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About Moro leader. (Moro, Sherman County, Or.) 1898-1900 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 14, 1898)
MORO LEADER. Cost of production governs the amount produced, generally. Coal mines arc shut down when the price is too low for profit. The sheep industry had decreased largely under the Wilson hill, owing to the fact that it was not profitable. Other industries lan guish when the market value of their products are too low for profit. The production of silver has al most doubled during the last 15 yeas, has increased every year with two exceptions, notwithstanding the steady decline in the market value of silver. The increase since 1890 has been 57 millions of dol lars' worth. The conclusion must he that there is money in mining silver at the price it has brought for several years. Then why should any one vote to make the foreign silver mine-owners’ profits double what they are now, as they would he if the free silverite theory that C L IP P IN G S . T h e S m ilin g W o m a n . One man, who came down yester-: A woman applied to Mr. Dickin ‘ Well, Pat, have you learned to It is easy enough to be pleasant day. is camped on the beach with son at the Thames police court re When life flows by like a song, his wile and a three months’ baby, ride your bicycle vet?” cently for advice about her son, a P u b lis h e d E v e r y W e d n e s d a y b y th e But the woman worth while is the wom M o r o P u b lis h in g C o. “Sorra a hit, sor. Sure, Oi can’t hoy of thirtem , who, on several oc with not a cent to his name, so he an who’ll smile says. Lots of men asking for aid . aven balance mesilf standin’ still, casions, had stolen money from W hen everything goes dead wrong. Enteied at the Post-Office at Moro. to get off the island. No Klon let alone ridin’.” For the test of th e h eart is trouble, her. Oregon. as second-class m atter, dike for me! April 27, lS’JS. Mr. Dickinson “ Have you a And it always conies with years, Rigby “ Did vou fire vour And the smile th a t’s worth th e praiseof The steamer Mary F. Graff is! husband?” cook?” earth RATES OF s u b s c r ip t io n : going to he laid up here for the Applicant—“ Yes.” Is th e smile that shines through tears. Dighy "No; she fired herself.” PER YEAR, SI «0 SIX WCKTHS, 50C. winter. I am going to have charge Mr. Dickinson “Has he punish-1 —Ella W heeler Wilcox. (in advance.) Rigby -“ French leave?” of her. Will have one man with ed him?” Fix«, i e C oriE s.............................. 5 C e n t s . Dighy- “ No; gasolene.” Brook- A C h ild 's E p ita p h . me, J. W. Downing, of San Fran-! Applicant He whacks him .*dvertising rates made kr.own on ay- Ivn Life.’ “She glanced into our world to see, cisco. Mr. Moran says la* will give 1 lieation. sometimes.” us the best grub the market affords,i Guest "W aiter, did you say Mr. Dickinson—“ It’s no good A sample of our misery, I.. W. HrxTixG. ........................... E ditor . and an unlimited amount, so w e! this was the genuine turtle soup?” heating him with a cane or stick. Then turned her little head aside expect to live high and we will: Waiter—“ Yes, sir; it was made! Buy a good birch rod. You can And gave a sigh or two and died.” W E D X E 8 D A Y .. ......... SEPT. 11. ISdS. ‘Canned beef-steak and onions,’ out of the water of a pond near get one for about threepence. Then Two of the best papers in the hotter, potatoes, crackers, rice, here in which a turtle was kept last get your husband to give him O F F IC IA L D IR E C T O R Y . State of Oregon—the Weekly O re beans, bacon, all kinds of canned summer.” twelve really good strokes with it, gonian and L eader —for the small rxiTi FI> STATES. goods in fact everything except and in all probability he will never W illiam M cliii le V................. President. Satan What makes you look so steal any more.” London Daily sum of $1.75 j»er year. fresh fruit, and that we couldn’t of lîa r r e tt A. lio h a r t.. . . Vive Prerident. course expect. And v.c are going worried lately? News. Secretary of State. W . K. P a y ......... Ananias Oh, nothing; only if to have some tar-paper and seal Lyman I*, tinge. .Secretary of Treasury. Bulger, Jr.