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About Sherman County observer. (Moro, Sherman County, Or.) 1897-1931 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 6, 1922)
........ LLLWLJ i lH'lfFJl iN PRESiDENT, ASKS FARMCONFERENCE T h e O b s e rv e r M ORO. OREGON. FRIDAY.......... a c .y j ----------------- - i. ■ NAVAL LIMITATIONS CARLO S C H A N Z E R - UEGON NEWS NOTES TASK NEARS FINISH OF GENERAL INTEREST J January 6. 1922 Means For Relieving Depres , 4. --------- pose ef Gathering. (At the Observer office, Moro. Washington. D. C.— President Hard- In a letter to Secretary Wallace of the department of agriculture, asked that the latter sail a national confer ence at Washington to “suggest practi cal ways of Improvement” tor "the se vere agricultural depression which exists throughout the land.“ Prompt action was taken at the department of agriculture in response ^ 2 the request, telegraphic invitations being dispatched Immediately to a I number of organisations and Individ uals whose attendance is desired at the gathering.* The conference. It was indicated, , probably would meet here about Jan uary 16. , Farmers and representatives of lines Interested In farmers’ products will make up the personnel of the confer ence, which. It was said, would num ber between 100 and 150. Partners’ organisations, manufacturers of farm ers’ products, transportation Interests,, marketing agencies, shipping interests, fertiliser makers, farm Implement manufacturers, packers, state, agri cultural college representatives, cot ton, grain, livestock, fruit commlssio: men. experts on rural social problems and bankers are expected to attend. “No one will pretend that present conditions could have been avoided.’’ President Harding said in bis letter to the secretary, “but none of us will deny that some corrective construe- Rabbi Joseph Saul K o m fe tr of Co- Hve steps should be taken to remedy lumbua, O , who ha« been appointed the severe hardships under which so important a portion of our productive American minister to Parala. citixenship la struggling. I am con vinced that a conference may be made a very helpful agency in suggesting practical ways of improvement, par ticularly If brought Into co ordination with the helpful Investigation which .haa been begun by a cougressional 1 commission committed to a related Washington.— W inter wheat was T * < ' . aown thia fall on a smaller area by , half a million acres than a year ago, a reduction of 1.2 per cent, the depart ment of agriculture*« report showed ? The condition of the crop on December Î ACREAGE OF WINTER WHEAT FiaO S TESS VALUE OF CROPS OF U. S. IS LESS 1 also waa considerably below what It wan a year ago and below the ten- 1 year average condition by IS points. ! Washington D. C.— Im portant farm The area sown to rye la one-fifth crops of the United States this year larger this year than a year ago, and were valued at 25,475,877,000 by the the condition of the crop better than department of agriculture In Its final on December 1 last year, and also bet estimates for 1221. That was almost ter than the ten-year average 22.400.000.000 lees than last year’s Kansas, largest grower of winter ereps were worth and 28,000,004,000 wheat, with one-fourth the country'« lees than the crops of two years ago total area, has 100,000 acres less than when high prices prevailed for farm a year ago, while the condition of the products. T h * values were based on crop In that state la only 4P per cent prime paid to farmers December 1. of normal, compared with à condition ind the crops comprised about 90 per of 22 per cent a year ago. •ent of the value of all farm crops. The winter wheat area and condition There were only two billion-dollar on December 1. by Important produc. crops this year—corn and hay— while lng states, follow: last year four crops were valued at Pennsylvania, 1,405,000 acres; con 21,000,000,000 or more. Production dition 46. was below* last yew for almost every Ohio. 2.227,000 and 98. , crop, although the acreage of the Im Indiana, 2,052,000 and 92. portant crops waa slightly larger ex Illinois, 2,775,000 and 92. cept cotton. Michigan, 922,000 and 92. The area devoted to the Important Missouri, 2,011,000 and 27. crops this year waa 248.334,000 acres Nebraska, 2,964,000 and 20. compared with 849,447,000 acres last Kansas, 11,549,000 and 40. 2 e p r..J . Oklahoma, 2450.000 and 54. * F in al estimates of production and Washington, 1,292,000 and 79. * value announced were: Oregon, 294,000 and 92. Corn— Production 3,081,251,000 bush els; value, 21.206,424,000. W inter wheat. 