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About Sherman County observer. (Moro, Sherman County, Or.) 1897-1931 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 11, 1908)
i r <4 The O b server. « * y • igricultural Experiment Stations to be on Solid and m o r» v i t i « Ilic i» ! p « p » r. O F F IC I I L PAFBK OF B H B K M A M —"I Publie ßtobeel» * • ia ■ IT E H A H Ï IO A 1 E H 1 I OO Practical Basis. Ih e Moro high school debating team, consisting of Dayton Hen riche, Gertrude Henrichs and W|S C. L. I reland ..................... M anager Mowry, Friday evening December D. C. I reland ,E ditor P re sid e n t W. J. K err, oi th e O regon A g ric u ltu ra l C o l 4th, went to Wasco to meet the high lege, u p o n h is r e tu r n from W a sh in g to n city , a n n o u n c e d school team.of that city consisting D ec . 11, l»0» th e success of his efforts in o b ta in in g for O regon tw o new of Lester Eaton, Mae Smith and FRIDAY A g ric u ltu ra l E x p e rim e n t S ta tio n s. O ne qf w hich w ill be Veva Dunlap. The question defeat ed was: . ; Church and Society notice» FREE, ex M O R O , O H IG O N . cept »hen for money making purpoaea. Huch notice» at regular rate» at the option of the publisher». „ Before coming to the city to trade read er» are requested to examine The Obaei ver advertising columns. It* the active, wide awake bustne*» man »ho advertl»e», con sequently he It the most accommodating, sell* the cheape»t, and deals the most lib erally In every »'ey We will not he responsible for the neglect of subscribers to notify us of changes in their address. Nor will the notification of a Postmaster that the sub scriber has “ Removed” settle the bill ol a delinquent. ' Send for advertising rates. Send The Observer to your absent friends. It is better tliau a letter, and "gives all the home news. Four mouths for 50c. ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ T h e Custom er Who Cam e Back ♦ located a t H e rm isto n , U m a tilla c o u n ty . T h is s ta tio n will Resolved, That women she be k n ow n as th e Irrig a tio n D e m o n stra tio n F a rm a n d E x have the right to vote in Orei p e rim e n t S ta tio n . T he lo catio n of th e second s ta tio n has under the same condition« which n o t be^n d e fin ite ly decided. I t w ill be located in e ith e r apply to men. S h e r m a n , G i llia m , M orrow , H a rn e y o r B aker. The Moro team defended the,af P re sid e n t K e rr has secu red th e c o o p e ra tio n of th e D e p a rtm e n t of A g ric u ltu re in th e E stab lish m e n t a n d m a in ten a n c e of' th ese new s ta tio n s. T h e federal g o v e rn m e n t h as agreed to provide, c lear, a n d fence th e la n d , b u ild all la te ra ls a n d necessary b u ild in g s, a n d p ro v id e w ater for th e farm s a n d sta tio n s. T hese s ta tio n s w ill be eq u ip p e d w ith th e la te s t scientific a p p a ra tu s , a n d be in c h a rg e of ex perts. T he federal g o v e rn m e n t w ill also c o o p e r a te in c a rry in g on th e w ork by fu rn is h in g special e x p e rts from th e D e p a rt m e n t of P la n t I n d u s try . O ver a m illio n acres of la n d in E a ste rn O regon w ill be It is estimated that the bills for affected by th e w ork of th ese sta tio n s. I t is p red ic te d th a t the next census will amount to more than $14,000,000. In euumer in from th re e to five y e a rs th e e x p e rim e n ts w ill r e s u lt in ating the people we must not count an in crease in r e tu rn s to th e fa rm e rs of th ese d is tric ts of the cost - * m a n y h u n d re d th o u sa n d s of d o lla rs. In d isc u ssin g the work w hich is to be c a rrie d on, P re sid e n t K e rr says: Now that Mrs. Howard Gould is ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ r ♦ ♦ .* ( ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ firmative side of the question, $nd the Wasco team the negative side. Both teams evinced careful and painstaking preparation and hand led their parts with credit to them reives and their respective schools. The judges gave their decision in favor of the Moro team, and also selected an all Sherman county high school team, consisting of Dayton Henrichs, Veva Dunlap and Mae Smith, to meet the Crook coun ty highschool team January 8th. The debaters were greeted by a large, enthusiastic an 1 appreciative audience. The visitors were treated with the utmost .courtesy by the home teurn, and all felt th.it they had enjoyed a very profitable and. pleasant evening. ♦ $ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ to 1 ave $25,000 a year alimony she “ T he e s ta b lis h m e n t of th ese s ta tio n s is o n ly th e be ought to be able to have euough T hia Is W orth Reading. social lions in her drawing room to g in n in g of th e m o v em en t w hich w ill cover th e e n tire sta te L e o F Z s lir ie k t 68 ( ilt t e o t i a t, B u ff a lo , keep the wolf from the door. of O regon. As fast as c o n d itio n s d e m a n d , th e w ork will N Y, says, cured the most annoying be ex ten d ed to so u th e a ste rn a n d S o u th e rn O regon. T he A g ric u ltu ra l C ollege a n d S ta tio n s w ill c o :o p e rate w ith th e farm ers a n d c o rp o ra tio n s in c a rry in g on special e x p e ri m en ts. T he scope of th e w o rk -w ill o n ly be lim ite d by th e resources a t th e c o m m a n d of th e e x p e rts in ch arg e. T his g rea t w ork, w hich m ean s so m uch to th e sta te of O regon, w ill be c a rrie d on w ith c o m p a ra tiv e ly sm all e x p en se to th e The newspaper pictures of Itocke feller and Archbold show them to sta te itself. T h e fed eral g o v e rn m e n t w ill b e a r-p ra c tic a lly be bald headed iqf 1 narrow chested. all of the in itia l expense, a n d a large sh a re of th e expense That is a penally that a million of m a in te n a n c e .” Only one womau has been'elected to the Colorado legislature, altho’ the state has full woman shflrage. The job seems to be unattractive to the femiuiue half of the popula tion. aire usually has to pay for his riches. Mr. Carnegie is in a position to be capricious iu his tariff'views,but it is different with those in active business, who are compelled,"often anxiously, to study their balance sheets. The kaiser has a bad cold and it would be just like those agitators to insist on a right to tell him liow to cure it, thus humiliating him fur ther to the level of a common ■BÎiififik_____________ ________ ___ ~ --------- ‘ ’r T he w ork w ill cover e x p e rim e n ts in b o th irrig a tio n and d ry farm in g . I t is ho p ed th a t th e d ry lan d s w hich are in c u ltiv a tio n , a n d y ie ld in g b u t one cro p every7 tw o years, m ay lie m ade to yield a cro p a n n u a lly . T h e e x p e rim e n ta l w ork w ill in all p ro b a b ility be follow ed u p by e x te n siv e irrig a tio n projects. P re sid e n t K e rr is a n x io u s for th e s u p p o rt a n d c o o p e ra tio n of th e farm ers a n d b u sin ess m en in th e c a rry in g forw ard a n d e x te n sio n of th i? g re a t w ork, a n d if a n y re a d e r of T h e O b se rv er h as a n y su g g estio n s to offer re sp e c tin g lo catio n , etc., in S h e rm a n c o u n ty , we sh a ll be p leased to h e a r from su ch , “ rig h t aw ay q u ic k .” China’s tei ritorial integrity is to Report of the Condition of lie respected, and its independence The Wasco Warehouse M illing Co Bank Mr. Taft’s early selectioo«of Mr Hitchcock for postmaster general internationally recognized. The old - at Moro, In the state of Oregon, at the close of business, Nnveralwr 27, 1908 indicates a purpose to change the Empire is indebted again to the kind offices of Uncle Sam. current deficit of $16,000,000 into a Resources— r *— -••- • . Loans and d isco u n ts............. $74,782.04 surplus with broader usefulness for secured and uuse- The good time coming, which ' Overdrafts, the department. T— - OUred...................................... 1,827 04 everybody has been predicting and Banking house furniture and fix tu res..........................., 060.00 There is a suspicion that the 3 ct waiting for, will lie the time when Due from banks, (not reeerve honesty and fairness shall prevail b a n k s)................................... 5,840 61 Mayor Tom Johnson anuouneed Due fh»in approved reeerve himself stricken by poverty just to in railroading, manufacturing, poli banks....... ......................... 82,350.61 try out the fidelity of his friends. tics, business and professional pur Expenses, less Interest and Insurance com m issions,.. .*. 748 78 * Go slow in that line, Tom; uuless suits of every kind, ami jq the so Cash on band........................... 6,889.06 cial life of the people. you really wish to be frieudless. T otal......................................$122,001.48 cold sore I ever had, with Buckb-n’s Ar nica Halve. I applied the salve once a day for two days when every trace of the atre was gone?’ Heals all sores; sold under guarantee at Moro Pharmacy. 25c M ade us. We pleased h im by g iv in g h im v alu e, inot by w h a t we to ld h im . H e fo rg o t th a t, as soon as he left th e store. to g et h im h e re a g a in . Thift c lo th e s we sold h im h a d T h e c lo th e s we’ll sell y o u 'w i l l b rin g you back.* W e h a v e n ’t a n y o th e r sort. L et o th e r people sell th e m — we d o n ’t ex p e ct to do a ll th e b u sin e ss in tow n. W e o n ly h ope to h a v e th e b est tra d e . C lo th es lik e Kenwood ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ , Ready M ade M erchant Tailoring A re g e ttin g u s - m o r e p a tr o n s w ho used to w ear n o th in g b u t ta ilo r-m a d e s th a n a n y m ak e we hav e ever h a n d le d . sale. W e n e v e r p a id so m u ch a t w h o le B u t we d id it because th e g a rm e n ts d eserv ed it. m u c h a t re ta il. Y ou n e v e r p a id as B u t if you ev e r le t u s show one of th ese s u its or o v erco ats y o u ’ll u n d e rs ta n d w hy you s h o u ld . H a n d -m a d e . B u ilt by such s p le n d id c ra fts m e n th d t we feel p e rfe c tly safe in g u a ra n te e in g t h a t as io n g as you k e e p y o u r body in th e g a rm e n ts , th e y ’ll look as well a rT b e f ir s t d a y you ow ned them . ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ .‘ ♦ ♦ Kenwood * Suits ♦ « ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ $ 2 5 . ° ° $ 2 7 . 50 $ 3 0 . ° ° $ 3 5 .o o ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ + + + ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ~ ♦ ? r Real Estate Snaps 145 acres, joining Moro, a snap at 85,000. 620 acres 2}^ miles from Moro, 400 acres farm land; plenty of water, very good improvements. Cao give a buyer good terms on this tract A. I . 820 acres east of Monkland; will take pari lnute, or will take $17. pr acre cash Williams & Co., The Dalles, Oregon. 640 acres, the best Improved farm in th e county; house cost $2,500, barn and water works cost $2.500; nioe lawn and good outbouees of all kinds, for $28 i>er acre. Only one mile to haul grain to market; $4 (MX) down, tl.e balance on good terms. ’ I have a farm in Morrow county con-, sisting of 727# seres; good wheat land plenty of wuier; 1# mile from post office. $20 |s-r acre. Would eutertalu an exchange proposition. Lost-Strayed or Stolen. Vinton Hotel G R A S S VALLEY, O R E . A 2-year old hors« colt, Dear 486 aeren at $30 per acre, plenty of water, good house and barn, la io one mouse grey color; blocky built; of the bes I localities Iu Sherman county weight about 1200 Ibe; branded a Thia ia one of the beat bargaina I have. hair brand on shoulder, double R, 820 Aerea, aa good farm laud an there right and left on one center stem; is In Sherman county, for $11,200 on last seen about September 20, 1908. eaav terms; 1% mile« from atatiou, good Reward of $5 for information lead well of water, fair house and barn. New Entirely,- - C onvientto Business P R IC E S R E A S O N A B L E ing to it«, recovery, oj $10 reward 320 Acre farm, one of the beat iii the for delivery at my farm. county, good house and barn, .well of, J. A. R asmussen , Conducted on Best Principles water, nice orchard; $2,806 down, the balance on easy terms at 6 peroent. In- lerrat. 120 Aerea near Moro**W||| aell cheap The improvemeuta alone are worth all that la naked for tilia place. Plenty of water; good 2 story bouse, good barn aud out-buildiugs, »Iso good orchard. 160 Aerea, two good wells, about 90 aerea good farm laud, a anap at $12 00 U-317J----------- Monkland, Or C » » » n » c r c l» l Information lanted. Tmd, M e llr lie S V* lien We have several parties who are looking for homestead locations or relinquishment«, also some good timber claims. If you know of any good homestead or timber claims, it will pay you to write to us. Ad dress A etna R ealty C o ., 225 Failing Building, tfs4-309] Portland, Or in SCHOOL SCRANTON, - PENNSYLVANIA. Arot'leclure BookliMping ' Stenography unking and ÖJ/’king Law, Commercial Law, Advertising -wr i . ahow Card WriÜug . -Chimietrv Mechanical Drawing Electrical Engineering Newapaper IHuslratmg, Civil Engineering Steam Engineering rtaa F ,Oe’ w - Alechaiji^l Engineering, »a« Engineering, Mining Engineering, Locomotive Running, 1 lumbing, Heating and Ventilating, French, German, Spanish, taught with Ediaon Phonegraph. Fui! information furnished free ußon requert by *“ H. V. REED, Representative, |>er acre. Liabilities— The futility of death-lied philan Capital stock paid in ........... $25 000.00 $2,600 will buy one of Ihe nobbiest 64 1-3 Sixth street. Portland, Ore. thropy is well illustrated in the Due to banks and bankers... 