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About Sherman County journal. (Moro, Or.) 1931-current | View Entire Issue (April 12, 1940)
i- Oregon H istorical S o c k . ------ A uditori uhi TJ mt vita l Moro, Oregon. Friday, April 12, it ■ ■' r- ÌSIS Fair In '40 On Its Way I ■ ■ M Moro Reduces Bonded Debt To $24,500 1940 Official County Paper Moisture Tests Show Ground The city council of Moro m et T uesday n ig h t and, finding the city tre a s u ry b e tte r filled than us ual because o f , t a x paym ents, they decided to pay off some more bonds. This w as done through a com bination of available funds. P ay m en t o f city bonds eleven to fo u rteen , inclusive, m akes the re tire m en t of bonds to tal $7,000 since th e refu n d in g was done In 1937. R etired were two $500 bonds due in 1943 and two sim ilar bonds norm ally due in 1944. 1 The city was inform ed th a t the I Pacific Pum p Oo. ' would install « a now pum p in the well to replace j the one bought laat year and which has failed to pump the promised am ount of w ater. The new in stal lation is being made a t the ex pense of the com pany in an e f fo rt to m ake good the g u aran tee. C ooperation w ith the« B reak fast ,club in fu rn ish in g m aterials fo r the clean-up day was voted. Well Soaked Earth Better Soaked Than Usual Despite Lateness of Rains Baseball Power Line 1 earn Join Being Built League W asco To Kent A group of baseball players fiom W asco drove to Fossil Mon th ly night ami joined with mem- j Power Company Makes bert of team s from Fossil. Condon 1 Agreement With and Kinzua to Form a new ver- , sieii of the W’lmat land- Tim ber 1 Farmers For Juice league. While tin- schedule h a s ' mg, bean made up in en tirety the | ( i nstruction of a $15,000 power the lirsV gam e will be on April 28 j line project to serve the com m un w inu Wasco goes to Fossil f o il ity of Kent, 15 miles south from G rass Valley, and 19 farm custom the opener. ers along the route of the line Wasco expects to enlist the sup I will be sta rte d sh o rtly by Pacific pint of a g re a te r num ber of ball j Power & L ight com pany. players this y ear tluyi usual be- ‘ entHe of th is tie-up with a league ' The new 11,000 volt line will an I a s s u ra n c e of gam es, Ste ve b iin g electric service to a to tal of I 5 t> ’ A I e a I a will m anage the* team >0 new customers.. It will connect lii h \ ear. Bat tel it will he chosen with the company’s p resen t lin ’es tu m Jen sen , S p e lic ir and McQuel- at, G lass Valley. li'i, p itc h e rs am W illianis and — Surveys for the line are expec- I t ‘o to s ta r t this week, w ith con H ines, c a tc h e rs. st ructioh to follow as soon as m at erials required can be assem bled. The w o r k will require several weeks. C heering news from keepers of w eath er d ata has been the usual thing since the first of December. Its continuance is also cheering. At the Moro statio n the norm al for April has alread y beep ex ceeded because oT the heavy rains, th a t bro u g h t .81 inches of rain in the first ten days of th a t m onth. The norm al is .73. At the end ot April the norm al precipitation would be 9.24 for the .crop year. We now have 9.85. Considering th a t this has all gone into thi ground instead of whopping down the canyons it is an especially cheering situ atio n . How this has affected the am o u n t, of m oisture in the soil is the next .im p o rtan t th in g worth j Line ( «operative in N atu re - knowing .On the David Reid farm near R ufus the percentage of 5 flood of ap p lican ts quickly 1 The project rep resen ts a m ore m oisture is 14.7 for the first six exh au sted the su rplus supply of j or less m utual u n d ertak in g on the feet. This begins with 16.8 in the pl'cahunt eggs announced recently p a it of the power com pany and top foot und gets down to 13.1 the Oregon S tate Game com j a num ber of the farm custom ers for the sixth foot indicating good mi sion. As