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Morot Oregon. îW a y , A u gu st 16, 1940
New and Old Features
To Be In Program
Now Being Made
Sherman County
Voting Increases
Australians Turning Out Guns for the Empire
Horses Ready
In Contest For
To Go Places
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Sherman county’s strings ut
purebred horses are going on tour
again this year, the firat of them
starting this week end. Tom Fra­
ser’s Belgian horse herd will be
taken to the Multnomah county
fair at Gresham, to the Clackamas
county fair at Canby, the stale
fail, back home to the Moro fair,
from there to Puyallup where the
western Washington fair is held
and thence to Portland and the
Pacific International.
Because of the press of farm
work the T. M. Rolfe string of
Percherons will not leave home
until time for the state fair which
begins Labor day After that
event he will take the same cours*
us Fraser, appearing at txè same
snows.
Rolfe has a ne*v six horse team
this year having decided to use
six greys instead of the blacks
thaf have made up the six horse
team in the past.
Both herds are practically com­
piete in that they will have at
least one stallion^ mares, two year
oln, yearling and suckling colts
and big draft teams.
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Fair Queen
June Wilde Still
Leads Group With
Over 200,000 Votes
\ oting for the Sherman County
Entertainment features of the
Fair queen has been indulged in
fair
have
not
been
all
made
up
so
Washington, IX C., Aug.15.—
bv a much greater number of
Most difficult handicap Mr. Roose­ fpi but it is thought that within
citizens
the p a st‘week with the
velt has in the present campaign a few days it will be known what
result that nearly 500,000 votes
concession
outfit
will
come
in
for
is the fact that he is running for
are now accounted for by the com­
a third term—the only man in the the week and what other enter-
mittee.
history of the United States who tf iners than the main events will
June Wilde of Wasco still leads
uc
put
on
at
the
grounds.
has sought >to remain office as
the
group with 202,600 having
Jack Bartlett will be here Sat­
chief executive for 12 consecutive
n
ade
the best showing for two
years. His success or defeat hinges in day night with his band of
weeks
in
a row.
on this one issue more than any trained donkeys to put on a don­
The
standings:
key circus. This event will be
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202,600 -
JuneWilde
In ad automobile trip across remembered from last year when
Claudine
Thompson
118,500
t l « continent from the national a footabll game between two local
Virginia
Helyer
100.900
city to the pacific northwest hun- te» ms brought out the orneriness
Vivian Fuller
34,500
end
sportsmanship
of
asinine
and
dieds of interviews were obtained
27.900
Catherine
Fridley
from gasoline station operators, human natures.
Marjorie Rich
13,600
Del Wright is to be in charge
truck drivers, patron of auto
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There has been quite a bit of
camps, bar-b-que stands, barbers, of the serpentine that will open
change in the list of contestants
writers, farmers and cattlemen. the program each afternoon and
Straintag
nerve to aid the mother country in her hour of need, Australian factory workers are toil- during the week. Helen Morrison
log day a»
These are ‘‘the people,” the every an even larger group of riders is
turning; out tanks, planes, guns and ammunition that will he used in the defense *of Great dropped from the race last week
Britain. Al
scene in a Melbourne factory where gun parts are manufactured for shipment by sea to and although it was so reported,
day American citizen who thinks expected to take part this year
porta In tin
Kingdom where they will be assembled and turned over to the defending British army.
enu votes and holds„quite definite than last.
V.vian Fuller, did not drop ou-t but
There are eleven two year old
opinions. Not one (banker no»’
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is aetvely selling tickets.
utility man was questioned, be­ colts in the county this year thav
For a day it looked like Geral­
cause these are assumed to be for are elgible for the futurity race Ex-Countians To
dine Norton of Kent would enter
Farmers
Talk
Over
the Willkie-McNary ticket anyway. Did it is expected that nearly all
the contest but she decided against
Result of this survey is interest­ of them will be ready to start Picnic August 25
it thus leaving the field in that
Crop Insurance
that race. Some of these * are
part of the county to Virginia
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hotter bred than has been usual ; Word from Mrs. J. J. Wiley is
H elyer. •1
Eurl Thompsori, field man for
Yields of the barley and o:n p ieferred by farm ers in this coun­
. Tn 1932 and 1936 a simlTar sui- having three quarters blood in th a t the Sherman County picnir
The sale of season tickets has
will be’ held Sunday, August 26 the AAA, was . Mere Tuesday af­ crops at the experiment station ty. A lthough much of the g rain r.ot been as large as anticipated
vey was taken of the same routes. their veins.
