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T l* e O b s e r v e r .) c»-™«"»*1_<****• Two mules for sale, ft and 7 years old. Box 174 Shaniko, Ore. Dr. Wood o f Washington county Remember Mullikin, the harness has the wide knowledge, the practical is now at Waaco. Call and see ability, the keen judgment and un him. Entered »econd cine* æ,Ue! ' Lh.c wavering determination and desire for poet office at M oro, Oregon,July 25, JHM1. practical economy in state affairs, * Mrs, C. H. Sharon, of Saginaw, necessary to fit him for the perform Oregon, is visiting with her daughter FRIDAY................. May 14, 1920 ance of the duties of secretary of Mrs. A. H. Johns. R e p u b lic a n C a n d id a te state. Alwaya gentlemanly and cour -Sixty head of good Shropshire ewes Manager. teous, yet firm and courageous in his with lambs for sale. T. B. Search, IN CO NG RESS . C. L. I reland convictions he w ill bring to the d i s phone 23F32, Moro. charge of his duties, if elected, broad mindedness, clarity of vision, prac Dr. C. E. Gard w ill be absent from tical economy, and good judgment, to Moro the week of the 24th, attending gether with an accurate knowledge of to his practice in Antelope. state business and state needs. His Be sure and see the yaeuette at election to the office of secretary of state w ill guarantee an economical, Ginn, Coleman & Co. I t ’s a real "M y C o u n try 'T ie of Tho«. S'**«*' progressive and effective service in house cleaner without electricity. of L ib e rty .” , behalf of the aUW in the discharge of For bargains in used tires and re the duties of that office. paired casings, in most all the sizes, The duties of the secretary of state see the Wasco Vulcanizing Co., Guy Jon»» For Congr««« Club B»k«r Oregon Paid adv are executive as well as clerical. Chamness, proprietor. The secretary of state, in conjunction Fancy Btock dried prunes just in, with the governor and the slate treas Hhlp the Elementary Schools urer, constitute numerous boards in at 16 cents per pound. Buy your sup Miss Grace L. May, county school the state government, the principal ply early. Stocks are limited at this superintendent, states authoritatively one being* the Board of Control, in price. Moro Trading Co. that the tax measure for elementary which is vested the management, con Tickets for the Declamatory Con- OWING the seed ia only one step in the schools w ill increase school funds only duct and administration of all state [ test at Wasco Saturday, May 22d, for production of a crop. If the h a rv e s t ia to be A-he're needed. Also, that more than institutions, the appointment of exec the Moro section w ill be put on sale abundant, favorable conditions must be main- forty-two million dollars worth of utive heads thereof, and requiring the at the Rosa confectionery Saturday ' twined. T o the business man, this means property in Oregon escapes taxation expenditure of large sums of money morning May 17th. . favorable credit conditions. '; ; for elementary school purposes except annually. No one being able to fore ’ The Federal Reserve System ia the great cast the future, which will be affected Some real good buys in real es ing what it pays to make up the coun stabilizer of commercial credit conditions to» ty school fund. The county fund is more or less by the after-effects of ta te in Washington, G illiam , Wasco, day. It insures an ample *ipply of »uch credit only one fourth of the amount spent the great war, good judgment and and Crook counties. Also at Golden- at all times. for the public schools. Seventy per good business demands that the office dale, Wash. See me upstairs. Bank Hunter. cent of the public school funds is of secretary of state should be filled of Moro building, Alex F A R M E R S ’ STATE2BA NK • raised by special school district tax. and the duties thereof be discharged Moro, Oregon. This means that all of the property by a man not only of clerical ability M o ro . . . - O re g o n The Ladies Aid of the Christian not organized in special school dis but of good executive ability also. Church at Wasco w ill serve lunch in Republicans, I t Is U p to Us to Elect a Real Just such a man is Dr., and State tricts does practically nothing to sup -J port the public school. Further, that Senator. W. D. Wood of Washing- the basement of the church on Field President This Fall, Meet Day. Prices reasonable. Those all of the property included in school ton county. Dr. W. D. Wood was born in (having, basket lunches may also use districts which do not levy special 9 school taxes are doing practically Washington county in 1863, and has the basement. resident of the county ever H e M u tt Be the Biggett and the Soandett and been a nothing for the elementary schools. Probably