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About Sherman County observer. (Moro, Sherman County, Or.) 1897-1931 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 13, 1905)
■aw x ; .... L-.'P“' I,,., Watoh The Sherman Trading Company. A Man most have a rigid stomaoh to orave a jack rabbit diet. H. A. Page has spuds for every body at the City Market. WATCH Carmody Bros, carry the finest and most oomplete line of granite ware in the county. We’ve got the tools and whats more we know how to use them in this Print Shop. Come and see for yourself. „ J, O. Elrod oan offer a better bargain in Real Estate than any man that works on a straight oom- mission. See adv. If one or the other inventions should be destroyed forever, the women would prefer saving the mirror to the frying pan. Chas. C. Pyie, the well known theatrioal man, and Miss Dottie Fischer a popular member of the Margarita Fischer Co. were married at Aberdeen a few days ago. At the Methodist parsonage, Oct. fitb, Thomas Ramus of Boyd, and Miss Maud Dickens of Grass valley, were united in marrage by Rev. C. T. Cook. - They will live on a farm near Boyd. Perhaps you have heard of the woman that was a great bargain hunter and oever could resist buy ing a thing that was cheap. She was asked why she married the man she did, and her reply was, “I had to take him, he looked so cheap when he proposed.” W. V. Johnson of Hood river, sold a farm in Montana 25 years ago to a Mr. Davis of Deerlodge. Last week Johnson and Davis met in Hood river, and before night Davis bought Johnsons h. r. farm. He will now take a rest, visiting friends in various parts of the east, after a sojourn with his brother-icu law J. B. Oyerturft at . Darby.. Montana., The watermelon belt in Oregon lies near Dalles oity. About one- third of the orop, 27 car loads, were shipped this season, by A. Seohler, George Cooper and Roy Hill, of Dry hol loir “The Chronicle saysr “An overstocked market has oaused the demand to decrease, and while the average prioe received in other years is between $75 and $150 a oar, this year $62 to $168 was realised and this is saying nothing Watoh of the oanteloupes, which crop is The Sherman increasing annually. Trading Company. Avenarius Carbolineum is a gem Before renting or buying a farm destroyer. Decay being a germ, it see J. O. Elrod. Read his adv. A oar load of potatoes, brought in destroys the cause of deoay in poets this week by H. A. Page, go off at or timber. The US.Government, the ORNCo., Multnomah county, $1.86 per 100 lbs. and city of Portland, are making Gold ring soldered with gold, and you will not be able to detect the general use of it on bridge timbers, joint, at O. M. Heacock, Jewelry eto. It is the beet chicken lice de stroyer on the market, and will store. You can always find it profitable sweeten and preserve a water trough, to use the classified adv. columns pig pen, stable, etc., and keep away of The Observer. They bring buyer flies. It is a guaranteed article. The Observer Book Store is distrib and seller together. The Observer has made an ar utor of the pure article in Sherman rangement with the Semi-Weekly oounty. No more Hicks Almanac, but the Journal, of Portland, whereby we can furnish that excellent paper leading features of the almanac, the monthly with The Old Reliable Observer for incorporated in magazine Word end Works. The the very low prioe qf $2.26 per year. autumn number will contain The Journal is ooming to the front weather forcaste for the first six as a great newspaper. The Semi weekly contains 8 to 12 pages and months ahead. The January num 40 to 50 oolumns each issue of ooast ber will oontain forecasts for the and general news. It has the beet last six months of 1906,—thus market page published on the ooast. these two numbers will be equiv The Journal is mailed at the Port alent to the oomplete almanac. land poetoffloe before 1 o’clock p. m. The prioe of Word and Works will on Tuesdays and Fridays, thus be 10 oents per oopy, or $1.00 per enabling it to reach our subscribers year. Subscribe at onoe at The Observer Book Store, Moro, Or. on Wednesdays and Saturdays. SHERMAN TRADING The O b serv er MOBO. BHBBMAA CO.,OBBOOW. The prioe of The Observer is 11.60 V M M . T* osate for six month«. SO seats r foar mon th « bet If paid In advenes we • M t BS.SO In fa ll for I yeare. Shorter raaa than one year 1 JW oonta per month. Send for advertising rates. RIDAY .O ct . 