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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
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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 :
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The Most Popular Machine
in the 1920 ■
Sherman County Harvest Fields
will be the \
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Holt High Deck Combined Harvester
come in and let me tell you why
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'Sowing” Dollars
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Geo. N . Crosfield, Wasco, Ore.
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“It W ill S u rp rise
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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'
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Greatest Question
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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
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AT PORTLAND LIBERTY THEATER TWB WEEKS
3oc and 35c
Admission
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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
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SATURDAY MAY 8 th .
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Auction of Souls
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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
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M O R O , OREGON!
M. Hall-Lewis & Co.
The Dalles, Oregon
Family Celebrates Birthday
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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
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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,
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For County new
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