Sherman County observer., June 22, 1917, Image 2

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M o ro and vicinity for the work of
the Red Cross totaled Tuesday
A summary o f the farm
Sherman county has responded evening close to $7000, not all
which has been carried on in O re ­
M ORO. OREGON.
so quickly and spontaneously to having reported. There wefre 54
gon under the direction of the
the call for funds with which the individuals contributing $5600;
government has been compiled
people of the U nited States will one $75; 10 $50; one $40; two
o r 21 o f the 36 counties o f the
finance the work of the Red Cross $30; 12 $25. and a large number
state and shows some very inter­
during the war that other commu­ in amounts ranging from $20 to
esting facts, among which are an
F R I D A Y ................ June 22. 1917
Some were children, but
nities are asking those in charge, $1.
increase in the acreage of all the
hatever the amount it was given
“ H o w do you do it?*’
u t t e r at the
principal cereal and food crops,
J uât go down the line and make comparisons. Where
a* M o ro . O reg p«. J«fy 2S. 1891.
W h en E . C. Pease, of T h e cheerfully and willingly.
with the exception of fall wheat,
is there a car at or near the price that is in the same class?
A public meeting was held at
Dalles, in charge of this work for
and an increase in all dames of
KentW
ednesday
afternoon.
Those
Think
of the quality, the reputation of the REO; consider
C . L . I reland ............ Manager. the counties of Wasco and Sher­
livestock with the exception of
speaking
at
the
meeting
were
E.
man, reported by phone to those
the bigness, the larger tires, the genuine leather upholstery,
stock hogs.
W e w ill •o t be reapoaaible lor the in charge in Portland gathered at C . Pease, E . O . M cC o y and Rev.
the low upkeep, accessability, oversized bearings, economy
A tremendous demand for tabor
to notify •» of
oi
M ap le of T h e Dalles. T h ey were
N o r w ill the a banquet at the H o tel Portland
during the harvest season and a
—and
it’s one cinch it can clean up any other car at or
listed
by John W ills, who
ot a PtMtmaater that the wib- to outline their work for Red
need
fo
r
capital
and
^machinery
“ Reaaored** actile the biU ot a
•cribe»
near the price.
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Cross week, that these two coun­ has been engaged by the Elks
wherewith to increase production
ties had $33,500 subscribed before lodge to make addresses in the
These multiple features have created a tremendous de­
this year are other facts indicated.
the close of the first day and that principle cities o f the country en
T h at the labor situation w ill be
mand for the REO. We again caution you that there won
their quota of $15,000 would be titled “ Tribute to the F lag .” T h e
a lim iting factor in the harvesting1
be, can’t be, enough R E O S to go around. O n ly those who order
made $45,000; when that news same speaker gave an address at
of the additional acreage o f
now and take delivery as soon as the local dealer can supply them ,
was given to those leaders at Port Wasco Wednesday evening.
crops planted this year seems cer­
will be.numbered among the “ lucky ones” who will drive R E O S jh is
Wednesday rftem oon the total
land it was eleven minutes before
tain. M o re than 5000 fa
season.
T o those who bave other cars, if you ve decided to quit ex­
they could, be quieted and the for Wasco and Sherman counties
“M y C o un try 'T ie • * Thaa. 8»
perimenting
and buy a R E O see to it that your Reo dealer is.advised
a< L ib e rty .*
cheering stopped so that the bal was $45,000 and the “ drive” con­
in the form o f an actual order, or you sure will be disappointed.
a nee of the message could be de­ tinuing. O f this amount M o ro
tai number
will be requii
livered
M r. Pease stated in the was credited with $7100; Wasco.
I)r. Morse has just bought his third REO, a roadster.
for the entire state.
Preferential treatment accorded
message that the inspiration for $7000; Grass Valley about $5000.
W
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A
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M edler and Frank Landborn are both driving their third R E O S .
