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About Sherman County observer. (Moro, Sherman County, Or.) 1897-1931 | View Entire Issue (June 7, 1918)
T h e O b server MORO. OREGON. F R 11 ) A Y ................... June 7, 1918 The price of The Obteiver u $1.50 per year. 75 cent. for H l month., 50 cent. foJ tour month.—but if r».id in -d vance we •ccept $2.50 in full »or 2 year.. Shorter term, than onu year 12% cent, per month. A Blue Mark here will an.wer an in- query, when .entered ug$R our calendar, giving the date of the paper a. the date at which vour current .ub.cription expire.. WHY-WE ARE AT WAR WITH GERMANY 9 9 9 9 9 9 t 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 8 MULTNOMAH HOTEL S n o w fo o t PORTLAND, OREGON By Alger Ray Perrine , (C o p y rig h t. 19X7. W e s te rn N ew s p a p e r U n io n .) “Give us an exhibition, Mr. Dacre, won’t you?*’ “Oh, I’m past all that, lads.” "No, no,” pressed an eager, excited coterie of schoolboys. “There’s some new fellow s here and we’ve been bmgglng about your acts.’’ By EPHRAIM DOUGLASS ADAMS “All right. I’ll see If Snowfoot bus Executive Head, Hlatory Depart fol'gotten bis lessons. Don’t let any of ment you fellows get the circus fever out Leland Stanford Junior University ol this, though. The glare and glitter don’t last long, and I wasted the best yeats of my life In the sawdust ring ‘ • T b . o b je c t o f t h l . w a r I . to < ! • " * • ' and you see what I’ve turned out to th e fre e p e o p le , o f th e w o rld fr o m th e m e n a c e and th e a c tu a l p o w e r o f a v a s t he.” f m ili t a r y e e t a b li.h m e n t c o n tro lle d b y » " “The Jolly friend of everybody!” Irre s p o n a lb te a o v e m m .n t , w h ic h , h a v ln p s e c re tly p l.n n e d t o d o m in a te t h e w o rld , shouted an enthusiastic chorus of proceeded t e e a r r y o u t th e p la n w it h o u t Voices. re g a rd e it h e r to th e The Big Blue Disc« which you w ill see displayed in thê w in- - Of t r e a t y o r th e lo n « - o . t . b l l . h o d Pr «O’ “Yes, but a shiftless rover, never t l c e . a n d lo n g - c h a r la h .d p r in c ip le , o f . I n dows of your dealer point the way to a cool, clean kitchen— settling down, Juck-of-all-trades, u t e r n a t io n a l a c tio n a n d h o n o r; . . . a p o w e r Is n o t th e G e r m a n peop le. I t la a New Perfection O il Cook Stove in your home. meal today, none tomorrow—Ilo u p la ! th e ru th le a a m a s te r o f t h e G e r m a n P e o ple. . . . I t la o u r bu eln a ea to see to Snow foot!” „ No smoke or odor; no dust or dirt. E c o n o m ic a l. And It t h a t th e h la to ry of th e re s t o f t h e Everybody In town knew Snowfoot. w o rld la no lo n g e r le f t to It a h a n d lin g . all the convenience of gas. Lights at the touch of a — P r e s id e n t W ils o n , A u g u s t 27, 1917. He was u big built, gentle but strong match and heats in a jiffy. GERMAN RVTHLESSNESS AN IN and steudy and belonged to Widow I OOK. More convenient than coal or wood. Brayton. Everybody, too, knew Widow CULCATED BARBARISM Bakes, broils, roasts, toasts. Perfect cooking because of the , A government asserting ita right to Brayton and pitied her, for she was desperately poor and an Invalid. There | steady, ewnly-diatributed heat. conquer the world, denying any duty Remember neat week to call on your dealer and find out except that of Increasing its own were two clgldren, Ned a lud of eleven about o il cook-stove comfort and convenience. power, and ft people drilled In this und Alma Just turning sixteen. When father died these two bud stepped act» -- the theory, produoe a nation whose ----- — — horrify humanity. Yat thoae acta are Into the breach no far us their limited S T A N D A R D O IL C O M P A N Y capacity of earning could count. Alma (C a lifo rn ia ) - but the logical reault of a ruthleaa- ness in war deliberately planned. It was receiving a mere pittance In a was at first said by Americans: Yes, sort of apprenticeship to the village F o r s a le b y G in n , C o le m a n & C o m p a n y , M o r o , O r e g o n . Ned. young as he was, there are occaalotial German atrocities, milliner. no doubt, but so there are In every earned ten dollars a week with old A. F a h s , S p e c ia l A g e n t, W a s c o , O r e g o n . war.” We now know that cruelty and Snowfoot. This was how he did I t : A M r. barbarism are a definite part of the Dalby, sickly and a cripple, with his German method of making war. . Easy Road to Fortune. First the teachers and professors: w ife and a hired helper, ran a dmall “How did Doctor Capsule become so n .iig . “Where German soldiers had to seixe farm a short distance from the Bray a t utKS.. :i Lumber Raft to Cross Sea. I’nul h;i»H tit otic idea, to mukc away One of the marvels of the age, ac rich? He nearly starved as a general the incendiary torch, or even to pro ton place. There Were fifteen cows, ceed to the slaughter of cltlssns, it and he made a proposition to Mrs. with Snowfoot. lie would wait till cording to the marine authorities, tin practitioner.” “He became a special was only in pursuance of the rights Brayton to have Ned help milk these tlurk. Then his old friend should find Invention which will make possible the ist.”