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About Sherman County observer. (Moro, Sherman County, Or.) 1897-1931 | View Entire Issue (June 18, 1909)
I » Z A bicycle on the itreet no« ourlosity. MORO COMMERCIAL CO. * M r and Mrs N W Silver returned from the oaroival and fair on Moo * river. • Sprinkle salt on the bottom of You oouldt?l buy a sack of «pud» the oven before putting in a pan of In Moro last Saturday. Even the cake or biscuits and there w ill ba hotels were out. no danger ol burning. Ml«* Ida Mowry left for Portland Wasco Encampment No 70 will on the 12th to attend the wedding hold its regular meeting in the I O of Miss Addie Lewi«. O F hall, iu Wasoo, Jane 23d. The celebrated White mountain Election of offioero, degree work, ioe oream ffcesors at the Moro and other important busineaa. Mem Hardware &. Implement Co. hers are requested to be preeent. L ittle Lola M errta has been quite I t developed that M r H ill was sick for about a week necessitating not afraid of the grand ju ry and the the attention of a physician. grand jury was not afraid of Mr THE VITAL QUESTION SOMETHING'GOOD TO EAT COMPLETE STOCK OF GROCERIES Canned Vegetables Canned Fruits Canned Meats Pickles, Sweet Pickles, Sour Pickles, Dill / APPETIZING THINGS Chow Chow pint 15q Pineapple can 15c. While they last, Corn and Tomatoes good quality 10c the can. Our Groceries are Fresh. N ew Goods. Give us a trial. JWORO COMMERCIAL GO. The O b s e rv e r M O R O , « H E R M A N C O ., O R KO O N : E ureka A. V With us. Ledge N e . 121. A A. M ., Moro, Or. * A G Anderson of Gsesa Valley, was admitted to oitiienship by Judge Butler this «teek. Hon C J Bright, of Wasco, was antong the attorneys attending court this week in Moro. Meets the flr»L and third Thursday evauluga of each Mrs Inex Filloon, who happened m onth Visiting members cordially Invited to uavet to he visiting in Yakim a at the time B y order o f the W . M. J. M. Parry, HecretXry. of the *‘du«tatorm,” Thursday after B e th rb h am C h e s te r N o ?» O .K fe Regular oommiinlcatlon each 2d and 4th Thurs day evenings m o n th ly. By order W .M . M rs H elen Parry, Hecy M o ro L o d g e , N o . 113, 1. O. O. F . Moro, OrcKO". A E Moreta bought the eow and H ill. So everything went off love twin naive« ibvertised in The Ob ly at Spokane, without the least server last week by A C Tbompeon. call for snappy headlines and nasty cartoons. 8imon Eloock returned from hie Master Cories» Moore is entering outing to the G A R oiuip, the Rose feetival, etc , refreshed by the (rip. the ranks of the thrifty produoar. Last week he took in $80 cash on E E Barsee wbo naught a glimpse account of his sales of farm products, of the Rose fair and proceeded to which we think is a good beginning, Salem on husinew«, h expected considering that he is not yet 9 home todav. years of age. 4 Drs 0>J and Marie M Goffin re turned Monday froth the fair ac companied by a Indy relative from the vs 1 ley. The grand encampment G A R which met at Corvallis this month decided to bold its meeting next year at Astoria. Charlie Poole whs iu town with bis family on the l l l b . Charley He who hesitates lives in P hila hss a prix« colt following tie off- delphia. mare in bis team. I t is an ill wind that blows from Notices have been |>osted calling Chicago. the annual school meeting for June The hand that rocks the oradle 2ls<, Mt which time a clerk and one is in Africa. director will he elected. Never1 cross a bridge until you Come and try one of our one gal live in Brooklyn. water bags; they are the hot stuff Fred H W alker hasjehanged his noon June 10th, writes a vivid de residence to Shaniko. scription of it for The Chronicle. Yakim a people thought the world Born, June 10th, to M r and M rs was surely ooming to an end. Her Miller, of Hay canyon, a daughter. views of it w ill appear next week See our