Sherman County journal., September 19, 1941, Image 1

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Fifty-Third Year No. 46
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x iiu a y , a e p ie m D e r 17,
Wasco Students Wasco Festival Health Group
Exhibits of Stock Budget Makers Entertainment
Calls Meeting
Attend School
W OiA«-» M a , Attradio|1 For
At Fair Varied
Show County’s
For Monday
Learn Driving
Of Instruction
S tu d e n ts of th e W asco high Coming Saturday
The S herm an County Public Best Quality
C ounty, city and school dis­ For Visitors
W ashington, D. C., Sept. 18.—
T h a t th e re is iron ore in 'Oregon,
in the vicinity of Scappoose, Col­
um bia county, w as dem onstrated
y ea rs ago when th e ore w as used
in the o p eration of the old fu rn aces
a t Oswego. The e x te n t of th is ore
dtposi£ and its com m ercial value
h e r n ever been learned, b u t w ith
th e discussion of a steel p lan t in
th e s ta te , S e n a to r M cN ary has
sta rte d th e slow m oving wheels
of g o v em n jent to find out.
C ongress ap p ro p riated a few
hundred thousand dollars to look
into* iron ore deposits, but th is
m oney has been used in Colorado
and C alifornia until th is sum has
been alm o st exhausted. In ta lk ­
ing w ith sen ato rs in charge of the
in v estig atio n , M cNary was in fo rm ­
ed th a t the inquiry can be carried
into O regon if a little m ore m oney
is m ade available, and the sen ato r
is a rra n g in g fo r th at.
Ir w ritin g to Dr. Nixon, of the
O regon bureau of mines, S enator
M cN ary su g g ests th a t a com pa­
ra tiv e survey be made of the low ­
er- Columbia riv er and to follow
trie belt which extends to L iberty,
M arion county. The Polk county
hills, as the red soil is known,
ru n s from M arion county th ro u g h
Chehalem hills to the known iron
deposits in Columbia and p a rt of
C latsop county. This will be the
first gen eral study ever made of
iron ore deposits in Oregon.
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school and ad u lts in th a t vicinity
will be offered th e o p p o rtu n ity of
learn in g to drive an autom obile in
a m odern sa fe ty driving school
when a seven weeks course is
sta rte d here S eptem ber 23, under
th e auspices of E arl Snell, secre­
ta ry of s ta te , it w as announced
today.
S tudents 15 y ears of age or
older are eligible to enroll, re g is­
tra tio n s to be le ft a t the high
school. A dults who w ish to learn
to drive or who wish to im prove
th e ir driv in g technique, m ay en ­
roll a t high school. E veryone who
tak es th e course m ust provide his
own c a r and m ust m ake a r ra n g e ­
m ents to have it driven to and
from th e school by a licensed
o perator.
No d riv e r’s license is required
fo r the course, but stu d en ts are
advised to tak e out le a rn e r’s p e r­
m its to enable them to practice.
In stru ctio n is given in the p ro p ­
e r m ethod of s ta rtin g a m otor,
use o f ,a clutch, sh iftin g gears,
tu rn in g and backing,
p arallel
p ark ing, stopping and s ta rtin g on
bills and general care of the car.
C lasses are held each week d u r­
ing the course, one phase o f d riv ­
ing being taken up a t each ses­
sion. Between the classes^ s tu ­
dents are expected to practice in
o ld e r to m aster the various steps
as they go along. A ( com petent
in stru c to r is in charge o f the
work a t all tim es and p aren ts are
irv ited to atten d any classes.
Betty Juhnke To Rule At
Queen of Event fo r Support
Of W mco Library
Miss B etty Ju h n k e will be
Queen B e tty n e x t S atu rd ay a f te r ­
noon when she is crowned as
ru ler of the W asco festiv al by
M ayor T. L ester Johnson. A d­
vanced to royal ra n k a t the sam e
cerem ony will be C arol Dae D rink-
a id , Ju n e H ines and Shirley
Ju h n k e who will be princesses of
the1*realm .
Gwendolyn N isbet will be the
ju n io r queen and as prim e m inis­
te r who will have contro l over the
political aspects o f th e day, will
be L arry K aseberg, son of Mr.
and Mrs. L. E. K aseberg.
