Notification hss been given tfis
postpiasters on the Shaniko branch by
the postal division officers,at Portland
Entered • • K con d c l t n matter at the that, ' beginning July 1st, no mail
putt o ftc e at Moro, Oregon, July 25, 1891. clerk w ill be on the local train on
Sundays and that all mail must be
F R ID A Y ................. June 11. 1920 bandied with closed pouches. Mm I
between branch points and main line
C. L. I reland ..............Manager. connections is not supposed to be > f-
fee ted, the train crew attending to
unloading the mail as marked by tags.
It is intended to have no mail service
between points in the county on Sun
days. If the proposition works satis
factorily without serious oojection
from the public the next move w ill be
no Sunday mail at all, shortly follow
-M y C o u n try ’T ia of Thae, Sweet
ed with cancellation of all Sunday
.
of Liberty.**
trains on the branch. Then we can
all go fishing or attend the ball game
with no thought of business for at
least one day.
Till Wondsrs of Amirlei
W. A. Johnston & Son
MORO. OREGON.
Official Paper for t a Wy.
'Sowing* D o lla r!
for a T h r ift
_
Crop
O W ING the seed ia only one step in tlfe
production of a crop. I f the harvest is to be
abundant, favorable conditions m ust be m ain*
tain erk T o «the business m an, this means
favorable credit conditions.
T h e Federal Reserve System is the great
stabilizer of commercial credit conditions to
day. I t insures an am ple A ip p ly of such credit
a t all times.
S
FA R M E R S’ STATE BANK ;
M oro
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O reg o n
The Most Popular Machine
in the 1920
Sherman County Harvest Fields
will be th e '
Holt -High Deck Combined Harvester
come in and let me tell you why
9
Short Wheat Crop Forcaste«!
Water lato New Reservoir
By T. T. MAXEY
- T h e D alles, O re g o n ,
THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS.
A
Despite improvement of 10,000,000
Engineer Howard is now putting a
bushels in the winter crop during May reserve supply into the new city res
and indicated spring crop of 68,000,000 ervoir preliminary to cutting it into
bushels greater than that of last year, the city system .and discontinuing fur
the total wheat production in the ther use of the old storage basin.
-United States for 1020 was estimated Sunday morning he had, after seven
June 8th by the department of agri hours pumping with the small pump
culture at 160,000,000 bushels less from the deep wells, 21,000 gallons in
than the total for 1919. The spring the new basin and then only had a
crop was estimated at 18,000,000 bush foot depth of water, which is held by
els more than tfce 5-year average. A a water gate and check valve. The
total winter wheat production of-604, - old reservoir holds only 26,000 gallons
000,000 bushels was forecast. This is when filled and last week, with all
228,000,000 bushels less than that of w ells and pumps at work, took 12
last year and 59,000,000 bushels below hours continuous work to fill. At the
the average for the 5 years ending in eight foot level the water passes into
1918 abd is almost a fifth less than the both of the new twin reservoirs by
great crop of last year ana about a means of pipes built into the,parti
20th less than the average crop for tion w all, thus insuring a reserve that
the five years 1914-1918 which includ w ill always be fresh.
ed the three largest crops in the his
tory of the United States.
Simultaneously with the depart
Moonshiner and Outfit Captured
ment’s announcement a committee rep
resenting the American farm bureau
Sheriff Hugh Chrisman captured a
federation, the national grange and prune moonshine still Wednesday
the farmers union presented a memor afternoon at Was?o with everything
ial at the White House calling Presi in full operation. The plant was lo
dent W ilson’s attention to what was cated in a dug cellar under a resi
described as “ the critical situation dence formerly owned by V. C. Brock,
existing on the farm and the resulting entrance being from a closet off the
menance to the nation’s food supply.’" kitchen by means of a trap door. The
The memorial further said “ lack of still consisted of an oil stove, Y0 g al
farm labor had cut down production lon barrel of mash, about three g »lion
one-third in some sections and that of liquid from a former mash, a quart
many m illions of $cres of land were of moonshine run once through the
being ‘uncropped. ’ That world sup still and another quart that had run
plies are short and higher food prices through twice. The outfit was being
seem inevitable.
Bread fines and operated by George Hooper and had
food riots are not beyond the possibil been under suspicion for some time,
ities of the next 12 months,” conclud the evidence being workeJ out by
Sheriff Chrisman with the help of
ed the memorial.
Deputy Sheriff Wm. Myera of Wasco.
Inter Church Financial Report
G e o . N . C r o s f ie ld , W a s c o , O r e .
