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n Ford runabout automobile with i
which to answer calls upon his
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Reri and Donald James, sons of
George E . James of Eugene, gre
visiting at the home of their aunt.
Mvs.P.C.Axtell, near Monkland.
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I. Ift. PaaaT, Secretary.
Viaitind atemben are cor«
dtelly invited.
Member*
eipecieo IO t>e present
Grand.
S atos , Noble On
Bora to M r. and Mrs. H . U .
Umberger gt H ym er, Kansas,
June 24tb, a son. Mrs.Umberger
in writing to friends at M oro townsmen S Í Moro.
said they had christened him
The trip was made from Port
David John.
;i land to the Gettysburg battle field
* The Immediate family relatives in Pennsylvania by special train
of M r. and Mrs. L.L.Peeta gather furnished btfthe state of Oregon.
ed Sunday at their farm home AH surviving veteran* of that event
south west of M oro in honor of in Oregon were invited to go in
the birthday anniversary of Mrs. tbe party, both confederate and
federal.
I*» L . Peetx.
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Arriving there Mr. Parry said
that at first ho had some trouble in
again locating the position in
which big comrades had fought
their share o f that great battle and
it was not until he chanced upon
the monument to General H an
cock upon esrt temetery ridge did
the full event* of fifty year* ago
come back fresh in hb memory.
After that ft was easy to again go
over the field and tee wfiat little
change time had made in the
general contour and topography
of the country,
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* George E . James and wifr and
Mrs. O , W . Axtell ere visitors
in tbe county from Eugene. M r.
James expects to rusticate by en
gaging in harvest work as
change from hla railroad work.
• treaty w as
U nited M ate e was granted tw o porte o í
dono tele gnd pletore o í
te last pusch
g
Mias Jessie Norcrossis in charge
of
the telephone central While
Sunday dinner
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M r - Mias Emma Peetx is
at the Hotel M oro.
persuading the wiley trout ill the
Mrs. Chester Smith is enter- Metolius to bite like suckers in tbe
mining her water and nephews interest of skilful manipulations of
from Hood River.
a frying pan.
Abstracts promptly m adr by the
Sherman County Abstract Com
pany, M oro, Oregon.
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Mrs. Hew it and daughter of
Portland, are visiting at the home
of Mrs, N . P, Hansen.
Tbe LadicsAid of tbe Methodist
church met at the home of M r.
and Mrs. Don W heat July 24. A
goodly number attended a n d a ll
enjoyed the refreshments served
under the shade trees. The pastor
went along to keep Don company.
~ In company with Simon Elcock
another one o f tbe old ioldiers
living In Moro but not a survivor
of that battle. M r. Parry went in
leisure over the grounds, now one
of the largest national parks in'the
United States; he found an exact
replica of the Rodmond- guns that
were used by hi* company in that
fight, and during the war, placed
in the very same spot and facing
in the same direction that they
were used fifty years ago.
In
gnotfier part of the battle field
were other cannon, some brass
others bronze, but all exact coun
terparts of what ever was In use
by either side at that tkne. Upon
what was then the confederate line
of battle were cannon and piar ken
showing which command occupied
each part of the field and exactly
in accord with the memory of the'
Carbolinium, fresh s»ock, direct
That the dairy business In the
from Germany, now on sale at
coast counties has been established
The Observer Book Store.
on a paying basis is evidenced by
Angus Kuks is at this time the fact that the Clatsop county
making his annual visit at his Sher co-operative cheese association has
man county farm east ,of M oro.
recently been paying 7c more per
pound
for better fat than the
Elmer E. Barzee has sold his
market
price,
interest in the M oro Hardware and
Implement company to C.F.Coe.
Miss Lob Schaeffer came down
Mrs. F. E. Brown Jr., is enjoy from Kent Wednesday to visit
ing
s visit from her parents, M r. with her parents for the day. M r.
R ubino **.
and M rs.W .E.Leach of Republic, Schaeffer is building a six room
R e ra a n e l T a lk W ith You
residence upon his farm property
Washington.
gt Erskine station and the family
T b e ^ ric e o< Tbe Observer b >1.5® per
. This office was tbe recipient of
. n conte tor ala
will soon move from Kent to that
montee bat
«eld in
a fine gift of good tasting Bing
place
as a permanent residence.
accept 12.50 in tell ter 2 year»,
cherries by little Mabray Strong
terme than on*, year IX tf ceste per
J. T . Ashby of Antelope, hat
Monday morning.
