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About Sherman County observer. (Moro, Sherman County, Or.) 1897-1931 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 20, 1920)
X »■»«•■■«•■WI’ '""""’"1***5 W R Pet ause pf the tendency of members cf, the Cental profession to come?|rom the eastern states to the w est, while MORO. OREGON. tfw go from the west to the east, the • % state board of dental examiners h a s ’ : 1 FRIDAY -. . . __ August 20. 1920 placed Its disapproval on a proposed Ventilated by Recently Installed Electric Fane reciprocal exchange of dental licenses. The price of The Observer i« $1.50 pe year, 75 cent» for six month«, 50 cent« fo Principal Events of the'W eek Officials of the socialist party have lour month«'—but if oeid in «dvance we filed In the office of Sam A. Kozer, M a t h e w s > L iv in g s to n , P r o p r ie t o r s Briefly Sketched for Infor accept $2.50 in full » op ’ yeart. Shorte- secretary of state, certificates of nom ternu than o ik j e i f 11 ' i cent« per month. - G. E . M a th e w a , M a rfo g c r ination of*candidates for presidential mation of Our Readers. A Bbie Mark U ♦« ~ d l auwfiL. •«> in query, when entered upon our calendar, electors, secretary of state, dairy and • ’he date U tae paper -» he date at Foreign Imports received at Port fcod com m issioner and commissioner V> <d«r* land during the month of June amount of the public service commission for the western Oregon district. ed to $980,889. J. Not loss than $858,000 will he net Paving work has begun op the seven ted this season to loganberry growers mile section .oL-the Pacific highway within a radius ot ten miles of Salem, north of JeffeVson. according to an estim ate of J. L. Benton county now has 46 threshing Van Doren, berry buyer of' Salem. outfits. From present indications the The crop disposed of at a figure suf crop will be the best in years. Principal Events of the Week Increased rates art ftUdWed the New ficiently high to bring this amount to estim ated at 6,600,000 pounds. Briefly Sketched for Infor berg Telephone company .by an order W hile cutting hry on his farm a few of the public service commission. mation of Our Readers* days ago Fred Lockwood, a rancher of Forest fires reported by thq air- •.« Popular Prices, 30c and 15c, Prevail Unless Otherwise Specified plane patrol of tlie( foreBt service to the North Fork country in the wtutcrn end of Lane county, cut off both feet The Oregon Normal school w 11 open taled 33 during the IMter half of Juty- of his 3 year-old daughter, who waa its doors for the year's work oa Sep Show Starts Eight O'clock At a jneetlng of the state highway . playing In the tall oats. The little tember 20. * 1 com m ission In Portland, August, 2T4, girl was not seen by her father until Three hundred members of the L;ds will be opened on $1,500,000 state an Instant before the sickle hit her. Knights of Pythias hr Id their annual highway bonds. • « Following the breaking of a dike at picnic at Woodburn. • J. C. Nelson, an Oregon pioneer, died Brownsmead in the eaEtern part of > George H. Whits, former ,congress The Increase In freight rates will Frederick M. Hunter of Oakland, at his home In Newberg at the age of Clatscp county, approximately 300 man from Ohio, who is chairman of the 93. With liiB pare m s he located in cost Hood River apple growers an ap ial., newly elected president of the acres of fine farm land were Inun dem ocratic National Committee. proximate $2i)O.COO this year. the Chehalem valley In 1845. 99 irticriaf educational association. dated and damage estimated between 1C The first unit of the I.angell valley The Krieg & Hlggons warehouse, lo $7000 and $8000 I. s resulted. About Irrigation district In Klamath county cated in the railroad yards of Lebanon, 300 feat of the 6 ke collapsed as a has made application to the state to was ¿completely destroyed by fire. result of the sand foundation giving Another Clara Kimball Young picture approve a bond issue of $197,000. During the six monthB preceding v.way. Oregon has a population in 1920 of August 1 deaths In Klamath Falls num Wasco county’s population, accord 783,285, according to census figures, bered 66. The number of births re ing to census fig .zes, is 13,648 men, which is a gain of 110.520 or 16.4 per ported was 52. Olympia, Wash.