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About Sherman County observer. (Moro, Sherman County, Or.) 1897-1931 | View Entire Issue (April 28, 1911)
~~ .... Or.Hlsl.Soc,, City Hall. SERVER •itn-jür >< MP M oiX ), S h e r m a n E s ta b lis h e d 1 8 8 7 . C o u n t y . O re s ro u , E r i d a y , D r . o . j . goffin , PHYSICIAN & SURGEON. D r . MARIK M. GOFFIN. The Grain greoera [oavaniiaeaa WILSON TO TOUR WEST Friends Admit Trip la to Advance Hie Presidential Candidacy. 1911. ITEMS OF INTEREST THROUGHOUT OREGON T renton, N. J —W ith his friends ad , ♦ s s - ’jflE -------- m itting the real purpose of th e swing Burns Accuses Men of Times around the circle Is th e advancem ent Chronicle of Important Events Office in The Goffin Building, lat St. of his boom for the D em ocratic presi Explosion; 0 e is Union M ono, O mboon . of Interest to Qur dential nom ination in 1912, Governor Woodrojr Wilson announced his plans Official. Readers. for a m onth’s trip through the west. - W ilson will visit P o rtland, S eattle, IodlanapoU C— A ter four m onths of San F rancisco and Los Angeles and Fish H atchery Will Be Large. in v estig atio n , directed by W illiam J Z D o x x tls t probably will call upon and confer A storia.— 8 ta te Fish W arden Clan MORO, - OREGON B urns, Jo h n B, McNamara, In tern a with W illiam J. Bryan at his N ebras ton arrived here to select the loca tlonal secretary of the Bridge and ka home, Fairview . tions for the buildings to be erected 1st to 15th of each month. S tru c tu ra l Iron ¡W orkers of America, at the site of the proposed new C lat Office opposite Drs. Goffin the h e a d q u a rte rs of which are Indian skanie R iver salm on hatchery. It la <60,000 for Bibla. apolis. w as w n M c d h ere, charged expected th a t work on the construc Naw York.— H enry E. H untington, w ith com plicity In th e dynam iting ol tion of the buildings will be com Of Los Angeles, nqphew of the la te WASCO. - OREGON th e Los Angeles Tim es build ng Oc menced about May 1. tober 1, 1JK0. and th e plant of the Collls P. H untington, paid <50,000 for 16th to 30th of each month. The plans which have been prac the fam ous G utenberg Bible, the first Office opp. McCoy, Atwood Co Llew ellyn Iron W orks at Log Angeles. book ever printed from m ovable type, tically agreed upon provide for a main M cN am ara’s a rre st followed an In hatchery building 55x100 feet with a vestlgal'-oa by detectives who have from the Robert Hoe collection. The oottage for the superintendent and price is alm ost double th e price ever been in Indianapolis for several paid for a book in the history of book two sm aller buildings for the era m onths. ployes and about 15 retaining ponds. Requisition papers from the gov dealing T his will m ake a plant w ith a capac ern o r of C alifornia w ere signed by A tto rn ey s at L a w ity for handling 12,000,000 or 15,000,- G overnor M arshall before the arrest, « • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • s « 000 eggs during the season. M cNamara was tak en to police h ead : WOODROW WILSON Room« 1 A 2 over W . W . M. Co. Bank. q u arters, hastily arraig n ed , and com A eronaut Has N arrow Escape. •••••••••••••••••••••••••• m tied to Jail w ithout bond. Instead x Oregon City.— F. E. W ilson, with MORO - OREGON of going to Jail, M cN am ara was dellv the Miller C arnival Company, n ar tired to B urns’ keeping and was rowly escaped a sudden and terrib le flashed away in an autom obile toward death when th e balloon In which he the o u tsk irts of th e city w here he was making a carnival ascension ex was placed on board a trn ln bound for A U r u i : MORO. OREGON. ploded a t a height of 600 feet. Los Angeles. W ilson had barely tim e to get Into The custodian of th e building in his parachute and drop. S to c k In sp e c to r which are th e officers of the iron N earing the earth. Wilson saw that S h e r m a n C o u n ty , w o rk ers’ association, told th e police, th e p arach u te would drop directly on so th e la tte r say. th a t M cN am ara had the high pow er w ires of the Portland O regon. asked him for perm ission to build the Railw ay, Light A Pow er Company co m p artm en t in the b asem en t In which He swung himself- on the parachute Deputy Stock Inspector explosives were discovered. H ere the b ar and cam e down on top of a W il Louis S chadew itz, Kent, Oregon police found old books and le tte r flies lam ette Falls Railway passenger car of th e association piled in d iscrim in ate th a t was standing at the w est side Mia urawonoK. ly about four bundles of dynam ite. station. -T hey tell me.” said the Junior p a rt ner, “th a t th e m an to whom we have Chicago.