The
uf tke C e u ty Clerk o f S h erm an C o u n ty , O r e g o n ,
sh o w in g t h e a m ou n t and num ber o f claim s a llo w e d by th e
C ou n ty C ourt of said cou n ty, for w hat a llo w e d , a m ou n t o f
warrants draw n, and am o u n t of warrants ou tstan d in g an d un
p aid , from the first d ay o f Ju ly 1916, to th e 30th d a y o f D e
cem b er, 1916, both in clu sive.
O b se r v e r .
A t the regular January term of
the co u n ty cou rt th e fo llo w in g
business was transacted:
MORO. OREGON.
b S h
A p p o in tm e n t o f road supervis
f e o t y . ors for the current y ea r as follow s:
D istrict 1. J o h n M atth ieson
F R I D A Y ..............anuary 12. 1917
2, W a lla c e N . J o n e s
3, C . H . H o w e ll
Entered as second class matter nt
4. E . L . W e ld
post office al Moro, Oregon, July 25, 1891.
5. H . M . S h u ll
R . C . Byer»
c . L. I r e l a n d ..............M anager.
7, C . G . S ilv e r
8, Jesse M artin
If you do nol read The Observer, why
9, J o h n A . C on rad
not?
W e would like to have you take it, and
10. F . L . S tradley
we know it would be profitable to you to
11. O . C . H o g u e
become a subscriber.
W e »end it two
> - a n lor S2.5O; one year $1.50; 12% cU a
12. G r a n v ille P h illip s
month isn’t much. T ry ^ il. Order by
13. G . E . W ilk erso n
postal card, and pay for it when you can.
14. R o sc o e Z eek
W e w ill not be responsible lor the
neglect of subscribers to notify as of
15. J. H . E llio tt
*» hangea in their address. N o r w ill the
16. E . M . HuHhes .
notification of a Postmaster that the sub
scriber has "R em oved” settle the bill of a
17. F red Blau
delinquent.
18. V ictor A n d ersen
Church and Society notices F R E E , ex
19. H . H . H uck
i l s i l Pis:
cept when for money making purposes.
Such notices at regular rates at the option
oi the. publishers.
At any timewhen requested to do so,
the paper will be a»scontinued.. But we
expect that all arrears w i . i be paid before
such request is made. It is easy to ask us
frx a statement, which will be cheerfully
rendered at any time.
Autos fo r Sale.
W ill Hive term«.
O n e H u d so n S ix .
R un less
than 10,000 m ile i. T hia car it for
T h e Sherm an C ou n ty O bserver
was again a p p o in te d th e official
co u n ty paper.
W .A . M urchie and I .N . L e m o n
w ere ap p o in ted official cou n ty
road view ers.
Jam es Stew art was re-ap p oin ted
s'oek inspector.
A list o f 200 n am es was drawn
for trial juorors.
W . N . M orse a p p o in te d cou n t
health officer.
O b what account allowed.
C o u n ty Judge, salary.................
County
Amount A m t. outstanding warrants unpaid-
<£25 00 Outstanding unpaid county w ar
S h e r if f i and deputy, salary ........
1,350 00
1,200.00
Clerk and deputy, salary
200 00
County Treasurer, salary..........
Slock Inspector, salary and ad
155.00
vertising ..................................
592 55
School Supt., salary and fees .
Assessor's fe e s .......... .................
750 00
County Commissioner's fees..
91 20
42 75
Examiner’s fees ........................
County Physician, salary o f . . .
149.24
Pauper account ..........................
233 80
2 95
Criminal - account, justice court
31.00
Criminal account in circuit court
674.17
Office supplies, printing, e tc ...
242 85
Court bouse ex. act & janitor
Roads and b rid g es..................... 3,152.30
90 00
Boys’ -and Girls* Aid Society..
37.50
Telephone rent, e t c ..................
Election account..........................
1074.18
I I . 45
Boarding prisoners ....................
21 00
Bailiff*s fees ................................
264 40
Jurors, circuit court ..................
156 90
Witnesses, circuit court ..........
