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About Sherman County observer. (Moro, Sherman County, Or.) 1897-1931 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 13, 1909)
Sherman County Fair. W m M o rris o n was tbe victim of ' a feinting apall on Saturday. \ ' Sherman oounty is having Ideal weather for tbe barveet The Sherman oounty fair, for Io tbs E H Moore is gaining strength which 9600 has been appropriated barber obair and lost bla mestacbs right along. He wee down townAm by the state, will be held in Moro,' Canadian wheat will find Its way October 1st and 2d. 9200 worth of the 6th for the first time ainoe the to Korope this season tbroagb tbs printing will be furnished, through aooident which laid him up. s+r. W ' S 'f * " j ' ■ ‘•M kj Portland sea port. Senator Chamberlain voted no; the state printing offioe. Copy for Mrs John Christiansen left for th® premium lists, tickets, entry blanks Senator Bourne voted yea; at* the springs yesterday to be with Mr C, ete., have been submitted by the final vote on the tariff. President who io there being treated for bis secretary of the fair, and are now in Taft signed it, and congress left for oouneof preparation. The pretai urn home last Friday. affliotions. lists, of which 1,000 have been ord Si not the death of Capt Gallup, at Misses Ina and Helen Hanesu re ered, will be In pamphlet fora, each Hutchinson Kansas, and L t Woolf, ' ' r ' turned thia week from their July paaphlet containing about 26 pages, i at Ban Franoisoo, Capt J C Jamison outing in The Rose City and else “ Good« of Quality*9 |g Our Motto As soon as oompleted one copy will < of Oklahoma, to the only one toft of where. be sent to each voter in tbe oounty. I the flllibusteriug campaigners of The Huis and Powell threshing Cash prises, ranging from 92.60 to 1856-66 in South America. Writing outfit olaansd np C F Coe’s Dale* 920.00, will be offered for the best to I Capt Walter 8tooley of this oity, Gloria wheat at tbs rate of 9 | Sacks exhibits of every grade of live-atook I from Spokane, where he ia a dele* * • * • per sere. and for all kinds of farm and bouse gate | to the National Irrigation con ( gress, Capt Jamtsoo expresses re Mrs E E VanNuys had a praoii hold produce. oal illustration of the benefit deriv-| Prises secured from private oon- gret at not being able to make his I sd from a visit to. tbe dental offi ® tributions will also be given for tri- ' old-time oomrede a visit in Moro tkefore returning to Oklahoma. of Dr Morgan. ala of speed. A large number of applications An Oregon man at Myrtle greet Now that it has been deoided to M. H IL D E B R A N D , Pres JU LIU S M E D L E R . S e c re ta ry , § drew first prise at tbe Cooer d'Alene have already been reoeived from locate tbe United States Experi X OEO. OEO. M E D L E R , Treasurer. C H A S . O OLL1HER, Manager. § land lottery; H or too Thompson of outsiders who desire concessions on mental Farm bare, Messrs Jardine, tbe grounds, and it is safe to say Umberger and 8cudder are busy in this oity drew 869. that attractions and entertainment formulating plsna for tbs future. Gllbort Davie, tbe tonsorial artist of various kinds will not be lack The buildings, home, etc., will be with E W Lewis, has taken a lease ing. No effort will be spared to , situate juat beyond the north end of tbe Fred Messinger cottage and rngke this first county fair in Sher- , of Mein street, on tbe west aide of is uow at home in Moro. rngn county a complete success,and the i road. Tbia will be similar to Meedames S trab l, P P DeMoss it is hoped that all good oitisens of , many other institutions of kindred and Cook, of Moro, spent a day this thg oounty will give the project , nature in tbe United Stales, and Mr week w ith Mrs In a D akin DeMoes, hegrty support. Jardine' believes will be one of tbe at the classic springe. Now tin t we are to have tbe only I best,—an ideal farm of over 160 City Marshal Hells made a good dry farming experimental