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MORO, OREGON.
Regular bill of fare at Rudolfs’
Strawberry ice cream at Rudolfs’
Sunday.
ice cream parlors.
Carbon paper, any size to order,
After 1 pm. Wednesday, it is very
M O H O , S H E R M A N C O ..O R E G O N :
at T b * Obaerver offloe.
difficult for us to handle copy that
Get one of our indellible pads calls for changes in the form.
The price of The Observer is 11.60 and stamp (Or m arking linen.
per year. 76 onnta (or six month«, 60 oeoto
The Goulds are believetf to be
(or (oar m outh*—bat if paid in ndvanoe we
The Observer is sustained by its
ajoept |2.60 in (n il (or 2 years. Shorter jwn reputation. T b * Offioial Paper of T b * back of the Southern Extension Ry.
terms than one year 12H oenta per month. People.
Co., building up DesChutes river
Inks, mucilage, cards, envelopes,
F R ID A Y .............. A vgust 24, 1906 paper of every kind, tablets, every style, at from Celilo, via Rohr Villa and
i he O b s e rv e r B o o k ¿ lo r e .
Madras, to Bend.
The
Observer
prepared
to
turn
out
T o P a tr o n s a n d C o r re s p o n d e n ts .
Patriarchs Militant and Soverign
any class of uptodate job printing.
Grand Lodge, I O O F, which con*
New
Block,
steam
presses,
new
type.
A ll locale w ill be run till ordered out,
Satisfaction guaranteed.
venes at Toronto, Ontario, Sept 15th
Unless otherwise specified.
to
22d, 1906. - Tickets now on sale
Be
at
Rudolfs
Sunday
and
try
Don’t ask ua to send you names and Ad
dress of.corre«|«ndents. That is a private the Strawberry ice oream.
A very at Moro railway station; going via
matter between them and us.
delioious flavor.
Skokane and return 980.10. Go*'
Copy for ads, change*, etc., mupt be In
Stationery, paper, pens, ink, ing via Spokane, returning via San
the oifice before 2-o’clock p. m. Wednea-
lay. to Insure proper care and attention.
pencils and all sorts of ictae, at the Francisco 9101.95. On sale Sept
Church and Society notices F R E E , ex Observer Book Store.
8*9 and 10th, 1906. Limit to Nov.
cept when iyj- money making purposes.
30th, 1906.
Such notices at regular rates at the option
Don’t fail to see the 8. T. Co’s,
of the publishers.
Avenarius Carbolineua is a germ
bargain counter of Mens and Boys
D on't tend ust articles on politics, te m
destroyer. Decay being a germ, it
<
perance or religion. Discussion of, suet, ehoeft Choice for 91,00.
destroys the cause of decay in posts
topics only leads to violent and abusive
Our
“
ads”
attract
attention
and
language in the end.
or timber. The US.Government,
advertise. When you get' oar ad*
Avoid personalities. Com plim ents deli
the ORNCo., Multnomah county,
cately given are always acceptable, but vertising, you get business bringere.
and
city of Portland, are making
even they must not be overdone, as the
We’ve got the tools and whats general use of it on bridge timbers,
charge o f Inclncerlty is apt to follow a
shower o f pretty nothings spread broad more we know bow to use them in
etc. It is the best chicken lioe de
east"
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this Print 8bop. Come and see for stroyer on the market, and will
yourself.
sweeten and preserre a water trough,
Farm for sale. Read Mr Sexton’s
It costs us more to print The pig pen, stable, etc., and keep away
adv.
Observer in bard times than it does flies. It is a guaranteed article.
Want a man and wife on your when times kre good—so we hope The Observer Book Store is distrib*
farm? See adv.
yon will come to the front with a 9 utor of the pure article in Sherman
oounty.
Don’t forget, the latest. Strawberry or 2 without kicking.
The Observer has been established
ice cream, at Rudolf«’ Sunday.
Buy the genuine imported aven* nearly
20 year», and it hae some aubacrl-
Latest maps of both Oregon and erioue csrbollneum; the imitation bera who have reeeived It regularly for
than h a lf a score of year».
