Sherman County observer., February 21, 1913, Image 2

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D r y -G o o d s N o tio n s
My line of Spring Wash
Goods is now complete.
This is the time to do
the spring sewing, before the
busy season comes
b
fe h !
ud
O u r L i n e of S h o e s
Is now complete with all
A new spring line of
Mens’ Dress Shirts-, all the the new things for the spring
new styles and patterns, and
We wi-h to call your
special attention to our
In all sizes. / ___
They must be seen to be Shoes for Children.
These shoes come in
appreciated.
Best line of Gents’ 4-in- Bütton or Blücher and are
hand ties ever offered for the the best the ma r ie t affords
for the price.
price, ODly 25c.
Our line of Boys Shoes
Mens Sweaters in red
and gray, all sizes, and good is strong in quality and
heavy weight,, only $ 2 .5 0 styles, and when the boy
is in ^iieed of- a pair of
We are offering a splen­
shoes don’t fail to see our
did line of Mens 9 ounce
line of, Boys Shoes.
Blue Flannel Shirts at a
S e w in g M a c h in e s
special price of $ 1 .7 5 .
These shirts are just the Drop head five drawer style,
thing for the cold spring with attachments, special $12.50
Parlor cabinet automatic drop
winds. Ask to see them.
G e n ts ’ F u r n is h in g s
G oods and
French Ginghams in those
fine pin checks.
The very popular Ripplette
in white and colors? it does
not have to be ironed
A splendid and- fine
Dry Goods Notions.
of
Call and take a look at
Special, any^ize,
our Notion Counters.
J. G
THE
ONE
P R IC E
GASH
head with attachments and ac*
$ 1 .7 5 cesaories, special at only $20.
STORE,
Drive Drudgery O ff
and Keep The Boy at Home
M O R O ,, O R EG Q N .
Day the Dorcas Society last Fri­
day held an afternoon reception
for their friends and members at
Dorcas Halt, which was prettily I
decorated KH
for the occasion with
large and small heart* in profusion.
M ore jhan a hundred ladies
from M oro and surrounding vi­
cinity were present during the
.
♦ each one attending .
¿feiving a iipall heart souvenior.
Guessing contests occupied part
of the afternoon in one of which
Mrs. Chattes Huis received first
honors and Mrs. Lola Kunsman
second; and in another, that -of
guessing.¿hew many beans were ¡ h
a jar, Mrs. A. R Kessinger came
nearest to tie number, there being
.441 in ~
Mrs,
Martin, Mrs.Lola
Kunsman, «»d Mrs. A.R.Kessinger
were received as new members.
Refreshments were served and
home m a d a , candy sold which
netted tbçjKçiety $32, besides dues
paid in and*wmk paid for that had
been delivered. .
It has been proposed by the
society that in view of the Pres­
byterian parsonage being soon oc­
cupied again that the roof be re­
paired and interior repapered and
possibly, if thé funds warrant, that
a complete new bath room equip­
ment be installed; and, also that a
class room for (he Sunday School
be built as an annex to the church
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M ORO, OREGON.
The
W in t e r - B o u n d T r a c t o r
a n d th e E v e r
R e a d y C a te r p illa r
Said Si to H i one winter’» day,
” Jeat see the price o ’ good wheat hay;
By Heck! ’»teen dollar» ever’ load,
„An’ me hung up by thia soft road.
Plaggona it! A ll my wuk a head,
A n ’ Engin ' idle in yon shed
She boga an* sticks, or alipa *er wheela.
In ever’ place ’ cept hard, dry fielda.*’
Said H i, “ Perk up, I ’U haul it in,
Thing» ain’t to w u m at might o* been,
M y Edgin’ shore w ill tickle you,
thar is wuk to do.
She ! weka when
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T h . t ‘s my H olt Caterpillar, Si,
She’ ll haul to town-roads wet or dry-
She lay» an’ travels on a track,
An* hat no wheela to slip or pack.
Like M ary’a la in’ -goes ever’ -whar-
M ud. muc’k or mire shea a l’aya thar:
Pulb my stumps like pullin ’ em ’a fun,
Crosses ditches—aon-of-a-gun!
Shore as ye got that m ilkin ’s pail,
Turns abort at G yp chaain’ his tail,
An* ’ Liza-like across the ice,
W ith thutty ton the travel» nice.
But plowin’— goah! On hill or dale,
Sod, aand or swamp, she’ ll never fail.
In early Spring—grouna* oft an’ wet —
In rain or thine she plows—you bet!
Yep, afie’U plow later in the Fall,
Nope, the can’t pack the lan* a’tall—
Great’ thing not havin’ any wheela—
By Cripea, an’ never eat no meals!
O ’ course I know ye can’t set roun*
W ith wuk to do--or choose yore groun’
Shucks! W hen it’s time to haul or plow,
There’» jest one motto— ’ Do it now!’ ’
A n ’ ef yore Engin’ ta n ’t, why say,
Thar’s an 'xample-yonder hay;
M y Caterpillar's eager—w aitin’ !