In those years the sentiment for
The Fraser and Rolfe strings of at Laurelhurst park in Portland. ternoon to meet' with Sherman ha? been compiled by M. M. Ove- is threshed a barley w ithout and the use of_jiewspaper votes
the Roosevelt-Garner ticket was purebred six horse teams will be This is an annual affair started tour.ty farmer« about matters ap­ son. Barley produced very well beards is desired.
has not been as extended as thot
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overwhelming and the new deal parudedjn front of the grand and kept alive by former Sherman pertaining to farm problems in
possible by the committee.
1 his has made it difficult to
wts unbeatable. In the first cam­ stand in the , arena as both of coiTitians m Portland and vicinity which the government is concern­ this year at the station, weather
conditions considered, but the oa, establish- the best producing bar-
paign Hoover had few friends ;in tnese herds are expected back Of late years many persons still ed.
crop was not up to standard.
the second campaign Landon was from the Salem fa.r in time for residing here have attended. It is
lev on the statio n , Flynn, a 0 . P. King Buried
usually
held
the
last
Sunday
in
A.
J.
Smith,
Fred
Henna
gin,
found weaker than Hoover. Tra­ the local show. Afterward they
Many
more
acres
of
barley
are
sm ooth awned barley th a t pro-
L. P. Haven, O. G Hilderbrand,
vel ring the identical highways will go to Puyallup and Portland August.
being grown each year in this (. ices b etter than oth er v arieties At Grass Valley
Cairoll
Sayrs
and
K.
E.
Martin
end meeting many of the same hut their presence here assures
met with Mr. Thompson and spent ci unty with the new rulings of marly every year. This year Flynn
(). p. King, one of the very few
people, the switch from 'Roosevelt I spectators at this fair a glimpse
♦he afternoon talking of farm the AAA. A large part of this made 28.1 bushels per acre. Peru- men who settled in this county in
is apparent. Mr. Roosevelt and I of the best in six in hand outfits Ram Sale Due Next
matters, especially about crop in­ is Meloy, the hooded barley long
his running mate, Henry A. Wai- and driving.
vicn.
real bearded barley made 1881, died in Ventura, California
surance which th».rf government
last Saturday morning, August 10,
lace, may win in November but if
It is expected that within a few Week In Pendleton
20.5 bushels, the composite cross after
agents are now actively selling to
illness of several months.
so it will be a photo finish; there ’ weeks there will be a dress-up
Three Quarters Yield barley, hooded, made 22.6 and M i. an King
The fourteenth annual ram sate farmers.
was born in Indiana,
day on and after which local citi­
will be no landslide.
Miloy produced 22.1 bushels, the ’ March 24, 1862 and came with hi»
What is evident is that the zens will drape their aging car­ s>K»H9ored by the Oregon Wool
of the four barleys grown faiher’s family to this county to
Expected For County hi lqwest
Willkie-McNary ticket has cap­ casses in the habiliments of the Growers will be held at Pendleton
re.
.settle on land between Moro and
tured the imagination of thous­ range and the colors of the rain­ August 23 according to informa Wheat Cleaned
W ith h arv est nearly over ex­
ands of people who heretofore have bow as a means of showing their ton given by Millard Eakin, com­
The oat crop a t the statio n is 1 Grass Valley that is still owned
cept in the extrem e south end of
mitteeman from Sherman county. For Coming Fair
by lys family. The stock business
been loyal to and supporters of ii t u est in the coming show.
the county the w e a th e r.h a s tu rn ­ composed of M arkton oats and iituested him more than did
It is estimated that 4000 rams
Mi Roosevelt. The swing away
Job of cleaning up several bush-” ed to be alm ost perfect for th re sh ­ the m any crosses of th ^t variety. pruir. growing and he became one
Mr. and Mrs. David Reid re­ will be offered for sale to sheep
from the present administration
M arkton oats are sm ut re sista n t
is today as marked as in the two turned this week from a trip U men of the northwest during the els of wheat to make it suitable ing. This despite the fa ct th a t a and have been used in nearly every of the very first cattle buyers in
previous campaigns from the dem­ Crater Lake on which they were days selling which will begin at for exhibition at the fairs has heavy wind prevented several cress of oat breeding fo r years the new land and he traveled over
cf the m achines from operatin g
ten o’clock in the morning.