13, 1906 — M — Watch The Sherman Trading Company. J. O. Elrod is selling more farms than ever before. See adv. Yon can stock op with spuds at The City Market, $1 36 per 100 lbs. F resh Oysters and Oyster cock tails at the Wm. Rudolf Cafe, Moro. Get yoor watches and jewelry repaired by O. M. Heaoock, the Moro Jeweler. Ragsdale and Morrison sold the Geo. P. Sink Kent farm last week to J. H. Wilson late ofTenn. Con sideration, 920 acres, $22,500. O. B. Massinger is now mine host at the Star Restaurant, Bolton building. Meals served as nioely as in Pendleton, The Dalles, or elsewhere, oall onoe and you will call again. Separator and Engines. Headers.. Extras of all Kinds. Headquarters for Plumbing supplies and Pipes of all kinds, and which we sell at best prices possible to customers. A lw a y s on hand-5 , A Complete Stock of Buggy, Heavy and Team Harness, and everything found in a Harness shop. WATER TANKS, BELTING, OILS, HARDWARE, GLASS » RANGES. A G E N T S FOR The Pittsburg Perfect Electric W eld -H o g Wire Fence; this fence will stretch -perfectly over the most hilly places. W e H a v e Guns, Rifles, R evolvers and Ammunition. W e can and do compete with any Eastern Cata logue house on these goods. W. F. Weigand & Co., rasa Valley Grain Storage soc. Per Ton. > JEW ELR Y W The Pacific C o o t Elevator Company Having purchased the Moore Bros, a Ginn Warehouses at Moro, Grass Valley and McDonald Bridge, will maintain the old standard storage charges of 50c. per ton, which shall carry the grain to December 31st following, and 10 cents per ton per month or fractional part thereof, thereafter. This is fc. per bushel less than is charged by other firms. Is }c, per bushel worth saving T If so haul us your wheat and save ’"’fc . per bushel on storage alone. Your wheat will be piled special or graded just as you like. Mr. T. R. McGinnis will have charge of our Moro Warehouse, which insures a square deal to all. Pacific Coast Elevator Co., E. 5 . Cattron, ,. Sherman County Agent. Miss Edyth Brock is a guest of friends in Portland. Jas. Mitchell and wife are finish do qot need to go alaewtiara to ing the fair this week. gat your If you have no potatoes H. A. Page W ATCH : will aupply your wants. rapairad as I do watchwork Jess Thompson and family are -— that- will give entire eatia- taking in the fair this week. factton or ny>ney W. H. Ragsdale and wife are refunded. guest» of Portland friends this week. O. M . H E S C O C K Lost. A plain gold ring, prized J e w e le r as a keepsake. Please leave at this v M o r o - - O re g o n offioe. What lovely rains, aad just look at the grass grow. It makes the Watch The Sherman * cows laugh. Judge J. F. Moore, wife and Trading Company. daughter, are guests of friends in Moro Hotel cigars are the best. the Rose city this week. There will be no more fair visitors Dr. Rollins is off on bis annual, after today. Perry Strong and wife of Wilcox, to Spokane, Baker oity and Rye are helping to wind up’^ffairs in Valley, visiting his children. E. G. Messingeris now a resident Portland, this week. of Moro, living in Mrs. Anderson’s Now is your time to plant Wal nut trees. See Brooks a Sons adv. house in Mowry's addition. It ia just the finest time now that on 2d page today. Sherman county farmers ever had Rooms in connection with the for seeding and fall plowing. Star Restaurant. Grandpa and Grandma Ileckard Stationery, paper, pens, ink, pencils and all sorts of iotas, at the are flailing