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— ñ • -V a ’’/A G E X »HMMMAM fQDJVTJf JOURNAL, MOHO. ORBOON ¿< FR4DA*. APRIL I»4$ k uwrn County Jou n 4 fegM-nan County Observer £$aM ished Nov. 2, 188« .Grass Valley Journal Established O ct 14. 1897 CONSOLIDATED March 6, 1931 Wasco News-Enterprise Established Nov. 1891 CONSOLIDATED March 4, 1932 Published Every Friday at Moro, Oregon Editor Gilts L. French Entered as second class m atter at tlie 1‘ostoffice at M oro, Oregon (G.d» r \ c t or Cong teas of March S. 1879. Z/swc¿o> El O res ' PUBIISUF* «T IM €DITORIAL_ SSOCIATION OFFICIAL COUNTY PAPER SUBSCRIPTION RATES Pavable in Advance ONE YEAR .k.:..—................ $150 A i'K ic zg. i x a _ — BOND SALES taxpayers to rejoioe over any re- duetton in income and excise tax es. Most of them are now income tax payers and therefore like a reduction, but any shortage otf income tax nfcneya that ensue wR] have to come out o f the pro- party tax payers’ pockets.. Also any shortage is likely to occur when real property taxes are hard to pay. Whatever rejoicing fanners are able to get out of reduced state income taxes should be enjoyed now. The results of it (may not cause joy in a few years. fr o m 'page one! was. w Hou«. appropriations eornmittec In Other Days ttn T r *P- d .T L i - i » . to the lt‘Kxi' Me,oy «ho * * ** d- / y Jo e M arsh le* din? Anderson having 9 and g - R R Hickson and J. M Eddy easting on the Deschutes at Sherear last Sunday with sucn guccess that Hickson returned with 22 trout and Eddy with 10. * • » th' Ot-errer April 24. l » l l Henry R u g ,« h . . ^ h a » e d . uaed automobile from T. E. Hul- «nr- HI, flmt driving wa, up G™88 Valley canon, over the same ~ * d h* ‘ ~>k h- fl" ‘ t r “ tion en- : , rr* T z - L " w ith M r Wilson,|i ><)n F rom w h e re I s i t . . . venience. George Meloy, HoUis Bull end Francis Anderson were fishermen thrM who trW to hook trout on D oehutM >t shereftr Sund>y. total count was Md * • ” setting of individual quota» ___ buying forced by P ^ lic preemire wfll not be a pari of bond we mg under present lead«ship county. How much money each can in- vest in bonds ie a personal mat- t/»r ao f^c It is a matter of con- «¡en ee « .d individu.1 In « 1 «ncern .bout wtaninc the w«-. There i . no o n , uninformed •bout the need o f the govwmnent , W -Iraa an- Mr. ..and .Mrs. J. H. Wilson re turned from Moscow, Idaho last Thursday after ^pending several has been requested to include an p r Joseph Wilson. item of $500,000 for the newly jy|r> and Mrs. Harley McKay located electro-development labor- Sweet Home are here visiting atory which has eoquired the AJ- Mr McKay’s parents, Mr. and' bany college campus. The ori- j irg McKay. ginal appropriation was partly Pvt. Luther W. -Davis and Gkn used in purchase o f the coflege Schaeffer of Corvallis and Eve- planfc and additional funds are jyn p avja and roomate were here required by the bureau of -aitllto. apendjng the weekend with the for installation of equipment and j L Davis family. maintenance. Nothing has been The peop?a arotod Kent seem approved yet by the bureau of t( enjoying first few day? budget in any of the current ap- the -fishing* season. There were propriation measures. The staff 8t,veral failaito« fishing in Pine is now being selected for opera- H<>n<>w and guck Hollow creeks ting the laboratory and eventually Sunday. about 300 scientists will be en- Mr and Mrg J>ck McKay gaged on experiments. Thene/was foinily of Lebanon were visiting a struggle among half a doien k g t weekend at the George Mc- cities for the laboratory, but all k a the delega- Amandua vonBorstel ---- - western congressional — A n n ia iiu u » v u r u x n n ix i w oo « tions are now backing^ Albany., As jn The Dalles one day last the president wrote to Sen. Chas. weeR wceW n< tpeatment for an I.. McNary, Albany was the best injured fo o t ' place. Washington wanted it. btto M r.'and Mrs. Cecil Cunningham so many towns were contesting in _0nd Shirfey( Ne|ma and Kay that »Ute that the delegation was igchadew5u of Sweet Home were split whereas Oregon’s delegation yigjt<yrg in a few daya laBt u as united. ¿ week. • • • Mr. and Mrs. James Matthcs War