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About Sherman County observer. (Moro, Sherman County, Or.) 1897-1931 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 14, 1914)
The work being done by Sher to throw unjust burdens of tax The democratic administration man county on the Fulton grade, ation on the men who happen to must soon put some sort of a qui The Pacific Coast Manufacturer lave a little more property or etus on different proposed schemes leading to The Dalles, has been recently said that the great prob capital than some of the rest of of fiat money that is beginning to finished for this season. It is the M ORO. OREGON. lem before the people of Oregon us. We must encourage capital come to public notice. The offic intention of the county authori is building up our state indus to invest in real estate, industries, ials of the government mint at ties to either gravel or oil the 1914 FRID A Y .............August 14. trially, so that there may be a bet lanks. public utilities and mer Denver have seriously proposed sandy parts of this road during ter home market for products and chandising. to buy silver at an arbitrary price, the winter months after travel, has Entered • • «econd cl««« po., office at Moro, Oregon. July 25. 1891. better support for the industries With such a program in the in an effort to establish a market more firmly set the work. The we now have. On top of this we minds and consciousness of the price, up to $17,000,000 worth of road is now on a more uniform .. Manager. have the imperative duty of people, Oregon would resume the metal at 50 cents an ounce. grade, and the up and down hill C. L. I reland bringing about conditions so that 1er old-time prosperity and go Hoke Smith and other southern seesaw is at an end. Wheat teams there may be many new factories ahead by leaps and bounds. To senators want the United States to are using the road to deliver grain established and industries devel establish faith in the future of this buy cotton on warehouse receipts to Miller’s station, the county oped. This includes every line commonwealth there must be the up to $150.000,000 worth. It having a man hired to assist in of human endtavor, from open leartiest co-operation along con might be a good idea to have the keeping the grade in condition ing up new land for cultivation, structive lines. Trying to accom government buy some wheat on and to straw the parts liable to It you do not read The Obaerver, why opening up stone quarries and plish everything by political agi warehouse receipts and help boost wear by reason of the material for filling being dry when used brick yards, woolen mills, plan tation and coercive legislation the price to a dollar. •ot? W e would like to have you take it, and for the new grade. ¡ng mills, public utilities and rail only drives away industries and we know it would be profitable to you to roads. become a »ubtcribcr. W e tend H t<® Exporters are beginning to can makes the investment of capital year, for $2.50; one year $1.50; 12% ct. • Grants Pass took the initiative See Millikin “ the harness mak- in construction enterprises uphill cel ship charters, using a clause in month ¡.n ’t much. T ry »t. Order by postal card, and pay for it when you can. and voted bonds to start the con work. the contract that this right is re er ’’ at Wasco, Oregon. The thing for the people of served by both parties for a W e will not be re.pon.ible for the struction of a railroad to Crescent •eflect of »ub.criber. to . notify a. of City Roseburg is taking the Oregon to consider is that while period of fourteen days from dec change, in their addreaa. Nor will the notification of a P etm a.ter that the aub- same steps to start a railroad to they are all working to better laration of war by the nation un acriber ha. “ Removed" »ettle the bill of a the Coos Bay country. These their conditions individually, col der whose flag the vessel is oper delinquent. affirmative actions of enterprising lectively they are asked to enact ated. A number of ships retain Church and Society notice. F R E E , ex new laws making it impossible to their charter rights, and these are cept when for money making purpoae«. communities are not all that Such notices at regular rate, at the option needed to get more railroad con accomplish that result. expected to proceed under the of the publisher.. struction in Oregon. The atti risk of the owder and the guaran ) At any timewhen requested to do ao, Local Chnrck Annonnceidents the paper will be discontinued. But we tude of hostility and the desire tee of England as to payment of In Germany, where pro expect that all arrears wi.t be paid before for radical legislative and admin for Sunday, August 16. oss if captured by, an enemy« hibition is unknown and auch request is made. It is easy to ask us where all the people have for a statement, which will be cheerfully istrative control of corporations Several vessels on the Sound, in * been temperate drinker« of rendered at any time. has got to be changed into a pol Methodist church: . the Columbia river and at San Sunday School at 10 a.m. wholesome beers and light The price of The Obaerver is $1.50 per icy of friendly co-operation and rancisco have had their charters year, 75 cents for six months, 50 cents for wines, there is less drunk-, Preaching service in Spaulding four months —but if naid in -dvance we encouragement if we are to get cancelled, as well as other vessels enrteas than in Maine or in at 12 (noon) and in Moro