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About Sherman County observer. (Moro, Sherman County, Or.) 1897-1931 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 16, 1908)
¡ ■ • r e C ity O f f ic ia l P a g e r. o r n o is L fafbb or ih b k h a n oo MOMO, O R B O O N / p r-T., :• - v.-. fc - j- jE ■ 111 1 - — C. L. I rbland ................. M anager . D. C. I reland ..................... E ditor FRIDAY .O ct . 16. 1908 Church and Society notice* F R E E , e x cept when for money m aking purpose*. Much notice* at regular rate* at the option of the publisher*. Before coming to the city to trade read er* are requested to examine TbeOb»ei ver advertising colum n*. It * the active, wide awake bu*ine*t man who advertise*, con sequently he I* the most accommodating, te ll* the cheapest, and deals the most lib erally In every wav We will not be responsible for th e neglect of subscribers to notify ua of changes in their address. Nor will the notification of a Postmaster that the sub scriber has “ Removed” settle the bill of a delinquent. , Send for advertising rates. His full name is John Dustin Archbold, with the accent on the Dustin. ‘ Since the government bus begun bringing suits agaip't the big stock companies for fencing up goveru- lands, land locators have been get tin^ busy looking up laud that has been previously fenced by the Pal aoe Co., and the William Hanley Co., aud others doing business in Harney uouuty. Several One hay I ranches have been found during the past 30 days aud located by settlers. The land has been under fence for years, and the companies have beeu putting up hay from it year after year, which led people to believe that the companies had title to the laud. lu early days big com pames would have the men work- ing for them take up homesteads, pre emptions, timber claims, etc., when one man could acquire 1,100 acres, under the liberal but grossly abused laws; and then buy the se lections from the locators for small sums of money. These claims were so situated that when they were fenced the companies would have enclosed large tracts of governmeut lands. Recent investigation of this meth Mr. Hearst is not a candidate, bnt od of getting laud has beeu the he is having more fun tbau either means of quite a number of people Taft or Bryan. locating flue farms in the large eu closures that had been filed on by Pittsburg, I’a., is 150 years old, big companies who never proved but it does not appear to have yet up. The Hanley compauy has the reached the age of discretion. largest acreage fenced, but it did not do the feucing, as it Imugbtjhe When New Mexico aud Arizona holdings of the French-Gilman Co., come in they should be careful to which did the fencing years ago,"but they have 300,000 acres under one leave their Haskells outside. fence, starting near the lake and Send The Observer to your absent end in the Cat low valley, a distance friends. It is better than a letter, of 60 miles. Besides, they include and gives all the home news. Four large tracts in Happy valley and in Diamond valley. There are large months for 50c. tracts of this land patented by the All countries have unpleasant government under the swamp laud things to worry them. Russia has act which contain sagebrush. The the cholera and we have the cam only swamp land that the Hanley people have is looated in «Diamond paign. and Blitzen swamps which have It rnighjt be weir for persons who never been reclaimed, though the pray for rain to specify whether Hanley Co. has 4ta4 vt- dredger at they prefer it with or without strong work iu thé swamp for years. wind. The rain this week was general Mr Taft believes humor is a good throughout the Inland Empire, and thing. Bryan,also, seems to believe its value inestimable. in hnmor—he runs a joke page in his paper. * - The Madras Pioneer says Chicago Melodram a Made O u t of E ven t* T h a t Sant Th em to Priaon. A jail for a theater, the cells for dress lug rooms and the corridor for the stage form the equipment that the federal prisoners In the county Jail at Frankfort, Ky., practically all of them moonshiners, ace using In rebearalng a play that will be staged when they are free again ‘The play la called “The Moonshln ere” and was written by Sam Shep pard, who la accused of selling liquor without a license from the federal government He conceived the Idea of writing the play and rehearsing It to occupy the time until the date of his trial. The actors have met with such suc cess In thetr rehearsals that they have determined to put the play on the stage as soon as they are released from jail, says the Washington I’ost.s They are to meet In Corbin ou Dec. 1 to have their last rehearsal before the opening of the season In the mountain Political Information. towns. The courthouses will be used as theaters, and the members of the Registration opened Sept. 20 for troupe will not be far from home In Presidential election, and closes on case they get stranded. The plot of the play Is laid among Ootober 20. - • ...^1.