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be the only one to ga th er Infor- IN FO R M A TIO N ON
m otion. Traffic data on th e G rass C O N SU M ER PR O BLEM S
N ew shopping habits are ahead
V alley-K ent sector should be pre for Mrs. Asnerica when podnt ra­
g e r m a n County Observer
pared so th a t the best case p o s­ tion in g o f processed food s is in­
E stablished Nov. 2, 1888
sible fo r the reten tio n o f th a t troduced som etim e in F ebruary
Grass V alley Journal
p a r t pf the line could be
pre- w ith the use o f W ar R ation Book.
Established Oct. 14. 1897
CONSOLIDATED March 6, 1931 »ented.
Tw o. The new system o f ration ­
I f the I.C .C . is going to rule in g w ill m ean budgeting o f p oin ts
W asco N ew s-E nterprise
th a t each p a rt of the line should as w ell as m oney for A m erican
E stablished Nov. 1891
CONSOLIDATED M arch 4, 1932 be made to ju stify itse lf th e re hom em akers, and presum ably it
should be a good chance fo r the w ill resu lt in less im p u lsive b u y­
Published Every Friday at
V aliev-K ent p a rt to be so in g since a given am ount o f points
Ci
Moro. Oregon
ju stified. If the railro ad favors m u st la st over th e ration period.
• -Jfication of the line by Canned,
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Editor
bottled and frozen fru its
a ie s L. French
a n ( f o u n t s J J iu n u d
pieces it is a gam e th a t both sides
_ E rtered
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as second - class m a tte r at ocasd be able to play». ^ " * 5
tlie Postoffice a t Moro, Oregon nicans th a t the I.C.C. could hardly
under Act of Congress of M arch refuse a sim ilar re q u est from th e
pro testan ta.
I, 1879.
We are certain th a t such w ork
has been sta rte d , an d properly so.
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The railro ad com pany has been a
tough custom er fo r S herm an coun-
ty so fa r, alth o u g h it ha« not won
a decision. T here is no reason w hy
the railroad com pany should not
O FFIC IA L COUNTY PA PER
find Sherm an county a tou g h cus-
SU B SC R IP T IO N R A T E S
terner. This m ean« continued re-
payable in Advance
s’stan ce to th e rem oval of the
&nd ve’getaWes> f r u it
Vagabond
r; yy,!,r
•!
©
and vege -
tab le juice, dried fru its and all
cannet, 8OUp
included in
^be new ratio n in g p ro g ram . T h ru
th e new system of ratio n in g , low
p o in t values will be given to foods
which a re relatively p len tifu l and
high values will be given to th ose
th a t are m o st scarce. Sinee th e
housew ife will be able to
get
m ore fo r points by b u ying foods
w ith low point values, it is e x ­
peeled th a t th e dem and will be
relieved fo r th e very sc a rc e foods,
. . .
The g a sste r who accused this
ONE Y EA R ........................ ...... * 1 5 0 rails.
A lthough sew ing m achines have baby kangaroo of tain g kicked out
gone to w ar, th e re 's a p re tty good of Its m other’* peach for eating
F R ID A Y , J A N U A R Y 22. 1943
chance of keeping those on hand crackers in ted ,.m ig h t know by this
A M ATTER OF D E F IN IT IO N
in good condition. T here has been pictur0 t:iat the" /uu-igster, despite
GOVERNOR’^ TALK
F o rm er G overnor S prague has an extension of production o f re- t? e fact t h it it is en its own, Is doing
gone back to his desk and ty p e ­ pair p arts for dom estic sew in g very w ell, thanSuyoa. Open air m ess
- - E a rl Snell, in his in auguration
w rite r in the Salem S tatesm an o f­ m achines by the W PB, and n eed les is piçnic tim e, end a generous offi­
speech la st week, was much more fice and begun to w rite his own a re included,
cer like this one teem mander of an
definite th an m any expected him
A’- dra'Ian, arm ored division) pro-
editorials again. H is nam e a p ­
to be. By and larg e he held to pear« on the m ast head now as
If any m eal-planners are labor- c : e i s to m ake life easy for the baby
his election prom ises in m aking editor and president, w hereas it ing under ,the im pression tfia t ex- v a ja h e a '.
