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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.
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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. *
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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.
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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.
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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 ,
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/ 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
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$25-00
$27-50
AND
$30-0P
O ttici S ü its $10. to $ 2 5 .
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MORO PHARMACY
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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
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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 ,
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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
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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 ,
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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.
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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
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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
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