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S hu m an County Observer
.'Established Nov. 2, 1888
Grass Valley Journal
E stablished Oct. 14, 1897
CONSOLIDATED M arch 6, 1931
r
Wasco News-Enterprise
Established Nov. 1891
TONSOLIDATED March
193!
O r eci
P URLI SHE
FR ID A Y , MAY 17, 1940
THE SHERMAN COUNTY JO U R N A L , MORO, OREGON
P A t B TWO
\P E R
FIAT! ON
Published E very F rid ay at
Moro, Oregon
E ditor
Giles L. French
E n tered as second-class m a tte r ut
the Postoffice at Moro, Oregon
under Act of C ongress of Mar» h
3. 1879.
O F F IC IA L COUNTY PA PER
n d ato ry if the price is low
jg h . U ndoubtedly som e of the
lipulation is due to a desire to
a n u e th e loans.
'nd stocks and bond«, fluctuat-
like a w ash line in the wind
one th in k s th a t conditions will
he sam e as ever e ith e r during
w ar or a fte r, but changes sc
en t as the above are hardly
ed for a t the p resen t time.
Toeing llie Line at 40 4 air
Gossip
" «<♦>».> u i trom j n_-e o n e'
: i«-£d cf on the ion-4nile basis as
a t p resen t and collect six per cent
/ the g ro ss income of buss lines
fo r privilege o f o p e ra tin g over
t te highw ays. . E n g in eers o f the
re lic u tilitie s d e p a rtm e n t say th a t
1k? iprbposal would re su lt in a m a
te ial reduction in th e revenues
of the m otor tra n s p o rt division.
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. t m u st be w ith no little satis fac- •
i th a t those who worked to im-
S t^ te tax levies W ithin the con*
ve the city park a few weeks stitu tio n al six percent lim itatio n
> note the larg e num'oer of chil- nt grow ing a t the ra te o f approx- ,
i who play there daily on the hi ately a q u a rte r of a million dol-
equipm ent installed clean-up h r s a year, according to figures
They are tsontented and hap- com piled by the s ta te tax com m is
and in no danger from those sion. The increase in the 1940 levy
' j travel the highw ay.
< i ei th a t for 1939 was $240,103.
N ext y ear it will am ount to more,
With the coining of wui met tii m $270,000 if full a d v a n ta g e ¡L
.th -r the g ra in in th is county ta ;en of the co n stitu tio n al “ re stric
really begun to grow and the ti in” which now ap p e ars probable.
vchus on the north slopes where T h at m eans th a t every fo u r years»
• worm s kept it thin are now ai other m illion d o llars w ill be ad-
je tty well covered iby w aving d( 1 to the tax (burden fo r sta te
:.in. Conditions are rig h t fo r a pi eposes w ithout any fu r th e r ac-
i ; crop but p re sen t indications do tif n iby th e voters, assu m in g th a t
♦ give th a t im pression.
th? cost of s ta te g o v ern m en t con
tinues to grow .
W ithin the next m onth or so two \ Tax ^com m ission figures show
P -,v areas in this county will re th a t in th? 23 y ears since th e con
çu ve electric p o w e r . T h e line to stitu tio n al “ re s tric tio n ” has beer,
Ii fu s \te nearin g com pletion and in effect the s ta te levy subject t->
ti. • K entT tne-w ill be under con th at lim itation has in creased by
st uction w ithin a few days. When more than $1,797.000. In the past
tl \ is done th ere will be no large t< n years the increase u n d er the
l i ft of the county w ithout elec- srim.TCis of th e six per ce n t in
t; city and side lines from the two crease has exceeded $1,774,000.
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w 1 take power to m any farm s not
h ith erto havrftg U navailable.
P ortland continues th e black
fi À
iC ontinued iro m page one)
when it was found ea st of Spokane
and in Idaho.
