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About Moro leader. (Moro, Sherman County, Or.) 1898-1900 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 17, 1898)
MORO LEADER. F. M. ( hrisnian, a prominent till we receive orders to strike YY . I. YY esterfield, associate edi C L IP P IN G S . merchant of Silver Lake, is mak camp to go on board. Bobbie “As I understand it, tor of the Grass Valley Journal. I Salesman—‘‘An interesting hook? f u b iw h e d E v e ry W e d n e s d a y b y t h e ing an exjieritnent in freighting A \ e signed the pay-roll Mondav. the foolish maidens who had no M o r o P u b lis h in g C o. from The Dalles to his town. lie August Sth, and will probably re paid this office a hurried call Sat Y es, madam. How will ‘The Sor oil in their lamps could not get urday. rows of Satan do?’ ” has a 30-ton traction engine and a ceive our money August 10th. in?” E n tered :r. tin« l\wt-<4fice a t Moro, O u r S a lv a t io n A r m y . “ Madam—“ No, thanks. I have train of six heavy freight wagons Oregon. as second-das» m atter, Oiie.of mv messmates is I). J. T'acher—“ Precisely.” Moro can at last boast of having troubles of my own.”—Truth. April •??, W98. at The Dalles coupled together, and Kretzer of \\ aseo. Oregon, and is T h e b e s t e q u ip p e d M a c h in e * Bobbie—“And nowadays the a genuine Salvation Army. C ap-! expects to start out with his train ptobablv well known to inanv tains G. E. Singerherger and John bates ; of s u b s c r ip t io n An Honorable Function—Pat— foolish maidens who have no oil in S h o p a n d F o u n d r y in fE R YEAR, $ 1 .0 0 S IX MONTHS, 50C. at once for home. His venture will Sherman county people. He is ( ollins have been holding forth at 1 “ What does vez do at the new their hike lamps get pulled in.”- l>e watched with interest, and not trying for a transfer into the Ma in «tlvaiii-r. ' Y nnkers Statesman. the opera house for several even club?” E a s te rn O re g o n . > i x i ; i e C opisi «. .5 C ents . without speculation. It has been chinist's Corps, as he is an expert Mike—“ Oi’m on the house- ings. The good being done by the A Denver girl the other day kid demonstrated that under certain • '.ilvertisirg rates made known on ap ■ machinist. bSalvation Army is now quite gen warmin’ committee.” napped a man, and in spite of his plication. conditions and proper roads trans YY <‘11, if this does not drop into erally admitti-d by all, and they Bat—“W hat’s thot?” protestations marched him awav WE ARE READY NOW TO DO ALL KINDS OF WORK. — portation of freight in this manner the editorial wa<te-hasket, and the !.. \\ . llrx T ix o ............ E ditor . Mike “ Di run the furnace.” - to the depot, where she bought two van he made to pay. But the dif editor sends me a few copies of the are receiving better treatment than W e can cast a n y th in g in o u r Harlem Life. i a few years ago. tickets with money she had stolen! ficulties to he overcome hv Mr. L kadkii . so 1 can keep posted on \VEPNEM >AY......... F o u n d ry fro m a stove hook up. from her brother. The couple were Chrisman in the way of rough Sherman county affairs, 1 will try If farmers will bring in their The General View “I’d just as married, ami after the money was roads, lack of fuel and seareitv of and do better next time. machines now, such as headers, lieve go to war as not,” said the O F F IC IA L D IR E C T O R Y . f W ’ YY’e have as good an iron lathe, planer ami drill is made. We all gone the man managed to es water part of the way, will prob mowers, reajwrs, lakes, threshers, man with the sandy whiskers, “ if Hoping this may reach you in do all kinds of work: Wood work, repairing, new work of all kind«. VNITEl) »TATES. ably make bis initial trip one long due season, 1 am. very respectfully, horse-powers and engines, we will 1 could go as a general.’* "So cape.