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About Sherman County observer. (Moro, Sherman County, Or.) 1897-1931 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 4, 1908)
»*• A Or.Hitt.Soc.i City Hail. — ■ « i n ■ s m SH EB.MAN PU BLISHED FR ID A Y S. $1.50 per Year| 12ic. per Month Agents lor any Magazine or Newspaper p rin te d in th e U n ited S tates. M o ro , E k s ta b lia liö c l 1 8 8 7 . ■ wyrww r r > r e r e m j tt T T * y ▼ * * gJEgl TH E ONE SURE W AY To those wishing such relations we heartily eiteni onr services. W asco M il l in g C o . C o u n ty , O re g o n , Complete <Ueortment of Silverware and Jewelry FORMALDEHYDE. RUBBER GOODS, PERFUMERY, BRUSHES, COMBS, SPONGES, CIGARS'. A lw a y s In S to ck OREGON MORO W . U. B ry a n t F . J . M elodi Meindl & Bryant L a w y e rs - ‘ - - OREGON Fred Wilson Menefee & r Wilson I O O T B A lX ihh been having a hot fight w ith politic« for the prize F , of public popularity and a tte n tion, but uow th at the gridiron gam e ha» sw ung to It» g re a te s t height a d m irers of It feel th a t they have final ly succeedtxl In gaining the su p rem acy. P a rtic u la r in te rest a tta c h e s to the present football season ow ing to the new rule» governing the gam e, which a r - ro w for the first tim e thoroughly A tto rn e y s - a t - L a w Office in the Vogt Block, upstairs OREGON fH E DALLES « J. R. Morgan D e n tis MORO - - - > OREGON All Work Warranted. Office In The Moro Hotel Brick. TUB TAXDXM PLAT. m dcrsbw d thro u g h o u t the e n tire coun try and have for the first tim e been put In un iv ersal use In an Intelligent l m anner. T he previous play under the iw^v re.'ulatlou» designed W> do aw ay r marie m coffin w ith th e deadly n a tu re of the ga'me In the* past proved ntofe e x ^ rirn e n tg l than otherw ise, and ro slilta u tly this yenr the putfilc and th e c ritic s can a u Office In T he Goffin Building, le t St. th o rita tiv ely consider w h eth er or not Moro, Oregon. the new rules have effected th eir In tended purpose. In o th e r w ords, 1» re form ed football n fa ilu re or a success? T he reform m ovem ent w as ba»«sl e n m od ern h o sp ita l for th e tr e a tm e n t o f a ll m ed ica l an d s u r g io s tirely on, tj#e dem and from thousand« d ieeaeee, e x c e p t e u ch as are c o n ta g io u s. of people; ^prom inent and otherw ise, k. on 3 year lease at 3-ioths th n t th e n um ber of d an g ero u s acci R a te s , fro m $ 1 0 .0 0 to $ 2 1 .0 0 p e r w e e k , a c c o r d in g to room d e n ts m ust be decreased, and th e foot . A m b u la n c e w ill m e e t a ll t r a i n a a n d b o a ta if h o s p ita l is n o tifie d . ball d ic ta to rs produced w h a t they 920 acre: 800 acres tillable, 75 acre proudly term an "open gam e," a style F o r F u rth e r In fo r m a tio n A d d re s s summer fallow, at $1.25 per acre. of gam e Intended to do a w ay w ith the cru sh in g “m ass play s” o f a few y ears ago B ut the so called open gam e Is Good House, Barn, and Out i » open In nam e only In n g re a t m any M e d ic a l D ire c to rs . Buildings, Plenty of W ater vital respects. T he ru les do n o t do aw ay w ith m ass plnys a t all. In actual Situated four miles north east of practice they m erely lljnlt th e m anner of th e ir form ation and enuse more Klondike. Apply or write to tim e to l>e consum ed In th e ir form a tlon—th a t Is, th e rules p u t c ertain C. J o h n s o n , M o r o , O re g n technical difficulties In th e w ay of form ing m ass plays, and coaches and c ap tain s have found w ays o f c ircu m venting these obstru ctio n s In m aterial Nea'eet Hotel to Bueineeh Center, Banka and Depot. details. A large num ber of Injuries have oc S u n d a y 'l ) i n n e r 35 cen ts. curred this y e ar hot solely am ong care less and untrain ed young players, as J . T . P e te r s B ric k the football rulers