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About Sherman County observer. (Moro, Sherman County, Or.) 1897-1931 | View Entire Issue (May 1, 1908)
Cg ? í FBB8BYTCBY OV PKHOLBTON. i f ® . L e w e lle n . • I m o n E lO o o k. ANNOUNCEM ENT. T he Moro Commercial Company have opened their new stock of merchandise consisting of Dry Goods, Clothing, Shoes, Hats, Groceries, Glassware, Crockery, in the Brock brick next to the Peoples building. You are invited to become one of our patrons. -• it»; - Everything in the Store Absolutely New * , __K . • Moro Commercial Co. Type writer «il, t.«o be.«t Sin-1. Grandpa Mowry is here on a visit Lubricate«, clean« and** polishes, from California.. prevents rust. T r y it The Observer Rainmakers’ Delight will be open MOHO, SHERMAN CO.,OREGON: Book Store. for business Monday. L. W. Ross has a nice line of The price of The Observer is 11.50 Tommy Douma has bis left band including watches and M r y ear. 7ft oents for six m o n ib e , AO cents jewelry, in a sling. Too much meat saw. fo r fnnr m onths— b a t i f p aid in edvanoe w„ braoelets, which he guarantees to • jo e p i $2-60 Io f a ll fo r 2 years. Hborter ’ •«n. th a n owe year I2 H o w iU per m onth. give satisfaction. Mrs M Evans has registered as an Optometrist, and will be In thia A Blue Mark here wilt answer an E C Davis, proprietor of the Grass In q u iry , w h e n entered upon o u r calendar, county n^xt fall. f g iv in g th e date o f th e paper *a th e date at Valley Barn, promptly attends all w h ic h y o u r c u rre n t subscription exp ires. Sam Briabin was called to Yam- calls, day or night. Animals given the very est of care. Charges are bill county last week, on aocount of sicknesa of bis mother. FR ID A Y ....................... M ay 1, 1908 right. T lie O b aerver Grants station, in tbia county, in Mra Orville Smith wae tbe guest future will be a flag stop for train of Mrs Ramsey during celebration Type-writer paper at The Observ No 3. The authority is given in days in Moro last week. Supt. Campbells bulletin No. 205, er office. Miss Lillian Stanley is tbe guest March 25tb. of Mrs Edna-8trahl-Coolidge, at Hot Coffee and Sandwiches, at A new business, long needed in Athena, this week and next. - A li Wolfard’s. Biggs. Moro, has been established by Jaa For sewing machine needles, oils Miss Huck, of Portland, is visit Kelly, who ia experienced in the and supplies go to L. W. Ross, ing at the home of her brother work of cleaning, repairing, and Wasco. Charles, and family, in Moro. pressing clothing. Read bis ad in Freeh supply of genuineoarhoten- L L Peetz and A H Barnum took lum just opened at tbeObeerver Book another oolurnn. 85 head of fat bogs to tbe Portland Store. T b E old reaedies are best. Hick market Tuesday that averaged 300 Pencil holders, that hold the pen ory Bark Cough Remedy baa been lbs each. cil in any pocket, at The Observer in uee for over 100 years by the old Sandhill cranes have been nume Book Store Dutch Dunkards of Pennsylvania, Stationery, paper, pens, ink, and ir still in use by all old families rous this week, flying high, in a nw pencils and all sorts of ictas, at the of western Pennsylvania. Is abso direction, which indicate warmer lutely pure, made from the bark of weather, and rain. Observer Book Store. the white orabell-bark hickory tree. This weather brings the camae to Sample copies of this paper may Shipped froa the east and manufac bloom, and the Indian potato hae a be bad at The Observer business tured in Salem, Oregon. For sale by bulb like a spud,which shows mois office— 5o. pes-oopj^ Moro Pharmacy and all dealers. ture laid away under the surface. Don’t use pins to pin your papers General Passenger Agent Wm The Dorcas Society met at the together. Try the beat clips, at The McMurray, baa instructed O R N Presbyterian church Wednesday, Observer Book Store. local agents in this county to sell and removed tbe Easter decorations For good harness go to the Moro tickets at reduced rates for tbe Ida which also did service during the Hardware and Implement Co., the ho-Washington-Oregon interscbol- Presbytery services. 