a result no additional j to be served. E ig h t private lines I llé s e fo u r d a in ty b its o f fe m in in ity liera ld th e co m in g of f l i p 1 9 1 0 pen etratio n of the soil: rm u e s ls can be tilled ami in fact | to tallin g approxim ately 12 miles G olden (.a te lu te i n a tio n a l E x p o sitio n , to open on T rea su re Isla n d , On the statio n the clean, tilled 1.1 San ir a n c is c o Bay, May ^¿5. W ith th e fa m o u s T o w er o f Hie Sun some who have alread y applied will be built and owned by 13 of early plowed p lo ts have Put -Tarrrr cwstmmers- -to “take- sdr-“’ .A brnkgryiuinl^ M a rg u erite is, iel’i, and J e a n n e B on , N orm a A p ril 3, 1940 being the regular* rrwy bt«"’ t l fgUTTporriTw r."T Tffi tfiii'PHiU1 • cent of m oisture w’ith 15.4 in the l o lso m an d P a tsy Klyeldon p o se atop the sig n ifica n t 1 -9-4-0. tim e r fo ply will be alloted first come vice from the 15 mile m ain line Com m unities hoping to have Bon ( '. T t r « the Sh term of ° l. the th ! C \ ounty UU" P top foot and 10.2 in the lower the com pany will construct to Kent. t served. say tlTe officials. , 3 S herm an C ounty, in the foo, The fifth foQt is unaccoun- neville pow er and sell it to new S ta te of Oregon, the Honorable u b l 4rier> havi ,,,, Cooperation of these new fa rm industriës are doomed to d isap The Ct u nty C ourt did on said u s trs justified the com pany in pointm ent. Bonneville a d m in istra av erag e fo r this kind of plot is I m eet in the County »Courtroom a t m aking the heavy investm ent nec tion intends m ark e tin g the pow er Moro, a t the hour of 10:00 o’ clock I i i i essary to build the line, according itself and selling juice to indus A M TU f ,1 • stu b b le ground has 12.0 per A.M. The follow ing w ere presen t *. , • . , • , tries a t the sam e ra te th a t it sells t i R. V. Ixx:khart .agent fo r the r« A r» , cent of m oisture which is alm ost George A, Potter, county judge, com pany. to PUDs and m unicipalities. identical with late- plowed sum m er * ♦ w David Reid, county com m issioner, I'lie Moro Girl Scout -troop, F ifteen of the 19 new ru ra l us fallow as p n etratio n of m oisture J. M. Wilson, county commission has been practically the sam e and w th the help of the local com m it- ers plan to make full use of th e ir C onsidering th a t the Jones bill At m idnight between A pril 4 er, T .Lesser Johnson, district a t is supposed ,to aid 'all those who n eith er sta rte d the crop year with te • composed of Mrs. Hansen, Mrs. .electricity by in stallin g electric torney, Joe T ru itt .county clerk. borrow from the land bank a ter ami 5" a new’ ra te fo r the sh ip P "L y and Mis. Oveson will give ranges and w ater h eaters. A num any reserve. F arm ers and ranch men th ru J rific opposition has been launched ment of w heat from this county The follow ing proceedings were a benefit ’silver tea next S aturday ber also plan to install domestic T ra sh y fallow .where tested has a g s in s t it b y the m ajor farm o r went into effect giving w heat ow- trie w est have learned th a t crested had a t said term of court. 12.8 percent of m oisture and plow a I. ei noon A pril 13 nt the Womens pumps. X. g anizations »such as the N ational ners the right to ship grain to w heat g rass is more able to with i In the m a tte r of the paym ent ed has 12.6 percent showing little ('lub bouse. A program will (be In Kent, service will be supplied stand hard tre a tm e n t and dry G range. C ongressm an Pierce, Ore- p re ,*nted T ' " 8! difference in to tals although the p c s in te d by the g irls about 3 to a num ber of residences as well P ortland by rail a t 11 cents per f a t h e r than any o th er g ra ss y et I ° f ‘5 “ gen chief defender of the bill in (liseovered. An explanation of why thc, Gc" er* ‘ C1“ " ns allowed deeper soil has more m oisture in o’clock. 