2,026.49 dwellings iu the city of Wasco. Come deposits subject to ami aee me case of th e Yerkes art museum. No Individual STOP AT c h e c k ...................................... 84,864.00 doubt. Mr. Y. really 1 intended to Demand certificates of depos $650 will buy a 5-room cottage In the i t " . y ................... 6,486 give bis gallery to the city, but be Htste city of Kent. Will tnke a good team Iu deposits ......................... 6,026 left to executors and Ihe (‘bailees of . Total ............................ .. 8124901.48 part payment. C o rn e r 7th a n d S tark S tre e ts . business entanglement* whafeshould A farm couaiating of 620 acres, all It ia ne » and it» room» are provided with have lieeu his own effectively per State <»f Oregon, County of Sherman,ss fenced; plenty of water and very good running water and long dLlance tele house;$16 per acre; will take part trade, Argentina has decided to spend formed task. Thu« his memorial phone». European plan. Kale* I, W. Stanley, cam tiler of thealmve lays 7 miles from station. « J r . » « . . , , * Any person or persons having 81 per day and upward $55,000,000 iu army and navy prep vauishes and the city loses a spleu named hank, do solemnly swear that Highest priced room $3 the above statement is true t(J the best Satisfaction Guaranteed House and lot in the city of Grass horses, cattle, houses, lots or house aratiou. Brazil is building three did gift. per day, of nty knowledge and belief. Valley; good well < f water; known as hold goods for sale, exchange, or leviathan battle ships. Headed off W. Stanley, Cashier the old Holder place; $800 will buy IL ( Both in Workmanship and Price parties desiring to buy such prop W right-D ickinson Hotei Co. KiibwerttJFi and sworn tohefbre me io Japan,here the liolisoniaiiH have erty, will find T he O bserver a Npeesal Election Notice. Moro Property. Chas. Wright, President. Office at FuMiiture Store. this, 7th day of December, 1908. good medium for advertising and a chance to strike an alarm bell iu w . C. Bryant, Notary Public I can give a man a bargain In city M. C. IBekinHon, Manager. securing a customer. Try a new quarter. H Notice is hereby given that by Correct, Attest: pioperty; $700 will buy house, barn, two T he O bserver , Moro. Or E. O MoCoy, an ordinance passed by the Council lots, aud about 40 tiearing fruit trees. E. H. French, Call and see me for terms. of the city of Moro, Oregon, on the Mr.Harriman, who longs for oth 12th day of October 1908, approved _ _ Direc’ors House with 6 rooms and pantry; good er territory Io conquer, is exploring by the Mayor of said city on the well and good barn; 2 # lota*In Moro. Commence la king The Observer $800 w ill buy this property; will make the terra inoognita of Northern 12th day of October 1908, there will » payments to suit you. Alaska. The prdfepect of govern be held in Moro,Oregon, on Monday New Years, if you are not now a . . . A N D . . . $00000 will buy a 0-rnom bouse and ment control of railroads does not the 21st day ol Dec« inbur RtUH, subscriber. See 4th page invitation. lot; bouse fitted with electric lights and P ro tla n d , O re g o n . (latent closet, good location. Will take ham pers man of Mr. Harriman’s A Special Election, between ibe , OSCAR ANDKttSON M A ^A tiK K .!$?.good news to the farm good team as part payment. bout« of 9 o’clock a. m. and 7 o’ scope. $660 buys a 6-room 1% story bous* clock p. m. of said day, which «aid ers to hear that the Moro Hardware My Motto Is Cm IU aid M o o t Ctrooh election will l>e held in the Bolton and implement company will in and 2 lots; call for terms. $500 will buy 2-story building with Hpain was skeptical about the Building, on Main street, between Quick Hales and future l»e able to supply all Holt t>aaement, 'n good locstlnntnr busliieM». B r in g y o u rs to T h e O i . d R e l ia b l e . Small Profits. nurpoeea of the United State-« in First und Second streets of said city. Only half what the lumber coat that la Combine Harvester extras. Free bus to And from trains At said time und place there will be L I vs and Let Live. In the btdldlng. regard to Cuba; but will tie satisfied I also have two bouaea and lot« In that th ey were di-in tercet cd when submitted to the legal voters of said R ates by the day Call and Examine Mowry’s Addition to Moro; will sell city for I heir Approval or rejection next the Amerieau provisional ar M y Stock of cheap. Call tor terms. 