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The
O b se r v e r .
W e can »pare the sparrow», «ays
the Spokesm an-R eview . So, we
can. T hey have driv en m ore d e ­
S o r » «M«y O f f ic i« » i ,» i» « r.
sirable birds from eastern districts,
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as the increase of crows has d o n e
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with gam e birns in the m iddle west.
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Robins, and o th e r song birds are
D. C. I r e l a n d . E ditor.
m ore useful and w elcom ed feather­
C. L. I r e l a n d .......... M anager. ed creatures than the noisy, dirty,
quarrelsom e, nest robbing English
FR ID A Y .......... A p r il 15. 1910 sparrows. T h e Inland E m pire is
justly famous for its hosts of beau­
Church »nd Society notice« F R E E , ex- tiful birds. A cam paign of legisla­
cepi when tor money making purpose«. tion and education to preserve
Such notice« at regular rale« at the option
the beautiful protectors of garden
of the publisher«.
and orchard w ould be op p o rtu n e,
W e » ill not be re«pon«»ble for the
neglect of «ubacriber» to notify u» of particularly if coupled with m eas­
change« in their nddre««. N qr w ill the ures to protect native birds, alm ost
notification of a Po«tma«lef that the »ub-
•criber ha.* “ Removed «cttle the bill of a unequaled in A m erica for beauty
delinquent.
and song, from attacks of destruct­
D id it ever occur to you that it co»t« no ive intruders like the pugnatious
more to produce printing that it
,
to the eye than the other kind.1'
The and nasty little sparrow.
Observer i« equipped with all the modern
fadities for doing good work at the very
minimum of coat. T ry u» with an order
and if it is not executed to your perfect
satisfaction you need not pay for it.
Send for advertising rates.
Census begin» to d ay —be ready
for the enum erators.
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GENERAL“ NEWS OF THE DAY.
Comment Suggested upon Topics as
They are Presented to Readers.
T h ere are a lot of wise people
in this country and the num ber
increases after every national cam ­
C olonist rates nin out today,just p a ig n . - •
as thousands are “ thinking about
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com ing to O re g o n .” W hat was it
T he lion hunter m ight grace the
that was ever so much like a d o g ’s
vacant throne of Abyssinia, whose
ta il? " T h e man w ho was always
official title is “ C onquering Lion
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of the tribe of J u d a h .’’
T h e only “ cheap as ev e r” thing
now . seems to be talk. L ook at
tlie I lo o sier republicans endorsing
Beveridge and 'Taft. W h ere is
Beveridge a t? without confession
he expects to be the next candidate
of the dem ocratic party for presi­
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dent
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Som e people will never be sat­
isfied with Rockefeller until after
he has im poverished himself. Im ­
agine their gratification then.
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If w om en are to have equal
rights we dem an d that they be re­
quired to undergo the o rd eal of
It appears to be a very difficult haircutting as suffered by m an.
thing for som e p eople to give their
correct postoffice address in cities.
E verybody should love T hom as
P o rtlan d is the biggest bungle that A E dson for bis beautiful o p tim ­
we have to deal with ; Passadena ism.
H e predicts an era of
is next A nd w h y ? we cannot cheaper clothing and less work.
answer. All that we have to guide
us in these matters, is the written
T he latest quotation of a choice
directions of the subscriber, we
Missouri
mule is $350. In these
mail in the printed address the
sam e as that given to us—what else times th ere’s music to a farm er’s
ears in a squeal, a grunt o r a bray.
can we d o ?
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T h e O reg o n Daily Jo u rn al says:
“ W hen J. J. H ill depart? (m ay it
be long h en ce), O reg o n will owe
his m em ory a fine m o n u m en t.”
W e protest. N o am ount o f flow­
ers on the coffin of good people,
ever ato n e for the heedless thw art­
ing of right intentions by strewing
the m an ’s pathw ay in life with
thorns. D o away with hypocrisy
and kant, by offering a few bou­
quets at the right tim e. Call up
W m . M cK enzie of Balfour, G u th ­
rie C o., T h e E . O . L. C o., and
Frank Seufert.
T h e new autom obile record is a
mile in tw enty-eight seconds.
It
is no longer a question w hether
man can fly, but if any b ird can
keep up.
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“ H ip s « re com ing back,” says a
p o p ular m agazine. “ W h e re have
they been ? ” inquires T h e O ptim
ist. “ T h a t is our business,” says
Mrs Suffragette.
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Rofus I o n r»poiidd«C«.
Paul and Missouri river points,
and $62.50 from Chicago.
