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About Sherman County observer. (Moro, Sherman County, Or.) 1897-1931 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 7, 1914)
W H E N YOU T R A V E L by auto AND V IS IV T H E D A LLES STO R E YOUR CAR In the concrete, recently completed, tully equipped, roomy garage of W alther-W illiams Company. Competent workman always ready to help you, in any way J h S L C S L least expense to you. For any service rendered the charge w ill always be reason able. WALTHER-WILLIAMS GARAGE TH E D A LLES, - - OREGON. P Geo. F. M. Newhouse, Oph. D T lw Successors to O r« U O « C la rk e -N e w h o u s e 1 s e ll fo r cash J e w e lry Company o n ly F in e D iam o n d s, Jew e lry , W atches, C locks an d O p tical Goods. f io n n G G u u a a r r a a n n t t e e e e d o r M o n e y S S a a i is s i f a a c c t t io R e fu n d e d >0000000000000000000000000© OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOt Independent |||arehouse j¡ (Hilling Co R. H . M c K e a n , M a n a g e r, W a s c o , O re g o n D E A L E R S IN L im e , P la s te r , C e m e n t, B u ild e rs S u p p lie s , L u m b e r, W o o d , C o a l, C e d a r P o s ts , a n d H ay . Vh* Dating to August 1, 1914. W . S. U ’Rren has managed to MORO, OREGON. put himself in bad with the prohi- >itionists. He manipulated the F R ID A Y ............. August 7. 1914 political strings adtoitly enough to capture that party nomination Entered a« second clast matter at the for governor and which he ac poat office at Moro, Oregon, July 25, 1891. cepted in a very nice speech, tell ing the delegates that he sure C. L. I r e la n d ............. Manager.» would get there. Now it seems that he planned better than he built. The secre tary of state has notified him that under his election law, as drafted by U ’ Ren, he cannot be an inde pendent candidate and a party nominee also; he had to drop one Send lor advertising rate«. or the other.?* W e would like to have you take it, and He has decided that the best we know it would be profitable to you to become a subscriber. W e send it two way out o f the dilemma is to tell years for $2.50; one year $1.50; 12S cts a the prohibitionists that he don’t month isn’t much. T ry it. Order by postal card, and pay for it when you can. need them very much anyway. W e will not be responsible for the In a recent open letter to a paper neglect of subscribers to notify as of in Portland be said he was after changes in their address. Nor w ill the notification of a Postmaster that the sub the election as governor, and con scriber has “ Removed” settle the bill of a veyed the idea to some that pos delinquent. sibly he would much prefer being Church and Society notices F R E E , ex cept when for money making purposes. governor than being forced to Such notices at regular rates at the option comply w ith 'a clause of the elec of the publishers. tion law which he had written At any tim e when requested to do so. . „„...as the paper w ill be aiseontinued. But we some ten years betore nis canai- expect that all arrears wi.i be paid before L j g cy an(j through the enforce such request is made. It is easy to ask us r .. •* for a statement, which will be cheerfully ment of the same it was hoped rendered at any time. that political juggling would be to The price of The Observer is_$1 -SO per | arJ<e e x te n t les sen ed in the State. year, 75 cents for six montbs, 50 cants tor | • * _____________. four months—but if naid in «dvance we accept $2.5C in full ‘or 2 years. Shorter Eight-Hour Day Would Work Injury. terms than one jear 12S cents per month. A Blue Mark here will answer an in- query, when entered upon our calendar, giving the date of the paper as the date at which your current subscription expires. The European War Sitnatwu. MANUFACTURERS OF Sbenaaa Caaaty Realty Transfers. O b s e rv e r. The grain Growers Conveniences L. Barnum et al to F. G. Bar ton;-all o f sec 3, s e X of neX of Are not alone confined to Rural Free D eliver O d ® sec 4, tp 1 s. rl6e, W . M ., $500. and the Telephone. There is another convenience w » c i a Tumalum Lumber Co. to L. farmers should have — and many do have a c ec mg Barnum; lot 1, block 1, city o f count with a good bank. The possesnor of such an acc®^D M oro, $1. avoids the risk of having hiw money on his person or a u Neal Clark to M innie Bigger hie home where it is in danger of fire and thieves. staff. trustee; lots 1. 