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About Sherman County observer. (Moro, Sherman County, Or.) 1897-1931 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 11, 1925)
on A N Moro. Sherman County, Friday, December 11, 1925 co ntv people is 4pvHooted into the soil from which it dedved their pros perity. Below Ik printed « short history of the lasting effect» of the worst storm known to Shorm^^onty. Sherman coufity ^v.hcat farmers completed last week repayment in full, both princV«? interest, of the spring seed wheat loans made to them by the state «f Oregon as an Office Phone Main 93 emergency aid fallow«‘j the freezing Oregon - of-yrs Madly the cn- out'laM W tir« a r ; s ? rTf’N i f^ seeded I . , r-!ly öS wher ' - of ou ng per ent <** Csi t * killed dur- wheat Five Official Heads of State Departments > area- lag t. r. un^ceac Ou at b <? vaile d ov ^ t the ther period tl«4 Will Be Present at Festival Board laut two weeks of it Veccmber, thuc -...... ■ ■ >» N ............... ..... -brtnfhrr «bout r incjtion that hud in X Wtlrr conditions occurred that A banquet will be tendered the) nig.tnl nut two hours afftr midnight, not existed here since ths true win ter varieties have been generally state board of control at Hotel Moro i had been heard over the ‘Practice in AH the Courla on Tuesday evening, December let', ta ¿e I / Beventi, but euch'a severe grown. of Oregon at which timethe personnel cf the drop to below zero was not thought ' The wheat growers of Sherman county received approximately 50 per fh™« Main 541 f board will be present as guekti of t?e .'OtSÌL’ì. V cent of the total of $396,431.39 wheat reseed funding committee ¿for RANK OF MORO BUILDING J The rating next Tuesday evening loanod to «astern and central Oregon Sherman county and the farmers .s held fcr the purpose of celebrating Oregon Mho had the assistance of the board U e repayment to the state of every grain fanners by the state, t 268 in financing their purenjutes of med dollar advanced by the state board of growers borrowed from a minimum wheat with which to reseed their form control, through authority of legis of $80 to a maximum of $4,000 each, the general average having be»n i lands last spring. lative act, for the purchase of seed bout $718 per individual farmer. The local committee have been wl eat with which to reseed the frozen The calamity, coming as it did im notified that Governor Pierce, Secre out grain fields. _ mediately upon the heels of three tary of State Sam Kozer, State Treas Repayment of the money advanced succeeding very trying years for urer Tom Kay, Secretary of, Xhe Board Carl Abrams, and Field Agent by the state is the fact that causes gram growers, bankers and badness 5 DENTIST Jim Stewart will be present. Mr. the celebration to be held, but the men, because of poor yields in those United States Dental Exam Stewart at one time resided at Fos substantial factor is that Shermar years? or on account of the relatively iner for this district. sil and is well knoym to Sherman business world and men of affairs of county people. The banquet will be held on the Orerca that this county is substan evening of the first anniversary of tial, prosperous, and a worth, while Office at the sudden drop in temperature from section of the state with which to MORO, OREGON 60 to 70 degrees above zero to 10 and have business connections and that 12 degrees below zero. The change the recuperative powers '■of Sherman ¿escalation of thia condition to the Will Entertain State Board of Cornici OUR AIMs TO SERVE YOU WELL AND FAITHFULLY -^ALWAYS fl (WHO. J-WIDE .¡MSTITlfTinN- SAV CREAT . r THRUOUT THE YEAR Banquet at Hotel Moro December 15th Dr J. R. Morgan Penco Scooter—The Best Some Inaiùe Fact» About This Slur» The Company of which this Store is « member, trains men to become Store Managers. When they hare become proficient, a city is selected for ons of our Stores, a third interest in the capital stock of the Store is »old to the Manager and he with his family take yp their future home there. For Speed and Endurance cf the bent material». There’s a 1%-inch tire on each wheel! The wheel» measure 10 inches and are made of metal K- His Store then is no different than many other stores which are partly *>wned in town with large •Merest« held by outside capita!. Our future being here our interest in the future growth and prosperity of the com munity is none the less than others. We strive to do out part in promoting this civic betterment Physician and Surgeon Office in MeKee Building Phone No. 182 COUNTY HEALTH OFFICER » There’s a mud guard, too I And shock absorber«. You thati with one Penco acooters! of $4.98 X-RAY DIAGNOSIS’ Choker Beads Structo Toys Are Strong Ready Built and Well Built Sturdy, lasting toys are these Structo toys! are made of fine metals and finished beautifully. A Radio Investment That Will Pay Interest is an Atwater-Kent Dr W. N. Morse Physician and Surgeon Office at the Hamilton Hospital H'S* ♦' ' * * Phone No. Hospital 487 De Larhue Optical Co. Eyesight Specialist» ‘ Manufacturing Optician« ’ ¿ye» Examined Gia»»«» Fitted ' Exclusively Optical Complete Lans Manufacturing Plant in Connection ' OREGON THE DALLES 15-16 Vogt Block. 