T his
1 F H ill went to P o rtland on
reduction of $10 from regular
the
11th.
sum m er rates ought to attract
m any early sum m er visitors to the
A lterm att m ade a shipm ent of
N ew W est.
rhubarb Saturday.
Harness and Saddlery
Main St. Opposite Mitchell & Foss
A nd still an o th er nice rain make
Bids have been asked for the
everybody
feel fine.
grading on the O reg o n T runk
J M athieson m ade a business
south from M adras to the north
line of the K alam ath Falls Indian trip to P o rtland last week.
reservation, a distance of 111 miles.
E d Phillips and T A Fow ler
It is expected to have bulk of the were in T h e Dalles T hursday.
work will be started M ay 1st and
T h e E levatort and ware house
all the grading com plete by next
w
ere
each loading w heat M onday.
Jan u ary . T h e line will probably
M
r
and M rs R C W allis left on
soon be extended to K alam ath
Falls as the indicated term inus is the 10th for a few days’ viiit at
C am a»t.
a
not a desirable one.
Collars Whips, Blankets, etc,
Complete assortment of Standard Groceries.
Come and ascertain our prices.
A FULL LINE
NOW ON HAND
R i/u Ir lB i Promptly aad Neatly Doae.
Moro, Oregon.
Syrup, 4 gal.
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$2.75
Oysters, per can
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Tomatoes large‘can’
.10
Jello, per box - -
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A BRAND NEW PAIR OF BYES
out of the question, o f course; but
but the p air of glasses with which, we
can outfit you (after p ro p e r testing)
will alm ost convince y o u that you
have the eyesight of youth back
again. Fact is we can d o y our eyes
and* eyesight a lot o f good.
L et s talk to you about it.
T h e M cM innville Insurance Co
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T h e extraordinary im portance agent was doing business in Rufus
of the m odern Y oung M e n ’s Tuesday.
C hristian
Association
in
the
Miss Booth the C elilo teacher,
tw entieth century city is e m p h a ­ is visiting Miss T h o m p so n for a
sized by statistics obtainable at the few days.
P ortland institution.
T h e great
M ayor E S C a ttr o n and M r and
8-6tory building at Sixth and T a y ­
Mrs W ad e o f W asco were in Rufus
THE DALLES, OREGON.
lor streets was op en ed six m onths
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m
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onday.
Rock
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in
any
quantity,
at
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from the opening every available Bryant v isited th e school here one
inch of room was being utilized. day last week.
T o d a y it is the p erm anent resi­
C larence L in d em an has launch­
dence of 267 m en. and 700 take ed his new skiff on the Colum bia.
their meals there daily. A n aver­ It is a beauty.
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age of 75 different classes, m eet­
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of
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ings an d gatherings are held in the
building every night, S unday ex through Rufus a few days ago, on
cepted. T h re e physical directors his way to Cliffs.
T h e shooting Sunday was a fair
are regularly em ployed and m o je
DEALERS IN
than 1,500 m en and boys take average. T h e re were~12 shooters
Lime, Plaster, Cement, Builders
part in physical w ork. T h e re are in attendance m aking a score of 68
2,883 m em bers on the roll, an d percent broke.
Supplies, Lumber, Wood, Coal,
in excess o f 3,000 m en visit th_
Cedar Posts, and Hay.
J W Sm ith has received a card
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building daily.
P robably the from his bro th er, S T Sm ith, an ­
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most striking statem ent is the fact nouncing th at he had arrived at
M ANUFACTURERS OF
that the P o rtland Y oung M e n ’s St C loud, F lorida, all o k, and
C hristian A ssociation has m ore feeling fine.
4 a n H i i i n i i i n > h » o i-i 1 1 4- n 1 < i a i l 1 1 h w i i f m m 1
students than any o th e r single e d ­
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ucational institution in O regon;
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908 have registered this season.
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Demos« Correspondence.
T h ere are classes in carpentry,
plum bing,
brick-laying
trades,
M rs H endricson is on the sick
chem istry, m ining and assaying, list.
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autom obiling, ■ gas engines, elec­
W
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Reese
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busy
loading
cars '
tricity, telegraphy, bookkeeping,
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for
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rtland.
typew riting, show card writing,
Beth M arie T onkins is spending
salesm anship, architecture, m e­
chanical, sheet metal and free hand a few dayB with friends here.
SHARPLESS CREAM SEPARATORS
drafting, apple culture, poultry
M r and M rs W E Jew ell called
If you are thinking of getting a cream
raising, and fifty o th e r subjects.
on M rs P W Davis Sunday.
