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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
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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
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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/
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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“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,
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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.
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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
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‘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.
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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.
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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*
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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.
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Put today’s Prosperity into Much Needed Buildings
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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. , :
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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
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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.
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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 *
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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
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Jas. W ilk ie
D E N T IS T S
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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.
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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»
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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-
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Hogs—Prime mixed, $17.2BO17.TB.
medium* mixed, $1B.7B017.2B.
Bheep—East mountain lambe, |U
0 U .M | tdtoy 1»»M> $ U « U .
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