Sherman County observer., July 31, 1914, Image 2

T h e O b s e rv e r* Farmer« °
W H E N YÖU T R A V E L
pp ° * Eight h <
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Local Cknrdi
for Sunday, August 2.
f i l l (rain (rowers [o m n ie n c ei
Resolution! opposing the initia*
MORO, OREGON.
live eight hour law have been Methodist church:
BY AUTO
Sunday School at 10 a.m.
adopted by farmers in various
AND VISIT TH E DA LLES
F R ID A Y ................. July 31. 1914
Are not xlune confined to Rural Free Delivery of m aiL
Preaching at Spaulding. 11 a.m.
parts of Oregon. They take the
and
the
Telephone.
There is another convenience which all
and
at
M
oro
at
8
p.m.
view that it would work a hard­
Entered e> second class matter at the
/farmers
should
have
—
and many do have y - a checking a c ­
A
ll
are
heartily
invited.
post office at M oro, Oregon, July 2S, 1891. ship on the agricultural interest of
- John Robertson, pastor.
count with < good bank.
The possessor of such an account
the state if the measure should be
In the concrete, recently completed, fully equipped,
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= = = .
avoids
the
risk
of
having
his
money oh his person or alx>ut
enacted
in
t
o
1
law,
as
it
would
roomy garage of W alther-W illiam s Company.
Competent
C. L. I reland ............. Manager..
Presbyterian church:
his
home
where
it
is
in
danger
of
fire and thieves.
more
than
double,
on
the
aver­
workman always ready to help you in any way they can at
Sabbath School at 10 a.m.
His
bills
paid
by
check
are
not only a valid receipt, but
age,
the
cost
of
farming
in
O
re­
least expense to you. For any service rendered the charge
M orning service at 11 a. m.
also a cJnvenienoe in hjs home transactions where very often
gon, and alaodecrease instead of
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w ill al ways be reasonable. __________
A . J. Adams, pastor.
the necessary change for concluding settlement is not at band
increase wages paid farm em­
ployees because of the impossi­
Don’t stop to think this over, but start an account now with
b ility of maintaining the wage and Farm Bargain
hour standard set by the proposed
T H E DALLES.
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O REGO N.
The H enry ’ Frock ranch of
law.
Send for advertising rates.
960 acres, located four and a half
U nder present conditions farm­ miles from Grass Valley; 500 acres
If you do not read The Observer, why
not?
ing is none too profitable, and under cultivation; 200 acres extra
W e would like to have you take it, and these conclusions seegi logical. good summer fallow; good orch­
we know it would be profitable to you to
ard; deep well, with abundance of
T l,e
F become a subscriber. W e send it two There are considerable areas in water and pumping engine; very
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years for $2.50; one year $1.50; 12 # eta a Oregon that" now just about pay
good improvements. This pro p ­
Successors to C la rk e -N e w h o u s e J e w e lry Com paay
month isn’t much. T ry it. Order by
postal card, and pay for it when you can. the farmer th e cost of producing erty is well worth $16,000.00, but
I
1 s e ll fo r c a s h o n ly
Inauch a situation the my price is $13,000.00. Terms:
W e w ill not be responsible for the the crop.
neglect of subscribers to notify as of farmer ¡6 trying to keep a home, $3000.00 down; ’ balance to suit
d Fine Diamonds, Jewelry, Watches,
changes in their address. Nor will the
purchaser. For particulars ad­
Clocks and Optical Goods, a notification of a Postmaster that the sub­ wait for better times and the hope dress
C. A. B uckley ,
scriber has “ Removed” settle the bill of a of building up a closer market by
jyl7 tf
Grass Valley, Oregon.
delinquent.
advent o f railroads. A grave
S a is fa c tio n G u a ra n te e d o r M o n e y R e fu n d e d
Church and Society notices F R E E , ex­
problem in Oregon, as well as ¡n
cept when for money making purposes.
