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About Sherman County observer. (Moro, Sherman County, Or.) 1897-1931 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 25, 1916)
The O b s e rv e r T H E W ASCO MARKET I handle all kinds of Presh and Cured Meats, s Fish, Oysters and Crabs in season. kinds of vegetables. Also all 1 am in the market for anything you have to sell in the line I am handling, s -r< Bùi hp b Stau M- FRIDAY February 25. 1916 The owner to the mate of a mighty good glove can find it at this office. J .R . Kaseberg v a in the city this week on business connected with his farming interests. It takes better men to make a better world. The go to church movement it simply to make bet* ter neighbors. A . C. Thompson, wife and son >ewey are expected to soon ar rive home from Jbeir winter visit in and near Los Angeles. Come in and see me. W rite or phone about your cattle, veal, poultry, eggs, butter, and green or dry hides. « < L. S. HINES, The Meat Man WASCO, OREGON N at C. Goodwin. America's most distinguished actor, in "Bus Phone M ain 373 & W g f * e « c h 2 d and 4th Thursday R e v e n in a a Monthly. SSKBSlHMa« N bllik C ushm an , M m . M a t B a k n u m . W orthy M atron toe rotary. • / in e * is Business" comes to the M oro Theater, on Thursday. March 2nd. 1 G inn. Coleman & Co. have in stock the famous Shady Brook Dairy Feed, best for increase of milk production; also Big 6 Horse Feed, and also dry alfalfa meal. A fte r subsidence of the flood at Demoss a visitor to the Demoss grove picked up $1.50 in nickels and dimes as he walked through the grounds, a matter of a few minutes. The very unbalanced condition of the defenses of this coast is so extraordinary that it makes a start ling commentary on the reckless ness of the future that is now stir ring the whole nation. Most of the country is today shouting for adequate preparedness. The opin ions of what adequate prepared ness consists of. are varied. There has crystallized a definite demand that a naval base be lo cated at the mouth of the Colum ns and all the immense area af fected by this matter are very deeply concerned. This is a bit of business that must be taken very seriously and is a matter touching upon the defense of the shortest route from the Pacific coast to the central west, and hence to the Atlantic seaboard. A first class station should be at the mouth of the Columbia be cause that is the most sensible geographic location on the Pa cific coast to protect the greatest area of American soil, and from that point ships could be dis patched to the relief of any part of our coast / Superintendent, D. E. Stephens of the Experiment Farm, return ed Sunday fromWashington.D.C.. where he has been engaged on Those attending the masquer Union revival services contin special work for the deparmfent ade dance last Friday report the ued in Presbyterian church. of agriculture. best time they« have had . at a Everybody welcome. ' The Mrs. John McDermid writing dance for quite a while. John Robertson, pastor. to M oro friends from the hospital floor was in apple pie order, the •* 7 • > " - at The Dalles reports a very satis attendance for dancing just right, Presbyterian church: factory recovery from her opera and the muaic and mangement all Sabbath School at 10 a.m. tion and says that she expects to that could be asked. Union evangelistic services wil Prizes were awarded to Dr. be home again very soon. be held in the Presbyterian church C. L. Poley, beat sustained gen The mare colt advertised as tleman character, Sunday morning and evening. “ Cannibal"; lost last week by Frank Mobley Everybody in touch with any to Fred Hennagin, most unique of these services will be warmly has been found et the McClure gentleman character, "The Candy tarm, where it was noticed the Kid"; to Mrs. Vivian Ornduff, welcomed. day after it disappeared. It pays A. J. Adama, Pastor. most unique lady character, “ Little to advertise your wants in the G irl"; to Joe Hendrix, best sus See Mullikin “ the harnew mak Observer. tained lady character, "Dutch Sales of O liver plows yrere Cleanser." er" at Waaco. Oregon. Other maskers coming to our T . S. Reeae fcnd family arrived made last week by the M oro Hardware A Implement Co. to attention were, M n . Poley and home Sunday from their trip to J. M . Bradley, a three bottom Miss Day as “ BigChief and Little California. . . . _ , 16-inch; to L. V . Moore, a three Squaw"; M n . Nora Axtell, “ San Abstracts promptly made by the bottom 16-inch; to W ilford Bel- ta Claus” ; L. W . Roto, "as “ The Sherman County Abstract Com she, a two bottom 16-incb. Fat Dutchman"; R. D. Jackson, pany, M oro, Oregon. Frank Hennagin was in town as “ Charlie Chaplin." Asaewor Otto Peetz returned Saturday from the Boardman Supper was served at the M oro Sunday from Salem where he has district and took home with z .him Hotel after masks were off