display window for the in The Observer. latest-patterns in community silver TVpe-writer paper at The Observ ware, th e moat popular patterns go er office. ing. L W Ross, Wasco jeweler. Meets every Saturday veiling ax 7:30 o’clock. Hot Coffee and Sandwiches, at Buy the genuine imported aven- Visitlug inem tien are cordially Invited. M em A B Wolfard’s, Biggs. orious carholineutn; the imitation bers are expected to i>e J. O. Efllott, N . G . Don’t borrow The Observer. Sub being offered is only a temporary Brash, Secretary. remedy if at -all. If genuine one scribe, and have it your own. for keeping the water cool. the M oro H a rd w a re Sold by & Implement Co. Things begin to look like business in the vicinity of Roy Powell’s new barn in progress of construction at the farm at head of the Harris grade. Real Estate W. H. RAGSDALE Dad Peels has pear treea in hie Moro orchard that wall hear fruit hut the apple bloom left no proe- peot of any fruit to follow them. Old typo makaa the very beet of Babbitt metal. We have it for sale aud when you used any oall at The Observer office. Prioe is right. George H Cove, a Massachusetts man has discovered a process of storing sunbeams for future light heat and power. Seemingly noth remains impossible. Yesterday died at midnight; it has gone into the measureless past Today is the living, pulsing present, to be taken joyfully into our hearts aud made the most of. Tomorrow ie a wonderful opportunity yet un born. Hood river News: Mrs W Hadley, who has been spending the winter and spring at Hood river left Wednesday for Collina springs, where she will remain during the With the death and damage that summer. C G Newman, who last went with the celebration of Decor- week had his bouse destroyed by ation day throughout the country fire, has rented the Hadley home. we have a foretaate of the Inde Chronicle: Wednesday evening, pendence day battle ooming next June 9th at the M E ohuroh in month, with its long list of dead, Klondike, Raymond B ‘ Morehouse maimed, hurt and of property de- troyed. We are evidently a bloody and Mise Mayme O Potter of K lon minded people, which ia not con dike were united in the holy bonds of matrimony. Only a few of the tent without human sacrifice on most intimate friends and relatives large'sonle. of the contracting parties attended Don’t kickTiecauae you have to the oeremouies. button ypur wife’s waist. Be glad Washington oounty, notably your wife has a waist and doubly Hillsboro, has much trouble with glad you have a wife to button There waist for. Some men’s wives have an epidemic of small pox. no waiats to button. 8ome men's are two cases in West Union, and wives waists have no buttons on to six caaes in the Stonewall family button. And some men’s wives near Buxton, but all are a very According to health have no waists with buttons on to mild type. button. Some men’s wives who officer Wood it ia this mildness have waists with buttons on to but which oauees the spread of the ton don’t care whether they are disease, for patients are often not buttoued or not. Some men don’t aware they have it until the infeo- have any wiv^e with waists with tion has spread to others buttons on to button, • any more Health officers waro against ex tbao a rabbit. posed garbage, open cesspools, barn By holding a pieoe of Chicago Greater publicity is need-d about some things going on in Sherman downtown property 24 years, Wm county, which will he made plain K Loheniline, of New York cityhas to readers of The Observer in a made a clear profit of more than >750,000. This is at the rale of short time. more tbao >30,600 a year. This E W Lewis let go the Rose festi became known when it waa an val and came home 'Friday. Ed nounced that M r • i LobenstiDe r r bad says Portland can rear a suite of sold to Richard W 8ears, of Sears grafts that would set Seattle wild Roebuck