8trong brick, Moro. astic track meet nnd declamatory Contractor Raymond began the After 1 pm. Wednesday, it is very contest to be held at Walla Walla difficult for us to handle oopy that April 30 and May 1. Round trip work thie week of rebuilding the oalls for changes in the form. tickets from Moro will be on sale brick opera house corner, in this Dr C Hartley, dentist, will be at April 29, 30 and May 1, at 16 95. city, recently destroyed by fire. Tbe property is now owned by Judge Grass Valley 1 week off each1 month, Return limit May 2d. Littlefield and L Barnum. viz week following the 1st Sunday. C an you afford to trifle with so Subscribe for The Observer serious a matter as to neglect a bad cold or cough, when for a trifling amount you can secure a bottle ol Hickory Bark Cough Remedy, that is guaranteed to cure or money re Superior round nickel tipped and funded? Prioe 25c, 50c and 11.00 T J Miller has bad his gasolene rubber top pencils, two-for-5 cents per bottle. For sale at Moro Pharm launch put in order by Charles and some for 10 cts per doz., at the acy, and dealers everywhere. Observer Book 8tore. Huok, and tbe craft will be used as a ferry between DeeChutea city and Miller’s island, in the Columhii. Hot Stove—Cool Kitchen How do you expect to en dure the broiling days of summer if you prepare all the food over a glowing coal fire? You need a “ New Perfec tion”' Oil Stove that will do the cooking without cook ing the cook. It concen trates plenty of heat under the pot and diffuse« little or none through the room. Therefore, when working with the NEW PERFECTION Wick Blue Flame Oil Cook-Stove the kitchen actually seems as comfortable as you coaid wish it to be. M * • This, in itself, is wonderful, but, more than that, the New Perfection” Oil Stove does perfectly every thing that any stove can dp. It is an ideal all-round cook-stove. Made in three sizes, and fully warranted. If not with your dea^r, write our nearest agency. J The L am p a substantial, strong ly made and hand some lam p. B um » fo r hours w ith a strong, m ellow lig h t. Just * h a t you need fo r even in g reading o r to lig h t the dining-room . I f gQ» w ith y o u r dealer, w ri te ou r nearest agency. standard o il co m pan y r Tbe Presbytery of Pendleton, Train Will Reach Muro Munday May Uth at 11.30 a in, for one Hour. which covert the territory extending from Dalles oity to Kamels end to Two special farming demonstra the southern border of tbe flUts tion trains will be operated over from the line of the Columbia, wet the Oregon and Washington lines in Moro, April 28-26. It wee a delightful session of tbo of the O R A N during the month Presbytery, with 10 of them inieh rs of May. The Oregon train will be in tbe district, and (our lay ■ ’irttfr4, Sherman, Gilliam, Morrow, and present. Umatilla counties, May 11, 12, 13 This being the third year since and 14. Among the subjects to be the creation of thie new Presbytery, diaeuxsed by the O A C profeasor* the officers end committeemen were who accompany the train, are live changed. Rev B F Harper of Milton stock, fruit growing, chemistry of was elected moderator for the com the soil, rotation of crops, conserve' ing year; Rev Harper waa also elec tion of moisture, general culture ted stated clerk of the Presbytery methods, etc. Stops will he made for the term of three years. An Im at Sherman county stations May 11 portant change in the committer t- for one hour lectures, as