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Meet* tbe first and third
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V taking member
cordially invited to mee
By order of W . M .
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M o m L o d « o , N o . I1B ,
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every Saturday
at 7 J 0 o ’clock.
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F.»R. F a o a m , Secretary
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Rendel R Howard was a visit
or at the Experiment Station this
week', gathering data for a series
of articles soon to appear in tbe
Oregonian.
Assessor Otto Peetz is io Pori-,
land attending, the state assessors
convention. Otto is an ex-presi
dent. as well aa ex-secretary, of
tbe association.
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J. C. Hockman is building a
cistern at bis farm north of M oro,
which be intends to line with
Lehigh cement secured from the
Tumalum Lumber Co.
T ry L. W. R o m ’ chocolate ice
cream soda.
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A. H . Barnum and family en
tertained his brother, L. Barnum,
T ry the tamous Sunday dinner and family and his sister, M rs.L.L.
the Hotel M oro.
Peet» and family, at an informal
Beat mucilage and*brushes at the family dinner last Sunday.
Observer Book Store.
> M oro and G rau Valley will
, See M illikin “ the harness mak have moving pictures two nights
er” at Wasco, Oregon.
each week, beginning Saturday
evening
at M oro. Vaudeville acts
G o to L. W . Ross.for your cold
will be part of the evenings enter
drinks and ice cream dainties.
tainment.
Always in stock, beautiful Birth
L D . Pike and family were bus
Day Postal Cards, at the Observer
iness
visitors from The Dalles on
Book Store.
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Tuesday." Irw in said he had to
Abstracts promptly made by the
hurry back, as he is one" of the
Sherman County Abstract Com
carpenters working on the I O O F
pany, M oro, Oregon.
building in that city.
Carbolinium, fresh stock, direct
H . Macbeth has returned to
from Germany, now on sale at
M oro and opened a tailor shop
T h e Observer Book Store.
in the Phillips building. W o rk
I have a good residence in entrusted to him will be finished
M oro for sale, possibly two. J. to your satisfaction. Special at
M . Parry; enquire at post office. tention given ladies* suits, press
$2000 and more, to loan on ing, cleaning, remodeling, alter
farm lands. Interest eight per cent. ing. relining, etc.
Sherman County Abstract Com
The J. P. O ’ Meara Implement
pany, M oro, Oregon.
and Supply Co. hat had tbeir
Y our chickens will soon pay agency territory enlarged by the
for them helves in increased egg H e lt Harvester Co to include a(J
production if you will use a quart of Shrman, G illiam , Wheeler.
can of carbolineum around the M orrow Crook, Waaco, counties
chicken house and perches; you in Oregon and Klickitat county in
Washington.
can get it at the Observer Store.
at
“ I cannot refrain from writing
you on a subject that is very real
and yet of which 1 cannot always
speak for fear of being misunder
stood and of being considered as
trying to seek a financial benefit
for myself where none is intended
but only the ultimate good of the
individual is sought and, more
particularly, toqtuse him to con
sider, if but for a few moments of
time, those in whom he should
Mrs. Anna Peetz Montgomery have more regard for their future
left Monday morning for W o o d welfare than any, transient, travel
burn where she will visit a short ing stranger could possibly have.
time, before returning to her home
“ These thoughts occurred to me
in Idaho.
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last month; when
George Hennagin is building a man, dressed la bl.ick, called at
shed to house his sheep and also my office and fa trem bling voice
in engine »hed at »be wefl. tbe , aid lhat her bNband', body was
material being furnished by the in the undertakfalg parlors up the
Tumalum Lumber Co.
street; that th fiK had moved to
k . 8. Johnson has moved his Portland just a J^ort time before
well drilling machine from Kent for bis health
that death had
and has started to* d rill a six inch occurred only
days before.
. d o * to what is She said that she
well
learned only
offin well
a few months ago that hVhad in
Attorney W . C. Bryant has had sured his life /o r her and the baby
the unsightly briars and brush re for $2000 and that it was all she
moved from the alley side of bis had to live on
office building preparatory to
“ I found that he had been a
planting a few choice roses in the renter on a farm in eastern O re
spring.
gonian honest, hard working man
A. H . Barnum is building a who had been persuaded by one
slaughter house at the Lone Rock of our agents, traveling through
Stock Farm, east of M oro. It will the country, to insure his life for
be a good building, because tbe thisfittle woman; and the thought
Tumalum Lumber Co. it supply occurred to me, What if the agent
ing the material.
had not seen him? O r, if he had
Tbe historic “ free bridge” span- said he wasn’t quite ready to in
ing tbe DesChutes at the foot of sure, as so many do. Would it
the Rattlesnake grade, went down have shown proper regard for his
during the high wind storm of family and been fair to his wife
Sunday. There is little probability and baby?
of the bridge being rebuilt.
