New York is spending far more
money than any city on earth
and yet it has 100,000 more child
MORO, OREGON.
ren than it can accommodate in its
FRIDAY . • • January 16, 1913 schools.
The
O b server.
All the diggers who are upturn
ing cities thousands of years old
Five-sixths of a jury may here
report finding records of com
after
bring a verdict in a civil case
C. L. I reland ........... Manager. plaints of the higher cost of living. in Minnesota. The one reason
It began with the beginning and
able juror and the eleven obstinate
will continue to the end.
Send for advertising rates.
Entered at second data matter at the
poat oftce at Moro, Oregon, July 25, 1891.
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 subscriber.
*rn<? ’* ,w °
years for $2.50; one year $1.50; 12>4 cts a
month isn’t much. T ry it. Order by
postal card, and pay tor it when you can.
not taking belter cam of the property,
By working industriously a chain
o f good roads tan be completed
to the Pacific coast in time for the
Panama canal exposition, and the
incidental feat would be quite as
worthy to be celebrated as the
main event.
ones can no longer hang up de
cisions there. It is worth trying
A French financier is said to be
in other states.
THE HOUSE ON
THE HILL
: : An Intrider Came and Lec
tured the Occupant
i
,B y E L E A N O R
T IS D A L E
I I I I 1 H < I I 11 1 I-H--I-1 l-H-M-H-
On thi^ front porch sat Edward Mer
<
and now she w as finding fault with • - • »’■
him for not choosing the best subject
for bis picture! B e stood gasing at
her with renewed astonishment, then
fixed his eyes on the vista she had
referred to and was the more chagrin
ed at perceiving that she w as righ t
H e wondered why he had not chosen
this scene rather than the one be was
sketching. *
•‘Your drawing of the little house on
the side of the mountain." said the
girl, “Is defective. You can do better
than th a t Try «gain.” ----- ,------
“Perhaps you will do me the favor
to put it In for me.” said Meredith in
an icy tone.
“Do you really wish ItT*
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Eastern Oregon Headquarters.
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P ositively m ost ce n tra lly «•
located. F ifth 8 t. cars pass H
The doors every few m inutes.
Popular Priced Restaurant ;
Buropaan Plan. Rate»
a a d up
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Seating herself before the easel, she
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took up palette, brush and maulstick
and with n few dashes of the brush
converted a clumay piece of work into
W HEN IN PO R TLA N D STO P A T
n distant bouse blending with the
mountain mist.
“Where did you learn to paint?” ask
ed the nstouisbqd Meredith.
“I have been recently studying In
Munich and other European cities.”
Corner of 7th and Stark Street.
“ is there anything else you can
teach me how to d o ? ’
C H A 8 . W R IQ H T . P resident
The girl looked at him, and a smile
M . C . D IC K IN S O N , M a n a g e r.
struggled to obtain the mastery on hei
I
t
is
n
ew
,
a
n d its r o o m s are p r o v id e d w ith
Ups, but It faded, seeing by her ques
tioner’s expression that he w as not in
r u n n in g w a te r a n d lo n g d is ta n c e t e le p h o n e s .
the best of humor with her.
E u r o p e a n pla»i. R a te s $1 p er d a y a n d u p .
“1 am not aware," she'said, "that 1
can do anything better than you.”
“You can certainly guard the fruit
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trees of this place better than I.”
“You mean that were I In your place
I might be more attentive to them. I
see now why you have seemed neglect
ful. The demands of art do not admit
of the artist chasing boys out of apple
trees.”
“Be that as It may, you can palm
i
better thun I.”
I may have had more Instruction
Y o u r A d v e r tis in g
more practice.”
‘‘Are you as proficient in music as
IN T H E
you are In art?”
Why do you usk?'
SHERHAN COUNTY OBSERVER
Because I flatter m yself that 1 am
a fairly good pianist, and I’ll warrant
c a n n o t b e f ig u r e d a s a d d it
you can prove yourself a far bettei
one.”