the country to the towns selling
ocratic ticket, which is evidence accompanied by their son.
been keeping J. B. Adams busy for Monday. H arv est resu its may ue This year M arkton x Scottish I meat
to the settlers.
cf the close result of the coming
the past few days.
definitely known w ithin the next Chief, a cross, made 31.3 bushels
In April 1896 he married Addie
election.
to
top
the
field.
M
arkton
x
Ligo-
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Several different kinds of grain w iek or so but it now seem s th a 1 v a , usually a high y¡elder, mad? , Mattie Smith, daughter of Ran-
giown on the river and near Grass the county will have three fourths 31.0 Richland, an early o at, was isem Smith of Grass Valley. In
From the Mississippi river to
Valley have been cleaned and o; the norm al yield as established third with 30.3 bushels to the ! 1014, being threatened with tuber-
the Pacific coast it is obvious that
despite the kind of a growing by the governm ent agencies. Sev* a i 'e . C arlton 26.9. and M arkton, cuiosis he moved with his family
the name of ICharles L. McNary
season we had in this county the eral farm s have suffered serioit»l> tne daddy of them all, had but to Arizona where he stayed a year
cn the republican ticket is of im­ COUNTY COURT PROCEED­ Firat National Bank
before going to Ventura, Oalfor-
samples are very good with test but others have actually made a
mense value. The Oregon senator
INGS, AUGUST TERM, 1940.
General Assistance
$111.21 weights well up above the 60 better crop than governm ent fig­ 22.5 which is ap proxim ately a h alf | ria. In 1917 the family returned
ha$, been identified with the prob­
of the usual crop of th is o a t’s
August 7, 1940 being the time
190.83
Old Age Assistance
; to ShOrman county to give his son
ures hold to be norm al.
pound weights. .
lems of the farmer, the dairy in­ for the regular term of the Coun­
yirid.
9.4t
Blind Assistance
a chance to begin farming,
dustry, lumbering industry, *with ty Court for Sherman County in
Aid to Dependent Children 22.20
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In recent years Mr. King has
riele mation, highways and public the State of Oregon, the Honor-I
Potter, Judge’s sal
! spent his summers ,in Sherman
pewer. In many respects the able County Court did on said date
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75.00
‘ county, which he always consider-
background of McNary and Will- meet in the County Courtroom in
,
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ed to be his home, and California
.v
zi
tko
Otis
Baker,
Janitor’s
salary
75.00
kie are as different as black and the Courthouse at Moro, at the
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where he lived during the winter.
Pacific Power
Light
white. Senator McNary’s recoru hour of ten o’clock a. m.
The funeral was held Thursday
Courthouse
lights
$19.40
has been made and he can neither
flagpoles
in
fro
n
t
of
the
capitol,
(
The following being present:
pageant stage as the platform
By A. L. Lindbeck
with
the Rev. W. I- Eck of The
22.02
'I^eMoss
Park
$2.62;
edd to nor subtract from it. His Gio. A. Potter, County Judge
fi om which Senator McNary will the installation of which would Dalles officiating and the Odd-Fel-
Mid-Columbia
Typewriter
votes are there for everyone to J. M. Wilson, County Commissioner
Salem, Or., Aug. 15.—The eyes
liver his acceptance speech. * n tu m in a te O regon’s ra th e r dubious J lows lodge of which he was a
shop; Treasurer’s expense 8.60 and ears of the whole United di
gçe, and it is because of this rec­ David Reid, County Commissioner
Centennial
background .or uv distinction yf having the only charter member, in charge of grave
Dr. CZL. Poley, Health officer
ord that he has such pulling pow- Joe Truitt, County Clerk
Slates will be trained on Salem Waldo hills will be repainted red, siatehouse m fhe Union w ith o u t' side services. Pall bearers were
salary
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150.00 August 27 when Oregon’s favorite
e»- in the„ mid-west and the far
an Am erican flag.
