Sherman County observer., May 14, 1920, Image 4

Paps slipped To Tha giwffhd 'WP‘!
whispered in the horfte’s ear:
"Remember the eagle’s feather. By
MORO. OREGON.
It I promise to coma for you when the
T H E E A G L E ’S
roseherrlea are ripe.”
F R I D A Y ................ M ay 14, 192G
For many weeks the horse called
FE A TH E R
after h is.m a ster, running back and
The price of The Observer »• $1.50 pef
forth in his corral all night. He grew
, 75 cent* for six month*. 50 cent* to'
thin, and would have refused food al­
tour month*—b*M if neid in -dvance wt
together If It had not been for a small
•cccpt $2.50 in full »or 2 year*. Shorter
By JEA N
BO NN EAU
white hand that fed Tilm. and a sweet
terms than oik year 12% cent* per month.
A Blue M*rk here will ao*wer an in- i ►»ww*****************************4 i voice that comforted him. They be­
Query -vhen entered upon our calendar,
longed to the w hite boy’s little sister,
(Copyrtcfct.)
Jiving o.e ¿a,. :
- I* -<*•»• *
who came each day to feed him oats
“Go
rope
your
horse;
he
must
be
w I ch VJ ‘ cun at U ’ r ’’ ’ *’
and
smooth his neck.
sold tomorrow,” whispered the old
Sometimes she would tie red rib­
man between groans, as he turned to
bons in the horse’s mane and tall, and
Had Gaa Mask for Watch.
his other side on the ragged blanket.
ride hlin over the foothills.
If the Germans had had a better
The boy to whom he spoke sat In the
The days went by, and the horse
sense of efficiency and had spent more center of the teepee gazing out, with
ceased to call ; hut every night he
time on the things that really counted, unseeing eyes, at the distant snow-
would Rtand hy the fence nnd gaze up
they might have fared better. For In crowned mountain peak. He ■‘•held
toward the canon. The great yellow
stance, many German offleel'a wasted every muscle and nerve tense lest the
lilies were blooming on the moun­
hours hanging on thelr dugout walls tears should com e; It would never do
tainsides. while thé red berries hung In
curtains mid “God Bless Our Home’ for nn Indian to weep, an Indian
pictures, which were not at all ap­ whose grandfathers sang their death- .clusters on the klnnlklnlc. The huckle­
berries ripened and still Pepe did not
preciated when they were’captured by sou gs without a quaver; but the horse
come.
the allies.
was his only companion, his only
"What do you think Is the reason,
One careful German soldier had a friend.
Jack?’’ said the little sister. "You don’t
gas mask made for his watch. This
The old man sighed nnd rubbed his
suppose he has starved to death, or
energy was wasted, for the watch Is hand across his Inflamed lids.
has been killed, do you?"
now In America.
"Look out. Pepe." he said. “Is there
"Maybe the offlce’rs have him.” Jack
’ The gas mask Is shnply an outside not even a coyote In sight? My old
replied. "You know he Is n Cree. and
case—one face of It glass so that the stomach is glued to my back, and
they are being rounded up nnd sent
time will show through It—which every hone In my body cries out for
hnck to Cnnadn. They are killing all
fastens tightly about the watch and food. The evil one. my enemy, presses
the game.” .
allows nothing to go In or out.
Ills teeth Into niy heart, and It burns.
The roseberrles ripened and the boy
Of course a watch does not need a Is thei% nothing, nothing to see?"
respirator, nose-clip, mouthpiece or
did not come.
Nothing,” repMed the boy. "Walt;
chemical box. — Popular Mechanics
As the weeks passed on, all the
I see a partridge.”
Magazine.
