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About Sherman County journal. (Moro, Or.) 1931-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 30, 1940)
of draft age who desire to remain w.th~their present outfits. Draf- tees, it is pointed out, will have no choice of units with which to serve. C O tl/lt V In the U te nineties the railroad wn. boilt to Shan.ko with local capital furnishing much of ‘he fuSds pnd local labor doing most Mrs. R. J. B-ke rnnd «rnnd dhugb- ter, Mr. and Mrs E. E. S.brnr. Arncnca Mopre Sberman Nec e, Hazel Wheyt . J ' The amendment proposed for the J O ’ * conscription bill is a public dis Lindbeck O n l y Observer C O p iC K C V IC W grace. It will give the president fcrfMbhshed N o t . 2, 1888 SUem. Ore., Aug 29— Plans for low er to take over any buxines®, G ran Valley Jouraal A llsta te institutions with the \ I J T im e t eny radio station or newspaper a sea eage disposal plant to meet possible Eetabliahed Oct. 14, 189< exception of the state pn , \ Z I t I •> R f towns Were incorporated with may - ' <hrr#n, Mr. and Mr’ " ‘ " J “ c<)le.' the needs of the several state in- when he considers it necessary. It CONSOLIDATED March 8, 1931 stitutions in and around Salem are son, will close the curtent biennium sherman county residents of in ors, marshalls, councilmen and the Mayoel E. M oo«, Ruth A. u>le is said that it is needed because king- considered Ly the Board of with unexpended balances to tnrn | who nQw Iive aftd Wasco News-Enterprise arobition. of boom time city .^ .M r ^ n d ^ P Hitler ha» the same power m Control. ’ la ck into the general fend, «cord - io o n d Established Nov. 1891 Germany. XONSOLIDATSD March 4, 1932 Plow., drill., disk, were ^ r . . a B .J a ^ r . For years the sewage from these fin g to Budget Master »»vid EccteM manv taeraories of earlier Il that is the way we have to expected act in this country to retain our Har.sen, Mrs. A. Rose, Mrs. J. C. democracy we had better invite Harper, Mrs. Fred Pinkham, Eci Hitler over here in the first place creatmg a serious menace to fish , g tre y board for more . hdd _______ Sunday at Laurel-j U . n 7 c ^ ^ “ ; ;; m ‘ o 'ff e ; man’ - j Nachand. L innJjJ. SUrr. Dr. am. _ and be done with it. t h / will have no surplus. Eccles say> I , - l f e as well as rendering - - several __= t, There can be no use in fighting j went dowr u meet them Published Every’ Friday at for our form of government if we streams unfit for recreational p u r-’¿ that budgets so far .» ~ » -« ~ ~ ci poses, especially in the late sum- , slate institutions call for only nom- ______ nett, Mr. and Mrs. A. O. Ekstrom, Moro, Oregon nave to lose it. The American peo loerw hen the water is low. imal increases to meet increased Many of them aiv from the fam - with its attendant headers, boxes, Mr. and Mrs. Loy V. Cockran, Mrs. ple would never tolerate the contro» Gile* L- French___________ Editoi With a population of more than imputations, except for capital out- 1 iliesw ho. name manv straw stacks and huge crews oi Tnto. Tozier and daughter Eloise. of news to that extent even in war men. Entered as second-class matter .at i r.d it stems that the purpose of ri)00 inmates and employees in the j lays which are being submitted t) v.nen it was a part of W asco, ma y M'S* Olivea Hunter. And whereas one homesteader v And from Sherman county went the Postoffice at Moro, Oregon the move is To kill the conscription state institutions in the Salem dis- . the l»oard of control for scrutiny can remember grass covered hills ti.ct the problem of sewage dispo*- • and approval or disapproval. Many as seen from a homestead cabin w able to plow and sow and reap Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Powell, Mr. and under Act of Congress of March bill by this type of amendment _______ *____ section the m door and any number of them can t^e crop from a quarter Anv oarty m power, if sufficient- j al has reached proportions akin to ; rf the institutions are Badly 3. 