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
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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
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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
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Reduction
• $4175
A
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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
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Grain, Grain Bags and Twine
Mill Feed - Rolled Feed - Poultry Feed
Life, Fire and Grain Insurance
Walter A. May & Son
111
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No. I l l
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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”
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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
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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
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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.
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Cascade Tractor & Equipment Co.
Arlington
The Dalles
Moro