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O bserver
Captain Walter Stanley, born in
Michigan in February. 1839, died
August 22. 1913 at hit home at Orchard!, near
Vancouver, Washington, August
13th, after a prolonged illness. ~
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The member* of the railroad
Commission for this state are angry,
says the Salem Statesman, because
Employees of some companies
under the jurisdiction of the com
mission, presumably acting under
order$ from their superior officers,
are reported to lay all blame for I
D. W. Wade, agent, Wasco, Oregon
unreasonable rates upon the com
mission. In certain cases replying
to complaints of excessive charge*
with the statement that the rate* in
question have been put in force
by the commusion when the
schedule was filed with the com-|
Moro warehouse now open for business with
John Hardin in charge.
The only house in
the.south part of the couuty handling grain at
50 cents per ton. Satisfactory service guaranteed
O f the 87 doctor* who appeared
before the state board of medical
examiner* for the examination*
held last July 65 passed, 51 in
medicine and 14 as osteopaths.
This is considered a fair percent
age, as the examinations are
that the rates are approved by the among the most severe of any of
I commission. If such practices con-
the states of the U nion.
Itinue it it the commission's inten
Those deairing to qualify a*
tion to make an example of some
anesthetists, under the law passed
of the offenders.
I it the last session of the legislature
One of the most interested ob will be required to certificate from
servers of this years’* harvest in a responsible source of having at
Sherman county is Mrs. M . L. tended a special course of three
months in physiology, chemistry
Stam* of Salem; formerly a resi
and
theoretical and practical an
dent of this county and one of the
esthesia, during which time the
i pioneer* who helped make this the
| farming section that it now has be applicant mutt have given at least
come.. M r*. Star»,* has been 100 anesthetics under competent
visiting with her daughter, Mrs. instructors and to past an exam
T.S.Reese, the larger part of the ination which may be .either
summer; her home at Salem being written or oral in the above named
destroyed by fire shortly before her subjects.
mission. The railroad commis
sioners wish it understood that all
tariffs filed are open to complaint
from citizens at any time and the
filing of a tariff, as prescribed by
llaw , does hot in the least mean
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M ORO BRANCH
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H. U. H A R T IN , Hanager
Lumber, Cement and Lime,
Windows, Doors, Moulding.
Special prices on Wood In car load lots where
one or more are buying
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Best Drug Store in Sherman County
is located right here in Moro, in
fact it skins any thing for a long
wav in any direction, so thinks the
Moro Pharmacy
orth Beach
NOW
IN
FULL BLAST
W h y not plan your Sum m er Vacation a t
th is wonderful re s o rt, reached by
ra il to Portland via
A R est
A T rip
B y T he
O cean
D own T he
C olombia
Steamer Trip down the Columbia via O .-W .F L c
Steamers “T . J. Potter” or “Haaaalo”, dail]
except Sunday. Surf Bathing, Fishing.
Tents and cottages for rent--Good
hotel accommodations. Excellent
restaurant
service
I nformation F urnished
on
on
boats,
A pplication
A. Rose, agent at Moro.
Captain Stanley came to Sher
man county as book keeper for
M oore Bros.. W .H . and H .A ..
who in the early history of M oro
conducted a store where now
stands the brick building occupied
by the M oro Commercial Com
pany.
W hile acting as book
keeper for the mercantile com
pany a bank was formed by the
Moore Bros., the first in the coun
ty south of Wasco, and the same
one that is how known as the W .
W .M .C o . bank at M oro. After the
organization of the bank M r.
Stanley for a while tended the
books for both institutions, but the
bank grew so rapidly that all his
time had to be given that and he
was appointed cashier; the first
cashier of t Moro bank. Shortly
after this be was appointed county
i treasurer and was re-elected each
I term until he resigned a few years
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Great changea are taking place in American agriculture; the age of mechan
ical power on the farm is here. The farm tractor and the stationary farm engine
have brought mechanical power to the farm; the coming of abundant power
mean enormous things in the way of better and cheaper farming; it enables larger
tracts of land to be cultivated effectively, and at a much lower cost of operation.
The C reeping G rip T ractor will handle every operation on the grain farm
from soil to market.
The Creeping Grip Tractor
Compels attention; it has no equal any where.
The C reeping T ractor is m ade here in the west at Chico, Cali., and is rightly
named “The California G ia n t” This machine is absolutely the best on the
market. It is the only machine adapted to the all-around service that the Sher
man County farmer needs. It is used for'breaking sod and plowing, discing,
harrowing, and drilling, without packing the ground; harvesting, threshing and
general stationary power work, road grading, ditching, and freighting. If stands
the daily grind and wears well. It uses kerosene or distillate more economically
than any of the so-called “oil fuel” tractors.
Why don’t you come in and let me talk this matter over with you? I am
¡o. N. Crosfleld
WASCO, OREGON.
Thursday evening, upon bit re
turn from Wasco and while un
hitching the team he had driven, *
in the barn yard of hi* home east
of Klondike F.W .M atthias, met
with a serious accident that caused
hi* death Sunday morning.