1879. recall the days their father hooked ! farn|er o{ times was able tc M-s. L. L. Peetz, Mrs. E. E. Bar- \F ri___ __ j _ _ could that confronting several of the , reed of new buildings and oth-i rum, Charles Powell, and Mr. and OFFICIAL COUNTY- PAPER bis half broken Indian ponies to a on a section and £v™ u c X « AI- ; M’.t. A. S. Johnson. couple of high wheeled wagon9, people moved away. Most of SUBSCRIPTION RATES war or a state of emergency and j hary. The Dalles and Bend, Two courses are open to th** ' r.ium now that the capitol and li- mounted the nigh wheeler and set j tQem had plenty to move with. many licenses lifted Payable in Advance ccntrol all news sources. Ther. eff for the interior to haul a load farms for the toil and sweat, rtate. One involves the construe-» bra ry buildings are built >°d ONE Y E A R --------------------- The number of drivers licenses where is democracy? of wool to buy beans and flour. | gtockg and or else the farni t or* of separate disposal plants by | for eccept for the increasing needs suspended and revoked during the AUGUST 30,1940 Except for a few f a m i l y the , gojd and tfae mOney put aside ' the state. The other includes co- fer rocial security, especially old month df July reached an all time Eatons, the Dunlaps, the Rmtons, retjremellt jn a greener clim«’. Now they are bombing the big ; opération with thé city of Salem age pensions and direct relief, h’gh for the state of Oregon when the Massikers, the Barnums, Dr. p(w digappointed for there was suspensions and revocations totalH »cities over in Europe. In a few : jn the construction of a plant larg^ ‘ CHARLEY MAC SPEAKS a State Treasurer Pearson had to Rollins, Finnegin brothers, tn->« ut<Jit for aH who aj$kerf years after thL» war is over we will ienough to meet the needs of both 177, it was announced by Earl ■ Probably there are few persons -c talking about the barbarity of i the city and the stbte. Preliminary borrow another $100,000 this week M&ckins and a few others, no one n an’s word was good until he, him Snell, secretary of state, today. reading this column who did not it Now we glory in it and hope ; estimates by competent engineers to keep the relief budget on a cash l ved in Sherman counly prior t# s d i, proved it otherwise. The Juy total this year is an in hear, or who have not read, the cur side— whichever it is—kills the ; indicate that the latter plan will basis. Liquor profits continue to 1SK0, These early settlers lived Those who have moved away are crease of 94 cr 113 percent over the speech of Senator Charles L. .Mc moat people. Which leads to the • no» orj y be much cheaper for the lar 1 ehind relief outgo- It is e x on stage routes ar.J owned the cat- ) row the ones who meet in the j ujy total of 1939. The previous the Des- Nary Tuesday when !•/-• was official conclusion that there is something , state both in first cost and mainte- pected outstanding liquor certifi tle that roamed between ru _ r;vor< Thpir ' green park in Portland ’ and talk highest month was October, of 193< ly informed of his nomination foi very uncivilized about civilization. . i.ance, but will also provide a more cates ¡¿sued to underwrite these « n u c í with the on sid e world eve. ojd tim e, when the wheat w»s when revocation, and auapenaion, loans will approximate $1,000,000 the vice presidency. ________________ ; efficient operation of the plant. 9 -i . x :__ sunnlantmg bunch grass in Sher- tr,tal< totaled 175. was with the stage line that cross Opinions may be already funned 1 The Board has designated a con.- by the first of the year. Min county and people traveled on During the first seven months of ed the county from Millers to Mc horseback and children walked tbe year a total of 973 drivers lost on its content, y.-t the talk contain- It sure will a happ> Jay w j negotiate with the city Oregon has its machinery all Donalds ferry on its way to Walla cd sc many gems of thw-ght from all this trouble is oyer and some officials who are submitting a bond xi’ ii j .n in th Z iri-'w to the one of room schc>o1 anJ an<‘ their licenses in this state, compar- game 1>gt the point of view of those who hold ration, most any nation, caiK-Aake issue for financing a disposal plant leady to set in motion if and when W alia and the railroad that in the I iexpect for the pioneer tradition of a ittle time to put the Japs in their to the voters this fall. Any plan selective serivee is adopted as a seventies had been built across th*. of individuals were high and all ytar, an increase of 40 percent, Oregon that w? must add our p’zce. adopted by the Board, of course, rational policy. A group of natioh- county but had no regular stopping the world was young- ' <• i. Of the 177 cases reported for the comment. w ilt be subject to approval by the u’ guard officers under the supervi place. Those registered at the meeting: month of July 107 were revocations sion of Lieutenant-Colonel E. V. McNary reviewed briefly Che Then in the eighties they began Mrs. Margaret McGinnis, Mrs. I. N. i rr.d 70 where suspensions. One- The experts say Fehl is insane ’legislature when it convenes next Wooten of the adjutant general’.