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About Sherman County observer. (Moro, Sherman County, Or.) 1897-1931 | View Entire Issue (May 10, 1907)
gHEAMAN COURT Y gCHOOU».- PC8TKU0TIVB FIBK IW « N T . Grandpa Observer had many oall« from numerous little friends io the Tweive Balldings and Coatenta Oo The Coming Field Meet and Declam surrounding oonntry Saturday. atory Contest. np iu smoke. day was perfeot tor the approaeh ef snmmer, and the work so well along Teachers and pupils of Sherman Half tks City Saved by Changing at home and farm, that whole faml oounty publio schools, more especi of the wind. lias eame to town to enjoy a day off, ally those of Wasoo, Moro, Grass and none were more attractively at At 10.30 a. in. Tuesday fire broke valley and Kent, are busily engag To our Line of Drv Goods and Furnishings from which tired, or seemed to enjoy themselves out in the Shadewitx building Kent, ed preparing a superb program of better than tbe well behaved ebild . J 5 ’ ■ - . We can Supply Your Wants with New Up-to-Date Apparel a occupied by Samooa as a residenoe, exercises which will be rendered in ran of our oounty neighbors. pool room and barber shop, down open field at Grass valley Friday, C o n s is tin g of a The achool ehildren of Moro will stairs, and as a lodge room and May 24th, dosing the day with a O ur Line of W ash Ooods Is made up of Late Colorings and Patterns help materially to entertain our dance hall up stairs. Next to this grand declamatory contest for prizes A Good Selection for you to choose from, Including N e w a rfd C o m p le te L in e o f visitors at the depot tomorrow eve building to take fire was the post in the evening. Every detail, for ning; 30 minutes will not admit of oflioe, Recorder printing office, and transportation, music, etc., is mi S ilk N o v e ltie s , B a t is te , C h a llie s , S ilk O r g a n d ie s , L a d ie s D re s s G o o d s a walk around to show tbe pleasant the Kentner meat market. Back of nutely attended to. homes in our city, but it will go • The school year in Sherman Co. L aw n, E m b r o i d e r e d S w is s , P e rc a le , C h a m b ra y , this the residenoe of Joseph Patter a n d a ll k i n d s o f G r o c e r ie s . long ways toward obanging tbs view son wasconsumed, the flames mean now nearing termination, has been to the happy faces growing op In while lapping the store and sheds one of the most successful that the P rin ts , T w il ls , E tc . F r e n c h G in g h a m s , our community. It is unfortunate of the Eastern Oregon Trading Co., oounty has ever known, and too On these goods w e will stick to our motto for Moro that the view of the city taking in a building acroes the much praise cannot be awarded to P e rs ia n L a w n , - D uck, W h ite G o o d s, In d ia L in o n , from the depot is not a more inviU street owned by C H Boardman, Superintendent Bryant, and hie “Better Goods for L ess Money than any log one. able corps of teachers taking active and an adjacent barn. Next in or B u tc h e rs L in e n , - In d ia n H e a d , -P iq u e , other store in the County.” H itch in g posts are under hen cO der to go was the Bottemiller drug part in this affair,—all of whom Li.. 2. -j-;- k-- » * m m. w M. > A prom inent N orth Y ak im a streeia/ store and building. Then the Tuonp- are highly educated and accomp . . <•*-** * * * * * * * * ‘ The tide street» have unsightly Ry son building, owned by Bottemiller, lished principals. It would be very AT TH E STORE OF , and | j The very latest patterns and shades in Look over our line of Shoes, Oxfords ties sat at irregular interval», «nd just vacated by Donley; then the difficult to find more efficient teach- ' - - Grey Panana and Plaid Suitings. Patent Leathers; they can’t be beat for from present Indications a figbi will flheds of tbe Kent Commercial Co ers in the etate, and patrons of the develop over I he pn»<* and snm» were enveloped, the