2, 3, 4 and 5 His bifts paid by check are not only a valid ieceipt, but in block 3, city o f M oro, $10. also a convenience in his home transactions where very o ten M innie Biggerstaff, trustee, to Sam P. Brisbine; lots 1,2,3, 4 and the necessary change for concluding settlement is not at ano 5 in block 3, city of M oro, $700. Don’t stop to think this over, but start an account now with Bertha Daugherty to J. J. W iley; nw X of n w X . swX o f neX . tcc 22. tp 5 s, rl6e, W . M ., $1200. Clarence Hartley to Annie Medler; lots 3 and 4 in block 18, Biggs’ 2d add to Wasco, $1. Annie M edler to W ilson M . A Z A J. A A AA. A. X J L A A iU Barnett; lots 11 and 12, block 1, McPherson’s 1st add to Wasco. $1. A. M cG ill to The American J . E. C O LEM A N Life & Accident Insurance Co.; g R. J . G IN N n X o f seX. neX of swX. seX of n w X . sec 8, tp 1 s. rl9 e ,W .M ., $1. The |||asco Warehouse milling Co. |ank, of ffloro. L i J . R . M o rg an ID o n tls t , MORO. 0 - OREGON 1st to 15th of each month. Office opposite Drs. Goffin W ASCO. - OREGON 16th to 30th of each month. It has been proposed that next Office opp. McCoy, Atwood Co November the voters adopt as law an eight-hour day for all in dustries in this state. The pro posed law, an initiative measure, provides that “ it shall be unlaw P h y s ic ia n a n d S u rg e o n . ful for any corporation or person M o ro , O re g o n . to permit any employe to work more than eight hours during any Office in residence. day of 24 hours, or more than 48 hours during any week of seven days.” G r o v e r J . D u f fe y This measure, if enacted, w ill ■ injure the present systems of man- | ufacturjng, farming and domestic L a w y e r. # 5 G IN N & C O L E M A N --------------------------------- « C o m p le te H a rv e s t G oods, S u p p ly of L u b r ic a tin g A .Q K P U T * * E x tra s O lla , O re a a e a . F O H | McCormick Line « Headers, Reapers, Etc D r. C. L . P oley A m ilitary madness has swept over continental Europe during the last week like a prairie fire, ’[ „ . i s p re p a red to buy w heat or b arley any oooooocoooooooooooooooooooooooooc engulfing in a vortex of war the 5 w here in th e c o u n ty an d so lic it y o u r OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Û rXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXD O O O O O O O C {nations of Servia, Austria, Russia, Germany, France, and possibly storage a t th e ir w arehouses a t R ufus, W H E N IN P O R T L A N D S T O P A T England and Italy. Later on, W asco, M cD onald, a n d Moro. d under treaty entanglements, w ill come Japan into the war arena to help England in a quarrel that is service. It may produce results !> not of their seeking. on h a n d a t all tim e s a t prices low er that would prove ruinous to the p C orner of 7 th and S ta rk S tre e t. Austria, Germany and Russia industries of Oregon. I t w i l l Office w ith W. H. R agsdale l> . th a n th e low est. F o r d e ta ils w rite, or are equally to blame for the world work mischief throughout the l> C H A S . W R IG H T . P re s id e n t p h o n e, or call on M C. D IC K ’ N S O N , M a n a g e r. upsetting wnich is upon us. The whole range of society and w ill OREGON. M ORO direct cause is deep seated and bear most hardly upon the very It is new, and its room s are pro v id ed w ith D. W. W