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About Sherman County observer. (Moro, Sherman County, Or.) 1897-1931 | View Entire Issue (March 12, 1920)
Fbe O b s e rv e r. MORO. OREGON. Entered ae aecond class matter at the poet office at M o ro , O reg on , July 2 5 , 1891. T he M ost Popular Machine FRIDAY.............March 12, 1920 in the 1920 .1 . * , ‘ Sherman County H arvest Fields G. L. I reland ............. Manager. will be the Holt High Deck Combined Harvester come in and let me tell you why •M y C o u n try 'T ie o f T hee, g w e e t ’ of L ib e rty .* Baal Papsr for t a Wy. Sherman Electric Company Organises Geo. N. Crosfield, Wasco, Ore. S Z? 3 T h OMAS.MEIGHAN and BETTY COMPSON /zv GwoeloaneTucker's'The Miracle Man’ ' 9 >j4Qparximoun^&r1craftQ>icluri IMWO THEATER S P E C IA L Saturday March 2 7 th “The Miracle Man” A d m is s io n After several weeks of promotion effort on the part of Noel. B Martin of Wasco the...matter of financing a corporation to furnish a 24-hour elec* trie light and power system for Sher man county passed into substantial concrete form Monday afternoon when 728 shares of the total of 1020 sub scribed met at the county court house, ratified and approved measures taken previously, adopted a constitu tion and bye laws and elected a board of five directors to supervise and d i rect the completion of the project. A rticles had, previous to the m eet ing, been filed w ith the corporation commissioner for the state of Oregon and with the Si erman county clerk, ib is with the adoption of constitution Hntl bye law s, completed the legal sets necessary and from th at date the Sherman E lectric Company is a recog nized factor in the affairs of the state. Directors elected were: C. Buckley, Grass Valley, three year term; C. H. Howell, Wasco, N. W. Thompson, Moro, two year term; R H.- McKean, Wasco, and A. M. Wright, Moro, one year term. Later the hoard met, organized and elected C. A. Buckley, president; N. W. Thompsoif, vice president; A. M. Wright, secretary and treasurer. The annual meeting is set by the bye laws fot the first Monday in March of each- year at the county court house in Moro.’ Moro was selected as the principal office of the company. Spe cial stock holders meetings may be held at any time upon call of the president, vice president, or three directors. , A majority of the stock must be represented at all such meetings, a two-thirds vote of those present being sufficient to amend the bye laws at any meeting. With the construction of the trans mission lines to the towns of the “county and the use by them of a 24- hour light and power electric service development of Sherman county w ill be immensely advanced. The. building of the railroad through this county to Shaniko has in the past been the one big factor for the settlement and growth of this county, but electric power and light service w ill do as much or more for the county as a whole than did the building of the Columbia Southern Railway in 1898 to Wasco, in 1899 to Moro, and in 1900 to Shaniko. It was intended that Kent be in cluded in the towns to be supplied by the new company, but the quota as signed to that section was not fully taken up. Nevertheless it was the wish of the meeting last Monday that the directors extend the service to that section if it could be satisfactor ily arrangdti. For bargains in used tires ar.d re paired casings, in most all the sizes, see the Wasco Vulcanizing Co., Guj Chamnesa, proprietor. 2 8 c a n d SO c Wait for Dr. Freeze, if you need eye service Trips‘.each month to Moro and other towns. READ THE OBSERVER *' New Water System for Mere > At the mooting of the city coUhcil Monday evening it was definitely de cided that the new city reservoir would be built in the north end of Mowry street, facing the acreage property recently bought by T. W. A lley from R. T. Morgan. Thia loca tion w ill aupply alt the corporate lim its of Moro with water at any storage depth maintained in the res ervoir and give a good pressure on fire hose in case of fire. The reservoir contemplated w ill be 50 feet wide by 90 feet long, with a dividing wall lengthwise through the center. Thia method of construction w ill furnish the city with twin reser voirs of total capacity of a little more than 200,000 gallons. When completed the reservoir will be higher than the weather vane on the racing barn at the county fair grounds, thus supplying the fair ground with ample water supply during fair week. It is also said to be thirty-three feet higher than the one now used by the city. A t this same council meeting com petitive bids were submitted by sales men of pipe from Portland with the result that a 6-inch steel lead jolrit caulked pipe was decided upon and ordered. Immediate delivery, price, and quality being deciding factors. The members of the council are planning to have this work completed by early summer. When ready for use the present reservoir w ill be abandoned, the pipe taken up and connection made through the alley in block 21 with the two large mains and the new main to be laid to the new reservoir site. B tfflar Foand Conntiaf the Money Wednesday evening when R. C- A t wood and W. A. May returned to the office of the McCoy-Atwood Co. store at Wasco, after the supper hour, they found the janitor of the Hotel Sher man in the office of the store counting over some 6200 left upon the desk du ring the absence of the men at sup per. Sheriff Chrisman was» notified and went to Wasco in company with Dep uty J. M. Eddy and brought the man to the county jail. It is said that he claims Wednesday night to be his 5th visit to the store in the last week, but that he had only taken a pair of shoes, two suits of underwear, a knife, and some tobacco. He further said that at one of his visits he found 61000 on the office desk and different sums at other times. Entrance and exit of the adventurous man was through a transom over a door on the second floor, easy to reach from the new Hotel Sherman annex. l . : .... * ..... . A