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About Sherman County observer. (Moro, Sherman County, Or.) 1897-1931 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 6, 1920)
T ' - ’ - t ” • 7 9 ■ OrHi»i.S«¿.( -luJiiuHu» M o ro , S h e rm a n E s ta b lis h e d 1 8 8 7 . O o y n tv , O re g o n . flAILROAOS GRANTED CAPTURE SLAYERS' OF I INCREASEJN RATES • UMATILLA SHERIFF Drs Morgan & Wilkie J, R . Morgan F rid a y . Advance on Freight and Pas sengers Will Amount , to Office on Firat street, Phone M ain 83 •Billion and a Half. Dr. C. E. Gard " D E L N 'T IS'T D E N T IS T I D r . C . L . P o le y P h y sic ia n ja n d Su rgeon . M oro, O regon. Office in residence. Residence phone M 72 Office phone 463. J. Carlos Chornley, M.D. PHYSICIAN and SURGEON 9 Pendleton.-—Nell H art, Jim Owen», Jack R athle, Louis Anderson and Rich ard P atterson, the five meu who es caped from the Jail here Sundav July 25, afte r Sheriff Til Tuylor had been m urdered, w ere captured and are 1 back in the Pendleton jail. Nell H art, alleged slay er of Til Taylor, sheriff of U tnatlfta county, r.nd Jim Owens, H art's principal accom plice iu the jailb reak , w ere taken at a sheep earnl) in the high m ountains of Union county, six m iles south of Toll (late, near the head of the U m a tilla river. The cap tu re was m ade at about 1 o’clock In the m orning. The posse, headed by J. II. M cLachlin of La G rande, stum bled onto a sheephefd- e r’s ten t In the m ountain section near Toll Gate, found the two men asleep and captured them w ithout a fight, • Katliie was taken on the road two m iles above Gibson on the Umatilla river. R athle was unarm ed and was resting on a hillside when he was closed in on by a posse of six men. Richard P atterso n and L e w is ' An derson, the last two of the fugitlv^ outlaw s, wertv token into custody four act. T he 20 per cent Increase in passen miles southeast of R am ela by John ger fares, excess baggage charges and McUardan and Barney Devlin, slieep- milk tran sp o rta tio n ra te s and the 50 herders, both of Heppner. per cen t su rch arg e on Pullm an fares For a time S aturday nig h t It looked, ill be general. F reig h t ra te increases as though the jail would be storm ed will vary according to territo ry , with by a mob determ ined to tak e the law 10 per cent in th e east, 25 per cent unto them selves and lynch Neil H art, h the south, 35 per cen t in the w est— Jim Owens and Jack R athle, the prin (yosa the M ississippi riv er to the cipals in the jail break, but they were Rocky m ountains—and 25 per cen t In dissuaded from th e ir purpose by W. It. m ountain Pacific te rrito ry —from east ( "Jinks") Taylor, b ro th er of Til T ay of the Rockies to the Pacific coast. lor, and his successor as sh e riff/ • W ashington.—How ard E. Figg, spe cial a ssista n t to th e atto rn ey genefdl In the enforcem ent of th e ^ ev e r law ag ain st profiteering, charged th a t m an u factu rers and jobbers of w earing apparel were attem p tin g through care fully- prepared propaganda "to sta m pede retailers and the public into a renewed fictitious dem and" for cloth ing. and thereby force prices higher. •"The d ep artm en t of Justice," said Mr. Figg. “is fully advised of the sev eral phases of th is dphrefully planned cam paign, and it only rem ains to fix personal responsibility before apply ing the crim inal provisions of the L ever act." M anufacturers and Jobbers are even going to the length of "g uaranteeing the retail tru d e a g a in st a declining m arket," Mr. Figg said. He called atten tio n to Instances whej-e mills have been closed for the reason, he phartfed, of Justifying m ar DROP IN FLOUR PRICES ket conditions on the plea of u nder production. , , Portland Reduction A mounts to 11 per “The closing of m ilts Is in turn S IÌE R M A N C O U N T Y Cent; S eattle 20 per Cent. being used in the price propaganda," P ortland. Or.