*» the hills of Harlan county.. The first All who are 21 years of age and act opens with a lot of moonshiners sitting around a still, drinking the citizens of the United States, are white whisky and playing cards. Dur entitled to register, providing they ing thia act every detail in making moonshine whisky wiU lie exhibited. have resided in the state six months. A spy discloses the still to the revenue If not a natural born citizen the men, who raid the place, and the cur voter must have been naturalized, tain falls amid revolver fire. The second act deals with the burial must have had his first papers for of mountaineers who were killed In the at least one year. moonshine raid. While the ox cart Electors are voted on the first heareo la absent In the rehearsals, there Is a place for it in the play. The Tuesday after the first Monday in mountain preacher, who never con November. demns the making of moonshine, be Electors meet at the state capitol cause the moonshiners contribute to his llvfhg, has his part in thia act and the second Monday in January and sings the funeral dirge, while the men, vote by ballot. dressed as women, gather around the casket to mourn. The votes are counted bj congress The third act deals with the chase the second Wednesday in February. of the revenue men after the moon shiners. Some of the moonshiners are The president-elect is to be in captured and marched Into a court house. The daughter of the mountain augurated on March 4 next. judge pleads for their release. Iler beauty Impresses the revenue men, es Yokohama is a blaze of glory this pecially a young member of the party, and while she engages him In a con week greeting theAmerican armada versation three of the shiners make aeaieted by Tokio, Yyto, Osaka and their escape. The session of court all the Japanese dignitaries—with breaks up in disorder, and In the last the Hobsonites and indignities cut scene the young woman, rifle in hand, leads the moonshiners 1n a battle with out. the revenue agents, who are finally routed, and she gives her hand to one Would M ortgage th e Farm. of t he bra vest of the s hiners In the fourth and concluding act of the play the spy la captured, and the moonshiners hold a court and sentence him to death. He la hanged as an ex ample of what will happen to moon shiners who give Information to reve- nue men. NEW USES FOR SAWDUST. served a banquet In a sewer, which It F in d * It * W a y In to D y n a m it e and The air ship may one day become B lottin g Paper. shows how anxious the Suckers are a joy forever, but np to date the Sawdust la one of the puzzlintf to get any old place'where they wastes In lumbering operation*. The kind that is a thing of beauty has can’t see their dirty streets. waste la aerlouA too, for the kerf—the not been bnllt. Young Theodore Roosevelt is Archbold says those letters were earning $5 a week making carpets, stolen. This goes to confirm the general belief that they were not which is much better than sitting on the back steps of the White written for publication. Honse, whittling a pine stick. Debs is quoted as saying that he Mr. Bryan is quoted in an eastern is not fitted for the presidency, aud paper as asserting that ‘the stars in sometimes be talks like a mau who their courses’ are workiug for him. doesn’t know anybody who is. What does be claim the ‘supernum eraries in their choruses' are doing? Singular how theater patrons will pay money to aee ‘A Poor Re Chairman Hitchcock admits it is lation,* when almost every one has any number they’d pay money uot ‘a lean year’ for campaign contribu tions. It is even doubtful whether to see. ft letter from the Piesideut to ‘My Sales of special one way tickets dear Harriman’ as a ‘practical’ man from all points in the United states would increase Treasurer Sheldou’s to all points in Oregon begins Sept. fund by so much as 30 cents. 1st, and continues until Oct. 31st. See adv. If the Bulgarians wish complete independence of Turkey a war is The Countess of Yarmouth’s title hardly necessary for the purpose. cost her considerable money, but As they have been practically inde she has thrown it ou the scrap heap pendent for 30 years and have made and henceforth will be known as magnificent use of their freedom. Mrs. Copel y Thaw. ; Turkey is iu no shape to coerce them. One of the actresses says she can see nothing remarkable in the pre Republicans of Gilliam county sentation of a 97,000 automobile to had arranged for a grand ralty-j^to a lady. Still it cannot be said that take place at Condon to-night, inci such things happen every day. dental to the coming of Hon. C. W. Fulton, who is greatly appreciated Rain saved the Adirondac forests where ever I e is known. Sherman and put out the fires iu Maine,Penn- county is greatly disappointed that sylvauia, and Cauada. Wheu Ju it became ucc*qt»arv to cancel his piter Pluvins gets down to work Grass Valley and Muio appoint he stands at the head of fire extin ments yesterday. guishers. A One of ‘my policies* at least found no favor with theGreenwich woman of wealth who has bequeathed the income of $20,000 to a school teach er, on condition that she remains single. Two Chinese agitators at Amoy who circulated a report that the American battleship lleet would seize that city as a Itase of opera tions in a war sgairntt Japan, were arrested by the authorili««aud givn 1,500 blows each. How thanktul some of coir Ani.