Sherman County observer., January 02, 1920, Image 1

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EHM A N
hßf-ttablished. 1 8 S 7 .
J. R. Morgan
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M o ro , S h e r m a n C o u n tv , Q r e w n .
MORO.
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OREGON
Many Victims of Wood Alcohol
Board is Called to ‘ Review
Findings and House and
Senate Will Also Act
Eastern Cities.
iOl"lo riai,
F r id a y . J a n u a r y ;3, 19Ü O .
TO PROBE AWARDS OF
NAVAL DECORATONS
“ Whisky” Reported From
Dr. C. E. Gard
SE
POISONOUS DRINKS
CAUSE MANY DEATHS
Office on First street, .
0 r^ S o c , .
F iv e C e n ts
D E N T IS T '
Washington.—Full investigation of
New York. — Seventy-six persons
the controversy over awards of decora
have died and «cores of others are suf­
tlons for war service to naval officers
Office in the Bank of Moro build fering from paralysis and blindness,
brought to a head by Rear Admiral
.
intf, upstairs.
due to drinking wood-alcohol “whisky/*
William R. Sims* recent protest against
according to reports received from
A raat i n » « » ! of work bow remain« to ba dona which tba
MORO,
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O R E G O N eight eastern cities and Chicago.
Intareeatioa of war ha* naceiaarily delayed and accumu­
the tentative list issued by the navy
lated, and the reault ia that • • • • • »ery la r n capital
aaponditurca ought to be made te make up for the inter-
department, will be made both by con­
The toll of poisonous liquor waa the
r u p lio n a inevitably due tn the nor, nnd te prepare the ra il­
gress and by the department,
highest la New England, where «8
road« to aarra adequately the larrraaed traffic througbont
tha
country.
W A L K E R O. H IN E S .
On the heels of Secretary Daniel«’
DR. WALTER W. HART deaths have been recorded. *.
Oirwiar CaaeraT «/ Xai/rawdf.
announcement
that
the
naval
board
With six men In custody, alleged
headed by Rear Admiral Knight had
ringleaders In a conspiracy to flood
View on Derwentwater.
been ordered reconvened to review Us
New York, New Jersey and New Eng
HE lake district of England,
Returnlhg from that town, the other findings on recommendations for med­
a
land with poisonous substitutions for
one of the most beautiful of side of Basseuthwulte Water may be
whisky, federal, state and city authorl
V o it Bldg.
regions, always hus been u taken, and the Test of the way back als or other decorations, Representa­
tieq were united in a vigorous pursuit
fuvorlte resort of American to Grasmere Is Identical with the out­ tive Lufklns, republican, Massachu­
of
the
purveyors
of
the
poisonous
bev
tourists, not only because of Its nat­ ward run.- The distance, Including setts, of the house naval committee,
TH E DALLES, - OREGON
erages which have caused scores
ural attractions, but also on account the circuit of Derwentwater, Is about conferred with members of the senate
committee and stated that a Joint com­
seventy-six miles.
deaths and hundreds of cases of blind of its literary associations.
First among recorded tourists to
But DeryventWater is worth a more mittee would take up the entire ques­
ness and illness. Ths capture of at
least a score or more of the poison Lakeland wus Gray, the poet, author leisured trip, for Its owu nuke. The tion when congress reconvened.
Secretary Daniels said that In re­
dispensers is expected, according to of the "Elegy In a Country Church­ trip from Gmspaere to Keswick and
Physician and Surgeon.
yard,’.’ suys Country Life. He visited the circuit of Derwentwater und back vising the list of decorations and in
the officials.
the Westmoreland and Cumberland is thirty-live miles. The advantages passing on new recommendations for
The two most important arrests
lakes in 1709. the yenr before Words­ are with the tourist proceeding to
Moro, Oregon.
according to the federal agents, are worth, the most outstanding among Keswick and there turning left and awards, the Knight board would be
those of John Romanelll, Brooklyn the lake school of poets, was horn. past the church,'following the eastern Instructed to follow In general the pol­
Office In residence.
undertaker, and Samuel Saleeby,
He discovered the lakes, alike in a side of the lake to Lodore, where the icy he adopted in revising the original
Brooklyn druggist, who are accused touring and literary sense, nnd being “Falls of Lodone," sung by Southey, lists, giving due consideration to the
of being the principals In the diatrlbu essentially of the eighteenth century, will be found. Beyond we come to objections voiced by officers who have
Residence phone M 72
tlon of the poison throughout New he fled from them and the grundeur Shepherd’s Crag, overhanging the road. criticised some of the awards.
