•ut.
w ith vary long atrokf. I t has a g re a t
Notice of Final Settlement
reserve power, only sixty per cent of
tv Uourt ol the state ot O re
its p o^er output being requierd to de
gon for Shermarycounty, in the matter
of Estate of Henry Smith, deceased.
liver its rated load at the draw -bar.
Side plates on the crank case perm its
Notice is hereby given that the under-
of convenient inspection and easy ad signed.has filed in the above entitled court
ju stin g of connecting rod bearings. It her final report and account and that Tues
the 3d day of September, A .D . 1918,
is equipped w ith an autom atic prim ing day,
at the hour of 10 o ’clock a.m . has been
device for sta rtin g when cold. An appointed as the time and the county court
efficient
positive speed-regulating room in the county court house at Moro,
Oregon, in said county, as the place fixed
governor is also b u ilt in the motor.
The rad iato r is of the flat tube type for the hearing of said report and account,
the objections thereto, if any, and the
w ith cast-iron fame, m aking it very settlement of the said estate.
poat office at M oro, Oregon, July 25, 1891.
Dated at M oro, Oregon, this 26th day
rigid, leaks are easily repaired. ‘The
of July, a . d . 1918.
flat
tubes
w
ill
not
burst
from
freez
Increase Winter Wheat Acreage
Isabell H . Smith, executrix.
I reland .......... Manager.
ing, as they can readily expand.
Bright A Bryant, attorneys for estate.
The
Yuba
ia
also
equipped
w
ith
a
W heat, the staple food crop for all
Date of first publication, July 26, 1918
Donaldson A ir Cleaner. This is a
Date of last publication, August 23, 1918
nations and kindred and people, for
clarifier th a t keeps all dust out of the
the boys of France as well as those at
motor. I t requires alninim um of a t
Notice of Sheriff Sale
home, rniist be produced in greater
tention.
O ftentim es two or three
quantities next year to supply the
loathe Circuit Court of the State of Oregon
cupfuls of dust w ill be removed from
for Sherman County
needs.
it a t the end of a day’s work in dry
« The U nited S tates D epartm ent of w e ll.
M ary E. Lee, plaintiff
“ M y C o u n try ’T ia of T h aa, S w aat Land j A griculture is asking for a 7 per cent
soil.
vs
of L ib e rty ."
The transm ission is of the sliding W . H . Sykes and Margaret D.
to a 12 per cent increase over last
"Sykes, husband and wife,
The school board has had Contractor gear type b u ilt with a differential and
year and is assigning every sta te its
W . I. Chidester, C. M. ’
W c w ill n o t be responsible fo r the quota.
ndependent
brakes
on
eacty
cross
shaft
Ramsey
build
a
set
of
38
combination
Oregon had 562,000 acres of
Poley and Addie A . Poley,
neglect of subscribers*" to n o tify as of
| w inter wheat in 1917 and the minimum lockers in the high school auditorium , to retard or stop one side for Bhort
husband and wife, D . A .
th a n g c f in th e ir address. N o r w ill the
speeds
Hatfield, and Florence E.
, acreage to be planted in 1918 is 590,000 to be used during athletic events and turning. There are three
iub-
i.u iific a tio n o f a Postm aster that the
Herndon, defendants.
ic r ib c r has “ R e m o v e d ” settle the b ill o f a or an increase of 5 per cent.
If pos- for.the convenience of those using the forw ard and one reverse. There is
By virtue of an execution, judg
d e lin q u e n t.
! sible we are asked to plant 692,000 shower bath appliances. A t the same direct drive on all three speeds, the
acres an increase of 23 per cent over tim e fixtures have been b u ilt in the interm ediate gear being the plow ing ment order, decree and order of- sale,
issued out of the above entitled court in
I last year. This maximum iB just Domestic Science room, consisting of speed, and the low speed being used the
The Work of the 0 . M. P.
above entitled cause, to me directed
'eq u al to O regon’s acreage in 1914, tables and draw ers; book cases have on grades or heavy pulls. The ma and dated the 30th day of July, 1918, upon
been built in the school library room chine w ill give the same draw -bar a judgment and decree rendered and en
The Sherman County Delacf m ent of which was the largest in the last five
sufficient to 'accommodate
4,000 pull on a fifteen per cent grade on tered in said court on the 27th‘ day of
1
y**ars.
