Sherman County observer., November 21, 1919, Image 1

M o ro , S h e rm a n
E s ta b lis h e d 1 8 8 7 .
NEW GERMAN CAPITAL SEEN
W. C. B ut ant .
C. J. B mioht ,
B right &
Bryant
Attorneys-at-Law '
offices at
J
The Dall<* and Moro,
Or*.
Gilliam and Wheeler C o u d e s
TV
S IK lu ilH H BUCIES
Berlin W e rrle * L .r t *•«< of Govern,
m tn t Be Shifted to the
Rhine.
C o u n ty , O re g o n .
F rid a y . N o v e m b e r 2 1 , 1 9 1 9 .
ENDEDRATPLAGUE HER SMILE IS
HERJAFEGUARD
PLAN TO REBUILD
LOUVAWLIBRARY
American Red Cross Courier Is
Not Molested by Bandits
in Balkans. .
American Educators Launch
Movement to Raise Nec­
essary Funds.
FACES MANY DIFFICULTIES
DESTROYED EARLY IN WAR
L ife of Balkan Courier la Far From
8lmplo—Travels Take Her to
A ll Parts of the Intrioafta------
Geographic Society Criticizes Acts of
German Invader* in Wantonly
Wrecking Belgian Art— Great
Seat of Learning.
Rodents Wiped Out Scientifically
Berlin, Germany.—The Boersen Zel-
and Thoroughly.
tung, ong of the ablest German new»
papers, says the fate of the city Is
In the balance and that It la. perhaps,
too late to save It from becoming a Campaign Waged by Bureau Of Ble-
logical Survey of Agricultural
city of the second class, with the re­
Department Saved Large Gov­
moval of the capital and the activity
ernment Stores From Ruin.
In a business and political sense to
some Rhineland city. It is a theory
A barrel of rata la not a pleasant
that has been gaining ground lately
thing to contemplate, but It la what
and Is causing Berlin to lose sleep.
Strikes have followed one another MaJ. O. D. Hammond, quarteruiaater
In an endless succession. The uncer­ corpa, United States army, used to
tainty of the economic situation al­ have to look upon every day lu the
most led to a boycotting of Berlin aa great Bush terminals, Brooklyn, used
the chief work center of Germany. D » by the war department 'Tor storing
| spite the huge expense, one industry clothing and auhtilatence for the over­
after another left Berlin for quieter, seas forces. At first, hp suw them
scampering around over everything,
steadier fields.
Merchants, politicians and Industrial gibbering and qgawllng and cutting.
leaders have predicted that the trans­ Then he saw them, day after day,
fer of the assembly or relchstag would heaped up In barrels. Then, finally,
inflict a severe blow on Berlin, espe he saw them dwindle until only about
d ally if it should lead to the choice
dozen a day could be found In the
of another capital.
whole warehousing plant, eleven
Balkan*.
■■
■■
K iv e C e n ts
RT. REV. BURCH
<
Washington. D. C.—American edu­
New York young!
cators are launching a movement to
woman, with a smile, a dog and a tau
raise funds to rebuild the famous li­
leather dispatch bag, Is braving the
brary of the University of Louvain,
floods,
torn
up
railroads,
broken
, F. T . H u r lb u r t
destroyed by the* German Invaders
bridges, snow-clad mountain passes
early in the war. The city of Louvain,
and all the other hardships that make
the "Oxford of the low countries,” Is
Upper M ain Street, opp. Garaie
up the substance of preseut-duy travel
described In the following bulletin
In the Balkans.
from the Washington headquarters of
blocks long and from one to three
CONDON, ORE.
She is Mrs. Helen Grannis, formerly
the National Geographic society:
blocks deep. That was after he had librarian In the New York Public
“Not only the University of Louvain,
J. R. Morgan
carried out a trapping campaign ac­ library. The smile is the famous
but the city is an object lesson In
cording to plans furnished by the Grannis smile that curries her through 1
.... ......
...
