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jgHjennan County jo u rn a l
SHERMAN COUNTY OBSERVER Established Nov.
18»«
GRASS VALLEY JOURNAL, Established Oct. 14. 1897
CONSOLIDATED, MARCH 6. 1931
WASCO NEWS-ENTERPRISE. Established 1891
CONSOLIDATED MARCH 4. 1932
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C O U N TY JO U R N A L .
handsome man of her dreams at
a cost of a mere dollar it la well
worth the cost. If the worried
business man can be encouraged
• to keep a stiff upper lip and an
aggaessive front against the forces
i of evil that are supposedly bear-
‘ ing down on him it is worth the
I price of the medium’s time. Some-
i times there is no one else in whom
\to cbnfide with perftftt assurance
i the answer will be encouraging.
This would be a dreary world
if there was no bunk in it and
i since the supply w so large it
I seems a bit peculiar to discriminate
; against one kind or variety even
! though it be spread by a smelly
oldster in bandaged head.
MORO. OlÄttiON FRIDÁY, NOVEMBER ,27, 193«
now on sale at the Moro post office.
They can be bought in sums from
B5c to >4.12. The government pays
4 per cent interest on these, the
same as bonds. ____ _ ___
Leon B. Strong and Miss Lillian
Rosier were married at the home
of the bride’s parents in Livings
ton, Montana, on Wednesday^ No
vember 28th. Mir., Strong is a son
of Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Strong.
Mrs. Geo. DeMoas and son El
bert were visitors ? in Portland
Wednesday in attendance at the
Ysyye concert at the Heilig. El
bert’s first teacher on the violin
was Louis Persinger, who was a
student of the celebrated Belgian
walinmt.
Mrs. Annie McDonald from Hard
man, Oregon, is visiting with her
son Neil and family.
Proceeds realized by the Dorcas
society from the bazaar and din
ner given last Saturday, including
cash donations, totalled $204.40.
Of this amount >69.40 was realized
from the church.
the name Moro came about in this
manner: A group of ladies gath
ered dne day by accident in the
warehouse which was alongside the
main road at that time.
Amon^
NOTICE OF OFF ER OF LAM1NI
IN SHERMAN COUNTY, ORE
GON, FOR GRAZING LEASE
• Pursuant to the order of ?the
Secretary of the Interior, dated
August 29, 198«, and to the provi
sions of section 15 of the act of
June 28, 1934 (48 Stat. 1269). com
monly known as the Taylor Graz
ing Act, as amended by th e act ap
proved June 26, 198« (Public, No.
827, 74th Congress, notiae ia hereby,
given that aU of tffe vacant, ui>- q*
»eterved. and unappropriated pub
lic lands located withfo Sherman <
County, Oregon, are hereby offered ’’
for lease -for grazing purposes on *
j
such term« and conditions as may
;
hereafter be prescribed. Any and
all persons having adveype or con-
\ •
flirting claims to »uefi lands ' or -
J
desiring to lease any part thereof ' i.
for grazing purposes under author-
‘
ity of said act, must file notice- of......
their claims, or propw grazing
lease applications in tt»e United
States district land office a t The . ..
Dalles, Oregon. Any o o deeiring .
to assert a preferonow^ right
lease
isolated - or disconnected- - <
tracts of 760 acres or lees in at-
cordance with said act hs amend»
ed will be allowed 90 days.^from
„J
,^ ;
Meets 2d and 4th Tu date of the first publication of this,
notice within* which to fife a prop
esdays of each month er application for leaeej^
,
, Visiting members wel 4-S-6-7
An1
:te Funk,
¿2* come.«
. ,
Acting Cqr tiseioner,
Maggie Barnum, N. G.
Office.
General
U I h Hull
Date of first publication : N«ov^7,
elude, with proper inscription, an
inset at the top of a covered
wagon in mid-stream „ with the
driver mounted on the near ox
of the yoke drawing the waogn.
Then let a base for the plaque
ibe made of cobble stones, such
as the immigrants used in their
markings, well cemented* together
to a,height of two feat or more.
