Be cheerful; the »un south for a month yet. NEW STOCK D R E SS GOODS, S IL K S , OUTING F L A N N E L , W A IS T S , U N D E R W E A R , AND H O SIER Y J U S T R EC EIV ED . Twenty Large Cases of Staple and Fancy Dry Goods, and Lad­ ies and Childrens Ready to Wear garments |u3t received and . we cordially invite your attenton to our complete line. *£ <£ MORO COMMERCIAL COMPANY T li« O h m c rv e r u n i« » r h k h m a r co ., o r b g o h : FRIDAY.. .N ovember 25, 1910 The price of The Observer is $1.50 per rear, 75 centa for aix montha, 50 centa for our montha—but if paid in advance we iccept $2.50 in full for 2 yeara. Shorter erm» than one year 1 2 # centa per month A Blue Mark here will anawer an in |uer, when entered upon our calendar [fving the date of the paper aa the date at rhich your current aubacription expires. Eureka ith ua. Lodge N o . 121. a . F. a a . M. Moro. or. Meeta the first and third Thursday evenings of each month. Visiting member» cordially invited to meet By order of W . M . J. M . P ^ f T , Secretary. B a th la b a m C h a p te r NO. 78 O. K. ». Regular communication each 2d and 4th Thuraday eninga monthly. By or* ^er of W . M . - Mas. H elbn P ab « , Secy. ___ .. 1 —■——■■— M o r o L e d g e , N o . 113, l. o. o. r . Moro, or. O ld newspapers for sale at The After all, politics is not quite all Observer office. of life. H D M ay expects to go into M r and M r* Taylor have mov­ business at Vancouver, Wash. ed into M oro for the winter. Pocket Maps of Oregon and Ffew thing* taste better than a fat, well-cooked mallard wild Washington. The Observer Book Store. duck. Gilbert Davis ha* taken up a X Cap. Belcher ha* sold his Col­ section of desirable land in the lins springs, hotel and bathhouse region of Madras. to F A Young. W hoever we are and whatever Bacon is so high now that just a we may be doing, we are just folks, few pound* of it cost as much is a and that's ail there is to it. set of Shakespeare. John H McCune and M r Sher­ T E Baldra is to operate the W ine* harness shop at Wasco for wood, have leased the Pike place, recently farmed by Don Wheat. G N Crosfield, late purchaser. Grandpa J B Wheat, who has Bring your job printing to The Observer office. Neat, attractive been ailing for some time, ia re­ work and reasonable prices guar­ cuperating on a visit to friends in the Rose city. anteed. Ella W heeler W ilco x, say* a Send The Observer to your ab­ man can’t love two women at the sent friends. It give* all the local same time. H ardly, and keep news, and is better than a letter. M ailed four month* for 50c. out of the insane asylum. W ild ducks and geese are in fine condition and there is an abundance of the feathered game along the John Day and Colum­ bia. The story is told of a woman who lost fifty pounds by living on an exclusive diet of spinach and cauliflower. It’s our idea that the cauliflower did it. Now you can buy your Haviland China a* you want it to fill an as­ Subscribe for the Observer. sortment at the M oro Hardware Birthday Postal Cards at The Implement Co., where a full line bserver Book Store. of these goods are kept in stock. Here it comes again; do your “I had been troubled with lristmas shopping early. for two years and tried all ef the beat phyR- It has become very fashionable for M oro families to take their Sunday dinners at Hotel M oro, where they obtain splendid service and save lots of home trouble. M r and M r* Alfred Mott of Co­ lumbia county, and Mrs John Dil- linger, relatives of M r and Mrs W m Morrison, have returned to their homes after a nice visit in this county. ^Meeting every Saturday {evening at 7:30 o clock. 'Visiting member» are cor­ dially invited. Member» expected to be present. m B k is b in , . N. G. W m . H e n m ic h s , S ecy. I he Ten Commandments sur- kre all election and other storm*. D on’t wait to be dunned; pay i now, and a year ahead. W e eiana in Bristol, T eo«., and they eould do nothing for me,” write» Thea. B. Willlaaaa, Middleboro, Ky- “Twe peekuna ef Cfcaaa- berlain’a Stomach and Liver Tablets eared me.* Far aale by all dealers. D on’t forget to keep up your subscriptions to The O ld Reliable Dr O J Goffin who ha* been at when subscribing time come* >rtland several days, is expected around next fall. Things are go­ ing to keep right on doing in thia ime this evening. old shack. The Ladies’ Aid Society of the oro M . E. Church will hold JqJjn Carmody, wfio ha* been on the railway surveys up Des eir annual Bazaar Dec 10th. Fault-finding is a very easily ac- Chutes, stopped over in M oro a ired habit. The same may be few days en route to Portland where he is to spend Thanksgiv­ d of most habit* which are not ing week at home. od. W e of thi* part of Sherman L W Ross, the W asco Jew eler, s just received a nice line of county took six inches of snow on rates; of ntlemen’s watch chain* that he the 18th, at current which the moisture was conserved II guarantee to wear a man publicly denie. and turned into the w il. with lo t. W hen more rain on the 20th, 22d. at he is going to marry a woman would be the gallant thing for M r. M cNeal is moving the m to add that it is not hi* fault. Wallis addition to the pharmacy. Mrs Robert Urquhart is speed- |o D r. J R Morgan’s lot on Mc­ £ across the continent thi* week Coy avenue, corner of First street, d expects to reach the