follows, at wae that'of the chairmanship of the Kent.............. ar 8 30 a m—lv 9 30 home mission committee, whioh fell Gr V a lle y .. ,ar!0 00 a ni—lv ll 00 to Rev J M Cornelieon, the mieaion- Moro, lunch, a r il 30 a m — lv 1 30 ary to the Indians on the Umatilla Wasco.......... a r 2 80 p m lv 3 30 Professors Withycomhe, C I Lewis, reservation,formerly stated clerk. This committee is considered ‘the C E Bradky and 11 D Scudder, of most importaift in the PreehyUry the Oregon Agricultural College will be on tho train, as will also since thie is strictly a home mission R B Miller and Byron Hunter. Presbytery, and thia committee h*** Secretary Wi’son of the depart the disbursing of the home jnifeion ment of agriculture has taken funds. Rev A J Adams of Moro waa special interest in the work started elected permanent clerk of the by Mr Miller and will send a repre Presbytery for the next three years. sentative of the department to ac company the trains. The brethren pronounce the Moro Mr Miller shows that the purpose meeting as very successful, and of of thoO R & N Co, in sending out fine spirit. The fall meeting will these trains is to grow profitable be held in Portland, just preceding crops on about 1,000,000 acres of the meeting of Synod, October 16. land tributary to the railway lines Three men were dismissed to oth of tbe Inland Empire which, under er Presbyteries. the present method of summer fal The reports from each church low, lie idle each year. The con and field were encouraging and servation of moisture and the re growth noted in all. In the two plenishing of the soil will) organic Pendleton churches, and in the In matter, which wITTassist in matur dian church (Tutuilla), remarkable ing larger wheat crops than are now revivals were reported. grown, is another object in view, as There will be a field or two va well ns the establishment of such cant for a while till suitable men physical conditions ns wi 1 prevent can he secured for them. The whole the exhaustion of the land in future outlook is one of hope and progress years. The plan contemplates tho all over the Pieabyteiy. Two peti increase of population and the ad tions were presented to Presbytery dition to the wealth of the cuiutry for the organization of new church by- cutting up, largo individual es, in the southern part of Umatilla holdings of land into smaller tracts. county, at Pilot Rock and Ukiah. These thing# will provides means The committee on resolutions towards lessening tho disastrous ef presented the following, which wae fects which a failure of the wheat unanimously adopted— crop will bring qbout. The wheat In that we haye had auch a suc fa rms of the Inland Empire are al cessful and delightful meeting of ready Hrge, and the tendency is to )«bytery at Moro, and in that further-cnlarge them. The result is our stay with the Moro people has that the population in the country been made so pleasant by all, we district-* is not increasing ns it hereby express our heartfelt thanks ■hould, particular y in Sherman to the pastor, session and people of county, where we are handicapped Moro church. by such holdings as those of the We thank the ladies who have so Eastern Oregon Land - Company. delightfully and hospitably enter These conditions can be overcome tained us in their homes. We also through continuous occupation of thank the IOOF, No. 113, for their the soil by a rotating system of invitation to be with them at their cropping and abandonment of the hall dedication and basket dinner; alternating summer fallow in dis and we'desire that these resolutions tricts where the precipitation is suf ficiently great to make the latter be printed in The Obeerver. unnecessary. The lectures to be given will vary according to the ValuaS Sam e as Gold. B. G. Stewart, a merchant of Cedar needs of the different Bcctionp. View, Mtea, says ‘‘I tell m y customers when they buy a box of Dr.Kings New Life Pills they get tbe worth of that much gold iu weight, if afflicted w ith constipation, malaria, or biliousness.” Bold under guarantee at tbe Moro Pharmacy. 