it Co, the Southeast with envy. corner of Jackson boulevard and George Ilennegin and wife a j- Plymouth place. The consideration oompauied Mr and Mrs Poynter mentioned in the deeds is nominal, home to Portland last week, going but it is stated on good authority all the way by auto and boat via that Mr Sears paid about $900,000 The Dalles. for the land. The property ie 80 x How many in this county M rs A J Adame came home Mon 150 helped Sears to the money in lees day from Portland, Corvallis and Hoodriver. The Dorcas Society time thnn 24 years. application lasts for ail time. Ask 'For Postal Cards, and. Postal to see onr sealed pan?ages. The for four months— but If paid in advanoe we Card cases, try The Observer Book Observer Book Store. seoepi >260 In fu ll for X years. Shorter Store. ' tS’ oas than on« year U K oeuts per month. The he«| way to protect your I f you want to buy read The Ob machinery against wear is to use A Blue Mark hors will answer an Inquiry, when entered upon onr calendar, server. ‘ I f you “Want to sell adver good oil. That is Valvoline, the giving the dale o f Ihfe paper as the dale at tise in it. which your current subscription expires. best in this world or any other. Fountain Pen Pocket Holders, Sold by the Moro Hardware <fe Im June 18, 1909 fates!, safest and bast, Observer plement Co. F R ID A Y Book Store. T alk about your apples and Wedding stationery, and litera other fruits as producers of coin ture for all social functions, at The W F Na»s, of Sunnyside, near Spo Observer Bi>ok Store. kane, reslix- d >500 per acre for his t Sewing Maohtne needles, oil aud last orop of spuds. The land bad O f fe r e d F o r S a le bv very kind of supplies. ■ L W Roes, been in alfalfa five years. was remembered by her in the the Wateo*jeweler. D r N G Blalock of W a lia W alla, matter of roses, etc., for Wednes New stock of double trees, clevis-< and Prof E Coppen Tannatt, of the day's decorations. M o r o , O re g o n , hs , chain, etc., at Moro Hardware Montana University, at Bozeman, Dr J R Morgan, Dentist, has ar N o . I 900 acres, 2 # mile« to rail were Moro visitor« last week. Dr road station. 4 roomed d w elling , barn aud Implement Co. See adv. ranged his appointments for Wasco 38x45, blacksmith shop, granary, cow Our ‘ ‘ad«” attract attention and Blalock is one of the untiring spirits for two weeks in each month begin barn, fine well water w ith w ind m ill When yop geL our ad of progress whose work hi>s been ning with the 15th day. The re and cistern, small bearing orchard, tel «dvertiec. ephone In house, well fenced and croee vertising, you get husinoHabringers. indellihly impressed upon a thous maining part of each month he w ill fenced, 850 acres tillable and all In crop and jndispensihle projects iu the be at his office in Moro. miles to Grass Valley Price >23,000 We desire to publish all the news $2,500 cash, balance to suit purchaser Oregon country for more than two- of every part of Sherman county, Two Moro autos were in the floral a t 7 per ceut Interest. thirds of a century. hut if you hide your item under a procession at Portland, owned by O N o 2 320 acres less than m ile from M oro, good d w elling aud barn, nearly bushel it does nobody good. The Dee correspondent of the L Brlshe and Martin Hansen. a ll tillable, plenty of good winter, good Hoodriver New» reports that Bruce While in the c itf M r Hansen’s rich deep »oil, In good state of cu ltiv a E C Davis, proprietor of the Grass tion, flue bargain at >42 per acre, th ird Billings had a very peculiar ex manhiue collided with a street car cash, balance to suit purchaser at 7 per Valley Barn, promptly attends ail perience one evotdng last week. winch took a wheel off-the Sherman cent interest. calls, day or night. Animals given He whs on a pony going after the ooanty motor. N o . 