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About Sherman County observer. (Moro, Sherman County, Or.) 1897-1931 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 22, 1911)
— ■-■4 '.Z * :r Moro Commercial Co. is showing a clean, fresh stock of new and beautiful Christm as Gifts com prising a great gathering* of useful, desirable and attractive H oliday Merchandise. ; » The Offerings abound in O riginality, Merit, and Good Tast6, displayed by scores of the nicest gifts imaginable. A modest -line o f toys for the youngsters ; a unique line of dishes, water sets, and odd pieces of china for the home ; neat and servicable dry good sundries for men and women The Virtue of ■ - reasonable price is not neglected *, you will find it at this store in connection with Q uality and G enuine Merit. Those who purchase early choose from the complete stock. Anticipate your wants now. ^ lit ■•ver I MOW ■ December 22, 1911 FRIDAY he O btcfve r t» SI .SO p» r ■ tix Months, SO cents for " O 1 - r j ;riv«oee we ii' for i yVurs. . Shorter C-.Z 12 .* cuai* per month. The 7 ? ^ * / ear, T lour mo at accept S2. ternis thun . \kil! answer an in- cd upon our calendar, I the •i-tp-r as'ti.e dale nt 1. t sub <r;pfi >n expire». a Blue : quer, when giving ill- w hich you. r t i Lvdye , . . t A. a ', No 121. y >ro. or,__ <*s t’; f i r s t .and th :rd o '«.- e ve n in g of each V .d iu iit ras'tnberi J u t i/ invited to meet r df W . M . 2. .M. P a k r y , Secretary. t ic lh . e o a m C h a p te r .NCh-ThO. K. 8. ' ’ K '^ 'liu r côm m ur.ication each 2d and 4th lh u r» d n y venin^s m onthly. By or- r of M rs . A nna M o o jtE , ' M ro L c J tje , N o . 113, y o . i-.' Muro, or.“ .'!$ c". r.y-* Saturday ng nt 7:34 o 'c lo c k , ug ir.rmbjH'ti are cor- ♦ i.iic d . Members -led to-be t resent. a : Lap robes B O . that ( G. At. HINRICHS, Secy. Crostields. Li ITd ut Geo N Crosfield . Judge .W. u [enrichi’.’.asa Pros- ser visitor hr s e e K . B irthday I Mai Cards at .The Observer- Eq . Store. Schoo! bo- ; and school sup er Book Store. Ob. plies at Over 309 pair felt and leather Christmas slippers at low prices. G N Cro.-ii-’.u. ' 7 Shernu'n County Abstract Co., the only complete set ot abstract books in the county. Moro .and Grass \ alley folks let us serve you. one Dollar will look like Two at Croslields? A fine line of invitation cards, for parties, with envelops to match, at The Obseivet Book Store. ‘ Bring your job printing to The Observer office. Neat, -attractive "work and reasonable' prices guar-, . anteed , ' ---h B.G W Berrian, local' manager of the Eastern Oregon Land„Co. was a business visitor at i he Dalleson the 15th. • \ Call at The Observer Book Store for push pins; just- the article you need in decorating the walls oi your room. An especial new and large as sortment of ladies collar and waist ruffles, now ready for in spection at the Moro Commercial \C o .’s. Brass goods at Crosfields. Beautiful art China, at Geo N Crosfields. Your own price accepted on all toys at Crosfield’s. Moro, Wasco and Grass Valley have 31 licensed automobiles. rJ B Morrison was a Moro visitor on the 20th, full,of business, as usual. ' Christmas joys will be greater fqr havfrig made your gift purchas- es at Crosfields. C E Poole is keeping a home like lodging house in Portland, at which he is doing well: You can get a Christmas Tree at the Tunialum Lumber Co’s in this city ; first come first served. Christmas cards, the best line in Oregon, 2-for-5. or 25 cts a dozen, at The Observer Book Store. Judge G W Brock, of Washou gal, is here attending to some un finished business at his old-time illahee. The Observer Book Store has a full line of schocil supplies; new tablets, pencils, drawing crayons, colored pencils, erasers, etc. Benjamin Franklin Tomlin’s friends remembered his birthday last week and made him the recip ient of a surprise party which was very nice. Visitors to Biggs, or passing