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weeds. The article in the Farm
Bureau News for June, written by
County Agent Calkins, and the
law against weeds quoted by M r.
Calkins were put upon our statute
books to protect efforts of men
like M r. Peetz in having the farms
of Sherman county return larger
dividends to that.farmer.
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T U Salvation Anay «■ Actiaa
Coaaty Fair Board Moots
(F ro m Stars and Strlpaa, Paris.)
The annual meeting of the Sher
Driving along the road by the
W hen the wiping out of the man County Fair Association was
MORO. OREGON.
L. L. Peetz farm Sunday even
Soisson’s salient becomes a mere held at M oro last Saturday after
ing was about as restful as visiting
incident in the growing list of noon, disposing of considerable
Entered as second class matter at( ‘be
poet office at M o ro . O regon, July 25, 1891. an ice cave on a hot August day
German victories that might have business and arranging for the an
in the afternoon. The main track
been, there will probably be no nual fair to be held in this city
F R ID A Y .......... ..
June6, 1919 in the center was crowned just
more item better remembered by next October, on the 8th to 11th
right for easy driving and on each
men who were wounded while on inclusive.
side the balance of the road was
This year the board has decided
that little job than the item of lem
all plowed, harrowed and worked Medal Made F r a Captared Caaaea
to
have a three-days race meet,
onade.
smooth—just right to not have a
and
has posted $3045 for that part
The Salvation army had been
C. L . I r e l a n d ..............Manager. blow start or stall the engine when
The editor of the Sherman looking forward to hot weather, of the program. Each days’ pro
County Observer this week re
turning out for a passing car.
drive or no drive, and they were gram will be different in some re
The road looked so neatly kept ceived a medal made from cap getting ready to substitute real spects from the others.
and inviting that we decided to tured German cannon, presented lemonade, with rinds and every
A contract was awarded J. F.
continue on and come into Moro by the United States treasuiy de thing, for the old reliable choco Noonan for painting all the build
from the west. The sides of the partment through the Liberty late or the doubtful pinard. The ings at the fair grounds.
road along the Powell place we Loan general committee for this water supply was none too good
The premium list has been
**My C o u n try ’T ie o f Thaa, fa.'«®’
district, located at San Francisco.
found
seeded
to
wheat
and
being
changed
in many respects and a
and when a man is hot he wants
a f L ib e rty ."
used by J. N . Landry as pasture Accompanying the medal was a something to drink as soon. as he new class has been opened to take
for three contented looking cows. letter which in part read as fol can get it.
care of the Shorthorn cattle im
Special Election Returns.
Even after making the turn at the lows:
So when the doughboys and the ported into the county during the
‘’Now that the last popular loan
artillery and the signal corps be year.
Sherman county endorsed five four corners we found the same
condition of plowed roadside has been successfully floated we gan sending representatives back
A contract was awarded O . A.
of the nine measures voted on at
want you to know that we fully
seeded
to
wheat
alongside
the
Ramsey
for the building of a new
to
visit
the
dressing-stations
the
the special election held June 3.
appreciate the great service you Salyjition Arm y came to the fore cattle barn to be located between
Powell
and
Sayrs
farms
close
to
All the road measures on the bal
have rendered our government,
with those Italian lemons, sugar the swine and horse barns. The
lot were favored by tips county, the city limits.
and that we are indeed grateful to
Not
every
person
realizes
that
and barrels’* of clean, cold water, size of the new building will be
the Roosevelt highway receiving
the publishers and editors of the
we
have
pioneers
with
us
practi
which they brought up on a Ford 36x90 feet. It is hoped to inter
the highest favorable vote, the
Twelfth Federal Reserve District
cally
all
the
time.
Someone
who
delivery truck, every Yank who est Shorthorn breeders from over
market roads bill being next, and
for their generous contribution to got within range of that lemonade the state to make exhibits and at
the bill increasing the limit to six is always trying to better condi
the governmeiy ot space both in
threw away his cigarette and made thé dose of the fair to have a sale
per cent of the assessed valuation tions and improve circumstances.
of a county « a b«.» for bondinilSuch a one i, L. L. Peetz, allho their news and advertising col
of pure bred shorthorns.
a dive for his tin_jup.
Officers elected were: A. H .
for iood road, receivini the third we don’t alway. have a chance to umns during the several Liberty
The doctors say that a good
highest vote.
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.ay .o in publtc. W e remember Loan drives and particularly dur many who couldn’t walk and who Barnum, president; I. N . Lemon,
The official vote was a, follow«: ten year, ago when he began the ing the Victory Loan campaign couldn't make a dive for his share vice-president; C. C. Calkins, sec
Six per cent county indebteded- practive of working the roadside because the sacrifices of peace are going to live and go back to retary; R. C. Ornduff, treasurer.
neuam endm ent-ye«.230;n ol22. to kill the weed, growing about times in behalf of the national the States because they got a drink
Auto Tourists R etara
lndu.trial recon.truction amend- hi. fence row«. At that time he government indicate a higher type that killed their fever when they
ment— ye. 137. no 184.
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critized for de.troying the of patriotism than is prompted by needed it most. Lemonade is a
O . G . Sayrs and wife and Roy
Payment by the Mate of intere.1 road bed and little attention wa. the hysteria of a people at war.*’
life saver to wound-fevered men, Powell and wife returned W ed
on irrigation and drainage bond, directed at h i.e ffo r t. to deMroy
and this particular lot turned some nesday from their aOto trip to and
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the weed.. H e wa. a pioneer be-
Former Residenter Makes Brief V isit. good tricks for the surgeons.
through California to old Mexico.
