D . C . IRELAND. E ditor
C. L
I r e l a n d ............ Man
F R ID A Y
4 This « the anniversary of t h e ;
adoption of the Stan and S trip«
as the National Flat. June 14th. I
1777. O ne hundred and th irty -,
five yean ago c o n p c a enacted!
that the flat of the thirteen «atesj
be thirteen stripe*, alternate red
and white; that the union be 13 J
stars, white irf a field of bine, rep-1
resenting a new constellation. N o ,
provision was made at that time I
for new states, and the future J
growth of the United States *** 1
evidently not considered by con-|
great at the time the act became a,
law; hence in 1818 another enact-1
DEALERS II» h.
L im e, Plaster, Cement, Batidera
Supplies, Lumber, Wood, Coal,
Cedar Posts, and Hay.
iX ^ n c e
E
a « D
nual fires snd loss« from matches
in this country at 29,675. costing
$15,701,796. Other competent au-
thorities calculate that the common
match annually costs the lives of
more than 500 Americans.
I General use of safety matches
would not entirely eliminate the
causation of fires by mstches. per-
haps; but European experience,
where fires due to matches are not
so frequent, shows that the safety
I match is truly the sab match to
use; in factories, hotels, railroad
trains, steamships, tobacco shops,
I etc, it is gradually displacing the
scratch match.
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The burning to death of 103
Mexico is abb to borrow on a
gold basis at a little less than 5 per
cent. A country of such national
richness, with good government,
could make a much better bargain.
A n Iowa man who was knocked
down by an autom obile a p o lo
gized to the chauffeur. Neverthe
less. in crossing a street, agility is
more to be recommended than
politeness._____________
J E W E L E R S A N D O P T IC IA p IS ^
The Dalles, Oregon.
L O U IS
ours.
,
Collars Whips. Blankets, etc.
A PULL LINE NOW ON HAND
Moro, Oregon.
It Tor tata
ef
TayU r Beryia
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Expert,
,
Cemplsts Aasortnstst of Silverware sad Jewelry
Any and nN K inde of P a ten t M e d ic i no A lw ays In Stock
- O ne Beat combine harvester,
18-foot cot, in good condition;
only run two short seasons. Ap-
ply to
W H B urris ,
Native or foreiga ere all a» oue, when
cometh the day of «trite,
Whotto the deereU gift we ceu give for
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SANITARY PLUflBINO
Monkland. Or
U n s a n it a r y p lu m b in g is a so u r c e o f e x
p e n s e a n d e n d a n g e r s t h e h e a lth ; l e t m e
• h o w y o u s o m e o f t h e fir st c la s s v a r ie ty .
Nativ« or
O ne 18-foot H o h combine i o 1
good condition, 30-hone . equal
iser hitch, cook house and wagon,
stove, etc. G UI on or address,
R W P inkerton ,
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M oro. O r
By the time the republican na
tional convention concludes it«
proceedings the two women dele
gates from California will realize
that politics is the most absorbing
business on earth.
second hand.
SHEET METAL WORK A SPECIALTY
CHARLES DAVIS
Havu M oto FriaaSa th an a a v Ottone
magazine or patterna. M cCaJf a to the
nritobte PaaEon Guido m onthly in
CURTIS SUCCEEDS JAMES
Moro, Oregon.
Located at Foss’ blacksmith shop.
LO W F A R E S E A S T
lami tanto kb
O ne of Uncle Sam's new tor
pedo boat destroyers made a
speed of forty land miles an hour
on a trial trip. The trotters are
left far io the rear by this reebrd
of 1.30 on the sea-shell road.
A committee has been organ
President Taft has granted an ized in Pittsburg to promote M r
unconditional pardon to W illard , hryaa’s candidacy for president.
N JoneA convicted of land fraud
See
R . J J
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McCall’s Magazine
and McCall Pattern»
FerHfemms
,
Experienced, Registered Pharmacists
fledlcines Carefully Compounded.
FORMALDEHYDE RUBBER-GOODS, PERFUMERY
BRUSHES. COMBS. SPONGES. CIGARS.
g s g *s a ———
I have two pore b
shires which I will seH
sises the necessity for active super-
T h e family of Mrs Taylor Bur- abb prices. \ Apply to
vision and precautionary meat- gin desire to retain thanks to the
Missouri has a female justice of
the peace; another case in point
where Missouri does the showing.
It was a woman of whom both
sides during a trial once called "a
Daniel came to judgment.”
HEYDT
Harness and Saddlery
Solitary life-confinement will be |31tf.l38]
meted out to Fred Howard, chief
leader of the rioters, who is a vet-
eran of the big break from Folsom
penitentiary in 1903; he escaped
For sab or trade; a 12-foot
from California, but later was con- McCormick, as good as new. used
victed of another crime in Colora- very little. W rite to
C h a s . B u l l a e d .
do and sentenced to 15 years. O n
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M onkbnd. O r
condition of accepting lib impns-
onment at San Quentin be was
pardoned in Colorado and return-
ed to California. Twenty lesser
ringleaders have been singled out
O ne of the Ladd herd of
lersey
Bulls, at $3t wieght 1400.
thus far for confinement and a diet
7or particulars addresC'
L pE
of bread and water for terms rang-
¡ng from three to six months; ten HÏ24-136]
M oro. O r
more will be punished by loss of
their credits.
persons in a picture show fire in
I M adrid theater last week, em pha-1
Here M B y lore Io you, flag ot the tree,
and flag of the tried end true,
Here to w y love to yowr «treanin< etripee
end your »Un in • held of blue.