'Pile purpose of the event as to the church ,the school, sev com m ittee fo r several weeks hundred instead of 147 is to raise money to buy uniform s eral stores .garages and shops, the the tra s h y plots. ‘ charges th a t opposition is com ing Although some p ro tests were • is able rto take it even b e tte r for tin* troop. Everyone is cordial G range hall, the Legion hall, the At the K ent nursery on the H a g the old native bunch g c ra s ss s In the m a tte r of the paym ent of fiom Wall s tre e t and bankers and made ag a in st the ra te by tiu ck than The IOOF hall and the K ent elevator. the claim s presented a g a in s t the g erty fa rm 15.5 percent of m ois ly invited to attend. is given by I) E. R ichards, su p er th a t farm leaders such r ; T a ’ ir operators m ost of whom had no intendent o f the eastern Oregon Read Fund. Claims allowed and o r tu re was found in the top foot, 19. of N ational G range ere bejng led j in the second and 20. in the third. dered paid. a s tra y by m oney in te ie t-. The l iter<-st in the grain to be' ship- livestock experim ent statio n , a f On S h u tler fla t the average for. Re: R eport of A udit fo r S h er te r a detailed study of com para bill would cut in te re s t to 3 per p i i . these p ro tests were not recog six feet is 11.5 although the lower m an County fo r the y ear 1939. cent elim inate r e q u ir e n tnts th .it^ ,n zed as being of sufficient im tive root system s in grasses. two fe e t averag e but 8.5. At M ay Richards and his assista n ts dug lit po rt deceived and ordered filed. boriow ers take 5 percent of th eir portance to ju stify delay in p u t ville the av erag e is 17.9 for three up g ra ss plants grow ing on dry Re: County T re a su re r’s R eport feet which is not g re a t for that loan in capital stock of the land ting the ra te s into effect. Com S alm i, ()i e. A pi il 1 1 — The river with any hirsute adornm ent. bank, and abolish deficiency judg- m issioner Bean perm itted the ra te s sagebrush range land and then m onth ending March 31, 1940. Re ccuntry according to Mr. Oveson m easured anil counted the roots p o rt accepted and ordered filed. » ¥ r S late Emerge ncy board turned to become effective on the first i of the station. found on ordinary cheat g rass, Sta<te-'fffiptfffment an d in stitu - Re: S heriff’s tu rn o v er on c u r day possible. Governor S prague, tl unit s down in O regon’s partici- nit tits. > native bunch grass, and crested rent« and d elinquent tax es for 1940. i The rain fall a t Kent and .Grass t¡final heads are atten d in g school This month 715 boys from O re :■:*(» appealed to by the grow ers, Valley has been g re a te r for the Ipation in the 1916 W orld’s F air C om m erce' w heat g rass, all grow ing under the Taxes collected to date of M arch re e m ^ s to rm than for the .cen tral gon and 723 from W ashington will asl.rd the In te rs ta te in Salem this week. David Eccles sam e conditions. 15, 1940. R eport accepted and or- p a rt of the county. March brought in 'P leasure I land this week when he selected for CCC cam ps. These Commission to keep hands off and budget d irector is conducting a The cheat grass, w’hich is alw ays Lt lefusod to approve an appropr- d ire d filed. arc juvenile enrollees and Ynust be in effect, w h e a t is worth 1.8 I 1.49 to G rass Valley, 1.75 at B our a sort of flash in the pan g ra ss I conference on budget, p u rch asin g ia .io n of $16.506 to finance a |Court adjourned .subject to call bon and 1.38 to Kent. between 17 and 2.3 y ea rs old. Dr- cents per bushel more because of which grows quickly and tu rn s of County Judge. j and au d itin g problem s. A sim ilar | ector Jam es J. IMcEntee, who suc tn tir action. s l a t e exhibit. brown ju st as prom ptly, was found CLAIM S PR ESEN TE D A N D AL ceeds the «late R obert Fechner, I avid Eecle-i. b u d g et director conference will be held in P o rt- to ha\ c total l?’i;, h of root LOWED A ti A INST TH E G E N E R says th ere will 'be no difficulty \ who previously had pared the i land la te r for heads of d ep o rt sy.