W hile the team was yet fattened
to the hack by two traces a piece
visit began; and, not living in
The object of thia law was to of paper was blown by the wind
this county permanently, she still permit graduate nurses to qualify under the horses; this scared them
(has financial and other interests a* anesthetists, and only nurses and when the team started Mr.-
that occasionally attract her to the I who have graduated from or are Matthias was caught and draged
in the senior classes of nurses’ around the yard and against a
scenes of her pioneer efforts.
training schools of recognized watering trough. W hen rescued
standard hospitals are eligible.
and taken to the house it was
A.C.Thompson was not fully
found that all his ribs were crush
satisfied that everything was
ed and the bolts on the end of the
harvested that could be attended
watering trough had made very
to on his farm for this season un
A
store
located
in
small
town
in
deep cut* on hi* body; the injuries
til he had come to Moro four
days after he had put his combine Clark county Washington, on were of so serious a nature that
harvester in the shed and had his R. R., new building and new stock. death came to his relief.
Funeral aervices were held M o n
whiskers harvested at the new H a* a good trade, building and
lot
worth
$2000,
stock
will
invoice
day
afternoon from the Methodist
barber shop managed by J. N .
about
$6000.
W
ant
to
trade
for
Episcopal
church at Wasco by
Landry; A.C. says he is now ready
a
farm
worth
$10000
to
$12000.
Rev. John S. Andersen of M oro
for the Pendleton Let ’er Buck
festival.
,
Also have $8500 worth of land M .E . church and Rev. A.S.Black
joining Oregon City to put in as of Wasco M .E . church, the pastor
Under the new election law
a first payment on a Sherman of the deceased, who arrived home
thirteen voters will legally nom
from his vacation the day of the
county farm.
inate the candidates for 2487 veters
W . H . M oore , M oro, Oregon. tuneral just in time to preach the
to pass upon thirty« days after
sermon. The services at the home,
September 6th at the city primary
the church, and Sunrise cemetery,
election in Roseburg. Only that
near Wasco, were participated in
pumber of voter* made them
by the M .W .A . lodge of Klondike,
selves elgible to vote at the primary
in honor of their departed brother.
election by registering in time and
Fiederick W illiam
Matthias
now the other* can’t register or be
sworn in.
died at hi* home near Klondike
Sunday morning at half past ten
Indian* upon the Umatilla reser
o’clock the 17th day of August.
vation were immune to the joys of
1913, aged 57 years 7 months and
an automobile until they enter
18 days. H e was born in G er
tained some visiting Indians from
many on the 29th of December,
a reservation in Idaho who were
1855, and was married to Dora
able and capable to go anywhere
Helm in 1877 to which union six
“ on the high." Since then it has
children were born; two children
been a bonanza for auto dealers
dying in infancy and one daughter,
who
could make immediate
M r*. Amelia Aliev, waa laid to
deliveries.
rest June 18th, 1913.
Beside hit aged mother he leave*
T h e secretsry of agriculture ha*
a wife and three children, Fred
granted a final permit to a logging
erick Carl, Alvena Louise, and
company of Stevenson,-Washing
John Clifton. H e came to Kansas
ton divert the water* of W ind river
in 1881 and to Sherman county.
near Collin*, for logging purpose*.
Oregon, in 1887 and has made hi*
T h e river will be diverted by
: home here ever since.
H e joined the Lutheran church
mean* of a crib dam and a four
at the age of fifteen.and has been
foot wooden pipe a distance of a
mile.
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a firm believer of that faith all his
life. H e was also a member of the
North Dakota farmers have
Klondike lodge M .W .A .
made a raid upon auto dealer* for
H e was always a loving husband
head light* which they fix to their
| and devoted father and, The Ob-
binders and operate them at night
I server desires to add, among his
and rest during the day. The heat
! business acquaintances and neigh-
being responsible for killing off of
I bon was considered a man of his
horse* used in the fields during
I word and an upright citizen.
the day.
M oro B a r b e r S hop
P o r c e la in
JBath T u b .
Everything First Class and up to date.
Agent for Model Steam Laundry of The Dalles
Shop in Brick Building next Observer Office
J. N. L X N D R Y ,
P r o p r ie t o r .
RR opo , - - - - Oregon.
H E farmer who, in need of a wagon,
blindly makes a bee line for the first
new wagon or dealer in sight may
get a good wagon. I f chance steers
him to an 1 H C dealer, well and
good. That is his good fortune. I f not, he
w ill probably be in the wagon market again
’ years before be should be. But the economical
farmer w ill study and compare different makes;
find oat in advance which wagon will give him
best service, and consider such questions as
company standing and reputation. W hen he
has finished he will buy an I H C wagon.
S
New Bettendorf
Columbus
Steel King
W eb er
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Here are only two of the many features that
■contribute to the making of I H C wagon
reputation. 1 — Air-drying of lumber. Every
stick of wood used— hickory and oak for
wheels and axles, bay poplar for box sides,
long leaf yellow pine tor bottom s— lies drying
in open sheds from two to three years, saving
all its resinous saps, toughening, seasoning,
gaining elasticity, as only air-dried lumber
does. Kiln-drying quickly evaporates the