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About Sherman County observer. (Moro, Sherman County, Or.) 1897-1931 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 21, 1906)
S' H a ll- Ot ¿ u n s ** ‘. A / v V \ Z * v * * v ,\ > W IR M H t o m M W M uni lI job m m O f Every Description to Order PUBLISHED FRIDAYS. ' é 11.50 per Yean 121c. per Month . Quick and Cheap! ibber Stamps Furnished. . „ — J lo r T yp ew riter^ Typew riter Supplies, Ribbons, E te . Agenta for any Magazine or V e w p a p to printed in the U n ited States. M ovo, S h e r m a n C o u n ty , O r eg o n , F r id a y , S e p te m b e r 2 1 , 1 9Q 6t E L s t a b lis h e d . 1 8 8 7 . z e re L ed ge, We. 113, Wasco W aretao M illiii Go. O. O. V. Moro, Orwn*, .Meets every Saturday m in g at 7-4» o’clock. ’Vtaittng member» are oordially in v ite d . M em - re are expected to be G. K. James, n T o . B . M . present Secretary. <> » ♦ ♦ ............ • »-+ AS STEEL CAM E ALL THE W AY " In Struggling Cuba " F R O M K IEV A L O N E F iv e C e n ts ' O ffic e S u p p lie s . was retiring to rest one evening there cams to my registry of* flw door a gentle. unobtrusive knock. [Orlelnal] V tu n iny assistant answered the knock Brave Little Russian Refugee at Last [Original.] D u r in g the Cuban revolution all my and ushered In a poor, bedraggled look Reedies a Country Where There l a the city of Tangier there lived a father's fam ily except myself wars Are Ne Cossacks. young man. H am et el Zagel. Ham et ing creature, therefore. I was not sur strong supporter» of the Spanish got- was tbe eon of a wealthy father, PSU prised. srumeut. Indeed, my father, Benor But I certainly was astoulahed when Seldom have the Immigrant Inspect Lupin« Reboooa L«dge educated and possessed of a f a ir skerr the broken down looking woman asked Em llkf Cardenas, was so open In his Mo. n t, i. a a ». ef manly beauty. Tangier te b a flt eo a .-ne to obtain a situation for ber as gen- advocacy of the Spanish cause that tl|« eve at Bills Island listened to a more M eet regularly e very side k ill overlooking tbe bine Momear I "De to <Mn>ln O lX l^ ', ^ n rw t rcrvoluttoatets vowed to case they ever Interesting tale of Juvenile courage» lay evening. Vlaitlofc raneaa directly eggm I que- you any reCewmceer came into possession of his kaeteest» hardship and adventure than that toM » are There are raw» e f gone tu meet tied. they would burn the buildings. I t was by Join« Cha win, a nine-year-old Rus defend tbe town placed behind bat member» ”No. ma’am, I am aorry to say, I sad day when I hade good by to my sian boy, who made his way alone i on tbe hfilaSde. One morgtog have n o t’’ to be present. By order o t tbe from Kiev to Rotterdam, where he mother to Join the Cuban rabble that Mrs. M attie M ltc b ell, N. O. Ham et was w alking along thia furtlfl ■'Where do you come from aud what ■towed away on tbe Holland-American called thcmaelve« an army. The sad M rs. 8 . A . McCoy, Secretary. cation looking out upon the aea and Is your name?” « dest parting of all was with Señorita liner New Amsterdam. TX 7"eu3C O the dock, at the end of which a Kuro S s j q J e s ' cut S x Æ o ro " I have Just come out of—Jail. My Tbe hoy aald he was awakened In the M argarita Echarte, the governess of pean ship was being loaded w ith cat name Is Orat-e Campion. We carry a surprisingly large E u reka Ledge N e . 121 tle. A rope waa fastened around Che my little brothers and sisters. M ar night by the sound of rifle shots and “ About five year» ago,” the aakl, “I and complete stock of office people screaming, “The Cossacks, flee A. p A A. M., Moro, Or. horn» of each and the poor beast took a situation as general servant ih garita bad descended from an excellent supplies. R epresentatives at K ent, Grass V alley, Moro, , 1 Meets tbe first and th ird drawn up the ship'» aide kicking and the household of the postmaster o f ----- , Spanlah fam ily, but they had becoffie for yonr Uvea." “My father and I were alone In the iTbureday evening» of each struggling. W hile H am et waa looking The family