Easter Sunday falls on the 11th
of* April this spring.
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Prices Lowest.
Styles Newest.
Quality Right.
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Convince yourselves ot these facts by
inspecting our new and complete lines of
S ilk and H eatherbloom P etticoats
S h irtw a ists .. S kirts , p
M uslin U nderwear . S hoes . O xfords
W e call your special attention to our new importations
of Laces, Embroideries, Net Waistings, and Veilings.
G o o d s A r r i v in g D a ily .
MORO COMMERCIAL CO.
The
O b s e rv e r
Type-write^ paper at The Observ
You can pay your tax>*s lega Hy
er office. ,
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to Sheriff J C Freeman.
Fresh supply of genuine carbolen-
Martin Donnell, Dalles city mod
um just opened at tbeObserver Book el druggist, was a Moro visitor on
Eureka Lodge N e. 121. Store.
the 1st.
A . F A A. M., Moro, Or.
First showing of Ladies’ fine Tai
Casemeer, A C and Owen Thomp
¿Meets the first and third
I Thursday evenings of each lored suits and skirts, at the Moro son's Percheron stallion, will make
month Visiting member» Commercial Company».
the season of 1909 at the farms of
KOBO, SHERMAN CO.,OREGON:
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cordially Invited to meet
w ith us. 'B y order of the W . M.
J. M. Parry, Secretary.
Some of the beet patterns ever A M Wright and A C Thompson.
<bQPn in ginghams, 10c and 12}^c
If you know a good thing tell us
B e t h le h e m
C h e s te r
per yard, at the Moro Com Co.
about it— it will help the public and
No 7« O.E.M.
lingular uomiuuulcatlon
Fountain Pen Pocket Holders, can surely do you no harm. Bottled
each 2d and 4th Thurs
latest,
safest and bast, Observer up goodness soon turns sour and
day evenings monthly.
By order W .M .
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Spoils.
Book Store.
Mrs Helen Parry. Secy
A Brooklyn judge granted 32 di
The Moro Hardware and Im ple
M e r e L o d g e , N e . 113.
ment Co have received a full line of vorces in four hours. The preacher
' I . O.O. F. Moro, Oregon.
who bad an opportunity to marry
Meets every Haturday spring hardware.
evening at 7:30 o'clock.
couples
at that rate could give Billy
Visiting members are
Postal Card Albums fine, in cloth
Sunday a close race to fortune.
cordially Invited. Mem
bers are expected to be oovera, etc., from 25c up, at The Ob
We may not have bad a severe
J. O. Elliott, N . G. server Book Store.
bert M. Brasil. Secretary.
winter
in the estimation of many,
Telephone lines are multiplying
but all must admit that the numer
The price of The Observer is $1.60 rapidly in the country districts, and
ous brief sam ples furnished by no
per year. 7ft oenM for six montbe, AO oent*
for four months—but if paid hi advance we now comes the wireless ’phone.
means suggested the good old sum
i aooept $2.50 io fa ll for 2 years. Hbortei
Try the Tough Enough overalls, mer time.
ta-me than one year 12X oente per month.
A Blue Mark here will answer an all sizas. Best quality for the least
A fleet of 16 battle ships that can
Inquiry,' when entered upon our calendar, money. Moro Commercial Co.
giving the date of the paper st the date at
steam around the world without in
which your current subscription expires.
Type writer oil, the best 3-ln-l. terruption, delay or serious mishap,
Lubricates, cleans and polishes, deserves to he called ‘‘as fine as a
F R ID A Y .................... March 6, 1909 prevents rust. Try it TbeObserver
fiddle,” “as smart as a whip,” or any
Book Store ■
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other complimentary superlative.
Hot Coffee and 8andwicbes, at
New supply of m uslins, cambrics.
A B Wolfard’s, Biggs.
India linons, and all staples in dry
It Saved Hie Leg.
