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FATAL CLOUD BUtST.
the faster driver end turned* out of
C a rd aiT W ifa.
the canyon just as the water ap- . W e wish to express oar heartfelt
The weather in Sherman coun Loss of L ift aod Property Caased by n pi r o vavuvu,
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M O RO . OREGON.
thanks and gratitude to the people
ty the day of the Fourth was
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Shull was Burres, stopped by the of Sherman county for their many
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ideal. The sun was pleasantly
flood as he wes driving onto the acts of kindness and sympathy
For the first time in the history
warm, but not oppressive and the
canyon floor.
with us in our great loss. T o the
presence of a slight breeze during of Sherman county a cloud burst
Roads in places are washed and many who were so untiring in
exacted
a
toll
in
human
lives
last
the day helped the com tort ot a l .
a number of bridges wrecked in a their efforts to recover the loved
F R ID A Y .
July 7. 1916
Two celebrations were held in the Friday night about six o ’clock in
section
that includes a scope o ones lost in the flood waters and
the Hay canyon section. There
Entered a< second class matter at the county; one at DeMoss, attendee
country
extending from the west the many others who helped in
post office at M oro, Oregon, July 25, 1891. by possibly a thousand persons had been threatening weather for
top
of
Lone
Rock grade eastwarc other ways, we shall ever hold in
and another celebration at Grass more than a week, but no one
C. L. I reland ............. Manager. Valley, holding two days, attend gave it serious consideration as to to the N iel McDonald farm anc grateful memory and appreciation.
north to an apex at Hay canyon
Mrs. L. Barnum, and
ed by a throng numerically larger. possible damage, altho it had
warehouses.
In this district the
W e would like to have you take it. and
Kunsman family.
rained
nearly
every
day
for
the
In
the
two
days
celebration
at
we know it would be profitable to you to
new road completed last year by
L. H . Lawrence, and
become a subscriber.
W e send it two Grass Valley several accidents oc­ previous week, a very unusua
the
county down Hay canyon was
years for $2.50; one year $1.50; 12.H cts a
Fortner family..
condition
at
this
time
of
year.
curred
to
mar
the
festivities,
but
month isn’ t much. Try it. Order by
ruined and a new road bed wil
postal card, and pay for it when you can. no fatalities were recorded.
The storm center was over the
have to be graded in a number o
G ard of T h a n k ..
W e w ill not be responsible for the
The usual literary and musica farm of John Hastings, where the
places.
neglect of subscribers to notify as of
W e wish to express our heartfelt
changes in their address. Nor w ill the program went at DeMoss with its heaviest property loss occurred.
A double funeral service was
notification of a Postmaster that the sub­ accustomed punctuality and was M r. Hastings, his daughter Alta,
thanks and gratitude to the people
held at M o ro M. E. church Sun
scriber has “ Removed” settle the bill of a
better than for some years. The and Pres Boyce were in the barn
of M oro and vicinity for their
delinquent.
day afternoon lo r M r. Kunsman
oration
by
Prof.H
orner
was
more
at
the
time
the
flood
lifted
the
Church and Society notices F R E E , ex
and M r. Burnett and at the same many; acts of kindness and sym
cept when for money making purposes of an inform al talk and was ap­ building off its foundations anc
pathy with us in our great loss o f j
hour a similar double service was
Such notices at regular rates at the option
preciated
by
all
who
had
the
swept the two last named into a
husband and father.
of the publishers.
held at Wasco for Mr». Fortner
pleasure o f hearing him. Space side current and down stream sev­
T o the many who were so un­
At any timewhen requested to do so,
and her daughter.
the paper w ill be discontinued. But we prevents a proper review of his eral hundred feet.
M r. Hastings
tiring in their efforts to recover
expect that all arrears w i . i be paid before
subject and the train of thought got upon a hog house and from
the body, to the women who have
such request is made. It is easy to ask us
for a statement, which will be cheerfully he introduced, but it was a very there to the combe of the barn
O . l .Burnett was born at Gower been so ready with sympathy and
rendered at any time.
appropriate address fo r the occa­ and was carried to where the Missouri, November U . 1877. died belpfulness.to Rev. Robertson and
sion and place. In the evening other two had gotten from the dune 30, 1916. He joined the the many who showed their kind­
A ll the agricultural county Prof. H orner gave a lecturfr, from water. His loss was dose to $250( Christian church at the age of 21.
ly interest and help by their prompt
agents employed in Oregon, ten Jericho to Jerusalem, illustrated
consisting o f the barn, machinery, moving to M oro in October, 1913. generosity, we shall ever be in ­
in number, two accompanied by with lantern slides prepared from lorses, and wheat. The house He leaves a wife and two children
debted, and we wish you all to
their wives, were in M oro last photographs he had taken when
boy, Ralphs W ., age 16 years, know that we greatly appreciate
lad about three feet o f water on
week inspecting the Federal and making the trip.
and a little girl, Marieta Louise, your kindness.
the floor, but not damaged.
State Experiment Farm and com­
A t noon, the editor apd Mrs.
M rs.O.T. Burnett and Children.
