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MOBO, SHBSMAM CO..ORBOOH:
TEACHERS’ ASSOCIATION.
A Legend of Easter Day.
Institute and Meeting in Moro on
Saturday April 14th.
T h e aisles In velvet darkness lay,
T h e pews In shadow slept,
T h e rows o f gilded organ-pipes
Majestic silence kept.
T h ro ’ painted pause a moon beam stole
A long the altar-rail,
A n d showed upon the steps a group
O f kueellug angels pale.
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FRIDAY
A pril 6 ,1 9 0 6
Easter Sunday A D 1906 will be
April 16th.
The Observer is the Sherman
county paper you want.
' Sample oopies of this paper may
be had at The Observer business
office—Ao. per copy.
Type-writer paper at The Observ
er offioe.
Carbon paper, any sise to order,
at The Observer offioe
Get one of our iudellible pads
and stomp for m ark in g linen.
Home news on every page of The
Observer, all printed in Moro.
Robber stamps to order at The
O b earrer offioe.
Stationery, paper, pens, ink,
pencils and all sorts of ictas, at the
Observer Book Store.
i Latest maps of both Oregon and
Washington, for sale at The
Observer Book Store.
If you want to keep posted on all
t h a t ! « doing in H harm an oo an ty, y*m w ant
T h e Observer. T e rm « g l .60 par year
Wednesday was the lastdate that
candidates bad to complete their
petitions.
April 26th will be the 87th an
niversary of Odd Fellowship in
the United States.
Miss Scales’ Easter Hats have ar
rived. She was afraid they might
not come in time, but is now pleased
to invite the ladies to call and see
ibis assortment, and oqmpare the
prices. Idleman building, Moro.
Too much has been said about
frossn out wheat in this oounty.
There isn’t d and ages amounting to
20 per oent in the aggregate, and
our statement last week is cut down
today to previous well founded re
ports. Perhaps 910,000 damages
altogether.
^Program, morning and afternoon
session:
Primary Language...............
. . . . - ___ H. Eleanor Bamber
Discussion by } Mrs. Thomas,
i Miss Bailey.
Intermediate L anguage-----
............................... Miss Bain
Discussion by ) Miss McLeod,
| Miss Darby.
Advanced Language5...........
........................... Mrs. Blayback
Discussion by ) Mr. Ashurst
\ Miss Blair.
Evening Session
Opening s o n g ................... Audience
.
.
.
America.”
Recitation...........Jeanette Rutledge
‘ “Color Guard.”
S o n g ...............Intermediate Grades
“There is Hope in the Children.”
Recitation .............Hasel Dunahoo
“Kentucky Belle.”
Flag S o n g .. Intermediate Grades
Recitation ....................... Allie Huis
“Missionary Ridge.”
Solo ........................... Prof. Johnson
’P atriotic Address, by M. L. Pratt,
i&tate Lecturer for the G. A. R of
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Oregon.
Each swung a oeuser as she prayed,
A u alabaster cup,
Star-shaped,and lined w ith purest gold.
W ith fragrance b rim m in g up.
A n d as she swayed It to and fro;
Behold! T he c h illy gloom
G rew soft w ith airs or Paradise,
A u d heavy w ith p e rfu m e.
A sound disturbed the seraph band,
T hey vanished In the n ig h t;
B ut one forgot, and left behind
H e r censer pearly w hite.
Ho when the worshippers arrived ,
T he church was a im and stilly ,
B u t lo! Upon the altar-steps,
T hey round an Easter lily .
. . „ —April LlpplnootV»
Spring Millinery.
In something every lady is inter
ested in and no doubt studying
over, not knowing what will be
most fitted for her. Many and
varied are the styles this season and
the milliners art has reached nearer
the height of beauty than ever be
fore, and the Moro feminine portion
are offered at Mrs. Strahl’s as fine
a selection of all kinds of spring
headgear as will be shown in The
Inland Empire this season Mrs.
Strahl bah had the experience of
many seasons in such goods and
knows what the people need and
also to fit their needs with the most
fashionable hats on the market
She has exclusive sale of the Fam
ous hats, the height oj perfection
and style in millinery, and with all
the aide attractions eclipses any
showing to be seen in Sherman
county. It will pay all to keep an
eye on Mrs. Strahl’s stock this
season.
