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About Sherman County observer. (Moro, Sherman County, Or.) 1897-1931 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 14, 1908)
20 01 o T o close out the following Lines, before the arrival of Fall and W inter Goods, we offer them at a very low Price, 20 per cent off the regular Price. Ladies W aists, ranching in price from 50 cents to $3.00 S k irts, from $3.50 to $12.50 In fan ts B onnets, M uslin U n derw ear, W h e te S k irts, - C o rset Covers, ' i - D raw ers, N ig h t Dresses Our information last week was Misé Grace Bells starts today on) M in Julia Woods has returned errcu 'OUH. M r Reee ataye with the her return to California. from her summer saun tarings. W W M Co. at DeMoes, and M r Von can get oanvase to opver your W ilber E Woods reaehsd tbs 80th Haynes will remain at Kent, u bvi of the Moro Commercial Co. mile pest on life’s journey, Aug. 6th. Mrs W H Meyer completed pack City pigeons are haying their an* Woman help wgnted. For partic- ing and shipping their household nual feast following wheat wagons. I alars >pp]y to The Observer An goods to Hood river last week. B F O L Belsbe was able to resume ®ldarly woman preferred, Peetz will oocupy that vacant bom« work Monday; though perhaps a I Sow only the plumpest, nicest Miss JennieOinn finished her Visit little to soon. wheat thia fall. Ron it through the this week in Moro and acoompanitd Canned Pineapple, deliciooa for ® M aQd take ont ail the i»V Miss L illian Stanley left for vi Oood ®®®d ia the| sits in Portland, before returning to breakfast these hot days, at the Moro fonl fanoinf The Dalles. Commercial Company. A ll maohines in tha county are K H Moore and fam ily were wel comed home on the 9th. They Coin»- now at work, too nomerous to men- preparcd to stay. Mr Moore’a health tion, making the harvest season a has improved greatly from their ten short one. months abroad. Dr Ogier has reaohed the ohnloro- Attorney -W H Ragsdale, called to form age, but for all we know he may Wallowa county on business, pro he quietly testing Wu Ting Fang’s nounces that the very best portioi. 200-year recipe, of the Inland Empire for people County Commissioner W W alker seeking homes in Oregon. Will represented Sherman county at Mrs Bruce, mother, and Frank Miller, brother, of Dr, Marie M Cof fin, were in from the farm Saturdiv MrsGoffin ie recovering nicely .............- “ • - « now & | crop. Swisses, H u lls , etc. MORO COMMERCIAL CO. T lie O b s e rv e r MORO, SHKKMAN CO., OB KOON: The price of The Observer ie 11.50 per year. 7ft oenta for six months, RO oenta f j r four months— bat if paid in advanoowe aeoept «2.60 in fu ll for 2 yehra. Shorter ta-mr than one year 12H oenta per month. A Blue Mark here will answer an In quiry, when entered upon our calendar, g iving the date o f the paper as the date at which your current subscription expires. Cook House Supplies. T hese goods are alw ays sold on a cloee m argin, but to people who need an outfit, in Everett Whits and wife visited ° old®DdaI® week- M r White " °ld hie oroP ° f Turkey red wheat to the W W M Co. at 80 oents per bushel. whole or part, a good liberal discount will be given. • Drain or put keroaene on mud holea and swampe, and screen cisterns, water barrels, etc., and there will be no stagnant plaoes for mos- qnitoea to breed. Moro lliinhi arc and Implement Co. Sellers of e v e ry th in g in our line. Not more land, but belter land; the good roads convention in Port not mors work, but work better land this week. planned; not more fields tilled, but Mrs G W Brock and ohildren re- tu o rn « e b d ¿.”