tractor that has revolutionized farming. It has made power farm ing a reality on m ore-than 100,000 farms. An efficient motive power th at combines efficien cy with reliability at low first cost. There are only seven Fordsons in this car and orders for part of these are on file. We will be pleased to dem onstrate the .efficiency of the Fordson on your farm. « DesChutes Motor Company, Moro, Oregon R. S. Goff, Manager F o r d C a rs • F o r d s o n T r a c to r s . . rtA L > U . IN C . M ORO, O RE. GARAGE 9 ; Blacksmith and Machine Shop Firestone TIR E S Bnedyeer Gas, Oils, Grease, and Accessories Auto Repairing and Storage Iron, Steel an i Cirriae and Waon .Material. Call to Organize Moro Band . By special request we are announc ing that a meeting w ill be held at Moro opera house Sunday ^afternoon, March 14, at 3 p. m. for the purpose of perfecting the organization o f a local band. The committee want BY AUTO • both old players in bands and also AND VISIT THE DALLES , new beginners. All interested are invited to attend and to come prepared to join in the discussion and submit ideas. It is thought a competent leader can be secured who w ill be able to teach both reed and brass in In the concrete, tully equipped, roomy garage of W al struments. Special prices have been ther-W illiams Company. Competent workman always ready secured on both new and used instru to help you in any way they can at least expense to you. ments. A good band, properly con For any service rendered the charge will always be reasonable. * Best Qualified For the Position ducted, livens up a town verv consid erably. Moro needs such an organi The state wide political pot is be zation. Let everybody attend who ginning to boil, particularly for the can help the project along. office of secretary of State. For this office at the present time there are THE DALLES. - - ’ OREGON. Always read the Observer. six announced candidates. Among this number we notice the name of Dr. W. D. Wood of Hillsboro, for r the last 18 years state senator from Washington county. The editor of the Observer has a personal acquaint ance with Dr. Wood as well as with nearly all the other gentlemen whose names have been mentioned. We are of the opinion that Dr. Wood is the best qualified for the position, not IN T H R E E M O D E L S overlooking the fact that one of the candidates has been in the tffice of the secretary of state for a number of years. We base our opinion upon the. record made by Dr. Wood in the state senate, when* not considering office, but the good of the state. He has a l ways served upon the ways and means We are able to make im m ediate delivery on th e oversize 20-35 from committee and irom his experience there has come the formation of the our warehouse any time. O ther sizes can be delivered from factory emergency board, the safety valve regulator holding public officials with branch on 10 day notice. in their appropriations. Dr. Wood was responsible for the emergency board as it functions today and also We will have a big working supply of extra pa^ts* in stock next for the abolishing of special commit tees appointed by each legislature to m onth. Before this cornea in, any order fo r’ parts received at our investigate and expert books and offices of public officials and institu Wasco office before 4 p.m. can be shipped from factory branch at tions, when all concerned knew that no investigation would be made, it Spokane next day. being merely a means to supply spend ing money to parties who would never earn it. ) W H E N YOU T R A V E L STO RE YOUR CAR W A LTH E R -W ILLIA M S GARAGE Yuba Ball Tread Tractors 12-20 regular Rev. E. E. McVicker returned Sat urday from Portland where he partic ipated in the first state convention of churches of all denominations held in Oregon with the view of furthering a better understanding of what the in terchurch movement stands for. To properly place this matter be fore our local people Mr. McVicker has decided to use the morning ser mon hour of each Sunday during March to present different phases of the work.. The first of the series w ill be next Sunday morning, more details appearing in the regular church an nouncement. In speaking about the interchurch movement Mr. McVicker said: "The interchurch movement is one involving the church constituency of all denom inations. It is a movement which challenges every man and woman who stands for the uplift of the human race. We have been sending our millions of dollars to the various countries to maintain life —life which has been ravaged by barbarianism, scourge and famine—which ‘Christian ity is remov’ng wherever it is intro duced. Why not Christianize the world whereby these evils may be re moved and means- introduced^ to pro vide self preservation? Talents and my^ns' provided now to accomplish this end is only loaned resources. Let us study this greatest ^movement as it w ill be presented at the • morn ing services each Sunday in March at the Presbyterian church." Department of the interior, U. S. land office at The Dalles, Oregon, March 2, 1920. Notice >■ hereby given that Dell H. Wright, of Klondike, Oregon, who, on June 7, 1915, made homestead entry. No. 015063, for eftsel, sw jsel, Section 28, township 1-north, range .18 east, Willamette Meridian, has filed notice of intention to make final three year proof, to establish claim to the land above dedbribed, before Mary L. Hoekineon, elerk of the cir cuit court, at Moro, Oregon, on the 16th day of April, 1900. Claimant names aa witnesses: Albert S. Porter, of Wasco, Ore gon; Vern Coe and A. S. Noyes, of Moro, Oregon, and Grant Morgan, of The Dalles, Oregon. 20-35 oversize <0-70 oversize O’Meara Supply and Implement Company Wasco, Oregon Sermon Series on Interckarck Work HOMES Give Your Family a Home of Your Own • Material and labor available now for spring building — start now — and /avoid , delays coming later sure on account of great volume of building. 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