through, always find first class ser vice at Walford’s Post offhdf luwriv counter. Finest sandwiches, hot coffee, fruit and pastry. zXrrangements have been per^ fected for a public ball at Rudolf opera house Christmas night, Mon day December 25th ; to be the best dance given in Sherman county. The steel bridge crossing Des- Chutes river at Maupin, will cost Wasco county $13,000; it will be 57 feet above the water, over top of both railways, 531 feet between wooden approaches at each end. Little Miss Lenore Amidon 6ub mitted to an operation for remov al of her tonsils, by an expert New York specialist, selected by Dr O J Goffin, at a Portland hos pital last week, and is now as hap py as one of her age (3)4 years), could expect to be. t*' * | There will be a Christmas enter- Tbc Moro Commercial Co has ( tainment at the DeMoss Springs on display an entire ne\ line of church December 25th, 1911. In fancy China ware, fo Wh. h the stead of a tree there will be a log atter tion of Christmas shop; ers is cabin, and old Santa Claus will be there, with candy for all good called- While at the stock show i^S po .children, The committee invite kane recently, z\ H Barnum bought everyone to come and join in hav a prize winning Hereford bullior ing a good time. Good Stock for Sale.' Axminster, Velvet, and Sm yrna in size 27x54 and 36x7a inches « | ® If the Christinas Season passes without sohie token j be exchanged between friends and relatives the en- g suing year will start wrong for most of us. We call « attention to our m erchandise for gifts for the home Wood or Coal Heater Mr«. P. H . Brogan, o f Wilson, Pa., who rays, “ I know from experience that Chamberlain’« Cough Remedy is far superior to any other. F or croup there is nothing that excels it . ” For sale by all dealers. * Receipts of eggs at Portland last week were too heavy for the de mand. and the market toppled off from ¿fHtenfs to 50,40, 37)4, 35. A Wasco county farmer bought 1,000 head of sheep from the B C P Co, at this city, at $2.55 a head. The company have 1,200 head yet for sale. Sheriff J C Freeman made a fly ing trip’"to Prineville this week after a man held there as one for whom he has a warrant r but the man hekl was not the man he was after. S S Stearnes of Prineville came here last week to visit the Lone Rdck Stock rlirm of A H Barnum, and while here purchased a splen did yearling Hereford hull for his Crook county herd. Mr Barnum shipped the noble fellow on the 20th. One ambitious Dalles city autoj ist who had been “taking a spin through Central Oregon,” reports I2-inches of snow in the (Vi-county region ; again, please : cut Sherman county out of that report, it is 10 inches too deep for us, and “ De cember is pleasant as May.” in pursuit of another million, ., - T» . . , . W . C, To Btiy, Sell or Exchange. § MORO H AR D W AR E & IMP. CO. 1 5 MORO BRANCH 0« O ™ 0 o mm i m « « O e 2 a co . ir a H . U . f l A R T I N , f la n a g e r ., & o « .. - e e « $ 0 O WOOD - COAL - POSTS! <81 o o § o o Ò iT îT O O f Lumber, Cement and Lime,- Windows, Doors, Moulding. & <& <s> S p e c ia l prices on W o o d in c a r load lo ts w h e r e o ne o r m o re a re b u y in g , : ' : : ■ : e e (‘ooooooooooooooooooooooooo oooooooooooooooooooooooocx> — -------- .............................. ............... 1 q n .i. i i ■ Independent Warehouse { Milling Jo ~ ■ ♦ ----‘ --- -------- "■-------- r R. H. M cK ean, M an ager, W asco, O regon ' 7'... - D E A L E R S IN L im e , P la s t e r , C e m e n t, B u ild e r s S u p p lie s , L u m b e r, W ood, C o a l, C e d a r P o s ts , a n d f la y . B ryant , Homer D Belshee Regan his 21st ^15,124] County.Sehool Supt. year Tuesday December 19th. and . ’ is now a full fledged citizen; the _ ' iKiX'i r 0 I event wa^properly celebrated at !j2liip UUtllt I OF 0316. iiomc. H ayini always read The) ‘ At very re:,son;,bk. price: . , Observer in the family he W|H j Camp wagon, fully