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About Sherman County observer. (Moro, Sherman County, Or.) 1897-1931 | View Entire Issue (July 17, 1914)
W H E N YOU T R A V E L by auto and visit the dalles T ïie <>t»*«erv»*r. M ORO, OREGON F R ID A Y ST O R E YOUR CAR In the concrete, recently compieieo. iu roomy garage of Walther-WiH»»™ Company workman always ready to help you in any waj least expense to you. For any service render! C. L . I r e l a n d The Observerpublished a few weeks ago an article regarding an exhibit from this county at the state fair in which was stated that the state fair management made an allowance of $100 to each county making an exhibit and that in addition each county exhibit Manager. had an even break for winning an will always be reasonable. W A LT H E R -W IL L IA M S GARAGE T H E DALLES, - - PREPO N . Geo. F. M . Newhouse, Oph. D. T lie re D a lle « , 0 « -w « o « C larke-N ew house Jew elry Contp»»y I w e ll f o r c a s h o n l y y Fine Diamonds, Jewelry, Watches, Clocks and Optical Goods. Salafactlon Guaranteed or Money Refunded nooooooooooooooooooooooooo • W HEN IN oooocxxxx»oooooooooooooooo PO RTLAND STOP AT HOTGL 0R 6C 0N Corner of 7th and 8Urk 8tr«et C H A S . W R IG H T , PresiUent M . C . D IC K IN S O N , M a n a fa r . is new, and its rooms are provided with nning water and long distance telephones, iiropean plan. Kates $1 per day and up. WRIGHT-DICKINSON HOTEL COMPANY NEW HOTEL PERKINS Portland, Oregon. Eastera Oregon Headqaarten. Positively moat centrally located F ifth 8 t. cara paaa the doors every few minutes. Popular Priced Restaurant Européua Pipa. Rato» $1.00 p p 4 up L Q. SWETLAND, Mgr D A R N IE L L E BROS., Proprietor» The Dalles, Oregon for our Sherman County friends; prices reasonable; first class restaurant with the hotel. H e a d q u a rte rs Two Blocks From N ew Depot, FREE AUTO BUS TO AN D FROM A L L TR A IN S VIN TO N HO TEL Grass Valley, Oregon. Entirely new, convenient to business. Clean beds, and table the best the market will afford. Prices reasonable. Com mercial trade solicited. Walther-Williams Co will have at M oro and Wasco, next Sun- day, their new model Studebaker six cylinder car for purposes of demonstration. You are invited and requested to be at either of i ! i the two places and see this car, i i which is the latest in automobile | engineering. r There are special features added to this model six that are special on this car and add a great deal Nearest Hotel to Business Center, Bank of comfort to auto riding. The price at which it it offered is and DepoL Courteous T reatm en t, Clean special, too, and, all in all, you Beds and Table the best the m a rk e t w ill will miss something if you do not afford. - - - < • happen to see the new model six Studebaker. SUNDAY DINNERS 3 6 0 . The car will be used next Sun day between here and Wasco for demonstration and W alther-W il liams Co. want you to see it, and also you yourself want to see the ooooooooeooooooooooooceooooeoooooooooooooooooooo latest in auto engineering. CONDUCTED ON THE BEST PRINCIPLES HOTEL MORO Opposite Postoffice; Moro THE Oregon, STAR BARN L IV E R Y FEED A N D S A LE S T A B L E ^ u P ^ ^ ' O -r a .e s " V a lle s r A O x e . ir jiijfk s x K B «rn ^ ocatcd ncar H o te l V in tin S pecial A tte n tio n lo r C o m m e rc ia l T ra v e le r» T ran aicn t T r a m * G iv e n P ro m p t A tte n tio n George E llard, proprietor AUTO M O BILE FOB H IRE ![ ¡¡! ¡¡j / jg 3. 4. Prices the most reasonable. ------------ F R E E B U IL D IN G P L A N S on homes, barns, milk houses, hog houses, silos, septic tanks, school houses and churches. e S c r e e n d o o r s in sto c k . L e t u s f ig u re w ith y o u o n co al. See H. U. Martin about it OîHome of Tum-a-Lumber eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee J. E. COLEMAN G IN N & C O L E M A N X A 900 acre farm fffr tale, with at good improvements as the av erage and located within miles of Grass Valley; good orch ard; abundance of water; plenty of outside range; 500 acres under plow; 220 acres in summer fallow; all for only $3000. I f interested write to . C. A. BUCKLEY, jy!7tf f Grass Valley. Oregon. Mrs. Carrie Jackson, for complet ing all the class sewing cards for , the quarter just ended. The caids, to be properly finish ed, must have the picture of the animal or object printed on the card worked by the pupil in either paints or sewing. Lanora tchoose painting; the work was neatly dope and at Sunday school the last day »he had not lo«t one. Each Sunday during the leaf quarter Mrs. Jackson said that Lanora could be depended on be ing ready to repeat the Golden Text for the Iciion. C o m p le t e H a rv e s t G oods, S u p p ly of L u b r ic a t in g E x tra s O lin , O r e s s e s . Line Headers, Reapers, M cC orm ick One cow, milking about two gallon twice a day; pigs are about four months old. For particulars write R. W . P in k e r t o n , 3tjyl0 M oro, Oregon. yet , six years old, pupil In the begin , ner» class of the Presbyterian Sun ( day school was awarded a special ] prize this week by her teacher, year in the history of the county, and while the storm of last Sun« day will affect some of our farm- era directly, the county as a whole !| will be immensely benefited by < lithe rains and that the increased ! 1 yield will easily be an offset to !!! the damage received. 