Or.HiitÄoc, O ft Halt * í COMMERCIAL JOB PUBLISHED FRIDAYS. $1.50 per Yearj 12ic. per Month Agent« for any Magazine or New «paper printed in the United State«. SI IEKM A N C O W Y OBSERVEE. ES5355SS5S3==3 s « E k s ta b l i s h o d 1 8 Ö 7 . W ^ \ M oro, S h erm an . '« C © f Cvery D escription to O rder Quick and Cheapl lbber 8tam pe Furnished. _ . — I for Typewriter^ T jp eeritar / * C o u n ty , O reg o n , F r id a y . J a n u a r y H K gnppUee, Ribbons, Kte» F iv e C e n ts 8. 1909. •eeeea eeeeeeeeeeo eeeeeeeee •efer to I t No, she would n o t Bha would keep I t aud they would, hava a great laugh over It at noon. Hhe held to this last resolve for half an hour, and then the m issive waa hid­ den away, and she waa going about the hou»e with pale cheeks and com­ pressed lipa. At 11 o’clock the door­ J C . B . L E W Z J -. i. • • e bell rang, aud a traveling clock tinker • C o p y r ig h ted . 190S. by A ss o c ia te d # Office Ground Floor Ginn Brick askod If she had anything in his line J L ite r a r y 1‘reaa. • to do. He set au obstinate ctock go­ • ' :o h a te money is to save It. The one sure way to save it Next Door W.W.M.Co. Bank ing and collected a quarter for his ' is to deposit It with Wasco Warehouse Milling Co. bank, Everybody, including themselves skill. said It w as a love match between Kit­ l ie was the man whom the husband OREGON fo u will then be exempt from the annoyance of having MOHO ty Itayne and Harry Bmedley auil that saw glide furtively away. . Ton will it bum holes in your pockets. Aside from the tact that soch love, trust and confidence were alw ays read furtlveneee to a clock t seldom to be found. It did not all end tinker’s movements If the sun happens F. J . M elodi W . O. B ryant | your money will lie safe from theft; the habit of saving with the honaymoon, as a certain crus­ to shine on him Just right. So It happened that neither letter tends to the establishment of thrift, economy, discipline ty old tmcholor predicted, but when was produced to be laughed over. N 1857 I w as barely eleven wh»n n a eneral understanding of business principals essen­ they had been married a whole year There was constraint, and both hua- I shot iny first Indian. U s w a" • rlver was split by a roar as the report b<^ re he ,. 13 occasion one waist. “No one but a coward writes could not accuse each other on an of my father's Irate audience—a man. btalldlng a hotel for the use of passing those letters, and no one but a cow ­ anonymous letter. They did a great Charles Dunne bv utune—slabbed wy gold hunters, for this wns late In 1859. ard would act upon them.” Office over W W M Co bank loved parent I') the t l ’”. At th e -tl’.OS when the gold fever sw ept America deal of thinking, however. "If I should ijvt n hundred puony- It so hapi»eneil that both had been of the attnek 1 stood unarmed over and alt roads led to Tike’s peak. Our mous letters concerning Harry I should Halt Creek valley home lay on one of engaged previous to their own engage­ OREGON my wounded father'd b'»uy and tried the most traveled route«. - only laugh at them,” added-the wife ment. What did “Watch your w ife with < h li:h b strength to lig h t off hl- I MORO as she klseed him before them all. H otel hnl Alnu ntul furnishing are and you will discover” mean except assullnct; but, tliourh he cc-nrctl with Three mornings later at his office that K itty’s old lover was writing to life In htm from the place where lit not on the free list. Ho I wauted to Mr. Smedley pecelveit a letter. As It her, seeing her secretly, persuading was Hwwulted, he subseqm ally suc­ help raise money for our Valley Grove U ta Y O E . was addreeeed In the handwriting of a her that he could never, never love an­ Fred Wilson cumbed to bis Injuries. and In th«» fel House. With an older boy named Frank Menefee. other and suggesting an elopement to low ing «¡»ring he died. This « alamltj Dave I’lilllip® - 1 planned a trapping a faraway Isle? deprived my mother anil <»ur fumUj trip. Winter w as setting In whon we _ ," ' . The letter carrier w as questioned aa o f a worthy and tiA caiaul brad y f _t »< started. 7 .