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About Sherman County observer. (Moro, Sherman County, Or.) 1897-1931 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 3, 1917)
The Test Coming R esidents of S h erm an co u n ty w h o m ad e use ot vaeant lan d with At a called m eetin g last 1 burs- w hich to increase food p ro d u c tio n T h e co m p re h en siv e re p o rt sub In the course of th e S en ate d e m illed by S e n a to r F ran ces E . day of the V asco B o o ster C lu b a are p e rp le x e d and d ism ay ed tp bate on th e fo o ^ -c o n tro l bill th e MORO. OREGON. W a rre n of W yom infi. o n the bill, co m m ittee ot business m en of that find how little (heir efforts will be p arad o x ical statem en t was m ad e •. was . . a . p __* city p o . in te d »/x to nrsncillf consult 11/»til with re w ard e d by reason of n'o rains that with w heat at. $2 a bushel E g f a r l i t e the citizens o f A rlin g to n and the since early in M ay. F ro m all flour w ould he c h e a p e r th an with and S h e rm a n y o u n ty ’ 8vCti(>Ifs o f th e couniy c o m p la in t is m aterially in the p ro m p t passage G illiam w heat at $1.75 a b u s h e l. At any courts to arriv e at a d efin ite un- j ,n;, j e that p o tatoes in particu lar Aug. 3. 1917 of that m easure recently through rate, th e fixed p rice o f w h eat, so F R ID A Y ¡the S enate. In his re p o rt M r. d erstan d in g as to the p e rm a n e n t are m aking second an d third far as th e fo o d -co n tro l m easure E n te red •» second class m a tte r at the W a rre n sets for til the fact that the location ot th e C o lu m b ia . r i v e r , g ro w th , with o n ly large size m ar- can fix it, is a m in im u m tw o d o l p,,»f office at M o ro . O re g o n . J u ly 25. 1891. I his co n d itio n lars—an d th e co u n try aw aits a ¡C ongressional m edal of h o n o r can liighWay thro u g h S h erm an county u>vS ¡n j | ie hills j be aw arded o nly to r couspicuous an d its ea .tern c o n n e c tio n with ! seem s to he g e n e ra ’ o\ e t the n o rth - ' d e m o n s tra tio n . Inasm uch asw h eat M an ag er. i\ y y rain should | is the o n ly c o m m o d ity m en tio n ed C. L. I reland 1 hero ism on the battlefield, anti the road going into A rlin g to n , as west states. It a lie.o tiie -o n 'y official reco g n itio n of -provided by the legislative act for OCCiir so o n a p o tab cro p m ay yet I bv nam e in the hill with any con-1 W e w ill not be responsible fo r th e , • n o t in actual the road thro u g h the eastern part q , e secured from tlu econd grow th ¡n cctio n as to its price, it is e v id e n t, neglect of subscribers to n o tify as o f d u t . n g m U i e d SerMtc not 111 aCIUa Z I • f I . . a !.. S tep h en s | that the su c c e s s o r failure of the is th e o p in io n ot changes in th e ir address. N o r w d l the ¡s , |1C certificate ot I l K t l t . »f the state. ^ ^ ^ ^ » " n ^ w bicb can be ¿ l v e . n o n o n e 'b u , A lter a "m eeting o f th e above of the E x p e rim e n t .trm. , biU will b e gauged by the p rice of co m m ittee at A rlin g to n last I ri- enlisted m en. I here will he ’ W L” 1 ^ ‘Hir. It flour stays up, as it pro- 1 d e lin q u e n t. uy v.ith the business m en of that I he 1917 “ Bn L1 hably will, the c o n su m er will great need d u rin g the present w-;tf August 6 to I w |iile if w heat brings city and G illiam co u r-- n ty <!..».■ the • —.......... y court, ----- ■ P o rtla n d is fixed for a suitable re ccg n ilio n of u n utiy g ts te x e iH o ! n() m o rc than $2, th e p ro d u c e r usually praisew orthy acts which and a m eeting at W asco M o n d ay | H ¡m J will be the with the S h e rm a n ; th e kind e v e r a ttem p ted in the will look back a n d re m e m b e r the ! may he p erfo rm ed hv officers o r aftern o o n enlisted m e n .'w h e th e r in actual county court it was a rra n g e d . N o rth w e st. A side from the fact days w hen he o r his n eig h b o r got battle o r not, and it is the p u rpose tiiat the two co u n ties an d cities ’ that it is of ad v an t ge to P o rtla n d m o re th an that. Few p e o p le are au th o rize a survey of p ro b a b le j w h o lesalers to have th eir mer- going to be satisfied with any re »M y C o