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About Sherman County journal. (Moro, Or.) 1931-current | View Entire Issue (March 1, 1940)
''X 1 V Oregon Historical Society ------ Au Jitorit.ii» . » Official County Paper Moro, Oregon. Friday, March 1, 1940 F ifty-S econ d Y ear N o . 17 . . . L - .. Continued Rains Reports Atrocities— Wages War— Heads Navy Peetz, Ornduff End Shortage of Running For , Headliners in recent European news include three men whose activities are of world wide interest. Left: Cardinal HIond, primate of Poland, who reported toJPope Pius that German authorities are e x tir p a tin g th< Polish people and the Roman Catholic religion in the conquered area of Poland. Center: Marshal Semion Mihhailtitch Budenny, present commander of Soviet troops attacking Finland, who is attempting a mon forceful attack than his disgraced predecessor, General Meretskoff. Right: Sir Dudley Found, admiral of the British fleet and head of the naval department, who Jg responsible for England’s war at sea. < * Sheriff Announces Intent; Normal for First Six Months Commissioner Reid Expected of Crop Year Exceeded To File Soon; Others Asked Through February Rains Interest In county politics has increased this week with more announcements of candidates. Only contest asaured so far, how ever ,is for the clerkship, Ross Ornduff, deputy sheriff, having fil ed for the democratic nomination for that office Wednesday. * Mr. Ornduff is a native of the county who lived for many years in The Dalles before coming here two years ago take the jo^ as dep uty sheriff. Mrs. Margaret Peetz, who has been assessor since 1924, has gi ven notice that she will be a can didate to succeed herself for an other term. Charles Wilson .sheriff for the past, four years, has said he would file for the position again although to date he has not put out his petitions or paid his fihng fee. The filia l date for filing is April first. r Crop Moisture County Office Warhington D.C. Feb. 29—Bur eaucrats to the national capital direct the lives of an army of res idents in the Pacific northwest by remote control. In addition to ow ing millions of acres not on the tax rolls ( administered by bur eaus) Uncle Sam, through bur eaucrats, has the people well reg imented. Here are a few things bureaucrats are doing. Employers (except farmers) are told how many hours they can work their employees and how much an hour they shall pay. Em ployers are told what unions they must bargain with, and a non-un ion worker is practically forced to join the union having the bar gaining agreement or go hungry. An employer is guilty of unfair labor practices if he voluntarily raises wages without first notify^ ing the business agent of the un ion. Then another bu reap 'tax es the payroll for social security bene . R. E. Brown (above) last week was elected president of the Federal Land Bank of Spokane, succeeding E. M. Ehrhardt. He will combine his new post with that of general agent of the Farm Credit Adminis tration of Spokane, a position h t has held since 1934. The week just ended, the final week of February 1940, was „one of the climatically perfect weeks this county has experienced. It , brought 1.68 inches of rain, more , than the entire summer and fall of last year could produce. This sudden fall of moisture brought the precipitation to above normal at Moro although it failed to do so in other parts of the county. The, average here is 7.60 from September 1 to March 1. This year we have received 8.15. February brought 3.32 at , the station. \\ asco Below Normal Wasco’s normal is 9.04 and de spite February rains totaling 3.62 New Head Chosen the precipitation since September is only 7.54. The fall rains were By Land Bank lighter at Wasco and December — , , and January brought less rain Official announcement of the el- than at Moro although the Feb- Commissioner May Run ection of R. E. Brown as president the greatcat in The commissionership attracted of the Federal Land Bank of’Spo- j tfte county? some notice this week when men kane to succeed E. M. E hrhardt, The rairrfail at Grass Valley fits. from the south end of the county was receeived this week by Jacob during February jfl reported to Farmers are told how many ac interviewed possible candidates in D, Stuart, secretary treasurer af be 2.83 and the total for the crop res they can cultivate and what suited from a collision between the cehtraT" part of the county. The Dalles National Farm Loan year 6.51. At Bourbon the Feb By A. L. Lindbeck crop to plant. To coax them to ! Information is now that David association. ruary storms brought 2.77 and two automoibles. Salem, Ore. February 29.