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About Sherman County observer. (Moro, Sherman County, Or.) 1897-1931 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 1, 1924)
« ’ »EMUI (Olliin IISENEI Spring Wheat in Eastern Oregon Spring wheat is the second cereal in importance in the counties o f Ore* According Entered •» «econd cl««« matter at the gon east o f the Cascades. poet office at M o ro , O regon, July 2&, 1891 to the figures given in Oregon station b ulletin No. 204, the average acreage O fficial Newspaper far S keraaa C o u ty in spring wheat in the 18 counties of eastern Oregon for the past five years C. L. I reland was nearly 200,000, or about one-third E ditor and Publisher of the total number o f acres in w in August 1, 1924 ter wheat. A lthough out ranked in F riday . total acreage and production by w in ter wheat in eastern Oregon, more The dry season has made no ma spring wheat than w inter w heat was terial impression in the fall wheat grown during the past five years, in crop of most of the farmers In the ( the fo llo w in g c o u n tie s: Baker, Crook, vicinity of Halsey, according to re-j Deschutes, Grant, Harney, Hood ports. Most of the fall , wheat has River, , Jefferson. K lam ath, Lake, been threshed and has proved a su r-»Malheur, Union and W allow a. The prise to the farmers, yielding from 1' big w inter wheat producing counties to 30 bushels to the acre, w ith'a'higli- ar j U m atilla, Sherman, Morrow, er mark reached on the better land Wasco and G illiam . When water from the McKay dam In some counlies, lik e U nion, the reservoir now under construc.im by number of acres devoted to grow ing the government, is available, a new j spring wheat and w inter w heat is plot of land east of Hermiston, n oi at about equally d iv id ed ., This natural present under Irrigation, will be util ly raises the question as to just ized by the state and federal govern ..here and under what conditions m eni for a new experim ent station. should spring wheat be grown in The A quarter section of government-own preference to w in t.r wheat? results o f the experim ents on the ed land has been set aside for this branch stations and the experience o f purpose. farmers show that w inter wheat is a In attem pting to open a headgate more productive dry-land crop to of the Pine lake reservoir. M. A grow after a season of fa llo w . When Christenson blew out the whole gate grown on irrigated land spring wheat and let tha water escape. The lake in eastern Oregon generally out is about 18 m iles from Halfway, but f i e l d s w inter w heat. When grown the water is used on land around the after another crop without an inter town and is counted on for second vening fallow period sprirg w h eel is crop water by several hay farmers. also as productive on the average The loss of water Is more serious than as w inter w heat. the injury to the headgate. There were three fatalities due to industrial accidents in Oregon dur The historic Scott trail, which cross ing the week ending July 24, accord ed the Cascades about three m iles lng tp a report prepared by the state south of the present McKenxie pass, industrial accident commission. The is new being reopened by a force of victim s were: John T. O'Hara, forest trail builders. Knappa, timekeeper; George W. Hut L. Eachua of Adratn reports to L. chinson. Klamath Falls, carpenter, R. Breitbaupt, Malheur county agent, and A. Deboie. Elgin, carpenter. A that some of his Federation wheat total of 595 accidents was reported went 97.5 bushels to’ the a t ^ - This during the week. 18’regarded as a phenomenal yield. The Monmouth commercial club lias Because of the extrem ely hazardous issued a call for a celebration by all fire conditions prevailing through the Lowns of Polk county at Helmick out the state, Frank E. E lliott, state, park on the Luckiamute river, five forester, sent telegram s to all district m iles south of Monmouth, on com fire wardens to cancel existing burn pletion of the west side Pacific high ing permits. way. The surfacing of the last con Although The D alles has an ample necting link has progressed to within water supply, restrictions on Its use 1% m iles of Monmouth and It is ex have been ordered by the city com- pected the highway will be open for j m issioners, that farmers along Mill traffic about September 10. creek valley may save their crops, Federal agents, deputy sheriffs and drying up for lack of water. members of the Point Adams coast The Oregon Poultrym ea’s associa- guard crew raided seagoing fishing * don will send a delegate to the na craft, seining about 176 cases of lm ' tional poultry counoil at Chicago ported liquors and arresting five men. August 10 to sit in conference with Two motor boats and a truck