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About Sherman County observer. (Moro, Sherman County, Or.) 1897-1931 | View Entire Issue (June 8, 1923)
J SIEIIM GOMITI OBSERVER Sherman County f t * fine Crop Prospect This Year Moto Oregon lews liens From Kent and Vicinity Large Attendance at 2nd Velma Brownlee ia visiting with her aunt, Mrs. G. C. Young. Family Rennion CH URCH NEW S Nates of Interest Is AU The second annual round-up of the G. W. Barnet and w ife are visitors Present prospects are for a big Eatered as «ecoed class matter at the Thompson family was held at DeMoes in this vicinity from The Dalles. Rev U. C. Smothers w ill preach wheat crop in Sherman county, i at Moro, Orafo*. July 25, 1«9J Springs, Sunday May 27th. T h ia at Spaulding chapel next Sunday according to Supt. D. E. Stephens of Arthur Holt arrived home Saturday fam ily now puinber 125, of whom 91 morning at eleven o ’clock. Officiai Hewagaper far S k m a a C—My the local experiment station. Winter and, he says, is feeling just fine. are descendants of Chas. W. and wheat was considerably earlier in The usual union evening service W, A. Barnet and dhildern spent Delilah Thompson, who cams to Ore heading this year than in 1922. It is w ill be held in the Methodist church, I ■ w rS fc fc S T nSaft'ÁaaoaATTON also much more firmly rooted and Monday night here, leaving on Tuea« gon from Iowa in 1875 and settled in Rev. U. C. Smothers preaching the day’s train for Moro. the W illam ette valley the fall oPthat C. L. I r e l a n d , M an aging E d ito r looks better in general than at this Roy Barnet ahd family went to The year. time last year. Rev. W. L. Dillinger w ill preach at In July. 1888, a part of the family Winter wheat this season began to Dalles Saturday for a week-end visit June 8. 1923 F riday ---- the Methodist church next Sunday moved to eastern Oregon, settling head on May 25th, while in 1922 it with his brother George. near Moro, in what was then Wasco morning. Members and friends are did not begin to head until June 7th. Frank Haynes and w ife made the urged to be present. Vtollowlrfg a general soaking rain In 1921, when Sherman county as a round trip to The Dalles „ Friday, county, though a few years later, •n over Umatilla oounty, crop as whole had good crops, winter wheat 1889, it became Sherman county. Next Sunday morning, June 10th, parts declare that the grain crop ,1s at Moro started to head on May 27th, trveling by means of their auto. Others of the family came to Sherman at t|je Presbyterian church, owing to practically normal. St^all yields ware was fully headed on June 5th,and ripe Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Wilson came county a few months later. the absence of the pastor, the - service expected. due to a backward spring enough to cut with a hinder on July up Saturday from A irlie, Oregon, to After ten year» in eastern Oregon, w ill be in charge of the Sescion." bat the prospects are now good for 4th Winter wheat this season is visit with their daughter, Mrs. J. E. the father, mother and one daughter The speaker for the morning w ill he moved to California, where the mother Claude J. Thompson. a 5.909,909-bushel wheat crop. just a little further advanced than at Norton and fam ily. Oraln crope throughout the state are the same time in 1921 and was about ■ Mrs. Wm. Young left Monday for died in November of the same year An exceptionally large site congre advancing In good shape although twelve days earlier in heading than a visit with her daughters, Mrs Her husband, Charles W. Thompson gation assembled last Sunday evening there Is a shortage of mokture In in 1922. There were no June rains George Alsup at The Dalles and Mrs. I s s till living at l’assdens, California. at Grass Valley in honor of the A letter from him was read at the re some sections according to the sum of consequence in either 1921 or 1922, H ary Homer at Hood River union, in which he wrote that he special service commemorative of mary of weather and crop conditions so that a reheat crop as good or better Uncle Ben Brown came in on Mon regretted that he could not attend Memorial Day. A musical program tor the week ending May 29 Issued than that of 1921 may be safely pre day’s train. He says he spent an the family round-up. He says that consisting of patriotic songs and dicted if weather conditions remain by the department of agriculture enjoyable