R oyalty will ride in the parade
of floats th a t will re p re se n t the
business org an izatio n s of the com ­
m unity and will be crowned on „the
stens of the hotel.
D uring the festiv al, which is
sponsored each y ear by the lib rary
board for the. benefit of th e local
-library, the G arden club will have
a flower show a t which tim e will
be displayed the bloom s from the
gardens of the town and country.
“ Union P acific” will be given
a t the school house a t 2:30, this
well known picture being re q u e st­
ed by the sponsiring board. A t the
sam e tim e on the s tre e ts of W asco
will be rep resen ted a local conces­
sion, m anned and barked by local
folks, which alw ays adds a good
dea1 to the income of th e festiv al
and no little to the en joym ent of
tho p atrons.
A dinner will be given a t 6:30
in the evening and a dance will
A call for fo u r m ore men from follow a t which Jim m y H all’s
Sherm an county has been made o ic h e stra will play.
on the d ra ft board. Men in this
new call will leave O ctober 13
A nna M acnab and Helen Mac-
and th e ir nam es will be made r a b le ft th e first of th e week fo r
known w ithin a few days. F our M ary lh u rst norm al, w here th ey
n re leaving S eptem ber 29 from will tak e up th e ir studies fo r the
th is county.
com ing year.
Four More Men To
Be Drafted Oct. 13
People are restive in M edford
and C orvallis over th e delay in
tl eii prom ised cantonm ents. W ar
d ep a rtm en t h as m ade co n tracts
w ith
arch itects and engineers
p lo ttin g th e location of the b a r­
racks, m ess halls, churches, a s ­
sem bly halls, roads, etc., and much
o f th is work has been com pleted.
These a re p relim inaries, and no
co n tra cts will be aw arded fo r
d rain s (m ud of w inter will cause
tro u b le) o r an y th in g else until the
congress votes to enlarge the arm y
A. !,. Lindbeck.
and provides funds fo r the con­
Salem , Or., Sep. 18.—The boom
stru ctio n of
the cantonm ents
T his situ atio n is not new s, fo r it in in d u strial ac tiv ity w ith its in ­
h as been rep eatedly stated, but the crease in in d u strial payrolls has
peffplfc of the d istric ts affected resu lted in a su b stan tial increase
in contributions to the unem ploy­
are grow ing im patient.
m
ent com pensation fund. By th is
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sam e token— increase in em ploy­
■Senator C harles L. M cNary has
m ent—■benefit paym ents to jobless
a bill to release a p a rt of the land w orkers show a decided slum p. As
a t th e v e te ra n s ’ hospital, Rose­
a re su lt the com m ission’s reserve
burg, in order th a t it can be used fund is increasing by leaps and
com m ercially. The land is n ei­
bounds.
th e r used nor required by the h o s­
S tanding a t $13,972,541 a t the
p ital, b u t th ere is a plywood com ­
pany a t R oseburg which w ishes end of A ugust the unem plovm ent
to expand and • th is is the only com pensation reserve fund is ex ­
land available. People of R ose­ pected to reach and pass the “ ceil­
b u rg a re asking fo r the release in g ” of $14,400,000 by the first of
in o rd e r to assist the industry, the next year. When th is goal is
realized em ployers now paying
principal one in the com m unity.
p enalty ra te s under the new ex­
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perience ra tin g which w ent into
Rep. W alter M. Pierce, of th? effect Ju ly 1 will be restored to
second Oregon d istrict, now a t th e norm al ra te of 2.7 percent and
home cam paigning, will have op­ retained a t th a t level so long as
position in the general election, the fund rem ains above the
if 'n o t in the prim aries, n ex t year. -“coiling” figure. E m ployers en­
L o v ell Stockm an, Pendleton w heat joying prem ium ra te s as a re su lt
f ir m e r and m em ber of the s ta te of more favorable em ploym ent ex­
liquor com m ission, is expected to periences, however, will continue
announce his candidacy w ithin a to contribute a t the reduced rates.