The names of Admiral Henry B. Wll-
Office phone 463
England. They were released on $25, of their scenery In dismay. For not and past the Borrowdsle hotel and the
thenJblUl.UiC
picLurusqua
-
Umn.
-In­
iLartuw.-pAsa
cailsd
tlu».
“Jsw<
»f
4ioe-T®oa.
who commanded American, naval
000 bail, pending examination.
The remaining four men are Adolph vented. The beauties of wild naturi? rowdale,” whose rocks so greatly forces In French waters during the
were not appreciated, and had they alarmed Gray 150 years ago. At Grange
Panarelli, a former saloonkeeper; been the roads of that age and the where the Rlv^r Derwent flows out of war, and of Rear Admiral Henry T.
Carmine Llcenzlato, Amedio Deloma 'lack of proper accommodution were Derwentwater, the road abruptly turns, Mayo, who was In command of the At­
lantic fleet during the same period,
and Luigi Puo, Italian grocers.
powerful deterrents.
to follow the western lakeside. In
were
added to the list of officers who
In Chicopee, Mass., 33 men and two
But for close upon a century Iuik«*- the pleasant vale at Grange is that
’ ike opp. Hotel Sherman
have written the secretary regarding
women died; in Springfield, three men lund has been a greatly appreciated giant rock, the “Bowder Stone.”
W G O ;
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O R E G O N and one woman; Holyoke, six men touring ground. Scenery and the -lit­
The peculiar advantages of staying the awards.
erary
associations
with
Wordsworth,
at
Grasmere are many. Not least
and In Greenfield, Mass., one man. In
Hartford. Conn., 13 persons died. In Southey, Coleridge, De Quincey and among them Is that within five miles
their circle, have attracted every type you have not only Grasmere Itself,
Hour* by Appointment Thompsonville, Conn., two deaths were of holiday muker. First came the rivaling Derwentwater for loveliness
Phone
reported.
Chicago reported eight
vacation reading parties of university but Itydal Water, and the town of Am­
deaths. Two deaths were announced
Students, then the honeymoon couples, bleslde, with Windermere, the largest
at Newark, N. J.
to whom the Low'Wood hotel, Amble- and most popular of the lakes beyond.
side, was once, in a sense, sacred; All are within an easy walk for the
Washington, D. C.—Tentative recom­
and then the railways brought tour­ tourist staying at Grasmere, who will
ists frbm far and near. But not until scarce take out his car when he can mendations for the establishment of
the automobile came upon the roads Indulge In pleasant footpath rambles machinery to prevent or retard labor
was Lakeland comfortably or thor­ for a change.
conflicts In private Industry ware an­
---
oughly to be explored.
The car la for farther afield. For nounced by the prealdenUa Industrial
Office et Residence.
MORO, ORE.
The ttturtst by motor car here bus example, the run to Penrith, along conference with a view to obtaining
choice of every kind of road, or no Ullswater. The out and home run «Is constructive criticism before a final
Washington.—Representatives of the road, and may, If he will, take his fifty-six miles. The best way from
plan is adopted.
four railway brotherhoods and heads sport In pass-storming with ther most Grasmere Is to take the Windermere
The plan as outlined now contem
of affiliated trades adopted s decTa
Adventurous, or take his sight-seeing road, as far as Waterhead^ thence
plates
the creation of a national Indus
tion of principles opposing legislation along roads as -good us any in (his turning to the left and up to Trout-
trial tribunal and regional board of
country.
It
Is
aH
a
matter
of
taste
which would make strikes of railway
beck. The nearer route, up from Am
and Inclination^ The ideal way of bleslde to Klrkstone Pass, Is an ex­ inquiry and adjustment, which would
workers unlawful.
move to the settlement of disputes be
Send yourtires and tubes to Wasco
The declaration, framed at a con­ seeing Lakelaud is undoubtedly thnt ceedingly steep clljpb, but It can be
fore there was any stoppage of produc­
of
selecting
some
central
spot
at
which
taken
on
the
return.
ference with President Gompers of
Vulcanizing Station for repairs. the American Federation of Labor, to stay and taking from It dally, out
On the way to Ullswater the gloomy tion. Decisions would have the full
and home, excursions. This Is so for little mountain town of Brothers Wa­ force and effect of a trade agreement
declared It the sense of organized rail several reasons; chief among them
All work guaranteed.
ter Is passed, nnd then comes the de- between the parties to the dispute.
way employes that penalty clauses that of the somewhat limited ureu of I scent to pleasant, sunny Patterdale.
