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About Sherman County observer. (Moro, Sherman County, Or.) 1897-1931 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 1, 1911)
4 The O bserver. M a ra c»«y {¿»FIO AL ’flu {rain O ffic ia l r a r e r . P A I’ It R OF g H B R H A f i ' l ’O Are not aldne confined to Rural Free Delivery 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 account avoids the risk 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 for concluding settlement is not at hand Don’t stop to think this over, but start an account now with MORO. OREGON. Entered a« second claw matter at the poet office at Moro, Oregon, July 25, 1W1. D. C. I reland . Editor. C. L. IRELAND............... Manager. Too Many Bonds Being Issued. A LEMON HANDED THIS COUNTY. If you do not read The Observer, why Evening Telegram : If there was no day of reckoning, those unlim ited bond issues, with which the country is now being flooded might be an unmixed good. But it is 60 easy to pay off a debt by Church and Society notice» F R E E , ex giving a note that all the little cept when for money making purpose». Such notice» at regular rate» at the option towns in the country are catching of the publisher». the fever, and instead of limiting W e will not be responsible for the themselves to outlays for those ar neglect of subscriber, to notify a. of ticles which are absolutely essen changes jn their address. Nor will the notification of a Postmaster that the sub tial to their municipal comfort and scriber has “ Removed” settle the bill of a self respect,,they are conjuring up delinquent. visions of what they will be a gen Did it ever occur to you that it costs no more to produce printing th lt is ' pleasing eration hence, and making outlays to the eye than the other kindi* The for public buildings on that scale. Observer is equipped with all the modern Within its limits, and properly faclities for doing good work at the very m in im u m of coat. T ry us with an order used, the bonding idea is a very and if it is not executed to your perfect good and commendable one; the satisfaction you need not pay for it. responsibility for certain perma Send for advertising rates. nent improvements, cost of which should not be solely saddled upon The Imperial navy of China is going to pieces voluntarily, which the present tax payers, is shared by is better than being dismantled by future tax payers. In this aspect of the matter nothing can be said the enemy. except in indorsement of the bonding system ; but it is so easy In western Canada wheat thresh to raise money in this way we are ers are studying how best to carry too often tempted to stretch our on their work in snow drifts, with credit beyond our resources, and the mercury below zero. in the end create such a heavy burden that property owners who Illinois has foolishly tried minor have bought in good faith may ity representation, and discovered not be able to hold on. Such a that there is a way to spell it with contingency a« i Uns, which has only five letters: Chaos. been realized in some Pacific coast cities, should give us pause in con Each year A m efic^/j^a little sidering the .issuance of bonds. bigger an^ a little better, by reas ' We should be very certain that on of ‘The Star-Spangled Banner,’ the amount of the bonds is needed for work which the best common as told by Francis Scott Key. sense an^jludgment of the commu More than 70,000 women are nity approve*.- We must not for about to vote in Los Angeles ; the get that if the bonds are not imme London suffragettes can offer fresh diately payable» they immediately proof that they are not chasing an begin to bear interest, and likewise that a sinking fund for their re abstraction. demption must be started. < *. * To the smaller towns of Oregon One w’oman desires to marry and adjoining states The Telegram the California wild man ; she is a makes the suggestion : To go slow suffragette, and wants to show what in the issuance of bonds for public she can do in the way of making improvements; not to be carried a husband out of raw material. away by momentary enthusiasm Combinations in restraint of over projected improvements, but trade are made by whispering in to give sober, second thought to corners, and it is vain to say that them, and approve »them as mat those who exploit them xlo not ters of calm judgment and sound know that they are violating the business sense—and not otherwise. law. The Sherman law, as a trust kil Dick Croker has returned to ler and competition restorer, is be this country to attend the New coming understood as a fraud of