______ , n d till K i n d s o f P a te n t M e d ic in e A lw a v s In S to c k We bought an ox team and wagon to what letter» he delivered at the houHeholdv his death being tin Incident house. A private detective was paid In the horrid Internecine rtiife that to transport the traps, camp outfit and |5 a day to Bearch the town for the eventuated In the tragedies of the civil provisions and took a large supply of ammunition, besides extra rifles. Our Office in the Vogt Block, upstair« wur. I w as then ten year« old old lover. The boy that mowed the lawn was Instructed to keep watch on I could ride any horse alive. 1 had fl destination was the Republican river. all life Insurance and sew ing machine knack of shooMng straight, and I knew It courses more than 150 tnlles from OREGON THE DALLES agents calling at- the house, and 1“® som ething about herding -attic. I Leavenworth, but the country about It husband l>egnn to feel him self a Sher thought these qualities m ight er.rn m e was reputed rich In beaver. 1 acted as scout on the Journey, going ahead to lock Holme«. u living. They did. Bomethlng was also done on the oth A firm o f overland freighters uh pick out trails, locate camping grounda and look out for breakers. The Infor­ er hand. Night after night as the hue sell. Majors & W ad d ell-w ere at Leav­ mation concerning the beaver proved band lay sleeping—for even Jealov.s enworth. One of them. Mr. Majors, husbands do sleep a form clad to had been a friend of my father. 1 correct. The game wns Indeed so plen­ tiful that we concluded to pitch a per white might have been seen going ^ sk e d him for a Job as “extra” on one manent camp and see the winter out. through hts pocket» In search of dam ­ I o f his wagon trains. The pay was >40 We chose a hollow In a side hill and OREGON | a m o n th -a fortune It seemed to me aging evidence. MORO enlarged It to the dimensions of a de­ then. The work w as the sort usually H is weekly visits to his Masonic Intrusted to a grown man, and It cent sized room. lodge had to be verified. If be went All Work Warranted We had seen no Indiana on our trip meant not only perpetual hustling, but out to the evening to order soap at the o f a ll m e d ic a l an d Burgtca j M (ffo H o U l B r ic k. a lot o f danger as well, for the plains out and were dot concerned In that grocery he w as followed. Of coarse ' A n.ir-ru hu-piial i»r ih.» treatment wu 1 KJU enterod the In those days were anytblug but free »quarter, though we were too good “4 butte» /V must to some w ay 1» In commun’«- to relax our vigilance. ________ m tm th a j the beor. dire»»e*,^rxeept su* h kh Hte c o n ta g io u s from Indians. This latter thought r plainsmen tlon w ith his old love and bare abr period o f enforced Mie- frightened even my brave mother, There were other foes, as we dleoov- I doument or divorce In view. Just l> R a te s , fro m $ 1 0 .0 0 to $ 2 1 .0 0 p or w e e k , a c c o r d in g to root»» ered the first night in our new quar­ r o j goffin Royllke, I w as delighted nt the Idea. H,hlra try It! If he ran away he should ib u U im e w jll m e e t a li tr a i« - and bos»« if h o sp ita l is n o tified . making the «ragging hours endurable. ters. , _ Mr. Majors said he would Jake me be brought back to. chains. If he op A ml We were aroused by a commotion A fortnight paaeed And one day. PHYSICIAN & SURGEON. on as extra for one trip. I f I did piled for a divorce she would fight th« lu the corral where the oxen were F o r F u rth e r In fo r m a tio n A d d re s s weary w ith my studies. I fell «sleep well I could have a regu'AbJob. 1 re ease to the last court to the land. out with our over my books. 8ome on« touched my solvod to do m iracles nv ian extra confined, and,-Burry Naturally their set noticed that soi r marie m goffin rifles w r r o u tfa a hhg^ bear Intent shoulder, and. looking up I aaw an The “train” was made up of t>r*nty- thing was wrong, strive as the cou upon a feast of beef. The oxefi were Indian In war paint and feathers. five loaded wagons, each carrying might before company, but no o M e d ic a l D ire c to rs . - - H o v r ' said I. With a show of 7,000 pounds, eaclixirnw n by six yoke bellowing In terror, one of them dabb­ knew Just what w as the trouble, a ing crazily about the lnclosure and friendliness, though I knew the brave of oxen and guided by a “bullwha-'k- tor once the mutual frlepd did not lr Office In The Goffin Building, 1st St. i...