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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.
.
Fitted with every convenience for comfort in"¡«te»
and summer and completely equipped for restful d riv
ing and riding, the four cylinder touring sedan ia recog-
nixed everywhere as an exceptional motor O f f M A
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In the concrete, tulip equipped, roomy garage of W al
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to help you in any way they can at least expense to you.
For any service rendered the charge will always be reasonable.
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L et our reprneei ta liv ee aaptain th e
various tour» whi b en ab le v isito r s to
aae th e YoUor.-wtono a t n n u iin u m cost
»1«) q uote fa r e , prepare your itinerary
an d.nutkc your reservations. C all aa
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Port lui, d, Oregon
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DAYS
From June 9th to June 19th
Automobile Tire
Stock-reducing Sale
CORDS and FABRICS
At the annual meeting of tbs stock
holders In the United States Metal
4 4 4 4 444 4 4 4 4 «4»4-> I I I I I I I t I I I II I I I I 1 H + l I » H l - H I I F H - t » company In Spokane last week the
erection of a 199-ton mill for the Bay
Hhrsq mine on 8nake river ia eastern
Oregon was authorised. z The plant
; W . H . H ill, P r o p r ie to r
P h o n e 2 LET : will coat about 9185,009.
After a l>-day trial In a British
Morning delivery made to anyone phoning orders
Columbia court whose oaly claim to
in the evening for extra milk or cream. W e have
jurisdiction was the fact that one of
tbs defendants
been served with
the only dairy herd in the vicinity of M oro that it
a writ MftDe visiting t>e province, the
certified ditease-free.
E. Clements Horst Interests to Sag
Ptanctseo wars swarded a Judgment of
MORO
X
OREGON .
9191.494 against T. A. Llvsslsy A Cg.
THE
M ORO
n t f f f at i < >4 m i > > i > n 11
D A IR Y
i i ttt l i m o n i l i i n n o * 1
ef Salem. tor breach of oontragL <
3 0 x 3 K e l l y F a b r ic s , 8 . 9S
3 0 x 3 1-2 K e l l y C o r d a , 1 1 . ° °
All other sizes cut accordingly.
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Come and get yours while they last
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