687.O82.ÔO0 and val BRIEF GENERAL NEWS ued al 2I68.725.POO. '* ¿ 7 * / * - t 1 f I f i Spring wheat production, 207,861,000 Moslems of In d ia propose a republic of In d ia and plan guerilla warfare to and valus 3178,843,000. . A ll wheat production. 794,893,000; carry out revolt from present British value 2727,442.044. rule. The Oregon American Legion execu Higher «alarles paid for school tive committee la preparing to Initiate A stringent law against alien land teacher« In Lane-county are attracting more men to that profession than for ownership. Baron Rosen, form er Russian ambas some tim e ijast, according to E. J. sador to the United States, who waa Moore, county school superintendent recently knocked down by a taxicab ' Tw o exhibits of W hite Spring wheat, exhibited at the Northwest la Now York. Is dead. Bx-Presldent Wilson was deluged Hay and Grain show In Pendleton In September, won first and second with telegrams from all over the world oa the celebration of tala 46th birthday pxtaro At the International Hay and Grain show held recently In Chicago. at hla home in Washington. A fter a gun fight with bootleggers The annual report of the municipal courts of Chicago, submitted by the at Kerry, in which J7 shots were fired, d o rk of the court, showed drunken Deputy Sheriff Heesong of Columbia Increased during the last county and Ernest Anderson succeed ed lu arreetlng A rthur W arranka, al leged to be on*, of the gang, and lodg Business prospects for 1922 are. in ed him In Jail. general, hopeful, according to state ments by prominent bonkers, made public by the American Bankers aaao CROOKED NOSE H IS UNDOING elation The first steamer to carry grain for fkaalne relief In Russia purchased from the eengrrsslonal cpprnprta.ion *of HP.P40.000. sailed 8undny with 240.000 The official result of the general oeasas of 1P21 gives the population of France. Including Alsace-Lorraine, an 2P.4P2.72P, of which 1450,44P are foreigners. The population la 1911 w n 2P.PP4.PP2. Including U22.494 for F lig h t Record Broken. Mineola.— Flying without a etop for IP hours IP minutes 21 seconds, port of the time In a snow storm, the ro la r through gales so cold that the ip oa their Larson monoplane gait working and finally forced them to dpeeead, Bdward Stlnsoo of Bau Antoalo. Tex., and Lloyd Bertaud of Baa Francisco, sot a now world's roc e rf fo r ooattnuous flight In a heavier- machine. The previous record of 24 hoars IP minutes 7 seconds was by two Froacbmen at Convict Could Qet Away From 8ing Pin< hut Had to Take Hie Face W ith Him. Brewnter. N. T.— John Miller's nose rambles south by southeast by south west. ft hi the crookedest nose In Sing Ring. , Re when M iller took French leave from th f Ring Sing “country club," as the prison farm la known, the prison •ffldals sent out a laconic telephone cell to police headquarters In surrond lag tewna “Arrest a crooked-nooml n»en trnvcl To the capital ship aotUamoat waa added an agreement for limitation of future tonnage la airplane carriers. Some sort of declaration with re gard to th a uaa of submarine* and aa agreement not to construct any auxil iary vessels hereafter with a tonnage of more than 10,504 are expected also to ha added to the accomplishments of the coafaraace before the final cartaia la rung down. A fire-power treaty em bodying all the potato on which there la agreement now la In process of Carlo Schanzer, head of the Italian delegation to the Washington arma ment conference. RAILROAD MILEAGE IN U. S. SHRINKS Chicago. — Railway mileage In the United States declined 1200 miles dur ing the jiear 1921 and a new low record in improvements made and new equip ment ordered and acquired, according to figures compiled by the Railway Age. Locomotive and freight-car records show the emallest number ordered and the smallest number built and de livered since a record of equipment Rtatistic.F has been kept. Only In the number of passenger cars ordered and built have there been lower years. In both instances during »be world war. Abandoned mileage during the year totalled 1678 miles but this wae slight ly offset by new mileage of 475 miles, t.he smallest ever known except In 1920, when it was 314 miles. The abandoned mileage Is the largest ever known, giving a new net record of 1200 miles decrease In railway track age for the y e a r.' DEES S T IL L U N FO R G IVEN Liberation Declared Solely Act Grace By Attorney-General. Woman's Leng Hair. Norborne. M o — Mrs. Edna Dean B|fekjrord. who lives la Routh Missou ri, waa In town the other day to have her hair photographed. It la 82 Inches long from the crown of her head to the end of her brnjd. Until recently It grew at the rate of five Inches a th of Washington, D. C.