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About Sherman County observer. (Moro, Sherman County, Or.) 1897-1931 | View Entire Issue (July 9, 1909)
. ■' ' , Is ? » ■ * ? ’£ C ounty court thia M r. J 0 W **c o MORO COMMERCIAL CO. • COMPLETE STOCK OE Pickles, Sweet Pickles, Sour Pickles, Dill IWORO CO|W|WERCIflIiCO. A . V A X. M., Moro, Or. I t ’s L u cky to Smoke Puck * . The Better th an 5o C igar The Better th an 5c C igar T he C igar in the Green Box The Cigar in the Green Box I t ’s Luck to Smoke Puck T y p e -w rite r p*|»er at T h e Observ er office. ' Elbow grease is the essential oil of industry. • Meet* the Aral and third Di until ay even lug* of each M r* L D H older is visiting her H o t Coffee and Sandwiches, at month Visiting meinlier* sister, Mrs Fosa. A B W o lfard ’*. Biggs. cordially Invited to meet By d rier of the W . M. W F Jackson left Monday Tor i D o n ’t borrow T he Obeerver. Sub J. M. Parry, Hecretary. visit to the Seattle Exposition. scribe, and have it your own. B e th le h a m C h a p te r * j No 7» u .m . ,Mrs S Lloock left F rid a y morn M rs J N Fordyce is -visiting her Regular communication ¡«¡pier, M is Geo N Croaefinld, at each 2d and 41 h Thurn- mg for a short visit to Portland. day evening« monthly. A ny *ool can lay plans; but it Wasco. By order W .M . M r* Helen Parry, Hecy takes a wise man to hatch them out | C A Ni«h and Mony Kissinger Freeh supply of genuine carholen- 1. O .O . V Moro, Oregon. min ju s t opened at theObserver Book Meeta every Haturday ."»tore. venlng at o’clock. VlMltiug members are I f you want to buy read The Ob cordially Invited. Mem- ben are expected to be server. I f you want to sell adver J. O. Elliott, N . O. tise in it. Braah. Hecretarv. J J Schaeffer and fam ily T h e prioe of T h e Obeerver is 1 1.50 spending their "July 4th vacation I IT M . r o Ledge, N e . 113, per year. 7* eenMfor a ll month«. AO eente lo r Zoar m oalhe—bat if patd in advanoe we aeoepi |2.A0 In- fa ll for 2 years. Shorter te'rna than one year 12H oenU per month. , are ’doing” the Seattle exposition ! this week. ’ K M Brash has rented his resi dence to M r Davis, hreakm an on the C 8 railw ay., Misses H «len end In a Henff.-n ug a JU LIU S M E D L E R . S e c re ta ry , C H A S . GOLL1HBR, Manager. a « « a a 0 « e » g bushel it does nobody good. G lacier: , M r and M rs E v Sink, nfier spending the paat week at the home of M rs J A M ohr, 1-jft on the ><-al Monday lor th eir home ajieo. —■. f Chas B ullard near cut the necessary right-of-w ay this week on tbe Hugh M In ty rs farm p relim in a ry to hav ing his forty-fold wheat cut by Roy Benson’« combine, beginning next week. • The way train« connect at Bigg* now, paesenger« have ample time I k » t ii coming ami going, for an extra nioe dinner at The Biggs, w ilh M r and M ra JJ H eckard. Don’t forget Tbe Biggs, in your travel*; there ia lim e enough. The table i* supplied with everything nioe, and the rooms are new, neat and oiean. Thia office wa« tbe recipient of a handsome boquet of sweet peas grown by Mias Pearie Hennegin at the home place. H e r sister Lotus has a sim ilar garden but not yet iu bloom. T he young ladies say th at the grassy lawn started this spring by M r and Mrs Geo Hennegin is taking good root, up nioely, and ill soon mensely. beautify the farm ’ ; store w ill be appreciated by Link Belting, Leather Belting, Lace Leather 0 Engine packing, Oils, Rope, Machine Extras, etc. ® O K nocks O nce at E v e ry 840 acres of fine farm land, mile south of Wasco, well Improved, atx ut 200 acre* in aummerfallow $6,000.00 cash, bal.easy terms, Fine realdenceproperty in Waso» windm ill, cistern, private water system, 6 room cottage, near San- dow