week. Stockm an visited W ash--
B enefit paym ent to
jobless
irigtog, looked a t the house of w orkers reached a new low of
. re p resen ta tiv e s and decided he $109,590 in A ugust, barely a h alf
would like a s e a t ^ n one of the of the $217,224 paid out in bene­
long benches. Mr. Pierce is one fits d u rin g A ugust, 1940. S eptem ­
of th e oldest, in years, in th e ber benefit paym ents are expected
hcuse, b u t still very active.
to drop to an even lower level,
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w ith the h a rv e st dem and absorb­
For five years the revenue re ­ ing hundreds of otherw ise jobless
c t i 'e d by th e S outhern Pacific w orkers.
ra ilro ad fo r a th ird ' of a m ile
C ontributions to the jobless in­
trac k in Lincoln countv has been surance fund, based upon indus­
$138. D uring th a t period the com- tria l payrolls, totalled $5,939,278
pany has paid taxes am ounting to to „September 1, com pared to $4 -
$685. The ICC has agreed to 976.255 fo r the first eight m onths
p erm it th e com pany to abandon of 1940 and $3,945,139 in 1939.
. the line (salvage value is $415)
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and sell the rig h t of way to L in­
Sherm an county will supply 4
coln county com m issioners fo r men for1 Or^gpn.’s„q u o ta of 688
$500.
men fo be* called into- m ilitary
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servie« under the selective service
A fte r 6 weeks of negotiations act in October according to in ­
OPM is prenared to give tru ck s on- form ation released by L t. Col.
e ra tin g oi> the w est coast a clea r­ E lm er V. W ooten, sta te director
ance. . The change w ill affect of selective service. E verv coun-
. (if th e deal ro e s th ro u g h ) all tv in th e s ta te will co n trib u te to
t r u c k s o p eratin g from W ashing- the q u o ta fo r October w ith an
trfn to C alifornia and it has spec­ average of 86 selectees from O re­
ial reference to Oregon, * w here gon being inducted in service each
re stric tio n s are m ore rigid th a n day fo r a period of eig h t days.
U e w
in the neighboring sta te s of W ash­
ington and C alifornia and w here
C red it fo r school . attendance
trucks entering from the north or m ay be given ,to pupils a t work
•in the harvest 'fields,, according to
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Unemployment Compensation
Fund Nearing Top Figure
H ealth association will m eet a t
the co u rt house Monday 'a f t e r ­
noon of n e x t week a t 2:30, accord­
ing to in fo rm atio n released by
Mrs. A fton M cIntyre of Wasco,
p resident.
M embers of th e a s­
sociation and those interested in
h ea lth w ork a re urged to atten d
as the„p ro g ram fo r the w inter is
ju s t
beginning.
Mrs.
Melvin
W alsh is secretary of the asso­
ciation.
Feeder Hogs Pass
$14.00 Mark
4-H Club Children
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T he „follow ing quotations are
based on prices being paid in Wed­
n esd ay ’s tra d in g :
CATTLE.
Good
g rain
fed
steers $12.00 to 12.65. Good g rass
steers $9.76 to 11.00. Good grain
fed h eifers up to $10.75. Good
g ra s s h eifers $9.00 to 10.00. p o o d
beef cows $7.75 to 8.50, medium
$7.00 to 7.50, common $6.00 to 7.00
can n ers $4.75 to 5.75. Bulls, med­
ium to good $8.25 to 9.25, odd head
to $9.50, common $7.00 to 8.00.
V ealers, good to choice $12.50 to
$13 j 50.
W
HOGS: 170 to 215 lb truckins
$12.60 to 12.75, a few to $12.85;
230 to 285 lb butchers $11.75 to
12.50; lig h tw eig h t butchers $11.-
75 to 12.00; packing sows $10.-25
to 11.25. Feeder pigs $13.00 to
$14.25.
■SHETEP: Good to choice spring
lam bs $10.76 to 11.50; medium to
good $10.00 to 10.75; commofi
$9.00 to 9.75. S lau g h ter ewes,
good to choice $4.50 to 5.50. F eed­
er lam bs, good to choice $9.50 to
10.00. Shorn lam bs $9.00 to 9.75,
ea rly shorn to $10.25.
