Sherman County observer. (Moro, Sherman County, Or.) 1897-1931, January 14, 1921, Image 2

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Newspaper Page Text» * >' tt- r T h e O b se r v e r W . M. W a lk e r , MORO rianager '- OREOON A Modern Tile and Concrete Constructed Building Built by Moro Community for the General Public STEAM HEATED ELECTRIC LIGHTS Bath and Hot and Cold Water in Every Room Special Monthly Rates for Room or Board N o tic e We take this method of notifying our patrons that on and after January 1st 1921, we are going to conduct a 30 day or cash business. However, we regret very much to have to do this, but it is beyond our control due to financial conditions of the country. . - Our prices will be regulated according MORO HARDWARE & IMPLEMENT COMPANY Moro T heater Mathews-Livingston, Proprietors Jaaaary Shews Start Promptly at 7:30 P. M. T Saturday, January 15 in the title role is Popular WM. H A R T with us again S a tu rd a y , J a n u a ry 2 2 “ WINGS OF TBE MORNING” Wm. Famum in the Title Role 2-reel Comedy An 8-reel show,' LYCEUM COURSE ! U n d e r A u s p ic e s of M o ro School B a c k e d b y B u s in e s s M e n o f M o r o BUCKNER'S TENNESEEAN JUBILEE SINGERS - W ill A p p e a r in Lyceum Course here- MONDAY EVENING, JAN. 24, a t 7:15 F. H. iu SCHOOL iCOITORWI SINGLE ADMISSION FOR THIS NUMBER A d u lt» S O c e n t» Elwood Ginn AUTO TR UC K DRAY M o r o . O r e g o n Freight and Express H a n d le d Promptly. Moving Efficiently A ttend ed T o . C h ild r e n 2 3 c e n ts O ffice Phone M a in 93 W. C. BRYANT Attorney-at-Law MORO OREGON . community is planning to ir ,7? * Moro H<* * 1 management together to discuss the coat o f pro F R I D A Y ........... January 14, 1920 p* t,lic t o ■»>“ - «0» a p ^ i . i ducing wheat, to bring in such roooida ,T~ " ------- ------------------------ menus prepared for next “ ths farmers have available, sod a Entered « ic c o n d elate matter at the • P ^ w ’ a m L i - . * * inUntion fflvu P°*< o&cc«t Moro. Oregon. July 2S. 1891 largo number in every community attention io the noon dining planning on keeping a more oomplata r * » d during the ooming year on this <* ° ’* ratUw “ d pat- THE * * * w ill ba appreciated. v ita l subject. R. C. Gunn, specialist Sunday lanchsoo, January 16th on farm week accounting, w ill ba in tbs C . L . I r e l a n d ........... M an a g e r, j oounty « « » 1240 to S.-00 o’clock county weak o f January 17th to «M Arrangements have bean mads to meat Clam Soup the farmers in the different coi Relish •ties a t the place and on the W a n Olivas Sweat Pick! mentioned below: Meats F airview Tuesday at 7 p .m ., at the Where the Tax Mosey Goes Stuffed Roast Chicken and Dreesing •chool house. ft®“ * Pork w ith Apple Sauce Thor8day at 2 p .m ., a t the Undoubtedly thia year, more than T Roast Beef and Brown Gravy I.O .O .F . b a ll. any other of recent period, ;tha people Chicken Stew w ith Dum pling. Harmony Thursday, a t 7:80 p.m. a t of Sherman county are or w ill aoon, ’ Vegetables be interested in the amount of their the school house. Mashed Potatoes S tring Beans M r Gunn and the County Agent annual tax payments. For that rea w ill be in the office the forenoon of F ru it Salad < son, from data furnished by Assessor Desert Otto Peetz, we print the table below January 20th to assist farmers having Apple Pie Apricot Pie showing where the various funds to be incomplete records to summarize, thia prior to the meeting. Some good fig Baked Custard Pudding ma le up from the tax payments goes: ures are available and a profitable Tea Coffee or M ilk Distribution of the general fund: t me is insured. Farm account books State ta x .........................>128,856.64 for the homing year w ill ba furnished Hridgea.......... .............. • 34,294.68 cooperator, free. Every one should R«fro Jubilee Siegers January 24th Market .roajls.................. 19,618.91 plan to attend the meeting In th eir I t ty a fact that musical tastes Per capita school tax . . 12,000.00 respective oommunitiea. Coonty fa ir ..................... 4,000 00 America run the gamut, from classics to the jazziest, but there is one type County agent. ............. . 2,500.00 Balance for running all of vocal music that haa consistently Notes From tbs Schools retained Its popularity—not alone the county. . . . 23.461.36 The Moro boys triumphed over w ith the popular audience, but w ith Total General Fund. . .>219,731 79 That Wasco Friday evening, January 7th, the severest critics as w ell. General roed fund. 36,314.04 w ith a score of 26 to 22. The game type la the negro melodies, jubilees, High school tuition fund . . 