—The agree to this remote control over | • D Mr. Brown was selected presi the total since September is 6.20. Reid, present commissioner, will be their own acres they are offered L l I l C S Z K e D a i r i D g advantage of general obligation Another rate reduction, the sec a candidate although he has made dent of the land bank by the banks The Kent report shows 2.30 dur bonds in financing public power ond in three months was announ no definite move to make himself ’board of directors following Mr. ing February and 5.65 for tha, certain benefits for conservation of Reflecting the steady increase projects is urged by Governor ced by the two big electric util one. soil. Treaties are made with for- Ehrhardt’s resignation. He h a 9 crop year. eign countries which injure the jn the use of electricity in the Sprague in citing the recent ex- ities serving Portland and the Wily Knighten, county school been general agent of the Farm There was almost no run off m arkat of fru itg ro w ers, cattlemen a ie a s it serves. Pacific Power & p^riences of two power districts. thc lower Willamette valley counties superintendent ,has made no an Credit administration, and wdl com I from tiUed sojl and lumbermen without the prod- Light company ip 1940 will spend jr the case of the city of Mon- . this week wcv». as o sponsors ui w ica „ __ ___ bine that ' position with his new rains as most of them came at of peoples nouncement of his intentions re- ucers being able to protect them- $1.051,700 in construction work on mouth, O r e g o n , the governor districts continued ** to I garding continuance in that office duties. The change becomes1 effec night followed by partially clear selves. ! ’ts system, according to R. • pr ints out, a block of $40,000 of | p press for for otgbliC ownership but his name is expected to be on tive March 1. days, and the rain did not fall pulblic ownership. Jn a letter to all persons con so fast but the ground could take • • * . . . *_na ' ^ u ^ , V A enil S e u 4 e S° t T X Etneral oblT tion , bonfd8, , ^ arin? l The ballot for the The new new rate rate schedule.tobecome schedule.tobecome the n o n -p .rti.a n There is a .bureau which tells , The budget is the largest m ten int6rest at the rate of 31% and effective with meter readings af position. nected with the Farm Credit ad it all. Water is running out of farm housewives how to run their , years. 3i7< was snapped up at par and ter March 15, will, according to ministration, Mr. Brown said this tlja draws and there waa » liUl> homes; what to preserve, gaining More than one third of the total accruecj interest. week. “I want to assure you U M loss from steep aidehiTla, but Public Utilities Comihissioner qp the ot},er hand the Grays this privilege because the farmer amount, or $377,000, will be de- have no intention of proposing hardly enough to be considered. Ormond R. Bean, cut $100,000 a Derry Speaks To hat been given a few hundred dol voted to a continuation of the com- Harbor County, Washington, Pub any changes in policies or person disiricV financing its > / " ¡ " a n d ^ ne’ ” . E ™ £ lars to rehabilitate himself. Bur- p a n /, policy of fine,exUn.ions by nel of the land bank except as the Crop Prospect Up eaus tell the stockmen what they which.new homes and^annsthrou opcrations through revenue bonds I app‘r“ imately {¡jo ,¿¿0 Wasco Club need for them is clearly demon Now that the normal for the can or cannot do on the range, ghout the artas sc exT y - was compelled to accept a bid | aff the rev€nues of the strated, and then only after-Tull H. W. Derry, speaking before consideration and discussion.” crop year has been reached, or how many head * » » » ” ' “ °" “ '”"8ny SI,PP ' ■ of 95 and accrued interest on an j No’rthwestern Ekctric comp „ „ y. the Wasco Civic club Monday night nearly reached, over the larger a range. -A bureau bosses the nat- , tricity. ...................., issue of $3,350,000 o£ jts^bonds j Thege are jn addition to red. showed himself well pleased with part of the county, hopes for * ional forests (13,800,000 acres in j The bulk of the lines to be built tearing 41 percent interest. uctions approximating $7 0 0,0 0 0 gdod crop are much