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About Sherman County observer. (Moro, Sherman County, Or.) 1897-1931 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 3, 1930)
The Sherman County Observer, Moro, Oregon, (( Friday, January 3, 19 Byrd’» Great Exploit New W heat Variety Is Proving High ¿Vielder News Items From Kent Lyle Hogue has been here this week C om m ander B yrd’« exploit in the from O akland, O regon w here he is A new w heat variety th a t promises teaching. South P o lar region deserves all the praise th a t w being showered upon to be exceptionally valuable in E ast W ren Hogue and his m other are th e A m erican. H i. expedition, well ern O regon has been developed by back from a trip to Toledo, Oregon equipped fo r its task, is a complete the Oregon E xperim ent station by crossing F ederation w ith F ortyfold. w here they were visiting. success. , . E arl H arbin has been here from While we have no idea th a t his Several such crosses w ere made, one of which outyielded all o ther fall E ugene visiting d uring the holiday la te st flig h t was anything like danger ous as th a t over the N orth Pole,, i varieties a t the Pendleton and Moro vacation. was by no m eans a cinch and the branch stations last year. The new Miss R uth H am ilton le ft here F ri Byrd p a rty deserves congratulations w heat has the ch aracteristics of F e d day fo r h e r home in P o rtlan d and eration plus w inter hardiness. will go to A lbany to teach a fte r the fo r its e x p lo it More inform ation on g rain varieties throughout the sta te is being g a th e r vacation is over. D arrell H aynes w ent to P o rtland Unlimited Speed ed this m onth by th e experim ent sta tion and extension service through F riday. He expected to tak e a job The tendency in the past few years thousands of sim ple questionaires in th e F o rd plan t there. He will n ot has been to increase the top speed sent o ut by county ag ents to grain go back to Corvallis to school until lim it fo r autom obiles. State h»o.or farm ers. I t is hoped to gain the first next fall. Vehicle Commissioner Eynon, of P en authentic inform ation on the a c re John D ecker came up from P ortland nsylvania, now recom m ends th a t no age and yieldsTof various varieties last week and has been a t the ranch. speed lim it be placed on m otors. „ of w heat, oats and barley grow n in He le ft again fo r P o rtlan d T uesday “ It seems to be an esta 1 ’n le d fa c t, ( 'e a c h county. m orning. He rep o rts th a t his fa th e r said Mr. Eynon, ‘‘th a t spco-l lim its, is g ettin g better. are generally ineffective, an. w here j School began «again Monday al top speed law* a r e ift f orcé th e ei r n is Tax Held Valid though m any of the younger scholars of enforcem ent, o fficers are direct- are o u t on account of chicken-pox. I t ed tow ard violations of this n a tu re , A tax of five per cent on the gross is thought th a t all are expossed th a t ra th e r th an being concentrated on receipts of common carriers of freight would be and th a t it is about ru n o ut recklessness and accident hazards. by m otor vehicles along public high and no use in keeping the school While u n d er certain conditions on ways over re g u la r ro utes has been closed. straig h t highw ays some operators held valid by the U nited S tates su drive w ith p e rfe c t safety a t 50 or C o n tracto r K rieg came up from - - . v 60 tniles an hour, speeds of 10 to 15 prem e court. The operators of such freig h t lines Hood River Monday and bro u g h t a miles an h o u r are hazardous at points opposed the tax <jn the ground th a t m an along to act as a rb itra to r for th a t en fo rcem en t is necessary, a sim ilar-levy was not made against him in the settlem en t of his claim this com m ittee were to prom ote n a other freig h t carriers, but the suprem e on the legion building. His man and tional ag itatio n fo r elim ination of the O. A. Ramsey rep resen tin g the county top speed lim it it would place itself court held th at the d iffe re n t class could not agree, Monday, so Mr. J. ification was ju stifie d because of the on record as favoring a forw ard move- more freq u en t use of the highways Thompson of The Dalles was select