—With seven cent over the 1910 figures of 672,7*65. women and chtl.'<*on. An apparent Apple box shook« wlH cost Hood decrease o f*2788 since the 1910 cen-* Ing to be the r< pub'.lvan uyinince fo W ashington- l o s than -1 per ednt- Fred Peterson, 75, a native of Den River grow ere .28 cento a box this m in register mark was burned to death when his aus, totaling 16,”>6 persons, Is ex governor and l i ve more would be 1!< i season. The price of k.at year ranged ,f more than plained by the coi.uty being redlstrict- tenant governors listed, tho fight it 'd under the druft dm ins the wav cabin on the Mohawk river, 16 miles from 15 to 23 cents * ed and nearly or.«? third of the resi the state of \V; ‘ihiin’ on this year wb .nve been found chargeable with wit* Frances Billington in northeast of Ekgeno. was destroyed J a Lx's II. Gwinn, of Pendleton, was dents transferred to another county be thè hottest on record; ol desertion, the.w ar department an- by fire. - . __________ . elected supreme master of arms for When the ofFic?- of -thfiLsecret-ary o 99 ounced. The total ai.ainst whom de yv. I. Butters of Allegany has been s'nee 1910.. the grand lodge, Knights of Pythias, The casualty report of the state, in-! state closed ai noon Saturday compì«1* sertion charges have been'recorded is held to the grand jury In Coos county In session at M inneapolis 73,911, repres-ruing,, the ^statement on the charge of Belling rocks for duntrlal accident commission (or the tickets hud. been fib »1 by -the r< pul Plans are being made at Pendleton ays,, “a tremendous improvement over chlttim ’ baik to improve the weight of week ending August 5 shows a total can parly and by th« democrats wi to entertain 300 delegates to the an Miss Billington depicts the role of a modiste's model of $24 accideuts, of which four were, the exception of. ( otu *«. :ipn in tl h<j draft, record of the civil war.’’ the bark." nual ocnventlon of the State Federa whose domestic happiness is suddenly shattered by a The department soon will announce Monday, September 6, Labor day, ,fai*al. The fa ta lltk s were George Bow second district 11 «I for e ite nudi * tion of Labor, September 19. 1 a last m inute incident at Olymp! l^evalation of her past. • man, Sheridan, truck driver; N. H. hose branded as deserters and the has been Belcctcd by Hood River as . Under the auspices of the Multno Fennell, Algoma, lumberman; J. Hous which creat» d a t rest d» nl qf gos- mah county farm bureau, a series of itatemenf adds that the government the date for formal celebration of the ton; Klamath Falls, miller; J. A. Blair, ' at the capltol und which 1.*: s a nor* poultry meetings and culling demon desires to obtain op-operation of slate opening of the completely paved Co partisan feature e e c u in d when J. \\ Knappa, logger. md looal officials, patriotic societies lumbia River highway. strations, will be held this week. / ■ Wasco county bus the purest field ! Bryan, former n»"'i»b r of coi'-r. ss nt.» ind other agencies, Including rtie de Wheat harvest is under way In Mor After six weeks of drilling through of turkey red seed wheat In Oregon, farmer stato sena o ' troni Kltsao, Ma partment of justice, in bringing about row county and the gruin is of flrst- lavs rock, an abundant flow of water ,on and Island conn i *•, uiilvvd at t « cluss quality. The yield Is a fair av according to results of a Btate-widc ha« been reached at the Grlsez ^um heir apprehension.” Pending the publication, the state erage although many fields were In wheat certification trip recently coni secretary of state’s ofts> - ius! after-D ber company’s mill In Klamath county. pleted by Professor Q. R. Myslop, o! o’clock and attempt**«! to ii-le a deck ment continues, any man charged with jured by the h o t^ e a th e r . 