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About Sherman County observer. (Moro, Sherman County, Or.) 1897-1931 | View Entire Issue (July 19, 1918)
Eighteen East of tils W lltometfe Met- ' C. E. Sheet» and family sized ▲too Lot Tw o (1) s»4 tbs Southeast up Monday morning as being of the Northwest querter end T h e O b s e r v e r . I t h a * been decided that the fall 1 The eiecuti.e com m iueein a dandy day to burn the weed» quarter Northeast quarter of tbs South surrounding their place as there the west qm rtor of section T h irty^ (88) . te rm o f »chool in Moro diUrici clia.<e ol ihe UeM o« Cb«»t»»S** was no .wind to spread the fir»-, and tbs Southeast quarter of tbe South MORO. OREGON. »ut after thè weeds were nicely west quarter and LotsJ[brsa Foar (4 ) of section T h irty ( I t ) all ,he following teachint corp: ^ l d » T »«"»tied end ordered paM » lim in g along came a whirl to Township Two (2) North of Range I Principal. F. E. Fagan; . / " I high ¡bills amounting to $76.77. thia be- that scattered-the fire in a doz Nineteen ( I t ) X s s t of W. M . , Q jjy k l P i j s S h tR B U Ecssty. en different directions at once, Also tbs Southeast quarter of sec ________ , tcbool. M ia A lv e n , Howard: ing the total expense incurred by inc committee io providing the 12 setting too many fire« for them tion Twenty-six ( I t ) Township T w t I-H I D A Y July 19. 19W hi*h tcbool commercial depart- to handle at the one time. A (2) North of Banas Eighteen East of dozen autoa filled with fire W. If., all being in Sherman C ounty,1 ^ s = = = = i= = = = ' menl, Mita JFrtm e Churchman; days of entertainment. of Oregon, and containing 1095 A fund amounting to $17.16, re fighters were soon at the scene State " J f domertictctehce. M i« Helen Da- •ersu mors or Isas. , And for a further decree that the Pr«i oftce •< M<xo. Ot«<o« 25. lw i- yjjjgon; manual training. L. W . sulting from odd change donate« and had the fire under control after burning the weeds from plaintiffs are now the owners In fee ...■ . 8th and 7th grades. M in by purchasers of single admission off two lots. The fire got un simple of tbs said property holding tickets was paid to the Red Cross. owning the same free and clear c L. I r e l a n d .......... Manager, ^ r l h a Harpole; 6th and 5th comfortably close to Mr. Sheets and any right, title or Interest of the grades. Miss Letha Albee; 4th and Sales of single admission tickets bam and the Hosford residence of defendants or any parsons claiming under them, and for a further decree 3d grades. Miss Wanda Keyt; amounted to $819.10, of this 25/< before being put out. 5 j quieting the Utto to said premises went to the committee and from above described and all thereof In the this fund came $104.87 war tax on Local volunteers have begun plaintiffs as against the defendant* Bond» of the Fourth Liberty tickets., about $45 to make good tbe work of night watchmen on v«~~itog b f. through or under them, IxMin are now being turned out the guarantee on the 450 season Gordon Butte west of Moro. and for puch other and further relief The intention is to have two as to the Court may seem Just in the - My Country T to of Thoo, » * * < L.nef by the thousands daily by the tickets not taken Ly those who men on duty each night from premises. ___ ( 1 • ( Liberty.” ____________ treasury’’» bureau of engraving 10 p.m. to 4 a.m. L. Barnum Thia Summon* la aerved upon you and printing. The bonds are had signed for them, leaving _____ M— ■— —gg— . net balance on hand fof next year and H. U. Martin initiated the by publication thereof once a week will not be responsible for the sim ilar in form and design to for six consecutive and successive movement Sunday night with weeks to the Sherman County Observ those of the third loan, and amounting to $79.78. regloe. of sutocriba« •« " « " b t U»n<e. in «heir oddreM. Nor w ill the space has been left on each The program presented by the W. H. Ragsdale and J. C. Mc er, a newspaper of general circulation t S o . i o n o f . Postmaster IK-« I he tub- Kean on duty the next night. to Sherman County and printed and bond fo r insertion of the exact , criber bos “ Removed s«Ule the bill of a Ellison-White chautauqua man Any farmer interested in seeing published to the tows of Moro, to terms of the bonds. It is be Sherman County, Oregon, pursuant to I delinquent. lieved that a sufficient number agement was exceptionally good lis crop is harvested and prop an order of the Honorable Fred Kru- week « f the bonds w ill be ready to in all particulars. The main out erly taken care of for use of aow, County Judge of said Sherman m . t d f i . c b . ^ standing features of the weeks en the government in winning the County, Oregon, which order waa made and entered on the 2S(h day of June, tertainment was the lectures by war is invited to visit the bul 1818, and which order directed that letin board in front of the post service of Summons be made upon >< - - a re M r. Evans and Mrs. Zahner and office and sign his name oppo you by publication as aforesaid. The at home in Hie S. P. Brisbin