Sherman County observer., March 19, 1920, Image 2

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M w ell as having surplus
power for other purpose». Mie. 0 .
Johneou, living near Moro, and A. B.
Potter and George Friedley, both liv ­
MORO. OREGON.
ing near Klondike, do the same.
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Another Delco plant doing many
post o & c c at M o ro . O re fo a . July 25. IS
things besides the supply of lights is
that of F . U Hulery at Rufus. This
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plant to a No. 216 Del«»
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light for a residence, store, etc ., and
C. L. I reland ............. Manager pumps water from a 65 foot deep well
and stores It under a fifty pound
pressure. that to equal to a 100 fo o t
gravity water supply system.
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T h e M ost Popular Machine
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Sherman County H arvest Fields
O b s e rv e r.
will be the
Holt H igh Deck Combined Harvester
come in and let me tell you why
C a l la Organize More Baa4 1
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Electrical Sarvey» Beiag Made
Geo. N. Crosfield, Wasco, Ore.
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Friday evening March 13th, the
board of director» of Sherman Elec­
tric Co. met with members of the en
gineering firm of N ew ell, Goaaett A
Walsh and closed a contract for the
work of investigation, surveys, design
and general supervision of the con­
struction of the proposed transmission
line of the company. A member of
the above firm began work in Wasco
the next morning to determine the
amount of current which w ill be
necessary to take care of the present
demands and future expansion. As
soon as the work is completed in
Wasco it w ill be taken up in Moro
a d Grass Valley.
The first thing to determine is th
amount of energy needed
When thi
¡is determined a contract w ill b eer
tered into with the Pacific Light ¿
Power Co. relative to the purchase cf
power.
Surveys w ill follow and th e loca
tion of the tra rsfo rm e rs and ro u te of
] The date on the following an-
noufleement was printed wrong last
Week and therefore the notice appears
again this week with day and hour
correct:
By special request we are announc­
ing that a meeting w ill be held at
Moro opera house Sunday afternoon,
March 21, at 8 p.. m. for the purpose
of perfecting the organisation of a
local band.
The committee want
both old players in band» and also
new beginners. All interested are
invited to attend and to come prepared
to join in the discussion and submit
ideas. It to thought a competent
leader can be secured who w ill be
able to teach both reed and brass in­
struments. Special prices have been
secured on both new and uaed instru­
ments. A good band, properly con­
ducted, liven» up a town verv consid­
erably. Moro needs such an organi­
zation. Let ever} body attend who
can help the project along.
Cooperative Wheat Marketing
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The wheat growers’ association» of
the northwest through A. A. EL
more have issued an open challenge
to Profeasor G. R. Hyslop of the Ore- •
gon Agricultural college to debate [
! the lin e determ in ed .
F o llo w in g th is publicly on the merits of Hyalop’a
¡tech n ical en g in eerin g problem s w ill I statements which are disparaging to
be worked out apd th e v o ltag es of t h e ' the wheat growers’ association. The
accuracy of Hyalop’s statements were
d iffe re n t lines decided upon.
Some dela> is apprehended becaus. attacked and challenge made to a
of the fact that the transformers w ill public debate at either Portland or
have to be specially constructed, arm Corvallis.
this will take time, probably from . Joseph Paasonneau, director of the
four to six months. — But the work state office of farm markets of the
Washington state college, Pullman,
w ill be crowded with all speed and it
is now planned to have the line con­ speaking of the contract farmers are
structed by the time the transformers asked to sign, says, “ Like most of
the contracts being used by successful
arrive.
For the next eight weeks or so cooperative aocieties, it is binding
there w ill he little material evidence upon the grower^ over a considerable
of the work that is being done, for number of year». This is considered
I the designing ard engineering work by most authorities on cooperation to
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to determine the proper solution cf be necessary to insure success
the problems peculiar to the project, Denmark, the country which leads
w ill be-in process of solution. But the world in auccessful cooperation
the board of directors has lost no among farmer»’ association, contracts
time in getting into action and w ill generally cover a period of about
do everything in their power to hasten fourteen year».’’
The promoters of the wheat growers
the arrival of power.
associations’ claim V> have three and
a quarter m illion bushels of wheat
Economical Farm Utility Appliance signed for a six year pool and that
more are signing. Several in Sher­
The Delco farm lighting electric man county are interested in the ven­
system sold by Hulery Bros, of this ture, but we do ' not know of any
city is one of the most practical and farmer signing into the pool.
T homas jMEiGHANond betty compson ¿ v
economical appliances that can be in­
stalled on a farm anywhere. Since
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Casting Bread Upon tke Waters
thia firm has taken over the agency of
the Delco lighting system for this
Besides hanging up records as fight­
territory they have installed 162
Sam’s
Expeditionary
plants, all in Sherman county except ers, Uncle
Forces in Europe aet another mark
30 Installed in Gilliam county.
The best recommendation of their they may well be proud of, according
value is in fact that all are working to Albert G. Bagley, director of west­
and giving satisfaction to their own­ ern department war activities, K.
of C.
ers.
During the oversea» service of the
Hulery Bros, have finished install­
ing two Delco plants near Rufus, one Knights of Columbus, secretaries of
each at the J. S. Fowler farm and the organization loaned to the fight­
one at the G. E. Wilkerson farm, and ing men upwards of $300,000, accord­
are now installing one at the Howard ing to figures announced recently by
Lawrence O. Muiray, overseas com­
Spencer farm near Miller station.*
Delco plants, besides furnishing a missioner of the Knights.