Remarking that some public utili­
In pending railroad legislation against the lake district, which may be stated j Here the seven miles long lake of
ties, such as railroads, are essential
workers ceasing their employment at about thirty miles square. The Ullswater, the sectrnd longest of the
lakes figure so largely In popular Im­ lakes, begins, skirted all the way by to the very existence of the people,
should be eliminated.
W asco,
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Oregon
agination
thnt this will seem scarcely A delightful road, with the waterfall of the conference's tentative statement
While the conference reiterated the
Thoee desiring information concerning the railroad oitv-
expressed the opinion that the "inter­
demand of organized labor that the credible; yet any reference to maps Aira Force midway, spouting from Its
ation mag obtain literature by writing to the d e to n a ­
ruption In such essential public utlll
tion of Hallway Ezocuheeo, 61 Broadway. New York.
government should hold the railroads will prove the truth of It. Bu| It does woody glen. Ullswater ends at Pooley
not follow from this sheer matter-of- Bridge, whence It Is seven and a half ties Is Intolerable.’* But the confer­
for a peace-time test of two years, the fact measurement thnt this region is
miles Into the quaint old market town ence states that further consideration
union officials explained thatehey had easily seen or soon exhausted.
of I’enrith. passing Yunwath Hall, now is required of the problem whether
no reason to doubt the carriers would
Grasmere In the Center.
a farm house, but a good surviving some method can be arrived at that
be hahded back March 1, the date
Exactly In the center of the lake specimen of the fifteenth century for­ will avert all danger of Interruption
specified by the president, regardless district Is Grasmere, central geographi­ tified border residence; and thence to service.
cloth made from fine wools is a large
of the enactment meanwhile of legis­ cally, and In Its Interest, for It was over the undent Eamont Bridge, built
factor In the present high prices of
lation for the protection of the prop­ Wordsworth’s home, nnd In Its church­ la 1425.
clothing, according to William M.
MACHINISTS VOTE STRIKE
yard he lies.
erties.
Wood,
president of the American Wool­
There are five recognized centers for i FACTS AND FIGURES OF WAR
en company.
More
Than
100,000
Union
Men
tourists In these regions: Windermere,]
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ÛRY MEASURE IS DEFIED Aiubleside and Grasmere, about equi- |mmenBity of Supplies Needed in Mod-
Armed resistance "to the last mor­
Affected by Decision.
distant, some four miles from one an- 1
sel
of bread and last drop of blood" is
Washington.
—
Organized
railway
ern
Conflict
Revealed
by
8ir
Salem, Or.—Regardless of whether
New Jersey Provides Bill for Own other; Keswick, thirteen miles further
Gabriele d’Annunzio’s latest decision
Douglas Haig.
machinists,
through
their
president,
the
legislature,
at
Its
special
session
Enforcement.
north, nnd Conlston, somewhat iso­
served notice on congress that they here In January, creates two commis­ In demanding further guarantees from
New Brunswick, N. J.—The pream lated, seven miles southwest of Am-
These nre some of the amazing facts ! would not submit to enactment of the sions to handle the gamo and fish af the Italian government to insure the
ble of the bill authorizing the sale of bleside. It would be a thankless task in Sir Douglas Haig’s final dlsputch
Cummins railroad bill with Its drastic fairs of the state, the present members annexation of Flume to Italy.
beer and light wines In New Jersey to declare any preference among
General heudqunrters received 9,000 anti-strike provision.
A court martial at Amiens has sen­
of the commission are doomed to re­
was made public by State Senator these, but we will take Grasmere as telegrams In one day, and 8,400 let­
tenced Robert Roekllug, the German
Voting
more
than
a
month
ago,
98
the very focus of the lukes. "
moval,
according
to
a
lengthy
state­
ters by dispatch-riders.
One army
Thomas Brown, who will Introduce the
“steel king.” to 10 years' confinement,
Grasmere village Is n sweet and gra­ headquarters bad 10,000 telegrams Ju per cent of the 125,000 members of ment issued by Governor Olcott.
measure at the next session of the
15 years of exile and a fine of 10,000/
clous place. Here Wordsworth resided ! n (iay, und (he dnlly telegrams on the the union favored an Immediate walk­
In
making
his
decision
Governor
legislature.
000
francs upon his conviction of a
out In event of the bill's passage by Olcott said his contemplated action
for more than fifty years. His Inter , lines of communication were 23,000.
