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About Sherman County observer. (Moro, Sherman County, Or.) 1897-1931 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 21, 1917)
Sherman county is driermio- i ed to do everything in it» power I to aid the Christmas member- 1 ship ""P**gn foF- -24O/MJ0 i member» in Oregon for the I American Red Crass. Prepar- < ations for the local campaign 1 future will take a more active now on (hiring thb -week have j part in Red Cram activities and been under war for some time the work o f furnishing supplies. FRIDAY and ru*"1*"****” last Sunday in a public meeting at the Methodist church in the morning, the service at the Presbyterian church being dismissed for the Btautìful Un» of Auto Robot A B it Uno of (xxasknr J. B. Hosford gave C L. IKELAND a masterly talk concerning the of golden promise for the life I Brnnpen and Spot Lighti fot all mahot a i con. activities of the Red Cross, both beyond, she haring passed to the I , at home and abroad, in its work shadowy shores of the unknown J Suoli Uno of of relieving the sufferings of land at her home near Grass I Dolio, Doli Corti, Soli ■ PropeUod Antoo, Smqll humanity. At the close of the Valley on December 12th, after address membership enrollment an illness of several weeks. Tnmbt, Wagoat, Kitchon CabinoU, Columbia cards were passed among the Mrs. Vintin was bora in Cher-1 audience and 137 responded byr okee county, California, in 1866, Phonograft and Record! at joining the organization. The coming to Oregon and Sherman I annual membership does is one J ¡county in 1881. She was mar-1 dollar a year, half of which ¡ried to David E. Vintin in 1884 remains with the local auxiliary and to them was born five chil-1 to be used in purchasing »up- dren, four yet living. She has I plies for their work and Jne resided in Sherman county con-1 balance is used by the national tinuously since her entry into its I organization to carry on their pioneer life, was a prominent I hospital and war relief work. and faithful worker in the Bap The present campaign is a | of 82000, Complete line of W ood snd nation wide movement to in-, tist church and a member of the I F o r T w o W e e k » O n ly Coal Heaters in stock at the M oro ' crease the membership of the Rebecca lodge at Grass Valley. I She leaves a husband; one grand I not the hind of a family and 1 American Red Cross >6 15 mil child; four children, Guy W ^| having Hardware A Implement Co. a net income of >1000II lion and provide the United Wait for Dr. Freeze States with a large and effect- Eugene, Laura, and Mrs. Frank I for the year 1917, must make IB if you need eye serv- ’ ive machine for war relief work, Bayer; three sisters, Mrs. Laura I return of income on the form I Moore, Mr». H. A. Moor«, and prescribed, there will be hun- II ice. T r ip s each i Of the 240 thousand new mem- Mrs. H. S. McDanel; and one dreds in every community seek-II month to Moro and other towns. . hers expected from Oregon i brother, E. A. Cushmah. ing light on the law, and help I Funeral services were con in executing their returns. E v -|| ducted from the Baptist church ery collection district in the na- II at Grass Valley, the Rebecca tion will be divided into dis- 1 lodge of that city assisting with tricts, with the county as the I I the service. The sermon was a I I unit, and a government officer I very impressive one, preached informed in the income tax as by Rev. Bailey, who had in ear signed to each district. He will I lier years baptized Mrs. Vintin spend hardly less than a week into his church. The casket at in each county, and in some I the church and the little mound counties a longer time, very I in the cemetery being draped likely in the court bouse at the AT M O R O T H E A T R E » I with many beautiful floral of- county sea t The collector fori ar | ferings from loving friends and I thb district will in due time ad-1 vise nostmasters and bankers I M O RO , ore and 4 e n d out notices to the All hail the new war savings newspapers stating when the M atinee Show a t 4 p. m . Evening a t 7J O p. m. system ! The quarter saved by officer will be in each county. I denying oneseli four ounces of It will be unnecessary for pros-1 candy, the two quarters and pective taxpayers to ask for I more saved by not taking that forms on which to make re-1 Sunday joy ride, need no longer turns. The officer who visits jingle loose and purposeless in I the county will have them. the saver’s pocket. They can ’ It may be stated