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About Sherman County observer. (Moro, Sherman County, Or.) 1897-1931 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 21, 1919)
Kent items comprising local chambers of Kee and the second highest was Q n p i State Chamber ef commerce JU>d commercial clubs; 86 by M aitland B. Shepard. The J. .K. Ir b y le ft fo r P o rtla n d A membership drive has been second, “ ÀMOciation,” being as highest grade in arithmetic was 97 • M ORO. OREGON. launched for the «Oregon State sociation* organized for promot Wednesday on business by Corwin Barnett, the highest Chamber of Commerce having as ing any industrial, agricultural or The Kent school gave a program in civics was 95 by Florence Arms- its aim to secure individual mem other industries and not organized on the 12th in honor of Lincoln. worthy, the highest in history was 97 by Darwin Van Gilder, jthel berships from the representative for private purposes; and finally Sergeant Viggo Haufelt arrived citizens of every town.community the “ Individual” . membership*. F R ID A Y .......... February 21. 1919 hjghe*t in physiology wa* 90 by 1 in Kent Wednesday from over and rural district in Oregon, and The annual fee for the “ Commer Katheryne Hennagin, the highest | organization membership* from cial” membership is $10 for each seas Entered a* aecood claw matter at the in geography was 94 by Iva Bowen Guy Hoskinson came home every local commercial or devel 100 members and $10 additional post oflice at M o ro , O re fo n , July 2S, 1891. from Biggs, the highest in spelling Wednesday evening from Port for each additional major fraction was 100 by Gertrude Huck, the opment club in the state. L . Barnum, chairman of the 1 thereof. The fee for “ Associa- land. C. L. I reland ..............Manager. highest in agriculture was 92 by state committee on good i^ads. I tion” memberships is $20 per year. Miss Anna Moore is visiting at Lois Schadewitz from Kent. All has been appointed chairman of An annual minimum fee of $5 is the home of her sister, Mrs. Max Besides fathering the fawns doctrine the grade* in agriculture except the membership committee for to be paid by the “ Individual” K. Pluemke. that bears hto name. President James one were below 87. N o one re Sherman county and has been ad members. Mooroe always preached conservation by ceived a higher grade in grammar Miss Hazel Phillips gave a party vised that the plan will be more baking. Hto keenoess made the Louisiana It is difficult to see how indivi than 89. Out of 22 grades in ag fully introduced to residents of duals, state wide organizations or Wednesday evening for her friends purchase possible.. riculture 11 were in the 80s. Out Everyone had a fine time. this county by means of a person commercial bodies having any - M y C o u n try T i a o1 Thoo. S w aat ' of 22 grades in grammar 8 were in Every great m a says that banking la Principal Mae B. Lynch gave a o f L lb a rty .” al excursion conducted with the public spirit or any interest in lo the 80s. the bulwark of tfito country- O nly those pupil* who had com assistance of the directing commit cal or state development can re valentine party last Friday, Feb Every business man, every man. every main outside the State Chamber ruary 14, for her high school pu Resulti of Eighth Grade Examination* pleted the work of the first eight tee from Portland. woman, should have a hank account Every citizen who has anything once they know the kind and pils. grades and 6pent at least seven Fred Brown bought the A. M . Have yoa one? The mid-year eighth grade ex school months in each of the sev at stake in the State of Oregon, or character of organization they are amination was held February 6 enth and eighth grades were per who has an interest in the pro given the opportunity of identify Thompson residence, and M r. If you haven’t, start with « today. and 7. The »chools having appli mitted to take the February exam gress and development of his own ing themselves with. Thompson and family have moved cants were M oro, Wasco, Kent, ination. Pupili.are permitted to section, or ot the state a* a whole, to the northern part of the county. Permanent H m m far Stock Skew Biggs and Harmony. The Board write on geography in the seventh will be interested in the new or The Lodge has announced that ganization. of eighth grade examiners consist grade and physiology in the.sixth Leading dairymen and livestock they will give an entertainment The state chamber of commerce ing of W . A.Terrall, from Wasco; grade after they have finished a breeder* of Oregon. Idaho,Wash next Saturday night. Admission is laid out on the broadest lines. F. E. Fagan, from Moro; L. E. year’s work in these subjects. Its organization plan is so safe ington and Montana have reor 50c and 25c. Everyone welcome Webb, from