'________
Créés to he found on the western side
Picking up his gun, Pepe leaped
of the Rocky mountains were grad
through the opening and sped through
ually gathered at a nearby military
To Frost Glass.
the soft wild clover.
post, a |>oor, huddled mass of sick and
Tt Is often convenient to frost bulbs
'I must go far," he said to himself.
starving humanity, with dull, despair­
nnd lenses, and here Is a method by “For although grandfather can no
ing eyes, who preferred starvation to
which this work may.be done at home.’ longer see, he hears doubly well."
the possible punishment awaiting
To a mixture of 24 ounces of ether and
He ran down to the little stream
them for past misdeeds across the
18 ounces of benzine add two and a that came from somewhere In the
quarter ounces of sandarnch nnd half mountains, and fired off his gun Into
border.
an ounce of mastic. The parts to be the air. Then he crept slowly, as soft­
The band was guarded hy colored
frosted should he Immersed lu this so­ ly as a cat. to a tree a few yards
soldiers stationed there, under a white
lution a few minutes.
commander. Stretched on his face,
from the teepee, where he scraped
near one of the soldiers, lay an emaci­
under the needles and con§s until he
ated Indian hoy.
uncovered a barn-yard hen. Cautious­
“He been that way eveh since he
ly he retreated to the stream, where
come. sah. Think he crazy, sah.” As
he gave a triumphant shout, then ran
the officer turned away, he snw. riding
up the hill and Into the teepee.
across the
sage-brush
flat, , that
See, a fine one," he cried. He picked
To the Voters of Sherman County
stretches between the town nnd fort,
and cleaned the fowl dexterously, and
I hereby announce m yself as a can­
a party of gay young people on horse
then cooked It over the fire.
didate for the office of Sheriff for
hack. In a race, one coal-black horse
The old man could scarcely breathe
Sherman County, Oregon, at the R e­ for excitement, and crooned like a
outdistanced all the rest, nnd the girl
publican Primary nominating elec-, child over his share; but Pepe did not
on his hack proudly tossed her head. z
Suddenly the horse stopped, trem
tion, to be held on May 21, 1920.
eat, for his heart was heavy. He sat
bling In every limb. H is sfcintng. black
If nominated and elected, 1 pledge with his chin In his hands, watching
eyes were fixed on the camp outside
to give my best and careful attention the withered Indian, who was no long­
the fort. Then he gave a call, high,
er able to tell the difference between
to the duties of the office.
shrill nnd piercing; hack through the
wild
and
domesticated
fowl.
HUGH CHRISMAN
clear nlr came ns shrill un answer.
As the soft evening came, nnd the
The horse bounded forward. Over the
sun gazed for the last time that day
sage-brush he flew like a bird, and
at
his
own
reflection
In
the
little
pools
To the Voters of Sherman County
bore his rider Into the midst of the
Of tlie valley’, %
_ slick-coated black
1 hereby announce m yself as a can­ horse came loping toward the solitary
camp, past guard, past commander;
what cared he for the cry of "H alt!“
didate for the office of County Asses
teepee among the nine trees.
He did not stop until he reached the
aor for Sherman County, Oregon, at
He shook his mane from his eyes,
hoy.
the Republican primary nominating and his long tall swept the sage-brush
Then his rider understood, and
election to t»e h^ld on May 21st, 1920. behind him. Throwing hack his head,
slipped from her saddle to the ground
If nominated and elected 1 pledge to he called with shrill cries that echoed
"He has been expecting you ever
g ive my beat and careful attention, in against the foothills.
since the roseberrles ripened,” she
Pepe stood erect; a Joyful light
the future as in the past, to the busi­
said. “Why did you not come for your
spread over his face.
ness conduct of thia office.
money ?” ,
"The horse has come,” he said. “I
OTTO PER,TZ
"The soldiers hunt, and I hide In the
need not rope him. Must he be sold
mountains,” he replied.
tomorrow?" But the old man was
That night he told the horse all
asleep; the clean-picked bones of the *ahout It; how the old man had died
To the Voters of Sherman County
chicken lay beside him.
suddenly, nnd gone to the happy hunt­
I hereby announce m yself as a can­
A low, coaxing, whinny came from
ing grounds.
the
entrance
flaps.
The
hoy
rose
and
didate for the office of county clerk
Several days nfler this, escorted hy
for Sherman county, Oregon, at the placed his hand across the quivering
the troop, the Créés were marched
dem ocratic primary nominating e le c ­ nostrils of the horse, for the grandfa­
away.
ther had nof slept In many hours.