OREGON
NORMAL SCHOOL
Six Weeks Summer Term, 1920
E n tra n c e and E n r o llm e n t
J u n e 21, 1920
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1 Regular:
2
3
Geo. B. Bourhill, Inter Church
financial treasurer for Sherman coun
ty, reports the following amounts col
lected, paid out, and remaining un
paid on account of “ blue card or in
dicated subscriptions at time made,
segregated by denominations:
Methodist fund, $60.50 received and
paid over; Christian fund, $12 receiv
ed and paid over; Presbyterian fund,
$60 and of this $10 received and paid
over; Lutheran fund, $15 of which
none has been received nor paid over;
Inter Church fund, $218.50 of which
$91.50 received and paid over. Total
directed subscriptions, $366; total
amount received and paid over as in
dicated by subscribers, $174.
Amounts collected by Methodist
committees, $92.50; amounts collected
by Presbyterian committees, $273.50.
COURSES
Practically all of those offered during the regular
session.
Special Methods: (a) In ihe different subjects for all the
grades from 1 to 8 inclusive; (b) For rural schools;
(c) For principals and city superintendents.
Elementary teachers’ training course.. AU subjects required
by law for the elementary teachers’ training course.
Regular Term Begins September 2 0 , 19 2 0
W rite to the R e fi« tra r /o r a Catalog
Reward for Information or Return
Strayed or stolen, one small blocky
built mare, dark bay, no white, four
years old, with yearling colt, chestnut
sorrel, no white. Branded T Heart
on left shoulder, the T above the
heart. Last seeh on the John Day
river at the mouth of Willow spring
canyon.
Suitable reward will be
given for information leading to the
recovery of said animals.
Ed G. Palmer, Ajax, Oregon
announcem ent
We are p leased to an n ou n ce that our firm has
been aw arded the Ford con tract and that w e will
distribute Ford cars, trucks and tractors for Sherm an
county end that portion o f W asco county e a st o f the
D esC hutes river.
.
The sa m e Ford service sta tio n s will, serv e you in
the tow n s o f this section a s in the p ast.
Place your orders ea r ly a s the m ore orders w e
have the m ore cars and tractors we- will be able to
-get.
Don’t w ait until harvest to g e t your Ford truck.
DesChutes Motor Co.
Moro, Oregon
SIT E u l Second Street
LIBRARY for congress was an un
questioned necessity. Consequent*
ly, the congressional library was found
ed about the same time the government
was first established, or In 1800. It
was entirely destroyed by tire to the
war of 1812 and also suffered serious
ly from fire at .a later dute. So, con-
ess authorised the construction of
a building that could not be burned.
Result, the present structure, com
pleted In 1807, said to be the most
perfectly adapted for the ..convenleat
use and storage of books of any large
library In the world, likewise the larg
est, costliest and safest.
It consists of three stories, a base
ment and a dome, covers almost three
and one-half acres and has a total
floor space of about eight acres. You
can better grasp the magnitude of
this building, when I tell you that It
contains 22.000.000 brlck^to su y noth
Ing of the other materials, and 'has
00,200 shelves with a total length df
about forty miles. »
It new houses considerably more
than op£ million, books and pnrnph
lets, which Is the largest slnele collec
tlon on the western hemisphere. Its
estimated total capacity Is about ,1.-
900,800 publications.
Its more than
2,000 windows render it the best light
ed library In the world.
The colorings of the reading room
are soft, quiet, rich and warm, being
conducive to the greatest comfort.
The walls carry many helpful and in
spiring Inscriptions, its conspicuous
betuty or charm, however, Is In the
wonderful mural decorative scheme. It
being, unquestionably, thé roost gor
geously decorated public building-in
America.
Caused By Gasoline Shortage
A new gathe of tag ia prevalent in
The Dalles that has its inception in
the universal shortage of gasoline. It
has been designated by its victims as
“ boot legging gasoline’* and ia of
more than passing interest to any one
who leaves his atuto standing on the
streets for any length of tim e. Such
a person is very liable upon returning
to his car to firtd h is gasoline tank
drained dry by some one more in need
evidently—as the thief haa moved on
to other cars. Edw Ball was one of
the latest victims while leaving hit
car stand in front of Donnell a drug
store in that city.
Have opened a Fire Proof Garage and in connection
’
The shoe dealer« «ay their price«
are due to demand, which sound« rea
sonable to anyone who has stood
around in a shoe store. As • general
thing, every customer who comes In
wants two.
We don’t pretend to know the whys
and wherefores, but the unpowdered
noses of the girls of our youth didn’t
shine, and In addition to that there
was much more foot beauty than there
Is now.