and been attending the state asaewors one of the Z type lX -borse prizes awarded. Dancing con convention. tinued until the wee sma’ houn. Fairbanks gasoline engines adver ß a i)k of 14°*° MORO, OREGON T O B U IL D a Bank that will never know com pletion. but that will advance continually to meet advancing conditions Ta Advance Dspassto and Service to a Netahle Degree. T O C R E A T E a personality that will be known for its strength and friendliness. T O A R R A N G E and Co-Operate activities to the end of winning confidence by meriting i t T O S T R IV E always to secure the satisfaction of every customer. This is the aim of "B A N K O F M O R O " that to being impressed more and more indelibly, as the years go by upon the character of the business it self; that is being expressed more and more ef fectively as the bank grows stronger in strength and understanding. Methodist church: Sunday School at KkOO i . m Need be a Dream no 1 Longer Thia is planning time and for your help we have two plan b o o k i of over two hun dred designs ranging in coat from $750 up. O ur Architect« will make any design suit your ideals and your pocketbook, Just drop in or tend us word and we will be on deck to talk thia oyer with you. The plana are free and they are very complete. See H. U. M ARTIN About it Moro, O regon Land Located in Sherman Co _______ N o . 1. 1200 acre«; 900 andar culrivatioo; 320 »cree to rammer tallow. Firwt clem 12 room house, food well and wind m ill, hot and cold water la honra. Good fence«; railroad fled Nation oaplace; one mUa tool m perchonar- 3 milee to echool and atora; 7 tf mtlaa to count mat. Price, lor short time, $25 par acre, w ill take trade to $15,000. N o . 2. 1300 acraa, about 900 andar cultivation, 500 peadad. Good h0 M T ' bora and outbuildings; close to school; I S “ ’*«• •tore * od n ^ o f t c ^ 7 H miles to ermntr eaat; good wall and wind mill and lots to o d lE e - F r i~ 0 5 u - ill M k .n d .w t l0 .ie e . S 320 acres. 280 in cultivation. Good naw boom; abed torn; 1 mUa to school; I S mile to warehouse; 3% miles to store. P rice$35 an aera, w ill take soma trade. N a N o . 5. acraa close to school and church, 350 io cultivation. Price $9000. of which $3500 cash or good security and balance long-tim e et six per cent. J to a a to a . 178 Io cultivation, balance pasture. 2 K miles from Kent $25 per acre for the tillable land end pasture thrown in; two sec- t t a military land alongside that can be rented; this is a sura bargain. N o . 7. WRITE OR CALL ON ALEX HUNTER MORO, OREOON The O liver, John Deere and Molln Plows. Roderick Lean double acting Cut aw ay, alto th e O liver and Deere Cutaw ay. Steel Disc Harrows, Farm Tracks, Hack* and Buggies. In (act a Full Line of F a rm Im plements. , floro Hardware & Im plm t. Co riORO, OREOON O . E. Baker was in town Tues tised by the Moro Hardware A day from his farm eaat of Monk- implement Co. and also a Myers and. H e was getting hit outfit in pump jack. shape for early work. A letter received at the family The many friends of W . A. home from Evepett Hastings an May will be pleased to learn of nounced his marriage, on the 10th lit rapid recovery from the ef- at Vancouver, to Miss Lena ects of an operation recently un Gunnion. They were expecting dergone at the hospital in The to be home last week, but were Dalles. marooned in The Dalles waiting M oro high school boya lost the or train service to resume. J issket ball game at Wasco last Monday. February Friday to the Waaco high school B p 28, D r. F reeze will >y a score of 21 to 23. Tw b of make hit regular the regular M oro team were not trip tor February to M o r o / hav able to make the trip. ing been obliged to postpone ‘ C. M . Biggs has bought the Phillips’ interest in their hotel xisinew and rented the buildings. They have installed an electric sign at the front entrance and will operate a hotel and reitaurant. Your chickens will toon pay for them selves in increased egg production if you will usb a quart can of carbolineum around the chicken house and perches; you can get it at the Observer Book Store. > x The Walther-Williams Hard ware company of The Dalles has received a large shipment of new automobiles, consisting of a car load of Fords, two carloads of Dodge cars and one carload ot Studebakers. Mn. O . E. Baker of Monkland is visiting at the home of her sis ter, Mfs. Frank Olds at Grass Valley. She also expects to visit at the home o f her parentr, J. M . M arlin and wife, eaat of that city before returning home. ~ --------------IS FOR SA L E B Y ----------------- ¡ - = s Q INN, COLEMAN & CO. W e have the beat full chilled plow on the market and in vite inspection at our sales room. W e sold fouf in Sherman county last year and could have sold more if we could have gotten them. Every man that had the handling of thia plow last year said it was the easiest to handle (hat he had ever