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About Sherman County observer. (Moro, Sherman County, Or.) 1897-1931 | View Entire Issue (April 20, 1923)
B R IE F N E W S ragrapbs as Stal«, Caaaty I C a o u i f y ' « Events C. L. IRELAND. Managing Editor F riday C t— « e remarks that the silk top x m « pass nil virtually out of fash hri**g uaed now only for funerals and wedding». Why Ignore the fact that It remains the correct headgear In n t l n r i n , « « » a « ’ W V f.11 t® — that movie Idols would rather die than hand a butler aomethtng lie can not brush with hla sleeve? What of the top hat In the comics? Fashions re m . and go, wax and wane. but It to likely to be a very distant gen eration whose funny paper» will noi picture the “plug” aa the common and fam iliar top-piece of millionaires, so cial Uona and citizens out for a Sun day walk, aaya the Toledo Blade. The reason to that In the most popular comics something must be smashed, and there to nothing which can look more smashed, when subjected to harsh treatment, than a top hat. get A magazine writer wants to turn off Niagara falls. In order to turn them on again. That Is, he wants to urillse for Industrial purposes the vast power now going to waste there, and thinks that, far from losing attruc- Uveness, the fall» would gain In spec tacular effect If they were not func- ttonlng all the time, but were only turned on In full volume on holidays and other special occasions. “I f fire works were shot off at eight o’clock every night." he says, “we would not cere to look at them." Very likely, yet people can stand a good deal more repetition from nature than they can from art, »ays the Jacksonville Jour nal- Sunrise anc sunset and rain and snow and rushing water have a good deal of repetition and continuity, but roost of us don’t get bored to death with them at all. Isn't It the very everiastlngness of that tremendous downpour at Niagara that gives the x i u their overpowering effect on the erof. Harebell Perring of B o « » university has utarted something. Be aays that teacher» “yap" too modL He eiplalu* what be mrens by thia before • convention of Maaaachusetta trechr era, • mys the Philadelphia Public ledger. The leecher, he >ol<to, re peal» a atatement again and again In the claaaroom and thereby spares the »cholar the effort of thinking thing» out ou hla own. Too much of the lesrnlng la predlgeated. The student should be compelled to do hla own reasoning and analysis. The scholar feels that he doesn’t have to listen. »Ince the teacher la doing hla work for him. The beat teachers, on the whole, are those most willing to do more than they are paid for In help ing the -pupils through tough places. They know when to leave off and make the young disciple go It alone for hla own good. What Professor Perring calls “yapping” la often both necessary and desirable if a lesson la poatmaaters for the following urea«» cities and towns: Athena, Aurora, Banks. Beaverton, Brownsville, Can yon City. Fossil, Oervato, John Day. Madras. Mount Angel, Newport. Stan- . field, Toledo, Warrenton and Yamhill. Protest against the removal of Mr. I and Mrs. W . L. Kuser as superintend ent and matron of the boy»’ training I school at Salem was voiced by a dele gation from Portland, representing the Rotary club, Parent-Teacher associa tion, thfi Social Workers aaaociatlon and other organisation», which appear ed before the state board of control The Oregon public service commto ■Ion ha» filed an answer with the In terstate commerce commission to the application of the Central Pacific lor authority to build the Natron cutoff. In which It called attention to ita pre vious demands that common-user privileges be allowed other road« and that the cutoff he completed and In readiness for traffic by January 1. 1926. There were four fatalities In Ore gon due to Industrial accidents dur ing the week ending April 12, aceord lng to a report prepared by the state Industrial accident commtoslon. 1 he victims were D. Guiscppette, construc tion foreman, Estacada; A llied Raa mna, logger, Lakeside; Fred Feather- Combination Needed. Fanning to a business; agriculture stone, right-of-way man and Joseph la a »Hence. The tiller of the soil Jonea, right-of-way man, Independ who blends these two to the man to whom tbo future offers success.