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About Sherman County observer. (Moro, Sherman County, Or.) 1897-1931 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 22, 1915)
MORO, F R ID A Y anuary Entered second class matter at the post office at Move, O regon, July 25,1891. Manager C. L . I r e l a n d FLEECY STA PLE M U ST PAY RAN SOM IN T O T H E COFFERS OF WAR. D E A L E R S IN L im e , P la s te r, C e m e n t. E Supplies, L u m b e r,- W ood C ed ar Posts, and H a y . Nation Ring* W ith Cria» of Stricken Induatry. By Peter Radford Lecturer National Formers* Union. W e would like lo have you take it, and we know it would be profitable to you to becom e a subscriber. W e send it two years for $2.50; one wear $1.50; 12)4 c t. a month isn’t mu£h. Try it. Order by postal card, end pay for it when you can. WANTED iiber o f mares and geldings weighing frdm 1300 pounds and standing from 15 to 16.1 hands high. Age 5 to 12. Must be serviceably sound and harness broken. Upon notification will visit any farm in Sherman county and select horses for delivery at Moro for final inspection, where they will be given free feed until final action is taken. • * * MORO V e te rin a ria n and G en ts’ Suits C leaned, P ressed an d R epaired L a d ie s’ an d G en ts’ Suits / R em odeled, A ltered and. R eiined. Official Stock Inspector W ASCO, OREGON Telephone Main 502. M O R O , -O R E G O N Philips Bldg • Main Street J . R. M organ I D o n .tl.s t MORO. - OREGON 1st to 15th of each month. Office opposite Dr». Goffin New 1915 -------- Heodoobe a n d Tim so— — O ared, “Chamberlain’s Tablets are entitled to all the praise I can give them," writes Mrs. Richard Olp, Spencerport. N. Y . They have cured me of headache and nervoue- n«u and .restored me to my normal hea l t h.’* For sale by all dealers.—Advertisement. Treats sll Domesticated Animals. English Money Slang. Among certain classes of persons In London the follow in g term* are per fectly understood and com m only used: A tanner is equal to sixpence. A bob is equal to a shilling. A bull is equal to 6 shillings. H a lf a bull Is equal to 2s. Gd. A quid Is equal to £1. A pony 1» equal to £25. A monkey Is equal to £500. , A kite m eans an accom m odation bilL Copper or brouse coins are fam iliarly known as browns, w h ile m oney gener ally Is d esign ated tin, dust or b lu n t She Reeslled an Instanoe. _ “Mrs. Peddlcerd.” said that lady’s husband, “did you ever say anything W ASCO, - O R E G O N that you afterw ard regretted saying?" “Certainly. I said ’Y es’ once and 16th to 30th of each month. have been sorry for It ever since. Office opp. McCoy, Atwood Co D etroit Free Pres*. Severe A tta c k o f OoUo C u re d . W e have, rig ht h ere , th e ear fo r w h ich you beve w a k e d . I t bold« the ro ad p erfe ctly a t SO milaa an h o u r. Ito a rria o five g ro w n people oom fort- • M y . I t he« le ft hand d rive w ith oenter co n tro l— »elaadva MMfasg gear tre«em ission. I t bus e Sims high tension nsag- u r*- I t rides a« easily es an y > 8 0 0 0 o a r— X •Uipd-a springs P h y sician and Surgeon M oro, O regon. O ffice in residence G ro v e r E. E. Cross, who travels in Virginia and other Southern States, was taken suddenly and severely ill with colic. At the first store he came to the merchant recommended Chamberlain’« Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. Two doeee of it cured him. No one should leave home on a journey without a bottle of this preparation. For «ale by all dealers. —Ad vertimmenL SHER IFF’S BALK. In the Oirouit Court of the State of Oregon for Sherman County. D u ffe y L aw yer. Office with W. MORO - H . k Ragsdale OREGON C .J. B r ig h t , W.C.BavaNT. M .G . E l l i s . _ tb « r e o u from ¿1 IM4, a» the rate e annum, and the fail I dred t od thirteen B rig h t, B ry an t & Ellis. ' she aeeruing ooete ( A tto rn e y s-a t-I^ w and hereinafter deaoi «ifices at The Dalits and Moro, O rt C. M. Huddleston ROY M . BENSON MORO. A tto rn e y a t L a w OREOON. W asco, O regon FLOUR q < W H E N YOU T R A V E L BY AUTO A N D V IS IT T H E D A L L E S , STO R E YOUR CAR I d the concrete, recently completed, fully equipped, roomy garage of W alther-W ill ¡am« Company. Competent workman always ready to help you In any way they can at least expense to you. For any service rendered the charge will always be reasonable. WALTHER-WILLIAMS