In the same canyon with Hast age 3 years, a father, mother, two
paring notes. After a careful study Ireland, M r. and M ts .E .H . Moore
ngs was Dayton Henrichs who brothers and two sisters
of the farm and its system ’ of op­ and family, met with J.C.McKean
ost small farm buildings, machin­
J. W . Kunsman was born in
eration they left for The Dalles and family at their home in M oro
ery, and chickens.
W illiam s county. O hio, July 7,
where they were in charge of and had lunch prepared jointly
I he main damage was cpnfined 1854, died June 30, 1916. He
County Agent Chase of Wasco by the three families and went on
county and studying office meth­ to Grass Valley for the afternoon, to Hay canyon, from the P. C. leaves a mother, a sister, two M O R O .
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ods in relation to their work. where we saw the visiting ball Axtell farm to its junction with brother», three daughters; Miss
Grass Valley canyon. In this sec­ Mary, Mrs. A. L. Landingham,
Counties represented by the party team hold the home team to
1st to 15th of each month.
tion
the first to suffer damage was Mm. L. Barnum; four sons. James
were KalamaQi, Crook, U nion, score of 1 to” 4 and several excit­
Wasco,Lake,Malheur and W heel­ ing races and sports that were Mr. Axtell who lost about 40 hogs Harry, Irvin , and Roy.
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er. Paul C. Maris, representing pulled off on the city park race a lt his chickens, small buildings,
Mrs. Isabelle Fortner died June
and
some
growing
grain/
the state board, was also a mem­ track. Then back to M oro for a
16th to 30th of each month.
30th, 1916. H er home was at
I
he
next
was
C.
C.
Callaway,
ber o f the party.
late supper and to DeMoss for
Mew Meadows, Idaho. She leaves
arming the W. J. Furnish place,
the illustrated lecture.
husband, one daughter, and
Due to a commendable spirit of
A very creditable display of where the barn was carried away, three sons; Frank E., Fred R.,
cooperative enterprise of its citi­ fireworks ended the celebration at the spring and water system dam­ Archie R.
zens, Grass Valley has a substan­ DeMoss and a dance that at Grass aged, and machinery, buggy, and
VETERINARIAN
Mrs. L. H . Lrwrence died June
tial, roomy, and well appointed Valley. A dance was given at about 1000 new fence posts were
ost. He had 13 head of horses, 30th, 1916.*; H er home was at
pavilion for.the holding of public Wasco the same evening,
In te rs ta te S to ck In s p e cto r
mares, «olts, and a stallion, en­ Mew Meadows, Idaho. She leaves
meetings. It is a bungalow type,
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x a m in e r off S ta llio n « to r License
gulfed in the flood, without loss, " a husband, father, sister, and three
located within the city park, close
Carbolinium, fresh stock, now
The next was the W .W .M .C o ., brothers; Frank E., Fred R., and
to the business section.
on sale at The Observer Store.
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owning she place farmed by A. R. Archie R. Fortner.
Telephone M ain 502.
7ortner, where the house, some
stock and machinery was swept
away. Mrs. Elizabeth Fortner,
m other^of A. R., and daughter,
Mrs. L. H . Lawrence o f New
Meadows, Idaho, were in the
louse at the time of the accident
and were carried away with the
luilding. The daughter was fount
4>4 miles down stream and the
mother 9 miles. They had pack
I t ’s the uniform unva­
ed their trunks and had intendec
rying
beat ofagood oil
so leave for the coast the day af
stove, and the perfect
ter the storm heppened.
control, that keeps the
ju ic e a in — th at pre­
From the Fortner place to the
—a cleaner, cooler
u
s e rv e s th e a a v o ry
end of the canyon no other dam
kitchen, and lesa
goodness of the meat
age has been reported, but the
— and gives that even
fuel expense
canyon carried water for quite
brownness a ll over.
while after the main flood hac
passed, which was estimated to be
lirty feet deep at its crest and
lank to bank.
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J. W. Kunsman, O. T. Burnett
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and Ray Havener were working
on a new road location below
donkland and were camped
le main canyon with the road
between their tent and the hi
side. They did not realize the
seriousness of their situation when
the waters first appeared. Ray
Havener was the first to grasp the
situation and he made for the hill
side through water that soon took
him off his feet and carried him
200 feet down stream before he
reached safety. M r. Burnett start
ed to follow Havener, first going
into the tent after his personal
effects, when he started to cross to
the hillside the slight delay and
the goods he was carrying was too
much o f a handicap and he was
carried down stream three miles
and found by the searching party
next morning. M r, Kunsman ap­
parently thought the others were
needlessly alarmed and that the
waters were from the heavy rain
then falling and that a knoll close
to.the tent would be sufficient pro­
tection until the flood passed, but
he also was carried away and
found the next morning close toj
where M r. Burnett fay.
A t the J. M. Allen place, 12
miles below the Fortner farm, the
water is reported to have raised
15 feet in 15 minutes and at the
Herman Christiansen farm, on the
south edge of the storm, there
were four inches o f rain in a
straight sided vitrol trough in a
very short time.
A very narrow escape from Ihe
flood was that o f W m. Burresand
im ily who were following Hugh
Shull out of Wasco, both driving
autos and going up Hay Canyon
to their homes. M r. Shull wai
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