consisted of my employer, Impoverished, and ahe was therefore In k s fo r Copying, Wasco, Rufus, Biggs. D esC huutes^ obliged to earn her own living. She bouse,” he said. “W e rushed Into the m onth Visiting member» oo a young girl came by, her face cov hl» wife, son and two daughter». street. I t was full of soldiers striking cordially Invited to meet C ollections carefully made. Fire and Gram Insurance was a girl of strong character aud at T y p e w ritin g , and ’T h e postmaster wa» very fond of ered, as b tbe universal cuetom In w ith us. B y order o f the W . M . the same time of an amiable disposi at people with their swords and firing company, and every evening at fl Morocco, and. also stood watching tbe B ook-keeping. Drafts issued on any poin t in Europe J, M. Parry, Secretary. tion. W e had long been secret lover», off their pistols. One of them shot my raising of the cattle. The process o’clock he went out for a brisk walk, father. H e fell dead at my feet. 1 L e tte r and B ill Files, but our relation had only been discov which generally ended at a certain seemed so cruel th a t the girl was vis x z 1/ z z / '/ / / - / . y / / ' ' ' ' ' S- ered the day before my departure. In turned and ran, expecting to be abot B e th le h a m C h a p te r. ibly affected by IL Indeed, so Indig noted subnrban hotel. H e always re and F ilin g Cases. deed, my going was all that saved M ar too. I ran until I got out of the town, Y O U R P R E S E N C E IS D E S IR E D A T turned In time to get off the heary post No 7» O 8. nant was she that she forgot to bold and then I hid In a ditch and waited garita from being turned out upon the Regular communication her head covering over her face, per and then went out again to the Oolden Look here for the next for it to grow ligh t When day came I ch 2d and 4th I h u r e mitting It to fa il upon her abonUera. Ball hotel, adjacent, for the remainder korltl, for my parents had no thought thing you are needing. was afraid to go back to the city. At sf my marrying a penniless girl. 'd ay evening» m o n th ly. Ham et saw a beautiful face full of of the evening. A great change came over the canse last I made up my mind what to do. I [B y order W .M . When there was a crush In the post sympathy and Indignation, unconscious E lla Hayee, Hecretery. of free Cuba when the American troops would go to America, where my Aunt of It» loeeltness and that It was ob office I was called In to help, and, be came to help ua, or, rather, to take the Jennie lived. I did not know how fa r served. I f a Moor can love, and that a t ing trustworthy, the money, drawers F . A. F le m in g , P ro p rieto r. burden from our shoulders. A t the It waa, but I was sure I could get there ______ were always open to me. first sight, lls u te t loved the girl before time of their arrival I wa» |n western if the soldiers didn't kill ma.” Stanley Gore, my employer’s son. be him. * A t any rate, be never forgot the And so with a stout heart and trust - « Moro, Oregon. - M ain Street Cuba and was glad when we started Brock Bldg. picture of lowellneee he was permitted gan to follow his father’s footsteps, sad to Join Hhem near Santiago, for it was to his sturdy legs little Join« started ly too soon. His father kept him moder to look upon, contrary to Moorish law. In that province that my father’s on his 700 mile Journey to the coast B a it e i d E n ii D a t e . The girl turned and, seeing that her ately well supplied with pocket money, hacienda lay. and I was anxious to get Everywhere he found people only too S tric tly Comm ercial House face was exposed to the gaze of a but «till Stanley often used to borrow a •F ................... . ve MtDffR a glimpse of M argarita. W e were glad to help him on his way. One look few pounds from me on one pretense or a t the handsome, manly looking little handsome young man looking at her marching one morning southeastward Home C o m fo rt* and Cooking M o r o a n d G r a a a V a l l e y . w ith a lover*» gaxe, blushed, quickly another. lad was enough to make every one be •'H«‘ generally