Such
notices
at
regular
rates
at
the
option
the country at large, is the finding Travelers at Biggs
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of the publishers.
of sufficient incentive to induce
Should
try
(Air
famous
chick­
W H EN IN P O R T L A N D S T O P A T
At any timewhen requested to do so,
Courteous treatment.
more men to go upon the soil. en plate dinners; all kinds of nice
the paper will be discontinued. But we
expect that all arrears wi . i be paid before The country is im porting increas­ sandwich, pie, cake, good coffee.
Prices the m ost reasonable.
such request is msde. It is easy to ask us
W olfard L unch C ounter
ing quantities of food products, a
for a statertnent, which will be cheerfully
F R E E B U IL D IN G P L A N S on hom es, barns,
condition manifestly detrimental
rendered at any time.
That evil
The price of The Observer is $1.50 per to national ' welfare
m ilk houses, hog houses, silos, septic tanks,
Corner of 7th and Stark Street.
year, 75 cents for six months, 50 cents for
w ill not be helped b y % laying rig­
four months—but if r»sid in «dvance we
school houses and churches.
C H A S . W R IG H T . P re s id e n t
accept $2.50 in full for 2 years.
Shorter orous legislation upon the pro­
M C . D I C K IN S O N , M a n a g e r .
terms than one year 12 # cents per month. ducers of agricultural wealth. The
MORO.
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OREGON
5. M illwork facilities, including show cases and
A Blue Mark here will answer an in-
I t us new, and its room s are p ro v id e d w ith
f
truer
policy
w
ill
be
to
foster
con­
query, when entered upon our calendar,
1st to 15th of each month.
store fixtures.
r u n n in g w a te r and lo n g d ista n ce telep hone s.
giving the date ol the paper as the date at ditions that w ill make agriculture
Office
opposite
Drs.
Goffin
which your current subscription expires
E u ro p e a n p la n .
Kates $1 per da y and up.
more inviting.
T w o c a r s 1 8 a n d 2 1 -in ch c e d a r p o s ts h a v e
Some of our farmer friends
W ASCO .
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OREGON
Wheat Market Conditions.
have not taken the interest in this
j u s t a r r iv e d . ;
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16th to 30th of each month.
measure that they should. They
A large number of our farmer rely on individual contracts with Office Qpp. McCoy, Atwood Co
S c r e e n d o o r s in sto c k .
friends are in*the habit of saying:
their employees; but they have
“ When crops are poor we have not read the proposed law, which
• L e t u s f ig u r e w ith y o u o n coal.
nothing to sell, and when they provides that the provisions of
D r . C . L . P o le y
D A R N I E L L E B R O S ., P r o p r ie to rs
are large we get next to nothing the law apply equally well to
for them.” This year the wheat members o f an employer’s family.
P h y sician a n d Surgeon.
crop in the northwestern part of Not even a relative can work
the United States w ill probably
M oro, O regon.
overtime, not saying anything
H e ad q u a rte rs for our S h erm an County
be the largest ever known, and about a stranger.
Office in resid en ce.
the indications are that the prices
friends; prices reasonable; first class
w ill be good. There seems to be
re sta u ra n t w ith the hotel.
Schools of Sherman County.
a prospect that the demand w ill
G r o v e r J . D u ffe y
be unparalleled. The interna­
Records in the office of the
tional agricultural bureau reports county superintendent show that
Two B locks F rom N ew Depot.
L aw y er. -
that the total wheat crops of the for the school-year just closed
9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 < M » W M flM * i» * * e < M * « M 0 M M * > £
three largest early producers, A r­ there were 31 organized school
J. E. COLEMAN
gentina, Australia and India, have districts in the county, with an av­
R. J . GINN
Office with W. H. Ragsdale
fallen far below last year’s yield. erage day*8 attendance of 149 pu­
FREE AUTO B U S TO AND FROM ALL TRAINS
One large determining factor, pils. O f these schools, 17 taught
OREGON.
i
MORO
not fully credited by Sherman a nine months’ school course.
county farmers, is the freight rates There is reported to be. 990 chil­
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this year being based upon the dren of school age in the county;
passage of the Panama canal by 694 are registered as attending B EN N ETT,
a
A
C o m p le te
S u p p ly
of
E x tra s
freighters with wheat for Atlantic, school, and 95 per cent, or 661,
SIN N O TT,
European and American ports. attended regularly.