3 MO acres .4 miles from K e n t the very beet of care. Charges are cows whpn two large owls flew out 450 acres tillable, plenty o f water, well right. Boardman school doses tonight fenced, school house on oorner of place, of a clump of trees and attacked with an tee cream festival and liter •m a ll buildings, price >26 per acre sum Don’t forget the place to get your him. In the surprise of the attack mer fallowed, >2,(MX) down and balanoe ary exeroises. The program is a moneys worth in a w a toil is at L W on crop payments i f desired. his horse jumped and threw him off good one, including shadow sales Ross’ Jeweler, Wasco. N o . 4 400 acre* 3 mile« from Kent and the birds went after him with hy auctiojj for the benefit of the fair buildings, plenty of water, well Stationery, • paper, pens, ink, beak and claw and scratched him fenced, go<ta state of cultivation, 226 J* blackboard fund. Ioe cream and aoree tillab le, price >7,600, cash >1,600 pencils and all sorts of ictae, at the end tore Ids clothes oonsidor ably be cake will be served free. balance on terms to suit purchaser. Observer Book 8tore. fore he could find a weapon suitable The Moro Hardware A Im ple N o . 5 480 »cres 4 miles from IL R . For wedding presents go to L W for defense. Th the melee the attack staiiou about a ll tilla b le. K aec. in ment Co. i» out after your business ■um m erfaliow gswtn, K of crop goes to Ross', jy o u w ill find a good assort ing party was increased by a third purchaser. Plenty o f water, w in d m ill ment to select from. owl, a young one, which he thinks In an International auto buggy. and good oistern. Good d w elling of 7 They know they will catch it be- rooms. Price >30 per aoro. >8000 cash, Type writer oil, the best 3 irt-1. was the cause of the fierce attack, lie succeded in killing the young one cHUHe there are no tires to puncture; term« easy on balauce. ^Lubricates, cleans and polishes, N o . O 600 acres east of Monkland prevents rust." T ry it The Observer and defending himself the heat he it is kept cool by air and not by hot five miles from railroad, station, about Book Store. Th« y are the practical < ar for could,'ha got on hie horse and re air 52P acres tillable, good bored well 100 ft thia country. Sold by the Moro treated, carrying the ..victim as a deep, cistern, 4 room house,200 scree In I |I»1 | I | I |I ,M |4 I pi1 sumtuerfhllow, third of crop goes to the Hardware a Implement Co. trophy and being followed quite a purohaeer, fair barn, good rich »oil; ' A number of my patrons are ’ price >30 per acre,email paym ent down During the absence of S Elook to ' not aware that for some months ; distance hy the two fieroe old owl balance to suit purchaser. birds. The young onet though the encampment, Rose festival, eto ; past the Moro Commercial Co. ; N o . 7 160 acre«, 1 mile from K e n t, covered with down,, was quite a Fred Rosa attended the grocery 1 » , acres In summer fallow wheat. $26 ; has had my bread on sale; any ; per acre; purchaser gets» lOthsot crop; ; purchases of bread at this J large bird and put up quite a fight side of the store nf the Moro Com- >1,000 dow n, balauce terms easy. • J store will be appreciated hy J before he was put out of business. merriial company. Fred is at homrf N o 8 <0° acres at >28 00 per acre 2 Mrs. E. Anderson. ; Bruce thinks he wdlit go around behind the counter with a throng m tie « 'fro m R R station, plenty of those haunts again.wit float a gun. of buyers before him. Miss H «n- • w ater, about 280 acres tillab le. 6 room I I 1 I h H - l ll-M -H -l-H -H -l-ll-Il' d w elling , small orchard, barn for 10 Jaidge Wm Henrietta waa called aen verv pleasantly filled the place head horses. W in d m ill, hlg cistern. Avenarius Carboiineua is a germ to Castle Rock, Wash , on the 11 tb, of M r Lewellin at the same estab About >3000 cash, balance terms easy. destroyer. Deoay being a germ, it lish orient dnrihg his absence. N o 0 600 aores about 9 miles south- destroys the oause of deoay in posts a telegram announcing that Mrs. weal of Grass V alley; about 4517 XCrel Henrietta had sustained serious in Portland was full of pickpockets tillab le. W ater, w ell fenced, no build or timber. The US.Government, ings, >18.00 per acre. Never been the ORNCo.', Multnomah county, ju ry near that plat e in a runaway and sneak tbeives nf all dasses and cultivated. Crop payments if desired. mixup. It was learned that’ she degrees nf oleverness and thrift!