his recom m endations.
appeared only as p resident for istin g m eat sh o rtag es in various
He advocated no reduction in
p a rts of the co untry are due to
R n c c l n ’ c A p p Q n ir > f * r
the la s t fo u r years.
the incom e tax and as much con­
the am ounts being sen t to our
A
lready
he
is
in
a
well
m
an­
tinued reduction in the property
B ritish and R ussian allies, P re s ­
tax as m ight be consistent w ith nered controversy over «the old
ident Roosevelt’s re p o rt to con­
in
good 'business judgm ent. T h a i quest.on of new spaper m en
g re ss on lend-lease
o p eratio n s
should .please the fa n n e rs
o f p e l l « « ..
-.......
u .u correct th a t m is-
• c e rtain ly ,.,v
should
Sherm an county, fo r all of them
The way som e people e ne po
taken idea. R ath er it is th e need
will rem em ber how serious a prob- itics it is som ething th a t no m an
our own arm ed forces an d in-
lem was th e pay m en t of p ro p e rty should concern hirnse
*7 ’ n crea«ing m eat dem ands of h ard -
tax a few y ears ago. If surplus other definition t a t po 1 ics is e r .W(M,jcjng t higher-paid p riv ate
funds could be k ep t from this per- the study and practice o se
citizens th a t is responsible fo r
iod of plenty to m ake unnecessary governm ent m akes po ics a n
our m ea^ supply th in n e r
a sta te p ro p erty ta x in a fu tu re endeavor th a t all m en m ig h t non- a t hom e
The p re sid e n fg lend.
period of scarcity , it would be of orably follow.
le a se ” re p o rt revealed th a t m ore
inestim able help to ow ners
of
Those who look u p o n .th e busi- than 99 per cent o f our y e a r’s
larg e blocks or land.
. ness of m anaging th e sta te , coun- 8uppiy of beef, veal,’ lam b and
The newly in au g u ra ted gover- ty, city or national governm ent m utton has been k ep t rig h t a t
nor recommended no change in- as som ething akin to the m achina- borne fo r civilians, o r s e n t to qur
the income ta x but th ere is senti- tions of A1 Capone would readily
arm ed forces here o r abroad,
nient fo r some reduction am ong agree th a t no m an w ith proper E ig h ty -sev e r of the y e a r’s pork
leg islators, and a reduotion may raisin* should be in it.
supply has gone fo r our own use
be m ade reg ard less of th e gover-
Those who feel th a t those who w ith the rem aining 13 per cent
nor.
give of th eir tim e and effort in an - exported to our allies. B ut th e in-
The s ta te is in its best financial a tte m p t to m ake our dem ocratic crease in pork production was suf-«
p etition in y ears, and unless some governm ent w ork successfully a re ficient to take care of e x p o r t and
In the fore<r«&nd. setting oat for
very definite p lan
retention OOIIIK
doin g » a puunv
public o service
not
till ,---------
provide ~
a norm al supply. In-
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c * will
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111 -^ ^ a advanced lin e Is Soviet sniper
of funds until a depression
is in<ciined to m ake a rule a g a in s t cidentally, fig h tin g men ea t t w i i e T ^ . ^ j y Faronov, who has already
provided fo r it seem s proper to
entrance of m en fro m any a s much m eat a t civilians,
shot 136 G erm an Jlfflccrs and men
cut all taxes as m uch as possible, business into it.