Don’t borrow The Observer. Sub good s and notions at Moro’s Big
“ A ll thought I ’d lose my leg,” writee
J A Swenson, Watertown, Wie. “ Ten
Store.
scribe, and have it your ow n’
years of ezema, that 15 doctors oouldu't
cure, had at last laid me up; then Buck-
len’s Arnica Salve cured it sound and
well.” Infallible for skin eruptions,
ezema, Vsalt rheum, boils, fever sores,
burns, scalds, cuts and piles; 25o at Moro
Superior round nickel tipped and Pharmacy.
Advance shipm ent of hoys' wash
New stock of double trees, clevis
es, chain, etc., at Moro Hardware suits and waists, ju st received by
Moro Commercial Company,include
and Implement Co. See adv.
crash,
Bedford oord, Chambray, etc.
See W H Ragsdale for bargains in
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Sherman county farm lands. Money
rubber top penoils, two-for-5-cents
to loan on farms.
and some for 10 cts per doz., at the
pencils, 10 cents per dozen, rub Observer Book Store.
ber insert, Observer Book Store.
Old type makes the very beet of
Wedding stationery, and litera Babbitt metal. We have it for sale
ture for alt social functions, at The and when you need any call at The
Observer office. Price is right.
Observer Book Store. *
E C Davie, proprietor of the Grass
Stationery, paper, pens, ink,
pencils and all sorts of ictas, at the Valley Burn, promptly attends all
oalls, day or night. Animals given
Observer Hook Store.
the very best of care. Charges are
Our “ ads” attract attention and right.
advertise. When you get our ad
All who have inspected the new
vertising, you get businessbringere.
stook of laces and embroideries at
We have the prettiest patterns of the Moro Commercial Company’s,
H aviland China dinner sets ever pronounce it the finest ever shown
wbown in Sherman county, which in the county.
we are making a special price on.
The nobbiest, cheapest and beet
Don’t buy until you see it and get
harness, and a full line of harness
our prices. L W Rosa, Jeweler.
extras, now on sale by the Moro
Buy the genuine imported aven Hardware and Im plem ent Co. Fix
erioue carbolineum; the imitation up your team right for spring work.
being offered is only a temporary Look ever our adv. on this page.
remedy if at all. Il genuine one
Ill-H -l-l-H -D l-D l-H -i-l
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application lasts for ail time. Ask
;; A number of my patrons are j;
to see our sealed p a o /ig e s. The
; ; not aware that for some months *
Observer Book Store.
* ; past the Moro Commercial Co. *
A sure cure, and one you can de
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pend upon, is Hickory Bark Cough
; * purchases of bread at this * ;
Remedy; a sure cure, and its purel
store.will be appreciated by
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Use it for all lung trouble, coughs,
Mrs. E. Anderson. „
colds, hoarseness and sore throat.
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For sale by Moro Pharmacy and
The
way
trains
oonnect
at
Biggs
first class dealers everywhere.
now, passengers have'am ple time
’ When in Wasco don’t fail to se«
both coming and going, for an extra
our stock of bracelets, the latest out.
nice dinner at The Biggs, with Mr
L W Ross, Wasco Jeweler.
and Mrs J J Hsckard. Don’t forget
If you want to buy read The Ob
The Biggs, in your travels; there is
server. If you want to sell adver time enough. The table is supplied
tise in it.
With everything nioe, and the rooms
Something Wew, freeh and deli are new, neat and olean.
cious. Canned pumpkin, at Moro
Commercial Co. _
A Cough Ramody th a t Curas.
A P le a s a n t P h y s le .
When you want a pleasant physic glv
Chamberlain’s Stomach A Liver Tablets
atrial; they are mild and gentle in their
action and always produce a pleasant
cathartic eflfcct. Call at Moro Pharmacy
for a free sample.
t
Hickory Bark Cough Remedy, made
by the Hickory Bark Cough Remedy
Co, of. Walla Walla, Wash, guaranteed
to be j>ure; guaranteed to oure yoUr
(•qugXfior money refunded; guaranteed
tom ak e a friend of you. For sale by
Moro Pharmacy, and first class dealers
Everywhere.
Not every man who is diligent in
business makes a success of that
business. Many people are diligent
over trifles, and ignore that which
is important. Si.BtjBJau;onc«u4ratlfln
and thoroughness must characterize
diligence, if best results are to be
obtained.
