Sherman County observer., April 25, 1913, Image 2

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M r. W rig h t was born near
Zanesville, O h io , and at the time
o f his death was 78 yean 8 months
and 18 days old. H e was married
from an outside county.
In other words if Sherman coun­ at his native town to Miss Eva
ty is to hold this Tri-C ounty Vestal M arch 22d, 1859.
M r . W rig h t was indentified with
eventual fair then we must get busy
and finance and pull off two fairs the early settlement of what is now
this fall, one our regular county Sherman county, coming to this
and school childrens fair and section in M arch, 1884, and en­
the other this T ri-C o p n ty fair gaging in the sheep business in the
which the major portion of the Rutledge district where he took
county do not want to tangle with. up a homestead. Afterwards as
George B. Dukek. of Condon, industrial life of the county ex­
president of the T ri-C o u n ty D e­ panded he became one of our
velopm ent Leagne says “ it is ex­ successful pioneer far m en , finally
tremely doubtful if Sherman coun­ retiring from active farming in 1909
ty can secure assistance from the when he moved to the W illam ette
It 1» a Trua Waaaal, but Is Only About
|noh«> Long.
T it« a ma 1 foot esm. -oroua animal in
the world la an Aiuvii< an weasel which
Is uuuieroos In northwest Canada and
Alaska and Ja 'Occasionally aeon about
the great lakes. It is a true weasel,
but only s ix Inches long, with a tall
only ona laoM |n length. All Its upper
surface la fitr summer pore umber
brown, but the throat, abdomen and
Inside of the lags are pure white, and.
unlike any other weasel, It has no black
at the end of the ta il; hence, although
the a u lm a l,turns w hite In the nerth la
winter. It does not show the black
Upped tall which characterises an er­
mine pelt, fip4 so it is not sought by
trappers and fur traders.
Thia fact, with Its »mail size and se­
cretive Ufa, *>M made Its habits very
tittle known, bht they seem to be much
tike those ot'fitb er weasels. I t feeds
on Insects, Which it finds alive In sum­
mer and t o T to tv r
out of rotten
log»; upon small birds, etc., but lives
mainly on
These it can follow
Into their gnyrov\,>t holes and run-
gear cely larger than a
If, or. striking the trail
ice all Its wanderings
It catches sight of its
after it with amazing
valley.
T h is is the fin t death in M r.
W right's immediate fam ily; he
being survived by a w idow and
four children; A . M . W rig h t of
M o n klan d , Oregon; M n . D . H .
Leech of A lbany, O re g o n ;. M n .
James H . Fraser of N o rth Y akim a,
W ash.; M n . J. V . O 'L e a ry of
M cK en zie Bridge, Oregon.
-aught by naturalists
ipa. An old Indian
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survey, who thus captured ooa In south*
era Alaska, that I t was a promise of
rare good fortune. H is brother, he re­
lated, had taken one when a boy and
had In consequence become a big chief.
A good name for this least o f the car­
nivores would ba “mouse hunter.” It
la known to science as Pntortna rlxo-
Harper a.
According to accounts from
M ORO. OREGON.
C ondon regarding the holding of
the T ri-C o u n ty fair this fall they
F R I D A Y ...................A p ril 25.1913
are perfectly willing to have the
fair held there again this year if
Entered m aecond clam matter al.t h e
neither of the other two counties
poet oftce at M oro, Oregon, July 25, 1891.
desire it; also that if it is held in
any o f the other counties that coun­
C . L . I r e l a n d .............. Manager.
ty need not expect financial help
Send for advertising rates.
If you do not read The Observer, why
not?
W e would like to have you take it, and
we know it would be profitable to you to
become a iub»criber.
W e w ad it two
year« for S2.SO; one year $1.50; 12% eta a
month isn’t much. T ry it. Order _ by
postal card, and pay for it when you can.
Rev. John A . W rig h t, father
form er county commissioner
M . W rig h t, died at his hom e
Eugene, O regon, at 4:10 p.
