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About Sherman County observer. (Moro, Sherman County, Or.) 1897-1931 | View Entire Issue (April 21, 1916)
- 9Bi The t r** -,u r S. D. MONTGOMERY MORO, OREGON O b s e rv e r Mrs. F .E . Fagan is visiting with her parents at Tygh. M<aof amtBMAB cq ., obbooh : Ohi ftp fir tau Wy, Proprietor of “City Dray” FRIDAY... .....A p ril 21. 1916 ) Plowing and General Team W ork Hauling of Any Kind. C erekn L H | e N o . 121. A. F. A A. M. MOTO. Or. Your Patronage Appreciated with ns. the first and third v evenings of each ____ _ Visiting members cordially invited to meet By order of W . M . J. M . P a r r y . Secretary. B e th le h e m Geo, Fawcett (6 T he Fram e Up Meets in I . O . O . F . hall each 2nd and 4th Saturday afternoon. Visiting members welcome. W . S. Powell, President. C. G . Silver, Secretary. Thursday A pril 27th Moro Theatre The Right 8 tart - For a New Home is to get the right plan — a plan that includes your ideas of attractiveness, com fort and cofivepience. O f course, the real problem is to find that particular plan and that’s where Tum -A-Lum Service helps. Our plan books contain so many practical home designs and plans that they haven’t yet failed to meet the demands made upon them. /O u r architect designs any of these homes to suit you and we tell you the cost Local Ckorck Annanneeinents for Sunday, April 23. * Sec H. U. Martin about it” TUM-A-LUM LUMBER COMPANY — — — — —w w Real Estate Bargains Latìd Located in Sherman Co. No. 1. 1280 «ere«; 900 under cultivation; 320 acre« m crop. Fir»( elans 12 room houac, hot and cold water, good wall tad. Wind mid , Iola of water both at house and pasture. Good fences, most all hog tight, railroad flag station on place; one mile haul » ware- houae? 3 miles to achool and .tore; 7% mile, to county Mat. Price, with crop. $30 per acre, will take aome trade.. No 2. 800 acres, all tillable except about 25 acres: 400 acres In crop. Close to town. Lot. of water. Fair bu.ld.nga. W ill take $9000 in trade, balaace crop payments, 6 per cent interest. N o 3 640 acres west of Grass Valley, good buildings, lota of water, close to school. Price, $ » per acre, part cash with bal ance on termt. No 4 . 960 ycra ranch, fair budd i'-g\ close to town, running water the year round, about 600 acres in crop. Price, with crop, $30 per acre. a ' • . <i No 5 400 acres, 350 tillable. Close to school and church. Good well of water. Price $25 per acre, either cash or good sec urity for first payment of $3500; balance, tfhse to suit. = WRITE OR CALL ON ALEX HUNTER MORO, OREGON &*■ READ THE OBSERVER A L L th e time.* For County new i hoped they w ill be liberal. . Everybody welcome. ' John Robertson, pastor. Geo. H Bates, 1st Lieutenant company D, 30th U.S.A. infantry and Miss Jennie Ginn of this city were married at the home of the groom ’s parents in Plattsburgh, N.Y., Saturday A p ril 15th. Traveling Passenger Agent M il ler, of the O -W .R .N .C o., was in town last week. The new player piano installed at M r. Alterm att’s store is the cen ter of attraction. Preparations tpr the Easter pro gram, to be given at the church next Sunday, is well under way. W hile vaulting at school last week, W allis French sustained a broken arm. He is getting along nicely, however. A shower of paint is predicted fa f the Garden City this spring. Perhaps deluge would be a better descriptive word. Mrs. Coleman, who has been visiting her parents, M r. and Mrs. Brown of this city, left Sunday night for her home at Great Falls. .Montana. “ Broncho Busting” was a spec ial feature in town Sunday after noon. Both Atlee W ilson and John Addington - sustained their enviable reputations as riders. M r. P h illip i of Silverton visited this community last week for the first time in fifteen years. Except ing the people, he notices little or no change in our village. . The successful contestants at the speaking try-out last Friday were Irene Deyo, division A; Ronald Payne, division B; Johnie Lamb, division C. T heir next battle w ill be at Kent on the 28th. * . School w ill close on May $th. Since the May 8th-grade exami nation w ill he held on the 4th and 5th, no closing program w ill be prepared. The 6th-grade pupils w ill write on Physiology at that time. A t next jeounty fair time city water, piped from M oro, and acetelyene lights w ill be added conveniences for county fair vis itors. It was intended to install electric lights, using the M oro cir cuit, but the plant was not able to handle the business with a "direct Qood Stationary, nicely printed is o n e o fth j first requIrm enU «ood business. W e can supply you. current dynamo. 