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About Sherman County observer. (Moro, Sherman County, Or.) 1897-1931 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 24, 1915)
*• MH*«»* £ ___ w. - I «nm j Duta, <» * «A •U ofrac 28, tpln. r!6e. , Edited by the Committee > Marie Morrison, George Hansen ’ Geo. B. Bourhill to T .W A lk y ; MRS. WOODROW WILSON T h e M o ro high school withes everyone a very M e rry Xmas and a H ap p y and Prosperous •' N ew Year. $10.00. Eastern Colum bia Land C o. to Prof. Ounton has suggested a number of words for the M .H .S . scholars to look up during our vacation. Bessie Bourhill substituted as teacher for Miss Kessi, part of this week, and M a rie Morrison for Miss Duncan. M o n t ’s 1st add to City of Moro, •b o b M wo. S IK W S . - ' L. i t French by Sheriff to W . f U Copper; t iX of awX. oeX of swX, nw X of te X sec 11, tp3s, rlSe. .$450.00. , W ilb e r Sheton from Pomeroy, Washington, visited school last Tuesday with his cousins, Philip, Serai and John Searcy. T h e student body of the high school made a present of a pretty cut glass dish to Miss D ay and gave a fine rug to Prof. Dunton. R. C. Atwood to Atwood-Lee Co.; lota 5 and 6» blk 4. Me- j Phenon’s 1st add to Town of Wanoo. also a tract in Wasco. Misses Lola Messinger, Adella Mortensen and N in a Searcy who are attending the State N o rm al visited our school last Tuesday. , SIOO j OO. I J g b a M . A llen to John G . * Thomamen; swX and » X of seX * sec 23, seX tec 24; n w X . i X of n e X . n e X o f-n e X . sec 25; n X o f Prof. Dunton expects to leave as soon as school is out for W ood* bum to be with his wife and son during the holidays; they having been visiting Mrs. Dunton's par* ents the last few weeks. n w X . « X tec 26; a X te c 36; tp ln . rl6 e . Lota 3 and 4, e X o f tw X »j | t e X tec 19, s w X see 20; n w X tec 29, lots 1, 2. 3 and 4, e X of n w X n e X . e X of a w X . tec 30, tp ln . ‘ rl9 e . $10.00. -------- After the basket ball game last Friday the M . H . S. gave a re ception for the Wasco boys and girls. The evening pawed very pleasantly in playing games and dancing. Light refreshments, con sisting of punch and cookies were i A. L. H o ff to J. D . Brown; n X * sec 16, tp4s, rl7 e , also land other ' counties. $1.00 J. D . Brown to A L Huff; ► n X tc ^ .1 6 , tp4s, rl7 e ., also land in Other counties. $1.00. served. T h e mock trial was finished kS( Thursday afternoon before a jury, consisting of seven * students of the high school. T h e jury was out only a few minutes returning a verdict of not guilty. ' T h e court was then adjourned and the president of the literary society took the stand. I t was decided to have another mock trial before our school year closed. . John H . Biggs to L evi S. , Hines; part ot lots 1, 2 and 3 and lot 10 in block 2 in Bigg's Second 1 add to Wsaco. $1.00. H . W . G o ff to James Fox; n X of n e X tec 9 , tp2n, r 18e. $360. James Fox to George Fox; 4 acres in o e X . M c A fp2n, rl8e.l $L0Q» acjcrt ■ Edited by Lilliau Morrison and Tbelma Buxton. FOSS PEAGE- PIAN » GIVES The - Stupendous Photo D ram a in 3 acts 8 parts U B. Wlti Penult Washington.—Btat flcials have decided I will receive the as political refugee she United States. This to General Funston 1 ment for transmlsek Prices The petition blanks wore mailed from Flint in plain envelopes and no one here appeared to know the Iden Kx-Preeldent T aft Taken III en Train. tity of the sender. La Croese, WU.