Bine M ete barn will
secured a lease of the Harvey
A new stationary threshing out
a t tea
Smith farm southwest of Grass
fit passed through M o ro Monday
Valley now farmed by Arthur
afternoon bound for Rent via the
Rebma n and expects to move to
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new home about October.
Best mucilage and brushes at the
"Miss D ella Mortenson left this Mrs. Ashby at one time lived in
Observer Book Store.
week for Waaco where she will M oro and is a sister to Mrs. C. L.
' Roy Hulse is a business visitor visit with the family of Frank Ireland.
Medlar until school resumes.
>in the county from Portland.
A . J. Syron has sold hb farming
D . W . W ade was up Saturday Interests to Dayton Henrichs wbo
Harold G inn is up from Port
land on a visit with his father, R. from Waaco in tbe interests of the. will take possession of the farm
Pacific Coast Elevator company, under lease about September first.
J. Ginn.
which be represents in this county. M r. Syron has purchased an in
Always in stock, beautiful Birth
Cylinder teeth for tbe H o lt at terest in the M oro Hardware and
Day Postal Cards, at the Observer
12X cents; H o lt sections 5 cents Implement company and expects
Book Store.
each; wrist pins for either H o lt or to buy property and move into
T.C .Lee is having a wood sbed Best only 35 cents each; at Croa- town as soon as Dayton will take
built at the rear of his M oro city ficid* Wasco store.
over the farm.
residence property.
Sparks from tbe engine of tbe
W m . Shearer assisted by Ben
A. R.
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O len Hansen from Renton, Tomlin last week applied a sub
Washington, is visiting at the home stantial coating of roof paint to the
o f his uncle, Soren Hansen.
E. O . L . Co., and M eloy M er
Tbe new 1913 Star windmill is cantile company buildings.
for sale by Crosfieid at Wasco.
Your chickens will soon pay
This is the mill with double pit for them »elves in increased egg
mans.
’£ 2
production if you will use a quart
can
of carbolineum around the
J. E. Coleman is having the
chicken
house and perches; you
pleasure o f a visit from his young
can
get
it
at the Observer Store.
daughter Miss Margaret, from their
home at Portland.
Miss Jeanette Rutledge and Mrs.
Vlntin returned to Portland last
Saturday, after a visit in M oro
and Grass Valley.
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Mrs. F.E.Fagan will leave next
week for a two weeks visit with
relatives and friends at Tygh
valley, Wasco county, and from
there will go to Portland to secure
a fall stock of millinery for M oro
patrons.
Mrs. Ethel Noyes, living near
H ay canon, underwent an oper
M artin Hansen and O . L. Bel-
ation at The Dalles hospital last
shee
started their beading and
Thursday tor appendicitis.
threshing outfit Tuesday, thresh
Mrs. P J.D illinger and children
ing 300 sacks the last half of the
of Cincinnati, Iowa, arrived the
first afternoon from five sack
evening of Saturday, July 26th, for
volunteer grain near the Martin
a visit with refetives-and friends.
Hansen home.
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Ben F. Peetz and family, ac
ment Co. have in slock both the
companied by Miss Emma Peetz
Mica and Hub axle grease in cans and E . W . Lewis in the Lewis’
or pails. This grease always give
auto, and H .M . Schult and family
satisfaction and is standard.
in their auto are a jolly party that
returned
this week t from tbe
M r. and Mrs. W . B. Johnston
Metolious
fishing grounds.
have a nephew and niece visiting
at the family home from Van
Mrs. Ellsworth Woods and baby
couver, Washington, son and returned to their eastern Oregon
daughter of Wes C. Johnston.
home Sunday, going by way of
G inn, Coleman & Co., R. J. Weston where Ellsworth in en
G inn chief hose man, were the gaged harvesting with his brother
painters in charge of the decora Wilber. Mias Jessie Norcross ac
tive effects upon the new oil storage companied her slater as Car as Biggs
building of the city, recently
Those attending the Clark
moved to adjoining the railroad vaudeville performance at tbe local
opera house Saturday evening
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artistic talent displayed by the
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troupe in question gnd the amount
Hnpmobile
of enthusiasm going to waste by
the audience in an effort to believe
that they were being entertained'
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RETURNS. , • Four carS'Of stock left Sherman
county Sunday morning for the
Nary has
Portland market. The shipments
have been held during the hot
weather as shrinkage in weight b
expensive
when indulged in by
iving veteran of the
the
car
load.
Tw o cars of cattle
of the civil war, re-
were
shipped
from
M oro by Daniel
, has made the trip
Stewart
and
one
car of hogs by
semi centennial
C.R.Belshee.
