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About Sherman County observer. (Moro, Sherman County, Or.) 1897-1931 | View Entire Issue (May 14, 1909)
' Ì .-K me Judge Butler held a brief sees « of tbe Cirouit court on tbe 10th. / EVERY THING TO EAT OR WEAR O ur spring and summer lines in all departments, now complete, are ready for your inspection. We have paid, special attention this season to the needs ot ladies and chil dren in Dry Goods and Accessories. ♦ The largest line of Wash Goods, White Goods, Trimmings, Laces, Embroideries, Under Muslins, Shirt Waists, entirely new and up to date, is to be found in our store. We hope you will favor us with an early call to look over what we have to show, whether you wish to buy or not, \ as we are very anxious to acquaint you with our efforts tp, ’ cater to your wants. Please consider this a personal invitation. Thanking you for past favors, yours respectfully, MORO COMMERCHL CO. A The O b w e rv e r M O R O , S H E B M A K C O .,O R E G O N : <v« ► .« '• E u reka • LeSge N » . 13(1. A . F A A. M .. Moro, Or. Type-writer paper at Tbe Observ Charles Golliber was a Sunday er office. ' visitor in Moro this week. Hot Coffee and Sandwiobee, at David Maxwell was in Moro Sum- A B Wolfard’a, Biggs. day» fully recovered from his reoent Don’t borrow Tbe Observer. Sub sick «pelt, x * Meets the flrat and third scribe, and have it your own. Jess N Landry and wife were e x Pbumday evenings of each Fountain • Pen Pocket Holders, pected from Seattle last week on a month Vlaltiug iuwnl*r» cordially Invited to meet latest, safest and bast, Observer visit, but failed to materialize. with un. By order of the W. M. Seven more autos were sold in J. M. Parry, HecreUry. Book Siore. Sherman county last week, one of For Postal Cards, and Postal Bethlehem Cheater Hole A M Card cases, try The Observer Book which was taken hy Martin Hansen. Regular communication y N W and C 0 Silver are through cacti 2d and 4th Ilium- Store. day eveoiufea monthly. plowing, and their teams are on Sewing Machine needles, oil and By order W.M. Mrs Helen Parry, Hecy every kind of supplies. L W Ross, pasture preliminary to the work of harvest. ’ .. " tbe Wasco jeweler. M a r e L o d g e , N o . 1 13 , 1.0. Or F, Muro, Oregon. Your cboioe of 800 pieces of glass Meets every Haturday evening at 7 JO o’clock. and China ware, fur 10c, at tbe Moro Visiting members are cordially Invited. Mem Commercial Co special sale. bers are e*t»ected to be Try tbe Tough Enough overalls, J. O. Elliott, N. G. Brash. Hecretarv. all sises. Best quality for tbe least money. Moro Commercial Co. The price of The Observer is ♦1.60 7A oenlo for an month*, M) oeou ar year. 76 oent* at Type writer oil, tbe beetA dn-l. M foudbaontfas—bat If paid to ndvnuoe wo e«oep< flWJM) In fa ll for fo years, ttborinr Lubricates, oieans and polishes, te’ ma n a h oo« yoar 12H 12! oente per mouth. prevents rust. Try it The Observer A Blue Mark here will answer an Bqok Store. r X The Moro Commercial Co have just received two new assortments of glassware. 8<iuto elegant designs««.! moderate prices ' Drs Goffiu accompanied Mrs Reh man to Portland on tbe 9th, where she will submit to a course or medi cal treatment. RISING 19 VALUE. Large Tracte ta Eastern Oregon Change Ownership at Considerable Advaaee over Salee for Home Time. ®ry Farming. Tbe Doroae Society aeet with M re Lee W edneedsy, May 20ib. Oregon-Sunday JournaL Moro Opera Houee Is now iuolos Renewed interest in Eastern Ore ed and ready for the finishing io gon wheat lands is evidenoed by tbe terior. '« fact that two ismense deals in these Jack McMillin was with tbe boys lands were consummated last week in Moro oo the 9th, and took in tbe by W H Moore, of tbe Moore In hall game. vestment Company. One wae tbe eale of tbe RBck oreek farm of A J J B Wheat and wife expeot visit old-time friends In Missouri McDaniel, which wae purchased by Thomas Hye, a Spokane capitalist. next month. If you want In buy rm»«l The Ob This farm contains 2,400 seres,and server. If