paid me back ngaln within a few miles of my home. E v met his friend. In whatever village he covered np her face and went on. A Meals 50 cents, Lodgings the with great promptitude. Whether he ery torn ,n t*1® roa,,< evcry wo*x1' ®very came to he found a ready hospitality. Receives Deposit», S ell exchange, moment later she was Joined by an a t meant anything or not. he was very house, was fam iliar to me, and I / Ÿ / / A / In Russia he had only to tell his story tendant and the tw o disappeared be z - z ■/ / ' / / ? s ' , s / y / ■? / I f you w a n t to keep posted on a ll handy with his compliments, and from counted the miles till I should come to to excite the warmest pity and sympa and do a G e n e ra l B a n k in g business. hind tbe hillside that Is doing in 8h«rman oonnty, yoe want the dear old place. tli«ee we got to kisses. thy. People with whom he stayed to Tbe Observer. Tarns SI R) per When we consider that the girl was On reaching a point half a mile dis “Stanley one day spoke to me on the one town gave him letters to frlenda to affected sim ilarly to tbe man we might snlfiect of marriage. A fter some de tant I descried a camp which from Its the next, an endless chain, as It were, expect the affair to term inate In a hap lay I accepted him. His father, when unm llltary appearance I knew to be of Introductions which never failed to py marriage. But In Morocco court h gart be beard of the engagement, while he occupied by my comrades. We drew procure the plucky little refugee feod V. LITTLEFIELD ship b unknown, a betrothed pair nev received the announcement coldly, nearer to my old home. At the gate and lodging. er seeing each other till a fte r they C o n tra c to r B u ild e r way I left the ranks and went up to raised no barrier. A great part of the way he walked, A ttorn ey at L a w . have been married. Nearest Hotel to Buotneu Center, Banka and Depot. “Jnst about thia time a curious thing tbe house, which I was pleased to see but more often than not some one pass M ORO, OREGON. H am et was already embarked In the M ain 8 t ., Mono, O regon , took place in the poetofflee. There was still standing. As I mounted the ing to n carriage or wagon would give Sunday D inner 35 cents. J.O. Elrod’s brick, next door to preliminaries of marriage. Negotlz. was something wfong wttli the cash steps, who .should come out of the hlm a lift. P la n s , S p e e lfie a tle n s an» E s tim a te » tlons were In progress for a< union with A te»t letter containing marked coins door but M argarita, but what astonish . S. T. Co’s. Store. C h ee rfu lly Furnished tor a ll blade On toe ablp cpmlng over he won the the daughter o f a wealthy man from had been sent by a departmental de ed me was that she »ras handsomely hearts of all the steerage, and many e f B u ildings In th e Country as tbe Interior who had Just settled In tectlva, and it had not arrived at Its dressed In my sister’s clothes and Inquiries were made by the cabin pas w e ll as th e C ity. Tangier. O f course Ham etm nd the girl rxavx axNxrxx destination. Indeed it h%d never passed moved as If she were mistress of the sengers as to who tbe handsome little | Headgoartors st tbs W. R Lnsstoe yaids. had never met and would not be permit through our office, although tbe recep hacienda. E N X F K B A WILffOM lad with the bUck hair was. ted to meet till a fte r marriage. Ham et tion of It bad been traced to the hands “M argarita!” I exclaimed. When Join« was taken with the oth 8h» put her Anger to her lip te Im had been satisfied until be t n# 8tsnley Gore er Immigrants to Ellis Island Commis the girl oo the f urtase» A fte r that BI» pose silence. Then she looked about, T overheard the detective declare dissatisfaction was Intense. As for the and, seeing no one w ithin hearing dis sioner Wateborn, who was greatly at g r o g W h ere th e P e o p le S to p that he had a search w arrant and that tracted by the boy, wrote to the ad girl, one o f her sisters had committed he should forthwith proceed to put It tance, she said to a low voice: "The Cubans and Americans