GARAGE OREOON T H E DALLES (, ([ J i i i J I columns of the press, wants to thank the American people for the friend- Presbyterian church: ship, sympathy and assistance given- Sabbath School at 10 a.m. . . (1 I the cotton farmers in the hour of dis- Services morning and evening » tress and to direct attention to c o 11 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. The pas operative methods necessary to per- > manently assist the marketing of all tor would be pleased to meet farm products. those whe are now non-church I I The present emergency presents sa grave a situation as ever coafronted goers at these services. , I the American fanner and from the 'P rayer meeting at 7:30 o’clock viewpoint of the producer, would seem Wednesday evening. to Justify extraordinary relief mesa- Service at M onklm d at 2:30 pm i urea, even to the point of bending the constitution and straining business Every body come 1 I rules In order to lift a portion of the A. J. Adams, pastor. •J burden off the backs of the fanner, L IV E R Y D r . T h e o . B e le ts k i M A N U F A C T U R E R S OF j! < > W HEN IN PORTLAND HO T6L ] (< i J and 7:30 p. m. Hope of the Future Lies In Co-opera- ( tlon. A ll are welcome. John Robertson, pastor. I The Fanners’ Union, through the ; A Inquire at H . M acb eth , King Cotton haa s t if f erad more from the European war than any other ag- ricultural product onf the American continent The sheila of the beUlger- W e will not he responsible for the ents have bunted over hla throne, neglect of subambers to notify as of frightening hla subjects and shatter changes in their^nddress. N or will the ing hla markets, and, panioetrteken, notification of a lH S h the nation cries out “God save the scriber has ‘ ‘ ResugRsed king!** delinquent. . People from every walk of life have Church and Society notices F R E E , ex- contributed their m ite toward rescue cept when for apfwy making purposes, work. Society has danoed before the Such notices at refute r rates at the option king; milady has deoreed that the of the publishers*^' fam ily wardrobe shall contain only cotton goods; the press haa plead At any time when r the paper will be am with the public to "buy a bale"; expect that all onefirs wi.t be p a id betore I bonkers have been formulating hold such request is nude. 1t is easy to ask us ing plans; oongrees and legislative for a statement, wkish will be cheerfully bodies have deliberated over relief rendered at s n y J flK * measures;, state— an and writers have grown eloquent expounding t i e inalienable rights of "His Majesty" four months— b u t if netd in -dvance we accept $2.50 in full «or 2 years. Shorter and presenting schemes for preserv- terms than one year 12>< cents per month. I Ing the financial integrity of the stricken staple, but the sword of Eu A Blue Mark here will answer an in- rope has proved mightier than the pen q u r r v , * h«-n e n te r e d u p o n o u r calendar, giving the date ol the paper as the date at of America In fixing value upon this product of the sunny south. Prices which your current subscription expires. have been bayoneted, values riddled and markets decimated by the battling Local Cknrch A— ncemenb hosts of the eastern hemisphere until for Sunday, Jaausry 24. the American farmer haa suffered a I 1 war loss of 1400,000,000, and a hale '■ ■ 1 of cotton brave enough to enter a Methodist church: I European port muat pay a ranaom of 10 a.m. Sunday School. half Its value or go to prison until the Preaching service at 11 a. m. war la over. V 5 STOP AT ORGGON Corntr of 7th and 8 tirk 8trtst i < i j i ] i It if» new, and its rooms are provided with ru n n in g water and long distance telephones. European plan. Kates $1 per day and up. « j>[ WRIGHT-DICKINSON HOTEL COMPANY ¡1 jOOOOOOOOOOOCXXXX’ OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO ; , ' • NEW HOTEL PERKINS P o rtla n d , Oregon. , < , | for unless something is done to check < the invasion of the war forces upon ; the cotton fields, the pathway of the European peetllenoe on this continent - will be strewn with mortgaged homes ■ and famine and poverty w ill stalk over f the southland, filling the highways of 1 Industry with refugees and the bank- * I ruptcy court with prisoners. ~ I All calamities teach us lessons end » the present crisis serves to Illuminate e the frailties of our