As announcement of the plaque
at proper distance on either side
of the bridge, let two galvanized
pipe posts be set near each oth
er to accommodate a piece xu
sheet’ metal securely fastened to
each post. On this sheet metal
painted black the word “SLOW”
should be placed a t the top And
below the words “DES CHuTRS
FORD.” Reff should be the letter
coloring. Then an arrow should
be fastened * ♦ atop of the posts
pointing across the stream where
the ford is supposed to he.
The red painted word ‘‘SLOW**
will arrest attention and tJhe
words “READ THE PLAQUE AT
THE BRIDGE” will cause the
plaque to be read.
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l upine Rfcbecca Lodge No. 116
Moro, Oegon
them were Miss Melissa Hampton,
who was later Mrs. L. D. Eaton,
Mrs. Henry Barnum, Mrs. Scott,
Published Every Friday a« Moro, O r^on. By
Mrs. Ragsdale, Mrs. Julius Martin,
GILES L. FRENCH
Managing Editor
Hugh and John Scott and I>dru
Barnum, then a small boy.
Names were chosen by each of
them and dropped into a hat. Miss
IN
ED
Hampton drew out Moro, which
was also her selection. Thus was
the
little settlement named* and -
o
when the post office was establish
Entered as second-class m atter a t the Posiortiee, at Moro, Oregon,
ed it was given the same name.
under Act of Congress of March 3, 1879 .
,
• '
John Scott was the postmaster
SUBSCRIPTION RATES—PAYABLE IN ADVANCE.
when
the government designated
Î1
5
0
One Year
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Moro as an official office in the
STATEHOUSE GOSSIP
NOVEMBER 27, 1936
spring of 1884. He- was followed
_(Continued from page one)
by W^ H. Williams, who also
surance that they will drop their
owned
a hotel, Mrs. Dora Williams
DESCHUTES FORD
Twenty-two new text books for
burden of moisture on our fields.
and then by John f’arry, civil war
use
in
the
public
schools
of
Oregon
This week we are publishing the Mayhap this seemingly endless
veteran, who served many years
final article by C. W. Barzee on
of ciear, cloudless, bright, wore approved by the State
and
was relieved by Robt. Urqu-
the Deschutes ford of the pion- unseasonably warm days will end Textbook Commission at its bien
hart.
nial
meeting
here
this
week.
Most
eer days. Mr. Barzee is leading with with th€ air fun
feathery
The town was incorporated in
a movement to have some respon- gnow to bring the peace of bene- of these books will be used as baa-
1899 after an attempt to give it a
al
texts
although
a
few
are
for
sible agency place a marker along
after months of prayer,
charter had failed in 1897. It
ihe highway, calling attention to
But> and this is an afterthought, supplementary use. The new texts
liad been chosen as a county seat
include
language,
writing,
history,
thefW d in commemoration of Ihe we should not leave the “ Ancient
in 1892 by a vote of the people
men and women who riskedr thei Mariner*’ and perhaps should not and civics in the elementary grades
of
the newly formed county which
lives and possessions tc cross the ente.. tf,e holiday season next and orientation, world history,
had come into being in 1889 and
Americaiudustory,
general
mathe
turbulent river and continue their month without reading the finest
had been increased in size in 1891.
matics, Elementary science, biolo
march to the settlements in the words ¡n the poem:
The railroad came in 1898 and
gy,
phyiidb
and
home
economics
Willamette valley.
¡ “He prayeth well, who loveth well
a water company was organized
for
the
high
school
courses.
Adop
With his endeavor weoran have
Both man and bird and beast.
in the same year. In the mean
tion of the new texts does noti
Some weeks ago when we pub
no dispute. One who crosses the
necessarily mean that books now lished historical data regarding the time churches had been built, lod-
He
f>rayeth
best,
who
loveth
best
sturdy bridge that spans the rive»
All things both great and small; in use will be discarded immediate founding of other towns in the g«<s and social elube organized,
and looks upstream to the riffles
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stores started, a cemetery set aside Bethlehem Changer. No. 78. O. E. S. 1936.
that characterize the river in it« For the dear God who loveth us, > ly, C. A; Howard, state superin county written by those who took from the grass land northwest of
Moro, Oregon
tendent . of public instruction ex part in the Sherman county his
He made and loveth all.”
last 50 miles will immediately feel
town, a newspaper bought and
M eets Every Second Estate of Charles Franklin Faltaa.
plained.
