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About Sherman County journal. (Moro, Or.) 1931-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 2, 1940)
A y pa $ p .: ' -- - -- r , ---------------------- ■ THE SHERMAN. COUNTY JOU H N A I, MORO, OREGON ' mo ,1 /1 , " 'Y +R T D A Y . FEBRUARY 2, 1940 cases in due course. The establiah- I ed courts do well enough for most ' of us and there is little complaint .(Continued 1 j ♦ • — t * - / Shermaa County Observer ( Continued from page'one» . . 1 . 4 about the justice dispensed. It fa r received no intim ation as Established Nov. 2, 1888 * seem'1 th at we are getting into a w hat the Borad intend* to Grass Valley Journal bad sta te when we find it necessary to do about his job. Established Oct. 14, 1897 CONSOLIDATED March 6, 1931 for political or other reasons, to v i private courts for any on? The State Land Board has de- r Wasco News«Enterpriso ir ai y group. cidcd to accept an offer from the Established Nov. 1891 I U. S. Biological Survey of $2 an ' CONSOLIDATED March 4, 1932 GROUND HOG DAY ' 1 d<re for school lands located with Now again conies th? day for ! in the H art Mountain antelope PER O re the ground-hog, an animal that is I refuge in Lake county. The 14,166 . IAT1OR always the fore runner of spring, acres involved in the deal will yield ~ P r iu s never,'so it is said,-by more th a n , the school fund $28,330 which the ix weeks. [beard expeels to invest*'in bond i Published Every Friday at In-som e ways spring really be-j or first m ortgage, loans a t a sub- , Moro, Oregon — fluth ground-'tmg day for * stantial increase in yield over the * Editor then we—unw itting followers of three cents per acre now received Giles L. French Entered a i second-class m atter at uperstlt.on all-co n m d er th,- win- for the use of this land for graz- the Poatofflce at Moro, Oregon 1 .er nearly passed when the Aard- ing purposes. • * * under Act of Congress of March ' vark s presence indicates that An emergency appropriation to p rirg has arrived or his absence 3. 1879. hows that w inter will remain but finance Oregon’s participation in ! the San Francisco fair this year is I O FFICIA L COUNTY PAPER . short period longer. entirely up to the State 'Em ergen- j On ground-hog day wc n atu ral SUBSCRIPTION RATES ly »tview in our mtnds the job we cy Board according to A ttorney Payable in Advance .nter.ded to get done during the Generaf Van W inkle. The attorney ONE YEAR .................. ........ *L6U :nowy months, and, no doubt, find general in an opinion to Governor many of them still undone/ N at Sprague’ this week ruled th at it FEBRUARY 2, 1940 urally then, if we have machinery was entirely withift the authority to overhaul, feed to grind, build of the Emergency Board to deter-5 EX PERIM EN T STATION VALUE ings to repair or other winter mine whether the situation repre* The president's budget, it has time chore's 16 do we must be sented an emergency justifying the belatedly been announced, calls about it soon a fte r the marmot expenditure of state funds. for a reduction in the appropria give.; his warning. For .in the short * * * 'u tion for experiment stations in of a and a half, if in Residents of Oregop spent a Oregon so large as to seriously fact, T«« z-.4 there ibe any time at all, we total of $8,380,515.93. foT alcoholic Phil-Brady, president of the T eam sters Joint Council of Oregon, i >• shown signing the check to pay handicap the work, if passed. The must 'be up and doing the spring liquors -during the year ending for the purchas**ef a car load of Hood River Apples purchased by the T eam sters. Unions and distri local station would lose $2600 and time tasks. June 30, last, according to the an buted to charitable institutions and schools.' O thers in the picture a?e from left to right: the Pendleton station $4700. This In this climate we can expect nua1 report of the Oregon Lisuor Jack Schlaht, A. 0 . Garrison, J. G. Page, Jam es Klahre, M. E. S t.tie and William Ritchey. Klahre is cut hits the Oregon stations work fil.t days in February almost every Control Confmission. That amount m anager of the hood River A pples Growers Association, the others are num bers of the Team sters. ing with dry