Johnson of the
Anti-Saloon
United States depaitment of agricul­ all sorts of unexpected difficulties in a League of Ohio, who is directing the Belgium and France by the German
lO e r x tie t
army. Early In 1915 a group of uni­
Rt. Rev, Charles H. Burch, who re­
ture.
country where difficulties are real, prohibition fight In England.
versity professors of other countries cently became bishop of the Protestant
The war department took charge of That smile decided the Americun Red
drew up a petition expressing strong Episcopal diocese of New York.
the Bush terminals Jan. 1L 1918. Some Cross authorities to give to her a po-1 ™__ ___________ ___
Office on First street,
The Dalles, Oregon
Indignation, and abhorrence at the
of the buildings, It was found, were Sition as courier. The dog Is a Cau-
•
n m e r,
wholesale destruction of ancient build­
from
25
to
30
years
old.
Every
time
MORO.
- .
OREGON
ings that has marked the Invasion of
door
was
opened
luto
a
warehouse,
Registered
Belgium and France by the Ger­
the scurrying of rats and mice could Roumanian peasant woman. And the I
, ■
Civil and Architectural Engineers
man army" and protesting in the
be heard and signs of them were ap­ dispatch bag contains1 valuable papers
✓
_ . ... strongest terms against the continu­
D r. C. E. Gard
and Surveyors
parent everywhere. It was evident for the American army and the Red Fr3nCC Hi}? A lre a d y R e b u ilt
ance of so barbarous and reckless a
that unless something could he done Cross which Mrs. Grannis delivers
Correspondent Tells of Deed of
60,000 Houses.
policy.
to get rid of them serious damage from headquarters In Bucharest all
Maps. Plats, Estimates. Reports
German
Professors
Make
Reply.
^Splendid Bravery.
would result to subsistence supplies, over the Intricate Balkans.
“To this a group of German univer­
on all kinds of Surveys
Office in the Bank of M oro build­ such as flour, meal,’"‘'Corn, rice, oats,
L ife F ar From Simple.
Much of Railroad and Canal C,
'•'» sity professors, among them Gerhart
bacon, and even clothing.
ing, upstairs.
Plans, Specifications, Supervision
The life of a Balkan courier Is far
Have
Been
Put
Into
Hauptmann, Max Reinhardt and Ru­ M.*ny Glorious Thing* Have Boer»
The officer In charge applied tp the
simple. Railroads have been de­
on all Classes of Buildings.
dolph Eucken, replied that it was not
Shape Again.
MORO,
OREGON United States department of agricul­ from
Done In the Hot Spirit of Battle,
stroyed everywhere. Bridges are lying •
true that their troops had treated Bel­
But This Waa In a Class
ture for assistance; with the resij.lt In the beds of streams. Roads In
that an expert from the bureau of many districts are morasses of mud. ! Cnpt. Andre Tnrdleu, meinbpr ol the gium brutally but that, anway, ‘we
by Itself.
must
decidedly
refuse
to
buy
a
Ger­
French
Peace
commission,
has
given
a m e s s te w a r t
dr vvalter w h a r t biological survey was detailed. After Through the mountain districts roam Interesting figures on the reconstruc­ man defeat at the cost of saving a
making an Investigation, he recom­ bands of comltadjl who prey upon lone
From HUI 212, overlooking Fere-en-
tion work accomplished since the urml- work of art.’
mended that six or eight gross of mod travelers.
Tardenols and the valley of the Ourcq,
“If
Louvain
has
contributed
little
stice. Sixty thousand of the 550,000
eru rat traps be purchased and that
William Slavens
McNutt, Collier's
Mrs. Grannis has braved her way I
D E N T IS T
four men be put to work trapping the through everything. When she cannot houses wrecked by shell-fire have been to scientific achievement It had a tre­ correspomh-nt, watched the American (
I rebuilt; 2,010 kih meters of the 3,240 mendous effect upon philosophic and
rata.
take a train ahe uses a donkey, a
religious thought. It hns been said Infantry start the Germans on their
SHERM AN CO UNTY
MaJ. Hammond, In a recent letter to cainlonette, a cart drawn by a water kilometers of ralhyay destroyed have that the city’s chief product was the­ flnql retreat from Relms-Solssons-Cha-
Vogt Bldg.