1 To Advance Deposits and Service to a Notable Degree. T O C R E A TE a personality that w ill 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 it. notices . Mrsr-Pauline Nichols is a visitor For State Senitor. in M oro from LosAngeles, at the I hereby announce mvself as a horn# of her parents, Rev. and candidate for State Senator of the Eighteenth Senatorial District of Mrs. Adams. M the State of Oregon, comprising ' Apples for sale, different varie the counties of G illiam , Sherman, 1 ties, at 60c and 75 cents per box. and Wheeler, subject to ,.the w ill L. E. Clark. H ood River. Oregon of the republican voters at the primary election to be held in rid 1. box 87. said district on the 19th day ot E. C. Clark is building a cottage May, 1916. M. D. Shanks. on the lot opposite the court house, recently purchased from For County Commissioner W m. Henrichs. To the voters of Sherman county, Oregon: 1 hereby an It you have a news item, tell it nounce that I. w ill be a candidal« to the Observer. D on’t imagine for the nomination o f County we know it and then wonder why Commissioner of Sherman county it is not in the paper ’phone it in. on the Republican ticket at the M r. and Mrs. Delbert Wallace primaries May 19th, 1916. Jerry M. Wilson, Kent were visitors in M oro this week from Stockton, Kansas, guests of For County Sheriff. their old-fime friends, M f. and To the Voters of Sherman Coun Mrs. John M uir. ty: 1 hereby announce myself as a A wrestling match has been ar candidate for the office of sheriff Methodist church: ranged for Saturday night, at the of Sherman county at the Repub- imary to be held May I ican opera house after the show, be Sunday School at lQ:00 a. m. 6. W. H. Meyer, tween Frank Barks of M cM inn Wasco, Oregon. Easter exercises at 7:30 p.m. ville and Bob May of Moro. A t Spaulding the Easter exer A letter, written January 2d and For County Sheriff. cises w ill be held at 11 a.m., fol having the M oro postmark of lowed by basket dinner. Preach 1 hereby announce myself as a ing service w ill be held in the January 3d, was delivered to the candidate for the nomination for proper address in Billings, M on the office of county sheriff, for afternoo n.__________ <____ _ Sherman couniy at the Republi A ll collections on that day are tana, on A p ril 7th, with no apol can primary ?to be held May for benevolent purposes, so it is ogies for the delay. 19, 1916. Fred R. Messinger. Items from “ The Garden City.’ home completed early. T olitical Presbyterian church: Service« morning and evening. Next Sabbath w ill be a glad day at the Presbyterian church. A t the 11 o’clock service there w ill be special Easter music and an Easter sermon to be followed by the christening of children, the wel coming of new members into the church and the sacrament of the L o rd ’s Supper. The evening service w ill be de voted to an Easter program by the Sabbath School. Let us spend the day in w orthily commemorating the crowning event in the Christian calendar. ’’ Enter into His gates with thanks giving and into His courts with praise: be thankful unto H im and bless His name.” —Ps. 100:4. A. J. Adams, Pastor. ' of all material. This service is yours for the asking. ‘ Spring is coming fast. Building w ill soon begin. Get in early so you can get your T O B U IL D a Bank that w ill never know com pletion. but that w ill advance continually to meet advancing conditions TO STR IVE always to secure the satisfaction of every customer. - This is the aim of “ B A N K O F M O R O ” that is 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. 'Io the Republican voters of tion, on the Columbia, between the 28th representative district: Rowena and Lyle. You wiH~ please take notice that I The city has had the street be am a candidate tor the nomina tween the pump house and garage tion for Representative of said district to succeed myself. filled and leveled. . In making this announcement C. A. Tom and wife and Frank I feel that I am better qualified to Hulery were in M oro Sunday serve my district hy having the ex perience of the 1915 session and from the Garden City. if nominated and elected it will L. Barnum has purchased the be my pleasure to serve my dis livery barn property, opposite the trict, as a whole, to the best of m y ability. C. C. Clark. T t-» | i t M oro Commercial Co. store. M o r o L o c a l N o . 41 99 MORO, OREGON A ferry has been put in opera For Representative Farm ers Eduositlenel and C o -O p e r ative U n lan e f A m erloa in a powerful political drama in five parts entitled B ap k of lyiofo’/ Mrs. C. L . Ireland left Tuesday at Cottonwood, Idaho, were guests for a short visit with friends at i this week at the Demoss home of their daughter and sister, Mrs. F. Portland. Second hand O liver gang plow i Mobley. They were on their re for sale cheap by Ginn, Coleman turn home after a winter spent in southern California. & Company. A new furnace and heating plant is being installed by the Bank of M oro. C h a p te r n o . 78 o . i. a. Regular communication | each 2d and 4th Thursday kevenings monthly. |M rs . N e l l ik C u s h m a n , __ ___ _ W orthy Matron M u . M a y B a r n u m , Secretary. that accomplished American star Another improvement soon due for M oro is a concrete sidewalk See Mullikin “ the harness mak along the front and side of the M oro Commercial Co. brick. er” at Wasco. Oregon. L.Barnum has given Hedges & Carbolinlura, fresh stock, now Huis the contract and work w ill on sale at The Observer Store. be started when the Foss & Co. G. A. Simon left for Portland garage is finished. Tuesday, to bring home his Max J. W . Bruner and wife and dau well auto. ghter, Mrs. Grace W right, living For County Assessor. To the voters of the Republican party of Sherman county, O re gon: I hereby announce myself as a candidate for the nom ination of