as a matter be set directly to work for of general information that “net I America's cause in the war. At income” b the remainder after ■ b Ma any of the numerous stamp sta subtracting expenses from gross I tions^ including all the United income. Personal, family, or I States postoffices, the econom living expense b not expense in I Physician and Surgeon. ized quarters and dimes can be I the meaning of the law, the ex-1 invested at once in the issue emption being allowed to cover! known as the “thrift stamps,” such expenses. An intensely patriotic presentation of Edward Moro, Oregon. The new exemptions of >10001 but the point b worthy of no Everett Hale’s world famous story adapted tice that the little thrift stamps, I and >2000 will add tens of I Office in resid en ce to present day conditions by Lloyd Lonergan in 25-cent denomination, afford I thousands to the number of in Iron, Steel and Coal, Hardwood Carriage and a means by which one's little come tax payer» in thb dbtrict, i inasmuch as practicaUy every Wagon Material. economies can be converted on A d m is sio n , 1 5 cents a n d 2 5 cents the instant into an effective • farmer, merchant, tradesman, call-loan to the United States i professional man and salary J. R. Morgan worker, and a great many wage government. workers will h e required to make return and pay tax. The law makes it the duty of the taxpayer to seek out the collector. Many people assume that if an income tax form is not sent, or a government of OREGON ficer does not call, they are re M O R O lieved from making report Thb b decidedly in error. 7 It b the other way round. The taxpayer has to go to the government and if he doesn't within the time prescribed, he b a violator of the law, and the government Veterinary Surgeon will go to him with its penal Moro, Oregon, ties. . Practical X-mas Gifts nces The Christmas Store The Chrìstmas Store Discount on all Auto Geo. N. Crosfield WASCO, OREGON :. Christmas Day, Tuesday, 25th GARAGE Blacksmith and Machine Shop TbeMaoVithoQtaCQQDtry Gas, Oils, Grease and Accessories Auto Repairing and Storage D r. Jos. Sanders W H ERE IS a tinge of sadness in the Christmas Season this year because Peace is not world wide.) W e of America have much to be thankful for. M ay we use our prosperity to such good advantage that it m ay be main tained indefinitely. ■ A ■ < ' W Please accept our hearty good will and best wishes for the season T U M -A -L U M LUMBER COMPANY . "»• H. U. Martin, Manager at Moro, O Ses * Bolton BoiWin< Gssd PsKtks and Gssd B umbssb The party in control will do well to take the opposition into full partnership and confidence in thb war enterprise for two reasons—one purely patriotic, the other judiciously partisan. The nation urgently needs the sum total of the wisdom, vbion, counsel and co-operation of all Dr. T h eo . Belctsk: parties. Therein lies the pa triotic reason for 100 per cent V E T E R IN A R IA N effort and harmony. The partisan reason b quite as simple. The huge debt to be created because of the war will he for decades a constant re minder of the responsibility for that debt. Unwise expenditures will be rem em bered better than the other kind. That's human OREGON nature. If the adminbtration WASCO. T.lephoM Maia SU of the war b to he essentially democratic, in toe partisan sense, the democratic party must be prepared to take the brunt of the blame for what ever blunders or worse there may be. Purely on the basis of partisan self-interest, therefore, shrewd politics calb for a liber al extension of responsibility to other parties than the one which happens to be in the ma jority. • It pays immensely to use a little space in the Observer to tell the people what you may have to sell. A small adv. in the Observer by Harry Key re sulted in -h b selling all the white navy beans he had left on hand from the crop grown on summer fallow last summer. George Rehman of Klondike, closed them out last week by buying 900 pounds on Thurs day. Mr. Kay has some Red Mexican beans yet on hand, which are claimed to he better than the while variety. Largest Dock ever in Sherman county to select from MORO. OREGON M oro B a r b e r S h o p W ar cakes m ixed with it w ill w ith stan d oven shocks. T h e raise is sure. 25c a pound. P orcelain B a th Tub- Everything First Class and up to date.', Agent for Model Steam Laundry of The Dalles Shop in Brick Building next Observer Office * E. W . L E W I S , P r o p r ie t o r . 3 £ O X O ,---------- O i o g r o x x . snraas