—X. Y. Tribune. W illiain McKij ley. . . President. It is one mark of a quack, says j Call and give us a trial. lie able to do the work better and would I, declared the smooth-faced A iarrett A. H obart. Vice President. to be remembered hv him. YV. E. L ee , MORO M A N F . CO. A ', R. D ay.................tjeeretarv of State. Co. “ L,” 2d Oregon Vol., Camp eheaiK'r than we can if you all man, “hut I’ll lie hlowed if I want I he Hospital Gazette,” whatever At the farmers’ meeting at Ersk- L ym an P. Gage. Secivtary of Treasury. wait until the rush of harvest. to go and do the shooting while school he may belong to, that lie Merritt. San Francisco. ' • X. B liss............ Secretary of Interior. ineville on Aug. 10. to hear the re Pile them in here and give us a somebody else gets the credit for never admits his own ignorance. P u s« 11 A. Alger......... Secretary of W ar. port of the committee appointed to ¡chance. M oro M ask . C o . A “hedge doctor,” a kind of quack it.”- Cleveland Leader. T h e W o r ld ’s N e w s p a p e r s . J o h n I ’. Long. Secretary of Navy. confer with the officials of the C. in Ireland, was being examined at Ja m e s A. (¡ary .. Postm aster General. How important a power in civil R ic h a r d s o n F a r m f o r S a le . S. R. R. concerning freight rates J o h n W. Griggs A ttorney General. Miss Gambrel “ Isn’t it funny? at an inqi;‘««t on his treatment of I ha« e for sale on easy term s th e J . A. ization is the newspaper appears Ja m e s M iivon .Secretary of Agriculture. oil wheat from Moto’ to Biggs, it Lucy and 1 are always forgetting a patient who had died. “ I gave Richardson place, about six miles west L in g er H erm ann. Jo in t Commissioner. was deeiiled by those present that from the result of a recent compu him ijiecacuanha,” he said. <>f Wasco, containing 040 acres; over our ages.” . ■ -4 ? -------- they would better haul to Biggs, tation made by an investigating 500 acres in crop this year. Will sell “You might just as well have A isitor—“ You ought io put STATE OF OBKUON. and agreed upon raising $10,000 to publisher as to the world’s supply with or w ithout his interest to it, one- them down.” given him the auroa borealis.” said M . P. L ord................................Governor. of journals. After a canvass of the fourtli delivered a t Biggs, as purchaser 11. R. Kincaid. .Secretary of State. carry on a grain business at the leading nations of the world, it is may prefer. |20tM> |siyahle on or before Miss Gambrel (absent-mindedly) the coroner. “Indade, your honor, ami that’s * “ q. ‘K'liani Treasurer. river, after the report of the com figured that the total number of Jan. 1st, ISiW, twlance to suit conve —“Yes; we did cut them down sev Si. Train • <upt. Pub. Instruction. mittee was made. just what I shouhl have given him nience of purchaser, to be secured bv eral times, ami probably that’s the newspapers printed in a single mortgage on the land. W . II. L eoR State lYinter. reason we are growing so forgetful.” next, if he hadn’t died.” . V. ». SENAT!>K. C. J. B r ig h t , AA'asco, Oregon. The war with Spain no sooner year is 12,000,O00.(XX). Some idea —Judge. MORO LEADER. $1,00 per year. George W. McBride, ---------------— draws to a close than rumors of of what this enormous figure means K lo n d ik e G o ld may be bad if one liears in mind CONGRESS liK X . wars between England on the P leasantly situ ate d , near th e C e n te r o f S h e r Loaned on Sherman .county real M . R. E llis .. Thomas II. Tongue. one band, and RuSsia and that to print the world’s newspa- estate. Call on or address m an C ounty, and b ein g th e C o u n ty Seat, SI PKEXK Jt tXlEX. R. E. H oskixsox . ' t hina on the other, begin pers a year requires SSI,240 tons M oro, Oregon. F. A. Moore, P .S . U ean.C. E. W olverton. , to loam up in the associated of paper, or 1.662.4X0,000 pounds, apl3tf is th e le a d in g business toYA/n SEVTSXTH JV D K 1A L DISTRICT. press despatches. There may lie while it would take the fastest N o M a p o f t h e U n it e d S ta te s . " . I.. Bradshaw Circuit Judge. nothing more than a scheme on press in America three hundred W hen you are ready to haul o f th e C ounty. “The school children