, the 4th Co., Oregon M ilitary police
volumes,. The c&Be being 26 feet fow th a t it sustains on level ground July, 1918, in favor of M ary E.» Lee,
I
Sherman
county
is
a
wheat
county
have been in this county nearly a
plaintiff, and against W . H . Sykes, M ar
long and 7 feet high; in the labora on the interm ediate speed. This is garet D . Sykes, W . L . Chidester, C. M .
month and during th at tim e have cov and every possible acre w ill be sown
tory room a cabinet has been built, an im portant point. It gives the Poley, Addie A . Poley, and D. A . H a t
ered about 3000 m iles, on patrol, and to wheat and as much of this w ill be
field, defendants, for $1,000.00 with inter
^ h a v e called on nearly every farm er in sown to w inter wheat as w ill be pos- having glass doors in the upper half Yuba an advantage over a large num est
thereon from September 5th, 1916, at
and w ith 'p a n e l doors in the lower ber of other machines in work in hilly
:
sible
under
conditions,
the county. Their efforts have not
the rate of seven per cent per annum, $150
ground.
The
high
gear
is
suitable
section,
this
improvem
ent
being
18
as attorneys fees and $41.60 costs and dis
been confined to (any one locality, you j Considerable spring seeding was
feet long and. 7 feet high. The black for road hauling or for high speec bursements and the costs of and upon this
w ill find an <>. M. P. in every part of done la^t year on spring plowing and
discing w ith light im plem ents. There writ, commanding me to make sale of the
the county ready for anything th at ! consequently1 The’ summer fallow boards have also been repaired and
are only two reductions on any speed following described real property, towit:
more
blackboard
space
provided,
pre
should arise. The work has Veen m ost acreage was reduced, but under fav
West half of southwest quarter (w^t sw%)
paratory
to
the
opening
of
school
from motor to treads. Every gear north east quarter of south west quarter
orable
fall
conditions
Sherman
county
ly to do w ith the^protection of the
runs in an oil bath and is enclosed in (n eX «WX ) a(,d northwest quarter of
wheat crop, and so far they have had w ill still be able to fill her part of Septem ber 16th.
south east quarter (n w X s e V ) of section
an a ir-tig h t dust-proof case.
very little “ W obblie” trouble or pro- the quota.
eleven (11) in township three (3) south,
The
drive
to
the
treads
is
direct
German a c tiv ity —they are fast be
A new law is in process of form a
fifteen (15) east of W illam ette mer-
through a manganese steel pinion, the range
idan, together with the tenements, heredi
coming good Americans. They have
tion to be presented to the next legis
ball race and tread acting as an taments and appurtenances thereunto be
New Date for Registration
bad a few would-be ag itato rs and in
lature by which taxes to owners of
internal gear a t the point of engage longing, in Sherman county, Oregon.
every case have been able to show
autos w ill be increased slig h tly to m ent. * This pinion is protected, and
N ow , therefor, by virtue of said
A presidential proclamation soon to provide a fund with which the state
them the error of th eir ways and they
execution, judgment order, decree and
the im provem ent and sim plification of order of sale, and in compliance with the
are now doing good work in the wheat be issued will require all persons who w ill |K)st signs on all roads throughout
design a t th is point iB an im portant commands of said writ, on
fields.