25c The Goolder Hotel, near Trout Lake, Wash, would be the place fur a summer outing. It R eached th e The local oratorical try out con*' test in this city Friday night, was well attended. Honors were won by N?rn Elcock in the upper divis ion, (i »<y J ihnny Mowry in the ItiWer ilt' islon, Oudra Watkins al- tern .tu Lr the grammar grades. application lasts for all time. to see our sealed packages. Obeerver Book 8tore. Drs.xBeers* and M orse Physicians and Surgeons WASCO - - OREGON Calls Promptly Attended Day or Night. W . H. Ragsdale A ttorney at Law . Office Ground Floor Ginn Brick . Next Door W.W.M.Co. Bank share of their patronage, & d t *£ MORO OREGON F. J. M elodi L aw y ers I. P. H A R D IN . Rooms 1 and 2 The Ginn Brick Over W.W.M.Co. Bank MORO OREGON 4i r A jrA, L. R. F rench “ftsi.1 (}. E. T hompson .«t A ttorney - at - L aw M oro, O regon Office upstairs Rooms Arc now in their new quarters in the Strong Building Opera House Building and will carry a full line of Stoves, Ranges, Hard MORO OREGON Frank Menefee. ware, Harness, Illuminating and Lubricating Oils, Paints, Buggies, Hacks, Fred Wilson ing Machines, Extras for all kinds of Farm Machinery . A ttorneys - at - L aw P L O W S , D R IL L L S A N D Office in the Vogt^ Block, upstairs THE DALLES - OREGON E. B. D u fu r A ttorney - at - L aw Office 737 Chamber of Commerce Corner Third and Stark H A R R O W S o u rS p e c ia lty L '** mi1*”1 ,1*8* ,i -v , -v Dr. J. F. Jam es D entist t Crown, Plate, z Bridie V ert a Spccialtj Permanently located at w -v -v -v NEW EE4L ESTATE PIEU Tho, undersigned has opened an office in the McCoy Building, Wasco, Oregon, opposite tho depot OREGON PO R TLAN D Surries, Superior Drills, John Deere and Canton Plows and I. I. Case Thresh M enefee & W ilso n r ..-f. '.. ,, ,. . ■ ------------ z- * - . W- ___ - - Sherman, Gilliam and Morrow county lands f o r ' sale or traie, some on the half crop payment plan; other lands at terms to suit purchaser t Guarantee Right Treatment. Valley and Portland property for sale or trade Call on me whether or sell. Opposite the O. T. Co. store. Jam es S te w a rt Wm. Froobe, Wasco, Oregon Address: MORO, OREGON. GRADUATE OPTICIAN Stock Inspector fective 5 ,ay 3d: S herm an County, .1 2 3 4 5 a b o d e O ld . 60 54 46 39 30 35 29 22 19 15 New 54 46 38 32 27 27 22 16 14 11 Jewelry of all kinds. Latest Bracelet Designs Oregon. Deputy Stock Inspector Louis Schodewltx. Kent, Oregon REASONABLE D. Lindquist I t 2 Cast Secoad Street L. W. ROSS, Waso Watch Inspector O. R. & N. Rbesc Ne. J4I The Dalles, Or., A New Business «0 ’ “ , Long needed in M uro. Retabliehed a t last by J A M B S K E L L Y , experi eroed in tbe work o f ............ ............... mg, rasing, fcAKlH0 ... only baking powder Oronm o f Tartar lsAkss,ReUaMPkesfhsle Shop In M a xw e ll H alid in a , next to H otel M oro, where I am prepared to fill A Lon« F e lt W a n t in tbe aeoat eatisfaotory m an ner. C a ll and aee JAMES KELLEY, •H O K 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 A N D .,.. llepairingTIothing POWDER Absolutely Pure t n a d o w i th R o ya l O rapo fy aim nil|)l Cough R em edy. G u »rat teed to cure your rou gh , and guaranteed to he pure. Made from the b :irk of the shell-bark o r w h ite h ic k o ry tree. For W a tc h m a k e r a n d J e w e le r Tbe sundry civil bill reported to sale by M oro P h o itn icy,a n d a ll deal- Special attention given work sent the house Saturday, carried $1,460,- are every a here. in by mail or