New Program
Changes Wheat
Payment Basis
S tream lined to m eet the dem and
Of natio n al defense and simplified
fo r easy ad m in istratio n , the 1942
Rex P utnam , s ta te su p erin ten d en t AAA program fo r Oregon is
of public instruction. P u tn am su g ­ rap id ly tak in g shape and will be
gests th a t a teac h er be assigned available a t county AiAA offices
to supervise the pupils and th a t in hap.lbook form before October
they be tra n sp o rte d to and from 1. th e s ta te AAA office has a n ­
the fields in a school bus.
nounced.
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M ost im p o rtan t change in the
The indifference of W ashington pro g ram is the abandonm ent of
b u re au crats w as blam ed by Gov­ soil-depleting, com m ercial v eg e ta­
ernor S prague this week fo r the ble and to tal allo tm en ts and the
overcrowded condition
in
th e su b stitu tio n jof a m inim um soil
schools a t H erm iston. In a le tte r conserving acreage requirem ent,
to th e wife of a w ork er on the th u s lending g re a te r flexibility to
arm y am m unition dum p who had m eet defense production req u ire­
com plained th a t her d a u g h te r had m ents and still em phasizing soil
been denied adm ittance to th e H er­ conservation.
m iston schools the governor said
U nder th is provision, paym ents
th a t application had been m ade to
o
i
w h eat and p o tato crop allot-
W ashington th ree m onths ago for
funds under the “com m unity f a - ' rte r.ts will be conditioned on 20
cilities” bill fo r the em ploym ent percen t of the fa rm ’s crop land
of additional school teach ers in being devoted to soil conserving
These include perennial
th a t city. To d ate th e governor uses.
g
ra
sse
s
and perennial legum es,
said, no rep ly had been received
sudan
or
annual ry e g ra ss fo r p a s­
from the W ashington b u reau crats.
The H erm iston school d istric t is tu re, seeded cover crops, A u strian
financially unable to provide the w in ter peas and vetch fo r seed,
additional teach ers and the s ta te and certain weed control practices
is in no position to e x te n d ..th e - on irrig a te d land.
In the sum m er fallow counties
necessary financial aid.
of ea ste rn Oregon, th e s ta te com­
A pproxim ately 11,900 Oregon m ittee h as recom m ended th a t p ro ­
kfirm s em ploying m ore th an 200XK)0 tected sum m er fallow q u alify as
persons are now under th e em ­ a soil conserving use, providing
ploym ent com pensation act, ac­ 19 per cent of the crop land on
cording to Silas G aiser, adm inis< the farm isr devoted to p erm an en t
tr a to r of th e com pensation com ­ g ra sse s or legum es.
m ission. N early 600 new firms
The possibility of m ark etin g
have come under the act in the qu o tas fo r potatoes h as m ade it
p ast th ree m onths due to the ex­ n ecessary to set p o tato allotm ents
pansion „.pf th e ir o p eratio n s, Gai­ fo r all fa rm s in the s ta te grow ing
ser said.
- th ree acres or more. In the p ast
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potafo allotm ents w ere estab lish ­
Oregon republicans
ar;e not ed only in certain counties de­
alone in th e ir prospect fo r a con­ signed as commercial p o tato areas.
te s t fo r th e g u b ern ato rial norfii- P ro ced u re for settin g allotm ents
nation in the forthcom ing p ri­ h as been changed som ew hat.
m ary.
T he w h eat pro g ram
rem ains
4 lAlready th ree D em ocrats loom much the same as la s t y ear, ex­
on th e political horizon as possi­ cept th a t it will not be necessary
ble« candidates fo r th is honor. to grow up to 80 p er cent of a
S ta te S en ato r Lew W allace b e a t­ fa rm ’s allo tm en t to qualify for
ing his riv als to the draw , tossed special crop paym ents. A new
his h a t into th e rin g w ith a defi­ p ractice provides fo r application
nite announcem ent of his am bi­ of boron or borax in connection
tion la s t week. F rien d s of Howard w ith seeding of legum inous cover
L ato u re tte , D em ocratic natio n al crops and perennial legum es.
com m itteem an, have alm ost com ­
(Changes in the ra n g e p rogram ,
pleted p lans fo r “d ra ftin g ” th eir combined th is year w ith the farm
candidate. As a th ird prospect conservation program , provide fo r
th*» Com m onw ealth F ed eratio n is th e p ractices of ro tatio n al and lim ­
groom ing Roy R. H ew itt, Salem ited
g ra zin g
Under approved
atto rn e y , fo r the race. .