equipped with continue to read it in bis new life, I cooking utensils, folding table, at his new home. . ¡chairs; 300 ft. Lin. wire cable; ; 1 team of horses ami harness; 1 Mr and Mrs C L I: -lay^l are in single harness; I saddle; 1 new Portland again, ha\ ig returned roller-top desk and chair; 3 sleep on the 15th, at the conclusion of a ing bag», ^uuLpHinerous other arti cles. A cerT TO . L. Co. resolution of Mrs Ireland to ,. sub- , . G eo .AV. B errian , mit to a surgical operation, w Inch '¡26tff9S] Moro, Or. was performed at St. Vincent hos pital last Monday forenoon,, and from which the patient rallied very j nicely, as if from sleep, with butai z\ny person or persons having minimum of sickness from narcot- jlorseSt cattle, houses, lots or house- ics, and she is now feeling better hold goods for sale or exchange, than she has felt for several years, or parties desiring to buy such We all hope that she. may now property, will find T he Observer a good medium for advertising completely recover, and live the and securing a customer. Try happy life she is so de serving of. T he O bserver , Moro, Or. ® §■ • § W o uld be an acceptable present to all the fa m ily . Our M antle Clocks and Guaranteed Silverware Is very reasonable in price. Eighth Grade Exsminatbns The High School building dedi cation, the Teacher’s Institute, and The Box Social in Moro Saturday, took the entire day, and passed off to the complete satisfaction of all. The city was packed with pleased people from every part of good old Sherman county. Sherman county. Rick headache i» caused by a disordered stomach. Take Chamberlain's Tablets anti correct that and the heada« hes w ill disap- P**1, For »ale by a ll dealers. Santa Claus bid special order;) from The Moro Commercial Co Red Cross Stamps at Crosfields. to send them an entirely new and Something doing every minute special assortment of dolls for little at Crosfield’s. 7 colts, German Coach and girls who love dolls, and they Belgian stpek, 1, 2, and 3 have arrived. Looks like snow; the ground- years old ; ready ; Let ’er buck. 1 Jersey bull, 3 years old ; Clarence Rutledge and Ed Vin- 25 shoates ; 2 wagons ; Five hundred Christmas neck trn are at home from their" survey Write J u d d S. F ish , wear at 3 for $1, at Crosfields. _ ing work for the holidays; their tf 22.12h] ‘ - T he Dalles, Or P H Buxton has taken the agen- summer and fall was devoted to *cy of E Peoples’ Fdneral supplies, laying out the Bewley tract near CGnr)irr| QfqHJnn RppnrrlQ at Moro < Willamina into smaller tracts, for OLlIIUd)U CidllfOII nbLUiUb. If you want a Record Book Now the days begin to lengthen J rL1^ production f< . . . . yotir Stdlllrth get your UE£l£r iff and the cold begins to strengthen ; - J he sa.e of stray hogs at the farm . January 2fhh, air we shaft order feel it ? ough. of J M Eddy' on the 27th,‘ will not (so many as wanted and paid for will. be he our last J M Lowe sold 16 spring swine'.be held, as the owner regd about Jo arrive, and it will, , to a local butcher Wednesday th a t! t ip 1 he Old Reliable Observer, I1" 1 weighed 3,930 pounds. claimed the animals, proved prop-) -( j j . j Moro, Or jrly, paid charges, and took the! All Christmas goods will be sold below cost rather than carry over /.wine home ; it pays to put an ad. in The Old Reliable. another year, at Crosfield’s. §anta Claus, and Alexander’s W hen you hx»e a bad cold yott want the I . 1 JlC E ighth G ra d e E x am in a- best medicine obtainable so»»to c u v ^ it w ith ’ t io n s for Sherman county will be Brass Band, will be at Crosfield’s as little delay as possible. Here is a drug , h e | j o n t |,e f o l l o w i n g ’d a te s : gist’s opinion: “ 1 have »! M Chamberlain’» Saturday 24th, 2 p m to 5 p m. January 18th, 19th. 1912. Cough Remedy for tifteen xeHri,” says Eno« Roller o f H aratogsflnd.,*« .