6,462.94 Special road district No. 18 7,673.91 wan very close during thq last h a lf camp meeting and river songs. Per haps the reason for this universal Special city taxes................ 15,880.90 the score being 22 to 22 u n til the last popularity lies In the fact that the few minutes, then W illa rd Urquhart Special school taxes............ 82,247.32 shot two foul baskets And O rv ille negro melodies are mors than a tune Grand to ta l......................>366,660.90 Hockman made one from the field. fu l song; It seems somehow to be the The amount of the state tax in Eaton, Wasco's “ wonderful player“ expression of the soul longings, hope some funds are double for thia year wasn’t up to his standard, eonaequent- and fa ith o f a people, fu ll of marvel- tax payments, these taxes were voted ly Wasco lost H ia failures to shoot oua harmony, and yet w ith that some last year at a special election as all any of hia long distance baskets may th in g o f w ild ringing through it a ll, who voted-on the question at that time be accounted fo r by the guarding o f that defies analysis. The Tennesseean Jubilee Singers*, knew th<t a two year collection would Ray Meeainger. Ray did what no other guard has done against Wasco who w ill appear a t the School A udi- be made this year. I torium , on the evening o f January Because of thia yearly voting of he stuck to Eaton. 24th, under the auspices of Moro High increased tax for the state the Sher The g irls playad a very good game man county tax payers thia year pay at Wasco last Friday evening. Sev School Lyoeum, are one of the very >100,000 more to the state than the eral of the Wasco g irls were hurt beat oompany o f artists in this work. county w ill have in the treasury for during the game, but not seriously. Mrs. Polley, soprano, is a splendid payment of all bills, salaries, m iscel A t the close of the game the score ■Inger, possessing a beautiful voice of lyric quality and is equally at home laneous expenses, etc., other than was 27 to 8 in our favor. In ensemble or solo. Mias T ow -ley, specified funds named by statute. Moro had a fa ir representation at contralto, is perhaps the beat contralto Another curiosity in finances is that this year the Grass Valley school dis the game Friday evening at Wasco, zingdr of the negro melodies and spir trict will have >8,000 more funds with although more would have gone if ituals before the public. A splendid which to operate the district than w ill there hadj been sufficient means o f soloist, yet her groat fo rt lies in her Sherman county itself. That district transportation. Moat o f those who wonderful interpretation of the negro w ill have >31,847.20, whereas the went piled into two Ford trucks, spirituala—different en tirely from the county general fund w ill have not to sometimes three deep, and sailed melodies and jubilees. Other mem bers of the company are equally as exceed >23,461.36 and from this through the mud holes to Wasco. amount must be deducted all delin The following games of basket ball accomplished artists, and the evening January 24th w ill be a thoroughly quent taxes, as all other funds must have been scheduled for this season * enjoyable one to a ll who attend this be fully completed. - January 21, Grass V alley va. Moro number of the lyceum course being at Grass V alley. Jannary 28, Wasco va Moro at Moro presented by the local high school. ft M oro B a r b er S ho p P o rc e la in 18, Tub. Shop in New Moro Hotel Building C, H, K M JO H NS, P r o p r ie to r . o i o , ............... O i e g - O E L . „ A L L P R IC E S C Ü T I I February B a th E verything First Class and op to date. ! Offiaal fay for Shemaa My. Moisture Precipitation Compilations “ WAGON TRACK” An 7-reel show, including a Paramount Magazine OREGON. A A A 4 m A fl)ofo H otel MORO. CASH OR 30-DAY SETTLEflENTS a.loplwl „ C hh I i Basis in our business aixl to Reduce Stock we .will make a ' A h „ « I ihvu Discount o f 3 0 per cent on Community Silverware Discount of 2 0 per cent on Linoleums, Rugs, Mattresses, heating and Oil Stoves, Etc y i 6 - We will also give a Substantial Discount on furniture Yours Keflppctfully for Future Business GINN, COLEMAN & CO. . MORO, OREGON Fossil va Moro, at *■ , v The following information, com Moro. Patronize Observer advertisers. February 26, Condon va Moro a t piled by D. E. Stephens, superintend ent of the Experiment Station, w ill Condon. February 26, Foaall vs Moro at be of interest to many: Fosall. Crop Year 14 Year March 2, Condon vs Moro at Moro. 1920 21 1919-20 Average A 11 the above scheduled games, ex September . . 