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
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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.
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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
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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.
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M oro . B a r b e r S ho p
P o rc e la in
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Everything First Class and up to date.
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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.
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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