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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
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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
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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.
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