OtHi»l5oc, OU H*U. OBSERVER. M o r o , S h e r m a n C o u n t y , Ok-cKon, K r id a y , J u ly E k s ta b lis h o d 1 8 8 7 . '.f First street, Strong brrick; Moro, Ore. asco M il l in g C o . W M oro 3 ¡JUDEZZZX PLUMBING «a STEAM FITTING" All kind» of Reservoir and Cistern work in con­ nection with water Bystems installed in first class sty le and all work done guaranteed. Dynam ite and powder work on all kinds of Rock Excavations t i n -------- 1 1 T \* r * • " T h e S tar S p a n g le d Banner** W aa W ritte n . XXX X ©= Dr. W. N. M Dr . H E. Beer.. A F o u rth of July Sketch by Robert Donnell J * Copyright. 1903. by C. N. Lurie. H is to ric Rouse W h ere Part of = F tho shrines to which Ameri­ can» go lu patriotic reverence noue 1» more sacred than the house which wns the home of Francis Scott Key, author of “Tho Physicians S tar tfpanglcd Ihtuucr.” For some Ice cold drinks and loe cream In sea­ year» funds bayerheeii accumulating lu ■ and Surgeons . son. Soda water, bottled and fountain, the hugds of (Mlbials of a memorial as­ always on band. WASCO - - OREGON sociation the punxMM of which la to restore the old ‘‘Key mansion’’ and preservo It to posterity as ono of tho Calls Prom ptly Attended oatlou'a shrines. The old dwelling D ay or Night. stands close to the Potomac river In Washington in that part of the na­ tional capital which was called G R A S S VALLEY, ORE. Georgetown until Its consolidation with the greater city. Francis Scott Key lived inftrry years In thia quaint Old bouse. It la quite D e n t is i probable f|mt within Its walls or In the little annex adjoining, which he occupied as a law olhce, he wrote a OREGON p art of hla fsmous song. For many MORO > PR IC ES R E A S O N A B L E years tho popular supposition has.been th a t the poem was w ritten while Key All Work W arranted. was aboard a British vessel of war In Cbesupeakc bay. The statem ent that Conducted on Best Principles O Vinton H o te l J. R. Morgan New Entirely. Convientto Business other articles of trade not commonly regarded as poetic. In the lower front room a cobbler’s shop has been In­ stalled. The outer walls are two feet thick. Even the Inside partitions carry a width of eighteen Inches of brick. In the days when that old house was really n mansion In comparison with the average dwelling of the |>eriod families of means built houses to stay built. 'I t Is said that there Is enough brick In the big chimneys and fire­ places of the Key mansion to construct the walls of an ordlnnry brick house of the present day. There Is still an aspect of old time elegance in the old boustkdee pi to Its outward shabblnees. W ashington antiquarians will point out to the vlaltlng pilgrim tho lower window at the front of the bouse, to the right, through which young Frnncli 8cott Key, Jr., son of tho songster, cl I nitx*d with his fair girl cousin when the devoted pair ran AWay to be m ar­ ried. Tho eloping pair hud a large family « « lic it « « W h en . In P o rtla u d , rS T O P AT Dentist Chargee reason­ able, all work guaranteed. . OREGON W A 8C 0 Hotel Oregon Opposite th e OftT. Co store. Satisfaction Guaranteed C orner 7th and Stark Streets. Both in W orkmanship and Price 4» U s « * and Ila rooms are provided with running water and long distance tele­ phone». European plan. Ratea per day and upward Highest priced room $3 per day. Office at Furniture Store. F . R. A X T E L L , M O R O , O R Wright-Dickinson Hotel Co. Chas. Wright, President. C e n ts HOME IN (MOWN Dr. C. Hartley ******* g " V C a i m a r c ia l T r a « « P lasterihq ^ R r I ck and R omcrete W ork f a i n ffl K Office In T te Moro H otel Brick. H. A. S tu a rt, Moro, Oregon. •JtSJ. V * ‘ * * f f * * * * * * * * “ fiv e M. G O F F IS . Drs. Beers and M o r» areh o use BANK D b . H A B IB M B Office In The Goffin BuUdIng, let St. V Mare, Oregon. Billiard and Pool Tables To those w lshim inch relations we heartily eite n i our serrices. 