Thee is a sh o rtag e of men for
w ildlife le -te i.'tio n projects. E ig n t
s ta te s are ask in g aid in locating
technicians fo r this w o rk / T here
m e plenty of ap p lican ts fo r the
SU B SC R IPTIO N RATES
jobs, b u t the req u irem en ts are rigid
Payable in Advance
Thus fa r 125 train ed wildlife e x
ONE YEAR ............................. S1 50
p erts are supervising 196 project-.
(foui in W ashington, three in O re
MAY 17, 1940
gon.) It is a new field of en d ea
vor. The gov ern m en t pays 75 per
T H E W AR
\
cent and the sta te s 25 per cent of
the cost of the projects. W ashing
E very person gives much of his
ton proj-ects are acquisition of 18,-
tim e th in k in g of it, every conver
OOQ acres as w in ter range fo r deer
satio n has it fo r a topic, fa rm e r;
in O kanogan county; acquisition o’
w onder of its effect on w heat m a r -
w inter ran g e for elk in Y akim a
ets, boys think of being called, it
co u n ty ; acquisition of Squaw creek
is alw ays p re sen t w ith us who are
antelope ra n g e in K ittita s county
f a r removed from the scenes of
and developm ent of Squaw creek
slau g h ter.
areas. O regon projects consist of
T he possibilities of it may be
tra n s p la n tin g beaver to suitable
an y th in g .
h a b ita ts ; re sto ratio n
of
sag"
T here is no one who can teU w hat
sp a t on O regon’s trffic m ap : While g io u se in so u th eastern O regon; Rb-’
Even though th ere is little in
the w ar will do to him or his. , No
L .ffic fa ta litie s in the staTe oui-
one who
can
w ith ce rta in ty to eat in the p rim ary cam paign the sii.e of P ortlan d to talled only '37 seeding th e burned over area in T.l
p io p h esy th a t this will not be the v c.in g will be done and the candi for. the first fo u r m onths of 1940, eniook, Y am hill and W ashington
end of civilization as we know it. dates named. The election is to com pared to 72 fo r the sam e period counties.
C ertainly it will be the end of our day, F rid ay , May 17 and there it! la 4 1 year, a decline of seven pe •
sti 1 tim e for electors to study the I
way of life here in A m erica.
cc.:l, 32 persons m et d eath in t r a
T h at any nation could be p e r candidates and cast a ballot for ffic accidents in P o rtlan d d u rin g
m itted to build up arm am en ts s.» th sc of th eir choice.
this .period com pared w ith 20 fo-
d e v a sta tin g th a t it becomes possi
■ he first four m onths of 1939. an
Soon now school will be out an d '
ble for it to conquer a t will the
increase of 60 per cent figures
The electric range contest b r i:g
peoples of all adjoining countrit:s th e stre e ts will oe as quiet a t fau ’- (
compiled by S ecretary of Stat'* sponsored jy electric ran g e deal-
<
•’
’ock
as
a
t
three.
Boys
and
g
irls
will m ake it necessary lo r us in
Sn?ll show.
e is and Pacific Pow er & L ight Com
who' have been looking out «he
A m erica t,o really arm ourselves.
pany ends May 31. Thousands of
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No one here h&a joined the arm y school house H i n d o o “ST'"
idrtunity
increased
ih
d
u
sin
u
l
en
try blanks have been given out'
or tak en tra in in g unless he desired
^
—•parental
au
th
o
rity
preru
m
.
activity
th
ro
u
g
h
o
u
t
the
s
ta
te
,
due
and
hundreds returned., indicating
No one has th o u g h t it necessary.
‘ largely to w ar dem ands from E u ro leal in te re st in the contest. B ut
The m ajo rity of us are certainly ed -a n d books will be fo rg o tten for
pean nations, job placem ents in the ‘sponsors wish to urge all con
com ing to the conclusion th a t it th? sum m er. ,«
Oregon Tor the first fo u r m onths te s ta n ts who haven’t com pleted
f
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m u st be done.