Tuesday. A p ril 15th. of causes
cident to old age.
other two counties and, moreover,
T h e per cent of low to pre­
they should not ask i t ”
miums. in Oregon, in the fire,
According to newspaper re­
marine and automobile insurance
port
the business men of Condon
business for the year 1912 was 47.6.
are
willing
to take up this T ri-
N e t premiums amounted to $3,-
County fair as a permanent feature,
252,393. and uh e Ipwe« were
provided the M a yville section o f
$1,547,936.
their county w ill drop their county
T h e Oregon state immigration fair and go into theirs.
commission are planning to rent
the old lobby of the Oregon
H o te l and convert it into an ex­
hibit and lecture-room filled with
big pumpkins, boxes of red and
yellow fruit, samples o f Eastern
Oregon wheat and other products
SMALUat ^EAST OF PREY.
Sherman County Pioseer at Rest
T k Tri-Orntj Fair Meit ML
Sherman county does not want
to drop its county fair, this year or
any y e a r,/o r a T ri-C o u n ty fair
and is disposed to let either of the
other counties have it, permanent­
ly or qjherwise.
U n d e r a new state law Sherman
county receives from the state
of the state.
$594.28 for county fair purposes;
A Portland, Oregon, young man G illia m $621.63; M o rro w $670.66.
has invented a wireless telephone If not used for fairs this money is
that is now being tried out by the ordered spent on roads.
U n ited States war department. If
not purchased by the government
A meat war has been on in
it will soon be a fact that any one Seattle for the last year between
can talk in secret with whom ever the retailen and wholesalers on
they wish without the need c f a one hand and the wholesale and
central or use of wires. .
retail firm of E rye ATJo. on the
other. T h e war has now been
According to the weather bureau extended to include Portland, as
there is more snow over the upper that is the home office of the whole­
drainage basin of the Columbia in sale firm opposing Frye & Co.
the Rocky mountains than is usual T h e trouble started by the whole­
at this time of year, but there is not salers refusing to do any business
much danger o f a damaging flood with any retail butcher who bought
unless warm weather should come meat from Frye & Com pany.
on too quickly and steadily. Snow
fell earlier than usual the last sea­
If a school district lapses, or dis­
son, some sections having quite a solves its organization for any rea­
son, school money or school lands
heavy fall early in O c to b e r.,
can only be available if the district
T h ere was a young lady, and reorganizes, or if other districts ab­
sorb the defunct one. This is the
wasn't it quaint?
the attorney - general,
She laid out a dollar on powder opinion
rendered
in
response to an inquery
and paint.
from
Jackson
county. A schoo
W ith a pencil of bismuth her eye
district
becomes
defunct when
brows to trace.
A n d all for the purpose of mak­ there are less than six children o
school age in it.
ing a face.
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Bost Drug Store in Sherman County
is located right here in Moro, in
fact it skins any thing for a long
way in any direction,, so thinks the
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J. N. Landry, Moro, Oregon;
Headquarters at Moro
Confectionery Store.
Day or N ight Service at Reasonable Rates.
P h o n e © K le e s P r o m p t ly A n s w e r e d .
L IV E R Y
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barn
A N D SA LE ST A B L E
G r a s s
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Dating from April 12th to April 22, 1913.
Samuel Sanderson to Chas. W .
C o o k lots 7 and 8 block -16, city
of M o ro $1135.00.
Bertie Disher to Evelyn Kase-
>erg lots 4, 5, and 6, o f block 12,
iggs addition to Wasco, $5.
F . E . M e lv in to G . A . Johnson
oh 8 and 9 Hays addition to
Moro, $10.
Phoebe C. M cCaleb DeMoss
to S. D . M ontgom ery lot 8 of block
3 of M o ro , $30Q.
H . R . M o o re to E lw o o d H .
Sloan, (bond for deed) n X and
n X of seX section 23, n w X find
n X sw X and sw% of sw X and
n w X of n e X section 24, seX »cc.
3, tp. 1 n. r. 18 e. w. m. 880 acres
$30800.
