Sherman County observer., July 16, 1920, Image 2

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Mr. Melville Chater, rooordlpg Im­
pressions In the National Geographic
Magazine, admits that Ge w a j, aur-
prlsed when he arrived In Tlffla. cap­
ital of the new Georgian republic. He
had expected a city more suggestive
of the East, aa the Western mind pic­
ture» I t ; but the Golovlnsky proapekt.
the main thoroughfare through the
heart of the city, stretched before him,
"as handsome a bit of modern metro-
polltantsm a» can he found anywhere.”
and Its reataerants. shops, opera, and
what used to be the viceregal palace
but which now fl!ea the standard of
the new nation, suggested at once the
French adjective “chlc.M More than
that, this new capital was brilliant
with uniforms, Russian, Georgian. Ar­
menian, British, and moat picturesque
of all, the Caucasian costume, with Its
broad-shouldered, wash-walsted coat,
high, heelless boots, and astrakhan
rep. One marveled at the load of
weapons that completed I t ; a sword
rattling and clanking with tlie wear­
er's martial stride, a brace of pistols,
a pair of daggers and a collection of
what looked Ilk»“ enormous fountain
pens hung across the Caucasian
bosom, but which turned out to be
hollow tubes Intended to he loaded
with powder and shot. One must add
stiff mustaches and a close-shaven
skull to picture this Georgian In all
his glory on the Golovlnsky prospekt
of hla national capital. Clothing for
civilians Is scarce and expensive In
Tiflis, hut the cast-off uniform» of
m ilitary officers are for sale, and many
a citizen In ne«>d of a new unit had
bought himself an old uniform.
F R I D A Y . . . . ^ ........ July 16, 1920
I reland ..............Manager.
“My Count» y ’T-s oí Th»a, B * » » ‘
of Libarty.”
?a,w Lr 'Jw County.
Sowing" Dollar*
for a Thrift Crop ;
Two Costly and Bad Stormy Days
OWING the seed is only one step in the
production of a crop. ' If the harvest is to be
abundant, favorable conditions must be main­
tained. T o the business man, this means
favorable credit conditions.
The Federal Reserve System is the great
stabilizer of commercial credit conditions to*'
day. It insures an ample ¿Upply of such credit
at all times.
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state bank
FARM ERS*
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T h e M ost Popular Machine
. in the 1920
Sherman County H arvest Fields
will be the
Holt High Deck Combined Harvester
come in and let me tell you why
Rain, ha I and wind did many thou­
sands. of dollars damage to growing
grain in Sherman county Thursday and
Friday of this week.
About 5 p^n.
Tnursday a violent hail storm M t
Moro that had its inception a little
west of Bourbon station 20 miles south
of Mcro, h^re i t destroyed a small
portion of John Schassen’a grain and
others in that vicinity.
Traveling
northeast it destroyed v irtu a lly a ll of
Tom B arnett’s crop as well as that of
Otto Buchollz and M r. R o lf’s and lev­
ied to ll on about 300 acres owned by
Barnum Bros.
Friday npon another storm visited
practically a ll the middle north h a lf
of. Sherman county, term inating in a
cloud burst about the top of N igger
ridge. The damage in the laBt named
storm was spotted and over a larger
area, being nearly a ll cpnfined to
beating down the standing grain by
the heavy wind and rain which fe ll in
sheetB. W ater from the cloud burst
passed through Moro about 8:30 p. m.
During the electrical storm that
proceeded the cloud hurst of Friday
noon lightning set fire to standing
grain in the W . B. Rice field, seven
m iles northeast of Moro, and before
Being put out by the rain had burned
a diagonial strip through the section
about a quarter m ile wide, estimated
a t about 160 acres of fine wheat, p art­
ly insured.
ARE RETURNING TO FARMS
Not Many of Uncle 8arrTs Fighter»
Have Succumbed to the Lure
of the City.
O f America’s mighty war forces of
more than 4,500,<*00 men, 1.200,000, It
Is estimated, came from farms. Rec­
ords In the bureau of war-risk Insur­
ance In Washington Indicate that these
farm-bred or farm-raised boys carried
government life Insurance amounting
to over $10,000.000,000.
During the earlier demobilization It
was so difficult to keep track of the
discharged service tnen that It seemed
a» though a very large proportion of
them did not return to their former
addresses or homes. So many of the
service men who had come from the
farms seemed to be listening to the
call of the d ty that It was feared more
than one-half of them were not going
back to the farms. Later the tide of
migration set in toward the country,
and now It Is believed that the loss In
man power to the farms, as the result
of former service men settling else­
where, mfiy not he more than 500,000.
A . C. Thompson is interested this
harvest in seeing that th e ir two com­
bine harvestres are kept going u n til
th eir wheat crop is a ll threshed.
Work began w ith .them early this
week.
Geo. N . Crosfield, Wasco, Ore.
Foolish Visionaries.