of the Ber •A- A- Jayne Prosecuting A ttorney. the part of certain ones to make and thirty-three years to print a L.. I». Ihifur. Jo in t ¡«euator. Y o u r W h e a t and B arley, single years edition, which would mudas know nothing of American money by manufacturing news. «Gilliam, Sherm an and Wasco counties. i produce a stack of papers nearly history." says a New York woman See us. Jo h n Michell. Joint Senator, In ten vears-from ISSS to 1S9S. fifty miles high. We must not who has just returned from Ham Sherm an and Wasco. ilton. “One day I stopped ami P>. S. H untington. F. N. Jones, Joint the exjxirt of sixteen principal forget that countries like China, talked with a bright little colored C H EAP STORAGE, and the R epresentatives, Sherm an, Wasco. manufactured articles of commerce, which some people glibly call hoy on the street. The Bermuda »ItEKMAX COTXTY. from this country, has increased heathen, are voracious consum T ip -to p of th e m a rk e t Oolin Fulton .County Judge. nearly 500 per cent, and the last ers of newspapers, the oldest as negro, you know, is superior in in f r o m $ 1 2 5 t o $ 3 0 0 , w h ile P . P. Grr, R. 11. King. Commissioners. year shows a larger percent of gain well as the heaviest circulated pa- telligence to the Southern negro of W hen you are ready to sell. A\ m . 1 le n r ic h s ......................................Clerk lH'r in the world being published this country. He has neither the AVm. H o ld e r... ................. Sheriff. than for several years previous. thick lips nor the fiat nose of our AV. Stanley Treasurer. W hat’s the matter with Republi in Pekin. Those who speak of the N. P. FLOUR MILLS CO. WASCO, ORECON. A\ . 11. R agsdale............... County Supt. canism that fosters and encourages newspapers as "a great power” American negro. His sujierioritv is accounted for by the fact that ^«. T. 1 ike. Assessor. diversified industries? It’s all scarcely realize the size of the I. M. Sm ith ................... Coroner. right. $ 4 0 to $150, truth they are uttering.—Boston he has in his veins the blood of the ELLIS NEECE. W. J ASHBY J . At. K erns Surveyor. Indians captured in King Philip’s Globe. E. Hasir.afin. Stock Inspector. war and taken as slaves to the The Antelope Herald has passed A c co rd in g to d e sira b ility of lo c a tio n . D istrict No. 3—Geo. Meader, Ju stice; Bermudas. M e n t a l L a z in e s s . into the hands of Fred. X. Wallace, E. It. W heat, Constable. “ ‘Do you go to school?’ I asked recently of Mitchell. M.’ E. Miller It is consideraded a disgrace to the boy. retiring. We welcome Editor W al he* lazy. He who is too indolent Several capitalists have been “ ‘Yes’m.’ Residence projicrty is in great demand, amt a paying investment would looking around lately with a view lace. and wish him abundant suc to work for his own living liecomes Proprietors of the popular Mail. Passenger and Express Stage line from “ ‘YY'ho owns these islands?’ to investing in Sherman county. cess, believing the wish will be a byword or reproach. But there he the erection of a YY asco to Antelope via Moro, Grass Valley and Kent. “ ‘England.’ There are several good opportuni realized. is a very common form of laziness DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY. THROUCH TR IP IN ONE DAY “ YVho rules England?’ ties right here in Moro. A large which is not always noticed; it is ^ ^ N U M B E R OF COTTACES FOR RENT Fare, one way $ 4 .5O . “ ‘Queen Victoria.’ lirst-elass flouring mill would pav L E T T E R FR O M W . E. LE E . that of the mind. YVe first become " ‘YY here are the United States?" a tine dividend right from the conscious of it in our young davs t hurvli and school facilities are unrivaled. The evil effect.- of the sa i J f shortest line from Portland and way points hv 12 hours. C amp M erjhtt . S. F.. / “ ‘South of Canada.’ «•tart, and in a short time would when we “don’t feel like studv.” Aug. 9. 