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About Sherman County observer. (Moro, Sherman County, Or.) 1897-1931 | View Entire Issue (July 28, 1922)
' ★ f t « A COLUMN OF BRIEF NEWS Paragraphs on Community, Cmaty a»d State’s Leading Events * Are you canning fru»tY It i* economy to do so. Let us take your order« for fruits and berries as they come in season. VV e handle nothing but strictly fresh fruits ami vegetables. The second grade stuff which is sold to pedlers will not be found hi our stock. \ S|>ecialH this week: Misses’ and Ladies’ White Can vas Shoes; your choice, pair $1.00 Toilet soap, it cuts th e dirt, three large bars for 25c The management of tha Moro Trad ing Co. has repaired the roof of the store building with a roof cement paint that ia guaranteed to stop ail future leakage in winter time. Chaa. W. McKinney has been limp ing around since the Foss’ fire Sunday afternoon as the result of stepping on a nail-studded board while handling a hose line during the excitement. _____ I J I II 'M 1 1 I f — News Items Fram Kent . Wa Have JUndy For Delivery -. 8 l«-fo©t California stake rack bed«, wide track. 1 8i wide track Mitchell header trdek, | and | tires, wheels 96 and 44. 18-inch Winona header truck wide track, 36 and 44 wheel. 4 Sj-inch Winona handy gears wide track, 36 and 44 wood wheels. A11 of the above wagons must be sold regardless of selling prue. Geo. Ijg Crosfield, t Wasco, Oregon. Fair weather makes you feal bully. * 44Dad’’ and “ Grandmother” for Metolious this week. left Several outfits have started thresh ing operations thia week. That nice smell around town ie stagnant water of long standing. The tall ones ard the small ones uie at work In the harvest field» now. Editor Ireland, of the Observer at Moro, was a Kent visitor on last Sunday. Mrs. W. C. Guyton and children are on their way to the Valley for a trip all by themselves. A recount of votes will be made to determine finally who has obtain, L.W. Roes returned this week from ed the republican nomination for state an auto tour of southern Oregon. He senator from the joint district of Mult has definitely decided that he w ill nomah, Clackamas and Columbia coun .Up to the present date, Mrs. Hogue locate in Medford and is now packing tie s The nomination of W. J. H. and daughter Gertrude, who are doc up for shipment to that place. Clark, announced w inner on official^ ioring in The Dalle», have not re Ed. McMillin was in town Tuesday returns Is being contested by W. W. turned. from the Gordon Ridge section, on a Banks. » V The new Rebecca officers were in still hunt for a wagon axle. Since T he first kiln of brick to be made stalled at a joint meeting last Satur fanners have turned to the auto car In P rineville for m oriM han 20 years day. An ice’eream social wound up and truck, such extras are hard to was fired M onday morning by W. F. the affair. find. WHY DID SMITHSON CHOOSE THE UNITED STATES? No one knows why James Smithson, an Englishman, bequeathed his fortune to the U nited States to found, at W ashington, an “establish ment for the increase and diffusion of knowledge among m en.” H ardin, recently of Gold» ndale. Wash., W. F. Schilling’s small son was Messrs. Lea and Lad wick, officer* who retu rn ed a month ago to help in of the Oregon Cooperative Grain th e rebuilding of th e town for which hurt by a horse Tuesday evening. Growers association, held a meeting he burned brick m ore than a score of The doctor was railed and several at the court house Tuesday, evening years ago. T h e p resen t kiln has r, stitches were necessary. for the purpose of explaining the work total of 75,000 brick JtR3 Barry’s ice bouse was discov T hree dozen bOga bullfrogs have ered to be on fire between the walls, of the association to members and « T H E Q U A L IT Y S T O R E ” been released In th e Long Tom river, one day this week Some body al others interested. MORO OREGON w est cf Eugene, by local sportsmfcif. ways is putting out a I re before the The first shipment of 1922 crop wheat to be made from Sherman coun a t the req u est of C aptain A. E. Burgh- fun staits. t y was the two cars of dark hard duff, sta te gam e w arden, in fitrfies that . ¿The first whgat field fire alarm of winter turkey rea wheat shipped to they will m u ltip ly and th at in future the season was turned in this week, Balfour, Guthrie Company at Port years they may be caught for food. when the report was sent to town that land, by the Farmers’ Elevator & The gam e com m ission ia attem pting to Carl