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About Sherman County observer. (Moro, Sherman County, Or.) 1897-1931 | View Entire Issue (July 30, 1915)
rise Ob«erv*r. Moro Girl Eatertaiaed hy Saw H i t Nliu Idabelle Urquhart returned Monday from Lind, Washington, where she was visiting with her D fiflil h ç e b t a w t o b . uncle and family while enjoying the celebration of July 4th staged at that city. On the return trip. Miss Urqu FR ID A Y ...............J u,y 3°- 1915 hart had to leare the North Bank train at Maryhill at 4 a.m. and ____ ____ matter at the galered ö fte r a> Zt M oro .'O re g o n , July 25. 1891 cross the river to the Oregon side pool ö fte r at any time up to noon to catch the Shaniko train at Biggs, a miserable I r el a n d ........... Manager. walk of near a m«le from the ferry. If you do .O i r e d T h e O b * e r A r , why j While debating as to the best not? " j method to pursue, Hon. Sam H i l l W e would like <o h ere you take it. «nd anj a party of friends he was see- J f - ' i n i off on an O-W .R.N. train f e t r , tor $2.50; o o . »1.50; * came to the ferry. f ^ i -i“ » y<~ I When it became known what a W e w ill not be re .p o n .ib le for the • tiring wait was in store, an invita- gket ot «»tweribCT» to to visit his Maryhill home chaiue« »« their nddrem. N o r will the was made by Mr. Hill. This is a „ „ „ f ic n o o ot • tcriber K m “ Rem oved aettte the b ill of a drear looking place from Oregon, delinquent. bat on close approach, a beauty Church and Society n otice. F R E E , e x cept when for money making purpoaea. spot and a revelation of what Such notice, at regular rate, at the option nature can do for man when assist of the publisher*. ed by intelligent effort. A t any tim ew hen requested to do ao, Miss Idabelle is of firm opinion the p-p»« w ill ba oweontinued. But we expect that all arrears w i.i be p«'d before that a liberal number of every •uch request ia made. I t b e u y to for a statement, which w ill be cheerfully useful variety of berry, fruit and nut is growing in Mr. Hill s large tendered at any tim e. The «nee of T h e Observer is $1.50 per j orchard; not an isolated tree or i ’n S T il’-d v ^e wZ bush, but two, three or four dozen accept $2.50 io full ‘or « y e a n . Short«r eaci, of orange, lemon, almond, term ?than < mk je e r 12% cent, per month. persimmon. dates, figs, peanuts, A Blue M ark here w ill anawer an in- .h e n entered u p o . » « ' c .le n J .r , | eic.. every thing but ihe banana giving*the date ol the paper a. the date at i ¡|, an(j he eXpectS to OREGON NEWS NOTES OF GENERALINTEREST Events Occurring Throughout L — BRIEF NEWS OF OREGON «B ■ LIFE r -— All Polk county logs must be mux- sled because of mad deg scare. The federal trade commission will spend a day in Porfland, about August^ * the State During the Past . 1«. Two squads of cqnvicta are now at V.'eek. IN' COLLEGE. A Few Sareastio Painters on How to Writo a Story About It./ Anybody ettn write a story about col lege life. -W he has not attended a college so much the better; his Imaglna tlon Is less trammeled. A few simple rales must be observed, however: First.—All heroes are named Jack. Stanley or Dick. Second.—All college men wear sweat ers always and smoke abort, fat bowled .ptneA- ■ - j,— ------------- ---------- Third.—There Is always a fatty, win is a funny fellow. Fourth.—Any tour college men makt up a quartet, which can sing “Mer hllcco We Ro-hu0 Alonung” at an? rime. ‘ . Fifth.—AH college men are wooing a girl named Dorothy or Betty, who Is ‘sweet and pure as an angel.** Sixth.—AU college men address one another as ‘‘old boss.’* Seventh.—College men never study, but spend their time In tossing repartee back and forth. Eighth,—AU college rooms are adorn cd with pennants. Ninth.—All college men call their fathers ‘'Pater” and apeak of the “honor of the dear old school” In a hnsky voice.—Harvard Lampoon. use in the state work puPing flax retting plant lug up” a ranch Commiaaloner Wells Resigns a Place. L_Chaioed with “ icher, was fined Salem .