mill. »1500.00, one third cash bal. on ea«y U rn u . M a n ’s D o o r. The Eichenberger ranch near Hbaniko, well improved, half In cultivation, bal. pasture, at $18.00 per acre. $3000.00 cash bal. to suit purchaser. ' My residence property in Wasco, 7 rooms besides bathroom, pantry and attic. Large basement Con nected with water and newer sys tem«; two lots; bouse newly painted Parsonage property of the United new fence and new sidewalk, all Bretnren church, iu Wasco, for In tine condition. $900. One-third cash balance on Also several building lots In d if easy term*. $100 off for spot cash. ferent parts of town. C. J. Bright, Wasco, Ore. ! 0 0 0 0 0 0 C K X X X X 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Avenarius Carholineua is a germ OPP the O R N C o., M u ltn o m a h oounty, o and oity of Portland, ^ e m aking general uee of it on bridge timbers, etc. I t ie the beet chicken lioe de stroyer the m arket, and w ill sweeten and preserve a water trough, body. H e had the honor of being pig pen, etable, etc , and keep away elected a* executive oommittee fliee. I t is a guaranteed article. member of the State H igh School Tbe Obeerver Book Store ie distrib Debating League, which has con utor of the pure article in Sherm an ducted two suooeesful annual aeries oounty. , qo T his year Chicago, w ith more of debates among the high schools of Oregon. The two societies held than 200,000 inhabitants, had no conventions at the same plaoe and deaths aod only three injuries from date. fire oraokers. O m aha did not have a single in ju ry. Pittsburg, where I t is planned th at w ithin this tbe carnage in previous years has month con«truotion w ill have been commenced on the state portage been fearful, had but one minor Indianopolis bad three ro*d extension from the Big Eddy in ju ry. minor injuries, none was killed or to The Dalles. Surveys, estimates and specifications for the contract fa ta lly injured in Philad elp hia. A t ors now being prepared. The Oamdow, N J a little girl was work is expected to be finished by burned to death hy a firecracker The December. The much agitated throwo io her oiothing. deaths and injuries seem confined question as to whether tl^e »76,000 appropriated by tbe last legislature to the sm aller towns, where the w«« available has been satisfactori polioe regulations are less strict. A lfth e large oitiss have apparently ly nettled and the commission w ill learned their costly lesson and are pu«h tbe work through as fast as profiting from it . possible. - E j C i Opportunity J J b « in i » I« rm , it im destroys the cause of deca^ in poets tim ber. T he US.G <O *rnm ent, County Superintendent W C Bryant has been in attendance at the meeting of the Oregon State Teachers Association a t A lbany, during the week, ; this being the inth annual convention of that Deering and Hodge Headers. M rs. E . Anderson. M rs Edw ard Benson, of Hillsboro was electrocuted at th at place the evening of the 4th while turning on an eiectrio light. She had grasped the braes of t n electric lam p jsvith her left band and the floor being wet a short oirouit was at once formed, Jbe current being of suffici ent foroe to cause electrocution. Her band was badly burned in the palm and one finger shows the effect of the current. Io fallin g the wire- ing was torn from the ceiling. 