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About Sherman County observer. (Moro, Sherman County, Or.) 1897-1931 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 18, 1912)
rae UMss' AH Vdal - * “ , ■T he ANNUAL FA B .an Ir. Ciosfield) who han BiMkfiL ■ 1 ■ 1 7.A i’’£j dles i t Following is the program for — x Comment by Tbs 0 . The most valuable exhibit from W e would like to introduce, our Saturday evening» Oct. 19th, at » •rw < m « v ***•> » financial view point, in the pa .'X readers abroad to the horses, cat the Ladies’ Aid Sodai, to be given MPvia al r e r » « o r ! « » ■ * * c o tie, sheep, swine, poultry, ducks, vilion, was that o f L . W . Ross, in M oro M . E. church: \ \ ; Worda to fitly report the M O RO , OREGON. turkeys and chickens exhibited, showing the W . O . Nisley pianos. S ele c tio n .......................................«* Quintette annual fair-held in and which, from conditions and These pianos are made special for Entered m second c le » m a tte r» ! the thia county last week, or practically W . O . Nisley and are strictly high Recitation.......... M elvin Johnson poet office at M oro, Oregon, July 25,1891. set forth the* many new develop breeding. Just cannot be beaten jo lo ..........................................Greta Freeman anywhere in Oregon. Practically grade, those at the fair being lecitation Thelma Buxton ments attained in a tingle year In every district in the county was solid mahogany case. O ne of the W e have twenty one buggies, both open and top, ' 'rio ..........M rs. Wheat, Misses products oH be land that had laid D . C. I r e l a n d , Editor. represented, , ' * - ' . 1 ^ . . , exhibits was a player piano, taking * " ■y’ ~ ‘¿J”*?» ’_ 'A b a g * ** " ■ G ilb e rt and W e b b that we are offering at sacrifice sale. L . I r e l a n d . . . * . / «M anager. dormant ever since the introduc Wasco Day, the 11th, with de a standard width roll, and also the Solo........................ ik*» Johnson tion of wheat growing, so long re lightful music and pleasant weather, regular standard number of oc Lecitation.- • » ♦’»* Mrs. Bryant garded at an exclusive winner for taves for those who prefer to do F R ID A Y . • .. . October 18, 1912 brought out-the crowd of the fair. Selection..Cheerful Workers Claw the husbandman but now shifted I I I H 1 1 111 H * ‘ " lt‘" 1 * * * 1111111111 This is the second year that the their own playing. These are new Recitation . .Mrs. C. W . Johnson to a third 0» fourth place in the I f you do not read The Observer, why neighbors of our sister city have pianos to this c o m m u n ity, but are Speech. . . . » ............ M r. Buxton list of mpagfr-makers. It was all eot? visited us by train loads on special used a great deal in the W illam here, and p|ain ly to be seen, last W e would like to have you take it, ead days, ^besides delegations from ette valley, where they have be election..........................Quintette «re know U «rould be p r o h t.b le to y o u to week In the crowded pavilion, in Ten cents will be charged at the outside towns. A ll business houses com e favorites with professional become ■ subscriber. W e mod Jt two the stock bams pens, ano poultry door for the program; there will musicians at Chautaquax year» for $2.50; oee year $1 50; <*• • »o ath iea’t much. ¥ 7 h . Order by houae, in a w av to make one sit of the city closed every day of the be light refreshments served hl the M r. Ross has a testimonial of fair from 12 m. to 5 p. m., giving postal card, ead p a r far it when you can. up and take n o tice that for prac class room- A cordial welcome everybody a good half day. daily this piano where rough handling, Church »n<f Society notices F R E E , ex tical results ^btrman county is on moving to Colorado and back to to all. to take in the attractions at the cept when for money making purposes. development map and to stay Suck notices at regular rates at the option Oregon, and a trying dry climate, fair grounds, which was genentlly Birthday Postal Cards at’ The he high quality of of the publishers. accepted. Wasco Day broke all had not injured the finish on the Observer Book Store. : ease and profit W e «rill aot be responsible lor the records of attendance ever tec case; neither had it showed up roducts are grown, orded at any day in the history of cracks or injury o f any kind, and of markets within A FEW LEADING ODJgTI its tone was as good as when pur ttioa of a Postmaster that the sub the association. Q. M ay not a woman who scriber has “ Removed” settle the b ill of a from the mpst re- chased. j her o«rn bualn««« Save A v o te Industrial exhibits by sch delinquent. , i county aracon- The home of H . U . M artin has U o n . which directly concern children are becoming a b ut the meet lneapeMS aien Did it ever occur to you that, fa ftrm er assur- one of the W . O . Nisley pianos annual feature hi a number o f dur » o re to produce printing that b pleasing does his part and others will soon be seen Jn to the eye then the other kfadr The. communities. is a profitable Observer is equipped «rith ell the modem N a t u r e nd to the ful- io “ the homes of Sherman county, as and wholesome idea, and one ^ . ’h' £ < X fiHipenl p t t h p & n W t . and main- immoral and law -breeM ln» man way is via its worth and beauty of tone be at«. that is bound to gain in popular do eo. _ „ if it is not executed to your perfect I t a in t h e enviable re p u ta tio n now Q. M »y not women who teacz tne comes more generally known. ity. Learning how to make two boy» In <mr eduwd vote? Mti.fsction you need not pay for it. become acquired for first place A. No; but the boy» they teach, Send for a d vertis in g rates. | . Q p r o J uctivettgSS o f A j W class of. blades of grass grow where one when t l . may do eo. Q. The mother» who have breuirht grew before, to make the waste forth, carefully reared and given th eir farns'work. x y 2 n» to the Ztate may they not vote? places bloom, as the rose, to ap Moro Presbyterian Church. N o « that we have paid o o rre : The exhibit» trom the «overo- A. N o . q W hy not? Preaching at 11 a, m., and 7.00 spects to Christopher Columbus, I ^ nt expcri station, too num- preciate the value of planting a B«*auM they women. tree, are so well worth while. The p. m., Sunday, O c t 20th. Q v ^ ! l d women ere vote If the R l v - there’s nothing to do until Thinks- 1 erous -r ‘ 1 for special * * mention ------. j a here, lleee were granted UwmL- - - - - purpose of education should be giving. ” ... Sunday school at 10 a. Women have had tne fuU euf- was s'Tevelatioh, especially to any to teach efficiency, that there frag» In W yom ing alnoe IM S ; la C o lo T h e sermons next Sunday wil ■Ince ra d o »Ince 1SSS; in U ta h and Idaho That boy who gave a leg to who b o w that the farm is far from should be no energy wasted on l? M ; 1« W a»hlngton »too» ISIS, be my last sermons in M oro. being the pick of Sherman county and In C a lif o r n ia »inee 1S11. and have save a girl's life, even though the Fertile endeavors. That every alway« voted ae extenelvely In propor leg was not of much service to soil; quite the 1 contrary, but it was t lought and effort put forth by the »% Rev James S. Vernon. 8. S. M . tio n » to th eir number» “ 1. »om» «lectlona mor» ext«n .lvM y> him, deserves a lot of things here so selected, pfirposely, for show J ndividual may bring the best pos will preach for me in M oro church W h y do woeaen w an t ing what properly farmed land fa F lr » t Because th ey are A m eri as well as a p air of high power sible returns, and the exhibits un on the last Sunday in October. can cltlsena end the United Ztatee capable of .producing In this L e t m e O u tlin e y o u r tr ip O n the first Sunday in Novem ConaUtutlon W - long distance wings he w ill un der review most certainly revealed to vote »hall not be denied or ebrid«.-d doubtedly be fitted 'w ith in the county. But few, if any, who wit the fact that the pupil class in >er I am expected to begin work on account of race color, or psovlou» A. Rose« a g e n t, M o ro , -, O regon. nessed this exhibit, will ever doubt iherman county appreciate the condition of eervMude hereafter. J A... . j u in Eastern Oregon. o«oond Because they are ta x -p a y - the system in future. The exhibits ere, end It 1» a principle of * u r i « v « n i; >00000000000000000000000000 R . K . M oseley. situation and entered upon the ment that taxation a n d r e p r e s e n ta tio n Nearly every part of the stock were there and better than ever matter in a systematic and busi- OUT h i r d ° Beeaum every eltlaen should before since thia station was estab exhibited ,at M oro, and the con like manner. The world Mrs. Louise W alton Guth help »elect those who make «he lawn which he or »he must obey. tents of the pavilion, were trans lished, at Moro, the space allotted professes only by the extra achieve known in M oro when but a child Fourth. Because every cttlsen In a ported to the Condon fair, leav to the display being taxed to the ment of the individual, so «not froe republic 1» « "‘ »tied to nsprem >rtisented her better half with tkm. and ne person te v ta g h at ing M oro Sunday evening io 14 utmost to hold all the products only for the boy or girl, the man lb. son, Leland Gustave, at vote can represent hlmeelf other, even «nth the letter’s cars, arranged distinctly with a that were brought to It, T b it <■$ or woman, is