better. F ar Ortgon alone); another the nat- from these blanket funds will 'be ( Thp Monmouth bonds the goy brought about by rate reductions Oregon and its possibilities. For Vinter Wheat In the short time he has been a res mers were even anxious for the ior.al parks; another. supervises j sbort additions to present lines. were sold Qn announced 'by the two utilities last ident of this state he has found rain to stop so seeding could be wildlife; another regulates nav- Each extension will bring electric competitive ____»ho r.ravs bid while the Grays mber. it to have resources of great value. jood Condition gin, and a few dry days will see igation and the men who go to sea; service directly to one or more new Harbor bands were sold at pri Deet The new rates, as well as those He told of them to his hearers. field work begin. another sees that there is retire- users. vate sale. reduced in December, apply only Winter . wheat apparently suf He recited the industrial advan ment fund for railrflad men; ano- Other blanket sums totaling $ ‘ * ther says what rates shall be 170,700 are set*up in the budget ~ the patients to domestic lighting and heating. tages of this area giving special fered no serious damage from toe the finest week of the year: Forty percent of In the meantime the Oregon attention to the production of cel the cold weather in January, ac Date Prec. Min. Max. charged for electric power. A bur- to provide for service improve- "” ” "h"e sU£ hospital Hydroelectric company has been cording to the Weather Bureau. 24 31 . lulose which can be manufactured 43 Feb. 22 eau controls every acre of the re- ments, replacements and repairs u,timately busy grinding out engineering re from Douglas fir sawdust or waste Rains and snow improved top 30 47 23 ciamation projects, decides who i to the entire sys em. dismissed as cured, according to ports on proposed peoples util scil moisture conditions rather .07 29 43 24 can settle on these projects and Typical o f the type of improve- Dr John c Evans> superintendent ity districts. Proposed districts or from wheat straw. generally over the principal win .40 35 . 47 25 Members of the cast of the Gar how much money the applicant nient work done under this allot- gajem institutions, new served by.the two big Port ter wheat belt during the week. .18 37 54 26 den club pla£ gave a short por must have before he is permitted ment is the recently-completed . , , land utilities on which reports tion of one scene to interest the Ten to sixteen inches of snow .29 37 - 53 27 to’buy a unit on a project. | reconstruction of portions of the Hugh Rosson, director of traf- have already been prepared prelim were recieved in Oklahoma and .50 36 52 28 club in the performance, y * * • * j distribution system here, increase fic gafety in the state department 1 to 7 inches in Kansas. Precip Total 1.68 A bureau decides whether a of transformer capacities here and regigned u manage the cam- inary to an election on the or Paul McCulloch and Glen Corey ganization of peoples utility dis- itation was rather general in farmer ear»-- plant- —Gxasi.. Yalley_and— Wft«co ---- p g ign of Ralph G»ke,— republic a n Tricls" include Portland, Washing of The Dalles were present as vis- Texas "while nwlting snow bene Is him candidate for national committee tell.- .......... what he must pay the , the installation of sectionalizmg ,, , county, Clackamas county and itors. The next meeting will be. fited top soil in Nebraska. Prac workers at various periods during devices in the lines at all three man. Rosson will go to Portland ton Families Eligible held March 25 at which time the the season. There is a bureawrthat places to effect improvements in this week to open campaign head Yamhill. Reports on other dis-- speech class of the University of tically all sections of the North triets now 'being served by other Pacific states now have ample determines how many unemployed j service. quarters. Present prospects are private utilities released by the Oregon will give a program. moisture and winter w h e a t is For Insurance men and women in Oregon and, This improvement fund is in that .... Cake ~..... will ..... be opposed ___ by commission within the past few generally in g o o d to excellent Washington can be given relief on addition to $175,000 the company Harry Corbett .also of Portland, weeks include Benton county. Coos The widow and children of any condition in Washington and Id WPA: what they shall receive as , plans to spend during the year on form€r state senator from Mult- county, Lincoln county and the Elk Being Counted worker in Sherman county whose aho. Little information is yet av wages. A bureau decides whether regular maintenance work. nomah county. death occured after last Decem Nehalem basin, this latter invol- ailable as to crop conditions in a family is sufficiently distressed j Among the specific work items . . ber 31 are entitled to monthly By Game Commission Europe but the snow covers which insurance Continued on page two to be entitled to food stamps. 