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About Sherman County journal. (Moro, Or.) 1931-current | View Entire Issue (July 25, 1941)
. JP» - z • riflB ¿ SHBHH a M COUNTV '* ■ w JOURNAL. MORO. OREGON vu tors who bring memories of w Ip riM A « £ a » n t{> J lo ttrn A l otJ . r days m u st wonder if we have jru.da social progress half a» Sherman County Observer at; riling. Established Nov. 2, 1888 We »till tend our crop to m arket G rass Valley Journal in its lawet'L state. W orst of all, Established Oct. 14, 1897 wv a re sending our next genera- CONSOLIDATED March 6, 1931 t k n o u t of the country. T hat is Wasco New s-Enterprise a " a iu ta i result of concentration, Established Nov. 1891 ol centralization of power and CONSOLIDATED March 4, 1932 opportunity. It may not be a good pclicy over a long period of Published Every Friday at time. Moro, Oregon Giles L. French Editor •<tn «■- FRIDAT, JULY 25, I M l INERTIA. Kent Friends Kelly’s Column O H U R O H " R ’ Wasco Church of 'Christ: F. Claude Stephens, M inister. 10:00 School of the Church. W. D. L John \Y. L< liy W atkins, Superintendent. Lesson for .the Day. “The Holy In modified form the idea h> to S pirit 'Inspires 'New Testam ent e the employer deduct a cectain L etters.” Golden T ext: 2 Tim. 3:10. < en‘age of wages and tu rn the Morning W orship 11:00. The Com ;tii. >y into- a special f»«ndi for im- Friends of Mr. and Mi i. W% P. m- ate u?e of the government. Jcftries surprised them) with a munion. T h ; Message—H arvest Ci .it could be given the -worker charivari Saturday even-'-n«? a; 11 i Labor, Hire. Read M att. 20: 1-10 'O the am ount of his contribution K ;n t iht-lel. L ater in the evening Christian Science church cer •o hat a fte r the em ergency he Mr. and .Mrs-. Robert Helyer, Mr. wc - Id have a nest-egg on which -be and Mrs. Hanley McKay, Mr. and vices a re held «•.‘any Sunday n am cor Id d ra w. Ths- plan- would fur- Mrs. Choided Purchase, Eugene ing f t eleven o ’clock and. on W elu nS i the governm ent w ith cash Noeiton, Dolores Gregg, D oris wesd-iy -evening. The Wednesday’ nn : build up -a reserve for the Stiles, Bcib Holmes and Jesse Hel- evening service includes testim on w< ker when he needs it. An yer motored to Moro accompanied ials of Christian Scienu-s healings. umesrt for thia is th a t fchea® by -the Jeffries a n d enjoyed a social Sunday school is» a t 10:00 -a. m. on Sunday in 1ihe rear of the church wi ;ld be no occasion to s-tari a time. building. The reading room is lo W! A to keep people from hunger Durward H elyer w as a business re ted in the cfo.vch w ith an a tte n in he next depression. vif rbor a t K ent Saturday afternoon dant a fte r services, when litera ’ wo other devices have been accompanied by son Goidon. tu re may be borrowed o r ordered1. keep w •tic ally completed to Kent residents sweltered in the w c king men from feeling rich, ho ttest w eather last week since The Outcast O r is a g-neral tax bill, the other 1928. The .hottest day w as T hurs A ball, elegant lady went into O r income tax. The .tax m easure day, Ju ly 17th; 106. one of our biggest deipairtmem-t wiP become optrafcive ve soon stores with thoughts of buying a Mr. iand Mrs. Earl Myers ahd lui* the income tax will! net have daughter, Ula B ay of Clarkston, skirt—ju st a sk irt, to w ear around t() pai¿ Uîïtil w x t March 19/ ' ’ir.'.xwne. ard by then eam'njg.’ Wn., and Wm. Young of Gresham ih e house w ith some blouses she pu mibly will have to be »pent, were dinner guests ait /the A rthur had. The sales g irl she talked -to qudlled this notion in no time. -ire of this plan; af-e being C ratty -home Saturday. The Myers’ c by which th e tax payer mav w ire accompanied to W ashington ‘Thkv Thfcy don’t m ake sk irts for tall people,” she said. ______4_____ •_ v- _____ . b v M r. YoL’intr w h o w ill viciit h is p e o p le by Mr. Yoking who will visit his ret up a special fund in- h is bank sister, Mrs. Richand Myers. which smaH amounts may be R Abell was a dinner guest a t T> ue Enough n a ; I sufficient in/ th eir accum ula The woman was lam enting her tion- to m eet the income tax when the home of Mr. and* l^rs. J. J. bale of woe. A builder, i t seems, Decker Sunday evenring. it i- due. had failed to live up bo his a g re e Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Wilson drove m ent. to Seufents and The Dalles on “And I had a vercta.1 contract busmsir-s, Sunday. too.” <*he addled. J. E . Norton motored ito The “A verbal contract.” observed the TAKEN U P: At my place north of D&Jles (Sunday to bring Mrs. N or listener, “is n o t worth the paper Wasco, one white sow and four ton an d infant son home from th e it isn’t w ritten an .” suckling pigs, with no m arks, hospital. July 18. They will be sold “She’s the image of «her mo Mr. and Mrs-. Matt. Simon and «August 11, 1941 unless , ownea < kvtghtens Dolores and Helen ot ther.” t calls, prove-. property and pays Valley Mr and Mre “Yes, a talking picturt?.” casts for fet'd -and rs notice. ice. Wilson and sons Norm ran 38-9 H. A. Van Gilder. and Jam es w ere visitors a t the LOST: 2 calves, Flying V brand, bume of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Juste- square crop on rig h t ear. Suck sen Friday evening, the occasion ling calves. Notify John Beu- being th e birthday anniversary of ther, G rass Valley. 36-39. Mr. Justesen. Mr. and M rs; Ersel Myers and I? RT’S BETTER R. I. Red Chix, •-- » rubber daughters, Pwtsy and Betty and _ . j uly $8.50 per 100. B etter fryers, ZA M 1-4 a g tator stops son Donnie of Eugene and Fay L etter layers. B etter Leghorns wringer rolls Demaris of (Prineville were dinner i7.95 - 100. Pullets $16.50. Re guests a t the «home o f Mr. and Mrs. member H a rt’s Hatchery, Bea- Artlvur C ratty Sunday enroute to \ erton, Oregon. Trade your old washer as 'Hermiston where Mr. Myers will '! -LADY WORK, Good pay: Re- run a rock crusher fo r Dunn and down payment. Phone 1B1 1 able person« wanted to call o i BIcNutt. fa-rm.irs in county. No experi- Mrs. George McKay and son for trial r :ioe -or capital required. Soma Ray and Ruby C ratty returned to risking $100.00 in a week. W rite Kent Friday evening a fte r a weeks HAMPTON FURNITURE McNeiss« iCo., 2423 Magnolia St . visit a t Coquille with- the form er’s faklUr.'J, California. 38-39 daughter, Mrs. H. B. Ijeatheirwood The Dalles. Ore. end fam ily. M EANING Pigs for Sale: Call Mr. and Ms. J, C. W iban and 416, Wasco. 38-40 pd Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Lyons and Reversal daughter, Sammi-e Jean attended “ And has your baby learned to the Ann-Jal Pioneer picnic a t Fos talk y e t? ” sil Sunday. “Oh, yes.. We’re teaching him Mrs. J. J. Decker and Mrs. Wm. to keep quiet now.” Mitchell visited Mrs. B. A. and (¿ertrude Hogue Sunday afternoon. ft JUST A FEW CENTS MORE IRAN A DOLLAR«^«, Chaw ari buys a great Newlyweds Entered as second class m atter at the Postoffice at. Moro. Oregon Oregon citizen’s seem worried! under Act of Congress of March o\ er tha fac t tha-t most defense in- do.-tries have chosen other loca- 3. 