— Freedom was granted Eugene Y. Debs, the socialist leader, from Atlanta federal peniten tiary on Christmas by President H ard ing solely'as ’’an act of grace’’t and Debs’ violation of the war laws romaln unforgiven by the government. This was disclosed by Attorney-General Daugherty, who made public the text of his recommendation« to the presi dent in the Debs case. “ It Twill be observed," M rZD augh- erty said, “that a pardon was not granted Debs, Iwjt that hla sentence was commuted. The action of the president In nowise condones the of fense and the relief was solely an act of grace. The gratitude of Debs will be m e^ured by his conduct In the future." Mrs. McCormick Gives Up Dower. Chicago. — Mrs. Edith Rockefeller McCormick, who obtained a divorce from Harold F. McCormick, president of the International Harvester com pany last week, lias, together with Mr. McCormick, released all dower rights in individual property to each other. T H E M ARKETS Portland Wheat — Hard white. 31.07; soft white, white club and northern spring, 31.06; hard winter, 3107; red Walla. 31.02. Oats—No. 2 white feed, 327. Corn— Whole, 333; cracked, 336. Hay— Alfalfa, 314.50 per ton; valley timothy, 214016; eastern Oregon tim othy. 316 @17. Butter Fat—36038c. Eggs— Ranch, 33 0 44c. Cattle — Choice steers, 8707.76: medium to good, 38.6007. 8heep — East of mountain' lambs, 38.50&9; beet valley lambs, 3808.60. Hogs— Prime* light, 39@9.?5; smooth heavy, 17.6008.50. Seattle Wheat — Hard white, eoft white, white club, hard red winter, soft red winter and northern spring, 31.09; eastern red W alla. 3106; Big Bend hluestem. 3110. Hay— Alfalfa, No. 1, 318; timothy, No» 1, 324; straw, 818. • Butter Fat— 44 046c. Eggs— Ranch, 45d. Cattle — Prime steers, 28.720742; medium to choice, 36.2506.75. Hogs— Prime light, 87.5008; smooth heavy. 3707.26. lng feat and alone." Detective O'Connor of Brewster met up between Brewster and Klatonnh with an Impatient Chap whooe nose rumbled south by aotithwest. O’Con aor took the hiker la low. A, Washington, D. C.—Tha Industries oa Coos Bay reopened ference haa virtually ranched the pad after a suspension of hut two days for of Its efforts to put a ourh oa naval the Christmas festivities. armaments. J U ftABBI KORNFELD It Tonnage of Airplane Carriers Principal Eventa ef the Week Fixed and Declaration en Briefly Sketch'd for Infor Divert Expected. mation ef Dur Readers. sion Is Expressed Pur Sibscriptioa Orders Taken . Train Demolished Home Doing Moved to New Site Willlnm R. Smith. Jr., of Onr- nlRh, I ’ tnh, la without a home da n result of en Oregon Short I .«re tftUn demolishing It. Smith ‘••«a moving hla three-rooni frame ’ fume ac»o a the anllroad tracks «> n new bwntlon when «be «rain ♦me «murid a curve and i raahed <e the »trueture. The Dailey Clay Products company's plant at Warrenton hag begun opura- tloaa oa a commercial basis. Five house bills sad two senate bills passed at the recent special seaslon of the legislature were vetoed by Gover nor Olcott The Southern Pacific oom pan y w ill expend 847.444 or more la betterment of Ito tracks wlthtu the city lim its of Marshfield. Plans tor ejection o f a community kali are being developed la the vicin ity e f Oakville, «boat ton miles south- drafting. There are growing tadlaetUas that of Albfjay. the tour-power treaty to preserve peace Approximately one eat of every four In the Pacific, which already haa been la Deschutes county la an signed, wlU be la pome way farther one, according to official olarlfled before the eeafureaoo quite. ty records, The American delegation Is under-. stood to have withdraws say objection ' i Reports at Washington, D. C., are th a l Jonathan-Bourne. Jr„ former sen to the Japanese proposal that the ator from Oregon, la la a serious phy treaty's scope ha defined as ant l a - , sical condition. eluding the major Japanese Islands, JBalom w ill witness a building pro- and the plan for an exchange of clari Involvlng the expenditure of fying notes or tor amendment of the than 21,040,000 la the year 1922. treaty text Is expected to take deftalto j according to CL P. Bishop. form within a few days. Oaear Hoffman. 