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About Sherman County observer. (Moro, Sherman County, Or.) 1897-1931 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 23, 1925)
si". ¡mi mm «sara Finan Paragraph of State New» ALONG LIFE’S 1 At a meeting of the Moro com munity club, held Wednesday evening at Hotel Moro and attended by a large number of representative farm ers from all sections of Sherman county, it seemed to be the opinion WHO PAYS? of the majority present that altho the winter wheat fields of this county had 4« I ’VK just been up at their Toontry January 23. 1925 «xk-ibudly been «yerely pinclæd by I place visiting the Simpkhwes,** F riday the cold snap of last December yet George remarked to me this fall. “Cadillac, motorboat, house party, fine Gasofe Swpb W* I over estimated. board, no laundry bill, nothing to pay; m » o 1 r *. V LJ It was contended by farmers present pretty soft” N^ ims Safe ei Arte Vcbdes from Kent> GniM v.itey, w-co, *. I had met Simpkins at the end of - --------- well as those attending from this August, and he hxd told me what a In spite of handicaps of an un- vicinity, that a large per cent of the grind the summer bad been to him. known and uncertain supply of raw i turkey red wheat fields wouid not be “Ihe had to work early and late,** he material, crude oil, the production of | hurt tu a sufficient extent 1o justify anld. “That family of mine had a tear which is only three times what it was reseeding when the cost of seed and ing good time up north with their friends, ,bnt the bills were tremen in 1913. gasoline is being served 'expense« involved were Uken into dously heavy, and you knhw aomebody regularly to nearly twelve times as consideration. It waa thot that even always has to pay.“ many motor vehicles Six timt-s as a good half stand of turkey red wheat The Beta Tau Sigma party, the pa- much gasoline is being manufartj»ed. would not justify reseeding the field. per» said, had set a new standard for In other words, improved pr • esses This conclusion was arrived at by social events In this community, are getting twice as much ga-> line many on the theory that a half crop Nothing was lacking to make It a »uc- per gallon. Without improved meth of turkey red wheat, now growing, cess—cabs, evening ciothes (mostly oda of drilling, invention and per- wou|d mature as much actual wheat rented), favors, theater party, seven fection of drilling equipment, new as reseeded spring grain that must course luncheon—it cost a pretty sum. processes for greater extraction of mainUin itself against uncertain I wondered who was paying; father at refined products from the crude and weather conditions yet ahead for this houie getting up euriy and going to bed late? Sister teaching, or clerking improvements in all departments of or nursing? Mother going without the producing, refining and marketing of It also seemed to be the universal new gown or the vacation trip of which petroleum, the manufacture and use opinion that wheat varieties other she was very much tn need? These of motor vehicles would before now than turkey red was in all probabil thlngs more often than otherwise mean have been checked by lack of fuel. ities killed by the December freeze. sacrifice; for some one has to pay. The achivement of keeping up with Parker cut a pretty wide swath last Speakers who addressed the meet this enormous growth in demand and ing propose^ that seed wheat be year in college. He had the latest cut. yet selljrg hirhly refined gasoline st { secured from Australia; that the rail- up-to-date clothes; he never misses a ■ round 34 rents a pjund today as road companies be requested to make good show—or a bad one; If anything against 8 cent» for Lre«d or 10 tents «pecial rates for handling what wheat was going on be could be found sitting in the front row. and there were un for sugar is one on which the oil in- was needed, whether secured from pleasant rumors about bls associates. dustry is to be congratulated every } other sections of the United States or I knew bls being In college was pinch tin* you drive to ■ hardy fill ing foreign; that the federal government big at home a good deal, but bls folks •tation. be petitioned to remit the import were quite willing to make the sacri ----------- --------- —*-------- । duties on foreign wheat used for re- fice tn order that he might have the M . » r I . _ . » ». seeding; that the Oregon legislature advantages that they had been denied. Naboi s Forests Increasng in Value ' be lobbied to secure an appropriation It wouldn't have been so bad If he had ------- - . . _ .from the state for the purpose ef P*,d bi» pact by plugging hard on his Only ■ few years ago, the state of i securing seed wheat and that this be <*Hege work. Mother could perhaps Idaho sold fine timber as low as 2a repaid hy farmers over a spiead of bav^afforded to denj hervel a sp ng .nnn a . a i a . i • J bonnet if son had needed tl>e money to <*ent» per 1000 fret, and waa glad to years. * . «>».», tr .u-. h «» .. it . .... ।