Sherman County observer., June 29, 1917, Image 2

T h e ” O bserver*
Spy, Traitor or Patrie!.
4 -
ADDITIONAL LOCALS.
New Municipal Corporation.
M oro will not receive full cred-J
A Senate committee it now en­
deavoring
to find out who wrote
M ORO, OREGON.
to Senator Frelinghuysen telling
about the defective ammunition the Port o f Rufu. for the purpow The Bank of M o r o , . n o _
which was furnished to the steam­ of facilitating shipment« by water money on depo.it in San bran,
ship Mongolia and which caused
and more use of the Columbia cisco, booth« c r e d SaW* who
F R ID A Y . -------- June 29, 1917 the death of two Red Cross nurses. river. A t a basket dinner picnic I National Bank of The D a ll« .« b o
Josephus Daniels says the writer at Murray Sprint’s last Saturday it » •
9
credit
Entered • • «econd claw n?, îlei c ,t, «oT is either a spy or a traitor,
lh a t was decided to circulate petition, place of « d lm t the out, crept
po^ ohee al M oro. Oregon, J u ly ? 5 J ^ E
he had access to inform ation for a Port of Rufus with the south- proceeded to swipe all th l“J “
which was lodged in the confiden ern boundary line beginning a. |ncs. to .w ell «he aPPa™ ‘
c . L . IRELAND . . . ...M a n a g e r. tial files of the Navy Department
McDonald ferry and running west tions
W gtcocoun y.
is
clear—this
might
1, ..
....................
— make him a
the citv limits of Wasco, thence explain why some subscribers t
W e w ill not be re.poo.ible »or the
spy. That he communicated this to .th e CJ '
g
¡8h ho||ow the Liberty Loan bond, w illr e -
inform ation to an anonymous let- " ° j ! hw" ' o l„ mbia river. the Col- ceive their bonds from a bank in
P o .tm a.ter that the .ub
.»« b ili » < .
delinquent
ter-writer in D e tr o ittu n » e
^
“ - ^ ’ " ' ^ • “ X m a t io n
traitor.
T h a .t h e
„
can1« into the hands o
who took immediate
out the truth is certain
i
make the writer a pai n _
step»
-M
C o u n try T i e of Thea, Swoot Land
y
of L tbaHy.**
y
b-g and John Day rivers form -
mA the balance of the boundary
)ine, o( (he new corporation. One
eighth of the resident voters with-
L ,he proposed district-can peti-
I
county court tor a special
I |ection; then a majority of all
J*u.t go down the lino and make comparisons. Where,
is
or
« » Pr „ . « ... U IP
“
Think of the quality, the reputation of t h > REO, cons,d
the bigness, the larger tires, the genuine leaXh• P
y
the low upkeep, accessability, oversized h ea rin g s, eco
—and it’s one cinch it can clean-up any oth
near the price. —-
These multiple features have created a tremendous de­
mand for the REO. We again cautior.youthaUhere
The RIO
hitomobile
of
T .
THE
Reo Auto
QSòil Pipe to teo to.y.
cha^ <* .
r ~ '
-tty"
Is Row
The Dalles.
p rof. W . E. Lawrence, assistant
botanist at the Oregon Expert-
ment Station in charge of poison-
ou, p|ant investigations, w ill be in
Sherman county June 29 to July
3 (o r the purpose of collecting]
Universally
be. can't be. enough REOS to go around
now and take deliver’' a” 0° ^ ‘ *
Recognized
is sure that the one tht g
voting w ill decide the question of p|ant, like ly to cause atockpoi-
be desired tn this war. .n jd l of .t. v o ^
ort w A Ta|e fate , onin<. A ll farmers jm d .lock-
- as Having no
O n ly three
who w ill drive REOS'.this
• x
j
a R F O see to it that your Reo dealer is,advised
perimenting and buy a K L U see to u mai y
Hkannointed
in the form o f an actual order, or you sure w ill be disappointed.
Dr. Morse ha. just bought his third REO. a roadster,
phases is that
- ffA a n dy been elected chairman ot the com- men who may have knowledge
■V’
M edler and Frank Landborn are both driving their third RE^».
armv
as
well—shall
be
emcien
j I rnittee
_
working for
the e new
new piu
pro- o o t f any
, uch plant,
,. » onrl
working
tor m
any »ucn
piaiiu» v or . who
»»».« . may
..- z
Highest Record in United States.