— Mc- W H E N YOU T R A V E L BY AUTO AND VISIT THE DALLES S TO R E YO U R CAR In the concrete, tully equipped, roomy 4arate of W al- /¡Itiama Company. Competent workman alway, ready a you in any way they can at leaat expend to you. it «erv.ee rendered the charge will alway« be rea»onable. W A L T H E R -W IL L IA M S THE DALLES GARAGE OREQON. Buick Authorizèd Service A Valuable “P art" o f E very Buick Equally Important with the universally admired per formance ability of Buick care is Buick Authorixed Service. T he insurance that the nation-wide Buick Authorized Service sy ste m p rovide« for e v e r y B uick ow n er increases the confidence that com es through tasting Buick dependability in every kind of motoring. Buick Authorised Service of the same uniformly feu etendard, no matter where It to found, has resulted In conviction on the pert o f au tom ob ile o w n er s that FUrb-b Authorised Service to In itself a valued part of the Buicke they pur ch eee Te Methodist Sunday School social held in the high school auditorium last F iid a y evening was w ell attended. Members of the Blue team were the hosts o f the evening. They were good losers in the recent contest trip to Palestine and delightful entertainer«. The program, game», and refreshments kept every one amused, busy, and highly entertained during the entice evaoing. , , , 1 ( f The topic next Sunday morning, April 22nd. at the Christian Science church w ill be “ Doctrine of Atone- m ent." The golden text ia from Ro mans 6 :10. For I f , when we were ene- miea, we were reconciled to God by the death of his aon, much more, being reconciled, wo shall be saved by hia life. The responsive reading is taken from Hebrews 9:1, 6-10, 18 and 14. | i i ( ( j : Several member» of the Methodist Sunday School are planning to attend a Sunday School rally'at The Dalles on April 28th, Wednesday afternoon and evening. Experienced workers, from Chicago, are scheduled for place on the program. '1 Rev. Henry G. Hanson w ill bo hack in Moro and occupy the pulpit at the Presbyterian church next 8unday morn ing, April 22nd. At the conclusion of the mornipg service, Rev. Hanson w ill conduct the celebration of the Lard's Supper. An Insano woman escapes from the asylum a t Poughkeepsie. N. Y. When captured, she had walked 40 miles In one day. Such spurts of energy are common among the Insane. It often requires h alf a doren strong men to overpower a maniac and get him Into a padded cell. Take a sane man. a weakling, who cannot lift 100 pounds Five minutes later. If he suddenly goes craxy, ha can easily lift 800 Strength of muscle and power to ae compilati are largely matters of con fidence. Weakness la lack of confi deore, fear—a ll In the Imagination. Tan are what yen think you are, no mom, only occasionally Ire« A. M. Wright w ill be the speaker at the Methodist church service next Sunday morning at eleven o'clock. The public is cordially Invited to at tend and listen to their neighbor, bus iness associate and friend. the earth." Where are they? Post Rev. U . C. 8mothera w ill preach at office figures It out. Taking a Mer Spaulding Chapel next Bunday morn cator’s projection map, It finds Chi ing at eleven o'clock. Sunday School eago to the center. The four extreme and preaching service w ill he held an corners are Nome, Alaska; d iris t- cburch. New Zealand; Bergen. Nor- , hour earlier than usual. way, and Cap« Town, Africa. There can be but one end to the struggle between the automobile and the horse, now that the war depart ment of France, looking around tor op portunltlee te cut down expenses and save money, found one In the charger« that hitherto bad been provided— with the grooms appertaining to the same— for all field marshals and general», eaya the New York Timed. 