—S im ultaneously w ith the been sending so m any bills belongs to SETTLERS TO BE SHIELDED arrest in Indianapolis of John B. Mc a ra th e r fa st set.” N am ara, B ecietary -treasu rer of th e In “W ell," answ ered the senior partn er, D esert Land Board Will W atch •‘he may belong to th e fa st set, b u t he’s te rn a tlo n a l A ssociation of Bridge and Irresponsible Land Firms. S tru c tu ral Iron W orkers, on a charge a alow settle r.”—E xchange. Salem.—"T he D esert Land Board of m urder In connection with the will h ereafter refuse to grant applica When you have a cold get a bottle of blow ing up of the Loa Angeles Tim es tions to r th e reclam ation of desert Chamberlain’a Cough Remedy. It will building, th e re w ere brought here Woodrow Wilson, Governor of New lands by land com panies unless suffi aoon fix you up all right and will ward off any tendency toward pneumonia. Thia from D etro it Jam es W. M cNam ara, a Jersey, who will visit the Pacific cient bonds or securities are provided remedy contain« no opium or other narcotic union p rin te r, and O rtle E. McManl Coast next m onth, presum ably to ad to cover the coat of work on the pro and may be given aa confidently to a baby gal, a stru c tu ra l Iron w orker, charged vance his boom for th e D em ocratic ject,” declared S tate T re asu re r Kay. aa to an adult. Bold by all dealers. w ith th e sam e offense. presidential nom ination In 1912. “The hoard Intends to protect the Dbeases of I fluei t Clillrei a Specialty Are not alone confined to Rural Free D e liv e ry of mail and the Telephone. There is another convenience which all farmers should have — and many do have — a checking ac count with a good bank. The possessor of such an aooount avoids the risl^ of having his money on his person or about his home where it is in danger of fire and thieves. His bills paid by check are not only a valid receipt, but also a convenience in his home transactions where very often the necessary change (or concluding settlement is not at hand Don’t stop to think this over, but start an account now with J. R. Morgan Th M mco l i r t f a w fllK iif (• . |ank, of flore. + Bryant & Whealdon i- H -i- H 4- H I I I I I » I 11 11 | U i n THREE ARRESTED FOR LOS ANGELES CRIME T V p ril 2 8 , LOUIS HEYDT Manufacturer and Dealer in Harness and Saddlery Collars Whips, Blankets, etc, A FULL LINE NOW ON HAND J ¿m es S te w a rt R epairing P rom ptly end Neetty Done. M o m , Oregon. 1 111 n n 1 11 11 11 i i m i- h i 1 1 <1 1 - h 11111 h i 11 n m - H -i- u | M o n o s B a r b e r S hop * P o r c e la in B a th T u b a . . Everything First Class aid Up to date. & A g e n t for th e B e s t S te a m L a u n d r y S h o p in B r ic k B u ild in g n e x t O b se r v e r O ffice K. W . MORO L E W I S , P r o p r ie to r. - - ft OREGON. M OROPHARM ACY E x p e rt, E xperienced, R egistered P h a rm a c is t« fled icin es C a re fu lly Com pounded. Complete Assortment of Silverware and Jewelry FORMALDEHYDE. RUBBER GOODS,. PERFUMERY, BRUSHES, GOMBS, SPONGES. CIGARS. A ny a n d a ll K in d s o f P a te n t M a d lc ln e A lw a y s In S to c k M ORO, O REG O N. Qulf of Persia. A ccusers Are Now Accused. T he P ersian g u lf is a dangerous and Indianapolis.— W a lte r I)rek , counsel difficult place In w hich to navigate. for th e E re c to rs’ Association; W. J. I t Is only p artially surveyed, and th ere Is n ot a single light a fte r leaving K a Ford, A ssistan t D istrict A ttorney of rachi. C u rren ts are m ost erratic, and Los A ngeles, and Crank Fox, cnauf- g reat caution la alw ay s necessary feur, w era arrested on affidavits when n av ig atin g these water«. ch arging th em with Jiaving kidnaped The quicker a cold is yoiuxi rid o f the J. J. M cN am ara, secretary -treasu rer leas the danger from pi.eim.onia and other of th e In tern atio n al Association of serious diaeaae«. Mr. It. W. I*. H all, of Bridge and S tru ctu ral Iron W orkers. Waverly, Va. ,«ay»: “ I firn.lv believe Cl.asa- It w as sta te d that a w arran t had berlain'a Cough Remedy to be absolutely the beet preparation on the market for colds. 1 also been issued ag ain st D etective W. have recommends.