Gras* Valley; May The number of pupils enrolled guarded that no one section of ganized and now compose the di M r. Howard and wife arrived B Lynch, from Kent, and the in the eighth grade this year in Oregon, not even the metropolis, rectorate of the Pacific interna in Kent Saturday evening ' M r. County Superintendent met in the rural schools is 33, and in town can control it. Portland has a tional livestock exposition. The Howard has accepted the position court house February 8th and school* 60. making a total of 93. representation of only two mem next exhibition and sale* will be of clerk in the Kent Trading Co.’s The Wasco school has 25 enrolled graded the manuscript*. held November 15-22 in a mod There were 22 applicant* for in the eighth grade, M oro 17, bers on the board of 15 directors, ern and and spacious exposition store. the other 13 members of the board Mrs. G us. Schilling returned eighth grade diplomas and 15 ap; Grass Valley 9 and Kent 9. Judg building to cost $250.000. During home Tuesday. She has been in plicants for grades in geography ing from the total enrollment in residing out in the state. the week beginning February 24 Eastern Oregon is represented Grass Valley for some time with or physiology only. The follow the eighth grade and from the stockmen of the northwest and by six directors residing in differ “ T h e r e m a y be G ood taste, sm aller her children, who have been un ing pupils were awarded eighth number who secured diplomas as others Interested in the livestock ent sections of this great region, der the care of Dr. Taylor. some plugs that look chew, longer life is what grade diplomas: Maitland B. a result of the recent examination, industry w ill raise through stock makes Genuine Grave bigger—but it's the ly cost less to chew than Shepard, Corwin H . Barnett, Del there will be about 80 to take the the development of which contri subscription* $150,000 and this G . S. Wilson and son. J. C. butes so heavily to the taxable good taste of genu ordinary plug. bert LeRoy Surratt, Gertrude M . examinations in May. amount will be matched in Port Wilson, returned to a trip from wealth and commercial prosperity ine R e a l G ra v e ly Buck, Bernice Smith, Chester Writt •».— land with a subscription (or a like Tennessee last Monday evening. As a result of the snow and rain of the state. Seven director* re amount. and the w ay it G bnuinb G ravbly Medler, Marion E. McKee. Re Several of their relatives and stays with you that D A N V IL L E . V A . vella Calbreath and Gwendoline since the first of the month, roads side in different parts of Western The site for the building will re friends from Tennessee came with / o r M i t t " cktwitg count».’? Reese. Eight other applicant* for east of M o ro leading into the Oregon, including representatives quire 15 acres of ground.- half to them. eighth grade diplomas are to write Monkland section are softer than from the coast counties, as well as be covered by the building to be When the smoke of the legisla on one or two subject* in the May usual because of early winter wbrk the northern and southern ends of erected. This has been promised the Willamette Valley. on them. They will be all the tive battles now being fought at examination. as a donation to the association, Such a representation precludes Salem lifts anti a right view of The highest general average better after weather conditions set only the funds for the building be the possibility of the state organi the session is obtainable, Sherman made was 86.5 by Marion E. Me- tles. ing required. zation being used selfishly to pro A. H . Barnum is the director cdfinty will be prpud of,the record Plug packed in pouch. mote the interest* of any„one sec for Sherman county and county made during the session by A. M . tion as against the interest* of any chairm anior the drive for fund*. Wright of this county in the House. other section of the state a* a H e inform* us that the quota* are A. M . is one of those men who whole. distributedjover the various coun always keep the goal in sight and Industrially, the diversified in ties based on the assessed livestock is not a dispenser of hot air prom terests of the state are also repre values of each county and that the ises. To illustrate* the point we sented. Livestock, agriculture, puota for Sherman county is only reprint the following from the M O R O , fruit, timber, manufacturing, mer O r e g o n i a n : “ Representative chandising and foreign commerce The livestock interests of the Wright, who has been a more or I have given a lot of attention to the latest style* are all represented on the board. state represent an assessed valua less silent member in the session, for M en’s Spring and Summer Suits, and feel sure Such an organization can be tion o f $40.643.939. An industry turned loose with a couple ot that