A m ovem ent is s ta rtin g to try to of 1940 show an increase of 58$ th e ii en trie s to do so as quickly as
C entral E urope and n o rth w e st
I e • cent over the record fo r the possible so th a t they won’t acci
ern E urope is under the thum b of a h ve tu rn o u ts m ade on the hign-
sam
e period in 1939, it w as re p o rt dently fo rg et the deadline. All en
m an who m akes no profession of x: v a t the Lop o f G o r d o n ..and
ed
iby
D irector L. C. Stoll of th? tries m ust be retu rn ed in person
d
ig
g
e
r
ridges
so
th
a
t
travelers
an y m orality as we know it. He
sti
te
em
ploym ent office. Stoll a l to the sto re w h e re' they w ere
s ta te s th a t the big g est lie is the ii v stop to look over the county
so
re
p
o
rts
a decrease of 25 per secured to be eligible for one or
best because more people will b e v h ?n and If they desire. F or one
c e r t in the file of active job seek more of the prizea, which include
v
1
j
drives
over
the
county
a
t
this
lieve a big one. He has shown no
le g a rd fo r the rig h ts of n eu trals t»> ’e of year the idea seem s advis- ers com pared w ith the record of 5 electric ra n g es, twelve electric
or sm eller nations and no one can rb le fo r th ere are few places in last year w ith the em ploym ent ro a ste rs and 56 m erchandise a-
th > s ta te w here a b e tte r view can d ep a rtm en t already b eg in n in g to w ards.
expect any fro m him.
E n try form s a re still avaiable
W hether G erm an forces can go be obtained of prosperous a g ri wo -ry over th e p rospect of a sh o r
tag e of w orkers to h a rv e st O re a t electric ra n g e dealers Tor any
on and b re ak th ro u g h into the culture.
» ,
gon’s crops this sum m er.
rd u ll or child who h asn ’t y et s e c u r
h e a rt of F ran ce and tak e the B rit
ed a copy. No purchase is neces
The
O
regon
Jo
u
rn
a
l
has
a
new
ish Isl£a will be known in a few
Five Oregon autom obile license sary. This con test is open to any
weeks.
Losses m u st have been tvpe face th a t is much m ore easily
heavy and su p erio rity of a ir force read th an th e old and therefore plates of the v in tag e 1906 to 1910 one who is served by Pacific Power
will not la s t much longer. If the an im provem ent from th e reader were presented to S e c re ta ry ’ of <fe L ight C om piny and who is not
S tate Snell th is week iby W a lte r em ployed by one of. the sponsors
G erm an arm y does tak e these n a viewpoint.
M.
Cook of P o rtlan d , fo r p re s e rv a or is a m em ber of a sp o nsor’s
tions— and keep th em — it will
tion
in the s ta te ’s collection. These fam ily.
m ean a new world fo r us even
plates w ere issued to cover a one-
here in w este rn A m erica. I t will
cylinder Cadillac, a Corbin, a M ax
m ean a regim ented Europe and
well. a Knox and a Y ork, all pion
ev en tually a regim ented A m erica.
e e r in the m otoring field and now
T here will be none to apeak for
long since out of m an u fa ctu re e x
freedom of th o u g h t, speech and
G rass Valley B a p tist C hurch:
cept for the Cadillac. Cook was
action fo r those who do speak will From the Observer, May 20, 1921
10:00
a. m. - Bible School. Omy
unable to recall the procedure by
be su p p ressed —and effectively.
