The
Meteors • • They Falk
1 When a meteorite enters the earth s
Near home it matters little how
It Ip moving with a veloc-
wife have re-
roads may be mocked and guides (t7 ot more than twenty mllee per eee-
O b s e rv e r*
.,
Coming by auto by way of the I Frank Sayrs and
Columbia River highway We<i- turned from a six week outing and
$
neaday afternoon J. A . Halliday, auto tour of interior central O re-
district superintendent, Portland; gon, visiting Crater Lake, the hot
O fifltl
t a s
M y . D.J.Butcher, special agent. Port- springs of Klamath county and
land; B. L . Carson, manager for came near seeing “ the devil’s tea
this district. The Dalles; telephone pot” a few miles from Fort Klam-
August 6. 1915
F R ID A Y
company officials; were in M oro ath where sr pot ot beans can be
this week arranging for a better thoroughly cooked by the hot
Ratered « a e c u o d *,a*
J Íf
goat oCce at Moro. Oregon. July .5 , 1891. and more satisfactory local and water spring in five hours. Seven
long distance telephone service.
days the party was with the Indians
It
has
been
arranged
by
the
celebrating
the 4th of July and M r.
. .Manager.
C. L . I r e l a n d
company that, during June. July. Sayrs says they are Indian only irf
do nof read The Observer, why August and September, the M oro name, being more civil-ixed than
If
office shall be open, continuously, the average white man. The auto
oot?
W a would like to hare you take H, and from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. on week party claimed as many as fifteen
we know it would be projuble to you l to
a
aubacriber.
e
it ctaa
two days and on Sundays and holidays members, part of the time, the
become
a e
aubacriber.
W >150.
e eend
i i 2%
become a
u i~ -
, W
'year* lor $2.50; one year >1.51
from 10 a m. to 12 noon.
-
majority being relatives living
month iaa’t much. T ry it.
It. Order by
A ll other months of the year near Prineville, and the route used
when you can.
poatol card, and pay tor it wt
W e w ill not be responsible for the the Moro office-will be open, con- was one not visited by M r. Sayrs
neglect of aubacriber« to notify . “ ?* tinuously, from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. since the Modoc Indian war of
change» in their addreaa. Nor w ill the
. „ „ T S l i o . O< • r e m « . . Ih«> ¡fc« «¡b- and on Sundays and holidays! 1873 and the hanging 6 f Captain
•criber hm ” Removed” settle the bill of a
Jack, an Indian chief, for murder
from 10 a.m. to 12 noon.
tBeMHjiSA*
f
,
ing the peace commissioners.
Cherch and Society notice» F R E E , ex
' moro , orbgon .
fop fe
cept when lor money making purposes.
Tbe Revelt e f the Gladiators.
Such notices at regular rates at the option
of the publishers.
Thursday, August 12th, an ex
• At any timewhen requested to do so,
strong moving picture
the paper trill be discontinued. Hut we ( ceptionally
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expect that all arrears wiu be paid before ,
will
he presented at the
such raqueat U made. It to aaay to aak us u ra n ia
k x a lt e r n a n t , which will b« cbesrfully opera house. A play founded on
rendered at any time. ■
The price of The Observer b >1.50 per
year. 75 cents for six months. SO cento for
lour mty ih*—but if neid in «dvance we
accept >2.50 in full *or 2 years.
Shorter
terms than one year 12X cento per month.
A Blue Mark here will answer an in-
' query, when entered upon our calendar,
giving the data ol the paper as the data at
which your current subscription expires.
Far the Aatoambile Driver.
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ther from home ond. The friction of Its s w ift rush
placed, but the
you drive the »orc. bewildered a ' through the a ir produce« a tremsagsas
driver become.
a reliable
< "*«"£?’
.
j
. meteor are melted off and dissipated In
Bgey Tapor. but the paaaage through
Archer A Wiggins Co., Port- the atmosphere la ao quickly complete
land, are distributors for this state ed that the tnnvr portions are not ef-
g uide as to tu rn s and twists.
ol the Pacific C o u t Blue Book; •
in t the
h e t three
h r e e coast
m a .» states
etates and
a n d also
tb"1 wben tbe* only
8trllte „ tbeeartb
in
also. ' tbe a,r
ugually
few feet
includes street snaps of the m ain' at the most into the sou.
cities, with a list of hotels, etc.
1
Similarity.
The Observer Book Store has "Why do yon compare my marks
the Automobile Blue Book on file manship with lightning 7“ naked the
for any who may be interested in recruit
“Because,” replied the Instructor, “It
looking over such a thoroughly never hlta twice in the same place.”—
comprehensive road guide; no Washington Star.
trouble to show it to you, or get
Anatomy.
you one if you want it.