you want to sell adver was sold at the rate of $30 an acre, $72,000 for tbe entire holding. tise in it OUR B u y in g for cash is a great advantage to us because Born: To Mr and lir e Wm Olds Moro, May IS tb .a daughter. w e save w h atever trade discount there b . > ¿CRE TRACTS > > > Selling for cash to a great advantage to you for y o u do not have to help pay any bad debt» apt to be con tracted in the credit system. Near Portland O u r prices w ill convince you that w e are h ew in g dose to the line. on W e PARK C 'e r d la lly W e llc lt Y ear P a lfe a a g e . ECa«icLIxx, On the Oregon Electric, near Hillsboro, $176 to $200 per sore all cleared sod In a high state e i oultlvatloo; from 1 to 10-acr tracts. Oak Park station on the tract. Tbe other was the J H Harbke It would he fine if somebody oouid operate Moro flour m ills all tract, which was purchased by J C Weatherford tor $48,000. through Iha season. One and % miles from Council Both tracts are n«-ar 01ex,20m iles The Oregon tbrsabers convention Crest; nothing better than this traot for fruit and walnuts. It seems to have been more of a Web- south of Arlington, in G illiam ) to laid out In 6-acie tracts. Ia county, and are of semi-arid char foot good roads boom. toaa than 6 miles from the City acter, known throughout Sherman, Hall. Price $860 per acre. . t. hnjBtewart, native of Scotlaod, Gilliam, Morrow and U m atilla was m illed to oitiz-mship by oountiee as dry farming land. Judge Butler oo tbe 10ib- Sinoe the announoemeDt of the G W Barrian's auto arrived from sale of these properties in the early San Franciyoo via The Dalles, and On the O. W P line, nearEeta part of the week, W H Moore says at ouoe proceeded to business.1 oada; tracts from 10 to 20 acres, that be has received score« of letters part cleared and part In timber. N W Thoapeon wrenched bit right from prospective investors in East Hrloe $00 to $110 per sore. . . knee Tuesday, while engaged at a ern Oregon and Eastern W ashing job of carpenter work on his farm. ton farming lands, m aking inquiries Mrs A O Aodareon, of Pendleton, for tracts in the whole distriot from “In my is enjoying ber visit, and will not The Dalles to Spokane. On the Washington aide, near return to Pendleton-anti I some ti(J^ opinion," eaid Mr Moore, “the tale Vancouver; In foot only 2 miles of the McDaniel and Harbke farms next month. from tbe city limits of Vancou ~ _ j j - .... — 1 -g- - *~ itx Gilliam county is of more im- ver. No finer coll In tho North.-, Omar Sayres left Tuesday for poSanoe and more value to Port west. In 6 and* 10-aore tn W alla W alk, where be expect« to Prioe $160 lo $200 per acre. land than flfo combined transact sign necessary adoption papers for a ions in Portland city property, ag Baby Holt harveater. - v Besides the above we bave a gregating $2,000,000, that have number of email Improved Our buMinees on Ladies' Shirt been made in the pajt 20 days. A ferine, of from 60 to 100 serve, Waists has been immense; but we few years ago this semi-arid land near Portland, from $76 to $100 have plenty left. Cali and see them. was not worth $5 an acre, but since per acre, i . Moro Commercial Co. practical farmers have found out Our terme on acre tracta are 10 A H Barnum furnished tbe Moro that with proper cultivation a good percent, oeah and 2% peroent. people with some excellent mutton yield ia assured, aud a crop failure per month, and 6 per oent off praotioally unknown, these lands Inst week—sample products of the for all oaeh. have more than quadrupled in val- Lone Rook Slock fsrtd* ‘ The man who understandr Don’t forget we also bave large O P H ulse Co will sell you any his business can grow wheat on the wheat farina in Eastern Oregon thing you want. If you have Lnd and Washington for sale, or semi-arid land in Eastern Oregon to sell, see me. If you want to buy trade for city property or acre fur 26 cents a buahel, which means aee me. O P Hulae, Moro, Or age near Portland. . •. ~ a profit of from $6 to $8 an acre. Curtía K-dly of the White Halnoon