The morning and'afternoon ses
sions will tie held at the High
School, Moro, Oregon, Saturday,
April ’14, 1906. Morning session
will begin at 11 o’clock. A lunch
will be served in the school build
ing to all teachers and to visiting
friends.
The evening session will be held
at the new Opera House. Every one
is cordially invited to attend, since
this is to be the last Institute for
Bro Weeterfield of the Grass
the school year. We should like to
have every teacher in the county valley Journal was a cheerful visitor
in Moro Tuesday.
present.
W. C. B ryant ,
Mias Edna Strahl entertained the
County School Superintendent
Batchelor Girls and “Spinsters” on
J M Florer has moved to a farm the occasion of hersteenth birthday
in the Viento region.
aturday evening.
The leading
Mrs G M Frost has returned from feature of the evening was a Flower
a visit to her sister Mrs L K Moore, Masqiiefide, music, song and re
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freshm ents.
W . F. Weigand &, Co.
Leaders in Hardware and Implements.
Grass Valley, Oregon.
W e d o n ’t have to m ake m uch noise o r display ab o u t the extent
or quality o f o u r stock, for the people are sm art enough th e m
selves to know w here to com e to find the p ro p er variety to select
from, an d feel absolute confidence in the quality o f o u r goods
a n d the littleness of the prices.
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You m ust spray if you want
apples. Try W. F. Weigand a C o . for
T he right tools to do it with.
Exactly T he
Thing for
small
orchards to your order.
If you are going to build
this year you will find the 1906
Hardware at W. F. Weigand a C o ’ s .
up to date and T he Best for the
least money.
W. F. Weigand.* Co.,
Ss;sÄ
M r s / B Morrison is here from
California.
G M Frost Is expected boms from
Texas today.
Mrs Stanley arrived home from
Salem this week.
If we ^an’t bate deoent electric
lights—cut them out.
If we cabU have anj water In
the reservoir—clnau It out.
Only a fsw days lsft to select
yonr Easter hat at Mrs Strahl’s.
Mrs Clarke left for home Monday.
A 9-lb girl gladdened the home
of Mr and Mre Claude Thompeon,
at Monkland, last week.
Mre Clark of Hood river, was the
guest of her daughter Mrs W . O
Hadley, in Moro, last week.
Think of it.
Gambling, that
favorite pastime with “ gentlemen,”
baa been suppressed in Butte.
Crossed wires destroyed 9300,000
worth of property at the Idaho
university, Moscow, Saturday.
Mrs L V Moore is on the tick
list thia week.
Wonderful fine weather this, for
I gardening.
Wednesday was Kent Day in
Moro this week.
The apple crop will be a cracker-
jack in Oregon this year.
• J B Goit is making a new map of
Wasco and Sherman counties.
Mrs Ida Strong Wolford present
ed her husband with a fine boy on
tke 27tb. Another Nasby.
We’ve got the tools and whats
more we know bow to use them in
thia Print Shop. Come and See for
yourself.
We thought eo all the time.
Dick McCann’s wonderful letters on
Cake are'Talse, misleading—real
lie s.„
We have a magazine for you now
at 1 cent per copy, 10 cents per
year. The Woman’s Magazine, St.
Louis, Mo.
We are sorry to lose Mr and Mrs
Salmon. They go to Kent, where
Mr Salmon has purchased a busi
ness stand. '
T h e steam er M o u n ta in G em has
again ta k e n up its w ork in an
of L ew is to n ,
an d
out
T h e O . M an
is
s till a t hom e.
Moro cannot sflford to take so
many chances on being wiped off
the map for wsnt of fuel and water
at headquarters
Y o u can a lw a y s fin d it p ro fita b le
to use the classified adv. c olu m n s
of T h e O bserver. T h e y b rin g b u y th
and
s e lle f tog eth er.
N t-l-o n H
a iim h is
of age, is on
m o th e r 79 years
a v is it to
her eon
th is county from th e old
in
c o u n try ,
acco m p an ied by a d a u g h te r.
O M
of
at
Pendleton,
H eaçock is o ff on a to u r
business and to see the old fo lk
h om e?
H e w ill c a ll in a t
P o rtla n d , S a le m a n d N e w b u rg . -
See a d vts o f firs t class
s ta llio n s
on 2d page to d a y . P asteur ia owned
here
D ic k n o m a h belongs in
c o u n ty ,
and
both
have
Wasco
sple n d id
records.