- story of the settlement of the west because he has an elevated idea of Jenuaiy. i come, lone young men from pio Lemon. Lee R. McGinnis and wife; hundred-tw’o of the revocations in office has been busy for the pas: neer families in the by men and women whose self re or Uma Mrs. Mary Southwick. Mrs. Kath volved persons convicted of driving his owh importance. That’s almost tniee weeks completing prepara hance made it possible for them le«e majesty these days. :lla county had heard of the high ryn Deyke, Alice McGinnis Odeen, while intoxicated. For the year to The threat of officials of Common ’ tic.i 'for the registration and class grass of th? country between the u, conquer the west. He insisted aate, revocations for driving while ! Sense, Inc., to recall Governor | ification of all men in the state r'vers: men with families who had Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Jones and chil- tha. the same spirit, if it can be Sprague for his refusal to dismiss within the draft age limits. cren, Mr. and Mrs. C- W. Johnson, intoxicated total 539. retained, will mf|<e it possible to gone through the country and re Mrs. Ida Woolen, Mr. and Mrs. L^t-------- ; J. J. Hague, state liquor admiistra- • • • • ccnquer the problems that beset membered the luxuriant feed, am W. Michael and son, Clara Deart1 Secretary—What did you have tor whose outspoken opposition to Said to be the shortest municipa. the nation at this time. The ob- i roposed repeal of the Knox act ,jy uwne4 aiuj operated railroad in i*w settlers from eastern states Harry Sphear, Mr. and Mrs. Harry ; fcr lunch? strucUonisU of 1.840 preached th^t Bookkeeper—Three guesses. cffrftdrd the 'Commonstmsers, m«t the world? the S t y ~ o F T frinev‘nR who bought tickets to The Dalles W EBer, MF. amfM rs. A. J. G?tif the west was of no value, that the These took up the well watered No wonder you are so hungry. with only a hearty chuckle in state . miiway is to have a new oil-burn Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Ireland, Mr. and limit of the natron had been reach From the Observer Sept. 1, 1911 house circles. Now that the liquor ing locomotive and make a lot of lnr.a and cabins could be fount Mr* J. L. Brackett. Mrs. Rachael ed, said the senator.’ “In like man- Mrs. O. A. Ramsey and daughter ccntrol board has not only refused improvements on its system. The along Hay canyon, in Spanish Hol Necce, Mr. and_Mrs. C. F. Guyton, 5 NOTICE OF FINAL HEARING rer, the little American of 194v arrived home Monday. to fire Hague but has actually giv expenditure has received the ap low, Rosebush and Cottonwood. But R. W. Montgomery, D. Elerath. Mr. i Notice is hereby given that the maintains that our race is Tun. J. M. Parry and B. F. Peetz re en him a pat on the back for hi® I -tVal of Public Utilities Commis- they hardly had time to get settled and Mrs. Orville Leonard, Mr. and 1 undersigned has filed in the Coun Tne throb he hears is not the hum turned Sunday from a flying trip zeal in defending the present sys with their cattle when there came ty Court of the State of Oregon ’r.oner O. R. Bean. The railroad ex- of America’s dynamos, but the tem of liquor control the next move tr nds 22 miles from the city ol otners from California, from Ohio, Bethlekem Chapter, No. 78.O.E.k for Sherman County his Final Re to Hood River. hardening of America’s arteries.” f»om the valley, from Missouri and Moro, Gregor. port and Account as Adminiatra- The L. L. Peetz threshing crew appears to be uj to the repealer^. l-rineville to a junction with the -We of the Oregon country re finished a run of 21 i days Saturday IUiroifc. They were mostly young • • • Meets Every Second and t .r of the estate of Elizabeth Oregon Trunk railway near Red- ject the hypothesis of the little August 26 at 10 a. m. Three head men for whom the half settled mid Fourth Thursdays in each Christie Walton, deceased, and. Oregon will eat its Thanksgiv r.iond. American,” he said and by thos? ers and a steam thresher were used Month. Visiting members that Saturday, September 7, 1940, dle border had lost its savour and werds he expressed as well as it to enable the crew to average a ing turkey this year on the d^v who were unafraid of lonliness if it Invited at ten o’clock a. m., of said day, ha* been said, the philoaophicn. 