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About Sherman County observer. (Moro, Sherman County, Or.) 1897-1931 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 13, 1912)
'I'h e O b s e rv e r LUCKY THOMPSON ^WHEN IN $PORTLAND’ S T O P P T A B A R R IE R ? HOTéL.OReCO i TO HAPPINESS FRIDAY Corner of“7th and Stark Street “Fireworks” That Serve a t Train Protectors. CODE OF TORPEDO AND FUSEE Doubtless any one perm itted to e x am ine the reeovda o f a chancery court would be surprfaed a t the number of cases where fortunes have been M ri to those who cannot be found or. I f found, only a fte r year» of search O p t i m a l th e heirs fa ire died before the testator; sometimes t>ey have my»- terlouaiy disappeared, never again to be heard (roin. T h e reason th at prop erty often passes through this phase fa th a t the members o f fam ilies as the years go by become separated and often lost to each other. W hen per sons who have no one near and dear to them m ake will», p referrin g that th eir property shall go to th eir ow n kindred, they usually leave their es tates to such, possibly not h atin g heard anything o f the legatee fo r years. K Zachary Thompson when be was a boy ran aw ay and w ent to sen. F ifty «ears ago and more th at was a favor- * _ a___ n *L e . C h ild re n A Most Have Good Light for Studying C H A S W R lQ H T .P m ld .n t M . C . D H J K IW W N , M a n a g e r. There lived in the c ity o f Philadel phia a w idow er and his eon who were ----- - " - t i- _ h a . w ns I t is new , a u d i t » room s a re p ro v id ed w ith n ln n in g w ater a n d lo n g d is ta n c e te le p h o n es. E u ro p e a n p la n . R ates $ 1 p er d ay a n d u p . A poor lig h t strain s th e eyes, an d th e injurious effects m a y -Last for life. A n oil la m p is b e s t T h e lig h t from the R a y o L a m p is soft and mettow. Y ou can read o r w o r k under it for h o u rs w ith o u t h u rtin g y o u r e y e a . ' ^ ^ B ( . WRIGHT-DICKINSON HOTEL COMPANY Th« RAYO fa c e« »tre<i»«rf »«enrfficaJly. Itfa *!»• «• ■ H i n -H -H l H » H I M 1 1 r iH - i- H '!■ 14 H W made .o f solid brass — nickel plated, Lighted Without remo' ring chimney or shade. Rasy to dean and rewick, Made in various styles and for all purpoejjjfc^ D*a/ara £wrxwA«r« I L e o n ip y / / ST A N D A R D OIL COMPANY - ’ CCaltferaia) ' j&St. A 1 » I Hri •+* » H l * * ♦ » NEW HOTEL PERKINS \ P o r tla n d , O r e g o n . jMk K \ E u le r . Oregon HíoiqMarter». Po»ittv*4y m o lt c e n tra lly lo cated . F ifth 8 t. cars p a s s th e d o o r> avq« y few -minutes- Rotnxoy Col lea in a tx»ok about Ir e land tell» the rtfo } of « man whom be met tn a p ub ll«!bou»e. T h is person, w ithout the t o c i A l y <* «n introduc tion. p re s e n te d ‘idwfaeif to M r. Colfaa an a poet. U e men presented the fo l lowing as a aaitfpfa e f his m anufac ture: > > , 1 *^ ^ — '»KfeXsjt' ■— Popular Piioatf Rtataurant Batapaaa Ptaa. Rataa *1 .99 a a l ap f Q. 5WITLAMD, Mgr In the year, Sundays included. hat en the romance out or toe ure neiore did It meanT And on almont any the mast. Indeed. Instead o f a Tnast night as I look ont o f m y window I the modern vessel has a amokestuck. M 1 1 < n I 11 l"l I’M 1 H 1 1 H l iF H / H r l1 gee the edge o f the wood or the fields Zachary, havng read sea stories, be You shofad always kwep >®r bosses OB lighted op by red or yellow fireworks. I came Infatuated w ith the great deep Am erican coastwise shipping iro m W hy this strange Illum ination? and shlpjwd as cabin boy pn a barken- paym ent of tolls fo r passing through 1 As all these queer happenings took tine trading between New York and the Panam a canal, a document w rit* place on the railroad a few rods from Hongkong. \ . . . . ten by S ir Edw ard Grey, B ritish M in- t my house 1 made Inquiries of the rau T h e boy made a triflin g mistake In lster of Foreign A ffairs, was presented way officials, and here are some inter thinking be would like