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About Sherman County observer. (Moro, Sherman County, Or.) 1897-1931 | View Entire Issue (July 9, 1920)
1 •WW"* 1 lie O b server MORO. FRIDAY........ OREOÓN. July 9, 1920 T be price of T h e O beeivcr it $1.50 pc year, 75 cents for >ix m onth*, 50 cent* foi tour m onth*— but if nwid in «dvance w< accept $2.50 in full *or 2 year*. Shorter term * than on«, year !? '» cent* per month A Blue M ark h -re w ill an*wer an in- query, when entered upon our calendar, giving 'he date c4 tae paper aa he date at w trh y o car» nt •«* • r p t i » e x * FORGETTING By MARJORY E. W EBSTER (£*. I »20, by M e£lura N »w »pap«r S y n d ic a te .> Betty'« heart was broken—never, never to he mended. She had qiMKS re le d with Tom, broken hbr engage ment. and come up to visit her aunt In th is l i t t l e village among the hills, lu order to forget him. •’If you weren’t quite so s e lfis h , uRti could forget yourself for five m in in g at a time, you would be a little bit happier. Betty." her aunt said one day. her voice softening her words. Betty didn’t even turn from the win dow. where she was gloomily looking down the road. Everything looked even more disiiial than usual lu the gruyneAs of u drizzling rain. . A little la te r h e r aunt called her out Into the kitchen, where she was pack ing som e Jelly In a basket. "Betty, 1 wish you would take this Jelly down to Mrs. Emery—she lives lu th a t white house near the cross rouds, you know. I was going myself, but my rheumatism Is troubling me and I’m afraid It would make It worse to go out In tills rain. The Jelly’s especially for her son—he nearly died with pneumonia this fall, and is Just beginning to sit up now. ‘T thought perhaps you could cheer him up a lit tle. You don’t mind, do you?” "I don’t mind taking the Jelly down," Betty replied, "but I’m not go ing In, because I don’t want to see him, I don’t feel like trying to cheer up anyone, anyway, especially when they’re men.” Betty trudged down the road mood ily. At the Eyiery place Mrs. Emery herself opened the door, and greeted her In such a warm, friendly w ay,’ that she was ashamed of her cross ness. “I made some pumpkin pies this morning, and I want to send, one up to your aunt. Come In and wait in the sitting room, whjle I wrap It up," Mrs. Emery said, drawing Betty In, In spite of herself, and pushing her Into the cozy, old-fashioned living room. "Here's someone to talk to, Don—Jessica’s little niece. Miss Southall. You must entertain her un til I get that pie wrapped up.” "My, but It seems good to see some one from outside,” he said. “Tou’re all w et; sit down near the fireplace.” Betty obeyed. He didn’t look any thing like Tom—she was glad of that.. He was sitting In an armchair, all bundled up In a red and white crazy q u ilt His face was very thin and drawn—until he smiled, and then he looked surprisingly bright. He asked her about her trip up and about her- ■elf-^-hot a bit, like Tom, whose con versation was always mostly about him self—and by the time Mrs. Emery came back, Betty had promised to come down the following afternoon and play crlbbage with him. , In the weeks that followed, while he was convalescing, ahe went down often. 8om etlm es she read to him, sometimes they played crlbbage, or roasted chestnuts or popped corn Id the fireplace, som etim es they JuHt talked. When he grew stronger, and there was no longer any excuse for her to visit him, he began to call often at Aunt Jessica’s house. Later, when he was quite well again, they anowshoed and skated together, and he took her sleighing behind his new and favorite horse, whose name he changed from Dolly to Betty, because It sounded so much better. Betty ooon forgot that she wasn’t happy, but ahe was too busy to notice the way her aunt's eyes twinkled at times, when she looked at her. It was some time later that Betty answered the doorbell one aftemoOn to find Tom Rolllnsford standing on the doorstep. “What a forsaken hole of a place to hide away In." were his first words. “I couldn't get anyone to bring me up from the station and had to walk all the way.” . His voice was somewhat Irritable, for he w as very cold. “ What a shame!" Betty sympa thized. as she led him Into the living room, wondering to herself what ahe •had ever seen In him. When she had closed the door, he seized both hands—Juat as of old— and said:" "Well, well, Betty, wyou’re prettier than ever. You were unreasonable last summer—about Louise, I mean— but Hl admit It was partly my fault, so I thought I had better come up and apologize and take you hnck home be fore some funner up here inirried you.” “If that’s why yon came up,” Betty said. “I'm afraid you’ve come« too late." She pulled the curtain astda and pointed down the road. “Roe