8o here after the field marshal» and general« If they want horere to ride, will pay tor them out of their salaries a» pri vate luxartea, and the French taxpay ers will be spared one fraction of their burdens. That the taxpayers w ill feel the difference in their pockets to more Town 29 and Bergen 12. Oomraunl cation on thia little earth of ours has made great strides, but It’s still In knee pant« not uniformly developed. Grandpa can remember whpn on,y a few rooms of the home were kept heated In wtnten Kitchen and dining room were shut off after mealtime, and the family gathered around the bane burner In the oeiy warm room. Bed rooms were so cold the water In tbs pitchers froze during the night. Pres ent generation Is soft, not satisfied an less every room to the house to warm the hills. enough to fry aa egg- It might do the health good to go beck to old-fash Ia Japan, they are proposing to ao- ioned heating methods for fi fww ceurage Japanese wblows to marry. In month« Kven a coal shortage can the face of the tradition which bolds have Its good aid« It WRJ toeob «• them single in lçyal devotion to the not to be too eqtravagsnt with fuel memory of thetr depffrted mates. Widows In the land of the free and A Pennsylvnnta lover, arrreted by the Rome Of the brave need ne en State Trooper i.areon, |s fined WO for cou re genre nt Ilka th a t th t feat of driving hto auto SO miles Some one has gone to the trouble an hour and risstng hla girl every of ascertaining that a woman tikes time a telephone pole flashed past. 060 steps In preparing dinner. Nine Old-tlraera who recall moonlight buggy hundred of there are taken to the frost ride« alow rides and slow kteeaa thua door to look down the street the way see another oridence of changing thnea—the Introduction of "etfietoBcy” Ohio produces 48 per cent of the nation’s entire output of rubber goods, says the Department of Commerce. There to no logical reason why Ohio should lead In this tin« except tiint Ohio men decided to create the op portunity. Personality Is the greatest force In business. And opportunity |g where we make It, not far off over Use fe r Cold Feteta. I f there to ao paste an bend far the label you want to put <m the trunk or bag rub a cold potato over the back of tha paper label and It w ill stick as firmly as If glued. - A leadtag »aricuH»«J wb< has Just returned from Burope warn» the farmers that the Russians will be beck to the ftumpeaa market with lots of wheat 1» two years« Maybe so but the American tanner fheed Ruealaa competition tor many years and ba can again. Airy Aheut M. , 1 a » quite taken up thing.“ said the man whs tog hla first ride In an alrpl G e n e r a l C o n tr a c to r s a n d B u ild e r » C e m e n t a n d C o n c r e te W o r k « S p e c ia lty M oro THE MORO DAIRY W . H . H ill, P r o p r ie to r P h o n e 21 Morning delivery made to anyone phoning ordure in the evening for extra inilk or cream. W e have the only dairy herd in the vicinity of M oro that it certified ditease-free. < M ORO MORO F. W. Chindlund, Prop. S tric tly N e w H o llo w T ile C on stru ction B u ild in g j W ill Day gathers up a museum ex hibition showing the historical devc» , opment of the movie. The start? Chinese shadow-shows, at least 4,000 years ago. The Chinese stretched a bullock’s hide parchment, thin and al most transparent, before a brightly burning lamp. On this parchment the audience saw shadows of wax figures, moving like puppets in front of the flame. It took thousands of year« to develop that lamp Into the modem moving-picture projecting machine and to evolve the moving shadows on the parchment Into the figures that en Prediction Is made by the French chant us on the silver screen. Time minister of public works, M. Yves la | amounts to very little. In the long his Troner, that within a period a f about tory of progress. to years all the steam roads to ti»a republic will be electrified. The work Playing a phonograph In the door Is to be begun to tha region of the way of a store, to attract trade, an Pyrenees, where tha mountains fur uoys a gentleman In Suffolk, Mass. nish waterfall« and next to tha Alpine He has a retail shoe store across the district. Then tha work w ill ba carriao street from the talking machine, and to central Franc«, where enough pow goes to court when the canned music er can be derived from the Auvergne, seta hla derves on edge. Tha Judge and later the north and east, together agrees that continual