home of and fitting up a nice cottage home r parents in Ontario, Canada, for M r and Mrs Morgan. morrow or the next day. Several points in Crook county ed the money. Vhcn vonr fe«t *ra w«t and cold, and ir body chilled through and through from XMmre, take a big doaa of Chamberlain a aKl, Remedy, batha your fiat In hot Mr before going to bed, and you are sb et certain to ward off a aevare cold. For a by all dealers. are afflicted with dyptheris. Four new cases were reported at Madras on the 13th, and the schools have been closed there to assist in stamping out disease which has Hood River apple* from 75c to caused much trouble. . per box f. o. b., Hood River, The O . Man of this shack ack­ nd orders with remittance, to L nowledge* many welcome calls of Clark, Hood River, and same friend* attending court this week; 11 receive prompt attention, 2lT. and to the numerous persons who A Crook county sawmill man a called upon C. L ., our Junior, at v days ago wired an order for the residence we feel specially yards of block friction paper, grateful. C. L . isn’t bed-fast, he is the telephone transmission the simply chained to quietness, which der reached it* destination as now seems to be his best remedy, lack fraction” paper. The con- and cheerful calls upon him act rn took the order to the United like a tonic. T o all our friends ites land office for Interprete- we say, “ Come oftener and stay ,n and then sent out six yards longer.” tracing paper. If you are wanting a watch of any grade it will pay you to call and see what we have to offer. Yon will find our prices cannot be beaten any where. L W Ross, the Wasco jeweler. Feeding a lot of dry or nearly dry cow* in the winter it almost Most people seemed thankful as wasteful as keeping up roaring fires in the house all summer. yesterday that they were alive. When a town stagnates it is usu­ L D Holder has sold his Sher­ ally because it* citizen* have no man county farm and w ill relocate public spirit. Content with things in Gilliam. as they arc, unaffected by the pro­ M rs H 9 M c D a n e l dined yes­ gress that goes on around them, terday with relatives at a Thanks­ they see their own community giving gathering in Portland. vegetate while other* nearby, for­ Curtis Johnson will be with hi* tunate in their type of citizens, go sister and relatives in M on m o u th ahead from one year to another. for a few days this Thanksgiving Thu* it is that oftimes towns with week. many natural advantages are out­ distanced in population and M r J W Cochran ha* gone to wealth by place* for which nature Portland to take a course of treat­ ment at a hospital, in hope of im­ has done but little. ATHENA UNDERWEAR from its very nature appeals with particular force to the womanly woman. When she picks it up, she realizes that she has found the underwear she wants. As she wears it, her opinion is strengthened. Such daintiness, such perfect fit, such comfort without bulk, have never been combined in woman’s underwear previous to the manufacture of the ATHENA line. One great point is that this beautiful, desir­ able underwear costs no more than the ordinary, ill-fitting underwear. Daintiness, elegance, re­ proving her health. Varioos Uses for OU Newspaper*. Community silver ware, best A N o. 1 plated, mad* by the Old If people only knew the value Quaker Colony, on sale at Moro of old newspapers they would be Hardware and Implement Co.’s as common in the house as light. Mrs Laura Davis may now be Paste two or three layer* on the considered past the most critica l table before covering it with oil­ point in her long and serious sick cloth. Smoothe the surface with spell, much to the gratification of the palm of your hand. her numerous friends. Polish the window* and lamp Let us do your next order of chimney* with old newspaper*; Commercial Job Printing High also the range or other stoves, af­ grade work, at prices satisfactory. ter blacking. The O ld Reliable Observer Steam Have a small box handy, into it Printery, M oro, Oregon. place all the crumpled particles, Bro Berrian, of the Eastern O r which will always be found nice egon Land Company, is still on to start a fire with. the verge of— loneliness. Mrs B Spread an old paper on the is still on her visit in Portland and floor when removing ashes from George cannot get away from his the stoves; also, in emptying the M oro moorings. •» , carpet-sweeper; burn both the pa­ John and Herman Brackett of per and dirt together. the North End, have purchased Tack four or five layers smooth­ the Taylor Burgin farm 2 X miles ly on the ironing board under the southeast of Moro. R T Morgan sheet; it will not on[y make the and family go to their fruit farm covering firmer, but will lengthen near The Dalles. the life of it. J R Brown, discoverer of the Useful to avoid dirt when your Oregon King gold, diver and cop­ children blacken their shoes for per mine,, at Ashwood, Crook school, and at the same time teach­ county, in 1896, was at Shaniko es them a useful lesson in the art last week. Litigation has pre­ of cleanliness. Put the paper as vented astonishing developments a rug on the floor. there for 14 years. Spread papers on the table when The Observer Family is thank­ cleaning fish, drawing poultry, or ful indeed to M r and M r* H W paring vegetables. After saving Strong for a bountiful supply