i been repaired and 700 of the 1,075 kll-
the department of agriculture, says buffalo. She Is familiar with narrow-
narrow , ometer8 of cann|s rendered useless are ology. But Germany’s contempt for tenu Thierry pocket. He says:
Address: M O RO , ORE. -
that
the
plan
was
Immediately
put
In
And theu I saw the most painfully
T H E D ALLES, - O REG O N
gauge railways that threaten to roll aRa,n in C0Ininlfwl()1K Of the 1,100 that kind of culture is reflected un­
operation, and was followed through­ off the mountains into gorges. She
dramatic
thing 1 have witnessed In all
DEPUTIES
g destroyed, 588 have been re- consciously In Baedeker’s guidebook
out the year. At first, the day's catch knowa the wheeze and strain of a one- j ¡re(1
this war. Gut from th* little strip of*
of
1910,
which
describes
it
Is
‘a
dull
L. Schadewitz,
Dr Jo* Saunder«,V S
would net a barrel full of rats and lunged river steamboat, panting
wood that the Americans had Just cap­
Kent Ore
Moro, Ore.
Equally remarkable progress Is be­ place with 42,200 Inhabitants.’
mice. At the end of the year, only against * slx-mlle current 8he can
"Thus the German guide casually tured, walking slowly out Into that
W . H . M e y e r, W oco".
ing
made
in
restoring
to
cultivation
open, bullet-swept field over which
an occasional rat or mouse could be cross A brldgeleas stream on horse­
In the devastated regions the vast dismisses the cradle of Belgian Inde­ the charge had p*s*ed, 1 saw two men
caught, amounting to not more than back or with a yowbout.
Physician and Surgcog.
pendence,
an
early
home
of
the
Euro­
£
areas which the end of the way left
a dozen a day In the entire plant.
And with the nonchalance of a sub­
pean weaving Industry, and a trensure with the brassard of the Red Cross
MaJ. Hammond estimates that prob­ way straphanger she drops from one with their rich surface soli plowed un house of marvelous art works. In one on their arms hearing a wounded man
Moro, Oregon.
ably 50,000 rats were taken during mountain top to another on the swing­ der by artillery, sown with dangerous of hls most famous pastorals, Cardinal on a Utter. They hud perhnps 300
the year and that the total loss to ing aerial cables left behind by the unexploded shells and cut up by trench Mercier, now a visitor In the United yards to go hack across that open
es and thousands of miles of rusting
field before the curve of the bill would
stores,
after the trapping campaign enemy armies of ■occupation.
Office in resid en ce.
barbed wire. The devastated area em­ States, describes the havoc wrought shelter them from the machine gun
was begun, did not exceed 150.
Smile Takes Her Through.
braced 4,500,000 acres. Of this ap­ In Louvain thus:
The bureau of biological survey of
•“ In this dear city of Louvain, per­ fire from the hill above. And they
“ T H E T A IL O R ”
She has has met bandits but invaria­ proximately 1,900,000 acres have been
the
department
of
agriculture
has
de­
petually
In my thoughts, the magnifi­ could not run. they could not duck,
Residence phone M 72
bly, with her smile, with the “U. S." returned to the farmers and 500,000
voted
a
great
deal
of
effort
to
devis­
cent Church of St. Peter will never re­ they‘Could not tuke cover. They must
on her uniform and her talent for tight
Moro, O regon
Office phone 463
ing ways of trapping and other means places, she has won through unroo j acres are ready for seed. More than cover Its former splendor. The nn- walk upright on their work of mercy,
6.000 miles of barbed wire huve been
wulk upright in that storm of lead,
of destroying rodents In warehouses,
disentangled and carried away In the clent College of St. Ives, the nrt and, walk slowly for the burden they
lested.
and
the
knowledge
thus
gathered,
with
schools, the consular and commercial
S u i t s H D ade to O p d e r |
* Mrs. Grannis’ travels start at Bucha­
particular advice In Individual «‘ases, rest. The cities she “makes” Include operation.
schools of the university, the old mar­ bore!
Commissioner
Tnrdleu
added
that
a
“There go two dead men,” the cap-
Is available for the protection of Belgrade, Sarajevo, Ragusa, Cettlnje.
country which had lost nearly 2,000,- kets, our rich library with Its collec­ tnln said solemnly. "They haven’t got
p
stored products.
Podgorltza, Tirana, Scutari and Sa­ 000 workers, killed or Incapacitated tions, Its unique and unpublished man­ * chance In that field. The machine
lonika. It does not matter to her. On by war; which had been deprived by uscripts, its archives, its gallery of guns’ll get ’em, sure! Watch!”