113 acres per day, a total of 2,400 which President Roosevelt chooses vere accompanied by opportunity. tat the County Courtroom, in the Naomi Van Gilder, W. M. difference between the new deal and at res headed and threshed during to designate. Governor Sprague So in ’83 and ’84, ’86 and ’86 they Ruth Sparling, Sec. C<Axthouse, at Maro, Oregon, this week said that he would fol the hopeful group of crusaders who the run. Mr. Peetz entertained th» exme until the county was comfor have been fixed by the Court as are trying to revitalize America so crew and visiting terpiscirean en- low the lead set by the president in tably filled or even crowded from the time and place for hearing of Rebekah Lodge Lupine it can grow again as a nation; the thuciasts with a free dance Satur bis proele »nation. It is understood the point of view of the first set- objections to said F inal, Report Moro, Oregon tnat the date will be November 21, group who hope to make America day evening at Rudolf Opera house and Account and the settlement tiers. Meets 2d A 4th Tues or one week earlier than the last grow during the decade of the in honor of the harvesting finish. They plowed the grass under of said estate. ; t r day of each month. Thursday according to precedent forties as it failed to grow during The new school term will begin established last year. although it was the finest feed in Visiting members wel Fred Krusow the thirties. at Boardman Monday with Mis« the world and many of them haa »-mine. Geo G. Updegraff 40-44 Of the farm situation this mas Denny as teacher. w.btered stock through the haH Anna Davis, N. G. ' The pioneer atop Oregon’s capi Attorney for Adfninistrator. ter of farm problems spoke at some Grandma Powell has returned w.nter of 84 on it alone. They Florence Johnston, Se< tal was given his annual foot bath length saying that the reciprocal from her summer outing. snv.-ed the sod to wheat breaking it thif week when workmen applied t Eureka Lodge No. 121 A-F & A-M NOTICE OF FINAL HEARING Ueatiea had let in 537 million dol with wooden plows shod with iron coat of fr-’sh paint to the pedestal Meets on the 1st and From the Obaerver Sept. 2, 193F Notice is hereby given that the lars o f products each year which ?r.d scattering *the seed by hand. cn which the figure is mounted. 3rd Thursday eve undersigned has filed in Fhe Coun approximates the sum paid out to Their crops were hauled to the rail- Helen Striker from Rufus is vis- , q.j)C pajn^ ¡s saj^ have obliterat- nings of each month. ty Court of the State of Oregon farmers by the federal government. iting with Sheriff Chrisman and f d much lipstick art work applied read at Grants and Biggs on high Visiting members cor for Sherman County his Final Re “Experts estimate that the 35 mil v.hteled wagons over roads tha: Continued from page one) to the pedestal by visitors who __ ____________________ dially invited to meet port and Account as Administra lion acres withdrawn through gov wife. DeMoss school will begin the I }lftVe jngfjg the long climb to the thousands of men and women who v’ere merely tracks. with us. tor of the estate of Thomas J. ernment payments from production school year on Monday, September I * Fields were too expansive, even building. It d:d not, thronged state fair grounds at E. Amidon, W.M. Scott, deceased, and that’ Satur corresponds closely to the acreage 12th, says R. C. Byers, district however, remove the numerous in- Solum to participate in an outstanJ in those early days, for the hand - C. V. Belknap, Secy. day, September 7, 1940,, at ten d>placed by competitive imports.’ clerk, with single desks and seats itials carved into the stone by the ir.g event in Oregon history the methods in use in the east, and o’clock a. m., of said day, at the Thia is a serious criticism of the for every pupil, a new dictionary more serous artists. notification of a native son that he headers came in, Bruno Medler be- t Moro Lodge No. 113, I. O. O. F. County Courtroom, in the Court- rew deal’s farm policy in that it and wall bracket, a new teacher’s Moro, Oregon • • 5 r ¡« regarded as qualified to be vice ing generally accredited with thé horse, at Moro, Oregon, have shows that the real advantage ol -desk and chair, and oiled floors it Meets 1st and 3rd been fixed by the Court as the Oregon judges are