The report of the county agent* and progaam committees, the fo r corder. The weather for the past week W ashington, D. C., Jan. 11.— mer for the purpose of selecting for 1939, duly compiled, accepted Because pf the turnover of taxes has been exactly what the farm er Legislative influence of W ashing the officers for the coming year, by the powers that be, bound and for the final period of 1939 which would have ordered if he had ton and Oregon will be exerted and the la tte r to prepare the pro returned for perusal gives a pic brought an unexpected sum of been consulted by the celestial to have restored many of the cuts gram for the same. . ture of w hat one of these servants money into the treasury it was w aiter. It has been snow, nice, The program for the day was , of ,h ® farn’e’ doe’ durin« « t 'velvt made by President Roosevelt in voted to not only pay the interest damp, wet, soggy snow and over the budget. As soon as the bud- u rd er direction of Mrs. Ross Orn- . ni07it'1- on the* outstanding bonds, a half most of the county it has fallen get became public and the slashes ; duff, who read the poem titled ‘ For instance: 84 days devoted yea»* of which was due January gradually with little drifting, un were apparent, a movement was “Appreciation.’’ She then presen- to agricultural conservation work, fi-st, but to take up $2000 in w ater til it has piled up to a depth of started to get more money for ted the following program : An 128 days in office work, 192 days bonds at the same time. This pay from five to ten inche« depending Bonneville and Grand Coulee. The , article read by Mrs. M. G. Mel- | *n field, 622 farm or home ment will reduce the city’s in on the p art of the county and the latte r was given an e s tim a te d ! I zer on “Indian W elfare.” A paper v isits, 4989 office calls met, 1802 debtedness to $26,600. I t will al optimism of the reporter. $12,000,000 for the fiscal year 1941 on “Youth Hostels” was prepar- office telephone calls received, so pay bonds that would in the The highway crew has been fit was $23,000,000 for the current* ed and read by Mrs. Millard Ea- 3897 letters w ritten, 30 circular regular course be due in 1941, kept busy shoving snow off the fiscal 1940), and Bonneville was kin explaining ju st what Hostels letters sent out* 333 bulletins dis- 1942 and one $500 th at would be highways but as it has fallen cut to $6,000,000. aie and the great need of them tributed and extension meetings i due in 1943. Interest, which is. at rath er slowly this has been done Representatives of the two states ; throughout the United States for ' held which were attended by 2263 four percent, will be reduced by \e ry well. The highway has been will appear before the ways and the . benefit of the youth of our Persons. ** - • • • - • $80 per year by the action of the slick a large part of the time be T h is . means th a t the county means committee of the house and country. council. cause of packed snow but many M rs. Ornduff gave a paper on agent called twice on every farm - piesent argum ents fo r larger have traveled it. w ithout chains sums. Backers of Grand Coulee “ Community Service.’’ The mem- ei in the county, received the and no serious accidents have o o are anxious to expediate compie- ' ber? sang two songs l^d by Mrs. average farm er in his office fifteen curred although several have slid tim es, talked to the average farm tion of the project. Bonneville boos M artha Cope. pff the highwa y ,.__ ______ __ _ er about five” t imes over thv phone A£rs W ih r TóUi1 ffiòTè generators--- The n ex t me e ting wll lx* held on installed. With present installa- ! January 19, under the direction and wrote an average of over ten Bob King, whose record for win- i has entered^ He was also winner Iluya Warm Thursday evening nmg prizes with fa t c a l v e a j i ^ the San tion and generators being manufac ! of the dram a departm ent. A very letters to each one. The weather has been warm and Laura Sather, Grand 'M arshal; fared, Bonneville will have six. i interesting program is being pre- brought distinction to Sherman Francisco fair last year. ( Smut Reported Serious no temperature more than eight Lola B arnet, D istrict, assisted by Tbe complete plan calls for ten pered. county, added another laurel to He is in Denver this week with degrees below freezing has been Clara Helyer, Grand T reasurer; units. his Jist last week when his One section of the book, thaV an o th er calf. experienced up until Wednesday. Brooks Helyer, Grand Secretary; Hereford calf was adjudged to be PRODUCTION FIGURES ASKED dialin* with smut* * ives sam€ in_ Floye von Borstel, Grand W arden; The snow covering on the ground Reclamation will proceed under form ation th at is not pleasant for the best a t the stock show in Bvttha M atthes, Inside guardian; is wet enough to prevent drifting Ogden, U tah. a slow bell. 