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About Sherman County observer. (Moro, Sherman County, Or.) 1897-1931 | View Entire Issue (July 13, 1923)
HERMAN as S fc =5 —— — M o j - o , S h e r m a n E s ta b lis h e d 1 8 8 7 . NEED FOR UNIFORMITY IN BUSINESS LAWS Dr J. R. Morgan DENTIST United Stares Denial Exam iner for this dwtrict. oaOOOOCXXXMKWOOOOOOOOOOOO Dr C L. POLÊY P h y sic ia n and Surgeon Office in Residence MORO - - OREGON XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX IRA M. PETERSON Attorney-at-Law Practice in AH the ’Court« of Oregon Mei* 541 BANK O F M O R O B U IL D IN G Moro . . , Oregon f n M M N H M M fc M tf. OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOr W. C. B R Y A N T O ffice P hone M a in 93 Oregon O O O O C XXX300000000000000000C I D. L IN D Q U IS T JEW ELER W atch In ip e cto r for the O .- W . R . & N . C o. Jew elry and W atch R e p a ir ing given special attention The Dalles, Oregon » >. I M <»»| I I 1 I I I ♦ ,4-l "i" M "l -l-4- 1 » H + H -I I I W « I » I 1 I H H + ' CRANDALL UNDERTAKING COMPANY Sam Brisbine, Agent Moro. Oregon 1 H I I II H W I CHANDLER ANDERSON The particular subjects of legisla tion recommended by the association for enactment by 8 tete legislatures during 1123 Include uniform acts on negotiable Inatnun« nts, bills of lad ing. warehouse receipts, stock trans ter.-nnd fiduciaries. Udder the heed of lews for better protection of banks In particular transactions sre proposed measures dealing with limiting liability on car- tilled check; Instruments based on gambling or usurious consideration; time limit on stop payment; peymeat of stale check; adverse claim to hank deposit; payment of .forged or raised check; deposits In two names; de posits In trust; competency of bank end corporation notaries; non-pay ment of check through error; Satur day afternoon bank transactions, end forwarding check direct to payor. Under the Federal Reserve end orplgo hanking ere recommended nws on membership of state institu tions is Federal Reserve System, end foreign banking. Penal laws pro posed deal With false statem ents for credit; slender end libel of bank; checks or drafts without funds, and burglary with explosives. I (♦»«■»»«■ Court Holds Cannot Dictate the Twenty Years In Penitentiary Number Physicians May it Penalty Imposed for Issue. Beating Inflicted. Helena. MonL~ < »agrees once hav ing said that alcohol can be used for medical purposes cannot now dictate to the physician’ an to the number of whisky prescription» he shell write or the quantity ha «hall prescribe, Feder al Judge Bourff^n held here. In his decision Judge XBourquin Invalidated the prosecution Af l>r. J. B. Freund, a Butte physlclaM^pho it was charged leaned more than 100 prescriptions Chandler Anderson, International lawyer of Washington and New York, appointed by President Harding a member of the United ttatee-German claims commission. i h »■>« ♦ h - h 11 < 1 1- k h - TWO FARMER-LABOR AUTO STAGE HIT BY PARTIES ORGANIZED S. P, TRAIN! 2 DEAD , And Is goon Burned O ut The lamp of genius bums quickejr then the lamp of life.—Schiller. RESOURCES 1 Loar.fi and discounts, incU diog rediscounts shown in item s 29 and 90, if any . . ...................................................................... . . . 196,378.97 2 Overdrafts secured and unsecured................................................. . S 87.ll 8 U. 8. government securities owned, including those shown in item s 80 and 36, if an y .......................................................................... 6,000.00 4 Other bonds, warrants and secu rities, including foreign g o v ernment, state, m unicipal, corporation, a t e ., ineluding those shown in items 30 and 86, if an y ........................................................ 600.00 6 Stocks, securities, claim s, liens, judgments, e t c .......................... 1,600 00 6 Banking house, | (none) ; furniture and fixtures, 1,680.00.. 1,680.00 7 Real estate owned other than banking h o u s e .............168.00 8 (a) Lawful reserve w ith federal reserve bank .......... r . 4,991.38 8 (be) Cash on hand in vault and due from other banks, bank ers and trust com panies.......................................................................... 9,918 37 10 Exchangee for clearing house and item s on other banks in the same city or town as reporting bank................................................. 823.46 11 Checks on banks outside city or town of reporting bank and other cash item s. ...................................................................................... 88.00 Total cash and due from banks, item s 8, 9, 10 and 11...................... .................................................... ................... 16,321.81 12 Interest, tagea and expenses p a i d ................................ 3,837.36 15 J’ Other assets, if sn y ‘, , , , , ................................................................... 