beginning te y.ix.sident, and potential chief exec- first one. Their threshers weru [ tnat policy has been reaped by pro the school room. The district hai crack down a little more severely vtive, of the United «States. Ths powered by horses driven in a cir- Tuesdays in the rime and place for hearing of ducers of farm products of other also bought a supply of extra fold I.O..O.F. hall Trai objections to said Final Report on traffic law violators if reports posibility of a vice president be 'e with frequent changes until countries. sient and visiting ing chairs for use at school enter- ; corr>pjied by Secretary of State coming president is always consid steam engines were brought in af ard Account and the settlement of Gradually the issues of the cam brothers are cordi tawment periods. Snell are any criterion. During the ered in selecting a vice president. ter it was decided that the country, said estate. paign are being made known. Each ally invited to meet 'R. T. Morgan, wife and daughter first seven months of 1940 a total Such promotions have not been un would really grow wheat and grow Fred Krusow week it is becoming clearer that Thelma were Tuesday visitors in of 973 Oregon motorists were de common in the history of this it abundantly. with us. this is really a crusade to awake Merc from Bickelton. Gto. G. Updegraff Business men came in to gather Or Io Marrin, N.G. prived of their licenses though sus- country, America to its possibilities and to Attorney for Administrator. 40-44 IBecause both city drilled wells pensions and revocations compared The relief worker sat in the the meager homesteaders trade. Vernon Millet, Sec. release the genius and courage ot were out of commission, the council to C92 for the same period in 1939, gmndstand or bleachers with th.« Barnett, whose wife’s father had our people to those possibilities. this week ordered water users to businessman; the employer and the settled Goldendale, took up a home an increase of 40 percent. For 8 years th»y have been afarid, obierve certain hours for irriga a • • v elk man rubbed elbows or asked stead and filled his lean-to with a afraid of governmentally engender tion. 1 Oregon’s 4000 national guards the cattleman or farmer to move stock of goods. Fox & Scott at cd competition, of government tax j C. McKean has purchased lots men who returned to their homes ovei. No one cared whether the Moro, Dr. Rollin’s store in a cor- es and governmental changes of six an d seven in block D, Barnum s over the week end following three fellow beside him was a republican nr r of his wayside inn at Grass policy. - — addition, from J. F. Belshee, ex weeks of intensive training at cr a democrat—they were there to Valley were other early day places “Problem* change, new dangers p ir in g to build a residence ther? Camp Murray, Wn., will go back in M.e “Charley Mae,” as he is affec to Luy bacon and coffee. And news arire—yet i t main the ancient vir in the spring. The lots face the to service again, this time as mem rioi.ately known to his fellow Ore papers sprung up in every town to tues, self reliance, faith, hope and Sherman highway north of the J. bers of the U. S. army on Septem gonians. sk an the business that came from courage— which animated and sus- F. Belshee residence Less than five miles from where the publication of homestead ber 15, according to announcement ta ’iied the pioneer in his quest for Mr. and Mrs. Walter Byers are from Washington, D. G. he made his acceptance speech is notices. a greater, even greater America,” back in Sherman county again. In 1888 for no reason now re- In addition to the troops of the the farm of McNary—Fir Cone, taic the senator in closing and in . Mr. W. A. Young of the Kirby 186th and 162nd infantry and 218th ( The fair grounds where he wa i err.bered there was a movement to that sentence, as in the entire ranch near Kent returned from Thu field artillery regiments it is also ^teeted by the multitude has beer ¿-tablish a county on this rolling speech, is hope for a brighter time Dalles Tuesday evening. txipeted that the mobilization call a favorite spot with him through plateau which was a geographical , in this country for this decade. soorvto be issued by President cut the years, for being a practical unit with little contact with any , Craas Valley Journal, ’Sept. 2, 1921 Roosevelt will also, include the farmer (and successful one) it ha other part of the state. E. O. newly created