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About Sherman County observer. (Moro, Sherman County, Or.) 1897-1931 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 2, 1920)
The MORO. OREGON. Entered as second class matter at the post office at M oro. Oregon, July 25, 1891. F R ID A Y ............. January 2, 1920 C. L. ÏÏ Farm Boreaa Coouoittooa Moot O b s e rv e r. I reland ........... /Manager. I ni “M y Country 'T is of Thao, Sweet • f L iberty.” OSd&l Paper for Sherman hty. J. S. Smith, deputy collector of internal revenue, has been appointed federal prohibition director for Ore gon, according to announcement fr m Washington, D.C. This is an entirely new office created to enforce the pro hibition law, to handle violations of the narcotic laws, grant permits for the sale or use of alcoholic mixtures by druggists, doctors and others. These mutters have been included in the duties of the revenue agents and the internal revenue collector hereto fore. l^r. Smith, who is fitted for his new duties by reason of his exper ience as deputy collector of internal revenue, w ill take over the new work immediately upon receipt of his com mission. Fresh cow for sale; good and gen- tie; phone E. E. Barzee, Moro. oply join but be w illin g to do aa they are doing. They have the responsi bility, help them out by being ready to join when they apeak to you. Following the membership cam paign each community w ill organize for work. The membership campaign w ill close at the time of the annual county-wide meeting which w ill prob ably be held the last of January. Join now. • While apace w ill not permit of • detailed discussion of the farm organ isation plan, its possible program of work, its value to the farmer func tioning as a rural Chamber of Com merce, and the opportunity it gives for expression by and development of the rural people, it suffices to know that it was discussed with the com mittees of farmers in each of the nine communities of the county, or 40 men In spite of unfavorable weather in all and without a single exception every man was behind the Farm Bur conditions the Moro committee ap eau and is w illing to accept his share pointed by the Farm Bureau met 100 of the responsibility in getting it per cent strong last week at the county I gent’s office to discuss com Jnto operation in their community. From one and a half to two hours munity problems and organization was spent with each copimittee. Bad i plan». The members of the commit roads and weather conditions hindered tee were: Roy Powell, Chet Silvers, calling public meetings in an effort A. H. Barnum, Harry Pinkerton, W . to reach all the people, but the fact C. Bryant, Joe Brackett and Martin that the committees over the county Melzer. The committee unanimously indors after discussing its different advant ages for two hours have not only ed the Farm Bureau plan. Ths^prob- found it to be worth while, but are lems of interest which should respond w illing to take time to ask every to cooperative effort and the lines of farmer in their community to become endeavor which should be pushed as a part of the organization is a guar brought out by the committee were: antee that it is worth while for every Control of weeds by all, universal use of certified seed and better sires cam one to affiliate with it. The universal experience i n ' 800 paign. Other projects were discussed Counties in the 33 northern and w est and w ill be taken up at the commun ern states having similar organiza ity meeting later. The names of the farmers tributary tions is that it includes all of the best and most progressive farmers. to Moro were divided among the com Experience thus far shows the same mitteemen and every farmer w ill have result in Oregon and Sherman county an opportunity to join the Farm Bur No progressive farmer who understood ' eau within the next thirty days. The the organization has not joined when i membership fee of two dollars covers the cost of the Farm Bureau News solicited by the committee. The Farm Bureau is the farmers’ and provides funds for use by the or organization absolutely. Members of ganization. During the latter half of the committees know that and as such January the weather permitting, com see its possibilities. Had every munity meetings w ill be held to dis farmer been on the committee or un cuss community problems and elect derstand it as they do all would not committee men in charge of work in the community. Following these a county - wide an nual meeting w ill be held at Moro which should be attended by all mem bers and their fam ilies. Plans are being made to make this more than worth while. The committees appointed at the other points which have had meeting» are. Rufus: Payne, Kuypers, Tate C. A. Tom and Chub Fowler. Wasco: Henry Howell, V. H Smith, Herbert Root, Roy Belshee. Klondike: Potter, Boice, J. Johnson, LeRoy Seely. Fairview: Hans Thompson, Cal laway, Con lee, and Coe. Harmony: P. C. A xtell, T.