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About Sherman County observer. (Moro, Sherman County, Or.) 1897-1931 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 27, 1911)
) f you care to sec how much like one of these men you can look, I just drop into our shop and tty on one of our suits or overcoats. We are now displaying a very pleasing variety of fabrics in these garm ents. Style and d u ra bility combined and prices very moderate. Suits $10 to $25 Overcoats $8.50 to $25 Something For The Ladies Ladies Furs, Sw eaters, D ress G oods, Under- wear, Hosiery, Corsets, etc., at prices that are absolutely right. ' 'M O D E K N C L O T H E S ’ B tn n ^ T K ^ J & C a . ta /ZS« a«o*e loro Commercial Co. ta ****** The lordly Columbia is great on the swell this month. MORO, shkrman co ., orbgom : Birthday Postal Cards at The Observer Book Store. FR ID A Y ....... J anuary 27. 1911 Wm. Morrison is confined to his home with a bad cold. be p ▼ear, 75 cent* for aix months, 50 cents for lour months—but if paid in advance we Chas R Belshee lost a splendid accept $2.50 in full for 2 years. Shorter milch cow last week from mineral terms than one year 12 S cents per month. poisoning. A Blue Mark here rill answer an in- quer, when entered upon our calendar, John Parry is jointly interested giving the date of the paper as the date at in the White Salmon deal with subscription expires. which your current subsc G A Meloy. Eureka Lodge N o. 121. If Hope didn't spring eternal in A. P. A A. M. Moro. or. the human breast people wouldn’t Meets the first and third ursday evenings of each get married three or four times. month. Visiting members Colorado farmers are going to cordially invited to meet rith us. By order of W . M . make war on grasshoppers; a few J. M . P a r b y , Secretary. regiments of turkeys would do the B e th le h e m C hap ter business. NO. 78 O. B. B. If you want a good watch get ar communication and 4th Thursday one of the Hamilton, the Railroad enings monthly. By or* L. W. Ross, the Wasco >r of M rs . A n n a M o o r r , Watch. ' V— ----- Jeweler,-sells them. • The O b se r v e r M ora L odge, N a. 113, l. o . o . P. Moro, or. The discovery that tobacco dis courages cerebro-spinal meningitis will be accepted without question by countless thousands of credulus men. Go to F A Block, at the Moro Pharmacy, for all kinds of watch, The wisest aeronaut is the one clock and jewelry repairing. who knows when to quit and set Work neatly done and all work tle down. guaranteed. Let us do your next order oi Why is it that one never sees a picture of an angel in trousers ? Commercial Job Printing High grade work, at prices satisfactory. or the devil in petticoats? When a woman declares that The Old Reliable Observer Steam •he has nothing to wear she means Printery, Moro, Oregon. Messrs Haskens A Stevens, late that she has nothing new. of Elgin, have leased the J H Lan 16 inch cord wood $7.75 and dry shops on Park avenue, and $8.00 per cord at Independent have entered upon the business of Warehouse & Milling Co., Wasco black smithing, in all its various Oregon. branches. InkB, Red, Blue-black, Jet-black; Wright Bros are entitled to praise Violet, Green, and the best qual for their goodness in providing for ity fountain pen ink at The Ob the widows and orphans of their server Book Store. aviators; hope the number will B F Peetz changed his mind, not become too great for them to and has moved into his own house taka care of. in Moro; one of the nicest; which The dance given last Friday he purchased from H S McDanel. night was well attended and every Jay J Lowe, the shaded lettering one seemed to enjoy themselves. artist, was ip town from his farm The music furnished by the Speer near Monkland this week, leaving Bros, and Axtell was exceedingly several specimens of the art behind fine and enjoyed by all. him. The state board of health has a When yon have a ©old get a bottle of bill to come before the Oregon Chamberlain’a Cough Remedy. 1» will legislature to do away with all •oon fix you up all right and will »»rd any tendSBey toward pneumonia. Thia public drinking cups. More cases remedy contains no opium or other narcotic of diptheria has been contracted and may be given aa confidently to a baby •a to an adult. Sold by Ell dealer*. from public drinking cups than Mr and Mrs H S McDanel left from any other source. John Tonkins has sold his store finally for their new home in the Rose City this week, carrying with building and hotel on Main street, them the best wishes of the whole and his feed stable on First street to Arthur Phillips, taking a tract community. A Chicago man declares that the of fruit, garden and grass land on end of the world is to come next the John Day river, to which year; he claims to have talked place he will move with his stock with an angel, which makes the of merchandise. Did it ever occur to you that it story sound like a dream. would be a good plan to give your A Cold Wave is one of the great wife and the kitchen stove a rest travelers of the world, always ap on Sunday and take dinner at The pearing somewhere, taking toll in Hotel M oro? The woman who its sweep, never knowing where it cooks all the week is worthy of a ¡s going when it starts out. % rest on Sunday and will appreciate And now it is New York city a good dinner which she has not that proposes to legislate against had to cook herself. the obtrusive and intrusive hat O h lld r n n O ry pin. Perhaps in the metropolis it ¿Meeting every Saturday »evening at 7:30 o'clock. 