that white house down there— the one with the big bam? Well, next month I am going to marry the man who lives there. Yes, he la a farmer, but he Isn't a cad.” “Betty. You’*« Joking!" “Oh. no. I’m not. See my ring. He la earning to supper tonight. Won’t you wait an<I meet him?" The look of unbelief on his face changed to one o f Injured pride. Look lag at his watch, he said stllfiy: “No. thank yon. I’ve got to catch that 5:1W train back—an Impor tant engagement, you koow—so I’ll tenr along." * With a Httle amlle In her eye«, Betty watched him laboriously make hla way down the drifted road, then her gaze toecame fixed upon the little white honse. and with the sm ile still playing «round her mouth, ahe returned to bar mork. Baker fo f’aocaa tim e culmkfated wl^t. final arrangem ents wero made by the Cornucopia Mines company fee the Is suance of a $300,000 mortgage to tbe Guaranty Trust company of New • • city. . Principal Events of the Week - ^Captain Jacob Speler, Portland har bormaster, has issued an order requir Briefly Sketched for Infor ing all vessels entering from foreign (torts to obey the provisions of tbe mation of Our Readers. new city ordinance requiring adequate protection against the lntroductiou of M otorcar service la to be restored plague. between Pendleton and U m atilla, July Apparently the finances of the young men of Lane county are better than 11. R esidents of W estern Lane bounty they w ere a year ago. County Clerk have voted to establish a union high Bryson issued marriage licenses to 59 couples during June this year, as school at Florence. The census bureau gave The D alles compared with 36 for the sam e month , ' a population of 5807; an Increase of last year. - As a result qf action taken by the 927, or 19 per cent. The First National Bank c t C lats upple and pear growers of Oregon, kanie opened Its doors for buslnes« practically the same regulations rel ative to grading the fruit and the in temporary quarters. size oT boxes for shipm ent will pre Baker coal dealers are receiving vail this season in Oregon, W ashing liberal supplies of coal, removing any ton, Idaho, Montana. tear of an Immediate shortage. Twenty-one voters determined the Exports from Portland for the month fate of a $105,640 budget it was a sc e r lust ended amounted to $7,753,555, the tained when the count on the Bend ugliest June record in the history of special school district election was an / h e pert. nounced. The budget carried by a A charter has b e e n Issued to the vote of 12 to 8, one ballot* improperly olumbia Trust A Savings bank of marked, being thrown out. \$toria. The institution is capitalized The grand jury at The Dalle«, after it $100,000. exam ining 10 wltnesse«, found Indict Funeral services for Jam es Rice, a m euts ugainst Oles Brown of Pensa ■lrcmlnont banker and farmer of Ma cola, Fla., charged with the murder o. lm s, were hVld. in the Elks' temple Otis Mayes, O.-W. R. A N. brakeman. at The Dalles. - >. and Council Oltver, Norfolk, Va., as The census bureau announced the an accessory. Both are colored. 1920 population of Baker City, Or., as (). P. Hoff, state treasurer, is barred 7729, an increase of 987 or 14.6 per by law from purchasing Improvement •('nt ?::?! e 1910. bonds Issued by the city of North The lumber mills operated by the Bend, (k o s county, for less than par R o o ili- K e lly lumber company at Wend- and accrued interest, according to a llng and Springfield closed Saturday, legal opinion given by the attorney- July 3, Indefinitely. general. T h ) opinion was asked by The Albany Ministerial association Mr. Hoff. has elected Rev. J. C. Spencer, pastor Pioneers from 'all parts of the west of the First Methodist church, presi assem bled in Portland last Friday for dent for the coming year. the 48th annual reunion of the Oregon Frank Barnes, engineer at the plant Pioneer association, whose member of the Eugene & W estern Lumber ship includes only thqse who arrived company, Eugene, was killed when a in Oregcu or were Lorn here before main steam pipe exploded. 1859. the year Oregon was admitted Based on the present registration to the union. of motor v eh icles In the state it. Is Construction of a paved highway ex predicted that more than 160,000 per tending from the southern W illamette sons will airily fob drivers licenses. valley to Salem and thence north of Harvey O. Starkw eather was elected Salem to connect with the paved road president at the aftnual m eeting of on the w est side of the W illamette the sons and daughters of Oregon pio river Is the purpose of the Capitol neers at the Portland public library. Highway asscclution, which wua organ Responsibility for the gasoline strin ized at Salem. The W est Coast Lumbermen’s a sso gency was laid to the oil com panies In a report published by tbe com m ittee ciation is installing a display of of the D ealers’ Mutor Car association Douglas fir and hemlock lumber In the state exhibit room on the greund of Oregon. That the lu m b ei industry Is slack In floor of the Oregon building, Portland, Coos county is indicated by the nunf that will make it one of the best edu ber of loggers drifting Into Marshfield. cational showings of the kind thut has Two m ills have shut down for an In ever been arranged.