In the case of S ta te of Oregon which he acquired the license p lates two more Sundays to go on the
W hat is w ritte n today is old to
vs Law rence Jones th e defendant in those early days and s ta te re c S crip tu re M em orization Contest.
m orrow ; the plans of today are the
was found not guilty of having ord? fail to shrow any lig h t on the 11:00 a. m. - The M orning W orship
fa ilu re s or success of tom orrow .
liquor in his possession.
subject. In p resen tin g the p lates Service - “The Salvation of an A f
R egardless of who wins the end .u
Jam es M atthes will be the new to the sta te Cook recalled t h a t he rican .” 7:00 p. m. - B.Y.P.U. Be
th is w ar will m ark a change in liv
m ?nager of the K en f E levator Co., was once fined $5 fo r vio jatin g a sure to be on time. 7:45 - B accal
ing in th is world and it is doubtful
in place of Mr. Givens, retired.
traffic speed law by trav e llin g 12 au reate Service for the G rass V al
if it is fo r th e b e tte r.
C ounty ag e n ts of ea ste rn O re an hour on H olliday avenue in ley High School class of 1940. Rev.
gon sp en t W ednesday of this week T oftland, two miles in excessive of F. L. Cannell of Wasco will be the
SIGN H ERE
v isitin g a t the local experim ent t r e speed lim it a t th a t tim e,
speaker- Two p. m. T uesday - The
sta tio n . P ro fesso r H islop, P o tte r
W omen’s M issionary society will
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Minor difficulties w ith beauroc-
and F e tts of OAC w ere also here.
m eet a t the home of Mrs. Sam
Seven
more
counties
have
been
la c y is evident to every person who
The high school senior play added to the s ta te ’s list of B ang’:; S tark . Everyone come to hear the
h as occasion to sign some of the
brought in a to tal of $152.55 which disease-free accredited areas, ac rep o rt by Mrs. Dryden from the
ag ric u ltu ra l a d m in istra tio n ’s p a
will be used for the new school cording to Dr. W. H. L ytle, state W omen's m eeting at the S ta te Con
pers. It is fo rtu n a te th a t office
paper,
the M idget.
i \ vterinarian« They are Polk, M ar vention.
help carefully m arks the papers
Gerald C. Dryden, P asto?
w ith an x on the place for signing. From the Observer, May 19, 1911 ion, Benton, Lincoln. Do>uiglts, Linn
and
Hood
River.
Five
o
th
er
O
re
O therw ise one m ight sign on line
Wasco M ethodist C hurch: S un
Queen M ary put the ban on cig gon counties had previously been
cxdF-3Y instead of on the proper
day
School a t 10 a. m. Classes
line which is ewp 3-x3z and th a t a r e tte sm oking women and hobble accredited as B an g ’s disease-<free.
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for all ages. M orning w orship a t
sk
irts
a
t
the
coronation.
Good
for
com plicates the whole 'businest
In stead of the expected increase 11 a. m. Epw orth le a g u e a t 6:30
Mary.
clear back to W ashington.
fine cornet band of 20 pieces | in to u ris t traffic to the w e st coast There will be no preaching service
It would be in tere stin g to know
end
the
DeMoss Lyric b ard s will j this year due to the w ar in Euro- a t the G rass Valley M ethodist
how m any sig n ers know w hat it is
fm
n
ish
the
music fo r the Pioneer | pean countries which is keeping Church Sunday afternoon because
all about when they do sign. T here
of the B accalaureate service a t 7:45
are m any form s and a num ber for picnic and the 4th of July, celebra ' A m ericans at home, figures fo r the
! first four m onths of this y ear show p. m. Rev. F. L. Clannell will d"-
each piece of land, ap p aren tly . tion a t DeMoss this y ear.
a decline of nine per c e n t in the livei the baccalaureate address a t
The
field
m
eet
com
m
ittee
has
T here are also so many papers to
G rass Valley Sunday evening.
sigr. th a t full inform ation is not choten ju d g es fo r th e m eet an J I num ber of foreign cars en terin g
F. L. Cannell, P asto r.
the s ta te as com pared w ith th »
carried forw ard and m ost signing o rato rical contest.
A
ntone
P
o
tte
r,
the
Klondike
sam
e
period
a
y
ea
r
ago.
The
t
r
a
is done on fa ith and hope.