Of course there are farmers in East nterprise, wae in Gohlendaie last ern Oregon, who don’t do th£t well week,, and received a first class in growing wheat for there are poor squabbled notice jn The Sentinel. farmers over there as well as every L afaystts ■ a líe la « S i x t h a a « W a s h l a g t e a B t r s s ts City Recorder and ex-officio Jus where else, but when some dry land tice Geo Mowry, united H F Myers farmers make a handsome thing ■ » « r tla a d , O r e g e a . and Mrs E J Cratty in the holy year after year in growing wheat bonds of matrimony in tbit city on and other grains, it shows conclus ively that tbe failuree cannot be the 10th. Nary an Naught too Hany. ^barged to the land." 'T h e many friends of Mre James Oregon D aily Journal? •K* Mr Moore has a number of deals Stewart will be pleased*«* learn that The 8herman County Observer she has about recovered from her on for other holdings in Gilliam severe illness, and is now able to be county land, which he expects to speaks of a pair of big black horses close in the next few weeks. worth $8/)00.00 and another span about again. OzGg'OZX R epair to us fo r R epairs. We make a specialty of repairing wat ches, eyeglaaaee, spectacles and optical good«. We bave the tools and materials and skill to insure good work. If you bave any jewelry you cannot wear bring It here, and we will repair It »» you oau not tell It from new. We dont bang your walcb up for a week or so and theu charge you for cleaning It. We clean It and guarantee it for a year with ordin ary usage. CRESTDALE P. - z t I. Clark, Jeweler, I I F I E I S Optician THE DALLES, OBEOON. FERN ROCK m il Moore InvostiooDt Compoy As showing tbe trend of land buy ing, a traot sold near Oak Park and Creatdala tar $0,600, to s Hood river Inquiry, when entered upon our calendar, Navy, light blue, oxblood, red, tan orebardist for apple raising pur giving the date of the paper aa the date at which your current subscription expires. brown and black, Armour plate poses. hosiery for ladies, at the Moro Com T W Branaen took in tbe hall John Kenneth, the six year old F R ID A Y ...................... May H , 1909 mercial Co's. game on tbe 9tb. Next to a big son of Mr and Mra J V O’Leary, of Superior round nickel lippe«! and McKenzie Bridge, died of appendi orop of wheat nothing pleases him rubber top pencils, two-for-6-centg citis in tbe hospital at Eugene, on better than a lively game on the and some for 10 cl« per dox., at the tbe 27lb ult. diamond. Observer Book Store. • One of the Blue Barn tea ma got J A M cNeil, is now ready to at „ Old type uiakea. the very beet of tend promptly in any repairs your away from its driver Sunday, and O f fe r e d F o r B a le bv Babbitt metal. We have it for eale Holt Combined Harvester mav be at the finish of a lively run away and when you need any call at Tbe in need of for the season of 1909. plunged into a bark at a bitching Observer office Price ia right. " M o r o , O re g o n , There are 76 machines ip Sherman poet, and finished it. Freeh supply of genuine carbolen- oounty, all more or less in need of A 36-oent advertisement in The N o . I WMI kcw». I ji miles to rail lum just opened at theObeerver Book repairs, and but one man to make Old Reliable, found a atray horaa road etation. 4 roomed dwelling, barn 88z46, blacksmith Mop, granary, cow Store. a speciality of Ibis work; so to be at the farm of Charles Powell west barn, (toe well water with wind mill Pcatal Card Albums fine, in cloth ready for the harveet owners should of Moro. The animal strayed away and cistern, «mail bearing orchard, tel •phone In bouse, well feuoed aud crons covers, eto., from 26c up, at Tbe Ob be up and doing. Several 21-hand from Charles G olliber,of the Waaoo fenced, 860 acres tillable and «11 In orop server Book Store. machines at a bargain. J A Mc Implement House. miles to Grass Valley Price 123,000 >2.600 cash, balance to suit purchaser The Moro Commercial Co bave Neil, Moro, Or. at 7 per oeut Interest. Dr Rollina, the pioneer fouoder of turned out eome handsome suits Tbe county oourt of K lickitat Grass Valley eity, was a pleasant ■ N o . 