York horse show, very important; 20 years standing : and will con and says he is glad to be out of tinue a fraud as long as it is kept politics—when he looks Mr. Mur on the books. It is^ a failure for phy over. the same reasons that the French laws, to compel men to accept as Mrs Russell Sage says she is $7,- signats as gold, were failures ; there 500,000 poorer than she was last is no power in any government year; that lightens What Mr.Rock on the earth, and never has been, efeller would call the burden of to compel men to compete in wealth : Thanksgiving meant to business when they deem it to their her something. interest to co:operate. As educa tion has been diffused and inter Former President Diaz is pass communication increased, c o o p ing his period of exile in a very erative areas have naturally in quiet sp o t; so quiet, in fact, that it creased ; about all the law can do is altogether unlike anything in his with fespecL to competition is to old home. Madero is getting all see that no man shall be interfered of the excitement. with who wishes to undersell. Judge Sullivan, of the court of general sessions in New York city, has expressed his opinion from the bench, that it is the unwillingness of the young men of today to do manual labor, that is responsible lor the inerr ite of crime. Missouri and Tennessee have . T’ ., republican govern has a retiring republican govcinu; and Maryland a newly elected re publican governor ; on the whole the states along the border do not look repugnant to honest repub licans. It has been obvious for some time that the quarrel of Russia with Persia is really aimed at the American Persian treasurer gener al, W. M. Shuster, referred to by the Russian press as “the American in a pea-jacket and a paper collar.” Teheran dispatches via. St. Peters burg, now say that one of the first demands of Russia, when she has brought Persia to her knees, as she expects to do, will be the removal of Shuster, and the American commission, or at least curtailment pf bis powers. The Expected Happened at the Tri- The Wasco Warehouse Willing Co. Bank, of ffloro. Connty Fair Promoters Meet. Portland papers say that “ repre sentative farmers” of the three counties that are being welded into what is called the Tri-County A A A A A A tM THANKS6IVIN6. League, attended a dinner at the Rose city Monday evening, at OB tba fields that ®ava their har which time “ Condon was selected vests, rich with wheat and as the place of holding the first rye and maisa, fair under the new regime.” At C o n tin u e s F o u r W e e k s B e g in J a n u a r y 3 d Hl"f <mr «on«* of praise We haTecBxiv.sd our thanksgtrtng the same time a resolution was Every citizen of Oregon is cordially invited to attend the For the Joy of merely passed to hold the fair in each Through the tawny aotnnra days short course» of the Oregon Agricultural College, beginn county concerned in rotating or New, when singing birds h a r ^ n u lsb - ing January 3d. Elavaa diatinctiva course* w ill be offered der. Under that resolution Sher ed dew a the shining sooWward in Agriculture, Mechanic Arts, Domestic Science and A rt, waya, * man county farmers can see the Commerce, Forestry, and Music. Every course is design When the hoot has cleared the haM. ed to H E L P the student in hit daily work. Make this e results in two or three years, ac When the votes of winter blusters pleasant end profitable winter outing. N o tuition ; reason cording as to whether Morrow or Where the trapes once hunt in clue- able accommodations. For beautiful illustrated bulletin, - - taro, Sherman should next be visited address H . M . T E N N A N T , Registrar, Corvallia, O r. BhaD we dreoy to cheerless lays? by the fair. It is evident it will be F a rm e r*« B u s ln e ts C o u rs e b y C o rre s p o n d e n c e three years, as it was easily fore KT new soaga for this new seaeoa. told that Condon would have the aaagbt from yonder sturdy first fair. Any half blind politician ptne, r_dxr could have forecasted that Condon Green despite the year's decline, Praiee the power that now lies hid would secure the committee Vote den as to location by the list of officers TUI at last by springtide bidden and resolutions put through at It awakes the life divine, had the captured dew and snnllght Arlington. ( that once bloomed upon the Tina, Sherman county farmers will Now traasmated Into wine. not attend any fair, tri-county or With Ha aaagic shall Inspire A few friends around the flro otherwise at Condon, put up by Where the warm dames dance and jugglery; why will the promoters shine I of this movement mix into it an