Hon B F Pike and wife expected
to take a leisurely drive to southern
Oregon via Sisters in June, but 26
feet of snow has .to be moved before
the wngqn road can be made pass
able. -
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At the city election Monday 95
votes were cast. 8 8 Hays, Adolph
Heydt were elected to the oouncil.
A tie vote between W H Ragsdale
and O Ramsey, gave the latter the
place.
Mr Wallen was elected
treasurer.
The O T Co closed its doors Satur
day and a receiver was appointed
to wind up its affairs. Sheriff Mc
Coy sent Miss White, Miss Edyth
Brock and J M Parry, jr., from
Moro Tuesday, to assist in taking
account of stock, gom m ent is re
served.
“Just plain Billie Clarke, printer,
that is all,” is the way everyone
speaks of Wm J Clarke, candidate
for State Printer on the Republican
ticket and a hose name heads the
list o f S t a t e Printer candidates to
be voted lo r on primary day, April
20th.
A little incident oocuried on the
hill which wus funny to the witness
at lea«t, and if we knew the little
woman we would like to pat her on
th e b a c k says a Hood river paper.
A couple of picture sharps, so we
are told, h a v e been operating in the
oity and one of them attempted to
deliver a picture to a lady on the
bill, when an altercation of aome
kind ensued and the lady put a
foot through the picture, ohaaed the
fakir out of the yard and down the
street.
Avenarius Carbolineua ia a germ
deatroyer. Decay being a germ, it
destroya the cause of decay in posts
or timber. The US.Government,
the ORNQo., Multnomah oounty,
and oity of Portland, are making
general use of it on bridge timbers,
e tc ., It is the beat chicken lioe de
stroyed on the market) and will
sweeten and préserve a water trough,
pig pen, stable, eto , and keep away
flies. It is a guaranteed article.
The Observer Book Store is distrib
utor of the pure article in Sherman
oounty.
Henry Gosh Is one of our moat
ful farmers.
Almost in
variably has a good orop.
A fire in Moro this week would
have woun^ the city up for all time.
No water. How’s the boeeT
Mr Hornady has taken oharge of
the Wind River Lumber Co. buei
neaa in Moro. Mr Lyon aud family
have gone to Coeur d’Alene.
There will be no Hearst in the
pfBoeesion when Bryan returns. A
great bome-ooming ie planned for
the Nebraskan to oheok the New
Yorker.
Mr and Mrs Messingsr from
Wardner, Idaho, are viaitiog rela
tives in Moro. Mrs Messinger Is
Mn Elcock’s neios and Mr Mes
singer is a cousin of J W Massinger.
At the Grass valley oity eleotion
Monday 63 votes were voted. . The
SBOoeaHful candidates were: Mayor,
0 W Moore; Treasurer, Sam Baker;
Council men, J A MoDonald, J H
Baker, L R French, Fred Krusow.
Manager Meaoh informs us that a
o)0St excellent theatrioal company
Isoooked at the Moro opera house
for three nights, Monday, Tuesday
and Wednesday, the 9th, lO t b , and
11th. Be sore to secure your seats
early.
Miss Mary N Chase of New
Hampshire, will lecture on Wo
man Suffrage in the Presbyterian
church, March 7th at 7:30. Every
body Invited. Come one, come all
A collection will be taken. Admit
sion free.
Buy .the genuine imported even
erioua oarboliueum; the imitation
being offered Is only a temporary
remedy if at all. If genuine one
application lasts for all time. Ask
to see our sealed paokages. The
Observer Book Store.
If you have an' inclination to be
savage, oroes, and mean; careless in
your conversation, full of bitterness
and spleen, put aside the wicked
habit charge upon it with a shout
Seize it, grab it, stiok it, stab it.
And be sure to out it out.
County court is in session as we
go to press with this edition of The
Old Reliable. .In our .next issue
you will find a complete and read
ably printed report of all the pro
ceedings. The orly oounty paper
published io Sherman county.
Have arrived in Sherman oounty
and am prepared to repair Combin
ed Harvesters whioh should be done
at onoe as there is only a limited
time to do the large amount of work
on hand. See me early as first de
mands first served. J A McNeil.
Beware of the picture man
Neighboring papers are warning
their readers against a fraud whiob
is being worked. Don’t sign any
contracts; don’t make any advance
payment; keep your photographs
sod you will be better off in the
logg run.
