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About Sherman County journal. (Moro, Or.) 1931-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 23, 1940)
-A THE ^HERMAN COUNTY JOU RNAL, MORO, OREGON PXÛE two City o i Flint Crew in Home Waters FREIGHT/ RATE CUT If ihe newly ordered freight ' Shermaa County Observer rate on wheat goes into effect Established Nov. 2* 1888 within a week or so without dif Grass Valley Journal ficulty some sort of a record will Established Oct. 14, 1897 have l>een broken. Heretofore a 3ONSOL1DATED March 6, 1931 freigl t rate reduction has been the r ?3ult of argum ent, hearings, Wasco News-Enterprise threats* and sometimes legal ac- Established Nov. 1891 JONSOLIDATED March 4, 1932 tion ol' one kind or another. This rate drop, w hile,som e re- duction has been discussed for PER O rc some time, has c o me r at h e r IATI ON M u is tit suddenly, very suddenly compared to p: i t experience. New’ develop m ent. have probably had som? Published Every Friday at effect on the attitude o»f the rail- Moro, Oregon Editor roods, but it also seems reason- Giles L. French ---------r.bli to give their management a Entered as second-class m atter at » -credit for a better under- the Postoffice a t Moro, Oregon | ;.tun<ying of the situation than pre- under Act of Congress of March ..¡busiy was the case. x 3, 1879. Anyway, put the credit w her. you will ,the reduction will be OFFICIAL COUNTY PAPER most happily received in this co SUBSCRIPTION RATES unty. Payable in Advance ONE YEAR ............................^ 15° LATE SNOW 1 FRIDÀY, FEBRUARY 23, 1940 (Continued from page one) trict are eligible to vole at a PUD election. * Bicycle Riders Often « Make Traffic Errors In 78 percent of the fatal ac cidents involving motor vehicles and bicycles during the year 1989 ths ¡bicycle riders were engaged in some im prudent action at th? time the accident occured, it was revealed today b y the secretary I of state. These unsafe actions included riding two or more abreast, rid- I ing double on one bicycle, cut- . ting across the p ath of traffic consists of 14,000 w alnut growers | /suddenly, failing to observe tr a in California, Oregon and W ash ffic signals and signs, hitching ington with '-a farm value crop ¿54'' ! rides on moving vehicles and rid- (1939) of $11,240,000; w estern jf e g f j ¡'fag' on the w rong side of the W ashington vegetable« 1300 grow ers, crop $1,150,000; Oregon caul “ Every person who rides a iflower 300 growers, crop $90,- bicycle should rem em ber th a t in 000; Oregon and W ashington fresh ... xx. i the tyes of the Oregon law, bi- prunes 600' growers, crop $380,- v M embers of the crew of the City of Flint turn thumbs down on the | cjeg re regarded as vehicles banner with the pinwheel cross. The City of Flint arrived in Baltimore, &nd as such are sujjject to the 000; Oregon, W ashington, Calif Md.. recently after an epic cruise Which tasted 114 cays. T h is N ail traflk. regulations aB othcr ornia hop growers, crop $5,550,- flag was hoisted b - the German prize crew p a ._ a b o e .rd t« h k e ‘^ “ecd vehicles,” Snell declared. “This 000. same states fall and w inter to Germany c 'k r its capture by • sea rajaer. The sh.p was later freed th a t blcycTjF riders m is t pear growers 3,000, crop value $1»- by Norway. stop a t stop signs »observe tra- 600,000. S ta te police made 372 arrests of m otorists for drunken driving during 1939, according to the an nual report of State Police S up erintendent Chas. P. Pray. A r rests by state police for all tr a f fic law violations during the year totalled 10,907 while 103,906 other offending m otorists were released with (warnings. Fines imposed ag ainst m otorists haled into court by th e s ta te police ag gregated $84,047 with jail sentences a g gregating 21,070 days. , *■ ; ! .______■ Governor S prague * came near being an unwilling passenger on the Southern iPfccific ‘cascade’ Satuiday morning. Oregon’s chief executive had ju st entered the draw ing room occupied by Gover nor Olson ofCalifornia to greet the visiting dignitary on his way to fill a speaking engagem ent in FEBRUARY 2 3 , 1940 ffle and rig h t of way laws t h a t - nationai c , there ¡, Perhaps there will be certain Portland when the train started. apply to traffic control. 