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About Sherman County observer. (Moro, Sherman County, Or.) 1897-1931 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 5, 1917)
The both parties are residents in fhe O b se r v e r county. A t the close of the old year it T h e holdings of the Eastern MORO, OREGON could be truthfully M id that the Oregon Land C o. has been the goose hung high in Sherman largest single landed interest in the county and the pole that support county. A few years ago the ed him was imbedded in a firm ■ amount of their holdings was as* foundation. Crops last year were I sesaed at 61,445 acres. Since then January 5. 1917 exceptionally good and the prices J they have been selling to their F R ID A Y realized were higher in the aggre-1 tenants, but not a \ very large Entered •» second class metier at the gate than ever before in the his-1 amount in any one year. During poet office at Moro, Oregon, July 25, 1891. ) tory of Sherman county. the past year a total of 14,175 acres A t the M m e time the people I were sold by them to their ten Manager, C . L . I reland were facing the new year in a con ants and several sales aggregating tented and happy frame of m ind, a considerable number of acres is If you do not read The Observer, why and there was a gratifying outlook awaiting action by the company. not? Added to the two classes above W e would like to have you take it, and for prosperity. W h ile no man we know it would be profitable to you to can foretell the ultimate outcome is also to be recorded the selling become a subscriber. W e »end it two year» for $2.50; one year $1.50; 12% cts • of the next crop the indications by the Wasco Warehouse M illin g month isn’t much. T ry it. Order by are that both in price and yield it C o. of about a thousand acres to postal card, and pay for it when you can. is such as to bring very substantial those who will live on the land W e w ill not be responsible for the encouragement. Nature has fav purchased. N othing concerns the neglect of aubacriber» to notify a» of change« in their addreaa. Nor will the ored the fields during the past future prosperity of the county to notification of a Postmaster that the sub months and with winter nearly a larger extent than the ownership scriber ha» “ Removed” »ettle the bill of a half gone we have had no severe o f the land by those who manage delinquent. Church and Society notice« F R E E , ex- weather to try the growing crops. it. A n d the willingness to buy by cept when for money making purposes. Financially, the county as a those who best know the land and Such notices at regular rates at d»e option whole was never better placed its productiveness augurs well for of the publisher». than it is at this time. N o tw ith the tuture substantial betterment At any tinaewhen requested to do to, the paper w ill be oiacootinued. But we standing large areas of land under of the county as a whole. expect that all arreari w i . i be paid before Thanks to Congressman Sin- sale from the Eastern Oregon •uch request » m a d e . It fa easy to ask us for a statement, which will be cheerfully Land Com pany to their tenants nott there is yet another division rendered at any time. the record mortgage indebtedness of prosperity that came into Sher of the county has been ¡reduced man county at the close of the old T h e federal government during the past year more than year. $300,000. A t the same tim e bank disbursed a net total of $94,782.33 T w o English workmen were among those settlers who were discussing the war. “ It ’ll be an deposits in the county,*as a whole, is in excess of $700,000 greater dispossessed of their farms when awful long job, Sam ,” M id one. the U nited States Supreme Court " It w ill,” replied the other. than ever before. A nother feature showing the affirmed title to the ,Eastern O re “ Y o u see, these Germans it talMn’ gon Land C o. o f lands disputed thousands and thousands of Rus prosperity of the county that will and homesteaded by those who sian prisoners, and the Russians is be reaching into the yet distant now receive a portiop of what future is the sale o f land from takin’ thousands and thousands of they lost under that decision. non-resident holders to residents G erm an