H a rv e s t
G o o d *,
L u b r ic a tin g
O lla , O r e a a e a .
 GALLOWAY
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This reduction, we have been
«
Each of the 31 districts has a
a g k x t m
r o w
told, averages close to 12 cents a
attorneys - at - law
school house, two new buildings
9
bushel, which means that Sher­
«
General Practice
being erected this year in the
3
man county farmers would have
county, employing 55 teachers
to sell for that much less if the
O regon. 0
^ 7
during the various terms. The The D alles,
Panama canal were not in oper
value of all school houses in the
ation.' Another factor that would
jy
county is estimated to be $52,150;
z
C .J .B r ig h t , W .C . B r y a n t . M . G . E l l is .
have provided a better price for
the furnishings are valued at
Sherman county wheat is the tolls
$9,973, with insurance of only
exemption for American owned
$29,950. The total indebtedness
ships using the canal. Now our
of all districts is $15,278, o f which
wheat comes into competition
U sed by the big majority of
amount there is warrant indebted­
A ttorn eys-at-L aw
with wheat raised in the Alberta
ness of $6,416 and bonded in­
Rifle, Pistol and R evolver Shots
section of Canada, and Sherman
is prepared to buy wheat or barley any
offices at
debtedness $6,900. Last year an
T M U S T be a satisfaction to the individual rifle,
county farmers have paid their
pistol or revolver user to know that his prefer­
where in the county and solicit your
average three-mill special tax was
ence for Remington-UMC Metallica is shared alike
part of the national debt caused
The
Dalles
and
Moro,
Ore.
voted in each district.
storage at th eir warehouses at Rufus,
by professional experts, crack-shots and sports­
by the canal and get no more
men in all parts of the world.
During
the
year
there
was
an
Wasco, McDonald, and Moro.
A n d th is a c c o u n t» . to o . lo t th e m a rk e d in c re a s e e v e ry y a a t
benefits from the short com­
i a th e d e m a n d for R e m i n g t o n - U M C M e ta llic » ,
enrollment
of
90
pupils
in
grades
mercial cut than does a Canadian
R e m i n g t o n - U M C M e ta llic a a r e m a d e fo r e v e ry s ta n d a r d
C . M . H u d d le s to n
—
a n d f o r e v e ry c a lib re in oae.- n fle . p is to l a n d r e v o lv e r .
farmer who uses it. That is one above the eighth and 32 diplomas
G e t th e m fr o m th e d e a le r w h o » h o w « th e 'Afrd Hall ."Mark
nan o f S p o rts m e n » H e a d q u a r te r » .
of the benefits of electing non- were issued to the students.
T o k e e p y o u r * u n c le a n e d e n d lu b r ic a te d
u se R e m
on hand at all times at prices lower
One of the most noteworthy
O i l . th e n e w p o w d e r s o lv e n t, rust p re v e n ta tiv e , a n d g u n
partisan national senators.
labneaat.
A tto rn ey a t L aw
features
of
the
record
were
that
91
than the lowest.
For details write, or
Another market factor is short
Anne-Union Metallic Cartridge Co.
visits
were
made
to
30
schools,
crops in the European countries
phone, or call on
Iru a d w a y .