Office opp. Hotel Sherman
Women and Men
Language of Their Own.
her latest trip she carried a letter Invasion of one-fifth of its productive great portraits of illustrious rectors,
I watched. I have never watched
A “boob” and s “gob” met at one from the governor of Albania to Col. capital and which nevertheless* of Its chancellors, professors dating from the
W ASCO.
:
:
OREGON
of the entraining stations yesterday, Henry W. Anderson of Richmond, Va., own efforts had accomplished such a time of Its foundation, which pre­ anything so Intently in my life. And
V u lc a n iz in g
where they serve tea and biscuit. “I Balkan commissioner for the Red showing had a right to rely on the ef­ served for masters and students alike with all the fervency of reverence and
don't suppose you army men savvy Cross, thanking the American people fective help of its nllles to restore n noble tradition, and were nn Incite­ belief that there was in me I prayed
our sea going slang,’’ said the sailor, for the relief work done In his country. completely Its economical and financial ment In their studies, all this accumu­ for those two men of mercy over there
Send yourtires and tubes to Wasco
D r. T . D e L a rh u e
lation of intellectual, of historic and who could not fight back; those men
who wore “U. S. Armed Guard" on
Her first work for the Red Cross status.
of artistic riches, the fruits of the la­ who had made the charge up the hill
Vulcanizing Station for repairs.
his hatband and two overseas stripes was with the bureau of personnel In
bors of five centuries—all is In dust.’ with th« r comrades of the gun and
on his sleeve. “Sometimes the rookie Paris, where she labored nights, days
PARER
MONEY
PUZZLES
SLAVS
“The city of Louvain ever will be bayonet and must now march back
A ll work guaranteed.
sailors—we call them ‘boots’ because and Sundays getting personnel off to
remembered ns the scene of the grant­ hearing a wounded fighting man to
they always draw rubber boots st the the front. She left Paris January 1,
buck through that storm of
training stations—don’t savvy It, eith­ 1919, to join the Balkan commission, Currency In Such a Scrambled Condi­ ing to the Belgian people by Duke safety;
G U V CHAMNESS
lead
that
was sweeping the field from
. EYES EXAMINED
tion
That
It
Hurts
Business
Wenceslaus
of
the
’Joyous
entry.’
and
er. Now, you know, In the navy the and at length was permitted to take
the big wood—march back standing
of Country.
the
university
will
be
associated
with
little
smoke
stack
from
the
galley
or
the courier position which she Insisted
GLASSES FITTED
Oregon
that character’s preservation, more straight and walking slow. So slow!
Wasco,
kitchen on a ship Is nicknamed the on having.
They had made perhaps a hundred
Belgrade.—Not
the
least
of
the
1
1
1
»
than
four centuries later, when Kaiser
‘Charlie Noble,’ after some old sea
that beset Jugo-Slavla Is the scram­ Joseph, the ‘crowned anarchist’ of Aus­ yards when one of them slipped to
cook of long ago. Well, on my shjp
bled condition of Its paper currency.
tria, tried to deprive Belgians of their hls knees and rolled over.
one day we tells a rookie that ‘Charlie
"I told you," the captain exclaimed.
The paper money of half a dozer ancient rights.
Hen Decides Own Case
Phone T i l l
Noble’ said he was a fathead and a
•fThey've got ’em I"
"The
circumstances
of
that
resist­
countries
Is
In
circulation
In
varlou»
dub. The rookie got sore as a pup
in Court; Goes Home
“Only one," I said. "The other fal­
parts of the kingdom of the Serbs ance form one more bond of union be­
and went hunting all over the ship for
Croats and Slovenes. In Belgrade it­ tween Belgium and the United States low's not hit.”
‘Charlie
Noble.’
Finally
he
goes
up
to
Sharon,
Pn.—ownership
of
a
AUTO T R U C K
“They'll get him,” the captain
self the "krone" of Austrian nnces of America, for it took place Just ten
the captain himself and cbmplalned of
hen worth $1, alleged by a Sha-
prophesied
gloomily.
years
after
the
Declaration
of
Inde­
try
Is
still
the
unit
by
which
all
com
being called names by Charlie. "Re­
DRAY
ron n man to have been stolen by
I saw tlie unwounded man kneel by
pendence was signed, nn act which left
modltles
are
priced.
port to the bo’s’n, said the skipper.
neighbor, wtfc decided by the
hls stricken comrade. For the space
The situation Is further complicated a deep Impress upon the Belgians.