The following proceedings were
white and blue. \
Roy Powell, Dell Olds, J. L. Davi«,
May
&
Son,
Expense
at
De-
The flag lack has been a subject
sei., Senator Charles L. McNary,
west.
The
Salem
Witikie-McNary
club,
had at said term:
(b orge Wilcox, Tom Alley, and
Moss
Park
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There is, of course, some sup­
is formally notified of his selec­ r. non-partisan. gioup. is. putting on of discussion for the last two y ears | Wily Knighten. Honorary pall-
In the matter of the payment
City
of
Moro,
Water
at
court­
port to the republican ticket cy of claims presented against the
tion as republican vice-presidental an intensifi ed, membership drive ! ut it was only recently th a t the i biarers were Fred Krusow, E. E.
house^
23.55 candidate.
a< count of McNary being a native General Fund. Claims allowed and
so that a mammoth rally will prove 1 ( ur<l found enough money t«» I P>»rnum, J. B. Coon, W. C. Guyton,
Kilham Stationery A Printing -
of the west and a natural pride of ordered paid.
Senator
McNary’s
acceptance
to
Senator McNary that the homo to v er the cost Of wooden poles. Sam Holmes and L. A. Olds.
Co., Supt. expense $22.99;
The wooden stan d ard s were chos- I
the western people in having “one
In the matter of the payment of
Surviving are two daughters,
29.80 speech, the highlight o fth e day’s town Jstands solidly in back of cn because of the high cost of
Sheriff’s expense 6.81;
of tÄeir own” nominated for the Claims against the 'Road Fund.
activities,
will
be
carried
by
the
him.
Mrs.
Gladys VanSicklen and Mrs.
second highest gift within the Claims allowed and ordered paid. Department of Agriculture,
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bi onze poles.
three major radio networks to all
E. S. Mercer of Ventura, Califor­
3.76
S
ealer
of
W
ts
&
Meas.
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power of the American people.
Clerk’s semi-annual report of
parts of the nation. Numerous
The state board of control has
nia, a son, Glen of Moro, five,
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A public utilities commission grandchildren, Mary and Edward
disbursements for the period from Edward Moon, DeMoss park 6.86 special news wires and several left the problem of equalizing
expense
Even admiraton for the record January 1, 1940 to July 1, 1940.
hundred correspondents are ex­ wages and cutting down the e id e r req u irin g all school buses to Mercer, Billy Burk, and Bob and
A. H. Barnum, Bang’s Diseas
and achievements of McNary Examined and approved.
be equipped with safety glass by
pected to record the ceremonies
ed cattle
45.00 for the press of the country, while hours of employes at 11 state in-/ Septem ber of this year has been Don King, a neice, Mrs. Gertrude
might not save the republican
County Clerk’s semi-annual re-
stitutions to the next'legislature.
of San Diego and a
ticket in the west normally, but p / T
E” ' s in 6.C0 newsreel cameramen will photo­ At present employes in those »x>‘ t poned a t 4be 7-reifuest of the Overly
nephew,
Earl
of Venturà.
voters who would riormally sup­ mints of said fees, January 1, 1940
graph the proceedings for the na­ institutions are working a six-day county school supeîfintendents’ as^
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Moro
Lumber
&
Fuel
Yard
port Mr. Roosevelt and who st.ll to July 1, 1940.
tion’s theatre audiences.
< Expense of Courthouse
12-hour-a-day, week, which .every­ s< edition.
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admire him for what be has done
The committee in charge of ar­ body agrees is much too long, but
The school superintendents ad ­ Shaniko Couple
In the matter of a certain road Joseph
A. Mee, Justice Court 4.90 rangements for. the notification m
are apprehensive of a third term in road district No. 1 - Resolution.
vised the commission th a t m any
a
cut
in
daily
hours
from
12
,to
8
S. W. Searcy, Courthouse ex-
-•and its possibilities. More than Hold for further information.
under the direction of Republican
d .stric t budgets had already been
pense
5.31 national committeeman, Ralph vzould cost the state around $200,- draw n up and w orld not perm it Married At Wasco
anything else the third term is
In the matter of cancellation of
.50 Cake, of Portland. A crowd, un­ C00 a year and thp board of qon- the adeled outlay for safety glass.