1 " convicti<)n ank ng 90% jessim ists about Sherman’ county The governor made a dash for the “Young 'bicycle riders frequen- Rooaevelt. wUl -be do m in ated $42.000.000,000 weather who will say that a exit but the train had travelled tly fo rg e t to give proper a rr . I with | the The discussions go on around th e ; snowfall on W ashingtons birth- a full two blocks before it was stove a“ d out on tne streets . s | day is not late. I t b e brought to a stop to perm it Ore- signais when m aking turns a n 1 f Democrat to be th ty o f t e n 'n d e ' several abreast j Thcr/ is more doubt about tile ever mounting spring time sun I Certainly we may expect flurrie. g o r’s governor to alight. It was W .™ . up the south side of the | of snow until A pnl when some indeed a case of ‘hello’ and 4 good- thus causing the riders to be o , tj Roosevelt than there is in the path of the faster moving ® bye”./ buildings. And often there is com-1 ritffly Chinook brings a about bis nomination. » • * automobile traffic. These prac- m eat on »42,000,000,000 ' ( f o r t y - to torm ent the b e d worker anti Vice-president G arner is deter tke« m ust be eliminated if we mined to prevent Mr. Roosevelt’s Nothing daunted by President two billon dollars) and many still make us better m J y are to reduce the bicycle toll,” say $42,000,000 (forty-tw o «yllion 1 days by providing a bit of <K>n- Roosevelt’s refusal to indicate his nomination (he miade Roosevelts attitude toward a third term the nomination possible in 1932), and doliars) for one word rolls as free- 1 h a s t. ly off the tongue as the other and ' La it week, when the February Oregon Commonwealth Federa if he cannot win h ’.mself he will beth are entirely incomprehensible sun w.ls doing its very best -un tion this week filed nom inating throw’ his delegates to someone to the average mortal who can hampered by clouds or fog, there petitions with Secretary of State like Farley or M ontana’s Wheeler, dtal in hundreds, thousands and was much talk of field work, Snell insuring Roosevelt’s name a but not .to Cordell Hull. ten thousands with ease. Farm ers were ready with their place on the Democratic prim ary Inside groups of the W hite Houa; circle are looking to the W hat is this sum we have per •harrows and drills to put in a ballot next May unless the pres- Commonwealth Federation i n mitted ourselves to be saddled bojat ?<1 crop. A good rain drove dent in the meantime intervenes W ashington and Oregon to look with—this forty two billion dol the idea out of their heads. Now, to w ithdraw the filing. The pet when they were waiting for the itions which were filed by David a fter Roosevelt’s interests in the lars? The whole country* is valued at frosty nights to be gone, comes Epps, president and Monroe Swet Pacific northwest. about three times th at for tax this late snow, wet as rain itself, land, secretary of the Federation contained 1200 signatures secur to fu rth e r delay the planting. purposes for one thing. A nxious to P lease Th?re is an old saying here- ed „in seven Oregon counties. If you counted a hundred dollars Diner: “Two-^gg*’, please. Don’t • • * a minute—»nd your Jungue would . ftboyta to the effect that you can frv thdm a second a fte r the white 4 ' «' Jobless insurance paid to un get a b it thick a t thjrt rate—day always w ait for a rain.,. As for fs cooked. Don’t turn them over. employed Oregon workers during and night it would take the best planting wheat one always can Not too much fat. Ju st a small Raucous, braes-v o .eed air raid sirens, like th’s one in Sydney, Aus part of a hundred years to count as one always m ust—for rainy 1939 aggregated only $3,564,535, tralia, are b'am ed by Dr. Edward Toulou.se, president of the French pinch of salt on each. No pep days do not count as time lost. or only slightly more than half league of m ental hygiene, for a rise in m ental disorders. Dr. Toulouse, it. per. . . . . Well, what are you If in gold, even a t the present Yet, but let the ground dry*until the