anti-craft and search Hen the pleasure of the senator to (Dutch) McCoy was in the legisla- j From the Kent items we hear: A GOOD SIGN This week will see the harvest light units of the 249th coast artil--m ingle with other farmers—hun •ure, taking some time off from , It is an almost unanimous ex I .actically competed. niMiing the warehouses along the lery corps. d.uds he calls »by their first nam perience that small town merchants Site for the mobilization of the __cnd discuss the problems of agri rivet to which the homesteaders , Mrs. O. H. Adams who was call and business men do not get along ed to Centralia, Wn., by the death guard, which will include the en- culture. Out of these ramblings had to haul their wheat. He intro- i very well with each other. Jim of a relative, came home Saturday. tire 41st division—Oregon, Wash- mound the fair grounds at Salem ^uced a bill to establish a county j don’t seem to like Pete for some School will open on September 12 irgton, Idaho, Wyoming and Mon have come ideas and suggestions running from the Columbia to the ; reason and while they most likely rnd all are trying to get the work tana troops—will be wt Camp Mur which during McNary’s career it line just south of Grass Valley to j speak when they meet at the post finished so that scholars will be ray from where the troops have thi senate have developed into he called Fulton, after Col. Fulton, office they never discuss anything ready to commence. an early day stockman. just returned and where tempo farm legislation. Oregon state fair grounds, there The oppositiofi did not like Col. ! more difficult than the weather. Two Fords got to racing going rary wooden barracks will be built ...._Nfl_ doubt Jju» .h o .donfLas .much b iw e Sunday night.from the pic a t ones tor the accomodation „of ^Ixre.waaa-jnQ«! appropriate back- Fulton and objected but agreed to gr-i'und for this farmer candidate let the bill pass if the name was to keep small towns small as kny- ture show with the usual result— the soldiers thing else. The same thing on a.M wheels to buy and a job for a Because of the fact that no en it r vice president to receive his changed- to Sherman in honor of larger scale may keep some big mechanic. No one injured but the listments will be accepted for the official notification. William T. Sherman the general towns from getting bigger, too. - national guard following mobiliza- v.hc marched to the Sea. And sc two Fords. ¡t has been said of Revenge—To it was done in February, 1889. The From that point of view the Superintendent Zevely was a tion members .with only a few T H E T E L E P H O N E b r in g s ,f o lk s months of their enlistments yet to forget wrong is the best revenge, Moro merchants have done a rath brief visitor here Wednesday. next session of the legislature the close together. I t’s friendly, personal. er remarkable thing in getting to- residents near Kent wanted to get The Shaniko flyer was a few run are being advised to ask for Anon. in, so <he southern boundary wa® | ffc h e r and reaching complete hours late Wednesday morning d'X immediate discharges for the pur- And it’s thrifty to use.; agreement on a program for com to engine trouble. pose of re-enlisting. This sugges moved to the Buckhollow line I^ast Saturday noon the thresh tion is of particular interest to men munity benefit. W hy not call a friend today? where it is to this day. While this particular program is ing on the Barnum Bros, ranch But not all the homesteaders ge ng to cause some interest, it i». r.orth of town was finished after a liked the country, and not all were TNE PACIFIC TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY Dr. Vance A. McNish not so important in itself as the rather long run; Allie Leonard fin A tto r n e y A t L a w abli to make a living in a land that CHIROPODIST fact that the business men of the ished the same day, as also did A. contained so few of »the materials FOOT SPECIALIST town are getting together to d i s £. Eslinger whose machine was for easy living, and some died and M o ro an d W i .. ¿v¿áíi¿é;v; ••j»’; ÄvKs N s-x Third floor Olds, Wortman A cuss their problems and the com moved over to the O’Leary ranch the process of consolidating the King, Portland. Oregon. munity’s ailments. Its hard te to thresh a large amount if stack farms began. < Phone Broadway 7711 dowr. a town that sticks together. ed grain. 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