would have th e pub F ir s t Class B a rb e r Shop in th e H o te l. I ) r . O J. GOFF4N, . PHYSICIAN 8 SURGEON. D . . * Diseases of Women & Children a Specialty THE D ALLES H O S P IT A L A Wheat farm for Rent Drs. Ferguson and R e u te r, H otel M oro E. Dancing Academy M a in S tre e t MORO O pposite P o s t O ffice ,VVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVV1 A “ W ANT” O p e o p le bserver a d in T h e M oro will re a c h m o re in S h e r m a n C o u n ty > by an y o th e r m e d iu m OREGON MANAGERS M o ro, O reg o n. j ’ O m er S a y r s , G eo . M iller D an cin g every F rid a y e v e n in g u n til fu rth e r notice. A good floor a n d th e best of m usic by H u lse o rch e stra . th a n a v a ila b le . IL fe The Dalles Auto Garage D a lle s Iro n W o r k s , O w n e r f J . B. K irk , P r o p rie to r. Autos Repaired and Stored CJ y Q y> wAere Ma people ito p The Umatilla House T h e HtwiYi H eat. D e a lt« « , O r e g o n , E lectric L ight» E lectric C a ll Bella. H O T E L R A T E S T O S U IT Y O U . to All O R & N T ra in s Stop at F ront Door R ailw ay T ic k et Office in the Lobby. T . N. C R O F T O N , P r o p rie to r. « I WH« te s te te » * tffiN PLUMBING ® STEAM FITTINC All kind« of Reservoir and Cistern work in con nection with water Bystems installed in first class style and all work done guaranteed. Dyfiamite and powder work on all kinds of Rock Excavations H . A. S tu a r t, M o ro , Oregon. P lastering , B rick ind C oncrete W ork F r id a y , Expert men always at hand to at tend to repair work and the upkeep of a machine generally. Located opposite Moody wharehouse, brick building and cheap insurance. 0. B- fflessinger * * M o ro . C ity O re g o n . D ra y Express and Freight Delivered to any Part of the City Piano and Furniture Moving. Trunks and Grips Delivered To and From all Trains. REED HULSE Proprietor of CITY DRAY NO. 2 Draying of all Kinds. Trunk» and Grips Hauled to and from all trains D ec. 4, 1908 YUAN SHI KAI. M oro E x p e rie n c e d , R e g is te re d P h a rm a c is ts H e d ic in e s C a r e fu lly C o m p o u n d ed . P a te n t M e d ic in e Supplies, Ribbons, Etc. Office Ground Floor Ginn Brick Next Door W.W.M.Co. Bank MORO MORO PHARM ACY A ny and all K in d s o f lbber Stumps Furnbdied. • - —-J for Typewriters, Typewriter W. H. Ragsdale Frank Menefee. E x p e rt, ■ Quick and Cheap! S h e rm a n Rooms 1 and 2 The Ginn Brick Over W.W.M.Co. Bank areh o use BANK C f »"very Description to O rder A ttorney at L a w . To have money is to save It. The one sure way to save it is to deposit it with Wasco Warehouse Milling Co. bank. You will then be exempt from the annoyance of having U b u r n holes in your pockets. Aside from the tact that your money will be safe from theft; the habit of saving tends to the establishment of thrift, economy, discipline and a general understanding of business principals essen tial to your success. W « ED D IE COT. lie believe, but am ong the strongest and best train ed men on the gridiron. F urtherm ore, m any of the accidents h a re resulted In mere practice games w here the playing 1» not so continu ously violent a» In actu al contests and whore the players m ake n special point of avoiding Injury In th ree d a y s of practice play by the Yale v a rsity team nt New Haven no less th a n four men were so badly h u rt ns to necessitate trea tm e n t at the hospital. C aptain Burch had to retire from the gam e for m ost of the senson, Field and Belnecke received dangerous w ounds on th eir heads, and M ersereau sprained hl» Hnkle am i tore ligam ents loose from the bone. T he second day After A nnapolis played H arv ard only two m em bers of the regular A unspoilt team w ere able to report on the field for practice. Ju s t w hat len e flt these Juries to eight or nine men will give * Uncle Bain's n sv sl cadets In their p re p ara