Assessor of Sherman county, O re gon, subject to the w ill of the Re The story of “ The Frame U p ” publican party, at the primaries the 5-act Universal photodrama to be held May 19, 1916. which comes to the M oro theatre Otto Peetz. on next Thursday is an intensely absorbing one, featuring George Announcement. Fawcett the veteran Broadway To the several voters of Sher star. man county, Oregon: I hereby desire to announce -Your chickens w ill soon pay myself a candidate for the nom i for them selves in increased egg nation of County Sheriff subject production if you w ill use a quart to the w ill of the Democrat voters can of carbolineum around the at the coming primary nominat chicken house and perches; you ing election May 19th, 1916. Should I be nominated and can get it at the Observer Book later elected to said office 1 will Store. continue as in the past, to enforce John Johnson died at the fam ily home south of M oro .early Tuesday morning. M r. Johnson was oue of the early pioneer tann ers of Sherman county, but later years has suffered much from asthma. the laws and conduct the office in a courteous and economical man ner. J. C. McKean. For District Attorney Notice is hereby given that 1 w ill be a candidate for the office of District Attorney for Sherman Through the Alex Hunter real County at the primary nominat ing election May 19th, 1916, on estate agency a sale has been made the Republican ticket. - of the Dan Stewart farm of 753 C. M . Huddleston acres, east of M oro, .to Portland parties. As part of the deal, Mr. For County Treasurer. Stewart received 240 acres near I hereby announce that I will Washougal, Wash. be a candidate for the nomination for County Treasurer of Sherman Engineer Sheets has placed a County on the Republican ticket large casting containing a fine at the primaries May 19th, 1916. W. D. Wallan, M oro brass screen on the pipe between the pump and water supply. This v * w ill stop all the rocks, sand, etc., For County Clerk To the voters of the Republi that now work through into the can party of .Sherman county, service pipes and meters. Oregon, 1 hereby, announce my The three families; Grant M or self as a candidate for the nom i gan, John Hastings and F, M ob nation of County Clerk o f Sher man County, Oregon, subject to ley; expect to enjoy dinner Easter the w ill of the Republican party Sunday at the Mobley home in at the primaries to be held on Demoss. The three families were May 19th, 1916. K. A. McPherson. former neighbors in Clarke coun ty, Washington, near Vancouver. Announcement J. F. Belshee and wife were To the Jegal voters of Sher- dinner guests Sunday at the farm rpan county, Oregon, I hereby home of their son, Howard, in announce myself as a candidate Hay Canyon, the occasion being for nomination to the office of M r. Belshce’s 60th anniversary. County School Superintendent, at It was planned to have a family tlw Republican prim ary ¡election to be held Friday, May 19, 1916. reunion, but prevalance of the If nominated and re-elected whooping cough altered the plan. to this office, I shall continue to C.R.Belshee and family and A .M . promote the educational interests ' W right and wife were the only of the county as far as it is in my other members of the family that power to do so. , were able to attend. F. E. Fagan, Moro JV-~ A /'" The Satisfaction of Every Castomer— the slo gan that expresses the ideal of this Bank. 1 ■l-H'-H-1 I< H ■ l » l 111111 ♦ ♦ 1 U 1 1 111 M » 1 * THE BEST PLOW IS F O R S A L E BY GINN, COLEMAN & CO. We have the best full chilled plcw on the market and in vite inspection at our sales room. We sold four in Sherman county last year and could have sold more if we could have gotten them. Every man that had the handling of this plow last year said it wasjhe easiest to handle that he had ever used. - f - ------------------------------- ■ —— — — — — . - It is adjustable to 12-inch, 14-inch, and 16-inch; comes 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 less pull on the horses. ‘ It is built high; has good clearance; and w ill not choke in sKibble and scours extra well. It can be raised and lowered while the team is going and in ¿very way can be considered a first-class, number ■ one plow. - - - t • • - THE VULCAN PLOW SOLD BY GINN, COLEMAN & CO. Sole Agents for Sherman County MORO. OREGON T H E W ASCO MARKET I h an d le all kinds of F re sh and C ured M eats. F ish, O ysters and Crabs in season. Also all kinds of vegetables. I am in the market for anything you have to sell in the line I am handling. 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 Phone M ain 373 MORO H O M E B A K E R Y E . C. C L A R K , P roprietor FIRST STREET NEAR MORO HDW. & IMPLMT. CO. FRESH BREAD D A ILY , 5c a Loaf. All iBread wrapped In a ir tig h t wax paper san itary package. Specialty of Home Cooked Doofknnts, Pies and Cakaa_ _ SPECIAL ORDERS FOR ANY KIND OF BAKING GIVEN PROMPT ATTENTION acsn rtr , M oro B a r b e r S h o p Tub. Everything First Qass and op to date. P o r c e la in S a th Agent for Model Steam Laundry of The Dalles • Shop in Brick B uilding next Observer Offioo I. N . L R N D R Y . > M P r o p r ie to r . • . ........... o i o . -------------- © x e g r o x x . It t O t t i U I T B S t t U B M I