-ti i < . 3 f;e t. This in- AL FU N D , A PR IL TERM , 1940. filing the quotas of the two sta te s t« aiativ e budget for the sta te ex- m ents m ain tain in g h ead q u arters c l u ’e t h ! li of p rim ary and Claim Account A m ount as th ere is now’ a w aiting list of b bit down to $25,000 presented in th a t c i t y . If the ex p erim en t seco1 d n y • r its and also the h air C .M trsin g e i, work a t De ap p licants; Idaho’s quota is 347. the board with a revised budget i proves successful oth er conferen like re e t .Th; native bunch g rass « « * Mos3 park $9.00 It has been announced th at Ilay calling for a total expenditure of ces will be held from tim e to tim e had ‘a l 8 I riiu u y roots, com pared C. Axtell, work at DeMoss ' U nder p residential re o rg a n iz a The Moro W om an’s club held w ith 87 oti the cheat g rass, while Gill will speak a t the Wasco $16,666 with an unexpended bal Eccles said. park ’ 4.50 tion order, the biological survey a very in terestin g m eeting last • • • schoolhouse a t 2:30 today on the ance in the 1939 appropriation. all loots added to g eth er co n sti F irs t N ational Bank, Old and bureau of fisheries will be con F rid ay with public safety and re county school plan and a t G rass Governor S p rag u e appeared l>efore tuted a total length of 722. When a man b ites a dog, th a t’s 'Age A ssistance 192.80 solidated. Head m an will be Ira creation as the topics. Valley school house a t 8 o ”cloek t ie board to recommend an ap- news. Likewise when a tax p ay e r 3 he crested wheat g ra ss ,on the F irst N ational Bank. Blind Ga'brielson ,with W. C. H ender The m eeting was opened by other hand, had 836 p rim ary roots this evening. The g ran g e is spon p io p riatio n of $16,566 from the voluntarily co n trib u tes m ore th an A ssistance 9.40 son director of wild life. Robert singing “ My O regon’’. Among the soring his appearance as it also enu rgeticy fund to be* matched by the law requires and insists th a t which averaged much longer th an F irst N ational Bank, Aid to JacksonJ actin g com m issioner of com m ittee repo rtsV M rs. P in k e r sponsored the appearance of Fred an i qual am ount from the tou rist he is glad to do it. The income tax those on the native bunch g ra ss, D ependant Children 23.40 fisheries, is soliciting support to be ton announced t h a t.th e girl scout P eterson, su p erin ten d en t of the travel promotion' fund of the h ig h commission has uncovered a t least and. in addition had the enorm ous Union Pacific R. R. Co., F re ig h t designated as d irec to r fo r fish.. In t cop was having a program and K lam ath county schools ,who was way d ep artm en t. total of 53.755 hair like roots, g iv two of these unusual individuals. on special election supplies 1.92 addition to recent purchases of tea next S aturday for the p u r h e n the first of M arch. ing it a total root length of 2978 J. C. Freem an, p o stm aster, Four m em bers of the em ergency One filed a re tu rn show ing he did- the Bill H anley ranch an d 20,000 pose of ra isin g money for un The county school plan will be hoard voted for the ap p ro p riatio n , feet. The crested w heat g ra ss m t owe any tax but enclosed a Stam ps for speciar election 13.00 acres in I>ake county, Ore., for re iform s. voted on here A pril 16 a t a spe o, e short of the required num ber check for $12 ju s t because he roots w ent down to hard pan, two fuge, the governm ent announces Mrs. H. B. P inkerton was dir- f i i t ,six inches below the sunface Otis Baker, ja n ito r’s sa la ry 75.00 cial election. for pas-age, with the rem aining th o u g h t it was w orth a t least th a t Gee. A. P o tter, county ju d g e’s purchase of 201 acres fo r the W ill- ec^or for the afternoon and read while the native hunch g rass w ent two num bers voting "n o ”. Those much to be allowed to live in O re S alary 75.00 apa refu