A
car
of cattle was
of that battle and re
turns in good health to again take, shipped by W alker Bros, from
up hb duties Bi a citizen among hb Grass Valley.
««MnSk who
«ompoKd H um «
different commands at the time
history was being made,
Tha unique feature of the cele
bration was due to the feet that
men who had fought each other
as deadly enemies fifty years ago
should now come together a* the
warmest of friends. M r. Parry
says there was no mistaking the
sincerity of the men on both sides
in their desire to forget the differ
ences of the past and to live togeth
er as brothers and comrades of s
common country. No event in
the worlds history could inspire
more pride in American citizen
ship then did the reunion of the
Blue.and Gray at the anniversary
o f the battle o f Gettysburg. July
D esC hutesO .-W .R .& N .C o. train 1, 2 and 3,
set a grass fire near Sherman
Another surprising thing, when
station July 26th that burned over all b said and done, is the remark
150 acres bunch grass pasture and ably low death rate of only nine
four acres o f standing wheat on out of 54,000 veterans camped
the Burt Watkins farm. Wheat upon the old field of battle, whose
from tbe field burned is averaging average age was73 years. Oregon,
between 20 and 30 bushels of N o . fortunately, did not loose a single
1 wheat to the acre.
man, due in large part that tne
M oro became a dry town so far
as gasoline was concerned last
Sunday. Tbe M oro Garage has
had an order in for more gaso
line the last fourteen days but
Portland was also dry and not
even a barrel could be had from
there. W hen ever gasoline is re
ceived in Portland an order for
twenty barrels will be shipt to
the M oro Garage;
state officers o f the G. A. R. in
charge of the party were ex
perienced in what was expected of
them and had the co.operation of
all the party in seeing that each
individual did neft over exert in
their efforts to visit all parts of
the immense battle field.
Before starting upon the return
trip to Oregon M r; Parry visited
hi* old home at Kpchester, New
York, where he livj«d fo r six year*
and the place from,>bich he en
listed when entering the army as a
volunteer. Other old time scenes
were vbited as he retraced the
miles to Oregon from one of the
most notable excoteions that fell
to but few men in a life t*me.
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Gerald Ketly, aged three, be
came peeved at hi* brother Darrel,
aged two, Tuesday morning and
enforced hb displeasure by hitting
hb brother squarely on the top of
the head with a blunt edged ax.
The little fellow ran crying to hb
mother who had D r. C. L . Poley
called and the wound dressed.
N o ill effect b anticipated, but if
Harvest is now in full swing in
the little fellow had been old Sherman county.
The
warm
enough to handle such a weapon
weather of two week? ago, follow
the wound may have been serious.
ed by a more equable temperature
Raes has sold hb lease of tbe last few weeks have ripened
upon the 430 acre farm which ha the grain in the northern pert of
had been operating in the Upper the county to an extent that will
H ay Canon county to T J .H in k le , permit harvesting machinery to
a former resident of Sherman begin-work. In the southern part
county and brother to M r*. A . C. of the county wheat field* are still
Thompson. M r. H inkle has pur green in places, but that section is
chased the summer fallow, farm generally a few weeks later than
implements and stock and w ill the moat forward northern part of
have possession o f the place by Sherman county. The average
October first.
M r. Rees will expectation of fall sown grain is
harvest the present crop and then in the neighborhood of fen to
move to hb own farm a mile and twelve sacks to the acre.
Tbe
a half ■from Friend in Wasco spring sown grain will eoi
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General Hardware
H e a d q u e te r s for ’
Paints and Oils of all Kinds.
A Complete Line of Furniture.
Owen Thompson b in the coun
ty on hb annual visit from Long
Beach, California. This year M r.
Thompson varied the monotony
of the trip by driving a pair of
Shetland ponies, only 42 inches
high, from bb Long Beach home
to as far as The Dalles where he
sold the team. A number of offers
for the ponies were made by
people along the route but M r.
Thompson wanted to make the
entire trip with the team; he took
66 days from hb home to Portland
visiting Yosemite national park
part of that time,
Gasoline, Auto Oils and Supplies.
Full Supply of Pipe Fittings and Pipe.
G iv e u s a c a ll y o u w ill fin d
o u r p ric e s a r e rig h t.
Tki Graia granar* [aanaiaaeaa
Are not alone oonfined to Rural Free Delivery of «nail
and the Telephone.
There is another oonvenienee which all
farmers should have — and many do have — a checking ac
count with a good hank.