-NCMii Hobsautow for a war with Japan must be that they do not live in Amoy? The Nebraska co ng row man who ha* pledged himself, if reelected, to vote against ( ‘arinoo for speaker of the next house, cannot be exjiect- A mF now we have the 8. P. Ry, iog much in the way of committee assignments. Co. diverting DesChutes river to the Willamette valley, forklevelop The report that Great Britain in ing water power, tapping Waldo tenti» to remrn to China a portion lake, turning water from the east of the excessive indemnity exacted side of the Cascade mountains to •by agreement of the allied Powers the west side, letting the water after the l>oxer troubles, proves the eventually to the valley. Under force of t |e example set by Uncle Oregon court decisions a stream Ham. may b< diverted from one side of a water shed to another,-q»nd no one The impression gained front the need trouble themselves to object career of John Alexander Dowie. unless they can show that their against whose estate claims exceed rights “have been impaired,” (not I ' l l $5,000,000 have beeu filed; is that they may ¡it some subsequent Chat be gave to Zion city laleuts period of lime l>ecome impaired which would have shown with grtwi thereby. What has the Inland brilliancy in Wall street. Empire bo say almnt It f Hon W G Bryant was inf. rmed, by telegraph at noon Wednesday, from Portland, that on account of storm the dates for Senator Fulton» speeches at Grass Valley and Moro ~had to be cancelled. Mr Fulton is weather bound somewhere in Crook county. Hon L D Mahone, member of the legislature from Multnomah county will give us something worth while at the Court house in Moro at 1 p. next Tuesday, October 20th. Everybody come. Hen J D Lee, of Multnomah Co, one of the Oregon Electoral College, will speak in Wasco on the 20th, and at Kent on the 21st. Be there and Bro Lees talk will do you good. Farm fools,etc, Far Sale. I am offering the following per eonal property on very reasonable terms: 2 3-bottom 14-inch Flying Dutch man gang plows. 2 16-disc Superior drills. 1 3J wagon. i 4'iets work"fiarne88. 3 milch cows, and Beveral head of good horses. Write or ’phone N. W. T hompson , n6*312j.,.‘ / Moro, Or Wood for Sale. selection that will satisfy you as much as the most expensive garments you could have made to measure. O ur stock of noted K enw ood F a ll S u its V, that we offer for your inspection this season must convince you that it is indeed a most powerful and perfect organization that can produce such smartly fashioned, superbly tailored, perfect fitting garments ready-to-wear the moment you’re ready and at such remarkably low prices SUITS KE.NW $25-00 $27-50 AND $30-0P O ttici S ü its $10. to $ 2 5 . A. IVI. W illia m s & C o ., The Dalles, Oregon. MORO PHARMACY E x p e r t, E x p e r ie n c e d , R e g is te r e d . P h a r m a c is t s r ie d ic in e s C a r e f u lly C o m p o u n d e d . SCHOOL Complete A ssortm ent of Silverw are and Jewelry - S C R A N T O N , - P E N N S Y L V A N IA . FORMALDEHYDE. RUBBER GOODS, PERFUMERY, BRUSHES, COMBS, SPONGES, CIGARS. Architecture Bookkeeping Stenography Banking and Banking Law, Comjmercial Law, ' Advertising Show Card Writing ~~ Chemistry Mechanical Drawing Electrical Engineering Newspaper Illustrating, Civil Engineering, Steam Engineering Civil Service, t Mechanical Engineering, Gas Engineering, Mining Engineering, Locomotive Running, Plumbing, Heating and Ventilating, French, German, Spanish, taught with Edison Phonograph. Any a n d all K in d s Of P a te n t M e d ic in e A lw ays in Stock Full information furnished free upon request by H. V. REED, Representative, j 6 4 l - x S ix th s t r e e t , P o r t la n d , O re. ' £ Io Buy, Sell or Exchange R e p a ir t o Notice. There will be a meet ing of the County Board of Equal ization, for Sherman county Oregon, at the court house in Moro, on the 3d Monday of October, that being the 19th day of October, 1908, for the purpose of hearing objections, if any there be, to the annual as sessment; and attending to other business, at which time all persons interested are invited to attend. O tto P eetz , o!6-309] * Assessor Wasco. Oregon. Telephone at our expense. fo r R e p a ir s TH E D A L L E S H O S P IT A L Dr». Ferguson and R euter, F. W . Clark, Jeweler, I Optician nformation Wanted. Board of Equalization us We make a specialty of repairing wat che», eyeglasses, spectacles and optica goods. We have the tools and materiali and skill Uittyiure good work. If you have any jewelry you can no wear bring It ftere, and we will repair 1 •» you can not tell U from new. We don hang your watch up for a week or so an< then charge you for cleaning It. We clear It and guarantee it for a year with ordin ary usage. Any person or persons having horses, cattle, houses, lots or house modern hospital for the treu.tmeut of all medical and. surgica hold goods for sale, exchange, or parties desiring to buy such prop diseases, except such as are oontagious. erty, will find T