Mrs Bressler died on the 30th,
and the remains were taken to Polk
oounty for burial. Friends of the
family request us to thank the kind
ones who were so much help to
them during the'sickness and at the
death. There ia heart-felt sympathy
of a large community for the be
reaved.
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A conference of republicans has
been called for a meeting to be held
in Moro, Saturday, April, 14th, 1906
and the call invites 16 members'
from each preoinot in the county to
attend as delegates. The ohjeot of
the conference Is to have a ratifica
tion of candidates nominated on the
20th.
Only A Few Of Our Bargains.
Funeral sermons are being dis
pensed with in Pennsylvania.
Full bred wharf rats are so rapid Ladle« U o jd F ille d Caae F itte d w ith E lg in or W a lth a m m o v em e n t, $15.00 to $ a j.o o
ly peopleing this part of The Inland Ladle« S te rlin g S ilv e r, G o ld In la id caae F ille d w ith sam e m o v em e n t, Siffieo to $ j j . oo
G ent« «m a ll « lie G o ld filled case w ith E lg in or W a lth a m m o v em e n t, >14.0# to S>O.OO
Empire that farmers may begin to G ent» 18 « lie
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S i l . 90 te 919.00
regard the peat with dread appre
W e have W atches, h ow ever, that cost as high as >45.00.
hensions. They , are more prolifio
than rabbits or any similar pests Chains, Brooches, Charm s and Rings. A large aaaortment to «elect from.
infesting Oregon. L V Moore’s dog Diamends. A ll sizes always carried In stock up lo h a lf caret.
killed one at Pages market Satur W a tc h R e p a irin g . O nly First, Class work done here. —
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day, a big fellow only one year old.
The regular monthly iqeeting of
E d is o n P h o n o g r a p h s .
Moro school board was held at the
office of the W A Gordon bank on
the 3d. The usual business ooming
before the board was disposed of
and warrants ordered in favor of the
C h a r le s D a v is
W m . H oggard
teachers for their salaries for March.
The question of teachers for the
ooming sohool year was disoussed,
and it was decided to invite those
desiring positions to file their ap
plications with the olerk Dr R W E L E C T R IC A L W I R I N G , Hnd P L U M B IN G ,
t
Logan, on or before April 21et.
Drink and the gang drinks with T I N N I N G , G A S Hnd S T E A M R E P A IR IN G
you, swear off and you go it alone;
for the bar-room bum who drinks
B IC Y C L E W O R K , E tc.
your ram has a quenchless thirst of
bis own. Feast and yonr friends P e o p le s JQ ulldlng, JRRain S t r e e t , HR opo , O p
are many, fast and they cut you
oold. They’ll not get mad if you
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treat them bad when their stomachs
Sign Writing.
Carriage Painting. v
hays all they can hold. Steal if
you get a million, for then you can
furnish bail, it’s a great big thief
------Dealer in ------
who gets ont on leave while the
dttle one goes to jail. Advertise
P a in ts, O ils, P ictu re and Room H oldings,
and the dollars will come, quit and
G lass and W all Paper.
they fail to arrive; for how are men
I’niter Hanging anil IIouso Painting. *
who have money to spend to know
Furniture Varnished and Polished.
you are still alive.
Pictures Framed and Matted.
Bedsteads Enameled.
P O L IT IC A L B O U Q U E T S .
0. M. KUCOCK, Jeweler, Moro, Oregon.
H O 6 G A R D & D A V IS
E. M. MEACH, floro, Or.
W a fta S H it h e r a n d T h it h e r on Z e p h rs
J, Estimates furnished on affixation.
A ll work neatly done!,
F a n n in g th e B re e s e to C o m e .
Pendleton Eaat Oregonian.
* W ith w arm personal friends and po
litical workers In every precinct In ev
ery oounty In the state,w ith the record
of having been shamelessly turned
dow n by the legislature after having
been elected as the peoples’ choice for
UH.Henator, w ith perhaps the widest
personal and business acquaintance of
any mqn In the state, Theodore T Geer
ex-governor of Oregon, feels th a t be
stands the beat ohance for tbn — in ina
tlon for governor a t the com ing p rim a
ry eleotion. M r Geer has one unique
reoord In Oregon political history, that
la: that he has made a |»ersnnal cam
paign In every oounty in the state, sev
eral tlmea. I n every precinct in every
oounty he I» personally acquainted and
knows just how each preoinot haa voted
in the past, how It feels now^and prac
tically now It w ill vote at thè primaries
and reels absolutely oertaln of the nom
ination for the governorship.
