Sherman County observer., June 30, 1922, Image 2

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T h e O b s e rv e r
Visit« North Carolina Friands
▲ Pasadena Justice says he la going
to punlah parents who permit their
W . C. M ille r and fam ily returned
MORO. OREGON.
children to smoke cigarettes. Exactly
Sunday
from an auto trip to Free­
how he la going to accomplish this la
w—*T—— « Mcoad c U m mattar at the not fully Indicated. Possibly he has water, ,in U m a tilla county, where ba
poet office at Moro. Oregoa. July 26. UW1
visited with A . E. Morets and fa m ily ,
a little enactment and a Supreme court
and W alia W a lla , where ba visited
WB ' 1 Aeasa La f t S M S a P m J b of
OW n B ut * * l < k * U
* * * with friends and neighbors ba had
U h i B m i W w WT ■ U rfflil» WafiwV» 11 ,B thue that Pap®nt> were begin known in North Carolina. Mr.Morets
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nlng to be held responsible (or soma
ia a former North Carolina neighbor
of the frailties of their offspring, says
C. L. I reland . . . >— 'Manager. the Loa Angeles Times. The sins of who form erly lived in Sherman county
near DeMoss. *
the fathers may visit upon the chil­
On the trip east M r. M illa r mat
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dren, bat It would not be amiss if the
L3ML
with an accident west of Pendleton
sins of the children were checked up
that dalsyul him several hours. Ha
June 30. 1922 a little tighter against the old man.
met a i umber of cars on .« sandy
piece of road where careful driving
When a trick dog wus called •‘Trixie* was necessary to keep on the macadam
Recepbaa Giro« Chh Delegate
In court. It went to one of the two
Tuesday, June 27th. a t the home of women V ho claim Its« ownership, and and avoid h itt:ng the care he met.
Mm . Grace May Zevely, the Moro when It was called “Beauty" It went A Ford truck was about 900 feat in
Club g irls entartined the ladies who as quickly to the other woman. It front of him. I t stopped quickly,
Before M ille r could
had helped them in sending a delegate looks to have played a rather mean w.thout signal.
stop, his car bumped the truck
to the O. A . C. summer school. They trick on somebody.
sufficient to start the truck engine and
also welcomed home their delegate,
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the truck driver heat it instantly.
• snore Amidon, and met a club girl*
A taxicab driver was sentenced to
The radiatqr on M ille r** car was
from Oregon C ity.
three days In prison and fined $25 for
Lenora Amidon gave an inte'esting running Into a laundry wagon, which forced back on the fan which cut a
report of her two weeks experi i.ice proves that" you can knock the starch small hole in the radiator cells, hia
right fender was crumpled back onto
when she told those present some­
out of a laundry wagon and still draw the running board u ntil i t looked
thing of her claks work, the arrange­
a stiff sentence.
like a small pup silting up and beg-
ments
made
for
pleasure
and
g ng for candy, his righ t headlight
recreation and of the people
she
The same young woman who turn« whs dented and glass broken. By
met by hearing them ta lk to the
oil the porch light, before parriage, means of a chain around the fender
assembly of boys and g irls. The
so that her “sweetie" won’t slip and ard hitched to a tree, the fender was
> summer school was made up of two
fall, turns off the hull light, after mar­ fixed up fa irly w ell by backing the
hundred and fifty club members from
riage, to see If he will stumble bn the car.
The parly were able to con­
the different counties of the state but
stairs.
tinue
their trip without a serious
Lenora reports that she was the only
delay for further repairs.
member from Sherman county. She
FRIDAY
hopes others w ill be able to go next
year.
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Miaa Lois Pagenbkoph, th i club
visitor from Oregon C ity, also gave
her opinion of club work by te llin g
)w h a t
It
meant to
her.
Miss
Pager,koph speaks from experience,
since she has the distinction of hav­
ing won first place in her project at
the state fa ir for the past three yearn.
This has entitled her to three free
trips to the boys and girls summer
school.
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The clu b g rla appreciate the in ­
terest and assistance given them by
the people of Moro.
Electrical engineers In the Univer­
sity of Illinois have succeeded In run­
Forty automobiles brought visitors
ning a typewriter by1 wireless. Any
womun who Is jealous of her husband’s from a ll over Sherman county to the
stenographer might get ohe of those Moro experiment station in honor of
Annual Field Day held he^je Wednes
things and make her use It.