to ry work to becom e offi« era In the navy It Is difficult to Imagine. Rllngluff. center, and Elgbtou, right tackle, were the ouly tw o of the fu ture ad m irals able to respond Many other Instances of s sim ilar nature could lie cited. Probably the moat striking Illustra S K iv e Xmas Presents For Mere Man. G reet Chinese Statesm an W he Buo- •eeded te ghoee of Li Hung Cheng. The Chinese, whose interest in things A m erican ha» been greatly stim ulated by the visit of Adm iral S perry’s fleet to th eir shore» aud by the c u rre n t dis cussion of closer relations betw een Chi H o m e m a d e O ffer in g s T h a t na and the U nited States, h a v i a pro W ill A p p ea l to th e M a s c u gressive leader in the g reat liberal lin e H ea r t — A B a c h e lo r 's sta te sm a n Yuan Bid Kai. Ilia country R o ll — L aten t. C ollar Box.. home la near the sum m er palace, about tw elve mile» out from Pekin. and it was here th a t he recently celebrated T he average m ale Is usually a very tits fiftieth birthday, an occasion of which th e high claae C hinam an m akes difficult individual to c a te r to In' the much. H e is one of the busiest of all way o f C hristm as presents. The d e tion of th a w orkings of the so called th e h igh officials of China and, though signs Illustrated are likely to prove ac open game Is afforded by the m uch ceptable, especially tho bachelor’s roll, talked of coutest recently played at to tho unw edded m ale condem ned to Schenectady, N. Y., betw een the well sew on hla buttons. For Its m anufac trained team s of Union college and tu re a strip of black cloth Is service W esleyan university. A dispatch sent able m aterial to use. As the picture out by the A ssociated Press said: "S ev shows. It consists of a stra ig h t strip enteen players w ere rendered uncon gbout eight inch scious «luring the game, and five of es long and wide them were so seriously h u rt thnt they enough to take were rem oved to the hospital. Moat tw o Bpools of of the seventeen had to stop playing. cotton p l a c e d "T he officials united In saying the lengthw ise. The gam e w as th e roughest and m ost hard edge» »re turned fought they had ever w itnessed. P ot iu and »(Itched, ter sustained n broken collar bone and the inside being Ham m ond a slight concussion of the lined w ith white bram , fiunuel. W l i e u “The gam e had to be «topped tim e this is done cut and again when the players were In tw o c i r c u l a r Jurod or knocked senseless. A fter p i e c e s of the nearly every scrim m age some one was c lo th u trifle found to have been hurt so seriously larger thau u th a t he could •’ not arise from the spool of cotton, ground.” tu rn In the edges The whole trouble In the failure to evenly, line w ith get real reform In football Ilea In the the sam e m ate VICZROT TTJAN SHI KAI. desire of m any colleges to secure ad IÀTURLS hl/LIItl rial ns th n t used he has now reached the h a lf century vertlsem ent and stu d en ts through the <J for the roll, turn popularity of football, and the game m ark, th in k s nothing of w'orklng from over the one end Oaa-eighth y»ni ol will be highly popular am ong the 4 o'clock in the m orning to a late hour of the «trip und while Aaanrl. youth of the nation, »ay m auy, only so a t night, m uch of th a t tim e receiving acw to the circle, long ns the dangerous elem ents are re In audience the m any subordinate ofll leaving the open tatned T herefore tha rule m akers try clgjs responsible to him. Speak lug u log wide enough to please the spirited, daring, com bat short tim e ago of Am erican and Chi To slip in two loving Am erican youth and at the near relations, he said spools of cotton. "W e have never in the w hole course A B A C lI E L O ll'a R O L L . seme tim e convince the public that Hew ttie other football tw i become a "m ilk and wa of our international dealings had