The
practice
now
follow
torical contest the Tequest was
a hearty respect for those pion
vourth Thursdays in each NOTICE TO CREDITORS
cd in most Oregon schools, ac made . by several whose age en moved in by Moore Bros, and Hos
eers who braved the unknown
ford, who was the first editor.
lonth. Visiting membert No. 355
ABOUT
MR.
DORE
cording
to
Howard,
is
to
place
titles them to be known as old
water to reach the western side
luvited.
Aiound it, as is- true of any
the new books in use only when timers of Sherman county, that
In the County Court of the State
Let such a man picture himself, | Ordinarily the attempted recall
E ther Morris. W. M.
other town in the present wheat
the
old
books
need
replacing.
of
Oregon for Sherman County.
we
publish
a
history
of
Moro.
accompanied by family and entire of a mayOr of Seattle would not
• • • •
Rose Amidon, Secretary.
belt, has gone on one of the great
Notice
is hereby giv n that the
possessions, three thousand hard caU8e mUch comment outaide of
Without trying to search the or est developments of the age: the
Uncle Sam will pour >768,000
undersigned has been appointed
miles away from home, one of a that turbulent city.
'Recall at-
iginal
records
in
proper
manner
as
change from cattle and horse herds Eureka Lodge No. 121 A-F & A-M Administrator c. t. a. of the es
of new money into Oregon during
band of such travelers, coining to tempts are almost to be expected the’ n e x t 't w o 'y « «
histo™ln the following trailing through knee-high grass
* Moro, Oregon ■
tate of Charles Franklin Fulton,
the east bank of the Deschutes and there. However, the recall pro- dependent children, «cordin g to
Meet»
the 1st and 3rd
“ wr!tten
,0.me ,n: to far off jnarkets to the bark
deceased, by the County Court of
viewing the picapect of. reaching ceedingg against Mayor Dore are Budget Director Wharton. The: f«>™>ation about the early days of
Thursday evenings of
of
modern
tractors
tilling
the
soil
the State of Oregon for Sherman
the other side without loss of life a bit different in that the resul federal fund will have to be match-
Much ° f the
each mon.h. Visiting County and has qualified.
to produce wheat, still, however,
and property.
tant election may prove to be a ed by both the state and the conn- J“ " 1» contained comes from the for a market too far away. The
memhers cordially in
All persons having daim s a-
On one side was the uncrossable test of strength • betweeV» the ty government, for an ^ . « . t e
viled to meet with us gainst said estate are hereby notifi
town has followed and its deal
Columbia. On the other the grass forces of militant labor and the of >2304,000 aill of which will be fished in 1905, copies of whjj;h ers now sell tractor parts on the H. B. Pinkerton, W. M.
t , ed to present the same duly veri
covered hills, with the roaring public that has been paying for spent in caring for dependent are in possesion of many Sherman same locations where early day
C V Belknap. Secv. fied as by law required to. the un
Deschutes coming from a narrow the cost of labor wars for some children, either in the hemes of county families
,
merchants sold horse shoes and
dersigned at 514 Porter jfailding,
Moro Lodge No. 113, I. O. O. F
channel between them. Determi months.
their own parents dependent on I The first settler in what is now bull whips.
Portland, Oregon, within
six
Moro, Oregon
nation to go on would not permit
The mayor of Seattle has been relief for support, or in foster known as Moro was Henry Bar-
months
from
the
date
hereof.
a return and a shortage of sup- openly in favor . of JJat laborers homes. The fund is expected to num who built the house now oc-
Meets 1st and 3rd
Dated and first published, No
plies, common at that stage of the anj the strikers. That is, of take care of 8000 children on the, cupied by W. J. Martin, jr. in OREGON TRAIL CONCLVDED
Tuesdays in the -
vember
20, 1936.
♦
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overland journety, would not per course, his privilege. Now it is to basis of >12 a month. Many of 1868. He was a stockman who Continued from page one.
I O.O.F. hall, Tran
Date of last publication, Decem
mit delay.
be decided by popular vote wheth these are now being cared for in owned a band of horses and pas
sient and visiting ber 25. 1936.