„ b o m 7 . to W „ h o u ,.l on tb , | U" ’ d N R b Mbs thinga'svery good farmer is sim Plano fjeader Extras J fiarwast Supplies Binder Twins Rubricating Oils brief Visit with Mrs Edyth Spoon. S u m m e r Dress Goods, including L a w n s , D im itie s , B a tis te , . G ran itw are, T in w a re , J r L a,‘L Msid E ? tRUd ° ,f’ re,Ur,1Pd bUy “ UW" per cent j being paid io isolated iostanoee by from Seaside Saturday evening, dieC0U1>t of (be Moro-Commercial • few buyers mads it difficult to freshened by numerous glides in the Company' . quote actual local values. The wagons and buggies loaded Hon B F Pike and wife get The One would never know that rail- with groceries indicate that the far Observer after today at Newberg. , . . , i meet at Hood river town if a mers .i:," ™ They will surely be missed in tha community that has koown them . . . . . . so long. We wish them happiness in their new home. Mitchell and Fo«s are prepared to >ng as that must sustain an si B F Peetz put a rusty nail into do all kind of turning and lathe mighty small patronage, work, also cutting key (.eats in ehafi- A nin. . . . k » one of his feet about 10 days ago, ln„. T h e , carry e h .ftin , |„ , . I 6 1 * “> . and was for a time threatened by | but j( g rid u a | | , eisee from 1 1-16 to 1 1-2 incbee ,h ’• 9y n0 more • «? . I than p u . l t , , t „ n,|0Di Jet i, h„ ing from his strained nerves, result Miss Pearl Thompson is enjoying been lea* than two years sinoe the ing from the wound. her vacation at Mountain Meadows, fir>t one passed through Moro. \ Clatsop county wants a general I the famous stock ranch in Morrow Formerly when these machines Our Goods are Absolutely Guaranteed and our Prices are Right. Your Business Solicited. L ane GOO - 6 0 2 Picnic-dinner plates at The Obser Haying w tilf hangs on, and the ver Book store. end isn’t yet in eight u . . d i t u k- . . Our line of Suitcases, Telescopes M r. R E H „.k .n .o n h . . b«,n q u .t. and Trunks is complete. Moro Com sick but is now improving. mercial Company. See advertisment of the sale now For Sewing Machine needlek, oils, oh by the Moro Commercial Com bells and supplies of all kinds, call pany. _ state tax levied to pay for advertís- county, of over 2,000 acres, owned would arrive the whole population -*— ---------------------M " " f ---------- *— ■ — -------------------- : on L W Ross, Wasco. Miss Lola Martin ie up from Port ng the resources of Oregon! Well, | bv Messrs George and John M c | BW*rmed into the streets to take a I look For harvest supplies, oils, case or land on a visit to friends and rela- I wbftt n®xt b> way of taxation, some I Donald. look at at them. them. Now their warning barrel, see the Moro Hardware and folks want Sherman ot° un‘ V taxed Be your own chiipney sweep. Buy h0Ek allract® Httle more attention Implement Company. Roy Axtell is papering and decor-1 * * or ma in g rain I 15 cents worth of zinc and place it tban l he bray of a jack, or the mid- Second & S S tre e t, exto n The WASCO IMPLEMENT HOUSE Charles Golliher, Prop., Wasco, Oregon. F R J D A Y ............... A ugust 14, 1908 A hotJ8e,i®«per who has tried it on a bed of live coals in your furnace night howl ° f on® o{ our 2,000,000 Great conveniences are the pic ating the interior of the O L Belsbe I ’ aJ B tbat >n hanging curtains slip a or fir*; it will thoroughly clean the wortblHflH dogs. nic-dinner plates you buy at The residence in Moro. Subscribe for The Observer. thimble over the end of the brass spotieet chimney at a saving of Do you know that you oan write Observer Book store. Plenty of F ruit Jars, Masons and rod. This prevents the sharp edges dollars and cents. your name on tbe metal of your Tvpe-w riter paper at The Observ T ry the Fay Stockings for your Economy, at the Moro Commercial er office. i Z T 1" 8 ,.h’ C“ r,ain’ ’ " d “ ">• Rider, .(U r .to c f in ,h. In l.n d '* " » lool" f J«.» U k . . boys and girls, you can get them of Company’s store. “ X ’ ” d" ° " “ ° re " i,h ’ hi° h 10 non-pro- " “ *• U ll° ’ or • * “ « « . « I t it .n d Wagon tires, put on new for 82.00 the Moro Commercial Company. A eon of J H McLean is here from and iron extra by Mitchell and Foes ducers, will no longer be your vi«i- * pread i l ov®r tb® P,BOe on which Our “ ads” attract attention and California in the employ of M r Ber- Water was struck at 204 feet in tors. In future all buying of m e a t r ° U want your name; writ« your Inks, mucilage, cards, envelopes advertise. When you get our ad rian, of the E O L Co. the well being drilled for G R Mat- animals w ill be done from