- S Reese, E. W. Mason and T. J. Henkle Grass V alley: Fred Cox, E. M A lley, J. J. W iley, A.L.Ru sel and Bruce Kee. Michigan: O. N. Hodges, Fred Stradley, W. C. Todd, Tom Coyle and L. D. Eaton. Kent: J. A. Schassen, L. Schade witz, Wilber Haggerty, L. W. Amick and Wilber Helyer. A ll meetings have heartily endorsed the Farm Bureau organization plan and all thus far have been interested in the same lines of work. Indica tions are that most of the farmers are going to join and get behind a pro gressive program which w ill do things next year. FORDSON TRACTOR You will soon be plowing and to do it best you should have a Fordson tractor. Yes, you can • trade me some horses, and get one that way. Last car load all gone and my next’ shipment will soon be sold. Drop me a line or leave word at Foss & Co. DesChutcs Motor Company R. S. Goff, Manager Moro, Oregon Suitable for old and young. Shop early and get the best MORO PHARMACY i K. SCHADE, Prop. 303 says the Good Judge The man who doesn’t chew this class of to bacco is not getting real satisfaction out of his chewing. A small chew. It holds its rich taste. You don’t have to take so many fresh chews. Any man who uses the Real To bacco Chew w ill tell you that. . ..... P u t U p In Two Styles. ... RIGHT CUT is a short-cut tobacco ' W-B CUT is a long fine-cut tobacco New b The R STOCK ni WHUTRIHCHES FOR SALE Harris Harvesters for Sale • F. T. hurlburt ’ Omer Sayrs, 24-foot cut with m otor, ' This harvetter is in fine shape and ready to go into the field. Lot> of new parts with the outfit. M r. Sayrs has bought a NEW HO LT. Upper M ain Street, opp. Garage CONDON, ORE. The L. V. Moore Harris harvester for sale. Thisis the light 18-foot machine with m otor. Run only two seasons. A H O L T T A K E S ITS P LA C E . P. I. Hall- Lewis & Co. Tht Dalles, Oregon The Jess Landry Harris harvester for sale. This is the light 18-foot machine with motor. Run only 23 days. A H O L T W IL L T A K E ITS P LA C E . Registered Civil and Architectural Engineers and Surveyors Maps, Plats, Estimates, Reports on all kinds of Surveys Plans, Specifications, Supervision on all Classes of Buildings. For further particulars see Omer Savrs, L. V. Moore, ~ C. R. Morrison, Jess Landry, or * Geo. N . Crosfield, W asco, O re . H. WE ARE AGENTS FOR TH E “ T H E T A IL O R ” JOHN DEERE and OLIVER PLOWS Moro, Oregon - S u i t s RJiade to O rd er Cleaning and Pressing for .Women and Men Undertaking Caskets and Robes always on hand; special supplies and caskets ordered at any time _ Sam Brijbing, M dr Q k Q regojq. D r . S anders r a D R IL L S - Chatam Fanning Mills We have a good stock of VETERINARIAN It is always interesting to watch a small account grow gradually in vol T o M y Patrona: If you cannot get me ume, registering the progress of its direct by phone at M oro, please call Foes owner. * A C o .’a garage, who w ill promptly notify And if it is inspiring to watch and me when I return to town. encourage one individual to steadily mark milestones in his career, the banking business amounts almost to romance when it is remembered that it shares in the progress of hundreds of citizens. v With the increase in our depositors, though, there is no decrease in that personal touch we always maintain. Bank of Moro, Moro, Oregon. Theo.ßeletski, D.V.S. 4 r T h om as, V a n b r u n t, M o n ito r a n d - S u p e r io r Moro, Oregon ' of Banking ' - bk Wednesday evening the Fairview community club met and enjoyed a w ell rendered program goten up by John M. DeMoss, Dell Wright, and interstate Stocl inspector Malcolm Neal. After the program a Examiner of M allions for License O ff Again; On Again; Gone Again good lunch waa served and then Mrs. Edw Sagawa invited the crowd to her house to enjoy the rest of the evening W ASCO, p»,X "'m d, O R E G O N The electric lighting system the in dancing, which the young people Telephone M ain 502 last several weeks in Moro has been very much enjoyed. The next club so consistently and regularly irregular meeting w ill be January 23d, 1920. that it is hard for any one depending upon it for either light or power to calculate with any certainty whether Mr. and Mrs. Hog came into town it w ill or w ill not be at their com early Wednesday in the G. A. Meloy mand. Last summer we paid $1.50 auto, George jr. acting as chauffer. per month for 30 cents worth of juice They were all dressed ready for the and now we can’t get either amount block, but even theycold weather did in satisfactory installments. We not permit them to deviate from their have been told, by city officials, that uprightness as the car came to a stop the cost in wages in running the plant on First street. exceeds $200 per month, more than any other time in the history of the We do not want foreign malcontents city. Yet, lights in the mornings to dictate to us whether our Important are out of the running. This shortens Industries shall be permitted to go on* one’s business day more than it seems or close. The war should have taught to those who stay abed these winter us enough of the danger of alien mis mornings and is one very potent fac chiefmaking In our affairs. tor in the Observer being late to its patrons. We had hoped to not be A number of Americans are becom forced to refer to this, but necessity ing so excited over matters national compels our stating the fact. and International that they are almost Indifferent to the fact that forecasting There are risks in all lines of busi for the 1920 baseball pennant Is now ness, even horse buying. H. B. Bel In order. shee found this rule to apply to him • this week shortly after he had paid It Is, getting mighty hard for a rich $175 to W. J. Martin for a line, large active horse. H alf an hour after he man to have a son who does not grow had received the horse the animal was up to regard work as beneath him— sick and when nothing could be done and that Is equivalent to saying that Is hard for a rich man to have a for him was killed to relieve him from further suffering. Howard says son who Isn't a lunkhead. the horse was in good condition when Another statesman proposes to re sold, but turning him out to run with other horses warmed him up too much duce the H. C. L. by making "porpoise for the good feed he had had all fall leather shoes.” This massive mind Is not at all bothered by the trifling fact with little work to pay for it. that the porpoise has no hide. VETERINARIAN [IEHT-POIHT CUTOUT DOUBLE ICTIHG DISCS * « Also we carry a complete line of Furniture, Ranges and Heaters, and remember the Famous Z Line of Engines and Fairaday Washing Machines. . .. / Moro Hardware & Implement Co. MORO, OREGON JOB PRINTING Wv. C o r d ia lly M »ll«-li V otar P a lr e a a m « . B u ild e r s T o Select and Plan fo r C o n s tru c tio n W o rk E a rly N e x t S p rin g z * OUR FREE PLAN BOOK CAN BE HAD ANY TIME “ I ’ll T ell the W o rld ” (it Be ready with your answers when the census man calls at your house. « P r o s p e c tiv e K ris K ringle Gifts ComOriny ,'T1Q7 Gilliam sod Wheeler Counties The fourteenth decennial census of the United States is on. Under the immediate direction 6f Wm. A. Ter rait, supervisor of the second census district of Oregon, census enumerators w ill call at every dwelling house in Shrman county t» secure the informa tion necessary to fill out the questions contained on the printed census sched u le s.’ Questions covering the follow ing points w ill be asked of every person in the United Statei: Sex; color or race; age at last birthday; whether single, married, widowed or divorced ; birthplace of person enumerated and birthplaces of father and mother, g iv ing names of both country and prov ince if foreign bom ; occupation, spec ifying trade or profession, also indus try in which employed; whether at tending school; whether able to read; whether able to write; whether able to speak English; whether home is owned or rented, and if owned whether home is free of encumbrance or is mortgaged. Persona of foreign birth w ill be asked questions concerning these ad ditional points: Year of immigration to theTJnited Sfetea; whether natural ized, and if so the year of naturalisa tion; mother tongue or native lan guage. Census enumerators also w ill call at every farm in this county to secure the information necessary to fill out the questions contained on the agricul ture schedule. Each farmer w ill he asked questions concerning the acreage and value of his farm; whether he owns, rents or partly owns and partly rents the land he farms; the value of the buildings, machinery and implements belonging to his farm; the quantity of all crops raised on his farm during the year 1919; and many ocher questions which cover all possible farm operation. An absolutely accurate census vitally concerns the welfare of this county and of every person living in iL The official population for the next ten years w ill be determined by the e e n su /J f 1900. O F T H E Y E A R FO R A com plete assortm ent of R hone Aahog T h i s is T h e T i m e X - M H S G IF T S Now on display. C obmu Qoeationa The Dalles Chronicle of the 90th says : E. M. Badger, an employe of the local telephone company, suffered minor injuries to his arm and spine when he slipped this morning on the ice-covered Hotel Dalles steps. Bad ger arose after his fall but fell again in a half-faint near the postoffice. Numerous other falls of more or less seriousness occurred all along the s il ver-coated streets today. Dressmakers say that skirts are to be of modest length. Tills will occa sion great dissatisfaction among those who believe such a length to be un necessarily long. No. 4. 1100 acres near Maupin. Ditch water right paid on 60 acres. 225 acres in fall wheat. All stock, including 27 head of cattle, 16 head of colts and horses, and 25 head of hogs, and the machinery can go with place. Plenty of water, fair buildings. A mighty fine bunch of all year pasture goes with this place. Easy terms. For terms and prices write to W. C. Hanna; Dufur, Oregon. A movement has been started to ‘popularisé the two-dollar bill.” We know an excellent way—offer ’em to theqpubllc at $1.96 apiece. C Always read the Observer. r * N e a rly e ve ry one m akes som e ch a nge in th e plan selected and by u s in g o u r se r vice now you can ta k e m o re tim e to th o ro u g h ly discuss th e plans w ith all in te re ste d , help us to ge t special m a te ria l in season, and yo u secure w o rk m e n e a rly Occasionally a man threatening to strike seems to.give very little reason for such action beyond the fact that haa become sufficiently prosperous w> afford It. ALL THIS MEANS A SAVING TO YOU TU M -A -LU M LUMBER CO. __ Mosey Is worth mnch or little In the measure that there Is solid, earnest, useful toll behind It. Withdraw that and It la worthless. 1 Nothing left but 4 trans-Padflc non stop flight, now, unless somebody wants attempt to circumnavigate tbt rlotx O. C. PIERCE, Manager MORO, OREGON Hff i * X I - ./
