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About Sherman County observer. (Moro, Sherman County, Or.) 1897-1931 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 21, 1908)
Lr.. 'Vi / «Mf »•«» The O bserver Read Tbs Observer. E- C. Goodwin, tbe popular life J. 0 . Elrod was a visitor to Moro insurance man, was a Moro visitor this weak. Moan, s h c b m a n oo ., o ì m o n : A nioe line of confectionery st J thia week. Typs-writer paper st Tbs Observ er office. W . H. Moore was in Moroon bus I . Mesainger A Co.’s. - The prioe of The Observer is 11.60 iness a part of Saturday and Suo Wedding Stationery, at S M /M T . n M O U for ( U Booths. BO eeata Oome in and aee the new shoe» rot four B oolhS—bot if paid In adtan.w vs Observer Seek Stora. day of last week. st J. I . Mesainger a Co. Skats Saturday? Soret • ■»••pl 9? M) to fa ll fo r S y ea rs . S h o rte r '•«as than one year l» H eeats per month. Miss Mary Patjena and Robert ■ALL (•ran t were married at the home of ■O Ä or H B a ll G h rea g , M e r e F ire D e - the bride Wedneeday evening, Feb. oertmeet a 8 « o « m «. 12tb. The young people have a l boat of friends in tbe community Trh - m m- •h o join with T h . O b o o r,« io • l . h - L , ’ lr* » • » • « • > « • •«««- io , «h.lr lito-.jooro.T Io ho o o. of 7. ’J ” "• « . « b i o . .„ d b.p p lo o ... „77? <• Ob«»« Of the masquerade ball that this Articles of incorporation for tbe •▼•ut should be unique in character Great Southern railroad have been a high water m ark be set that filed in Oregon and work w ill be be-i would make it beyond comparison gun as soon as ooutraots oan be let the most brilliant social event of to extend tbe line of the road, wbioh that nature that has ever been held now runs from Tbe Dalles to Dufur, ‘n Moro, aud judging from tbe en south as far as Tygb, where it will thusiastio comments of the partioi- tap tbe rioh wheat and timber ooun- P*ots and guests the next day, their try of the Tygh valley. efforts were well rewarded. Wasco Implement house has sold e®'ort was spared to make ev- a half car of land rollers to date, ®ry e,em#nt that enters into suoh delivery to be March 1st. M r.| a®r**r • • ° ° “)plete and perfect as Golliber says all who want a Wash- P0®” 61* ’ from the details of tbe oon- i ng ton land roller at a good price 1 ' l *°n ^ e floor, accommodations and C. P. Ragsdale and wife of En should put in an order before March | ° r 8peclfttor*» a,‘d to tbe personnel terprise, Oregon, were guests st the 16th, as his next »hipmeut will ° f tbe oruhe’ tra, oomposed of Prof, masque ball on the 14th. cost more and necessarily sell for ° We^ ' trombone; M. K. Miller, W . D. Scott has leased tbe black more **• ®°hueller, violin; -v, Mrs. W m . Myers, piano. smith shop at Monkland and will Mr. J. H . Landry’s home has The work of preparing the hotel have it ready for business by March been a small hospital for the last dining room for a dainty lunch and 1st. Your patronage is aolictsd; two weeks. First Miss Eva had its serving had been placed in the Editor Wes ter fie Id of the Grass the quineey. After »he began to hands of a capable committee of la- Valley Journal has purchased tbe recoyer Mrs. W. 8 . Powell was ta- dies of the fire company, who cer- two story brick building in wbioh ken with the grip; then Mrs. Lan- tainly showed their skill in waiting bis office has so long been located. dry was the next victim, followed upon the danoers when supper was Mrs. Elisabeth Cusbmaq and by her two little grand children, announced at midnight, and that daughter, Mra. Lottie Pearson, are At last aoenunts all were recovering places were ready for \ l 0 at the Mra. Geo. Lesslie of Oregou City H ot Coffee and Sand a iobee, at W. F. Schuelier is packing bis Church end Society notices FREE, ex- A B Wolfard’s, Biggs. has been visiting with her daughter, goods to ship to Portland. •opt when for money m aking purpose», Mra. F . J. Meindel. twch notices at regular rates a t the option Don’t forget the masquerade John Johnson is confined to tbe • the publishers. skate Saturday evening. J. A. Bolton of KingtlagM bouse this week with asthma. Iting bis brother-in-law, O - E. Enrolls Lodfo N s . 