Sherman County observer., May 28, 1920, Image 1

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CAMPAIGN EXPENSE
IN Q U IR Y ^ STARTED
A tto rn e y s -a t-L a w
iovernor Lowden Makes Ex­
offices a t
penditures Totaling Sum
W . C. B a t AWT.
C. J. BaiORT,"
C o u n ty , O re g o n .
W ashington.—A senate Investigation
of the pre-convention campaigning ex
penses and pledges of presidential can­
J. R. Morgan
Jsa. W ilkie
didates has been started.
Ftank H. Hitchcock, former post
aster-general, appearing as the rep­
resentative of General Wood, threw
but little light on the general’s cam­
D E N T IS T S
paign expenses. Mr. Hitchcock testi­
fied that It had been understood when
he Joined the Wood organization that
Office on First street.
he was not to handle caul paign con­
Phone M ain 83
tributions and said Information as to
MORO,
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O R E G O N them and expenditures could be ob
talnsd from A. A. Sprague and H. C.
Stebbins. Colonel Proctor, he added,
was the general manager of the Wood
campaign.
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L. L. Etamerson, secretary of state
for m in d s, speaking for Governor
Lowden, gave figures, names, dates
and localities. Of the total spent, be
i « m $379,176.78 was contributed by
Office in the Bank of M oro build­ the governor himself. Friends gave
$35,825, he testified.
ing, upstairs.
Senator * Poindexter,
republican,
W ashington, with $76,000, was second
OREGON to Governor Lowden in site of expendi­
MORO,
tures actually expended, and Senator
Johnson of California, republican, with
$58,188, was third. The largest con­
D R . W A L T E R W . H A R T tributor to the Johnson fund was R.
_S tra u sb u rg er of N orristow n, Pa.,
who gave $27,000, according to Angus
MeSween, manager of Johnson's east
ern headquarters.
Vogt Bldg.
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H. M. Rice, se creta ry to S enator
T H E D A L L E S . - ' O R E G O N P oindexter, testified, th a t J. F. Hache,
b an k er of New York, had furnished
$26,000 for th e P o in d ex ter cam paign,
w hile W illiam H. Todd, a Brooklyn
shipbuilder, had given $20,000.
Expenditures of $66,332, exclusive of
the California primary expenbe, have
P h y s ic ia n a n d S urgeon.
been made in the campaign of Herbert
Hoover for the republican presidential
nomination, John F. Lucey, manager
M o ro , O reg o n .
for Mr. Hoover, testified. Total re
celpts were placed at $62,186.
Committees
R. N. Stanfield, republican nom inee
for United S tate s S enator in the O re­
gon prim aries.
AGREE ON DIVISION GF
GERMAN INDEMNITY
D E N T IS T
D r, C . L . P o k y
Office in residence.
HOUSE ADOPTS THE
PEACE RESOLUTION
Residence phone M 72
Office phone 463
J. Carlos Chomley, M.D.
PHYSICIAN and SURGEON
Office opp. Hotel Sherman
W ASCO.
Phone
:
OREGON
Hours by Appointment
PR. C. H. JOHNS
Chiropractor
Office at Residence.
MORO. ORE.
MORO LAUNDRY
a e o . ELLSW O RTH, Proprietor
Washing
done each Monday, Tueaday
and Wednesday
Third day de.ivery schedule maintained
Leave bundles «t Ellsworth Hotel Annex
W ashington.—The house adopted th e
sen ate resolution, rep ealin g the reso­
lu tio n by congress declarin g a sta te of
w ar w ith O erm any and A ustria, by a
vote of 228 to 139. The vote was along
s tric t p arty line« except th a t 19 dem o­
c ra ts Joined republicans in supporting
th e m easure, w hile two republican,
K elly of M ichigan and F u ller of Mas
sachusetta- -opposed It.
From th e size of th e republican vote
it was clearly ifid lcited th a t th e reso
lutlon could not be passed over the
veto of th e president. The senate vote
on passage was 43 to 38.
_ Sum m arized, th e peace resolution
provides:
A congressional declaration of the
te rm in atio n of the w ar by repealing
th e resolutions of A pril 6, 1917, and
December 1, 1917, w hich declared war
ag ain st G erm any and A ustria-H ungary,
respectively.
Repeal of the w ar legislation.
A reserv atio n of all rig h ts accruing
to the U nited S tate s u n d er th e arm is
tlce and th e treaty of V ersailles.
