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About Sherman County observer. (Moro, Sherman County, Or.) 1897-1931 | View Entire Issue (April 30, 1920)
I èSÂBSS=ÉsiMB“*aasôi O b s e rv e r. Control of Yellow tUrry b Wloal Serei Quarter Section Farm Sherman county wheat and stock A condition exists in Sherman county thpt is causing the appearance ranch of 1040 acres; 750 seres tillable; of yellow spots in the kernel of hard balance mighty good pasture land Entered as eccond claw matter at the winter wheat. The cause is thought With plenty of water; 320 acres in poet office at Moro, Oregon, July 25, 1891. to be lack of available nitrogen in the wheat, goes with the place. Thia soil during the growing season and farm is in good state of cultivation F R I D A Y ..................A p r il 30. 1920 Prof. J. S. Jones, experiment station and in excellent neighborhood. For chemist has begun research work to particulars apply to Sherman County C . L . I reland ...............M anager. determine the cause and prevention of Abstract Co., Moro, Oregon. GEO. B. BOURHILL, this trouble, which is known as yel Manager Realty Dept. low berry and detracts from the mar ket value of the grain. David E. Stevens, superintendent Candidate for Sheriff of the Sherman county dry-farm ex periment station has worked out the In voting for J. M. Yocom for the best methods of summer fallow for republican nomination for sheriff all their conditiohs. The soils depart •M y Country *Tis of Thao, voters can be fully assured that if I ment and the department of agricul of L iberty.” tural chemistry are working io con am nominated snd elected they, w ill junction with Superintendent Stevens have a competent and efficient officer to determine the amount of moisture and one that at all times w ill give P aper for S b e ra a n h t y . retained by the different systems of the duties of his office close and effi summer fallow . Marcos Aliconte cient supervision and persqnally at who finished hie work at O. A. C. tend to proper and strict law enforce Building Roads From Waste last term in doing the analytical ment, Thia is .not merely a state The proposed constitutional amend work. ment of facta, but a pledge as w ell. J. M. YOCOM. ment raising the state bonding lim it Professor Jones reports the wheat from two to four pier cent., to be vot crop around Wasco and Moro to be ed on Friday, May 21, w ill make looking excellent. The farmers are Remember Mullikin, the harness availably? $20 000,000 to use in con following the recommendation made struct iing roads throughout Oregon. by Superintendent Stevens and begin man, is now at Wasco. Call and aee him. That money w ill be saved and the ning their summer fallow early. roads built from waste is the start A Detracts promptly made by the ling statement of R. A. Booth, of Sherman County Abstract Co., Moro, Eugene, member of the State High Announcement Oregon. way Commission. “ The funds obtained from license Ford touring car, 5-passenger, for Dr. James W ilkie of Portland is fees and gasoline tax are sufficient to now associated with me in my dental sale by Benson Garage, phone 193, pay interest and retire all bonds is practise under the firm name of Morgan Moro, Oregon. sued under the proposed plan,” said & W ilkie. We have a limited supply oj white Mr. Booth. “ The average cost of He conies to make his home in Moro laundry soup, 5c per bar while it gasoline is 25cents a gallon and the and w ill be a good, substantial citizen tax is one cent a gallon. Therefore and tax-payer. ' I am not leaving lasts. ' Moro Trading Co. when I travel 104 miles on improved Moro and have not quit 4Pnt’8try* If Some real good buys in real es roads and use the same amount of gas you wish me todo your work personal tate in Washington, Gilliam , Wasco, oline as previously was required for ly I shall be glad to do it, but I w ill and Crook counties. Also at Golden- 100| miles, 1 have saved the tax, and stand back of all Dr. W ilkie’s work dale, Wash. See me upstairs, Bank all additional mileage is gain. the same as my own. He w ill have of Moro building, Alex Hunter. “ Tire casings average $40 each And the advantage of my twelve years ex Moro, Oregon. licenses cost about $20 each. When perience and I w ill have the advantage Here is a good country home prop one casing is saved in a year twice of his latest methods. erty close to one of the best school the cost of the license is saved and a Dr. W ilkie comes to Sherman Bet saves, therefore, eight times thd county recommended as a careful, towns in the state, for sale reasonble: cost of the, license. 