amount paid out for unem adviser to the French m inistry of public health, advoea'23 softer-voiced waiting f o r ? ” fictitious value of $35 per ounce, the hill tops are light colored and ployment compensation in Oregon alarm s lest France beerm e a nation of ncrvbus w recks; E ffects of the W aiter: “The hen’s name is during 1938, according to a re present sir; ns. he says, are w orse than bom bing. it would weigh 376,000 tons. The we Will be at the planting. Betty. Is that all right, su* ?” port by the Unemployment Com- d tb t is alm ost ten times t)he total Kentish Mgrcury. pciisation Commission. Indicative value of gold ever coined in the Or e cannot help but wonder if, United States. in the minds of labor men, there of the substantial gain in indus Read the axis in the Journal When the farm census was taken is not often some unexpressed trial actiyjty in this state lum in 1935 it was found th a t the value pleasure that the labor bill pas ber and logging workers drew NOTICE TO CREDITORS of all farm lands, including build sed last November. Work has only $978,378 in benefits during ings, in the United States was beer, more steady; theife have 1939 as compared to $2,348,467 All persons having claims a g A g reater degree of security $32,858,844,0L2 or about ten billion been fewer labor disturbances and in 1938. a in s t'th e E state of Peter J. P et farm owners Birthday anniversaries of J. H. for distressed , . . is the , dollars less than the national debt labor has gained a great deal in ers, deceased, are hereby notified ‘™ r^ The federal comptroller has Wilson and ' Junior von Borstel »¡"> of » P ^ ram and the average, value was over pubi c support during the fifteen to present them , with the pro months since th a t election. Labor, token a $289.75 gasoline tatf re were observed Sunday at the home cooperat.on between the Federal $30 iper acre, too. p e r vduchers and duly verified, It w on’t be lo n g now. ......... W ith .......... w j - 5 * - B a i t ............... ......................... The total valuation of the state nd<r: have begun to explain fund out of the hide of the eas to the undersigned, the duly ap of O rtgon for 1938 was $900,721, t.heii problems to the pulblic and tern Oregon public lands counties - • • • s - s - i “ » s a r a 1 pointed adm inistrator of the ea- I rte te of Peter J. Peters, dcased, 213.06, lock, stock and b a r r e l - the public generally has been When Governor Sprague a t the (a b o v e ) ta k e s a d eep b reath o f tile farm , factory and utility. N o t glad to learn. Labor, is learning conclusion of the last legislative and Mrs. Don Clodfelter and dan- la n d ' bank, satd this week, gitters of Grass Valley, Mr. and F o r some time ths land bank T r e a s u r e I s la n d o z o n e a s s h e at the office of T. Ix>ster Johnson, enough to pay á year’s interest on that the public m ust be considered session vetoed a ¡bill providing for attorney at law, Moro, Oregon, sta n d s b efo re th is h ero ic li” i.i e in and the public is learning that the refund the comptroller mere- Mrs. J. H. Wilson, Mrz and Mrs. and the Farm within six months from the date the national ddbt. th e T e in p ie C o m p ou n d . Mai ’¿i- N. McGlasson and Charles Stratton have had a work,ng a- bherm an county ,and a good Bi labor m ust be considered. Both ly withheld the amount from a of the first publication of this b o liz c s th e r e a w a k e n in g spi; it cur- r<.n, ly a9 ......... , , check which he sent to state Botlnvell. This was also the wed- greement covering: th.' ll.. county it is, would pay the in are helped. notice, to-w it. February 9, 1940. b aKreentent « a ir and Krnund crews prepare Tor treasurer Pearson in paym ent of dinK anniversary of the Wilsons o ca terest for only a few hours over Herman D. Peters x 6 th e g a la o p e n in g d a y . Oregons’ share of grazing fees and has been Observed annually are lnrerewueu. A dm inistrator t wo days. 1» » » • ‘«"»k expanded and d a n - ________________ under the Taylor grazing act. for the past seventeen years. ' And still we can’t conceive of Date of last publication March Mr. and Mrs. Paul ’Wilson