ARMENIAN MANDATE WANTEO
P re sid en t W ilson A sks Congress to
A uthorize Action.
W ashington. — A uthority to accept
for th e U nited S tate s a m andatory
over A rm enia was asked of congress
by P re sid en t W ilson. The executive
said he w ss co nscious he was "urging
a very critical choice,” b u t th a t he
did so "In th e e a rn e st belief It will be
the wish of th e people of the U nited
S tate s th a t this should be done.”
T he p resid en t's m essage was read
In both houses, b ut was discussed in
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neither. Each referred It to its com ­
m ittee on foreign relatio n s.
The p resid en t Inform ed the sen ate
th a t he had accepted th e Invitation
Interstate Stock Inspector
of th e allied suprem e council th a t he
u n d ertak e to a rb itra te the questions
Exam iner of Stallions for License
of the boundary betw een T urkey and
Arm enia, saying he had th o u g h t It
W A S C O . Po . , ^ c8 ■ bum . O R E G O N his duty "Ux accept this difficult and
Telephone Main 502
delicate ta sk .”
W e aim to please our customers
Thco.BcIetski, D.V.S.
VETERINARIAN
D'.'!: 361
Moro, Oregon
VETERINARIAN
me
T o M y Pstrons: I I , you cannot get
ill Foss
direct by phone st Moro, please cal
A C o .’s garage, who will promptly notify
me when I return to town.
Undertaking
W ashington.— Attack on the freight
congestion w hich has threatened to
paralyze th e n atio n al a rte ries of tra n s
p o ita tio n .wBl be concentrated Imme­
diately a t a sco re o f function points,
up ra tin g o fficials of the A m erican
Railw ay asso ciatio n were instructed.
F o rm a tio n of comurtHr»« at each of
0 "gatew ay«" w as otxl« red, th e duties
f which w ill be th »fife cars out of the
mr.su and zee th a t they are forw arded
xpcditioualy.
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T hese in stru ctio n « were supplem ent­
al to the action of th e in te rstate com­
merce com m ission covering d rastic re­
ro u tin g and equ ip m en t pooling, which
were designed to deal with the conges­
tion as a whole.
The car co m m ittee began woik Mon­
day a t th e follow ing cities:
Om aha, S eattle. Bal: ¡more, Cincin­
nati, Y oungstown, O.; Minneapolis, St.
Paul, N orfolk, New York, §t. Louis,
D enver, P h ilad elp h ia^ Buffalo.
P ortland, O r.; P eoria. Birm ingham ,
K ansas City, Cleveland, D etroit, W ash­
ing. D. C.; New O rleans, P ittsb u rg ,
Louisville, G alveston, A tlanta, San
F rancisco. D allas, Toledo and Chicago.
As a step to perm an en tly relieve ear
shortage, w hich th re a te n s to d isru p t
tran sp o rta tio n , th e in te rstate com­
m erce com m ission has decided that
$15,000,000 of th e $300.000.000 revolv­
ing fund provided by the Each-Cum-
m ins law be m ade available quickly for
p urchase of railro a d rolling stock.
PRES. CARRANZA
_ IS ASSASSINATED
F ra n c isc o \ ilia h a s hecn o ffered
Casket! and Robes always on
hand; special supplies and caskets
ordered at any time
Dullness block here, causing a loss of
by
the gcvcrnm ci.t of the s ta te cf ( ’hl
huahua.
Federal Em ployes Pension Bill Signed.
W ashington.— P re sid en t W ilson hr.«
signed the civil service retire m en t hill
providing fcr re tire m e n t And pension
ing of governm ent em ployes. .
T H E M ARKETS
P o rtlan d .
O ats—No. 3 w hite feed, $r 9 a ton.
C o rn — W hole. $78@ 79; c ra c k e d , $80
@81.
H ay — W illam ette valley tim othy,
$34 per ton; alfalfa, $33.
P o tato es — Oregon, 6c per pound:
Gems, 7c f. o. b. station.
B u tter Fat»—53c.
Kb'ga—-Ranch, 38c p»-f dozen.
P o u ltry — lie n s , 32ft 34 c.
C a ttle — lb ’s! ste e rs , $12.25@13; good
to ch o ice, $ll<(t 11.50; m ed iu m to good,
$10@ 11.
Cattle—Beef ateer«, $12@13;
Alum to cboloa, $1O@1X
F i v e d e n ta
8, 1 9 20.