'At the last minute Production figures for 1939 Sherman county farm ers. It shows Fsrnk von Borstel, C haplain; and except under very unfortunate con Bob is 18, a senior in the Grass there was stricken from the bud- i wheat m ust be turned in to the that the percentage of sm utty Mildred Norton, muaician, install ditions, has encouraged farmers get an estim ate or a tunnel toi^IDce °f the county agent before wheat has increased in the last Valley high school, and a son of ed the following officers: -Past whose newly sown wheat needs the drain the w aters from Tule lake Ja n u ary 20 as the yield data for two years until in Wasco 34.7 Mr. and Mrs. Glen King. He won Noble Grand, Floye von Borstel; protection. grand champion at the Pacific In into lower Klamath lake. Until pb®* period m ust be given bo the percent of the wheat was sm utty, Mrs. Katherine Johnson, 91, Noble Grand, Pearl Guyton; Vice The first few days of the storm , thi«: project is undertaken, Klam- < ccunty agent. It will be necessary in Moro 11.5 percent and in Grass ternational in 1938 and has al- , ■ »ay* placed ,ome of his calves in ploDe' r 11of Sherman county died brought 1.08 inches of moisture Grand, Margaret Mobley; Secre hth Falls will continue to be sub- to drop 1929 and replace it with Valley 10.0 percent. the top b rack ets in every show he i p‘ a” fu11» at her >»•»« >" Wasco tary, Ollie H elyer; Treasurer, 1 and the snow added .99 to bring jeoted to dust storm s. Deschutes 1939 and the inform ation is need- The report indicates that the | Friday night. She had ju st been Letitia Wilson: _ Warden, Edith the total of the storm to 2.07. Of project is cut a few thousand ed to m ake th at change, which acreage of crested wheat has de- i put to bed by her nurse, who had Lyons; Conductor, Helen Wilson this amount 1.28 must be credited dollars, but remains at practically i W1ii n° t be generally helpful to creased In 1939 as compared to been called because of a slight Inside Guardian, Marguerite Deck to 1940. The normal for January $400,000. Work will continue on ¡.the farm ers of the county fo r 19,381-the reduction being in excess illness, when she passed away in er; Outside Gfrardian, Edna Schill is 1.61 indhee and over two thirds Wickiup and the 500 CCC enrol- J 1929 was a better year for yields of 2000 acres. 1 her sleep. ing; Chaplain, Helen Saither, of it has fallen by the firat third lees will be available. 1 than was 1939 The report of the cricket scare | Mrs. Johnson was born n Ten- musician, Nan Smith; R.S.N.G., of the month. . .. , , « of last summer, the story of some Prec. Min Max r.esee, December 14, 1848 and Dorothy Dunlap; L.SJ4.G., Brooks Date A m eeting of the county land . . . .. , If congress does not increase David Clarence Hoskinson, 18, _____ „ ;i, __ _ „ of the 4-H club work done, the 43 33 .33 4 Helyer; R.S.V.G. L aura Sather; I came with her husband to what is the budget for Bonneville th<re ui e committee will be held some job of handling the federal pro second son of Mr. and Mrs. Guy 47 31 to gram , community activities and a Hoskinson of Kent, died in The now Sherman county in 1884 re- and L.S.V.G., Phoebe McKay. Re 5 be an abundance of funds tim * •••’ e next : k week x'""~ according ~ 25* T * 37 X i freshm ents were served. n nr j j maining here to the end of her to build transm ission lines from LeRoy W right, county agent, for history ______ /„ agent work in Dalles Wednesday morning a fte r „ T|)e Jo of county 28 31 4 The card party held Saturday of planning r Pasco a s c u to « Midway .a w a y a and n a » Midway .a w a y to t o , I the — ¿ purpose --t™ ~ ..... S h e a rm mapping a n c o u n ty since l>ack in th e an operation .f o r appendicitis c„asfu||y near W>K<) untj, thejr 26 .28 31 night, Jan u ary 6, was successful, 8 Ellensburg; from Pasco to Pen- ; P™ J«t for the county or a p a rt > which he had undergone Friday .18 ~ ’ 25 32 retirem ent after which she lived with 36 people in attendance. The 9 dleton and Pendleton to La Grande 1 o f it. A comprehena.ve and use > of last week. 24 2Q 