un try ’T u of Thee, S w eet Lend of the bill to till that w ant. routes that w ould allow the high- I ch an t friends inspect th e larg- sult w hich > th e fo o d -co n tro l bill of L ib e rty .” T h e U n ite d States g o vernm en! way being c o n stra H e tk th ro u g h j est stocks of m erch an d ise in can p ro d u c e —'except th o se fav- has closed a co n tract w i:h a R och-- S h erm an county by way of W asco. t}ie N o rth w est, B uyers’ W e e k is 1 o re d in d iv id u als w ho get on ttte T h e U n ited States navy publici _ . . z i / w \ r i l l a sp len d id influence b e ¡p a y ro ll in co n n e ctio n w ith the ester. N . Y . firm for SOCK) fie^ It is p ro p o se d that the route havio ty bureau has co m p leted arra n g e guns of the fam ous <5m. P renci shall co m e in to W asco o y en p ra c cause it is bringing the business ad m in istratio n of the law m ents by w hich an attractive dis type, and has taken an o p tio i tically the present ro ad an d c o n m en of 'h e state closer to g eth er play of recruiting posters will he ’ ' „ i ,i w ith the same firm tinue out ot W asco as at present, and to n e n tin g a b etter u n d e r officially m ade at m ore than UÄKJ ¡ (¡ü n a ¡ j(g)() C lose to $30,000.0 but, instead of tu rn in g to w ard stan d in g betw een co m m u n ities. state and county fairs in the U nit- ¡8 ¡„v o lv ed in tiie deal to r this K lonkike w hen four m iles east oi one ite m 'o f w ar m aterial. cd Slates this tall. T h e N o rth w est 1 ourist A ssocia W asco it will e ith e r be built dow n e E m ig ran t ca n y o n o r the D ra- tio n , for the su p p o rt of which * j,er can y o n fu rth e r east an d cross O re g o n . W a sh in g to n an d British the J o h n D ay at o r n ear E a rly . ¡ C o lu m b ia legislatures v o ted $56,- The Wasco Awake and Working A Worthy Purpose O b s e rv e r. too* greatest bulwark against the indigence of old nge.^ot the financial drain caused by a protracted illn e ssjs a bank account. If you are a business man m aking big profits, if you are an employee with a fine salary, plan to lay aside a certain sum weekly. Then if th e rainy day comes along it will find T’ ln r tm iw of stress you’ll find th a t yapr bank account ia your friend. You can look the world m the eye. T he man with a bank account looks better, feels better, is better than the man without a bank account. We transact all kinds of banking business. SEE US ABOUT AN ACCOUNT TODAY. i àsann» B a n k of M o ro M ORO, OREGON H O TE L t h e A LB E R T d a l l e s , o r e . Is n o ted for its c o m fo rta b le su rro u n d in g s and the co u rteo u s atten tio n received by the trav elin g public. R ates m o d e ra te p rice d . R o o m s e q u ip p e d with m o d e rn co n v e n ie n ces and new ly refu rn ish ed th ro u g h o u t. Y O U R p a t r o n a g e : IS S O L IC IT E D O b serv er that “ if the highw ay d id ; ~ not go through W asco he w ould 1 Board of Equalization be forced to discharge part ot the N o tic e . T here w ill be n m eeting o f the men now w o rk in g ’’ for him . C o u n ty Board of E q u a liz a tio n fo r S h e r S om e few, for reasons ot their man c o u n ty , O re g o n , at the C o u rt H ouse in M o ro , on the second M o n d a y in Sep- upo p ; ..............0 w n , L - iv tried - e --------- - to im press • • n I u m b e r, th n fb e in g the 10th day o f Sep- others an en tirely different m ean- tember, 1917, jto p u b lic ly e x a m in e the As- , UST A REMINDER To c o m e to o u r store w hen in need of I ’ urmture, R ugs and Linoleum, 1 lardwarc, Plum bing ( j OOUS Sheet Iron, Barbed W ire,W ire N etting Majestic and Universal R anges <4 \ ulcan and Canton G ang Plows J S eir and C anton D ouble i a )W S H a cks, T o p Buggies and Bam W agons W aterloo Stoves and z p : ñ gi ncs M a y ta g - (.