prisoners. If it keeps on. Com ing closer to home we may of the county. M o re than 7,000 all the Russians will be in G e r mv that the city of M o ro has im- many, and all the Germans in acres of this class o f ownership I proved greatly during the year Russia. A nd then they II start all changed bands during the year, 1 just ended. T h e new Freeman over again, fightin’ to get back and this does not take into con sideration land tranMCtions where building and Foss & C o .’s con their o m ei!" crete garage has been added to the business portion o f the city; an old eye sore and danger spot, the Blue Barn, has been purchased and torn down by progressive men of the town; new residences have been completed by L . W . Ross, G . B. Bourhill. O . L. Bel- Fifth aat W u I um «« St»- she; others like R. C. Byers have materially improved their prop erty. making a total expenditure Rooro wilh pr'vileJ* ■ for public and private im prove ’ R o o m w ith private ,,n4*e S l.SO ’ ments to M o ro property that A u to M e e t» T r a m s . S tre e t fro m • amounts to $25,400. N o t counted ‘ Union Depot pass our door*. in the above is the cost o f more ; g y * - — l"gm Transfer at Sth and Gliann streets from . N o n o n m a i/ c p o t . than 3000 lin ear feet o f concrete »>»>«««■<>1 1 >1 1 1 1 n 1 1 1 1 1♦+» walks finished during the year and the croes walks that the city hat built to connect them. T h e bond ed indebtedness of the city has been reduced another $1000 and now is $8000 with the warrant in- debtedness very little, and when taxes are available in the spring I they w ill be on a cash basis. Special Rates ; I 4 Ruth W ilson went to Shaniko T h e Sherman County Observer wishes all its friends and every Tuesday evening. member of the growing circle of Errat W ilson returned home its acquaintance a happy new year. from Portland Sunday evening. It hopes that all will try hard to R oy Barnett came home for the deserve happiness, in which case, holidays, returning to Portland aasmmmtomxttntiMWsmttiMMMMis» even if they miss connection with M o n d ay. - r the objective point, they w ill have School opened last Tuesday in a serene and solid satisfaction that the new school building. T h e 2d O N’T carry around a great amount of cur w ill go far toward consoling them semester started with 62 pupils rency. I f you do you are beset by two in such sorrows and'disappoint ;■ great evils. One is the temptation to apend O .G .H o g u e has sold his quarter ments as the year may bring. , readily. A man with $100 in currency in T h e millions who each year section near Kent to J. C. W ilson bis pocket is freer to spend than the man wish and are wished a “ happy for $5200 cash consideration. with little currency. He is more apt to break a ten dollar bill than he is to draw new year” utter words in a re stricted sense, knowing that abso a ten dollar check. , Seventh and Eighth Grade Notes. • The other evil is the bait offered to thieves. A man lute happiness is a rare, if not im who is known to carry a large sum of money in.his By Alida Douma and Herbert Ellsworth. possible, attainment. T h ere are possession never can tell when he will be set upon by a G herardino Doum a and Re- griefs for every heart, afflictions highwayman. The wealthiest men in the country sel for every life, and each of the vella Calbreath were absent the dom carry large amounts of cash. When you accumu la te a roodlv amount of currency deposit it in the bank three hundred and sixty-five days first of the week on account of sickness. in this new year will bring its T h e seventh and eighth are very weight of woes to crush the hopes of youth and embitter the mem sorry to lose Bessie Mortensen. ories of age. T h e wisest cannot G reeta. Freeman has returned mark out a path on which the sun to school after an absence of two of prosperity w ill always shine. months. Jg k r \ NEW HOTEL PERKINS School Supplies AND School Books T h e Observer Store is fully supplied with a complete stock of School Books and School Supplies. Most of our goods were purchased before any decided advance occured and we can give you ... Regular Five Cent Pencil or Ink Tablets 6 for 25c Regular Ten Cent Ink Tablets 3 foT 25c A fine Linen Paper Tablet for 10c Com plete assortment of Pencils