Sherman County observer., July 30, 1920, Image 2

I'b e
O b s e rv e r.
May 24 was Ihe seventy-sixth anni­
The Shenn aa Electric Jo. has caus­
versary of the sending of the first tel-
ed
correction
su
rreys
to
be
made,
re­
M ÒRO, OR EG O N .
sulting in «.shortening of our line and , graph message. This message, flashed
' When a tire need» repairing it i» best to have the work
Entered as second clasa naaMe^r , , 1 ’^r effecting a cheaper and more satisfac­ from Washington to Baltimore by the
done by a man who thoroughly under»tand» hi» bu»i-
inventor, 8. P. B. Morse, was a hum
pc*I o ftc e at M o ro . D reg oo , July 25, ls **l. tory crossing of the DeaChutea River.
. • nesa. Amateur repairing often remit» di»a»trou»lv and,
The total distance of line to be built Me acknowledgment of the power o f j
the Creator and. ns such, renin I ns a
F ore*« A 4 » *« *« « R«**
, I Las now been reduced to thirty-seven
it becomes necessary to buy a new tube or casing.
T H E AMERICAN PRESS ASSOCIATION 1
classic'
example of humility that ex­
(27) nrilea. aa against forty-three (43)
had construction been made to the ults. Much cause Morse had for vain­
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glory In the hour of success. He had
plant on the W hite River.
The line wiU cross the DeaChutes heen laughed nt, and scoffetw hung
L. M. Thompson, Proprietor, 3 yeirs at the tire gim t
Manager. River about three and one-half milea such articles as boot» and Trousers ou
L. I reland
his
wire
In
derision
of
the
Idea
that
w est and aboyt one mile north of the
Opposite the Moro Hdw & Imp. Co
^rskine School. F'r. m the point of anything could be sent over a wire.
Congress
refusing
at
first
to
take
him
. s ) i ■ crossing th e DeaChutes the line runs
Vulcanizing
Retreading
All Work G uaranteed
seriously, had voted an appropriation
southeasterly to the southw est corner
to /ln n n ce his experiments. But sev­
f Section 28. Township 1 South. Range
eral years later, ou March 3. 1843, It
J i-aat of the W illam ette Meridian,
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voted him 230.010. “What hath God
.hence due east to the Erskine School
wrought?" Morse wired In the code
m t» * T • or Tbs«. A**«»
where connection will be made with
that is still standard. The message
of L iberty.** —
:he intertowfl line.
1 of a lesser man might have heen:
The transm ission line will run a dis­
1 ’ Well. I have done It!” or some sim­
tance of about fifteen m iles through
ilar expression of vainglory, says
W asco County. Leaving the sub-sta­ I Cleveland Press. But Morse regard­
tion of the Pacific Power & Light Com
ed himself merely an Instrument, an
a “ 4 9 0 ” or “ B aby G ^ i u l ”
pany in the City of Dufur the line will ■ '
through whom God had be-
The Truth is Always Best
un ou Third Street east to the City Mow<?d upon monkIn<| „ „e v t.nd won-
QOWING the seed^is o n ly one step ii in the
O ne of the largest newspapers In u n its, thence northeast about a half derful gift.
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d u c tio n of a crop.
to be i f the harvest is
Unarica, a strong advocate of social m ile to the ea st and w est half-section
a b u n d a n t, fa v o r a b le c o n d itio n s m u s t b e m a in ­
sui and governm ent ownership of rail line of Section 20. Township 1 South,
The census bureau estim ated that
ta in e d . T o t h e b u sin e ss m a n . th is m ea n s
•jails published a eulogy of the won Hange 14 East of the W illam ette Mer­ farm G lu es In Tulare county. Cull- ,
fa v o r a b le c r e d it c o n d itio n s.
lerful in inagem eut under temporary idian; from that pclnt the transm is­ fom la. had Increased over $50.090,000
* T h e Federal Reserve System is the great
;ovori.meni operation and then pro- sion line runs on a direct line cutting from BH>4 to 1910. A large part of
stabilizer of com m ercial credit conditions to»
?eeds
to coudemn the roads for the the sections in ^ialf until within a this gain was. due to electric service
d ay . I t insures an am ple Aipply o f such credit .
increases In freight and passenger distance of three m iles of the Des­ in the county, yet the total Invest­
a t a ll times.
ates which they are asking. The ch u tes River. At that point the line ment In the electric service, was less
article sayff'-tbat under government swings a quarter of a m ile to the north than 10 per cent of the gain In lam,
FARM ERS’ STATE BANK -
ownership the increases would n t be and then again g<*s due east to the values. The Installation of a 20 horse
M o ro
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O re g o n
power motor "may change the value of
crossing of the Des(*hutes.