S ta n d s the £ o f continued use
E ve r, R E O owner is a booster.
officered, - adequately
“ d_»n of d r Meet “ “ and
d T is re
e J v in g substantial
substantia, aid havfe lost stock from such suspect-1
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. «PP
vPiaiciD
receiving
I
m j A Smith antj J. W - Mar- ed causes are requested to notify
Officers of the National Asso- protected against the hand p
from J A. bmitn ano j . w -
ea causes arc icquc.tvu
cation of the Red Cross have ad- interior fighting weapons.
.
bo|h enthusiastic
rof, Lawrence
on*’
„-»ki.u. ictir boosters
hoosters for p
PrrJ
I awrence at M oro at once
In
the
first
Balkan
war
the
lu
rk-1
the
Columbia
river
l
by
letter,
or call the M oro Ex-
vised these in charge of the Ked
ish
army
found,
on
going
into
ac-
watef^
ay
A
|aw
voted
on
at
the
|
peri
ment
Farm
by phone,
Cross subscription work in Sher­
tion
against
the
Bulgars,
that
Ger-
gpecial
e|ectiOn
provides
a
way
man county that this county ranks
Mrs. Maud McConnahay and
the highest of all places, cities or man contractors had foisted ca” ' | o f o ria nizing and maintaining Ison Cecil, accompanied by her
ridges with wooden 1 b.
bullets
counties, in the United States in ___
U ¡ 7 UP
corporations of this character.
neice. Grace Brown, left Monday
rP°
_
its support and subscription to the the Young Turks; and the conse-
by train for Hillsboro, intending
work of the National Red Cross quent disaster was irreparable. No
to return with M r. and Mrs. J. M.
in proportion to its population. such coarse work w ill attend even
the tax on J Axtell in their auto when they re-
A p|an tQ aban(j on
The amount per capita is in ex­ the most greedy of American con-
‘ turn1 from their visit they McCon-
expect
ice. sure; yet the in- , electric lights and gas and take the 1
cess of $8.50, and no other district tractor,, we feel
Monday, July 2,
ferior shells which exploded with
, to ,a I tea, coffee and to take nex
.'
has exceeded that figure.
proposal
to
tax
,Ci1’
“
"n't
Inahay
is
a
daughter
of
Mrs.
Ax-
fatal results on the Mongolia m a v coco
j P ^ ha,
much meri,.
The amount!
amount Jnahay.s
Dr. Freeze, the Eye
hasmuch
ment. The
, y ^ a ja u g h n
a ira n d .
If the boast of Wasco county, to
Specialist, w ill make
of
money
to
be
realized
is
d
o
u
b
t
-
f
r
e
^
^
.
(he
(ormer
ha,
been
which Sherman county was xat- be found elsewhere in our arsen
his
regular
visit
to M oro and may
t.iched. that that county would als.
less as large ‘f not lar4e^ ’
• ,¡,¡,¡„4 in M oro the last few weeks
be
consulted
free
at Hotel M oro
It w ill do-no harm to know who w ill be paid by a far greater
double the subscription of this
-
Dakota, while the
parlors all day.
Bring in your
county had been adhered to then made those shells, when they were ber of people more « lde i »
ha, been attending the M oro
headaches
?tid
eye
troubles and
tributed
over
the
country.
1
he
1
Sherman county might have hac made and wheeein they were de­
exchange them for comfort. Over
to divide the honors, but in place fective. This knowledge may save households which use gas and schoo s.
14 years’ experience; 8800 cases
electricitv
for
domestic
purposes
L.
H.
M
artin
and
wife,
Myles
of doing as they first boasted it many lives in the future—and the
treated;
results guaranteed. At
are,
for
the
most
part,
to
be
found
E.
M
artin
and
wife,
IrvmM
Kuot-
was hard work for Wasco county man who has caused this know l­
We are in the grip of the worst car shortage
LGrass Yalley June 30, Kent July
in
the
more
populous
com
muni-1
man
and
wife,
accompanied
by
to keep in »the lead, and now they edge to be brought out may prove
the w o rld . hai ever known—and it is getting
are only separated by a margin of to be a patriot of a very practical ties ot the North.,where industry Mrs. Avery Harrison, a neice ot 1, Wasco July 3.<
and
enterprise
have
developed
M
rs.