99 ; There are 1491 farms In Linn county te senat Oregon Agricultural college. The ation of candidacy for lesertion may avoid arrest by surren- Oregon 1« suffering from a shortago' and 105,449 acres devoted to agricul wheat was raised by Albert S. Roberta > His filing was»r< fui , d <b ■ • >|tp R-van tural and horticultural props this year, lering at any army post. If his record of librarians, according to Miss Cor at his Boyd'ranch and grad’ d 99.9® vehement protest, b? r.ta'-y of State according to a survey Just completed. s cleared, his name will he omitted nelia Marvin, state librarian, who has J.' Grunt Hinkle, ^who doefared the^of- with Frank Mayo starring rom the deserter list. Those in doubt a ¿1st of eight Important posts in the per cent pure for ®»ed purposes. Samuel Mlnchin, who lived on a The hop crop In most localities hear i fice had cloaed. • Bryun reluHvd to is to their status are urged to Inquire state that should b* filled. farm between .Dundee and Dayton, AJbany is good, and some growers pro Bfate whether he p’.'inn»d to file lib Notwithstanding the gasoline short WM sMhck by a Southern Pacific elec- of the adjdtant-general. . nounce it the best in many years. own candidacy or t> at of State Sena age, the number of automobiles visit ’ trie passenger train and was instantly Some owners of yards say this year's tor Peter Iverson who has been asix ing Crater lake so far this summer has ' BRIEF GENERAL NEWS killed. lous to succeed .lUm s'If.. yield will he double ihat of last. Pick exceeded the number, that visited the A 20 per cent dividend It being re • . - w * 4ng will begin in ihe yards uear Al The population of-—the state of In- resort during the entire season of 1919. ceived by stockholders in the Cottage bany about September 1. In yavds REDS iN .D IA K G O PlOT Approximately 95,000 motor vehicles . Grove Canning company. Gross sales llana is 2,930,544. This 1 b an increase noar Harrisburg picking will be un of the company In 1919 amounted to dnee 1910 of 229,668, or 8.5 per cent are registered In Oregon, according to Stones Believed Famous Jewels of New Hampshire has a population or a statem ent made at the office of the der way a week or two earlier. 99 $50,000. Olaf Anderson confessed to Coroner Royally Feunci on Sailor. With the mercury hovering around 143,083, an Increase of 12,511, o> 2.9 secretary of state. This is one car for j . Washington.—Traffic by bolshevlst Hughes and Deputy Coroner Karlscn about every eight persons in Oregon 94 degrees, Roseburg last week faced per cent since 1910. of Clatsop county that he was respon agents in precious tttjjiies f.upposed t< The Chicago Federation of Labor The Fruit Grow» rs’ league of Med an Ice famine. The two local plants sible for his w ife’s death by drown bo part of the I mh -ns j« w« ls of the Featuring H arjy Carey,, the W hirl W ind Star stated that the ammonia shortage was idopted a resolution demanding a gen- ford has opened an employment bur- I ing Saturday in the Columbia river Russian roytni family has been u ral strike of work» rs If the United eau with the object of, cooperating responsible for the condition. with, other fruit growers In the allo near Tongue point. According to Cor earthed by fed«.a', authortles. On W. O. Shoup, of Marshfield, about 3tatea gives military aid to Poland The lord mayor of Cork, Ireland, cation of pickers throughout the val oner Hughes, Anderson admitted shov hundred and thiri”.- t > d mopds fount $1 years of age, wire killed by the ‘ • - - ¿ I ing h»R w ile from the boat in which on N»iils Jacobsen, . i Swedish juulor. and ten associates were arrested while ley. ' Davis slough logging train when his attending a session of the SRiu Fein The public sorvice commission has his wife and «their 4-year old son were by cuetotns. ofik iji in New York, it foot caught In a railroad frog and he become known w. r e. t nclosfed * in a court In the city hall. They were issued orders granting service rate.In riding. w as thrown beneath one of the wheels. Work on the Link river dam, which package