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
-------
. «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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1
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
8
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