“D ixie,” words and music,* Iras
written by Dan Em m ett, who died
in Ohio a few years ago at an ad
vanced ege. Em m ett was a burnt
cork minstrel and dashed off Dixie
to serve as a walk-around at the
end of a program. It is a good tune
for general purposes, and not at all
sectional in its origin.
Sentinel: Tests ot buds on "peach
and other fruit trees in the fruit
raising sections of Klickitat county
prove that no harm lias come to the
fruit by the cold snaps of the past
winter. There are abundant indica
tions that * the trees are uninjured,
and that the prospects for a large-
yield were never better.
Don’t he afraid to laugh. There
is no finer exercise in the world; it
makes every fibre of you get up and
go; it spurs your blood and sends it
sprinting at sqch a pace that the
sluggish corpuaoies which are pois
oning your mind nnd being have to
Stop loafing, give themselves a good
shake and settle down to honest,
good old-fashioned healthful work.
And that’s what you have got to do
also; you need more to occupy your
attention.
For Oisaasas a f the Skin.
Nearly all diseases of the skin such as
ezema, tetter, salt rheum and bar tier’s
itch, are characterized by In tense itch-*
lng and smarting, often making life a
burden,disturbing sleep and rest. Quick
relief may be bad by spi lylngGhamber-
lain’s Halve; It allays the itching and
smarting; many cases have been cured
by Its use. For sale by Moro Pharmacy.
It ’■ “in the air.”
falls are going dry.
Even Niagara
Charles Poole ie farm ing the Bert
Hennagin farm, east of Boardman
school.
Speaking about affinities;
w hat
can be more pleasing than th a t be
tween a bushel of wheat and a ailyef
dollar?
The Lord tempers the wind to
the shorn iamb, but Is tube that are
being ehipied thia month carry the
fleeces with them.
Martin Hansou was a vjeitor on
the 27tb, and left bis autograph
with us, oovering a period of time
for The Observer, extending over
into 1910.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE WORK.
Planning the Machinery for Effect
» k e m a a C e B B ty Vetes
M O N IÍL M D .
ive Development Operation.
The young folks of Monkland
The executive committee of the
gave a party at A C Thom pson’s
Sherman
County
Development
the evening of February 26th. The
League met at the call of Col C A
evening was spent in playing games
Buckley, President^- at the court
and a light lunch was served at
house in Moro, at 10.30 a m March
m idnight. There were 34 people
1st, all present except Mr Krusow. present.
Salary of Secretary George Mow
Richard Jewell, now farming in
ry was fixed at $10 per month for
Gilliam county, was in M onkland
the present, pending advance on in
crease of duty required.
« on the 25th.
Y Mr Atwood advanced the idea of
Monkland school started Monday
school children’s correspondence, March 1st. Miss Hattie Butter-
discussed in another column today. more is the teacher.
Sign board advertising was dis
Farmers are busy plowing in this
cussed and referred to to R C At
vicinity.
wood, T E Sink and E D McKee.
Miss Frances Thompson, Miss
The matter of postal card adver
tising was referred to E D McKee Lee of Erskineville, Miss Allie
Huis of Moro, and Miss Edna E v
and J J W iley.
ans
of Demoss, were visiting in
Au illustrated pamphlet was de
Monkland,
Saturday.
cided upon, and Attorney Bryant
J R Kaseberg was up from Port
land this week and disposed of the
balance of bis 1908 wheat crop, re
maining on band, receiving the $1
and Secretary George Mowry were
per bushel.