Behind i the train came a band of
tion to l>e held on May 21, 1920.
horses, the ponies belonging to the In­
If nom ii.atid and elected I w ill Then, together, hoy and horse walked
out under fhe murmuring pines.
dians. The dust flew Into the eyes of
g ive my careful attention to the
Pepe was a Cree Indian, belonging
the driver, hut he did not care. His
duties of the office.
to a Canadian tribe that had no right
face beamed with happiness, and he
MARY L. HOSKINSON. to expect ahi from the United States
shouted with Joy ns the wind blew
government. He and his grandfather,
hack his straight black hair, while he
with a small band of these aliens, had
cracked his whip at the drove In front.
To the Voters of Sherman County
been following up the gnme, but the
The horse he rode tossed his hend :
1 w ill be a candidate at the repub­ old man’s feebleness and blindness so
his tnll swept the sage brush, and be­
lican primary ‘election to be held on Increased that he could not tra v e l;
side red ribbons he hnd an eagle’s
feather twisted In his mane.
21st May 1920, for the office of county anti the others, compelled to follow the
treasurer.
If e le c tx l to this office I food, had left them. Nothing remained
to the old warrior hut the hoy and the
First Silk Hose In Ireland.
'w i l l fu lfill the duties thereof to the
horse.
Women who have (lone so much
best of my a o ^ t y .
Pepe was courageous, strong and
knitting wltldn the last few years will
GEO. B. BOURHILL.
agile ns nn antelope. At first he mnn-
no doubt he Interested to know that
aged to find scattered gnme. but It
Scotland Is the home of the knitters,
gradually
became
more
difficult;
the
To the Voters of Shermaa County
nnd h.v the Scotch It was Introduced
wolf of starvation approached very
Into Ireland, where. In the 10th cen­
I hereby announce m yself as car.di near the pointed doorway; then Pepe
tury. the gallants of Galway sported
date for the office of County School took to stealing.
“fine knit silken stockings nnd foreign
He did not like to steal, for he be­
Superintendent of Sherman County,
pantoufles.” In those days Galway
Oregon, at the Democratic Primary longed to a race’of chiefs, nnd It was
was the center of a thriving Arad»’
Iteneath
his
dignity;
besides
(but
this
nom inating election to be held May
with Spain nnd It was through this
was a secret he told only to the horse),
21, 1920., r Z
port that Henry VIII got his silk
the-
white
boy
that
hunted
and
fished
If elected, I w ill endeavor to work
stockings, worn on special occasions,
through the woods, with whom he
to the best interests of the schools of
that no doubt were of Spanish manu­
often talked, would not think It right.
the county.
GRACE. L. MAY.
facture. About that time, possibly,
The white boy hnd’given hlin shot
knitting became n popular work and
for his gun. and had shown him his
pastime for the Indies of Ireland and
dog. but he had no horse like Pepe’s,
Candidate for Sheriff
It Is well
n that Us hosiery trad«
and had envied the Indian hoy. This
Is carried on most extensively, the
lh voting for J. M. Yocom for the evening he sat on the hank of the
halhrlggan stockings being known the.
republican nomination for aheriff all stream gazing nt fhe stars.
world over.
"The
white-faced
boy
with
the
hair
voters can be fu lly assured that if I
am nominated and elected they w ill of sunshine can run faster than you
There was one fatality duo to acc>
have a competent and efficient officer can para. His voice Is like the coyote’s,
dent
In Oregon during the week endln
you can hear It many miles.”
and o.ie that at all timea w ill giv e
Mar« h 11. according to a report by th
The white hoy had Spoken no louder
tin. duties of his office close and effi­
industrial accident commission. Th
thsn Pepe, when they had met. but the
cien t supervision and personally a t­ little Indian was trying to Impress the
victim was James Pollhronis, rallr^a
tend to proper and strict law enforce­ horse. In his ears kept ringing the old
em ploye% f Portland. A total of 4b
ment. This is not merely a sta te­ man’s words. "He must he sold tomor­ accidents were reported.
ment of facts, but a pledge as w ell. row." and Pepe knew that, although It
Lee Tabor, a resident of Island City
might not happen tomorrow, fhe part
J. M. YOCOM.
is di ad as the result of a hold
Ing could not be many days off.
up In his home. Two maak'-d men en
If the white boy would only buy
N o . 216. Report of the Condition of
tered the room, where Tabor whs plaj
him.