music Is a nui with Brittany atld Normandy, will be sance, and makes the phonograph attended to. The change will save owner put on the soft pedal. Injunc the consumption of 6,000.000 tons of tions ugalnst unnecessary noise will be coal yearly, will promote eleaaltosea, . ¿amnion a few years from now In lessen repair work on locometives ano cities. Noise, more than bnrry, to what rolling stock and reduce accidents. makes city dwellers nervous. Wireless waves were proved te extol tong before they were ever eapert- nwmted' w ith In 1RT? a man named Clerk Maxwell worked them out the oretically. and predicted that before long they would be demonstrated prac tically. - <XXXXXXXXJOOOOCXXXXJÒOOOOCX OOOOOOOffOOOOOftOOOOOOOOffDOC The ear of broccoli on which the United States department of agricul ture has boss making shipping taste, was opened at Roseburg and shown to grower» who were able te sea exactly tbo condition of their crop upon its arrival at the market point. A detailed report of the findings will be worked o«tt tor the benefit of the growers. The test showed that this year's crop to ■tending np especially wall, with little yellowing or w ilting and In good eon- than doubtful, legislators In every country having both skill and custom In the spending of money saved, with a little something added, usually. But i a general, and especially a French gen eral, without a horse I He to almost Inconceivable, or would have been 20 or even 10 years ago. In an automo bile the once Im pressive hero will lose more than h alf hto dignity. Ha will have no chance to display hto noble mastery of » prancing steed; he only will be able to pose solemnly on the back seat and trust to hto chauf feur for everything else. That was well enough for kings, but It Is a poer lole for the sons of Mara. In “sparkin’.“ Heuss oí Geu4 Fletaras A let Rev. U . C. Smothers w ill preach at ter take« 18 days to reach Nome from the union church service in Moro next Chicago, Christchurch 27 days. Cape Sunday evening at eight o'clock. In one of the downtown business oulldlngs an elderly man, whose ap penranre and demeanor suggested the gentleman of the old school, stepped Into an elev ator. At the second land ing three young women of the “flap per” age got aboard, and the man def erentially removed his hat, says the Indianapolis News. One of the girls* was* chewing gum, and the safe as surance and noisy conversation of all three .showed a lack of breeding. The man gave them one glance and put hla hat back on hto head. Farther up another woman, who did not offend the proprieties, entered the elevator, and again the hat came off with an air | that was a graceful tribute to the sex. Whether or not the three girls noticed the subtle rebuke did not ap pear. MORO THEATRE F I F T H A N D W A S H IN G T O N STS ; PORTLAND. OREGON M O R O H O TE L B A R B E R SHC r i £»•* C. V. B E L K N A P. PR O P HOT AND COLD BATHS O re g o n SPECIAL RATES ! Room with privilege oi bath, »lag1« ! $1.00 up; double $1.50 up Room with private bath, tingle $1.51, up; double $2.50 up. Auto Meets Treint. 8tree< cert Iron/ Linton Depot pets our doort. Trentier at 5th end Gliten streets iron-' North Bank Depot. b t re tu m ri to Sherman Ceuaty far the rammer. He will practice hb prefes- Complete Line of Accessories sien at Mero and vicinity. STORAGE AUTO REPAIRING B la ck s m ith a n d * M a c h in e Shop Wa have Just bought a tre mendous stock of Army Munson last shoes to be sold to tha public direct. These shoes are 100 percent solid leather .With heavy double soles sewed and nailed. The uppers are of heavy tan chrome leather with bellows tongue, thereby making them waterproof. These shore are selling very fast and wa ad vise you to order at once to Insure your order being filled. The sigee aye g tp » “M widths| Price SB.». P«» Postman on receipt of goods or rend money order. Money refunded If shoes are not sattofaetory. ; o . , Inc. MORO, OKBOON I l - I l H - H H 1 1 !■! I I I k l» l- H » l-i*H * k R. H. McKean, Manager, Waaco, Oregon DEALERS IN ' . i- .j.- Lime, Plaster. Cement, Cedar Posts, Builders Supplies, Lumber, Woo0, • Ct>»l and H»y, MANUFACTURERS OF M IL L FEED A N D FLO UR