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About Sherman County observer. (Moro, Sherman County, Or.) 1897-1931 | View Entire Issue (June 1, 1917)
■BHBnrai The *■ O b se r v e r ■■■■=«-------------- r a r - ' " ' — '■ MUSO, BHBBIfAN 0O.,OBBOOW: (Usai hp fir Sta Conni;. Mrs. Grace Thorgtpton is g vis Mrs. Irving Kqnsman and Mti, itor from Dutur at the home Q Claud Thompson will entertain her father, R. C. Byers. the Thursday Pleasure Club the Mrs. Harvey M ay is a visitor afternoon of June 7th at the home from the Willamette Valley at the of Mrs. Kunsman. H enry DeMou arrived home last week after an abeencg of lev eral monlht as advance agent for the DeMoss Entertainers, who w ill return next week after com ckugh- pleting their engagements in south Geneva, the 8-year-old pau of P. L. Dillinger, is serious^ ¡0 western Washington. home of Mrs. L. D. May. ’ Mrs. M . V. Hennagin and F R ID A Y ........ ......... June 1. 1917 daughter Maggie are visiting in witt broncho-pneumonia, compli cated with whooping-cough. A the county from McMipnville. Cwrnna ueB t* N « .I2 1 . special nurse is with her. M r. and Mrs. W . F. Jackson A. r . * a . M. Moro. or. J. R. Hinshaw. the horse buyer, the fii»t and third expected to leave Long Beach, is at Moro after the best animals ▼ evening» of each Cal., for Oregon about May 28. ting member» m month V iiiti he can find, especially mares. cordially invited to meet Dr. Norvall, the nerve special The price is not too high if you with ua. By order o f W . M . J. M . P a r u t , Secretary ist, comes in on the afternoon have the stuff that is worth it. B e th le h e m C h a p te r n o . 78 o . R.'S. Regular communication each 2d and 4th Thursday evening! monthly. M u . N r l l ie C u s h m a n , W orthy Matron M u . M a t B a r n u m , Secretary. F arm ers E d u cation al and C e "Oper* • a tiv e U nion o f A m erica M or o L o c a l N o . 41 Meet» in I.O . O . P . hall each 2nd and 4th Saturday afternoon. Visiting member» welcome- - W . S. Powell, President C. G . Silver, Secretary. Local Ckarck AaaoaacemeBti Methodist church: Sunday school at 10 a.m. A .M . W right, superintendent. Classes for all ages. Please make an fffo rt to be there on time. U nion services in connection with O lder G irls’ Conference in Presbyterian church at 11 a. m. and in Methodist church at 8 o. m. Everybody please make an effort to be present. John Robertson, pastor. Presbyterian Church: Sabbath school at 10 a.m., F.E. Fagan, superintendent. U nion services at 11 a.m.; Rev. Chas A. Phipps w ill preach. N o evening service. We will attend the union service at the Methodist church* Services in Monkland at 2:30. B. Trueblood Smith, pastor. See M ullikin ’’the harness mak- er ” at Wasco. Oregon. See the Rotary Rod Weeder. M oro Hdw. & Imp. Co. Royal Bakery Bread fresh daily at the M oro Trading C o/s store. Born, Sunday, May 27, to M r. and Mrs. Oscar Ruggles, a daugh ter. Mrs M yrtle Fleck o f Rufus is visiting with M r. and Mrs. Dell Benson. Abstracts-promptly made by the Sherman County Abstract Co., M oro. Oregon. Mrs. Art Smith of Wasco under went an operation at 1 he Dalles hospital Tuesday. -4 Mrs. C.M. Poley and daughter, mother and sister of Dr. Poley, returned to their home in Port land Tuesday morning last. W ORTH Barnum Bros. & Peetz have sold their holdings on the DesChutes to Edwin Mays. The property includes 1080 acres along the breaks, three sheep camps.fencing, corrals, etc., used when the parties selling were running sheep west of M oro. L. B. Payne is using the Fleck Orchards auto truck to haul sand The 11th annual picnic and cel from Rufus to the Roy Powell ebration at DeMoss Springs 'will farm for use in plastering and ce be held Wednesday, July 4, as ment work on his new home. day. ...... $ 8 .9 5 The Moro Hardware & Implement Co. has taken over the agency for the Rotary Rod Weeder of the Cheney Manufacturing Co. of Cheney, W ash ington, tor Sherman county, with R. H . McKean of Wasco and O ’Leary & O ’Brien of Grass Valley as sub-agents. Machines may be seen or obtained at any of these places.1 . ■ -f: - .. . ’ V V - L L S A C K We are constantly adding to our line of Fresh Fruits and Vegetables, and ask you to come in and see what we have. Remember, that we roast all our own Coffees and sell at Wholesale prices. Every pound^guaranteed. INTERNATIONAL SALES CO., Right at the R. R. Tracks in Wasco. JAM ES W 1 T H Y C O M B E Air w V . Governor of Ore gon, the guest of Sherman county | Thursday last at the three day1 Auto Show at Wasco. The M oro Red Cross Auxilliary is determined to increase its mem-! bership and to further this e n d , two teams, each composed of sev eral TadTes and captained by Mes-1 dames L. Barnum E. I I . Moore, respectively, have been selected to canvas for new members. To make the contest spirited the team securing the lesser number of new members will entertain the other team at an afternoon tea. G. B. flourhill ancb Rev. Rob ertson were