it desirable to know fountain View , Cal., on the 15th F ifth Becaue» a vote mean» the attraction, out most decidedly view of helping out Gilliam and and women need this power to the better way of doing things, but Mrs. Levi Clark of Hood River the Interest» of them m lvee^ t h< Morrow counties in the tri-county not all that was attractive, in the it is adding to the comfort, pleas dren. th »lr home» and i«««tety. Next deer te Mero Commercial Co. Sixth. Because politico, which died last week. Deceased was the general lines of farm production, ure, and happiness of humanity project. ______________ the <overnm*rrt. needs the mother of Mrs. W . O . Hadley Influence of men and women. te U ia u t fruits, vegetables, grains, grasses, The next’ show, advertised in etc., all in its way serving as a*les at large. The best way to accom- and Fred W . Clark, former M oro the ballot, w om an» Influence 1» In d i rect. negative and >lfah such results is by taking hold The Observer show window, to son of the fair, a valuable ««re vote« count, vote» compel reap *-' residents, a lady very highly of things with a determination to vote» decide come o ff at Portland next month, not to be discounted. The great teemed by all who knew her. Oregon, vote »oo X master results. This is what our will be the last for 1912. Portland display of products of the field and business men treated Sherman garden« th e , long rows of choice Jherman county boys and girls county so nicely last week that we apples, and the excellence of the tave done, and we are proud of ought to make up a train load for other fruits'displayed, has been them. W e have not space to more this last chance of the year and »n object lesson upon the fertility than mention the pleasing'and in give our brothers a boost. of the soil that all who saw will teresting things observed at the Ornamental Jewelry of all kinds, not soon forget. It has shown -W . H.ffitoK< i, M a n g ie r , W a a c o , O reg o n The fair would not be reported them that Sherman county is sec ¡fair; but the trend x>f modern — - — :— teaching seems to be toward the with the music left out. Besides ond 'to * none in productiveness useful, the practical, as well as the Watches, Clocks, C ut Glass, etc. the uniformed band with the when rightly farmed. DEALERS IN beautiful; and we offer a sugges Wasco delegation Wasco Day, The fair has solidified the inter tion: W ould it not be a good L im e , P la s te r, C e m e n t, , B u ild e rs our own M oro Cornet band was ests of the c o u n ty . It brought to idea for the women and girls in Supplies, L u m b e r, W o o d , Coal, in evidence and the music from gether exhibitors from all sections, all communities to begin now to C edar Posts, and H ay . both gave visitors an inkling that and it showed them what the peo plan something in the way of an Sherman county Is up-to-date in ple of other parts of the county exhibit for next year’s fair? that respect also. The Moro band M A N U FA C TU R ER S OF were doing. . The people coin School, county or state fairs,all af went to Condon by train on the pared notes, exchanged informa ford opportunities for those who 15th. «BBBMffikgBBS tion, and every one has gained can do any one thing especially The big new flour mill of the important knowledge. < It has cre well to gain recognition in their W . W . M . Co, is wnow running ated a healthy spirit of rivalry that particular line of work. « P o r c e la in B a t h T u b a . . night and day, with a capacity of will make for better things. For 1500 barrels of flour a day, though better fruit, for better vegetables That trash pile in the back yarc it is expected that during the com and for fnore improved methods fa to disappear Saturday, October ing year additional machinery of soil tillage. Next year the fair 19. This date has been set aside A gen t for th e Beet Steam Laundry will be added, increasing its capac w ill be better ahd bigger. Every by Governor West as a holiday Sh op in Brick B u ild iu g n ex t Observer Office ity to 3000 barrels per day. The exhibitor is now an enthusiastic to be observed over the state B . W . L X W 1 9 , P r o p r ie t o r . W e are now ready to receive tbit season’s wheat crop construction of the new mill was |Booster for the fair, Every loya cleanup day. The purpose of the L. ..’4 ,. ‘ * . i ¿ '’Sa » „X - < * • d e , z "I I . - e«'- - ;ji> - . -S * / begun soon after the destruction citizen of the county who came to day fa to reduce fire risks by hav at our different receiving stations. . W B Johnston will be of the old one by fire on the night M oro and taw the splendid dis ing each person remove from his ■MKS. of July 9,1911, Several Sherman play has returned