Many
Washington, for sale at The being offered is only a temporary o more
f theae object to having the Old Reliable
Observer Book Store.
remedy if at all. If genuine one discontinued at the tim e of expiration o f
their aubacrlptlona, and for their benefit, aa
The board of equalization for application lasts for all time. Ask for other reasons, we dlacontlnue aubacrip-
tlona
only when notified to do ao, except
Sherman county will meet on the to see our sealed packages. The
by agreement made at the lim e the ac
Obeerver
Book
Store.
27th, at the court house in Moro.
count la opened, when It la noted upon
Eaton-Hurlbut goods is well the calendar to be dlacontlnued promptly
The last Monday in this month.
at the tim e apeclfied. A ll peraona paying
Pianos and Organs. The Gilbert knownr There is no other box and In advance at the time o f subscribing, will
have the benefit o f the $2 50 rate for two
Co. occasionally have instruments tablet paper so well known to the yeara, or the $500 rate tor five year». W e
best
users
of
stationery.
It
costs
tend T h e Obaerver to any reaponaible per
revert to them on account of sick*
son who order« It, though they may not
more
than
other
paper
any
where
ness, removal of buyer, eto. We
aend the money with the order, with the
else
but
at
The
Observer
Book
understanding that they are to pay 12 V,
will sell such instruments at a very
cents per m onth for it, until such tim e aa
low figure. Write for description ¡! Store. We desire to emphasize this they may wish to take advantage o f the
of piano bargains, terms, etc. We fact, leaving it to the user to judge above lilteral discount«. From thia date
we are prepared to discount rates to all
will watoh for a bargain for yob. whether or not this is not the fact. leading Weeklies and Magazines published
Write today. Fischer Piano 1100. When you use it, you have the In the United States, to any prepaid reader
Smith Organ $25.00. Gilbert Co., satisfaction of knowing that you of T h e Old Reliable Obaerver. Come with
the money— as that la Indlapensible.
are using the best paper made.
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ber 10-15. •
Oregon State Press Association,
Newport, Sept. 22-24.
Washington State Fair, North
Yakima, Sept. 17*22.
Columbia river Conference
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Church, North Yakima, Sept- 5.
The Oregon Irrigation Association
meet at Hood river Oct. 11-13.
The Oregon State Teachers Asso
ciation meet in Salem, Nov. 26-28.
JE Staoey is in Erskinville from
Alberta, looking for a farm.
Strawberry ice cream at Rudolfs'
Sunday. Something special.
Earl Crockett, the new pbarnm-
oist at the Moro drug store, arrived
from the east Saturday.
The Moro Flouring Mill! want
jour wheat. Call and see Mr.Edsoi.,
he will treat you right.
Potato rain Tuesday—now lo6k
at the spuds grow. Meloy is very
happy over the prospeot.
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Barnum Bros., tbs E O L Ce,,aud
others, are making a vigorous fight
against obnoxious weeds.
Gov. Chamberlain baa designated
Sept. 3d as'labor day. Everyday is
labor day in this county.
W. B. Kurtz has built a corral at
the Dufur depot, to facilitate ship
ments of his stock at that point.
.Thrashing crews generally pulled
in Tuesday to wait for the rain to
pass over. No damages reported.
C.P.Ragsdale and family now are
located at Newport, Yaquina bay,
where the Oregon State Press Asso
ciation are ta assemble next month.
Miss Maude Fuller,sister of Mrs.
Geo. Heonagio, returned to Cheno
weth, Wash., Monday, after three
weeks visiting in Sherman county.
Last Sunday 655 passengers were
carried over the Corvallis and East
ern Ry to Yaqnina bay, one of the
leading summer resorts in Oregon.
Prof.Hampton, who is to be prin
cipal of Mord High School, has ar
rived and is becoming acquainted
with people in the district. PrOf.H.
is related to Attorney Ragsdale and
bis sister is Mrs. A. 8. Johnson at
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The Portland park commissioners
begin to realise that it is time to se
cure a few animals from the jungles
of the Pacifio Northwest, and let up
on wasting money on cast off bric-a-
back birds and beasts from other
countries. *
Wheat touched a low point on
the 16th in Chicago, selling under
70c for the first time in over four
years. The market was influenced
by lower cables and continued ex
cellent weather for harvesting in
Minnesota and Dakota.