D espite criti-
taken seven prisoners an J destroyed
a t least enough to retain equity cjam8 of politicians, it is probable
oae Nazi tank.» Faronov has been
am ong all types o f tax p ay ers.
th a t a m a jo rity of citizens believe
decorated w ith j0 e Order of the Red
The governor isk e d for a sh o rt the la tte r view is correct. There
Star and the MWal of Valour. Take
n ite of the telescopic sight on his
session. T h a t is a biennial wish m ay not be general respect for
or th e p a rt of everyone. The re a- all oflk e bolder», b u t th e re is re From the Observer, Jan. 25, 1921 gun. Crack shots like Faronov, to
The executive com m ittee of th e say nothing of bravery, have helped
son it is not realized is th a t while gpect fo r office holders who do a
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herm
an C ounty F arm
. bureau __________
to m ake the defense of Stalingrad
asking fo r a sh o rt session people
job
There is no honor in
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in sist on consideration of num er-
t tin g political p re ferrm en t; hon- ,met a t Moro la s t S atu rd ay and, one of the epics of the w ar. -
ous bills. The tw o requests are
oniy ije8 ¡n doing the job well an,<>n8 o th er business tra n sa c te d ,
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ex actly co n tra ry .
when it is obtained.
PT* Hau*™» en<!^” ed
Mc"
As m ig h t have been expected
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W ^ry-H augen w h at ex p o rt com-
of one who has sp en t the la st
uzAITQI? m,S8,on’ .T e le g ra m s to th is effect
UNITED STATES
eig h t y ears in an a d m in istrativ e IM PR E SSIO N S O F T H E H O U SE w ere sent to the Oregon congres-
W AR
capacity, Snell a^ced fo r several
.There are
GONDS
consolidations of boards of
the
sand in the
tu ra l.
W ash-
ktate. Some of these ; are n a atu
STAM PS
o th e r, will be very e<mtrover»iah b>?
^ e f e n « w orkers. I t
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ADDLE
j"d
RIDE
By
E rnest H ayc o x
T H r . S T O R Y SO F A R : Clay M organ Is
d r ter mined to play a Ion« band against
B-sn Herendeen, a rancher who Is out to
ruu the cattle country his own w ay. As
a rancher, M oreau knows he must pro­
tect his own rights, hut he doesn’t like
Herendeen’s methods.
Of his form er
friends, only Hack B reathitt has not
cone over to Herendeen’s side.
The
rest— C harley Hillbonse, Gurd G ra n t and
rjg e White, for exam p le, are supporting
Herendeen, more or less in self defense.
They don’t like his methods, either, but
they believe that If they don’t foUow him
they w ill lose everything.
Now continue w ith the story.
CHAPTER IV
an. Some of that old feeling re­
m ained, so th at when he sat by her
now he had a feeling of pleasant
ease; knowing that he had to ex­
plain nothing to her. knowing that
she understood.
Suddenly she rose and turned
away, knowing what was in his
mind. He left the table, following
her out to the house porch. He
said: “ See you later. C atherine."
"AU right. C lay."
Gurd cam e around the house. He
said to his sister in a teasing,
am used voice: "R akin’ up the ashes
of an old fire?"
"Hush,"
"You two," com m ented Gurd,
At daybreak Clay Morgan rode as "used to be pretty thick. Before
I always won­
far cs the Antelope Plains with the Lila cam e along
roundup crew and worked with it un­ dered how thick?”
She straightened against the porch
til mid-morning. Afterwards he set
off to have a look at the grass and post and showed him a self-con­
w ater on thé western edge of the tained expression. Gurd laughed a
"Why don’t we go Into War Pass
klpcuis. Ôurd Grant, having busi­ little, seeing his sister close up on
ness at hts own ranch, went along. him, and ceased to laugh, when he some night, Catherine, and paint the.
Curd was a big and com pletely thought of something else. “I don’t town?”
friendly man of M organ’s age with
edge of the bed, closly thinking. A l;|
Ugiit features and a consistently like the way he’s acting. He won’t
the talk of the men had comt ;
pleased expression in his eyes. There talk to Ben."
through the front room’s open win-;
"N
o,"
said
Catherine.