fla m e s meeting schools may consider themselves ’ style and durability. future meeting of the cilv comjcfl 1 eAthat point, burning to within 10 indeed fortunate if the services of Scrim, Silkolines, Cretans, Art Denems, Is likely to la» the scene o f » lively feet of the Kent Commercial Co.’s these same gentlemen and ladies Just in, a new lot of Dress Skirts and in Choice Persian and Japanese Design debate on the auljei t. They should More, with alt the water gone that can be secured for the next school PIONEER BRICK, MORO. OREGON. j Waists; in white, colors, and black. send a oommiti«« I«» Moro sod see the to«n had, and all that the farm year. At the preliminary contests last our models for th« farmers accom ers could haul, the wind changed modation. Friday night,in Moro, Wasco, Grass ita court« back over its line of de Solicitors to copv photograph» vastation, and with the aid of three valley and Kent, the following free(?)are geltiii’ hu*> again around barrels of vinegar the fire fighters named pupils were winners of place the oouotry, and housew ives should stemmed the tide of destruction in the final contest for May 24th: i. show them scant courtesy. Their and saved the balance of the town, Qraas Valley. scheme is a very old one,to put the after a laborious struggle lasting Oration. oopied picture in a frame worth until nearly 4 o’clock. The Wasco 1st................... .......... Mabel Moore about 18 cents, for which they Warehouse Milling Co.’s warehouse Spring Ties and Oxfords $ 3 .5 0 to $4-00 2 d ..................... ............ Giles French charge $4 or so; and they almost oaught three times but was saved. = Horn® Bills printed in good style Potatoes, Potatoes, Potatoes, at Recitation. force people to take it and pay Tbe loss is estimated at not less at The Ooeerver office. the H T Co, Moro. (.» Tbe persistency of some of these than $60,000.00 with per hap» not 1st ............... . . . . . . Henry Baker A oar load of the very beet in the fellows ia often offensive, and some over $9,000.00 insurance. It ia a I 2 d ..................... ...V e r a Westerfield Mrs Dr Taylor of Grass valley 1 • r market, potatoes, at the 8 T Oo. The most up to date Hosiery Department times actually insulting. was the guest of Mrs Wallen a day H. very sad blow to our sister city and J A Walters, of Kleodike, has Kent. The prloe of The Observer is 11.60 last week. Boring operations have begun on one not easily healed by the deep 1 for Men, Women, and Children I kribtltfkii PM «ear. 7# aantefor six month«, 60 eaata given bis order for a 1907 Holt option fields on both sides of Snake sympathy extended from every di Do you want spuds? had better for foor m onth»—bat i f p* W in * dT* “ * ’ * * / ............ John Bell « jM p t 12 IW in fu ll for J yeara. BborUr call upon Page. river, between Payette and Ontario, vision of the county, Moro included 1st........ . . . . Car load just ar harvester. lerm a then on« year oenta par i»<>m i 2 d ........ ............ . . . Helen Éatterson For sewing machine needles and for both oil and gas. Minneapolis Church «nd Society notice« F R E E , e x rived City market. At the close of services Sunday Recitation. cept when for money m aking purpose« Walk Oyer and Soroeis store, the Largest Mrs Adams is spending her va supplies for all makes of maohine, man are behind tbe deal with funds Such notice« at regular rate« at the option available for exhaustive teste, long noon as people were leaving church I 1 s t . . . . . . . . . . ........ Lois Schaeffer oall on L W Roes, Wasoo.' cation at Hood liver, during the e f the publisher«. Speciality Store in The North Week. a belated buunie streaked it up 4th .......... Minnie Hogue 2d absence of Mr Adams in tbe east. Thanks to someone in Portland oontinued if necessary. One Ootario street, in such a great hurry to reach residenoe ia now pupplied with nat FRIDAY ................... M ay 10,1907 IIL . Third and Washington Streets, Portland, Oregon Grandpa Maxwell died nt tbe w,bo tells us in Mondays Orsgoniau ural gas for beating and lighting the oourt house park that soi Moro. home of bit son to Washington how to catch the DeeChutee river purposes, and hundreds of feet of its jumps were higher than Oration. Potatoes, 8 T Co, Moro. oounty on tbs 27th ult., aged 86 trout. \t*,ll„A »w» AS z« «■> ■■ vr gas are going to waste every day were lon g.F ortu n ately there H A Page had a car load of po from lack of system to preserve the not a vagabond dog an> where on 2d years. " i .Nora Elcoçl Subscribe tor The Observer. the street. Gao N Croafield will have a car tatoes to arrive this week io good flow. Recitation. Car load potato®« at Moro 8 T Co Hon C W Fulton, Uuited States 1st.......................... Loraine Johnson of 800 cases of harvesters oil In by shape. Now is when you want to Tiokete will he on sale June 20th Car load of Potatoes at Pages May 15th. See him, if you wish a lay io your supply. to July 12th. good to return until Senator, will be in Grass valley to 2d. .............. Idabelle Urquhart market. Arrived this week. hot price. MG Ellis now has about the pret September 15th, at one fare for the morrow evening at 6 30 and will ---- ------------- ----------- Johny Conroy of Madras, has se C L Montgomery is a non-resi tiest oottags borne io this city of round trip from all pointe in» the remain until the train carrying the Wasco. Oration,. oared a position io the Moro flour dent, but be values bis Moro proper attractive homes. Paint don’t coat United States. These are made on Business Men of Portland returns ty sufficiently well to look after and much and it is a big dividend payor aooount of tbe big conventions held from 8haniko. Mr Fulton wishes Ht .................................... Elva Love osill. z . . . . Ruth Murchie in different cities, and art available to meet all the people he can who 2 d . ................... in beauty. Basket ball on roller skates brings I oars for it. Recitation. together two old fads in the Wallam- Attorney Miller Is attending the for stops in Oregon without extra are interested in securing relief for l e t . .. .............Catharine McDonald H A Stuart baa found gold In the TH E DALLES Woodman grand lodge in Pendleton coat. Oregonians should get busy I dispos»e»sed Sherman county sett- 2 d . . . . deooapoeed quarts near Moro which .............. Norma Medler et valley. and work for this summer travel. | lere, to get different ideas, and will this week a delegate from Antelope it would pay to work with proper - Dr Marie M Goffin, in Portland modern hospital for the treatment of all medical and eurgioa No. 1 of each class, from each and also to some legal matters in The rates are open to everyone, and probably address a meeting about 8 school, are to participate in thv fi this week on profeeeionsl business, machinery. diseases, except such as are oontagious. o’clock in the hall. Mr Fulton has are not by any means oonfined to nal contest. No. 2 is alternate for is expected home tomorrow. Spuds, potatoes, and mnrphsys the Supreme oourt. enlisted earnestly in thia work and No. 1, in case of a contingency?' delegates. Rates, fro m $10.00 to $21.00 per w e e k , a c c o rd in e to Lsidlaw citizens are ready to put Dr Hartley and Jeweler Roes On tap by tbe eaok, or hundred, at Ambulance will meet all trains and boats if hospital is notified. Returns from the O*kland smelt evernne in ths county will be bene- of Waaoo, were Moro visitors Sator- Pages City Market, Moro. Carload up $100,000 bonus for furthering er, tbe only place where antimony fitte d bv ooming out to bear him E ighth tirade Kiam m atiou». For Further In fo rm a tio n Addrooo tbe Oregon Trunk Line Ry to that day, guests of Mr and Mrs Berrian just received. oan be treated on the coast, show and exchange ideas. plaoe. Tbe location of Laidlaw ie