From rej>orts received and have attained th e ir 21st birthday since the state. There is now a law com
feature. No gears or pinions in the
Saturday, the 7th day of September,
from investigation by outside parties June 5th, 1918, and on or before A ug pelting the road supervisors and county
Yuba tra c to r are exposed to d irt or 1918, at 3 o ’clock p.m. at the front door
ust
24th,
1918,
to
reg
ister
on
Saturday,
we can say th a t Sherman county is one
courts to do this work, and each sec
of the county court house in Moro, Sher
" o f the cleanest in the sta te ; by th at is August 24th,. Such registration con tion of the state considers ih a t in g rit.
man county, Oregon, I will sell at public
m eant, \e ry little trouble of any kind. cerns only those who have become 21 their own locality it is done rig h t up
auction, subject to redemptioh, to the
A ll of this has b£en made possible by years of age since June 5th, l9l8, and To the minufe?^ T his is noticed more
highest bidder for cash in hand, all the
With the Colon at Camp Lewis
right, title and interest which the above
the hearty co-operation of the farm er, on or before A ugust 24th, 1918, and from the direction of Portland than
named defendants or either of them in the
must not be confused with the larger other parts of the state, yet even in
farm labor and the Home Gu^rd Co.
Camp Lewis, August 4, 1918. above entitled suit, had on the 5th day of
The (). M. P. work w ill* co n tinue reg istratio n to be made during Sep Multnomah county the lack of road
The O bserver.—As per my promise September, 1916, the date of the mortgage
u ntil the last bushfcl of grain has been tem ber.
signs is very noticeable to a lost and before I le ft for American Lake to herein foreclosed, or since that date had
R egistration regulations No. 2 are lone auto tourist.
ship,»ed out of the county. The dan
Probably Buch a w rite to you.vl w ill now try . Our in andto the above described property, or
ger of large wheat field fires is nearly to govern this registration qnd by law and extra tax on auto users may trip here was made in about fifteen now have therein, or any part thereof, to
satisfy said execution, judgment order,
over and from now on the warehouses reason of the sm all number to be reg be the proper way to secure road signs hours, we g e ttin g on a drafted m en’s and decree, costs and accruing costs.
w ill receive attention. * Be very care istered but one registration place in th a t are standardized over the state.
J .C . M cKean, sheriff of
special a t The Dalles, of about eight
____Sherman county Oregon
5ta2-30
ful if you have to go near these places the county w ill be provided.
cars, and about 500 noisy, B erlin-
R egistrants w ill not be assigned
a fte r dark. The men are on the job
bound draftees
Upon arriv in g each
JTen
parents
brought
th
e
ir
children
and their orders are very stric t. They numbers by the local board, these w ill
county’s
quota
was
put to them selves
later be assigned the reg istran ts by to the Red Cross rooms last Wednes
and checked over and put through
day
to
he
measured
and
examined
in
the sta te adjutants office and certified
the first inspection tent. Here we
back to the loctjl board when de accordance w ith the request of the
"National C hildren’s Bureau of eugen were cut in two. E ight of us are
term ined.
ics. Those in charge of the work for s till together; the other eight I have
Moro are Mrs. Boley, Mrs. Bryant, not seen nor heard of.
We are in -quarantine now fqr
and
Mrs. Muir. Babies from six
A ttorney W. C. Bryant’ returned
m easles, and can only get away from
months
to
six
years
are
elig
ib
le
for
Thursday evening from the Bryant &
our barracks in column w ith an officer.
Hansen ranch, east of Moro, where he this test. Bring your babies to the
Today we marched to Puget Sound,
committee
and
ascertain
if
anything
is
has been superintending the rounding
about four-m iles, had sandwiches and
up of th e ir c attle on the John Day wrong w ith their diet ¡or general
ice cream. Seemed pretty good a fte r
health.