express, 000 for continuing improvements at All work warrantced first class the ^nonth of tbe Columbia, and Hon J N Williamson in Prineville, Avenarius Carbo,ineua ia a germ while he and his family were asleep destroyer. Deoay being a germ, it a short time ago. Hanging is too destroys the cause of deoay in posts easy death for criminal« like that.' or timber. The US.Government, tbe ORNCo., Multnomah county, Low rates East are now on by the and city of Portland, are making OR a NCofor thia season as follows general uae of it on bridge timbers, round trip direct to Chicago $72 50 eto. It is the beet ohinken lice de St Louis $67.50; 8t Paul $68.15; stroyer on the market, end will Omaha $60.00; Kansas City $60.00. sweeten and preserve a water trough, Tiokete on sale May 4, 18, June 5, pig pen, stable, eto , and keep away 6, 19, 20, July 6, 7, 22, 23, August flies. It is a guaranteed artidle. 6, 7, 21, 22. Good for return in 90 The Obeorver Book Store is distrib- days, with atop over privileges of the pare artlole ia Sherman pleasure within limits. -lAiwZj«An ,,A. h M. E. M ille r C otntnisyinn, w h ich w ill become ef J L K tly has been elected presi dent; A E Crotby vice president; J C Hostetler treasurer; nnd J M Patterson secretary of the 2d Oregon Agricultural society. The officers have decided that the next distriot $336,000 for continuing work on tbe fair shall he held in The Dalles Oc Celilo canal. Vancouver is provided tober 6lh to 10th, inclusive. $185,000 for army buildings, and It appeare from reports growing Fort Stevena will have $91,970 to nut of the arrest and confession of expend on improvements; Crater Larkin Elliott, that an attempt was Lake park $3,000; and the Alaska made to blow up the residence of hospital for insgns $28,000. _ M eindl & Bryant Dr. C. Hartley T h k o I.I) Pennsylvania DullshDun U r J f je co in tn e n d H i' kore Bark ,t W . C. Bryant - - - OREGON Mr. E. H u m ph re y, who owns a large MORO, general store at Omega,O.,and ia presi dent of the Adams County Telephone A ll w ork guaranteed, prices reasonable Co., as well of tbt*H om e Telephone Cc., of Pike (bounty, O , says of Dr. King's New D is c o f^ ty f “ I t sftved m y life once. A t least I th in k it did. I t D entist seemed to reach the spot, the very seat of m y cough, when every th in g else Charges reason failed.” Dr. K in g ’s New Discovery not only reaches the cough spot, it heals able, all work guaranteed. the sore spots and the weak spots in throat, lungs and «beat. Sold under guarantee at the Moro Pharmacy. 50c WASCO - - OREGON and $1; tria l hottie free. Ask tween P o rtla n d arid Moro, and the The rule.-’ ordered established by tbe Ry Bonds have been fixed for C Sam Smith, an ex-sheriff and criminal in Crook county, at $5,000; and at $500 for hia eon Stanley, arrested at the same time; and at $3,000 for Larkin Elliott, all ebarged with orimes of putting out poison, cutting fence-*, burning buildings, plant, eto recently, • belonging to Hon J N< Williamson. Dr. H. E. Been». S p o t. W L Dellinger passed through on bi« way to Toe Dalles Wednesday, to he with hie father who ia sick Tbe Republican Central Commit with typhoid. tee of 8berman county, met in Buy the genuine imported aven Wasco lest Friday, and named del enóos earbohneuno; the imitatiee We append a co m p a rative state egates to the state convention to be being offered is only a temporary m ent, for the benefit of shippers held in Portland on the 14th. remedy if at all. If genuine one showing the present class rA tr* lie- Send The Obeerver to your absent friends. It is better than a letter, and gives all the home news. Four months for 50c. ■ n FAttM IKO DEMONS TKATIONS S H IN IN « PA R LO A . go to Wasco Jmolement House CHAB. G A L L IH E R , Prop. WA8CO, O REG O N