department is arranging and Mrs Roy Ba.neit were in the U send a contigent of WAACS Dalles last week for a day for the cantonment at Camp Adarr Ricbtrd SUkley and Georg* There will be 144 dormitory units Witter were visitor» in The Dal- bailt for the girls m uniform at lea a couple days last week. Corvallis. The WAACS are to re- Chet Marrs of Wamic was here place soldiers and permit the lat- a few days shearing sheep at ter to join combat troops. They the Grover Yeung ranch. ' wili attend to the paper work. ---------------- ON NOTICE OF HEARING .Hur« Lodgi* N*». i l l . I. . » < ». « FINAL REPORT Moro. Oregon Notice is given that Elva le t a ml 3 H A. Bryant .administratrix o f the Tuesdavs in thf of William C. Bryant, T.O..O.F. h all T ra i estate sient and . visiting deceased, has been filed with the . othor* ere eordi cleTk of the County Court of the s ’lv invited to meet State of Oregon for Sherman .rith us. County, her final report and that Chnrl*r' C. Wilson. N.G« Saturday, May 22nd, 1943, a t the Percy Thompson, Sec. hour of ten o’clock of said day and the courtroom of said court I.upine Rebekah Lo«1ve Moro. Oregon in the courthouse in Moro. Ore M iete 2d A 4th Tues gon, has been fixed as the time day of each month. and place for hearing all object Visiting members wel ions to said report and the set -ome. tlement thereof. Co la B-IMies, N.G. 24-27 Elva A. Bryant i Administratrix Sale <rf bands in Sherman county during the present drive by the United States treasury to raise $13,000,000,000 from April 12 to May 1 has not been encouraging. I M *”" b /»Th in ly that far- mers who must be depended upon to buy the bulk of the bonds are very busy taking care of farm work in a late season and who are savigig funds for harvest af ter heavy federal tax payments. It to not lack o f interest or will ingneos. t Certainly there is no one unac quainted with the fact that a big bond drive is being carried on. Tbs newspapers and the radio have been fnil of i t It may b e ________ ____________ that it has not attracted the cen ter of attention of men busy with From the Observer April 25, 1921 personal affair*. A 24-hour service to the motor The government is trying to ing public has been inaugurated i t raise $100 per person in the en the Williams Garage this week. tire United Statee. A large part A floor man will be on duty to of this will be taken by bonks give quick service on gas. oil, and other financial ingtitutions. gnd g,enera} garage service as a the lees ao token the better, how- give time in the ever. This county, it has l»een <•& repa|r department. A night man timoted should rakm $80,000 from algo be on coll during the individuals. So far the total 1» night hours, a sleeping room hav- about a quarter of that. jng been furnished for his con- It is probably true that an in- cam paign which included rwiae «11. on . « r y tW, „nouM tw « e o v « ^ auch « U d U tfo e l h » ” J. H. Wilsons Return To Kent K-Ay’s Coìuirin This seems a proper time and place to call attention to the marked improvement to the old hotel corner caueed by tbs garden ing ability and manual labor of James B. Adams. When the lots were turned over to Mr. Adams lost year they were filled with rubbish, rocks? brick, old lumber in small ' piec?s and natural’y they presented an unpleasant view to the passerby. Now these prominent lots ane in good tilth, are landscaped, and are growing some very beautiful flowers. This is an example tof civic pride put to practical use and implemented by a willingness to arise at daw-' The city is congratulated on Mr. Adams is congratulated on having so fine a “green thumb’’ jiv in g go valuable a ^itiaen and -----—------------- It would be no wonder if many married men with a child or two didn’t decide to chuck it all and join some branch o f the s e r v ic e - that it. if his wife would let him. For the past year all of th*m have been told that they were to be called in a month or two. Then something, or congress, intervenes and the fatal day is put off n while further. Grandma Hoskins knows a lot ab o u t h is to ry b u t w h e n w e asked her where the first brew ery was built in America, she wouldn’t take sides. “ Y o