2 A LW A YS O N H A N D <1 Stationery, papatfA pena, in k , he bad severs) lose in his pocket ts Fountain Pen Pocket Holders, pencils and all son t ^ f f i c iotas, at the which were set afire by a mische- A Blue M ark here w ill answer an latest, safest and hast, Observer Obeerver Book Store. vious youngster dropping a . light lnM ulry, when entered upon otir calendar, Bonk Store among them M is* V ia Sayrs has en tirely re giving ihe date ol' the paper «• the date at A lbert Pentaooet returned W ed covered from scarlet fever and is which your current subscription expires. C L Irela n d has received an ap nesday from Tbe Dalles hospital once more able to be down town. pointm ent as delegate to the Seven F R I D A Y .......................J u ly 9, 190Ö much improved O ur “ ads” attrac t attention mid teenth A nnual Irrig a tio n Congress Don’t forget the place to get your advertise. W hen you get our ad to he held at Spokane August 9th monevs worth in a watch i" at L W vertising, you get businessbringers. tn L4th. E x -m a y o r L B arnum will Jeweler, Wasco. also be a delegate by virtu e of ap M r and M rs W O 8rrttrv>in of pointm ent by G ov. Bersftn. M r and Mrs Thos Barnett were Blalock, called at this office W ed visiting this week at the home o’ The common house fly has been O f f e r e d F o r S a le b v nesday on their way to Grass V a l Mra B’s parents, G E Thompson. found to be the cause of typhoid ley. fever and this m onth tbe oities of Deputy D istrict A ttorney C J A New Y o rk editor is printing M o ro , O re g o n , B right was in Moro this week on the bible in his paper on the ground Chicago and New Y o rk have started Do your p art by business connected w ilh bis office. th at it is new« to tbe most of -his war qp them . No. I acres, 2 # miles to rail securing window and door screen* Mrs A K Johnson snd fam ily subscriber«. road station. 4 roomer! dwelling, barn for your residence, a t tbe Moro 88x46, blacksmith ahop, granary, cow moved this week into the property Mr« A B W olfard and her new H a rd w a re store. barn, floe well water with wind mill and cistern, small bearing orchard, tel recently purchased of Mrs Cush Y a m h ill- oounty little one, were A rlington Record: Judge Bean, epLeu»- >» house, well fenoed and cross man. guests of friend* in Moro last week, fenUfi, 860 acres tillable and all io crop of Pendleton, passed through here 3 4 miles to Grass Valley Price $23,000 Geo Hennegin is engsged in cut .Mrs H W Strongs. * Saturday on bis return from Fossil, >2,600 cash, balance to suit purchaser ting right of w«y for his combine at 7 per cent Interest. Miss Jennie L ah ur. of^ C e n tra lia , where be had been holding court thresher around the edges of his M o . 2 820 acres less than mile from W a«h., is visiting her au n t and for Judge B utler, who bad been in Moro,'good dwelling and barn, nearly wheat fields. cousins in Sherm an nonnty, Mrs J capacitated by having been retained all tillable, plenty of good water, good Though a young goan is w illing A H ockm an and fam ily . rich deep soil, In good state of cultlva as an attorney in some cases before tlon. fine bargain at »42 per acre, third to lay his fortune at a g irl’s feet, he his appointm ent as Judge. • cash, balance to suit purchaser at 7 per W arm weather is coming, so buy is seldom w illin g to lay a carpet for cent Interest. M arried, at the home of the sis a gasoline stove for the wife. I t is her after marriage. - N o . 3 660 acres 4 miles from Kent a comfort and also a money saver. ter of the groom in Po rW In d , Tues 460 acres tillable, plenty of water, well W K Jewell ha* finished a wheat For sale a t the Moro H a rd w a re day July 6th , M r N P Hanaen and fenced, echodl bouse on corner of place, ■mall buildings, price $26 per acre «urn- rack for Dan M cL au g hlin th atco m - store. Miss Ju lia Woods, b o th ^ o f M oro. merfallowed, $2,000 down and balance bines some new and better features Rev. J M Morrison, form erly pastor on crop pay mints if desired. O A Ramsey and w i'e spent the lu brae«« for such racks. of Moro Presbyterian church, offici fourth at Mosier where the eagle N o . 