GASOLINE SHORTAGE
SOUTHERN PACIFIC
COMPANY -
is ready to move promptly to any
point in this State or any other
State it serves
Gasoline
Distillate
Kerosene,
and Fuel Oil
offered it for shipment and is
ready to do all in its power to
remedy
me
govern m en t-o w n ed "ships to A m erican
c itiz e n s or c -rp m a tio n s a s soon as ad
v isa b le and pending such sale for th e
o p e ra tio n < ¡lie r by th e g o v e rn m e n t
o r u n d e r lea-- *.
A p e rm a n e n t board
of seven m em b eis w ill he nam ed by
th e p re sid e n t. Y -m prlalng tw o each
from th e 1’sic-i‘Tc an d A tla n tic c o a sts,
one e a c h tr m th e g u lf an d g reat
lak es, and th e si v en th from th e In­
te rio r.
Frv.in A oiinst A rm enian M andate.
W ashington.- W illiam J. Bryan took
flat issue with P resid en t W ilson on
tlie 'q u e st ion o l ¡m A m erican m andate
over A im enia, declaring In a s ta te ­
m ent th a t "any m an d ate 1 b im possi­
ble.”
H uerta Is Nc.v Chief of Mexico.
Mextcn
Adolfo de la H uerta.
governor of the -date of Sonora, who
was effected M »visional presid en t of
Mexico by the Mexican congress, will
tak e the bath "I office Ju n e 1.
Consul} R eport Give« P o rtla n d 258,288
W ashington. - T he population of
P ortland, O r, according to the 1920
census, is 258.288, It was announced
here. T his Is an Increase of 51,074, or
24.6 per,cent.
Canadian T reaty on Sockeye 8lgned.
W a sh in g to n .— T h e tre a ty betw een
the United S lates and C anada with
reference to .th e sockeye saltnon fish­
e rie s h as been signed, the s ta te de­
partm ent announced, w
W heat Crop of 500,000,000 Bushels.
W ashington.—A w inter w heat crop
if approxim ately 500.000,000 busheki
A-ns the forecast by the United States
Chamber of Commerce.
any
existing
shortage
with good service.
Southern Pacific Company
Insist on Facts.
When you have lived your life long
enough and consistent enough there
will he no occasion to question your
standing. Each year added to Its
predecessors with the sam e consistent
goal adds to the stab ility of ch aracter
w ere injured, th ree of them seriously, S ie r ra M adre m o u n ta in s w hen th e a t ­ th at m akes ch aracter for the com­
Ruch lives unconsciously
when a tornado stru ck F asti« Hock, tack was m ade ami w ere ev id e n tly a t ­ m unity.
te
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to
reach
the
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coast.
stam
p
them
selves upon everyone they
eig h t m iles south of here, w reckin';
touch, und the world Is made b etter in
sev eral residences.
SENATE PASSES MARINE BILL consequence. It's the hope of the fu ­
tu re th at there will arise a class of
“ Flu” Ravages Alaska.
men who will tak e nothing for g ran t­
S eattle .—R eports of the rav ag es of M easu re for Ship P olicy is S e n t to ed—who will seek bed-rock facts for
C cnft rcnce.
every new venture. Then will come
an Influenza epidem ic in tow ns and
w ithout a the days when our civilization will he
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'Ik '-s e n a t
native settle m en ts of In terio r A laska
he house m erchant founded on tru th and the results a t­
continue to reach S eattle lty mall and record vote, pa«
for a perm anent tained will abide. You can he one of
ma’
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w ireless telegraph.
these fram ers of the new age If you
inert hunt m arine I ol cy.
w ant to. Lend your aid In making the
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world b etter and Its people happier.
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El Paso, T ex.— A rew ard of 100,000
Tench people uot to tuke things for
T h e hill provides for th e pale of
p eso s fo r th e d e a th o r c a p tu r e of
g ran ted .—-Grlt^,
Hogs -P rim e mixed, $14.5(HFf 15; me
dlum mixed, $14-/14 50; |Hgs, $12©
13.75.
P o rtlan d H as Big F irs.
Sheep - I.a in b s . $13 50@14.50; y ear­
P ortland, Qr.—D am age estim ated a t
lings,
$ lu f-ill; w ethers, $9@11; ewes,
betw een $«06.000 and $1.000,000 was
$50».
w rought by a d isastro u s fire which
com pletely destroyed the p lan t of the
S eattle.