12, eon of Mr. and The Japanese request far a c la rifi cation of the treaty's terms la said to M ra Charles Hoffman, of Needy, la have been baaed largely on the do- Clackamas county, accidentally killed velopment of a differoaee la view oa hlmaelf while out hunting. The Christmas bualneaa of the Med- the subject between President Herding and the American delegation. Thia lard pootoffloe waa greater by 20 per development haa been a topic ef each coat thia Christmas th a n / the Chrlat- widespread «peculation la conference asaa business af say year la its history. Oaatoa has started work on a drain circle« that the president took occa sion to characterise as "aHly" pabllah- age system along Front Street and le qd reports that Secretary Hughe« waa rooking the work through and giving employment to a large number of men. couslderlng resigning from the There were 211 Industrial accidents «s a result o f differences arising la Grogan daring the week ending De- tween him and the Wblto aamhor >4. according to a report pre- lng the arms negotiations by the state Industrial accident mlsaloa. i J. Barkhardt, Albany 4alry- dalry breeder. ’ was elected of the Oregon Dairymen’s a l Ito 2Pth annaal eessloa Braver» that haVe been destroying fruU troop wa several Mrmp Hl the river bottom north of Eugene w ill he seventh annual trapped, according to 1M & Hawkar, Farmers* week al tka turai collega. Mero H district deputy game warden. la spite of the low price of quick Of w ft land ,la Ike Wtllaasatla silver sad the total suspension of-fne will dqphaa* oommantty Ipdustry la |ho United Btgrea. thme R.waa raderted R taak duly twa kowro M la consideruWe nativity In the quick- silver mines In the Gold H ill district. minato« tp rote« ToledWa quota « t i l l . nevo No further steps have been taken OOP ta tha proposed Twledo ment and Improvement with reference to the second murder Indictment pending against Carson D. which organisation haa been Beebe, acquitted at Albany on tha to finance the construction of ground of insanity, of the murder of to he sold and rented to employee P< tha Paciflo Spruoa eorporatlow WsOt. John Painter. which w ill begin operations after th« 5' TBs Oregon aato law, paeeed by the first of the year. session of the legislature last winter W illiam A. Douglas of Oold M ill, aryl upder which this yeaf's Upanaeo who acquired the Bina Dnalelsoa. golf were Issued on the weight of carb, w ill quarts mine, three miles eoetfcwaat he tested In the courts In an endeavor of Gold H ill two yearn age. has to have It declared unconstitutional by plated a 125-foot d rift lato tka Attorney Lindas of Medford, who w ill ledge of tha mina, aaeoverlng a larga bring the test car case shortly. body of ora. Tha aew werka arp «m* Three bridges in Marion county, der the old yorks, wkera which were washed out as a result of ands of dollaro of rich are wad »* the heavy ralna a few weeks ago hre covered some 24 years age. to be replaced. One of these bridges Unless the proponents e f the w ill be built on the Ablqna river, ten posed 1925 exposition ara aMe to de miles southeast of Silverton, another termine by Thursday whether the fa ir on the North Santlahi river near Stay- legislation considered at the ton, and the third near Marlon. special session of the legislatore waa A force of 200 men le being recruited to combat aAhe pine-deatroylng beetle In the yellow pine forests south of Klamath Lake, beginning March 12, it waa announced by T.. D. Woodbury, assistant United States forester. Ao appropriation of 8150,000 for the work w ill be available ln \w o months. Because of Governor Olcott's veto of the hill passed at the recent ses sion or the state legislature, amend ing the charter of the Eugene lodge of Masons, the plans of the organisa tion to erect a 8150,000 temple may have to be postponed for a year, ac cording to members of the lodge In terested In the project A t the annual venison feed a t La GraAde of the Wing, Fin and Fleet- foot club, the fish and game club of Union county, more than 160 sports men helped dispose of several dear that had been illegally shot, the club having purchased the carcasses from the fish and game commission follow ing their selgure and use as evidence. The University of Oregon grade .bul letin Indicates that the women lead the men by a narrow margin In scholar ship In tha university for the fall term. W ith a total of approximately 1060 men and 940 women registered g l Carvollta. for the term, a total of 33 women and A eeafeeaace of representatives of V. uU tuples. D. C.