Drs. Ferguson and Reuter, at dinner. The Sunday school pic nio Satur Three yeara ago this month lnok- Leet we forget it, County School one of the finest in tbe whole inland that ora from Ray Bros discovery, K M F lo rsf,o n ce a Moro boy, has day was enjoyed by all who were M e d ic a l D irecto ra. 4 miles east of Baker city, between over hie farm one day J F Bslshes Sup.’t W C Bryant has announced gone ioto business at Twin Falls, so fortunate as to discover that the Empire. tbe old Emma and Gordon mines, lost s good gold watch out of his the following dates for eighth grade On and after the 25tb union high is freer from contaminating element« pocket, and long since gave up all final examinations: May 16, 17, having purchased the Farley shav-1 thing thing “wasn’t all off ” schools may he organized in any of thaifsny other mine in the world, hope of ever seeing it iignin. It whs June 13, 14. On Thursdays exam Giffords’ Columbia river pictures log parlors the counties of this state, by means but one. There is great excitement an excellent timepiece, but lie priz inations will be held in arithmetic, Del Calbraith lost two good work are the drawing attraction at LoeAn R ln p e , C h a in a , B te . of which oouotry districts may be ed it more highly hei no-e it wxs a writing, history and civil govern horses Isst week. One of them fell geins this week, at the headquarters provided with coorees for students over the diaoloaure, and ample funds gift from Mrs Relshee Hnice it whs ment. On Fridays in grammar, are being provided to carry on de in a gophar hole breaking it* leg, ] of Oregon sbriners The attendance who have completed the grammar velopments on an extensive scale gone faiher must hst-H »nother on*. physiology, geography and spelling. is 20,000. and had to he shot. grade, bo the sons and daughters in the immediately. LW Rons ban made arrangement« Good Goods Sold RetstnabU It isn’t every day that you can family made up s purse a yenr or Messrs Wilde a Shaw have oom» The up-to-date town of Charleroi, - *-■— r——- —»—— La ■ i Tîk® Xieeal Gitaïohe»- .e t a 13 00 ora 13.50 Hat for $1.76,1 with Wm Rudoltof this city to take so ago and bought him a new one, pleted a 512 foot well on tbe Charlie Pa., has a Carnegie library in whiob “ - ~ _ o _ _ > . watch . .u and Jewelry rartairinCT Lfllve repairing. Leave •0 step into J W Mnseingnr a Son s, Jones farm, now owned by Mr Har there are several thousand volume«, in every way equal to tbe lost one, Mere Baetlat Churob it with him and Roes will give you and see if yon can get a fit. per, which furnishes a good supply and tbe town is roundly taxed to But now he has both of them; for, good work always. W a t c h In s p e c t o r f o r th e O . R . N . of water near the house. They are support tbe ipstitption. Aooording on the 29th ult. he walked so near We are not offering spnds as at s There will be preaching in this Mrs J T Boothby and daughter to it that he caught a reflection of now drilling at Hans Thompson’s to a report by the librarian juet prise show, hut we sre offering some church next Sunday, at 11 a m and prix« spuds to the publio at prioes were shopping in Moro on the 3d. farm. made publio, there was one solitary it in the sunlight and stooping was 7.30 p m. The public ia invited. Mttohetory. Call at the 8 T Co. Mrs B Is looking very muoh better, surprised to find the watch. Its John Tonkins Tbe Oregon Trading Co stock of patron of tha library last year. Ha crystal had been broken,and UDlike «.„ford, Sill . Co., a . d r . . , h . . . ¡ .