"He
never
was no malice and no subterfuge
dhw to her—all of it, excepting th e ;
of any kind in Gurd. But now, as will."
nam e of Herendeen’s informer.
"
It
was
something
that
had
to
do
he rode, he spoke in a rath er trou­
bled. uncertain way of Herendeen. with Lila and Ben. wasn’t it?”
Leaving G ran t's ranch, Clay Mor- •
She shook her head. "N ever mind,
"You know, Clay, he ain’t such a
gan rode north through a gentle up-
bad fellow. I hate to see you two G urd.”
The quick ruffle of horses’ hooves and-down roll of hills carpeted with
start chewing the sam e piece of
leatfier Of course, you never did turned her against the porch post bunch grass and loosely studded by
like each other. I can rem em ber as and in this attitude she watched twisted, an cien t junipers and Jack
far back as school when you and Herendeen and Lige White cross the pine. L ater in the afternoon he
Ben got in some pretty tough jan- meadow. When they reached the passed the valley of Herendeen’s
porch Lige White lifted his hat with ranch at some distance and entered
gler."
"G urd.” said Morgan, turning to­ a gallant flourish he could never es­ the footslopes of Mogul, through
ward his partner, "I want to warn cape. Herendeen simply stepped short ravines shaded by box elder
you. Ben's the kind of a fellow that down, saying: "W’ant to see you. and alder and cottonwood.
Thus he rode upward with the
gels worse th« farth er h e goqs.. M ay­ G yrd.”
quarterin g trails of Mogul, toward
• Lerendeea' said, "Why don’t
be he'll start by chasing a few crooks
Its plateau In the late afternoon
we go Into War Pass some
out of the country. But he won’t
hours. The sun fell behind the west­
night. Catherine, and paint tbe
stop there. He’ll get the idea that
ern mountains in a formless red
town?"
nobody has any rights unless they’re
They sat down in the drowsy shade eruption. In another half hour twi­
riding close to him ."
Riding on through the short hills, of the living room. Lige White light, cool and tremendously s till
Beyond eight
they cam e to Crowfoot’s q u arters looked around, chuckling over a sud­ whirled about him
reated in a sm all round valley den fancy. "1 rem em ber how your o’clock he sighted the glint of light
backed against the Haycreek Hills. m other used to receive visitors here. from his ranch house, shining across
A creek, charging out of the pine A very proper and courteous wom­ the flats. Reaching home, he had
supper and sat on the porch. Muscu­
lim ber, crossed the meadow in front an. G urd."
of a low, long-galleried white house
“ G urd,” said Ben Herendeen, lar weariness loosened his long
surrounded by poplar trees. The blunt and im patient as always, fram e and the ease of the darken­
two dismounted in this pleasant "w e're going to set some men on ing night got into him; fed and indo­
shade and went back to the dining these hill trails^ at night. Just to lent, he swayed the rocker across
room for a late noon m eal. They see who travels 'em after dark. Lige the loose porch boards and breathed
were still at the table when a single has agreed to take care of the Ante­ the fragrance of his cigar.
Quietly he smoked his cigar, un­
rider cam e out of the hill trail at a lope Plains: I'm posting one near
full gallop. A mom ent later Cath­ the west base of the Moguls. I want til he heard the far rhythm of a
erine G rant appeared.
you to keep some men up there on horse coming out of the west, around
"G entlem en,” she said, "you are the high trail to War Pass. Be sure the foot of the Mogul Hills. He took
both very solem n.”
they don't talk and be sure they do the cigar from his mouth, cupping
Its glowing tip in his palm, and sat.