L.
H
.
M
artin
visiting
from
worse.
about$4000. The final count shows order.
large
establishments
employing
I
La
Grande,
made
an
auto
fishing
Wasco county leading by $4705,
The letter, told cau.es fo r the
Ninety per cent of all'fuel shipments w ill be
but subscriptions that were made accident on the Mongolia which many hands and where good party that ^ t M oro Saturday or
W ant to sell one of two M c­
made
during the three summer months.
in Sherman county after these fig­ killed the Red Cross nurses and wages have made the creature Shearer and Buck H o llow , they Cormick 14-foot headers; both in
ures were totaled w ill Qit that disclosed that 25 per cent .ot the comforts and the modern conven- report a fine trip and the J nar,n* good condition; w ill give .choice
Next to fuel, shipments of silo and granary
iences of life in constant demand. I of 60 fine trout in Buck H ollow . of either; also 600-gallon Gilbert-
down.
ammunition on the St. L o u h a n
material
w ill have precedence over all others—as
Hunt- water tank; one 4-horse
W ith ’ the valuable help ot As­ 60 per cent of that on the Phila­ On the other hand, all households I Thev returned Sunday evening,
header
box;
one/cook
house;
five
nhi» tends to increase the country’s food supply.
q( M oro has been
sessor O tto Peetz, who checked delphia was defective. Senator use the table beverages which the! T h ^
or six unloading nets, in tair con­
• the assessment roll against the reg­ Frelinghuysen said it looked to Senate proposes to levy upon. l tified by tbe treasury depart- dition. Inquire at the
- W e suggest that you anticipate your wants
L. L. Peetz Farm,
istration r o ll. it was found that
him as if the "spy or traitor was North and South there are to b e | mcntf through the Federal Re­ 3tj22 ,__________ M oro, O re .^
and
order your supplies at once.
there are 638 families in Sherman doing the best be could to serve found tea drinkers and coffee I fve g ank at San Francisco, that
county who subscribed the fo llow ­
drinkers.' The theory of the South-1 y gubgcription8 for Liberty Loan
America’s interests.
We w ill be pleased to talk these matters over
ing to the work o f the Red Cross
ern democrats has always been t o | bon(j g up to and including $10,000
One
Daniel
Best
Combine
$
8.616.40
with
you in person.
.
w t
____ __
®eek out the streams of revenue at| -iU be ig8ued in (uI1 t o subscribers.
M oro
Judge W . L . Bradshaw of Was­
16-foot cut, Sidehill Jum or.y Has
11,325.30
Wasco . .
co b o u n ty and The Dalles died I the N orth and to tap them. ^ Subscriptions over that amount cut less than 1800 acres . For Par­
8.000.00
co Hrtpnlv
county in and
The Wednesday,
Dalles died I that the South might R°
Grass Valley
Portland
l wln 6e cut from 40 per cent up- ticulars apply to Ernest W ille rw n
4,200.00
Kent . .
Ju n e 20 from angina pectorial burden in supporting the govern I
according to amount sub- at Johnston & W illerton s. T.he
Dalles.
____ _ 61 J1S
Total . - .$32.141.70
Subscriptions in The Dalles mah judge in a trial in that coun-| and cocoa distribute, tbe
D. H . W right was in town M on­
were $12.399; outside of The
more equitably. N o one w ill pay
ty. Judge Bradshaw was formerly
day buying supplies for the bridge
Fine 2-year-old bull from blue
Dalles. $24,465.70. and there are circuit iudge of this county before much, but each w ill pay some-
crew at work replacing the John ribbon Jersey cow and registered
six towns in Wasco county, out­
Day river bridge-at the mouth of Holstein bull. Inquire or phone,
the present judicial district was I thing.
side The Dalles, as large or larger set off from his district, serving »he.
J. H- E lliott,
„ * tv n .tL . Cottonwood canyon. M r.W right,
than any in Sherman coiinty. state in his judicial capacity for 26 “ Tk. Birtk of. . Nab« at The Dal
M onkland, Oregon
who is doing the blacksmith work 2U8-15*
The total for the two counties was years.