Schadewitz’ wheat field 1U1 Supply Co. from their elevator at propagate th e se frogs In different afire. It was » p ip e ; a match; —and p arts of th e state. some ride! Moro. T here w ere th re e fatalities due to S h o w S t a r t* a t H P . M . Either the pulley or rope broke on in d u strial accid en ts Jn Oregon dur Must close now, before it is too SA T U R D A Y , JU L Y 2 9 the wagon loader grain carrier in use ing the week ending July 20, accord late. Love to nil. Der Goat. on the Carrol Sayra combine Thursday ing to a rep o rt prepared by the state moi ning. The trace left in the field in d u stria l a c c id e n t commission. Tht A Paramount Picture by the carrier as it dragged after the victim s w ere: T erry J. W illard, log machine showed it to have been taken ger, K lam ath F alls; Jam es F enton nearly all way around the farm before co n tracto r. Jo h n Day. and J H. Mr being noticed. C arty, laborer, Vancouvfr, Wash. 2 WITH The editor’s dinner table was sup total of 513 accid en ts were reported. G overnor O lcott won the first roun plemented Friday noon with a gener H O PE H AM PTO N ous supply of delicious corn from the In th e election c o n ttst proceedings W. C. Bryant family garden. The filed on behalf of Charles Hall whet A Photoplay of ike lights and product had none of the ear mark» of Judges G. O. Bingham and I‘i>rc> A shadow» of New York and of a long, dry, sultry period of growth Kelly, sittin g en banc In the M artor M A U R IC E Pari»--AU woven round a lore that may have been expected from county circu it court, allowed a mo TOURNEUR tlon prepared by Governor O lcetl’t gardens this year. story of tremendous appeal. P R O D U C T IO N /C H S Dr Clarke, of the Clarke- atto rn ey s to strik e from Mr. H alit Brower Optical Co., 112$ Sixth com plaint the allegation that v o te r A speedy getaway ' sometimes is street, Portland, will be in Moro all who had previously registered have n a good advantage, but you ’ll read legal rig h t to change th« ir party af day and evening Saturday, July 29th. all about it in the next Observer. at the Moro Hotel. The company has filiations through re-reglstratlon at the on p rim ary election day. personal paragraphs had very good success with their new polls A. J. Jaenlcke, fardkt examiner, ha« lenses for cataract. recen tly retu rn ed from the Klamath Live Lines About the Hone People The equalizing gear that controls Falls country, w here he has been en- ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ * ; « h r k m a i * • <» ">*ro •* You C an Sleep In tho D ark , the leveling device on the E. E. Bar- g i;cd In soaring tho problem of pro Who Have Come and Gone b u t You N eed th e L ig h t to zee harvesting combine broke Thurs tectin g forest lands again, t the w est Do B usiness. A nd ADVBR- Fred Haynes and Dick Abel were day morning while grain was being ern jP’nc beetle. T here are approxl- V E R T I8 IN Q Is th e G re a t business visitor» at Moro thia week cut on a side hill. No one was hurt m a tf e R P ir tO O acres of tim ber sh ar S ource o f B u sin ess L ig h t :: when the machine half toppled ov from Kent. ed by th? r a n m ent ami private con- FRIDAY : ' .........July 28. 1922 V . B. Eakin, one of the progressive but it will be several days before it m s In T.r.kr and K lam ath counties. can be at work again. Crego.i. and county, California, farmers of the Rutledge district, was G. E. Mathews and party, who have w here c -n iio l cf t i e pine beetle Is W E P R IN T E V E R Y T H IN G in Moro this week to purchase harvest CvroM l o O»» Ho. 121 F R O M A C A L L IN G C A R D been touring the Canadian Rocky bolug work 1 upun| Thio em braces supplies. a. r. a a “ • *•<*<>. or. mountains, rare expected to arrive about l.OCo/'OC <tC fe f of som e of the TO A BOOK. TRY US. M e « l> th e é r t i *® d th ird ’ W. M. Wvlker has returned from home the ^nd of the week. They left finest pine”ln-the w»st. huradav evening« of e*ch Portland. He drove his car down for Banff last Saturday for Lake Louise, The harvest of win v h c a t in Ore month ViMting member« ’H -4-H -+++ repairs to the body and the placing of expecting to start from there Monday gon is general and uo.o.o th resh in g has a new top. for the 1200 mile return trip. They been done. The yield i3 uneven, but - M b ... «„.<• Guy Hoskinson and wife, from Kent report an enjoyable trip so far, with generally fair to good, says th e w eek were Moro viaitors Wednesday. Guy neither tire nor engine trouble to mar ly crop rep o rt of th e w eather bureau. ■ • t h ln h n m C h « » t« r was interested in taking care of hia its pleasures. Barley h arv e st Is well advanced. The n o . 