Pickles, Sweet or Sour, California
Honey, and almost everything else
needed by a family. Come and see
and price our goods.
F. V. Clark, Jeweler, I Optician
ii WATER PIPES AMI FITTIUGS p
T e x x a , C o tt a , X’l p e e .
PLUMBING GOODS
Bath T ubs, Patent Closets, W ash Stands
at several different prices«
LANE & SE X TO N , The Dalles? Ore.
MILL FEED AND FLOUR.
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I ^ u d o lf O p e r a H o u s e
The W. C. T. U.
M o ro W C T U organized with
a m em bership of 19, by M rs L L
S h epard, m et F riday afternoon at
the h o m e of M rs Julia H ansen.
A constitution was ado p ted , etc.
T h e thanks of the society was ten ­
dered M esdam es H ow e, Hicks,
and M cC lelland, o f W asco, w ho
gave us valuable inform ation in
connection with the w ork to be
d one. T w o new m em bers were
adm itted, m aking the total mém-
bership to date 21. Several will
doubtless join at the next m eeting,
which will be held at the hom e of
Mrs- G race W allan, F riday. A pril
22d, at 2.30 sharp. T h e en tertain ­
m ent com es first on the program ,
business next. Light refreshm ents
served at all meetings. AU in ter­
ested in this w ork, even though
they have not to date joined the
society, will be w elcom ed at our
next o r follow ing meetings. W e
invite you to com e and see what
we are doing.
H a rn ess and H a rn ess E xtras.
P W Davis is farm ing and Mrs
D is attending to the duties of the
office w hiclTflfnot crow ded?
Look over your harness before spring «.
work begins and if you need extras or
a new harness, w e have them.
M r and M rs H ow ard have re­
turned to their hom e at Corvallis,
after a short visit with their daugh­
ter, Mrs W C Reese.
No other article of human food
has ev er received such em­
phatic e o n m e n d a t l o n for
parity» naetalneaa and whole-
aomenesa fr o m t h e m o a t
em inent authorities.
S k a tin g 2 5 cents.
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Now is the time to fence Get our
and AMERICAN hog fencing.
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T he poor Camera cost more to keep going
than a good one; it uses up just as many plates or
films and the pictures are of an indifferent character.
See our up to date
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Secure a Seneca and Start Right
7 Paints, O ik, Varnishes and Stains,
Calcimine and Glass.
I have bought the E. M. Meach property and
have opened a fresh new stock of w all paper,
paints, etc, and propose to make this my
home, and
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280 Different Styles and Sizes, ranging in price
From $3.50 to $418.00
All SENECAS are made to take FILM PACK ADAPTORS for 12
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am a first class workman w ith the above goods,
and can please you i f given a trial. References
as to past work given if desired.
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A book brimfull o f tim ely inform ation on the Science and
A rt of P h otography, F R E E To YOU.
S E N E C A C A M E R A ¡M F C . CO.
Rochester N. Y.
Largest In d ep en d en t C am era M akers in the^W orld.
Moro, Oregon.
Aero«« th e e tre e t from H a rd in ’s store.
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Every Saturday Evening from
8 to 10.
Thursdays from 2:30 to 4:30 will
be for Ladies only.
separator, get a Sharpless, none better.
Miss O lieva H u n ter is at hom e
from N ew tons. Mrs N is some
better.
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A fl..grant m isapplication of the
initiative and referendum law it.
exem plified in tire ¡im posed new
county (»1 N esm ith, to be laker
from L ane and Douglas. I he p eo­
ple o f die dnafrdV to be effected
will s u b m it t i i e p r o p o s i t i o n to the
people ol O regon at the election
next N o v em ber..and expect us to
fiil the pnge*J of T h e O bserver
with their arguments for the en-
Hghi enm ent of people who have
no interest w hatever in the pri>
posed change. It should be suffi
cient for the people effec ted to de­
cide the m atter am ong themselves
and not ca|l upon the voter» at
large (uptake part in a controversy
in which they have neither interest
n o r know ledge. W hen it comes
to a vote cut this affair out.
Manufacturer and Dealer In
JOHN TONKINS, Proprietor
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LOUIS H EY D T1
MORO RACKET STORE
If the hobos are really interested
in farm ing they should turn their
N o. 161. Report of tke Conditio« of
attention to som ething besides the
Th e W aico Warehouse M illin g Co. Bank,
mellow bark of the bulldogs and
at M oro, in the (tate of Oregon, at the
close of business, March 29th, 1910.