1.626.22 LIABILITIES Formerly the Albert The Dalles' Nawaat and Best Meatelry c e n tr a lly located County Haud^uarter* J. P. HATH. Tbe a f M Total ................. .. J. , Commission Wants Data Bearing on Duty on Loga. Washington, D C —The tariff com mission haa ordered au Investigation into production costa and other data bearing oh import duties on logs of fir, spruce, cedar or western hemlock and.announced Friday It had set August 3 aa the date for a preliminary hearing on the rates. ~ The commodities are covered by section 401 of the tariff act and the Investigation which h a s been ordered will go Into one phase of the Import rates which provoked considerable de bate when the law was In the mak- l^g In congress. Experts of the commission have been engaged in developing facts sur rounding the rates for several weeks. Commisstotf member«, however, have declined to disclose the source of oom- plaints resulting In the order to In vestigate the dutleq. President Harding Lands In Alaska. Ketchikan, Alaska.— President and Mrs. Harding celebrated one of the most memorable o f their 32 wedding anniversaries by arriving In Alaska, 42,602 40 the first chief executive and first lady of the Jand ever to visit the great northern territory. 36,047.39 Goldfield, Nevada, Fire Swept. Tonopah, Nev.—With but a few 18,202.97 buildings left standing, Goldfield, Nevada's moat femous boom gold 24,600.00 gamp, was an area of burned-over v ___ .................................. 226,608 87 FUlns as the result of a fire. The prop- > ert y lose le eat I mated at from 8600,- 000 to 1760,000. ' . K 49,733.66 State of Oregon ) , County o f Sherman I, A. B. R iddell, osshier of the abpve named bank, do solem nly swear that the above statem ent Is true to the beat of my knowledge and b elief A . B. R iddell, Cashier. Correct—A tte s t: W. F. Jackson, W. 8 . P ow ell, A. C. Thompson, Directors. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 10th day of Ju ly, 1928. p R. J. Ginn, Notary Publiq. My eommlieioo expire« October let, 1994. - - AWà» Eugene, Or.— Miss Lorena Degner of Wlnemac, Ind., and Mrs. M. E. Mc Donald of Oakland, Cal., were injured fatally, and Arthur O. Erlckmann, 687 Hoyt street, Portland, sustained leaB serious injuries when Southern Pacific train No. 17, southbound, struck a southbound Portland, San Francisco Pickwick stage at Springer’s crossing, near Shedd. Miss Degner and Mrs. McDonald died sb a result of their In juries. According to eyew itnesses of the collision, the train was running at its usual spued, and the stage ap proached the crossing as If the Iraok were clear. View of the track both ways can be h«d from the approach <ff the crossing, It was said, and sur prise was expressed that the driver of the stage did not see the train. The cononer s Jury, at an Inquest over the bodies of Misa Degner and Mrs. M. E. McDonald, who died Satur day night as a result» of their Injuries, recommended that the driver, F. H. IlamBey of San Francisco, be held. ORDERS TARIFF INQUIRY Establishes New Butterfat Record. Chicago, HL—A new world*« reoord butterfat production tor one year on all breeds bad been established by «¡5.603?87 pekol plus Segls Dixie, a Holstein cow owned by Ray mondial» farm at Vad- reull, Quebec, the Holateln-Frieslan as 46,000.00 sociation of America announced. Thia 7,000.00 COW produced 33,484.7 pounds of milk 2,417 56 containing 1349.85 pounds of butter- fat In 365 consecutive days. 16 Capital stock paid in . . . . . t ................................ .......................... :: JA M ES STEW ART 17 • Surplus fund ...............? • ..................................................... .. • • • 21 Nat amounts due to other banks, bankers and trust companies SHERMAN COUNTY DEMAND DEPOSIT8, other than bank|, subject to reserv e: STOCI AND BRAND 23 Individual deposits subject to eheck, including deposits due the State of Oregon, county, cities or other public fu n d s----- INSPECTOR Total of demand deposits, other than hank deposits, - Oregon 'su bject to reserve, item s 28, 24, 25, 2 6 . ................. 49,733 66 TIME AND SAVINGS DEPOSITS, subject to reserve and ’ D E P U T I ES: L. Schedanti, Kent ,. payable on demand or subject to n o tic e: ; Oregon; Dr. Jos. Sauodeft,. Moro, .2 7 Tim e certificate» o f deposit outstanding.......................................... ■ Ore.; W . H. Mover, Wesco, Ore. ■ Total of tim e and savings deposits payable on de mand or subject to notice, item s 27 and 28 ............ 42,602.40 l i u t i ■>•«■ 1 1 1 1 » I H U I I I H H » 29 Notes and b ills rediscounted with federal reserve bank............ 90 Notes and b ills rediscounted including bonds or other secur ities sold under repurchase agreem ents w ith contingent lia b ilitie s ........................................................................................................ 