at different prices. Pencil Boxes. Com position Books. N o te Books. Rulers. Inks Draw ing Pads and other school accessories. Observer Book Store MORO, OREGON W H E N YO U T R A V E L BY AUTO AND VISIT TH E DALLES STORE YOUR CAR In the concrete, recently completed, tolly equipped, roomy garage of W alt h e r-W ill tarns C om pany. Com petent / workman always ready to help you in any way they can at least expense to you. F o r any service rendered the charge w ill always be reasonable. , _ . WALTHER-WILLIAMS GARAGE THE DALLES, * - OREOON. M oro . B a r b e r S ho p P o rc e la in B a th Tub. Everything First Class and up to date. A g e n t f o r M o d e l S te a m l a u n d r y o f T h e D a lle s S h o p in B r ic k B u ild in g n e x t O b s e rv e r O ffic e ♦ C H X 9 . M c K IN N E Y , M o i o , - - - - - P r o p r ie to r . O ie g r o z x . D A very enjoyable time was spent Friday in the high school T h at the republican claim that the federal reserve law needed am endment, in some instances of its operations, was right is borne out by the news from Chicago. T h ere it has been learned that by the use of credit extended on ware house receipts storage dealers have been able to make $10,000 stretch into $100,000 and have thereby been enabled to hold in storage for a much longer period than they otherwise would have been able to do large amounts of eggs, butter and other foodstuffs. A nd It is further contended that such practices as this Ire what is con tributing heavily to the jum ping cost o f living. Apparently, while extensions o f credits is what the law was aimed to create, an over- extension has occurred and the public is suffering from it. room. . a— T h e seventh and eighth have reformed and turned over a new leaf. Four eclipses of the sun and three of the m oon, the greatest number possible in a single year, w ill occur in 1917. T h e last year T h e 8th annual state com m on wealth conference of the U n iver sity of O regon, held this week in Portland, is for the purpose of agreeing upon a highway code to be submitted to the state legisla ture. Practically all the organiza tions interested in* securing needed road and highway legislation w ill participate In the conference. O regon’s need o f an up-to-date highway code is exceedingly ur gent. Federal aid to the amount of nearly $3,000,000 during the next few years for the im prove ment of Oregon roads is available but w ill not be forthcoming for the state unless our system of road construction and maintenance is put in order through t he adoption of a code based upon principles proved best in older states. in which seven eclipses came was early in the last century and the next will be in 1935..... O n January 8 there w ill be a to tal eclipse of the moon by the earth’s shadow, visible throughout the U nited States, beginning at 12:30 a.m . and ending at 4.39 a. m. eastern standard time. Between 2 and 3:39 a. m. eastern standard time the eclipse w ill be total. MORO» OREGON I l IjH ìtH f l I l H H IIH IH H H 1 I D H II I I I I H I I I I II BUY HARNESS NOW! W ill give terms. O n e Hudson Six. Run less than 10,000 miles. This car is for sale at a snap. O n e 1914 Ford. D andy for the money. This car has had good care. G o o d tires and Prest-o- Lite. D o n ’t fail to see this Ford. O n e .R e o Four. Just out paint shop. Looks like new. See G eo . N . Croafield, Wasco, O re. Buy It From Us You may think you can gat along without that new »ct of harness thia winter, and possibly you can—B U T W I L L I T P A Y Y O U ? The time lost in repairing and tinkering and cutting on old and broken and unreliable harneaa will just about pay for a new one. And time is money these day». Then broken harness often cause runaway», and they often result fatally to the driver or the animals. N o , unreliable harness does N O T p«y. Bay a naw sot N O W , and buy it from US, where it »a B E S T and C H E A P E S T . )RO HARNESS SHOP, ,PK£““ Celebrate Wedding Anniversary A fam ily dinner was enjoyed at the hom e of T . J. H en kle, of M o n klan d , oA N ew Y ear’s Day to celebrate the 65th wedding an niversary of M r. and Mrs. A . J. H en kle, who were married Janu ary 1, 1852, in Appanoose county, Io w a, and crossed the plains to A new state road it being