No
charge
w
ill
be
made
for
breaks for tran sfer to their
- Jim T om lin, proprietor pasture
being in our barracks for a week. Of
the
service
and
all
advice
possible
w
ill
ranch for the w inter. A t the pres
course we can go to our drill ground,
ent tim e Bryant & Hansen have 60 head be given parents th a t w ill make for
but th a t is close to our barracks.
better
babies.
pf c a ttle on 50 acres of corn, standing
We d rill daily but the d rillin g is not
Cily Dray ing, Express. Freight, from five to seven feet ta ll. Mr.
hard now, and I do not think it ever
Miss Mary E llio t of Oakland, and w ill be. Some few men complain of
any hauling attended to promptly Bryant Bays th at the c attle seem to
enjoy immensely the pleasure of Ernest S. E verett of Camas, Wash,
th e ir back or feet. As for m yself I
pulling plump ears of corn off the were m arried a t the C hristian church
call it good exercise.
stalk and th a t it takes but a short
The officers, as a rule, are not ill-
O R E G O N tim e for them to eat th eir fill and are a t Napa, California, on August 3d
M O R O ,
Rev. A. D. Baker reading the cere natured or harsh. They w ant our
ready for rest and w ater.
mony. Mr. E verett is a member of attention when they call for it, and
the United States m arine corps, sta expect us to give it, and do and drill
tioned at Mare Island, w hile Mrs the best we can.
E verett is well known as a teacher
The sleeping quarters and beds* rire
Mrs. E verett and her mother, Mrs. . fine, in our building, u p-stairs, there
H. E llio tt, are now v isitin g in Cal i- are 100 beds where I am, w ith plenty
fornia, where they expect to remain of room and ventillation. The eats
some tim e, visiting with relatives
also are what I call No. 1. Of course
Pasadena, when Mr. E v erett returns we have butter only tw ice w eekly and
to his m ilitary duties a t Mare Island brown sugar twice daily, but there is
always plenty of m eat, spuds, beans,
bread, a little fru it, and som ething
Tractor Agency at Moro
to drink.
Our dining room seats 250 and in
Ginn, Coleman & Co. have secured feeding th at many it is rough a t its
the agency for the Yuba tractors in best, bo one has to ‘ ‘pitch in ” like
the three counties of Sherman, Gill the rest of them do to get his share
iam and Wasco. This machine has of the grub. A fter eating we all
been thoroughly tested and tried out wash our own dishes and dry them.
by exjierienced farm ers who have The washing of the serving dishes and
operated tractors for a considerable setting the tables, also scrubbing the
period w ith satisfactory results.
floor and the tables, is done by the
Ginn, Coleman A Co. w ill carry
kitchen police or the K .P . as they are
full stock of all necessary parts need
called. The K .P. is made up of ten
ed for replacem ent at their Moro men chosen daily in rotation from the
10c a pouch—and worth it
warehouse and a complete stock of
company. There being 300 men in my
replacem ent supplies w ill be carried
C r a o u ly la e te eo m a c /» lo n g e r i t co at a
company, it w ill only come to me
at S|>okane for this te rrito ry . Any about once a month, unless some one
mo m o r e to cAau* t h a n o r d i n a r y p lu g
part needed for a repair can, under commits a minor offense of some kind,
this arrangem ent be supplied on short
P . B . G r a v e ly T o l» a c c o C o m p a n y
then he gets the K. P. job for a day
notice.
D a n v ille , V ir g in ia
or more my turn is put off th a t much
The model 12-20 Yuba tractor is
further.
b u ilt to supply a demand for a com
The rgulations are pretty strict,
pact, narrow, reasonably priced, yet
but th at must he expected where there
powerful machine of the endless track
are so many men of all kinds and dis
type. It w ill pull an eight-foot dou
position. ThiB is especially true on
ble-disc harrow, irf only fifty-five
inspection day when our su it case,
inches wide, and porw erfu, enough to
IN C .
extra pair of shoes, e tc ., must be ju st
pull a five-disc
plow, yet sm all
so, and everything else spick and span
enough to go anywhere. The model
Being in quarantine, 1 have not
12-20 Yuba is four feet seven inches
seen much of the camp, w hat I have
high, and is very conservatively rated
noticed is the wiod stirs up more dust
at 12 h.p. on the draw bar. Equipped
here than 1 ever saw in Sherman
with the ball tread and generous track
county and it is much d irtie r too, be
area, it has the power and traction
ing black and ashy. Must close for
to pull a plow anywhere a plow shou' ,
this tim e and w ill try to w rite again
go.
soon. Would like to have my friends
The rigid fram e of the Yuba
consider this a le tte r to each one of
composed of steel channels of specia
them an<L«nswer it some tim e.
heavy section, fitted into machined
Thomas H. Douma, 166 Depot Bri
surfaces.