N e w Y o rk
and the very large probability of with an average of two hours to
j
D. W. Wade, agent, Wasco, Oregon.
a great European war, brought on the visit, traveling a total o f 2800
FO R S A L E BY
by Austria in revenge for the miles to make these visits. A n­
murder of the heir to the throne other interesting fact is that the
by Servian agitators who owed various districts have a total of T H E L IF E CAREER OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
him a grudge for the interest 3900 library hooks, 196 being pur­
"S c h o o lin g in y o u th »ho uld In v a r ia b ly he
taken by him in parceling their chased during the last school yeai. d ire rected
c te d to p re p a re a perso n in th e bee* w a y
r
th
e best
e r m a n e n t o c c u p a tio n fo r w h ic h
for
the
best p perms
country after the late wars.
he is capable1 —President C
There have ’been several at­
Farmers generally receive the
This Is the Mission of the
R. H . M c K e a n , M a n a g e r , W a s c o , O r e g o n
tempts by American grain dealers lowest price that their produce is
to lower the price of wheat, but ever sold for and pay the highest
Forty-sixth School Year Opens
each time foreign buyers have prices that their supplies ever
quickly
come
into
the
market
and
command.
This
condition,
ac­
SE PTEM BER 18th, 1914
D E A L E R S IN
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checked any serious fall in prices. cording to economists at the Ore­
W rite for illustrated 100-page Book­
L im e, P la ster , C em en t, B u ild ers
“ THE LIFE C areer ,” and for Cata­
Another thing to be considered Js g o n Agricultural College, is but let,
log containing full information.
S u p p lies, L um ber, W ood, Coal,
that the moment wheat falls be­ one of the evils of the present
D e g ree Courses — A G R IC U LT U R E :
Cedar P o sts, and H ay.
low 70 cents it comes in compe­ system of unorganized marketing. Agronomy, Animal Husbandry,Dairy Hus­
bandry. Poultry Husbandry, Horticulture.
tition with other farm products High prices charged to farmers Agriculture for Teachers. FORESTRY,
’ M ANUFACTURERS OF
for hog and cattle feed and will a ne caused in part by the extrava­ logging E ngineering , home eco ­
Q ueen of a l! P a c ific N o r th w e s t S u m m e r R esorts
nom ics Domestic Science, Domestk Art,
he used for that purpose rather gant methods of trade, since farm­ ENGINEERING: 1 Electrical, Irritation,
M IL L F E E D A N D F L O U R .
Highw ay, Mechanical, Chemical, Mining.
than be sent to market to further ers pay a share of the wasteful Ceramics.
CO
M
M
ERCE.
PHARMACY.
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force down the price. From every methods of distribution.
INDUSTRIAL ARTS.
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Vocational Courses-Agriculture, D airy­
point
of
view
it
seems
that
farm­
Oregon-Washington Railroad & Navigation Company
ing, Home Makers* Course, Industrial
ers are to get a good price for •Among the surprises that the Arts, Forestry, Business Short Course.
O A L IT T L E M ISSIO N A R Y W O R K IN YOUR
School o f M usic— Piano, String, Band,
their enormous crop of wheat. department of fine arts w ill give
S e ll* ro u n d -trip tic k e ts at lo w fares w ith
idle days by telling your neighbors o f • the good
%
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eir
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in 1915 will be the presentation of
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Geo. F. M. Newhouse, Oph. D.
f i e |||ueo U|ar»hou«e milling C d .
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J. R. Morgan
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WRIGHT-DICKINSON HOTEL COMPANY
H otel a l b e r t
The Dalles, Oregon
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J-f.
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about it .
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Bright, Bryant & Ellis.
Pacific Coast Elevator Company
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Wasco,
Moro Hardware & Implement Co.
Independent Warehouse ( Milling (o
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T H E W A T E R ’S F IN E
NORTH BEACH
D
The holdover senators from
Multnom ah county are preparing
a bill to consolidate about thirty
commissions under five heads and
save about half a m illion taxes
annually.
For fu ll p arti ulars ask
A. ROSE,
Agent O-W. R • & N.,
M oro, Oregon
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paintings by Samuel Morse, in ­
ventor of the telegraph; Robert
Fulton, inventor of the steam­
boat; Col. Baden-Powell, warrior,
and Mrs. W oodrow W ilson. En­
gravings by ' Paul Revere, the
famous patriot, w ill be displayed.
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