g e near N aselle, W ash., a poem “ The M otorist’s P ra y e r” down only 15 inches, and the ch eat C. B argenholt. work a t vi ting for th e ap p ro p riatio n were gon. A nother re tu rn showed a and 89 acres fo r the S k ag it re Three girl scouts gave the flag g ra ss 3 and a half inches. S enators Dean W alker ami Ron- tax of $9.00 due b u t the tax p ay er DeMoss P ark , 4.80 fuge near Mt. Vernon. salute .Mrs. E. Amidon gave a With such an extensive root C. H earing, work a t al I .Jones and R epresentatives C. insisted on co n trib u tin g $15.00 and b rief account of the m any beauty syrteni (the crested w heat g rass C. (diapnian and A. «Ronnie. Those insisted, th a t he wished he could DoMoss P ark 4.00 No stam pede is reported for per spots of Oregon. B etty T em ple is able tfi make use of all .th e A. S h earer, work a t opposed w ere R epresentatives E r afford to make it still more. m ission to prospect fo r oil and ton san ga solo. J . •«4*'.‘ K errick of m oisture available and- to compete W illiam C lothier, who has been nest F inland and H enry Semon. • • r DeMoss P ark - 4.00 gas on .nu'bli? lands in the n o rth -1 the state traffic division gave a successfully with other vegetation Pacific Pow er & L ight Co. w orking in the Atwood Store, for A ll>fiicinbers of th e board ex w est. There are 10500 acçes av talk on safety th a t was much ap Filing fees paid by the 417 under adverse conditions,; says Mr. several y ears has bought the W as pressed d issatisfactio n over Ore- candidates whose nam es will ap L ights a t courthouse $45.75 ailable through the land office a t preciated by all. The reading of a •Richards. Mr .and Mrs. g en ’s show ing a t the 1939 fa ir and pear on the state p rim ary ballot Mdse $2.80 48.55 co M arket from Spokane* 72,000 acres a t the land poem “ A N egro’s C ontri'iution to Owen B a rn e tt and has taken fo r at least two of the four nienilwrs totalled $7125, it was reported by Kilham S tationery & P rin tin g office at The Dalles; 10,000 acres S afe ty ” concluded the program . JCo. Sheriff’s office expense 8.58 mal delivery W ednesday of this voting for the ap p ro p riatio n de S ecretary oc S tate Snell .A nother a t Roselburg and 4000 acres a t The next m eeting which is to week. 'Mr. C lothier and his wife clared th a t they did so only be $5426 was paid in fo r space in D ep artm en t of A griculture, Lakeview. be the m others and d au g h ters ban- « « 9 will m anage the grocery and m a r cause T. II. Banfield, prom inent the official v o ter’s pam phlet which Scaler of wts & m easures 3.76 , quet will be held A pril 19 a t the R. A. Stow, justice of jfeace 5.00 k et . The ad m inistration won its fight church with a pot luck dinner a t P ortland in d u strial leader, had went to press this week and will W est C oast P rin tin g & Bifid- | The new owner sta te s th a t he agfeed to head up the new W orld’s begin going into the m ail late to extend the reciprocal trad e 6:45. There will be a special speak will have a new and large stock fair com m ission which the gover this m onth. Work on the new addition to ing. clerk ’s record sup. 38.50 tre a ty act, which has been suib- er from M onmouth. of goods on hand by S aturday, nor planned to ap p o in t if the bud the elevator a t Moro is going on C lerk’s office expense 4.75 jreted to w idespread criticism by • « • A pril 20 when he will have an op ge* for the exhibit was approved. each day with a crew of men S heriff”s office exp. 5.28 48x53 fru it grow ers, the lum ber indus If tax re tu rn s can- be acceded en in g sale. 9 • • having already cleared the site S tan d ard Oil Co. Gasoline try cattlem en and other o rg an iza as a fair criterion p ro sp erity m u st and made ready for the laying of fo r governm ent trap p e r J 8.08 — tions. O pponents of, the policy No, the gilded pioneer atop Ore have peeped around the corner a t concrete for the base. The new Jiuy Wells, Mileage