68 25
Fuel ..........................................«
27 95
W ater rent and lig h ts ................
69 50
Scalp bounty................................
45 00
Court reporter..............................
105.00
W id o w ’s pension.................... ....
21 02
Clerk’s expenses, express, etc.
255.00
Sheriff*s expenses........................
12 50
State Board of H e a lth ..............
38 05
Sealer of Weights and measures
9.22
Delinquent taxes ........................
215 00
Auditing County Books ..........
94 75
Teachers-* Institute.......................
58 25
Fruit Inspector ..........................
I I I . 11
tate L ib rary..................
350 00
School Children’s Fair Assn..
4.80
Rebate on ta x e s .........................
I
C . J. B u o
Bright &
Pria.
rants on the ¿1st day o f D e c .,
1916.............................................. . . . $866.40
A u to Meets Trains.
Street
cars from
Union Depot pass our doors.
Transfer at 5th and G lisan sfrrnSs from
North Bank Depot.
II I I
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I I
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J C McRcsn, shcr-
iff, taxes
J C McKean, sher-
iff, tax ................
O Peetz, advance
tax........................
K A McPherson,
clerk, fees
Same, miscel........
Same,
game li-
cease ..................
J C McKean, sher-
iff, fees.................
P H Buxton, sdmr.
F Ordelia est-----
Slate of Oregon, S
scalp bounty . . .
S%
School Supplies
T h e O bserv er Store is fully su p p lied with a c o m p le te stock of
S c h o o l B o o k s and S c h o o l S u p p lies. M ost of our g o o d s w ere
purchased b efore any d e c id e d a d v a n ce occu red and w e can
Practises in U nited States
and State Courts also in the
State of W ashington.
S u ite
T h e
State of O regon
a t T H A T IS T H E SA F E ST PLA C E FOR IT.
B u ild in g
OREGON.
a p k
Dr. F . E. B U R G E SS
Amounts Paid
School
Gen.
Fund
out
Fund
By am t. paid out on
$ 613.35
county warrants. $ 11,834.76
By im t paid out on
School Supt.war-
1,906 29
$8,034.64
rants ................ -,
By bal Gen. Fund
5,284 91
on hand ,•»..........
13,263 69 5,665 00
By bal school fund
11,577 00
on hand, District
150.00
No 5 ...................
69 80
, ..-í
1,118 65
55 30
o f
F f lo r o ”
MORO, OREOON
Eyesight Specialist
I I I I I
L ens fitted to suit each jn d iv id u a l.
C onsultation and ex a m in a tio n free
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I I H U
BUY
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I U H I I
H A R N E SS
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NOW !
Buy It From U s
You may think you can get along without that new set of harness
this winter, and possibly you can— B U T W I L L IT PA Y Y O U .
The time lost in repairing and tinkering and cussing on old and
broken and unreliable harness will just about pay for a new one.
And time is money these days.
Then broken harness often cause runaways, and they often result
fatally
the driver or the ---------
aniibals. No, unreliable harness does
i l l y to
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N O T pay. Buy a new set N O W , and buy it from US, where it
is BEST and C H E A P E S T .
Dr. C. L. Poley
P h y sician and Surgeon.
M ORO H A R N E S S S H O P ,J
Moro, Oregon.
F. B E L S H E E
Prop.
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Office in residence.
Independent Warehouse | ¡Hilling Co
J. R. Morgan
R. H. M c K e a n ,
ZO erxtlst
O ffice on First street.
OREGON
MORO.
*
M a n a g e r, W a s c o , O re g o n
D E A L E R S IN
Lim e, Plaster, X e m e n t, Builders
Supplies, Lumber, Wood, Coal,
Cedar Posts, and Hay.
15 18
MANUFACTURERS-OF
101 35
64 00
MILL FEED AND FLOUR.
6
Dr. Theo. Beletski
9,504 93
8 02
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C lerk was instructed to issue to
the sheriff a warrant for the c o lle c
tion of the 1916 tax, lev ied for
t _„.,
CAR
State, N o rm a l S c h o o l, State
R o a d F und, m ills . .........