“ So many do not understand
A t the recent state election all the basic fact of life insurance; it
measures jointly endorsed by the is not life insurance as itTe most
state grange, labor organizations, generally termed, the person who
and tbe so»called peoples power pays for insurance most often re
league were defeated by a large ceives direct benefits. Life insur
vote. This combination in the ance, rightly considered, is but a
past was strongly entrenched in broader application of business
tbe voters* confidence, but they insurance; it is an insurance against
dissipated tbeir strength by reck the sudden loss of earning power
less use of endorsements.
tor the family; it is brain insur
W ord has been received 6y ance, not life insurance.
A . M . W right that about nine
“ If a man is physically capable
o’clock last Wednesday morning of earning $100 a month, he rep
fire destroyed the J. V . O ’ Leary resents to those dependent upon
home and contents at McKenzie lim the same valuation as if they
bridge. The family owned a six lad $20,000 wqrth. of farm land
teen room house and store and rented to bring an interest return
had just put in their winter supply. of 6 per cent His death, with no
M r. O ’ Leary has a large number insurance, has the same effect as
of friends in Sherman county who ire, flood or storm would have
will be aorry to hear of their I o n . on the growing crop.
“ If a man earning $100 a month
cannot carry $20,0(0 insurance he
should have as much as he can
jest pay for. Money paid to a
I ,ood insurance company is saved;
or himself if be. lives, for his wife
and family if he dies. Young men
should insure when young, the
rate is low and health good.
Henry Schadewitx was a passen
Edw Jewell aod wile were visit
ger
Wednesday from Kent on his
ors from Kent Tuesday, on their
way to Albany.
way to The Dalles.
The first of the two H ill steam
M r. and Mrs. F. E. Fagan en
ers to run between Astoria and
tertained the young people of
San Francisco is to make a trial
M oro last Friday evening.
spin the last of this month.
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The annual district convention
O . L . Bebhee has purchased a
of the I.O .O .F . for the counties bill of lumber from tbe Tumalum
of Sherman, Wasco, and H ood Lumber C o .*w ith which to re
River met this week at Dufur.
model his home on the farm -
A special school meeting has
been called to meet at the school
house on November 21st to levy
a tax for the next school year.
“ Instead of an agent begging the
man to insure men should urge
agents to explain the different pol
icy plans and take his application.
There is a form of policy now
written that provides a monthly
payment as long its the wife or
child shall live, in place of paying
all cash in one lump sum. Wives
are generally not educated in bus
iness and statistics show that seven
yeais after a man*fc death, in most
cases, his estate has been lost to
sis family. Twenty'five or fifty
dollars payable every month for
ife is far better, in most cases, than
landing a woman a check for the
ull amount of the policy and a
man with a family he loves and
desires to protidq with an abso
lutely safe and sure investment
should consider t h | plan
Another thinglregarding life
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Report of the Condivsn of
TI m Waaco Warekooao Million Co. Boak. al k.’oro-
T o the editor of th e O b s e rve r, at M oro:
E u re k a lo d e ?
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ia tbe «tata of Oratfoo, at tho dose ol buainaaa
October 3lst, 1914.
O r erdraf ta, aecured aad aaaccorod .
Furaltore aad fixtures ....................., .
Due from banka (not reserve banka) •
Dee from approved reserve banka . .
Cheeks aad other cash item s...........
Cash on band ........................................
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T o ta l....... ..
$156.774
446
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1,563
5.933
. 40.960
. . 147
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7,264
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20
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$212.990 36
LiabiHtiee—
Capital stock paU ia
......................... $ 26.000
Surplus f u n d ............................. . . ...............
5,000
Uadivided profits . . . .............
6.659
ladiridual deposits subject to ebeeb
. . 132.166
Timo certificates of deposit..............
18,381
Bills payable for money b o rro w e d 25.750 00
Liabilities other than those above stated
33
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06
11
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$212,990 36
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WE HAVE SECURED THE AGENCY
FOR THE JUSTLY POPULAR
Van Brunt Grain D
COME IN AND SEE THIS MACHINE
State of Ore<oa
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Couoty o f Sherman ) "
<• W . D . W a llan . cashier of the above named
baak, do solemnly swear that the above atatemea
m true to the beat of my knowledge and b e lief
W
D. Wallnn, Stabler.
Subscribed aad awora to before me thia 10th day
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Jpha M Harry, N otary Public.
L . Barnum,
Correct, attest:
E. O . M cC o y,
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D irector,.
N O T IC E O F A D M IN IS T R A T IO N .
in the Oounty Coart of the state of Ore
gon for Sherman ooanty.
l a the m atter of the estate of John H
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Landry, deoeamd.