n ’ s ee ,” says G ra n d m a , “w h e rev er Hie colonists settled, ope of the first things they thought about wns food and beer . . . In fact; one reason w h y the P ilg rim s landed a t P lym o u th Rock was because the M ayflo w er was ru n n in short » f beer.” —just as it was written in the Mayflower s log. And it seems that all through our early American history hear sort of tempered the hardship» and helped to make us a toler ant, moderate people. F ro m where I sit, beer is the A m erican d rin k of m oderation and frie n d lin e s s -k in d o f a ttym* bol of our personal lib e rty. Well, that xvas a new one on us, but Grandma showed it tp us ' vwtae* if ‘ the war borhood of Locust Grove has pur- entirelv chased t h e U n i t e d Bnethem V n f^ T " * * * ’ church at that plac. and are re- Copyright, 1943, tìreiving lrt(/n^try modeling it for the purpose of There ie hut one in to boy in k using it as a meeting and sex : is 1 this center for the neighborhood. A C hange in drive. basket social and entertainment was held the evening of the 18th to help provide funds necessary LO VES INCOME TAXES to further the work. The large collection» e f income > The 95th anniversary of Odd- end sir toe taxes in Oregon * this Fellowship will be celebrated at year fedketee th a t the etate in Moro Saturday and Judge Wm. come tax m eg be cot ae much as Galloway of Salem, deputy grand fifty percent for 1944. •• ______ master of the order, will be the Thto wHl certainly be kafied es orator. The mid-afternoon will bo a very fine thing by nearly every occupied with the third ball game body for no one likea to pay tax- of the season between Moro and ee of any kind for anything. It Grass Valley; each of these have n a y be a fine thing certainly now a game to their credit and weald be if i t indicated a reduc- both are anxious to annex this tkm in the cost of government, coming one and decide the rubber, statewide economy and efi&ciency. The evening will be enlivened by Unfortunately all it indtoatee to a grand ball given by the Moro that income excise taxes are base ball team, to be reduced becouee collections Fr<>- U e observer, April 23, . 1904 large in 1942 and 1943 Miss - Sigman, teacher of the and the rtate haa a surplus m the Rutledge school. ' purchased the general fRnd. No cognisance to new parlor game, Trix, at the to ba taken o f the fact that ap O’.werver book store Saturday. propriatioaa from the liquor fund Drs. Goffln’s building has ad are boo high and that this fund vanced to a point at which the will vary Htosly ba too small to critical gaser may look upon it pay the welfare coat. bi admiratoln. Dr. Marie Goffin It to very Wooly that property it the __ -person who planned this taxpayers wtU be called upon to creditable addition to the make up the coats within a couple architecture of Sherman county, ’«if J e f - D\ Oregon where the l . L. Peeta sold a pair of mat- are used used rbed mares, WOO lb each, to a ______and excise taxes are a«4My an3’“"direetly for the redue- Portland buyer for $500 spot cosh tohn M .real p rfs p s r ty t a x - ♦bere They' came from Crook county to no oeessk» for mol property onginally. T rain Time Effective Sunday, A pril 2 5 TTie Spokane for S p o k a n e a n d th e E a s t, W alla W alla, Y akim a, Lew is ton, Colfax, P ullm an, M oscow will leave Biggs 10:58 SâiTÿ V 4 a / (instead of 11:46) ARRIVING SPOKANE 6:40 a.m (instead of 7:00 a.m.) for further details and information .. ssc LOCAL AGENT UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD i) E rnest H ayc o x T H E story SO F A » : Clay Mensah to which he could cling So h * baa decides to Hay a leae hand aqtosto snide “We can’t go against him. * Ben Ilereadeea. a rancher heat es res* j*u X q nothing, one way or the oth- nias the cattle eesatry hla awn way. ****** The two mea have heea enemies le r __ <r, She went on. as though not bear yearn, having Irs t ruoght. ever Clay's ing Miro "They have quarrslsd too wife, LUa. who died hattag him aad he* They’ll d p eeft She starod at Devins ahe ahonld have married Berea- often if Clay d en. Morgan Is a solitary flfa re . de-* h er b ro th e r, coid us (ce Bçn.' Is die. I’d kill Bqn. v .te J to bis aine-year-eld daughter, g a s * _______ _. 