station i acres, which will be worth millions begin nlng Monday toward ridding in Eastern Oregon, a county fair < to the farmers of semi-arid lands. x — ■ - tbe city of tbe presenoe of noxious will be practically a necessity, and j weeds. Let the good work speed,1 In the course of a year or so it will < with tbe cooperation of every desi undoubtedly attract visitors from . L ink Belting, L eath er Belting, L ace L eath er rable oilisen. all parts of the state. M e re M . t . CHureh E ngine packing, Oils, Rope, M achine E xtras, etc. O Any information regarding plan«* Gospel Song Service: A song W H Peugh of Hoodriver, who r this fair will be gladly furnished service will be given in the Metho- has been visiting around in Sherm an and Gilliam the past week with ' ’ any member of the board of di- diet church next Sunday evening, beginning at 8 o’clock. No preach- his Cadillac, returned home Wedn* 1 store. A. H. Barnum, President; ing in the morning. eeday, aocnmpanied by bis daughter L. L. Peetz, S ong S kkvick P rogram . Mrs Henry Howell. * C. A Buckley, _ Chorus ........ .. Stand up For Jesus H enry H ow ell left samples of i Harvest Supplies Judge B u x to n w e n t Io sleep now in stock HEADQUARTERS FOR HARVEST SUPPLIES Groceries Canvas Cured Meats Vegetables Waterbags Rope • Crockery Fruits Shoes, Gloves, Overalls, Shirts, Und< Blankets, and everything for harvest men WE CAN SAVE YOU MONEY. GIVE US A TRIAL Tents, Bed Sheets, Hammocks, Gasoline Stoves, McCormick Extras, Leather and Link Belting, Oils of all Kinds, Etc., Etc. Vc will not be undersold in our line. loro Hardware and Implement Co 2 5 Main Sherman county headquarters for Farm g g Machinery and Supplies. Drapers for all g | Harvester and Headers such as Holt. Best, g | Hodge, McCormic etc. g e A LW A YS ON H A N D * Hot Coffee end Sandwich®«, at Type-writer paper at Tbe Observ Z A B Wolford's. Bigga. er office Paaaengera will find a most ex Don't borrow The Observer. Sub- cellent lunch at tbe Biggs hotel , & scribe, and have it your own. d fl ■ * . - * . r M ere Ledge, N e. 113, * l . O . O . V. Moro. Oregon. Meets every Hot coffee, sandwitehee, etc., at For Poatal Carde, and Postal Card caa«a, try Tbe Observer Book fe'ggs hotel. Store. Mrs Ritchie and her Tether with Go to tbe Moro Commercial Co Baby R , were Morn visitors one day for lowest price« on barveet aup- recently. plies. Mrs Sterns, of Salem, is visiting Change at tbe rin k . S kating la her daughter, Mrs T C Reese, near now Saturday evenings front 8:60 M onkland. to 10:80. See adv. Mrs Mary Frants, of Tbe Dalles, Poetal Card Albums fine, in doth is chief of culinary at the harvest oovers, etc., from 26c up, at Tba Ob ing by Elliott Bros. server Book 8tore. Haturday Dr J R Morgan will be in Moro member» are i 1st to 15tb, Wssoo 16th to 30th, invited. Mem- ’ of saob month to practice dentistry. expected to be iveolng at 7 JO o’clock. Waiting n rd la ily m s are J. O. BUiott, N . G. eer veer. »eeaM fovata aaoeths. Meeeta for feer aaeethe-tMt M «aid ia advaeeawa sees»« #330 to fall fof 1 year*. Shorter tenaa thaa oae year 1>H aeate par month A Blue Mark here will answer an in q u iry, when entered upon «»nr calendar, g iving the dale o f the paper, » • the date at Warm weather ie oom I ng, so buy a gasoline stove for the wife, lt is a comfort and also a money savsr. For sale at tbe Moro Hardware store. Geo. W Berrian is agent for tbe Springfield Fire sod Marine Insur ance Co., and is prepared to write policies on grain and other risks. August 13, 1909 ' Don’t send out of town for your job ' printing. The Obeerver is prepared First class lunch served a t a 2d to do all sorts of work in tbe very best and latest style to meet any elsss price at the Biggs hotel. fair competition. F R ID A Y Photograph postal cards of Moro scenery for sale at Observer Book '" • Deering and Hodge Headers. 