the Union down throuih the wax with paper Sf every kind, tablets, every style, ai vertising, you get businessbringers. The t/baerver Book Htore. C S Skinner is to occupy the Hog- thes, in the Kent region, by James stock yards of Portland by individ * big needl® or awl Bnd P°ur • few M itchell and Foss have lumber Musical instruments, sheet music, gard place, on Court and 2d street, Tom lin. But for tbe obstacle of a | ual buyers representing packing drOp* D^ r*° ac^d over the letters now on hand tongued and grooved, Edison phonographs, records. Sup lately vacated byCity marshal Huck. 9O8P stone formation interrupting iirma of Portland, Tacoma and 8e you have made. Leave a few minu ready to make up into 400, 500 and plies for all string instruments. L Mrs R J Ginn is now on the way *L *" thT ? hi tb® W0<k altle, acting for themselves. tée. Then wipe off the wax and I I w im m r now i f i v riaa i woula be completed. 600 gallon tanks. W Roes, Jeweler, Waeco. v . t i . i your Dame will be on tbe iron aa to complete recovery. She has been ? s o tm ll years has tbe price of Diaîn lb . T i E W Lewie and Jack K e lly , the wheat reached the 85 cent mark in P Judging by what one sees in the very aick at her home in Portland. Old type makes tWte very best of ’ ° n 7<M,r °0 ,t people« toneorial artists in Moro, Walla W alla until laet Friday, when I Babbitt uietai. We have it'fo r Pate' picture prints there is not half so thoBe day> » match, a stub Palouse and Potlatch aawmille are kept very busy these days polish- No. j bluestera or turkey red would ° f a oigar’ a P'P® or cigarette may and when you need any call at The much interest in the sheath gown as have closed down temporarily to in what it displays. ing dusty and unkempt toilers a bring that figure on hoard tbe cars I do *rreParable damages. A careless Observer office. Price is right. * * * •* » * •< .» Mk SUM « *»«Mi a » » » wjmhmmn allow the men to take harvest jobs.- field. They make a man doubtful at any warehouse in the county. p raT®'er wbo threw a lighted match H ot Coffee and Sandwiches, at E C Davis, proprietor of the Grass B u y in g for cash is a great advantage to us flute 8ome fellows seem to think that of his personality after an operation 2^>rJc,e l he opening of tha market, the ’nt<> «nderbrusb started a forest Valley Barn, promptly attends all A B W olfard’s, Biggs. they ought to be able to sit in tbe I en seat lasting from 20 to 40 min- we save whatever trade discount there is. > j» > tendency has been upward, with * I flro 1 miles from Hoquiam Tuesday calls, day or night. Animals given A few water tanks and water shade and see Prosperity around the strong demand from coast exporters aflerrux),‘> that quickly got beyond the very best of care. Charges are troughs, new; ready for the first man Seiling for cash is a great advantage to you for you W ben out for a ride in bis new and miiie for spot grain. right. control and has already swept over who wants them by M itchell and do not have to help pay any bad debts apt to be con The thrashing machine belonging R 0’000 “ T ° f ’ la’ hinga. ™ wkioh Mrs E A Cushman expects to re- I machine Wednesday, W m Rudolf T ub old Pennsylvania DutchDun Foss, Moro. * ■? tracted in the credit system. of out karris recommend Hickory Bark I f you dont find what you want turn to her home in Portland next Wfta thrown out, dielocating an elbow, to George Howell of Colfax set a fire I r ^ P ' 1^ 16‘000>000 week. M r Cushman will remain Dr Coffin soon fixed him up and I nr. „ nJl "7*nT lumber, destroying numerous log- Cough Remedy. Guararleed to cure at home, come to Moro. Keep the . . Our prices will convince you that we are hewing , L n . «• it p “ " u on a ranch two miles south of Endi Lhsffeur Huck took tba auto to fthe ging oamps. 