7 . ‘buy a Phi Beta Kappa pia; but as It get the money. Rtcently the state Conservative estimates place the , was, he finished the year In debt to •old white piie stumpage for $13 per possible damage to winter wheat/ every one and with a scholastic aver M, and the land has to be scientifi- fields of Sherman county at about age of 59. Those who were paying got eally logged and waste cleared up to thirty thousand acres that most likely little tor their money. make it a permanent state forest, must oe reseeded.. This does not in- For every good time you have, for Another sim lar «ale was made for elude the fields where a half stand of every luxury you enjoy, for every dts $9 96 per M. A $11 sale was reported wheat is probable oj even instances slpatlon in which you Indulge or graft four years ago, but this $13 sale is where a lesa number of live plants which you take advajiuge of. some believed to top all lumber prices in are estimated to be now growing in body Is having to pay. You may charge the account at times, but ultimately American history. . the fields. j the bills esme in w4th interest The growing interest in forestry A. B. Robertson, present st the It Is better on the whole for each and reforestation is bound to relieve meeting from Gilliam county, stated man to pay bls share of the bill. No the presure on the northwestern for- that it estimated the tola I one respects a boy who Is always eager eats that is indicated by thia rise in damage to wheat in that county would to sit tn, but who never, reaches for the Idaho pine prices. Forestry agitation exceed one hundred thousand acres check. If the home folks are willing may have frightened the nation into a and that many of the farmers were to make the sacrifices and furnish the sane forest program, so that as a now busy reseeding with turkey red. money, son ought to play the gurqg result of conservation forest prices Supt. D. E. Stephens, of the experi- fairly, to economize occasionally and may not rise greatly above the pres- ment farm, stated that it would be to square his half of the account by a ent high levels. The awakening did safe to sow turkey red wheat if it return of manly character and good scholarship, ‘ f not come too soon, when pine stump- were done before not later than the There is an o^ gag in a popular ng: “F»r everything wrong bs- C. L. I reland Editor and Publisher little more than a decade. That western sawmills can cut lumber from such Hgh priced logs and still keep it the cheapest build- ing material available speak» volumea for their efficient management and manufacturing methods. I ----------- r - . ......... BILL-BARBER $27 SPLNT ON CHIV ING GUM BUT ONE CAN BOOKS it.*’ Ti is is the season of the year when wot Id-Le political reformer» advocate a multiplicity of state and national lawd to remedy imperfection» in trade and i us try. There is a large number of people who believe for defects and abuses and dishonesty in the businee« world is n ore and Mill more legislation. Thus it come about that congress and state legialatures and city gov ernments design measures to control and legulato railways, public utilities and big industries. The wonder ia thai with all these onslaughts in the past, it has been possible for large induatrial and public service organizations to exist, to ssy nothing about their ability to make profita and enlist new capital for extensions. As usual, many novelties and ex periments are proposed this month of the year that the Romans dignified with the God Janu^ie, a figure facing both w ays. 7»’ About five new cabinet positions with prospective employment for one hundred thousand officials and hun dreds of new state boards and com missions, alao employing taxeaters galore, are proposed with the magic formula “Be it enacted, etc.” The people can only pi ay that most of these measures will be defeated «nd that steady principles of Belt reliance and common sense may pre vail in their atead. We can never improve on the maxim of Thomas Jefferson that an intelligent com monwealth ia governed the best when it is governed the least. Topograph Three Säten Regoa The first complete topographic map of the Three Sister* region was completed this week by Dr. Edwin T. Hodge, profeeeor of geology, and eight geology student* of the Uni versity of Oregon, Dr. Hodge and his students spent aix weeks in the rhree Sister» région last summer ob- tain in g topographie data. The map will be printed for distribution shortly to serve as a guide for thoae who visit the saetion. The area covered waa 16 by 12 miles. The scale of the map ia one inch for two thousand feet anefthe contour