the sea. Even chting facta about the use o f these D A R N I E L L E B R O S ., P roprietors to Secretary Kno> hy the B ritish am in th a t day there was no romance in bassador, James Bryce, who read the ( curious “firew ork».w being reproved -by tbe captain, sworn T h e general supertn tendea I of the I note word for word to the secretary < New York. -New O s veo and H a rtfo rd 1 a t hy tbe m ate and flogged by the cooK. Tfven the «tuition tyrannised In the la tte r’s home. I t is an elabora railroad explained as follows: over little Zachary, and. having made tion of the points of objection in the I “O ur rules provide for the ose of de one voyage, the boy remained ashore, note presented to the state departm ent H ea d q u a rters for our S h er m a n C ounty toaators. commonly known as to rp e does, as audible slgual» and of Tusees’ though he was too proud to go borne. last July. , friends; p rices reason ab le; first c la ss In b rief these are the objections: afe vfaibto algnafa. “T h a t w h ile it was clearly In vio **Theaa torpedoes are attached to resta u ra n t w ith th e h o tel. the top o f the rail on the engineer’s lation of the H ayP a u n ce fo te * treaty ■ tiu o f the track by tw o small flex J either to re m it or refund tolls on all lbie metal atrapa. which are eauKj Am erican shipping using the canal, beat around the ball of the rail, as the same objection probably would ap T w o B lo c k s F ro m N e w D e p o t ■bown in the picture, and hold the ply to the ooastwise shipping in view torpedoes securely tn place u n til ex of the probable Im possibility of fra m ploded by th e first tra in passing over I ing regulations th at would not result this track. In a preference to Am erican shipping.” F R E E A U T O B U S TO A N D FR O M A L L T R A IN S «The explosion o f one torpedo Is a ' In addition to supporting th e s e ’ ( signal to stop; the explosion of two. mo» m ors than 200 feet ap art la a slg- points by long arguments, 81r Edw ard to reduce speed and look out for better sense. 8be. too. baa never n«u indicates clearly that strong resist any luck, and now there were two un a stop signal. lo c k / mortals who proceeded to bring ance w ill be offered to any attem pt t k , fusees are o f sim ilar construc into tbe world unlucky • children. to exclude from the canal B ritish ships tion to th e w ell ^nown Rom an candle Thompson In order to OH the stomachs owned by Canadian railroads or whose used for fireworks celebrations ex- cept th a t they burn a steady flame of his w ife and children, though he owners may be guilty of violating the w ttbont explosiona A sharp Iron spike bad been born *a gentleman, took up Sherman anti-trust act. H e holds th a t any occupation that appeared. at last this section of the act cannot apply to a t th e bottom end w ill usually stick In the ground or In the creas tie when accepting a poKkien With an under British shipping, but only to U n ited t l h o w n fro m tbe rear o f a train and taker. This led him Into that depart States vessels. - ' ment of the m ortuary busluess which holds the fusee tn an upright position pertains to currylug the dead to their wh y i t la more plainly visible. W hen you harem had ad d you wem “ A fusee must be lighted and left last resting place. . > • l m e d ic in a obtainable*© aa to curs U wrib H e w as in k in g bis bearse to cover by the flagman whenever a train Is L im e , P l a s t e r , C e m e n t , B u ild e r s —^ t « r on th e “ tim e” o f another train a f te r a fu n e ra l one e v en in g w hen ba or boh«"* Its own tim e tn d under rau lino a light buggy d riv en by a S u p p lie s , L u m b e r , W o o d , C oal, drenm stencea which call fo r such pro- C edar P o s ts , an d H ay. - Mt od Ih . market. Kora ' . t t t U durkitenu h av in g com© <>□. did uot s p© IB fosea on or near tbe track, burn him in time to get out of bis way. and T boiu|*on. who was dream ing on bis ing red. must not be passed. W hen OUTLAW ROBS TRAIN burning yellow th e tra in may proceed bad luck and bis luckless w ife and i . ''' . « ....