1 included in the budget is one for j p armers who confine their hau- payments from th© fed afforded protection d u r i n g the The remote control by bureau- j $18,000 for rebuilding of the ïone- ^ e|r own produce are not Portland, Ore. Feb. 29—A sur m o s t severe weather is no w eral government if the deceased crats extends to white collar wor- ! Heppner transmission line. This rtquired to display either a pro- Bank Starts Service vey of the northeastern, elk terri disappearing in the Balkans and father had sufficient employment kers ducc dealer’s license or a PUC Kers in U. the cities; to the callous- is an extension of the Une tory is being conducted at the pre in western and southern Europe. at jotos covertd by the federal handed farmers; to the lumber* goes through Moro and branc license .according to Frank Mc- For Medical Group sent time by the state game com A feature of the domestic social security act with minimum workers, to the man who labor at Olex. Kennon, chief of the plant indus- mission, in cooperation with the wheat situation was the award earnings required by the law. loneshore; to the fishermen. , To provide extra facilities fo x try division in the state depart A “Doctor-Patient Finance ser United States (forest service, by by the Federal Surplus Commo These payments are mad© re There is a good . fundamental : the growing load around Heppner ment of agriculture. vice’” to provide money for means of an airplane and ground dity Corporation of approximat gardless of the age at which the reason for each bureau, but once j the rebuilt line wil1 be o piated at prompt payment of doctor and crew. The plane is 'being used for ely 915,000 bushels of wheat to fathere’s death occured, according created a bureau becomes immor- , 22,000 volts instead of 11,000 as spite of an increase in the dentist bills, with a convenient the purpose of spotting the concen seven mills in exchange for flour to John F. ¡Richardson, manager tai—wishes to expand, takes in atjpresent. r»nl volume of busines handled during monthly payment over a year’s trations of elk herds foT the ground for relief. The wheat award un of the La Grande office of the more territory, exercises greater | The power line crossing the Col- the year the operating costs of •period, is being inaugurated this social security board, e201 Foley . « unVbia between The (Dfelles and the public utilities department for week by the Sherman county crew, which then takes a count of der this program was grain re building. the number of bulla, cows and cal ceived from the Commodity Cre control. * , North Dalles will be replaced by 1939 were *$1089 .under the costs branch of the First National T h e following requirements ves in the herds, as well as gath dit Corporation and represented Here is the trick used by chiefs a submarine cable. Another bud- for 1938, according to Commis- bank of Portland it is^ announced ering information on general.food wheat or which loans were de must toe met to qualify for these of bureaus when their funds are X n l ^ X the dinner O. R. IBean. Nearly $4000 by Lloyd Hennagin, manager. faulted. Another offer of about monthly benefits: 1) the worker conditipns. ^,,4- from the trn v p llin c r PX- ♦hreatened* They announce dim- I domestic w a te r 5 PP y was cut travelling ex “Physicians and dentists have Data so gathered will be used 966,000 bushels was made to the must have died after December S ¡ of an activity or service ' company’s Tygh Valley generat.ng peases of the department during to pay their bills like any one by the game commission as a mills February 27. A feature in 31; 2) the widow must have in in a state, knowing that abolish- plant, the year, Bean said. : else,” Mr. Hennagin said, “but basis for determining the elk hunt the English markets was the