Moro C om m unity P resb y terian
N asby, wap w ith us S unday until vel in fo rm atio n 'b u reau o f the high
C
hurch:
10:00 a. m. Sunday School.
TT' •
tra in tim e when* Ju d g e P a rk e r let way d ep a rtm en t, how ever, pred icts
JIT T E R S ?
him go home because of the press th a t this loss will be m ore th a n Classes for ages. 1 1 a . m. M orning
m ade up by increased traffic this W orship - Special m usic by the
T here is evidence th a t we are of business.
The ra in fall of the 11th and 12th sum m er, a ttra c te d to the coast by choir. Serm on by the p asto r on
g ittin g a little jitte ry in the
the them e, “ About 120.”
.20; - give us some next v m w
onth i ti e San F rancisco fa ir.
U nited S ta tes. The ad m in istratio n was
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8:00 p. m. B accalaureate service fo r
talk s of $10,000,000,000 to rearm J u p ite r and w e ll be duly thankful,
‘he g ra d u atin g class of Moro H igh
the country and of ra isin g th a t Grass Valley Journal, May 19, 1921 3 he Rebuke
School. The p asto r fill p reach on
A
business
man
th
o
u
g
h
t
his
staff
am ount by tax atio n or by increas
i a th e r lazy and indifferent, so he the subject “ M aking a F riend of
The excellent crop prospects of
ing the debt lim it? Foolish. F irs t
Life.” The choir will fu rn ish two
it would be im possible to spend tl is county were enhanced by an pinned up the follow ing notice:
special num bers.
“
Bread
is
the
staff
of
life,
but
th a t am ount of m oney fo r a rm a excellent rain of -43 inches Sunday
£
H enry G. H anson, P a sto r
th
a
‘
is
no
reason
why
the
life
of
m ents for some years because night.
our
staff
should
Ire
one
continual
P rof. B uchanan has accepted a
th ere is no one equipped to m ake
Moro C hristian Science Society:
th a t much guns, am m unition, en job a t N orth Powder for next year. lo af.”— M ississippi P ro g ress.
Church services every Sunday morn
gines or equipm ent. It m ight be Mias W hite and Miss F e rrin will
“ When were the sorcalled D ark ing a t eleven o’clock. The subject
used as an excuse to raise the deb* rg a in teach a t G rass Valley.
of the Lesson-Serm on fo r Sunday.
P. N. Lemmon has sold his house A g e s? ”
lim it which th is adm inistration ha*
May 19 will fce “M ortals and Im
‘‘D
uring
the
days
of
the
k
n
ig
h
ts.”
in tcfwn to Sam Holm es who will
w anted to d.o fo r some time.
m ortals.” Sunday school is a t 10
Then, look w h at happened to move here some tim e th is fall. The
a. m. W ednesday evening m eeting
w heat. Down ten cents for two Lemmon fam ily will leave a fte r
is a t eight o’clock. The reading
successive days. B uyers 'scared, school closes fo r Salem where they
room is in the re a r of the church
no m a re k t. The governm ent crop will reside.
building with an a tte n d a n t on Wed-
re p o rt showed a b igger crop com-
C ounty and sta te road officials
A
ttorney
A
t
L
a
w
evening, __________ _
m g th an expected which also help- w ere here th is week to look over
G
oiter—
You must“ be~£he w orst
ed the speed of the
fall. Then, tlie survey fo r the post road.
In-
M
o
ro
an
d
W
aaco
caddie
in
the
world.
top, tfci» is about the tim e of year form ation is th a t the first
two
Why men will visit T reasu re Island for the 1940 Golden G ate Intern: *ioia1 Exposition ma.v easily be under
stood if you cast your eyes over these ten fro n t line show girls, who v ,11 >e f?alured in “Golden D ayj^ef 40«
the C alifornia W orld’s F a ir’s opening production, to be staged May 27» :rd
Range Contes'
Drawin: To Chee
In Other Day:
GEORGE G. UPDEGRAFF
'fife goreipm ent has to make un units, from Wasco to Grass Valley
J ts ln in d on crop loans. These are will be surveyed by June.