The suggestion of (this plaque is
No one looking at it today could er such a man may continue to state aided institutions
brothers are cordi
while tured them on the rolling hills no idle dream of the writer. As I
W. M. Huntington
doubt that many a hasty consul- fill the office of mayor.
ally invited to neel
otherR are receiving direct relief of the then named Grass Valley have crossed and and many times
Administrator c.La.
taticn was held on that bank and
with us.
Women are said to be among The fund will be administered by country. Some of his bank fences- recrossed this stream my memory
Huntington, WHson A Davis,
that many prayers were said be the leaders of the movement to the State Relief Commission thru can still be found near .the town. wings me back to the multitude of
Lewis McKee, N. G'.
Attorneys
>
- .
fore the oxen were forced into oust Dore. Women were the first the State Child Welfare commis
Joe Truit, Secretary
He was married about that time hardships endured by those early
the cold water and the current be to protest againat the closing of sion which will pass on the eli to Elmira Massiker whose parents Pioneers who made Oregon and
gan to swirl around the wagon the Seatlle newspapers that threw gibility of children to thia aid and lived west of Wasco and had been Washington what they are today.
their husbands out of work. select the homes in which they are m o n g the very first settlers in T>ne debt of gratitude in the placing t»»H»iw»«mm«H»nmnii»HnnniiiwwiB nmnawaBG>B—
wheels.
the country between the John Day of this Plaque properly belongs to
- ' .
It was one of the major hard Perhaps there is something to the to be cared for.
• • •
and the Deschutes rivers.
the two states. It seems to me
ships of a brave journey, a journey stories of feminine fear of danger
No more habitations were built there are none who would refuse
Secretary of State Snell has an-
that has been rung and pictured to their families if labor wars
nounced that he will recommend near him for fifteen years and few to add their little mite to this
but can never be sufficiently im continue. ~—
pressed on the descendents of thos*
Anyway there is apparently an the repeal «of the >10 license fee persons came to the county. Bands great project.
who made it. They saved the west active element in Seattle opposed on pick-up cars when the legis of cattle and horses roved over the
The reader is asked to pardon my
lature meets. Much injustice has hills unhampered by fences. Stock- return to fording the Des Chutes
for America and their will to do to further labor domination.
resulted through enforcement of men of olden days still recall that river. It is an event in my life as
for themselves has been the high
this act in the opinion of Snell who the grass grew to the horses knees. related to me never to be forgotten.
est American concept until today.
«
TRAILERS
Among the men who owned the
points out that thousands of the
Ascending the steep hill west of
stock of the county at that time the Des Chutes, instead of turning
In different parts of the east cars subjected to this higher fee
WHO SHOT THE ALBATROSS?
were the Fultons, Barnum, the to «the right near the top following
are
nothing
but
old
cars
with
a
they are debating and pondering
Finnegans. Sherear, Cornwall and down near the Columbia river the
box
‘bn
the
back
while
pleasure
A friend, whose reading has the question of what to do about
Gordon. Settlers for the Willam trail led up over the highest hill
cars
of
much
heavier
construction
been extensive, dropped in this auto trailers. Does the state tax
week to inquire who had shot the them or not? May they be park escape with the payment of a >5 ette valley came through the north top and descended to a crossing on
end of the county bound for a what is now termed Fifteen mile.
fee. '
albatross.
He drew a compari ed indefinitely?
greener land, the valley settle It was the custom necessarily
son between the famous story by
In Oregon, for instance, automo
Library workers of Oregon have ments were increased in population made to avoid upsetting wagons
Coleridge whose .hero caused « biles are not put on the tax rolls
cessation of wind, and the un and, presumably, neither are trail contributed more than >200 in also by families who came up from on etefcp Hitts and mountain sides
known person or condition that has ers. Therefore if a family wishes cash toward the purchase of refer- California until that country be to go straight up and straight
apparently caused a cessation o1 to live in a trailer—and it is pda ence books for the Bandon public! came too crowded for the more down. The Barlow route across
library which was completely de- adventurous and they began to the Cascade mountains is marked «nttn:
rainfall in these parts.
sible in this climate—the • owner stroyed in the recent fire, accord spread out to Eastern Oregon. The
by logs having been tied behind
You remember, reader, about the thereof may rent a b it of ground
in
g
to
Mies
Harriet
C.
wagons and rings about trees
Ancient Mariner who stopped the along the roadside and camp for
wedding guest to tell him of his as long as he pleases. He will pay librarian. In addition to these j gtockmen between the two rivers w here w-agons were let down steep
cash donations seyeral large book was at an en(j.
hills by ropes and chains, oxen hav
wierd sea story.