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p la n s,' to encourage conservation
All th ree of these prospects are on sm aller ra n c h e i and on w estern
Oregon livestock farm s.
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trict officers nearly tw en ty stro n g
went to The Dalles** W ednesday
n ig h t to atten d the m eeting of
Horses Shown Than Before
finance officers called by the s ta te
association to infoi^n those who
Indicating Increased Interest are to be responsible for m aking
E xhibits a t the 1941 county up the budgets th is fa.ll about*the
fa ir were probably b e tte r than new laws th a t concern budget
before. This sta te m e n t was c e r­ m aking.
Com plete inform ation, except
tain ly tru e of the 4-H club beef.
T here were forty-five calves in for some unansw ered questions
the newly m ade barn and each v ,a s given and form s were shown
one w as good, so good th a t 41 of giving the co rrect procedure for
them are being taken to the P a­ m aking out budgets.
cific In tern atio n al a t P o rtlan d the
first of nex t m onth.
Open class stock w as not so
welt rep resen ted as it has been
previously because of th e sh o rt
tim e betw een h arv est and the
fair. T here w ere some fine ex ­
Sherm an county 4-H club boys
hibits of every class, however.
and g irls are tak in g 20 head of
A considerable in te re st in light hogs, 41 head of beef ca ttle and 8
horses was noticable. The fa ir sheep to the Pacific In tern atio n al
b eard aided th is by b reaking the which begins October 4 a t P o rt­
lig h t horse class down into five land. N early every boy or girl
which served to encourage .b reed ­ win. fed a calf or a pig th is sp rin g
ers
H orses shown indicate th a t and sum m er has succeeded well
th is county m ay become as well enough to have an anim al w orthy
known fo r lig h t horses as for of m aking the trip , m aking a
d ra ft breeds.
group record of which to be proud.
W heat exhibits w ere more nurfi-
erous th an usual as about 40 en ­
tries wore received in, th is divi­
sion. Most, of these will go on to
P ortland and some to Chicago. Be­
cause this was a good w heat y ear
the exhibits w ere all very good.
A child health clinic was held
Oat and barley exhibits were a t G rass Valley Tuesday, S eptem ­
much b e tte r than usual.
ber 16, a t the Odd-Fellows hall
Grand Champion 4-H beef of the d u rin g which ten in fan ts and p re ­
show and open class chftmpion as school children were exam ined by
well w as the H ereof rd steer Dr. Donald Bourg, health doctor
owned and exhibited by Shelton for this d istrict, com prising W as­
F ritts Jr., which was best of the co and Sherm an counties. The
lig h t Hereford*. All b e e fSe)asses m em bers of the Rebekah ' lodge
were divided into Tight and heavy were sponsors of the conference.
groups.
Mrs. A lfred Kock assisted th e
F irst y ear beef club class was doctor and the nu rses who w ere
won by Connie W ilson, with Miss Lucille Vale, health n urse
F cott F ritts and K enneth K arnes ano Miss Lucille ‘Donahue, of
follow ing in order.
Second and P o rtlan d who is aiding Miss Vale
third in the H ereford lig h t class in the work here for a sh o rt tim e.
was Phyllis M edler and Lee B ar- A child health clinic will be held
n et C arsten von B orstel won first at the Wasco school house Sep­
and second and John H ilderbrand tem ber 23 and a t Moro a t the
third in th e heavy H ereford class. W om an’s club building pn Octo­
Ja c k von .Borstel, S cott F ritts ber 7.
and J e rry Wilson jr. ra te d in th a t
order in the liu h t S horthorn class
and Shelton F ritts jr., Ed F ritts , WASCO LOCALS
and K enneth K arnes in the heavy
F arm ers in the n orth end of
division for th is breed.
the county will soon be able to
F lton M edler’s A ngus was first do th eir fall seeding if the fall of
in the lig h t division of th a t breed m oisture continues as of the la st
fellowed bv Connie Wilson and Le­ few days. Several have already
land B arnet. H enry R ichelderfer started fall planting, and o thers
Lee B arn et and IClvde Fridley jr., are busily engaged in destro y in g
were second and third place w in­ weeds and preparing" th eir sum ­
ners.
m er fallow for seeding o p era­
Shelton F ritts showed his steer
tions.
to best ad v an tag e and H enry
In the north end of the county
R ichelderfer and Jack von Bor- farm ers are ju b ilan t over the
slel followed in order.
am ount of gravel being spread on
In tho 4-H lig h t horse class
the various roads.