addrdkscd to "Corora aken to the military barraufcs. creases to the D esc h u ty Telephone • H. L. Plumb has been appointed Mias Anne Martin has filed her pp- company of Clackamas county and C. will control the storage of upper Klam Martens." Federi'! offieir'l» began an supervisor of the Deschutes National Iflon of nomination as an Independent A. Bradford telephone lines In Grant ath lake, will start at once, according Investigation which tl" y <!e< Lire forest to succeed« ^Norman L. Jacob to J. C. Thompson, division manager definitely oonheca I Ludwig M rl. , •andidate for the United StateB senate county. son, who has resigned to accompany During the fiscal year ending June o f-th e California Oregon Power com selCmlyle'i soviet am b n f '< r to ii the Irvin 8. Cobb expedition this fall. frOm Nevada. •v Canada’s 1920 wheat crop was esti 30, 880 dentists were licensed to prac pany. A construction camp has been United State'», v* b th * t:m tic. The record tor all the 46 years of ids t :i mated by officials of pie Canadian ag tice In Oregon. Of these, 184 were established and a crew of 100 men will Enclosed about f Augusts which have been tabulated at rtculture department at 262,338,000 non-resident. The licenses of 81 den be at work within a few days. It is from J a c e k * . v * Î ¡ S I A '* the weather bureau In Portland was IP yushels as compared ‘with the final tists were revoked because of nonpay estimated that the dam will cost $80,- erated fr» ni te n ; i i’i ’ broken Thursday when the tempera 000 and will be completed next year. proceedings, was u «< stlraate of 193,260,000 bushelB last ment of fees. Ot’ ture climbed to 98 degrees at 8 o’clock. There are in Oregon 3493 adult Jap muniet literuni.c • : tl * 'i year. July was an exceptiohally dry month Melvin Olinger. 13 years old, son of The Tennesse»* senate by a vote of in Astoria and the lower Columbia anese who own 2815 acres of land peal of the txe • :: cl li Jasper Olinger of Milton, was acd- 15 to 4 adopted the resolution provld river district, according to the records und lease <911 acres more.. Business third inter.mtimf. ! . t Lh.sovAV iJ II ^optiy shot and killed by Mansford ng for ratification of the federal suf- In the local weather observer's office. investm ents cf Japanese In the state I. W. W.” -,.r ...' Brittain, a companion, at Sailing’s have a value of $860,000. Since 1913 irage amendment. T ho precipitation for the month was oamp In the BHie mountains, east of there ha» been a nominal decrease in T. D. Meares of Wilmington. N. C., THE MARKETS .9 of an inch. Mil ton. realty heldings of the Japanese of 876 was reelected supreme master of the The special committee of state legis M. H. Harlow, L aiy county commls- exchequer at the biennial convention P c.t ..d. lators appoint» d to Investigate the acres. Such are the figures compiled sloner, who has one of the best cherry jf the Knights of Pythias, In Mlnqe- Btate game and fish commission will by the Japanese association of Ore W heat—Hard v te, orchards In the county, said he gather ipolla, and the convention named Will gon and submitted to the congression white club, $2.30; . ed 54 tons of cherries off his eight iam Ladeu of New York city supreme meet "In Portland August 18 to hear al committe®1 on Immigration and na northern spring. i* l anyone who bus a conipluint to make 1 i acres this season, this being the rec chanoellor and George C. Cabell of turalization, which has been holding against the commission. $2.26. ord crop. Virginia vice chancellor. While testing out ,a forest service Investigation» In California and T/ash Oats—No. 3 xvb.to- f ton. All work on the construction of *— radio outfit at Eugqne, human voices 3 lngton dealing witfi the problem of ad Corn—Whole, $iJ'.t -■ re. $76 pier 3 at the port terminals at Astoria Shipping Board Announces Sale Plans. were plck«d up by the Instruments. mission and land tenancy of orientals. was stopped temporarily when the @76. W ashington.