N orth P o rtlan d Box com pany and the
H ay—Enr.tern W ashington tim othy,
wooden shipbuilding p la n t of the
$47 per to n ; alfalfa. $46.
B tandlfer corporation In th e Industrial
.P o ta to es—Y ak'ina Gems. $165 per
d istric t, below K enton Sunday. De
ton; local. $140@U»0.
atn ictio n of th e e n tire d istric t of in
B u tter FAt •55@ 37c.
d u strla l p lan ts was narrow ly averted.
E ggs—Ranch, 39@41c.
H o g s— Prim e, $15@ 15.50; medium to
Cigarette Blamed for $300,000 Blaze
choice. $14<5Y 16; pigs. $H 60©12.50. .
Twin Fallh, Idaho.—Fire, supposed
P o u ltry —Hons, dressed, heavy, 45c;
o have be«h sta rte d by a discarded
light, dressed. 42c; live, 36@4lc.
g arette, destroyed m ore th an half a
Sam Britbine, Moro, Oregon, approximately $100.000.
Im­
P aris.—F ran ce is to receive 55 .per
cent of G erm any’s indem nity. G reat
B ritain 23 p<*r cent, and the rem ain d er
Is to be divided between Belgium,
Italy, and S eibla, P rem ier M illerund
told th e finance and foreign affairs
com m ittee of thee cham ber of d< put ¡eg
tn explaining his r e le n t conversations
w ith P rem ier Lloyd George a t Hythe.
The proportions to be allt-lcd F rance
and G reat B ritain, he declared, had
been agreed upon by the peace confer­
ence.
M. M lllerand stated th a t th e fa te oi
Interest to be dem anded from G erm any
on the 120 000,000,000 m ark s ind m-
nlty she wag to pay had not been de­
term ined. but he believed it would net
be less th an 5 per cent plds a 1 per
cent redeem ing ra te for th e holders
El Paso, Texas.—V enustiano C a rra n ­
of gold bonds which G erm any m ust za. p resid en t of Mexico and head of the
Issue.
seventy -second governm ent th a t coun­
try has had since 1821, was assassin ­
ated by Colonel Rodolfo H errero and
MABTON IS ISOLATED
his soldiers a t T lazealtehango, Puebla,
Town O rdered Q uaran tin ed on Ao- according to m essages received here
count of S carlet Fever.
from G eneral A lvaro Obregon, dated a t
Y akim a, W ash.—T he town of M ab­ Mexico City.
R eports given out by th e revolution­
ton, which has a population of about
1000, was q u aran tin ed by Dr. H. H. ists said C arran za was assassin ated by
Sm ith, county h ealth officer, on ac­ his own men. H errero was -described
count of a sc a rle t fever epidem ic which as an ex-federal officer.
C arranza, accom panied by h is m inis
has developed rapidly w ithin th e last
tors and a heavy fores of troops, fled
few day's.
T h ere are s t o u t 65 persons down from Mexico (Tty May 6. • He took w ith
w ith th e disease. School has been him an imm ense am ount of gold and
dism issed for th e y ear and churches, silver money and bullion, a consldera
th e a te rs and o th er m eeting places ble q u an tity of which was retak en by
th e revolutionary troops under General
closed.
Sanchez after the battle at San Marcos
on the V< i*a Cruz-M 'xico City railway.
Minnesota Tornado H u rts Five.
T he C a rra n z a p arty w ere deep In the
F arm ington, Minn. — Five persons
Patroni*» Hom» In d tu tiy
D r . S anders
at
Cars Moving.
Drs Morgan & Wilkie
D E N T IS T ,
Formed
portant. Points to Keep
D r . C . E . G ard
M ay
WORK BEGINS TO END
FREIGHT CONGESTION
R. N. STANFIELD
of $415,000.
Tfca Dallas and Moro, Ora.
F rid a y .
ERIEF GENERAL NEWS
SENATOR CHAMBERLAIN
Thousands of dollars w orth of dam ­
age to crops In Linn and Benton coun­
ties, Iowa, was caused by a cloudburst.
The forty-five m illion dollar soldier
bonus bill passed by the New York
legislature was signed by Governor
Sm ith.
A pproxim ately 400.000 new members
were obtained last week In the Ameri­
can Legion nation wide cam paign for
Increased m embership.