to bis home property all trash, garbage and county people have stock In the confident that Sherman county is such that might cause a blaze. The in charge of the warehouse at Moro; D G Pattee at M c W . W . M . Co. The new mill is the “ Blue R<bb6n County of O re day was set aside at the request of one of the best structures of the gon,” with the proof »elf evident the Portland association of credit Donald; C C Deyo at Rufus; A S Porter at Wasco. The stock petti. stables, poultry men. It addressed a letter to each kind in the world, and as near fire proof as it is possible to be department and implements o of the commercial clubs of the Sherman county will be under same management as built. In the building itself there farm necessity tfere all in evidence state, and the work in each place is not a particle of wood whatever along their several lines. The im will be under their direction. previous years, D W Wa.dc, with headquarters at Wasco. and the only wood about it at all plement display ^ Qeo. N . Croe- Officers of the steamer Bailey fieldSras well Wdrthy of Spokahe is in some of the machinery. Gatzert report that a cement block, the next-to-Moro city to indulge weighing 1800 pounds, used for Snow D r if t F lo o r, th e Beat F lo u r on th e M a rk e t. N ext W . H . Moore proved himself in- such demonstrations. ,. . . anchoring a spar buoy in the Col to be the live wire last week year it will be necessary to have umbia river near Lady’s island, through which Sherman and G il x n A g ric u ltu ra l Implement H al and placed in that position less liam counties were connected by on the fair grounds. M r. Cros- than a year ago, has Just been the Oregon Development League field having broken the ice this found in a potato patch on G ov at Portland coming to the aid of year, it is expected that other d eal ernment island, one and one-half the M oro Business M en’s Associa ers may fall in. The movement miles from where fa was dropped tion, thus enabling almost com h progressive. Competent critics, into the river. It was carried away r x - ' a - v ; plete transfer of thè Sherman some of w hom are not even resi and deposited in the field during county exhibit to Condon. After dents of this county, who closely the June- rise of the C o lu m b ia . y preliminaries were settled by inspected M r. Crosfteld’s exhibit The incident fa cited to give an 'phone and wire,. Walter H . which required seven, vehicles, idea of the power of the current donned his working clothes, mus drawn by a caterpillar traction en when the river fa at flood stage. tered his lieutenants, and In ex gine, to deliver on the tair grounds Mrs. Emma Elcock has made actly 28 hours had the train of 14 from Wasco, declared to the some very desirable im provem ents Sheet RmnmguzUMC Nato dub Steel Deed Eastern can equipped, loaded and on the writer that in proportion to areas E x p e rt, Experienced, Registered P h arm acists in the F. C. Ireland cottage since Factory Loaded Shot Shale far meed pirn pattern fia W «•&» road, landing the whole valuable Involved in the fairs, it out-dis riedlcines C a re fu lly Com pounded. * she became its owner. M r. and cargo in Condon for the work of tanced the State (eir,xt Salem. an<^ Mrs. J. H . Kelley wilt occupy the AnseOefioe Metallic Cartridge Co. - Compltts Assortm<at of Sllvtrwars snd Jewelry - j placement of exhibits, stock and established the fact at once of the premises. / --*• VtewTwk Ctep all. Monday morning. W . H. richness and versatility of a small I f you beve young A lm ieB you heve per- may count a few more gray bain county lik e this td be able to han- in his head than wheh he left us die such implements and machln s (hit yea^s wonderful har- Ibi» you will Snd Cbembertata’.Tsblet» ex- for the Rose city a few yean ago, ery r. and this rta pffove the needs of it, and A L L th e tim e . but as an irrepressible general he vests Any end sll K inds of P a ten t m ed icin e A lw ays In S tack For C o u n ty new» is still on the carpet yoo should all be proud of the F IT - ¿ S t i l i l i I f 1 1 1 11 1 1- 1 1 1 1 l i t 11 » » 1 x 11 I 1 1 1 n D o you w a n t to save H * M I M $30 ™ $ 5 0 ♦»>»»♦♦+♦ H E Y D T IN P L E M E N T S A ,! CO*. MORO ' s s s rs s -r t e ^ r S about th a t TR IP This to Portland then Shasta Limited to th e L a n d o f P a lm s i to votoT READY FOR BUSINESS M 0R © , ORE. lodipiahat Warehouse ( fQilliog C° REPAIR WORK PROMPTLY DONE M onos M IL L FE E D A N D F L O U R . B arber S hop lierjtliiog First Class anil lip ti lilt. MORO - - OREGON. N IT R O C L U B Lined HELLS Pacific Coast Elevator Co. MORO PHARMACY FORMALDEHYDE, RUBBER GOODS, PERFUMERY,' BRUSHES. COMBS. SPONGES. CICARS. f| THE OBSERVER r»y V