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Is the title to your farm o r town
property good? D id you ever
lave it investigated to ascertain
whether there is any thing wrong
with it? D o it now; it w ill never
be any easier o r cheaper; and let
the Sherman County Abstract
C om pany, M o ro , Oregon, furnish
the abstract for you.
Study ef CH«mi«try.
Every on« knows that the diamond la
only charcoal crystallized, but there
are a great many other things in na­
ture that, though possessing widely
different proi>ertiee, are composed of
exactly oqufil quantities of the same
elements.
The white of an egg and rattlesnake
poison are formed of Identically the
same amounts, of tbs same elements. .
The oil o f roses and common coal gas
are each formed alike, both being com*
posed o f four atoms of hydrogen and
tour atoms of carbon.
Sugar and gum arable are likewise
brothers of the same weight and tex-
ture
All the hydrocarbons, known to sci­
ence as a combination of sixteen stoma
of hydrogen end ten stoma of carbon,
are alike In their eompotdtlon.
To
enumerate some—oil of orange, lemon,
cloves, ginger and black pepper.
The suggested explanation of these
peculiarities la th a t the atoms are plac
ed differently toward ona another In
the molecules of the different sub­
stances.
Other things jM t as peculiar ere evi­
dent when certain subatancea are unit­
ed chemically. Thus hydrogen gas.
which la odorless, and nitrogen gaa,
which la also odorless, when united go
to make amffiouln, which has a very
strong odor. Copper, which has no
odor, sad sine, which also has none,
when melted and mixed to give ue
brass, produce a substance with a very
characteristic one.—Chicago Record-
Herald.
T h e N o rth Bank and Great
N orthern railroads are purchasing
terminal property at Astoria and it
is the expectation that they w i’l
make that city th eir head quarters
for a line o f steamers they have
purchased in the east for use be
tween Oregon and California.
T h e steamers w ill be palatial
passenger boats as well as handling
freight. It is expected that they
will be built and in operation by
1915 fair time.
Jean Paul Marat of the French rev
ohitlon Is said to have been not only
one of the Ugliest men In all France,
but to have been positively repulsive
In person, habits and manners. Tet In
hla early career he was beyond ques­
tion the moat popular physician In Par­
le, particularly with the women. I t is
said that hla consulting rooms
dally crowded by the loveliest women
in Paris. Even when he wee suffer­
ing from a loathsome akin disease, con­
tracted while hiding In the eewers of
Paris, he waa tenderly nursed by one
of the loveliest of hla admirers, whom
he eventnally married.
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W hen Edward W aa Reeved.
“King Edward In Hla True Ool
o n Is this atory of the late king:
A t Marlborough House one night In
the eighties the king, who wee then
the Prince of Wales, waa playing bil­
liards w ith some of hla guests. Hla
royal hlghnetis was sot la particularly
good form, and after a rather bed ahot
one of the younger men shouted, to the
amazement and dlagnst of the others,
“ I say, Wales; pull yourself together.”
The prince made no reply, but, beck­
oning a servant, said. “Call M r. — ’e
carriage.”
“Oh, yea, 1 know lira . W adMgh. I
mw bar last night, and she struck ms
aa”—
“ I know what yon w e n going to say.
She struck you aa being about the pret­
tiest woman in this town.“
“No; that wasn’t It exactly. She
»truck me as 1 waa trying to get across
the street In front of her new electric.“
—Chicago Record-Herald.
Bare Located near Hotel Vlnlin
Special Attention lor Commercial Traveler«
Transient Teem« Given Prompt Attention
G e o r g e E lla r d ,
p rop rietor
AUTOMOBILE for h ir e
Long Stroke, T -H ead Motors, 4x6 and 4 ^ x 7 ,
Electric Starter, Generator, Lights and Horns,
Long Wheel Bases--120-in„ 132-in., 144-in.
Big Wheels, Ccpter Gontrol. Left Side Drive,
Speedometer, Top, Gasoline and Oil Gauges, etc.
Sofke Q u w r T h i i i s ’On« Learna In the
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the
S P E C IFIC A TIO N S
SCIENTIFIC PUZZLES.
