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Teachers and School Officers Meeting
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More City O fficial Paper.
OFFICIAL F A F KM or BMBKMAH «O ing for teachers and school officers.
Subjects of general interest will be
discussed, and especially those like
C. L. I reland .....................M anager ly to oome before the legislature at
its next regular session.
In all
D. C. I reland ,E ditor
probability many changes in our
present school laws will be made.
F R ID A Y ................. Nov. 27, 1908
For this reason it is important that
every school district in the county
Church and Society notice« F R E E ,
be represented at this meeting. A
cept when for money making purpose«.
8'»ch notice« at regular rate« at the option special effort ail over the state will
of the publisher«.
be made to have laws enacted by
Before coming to the city to trade read the legislature whereby the condi
er« are requested to examine TheObaei ver
advertising colum n*. It« the active, wide tion of the country schools may be
awake bu«lntk* man who advertlae«, con- greatly improved.
The one central
•equently he 1« the most accommodating,
thought
in
the
educational
world'
«ell« the cheapest, and deals the most lib
erally In every wav
of tod«y seems to be “How May the
Rural School be Improved^* See
W e will not be re s p o n s ib le fo r th e
That taachar helps his pupils most
who most helps them to help themselves."
MONO, ORBOON.
neglect of aubecril>erB to notify us of
changes in th e ir address. N or w ill the
notification of a Postmaster th at the sub
scriber has “ Rem oved” settle the b ill of
a d elinq uen t.
Send for advertising rates.
Send The Observer to your absent
friends. It is better than ajetter,
and gives all the home news. Four
months for 50c.
Speaker Cannon promise« a near
revenue law in short order. Uncle
Joe has always had a fashion of go
ing through quick.
Thomas L. Hisgeu announces he
is “ out of polities forever.’’ He
did not get very far in, but far
enough, appareutly, to satisfy him.
The dead dowager empress of
China seems to have been able all
her life to hold her own with the
men. And she was not a suffrdget
either.
programme.
Bower mail ami McArthur.
M orning Oregonian.
Senator Jay Bowerman will in all
probability be elected president of
the senate next January, and C N
McArthur will be chosen speaker.
Both Bowerman and McArthur
have had large experience in legis-
lative^ffairs, Bowerman has serv
ed two sessions as senator, and io
1907 was chairman of the commit
tee on revision of laws, and was one
of the foremost figures in the senate.
McArthur waB reading clerk of the
house io 1905, a position that gives
him immediate knowledge of legis
lative affairs. Gilliam, Sherman
and Wheeler counties haye chosen
wisely in their choice of a senator,
and if it is at all possible to obtain
favorable legislation for that part
of the Inland Empire, Mr Bower
man is the man to rely upon.
District Attorney will Prosecute?
The Dalles and Tacoma are vieing
with each other now on the number
Condon Times.
of robberies reported. One man
- Hon J E Burdette, district attor
was robbed twice in one night in
ney, is here bringing criminal pro
Tacoma.
ceedings against all who are selling
intoxicating liquors. The decision
. They will tell you in Wall street of the Supreme court in the Med
that the work of that Chicago foig-
ford charter case seems to have
er was coarse; that he didn’t observe
given hope to the dealers, at least
the rules of the game; aud that he
they talk that way; but many prom
“ doesn’t belong to onr set at all.”
inent attorneys hold that the Med
ford decision has nothing to do with
Wheu a farmer has good crops, Condon and that Condon is at least
money in the t>ank; and is putting theoretically dry. Judge Littlefield
the boy Jake through college; isn’t haspnce decided this question, and
it quite natural that he should to that ruling still stands and will do
sent these Rooseveltiau attempts to so until reversed by some higher
“ nplift” him T
authority. Some people who heard
the argument when this question
From five selections from Psalms was heard by Judge Littlefield,
and the Proverbs, Rev. A. J. A d thought that his decision was right
ams wove a most forcible and inter and still maintain that Hie Supreme
esting Thanksgiving sermon yester court will sustain him when these
day iu Moro M. E. Church. Could matters come before that tribunal.
it have been copied it might fill a In the meantime District Attorney
place in print which in poinf of Burdette has determined tO'p'rose-
oonfparifton with* Similar-sermons cute all parties who s-dl liquor and
published in America today would' as a starter some saloon men were
place it iu the lead. Moro poople arrested last Friday.
fail to realize the greatness of this
man among us; oue whom we assert
A Good Suggestion.
is without a peer in the pulpit of
Oregon. It was not creditable to
Pendleton Tribune.
the community that less than half
Naturally enough Haas sent the
the pews Were tilled. Itev. Perry
bullet into Heney’sjaw. If lawyers
Chandler offered a touching prayer
would abandon the habit of brow
in behalf of the |»eople who lost
most by not bearing. Tbe singing beating witnesses who don’t need it,
was appropriate to thekoccasion, and all judges would utrerly elimi
Miss Lillian Stanley organist. The nate every vestige of dilatory
Observer is grateful that Moro, by processes which they know are in
this service, has turned from ,the tended to postpone the trial without
neglect of several years past, and other purpose, a long Buffering but
it is hoped that in future our church patient and disgusted people would
bells may lie heard on Thanksgiv rise up and call them blessed.
ing days, aud that more people may-
read and understand the Psalms aud Owr Litex»ry Jhtdget
Proverbs.