2 eeeeeeeo eeeee« 9 9 9 @ @ @ eeo o o Q O 9 o eee Bluestem w ith us Monday from tbe Sam M cD onald place th a t equals any wheat we have seen. H e bad ju s t finished emitting for L F Barnett and is now in 600 sores of his own. E K Bailee returned from visiting Mrs Bars** in hospital at Portland Tuesday. Mrs B is improving so Moro schools w ill open Monday nioely that it is sxpeoted that sbs Sept. 13th, with Geo N Murdock of will be able to leave tbe hospital to- Monm outh as principal. morrow, ard come borne some time this month. G F Guinther is delivering his sa tire hay orop to C R Belshee, at the - Henry Parry, wife and little boy and girl, left for home at Denver on Blue Barn io this oity. the 8th, Via Victoria, where they are ‘Mrs T Olay Neeoe to suffering in to visit Mra Parry's people a abort The Dalles from a dislocated shoul time. Grandpa Parry is very much der, the reenlt of a fall at bom®. disappointed that the little ones are Mrs E A Moretx presented her no longer here to enjoy walks and better half with a beautiful daughter talks with him. on the9tb All are doing well. Tbe Medford paper speaking of Horace W Strong, always a good DseCbutes railroad running through farmer, has just finished barveeting “a barren country." As a matter of the best wheat crop be ever raised. fact there is not a finer farming Dr Sanders was called to attend region in any country than Sher sick horses at the farms of Messrs man, Wasco and Crook oounties, on Rassmuseen, Christiansen and R A either aide of DesCbutes ae far as the railroad follows it. Morgan, all in one day this week. Tbe beet way to protect * your machinery against wear ia to use good oil. That is Valvoline, tbe I f you w ant to buy read The Ob best in this world or any other* . There is a magnificent redwood server. If you want to sell adver Sold by tbe Moro Hardware A Im saw log on Garibaldi beaoh, Tilla tise in It. mook, with a Humboldt, California, plement Co. Don’t forget the place to g it your brand on it; tbe lnK will aoale about •Buy the genuine imported aven- moneys worth In a watch is at L W 8,000 feeL erious carbolineum; tbe im itation Ross’ Jeweler, Wasco. being offered is only a temporary 'Mrs O W Axtell and eons have Fresh supply of genuioe oarholen- remedy if at all. If genuine one returned frnuibe springs, Mrs Parry inm ju s t opened «I theQhaerver Book application lasts for ail time. Ask. Axtell beooming able to leave the Store. io see our sealed pan> xges Tbe hospital is now with Mrs James at Fountain Pen Pocket Holders, Observer Book Store. tbe springs latest, safest and hast, Observer The Huis and Powell threshing Colonists rates will be put into Book Store. effect by tbs transcontinental rail oalfit struck into a deld of Turkey Stationery, paper, pens, ink, roads identically with thoee that Red wheat Monday morning belong pencils and all sorts of iotas, at the brought 63,000 settlers to tbe Paci ing to Roy Powell, that averaged 10 Obeerver Book Store. fic Northwest last spring., Tbe ¿¿cks per sore. • - ■W ' Scenic pioture postearde,of views rates go in effect September 16 and Mrs Robertson left on the 10th on near Moro, actual photo work, for oontinue until October 16. a visit to friends in Washington. aale at Obccrvsr Book Store. Avenarios Carbolinean is a germ Sbs will return via Tbe Dalles, We desire to publish all tbe news destroyer. Deeay being a germ, It where sbe will visit her brother, Mr of every part of Sherman oounty, deetroys the oause of decay io poets McClure, formerly of Moro. bat U you hide yoar item under a or timber. The US.Government, Tbe oity, by its marshal, began baabel it doce nobody good. tbe ORNCo., Multnomah oounty, tbe laudable work of weed destruc Old type makes the very best of aod oity of Portland, are making tion in public plaoSa. Now let tbe Babbitt metal. We have it for aale general use of It on bridge timbers, work be oondnued with desirable and when T 0 0 BnT oal1 Bt T b e etc. Il to the best chicken lioe de results on private property by oiti Obeerver office. Price ia right. stroyer on tbe market, and