A re n t they making quite a lot of
adq over the farm hand who acquired
a piece of oil lund that Is returning
him $50 a day, hut contluuew to work
for $1 a day? He could afford to con-
Inue for leas than that.
day. (xunnflttees in charge reduced
thia number to close to th irty when
time arrived to visit the station. The
day was w irdy and the a ir fu ll of
dust, hut a ll joined in saying that
they were well pleased with their
visit, especially
w ith the results
achieved by Supt D. E. Stephens In
his smut resistant wheat variety
and the varieties for «upland dry
farming.
Marshal Foch, after traveling 20.000
miles and for many days over the
United States, may feel urged to say,
“j ’arbleu, America doesn’t need battle­
W . A . Campbell w ill take over the
Moro w ill be lighted from the new
ships and submarines as we need
carrier duties of the rural route out
street lights recently installed by the
them.”
of Moro on July 1st, at which tim e
his 4-year contract w ith the govern­
ment begins. To expedite hia work
be has numbered a ll boxes on the
route and had notified by card with
return postage a ll route patrons that
he must have their box numbers and
names of a ll who receive m ail at
th e ir box. About h a lf of the cards
ware returned by patrons. Not know­
ing where to deposit the m ail w ill of
necessity cause much to be le ft at the
Moro post office to be called for by
those who do not value the service
they receive free.
Truman Strong and fa m ily , Mrs.
Schade and Mrs.
Perkins spent a
weak at Seaside, returning to Moro
last Thursday.
Truman said “ We
had a great tim e, and a ll the razor
clams wa w anted.”
The la tte r part
of the quotation was evidenced by a
s lit in the end of one of his fingers.
The party took in part of the Rose
Festival in Portland.
Doctors are reported to have discov­
ered that the practice of starving the
fever patients was wrong. They can
hardly blame the patient If he wants
to know from them If they are quite
sure they have It right this time.
Sherman Eleccric Co. after July 1st.
They w ill he operated by an automatic
switch, turning the current qp at dusk
and switching off at sunrise.
The
new lights are spaced h a lf a block
apart on the main streets and have an
eighty candle power light rating.
Now some man Is said to have been
cured of blindness by a new silver
“Civilization begins and ends with
half dollar. There are some people the plow.” No reul growth In art,
who*might be blinded by such a sight. science, literature and other out­
growths of virile citizenship has ever
But for the high coat of paper there been attulned in any country without
la no telling what the men who are agriculture to produce the people’s food
counterfeiting internal revenue stampa and clothing and to niuke It possible
would do.
for a division of labor In society. Na­
tions may rise and fall ns they have,
Community barbecue* la another but if they attain uny considerable
way to get something tangible out of commercial Importance they hiust be
fat cattle.
bucked by agriculture that affords sus­
tenance for the people. Truly, civiliza­
“Nude ears, are to be popular thia tion will end when the plow ceases to
oflnter," aays Chicago. But we reck­ run and the “earth to yield her fruits
on they will continua to wear shoes.
In season."
W ith Japan coming Into the disarm­
ament conference what will the
Jingoes do for a yellow peril?
F J . M . Eddy has leased the Bee
Hive restaurant and w ill Open it as
a short order house July 1st. The
restaurant has been cloeed during the
week w hile repairs and alterations
were being made.
When even the weather man win
admit that the weather Is exceptional,
something must really he doing.
D E S C H U T E S M O T O R CO.
REPAIR DEPARTMENT
E L E C T R IC A L SER VICE
B A T T E R Y S E R V IC E
AO make* rebuilt or
Starting, Lighting and Igni­
tion Systems.
Recharging
and repairing High Tension
and Ford magnetos Specialty
repaired.
Tested and filled with diitil-
lad water FREE, W a solicit
your battery work.
Bank Hotel
Formerly the Albert
T h e Dalles* N ew est and Best
H o stelry
Oxy-acctclcnc Welding
Dust-proof Paint Room in Connection
C E N TR A LLY LOCATED
Sherman County Headquarters
MORO
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OREGON
J. F . R A T H . M . n a i w
T h o D a lle s
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Gilliam and Wheeler Cosarias
ELECTRIC STOVES
WudWHUm
MEET EVERY EXPECTATION
FOR SALE
Autom atic cooking means
household efficiency. The
savings possible with an
E. T. Hurlburt
Upper Main Street, opp. G arafr
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of electricity both
meqp
money in your pocket.
ASK
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STRATE
TO
FOR
DEMON-
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J am es stew art
STOCK H O BRINO INSPECTOR
SHERMAN COUNTY
E L E C T R IC S T O V E S , $ 3 7 to $ 2 2 0
, S h e r m a n E le c tric Go.