and the consequent destruction th e re ed as the third man, and they came m ent.” of, as well as because of the additional to an agreem ent Tuesday. They cut Studies dealing with the “ Cost of about $1GO off the balance to be Producing Commercial E ggs,” have dangers placed upon the public. This seems to point the way by paid Krieg. been carried on d uring the past three T here was a m eeting held in the years by th e Oregon S tate college which states can make the common carriers using autom obiles and trucks grange hall Monday to discuss the 'e x p e rim e n t station. A bout 150 poul try farm records have been taken reg u larly pay som ething to help keep m a tte r of form ing a local cooperative •d u rin g each year, and two prelim the roadbed in rep air. This is fa ir association here to work with the inary re p o rts have been published because the autos com pete with the farm board in the m arketing of wheat. railroads and the la tte r have to m ain W. S. Powell was here from NJoro and and distrib u ted . The th ree years A study will be published during the tain th e ir own tracks, while a t the gave them some inform ation. same tim e help to pay the general com m ittee consisting of J . L. Davis, coming year and will be the most com plete re p o rt on poultry production taxes, some of which is used to build W. G. H elyer, W. C. G uyton, R. Abell, and C. B. A ndrew s was appoint roads. . costa p ro fits made to date. ed to see about the cost of buying w arehouse space and see how many w heat grow ers w ould sign up. This com m ittee or a p a rt of them , is to go to a m eeting in Pendlton next m onth and report. Kerr Gifford & Co., Inc. Phone Moro 201 e on Tractors— Harvesters—Graders Thw i. the contribution of the Caterpillar Tractor Company to the stimulation of wealth-producing ac- tivities in agriculture and industry. Modern Farm and Road Machinery Brought W ithin Reach of Additional Hundred. of Farmers and Builders! The price reductions shown below were made as of December 11 by the Caterpillar Tractor Company and are in effectat our.Ar- lington, Moro and The Dalles salesrooms. They represent the sixth time in four years that the aim has been achieved of building^ constantly better tractors at the lowest possible price. The total decrease in price of the “Caterpillar” Sixty during the las.. four years am ount, to $2000. you have a large ranch you can no longer afford NOT to have a W ith its work for the year of 1929 a t a close the Oregon state game commission can look back upon a re cord of accom plishm ent, according to H arold C lifford, state game w arden. E xcept fo r one year, 1927, more — Dealers In — fines w ere collected from law viola tors in 1929 than in any previous peri od In 1927 the sum collected from fines totaled $25,731 and in 1929 it reached $25,084. H alf of this w ent to the counties in which the fines were levied, this being in accordance with the Oregon statutes. L arg er fish were planted in the s ta te ’s lakes and stream s than in any previous year. Many of the millions th a t were planted were as long as nine inches and the vast m ajority were well above five inches. I t is now the policy of the commission to hold fish in the ponds Of hatcheries until they are of su fficien t s iz e a n d length to w ithstand conditions and pro tect them selves against fish th a t would prey upon them. U nder the old system of planting fingerlings, hundreds of thousands were lost. Now UNITED GROCERS hatcheries are ru n to capacity. The OF OREGON, inc holding of fish until they reach a length of six inches or more means A Link in The United Chain of Grocers th a t ponds m ust be enlarged and this w ork is going forw ard as rapidly as Dealing in “Merchandise of Merit” finances will perm it. A n average num ber of game birds Comprising Mens’ Clothing and Shoes w ere liberated from the state farm s, School Books and School Supplies located a t Eugene, Corvallis and Staple and Fancy Groceries Pendleton, which have been operated to capacity. Fresh Vegetables, Bakery, and Lunch Goods More cougar have been killed in Special Offer, Citrus House- Oregon during the past year th a n in any previous like period. This is . hold Soap, 6 bars fo r........25c im p o