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Seattle merchant» hare »truck a
new business stunt that pleases
them immensely as to its practical
workings. They make up a good
sized imposing parcel, place a re
ceipted bill inside with nothing
else to keep it company, and then
•end it by parcel post C .O .D .
W h e n the post man delivers, the
person addressed must pay all
charges, which is nearly, always
done. h j f f i game remind« the
Observer publisher of the time he
¡red in Astoria when that town
lad as many saloons as all other
Maine« concerns numbered com
bined; a bible student out to tell
the Good Book got the name of
all the saloon keepers in the town,
went to Portland and sent them
bibles by express C .O .D .
The
town was flooded with bibles as
well as profanity when the trick
lad worked to its capacity. The
Seattle post office authorities have
appealed fa Washington to permit
hem to deny the mails to col
ector« c. o. d
Steel Lined
DO N’T
SEND
tenderfoot.
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Democrat« aay their tariff re v ir
ion will last until frost. O n the
pumpkin vine or business?
Moro warehouse
John Hardin iu
the south part of
50 cents per ton.
now open for business with
charge.
The only house in
the county handling grain at
Satisfactory service guaranteed
Snow Drift Hour at Geo. Meloy*s
MORO BRANCH
H . U. n A R T IN , fU n a g e r
Senator Tillm an say« woman
suffrage to a beautiful dream.
Nevertheless it to a wide-awake
fact inmore than a fifth of the
• Turkey has io Adrianople an
army ol 250,000, soon to be in
creased to 400,000. Even the six
big powers hesitate to serve a writ
of ejectment.
The case against Gov. Sulzer of
New York to that he committed
to offense prior to hto election.
The case against Tammany to that
it to always committing offenses.
British capitalists will put $10,-
000,000 into a new gulf coast road
in Texas, which to another re
minder that the Panama Canal has
entered
the
general
business
situation.
Lumber, Cement and Lime,
Windows, Doors, Moulding.
Special prices on Wood In car load lots where
one or more are b u yin g.
Beet 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
Moro Pharmacy
Help Fight the
Great Red F
Uncle Sam’s forest rangers re
quire that permanent camp sites
within the forest shall be kept in
sanitary condition. The ubiquitious
tin can must be buried, and waste
paper burned when a camp to left.
The first time in air boating
that one air ship towed another
was last week io England when
an army airship became disabled
and a navy airship placed a towing
rope on it and towed it to ita
factory home for repairs.
The French
ar department
have begun to place armor on
their air ships and have placet
the speed of their ships at not less
than 60 miles an hour and in
some cases the air boats have to
make better than 80 miles at the
lowest and from that to no lim it
When reading about the con
tinuing decline in the number o
cattle In the United States it to
well to bear in mind and consid
ered in connection that the in
crease in population of thto country
averages more than 1.600,000
yearly; which has its influence on
the price to be received by any
one who a few yean from now
has a good herd of cattle.
Canada authorities, puzzled as
to the outcome in the Thaw case,
are now getting a sample o '
American law in their own bali-
wjck and it does not seem to set
any too well with them. Severe
a jtomobiles, a yacht, a hone and
buggy, as well as a bunch of law-
yen have figured ia the outing o
Harry Thaw; it to the most ex
pensive vacation trip of the
summer. ;
,
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ready to do some thing to bring
the county of Sherman to the at
tention of the general public. His
atest effort is a letter written to
the automobile club at Portland
in an endeavor to have them use
the new John Day grade, just
completed by the county court, in
place of going around by way of
Shaniko when they make their
overland trip to the Pendleton
Round U p. In his letter to the
automobile club he said. “ The
new grade, in bo place, has over
11 per cent and in most places
6 to BH pet cent and to a credit
to any county in the state of O re
gon, doing away with one place
on the old grade that to 31 per
cent." Mr.Crosfield also «aid in
hit letter that Judge John Pulton
to preparing to oil the new county
road, just ordered opened, through
the V k Andersen farm at hto per
sonal expense.