« Request for the assignm ent c t two definite time. According to Labor Comm issioner men In Portland from the United Giam there would be no shortage of States health service to take ade labor In Oregon If unemployed per quate steps to prevent bubonic plague sons woqld take work outside their entering Oregon, was made by City Health Officer l’arrish In conference regular calling. The contract fcr construction of the with Major Richey Waugh of the dam for the diversion of water from United States public health service. Members of state and'congressional Rogue river to irrigate 10,000 acres of land near Grants Pass has been let central'chm m ittees who are elected by to a California contractor. i county central com m ittees shall not The public service com m ission is necessarily be members of the ccunty sued 'an order perm itting the St. com m ittees, adSordlng to a legal opln Helens Lumber company to discon Ion handed down by Attorney General tinue steam heating service to Its few Brown. The opinion was asked by E. B. Tongue, district attorney of Wash remaining patrons at St. Helens. Governor Olcott has, In company ington county. No petitions of aliens who desire to with governors of other states, issued a proclamation urging enlistm ent In become citizens of the United States -Che United States navy. The quota will be received by the circuit court of Multnomah county after August 1. i »commended from Oregon Is 500. The public service com m ission la- Aliens must hereafter apply for citizen sued an order allowing J. F. Daugherty ship papers through the United States to cease business as a public utility district court, but In other counties in at Yoncalla. Mr. D aughterly'has been the state where the applicants would be inconvenienced by the fact that the providing a dom estic water service. Contracts have been signed by the only federal court In the state is in Oregon Dairymen's league for the Portland, the state courts will con purchase of ten cheese and butter tinue to hear naturalization cases. A bomb was thrown into the plans plants in different parts of the state. The deal involves more than $200,000# for the annual mobilization of the Ore L. Q. Hulin of Eugene has unsigned gon National Guard when a ruling wat as cashier and director of the First received by Adjutant General George National bank of Springfield and his A. White from the unlitia. bureau of the place has been taken by Lloyd C.xMar- war department requiring a minimum tln, who has bought Mr. Hulln's stock of 62 men per company in order to draw federal pay. Under this ruling In the Institution. The Eugene Chamber of Commerce no transfers of n.en from one com has taken ’up the proposed develop pany to another in order to meet the ment of hydro-electric power on the minimum requirement nor the con W illamette and McKenzie rivers as a solidation of com panies will be per means of attracting manufacturing In mitted. This means. Adjutant Gen eral W hite states, that, with two or terests to the city. The Carlton school budget for next three exccptiens, none of the C j ? i year, carrying appropriations for the panles of the Fifth Oregon infantrt sallary of one more teacher In the reghifent will attend the camp unless high school and for Increased pay for a special dispensation is secured modi all members of the staff was passed fying the ruling so as to permit the consolidation of companies as her» by a narrow majority, 48 to 42. The state Irrigation securities com tofora. m ission has been asked to certify an other $184,000 block of bonds for the (Yrants Pass Irrigation district, this se n* a part of the» 1290,000 Issue originally authcrlzed by the district. The state land board decided to ex change 50,000 aqrea of what la known as state script, and which is located in various sections of Oregon, for a compact body of 6«»,000 acres of fed , < ral lands In the Santiam forest re -,erve. Tbe lands ao^ght'ln the Sant'gf.) j « REASON ENOUGH, ,'jrest reserve would be used fcr ,rtVhy don’t you want to sit on lorestry purposes. . According to the report of the post Auntie's lap?" “ Cause every time you breathe master at Balean the revenue o f his you push me off.” c file s from the sa ls of stamps the past fiscal *year was $78d2. Second riass mall matter brought $6654 and T H