rtan t as it has been found to be HOUSEHOLD Watch our Hand Bills for Friday, a fa c t th a t a full grown cougar will Saturday and Monday Specials. kill one deer a week. It is now the am bition of the state gam e commission to place the San- tiam riv er on a p ar w ith the McKen îttn g n x K K n n n K x m g tm g g K n u n nntn u m i n i m »a zie, Deschutes, U m pqua, and Rogue rivers, as a fishing stream . D uring the next two weeks the crews of the game commission will be a t work p lanting rainbow tro u t from the C. V. J^elknap, P ro p rieto r Moro, O regon R oaring River hatchery. The fish from the R oaring ltiv .r hatchery will be taken to Linn and M arion counties and planted u n der the direction of For Appointment, Phene 182. local sportsm en and others interested in im proving fishing conditions in the AGENCY / or W ILLIA M ’S CLEANERS Santiam and trib u ta rie s. D uring the last two weeks the "fish pullm an AND MODEL LAUNDRY, T H E DALLES , has been a t work in these counties and it will continue fo r an equally ............... I IIIIII1 H III .................. long period. If Sixty. SS? ^Caterpillar*’ T hirty “Caterpillar” Sixty Standard, w a s ..............$2475 AV NEW PRICE .. Old P ric e .....................$4300 NEW PRICE . • • State Game Commission Now Plants Larger Fish Equipment » Reduction • $4175 A • /« NEW PRICE .. (A ll Price» Shown Are F. O. B. Reduction Peoria) E C. C luster, M a n a g er ........... ............. $100 Hillside Special, was . .$2775 ; __\Va ~ r 'y a *• ' Reduction .........................$125 . .$2375 . .$2625 .........................$150 ••Caterpillar” Ten Old Price ............................51125 $1100 NEW PRICE .. Reduction .....................................$25 « Grain, Grain Bags and Twine Mill Feed - Rolled Feed - Poultry Feed Life, Fire and Grain Insurance Walter A. May & Son 111 □tore * V No. I l l . m ’Caterpillar*' NEW PR IC E---- -- . • $ DEALERS IN ? . Lime, Plaster, Cement, Cedar Posts, Builder? Supplies, Lumber, Wood, Coal and Hay ' MANUFACTUKERS OF M IL L F E E D A N D FLO U R A Reduction ....................................$50 new The completion of the Caterpillar Tractor Company’s big makes possible these remarkable d e c re e s m pr.ee of the 1930 CaU.p Harvesters (formerly known as the Holt ) f o b. Stockton Model 36 Extreme Hillside Type “Caterpi liar”. Harvester . : . . 53-150 Model 36 Medium Hillside Type “Caterpillar”, Harvester ..... $2595 Model 34 Medium Hillside Type “Caterpillar” Harvester .....$2207.50 M o d e ls c imb.nc f. o. b. p.oria $2930 $2100 $1902.59 ¡2 Model JO 38 Medium Harvester . . . .$1750 Model jvieuiuin Hillside ttunnuv Type “Caterpillar” ----- r 34 and 38 remaining from this year’s production will be priced 10 per cent lower than the con e- sponding models in the 1930 combines ____ - — — —— RS e \ * n £ e C^ Recent^studies by George O ^C atlin, m arketing specialist of Oregon S^ate college show th a t there are 145 co operative organizations doing business Un th is state. An appraisal of the present situation and suggestions as (to the tren d of fu tu re developm ent »re contained in a bulletin ju st pub V.J lished and ready for free distribution, entitled “ C ooperative M arketing and I P urchasing In Oregon in 1929. $1450 NEW PRICE-*. . Combine Harvesters Reduced! MARCELLING R. H. McKean, Manager, Wasco, Oregon 19 9 * I Reduction .................................... Hotel Moro Barber Shop Bread flour may be substituted for pastry flour and vice versa as follows: If the recipe calls fo r 1 cup bread flour, usq 1 1-8 cups pastry flour, and if 1 cup pastry flo u r is called for, use only 7-8 cup of bread flour. F if te e n Old P ric e ....................... • -51500 Old P rice............................. 51075 C itr u s SO AP In d e p e n d e n t W a r e h o u s e & M illin g Co. “ C a te rp illa r" Twenty 1 »•___ . H«»od above for “Caterpillar” tractor» and harvester» have been “Caterpillar“ road grader» and road machinery. W e »hall he glad to give full See the full line of “ Caterpillar” Tractors and ^Harvesters at our district hevlquartar., 217 East Tfiird Street, The Dalles, or at our Arlington pr Moro Snksnm m s. _ ’ Cascade Tractor & Equipment Co. Arlington The Dalles Moro