will , sens generally. Oar “ ada" attract attention and sweeten and preserve a water trough, Oil ia good for dusty roads some advertise. When you get our ad pig pen, stable, eto .and keep away times but it is not good for streets of vertising, you get busineeebrfogers. flies. It to a guaranteed article a oity. The Dalles will learn this The Obeerver Book Store to distrik Moro Commercial Co. beadq'uar- from praotioal demonstration in a utor of the pure article in 8harman tore for barveet supplies, overalls, abort time as thousands of otbsr as oounty. shirts, shoes, glovye A etc. Every piring cities have, before them. As The O. Mao was leaving Tbe thing for bsrfeet men. An easy way to aeoore informa Esmond for Eastern Oregon tbe lat E 0 Davis, proprietor of the Grass ter part of July, Day d ark E H tion about tbe lands of Alberta and Valley Bara, promptly atteods all Stolte put Into onr hand a sealed Canada in general to to write to W calls, day or night. Animals given envelope, with instruutiool to open H Moore, Portland, Otb and Wash the very best of care. Charges are it when we arrived home. We did ing ten St., who is agent for this Mo right. so, and found therein a fine picture tion in tbs sals of these lands. V^raab vegetable« and fruit io of Mr Stolte, with this Inscribed on Mr and Mrs Gsig, of Canada, are season at Moro Gom’l Co. S h ip the back of it: “Let onr faults he gueata of Mr and Mrs F W Mattbi ments arrive Tuesdays and Fridays. written upon the sands; our virtues a s ., They earns also to visit Mr M’s Prioes moderate. Give os a trial upon the tablste of love and memo mother, who to also Mrs G’s mother, on theea goods. ry." Within a few days The Or- sbe and Fred being brother and «fit gonian brought ns news that Broth ter, not having met before In 20 er Stolte was dead, suddenly at years it to a bsppy reunion. They A number of m j patrons sre horns of heart disease, the funeral are parents of<l2 children, 2 girls not aw»m that for some months oeourring last Saturday. But mem and 10 boys, god like Canada. Their past tbs Moro Gommaroial Co. ories of his good deeds will live long wheal orop eUrto at 91 per boehel h « a had my bread on aale; any In tbe land where be dwelled so in the market this season. Mr G purchases of bread at this many years and was so generally a says wheat is a sura orop aod yields stem will be apprsoiated by ( favorite among tboee who knaw him soaethiog like Sbsraan oonaty need Mrs. E. Anderson. Store. • o C hris Anderson, H y m n ............ I. D. Pike, Vice Presidents; W. D. Wallan, Treasurer; George Mowry, Secretary. P r a y e r ........... Vesper Hymn Duet............... ------------ «---------- Mrs Am anda M artin is here on a , lit from her M ultnom ah home. Opportunity ........ Twilight Saving Grace Seri ptu re ......... ............. 0« That I Had Wings ChorUfl.........................W orking Tim e T rio ...................... The Better Land 131 Placer gold mines have been dis- jj n Fared on a sm all island in the 0 f l erj ng ‘ < lum bla river, opposite the mouth * DesCbutes J W Cochran’s little hoy Buster I s been very sick week from scar- I fever. The baby in the fam ily .1 a recovered. fjr£of Address golo................ IU# Nothing tQ y ou Chorus .............Go Home and Tell Benediction___ , .............................. *. Sunday Shhool at 10 o’clock a m. P H Buxton, Supt. Saturday evening tbe C G Hgls and Powell Brothers big threshing outfit passed through Moro so route to Charley Powells, giving tbe streets of tbe oity for a time tbe appears no« of -an old Urns oirons oom lo g in to town. They have four header«, sn< equivalent of header wagons, teams derrick, oook house, traotion engine threshing machine, an army of men and all tbe supernumerary of a first olass outfit, including two Jereey 00 ws. While ills unlawful to allow this tles and mustard to grow on yoar premiss*, it does not seem prsotioal to punish some people for tbe weak ness of others