1879. ti.ms. The Columbia gorge area is especially concerned about it, cir O il SPUM I eira rt is so close we notice the CIATI 01 nijveonents of its leaders more O lin s easily. A committee, composed of legis OFFICIA L COUNTY PAPER lan re of both states, is now hold SUBSCRIPTION RATES ing m eetings in ,'Columbia gorge Payable in Advance c»:iea. An elaborate statem ent of CNE Y E A R _______ $150 the problem has leen made. Many qi estioms have been raised -about JULY 25, 1941 z( aing the land within cities, plat- tm g sub-divisions, building codes, types of industry to be encouraged FARM PLAN (j resiumiaibly some a re to be dis- ct irraged), architectural and land To judge from an acticle in the scaping m atters. last issue of Time there is going Then there are more importanu tv be a change in th e farm pix>- 1 toblema such as tax system s and E!wn. At leant, Claud Wickard, ui iform ity to perplex the com- secretary of agriculture, desires n ittee. * •t change. There is one bright spot in the He is said to be in disagreem ent picblem : no prospective industry v ith the p art of the farm pro- loiutor will have to deal with the gram Zihxt has caused the produc ct mmittee. Ho will—and if in- tion of a surplus in th e five pro- terested, probably has-—make his *« <d crops which indirectly caws- own investigation. Most of them cd a : hortage of other crops th at h-.ve gone to other locations be- a te of equal or g rea ter importance c a .i S e fhe better waiter and rail to the national economy. ti anspo-rtationa offered, leveler • Mr. W ickard’» proposals sound building sites, quicker aid from much more sensible than any th a t }< al groups, etc. have em anated from the de-part- These reasons fa r th e lack of n e r. of agriculture for some industry on the Oregon side o f -the years, so m uch so th a t i t seems have already been de term in- L kily . h a t th e voters did some e.I by the governor’s office a yeaa good when they put Mr. Wallace ago. when the Alcoa plant located in another se a t last f a ll at Ixxngview. The principle of giving farm ers There seem» to be a human de a subsidy of certain crop» as a sire to investigate, examine into, meant* of equalizing th eir loss and study public problems and' then •thro.'gh the tariff— if a tariff is take no action because acting to be continued—is an old one. It would entail effort. Libraries and has been accepted in this country filing cabinets are full of report? for tw enty years. The questions- getting the public to do some- hove been how , and on w h at crops thing about it is another thing en the subsidy should apply. ....... ...... tirely. For ten years or more we have Thia week is fast removing con- been trying to reduce the produc tion of wheat, com , cotton, rice c-.*.m about sun stroke and such and -tobacco by paying farm ers to n.atters th at made last week a ieduce acreage devoted to these nig h t mawe. In fact it has been o-eps. The result has been «that we ?•«> coal tha/t. same have called it now have the largest supply of the first week of autum n. Certain- wheat and cotton we have ever ly a m orning o r two of this week had The price for w heat, a t least, has been cold enough «to banish tha t is largely the result of political brethtes» feeling th a t excessive m anipulation Instead of economic b eat engendered? There may be need on the pant of th e consumer, fam e more ihot weather. It would Such a price cannot be stable over be odd if the suffering p a rt c f the summ er was crowded into one h long period. It has long been t«he contention vxek, a s long as th a t one seemed. of many critics of th e present T. Lester Johnson farm policy th a t the subsidy should BOARD OF EQUALIZATION be paid on deficiency crops instead MEETING of surplus crop». If th a t were Notice: There will be a m eeting done «the farm ers in a real wheat W A400 MORO ¡ of the County fBoard o f Equaliza country could grow wheat without tion of Sherman County, Oregon, the competition of so many other From the Observer July 21, 1922 at the Court House, Moro, Ore A bootlegger was found by farm er» and the n ation’s agricuF gon, on the secopd Monday of tural production could be more Slicriff Chrisman and two federal Avgust, th a t being the 11th day of easily adjusted to the needs of the