78 o. a. ». Moro city park officials had their w eather has been extrem ely favorable soldier bonus loan. Regular communication Mi s Eva Sutter is expecting a first experience this week with a tour ‘for h arv est and threshing. Except t each 2d and 4th Thursday He demanded w here irrigated, spring wheat and oats visit this week from her nephew, ist from Missouri. .evening« monthly. credentials from the city officials have generally suffered seriously from Archie Roberts, who is visiting .ip N s l l ib M u ir . before be would recognize them in any drought. S tock Is being turned into ~ __ W orthy Matron Oregon from Kansas City. *N ana B a r z e e . Secretary. manner, then he wanted full detailed some fields of late spring grain. Ir • • — coal L. Barnum and wife, from The receipts of his expenditures at the rigated corn is doing well, but u n irri Dalles, and Roy Kunsman and wife, city park. He objected Btrenously to gated fields need rain. New sweet — COAL M oro LoO»a N o. 113 of this city, were guests Sunday at paying for use of the park facilities corn iB in m ark et in U m atilla county. I. O. O. F. the E. E. Barnum farm, in Grass and proclaimed that he was from The Goose Lake Valley Irrigation Meet« every Monday eve Missouri. His car had Missouri l i com pany is constructing a dam and -C O A L . . ning in their hall. hail, Tri i ranai- Valley canyon. ent and Vi«iting Brother« ! Mrs. Ohlegschlager was a week-end cense tags. reservoir 12 miles northw est of Lake- cordially invited to meet : guest from The Dalle« at the J. F. Q. C. Hoff and G K. Gardner, en view on Cottonwood creek to store — one ton? with ua. ¡Noonan home in this city. Mrs. gineers in the Pacific telephone com the w aters from the Cottonwood water-. t W H . W illiam «, N . G et long j Ohlegschlager is better known to her pany’s office in Portland, and Jack shed. The dam will be €10 feet C. F . H ill, Secretary | former acquaintances in Moro as Ma Chamberlain, telephone engineer from »nd 40 foet high and will furnish — ten tons? rater for irrigating the lands in the bel Shearer, daughter of Harry Shear San Francisco, were in Moro on Tues C H R I S S C H U L T Z P O S T N O . 71 er, engineer on the Shaniko branch day. They were returning to The north Goose lake valley. This will . AM ERICA N LEGION “ te ll Doc Johnson Dalles from Bend. The telephone add to the- plant constructed so m e ' Meet« at Odd Fellow . H a ll on for several years. seven years ago when a dam of 66,000 company is planning to build a new Miss Mildred Cooprider, who has ■econd and fourth Wednesday« been visiting with her aunt, Mrs. long distance line from The. Dalles, acre feet was built on Drews creek of each month. and some 40 m iles of main canal were U. C. Smothers and family, left Mon thru Sherman county, to Bend, and W. K Johnson. Manager Roy F . Dean, Commander day for her home in Bellingham, probably as far south as Klamath constructed. The new work will en Moro, Oregon tail an expense of rnoro than $100,- Falls, where it will connect with J. C Harper, Adjutant and Finance Office.- Washington. Rev, Smothers accom 000 and will be finished in tlmo to lines to San Francisco. panied her as far as The Dalles. Rev. ¿■¿■■H -H- i-'r l i I 1 k l"!"l I "l*'t 1 1 I I I 1' H George Cooprider, her father, on his A large 10-ton load on an auto store thia ceason’s water. Local Chnrch Announcement* return home from California, met her truck and trailer, setting up to a height of about 10 feet from the in Portland. Firat Presbyter inn Church of Moro J. R. Shephard, living near Roose street, attracted attention as it passed Sunday School 10 XX) a.m. velt, Washington, was in Sherman through Moro on Thursday morning. Morning Worship 11:00 a.m. Union Evening Service 7 :80 p.m. county on Wednesday for the purpose, It was part of the machinery for the Union Mid-week Service Wednes lhe said, “ of ascertaining what Sher rock crusher operated by vhe King day, 7 JO p.m. __ man county farmers thought of the Construction Co., being moved from w . H. H ill, P r o p r ie to r The union services alternate between Oregon Cooperative Grain Growers DeMoss to the new quarry location on Nigger ridge, preliminary to rock association. “ He stated, when calling the two churches. T his is the o n ly d a iry herd in the v ic in ity of Dorcas Society Wednesday, 2 p.m. at the Observer office that he was a surfacing the Sherman Highway be Henry G. Hanson, mihister. director of the Washington association. tween Moro and Grass Valley. M o ro that is certified disease-free. W e hold O regon State L iv e Stock Sanitary Board C. E. Sheets and wife spent Tues Methodist Church announcements Fresh cow for sale. Inquire H. D. day in Moro as guests of A. Rose and official health certificate N o . 