An albatross is no tax.
publishing companies have also,
homesteaders came into the ing no breeching harness to hold
a large sea bird that was credited
It is estimated that many thou made donations o f encyclopedias country to file on the w ater holes back loads.
s
in times past when ships were sands of people are on the move
and other reference books.
. a r j fence the grass covered sod,
Because of this hill top climbing
smaller and superstition more rife every summer and that more and
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merchants and traders-also came Immigrants failed to see the most
with aiding ships along by the more of them are buying trailers
Oregon's
open
fall
season
h
as;
to. supply them with their wants, beautiful natural scenery in the
power of its wings when most preparing to lead the nomadic life
had a healthy effect on the state’s Liking company, perhaps, or think- whole northwest, the Celilo falls
likely it was merely following the permanently. As long as they
gasoline tax revenue. Oregon mo- ing it a nkely place for a business from the bluff south of the Colum
ship to feed from the sailor s keep moving they will pay some
torists, including the tourists in venture Fox, Scott & Co. built a bia. This beautiful scenic view is
bounty. - At any rate the mariner’s thing to the state through the gas
our midst, consumed a total of 19,- building on what is now the bank now marred to its ruin by the
ship was doing well -
tax, but when they stop at a like 693,428 gallons of gasoline during corner ¡n Moro and hauled in a Great Northern rail road bridge,
“And a good south wind sprang ly town and send their children to October on which they paid sta te1 atock of groceries and supplies.
which was built in hasty competi
up behind;
school while their trailer is park taxes totalling >984.671—>120,000
In a few years Fox sold out to tion and is now but little used. It
The Albatroe« did follow.
ed in a vacant lot the residents more than was collected from the fe. O. McCoy and the firm of Owen should have been preserved in its
And every day, for food or play who pay for the teacher, the up same source in October, 1935.,
Scott and (Dutch) McCoy operated natural beauty «to our posterity.
Came to the mariners’ hollo!” keep and the bonds on the school
as a pioneer firm until they sold While thus giving a brief review
Then, you recall, the Ancient house may be a bit aggrieved over
out in 1897 to Moore Bros.
of the family trip across the Great
Mariner shot the albatross and the situation.
Scott & Fox also bought some Plains, as they were termed, let
the fortunate conditions ’ ceased
land when they came in . . and
. divided me say that on the night fol-
forthwith—
it into lots, there being six blocks lowing our arrival at Salt Lake
of ten lots each. That is the or-
f rom i owa, a pair of twin
“Down dropt the breeze, the sails BARNUM WAS RIGHT
From the Observer Nov. 29, 1907
iginal townsite of Moro.
John; boys were bom to our mother. This
dropt down,
Those who look into the crystal
L. A. and Frank Olds have
Tw as sad as sad could be;
bowl and tell the anxiously await bought the popular harness and Scott built a residence in town. ended our journey for that year and
And we did speak only to break
ing customer the secrets of his or saddlery business of L. W. Shanks O. E. Leet and J. B. Mowery s e t-} wg wirvtered in Utaib The Mormon
By using our new Deposit-by-M ail Envelopes, you’re ss close
The silence of the sea!”
especially her future have had > of Grass Valley. Mr. S. expects to tic I near, E. J. Rollins put up a denomination became very obnox-
stopping
place
that
was
the
first
ious
our
folk8
TKey
decided
to
to
this bank as your nearest mail box.
And for a more accurate com bad year in Portland for the min remain with them, possibly until Moro Hotel, Ragsdales moved to
tbe
first
train
going
west
parison with the dry conditions ions of the law have hounded them the first of the year.
