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About Sherman County journal. (Moro, Or.) 1931-current | View Entire Issue (July 8, 1955)
o PAGE 4 SHERMAN COUNTY JOURNAL MORO, OREGON FRIDAY, JULY 8, IMS 0 IfiTook Two Incorporations to Make Wasco Foods Department Eligible lo r Community Improvement Funds Uets More Space at W ix o was incorporated in 1897, And Angus and Rod Cameron Oregon State Fair the state fair m ust be in keeping with the fair’s overall theme which is Gay I d s”. WSnnt^ of the state fair "Queen of the Kitchen" contest last year was Mr*. Donald Hood of Gervais, The title goes to the person who wins the most individual prizes in th® foods departm ent. Blue rib- bons count five points, second prizes are worth three points, and third prizes one point. No en try fees are charged ln the food, deparunent competition which is open to all Oregon real- dent«. A complete list of foods which may he entered is listed in - - - state - - - fair - premium list, avail the able now from the state fair of fice, Salem. DRIED A P P L E H .......... (Continued from Page 1> The country began to fill up with stockmen who had horse bands to ru n on the big bunch- grass that grew all over the hills and Eatons’ was a gathering place «ur for them. got uw their u«n... They iney gvi ir scanty mail there as the stage drivers dropped it off for them and Eatons’ became a sort of post- office, unofficial at first and offl- ciaJ after March 2, 1870 when the government made Eaton the post- master of the Spanish Hollow post- office. The flrst voting precinct east of the Deschutes was called Ea ton’s precinct. By 1880 there were 150 people listed in Eaton precinct, getting its papers as a municipal and F. Curtis sang "Take the News More space for e x h i b i t s and ___ ity from Sherman county. These to Mother" to soften all hearts and later proved to be inadequate and uun all eyes. Dr. J. Edgington, more prize money will be featured it was found necessary to correct fatlier of Grace Edgington Jordan, in the foods departm ent of the 1955 u Oregon State F air which will this when Wasco wanted to bor- wife of the ex-govecnor of Idaho i,- held from September 3-10 at row some money a few years later, and author of a famous book about He H u t t o r th e time being the in- homesteading in the deep valley alern- __ s il corporation seemed as good as any of the Snake, had a p a rt on the Slightly cramped for space last In piogrum program. . Loewis Lewis M Heydt and D Dolph when u Oregon housewives . f tv Jan r u ary J ^1, 9 a Monday, in eyut and olph J ^ ear wuvu rcg u n nuubewiveb i»J8 the first election was held in lleydt of Moro won the 100 yard delu8ed the departm ent with over Wasco, and it became the first in- footrace and McKinley Bill G rant LOOOO exhibits in their quest of corporate*! city in the county. Two Morgans’ famous q u a rte r’ horse lhe coveted "Queen of the Kitch- tickets were named by rival forces took the horse race aw ay from en lhe display defi- in the town, one headed by George Brown Betty, a m are from Gold- nltely wiil be enlarged for the ’55 N. Crossfield, on the Peoples’ endale. Tom Stryker was an entry sta te fair, according to Mrs. Jam es ticket and one led by W. M. Bar in the bicycle race but McKenzie H. Turnbull, foods departm ent nett on the Citizens’ ticket. won it. superintendent. H was said by his opponents Among all this jollity and good , ,P1? i ,WlU ** Judged at the state •nablet that Crossfield D r. Otis G. Perkins ellowship there was som ething fair, io e d was was in in favor favor of of per per- fellow^Mip falr. thls fur r the ^irHt first tim e ln U ♦he family m itting a saloon iloon in W asco should lacking The town was divided modern history and dem onstra elected. Tins he denied. But Georg? Crosfield had resigned as’ tlons wiU ** added t0 oLher activ* he • be elected to limit Optometrist the » campaign was ra th e r heated mayor because he didn’t like the lties in the foods booth. A platform the cost dui B ing January of 1898 in this jobi and Angus Cameron w i no ^ ill be erected for the demonstra- to its needs or wishes. 405 E. 2nd St. newest iwest town in the state and the tho longer m arshal tions of bread baking and other only one in the com paratively new m. . specialties. (Across from Stadleman- .c? UI?cif,.h a d , pa^ ied Ordin" Competition in m any varieties county of Sherman. Election day George Crosfield nee 22 forbidding business to op- Of breads, cakes, candies, canned Bonn Hardware) received 55 votes to 44 for Bar crate on Sunday and on August 1, frults, meats and fish, preserves nett and thus became Wasco’s 1899 .Marshal Vaughn served w ar and jams, pickles, relishes and P h on e 5302 The D alh s, Ore. first mayor. L. Clark with 776, J. rants on George N. Crosfield, m an frozen foods will be repeated. 