their son J.' J. and family io Biggs, from Linn oounty. Observer Book Store. Mrs. Wflo. Hoggard returned Yon cannot afford to miss some from Portland Sunday. She made of the bargains offered by J. O. El a good long visit aud enjoyed the rod in Real Estate. The late improved drop head fair. Did you know that Moro has a While Sewing Machine, $30.00. first class Orchestra, capable of Carmody Bros, have it. giving a high order entertainment? If it wasn't for the wine how many Suob it is. people would attend banquets and Fred Powell and wife of Prine •it through ths »peaches? ville were guests of W. S. Powell How it musttiokle birds to know ap<) wife last week. They are now that after they are dead they will finishing up the fair. •— > adorn the hats of the womenfolk. J. H. Elliott and wife and Mrs. Some men are so nomadic that Bull, went to Portlandfon the 8th. they cannot appreciate a warm fire, While there Mr. Elliott attended the good light, a book and a wife. republican reunion. Get oDe of those 17 jewel Elgin Mrs. L. Barnum, Accompanied watches in the beet solid nickel by Roy aud little Mary ¿Went to the case made, price $12 50 at Hea- fair this week. She expeoted to cock’s jewelry store. - -Unable to agree on a minister to meet Mr. Barnum "there. Sheriff McCoy took that young marry them a California couple cigarette fiend to the reform school quarreled and separated. How this week. Mrs. McCoy accompanied they must have loved each other. While a cookstove is a compara her husband to attend the fair. Geo. A. Meloy moved to his new tively modern inatitution, still, that is no reason why all the girls residence this week on the E. A should not know how to operate one. Cushman farm, where he is now The only thing a boy finds die- preparing for fall work at home. W. A. Norcross has has leased agreeable about going barefooted is when his mother insists that he the Moro residence of W. B John- «hall wash his feet before going to •toD, near the brick yard, and will be at home in the city this winter. bed. J H. Landry and wife returned There is always a moment in a John visit when the host wonders when from the fair on the 8tb. the visitor will go and when the managed to get in a few hours time guest wonders bow he can break f jr business while in the Rose City. J. B. Morrison discovered a coal away. mine right in the heart of Moro, The man who raised the first wheat in what is now Sherman Monday morning, and is using oountv, still lives in the oounty; out of it to warm his office this week. Found. At Hay Canyon Junc and his name is A Erskine, of tion, a lady’s grip.. Had been wet Ernkineville. through with the rains. Contains K. A. Kime is hack to Sherman county from Old Misssoure, and we girls dresB, purse, eto. Owner will guess he will stay this time. Friends apply to J. H. Elliott, Moukland. Eight bead good work horses, and of Mr. and Mrs. Kime will warmly a farming outfit for sale. Also weloome them. some unbroke horses. Also: 480 Mrs. Fanny Shandy, mother of our Ry. Agent and telegraph oper aeree of land to rent. G. M. Frost, ator, is having a good visit with her Moro, Or. > L. O. Ralstons adv. in The Old children in Moro. Mrs. Shandy is Reliable Observer sold bis stock in a resident of Missouri. two weeks. Ask Mr. Ralston about Lewis and Clark, Uttered and i t Anything genuine goes, when torn, cached their outfit 100 years ago this week and took to . boats, we take hold of it. Misa Hobson returned to her October 16tb they floated into the position with the Eastern Oregon Colombia river. The Journal will Lend Company in this oity this continue the sketohea after the lair week, very rtnuoh refreshed by her in answer to a demand for them. Rev. W. A. ^fjright and wife who rest of nearly a month. Mies Daisy Stanley has taken were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Brock sofaool to teach'* in Cooe oounty. over Sunday, left for their home in Mre. Stanley went to Portland Washington