« I n . « « H , At the covenant meeting held in expressed an opinion that the people goods and aooounts were bid in by Walter Rutlage’e watch, it was not this church May 4th, mesaengers lotrodouod kb. armbinod htrrMter ®r reo,n E 0 MoCov at $46,225 00; subject of tbe town were so much interested running when picked up, but affor Into Crook county this year. It LW Roes, the Waeoo jeweler, has to confirmation by the oourt. Tbe in roller skating, base ball, bridge, were elected as follows to attend brushing out the dust »oroe, and the Middle Oregon Association at Expert, Experienced, Registered will out and sack the orop of Tom A jaat reoeived a nioe line of watch®«, stook and accounts, according to whist, and poker, that they had no giving the stem a twist It responded Mitohell, June 5th: Elder John Taylor. in gold, gold filled and nlokel,which the advertisement,invoioed just pri» time for books. with the old«familiar tiok. Frank Tonkins, Mrs Creesa M Tonkins, Medicines Carefully Compounded. Brskioevil poetoffloe having bean be is selling tor less than what you or to tbe sale at $88,000 00. Young ladies of the High School ¡ b feeling pretty good over thia find, dleoontioued, people who have been have been able to buy elsewhere, C M Mortensen and Mrs M Mor? of Moro anticipate muoh pleasure Anyone uay destroy ground squir but hasn't any more watohea than tensen. aooustomed to getting their mall at w g Powell made a deal while in rels, sage rats, wood rats, field mice, tomorrow afternooo, at the first bas be oan keep. that offloe will now find it at the Umatilla oounty last week, through rabbits, and the whole oatalogus of ket ball contest with the young la M a r o P r» a b y l» r la n C h w re h . In his Raminisoenoes of Oregon whiob he seoured 781 »ores more of such pests, by using Pasteur vaooine dies of tbe Wasoo sohool, on the llo r o postoffice. Hon B F Niobola tells in the Laid T b . « l . . r «up. th> p r i„ fo r th . Sb.rm .u co u n t,f.rm ¡ ^ J ’ ""' virus, strongly reooaaended as pro Moro field, at 3 o’clock. We hope No preaching in this church on . — - Tlr’JU ~ law Chronicle of the first wheat to eee a good attendance in tbe grand field m „ t M .J 24tb 1, on « b lb ltioo .rly known „ tb . Clnrk * Mere« ducing a deadly contagion among Sunday next. Any and all Kinds o f P atent M e d ic in e Alw eye raiaad io Oregon; May 12th, 184fl, stand. Moro team ia tbe following at the 8 T Co store. It was porch- ranch. the rats, etc, without danger of oon- Christian Endeavor meets at 6:- named egoellent players: Captain'I near where Dallas, Polk oounty,now aaed through the eetabliahmeot of FrBnoea May, tha charming little tagion to domestic animals oo tha Alioe Hansen, r g; Emma Sayres, Stands, Gen Gilliam seeded 10 acrea 45 p. m., for Scripture study and L W Roes, Waaoo. baby daughter of Mr and Mrs Geo farm. prayer. ' ■ , 1 g; Marion Hornaday, r f; Hazel of bottom land to California apring Miss Nelli« Rose is preparing for | HenDagio, attended by Miss Sadie red wheat, from which he thrashed Mid-week prayer meeting Wedn- Mra J P Strahl baa just opened a Danaboo, 1 f; Nora Eloook, onnter; Piokard and Miss Johnson, paid large shipment of mid-Summer hats Gertrude Henriohs, sub. and oleaned up 100 bushels of red eeday evening at 7.80. her departure on the 19th to h«r new home in Idaho. Miss Roe® The Observer sanotum a oheerfnl of all sty lea, for ladies, children and You will be welcome at any or One day In March 1898 Walter wheat. The crop next year was I * * boys, and having an expert trimmer Rutledge lost his big silver watch. volunteer, which yielded over 26 all of these services. will he greatly missed from the so oall Saturday. Umatilla oounty wheat was bad bushels per sore of California fall oiel and musical circles of our little to trim them, a grand opportunity A batter time keeper for its size no “Come thou with us and we will ly injured by tbe water soaked fields ia afforded buyers In any part of mao ever oarried. Walter searched or white winter wheat. Tbe next do thee good.’’ city. orop, 1848, also volunteer, yielded I J R Kaseberg was up to Moro oo drying off in a hard crust, and con Sherman oounty to secure the very industriously for his time keeper, 32 bushels per sore. The white tinued cold weather oaused the grain best quality of