T h e Spokesm an-Review tells of hieroglyphics on the gateposts.
an Indian w om an graduate of the
Resources—
T here isn’t a thing in the theory
Carlisle school who just secured a
Loans and discounts................ $124,593 48
divorce, with all the trimmings, at that children will grow up to be
Overdrafts, secured and un­
secured .................. I ...............
504 57
Lew iston, thus clearly dem onstrat­ grateful for the w hippings they get,
Banking house, furniture, and
ing the advantages to the Indian This is a fairly healthful country,
1,030 50
fixture« ..................................
•of a college education. T h e R e­ but people d o n ’t live long enough
Due from hanks (not reserve
for
th
a
t.»
view doe« not give the w o m an’s
banks).......................... .
13,959 41
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nam e, but we suspect that it was
Due from approved reserve
N ow it is claim ed that iole lea
b a n l.........................................
35,997 83
Mrs C orbett Law yer, and if so, she
ther is the hook w o rm ’s bane ; that
Cash on hand ..........................
10,664 50
most positively deserves it,without
the infection is through the feet
Total ....................................
$186,750 29
com m ent. I t was h er husband s
and unless far advanced can be
Liabilities—
“ ed u catio n ,” perhaps, that led him
cured and p revented by w earing
Capital stock paid in ..............
$25,000 00
away from his wife, with an affini­
Undivided profits, less expen­
shoes.
ty, dow n to sham e and d eg rada­
ses and taxes paid .............
2,826 94
Tke Pessimistic Gardener.
tion from a life o f usefulness and
Due to banks and bankers. . .
24,135 89
A fter m any years congress now
Individual-deposits subject to
honor. C orbett was also a Carlisle has passed a bill providing for
I think I’ll take my trusty spade
check.......................................
122,276 76
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graduate.
the im m ediate survey of unsurvey-
Demand certificates of deposit
8,820 00
A nd work begin.
ed portions o f railway grants, that
State d e p o sits.........................
3,690 70
1 hat robbery of the G erm an- they may be patented and becom e I guess I ’ll have a subsoil m ade
Total ......................................
O f battered tin.
A m erican Bank of $5,000 is solid subject to taxation.
ice in com parison to anything that
I’ll jam a lot of rusty pan*
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State of Oregon,
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may have previously h appened in­
Into a mass,
County of Sherman ( 8
Senator
B
ourne
has
abandoned
side of those four walls. It was a
T opdress the same with em pty cans
I, W . Stanley, cashier of the above
the ®
deliberate and cold-blooded trans­ the idea of m aking cultivation the
named bank, do solemnly swear that
A nd broken glass.
above statement is true to the best of my
action. T h e thief approached the only qualification to securing 320-
W . Stanley,
president with the bunco tric k : aere homestonds in O regon under Som e ashes on the beds I’ll dum p knowledge and belief.
Cashier.
F
rom
time
to
tim
e.
the
enlarged
senn-aiiu
.aw.
W ould you please open our safe­
Subscribed and sworn to before me
W
ith
now
and
then
a
handy
lum
p
ty deposit for me, I’ve left my keys
this 6th day cf A p ril, 1910.
O f builder's lime.
behind ?
It w orked, and in a
f , . 1
John M . Parry,
T h e N . P. Ry., has announced
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N otary l*ublic.
cool and deliberate m anner the pecial rates from Chicago and St. A nd soon 1*11 have a garden fine
fellow’ securely tucked the m oney Paul to P o rtlan d for the rose car­
In my back y a r d ;
R. O . McCoy,
away in bis pockets and got out. nival. R ound trip rates M ay 28th A nd sit beneath a budding vine,
F. A. French,
T h e bank, it is said, ¡»“ p ro tected” to June 3d will be $50 from St.
Directors.
‘ A happy bard.
by the A m erican Bankers Associ­
ation from losses through "such ne­
farious channels.”
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Main Sherman county headquarters for Farm
Machinery and Supplies. Drapers for all
Harvester and Headers such as Holt, Best,
Hodge, McCormic etc.
Both in w orkm anship and price.
Office at Furniture Store.
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b W U n n i rti«»i lU i i l i i n i i i i i <i i i n h a n i 1ilri w i iW> i n i i m n i i » J
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Link Belting, Leather Belting, L ace Leather
Engine packing, Oils, Rope, M achine Extras, etc.
Deering and Hodge Headers.
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L IV E R Y , FE E D A N O S A L E S T A P L E S .
C. R. BELSHEE, Proprietor and Manager.
Telephone from The Dalles or any Sherman county points at our ax-
pen« e. Service furnUhed to or from Moro to any point.
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