Hherwan County Field Meet.
appointed to edit the same, procur
C K Cochran stopped off a day en ing data from every available
At the last meeting of the execu
route to Condon Monday. Charley
source.
tive
committee of the Sherman Co.
is the picture of health and content
It was decided to procure 100,000
Field Meet and Declamatory Asso
ment. Gray hairs are creeping un
beet quality envelopes, of different
ciation, as reported in The Observer
der bis sombrero, the result of Jiis
sizes, printed with proper engrav
then, the proposition of allowing
early piety, perhaps^
ed and letter press matter, suitably
all the schools of the county to be
Several new arrivals of pe iple advertising the county. Envelopes
come members, was discussed, and
who are to become permanent resi to be placed, by the League with
it was finally decided to have the
dents of this vicinity are noted this business houses for sale. ...
county school superintendent te
week, among them Messrs Torrence,
A system of advertising Tablets
cum an expression from the rural
and Robinson, of Los Angeles re was also discussed, and the secreta
districts as to whether they desire
gion. Mr Torrence and wife are at ry instructed to investigate and
to become members.
home on the George E Jam es farni report.
With this object in view the su
The dry farming experimental
Mr Rubinson is with Mr Pinkerton.
perintendent
w ill be glad to hear
J C McCune will he at home with station was discussed, and referred
from
any
one
interested
along these
to L Barnum, for conference with
Mr and Mrs Robert Urqubart.
lines.
Communications
from pu
G W Berrian,of the Eastern Oregon
Mrs Wm Henricks gave a unique
pils, teachers, school clerks, boards
Land Company.
,
parly in entertaining the Rebeccas
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of directors, patrons, and others
at a Bloomer Social Friday after
F r iz e s fo r S ch o o l Children.
generally interested in the schools
noon, which was very much enj tyeti ?
of Sherman county, Will be gladly
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by those present. The winners in s * T he ex cutive committee of the received and duly considered. Ad
guessing contest were: Mrs Mae Sherman
County
Development dress, W C Bryant, Moro, Or.
James 1st; Otto Peetz second. Car League Lave decided to offer prizes
nations w^rq giveo ap. gouveoirs to the school children for correspon
Sheep men are anticipating softer
Music and refreshments were served. dence. The contest will be free to weather for lambing.
A new family of birds came tc all pupils in the county. Each pu
Sleeping in a tent in winter may
Moro last fall and have wintered in pil contesting shall write a.letter to be healthful, but you are defied to
homes selected Ln folded awnings on some person, preferably in some irkeit.---------------------- —*--------------
Maiu street, chiefly jst AxXell’a fur eastern state. Such pupil must
^Td*postpone a lynching in order
niture store. They are of a family keep a copy of hla or her fetter;and-
to
‘not deseorate the Sabbath’ givee
never before seen in this region and aftcr receiving an answer from the
us another unique insight into the
person
so
addressed,
attach
the
two
somewhat resemble the English
various forms of mental consistency
sparrow. They should he welcomed letters together and forward them
to
the
committee
to
paps
upon
the
Liberty bell will not come to*our
for their scavenger work, aside from
the attractiveness of their appear merits of the same. Prizes w ill he Oregon Rose Fair this yeai*. A new
ance. Put up boxes, and make the the same for high school and all orack has appeared in it, aud the
birds to feel at home in our midst. grades, three classes, at $10 for 1st risk of further damage would be too
If the birds were driven from earth prizes each; $5 2d prizes, each; and great.
mankind would soon perish, loatb- $2.50 for 3d prizes, each.
That Spokane man who flashed a
Attorney Bryant and Prof Blougb
irigly devoured by vile worms, in
$160 diamond in a saloon complains
sects, ect., which are now destroyed arc working out the plan, and will that he wae beaten and rybbed. He
thunk you for any suggestions thai will know enough nexktin/e to take"
by our feathered friends.
you may make, as this is a public
a club or a spade.
Samuel H ill and associates bare
matter, in which all the people are
purchased 4,775 acres of land in the
interested.
Columbus neighborhood, opposite
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Sherman county, and have paid out
An elegant assortment of St. Pat-
$163,000 in gold coin for the same, ricks postal cards, at The Observe!
M a r e P ra a b y ta r ia n C h u r e h .
ft is expected they will plant this Book Store. Cheap.