1 think _ <érha¿s it ci. Although two womea. catheRhe ’horrible to'say J Perha « rant and Ann M eO arra*, are Is loye £ ut j e a B t h eip u ." nith bl*n, they know lie cannot f a « « * T «he wafted from the porch to bey fcgn<|ina b y G u rd M ld> * * w 3 t > la. «M M . former frteads, only Hash >• noon« f*.rei*h,!.t « ni.» had «**« sot owt goam »w W »’ «r «■ t* uceen- <’ -en »•a aide. Now Rack is dead, shot t v Herendeen’s foreman, Vh’ rley life- - - «- - brdtfeer. t**>ns«. Gurd Graat. ------- Catherine’ Joined Herendeen when be diseovcrelg t^iat Catherine had bens to Morgan's r inch, but the eeM Moodetfueas H (lack’ s murder has made him break.« r.ltb Herendeen. Warned by Fes WBI lug, a ’•neater” bS name befriended, Cla* dtacevera that tyereadeen la stealing his cattle. He gees to Herendeen’s ranch for a sbowdufeu. hat Herendeen la ready. He hasu’t a egance ef getting out ap te. when Lige White, ene ef Herendeen’ s friends, rides ap. U k e Gurd Grant, he la fed up «Uh Herendeen’s bi?b banded methods. Risking bis Ufa to aare.C l^y. he persuades him te take a chance On rilin g oF. He doesn’t think Herendeen will dare to shoot. The htaff works, and- th-y escape. s New Clay aed' his men r r r driving the e*tHe back Into Govern- msnt Valley, big range. B erlndteu baa (nHo'jred. and there IS certain to he a dcht. p N ow con llane with the story. horse __ Handing by. Gurd -Ài..»?** said. . Qfa« • mhyjo* -where-jftol.g Ug- .dtdn'MifSUflHk*, Swinging up s hsdd — a *~ *— « Mo- ... the ---------- yard, - bound loward 8utff<h > Charier Millhouse brought up Breathitt’s horse ond ¿ashed the dead man to Mia saddle ^hd took him oa«to to Thrdfi Ptnjs. Wjien he carbs to describe the affair, to Her* -1 -- eodeen Jthe words seemed |o *Rch BoBeto seonsbed to’-s the ’¿obe oat, It pusaled him. in his dry throat, that' It should be so h4t4 tp m a W wall beside Morgan, ceasing him to 1 simple story of it Toq, thare Spas an odd took In Herendeen's eyes and something queer to bis voice. H er endeen said slowly: "All right. Char ley.** Nothing more. Hillhouse said: *Tm takin* him Into War Pass. That a where hia ^people are buried." He drove through War Pass. When lie backed against the office door of Doctor Padden. who was also CHAPTKR X V II coroner. Jesse Rusey came by. H ill house r said: "Give me a hand, Lige ?7hite> considerably disturbed Jesse." and the two of them car« by his interview with Morgan and ried Breathitt into Padden's office. pretty much at sea in his own m ind.t Padden wasn’t around but there was traveled over the lower spur of the a side room with a long table in it: Haycreek Hills and came down on they left B reathitt here Rusey sai the Grant bouac at a fast clip, the "A HtOe trouble?” sound of his arrival bringing Cath ••Yanb.’^ y . " - ’ .. erine to the door He ssid;. "There’s Rusey said. "Too bad." and went hell to pay around here Where’s out The marshal’s province was Gurd?" W ar Paas, not anything beyond; and "Upstairs. What’S the trouble. be had seen too much death to show Lige?" mdeh curiosity about\>ne more'dead White called: "Hoy. Gurd. con'e man Hillhouse delayed^ his depar down right now " H i rolled himself ture. both hands lying on the table a cigarette while be wailed and* beside Breathitt Breathitt's face made a sketchy explanation to Cath was gray and dirty, but it was still erine, nervousness catching at bis the face of a man who had looked words. on life a t a game to be taken a t Catherine said at once: " If there’s lightly as possible. anv help needed from Crowfoot Clay Hillhouse suddenly removed his will get It, not Ben Herendeen." f own hat, placed it over Hack's face Gurd Grant looked sick and des and turned from the room. He drove the wagoo as far as the perate. He put bis shoulder against the doorway. He said: "Lige, how Long/G rade, here stopping tor a did we get into this mess? I ’d give drink? The barkeep made some cas- ual rem ark about the weathgr which a thousand dollars— ” AtniHot.se accepted in dour silence; Catherine turned on her brother th ereafter the barkeep held his own "W hat’s bothering you, Gurd?" Gurd dropped his