occa circle on tho other end to m atch, then sion to suspect the U nited State» of opvettng any of the territo ry of Chinn m ake the needlecase, «Iso of flannel. Secure a «trip across the roll from one The governm ent of the U nited States aide to the other, a» seen lu ttie lllus- has dem onstrated this not once, but tm tlon, sew bo me buttons to these, im a n y 'tim e s. The last act, th a t of re then sew on a strip of narrow tui»e leasing China from the paym ent of a across the roll through which a pair large portlen of the Boxer indem nity, of scissors can be slipped Finish off has greatly Im pressed the C hinese peo the end» neatly, and the little roll is pie w ith the special consideration felt complete. to r them by the Am erican people.” Almost any mun Is pleased w ith a Yuan Bhl K ai proved a valuablo friend to the foreigners in 'O b ln a a t the collar box as a ChrlAfmas present, and tim e of the Boxer insurrection. H e oiie of the latest designs Is Illustrated w as then governor of S hantung p ro v In Its best form leather Is the m aterial used, but any strong fabric will a n ince. On the death of IJ H ung Chang be succeeded th a t em inent eta teem« n sw er th e purpose. T he box consists as vleeroy of Chill, th e m otropolltau of a bag stiffened nt the lower part province of the empire. H e has l>een and sew ed to a circle of cardboard large enough to aecoiuYiiodate tho c o lla ^ . in official life more than th irty years, The edges of the stiffened portion áre but it is only w ithin the last decade ornam ented w ith fancy cord, while a th a t he has become an in ternational Cord m n through a casing d raw s the figure, and he Is now by m any ranked hgg up. The word ‘‘C ollars’’ may be <a the forem ost statesm an in the king emliroldehed on one side or m erely the dom of the ’’G reat Khan, ' w'btrh oou Initials. If m ade of leattier the cords tain s one-fifth of th e in h ab itan ts of the should be passed through slits cut at globe. I t is fo rtu n ate for the future of reg u lar intervals China and for the oonttooauee of good A cuff ease Is arranged to m atch the relatione w ith th e United fits tee th a t collar bag. the tw o m aking a most nt- ha la an aggressive reform er, a friend of progress to w ard the highest ideals of civilization. For aw hile a fte r he becam e m etro politan vie ere y t u a n moved w ith cau ter'' piistln v . sa te enough for anybody tion. M eanw hile his foreign officers to play. ,H o w e v e r, this much m ust lie steadily augm ented and drilled the lu- said for the reform ers. By Introduc shun, or new arm y, w hich Yuan had ing the "fo rw ard pa»»,” the "onside secured the perm lasl On of the empreHH kick” and requiring team s to gain dow ager to create. T hen cam e the more distan ce th an form erly In scrim Ruaeo-Japanes« w ar and the w ave of mages in order to retain possession of pan-orlentallam In lta w ake. New the ball they have contributed to the force« began to stir in China. Yuan spectacular value of the game. took notice, carefully estim ated their P ut not even the football rule makr direction and stre n g th and assum ed a I1TEIULS NIQGO ers can wipe out th e bone breaking position m oderately in the van, alw ays One »mall ilun ol green leather. features of the gam e by su b stitu tin g ready, however, to sidestep a t the least Two yard» ol talk co»d or one kind of d a n g er for another. sign of reaction. On one side be used One yard oi cretonne. his Influence w ith the em press dow Four yard» «Ik cord. •—» ager, whom he w as in stru m en tal in ex A MOTHER NOW. Embroidery ullu lor lettering. tric atin g from the palace Intrigue of Courdes» 8xech«nyi, Who Ha» Pre 1898. w hile on the other be encouraged TUB LATKHT COLLAR 6OX. ■ented Count W ith a D aughter. the progressive elem ent and took palna The ('ountesk Haechenyl, who has to a tta c h the more able men am