8 320 acre" le* th a n mlIe from this season fur men and boys. Some county has at last authorized a new caller Saturday.^ He will oelehrate M >ro, good dwelling and barn, nearly all tillable, plenty of good water, g«wd new ones just received. road from Cliff«*, to connect with the tbe 81et anniversary ol bis birth rtcb deep soil. In good state of cultiva tion, line bargain at *42 per acre, third E C Davis, proprietor of the Grass old Grant-Goldendale road. The and Is booked in app«*rance for cash, balance to suit purchaser at 7 per Valley Barn, promptly attends all grade will not exceed 8 percent. Tbe many relume of tbs day. eent Interest. calls, day or night. Animals given ferry at Rufus-Cliffs is to be resum Otto Peeix and JG A Meioy are to NO 3 630 acr®* 4 m,Ies from Kent 460acres tillable, plenty of water, well the very beat of care.' Charges are ed; and passenger trains of the 0 R represent the Moro Odd Fellows in fenced, school house on oorner of place, right. N will regularly stop at Rufus, at small buildings, price $26 per acre sum- grand lodge at Albany next week. merfallowed, $2,000 down aud balauoe Dr J R Morgan, Dentist, has ar an establiabed deppt, attended by a Mrs W C Rutledge and Mrs G A on crop payment* if desired. duly appointed agent. Tbua again ranged his appointments for Wasco Meioy will represent Moro Re I»-ocas 4(go . 4 400 acres 3 miles from Keut for two weeks in each month begin is realised the truth of that old nd- at tbe same time and place. fair buildings, plenty of water, well age: “ Everything comes In those feuoed, good state of cultivation, 226 ning with the 16th day. The re Everybody appears thankful for acres tillable, price $7,600, cash $1,600 m aining part of each month he will who w a it" Rufus has long been balance on terms to suit purchaser. denied these thing« which rightfully tbe long bright hours of God's free- be at his office in Moro. belong to ber. light, these days; but atygean dark- NO. 5 820 “ores about mile from I I I l- l ’M - l Rutledge, nearly all tillable, fenced bog 1 1 1 1 neas at 6 p m would be preferred to Royal Club oanned goods are the tight, on county road, no buildings, ; A number of my patrons are water could be bad on place by rilgtiig thia «logoned wind of 40 days and very best. Buy them of the Moro well, this la a bargain at $26 per acre ; not aware that for some mouths more. Jupiter Pluviue and Vuloan Oom mere! el Co. $1600 cash, balauoe on easy term*. ; past the Moro Commercial Co. have been rowing over rain, and let Don't forget the place to get your N o . 6 303 acres east of Monkland ; has bad my bread on sale; any Boreas butt in until we've lost hslf flvendlm from railroad station, about ; pure liases of bf*ad at this moneys worth in a watch ia at L W of tbe p«»lato crop. 62P acres tillable, good bored well 100 ft deep o,stern, 4 room bouse,200 acres In ’ ; store will be appreciated by J Roes’ Jeweler, Wasco. County School Superintendent auuituerfeliow, third of orop goes to the Mrs. E. Anderson. J Seven steel, wagoos and pairs of Bryant has shipped the exhibit of purchaser, fair barn, good rich soil; price $30 per acre, small payment down 1 1 1 1 i i i - m -i‘ H ‘ M - i n < H M - H - extra wheels, for ssle cH>ep at tbe tbe Hherman «xiunty schools for tbe balance to suit purchaser. The way trains connect at Biggs Wasco Implement House. A-P-Y-Exposilinn to Portland, to be N o 7 160 «cres, 1 mile from Kent. 18« acres In summer fallow wheat. >26 noir, passengers have ample time An* extensive assortment of Pana bound, preparatory to delivery to er acre; purchaser get« 8 4ths ot crop, both oomiug and going, for an extra ma, atraw and felt bats for men and County Superintendent. Robinson, 1,000 down, balance terms easy. uioe dinner at The Biggs, with Mr boys. Newest styles novelties and who has been designated by the Or Mo 8 343 seres, less than one mile egon commissioners to arrange the from Aurbon, fine