land agriculture most year despite the warnings of the represented an increase of $303,- 588.83 over the business e>f the Joint, Council Executive Board. • «, severely. ground-hog and while the weather There has been a call for econo may 'be generally rough and -un sta te ’s, liquor njopopoly during1 "the 7 my in federal government eiçpen- pleasant we constantly expect previous year.. The increase is ditures and the call m ust be heed- sunny days and thawing tem pera- accounted for .by higher liquor *4*unless we are to go on to im- ture<. an(j p]an on them. Spring, prices rather than a larger ve>lume possible financing schemes. The we reason, is nearly here and in of business. N et revenues of the objection to this cut is not th a t it a f w days some one is going to Liouor commission for the year saves money but that it curtails bring in the first buttercup of the amounted to $2,564,861.03. the expenditure for something .. that . year and w inter will definitely b has already proved its worth and , Oregon utilities including ra il A visitor to the experim ent sta-. haves in the budget many things '____________ roads, trucks and busses paid fees th at are experim ental. That atti- totalling $1,336,576 into the coffers tion a t Corvallis 12 y years ago tuae has been too co-rtunon in the While it is still winter and work o f the state during 1939, it was would have found less than an past few years. | is not pressing the force of this reported this week by O. R. Bean, The federal appropriation for newspaper would like to have sub- public utilities commissioner. The acre of irrigated pasture on the experim ental work on dry land scrip ?fs and others come in some growth of this departm ent as a statipn farm s. Today there are agriculture and cental crops and Thursday and watch the process revenue producing agency is shown approxim ately 75 acres of such diseases—the budget items th a t of putting out the Sherman Coun- m a comparison with fees ccfllect- pastures,¿used by three different affect the Moro and Pendleton j y Journal. Many have done so ed ' during 1933 totalling only departm ents - of ,.the experiment station both for e perim ental pur- stations—is $777,949, according t o , 8( one time and another and most ?3J 3,080, - ? p6ses and for low^co.st production the inform ation we have... This is ' h a r; found it interesting. The of feed for station livestock. a sum th at wguld hardly build a machinery even interests those /T h is expansion ip irrigated pas wing on a bombing plane or put whe ordinarily do not care to GRAIN MARKET tu re acreage at the experim ent walnut furniture in the captain’s watch it. We would like to have DECLINES STEADILY station has been closely paralleled cabin of a first class battleship. you come in. on faqpuu throughout the state, as Surely the preservation of experi- ; Domestic grain m arkets declin word of the success of this venture mental work to insure production , ed during the week ending Ja n has been carried far and wide by S .?retary Wallace chides Demof Usually c2St in the role of aide to Santa Claus, the reindeer has on this nation’s dry land is of uary 26, influenced .principally by value to the national defence cratic congressmen about the pro a dull domestic and export demand ihe extension service and by the proved hisjfrortli in the Finnish-Soviet war. Here a fam ily of Finnish refugees uses a sk d and the fam ily reindeer to transport its belonging* program — and th a t w hether we are pose.1 cuts in the agricultural fod current m arket offerings, states farm ers themselves. budget saying th a t they will be to a place of safety during one of the air raids staged by the invaders Financial gain through the de- to go to w ar or to remain a t defeated if there is a cu t. I t would the A gricultural M arketing Ser veloixment <^f irrigated pastures is on Finnish towns and villages. peace. vice in the Weekly Grain Market There can be no doubt th a t the sound better if the appropriation Review. r Lower foreign market«, em phasi^d jn a recent bulletin N o t! J 4 production of wheat, which is was urged -because of the need of especially a t Buenos Aires, esti called “The Value of Irrigated probably the most im