— Papa, what is the .Secretary of Interior. V . X. Uliss. the galley up tight. We have the that man Weyler should he killed dash to the Bide that Nansen talks Itnssell A. Aljier. ........Secretary of War. big range and a fine heater, and off, I hope you will remember my of making? J o h n P . L o n g .. E. M. HOGGARD, the ship’s supply of blankets and long and conscientious service. . Postnuuter General. •Janies A. tiary . Bulger—The dash, my son, repre bedding: 12 cords of fine cord- J o h n \Y. Griggs ........attorney General. Little hoy—"Mama, they call all sents the space which he will not M oro , ...............................................O rboox , dam es W ilson..St•cretary of Agriculture. wood, and unlimited coal to draw the Wall street men hulls or hears. cover. Dinger H erm ann . Jo in t Commissioner. . DEALER IX . . on. So you can rest assured we'll Which is papa.” C O LD OF T H E W OULD. live like kings right royally. Costa Rica means the rich coast, STATE OF OUEGOX. Mama—"Oh, dear Willie, don’t • * CONFECTIONERY, • • It has been said by free silver The poor old Pilgrim, we are and in most rcsjiects it is rich, par \Y P 1 agitators that the production of afraid, is lost. She was last seen ask so many questions; go and ride ticularly in the snake family, the R E S E R V E S T H IS S P A C E . J l. K. K in c a id ... . . . .Secretary of State. ! gold has not and would not keep : your velocipede.” at Marshova on the 29th of July. most deadly of which is the ter J ’ldl. .Met ch a in .. ......................Treasurer. Little hoy—“ Well. I just want to pace with the increase of popula- She is long overdue. <i. M. I r w in ... .5 upt. Pub. Instruction. rible culehra de sangre, or blood- know whether 1 am a calf or a W . 11. Leeds____................State Printer. . lion. The director of the United snake. Answer this as soon as you can. States mint is authority for the for the Roanoke will only lay in cub.” r . j 5»EXAT0K» j G eorge W. MeDri de, ----------------- statement that the world’s output Seattle four or five days, and it w ill Little five-year-old Nettie, who I of gold has increased from $95,- lie the last letter I’ll get from you te x t ¡XEbEMEX. had been brought up in the city, . Thomas 11. Tongue. 400,000 in 1883 to $240,000.000 In before next year.” v .\ IL Eliis was sjM'nding a few days in the s v it j : >:« ¿rnGiuk I i 1897, and for 1898 it is estimated !country. A m e r ic a a C e n t u r y A go F . A. Moore. K .S. lîcan.C . E. W olverton. the yield will he 275 millions, Ic e C r e a m P a r l o r » , a n d "Grandma, what are those funny i Either population is increasing at A day-laborer received two shil SEVENTH JVBICIAL DISTRICT. little green things?” she asked, as ■ in p n n r n in iK m f » » ♦ !,,» , l ! r . lings a day. W . L. Bradshaw . ............. Circuit Judge. C o n fe c tio n e r y S to re . they were passing through the gar A. A .J a y n e ........ . Prosecuting Attorney. of the mint is mistaken, or the Imprisonment for debt was a den one day. 1'). B. P u ln r......... ............. Jo in t Senator. free silverite is telling what is not common practice. W W “ Why, those are peas,” was the LEADING CICARS AND TOBACCO. G illiam , Sherma n and Wasco counties. so. There was not a public library in J u h n M ichell.. ............. Jo in t Senator, , reply. the United States. Sherm an and Wasco. WIN. HOLDER, MORO. “ Peas!” “xclaimed Nettie, “¡teas i The Washington and Idaho cam IL 8. H untington, F. X. Jones, Joint Every gentleman wore a queue come in tin cans.”—Philadelphia paigns wiil he watched with interest and powdered his hair. Renresentatives. Sherm an. Wasco. Times. this fall. The issues in each state SHEBM AX COVXTY. An old copper mine in Connecti He thought it safer to write to J o h n F u lto n ........ ............. County Judge. are practically the same. Only the cut was used as a prison. It. 1‘. Grr. It. 11. K ing, Commissioners. one qncstion seems to be promi There was only one hat factory, the girl’s father for her hand. He W m . H e n ric h s.. ............................. Clerk. nent: that is. shall the people of was an ardent lover, hut a poor and that made cocked hats. W m . H older........ those states get on hoard the train ¡speller, and his note ran: "I want Books were very expensive. W. S tan lev .......... ..................... Treasurer. W W h e n you are ready to haul of Republican prosperity and pro your daughter—the Hour of your " The Lives of the Poets” cost $15. W . 11. Ragsdale ................. County Se.pt. W Y o u r W h e a t and Barley, B. F. Pike ......... .........................Assessor. gress, or return to the mire of mal Virginia contained a fifth of the family.” J. M. S m ith ........ ......................... Coroner. administration and fusion for office whole population of the country. "The flour of my family is good,” W See ns. -,. W . K e m « . . . . regardless of consequences. replied the old man. "Are you Crockery plates were objected to K. H a n n a fin . . . . ........... Stock Insjiector. sure it isn’t mv dough you’re because they dulled the knives. D istrict Xo. 3—Geo. M eader, Ju stice; Sept. 7 the Portland city conucil C H E A P STORAGE, and th e W A horseman who galloped on a after.”—Yonkers Statesman. 1'. !>. W heat, Constable. passed an ordinance for the regula- city street was fined four shillings. It! “ I observed. Brother Rocks- T ip -to p of th e m a rk e t Govcrnor Lord has issued a call tion of the liquor traffic. In that A man who jeered at the preach W for an extra session of the legisla- ordinance these words occur: "And er or criticised the sermon was worthy,” said the Rev. Dr. Fourth- W h e n you are ready to sell. ; ly. "that when I sjx»ke in my ser ture, to convene Sept. 28. He did who are not of good moral charc- fined. mon yesterday of the evils of gam not state in the call for what ter,” as one of the things render- Dry-goods were designated as N. P. FLOUR MILLS CO. WASCO, OREGON. special purpose. There will be ing the applicant ineligible to ob- "men’s stuffs” or "women’s stuffs.” bling in stix'k, and expressed the hope that no member of my con plenty io do, and some quite im- tain a license. If the orthodox Stoves were unknown. All cook portant work, im portant not only j idea of morality is to guide, how ing was done before an open fire gregation ever frequented places ELLIS NEECE. W. J ASHBY where such gambling was made a to Oregon but the country at large, many saloon licenses will be place. business, you slapped your thigh The election of a senator is. under granted under the new law is some- Six days were required for a emphatically. I am glad if the rise existing circumstances, of con- thing of a poser. journey between New York and sentiment met your approval.” siderahle importance. As long as Boston. Oregon or anv other Pacific coast 1,1 time of summer l,rcPare ,or "W hy—aw—the fact is, doctor,” The parquet of a theater was state is without full representation 'vinter‘ What wil1 the comin? replied Brother Rocksworthy,” I— • congress, ____ _ the .i „ chances , „ , lor success winter Ac- called the pit, and was filled with I suddenly remembered where I Proprietors of the popular Mail. Passenger and Express Stage line from m . be? is the question. 1 the rabble. Wasco to Antelope via Moro, Grass Valley and Kent. __ ___ - l i benefit i cording to the Antelope had left my umbrella.”