came dress Jolne gave him at 157 Elast Nine suicide rather than m arry » man she into execution. I almost flew upstair» P rictlcil Witehmaktr ty-ninth street, and Mrs. Jennie Ba had neVer seen, being In love w ith an to hl» room, and in lees time than It near together, the Cubans first. We grad, tbe boy’s aunt, weut to get him. W. H . RAGSDALE J. B. IIOSFORI) and Jcw tltr. other. Hamet*» fiancee wee carefully takes to tell I found convincing proofs feared only the former and had no con T H E D A L L E S , O R EG O N . watched by her parents for fe a r o f a of his guilt. W ith the Intention of de fidence in the Americans keeping them THK DALLES, - • OREGON J-JOSFORD & RAGSDALE TX« Lo««« Mwae •( E««»*s ■«* sim ilar catastrophe, but as It did not stroying the telltale letters I was rush from wreaking vengeance upon us. E lectric L ights in E very Room Your father fled, and the rest of the The moat celebrated rocking atone 303 Second Street, next door to the appear that she had a lover It waa as Ing down Into tbe kitchen with them and Electric C all B ells. A tto rn ey s-a t L a w , In England la that known as the Lo sumed there would be no trouble. A In my hands when who should meet me fam ily are concealed to tbe garret." Pacific Express Company. - “Not a safe place,” I remarked, T f gan, Iztggan or Logging stone. I t Is contract of marriage was signed be on hl« way to Stanley’» room but the Office in The Ginn Brick — H O T E L R A T E S T O S U IT Y O U . — Mail order» promptly attended to situated on the summit of a bold they had burned the house.” tween H am et el Zagel and Zoraga Has detective. Moro, Oregon. “W e had no time to concoct plans. promontory of granite about eleven All work warranted. san and preparations w ere made for The officer recognised the test letter When the Cuban troops came to below Ladies Fancy Note Paper, large miles from I-and’s End, to Mount’s at a glance and by a quick movement the fam ily rushed upstairs and locked Offloe 0 .B .4 N .B J . WMtarn Union Telefmpb Oo. All Steg« Lin«. «■•ortmeot with envelop«» to match, at The the wedding. bay. Cornwall. I t Is estimated to Moorish brides a r t carried to their on his part snatched It from me. Be Otocerver Hook Store. husbands a t n ig h t On the evening of fore I could upcovcr from my surprise themselves to. I lingered and when an weigh about ninety tons. Yet It Is so Hemet's and Zoraga*» marriage. It be he had m y arms pinioned In »w h a offleer-he proved to be the com nicely balanced that a child can move D “ R A r W . LOGAN. mander—came up and asked for the It with one hand. The pivot epon ing a marriage In high life, the streets way that I was entirely In his power. people belonging to the place I thought Which the stone rests Is a small, hard along which Zoraga la to be taken are "For Stanley's sake I went quietly it beet to put on a bold front. ’I am protrusion, on all sides of which the P h y sic ia n and Surgeon. crowded w ith people. I »r saintly ber with him. When outside he called a Señorita Cardenas,’ I said, with all the whole surrounding surface has worn F irs t Street Strongs B rick father's slaves come along scattering cab, and In a few minutes afterw ard M oro , O rxoon . P o r c e la in B a th T u b a . dignity I could assume. T h e others of sway, leaving the enormous bowlder L Sherbets, sweetmeats and coins. Then I found myself In a cell at the police the fam ily are away. W hat means «»«»»ding upon a narrow neck so ex-1” Office on M a in S t., up stair» M O R O , ORE. comes a fantastically dressed negreaa office. this Intrusion V the G in n Building. actly and evenly poised that a touch leading e w hite mule. On the mule’s “Next morning, when the newspa- Pardon me, señorita. I f this la the te the whole mass to rocking. In back Is fixed a sort of cage. When the pera, whoae reporter» had picked np Cardenas property my orders are to Confcctlontry, the legendary lore of Pensanc« there is wedding procession reaches the house the Information at the police office, A gent for the B est Steam Laundry burn it.’ a prophecy