D E A L E R S IN O N L Y T H E B E S T agent that will ultimately pull down d the pealm of our Thanksgiving the social fabric built by sacrifice for the harvest gathered In. of the different people of the For the crowded crib and bln, three counties ? Floats across ths coo a try places. Over sleepy, snowy spaces. A fair is now maintained at May The little white flakes spin ville, a short distance from Con A soft covering of wonder, where. don, aided by the state, which de safely folded under, The new life waits within serves all the help it can secure For the plowing and the sowing to rightly do the work for Gilliam And another harvest growing county that this proposed fair at When the soft spring reins begin. -R o b ert Gilbert Welsh In Bt Louts Condon would do. Republla. Sherman county at Moro has E X T R A S A N D O IL S O F A L L K IN D S one of the best fair grounds started in Eastern Oregon ; this fair is also partly maintained by the state; the grounds, buildings, etc., represent thousands of dollars subscribed locally by our people. Two Dollars for Trespass. Geologists claim that the great Most likely Morrow county is est underground river in the world In Minnesota Mr. Olsen had a similarly situated ; we don’t know ; flows from the Rocky mountains cow killed by a railroad train ; in but we do-expect that these tri underneath New Mexico and Tex due season the claim agent for the county non-resident booster will as, emptying itself in the Gulf of railroad called : “We understand, use all their influence and their Mexico. This river is thought to ot course, that the deceased was a Multnomah friends’ influence be be several miles wide and it is be For W hite Salmon, “N orth Bank” points, very docile and valuable animal, fore the next legislature to incor lieved that it feeds rivers that flow Portland, Spokane and East; Madras and said the claim agent in his most porate all state monies now going upon the surface ; the artesian belt other .Central Oregon points , persuasive claim-agently-manner, to these different fairs into one tri- of Texas is pointed to as the up “ and we sympathize with you county fair situated at Condon. Spend Your Vacation a t Clatsop Beach lifting of water from this river, oft and your family in your loss ;' but The Observer would suggest en from 800 to 1000 feet below. on the Pacific. First class hotels at Seaside Mr. Olsen, you must remember that instead of a new fair being and G earhart. Trains pass Kloan for Port th is: your cow had no business started that the tri-county league It is the opinion of Dr. Charles land and Madras at 2:30 p. m. Schedules being upon our tracks; those are promoters use the fairs now auth W. Elliott that foot ball is more and other details on request. our private property and when orized by the state. The exhibits dangerous than pugilism and only she invaded them she became a can go to each fair in each county W . E. C O M A N , exceeded in peril by aviation. He trespasser; technically speaking, each year, by joint arrangement G e n e ra l F r e ig h t a n d P a a s . K g t. P o r tla n d , O re . merely states what everybody who as her owner you also became a of the dates. has given the subject any attention trespasser; but we have no desire This dinner at Portland, Mon knows. Fatalities are rare in the to carry the issue into court, and day, was a good way to get togeth j- H -h H -n -H -r i-i-i-i -n -i i - h - i - i - h i i i H -i-i i i 111 i-H - n - n n 111 n 11 prize ring, and permanent injuries possibly give you trouble ; so now er, but so far as Sherman county almost unknown ; but in foot ball L O U IS H E Y D T v what would you regard as a fair is concerned it should not have both are only too common ; even settlement between you and the been labeled a “ representative M anufacturer and Dealer in the revision of the rules has not railroad company ?” “Vail, said farmers” meeting. No farmers materially lessened the long roll Mr. Olsen slowly, “ ay bane poor from this county attended. Sher of casualties. Swede farmer, but Ay shall give man county has seven members, you two dollars.” on the executive b o ard : two of Collars Whips, Blankets, etc, In spite of the whom are bankers, one a doctor, A F U L L L IN E N O W ON H A N D fact that old Santa The Greatest of All These is Charity. another a druggist, and another a is by some called Repairing Prom ptly and Neatly Dona. a myth he will be Moro Pharmacy having receiv real estate dealer, all good men, interested so far as their business It is reported that steamship lines on to hit job soon again, and as ed 1450 Red Cross Seals, the