He
would
never
be
cruel
to
h
im
;
T h e Bank of M o ro , at M o ro , in t h e t la l c of O re g o n .
Ing solitaire, nnd ordered him to throv
and
maybe
Pepe
might
sometimes
see
a< Ib c tlo a e o l buaineia May 4. 1M7«
up Ills hands
As h« made a inotloi
his old companion.
to reach for his gun he was shot b?
Several days after this. Pepe, on his
K e v iu c r i-
The
Loaot and
..... ................ ' J44L.7Ù 2» horse, rode down the canon.
the robbfrs.
...
1,770 M
M meadow lark 'flew above them singing
O e e < 4 rati» » e iu r e * and unsecured
Wage Increases aggregating $228^,00
.
.
.
10.M77
65
Ho ndt and w a e ia n lt
his beautiful springtime song, and
annually
and affecting approximate!;
...
1.55240
F a ra tiu re and fu tu res
Pepe thought he’sald. "Klnhoylmrt, til-
...
12.OM7 SO
2000 men, were announced by the tw.
l>ue from approved re c e iv e hank»
Ileum" (Good-by. friend). , But the
2.364 56
(Otecka and other cash item » . *•
paper m ills of Oregon. City. The firm
13.678 IS boy’s eyes were dry and Ids face wore
< «eh on bahd
.........
are
the Cr-own-W’lllninctte Paper con
the calmness of his people.
S4hM.«54 57
Total .............. .
pany and the Hawley Pulp 4 Pape
In the roadway lay'an eagle’s feafh
1 Liabilities—
company. The average Increase is 8
Pepa curved over, and deftly
J 75.000 m er.
C a p ita l slot it paid td
seized It with his little red hnnd; then
cents dally.
75 Ut«) 00
Sarpiua tend '.
he wound It tightly In the strong black
The state highway commission ha'
U e d rv irte d p rn b u .
leas eapenaea and
mane of the horse.
ta te a paid
received notice that Oregon will ge'
14.S6I 35
"Tlds is *o you will not forget me."
D u e to baaka and banker»
60 more trucks from the federal gov
7E« ,W7 ft,
la d te id a d t d e /o a a s •ad-ie»t ta cheek
h*- wild.
em inent. Those trucks will be dis
. V IJ 0 2 tk
rT lm e and S a v ta « depoana
The horse pured down Info the vat
ITMbd. Wt leg, and Pepe rode straight to the trlbuted among the various countjpt
N o tes and W illi »ediaapaatpd
r m oney b o rro w e d
M.wift r
and will be used In road conetructloi
home of the white-faced boy.
44*»
454 s;
Total -
“Want sell horse. You buy h lm F work. The state has received 170 o
these trucks up to'th e present time.
was the Indian's greeting.
Seale c4 O re Q aa
I _
All records with reliitlon to the num
“W hat! You want to sell yont
Camaey <d Steeraaaa I "
hoc«*! That horse? What ta your her of patients receiving treatment a
I . k A M e F b e e a ^ e adh e< at <ba abaee
rewaewT?" was the reply.
the elate hospital for the Insane a
la tre e ta (be bea» ed m * *< •/» w d * . and hWt urf
“Mast have money.“ said Pe(»e Salem were shattered last week whei
i A fcUFK.K
“H»ap hungry."
¡be population of the institution totale«
“Watt. I*« me think." asld the white
. 1796. Including the attendants, pliys
—*— » da» «d Meo,
hof. “I have gtptsu. I Hi oot sell Idm;
L • 7
/ j C- mm ■tota'» ktfoka
J v^ | w r «M»Metaa*CM«»7ai I W it
hi«« for fbe *ummer I will give dan« and other em ployes, more tha
2000 persons are boused at the hoap
yow four 4*1 Mr* a u»ott|Ji. and when
ev«* yoa wjah hlta route and get him.' tai.