A medical student ouce asked the
Local Cherch
for Sunday, August 8.
late Profeaaor Parker Cleveland If
there were not more recent works on
anatomy than those in the college li
Dating to In ly 31, 1915.
brary. 1 •
“Young man," said the profeaaor.
Eva Fields to G A.Pound;
“there have been very few new bones
sec 13 tp2n rl6e and e # swX and added to the human body during the
nw X »wX 8CC 18ftp2n rl7e, $10.
last twenty years."
_
Shermaa C o u ty Realty Transfers.
W m . G . Seckendorf to W . J.
Presbyterian church:
’ atterson; n e X 'Ä c 32, nw X neX
Sabbath School at 10 a.m.
and n w X sec 33 tp3s rl5e, $10.
Morning service at the usual
r
hour, 11 a m. There will be no
OREGON NEWS NOTES
evening service. -
A. J. Adams, pastor.
reliable Roman history, in eight
parts and three acts. It is Roman
production, pictured at Rome,
and shows, from start to last, total
of 7,500 people in the cast.
Spartacus or the Revolt of the
MEANING OF “JITNEY."
Gladiators, next Thursday, will be
worth the 15c and 25c admission. There Aro Many Theorloe as to
■ **
I ed up after their fall and found to be
hook that maos,
_ _ charts and des- freezing cold within. Their velocity la
cribei, *>aw
clearly,
ao rapidly
w»»^| e v e ry main road --
- w reduced — by
w the resistance of
OF GENERAL INTEREST
Stata ot Ohio. City of Toledo, I
Lucas County,
I T*
Frank J. Cheney.mikee oath' that ho to
rro of »
. •• Cheney
senior pàrtner of the firm
F^J.
ot To-
a Co., doing business In _ _
ledo. County and Btate afc--------3 _~ -
that said firm will pay the sum of ONB
H U N D R E D DOLLARS for each and ev
ery case of Catarrh that cannot be^cured
by the use
» r f * H A i f c f C - A - - T * A K S H g g »
Indtptndent Warehouse
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
to before me and subscribed In
my pretouoe. this Sth day of December.
Events Occurring Throughout
tho
O rigin of tho W ord.
Wasco county will hold its an
Tbe meaulog of tbe word Jltuey to a
Delphian C b k Organised at Moro,
nual County Fair and Rodeo at
five ceot piece. Tbe origin of tbe word
rests wholly on »uppoHitton. and many
The Dalles on September 28th to
A literary-educational, civic and explanations are given. One Interested
October 1st.
social society club was o rg a n ize d ____
In tbe subject gathered tbe following
in M oro Wednesday evening at | tuformatiou: A correM(>oudeut from
According to the state superin the home of Attorney W.C.Bryant Boda Creek. H. G , said be knew tbe
. term as slang in Glasgow. Scotland,
tendent of schools twenty per cent with a charter list of twenty mem- over ufty years ago. it »«» used to
of the applicants at the recent bers. The new club has adopted designate aometblng small or inalgntfl
,
~
.
t ___ cant. The w ord was said to come from
state examination for teachers fail the
Delphian course of systems I
-ju ty ,“ which means de
ed to pass.
university extension home •»■•dvi
..
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study caption,
and --
the --------
French ’’nlaey."
cor
rectly
“ulhla.”
meaning
n
ninny
or elm
is
a
national
and reading, which
"The Celilo canal will be closed movement of merit and successful piston
Another correspondent M id It to •
to boat traffic during the first three in its field elsewhere. The mem foreign word which originated In Bus
weeks of this month while the bership as now constituted is Dr. ala as tbe unine of a small Russian
coin. A Ituestou scholar, however, da
locks are drained of water and and Mrs. Poley, M r. and Mrs. G . Clares there to no aucb coin and that
work done that was put off to per E. Lewellen, M r. and Mrs. C. L. the word In Russian mean» “rye.
A
correspondent
from
Tacoma.
mit the official opening and cele Ireland, M r. and Mrs. L. J.Lucas,
Wash., says tbe word “Jit.” meaning a
bration last May. Freight is be M r. and Mrs. W C. Bryant, M r.
five cent piece, caa toe traced back a
ing transferred by the portage rail and Mrs. A. Rose. Mr. and Mrs. hundred years und was the original
N.P.Hansen, M r. and Mrs. C. E. word used by abira traders for that
way while the locks are closed.
Sheets. M r. and Mrs. L. Barnum, coin.
An Oakland. Cal., correspondent said
that Jitney Is a word coined by the
A cloud' hurst, Monday after M r. and Mrs. D. E. Stephens.
Because of the difficulty and the southern negroes. Thera the small boy
noon, on O -W .R .N . DcsChutes
when told to run nu errand says. “ Do 1
river road, took out considerable tax upon the entertaining hostess get a Jltuey. boss z
A Los Angeles man says that the
track and two bridges shortly after it was voted to limit the member
term to Mexican vernacular for nickel
ship
of
the
club
to
not
more
than
the passenger train had passed.