portant food it and the economic justice of it males of an increased world sup Pastures for Dairy C attle,” which gives the detailed results with the cix»p of the United States, has ply of w heat in July and small us? of irrigated pastures on the been most m aterially increased in N orth American exports, were ad station’ farm . The five ’year aver the Columbia basin because of the ditional weakening influences. Feed age yield from fertilized, irrigated experim ent stations here and at grains also were barely steady to pasture was equivalent to 6.4 tons Pendleton. New wheats have been slightly lower in the principal of alfalfa hay, or 284 bushels of developed and there is no need to m arkets. . i oats per acre. even mention them for all farm ers Front the Observer Feb. 4, 1921 Stocks of wheat in interior mils, Use of fertilizer on irrigated know then» aad are growing them. The Oregon Cooperative Grain elevators and warehouses January pasture has been foupd to be ab W hat, for instance, would have Growers association was incorpor j, were somewhat smaller than, solutely essential for most profit been the income of this county in ated here last Saturday. Phases last year and' totaled 128,846,000 able returns. The"1 yields on areas several of the past fifteen years o f the contract were explained bushels compared With 137,097,000' fertilized with 30d fiounds of 16 tnout Federation fed eratio n wne«v; • , w ithout w heat? ut an a 1 day meeting. Meetings hushefc in^these positions January. pci; cefit1 'Supbrpftbsfifmte per acre The cost of producing wheat * * • . . , , . . . have been held all over the county 1. 1939. iW ith the exception of is .75 per cent g rea ter _ than on ha? been reduced through the sta- , January 1, 1939, the present stocks areas not fertilized. The fertilizer tion’s experim ents. We used to ,n IXJ 0?? ' - R , , a > W . N. Jones was up from Rufus and the largest for any January 1, experiments were carried out on p!«w ten inches deop, used to diet , * before plowing, used to harrow week* He *ay® ?s in the six years for which records a pasture of a little less than nine nr; available. In Minnesota, the acres. Even with two acres left . i . .. • □ now gravel on the Co umbia high- w heat in the spring, used to have ( * ® Dakotas, M ontana, Oklahoma and unfertilized, the area supplied 65 . j u ♦ a,,Q " a v from Rufus to the Deschutes more sm ut—and wheat more sus- Texas, where considerable amounts per cent of the nutrient require . . . , « i nf i r.nu th at the contractor expects to c e p tjb e to »mut—and, because of P of wheat under Government loans ments of more than 12 cows daily, * > ca refully earned out « p e n m e n * the time the bwo tunnels are are stored in these positions, J a n which had an average production we now us? different tillage meth uary 1, stocks were highest on of 40 pounds of milk figured at 4 ods and produce wheat cheaper. finished. A m eeting to discuss plans for ilecord for this date. per cent butterfat. • And, with the government taking financing the hotel property was Combining stocks of w heat ttf responsibility for the income of the farm er, this has been of direct tailed by secretary W. C. Bryant interior mills, elevators and wana«- RUSSIAN VERSION — . houses w ith,those on farm s and in for Feb. 5th. benefit to the government. An open house reception was term inal m arkets on. the first of (Richmond T<mdà-Dispatch) There will be a protest go to In thé picturesque Russian ver- held a t the newly completed L. L. January, 1940, gives a to ta l siipplyr W ashington from alt over the Col outside pf m erchant mills, of 500,- sicn of this Finnish-trouble, it is Peetz cabin on the Metolius. umbia basin, from Oregon, W ash 073,000 ‘{bushels compared with the innocent wolf who cries, “ Why Gccrgc Young, arc marathon sw im m er of years ago, waited 12 years ington and Idaho, over this antici From the Observer Feb. 3, 1911 Red Riding Hood, w hat long teeth 545,933,000 bushels in these posi to get the $25,003 cash prize he ca. .’