pro Moro, Oregon, of numerous countries are careful welcome as ever to the youngsters portionate number allotted to this will permit, irt the upbuilding of i ll N H W H i m - m W I I I I I H I I H ly considering the changes that will all over Christendom. city and vicinity, the same will be their community, but if they are “ representative farmers” then it result from the completion of the would be to the interest of all to Panama canal, and the new op In adopting a resolution against have a few plain every day work portunities to be opened by this the parcels post, the trans-Missis ing farmers on a sort of sub-com short cut between the two busiest sippi congress, at Kansas city last mittee to adapt theory to actual oceans. The long sought north month, supplied evidence that it test. west passage, when found at last, was under the thumb of those vam ‘ Expert, Experienced, Registered Pharmacists was seen to be impracticable ; the pires of Big Business, the express Tledicines Carefully Compounded. D on't B e H o p e le ss routes around the southern ex companies. About yourself when you’re crippled Complete Assortment of 8tlverware and Jewelry tremity of the southern hemis with rheumatism Or stiff joints ; of course phere are difficult, and require a you've tried lots of things and they failed. One astronomer says the earth T ry Ballard’s Snow L in im en t; it »rill drive detour of thousands of miles. It will cease its revolutions in 5321 ; awsy ell sc fie», pains end stiffness and costs money to run ships; every another gives it 10,000,000 years ; leave you as well as you ever were. Sold day that a voyage can be abridged if it doesn’t stop until astronomers by Moro Pharmacy. sold at one cent each and the net is a material saving; shortening agree perhaps it is destined to go Any and all Kinds of P atent M e d ic in e Alw avs In Stock proceeds remitted to the society the run adds to the possibility for on forever. The Hotel Biggs has been re to be added to the aggregate sum creating fresh traffic between coasts expended in humane and charit opened by George Robinson, late and ports brought much nearer The Italians will be in no hurry of Portland, and_he is putting up able work. Remember the words together. - ” ' to get out of Tripoli, nor Russia of Jesus, and let it be said that meals worthy of the traveling and England out of Persia; it is P o r c e la in B a th T u b a . The United States treasury holds only Uncle Sam who practices the none of these seals had to be re public. turned from Moro. Buy 50, 25, about $1,000.000,000 in gold; some Cuba rule. T h e C erreot T im e 10 or 5 cents worth, at the Phar writers for the press see the pile To stop a cough or cold is just as soon macy, assured that all you pay will as it starts ; then there will be no danger of War With Japan and declare that it is the laziest Agent for the Best Steam Laundry Could not possibly make to many crip- be remitted in cash, to head pneumonia or consumption ; just e few thing in the country ; the plea fol plea Shop in Brick Building next Observer Office at rheumatism doe» every year ; and lows that some currency system yet there is no reason why thia disease quarters, at the rate of let. each. doses of Ballard’s Horehound Syrup taken K . W . L E W IS , P r o p r ie to r . ought to be devised to set that gold should cripple anyone, if all »ufferer« will flick headache ia canoed by a disordered at the start will stop the cough ; if it has been running on for tome time the treat rub the affected part» night and morning to work; the idea is a curious’one stomach. Take Chamberlain's Tablets and ment will be longer, but the cure is sure. MORO - OREGON. that and the headaches will disap in view of the occupation of that with Ballard'» Snow Lin im en t: cures all correct Sold by Moro Pharmacy. pear. For sale by all dsalera aches and pains. Sold by Moro Pharmacy pile of gold. O. A. C. Short Courses F L Wasco Hardware and Implement Company A The Reversible Disc Harrow Kentucky Interchangeable Drill John Deere all steel Plow Harrows of all sorts Take Trains at Kloan OREGON TRUNK RY. Harness and Saddlery i- i- i 'i h i -.1' not? W e would like to have you take it, and we know it would be profitable to you to become a eubecriber. W e »end it two year» lor $2.50; one year $1.50; 12% etila month isn’t much. T ry it. Order by postal card, and pay for it when you can. i- i i t m FRIDAY . . . December 1, 1911 Growers Conveniences MOR(T PH ARM ACT FORMALDEHYDE. RUBBER GOODS. PERFUMERY. BRUSHES. GOMBS, SPONGES. CIGARS. | M o ro s B a r b e r S hop | Everything First Class and lip to date. v