—Chicago of f any measure of » special r Herald the Many of the streets were not to the coast are just that much weather ProPhct is abrOad therc Tribune. DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY. THROUGH TRIP IN ONE DAY. named, and the houses were not weakened. Another good job will warnin- aSainst a hard winter’ F ate, o n e way ..................................... ................................... $ 4 .5 0 . numbered. i lie the passage ot a general , appro- For several • w ars past we have had Two men. a German and a 1 A gentleman bowing to a lady ^ • “Shortest line from Portland and way points by 12 hours. ■ priation hill, thus saving several , i rather mild easv winters with not always scraped his foot on the Frenchman, who met in New York, GOING SOUTH. GOING NOKTII. __ „ 1 1 dollars, 11 i besides - i • ■ very • much snow, hut this fact j had a heated argument over the thousand giving 0 Wasco......................... ground. Antelope. . ■ x . zr. • i 1 should not induce those having question whether the wife of a state . >ur ^rpjseut ¡»iate officials an o p-; Moro........................... ..1:30 p. m. K ent......................... ..........4 a. m. Three-fourths of the hooks in governor had an official title or not. . ■ .. . , stock to become careless. Grass Valley............ ........ 4 p. m. Grass Valiev............ portunity to square up their husi-1 ______________ a. m. . .9 every library came from beyond One contended that she should he K ent........................... ........7 p. m. Moro......................... .. .1:30 p. m. ness and put it in proper shape fo r. The Dalles is rapidly covering the Atlantic. addressed as “ Mrs. Governor So- Arrives at A ntelope.. __.10 p. m. Arrives at W asco.. ..........4 p. m. /h e ir successors. Whether it was, The whipping-post and pillory and-So.” The other stoutly in the recently burned district with tfiest i call an extra session or not. new, and in some instances, much were still standing in New York sisted that she was simply "Mrs. has nothing to do with the ques better buildings than were de and Boston. So-and-So, wife of Governor So- COLUMBIA SOUTHERN RAILWAY CO. tion now. What the people now The Mississippi valley was not and-So.” They finally agreed to stroyed. Another straw showing demand is that the legislature do . , . . . . , that general prosperity has come so well known as the heart of Af leave the matter to the first man T im e S c h e d u le No. 3.—To T a k e Effect Friday, Ju ly 1st, 1898. its duty. Republicans have full 12:01 A. M. P acific Tim e. Far different was it rica now is. they met. He proved to he an rontrol, and the party will be held No. 3. No. 1. No. 2. No. 4. All the population of a village Irishman. They stated the case to same responsible. H e believe that the and more territory was swept by assembled at the inn on "post day” him. and asked for his decision. LEAVE. LEAVE. ARRIVE. trust has been safely placed in the ARRIVE. fire. Cleveland fret* trade was then to hear the news. "Naythcr of yez is right,” lie said, 4:00 p. m. 5:00 a. m. Wasco. 7:00 p. m. 8:15 a. m. hands of Republicans, and that At the Christmas quilting par after a moment’s severe cogitation, 5:40 a. m. Biggs. 6:15 p. m. 4:40 p. m. 7:30 a. m. ¿here will he short work made of — ties games were fashionable with j "The wife av a governor is a gov Arrive. Arrive. Leave. Leave. organizing ______________ and getting to work. E. E. LYTLE. P resid e n t. D. C. O ’REILLY. I Governor Lord has investigated kissing penalties. Gen. M anager. erness.”—Newcastle Chronicle. Twenty days were required for a personally the condition of the The populists are keeping u p |Oreg()n recruitg now at the p re. letter to go from New York to The Syracuse Post says that a their record for being and doing i i(Ho> gan FranciiJCOj and say9 thev Charleston by land. STO P W H E R E T H E PEOPLE STOP, ' girl baby was brought to a clergy- different from any other political are in M te r con(lition th‘a n hag Quinine was unknown. When a ! man of the city to he baptized. ......................AT T H E ...................... organization. At a convention nnJ h;ls dcmancled man lnul ague fits he took Peru The latter asked the name of the «leld in Cincinnati, ’ Sept. c i to . vian hark and whiskv. 