into representative poultrymen from all which the liquor was being unleaded I other states on m eans of promoting are being held for confiscation. The raid took place on the Skipanon river, j ; the poultry Industry. Work started Monday on a >500,000 near Warrenton, where the boats structure to replace the burned build were discharging their cargo. The cherry growers of Eugene and ing of the P acific International L ive stock exposition at Portland. It Is ex vicinity who pooled their Bings w ith' pected that it will be com pleted by the Eugene Fruit Growers’ associa tion, a county-wide cooperative farm November 1, In tim e for the holding ers’ organlxatlon, received 8\4 cents of the annual exposition. Charges against Pendleton meat per pound for them, according to an m arkets that they sold sausages and nouncement by J. O. Holt, manager of the association. More than 180 tons hamburger In which sulphates were used as preservatives were filed In of this variety of cherries were dis posed of at this price, It was stated. the local Justice of the peace court, Thia is a new high record for the Four of them appeared and Daid fin«» of >25 and costs in each case postwar period. |fon>, Orefoa R ead & G a l l o w a y GENERAL * M A C H IN E SHOP R epairing Trucks, Tractors, Automobiles, C aterpillars, and Combine Motors, C ylinder Grin Ung, Oyx-acetylene and Electric W elding The Dalles, Ore. 616 East 8econd 8t. Phone Main 4001 • vosa « > Dstribatna and Acre Value of I ALONG LIFE’S Î: Oregon Cereals - 5-year Average ► < > T R A IL < ► B y T H O M A S A . C L /.R K O m l b »f *>»«■ Luivaratly 4 <<©. 1**4. W aatarn N aw apaper U n io n .) MAKING THE BEST OF BARGAIN thoroughly bad bargain MJ I wi ith Grover when I was nineteen. I wanted very much to get Into his busi 4 Meetigg of Board of EqudbotioB N o tice : There w ill he a m eetin g o f the County Board o ^ .E q u a liza tio n for Sherman County,. Oregon, at the court house on the second Monday in Septem ber, a t Moro, Oregon, that being the 8th day o f Septem ber, 1924, to p ub licly exam ine the Assessm ent R o lls, correct all errors in valuation, description of lands, or other proper ty assessed by me, and it sh all be the duty o f persons interested to ap pear at the tim e and place appointed. A ll p etitions must be made in w ritin g and verified by oath o f the applicant and filed w ith the Board w ithin fifteen days from the tim e it is by law required to m eet. OTTO PEETZ County A ssessor. In b ulletin 204 are given the aver age 5-year y ield s in Oregon by c o u r j e s o f w inter wheat, spring wheat, barley, and oats together w ith ccm j irative yield s of these crops and acre values based on pre-war prices 1905 1914, These prices w ere as fò li ■vs : wheat 80 cents, oats 44 cent« and barley 58 cents per Dushel. Several item s of interest and o f im portance to Oregon farm ers are brought out in the figures show ing average yields and values of these leading crops. The two outstanding features are the apparent superiority o f w inter wheat and barley in h e r e ! y ie ld ) and acre values over spring ▲ Lane county bridge erew started wher-t and oats. For the state as a Monday repairing all the whole barley exceeded the average work yield s in pounds per acre o f w inter bridges on the W illam ette highway R eserve and Oakridge w h e it, spring wheat or oats, altho between w inter w heat, because of the slig h tly T ravelers over the highway may ex higi er average per pound, ranked first p ect to experience delays. in \a lu e . .T he average yields, values The D otólas cohnty dburt signed an and the average acreage devoted to agreem ent with the bureau of public these crops for the past five years roads for construction of a forest road were as fo llo w s; ’ per acre per acre which <will become a part of the Ump Acres Podnds V alue qua highway. Under the term s of Win er w heat. 834,406 1362 $18 16 this agreem ent the county appro Barley ......... 74,311 1435 17.34 priates >10,000 to meet >60,000 to be O a t s .................. 283,913 1037 14 26 expended by the governm ent. Spring w heat. 263,171 912 12.16 Jealousy and business reverses are Tne a bo we figures strongly su ggest believed by authorities to have caus the ue^irability o f a considerable re ed J. A. Mor ok, ex-automobHe stage adjustm ent in our farm crops pro line proprietos, whose licen se last gram . Why do Oregon farmers plant week was revoked by the public serv so much spring wheat and oats when ice com m ission, to shoot hi* w ife three both J h e se crops are less productive times, tw ice in the body and once in and bring lees returns in dollars and the head, la a room In the Sommer cents than w inter wheat and barley? hotel In La Grande, killing her a l In acreage w inter