— Insurance Commissioner hand, Bert Coni Harvey Well» has notified Circuit |10 at The Dalles. ,0.000 natatorium, Judge Galloway that he finds it im Pendleton’s lie subscription, possible to continue as receiver of the built largely by ji rated. Horticultural Fire Relief company of has been ft Oregon, Oregon Merchants’ Mutual g plant at Dallas The Armsby Fire association and the Pacific Home installing an tatoproved type of Mutual Fire Insurance company, for prune processor for rush work -this the reason that he cannot do justice fall. r to the work and the Insurance depart A $20,000 bond testae was authorised ment and give proper attention tb the to construct an addition to Oregon T UST as soon as game became scarce enough to make receivership. Wells asks that he be City high school at the special elec me* critical about their rifles, sportsmen in every relieved of the receivership August 1. tion. ' . community got to demanding Remingtan-UMC. at which time he will make a report. Work was begun ton the Valley d The demand for Remington-UMC Big Game Rifles and Siletz railroad from Airlie to Inde ridges has been growing ever since. Remington Metallic Cartridges Douglas County Wins Audit Suit. pendence thia weoft by a large crew The Remington-UMC Dealer here hei in this community Is the man to go to Roseburg.—In a decision handed of men. today. You’ll know him by the Rod ie knows what’s happening in the sport x He • rt foJaj/. down here Judge Hamilton held that 1 accident com AaJ Ma It of Revtinfion-UMC—and his store is Sportsmen’« Headquarters. The state lnd contract executed between the state at 197 accldenta mission annon Sold b y y o u r h o m e d e a l e r a n d 645 W o rk H as Bean Dons. insurance commissioner and account July 22 were re for the week e, o th e r lead in g m e r c h a n t s in O regon Howell—Yon can’t make a monkey ants employed by the state to expert nt ported to the d out of me. Powell—No. You seem to Kaobgtsn AnnS'lInisa MslaBie Cartridge Ce^Waehsorth Bldg, (233 B’way) N.T.CMJ the books of county officers is not aged 75 years, have already awarded the contract Mrs. Serrena binding upon the counties affected. a century a The decision was rendered on s de and for more resident of I>-mg las county, died »I oooooooooooooocxioooooogoooooooooooooooqoooooocxmoooo R ew ard, $100 murrer filed to the complaint of Mc Roseburg aftrr an Ulnoae of a w T h e readers o f this paper w ill be Kenzie &■ Sons, of Portland, who to learn th a t there Is a t least one About 150 members of the Oregon pleased dreaded disease th a t sclenoe has bean sought to collect $560 for auditing the able to cure in a ll its stages, and th a t is boohs of Douglas county. Payment naval militia left 3utaday morning C atarrh . H a ll’s C a tarrh Cure to the only aboard the United State{ crulsar Al positive cure now known to the medleal of the bill was refused by the county C a tarrh being a constitutional bany for 15 days of theoretical war Fraternity. disease, requires a constKutlonal treat court here and suit was instituted. m e n t H a ll e C a tarrh Cure Is taken In fare. 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 ternally, acting directly upon tha blood end mucous surfaces of tha system, there One hive of bees, owned by Will Land Suita Not to Be Dropped. by destroying the foundation o f the die- and giving the patlant strength by 8al°tn.—Prosecution of the Benson Dennis, living three mitea from Dadlas, ease. building up the constitution and as sisting produced 42 pounds of honey, at the which your current .uiw cr.pnoo expires. ] hayc nature in doing Its work. T h e proprietors and Hyde land cases will be pressed, D E A L E R S IN so much fa ith in Its curative pow to an announcement made second gathering thia neason, valued have ers th a t they offer One Hundred Dollars Beside the orchard of what may according at |5.75. fo r any case th a t It falls to cure. Send L i m e , P la s t e r , C e m e n t, B u ild e r s What are popularly known as be termed the semi-rare fruits is to the state land board by Attorney- Increase In sftiool population with ]Tyaaiim cT a co.. Tete«o. a General Brown and C. R. Rundel, spe S u p p iiis , L u m b e r, W ood, C o a l, T e ^ bHall’eI raSiu"’ "init?'tec oeastlpatioa. the Hill railway lines, in Oregon, a large commercial orchard in cial agent of the federal government. out an increase In the Interest of the C e d a r .P o s ts , a n d H a y . each month issue, in circular fo^ni which glow perfect apples, pears, Negotiations for a compromise be school fund will cause the allotment a comprehensive collective resume and peaches, some of the last be tween the board and a number of al per capita in the state to be smaller :c x jfj< y x .> > .