of such refuse a* may be useful foods spare ribs this week, the finest and for the hens, cow or pig, burn the first of the season, and a box of paper* in a hot stove. choice apples from their famous ' Place about four layers, cut to M oro Farm Orchard. fit closely around and under the A K Fuller has bought three X straw in a nest, when setting a hen sections of the J F Belshee Spald­ in the early spring ; changing with ing Chapel farm, and will move each brood hatched. upon it next m onth; we welcome If you are short of bed clothing M r and M r*-F u lle r and family tack about four thickneses between back to Good O ld Sherman coun­ the folds of a light double cotton ty. W e still have the strings on or wool blanket. You will be sur M r and M r* Belshee, as they still prised at the comfort it affords. own about three X-«ect'on8 >n Spalding district. x Fold and place a few thickness­ es on your back and over the There are people constantly ¿hest, under your vest for comfort complaining that they are creatures when walking or driving in a cold of circumstances. But then there wet day like last Tuesday was. are other people who are so mas­ Finally, when you want a few terful and wise that they become the creators of circumstances. old newspapers remember that at The difference between the two, The O ld Reliable office, or at The especially in the way things w o rk Observer Book Store, you can gen­ out, is equal to that between the erally get an abundant supply for a small sum of money. W e don’t poles and the equator. like to see anything wasted that Circuit court closed a busy term may be made useful. in M oro this week. It was Judge Butler’s last visit in an official ca­ Demoss Correspondence. pacity. At the close of the term at Condon, and one at Fossil, he Miss Myrtle Stevens was on the steps down for Judge Parker and sick list last week. will resume close attention to his Geo Haskell and daughter Alva law practice. Sherman county is a unit in wishing him future spent Sunday in Wasco. success. -<<' , , A Hunter bought 4 mules last M r and Mrs Umberger left for Washington city on the 19th. It is an official visit for M r Umberg­ er whom we all hope may return Avenarius Carbolineum is a and be with us yet for mahy germ destroyer. It destroys the years, both him and his. cause of decay in posts or timber. - If you need a heating stove that The U S Government, the O R ia based upon scientific principles, & N Co, Multnomah county and investigate the M a lo y ; ask W alter the city of Portland, are making Rutledge about i t ; then go to the general use of it on bridge timbers, salesroom of the M oro Hardware etc. The Observer Book Store is and Implement Company, where distributors of the pure article in you can buy it. Sherman county. Portland Adams, of M c M in n ­ O W Axtell has sold out his en­ ville, died of paralysis at The tire stock paints, oils, paper, etc., Dalles on the 16th, aged 64 years, in that line to Messrs M M Hos­ while on a visit to relatives. Mrs mer and J W Case, who will en­ T Clay Neece was a niece of de­ large the business at the Hosmer ceased, and happened to be in stand. The balance of M r Axtell’s The Dalles when death occurred. stock of furniture etc. it is expect­ The remains were taken to Me ed will be taken by the M oro Minnville for funeral and burial. Hardware and Implement Co., Saturday evening, November who will thus strengthen their 19th, about sixteen young people business. M r Axtell ia making gathered at the home of Miss these sales to get out of business Netah Martin to make merry her on account of poor health. 15th birthday anniversary. Games Delegate* are wanted from Sher­ of various kinds were indulged in man county to attend the Oregon until 10 o’clock when refreshments were served, after which all de­ Development at Salem Novem ­ The railroad* parted for their homes, wishing ber 28th to 30th. will give special railroad rate*. Miss Netah many happy birth­ Secretary Johnson wishes to know days. Miss Martin was the recip­ if there are local persons who ient of many nice presents. with to attend this meeting, and if Io, they should inform him at O ln I K I r n s n O ry once, and they w ill receive cre­ dential* i t delegates. m PLiTMin C A N T O R IA ATHENA finem ent w ith o u t extra cost. Without doubt ATHENA is the most desir­ able underwear we have ever sold for women, misses and children. Many styles and fabrics. R o y al W o r c e s te r N on- ----- R ustable C orsets------ Fit, Wear, Satisfy and Insures You Against Corset Trouble T h e m ost potent charm of w om anly b eau ­ ty is a Perfect Figure, attended through w earing a perfect corset correctly fitted. Royal W o rcester Corsets beautify and im ­ prove every figure, m oulding the form u n ­ til it assum es the graceful and sy m m e tri­ cal lines of the ideal. All this and m ore is accom plished w ith ease and full in accord w ith th e law s of health and hygiene. In fact the Royal W o rcester is the only m ed ­ ium priced corset th at com bines every h ealth and fashion feature, and is the favorite of w om en everyw here. Prices are $ i.o o up to $3.50 A. M. WILLIAMS & CO. THE DALLES, OREGON. Look for this Sign when you go to buy paint. In other words, com e to us when you have any painting to do. J.. S h e p w / n W il l ia m s P a in t s '«SK.*for dl1 |