—Philadelphia Praaa.
W ithin a short distance from the two more members. The next
cloud burst tbe train was stopt by meeting will be Monday evening
Church Union Is Proposed.
a land slide. In backing up to re at the home of Mrs. Ireland.
Eugene.— Demand for the elimlna
Officers elected were Mrs.Poley
port affairs, two cars jumped the
tion of church competition In small
president; Mrs Rose, vice-presi towns unable to support several de
track. And “ there they were.”
dent; Mrs. Sheets, secretary and nominations, the radical but chief
theme of the third annual State Inter-
treasurer.
The sacks ordered by the farm
Denominational Ministerial Confer
ers union finally arrived Saturday
A •¡miliar society, known as the ence In session here, took expression
last. The warehouse company Wasco Delphian Club, was organ in the creation of a state-wide inter
claimed, in a telegram received at ized Tuesday at Wasco with Mrs denominational church commission,
delegated to work out some method of
M oro July 21st, that shipment was Anna Medler as president; Mrs.
unification.
made on the 20th. The date of W .H .Y ancy as vice president, and
the railway waybill is all of three Mrs. Lulah Starns as secretary and Eastern Oregon Lumbermen to Testify
t^a Grande.— Eastern Oregon lum
days later. Chances seem good, treasurer.
bermen decided to send representa
that if the first telegram had pot
tives before the federal trade commis
been sent the shippers, sacks may
State School Fand Apportioameat.
sion when It sits in Spokane August
not yet be here.
6, to present problems of manufactur
Because of a delay of numerous era and dealers, and the Western
The multi-national war has borrowers to pay interest prompt W hite Pine association’s plan to enter
Into the National association’s adver
brought great prosperity to the ly the state school fund this year tising campaign, which contemplates
jute hag industry of India. During is $13,424 less than last year with an expenditure of 150.000 annually In
the one month of May. thir year, an increased school population of the Interest of lumber, was heartily in
England took, eighteen million 3865. The interest to be divided domed at a meeting of the Eastern
bags, half the usual number for an among the counties this year totals Oregon Lumber Producers’ association
which convened here.
ordinary twelve months. That is $360,066, the per capita appor
tionment
being
$1.75
as
compared
Bad Spoiler«.
one reason why deliveries of the
Lord Wolaeley noted that spelling
wheat sacks were late in Sherman with $1.85 last year. The school
had been the weak point of tunuy
county and also a good reason for population this year for Sherman great commanders. He was defending
our farmers to figure on bulk ship county is 1,055 and the apportion Marlborough agnlnst the charge of il
literacy. brought by Lord Chesterfield
ment it $1,846.25.
ments of grain.
for one, who said be was “eminently
Illiterate, wrote bad English and spelt
It worse. ” Wolseley replied that a
great many of Marlborough’s dto-
tlngulshed con temporaries, aucb as
Lord Chancellor Somers, spelled quite
badly and that Wallington and Na
ooe also ware among those who
could never learn to do It properly.—
London Telegraph.
Reedy te Bargain.
Suitor (to her father)—Sir, I love the
very ground your daughter treads on.
Father (gflmly)—W ell, young man. you
ain't the first party that’s had an at
tachment for i t Howeomefer. if you
love it well enough to come and l«elp
pay up tbe mortgage on It you can
marry Sarah.—Exchange.
A Wise Woman.
Mr. Snaggle (snappishly)—Don’t be
correcting that boy always. Sarah. Let
nature take its course, won’t you? Mrs.
Snaggle (laying aside the shingle)—
I ’ll do nothing of the sort. Mr. Snag
gle. I don’t Intend that any woman
shall hove such a hn«bsnd aa I ’ve got
M I eon prevent i t
Herd to Keep.
“Do you keep any aervantsT”
“No. of course n o t” ‘-
“But I tlmught I naw one In your
kitchen r
“Oh. w e 4 have aprrants on the pre
mises a day or two at a time, but we
4on’t keep th e » ." —Houston Pont
the State During the Fast
Week.
H all’s Catarrh Cure to todwu internally
and acts directly upon the Mood and mu
system. Bend for
cous surfaces of the eyw
1 *
A CO, Toledo, O.
“ Druggtote. TÏC.
by j e ll ■
Bold T
Family Pilla for eonsdpatloa.
Take
W ill Appeal Married Teacher Case.
Portland.— By a unanimous vote,
the school hoard determined to appeal
to the supreme court the case involv
ing the dismissal of Maud L. Richards
aa teacher in the girls* school of
trades from the recent decision of
Judge Morrow that Mrs. Richards la
entitled to her position and also her
salary during the time she was under
suspension.