eyes. His face, council. Hillhouse paid for the drink, normally so light and cheerful, held went oat and climbed into the wag a sallow unhealth. It was hard for on. There was no travel on the road. him to tatk and he pullsd himself together with an effort,^ His hands It wound with the foothills, it looped shook: he noticed that and shoved beside a creek, passed over a small th m into his pockets. " I was over • . dividg and entered a scattered belt with Charley Hillhouse. on Breath* ' of tiibber. By the Dell Lake trail, he observed that three or four horse ill s t .a I. We trailed Breathitt all mornine and found him asleep in men had recently come off Mogul; the Potholes. Of course I thought far up near Mogul's rim he caught Charley meant to take him into the transitory motion of a rider. town, to jail. What else would a All these things he automatically man How was it possible for noted, missing nothing of the signs' me Ui figure that Hillhouse, who had or shapes or color of the land. Four been Hack's friend for fifteen years, miles from town he broke the neck of the bottle of rye over the brake- would—” Catherine breathed out: "Gurd!" handle and took a long drink. A mile beyond this point Cache "Sure.” said Gurd Grant, sullen River cut nearer the road and a and full of self-hatred. "Hillhouse small grove of cottonwood lay hard simply lifted his gun and killed by the stream. Charley turned B reathitt I tried to stop It. It through- the grove and let his horses didn’t do any good.” Lige White threw away his ciga water at the margin of the river. rette. finding the flavor gone out of He wrapped the reins around the it. He looked away from Gurd. slid- • , brake-handle and got down, holding the wfiisky bottle. denly unable to meet the expression Charley Hillhouse spoke aloud: " I in the other’s eyes. , ‘ wish ydU’d seen it my why. Hack. "Whst could I do. Lige?” I wish ypu had." He walked steadily, Catherine said: "You never should forward untjl he faced a cottonwood. have gone with Charley Hillhouse. He dr^w his gun. holding it only a There was your mistake." . Lige said: "Stay out of what’s foot from the tree, and fired at i t Afterwards, stooping a little he stud coming. That's the best you can do ied Oie holeunade by the bullet with for Clay now. We all got caught in a strange care. He held the bottle Ben's net I was a tool not to have of rye to his le ft. hand and now, known what he’d try to do. Now knowing it would d i him no good we wiggle out. I ’m going to town.” ever, he gave it a long overhand Catherine watched him go. When heave into the river. As long as he he passed the fa r rim of the mead was alive, nothing would cover up ow she dropped her arm for Gurd his thinking. and faced him. Her tone was soft and cool. "You Excitement whetted Morgan’s went after Hack because you want nerves to a sharp edge as he stood ed to hurt Clay. I know that. You there and heard Ben Herendeen say: thought Clay and I . . .’* He showed a reviving flash of an ger: "The night Ben and Lige and I went up to Clay’s place you were there. I walked to the end of the porch and saw your horse around the house. You were hiding inside. If you had nothing to be ashamed of. why hideT" She said: "Because 1 had gone up there to tell Clay what you a»M Lige and Herendeen had aaid that night You were leaving Clay out of It, find I couldn’t stand that. Ben had both of you convinced. But I didn't want Ben to know I was taking Clay the information." Gurd, stung by his mistakes, still remembered he had given his word to Herendeen. R was the one thing . — i- ... I - .1. .1. n I .art i. ■ i « Bethtohem Chapter No. 78, O.RU. Moro. Oregon - Meets Every Second and Fourth Thursdays I n Each Month. Visiting Members Invited. N orm a Balslger W . M. M arts Hoskinson. Sec. shift slowly. at wind tut his face and there was n .te llta le smearing of the shadows in the open area by the far building They were running wide. Heren deen's men. and now they were on foot, firing as they moved away from the dobe. Jump said: " I ’m goin’ after those hones." and scurrie«! forward. B u lle ts squashed into the ’dobe wall beside Morgan, causing him Io sh ift alp w ly. Horses