A number of farmers indica
by Canada to Japan it aiding the
W’asco county came from Sher­ and Kent $1000 iq $100 subscrip­
It
stand*
the test o f continued use
Every R E O owner is a booster.
that they desired additional cs
Japs to capture the Canadian but­
man county, where $8.500 was tions. T w o autos from T h e Dalles,
tai this year, and the total am o
ton trade. Buttons imported from
raised in one day’s presentation two from M o ro and one from
required was $191,613. A tc
the United State« into Canada are
of the w o rk 'a n d the need of its Grass Valley carried the delega­
o f 540 planting and harvest
dutiable at 42% per cent advalor-
being financed by voluntary con­ tion visiting Kent.
machines were requested by fai
rru. while those from Japan go in
A ll monies received bv subscrip­
tributions.
ers.
Such requests for assistai
under the Canadian intermediate
Recognition of the effective tion during this drive which is be­ are being met.
tariff at 37% per cent, the long
manner in whicn the A rm y and ing staged by local men is to be
T b e seed situation was
haul from Japan being offset by
N avy Y . M . C. A . the Liberty sent direct to W ashington, D . C alarming.
In practically ev
cheaper labor cost. Japan is over­
Bonds and the Red Cross has been
county
the
amount
of seed ava
war
is
looking no bets while the
Aaaaal Sckssl Meeting.
presented in Sherman county was
ble
was
sufficient
to
take care
on.
further enhanced Tuesday when
A t the annual school meeting seeds that were needed.
L . Barnum was asked by those in for M o ro district held M onday
Reports from the N ational For-
E \ cry county showed a decided
Help the Red Crass FastL
charge of the work in G illiam afternoon in the school house W .
est reserves of W ashington, O re ­
increase in tbe number of acres
county to bring assistance and C. Bryant was unanimously re­
H o w important may be your
planted to beans. T h e net in­
gon and California by the nation­
help with the canvass in that sec­ elected director to serve for three crease for tbe 21 counties is 3734 donation in the alleviation of suf­
al forest rangers are to the effect
tion. Accordingly a party con­ years and F. E . Fortner was unan­
acres, which is 370 per cent great­ fering and misery among the
that an average of nine feet more
sisting of L . Barnum, Rev. R ob­ imously re-elected clerk to serve
er than last year’s crop; likewise wounded on the battlefields of
snow is yet in the mountains than
ertson, W . F. Jackson, and
B. for one year.
has increased the potato acreage, Europe, where the American sol­
last year. M an y areas, usually
Hosford left early W ednesday
T h e report of the clerk for the the acreage for the 21 counties be­ diers w ill soon be doing their bit
open to rangers, hunters, campers
morning in M r. Barnum’s auto year ? just closed showed the dis­
ing 90 per cent greater than that to help win the war, is shown, by
and fishermen earlier than this,
for work in that county.
trict
has
146
children
of
school
in 1916. Every county with the some figures prepared by the Red
will be snow blocked for several
Voluntary
contributions
from
age;
that
the
district
held
a
nine
exception of W aeeler and C o l­ Cross. For example:
weeks.
W e are in the grip of the worst car shortage
months’ term of school, em ploy­ umbia counties increased their
O n e cent will buy iodine to dis­
world has ever known— and it is getting
the
ing six teachers, using six rooms; corn acreage.
Polk. Sherman infect a wound;
worse.
that there are 157 legal voters in and U n io n cowries were tbe only
O r e cent will buy enough gauze
the district; and that the district three out of the 21 which did not or one dressing;
N inety per cent of all fuel shipments rill be
has a librarv of 1200 volumes, of report an increase in hay acreage.
A nickel will buy a bandage;
made
during the three summer months.
which 84 were purchased during T h e net iocreme indicates that the
Eight cents will pay for a tem­
the year.-
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acres in hay this year will be 18 porary splint;
’ N ext to fuel, shipments of silo and granary
M o ro district has taxable prop­ per cent greater than last year.
A dime will provide chloroform
material
w ill have precedence over all others— as
erty to the value of $6,377.063 and
Fall wheat shows a net decrease ior an operation.
this tends to increase the country’s food supply.
school property valued at $17,500.