re: g o n ’s^ new' capitol is not sprouting now intend c a rry in g th e issue in least in Oregon last year. tA re-** Ions will he ju s t up the track T eschner case 3.40 to the presidential cam paign. The w hiskers. A published rep o rt pic jKirt by the inco«me tax commis- from the old elevator and will S. W. Searcy, Courthouse sup. 1.80 ad m in istration suspects V ice-pres tu rin g the pioneer statue* as a A cooking school is being held m a rly join th a t stru ctu re . No pit City of Moro, w ater a t erth se 3.60 sior shows th a t a to tal o f 94,644 ident G arn er of giving secret a s s mi mber o f Salem ’s newly organi- at the Odd Fellows hall in G rass tax re tu rn s were filed this year istance to opponents of the p ro Valley this afternoon ; with Mrs. is being dug under this building as Lucille H. Vale, nursing red “w h iskerino” club brought a as com pared to 75,339 last yaar. a connection will be made w ith service 134.03 W ashington" D. C. April 11— Re num ber of ifidignant pro tests to gram . Audrey H erington in j^harge of the old pit and the sam e facilities Income taxes paid up to April 1, * V * Pacific Tel. & Tel Co. clam ation service will lease 31, S ecretary of S tate Snell as cus the instruction. She has been in used for troth. deadline fo r the first installm ent Telephones for all offices 15.05 700 acres in the Columbia basin G«ov. IClarence M artin of W ash this county before as d em o n stra todian of the capitol building. He totalled $3,467,460 compared to $2, In addition to this work the C. C. Wilson, sheriff for grazin g purposes. Bids of less lost no tim e in b randing the story ington has apoealed to Federal ting cook for the Pacific Power & 680,179 a y ear ago. g iain grow ers are p u ttin g crib T ra n sp o rtin g ClOCboys; than 2J cents per acre will not as false and in- explaining th a t m aritim e commission to r «lieve the Light Company and h e r . w ork is bing* in several w arehouses to While the number of taxable C om m ittm ent case: tr a n s be considered. The bi^ls are for the so far as he is concerned perm is- coastal and in teico astal shipping therefore well known to the lad m ake bulking possible* to a g re a t returns tfled increased only 25.6 _ po rtin g L arry E .Cribs to re st of ’ the calendar y e a r' withoutTsTlV-; ’will not I»e given the ccnten Cbn*’n:ied on Page Two ies who will attend. er ex te n t.' sta te pen .and stam ps 82.20 option to renew. nial boosters to desecrate the pio- Continued on page two ----- x _ • I W ahington A pril 11,— T h ere is no occasion for Bonneville tr a n s m ission lines to be rushed in vari ous sections of Oregon and W ash ington, A d m in is tra to r «Raver was cautioned by a sen ate subcom m it tee on ap p ro p riatio n s. The adm in is tra to r had explained his plan fo r ex p editing construction of sev eial lines and then com ing .back to congress and ask in g f o r 'a d e f iciency appropriation. T h at the policy of Bonneville is to force p riv ate com panies out of business and b rin g about public ow nership in the Pacific n o rth w est was th e substance of testim ony of w itnesses a t the hearings. The plan is sim ple: W ith money to build tran sm ission lines, public u t ility d istricts can be given a ra te which will enable them to under sell -private com panies and take aw ay th e ir custom ers. P rincipal th re a t to public owner ship in the Pacific northw est, said Raver, is the d an g e r of PU'Ds be coming involved in long law suits. No More Pheasant County Court Eggs Available Has Easy Time At April Term Grain Rate Crested Wheat Lowered; Charge Has Longer Roots N ow.ll Cents Girl Scouts To Give Silver Tea Than Bunch Grass Tempest In Teapot Caused By Vote of Emergency Board on Fair Funds Ray Gill Talk Womens Club Has Announced Here Safety Meeting William Clothier Buys Market New Elevator Going Up Grass Valley To Have Cooking School Reclamation. Land * May Be Sold * • 1 i ' 6 JS'