¿1 it to my friends and J. B urns, thav .J la g r e e with me.” For sale by all dealers. ____________ H ia Q u e e r W a y . L IV E R Y , FEED A N D S A L E S T A B L E S . C. R. B E L SH E E , Proprietor and Manager. Telephone from The Dalle« or any Sherman county point« nt our ex- pen»e. Service furnuhed to or from Moro to <ny point. OUR M O T T O “ PU*«« the public." E V E R Y T H IN G N EW A N D U P -T O -D A T E , S P E C IA L R A TE S TO C O M M E R C IA L T R A V E L E R S > A “WANT” ad in T he M oro , O bserver will reach more people in Sherman County than by any other medium available. L ittle G irl—Mother, is Uncle John d eaf? .* M other No, dear. W hy? L ittle G irl—E very tim e he gives me 0 cents he says, “ W hat do you say ?” and I ’m never saying a word.—M etro politan M agazine._ When yonr feet are wet and cold, six, yonr body chilled through and through from exposure, take a big dose of Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy, bathe your feet in hot water before going tp Bert, and you arei al- moat certain to ward off a severe cold. For sale by all dealers. Banner Carried by Certea. Iu the national m useum In Mexico City th ere Is a very Interesting relic of th e Spanish conquest of this country know n aa the banner of the conquest. I t la said to be the original stan d ard carried by Cortes in his w ars of con- traeet In th e land of th e Artec*. C ry FOR FLETCHER'S C h ild r e n C A S T O R IA Success is Certain with a Mod erate Oven and Crescent (Egg-Phosphate) Baking Powder reason of thia is because th e rtioaphate proton#* w e i c t i o n o i leavening until the moisture has been absorbed and the E« k - A l bumen auatafata the dough. Risen foods made with Crescent Baking Pow der do not hare to be rushed into the oven. Neither do thdy require a terrifically hot oven or an oven “doctored” up to the right temperature. On the contrary if a moderately slow oven is used the result is a most de- oua, lightJiR«stible and successful belong. wt nl «a« n . (REXENT B aking POV/P'K SOUTHERN PACIFIC LOSES LARD GRART P o rtlan d .— Federal D istrict Judge W olverton decided th a t th e S outhern Pacific railw ay m ust forfeit to the U nited S ta te s 6ov<rnm ent about 2,- 400,000 ac res of land, which is valued a t from <40,000,©0o to <75,000,000. T ak in g th e plain words of the act of C ongress g ranting the land for railw ay construction aid, the court holds th a t Congress intended th is land should be sold to bona fide se t tle rs In tr a c ts not g rea ter than 160 apres to one Individual, and a t a price a o t exceeding <1.50 an acre Every arg u m e n t and contention made by the railw ay com pany has been defeated in Its fight with the governm ent. W hile deciding in favor of th e Fed eral G overnm ent, Ju d g e W olverton decided ag ain st the several thousand Interv en o rs in th© case. He holds th a t they have enquired no rig h t w hatever by eith er se ttlin g on the land or tendering the m axim um sum per clsh n specified by law. The ef fect of this portion of th e decision Is th a t th e g ran t lands affected cannot be secured by any Individual until the P resid en t or Congress again opens It to en try or sale. - ♦ DIRECT ELECTION SECURED M innesota Governor Signs Bill Pro viding S tatem en t One. St. Paul.—Governor E b e rh a rt signed the Keefe bill, providing for the nom (nation of United S tate s sen ato rs by th e d irect vote of th e people. The m easure provides th a t each candidate to the L egislature sh all t a k e a pledge to support the sen ato rial candidate, er sign another pledge declaring his unw illingness to do so. In 1911 a sen ato r is to be elected to succeed K nute Nelson. Reciprocity Vote Please« Ottawa. O ttaw a— News of ,the heavy ma Jority given reciprocity at Washing ton was received with much satisfsc tlen by the government and liberal raam bere who are supportUff the measure bora, ’ * se ttle rs in the future. Many of these projects to provide Rtorage reservoirs, dam s and o th er works are expensive and It has been the habit of some of them to spend the se ttle rs ’ money In developing the projects. For Instance, on one project options have been E l’ Paso, ’^exas.