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Moro. Oregon, Friday, May 22, 1925
Explains ’ War-time Acts
ALONG LIFE’S ::
The Senior CI m * Phy
An Unqualified Success
The class play-put on at the Moro
opera house Monday by the senior
class of Moro high school has been
C. L. I reland >
placed by those who delight in at
Editor and Publisher
tending entertainments other than
the silent motion picture presenta
BUTTONS AND BADGES
post office at Moro, Orejón, July 25, 1891
tions as one of the best, if not the
best, that has been presented at Moro
Y FRIEND Gordon was wearing by any aggregation of players, pro
a parti-colored button In his
fessional
or otherwise.
lapel the meaning of which was unin
We
are
told that Miss Helen Idle-
Applied Experience is
telligible to me.
“Just joined the 'Boosters’ club,’ ” man is responsible for the easy ac
tion of the. play from start to finish,
he explained.
These
badges
of
accomplishment
are
but
this she disclaims by saying that
Rev. W. L. VanNuys of Portland,
as numerous as flies around a can of altho she had charge of the work
preached the baccalaureate sermon
maple sirup; they decorate all sorts done at rehearsals the credit lies
last Sunday evening in the Presby
and conditions of men; they reveal the with those who participated in its
terian church by invitation of the
most personal and Intimate relations
yrsdlisting class of 1925 of Moro
of life. We conceal nothing In these actual presentation and the previous
high school. The theme of the sci
days of what we have done, of the or stage experience they had attained
mon was that every person started
ganizations to which we belong, or of through similar work in the past.
Let that be as it may. The action
the activities In which we are engaged.
in life equal to each other; that it
The conductor who received my fare of the comedy from start to finish
was through experience that we
as I rode home on the electric cars was shows exceptional team work by
progressed as the years passe.!; that
wearing on the lapel of his coat a huge both Miss Idleman, teacher in Moro
this experience could be sect.red by
gold-plated atrocity announcing that high school, and the class members
personal observation and direct per-,
he had secured membership In some
who succeeeded so well in their
sonal experience or be secured
secret Industrial or fraternal order
easily through the accumulated ex
with whose insignia I was unfamiliar. efforts to entertain the public and
perience of others as recorded in
The professor who occupied the uphold the best traditions of Moro
Gain by Price Set
j
seat with me announced by the but school. ’ >
books and history of the world in
Comparison
of
any
one
member
of
ton
on
the
lapel
of
his
coat
that
he
had
which we live.
The report states that,in the spring
The sum total of the sermon was of 1917, the allies, by bidding been in the Civil war and by the keys the cast or praise other than as pre
that school and college and univer against each other, had forced the dangling from his watch chain that he viously stated would be invidious and
had accomplished no little in a scien
sity were maintained for the pur price of wheat from <1.50 to over tific way and that while In college he detract from the splendid work of
We can only
pose of imparting this accumulated <3.00 per bushel. In order to abolish had maintained a scholastic average of the class as a whole.
say that each one was a credit to all
experience to others by educating this competition between themselves 90 or above.
the use of this knowledge in place of the allied governments, before we
The traveling man facing me told and each character depicted by the
learning a demonstrated fact thi'U came into the war, had consolidated his business by the organization badge players was best suited to the one
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personal and sometimes painful ex their purchasing of world wheat into on his coat, and the number of degrees taking that part.
he had taken in Masonry hy his watch
perience.
one buying agency.
Through the fob, his signet ring giving away an
control of world shipping and the other series of facts concerning his
blockade against the enemy, this fraternal affiliations. It was as eas> Sherman County Fields
A |2,000 gift, the income of which
Soaked by Big Rain
agency was the sole buyer of ex- to pick out the college boys and girls
Hilton Jury Disagrees
will be used each year as prizes in
as to tell a policeman by the star that
port wheat.
campus public speaking contests, has
Up to and including Thursday
Grand Jury Indicts 4
he
wears.
been made to the Univcrsary of Ore Allied Nation* Pool Their Wheat
We tuke no stock these days in -not noon, the government gauge at the
Buying in United State*
gon by a Eugene donor, whose name
letting our left hand know what our experiment farm registered 2.1
Circuit court was opened in Moro
is being witheld by request. The in
The domestic price of wheat to right hand is up to. Instead, we shorn inches of rain fall since the last by Judge D. R. Parker on Monday
come from the fund will be used to the American farmer was fixed by It out until every Individual In the general precipitation began descend morning. After the usual number
foster speaking contests in connec the price which could be realized for neighborhood knows fully our comings ing upon the wheat fields of Sherman of motions were disposed of by the
tion with class work in public speak the export surplus. As export buy- and goings, what we have been doing county last Saturday.