A man under seven fathoma-of wster
has held a telephone conversation with
a man 2.000 feet in the sir. And no
body Is surprised enough to make a
first-page story of IL
1 ’»
If you want to hear a profiteer de
nounced ‘right. Just listen when soms
other profiteer begins to illuminate the
atmosphere with the lurldltj of his
vocabulary.
The world’s alrplsns altitude record
of 6.4 miles has been homologated by
the American Flying dub. It’s natural
to use altltudlnoua words for high
stunts.
therewith have a first class Repair Shop which it open
Sundays for emergency repair work, under charge of
Jack M cM ahon.
Storage for transients.
A well se
lected stock of accessories as well as gas and oils.
Distributing Agency for
8htrman end Wasco counties for
COLE
STEPHENS
OVERLAND
AUTOMOBILES
Be Sure Your Repairs are Properly Executed
When a tire needs repairing it is best to have the work
done by a man who thoroughly understands his busi
ness. Amateur repairing often results disastrously and
it becomes necessary to buy a new tube or casing.
M O R O T IR É S H O P
L. IVI. Thompson, Proprietor,
3 years i t ths tire game
Opposite the M oro H dw & Im p. Co
Retreading
Vulcanizing
All Work Guaranteed
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WRITE, PHONE OR CALL UPON
». C. HANNA, H im , ORE
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FOR BARGAINS IN FARM PROPERTIES
S e e th e D isp la y !
N Ingersoll display in
k a w in d o w shows a
store w here you can be
“ fitted" to one of the dozen
or more Ingersolls — ac
cording to your o w n spe
cial needs.
Call on an Ingersoll
- .dealer today and let him
t help you select.
A
R adiolita
$ 3 .5 0
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Special Attention Given Wheat and Stock Farm
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W aterb u ry RadJoUta
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Independent ||)arebouee (Piffling (¡0
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D E A L E R S IN
L im e , P la s te r, C e m e n t, B u ild e rs
Supplies,
L u m b e r, .W o o d , Coal,
C edar Posts, and H ay .
M ANUFACTURERS O P
MILL FEED AND FLOUR.
Notice of Annual School Meeting
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Notice ia hereby given to the legal
voters of School District No. 17, of
Sherman County, State of Oregon,
that the Annual School Meeting of
said District w ill be held at the
School House ; to begin nt the hour of
2 o ’clock p. m. on the third Monday of
June, being the 21st day of June,
A.D. 1920.
This meeting is called for the pur
pose of electing one director for term
of three years and school clerk for
one year and the transaction of busi
ness usual at such meeting.
Dated this 4th day of Juna, 1920.
W. C. Bryant, Chairman
A ttest:
Board of Directors.
R. C. Ornduff, D istrict Clerk.
Oppo.it« Watt, BarUe Work.
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. Hall-Lewis 4 to.
The Dalle«, Oregon
F O S S & C O ., IN C .
MORO, OREGON’
Registered
Civil and Architectural Engineers
and Surveyors
Blacksmith C a tr a r to Machine
&
Maps, Plats, Estimates. Reports
on all kinds of Surveys
Plans, Specifications, Supervision
on all Classes of Buildings.
Firestone
Gilliam and Wheeler Counties
shop
Goodyear
Oils, Grease and Accessories
Auto Repairing and Storage
STOCK and WUUT RiNCHTS
FO R
WdQe
Steel and Coal, Hardwood, Carriage
and Wagon Material
SALE
• F. T. Hurlburt
Uppe^ Main Street, opp. Garage
CONDON, ORE.
w . N. JO N E S
AlJTO T R U C K
DRAY
Phone Main 314 M oro, -Oregon
Freight and Express
Handled Prom ptly.
M oving
Efficiently Attended To.
J ames
stewart
STOCK AND BRINO INSPECTOR
The claim Is now made that America
leads the world 4n shipbuilding: The
next thing is to lead In shipping, which
la something else again.
SHERM AN COUNTY
Special Notice -r Croafiald gives
warning to rush your orders for all
n - w th a t vou w ill need for overhaul
DEPUTIES
A & w : MORO, ORE
Schadewha,"
If
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TY rn
W H E N YOU
TR A V E L
BY AUTO A L .
A N D V IS IT T H E D A L L E S
STO RE
YOUR
CAR
In the concrete, tully equipped, roomy garage of W al
ther-Williams Company. Competent workman alwayg ready
to help you in-\any way they can at least expense to you.
For any service rendered the charge will always be reasonable/’
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