And of that huge amount, made
24-hour electric light system to their
owners, will supply power for a num­ largely in small loans, all but $600
ber of corelated appliances that go was repaid. Murray ia confident that
the loss of even thia small amount
far to modernize a farm home.
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Roy Rowell, near Moro, haa a Delco was due to the borrowers being killed
system in operation that, aside from in action before they could repay
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furnishing all light needed, pumps the their loans.
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water, runs the washing machine,
For County news heats the iron on the day after the
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A tractor tliat has revolutionized farm ing, ft has made power farm ing a reality
on more than
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and orders for part of ihese are on file. We will be pleased to dem onstrate the
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It .-is worthy of note- that 90 per cent of all pur­
chases of lumber ; from, mail order, or so called,,
ready cut “himmfer and common sense,” houses ,
do not care to repeat the experiment. Compare .
these prices listed below:
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Same House samé plan Tum-A-Lum Price
TUM-A-LUM SAVING
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$315
Ready Cut House, Job No. 1, Price
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Aladdin House Job No. 2, Price
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Same House same plan, Turn a Lum Price -
TUM-A-LUM SAVING $270
In Our Work in 60 Towns in Eastern Washing­
ton and Oregon, We have Gathered Proof of
This Fact: 1 hat
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Du Any Mail Order House Quotations, Our Price Will
Be From 10 To 15 Per Ceut Lower For
Same Material
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When planning any new building, “ Get Down to Business and Brass Tacks.”
Ask to be aerved with
FREE COM PLETE PLANS
Bring us your rough plans frdm any plan book and we w ill prepare complete working plane with
instructions where every stick of material ia to be used—or we w ill be glad io loan you our plan book»
and by the way—ever notice the huse plans the the ordinary mail order house—who advertise house plana
to save money—notice the large size rooms, averaging (taking from a number of Northwest Mail Order
House Plan Books) : “ Bed rooms 9x10, bath rooms 6x6, kitchens 10x9, etc. Notice the fact that the
rear porch generally constitutes an uncovered platform with a few steps really a “ stoop” miscalled a
porch. Notice the lack of the modem conveniences in most of the designs—no kitchen cupboards abown
in plan, no medicine cabinet in bath room, no handy built in features, such as ironing boards, book
cases, linen olosets. or clothes closets. Or did you imagine the price quoted included the freight, and
were'afterwards surprised to learn you have to dig down in your pocket and punglf ujJ some more good
»heckles for Uncle Sam’s railroad; or have you thought that all the material neceaaary would be fur­
nished, and Itke nine out of ten, extra material amounting approximately $100.00 had to be purchased to
complete the job.
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Our Architectural Department, comprising a number of skilled architects, supply us with picture»
of houses and all farm buildings.
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Notice to Contractors
Notice is hereby given ~ that v . B.
Eakin, clerk of school district num­
bered 24 of Sherman county, Oregon,
has been authorized by the board of
directors thereof, to receive sealed
bids for the erection of,a new school
buNding in said school district
Rians and specifications may be seen
either at the Citizens Bank at Grass
Valley, Oregon, or at the Farmer»
State Bank at Moro, Oregon. Con­
tractors are requested to subipit bids
either with or without thé excavating
for the basement. A ll bids must be
accompanied with a certified check,
amounting to 6 per cent of the price
of the bids made. All bids w ill be
opened at the Rutledge school house
in School District 24 on Saturday,
March 27, 1920, at 2:30 P. M. The
school board reserves the right to re­
ject any and all bids. You may send
your bids to
V. B. Eakin, school clerk,
Grass Valley, Oregon.
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offer backed by TUM-A-LUM capital of
One Million Dollars
We quote you guaranteed ppce complete ALL lumber material necessary—no extra to pay for—
should there be a few small, items extra required to build the house according to plan, we furnish same
WITHOUT COST—When the job is completed haul back the material left over and receive CREDIT.
Ever hear of a similar offer made by a Mail Order House?
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on all buildings NOW. Lumber is lowest now it w ill be for
five years, and is already now advancing. Secretary of the
Navy, Daniels, says “ The man who says he w ill build a house as soon as wages goes down, ia inviting
a panic, disaster and calamity 1 For I tell you, and i t ’s the truest thing I conld say, that wages in the
United States are never going back to the old le v e l.” Prices w ill not drop. Don’t wait—ask us
about Partial Payments Plans — Ask to see our special pl»n books on homes, illuatrfctod w it» flre-
, bookcases, cupboards, medicine cabinets, ironing boards, and pedestal archee, linen cases, atair-
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way», breakfast room sets, etc.
Ask us we live ariti pay taxes here
For the present the state land
board has money to loan on first mort­
gages on lands based upon conserva­
tive valuations.
One person may
borrow as much as $6000, payable one
year after date, but ao long as the in­
terest is paid promptly It may run for
ten years. The interest is six per
cent. Service ia prompt, not any red
tape about it, only a few simple busi­
ness requirements. The state of Ore­
gon needs Ihterest for Its school fund
end has this money to loan w hile it
w Jest. If you need money, inves­
tigate end be convinced that it to the
beat place to borrow. W. 0 . Bryant,
attorney state land board fur Sher­
TUM-A-LUM LUMBER CO.
O. C. PIERCE, M an ager.
MORO
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