1 6th, ’ the that they lie either sent . forward !baby. t * Middle-of-t he-Readers nominated »iiinuiw. i j j anija or gent h()me for muster When a man had enough tea he “ Dinah M.,” the father re- U barton Barker, of Pennsylvania. ()Ut (KATES SAME AS OTHER HOTELS.) placed his spoon across his cup to j sponded. for President, and Ignatius Don- ______________ ! indicate that he wanted no more. ELECTRIC LICHTS AND CALL BELLS. "But what docs the ‘M.’ stand AND YOU WILL CET YOUR MONEY’S WORTH. iitlly, of Minnesota, for Vice- At the National Encampment of The church collection was taken for?” interrogated the minister. The Dalles, Or. SINNOTT & FISH, PROPS. J resident. Other political parties jj,e G. A. R., James A. Sexton, of in a hag at the end of a pole with “ Well. I don’t know yet; it all liave always waited until within a ' Chicago, was elected commaqder- ’ a bell attached to arouse sleepy depends upon how she turns out.” few months of the presidential in-chief, and Philadelphia chosen contributors. “How she turns out? Why. Ido «•lection to nominate candidates. Jg the place of the next encamp- The favorite novels of “ wordly” not understand you,” said the The populists have nom inated1 inent. W . B. M c C O Y . O. P. HULSE. young women were “ Victoria,” dominie. iheir choice over two years in ad- -------— --------- "L ady Julia Mandeville” and “Oh, if she turns out nice and ranee of election. In point of Many farmers are just now trying ‘Malvern Dole.” sweet and handy about the house, ¿lumbers it was the smallest na- j to decide whether to sell their Dances in Philadelphia were like her mother, I shall call her tional convention on record, but wheat as soon as at the warehouses, given every two weeks, hut men Dinah May. But if she has a fiery what it lacked in that respect was ' and stop paying interest, or to hold under twenty and girls under P ro p rie to rs of th e temper and displays a bombshell made up in their platform, which for a time, hoping for higher prices. i eighteen were not admitted. | disposition, like mine, I shall call A L T A M O N T JR. LIVER Y, J* the longest on record. When a Virginian started on a her Dinah Might.” ------------------------------- F R O M S T . M IC H A E L S . FEED, A N D SALE STABLES. ! journey to New York he made his Hawaii, Philippines, our trade' H a r r y P a r r y S t ill T h e r e , a n d P r e will and hade farewell to his friends Nantucket is famous for auc p a r in g T o W i n t e r — E x t r a c t s with them, Nicaragua canal, re f r o m a L e t t e r f r o m H im , as though he never expected to see tions. They are held in the public D a te d A u g . 13. moval of obstructions to naviga square. There are few things one Having enlarged and refitted the above stables, we are now prepared to ! them again.—American Tribune. tion of the Columbia to the Inland ■ “I have plenty to do, looking up conduct the business in a first-class manner. can not buy at auction if one bides Jluipire; these are of vital im- inspectors. We are having ail the The average child in its fourth one’s time. Whenever an old home COOD CARE AND PLENTY OF FEED, AT LIVE AND LET LIVE PRICES, WILL BE jMirtiince to the Pacific coast, and boats inspected—carrying papers ; year should he three feet high and is broken up, or a resident leaves OUR M O n O . BEST RICS IN TOWN. inure especially to Oregon, Wash- t.o captains, getting supplies for the also weigh more than twenty-eight the island, the unwanted effects are M a in St., opposite Bank. M oro, O reg o n . jngton and Idaho. Oregon needs i steward’s department on our boat, i pounds; in the sixth year three closed out at auction for whatever another senator when congress. We are feeding is men, and taking and one half feet high and weigh they will bring. pieejs in I?epcial»cr to help urge the • care of the cargo we brought up, forty-two pounds; in the eighth At the last one I attended a re m I miv «'. Governor Lord has done such as oakum, tar-paper, nails, year, four feet in height and liftv- frigerator was put up. ¡iis duty, now let the state legisla- holts, etc., brought up to build the , six pounds in weight; at twelve “Too late. The season is over, lure do as well, and all will he barges. Three of the steamers years, five