C ou n ty S c h o o l F und .........
C ou n ty G en era l, G . A . R .,
and L ib rary............................
R o a d s and H ig h w a y s ...........
H ig h S c h o o l T u it io n ..............
T o ta l m illage tax lev ied . .
In the co n crete, recen tly c o m p le te d , .fu lly eq u ip p e d ,
ro o m y garage of W a lth tr-W iK iam s C o m p a n y .
C o m p e te n t
w orkm an alw ays ready to h elp y o u in any w ay th ey can at
least e x p en se to y o u . F o r any service ren d ered the charge
w ill alw ays be reasonable.
W A LTH E R -W ILLIA M S GARAGE
2 88
1 00
OREOON.
S a th
P etition of E . E . B arzee
c h a n g e in road, granted.
T iu b .
for
1 1 4 4 » I ’ M
Mrs. H . Douma, pension................ 35.00
R. D. Jackson, phone rent.............. 12 50
E. S. Ruggles, scalp bounty..........
1.50
Bruce Millard
** '
“
............ 14.
John J. Conroy
**.,
“
1.
H . Grebe
"
"
1.
W . W . Nichols " ,
"
1.
J. M . Shannon *'
"
3.
C. Bruckert
" ......
1
B. W . Hansell
"
"
1
Jacob Douma
“
“
1
Clifford Woods "
“
1
R. A. Murray
"
..........
1
L . W . Amick
"
M ............. 15
A. T . Striker
"
»•
, 1
Truman Strong “
••
4
H . L. Dorian
"
“
........... 4
Gates, registering v o te rs ...? ? 12.40
Remington Typ ew riter C o , machine
for school superintendent................51 00
O . B. Messinger, d rayage.................. 10.75
Ginn, Coleman & C o , s u p p lie s .... 3 . SO
H attie Lawrence, p a u p e r .................. 15.00
P etitio n of R . A . Stow for new L. R . Jones, election expen se.. . . . ' 3 .0 0
e le c tio n precinct, co n tin u ed until Spence W o rt man, sealer of weights
and measures ................................... • 7.12
the D ecem b er term .
Everything First Class and up to date-
M . G . M els e r, election expense. . .
Agent for Model Steam L aundry of The Dalles
Shop in Brick B uilding next Observer Office
W arrants w ere ord ered to pay
the fo llo w in g claim s:
A
5 .0 0
Foss
Benson.......................................
3 .5 0
Tum alum Lum ber C o ........................ 4 1 .25
I 11 I t-n - l 1 1 I I I I M -»*
F elt A Tarrant M ig C o ., compto
m eter...................................................... 220 00
l ^ o x o , - - - - - © x e g ro x x .
O tto Peeta, office STpenas...............
»»
M oro Hardw are A Im plem ent C o . . 3 .9 0
D . Driscoll, roods............................ .. » 25
I 80 i W seco Lum ber C o ...........
Is noted for its co m fo rta b le surroundings and the courteous
attention receiv ed by the traveling public.
7........ 3.»
Y O U R
P A T R O N A G E
IS
S O L IC IT E D
CHI DRAY
•
J O H N W . F O R B E S , Driver
IF YOU
HAUUNG OF ANY KIND
i Freight and Express Given prompt '■
Attention
Your Patronage Solicited.
: R .T .M organ,prop. $
GET TH E
HABIT
MORO, ORE.
» 1 *1
H » H H
o f c o m in g to thia store
for your
1
Furniture, H a r a r e ,
For Fat her and Son
Wagons, ? Buggies
and Farm Implements
3 6 0 P IC T U R E S
3 6 0 A R T IC L E S
C A C N M O M rM
A U . WXWS STANDS
15
POPULAR
MECHANICS
C e n ts
M AO AX1NE
WMTTXN ffff YW CAM UNDERSTAND IT
the Crest Events in Mechanics,
oerins and Invention throughout
arid, are described in an interest*
, as they occur. 3.000XXX)
month.
_____ SO moss sscti lams tolls easy
you w ill not o n ly find it a habit hard to
‘
\
break, but o n e that yo u w ill n o t w ant to
break.