Gurd G rant held his seat with a this after d ark .”
brother’s habitual indifference but ' "All right." s a id . Gurd. "But quietly until the rider turned in
Clay Morgan rose at once before you're flshin' with a pretty loose net. at the porch. Catherine G rant called
this laughter-loving girl with the gay What we need Is a man to just ride quietly. “Clay.” and got down.
He brought over another rocker.
and gently blue eyes. This was around with his eyes and ears open,
She
sat beside him. lying back Her
Catherine G rant, who, with her without being suspected ’,’
brother Gurd.. ran Crowfoot.
"R ange detective." said Lige arm trailed over the rocker's arm ,
her face was a round soft-shining
"O nce," she reflected, "there was White.
a man darned Morgan. He lived on
Herendeen gave both of them a blur in the dark. But he didn't need
top of a mountain and never did stolid look "Already got that m an.” to see It; he rem em bered how her
lips would he long and gently
come down. He grew a beard, so
"W ho?” asked Grant.
ha'nk. efhe C o n so lid atio n of
thc ^ . ‘ " ^ " 'V i m e ^ w h e n ^ h e r J ^ w C
A “ nique com bination
th a t
they say, and got the habit of talking
Herendeen bent forward and let pursed, how half-grave and half-
hanking d e p a rtm e n t and th e cor-
, .
b statehouse cou'd i'aRdy be classed as queer.
to himself. I wonder whatever hap­ the m an’s name drop softly into the am used her eyes would be. She
p o r t i o n departm ent^ wiH e a u .e £
' ^
“ « k . color. I t seen ,.
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U A N S ’ CO LUMN
pened to him ?"
room. "Now," he added, “say noth­ said in a serious voice: "M aybe I'm
little d ebate
A . fo r p u ttin g the
^
r ‘tM ng U h a « ' one "oi 2 “
’
hi’' hw ">r
"Crazy
as
alw
ays."
said
Gurd.
ing about it. Anybody knew it was doing something you won’t like. I'm
f C n n t’riupH fro m paare o n e '
t- X
r n ^ A
Z
w ho «Kraut
.h o u t and
^ut * T
?
th in g , over f o i the lum ber peo- "And quit running your horse down him. his life wouldn't be worth carrying tales. Ben and Lige White
niilk control board in the d e p a a r rt-
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and , «.rUTllt
ram i of
m » ag g n
c u u n ltu
u r re,
v . th
i.n a .. t also
•...« m ay
nronaeouential bills who hold a n , W1 ”• travelin g by ox team p| e
. Giles French, the law m aker that
uw> trail,
•■■■'■. you . h . ea
. . . r?”
.
m uch.” He put his Jiard stare on cam e over to see Gurd directly aft­
nient
ric
be done, b u t it m u s t be realised »" '" « onM<>u
™ ’ unreM On. ‘ " d
They were p aying , rom M oro. is floor leader f<)r
She didn't hear. She aloud m front Gurd Grant. “I don’t want Morgan er you left. Ben's going to have
-m e n out in the hills, looking for
in-
o7 ^ e n t m e n t 'o . th e or r
M cA llister, and d oin g the »1 Clay, .tripping away her r.d.ng
s that
t r a t the
i ^ , function
and the o o f th one
er is is a adm
price
ablc
Bn<l 5ad Wen th re€ radi°
y ears ° Ut’
on Speaker
g o o r ^ b ” ^ n c h i«7erv.in g g lo v et-sm ilin g and watching h isan- to know, either.”
"Well.now," answered Gurd Grant rustlers. He's got somebody in the
control m easure.
'
whc ar<? Peculm r f° r * ™
the road from C onnecticut to Ore- -• - - -
• -•
sw e rin e smile b re a k
the solid with slow discomfort, "I don’t know country pussyfooting for him. I don’t
his fifth s tra ig h t hitch a s a leg-
darkn(, „
„ „ (ace Gurd
know who it is—but somebody we’re
about that. He's in this, too."
Consolidation
o f the
W orld reason.