1S9S. i loon are unknown. YVhy not come to the county that in 1S97 C O IN « s o m , . CO .XG N O RTH. " ‘And do you know who is pres» Bring other enterprises here. For M oro L eader E ditor . Moro. YVe dawdle over the books with " asco................. 10 a. m. Antelope. .......... 3 a ni Moro.......... instance, it has been thoroughly Oregon—D ear S ir : I thought our mind half asleep, and as a re ident of the United States?’ 1:30 p. m. Kent . . . I a . m. RAISED ONE-SEVEIiTH OF ALL THE WHEAT IN ORECON, Yes’m; George YVashington.’ Grass Y’allev........ demonstrated that the wheat we perhaps that the people of Sher sult give a fine exihition of stupid . . 4 p. m. Grass Valley 9 a. m. Kent ................... "YY hen I had visited one of the • p. m. Moro. raise here is better adapted for use man county would like to hear ity in the recitation-room. This 1:30 ji. ni. Arrives at Antelojn- . 10 J», m. Arrives at YV l SCO little schools at Hamilton 1 did 4 ¡I. m. A nd m o re w h e a t p e r ca p ita th a n a ny c o u n tr y ' in the making of crackers than from the “School of the Soldier." sort of indulgence in youth is verv that of any other known portion as the camo is called. dangerous, and it becomes a habit, not wonder that YY'ashington was in th e Y/vorld. <»f the world. Portland cracker- Camp Merritt is situateil in the and the mind grows rusty ami dull the only American president the COLUMBIA SOUTHERN RAILWAY CO. makers are now using Eastern Ore western suburbs of San Francisco in the very prime of life, when it boy had heard of. On the walls gon flour, and their crackers heat in vacant lots. There is nothing should he at its best. On the heels were maps of every important T im e S c h e d u le No 3 - T o T a k e Effect Friday. Ju ly 1st, 1898. 1 2 :0 1 A. M. P acific Tim e. ihe world in quality, being sweet, hut sand here—sand to sleep on. of this form of laziness comes a n -1 country in the world hut our own. 'I he climate is so delightful to the senses that one f««lg a No. 3. Xo. 1. wholesome and crisp, not soggv sand in vour hair, and sand in other had habit—that of intellect and I found that the teachers said Xo. 2. star.t buoyancy of the heart, and experiences in the oms««iousness of Xo. 4. and sad-hearted when " in the your rations. I suppose Uncle ual loafing. YVhat loafing is in as little of the United States as LEAVE. mere existence an undefinahle and delicious joy. The atmosphere leave . 4 ? O U p .” _ ARRIVE. ARRIVE. Samuel thinks that his boys are the common sense we all know: it they could.”—New York Sun. 5:00 a. ni. 4:00 p. m. generally free from moisture, is so transparent that distant objects losJ Y Y aseo. 7:00 p. ni. 6:15 a. ni. is hanging about with no definite «5:40 a. m. 4:40 p. m. Ligg.-. 6:15 p. ni. , :30 a. m. The outlook is not very good for lacking in that desirable article, onc-half their distance to the evn. "How can I get an article in Arrive. aim or purpose, idling awav the Arrive. and for that reason, and that onlv. I .c a v e . Leave. •enough ships to arrive in Portland time without profit. YVell. there is your paper?” asked a corres|>ond- E. E. L Y T L E , P resident. D. C. O R E IL L Y . Gen. M anager. to handle this year’s wheat crop. could Camp Merritt have been 'The Columbia Southern Railroad will I k « completed to this ent of a YV estern Journal. mental loafing as well, and it is ’There are fewer vessels in jxirt and chosen, as a more undesirable, un place by the 1st of Septemlier. The population in the past twelve “It all depends on the article known in the dictionary as “reve yn the way than a year ago. sanitary place could scarcely have months has increased from 1.50 to 3.50. Business opportunities are un STO P W H E R E T H E PEOPLE STOP, rie.” It is a dreamy state of the you want to get into our pajier,” There will he many thousands of been selected. Every night the replied the editor. "If the article excelled. For information concerning business investments, or the mind, when the thoughts go wool ....................... YT T H E ...................... tons of wheat to handle—more than fog is blown up from the ocean by is small