ELECTION, MAY 21
’1 he O bserver
Special Rates
NEW HOTEL PERKINS J
PORTLAND, ORE.
Room with privilege ol hath, tingle,
75c up; double $1.0Q up
Room with private b*th, single"$1.50
up; double $2.00 up.
Auto Meet* T/ein*. Street car* from
Union Depot p*t* our door*.
Transfer at 5th and Glisan street* from ••
• North Bank Depot.
I- m TT i I 1 1 H
im
l l l + 1-M-b ■*■ I
z
I J I 1
BEH
For 4® State Road Bond Limit
e B A L L O T
302
303
X Yes
T IT L E 18 AS FOLLOW S;:
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT—R*fan»d to tku> p*»pb by th*
vo Aeoorobly.
No
LIMITATION o r ro tm FEW c e n t STATE INDCBTCBNESS
FOR FEMMAMENT ROADS^-Purpn**: To ***»n<l «action 7 of
» C o o a U tu tio n of th* State of Ori«on *o a* top*ratil ttlie
Article XI of theConeütution
creationof debt* land
a n d liahilitiM
............ loeludinj proviotl* debt* nod llgbil litiea
ttie
for the p
purp<>**of huildlnc nnd m*lotetiuug permannnt ronda to t><*
amount of four per cent or the eeateeed valuation ef ell the property
in the State of Oregon, inetead of two per eentea now provided by law.
%
NO PROPERTY T A X -N O DIRECT TAX
II
NO INCREASE
AUTO LICENSE FEES
NO INCREASE OF GASOLINE TAX
W È C A N D E L IV E R
K eep th ese three facts in m ind. T h e present auto license fees and
gasnlipe tax w ill pay both th e principal and interest o n all th e bonds
under th is am endm ent, and will yield an annual surplus besides for o ther
sta te highw ay work. N o additional ta x a tio n of any kind.
a “490” o r “ B aby G r a n d ”
FEDERAL EUNDS MUST BE MATCHED
Orekoi» m ust bnve sufficient Highway Funds to match Federal apportion­
ments or Oregon cunnot get the benefit of Federal money for Oregon Roads.
Increasing this constitutional limit is s necessity. Unless limit is increased,
eitbur stute muds cannot bo completed for many, many years, or must be finished
by «limet proj>er*y taxation. This m easuie averts direct property tax for state
highways uml m utes early completion possible. L et’s get the roads built now,
A N Y T IM E
Income from Prtunt Soirees SaEcient ta Rsy PrlBoipsI a>4 literesL
*.,u K, .rizia ta d»)*M*rlv aat. --j—
fknea
f rfll 1 O
Tho fact that rcvfnuie
*uto liceiiae fee* *nd gasoline taa. without increase —
of • present
preean* fete*,
retee.
r v n ' U ’ » from
i n ' m a»uv<>
will be am le t » ay both ■ ri cipul and interest on th-ee bond*, is clearly *et i rth ha
by o»ei«U fi*o-.e
in th > Ktato Pampfi rt, inuilod to every rr<i*tervd Voter. Refer to State Pamphlet lor vyiAeetion.
Examine the table can fully. It pmvee that no property tax is .required and that nreeent rates for
auV) been*« feea and gas tax w illjyU cm principal and interest and yield eurptue beeidra.
For Interest Tablee, Pamphlets or further Information, write Io
O R E G O N R O A D S A N D p E V E L O P M E N T A S S O C IA T IO N
L IMMfSU«. buHwt. 2<5 I.« R . FeteM
C. C tlVSM. Ckww* twAM ( mb A m .
1_ a
1..41. M
Cani|MAign H e a d q u a rte r« ,
ROADS ARE BETTER EACH DAY
MORROW
811 W orcester
L 1. la*
Building« P o rtla n d , O regon
VOTE 302 X YES—For 4% State Road Bond L im it
At the Price
BRO S.