1 have saved a competent and conscientious man. He J64 acres three miles from Dufur; set and not cut down mileage during is registered in both Oregon and nice home and good improvements; the past year. Add to this decreased Washington and has had extensive good fam ily orchard;*fall grain; creek wear and. tear on engine and the rest experience in both states. He has the bottom land; 100 acres in cultivation. Write W. C. Hanna, Dufur, Oregon. of the car that is prevented by good latest methods in conductive anes roads, elim inating much expensive thesia and nerve blocking and w ill repairing, and it appears that the use these in cases where the condi Notice of Sale of Real Estate roads are actually built from w aste.” tions w ill permit of it for the preven tion of pain in his work. In the county court of the state of I wish to thank the nine-tenths of • Congressional Candidate Visits Moro you who have stood so loyally by me, Oregon for Sherman county. In the matter of the estate of Elsewhere in this issue appears the and we w ill continue to hold the high Archie McDermid, deceased. anouncement of Owen F. Jones of ideals which I have tried to live up Notice is hereby given that the un Baker, Oregon, who is candidate for to in jny dental practise. dersigned under and by virtue of the Sincerely yours, Representative in Congress from this last w ill and testament of Archie Mc Dr. J. R. Morgan. district, opposing N. J. Sintiot of The Dermid, deceased, w ill on and after Dalles. Saturday, the 22d day of May, 1920, Mr. Jones bases his claim for the at 10:00 o ’clock A. M., of said day at New Levy Doubles State Taxes Republican votes on the fact that he the law office of Bright & Bryant in has been over the Eastern Oregon 'fOro, Oregon, proceed to sell at pri The regular state tax levy made by vate sale for part cash and the bal territory frequently for many years past; he owns and operates an alfalfa the state tax commission in December ance on time, subject to the confirma ranch near Baker, where the necessity requires 3.23 m ills for all appiopria- tion of the court, the following de and importance of irrigation is con tions and mi liege authorized by law scribed real estate situated within the stantly demonstrated to him, and he is and is within the six per cent lim ita aaid county and state, to-w it: also the owner of a large stock ranch tion enacted by the people. Within The southwest quarter of section the six per cent annual increase fixed 27, southeast quarter of section 28, which he is operating. In his campaign he promises to by constitution our state tax levies and the northwest quarter of section make a fight for Oregon's share of have averaged a little over three 33, all in township one north, range Federal funds in the treasury of the m ills for the past ten years. To meet seventeen east of the W illamette me nation, which up to this time have extraozdinary war expenditures snd ridian, together with the tenements, never been justly apportioned. He deficits the legislature authorized a hereditaments, and appurtenances promises equal rights to the public, special levy of one and two-tenths thereunto belonging and appertaining. labor and capital, and the develop m ills which was voted last year The terms of the sale are Fifteen ment of irrigation, mine and timber The special session submitted to the Thousand Dollars cash in hand at people four new m illage taxes that time of sale and the balance to be interests. He is a man of middle age, very aggregate three and fifty-seven hun paid on or before the 15th day of Oc aggressive and able,, and had a son in dredths m ills. If all the proposed tober, 1920, yvith interest at the rate the recent difficulty in Europe. He and already authorized m ila g e taxes of six per cent per annum with a first is creating a favorable impression are ordered by the people on May 21st mortgage back upon the premises to wherever he goes, and we predict the six per cent limitation w ill be so secure the payment of the balance of that he w ill be among those present far overridden that in future it w ill the purchase price. be a dead letter. when the votes are counted. Dated this at Moro, Orcgont this The increase in the state levy from 23rd day of April, 1920. 