“
W e h a v e m an y custom ers w h o h ave c o n
tracted that habit, and they are glad o f it.
W o n ’t y o u get the habit? W e are prepared
to m ake it very m uch to y ou r advantage.
A t least, c o m e in and let us “ sh o w y o u .”
----- sns better war» to do thins» 1»
shoe, sod m w to make repairs at bows.
Itoahanlaa l«Rsas»«»f origtaal
iBSoorand outdoor
na u u n
< mm a m au u n
OaS raw fcstor *•
* ^ 7 ^ —< e w Atost
ar Sana ssaw ter awi—t team te«to saMakaS».
Caiai s e« at Mi A n alaalS—to tree — >»<■■■«■
MAOAZINC
Glass & Prudhomme, supplies........ 93 28 W . I . W esterfield, justice fees end
printing.......................................... .. 14.5(7
G .C .A n d re w s , conveying prisoner.. 5 .0 0
P r o p r ie to r .
O R E .
R ates m od erate priced . R o o m s eq u ip p ed with m od ern
c o n v e n ie n c e s and n ew ly refurnished throughout.
M cK ean , delinquent t a x ......... 9 .2 2
F . E . Fagan, travel sad office expo 27 .25
hop
OREGON
Telephone Main 502.
4 12 J. C . M cK ea n , expense...................... 4 8 .10
3 40 K. A . McPherson, expense............... 2 60
Good Roads M achinery C o ...............6 1 .6 8
40
A. M . H icks, election .expense. . . . 7 .0 0
11 80 J. M . Parry, postage school supt. . 10.00
J. C. M cK ean ap p o in ted truant
officer.
D A L L E S .
$ 9,538.70
T o ta l.......... , ..........................$5284 91
V o te d to h a n d le the road fund L . J.
J. C .
sam e as previous years.
T H E
E x a m in e r o f S ta llio n s fo r L ic e n s e
ss
P etition of H en ry S ch ad ew itz
to vacate certain part of county
road , dism issed.
A L B E R T
H
In te r s ta te S to c k In s p e c to r
9,504 93
33 n
Jrquhart w ere a p p o in ted direct L. W . Ross, justice fees.................. 11.90
ors of the Sherm an C ounty Fair. L . W . Ross, election expense........ 7.00
W H E N YOU T R A V E L
M oro B a r b e r S
V E T E R IN A R IA N
W ASCO ,
P etition of W .H .B e n n e tt to va
cate certain streets in the tow n of
Cent, granted.
BY AUTO
AND V IS IT T H E DALLES
Total
T o ta l.................................. $5284 91
MORO, OREGON
- .
Transferred to coun-
t y J udge F red
Krusow for dis-
tribution, by or-
der of county crt.
Balance on hand. ..
Liabilities
Amount
Resources
Am ount
To waranta drawn on the county
By funds in hand of County
treasurer, and outstanding and
Treasurer sppliable to the pay
866 60
unpaid..........................................
ment of County warrants........ 5284.91
Estimated accrued interest..........................
Excess of Resources] over Lis-
bilities ....................................... 4418.51
Observer Book Store
YOUR
11.06
14 69
Seau-Aaaaal Summary Statement of the financial c o n d itio n o f th é 'c o u n
ty of S h erm an , in the state of O reg o n , D ecem b er 30, A D 1916.
C o m p le te assortm ent o f P en cils at different prices. P dncil
B oxes.
C o m p o sitio n B o o k s. N o te B ook s. R ulers. Inks
D raw ing P ads and other sc h o o l accessories.
C H A S M cK IN N E Y ,
-
2
an d
“ B
I, W D W a lla n .d o h ereby certify that the
fo reg o in g is a true and correct statem ent of the am ounts receiv ed ,
paid out and rem aining o n hand, in the cou n ty treasury of th e said
co u n ty, for the six m o n th se n d in g on the 30th dav of D e c ., A D . 1916.
W itn ess m y hand this 2d day of January, A D 1917,
W . D . W a lla n , C ou n ty T reasurer.