The preamble sets forth that the homes here are not accessible, but
There were 1,500 miles of telegraphs • both houses of congress, but the re­ was solely In the Interest of game and charge of organizing the pillage of
state of New Jersey has not ratified Dove Cottage, where he wrote his am! telephones, and 3.688 miles of rail- ««H was not made known through
factories In eastern France.
the eighteenth amendment, doubts earliest and best, has been preserved Mays, on which 1,800 trains ran j fear that the brotherhoods might ap fish propagation, which under the
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present regime, he declares, Is endan­
that it was passed In a constitutional as it was In his dny, and Is the, resort weekly,
pear jn the nght of attempting to gered by squabbllngs and bickerings
Teachers Demand 81060 Minimum.
manner and Intends to disregard the of literary pilgrims, while the unpre­
n six weeks 6,000,000 rations were coerce the lawmaking branch of the which have caused dissatisfaction, dis­
Portland, Or.—Adoption of a demand
Volstead act and pass an enforcement tending church beside the River ■upplled, by our n/mies in France, to , government.
j^for a minimum teachers' salary of
trust
and
lack
of
confidence
Rotha
is
much
the
same
as
he
knew
it.
800,000
civilians
In
the
relieved
areas.
bill Which will be supreme within the
The machinists, according to Wil­
That is an interesting dny trip, along
As explained by the executive, If $1080 a year for the entire state of
Two hundred tons dead weight of
limits of the state.
excellent roads, which takes us north supplies and stores were required liam H. Johnston, president of the In­ the legislature follows khls recommen- | OreK°n ai'<l Indorsement of a move-
to Cockermouth, the old market town daily for the maintenance of each di­ ternational association, are the only datlons and creates two commissions meat to bring before the special
Warning Issued Against Wood Alcohol at the extreme northerly edge of Lake­ vision.
railway employes who have taken a —one to handle the commercial fish­ slon of the state legislature next
t
Chicago.—Employers were asked by land, where his birthplace, In Main
The total dnlly ration- strength of strike vote.
ing Interests and the other to adminis­ month an act to provide a state tax
Coroner Hoffman to address their street, Is still shown.
our
armies
was
2,700,(X
X
),
An
addi­
ter
the affairs of hunters and anglers not to exceed 2 mills for educational
This Is what a Western Elec­ workers and warn them against wood
The wny runs by Dunmall Raise to tion of one ounce to each man's ra­ Rail Brotherhoods to Fight High Costs.
the
terms of the present commis­ purposes exclusively were accomplish­
tric Lighting Plant on your
alcohol and other«, questionable sub­ Wytbburn, whose little church, one of tions represented nn extra 75 tons.
, Washington.—Disappointed at what sioners will automatically expire. If, ed at the opening session of the Ore­
stitutes for whisky. Another man was the smallest In England, Is neighbored
4",’0H0 l"’r’ M "n<! mule« and they term the failure of the govern- on the other hand, the legislature re­ gon State Teachers* association here.
place w ill mean to you:
reported dead as the result of drink­ by the Nag’s Head Inn, where the old W7<» motor vehl.le«-were need, and m„ , „ „ d u e . the coat of living, the jects the recommendations of the gov­
dalesmen and their wives put up their
ing wood alcohol. Chicago's total of
umed.” ’
°r
I™1"-«.» brotherhood., working In con- ernor, hq will remove the present (Com­
N o dark nights.
81,000,000 In Flour for Vienna.
horses while attending service In olden
Christmas poisoning^ to date number times. The road then runs alongside
Iu
1*014
(here
waa
one
maehlne
gun
!
w,th ’he
employee’ missioners at tbe termination of the
New York.—The wheat export com­
N o gas to explode.
nine, or 35 since July 1.
Thlrlmere, with the Imposing moun­ to 500 Infantrymen In the British department of the American Federa speoial session.
pany. purchasing agent for the alllee,
No pressure tank to blow up.
tain, Ilelvellyn, 3,118 feet, on right. army; when peace came there was one tlon of Labor, are considering a plan
bought $1,000,000 worth of flour from
Legion Favors War on German Operas. Keswick town comes next ; a consld- ! machine gun to 20 Infantrymen
to undertake the fight themselves.
N o water to carry.
the United States grain corporation
BRIEF GENERAL NEWS
erable place for this part of the coun­
Over
700,0(X)
tons
of
ammunition
The
project, although still nebulous,
Indlanaiydls,
Ind.—The
stand
of
va­
for the relief of Vienna, it
-N o lamps to fill.
rious poets of the American Legion I d try, and with an oddly foreign appear­ were fired by our artillery on the oontemplates a national chain of co­
President Wilson was 83 years old nounced.