D arrel McLachlin and Don King
The first m eeting of the T ues­
w rn first and second prizes and day afternoon study club was held
Dean F u ller had the best d ra ft a t the home of Mrs. W esley Wilde
colt. Glen and M erril S ath er had with, a good attendance. A rran g e­
the best 2-vear lod d ra ft colts.
m ents were made to a ssist w ith
Shelton F ritts ir. won the swine
the lib rary festiv al dinner S a tu r­
show m anship contest and also won
day evening a t the lodge hall. The
mosF of the prizes for his a n i­
clul p rogram consisted of talk s
m als although Don King and Jack
by Mrs. Ida C arlisle on the sub­
von B orstel won in some classes.
ject of S afety. “ Rocked in the
Rob Hoskinson was the big
C radle of the Deep” w as the p ro ­
w inner in the sheep classes, but
gram song. N ext m eeting will be
Clyde F ridley, jK, won on show-
held October 7, a t the home of
rtianship and J e rry W ilson jr., had
Mrs. W. E. B ruckert.
'C ontinued on P ag e tw o)
Many More Light Type
Going To Stock Show
Child Health Clinic
Held At Grass Valley
Wasco Masonic Lodge Celebrates
Fiftieth Anniversary of Founding
Two hundred Masons w ith th eir
wives attended the F iftie th a n ­
n iv ersary of T aylor lodge on S a t­
urday night, S eptem ber 13th, a t
Wasco.
H a rry iProudfoot, Grand Ju n io r
W arden of the Grand Lodge,
acted as m aster of cerem onies.
’A r'dress of welcome Was given by
H erb ert Root, P. M., and w as re ­
sponded to by Harold fcakin dis­
trict grand m aster, of G rass V al­
ley. H istory of the lodge was
given by J. P. Y ates, P. M.
„ V isitors from the Grand Lodge
included (Clarence D. P hillips, de­
puty grand roaster, p a st g ran d
m asters Rex Davis and Leslie M.
Scott of -Salem. Lodges re p re ­
sented wer(^ Hillsboro, Oregon
City, Hood River, Gbldendale, The
Dulles, D ufur, P o rtla n d , Moro,
G rass Valley and Salem,
Dr. E., H. Van P a tte n of Day-
tdli, W ashington was a d i s t i ­
nguished visitor. Dr. Van P a tte n
was made a Mason a t C hatam ,
Illinois in 1877 and an active
m em ber in the s ta te of W ashing­
ton fo r the p ast 54 y ears, and is a
p ast gran d m a ste r of th a t state.
He has known every p a st m aster
personally in th a t ’s ta te fo r the
past 50 years. The doctor is now
in his 87th year. F ran k and J a s ­
per Peddicord were also made
Masons in C hatam , Illinois in
1877. J a s p e r passed on a year
ago and F ran k lives in C orvallis.
D r Van P a tte n has 480 acres of
land in th e Biglow d istrict, a p a rt
of which he hom esteaded in 1880.
He spoke of having 5 modes of
tra n sp o rta tio n when he came here
in 1880, which required 4 days,
this being by boat to Cascade
Lock» and p o rta g e around the
Locks, thence by boat to The
(Tu lles, thence p o rtag e to Celilo,
and again by boat to Columbus,
W ashington, (now M ary H ill.)
O ther prom inent in Masonic
w o rk who w ere p re sen t included
G rand Com mander* N ye of Hood
River, K night T em pler; F red W.
H a rtm a n , GS Deacon, Enock C arl­
son, G rand M arshall; Orien B.
.Barklow, DDDGM;
F ra n k
W.
Knoll, DDGM: Edw in „ L. York,
DPGM , all of P o rtlan d d istricts
and E lb ert Bede, ed ito r of thq,. M a­
sonic A n aly st of P ortland.