R egular F ive C ent
Pencil or In k T ablets
6 for 2 5 c
R egular T e n C ent
In k T ablets
3 for 2 5 c
A fine L inen P aper T a b let for 10c
P o r c e la in
1
B a n k
MORO,
School
, fund
T o t a l .......... $ 9,538.70
g iv e yo u
-
a ten dollar check.
.
The other evil is the bait offered to thieves. A man
who is known to carry a large sum of money in h it
possession never can tell when he will be set upon by a
highwayman. The w ealthiest men in the country sel
dom carry large amounts of cash When y o ^ t ^ u m u -
late a goodly amount of currency deposit it in the bank
LA W Y ER
69 10
- .......~
ON’T carry around a great am ount of cur-
rency. If you do you are beset by tw o
great evils. One is the tem ptation to spend
readily
A man with $100 in currency in
his pocket is freer to spend than th e man
with little currency. He is more apt to
break a ten dollar bill than he is to draw
J. B. Hosford
ROAD F U N D
School Boohs
T H E DALLES.
....-
O
AND
STO RE
a
X
The Dalles and Moro, Ore.
ROAD FU N D
Peetz, assessor,
advance tax........
Same .......................
J C McKean, sher-
iff, (axes
O Peetz, assessor,
advance tax . .
r g
offices at
Total amt allowed & drawn $12,233.64 Total »mt. unpaid county warrants $866.40
Genrl
Amount
k fund
—received —
To amount on hand
from last report $ 2,362.60
To «mt* received
from Siste ofOre-
NEW HOTEL PERKINS
Room with privilege of hath, single,
75c up; double $1.00 up
Room with private bath, single $1.50
up; double $2.00 up,
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State of O reg o n
O ffice in the M cK ee Bldg.
I, K. A . M c P h e r io n , co u n ty clerk o f the
C ou n ty o f Sherm an
co u n ty of S h erm an , state o f O reg o n , d o h ereb y certify that the fore W A S C O , ' -
-
OREGON
g o in g is a true and correct statem ent o f the num ber and a m ou n t o
claim s a llo w ed by the county court of said co u n ty for th e six m on th s
to other town* in the county
e n d in g on the 30th day of June, 1916, on w hat account the sam e Were as Visitr-made
announced from time to time.
a llo w e d , and the am ount of warrants draw n, and the am ou n t o f war
rants outstanding and unpaid as the sam e appear u pon the records o
m y office and in m y official custody.
W itness m y hand and the seal of the cou n ty court o f said cou n ty
this 2d day of January, A. D . 1917.
S p e c ia l R a te s
PO RTLAND, ORE.
Bryant
A ttorneys-at-Law
M ed ical care of th e p o o r was
sale at a snap.
g
iv
e n in charge of D r. C .L . P o le y
O n e 1914 F o r d . D a n d y lo r the
for
the ensuinH year.
m o n e y . T h is car has had Hood
O
fficial reports of the treasurer,
care.
G o o d tires and Prest-o-
clerk and sheriff accep ted .
L ite. D o n ’t fail to see this F o rd .
R . C. O rn d u ff wff» ap p o in ted
O n e R c o F o u r. Just out paint
court h ou se janitor.
sh o p . L o o k s like n ew . S e e
F . E . B row n was a p p o in te d
G e o . N . C ro sh eld ,
K. A. McPherson, County Clerk.
SEAL
fruit in sp ector.
W a sco , O r e .
C , A . B uckley, A . H . Barnum ,
J
o
h n F u lton , I .N .L e m o n , R ob t. Seau-Aaaaal Statement of Coaaty Treasarer o f Sherm an cou n ty, O r e g o n
Subscribe for the O bserver.
for the six m onths en d in g on the 30th day o f D e c ., 1916, o
m o n e y received and paid out, from w h om receiv ed , anc
from w hat source, and on what account paid out.
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F ifth aud W a s k ia fte a Sts.
X
W . C. Bar a n t .
ht ,
not J s < m I n
GINN, COLEMAN & CO.
MORO, OREGON