wheat ranks first, 1 m ost instantly. The shots were fined as it should, but barley ranks last, j in the presence of their 10-year-old though in yield per acre it exceed- | daughter, Lucile. Horck then dropped w inter wheat and ranks next to win- J from a window 20 feet to the ground, ter wheat in value per acre. In ran down an alley and shot him self, Oregon there are four tim es as many ' fam ily ¿hroqgh fa/aad. acres in oats as in barley, although i the 5-year average yield of barley exceeds that of oats nearly 400 pounds I per acre and was worth >3 08 m o re! per acre, as actu ally determined by > the y ield s obtained by Oregon farm ers' MORO, ORE. during the past five years and based ; 'Auto Truck and Team on pre-war prices If tne average farm price for the past five years or Drayage of all kinds for the past ten years were used as a Special delivery rate» made on b a ils of comparison instead of the wood, coal; etc. to country place« ten year average pre-war priced bar Long and s lo r t hauling promptly ley would exceed oats more than >5 00 done on short notice. per acre in value. Headquarters at Hotel Moro. ness and learn the details of it, and I presume 1 showed my eagerness, and he took advantage of me cruelly. I w ss to stay with him for a year for a tritling remuneration, and during that Lime he was to teach me as much of his trade as 1 could master. Precious lUtle he taught me, but I teally learned tm>re that year than during any similar time before or since. I had never before been subject to anyone; I'd never had a boss except ing my own will and pleasure, but I was to learn what It meant to work under orders, to' do unpleasant and difficult things and never to receive a word of praise for the doing. I was ordered about by everyone 1 q the office. AU the drudgery and the dirty work was shunted upon me, and there were tusks that had to be done no matter how much overtime It took. 1 was everybody’s slave and roust about. 1 picked up a good deal of Informa tion about the business, but w h it I got came from^Riy own initiative. I could, of course, have throws up my Job, but I was too proud, and this would have seemed to me to show a yellow 8treak.\ I had gone Into It of my own choosing and with my eyes open, and I was de termined to see the thing through. All the time, however, 1 w«s learn ing to control m yself under, the most irritating conditions; I was learning to obey orders, to take sarcastic criti cism and ragging without a comeback, even when I knew 1 was rigid. I was working daily to the point of exhaus tion. I was getting searcely enough pay to buy the fiH»«l that I ate, and I was learning what it means to be a sub ordinate The year came to an end finally, anU I have ulways been glad that I kept my bargain, for I learned lessons that have been invaluable to me during gll the years which have Intervened. 1 know what it means to make a haul bargain and keep It, to carry through something that Is difficult and unpleas ant when I have once begun It.TffSTicl< even when n change might bring me more money and an easier time and it -------------- ---------------------------- pleasanter environment, to pay with out whimpering the penalty of bad All aprinkllng will be prohibited In Judgment and hasty decision, and I Portland unless water users lmme- OOOOOOOOCOCx X,'e.<XX'XX>000000 know 1 am stronger for the lesson. diately stop the waste of water. -------- . . ’- - - - a - ~ -rr - — ---- ----------- jrjr<, of m ysterious origin at Hunt- Gall Upon Us what your mercliundice need.- l i m y be, we are qualified to fill thfcm yen • No ' b • im o n ’* Spring Cioj 8 f »r eastern Oregon i.< the title of h recently published ex periment station ’b u lletin by D. E Steph ns, Robert W ith' rom te an i Obil Srattuck, s u p r ii te .der t.< re sp ectively if brat ch ex|er:m erit stations at Morn in SI erman cou ty, Union in Union Count’,, ard B u n s in Harney ci u ty The bulletin gives ti e la te st inf. in lio n on the farm crops» wheat, h izley, ost i ye, fiel:i p tas, fiax, an 1 pvlatois, fiom both d istribution . a d production stand points. It di-tc: it es and ruci.mmend» the va rities f.»u d b e jt adapted to eastern Oregon f r spring p la n tirg as determined by experim ents nt these branch stations and by the experience of far ners. In a previous b u lletin , No. 190; by I). E. Stephens and G. R. Hyslop, the growing of w inter wheat a fter fallow is ’d is cussed in d etail, w ith descriptions of best methods of handling summer fallow and recommendations on most, profitable varities to grow. Either or both these b u lletin s may be ob tained free by w ritin g the Oregon E x p er m e n t Station, C orvallis, or either of the branch stations at Moro, Union or Burns. Electric Appliances Kalsomine Paints and Oils Builders’ Hardware E v e ry th in g for ih e H om e is h e re a t p rices th a t in v ile a v isit to th is sto re G in n , C o l e m a n & C o . ftlo r o , » ■ H - l l l I -i 4 1 H -I -I -4 1 I 1 1 4 ■ I O re g o n h l ■! 