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About Sherman County observer. (Moro, Sherman County, Or.) 1897-1931 | View Entire Issue (May 8, 1914)
In a bulletin issued by the cen sus bureau o f the d ep artm en t o f com m erce it is said that in the 27 y e a n last passed the public in debtedness o f the state has de creased m aterially; fo r each $1000 ow ing in 1890 there was but $653 ow ing in 1913. T h e debt o f the state was at no W e w ould like to h e re you take it, and wo know h would be profitable to you to become a subscriber. W e eend it I y e a n lo r $2.50;, one year $1.50; 12% cts a "*l isn’ t much. T ry it. O rd er by card, and pay for it when w ill not be responsible for the o f subscribers to notify as of in their address. N o r w ill the __ _j of a Postmaster that the sub- has “ R em oved” settle the b ill of a and Society notices F R E E , ex- t for m oney making purposes. Such notices at regular rates at the option o f the i publishers publishers. At any tim ew hen requested to do the paper w ill be cueconttoued But that a ll arrears w ia be paid before sock request is made. It is easy to ask us fa r a statement, which w ill be cheerfully rendered at any tim e. i of T h e O bserver is Sl.SO per for six mouth«, SO cents for » . » to toll < o r2 yearn. Shorter than on*, year 1 2 # cents per m onth. A Blue M a rk here w ill when entered upon the date ol the an in- m the date at W atch ful w aiting has becom e w aithful watching. Each is equally iriaom e. T w en ty-six o f the leading m er chants o f W illa m e tte valley towns recently form ed a kno w n as the M e rc h a n t’s Produce Exch an g e, which has secured quarters in P o rtlan d fo r the hand- liq g o f p o u ltry, eggs, dressed Snow is ra p id ly leaving o f the best potato states in the U n ite d States show O re g o n ’s pos sibilities in this industry to very 1 he O reg o n railro ad com m is great advantage. W h ile there are sion la exam in in g the books and a few states that produce a higher accounts o ( about fifty public y ie ld per acre than O re g o n , this u tility corporations „ to ascertain fact ia attributed to the greater th e ir physical value and earnings m ountains that annually teed the C o lu m b ia riv e r w ith its supply of flo o d waters at an e a rlie r date TAXES MUST BE REDUCED! In the coining primary election, Charles A. Johns, of Portland, will ask the vote of every person who believes the Srste of Oregon need« to have taxes reduced snd expenses cut down. T h e only way to reduce taxes and cut down expenses is to apply the same principles in running the State that you would apply in running your own business. ( . H o w many institutions would run along with an increase of oper ating expenses from year to year f N o t many. W e ll, let’s reduce our taxes and cut down our expenses. Charles A. Johns, of Portland, is running on that platform and stands on his platform. G et him on , the job! Start thinking about this todayd W ill you elect a man who will cut down expenses and reduce taxes, or a politician, as our next Governor ? T h e issue is clear. O ne will cut down taxes— the other will give jobs to his political friends. W hich do you want ? Paid Advertisement. ntlBCLh. M a z d a E lectric G lobes o f ill sizes fo r sale at M o r o P h a rm a cy . and 54 people killed in these fires. T h e straggly» for •afety first must be extended from Never give a child a eo m h madiata the com m on carriers to the public n ta in a o m a m ia any form. W h an hostelries. T h e re are needed given other and mora n i l i m ito i— « g sv p « taw ban d im a a st r i better hotel buildings better m eth that these I * to no heller or safer m u ti fins for ods of preventing fires snd better û Â i ï ï ï ü i i r F o r“ U k T Don’t atop to th in k thia over, but start an account now w itfl T h lUaseo |||arihiat6 Milling Jo. Sank, of |l|oro. Troabla. ■ w & COLEM AN Glass, Paints, and Oils.. xes . Bone and A lfalfa Meal. AoacKTaa f o b Canton Plows, Superior and Peoria Drills. T k Oalr Fan WUd F r a W a fW . M t k M ufcrt The International fifth wheel prevents the palling lp or pitching of the bolster, and therefore does away ofever with bent and broken king pins and circle irons. This one feature ia worth trip to town. th a tnp Go to t h e 1 H C local dealer who handles Weber or Columbus wagons and aak him to show you the fifth wheel on theee wagons. If you don’t know who handles them,^wgte to ns and we will tell yon where J. E. COLEMAN x > x £ ^ .x ^ R R m T h e Columbus wagon thia year is tho equal of the v/eber wagon to every wMy; where quality and features are oonoerned, the Weber and Columbus wagons are twine.