40 in Wasco. next party in the series will be 10 and Pasco to Colfax. Funds will | be a need m the near nroiects ro to make David was bom at Kent, May 5, .66 held February 3.TOTAL be avalabTe to c o n stru c t a t r a n s i t u re and p la n s f o r - * e r e to b e 1921 and has resided there m ost Civil War Veteran’s Widow ' up a report of over 200 pages. mission line from St. Johns to 1 made at the coming meeting all of his life, finishing high Mr,_ Johnson w .s one of ^ \ P u k l l C S c h o o l » Astoria, down the Columbia river; school last spring. He has been another from St. Johns to Tilla working for fu rth e r education last of the civil war veteran s widows in this p a rt of the state. mook. since graduation. Money will be ready for a su r He is survived by his parents, She came west in 1883 from Farm vey for a line into W aldport, Lin five brothers, Dan, Hugh, Gene, er City, Illinois, a numiber -of re By A. L. Lindbeck legislature, was completed thia coln county, and while work ia ; Edward and A rthur and three sis lated families making the trip to week. A rth u r S. Benson, clerk of Cost of operating Oregon’s pub gether, the Lee Johnsons, Pol progressing along the coast coun- ! July 7«—Wheat, sta rts coming in inspection Red Cross organiza- ters, Mary, Florence and Eleanor. the supreme court, who was for lic school system during 1938-39 in locks, Lynch«« Yates who all set ties of Oregon, a survey will cm - to elevators in Sherman county, tion meeting called. The funer al will be (held Friday merly quartered, on the third floor, creased more than $1,220,000 over 2 A A * A V . 1 1 . Z / A T A X Z Z V A — A « * * — A A * M A I S ' X X « A Oct. 6 .—Budget committee nam morning in Grass Valley, with tled in Oregon. made from Bonneville up the Des- Yates recovers some of stolen mer now occupies offices on the first the costs for the previous year chutes to Bend, in central Ore- chandrse. County pays bonds in ed by county court. Wasco festi mass a t ten o’clock in the Catholic She is survived by five aons, gun. ' ; — f L?n 0T1 date of m aturity. val brings fun and funds to libra church and funeral services a t Albert Sidney, J. Richard, John T., from $17,663,176 to $18,885,990— floor, sharing the space form erly according to figures compiled by occupied by the state library, with •There will be curtailm ent of < j ujy - 14—«Higher loan rates go ry. Sherman county’s relief costs 10:30 in the auditorium with in William B., and Charles M., all Rex Putnam , state superintendent four assistant attom eys-general. activities of the biological sur- j ¡nto effect for wheat. New public lowest, term ent in the Odd Fellows ceme of Wasco except the latter who of public instruction, from reports I H Van Winkle, attorney general, vev and the fisheries bureau, un- I welfare board has first m eet« « . I ^ . t - 13 ~ W heat league pro tery in (Moro. - - i ___ y 1. ___v has lately moved to Willamina, with his corps of clerk» and sten and one daughter, Mrs. ,Mae filed by co u n ty ’school superinten fess congress disregards the bud- - W heat returns make farm ers op- gram made up a t Arlington, ographers and three or four other dents. get recommendations—both ser- j timistic. ' W heat and stock from Sherman Michaels of Portland and many aids, occupy the west half of the This increase in school coats vices very im portant to the Pacific grand chldren. July 2 1 .-E » rl Belshee suffers « ’“ " ‘f. wi" s awards a t Pacific In' first floor. The seven supreme came too inspite of sm aller school northw est. Also hard hit are v ar b’oken leg by accidental fire of a ternatl0nal- The funeral was held Sunday enrollment and a reduction in the court justice« will remain on the ious functions of the departm ent gun. Roy B arnet’s combine tip- , Oct. .A 20.—Telephone from the Christian church of which number of teachers employed. third floor but will enjoy greatly , . x- company i of agriculture in Oregon and r , d over. Poley-S friends observe sites fo r autom atic plants to she was a long time member, with While there was an increase in enlarged office space by reason of W ashington. 26th arrival of doctor and family , bet u’ ed dlal 1 ^ ° " « - . Spring Oregon farm ers, who will re Rev. Wallace Patrick officiating. the numiber of children on the the tra n sfe r of the clerical force in Moro ' wheats do better than w inter on ceive about four million dollars Pallbearers were A. T. Striker, school census rolls from 269,663,- to the first floor. Army engineers are budgeted a • • • Julv 28.