1 4 - h. H - i - M - l 1 4 ■ ! 4 U - 1 4- 4 4- 1 -4’ !->■» !•> e TH E M O R O D A IR Y Q. G. Thorp, proprietor OREGON I he o n ly d a iry herd in the v ic in ity of M o ro that 16 ce rtifie d disease-free. M ilk, 12c q u art C ream , 35c pint D eliveries daily, m orning and evening -»--Hi—r- --— Hi-.- t-r— , —HI— t - i - i - l -'.-T-r-l“!-) * USE t A R IS T O Westinghouse M O TO R OIL AND U N IO N NON D E T O N A T IN G G A S O L IN E a UNION OIL COMPANY a z d a I a m p s FOR SALE BY Sherman Electric Co. OF CALIFORNIA k ------------- ---------------------- ■ -i. Special Prices on Harvest Groceries Come in and. See Our Special Prices on the Following Items Preferred Stock Coffee in Bulk Coffee 5, 2 1-2, Fruits in gallon tins / Mexican Beans Very Close Price« On Large Grocery Corn W hite Navy Beans Soap, R & G naptha Pickels in kegs 1 pound tins Syrup in jackets »-/Moro Trading Co. Matches j Phone 21F1 MORO Dr W . ' N . Morse í ? i M - Furniture Fishing Tackle Ington destroyed three frame build- lng» and a barn, causing damage e s ti P h y sician and Surgeun mated at >5600. C. E. Smith, R. J. Smith and F. R. Morrison were fined >10 eaoh at Salem for refusing to a ssist a federal officer M ain 182 in fighting a forest fire. Reports from W allowa county, WASCO - OREGON where farmers are engaged in hay ing, are that the crop this year will be about one-half normal. "vx KXXxXXXx X xJOOÛOOOOOOOOCZv The first shipm ents of The Dalles watermelons and cantaloupes were sent to the Portland market last week. Good prices were reported. The annual m eeting of the Eastern Oregon District Medical society was held Monday and Tuesday at Bingham Springs, east of Pendleton. Bobbie Burns and Dale Arthur, who escaped from the sta te penitentiary brickyard at SaJem July 3, have been appoehended at Salt Lake City. A fire in the holdings of th e Mo hawk Lumber company at Donna, in the Mohawk valley destroyed two trestles on the company's logging rail way. The 17th annual convention of the Oregon Editorial association was held in Tillamook last w eek with 156 per sons present, representing 70 publica tions. H alf a million trout fry w ill be re leased ia the stream s of Coos county G ira ffe « Post Guard«. -- Giraffes are not easily taken by sur within the next 30 days. The fish prise. as two or three of their number were hatched on Coos river and near always stand sentinel while the others Bandon. feed. Frank A. Pirn, illum inating engineer and representative of the Traffic Of ficers’ association, w ith headquarters at Washington, D. C„ was In Salem last week conferring with Sam A. Kozer, secretary of stats, with ref erence to starting a campaign in Oregon for standardisation of auto mobile lighting equipment. The annual southern W asco coun ty fair will be held Septem ber 16, 17 and 18. This will be the only fair in W asco county this year, the regular fair have been discontinued and money appropriated for this purpose devoted to preparing a county exhibit for fhe state fair and th e holding the southern Wasco county fair. - Three members of the Astoria po lice force were discharged by City Manager Kratz on charges of deliver ing liquor for bootleggers, accepting presents from, bootlegger«, drinking with bootleggers, disobeying orders and conduot unbecoming officers. Travel Into Crater Lake National park continues to shatter all reherds. Up to July 22 a total of 7683 auto mobiles, bearing » ,0 3 4 visitors, had entered the park, as compared with 4001 automobiles, bearing . 11,624 visitors, on the tarns date last year. Over 20,000,000 pounds of prunes ara already signed up in the new co operative prune exchange, according to announcement given out by C. E. Spence, state m arket agent. Mr. Spence sa id ' that the new orgsnixa- tion would com m ence operations In Oregon and southern W ashington with W o I’« Market Price ten local organizations. Other units For Farm Produce it is declared will be organised and it is expected that a large majority of the orchards of the two states will soon be signed up. -□r‘"-'•y«r Room Size and Smaller Lineoleum Rugs and Congoleum Rugs F. D. FLATT New Oregon Station wheat Bulletin in a ltc r “I I I at Williams Motor Co., A u th o r iz e d F o rd S a le s a n d M oro, Ore. S e r v ic e Peas One Ford Truck Type, with One Ford Roadster Starter Bosch Ignition, Two i .Po‘o Cars « L- One Flupmobile Touring One 1919 Haynes Touring Cord 'fires. a real good buy __ ✓" R e a so n a b le P rices a n d T erm s i n j>adh..7liîf____y. o n b e a w B 1