The poeseeeor of eueh an account
avoids the risk of having hi* money on his perron or aboot
hi* home where it is in danger of fire and thievee.
• o called Chinese gtne la made by
dteeo lrlnf ehettac In ten tlmee It *
w eight e f ammonia.
Used iotonobiles For Sale
; Cheap ifid br time
H»a bill* paid by check are not only a valid reoeipt, but
also a convenience in hi* home transactions where very often
the neoeesary change for oonoluding settlement is not at hand
Don’t stop to think this over, but start an account now with
One 40 h. p. Marion $8C0.
One 20 h. p. Buick $450. One 5
passenger Ford $675. One late
1910 5 passenger Cadillac $9C0.
One 1912 5 passenger 40 h. p.
Stoddard - Dayton cost a year ago
$3000. will sell for $1600 and give
time. Cars all in good condition.
M o ro , G arage .
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Moro, Oregon.
Th« llfosco (llarehousc milling Jo.
Bank, of P|oro.
Ilotice to Fruit Boyers
Owing to the nature of the
fruit business and the impossibility
of customers always being able to
choose their time to secure fruit
wish to state that am^Teady to wait
on customers Sundays as well as
other days ot the week.
J. T. B o o t h b y ,
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Rufus, Oregon.
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Glass, Faints, and O ils.
M?e’
^ eayy> solid,
‘ tl ‘ nd * rd make p , ano - instrument,
in good condition. Household
goods include bed room furniture
and kitchen utensils. For partic
ulars address by mail or phone.
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Monkland, Oregon.
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Bone and A lfa lfa Meal.
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Canton Flows, Superior and Peoria D rills.
BHK'rrate.te
For a ll kinds of machinery carried in stock
or procured on short «otice.
nilcb Cows fir S ilt
Two cows; Your choice of f
four. Two of these due to freshen
August 7th and 20th. Other two 4
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in April*. Can
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J e w e lry
Compaay
I » e ll fo r cash o n ly
F in e D ia m o n d s, J e w e lry , W atches,
Tbinp v i b u i ti Sill
Gasoline, O il, Casings, Tubes,
inside and out-side blowout, pat
ches, chains, spark plugs, batter
ies,
carburetor,
prest-o-tanks,
acetylene burners, tire talk, valves
and valve stems, and in fact all
automobile supplies.
WHAT WE DO
Vulcanbe tires and tubes, all kind
repair work, wash and clean
cars, a genet al storage and livery
business, call on us day or night
and we will be on hand.
Clocks and Optical Goods.
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Satisfaction Ouranteed or Money Refunded
NEW
GOODS
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ARRIVED
Our Stock is Complete and Seasonable
A new lo t of M ena Dress a n d W o r k Shoes.
An extra line of Mens Sox and Under
wear in Spring and Summer Weights.
AGENTS FOR
The famous Indian Motor Cycle,
Diamond, Fisk and Goodyear tire*
and tube*.
If you have trouble at home
or on the road with your car tele
phone us and we will send a man
to you. T h e M o r o G a r a g e .
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Moro, Oregon.
Our Stick if Groceries is llw iys complete.
Case Goods and Quantity Lots at Special Prices.
COOPER
BROS.
GRASS VALLEY, OREGON.
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Notlce is hereby given to a’l
ih e r tresspassing
parties that further
upon and abuse of the property of
aunty Fair Asso-
the Sherman County
ciation is prohibited. A reward of
$25 will be paid for the arrest and
conviction of those responsible
for breaking windows and de
stroying property at the fair
rounds. By order of the board.
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L. L. P e e t z , Moro.
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Hnpmobile
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T H E BIG T H R E E
NOTICE
We wish to announce to the public th a t we are pow
agents for T he Holt Manufacturing Company’s fu ll
lin e o f machinery and extras. We are also agents for the
B est Manufacturing company’s lin e of machinery
extras, and the Gilbert H unt company’s line.
Our stock is complete and we are prepared to supply yo u
w ith everything in the way of harvest supplies. c \ f
We solicit your patronage.
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Plenty of good pasture at the
J. M . Allen place, five mile* south
east of Klondike. Plenty of water.
Man on place to look after fences.
J. M . A l l e n ,
¡20-176] Sisters.Crook county,Ore.
In t ih n it
R rs
Should try our famous chick
en plate dinners; all kinds of nice
sandwich, pie. cake, good coffee.
w olfard
and
Yours for business,
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McCoy Atwood Co. I n co rpor atbix
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The Store That Makes Good. “One Price to
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