3 ,7 1 9 0 8 ® e= Cigars, Tobaccos tia l to your success. W oorriN, ooww. PHYSICIAN & SURGEON. D b . . o l > b o. . j j. . nsaa W tfVsm I CUUni i htckltt Confectionery To have money is to save It. The one sure way to save it is to deposit it w ith Wa'sco Warehouse M illin g Co. bank. You w ill then be exempt from the annoyance of having it burn holes in your pockets. Aside from the tact that your money w ill be safe from theft; the habit of saving tends to the establishment*of th rift, economy, discipline and a general understanding of business principals essen­ ibber Stampa Furnished. . - —J for Typewriters, Typewriter Supplias, Ribbon«, Eto. ] W m . R udolf THE ONE SÛRE W A Y Q u ic k and C h e a p l W. H. Ragsdale Attorney at L aw . Office Ground Floor Ginn OX T give up tho Lawrence droids his ship ahead under full sa.il )gtrnlgtit for the waiting end Every A m o r- eager enemy. \ • r .p lean who has.at- 1 Shortly before 6 o’clock In the even- tended a public tug the two ships came together about school or read eighteen miles out át sen. "As the tho merest skcl- , bow of the Chesapeake began to dou- e fo ft of Amur- ble on the Shannon’s quarter,” In the lean history is words of n.npvnl historian, "the latter aw are that those | opened tire.” ’ The Shaunou’a broadside h e r o i c " ’fils she strikes or sin k s!’ he cried. Being American frigate was pulled out of Informed th a t tho enemy had boarded oblivion by the auctioneer's arm and him on the spur deck. Captain Law­ sold torWllIliun Waldorf Avtor. who pre­ renco cried: >,Tlien the officers of tha sented the uld llah .lu-the. .Urlthh-1 hoy.nl dock-, h a v e n 't. toed tho m arkl Tha Vuhed Service museum. Shannon wm# whipped when I left tha Early In the year 1st:! M aster Com­ deck.” m andant Jam es Lawrence of the sloi’fp •A little later he called out those Im­ Hornet had engaged altd sunk the mortal ^worda. ‘‘Don’t give up the sloop Peacock o f r tho enemy. Law­ ship!” **— ..........T. .. » rence was lu his thirty second year, Naval fights# In those days were brief with a record of sixteen years In the and bloody. Tho firing between t)io navy and only six weeks' leave of ab­ Shannon anil the Chesapeake lasted sence. lit“ was I.m \e mul able and In Ju^t eleven m inute , and four minute« tensely patriotic After his return later the British had boarded the from the Hornet victory he wns pro­ American vessel and taken possession. moted to a captaincy and was as­ A fifteen minute fight made Imperial* signed to command th© .frigate Chesa­ able history! peake, then lying In Boston hatbor for Captain Broke, after bonrdlng tha repairs. ’Lawrenco disliked this as Chesapeake, was struck down by a ■lgnihent and wrote Severn! letters to saber and almost killed. He never the secretary of th6’ nnvy protesting fflHy «w sw unl, though ho lived nntll against It, for the Cb©ttai>©uke .was 1811. I hi> Shannon lost twenty four ship!” Brick N ext Door W.W.M.Co. Bank M. C. Dickinson, Manager. H otel M oro Esmond Hotel Nearest Hotel to Business Center, Banks and Depot. OSCAR O pposite P o s t O ffic e P vhoro Me p to p l» »top L aw yers Rooms 1 and 2 The Ginn Brick Over W.W.M.Co. Bank OREGON T(IE CLJ KEY MANSION, GEORGETOWN. M. E. Miller R atea by t h e d a y 6 0 c , 7 6 c, S 1. 0 0 , S I . 6 0 , S 2. Attorney - at - Law E u ro p ea n P lan A G ood C lean F a m ily < -J" H otel Office upstairs , Rooma 6 and 6 Opera House Building TV»«» D a l l e » . O r e g o n , Electric Lights Meindl & Bryant MORO The Umatilla House Steam Ileet. Electric Call Bells. OREGON MORO HOTEL RATES TO SUIT YOU. Frank Men ©fee. All O R & N Trains Stop at Front Door Railway Ticket Office in the Lobby. T . N. C R O F T O N , P r o p r ie t o r . T in the Inland Empire. M. L. Evans of DeMcaa has been laid up with rheumatism for amne time and ■uttered untold agonies, bat is now up and perfectly well. Ask him wbat cured him and he will sav lea* than a 60c bottle of Wet kina’ Hheumatlam and Gout Tablets. Best Weekly published Everyone reads it. Fred Wilson Menefee & Wilson Attorneys - at - Law - t P i — Office in the Vogt Block, upstairs Sold by Subscribe for The Observer. - F ree bua to and from train a « J " Q MAMAOBR toff tot ud Mónta M Moro, Oregon. Q ANDBRSON W. O. Bryant F. J. Melodi Proti an d , O reg o n . Sunday Dinner 35 cents. » OREGON MORO ilix.Iu tff,A g L ,D esffl,O «g o i Every botUe positively guaranteed T H E DALLES • OREGON E. B. Dufur Attorney - at - Law FARMERS Office 737 Chamber of Commerce Corner Third and Stark R E A D THE WEEKLY OREGONIAN ‘ OF PORTLAND , ’ For th è g e n e ra ln e w s o f World also for information about Low -to obtain ih e b est results in culfivafintf ihc soil. S to ck , R a is in g , F r u it G row ing etc., r You c a n s e c u re ibiso®cgfl«iit» OREGON PORTLAND D. Lindquist W a tc h m a k e r and J e w eler Special attention given work sent in by mail or express. All work warranteed first class S il east Seceed Street Phone Ne. JO The D alles, Or., Jam es S te w a rt Addrara: MORO. OREOON. paper by addressing the Sherman County Observer and * enclosing $1.50, when w e will send you the Shop­ man County Observer, price $1.50 and the w eekly Oregonian, price $1.50 each for one year, you s a t ­ ing 50 cents by so doing. Stock Inspector Sherman County, Oregon. Depwty Stack Impactor he was a prisoner of war at the time has l>een publlsluxl far nnd wide. Both these Impressions are erroneous. The wording of the poem Itself proves that the latter part of It was written at least some mouths, after the event which evoked the glorious uutlonal lyric. Furthermore, the third stanzn contains conclusive Internal evidence that a good lawyer, such as Mr. Key Is reputed to have l>een, dhl npt write that part of th«« poetn, at any rate, while he wits In the eiem y's custody. During the conflict known In our his­ tory as the war of 1S12, the year In which It begfcn, the British ascended the Potomac, occupied the city of Washington, burned the nntlongl cnpl- tol, destroyed most wantonly many of our priceless documents and public treasures and then retreated down to salt water That was In the summer of 1814. <»n their way back to their ships the enemy captured and carried away Dr William Benns, a prominent cltleen of the town of Marlboro, Md. Dr. Benns wns held a prisoner on board one of the English, vessels In Chesapeake bay. Near the end of August a cltlxen of Upper Marlboro. William West, called at the office of Lawyer Key and en­ gaged tho attorney to use his efforts for the release of Dr. Beans. Key was a young man of thirty-five, with n lu­ crative practice and some little local reputation as a w riter of verses. It waa proposed that Key obtain the sanc­ tion'of the American government to go out aboard the flagship of the British commander under a flag 0/ truee and Intercede for the imprisoned doctor. The lawyer obtained the necessary au­ thority and started on Ills mission. Ho got aboard the ship nt n critical time. The British were preparing to bom­ bard Fort McHenry. Key succeeded In securing the release of D r. Ilenns, but both he and the doctor were held aboard ooe of the vessels until the bombardment was over lest they re­ veal the British plans. Key watched the bombardment from this highly Interesting vantage point— A nd the rocket's red glare, tho bomb« bu rsting In air, proof through the night th a t fh« flug waa ■tut there. of children, whose descendants live in Washington and other cities. Francis Scott Key Smith, a grandson, is secre­ tary of the Memorial association which Is to restore tho “mansion.” , • I > • ________ ,-----.---- The Fourth of July For the World Republic. B y J. A . E D G E R TO N . V O IC E from the fu ­ ture Is calling The world to dlvlnsr estates. A lig h t en the present Is fa llin g F ro m tom » fu lle r s p le n d o r th e » w a lls — lig h t like the glory supernal O 'er God's golden s ta irw a y th a t stream ed W h e n Jsoob. w ith glimpses eternal. In B ethlehem dreamed. A promise Is heard In the nations, A prophecy th rills through the earth, Th at freedom brings new generations O f equals and helpers to b irth ; That each in the service of others, Ily science mid wisdom's Increase, Shall learn w h a t It means to be brothers