1 j 11 The New Studshaker Six CyHudtr. Courteous treatment. j u s t a r r iv e d . la prepared to buy wheat or barley any where in the county and solicit your storage at their warehouses i t Rufat, Wasco, McDonald, and Moro. f ruined, but a number are hurt hyt ' I a small per cent of the amount I claimed by those directly inter« I letted when the storm damage was *CmTe Lanora Am idon, not I a. T w o c a r s 1 8 a n d 2 1 -in c h c e d a r p o s ts h a v e fields are entirely 1 I I I I A complete stock, R. J. G INN [ unite in reporting the damage [ I sustained by the wheat fields at c r not more than $60,000, and that ' I I this may fall to a» l ° w as $52,000. c r first under consideration- This | damage Is confined entirely to the Kent and Rutledge district*; in other part* of the county there were storm visitations, notably Monkland district, but this was I confined entirely to a heavy rain, T and substantial benefits in ma- tured grain will accrue. It has been estimated by those E who yearly study crop conditions I io Sherman county that the yield t of wheat from Sherman county L this year will be the largest of any x. 3,V Millwork facilities, in c lu d in g show cases and store fixtures. harness broke and the end of the double tree, flying in a circle, hit the young man, who was walking close behind the team, a hard blow in the stomach and intestines. D r. C. L . Poley was immediate* y called and applied all meant possible that would relieve the suffering of M r. Coy; all other means failing it was decided an operation be performed to obtain relief from the acute suffering, but just as arrangements for the oper ation had been completed the young man died, death occuring at three o'clock Saturday after noon, The funeral was from the Monkland church; Rev. A. J. Adams preaching the sermon; in terment was at Rose cemetery. Sunday afternoon, the 12th, about four o’clock, a severe hail storm struck Sherman county at the John Shassen farm west of m Kent and two miles east of Buck- hollow, following a course north easterly until in the neighborhood of Rutledge, when it veered di- I rectly east and passed into G il liam county. . Several fields of ripened grain I were ruined, some entirely and others partially. In some of the fields visited the heads of grain e‘ were broken off and driven into 111 the ground until they were hid- ei den, leaving the field with an ap- c< pearanceof being cleanly threshed. n In other fields the damage was 8 spotted, there being patches of several acres left for the harvester. ® In other places where the grain l< bad not fully matured there did ° [not appear to be any damage, * land in several others it is esti- - i mated there will be a gain in the * | probable amount of wheat the c I field will yield. W here the land a was in summer fallow the ground ■ I was packed by the hail, and the ® drain that followed close after I smoothed some of the fields until ; they have the appearance of an J1 J improved city street. | * • L. Barnum, G . B. Bourhill and ? m W . H . Ragsdale each made a ‘ E separate investigation of the dam« * [ age shortly after reports of the 1 [ storm were received, and they r M Some wheat TUM-A-LUM S ER VIC E H iram S. Coy. son of Geo, W . Coy. was fatally injured Friday afternoon July 10. east of Monk* land at the W . W . Nichols farm, better known as the Joe McDon* aid place. The young man was driving' derrick team for the W m . Myers heading crew, stacking with oets. In net stacking the starting strain is sudden, sharp and severe to lift the more than ton of grain and ' straw from» wagon to stack and in this instance, just as the two horses met the strain, both traces on one j The Celebrated Snow Drift Flour on hand at all times at prices lower than the lowest. For details write, or phone, or call on J. R. Morgan ID e x x tle t MORO, . - OREGON a 1st to 15th of each month. Office opposite Dr*. Goffin W ASCO. - D. W. Wade, agent, Wasco, Oregon. OREGON - 16th to 30th of each month. Office opp, McCoy, Atwood C o |ad«p«ideit ||irahoui & (Hilling (o Physician and Surgeon. DEALERS1N Moro, Oregon. Lim e, Plaster, Cement, Builders Supplies, Lumber, Wood, Coal, Cedar Posts, and Hay. Office in residence. Lecal Clwreh Aawmaceiasats for Suadey, July 19 Methodist church: Sunday School at 10 a.m. Preaching at Spaulding 11 a.m, and at M oro at 8 p.m. All are heartily invited. John Robertson, pattor Presbyterian church: Sabbath School at 10 a.m. Morning service at 11 a. m. topic “ the positive note in preach ing.” Service In the evening at 8 p.m. topic “ a terror among men.” Prayer meeting and bible study Wednesday evening at 8 p.m. A . J. Adam*, pastor. M ANUFACTURERS OF G r o v e r J . D u ffe y r * Lawyer. X FEED AND FLOUR OOOOOOOOOpOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOCi Office with W. H. Ragsdale MORO I- OREGON B E N N E TT AIN N O TT, & O ALLO W AY COME IN I TH E W A T E R 'S FIN E A T T O R N E Y S -A T -L A W G eneral Practice Northwest Summer* Resorts The Dalles Dr*. Lowe ft Turner, eye spec ialists of Portland, will be in M oro at the M oro hotel Tuesday C.J. B r ig h t , W.C. B ryan t . M .G .E l u s . and Wednesday, July 21 and 22. Don’t fail to consult them about your eyes and glasses. They will visit M oro every ihree jnonths. Attorneya-at-Law Remember the date; scores of ref Be sure and call at Hotel Moro erences. offices at > Tuesday and Wednesday, July 21<f and 22d, and let Dr*. Lowe The Dalles and Moro, Or«. anfl Turner show you the new double vision glasses, which have no unsightly lines or seams, to catch the dirt, strain the eye or come apart; one light, solid piece of glass which enables you to read Attorney a t Law or do close work, and tee distant objects perfectly: the glasses look like a single pair, yet answer the purpose of two. Satisfaction guar anteed. Free demonstration. Oregon-Washington Railroad & Navigation Company Bright, Bryant & Ellis G M. Huddleston Wasco, J. For foil particulars ssk A . ROSE, Agent O -W . R. f t N
