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4 SHERMAN COUNTY JOURNAL MORO, OREGON
FRIDAY, JULY 8, IMS
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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
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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-
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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.
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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
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tllc Wasco same - week
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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
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had
a
blacksmith
hole
and . remain
strictly
neutral
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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
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music. The
Moro
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. 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.
The Dalles natatorium .
many of them laborers on the rail-
road line th at was building from
The Dalles east to r>*et the Oregon
Short Line building west from Salt
Lake.
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W F4T H FR IUBBT CHANGED
annual meeting of W eather
The annuel
Modification has been changed to
Tuesday Julv 12 instead of the
, i.u a s * n iv > v io ii« iv
Previously announced.
a™ J a ” ‘ to the
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Prw M ent Elsenhow-
S A V IN G S
D E P O S IT S
N O W !
Savings Deposits m ad e
on o r b e fo re Juty i it b
e arn in terest fro m
;
July Istt
Robert Krnnci-
in
TEN WANTED MEN
BAMBOO PRISON
T W A T IG M A L B A M K
OF FORT I. AMD
"ftps suite» ourcoN roofrwfr-
STARTS SUNDAY
THE GUYS
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THE GIRLS
.
- THE GLORY
of
BATTLE CRY
I ii ( '¡iio iiin sc o p o n iijj ( ’o lo r
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w ith
Van Heflin
Aide Kfly
Mona F reeniun
R avinoinl M assey
K e ?re is a w ay to better living, and real savings in money, time
and work — provided by a freezer for just a few cents a week at
Pacific Power's low electric rates.
Take your annual fresh foods bill — cut off 30% I You can
save this much because you buy when prices are lowest, buy in
quantity, and freeze for future use.
C onvenience—and further savings—come when you cook
and bake ah ea d so you have food for all occasions at a mo
ment s notice. You're never "caught short"!
Because your low-cost electric service from Pacific Power
is your biggest bargain, you can enjoy this modern w ay of better
living for less*
P LU S
Howard Keel
.lane Grvc
in
Desperate Search
A »Story of Un» ('a n a d ia n W ild*
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L IG -H T C O M P A N Y
Electricity's cheap io Pacific Powerlaad
©
Save regularly . . . put a
part of M b paycheck in
your First National Bank
savings account. These
savings, plus First
National interest pay
ments, will make your
account man size!
S h e rm a n C ounty Branch
DRIVE IN THEATRE
ADULTS 50c
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY
in
Among those who saw the water
pageant at Bend S u ^ ta y night
were Mr. and Mrs. ohn Parker,
Mr. and Mrs. Carroll Sayrs and
and his mother.
' Frank
I“ * Mullins
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Mr. and Mrs.
Mr'
M r Clair Balzer vislt-
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Ctl Verne and Elsie
in
Elsle Arstill In
Athena Sunday and Monday. They
stopped ln Pendleton on the re-
turn trip, bringing Sandra Blagg
home w ith them.
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M A K E
The Dalles
I í a i n loi i >11 Scott
ficatlon, will be present,
Savings
grow,
too!
With Low-cost Electricity
You Live Better For Less!
STARLIGHT
er’s committee on weather mondi
P len ty of reason, and
now fs the season! See
your frien d ly electric
appliance dealer.