—W heat fire cause loss ! for cooperating with the 1939 ag ri Joe Brooks, Ed. Moon, W. D. W at to 270397, there was a loss of very small amount by the presi of 365 acres of gram. V nro„r„ t 1 O sets . property kins, Charles E verett and Pardy nearly 3000—from 210,219 to 207,- Mercury , ct./27.— State , . cultural conservation Prelim inary petitions for a pro program , to n J j valuations for county. County dent for river and harbor work have now received approxim ately Rich. Interm ent was made in the 546— in the public school enroll posed initiative measure which and the corps will have to count ,A u g u s t.- ih a rles Burnet buys bV ^ eto committee makes up bud- Wasco cemetery. ment. This enrollment loss was would close most places of busi pennies to barely get by. There is Fcx farm . F air board not ex get. School costs vary widely half this amount, according to the state AAA office in Corvallis. reflected entirely in the elemen ness throughout Oregon on Sun not enough money for them to pected to- enter tri-county race shown in study. Payment of the rem aining two tary school figures where the en day's and holidays, have been filed Nov. 3.—Triple A officers chos undertake new projects, and they association. Federation wheat does nfcllion dollars is going forw ard rollment dropped from 148,715 to with Secretary of S tate Snell. The en for another year in most cases. may not b« able to repair the best on station. rapidly, it was said. As soon as 144,794. Enrollm ent in the high m easure which is sponsored by south je tty a t the mouth of the August 11.— 1940 AAA said to Petition signed for road improve- county offices have completed ap schools of the state a t the same the Portland Grocery clerks union Columbia. The p ro g ram , desired be very similar to 1939 law. Moro I ™ent'. ,IA- C. Thompsons married plications of farm ers for pay time showed small increase from would exem pt candies, tobacco, for Port Orford, Coos bay, passes ordinance regulating bi- for sixty years. drugs and medicines, m otor fuel * The annual hearing of the state ments, they are sent to the state 62.063 to 62,752. Yaquina, Bay Ocean, the harbors cycles. Nov. 10.—U tility valuations office for approval and then fo r game commission pertaining to and oil, newspapers and magazines Paralleling this reduction in on the southwest Washington August 18,-lCounty acreage of • drop sliSh‘ly in Sherman county. warded to the U. S', disbursing angling regulations will be held in school enrollment there was also restaurants and theaters, from op coast, are all cramped. Farm ers take out insurance on Portland on February 16, at which a reduction in the number of eration of the proposed Sunday The president also made a deep wheat may be greater in 1940 by over half of crop sown. Fred Jus- office for payment. trme r sportsm en’s organizations teachers employed in the public elosing law. over 10,000 acres. Bank of Com Rate of payments for taking cut in the estim ate for flood con tesens celebrate golden wedding. part in the 1939 farm program is and others interested will be given • • • merce returned to stockholders schools from 7177 to 7064. This trol, which affects Walla Walla Nov. 17.—Banquet given . at Mrs. Joe Rogers, Sr., of Inde river, Columbia river, coastal a fte r liquidation. Ted Applegate Grass Valley for 4-H club work considerably ahead of the schedule an opportunity to sribmit their reduction oocurred entirely in the pendence is the second candidate returned to prison having broken ’recommendations concerning sea maintained a year ago, said N. C. ranks of elem entary school teach stream s and the W illam ette val ers. W heat league committees son'; and bag limits for game ers whose numbers declined from to file her declaration of intention parole. Donaldson, state executive as ley project. A ugust ¿5.—‘Grand Entry a r named. fish. sistant. 4851 to 4693. The number of high to enter the 1940 cam paign with * * » Nov. 24.—W heat league p ro Of particular interest is the pro school teachers gained from 2001 Secretary of S ta te Snell. M ra , On the other hand, the president ranged for local county fair. gram fully prepared. Mrs. Van posed closure of coastal w aters to to 2024 while there was a gain of Rogers, a (Republican, who wants has made increase«. The National School to open September 11. Gilder elected president of treas fishing for tro u t over ten inches 12 in the number of junior high to represent Polk county in the Sept. 1.