ade, a g en t, W asco, O regon. <> dates as far back as 1866 and pos classes in whose interest it is sup r u n n in g w ater a n d long d is ta n c e telep h o n es. sibly to the organization of Ser posed to be—the wage-earners. E u ro p e a n p lan. K ates $1 p e r d a y a n d up. B EN N ETT, via as a kingdom in 1815, when The producers ,of this state al S IN N O T T, WRIGHT-DICKINSON HOTEL COMPANY that country came from under the ready suffer under the drawbacks 0 < X K K X X X X X )0 < X X X X < 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 < & GALLOW AY domination of lurkey. of distance from great markets, It is highly improbable that high charges for transportation, A T T O R N E Y S -A T -L A W nothing subjec ............ ; short of complete -----/ ’ ... high mgn rates v of i taxation, u s a m u u u , high «•■&>* inter General Practice tion of one side of the other w ill I ( on borroWed capital and rela- end the war that is im pending.1 tively high wages. — The imprac D A R N I E L L E B R O S ., P r o p rie to rs Oregon. t w ill leave deep scars that w ill ticability of an eight-hour day as The Dälles, need a century or more to efface, related to farm operations is ob with a strong probability that vious. The proposed law would C J . B r ig h t , W .C .B r y a n t , M .G . E l l is . -1 some of the nations of the earth . .render it necessary to hate a dif H e a d q u a r te r s for o u r S h e r m a n C o u n ty will be no more when the cost is of men attend (o >eing assessed by the victors, feed and care o f the farm stock frie n d s; p ric e s re a s o n a b le ; first c la s s ^ossibly there may be other new each Sunday as well as secure a B right, B ry an t & Ellis. r e s ta u r a n t w ith th e h o te l. nations arise as a result of the cook to do the work for that day. A tto rn e y s -a t-L a w war, and, again, possibly older The farmer’» business, especially nations now absorbed by some at harvest time, demands fre offices a t ,e T w o B lo c k s F r o m N e w D ep o t. of the warring nations may again quently 16 hours of labor. Where The D alles and M oro, O re. regain their national life. is he to get and how is he to pay F R E E A U T O B U S T O A N D F R O M A L L T R A IN S |S The war is an internecine fight the extra help that an eight-hour among branches of the same fam day would necessitate? A v e ra g e c o st of m a te ria l on S E V E N P A T E N T E D ily, that of Teuton against Slav, S IL O S b e in g so ld in th e N o rth w e s t, 'h - both white; but if the destruction 4 4 1 1 1 1 4 I I -l - t- l-t -1 1 I I ■r,t-l-!" l-t "l-t--F State School Fund Apportioned. should be carried to unusual p e r to n c a p a c ity , $ 4 .1 0 x NEW HOTEL PERKINS length, it w ill deliver the balance of Official apportionment of the Attorney a t Law power to the races of Chinese, H in state school fund for the ensutag Portland, Oregon. dus and Japanese and their related year was made this week by the A v e ra g e c o st of m a te ria l on th r e e d iffe re n t Eastern Oregon Headquarters. families to sitfh an extent that state treasurer on a basis of school - O regon —— i — Europe and America may enter population numbering201,887 and W asco , P o sitiv ly m st centrally upon a second series of medieval a per capita of $1.85, an increase located F ifth St. cars pass conquest by an opposing c iv ili of two cents over last year. the doors eve* y few minutes. zation. The school population of the — -•Ti’X’it---- state has increased 4,777 over that Obtaining Good Roads. L a s tin g ju s t a s lo n g , w ith ju s t a s g ood s e rv ic e ; P o p u la r P riced R estau ran t of last year and the earned inter E u ro pean P lan . Pates $1 0 0 an d up F u r n is h e d on a d a y ’s n o tic e ; Officials of the department of est fund has increased $15,000 L. Q. SWETLAND, Mp. L agriculture have estimated that during, the