res ihe concerts by the New York city site the night he wishes to be residence and post office address of Subscribe for the Observer. idence on Court street. marine band and tbe Appollo on duty. » A telephone line has the undersigned attorneys for the primary grades. Mrs. Muir. GINN, COLEMAN & CO. MORO, OREOON Ik tn u C iiitj Ip iw fir lire« lspirt«it til hnptiHill, Istfil lin Inplenits ♦ G R A IN T IG H T W A G O N B E D S ,00 bushel and 125 bushel capacity. The sides built ot matched tongue and grooved Poplar lumber, IIM) bottom of Yellow Pine lumber laid on Oak cross sills. Grain slide made of best approved steel. P O R T A B L E G R A IN E L E V A T O R . The best appliance to load wagons from the field or to unload wagons into bins, storage elevators or railroad cars, and is interchangeable in its work. W . S. Powell, at the Farmers’ Union warehouse in M oro, with this machine handles seven sacks per minute loading from the warehouse to railroad car. plaintiff to 1226 Yeon building. Port Real Gravely Plug has been chewed for its real tobacco satisfaction ever since 183L I t ’s m ade th e good old Gravely way. Peyton Brand Real Gravely Chewing Plug 10c a pouch— and worth it co much longer it coete I Craea/y lasts----------- n w than than ordlnury plug [ no mora tochgw P. B. Gravely Tobacco Coœpaaÿ Danville. Virginie . .................. ■■■ & EBB . IN C . M O R O , O R E L .. t garage Blacksmith and Machine Shop Firestone T IR E S Goodyear Gas, Oils, Grease and Accessories Auto R epairing and Storage Iron, Steel and Coal, Hardwood Carriage and Wagon Material. been installed from the lookout land, Oregon. The date of the first company. station on the butte to the Moro of this summons to the The value of the chautauqua in phone office where an operator publication 28th day of June, 1918. - C LA RK , M ID D L E T O N ▲ C LA RK , bringing home to every one their is on duty all night. Attorneys for Plaintiffs. own persona, interest in the win Residence and Post Office address, ning of the world war and what it KEPT HAWAIIAN FLAG FLYING 1226 Yeon Building, Portland, Oregon. would mean to all of us if the war Notice la Contractor» should by some,strange fluke go Natives Smeared Pel* With Thick Cost e f OresM When French Frigate Sealed bid* w ill be received by the against the allies was very vividly county court of Sherman county, state of Threatened te Capture Fort. brought home in the war pictures Oregon, at the county court room in the presented by Henry Poor and the How the Hawaiian flag wa* kept fly court house in M oro, Sherman county, ing at great odd* la the subject of a Oregon, until Saturday, August 3d, 1918. two lectures mentioned. at tne hour of 10 o ’clock a.m . for a 60 story told receStly. aaya the New York A contract has been signed with Herald. I t relate* to an Incident to foot span steel bridge on concrete sup-, ports. the chautauqua management for 1840. when the commander of the The bridge is located about three French frigate Pouralnvante threat miles southeast of Moro and crosses G rau another series of entertainment ened to capture the oJd fort. The Valley creek. Concrete supports w ill be next year and we believe the com French admiral demunded the return built by the county. No bid will be con unless accompanied by a certified mittee will have a much, easier of about 16,000 which had been paid sidered to the Hawaiian government by the check for an amount equal to at least five task disposing of season tickets. per cent of the amount of the bid. Plans French government for an unlawfn and specification* and forms of contract This year on opening day the seizure of ten y e a n before. may be *<cn at the office ol the county committee faced a deficit of ap When the fort and Honolulu were clerk at M oro, Sherman county, Oregon. The right is reserved to reject any and proximately $700 and this contin threatened with gunfire, R. C. W yl •11 bids or to accept the bid deemed beat lle. a British subject, advised Kame- ued in less degree until the last heme I I I that the French could not for the couniy of Sherman. Board of County Commissioners, day of the entertainment. It is to sink the earth, and ao the French Fred Krusow, judge E. D . M cKee, commissioner be hoped that next year season money waa buried to the public square. J, M . W ilson, commissioner tickets will be taken by the people Alao that while the fo rt might suc ceed to sinking the French war ves- of Sherman county with a more sel, It would be beet for the aafety spontaneous action as it is only by of hla people not to make armed re ' attendance at all entertainments sistance. W yllle then visited the fort, where can a chautauqua be judged. he conferred with Colonel Mahuka, The few miles of road on the north side of the Columbia be tween W h ite Salmon and Ste venson, in Washington, is being graded by the United States forestry service because contractor^ w ill not bid on the b. II is expected to finish it this fall and the w inter rains settle the grade fo r travel next ear so that cars can travel into »ortland from eastern