S fee r m an ©ountçj
fn s fitw ts «■* $efeoof ^ ffie e r s ’
The Golden W edding.
December Lippincott’s.
“There goes a man who has never
spoken an unkind word to his wife,”
said Willougjily*.. “ Fine; who is
he?” asked Dorrington. “He's a
deaf and dumhold bachelor, named
Harkaway.
The proprietor of an institution
professing to cure stuttering tells of
the amazement with which a visitor
from the interior contemplated the
huge gilt sign-over the door:
Hiamaittrluit lu atitnle.i I ,<>><•< >n free:
“Up n my soul;” exclaimed the ru
ral visitor, “if that don’t beat all;
I knew they taught ’most evrything
these days; hut who in the dickins
Wants to learn stammerin’?”
She was young and beautiful and
unused to the ways of the world;
She had left Pili«hurg on an early
morning train to visit a school
friend in New York, It had been a
tiresome journey, and just before
reaching Harrisburg she had fallen
asleep. Awakening she turned to an
old gentleman in the seat Imhind
her and said, “ Will you p*ease to
tell me if we are on this side of
Harrirhuig or on the other side.”
“ We are on this side,” he answered.
She seemed satisfied, although what
she meant by her question, and be
by his answer, is perhaps still a
conjecture.
♦ The Customer Who Came Back
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♦ Made us. We pleased him by giving him value, not by what we told him.
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♦ He forgot that, as soon as he left tfie store. '* The clothes we sold him had
♦ to get him here again. The clothes we’ll sell you will bring you?back.
♦ We haven t any other sort, j Let other people sell them—we don’t expect to
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You a re cordially iqvlted to attend tfie
meeting, of t^ e Shernqan County T e a ch e rs’ In
stitute and School Officers’ Convention to be
held in the High School building at Wasco,
Oregon, on S atu rd ay D ecem ber 5, 1908, be
ginning at 11 a. m-
W. C. Bryant,
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Note:
The chairman of the school, Board shall be the
delegate to th e convention. If he is unable to attend hy
shall appoint a member of his board or the clerk to represent
the district. Each delegate attending the convention during
the entire session shall be entitled to receive two dollars out
of the general fund of the county; but nd such expense shall
be paid until approved by the county superintendent.
Note: A debate between the Wasco High School and
the Moro High School will take place at the opera house in
Wasco on Friday evening, December 4th. The object of this
debate is to select an all Sherman county debating*?team.
Every body come and by your presence encourage this edu-
cational rrtovement.
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muoh at retail. But if you ever let us show one of these suits or overcoats
you’ll understand why you should. Hand-made. Built by such splendid
craftsmen that we feel perfectly safiTin guaranteeing that as long as you
keep your body in the garments, they’ll look as well . as th i first day you
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owned them.
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Kenwood Suits
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versus Tl)e District Unit.
Course of Study.
4.
Needed School Legislation.
5.
Otl^er Topics.
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A. M. Williams & M., The Dalles, Oregon.
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N o t e : This Is to be an informal program. We hope
that every one will come prepared to discuss«ome one of the
above topics.
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Ladies’ Bazaar.
M o ro
P r e o b y t o r la n C h u r o h .
LBst -Strayed or Stolen.
Vinton Hotel
G RASS VALLEY. O RE.
A 2-year old horse oolt, near
itouse grey color; blocky built;
weight about 1200 Iba; branded a
New Entirely.
hair brand on shoulder, double R,
right and left on one center stem;
last seen about September 20, 1908. C onvientto Business
M o r o M . C. C h u r o h
Everybody come. Plenty of good
Reward of >5 for information lead
Regular services every Sunday,
ing to its reoovery, or 10 reward
PR IC ES R E A S O N A B L E
music, and plenty to eat.
’ lit 11 a m . Rev. Perry Chandler,
for delivery at my farm.
Pastor.
Be sure and not purchase your
J. A. R asmussen ,
Sundsy School at 10 o’clock a m. tf-317J
Christmas presents until you have
Monkland, Or Conducted on Best Principles
P H Buxton, Supt.
seen this line. Bale opens at 2 p m
Ladies’ Aid Society, every Thurs
and lasts through the evening.
C o m m e r c i a l T r a i l e M o l le t t e *
day, at 2 o’clock p m . Mrs J E
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The following committees have Blue, President.