14,000 acres of green your cough, and. guaranteed to be circulating medium io Sherman here until aftcy harvest. cott last Friday. The fire swept two close to the line. > „a jt, > # We have just received our fall T b e “ aohi™ circled twioe pure. Made from the bark of the county. miles, rieatroying 900 acres of wheat timber lie in the path of the fire. One W e « o r t l l n l l y W o l l c l t l o u r and winter catalogue of Mens Suite A ° <>” ,<1 rPuga' n ®®a t , -------- ----. ,,oro WM , OtWU. - ----------------- thousand men fought the flamee. sbell-bark or white hickory tree. For Type writer oil, the best 3 in-1. valued at 86,000 There was 83,000 * r° ° g 1 a iiifurMoce. A thrasbingoutfit t h r a s h - e x c e e d 8250,- sale by Moro Pharmacy,and all deal Lubricates, cleans and polishes, and are prepared to take your order., atj|P,r W ° X 3. X X a .x d .ix x , Z L zZ o x o , O x e g r o x x ii.g in the path of the fire, realizing P * 0*™ ® fir® ’’ oneof worst ever ers everywhere. Moro Commercial Co. prevents rust. T ry it The Observer MBMUNN « MM BBMMa « •« B S M B M M M During the absence of M r and Mr« the position, sounded its whietle, * X p e ri# n 0 e d in th a t®®°tion- I f you are thinking of buying a Book 8 tore. A ll political parties are io favor Ramsey, Sheriff Freeman and fam i which brought a crowd of firefighters Chronicle: Many changes are oon- watch it will pay you to get our The Im plem ent store has recei of good roads. However, that does ly will make their residence in that who finally checked the flames. templeted by the management of tbe prices before buying elsewhere. We ved a large shipment of handy wa< not necessarily mean that theooun- handsome home. On the return of Reaching after a tramp-salesman Ope” R ir®r L in ®’ the moat lm P°r' have them from 81.00 up, and we gon and low metal wheel trucks try will soon have good roads. Mr R and fam ily M r F and fam ily duwn in Tillamook county last week P * 01 l° 1 Aak to see them. ’ nland Empire being give a special guarantee with every Henry Menefee is canvassing hope to have tbe pleasant looatioo the authofilies made it warm for a th® ®®1®otioQ of DaI1®" oHy a® head- watch sold. Yours, for good goods Superior round nickel tipped and Sherman county in tbe interest of occupied by O L Belshe and fam ily, at a fair margin, L W Ross Jeweler, rubber top pertcils, two-for-5-cents cougle of buggy peddlers. One was ^UMr^8r* * nd ^® mov’ng of the T e n th and M orrison, Portland, O regon A . P. Arm strong. L L .B ., Principal the Oregon Fire Relief Association, hr Mr B expects to go to the farm Wasco. locked up io ja il one night and gave “ ana*®rt offioe ther®. on a e c u nt of C .W e occupy two floors 65 by 100 feet, have a $20,000 equipment, and some for 10 cts per dot., at the meeting with considerable success. for the winter. a bond next morning to insure bis 1 ® ®°larging of tbe scope of the or- employ a large faculty, give individual instruction, receive more call« Buy ttoe genuine imported aven- Obeerver Book Store. Hon W F Jackson made a run appearance in circuit oourt. Another f1* 0*1* 1*00« the building of the two The democratic county centra] for office help than we can meet. Our school admittedly lead« all 'i’here was an attendance of 18 erious carbolineum; the imitation oommittee met last Saturday after over to Condon last week looking was arrested and his oase set for ” eW ^ °*1® ^°r l ^® uPP®r fi*®r at other« in quality of instruction. It pays to attend^uch an institutioo. being offered is only a temporary ladies at the Doroas society social noon and electet Hon W F Jackson after his farming intereata inG illiam trial, and the county has brought K * . ’ Mnd th® raPid |y increasing remedy if at all. If genuine one at Mrs Foes’ Wednesday. The next CSald a Bnalneas M an: “ Keep hammering awny everlastingly on thorough state central committee man for county. He found tbe yield about suit against both for taxes on bug-1 °® naaa tha lina. Tbe showing work. I t w ill win outdn the end.” Said an Edncator: "The quality o f iastroo- application lasts for all time. Ask social will he held Sept 18tb, at the Sherman county. the same as in Sherman county gies they h a u l e d e n d peddled. o°ad® by the 0 R T Co. speaks well tion given in your school makes it the standard o f its kind in the N orthw est“ to see our sealed packages. The residence of Mrs Sells. < O p e n all the