N o tis e la hereby given th a t the ander-
duty appointed Adm ini
stratrix o f the estate o f John M. Landry,
deeeaeed, and that all peraous h irin g
olaims against said deoeassd or his
eetHta are hereby required to present the
same, do*,' verified, with tbe proper vouch-
era. to the anid A d m in istratrix, nt the low
office of Bright, Bryant A E l l a in Moro
hi eaid County and B u te ,w ith in six months,
from the date of the first publication of
-this notice.
Dated and first published at Moro, Sher
man oounty, Oregon, this tith d a y o f Nov
ember, a. D. 1914.
* Sarah E. Landry, A dm inistratrix.
Bn tou r, Ba tart amd E llis ,
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Attorneys for Adm inistratrix
N O T IC E O F F IN A L B E ir L E M E N T .
- In tbe Coonty Court of the State of O re
g o n , tor Sheriuan oouuty.
In tbe mutter of the Estate of Charles N.
McCaieb, dtoensed.
fo a ll whom It may ouncern —
Notioe ia hereby i^iveu that tho under
signed adm inistratrix of the- estate o f
Charles N McCnleb, deceased, and also ad
m iu iatratrlx of the partnership estate of
the partnership existing prior lo and at the
tim e of tbe deaih of said Charles N. MoC.il-
eb, between him and oue O il Frost, has
filed in said m atter with the clerk of the
above entitled oourt her fiual report and ao-
eeunt of her adm inistration of the said
estates and th a t.b y order of said oourt
Monday tbe 7th day of December, 1U14, nt
the hoar of lOo'olock a. m. baa been duly
appointed as tbe time and the Connty C art
Room in tbe ooanty court house, at Moro,
in aatd ooanty aod state, as tbe plaoe for
tte settlement of tho said fiu.il report and
sooount, and for tbe hearing and deter
m ination of objeciions thereto if any, aod
th«M,t Cement of the same u n i of the M id
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D ated this 4th day of November, 1914.
P hokbb MoCALaa-DaMoes,
Adm inistratrix Of said estate«.
Baiuns, B stakt A E llis , M o r o , O re g o n
6tti(ki4
Attorneys tor said adm inistratrix.
B U E K IF F ’B BA LE. :
In ihe Circuit Oourt of the Btate of Oregou
for Bherman County.
U. O. Hulse, piaiulLfl
vs.
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W. E. U etsi M illin g and M anu
facturing Company, a oor-
poratron, defendant.
Notioe is hereby given that pursuant to
an execution in foreclosure, decree and
order o f sale duly issued out of and under
the seal of the C ircuit court of the stiite
of Oregon, for Bherman county, to me d i
rected and dated the I4tb day of October,
1914, upon a decree for the foreclosure of a
oertam mortgage, and upon a judgmeut
rendered and eutered in eaid oourt on the
12ih day ot September, 1914, in the above
entitled cause, in favor of the p lain tiff, 0 . O
Hulse, and against the defendant, W. E.
Deiss M illin g and M anufacturing Company
a corporation, above named, for the sum of
two thousand ($2,000.00) dollars, with inter
est thereon from tbe 19th day of September,
1902, at the rate of eight per cent, per
annum, and the futthor sum of two hun
dred (1200.00) dollars, attorney’s fees, and
the ousts and disbursements of the above
entitled suit, nnd the ousts and the aoorning
ooats of and upon this w rit, and ooo>maod-
ing me to make sale of the real property
embraced in said decree of foreclosure,
and hereinafter described, 1 w ill on
Saturday, November 2 ls t, 1 9 1 4 ,
t tbe boar of '9 o’clock a. m, at the front
oor of the ooanty court house in Moro,
Bherman connty, Oregou, sell kt public
auction to the highest bidder, tor oash in
hand, all the right, title and iuterest of
tbe above named defendant, W. E. Oetss
M illin g and M anufacturing Company, a
oorporation, ih and to the following deA-
oribed real property, towit;
Beginning at a point sixty eight and one
h alf (68M> feet north of the northeast oor-
ner of tbe southeast (funner of section
eighteen (18) io township one (1) sonth of
range seventeen (17) east of w.m .: thence
north one hundred and th irty seven aud
one h a lf (137)4) l ee( *°
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Ihe Co
lum bia Southern Railway Company right of
way; theuoe somh M ° 11’ west 136 feat
along the line of said right of way to the
line of the Columbia Southern Aailwav
Company station grounds; thenoe south
86° 49’ east 100 feet to R ail fond aveuue;
thenoe north 54u 11 * east to place of begin
ning; said piece or paroel of land being lot
“ A” as shown and designated upon (he map
or p lat of City View additiup to Moro, in
Bherman ooanty, Oregon, according to the
reoorded pint thereof in the county olerk’s
offioe in said ooanty; together with all and
singular the tenements, hereditaments and
appnrtenauoea thereunto belonging or in
anywise appertaining.