OF NEW TIRES YOU CAN'T AFFORD TO
THROW AWAT YOUR OLD TIRES
GET THEM REPAIRED AT THE
W A S C O , OREGON
S h erm an C ounty A g en ts for C h ev ro let A u to m o b iles
MORO TIRE SHOP
w
A
x r w
vw xr v w
O p p o site the M o r o H d w & Im p . C o
v «
V u lc a n iz in g
R e tre a d in g
A ll W ork G u a ra n te e d
“WANT”
ad in T he M oro <
O bserver will reach more *
people in Sherm an C ounty than J
by any other medium available.
J
4
WRITE, PHONE OR CALL UPON
W. C. HANNA, rilirilK. ORE
FOR BARGAINS IN FARM PROPERTIES
These Tires A r e
Special Attention Given Wheat and 8tock Farm
a Revelation
T h e B r u n sw ic k i s fr a n k ly a co m b in a tio n o f th e^ b est in tire
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b u ild in g .
T h e r e i s o n e tr e a d th a t’s su p rem e b e y o n d q u estio n . A n d
•that is n o w o n B ru n sw ick » .
T h e r e i s o n e sid e -w a ll c o n str u c tio n , w h ic h , b y e v e r y test?,
h o ld s th e su m m it p la ce fo r endurance. A n d th a t on e w a s
a d o p te d fo r B r u n sw ic k s.
F abrics differ —« up t o 3 0 p e r c e n t *—»i n th e ir str e n g th t e s t s .
O n B r u n sw ic k s t h e m a x im u m lo n g -fib er is th e standard.
T h e r e a r e certa in a d d itio n s, each on e e x p e n siv e , w h ic h add
v a s t ly t o tir e m ile a g e . T h e B ru n sw ick e m b o d ies a ll th e se
«extras.
T h e r e a re n o p a te n ts, n o se c r e t f o r m u l a ¡ t o p rev en t a n y
m a k e r fro m b u ild in g th e b e s t I t is sim p ly a q u e stio n o f
k n o w le d g e a n d s k ill— c o s t p lu s care.
B r u n sw ic k sta n d a r d s are k n o w n th e w o r ld over. T h e v ery
n a m e c e rtifies a n extraord in ary tire. Y e t B ru n sw ick s c o st
n o m ore th a n lik e -ty p e tires.
B u y O N E B r u n sw ic k . I t w ill p r o v e th a t a b etter tire can­
n o t b e b o u g h t, r e g a r d le ss o f price.
DEALERS IN
Lim e, Plaster, Cement, Builders
Supplies, Lumber, Wood, Coal,
Cedar Posts, and Hay.
M ANUFACTURERS OF
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T H E B R U N SW IC IC B A L K E rC O L L E N D E R CO.
P o rtla n d H ea d q u a rters i 4 6 - 4 8 F ifth S tr e e t
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DELCOLIGHT
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TITTY
In c r e a s e s F a r m E f f ic i e n c y
Fifty thousand Delco-Light plants in opera­
tion on Aradrfcan (arms are saving at the
most conaerwMive estimate, an hour a day
each— or over 18,000,000 work hours a year
Thaf i t tq n a l to an arm y o f 60, W>0 man
working ton houro a day for a fu ll mowtk.
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Vote 302 X Yes
Fifth and Washington Sts.
X.
Political Notices
STATE ROADS
Sold On An Unlimited Mileage
Guarantee Basis
J. A. Hardin, Moro, Oregon
Delco-Light is a complete electric light
and power plant for farms and suburban
homes.
It furnishes an abundance of clean, safe,
economical light, and operates pump,
churn, cream separator, washing machine
and other appliances.
It is also lighting rural stores, garages,
churches, schools, army camps an<$rail­
way station*.
HULCRY BROS.
M o ro
-
'
O re g o n
The P i w u d« Cn<teM(4ne C »ra»*wr.
50.000 DELCO-UGHT Plants in Actual
Ottte