year. Students admitted at any time. Catalogue free. While absent be sold his entire crop *or the interest taken in the move- The Astoria regatta oommittee Observer Book Store. The postmasters convention put a meQt keep th(J r i w Qpen WheQ Leave your watch and jewelery last year were successful in borrow to a Portland m iller at 83 cts per References: A n y bank, any newspaper, any business man in taboo on transparent envelopes. Now h t ¡. considered that io Germany Moro will support a bakery, for repairs with W m . Rudolf, or bushel, delivery at Condon. ing an Italian war vessel which pro ■hoe-shop, a clothes-oleaning estab leave them with me, and I will ved to be a welcome addition to the The Designer for September has if the inventor of the fool innovation four-fithe of tbe inland freight bus- can ba caught frank him into obli- ine„ ¡B done on th# rjver- and thgt lishment, bootblack stand and gunraniee to give you satisfaction. entertainment. There is another a valuable collection of household kO A L I T T L E M ISSIO N A R Y W O R K IN Y O U R vion. The had system of numbering in lh e ten years from 1892 to 1902 regular m ilk ranch. All are badly L W Ross, Jeweler, Wasco. one expected to be present at the hints. This is one of them: An.ex idle days by telling your neighbors of the good residences in Portland needed, and there is good money in wa® d,®CUB' her inland fleet WM was ureoiso, trebled, » tbe C an you afford to trifle with so regatta this year. ' cellent recipe for a child who is just n e i„ „ , rr l 11 j q u a lit ie s o f l h e sed 1 here are adults living in “tbe | assertions made u - .u each. No half made man or woman serious a matter as to neglect a bad Observer. If you can’t get their sub- being weaned: Take one half cupful o , r. . . . 1 — --------lh® ndlroads n . . • , Thistles are spread from the seed, Rose city of Beavsrdom” who can- that boat« cannot compel« with the » c rip tio n s , send us their .addresses and we will send need apply. Active, progressive, up cold or cough, when for a trifling and if the plant is not allowed to go rice, well washed, put into double nott^ll you where they live without | railroad« oan hardly be credited. to date people Are wanted. amount you can secure a hottie of them sample copies. We -p ay frfr all soliciting you do to seed there will be no danger of boiler, add one quart water, but displaying a map and marking Hickory Bark Cough Remedy, that The way trains connect at Biggs this pest spreading over the land. salt until it is oooked. Cook uq|il diagram. The opahlnt of the North Bank pow, passengers have ample lime is guaranteed to cure or money re The best time to out the weed is just like a je lly ; strain or rather rub Ry. will be one of the big event« to funded? Prioe 25c, 50c and 81.00 We have seen the first salamander both oomiog and going, for an extra per bottle. For sale at Moro Pharm- before it oomes Into bloom and be through a wire strainer. This will Oregon and tributary country. Be nice dinner at The Biggs, with Mr aoy, and dealers everywhere. fore there is any possibility of the keep in a cool place about two days. our eye ever beheld In 8hernian cause of the importance of tbe event seed maturing. and Mrs JJ Heckard, Don’t forget Just warm about half a cupful and county. It appeared to us on First for Portland there 1« a general de Low rates East are now on by the street, two blocks up, and seemed to The Biggs, in your travel^; there is Sheriff J C Freeman was close give with a little cream or milk and sire that the eniranoe of the first OR A NCofor this season as follows be in parfeot enjoyment of the pla sugar. time enough. The table ie supplied train into tbe oity over tbe Spokane round trip direct to Chicago 872.50 upon track of a notorious Crook tonic rays of celestial Sol. We called with everything nice, and the rooms The annual huckleberry pilgrim Portland and Seatfla railway be St Louis 867.50; St Paul 863.15; county horse thief in Shermen deputy sheriff McKean to identify are new, neat and clean. fittingly oelabrated. Plana for tbe Omaha 860.00; Kansas City 