at 8 accept $2.50 in full ‘or 2 years. Shorter large sums of money expendec Kansas—the two most con due*to arrive. terms than on«, year 12% cents per month p. m. spicuous prohibition states on construction work. A Blue Mark here will answer an in All are heartily invited. in the Union. query, when entered upon our calendar, Speaking about the war in Eu It is not enough to encourage John Robertson, pastor. giving the date oi the paper as the date at . The same is true of France rope, it can be said that there is the Made-in-Oregon campaign which your current subscription expires and Italy. The world over right on each side, and there is and ask the people to purchase Presbyterian church: you will find that the really Sabbath School at 10 a.m. wrong on both sides, but the pre temperate races are those Providence distributes its favors more of the products of the home Sermon a f 11 o’clock by the ponderance of sympathy and who are not prohibited from If we want the indus- m ore evenly and equitably than ] industry drinking temperate bever pastor. judgment in the English-speaking make it pos most men adm it. T h e p o o r | tries to flourish and ages such as beer and wine. You are invited. world falls to Great Britain and keenly enjoy their little, the rich sible to get more manufacturing Prohibition in Germany, Prance A. J. Adams, pastor. France as the proven friends of or Italy would produce exactly but slightly enjoy their m uch. enterprises in Oregon we have human freedom, and to Russia as the sam e resu lts that it has pro T h e latter h ave m ore possessions, got to reduce taxation, we have duced in every sta ts in the Union the champion of the struggling Some Interesting Parallels. got to quit enacting experimental but the form er m ore pow er of en- where prohibitory laws have been Slav, and against the countrjes of enacted. It would b o * stop men oym ent. A bundance abates ap labor legislation, and we have (From the Youth’« Companion.) Austria and Germany in their ill- iron? drinking nor decrease drunk got to quit inventing new schemes petite. In 1879 our country was slowly disguised efforts to annex more enness, but it would drive out ths mild drinks and encourage men struggling out from the prolonged territory to themselves. who do drink to resort secretly to hard times that followed the great the highly concentrated spirits. panic of 1873. The American Abuse of the initiative is shown If prohibition really saved men wheat crop of 1879 was the larg when Attorney-General Grawford from the ‘ ‘curse of drink ’ ’ it would have more to commend It to ths est ever harvested up to that date, says the bill to abolish the desert intelligence of the people. But, as and when it was just approaching land board should be called “ a the great ©di tor, Henry W atterson, maturity, a blight of abnorma measure disposing of the present observes in the Louisville Courier- Journal, “ I t does not promote wintry weather in midsummer fel state engineer and putting another > either temperance or virtue. It on the European grain fields anc man in his place at a higher sal arouses human passion to frenzy spoiled a very great part of their ary.” The originators of the by restricting private rights. It does not reduce drunkards. It crop. The result was so sudden measure objected to the title given multiplies Pharisees and male and so enormous a demand for it by the attorney-general and factors.” —Paid Ad v a rti a aa an t. our wheat, and at such profitable brought suit to have it changed, prices, that the ball of prosperity but the court held^the title was was instantly set rolling in this correctly stated. country. J. R. Morgan ------ • In 1897 the United States was The bureau of crop estimates, again emerging- from prolonged Z D exxtlst business depression, again the af department of agriculture, esti MORO, - O R EG O N termath of a great financial panic mates for August first that Oregon .will harvest a wheat crop of 17,- any —this time the panic of 1893. '1st to 15th of each month. 000,000 bushels, including both Office opposite Drs. Coffin he business outlook, even in winter and spring wheat. The 897, was doubtful and threaten average for the last five years has WASCO. - O R EG O N ing. We raised that year a wheat been 16.354,000 bushels. The crop only once before exceeded 16th to 30th of each month. in our previous history, and in United States, as a whole, is Office opp. McCoy. Atwood Co expected to harvest 920,479,000 the same season a series of dis asters—drought. hail and river bushels. loods—came on the European The fourth edition of Professor arms that their wheat harvest de Dryden’s bulletin, feeding for creased thirty per cent from the eggs, has just been issued by the Physician and Surgeon. very moderate crop of the year extension division of the O. A. C. before. So urgent was the bid of and may be had upon request. Moro, Oregon. the European markets for our Each of the three former edition* wheat that we actually exported, was exhausted, showing the sus Office in residence. in the next twelve months, nearly tained demand for re’iable data twice as much wheat as in the on the subject of feeding poultry preceding season, and sold it for to secure a good egg supply. Grover J. Duffey $120,000.000 more. The fact that a period of trade According to the printed report Lawyer. depression, not unlike that of the of State Insurance Commissioner occasions just referred to, is now J. W. Ferguson, received at this again prevailing in the United Office with W. H. Kagadale States makes the present coinci office, there are 280 insurance dence of the predicted 900,000,- companies in Oregon, employing MORO - OREGON. 