121 Penoils, 10 oents per dozen, rub Horsoe Strong and fam ilv are ex Thompson, and fam ily thia week. A . f t t M ., M ore, O r. ber insert, Observer Book Store. pected home by the first of March Meets the first and third Mra. MoGratb, proprietor of the Observer Club Rates this winter unday evenings of ea«h Tbe Wasco Implement House m o u th V is itin g m em bers Moro bakery, was a visitor Io Hood best ever, See 2d sod 4th pages. cordially Invited to meet | sgsnt for the Plying Dutchman River this week, returning Saturday. W ith us By order of the W . M. The Observer is sustained bv its plow. J. M. Parry, Secretary. >wn rs potation. Tbs Official Paper of Tbs G et a "akate" on Saturday aye, People. \ Ray jtagedale baa been elected at tba masquerade skate, and have B e th le h e m C h a p te r. Mo 7S O X I . In k s , m ucilage, cards, envelopes, ___________ oity recorder in place of M. E. Mil a good time. Plenty of skates and R e g u la r c o m m u n ic a tio n l*P « r of «very kind, tablets, every style, at . , . aoh 2d and 41b Ih u r a - 1 'h e Obeerver Bookstore. | ler, resigned good mualo. day evenings monthly, A 1-oent Postal Card, no more,nor I Por good harness go to tbe Moro By order W?M. Hugh Sohull and wife of Kent H a r d » » end TannUma..« f!/> the M rs.F j.M endl.B ecy. no less, b a ll that b necessary to change I 11" rd " * r’ *«<> Im plem ...» Co. o u re u u re m , or nave m e umerver R>1-1 _ . . . . . *w you wherever you may go. Then Strong brick, Moro, M ere Lodge, N e . 113,' w liy eend a verbal meesage by any one | X _ , .» _ 1. O. O . r . M oro, Oregon. T b e Moro H a rd w a re and Im p le - tM e e ts e v e ry H a tu rd a y who have business of their own t o s t - , m ln g a t 7:30 o*clock. teod to and forget to attend to your ment Co. this week sold A. E. Mor »Vbltlng m «cuberà are errands? Remember th b suggestion. itz a fine steel harrow. 1 cordisily Invlted. Mena- Can you afford to trifle with ao bere are sxpeoted to he Mr. and Mrs. N . J. Betts of Tbe Fred J Melodi, N . G. serious a m atter as to negleot a bad O E James, Hecretarv. Dalles are visiting at tbe borne of C ooid or cougb, when for a trifling their daughter, Mrs. P. H . Maue. F R I D A Y ...........February 21, 1908 an,OUDl ? ° ° • bottle of Hickory Bark Cough Remedy, that Miss D. Murray returned home is guaranteed to oure or money re Suoday, after a very pleasant visit Subscribe for The Observer funded? Prioe 26c, 60c a n d .91.00 with friends in Moro and vicin ity F o r abstracts, see Meindl a Bry per bottle. For sale at Moro Pharm W. C. Rutledge left on Tuesday's a n t, Moro. acy, and dealers everywhere. train for Portland for a rest and to Read Tbe Observer Club Rates, Buy tbe genuine imported aveu- recuperate after his reoent sickneee. visiting Mrs. O.’s daughters In Port nicely. I first table. The attendance at the on 2d and 4tb pages. erioua carbolioeum; tbe imitation George Jacobs of Portland, t h e H anc® Wftg 80 that notwilh- land, Mra, H . A. and W . H . Moore Chas. Harper of Klondyke has Stationery, paper, pens, ink, being offered is only a temporary same man who purchased the 18tand*n9 (he large number seated begun plowing on a 800 acre tract N. W. ThonipHon reoeived a full penoils and a ll sorts of ictae, at the remedy if at all. I f genuine one at first table a seoond bad to be pre preparatory to raising a crop on ths blood Polso-Cbina boar by expreee Rohr V illa ‘power site, has pur Observer Book Stofe. application lasts for all time. Ask pared . land this harvest. chased the water power and lands February 16th. M r. Thompson to ^ see , „ our ^ 7 sealed The grand march was called Sample copie. of tb i. paper m a , o 8 ™ re', packages. Ths Henry Ruggles has invented a makes a specialty of fine breed