3291. . _ Sunday School 10 a.m. wife. They were returning to Spo Dutton, at the Confectionery. Preaching at 11 a. m. every Sunday. kane from a two weeks auto trip spent Loet: Auto license tag No. 107324. on the loop around via Seattle and OREGON First, third and fifth Sundays by the -j MORO pastor; the second and fourth Sundays Finder please notify H. B. Pinkerton, Snoqualmie Pass, Pacific Highway to \ 1 I I 1 1 1 1 I l"t‘ I I I Moro. by Rev. W . L. Dillinger. Portland, and Columbia Highway and Union church service, 7 :30 p. m. Moro Hotel Barber Shop w ill be Evergreen route to Spokane. Mr. Union midweek service Wednesday, open during harvest each Sunday morn Sheets was engineer in charge of the city water and light plant for a num ing until further notice. 7:30 P- union services alternate be ber of years, leaving to accept a posi The Abstracts promptly made by the tion in Spokane, where he is now assia- tween the two churchea. Preaching at Spalding second and Sherman County Abstract Co., Moro, tant engineer with the Spokane Central Oregon. Heating Plant Co. fourth Sundays at 12 noon. P a y n e a n d F o w lie , P r o p s . , The public is cordially invited. Moro community was startled Thurt Watch papers for date. U. C. Smothers, pastor. Dr. Freeze’ next visit to day by news that Mrs. R. C. Ornduff Sherman county towns. had passed away at The Dalles hospi Christian Science Society: A ll w ho plan canning F ru it this ’ tal during the previous night. She We pay parcel poet one way on all Services Church ----- building, rices in m the v.«—--- - had been ill for several months with year should place **their orders Subject*. shoe repairing. Good quality leather an acute diabetes condition, but, nev Main gtreet. at 11 and work. Joe Amore, The Dalles, xtfith Fleck O rchards. Phone ertheless, she always appeared cheer- • ‘ Love. »» — » Testimonial service« each Wednes Oregon ful to her frienda. 22F11 Wasco, in advance. When you have that hungry ieeling Funeral services w ill be conducted day evening, 8 (/clock. en- try the prompt short order-service on Saturday afternoon at 3 o ’clock Sunday School, rear church the installed by J. M. Eddy at the Bee from the Crandall Undertaking Par- trance, 10:16 a.m. ^ P 11* UP lors at The Dal lea. By special re. Hive restaurant. ■<re of 20 are welcome. The public is cordially u quest, E. A. Race of Hood River, To trade for wheat land, one of the attend the chureh service« and visit J. A. Hardin of The D .lles, F. E. best 160 acre farms in Lane Co. Well the reading room, rear entrance, open located. Address T. E. Edwards, 372 Fortner, Roy Kunaman, T. E. and daily, except Sunday, with an attan» W. F. Hulery, w ill act as pallbaarers. W. l i s t - , Eugene, Oregon. dant in charge from 2 until 4 p.m. W h a te v e r his reason, it is certain that his gift formed the basis of the most important scientific organization in the country. T h e story of the Smithsonian In s ti tution is told in one of the series of folders and booklets on Our Government now being issued by this Institution. THE MORO TRADING CO. If your name is not on our list you should drop in today and have it put on. BANK OF MORO M ORO, OREGON M ORO THEATRE “THE BAIT” T ho O b server Protect Your Eyes ■x MORO PHARMACY Phone - - O regon Free Grounds for Parties Calling at Orchard for Fruit. 303 C. V. BELKNAP, Proprietor HOT AND COLD BA TH S - - - - - O xegrQ X X - WE ARE HEADQUARTERS For All K in d s o f F R E S H F R U IT S Tum-A-Lum Lumber Co | R u fu s MORO. ORE. Moro Hotel Barber Shop Turn-A -Lum » News.... FLECK O R C H A R D / GOGGLES: 25c to $1.50 short THE MORO DAIRY J HARVEST Ofio& i hp far Sbmu County. • •Mo o 1 Apricots and Peaches Now in Market A SPECIALTY MADE of ICE CREAM and COLD DRINKS T h e B est in th e M a rk et a t R ight Price». O rd ers P r o m p tly F o r w a r d e d b y M ail, T ru ck , o r F xpre»» When in The Dalles try our canta loupes at 80c per dozen. Porto-for picnic parties and Sunday dinners-all flavors. Lemons, Oranges, and Grape Juice, for all purposes. Watermelon on ice; take one home. Harrison & Scherrer ‘ SPECIALTY GROCERS A T RIGHT PRICES THE DALLES, OREGON