—Judge. of war.” “One single highly cultured and supply the milk to regular custom- freedom. Paul put in the time wunder- towing of 216,000 cubic feet of lumber German warrior represents a higher ers. Mrs. Brayton had Snowfoot and I jng (,bout the great yards to fluully^ safely across the Atlantic ocean, has Pressing T ro u s e r*. Intellectual and moral life-value than a wagon, Ned was a loyal, enterprising eollie lo u gl eut building arched over been* completed at a provincial port. “In pressing trousers," said a tailor, hundreds of the raw children of nature lad, worked early and late and It | Wlth glass and Just being completed No matter how severe the storms or whom England and Prance, Russia looked as though the family was on It was a vast auditorium, built to house how dangerous the undertaking, the “the first thing you want to do. before and Italy, oppose to them.” “Even If tlic road to better Umea. farmers' conventions and stock shows. big raft Is so constructed that it will Ironing in the (Tenses, Is to take out the bagglncM at the knees. To^dq there were no question of vengeance, “As soon as I am able to trim hats At one end was a stuge. Nothing be able to make the long trip without ... . . the crim e of oppoting the de Instead of sewing brakl only, we shall was yet set In place, and pulleyed any possibility of loss or damage. Most this you turn the trousers inside out velopment of Germany la so great that have all kinds of money, mother," Al ropes and platforms, were suspended of the machinery used In thia Initial and spread, each leg on the Ironing the most trenchant ' m s a e u r e s sn from the roof rafters, from which craft can be used over again, and so board, uot us you lay them to press the ma used to say. creases, but exactly the other way, scarcely a sufficient punishment for Paul Dacre had dropped Into Fern workmen were suspended putting In the cost of construction, estim ated at .crosswise, from seum to seam, and it * “The mors p ltll« « la the aae close to $30,000, will not affect the chandeliers and otherwise perfecting dale one morning early when Ned then you lay on the damp cloth and victie, the greater. Is the eecurlty of fiuslness end of the undertaking. stood leaning In dismay over Snowfoot the lighting system. press In the usual fashion with the hot the ensuing peace. In the days of old, The lumber, said to be sorely needed About the middle of the building on the public street. Snowfoot had conquered peoples were completely an collapsed,w hen some equine ailm ent stood a well-dressed, Important-looking on the other side, Is valued at $150,000. Iron. By this pressing you shrink the nihilated. Today that to phyeioally came suddenly upon him and was ly- man, holding his little four-year-old The big raft has been under construc wool fillers of the cloth together again, Impracticable, but one can imagine lng prone ui>on the ground between the daughter by the hand. He wus giving tion for several months, 70 men being where they have been punched out at the knees; you take out the bagginess, conditions which should-approach very shafts, writhing und gasping. orders u s-to certuin conHtruetlon de employed all the time on the work of and then you turn the trousers right closely to total destruction.” . rails to the contractors, and, Paul building It. sid e ’ out again and press for the “He’s u goner’’ an old timer had pro Next the army officers: “By steep- learned casually, was head officer of creates." lng him self In m ilitary history an nounced. The Poultry Flock. • , . n I the cattle exchange, a man of enormous “Let me see. I know <™rtderable I wealth who made a hobby of Improved officer w ill be able to guard him self Reports recently gathered concerning agaiget excessive humanitarian no about horses," wild Paul, coming up “Johnny on the Spot” Farmer. 