Mr. Nelson, of the Trunk Line Ry
building up DesChutes river is very
greatly pleased with Prineville. An
inland town that handles 20,000,000
pounds of freight annually by wag
on, ought to look good to an Up to
date railway traffic manager.
Stanley Webb, at his old home io
Wieconeiu, sends regards to all in-~
quiring friends. He has been trav
eling a year for bis health and feels
that he has considerably improved.
The region of his boyhood days is
now dotted with creameries, and
farmers are rioh from prices obtain
ed from butter alone.
San Francisoo has so much cash
that it don’t know what to do with
it at home, and so is sending It to
N.Y.City to loan (where interest is
cheap). Notwithstanding the insur
ance muddle 91,000,000 per day is
now coming in on account of losses,
and this has been going on for near
ly two months.
Dr. Sanders visited Hood River
valley recently and came home de
lighted. He says the rondn are good
with only an exception or two. He
was not looking after sick horses,
and refusing to be interviewed, with
merry twinkle in his eye— we
draw our own conclusions.
Musk melons with deep furrows
and rough eurfsoes are sound and
sweet. The color in the furrows is
also worth noting. If very greeny
green, it is under ripe; yellow, Htld
it is apt to be mnshy. Very smooth
snrface often raeank that the melon
is over ripe. It may be sweet, but
it will be too soft and dry for per
fection. Io choosing a watermelon
lift it to see that it is heavy and rap
on the shell to assure yourself that
it Is sound. The test of weight and.
fragrance are good ones for fruit« of
many vafieties.
Justin Clark, a busy farmer near
Spokane, realised 91,000 per acre
this summer from dewberries. Alb
sold in the Spokane market. Not
having all oreation fqr a patch he
was able to do all the pisking and
orating himself, hence had no ex-
pdfcee obtside of boxes, leaving al
most all he received for the berries
as clear profit. Besides dewberries
he has two aorys of tomatoes which
are a heavy orop this year, and an
orohard of 45 peaoh trees, which
will he in bearing next year.
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Ice at Rudolfs now, and plenty
of it, at 2 cents per pound.
For a neat, nifty, taetv window
display take a rubber at Rudolfs.
Sherman county farmers are far
from being broke. The crop of grain
in short, but our citizens are ’‘still
in the ring,” financially.
A moderu sign in Canyonville
reads thus “Teeth pulled and sub
scriptions taken for the Spokes
man.” Strange; isn’t it.
G. F. Guinther owned the team
advertised in The Observer as taken
up by Father J. R. Martin. It pays
both ways to advertise in The Old
Reliable. Fred got his horses.
Walter Wellman throws up the
sponge, we thought he would do so,
and will not sail toward the north
pole in his halloo.
’Tie well,
Walter; if you’d continue a well
man?
Mark Collins and wife of Tygb,.
will have to get busy and clean up,
build a decent home and take a
bath, before they get (heir four
pretty children out of the boys and
girls orphanage.
J. A. Thompson is at home again
from a flying visit to Canada.- He
was some time at Brucefleld, Ontar
io, the home of Mrs. Frank Smith’s
people, the Mathesons, where Mr.
and Mrs. Smith expect to winter.
A man was taken to the Dalles
from Olex last week suffering from
puerpa hemorrhngia, the second case
of the disease ever known in the
northwest. The first one was re
ported io Walla Walla recently and
resulted fatally. It is blood oozing
from the membrane all over the
body.
Capt. Spencer qhows up the open
river negligences and Asserts that
the finest opportunities for work on
the upper Columbia and Snake have
been allowed to go by through club
tactics. He says a more appropri
ate name for them would be a
Closed River Crowd.
Steeve Meek, brother of Joe,
whose name appears in an editorial
today in The Observer, was paid
two cows by the immigrants whom
he lost in 1845 in the Oregon wil
derness of now Harney county. To
eave bis neck he sneaked back to
old Fort Boise, and the immigrants
were too famished to follow him.
The new proprietors at Morp
Pharmacy, Dr. Goffin and Ladru
Barnum, are nowr prepared to serve
the public of Sherman county better
than the community has ever been,
served before since the first settle
ments. It may be dull times and
all that, bnt Moro Phurmacy has
taken many papes in advance of
the ti'mes quite recently.