— gy,” a driver w ith a long, loud cracking the other so badly hurt that it could w as on the warpath. terfere and make matters worse. Moro, Oregon. n a if a score o f bocks followed at the so w ra n « « ooctmkxu to cn a so n -xua , whip Then there w as a bunch of not get up. A more tnteersble couple did not »• ________ tlo- . - Thllllps,* who w as in the lead, fired heels o f the first, ___ _ ________ Pl,AM sqoeeatag Into the loose cnttle. On this occnslon 1st, but no explanations were asked train w as made up of only three first, but succeeded only In ™ an<,“ J uttle dugmrt until there 1 -----barely woinau be felt quite u hit of curiosity or volunteered. Anything of the sne a food tQrn. The young butdiaj»»} laughed auu the Jokers finally decided to show the! 920 acre: 800 acre« tillable, 75 acre Mormons. I w as only one o f several he struck. Sunday D inner 35 cents. | W hatever Do’« faults, he never for started to tear up the inUilhc. Then hands. One morning aa the young hii I summer fallow, at »1.25 per acre,. I ~ A bullet from my rifle entered the I g # klndnese any more than be for- he reetralned his hand, aud his liftri» band »cached his desk another letb no Indians had appeared aQ Injury. The chief, who went faded to a grin. It wns a good Joke In a certain chlrography awaited him One noon, however, when w e «topped dlstended month of the onrushlng bear J Good House, Barn, and Out for dinner and were loafing about or and pierced the brain, and the huge by the name o f Ral»-ln-the-Face, at to send him aueh a nituslve. lie would H is heart gave a Jump. In this he fell lifeless almost across Dave's once recogntoed me andJ»1* * 1. “ • carry It home at noon an«, laugh over would be told som ething specific, n e the grnss wnltlng for the pot to boll Buildings, P lenty of W ater The ox had to lie killed. I w as to that place. This chief w as tt with bte Itttlo wife. we beard a scathing volley o f shots dreaded to open It, and yet be thirsted Dave's oiinnee to square his account the father o f the Raln-ta-fhe-Faee who When the coward picked hltn out to for the solution. from a copse. Rome bullets and a Situated four mile« north east of] dozen or more arrow’s whistled lnt< with me came a fortnight later. We to a later ys«r hilled General duster at m eelve such a warning he took tlic - After a hesitation lasting five min the memorable battle of the Little Big wrong man. He whistled and put the utee th® envelope was torn sw ay. The camp. Everybody had Jumped up n Klondike. Apply or write to Horn. I displayed my bandage« and latter to his pocket and Itegan his next moment a bareheaded man. hold the first shot. But three o f our mei related the mishap that h«d J n a d e work. It wns funny. It would raise a tog a sheet of note paper In his hand tumbled over nt once, ns If they hn< C . C. J o h n s o n , M o r o , O re g n been tripped up. Then a number o them necessary and refreshed the laugh They would show It to their ne chaueo wns to follow the Platt»' In one of the Interior town» there looked for D ave momentarily, but as over It. bnt som ethin* occurred to Hvre a fanner who brings butter, eggs river to Fort Kearny, keeping out of T h e D n lie « . O r e g o n , music by Hulse orchestra. sight night followed day and day grew into change his plan. and produce to market. an«L being Il­ under Its banks. So the thirty E lectric L ig h ts Electric Call Bell«. nlgfit again I was given over to keen He w as within a block of the house literate. also brings with him hie eon Steam H eat. five mile mnrch began through knee anxiety. Had Phillip« Ioffe his w a y ’ when a man came «fat, gave a look up deep w ater and quicksand. Half a day to do the “figuring.” Had he failed to locate the wnow cov­ nnd down the street and hurried away. The other day the son was 111 ami we kept it up. I w as dead tired, but It H O T E L R A T E S TO S U IT YOU. ered d agou ti Had he perished to the Then, too. as he entered the door his the old man had to venture alone. For w as no time for rest or com |> I «Into». ■ , - - t y ------------ storm? Had he fallen vtottra to the wife exclaimed to surprise and almost awhile ho got along pretty well by Just the same, by nightfall my short M o r o . O re g o n . demanded to know why he wns half an tewing bis