G overnor Withycombe
-
Jaly L 2 «"4
:or the contractor, »ays lhat they
$69,006.40. Since then there has
has appointed Fred W . W ilto n ,
ln ,he6e tryin4 times of Nationa are saving all the old bridge pos­
been $200 more received at M oro
Tw o good Jersey milch cows.
of The Dallea. as sucaessor to the I
attraction of the theatre sible and that it w ill be some time Also one 16-foot H o lt Combine
r ~ and some at other places that
office.
- ’
lean so satisfy and hearten as that in August before the job is com­ Harvester. Inquire of
-
have not reported.
Hom
er
D.
Belshee,
The'Steel
Corporation,
soulless
of
D.
W
.
Griffith's
"T
h
e
Birth
of
pleted.
O f the amount subscribed in
.
Monkland, Q re*2
The Farmers’ State Bank, as the
Sherman county only $1300 has u ,T a , h . r . i. h.a declared an a N ation,” that mighty drama of
dividend of one per cent American struggle, of American new bank of M oro w ill be knpwn,
been paid in cash; as it must be
has received its charter and w ill
paid to the National Red Cross in upon its common stock and has di’ -un,on- ' he"
A 24-m. Farquher 2d-hand
open for Lusinesa next week in
installments, and there is not cash asked it. stockholder, to conu.bd union and fina re b
Separator, cheap. M oro Hdw.
enough to meet the first payment C 'r'o - ' l X " a’- d e to f f i e S - w t ^ r e la t io n when it firs, burs, the Webb building. The board Imp. Co.____
___
of directors are W . S. Powell, W .
it is requested that all who can
T o come to our store when in need of
a ctio n , the Red Cross w ill get | forth upon exacting New Y or B. Johnson, O. G. Sayrs. W . H .
pay their subscriptions at this time,
Ragsdale,president; W . F. Jack-
without borrowing the money, do fivp and a half m illions toward I and the other great centers o
Caskets and Robes always on
son, vice-president; G. B. Bour- i hand; special supplies and caskets
so and thus help those who can
par excellence of the theatrical hill, cashier.
pay later to better advantage.
ordered at any time.
to raise.
w orld—now it is universally pro­
Sam Brisbine. M oro, Oregon.
Payments can be made either to
claimed
the
draffia
o
f
the
U
nion
the Bank of M oro or G. B. Bour
—the spirit of these as well as of
at the close ot buaine»» June 30, 1917.
the trying times gone bye.
, T o or from any point, partic­
L incoln’s words and Lincoln s
ularly Sherman county. Experi­
Rc»ourcc»—
influence live today, as, perhaps, Loan, and .............................................................
enced
driver and car always ready.
m
aecure4 and utoaucurud........ M
Phone me at my expense from
never have they lived b e fo re - Overdraha.
Ronda find warranta .................................
any -r» place. Reasonable charges
—and Lincoln’s
the guiuu.g
guiding Kurniture i«t»re. .......... —.....
Lincoln's is tne
h a n d -,h e all-prevading s p ir it- o f
»..n s. with plenty of time given com­
mercial men to
make towns.
“ The Birth of a Nation, the Ma-
#nd other CMh .................. 2.513 m w
“ G eorge E llard ,
.
.
-
I C a h 00 hand-
....................... ................ 1X614 “
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Grass Valley, Oregon.
tion s play.
1312,746 60
This wonderful production ap-
To«.i
pears at the Empress Theatre,T^he
paid .............. ....... >
» I j 2o,OOO School District 5%
Dalle« July 1. 2. and 3 at 2 and 8 Surplu.,»Od ............. .....
Notice ie hereby given that the Diatoct
daily, and to say that it w ill
.................................
m w School Board ol School Diatrict N o. 17,
m. <
w A
Competitor.
The REO—the Gold Standard of Value
N. Crosfield,
Geo WASCO,
OREGON
A Ut»
AStraight Tip on the
]
Fuel and Lumber Situation,
Header for Sale.
For Sale.
x
ww
•
a
__ ~
a
r k.