1 111 1 11 11111 h I H 4 I i The farmer who has no automobile or no radio set today, is at a disadvantage in selling his produce. His car is invaluable in getting him abound, and into town, without taking all day. But his radio set is even more useful, per dollar invested, because with it he or his family can sit down at home and “listen in” on the market reports and the crop or weather predictions, and then he can shape his whole selling plans in the full knowledge of what the market of-, fers at different national market centers at the clos ing hour of each day. / The farmer needs his radio and it is good business investment to have a radio in the home. Atwater Kent radio sets are listed by thousands of Atwater the most desired radio set of all Kent otoñe: The amazing popularity of the Atwater Kent radio is built upon its wide range of selectivity, its persist ent efficiency day after day, and its reputation for all-round performance. m * i i -i i -M- f I I I I 1 » * I I I 1 h'H"*“ JAMES STEWART SHERMAN COUNTY t STOCK AND BRAND ; inspector [ DEPUTIES: L. Schadewita, Kent. ’•Oregooi JDr. Joe- Saunders, Moro, i Oso.; W, H Nevar. Ore. • »I I I 1.91 i II I H II H I HOME GROWN FLOWERS For Any Occasion y . Artistically Arranged Our Work is Guaranteed Peacock Floral Co. <07 Wash. St., The Dalles Moro, Oregon Attractive Strings The popular choker bead» —at unbelievably low prices Thej We are showing a splendid as-, sortment of Structo Toys tbit, holiday season. They will appeal to boys who like all Hues W trucks, shovels, tractors, etc The prices are low, considering the splendid worth! Stationery PL^eamg Gift Everyone always like« to receive writing paper for Christmas I They’ll especially like our attrac tive boxes of paper, rib bon tied. Priced, $1.89 Open Saturday Nights Until Nine O’clock ; Mail Orders Filled Rromptlv governor and the legislators that prompted the pasage of an act pro viding a maximum amount of $1,250,- 000 to become available for making loans to those wheat farmers of the state who would be compelled to re seed the winter-killed acreage in the spring. That much more of this fund than was borrowed within the county was not required was because of the fact many resident and non-resident landlords came forward and made (their lessees seed loans. Onto land owner is known to have loaned more *thnn $20,000 to tenant farmers. There was no doubt more than a quarter-million dollars expended for seed wheat for reseeding within the county. And this was little more than half the expense of the jreseeding operations required, as much addi tional feed, hired help, seed treating material and repair part# for imple ments and machinery required. The situation appeared quite gloomy enough at one timd, but in Sherman' county there was no time lost “crying oyer spilled milk” and the farmery bankers and business men were soon found to be 100 P«r eht putting their shoulders to the vheels looking toward the reseeding aperations. Adveraa conditions .Md oeen experienced In this highly re sourceful county before, intermin gled with the usual prosperity. Out side bankers and business men com ing her« »t the time to ook the situr.tfon over (were unmistakably alarmed, but not so the local pboplaa. In due time every acre of the win ter-killed area was well conditioned and reseeded to good varieties of spring grain and a fairly good yield of the fifiest milling quality wheat was realized at harvest time. Fair to good prices for such of the crop as has been sold to date——about 60 per c<nt—have been realized, and as a reult the county is in much better shape generally than at any time dur ing the past four years. The state and the privately made seed loans were repaid first and then the local bankers and business men received more substantial payments on note» and accounts than they have been able to realize for a number of year». Altho the county is not yet in the best possible sha^e financially, there is evidenced everywhere an easier feeling than has prevailed h«re since the close of the year 1921. The period of deflation and readjustment following the world war, altho a very trying experience for wheat farmers, tankers and business men of v the county, has not passed without'hav ing left its good and valuable lesson». Milk and cfeam cans, chicken coope end egg cases are nqw to be seen daily about the railway station« thruout the county, more than at any tim» for some years past, are good evidence that local farmer» have become. more »elf reliant and more able to help. themselv«a along toward real and lasting prosperity. The ^act that moat wheat farmer» are now making from by-producta from their land their »pending money, instead of calling upon their banker» from time-to-time thruout the year for small cash advances, is a most thrifty sign indeed. It is also noted that many who ^formerly drove large and expensive automobiles have recently exchanged them for smaller cars, which will require mueh less outlay for upkeep and operation. It is stated by good authority that there are no arrears of payments under federal and joint stock land bank or state school fund loan« within the county, abo that the Ideal banks have been able to realise quite satisfactor ily upon their heretofore rather slow paper and that they were able early in September to recapture all their rediscount paper with federal reserve and other helping banks. The credit for the fact that all who were in need of state aid funds for the purchase of grain for reseeding last spring were amply suppled with the money in due time.whtie th« inter este of tbe state in having it» seed loan money- fully jrotected in the way of safety of ultimate retilxation by repayment were at ail time» care fully safeguarded, i> duo very large ly to the efficiency, good judgr ect and painstaking care cf th« local county board, which cooperated witi the »teto board of conte^ ht drewiag □0 the necessary paper» and closing