Geo. P. Sink was a busy man in
Moro for an hour or so oh the 17th.
Mr.-Sink represents the better part
of Gilliam, and in answer as to the
crops told us that from the most re
liable information he could gather
tbfi crop of that county will not fall
short to exceed one-third, possibly
forty to fifty per cent in some local
ities, but in others the shortage will
amount to hut a small per ceut.
J. A. McNeil, combined harves
ter expert with the L. V. Moore ma
chine, was a caller at the Observer
office Wednesday. He reports that
Mr.Moore has his crop off 500acres
in the sack, doing the work in 15
days including stops for repairs and
niovek An average of 9 sacks was
made off 200 acreB. The machine
will now proceed to cut and sack
the crop off 500 acres for Robert
Kaseberg and W. F. Jackson.
A meeting has been called of the
Department of School Superintend
ence, an organization of county and
city superintendents, anil teachers,
to meet at Salem on October 5th
and 6tb. This being the last yeur
of the present school hook contract
the meeting will discuss needed
school book change* and otlirt’ pro
posed legislation affecting schools.
W. C Bo Hot. superintendent for
this county, will attend.
A stranger drops into town and
goes to nailing up yellow tin signs
indiscriminately. Is there not some
wav to stop this nuisaifc«? Tin pla
cards nrnounoe that Horsetail is
the best smoke in the world. »The
man with the long handled tack
hammer sticks them up on barns,
steps, poles, hitching posts, any old
place. The signs get old, discolored
unsightly, and worse looking as the
years roll by. Is there no way to
protect the city against these adver
tising monstrosities? Generally the
stuff they advertise is not fit for use.
An itinerating spectacle vendor
named Nobel, made his appearance
in Moro Monday but he didn’t stay.
He found Mr. lleacock
much bet
ter prepared for the work that his
bluff cut no ioe. The stand we take
in such matters is: If the tramp is
what be represents himself to be, in
oases like this, he would settle down
somewhere to steady business. If
he is not, push him out; because
Mr. lleacock is n bona fide citizen
amongst us and deserves the trade.
The same rule applies to tramp
i typewriter supplies, printing, eto.
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Rohr’s peaches beat the world.
Rudolf has them.
Strawberry ioe oream is the very
latest at Rudolfs’ for Sunday.
Miss Laura Johnson is visiting
with friends in the Dalles.
CK Cochrane and family are at
home for the balance of 1906.
Mrs WR Crogan has returned
from a pleasant vacation spent
down the Columbia river.
County Clerk McDanel came uj)
on business a few days this week,
but is again with his family at the
Lox.
Wm. Whiteley.of Umatilla coun
ty, a nephew of Mrs. J. H. Landry,
is here this summer helping in the
harvest.
With a lively runaway, a rain
storm and a fire alarm, all within
an hour, Moro was quite active last
Tuesday afternoon.
Mr and Mrs Freeman and Mrs
OA Ramsey are in camp at Rohr
Villa. Their tents are on the Is
land, in Alder grove.
Ed. Hennafin was a business vis
itor in M"ofo Saturday. He was
once one of the leading sheep own
ers in Sherman county.
Hon.J. W.Beveridge will introduce
a bttlin the Oregon assembly next
winter to provide free text hooks for
pupils of the public schools.
Subm it station near Ilay Canon
is uow Sandon station. Change
was made because of too many
“sumittita” pi) the ORN lines.
We uiant a share oí your trade
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PIONEER BRICK, MORO, OREGON.
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M oney I
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are both lost when you go to Portland
to get your eye® fitted. My equip
ment for making an accurate teat of
the eye is unexcelled by any office in
the state. My glaaees have given en
tire satisfaction to the wearer.
Mr. Parr • and family1 returned
frour their «summer camp Monday
accompanien by a brother of Mr. A
Parr from Grand Ronde valley.
.« U P Y A IÙ
\VS Powell has installed a Fair
banks Morse gasoline engine on the Wo carry a full'stock of Optical Goods—We repair all
farm and does not now depend al
kinds of Watches, Clocks and Jew elry..
together on his windiqill for watery
HH o po , O r e g o n .