Of this a- court the trial of the State vs A. H.
and where our money has gone. If
ing. At present only one such con ing was all in one hand, the opera* we give a quarter to charity, we an mount .66 of an inch was recorded Hilton was placed on trial on an in
test is held annually, the extempore tion of the law of supply and demand nounce the fact with a button; if we up to and including Tuesday after dictment returned by the grand jury
contest among students in the extem had been abolished and the price of join anything we publish our member noon, the balance of more than 1.44 charging statutory rape, with the fol-
pore speaking classes. The gift will wheat to the American farmer, ship through the medium of a pin oi of an inch coming in a genuine del .lowing jury: Chas. W. Kenny, Day
increase interest in this work, ac therefore, would be determined by a watch charm.
uge on Wednesday morning follow ton Henrichs, Jesse Martin, Ray
I have wondered sometimes If the ing a rain of usual size during Tues Ragsdale, Joe Peters, Walter Medler,
cording to members of the public the price which this buying agency
speaking department faculty. In ad determined to pay. Price fixing for widow spoken of la sacred writ wh< day night, and a final rain storm on Jack Morrissey, Alex MacnaB, Mal
dition to the <2,000, <100 has been American wheat was thus already dropped her farthing Into the contribu Wednesday.
colm Neal, J. J. Miller, T. M. Rolf
made available this year for contests under way in foreign hands. Con tion box at the temple asked for a but
ton when she was leaving the building,
As a result of the rain storm farm and W. A. Morris. Trial of the case
in argumentation and pre-legal Eng gress had provided a minimum price or if the Good Samaritan ulUmatelj
era are well satisfied with future occupied the larger part of two days,
lish classes.
of only <2.00 per bushel for the 1918 dangled a Carnegie medal on his shirt prospects of a wheat crop to be har being given to the jury at eight
The
crop, and it had made no provision front or from his watch chain. It Is vested from the fields of Sherman o’clock Wednesday evening.
Mrs. Ludwig Getting and Mr. and for the 1917 crop then being har quite possible If It was the style te county this season. The wheat sown jury was out all night and at 11:20
those days.
Mrs. Clyde Gooley were motor visi vested.
this spring upon the areas frozen out Thursday morning were dismissed by
the court when the jury had con
The
alllied
governments
had
fixed
tors in Moro on Monday from their
pointed out that they could purchase last winter are showing every indi vinced the court that there was no
homes at Portland. The party made prices of wheat in their 1 own
abundant supplies of wheat in Ar cation of an early harvest. In fact possibility of reaching an agreement.
the trip from the Rose City in four countries at about <1.80 per bushel,
gentina and Australia at <1.50 per nearly every farmer now report*
We understand that at first the
hours. Mrsv Goo ley will be remem and in order to lay down American
bushel, or less, and that the only that wheat sown this spring is begin- jury stood six to six. Later this was
bered by many aa Mies Ciara Thomp wheat to their people at this price,
reason they were prevented from ning to head out and this condition changed to seven for acqui^al and
son, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. A. they considered that they should pay
availing themselves of such cheaper seems to prevail in both the early five- for conviction. Hilton was re
Thompson who at one time lived Just the American farmer about <1.50 per
sowing and what may be termed the
manded to the custody of the sheriff
bushel at Chicago for the 1917 crop. supplies from these more distant late sown grain.