necessary. •
Why lie to the people about matters
In covering this distance the line ran a hundred acres of land from $20 to
Train 1892 to 1914 ]
of fact? It is common knowledge that along or crossed over 28 different $200 per acre.
as scon as the roads were taken over ranches. In each case a right-of-way California water power increased from I
by the government, during the war, had to be negotiated and obtained, and about GOO to. nearly 000.000 horse-
rate« were immediately Increased more in some Instances as many as twelve lH»wer. Water power Is not like tim­
ber, coal, oil, minerals or other prod­
than the roads had ever asked and cr thirteen different persons were in
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the public had to pay without a kick. terested in the land. The large num­ ucts of the public lands. The water
These increases were Immediately ber of people to be seen and^the diffi­ Is not made less valuable hut more
swallowed by wage increases granted culty oftentim es in finding them made valuable by development, as the pow­
for political purposes and when the this matter not an easy one. How- er resulting is sold to those requiring
governm ent turned the roads back to aver right-of-way has been obtained service and the result is the develop­
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private ownership the taxpayers had and at an expense to the company of ment of the state.
been required to dig up some >760,- Jn e Dollar for each separate grant.
W ASCO, bREOON •
The sornwhat staggering figures that
000,000 for expenses which railroad
It has been decided to construct a
revenue under increased rates had not 22,000 volt line throughout. This will have Just been Issued relative to t ie
covered during the period under gov elim inate the cost of transformers to public debt which the United States
reduce the voltage at the point of con­ government has incurred since fhe be­
em inent control.
Why not tell the truth to the peo nection with the intertewn line and ginning of the war might appall, were
pie? If government operation had con will "fclve a more dependable service It not Shat the world is getting so used
tinued, either the taxpayers would and a better voltage regulation over to thinking In billions, where It used
to think in hundreds of thousands, re­
have bad to make up annual deficit* the entire system .
as they did for two years, or rates
The decision to construct an entire marks Christian Science Moultor, that
would have had to be Increased as the 22,000 volt line was made In view of It lias ceased to allow sue,»' trifles as
on extra billion or two to arouse It un- . 'I
roads are now asking, or tne American the probable expansion and building
duly. It is interesting, however, to , J
railroad system would go into bank of farmer lines from the different
speculate on what the feelings of the , 1
towns. If an ll.OoO volt Intertown line founders of the republic would Imve ! i
ruptcy.
had been built there would be a limit
been had they ; been «told that well «*
* Even the nnychants w’11 tel1 JO‘ on the number cf lines that could be
not to buy It Amless you heed It. So run cut of the towns and also the dls- within the century and a half after
they had labored to establish the gov­
you will help even t h ^ merchants by
ance thes& lines could run. With a
not burning your nfoney. " The repre 22i,OO6 volt line thlB question Is ellm : ernment on a 'stable basis, that gov­
(tentative merchants are as anxious to nated and it makes possible unlimited ernment would be so firmly Intrench­
get back to normal ground as you are expansion in Sherman County, without ed as to be able to borrow $Ji4,824.-
345,000 from the people, within a pe­
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any change in the voltage of the line. riod of two years, and cause scarcely
’ An economist advises girls to mar­
Owing to the fact that the trans­ more than passing comment.
Special Attention Given Wheat and Stock Farm
ry mechanics, not because they are former will be elim inated at the Er
handy tnen around the house, but be­
skine School House, the cost of the
The magnitude of the various chari­
cause they are earning money enough
entire 22,000 volt system will be very table.
religious
and
educational
to Idje handy men. and women, too
little, if any, In excess of the j ll,000 “drives” of national or world-wide
if they can be found.
,
volt line which we had contemplated scope carried on in this country the
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building when the company was cr
past
year
or
two
Is
estimated
hv
the
It Is n waste of time for people to
national Information bureau nt $4fl0,-
More m en every day are find­
growl about taxes. T hat war debt of ganixed.
A franchise giving to the company 000.000 or more. T h e fact that all of
thirty billions will have to be paid or
ing that it costs le ss
repudiated, and It Isn’t going to be the right to construct its line out>of this money has heen raised "means net
to use the Real To­
repudiated. The better plan Is to smile the City’ of Dufur has passed Its first only that -the Americans are the rich­
R . H . M c K e a t), M a n a g e r, W a s c o , O re g o n .
bacco Chew.
reading. 8teps have been taken to est people In the world, hut that they
and pay, pay. pay»
secure
to
the
company
the
right
to
are
the
most
generous.