81 B ills payable w ith federal reserve bank or with other banks or trust com panies. .......... ................................................................. Bank Hotel Lake City, Fla. — Thomas Walter Higginbotham, former whipping boas, was found guilty of second-degree mur der in connection with the death of Martin Tabort of North Dakota. Judge McMullen seutenced Higgin botham to 20 years, the punishment fixed by the Jury. Tabert was whipped while serving as a convict lu the Himber camp, Jan I uary 27, 1922. Q. Grimeon, assistant within a fib-day period end prescribed attorney general of North Dakota, In more than one-half pint of alcohol to vestigated the death. On his, return one patient In 10 days. to North Dakota he submitted hia The decision in substance held that findings to the North Dakota legisla congress cannot substitute Its Judg ture, which approved a resolution call ment for that of the physician, ruling ing upon the state of Florida to investi similarly to Federal Judge Knox of gate the urreat, conviction and death 1 New York, who on May 9 last granted of Tabert. an order restraining prohibition auth The Florida legislature abided by orities from interfering with the prac the request, appointed a joint com tlce of Dr. Samuel W. Lambeo^With m ittee and a thorough investigation respect to the amount of whisky which followed. Testimony adduced from might be prescribed to one patient. scores of witnesses resulted in dis The ruling of the Montane federal missal from office of Sheriff J. R. Jurist, however, goes further and holds Jones and County Judge Willis, who that the portion of the federal pro arrested and sentenced Tabert Ta hibition enforcement act which seeks bert was arrested for riding a freight to limit the number of prescriptions is train through Tallahassee and sen invalid as well as that portion lim it tenced to three months. ing -the quantity prescribed. Your Telephone Can BTng. Did you know It Is possible to play a tune on an ordinary telephone re ceiver? asks London Tit-Bits. The musical telephone works in the same way as the usual speaking In strument. When you talk Into a tele phone your voice moves a little disk which altera the power of an electric current, thus moving a duplicate disk at the other end of the line. Thia sec ond disk translate* the electric wave back Into human language. In the musical telephone, Instead of talking into a m outhpiece various buttons are pressed which alter the electric current In the tame way that Chicago.—The federated farmer-la your voice does. Thia causes the disk In the receiver to move up and down. bor party and the farmer-labor party In thia way various notes are pro of the United States, with Individual duced, and If the apparatus can be i platforms and candidates, are announc- varied sufficiently, whole tunes may ed as entries In the 1924 political field. be played. The majority Of the farmer-labor Experiments have shown that elec phrty refused to Affiliate with the fed tric lights cai\ be played In the same way. A big arc lamp haa been made erated organisation, a group born In the farmer-labor convention, and decid to play “God Save the King.” ed on a ph.tform and ticket of Its own. Educators Elect Woman Pree dent. A minority w ent over to the federated Oakland, Cal.—The lfilS convention party, si Lit tin g the farmer-labor organ of the National Education association isation. Leader» of the farmer labor party, elected Mies Olive M. Jones. New York school principal, aa president of the Who fought, against affiliation With National Education association to suc the federated party In the face of a split In their own rank», »aid their ceed William B. Owaa of Chicago. party was “freed rf a red menace and Mr. Reams» Made »hip Beard Counsel. on Its feet stronger than ever in pur Seattle, Wash.—Clarence L. Ream«», suit of independent pclltlcal satisfac Seattle lawyer and ax-Unlted States tion.” The federated farmer labor district attorney for Oregon, has been party welcomed to Ita ranks the dele appointed special oouasel for the Uni gates who bolted the farmer labor cqn- ted States shipping hoard for the state ventlon and elected five of them to Its executive committee. of Washington. T o t a l.................................................. r .................... i t i m K r i d a » . J u l y - IB , 19L ’3 1 [IMITINO LIQUOR EX-WHIPPING BOSS PRESCRIPTIONS VOID IS FOUND GUILTY Charter No. 240 • Reserve D istrict No. 12 Report of Condition * f the Farmers State Bank at Moro, In »he State of Oregon at the cloee of business June 30, 1923. THE DALLES. OREGON I H H An effort to bring about better co ordination and greater ualformlty among state law a dealing with bual- neaa and banking la being made by the American Bankers Association. It la pointed out that, although the eountry la a unit commercially, and cltlxeas of aay one state may da bual uses that reaches all aver the coun try. "<*t «seve»»l*f bnWneee trenahctlona are made by the differ ent ptales, with apptloetloa limited to their own* local Jurisdictions and often la eoafflet with law s tfi other states. It 1» held that state laws should be uniform io that the same transaction will not be subject t* different seta of rules according aa state lew s differ. To Illustrate Ah® disadvantages of ooaftictlng law«; the following Illus tration I n given; llr. Jones Uvss In New York where the statute of limita tions outlaws a note In six yearn. He falls into the error of steam ing that the seine rule prevails everywhere. He visits Maryland and loans 11,000 to his friend. Mr. Smith, taking a promissory note. As the note carries Interest Mr. Jones Is In no harry for his money end he believes Smith to he financially responsible. Finally at the end of fonr years Jones concludes he has loaned Smith the money long enough end peeks to collect the note Crofn him. But Smith can deny Uabll lty and point to the statute of Mary land which Jones le surprised to learn outlaws a note after three years. Changes Recommended Attorney -at-Law Moro □ — O o u n t v , ..O >vg,»n. How Collection of Ju«t Debts May Be Prevented by Differing . State Statutes. Office at MORO, OREGON Phone 4oJ/<or/a» 8. Thirteen Million Motor Cars in U. Nbw York.