interval is one hundred. The futures of the map include a portion of the McKenzie highway, traila, mountain lakas, glacier*, and points of acenic and geologic intereat. "The T%r*e Sister* region will some day be the play ground of Ore gon,” said Dr. Hodge. “It vie* with Mt. Hood and Crater Lake in scenic importance and ia easily acces sible on the McKenzie highway. Ancient and. recent volcanoea, lava flows of a comparatively late date, ’glass’ cliffs, a small. crater lake, numerous small lakea and interesting mountain »cenery are featuree that will draw an increasing number of tourists to this section each year.” against foreign weed seeds being State Highway Bonds Decreasing brought into the county with the new wheat and advised a thorough fanning The total amount oi highway bonds of the seed before »owing. issued by the state since 1917 ia $38,- At the close of the meeting a pool 800,000. Of these $639,250 have ma waa formed by A. C. Thompson, tured and been paid. The constitu W. S. Powell, Roy Powell, and some tional limit, 4 per cent of the assess others and thirty six hundred »acks of ed valuation, is $42,356,229. hard federation wheat was bought by ' In 1925 the annual interest and phone from dealers in La Grande. principal charges will be $2,597,516. This wheat will cost about $2.50 a The high point of the bonded debt bushel at Moro. will come in 1928 when the charge During the meeting Albert K»Be rjor ‘ interest and principal will a- berg was called to the long distance mount to $3,476,998. phone and concluded a deal he had From that date it will decline, under way with parties in The Dalles being $3,426,765 in 1929 and $3,188,318 whereby he bought a carload of hard in 1932, when the decline will be federation wheat for reseeding his more rapid. The life of the bond ia, and neighboring farms near Wasco. for the most part, 20 years. The price of this wheat was not as certained. The compilation of gross postal ro celpts of the Medford poetoffice, $55,- 501.20 for the year, shows an increase of more than 9 per oent over gross receipts In 1923. The condition of W. J. Kerr, presi dent of Oregon Agricultural college, who has been seriously ill for some time, is reported by attending physi cians to be imoroved. During the biennial period, October 1, 1922, to September 30, 1924, a total of 1259 applications for school fund loans was received by the state land board, according to the report of the department filed with the legislature. Of the applications received 2121 were approved. These loans aggregated $2.- 185,706. Dozens of Observer readers are truly grateful for thought« that prompt many which persona to phone in newt items. An era of prosperity is one people go in debt for things they ,A prime factor in the upbuilding of don’t need. a community is the community newspaper. Ride to Health With Wasco Bakery Goods One hundred and eighteen mills re porting to the West Coast Lumber men’s association for the week end ing January 10 manufactured 99.939,- 008 feet of lumber, sold 79,262,902 feet and shipped 80,903,540 feet. New bus! ness was 18 per cent below production. Shipments were 2 per cent above new business. ., . On tale at the following Sherman county stores । Geo. N. Croifield, Wasco McCoy-Alwood Co., Watco Sealed bids received by the light* house department for -the repair at aids to navigation In the lower Colum bla river, which were damaged , by ice floes several weeks ago, have been submitted to the department heads at Washington, D.. C„ and ft is expected that the contract will be let within a few days. Dr. Walter H. Brown of Richmond O., accompanied by Mra. Brown and two children, has arrived in Salem to assume charge of the five-year child health demonstration assigned to Ore gon under the financial sponsorship of the commonwealth of New York. W. R Reid. Wasco Moro Trading Co., Moro • L. R. Ccnlee. M oro J. H. Wilt & Co., Grass Valley A. B. Potter, Klondike Keep Sherman County Money at Home By Patronizing Home Industry I We bake white bread in two size loaves, and also bake Raisin biead, Whole Wheat bread, Health bread and Rye bread. Weyhave all kinds of Cakes always in fresh supply, including Plain, Ix>af, Layer and Jelly Rolls. , 1 We make Cookies of alb de^riptionp. Cookies are our s|>ecÍHlties. sr • Spaili ««rcers for Parties. I ht net* Suppein, anH Pubic Gatherings are solicited and given ilivvc y be*! of aitention ;iYy«l prompt service Wasco Bakery. Wasco, Oregon * ■ 1 । , • I iW- •A' < f George M. Gelsendorfer has been recommended by Representative Haw ley for appointment as postmaster at Cascadia. About 210 men are employed on the government dam under construction on McKay creek, seven miles south of Pendleton,^ Purchase of a hook-and-ladder truck for the McMinnville fire department . has been put in the hands of a com mittee for