—The «sepe ef the Washington negotiations ever the ea- vorisae westers Oregon d tlae will he 81 men received no grads looker than German cable properties la the Paclfla, hold at Roseburg, February 21, to cofi- II, next to the highest possible mark, centering la the Island of Yap, boa aMer the regulation of free automobile A "Get rid of the water before 1926** been broadened la te a proposed «tu aamp grehads. v was the new- slogan adopted by the po was- treaty 'definitely «lleca!!ag Ger man holdings between the Vailed States, Japan and the Netherlands. A tentative d raft e f the treaty was considered at a meeting e f the heads of the Americas, Japanese, Nether lands, British, French and Italian del- eratlena, and although final approval s la tte d further word from foreign «i.pítala, the proposal found general acceptance. Under the allecatloa, which pose much further than the separate Yap tie«:y negotiated h-tweea the United 8 -atea and Japan, the American gov ern meat Is to have full control ad. the cable between Yap and the American Island of Guam. Japan la to obtain the Haa as the YapBkanghal enbftk now ed to connect Yap with the Jai Loochoo Islands, sad The Netherlands Is to have the lino from Yap to M én ade. a city oa the Dntoh trisad of Celebes. CABLE RIGHTS ON YAP ALLOCATED legally approved, it Is probable that Governor Olcott w ill veto th e . h ill passed during the closing beers assembly autherialag a spoeta tlon to be held May IP la eenj«aq|lek with the regular prim ary eaateeto. The county court haa called far hide for the flaal cruise ef the county timber lands. Far the three years Douglas county has having crutaea made ef Ito timber for the purpose ef definite Information and data «dea which to base a cash assessment. Maxi year w ill mark the completion af task and tha 1922 asaessment roils p r a .. expected to carry the timber landa a basis of tbelr cash value. 8am A. Koxer, secretary of aeUng upon tha advlee of the general, refused to accept tor fill hla office house Jolat reeeletlea Mat. R providing for aabmlaalea to the of the state at a 19 the question af aawadlng the stltutlon a ® oo 1* awtherlaa lng of U » proposed 1925 through a gapollaa to& Th of state, In explaining hla refusing to accept the rent filing from F. W^Dlisger, of the senate. paid signed cither ay Ray Ritta», of the amato, or {L of the house of rap eauaa of tha omiMloe tures tha secretary Of tha resolution was .. >hfW 'Æi- ív*ía FRENCH-JAP PACT CNARGID Beth Accused N at'eaff •e e P B T ^ w R Commwnl«e4tene Waro I Waabtngtea, D. G —Oaptoe af what ware declared to ha ceasmualeattoae between tke Japaaeae and FVaaoh gaa erameate ooveriag the paapeaal that the two goveramauto act la eaaaaM at tha Waohingtea eaafereaea aa to tka eetahllebmeat af a Japanese protect orate over Siberia, were given eat by the special delegaMea ef the tor ea era repubile, wbtok has asked toe a hearing when tka nnafareaea takes ap tke Siberian question. Tha eommualaattoaa waro charoe- to'-iKad by a member af tha Fraaob dalegatlea aa “fargarlaa, atapMly oaa trivet,*’ sad by a epokeeasaa of the Japanese delegation aa fabrications.” *- O 5J Q1 ' ■ . i- <?, ’Mtiri’uA briu MavA K' W ill be presented th e 7 -re e l N a tio n a lly A d ve rtise d colored film p ic tu re s to ry Maaena af W arid Unite. Oseeva.— Aa latoraattoaal Sbaoelatloa ban been form at a s ,a re sult of the rooaw sonic eaafereaea hero. I I la of the grand lodges a f Maw Task; Al pine (Surttsertaad), burg, Vienna sad Bulgaria, and tbe grand orients of VTaaea, Netberiaada. Belgium. Italy, Lroitaate (Fevtngal) and Turkey. Repert Hughes W lll Reetgw Washington, D. C.- F vs a td< Ing ebsractarised aa “allly,* thnt relatioas betweaa btm tary Nughes bad bees greatly by develepi tlattona. Bead oemmeretel elab dli on record as stroagly Klng bilí, lntroduced la tbe States señale, wltk tka ebjeet of ehaag- Ing th * natlonal foreat servios frem tke department of agricultor* tq tha Interior department. Salea of gasolina la Oragaa dartag the month of Novemher. IP IL exeeeded thoae of the safas month a year ago hy 70,414 gal lona, aeeordiag te a atato» ment oomplled by Bam A. Koaer. eea* retary of atata. DlatiUato salea ahowad pg lacrease af TP.TPP lïïustraied by. Rev. Henry G. Hanson of Moro V v'<í T h is film p ic tu re o f th e L ife o f O u r S a v io r ¡8 sa n ctio n e d by a ll of th e le a d in g c h u rc h e s o f A m e rica and is w o rth y o f . y o u r fe a tro h a g e - | 14 \ fMW I J P R E S E N T E D U N D E R T H E A U S P IC E S 'O P A M E R IC A N L E G IO N P O S T 71 A tv A^> ' j . AS ■■ v V tjR-jr"» ,«r. H. p M atinee 4 o’clock A d m is s io n 25c and i