Here to eey lore to your rilhaa fold»,
T h e u r -r- they w ere oa high.
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For you ere the le g ad e laud, fw which
'twere awaat lor men to die.
A g e n c y for th e K ry p to p t e n s
The most remarkable, recent,
eye resting, far and near vision
optical bus. No cement or f I T l l v n H r A i r V
cloud the lens, collect dirt to k
disfigure appearance. And
prices reasonable.
balconies in m sm ta tl
conservatively estimating the an- at
SONG FO R T H E F LA G .
CLARKE-NEWHOUSE JEWELRY CO
W
tells the result of his investigations
FLOUR.
MILL FEED
W H M oore and his four-pamenger Cole 40, and picture of court
house. M oro, Sherman county. Oregoo.
meat was found necessary to pro
W H M oore is agent for the C o b and Overland cars for Sher
vide for representation of new man county. H e has one five-pmspagrr C o b , and one five-passenger
states io the flag. and congress or-1
Overland now in stock at M oro. S ee G inn & Coleman.
dained:
“ That from and after the 4th |
day of July 1819. the flag of the
United States be 13 horizontal
.
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nf the T h e ” Relgi of Mercy” at San
■tripes, alternate red and white,
fires. the rat and the
W«»r is over; hereafter ;
and that the union be 20 stars,! T k 3
Hv a re r e s n o n rib lc b w ill be Discipline, tempered by ,
generally are responsible
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white in a blue field, and that on natch
»rt.es when the cause is unknown. “ 5 ^ ? / T L h b ^ h e tfu ^ d w h o ’
the admission of a new state into
™
n
[ the union, one star be added to [•be M ^ucfam em
[908-9 heard expert testimony to
TA/
Should try oar famous chick
he effect that at least half of the 5” 7 ^ . *
, J L r i £ ' en plate dinners; *0 kinds of nice
sandwich, pie, cake, good coffee.
ires occasioned by matches would “ no n °
,
° ! ^>C«,nJ?Wy 2 1
“ u T . u
b b cells, and VOtedcn H oyle has
W olfaed L unch C ounter
lot happen if safety matches were
< f
i*^d in ste a d of the dangerous and
a
interior
,
a
- u m .trh n n « in d * fltie m ilk and armed guards
« o h a n d y «rratch ma.ch now ,n
k h<Mm.
V IS IT T H E O L D
A six dollar good as new arti
cle, at wholesale price, only $3.00.
W rite to Lock Box 8, or to
T he O bserver , M oro, O r
HOME
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O. S. L AND UNION PACIFIC
Lmh taito nf Baksry.
The Biggs Hotel has now
opened a lunch co u n ter and bak
ery w here everything it good, at
Portland prices.
G eo . R obinson .
tim l]
Biggs. O r
Boston
Chicago
Denver
no.00 Minneapolis
73 5° New York
55.00 Omaha
6000 St Paul
60.00
108.50 Toronto
9, S°
6000 Washington 107.50
G o in g l im it 1 5 d a y s ; fin a l r e tu r n lim it O cto b e r 3 1 ,1 9 1 2 .
PROPOmOMATILT REDUCED RATES TO MART OTHER POINTS
the Roosevelt Hyena and his
keeper Burns. Pardon was based
on the ground that improper
methods had been pursued in fill
ing the jury box fro m which the
Jones jury was drawn.
It was
anything with Heney and Burns
to get conviction; they-* cared
nothing how it was done.
solidify the party and bring suc
cess at the November election.”
1 The probability of M r Bryan
eading the democratic party to
success can be determined wifir
reasonable accruacy from the sta
tistics of his previous campaigns.
In 1895 h e . polled 6.502.925
votes to M r McKinley's 7.104.779.
In 1900 be polled 6358.133 votes
Surprise is expressed because to M r McKinley's 7307.923.
the foreign-born population of
In 1908 he polled 6,409.104
N e d ^ w k city increased faster in votes to M r Taft's 7378308.
the ten years ending with 1910
In 1896 the popular plurality
than did the natives.
There is against him was 601,854. In 1900
no real cause for surprise in that it was 849.790. In 1908 it was
circumstance; the same thing was 1369304.
often seen in the past.
New
Y o rk is not only the largest city
After looking over the situation
of the country, but it is the prin
carefully a great many people are
cipal entrance point for immi
wondering if "he” really w ill he
grants as wall as for merchandise.
M a ra races are represented op
the streets of New York than are
G A Z IN E
SALE D A TES
T o A l l D w T H uiioics:
J u n e 1; 6 ,7 , 8 ,1 8 ,1 4 ,1 5 ,1 7 ,1 8 ,1 9 ,’2 0 ,2 1 ,2 4 ,2 6 ,2 7 ,2 8 ,2 9 .
J u ly 2, 8 ,6 , 7 ,1 2 , 1 6 ,1 6 , 20, 22, 23, 26, 29, 80, 31.
A u gu st 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 11, 12. 30.
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Septem ber 4, 5, 6, 7 ,8 , 11, 12, 80.
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