— Plans for the sale of It was learned tha’ the voices came George A. Whkc, adjutant general Hay—W illam ette ' \ ? t.m othy laborers and carpenters, totaling about merchant vessels new owned by the from Portland through a wireless tele of Oregon, soon will receive from the $27@2S per ton: nlfalA.. ,.p . 115 men. struck, and the other em government a record showing every United States shipping board and their phone apparatus In that qlty. O W IN G the need is only one step in the Butter Fat—60^'6’.’e. ployes were laid off. Oregon soldier who was wounded In operation by private owners were an Fire destroyed the Strange Shingle production of a crop. I f the harvest is to bo Eggs—Ranch, 50c »* ' ¿on. Two hundred men employed In con nounced by Rear Admiral ‘Benson. company’s mill, four miles from th«? the war, and a sim ilar list will be fur abundant, favorable conditions must be main** Poultry—Hens, 1 *.r r 1 struction of the Willamina-Grand halrm an_of the board, in a state city lim its of Portland on the Linnto.i nished by the navy department. It 1» tain ed . T o the business m an, this means Cattle— Best atecrii, r Monde railroad, a ten mile feeder be ment of policy In accordance with “the road, and burned four dwellings, four said the list will run well Into thou choice, «$i-50ii 1 m favorable credit conditions. ing built from Willamina into the tlm provisions of the Jones shipping act.” bunkhouses and a boarding house, sands and will contain names repre? T h e Federal Reserve System is the great her districts west of there, are out 08.50. senting practically every community The vessels owned by the board, and with a total loss df about $60,000. stabilizer o f commercial credit conditions to* Hugs—Prime ' ■ 1 >• oa strike for an eight-hour day and The Klamath Falls council has de In the state. which are to be disposed of to citizens d ay. I t insures an am ple supply of such credit dlum mixed, $1 <. • < •» more pay. Foreign banks cannot lawfully adver a t a ll times. * if the United States, are valued at ap cided not to remove dice and card The inland Highway association will Sheep—Ea»t el' mm: tlse their bus'iiess in Oregon news games, from pool rooms and other pub proximately $3,000,000,000. $9.50(8)10; valley Uulbd, i . 0. give a picnic at Manning. In W ashing lic places but will umend existing or papers nor by means of circulars and ton county. August 18. The association letters seeking patronage from jresl- dinances by providing for revocation Cantu Is Ready to Q uit F c'ttic. to advocating the bunding oT • state Mexico City —Esteban Cantu, gov- "of license In case gambling Is allowed. dents of this »tate with the Intention jft w Lito. highway through Forest Grove, Banks. W heat—Hr./Ub white, thnt deposits »hall be mailed directly - All organization eomnmndera of the hard Manning. Buxton, Vernonia. Mist and »rnor of I»ow»“r California, who ha» National guard of Oiegon have been to the bank. This is the holding of .white club, northern sp 1 ?cn leading an Insurrection against rr V e r ^ .3 ^ ; r » . 1 wiit 2; r • Jew el to A.-tjria. authorised by Adjutnn’ General White Attorney Gsnernl Brown in an opinion Approximately 6.000,000 young Chi .he federal government, has agreed to suspend drills during the harvest prepared for Will H. Bennett, state Walla, $1.30. / nook salmon are to be released from to surrender office to Luis M. Salazar, season so that gua;dsnu?n may help zuperlntendent of Hanks. Hay— Knstarn Wa bb ‘ten Am tbs Klaskaniue rlv«r hatchery during recently appointed governor by provi No. 1, $411 per to n ;’ alfalfa, ?.’.2. A committee of Yl Oregon men hax gather the Oregon fiult and graRi crop. the coming few weeks. These young sional President de la,HUerta. Butter F at- 6<* . Attractions of b at n c r.utomO been appointed by Governor Olcott to fish, which range In length from three Eggs—Ranch, 46<i 54e. bile races, a carnival atm ; biggest represent this state In the Constltu Rise In Express Rates Granted. to seven Inches, will be turned loose Poultry—Hens, 3Sc. tlonal league of America, an organize id indus W ashington.