Services in Moro Preebyterian
land to grapes, whioh fruit grows to
O A Ramsey has bought the flne church next Sunday, Morning and
perfection there. The choicest pro
residence property on First st , cor evening.
duction will he shipped to various
Subject in the morning: Christian
ner of Scott avenue, and will im
markets, and the balanoe made into
Science. What it is, and what it is
prove it as it should be improved.
wines. It is expected that a large
Howard S Con lee and Sarah Bell not.
wine factory will be established at
Subject in the evening: The man
Columbus within the next 5 years, Toll, of Monkland, were married
that
was reading.
as these people have also purchased on the 2Hih at the Presbyterian
, Sunday school at 10 a m.
a number of town lots there. The manse in this city, Rev A J Adams
A cordial welcome tp all.
Hills are still after* several more otficiatin g.
A. J. A dams , Pastor.
One of the bills introduced in th»
farms in the Columbus neighbor
M o n k la n d P ra a b y ta r ia n C h u r e h .
lute Hsiernbly required physical e x
hood.
Regular service at the usual hour
amination
before marriage. Why
One way to provide new food is to
next Sunday. Everyone welcome.
save what we have. An apple, or a not also require mental? That ap
grain of corn saved is an apple or a pears to be the weakest point in Goftd C a u g h M a d lo ln a fo r C h ild r e n .
many instances.
The seaaon for coughs and oolda Is at
grain of corn gained. . Upon all the
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band and too much oare cannot be used
growing products of the earth an in
An Id e a l C o u g h M o d io ln o .
to protect the children; a child is more
cessant war is waged by Jiostile,in
! “ Aean ideal cough medicine I regard likely to contract diphtheria or scarlet
sects and plants. Some of the pests
Chamlierlalu’sCougb Remedy In aclaae fever when It has a oold; the quicker you
are animal: flies, mites, catapillars, by Itself,’’ says I)r Wiltshire, of Gwyn- cureltsoold the lees risk. Chamberlains
etc.; otberB, like rusts, smut, mold, ville, Iud. “ I take pleasure in teetlfylug Cough Remedy lathe sole rellanoe of nu
etc, are low forms of plant life; but to the results of Chamberlain’s Cough merous mothers and few of those wbove
whatever their nature, origin or Medicine. In fact Ik n o w o f no other tried It are willing to use any other. Mrs
preparation that meets so fully the ex FFStarcher, Ripley W .Va, says, “ I ’ve
method of work, the total destruc
pectations of the most ezactlng I d canes never used any other than Cham berlai n
tion wrought by these pests amount of croup and coughs of children; as II Cough Remedy for my children and it
to $700,000,000 annually in the U ni contains no opium, chloroform or mor baa always given good satisfaction. This
ted States. $700,000,000 may not phine, it certainly mattes a moat safe remedy contains no opium or other nar-
be a large sum, though it measura pleasant and etllcatious remedy for the ootlo and may be given as confidently to
ills it is intended.’* For sale by Moro a child as to an adult. For sale by Moro
bly compares with our total annual
Pharmacy.
Pharmacy.
national expenditures, and of more
than six times all the interest an
nually paid on all mortgages on all
the $20,000,000,000 worth of farms
in the United States B u tif we could
save these $700,(XX),000, we should
increase our total inci ID* from firm
by almost 1 5th, and might easily
increase the population f d bv 10 or
20,000,000 We havOAilready begun
in this way to save a good man)
millions. We have drawn upon
chemistry, we have invented sprays
and washes, fumigators hiy 4 insecti
Thousands of millions
cides, and have uaed them with va
of
cans of Royal Baiuns
rying success. Sometime« we fail;
Powder
have been used
once there was a contest between the
in making bread, biscuit
people of M sssachusetts and a cata-
plllar; after expending $8.(XX),(X 0,
and cake in this country,
and infinite patience, the people
and every housekeeper
gave in— and the caterpillar won
using it has rested in perfect confi
out.
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dence that her food would be light,
K ills W o u ld bw S la y e r .
A merciless murderer la appendicitis
with many victims. B ut Dr Kings New
Life Pills kill II by prevention. They
gently stimulate stomach, liver and
bowels, preventing that clogglog that
Invitee appendicitis,curing oonatlpatloo
bllllouaneaa, chills, malaria, headache
and Indigestion; 25cat Moro Pharmacy
**a AtGABS ¿kfifiM M M M M N M M N M ____________
Buying for cash is a great advantage to us because
; we save whatever trade discount iherc is. > > > >
,. Selling for cash is a g<eat advantage to you for you
do not have to help pay any bad debts apt to be con-
* traded »in the credit system.