the highest price for The total valuation of these classes of since. He was raised on a farm and wheat ever paid in Sherman county the M o tt Etteclive American We Can F ind! property amounts in Oregon to more attended public school at Hillsboro, was this week when G. B. Bourhill than forty-two m illion of dollars. graduated from Pacific »University, bought 26,000 bushel of turkey red The two m ill tax ¡4 to be levied upon Forest Grove, Oregon, with A. B. from E. E. Kaseberg at a price of all of the property of the state. degree, and from Ann Arbor, Mich $2.81 per bushel f.o.b. Miller. When this is distributed on the pro igan, with M. D. degree in 1890, and Vote 302 Yes and thereby ifld your posed plan it should enable all dis has been a successful medical practi tricts to carry on their school with tioner in Washington county ever senator and representatives to obtain federal and state money to work out less of a burden to the weaker dis since. Dr. W. D. Wood has always been the proposed State Road Program of tricts. The district which does not Out of thirteen states, where the contest was need additional funds w ill simply public spir ted and a keen observer of the 28th Representative District. business affairs, both individual and fcstwec-i Wood and Johnson for the instnic- Sincerely yours, A. M. Wright. lower their special school levies. governmental; a lifelong republican, txon of delegates to the Republican N a tio n a l M. FitzMaurice and wife have been and haa always advocated a construc visitors in Sherman county this week Convention, the elections have been decided Increasing the State Tax tive policy of state development and from Condon. Mrs. FitzMaurice has national political achievement. for Wood in nine. Dr. W. D. Wood was three times been visiting with her sister, Mrs. Some of the numerous new stab Hickson, while “ F itz” has been cast tax and m illage measures w ill bt elected state senator from Washing ing for the finny denizens of th e Des- dropped by the wayside ny the voten ton county, which demonstrates the Total Number of Delegates Pledged to Vote for at the primary election next Friday esteem in which he is held by the Chutes river. The new taxation measures cause a people of his county and the confi Wood at Republican National Convention, 321 J. F. Kertchem, representing the During his insurance companies having policies jump from the regular state tax levy dence reposed in him of 3 23 m ills for all state expense!- service in six regular and two special on the Todd farm hour>e occupied by within the 6 per cent annual ' increase sessions of the legislative assembly Verne Coe, was a visitor in Moro this Since the narrowing down of the field, the situa to 9.316. If the m illage tax measurefc he has devoted his untiring efforts to week adjusting the loss which amount pass, to comply with its provisions, a bringing . about efficiency in state to a total of the $1,200 insurance car tion is generally diagnosed as follows: double tax w ill be exacted next yeai affairs, commensurate with practical ried. Mr. Coe’s loss was also total as the measure carries a provision economy, and haa had and taken ad on the contents, with no insurance. that ' gives authority to spend the vantage of the Wide opportunities pre A vote for Hoover, for Lowden, or for. money just the same as if a levy foi sented in obtaining accurate knowl edge of state business and needs, his that amount had been made last win Poindexter is a vote for Johnson» ter. Another objection is that this concern being the welfare of the en new m illage tax w ill be a state law tire state and not any particular sec for all time. It may be easy to pay tion thereof, and he haa left the im The Dalles, Oregon it with $2.81 cent per bushel wheat, press of his ability upon the statutes say« but w ill ’t be as easy to do this when of the state in an act concerning the Registered wheat goes down in price? The auditing of claims against the state Observer considers it the business of and preventing the issuing of interest- ’ Civil and Architectural Engineers Yot. £et a lot more genu ine satisfaction from a lit the legislature to appropriate money bearing certificates; an act prevent and Surveyors tle ot the Real Tobacco as needed and thereby, when they do, ing deficiency in state institutions Chew than vou ever got to designate the proper expenditure of and creating an emergency board to from the old kind. state funds. The m illage tax gives care for governmental emergencies; Maps, Plats, Estimates, Reports on all kinds of Surveys this over to the institutions affected an act requiring state employes, when You don’t need a fresh tiaveling outside of the state, to have without check. Plans, Specifications, S