—Flouring m ills In Mr. Figg asserted . "T he reta ile r is, Portland announced a drop of 80 cents, Address: MORO, ORE. i barrel on all grades of <lour, w» tak e then, being th reaten ed with further cu rtailm en t aud h igher prices if he •ffect at once. D EPU TIES The low er price Is th e d irect resu lt does not accept goods and order_on of the tendency of the w heat m arket the presen t m a rk et,” Dr Jos. Ss under»,V.S L. Schedewit?, toward a low er level and the bum per Moro, O re. -rops th a t nre_ being brought In WOOL CONSUMPTION DROPS Meyer, W « c o . hroughout th e grain belt. Thu re duction In P ortland la about 11 per C urtailm ent In O perations of Textile Industries Blamed. cent. S eattle prices dropped approxim ate W ashington.—A sharp drop ¡n wool ly 20 per cent, according to an a n consum ption am ounting to approxi nouncem ent m ade by the Puget sound m ately 17,000,000 pounds In Ju n e as com pared with thq av erage consum p millers. W holesale prices now effective on tion for the preceding m onths of this the local m ark et are : Fam ily p a te n t,, year, was announced by tho d ep a rt $12.95 b arrel (196 pounds net w e ig h t); m ent of a g ric u ltu re’s bureau of mar- bakers, $H».9B.; whole w heat. $11.05; keta. The drop was due, the bureau valley flour, $11.20, and straight*, said, to the cu rta ilm e n t of operation« $10.80 per barrel. $ in the tex tile m anufacturing Industry resulting from la< k of orders, cancel lations and deferred shipm ents. Debs Says Ho Will Stay In P rison, R eports tn the bureau show th at W a sh in g to n —Eugene V, Debs, So 46.000.000 pounds of wool entered into cialist qandldftte for president, who li,tep ta |e Stoçl (nspeçtQr is now confined In th e federal prison m anufacture in June ag ain sf 72,700,- Dg^ipiner of Mallions for Ldçense at A tlanta, has drged bis friends and 000 pounds in Jan u ary , 63,700,000 followers throughout the oountry to pounds In February, 67.900,000 pounds -OREGON m ake 00 fu rth e r a tte m p ts to have in March, 66,900,000 pounds in April him ’freed unless all o th er political and 58,000,000 pounds in May. In telephone Mein 502 prisoners are released, sim ultaneously. June» 1919, (he consum ption was 55,- 0(0.000 pounds. DR. C. H. JOHNS Chiropractor M anager W. K. J o h n so n of th e T u n i-A -L u n i L u m ber C o m p an y Moro office states he is now w o rking on lis t A 1 n u m b e r 12 w hich is th e th ird an d la te st d eclin e in lu m b e r prices th is veer. mjiÿ d elay fall b u ild in g u n til bad w eath er u n less early action is ta k e n an d b u ild in g ”p la n s are n o t left till th e last m in u te as is u su ally th e case. Local c a rp e n te rs an d c o n tra c to rs are now a lre ad y busy and in m an y cases have m u ch w ork ahead. will m ake th e “ last m in u te ” b u ild e r w ish be b a d p la n n e d an d sta rte d earlier. - . . ............- . i . . . • “Size u p y o u r c ro p ” an d p lan “a fte r h a rv e st ’ b u ild in g s'n o w , is M anager J o h n s o n ’s athnee. . T h e T u m -A -L u p i Plan D e p a rtm e n t fu rn ish e s in 43 h oura w hen re q u ire d a p lan an d e stim ate of cost of b u ild in g s for H om es an d F arm s. No o b lig atio n to buy. T u m -A -L u m M an ag er Jo h n so n h a s th e p lan books of hom es, p ic tu re s of in te rio rs an d farm b u ild in g s w h ich he w ill be glad to e x p lain . Read this offer backed by Tum-A-Lum Capital ol One Million Dollars Wo* fu rn ish C o m p lete P la n s for H om es a n d F a rm B u ild in g s. O u r G u a ra n te e d P rice fo r A L L m a te ria l covers every th in g needed in o u r lin e . NO E x tra s . H a u l back* th e m a te ria l le ft over an d receive c red it. No m ail o rd e r house ever m ad o a s im ila r offer. t i J m - a - l U m l u m b e r M ORO, co . a O R E60N Materials and Plans for Homes and Farm Buildings" WRS. JAS. M. CüX VETERINARIAN •Have a Purpose, and Stick. You a in 't change John periodically nnil rise to the top. A vacillating p u r pose niny keep a fellow pretty busy, lull few real credits accrue for the ef fort. Wlmt Is gained today Is lust to morrow. T he facing about menus re tracing your steps. T h at m am s you nje getting hack to the pyfnt you sta lle d from. T ils may lie necessary If you were once hernial In the wrong direction. Then of course yen must get hack to sta rt In rigid. Bui this double trucking ra p ilre s lots of ef fort i,ml you get nowhere. Yofi can’t afford VnuCh of It. At best life's bat tles are Imrd io tight anil the road la largely uphill. The wise man Is care- •ful to make every step contribute to progress.