in hulk, like a hair-brush gathering. i hrs habit so common purchase of property, address o year ago. On the whole there is the prevailing westerly winds. We to young people is fatal to mental or ter-eatldy, spread the paper out have hail no rain here, hut the fog little, prospect of gmxl prices for growth; many a promising youth tijion the floor, anti placing the ar wheat late in the fall, if at any is almost as damp and penetrating. (RATES SAME AS OTHER HOTELS.) ticle in the center, wrap it up hv R. E. H O S K IN S O N , Our daily programme is about is ruined by over-indulgence in it. tim e—that is prices as high as at carefully folding the edges over it. A NDYO U W ILL CET YOUR MONEY’S WORTH. ELECTRIC LICHTS AND CALL BELLS It wastes time and enfeebles the as follows: tim es last fall. A\ e do not advise mental ¡lowers. It is really a form anti tie with a string. This will — 5:40— Reveille. The Dalles, Or. SINNOTT & FISH, PROPS. farmers to sell at any particular M o r o , O re g o n . of laziness, and it should he sternlv keep the article from slipping tint 6:00—Assembly and roll-call. time; of th a t we cannot judge any of the paper. If, on the other corrected on the outset. The action 6:30—Breakfast. l»etter than they-. But we do con of the mind should 1«? kept under hand, the article is an English i :15 to 6:00—Calisthenics. sider the prospect of lack of trans- bathtub or a clothes-horse, you 9:00 to 11:00—Drill. Soldiers’ control. YVhen the thoughts begin jmrtation from seaboard is likely to Would better not try it at all.”— YV. B. M c C O Y . O. P. H U L S E . to wander it is time to whip them have a depressing effect on prices School. Harper’;- Bazar. 11:00 to into order. A resolute will will 11:30—Cleaning of •sis the season advances ami ele do it.—Ex. quarters. rators and warehouses fill up. ( rawford—"It doesn’t seem to 11:30 to 12:00—Inspection of matter what the doctor prescribes N o C h a n c e to M l3 s t h e M a r k . for my wife, the grasping druggist I eter Mortensen of Nebraska. quarters. P ro p rie to rs o f th e' 12:00—Dinner. Dr. Payson, the famous and be 4 n old acquaintance of the editor charges seventy-five cents for the 1:30 to 4:00—Drill. A L T A M O N T JR. LIVERY, loved preacher of Portland, Maine, prescription.” of the L eader , has received the 5:00 to 5:30—Roll-call and in used to tell the following pointed Rcjrtiblican nomination for state Crahshaw— “That’s nothing. My FEED, A N D SALE STABLES. T H E G REATEST N E W S P A P E R — . story : treasurer of his state. He is a spection of arms. wife’s dtictor prescribed a bicycle 5:30 to 6:30—Guard • mount. One very stormy Sunday he for her. ami it cost me $100.”— £<«4 exam pie of what an indus ON T H E PA C IFIC COAST. 6:30—Supper. went to church, more from habit Truth. Having enlarged and refitted the above stables, we are now prepared to trious. honest, capable man can do 9:4)0—Tatto. , than because he expected to fintl AND THE BEST SHERMAN COUNTY PAPER FOR A WHOLE even though he lie of foreign birth conduct the business in a first-class manner. Acs, grandfather is ninety-nine 9:4-5—All in. anybody there. Just after he had and education. Peter is a big. years a'nd six months of age.” COOD CARE ANO PLENTY OF FEED, AT LIVE ANO LET LIVE PRICES, W ILL BE YEAR FOR $ 1.75. ------ — 10:20—"Lights out.” stepjied inside the door an old ne •awkward-appearing Scandinavian, “ You ought to get him a bievele.” OUR MOTTO. BEST RICS IN TOWN. 10:40—Check roll. gro came in and asked if I)r. Pay- hut he is a true gentleman, and “ YVhat for?” We get very fair rations, as to son was to preach there that day. M ain St., o p p o site B ank. Moro, O regon. tAC JUST SEE: always has been as patriotic as “a “So as to help him make a cen quality, only the quantity is rather explaining that he was a stranger native.” tury.”