S p a u ld in g C h a p o l.
been appointed:
Left my plaoe on or about the
November 29th, preaching at 12 15th of October, 1908, three horses,
General Committee—Mrs Duna- m. and 7.30 p. m,
One a bay mare, white strip in
hoo, Freeman, McKean, Adams, Ire
G. F. P inkham , Pastor faoc, weight about 1050 lbs, brand
land and Moore.
ed V on left stifle;
One a bay gelding, weight about
To Secure Building—Mrs Ram
1200 Iba, a white spot-on bin belly
sey, Axtell.
and a white atrip in his face;
, One a black t or brown gelding,
STO P A T
Program Committee—Mrs Jatnee
weight about 1200 lbs, star iq face
Mrs Barnum, Mrs Wheat, Misa Lil 320 Acres, as good farm land as there and one white foot, no brand.
Is In Sherm an county, for >11,000 on
lian Stanley.
easy terms; 4 m l lee from station, good
Any information that may be
well of water, fa ir house and barn.
Refreshments Committee— Mrs 820 Acre farm , one o f the best In tbs fuinish’-d either to myself or Jos B C o rn er 7th and Stark Streets.
Morrison, Grass Valley, leading to I t 1« ne v and It« room« are provided w ith
county, good house and barn, w ell of
Foss, Blue, Mortensen, C Huis.
running water and long distance tele
water, nice orchard; >2,000 d ow n, the recovery, will be liberally rewarded
phone«. European p la n .. Rate«
Candy Committee— Mrs Moore, balance ou easy term s a t 6 percent. In Apply to me 8 miles east of Monk-
>1 per day and upwOiWv ■
terest.
land,
on
the
Pape
plaoe,
or
address
H ighest priced room $3
Maus, Miss Ida Mowry,M ibb Lillian
120 Acres near Moro; w ill sell cheap
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per day.
Stanley.
T he Im provem ents alone are w orth all tf-n6-316]
Monkland, Or
Services in . Moro Pre-hyterian
The Ladies of Moro will" hold a church next Sunday, Morning and
sale in the Peter’s building, next evening.
Sunday school nt 10 a m.
door to the Moro Commercial C o’s
A. J. A dams , Pastor.
new store December 10th, 1908.
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Horses Lost- Reward.
W hen
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Real Estate Snaps
Hotel Oregon
th a t Is asked for this place. P le n ty o f
water; good 2-siory bouse, good barn
and out buildings, *tlso good orchard.
720 Acre farm east of M o n k la n d , 600
Plate Booth Committee— Mrs acres good farm laud, on good terms.
Two houses, a good barn, and tw o good
Woods and Brash.
wells of water. W ill take small place
near T b e Dalles or Portland, In e x
Fancy Work Booth*— Mrs U heat change, to am ount of >8,000 or >4,000.
Strahl, Henrichs, Meloy,
160 Acres, tw o good wells, ahodt 80
sores good farm laud, a snap at >12 00
Dishes Committee—Mrs George per acre.
Thompson, Mrs Ben Meseinger, Mrs >2,600 w ill buy one of tbe nobbiest
dwellings in tbe olty of Wasco, pom s
Lydia Ragsdale, Mrs Bull.
and see me.
>660 w ill iaiy a 6-room cottage In tbe
olty of K ent. W ill take a g<xxt learn In
BLOCKADED.
part paym ent.
t A farm consisting of 620 acres, all
Every Household In th o C ity o f M oro fenced; plenty o f Water and very go<xi
houae;>16 per acre; w ill taka part trade
Should K n ow H o w to Roolot It.
lays 7 ml lea from station.
H ours and lot In the city o f Grass
The back aohea beaauoe the kidneys
V alley; good well i f water; know n as
are blockaded.
the old H older plaoe; >.300 w ill buy It.
H e lp tbe kidneys w ith their work.
Moro Property.
T h e back w ill aohe no more.
Ix>ta of proof th a t Dfthu’s Kidney
Houae w ith 6 rooms and pantry; good
well and good barn; 2)4 lots; In Moro.
Phis do this. .
>800 w ill buy this property; w ill make
G J Farley, re tire d ,616 East T h ird at payments to suit you.
>800 00 w ill buy a 8 -room house and
T h e Dalles, Oregon, aaya, “ I suffered
for some tim e w ith back ache and |>aln lot; house (Ilted w ith electrlo lights and
patent closet, good looallon. W ill take
In iny lulus, which would be very se good team aa part paym ent.
vere If I contracted a slight oold. M y
>660 buys a 6-room 1)4 story house
kidneys were In a very disordered con and 2 lota; call for terms.
dition when I procured Doan’s Kidney
>600 w ill buy 2-story building w ith
Pills and began ualugthem . I t wan not basement, ' n gtxxl location for business.
long before I obtained relief from the O nly h alf w hat tbe lum ber cost th a t Is
In the building.
use o f this remedy, and the pains and
I also have tw o houses and lots In
symptoms gradually disappeared. I t M ow ry’s A ddition to Moro; w ill sell
Is some tim e now slues I was cured by cheap Call tor terms.