-r» * . .. 1 chlldreu. collided w ith him and smash w ith caution when the w ay Is seen and Im parlal L im ite d " Fultm an fa Looted known to be clear. Standard fusees ed the vehicle. N a ar Vancouver, B. C. -Y o u should paint your funeral wag- burn red fo r three minutes arid yel- Vancouver, B. C.— A tra in finldup loar fo r seven minutes and can bo aoBL oik.Tred or some other color If .you ra th at for boldness has never been going to d rive around nights running fot* quite a distance. “You w ill gather from the above people dow u.” said tbe gentleman, “ M aoualed in Vancouver was perpetrated just as the Canadian P acific ra ilw a y ’s explanations th a t the red glare o f a was your fa u lt. and you*» have to pay OOOOOOOGGOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOGOCXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX ‘•Im perial L im ited" transcontinental gaming fusee on or near the track for uiy buggy *’ “ I don’t believe there Is any law warns the approaching engineer th a t passenger train , was passing out of a peer »ding tra in has passed over his to compel me to do t h a t * said Tbom p the Vancouver c ity lim its. track lesa t * » " three minutes ahead aoo. A single highwaym an, disgufaed by ■'There fau’t. e h ) W ell I think 1 o f *»lm. and nnder no circumstances W « C . R U T L E D G E , P ro p rie to r. a black m ask, boarded tb a train« as it ought to know w lw e I'm , a law yer.^ v mast he pass this signal w hile burning was passing tbe B ritish Colum bia 8u -Ju st my lu rk ? ’ monoed Thompson. red. W hen th e flam e tarns to yellow he m ay proceed w ith caution, only as i “I f any «»Me etse mid run down a gar R efin ery, a m ile and a h a lf out. tba w a y Is seen and know n to be wagon he wouldn't have haptwned to entered the Pullm an car and at the N e a r e s t H o te l t o B u s in e s s C e n te r , B ank* point of a revolver fo rced ,th e passen d e a r keeping In m ind th a t when tbe hit n law yer ” a n d D e p o t, C o u r te o u s T r e a t m e n t , C lea n back door and w ent to tbe stable, fusab changed fro m red to yellow be I By rblsVltne a amall crow d collected, gers and the Pullm an conductor to where a b u rn t cork transform ed him w as exactly th ree m inutes behind a I aud a polfawmau was amoug tbe uum- B e d s a n d T a b le t h e Jbest t h e m a r k e t w ill pass over th e ir money and valuables. Into an ebony Instead o f a w hite m a n nreceding tra in , w hich m ay have stop 1 ber. T h e man dropped o ff the tra in Just S T w W f e t a a abort distance or may I f you have Then donning a livery he mounted the - W h a t ’s up?” he asked. before i t arrived a t Barnet, which Is haps noticed tl box o f a coach and drove to his home. he proceeding a t ea unusually alow -T h is d rive r of bhtek wagons fo r six miles from the city. His fa th e r came out, opened the door, J dead um » u o<i dark.JhJMkt* ba* run Into T fie to tal loss was tSOS I n f i l l s , two 1 T he superintendent o f the Shore line me and xnuiMhed a fcWK) buggy.” oellent Thgy are easy and p k w n t t o take, gave tbe add res« and got In. W hen Jim m ie beard th a t address the Otvtolon. another branch o f th e same “Shall I lak e him In f asked tbe cop. watches and one chain, one diamond and mild andgwHle in eflaoL For sale by ring and two English sovereigns, all dealers. _________ expression on hfa face was not -only I ndlroad. gives thfa additional d etail re- “ Not If be w ill give h l* naina.” one of wonder, hut o f astonishment. Tboinpeon was discouraged H a am ounting to about $10. T h e conduc gardlng torpedoes; x A Prafaranaa. -W h e n a tra in stops upon the mam gave op hi* mime w ithout a m urm urs His fath er had ordered him to drive to r contributed WO of the W08. There "I shall leave my reputation to be to the house w here d w elt Miss E m ily I fine and requires protection against , judged by posterity ’’ IQOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO • fioBowtog tra in the flagman goes back Sherbourne. H fa first Impulse was to ‘•Tkht’H a good idea," replied Senator a apecifled distance and places one tor get d o w n .fro m the box an d .a sk his No Peso« Prlxs Awarded Sorgliutq. “T h e way things are going I parent w hat tbe dickens he m < *a t; his pedo H e than continues a fa rth e r Christiania.