A quiet wedding was solemnixed
enuring conservative democrats to delinquent taxes on lands acquired \Y. E. Tate, Vital Statistics
troi has decided to let the legis­
T.
Lester
Johnson,
District
pin on Willkie-McNary buttons.
officially estimated at 25,009 to lature find that additional money. In addition it was said th a t re- at the Methodist parsonage Wed­
.by the State of Oregon. Order
Attorney’s expenses .
8.50 30,000, is expected for the event.
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signed. Recorded in Commission­
The board also recommended I 'acem ent of old buses by ne'w nesday, August 7th at 6:30 p. m.
Marie Hoskinson, Assessor’s
‘.The state fairgrounds grand­ that thf legislators consider th< ones properly glassed is going on when Ada Roe Willis of Multno­
Oregon’s Senator Holman star­ er’s Journal C at page 233.
office help
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53.20 stand, even with the addition of
tled the senate a few day ago by
Re. County Treasurer’s report
of $20 a month to em­ so fa st th a t all buses w ill, soon m ah county became the bride of
Margaret
W.
Peetz,
Expenses
bieaqhers across the racetrack in payment
Charles S. Quillen of Wasco coun­
saÿing he had it on high military for month ending .Jiuly 31, 1940.
m eet the safety requirem ents.
to meeting of State
front, is not adequate for seating ployes who live at home in lieu of
ty. The witnesses were Mrs. F.
* authority that an invasion of Alas­ Examined and approved. ►
The
commission
has
decided
to
Assessor’s association
25.00 that many. The stand itself wiil board and room.
L. Caftnell and Mrs. Ida Andrews.
ka is threatened and there is a • Until further order, the Coun­
permit
buses
that
were
approved
Institution employes are now
seat only 4,800 and the temporary
The
Rev. F. L. Canneli- officiated
menace against the entire Pacific ty Clerk is hereby instructed to Wayne Darby, Field work for
for
the
1939
school
year
to
con­
County Assessor
75.00 bleachers will raise the seating given board arid room .as part of
The
bride and groom will mako
coast. Back of this statement is draw warrants for General As­
tenue
operation
this
year.
their salaries if they want it, but
capacity to ottly 9,000.
their
home in Shaniko.
information Holman has received sistance and OJd Age Assistance Sherman County Journal
County printing $44.20;
, Cake, however, said there would many of the workers choose Lu
Miss Gertrude Cannell, a grad­
. from ¿he high command. It ex­ against the Malt Beverage Fund.
The
state
department
of
agri­
Treasurer’s expense $5.00; 49.50 »be no reserved seats except for live at home with their families culture announced this week t^he uate of Willamette University, re­
plains why efforts are made to ex­ (Signed) Geo. A. Potter, David
West
Coast Print. & Bind. Co.,
the members of the official entour­ and receive no compentatipn for revision of Oregon pear standards turned to Wasco Wednesday eve­
pediste the building of an air Reid, J. M. Wilson.
Assessor’s
office
expense
age and working press who will the maintenance they do not use. 4o conform to the new U. S. ning with Mr. and Mrs. 0» A»
Court adjourned, subject to call
plane base in Alaska and the dis­
Faying those home dwellers
$5.40;
Courthouse
expense
occupy the platform. It will be
Sa’ gent. Miss Cannell just com­
patching to the territory of hun­ of County Judge.
would cost the state $70,000 a standards recently established.
$16.50;
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21.90
a
matter
of
first
come
first
served
dreds of troops within repent
The change was also made as pleted the summer course in
Tel. & Tel. Company
e\en for members of the state year.
weeks. That the navy cannot de­ CLAIMS PRESENTED AND AL­ Pacific
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step toward the proposed uni- music. She expects to spend a
a
Telephones
18.55 central committee.
LOWED AGAINST THE GEN-
fend the Alaska coast is known to
Architects
are
preparing
plans
i
fotmity
of all fruit and vegetable few weeks with her parents be­
Plans call for utilization of parts
fore returning to Salem.
ERIAL FUND, AUGUST TERM Public Affairs Committee Supt
• the high command, the coast line
for
the
erection
of
twb
wooden
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1940.
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Flynn Barley Yields Best
In Station Experimental Plots
County Court Talks of County
Business For August Term
August 27 To Be Big Day For Oregon;
McMary To Make Acceptance Speech A t Salem
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