All shearing strain
gade, 15th Company, 4th barracks,
taken from bolts and riv e ts;.
American Lake. Wash.
.^The machine is equipped with
tille r wheel operated by a ball-bearing
State Fair, Salem, Oregon,
swing circle and is one factor in mak
September
23-28. Splendid ex
ing the machine easy to handle. To
take up road shocks the axle bushing bijnts, excellent music, high
works up and down in forks against dnss in te rta in m e n ts and superb
F o r particulars
jxiwerful springs, whlffr* take the raving card.
w
rite
A.
II.
’
Lea,
Secretary;
w eight of the for wan! end'and allows
Salem,
Oregon.
it to turn in reii|K»nse to a light touch
Iron, Steel and Coal,, H ardw ood C arriage and
with the steering wheel—as easily as
Remember M u llik in , the h ar
W ag o n M aterial. W*
does an automobile.
ness man, is now nt Wasco. Call
The motor is of the heavy-duty type and see him .
w ill not argue w ith an incendiary,
that is certain, and it is hard to te ll
the difference a fte r dark. •
. The county has plenty of farm help
MORO, OREGON.
_____ j ,.| j_, x . - •--- - —— ----- — ■■ and they are a very good class of men.
W ith continued favorable w eather
the harvest w ill soon be over and the
grain shipped. Continue to co-oper
ate and our “ doughboys” w ill eat
August 16, 1918 bread made from Sherman county
F R ID A Y
wheat, on the other side of the Rhine
next year.
Entered at second clatt matter at the
1-c
O b s e rv e r.
OScil Pips: for
Shmia tey.
Chas. Bullard w ith his motor-driven
Deering comhine, called the baby
harvester to distinguish them from the
larger machines, has made a harvest
record this season th a t any machine
m ight have to hurry to equal. He
finsihed his run on Tuesday of this
Week, cutting a total of 275 acres in
the three weeks the machine was in
the field. During th a t tim e the m a
chine lost a total of about four days
by reason of damp mornings and no
work was done on^Sundays. Yet the
machine, w ith 10 horses and only one
man besides the ow nerm ade an aver
age of 20 acres per day w ith an actual
working tim e of 14 days. The tim e
lost by the machine was not lost to
the - crew as they used th a t tim e to
pick up the sacks and when the work
of harvesting the crop was finished the
fields were clean of w heat sacks as
tee m mem
MADE IN THREE SIZES
; " > 12 -2 0
2 0 -3 5
4 0 -70
f
GINN. COLEMAN & CO.
MORO, OREGON
Agents for the Counties of
Sherman Gilliam and Wasco
All necessary parts will be car
ried at Moro and a complete sup
ply of parts will be carried at
Spokane, Washington?
COME IN AND LET S TALK IT OVER
JOB PRINTING
W e
C 'o r d in lly
M o lic i«
l our
P a tio a a < e .
Moro Transfer
Company
Have You Your
COAL?
“9
Let a man once get the pure
clean taste of Real Gravely
Chewing Plug—and he bids
ordinary tobacco good-bye.
Peyton Brand
R e a l G r a v e ly
Now is the time to Fill Your Bin
with Rock Springs Coal
We have plenty of Coal if you order
at once.
C h e w i n g P lu g
Have just unloaded a car,
and another car is on the way.
t
cc
Tum -A-Lum p”
Óó c o .
M O R O ,
o re
:. «
GARAGE
Blacksmith and Machine Shop
Firestone
TIRES
Gas, Oils, Grease and Accessories
A u t o R epairing and Storage
•4
z
for all that’s Good in Coa, or Wood
“Sec H. U. Martin about i t ! ”
Turn-A-Lum Lumber Co., Moro, Oregon
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