used. It is adjustable to 12-inch, 14-inch, and 16-incb; cornea in two or three bottom and can be added to or reduced as wanted. The plow share has the usual smooth cutting edge in front and also a patented corrugated bottom on the shear; this permits of cleaner and better cutting with lew pull on the hones. It is built high; has good clearance; and will not choke in stubble and scours extra well. It can be raised and lowered while the team is going and in every way can be considered a. first-claw, number one plow. THE VULCAN PLOW It’s good to be rich, but it is not wise to appear so. Carbolinium, fresh stoek. now on sale at The Observer Store. SOLD BY M r. and Mrs. H . M . Shull were called to Juliaetta, Idaho, by the death, on the 5th, of Mrs. Shull’s mother. Sole Agents for Sherman County E. A. Larkin left Thursday for Minam, * Oregon, in Wallowa county near the Union county ine where he has a homestead,, County School Superintendent F. E. Fagan and Sheriff J. C. M c Kean were Rufus visitors last F ri same on account of the storm. day, attending the school declam Free consultation to all. At Graw atory contest. M r. Fagan acted Valley February 26-27. Wasco as one of the contest judges. February 29th. The first shipment of grain Dayton Henrietta, renting the bags to San Francisco and Port Clayton place east of Moro, now land from Calcutta, amounting to has plenty of water for all pur 4500 bales, will soon be afloat. A poses. The drill operated by second shipment will soon fol Arthur Johnson finished -on low. The application, after Washington’s birthday. The 6- March 4th, of the new seamen’s inch well is down 210 feet and has law to foreign ships entering water standing to a depth of 130 American ports has resulted in a feet with a teat of ten gallons a number of steamers refusing to JM * * minute. charter for thia trade. The basket social at Monkland M oro was not entirely shut off school homfe bn the 11th netted from mail facilities during the just about $43 to apply on the blockade of the paat week. new organ the school expects to Through the activity of Postmas secure. The school w ill give an ter J. M . Parry it was arranged entertainment the evening of with the postal authorities to March 11th. charging a small ad have a temporary stage service. mission. and the proceeds from R. T . Morgan was sworn in as this will also be used towards the carrier and made two round purchase of the organ. trips to Wasco, where mail for this city was sorted from the pile in the depot freight house. The service was i maintained by local MORO, OREOON BLftCKSMITHHIG I have opened a General Blacksm ithing and H orseshoeing Business in the Old Tom lin Shop and Solicit Your Business. DICK B O W E N , Moro All the Old T im ers K now T hat M y W ork is A lw ays Satisfactory G ood W a te r And plenty for all purposes, is one ot the principal assets of good and successful farming. The water is there for you, and only needs development and the cost it small. See A. 8. J O H N S O N about it and make up your mind to stop hauling water. “I See In the Paper’’ The M oro Hardware A Imple la the W a y Many CanvsMtoow Begin ment Co. have one 3-bottom 12- If Your Advertisement Were inch gang plow and two 3-bottom There It W ould Be Seen Too. 14-inch gang plows for sale. W rite or phone them for particulars. These are second bated plows and will be sold at a very low price. The Clarke Cutaway to an up- to-date farm implement sold by G in n , Coleman A Co. It to short coupled with seat over the bind section. There Is no danger of falling off and becoming hurt by the last section. Levers are in front of the seat and can be regu lated without stopping the team. It to impossible for the sections to track, regardless of side hill or level land. Call in and look I them over. _ THE BEST PLOW subscriptions. Attention is directed to the ad vertisement of Ginn, Coleman A Co. and the merits of the Vulcan plow. This plow can be had in either two or three bottom; is ad justable to 16- 14- or 12-inch; it is full chilled and has the usual smooth cutting edge in front and also a patented corrugated bottom on the shear that permits easier pull on the horses and cleaner cutting. One of its best features is that it can be raised and lower ed while the team is moving and that it will follow the furrow track of other plows. Call in and see it at the warehouse of Ginn, Coleman A Co. HAULING WATER IS LKE FATING RENT A. S . J O H N S O N O D A L IT T L E M ISS IO N A R V W O R K IN YOt idle day, by telling your neighbors of the gt qualities of The Observer. If you ean’t get their 0 scriptione, send ue their addresses and we will w them sample copies. We pay for all eolieiting you [KW Subscribe for The Observer. Beet Weakly publial in the Inland Empire. Everyone reads it. Qood Stationary, nicely printed to one of the f l requlrm ento of a good business. W e can supply y