Also a pteee or parcel of land beginning
at a point where the weal line aeotiou eeven
lean (17) township one aoutb range seven
teen (17) east of w. ro. interseota tbe sonth
line o f the Columbia Southern R a ilw a y
insurance is that all companies are Company
rig ht of way, said point beiug two
not reliable. I ha^e been in Ore hundred and six (20«) feet north of tbe
northeast oorner of »he southeast quarter
gon for twenty five years and of section eighteen (18) town«hlp one south
range seventeen (17) east of w.m : thenoe
have paid out a-great deal of of
south 8ft“ 69’ east one hundred feet: thence
south
54“ 11’ west to tbe line of section sev
money to estates ill over Oregon
enteen (17) township one south of range
and have now more than 5000 sat seventeen (17) east of w. no.; thence north
on said west line of said aeotion seventeen
isfied policy holders. I shall be to plaoe of beginning; said pieoe or parcel
land containing about four thousand
glad to give advice or information of
seven hundred and sixteen and two-third
to any one who might desire it (4716H) sqanre feet, and a ll being witbin
the corporate lim its of the City of Moro in
and with no obligation on their the ooanty of Bherman, state of Oregon,
together with a ll and singular tbe tene
part to carry the inquiry further.
manta, hereditaments and appurtenanoea
iherennto belonging or in anywise apper
Yours truly,
taining.
H . G . C o lto n .
Also the Flooring M ill situated upon
M anager Massac^tusetts M u tu a l L ife the aforesaid real property, together with
a il maobmery of every kind and nntare
Insurance C o ., Portland, Oregon used nndto be hereafter used in and about
tbe operation of the same, whether nn„exed
to said real property or otherwise; also one
7ft horse power boiler, one ftO horse power
Hot Lake Manager W«gg Like Notice Fiiirbauks, Morse A Co. tngine; also five
double stands 9x1« roller mills; one single
of Arrival in Advance.
stand 9x18 rojlerju ill $ two eolumbos boltrrS;
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two- oentrifutfsl reels; two purifiers; four
dost oolleetors; one m illing separator; oue
Persons contemplating a visit to double
w o q rer; out floor peoker; oue feed
H ot Lake Springs, Oregon, who paeker; one bran duster; auventeen stand
elevators, and all shafting, pulleys, and
require the servici of a whee belting to eonneot the above machinery,
a ll machinery, tools, appBanoes, and
chair or other special conveni also
other apparatus now and that may hereafter
be a i,a i? e d by said W .E Oetss M illin g and
enee, are requested by the man
M anufacturing Company for use in and
agement to give notice of arriva about the operation of said
M ill.
Dated at Moro, Oregon, this 20th day of
in advance, so that proper care October* 1®X4^*
M c K ma M* bhdritT O»
and attention may be e«ured.
YOUR
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Bherman eonnty. Oregon.
L .W . ROSS
JEW ELER
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Ice Cream, Cold Drinks,
Candy, Cigars ¿Tobacco
FOUNTAIN DRINKS A SPECIALTY
MORO, OREGON
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The grain ¡¡romers Conveniences
Are not alone oonfined to Rural Free Delivety of mail
and the Tnlephone.
There ia another convenience which all
farmers should have — and many do h a v e — a checking ac
count with a good bank.
The possessor of such an account
avoids the risk of having hit money on his perron or about
his home where it is in danger of fire aud thieves.
H is bills paid by eheck are not only a valid receipt, hut
alao a convenience in his home transactions where 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
The U|asco |||arehousc ¡Hilling ¡¡a.
¡tank, of |||oro.
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J. F. B E L S H E E
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O re g fo x x ,
DEALER
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Harness Supplies of all Kinds
Have received a complete line of Saddles
For Ladies, Men and Boys.
Repair Work Neatly Done In Prompt Time.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN!
YOUR GLOIRES GLEANED, PRESSED AND REPAIRED
Anything that is soiled can be cleaned,
and I can do it neatly, properly, satis
factorily. I will be here permanently
VICTOR J. MINNON, MORO, OREOON
Located In th e W eb b brick b uilding
M oro B a r b er
P o r c e la in
J9ath
Tub.
Everything First Class and up to date.
Agent for Model Steam Laundry of The Dalles
Shop in Brick Building next Observer Office
J. N . L J t N D R Y ,
P r o p rie to r .
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EkjKnnaax
W reaths oi Laurel
W e re uaed to decorate the brow« of
conquering hero« in olden time«. N o w .
we consecrate the burial place« o f o ur
deed with
Monuments
of enduring marble or ¿renite.
W e invite you to come in and see
our newest designs and look over soaae
of the «eroi-aompleted «tone« now
stock.
W atts Marble Works
Tbe Dalles, Orefoa.
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