—M embers of the given on the lands and the option peace mission declared th a t the revo money has bean expended In making lution in Mexico ia as good aa ended. the im provement«. “ In many cases the system proves G eneral M adero has agreed to an arm istice, providing the governm ent a failure and the se ttle rs are losers. would a rre st all m ilitary operations, But It will not happen again. The and a favorable reply from the City new board has as yet granted no ap of Mexico Is regarded as a foregone plications for developm ent projects, but when It does hereafter will work conclusion. An arm istice of five days, begin on this new policy." ning Sunday, affecting the d istric t be Accused of Jury Tam pering. tw een Juarez and Chihuahua and w est P o rtland.—C harges of "Jury tam of the la tte r, was made effective in an exchange of Identical le tte rs signed pering" were made by A ttorney E. S. by G eneral Francisco I. Madero, Jr., J. M cAllister, In a recent case he had fo r the rebels, and G eneral Juan Na in the circuit court against the P o rt varro for the governm ent. The truce land Railway, Light & Power Com provides there shall be no movement pany It was stated by A ttorney Mc of troops of eith er side during the A llister that th e oompany had a paid Juror on the case of H. J. B arker, In next five days. ..T h e peace mission m et with Gen which the Jury was out seventeen eral Madero in a small hous« Just hour« and returned a verdict of across the river from the sm elter and <2000. the general stated th at he does not insist upon the resignation of P resi BANK PROMOTER IS FOUND dent Diaz as essential to negotiations for peace. T hus the keystone of the F. N. Myers, W anted in Portland, Discovered on Ranoh in Montana. arch of opposition to end the revolu tion dropped from its place. Portland.—Living on a ranch near Big T im ber under an assum ed name, F. N. Myers, P ortland bank prom oter, E arnings on Increase. w anted on the charge of accepting de Chicago.—G ross earnings of all the posits for an insolvent institution, U nited S tates railroads reporting so was found by the sheriff of Sw eet far for the first two w eeks In April g rass County, M ontana, and is now continue in fairly well m aintained under a rre st aw aiting the arrival or volume, th e total <12,346,652, showing an officer from P ortland to bring him an Increase as com pared with the back. earnings of th e sam e roads a year Myers was betrayed through a ago of five p er cent. chance conversation betw een Mrs. Myers and an o th er woman, in which TH E MARKETS. i letter changed hands. Myers is w anted 1n connection with Portland, the nllcged m ism anagem ent of the W heat—T ra ck price: Club, 96c; Italian A m erican Bank, which, It Is bluestem , 90c; red Russian, 84c. charged, waa never solvent and was Barley— Feed. <28 per ton. not authorized under the sta te bank Oata— No. 1 W hite, <29 per ton. ing laws. H ay—Tim othy, eastern Oregon, <22 60; mixed, <20; alfalfa, <15. Bandon Church Burned. B u tter—Cream ery, 26c. Band on .•—T he P re sb y terian Church Egga—Ranch, 20c. and m anse of thia city w ere de Hops— 1910 crop, 20c; 1909, 14c;. stroyed by fire early Monday morn lo n tracts, 17c. Ing. T he church was a large modern Wool—E astern Oregon, 10@14o{ fram e building, valued at <6000. The W illam ette Valley. H @ I5c lb. m anse waa also modern and cost Mohair—Choice, <37. <1600, The stru c tu re s were Insured for <1600. FIVE-DAY ARMISTICE EFFECTIVE IN MEXICO — -----. Seattle. W heat—Bluestem , 90c; Club, <7c; red Russian, 86c. Barley— <27.5© par ton. O ats— <28.60 per ton. H ay—T im othy, <24 per to n ; aifal- fs, <17 per ton. Butter— Washington creamsky, 2flc; ranch, ISo. Hood R iver Hae Strike. Hood River.—T he first labor strike th a t ever occurred in Hood River came when th e cement w heelers on th e flrat s tre e t paving contract ■truck becauaa they w ere asked to In fringe on U o rights of the ahovolen tffi E iv e C e n ts NEW S PA R A G R A PH S FROM O T H E R C IT IE S IN O R E G O N T here w ere 21 d e a th s and 37 birtha in L inn County during March, accord ing to the report of Dr. W. H. Davis, county h ealth officer. . O regon flo ck m astera a re aroused over th e proposed re d u c tio n of th e tariff on wool, as in d icated by th e D em o cratic le a d e rs in th e e x tra s e s sion of C ongress. A lte r selectin g E u g en e as th e n ex t m e etin g place, th e 21st a n n u a l con vention of th e D egree of H onor of th e C e n tra l W illa m e tte d is tric t a d jo u rn ed , co m p letin g a- su c c e ssfu l tw o d a y s ’ sessio n at A lbany T he city council of Medford aw ard ed th e Clark A H enery Construction Company of S acram ento a contract for the paving of 250,000 square yards of local