upervision chew nearly as often, written permission before the ex tne good, rich, real to- on al, Classes of B uildings. penses can be paid by the sta te ; and baccr ti ste is so last Dates selected for Muro Commence has advocated and supported many ing. T hat’s why it ment Week are: May 16th, the Bac other meritorious state measures such (Paid Adv. by Leonard (Vood Campaign Headquarter«) costs less to use this class Gilliam and Wheeler Counties calaureat Bermon by Rev. John Rob as legislation fostering the construc of tobacco. ertson of Dufur; May 18th, the Senior tion of permanent roads, state, good Class Play at Moro opera house; May roads act, highway commission act, Any man who uses the real 20th, Graduating Exercises, U. G public utilities act, and workmen’s Tobacco Chew will tell you Dubach, speaker; May 22d, Field Meet compensation act. that. FOR SA LE and dJeclamatory Contest at Wasco r u t up in two styles The three judges selected for the an nual declamatory contest are J. A. Items From Fairview District M ORO, OREGON Churchill, state superintendent ot RIGHT CUT is a short-cut tobacco schools; J. E. Calavan, county school It is fair weather and all the farm W -B CUT is a long fine-cut tobacco superintendent for Clackamas county ; ers are happy. U p p e r M a in Street, o pp. Garatfe H. C. Seymour, state club leader, The school ia planning a program ■ W cvii’ an-Brvtpn Company. HO ’ B*- •' t w .iy , N e w Y o rk L it CONDON, ORE. O. A. C. Tor Memorial Day, to be held May 28. SEAT OWEN F. JONES MORO. OREGON. HE FAVORS EQUAL RIGHTS TO THE PUBLIC, - LABOR AND CAPITAL Dii Pijtr for tau County. ’Sowing” Dollar« _ for a T h rift Crop STEADY, AMERICA! S Let Us Work This Out Together The Most Popular Machine Before Committing Yourself Consider These Facts: in the 1920 Sherman County Harvest Fields will be the Holt High Deck Combined Harvester come in and let me tell you why G e o . N . C ro s fie ld , W a s c o , O r e . F. M. Hall-Lewis & Co. “Ju st a s M an to M an” the Good Judge KEEP THE PARTY TOGETHER WIN WITH W O O D STOCK and H RiHCHtS F O S S & C O ., in c . Garage Machine Shop F. T. Hurlburt Blacksmith & Hans Thompson was in Portland last week, attending the funeral of Mrs. Lund. A new telephone has been establish ed at the teacherage on line 29 for the teacher’s ute. Any one who desires to enjoy a scenic road w ill find it by traveling around Fairview. W - N. JO N E S a U t o TRUCK DRAY Phone M a in 314 M o ro , O regon F reight and Express The neighborhood is out of quaran tine again from small pox. All pa tients being well at thia time. We understand that Howard Con lee and family are planning on moving to Moro this fall to be near a good school for their daughter. H a n d le d P ro m p tly . M o v ip g D E M O N S T R A T IO N Plowing season is well under way—some Fordson Tractors in this section have plowed nearly 400 acres each since M arch 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. Iron, Steel and Coal, Hardwood, Carriage and Wagon Material V u lc a n iz in g The farmers in thia vicinity have moat all completed their summer fal lowing. Howard Conlee being the last to finish thia laat week. A ll w o rk guaranteed. Mr. and Mrs. JoeConture have oom pleted their spring work with P. J. Dillinger and have hired out to Will Burres for an indefinite time, being located at present at the Burres farm in Fairview." Wasco, The neighborhood was shocked laat week to hear of Vem Coe’s house burning down. It caught from a small hole in the stove and burned -house and wood shed and a good many of the contents within. . STOCK AND BRAND INSPECTOR Through the kindness of Mrs. Edw. Segawe there w ill be a dance given by her at Tier home this Saturday night to raise money to be given to Vem Coe.and w ife to help them re- n l« r a th in ir a t h a t h n r n e d in the fire. Gas, Oils, Grease and Accessories Auto Repairing and Storage E ffic ie n tly A ttende d T o . W. H. Burres, afi'old neighbor, is planning moving thia coming week to Send y o u r tires and tubes to Waseo his new home west of Waaco, known V u lca n izin g Station fo r repairs. as the Simpson place. HARROW “ > WEEDER Goodyear Firestone GUY CHAMNESS - - Oregon W H E N YOU T R A V E L BY AUTO AND V IS IT T H E DALLES S T O R E YO U R CAR --- -v—'— J a m es s te w a r t SHERMAN COUNTY AJdra.: MORO, ORE, In the concrete, tully equipped, roomy garage of Wal ther-William# Company. Competent workman alwayi feady to help you in any way they can at leait expense to you. For any service rendered the charge will alwayi be reasonable. WALTHER-WILLIAMS GARAGE T H E DALLES, OREGON. DEPUTIES L Sckedewita, Rent O re. Dr Jo«. Saunder«,V . S M oro, O re. W. H. Meyer, Wa«co. READ THE OBSERVER For County new«