5,298 flocks of poultry show that tne live stocky tions; It will teach him that certain He examined thé’ eyes and mouth of A western farmer dropped In upon His restive little daugliter. a bright, average number of hens per flock Is severities are indispensable to war, the animal, took a i>encll. wrote the lovely little midget, hud tuken ad 107, ns compared with 140, in 1914. the liberty loan committee In his town, nay, more, that the only true humanity names of two Ingredients on a chip of vantage of her father’s preoccupation This Information, which was obtained tow ard the close of the subscription pe very often lies Is a ruthless applicar wood and said: “Go to the drug store and hud run about fifty feet to the t,y uh incubator manufacturer In the riod, placed a milk cun on the table, tlon of them.” "The warrior has need mix these powders in a quart of hot other end of the building. She had nlddle West, Indicates that shortage removed the cover nnd emptied the of passion. It m utt not . . . be water and hurry hack as fast as you clambered up the steps lending to the >f supply hus been an Important fac contents. That milk con contained regarded as a necessary evil; nor con- c a n . stage and wus running up und down er In producing present high prices ’the ravings of wars. In copper, silver demned as a regrettable consequence Ned sped uwuy with the prescription. the platform, pleused ut the hollow or noulirv nnd eirss. and gold coins nnd hank notes. When of physical contact; nor must ws He returned with a steam ing Jar. D eft The Patriot. counted, the cash was found to nmount echo of her puttering feet on the seek to restrain It and curb It as a and skillful, the stranger administered Whether right or wrong In Its do to n goodly sum. “I never put my smooth boards. vag* and brutal force.” the medicine. In five m luutes old Snow “Hl, there !” suddenly rang out a mestic or Its foreign policy, Judged by money in bunk," raid the farmer, “but Last the clergy: one Incident, and foot wus regarding him with a look as frightful yell aloft. Within a flashing whatever Btundurd, whether of expe I’ve been think in’ It over, an’ I g.tess I one quotation from an address o s the though he fully comprehended his at second of time the scene was one of In diency or of principle, the American can trust Uncle Sam." No doubt lie Bermon on the Mount Is enough for tention, and when he at length gained describable confusion. The fusing lamp citizen can recognize no social duty was typical of a much larger element of Americans. “Whoever can not prevail his feet he lovingly laid his cheek of one of the overhead workers had ex InterTenlng between him self and his the population than Is actually known. upon him self to approve from the against Paul’s shoulder. —Christian Science M n1t< r. ploded. The dripping contents hud country. Ha must urge reform; but he bottom of his heart the sinking of the They beCurne greut friends, those has no right to destroy. Intrusted .with scattered everywhere; up uloft the Lueitania, . . . a n d , give him self up’to honest delight at this victorious three. Then u new token of Interest whole Inside framework was uhluze. the precious Inheritance of liberty, en exploit of German defensive power— came Into Paul Dacre’s life. He natur The burning liquid, dropping to the dowed with the gift o f participation him we Judge to be no true Qerman.” ally met Alma and they became quite floor, bad set a great heap of shavings, In a popular government, the constitu tion makes him at once the beneficiary German teaching has borne fruit and friendly. Head-strong, erratic, ne’er- block und bench frames on fire. do-well as he was, there was some and the defender of Interests and In Paul chanced to be near the stage. the world Is aghast. Yet we have be come so accustomed to “German thing beautiful In his love for Ned and As he saw an impassable harrier of fire stitutions he caunot Innocently endan atrocities” that some of our horror at old Snowfoot. Paul did odd Jobs In the shut off the entire front end of the ger, and when be becomes a traitor to S m a lle r quantities of them has waned. It is w iter to re town, but every morning he was on building he heurd the vain shouts of his country he commits equal treason hand to help Ned get over his route. member. Volumei are needed to list the agonized father, beaten back by against mankind. — John Albion An this w holesom e baking As to Alma, he Idolized her, aud told the curtain of fire, pleading for the drew. merely, the proved cases of barbarity p o w d e r are required —for Germany by refusing investiga her wb “Some day I’ll make a fortune, rescue of his darling child. The brick Daily Thought. to raise perfectly even tion through a neutral Jury proposed he declured. “I’ll make you all rich wall behind the stuge was solid. The Honor Is the recompense of those the heavier w ar bread by Cardinal Mercier, has confessed and you’ll have so many suitors you fire was advancing to lick up the new who do right without seeking recom doughs. guilt. No, rather, she acknowledges can pick some prince or major general framework. Paul ran to the child. pense. T h e re are m ore bakings the acts charged against her and glo for the husband you deserve.” "Little one,” lie said hurriedly, "for rifies them. to the can. ** And now Patil, homeward bouud, pupa’s sake will you do Just us I say? Ryncp"!