same time, there being M a te ria l c o m p le te , in c lu d in g s p e c ia l in s id e silo 'N e a r Jo se p h , O regon, in total of $373,490.95 to dis $206.000,000 have been spent in c o a tin g a n d in s id e p a in t; th e Pow der R iv e r m o u n □O O O C K XXXXX XXX < X X > 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - <>CAXy .X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X ) the United States during the year tribute. Sherman county w ill re ta in s, re a ch e d o n ly via 4. W i t h F R E E P L A N S A N D S P E C I F I C A T I O N S 1913 for better roads, which is ceive $1,831.50; three other coun ♦ ***_‘ ties w ill receive a smaller amount said to be two and a half times the total amount spent for a like and Multnomah county the larg Grass Valiev, Oregon. purpose nine years ago. The est, $91,883.95. mileage of permanent roads built Position is Enviable. by the different states last year is an id eal lak e an d c m ,v e n ie n t to busi nee«. E n tirs lv totaled nearly 21,000 miles, or m o u n ta in re so rt. Live Eugene Guard. Dr. James Glean beds, and iab.e l i t ’ »est the m arket only about two thousand miles o u t of door». B re ath e 3000 1 8 -in c h a n d 2 1 -in c h p o sts in sto ck . < a>m- will a f f o r d . Prices reasonable less than the famous road system Withycombe is one candidate p u re, in v ig o ra tin g air. 2 C a rs R o c k S p rin g c o al in tra n s it. niercial trade solicited. o f France. There are but seven who is in a position to be envied. E n jo y th e p u rs u it of He has behind him the full states in the union that have no n a tu re -g iv e n p leasu res. F r e s h c e m e n t a lw a y s in sto ck . state highway laws. The same strength of a reunited party, and CONDUCTED ON THE BEST PRINCIPLES. —5-----------------------~ ~ E v e r y th in g in th e b u ild in g line. authority says that automobile he has the hearty friendship and ^ooooooooooo^ay»^« support of all his late opponents Ticket« on «ale every day at l0 0 0 < x ^COOOOeOOOOOOOOO<XXX»C.OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO owners paid $7,820,895 in license and fees daring 1913, nearly all in the primary election. There ONE AMD ONE-THIRD FARE are no sore spots to be avoided ) being applied to road work. for the round trip. and no old wounds that have not O f the above amounts Oregon For full particular* a«k any agent o f . W C . RUTLEDGE. Proprietor. J collected, in license and fees dur yet healed over. He is generally the O -W . g . # N , >: ¡ng 1913 $43,476, and it is esti- admitted to be an estimable gen ' mated that this state spent a total tleman and a man who is fully N e a r e s t H o te l t o B u s in e s s C e n t e r , B a n k of $3.600,000 when all district, acquainted with the needs of the a n d D e p o t. C o u r t e o u s T r e a t m e n t , C le a n county, state and private aid has state. He is calm and sane and B e d s a n d T a b l e t h e b e s t t h e m a r k e t w ill been considered. This year the level-headed—qualities in a chief state w ill spend $238,000 direct executive that the stste stands In a ffo rd . besides the various sums raised special need of just now. M IL L F E E D A N D HOTGL FLO UR. ORGGON Far,¡lie Coast Elevator Company!; The Celebrated Snow Drift Flour j; H o tel a l b e r t The Dalles, Oregon $ 4 .1 0 P E R T O N $ 1 .9 2 P E R T O N C. M . H uddleston W ALLOW A LAKE PARK VIN TO N HO TEL Uregoo - Washington Railroad & Navigation Co. .- HOTEL MORO TUM-A-LUM SILOS Per ton Capacity, $1.92 See Martin about it O s Home of Tum-a-Lumber S U N D A Y D IN N E R S 3 5 C . Opposite Postoffice Moro Oregon. locally by district and county. State bank eiamlneia report a Oregon has been credited by the department with having 35,- decrease of deposits in Oregon 896 miles of road, of which 4,941 national banks from November /.nn.ifl.r»/! im n rn vid hitihwav JOB PRINTING