- aud city of Portland, are making N o IO One story brick building general use o f it on bridge- timbers, was thrown from a cart Friday ness. Police report« indicated that in Moro, 28x70 f«*t, for sale cheap and morning and met ai tied severe in all the m »st at 1« and astute thugs etc. I t is the beskohinkeq lice de on very easy terms. juries, both bones of the right leg operating at the A P Y Ex had No I I Brick anti tile factory near stroyer on the market, and will Mrs come to Portland in antidpation nf R eedvllle, 14 miles from Portland to sweeten and preserve a water trough, at the ankle being broken. exchange for farm lands, w ill pay some H inrichs was visiting at . the great ornwda during the Rosa festi pig pen.stabll, etc , and keep away different«; prior >15,000. Psmnn horns on the west side of val. The police made «11 effort to NO 12 A p partm ent house in P o rt Bias. I I . i s * guaranteed article the Cowlils, and was going to Castle bring about a general roundup hut land bringing good rnonthly. rent. The Observer Book Store is distrib Price >6000, to exchange for farm land utor of the para article in Sherman Rock when her horse oollided with everyone was warned to keep their In Sherman county. another, causing the earl Io upeel. hands onnhelr pooketboolh oounty. The price of The Observer is <1.50 p »r year. 75 oenu for six months, 60 os nt« Harvest Supplies Meat market wagons do oot come Mrs R P Orr is with her daughter Mrs Sadie Dunbar, In Portland,and under the new peddler's lioense law. Don't forget the atoek of harnee« Miss Vera Dunlap of Weeoo, is with They peddle farm produote to the at the Moro Hardware & Im ple Miss Fay K O rr meantime, at Hood farmer«. day. ment Co. • Postal Card Albums floe, in doth Freeh supply of genuine oarboleo covers, etc., from 25o up, at The Ob iumjuat opened at tbeObaerver Book Store. server Book Store One of the longest fences in the “world was built by Peter French io Harney county, and is nearly 500 mile« long. I t rune along the entire length of Stein’s mountain. Mui h government land ie inside o this enclosure which hae involved the owners in litigation. The French-Glenu company bought thoueands of acre« of land from ttlera and extender! this fence as they acquired the land. Biitzen river vallev is included io the area; the i* rench-Glemi holdings extend from Malheur lake south a diitapoe of 60 mile» practically Under O n S fence. In all the company has about 147,000 acres' under fence and it 1« claimed 83,000 is government land yard filth and stagnant pools, big aud little. These are pestilence breeding places. Every oitixen should start the summer witl, a de termination to deetroy the flies al ready at band and prevent their breeding. To that end leave no plaoe where they may breed. Chlo ride of lime and general cleanliness ill win againet this danger. I f anybody in the world would be justified in forming a trust it would seem to be the newspapers They talk a great deal about the oil trust, tba coal trust, the paper trust, the sugar trust and a few dotsnv of other kinds of truets, and still make newspapers and do job print ing at the same old prioes, notwith- atanding the materials, ink, paper, etc., oost twice what it formerly did. Nearly «11 country papers are spend- as much for paper alone, as