marketing meth- d ods and the weakness of our credit iB I system, and out of the financial an guish and travail of the cotton farmer y will come a volume of discussion and I a mass of suggestions and finally a I solution of this, the biggest problem e I in the economic life of America, If, H Indeed, we have aot already laid the »8 foundation for at least temporary re- ’ • • - ’ h More Pharaohs Needed In Agriculture. |e I Farm products have no credit and perhaps can never have on a perma- • ’ uent and satisfactory basis unless ws X) build warehouses, cold storage plants, - I elevators, etc., for without storage and credit facilities, the south la com- re pelled to dump its crop on the market :h at harvest time. The Farmers’ Unions I In the cotton producing states have for the past ten years persistently ad- ,y vocated the construction of storage [facilities. W e have built during this period 2,000 warehouses with a ca pacity of approximately 4,000,000 bales ’ and looking backward the results Would seem encouraging, £ u t looking forward, we are able to h o u s e less ’a- than one-third of the crop and ware- of | houses without a credit system lose r»0‘ per cent of their usefulness. The problem Is a gigantic one— too great 26 the farmer to solve unaided. He must have the assistance of the bank-' p le r, the merchant and the government B * | In production we have reached the id high water mark of perfection in tho % world’s history, but our marketing methods are most primitive. I> the dawn of history we find agriculture >n; plowing with a forked stick but with a system of warehouses under govern mental supervision that made the ck Egyptians the marvel of clvllliation, nr- for who has not admired the vision of Joseph and applauded the wisdom of Pharaoh for storing the surplus until is; demanded by the consumer, but In Y) thia age we have too many Josephs who dream and not enough Pharaohs who build. Eastern Oregon Headquarters. Positiv ly m c e n t r a l l y located Fifth St. ca- s pass the doers eve» y few minutes -— « « • — Popular; Priced Restaurant E uropeen P lan. Vatos aarf up L. Q. SWETLAND, Mgr, D A R N IE L L E B R O S ., Proprietors The Dalles, Oregon H e a d q u a rte rs for our S h erm an C ounty friends; prices reasonable; first class resta u ra n t w ith the hotel. fw o Blocks F ro m N ew Depot 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 VIN TO N HOTEL X M unchausen II. IJnltfeky. Who wns the original Munchausen that told the delightful “stretchers?" Raape 1« commonly supposed to have founded hl« hero upon Hleronymu« Knrt Friedrich von Monebansen. who had fought with the Russians against the Turk« and died in 1797. But the Rev. S. Baring-Gould ban told the ato- rr o f h swindler who appeared at H al berstadt In 1702 giving oot hla n an» aa Baron Karl Friedrich Muaghaunen. Ha married a wealthy lady there and'told the most notonlshlng yam» of hla trav els and ndrenturea The rest of hla ca reer was -short In June, 17®, he mur dered hla wife, and In August he waa executed — London Chrohlrta Suffering Humanity. “lira . Bounnug. who thought aba had a mhsslon- to look a fte r suffering hu manity. la married. iKnt a h eF “Yep" -1 waa aurprlned to Inara that she had given up her missies In life." “She haun t Her hunhand la going to he suffering humaultjf hereafter.”- Hoonton Poet ¡L Difference In Tim e. A large, ate*’ footed darky was lean against the corner of the railroad sta tion In a manufacturing town when the noon whistle in the big factory blew and the bnnds hurried out. bear ing tbelr grub bucket». The darky Iteteued. with his head on one side, nutll the rocketing echo had quit« died away Tbeu be heaved a deep sigh and remarked to blmeelf: -P a r «he go Pinner time fur some folks, but Jes’ 1% o’clock fur me!"-N«rw York Tluiea. ‘ Battle Roy si. - I shall never marry." remarked a girl of a certain age. but wot sped fled. “Never mind, dear." replied her beat friend. .-Everybody will know that yon made a heroic fight against the In evitable Philadelphia f^dger. Uniform Affection. “Somehow or «»tlmr. girl* generally keep conntant to I heir soldier lovers." -la that what you might call uniform affecthm F Baltimore American. E ntirely new, convenient to business Clean beds, and table the best the m arket will afford. Prices reasonable. 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