An unussal m ixture of old lslator. . . S tan P ie r o f P o r an
Qrant sat as an interested and for-
"W hat was he playin’ along with all acquainted with. I think. Gurd
V/ai V e te ra n s’ S ta te Aid con*mis-|
This house has no one to com- and” new was »exemplified in the w his able colleague, also an old- goUcn speclalor to this scene( qu ick
Ollie
Jacks for? Anybody know wanted to tell you all this. Ben
sion w ith th e S ta te Land board, pare to the o ra to ric al W iley, to m ean8 of travel and e n tertain m e n t tim er tat the »business. . . T h e
to
note
his
sister’s
instant
gaiety
in
where he really stands? Anybody said he didn’t trust you.”
and reduction of the num ber of O. H enry Oleen who tn e d fo r used by th e o,d TOup]e
Morgan said: "Sounds natural."
G range boys, headed by
M ort front of Clay, and Clay's lightening got a square answer out of him?
men on th e ta x com m ission will y ears to reconcile low tax es w ith From the o b serv er, Jan . 22, 190f ^Tompkins, look th in g s over. . .
She let the silence go along quite
expression. There always had been N o.’ Until we do we ll keep this to
be m uch m ore controversial, and high pensions— un8“ fc t 8~ ully^ r
L ast F rid ay m any team s W<?re Xnd so does Allen Sm ith, the big
an odd closeness between these two ourselves." He had a way of drop­ an interval. Her voice was cool and
it should be shown th a t economies w ith nonstudying S tudent Allen, tu rn in g up black soil in various t
iaw v er . R oy M eyers is on
people. Sometimes, as now. that ping his closed fist through the air near. "You hate him more than
As he hates
and b e tte r ad m in istratio n will re- B efore the session ,\ oveur_ ^ n® P° £ ’° n8
Sherm an county.
the job aa usual: he h aa been closeness puzzled him and some­ to drive home his talk; he did it „people realize. Clay
one m ay be found who becomes
Willows were in bloom
la s t around the lobby longer th a n any tim es bothered him; he never could now. Then he added, dryly: “ It " y o u r Nothing ever would bring you
su it before th e action is tak en
Phil M etschan drops get at Its meaning. All he knew may be he's on the other side of the together. Is that why you took Ol­
T he speech has been well re intoxicated w ith the sound o f his week clear across S herm an coun- one e i,ge
lie J a c k s ’ p a r t? "
ceived it w as delivered carefully voice, some one who sh o u ts h is t y a ttra c tin g adm iration f r o m
in to ^ y hello Ex-G overnor
was that whenever they m et
they fence.”
"No,” he answered.
and th o u g h tfu lly .
L eg islatu res convictions. W hile such men a re p assengers aboard tra in s
from Spra(rUe f ^ l s a t home
when he seemed to share some old memory
“T hat’s a damned fool thing to
She didn’t press the point. This
usually fail to do
ev ery th in g notably ineffective a s leg islato rs th c frozen E aat and M iddle Wes p
*
which excluded everybody else, as say," flared up Gurd Grant. "I don’t
visits the press room. . . The w ea­
was the way they had always been,
now He rose and left the room.
asked o f them , b u t an incom ing they do provide a com edy relief, tern states.
like it."
th e r stay s b eautiful, and so do
close and tolerant, som etimes an­
The cook brought Catherine her
"H
e’s
protecting
Hack
B
reathitt,”
governor o ften obtains m oat of and so, in th e ir absence, the mem-
In finite of the oft-ro p eated en prices for everything in
t h i s meal. She sat opposite Clay, eating
pointed out Herendeen. "And what’s gered and frank, but never dem and­
bers m ay have to follow LiT Ab- com,um s on tbe b eautiful spring m an’fl town.
that, which he asks.
ing. She had a silent streak of her
u little and talking a little. Clay Hack? Figure it out."
n
er
and
T
erry
and
th
e
P
irates.
w
eather
we
are
having
th
is
win-
_
_
‘
___
W hether th is will be tru e
of
lighted
a
smoke.