action. With the warrants all paid and mon ey left In practically every fund of the county, Lfnn oouhty closed 1924 with a balance of $149,751.18. A total of 481,127 tons were handled In the port terminals of Astoria dur ing the last year, according to data prepared by port authorities. Richard H. Thornton, 79, one of the state’» ablest lawyers and founder and flr»t dean of the University of Ore gon law school, died at Good Samari tan hospital in Portland. Herbert Chandler of Baker won first prize on a carload of registered Here ford range bulls at the Ogden livestock ■how at Ogden, Utah. In addition to the carload prize Chandler's Herefords won all other prizes in the Hereford Two hundred and fifty employes of the city water bureau of Portland will have to pay $60,000 in back taxes to the government because of a decision that employes of a public utility, city owned, must pay taxes as employee of ^very other utility. Because of embarrassment at the government rock quar ry on North 6008 river and sloughing of much over burden during the wet weather, amounting to at least 7000 yards, work on the south Coos bay jetty sub pended by Lieutenant B. H. Bowley of the government service and 22 or 23 men will be out of employment for a month or six weeks. Suspension was caused by shortage of material tor Put on the lod smoking jacket, encase your feet in house slippers, seat yourself in the easy arm chair—then settle down for a cheerful session with the Radio. It's great sport. We have foe sets for the best results; all priced within reason. - also the parts to make them— • > . > - . Thompson or Gilfillan Neutrodyne an Atwater-Kent or Kennedy set Demonstrations Cheerfully Made Installed Complete. Although light snows continue to fall throughout the Haines valley and foothill district adjoining, there Is not sufficient snow to assur^ crops in the irrigated sections, where snow^ depended upon for water through- out the growing season. A new railroad story comes from Curry county to the effect that the Chicago, Milwaukee A St. Paul rail road proposes to build down the Ore ■i »»-M gon coast from Seaside to California and thence on to San Francisco, prob ably to attach to the Northwestern Pa qiflc at its northern terminus at Eu- Prices on application Satisfaction Guaranteed FOSS & CO., Inc MORO, OREGON h i m i »» i i ii li e » i imh n i » »« h 1 11 í I H I n m i i+ THE MORO DAIRY CL Q. Thorp, proprietor MORO X Phone 3iFi OREGON The only dairy herd in the vicinity of Moro" ’ that is certified disease-free. Milk, lie qu^t Cream, 35c pint Deliveries daily, morning and evening 4 OOOOOOCX KXX^X*OGQOOG oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo C. V. BelkoAp, Proprietor MORO HOTEL BARBER SHOP Moro, Oregon DeLARHUE OPTICAL co Manufacturmg Opticians Eyesight Specialists The Only Complete Optical and Lena Manufacturing Plant Between Portland and Boise Roons IS -16 Vogt Block The Dalles, Oregon TUXEDO Ladies and Children’s Hair Cutting and Shingle Bobbing . BATHS OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOCXXXXXX* “Science Plus Farm Practice.” OREGON AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE WINTER SHORT COURSES Eleven courses with names and dates as follows: * Farrn Mechanics: Farm Power and Power i Equipment, January 6 to Dairy herd management— March 10 January 5 to March 20 II. Gas Engines; Tractor», and Equipment, January 19-23 Fourth Annual Canners’ School— 111. General Farm Repair, Jan February 2-20 uary 26-30 IV. Poultry Husbandry— Farm Water supply and February 2 to March 14 Sanitation, Febauray 2-6. V. Gas and Electric Light and Land Classification and Appraisal— Power, February $-18. February 2-7 VI. • Farm Concrete conatruc- tion, February 16-20. For full information address , DEAN OF AGRICULTURE, CORVALLAL, OREGON, Dairy Manufacturing— January 5-31 XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX>Q0O0CXXXX>OOaaoQ00<xxXXXK)0000000(»0O VACUUM cup MAIN STREET A MERICA*S super tire B arber S hop MORO, elusive service features, distinctive beauty of de sign, individual stand ards of * service. We OREGON Joe Truitt, Proprietor them to you and tell you Reports from farmers living th the western part of Polk county show that approximately 50 per cent of the grain was killed in hie cold spell In December. This will make Ing necessary in the spring. Condi tions In the eastern part of the county were reported much better. • . • .2.1 The Brownsville woolen mill is now employing several shifts of men and the machines are running day and night. SHOWER BATHS R ead & G alloway GENERAL MACHINE SHOP Repairing Trucks, Tractors, Automobiles, Caterpillars, and Combine Motors, Cylinder Grin iifig, Oyx-acetylene and Electric Welding The Dalles, Ore ¡ Moro Garage 615 East Second 8t Phone Main 4001 M. R. Sckadewitx, Proprietor HEAD THE OBSERVER r ÄX ä