adjacent to the falls in the John about 9 o'clock, after which the be bad at The Observer business Day river and will develop at leaBt burning stove, stock, not tbe least of which is bogs. office— per copy. | T u x old Pennsylvania Dutch Dun successful straw 600 horsepower, all of which will he dance went merrily on until, near Tbe steamer Telegraph, wbioh kards recommend Hickory Bark which can be seen in operation utilized in Cliff». The project has the supper time, masks were re D on’t use pine to pin your papers daily at the Blue Barn. has operated for several seasons be together. Try the beet clips, at Tbs [ Cough Remedy. Gnararteed to cure been pending some time waiting the moved and prizes awarded. Roy ¡your cougb, and guaranteed to be Olds Bros, of Grass Valley have tween Portland and A|to rl*< will be decision of a Portland flouring mill I owell and Miss Nora Elcock were Observer Book Store. ... , .... . , pure. Made fw m tbe bark of tbe purchased the Andy Tillson briok placed on the run March 16. She oompany tfiat was contemplating a awarded prises for best sustsined After 1pm . W edn^day, It i . eer, , b. , | . b. rk or wbiU) bict o r , tree. For building and will move their bar will make tbe round trip daily as m ill at Cliffs characters, Indian prince . and heretofore. difficult tor u . to handle copT that b j Moro Pb, „ M d ness shop to tbs new location. princess. Miss Florenoe Rigdon oalls for changes in tbe form. era everywhere. Hon. 8. S. Hayes, former Mrs. John Johnson made a spec .and Fred Rose were awarded prises J. E. Burnett, attorney at Arling ial trip to Waeco this week to con dent of hi« city «nd director of the f„r beet • o lt .e n . I t ie impoeeible Pencil holders, that bold tbs pen- Now is tbe time to write to your ton and aspirant for tbe republican gi„ . |i l t b#, suit with D r. H artley, dentist. A Moro ecboole, but now ro d e n t. o f| ail io any pocket, at Tbe Observer friend in tbe east. Colonist rates nomination for district attorney of Portland, ba« made this district a cavity in a tooth was found to be tOr* ‘ ■ will be put on beginning March 1st mention should be made of Mies this district, was a visitor this week causing tbe neuralgia from wbioh substantial gift of hooks to be added Via Sayrs and Ed Tomlin, who well D r C H artley, dentist, w ill be at and ending April 1st. During this to the school library. The gift in The funeral of J. W. Rayburn Mrs. Johnson was suffering. sustained their characters of school Grass Valley 1 week of each month, time tickets will be on sale from eludes 10 volumes of literature, 10 kids, as well as Mrs. C. K. Cochran one of the oldest settlers of Sherman via. week following ibe 1st Sunday. Cbioago to Moro for 938, from St. George Gilbert Banoroft, a lect volumes of general history, 6 vol in her Indian character; Geo. W. I t - sac cn / iz i county, took place Feb. 12ib, from Old type makes tbe very beet of | f ® “ KanBaa C,tJ» | tbe rssidenoe of his Son near Klon- urer of several years experience un umes on Porto Rica, the Philip Berrian as a colonial gentleman; Omaha, St.Paul, 930. der some of the best lyoeum bu Babbitt metal. We have it for sale pines, Japan Hnd , China. The , Omer Sayrs as an old time miner, dike. , reaus of the east is delivering a se Word from United States Sena and when you need any call at Tbe books are appreciated by the pupils aud Wm Myeri> th# d#gd O. B. Messinger hae purchased game ries of four lectures at the M E. tor C. W. Fulton to the Observer Observer office. Prios is right. especially, as prof. Powell »ays, »port. advises us that the senator has sent the Brown house and lots snd one ohurcb, under the auspices of Moro they are books that can be used ev- Dancing lasted until 4o’oluok the T h e quick relief from pain afforded lot adjoining, all located in Mowry High School. The lectures wbioh ' by applying Chamberlain’s Pain Balm us for distribution in this coun ®r? d*?