asked O regon in 1853, settling near Phil for by the people of Albany and Lebanon. T h e petition as filed j omath, Benton county. T h ere are 18 grand children, 10 asks for a road from T h e Dalles great grand children and four running south to Tethlow Buttes children living, Mrs. A . C .T h o m p and thence west across the Cas son and T . J. H enkle of M o n k- cades by way of Sisters, Santiam land. F . M . H en kle o f Priest R iv ’ aw, Fish Lake, Clear Lake, er, Idaho, and J. W . H en kle of M ario n Lake. Cascadia and Fos ter. Such a route would furnish a Ione, Oregon. T h e ages of those present at the loop of 400 miles In circumference dinner ranged from 88 years to and provide a retorttection of un six weeks. lim ited possibilities. Covers were laid tor M r . and Kish Lake and C lear Lake at the summit of the Cascades are Mrs. A . J. H en kle, M r. and Mrs. Land Problem ta d State Development. the wonder of all who visit them. ! A . C . Thompson, M r. and Mrs. T h ey are large, transparent bodies C . J. Thom pson, M r . and Mrs. T h e records show that for the of water 2000 feet in depth on the M . G . M elzer, Dewey, O rv a la n d past two years the state land board bottom of which large fir trees are Faye Thom pson, M r. and Mrs. T . has disposed of 10,722 acres of visible, the lake being in a bowl J. H en kle, M r. and Mrs. D . E . public land. It is not known of a sunken mountain. These Benson. Robert Benson, M ark, whether this was sold to actual lakes are w ith in the Santiam N a Clarke and H azel H en kle, and settlers QFto logging or cattle com* tional Forest and summer cottage H a rry Bowersox, all of M onkland, panies and thus was further mo tracts can be rented from the G o v and Mrs. Lucetta Bowersox ot nopolized. Corvallis. ernment for a small fee. , T h e point is onlyvaised that the A t the present time there is a state should adopt a policy, sell Congressman Sinnott has re road through this section which is ing lands only to bona fide home ceived notice from the department passable for only a few weeks in builders. of agriculture that he has been al the year. T h e one purpose of the state lowed a lim ited number of pack government should be to help ages of alfalfa, field pea, millet, people who are willing to make Sudan grass and white clover seed. homes on the land get a^ oppor M y store w ill not dose prom pt Because o f the very lim ited sup tunity to settle. ly at 6:30 during the winter. M y ply the rule has been made that A ll the functions of the state self and boys w ill be on.the job to only one package of seeds can be should unite to keep down land give you prom pt service. sent to a person. Those wishing speculation and enable actual set • G eo. N . Croafield, a package of the seeds should tlers to get homesteads. Wasco, O re. write to Congressman Sinnott at T h e homestead m ay be ten once before the supply is exhaust- acres or it may be a quarter sec Seven Eclipses fer the New Year. tion, but it should be occupied by those who are willing to cultivate ♦he land. Bank of M oto DEALERS IN Lime, Plaster, Cement, Builders SuppUes, L u m b e r, W ood, Coal, Cedar Posts, and Hay. MANUFACTURERS OF FLOUR MILL Is noted for its comfortable surroundings and the courteous attention received by the traveling public. Rates moderate priced. Rooms equipped with modern conveniences and newly refurnished throughout. Y O U R P A T R O N A G E IS S O L IC IT E D IF YOU X '' ’ **''’■ '*r L -r G ET T H E = HABIT of coming to this store for your Furniture, Hardware, ‘e Wagons, Buggies and Farm Implements you will not only find it a habit hard to break, but one that you w ill not want to break. W e have many customers who have con tracted that habit, and they are glad of it. W o n ’t you get the habit? W e are prepared O n e new 2 # h. p. Stover. O n e new 2% h. p. 1. H . Co. Less than cost. G e o . N . Crosfield, Wasco. O re W , J. Bryan’s portrait to be be hung with other form er secre taries of state represents the states man with one hand hill of peace ullikin “ the harness m ak treaties and the other thrust into a trouser p o cket I t ’s lifelike. asco. Oregon, M onthly to make it very much to your advantage. A t least, come in and let us “ show you." le c tr ic ity MORO, OREOON A