Oregon stands today in the front
rank of militia «harp shooters of
the United State« and very nearly
in first place over the army and
navy; having beaten the crack
team of the inf rantry corp« aod also
forty competing teams from other
states at the national sharp «hoot
ers contest at Camp Perry, O hio,
held by the United States military
authorities. The Oregon militia
men's score wa« 2605; the UJS.
navy was 2655; the U.S . calvary
•core, and winner, 2675.
A l the Klamath Palis last week
was held the fourth annual con
vention o f the Central Oregon
Development league, the moat
important and interesting meeting
in the history of the organisation.
Delegates were in attendance from
all sections of eastern, central and
southern Oregon as well as a
number of prominent Portlanders
who are interested in the develop
ment o f the state. The next meet
ing of the league will be a year
hence at Bend.'
Franklin K. Lane, secretary of
the interior, has visited Oregon
in hto official capacity and has
proceeded on his way to other
sections of hto great field where
worries and troubles are at insist
ent ss in thto state. Hto stay in
Oregon, brief though it was, has
left hundreds of homesteaders and
settlers with lighter hearts and a
renewed courage to tackle the ob
stacles to. their future progress
which before Iris coming, seemed
insurmountable.
YOUR
TO
HOME
PORTLAND
MERCHANT
to prepare for your fall work
I am ready for your trade, .feavtar recently received a fine Use of
Thomas. Empire. Hoosier, and Kentucky Grain Drills
I have th e B E S T L IN E ever shown, In thto vicinity,
Oliver and Case o
I want you to see my line of Double Discs. You owe
it to your self to see this line before you buy elsewhere.
This fall I am going to sell a lot of progressive farm
ers a 20 foot all steel harrow for $30.
bo you want one?
¡o. N. Crosfield
WASCO, OREGON.
.g r o u t f o x S lx o x x x x a x x O o v u x x tjr f o x t h e
^ Æ l t c l x o l l aaaÆ Z B eo - A .\x t o x » o t d l e s .
About fifty head o f young
turkeys are missing from my yards;
are supposed to have strayed
away; a reward to offered for their
return or information as to where
they may have gone.
M rs . 8. J. R itchey ,
3t-a29*12]
Monkland, Oregon.
Notice is hereby given to al1
parties that further tresspassing
upon and abuse of the property of
the Sherman County P air Asso
ciation to prohibited. A reward of
$25 will be paid for the arrest and
conviction of those responsible
tor breaking windows and de
stroying property at the fair
grounds. By order of the board,
tf ¡20-176]
L . L . P eetz , M oro.
M oro B a r b e r S hop
P o r c e la in
B a th
Tub.
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 ro p rieto r .
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distinctly lettered exactly
of oer patrone, while o
Memorials
Gsfa Pasture Fer Rest
Plenty of good pasture at the
J. M . Allen place, five milea south
east of Klondike. Plenty of water.
Man on place to look after fences.
J. M . A llen .
¡20-176] Sisten.Crookcounty.Ore.
Should try our famous chick
The state tax commissioners are en plate dinners; all kinds of nice
trying to work up sentiment over sandwich, pie, cake, good coffee.
W olfard L unch C ounter
the state by which the tax gather
ing laws will be changed and all
taxes be due, payable, and delin
quent in the fall of each year. S t . M a r y ’s A c a d e m y
Taxes have to be paid some time,
The Dalles, Oregon.
might as well in the fall as any
other time; but to make the change
from fall to Spring will make the Boarding and Day School
for Girls will re-open
tax payen dig twice in one year.
Either that or the public officials
September 8th. For
would have fa be paid in discount
particulars apply
ed warrants aod the public pay the
to
interest the warrants would earn.
A bill has been introduced in
the United States senate designed
to prevent the use of outside
The state press association will
money ia a doubtfal state durinj,
an election; or the use of money meet in Portland thto year,
October 17 and 18. A nation
wide movement will at that time
be inaugurated ’ fa «ivet a monu
ment to the memory of H om er
Davenport at Silverton cemetery.
The Silverton band, made famous
by the cartoonist, w ill be in at
tendance at the meeting of the
YOUR CASH
SPEND IT WITH
George fh Crosfield is always
A Mexican's highest idea
odium to to call John Lind
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Bright, Bryant & Ellis.
Attorneya-at-Law
offices at
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