markets was because of the demand
with bail at >2500, the same as be
Oetting will be better remembered In the support of this contention,their
Before the rain of this week the
of the American government for the
pa Mias Gertrude Harwood who, with agent« felt that any higher price to use of their shipping for transport farmers were of a mind to complain fore his trial. The date for the sec
ond trial of Hilton has been set for
bar sister Lillian, taught in the Moro the American farmer would require
the growing season was tending to June 22nd.
an increase in the price of bread in ing our troops and supplies.
bring heading of the grain in too
Thursday morning a case in
made the trip just to see Moro again the allied countries; that the Ameri
Hoover Force« Action That
much of an advance stage of growth
equity,
Jack Gibson vs Shelton Bur-
but when they drove into town aaw can farmer had realised only about
Protect* U. S. Farmers
and before the stalks had grown to
res, occupied the attention of the
such a complete change in every <1.30 per bushel for his previous
In the face of this situation, it any appreciable heighth. This con court. Gibson is forclOsing a mort
thing with which they were at one year’s wheat, despite the <3.00 cor
dition has been changed by the rain
time familiar they felt entirely lost. ner on the Chicago market which was clear that unless action should fall of the current week and farmers gage against Burres, who is claiming
be
taken,
the
American
farmer
would
that the debt is partly or wholly paid
The party returned to Portland that occurred after nearly 95% of the
now join in saying that short grain
wheat had left the farms. They also receive $1.50 per bushel for his stalks will be forced into growth by by a counter claim against Gibson
same afternoon.
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wheat, and the. price was already
for pasture. After presentation of
falling rapidly toward that level. the added moisture and that these evidence by witnesses, the case was
will
also
make
heads
that
will
carry
To prevent this, Mr. Hoover took
continued under advisement and the
the matter up with President Wil a larger proportion of wheat to the atorneys to submit briefs.
son. “In order to do justice to the acre than was considered possible be
The case of the State vs Clarence
producers who have shown great fore the storm visited Sherman L. Gibson, indictment for horse
patriotism in special effort to in- county.
Sherman County
stealing, was to come to trial at this
crease production/’ Mr. Hoover
term of court, but Gibson has failed
wrote the President in July, 1917, sponsibility for the great fall in the to appear. He is at liberty on $500
Field and Track Meet
“it is absolutely vital that we shall price of wheat which occurred two bonds, a surety bond of $250 and
protect the farmer from a slump in years after the armistice as a part
cash bond of $250, which most likely
price this year due to glut or from of the general world-wide slump in will be declared forfeited.
Declamatory Contest
the prices of all commodities.
one buyer.”
Before adjournment, Gibson noti
Acting on this recommendation,
fied the court that he would appear
Committee Claim* Minimum Set
Because of Rain
President Wilson appointed an inde
on Friday. Bail was continued and
pendent committee which comprised
was changed to be held on
Gibson notified to appear for trial
6 farm representatives, 2 consumers
Dr. Surface also clears up the on June 22nd.
representatives, 3 economists and misrepresentation that the price de
Saturday, May 23, 1925
The grand jury returned four in
business men. This committee de termined by the committee was a
dictments.
One against A. H. Hil
at the
termined on $2.20 at Chicago as a fixed or maximum price. He states
ton, which has been tried with the
fair price and Dr. Surface in his re that the result of the committee’s
resultant disagreement of the jury;
County Fair Ground«
port, states that it is obviotis, that decision was not only protection for
an indictment for attempted bur
had it not been for this decision by the 1917 harvest but in reality was
glary, and two indictments for forg-.
the committee, the American farmer a revision upward of the congress
ery.
The last two concern two
would have received far less for his ional minimum from <2.00 to <2.20
Moro Opera House
different persons.
wheat than was the case.
The re for 1918 wheat. In a foreword to
Judge Parker on Thursday ad
port shows that Mr. Hoover, then this report, Mr. Hoover notes that
journed court to meet on June 22.
I food administrator, took no part in the economic fact must not be neg
the committee’s determinations, thus lected that any minimum price auto
Appeal from the ballot title prepar
.
disposing of the myth that Mr. matically tends to become the actual ed by the attorney-general for the
im i ut i n 1 11 w ee........ ...