ong it tractiv e set. Tho stam ped m aterial presented her husband, Count Laszlo to his personal fortune«. At th e pres comes In two pieces, front and bsck. Rzechenyl, w ith a dau g h ter, w as m ar ent tim e there la perhapa no one In which have euda arran g ed to fold over ried to him last Ja n u a ry at the Van C hina except the em press dow ager and fasten w ith snaps on the front. derbilt m ansion In New York, and the who wlclde a greater Influence th an T his allow s the ease to be opened at wedding w as the g reat event of the Yuan 8hl Kai. both ends, w hich 1» often a g reat cun »(»•lab season. As Ml»» G ladys Van venleuee. The ease is llued w ith a d crbllt the countess w as q u ite pop handsom e green moire which coiu»-» BROTHER BILL’S BOY. ular with the m em bers of the »m art with tlie o u tfit Oi»e skein each of filo »et, and It 1» rcjwirted th a t she has C harlie T aft end Hie Inetruotor, Unoie silk of the different shades Is required endeared h erself much to the people for w orking Horse«. upon the big e state of her husband In T he youngest of Judge W illiam 11. H ungary, to m any of whom an Amer A Stocking Novelty. ican wom an is som ething of n cu T a ft’s b ro th ers la H orace D. T a ft of In w ondering w hat to give a girl riosity. T he m other of the countess te W aterbury, Conn., who is an educator, friend for C hristm as do uot forget w ith her T he fo rtu n e of the count Is and he is som etim es alluded to aa the th at a pair of silk stockings alw ays ”kld” of the fnm lly. though he Is now not ns g re at as th at of his w ife and prove« acceptable. Black and w’htte consists largely of lands, b u t unlike a man of considerable dignity and of repute In the educational world. He are the moat popular choice» for a gift, Is head m aster of na in buying colored stockings It la the school w hich hla necessary to know the shade of the lively nephew C h a r gowns and shoes th a t ara to tie worn If. however, you w ant lie, son of the Re with them. publican candidate, som ething a little more elatsirate, there a tte n d s Recently are black silk stockings with colored he presided over tops and Insets on the iustep to m atch the convention call th at are new and popular w ith young ed to nom inate a women who are not conservative as to rnndldate for repre the dreasing of th eir fe e t •en tativ e In the C onnecticut gener W hat to Give. ciiAi.. iz taft ol aseenibly, when A little desk o rnam ent consisting of an enth u siastic adm irer presented his pincushion, clip holder and |»Sper- name fer the office. In sta n tly the oth welght all In one. er candidates w ithdrew , and the crowd Rachels of fancy ribbon attach ed to buret Into oheere Before C hairm an elaborately constructed girdles all T a ft could restore order he had been shirred aud gathered. TU B COI'NTBW HZBi'HKN Ï I nom inated by areiam ation. R ut he 8m okera’ seta in the form of hum an m any noble lords who have come from w ould not a c c e p t skulls, eonslating of cigar holder, ash E urope to Am erica for bride«, he la by "Brother Bill is getting all the polit receiver, m atch safe, )Hc. no m eans penniless. Hie |<oesesalone ical glory the Taft family can stand," W icker chairs m ade on very m assive have been estim ated as w orth at least ha declared. "My Job la to stay here lines and finished w ith seats sod backs |fi.000,(t00. T he countess Inherited and teach m il’s boy. and rm going to of grain lea th er atudded w ith heavy about «13.000.000 from her fsth er, the «o i f brass nails late C ornelius V anderbilt, Rmall brass tablets about 1 bj « - The Yellow Peril. Inches bearing various mottoes ta d Qleteed U ndeiireblce. At any moment now Captain Hobson well known seutlmtonts, these being Though rrtnsaxlne« and con«r»s,«mee is confidently expecting an outbreak of mounted on giaqiwa « t dark colored Into there crenture» pitch, acute