plunged around him, knocking . him backward; some body's shoulder hit him and then he saw Herendeen's men rise out of the earth's massed darkness, int • tl.rir saddles f t The ruffle of H ’ rendeen's nurses .diminished on the desert and. stand ing slack and tired in th® open, Morgan knew this night's light w n done. He knew something else, as well. It was Herendeefi s crew which had given way not Hereu- deen. Vance f^etchell called: "Lige s been h it." Morgan w est over at once Ketch ell knelt on the ground lus knee propping Lige at the shoulders Morgan drew back from the par ty. quietly calling Fox Willing "Fo x," he said, " I wish you'd ride over and bring Mrs. White to the ranch." Fox cut away at once. The rest turned north, reaching Long Seven an hour later. Coming into the yard Morgan saw Catherine in the door way. . When he got down to help Lige White from the saddle he turned to look at her again, framed as she was in the lig h t tall and still and straight-shouldered; and he felt the tug of strange, old excite m ent Lige could use one leg only and had to brace himself between Ketchell and Morgan. Catherine stepped aside to let them pass, say ing: "Put him on a bed. Clay." and followed the men upstairs into an extra bedroom. The room was dark and they had a moment’s trouble getting Lige on the bed. Morgan heard Lige grit his teeth together as they laid him down. Catherine found a lamp and lighted it and by this yellow glow all of them, saw the whiteness of Lige’s face., His hair came down on his forehead and sweat oiled his skin; his lips crawled back, form ing a smile. " I sure as hell broke somftlhing You know. Clay, if it wasn't too much trouble, 1 wish you’d send for Grace." ‘ Already have. I ’m going into town tor Padden. Vance, you bet ter get his clothes fiff." Lige White said: " I gue^s you don’t know the whole story yet. Clay. Hillhouse cornered Hack and killed mm. The man's a fanatic. I ’m warning you about that, if you should see him in town.” Morgan's eyes dropped. He stood like this, quiet and cold and too weary to feel the full shock of the news. He said, after a while, " I ’ll meeV him, sooner or later," and left the room. He turned to Janet’s room. When fie came beside the bed and looked down through the shadows he found she Wasn’t asleep. She reached for his hand, saying: “ Who’s hurt, D a to dy?” ' .. "We had a fight with Herendeen i ranch, Janey. Lige White was hurt. I ’m going after a doctor." ’ She murmured: " It is too bad But P m glad it isn’t You." T^e-pres sure of her hand was warm and con fident She was pleased to have him ait here and talk with her; it made her expand and grow confidential. ”1 wish I had been berk. Daddy, when you were young and danced with Catherine. I bet you were the best dancer of alL She is pretty." "W ait till you get old enough to dance. I ’ll'stand by and remembe r when you were so small you walked under the table." She was silent seeing the picture of herself dancing—ahd pleased by It; her lipa softened and there was a glow in her eyes. Afterwards, in a faintly reserved tone, the said: "Sh% isn’t like I thought she was. Daddy • "W hat did you think?" "She likea me. Daddy, l didu t "Come on. boys!" A map yelled. "To h^H with this!" Morgan, waiting a more definite tar get. saw one rider swing wide and rush In. Suddenly all of Herendeen’s men were wheeling aroun<| the beef, running tor the dobe building near by, as thbugh to Circle it - Vance Ketchelt called to announce him self: It’s me. Ketche|$ — and Lige Whitt." They raced down on Morgan. He bad to step aside, bare ly avoiding s collision. Vgnce waa out of ItoT saddle.'beside him and grumblifig. "Damned near too late!" Life White,. «tUl mounted, turned away. He called: "Herendgen—cut this out!*’ Oqe of Herendeen’s riders plunged straight on and fired once at Llg« White’s high-plaeed shape. Morgan and Ketchell laid their shots on thia man. They eaughf his horse and watched it sink, they saw the rider free himself and seem "to flat ten agaipst the earth. Jump murmured: "They’re going to try seftnething." Powder smell settled around Mor think she would." (TO BS CONTINUED J gan. A small, definitely cold thread