Th rough age» of peace. On a ll shall a new day be risen. W ith J u s t ic e the sunshine thereof, A nd m an shall go fo rth fro m his prison. M ade free by the angel o f Love. The glow fro m these dawns unbehold- en ' ' ‘ O f happier eras to he F alla most w ith Its refloence golden. M y c o u n t r y , on thee. Then the poet-lawyer returned to the home which nearly a century later patriotic Americana propose to* rescue from the low estate into which It has fallen with the advance of the Capital City. The little low office annei has been used as an Italian fruit mid pea- oat vender's stand. While the en«l walla ef the residence Iteelf have been pro­ faned with large, lurid and ludicrous Utters sdrsrUsing cheap grocer!«« and F W ™ 4L s,’® U B B B T Y ’S D AT. à RAVE, TRINITY considered an unlucky craft an well as a dishonored ono. * Captain Philip B. V. Broke, a moat gallant British officer, hud commanded Shannon for nearly seven years. M o s t o f his officers a n d m en had uirrn. xvxbt biia c k lk is BBOKKN. B y thee Freedom 's word was first spoken. T h y hand w rote the gospel o f m a x U n til every shackle Is broken T h y place shall be yet In the vain Oo on till In union are blended A ll nations and Isles of the sea. T h y m is s io n shell never be ended . TU I a ll men a re free. Oeva LAWRENCE’S The day of th y glad Jubilations, O f thins and of L ib e rty 's birth, ■hall yet be observed by the nations. T ill h e a v e n shall «corns on tha earth, TUI a ll men w ith luminous faose Shall send up th e reverent ory, 'Tie L ib e r ty 's day for ell muse The Fewthad Juki aboard with him through tho greater part of that -period. lie hud brought hla ship to a tiptop condition for ef­ fective sertlco and had drilled his sea­ men and guuners so th at they were as fine and fit as auy men who ever trod deck timbers. On th© other hand, Cup- tain lAwrence searesly knew ono of hla own senmen by sig h t A number of them were foreigners, and others were American riffraff of humanity. Captain Broke had been blockading Boston harlxir with the Hhannon and other vessels. In May, 1813, he deter­ mined to bring alxHit a single ship combat with tho Americans and prove to hla country that British sailors still knew how to fight. Tho Shannon her­ self gnvo challenge to combat by standi lng In the offing across tho bsy when the sun rose bright and glorious on the morning of the 1st day of June. Bostonians Lawrence's has- DOglUlllUlin witnessing w «B»«» - -------- --------- tv Drenarntlons hustled themselv.'s into W r 1 a __> private boats to sull out and watch the sea fight. The Ch«enpo*kw set soil at noou and stood down tho bay. followed at a cautious distance by tho pleasure craft. Some of lAwreiice's sailors cele­ brated the occasion of tho sailing by getting drunk. Despite mutiny on tho part of a porttoo of hto crew the herole CHURCHYARD, NEW YORK. men killed nnd fifty nine wounded, while the Chesapeake’s loss was forty- seven killed nnd ninety-nine wounded. Fourteen of tho Chesapeake's wound­ ed xuccumhetl VU nut LlllUlNBI n «* little IHWV later. i C apialn la iw rc u c e s remark concern- Htng the officers of tho deck would ha\ e made bad ho known that all tho officers wero killetl or wounded. When the British boarded the Cbeaa- peako the only officer l e f t on deck was Third L ieutenant Au­ gustus CJ. Lud­ low, - a y o u t h scarcely twenty- one years of age. who was serving as executive offi­ cer and who took command whoa TUB CHESXrKAKC'e L a w ren co feU. L u d l o w V »I - rtAtj. twice w o u n d ed by grape and musket balls and hs a fainting condition when the enemy boarded. He died from his wound*. Tho Hhnnnon ---- ------- — took - her dismantled -- captivo Into Halifax harbor, end w - ----- -- m w Lieu­ txxliee of Captain Ixiwrence and tenant Ludlow were burled In that city. Later pennauent Interment wU« mndo In Trinity churchyard. New York, very close to Broadway, ad that today Ute I nee rip t Iona 00 the tomb« ed Lawrence and Ludlow may ho rep^kffi tho Million« passing along th«U 1 not wm