W e have adopted this improved, modern system of
town, Somers & McKenzie put up wbich was a freight train bound
now felt in this country because out of their red velveted rooms
■ G. N. Crosfield is the manager a blacksmith shop to patch the ^or
ing-by-M ail especially for those living some distance from
mine«
with
provisions.
Our
of the hesitancy of the raindrops and held to scorn their most dear and «principal owner of the new freighters wagons and shoe their folkg
learned of the terror or
tow n — and for others who desire to save time and effort.
ly obtained information.
to fall—
merchfuitile house in Wasco, the horses, John Landry, also a black-
Danites who worked for Brig-
The envelope provides a receipt o f deposit which is promptly
Now certain of them protest outgrowth of the Hamilton Co.,
“And ever-y tongue, through utter
smith moved in and built a home,
Young and was glad for the
that the American people are even succeseôrs to W. M. Barnett.
returned
to you.
’
drouth,
Later R. J. Ginn sold out his store opportunity «to go on to Oregon
as Barnum said they were ana
Was withered at the root;
Frank Comstock has completed at Biggs and opened - a hardware where some of our folks lived. An
So, when you find it inconvenient to come here to the °
We could not apeak, no more than that no discrimination should be his wrork at the Coffin Stock Farm and ’implement store.
other family accompanied us, be-
made
against
any
one
class
en
bank,
just remember that the bank may be easily,'quiddy,
and
returned
to
Portland.
Mrs.
if
The town grew as the country
a brother in law of our father
We had been choked with gaged in fooling the public. There Bruce and. her son Frank Miller, became settled and the demand wbose wife gave birth to a pair of
safely reached, by mail. Call or write for leaflet fully describ
is wisdom in their remarks.
' soot.”
who is the mahager of the farm, for services increased. Along about twins on the beach-boat landing at
ing this simple, practical plan to tavfyou r time.
We allow an indff»a singly large reside there.
(And our visiting friend wonders
1883 it was named, and in amost The Dalles. The (w^gons were put
John Carmody sports one of the peculiar manner. With the larger aboavd the boat * and- my father
if perchance some one unwittingly group of rabble rousing politicians
C. R. H arding..................... .............M anager
has not ^ahot the albatross” or in to tell >the people things that oft- nobbiest turnouts in Portland, all number of residents the need of a ¿rove the stock down the Indian
purchased
in
Moro
and
vicinity;
times
prove
an
anlaysis
to
be
other ways incurred the wrath of
name became more pressing and. trail >on the south bank of the Col-
L . 4 . L ittle to n ..................... M anage.
the water sending gods. Be that drawn frotn the same hat as the a fine pair of roadsters, purchased no doubt, it was a lively topic of umbia river. - These are some of the
as it may, the mariner eventually most far flung ^prophesies of the by him while here last summer discussion for several weeks before hardships endured by the rugged
got out of his trouble and was re mediums, and- we defy Anyone to fromM to which was fitted a first the actual christening.
pioneers who made Oregon their
turned safely to England although stop them from saying their say class harness from the Heydt es
o f th e
It is said that Owen Scott came home.
hia sfcnity was a matter of ques
A fter all, ’tis only human to tablishm ent, set off with a rubber from Moro, Illinois and that one
I now take the liberty to offer
tion thereafter. Perhaps we too like to be fooled if the words arc tire buggy from the L. R. French Truelove. who did some of the let- suggestions of my meditation s o n
H e a d O jfica, P o r tla n d , O re g o n
will some day re-enter the happy encouraging and hopeful. If the Implement Emporium.
ter writing for Scott & McCoyu design for the plaque and its an-
I fZ M B B a F E D S 1 A L D B P O 8 I T IN 8 U B A N C B C O B P O B A T IO > r
state when clouds may be seen over agitated .maiden can be assured From the Observer NoK 30, 1917 . wished to have a short name given nouncement to all travelers,
the western horizon with full aa- that she will meet the dark and
Let the design of the plaque in-
War revenue savings stamps are the place. The actual selection of
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Origin A nd
Naming Of
Moro Related
^lí)aClcÍL-Ci(utíiÍui ! ha i/. 11
- COMPLETE LINE OF
Groceries, Toiletries, Remedies
Tobáceo
Sundries
TRADING CENTER
For Sherman County People
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In Other Days
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