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MORO,
OREGON
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Mrs. F .E . Fagan is visiting with
her parents at Tygh.
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Proprietor of “City Dray”
FRIDAY... .....A p ril 21. 1916
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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
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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
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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”
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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.
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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.
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WRITE OR CALL ON
ALEX HUNTER
MORO, OREGON
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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M oro Commercial Co. store.
M o r o L o c a l N o . 41
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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 ,
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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
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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
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The Satisfaction of Every Castomer— the slo
gan that expresses the ideal of this Bank.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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Agent for Model Steam Laundry of The Dalles •
Shop in Brick B uilding next Observer Offioo
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