. Polk Oounty Enterprise.
J. R W hitney, state p rinter, is ask
ing a renom ination a t the hands of the
republican voters at the p rim ary elec
tion in A p ril, is follow ing a well round
ed custom of the party in Oregon, th a t
when a state officer performs his dpttee
acceptably and m a kes e r e d ita le record
be b given a eeoopd term. M r W h itn e y
b a lifelong republican and edited the
for nearly tw en ty
A lb an y
y e a n , a paper know n throughout the
state for its unswerving oourse In be
h a lf of the republican ticket and can
didates nom inated by the party. H e
b a native Oregonian, a graduate of the
U n iversity o f Oregon, and a practical
printer. Since assuming charge o f the
state p rin tin g office he has devoted his
entire tim e and attention to the eflklrs
of the offioe, and w ith b b long experi
ence In the p rin tin g business be has
been able to give the state a good, clean,
businesslike adm inistration. M r W h it
ney b conducting a straightforw ard
prim ary campaign, and b b m any
friends are confident th a t he w ill be
renominated by a large m ajority.
Tillam ook H e a d lig h t: W e notice that
H M Cake, of Portland, bos announced
himself a candidate for US.Senator on
the republican tic k e t Moet everybody
in Portland hold Cake Brothers in high
esteem,end the Headlight in introducing
H M to the people ol Tillamook makes
them acquainted w ith a gentleman who
ia clean politically, energetically em
ployed in everything that is to the bene
fit of Oregon, and one who is certainly
deserving of «upport. That much we can
say for M r Oake, and much more too if
necessary. Ae president of the Portland
Commercial Club, a live, energetic or
ganisation, be comes in touch with peo
ple of standing and Influence from all
over Oregon, consequently he w ill devel
op a big following in e short tim e.
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B le a ts a n d V e g e ta b le s
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E atab les of all kinds
at T h e Sachs M arket
c A C H
McCaleb B uilding
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Main S tr e e t.
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Dealer in all Kinds of Fish and Cured Meats, H am , Bacon
and Lard.
Fresh Fish every Thursday and Friday-
Headquarters J o r Vegetables and Fruits.
Butter and
Eggs taken in exchange. Give me a trial order.
B C ZZZXZZZSZZZ2C XZ3
Wc
Have Moved
and are now located a t
26Z Washington and ill 3d. Sts.
A ll aro u n d th e N o r th w e s t C orner of T h l r
an d W a s h in g to n S tr e e t s .
Knight's
P s rm e rly F ifth and W a a k . S t» .
Portland,
' Or.
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WASCO MILLING CO.
H A L F A S A C K o f our high krs.la flow w
equal in results tq a full tack o f other
brand*. 'T i* the beat on the m arket for half
again the money.
Uniform in quality and
purity.
The hight-at development o< the
m iller'* art, combined w ith Ihe » w y heat
wheat '.hat ia raised in Sherman oounty.
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Once t r ie d - —A lw a y s uaed.
R
oyal
B a k in g Powder
Absolutely
WASCO MILLING CO.,
Wasco, Or.
JOB PRINTING
P a re
Made from cPareGrape Cream o f Tartar
In baking powder Royal is the standard, the
powder o f highest reputation; found by the
United States G overnm ent test! o f greatest
strength and purity.
It renders the food more healthful and palat
able and is most economical in practical use.
Housekeepers are sometimes importuned to
buy alum powders because they are “ cheap.”
Y e t some o f the cheapest made powders are sold
to consumers at the highest price.
Housekeepers should stop and think. Is it
not better to buy the Royal and take no chances—
the powder whose goodness and honesty are never
questioned ?
Is it economy to spoil your digestion by an
alum-phosphate or other adultcred powder to
save a few pennies ?
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conveys an idea of sucecaa. Y o u m ay never
aee the man hfmaclf-
It’s Ma letter head,
Ms envelope, his business card, circulars or
catalogue. Y ou size the man op by these
things. W hat Impression of a man and Ms
business do you gat If he writes to you on
wrapping paper or axle groom stationery?
H o w doe« yours look? Is S neat, tasty and
modern? It b If T h e Mem Observer Job
Deportment prints H. Better bring In that
neat Job L
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