of her care a child or adopted child ♦ «• w ment will start a local protest and J— too frequently they are the first ing regulations for the 1940 season ficial. order requiring millers to of the worker that is less than State Senator “D e a n Walker to be called and the last* to be senators and representatives to ¡ G a r d e n C l u b P l a y T o use a minimum of 60 percent of 16 or under 18 if in school and; of Polk county has let it be known paid. Mnnitobas compared with 40 per 3) the worker must have been em that he will not toe a candidate save the activity and under this | - - 1 Q cent previously. The export price ployed at jobs covered by the “We feel that no group of per Room For Storage fire from back home the legisla- , g e ( j j v e i l M a T C h Z for state treasurer .thus confirm sons is more worthy of our help of flour was fixed at a minimum social security act in a t least ing a prediction made in this and co-operation than these men tors become interested in seeing . of about $7.42 per sack of 280 six calendar quarters since Jan that necessary funds are provided. » Final rehearsals have been in cciurnn last week. Instead he will upon whom we depend for the Of Clothes Provided uary 1, 1937 with earnings of at pounds net cash basis. This may explain why announce- ' p10greSs this week for the presen- concentrate his efforts on a cam- health of our communities. This least $50 in sach of those quar A room for the storage of used ment is made the radio beam at , ta t,on of <‘it Happened One Night” pajgn for tl^ senate presidency new plan tfiat we are announcing ters fro m ' such employment. FINAL PARTY Fort Stevens, needed to guide' to given on Saturday night, for which honor, it is understood offers the patient the opportunity clothing has been opened; in the These federal insurance pay The committee has decided to ments, R i c h a r 4 son explained, vessels into Columbia river in fog March 2nd at th e’ Wasco Opera he wjn ¡be .opposed by Douglas to pay his doctor bills in con Maxwell building above the shoe shop by the American Legion Aux hold the final party of the Kent gy weather ,is to be abandoned; j bouse under the auspices of the McKay of Marion county, venient monthly payments over iliary ,the Red Cross and the Wel ¡Rebekah series the night of March should not be confused with the why many OOC camps are to db Wasco Garden-Club. Miss Mary j • * • time. At the same time fare committee. Those having cloth 2 at the hall. In addition to the state law in behalf of needy de put out of commission; why ex- p ortner is directing the cast in . ¡Pedestrians continue to contri- a he year’s establishes credit with the ing to give to any of these organ regular prizes for the evening pendent children. Federal pay periment stations are to be elim- , this fast-moving , hilarious com- bute the largest number of vis- ments aree emeade as a matter of inated \a n d county agents fired. ¡ cdy Al»o contributing to the even-' tin,,, in the traffic casualty lists •Fir.t /„¿omobile’ “^ izations can bring, it in at any chances on the Samson card table right, and not based upon need, will be drawn. Each person will ’ * * ing’s entertainment will be Gor- ! ()f the ir whtff died as a result 1 . L v in«r build inn- or time and it will be cared for. There and can be paid1 only if the de Unless the senate is able to ar- Rich in so]o numbers, and the I of traffic accidents on Oregon financing th buy R of is need for hangers for the gar have as many chances as he .has ceased worker’s employment re menta. It is also requested that attended card parties —one for cord shows that he has met the gue the house into making larger GirlR. orchestra of Moro. The pro. highways during January, 12 inO(lermzing o is ’ , ’. the size of clothing donated be each party. Winners or some mem requirements of the social sec appropriations /both Grand Coulee ! ce( df5 from the performance will he were pedestrians, a report com- c<'urse» a 80 1)0 marked on it to make distribution ber of his immediate family must pH b 7 s « « u r ’y "of ¿Ute Ear. the d « to r to receive prompt pay- and Bonneville will have to proceed used for the maintenance of the > be present to receive the award. urity act, • 1 Snell shows. Only one fatality re- ment for his services. easier. t Wasco city park. Continued on Page Two Light Company^ ig New ~ Governor Finds General Obligation Bonds Sell Better Than Others O -