- One good feature oommon to both Is the International fifth w h e e l, m a k in g these J •••••••»»«•«»»««•eeeeeeeeeeae«• S IN N o f w agon value everyw here. N o m odel o f th e W e b e r wagon was e v e r so good aa th e 1914 m odel now on th e m a rket. ord-Hc lid. s x 'x 'a e jb .w For all kinds of machinery carried in stock • ____:_________ or - procured on short notice. ________ ________________________ _____ ____ yoa may _ latenational HarvetterCmnpany of America Po rtlan d Better News Oiw' To Holt and Best Harvester Owners T. r * DIGESTER TANKAGE * MADE BY THE UNION MEAT CO. NORTH PORTLAND, ORE. In Sherman, Wasco and A - _ Gilliam Counties W e wish to announce that we have a stock o f tw enty tons o f extras for the above harvesters m ade fro m the o rig in a l patterns NOW ON SALE IN M ORO and o f A N o . l m aterial. O u r aim w ill be to carry a stock du rin g the harvest season th a tw ill enable us to furnish customers o f those machines w ith a perfect fitting part w ith o u t telep h on e W h e th e r you raise three hogs o r three h u ndred, you cannot afford to o v e rlo o k this famous hog fo o d . R ead w hat ,J. M. Fruitts, o f Joseph, D IG E S J E R T A N K A G E . O re g o n says express charges and incident d elay to y o u r harvest operations. about T T An expert harvest machine man is connected with the firm and at your service on call. T 7 U.ioa Jooepb, Ovegoe, N ertk Portland. O re . J and Marofc 2SA, 19M O ’MEARA to m d b to he ■ proStoMo and rnddoctAnr load. I t b is m superior a , a load lor brood «ow«. Its it high percentage od proteia awkee it a greet developer lo r the aabora piga aowa. I t u tk a t taraadkaaa« pigs with aica gloesy coat. la tba skew ring it h«s no eeesl to wy lodgment. During the pert w inter I have lad tankage to ■ Implement and Supply WASCO, Vary truly yours, Company OREGON. (aidaad) I . M . Pruitts. <O^ OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOQOO°OOOOOCXXXXXXX)OOCXXXXXXXXXXXXX> D IG E S T E R T A N K A G E is made from fresh, wholesome pieces of A ttor n ey a-a t-La w offices at The Dallta and Moro, Or«. Independent Iflnrekonii j milling j 0 m eet. I l develop« bone and muscle and makes pigs G R O W . En dorsed by ail leading A gricultural Experim ent Stations and by the beat breeders end feeders in every state. I t ’s a meal to form , fed wet or d r y , m ixed w ith other foods. D IG E S T E R T A N K A G E can be purchased to M o ro at our Warehouse. » . H. M c K c « n , DEALERS IN G M. Huddleston Attorney /it Law G IN N Moro, W asco, - Oregon M a n a g e r, W a .c o , O re g o n W e have purchased this famous hog food in a carload lot snd can give you the benefit of this saving to freight. I f you want you r pigs to grow into fat, healthy hogs, send in your order now to systems of extinguishing them and vatoahtoforadnHa. T ry i t " ' I t ¿ n t Ä T n i f S „ farmers should have —- and m any do hav^ —- a checking ac count w ith a good bank. The possessor of such an account avoids the risk of having his money on his person or about his home where it is in danger of fire and thieves. TfOR many years the Weber wagon has been accepted as the standard G uard Y e u r Tongue. O na cannot t a lk c o n s ta n tly w ith o u t aaytaa f o l l a t i thin gs.—Chicago Ree- split supposed that alum in baking m o re successfully than the presi pow ders to be hig h ly injurious to P hysician and Surgeon. th e ir stomachs, but now the scien dent d id his. tific m en connected w ith the Moro, Oregon. reference board o f the d ep art A conference o f the ministers Successor , to Dr. W. C. o f O reg o n w ill be held at Eugene, m ent of agriculture declare alum Nason and Dr. O. J. Goffin. baking p o w d e ri are nf> m o re hat in J u ly 13 to 17, in connection with fill to the health o f a person than Office in Goffin Building. the U n ive rs ity o f O reg o n sum m er any o th er baking powders, but it school. E v e ry attention w ill be is wise to be m oderate in the use BENNETT, p aid the pastors w h o attend the o f foods that are leavened w ith 5IN N 0TT, conference. Lectures in socia any baking p o w d e r, is the con ethics that are especially adapted £ GALLOWAY clusion arriv ed at as the result o f to the m inisterial needs w ill be experim ents to determ in e the in given b y m en of note. fluence o f alum com pounds on A T T O R N E Y S -A T -L A W the nutrition and health o f m an. G eneral Practice ’ C h ie f E n g in e er G oethals har decided to o p en the Panam a A n o rd e r fo r ten m illio n feet o f I The Dalles, Oregon; canal to com m erce by instituting lu m b er has been placed by the a barge service through the canal jr e a t N o rth e rn railw ay w ith lu m C J .B a r a H T , W .C.B btant , M .G.B l u s . about M a y 10, thus b ringing ber manufacturers. T h e o rd e r re in fo com m ercial use m uch e a rlie r sults fro m contracts recently placed than had been anticipated. T h ia decision was brought about by the interrup tio n o f the T eh u antepec year's fru it cro p . M o r e than 300 ra ilro a d route caused by the cars w ill be required to carry the M exican w ar scare. lu m b e r to the Eastern factory. Are not alone confined tfi R u ral Free D eliv e .y of m a ll and the Telephone. There is another convenience w hTcKall R. J. G IN N Dr. G L. Polcy this T b i (n la {ro o iri [onvinieneei $ J. R. Morgan X D orxtist a I f you had an interest in a private business yon would want it conducted on business principles. Y o u have an interest in the affair« of this State. T h e State of Oregon to a business institution run for the benefit of the people in it who, in a certain sense, are stockholders in its busineu interests. ZAAAAAAAAAA \ A P o rtla n d architect has dis covered a plan fo r using firep ro o f bushels p er acre and in O re g o n it in< on* boiP* * th“ n 1 ,lk* • fiMbeat ed w o o d building m aterial fo r - « 155 b u .h e l. per .e re . Y ie ld . For « 1 . by .11 Per school houses at a saving o f nearly at high as 700 bushels p er acre fifty per cent o ver brick o r stone. have been obtained in O re g o n , and a y ield o f less than 200 O k la h o m a was the o n ly one of bushels p er acie is not considered the states w hich showed a larger creditable, except in d ry farm ing. MORO. - ~ OREGON output o f both lead and tin e in T h e factors o f soil, clim ate, 1913 than 1912. T h e value o f the culture and seed selection are l t t to 15th of each m onth. silver, lead, and zinc producec dealt with in a most helpful m an O ffice opposite Drs. G o ffin . to r the year 1913 waa $1.855,217 n er in O . A . C . potato bulletin, - OREGÓN extension series 2, N o . 16, and W A S C O , SB farm ers w ho grow potatos should T h e T a ft fam ily faces a n o th er 16th to 30th o f each m onth. p olitical split. M n . W . H . T a ft send d irecto r of extension, O . A . O ffice o p p . M c C o y , A tw o o d C o C ., C o rvallis, fo r a copy. opposes w om an suffrage, but daughter H e le n joins the suffra F o r years the A m erica n public gists. I t is to be hoped that the •■▼»ng Give thia Job to a man who will reduce Taxes and cut down expenses International Harvester Farm Wagons “Chamberlain’s Tablets ara lust fine for stomach trouble,” writes M rs. Q . G D a n a , care given the crop in those states. A rnold. Pa. “ I was bothered w ith this com T h e average y ield per acre in the p la in t for some tiaae and frequently bad b il lo w att ac ks. Chaaaberlato’s Tablet« aflonled U n ite d States last - year was 113 — — - - i see great re lie f from the first, and stoee tak- hotels burn G overn or H is bills paid by check are not only a valid lecelpt, but also a convenience in bis home transactions where vefy often the neoessary change for concluding settlement is not a t hand than usual. T h e high water has interfered w ith w o rk at the C e lilo canal and a part of the men have been given vacations until the w ater recedes.Engineers in charge at the canal are anxious to have the w o rk com pleted by January, 1915, so that riv e r boats may a w ild T h e first three months o f 1914 M w lb 2 A m erican and C anadiao For R IP U B L IC A N the Spanish grapes. handle JO H NS state at o r constipation you w ill ba interested to the grass that grows on Youngs bay F ro m 500,000 bushels in 1869, near A atoria fo r m anufacture o f the p otato crop o f O re g o n has paper. grow n to almost nine m illions in 1913. T h e heaviest increase oc- A special vessel has been char curred du rin g the last five years. tered to carry fourty-eight great T h e m o n ey value o f the crop O re g o n logs to the P an am a E x grew fro m $300,000 in 1869 to al position fo r use in the O re g o n most $8,000,000 last year. T h e navigate the C o lu m b ia. W illa m build in g . m arket fo r good potatos has held ette, and Snake rivers fro m As fairly steady and there has been to ria and the ocean to the British - R e d w o o d sawdust is being used but one disastrous year, that o f C o lu m b ia lin e . A n o th e r feature o f the early m elting of the snow in C a lifo rn ia fo r packing fresh 1912. table grapes. It takes the place o f A com parison between the aver is the increased danger o f forest ground cork used fo r im p o rted age y ield in O re g o n and the yield fires, forest rangers claim . w ill c orpo ratio n W h ile the county and large are talkin g about good roads and build in g them as w e ll, it w ould not be amiss to direct at