—Former President William IL Taft arrived here stek. and wan taken to the homo at h former classmate at Tale, Georg» W. burton, Portland. * * ~ v ' where he wda put to bad Immediately. Wheat—Club, Mo; blueetem, Mo; Bo was taken with such chills on the rad Russian, Mo; forty-fold. Ho; rad train that it was necessary to foMNj ««a, Me. — ------ --------------------------- 3 Hay—Eastern Oregon timothy, $17; alfalfa. |14.M. . fc'i, Butter^—Creamery, 270. ‘ * That Happy, Chuckling, I Grins and Tl ling Story o f T h e Ell Dee literary aociety was called to order Friday after noon at one o'clock in Prof. B ow m an'i room. T h e scholars of Miss Duncan's room were in vited guests. Several very inter esting recitations were given; also debate of the question "Resolved: Railroads are more useful than steamboats." The affirmative sit’e was supported by Thelm a Buxton and Jessie Hoskinson, the nega tive by Lillian M orrison and Le ota Calbrealh. T h e judges were Lenore Ramsey, Evelyn Ragsdale and Bessie Andersen. T h e de cision was given for the affirm ative. RUSSIANS CHANGE BRIEF WAR NEWS Orest numbers of Italian troops and much munitions have been landed In Albania. At present France Is paying 11®.- 000,000 dally war expenses, and It has coat the nation 14,000,000,000 since war was declared. i The Berlin Lokal Amslger, one ot the most powerful newspaper* in Ger many, has been suppressed by the German authorities, according to ad vices received at Amsterdam. It has been officially announced in Berlin that the small German cruiser Bremen and a torpedo-boat accom panying her have been sunk by a sub marine in the eastern Baltic Sea. The allies are making Salonlkl a military stronghold. In anticipation ot an assault from the central powers. The heights are dotted with artillery and the railroad to the north has been mined. . The war situation in the east and west bean the outward appearance ot comparative quiet Borne observers are reedy to predict the operations will virtually remain at a standstill until after the holidays. In the Balkans military operations are temporarily at a standstill, except In Montenegro and Albania, where the Austrians and Bulgarinas are carry ing on mountain warfare against King Nicholas’ troops and the Serbians. A big battle is in progress in the valley of the Albanian, or Black Drin river, between the Serbs and Bulgarians. At last report no decision had been reach ed In the fighting. On the fringes of the Balkans these la promise of new annoyances for the Bulgarians and Oermana in the Ital ian operations through Albania and the Russian concentration in Pesos re bla. Meanwhile In the so-called Mid dle East, Grand Duke Nicholas' ad vance to Hamadan brings strong Rus sian forces to within about SCO mils« of Bagdad and it la believed in the entente capitals that his operations will put new life and new Importance into the British operations in south Persia after the recent setback. SHORT NEWS NUGGETS PLANS Attack on Bulgarians Bald to Have Boon Abandoned. London.—There has bean consider able speculation In London tor some time as to what has beooms of the Russian troops which conoentrated on the Roumanian border several weeks ago with the apparent Intention of on- taring the Balkan conflict Recently an absolute laok ot naw developments regarding the Russian plan in this quarter led moot obsesy- | ers to decide that hopes for a Russian I interference were either prematura or baaed on circumstances since altered. It la reported that the Russian force is being withdrawn from the Rouman ian border. . Dispatches to the Telegraph from Rotterdam quota the Berliner Tage- hlatt to the effect th ayth e greater part of the Russian army concentrated In thia section has been already moved from Rani northward to Bukowina and that all plans for attacking the Bulgarians have bean abandoned in favor of a naw offensive against Bu kowina. Aa offer of 115,000 par weak to pom for the movies had no attraction for Governor Welsh of Massachusetts and ha turned the offer down. Oreana, dirt and much scale found tilth s boiler tubes of the Great North ern steamship Minnesota ware respon sible for the vesse l 's recent break down, federal lnspeotora working on the case stated. The rush of export shipments frees Chioago destined for the Atlantia sea board for European consignments, ha« enabled the railroads of the Uaited States to show earnings greater than evqjr In the history of the oountry. At the close of a meeting between representatives of organised baseball and the Federal league, bald in Nw York, it was announced the national commission has boon authorised to deal with the Federal league on foe