- next morning. A net total of 9212 addition, in the same block io Mr. Banoroft 'baa so far delivered makes It a favorite with sufferers from ty a quantity of seed. Those de Tbe next illustrated route book W* 8 reaIia®d b? the department, rbcuruatlMii, sciatica, lame lock, linn siring any seeds please oall or write which be has been living. are instructive and well worth at of the Union Pacific railroad will , h wUl b® app,ied 0,1 Purchase tending. ta(O. •■><! dM p M>tod mid muaoular 1,0 tb, . M n b . .ooommod.lKi The Cliffs ferry, after a thorough Tbe Include a ll important stations on I °1 no" badly need- F o r - ! . b , Moro P h ^ n ,^ ,. h, „ , nd postage paid for overhauling, is again in operation Japanese have bean experiment E C Davis, proprietor of ths Grass remailing. • O. R. A N. system in Oregon, Wash and is in better condition than ever ing on an unfrequented bluff of V alley Bern, promptly attend« all T h , ou> reBw)iM , re b . , t. Hlok I t will give I Freeh supply of genuine carbolem before to handle the large traffic be Santa Monica bay, California, with ington and Idaho. «alia, day or nigbl. A nim al. (Ivan B trk Cough b„ facte of interest concerning each ium just opened at tbeObserver Book tween Cliffs and tbe Oregon side. range finding cannon operated by city and town, setting forth tbeir I Store, the aery eat of care. Charge, are | „ fo, Joo by , b, o|d amokeleaa powder. The news of Before buying anything in the Dutch Dunkards of Pennsylvania, hardware line, such as Dails, shov their operations oreated quite an principal resources, population, in Send The Observer to your abeent I Bnd ¡( iU n jn UBe by all old families excitement, particularly as a por dustries and the character of the O J. G O F F IN , friends. I t is better than a letter, | of western Pennsylvania. Is abeo* els, spades, pitch forks, hoes, rakes, tion of A dm iral Evans' fleet will surrounding oountry, for the infor kitchenware, axee and hammers. Many and gives all the home news. Four! lutely pure, mads from tbe bark of | anchor near the bluff from which ■nation of homeseekers. PHYSICIAN & SURGEON. Prioe them at J. I . Mesainger a C o . months for 50c. thousands of copies of the book are the experiments have been car tbe while or shell-bark hickory tree. ------------------- —— ------- ---------------— annually distributed by the Union | D R - M A R IE M . G O F F IN “ We prefer Chamberlain’s Cough Shipped from the east and manufac O. A . Ramsey is the first citizen ried on. D r . Remedy to auy other for our children,” tured in Salem, Oregon. For sale by says Mr. L. J. Woodbury, of Twiulng, Mloh. “ I t ha» also done tbe work for Moro Pbarmaoy and a ll dealers. us in bard colds and croup, and we Sake pleasure In recommending It.” G o o d L a n d B u y — 800 F or sale by Moro Pharmacy. acres good rich farm land; Superior round nickel tipped »nd about 690 acres tillable; situ ated in Hay Canyon oountry, and some for 10 cts per doz., at tbe about six miles from railroad Observer Book Store. station, half mils from good school, right at cburob; fine T h e J w m e in e O ff P ia o s . targe barn, abundanoe of wa ter, large machine shed, black- “ Conoomptlon had Its grasp; and I had almost reached the jumping off * smith shop; nearly all fenced place when I was advised to try Dr. i ' bog tight; obiokeo house and K i n g ’« New Discovery; and I want to ! other good outbuildings, and aay right now, It saved my life. Im 176 acres summer fallow. I provement began with tbe first bottle, will sell this iarm very rea and after taking one dozen bottles I sonable, with fair cash pay was a well and happy man again,” says George Moore, of Grimesland, N , ment down, and will give C. AS a remedy for oougbs and oolda good terms on balance. Ap and bealerof weak, »ore lungs and for ply for further information to < g>reventlng pneumonia New Dlaoovery J. F. Be Is bee. Waeoo, Oregon. « Is supreme. 