6 0 c, 7 5 c, S 1.0 0 , $ I .6 0 , S 2 . an amend t i n m to amend Section 39 F U R N IT U R E my i* removed, and the island left of Chapter V of the charter of the $600 buys house and two lota oppo European Plan and site Moro M. E . Church. B2aay terina agoi.i <o govern itself. city ol Moro Oregon, authorizing M O RO , O R EG O N . R ID E L IN E R $1,600 buya 5 Boom bouse with bath Good Clean Fam ily Hotel the city council *.f raid city, to ro«-m. Good well of water and 12 lots; before buying ma ke by-lu-ws und ordinances not will lake part trade *• 1'iie wages (,f ein is death’’ says L IV E R Y , FE E D A N O S A L E S T A B L E S . repugnant to the laws of this stale the Good Book, and the Han Fian or of the I'nited States, to Assess, F o r P a r t ic u la r s ask risen situation only tends Ioernpha levy, sod collect, taxes for general J. M. D U N A .H O O , Proprietor and Manager. M oro FiMkthia fact. What a trail of mur municipal purtaiseM on ail property Ayer’s C herry Pectoral cer , T» <t mi « from T h e D alles or snv »her nen eoanty points s t a « r e sp enre. (1-r, ftutetde and misery hM followed h ith ie a l and personal, within the) ,, Sendee fa m is h e d to or from M oro to sny points • tainly cures coughs, colds, limits of suid city, which is taxable the expOHtire of corruptioi lb. re. M oro, O regon . OUR M O T T O “ PUsw the public.” bronchitis, consumption. And by law for state or county pur|s>ses. Sidney Johnson, Proprietor. Coief of jioiicft Biggy »« the latent I'his notice is ,M»«t<•<! by order of the it certainly strengthens weak victim of.liie inexorable scriptural oouncjl nf Moro, Oregon, made and _ Every kind of rig to order, E V E R Y T H IN G N E V AND U P-TO -DA TE, th ro a ts and w eak lu n g s. I ruth. enter«! 'pet-ember 7th 1908. First street. Strong brick, Moro, Ore. and all orders prompt and satis There can be no mistake about SP E C IA L RATES TO COM M ERCIAL T R A V E L E R S factory at reasonable prices. lt-320] George Mowry, R»-c-»rder Address: MORO. OREGON. this. You know'it Is true. And The Netherlands government has Farmers teams fed as well as they are fed at home, if not better. your own doctor will say so. projKiied a third internal ooh 1 |>eace C on fection ery Card of Thanks. Telephone at our exjlense. A L I T T L E M IS S IO N A R Y W O R K I N Y O U R conference without, ’exciting -much T b s b e a t k ta d o f a ts a ttm o n ls l — Wr wish to return our heartfelt " B o ld fo r o v e r s ix t y y e a r s .” iutereat in a world engaged in lead S tock In sp ector C igars, T o b a c c o s W idle day« by tellin g your neighbors of the good ing tli« kaist-Hs interview and Lord thanks to all the friends who show FOLK’« SAZETTEER q u alities of The Observer. If you can ’t get their sub- ed their kindness toward us during S h erm an C ounty, Roberts’ renin ke on a possible itj i B illiard and P ool T a b le s the sickness and death of our son acriptione, send us their addressee and we w ill send MAX. vasiou of Great Britain toy Germany Clifton. » Mr and Mrs O B Messin- them sam ple copies. W e pay for all solicitin g you do O regon. It appears to us that even llotm on Wo bevo aH raS f W» ysbllab «*» ' 'J , T U » foratala. «r«U • receive« more attention than The lee cold drinka and lee cream In sea Subscribe for The Observer. B est W eekly published son. Hoda water, bottled and fountain, Hague a|MNit lea ot |>eaee. *»ap th e bowalt r-awuiar i w ith Aywr'a Deputy Stock Inspector in the Inland Em pire. Everyone reads it. Hulwcrilie for The Olieerver* now. The W/igons of 40,000 rural de livery carriers iuii daily with ex tremely light loads because charges for mailing parcels is absurdly higlj This arrangement and the 1 16,000,- 000 deficit are iutiniately related. P o e * I ii n d Hotel Oregon Io Buy, Sell or Eichnge F U R N IT U R E E sm ond H otel JOB PRINTING UNDERTAKING For Lung T ro u b les W. F ..R t A X T E L L , M O R O , O R ?rTT.................................... A o. w . AXTELL - Oisxon. B. McCoy, Phallamont Livery 0 Vasco, Oregon. W m . Rudolf J a iö e e S te w a r t / i K Fill« yers ’ antìp th us hasten Louis Schadewltx. Kest, Orwgoa always on hand. 4 4 J