-G O iX > G O C X X X X X X X )U O O I this year than last. • M ANU FA CTU RER S OF of crop conditions of each place ing larger ’round than saucers, and leg.e.dt,lnnocent purchasers are In prog Petitions bearing the signatures of ' P A P E R H A N G I N G ress, but Messrs. Brown and Rundel served by their railways. It is a tomatoes of very large size. say the Interests of the state might be 352 voters of the county for the recall valuable service rendered to the * In the midst of this beautiful jeopardized if further delay were al of Joseph K. SUrr. district attorney of Wheeler county, were revived by Sec public without charge. P A IN T IN G setting of nature harnessed to the lowed. oaO O O O O eO O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O C O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O Q O O O O O O C retary of State Olcott. Eight suits were Instituted In Lane needs of man Mr. Hill is building W. B. Young, for several years prin S IG N W R IT IN G The merry click of the harvest a mansion that would be worthy county, but only one was pressed cipal of the high-school at The Dalles Judge Harris overrruling a demurrer machinery resounds over the a separate descriptive article to the state's complaint and last year an instructor In Salem * Estimates Furnished high school, has been elected principal grain fields of Sherman county. suffice to say that surrounding the ? BY AUTO Free. of the Albany high school. Harvesting in most of the county building are roses as rare, and as SYNOD INDORSES GOVERNOR ✓ A N D V IS IT T H E D A L L E S . A growers’ congq?Ajr/ for the Pur‘ is nerw fairly under way and Moro fragrant, and flowering as plenti pose of learning ¿boot fire blight, lias already received the first of ful, as only the world famous roses Presbyterians Will Celebrate Passing which has taken a hold In Linn cOun S TO R E YO U R CAR ■ ~r of Oregon Saloons. ** this years wheat. The whir of the of Portland are supposed to be ty /w a e a feature at Albany o / the Eugene.—The Oregon Presbyterlar header and the hum of the har able to do. Synod closed its annual convention morning of public sales day. In the concrete, recently completed, tully equipped, Your businesi will be vester is the music of peace, sing After inspection of the orchards here after a three-day Rersion. The * 'Bhe Twohy Brothers company was roomy garage of Walther-Williams Company. Competent appreciated and an endeavor ing anthems of prosperity and an automobile was brought to the keynote w»a a demand for closer re awarded the contract for the construe workman always ready to help you in any way they can at will be made to please ail. door and Mr. Hill, his private latlons between churches. Dr. John tlon of a 30 mile extension of the Qre happiness to our farmers. least expense to you. For any service rendered the charge gon Eastern railroad from Riverton to secretary; Mr. Davis, Miss Davis K. Bailee, representing the Southern Crane Creek Gap. Harney county. ;xxxx>oooo<xxx>ooooooooooooo will always be reasonable. Oregon Presbytery, in an address, ad State Senator W. H. Ragsdale 'who is a visitor from South Caro vocated Coos county will continue to have church union, not through the had to drive his auto to The lina, and Miss Urquhart enjoyec loss of the denominational identity a county agriculturist The county W A L T H E R -W IL L IA M S G A R A G E Dalles Wednesday to catch a train an auto trip through the section but through co-operative effort and court has appropriated the 51000 nec-. J. R. M o rg a n essary to help maintain the office for the abolition of the petty sectarian dlf of Klickitat county surrounding for Wallowa county, all because a TH E DALLES, - - OREGON. the next year. The elate gives a like Z D e x x t is t mile «• as near an auto can be Goldendale over roads that are i ferences. amount. A resolution was passed Indorsing driven any Sherman county sta making that section famed for its report on Sabbath observance, and poo < x x x x x > o < x m x xx k > oc > ooooooo G C C C X X K O G O O G O O G G O G O O O O O O O O An assortment of-thnatilla county - O R EG O N tion at which through train traffic model highways. wools, containing 17 fleeces of various MORO. agreeing to co-operate in an activ W HEN IN P O R T L A N D S T O P A T fight for preserving the Sabbath.