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About Sherman County observer. (Moro, Sherman County, Or.) 1897-1931 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 25, 1924)
—— nani mm iKEiiti Too Much Trouble Not Valid Excuse I called middleman. Oh! it is aa brood trouble heretofore stated. Stranger Told Many Fanners Won’t be Bothered With Hogs, Sheep, Cows, or Chickens not have to buy canned smoko or trouble salting down, and take chances on the pork not keeping, just take off the wrapping paper, which C. L I reland . Managint Editor I F riday . January 25. 1924 sol lega at Correlila to develop a state culture. It ia a proposal so v’tol to the future interests of the state that It has enlisted a largq number of the Meeting in the dis- been presented are delegations repre senting the interests of the farmer, business man, banker, cooperative are interested in the J group see the viewpoint of every other group and to blend them to gether into a state program that can be accepted by every interest for ity of all. Those who attended from Sherman Kean, W. S. Powell, W. H. Ragsdale, from Moro; Fred Krusow, 8. B Holmes, John Schamen, from Grass Valley; A. A. Dunlap, J. C. Wilson, J. E. Norton from Kent; H. R. Mc- Two autos containing twelve pas sengers left Moro last Saturday at 6 JO a. m. for Pendleton where they attended the Umatilla county confer ence called to consider the formation aid in the formation of a government wheat export com mission. Those in the party were L. Bslsbe, W. H Ragedale, W. 8. Powell, Roy Powell, J. C. McKean, O. G. Sayre, H. B. Barnum, Geo. Pinkerton, A. H. Hennagin, Clarence Sparling, George Mitchell. To learn aa much aa possible of the plan to finance and put in action sion, which! is believed by many to bo ths best solution of the grain growers' problems, a county confer ence of farmers, business men, and all others interested in this question will bo bold at Moro this next Mon day. Those who are interested in calling the conference together con- Adently expect that there will be deM to 600 in attendance, Several from outside tho county will bo A union of broccoli growers has boon formed at Roseburg, the growers affiliated with the Oregon Growers’ Co operative association having signed up with the Umpqua Valley Broccoli The work of remodeling the depot facilities at Oregon City in compli ance with an order of the public serv- Clsaaap of the Roosevelt highway la Tillamook and Coos counties, of exclusive of the White river bridge; of the John Day highway to Unity and of The county was adopted as part of Its 1914 program by the state highway oom- misaion. la session at Portland. Ona hundred and fifty Union coun ty farmers sat down at a banquet at a them just 14 cents apiece. Nearly everything on tho tobies was the pro duct of the farm, and the cost a plate was computed at tho price tho farm er was paid for tho products, plus the labor cost of preparing tho food. Seventy thousand Income tax blanks, filling a total of 104 mail fiuatiey, collector of internal revenue thio district that filed a return association BARB say ! Bit MOOCRN Rt MAY KNC^ LE5S ABOUTI MAKING BRtAr BUT SHt KNON/5 MOW ABOUT MAK»* cheaper than raising the pesky stuff lovely morsel is ready for slicing. Sheep? There is not two hundred ourselves, as being a side issue it breaks into the wheat raising game, sheep in our county. Why? Oh! we only keep • a few m.d on account of the barley having could 001 1 ««P tow head, and as I The following article, written late such short straw, and long beards, । •aid before, too much trouble - to last fall by a transient visiting the hirtd help during harvest object bother with. And wool at 45c per tourist at Wasco, is printed by the to working with it, which is rather pound, and an increase of nearly 100 embarrassing for the employer, to be per cent in your flock, and one of the interest to many of our readers. It obliged to take the matter up with best weeding machines in the world, and still it does not pay. I do not is worth careful study. Tbs excuses the help. It seems In fact it is too much trouble to understand you farmers. voiced by the fanners interviewed are that every.thing is too much trouble heard many times each year in all monkey with such small piddling in this country crops as oats and barley, and again sections of our county. It brings to How about poultry? Have you mind the remark once made by a there is always a lull in the market farmer who, some years ago, lived during the fall and early winter, many poultry farms here? No not east of Moro to the effect that * ’weeds consequently the price ia not in ac any real poultry ranches, although a were good for the lead ’ ’ and that he cordance with wheat, and for