*
io n a l e x p e n s e . It is s im p l y
“Then you ure doubtless my supe
in c r e a s i n g a n i n v e s t m e n t fr o m w h i c h
rior. I pretend to play only accoui
panimeuts. Let us go Inside and de
y o u a r e s u r e to r e c e i v e g o o d r e tu r n s .
terrnine this question.’’
How did you know that I have a
piano ? ’
If you play the Instrument it is to
be presumed that you have one.”
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to do w ith it. b u t civ ility compels me
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straight to the piano. Looking ovei
Tax agitation is the latest stunt;
some music, she selected a sonata,
spread the sheets on the rack and
a lot don’t know that they pay
usked him to play, lie askgd her to
good interest for extension of pay
precede him, but she declined, so be
W. C. RU TLED G E, Proprietor.
ments, but then, the average citi
played for her with remarkable ex
pressiou and touch.
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zen will never give attention to
You have beaten me. I can't vie
proposed laws until they pinch
N e a r e s t H o te l to B u s in e s s C e n te r , B a n k
with you on the piano, but I will slug
and very few know that under the
for you.” -
a n d D e p o t . C ö u r t e o u s T r e a t m e n t , C le a n
new law it costs to put off digging
DEALERS IN
She took his place at the piano aud
B e d s a n d T a b le t h e b e s t t h e m a r k e t w ill
sang “Home, Sweet Home," with a
ot coin.
Lim e, Plaster, Cement, Builders
feeling that he bad never heard ex
Supplies, Lumber, Wood, Coal,
a ffo r d .
preused before, yet it was very sad.
“I have It!” he exclaim ed when she
The first steam vessel passed
Cedar Posts, and Hay.
S U N D A Y D IN N E R S 3 5 C .
had flu Is lied.
through the Panama canal Janu
“Have w h a t? ’
ary 7th. It was the Alexander
M ANUFACTURERS OF
“The riddle Is solved.”
“You talk In riddles.”
Lavalley, a dredger, and carried
“Your singing that ballad so dl
no passengers. It has been opera
vinely is only to be accounted for in
ting on the Atlantic side and
the fact that this Is your home. You
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o o o w x x x x x x x , x x x x x x > l o o o o o o c o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o
are my landlady, Miss Gawtry.”
gradually made its way through
'Why do you think so?”
during the course of its dredging
'Every condition fits. By the terms
operations.
of my lease the fruit on the place is
yours.
You are familiar, doubtless
C a m e r a S u p p lie s ,
from childhood, with the landscapes
A man in New York has found
surrounding the place. You knew there
P h o n o g r a p h s an d R ecord s,
D A R N IE L L E B R O S ., P roprietors
was a piano here and on entering the
out that a strictly fresh grocery
house w ent straight to it. Now, tell
T e le p h o n e B a t t e r ie s ,
egg can be five years old. He
mo why there was that melancholy in
T h e D a lle s , O r e g o n
wrote to a girl whose name
yonr voice when you sang ‘Home,
F o u n ta in P e n s ,
Sweet Home.’ ”
had been written on an egg
A moisture came Into her eyes. She
P o s t C ard S h op ,
s h e ll, and received word that
H e a d q u a rte rs for our S h erm an C ounty
made no reply to what be had said
the writing had been done several
for some time, and when she did her
friends; prices reasonable; first class
a n d m a n y o t h e r s id e l in e s a t t h e
"WITERK D ID Y O U L E A R S TO P A IN T ? ’
months before her marriage some
voice trembled.
re sta u ra n t w ith the hotel.
I am the last of my family. Father,
to reply to a civil question. T he ow n
four years ago.
mother, sisters, brothers, are all gone.
er’s nam e la Elizabeth Gawtry."
When the last one left me I shut up
“Married or single?”
this our homestead and went to live
“That I do not know.” w as th e some
Lincoln Beachey, the aviator,
In a city. From there I sailed for Eu
Two Blocks F rom N ew Depot.
w h at im p atien t reply.