D E A L E R S IN
L im e , P la s t e r , C e m e n t, B u ild e r s
S u p p lie s ,
L u m b e r,
W ood,
C o a l,
C e d a r P o s ts , A nd H a y .
M A N U FA C TU R E R S OF
P A P E R H A N G IN G
P A IN T IN G
S IG N
Estimates Eurnished
Free.
J.f Noonan, loro, Ore.
J. R. Morgan
. ID e r x tls t
MORO,
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OREGON
S alem —State Treasurer Kay an
lit to 15th of each month.
nounced the apportionment of the In
terest on the school fund, and It la
>13,424.95 less then last year, while
the school population Is 38S5 greater, W A S C O .
-
OREGON
the total Interest for this year being
16th to 30th of each month.
>360,055 and the total school popula
tion 205,752
Last year the interest
totaled >373,490.» and the school pop
ulation 201,887. Thia makes the per
capita apportionment (his year >1.75,
as compared with >1.85 for last year.
A considerable sum In delinquent In
terest could not be collected this year
prior to the apportionment, and thia
P h y s ic ia n a n d S u rg e o n .
accounts for the total being less.
D r . C . L . P o le y
BOND ISSUE DECLARED VALID
M IL L
F E E D
M o ro , O re g o n .
Supreme Court Decision in Favor of
O ffic e In re s id e n c e .
Propoeod Ksndall Road Plaaeea. ,
Roseburg.— One of the moot enthus
iastic celebrations ever held in Rose
burg waa the jollification celebration
on the streets here after receipt of
news that the Oregon supreme court
L aw yer.
had rendereii a decision upholding the
city In the >300,000 bond Issue recent
ly voted by the people of Roseburg to
aid Kendall Brothers in the construc Office w ith . W. H . R agsdale
tion of a standard gauge railroad ex
tending from the city 30 mllee east to
OREGON.
MORO
the timber belt, and the construction
of a large sawmill near thia city.
The celebration assumed the propor
tions of a strawberry carnival and C.J.BaiaHT, W .C . Bar ant , M .G .E l u s .
Fourth of July celebration In one.
Attorneys and others Interested In
the case are of the opinion that thia
decision w ill end aff litigation in the
A tto rn e y s -a t-L a w
matter, and that K hM all Brothers
may "how safely proceed with actual
construction of their projects.
offices a t
B right, B ry an t & Ellis.
Heavy Damage It Caused by Storm.
Baker. — Bridges were torn out,
roads gullied and part of the O.-W. R.
A N. track near Durkee was swept
away by a cloudburst in this vicinity.
Standing grain In tho B u rn t' River
oountry worth thousands ' of dollars
destroyed
W
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Housekeeper Awarded Estate
Eugene. —» Elisabeth M urray, who
kept house and cared for James San
ford for 13 years on conditon that
he leave her hla property when he
died, waa not left anything by San
ford’s will. Court upholds her and
ate w ill receive $25.000 estate.
There’s Ne Place Like It.
An K apert
M m Gaddy wna n tunniopollte. She
Johnny— What to an expert, pa? Pa
— A fellow who telle ethers how to do was at home every vrBare—except at
the things he r i l l do blmseir.-JfidBn. home.—Phlladel|>hln I^ d fr r . x
The D a lits and M o ro , O rt.
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C M. Huddleston
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If 1« new, a n d its room s are provided w ith
ru n n in g w ater an d lo n g d is ta n c e telep h o n es.
E u ro p e a n p la n . R ates $1 per day a n d up.
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E n tire ly new, c o n v e n ie n t to business
C lean beds, a n d ta b le th e b e st th e m a rk e t
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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
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S U N D A Y D IN N E R S 3 5 0 .
Trotti til Doieiticitet iiis ili.
Opposite Postoffice
W A SC O .
OREGON
Telephone Maia 502.
AT
Corner of 7th and 8 U r k 8 tr c tf.
a ffo r d .
V e t e r in a r ia n
TRAVEL
BY AUTO
A N D V IS IT T H E D A L L E S
Grover J. Duffey
Gets Job at O. A . C.
Dallas.— E. M. Smith, former county
clerk of Polk county, has accepted the
position of auditor of the state agri
cultural college at Corvallis and will
move to that city about September L
A N D
W R IT IN G
University to Add to Requirements.
Eugene.— Further tightening of the
screws at the university In an effort
to raise the standard even higher la
the edict circulated about the campua
Ten per cent will be added to all re
Your business will be
quirements during the $omlng year.
appreciated
and an endeavor
Required hours of study wlU he in
will be made to'please all.
creased, lessons will be longer, gen
eral standards higher, the field of
study larger and the depth of subject OOOOCXXXJOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
greater.
The tightening Is not in the univer
sity alone, says President P. L. Camp
bell, from whose, office the order
comes, but characterises high school
work throughout the state. ..
School Fund Interest L
j
Moro
Oregon.