elected at a meeting o f a number of subscribers to the fund from M oro for the Arm y Y. M. C. A., held Saturday after noon, to elect two members from this place on the county perman-, ent committee to distribute the re- j lief fund for Sherman county. At a similar meeting at Wasco R C. Atwood and D. W. Wade were elected to represent that place. The names of the committee mem bers from Grass Valley. Kent and Rufus have not been forwarded to the secretary. Editor Ireland and wife, accom panied by E. S. Ackerman from M oro and Mrs. Ireland’s sister and brother-injaw, M r. and Mrs. J. T. Ashby from Grass Valley, were autoists visiting .the Kent section Sunday afternoon. We found the roads rough from the recent rains, but the day an ideal summer sample. On our return A 24-in. Farquher 2d-hand j from South of Kent we met Luth Separator, cheap. M oro Hdw. & I er Davis just returning from - a Imp. Co. days’ fishing in Buck H o llo w and were presented with “ a mess” of 16 fine mountain trout. Three or more; three with The Observer wishes to com foal; for sale reasonable; cash or; mend the Spirit of Wasco; the co bankable note; write, phone or; 1. K. Axtell, hesion of its business men and res call. 3tm4 Moro, Ore. idents adjacent to that city when any business ot benefit to the com munity is under comideration. The work done to prepare the Caskets and Robes always on grounds and grand stand for the hand; special supplies and caskets Sherman county field meet, if ordered at any time. Sam Brisbine, M oro,O regon. paid for in dollars and cents, rep resented a considerable sum; be sides. the time lim it within which the work was done, was short. o or from any point, partic The result was something for the ularly Sherman county. Experi county at large to emulate. enced driver and car always ready? Phone me at my expense from When returning from The any place. Reasonable charges Dalles Tuesday evening with his with plenty of time given com family in his new Reo seven pas mercial men. to “ make” towns. -«. G eorge E llard , senger, Lester Smith was run Grass Valley, Oregon. Undertaking Supplies Livery Automobile Service down by a man going at an ex cessive speed and on the wrong side of the road. Lester was go ing up grade when he saw, the collision was to happen, and stop ped and crowded to the bank. The Reo had its radiator broken and fenders crumpled. W e un derstand that the man causing the accident is a foreigner not financi ally* responsible, and claiming now to be a little unbalanced men tally. P E R Should the market decline we wtll give you the benefit up to and in cluding the three days. Dates—May 11th, 12th and 14th. Mares for Sale Attention, Mr. Farmer. x- During these three days we will sell you the Best C A N E SUGAR at For Sale. . t NEW S I We advertise just such items as we consider worth v^hile. They con- tain suggestions that if you follow them up they w ill save you money. W ei, bought merchandise which we w ill sell to you at worth while savings. This week we will sell on Friday, Saturday -and Monday a car of Salt. 3 Halt ground-in 50, 100 and 150 pound sacks. Dairy Salt in 50 pound sacks. Finest Table Salt in all sizes. For these three days we will make a very low price and guarantee the salt the best on the market. *rain and stays till morning each Tw o o f our local auto drivers ventured close to collisions with other cars Sunday afternoon. One had an interview with the judge at the request of one of his near usual. victims, and promises to go slow A car load of Cheney Rotary er in the future disposed of the Come in and look at our Men’s Ready-to-Wear Clothes. M oro Rod Weeders, the kind that sure case temporarilly. Trading Co. Summer weights ly gets the weeds and makes mon W . C. Bolton, of Friend, Ore., now in. ey for the farmer, has arrived at writes us that the Kingsley Local Water trough and tank material the M oro Hardware & Im ple of the Farmers* Educational and now on hand for any size job. ment Co. - i Co-operative Union of America, When an autoist buys tubes. w ill hold their seventh annual Get your order in early. See Foss & Co. about it. z )low-out patches or boots, they picnic at Friend, Ore., on Satur want fresh stock. Foss & Co. day, June 9, 1917. A good pro M r. and Mrs. Soren Hansen lave a complete new, fresh lin^ gram is being prepared. and son Ova were Kent visitors at of anything wanted o f this k in d / The Dalles Tuesday and at M oro W ith the exception of one and of dependable manufacture on Decoration D a y .. - bridge about a mile south of Hay also. Fry Golden West Coffee if you Canyon warehouses thejiew grade Lots better than wheat and a are particular. For sale at M oro up Hay Canyon is now in first- letter feed for hogs is Albers Bros. Trading Co. Money back it not class condition for any kind of Berkshire Hog Feed, made from satisfactory. travel, says R. C. Byers, road su molasses, com, barley, wheat and The coal shortage in M oro was other ’ ingredients. For