Tuesday. Judge Brock accompanied them to Portland, Sunday to eee her daughter safely started for her new sphere of action. Mrs. B. going as far aa Hood river A. Dillinger and wife and Mrs. where she is the guest of her Bro. Sprague of Iowa, sister of Mr. John I. Miller and family.' R. Walker, one of the moat sub Hathaway, left Monkland for the etantial farmers in Sherman oounty, Reeeoity on the 8tb. After visiting gave ua a oall thia week. Ha baa the fair Mrs. Sprague will leave for tried many other regiona and think Sherman oounty la all right for wheat. Mr. W. la opmparativsly * stranger in thia oounty, ’though quite familiar with grain raitiufc. Ha la related by marriage to Messrs Mao Der mid. Iowa. ’ AU goods sold for cash at The Obeerver Book store. Lost. On the road between E r sk in ville and Moro a pair of lady’s o f a l l la In d a . E v e r y t h i n g u p to d a te a n d noeeglaases. Please leave at thia p r lc e a r e a s o n a b le . offioe. ; - The Mexioan rubber stock para Rings, Brooch«, Chain* site la headed for Prineville. The Review hopes that in case he ap ELGIN % W A L T H A M W A T C H E S pears there some one will express a l w a y s k e p t in s to c k . preference for a gold briok? It would be better than rubber stock, A la r g e s e le c tio n o f and It doesn't take so long to find SIL V E R W A R E «22 CUT © L A S S out you’re atuok. w i l l b e In , In a f e w d a y s John Carmody, who haa lately beoome indentified with the business Watch and Jewelry repairing a specialty. interests of Moro, still retains his residence in Portland, but bis sons are here and are well pleased with the prospect of future trade. In this city there ia no boom but the JEW ELER growth is healthy and oertain. That famous black stallion reoently owned by C. K. Cochrane is dead. > He had been purohaeed by L. V. Moore only a short time before for $800.00. Inflammation Sign Writing. •' Carriage Painting. of the bowels is supposed to have been the oause of death. This was ano of the prettiest borsfS in The Inland Empire. ----- Dealer Io------ There will he preaubing in Moro Paints, Oils, Picture and Room Holdings, Baptist church next Sunday morn Glass and W all Raper., ing -and evening. Sunday school Paper Hanging and House Painting. * e 10 a. m. Preaching 11 a. m. and Furniture Varnished and Polished. 7:30 p. m. The public invited. Pictures Framed and Matted. Revival meetings will commence in Bedsteads Enameled. this church about Nov. 12th. Estimates furnished on application. A ll work neatly done Evangelist J. T. Moore will assist the pastor. We invite all earnest Christians to pray for a revival of religion in this city. John Tonkins, Pastor. Alfalfa on the O. A. C. farm at Corvallis made a yield of green G. Ba MBftUNOBBs FitRlUto»» feed this season equal to 64 tons of hay per acre. It is a yield strik Bolton Building, Moro, Oregon. ingly at varianoe with the grain orop, because it is 50 per cent larger :: Meals cooked to order. Short order lunches a specialty . than any former crop, all in spite C om plete Stofck of. Canned Lunch Goods. of bugs aod drouth conditions. It inspires wonder that more farmers Roqms in Connection with the Restaurant. do not grow alfalfa, since this l l l l l - l - I - l I 1 1 I I I H - 1 - l l l - I - l - l - l - H - l I 1 1 I I l-l-l-l I I I 1 I ' H ' I ' l - H - l - W college crop was produced on land no better than ordinary wheat land, without irrigation, or any artificial O I - - '*W 1< * - 'I *• * -» I - I - I ' fertilizer. ______ > ' There was an Irishman In town Monday trying to give away $10,- 000. He was headed In the direction of Klamath falls, where it is said the suckers leap after bait i H f S b L ' ’ s > O. M. HEACOCK MORO : ■ : O R E G O N ; E. M. MEACH, floro, Or. J, STAR RESTA UR AN T T h e Illin o is C e n tra l. Maintains unexcelled service from the West to the East and South, making close connections with all transcontinental