Sherman County Realty Transfers.
M arat and H it Ugli
Moro Pharmacy
$1600
$2000
$2650
«I «offered with rheumatbm for two yeare
and could m A
rieht h
hand te my
l i get
d a my
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month for that I MMth
‘ Of tiUM,”
Mapleton, lows.
nata so 1 could not sleep or Ba Mill
li v e yean age I hagai
____ in's Liniment and In two
well and have M t mfiered with
a lM t ” For aal« by all
You owe it to yourself to see the Mitchell before ygu buy.
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An Easy Tengue Foe Peeey.
Burns, of course, 1» untranslatable,
for when he attempted common Eng­
lish he was commonplace. Bnt he took
hla opportunity with the Scotch poets
who have the delightful language that
has no consonants.
You can rime
anything w ith anything. Scotch la the
eeriest language for rime. Among the
most beautiful of Burna* poems Is
“M ary Morlson,” w lth -
Teetreen when to the trambling string
The fianoe went through the lighted ha*
To thee my fancy took its wing:»
I sat, but neither heard nor saw.
But MW doesn’t rime with hall un­
less you spdak Scotch and omit the
consonants. Too will perceive that a
Scotchmen cannot help writing poetry
when he can make anything rime with
anything.—London Chronicle.
Qweered Himeelf.
Tbe detective bad Just congratulated
tbe housewife tor briuglng about tbe
arrest of a noted sneak thief. “Oh. I
knew be was a crook the minute he
opened his month.'* she replied smil­
ingly.
“ How did yog spot him so q u ick ly T*
“ Why. he told me tbe gas company
had sent him to cm mine our* meter
and see If we were not entitled to a
re bets.”—Argonaut.
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The “Inthamle.”
“Well. James Henry William, did you
enjoy yourself at tbe seaside?” -
Yea, teacher, vary much. I liked the
bnt 1 oeuldnlt find the In them la.”
“The what. Jatnw Henry W illia m r
“The Inthenils, teacher; where it say«
In the Bible. T h e tee and all that In
them la.’ ’’—London Chronicle.
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Unfair Cemperisen.
“Pa. when la a mao well to do?”
“When he can afford to «pend as
much In a year tor hla clothes as hla
«rife does in a month tor hers.”—C h i­
cago Record Herald.
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Luckily It to No Worse,
If half the exceptionally amart bo­
develop1 Into smar
smart men
Mes wers to develop'
n there would he sharper
a
end women
competition i iu eveiy walk of life —
Judge
It la far le tte r to grow noble than ts
be born noble.
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A story 1» told of the Sudan rail­
way which IhoAvs patient llterahmaa
To an official them tome the telegram
from an outlying »Ullou:
“Station
master-has died. Shall 1 bury him?”
The reply was sent: “Yea; bury ata
tion master, but pleuee make sure he
la really dead before you <to so.” U
due time back came tbe meeeage:
“H ave burled »tntioa master. Made
sure be wee dead by hitting bint twice
on the head with a flab plats.” There
perfect assurance that there
no premature botML v ,
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OREGON.
Agent for Sherman County, Mitchell an
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Appreciation.
A city man who had made good finan­
cially and socially was showing his
country friend over hla newly built
bouse. I t was furnished moat luxuri­
ously, and as one room after another
a visited the farmer’s silence In ­
creased. The' etty* man, thinking Ms
old country friend was too full for ut­
terance, asked him when the last room,
with Its heavy furnishings, was In­
spected, “Well, Josiah, what do yon
think of It a U r
" I ’ve been thiakin*, Henry,” replied
the farmer, “w hat an all fired Job you'd
have If you had ter mova.”—Judge.
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One of Erakinc’a Puna.
Ix>rd Erskine rather prettily com­
bined pun with compliment in an epi­
gram he forwarded to Lady Payne In
answer to her vicarious inquiries aa to
hla health:
’Tla true I am 111. but I need not complain.
For he never knew pleasure why never
knew Payne.