new goods in these » and finally give it up. Ooe day io business Wednesday and gave us a Want Crepe Paper? See adv oo 1 wheat that was nixed with the «ow to stool out too muoh, and grow too lines as satisfactory prioes. October J M Dunahoo found a watch call. His faith in Sherman oounty 1 eoevaya aa Idea ai on 2d pege. ing in the first place, did not nature thick for a safe orop on very many I ' is unshakable, and he has just fin Whether tha finding of an ancient In the road, and a few minutes later n a tha ma but spread out oyer the ground, al II Want a wagon, or a Buggy? See Egyptian ooin at Kenneth by the ha sod Walter pulled up at tbe Isbsd seeding 1800 aoree for tha our farms. hh aovaloea, hh 11 lowing the spring wheat to be har- adv on 2d page. Yesterday began tha Haywood son of J O Thompson ia to lead to Yavalaa h a mat watering trough, and Jim I » rent harvest vaated tbe first year, and leaving ▼hat In p in i« a af a 1 ' Carbon paper, any eise to Order, Our boys did n’t line up right for trial in Boiae oily. The aoeused is oonneotion betweeo the Springs at showed hie find. T h a t’■ tbe same da y w |at tf ha X l T . t Z . - ~ T u T n o th .6 tb n o .« ! . h r - a r r « .« l for tb . mord.r DeMoes and the Pyramide is tbe watoh I lost last Marob, eaid Walter tha other to grow and mature for a l Tba Obaarvar offlo* i¡ wrapfiog papar at axle L ’ Z t «b. H o w ..« , tb olof „ -O .T F r .n k 8 to .o b -g , on ooo- uppermost queetion now in many after examination, and eure of it 1847. The 3d orop was the largest Harneea, oollare, sweet pads, see How darn yaaw laakl b II , both sides. Tbe feesioirot tbe principal one Orohard Sherman oounty minds. It is oer- himself Jim delivered the goods. of all, and all from one aeediog. Geo N Croafleld, Wasoo. moderai b b « Tha Mai playing was good oo ¡I working in secret like tbe Mefia or tainly a vary remarkable ooin and The watoh was running when Jim A truly wonderful thing to those data h Been h Grass valley boys made 4 scores on • The Obeerver ia auetalned by Ita bhi. r a r ganisation its history would be intensely in piokad it up hut tha hour tallied who had oome from the cold bleak i m rapaUUoe. Tha OO eial Papa« ot Tha one hit to oeoter field. I » teresting. So many queer old ooin to the hour when it was loet, and pealriea of northwestern Missouri Faopt«. P ..r y d v , M«J K d, Ike -b o o l * Do for pity aake olean up a little sad Illinois, where the ground ia tbe moet reasonable eolation for pieoes are being dog up lately in Ladies Fanoy Not« Paper, large .hildroo of tbo O .lted B ut— will around your home. Of oourse the parts of tbe Inland Empire, that it ita running when found was that oovered with snow from 12 to 15 Mflortment wiU> aavalope« Io anatah, •» Tha »„tribute »60,000.00 to p U o o tb o nasty appearance of tbe empty old seems proper fo sofgeet that>our the jar of tbe fall io March «topped inohea deep, foor to six months of Obaarvav Book Bfova. shacks owned by no-obe-in-town at arotio exploring ship Booe®v®lt in Historical Society beooms tbe one It and one of Jime’ big elephant the year, and where tbe mercury Inka, muoilage< oarde, anvalopaa* condition for another trip toward present, oust be tolerated for a time drape to 86° below aero <^uite often gieret avary^bw^ u st afo.eaarysfoh,iS footed horeee struck It with a hoof todian of the find and traoe their the North Pole. Thgt will make it hut that exeueee none who might | origin and forpoM 1® Me. d||rln« the winter, that started it again. - . • • take S tumble to themeelvee. Interesting to the children. We Invite Your N eu) Goods Dry Goods and Groceries J. « S I M SHERMAN TRADING COMPANY MORO, The O b se r v e r OREGON. M » Sorosis SprM^ieis The Smartest Footwear for Women K N IG H T SH O E CO., H O S P IT A L if i l bfe. Bnetkt litifir L. W. MORO PHARMACY FORMALDEHYDE. RUBBER GOODS. PERFUMERY. BRUSHES. COMBS, SPONGES. CIGARS. _ XttWMMMÖMä I r (freed I