Pive million dollar reconMruc- cau.e .ince then many other, have
Sherman county’s opportunity The trip- as a whole was one of
lion bond, amendment—ye. 163. followed the «ame .y.tem. M r.
J. H . Fraser and family were to show its appreciation for this
Peetz has discontinued using his visitors in Moro from Yakima wonderful organization will come pleasure, not a puncture nor any
car trouble occuring to mar the
"°Lieutenant Governor amend- roadside. for pasture because of
last week end at the A. M .W right June 22 to 30; when the Hom e
ment—ye. 148. no 189.
the heavy traffic past hi. farm. home. M r. Fraser formerly lived Service campaign of the Salvation joy of the road.
Their first day, when leaving
Roosevelt highway bill— yes 264. again earning the unspoken thank. in Sherman county, farming what Army will be staged in this coun
Sherman county, was the only
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of many auto drivers because they is now known as the Deal place ty. Oregon’s quota is $250.000.
time they were bothered with rain
Five million dollar reconMruc- are not forced.to .low down while near Spaulding chapel and at the
of which half is to be raised in in the 26 days of travel, during
lion bond bill—ye. 145. no 101. I a .leepy old cow decide, to me- same time running a large band of
Portland.
which time they traveled 2986
sheep in that section of the county.
Educational aid for soldiers, ander out of the way.
miles and used 183 gallons of gas
L. L. Peetz has more than 30
Serious Auto AcckUut.
sailors and marines—yes 222, no
Mrs. Fraser is a sister to M r.
oline.
I miles of fence on his farm, proba W right and while they were liv
134..
At Roseburg they met the Bai
When coming into Wasco last
Mamet roads tax bill—yes 254, bly 35, as some fences are located ing in the county it was mainly
ley
& Barnum circus. Cow creek
along the pasture lands overlook- through their efforts that Spauld Sunday evening on the Klondike
no 82.
canyon
in Southern Oregon was
road the converted Hupmdbile
| ¡ng the DesChutes river. Driving
ing chapel was built on land then truck owned by J. N . Landry and not any trouble to them, even it
Only 365 voters of all those reg
istered in the county took enough along the farm you cannot see a owned by M r. Fraser.
driven by Dewey W arner became reports they had heard about the
interest in the election to expre«. weed in either hi. growing wheat
The family is now living in the unmanageable near the D r. Huck- conditions caused by new road
their opinion at the,poll., altho or on the .um m er,fallow , neither
Yakima valley, where M r. Fraser in barn with the result that the car work did make them stop at the
the bonded indebtednew of the can you tee a weed under or near
has a commercial orchard of 10,- partly turned, threw a tire and ca worst hotel they met with on the
•tale wa. increated by $7,500.000 any fence on hi. farm except the
000 trees. W hile here they drove reened through and over a nine trip.
and another measure on the ballot larthereM removed paMure fence
extensively over Sherman county barbed wire fence, two of the
Coming back they visited Camp
would very probably increaw: the where no .o n of farm machine
and the prosperity evident over wires going under the car and the Sherman on the Metolious river
taxe. of the Mate more than $2.- can be u « d to destroy them
th is portion of ^Oregon was a very I other seven over the radiator.
in Deschutes county, where Roy
000,000 during the next four years.
M r. Peetz could be elected to
agreeable surprise to the visitors.
A ll four of the occupants, Re- picked out a spot to build himself
T h e « figure, are in addition to the Society of Pioneer. becau.e
vella Calbraith. Dewey Warner, a summer home. They report
any tax that might be levied un- he early realized the drain upon a
Telva Martin and Naom i Yonng. that three new homes will be built
B.
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Carson,*
manager
of
the
der the county bonding act or the farmer s pocketbook of the corn-
were sitting ort the one seat. All at Camp Sherman this summer,
telephone
company
for
this
dis
market road bill.
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mon larm weed, ten year. ago.
but
Telva Martin were cut by the one each by W . H a Ragsdale, W .
trict,
living
at
The
Palles,
died
in
H e first destroyed the weed nur-
F. Jackson and G . A. Meloy.
Anyone having lo.t an electrical W along the'road.ide and then that city May 31 from an illness wires, Dewey W arner the least.
appliance may have it returned by ‘ ucceeded ,n k e y in g hi. whe. following an attack of the flu con Revella Calbraith’s wounds need
ed 18 stitches and Miss Young’s
calling at thi. office. '
¡field, and .ummer fallow clean of tracted January 17.
six. A ll were cuts around the
eyes and upper ,part of the face,
RW ella having his ear nearly sev
ered while Mias Young just missed
having a punctured eyeball.
The injured were taken care of
by Dr. Gorm lv of Wasco and la
ter brought to M oro in the doc
tor’s car. The Hup was left in
Wasco for repairs, just what dam
age it sustained not being stated.
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Top market price paid when you ship your Live Chickens,
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punishable by fines of $1000 and
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U. S. Department of Labor, W. B. W ilson, Secy, says:
“The fruits of victory would turn bitter if we failed to harvest
thepa now.
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Us ip wjnnjng the war.
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