customer» do the figuring, All O R & N T rains Stop at Front Door Indians? legs wouldn’t keep up w ith the I’W ® a hbe tw e»ty-nteth day dawned. Rtar hour ahead of his time. He kissed her, but presently he »old tw o rolls of but slon I dropped back, little by little, * Railway Ticket Office in the Lobby. vatlon stalked into the dugonL Tne but It was a perfunctory klsa. She nes ter to a woman who could not figure ■till plodding on as fast as my »«chin» wood, teo, w as w sll nigh gone. But tied up to him. but he thought he feet could move. We thought we bad any better than he. Express and Freight p w t as w as my physical suffering my could feel her trembling. • T . N . C R O F T O N , P r o p r ie to r . The farmer was much puxaled, bo’ Delivered to any Part of the City given the Indians the slip, but I Still mental dlatreaa waa greater I eat be­ At 0 o’clock that same morning the being reeolved that she should o<> £ lugged my short, heavy rifle It w as fore a handful o f fire, shivering and carrier had left s letter tor her to a know that his early education bad be« Piano and Furniture Moving. a muzzle loading “ Mississippi •I ta w a n n im t the m*rni the head of on hungry, wretched and despondent m i n i handwriting. Rhe ojwned it, neglected, he took a scrap of pap and carried a slug and tw o buckshot tn d ia n c h ie f” Hark! Waa that my name? Choking thinking that It might be a bill from from his pocket and began. H e P" to each charge. were chasing a bunch of ejk wrhen 1 w ith amotion, unable to articulate, I the grocer, and the next Aioment her I» » » * H • ♦ » < down a lot of mark» on the pap The moon had risen, and I w n str y - fell and discovered that 1 could no! listened latently. I««. R w as my name merry laugh rang o u t ,' ing to catch up with the rest. Sudden­ and then »aid: ___ and Dave’s familiar vote«, and with “Watch your husband and you will “Let’s eee; dot’s a dot. figure’s a fig ly In front o f me and nt the top o f the r,*Pm afraid 1 have broken my leg.” all my ramalatog energy I made an dlscovei*’— were Its sole contents. high bank. I sgw against the m »on the are. tw o from ono and none remaln- Watrh Harry? For what? Suspect I said as Dave ran to me. head heau and ano high »»mu war " ... bonnet ------- of an In­ . . . been a meoicai medical m v oi «aaWled FhBItp« to locate him of whet? It was an anouymoua wlth three to carry— ow It to a couple of her friend« and arc! ,»p” by her daughter, who dla covered that the price should hare Dynamite and powder work on all kinds of Rock Excavation» let them enjoy the laugh with her. been »2.10 Instead of »1-110.— 8L Ix*n« »be put on her h a t Then she halted Globe-Democrat The laugh had died away. Could there be anything to It? Wae It possible that Draying of all Kinds. I brought up my rifle and to'k what stripped and w-t in Little dog» »tert the hare, ■ a ir y waa »eaatvteg her? No. never! could In the deceptive moon splints and the^ _ fe r n a tfvnitl Trunks and Grips Hauled to and atm I He made a pair o f crutches When my sights wart Just I purely, light. below the war bonnet'» feather« 1 | fnr ma. from all train» ......- ■ • W. H. Ragsdale THE ONE SU RE W AY “T ell you w hat I think I’d bettor 4o,” said he. "The nearest settlem ent Is some eighty miles aw ay, and 1 can get there and back In twenty day». z . Buppoee I make the trip, get a team for oui wagon and come back for you?” The Idea of being left alone and well nigh helpless etruck dismay to my heart, but there w as no help for It, and I assented. Dave put matters Into shipshape, piled wood In our dug out, cooked a quantity of feod and put it w here I could reach It without ria- lng and fetched several day»’ supply o f water. Mother, ever mindful of my education, had put some school hooka In the wagon, and D ave placed ... I tbeae water. the When pun.-d the trigger. The »tl.loess of . the ¿¡¡¡¡J beside flaal^ the food oat> and driving our- HOW 1RILLED MY FIRST INMAN Attorney at Law. ’.THEIR ANONYMOUS j I LETTERS. : »X BY BUFFALO BILL PROM “ Meindl & Bryant Lawyers MVM TALMCTTHB FLAWS" [ * * To those wishim such relations we heartily extend onr services, t W asco W a r e h o u se M il l in g C o . B A N K MOROji George Mowry ,.,diiO PHARMACY . 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