- Exchange. tí •V Ex Qoverner Manly of Indiana Killed. Dennison. O — J. Frank Hanly, ex- Preoident Wilson to Sell HI» 8heep. governor of Indiana, a prohibition W ashington.— P resid en t *Wllson is Moro, Oregon Mr». Jam e» M. Co», wife of th e Dém candidat« for president In 1918, and to reti+e from the sheep huslnoss. The Dr. and Mrs. C. M. Baker of Kilgore. Wlilto House flock of 48 prize sheep. ocratie . candidate for president. O., were killed six miles from here Which has k ep ^ th o law ns cut for th ree when a Pennsylvania freight train Bummers, is to b" sold. The yield of If you cannot Met me struck their automobile. wool has gone to charity, th is year to Jepaneae Women and L iterature, at the bead of the literary movement of' thalf oountry MAJOR GILBERT NEW LEGION COMMANDER WAR .IN IRELAND 1S FEARED VETERINARIAN the Salvation Army. In 1918 the flock Il Is to til«* J a p n iw e wonuui that the produced 98 pounds, which was sold Jap an ese language owes much of the by the Red Cross, bringing moro than iwogrcsa It has made during the Inst eentury. She was of ©id forbidden to $52,000. - * ‘study the ¿’hlnese language, which was -considered the pxeluslve monopoly of Bolshevik! P en etrate Armenia. men. The Japanese Women took hold Constantinople—Bolshevlkl penetra of their nutive tougue and were soon dally.' Reprisal« by policemen and soldier« on village« «uspected of bar boring men responsible for attacks against the armed force« are expected here. In the meantime-tbe Sinn Feln- er« have virtually cleared the oountry of barracks. They are now turning A storia, Or.— M ajor W illiam 9. GH-’ b ert of A storia, ex chaplain w ith tho their, attention to country hooaes 3d Oregon, heads the "American Le wfiere military force« might be bouaed. gion In Oregon for the com ing year; the unanim ous choice of delegates to tho second sta te convention. O. L. Goodell of P ortland was elected vice- com mander. , As ad ju tan t of the departm ent for the ensuing year, Edw ard J. Elvers of P ortland was re-elected. P resco tt W. Cooklngham of P ortland was re-elect ed d epartm ent finance officer. On the stato executive com m ittee Danger in Overweight. Overweight, w ithin ten pounds, un for the com ing year, Edwin F ortm iller »1er t i l lily years of age Is considered of Albany was chosen a t large, How favoralde sign and Indicates resist- ard Olldea of McMinnville was named re against tiilierculosls. AftVr thlr- to rep resen t t h e , first congfesslonal O years It Is an unfavorable sign, slg- district, George R. W ilbur of Hood nlfy ng over eating, auto Intoxication River the second d istric t and Ben 8. ami danger of hardening of tho nr- Morrow of Portland the th ird district. terh s apoph'xj’, heart failure, auffi Brighi’« dismise. S anders tion of Armenia It continuing, accord lag to kdvloss. . _______ A lm ost c e rta in .a d v a n c e s in lu m b e r prices an d scarcity of lab o r Theo.tìeletski, D.V.S. f rain Derailed, 6 Hurt, ppokane, “Wash. — .Five trainmen were «Injured when the oriental weet- ‘' hound Great Northern paaeenger train Caskets and Robe« always on was derailed at 10:4$ a. m. Monday I; special supplies and caskets near Wllaon Creek, Waah. No pae- w at atfb naw "r • ~ aengera were hurt, aocording to VO* ' 8am Btiibme, Moro, Oregon. ports received her«. He fu rth e r says m uch b u ild in g is bein g ta lk e d of th is year, b u t th a t sh o rta g e of cars an d w orkm en STOCK AMD BRAND INSPECTOR To My Patron»; lirect by phone at Moro, please call Fo»» Sk C o.’» garage, who will promptly notify ne when I return to town. * * Put today’s Prosperity into Much Needed Buildings J ames * 4 . Lumber reduced 30 per cent. New price list just started. May advance soon, due to fall demand. CHARGE ATTEMPT TO WHEAT DROPS TO NEAR $2 MARA STAMPEDE GLOTRIERS Chicago — F o r th e first tim e In more han