Uriah «Servitw ha« just completed
an eastern trip. lli% home now is
in California. Once he was one of
the substantial farmers of Sherman
county.
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Charles Montgomery was conP-
Christian but not Sectarian.
pelled to quit loading in field this
Two New Buildings
Adequate Equipment.
week because of the strain on his
4 5 P r o fe sso r s a n d I n s tr u c t o r s .
shoulder,' and is- now under the
doctors care,
. (Two New Courses Added Thia Year
English Commercial and Electrical Engineering.
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Mayor Elrod and family are now
at home. Mrs E. say« that with
F o r P a rtic u la rs A d d r e u
her trip enst and .the sojourn at.the.
DEAN J. T. MATTHEWS or JOHN H. COLEMAN, President,
Lox, even though Jbyous, “there is
Salem, Oregon.
no place like home.”
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Drinking water in both the Wal-
lamet and Columbia carry typhoid
germs, and it isn’t even safe td
health to swim in it. So say the
state board of health.'
Dr. and Mrs Logan enjoyed their
outing in Good Old Marion county,
where people are having busy times
gathering heavy crops of all kinds.
The best /or 10 yeacs.
Mrs. G. N. Crossfield and mother
Mrs. McDonald, returned to Wasco
Tuition Free.
Board at Cost.
Write, for Catalogue.
Saturday accompanied by-Mrs.J.N.*
Fordyce for a short v isit; while Mr.
Fordyce was absent in Portland.
The Eastern Oregon Land Co. are
having the front of their office build
ing painted. The company is in-
By Using a
«talling a large sized bank vault in
D ia m o n d R a z o r G u ard
theirhuildtngiji which means they
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hope to protect their bookH and
papers in case of fire.
We guarantee theee. We will refund your m o n e y I f you are n o t satisfied.
I m that fair.
.
We have cut the rate to 35 cents to lntroduoe them. Oet one now. Only
Bo cents and that refunded if you are not satisfied. Write now, and get one
iM'fore theofier 1« withdrawn? It fits any razor, and abeolutely prevents you
from cutting yourself.
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W illa m e tte U n iv e rs ity
The- Eastern -Oregon
State Normal School
A t W eston, opens Sept, la t h
S to p C u ttin g Y o u rs e lf
W IL L IA M S N O V E L T Y C O M PA N Y
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The McCune Sanitarium
T h e D a lle s , O re g o n .
Ability demands recognition.
<1 Miss. Clara Izonse Marye. a grad
uale ol the H o lm « Business College,
»lari» for China this week, all traveling
etpens« pan!, to accept a josrtion
with a laige lumber importing him at
Hongkong
Miss Marye in a lettci to the 1 lolmes
Busin«» College »ayr. * The small
amount ol money I exjxTided with the
|dolm « Business College for tuition. I
considei one of the b«-$t inv«lment> 1
could (xissibly have made *
<3 Mis» Marye is a young woman of
character and fine business ability.
Faithfulness and technical knowledge
have finally won lot het an enviable
distihclion. and »he is kind enough to
atlnliule to the Holme» Business Col
lege credit lor having equipped hei with
those necessary
one of
The McClunc Sani
tarium for medical
and surgical cases
has all the attention
and advantages that
any up-to-date hos
pital or sanitarium
can offer, and the
additional advant-,
agos and comforts of
a privato home.
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Collins, Golderidale, W ash.; Dr. H. C. Dodds, Dufur, Or.-, Dr. J. A.
•Geisendorffer, T he Dalles, Or.-, Dr. H. Logan, T he D alles, Or.;
Dr. R. W. Logan, Moro, Or.; Dr. J . M. Lowe, T he Ddlles, Or.
For further Information, addreoH any member of the staff or The Hanitartoin.
requisites.
IJ The
H o lm « Business College has
stifled hundreds ol young men and
women on the road to wealth and pre-
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equal la results to a d ill aack of other
brand.. 'T la the beat ao tka marks! toe bolt
a*«in the money.
Uniform to quality and
purl tv,
The blfh eat develo»nMnt o« tbo
milter's art, combined with tbe very beat
wheat that M raised la Sbrnman cm aty.
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Wasco, Or.