month with his daughter, although he is 91, he is going strong selections by the Grass Valley band Reports received at the governor’s favorable during the next three Mrs. Georg- Rider, in Portland. and expects easily to reach the was a feature of the evening service. weeks. June. 1921, was a cool month, Rev. U. C. Smothers delivered the office Indicate that the state prohibl Taking the changing weather con century mark. add tloa department Is operating satis there being only one day with The sons and daughters of the maximum temperature as high as ditions Mi<d the activity of Old Sol factorily and that arrests and convic The missionary drama given by I ninety degrees. In 1922 there were the part few days, into considertion, fam ily are inspired by the thought tions have been numerous the pest 6U seven days in June with maximum it is safe to predict that summer w ill that the head of thia big family is Mrs. U. C. Smothery, assisted by i days. The department was crested the handiwork of Uvo good women, fourteen girl pupils of the Sunday ‘ temperatures shove ninety. Winter ;oon be w.th us again. at the last session of the legislature the Christian mother who bore him School, at the Metbodiat church la s t ; wheat yields this year w ill, of course, W. S Orcutt was seen on our J and the good woman who became his Sunuay at the Sunday School hour, Charles Caldwell, employe at the be considerably influenced by the We were J wife when he was nineteen years of was the most impressive exercise of Drager prune packing plant at Rose daily temperatures and the precipita streets.one day last week glad to olaerve that his health age. By’ her loving care and in thia character given in Moro for burg was Injured when he was buried tion during the next three weeks under a huge pile of prunes. He w sb Soil moisture tests made on the ex permitted him the opportunity to fluence, she helped him to become a Long tim e. Arrangements are be j yje man ¡g ing made to repeat the drama on the shoveling dried fruit out of one of periment station indicate that there again vis't his old home town. A.*L. Mottern and Clarence Snydrr She became the mother of the 24th at DeMoes the large bins, when a portion of the is enough reserve moisture in the soil from Warm | Thompson family and practically Saturday top of the pile slid down aud fell on to mature the wheat crop properly The topic for discussion at the They say the place has gave her life for them and others. Christian Science Church next Sunday Springs. under normal conditions. him. The precipitation at Moro, ac the wrong name tacked to it. It Born In Pennsylvania, her life work morning w ill be “ God, the Only W. 8. Workman, section foreman cording to the station’s records, for should be Cold Springs, the way they was continent wide. She sleeps In Cause and Creator.” The Golden text at Weatherby, was killed, and A. R. the bosom of Mother Earth on the is taken from Revelation ’ 4: 11. Bruce, signalman of Pocatello, Idaho, the past three crop-years, or the ten say it. Pacific coast, but her good influence June, September to month period. George Sproul and daughter, from goes on down the generations, for Thou art worthy, 0 Lord, to receive was seriously Injured when a speeder - Vancou\er, Washington, were here for she taught her sons and daughters to glory and honor and power: for thou in which- they were returning to was as follows • Year Year Year few d a j. »¡.it with relatives. Mr. , |om >nd Weatherby was struck by westbound God and their bast created all things, and for thy 1920 21 1921-22 1922-23 Sproul is pleasure they are and were created. I. an unci, of George Howell. I country. They in turn ,u Oregon-Washington limited train No. are handing inches inches inches Mrs. Wxn. Young, and Mrs. Wm. Responsive reading la from 'Psalms 1», near Weatherby. her teachings down to their sons and .42 .51 1.32 September . . 186: 1, 4-9, 14, 23-36. ’ Mitchell. daughters. Hence, even the young The Carlton & Coast Railroad com October......... 1.26 .66 .62 Miss Mattie Greybeal of Grand Max Plumke went to Portland by est member of the fam ily, a babe in pany has resumed train operations, ac November . . 1.10 3 92 1.91 view, Washington, who was a guest arms, w ill become a better citizen auto Thursday evening after his cording to Information received at the December. . . 