—Crop insurance pays Resource« Planning board (o<f urers. Milk board hearing called. in length for a period of about school teachers, from 326 to 337. lower House of the state legisla farm ers in 1939. Donkey football which his unde, Frederic Delano, Dec.- 1.—E. R. Fatland speaks three months for the purpose of The per capita cost of educating ture, was defeated for th a t honor ¡3 chairm an)' is given $1,600,000, game added to fa ir program . a t Wasco. Budget for county cut protecting cutthroat tro u t coming high school students shows an when she ran as an independent Frasers horses win a t Gresham. an increase of $312,000; and the $700. Eleven (month rainfall low- The report of K atherine Morse, in from the ocean to spawn in the increase from $105.77 to $109.62 two years ago. office x>f government reports Sept. 8.—Uourt house to be re- 1 e?t on record. county health nurce who resigned streams. while the cost of educating pupils (which makes movies and furnish painted and repaired. Dell Olds , Dec. 8.—Three OCC boys hurt to enter m atrimony has been filed Resignation of Senate Presi in the grades increased from $90.- es government offtcials with radio wins car for catching b ig g e s t, when truck overturns. Five injur- with officials in charge of her "NEAR $300,000 COMES dent Robert M. Ddncan to accept 34 to approxm ately $94. facilities) receives $1,065,000. _ .. sr.lmon a t A storia, x----- --.•.............J ed in car wreck east of Wasco. work. Lucile Vale will take up , A total of $286,506.35 has been More than $460,000 was w hittl a seat on the circuit bench has Sept. 15.—B reakfast club goes Millages' lower than in 1939. the work here beginning the mid received in this county for distri ed from the bonded debt load of started the king makers on their Robert Fechner, who was direc £o The Dalles. E ntrants for fair ,.. Dec. 15.—W heat league meeting dle of February. bution through the A gricultural the school districts whose aggre pre-session tarie of picking a newr. tor of the CCC from its creation j a r r iv<». -School enrollments remain larg est, ever, 'Rain come« to The report covers communicable Conservation committee to farm gate outstanding bonds were re- «senate leader. «Not that Duncan’s until his death a few days ago, constant. break long drouth. disease, tuberculosis control, m at ers who followed the rules and ducedfrom $16,086,003 to $14,- resignation has any bearing oa ha3 a record th a t it unique. Of < Sept. 22.—AAA leaders come Dec. 22.—Wasco and Moro ser ernity service, infant and pre regulations of the government 627,964. O utstanding school w ar the situation one way or another. all the scores of men conn.cted to talk to farm ers. F air adjudged vice cluibs meet at Wasco. Decern-, school hygene, school service, mor close enough to comply. Thia is rants a t the same time were re It merely offered a convenient ex with adm inistrative positions dur- success a fter three fitful days. , ber W , x...B« more rain than any bidity service and work for crip- ! nearly all th a t will come from this brings duced by more than $226,000 from cuse on which to hang the bien ing the new deal, Fechner was the p at Cameron dies in The Dalles. 1 other 1939 month pled children. In conclusion Miss account this . year although an $1,484/679/to $1,268367/ nial guessing contest. Among only one who remained at the , gept. 29.—Paul Raver suggests | Dec. 29.—Federal funds received Morse states th at a six months effort is being made to make the those most prominently mentioned — -— —------ - -----_ ------ '—• I power district for this area. Farm - by complying farmers'. 1939 be- service is .am ple for Sherman Remodeling the supreme court ** Duncan’s roost likely suoceeeor 1940 payment earlier so*- th at it Conttnued on Page Tyo j ^ g ^ g order for government 1 comes 'driest year in history. , county under the present standard. will com< in the fall. building, authorized by the lazt. Continued en page .-----------_x__ ___ _ ____ i.- • •» . __. . . ____ . _ . ■ . ■ ’ 1 k . Years Activity Contrast To 1939 Bob King Wins Again With Club Calf; On To Denver Kent Rebekahs Install Officers Mrs. Kate Johnson Dies At Age Of 91 Davwl Heakinson Funeral Held Today Chronology For Last Half Of 1939 Compiled For Readers But Pupils Are Fewer Complying Fanners To Get 4 Million Game Commission Announces Hearing Lucille Vale Now County Nurse V -,—