he O bserver a good medium for advertising and P ates, fro m $10.00 to $ 2 1 .0 0 p er w e e k , a c c o rd in g to room securing a customer. Try Ambulance will meet all trains and boats if hospital is notified. T he O bserver , Moro, Or „ For F u rth er In fo rm a tio n A ddress Phallamont livery Co. Loodoo Htaodard. Here you can see every new style worth seeing and be able to make a 400 Cords of 16-incb Fine wood for sale on the cars at Mosier, Or., at $5.00 a cord. tfJtF" This means cheap wood laid down here; freight rate to Moro $1.60. For particulars write to E lmer R oot , tNl* l ------ Mosier, Or Ths 7 opsyturvydom of Religion. At the opening of King Edward VII.W first |>ar)lament he had to repeat after the lord chancellor an oath which con demned In almost brutal words all things papistical. Vet held aloft by a Protestant peer for all Protestants to reverence was a veritable emblem of papal supremacy—a quaint little bon net of crimson velvet turned up with ermine. This la the cap of mainte nance. and so sacred la if that no bunds bat royalty may finger IL Thus the premier marqula, whose hereditary right It Is to carry it, balanced It some what after the fashion of a conjurer upon a white staff. Thia cap waa Harleigh Glass, Proprietor, granted to Henry VIII. by Pope Leo X. In the middle ages It waa held aa Every kind of rig to ordef, symbolic of the overlord, only lielng and all orders prompt and satis grunted to vassal* and feudatories factory at reasonable prices. whom the lord wished to honor, »« that EafmFrs teams led as well as It Implies aa nothing else coaid the su premacy o f the pope over the kings of they are fed at home, if not baiter. England. « , A farmer on Rural route 2, Em pire Oa, Floyd by name, saya, “Bucklen’u Arnica Halve ebred the two worst sores I ever saw, one on my hand and one on m y leg. It is worth more than Its weight .In gold. I would not be with out it if 1 had to mortgage my farm to get It.” Only 26c at Moro Pharmacy. We have several parties who are looking for homestead locations or relinquishments, also some good timber claims. If you know of any good homestead or timber claims, it will pay you to write to us. Ad Old Street Car as Reading Room. dress A etna R ealty Co., An old fashioned street car has ar 225 Failing Building, rived at Wauwatosa, Wla., on a flat 30D] Portland, Or car. It la the property of F. W. Un tfs4— derwood. president of the Erie rail road. and It la one of President Under wood's most valued possessions. Ac cording to President Underwood, the car was the first to open hla eyes to the possibility of traffic on street rails. President UndeFwood. theo Ju»t plain Fred Underwood, rode on the car In Ohio. It will be set up on the grounds of his home and converted into- a read ing room. While you have our Complete Assortment to Select from NEW TODAY. part rut out by the saw In the mill and transformed Into sawdust—always bear«' a rather high ratio to the board» obtained. In cutting thin stuff one- fourth of the log or even more may be kerf. Effort» to turn sawdust Into pulp for the paper mill have usually been an succesaful on acoount of mechanical difficulties In handling. In several Eu ropean countries, however, a new way has been found of turning sawdust to account, says the New York Post. The sawdust, chiefly pine and fir. Is ground with millstones, exactly a» old time mills made cornmeal or wheat or rye flour. Expensive machinery la not re quired, but it Is necessary to take spe cial precautions against fires which might start from sparks between the millstones. Sawdust flour la sold to dynamite factories to be mixed with nltroglyc erln and forma the body or absorbent for that high explosive. It Is also in demand for the manufacture of cheap blotting papers. The mills In the Harz mountains. In Germany, an lm portant manufacturing center, are kept busy meeting this demand. The price of the “flour" in G e r m a n y ranges from $7.50 to $12.50 a ton. It la shipped In Itags. like meal, or in bales of about forty cubic feet, made by means of high pressure. Immense Stadium For San FrSrtoiaeo. San Francisco athletes and followers o f sports lu general are much Interest ed In the plan recently announced to bulk! an athletic stadium In San Fran cisco which will be the largest In the world. It will lie made of concrete and when finished will l>e surrounded by trees in order that the plain wall of the amphitheater may not be so clearly seen. When built the atadium will sur round n big three-quarter of a mile oval. There will l*e horse racing tracks, cinder paths and turf fields for all forms of athletic contests. When the sfndlnm Is completed, San Francisco will make a bid for the Olympic games Get your Fall Suit N ow ! M e d ic a l D ire c to rs . THE DALLES, OREGON. ji M oro ’ s B a r b e r S P o r c e la in O P TIC IA L GOODS, hop B a th T u b a. Everything First Class and Up to date. J e w e lr y o f a ll k in d s . | L a t e s t B r a c e le t D e s ig n s -Agent for the Best Steam L-aundry Shop in Brick Building next Observer Office E D G M R L E W I S . 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