1.01 x 2.27 1.84 fam ily, who have been visiting in because of the life and work of this at the home of Reverend and Mrs. offloes of the public service commis January . . . 2.18 .50 1.74 that city. He returned in the wee good woman and loyal mother, whose U. C. Smothers last week sang at the sion. The railroad suspended opera February. . . . .81 .79 1.78 sma’ihours o ’ Saturday. Miss Minnie memory the Thompson fam ily revere. Methodist church last Sunday morning lions a few months ago, pending the March............ Z 76 .56 1.33 Fifty nine members of .the fam ily | snd at the union service Sunday Hogue accompanied the party on their f s poeetruetion of a number of bridges A p r il............ / .69 1.28 .38 were present at the family\round»up. evening. Miss Grayheal is a soloist return. m i other Improvements. .45 .09 .96 May................ The eldest son, A. C. Thompson is of rare ability and the people of. .26* .27 .50 ^Our base ball boys had a kind heart Judge Bingham of the Marion coun J u n e ............. president; Chas. W. Thompson, of Moro who attended church Sunday — — Sunday, as usual. They' let the ty circuit court at Salem dismissed the *to June 6th Pasadena, Honorary president; N. W. greatly appreciate^ the opportunity 10.59 9.46 12 12 T otal.. . visiting players from Centerville r sse brought by 8. R. Dlefendorf of Thompson of Moro, vice president; to hear her. She is also an untiring have the big end of the score. Now, Portland to restrain the secretary of Lilah Hall, of Moro, secretary- worker in the musical activities of listen, w e’re going over to Centerville •tats and state treasurer from issu- W. O. Hadley, Mrs. Hadley, and treasurer; C. A. Nish, of Mikkalo, the church, in the Sunday school and Ing a certificate remitting to the city their son Hugh, were visitors in Moro next Sunday, just wait until we get the Epworth League. Miss Grayheal corresponding secretary. of Astoria Its taxes for 1928, under an this Wednesday from The Dalles back. Letters were read from several is teacher of languages in the high All members and friends of the members of the family who were school at Grandview, Washington. a o to f the last legislature. Mr. Hadley was attending to legal affairs connected with the fish and Christian Sunday School of this city unable to be present. N. W. Thomp game department; Mrs. Hadley was have been requested to assemble at son, Mayor of Moro, was the orator A prim e lector in the upbuilding of | visiting with old-time friends, and the church building next Sunday of the day, his subject being “ The a com m unity is the com m unity newspaper morning promptly at the usual time. Hugh was trying to reconstruct some Family T ree.” Recitations, readings, of his boyhood recollections of tiroes The occsion for the admonition is that musical selections, reading of the I 1 4 » I I I-» I 4 14-4 I t l H U l l 'l when the family lived in thia city the school w ill make a picnic visit to minutes of the last re-union, roll call Buckhollow. Hugh Hadley la a graduate of and impromptu speeches from several Annapolis naval academy, serving on D. E. Clark and family moved this members of the fam ily, made up the the battleship ’ Pennsylvania, now week to Moro. Mr. Clark has been program. stationed at San Francisco, with the popular manager of the Tumalum Those attending. In addition to the the rana of Ensign. Lumber Co yard« at this place and eastern Oregon members of the goes to Moro as manager of the Tum fam ily, were Jesse R. Thompson, from A N Rhodes, proprietor of the Bee alum Lumber Co. yards there. W e’re wife and daughter, of Portland. The Hive restaurant, and family, were sorry to loose good friends, but glad eastern Oregorypembers present w ere: Emma E lliott, joshu Elliott, George —we have just unloaded a ship visitors the first of the week at the to join with others in wishing them A. Meloy, George '«.'