'Visiting members are cor* ' dially invited. Members expected to be present. R. K essin oer , N . G . W m . H e n r ic h s , Secy. will not be regarded aa freak leg- (slatipn. ' ' FOR FLETCHER'S C A 8 T O R IA Subscribe for the Observer. W eather is like everything else ; one may get too much of it. The weather bureau should be given credit always for doing its best. Rocksprings lump coal $9 per ton at Independent Warehouse & Milling Co., Wasco, Ore. H H Brackett expects to move to his new home east of Moro soon, the Taylor Burgin farm. Postmaster J M Parry is absent from the city this week, but is ably represented by Judge William Henrichs. California climate is fine for av iation purposes, but the aviators fall just as hard there as in other sections of the country. W h w your feet ere wet end cold, en^ your body chilled through end throngh from exposure. take e big doee of Chamberlain’a Cough Remedy, bathe tout feet in hot water before going to bed, and you are al most certain to ward off a severe cold. For •ale by all dealer*. A few ladies suits, ladies and childrens coats, and ladies skirts, to close out at a very low price. Ask about them at the Moro Commercial Co. A C Sanford's family are now living in Portland where his chil dren have school advantages which could not be acquired at Madras. Mr S. is still a resident at the latter place. On Saturday February 4th the Moro Hardware & Implement Co. will make a special sale on collapsible aluminum private drinking cups; regular 25c cups go for 10c each on that date. Mr and Mrs Jerome Morrow, living in the Gorman district, lost their bright little 2-years old boy on the 23d. Burial was at Wasco on the 24th. Our sympathy is ex tended to the stricken family. G F Guinther sold his Sherman county farm to Judge Bourhill.and bought of Judge Bourhill a tract of 102 acres of Rowena land. He still has his stock, outfit, and im plements for sale at the farm near Moro. A scientist declares that Venus is inhabited by intelligent beings; now let him prove It. t Claude Wallan, brother of W D, stopped over a few days on his return to Adams, from Portland. A Rufus hen lays an egg every day but Sunday; it is not stated what denomination she belongs to. We can’t help liking the man who thinks that 1911 is going to be a better year than 1910 ; optimism is a grand thing. Most complete stock of suit cases ever shown in Sherman county, now on display at the Moro Commercial Co s store. Hosmer A Case are finishing the painting and decorations at Dr J R Morgan’s dental office, and will next turn their attention to the residence. If you would like a first class optician to visit Moro, write to Dr A L Golder, The Dalles, Oregon, and if sufficient number respond he will make the trip. W heq you have an-auction sale you will need to advertiseit to get profitable results. If you have the adv properly set, as we do it, post ers can be printed from it. Mr Lindsey, who is farming the E E Lyon tract below Demoss, is suffering from a broken hip occa sioned by the falling of a horse he was riding. Dr Morse is attending the case. Mrs Me Each lan returned to her home in Portland Tuesday. Dan is having a fine visit with his brother in New Zealand, their first in 30 years. He will sail for home February 9th. . Each school child in the county should have a private drinking cup and avoid many contagious diseases. Regular 25c collapsible aluminum drinking cups 10c on Saturday Feb. 4, at Moro H ard ware A Imp. Co. Mrs Anna LJrqhart js having the time of her life on her Canadian tour and visit; but oh, how cold it is ba^k there. Little Laura is well and seems to appreciate the compliments showered upon the sweet Oregon baby. A M Wright has returned from Eugene where he visited his par ents. His mother, Grandma Eva Wright, is still suffering from the effects of a recent stroke of paraly sis of her right side, although she is able to sit up and help herself a little. Grandpa Wright appears to be in robust health. The birth day anniversaries of Mrs P P DeMoss, *and Mrs Blue, occurring on the 19th, they were given an afternoon reception at Mrs J P Strahl’8, under auspices of the Ladies’ Aid Society, at the close of which Artist Wm Ray mond appeared with his camera and took a very nice picture of the party, grouped in front of the premises. When Noah Webster first pub lished his dictionary it contained about 70,000 words. The latest edition has over 400,000 The in crease has been coined hy human ity—many of which were first in the slang class, but being general ly accepted were recognized and graduated into the better class, and today are given just as promi nent a place in the English lan guage as other words. Avenarius Carbolineum is a germ destroyer. It destroys the cause of decay in posts or timber. The U S Government, the O R A N Co, Multnomah county and the city of Portland, are making general use of ¡ton bridge timbers, etc. The Observer Book Store is distributors of the pure article In Sherman county. BUY A SEWING