this few ranches have a few chickens, but “did not want to be bothered with reason alone, it is better to have as a rule the chickens don’t pay. cows because he couldn’t get any one wheat to put on the market in the They only Iky in the spring, and then to slay on the farm when he wanted fall so that one can pay their store to go fishing.” This same farmer oil Is, and possibly buy a few tires if dozen, and when eggs are 60c to 66c fopght weeds and kept cows before he needed for the winter season. And per dozen they don't lay, and all in waa (able to leave the farm for an again if we had the barley or oats all they o «re a nuiaance, always easy time in town. If bs had not wo would be obliged to carry them scratching Mound where they are not changed his viewpoint, he might not over to use during the summerfallow now have the easy time he enjoys so ing season, and think of the interest «a is this country ? Ob! yes, 25c to well. This is a copy of a letter you w'ould be loosing on all thia 30c in Portland, but after one haa to written by a tourist stopping at Hotel amount, and again we are not using make crates to ship them, and got Sherman, Wasco, and left with us any horses now on the ranches, as them caught out of the tree tops, and caterpillars, or gas machinery are work half - the night, it is worth all by R. C. Atwood. "This is written by one who taking the place of horses now-a- you can get after paying the freight and other expenses. And again in might, appropriately, by some, be days. raising chickens, one has to have an I said to them, this must be a called a tourist; 1 am a stranger in incubator, and there is danger of wonderful country where one needs your community, in your cqunty, and of my questions arose, and said that in your state. On my way from arrange for only one crop of grain netting the place on fire, burning up they were glad to have met me, each year, and that can be planted all the eggs, chickens, as well as California by way of the central Ore And if of which 1 have some times had my gon route chanced tn stop over night and reaped without the use of horses. the whole darned ranch. every thing goes wsll with the doubts. Do you have much dairying in thia at the town of Crescent. That night Woll, after my friends were gone I Oh yes! Down on th* hatching, tho next thing that happens was the end of a hard day’s drive, country? sat thinking what an opportunity for but with a good rest was ready the coast, and in the western part of the the youngsters all gst tho Gaps, and many good live men who would like the next thing, they are all being state, but here we can ’ t bother with next day for another drive equally as the chance of carving out a home, trying. When discussing my next three or four cows ar.d calves, as it eat up with the Mites, and so goes men who never think of the word the chicken business, trouble, trouble, requires too much time, and forces stop with residents of that place a trouole, men who pay no attention stranger told me of the Hotel Sher us ranchers to be at home night and and time. to the sun, only that it may shine I find that's great many of these man at Wasco in which an acquaint- morning, rain or shine, to do th*, early in the morning, and go out of socalled ranchers actually buy the stripping, and feed the calves; and ance of his by the name of Atwood, again one never geU away to a eggs they use on their table, along sight late in the evening, this is the was interested, He guaranteed me picture show, let alone going to the with their shipped in bacon, ham, kind of men who should have a chance that I would be well treated. Well, in this glorious country, and we have Wasco and he was coa*t for a short vacation, or to the butter and potatoes plenty of men in the middle western They tell me that the ranchers will Pendleton Round-up, or any old place, right. all these who have cows have to do not buy their neighbors butter, as states who would be glad to cast I arrived in plenty of time for is just milk night and morning, feed they claim it will not keep as sweet their lot with you people, if they only dinner and from the courteous treat the calves in their season, and gathei as tee shipped in product. They also knew the conditions hers as they ment by the landlord I believe 1 the barnyard odor day in and day out informed mo that the principal part exist. would have gotten my dinner even We think a rancher should have s of the bread used in this country is After finishing my cigar, I became though I had been hours later. After little recreation as well as a banker shipped in ahoidy baked. All the drowsy, and decided to hit the hay, I registered, and had my room with or brick layer. stores in the country towns sell bread as you western people express your bath assigned to me, I had my car Where do you get milk for your at ,10 and 16c per loaf, which the selves when you wish to retire. 