3.23 m ills to 8.00 m ills means an in Geo. B. Bourhill, Grain and stock farm of 2160 acres; crease in the amount of taxes collected' Executor of the Estate of Archie 640 acres wheat land; 260 acres in this year of one hundred snd forty McDermid, deceased. * fall grain; 20 head work horses, har eight per cent. The levy of 3.23 on Bright & Bryant, Attorneys for ness and equipment; 260 head of well an assessed valuation of $900,000,000 estate. a23m21 bred cattle; close to reserve, head in round numbers raises about three quarters within one mile of Dufur million dollars for state revenues. high school; carload of steers will be The eight mill levy w ill raise about ready for June market shipment. seven and a quarter m illion dollars Price reasonable with easy terms. Write W. C. Hanna, Dufur, Oregon. state revenue. MORO, OREGON. FEDERAL RESERVE OWING the seed is only one step in the production of a crop. If the harvest is to be abundant, favorable conditions must be main tained. T o the business man, this means favorable credit conditions. The Federal Reserve System is the great stabilizer of commercial credit conditions to» > day. It insures an ample *ipply of such credit at all times. farmers ’ state bank : - - - - O regon The Most Popular Machine in the 1920 ■ Sherman County Harvest Fields will be the \ * Holt High Deck Combined Harvester come in and let me tell you why I THURSDAY MAY 6th LILLIAN GISH in t h e u a S M oro WIORO THEATER Official 'Sowing” Dollars _ for a T h rift Crop " Geo. N . Crosfield, Wasco, Ore. -r “It W ill S u rp rise ï O ? V ii says the Good Judge When you learn how ion ’ a little of the Real Tobacco Chewlasts. How long it holds its ric- tobacco taste. The real satisfaction. The money saved. A ny man w ho uses tl. Real Tobacco Chew wi tell you that. P u t Up L i T w o S tyles RIGHT CUT is a short-cut tobacco W-B CUT is a long fine-cut tobr.ec' P. . W ê y rrl 3 n - (3 r nt O 4 2 7 BIG SHOWS Greatest Question >9 Presents the Biggest P ro b le m o f L ife M a s te rfu lly „ Set in a D ram a o f the- H opes, G rie fs and Joys o f P lain E v e ry D j y F o lk s - AT PORTLAND LIBERTY THEATER TWB WEEKS 3oc and 35c Admission * Tied to h o r s e s a t night to prevent e sca p e S c e n e P ro m A u c t i o n O r S o u I ORD THEATER SATURDAY MAY 8 th . AURORA MARDIG AN IAN HERSELF in t h e U Auction of Souls 91 T h e A m a z in g S tory o f the L o n e 20-year o ld Sur v iv o r o f 5f)0.000 Y o u n g A rm e n ia n G ’ rls Baaed on Facts M o re A s tonishing than the Greatest C rea tions of F ic tio n . N o O th e r H u m a n Being A liv e today can claim a quarter o f the experiences this g irl survived w ith a m in d capable o f recounting. Admission 20c and 35c SMI F o s s & co.; in c . M O R O , OREGON! M. Hall-Lewis & Co. The Dalles, Oregon Family Celebrates Birthday « » Registered A. L. Barzee and w ife made use of Civil and Architectural Engineers their auto over the Columbia highway on the 18th for the purpose of v isit and Surveyors ing the old folks at their home at Beaverton, returning on the 21st. Several other members of the fam ily, M aps, Plats, Estimates. Reports on all kinds of-S urveys in all 29 relatives, decided to do the same on that date, the occasion being Plans, Specifications, Supervision the 65th birthday of Mrs. W. S. on all Classes of B uildings. Barzee. The affair was timed so nicely that all naet at Beaverton and from there proceeded to the Barzee home, surprif- Gilliam and Wheeler Counties ing the old folks most effectively. A.L. and wife made use of the new road around the bluffs between Mosier and Hood River and report the scenic wonders of that part of the new high FOR SALE way as just about beyond description. They are the first from Sherman coun ty to use the new route. STOCK and WHEAT HiHCHTS F. T. Hurlbprt HARROW AND WEEDER DEM O NSTRATIO N Plowing season is well under way—some Fordson Tractors in •this section have plowed nearly 400 acres each since March 1st and are running as nicely as the day they started. Now, let us Show you what the Fordson Tractor will do with a harrower or weeder. Amateur Burglirs Visit Rufus U p p e r M a in Street, o pp. Garage CONDON, ORE. F. L. Hulery, up from Rufus Wednesday afternoon, stales that amateur burglars roke into his store in that town late Sunday evening In an attempt to steal $60 that waa on a punch board in hia store,. A large crowd was at Rufus Sunday and e v i dently one of the number who had no AUTO TRUCK Juck in winning the $60 pried e ll the putty off thelarge window aeah in an DRAY effort to effect a noiseless entry to the store, but when lifting the glass P hone M a in 314 M o ro , O regon broke one corner. The board was F reight and Express - hidden in a secure place. F. L. »ays that he ia going to hang the window H a n d le d P ro m p tly . M o v in g with hinges from now on so that oth ers attainting the same atunt w ill not E ffic ie n tly A ttende d T o . W - N. JO N E S break the glees. W H E N YOU T R A V E L BY AUTO ANO VISIT THE DALLES ‘ STO RE YOUR CAR in______:----------------------------------------------------1— n r In the concrete, fu lly equipped, ro o m y garage o f W a l th e r-W illia m s C o m p a n y . C o m p e te n t w o rk m a n always ready to he lp you in any way they can at leaat expense to yo u . F o r any service rendered the charge w ill always be reasonable. WALTHER-WILLIAMS GARAGE THE DALLES, READ THE OBSERVER - OREOON/ ALL th e tim e. For County new !