The full rich taste lasts so
Some of these days, women mby de build along, parallel with and over the
long, a sm all chew satis­
clde to slaii'lardlze their millinery In roads in the different counties.
D E A L E R S IN
fies ; it’s just what you have
A suitable transformer for reduction
Gilliam and Wheeler Counties
a neat ami universal style and save
been looking for.
L im e , P la s te r, C em en t, B u ild ers
enough money In ten years to pay the of voltage at the pclnt of connection
with the Pacific Power & Light Com­
Supplies,
L u m b e r, W ood, C oalr
war debts of the world.
That’s why It costs you
pany's property at Dufur has been
C
edar
Posts,
and H ay.
less.
Of course It would be a fine thlnt ordered. Owing to the great number
Any man who uses the
for the future of (lie country If tin of orders placed at the'factory consid­
FO R S A L E
M A N U FA C T U R E R S OF
motto, “Produce more and waste less,’ erable delay must be expected in ob
Real Tobacco Chew will
tainlng
the
.transformer.
A
contract
could
be
made
as
popular
as
I
be
mov
tell you that.
lias been made, however, for delivery
les.
Put up in tw o styles
of the transformer about the first of
Great Britain professes
to b« the year.
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U pper M ain Street, opp. G araie • .-..x > .x < < X X X X X X X X X X K K X > O O O O O O O O O O C » O O O O O O O O Q O O O O O O O O <
R IG H T C U T is a s h o rt-c u t tobacco
alarmed ovt r price-cutting In America
No service U ill be possible until the
Hqjvever. It should not take our j j r le e
transformer arrives for installation at
C U T Is a long fine-cut tobacco
CONDON, ORE.
tag va- t.g too serou sly.
the City of Dufur, and the company
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C'¿y
plans to have the power line through­
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out constructed by that tlnae.
A s the financial situation in Sher­
MORO, OREGON .
man County at the present time is
rather close, the Board of Directors
has decided to withhold all calls for
additional payments to stock subscrip­
tions until about the middle of August.
DRAY
In the meantime the engineers are at
work on plans and specifications cover­
Phone M ain 314 M ^ ro , Oregon
ing the material required,, and steps
ire being taken to obtain bids and
Freight and Express
prices on the material so that when
Handled P rd m p lly. M oving
additional calls are made the company
will be in shape to purchase material
Efficiently Attended T o .
at once, let contracts, if advisable, and
crowd the construction work to n con
elusion.
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W C. B r y a n t .
C. J. B r ig h t ,
■fry v’.rJO
Be Sure Your Repairs are Properly Executed
M O R O T IR E S H O P
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’Sowing Doll ari
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for a Thrift Crop
W E C A N .D E L IV E R
jîid te b 'Shaman My.
CHEVROLET
A N Y T IM E
ROftDS ARE BETTER EACH DAY
’/
MORROW
The Most Popular Machine
BROS.
in the 1920
Sherman County Harvest Fields
Sherm an County A gents for-C hevrolet Autom obiles
will be the
•Holt High Deck Combined Harvester
come in and let me tell you why
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G e o « N * G r o s f ie ld , \(7<iscO y O r c #
WRITE, PHONE OR CALL UPON
FOR BARGAINS IN FARM PROPERTIES
le Tell Y o u This”
says the Good Judge
Independent Warehouse j( (ÍIBIing Co
STOCK a d WllliT R M iS
/1ILL FE E D A N D FLO U R .
F. T. H u d b u rt
& C O .,
IIMC.
W - N. JO N E S
Blâcksmith P n t r a n o Machine
&
shop
a U to truck
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OW NERS
Firestme
About the Economical Ford Trucks
Gas, Oils, Grease and Accessories
Auto Repairing and Storage
Iron, Steel and Coal, Hardwood, Carriage
and Wagon Material
- Bright & Bryant
A tio riiey s-sil - En w
•SâÆSê
o Ifices at
The Dalles and Moro, Ore.
Full and Complete line of Genuine Ford Parts
WASCO TIRE AND VULCANIZING WORKS
M ORO LA U N D R Y
now in stock
O EO .
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G u y C h s m n e » » , P r o p rie to r
P ro p rieto r
W a e c o , O re g o n
DesChutes Motor Co.
R. S. G O F F .
MANAGER
Moro, Oregon
> r
Dry Cure Retreading a Specialty
done each Monday, Tuesday
and Wednesday
Third day de.ivAy schedule maintained
Leave bundles U Ellsworth Hotel Annex
Washing
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