streets. The contract figures over a half m illion d o llars. A lte r d e lib e ra tin g seven u o u rs, th e fed eral court ju ry at P o rtla n d handed •n a v erd ict of <200,000 as th e price which th e g o v ern m en t should pay for the e a s t h alf of block S for p a rt of the site for the new postoftlce. P o rtla n d e sta b lish e d a new w eek’s record in bank c le a rin g s T h u rsd a y , acco rd in g to B rad stru u lù i re p o rt. T he to ta l of financial tra n s a c tio n s reached <13,74.3,000, o r ab o u t <250,000 h ig h er th a n any o th e r p rev io u s m ark reach ed . T h e re c la im in g of 6000 a c re s of land, fo rm erly u se le ss, and c o n v e rt ing It Into th e ric h e st of Coos C ounty farm land is one of th e big th in g s a c com plished in th e C pqullle V alley. T he land is in tw o d is tric ts n e a r Co quille. S hould C o n g ress g ia n t th e a p p ro p ri a tio n s ask ed lo r at th is and th e nex t sessio n , T he D alles Ceiilo boat can al will he very n e a rly co m p leted w ithin th e next th re e y e a rs, acc o rd in g to M ajor Ja y J. M orrow , co rp s of e n g i n eers. T h at* th e re is a c h an ce ttia t Gov e rn o r W est ''w ill ex e rc ise e x e c u tiv e clem ency in som e form or o th e r a fte r W. C ooper M orris has don n ed th e strip e s in th e s ta te p e n ite n tia ry , w as in tim a te d by th e g o v e rn o r’s p riv a te se c re ta ry . G overnor W est h as a p p o in te d dole g a te s to th e th rd a n n u a l P eace Con fere n c e , w hich will he held in B a lti m ore, Md., May 3 to 5, and to th e N o rth w est D evelopm ent I,eag u e m eet ing. w hich will be held In H elena. Mont , May 4 to 5. T h e an n u al m ilitary to u rn a m e n t of the O regon A g ricu ltu ra l C ollege c ad et reg im en t will he held F rid ay , May 5. at th e college arm o ry . G o v ern o r W est' will review th e reg im en t and C ap tain L au b ach of th e U n ite d S ta te s g en eral staff will m ake his a n n q g l inspection. T h e fishing in d u s try of O regon show s a h e a lth y g ro w th , acco rd ng to th e fo rth co m in g sp ecial U nited S ta te s cen su s re p o rt on th e fish eries of the U nited S ta te s for th e y e a r 19,06, p rep ared by W illiam M. S te u a rt. chief s ta tis tic ia n for m a n u fa c tu re s, bu reau of census. G resham is In th e th ro e s of a d is p u te over the lo catio n of Its saloons. T h e tro u b le began a few d ay s ago w hen th e new C om m ercial Club p assed a reso lu tio n th at h e re a f te r no s-iloon licen ses should be g ra n te d by th e city council to saloons doing busi n ess In c o rn e r buildings. ,3 W hat is d e stin e d to in tro d u ce an in n o v atio n Into O regon se ctio n al pub licity, was in a u g u ra te d Ht La G rande w hen C om m ercial Club d ire c to rs and C om m ercial Club M an ag er S lough w ent t o ^ i g i n to a d v o cate the a m a lg a m ation of W allow a and U nion co u n tie s Into one p ublicity d is tric t. Interest is being aroused am ong mining men In the N orthw est th the coming Oregon Mining Congre?», which will he in P ortland May 16 to May 16, Inclusive. The program Is not yet com pleted, but already several mining men proinlnont In the m ln iig Industry hay« been secured to give addreasvs. W hat is re p o rte d to be an im m e n se ly rich gold s trik e h as Just been m ade in J o s e p h in e C ounty, n e a r K erby. A p orphyry d ik e 300 fe e t w ide has an e n rich ed zone 50 feet In w d th th a t is d e cla red to yield <50 to <100. A c ro ssc u t tu n n el has cut th e ledge and th e ore in sig h t is said to be valued a t <2,000,000. The Indian office is investigating charges th at have been preferred against E. L. C halcraft, superintend* ent of the Chemawa Indian School. W hile ofiicink are reticent about mak ing public the n ature of these charges or the source from which they come, it is known that C halcraft Is accused of whipping Indian girl pupils and la als.) accused of lack of adm inistrative ability. T J. Cleeton, county judge, and W. L Lightner and D. C. H art, county comnalsaloners, of Multnomah County, were placed on trial before a Jury in Judge Bean’s departm ent of th« fed eral court at Portland. The Ind.ct ment chargea the county *eourt on four counts with having obstructed navigation In the W lilam ett« River, eontrary to th e regulations and rules • t Secretary of W ar p t ch lBfiRB, "r" , . *'**» w