CAB:
WHITE BARRIER STPJ? e 1 _
YELLOW CENTER 5TRÌPE
a
- ira»!»*»»
!-w
NO-PASSING ZONE PAVEMENT MARKING ■ ■W.. ' i,m « t OMV ii.poct
lf
C ' /'-A H U
h
In the a rtist’s sk etch , car No. 2 has overtaken car No. 1 but the driver of car No. 2 is warned by the w hite bar
rier stripe th a t it is not sa fe to .pass No. 1 w ithout danger of colliding w ith car No. 3, w hich, for purpose of
illu stra tid i m ay .b a rely be discerned approaching over the crest of the hiJL
MANY BONDS SOLD
Fishing Good In
Deschutes above Bend. The ca tc h
es have also included eastern brook
and some loch leven tro u t.
SECR ETA RY R EPO R TS
Oregon Streams
S ecretary of the T reasu ry Mon-
E nth u siastic rep o rts have been
g en th au announced today th a t the
F ish in g is e x c e p tio n a l, bet e?
to tal sales of Saving Bonds th ru 1
brought back from P aulina, S u ttle
than it has been for y ears, in i r-
M arch -31, 1940. ag g reg ated in
a.id E a st lakes, which opened on
crous
strea m s and lakes of O e-
m a tu rity value, m ore than $3,860.-
May 1. Most of the an g lers re-
gon, according to inform ation con
2 73,475 and th a t purchases have
tu ’ ncd with limit catches of tro u t
tained on catch re p o rt cards- receiv
been made by ap p ro x im ately 1.-
t u r n these three bodies of w ater,
987,374 investors. The to tal re p re ed by the Oregon S ta te Game Ccm- goually good rep o rts also came
sents av erag e purchases of $2,495,- m ittion from anglers.
1 n' an glers who fished on N orth
325 fo r each business day since
F o r the first tim e in history Twin lake.
M arch 1. 1935, \^hen these bonds rhe Game Commission has d istrib
Fisherrhen rep o rtin g to the gam e
were first placed on sale. D educt uted catch rep o rt card s am ong
commission
séem unanim ous in the
ing bonds redeem ed, the m atu rity sportsm en, req u estin g them to fill
opinion th a t angling in these rivers
value of Savings Bonds ou tstan d - cu t such cards with inform ation
f ’r.d lakes is fa r b etter th an it has
ii if on M arch 31, 1940, was ap p ro x - concerning fishing and a heavy re
been in years and all seemed p a r
m n tily -»$3.495,573,600.
tu rn has been made thus far.
ticularly pleased a t such good .r e
The total m a tu rity value of pur- ; E xcellent catches of rainl ow sults so early in the seasn.
chases for the calen d ar y ear 193) tio u t have been reported on the
was $1.104,060,000, an av erag e p u r Deschutes riv er and on the upper
Read the Ads in the Journal.
chase for each business day of last
ye?r of $3,667,975.
Sherm an county tow ns have so! 1
the following am ounts: G rass Val
T h e W orld’s News Seen T hrough
ley. $112.50; Moro, $8,250.00; and
he hristian cience onitor
Wasco, $4,687.50.
T
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j iethlchem C h apter, No. 78.O.E.S
Moro, Orego :
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Meets Every Second and
J
VfL
F o u rth T h u rsd ay s in each
Month. V isiting m em bers
<
v
invited
I
Naomi Van Gilder, W. M.
Ruth S p arF n g , Sec.
113. I. O. O. F.
Moro, Oregon
M eets 1st and 3rd
T uesdays
in .»the
I.O..O.F. bali Trai
sient and visiting
b ro th ers arc cordi
ally inviteli to meet
with us.
Caddie—Hardly, sir. That would Orlo M arUn, N.G.
Vernon M iller, Sec.
be too m ?ch of a coincidence.
M
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