860 00. county last week. The fellow had ages of the Indians have begun, the Avenarius Carbolineum is a germ Tickets on sale May 4, 18, June 5, been in Moro with two horses, and Nez Perces going in oamping parties tbe batraebian reptile, with its caps event are not yet oompleted bat the and cap and grin of glory and left it And tnfvrosf has to be paid on It every year destroyer. Decay being a germ, it 6, 19, 20, July 6, 7, 22, 23, August a week later stopped over night with to the Bitter Root mountains, where oelehrstlon will inotude a banquet, or two for painting or coating. The r—tnriaef Uf proceed on Its way toward tbe 6, 7, 21, 22. Good for return in 90 destroys the cause of decay in posts which many prominent railroad also has to he paid over again in a few years one hdrse, 10 miles from Moro, but they will spend several weeks gather days, yvitb stop over privileges at desert sands of Colorado. by buying a new ro o f When you buy ing berries. The Indians go in large or timber. The US.Government, men in tbe United Statea will attend after that oo traok or trace of him pleasure within limits. J -M A S B E S TO S R O O FIN G A E Moretz Is fighting a vigorous I and make speeches. Jamee J H ill, could be found. bands oompoaed of family parties the ORNCo., Multnomah county, T hb old resedies are best. H ic k < all expense sto p a-as the first coot ia the only 5Rht againat weed« on his (G inn) dean of tbe railroad buildera of tbe and oity of Portland, are making and the trip is made on ponies with The hot weather has drawn tbe cost T h b R x abo n - made of Aeftartea. an general use of it on bridge timbers, ory Bark Cough Remedy has been □ails from the sidewalks so that io pack trains to carry the camp acces farm. Heriously thia is what every age, will deliver an addreae. Hi« indestructible m ineral—nothing to rot, m a t ov wear out. Requires no coating or piuntfa«— eto. I t is the best chioken lioe de in use for over 100 years by the old many places io town the heads stick sories. The Indians camp by streams farmer in the oountry must do, orisons, Louis W ., president of tbe no expense for maintenance. W ill protect stroyer on the market, and will Dutch Dunkards of Pennsylvania, up from a quarter to a half inch, where they fish while the squaws surrender these aore« to the pest«. Great Northern and Jam«« N ., vie« your buildings from fire. and it still in use by all old families A sbbstosidb is an Asbestos Sheethiw , and sweeten and preserve a water trough, making it unoomfortable for thoee gather berries, which are dried on And tbe day for surrender isn’t far president of tbe Northern Pacific, ia the must economical, durable pig pen,stable, etc.,and keep away of western Pennsylvania. Ia abso who have the habit of shambling sticky blankets, in tbe hot sun, for off. These word« are aa true aa goapel | will also attend. The preeenoe of I applied siding known. A * k t o r M m o t e a nr»U w l o a f c flies. I t is a guaranteed article. lutely pure, made from tbe bask of along. Eithsr the population vylll consumption during winter. Berries —dont forget It. We know of a tbe presidente of tbe two H ill linee, the white orsbell-hark hickory tree. Kent farmer who cleaned his farm are plentiful and the Indians wandsr The Observer Book Store is distrib wbioh built tbe new North Bank Shipped fro« tbe east and manufac have to get tbe habit of stepping around from place t6 plao8 gather cleati two years ago, but bia neigh Ry. 1« highly appropriato. Henry utor of the pure artiole in Sherman high or Charley will have to get them tured In Salem, Oregon. For sale by 57* F irs t Avenue S outh, S eattle, W aab. ing aod drying the fruit In a leisure bor« foul field« seeded hla land that V illard and Ben Holladay will ba gounty. .. . Moro Pharmaoy and a ll dealers. out with their hammer«. ly manner. fall aa bad aa h bad avar Agricultural Implements and Vehicles. Hardware and Threshermen’s Supplies. Leather, Rubber and Link Bc^ng, Steam and Suction Hose, Derrick Forks, Cables, etc. The Best of Engine Packing and Belt Dressing. I- H.W. Johns-Manville Co. - V