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Concessions Aided By Acts
and Music This Year
An en tertain in g p ro g ram , more
varied th an usual gave enjoym ent
to p atro n s of the Sherm an county
fa ir la st week end. Horae racing,
alw ays the m ost prominent sport
on th e program , was up to past
stan d ard s, the bueking was man­
aged by Mac B arbour as in the
p ast, an I Monte Brooks, with his
o ic h e s tr a . and fo u r vaudeville
acts b ro u g h t a new feature to the
show th a t was enjoyed.
The fa ir opened F rid ay a f te r ­
noon w ith the crow ning of Queen
Cleo by A. H. B arnum , long tim e
p resident of the fa ir board, th e
Sherm an C ounty R id ers gave a
drill each day and the big team s
exhibited th eir speed and ag ility ,
as well as th a t of the drivers.
The little spotted
Shetland
pony, Nick, ownedf b y D orothy
Wilson, won the pony race the
first two days, although n o t so
easily th e second.
T hree y ear old horses were di­
vided into two groups. The w in­
n ers of the races one day were
pitted a g a in st each o th er th e fo l­
lowing day and the losers as well.
F a s te s t horses th ere fo re ra n a-
g ain st each other. W iggles, brow n
m are of Mrs. Roy B arn e tt, won
first, in one of these races each
day and C artago, sorrel gelding
owned by Lila Lee Alley, w as sec­
ond. Best tim e was 59.4 m ade th e
second day. Races w ere 4ft fu r­
longs.
The second group of th ree y ear
olds fo u g h t a different b attle.
Goldie, Connie W ilson’s mare won
the first day w ith E. Helyer’s
Blue S k y second, Susie Q., Dell
Olds’ m are won th e second day
and W ilson’s K nockabout (Bill was
second. The th ird day sow Goldie
and Blue Sky ru n n in g again the
sam e o rd er as on F rid ay .
The two year old race had b u t
fo u r s ta rte r s th is y e a r as tim e -
w as not available to tra in th e ■
colts of th e county. R oyal Oak,
the dun colored colt o f D urw ard
H e ly e r’s wone the first two days
and w as acclaim ed as the fu tu rity
w inner. He was defeated Sunday
by W h istling Bell, J. M. W ilson’s
black m are.
Girls Ride Race
The quarter mile saddle horse
race th e first two days was run
by men and the women were giv­
en a chance a t the race Sunday.
This first w om an’s race in several
y ears, was won by Claudine
Thom pson on Rodan, w ith M ar­
jorie Rich second on Prince.
Older horses w ere en tered in a
race each day and th is proved to
be the fa s te s t race of th e d ay and
the one th a t b ro u g h t o u t th e m oat
b etting. Olan S ta rk ’s Om igo won
F rid a y and S unday, m aking th e
4ft fu rlo n g trip in
th e final
day. He was crowded h a rd by
Dell Olds’ Silver Maid, which won
S atu rd ay . M cKean’s Princess Pat,
was th ird each day.
B ut two »ch ario t team s were
raced th is year, Roy Barnet's
team w inning th e & rst two days
and George W ilson * team the
final day.
Mac B arbour had a tough bunch
of bucking horses on hand to teat
the sta y in g ab ility of th e rid e rs
and while a m ajo rity rode m any
of the co ntests betw een m an and
horse w ere very close. 'Reserva­
tion, Golden R ule, W his B ang,
Tip Top, S trip , C. B., and some,
lccal horses gave a thrill every
tim e they cam e out of the chute.
B u t one boy appeared to ride
calves th e first day so Jo h n ¡Beutfc*
er had th e day to him self. Sever­
al ca lf rid ers w ere hurt Satur­
day, ,D avid McLeod being . hurt
w hen th ro w n over a fence and Bud
G oodpasture of Goldendale apffer-
ing a broken jaw and the lose, of
some te e th wheri stepped on' by a
calf. *
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Monte B rooks' acts and m usic
were given fro m th e are n a acro ss .
the tra c k and despite cold weather
and wind w ere well done and gave
a welcome change in th e day s en­
te rta in m e n t diet.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Benson jr-.
are occupying the house vacated
by Mr. and Mrs. Lurie who are
now employed by Floyd Root at
Cres-Dell lodge on the Willamette
highway. Mr. and Mrs. Root
here during the fair.
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