are «ed, through conferences between Pearson- protested against the l 1940. z 14-17 Z forty-tw o billion dollars. No gen Cow’s Nest ccm p tro lk r’s high handed method meving to the 'Ragsdale r a n c h bank officials and W alter A. Duf- cration can ever comprehend it for “T hat new farm -hand is ter- and sent the check, with the pro where they expect to ) f farm a r in the fy. Portland, regional director of NOTICE OF FINAL no one generation can ever pay it. riblj ignorant.” t the Farm Security Aldministra- J SETTLEM ENT This generation in seven reckless From the Observer Feb 24, 1911 test, back through United States future. “ How’s t h a t? ” M arian Gitting and Charles tion. Notice is hereby given th a t the years has borrowed the m ost of In honor of the 20th wedding Senator McNary. This week Mc “ He found some milk bottle “ Out of our joint efforts we it and spent it. And now we may anniversary of Mr .and Mrs. J. C. Nary returned the check to P ear Bothwell are now boarding at the a’-e carrying forw ard a program in the grass and insisted he ha<’. undersigned has filed in the Co unty Court of tbe S tate of Ore- wonder w hat our grand children Ho< kman gathered at the home of son with the information th a t J. M. Wilson home. under which worthy farm fam- found a cow’s nest.” T ht Sunday school play is to f gon for Sherman County his Final will Ray when they look back on her daughter, Mrs. T. G. Lei, Oregon’s only recouurse is thru reasonable ilies th a t have any f . i Report and Account as Adminis our times. Won’t they think th a t Tuesday evening February 16th, the courts, a recourse th a t would be presented in March. Play <prac- on Daily Quotation tise is now being held regularly c}iance. to m a^ i __ probably cost the state more than tra to r of the estate of H arriet grandpa and grandm a should have w htre the .evening was quickly their farm s will be given every All th a t stands between mos; Root'.dee'eased, and that Saturday, had a good time spending all that spent with laughter and jest. A- is involved in the controversy. and a good performance is ex opportunity to succeed,” E h r mer and the top of the ladder is March 23, 1940 at ten o’clock dough? But we didn’t. mong those present were: Mes- State officials question the valid pected. h ardt said. the ladder.—'Anon. ity of the federal claim inas Delores Gregg entertained with A. M., of said day, a t the County danies and Messers J. C. McKean, “ This is a program th at is not Court room, in the Courthouse, Don W heat, W. H. Ragsdale, B. F. much as the gasoline tax was a Valentine party at her home or.ly fair to the debtor, but to ANOTHER MANUFACTURING at Moro, Oregon, have been fixed Peetz, N. P. Hansen, O. L. Belshee paid on gasoline going into pri Wedrtesday evening, y the creditors as well. It enables PLANT .Kent Et-ange will hold its next t0 vately owned automobiles oper by the Court as the time and T. C. Lee, J. P. Strahl, A. J. A dam , V ated by federal employees who regular meeting kefcruary 24 a t ™ re-establishes his place T or-hearing of abjections to F. E. Fagan, Mrs. J. C. Freem an, News th at Bonneville au th o ritiej 7 o ’clock. A lter t»e business ta^> *’ ye'v enlual ownership said Final R iport and Account have signed to sell electricity to Mrs. Jam es Mitchell, Mrs. Jar. w ire being reimbursed on a mile- session a card party sponsored by pro-pects o-t age (basis. Pearson protested the A t t o r n e y A t L a w and the settlem ent of said estate. another m anufacturer will be most Woods, Mrs. W. D. Wallan, Mrs. 4.U TTT-'T' ill Of his farm , f r .c of debt, and ai d< Auction from the grazing fee G. H erbert Root Will. Henrichs, Mrs. M. A. Bull,' chiering to residents of this co r j r 1 Bornpt the same time m aintains the in- Melvin Eugene and Carl B arnet in w stm en t. Geo. G. Updegraff, M o ro an d W asco unty where the feeling has gener Mis W H Strong, Mrs. O. A. check on the ground th a t there of Cow Canyon were week-md vis- * Eighty pgr cgnt or more r ___________ . pow Ramsey Mrs. C. L. Ireland,, M n. j was no. connection between the Attorney for Adm inistrator ally prevailed th at _______r Bonneville Feb. 23, March 1, 8, 15, 1940. should largely be used for in- E dgar Miller and Miss Evelyn tax fund. . . . itors at Ken . WnLson were tlie farm famllies that are meTn' *- giazing fund and the gasoline Mr. and Mrs. W. bei s of the land bank system are dustrial development. I 1 Ragsdale. Mr. and ---- Mrs. - E. Moore. » ♦ ♦ at Moro Sunday evening m W here,,.. PÌng . ___ _______j The coming of this plant also] J. Clark Teal has sold his wheat ° rw il«nn a ïeceiVed edic«l~k*e their , loans in good o+o„,i_ stand- Eureka Lodge No> 121 A. F & A. ?, IN THE COUNTY COURT OF Electric energy consumed in Mrs. Wilson itv riv ru .