>M«loy Jr., success in their new home. ment of pine neader box lum home of his daughter in Wasco Marjorie Meloy, J? O. Elliott, Nora ber. x county near the mouth of the Des- Elliott, .Eater Meloy. Geo. E. Meloy Chutes river. Because of auto —now, don’t delay your order, Sr., Eugene E lliott, Lila Bull, Max trouble, Mr Rhodes was absent from Join the "Safety First” Campaign ’cause the other fellow won’t. Bull, Hollis Bull, Lucetta Ad lard. Moro longer than intended. When Chas Adlard, N. W. Thompson, Ella Commencing June first, the aafty starting to return to Moro, he stripped —the roads these days, just be the gears of his auto. The accident section of the American Railway Thompson, Maxine Henrichs, Lloyd fore harvest, are best to haul Where you find one, forced the party to use wagon, train Association is staging an educational Hsnrichs, A. C. Thompson, Rosie winter fuel over. there also you find the and auto as means of transportation campaign for the prevention of rail Thompson, J. R. Thompson, Lottie Thompson, Corrinne Thompson. C. J. road grade crossing accidents. The other. —our supply of coal snd wood home. campaign will continue with vigor for Thompson, Roy Thompson, Orval is ample. Radiate cheer in your Thompson, Faye Thompson, Doris four months. It is hoped that acci home by filling every —for building material of ary Sam A. Koser, secretary of state, dents at railroad crossings will not Thompson. Martin Matter, Edna Mel- empty s o c k e t with a kind call the Friday Issued a check In the amount only be reduced to a minimum during xer, Norma Melxer, Lois M elter.Dswsy W e s tin g h o u s e White of 888.795.58, representing the first these four months, but that the re Thompson, Ibex Thompson, Teddie Mazda Lamp. half of taxes paid by the city of As sults afterward w ill reflect the Thompson, Eldsn Thompson, Harriet Tum -A -Lum Lum ber Co Nish, A. Nish, C. A. Nish, Hasel torts for the year 1928. This check benefits of the campaign. D. B. Clark, Manager In the United States in the past Niah, Vance Nish, Marjorie Niah, turned over to the Astoria of Moro, Oregon ficials under an act enacted at the five years, 9,101 persons have been S. A. Hall, Lilah Hall, Hope Hall. last session of the legislature auth killed and 24,^08 seriously injured Earl Thompson, Anna Thompson, orislng the state to remit the taxes on account of collisions between Blanche Thompson, Ezra Thompson ' « I S ! t - » M H '44 1-f - l 1 1 1 1 I-4 -I I I Phone paid by the fire-stricken city for a vehicles and trains, cars, or engines Jr., James Hinkle, Opal Hinkle, Ralph Hinkle, Hester Hinkle, Oleta at crossings. SHERMAN ELECTRIC CO. period of seven years. Millions of lithographed posters Hinkle, Chas. Ballard, Myra Bullard, are beiifl? distributed throughout the Florence Bullard. Roxy Thompson. country by the railroads which are members of the association. They Ben W. Olcott, ex-fovereor of Ore picture graphically the terror of the gon. has accepted a position with the occupants of an automobile about to credit department of the Bank of he struck by a fast movinsg engine. Italy of San Francisco. Cal., accbed- A large number of these posters are Ing to word brought to Portland by Notice to the Public being distributed in this vie nity. friends of Mr. Olcott As the campaign progresses, monthly According to statistics complied bp results w ill be compiled showing cas Deputy Collector of Customs R. D. I w ill discontinue the Puplic Market from and ualties during the period of the cam Lamb at Astoria, 91 vessels loaded a paign as against the same jpeuita in after Monday, June 11th, until fall. grand total of 99,929,994 feet of lum 1921 and 1922. ber which left the Columbia river In Scarcity of farm help make it impossible to Cargoes during the month. Professor F. E. Fagan snd family operate both my farm and the meet market during __ expected to visit in Moro this are harvest. dieek by Mrs. Fagan’s parents, W. A. Young and wife. Mrs. Fagan w ill I sincerely thank the public for their past lib remain for an indefinite viait, hut eral patronage >and support of the Public Market and Mr. Fagan must hurry back to Wood- hope to be able to again roepen soon after harvest. bun , to supervise the harvesting of his berry crop which he has maturing on his acreage holdings at that piece. Mr. Fagan is principal of the Wood- burn schools snd usee the acreage property as a * stimulant to his teaching duties. T F o r C ro s s C o u n tr y o r C ity D r iv in g F ro m the hendmme luggage trunk on the rear to th e , nickeled drum head lam p, the Buick four<T Un<to touring sedan has an air of smartness that is di^|JiU.uy new in a motor car of its price. This model combines the rich luxury of the fins closed car'with practical every day utility for business and social motoring.e Touring is made comfortable by the luggage facilities the trunk provides and by the broad vision afforded by the wide windows. . 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