sale by pervisor in charge ot the work. relieved Sunday evening by the ndependent Warehouse & M ill Placing the, bridge is waiting the arrival of material. arrival of a car of nut coal at the ing Co.. Wasco. Tumalum Lumber Yards. A coincidence of interest is that The car of extra fine cedar posts the winning oration at the De C. E. Adams, plumbing and recently arrived at the Tumalum clamatory contest last Friday at tining expert, left Tuesday fpr The Jalles, where he has a contract to uitnber Co. yards are going fast. Wasco was written by Prof. F. E. These lare evidently all the posts Dunton, as well as the oration place a roof on a new house. or sale in the county, as one farm that( won the gold rfieda, for Mrs. R. ( /. Mills, sister to Mrs. er drove from Rufus Monday aft-' M oro last year. This year Thelma T. E. Hulery, has been granted a er a supply from the M oro yard. Buxton won the medal and la6t divorce and has had her maidep year G race'M uir. A patriotic service wiP be held name, Esther McKinney,restored. in * Kent Sunday, 2 p. m., when Martin Hansen and family have E. E. Bar zee and wite and C. the'wbrk of the Arm y Y. M .C.A. moved to their summer home in G. Silver and family were Port- w ill be presented by Rev. Robert the Cascade mountains near Red and visitors this week, going by son of M oro. Some layman, will mond on the Metolious river. auto via the Columbia Highway. accompany him; so everybody O. L. Belshee WHI soon join the Chas Boardman and family please make an effort to be pres M oro summer colony at that were Kent autoists in M oro last ent. place. They have several head Saturday, coming by way of Rut- of horses with them to use as pack J. W. Messinger and wife are edge and returning through Grass visitors in the county from Mc animals on their trips to the lakes Valley. M innville. M r. Messinger is on back of their summer homes. W . L. Dillinger was in M oro a trade for property near The Elmer Ralston Barzee and Lois Monday after Tumalum Dalle*. He i r n he want» to get, S cha.8« m m married at with which to rebuild his wind back where he is better acquain ted the horfie of the brides’ parents m ill lower, toppled over last win and the sun shines at least once in near Erskine.Thursday night, May ter by the wind. awhile. 24. Rev. John Robertson officiat I can now make immediate de- M oro Auxilliary of the Red ing. Miss Schaeffer is a graduate ivery on the Super Six, the Grant Cross at their regular meeting of the M oro high school this term, Six and the Maxwell. Call or Tuesday last, among other busi and the marriage immediately fol write me at Wascb, Ore. J. R. ness transacted, decided to send lowed the graduating exercises. r Case berg. one of their members tOxPortland Bige Eddy, jr.; a former em to confer with the state organiza C. H. and W. E. Howell have ployee of the Observer, who is bought the Robert Ka?eJ>erg farm tion and gather the routine of the now living at Waterville, Wash., west of Wasco, paying at the rate work expected of them, and for and Miss Kathryn McCormick of $70 an acre, or a total of $123,- this important duty selected Mrs. were jnarried at the home of the 900 for the land without crop or C. L. Poley to make the trip. A ll brides’ parents at that place on outfit. M r. Kaseberg last fall members are requested to be pres Friday, May 25. M r. Eddy,while nought a section of this same land ent at next Tuesday’s meeting, as in M oro, took considerable inter rom the E. O. L. Co. for $50 an there will be plenty of work for est in the success of the athletic all to do. acre. 1, sports of M oro highachool. W H IL E Rheum atism ANTI-URIC The famous R O O T and B ER R Y rem edy for R H E U M A T IS M . Contain» no opiate* or chemical», and w ill^ o t injure the moat delicate atomach or digestion. Result» guaranteed or money refunded. Price $1.50 per outfit. For »ale by the Moro Pharmacy SHOES ! Fur Men, W uiiicii anil Children O ur specialty it the S TR A TFO R D DRLSS SH O E for M en—in black, tan and two-tone combination; we have the Stratford Shoe in either LA C E or B U T T O N . i I he .celebrated John Strootman Shoe for Ladies—in White and IN T W O -T O N E C O M B IN A T IO N . SEASONABLE HATS! Straw, Panama, Middy and Hi School Hats NO T R O U B L E T O S H O W YOU G O O D S Moro Trading Co. WE ARE AGENTS For the Full Peering Harvester .W in ery. We have in stock Reapers, Mowers and Headers’* Alsu the Rotary Rod Weeder and a complete line of extras for this Weeder. We have in stock some of the best wagons, such as Mitchel, John Deere, flollne*and Wiona Moro Hardware & Imp. Co. THE WASCO MARKET r I handle all kinds of Fresh and Cured Meats. Fish, Oysters and Crabs in season. Also all kinds of vegetables. I am in the market for anything you have to sell in the line 1 am handling. Come in and see me. W rite or phone about your cattle, veal, poultry, eggs, butter, and green or dry hides. • J— * G. A.Simons, The Meat Man WASCO, OREGON Phone Main 373