feet in height and sev shouted some one in the crowd. >'elh have gone up the river, each carry enty pounds in weight is a fair av “But there’ll he another, and ing 500 tons of freight, the biggest erage. Growth is very irregular in perhaps a hot one,” said the auc i he jwace commission will he cargoes that ever left here for the children and young people gener tioneer. feady to report probably by the Yukon. They say-—those who are ally. Perhaps two inches may he “ But one may die before that,” time congress meets, and while coming down—that grub is going gained in two months, and for the said the other. there may he no great need of it, to be cheaper in Dawson this win- next ten months not over an inch, “ Well,” replied the auctioneer, T e rm s Reasonable. rtill it will I kj safer to have another ter than in Seattle. It’s a gloomy even up to the age of ten or twelve “if you die you will he sorry that Good care given stock. voice from Oregon in the senate for outlook to see the broken-dow n, years.—N. Y. Ledger. you hadn’t bought a refrigerator C all and see me. S. M O N A H A N , Prop. i at ideation of the treaty, if it in- discouraged, ‘busted’ men. women. and taken it along with you.” • M oro, O rogon. t'J’I ' 7 -i to it Dftve" h.:$ talzn. boys and little babie: coming hack. MÛK0 LEA pEll. $1.1X1 per ••ear. Harper’s Bazar. MORO MAN’F. GO., T h e b e s t e q u i p p e d M a c h in e S h o p a n d F o u n d r y in E a s te rn O re g o n . WE ARE READY NOW TO DO ALL KINDS OF W O R K . ^ - ^ W e can cast a n y th in g in o u r F o u n d ry fro m a stove hook up. jflF “We have as go<sl an iron lathe, planer and drill as madf». We do all kinds of work: Wood work, repairing, new work of all kinds. Call and give us a trial. MORO M A N F . CO. UNION LUMBER CO? ae BUILDERS’ SUPPLIES, COAL AND WOOD. W. V. JOHNSON, ACENT, Moro, Oregon. FREE READING ROOMS ïm FARMERS!!! MORO, P leasantly situ a te d , near th e C e n te r o f S h e r m an C ounty, and b ein g th e C o u n ty Seat, is th e le a d in g business to w n o f th e C ounty. BUSINESS LOTS CAN BE BOUGHT from $125 to $300, while RESIDENCE LOTS CAN BE BOUCHT FROM $40 to $150, REECE & ASHBY, U M A T IL L A H O U S E ,! M ’COY & HULSE, RED BARN LIVERY AND FEED STABLES. GOOD RIGS, GOOD FEED. ........ A c c o rd in g to d e s ira b ility of lo c a tio n . Residence property is in great demand, and a paying investment would he the erection of a — NUMBER OF COTTACES FOR RENT. Church and school facilities are unrivaled. The evil effects of the sa loon are unknown. by not come to the count;, that in 1897 RAISED ONE-SEVENTH OF ALL THE WHEAT IN OREGON, A nd m ore w h e a t p er ca p ita th a n a ny c o u n try in th e w o rld . The climate is so delightful to the senses that one feels a con stant buoyancy of the heart, and experiences in the consciousness of mere existence an undefinahle and delicious jov. The atmosphere, generally free from moisture, is so transparent that distant objects lose one-half their distance to the eve. The Columbia Southern Railroad will he e(«npletA>«l place by the 1st of October. The ¡copulation in the past months has increased from 1-U) to 3.»0. Business opportunities excelled. For information concerning business investments, purchase of property, address to this tweh-e are un or the R. E . H O S K IN S O N , M o r o , O re g o n .*? LOOK THE ON HERE! G R E A TES T THE NEW SPAPER P A C IFIC CO AST, ANO THE BEST SHERMAN COUNTY PAPER FOR A WHOLE YEAR FOR — WT JUST SEE: W e e k ly O re g o n ia n .......................................................................... M o ro L e a d e r ............................................................. $ 1 .5 0 • qq Both S e p a ra te ........................................................................ $ 2 .5 0 OUR WE WILL GIVE VOU O FFER. — Both a F u ll Y e a r f o r ............................................................... $1.75 (in a d v a n ce.) SUBSCRIBE AT ONCE, WHILE TH IS OFFER 8TANDS. A ddress a ll o rders to — LEADER, M o ro , O ie n o n