E SE DAY3. matter from the h sta ts offices $14,260. In reply to a query from the district H ow many tttorney of Grant county, Attorney year* ugo did he live? leneral Brown hag given the opinion W ho? hat no official or person has authority The man who o suailFtnl the enforcem ent of the said that' two ».pould live c* statute prohibiting minors from play •heaply as ona ing pool. JREGUN NEWS NOTES OF GENERAL INTEREST One of the largest deals closed In (C op yrigh t. 1*1*. W e sttr a N aw apaper U n ion ) Parkville was In a state of agltnjlon Summer after summer, tbe-wdeepy. pretty village had gone on its peaceful way. Parkville maidens, clad In crisp muslin frocks, sat upon well-ordered verandas or porches, awaiting the com panionship of Parkville’s single, young men—still tbe proper, worthy maidens waited— with the difference, the young men failed to arrive as usual, to pay their bantering, attentive calls. And the trouble of all this laxity had arrived and leglstered at Park ville’s one hotel. That a young and unaccompanied woman should brave the publicity of the corner hotel, had before been unheard of. And that she should in addition waive all conven tionality aside and freely talk" and laugh with men whom she had met only In their various places of busi ness was—in Parkville— no less thun scandalous. And the strangeF’s of fense, which overshadowed all others, In the eyes of the village maidens, was the glowing beauty of the girl and the new and daring charm o f her. V\I1- 11am Thayer, the admired and Im portant young lawyer, had boldly e s corted Miss OJnrty Tyler—such was tilt? frivolous name of the newcomer— down the broad walk of Main street In plain view of almost the entire pop ulation of ParkvIHe, when she hud called at his oftlce upon some foolish pretext. At least, W illlam'sr mother assured the girls that this '‘Ginny’’ had made a trivial excuse to visit the office, she was sure, for William re fused to explain the reason. There after William, In defiance of anger or ridicule, wua often seen at Miss T ile r ’s side, while a former supposed sw eet heart made bitter remurks concerning his new allegiance. Doctor Jim, son of old Doctor James, was the strang er’s next victim, and though Doctor Jim’s repeated presence upon the ob noxious hotel veranda was followed by a prompt falling off of Invitations else where, Doctor Jim continued—lu the hotel keeper’s words— “to beat Bill Thayer to It.” Paul Thornton was an estimable mun, and young Parkville maidens evidenced a new and admirable In terest lu the church of their fathers. “The right mau at last,” said old Everett Fairfax, the wealthiest man of the town, to which Ruth, his daugh ter, silently and smilingly agreed. Paul Thornton was a frequently In vited visitor at the pretentious Fair fax home, and It was from these por tals that Ruth saw the thing which threatened at Its beginning the young preacher’s success. She had fairly glimpsed with animosity the strange girl’s approach, wnen the Reverend Puul, leaving the pastorate door, could be seen hurrying eagerly after. Ruth caught her breath In shocked surprise as that admired young man not only took quick possession of Miss Ginny Tyler’s hand, but drew It prptectlngly through his own arm, and the two went strolling up the hill toward what was known as “The Lovers’ Wulk.” Events following this episode cuused Parkville Itself to hold Its breath in shocked surprise. For, the shepherd of this worthy flock might he seen at almost any hour of the day devotedly and openly In the slreq’s company, while Billie Thayer and Doc tor Jim waited sulking upon the de serted hotel veranda. And as Paul Thornton persisted In his rashness, old Fairfax decided upon Ruth’s promptings to take up the matter with the great Doctor West, of the city. Doctor West's fame as one of the best preachers of the time was broadcast; astonishingly and unexpectedly, the noted man sent reply that he would prefer visiting ParkvHle and discuss ing the case In person. The Rev. Paul had been accepted In the Purkvllle church upon Doctor W est’s own re quest. A committee was waiting to receive him when he arrived at the Fairfax home in an automobile, and with re gretful and serious face Parkville’s wealthiest citizen arose to voice the complaint of his people. “We can’t keep a man whose, actions are ques tionable," he finished, “and Paul Thornton Is openly devoting himself to a questionable character. .