__ xr j i i i n n c onnm p« n _ x xv. - x confirms the stories told by res- | <mni in this county to R. C. Byeri ing. If conditions H become« no o - Meets on the 1st an J THE STATE OF OREGON FOR idents of Colu-irtbia county that 1 anc|- will move to Clarke county, lighting th e' state capitol and the attention. worse than they have been in the 3rd Thursday eve- THE COUNTY OF SHERMAN new library ¡building and opera there is iron there in commercial W ashington. past two or three years, they nings of each m onth.' In the m atter of £he E state of KENT REBEKAH NEWS should be able gjgntually to work quantities. Now it is to be devel- GraSK Vlri|ey j OUrnal Feb. 25. 1921 ting the two elevators costs the Visiting members ccr ELIZABETH DAVIS, deceased, state nearly $1000 a month. The oped with the aid of Bonneville,, dially invited to meet The Past Noble Grands club theirselves out of debt without ORDER FIXING TIME AND M argaret O’Leary is one of only total juice bill for those two ¡bull- of Kent Rebekah Lodge m et with outside help. It is our aim to pqwer. That is but one of the val- with us. PLACE FOR SETTLEM ENT OF liable things Bonneville can do for j three honor students a t Mt. Angel dins,R for ¡939 (Was $11,431.54 Mrs. Elner Helyer Wednesday, assist as many as possible of the E. Amidon, W.M. A — --«« V X was _ revealed ~ 1 a J A V* « x week. arzx ’ I f FINA L ACCpUNT. It this The Oiegon. I Academy. F ebruary 21, and enjoyed a pot- rem aining 20 per cent to get in s C. V. Belknap, Secy. 4... . .. There is doubt in the mirtds of! Mi. and Mrs. John O’Dell now electric bill for the new capitol luck luncheon. On acedunt of the the position where they, also, can Neoma E. Smith, adm inistratrix many citizens in this part of the ( havi a home of ^ e i r own in e alone exceeded $600 a month dur floor of Rebekah Hall being re- work themselves out of debt and Moro Lodge No. 113, I. O. O. F. of the estate of said deceased, ing the summer months immedia finished, it was decided to post- be self-sustaining on farm s of Columbia basin whether (Bonne- , Dulles, having bough t e Moro, Oregon ; hi ving filed with the clerk of this tely following the opening <rf the pone the card party originally their own.” ville, power can economically be Mi rtin residence, Meets 1st and 3rd ccurt her final report and account made available to farm residents Born: At Medford, Oregon . building until the w attage in the scheduled for February 29,> until — — — ------------ Tuesdays in the with said estate and made appli- here, because of the long distance ‘¿2. to Mr. and Mrs. Wm Vaw ter, hundreds of lights in the 'building the last Saturday flight in March. Higher Rank I.O..O.F. hall Trai cation to the court for an order between homes. Even if it were * ^ n . Mrs. Vawter was form erly war reduced from 600 as speci __________ . . • ' Connoisseur: “ I have a Sargent aient and visiting fixing and appointing a tim e and - possible the saving woulchbe very Leta Garrett, pf Grass a lk y fied to 300 which is now found to .painting in my home.” brothers are cordi place for the settlem ent of said JACK MILNE JR. AIDING glight A gay party o ffrien d san d rC l- be entirely adequate. Friend: “T h a t’s nothing. I ally invited to meet ( final account and for hearing ob- PORT OF THE DALLES • • » The increase th at m ight be made »t*ves of J. H. Wilson loaded in have a general housecleaning in with us. jections thereto, If any there be. When Jack Milne jr., en route mine.’ »» The state emergency board is in the/ incomes of farm ers in this 'h e rd e r boxes and out o Orlo M art:n, N.G. NOW, TH EREFORE, it is exjiected to m eet within the next through the Inland Empire to con- region by aiding development of aurprise Jake on his 44th bi Vernon Miller, Sec. hereby ORDERED th at the 11 two w eiks to consider an appro- duct a campaign of education for natural resource« in the state, 4ay and also wedding anniversary, day of March, 1940 a t the hour Bethlehem Chapter. No. 78.0.E.S of 9:30 o’clock in the forenoon be, however, is great. When indus- Rrom |h e ()b8erver Feb. 25, 1921 priiHion to finance the Oregon ex- the Port of The D allk l and to hibit at the Golden G ate expos- solicit, a tonnage of the 1940 Moro, Oregon trialization is complete the demand ancf the same hereby is, fixed and Moro, the Meets Every Second and- appointed as the time, and the for farm products, wheat .stock, | A total rainfall of 1 t 70 for the ition this year. Tentative estim a- wool clip, reaches Fourth Thursdays in each courtroom of this court as the eggs, fresh m eat will be enough month of February is the report tes prepared by the state (budget transportation savings he will be HOME ELECTRIC LIGHT Month. .V isiting members ¿ j " " ”,“; ; saij g rea ter th at our age long prob- of D E. Stephens. The total for departm ent provide for an appro abk to offer will in a measure SYSTEM priatlon of $10,000 out of the em- take the sting out of a proposed lem of what to do with our sur- January was 1.74, invited 'final account; and it is fu rth er er^ency fund wUh (the state high 22* per "cent fncrease being asked Use the wind- its pluses may be largely solved. J. 'M. Eddy Ik again on the job Naomi Van Gilder, W. M ORDERED th a t notice o f ’ the operators, g u tra n ee 2 1Q r^nod Ruth SparPng, Sec. The two contracts, the Bonne- as mail carrier on the, local rural way departm ent making up the by intercoastal ship time and place' so fixed affd ap necessary balance out of its tra- who move Inland Empire wool, in ci y a .. - e - i » ratnr for •-- - ‘ v ilk adm inistration has made' with route. He reports th at on Monday large pert, for Pacific coast ports 8-f t specia r - QU.pprwir ) r n:np Rehekah Lodire No. 116 pointed be published in the BHE'R m anufacturers are among the m ost, succeeding the 18 hour snow fall vel promotion fund. MAN COUNTY JOURNAL, a It H. VanWinkle has announced to the North Atlantic seaboard, b a tte ry operatio . m j y - im portant developments made' in his car bucked drifts, th at were his determ ination to seek another The Port of The T>alles has gained iron, toaster, waffle iron and . ^ x ’ ’ 1 UP Moro, Oregon newspaper printed, published and the northw est in recent times, times, an an average average of of one one to io four lour feet leet j n.s a ^ e rn u n a u o n m SW1i «»vv«.rr » .« r m ei m e n- he r fixtures 3 yr. payment plan. ' Meets 2d & 4th Tues of general circulation in Sherman More will be better yet. and about as endless as the 30 term as attorney g e n e ra t fio fa r readjusted rates th a t wlH enable h e t flxU y p y s r p County. Oregon, for 4 successive die route. route. * no othr Republican candidate has woolgrowers of the interior, who r r e t estim ates wiuujui ____,vni mile Visiting members wel weeks in five successive issues of Andv Sandvig was one of those . appeared, Ralph Moody who was move their tonnage to The Dalles ’ n L io r >n of Portland Mayor Joe Carson said paper. come. the I mentioned in this eoneetion hav- by motor truck and tra n sfe r It • JOHN De MOSS, Dealer, Is one Democrat , wno knows w hat fi om« Wa®co.« who attended Anna Davis, N. G. Res. DeMoss Spr. Dated this 2 day of February, Ore he want», to do-about a , third Washington birthday mask ball irg denied any ambition in th a t to Columbia river craft, to aave Moro, Florence Johnston, Sec Growers, Dealer 1940. George A. Potter, Judge Moro Grain from 50 cents to $1 per ton. direction. terra. And doe» it in time^ too. given Tuesday in Moro. Worse Than Bombs? Yes, Says Doctor Looks to 1910 Kent Folks Have Joint Birthdays Land‘la n k Ready To Help Farmers In Other Days / ------------— —» ’ GEORGE G. UPDEGRAFF1 VJ AT ¿THE 4