Many there are who have fine vi­
Dead Towns Awaken.
sions and drenm great dreams and do
Dead tou’ns of the West are coming
nothing else. When In the mood they
to life as a result of the silver boom.
are- tilled with splendid conceptiona
T here were towns Iti Colorado and N e­
and Ideals, In which they revel with
vada and Arizona/which, under the In­
passionate enthusiasm; but when they
fluence of silver In. those days after
turn from their vision to the hard
the Civil war, burst Into wild, rich life
task their enthusiasm evaporates.
that has no parallel In history.
These are the Idealists who often plan
Clouds of dust are rising ulong the
great things for others and for them­
trails that lead across sag«*brush
selves, but whose lives are barren of
plains. The mining engineer, present-
results and filled with disappointments.
day successor of the prospector and
They are rightly labeled "visionaries;”
his burro, Is astir In the silver couh-
men who see much to do but do noth­
try.
'
ing. Shnkespenre has created the type
They are going back to the old
of such grand failure In Hamlet, Prince
shufts that yielded wealth when sliver
of Denmark, the’ type of the man who
was above a dollar. With the advance
has visions hut lacks Hhedlenee fo the
In mining processes In the last four
vision and resolution to curry It out.
decades the chances of profits are
hinny times multiplied.
Leaves Sweeter Than Sugar.
Keeps Windows Free From Frost.
The United States department of
Tn these days, when Jack Frost Is
agriculture has received from the con­
sul at Asuncion. Paraguay, several busy drawing pictures on the windows,
many beautiful works appear over
ounces of dried leaves and a small
night, but when he completely covers
quantity of seed of a wild plant that
Is about 180 times as sweet as sugar. the glass, he Is not so welcome. The
Russians have a very effective way of
It Is called kaa lee by the natives, and
Its botanical name la stevia rehaudl- preventing the obscuring of the win­
ann. Another strange plant la the ag- dows by frost. In Russia the walls of
bayun (synsopnlum dulclfernm) of the buildings are very thick, and
southern N ’gerla, the fruits of which double windows are fitted to the
are only slightly sweet, but have the houses, set about 13 Inches apart. ’The
peculiar property of making the sour­ window sill between the outer and In­
est substances, such as limes, lemons, ner window’s Is decorated with bright
unripe fruits or vinegar, eaten within green moss, and hidden there Is a dish
12 hours or so afterward seem Intense­ filled with calcium chloride, which ab­
sorbs all the moisture and thus effec­
ly sw’eet
tually prevents the formation of Ice
during the long, cold winter.
“ Are Y oh Getting Reel Tobacco”
says th e G o o d .fu d g e
T h ere* 8 m o r e g o o d , la s t ­
in g t a s t e in a l i t t l e o f t h e
R e a l T o b a c c o C h ew th a n
y o n g e t o u t o f t h e o r d i­
n a r y k in d .
Y o u d o n ’t n e e d a fr e sh
c h e w n e a r ly so o f t e n —
t h a t ’s w h y i t c o s t s y o u
le s s to c h e w t h is c la s s o f
to b a c c o .
A ny m a n w h o u ses th e
R ea l T o b a c c o C h e w w ill
t e ll y o u t h a t .
Put up in tw o styles
R IG H T C U T Is a s h o r t - c u t to b a c c o
W -B C U T Is a lo n g f in e - c u t to b a c c o
ASK T H E O W NERS
About the Economical Ford Trucks
Tin Wonders of Amerlci
Tlffla, Capital af Naw Georgian Ra»
publia, by Ne Means Typical
* f the East.
M ORO. OREGON,
Entered as second class matter at the
post office at M oro, Oregon, Jul^25, 18^1.
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MUQH LIKE WESTERN CITY
Farming Fleh.
The International Association of
Game, Fish and Conservationist Com­
missioners, fit their recent convention
In Louisville, pledged themselves to
use every Influence possible »toward
stimulation of a nation-wide move­
ment looking to the conetructlon of
fish ponds upon farms In which desir­
able species of game and food fishes,
especially the basses and the sun-
flshes, can be propagated for recrea­
tion and for food, at a comparatively
small expense when contrasted with
the vast benefits which will result
therefrom.
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When a tire need* repairing it is best to have the work
“T H l
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MERCK."
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W ord has been received that a carload of Ford cars will
arrive by the middle of July. •
H ave a touring car and a truck to be had out of the tar.
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/?. S. G O F F ,
MANAGER
Moro, Oregon'
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To pay Tunry Bird.
The flamingo, because of the shape
of Its bill, la obliged. In feeding, to
turn It* head upside down. In order to
take Io a fish.
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. A British firm hear* the name of
English A Irish." The fanny thing
about It la, however, that Mr. Irish Is
English and Mr. English Is Irish.— Boe-
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done by a man who thoroughly understand* hi* busi­
ness. Amateur repairing often result* disastrously and
it becomes necessary to buy a new tube or casing.