dwelling and other and Mrs J J Heokard. Don't forget etaples, Moro Commercial Co. out bulldlugs Including barn, granary, Tbe Biggs, in your travels; there is exhibit of the schools nf this state We desire to publish all tbe new** large chicken house, eow sheds aud lime enough. Tbe table is supplied other building*, well fenced and cross with everything nice, and the rooms of every psrt of Sherman county, for tbe fair. Thia exhibit includes fenced, plenty of water, one of the best but if you bide your item under a several fine photographs by Artist Improved farms IO the county; price are new, neat and clean. Raymond. $26 per acre, reasonable cash payment, Avenarius Carhotinsua is a germ bushel it does nobreiy good. balance to suit purchaser with Interest W 0 Bryant borrowed a mare destroyer. Deoay being a germ, it at 6 per oent. Some Ladie«' Suite lef* Toclos»- destroys the cause of decay in posts from Diok Herrin, 2G miles north of 0 I have several different them nut we will give you a very M>-ro h st week, to finish one of bis pieces ofland In Eastern WaahtMgUm or timber. Tbs US.Uovernmeut, which r oan exchange for farm Ianda the ORNCo., Multnomah oounty, low 'price. Look them over, at the «fWves home,) in plana nf hie own In Hherman county and pay the differ- and oity Portland, are making Moro Commercial Co. horea left on pasture. Wishing to «nee In cash. Ala«, have someland In general use of it on bridge timbers, Willamette valley toexebange for iarro Our “ ads" attract attention end home, before Mr Bryant was eto. It is the best chicken lice de- land Io Sherman county. atroyer on the market, and will advertise. When you get our ad ready In drive back, the mare broke Mo IO One story brick building sweeten and preserve a water trough, vertising, you get busineesbringers out of the Moro lot Saturday morn In Moro, »<70 feet, for sals cheap and pig pen, stable, eto , and keep sway oo very easy terms. ing. 8-arch Waa h«gun for trs.*e of New supply of mualine, esmhrice. flies. It is a guaranteed article. N o I I BHck »«“* ‘,k "*** Tbe Observer Book Store is «fistrfb* India Hnons. and all staples In dry her when by phone it was learned Rewlvllie, 14 miles from Portland to exchange for farm lands, Will pay some utor of tbs pure srtiole in Sherman good a and notions at Moro’s Big that she bad reached home, three Store. honra after leaving here. oounty. » difference; pries $16,000. W . H. RAGSDALE Contemporary Talk. The Astorian: A petition sent to this eity from Multnomah ooonty, asks for an initiative law permitting the election ol an additional judge in Portland. Dudley Blount circu lated the petition, and apparently many, glad to sign any old thing; attached their name« to it. Juat why such a petition should be sent out of Multnomah oounty is not cler, as few if any away from there oan be familiar with the question. Yet it .was signed freely enough here though probably most of those who signed did not know nor care what or where tbe 4th district is. Newberg Graphic: Mr and MrsC J Bright were down from Wasco the first of the week tor a short visit at the home of her paren ts Mr and M rs Lai sen They are arranging to re move to The Dalles in a short time. Sentinel: R J Ginn, owner of the Goidendale flour m ill waa in town the moat of the week, looking after the property and preparing to take poeeeesion June 1st. It w ill be put in condition to begin work on the new wheat orop and ran to its full capacity throughout the season. The Dalles Chronicle: Alfred Dil- iinger, one of the proprietors of the Parlor Grooery, will move into the home formerly owned and occupied by Mr and Mrs J M Filloon Mr Dellinger recently purchased the property; - Angel Cakes and Biscuits Free samples o f Baking, Butter and Tea fo r all Ladies who desire them * loro Hardware and Implement Co >oooooooooooocxxxx>ooooooooo ■ ^ ■ H l - l H - I I I | 1 I l i n ll! ! I - F H h H - H - H - H H - H - l - I -t - l A little trade talk to Y O U :: I lie watches we sell are built with special care by tbe most