MACHINE $75 Sewing Machine, while they last, for only $40 $65 Sewing Machine, w hile,they last, for only $35 All new and up to date Sewing Machines Come quick to get one, they won’t last. MORO HARDWARE AND IMPLEMENT CO. Assessor Otto Peetz is busy this week extending the assessment roll. One often hears of the meanest man, but it seems there is no mean est woman. • While salvation may he regarded as free, Billy Sunday gets a pile of money, wherever he goes. Special prices on men's cordu roy pants. Extra good quality $2.50 at the Moro Commercial Co. ~ Chronicle: Mr and Mrs I D Calbreath left last night for Biggs where they will take charge of the Biggs hotel. Congress has appropriated$9,000 to investigate rural ignorance; if that is all that is required, there can’t be much rural ignorance. C F Coe and E E Barzee, of Moro Hardware and Implement Company, attended the hardware dealers’ convention in Portland this week. At the end of 1911 the fellow who plods along at a steady gait will have accomplished as much as the one who starts out to revo lutionize things in 30 days. The Daughters of Rebecca in Sherman county will long re member with pleasure the . splen did district convention held in Moro last Saturday afternoon and evening. The Moro lodge team put on the floor work which was perfect. Wm. RUDOLF _ Proprietor. g g g g V - T H E H O U S E O F Q U A L IT Y . - A complete line of Candies, Cigars and Tobacco, Bottled Soda waters and Soft Drinks. : : : Pool and Billiard Parlor in back room. N e x t D o o r to P o s t O ffic e O o 0 «f Q e o 0 HEAD QUARTERS FOR ALL KINDS OF POSTAL CARDS. f lo r o , O re g o n . O A L I T T L E M IS S IO N A R Y W O R K IN Y O U R D idle days by telling your neighbors of the good qualities of The Observer. If you can’t get their sub scriptions, send us their addresses and we will send them sample copies. We pay for all soliciting you do JJgt Subscribe for The Observer. Best Weekly published ' in the Inland Em pire. Everyone leads it. JOB PRINTING W e C 'e r d ln lly M o lle lt V o te r P a lio a a g e . We have just received a nice assortment of Hamilton Watches The Only Complete Set of Abstract Books la Shermaa Cooaty. The Hamilton is a high grade rail foad durable guaranteed time keeper The Sherman County Abstract Company now being organized by Attorneys W C„ Bryant, C M Huddleston, C L Whealdon, and other citizens, will soon have the only complete set of abstract books in Sherman county. For months work has been progressing quietly but effectively on this set of books. The entire records of Sherman county will have been verified and compared with great care, and as a result, one of the best sets of books that can be made will soon be completed. If you want an abstract made, or one continu ed, write to the Sherman County Abstract Company, Moro, Ore gon, or see one of the above named attorneys. [4t.69 W e sell all kinds of watches. L. W. ROSS, W asco W atch Inspector for the ORNRy W h e n w e get y o u r w ir e le s s call fo r HELP, w e w ill c o m e to t h e r e s c u e w ith g ood old _______ -= P R IN T E R ’S IN K ■ 1 COOD A D V E R T ISIN G H A S SAVED M A N Y BUSINESS M E N F R O M F IN A N C IA L SHIPW RECK ■j. I 111-H 1 1 I I 1 I I I I I I 1 I 1 1 I I I I- H " H 1111 11-H 1 1 I-H -l-M 1 I I-'H 1 GUARANTEE» I'LHIiLAG GEORGE MILLER Not all white cats are deaf, but most all blue-eyed white cats are ; it has never been discovered why the blue eyed white cat should have the tendency to deafness but it is a fact; there has never been a case known of a yellow eyed or green eyed white cat being deaf, unless by accident. Rats about the bank block have gone into the English walnut trade and stored up a bucket full in The Observer wood house. Their in genuity baffles belief. These nuts must have come from the C C Store, or Rudolfs', and required much patient labor and skill to move so many such a long ways. The Golden Opportunity ** ( of the Household * T h e well know n w ork m an will atten d to all calls direct or by phone for :i PLUMBING, STEAM PITTING, ETC. Now prepared with a complete kit of tools to attend all calls for plumbing, etc. in the country. Have you seen our Steel Watering Troughs? If not take a look and order one. ProSote Social Life o one watches. current events more , closely>than the.farmer. . N :: :: S h o p In t h e M a x w e l O ffic e B ld g , n e a r H o t e l. I 1 | I U - I I-H I I I I I I I I 11 1 1 l l -H- I > > I- H H I U 1M 11 I t I < H His Boll Service keeps him in touch with the outside world. The R. F. IX*has helped him wonderfully. The Bell System helps him still moro. It enables him to do business direct. Every Bell Telephone is the center of the whole Bell System. If not enrolled, join the great arm y of farmers who feel that they cannot do business without the Bell Service. For rates aod data consult our local manager. out of the question, of course; but but the pair of glasses with which we can outfit you (after proper testing) will almost convince you that you have the eyesight of youth back again. Fact is we can doyour eyes and eyesight a Idt of good. Let s talk to you about it. Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Co. THE DALLES, OREGON, A BRAND NEW PAIR OF EYES F. V. Clark. X Niwbnui Jeweler and. Opticians