H E Woolworth building. New York
city, the highest office building In
all the world. Is often referred to aa
“The Cuthedral of Commerce.’*' Thia
marvelous building la 702 feet or fit)
storlek tall.
About 8,000,000 human
L. M . T hom pson, Proprietor, 8 year» at the tire g im t
beings reside within the bird’s-eye
view visible from the observation gal­
Opposite the M oro H dw & Im p. Co
lery on the fifty-eighth floor. This
Vulcanizing
R etreading
All Work G uaranteed
view, so unusual, so wonderful, has at­
tracted representatives from more
J W K X X .t,
than sixty different countries.
About four hundred feet of .the out­
side of the upper (Hirtlon of the tower L W E S H H I
Is flood lighted.nt night.« This causes
the building to present u hold and Im­
posing spectacle--.wilde. ’tls said. 40
miles at sea. The structure weighs
226,000 tuna, this tremendous weight
being suppprted by 00 caissons, the
largest 10 feet In diameter, all going
down to bed rock or 110 feet belo'w
a “490” or ‘.‘Baby G ran d ”
the sidewalk. Engineers claim Ita con­
struction Is so solid and safe that It
would withstand a wind huving a ve­
locity of 200 miles per hour.
About 250 people are required Jo op­
erate And uialntuln the building, which
contains almost thirty acres of floor
space. The tenants and the(r employ­
ees number about ten thousand. To
serve them aud those who enter to
tninsact business with them, 28 ele­
vators are reigilred. About 25,000 peo­
ple, ou un average, ride In them dally.
Approximately 250.000 p’eces of mall
matter are delivered In the building
dully. The two elevators which oper­
a te to the tower are the fastest ele­
vators In the woc'.d, huving a speed of
700 feet per minute.
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MOHO T IR E S H O P
W E C A N D E L IV E R
CHEVROLET
A N Y T IM E
! ROADS ARE BETTER EACH DAY
Upon
R cflictlo n —
It Is better tn have loved and lost
thnn to pick out n go-cart with your
wife,—Arkansaw Thomas ( ’at.
MORROW
What Becomes of Old Cara?
It has generally been assumed' that
wlien an autqmobile begins to show Its
age, It gravitates to the rural district»,
but the observing traveler knows that
the average farmer like« a new car na
well as the city m an; It Is evident that
the fate of uaed cars, and the reason
for the comparatively strong price
maintained on them, must he sought In
other directions.
Many second-hand cars are bought
by small fradesmen. who convert them
to commercial uses; hut by far the
larger number return to their makers,
or to the various brunches, where they
are dissected for the mufiy parts thut,
with a little cleaning, can he used
again, thus freeing the shops fmm the
necessity of turning out quantities of
parts for replacement stock.
W ASCO ,
BROS.
OREGON
Sherm an County A gents for C hevrolet A utom obiles
WRITE, PHONE OR CALL UPON
W. C. HANNA, DUFUR, ORE
Gilliam and Wheeler Counties
FOR BARGAINS IN FARM PROPERTIES
STOCK and » H ill RINCHES
Special Attention Given Wheat and Stock Farm
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Blacksmith
SHERM AN CO UNTY
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Garage
Machine
Shop
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Firestone T IR E S Eooriyear
D E P U TIE S
L. Schadewilz,
Kent Orc.
Dr Jo» Saunders, V .S
Moro, Ore.
Gas, Oils, Grease and Accessories
Auto Repairing and Storage
W . H . Meyer, Wasco.
W . C. B ryant .
C. J. B r ig h t ,
" Fifty-Nine Degrees Below Zero.
Fifty-nine degrees below zero was
registered In some parts fit the Adiron­
dack» last winter around tho first of
tfie year, according to weather bnrean
statistics. Better (pr worse) than that
was done by Jack Frost In Sweden,
where the temperature registered 7Q.fi
below sere. And In some parts of
Alaska thermometers are ebsolutely
useless, the best of them freeslng qp
and refusing to tell how cold It la. In
the dead of winter. In the Interior of
Alaska, pure alcohol freezes Into solid
blocks of Ice, as does kerosene.— Ex­
change.
Be Sure Your Repairs arc Properly Executed
By T . T . M A X E Y
Iron, Steel and Coal, Hardwood, Carriage
and Wagon Material
Bright & Bryant
A ttorn eys-nt - La w
Offices at
The O llie s and Moro, Ore.
M ORO LAUNDRY
QEO. ELLSW O R TH , Proprietor
WASCO TIRE AND VULCANIZING WORKS
As
G u y C h s m n ts s ,
P r o p r ie to r
W a s c o , O re g o n
Washing done each Monday, Tuesday
i
and Wednesday
Third day delivery schedule maintained
Leave bundles at Ellsworth Hotel Annex
D ry C ure R e tre a d in g a S pecialty
T ire and T u b e R e p a irin g
B ru n s w ic k T ire s
S atis fac tio n G u ara n te ed
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