Oregon and Washington under their own power, w ithout expensive ferriage (luring the time the Hood River and Cascade road way w ill be closed for paving. who waa to command. He told the colonel to call a ll hla men to line and then asked for the beet aeamun among them. From out of the lines stepped a former whaleman who waa ordered to tflmb the flagpole with a grease pot and tie the flag securely to the staff. Then as the whaleman de scended the pole he smeared It plen tlfully with grease. After thia there was an honorable retreat to a point of aafety, while the French marine* were put ashore to enforce the demands of their com munder. However, as none of them could cllinb the greased pole, the H a waiian flag continued to fly. and, as the French money was safely burled, they Anally had to depart empty handed. SUMMONS. In the Circuit Court of the State of Oregon, for Sherman County. Quincy E. Gwynne, and Lucllla N. Gwynna, husband and wife, r to w * tiffs, T h e N ew S tu d e b a k e r L ight S ix | hit new tix to completely meet« the requirements of quality, appearance, price, economy, room, comfort, and »peed that it hai been called the idea, five pat* »eager c a r.’’ , II» line» are clean cut and aristocratic. It II the moit economical Quality Six on the market. It» quick acceleration and hill climbing qualitie» are remarkable, and it combine» »peed with comfort. • B IN S Mounted on skids and to be used for wheat storage in the field or at the farm Capacity 1000 bushels. Orders Should be Placed Early C all In and T a lk It Over JOB PRINTING We C o r d ia lly » o lic i» la a r »’ • » ■ • ■ • < * - Heed Fuel Administrator Garfield’s Warning! DO Y O U R C H R IS T M A S COALING E A R L Y STUFF HEROES ARE MADE OF J. (). Russel, mid fam ily w ill spend Ihe harvest season in Young South Dakotan Qlvae Up Bust noaa and Family of Four Young- Sherman county. They are at •tars to Join tha Ar my. home in one of the farm homes on the Roy Powell farm where The Charlotte Observer la In receipt ep M r. Russell w ill tend separator of a letter from a gentleman In South for the Roy Powell and L. V. Dakota, Ineloalng n check and asking that the Observer be mailed to him as long na the South Dakota troops »re at Camp Greono. as he has a son In the One Hundred and Forty-aeventh field artillery. The father wrote: “I have a aon to the One Hundred and Forty-aeventh field artillery, For ty flrat dlvlalon, Camp Greene. You will nlao Bee hla name on the heading of thia letter. 1 mlaa him very much, aa I depended very ipuch on him in the bualneaa and expected to my do rllnlng yeara to turn the whole bual neaa over to him. But hla coun ry culled him. He waa a West Pointer, but had resigned to help me. He nna a wife and four little ones at home. Look him up and flv « him nay loTe Give ua all tha Camp Greene newa you can of hla regiment or battery. He has a wife and four little ones, but hla country called him and he heard and heeded. I t la of auch stuff that heroes are made. ' YOU! PO RTABLE W OODEN Simple, accessible and eaty to drive. Beautiful in d e iiin fth o ro u g h ly modem, mechanically right. W a lt h e r - W illia m s C o ., T h e D a lle s , O r e . J. L. Smith and W lllla L . Smith, hus band and wife. Defendants. To J. L. Smith and W lllla L. Smith, husband and wife, Defendants: IN T H E N AM E O F T H E 8 T A T B OF OREOON you and each of you are hereby commanded and required to appear and answer tha oomplatot of tha platntiffa filed against you to the above entitled suit oa or before e li weeks from the date of the first pub llcatlon of thia summons;, the date of the flrat publication hereof being the 28th day of June, 1918. And if you fall to eo appear and answer for want thereof the plaintiffs w ill apply to the Court for the relief prayed for to their oomplatot filed against you hereto, which relief, among other thing», 1» a» follows: That the plalntiffa have a Judgment and decree that tha defendants have net, nor has either of them, any right, title or Interest In or to any of the following described property, The Southwest quarter and tha East half of section Twenty-five (26) and tha West half of tha Northeast quar ter and the West half of tha Southeast quarter of section Twenty-four ( 2 0 all In Township Two (2) North Range Pull Together! Get Serious! We’re at War! There is plenty of Coal to supply all, but It can’t be mined and transported in eight months. It takes twelve full months to mine a year’s supply. There are only 200 days left _ until the snow flies and then the deliveries from mines are blocked ! STORE COAL NO»: IN HAT, JUNE, JULY If you Invn’t the Cash on Hand: Borrow it ¿fen’t argue. Provide storage room. Make wliat sacrifice is now needed to keep your house warm, your business running, and the food, clothing, arms, and ammunition necessary for our Soldiers “ Over T here” flowing in a steady stream to the front. Help W in the W ar and Protect Yourself and Your Business at the 8am e Tim e “Tum-A-Lump” Tor all that’s Good in Coal or Wood “See H. U. Martin about it!” T I I M M LUMBER EO., MURO, ORE