- The breeds, mostly of fine grade, were . is handled. The facilities at Biggs h t to 15th of each month. shipped to the Oregon commission at report in part read: “There are great Local Ckarck Announcement« should be moved east to the ferry forces at work trying to break down San Francisco for exhibition In the for Sunday, August 1. road and that point be made a Oregon building at the exposition. our legal rest day.” junction tor the Bend and Shan There will be a union service The synod went on record as Indors For the expressed purpose of fcre- WASCO. - O R EG O N iko trains and have all main line ing Governor Withycombe In his au venting the fuel dealers from boosting in the M.E. church at 11 a.m Corner of 7th and Stark Street. 16th to 30th of each month. nounced intention to enforce the the price of cord wood to consumers, trains stop at the new location. Come every body and worship quor laws of the state. the Portland city council has decided C H A S. WRIGHT. President with us. » ' A. J. Adams. M .C . DICKINSON, M anager. A state wide revival service, to be to make no effort to sell the city’s 10,- PaUic Sale • ( Dairy Stock. gin at midnight, December 31, cele 000 cords of wood until during Octo Il lb new, a n d its room s are p ro v id ed w ith bratlng the passing of the saloon ber. Shcrna. County Really Tranifer». • ru n n in g w ater a n d lo n g d is ta n c e telep h o n es. 1 will sell my dairy herd at pub Oregon, was authorized by the syuod The state land board tabled a letter Dating to July 24, 1915. E u ro p e a n p la n . R ates $1 per day und up. in a resolution similar to one passed of ex Governor West alleging that the lic auction at my ranch, known as the VanBibber place, on Cheno- Two deeds, one from J.P.Strahl by the state organization of Christian title to a part of the land of the Che- P h y s ic ia n a n d S u rg e o n . waucan Land & Cattle company In with creek, three miles west of the other from Isaac E. Staples, Endeavor In Eugene last February ° JO O O O O C O O O O O O G O O C O O O O OO O O O O O O DO O CXXJOOCGOOOOOOOCOCXiOu Lake county Is defective. He suggest The Dalles, on Tuesday, August to P.H.Buxton; lot 10 block 13 Paul Farrell Is Killed. ed that suit be filed to have the title H 4 11 I 11*T4'4 1 1 l'4"l"t"H''l“l'4"l"l "4"l 3d, 1915, beginning at 10:30 a.m. Moro, each for $550. The Dalles.—Paul W. Farrell, the declared void. M o ro , O re g o n . The herd comprises 43 head of C. J. Bright to J. P. Yates; lots 19-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Secretary of State Ben W. Olcott ... NEW HOTEL PERKINS cow«, three to six years old; 25 3 and 4 block 2 McPhersons first Farrell, of Rainier. Wash., and nephew brought Richard Olcott, one of the O ffic e in re s id e n c e . to President J. D. Farrell, of the Ore P o r t la n d , O re g o n . head two year old heifers; 20 head addition to Wasco, $1500. twins recently born to Mr. and Mi l gon-Washlngton Railroad & Naviga Olcott, to Portland laat week, and the spring cows; 5 bull calves. Cows Eastern Oregon Headquarters. Fannie E. Coleman to Jose tion company, was fatally injured in child Is now under the care of Dr. J. and heifers are all with calf from the railroad yards here, when he at — phine M. George; 12 acres in the B. Bilderback. It has not been well registered Holstein-Frietian. tempted to board a moving work train for some time. Positiv ly m st centrally neX sec 28 tp4s rl7e, $10. He fell to the ground and in trying to Terms of sale: All sums $25 located Fifth St. ca» s pass The funeral of Lafayette W. Lough- Roy R. Walker to John S. get out of the way of the train raised L a w y e r. and under, cash; over that amount the’ doo- s evei y few minutes. ary, a veteran of the No£th Yakima his foot, which was caught by a car, one years time will be given on Michell; north half of lol 10 blk 2 his body being drawn undei the Indian war of 1856-5«, was held at the bankable notes bearing eight per Grass Valley, $75. wheels. He was rushed to The Dalles farm home in the Lueklamute valley. Popular Priced Restaurant Henry Richi to S.D. Montgom hospital, but there was no chance to Mr. Loughary was 81 years old and Office w ith W'. H . R ag sd ale cent interest; three per cent dis had been a resident of Polk and Yam European Plan. Vat es flO O and up save his life. His body had been bad count for cash, on sums over $25. ery; lot 10 block 3 Moro, $1. hill counties 61 yeare? , • * — O R E G O N . ly mangled and he suffered a deep MORO L. Q7sWETLAND7Mgr. Mick Thornton, owner. Approximately 80,000 gallons of gash on the head. Always read the Observer. J. C. Thrall, auctioneer. crude petroleum have been spread 1 1 m l 5 S H I I I I I I 111 H -1 14 1 1 I l - l f - l l Hooper Admits He ie Parole Breaker. over 50 miles of Polk county roads oooooooooooooooooooooooooo C.J.B right , W .C.B ryant , M .G.E llis . Grants Pass.