Oeneral Alexia Brualloff, Russian
m ilitary leader, has assum ed virtually
suprem e control In Russia, as far as
m ilitary affairs are concerned, accord
lug to reports.
The N ational P reservers’ and F ruit
P roducts association has announced
th a t Its members will stay out of the
sugar m arket until the price of sugar
comes down from Its present high
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level.
$5 W heat P ossible, Says Hill.
Influenced by the nation-wide price-
cutting agitation th a t is steadily gain
S eattle.—"It Is not unreasonable to
Ing ground, the principal commodity
expect $5 w heat next w inter or Bome
m arkets of the country continued to
tim e before th e next crop year," said
"m ark dow n” quoted values. Cotton,
Louis W. Hill, ch airm an of the G reat
sugar and corn options broke violently
N orthern railroad while here en route
Plans for financing prelim inary In­
F a st from San Francisco. Crop short
vestigation work on the Columbia
age and im possibility of farm er« to
Basin Irrig a tio n d istric t project, com­
get labor he gave as reason for advanc­
United 8 ta tea S enator Geo. E. Cham­ prising about 2,000,000 acre« In the Big
ed w heat prices.
berlain, dem ocrat, renom inated In the Bend country in E astern W ashington,
Oregon prim aries.
were discussed by financiers and busl
W ar N u rses’ Bodies Arrive.
ness men of Seattle, Spokane, Tacom -
New York.—T he bodies of ten
and P ortland at a m eeting held in
women war nurses who died overseas
Portland.
on duty a t arm y base hospitals and
th e first to be brought home, arrived
Tact.
here on the tra n sp o rt P rincess Ma
"I suppose my biscuits are not like
toika. On hoard also were the bodies
the ones your mother used to make.”
of 418 soldiers who lost th eir lives In
••Of course, they are not, my dear
P ortland, Or.—H iram Johnson ap­
aecidenta or succum bed to wounds and
parently carried Oregon In the con­ Your« are fit to eat.”
disease.
te st for tho Republican indorsem ent
Regularly Acquired.
for the nom ination for president of the
House P asses H aw aiian Land Bill.
I was visiting In a little eonntry
United S tates iu the Oregon prim ary
W a sh in g to n —The house passed a elections by a narrow plurality. W hile place and was about to board the
bill setting aside 200,000 acres of land th e retu rn s point to Johnson as the train to return when I noticed a dear
In tho H aw aiian Islands for hom estead chpice of or plurality choice of Oregon little girl with tight curls d o se to her
purposes available to native Hawaiian« republicans, there is a bare chance th a t head, and, calling her, I asked: “Where
did you get all those pretty cartar
only. The te rrito ria l legislature urged Che Indications may bo upset or the
Much annoyed, she answered: “Oh.
tho step, which was expected to re final resu lt postponed until the final dey was on me when I turned."—Chi­
hab ilitate tho H aw aiian race, said to canvass or official canvass has been cago Tribune.__________ ____
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be fast dying ouL
made.
Sensations of Heat and Celd.
Lowden ran a poor third, behind
The feeling o f cold or warmth I*
His Drawing Powers.
Wood and Hoover was fourth, Just be
caused by sensation* In the «' '« • •
"Can you d raw ?” an applicant for a hind Lowden.
private tutorship was asked. “C ertain ­ , S en ato r Cham berlain was renom in­ has little significance ** to
ly ” replied the ca n d id a te; "at ten ated by the D em ocrats for the U nited temperature. On a hot dav
years of age I could draw cjd er; nt S tates senate by a vote of alm oat two feel very hot when the bo<lv »•
tore la quite nopnal. Again at
twelve, n p ictu re; nt fifteen, a hand-
rn rt loaded with cabbage; nt sixteen, to one. In all parta of Oregon S ena­ beginning of a fever one may feet m l.
an Inference; at tw enty, a bill of ex­ to r Cham berlain ran far ahead of as In the case of a chill. This chtl»>
feeling la caused by the contrast be­
change. If I were an acto r I believe H arvey G. S tarkw eather.
R. N. Stanfield, was nom inated by tween the higher temperaiere <»f th
I could draw the largest house; but.
being • teacher, I am content to draw the Republicana by a io ta of much Internal organs and still normal taut*
a amall salary I"
sgora thM U kq V) oat 0T«r IhrahMS. paratur« of tha skla.
JOHNSON WINS IN
OREGON PRIMARY
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