Our prices will convince you that we are hewing
dose to the line.
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R epair to us
fo r Repairs.
VVe make a specialty of repairing wat
ches, eyeglasses, spectacles aud optical
goods. We have the tools aud materials
aud skill to Hjsure good work.
If you have any jewelry you cannot
wear bring It here, and we w ill repair it
so you can not tell it from new. We dont
tianx your watch up for a week or so ami
then charge you for cleaning it. We clean
it and guarantee it fo ra year with ordin
ary usage.
F. W. Clark, Jeweler, S Optician
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R. P . H u ls e
C eo . E. T h o m p so n
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loro Hardware and Implement Co
Have on hand a complete stock of
Harness, Harness Extras
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Work Harneffft^ leather and chain,
Hack and Buggy Harness, single or double,
Celluloid Rings, Halters, Whips, Robes, Collars, Pads
Every thing il takes to fix up a nice team.
We can furnish you everything in our line at any time.
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Real Estate Bargains
I h a v e a few* b argain s in farm laud and tow n property to
w hich I resp ectfully in vite a tte n tio n
(>1<) acres of line farm lan«l o u r m ile from Wa.-co
well im proved* $o(k)0 cask , balance on easy term s,
in te re s t a t e ig h t p er em it.
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Geo. L. D oyle place, east o f K lom likc, 4S() acres
of fine farn r lan d , all fenced and in c u ltiv a tio n ; $12,-
000, cash $3,(XX), bala nee on easy term s.
F ine residence p ro p erty in W asco w ith w iy d m ill,
cistfcrn, an d p riv a te w ater system , five room co ttag e
n ^ a r Sandow m ill,’ for $do(X); one th ir d cash, b alance
on easy term s.
U. B. p a rs o n a g e .p ro p e rty in W asco for $12<X);
one th ird cash, balance on easy term s.
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C. J. Bright, Wasco, Ore.
).'30C<XXX)000<XXXXXXXX>3000006
P ittsburg. Special ¡Fence
Hog Tight.
Electric Welded.
It’s Always Held
BEST OF PLUMBING MATERIAL
O u r G oods a re A b s o lu te ly G u a r a n te e d a n d o u r
P ric e s a re R ig h t.
Y o u r B u s in e s s S olicited .
L ane
&, S e x t o n
0 0 .0 - 0 0 2 " S e c o n d
S tr e e t,
The
D a lle s ,
O regon
GRAIN
DÎRILL
Sows Accurately
w ith o u t cracking
Grain—D urable—
Light D raft 1
H-vfaA«’1
B U IL T S W E 8 T
Has the strongest
fra mo and h ea v iest
wheels. Hag a skein
I t I \ I \ \
like a wagon, which make« it 25% lighter In draft. Has 50^ le?a wearing
parts than any other. It« wearing parts w ill la st50 ’' longer than ngy other.
Rave expense in repairs, llu* no bevel pinions. W ill not crack grain. Has
11 -1 là hoe,
kJ w , in
<ati m
*>t n* a Ia ■ » the
t iixy
hard oil compression nips. Wo k< ep " both ta disc •»
and
iu all
sis«-«.
one perfect aecd drill for the West.
Let ng prove It to yen by actual fisa trial. If
H'loran t prove the lmgt.s e take it lim k V<«
take aochanoeg. F.any term« If year dealer
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BEALL &G
3 O 9 E a s t Y a m h ill S t r e e t ,
n n n T i,A » in OREGON
INCREASING
Your Advertising
IN THE
SH ER flA N COUNTY OBSERVER
can not be figured as additional
■OVAL 19 THE ONLY BAKIN« POWDEK
MADE FROM BOYAL GUAPE CBEAlfl OP TAKTAK
expense. It is simply increas
ing an iiiestment from which you are sure
to receive good returns.
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