000-bushel wheat crop particularly 7,503 agent*. Receipts of the office for the year 1913 were interesting in view of the circum $119,130.54, an increase over the stance that a general European B E N N ETT, war, in which all the nations of previous year of $8,364.10. S IN N O T T, Europe will participate before its A hind quarter of frozen beef & Q ALLO W A Y end, will create for this year’s wheat crop of the United States, is on sale in London, England, A T T O R N E Y S -A T -L A W as well as all other food stuffs this that has hung io the ice room for eighteen years. The firm sold all General Practice nation can supply, a competitive S a l M Sl«! O ■ i . « * * T - t * 0 7 « M t m t »fib BnalMHa- their meat* to the English army, ohc c - w u - . x p market only limited by the ability U m . S*hMk W b * Oregon. to deliver at former unheard of and this piece was reserved for The Dalles, public sale." It was kept as an ex prices and quantities. periment and is said to be in good condition. t We all read the speculations of Something fo r A ll to Consider. O b se r v e r . fh a grain graaara g o n n iaieaa Are not alone confined to Rural Free Deiiveiy of mail and the Telephone. There is another convenience which all farmers should have — and many do have — a checking ac count with a good bank. The possdssor of such an account avoids the risk of having his money on his perron or about* his home where it is in danger of fire and thievee. Hie bills paid by check are not only a valid ieoeipt,but also a convenience in his home transacti'u s w here very often the necessary change for concluding settlement is not at hand Don’t stop to think this over, but start an account now with fk e |||«co Ig irih u te fflillii! g>- Bank, ef fflara. A X 4 A* AxA a b b a b A b b A 'A A S a 4 S J. E. COLEMAN R. J. GINN Prohibition : vs. Tem perance 7 « ------- IN N & COLEMAN ---------------------------- L’ ; M » a a a i NEW ICE CREAM PARLOR H a rv e s t C o m p le te G o o d *, S u p p ly of L u b r ic a tin g AQKNTI K x tro w O lla , O r e a a e a . P O H McCormick Line Headers, Reapers, Etc a a aaaa^aa aaaa^aaa Padftc t a t Elevator Company is prepared to buy. wheat or barley any where in the county and solicit your storage at their warehouses at Rufus, Wasco, McDonald, and Moro. !; The Celebrated Snow Drift flour on hand at ajl times at prices lower than the lowest. For details write, or phone, or call on D. W. Wade, agent, Wasco, Oregon. a a a /a a /a a a a a /a a $ a^ YOUR PATRONAGE SOLICITED I have opened an ice cream parlor in connection with my jewelry business and am now ready to serve you with thing desired in the line of ice cream, fountain or bottled soda and soft drinks D r. C. L . P oley C M S , TOBACCO AND CANOT a $ 4 .1 0 P E R T O N $ 1 .9 2 P E R T O N Average cost of material on SEVEN PATENTED SILOS being sold in the Northwest, per ton capacity, $4.10 Y our P atronage W ill Be Appreciated w. ro ; Moro, Oregon and C .J . B r ig h t , W .C .B r tan t . M .G .E l l i *. than 40 yean Used by o f . ------------- pistol o r - - rovolvoT y o _____ v •> - H A T E V E R ------------ ... W p ort ■aos.yo« a re p ra tty aero to find hiaa ab«M>tio< R o m in tto e -U M C oinaeeeitioe. N oted fo r o ve r 40 years fo r aero fire , eccerecy. precision. ¡A C « is ts r ’ f b e RAss i sr er «■— . ' _ U a r c - s r a s — r ~ / I h . III« I r...- -. s e s r y ceB b ve- r e r s lr se . ■ ■ —— - --------------- a— c l ~ ~ 4 — J R a a u n fto a A rm s-U nio o M eta llic C a rtrid g e m m hhbrhhbm m hhh FOR SALE aaa Ce. R m b m h h m m r k - V BY irdware & Implement Co, expert* about the European situ ation with absorbed interest, hut experience suggests that we should not rely upon it altogether. The relative military and naval strength of the power* is a matter of inter est, and under the rule of proba bilities all should greatly respect expert conclusion* based on the same. But we are reminded that some gloiomy pi edictions at the outset of the Spanish-American war proved to be unwarranted. The Russo-Japanese forecast* were likewise unreliable. The personal equation is always variable and 4 there it such a thing a* luck, or perhaps a more pious name for it could ba found. A new line of river boats has begun operations between Port land and The Dalles, leaving Portland at eleven at night and The Dalle* at noon, a round trip each day except Friday night from Portland and Saturday from The Dalles.- TT ÌI..U- Texas returned a majorit; against submission of a prohi bition amendment July 25ih. The simple solution of the puzzle is that the whole wet and dry ques tion has “gone stale’’ in Texas. Try the lam oui Sunday dinner st the Hotel Moro. Average cost of material on three different TUM-A-LUM SILOS 1. Lasting just as long, with just as good service; 2. Furnished on a day’s notice; 3. Material complete, including special inside silo coating and inside paint; 4. With FREE PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS Per ton Capacity, $1.92 3000 18-inch and 21-inch posts in stock. 2 Cars Rock Spring coal in transit. Fresh cement always in stock. Everything in the building line. Bright, Bryant & Ellis. Attorneys-at-I^iw offices at fice H . 17. M artin about it Th< Dalits and Moro, Ort. C. M . Huddleston Attorney a t Law r Wasco, - Oregon Ì R Home of Tum-a-Lumber JOB PRINTING