0 MOO MUTAVI. ager of Oregon Trading company, E. McPherson with 55, J. W. Booth Special novelty cakes entered at with 55, P. L. K retzer with 54, W. on C. A. A kers who had a card A. Murchie with 57 and Wash M. room and on John G. Potter who Reynolds with 77 were chosen owned a bowling alley for break Mortgage Loans To Meet Your Individual Needs eouncllmen, most of them being ing Ordinance 22 by transacting Union Oil of California from the Crosfield side of the po business on Sunday, a Sabbath ATTRACTIVE TERMS litical fence. Angus Cameron was day. PROMPT SERVICE Grass Valley, Oregon Ed McKee had ju st gotten to chosen m arshal by a big vote and town and his first advertisem ent he was a B arnett man. Standard Insurance Co. The town was booming with lit in the \Casco News appeared the H. L. Owens Consignee as did —- the announce- tle businesses and the — ----------- - tllc Wasco same - week ------ — A western company serving western agriculture News, J. W. A rm sw orthy, editor, ment the arrests, had a good list of advertisers, not The Wasco News, wanting, and HOME OFFICE the fancy picture ads of present I»rhaps needing the support of Office Phone: 183 times but straig h t type m atter everyone, backed gracefully away 812 S. W. Washington Portland, Oregon stating plainly what was to be front taking sides in a short edit- Residence: 182 Phone ATwater 4331 sold, but w ithout price. orial which read thus H enry Krause was selling sad- "The News wishes to be under- dIes and harn<‘ss’ W. H. Biggs and stood as taking neither side in the . i. a . Leslie, one a form er state controversy now centering in Ord- representative and the other a lnance 22 while there is so much former sheriff, were selling real pure town-killing spitew ork on estate, homesteads and city lots lx>th sides, som ething that even and doing a big business. Ah Toy large cities would do well ln avoid was owner of the New Taylor ho- ing. We p prefer to draw into our , I Li A I. 1 x i . *V lV l VU V II U W U llU V I i ’ s ; Amos had a blacksmith hole and . remain strictly neutral C l l / l l l 'it IJ llflia O M il I l f . . * shop at Rufus and pled for Wasco The next week Potter of the business. A. Allen was a tinsm ith, L. bowling alley, H. E. Vaughn, the Clark owned the Union Lum ber once town m arshal, Wasn Rey company, J. M. Hoag the livery nolds, William Booth, Mrs. W. M. stable and Charles Pierson ran a B arnett and E. A. E. W ebber all bakery and Ice cream parlor. N. were arrested for violation of the W. Thompson was running the ordinance. Vaughn, Reynolds and Mi's. B arnett pled guilty and paid Altamont Stables in Moro where their fines. the hotel is now situated. Wash Crosfield wouldn’t pay his and M. Reynolds was ow ner o the other hotel in Wasco and Smith appealed to the circuit court, and Hailey were running a sa trusting to the wisdom of Judge loon that sold Yellowstone whis Bradshaw and the desire of a large part of the com m unity for the ky and Hop Gold lieer. F irst settlers ln Shermun coun right to trade on Sunday. Others ty were In general a rath er pious followed his lead. The case came liefore the cir lot w'ho didn’t take liquor, holding cuit court at the next term and Its use to lx? a cardinal sin. Early ln Ju ly of 1899 Wasco was continued. Again it was con had celebrated the retu rn of the tinued until It failed to appear on national guard from Manila. The the docket and the case was for boys hail come home to receive gotten. their welcome which was warm and enthusiastic. Wasco had an arm ory anil a national guard unit Root, V/aller Swine anil was very proud of It. BUI H enrlchs was adjutant. Club Plans Picnic The celebration consisted, as such things do today, of speeches The Root and W aller Swine and ---------- music. The Moro ---- ---- — . w Silver Cor- club held its monthly meeting net band came down to help with Tuesday, June 28 at the home of the music and inarched ahead of Wilma G entry. There were eight the parade that led to th e Union members and five visitors present. warehouse where the s]H*aking Sally Fields was taken into the was held, b 'r e il W. Willson of '1 he club as a new member. Reports to Dalles was orator of the day, and the club members not attending according to the Wasco News did 4-H sum m er school were given by a fine Job. Darlene Gochnauer, David Con- V. C. Brock was toastm aster, a lee, Sterling Gochnauer and Wilma superb one, aakl the News. It Gentry. was the custom of the tim e to as Information was passed around sign a speaker a topic and his on the feeding program and pro reply was called a toast. C. C. Ku- gress of pigs of the club memlx^rs. ney, later engaged ln many polltj- They also read in a few magazines cal activities, was one speaker; W. of experim ents being jierformed M. Barnett, tianker and storekeep- on pigs. er, J. M. Patterson, then cashier of The annual club picnic for mem- the Ill-fated Wasco bank, were tiers and parents was planneil. others. C. J. Bright, attorney, Ben- Place decided on was Uncle W alt’s jamnn Franklin Pike, Civil W ar Park; «late, July 17, time 1:30 p.m. veteran and one-time county as- for potluck picnic. sessor, and C. 0 . Money also Swimming in the afternoon at »poke. 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