R. D . JA C K S O N
had his machine fall with him at
“Not know whether your landlady If» rope to study music and painting, leav
ing orders that the place be rented.”
Oakland, California, January 10th a w ife or a m aid?”
iBMBBESHHBiMftiiri-flhr
‘And I, ccqnlng by on a sketching
“I
have
never
seen
her,
nor
can
1
from a heighth of 25 feet. The
tour
and
taking
a
fancy
to
the
place
understand
what
her
status
has
to
do
F R E E A U T O B U S TO A N D FR O M A L L T R A IN S
machine was badly damaged and with your entering my grounds and ad and the scenery about it, rented i t ”
A door opened, and the housekeeper
Beachey received minor injuries. ministering tjie property.”
announced
luncheon.
Meredith pre g
“If you see a sw indle going on be
R. J. G IN N
J . E. C O LE M A N
Beachey first operated as an air
fore your eyes, don't yon think It youi vailed upon the lady to lunch with him.
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man during the Lewis & Clark d uty to protect th e person sw indled? and while they Were at table she men
exposition at Portland.
1 do not accuse you of swindling the tioned many things about the place
woman, whoever she may be, but you that he had not noticed, entertaining
are very negligent of her interests, and him with reminiscence«, at some of
which she laughed and at others w ep t
Grass Valley, Oregon.
A new combined heating and my interference Is Justifled.”
All this happened years agone. Mere
This
was
spoken
with
perfect
cool
ventilating plant has been install
nesa. without rancor and rather as an dith In time married his landlady and
ed by district 20 in Upper Hay explanation than ns a reproof. The never reverts to his first meeting with
d e a l e r «
1 ph
E n tir e ly new, c o n v e n ie n t to business.
Canon. This school is rapidly woman, so the artist Judged, could not his w ife without wondering why this è
rencontre
with
the
girl
he
w
as
to
C lean beds, and ta b le th e best th e m a rk e t
taking front rank among the l»e more thafl twenty-two years old mairy should have 'been so unpro-
and was singularly attractive. I say
w ill a ffo rd .
Prices re ason able .
Com -
schools of the couqty under the singularly, for she seemed to have at pltlous to a love affair. His w ife tells
efficient management of Miss Individuality of her own. From being him that he was very stupid not to
m e rc ia l tra d e s o lic ite d .
have seen at once that she was fooling a
■»
Young as teacher, who has a Irritated Meredith began to be inter him.
a
b x ' x ' r a . w
ested, curions as to what meant this
happy faculty of gaining the good Intrusion and why the lady had taken It
The Meredith» do not live on the
piece where they first met. It w as too s
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into her head to protect the fruit tree*
to give away the apples and lecture full of sad memories for Mrs. Meredith.
V I
L S IV I/U IV U
v u
J U V /ll
U V U V V «
She would never sell it. but she would
him for not taking better care of the
Among the kings there is no property. He began to feel that he never live In It.
conditional royalty. Manual of should exercise more politeness to a
Noee Tip Vaoeinatien.
f—
woman, especially a woman young and
The young Japanese diplomat point
Portugal remains a king in the comely. lie was young himself and
r*y
O A À
to bis father, the marquis.
king row, and a little drawback noted for his ’deference to the gentlei ed “That’s
father,” he said, “the old fel
L IV E R Y F E E D A N D S A L E S T A B L E
like the loss of a kingdom doesn’t sex.
low with the sancer shaped scar on
“1 have no seat to offer yon here
affect his legal standing. There is he said, “but I f you will come up to the tip of bis nose. Ail Jape of the
generation have that scar.”
something amusing about the the house I can make yon more corn older
“Y
es?’
said the debutante.