— Judge. YVeekly O regonian too small for the average apjie- in town, and had been advised to) $ 1 .5 0 Moro L eader So far several state Republican tite. The hill of fare is pork or go to his church. Mrs. Beacon Hill (to her nephew, 1.00 conventions have conic out in beef, beans, rice, potatoes, cabbage, “ Upon that.” said Dr. Payson. who has just returned from a visit Both S e p a ra te plain terms on the money question. onions, coffee, sugar, salt, pepper, J made up my mind to preach mv to Xew York)—“And, Browning.' $ 2 .5 0 U here they have not, it is proba and fruit about every ten davs. sermon, if nobody else came.” did you always remember to keep bly liecause of the tacit under As you w ill readily see we do not Xohody else did come, so the the Sabbath day holy while you standing tiuit the St Louis plat get any rich pie or cake unless we doctor ¡»reached to the choir and were away?” W E W IL L G IV E YOU __ form is sufficiently plain to lie un buy it from some pie wagon or the old negro. Browning (guiltily)—“ Xo aunt- Both a Full Y ear fo r derstood by an average intellect, make a raid on some unfortunate' Some months after he happened G O O D R IG S , G O O D F E E D . ie, I diil not. But it was not mv $ 1.7 5 and therefore plain enough. But pie-man and borrow all his stock to meet the negro, and stopping! fault.” (in advance.) a few like the Oregon convention in trade. T e rm s Reasonable. SUBSCRIBE AT OHCE, WHILE THIS OFFER STANBS. him, asked how lie enjoyed th e ' Mrs. Beacon Hill (shocked)— Good care given stock. came forward in such unmistaka We are pestered almost to death sermon that stormy Sunday. “ Xot your fault?” C all and see me. S. M O N A H A N , Prop. ble terms that there can he no with agents with photographs, A d d re ss all o rd e rs to “ Enjoy dat sermon?” replied' Browning—“ Xo; Aunt Kate /juestio/i of their position. cards, and a thousand and one the old man. “ I ’d a r, doctor, I never bail baked beans ami brown M o ,o > O rego n. leader , other schemes to get the “soldiers’ nehber heard a better one. You bread Sunday morning, and I had 1>. C. Ireland, of the Observer, cash.” see, I had a seat pretty well up no money to buy them myself.”— 1 Moro, O regon. lias hied himself away to the coast The Oregon Recruits have l»t«en in front, an’ whenehber you’d say Puck. <o listen to what the “sad sea waves receiving equipments to-day in the somethin’ I ’d jess look all ’rouii’ I 4i re saying.” A mirth- loving way of brown duck fatigue uni ter see nobody on’y jess me. An’ “ Bridget, who is that at the i door?” friend suggests tiiat he has gone forms, shoes, woolen socks, etc. . . . . Is our own hand-sewed harness. YVe also carry a fine line of I says to m’self, ’He must mean away to reeujierate from the effects " It’s a poor man, mum. He w ants! YY e are to leave soon, either on you, Pomp, you’s seeli a dretful SADDLES, CHAPS, BRIDLES, WHIPS. <>f the pencil-drubbing he received the Arizona or Scandia, (so we are sinner.’ YVell, doctor, dat are ser something to ate.” REAL ESTATE AGENTS. 4»t the hands of the L eader , as a told) hut we have lieen told that so and everything in a fullv-equipped harness shop If lie s another refugee driven W E H A V E LIS TE D FOR SALE 3 0 ,0 0 0 ACRES mon set me a-thinkin’ what a big result of attacking it. many times that we are becoming sinner I war, an’ I went an’ jined ut of Spain by the war, tell him j r e p a i r i n g - a e e k i n d s . — o f th e best lands in W asco, somewhat skeptical on that sub” the church down home. I’se a there’s nothing left for him. YVc’ve l Get our prices before buying elsewhere. „Sybscrbe .ynw /or the L eader . S he rm an , G illia m and M o rro w counties. joc'L YY e will cut know for sure deacon, now.“ Syracuse Standaid. already fed eleven ex-Consuls this ! morning.” H E Y D T & CO., M o ro , O r. M T lin p ro v ed farm ;ind fruit lands at prices and terms to suit P -ll get prices. Office in lU th B U I,lin g .T a X . Oregon 1 MORO MAN’F CO., FARMERS!!! BUSINESS LOTS GAN BE BOUGHT w w w RESIDENCE LOTS GAN BE BOUCHT FROM' NEECE & ASHBY, U M A T IL L A H O U SE, M ’COY & HULSE, LOOK w nr R E I) HERE! B A R N LIVERY AND FEED STABLES. OUR LEADER OUR L E S L IE O FFER. & EROEBE,