—Boston Poet
Fer Economy.
The Farrier—Your horse’» shoes are
badly worn. H e needs a pew set all
round.
Mrs. Pennywise—Dear me I
Can’t you half sole them end sew up
the rip»?—Exchange.
glow.
“The Hired man fell off the fence
down In the meadow lot Just now.”
•Had he hit the ground when you
le ftr-L o u la v lU e Courier-Journal.
Stung,
“ W hat does tbe busy bee teecb na.
Freddie r
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“Not to go too near the Mve, unci©“
-London Tatier.
Man la tbe only animal that knows
nothing, that can learn nothing, w ’tb-
out being taught.—Pliny.
“Rough hauling ?
“I don't mind. Thia i t
a Studebaker Wagon'
— that’s w h y I b o u g h t i t I noticed that
m en w ere using' th e S tu debak er w here-
ev er th e w ork w a s h a r d y hauling steel
girders in th e city, logs in the w o o d s,
sto n e in th e quarry.”
*My work is hard and 1 know it. My wagon
is on m y payroll and must earn its salary. That's
w hy I bought a Studebaker. I can't afford to
buy a cheaper one.**
"Get in touch with a Studebaker dealer, he's
a good man to know.”
S m mw Deafer er isrtt« m.
South Bend, ImL
STUDEBAKER
DALLAS
KA NS AS CITY
DOKVEE
oocaoo
tAX FEANaSCO
toKTLAMD, OtE.
LAI W n T V
MNNXMWn •ALT î-À
tlE V T O M
Look to T o u r P lu m b in g .
Yon know what happens in a. home In
typhoid er soma other fever. Thedicestive
organs perform the. same Amotions in the
human Ixvly as the plumbing does for the
house, and they should be kept in fin t class
condition all the time. If. you have any
trouble with your digestion take Chamber-
lain*« Tablets and yoh are oartain to get
qulok rettet For sale by all daalara—Ad­
vertisement
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COMMONS—In tke Ctrceit Leert et tlw «tata
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Of OrcrcM, for Khertnan i ceemp»
coi
llanda Yaa Tayls, platuiiff, 1
John Van Tayta, defendant
To John Yaa Tnyls, tbe above
In the name of to« State of Oreffon:
Yon a t* hereby roqnired to appearand
answer the tam pialnt fifed a«ainet yon in
the above en»UIed salt on or before tto last
day of tbe time prescribed in the order of
pnblieatlou, to wit: on or before the 2d
dav of tfog, ISIS, nnd If yon fall to to
appear and answer, tbe p la in tiff w ill apply
t o t b e oonrt for tbe relief demanded io tba
complaint fifed herein epalnat yon. towit:
tor a deoree di«e*»lvin* the bond« of m atrl-
manv now exietlas between tbe plaintiff
and yonreelf, «a the «roond« of willful
deaerttae. Bnrt foir
° her and forth«»
relief aa to the oonrt may aeem equitabta
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T h u ta n B O M la nerved open von by pnb-
lientioe thereof tor the period ef nix acoeem-
ire weeks in Tbe Sherman Comity Obmrver.
a weekly newspaper of aeoernl rirenlatioa,
nobltahed in Bbermen eonn'v, Oregon. In
rn .n«no e to an order of the Hoe l> B-
‘ Parke-. Olrenit J«d«e for Sherman G o,
dale made on the lt<h day of Marek,
Itifi, and the date of tba firm pnhheatioo
there of In the fla t day of Karen, VJlt.
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P o r c e la in
Attorney for Plaintiff
B a th T u b a.
berytliio{ first Class and Ip to date.
Agent for the Best Steam Laundry
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Shop ia Brick Building next Obsorver Office
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d efen d a n t
OROUQB < PhBWM.
M o r o s B a r b e r S h o ps
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Grass Valley, Oregon.
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Entirely new, convenient to business.
Clean beds, and table the best the market
will afford. Prices reasonable. Com­
mercial trade solicitée).
CONDUCTED ON THE BEST PRINCIPLES.