Barn Located near Hotel Vintin
Are not alone confined to Rural Free Delivery of mail
serious tashion in which these title fortable.” •*
“Yes, it*» a vaccination mark. In the
“That
will
do,
little
boys;
yon
have
Special Attention for Commercial Traveler«
old
days,
when
compulsory
vaccination
and the Telephone. There ie another convenience which all
bearers assume inalienable rights. plenty. Now run along, and If you
first began, we Japs vaccinated every
Transient Team« Given Prompt Attention
farmers should have — and many do have — a checking ac
come In her© again for apples take body on the tip of the noee. Why?
only those yon find on the ground.
count
with a good bank. The possessor of such an account
W
elt
because
it
was
a
good
place,
U pon a request for a ruling Then, turning to Meredith, she accept* ’
where there’s no movement to rub oil
avoids
the risk of having his money on his person or about
and for the better legal protection his Invitation.
the scab, and also because a vaccina
his
home
where it is in danger of fire and thieves.
He
did
not
know
whether
to
be
lavrx
tlon scar on the nose w as easily iden
o f local merchants the state rail
astonished at hffi* Instructions to tfio tlfied by the medical officer* o f the
His bills paid by check are not only a valid receipt, but
road commission has announced boys or her w illingness to <0 w ith
government. A man didn’t have to
also a convenience in his home transactions where very often
that the practice of traveling sales him. It was but a short distance to take off half him clothes In order to
the necessary change for concluding settlement is not at hand
men of delivering goods from the porch, and when they reached It prove that he’d been, vaccinated.
the lady at once took position before
“Yes.
the
nose
tip
vaccination
had
Don’t stop to think this over, but start an account now with
trunks checked as baggage is not .the picture Meredith had been sketch
Its good points, but t>efore the modern
lawful. Peddlers have been evad ing and looked from it to its subject hankering after beenty It had to go.”-
New York Tribune.
ing the law by claiming to be with a critical eya
a d in T h e M oro <
“Very good.” she »aid, “but thia is
A Smile.
salesmen
trying
to
sell
their
not the best fle w here to treat affec
O bserv er
w ill re a c h m o re
W hat a sight there is In that word
samples rather than send them tively on canvas. That vista between
-«mile!” I t changes like a chameleon.
back to their employer. The rul the trees over there would make a fa r There is a vacant smile,, a smile of
p e o p le in S h e r m a n C o u n ty th a n
more attractive picture."
ing is in line with one recently
What did thto mean? A woman had hate, a satiric smile, an affected smile,
b y a n y o th e r m e d iu m a v a ila b le .
HOTGL 0R6G0N
W RIGHT-DICKINSON HOTEL COMPANY
INCREASING
■HOTEL MORO
W
Opposite Postoffice
Moro
MILL FEED AND FLOUR.
Oregon.
BOTEL A LBER T
Moro Pharmacy
J
l 6 1 N N & CO LEM AN
VINTON HOTEL
r
•
L Q. SWCTLAND, Mgr* •
“Id o .”
trying to revive the time, when
edith at an easel, sketching the land
everyworkman sang at his bench.
scape before him. lie was so interest
The national suffrage associa ed In hla work that he did not notice
But was there ever such a time?
tion
took part in the Maryland som e boys who hud climbed t^ie apple
There is a great deal of romanc
elections, and this is no longer trees and were poking and beating
W e will not be responsible for the ing about the “good old times.
sticks the apples on the branches
neglect of subscribers to notify as of
the joke which politicians used to with
they coqjd not reach with their hands.
changes in their address. Nor will the
Women have made Presently he heard a woman’s voice:
notification of a Postmaster that the sub
Professor Shepard of the Uni hold it.
scriber has “ Removed” settle the bill of a
“Come down, little boys. You have
themselves
a
force to be reckoned
versity of Chicago knocks“ Ameri
delinquent.
quite, enough apples on the ground, to
with everywhere.
which -yon are welcome.