60c and |l.0 0 at Moro rubber top pencils, Pharmacy. two-for-5 cents Trial bottle free. III! Absolutely Pure Pactflc company in the middle west to exhibit civic pride in the im Tbe Moro fire company wiebee to and eastern states. provement of bis residence property express their sinoe;e thanks to the by taking down tbe old fenoe and people of Moro, individually and Office In The Goffin Building, 1st St. On Tuesday morning, Feb. 11th, Moro, Oregon. replacing it with a neat picket fenoe. oolleotively, who so generously there passed over the G reat Divide Mrs. G. A. Meloy was so much aided in every possible way to help a pioneer of eastern Oregon, Joseph Dr. W . N. Morse improved as to he able to take the enrich our treasury, that we may H. Sherar, than whom none was Dr. H. E. Beers. train Monday for Portland, where be able to proteot our homes from better known among the early set We are especially thankful tlers of this section. M r. S. came to| she will remain until her health fire. to tbe ladiaa of Moro for the excel The Dalles in 1862, from California, improves. D r. O. J. Goffin accom lent supper prepared, and to the with tbe first pack train ever used panied the party. general publio in tbe county who in Oregon; selling it two years after The steamer Charles R. Spencer oame forward with their generous be soon settled on a homestead, - O REG O N WASCO \ - has been overhauled and painted support. here be afterwards b u ilt Sberar I and will begin regular tripe between Calls Promptly Attended Have yoa registered? T b is ia im bridge and grade. From th at time Tbe Dalles and Portland by March portent, not only to your own in to the present Wasco and Sherman Day or Night 16th. This is earlier than she went tereeta, but aleo to the intereets of county history is not complete! into commission last year. the oouuty at large. Every man without tbe name of J. H. Sherar. N. P. Hansen and G. E. Lewel owes it to himself and to bis neigh Ile n ry Richeldur'er of Wasco has len left for Portland Tuesday to bor to attend to ibis matter prompt suffered a severe lose of horses dur buy goods for the new store which ly . No man should neglect to reg they will open for business in the ister and then blame the officials log this month from an affliction Brock building. The new firm is for making him trouble when time resembling spinal meningitis. Out Office Ground Floor Ginn Brick composed of N. P. Hansen, 8 E l- comes to vote. The official» are of 27 head 16 were stricken, of Next Door W .W .M.Co. Bank which 8 died. It is the opinion thut oock and G. E Lewellpq. tperely conforming with the re the disease was caused bv exp >»ii*H quirements of the law while tl>e The Uinetiila county farmers' during the recent severe w-athor. M O RO OREGON voter is neglecting to carry out its •oeiation have purchased of ths and by tbe borsta eating fro« n dr) requirements. Amr» Harris N eville Company of leed, etrnw and stubble. The horse* Spring is coming and with it o n the ranch which were comforta- Portland 400,000 grain huge at 97 16 F. J. Meindl W . G. Bryant hundred, delivered in Pendleton. most likely will be carried on a stabled and w -ll frd were nut The b»gs purchased are manufact e«ries of chicken stealing episodes, 'stricken with the diseae». Ko f*.r ured by that company at Portland. as in the past few years in this city. we have heard Mr. ft. has been There was a reward of 926 out for the only loser by this disease in this Win. Henriobe and wife were information that would oonviot tbe section. Portland visitors this week, where thieves, last spring, regardless of Mr. H . went to receive the ship tbair supposed social'Standing; this The first spirited debate in the Rooms 1 and 2 The Ginn Brick Over W .W .M.Co. Bank ment of trout reoently ordered by reward is »till in effect. Some have senate this session was un the hill Messrs. Barnum, Littlefield and questioned whether a person oan be ‘ ffered by Senator Borah of Idaho O REG O N Cochran (or tbe purpose of stock sent to the p e n ite n tia l for chicken to revise and codify tbe