1 stored for the night just across the family? Oh! we buy it at the store housewives claim is about as cheap could not have been in the hay more atreet. On my return to the desk at by the case, which answers the pur as though it was baked on the ranch than twenty minutes, when I was the hotel the landlord took my grips pose just as well as though we had taken into account the fuel and startled, and raised up in bed and and proceeded me to the second floor, the cows to bother with. water, and perhaps some light, time wondered where I waa, and if I were and upon entering the room, the first Do you raise many hogs? Not on and trouble, f asked myself, can dreaming. At first I thought I was glance told me I would have a good your life! Not me. One of the, this be true? My father being a at the Hay-market riot in Chicago, rest that night, as the room was gentleman answered. We would have miller, I have heard him say that a back in 1864. But after rubbing my clean and in order, the bath tub had to hog fence nur ranches, which would barrel of flour would make 290 one eyes and convincing myself that 1 been thoroughly scoured, plenty of- eret more than we would make in a pound loaves of bread, which would sure awake, I found that it was towels, also plenty of individual life time raising hegs. And besides bring gt lOe each 229.00 when retailed only a few out of town people who cakes of soap, hot and cold water, in look at the trouble we would have out to the consumer. Now if we had been to a picture show. From fact every convenience to be had in running after the hogs, and the feed can buy a barrel of flour for say the sound and the noise made near a Michigan eity. it would take three times per day $9 00 we would be saving 120 00 less a the hotel and directly under my After scrubbing up, I went down to snd the time it takes to feed ano trifle for fuel, providing our house window, I think that all the one, the dining room where I was received butcher, and besides we would have wives did their own baking. From twos, Ihrees, fours, fives, sixes, and pleasantly by one of the young lady to keep a few fleet dogs to dog the the conversation I have had with these all the way up to sixteen cylinder cars waitresses, who must have been hogs out of the wheat. This all costs, gentleman farmers, it seems that the made since Seldon took out his first coached as to how I was to be treated, and takes time and creates an im great question now pending is the patent was in the parade from ten even though so late coming into the mens« amount of trouble. One of great volume of trouble confronting thirty to four o’clock a. m. In the The care that were being dining room, aa it is not often one the gentlemen spoke up and said, no them in each and every thing they morning receives such marked attention these hogs for ma, I would be like one of undertake., In fact it impressed me demonstrated last night had all their days when every one has his eye on my neighbors, 1 would take a gut to such an extent, that j took pie cut-outs open,also their cylinder rings the time piece, and just wants to get and shoot the first one 1 saw on the liberty to ask if many of the farmers were so set that on every half cycle she would back fire, this of course ranch. here in this country wore clothes, And as to the excellent chef- Well how do you get your supply shirta and overalls? 0 yea! such ns would help draw the attention of the d’oeuvere, he is great, his way of of pork, for winter or every day use? they have. Why do you ask? For bystander, or the poor tired traveler fixing dp tee bo ne steaks is little We get it at the stores, good bacon the reason that every thing you have who went to the hay to get a good short of a miracle, his stuffed baked all done up in nice fly proof cloth for to do, seem« to be so much trouble nights rut potatoes are something one could look only from 60c to 60c per pound, ano The operators doing this difficult in this country. forward to from one meal to another, hams put up in the same manner for But I suppose one must remember demonstration surely wanted the on but his apple pies has nectar and 50c to 60c per pound, which is quite we have federal as well as state lookers to know that they were some ambrosia pushed out of the way and reasonable, considering the great drivers, and if necessary could climb laws, that must bo obeyed, otherwise forgotten. The crust doesn’t need amount of trouble one has in raising we might all be subject to criticism Talk about horns, it is simply to be carved, chiseled or scooped, but hogs. My