Ask for a pot of red paint and tell
EYE S P E C IA L IS T
bird.
Phone Main 314 M oro, Oregon
of a minute he knelt there, I suppose
Joseph’s Move Against Holland.
by the fact that the ratio of exchange
him I gave you permission to daub It
The neighbor, a woman, when
“It will he recalled that Emperor applying And »Id. Then he ■,ood
between the different moneys varle»
Wickersham Optical Co., 617-1 all over Charlie—do a good Job of It,
arraigned before Justice Hugh
Joseph,
brother of Marie Antoinette, erect. And then the man who had
from
day
to
day.
Oregonian Bldg.
Freight and Express
too.’ ”—New York Sun.
Jones, declared the chicken be­
Indirectly, the chnotlc currencj had trle<Uto abolish Holland frontier been ldt, the si ret« her bearer on the
PO RTLAN D, O REG O N
longed to her. Constable Harry
situation hns aggravated the problerr forts. He won a temporary victory ground, rose slowly—oh, •«» very slow­
Handled Promptly. Moving
Will visit Moro on regular «chedule every
Not 8o Ornery • • In Kipling.
Galvin was directed by Justice
of provisioning the country by lm because Holland nt that time wns em­ ly—till he was propped up on one el­
two week*. Watch for announcement.
Jones to take the hen and re­
Now the camel hasn’t any too sweet
pedlng the movement of surplus food broiled with Great Britain over the bow. Then to hls knee*. Slow! Then
Efficiently’ Attended To.
lease It some di-dance from the
a reputation for temper, yet we heard
stuffs from one section to another former’s recognition of the United very, v«*ry slowly he got to hls feet.
homes of the plaintiff and de­
a Yorkshire funner who had trans­
Once up, he leaned over—and, from
Farmers who possess a surplus whlcli States of America.
fendant, who agreed to abide by
“Next he turned to Belgium with a where I whs , through my glasses. 1
Phone
Hour» by Appointment ferred from the yeomanry to the
they
would
willingly
sell
under
stabli
camel corps nsaert he preferred
the decision of the bird.
money conditions decline to bnrtei project for reforming the church, but could see by the movement the pain
camels to horses. "A horse wants wa­
The chicken strutted off to the
them
for paper whose value is on« the Belgians were determined that It cost—leaned over, grasped the han­
plaintiff’s yard. The defendant
G ro u n d G r ip p e r
D R . C . H . J O H N S tering three times a day, hut you
thing
today
and another thing tomor­ such reformation should not be Im­ dles of the litter, and straightened
only water a camel every five days.
w.is compelled to pay $4.50 costs.
posed from without. When the Bel­ up again. He hud been hit, but ha
row.
And there aren’t no stirrups and hits
gians resisted he declared Its consti­ was going o n !
S hoes
and trappings to be cleaned and pol­ ' !<*******
C h iro p ra c to r *
tution nnnulled, sent an armed force
On they went. I have no power to
NEW
RAIL
CONTROL
IN
FRANCE
ished.
o
Into the country, and was met with a describe how slowly they seemed to
Can be ordered by mall for
“Temper? Taking them all around EX-KAISER CASTS FEAR ASIDE
declaration that he no longer wns
the whole fam ily. The easi­
Office at Residence.
MORO, ORE camels are no more vicious and nasty
‘«Committee of Exploitation” Put lr duke of Brabant, and that the Belgians be moving across that deadly open
field. A hundred yards! Another
est and beat ahoe made today.
Charge of Lines by Govern­
than horses. Why, my old Ibrahim Will Dispense With Dutch 8tate Po-
henceforth would he an Independent hundred would mean comparative
ment Decree.
knew my voice and would get up and
lice at His New House at
people, to he known ns the United safety under the slope of Hie hill.
A Real Corrective Shoe.
come like a Christian when I called
Doom.
States of Belgium.