tention to the exam p le o f good citizenship evinced by G eo rg e and F ra n k H e n n a g in , the two K enney brothers, M a rtin H an sen , W o lfo rd and O . L . Belshe this quently declining to $0.04 in 1912. e xa m in atio n fo r fourth class post statement of R . F . E rw in , Pern, In d . "A T r y the farm In contrast w ith the state o f mous Sunday d in n e r year ago last w inter I bad an attack of indi masters in the council cham ber in gestion followed by biliousness and oonsti O reg o n taking the entire debt o f M o r o , O r e g o n , W ednesday at the H o te l M oro. tion. ~ ’ 48 states per capita debt according June 3d, 1914. Flashlight and telephone bat- T h is w ill affect they helped to the latest rep o rt is $3.52, o r Grass V a lle y , a l l d ealers. — A d v e rtis e m e n t. M o n k la n d .a n d teries at Moro Pharm acy. $3.48 m ore than the p e r capita K lo n d ik e postoffices, iff Sherm an debt o f O re g o n . C o m p arin g the county. A n y o n e wishing to take — decrease in the p er capita debt o f the e xam in atio n can procure O re g o n and the 48 states fo r the blanks and in fo rm atio n fro m the >eriod, we find that $5.48 fell to postmaster at M o r o , O re g o n . ! ¡3.52 in the average fo r the 48 I f you w ant to sell o r trade y o u r farm list it w ith us. A n y one in tending to take thia we have m an y calls fo r states, and $2.93 to $0.04 in e xa m in atio n should secure the F A R M S , S T O C K and A L F A L F A R A N C H E S O re g o n . Address O . P . H ulse , 269 Stark Street, Portland, O regon. blanks at once, fill out same and w ith realty department o f A t the present tim e about 0 .8 m ail to W ashington. H A R T M A N & T H O M P 8 Ö 3>N. - P O R T L A N D , O R E G O N . p er cent o f the total p o p u latio n o f the U n ite d States w ill be found Flaad Danger Vary Sight. The Patata Crap ia Oregaa. profesor Caod Read Ehthusiastfe' (neats and all kinds o f country on the premises although the arrest produce. T h e exchange was form tim e large and shows a m arked was the w o rk of a few minutes. ed w ith t$h object o f securing a spring when they put th e ir teams decrease during the p erio d , w h ile T h a t sort o f guessing fits in w ith distributing p o in t and selling and efforts in to build in g a five the pop ulatio n m o re than quad the c laim o f Eugene C h a fin , p ro agency in P o rtlan d o f the p ro d m ile stretch o f ro ad in the B oard- rupled; these two causes resulted h ib itio n lecturer at P o rtlan d last ucts h an d le d by the various m em man school district that is w o rth in a very sm all per capita debt. w eek, when he claim ed k n o w bers. T h e y are also seeking their to Sherm an county, at the least In 1880 the total debt o t O re g o n ledge of a hundred " b lin d pigs’ * ow n protection, as in the past calculation, $15,00 if it were paid at the close of the year was in that tow n; ihere is a difference m any o f them have been victim fo r with county funds. Besides $511,000; in 1890 it fell to $2,000, between guessing and know ing, ized by sharpers w ho tem p o ra rily his personal w o rk G e o rg e H e n but in 1912 am ounted to $31,000. and the p ro p e r way w ould be to established themselves and ’ after nagin d o n ated an acre o f land to T h e p o p ulatio n o f the state in k n o w , as M a y o r A lbee most fleecing country shippers d ep art the road, so that a safe turn could creased fro m 175,000 in 1880 to lik e ly concedes. ed fo r parts unknow n. T h e new be m ade, that was w orth to his 731.000 in 1912. In 1880 th e p e r com pan y members are selected, farm at least $50. capita debt was $2.93; in 1890 it Canaty Exaaiaatísa far Pasteaste». one fro m each town, and they are ell to $0.01; reaching the m a x i all m en o f fhe best standing in B illo u a n e a a a n d O o u t l p a t l o a O a r e d . m u m , $0.68, in 1900; and subse If yoa are ever troubled with biiioiwnesa T h e re w ill be a c ivil service th e ir c om m u nity in the state o f O re g o n , and less than one-tenth o f 1 per cent o f Im p o rts o f matches in to C h in a greatly exceed in value any o th e r the total debt is attributed to this state. w o o d product. I t is proposed to utilise M a y o r A lb e e o f P o rtla n d , fro m his office w in d o w , saw w hat ap peared to h im to be an unusual nu m b er o f men going and com ing fro m a ro o m in g house across the street; he had the p ro p rie to r a r rested fo r selling liq u o r w ithout a license, but no liq u o r was found — tt - Naw Comnuuioo Finn. & COLEM AN. - - - Oregon. J Lime, Plaster, Cement, Builders Supplies, Lumber, Wood, Coal. Cedar Posts, and Hay. MT/ manufacturers of ■■■AND F