greatest wonder is bow these impossible to describe the noise this as a confection is browned to a turn, Where do the stores get this pork? flaky and full of taste. Ohl I’ll not From Chicago or Kansas city; Why raising only one commodity crop each bunch of would-be chauffers made, each trying to out do the others, with forget the chef at the Hotel Sbcrman. should we worry where it comes fr^m year (wheat) and expect to make a their horns of every description, police (we called them cooks in the olden as Jong as it fills the bill snd profit after taking every expense whistles, electric horns, sirens, cal days). suits our tasters? necessary to live out of the wheat liopes, and cow bells, finally they After this dandy dinner I seated my 1 cannot see why ypy people here bin. Our Michigan farmers would wore themselves out, and things be seif in one of those large easy chairs should not raise your own hogs and not last through the first season, if came quiet once more. in the lobby, and listened to those savp the freight to and from Chicago, they were to follow the methods of The next morning X^rhile at break who were seated near by, and found besides toe packers profits, and a the Sherman copnty farmer. fast, two gentlemen came in and it very interesting learning about dozen other whackups with the so My two informants becoming tip* seated themselves at my table, and as bow the farmers do their harvesting soon qs thp opportunity presented its- and general farming in this great self, I took the liberty to inquire if grain country. — the hullabaloo the night before was Myself coming from what we call an unusual affair, and the gentleman in the east a good farming community at my left said that it was not at all in southwest Michigan, I began to unusual. When I asked how any one warm up and make inquiries as what was expected to sleep, he said that was tbs principal crops raised, ss they merely had to get accustomed to well as the different kinds of live such out bursts of gayety, which stock raised on these rolling hills. took from four to six Ona of the gentlemen was a large months. rancher, ou or near a place called I then Inquired if the city had no Gordon ridge, and the other was ordinance prohibiting such a nuisance, living on the John Day river farther and the party on my right stated that east, and near the Webfoot school. the city aidermen looked upon it with The former snower I ng my question, more favor than one might think, as ssid Oh yes, wo raise wheat exclu it gave the stranger or tourist who sively, of the turkey red variety, comes this way the impression that which is Usually sown any time from the city was a great deal Hk« Bytte, Angus» 16th to November 1st of each Montana, in the old days when they year. I questioned, don’t you raise worked three eight hour sifts each any corn? Oh no, too much trouble, day| good bualnem, splendid energy, only a patch now and then for roast and plenty of pep. ing ears. Don't you raise any oats? At this, the young man on my Lord no! we have them ship our oata loft said that one of the milling oom- in from California. Can’t you raise paniea of Wasco, (the manager) told them? Oh yes! but It is a lot of him that they had sold more cracked troubls to raise oats snd barlsy, as corn, shipped from lows for chicken we always have to change tho riddles feed during the last few months, than in the harvesters after threshing over before at this time of year. wheat, which is sxlrs troubls and Judging from what I have aeon and hoard, especially last night, I am of man loafing around you can’t be afraid that tho poor chickens have ehangng »gives and riddles all the not boon getting their share of cracked corn. A d jui tell me that you can t Yours Truly, raise barley in this country with a Putnam Puterbaugh. profi to yourselves, with wheal Ml* Pokegon. Michigan. the moot of our barley io shipped in ; AN AMERICAN WHO 18 SERVING TIME IN A GERMAN PRISON from St. Paul, Minnesota, which only Lieut. Corliss H Griffis, one of the two Ameriesns who attempted ■ Thought for the Day. crets us laid down at Wasco from Some people alm at nothing and hit to kidnap Grover C. Bergdoll, draft evader, and was given a ’’relatively 246.00 to 100 00 per Ion rolled. Even at this seemingly high pries, it Is [ light” s ntence by the judge. At present and until we can readjust our prices we are giving a 5 per cent discount on all merchandise sold. We are very much encouraged at the ati- tude of our customers have taken and the encouragement offered us in our new method of store management. We invite you to call when in town,and look over our list of special prices* ^ will pay you to do so. Moro Trading Co. 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