Fifty of thHt accomplished! TVeOtJ'-
Paris.—A decree Instituting th«
“Though the Belgian United States five more! And then, slowly yet,
GROUND GRIPPER SHOE STORE,
T h c o . B e k t s k í , D .V .S him.”—London Chronicle,
Amerongen, Holland.-—It is reported “committee of exploitations" to hnv« wns short lived, largely because the they vanlahed from sight under tha
that the former German emperor has control of the railroads in France will great powers of Europe declined to protective slope. They had made It I
War Map on German Handkerchief.
M itt W »ik Rlroet. Portland. Or««®«.
7M BL Helen* A re.. T a ro n s. Week I ««ton
A memento of the war shown In so far recovered from fears of mo­ appear In the Journal Official tomor set a precedent by recognising It, and
I think I shouted. I know I tried
encourage«! Joseph's successor In re­ to, and I know that my knees were
Popular Mechanics Magazftie Is a large lestation that when he moves into his row.
This
is
In
accordance
with
the
plar
new
house
nt
Doom,
the
Dutch
police,
conquering It, the seed of Independence suddenly too weak to hold me up and
silk handkerchief which was obtained
from a captured German officer. On who have been constantly on guard of M. Clavellle, mlnlater of public thus planted by the historic university that I abruptly knelt and grasped the
It la printed a detailed map of the about the Bentlnck castle here since works, which provides for the collabo bloomed again a half century later, slim pole of the little lone tree near
western front and adjoining territory. his arrival, will he relieved of duty. ration of representatives of com and revealed Itself gloriously In 1914.“ by to steady myself. Red ( rose Bul­
The texture of the handkerchief ,s There are no walls or moats about the merce and Industry or railway work
letin.
such that It can be carried in the house of Doom, which Is visible and ers with the heads of departments an«1
Drink Aged Wine.
By Having It» Name on the En­
easy
of
access
from
the
main
highway.
directors
In
the
management
of
th«
pocket without danger of cracking It.
Rending. I’a.—Alderman and Mrs.
velope of^Every LettePYou Send.
Eye of the Starfish.
rends.
Oliver J. Wolff celebrated their golden
The committee will comprise a high wedding anniversary the other day by
At the end of each arm In the star­
W ar Lid Off B le c ir a t
A ttay-at-Homa Authority.
Let Us Quote Prices For V E T E R I N A R I A N
Paris.—Baccarat la again allowed In er official of each line as president giving a dinner to their children and fish there J* a lltle red eye. It doe»
"They do tell as how th’ professor
Printing Your Stationery.
the
clubs, since the ratification of the the operating managers of all lines members of their families. There were not form an Image, hut has consider-
chap wot Uvea atop o’ the hill yon­
Interstate Stock Inspector
peace treaty. As soon as the ban wan three representatives of commerce anc thirty-eight guests. One of the fea­ ahie sensltlveneaa In distinguishing d if­
der
'ave
Jnst
wrote
a
book
about
Exam iner ,of Ytalllona for License
lifted a veritable freniy of gambling Industry designated l»y the mlnlstei tures of the event was the serving of ferent degree» of light, enabling the
Mara.”
“Mars? Wot do ’e know about Mara? set in all over Europe. It Is estimated of public works and three represents a pint of wine fifty years old. which fish to become aware of distant Illumi­
Why,
my knowledge, ’e ain’t bln $1,000,000,000 was woa and loat In the tlves of the employees, also designated was part of the wine served at their nation that differ* from th*
WASCO, Po.»<2ic«c bm <. O R E G O N out of to thia
lag UH,
___
marriage fifty years ago.
neighborhood for seven first night after th« game waa ra­ by the minister.
Telephone Main 502
FO R
SALE
Bucharest.— J l
A
P. HI. Hill - Lewis & Cl.
flEMOVt WAR S SCARS
D E N T IS T
J
|
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STOCK AND BRAND INSPECTOR
D r. C . L . P o k y
H.
J. Carlos Bhirmley, 1.0.
„ d ™ .« ...
, PHYSICIAN and SURGEON
E Y E S IG H T S P E C IA L IS T
Vogt Black.
The Dalles, Ore.
W - N. JO N E S
¡Dr.F.W. CLAHKE. O .F.I.
ADVERTISE YOUR TOWN
LET US PRINT IT FOR YOU
yeera."— PaaalM thow.
«
mmed.
RED CROSS HEROES