$ girl who won’t tell where she came from or what she’s here for. Who lives by herself in a hotel, an’ dresses like a actress. Who don’t mix In with our girls hut carries on with the men." Doctor West considered, "I would like." he said at last, "to have you send for Paul Thornton and the young woman of whom you speak, and bring them before me." It was Ruth who flew to the tele phone and Ruth who admitted the guilty two wjien they answered the summons. But In the girl’s lovely face there was no embarrassment of guilt, while Paul Thornton rushed forward Joyfully to shake his superior’s hand. But the breathless, shocking moment came, when Ginny Tyler, all un- nbnshed, ran straight into the great man’s arms. Over her Jfevaly head he sm ile d nt them, "My daughter If he announced grave ly, "who came under her nidther’s maiden name to stay apiniig you, and try to find welcome. It was her wish to visit you, and find friendship for herself before coming to stay here permanently aa your pastor’s wife. Paul Thornton and my daughter Vir ginia have been for some time, and with my complete aanctlon — be trothed." Daclslve In Refusal. When you do not Intend to pay a bill there is nothing Ilka heb»g decisive In your refusal. The other day a hook- seller had an ’•account rendered" re turned to him with the following re ply «crawled ncrosa the hlHhend: ‘‘Deer Sir: I never ordered tliFsbenat- ly book. If I did. you didn’t send It. If you setn it, I never got It. If I got it 1 paid for ft. I f I didn’t I won’t. Now go and hang yourself, you fat head. Your» very reaptctfullj, Jubu Jell««,” Saven miles north of Klondike or Ten miles north east of Wasco at the H. E. Everett place JULY 13™ ELEVEN HEAD OF WORK HORSES • . ail young, none over six years 2 yearling mares; 3 2-yr old mares; 1 yearling gelding FIFTEEN HEA3 OF. CATTLE Including 7 real good milk cows, of these 4 now giving milk 2 2-year heifers 1 last fall bull calf 2 yearling heifer calves 3 last fall heifer calves 3 /4 Wino.na wagon, with rack 8 -fo ;l Canton tandem disc 6-foot Champion mowc* 12-foot Champion hay t ake 1 8 - 7 Superior drill — 10-foot w ater,trough 20-foot water trough One Header box 24-iOot harrow Harness or eight horses Fair supply of chain, double trees, stretch rs, etc., and other items too numerous to mention. Sale begin.» 10 a.m. bee Lunch at Noon T E R M S : S u m s under $ 2 0 , ca sh ; su m s over $ 2 0 , fiv e per cen L d isco u n t for c a sh , or approved n ote due O ctober 1 st, 1 9 2 0 , a t 8 p e r c e n t in te r e s t. L. L. i'UKK, H-. E. EVERETT, Auctioneer. Owner ir ò ) 'lUf'Mii rum AND CrET MK S M IT H , li i > DELCO LIGHT DELC O U O H T K LF JCRANNM A * i f< k to •A tU . »•0 TMNTM Rl«TI U0WUDV10 Increases Farm Efficiency •A T T F ftY Fifty thousand Delco-Light plant« jq opera tion on American (arm« «re saving at the most conservative estimate, an hour a day each— or o w 18,000.096 work bousa a yaajr g ija 'y V l i a t b tq v a l fo on arm y o f 6 0 ,0 0 0 j» 9 a working ton houfo o day for a M t month. d O VOUNCr M E N C O M M IT M A T R IM O N V ^ “ The Country»* P ort OTice*. Thor»* nr<* four clnaacs nf |>o«t of fices. The first class is an office \vBb gross receipts of $4^000 or more. The second class Is an office with groa« receipts <»f $fi,000 or more. The th ird clus» is one w ith g ro ss're ce ip ts pf $1,900 or more. The postm asters i)f these office« are appointed by the president. It is also lighting rural stores, garages, churches, schools, army camps and-rail» way'stations. HULERY BROS. Tbe appointment must be eonftrnu-d by the sen ate to beepme pperntlve. Any post office with gross Receipt* of less (bun $1,900 is a fourth d a s« oljlec. Its postm aster Is ap points«! by ( b e ’fourth assistan t post m aster general, ” •Trail Pointer. You can’t make your fare. Perhaps. If you could, you would make It dif ferent; perhapa not. But you can make yonr voice. You can make It gentle or harsh, you can mnke It pleas ant or quarrelsome, you .cun nmke It common or refined, you can make I, appealing or repelling. Many a Job has been refused because nf an n n, ydeasant voice, many a friendship re- buffed because of tones that grate harshly on the ear. A "common* voice alama tight «hut the door of many *o d a l and buslne«« o p p o r tu n ity — Ui- ttenapolla Btgf, pelco-Light is « complete electric light and power plant (or form« and suburban home» > It furnishes an abundance of clean, safe, economical light, and operates pump, , churn, cream separator, washing machine and other appliances. ro«i KJUSI ABO BARR Moro_. - TK. O m m s i U , - O regon ÇncinM*«»* CM«a««g. OkU O v er 30.000 DELCO-yGHT P lants jp ÀGtualUso O A L IT T L E M ISSIO N A R Y W O R K IN VOUR idle days by telling your neighbors of Ilia * g o o d qual-ities of The Observer. If you ««n’t get tlwii wih script ions, send ua their addresses and we will aeud them «nmple copies. We pay for ail sol.citiuu you (o Subscribe for Tbe Observer. BesLW^eklv published in the Inland Empire Everyone lead* D S ta tio n a r y , nicely printed is one of the first requtrm ent* nf a rood busin«». We can supply you. Q to d