experienced mechanics and finished to give «» any of my customers dirt and dust proof satisfaction. " Prices range from $1 up, in all grades and cases; can furnish a watch with any where from 7-to 23 jewels. •• All watches purchased of me are positively guaranteed to give satisfaction; and will gladly Replace any that J 11 ’ do not please the purchaser, without charge. J } W? ROSS, lìt i h H - + H H 1 + 1 I 1 1 11 I H I 1 1 1 I I I I $ a Barred Plymouth Rock Eggs Stock Are winners. Hena from my stock have won lat at a number of tbeNnrth- v « t allow* the paat 4 years. Hlgbeet aooring cockerel in tbe North we«t last year under National Poultry Aaanola tlon rules, wa* again lat this year In Portland. Eggs and stock, for sale reasonable. South Mount Tabor, 1594 Division Street and West Ave IVI. J . M E Y E R S , P o rtlan d, Oregon T h r e e C h o ic e C o c h r e la F o r S a le . >00000000000000000000000*7 «eeeeeeeeaweeeetpQQe«««««««««««« Wasco Implement House I C h ao . C o llih e r, p ro p rie to r -$b Eome of tbe folks who went to Washington for tbe Inauguration, and are there yet, freely let It be known that they are not staying In the capital for thetr health. Main Sherman county Headquarters fo r Farm Machinery and Supplies. Best assorted stock in the county Children Who Are Sickly ALW AYS ON HAND C ry FOR FLETCHER’S C A S T O R IA ' ‘ ’ ’ oooooooooooooooooooooooc W heoplnp C eug h . C h ild r e n ’’ ;; *■ Watoh I Kap« oto r for th« O. R. A N. Ry J e w e le r , W a s c o , O re g o n L in k B e ltin g , L e a th e r B e ltin g , Lace L e a th e r, E n g in e P a c k in g , O ils , Rope, fla c h in e E x tra s , etc D e e rin g a n d Hodge H ead ers M M gggw w M iM rtw M togggw gM w gM gto r in D1RILL Sow« Accurately w ith ou t crack in g Grain—D urable—7 Light D raft talcing Powder fif AhtdtrU ljrPttn The • only baldng powder fro m R o y a l Grape Cream o í Tartar. BUILTSWE8T Has th« atrongnat fr*ins and kgaviast whr.la. Has a xkein I SS# torn Uka a w agon, w h ic h m akes i t >9> lig h te r ia d r a ft, Haa n u t s th a n a n y o th e r. It e w e a rtr ng p n rte w ill lxxt SO«*t longer th a n any oth er, H a m expense In r e p a ir * . H e * no p novni pinions. Will not «rack grain. Hea h e r * o il com pression enpa. W e keep both disc and he«, in all s I m «. Ia th e K r ill fo r the West Let ns ptom It te yue ‘ .Vpr, uh. •' * . e *««*^»*™»* 1F y w 4eeìèr BEALL &G & 3 0 9 Beat YnmhiU • Ml .w-:: ,0» Gl No X A i WATCHES, the sky-ecraper denizens of the Rose City to know it. Mother! who value their own contort and the welfare o f their chil Ire«, should never be without a box of Mother O rsy*! Sweet P o *«ler* lor C h il dren, fiw uee throughout the esston. They break up UoMa. cure Feverishness, Constipation, Teethinr, Msorders. Headache, Stomach Troubles. T'HKHE •O W O K R S N Z V Z R F A IL Bold by ail U n ix Storoa, Stc. Oou‘t accrgt^Mi^ substitute. A t r ia l In any mother who Ekage w ill be w ill address Allan S. Olmsted. U R o y . N .Y . I by Gasoline Stoves -— worth $12,000.00. D idn’t you add a naught unintentionally? MrO. No, sir; the above figures are ex- afctly oorrect. W ith its automobiles, its opera houses, its athletics, its Development League, its pretty homes, handsome women and ch il dren, other things correspond thro* out the “biggest little oounty (only 21 townships) in the wide, wide worhi;” and The Observer wishes Thia la a more dangerous disease than Is generally presumed. It will be a sur prise to many to learn that mors deaths result from It than from scarlet fever. Pneumonia often results from IL Cham berlain’s Gough Remedy has been used In many epidemics of whooping oough, and always with the beet results. Del MeKelg, of Harlan, Ia, aayaof It, “ My boy took whooping oough wbeu nine months old; ba bad It In the winter; I got a bottle of Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy which proved good; I aaunot recommend It too highly.” For aale by Moro Pharmacy. U Demonstration Cooking FRUITVILL Real Estate > 4 WHEAT LAHM V •