to the effect that the I ©tm n of the bride's fath er the negreaa takes gave full particular» of the robbery o J. GOFFIN, . Cigars, Tobaccos, “ *Who»e orders T’ »tone w ill stand until the day of the D Shop in Moro H otel B u ild in g the cage and carries It Into the house and arrest, public opinion wa» very “H e winced at this and. being asham end of the world, when It w ill fall of K Prom within lamentations are beard. much divided on the subject. Some ed of playing the vandal, told me that t Bllllirds te Pool Tables E D G S R L E W IS , P r o p r ie to r . In d ic tin g th a t the bride la takin g leave people believed I wa» guilty, and oth he would do all to his power to save Its own accord Just before and a» » token of the ending of all earthly MARIE M. GOFFIN. of those she baa loved from Infancy to ers Inclined to a contrary opinion. the property. Since then I have been things Several years ago a young go Into the possession of a man she has "All doubts were, however, set at playing a p a rt To carry out my char English lieutenant. Who did not be never seen. rest when I pleaded guilty to stealing acter as your sister I am wearing her lieve to prophecies, hired a font» of Ice Cold Drink» and Ice Cream Office in The Goffin Building, let St. I f Zoraga*» costume Indicated that d w a te cqndncttog j n yself as mls- lhfi. -men; -wtHveepeteed to to« spot and .w ith Moro, Oregon. she was a bride, her rioantenknric dlfi charges were then dropped. In Beason. Soda Watcrj bdUTdd^ tress of tbe bouse.” ropes, crowbars and levers threw the not. In ber eye was a faraw ay look, a A t that moment a young Cuban of great stone from Its pinnacle. When “The Gores took no notice of me, ¡>and fountain, always on hand. 4 look of regret. Rbe reminded those fully believing I was the base woman ficer came up the steps, and, seeing me the authorities heard of the destruction J. f . JAMES about her of a maiden going to the sac r had pleaded guilty to being. The day talking with Margarita, glared at me. of the old landmark they forced the riflee. H e r mother looked a t bar wist “Colonel Ferrarez,” said Margarita, I was sentenced, however, just as the young officer at great expense to re fully, anxiously, and aaked ber to say warden In charge was asking me to this Is Captain Cardenas.” place the stone Just as be had found I t The Leading Dealer la Skermaa Oeaaty If there was any one she loved. Tbe step down from the dock, I looked •Captain Cardenas? Your brother7” la Flret-claaa ” Up-to-De»a” .................... Some claim that the poise Is n ft i of one daughter admonished the round and saw among the crowd In ‘O f course,” stammered Margarita, equal now as It was before the Incident parent that she might loee another the court the agonized face of Stanley coloring. . . . A N D ,v . Just related, aeaeettre«*«. O »eru Heuse B u ild in g , from the same cause. But Zoraga Gore. •Captain, I am delighted to see you “I alwnre »«Id Bumpave was bear- "Soon afterw ard 'Stanley disappear said the colonel, turning from frowns - O regon . made no reply to the question. Rhe M oro - clung about her mother's neck till her ed after giving formal notice of his In to smile«. " I have desired to meet sighted.” •’H o w ’s that?” U m father reminded her that bar husband tention and making all arrangements some of your fam ily for an Important “Oh. he can’t even recognlss M y Motto la purpose. I humbly ask your sister's was waiting. to go abroad. H e has not been heard I ’ I I r own obligations.’’ On the street the old woman reap of since. hand Quick Balas and Dallam, Sridlrn, ■teck of H peared, staggering under the weight of M argarita turned red as a rose. I Have new ea “His fam ily w ill have nothing to do W atkvaiatle«!. Sm all Profits. tbe boat which now contained the bride. with me, although I told his father turned scarlet from anger. Then, upon Teacher-N ow . Jane, how many M | L iv e and L et L i r a Box and brld ' d on the privately the reel history of the rob second thought, it occurred to me that 8 X 1 ? Jane— Five. Teacher^No; 3 X 1 ^ N o ta ry Public. male, and the «m . Her bery. H e »Imply »aid I was lying and she might have been encouraging the « 4 , Jane—Aw , g*wan! 2 x 3 = A Call and E xam in e aided by mush Ing out of th a t Stanley had left home through be man to protect .th e fam ily and the M y Btoek of w, they at ing disappointed In not obtaining the property. Attorney far the State School Fund bouses to offer Jay n .v e r feasts as high as when ths ] F U R N IT U R E last came to t he groom. “Colonel,” I »»Id, “the lady ha» been hand of a certain manufacturer’s fee Sheeman County. ir s t conree la misery.- Rlmmooa. ♦ and Here tbe worn »ride froni daughter, who had, In fact, married « obliged to prevaricate, no doubt to save H ID E L IN E S the box, smoo s and ted these premises. She Is not my sister. near friend of his. before baying ber Into the b her good ’ ‘‘Now, then, after hearing my story She la my betrothed. If , however, she M O R O . ORBGQF* by, tbe nurse m to the w ill yon try to obtain a situation for prefers you to me, I w ill resign her to mother In-law , ed to have you. I t Is tor her to choose.” roe?” a look a t ber ■ I t flashed over him .that he had been **Ye», I w ill, for somehow or other y sister bad M oro > 1 Oregon. Considering the conviction farces Itself on me that deceived, and his vindictive feelings t the wife you are telling me the truth take» her life got the better of him. — his (»ride’s 25c. S tock In sp ector e f a man she < •I shall carry out my order»,' One day a retired fanner who want ching ed a housekeeper owing to tbs death of hissed. parents were S h erm an C ounty, ovne H er his w ife agreed to take Grace at “You w ill carry out no orders to the when she small wage. M y coipmou sense told injury of this family. My regiment has aurse had sea There «re four vertes. Verde 1.1 O regon. miniature me that a woman who could sacrifice Just marched by, and I can recall it In drew a little c --« «A-- A -- Ayer’s Hsir VI<orstops fsllinf id was and •ctimtor, iro n so much on the a lta r of love must be a a moment. I w ill trouble you to vacate Address: M ORO. OREG O N. it when good and trustworthy sort of person the premises.' about to plung arm and H e half drew his revolver, but sud her motber-to-l I was not deceived. took tbe knife w. There was a great surprise In store denly becoming ashamed of hla action to do bnt one day when, about two years after put It back, raised his bat deferential GABOLINK E N C IN E P O W E R meet the groc lothcr left Grace had become .housekeeper, she In ly to Margarita and went sway. M argarita and I went upstairs, and room be < fa, accmd- vlted me to her marriage with her em E c o n o m ic a l. Use D is tilla te tbe btg to custom, a t hl» feet ployer. The couple were very happy when the fam ily saw me and knew For Econom y. ■ te did not 1« for »he did INTHH . together, and many a day have I spent they had the protection of a Cuban raised bar T he Fairbanks-Morse Gaaoil^» and not wish to i to the country slnoe at their Joint lnvl officer they fell upon my neck. Thsff SHERHAN COUNTY OBSERVER d averted realised also that they were under D istillate Engines pump, saw, grind s w ith tie m b lli tattoo eyes, thinking loved. spray, run fanning m ills; In fact, Rome time afterw ard I had a letter far greater obligation to Margarita, Suddenly th< Both start from Grace saying that ahe had receiv who had saved the property. My moth manual farm labor. can not be figured as additional . One drop of gasoline nr distillate and ed. A flood oi i the heart ed a communication from a solicitor to er embraced her and told hdr and me nine times more a ir makes the power. expense. It is simply increas ef each, appea it’» face in Canada who had obtained ber name that she would do all to her power to Expense stops wjien engine is closed every feature. In a blush and address from tbe postmaster to Induce my father to give bis consent to down. ing an investment from which you are sure at saw tbe say that Stanley Gore had willed the our onion. 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