■ Hoover fixed the price.
price during the period of surplus referendum measure attacking the so
With the advantage of the per marketing in the fall, and that the called tobacco tax law enacted at th<
GOOD FRESH MILK
spective which can now be gained, subsequent reselling of the accumu last session of the legislature was fll
Dr. Surface has examined exhaus lated surplus at the same price auto ed In the circuit court in Salem bj
From the Certified Disease
tively the justice of the committee’s matically jnakes it the actual price C. C. Chapman, editor of the Oregoi
Free Cows of the
award, showing statistically that the during the period of distribution, but Voter, and W. S. U’Rea, both ot Port
price realized for wheat during the that nevertheless, the price, after land,"
STARR DAIRY
period of government marketing was these periods of support, rose above
higher than the relative prices of the minimum each year without re
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other farm produce where there straint, except in the spring of 1918
can be had, delivered night was a free market, and also that the when, after the farmer had disposed
Rates: Under 15 words, 35c
or morning, for only
; minimum price of wheat was fixed of his crop, measures were introduc
15 to 30 words, 50c
by this committee at a higher rela- ed to prevent profiteering in flour
Over 30 wds., l%c per wd.
10c a quart
- tive level than the prices fixed by and bread.
the government for steel, copper and
Dr. Surface shows that by the BROWN LEATHER hand bag, med
Phil Starr, Moro, Oregon
ium size, lost Friday, May 15th on
elimination
of war speculation the 2nd
Government Borrow* Million* With
street in The Dalles or between
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retail price of flour was reduced to there and Moro. Reward if returned
Which it Stabilise* Price
the coqsujner from <18 to <13 a bar to W. C. Bryant’s office, Moro.
other commodities. It «ppears from rel while at the same time the farmer
the report that the maintenance of received much more for his wheat FOR SALE——One McCormick com
bined harvester in good repair;
the minimum price was accompanied than in the speculative period.
also a few good,, fresh milk cows.
by a great many hitherto undis
H. B. Belshee, Moro.
closed difficulties. At one time the
On account of the forced post REWARD for Information or return
food administration grain corpora
GENERAL MACHINE SHOP
of pair tire chains, taken from my
ponement
of the Sherman county ear several weeks past ReV. Feen-
tion was compelled to invest nearly
rix hundred millions of dolMrs to field and track meet, because of the
’• Repairing Truck»», TracTora, A uIoiHObile?,
maintain the price. Nearly four heavy rainstorm on Wednesday, the
, Caterpillars, and u Com bi ne Molofa, Cylinder
hundred,of this had to be borrowed scheduled day of the track meet, the
ed promptly. Mrs. H. A. Woodruff,
704 East 3rd st. The Dalles.
from banks and elsewhere. * It also meet will be held at Moro on this
Grin *ing, Oyx-acetylene and Electric Welding
appears that the price of wheat was Saturday, May 23rd. The declama IOWA CREAM Separator in good
maintained by the government for a tory contest will be held in the opera
condition for «ale cheap.
Phil
Starr, Moro.
year after the armistice in order house at Moro also on Saturday
! to enable the farmer to liquidate his evening, at which time diplomas will WE PAY parcel post one way on all
awarded
to «------------
graduates - of
war production. Dr. Surface also be
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— the 8th
shoe repairing. Good quality work
Phoat Main 4001
616 Last Second St
. observes that the war action of the ’ grade who have *ucfeMfully passed
¡ather.
Joe Amore, The
opposite the post office.
government obviously had no re-. their final examinations.
A report by Dr. Frank M. Surface,
an economist of the United States
grain administration, made public
today reveals for the first time a
rhepUr of war history which is of
special interest to the American
farmer.
Because of the persistent misrep
resentation that the price of wheat,
determined by the committee ap
pointed by President Wilson, was not
in the best interest of the farmer,
members of that committee had re
quested that a full report should be
issued on the subject.
A new item in war history is re
vealed by the fact that without the
action of the American officials, the
armer would have received only
about |1.50 per bushel for his 1917
crop of wheat instead of the $2.20
determined by this committee as a
fair price. It is now shown that this
action was taken solely to protect the
American farmers and resulted in a
gain of millions of dollars to them.
R ead A G alloway
The Dalles, Ore
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