lines. Passengers are given their choice of routes to Chicago, Louisville, Memphis, and New Orleans, and through these points to the far east. Prospective travelers desiring information as to the lowest rates and beet routes are invited to correspondence with the following representatives. B.H.Trumbull, CommercialAgent 142 Third st., Portland, Or. J.C.Lindsey, Trav. Passenger Agt., 142 3d st., Portland, Oj. Paul B.Thompson.PassengerAgt., ColmatfTiuilding, Seattle. ZUrbaran's portrait o f Velasques, which contemporary w riters prejeed very highly and which w m supposed to have been burned In the Itedro pel- ace, has bean discovered In the cathe dral ot La Beo, Saregoeea, Spain. Recent excevatlone In Egypt have re veeled a bond, dated A. D. 100, ap prenticing a slave for two years to th« “•emlograph" to be taught to read and w rite shorthand or “the eigne that your eon IUonyelua knows," the teach er receiving 180 drachmas, about «23. The Vogetartscbe Worte. a vegeta rtau Journal published at Hamburg, appeals to Its readSrs not to attend Wagner's performances or play any oi the master's music. I t describes War ner as “a gross flesh feeder" and a man who openly ridiculed vegetarian principles. . ___ _ The chief breeding ground for cana ries was formerly the Hara moun tains, but of late yeare only the finest singers are reared In that district. The trade was transferred to Elchsfelde, In the province of Hanover, where poor weavers breed the cheaper sort. Hie most important market for these gold en birds la the United States, which takes quit» 100,000 birds a year. O r ^ t Britain comes next, w ith aorae 50,000, and Is followed by Brasil, Chile and the Argentine Republic. The principal dealers have large fac tories which can turn out material for 1,000 bird cages dally. The peasants take this away to their homes and there make up the cages. Attendants, who each have charge of 1.000 bird« to ■«imrate cages, take canaries a c ro«s the Atlantic and on their return voy age bring back Mexican and Cuban parrots for the European markets. About 250,000 canaries aro bred ev ery year to Germany, and their value, some £50.000, goes chiefly Into the pockets of the peasants.- CALL AND SEE OUR Rex Hacks , Rex Surrles — - p ex Buggies i • • - ..4 ' - / . ; _______________ ___ Heydt Implement Co., Moro, Or. «.H.-» ¿ - - » K . - ’J......... SOROSIS SHOES FOR WOMEN , ♦«- A.. - . New Styles for Fall W ear lit Button or Lace, Patent Leather and Black Kid skin and Calf skin ^ 3 . 5 0 s i p s u lx KNIGHTS Sorosis W alk-O ver Store Opposlts Pcrklas Hotel Portland, Oregon. __ S t i l i m i i n ........... 11 1 WASCO MILLING CO. HALF A S A C K » f oar high g n u l. Saar le ; r e iu lt a to a foil tack o f other brands. 'T ie the beat on the m arket for h a lf again the money. Uniform lo quality and purity. The highest development ef tha m illet’s art, oanbined with the very beet wheat that te raiaod ia Bh erm ae cooaty. equal In Onca triad— A lw ays asad. WASCO MILLING CO. Wasco, Or. F O R W A R D To bo «ure, yoy arc growing old. But why let everybody see It, In your gray* hair? Keep your hair dark and rich, and postpone age. If you will Hair Vigor only use Ayer’a H*k Vigor, your gray hair will aoon have all the deep, rich color of youth. Sold for 60 years. s thte I re a r, of long hair whleh ia a y heed o whe see M Ä — for J â ïiÏÏ W hite H a ir ’If you were going out on a business trip you would go neatly and carefully dressed, because ^ou would wish to rqaKe a good Impression. Has it ev er occurred to you that your printing— being your representative that you send where you cannot go yourself—should be just as carefully dressed? « In Other words, your printing should be done on good stocK. With good ink, careful presswork, and rnost Important of all, "know how.” "The Observer” is the kind that satisfies you, satisfies the parties to whorn you send it, and it pleases us to do it because It gives such aeneral satisfaction.