Federal MORO ing the water of the Gould farm stealing in Oregon. To a ll such we orlminal laws hy offering an amend with this epeciCs of the finny tribe. refer the following from the Daily msnt making it a penal offense for M. E. M ille r Any United Statee senator or con The Methodist Episcopal oburob Journal of Feb. 18, 1908:- ' ’Judge gressman to appear in oourt in any in tbe United States will this year Henry L. Benson of K lam ath Falls M in which the government may baa sentenced John W illard, who celebrate tbe oantennial anniversary te interested. The amendment was found guilty of stealing obiok- of the adoption of its constitution. Office upstairs Rooms 6 and 6 v e n t over without action, Borah ens, to two years in tbe state peni The growth of Methodism in tbe Opera House Building giving notice that he would con tin- last 100 years is something on tentiary. In pronouncing sentence oe to urge it until a vote was taken. which the members of the church Judge Benson said that he consid There is a law now on tbe statute MORO O REGO N have reason to congratulate them ered the punishment severe, under hooke prohibiting senators and con- tbe oiroumstanoes, but It was ths selves. gressmen from aoospting fees for least that oould be given.” Frank Menefee. Fred Wilson The public lands committee of appearing before any government the senate reported favorably tbe department and uoder this law Sen- Kewplng O»«" H« m m . bill to enlarge tbe homestead unit Everybody to welcome when we feel «tore Burton and Mitchell were to 320 acres and amending it to good; and we feel that way only when ooovioted, but there is no law pro make residence on and improve oar digestive organa are working prop hibiting any senator or eongreskman Attorneys - at - Law ment of land necessary for patent erly. Dr. K ing’s New Life Pill« regu to act as attorney for any corpora late tbe aetton of etomaoh, liver and Senator Fulton accepted tbs bill for tion or individual which is oppos Offioe in the Vogt Blook, upstair* boweto ao perfectly one can’t help feel Oregon, reserving tbe right to with ing good when be ueee tbeee pi lb 26c ing or opposed by tbe United State» draw later if neoeaeary. government In ooorL THE DALLB8 OREGON Diseases of Womei t C tiM rei a Speciali! ¡Drs. Beers and Morse Physicians and Surgeons W. H. Ragsdale J. I. Messinger & Co. Moro, Oregon, A new arrival of Gentlemen’s Hats In all styles and ahapes. Our new samples Spring and Sum mer Goods Hate arrived. They are certainly a fine Hoe to c*hooee from S h o e s and Gro ceries Are moving at a great rate these days, proving to u. the People of Sherman county appreciate our prices and quality J. I. Messinger &. Co " L. R. F rench G. E. T hompsoh IV(I M oro, O regon D E A L E R S IN e v ery th in g in h a rd w a re , tin w are, g ra n - itew are, .fa rm g o o d s a n d im p le m e n ts. PLOWS, DRILLLS AND HARROWS OurSaecialty nPOHAKi <(IJ< R I The only baking powder made from Royal Grape Cream of Tartar kV Sherman, Gilliam and Morrow county lands for sale or trade, some on the half crop payment plan; other lands at terms to suit purchaser ~ Guarantee Right Treatm ent. Valley and Portland property for sale or trade Call on me whether you buy or sell. Wm. Froebe, Wasco, Oregon Attorney at Law. GBADUATEOPTICIAN Jewelry of all kinds. ^Latest Bracelet Designs GOODS SO LD REASONABLE L. W . ROSS, Wasco Watch Inspector O. R. & N. FOR Attorney - at - Law Menefee & W ilson Coati a littl« aiorsthsatEe •l" m or pkospkst« of bas powder», b a with Rsyslyo«ara»er«oi ptr«.haahW«lfood. HRO4 U Hi ll |>1N4} The undersigned has opened an office in the McL’oy Building, Wasco, Oregon, opposite the depot Lawyers ROYAL powmr F .K n , NEW REAL ESTATE HRM Meindl ¿k Bryant From Grapes, the most healthful of fruits, comes the chief ingredient of 4» on F arm im p le m e n ts, Land R ollers, H a rro w s, D rills, B u g g i e s and H a c k s go to Wasco Implement House CHAS. G A L L IH K R . Prop. WASCO, O REG O N