T
d
en
ty-five
cents
expended
as
!
of 28,883 acres, which is 36 per
T h e district has funds on hand at
cent less than the 1916 acreage, above may save a lim b or a life >
W e suggest that you anticipate your wants
this time amounting to $2,182.62.
but spring wheat has increased of a wounded soldier.
and
order your supplies at once.
T h e expense of operation last
Every man, woman and child
25,604 acres, which is 70 per cent
£
.
year was $7,194.04.
Funds re­
HE greatest bulwark against the indigence of
more than the number ot acres in in the state can do something in
ceived
from
various
sources
dur
W e will be pleased to talk these matters over
old age or the financial drain caused by a
1916.
T h e oat acreage has in­ this gigantic Red Cross campaign.
ing the school year were.
protracted illness is a bank account If you
with
you in person.
There
will
be
many
of
those
who
creased 14 per cent and barley has
are a business man making big profits; if
Cash on hand June.1916 $ 452.3?
are
not
circumstanced
so
as
to
be
increased 58 per cent in the coun­
you are an employee with a fine salary, plan
’District ta x ......................... 6.355.8C
among the heavy givers, but there
ties
reporting.
to lay aside a certain sum weekly. Then
County school fu n d ........ 1,182.21
if the rainy day cornea along it will find
The number ot livestock shows never was a movement in the his­
State school fund ..........
269.04
T u itio n , high school . . . 1,117.24 net increase in practically every tory of philanthropy which offered
you prepared.
e
In times of stress you’ll find that your bank account
instance. T h e net increase is 26 such abundant opportunity for the
is your friend. You can look the world in the eye.
T o t a l. . / . . ................ $9.376.66
per cent over the number on hand high and low, rich and poor to
The ma» with a bank account looks better, feels better,
T h e school board has let a con­
join hands ¿n the common cause
a year ago.
r
is better than the man without a bank account We
tract for the building of two an
Th e number o f brood sows is as is presented by the American
transact a ll kinds of banking business.
nexes to the present building at s
practically the same this year as Red Cross. T h e humble penny,
SEE US ABOUT AN ACCOUNT TODAY.
cos» of $18.138. This is in excess
ast, but stock hogs have decreased the modest nickel and the bright
of the estimates, caused by the ad­
16 per cent. T h e number of little dime, each can and does do
vance in price of all building ma­
definite practical thing toward
needing ewes in the 21 counties
terial and is unavoidable. T o
the
work that is before us to do.
is also the same as that of a year
meet the excess over the amount
ago, but the number of sheep oth- T h e child’s mrte and the rich
of bonds voted for the new build­
man’s millions w ill each be re-1
than breeding ewes has in­
ing a number ot citizens of M o ro
ceived with equal welcome and *
creased 5 per cent. A ll counties
district have advanced the money
except Lane, M arion and U m a ­ each w ill serve the same degree of |
M ORO, OREGON
by means of a joint note, the same
efficiency in the Red Cross w o rk .1
tilla report an increase in the num­
to be paid later by the district.
m 1 1 1 1 1 1 m t i i h i h
> u 1 1 m 111 1 m 1 1 1 1 1 1
ber ot brood mares this year as
compared with last. T h e net in­
Lessors in Grain Grading.
crease for the 21 counties is 8 per
T h e first grain grading school
cent. T h e number of other horses
T o come to our store when in need of
ever
held in the; U nited States has
in the 21 counties show a net in­
just
been
concluded
at
the
Oregon
crease of 6 per cent. Poultry has
increased 40 per cent. U n io n and Agricultural College with such suc­
Washington counties were the cess that the work will be contin­
only two which reported a decrease ued in a series of extension courses
in the number of poultry as com held in various parts of the state
by the Extension Service. The
pared with last year. ;
school was designed to enable
Th e U nited States C ivil Service farmers, millers and grain dealers
Commission
announces that an to determine the classes and grades
In g ;oing
< „ over our records a few day«
„ ago we found that 80 per
examination
for
stenographer and of all northwest wheats, so that the
cent of the men who had bought Chahaan cars thia year previously
typewriter, field service, w ill be m illing and marketing values can
owned “ one year“ cars.
held in forty different cities thru- be ascertained before tbe grain is
Please pardon us for using a technical term such as “ one year”
out the Eleventh C ivil Service sent to market.
car».