— T he Nobel Peace prix© I'd much rather take my chances w ith d fitanco hack, placing tw o torpedoes second was to d rive on and see the w ill not be awarded this year. T his posterity than w ith an Investigating m atter to the end. H e followed the I A f soon an the tra in ho ks protecting la W ashington Star fa the firs t tim e since th e establish committee rred y to s ta rt th e engineer b lo w * a latter. On reaching his destination M r. epodfled w hfatle «Ignat, w hich fa w | “ H o w did you happen to be named m ent of the Nobel foundation that the H ardw ick got o ut and, ordering tbe A n E x c e p tia n . oom mittee or Norw egian parliam ent notice to the flagman to retu rn to bi* Zachary Taylor?” coachey to w ait, rang the bell and w ent -W h o was I t w rote ‘Distance lends I into tbe house. . -B o rn when G eneral T aylo r licked tzflin. On the way hack he picks up has found no perdon w orthy of the the one torpedo, leaving tw o on the the M exican« and named for h im .” | H ere was a pretty pass—the son sit award. T h e com m ittee states th at it M || to w a re the engineer e f an ap^ “ W ho was your f a tb e r F ting on the box w hile his fath er was has decided that th ere has b ee* “no I inside courting th e g irl be would not I preaching tra in th a t another tra in fa a -E d w a rd Prentiss Tkam paon.” w ork deserving of the prixe." short distance ahead and to give th« "D id you have any b ro thereF consent.to hfa offspring m arrying. I t A gent for th e Beat S team L auntlry -------urn« to ran hack and g«t “ T e e -o n e ." «’■ > seemed to Jim th a t £hd call was toter- * . 1 SU»$P to B rick B u ild in g n e x t O b se rv e r Office Hare fa a woman who .speaks from p e r mlnable. W h a t could lie going on? aboard o f hfa ow n tra in ." — “Hit nnmer sonai knowledge and low» experience, vis., -W in fie ld Scott Thompson." > Of the nee of fireworks ee signals to H e worked him self Into a fu ry . t V n M m p. H - Brogan,of W njôn7Pa.,whomyj, . W . L E W IS , P r o p r ie to r . "And you consider yourself an un got down from the box, stalked up the After the 8aereH. th* navy the cfafaf of the bureau of " I know from experience that Chamberlain • ’s a Ä - ’’M a’s just cr v to serve oo « Jury.” steps and rang the bell. construction and repair of the navy de lucky m a n F "T h a t so F ' 'r " -N e v e r bad any luck no for." partment. Washington, makes the tal M r. H a rd w ic k was sitting on the "Yea: »be anvn* ffee-w ants to be one same sofa w ith E m ily Sherbourne -W e ll, you’ve g o t it now. Ten year* lowing statement: W infield Bcott e f the first to toll, th e secrets of the when the tete-a-tete was Interrupted • A l l modern ships are fitted w ith •g o your - brother. electric signals and the use of «nn-h I Thompson, died and left yod an estate Jury r o o m I »étroit F ree Press. hy a negro coachman w ith a w hip in Oanius at Tabla. tr o t h ffjnn.OOO, and tbe executors of ^«^■1« fa-general tn tb • nun»’ «errlee his hand standing In the doorway. I t would appear th at the man of W e’ve l a th e case o f aaaatl vo»«wfa having no (in* »till are client« e f mine “W h a t does this mean, p o p F cried genius usually require« a large supply Ovardhto* It- plsctrir installation and also fo r nee to been bunting fer you ever since your -©be married h im to reform h l» eokchey. - - * ,/ . of substantial food, totetlectoat w ork brother died, and If w© hadn’t fonnd cane o f the fa ilu re o f the electric alg “And w hat waa th e result?’’ t t r . Hardvrlek was paralysed w ith demands fa ll nutrition to repair tbe M l* th e n avy has a ayrtem o f colored you before the end of thl« year your " H e ’s «o good near th at he’s »bp< waste o f brain tfaxua Scott was w ont astonishm ent and Miss Sherbourne t r connection w ith rocket* for property would have gone to ch ari io a ttrib u te hl# extraordinary capacity at nearly everything she doea.” 1^ burst Into a laugh. ty-” . s i the parpens o f *tgnallng. for conttauouK work to hfa good diges ton Transcript. H o w through a friend in the gilded "By gum!*’ exclaim ed the bearae T h e a e ere to no sense the ordinary tion and the wholesome restraints of circle she had made the acquaintance driver. "M y lock % aa all come to a I t fa easier for (he generous to .foe- i t the fath er o f her lover and draw n bi« appetite In hfa youth. - I bare as E n tire ly new , c o n v e n ie n t to business, lamp.** keen an appetite now as an y mao,” give than for offense to ask I t — Tho«»- him on to visit her was her own ta- M r. Tl»ompnoo fa now wealthy and d e a n beds, an d ta b le th e b e st th e m a rk e t I cret. * H e r ruse was successful. M r. h e sakl. “but I know when to stop,"-, - fa called “ Zm -ky” Tbompnou. tbe sto M ira beau Is stated to have been a * H ard w ick turned hfa supposed con w ill afford. P rices re a so n a b le . C om ry of how he Was found sifll clinging gnormouM feeder, eating as much a t a quest over to Jimm ie, consented to the ■ BI»V ^ a to him But no one wh«» hnows him m ercial tra d e solicited. meal ns would suffice three ordinary- Maud^-lD that book you Juit finish I wedding and the three gave up society fa aw are o f th e qnarfor o f a century*« qmn. T alleyrand waa also a noted ad d id they m a n g -a n d live happily | to be happy In th eir own home. te d luck th a t attended him eater. Goethe nod Nnpoleon ate large ever afterw ard? M a rjo rie - Gracious. I . 5-X Proof e f • Conspiracy. quantities o f food, but cared little for Bo! I don’t read* fa iry woriea an? 3 T he follow ing story fa told in ex Aeeem pi • Vised. the qunlltv. Bismarck was noted for m o re .-N e w York Tlaies I planatlon o f the reason why the teach “Abe’s a elover conversationalist.” bfa s p ifa tH * whkfc wad Insatiable. (but I ing of chemistry to Turkish schools -V e ry . She can erea make a man hfa food waa o f the etfapleet. ’ • forbidden some years ago. I t had who fa talkin g about hlam elf atop to M any stortea a r e told o f the gross H o w ell—D<> you believe In heredity? fa proposed that this science should tfateo.“ - D e t r o it Free Press delight In eating evinced hy the two P o w e ll- 1 should sag I dkti I married to «2.000.000 mlfaa. Th« Dttmases. fath er and son. one of which the daughter of n Jutigr. and she 1« al | be added to tbe curriculum , hut tbe i first thing th at struck the ayes o f the Fallowed the Freeeriptleo. to that th e younger, being overtaken ways laying down the la w -to tue - I ro ler of tbe fsU hful on opening an ele- “M y doctor sold I needed a changa.' Uy * «tortn. took refuge tn a hotel near I mentary textbook o f chemistry waa “ And did yoa a r t on hi” ad rice F Parts T w en ty four turkeys were hang- the form ula for water. HBG. "H ere," “ Toa. I employed another doctor" tog upon ih w a p lt - -’S ‘ Ths Mai said th e su1tan,: “fa proof o f a conspir “ And all fo r a atogfa ♦ravefar." * x fite lla —Jnck i" wai acy to undermine my authority in the Ctotmed tbe host -j- W e V e t AI A U J M o l i e l t knees to me la ri ejrea ef m y subject*. H tw o W T h e f t "C a s t inoo pere!" exclaimed Atoff* poor fellow , be cai nothing tom a aiy way <tf totimetfos ttd re Be wan right - The DaHcs, Oregon. dealers in manufacturers of mill feed and flour HOTEL MORO afford. - . - - S unday D in n er s 3 5 c . Opposite Postoffice Moro Oregon. M oro s B a r b e r S hop A fO /^ O VINTON HOTEL Grass Valley, Oregon. CONDUCTED ON THE BEST PRINCIPLES S