they get nut of the subscription. Real Estate Hklnulng Parlor. Will sell you anything you want. If you want to buy,sell or exchange land or automobiles, threshing ma chinery, etc., see • O. P. H ulsb , Manager, 6.1 tf.] -• now in stock Tents, Bed Sheets, Hammocks, Gasoline Stoves, McCormick Extras, Leather and Link Belting, Oils of all Kinds, Etc., Etc. “ Goods of Q uillty” |t Our Motto We will not be undersold in our line. Moro Hardware and Implement Co QEO. M. H IL D E B R A N D , Pres OEO. M E D L E R , Treasurer, JULIUS M EDLER. Secretary. CHAS. OOLLIHER, Manager. Main Sherman county headquarters for Farm g Machinery and Supplies. Drapers for all g Harvester and Headers such as Holt, Best, g Hodge, McCormic etc. g ALWAYS ON HAND 1 L ink B elting, L eath er B elting, L ace L e a th er E ngine packing, Oils, Rope, M achine E xtras, etc. ® Deering and Hodge Headers. | Opportunity K n o c k s O n c e a t E v ery M a n 's D o or. 640 acre» of, fine farm land, m ile south of Wasco, well improved, •b< nt 200 acre« in summerfullow >6,000.00 ca»h, hal. ea«> term», Fine realdenceproperty in Wurn'o w in d m ill, ci»leru, private water system, 5 room cottage, near Han- dow m ill. >1500.00, one th ird c*sh bat. on ea»y U rm s. Parsonage property of the United Bretnren church, in Wiu«-o, for >900. O ne-thlfd ca»h ttalance on easy term s. >100 off for »pot ca«h. T he Elchenberger ranch near Shaniko, well, improved, h a lf In cultivation, hat. paoture, a t >1600 | * r acre. >3000 00 cash bat. to suit purchaser. My residence property in Wasco, 7 room» beelde» bathroom, p an try and attic. Large baaetnenL Con nected w ith w a ter and «ewer sys tem»; two lot»: hou«e new ly painted new feiioe and new sidewalk, all id tine condition. Also several building lota I n d i f ferent part» of town. C. J. Bright, Wasco, Ore. oooooooooooooooooooooooooo Reduced Slabwood Prices •f I On h o u r« ! c a r a a t th e « » g a t n l a W uco, Mib, M î D : si H, DeMoa, Hay Cauu, or Mon A good respectable saving guaranteed wood buyers For price or information write or call up Independent Warehouse ( Willing Co R . H . M c K e a n , M a n a g e r, W a s c o , O re g o n Grain Storage Rates Reduced • Moro, Or Here I t Relief for Women I f you havo paint In tha back, U rin ary, Bladder Kidney trouble, and want a certain, pleasant herb relief froin Woman’s Ills, try Mother Cray's " A U 8 T K A L IA N L X A F . ” I t ia a safe, reliable regulator, and relieves all Female Wrakneaaea. In cluding Inltammation and ulcers I Iona. M O T H K K G R A Y S A U S T R A L IA N L K A F ia sold by Drug By mall lor BOc. Sampla n l FR KK fla ts or sent by for 80c. Sample w een* Lädraaa, Tha Mother d ray Co., LeRoy, N .Y . A, to 5 0 cents per ton At all our Grain Storage Warehouse« in Sherman County fy) warehouse charges on Barley stored on exchange. 4-4-H-H -l-I I I- Hie Oil Stove With a CABINET TOP New Silverware Designs Louis XVI Pattern Tha Naw Parfaction W ick Blua Flama O il Cook-Stove differs from all other oil stoves.— I t hat a C A B I N E T T O P . Thia means you can keep dishes and utensils within easy reach while cooking, anA tatt /«<4f As# a /itr r/a u v ia i it from tht blavs. From its wonderful burners to its racks for holding towels the NEW PERFECTION Wick Blue Flame OH Cook-Stove is without equal. Its principle of concentrated heat means that the work can be done quickly and without the kitchen being heated to an unbearable degree. Can be lighted instantly and turned nigh, low or ‘’medium” at will. Three aizea. W ith or without Cabinet Top. At your dealer’«, or write our nearest agency. The latest silver ware design« which harmonizes perfectly with the period it represents and in rich simplicity it rival« the l»est examples of silver w are-any where. I t i» made extra heavy plate and Gosh no o e than other Silverware :: HAND PAINTED CHINA D *