«asoline M ’dor, Pdeetnc and Pmver V /aahm g M a c h u i c COLEMAN & GO. Is Bow. University Recognized. as Having no Competitor. , . MULTNOMAH HOTEL 550 Rooms with Bath, $1.50 per Day Upward S ituated on the very edge of th e retail an d w holesale district. O n e block from th e C h a m b e r of C o m - f i e r c e , B uyer's H e ad q u arte rs - LA R G EST, MOST POPULAR D IN IN G ROOT IN T H E C ITY E X C E L L E N T S E R V IC E -M U S IC -D A N C IN G TH E n e a r th e price. T hese m u ltip le f e a t u r e s have c reated a tre m e n d o u s d e m an d for th e R E O . W e again c au tio n y o ifth a t th e re won t be, c a n ’t be. enough R E O S to go a ro u n d . O n ly those w ho o rd e r now and take d eliv ery as soon as the local d ea le r can supply will be n u m b ered am o n g the "lucky o n es’’ who. will driv e R L O b .th is season. T o those w ho have o th er cars, if y o u ’ve d ecid ed to quit ex p erim e n tin g and buy a R E O see to it that y o u r R eo d ea le r is’advised in the form of an actual o rd e r, o r you sure will be d isa p p o in te d . Ur. Morse h as ju s t b o u g h t his th ird 1JEO, a ro a d ster. W . A. M e d le ra n d F ran k L an d b o rn are b o th d riv in g th e ir th ird R E O S . It stands the test o f co n tin u ed use E very R E O o w n e r is a boo ster. T he R E O — the Gold Standard of Value E n terp rise was that the new $50,- 000 hotel being built in that city! M o to r vehicle licenses issued in and the business of the local gar-i W a sh in g to n state since M arch 1, ages would suffer it the highw ay 1917, total 82,000. ab o u t do u b le did not go thro u g h o u r sister city, the n u m b e r of O re g o n ow ned S herm an county, an d the further to w n s.. fact that the garage o w n e r in ques- • “ lion stated to the e d ito r of th e ' A lw ays read the Observer. B u y er’s W e ek , Aug. 6 to 11. a t th e J u s t go dow n th e line an d m ake c o m p a riso n s.. Where is th e re a car at or n ear th e ¡»rice th a t "is in th e sam e class? T h in k of th e q u a lity , th e re p u ta tio n of the K E O ; c o n sid e r th e bigness, th e la rg e r tires, th e g e n u in e le a th e r u p h o lste ry , th e low u p k eep , a c c e s s a h ility ^ v in s iz e d bearin g s, econom y — an d i t ’s one c in ch it can clean u p anv o th e r c a r a t or The MO 1 he last issueof the W asco News- '; dian p ro v in ce. E n terp rise, in c o m m en tin g u p o n I — ------- --------- article in the O b serv er that R ep o rts tro m K ansas are to the broke the co m p lac en t leth arg y o t effect that o n e week o f hot w eath- ihe business m en of that c i t v ,■ er, beginning last week, has caused ' stated that the article in question ; a loss of 11,000,1X10 bushels to th e j was “ untruthful and u n fo u n d e d .” 1 co rn cro p , w hich a m o n th e a rlie r, I he sam e issue ot that p a p e r also ( p ro m ised to he the largest in the j co n tain ed a short account of an i histoi y of the state, f igured a t ; .nterview that Ju d g e J o h n P u lto n present prices that week of hot had had with H ighw ay C o m m is w eather has cost the Kansas fa rm sioner lh o m p s o n . In this in ter er 13.300.000. view Ju d g e F u lto n fully eoufirm s S om e p eo p le are so solicitous of all that the O b serv er said re g a rd ing the constructio n of the h ig h the so ld iers’ m orals that they p ro pose to sp end a m illio n d o llars to way north of \ \ asco. P art of the article called in furnish fum igated fun at the train- question by the e d ito r of the N e w s - in g cam p s.— S u nnyside G azette. l he charge b ro u g h t against the , c a r s . _________ ______ O b serv er can best be answ ered by W aite for D r. F reeze I stating that w ork has been discort- j 4^ if you n eed eye set v- tin n e d on the new h o te l u n til it L v s s ****- , definitely know n » h ere the hifib- ’ S H T n-c R eg u lar tn p s way will be co nstru cted throuUl, each m o u th to M o ro an d o ln c r HEADQUARTERS Reo Automobile f h e route in m ost favor is t h e : 000 pen rrnnum, is p re p a rin g the E m igrant ca n y o n ro u te,w h ich can g ro u n d w o rk to r a vigorous cam- e m arie a sta n d a rd ro a d with ' paign to secure tourist travel. A asv g ra d e . ¡N o rth w est P ictorial B ook of 40 1 lie last n a m e d ro u te will cut pages is being p rin te d . 