two years, w heat fu tu res on th? Office opp. H o tel Sherman Chicago board of trad e were n ear the W ASCO. , : : O R E G O N 12 m ark S aturday. A drop of 10 cents in December wheat brought th e total drop for the jveek to 45 cents and put th e price at Hours by Appointment I2-.15. March w heat followed Decem Phone ber closely, th e final bid being $2.13. The drop in w heat was the feature )f the week on the board of trade, but here was little sensational In its ac complishment. T here was sim ply no buyers, and sellers dally lowered the lgure at. which they would p art from heir holding. , Corp and oats dropped In sym pathy Office at Residence. , MORO, ORE. with, wheat, but to a lesser extent. For the week the, losses In corn were: July, 20 cent«; Septem ber, 17 cents; December, 17 cents. Ju ly oats dropped cents; Septem ber and December STEW ART 7 cents each. Lower Prices Lumber High Prices Crops All Five Men Who Escaped Are Now Back in Pen«» . dleton Jail. W ashington.—A uthority for the rail roads to Increase revenues by approx * - • jO R E G O N imathly one billion and a half dollars MORO. was g ran ted by the in te rsta te com m erce com m ission. F reig h t ra te s will be advanced ab o u t tyie-third, p assen ger fares one fifth and Pullm an charge one-half. , - •• • ■» . The new rates, io continue until March 1, 1922. will becom e effective m five d ay s’ notice by the c a rrie rs to the com m ission and the public and Office in the Bank o f M o ro build- ^fhey m ust be in operation before Ja n uary 1. , ing. Upstairs. Nevf p assen g er fares probably will become effective A ugust 20, ami ad OREGON MORO, vance! h e ig h t ra te s August 25, ac cording to a program m e outlined by P. Them , general counsel for the association of railw ay executives. DR. W ALTER W. HART Jitnul.ancously in creases In* P u llm an ,, ixcess baggage and milk charges also will go in force. The increases are designed A.o off set th e >600,000,000 wage advance Vogt Bldg. aw arded by the railroad labor board T U P D A L L E S , - O R E G O N to provide th e 6 per cen t n et income an the ag g reg ate value of the railroad properties u n d er the tran sp o rtatio n UtUort&klng F i v e G e n te 6 , 1 9 ‘2 O . Jas. W ilk ie D E N T IS T S HWa.» A ugust ( I I ( I Seattle. W heat Hard winter, soft white, white club, northern spring, hard win te r and red winter; $2.15; red Walla W alla, $2.10. Hay—E astern W ashington tim othy, No. 1. $41'll 44 l>cr ton; ulfalfu, $32. t B utter F a t—58080c. E ggs- Ranch, 50c. pouitr> —Hens, dressed, heavy, 37c; pght, dressed, 28030c; live. 23®31c5 C attle—ft»’’# steers, $11® 11.50; rtle dluin to choice, $9.60® 10.60. Hogs— Prime» $17.$O018M; medi Sinn F d n n clear Country of Barrack, T ’or C British 8oldler«. Dublin —Fears that tho Irish situa tion may burst Into a general con flagration at any moment are express ed here. There is virtually no civil law south of the floyne river dkcept that administered by republican courts but It Is pointed out that each day finds the balance between military and revolutionary rule more equal. It is estim ated there are between 40,000 aod 10,000 British soldiers to* um to choice, 91f.|QO17*ld> Ameriea Dlsplese«« Japan. Toklo.—The American note dealing with Japan’s occupation of the north ern part of the Island of Sagballen. appeared to have made an unpleasant impression generally on Japanese bul the hope was expressed that the gov ernment could convince the United States that the occupation will be only temporary. t h i m arket « — ---->----- - -u Portland. Wheat—Hard white, $2.12: - »oft white, $2.10; white dub» $2.10; hard winter. $1.10; red winter. $2.08; north ern spring. $2.10; red Walla Walla. $2 OB. Oatn^-No. 2 white feed. $40 per ton. Corn—Whole, $7707$; cracked. $7» I OSO- Hay— Willamette valley timotoy $29030 per ton; alfalfa, $2$. Butter Fat—Bio. Eggs—Ranch, 43 0 4Bo per doses. Poultry—Hens, IB O 27c. Cattle—Best steers, $10.10 011; good to choice. $1O01O.SO; medluss to good, $9010- • Hogs—Prime mixed, $17.2BO17.TB. medium* mixed, $1B.7B017.2B. Bheep—East mountain lambe, |U 0 U .M | tdtoy 1»»M> $ U « U . 1 X •