He
braced
his
el­
"Wait«, a m inute." said Gurd own, a depth she never let others
The only matfter on which th e te r> a o|d fashioned snow
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th is one or not Is in the lap o f the
see; and she gave him the sam e
bow
on
the
table,
chin
propped
in
Grant,
“ Hack’s all right.”
house has shown signs of division 8t Orm like we used to have spread BUY WAR BONDS
Gods.
his
long,
heavy
hand.
“
Your
hair,-“-
’ TrHe" Tfifflfe cam p with Pete Bor- respect. She said now: “Do you
so fa r, has been the m a tte r o< over t be f ace of t be e a rth W e d - ---------------------- ----------
know why I cam e?”
he said, "is getting d ark er."
'
ders last night,” said Herendeen.
paying secretaries
p er day in- n«sday, to the depth of h a lf an Moro
Lodge No. 113, I. O. O. F.
He said, cheerfully: “To sit on
"T h at’s gray you see. Gray from
G rant scowled at the news. “Fool­
R A ILR O A D C A SE
stead of $6. The house orgam za- inch.
my porch again."
Moro, Oregon
ish thing to do.” he admitted.
w orry."
A
«.orwsraHv known th - tion ’• a * ain8t
and 80 f a r the From the O bserver. Jan . 23. 1914
“Clay,” she said, alm ost as a
M eets 1st and 3rd
"When you were eighteen It was
Herendeen rose. "You two fel­
18
t o / t h e Union Pacific * ro u P fav o rin * il haa be€n “ to °
Bo™, to Mr. and Mrs. Clay Bel-
T uesdays
in th< almost a carrot red."
lows m eet me at my place around warning, "le t’s keep away from
t
yU
I U
S .n .- »">»" to
th e flW>r A «>*•
home o f O. I, B ek
She said: "I rem em ber you said six. Maybe I can show you some­ th at."
I.O..O.F. hall Trai
"Why d id , you- com e?” he said
*L>mmiMion to g ra n t them m ajo rity o f th e m em bers have sbe jn this city, T hursday, Jan -
sient and visiting that once, a long tim e ago. It al- thing. Maybe, before long, we’ll
obediently.
•« »
of. th ?, r
f* m lly “ O ’ >6. • U " pound boy.
b rothers are cordi most made me cry. I cam e home smoke out Morgan. F ar as I m con­
"To tell you I think Ben would
,
Hv-oair n n w n m m c inc- as 8ecretary arwl other« have sec-
W hile w orking a t the bottom
cerned, it’s fish or cut b a it We’ll
ally invited to m eet and wondered If I could dye it.’
w hich to break down traffic fig -
do
anything to lay a trap for you.
xk.. S lw n ik o branch into r e ta r ies who are here to see th e of a 35 foot wejj laat T uesday on
We used to talk pretty straight, have this country empty of people
.vith us.
R em em ber thaU -alw ays rem em ber
didn’t we? We had some tall quar­ that don’t belong in it by ninety
tw o p a rts , th a t derived from south whe€ls * ° *ro u n d ’ reg ard less o th e f arm> th e sides caved in upon Paul May, N. G.
days."
He slapped his hand sharply t h a t ”
rels."
•
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Ja s, K enny; he received a severe Peicy Thompson, Sec.
He said: " I’ll tell you this." and
o f G rass V alley, and th a t derived P®Y-
She
gave
him
a
straight,
sm
ileless
,
against
his knee and rose, leading
acalp wound and a fracture o f the _______T_________ __
turned
slowly in the rocker, hearing
fro m n o rth o f th a t statio n
look. "Why did we ever quarrel, ’ ibe other two to the porch.
skull, but is able to attend to the
other horses sweep around the base
The request has been granted, H | GH W IN D
Catherine
rem
ained
by
the
steps.