AUrw.: MORO. 0RX
D EPU TIES
D ealers in E lec trica l A p plian ce* of A ll K in d *
E v e r y th in g
B o ld
on
S t r ’c t ly
G u a ra n te e
B a a ls ,
L. fichedewlta,
Kent Ors
Dr Jos founders, V. 2
Moro. Ore
W . H . Meyer. Wsseo.
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The shrewd management of Russian
personal politics has succeeded la mak­
ing It appear Impossible to arrange tor
recognition of sovietism that does not
Imply a positive Indorsement of Lenin­
ism.
A distinguished scientist tells a wait*
Ing world that clocks run faster at
night than they do during the day.
Now we would like to hear what the
man suffering from Inssatats aa]
about th a t
Humanity will bo saowwhat nobler
than it Is when it heg!sake realise that
the Joy of wealth la not la the Indul­
gence that money procures, hat In the
work that creates the wealth that
money represents.
Another thing that has made ali­
mony so popular la this country la
that It Is not rife with aa much me-
aotony aa the washtuh. • _______
Walls said To have belonged to the
original forum of Roaaaa London wore
unearthed recently by workmen In
Qracechureh street while laying postal
cable. One wall fenr and n half tost
thick and extending downward I f tost
appear« to form a part a f aa Inner
chamber of a Roman building. Muse­
um officials who have viewed the palat-
eff ornamentations an the walls have
greased the belief that the bufld-
lag was erected along about the Third
or Fourth century.
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garage
J. L. Hatthes.
Hanager.
Moro, O regon
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Open all hours of the day and
night.
Car a taken care ° f a t
any tim e. N ight man sleep in
the building.
A u t o A c c e s s o rie s
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G e n u in e F o r d P a r ts
K e lly S p r in g fie ld T ir e s
G o o d r ic h T ir e s a n d T u b e s
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Local Cbarck
First Presbyterian Church of Moro
Sunday School l0.*00 a.m .
Morning Worship 11 KX> a.m.
Union Evening Service 7 JO p.m.
Union Mid-week Service Wednes­
day, 7 » p.nx -*•
The union services alternate between
t|»e two churches.
Dorcas Society Wednesday, 2 p.m*
Henry G. Hanson, m inister.
Methodist Church announcements
Sunday School 10 a.m .
Preaching a t 11 a. m. every 8unday.
F irs t, third and fifth Sundays by the
pastor; the second and fourth Sundays
by Rev. W . L . D illin g e r.
Union church service, 7 :90 pi m.
Union midweek service Wednesday,
7 :30 p. m.
The union services alternate be­
tween the two churches.
Preaching af Spalding second and
fourth Sundays a t 12 noon.
The public is cordially invited.
U , C. Smothers, pastor.
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For any service rendered the charge will always be reasonable.
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MORO THEATRE
Saturday, July 1
Show Begins at 8 :0 0 P.
M.
Geo. N. Crosfield
W a s c o , O re g o n
not understand why It la necessary to
have armed men to guard a mall train
or the trucks carrying mall to the
trains. They have a lot to learn.
The German chemist Who profess«
‘to posses the secret af manufacturing
gold from baser metals Is open to sus­
picion. I f he were a business men of
ordinary capacity he would keep so
vnlnable a secret to himself.
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S ilv e r to w n C o rd s
China, three In India, one In Japan,
says Mrs. Murray Frame of Ten Ching
college, Peking. The gradual emanci­
pation of women la the biggest news
coming out of the F a r Bast. It Is the
first real proof that the Orient Is
awakening. A civilization Is accurate­
ly measured by the way It treats Its
women.
It must have brought great Joy to
the designer of the peace dollar to
learn that a good many people were
no much In doubt SB to whether the
bird on It was a dove or an eagle that
an official ruling wa* made to settle
the question.
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D esch u tes M otor Co.
Christian Science Society:
Sir Arthur Keith, the British an­
Services
In the Church building,
thropologist. announces that the Eng­
Subject:
lish face Is changing. Centuries ago. Main street, at 11 a.m .
“
God.”
when food was tough, it seems that
Testimonial services each Wednes­
the English Jaw was big, strong,
day evening, 8 o'clock.
square, and firm; but today the Jaw
Sunday School, rear church en
Is uanpwlng, sik I as a consequence
trance, 10:16 a.m .