At the Home of Tum-A-Limibfr
The Tlace for I nm-A-Lnnip
Bull for Sale.
a* I a
See H. U. Martin About It.
For Sale.
For Sale.
. '
a
1 Undertaking Supplies
I U5T A REMINDER
~
Furniture, Rugs and Linoleum,
lutomobilu Service
Hardware, Plumbing Goods
Sheet Iron, Barbed Wire,Wire Netting
Majestic and Universal Ranges
Vulcan and Canton Gang Plows
1
T he No. 2 Star and-C anton Double
Disc and D rag Harrows > ' ,
T
greeted by overflowing au-| individual d e p o .i,. .u b ,e c t«« < * • « * ........ 12,047 9 j
)t be w
livr»
------
Tim e and Saving« deposita
diencet In The Dalle, is to sav tha,
»12.746 60
Total
Americans have forgotten their
.
V, ,
I State ol Oregon
I
nationality.«
,
County of Sherman I
T k . cngsptacle is accompanied I, w. D . W nllan. cashier of tkn above
The spectacle W , -
bank, do rolem nly »wear « h .ffc e nbov.
by the organization s own muetcal
p
kaowUaH
director with a splendid three
w
hour specislly adapted «tore. R e
• * » » day - - of June, 19l7.
n -u iv .
John M .
matinee prices are 25 and 50 cents; |
M y cotnmia»ion expiree Sep* 29.
I HE KTcatest bulwark against the indigence of
old age or the financial drain cauaed b y >
protracted illneaa it a bank account If you
are a business man making big profits, u
you are an employee with a fine Bajlar7» Pj*“
to lay aside a certain sum weekly. Then
if the rainy day comes along it will find
s-sv-
.u i
T°InPr i m ^ stres. you'll find that your tank «count
i. your friend.
You « u look the world
The man with a bank account looks better, feels better,
b better than the man without a bank account.
evenings
rciuiiK” 25, 50, 75. $1.
Seats may be reserved by either
I tcfephbne or mail.
We
transact all kinds of banking business.
SKK US ABOUT AN ACCOUNT ,T 0D A Y .
Correct, etteet:
L . Barnum. R C . A twood. D ire c to r*.
_
DR. J. N . S H A W '
VETERINARIAN
in Sherman county. O L**on,( "¡J’
L*
sealed bide at the office of the clerk
• j .<<hnol district, in the Moro Ban»
Ä fc o M
s°£
up t ï 7:30 O’clock p-
r
•
10tb day
d « n u m payable eemi-annually, prm-
peF , 2d iniîreM payable at the office of
®?p“county Treasure.' of Sherman county,
.1X
fi.c.1 M - c y o, .he S M I.
2 r^ ° . o „ in New York City
^ £ X . d . redeem-ble at eny nme alter
»eia
»««re from date of
the e’ ’’" ,h" ° J |eMUre of writ, achool diarrict,
M
a ^ Ä
e
. p u r e l y id .-« .« y
’' T u T ’ T he* e . r i ' , ; ^ ol M id fiye-yaar
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MORO. OREGON
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Subdcribe lor the Ohiarver.
" O tc * -MORO HOTEL
M O R O .
✓
O R C O O N
ft
Waterloo Stoves and Z-Engines
• «nd Ä
« . io f 4-S4 July « .» ‘ r.
bear interest at the rate of 5 per cent
Dr. Carrie N orvall, well-known
_ | Chiropractor and Drugless Physi
Interstate Stock Inspector
“ tó is ^ e K k fo íS 'p a r* » » ' ol bid »
|cian. has e»tabli»hed a branch
s of i Examiner of Stallion» for Licenie
l D W rie. Board re«erve. .he
fice at M oro. Hour» from 3 I p.m.
p .m . Grg<Juale of Weehin<te® SUte end Oregon I “ î ï ï Â
Agricultural Colleg®*'
right to reject any and all bide.
Ito 8:40 a.m. Office in the Parry I
¡ By order ot the Board. r Foftneft
building. Examination free.
“ßat)k of hjloio”
Hacks, Top Buggies and Bain Wagons
,2 1 .1 9 1 7 .
School Clerk.
Maytag Gasoline' Motor, Electric and
Power W aahing Machines
GINN, COLEMAN & CO.
MORO, OREGON