gastritis among the Jackies of ths Who I» there wouldn’t Ilk» to be The predatory rich? e*- Onr kLrt «uhl <l h o<h yaid ( Pa. .arrl ol i4 whi t **» e button» . I » Pi Needl ece e oí , Imen t»pe. ( KICKTNO OOAL. . C e n ts STOCKING BAG GIFT. A Chriatm aa Remem brance O ur Grand mother» Found Very Uaeful. T he stocking bag. aa It w as called, used, to be a g re at favorite w ith our grandm others for keeping th eir k nit ting wools in; but, while they used brow n hollahd for its m anufacture, the modern bag is made In old rose linen w ith the em broidery done In black cot ton, a color achenle which la extrem ely effective. For a good sized bag a yard of linen ta required, the a ctu al tmg tsk ing three-fourths of a y ard and the strip for the pockets one-fourth yard. F trst take the linen for the bag and m ake a broad hem w ith a place for a d ra w strin g a t the tot». T hen fold the HTEHAL5 BBQWMft Six yard» of roee cofated JjliçiL Two yard» of inch wxle nbhoo- Exnbrotdery idka A LINEN STOCKING BAG. narrow piece for the pockets Into six, creasing them w ith a w arm Iron, and em broider some sim ple design on each of the six divisions. W hen the em broidery Is finished a rran g e the pock ets on the bag, a fte rw a rd firmly stitc h ing them along the creases. S titch np_ the »Ule of the bag and then sew the bottom to a round of the linen, con cealing the turnings by mean» of a n o th er round of linen neatly hemmed on. D raw atrlugs o t old rose ribbon finish off a very sifian arid u ftfu l bag. GIFTS FOR A MAN. Print» of Fim ou» Picture» Mounted on Shaving Pad». T he inexpensive p rin ts of fam ous p ictures muy be utilized iu mauy churm lug ways in hom em ade C hrist m as gifts. A token for a m an which is Just finished combines a »having ¡tad aud calendar. Oue of the stiff gray photogruph m ounts is em ployed na a foundation. The tissue shaving leaves are rlatnfted a t the top of one side w ith, brass pa[>er fasteners, which not only hold them lu place, but catch ribbon bows on tbe o th er able. The bows end the loop by w hich the card is hung. On the calendar side a copy of one of R uisdael's H ollandlsh w ind mill scenes covers th e upper h alf of the card. The calendar pad Is pasted below. ’ A neat m atchbox for a bachelor’s room Is m ade by covering a square w ith crenm colored a rt iiuen which has been appropriately em broidered la some neat design. A m iniature stein can be fastened to the card by m eans of narrow rlbl»on placed a t the top and bottom of the stein aud tied on the back of the card. T his can be p u r chased for 10 cents. They are decorat ed w ith sentim ental quotation«. YULETIDE PRESENTS. Pretty Lingerie Ribbon Holder» For th» Chriatm aa Tree. ' ’ Now Is the tim e to make little nov elties for Christina«. One cannot begin too soon to make theso clever little gifts, for before one know s It holiday tim e is upon us and there is a general fran tic rush a t tbe last moment, which m eans injudicious buying and Inappropriate g ifts .” Articles w hich are handm ade, if they are well made and practical, are ap preciated more th an any o th er sm all gift. Among the new est Ideas in fancy work are Shown Innum erable lingerie ribbon holders. One of the most attractive la In the form of three little m aids from school. liTBULS BQHKB. A h ai yesd oi hied vehet 0» Two yaids ol half •< Three kA. Uby nUxw. ol FoR LIMGBBIB KIBBO»« which la Illustrated. Tha little molds’ aprons are made of black velvet or satin, and in the pockets are placed balls or spools of baby ribbon. Traveling Tootbbrweh Case. A traveling case for a toothbrush within tbe powers of unskilled In making tbla uae a piece of cloth two Inches wide land more doable tbe brash length. Form It I s tong, narrow M g to bo slipped I a second bag fashiened from silk ribbon. The month o f the eater t e < h i Onlshed asaUv. fcfcjbuMffitf M M i . j m i