4 400 acres 3 from Kent ated. fair buildings, plenty of water, well O ld type makes the very l>e*t of had a screaming date to fill. Mrs * Two volume« bound In one ooraplete fenoed, good state of cultivation, 226 acres tillable, price $7,600, cash $1,600 B abbitt m etal. W e have it for sale Ramsey remained to visit w ith re l W ith thrilling story, old but Sweet. balance on terms to suit purchaser. and when you need Any call at The atives, while M r R returned M on No titles need the oover fair day. Pride is right. Two golden hearts are blended there. N o . O 480 acres 4 miles from li. R. Observer office station about all tillable. )4 seo. in M ay a life of prosperity attendAhem Alfred Puller and Miss L ’xiis Davis, proprietor of the Grass aummerfallow grain, K of crop goea to purchaser. Plenty of water, w indm ill V alley Barn, prom ptly attends all Page were married,, at K m bler, O re .M rs 0 B Messenger* was p ainfu l and good cistern. Good dwelling of 7 M r F u lle r is a ly h u rt a t DeMos« S aturday .morn rooms. Price $80 per acre. $8000 ash, calls, day or night. Anim als given gon, June 27tb. terms easy oh balance. the veVy beat of oare. Charges are brother to M rs Geo Hennegin and ing when the horse she was driving has a num ber of friends here who ran aw ay. 8he and her daughter No. 6 acres east of Monk land right. five ndlea from railroad station, about L ola had drove to the water trough There is considerable Sherm an wish him health and prosperity. 626 acres tillable, good bored well 100 ft deep, cistern, 4 r<s»m house, 200 acres »n county sentim ent th at near beer is C F Coe and wife, Joe H e n d rix to fet the anim al d rin k ; to make it aummerfallow, third of crop goes to the a ll rig ht, the only trouble is to get iriRkwife, J C Coy and Mrs G ray are easier for tbe horse Lola took off tbe purchaser, fair barn, good rich soil; price $80 per acre,small payment down near beer. The average man knows hack from a fishing trip to M atolas, bridle; nt th at moment someone aet baiauce to suit purchaser. what to do if he can get next. reporting splendid Ashing;'oonaider- off a bunch of fireorackers close hy, N o . 7 160 acres, 1 nails fr«>m Ken», D e W a lt E lrod, graduate d ru g g ie^ ahle.fish were distributed among oausing the horse to run, throwing 180 acre« In summer fallow wheat. »26 er acre; purchaser gets 8 lOtbsot crop; formerly of Moro, hut now located Moro friends last week as result >of M rs Messenger out over the wheel, 1,000 down, baiauce terms easy. the outiitg. breaking the buggy and harness at LaG rande, is enjoying a practi hot not causing fatal in ju ry to Mrs N o 0 400 acres at $26 00 per acre 2 School district No. 18 better miles "rrotn R R station, plenty of cal vacation nWgghe farm .o f O L Messenger. water, about 280 acres tillable, fi room Belshee, helping with the harvest known as the W h e at school, w ill dwelling, small orchard, barn tor 10 work. Hereafter the New York to Seat soon loose'its id e n tity. T be bound head horses. W indm ill, big cistern. tle automobile face w ill he an an About $3000 cash, balance terms easy. j T he Doroaa society met thia e r /* b o ird has before it petitions n ual eventr1--T h w start i* to N o 9 800 acres about 9 miles south- week in a social capacity a t the abolishing th a t d iatrict and adding west of Grass Valley; about 460 acres . parts to the* Mom, DeMosa, and made from the A tlan tic coa«t on tillable- Water, well fenced, no build home of Mrs A d am * lu honor of Ju ly 4th, 1910, and every year ings. $18.00 per acre. Never been Mrs Kl lib e tb Cushm an, who re H ay Canon d is trict*. thereafter on Independence D