W hile yore wheel Engin t hibernatin'
I jest allow I orter say,
Adopt’ the Caterpillar way;
She's al'aya thar to help a man-
Jeat like a good Samaritan.
The Holt Manufacturing Co., Spokane
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GAKDBB C O L L X C T IO H
I he boys of the high school un­
der the tutelage of Principal P.M.
a negro
Entered us iccond da,« matter at the Nash have arranged
post office at M oro, Oregon, July 25, 1891. minstrel for presentation at the
local opera house Saturday March
C. L. I reland '.. >. ;. Manager. first and the way things will hap­
pen on that date will keep Moro
laughing for six weeks. r
Send for advertising ratea.
The program consists of a good
If you do not read The Observer, vhy
not?
orchestra that will furnish plenty
W e would like to have you take it, and of music; about a dozen “coons”
we know- it w ouldbe prof.iaRle to you TO" "in a vast variety of songs, jokes
become a subscriber.
W é »end it two
year« tor $2.30; one year $1.50; 12% eta a and monologues for the first part;
month isn’t much. T ry it. ‘Order by
while the second part will present
po»tal card, and pay for it when you can.
two farces. * “The Booster Club of
W e w ill not be responsible for the
“Coon Creek
neglect of subscribers to notify as of Blackville ’ and
changes in their address. Nor will the Courtship.”
notification of- a Postmaster that the sub­
The minstrel is given to raise
scriber has “ Removed” settle the bill of a
delinquent. '*
some rent due on the hall from
Church and Society notices F R E E , ex­ the basket ball team, and to make
cept when for money making purposes.
Such notices at regular rates at the ! option a payment on the high school
piano.
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of the publishers.
conditions
in mL.d-
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And the Price is
TAKING ORDERS
FOR WIY THIRD CAR
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Geo. N. Crosfield
W ASCO,
OREGON.
T h e S to re t h a t S ells E v e ry T h in g .
G. -F.-French was a visitor from 4 - M-la t I 1 - l - f I t i l i ;
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Grass Valley Wednesday. Char-
lie generally pays this city a v iilC
iiirt
each year, about harvest time, but J;’
he says that he has accepted the
On all mailable merchandise
position of engineer of the Grass
Valley light plant and has to get :: W e will prepay the postage without extra charge
his visit in before time is called
M O N K LA N D CASH S TO R E
the first of the month.
Postage Prepaid In Parcel Post
AX o n lac le a r a d ,
M. E. Church Notices.
Counterfeiting may be almost a
For Sunday February 23, Sun­
lost art, but notwithstanding this
day school 10 a. m. Epworth
fact Salem is now flooded with
League 6:30 p.m. Preaching dt7:30.
bad bills. -
Preaching at Spaulding Chapel
at 12 a. m. Chas. W. Johnson
The ‘-shoe trust” having been Pastor.
pinched by the court’s decision,
perhaps its customers feet will get
Clay Belshe was a visitor in
a rest
Moro early Wednesday morning
in time to catch the train with his
The system of identifying crim­ first shipment of cream. On his
inals by means of finger prints has return home he had a brooder .in
encountered., another difficulty. the rig, getting ready for his in­
Safe robbers now wear gloves and cubator hatched chicks.
thus save themselves from leaving
After yean of patient and pains­
traces of their fingers.
taking labor the Sherman County
President Wilson will have Abstract Co. will soon have com­
many questions to settle, left over pleted the only set of abstract
from the ' Taft administration books in the county. If yoy need
Chief among these will be the an abstract made, or one continu­
Mexican problem, which should ed, write to the above named
have been taken hold of in earn­ company at Moro, for particulars.
est two years ago.
The Oregon Legislators have
signed an agreement among them
selves to stay in session for five
additional days over the forty pre­
scribed by law. By this means
they expect to get action on Gov­
ernor West’s vetoe of measures
and not allow him to hold them
up for two years like was done
after the last session.
Joaquin Miller, the poet of the
Sierras and author of Songs of the
Sunland, died February 17th in
his one room cabin, which he
built many years ago, in the Pied­
mont hills near San Francisco.
He died in the afternoon while
the warm sunshine Was flooding
the room.
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N.W .Thompson was taken very
seriously ill at the Fred Hennagin
sale on the 13th his condition was
precarious until after the arrival of
Dr. W. C. Nason; no heart action
being in evidenyg^hnd oxygen had
to be supplied artfficaily for some
time. H e was removed to the
home of Chas. Bullard where he
remained until strong enough to
make the trip home.
George A. Simon was a passen­
ger to The Dalles Tuesday morn­
Every aeed listed has been
ing where he will meet and Ac­
tested In our own labora­
company Mrs. Simon on her re­
tory and has been found
turn home from Sunnyside, Wash­
good. This catalog is de­
ington.