It is a name that has grown up among automobile salesmen
T h e school
just
concluded
District June 30, 1917. Both men
and service men. It means, briefly, a car that look« well when new,
and women w ill be admitted to showed that wheat men can read­
run« well when new, but peters out towards the end of it^first year.
this examination. T h e re is an ur­ ily learn the classes into which
10,003 m iles is lonfl life for the “ one year*’ car.
gent need o f male stenographers any local-grown samples fall, and
and typewriters for all branches that atter classification the placing
Cka/asers has never sought the “ one year” car trade. Chalmm
of the service in the Eleventh Dis­ into grades is a simple matter. It
has always sought the quality trade.
trict, but particularly in the Q u ar­ also developed that most of the
Perhaps that fact explains our sales records. It evidently shows
termaster Corps of tbe Unitec im portant wheats grown in the
a rather decided tendency towards a better car, and we feel compli­
States A rm y, at an entrance salary Pacific Northwest is cared for in
mented naturally, that the trend is toward Cka/merx.
of $1000 per annum. T yp ew ri the federal grain standardization
O ur advice, could we only get hold of those who are buying their
ters without a knowledge of sten rules, and all samples thus covered
first car, would be to pay SS00 more and get quality.
<
ography are in demand and every are given ratings according to the
eligible on the male typewriter federal standards. A few classes
For what is worse than a cheap pair of shoes, a cheap hat, cheap
register willing to accept an en­ fall outside the federal classes, and
food o r cheap je w e lry ?
trance salary of $1000 per annum these w ill be taken up a joint hear­
. Quality you never forget. By the way, have you ever sat behind
will be appointed male typewri­ ings before the public service com­
the wheel of a Ckalm erit
ters willing to serve their country
under theconditions named shouk missions o f Oregon and Washing­
apply for this examination. Ap­ ton, at which equitable classifica­
A » OB 7 -fA S S B N G B B Q U A L IT Y C H A L M B B S FO B S1SSS
plications and full inform ation tions w ill be made.
•OAOSTML /¿ T A S S S N O S a
SUM
TOUBINO SCO AM. » T ASSBNO BS SMM
will be furnished by the local
ALA M U C M 9. O • OCTBOIT ANO bubjbct to c m a n o s w it h o u t mottcs
retary. Board of Civil Service E x
I can now make immediate de­
aminers, post office,
of the livery on the Super Six. the G rant
MORO. OREOON
offices where the examination wil Six and the M axw ell. Call or
be held, or by the district secre­
tary, room 303, Post Office Bldg., write me at Wasco, O re. J. R.
O b s e rv e r.
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I is Haling no
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WASCO, OREGON
A Straight Tip on the
Fuel and Lumber Situation
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At the Hume of Tum-A-Liimber
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See H. U. Martin About I t
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DO YOU OWN A ‘‘ONE YEAR” CAR?
PAY $500 MORE AND GET A QUALITY
C A R . $1350 B U Y S A C H A L M E R S .
UST A REMINDER
Furniture, Rugs and Linoleum,
Hardware, Plumbing Goods
Sheet Iron, Barbed Wire,Wire Netting
Majestic and Universal Ranges
Vulcan and Canton Gang Plows
The No. 2 Star and Canton Double
Disc and Drag Harrows
Hacks, Top Buggies and Bain Wagons'
Waterloo Stoves and Z-Engines
Maytag Gasoline Motor, Electric and
Power Waahing Machines
at any
Hulery Bros., Moro, Oregon
Seattle. Wash.
GINN, COLEMAN & GO.
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