prohibition ag en ts an the old Frank August, 1941, to publicly examine ration. Brown place last week in northern the Assessment Rolla, correct all errors in valuation, descriptions of Now wc fiixl ourselves short of -Sherman county. pork produots, tomatoes, dairy Moro w as -represented by Lev lands or other property assessed products—says Wickard. If he S tew art and George Mitchell in Harvesters must be by me, and it shall be the duty of huii authority ¡to place the subsidy the annual American Legion climb prsons interested to appear a t bhe fed three times a day time and place appointed (appear on the.M? and other deficiency crops to ,the top o f Mt. Hood on Sunday, ance is by petition). All petitio-ns he cou’d give the naition a better July 16th. must be in w riting and verified living standard. The F a rm e r’s Elevator and Sup- bv the oath of the applicant and If Mr. Wickard 'has his way it ply company started taking wheat W e can su p p ly you filed with the board within fifteen is probable th a t some change in nt all of th eir grain <iepot® this- days from the time it is by law farm ing mt-ihodis will be fortheem - week. H. B. Belshee was the fir?t w ith the best in fo o d required to meet. ing, even in th is wheat county. to deliver w heat a t Hay Canyon; M argaret W. Peetz Tnere may be a guarantee on the I W . Sm ith first a t Nish; Eugene County Assessor 37-40 price of hogs and of dairy -pro;’-.« ts Amidon first a t Moro; O. G. Ifor th e hungry men. that will be large enough to en Sa> ns first a t Erskine; R. C. Byers NOTICE OF FIN A L HEARING courage farm ers to produce these first a t DeMoss. The grain all '■ Notice is hereby given that tiha test-ad good quality and averages things instead of continuing to undersigned has filed in the Coun bet ween eight and fif teen sacks grow wheat. ty Count of the State of Oregon to the acre, a s near as can be 11 -uw fM fo r la r g e lo ts. for Sherman County his Final i rt mated. Report and Account a s Adminis Frederick R. Nunn of Wa«sco CENTRALIZATION tra to r of the estate of William E. and Lillian Fern Conway of Gross M c H a le * s G ro c e ry People who come back to Sher Valley were m arried in The Dalles N tw ton, deceased, and th a t S a t urday, A ugust 23, 1941, a t ten man county a fte r am ahsence of on Monday, July 17,tih McHale, O w ner t/m or more years find it -**o changed o’clock a. «m., of said day, a t the Fiom the Observer July 19, 1912 they hardly feel it to be the County Courtroom, in the Caurt- 422 E. 2nd St. The Dalles &am< country. Those of us who * O. W. -Ramsey i» building a new hnus«e alt M- oto , Oregon-, have been have rem ained here do not notice bum for R. W. Pinkerton, north of 2COOOOOCOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOC fixed by the Court as the tim e and Moro. place fo r hearing of objections to the changes. Fi\«n 31 acres of volunteer bar- Moro Lodge No. 113, I. O. O. F. said Final Report and Account Before the farm s were tilled Moro, Oregon with big diesels th a t require little ley a t the Goffin Stock Farm , now ar.d the settlem ent of said estate. Meets 1st and 3rd fue’ or rep air and but one opera- the property of Cameron« R ealty Co. Elmer C. Newton » Tuesdays in th< tor to cover huge fteds in a few Vancouver, W ashington, 350 sacks A dm inistrator I.O..O.F. , hall . Trai days tim e, before the modern of splendid grain was threshed all .a. Geo. G. Updegraff 8lent and visiting A ttorney for A dm inistrator 38-41 combine which perm its two or three alxiut the same a s clear gain. brothers are cordi ______________ Ed Froebe had a horse nlolen men to cut over fifty or seventy ally invited td-<neet NOTICE T 0 CREDITORS OF acies per day, this was a different Friday night a t Wasco; Deputy Sheriff McKean happened ,to