ay. euTtlvated. Crop payments If desired. cently aold herjdhoro hums p relim Subpena have been served bn The p rim ary purpose of the race is N o IO « One story brick building inary to leaving thia county. several Moro men, some young and in Moro, 28x70 tost, for sale cheap and to encourage the various states in somtritTder, to testify before the on very easy terms. Tw o trains of 1ft* cars each are good roads construction, so that a N o I I Brick and tile factory near hauling sand . from S u m m it, near grand ju r y n e x t week as to w hat national highway w ill be built from Reed^llle, 14 miles from Portland to Celilo, fur tbs M ill creek fill in The they know about the chicken th ie v coast to coast. - T h e winning oar exchange for farm lands, w ill pay some Dalles opposite tbe U m a tilla houys ing going on berg for some time. crossed the continent In a little difference; prior »16,000. where th a O R a N R y w ill soon The Observer hopes tbe thieves w ill more than tw enty days. Con«idsr- N O 12 Appartmsnt house In Port land bringing good monthly re n t build a new depot. T h e fill is now be caught and given Hie p e n it e n t i ing the obetaoles and poor high Prioe »6000, to exchange for farm laud ary aentanoe they deserve. op to the track in plaoee. ways, ih le la re m a rfa b ly good lim a. 1» Bhennan eounty. 4 . Reduced Slabwood Prices On b e a r « c a r« a t tb «ae p a la t a Vuu, M s , McbiH, DiMou, by Cun, v Mon A good r table saving guaranteed wood buyers For price inform ation w rite 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 to 5 0 cents per ton A t all our G rain Storage Warehouses in Sherm an County No warehouse charges on Barley stored on exchange. ■ n u n i - i-i ’ i n i H -i-i i i i' H - n i 1 1 i h - l h i i i h i h i « i in t m New Silverware Designs Louis XVI Pattern _ **Three Fine Acreage T ra c ts The latest silver ware designs which harmonizes perfectly w ith the period it represents and in rich sim p lic ity it riv a l* tbe best examples of silver ware an y where. I t is made extra heavy plate and Two are inside and one just ' outside the City Limits of Portland. : : : Costs no more H im other Silwvui : H and PINE BUILDINGS ON THE PLACE J W OEO. H. HILDEBRAND. Pres GEO. M ED LER , Treasurer, » « Main Sherman county headquarters for Farm « | Machinery and Supplies. Drapers for all * | Harvester and Headers such as Holt," Best, g Hodge, McCormic etc. his hnnd badly burned a t DeMoe« Saturday by exploding firecrackers; ?'■ Manager Rudolf ia to be congrat Moro Hardware and Implement Co Tbe best way to protect your ulated on the playa whioh he has machinery against wear ia to use s T h a t is V alvoline, the D C Irelan d la spending the BO far been able to preeent to Moro good oil. month of Ju ly in Po rtlan d w ith hia play goer* through the erection of beet in thia world or any other. Moro’« new opera hou-e. Sold hy the Moro H ard w are Im sou F rsm i* anil daughter Mrs Rohr plement Co. Buy the genuine imported aven- John Johnson and wife are home Tbe beautiful scenery along tbe on a short visit before locating for erious carbolineum ; the im itation being offered is only a temporary Colum bia river below T he Dalles the summ er at their Collins springs remedy if at all. If genuine one on the O R A N Ry w ill soon he horns. application laete for ail time. Aak appearing in moving pioture shows W . L W ilson is in charge of the A moving to Bee our Healed pan'.’ igea. The all over the oountry. Moro warehouse belonging to K err, Obeerver Book Store. photograph outfit has been installed Gifford a Co d uring tbe absence of This w ill be about the last year on the front end of an engine in M r N P Hansen. th a t the Fourth of July will be ob Portland and is now busy taking o Opening night for the skating strings of piotures. served to any great extent by u«e rink at R u d o lfs o|»era house is eet 4-i*M «M«W -l-M - l'H - M -l-l-»«|.M -l-l » a of explosive* Fireworks are a l for July 14'h Wednesday evening. ready forbidden in m any cities, and ;; A number of my patrons are ;■ See adtr. on 2-1 page. w ith in another year the movement ; not aware th at for some month« ; * We dee ire to publish ail the new« w ill probably have spread w her ; past the Moro Com m ercial Co. of every part of Sherm an oounty, ever parent* de«ire to preserve their * has had my bread on sale; any ;; but if you hide your item under a children. ; purchases of bread at this ;; M 'jr0 Tuesday enroute to her home in C alifornia. W. H. RAGSDALE All of tha principal buildings of the Alaska-Yukon-Paclflc Exposition are grouped In close compose around the Cascades and Geyser Basin and the flower beds which line each. The picture ahows a view from the lower side of Geyser Baatn. directly up the Court of Honor. On the right are seen ‘the Palace of Manufac tures. the Oriental and Hawaiian Buildings. On the left are the Euro pean Exhibits and Alaakan Buildings In the far center la the Central Government, which ahows Its Incompleted front as tt looked on April 16. On that date this was the'heaviest piece of construction to be finished before the opening day of the Exposition and the contractors estimated that It would take them ten days to do the work. Geyser Basin Is In the foreground, and Just beyond It show the steps In the Cascades. visitors in P. rila n d a t the h<»n>e of their aunt. A sm all boy, name unknow n, had Real Estate R ims ' We will not be undersold in our line. A VHCW O F T H E C O U R T O F H O N O R , A .-Y ^ P . E X P O S IT IO N , S C A T T L R . D r O J Gnffin nooouipH' in l a p atient to Portland W i'-ii.t«¿ay morning. Mrs Jennie H and passed through P rin eville, t “ Goods ot Quality’’ I« Our Motto For Postal Cards, ami I’o-tal Card en*ea, try T h e Observer B.tok Store. Our Groceries are Fresh. New Goods. Give us a trial. Lodge N e . 121. Link Belting, Oils of all Kinds, Etc., Etc. j j H E llio tt has sold in« span threshing engine to parties si K n t . Postal Card Album s fine, in cloth cover«, etc., from 25c up, at The Ob server Book Store E u reka Stoves, McCormick Extras, Leather and W K Jewell end w ife were vi»itnr« to T b e Dalles over tbe 4th Chow Chow pint 15c; Pineapple can 15c. WMIe they last, Corn and Tomatoes good quality 10c the can. MORO, RHKRM AN C O ..O K K O O N : rents, Beil Sheets, Hammocks, Gasoline Look those refrigators ove. at the Moro H a rd w a re store. APPETIZING THINGS O b s e rv e r now in stock P C A x te ll and wife left Wedue« day for Port,end There ie always an odof of lu >t vr-n in the home where k in d ly deed« «ml words blonin. * T lie Harvest Supplies i- friend inderd M r and Mrs G E James are plan ning a o« in pi ng trip to Collin*. GROCERIES t . la visiting in A friend w hole never in b"wi * THE VITAL QUESTION SOMETHING GOOD TO EAT Canned Vegetables Canned Fruits Canned Meats M cK ean wb«k. 4 /- and •»FOR SALE ¿r h Exchange for first class Wheat Land CUT GLASS ASSORTMENT :: Is complete and up-to-date. H ave P o rtla n d , O r. oboOOOQOOOOOMOQOOOOOOOOO watches and watch ch ain * in •everal different styles and prices. Now is tbe tim e to have your tim e keeper put in repair for the summ er’s hard usage J. o. ELROD, « • 5X^*52°" 5a i Corbett Bldg. 5th and Morrison St. painted china L. W. ROSS, Opposite Post Office •’ >»1 11 1 »H » » J tw s ls r v W a a c o , O re g o n Weteh ln«w««|»v fee $*»• O. R.AN. 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