N o matches to burn.
opposing performances of German ance, enused chiefly by the church­ western front from August, 1019, to the operative banks, fashioned something
Hunday.
like building (really the town hall) in armistice.—Montreal Herald.
on the order of the non-partisan
opera and concerta by German or Aus­
No smoky chimneys to clean.
Edge Bill Signed by Wilson.
the middle of the street. The chief
King George has Issued a proclama­
league's idea In North Dakota, and a
trian artists Is indorsed by the execu­ Industry Is the making of lead pen­
Washington.—President
Wilson baa
Childrsn’s 8pendlng Money.
tion giving the people of India a larger
Tara a Switch anywhere day or n ifk t tive qommittee of the organisation In
ohaln of co-oporatlve stores.
cils.
signed the Edge bill authorising tbe
The practice of doling out money to
degree
of
self
government.
and get a good strong flood of light. a telegram sent to the Americanism
Derwentwater Loveliest Lake.
the children by dribbles, when they
The Sweet bill, Increasing compen­ creation of corporations for the pur­
Legion Posts Widely Scattered.
(Commission of the legion In Washing­
But Derwentwater Itself Is the real tease for It, and wlthoat holding them
pose of financing A&erican export
Indianapolis, Ind.—American Legion sation of disabled former service men trade.
ton.
For Solo By
reward of the Journey. It Is generally to any responsibility in the matter of
considered the loveliest of all the spending It, Is undoubtedly responsible posts In the United States and foreign and enlarging the classes of benefici­
lakes, and It Is also the most accessi­ for most of the prevalent unthrlft oountrles now total 8581, It wae an­ aries under the war Insurance act,
Sugar May Be 20 Cents.
SensHlveneee of Plants,
New York.—The public probably ble, a food road encircling It. Beyond among our young people. It Is quite nounced at national headquarters. was signed by the president
When rain la about to-fall the clo­
Heavy
Immigration
ia
so
taxing
the
Keswick
we
pass
Greta
Hall,
once
the
natural
thnt
this
childish
attitude
to­
France,
England
and
Canada
each
will have to pay 20 cents a pound for
home of Southey, nnd come to Bas-
facilities of Ellis Island that officials ver shifts Ita leaves, bringing two of
the advance crop of 9,000,000 pounds senthwnlte Water. Preferably taking ward money should continue even Into have one poet, Alaska has four, Ha­
expressed doubt whether there would Its three, leaves face to face and fold­
of Cuban sugar now being delivered tbe left-hand road, Sklddaw, 3,054 feet, the period when the young person be­ waii five, Cuba one, Panama one, Mex­
ing the third over the top. The young
comes a money-earner on his own ac­ ico one and the Philippine Islands one. be another concentration of anarchists
blossoms are also carefully sheltered
Agent fa r Wasco and Shernsan Coeaties and distributed here, according to a Is seen across the water. Cocker- count, and oftentlrnea, Into his adnlt
Ten states have more than 200 posts thertf in tha near future for deporta­ by Inclosing leaves which move for­
statement by Federal Food Adminis­ month la some atz miles further.
life aa well.—Thrift
tion.
ward ta the erealag and wrap thaaa
trator William«
D E N T IS T
Work more—
Produce more—
Save more—
T
D r . C L . P o le y
But we can’t continue increasing our
production unless we continue increasing
our railroad facilities.
The farms, mines and factories cannot
increase their output beyond the capacity
*of the railroads to haul their product^
j Railroads are now near the peak of their
carrying capacity.
J. Carlos 6 M e f , MJ.
PHYSICIAN and SURGEON
DR. C. H. JOHNS
Chiropractor
W ithout railroad expansion—more en­
gines, more cars, more tracks, more ter­
minals—there can be little increase in
production.
PLAN FOR STRIKE
TRIBUNAL OUTLINED
But this country of ours is going to
keep right on growing—and the railroads
must grow with it.
TRAINMEN OPPOSE
ANTI-STRIKE LAWS
To comjnand in the investment markets
the flow of new capital to expand railroad
facilities—and so increase production —
there must be public confidence in the
future earning power of railroads.
The nation’s business can grow only as
fast as the railroads grow.
V u lc a n iz in g
Flliis advertisement is published by the
¿dssociabpa of,Staihoau claxeculive<L
GUY CHAMNESS
OREGON COMMISSION
SLATED FOR REMOVAL
Western Electric
Farm Lighting Plant
B righ ten U p
T h e F a rm
Valtler-lilliaiDS Hdw. Co
Ilie Dalles, Oregon,
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