1.32 1.83 .86 cept the Fossil game, w i l f be double October......... .62 1.04 .80 headers. A t Fossil only the boys w ill November . . 1.91 1.93 1.74 play. Other games w ill probably be December. . . 1.84 1.74 1.62 3 scheduled later. January . . . 1.01 .67 1.64 February. . . . Pearl Hennagin visited school Mon- - 26 1.08 March........... day afternoon and heard the Senior J .74 ~ .88 A p r il............ debate. 1.11 .66 May. ; ......... .23 1.16 Chester Searcy, a Moro H igh School J u n e ............. .58 .80 graduate, visited school Friday, Jan- July............... .62 .18 uary 7th. A ugust......... .61 .23 *to date Miss Gunderson, our English teach T o ta l.,. er, has been H l the past week. She 6.70 11.36 11.68 The coldest day this season was the has not returned as y e t M r. Fagan evening of January 11th when the in and Mrs. Cushman have been fillin g strument at the Experiment Station her place. registered 14 degrees above. In the contest fo r the basket ball TIME IS MONEY championship of Sherman county, Moro has won two games and lost I none;-Wasco has won one game and Hril of Moro Lodge, No. 118, I.O.O.F. lost one; Grass V alley haa won i Moro, Oregon, January 10th, 1921. and lost two. Lodges Hold Joint Installation The joint installation with Lupine Assembly Monday afternoon w_ Rebekah Lodge No. 116 that took conducted by the Senior class and the place Friday night was a decided suc first and second grades. The su bject, cess in every particular. There was of the debate waa' “ Resolved: That! about 200 present and a full quota of Protection is Moro Preferable than officers for both lodges were installed. Free Trade in the U nited-S tates." Sister Grace I. Arbuthnot, D. D, Pres The affirmative was upheld by Chea ident, first installed the officers of ter Andersen and Herbert Ellsworth; Lupine Rebekah Lodge, of which the the negative by Naomi Young and following is a complete list: W illa rd Urquhart; the rebuttals P .N .G ., Adilade Hockman given by Naomi and Clmrtm*. I h . N .G ., Mrs. Jessie Henrichs decision was 2 t e l in fh ro r of the] V. G ., Mary Johnson negative. Secretary, Grace I. Arbutbnot The English I I I class, who are now Treasurer, Margaret Peetz studying the works J* Robert Burns, Warden, May Belshe . were given a pleasant surprise Mon- 1 Conductor, Mrs. J. C. Freeman day morning when M r. Bourhill Mt I Chaplain, Mrs. Mary Wi eat the request of Miaa Bennett, roci’ted R .S .N .G ., Mrs. J. C. Hockman Tam O ’Shanter“ and * L .S.N .G ., Mrs. Ç. 8. Royse Man For a ’ T h a t.“ M r. Bourhill is R.S, V.G., Mrs. Ella Thompson a Scotchman and oould give the cor- j L.8.V .G , kiaopil Young rect pronounciatioo to the queer I.G ., Mrs. Grace BoorfcilJ Scotch words. The Juniors enjoyed O.G., Mrs. Daisy Hennlgjr, fb« recital very much. M r. Bourhill After the installation ceremonies propped fo cpmp back aome day and j * * Lopin» Rebekah Lodge. Brother five “* Night.' A- M. Young, D.D.G.M ., then took charge and the following officer» of _____ té s Sab \ Moro Lodge No. llg were installed* F.G ., Ç. H. Johns One 75 H o lt C aterp illar, run ft N. G ., Geo. H. Hansen ^•ya, in first class ahapa. V .G ., A. E. Blue Ona eat plow hitah fo r three plows Secretary, A. M. Young -r One cat disc hitah fo r four dises. Treasurer, Otto Peetz Two John Deere cutaway discs, nee Warden, Ben Hockman One O liver 16-ineh plow end peck- Conductor, J. B. Davis • r , new. Chaplain, M. R. Schadewitz Two 8-ineh Bela wsgpne, wfdel R. S .N .G ., Don C. Wheat treed, new. L S.N .G ., R. P. Brisbin One M itchell iron wagon, neo R .S.V .G ., W. B. Rice One set heavy brltehen h e m e u , „ L 8.V .G ., C. A . Perkina O m 700 gallon 8tandaid OH tank R .S .8 ., George McDonald ■nd wagon. 1*9-8., C. 8. Royae One 22| gallon gas tank for wagon. I.G ., W, ff. jyilliam s One gas pump and a number o il O.G., W. I. Ruxten b a rre ls / Moro Ixxige has closed the last year f®Hon water tank, new. with a gain of 23 in membership and One cook houag in first class shape. Lupine Rebekah with a gain o f 24. Yet, strange to say, each lodge has a membership of exactly 110 members. Subscribe for ths Observer. One Stodebaker sly ceir. * One Ford ton truck, practieajly nop L L P eetaT lIoro. Always reed the w one realizes this more than'the farmer as he must always anticipate the season and the opportunity for timeliness in his work. The present occasion is the opportun ity for time saving for everyone. Let ùs plan with you for your require ments In BUILDING HAILKIAIS REPAIRS 10 BARNS OR SHEDS FENCE POSES, fit. THE PRICE IS RIGHT ira -i-L W LUMBER C0MPAKT AV. K . J o h n s o n , M a n a g e MORO OREGON 4