You are
Church and Society notices F R E E , ex ca” as a representative national
cept when for money making purposes. song, because there are no
breaking the limbs.”
locks
Such notices at regular rates at the optibn
An American woman in Paris The artist laid down bis palette, rest
and rill” to love around Chicago.
of the publishers.
ed his uundsth k against his easel and
Why not make it "frocks and saw a thief take her purse. She walked down to where stood a young
At any timewhen requested to do so,
ran after him, caught him and woman and where boys who had de
the paper will be discontinued- But we frills,” then?
expect that all arrears wi.i be paid before
turned him over to the police. scended from the trees were gathering
such request is made. It is easy to ask us
apples from the ground. Raising his
tor a statement, which will l>e cheerfully
Now it is announced that Eve ¡American women anywhere in hat politely to the lady, he said:
rendered at any time.
was made not from a rib but from Europe do not permit themselves “1 beg pardon! By what authority
do you give away my apples V
The
Observer it $1.50 - per the backbone of Adam.
he price
p nt« of
— The
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Now to be robbed outside of shops.
“Do you own the place, sir?”
yetr 75 cent» for six months, 50 cent« for
four month«—bu» if neid in -dvmnce we that rights and privileges are gone
“1 ent It, and that makes me the
accept $2.50 in full *or 2 years.
Shorter even traditions of former glory
o w m f temporarily.’’
A
woman
in
Vancouver,Wash.,
terms than on«, year 12% cents per month.
are being wrested from the down has ascertained, by the use of a “Is the fruit yours?’
“qHe fruit, under the terms of the
A Blue Mark here w ill answer an in
pedometer, that she walks 400 leas belongs to the owner of the prop-
query, when entered upon our calendar, trodden sex.
giving the date ol the paper as the date at
miles a month while doing house ertj but It 1 h under my guardianship.’'
which your current subscription expires.
Each year at auto license pay work and that she pattered away “l»o you consider that you are ful
0111 ig your duty as guardian by per
ing time some section of Oregon 17>6 miles in getting their Cnrist- mitting boys to come in and break the
“ Eat garlic with all your meals claim they will not pay the tax mas dinner. We print this as a bn)aches of the trees?”
and live a hundred years,” says a and will resist, claiming double “ reel” fact.
The young man knit his brows.
••Will you kindly explain how you
wise man in Chicago. And at the taxation. This year it is Jackson
caiue to be appointed arbiter In this
same time a culinary counsellor county, but they will pay because
The different committees having matter?" asked Meredith.
tells that the faint, elusive touch one is a tax on their machine and
• Will you kindly give me a reason
in charge the final arrangements foisyour delinquency in not protecting
of garlic imparts the very poetry the other is a license to operate
fot the banquet to be given at trees com m itted to your c a r e ? ’
of flavor. Why should man cling the vehicle they are fortunate to
M eredith was getting the worst ot
Moro opera hall this Saturday
to his few days and full of trouble be able to possess.
the argument, but, feeling that he bad
evening are rapidly finishing their the right on his side, persisted.
when poetry and preservation are ,
work and it now promises to be “I am accountable for th is place to
linked thus together by a wise and
one ot the best social successes th e ow ner and to no one else.” he said.
artistic nature? .
a
| Advertise in the Observer.
•‘The owner ta”—
ever inaugurated in the county. ■ “I
cannot understand w hat th a t has
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NEW HOTEL PERKINS f
Portland, Oregon.
Glass, Paints, and Oils.
Bone and Alfalfa Meal.
A G E N T « FOW
Canton Plows, Superior and Peoria Drills.
CONDUCTED ON THE BEST PRINCIPLES.
* For all. kinds of machinery carried in stock
or procured on short notice.
AR BARN
THE
< 3 - is ts s " V a l l e y .
The (rain (rouera Conveniences
O x© .
George Lllard, proprietor
A U T O M O B IL E FOR H IR E
A*“WANT”
The (lasco (|arahoosc Killing (o.
(ank, of (floro.
made by the interstate commis* come into hla promisee, bad given
• •
t
away the fruit, bad seeded him for
MOU.
4
but above all there la
HaUburtou.
a smile of
lo v e .-
4^.„
a *