<1 consi<ler it the' May 9th, 10th, 1912, Here is a woman who «peaks from per best on the market.” S oa . I t a ll dealers. June 6th, 7th, 1912. •on«I knowledge and long experience, viz., To many people Christmas is a burden because it means a well nigh ruinous expense ; it need not be, and it is a mistake to make it so; when it is done it is really a., departure from the spirit of the occasion, for Christmas was never designed to put a burden on any one ; rather, it is intended to re lieve people of burdens and fill The well known favorite stallion their hearts and homes with joy Grand Ronde Chief, has changed and love. This way, Santa. The Hotr EJliggs lias been re owners, and is now the property Ffetty Green remarks that the opened by Ge^ngc Robinson, late of Jesse N Landry. Grand Ronde Chief is one of our best track hor American people are money mad ; orPortland, and lie is putting up ses and most stylish steppers, and but suppose a person like Mrs. G. meals worthy «of the traveling has a fine winner-record' which is overtaken by millions and forc public. places him in a class to be proud ed to be a plutocrat in spite of o ); Jesse let his handsome mare philosophy? In such case a liberal W a r W ith J a p a n Could not possibly make so many c rip Nig go to make room in his stable system of giving for public advance ples a» rhcu m aliim does evWy yrnTTomJ for Grand Ronde Chief, which he ment would add to the sanity of yet there is no rcuson why this disease will for the present drive to his the nation, and to the hopefulness should cripple anyone,, if all suffered« w jll modern rubber-tired buggy, mak of Aunt Hetty, as she steps from rob the affecteek parts, ni^ht and morning ing the finest single-rig turn-out in her bank, after a hard days work w ith Ballard'» Snow L in im e n t: curt#« all and pain». Sold by M oro Pharmacy ® New Line of Floor Rugs If you want to be up to date sub-! How welcome he is, when he en- ters\$he office. scribe for The Observer. Get your job printing done here. How he makes our heart throb; how he makes it dance ; George M Miller has purchased We 'outwardly' thank him, we in the residence property where he wardly bless him ; now lives from R< bert Kaseburg. I he steady subscriber, who pays Christmas week Postmaster J M in advance. Parry will sell a bakers dozen (13) 2-cent stamps, for a cent and a The DeMoss Springs Christmas Tree. his Lone Rock harm, purchasing from the Anaconda Copper Co. 3 G . E. L i Try the Observer $1.50 a year. The Guest Most Cordially Welcomed. Cut ¿lass and silverware at G N How dear to our heart is the stea Crosfields. dy subscriber Don’t fail to tee the post card Who pays in advance at the birth projector, at Crosfields. of each year; Siqall pencils, with cord attach Who lays down his money quite freely and gladly ed, at The Observer Book Store. And casts round the office a halo Christmas tuHtey in Portland is of cheer. costing less than the birds for He never'Tays: - stop it-; I cannot Thanksgiving. -i < r i ' afford it ; It isn t too late yet to do some m - .. i • * --k • . . . | rsor, la m getting more papers early Christmas »hopping; hut you i . , , H must be in a hurn. . „ now than 1 read ; ... , , , ont says., always send it, my fam- Wasco s population 10,000 last ¡¡y re;, j s ¡t . Saturday, all buyini Christmas In fact we all think it a real house- presents at Crotfed s. ’ I hold need." M A N U FA CTU RERS OF MILL FEED AND FLOUR. 5 :H--l--l--H H--H--I--!--:--H--Hl--I--:--l--H--H--h-Ff-^H--HHH--HH-«-HHH-4H-t-W -++++++ (¡li.lK.WTEEl» «IU1II1I.V« i x v I . — GEORGE MILLER T h e well known w orkm an will attend ...to all calls direct or by phone for ? PLUMBING, STEAM FITTING, ETC. T J. ‘ , S h op on M a in S t. M o ro , O re g o n . V Now prepared with a complete kit of tools to T < attend all calls for plumbing, etc. in the country. T >, Have you seen our Steel Watering Troughs? T If not take a look and order one. I* ■H-t-‘l- t- I“ l" l" l" Hr t - * l 11 I l l l - t - l ' l - H - i +