who allow tbs weeds to thrive and drift broadcast to otb-' er fields. Tbe obstruction ought to he eradicated by some form of co operation or otherwise, following tbeir extermination; the law should be enforced by radical means. One plant eliminated this season may be as sffeetivs as 100 next year. Why notdiaooertand agitate thia question until a remedy has bean found tbst Is effective. Tbs man who la mak ing an effort to eradicate snob dam aging vegetation from Me own prop erty and -tooroughfares, baa a right to expect tbat if you are a holder of land and have weeds, that you •heatld basils, tea. 640 acres o f fin e fa rm la n d , in lle south o f Waaoo, w e ll Im proved ab< lit 200 acres in s u m iu e rfa llo w 96,000.00 cash, bat. easy te riu s, T h e E lch e n b e rg cr ra n c h near S h a n ik o , w e ll im p ro v e d , h a lf in c u ltiv a tio n , hal. pasture, a t $1600 per acre. $.".000 00 cash hal. tu s u it purchaser. F in e reeidenoe p ro p e rty In Wasco M y residence p ro p e rty in Was<-o, w in d m ill, ciste rn , p riv a te w ater system , 5 room cottage, near Han- 7 rooms besides b a th ro o m , p a n try and a ttic . Large basement. Cnn- dow m ill. #1600.00, one t h ir d cash /ueoted w ith w a te r and sewey sys hat. on easy U r m s . tem s; tw o lots: house n e w ly p a in te d Parsonage p ro p e rty o f th e U n ite d new fence am i new sid e w a lk, a ll B re tn re n c h u rc h , In Wasco, for h l ilu e c o n d itio n . $900. O n e -th ird cash balance on Also several b u ild in g lots in d if easy te rm s. $100 o ff fo r apot cash ferent parts o f to w n . C . J . B r ig h t , W asco . I A Mrs C C Van Orsdall has finally won out by staying with her position in tbs Women of Woodcraft all the many years of her servitude. When sbe began salaries were low bat the honors were large. Honors have not depreciated, but tbe salary ie now 114 800 per annum aa grand guardian of I be order. Henry Smith and wife of Buena Vista, sre here for a few weeks dur ing harvest, with their sone Arthur and Clyde at Rutledge. They grey® with tbeir eons Orville and Roeg, at Riverside, Washington, a dDOgth Tbe boys are all doing well, arg ,h good spirits, and oon tinted, old-folks are also looking and fogl log pretty well. K n o c k s O n c e a t E very M a n ’s ö o o r good respectable saving guaranteed wood buyers For price or information write or call up R. H. M cK ean , M un a Grain Storage Rates Reduced to 5 0 cents per ton At all our Grain Storage Warehouses in Sherman C The above ia but one of 38 places in Sherman county like it, where the grain crop of the Biggest Little County in the Wide World is stored for shipm ent annually. The Wasco Warehouse Milling Company have 17 ware houses at 13 points along the line of the C. S. Ry. There are 19 other warehouses in the county which receive grain for shipment, as follows: R u fu s ................ B ig g a ...............- S in k s ................ Gibsons ............ Wasco................ K londike.......... S u m m it........... Hay Canyon .... M cD onald...... DeMoss ............ M o ro........... ..... Grass V alley .... Bourbon.......... . K ent ................ Wilcox ............ Total. .... . W. W. M. Co.,... Total in county Considering that the area of Sherman oounty embra ces but 211 townships, and that about half of 4he acreage is in summer fallow each year, our olaim that it is the Big gest Littlfc County in the Wide World ia confirmed;—no waiter what the knockers may aay to the contrary. No warehouse chargee on Burley stored on excha New Silverware Designs Louis XVI Pattern The latest silver ware designs which harmonizes perfectly with the period it represents and in rich simplicity it rivals the best examples of silver ware any where. It is made extra heavy plate and and Is complete and up-to-date. Have watches and watch chains in several different styles and prioes. Now is the time to bars your time keeper put in repair for tbe summer’s hard u«age.