Mrs. Charles Wilcox,
pendable and reliable.
mother of Mrs. Simon, died at the
family home at Sunnyside, Feb­
Whether you want to buy
A Shetland poiiy, donated by
ruary
12th the funeral being held
now or not, it w ill pay you
C « p « U i . » M a rk « *, I k . b w t
the
Portland union stock yards
last
Sunday.
Beside!
Mrs.
Simon
- «w rty « a b fia a « f a r Ska kaa aa
to have our catalog. A
will
be
one of thfe prizes offered
three
brothers,
Roy,
Ray,
and
Guy,
vAit.TicU lUdfak
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• mother.
postal bring« It free. Send
CrtaqiWa Lattata
in
the
juvenile
industrial school
survive
their
Detroit Bwt
L m mmi C*ftctroft>«r
today for catalog 830.
contest at the state fair in Salem
A. S. Roberts of The Dalles lost this year. Tho po'ny will be given
5 T i i T Ä ’S " 25c
five fine work horses last week to the boy or girl who makes the
PORTLAND SEED
from ptomaine poisoning. He best exhibit at the fair of live
COMPANY
had several loads of carrots which stock, the exhibit to consist of at
had fermented, that he was feed­ least one trio or pen of chickens
POBTLASD - OREGON
ing to hogs in his barn yard. The or ducks, two pigs aud j sheep.
horses ate some of the carrots and The total amount of prizes offered
contracted a disease which- at first the children at the state fair contes
was supposed to be colic, but later this year will b e over $3000. in­
Good S tationary, nicely printed is one of the firs t
a
v v»K-i maa
a veterinary
traced to the decayed cluding money, animals and’mer­
qreu irm en t* of a good business. W e can supply you. vegetable*.
chandise.
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High School Minstrel.
F R ID A Y .. . . February, 21. 1913
6o-H()RSEP0\YER HOLT CATERPILLAR TRACTOR.
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The United States congress has
appropriated $283,487.442 for
postal service during this year in­
cluding an increase of $2,500,000
in railway mail pay; occasioned
in part by parcel post.
new
weighing of the mails in Septem­
ber. for thirty days, has also been
ordered on which to base the rail­
way charges for the carriage of
parcel post.
February lltffa t Hood River a
telephone lineman narrowly es­
caped electrocution when a tele­
phone line being reeled up came
into contact with a 6600-volt pow­
er wire. The lineman was knock­
ed, down every nail in his shoes
drawn through the leather and
against the bottom of his feet until
a deep imprint of them was left
on the soles.
A
An assault upon the hight cos
of living, which is expected to have
some very definite results, has
been begun by the women of
Portland. The movement started
when an apple grower could not
sell his product to the commission
men at any price, finally ren/ing
a store room and selling his crop
direct at third the cost that had
been asked by retailers, and real­
ized to the grower more than if he
had sold to a wholesaler.
- C. L. Smith, agriculturist for the
O. W. R. & N. Co., has returned
from Washington, D. C., where
he attended a cQnference of field
agents of the department of agri­
culture. Mr. Smith is always a
booster first and he took advantage
of the opportunity to inform
Secretary Wilson and other offi­
cials of the work in Oregon that
the O. W. R. A N. Co., is doing to
aid in the agricultural develop­
ment of the territory to its lines.
¿pedals.
Nqextra charge for mailing^paroel
fqst
5c
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Ten cent size of best grade Toilet Soap for
Three packages Union Leade? tobacco for
::0ne pound package of Schillings Best Soda '
a regular ten cent seller for
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f- I- H - H
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The grain growers Conveniences
Are not alone confine! to Rural Free Detive.y 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 ths risk of having his money on hie per-on or about
his home where it is in danger of fire and thieve«.
His bills paid by check are not only a valid zeeeipt, but
also a convenience in his home transactions where very often
the necessary change for concluding eettleraent is not at band
Don’t stop to think this over, hut start ^an account now with
Tb® Iflasco Warehouse Willing (o .
gank, of Woro.
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Best Drug Store in Sherman County
is Jocated right here in Moro, in
fact it ski ns any thing for a long
way in any direction, so thinks the
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Moro Pharmacy
Rhadaaia.
A ll o f the vast territo ry o f Rhodecla
to governed by the B ritish South A f ­
rican company, chartered In 1880. Its
area to e q ta l to the areas o f Texas,
N ew York Pennsylvania, Ohio and
Kentucky.
C a r e d o f U v e r C o m p la in t.
411 was auflfering with liver complaint,”
sari Iv a Smith of Point Blank, Tersa, “and
ibridati to try a 26c. box of Chaubortoin’H
fahleta»and am happy to aay that I am oom
plelely cured and can racommaod than to
arerjr ops . ” Por iato ky all daatore.-- Ad-
varitoaamA
O re g o n .
that'
grow
SEND
Y O U
FOR
J. J. Butzer,
can’t
in the ground ;
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