—Sheriff Smith, accom this season, outside of the Incorporat ed cities. The oiled atrip varies from panied by Special Officer M. Cotturl. R U D O LPH of the Southern Pacific, returned with eight feet to 18 feat* and Polk county B rig h t, B ry a n t & E llis. John Austin Hooper, who was arrest now claims the best Ruouner roads In ed at The Dalles for the robbery of the the state. A tto rn e y 8 -a t-L a w The state land boarffi has turned Southern Pacific ticket office at this place a few months ago, when two over to State Engineer Lewis for In E n tire ly new, c o n v e n ie n t to business. YO U ¿R O T T A otfices a t night operators were held up about vestigation a proposal that the state HAND 6R A Z JU C R E D IT - • G lean beds, a n d ta b le th e best th e m a rk e t midnight by a lone robber, who got Join with a number of land owners In -TiiE-Y EX PO R T A IL away yrlth about |300. Hooper admits the Dead Ox Flat irrigation district, w ill afford. P rices re a so n a b le . C om T he Dalles and M o ro , Ore. that he is a parole breaker, but denies on the 8nake river, near Ontario, In a -r u e iQ - n u t s "re? 1 m ercial tra d e so licited . all participation In the Sqpthern Pa petition to the county court for disso - m e u N t r e P » S t a t e s .. lution of the district. cific robbory here. Governor Withycombe has appoint Prison Fee Abandoned. ed Henry E. Reed, assessor of Multno ¡O O O O O O O O O O O C X X X X X M O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O C O O C X X X X X X X X X X X X X ) Salem.—Harry P. Minto, superin mah county; F. A. Itoaft of Portland, .-X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X > O O C C O O O C O O O O O O O O O O O C X X X X X X 3 tendent of the state penitentiary, be and Charles V. Galloway, member of A tto rn e y a t L a w ing informed that members of the the state tax commission, delegates to state hoard of control opposed his pol the ninth annual conference on taxa icy of charging an admission fee of 25 tion, to be held under the auspices of w . C. R U T L E D G E , Proprietor. . cents to visitors, said h? would dla- the National Tax association In San W asco, - - O regon ---------------------— — • coi tlnuc It at once. Francisco. August 10-14. qj $100 M IL L F E E D A N D F L O U R . W H E N YOU T R A V E L J.F Koenao, loro, Orc. HOTGL_OReGON D r . C . L . P o ley WRIGHT-DICKINSON HOTEL COMPANY - G r o v e r J . D u ffe y V IN T O N H O T E L 6rass Valley, Oregon. CONDUCTED ON THE BEST PRINCIPLES. C . M . H uddleston HOTEL MORO \ aall HdfieJDY iM * CLBSfCLAMO -T H IS YEAR IH - T H E « U S H f o r Ï VOIW .O .S E R -'e s T 'C K f - T S . HA’. * xevooM * «UH T o Adam's Credit. “Adaiu made n failure of the fruit buslueHrt,” paid the old darky, “but mebbe of ho i f never tackled tt we nev er would ’a’ knowed do juicy sweetueaa of do Gcogy wutornilllton."—Atlanta Const Rut lou. N e a r e s t H o te l t o B u s in e s s C e n te r , B a n k a n d D e p o t. C o u r te o u s T r e a t m e n t , C le a n B ed s a n d T a b le t h e b e s t t h e m a r k e t w i l l Experience. I “There’s one thing I can sn>." saM D r . T h e o . B e le ts k i the woman who had mnrrfed fwlco. O r n d U H t e V V .H .t’. » “And that U?” they naked. • f “You never appreciate the good qua! Idea of your first husband until you V e t e r i n a r i a n «■£. discover the bad paints of yonr see ond.”-D etroit Free Tre A Trillo, Rosily.. „ “That wna a ml;rlity altmetlve cos A ititu d in o u j A r k ’ tame Mra. Pttregolfl wore nt the dniKw “1 don’t wvm to re <»; jd- e yonr shter test night.” “1 suppose It w an-if you n ».* » —but V thlxn IlkeiK'Ms f “Of courre not . h :i. I r , di i. It didn’t seem to ino there wns enough to mnke mueh fnss over.”—Richmond pliot ogni ph.” -I.(uii?:v4'. •»* Co- r.er-Jour ml Time* Dispatch. «1Ù ir * - Official Stock Inspector. Trrati til Doffiextlcatei Acinali. WASCO. O R EG O N Telephone M a ia 502. a ffo r d . S U N D A Y D IN N E R S 3 5 C . s i Opposite Postoffice Moro Oregon.