Pupils up to the
the shape of the face la being altered
age of 20 are welcome.
altogether. This Is serious news for
The public is cordially invited to
the English caricaturists, who have
attend the church services and visit
always represented John Bull as not
the reading room, rear entrance, oper
only square-beaded, but square-jawed
daily, except Sunday, w ith an atten­
also. The French caricaturist, who
dant in charge from 2 u n til 4 p.m.
loved to depict him with a lantern
face, may claim to have been a prophet
U n til further notice Model Laundry
as well as an artist.
basket w ill leave Hotel Moro barber
Seven new women’s colleges have shop at 1 p.m. each Mounday and re
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started In the Far Bast. Thrde are In turn each Friday af 1 p.m .
The very best enemp ef sunburn we
know anything about la a Uttle discre­
tion In the way of shade and akin cov­
ering.
electric range and low cost
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New York city has bean having
quits a furors over the Conan Doyle
system of calling the ghosts of depart-
ed persons to assist in many m aterial
ways the movements of persons yet i^
the flesh.
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Homer Bel she« wants to do some-
I thing of the same sort.
Homer has a
ghost w alking around hia farm oast
of Moro that ha wants satisfied
Ho
says that this ghost has bean helping
its e lf to articles of small value for
near a year and he is now w ritin g to
Conan Doyle to sand him hia ghost
radio persuader.
Among the first things lost to the
ghost were six steel traps.
The
traps were staked to the frozen
ground, but ghost cut the chains.
N ext was five new breast straps.
Than four or five halter chains. The
last, June 26th, waa taro 12 foot
chains and a set of cross chains from
a wagon in the field.
Homer ia not a b it superstitious.
He wants to meet that ghost and
whan he does things w ill happen.
The extreme of conscientiousness
seems to have been reached In the ense
of the girl who, before committing
suicide In her boarding house room
by turning on the gas, thoughtfully left
It Is understood that some of the
$8.50 on the table to pay for the ga* Ravages In Afyka. to whom we send
used.
mlsRlonnries, are saying that they can­
If war gas never kills and seldom
permanently disables, according to
General Fries, why all the fuss to pro­
tect against It, and why all the army
of disabled thnt came bnck from
France?
W. H. WILLIAMS
’ A new definition of Illiteracy
to be needed. The superintendent of the
Atlantic City schools tells the Rotary
dub that the United States la “the
most Illiterate nation," baaing his aver­
ment on census figures showing more
than 6,000,000 of our people who
neither read nor write the English
tongue, of whom 128,000 inhabit New
Jersey. I t Is well to urge, aa Mr. Boyer
did so feelingly, that- these persons
should be taught to use our tongue.
But they are not necessarily illiterate
If they cannot use It now, observes
the Philadelphia Public Ledger. I f
an American <«>cs to Poland, or
Czechoslovakia or Serbia, or Russia
and finds himself unable to use the
language of the j»eople among whom
he comes, he la not, therefore, to be
daeeed as Illiterate. Illiteracy Is not
a matter of one’s geographic location
at a particular time. It Is a matter
of education In the mother tongue.
Premier Briand wus not Illiterate be­
cause he cams to Washington with a
scanty equipment of English In his
portmanteau. In fact, many a poly­
glot foreigner, proficient In several
tongues but Inexpert In ours, might
Justly wax Indignant If he were called
Illiterate fo r want of «kill In our form
of speech.
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In the literature of g rie f we recall
nothing finer than the letter which
Georgs W. Claney, father of the boy
killed In the unfortunate fight at Eras­
mus hall, sent to the boy with whom
his son fought. The boys werd friends,
the fight was fairly arranged, there
was no malice In It, and the outcome
was pot dreamed of. outsiders can
see that dearly enough, but that a
father suffering from the loss of his
son should see It and say It shows a
spirit of Justice altogether unusual,
says the Brooklyn Eagle. In his grief
Mr. Claney w rote: “I wish you to know
that I hold no unkind feeling toward
you. Come to me and allow me to put
my arms around yon. You can leaaeu
iny sorrow by trying to fill a little of
the great vacant place that Harold’s
death has left la my heart. Resolve
to be a manly boy and true, and all
will be well,"
HOLT
H arvesters
HOLT Tractors
and
5 -to rt, lO - t o n a n d
1 2 - f o o t to 2 4 - f h o t
T35,
4 6 and
76
h. p.
We have anything a man wants to
fix up his Holt Combine or Tractor.
GET YOUR ORDER IN EARLY
There’s strong talk of a railroad strike.
W e have the goods now but w e . will have
to make replacement orders.-
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FULL UNE OF MEN’S AND LADIES’ BATHING
SUITS AND WITH STOCKINGS TO MATCH