D oan’s K id u sy PI Ila aud 1 have had no
>600 buys houae and tw o lota oppo
return of tbe trouble. I i» n recommend site Moro M . E . Churoh. Easy terms.
>1,000 buys 6-room house w ith bath
Doao’s K id n e y Pills as a remedy of
room. Good wall of w ater and 18 lots;
great m e r it”
w ill take part trade.
For sals by a ll dealers.
Pries 60
For P a r t i c u l a r « a s k
cents.
Foster-M ilburn Go., Buffalo,
N ew Y o rk , sole agent* for the United
Htates.
Hsmembsr tbs name— Doane—and
take no
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Pot'll II nd
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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 writs to us*. Ad
dress
A etna R ealty C o .,
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Portland, Or
Io Buy, Sell or Exchange
Esm ond H o te l
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My Motto la
Quick
Halm and
Hm all Profit*.
Live aud Let Live.
Call and K xanilna
M y Htonk o f
A ,
F U R N IT U R E f
and
S ID E L IN E S
before buying
W. B. M cCoy, o. W. AXTELL
Moro - Oregon.
Moro* Oregon.
f a i n t i n g , *^apor $£a.TLQrw£
te
Satisfaction Guaranteed
Both in Workmanship and Price
Office at Furniture Store.
M. C. Dick In won, Manager.
F U R N IT U R E Pballamont livery Ci,
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Hotel Co.
Any person or persons having
Free bua tó and from traina
horses, cattle, bouses, lots or house
R ates by th e dny
hold goons for sale, exchange, or
parties deairing to buy suoh prop 6 0 c . 7 6 c, S 1.0 0 , $ I .6 0 , $ 2 ,
erty, will find T he O bserver a
European Plan
good medium for advertising and
securing a customer. Try
A G ood Clean Fam ily Hotel
T he O bserver , Moro, Or
UNDERTAKING
6 4 1 -2 S ix t h s t r e e t . P o r t la n d , O re.
Cha*. W rig h t, President.
Information Wanted.
Sidney Johnson, Proprietor.
Every kind of rig to order,
And all orders prompt and satis
factory at reasonable prices.
Farmers teams fed as well as
they are fed at home, if not better.
Telephone at our expense.
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Town and Vtllaac
<o la Orneen and
Waallfn^too. ( Iv in * a Descriptive
Sketch of «ach plan«, Ixx-atlon.
Ship pine V te lU tl* . amt a Class I
flad Dtreotory of each Bualnaee
and Profeaeloa.
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Are getting us more patrons who used ^o wear nothing hut tailor-mades
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than any make we have ever handled. We never paid so much at whole
sale. But we did it because the garments deserved it. You never paid as
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We only hope to have the best trade.
Merchant Tailoring
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L School Libraries,
do all the business in town.
Clothes like
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Note: Lunch will be served by the lad es of the Wasco
Christian Church at the opera house.
Ffth Pond Committee— MrsRam-
sey, Morgan, Barnum, Stewart.
T il a : U A U IZ I.1 IM
That was a very pretty incident in
the long and happy married life of
Mr and Mrs P P DeMoss when they
celebrated their Golden Wedding
anniversary in this city yesterday,
surrounded by a host of friends,
their Own children, grandchildren
and relatives. Fifty years ago on
Thanksgiving morning Uncle Peter
and his dear old wi'e were joined in
the holy trends of mat'imony in
Marion county, Iowa. To them
have Been born eight children, four
still living, with families of their
own in Oregon: P. 0 ., at DeMoss;
Mrs Maggie Strahl, Mrs Myrtie
Brash, in Moro; and John H., in
Washington county.
The happy couple received their
friends during the afternoon, from
2 to 5 o’clock, when a goodly num
ber took advantage of the occasion
to congratulate (he good old people
on the s rcoeaa which had attended
them so far on life’s journey.
The rooms were handsomely dec
orated for the occasion, and the
reception was a grand success
Several appropriate presents were
received frorp relatives, and also a
purse from their friends in Moro
containing considerable over half a
hundred dollars in gold
Mr. DeMoss is a pioneer, crossing
tbe plains in 1858, then going back
by way of Panama, re-eroesing in
1882 with Mrs. DeMoes.
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LIVERY, FEED AND SALE STABLES.
-J* M . D U N A H O O , Proprietor
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and Manager.
m e from T h e D alle « or any Hh< i iuan oounty pointe at onr expense.
R errioe
fa m is h e d to nt from M oro to any p o in t*.
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