be us* ESTATE OF CHARLES M. country. Then there were m en around to in tow n and by quick work got a Joe Ritner N.G. KUYPERS Sec. do the work, care fo r the stock, clue which he wired to Sheriff Vernon Miller, ______________ Notice is given th a t Elizabeth drive the horse«, haul the w heat Freem an who immediately pure/ed (J^iptne Rebekah Lodge No. 116 Kuypers has, by order of the Coun ty /Court of the State of Oregon and straw . ' Young men and the villian. Moro. Oregon found c h .n r« . to oxorew- (|>e ()|>wrer Ju| , 9#2 MoeU 2d 4 4th Tue« fo«r Sherman County been appoint ed executrix of the last will and their ta le n ts for labor. day of each month. Now the workingmen are super- Tally Newcomb has purchased Visiting members wel testam ent of Charles M. Kuypers, ceded by machines, «two men and (he Chase Jenkin’s /thres-hrng out- come. . * - deceased, and has qualified. All a machine will plow a hundred fit and will operate it south of Helen M artin N. G. creditors of said deceased aife hereby notified to present .their acret. pe^ day, harvest fifty or Grt«r» Valley and Rutledge this Florence Johnston, Se«1 claims, duly verified a s by law re jn i ere / a n d another will ha-ul the season. M5«« Ina Guyton is vikitirg Eureka Lodge No. 121 A-F & A-M quired, to the undersigned ait h er crop to m arket without touching Meets on the 1st and residence near Rufus in Sherman Mr«. H arris and fam ily at the tt- The young folks a re in the city 3rd Thursday eve County, Oregon,«within six morrth-® w b tre they have work but not 1 »< chute« orchard. • nings of eac)» month, tjroni the date of this notice, which Beautiful w eather fo r harvest, much cb-moe to g e t into the real Visiting mombers cor s«id date is J-uflv 18. 1941. thi». m orey. dially invited to me< ELIZABETH KUYPERS, The W W M. Co. is adding a 150 Through centralizaton we have with WB.:- ,■ Execu‘r v made a very definite progres» and fee t to the Grass Valley warehouse .Carlton L. 'Pepper 37-41 Iwve vastly increased the produC-- and 104 feet to th e K ent wane.- Wendell Balaiger C. V, Belknap, Soty. A ttorney for Executrix Hon iper mom in our fields. These ficuse. j i -¡A 4 KENTUCKY Bourbon! • Check the proof fit*« that good 93 proof) . J,. the superior flavor (only K entocky-diatillcd bourbon has it) . . . t h e age (4 year» of mellowing toyourtsatc.) S unny B rook $2-'° I QUART , J KENTUCKY STRAIGHT BOURBON WHISKEY This whiskey is 4 Y E A R S O L D • 93 Proof National Distiller« Products Corporation, N. Y. i W ant Ads EASY WASHER C o m m o d ity C r e d it C o r p o r a tio n W H EAT LOANS L ow est P revailing R ates INQUIRIES INVITED In keeping with the policy of this bank to cooperate in all practicable crop production, we are pleased to offer this service. THE DALLES BRANCH o f the UNITED STATES NATIONAL BANK H ead O ffice----- P ortlan d MEMBER F E D E R A L D tP O S IT * I N 5 U R A N C Ï C O R P O R A T IO N T h e y run em C L O S E In Other Days rj Se SHERMAN COUNTY FAIR Food! Food! ¡Reductions Nowhere do they have closer horse races; faster, certainly; better. tracks, a few; bigger crowds, yes; but better horse races would mean more evenly matched horses, closer finishes. There isn't any such thing. H orse Races are only one of the m any features that m ake the Sherm an C ounty F air outstanding. Only a few counties in O regon — and those m uch larger — have bigger fairs than Sherm an County- .... W e have local horses th a t are the best, home grown cattle th a t go on to bigger things and wind up on some coi - noisseur’s plate, crowds that spring from sage and stubble to cheer buckers and riders to extend themselves to the limit. All because it is a county festival, attended by all and enjoyed by all. S e e y o u r n eig h b o rs th e re — — SEPTEMBER 12-13-14