.ed by winning the 36-mile Catalina pated cut. And it will be possible yru have!” tions a year ago. Of the nearly Isla n d swim in 1525. He w as a lad of 17 at the tim e, and was given the Max Bull has bought the con for everyone to have a share in it. m oney when he readied 30. George a id his wife, residents of Canada, turn fectionery store from Wm. Rudolf 368,000,000 bushels rem aining on “ thumbs down” on a sw im m ing career for George Jr., who practices his faim s and in country mills and Eureka Lodge No. 121 A-F & A-M although Mr. Rudolf keeps the NO PRIVATE COURTS elevators a t the first of January, Meets on the 1st and strokes on the piano stool. The 525,0C3 is all he and his wife have left from w jj at skating rink and opera house. The E astern Oregon 3rd Thursday eve su mm ing careers which wen them 3x25,000. G?orge Miller and Miss Jennie about 129,000,000 bushels are Hard League, pursuant to a resolution Red W inter; 65,000,000 bushels of nings of each month. passed at its recent -meeting, has Wat kins w tre m arried in Moro Soft Red W inter; 98,000,000 bush Visiting members cor Her P rivilege! Sur.Jay evening, Rev. A. J. \Adam3» If your w ife laughs at your asked Wayne Morae to permiVJhe els Hard Red Spring: 28,000,000 dially mvited to meet jokes, you may be sure you have •A little girl was sitting in church league to be heard in labor dispute officiating. ’ with us. G?orge Berrian and Cap Rut- bushels durum ; i. and 48,000,000 watching a wedding, suddenly ex som e good ones— oj- else you have hearings th a t have to do with the Amidon, W.M. huge have erected a hot house on bushels W hite Wheat. claimed: “Mummy, has the lady a m ighty good w ife. shipping problem inasmuch as the - ' ’ ’C. V .1 flelk'nnp, Secy. changed her m ind?” members of the league are forced the tpact below town and are pre-., puring to raise vegetables this The Russians stick to their story “Why, what do you m ean?’’ the to pay the bills for shipping. Moro Lodge No. ,113, I. O. O. F. mother asked. timt tfrey are not at w ar with In his talk before the assembled spring. . Moro, Oregon Hugh Shull of Kent is now the " “ Why,” replied the child, ‘‘she Finland.” M ay/^ the good little editors of the state at Eugene last » I Meets 1st and 3rd went up the aisle with one man neighbor is ju st helping. Stalin owner of the Hal Morrow place Friday night Mr. Morse stated Tuesdays in the and came back with another.” nurge his army. th at it was inrxpossible for him to in the-G orm an district and Mr. I.O..O.F. hall Trai Morrow has moved to the Shull g ia n t the request, even if he w ish- sient and visiting ed to do so. He gave as his reason place south of Kent. The deal was brothers are cordi th>t the labor arbitration counts ”inde through,.W. B. McCoy, ally invited to meet V . Â. W allan is to be the new were private courts, established with us. cashier in the W. W. M. bank and ’ for he one purpose of hearing the Orlo M art’n, N.G. ' . * " r argum ents of labor and their em- may Ibe county treasu rer as well, Vernon Miller, Sec. * ployers and th a t there was no lie succeeds Capt. Stanley. place forAthe public or representa Grass Valley Joprnal. Feb. 4t 1921 Bethlehem C hapter/ No. 78.O.E.S tives of  y 'portion of it. Moro, Oregon M. Br O’Brien returned from Mr. Moree’s answer seems reas- B - Meets Every Second and onable and is prdbably the correct ' Fk-rtland Sunday where he attend- Fourth Thursdays in each MS*** answ er under the law. ed the state hardw are convention. Quick - Easy - Safe Month. Visiting members This being so, the law should be Mrs. Jasper Dugger ^was buned V Invited I •J changed. J u s t w hat sort of a po- > here last Monday a fter her death Naomi Van Gilder, W. M. * • Write or call sition ia thia country getting into , near Boring. Ruth Sparing, Sec. when we have private courts in A bill to raise the salaries of for com plete the firat place,T Suppose th at in district attorneys has been intro- information— Lupine Rebekah Lodge No. 116 the end they lead to private a g re e diced. "Tt would raise the Sher « Moro, Oregon m ents arid we have to go through man county attorney from $1000, Aged persons, “ in their second Meets 2d & 4th Tues a repitition of private agreem ents to $1500. childhood,“ should be denied the day of each month. The United States shipping board between all sorts of people and right to vote, according to Dr. Ray- issue bids . mond Pearl of Johns Ilopkins uni Visiting members wel" corporations th at are sanctioned advertises in this , , , for . v’ H e a d O f f i c e ', P o r t l a n d , O r e g o n on wooden ships th at vergHy> His r* „ on: Too m an y^ otes come. by law. M I M B f K F F D F R AI D E P O S IT I N S U R « N C f C O R P O R A T tO N . A nnar I)avis, N. G. It ia entirely possible that our- aie for sale. for old age pension plans.