Lupine Rebekah Lodge No. 11« C lay?"
which m eans th a t there w ill be no
:
x
, re g u la r routine of work.
"M aybe," he said, “ it was be­ Herendeen paused and put hi$ round of the Mogul Hills. Catherine came
A
new
se
t
o
f
hitching
posts
Moro, Oregon
from tlw In te r s ta te Com-
The story th a t th® llifll
_______
cause we always stuck together and blue glance on her, cool and ap­ to her fe e t She m urm ured: "1 don’t
want to ba seen here," and stepped
had so damned much fun.” He praising; he betrayed himself to
m erce com m ission until th e and that sw e p t o v er eastern Oregon has replaced th e old p o sts at the Meets 2d & 4th Tues
inside the house.
In
last
week
originated
in
Salem
M
ethodist
church.
‘
day
of
each
month,
her,
in
the
way
he
used
his
eyes.
wasn’t
sure
of
what
he
wished
to
o f February a t the earliest,
Morgan went to her horse and led
w
here
senators
w
ere
b
a
ttlin
g
over
___
V
isiting
members
w
el
say. This girl was a close, deep He showed her what he was think­ It around to the dark side of the
th e m eantim e the road is appar­
come.
ing.
"Friday
night
then,
Catherine,”
the
presidency
has
n
o
t
been
veri­
p
art
of
his
life.
Once,
she
had
been
en tly to rem ain. The longeT it
. house. A single rider rushed at the
Lucille May. N. G.
b y
n earer to him than any other worn- he said and went to his horse, rid­ porch, with other riders pounding
does so rem ain the better is the fied. The heat engendered
ing
out
of
the
meadow
with
Lige
Fbtrence
Johnston,
Se<
chance th a t it w ill not be taken up tliat fight m ay have caused a vac­
White.
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_
' m ore distantly behind him. Clay re­
a t a ll, fo r th e drastic need for uum eom e place in the str a to ­
turned to the porch, watching the
T’vreha Lodge No. 121 A -F & A-M
’’G
urd,"
reflected
Catherine,
"be
scrap m aterial is being m et by sphere and had som ething to do
Bethlehem Chapter. No. 7R.O.E.*.
M eets on the 1st and careful In what you promise Ben." first rid er’s shape break the black­
other m eans. The nation’s build- w ith it, how ever,
Mo. o, Oregon
3rd Thursday eve­
Gurd said: "We’ve all got to atlck ness and circle Into the yard. His
in g program fo r w ar tim e fac-
W hile this p art of Oregon h as
M eets Every Second and
n in gs of sach month. together." and went back through hors* was hard-breathing^ pushed
a well earned rep u tatio n fo r winds
> by • long run; he said, as he stepped
to n e s m ust be nearly finished.
F o urth T hursdays in each
V isitin g m em bers are the house.
Sherm an c o u n t;ans now have a th**rc are few as strong an d de­
Month. V isiting mem bers
Catherine turned Into the house, to the ground, "Me, Clay. Me—
■cordially invited to
six -weeks period in which to pre-^ structive e s th a t of la s t T hursday
climbing the stairs to her own room. Hack."
Invited
m eet w ith us.
"W hat’s the trouble?"
She started to remove tbe riding
para data on the use and n e c e s­ n igh t. The ra th e r frail c o n stru c ­
Pnrwin Van Gilder, W. M.
Norm a Balaiger W. M.
tion
of
m
any
of
o
u
r
buildings
(TO BE CONTINUED)
habit
but
atoRpod
and
sat
on
the
s ity o f the line, fo r there is no
C V. Belknap, Secretary
M arie Hosklnson, Sec.
/f»r U4.WAR BONDS
Russia s /vze oiiiper
was no malice and no subterluge
,.No/. said
In Other Day.
nn^douht bert Egrbert’ who are
1
reason
w hy
the railroad
should
show s that to be true,