« Of the \ {?rX* CO national union nMM co But let «* «of forget that German was surrounded by u crowd of Juvenile If I set you on my buclf with your arms A l, grocers. of Ilttsb o rth . in the state 9* * * nn*7V * n,“ - .2? ‘ soldiers, In n i l 4 wifM no reetroint, admirers. He pretended to whisper In around my neck, will you hold fast—■ the S l i t (U r of Cwwwteu. I B ’ J - Inaurano« CommtMioMr o( tlw «Ute ot Oregon, raped the women of Belgium and 8nowfoot’s ear. iinmedlately the fast?" pu muant to U«: ¡^jg S a S j^ C r e s c e n t France In the first advance; that they clever animal he had trulued In old- - “But won’t I burn?” C A P ITA L. .1 1 .0 0 0 .0 0 0 .0 0 placed screens of children before time circus tricks started running Amount of capital paid up. . “You won’t burn, darling. You shall INOOMK. them; ^iat they executed, as a wom- around In a ring. Paul described a be safe with your futher in a Jiffy, if Net remlumi r e c e lé duriw % a gl9(20,.#4 ing against a feared Belgian rising, running Jump, to laud squarely upon you Just hold on and never let go.” reft Interest, dividende and rent« re- fifty innocent Catholic priests and the hack of the horse. A dozen times ls s .T s s a s It was well that the old skill ef his eel red during the • 8 fee» — thousands of Innocent cltlsens; that Income from other «ourree reoeived they sped around the ring. Then Paul one-time trapeze experience held Paul 1S.188.S1 during the year. they gave themselves up “In a hun made Snowfoot steal a handkerchief Ihicre in good stead now. The little dred different places, to plundering, Total income. . . .'. ,Y.'. . . . . . S4.S21.H Hi.71 from his pocket, locute a hidden ear one kept her word like a Trojan. She ntRR1iK8BlfKNT8. lncendartsm. Imprisonment, massacres, of corn and nod Il ls head seven times did not even whisper as, half way up Net loeees paid during 0» J***- • 8 1 .8 S 8 . 8 9 T . S 1 and sacrileges" (Cardinal M ercier); Dividends paid on cepitel «took when Hiked how many days there were one of the long ropes, a sweep of cin 1 0 0 .0 0 0 .0 0 that In France they have deliberately during the je e r , . . . . . . .. • Commimione end salaries paid dur ders came against them like a blast. In the week. made a desert of territory In retreat, 8 4 0 ,7 1 1 -7 8 ing the year....................L I ' Paul stood spellbound with dread Then they were at the rafters. Seizing T a iee, licensee end fees peid dur with an object, not of thi» war. but IS O ,7 4 7 .8 7 ing t h r year............ and doubt, when, late the next after a bourd, Paul smnttlicd out a broad S 77,8 84 .84 of destroying productivity for at least Amount of «11 other noon, he went up to the house to ac gush. Now they were on the roof. He a generation to come; that Germany Total expenditure«............... ...8 a . 8 8 a .4 4 1 .8 7 openly applauded Turkey upon the company Ned on his evening delivery drew up the eighty-odd feet of rope, Aaarra. S tr a ti rounds. Ned was seated on the step let It trail down over the roof, and massacre ‘o f nearly one-half the popu Value of reel eetete owned ( Ste ..«•» » S ta s i ket v a lu e )............ lation q f ^ r m t-nta: that Germany, by of the wagon, a picture of disconsolate Inch by Inch descended down the alanL Value of stocke and a.iM.<Tvn the cruel starva’lm end deportation dismay. From Inside the house came over thè edge, nnd the gathered crowd (market velue) Loans on mortgage, end colln tem l. of conquered populations is attempt the wallTug of Mrs. Bruyton. Alrau Cheered and grouped about tfle.hero ’^7777 8 4 8 .8 0 0 on • to...............................8 » 0 .8 0 a .4 0 ing to “Germanize” the lands of Po came out wiping the tears from her rescuer and the little child. Cash In banks and on Paul L>ocre did uot have to steal Premiums la enures ft land and Russia; that she torpedoes eyes. 80. written aii “Oh, Mr. Dacre,” she cried, “Snow- Rnowfoot to get him hack home. He 7 8 8 ,1 0 0 88 h o s p i t a l ships with “defenseless 1817 ................... .» » » 1 8 8 .8 8 8 12 could have redeemed the animal had It Due from ether rompnntM beings, wounded or mutilated In war, foot Is g o n e!” « 8 .8 7 0 .8 4 Interest end rent. <lue and taken thouannds, for the father of the “G on e!” repeated Paul, aghast. and women who are devoting them . .8 8 .8 8 8 .8 0 1 .8 1 Total eaeets..........