- " t. t Florence Johnston, Set Tegular courts should try Istxir ■ r • Team stersH nion Buys Hood R iver Apples Grim Role in Experim ent ar Station • College Changed Like Father, Like San? Definitely In Other Days Would- Deny Vote 8- A New Modern Deposit Plan to save your Time ( » T h e D a lle s B r a n c h oz the .U n ite d S ta te s N a t io n a l B a n k Continued from page one. park service (one undef d ep art ment of agriculture, other under departm ent of interior) and dis agreem ent among three Oregon cpnimunities. .Similar plan pro posed by the i late Nick Sinnott, congressman, and senator McNary 21 years ago was abandoned be cause of the dissensions. * * • As predicted , in this column several months ago, the president would «cut appropriations for CCC comps. Unless congress restores the cut (not expected), about 200 camps m ust be dropped and this means elimination of approx imately five camps in W ashing ton and five Oregon. W hat is alarm ing various communities in the Pacific' northw est is th a t their particular camps will be elimi nated, and telegram s of protest are arriving daily, * These camps have left millions of dollars in the two states and enrollees have per- Q/imed valuable services. Rep. W alter M. Pierce has w arn ed th at trade treaty policy will be defeated unless most favored na tion clause is eliminated', excise taxes are not tam pered with, and treaties m ust be ratified by the senate. Practically every member west of the Mississippi river is op posed to some features of the ex- it'ng law. 4-H leaders Meet To Tell Experiences Close to 200 volunteer 4-JI club leadei-y participated jn the sixth annual lenders* conference at O re gon State college. Many of those attending pronounced the three day training period the best in the hi<tory of this movement. Some were attending their third such conference. H. C. Seymour, state club leader, charged those who participated with the responsibility of seeirig that as many others as possible (btain the benefit of the inform a tion they gained a t the school. In a concluding address to the conference, Dr. Frederick M. Hunter, chancellor of the state system, assured the volunteer leaders th at they are considered being ‘ essentially auxiliary members of the extension staff of the college. He also said th at the 4-H club work bridges the gap in American education caused by the failure to develop a compréhensive vocational education program . He le» closely the objectives of educa tion in a democracy. A .small town is the one where they don*t wonder how much money a man makes. Everybody krp ws. GEORGE G. UPDEGRAFF A ttorney A t L e w M o ro an d W asco NOTICE OF FINAL HEARING Rosa A. Miller, adm inistratrix of the estate of Joseph J, Miller, de ceased, has filed with the Clerk of the County Court for Sherman County, Oregon, her final accouin,, and that Monday, 19th day of February, 1940, a t the hour* of 10:00 a. m., .in thé County Court Room, in the County Court House, in Moro, Sherman County, Oie- gon, has been fixed as the time and place for the hearing of ob jections, if any there be to said final account and settlem ent thereof. < Rosa M. Miller, A dm inistratrix. GALLOWAY & KRIER The Dalles, Oregon Attorneys for A dm inistratrix. NOTICE TO CREDITORS All persons having claims I against the E state of Catherine 1 Johnson, deceased, are hereby noti fied to present them , with tho proper vouchers and duly verified, to the undersigned, the duly ap pointed executors of the estate of Catherine Johnson, deceased, a t the office of T. Lester Johnson, a t torney at law, ’Wasco, Oregon, within six months from the date of the first publication of this notice, to-wit: January -19, 1940. - J. T. Johnson A. S. Johnson < Executors. Date of last publication February 16, 1946. * • A- T MF J