—Authority to Increase ¡^agricultural, hortU ..Rural BY AUTO , . \ - In lots of about 100,000 each. Cattle—Best btf rrr ?19 'c'lo ; ntc t r ia l exhibit of ma..y yoa.s will f e a tlon of leading citizens of the nation, Following an order from the state axprets rates 12’4 per cent was grant dlum to choice < formed for the purpose of keeping th ture this-year's Wa*»co qounty fair to -AND VISIT THE DALLES exam iner of hanks closing the doors ed the American Railway Express com Hogs -1‘rltne. $18 2 .5; tin Jiuni be beid at The Dulles October 4, 6, 6 people informed relative to the fed i»any by the Interstate Commerce com o f the hank of Jacksonville,. H. John- » ral constitution, and preserving and to choice, $16.75017.75. I and 7. _ the president, wes. P’Jt under ar- mission. Jerom« __________ ____ I . .j J - p t u t a l i.armtM’ of the water upholding the constitution. — i— — a»— I I II ■■ — — I ' Pre'clo-Jtne'is =?r tv. , by Prosecuting Attorney Roberts la Rogue river tills year Is keep’nc A. Myers, national director of the We not. Infrequently henr the flrsl and placed In Jail charged with per- Robbed of H e Support. I the fish from entortng the river nt league, requested the governor to ap kiss of love very hJffliTy- '*!»•»!:•'!» of In the concrete, fully equipped, roomy garafle of W al- jery la m isstating the true condition WRh reference to the road mender qqjj ^(‘aeh, according to fishermen point a committee for Oregon, and but w great »lea, OWV be vi»'4 iit^o b>r ther-WiUiams Company. Competent workman alwayg ready • f the hank to the state bank exam i sked that It be nonpartisan. Th< »•ho M l AowR'IaM V » '" f " * 1 who h»v» lately return.« from tin the good-by kiss of n wife » relative.— ■J to help you in *.iny way they can at least expen»e to you. oh .xplun.flup I,.,« now boon , » ovqrnor has appointed the-foMowlngf ‘ Ohio Slate .Journal • r . Application to appropriate 25 second :Hv4*n. It nppeara that tjie colleague n,UUM' ‘T * " ” - k 1 Richard W. Montague, Portland, chair For any service rendered the charge will always be reasonable, I,ha must have muved.-UoB-J ateellibada are r o o o ite l lo ho tY feet of water fiom Wllsoh creek for next to lil»^ 1 , » man; Charles H. F are/, Portland; C lt»g at the mouth of the river, but ro- *» - < -WB— i"B-W —— municipal power development has been don Punch. H Ingalls, Corvallis; Oscar Hayter. In Prcfrrrcdr-Per,lti'* ■ . . . ■ - —— *—7- 4. | t® come up the slrnr on account fHed with the state engineering de Dallas; Ed Wright, La Grande; 8. 8 >n w Jntt Tttnh'r- -a« « • n<* New Alrp’aae fu g ia e »he warm water. As soon as the partaient by the city of Bandon. The Smith, Medford; Dexter Rice, R ose hla life I k r > Te«ta have been,<pmplete»l on s new ' stream cools, one of the_greatest runs .application is preliminary and does burg; O. C. Gibbs, Lakeview; Vine W la tbst b» ; i pot Indicate the proposed financial ox- type of alrplefte engine ^wlib-b will^h*« of small eleet heads and valmon ever Pearce, Madras; Dghlel J. Boyd, En movies " i ' ui < 1 ‘ a * paaditure or the nature of oonstruo silent, and from which the danger of experienced pray he looked for, accord- lerprtoe; Frank L. Chamber^ Eugene. lettsr of rcsltimtlou tire in the air ha* been removed. J y, old timers on the river. Moro T heater 3REG5H fiu.V3 tiOtES OF GEriEnAUSTEEcST I he O b s e rv e r OREGOii ¡ S i MOTES OF GBiESM INTEREST - A ugust P ro g ra m T u e s d a y s a n d S a t u r d a y s o f K a ch BDeeU S a tu rd a y A u g u st 2 1 s t 73,911 3 [E S S tT E K FILINGS CLOSED • 7 III WASIIIHGTGE The Soul of Rafeal and a 2-reel Comedy T u e sd a y A u g u s t,2 4 th The Day She Paid Comedy and International News Ansfrorw1 S a tu rd a y A u g u st 2 8 t h 6i Sundown Trail This is a Western Drama, a Special Production, at Popular Prices and a 2-reel Comedy “T u e sd a y A u g u st 3 1 s t u Ace of the Saddle Comedy and International News Sowing” Dollars for a Thrift Crop S FA R M E R S’ STATE BANK M oro . . . . - O reg o n W H E N YOU TR A V E L S T O R E YO U R CAR __ WALTHER-WILLIAMS GARAGE THE DALLES, OREOON.' « ft V p <