¿ /J selves to the work of relief and char “Yes. there was an old debt of poor little Kvalltie could not sufficiently 8 8 .8 8 8 .8 8 1 .8 1 Total eaeets admitted *(■ ity ” (protest of the International Red deud father. It was beyond our pow show his gratitude. He offered Paul t.IA 8 « 88,188.1® Cross Committee at Geneva); that no er to pay IL Ottr creditor promised to the charge of a atock farm nt a high Grose claim , for Amount of nneeniMt . other government. In the world’s his wait, but two hpurs ago he appeared salary. He even came down to the a ell outstanding tory. ever ordered or approved a with the sheriff and u writ. They seized Brayton home to visit him. And Atom Due for oommieetnn 170. MnbUltiee L un tan ia the horse, auctioned him off, and a begun to see the nobleness of charac >«• «r «8^888^88-88 Th»« war is lost, and a greater w ill man taking a string s»f horses to «ell ter In the ex-circus rider. And little Total ttohinttes. enpitel stock o f. . ■ follow if. ««less if is fought to the at the stock yards In the city bid In Eva line was showing Alma how she. Total prei mlnaw In lom e SS .8 0 8 .8 8 8 . IS point where Germany kn ou t for all Snowfoot and drove him off." Iind clung to Paul the day of the fire, 81. 1 8 1 7 .. T H R TXAM. «URINKSS IN O tim e that tneh act» are, in (Ac end, Paul was speedy activity personi and putting out her liuiida drew the Total tneufhnee writ .'s e -ra .’ 8 8 ,8 7 1 .0 0 7 .0 0 fetal to the government that commit» fied. He hurried to a neighbor and ar face of Alma close to her own. ,<wteed during Groas premien., And as It nestled there, the chubby them 8 4 .8 7 7 .8 7 ranged for a horse until his return. the y e a r .......... Prem ium s returned dwrteg the “I'll get back Snowfoot If I have trt hand drew that of Paul In loving con 8 8 .7 7 8 .8 8 This is the fourth of * socles of fan go to Jell for it I” he declured. aud w as tact. and Alina's eyes met those of 7 ,8 3 8 .8 1 paid during the pen» - 8 .1 8 8 8 2 article* by Professor Adame. Incurred during the Jter L off on the trail of the man with the Paul, and the revelation of perfect love w i t h Total amount of I, wus complete. market-bound string of horses. .Unding Ih Oregon am— '• . .88S.882 0 « * i Testing S’ B e ^ i Speed. S I. 1 8 1 7 ...................... . , 7 . . . 8.88S,S£2 0 I It was the next morning when Paul , An experiment was once made ton n e reached the city and located the horse national i nion no* inbu II IA N < * Daily Thought COMPANY,___ how fast s bee could fly. The hlye B, «M.O. abmstbono Courage begun with deliberate con market at the stock yards, close on the was attached td the roof of a train heels of Rnowfoot. He found where stancy. and eonttntted without change, Statutory reatdnd which attained a apeed of 30 miles an his ’favorite and some twenty other doth seldom fall.—Aootaa hw eerviee riLANK hoar before the bee was toft behind. florees were boused in a pey, to ba sold I t starts n ext Mom N E W PERFECTK I n v it e s th e P e o p le of M o ro a n d o f S h e rm a n C o u n ty OU GO O l STOVEW3 t o e n jo y it s f a c ilit ie s w h e n 5n P o r t la n d GARAGE OPERATED BY HOTEL rc a the BLUE H. H. Cloutier, Manager Erte V. Hauser, Owner. D IS C S H O T E L W. Is noted fo r its c o m fo rta b le surroundings and the courteous atte n tio n received by the tra v e lin g public. Rates m oderate p rice d . R oom s equipped w ith m odern conveniences and ne w ly refurnished th ro u g h o u t. • Y O U R *" \ IS S O L IC IT E D _ Special Rates NEW HOTEL PERKINS PORTLAND, ORE. % Room with privilege ot bath, «ingle, 75c up; double $1.00 up Room with private bath, «ingle $1.50 up; double $2.00 up. Auto Meet« Train«. Street car« from Union Depot pau our door«. Transfer at 5th and Glitan street« from North Bank Depot. ! 1 1 I l- I - I - h 1 H - t - i- i- M - Fifth and Washington Sts. ' W H E N YOU T R A V E L BY AUTO ~ ~ A N D VISIT THE DALLES STORE Y O U IL C A R In the concrete, recently co m pleted, fu lly equipped, ro o m y garage of W a lth e r-W illia m s C o m p a n y . C om petent w orkm an always ready to help you in any way they Can at least expense to you. F o r any service rendered the charge w ill always be reasonable. 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