these Suitings cannot be approached for qual made a gigantic power for the ma well worth assisting and one that speeches today which gave the ity of fabric and style in tailoring. terial progress of Oregon. Its will have a substantial foundation house an idea oPwhy he was elect work is needed. The success of for growth when the exposition ed. H e proved to be a regular its mission depends primarily up building is completion. talker.” on the character, number and Income tax officer Kirby, inter geographical distribution of its A b Opportunity. M ORO, OREGON nal revenue service, Portland, will members. P re s s in o a n d D y e in fl. There are three classes of mem The people of the United States be stationed at the court house at berships: First, ’’Commercial,” have been asked for $30,000,000 Moro, Oregon, from and includ to sustain the live* of 3,950,000 ing February 28, 1919, to and in Christians and Jews of the Near eluding March 1, 1919. Where East through the winter. 400,000 forms have been sent out the par of these are orphans and are abso ties receiving same should pro Iron, Steel and Coal, H ard w o o d C arria e lutely destitute. duce the forms to the officer as a W a on M aterial. The estimated expense of giving reference number is assigned, es them food is 17 cent* per person sential to the return of such party. per day. You can’t invite these suffering little one* in to partake of the food of your table, but you can send that which will prevent (.h e i o m p / e t their starving. ^Five dollars will è J e c tr ic / / $ h t keep one child nearly a month. a n d p o w e r p /a n t America entered the war to de fend the rights of small nations, S p e c f t i o c f a n d u s c ( / b y ■’ y f e j i and are we going to stop now that R» they have gained political and re t h e V. S .A r n t y a n d ligious freedom and let them die th e f/edI res') an d the X/V. by the untold thousands for the lack of the bread that it takes to keep body and soul together? They are asking Sherman coun ty for $2240. Dividing this up More than four thousand Delco-Light plants were de over the county a* has been cus livered for war work. They were used to supply elec tomary in the past, the quota of tric light in camps, storehouses, hospitals, Y. M. C. A. Wasco section is 40% or $496; huts, airplane hangars, sub-chasers and other branches of the service. M oro section will raise 30%, or $372. The remaining 30% is di In Red C ross hospitals a t the front, Delco- L ig h t o p e ra te d life-sa v in g X -r a y a p p a ra tu s. vided between Grass Valley and Kent, Grass Valley raising 20%. or Delco-Light was specified by the Government because it is dependable, efficient, simple to operate,—require* $248, and Kent 10%. or $124. little attention, and because it is AIR-COOLED. Those in charge of the drive in The result of Government teats and the satis/actory the county are E. D . McKee, use of Delco-Light on over 60,000 farms are your as Wasco; R. J. Ginn, Moro; L. W . surance that Delco-Light will give you the same de Baker, Grass Valley, and J. K. pendable service. Irby. Kent. The drive starts Feb. It betters-living conditions,—increases farm efficiency, 24 and lasts one week. and soon p a ys fa r itself in time and labor saved. You will probably never know H U L E R Y BROS. what your contribution meaus in term* of lives saved but may the MORO : OREGON appalling need and cry from the THX DOMESTIC ENGINTOUNG C O , Dor««*. OUo East,“ Give or We Perish,’’prompt M ahw. OKUXKUGHT nrUwW us to do not only our bit but our best. C. C. Calkins, Countv Chairman. „ The O b s e rv e r. Ofiul Piper far t e a tey- A n d Diplomat BHNK OF MORO /? ;// says to the Doctor- seize . Peytpn Brand REAL CHEWING PLUG LOOK! SUITS TO TOUR M R F FROM FOSS or CO. o r e :. . _ GARAGE .Blacksmith and Machine Shop D. BIOESTER, Merchant Tailor Firestone TIR E S Bssdyggr Gas, Oils, Grease and Accessories Auto Repairing and Storage Real BUildipg Service DELCO LIGHTS Every man who pays us a visit before he builds is sure io feel well repaid lor the time he has spent. W e have hundreds of building plans covering all kinds of buildings—and we give real practical help and suggestions that cut thè cost of work and material. M a te ria l a t a S a vin g W e have in stock all kinds of lumber, flooring, roofing, doors, windows, interior trimmings, cabinet work and building matireals of all kinds. Estimates gladly furnished and estimates cheer, fully given. Tum-A-Lum Lumber Co, H.U. Martin, Manager, Moro M r*. J. C. Freeman. Mis* Greta , Freeman and M r*. Perkins are visitors in Portland this week. Mrs. Perkins is buying a spring stock of millinery. v Mr*. Lola Harris has returned from Monmonth, where she has been attending the State Normal school. « 1 ~i ar.nilL'iié^b»- ■ O L /G /iT is imuaan^ertk/eneonmorethan nO.OOOfarms and