13 of which ...rough som e farm s co rn erw ise. ¡ will be d ev o ted to scenic g ra n d eu r ¡ J but we u n d e rsta n d th at the m attcrA óf O re g o n , file association is of rights of*<way can he easily ad- also p rin tin g an au to m o b ile ro a d I j is‘ed if that route be selected. ' m ap of the two .Mates an d Ç ana-I 5 MAKE YOUR Geo. N. Grosfield, WASCO, OREGON ! The Best Building Time in Years , .,_ *i sessnient R o lls , co rre ct a ll errors in va lu a - ing than that w ritten into the ‘ir’ j llon d e s c rip tio n of lands, lots o r o th er tid e ill question. I hey have tried ¡p ro p e rty assessed b y m e. A ll p e titio n s to create the im pression that tile ( ihc oa(h of |hc app| ic a n t, and file d w ith O b serv er co n sid ered local bu>j- the BoartJ w ith in 15 days fro m the tim e it • . , is b \ law req u ire d to m eet, of no im p o rta n c e as | ? O tto Peetz, ness was ot C o u n ty Assessor. c o m p ared to that secured from tStaS transient to u rin g parties g o i n g ; “ 1 through o u r cou n ty . N o fair j m in d ed person w ould th in k such a thing, and it is an attem pt"-tO f d o u d the issue and place the ()b -g server in a positio n it do es not in-^ 1’ain tend to occupy- T h e article was w ritten, p rin ted a n d -c irc u la te d with th e idea of ¡h < y in & d h e highw ay co n stru cted ( | through S h erm an co u n ty w h ere it would be of the greatest benefit to the county as a w lyde as well a s « to the trav elin g public using it. T hat is the i rew taken by the sub-1 Here is a message to suffering women, from Mrs. Kafhryn Edwards, of R. F. D. 4, Washington Court House, Ohio. “ I an) glad to tell, and have told many women, what 1 suffered before I knew of Cardui and the great benefit to be derived from this remedy. A few years ago I became prac tically helpless . . . ” stantial m en (if the n o rth e rn part of the county, both farm ers and j business m en, an d hav in g th eir! good o p in io n and c o m m e n d a tio n I is sufficient rew ard . r TAKE I ifty th o u san d d o llars will b e ’ e x p e n d e d by P e n d le to n in pu ttin g <in the 19L7 R o u n d -U p . S e p te m ber 20, 21 aud 22, which insures the very best in contests, horse», steers, p erfo rm ers and contests ’w orth seeing. Special P u llm an train« have alread y been engaged and will co m e from P o rtla n d ,S p o k an e and St. Paul. I he a tte n d - • a.ice will be equal if riot greater tn?n 1916. Idle rail,r^a<ls *have 'g ra n te d jl<£ usual special rate of o n e a«d- o n e-th jrd fare for the 8 rourtsj trip from »A p oints in the Tits Wstnan’s Tonic I was Very weak, Mrs. Edwards goes on lo ^ y , , “and could not st 00 .wif-aut suffering tain . Nothing g _____ to help me until seeme 1 heard olCardui and be- gan th use of i t . . . I gradually gained my gradual ........................ am now strength able to do all "tty work.” If you need a tonic take Cardui. It is for women. It acts gently and reliably and will probably help you as it helped this lady. All Druggist» E B 12 ^ li@ avi M ,i « S r s i j ' t ç ’r ' ■ M J M *t T • -An -ar i N o , 898. E ig h t R o o m s. 28x31 feet. In 1914 i t Took 1000 Bushels of W h eat to Buy T his House In 1917 it Took 475 Bushels of W h eat to Buy It N O W is the tim e to buy lu m b er, as you will readily see by the follow ing c o m p a r is o n s :- I" 1914 In 1917 3700 feet 5 0 'bushels o f w heat w ouid buy .......................... 2000 feet S h ip lap 2600 feet 50 bushels of barley w ould b u y ............................ 1600 feet 2x4 25,000 50 bushels of corn w ould b u y ............................ 16,000 Shingles 58 5 hogs w ould b u y .................................................. 33 w indow s & d o ors If any of y o u r plans for th e future inclu d e building in any way, alterations, re m o d elin g , new buildings o r im p ro v em en ts of any k in d , we c a n ’t m ake it to o d n p h a tic that you will save m o n ey by qed erin g y o u r m aterials now . M an y of o u r custom ers are having o u r architects furnish plans for th eir new buildings and buying th eir m aterial nqw for fall d eliv ery . O u r large F R E E P L A N B O O K S offer m any suggestion» which can be w orked out in to v o u r ow n in d iv id u a l p la n t with a iu a ra n le c d lu m b er bill w-hich Insures N O EXTRAS. R etu rn m aterial left and receive cred it. D o n t build any new buddm tf w ithout plans and u g u aran teed m aterial price. See H. U. Martin About It' ÏUm-A-LUW LUMBER CO. y I -d