—Motor cars and trucks registered In the United States on July 1 totaled 13,048,188. according to a survey just completed by Automotive fidustries. OREGON TIMB8R SOLD F iv e C e n ts MAL H. M. CURRAN NAVAL PACT RATIFIED DY FRENCH DEPUTIES Parla.—France Saturday gave form al approval to the 5-5-3 naval power pact, drawn up at Washington 20 months ago. * / By thia action, France aligns her self with other signatories, the United States, Great Britain, Italy and Japan, all of which have signified their ap proval of the naval pact. The four-power treaty signed at the Washington armament conference was ratified by the French chamber of deputies Monday. The ratification Is expected to he followed shortly by the senate’s approval of both this and the aavad limitation treaty, adopted by the chamber Saturday. The treaty relating to the use of submarines and poison gases and the protection of neutrals and non-com batants, and the two pacta relating to China are unlikely to come before parliament until after the summer MaJ. Henry M. Curran of New York, recess. appolnted by the President commis- aloner of immigration of the Port of SHELBY BANK FAILS New York, In charge of Ellls laland. Institution of Which Fight Backer la Head Closes Doors. Great Falla. Mont.—The First State bank of Shelby, of which Jim John Vineyard Haven.—The fish pond of son, one of the backers of the Demp Allen and Ernest Flanders of Chll- sey-Gibbons bout, la president, closed mark In Vineyard sound Is a strong Its doors according to a statement one, but It wasn’t made for the pur pose of Impounding so big a sea going made here by State Bank Examiner L. Q. Skelton, who Is here to take monster aa a whale . When the Flanders brothers went charge of the Stanton Trust & Savings out to their traps they discovered that bank, which went Into voluntary liquid one of the animals of the ktnd that ation Monday. awalldwed Jonah had practically George H. Stanton, president of the wrecked their pond. Great Falla Institution, also was one The laahlng around of the mammal of the backers of the July 4 champion broke off several stakes, tore the net ting so badly that It will take several ship battle at Shelby. days for repairs, and In addition re I Mayor Johnson of Shelby, who Is leased probably hundreds of pounds reputed to have lost more than- (100.- i 000 through the Dempsey-QIbbona of fish from the pond. The whale escaped and the brothers fight, and who put up (65,000 of the came In shore to tell tbe story and ex second (100,000 payment for the Demp hibit the tom netting as evidence that sey purse, beside« being president of the big fellow hod' wrought the dam-' the bank, is one of Its principal stock age. The whale entered the traps through the opening which Is eight feet holders. wide. Indlot Dr. Cook With Others. Cleveland, O.—Twenty-alx Texas oil Find Spectacle» More * promoters, Including Dr. Frederick A. Than 125 Year* Old Cook, former Arctic explorer, was in- Piqua, O.—Three pairs of spectacles, dieted by the federal grand jury here over 126 years old, have been discov on charges of using the malla^to de ered In the home of Mrs. O. R. Mullen fraud and conspiracy to make fraud dore. They were the property of her ulent use of mails. great-great-grandmother, Mrs. Jane Itrown Patterson, who came with her Grain Exports »how Increase. husband, Robert Patterson, from Ire Washington, D. C.—Grain exports land to Piqua In 1818, where the two from the United States last week setded on a farm. Two pnlrs of the eyeglasses are of amounted to 4.627,000 bushels compar German sliver, while the third Is of ed with 3,668,000 the week before. brass. Unlike most modern glasses, they serve only to magnify the object Willie's Wish. Willie (gazing nt his father’s new upon which they are focussed. Mrs. Mullendom still 1» occupying fur-lined glove«)—I hope you’re wenr- the farm upon which the Pattersons ln’ ’em when ma tells you that I settled in 1818. It wns purchase«! from aharpene«! a pencil with your safety the government. razor. W hale W reck» Big Fish- Pond W hen Caught Forest Service Announces Purchase of 685,000,000 Feet. Charter No. 216 Reserve District No. 12 Washington, D. C.—The sale of 685,- 000.000 board feet of timber on the Report of Condition of the Bank of Moro Cascade national forest In Oregon waa at Moro, in the State of Oregon at the close of business June 30, 1923. announced by the forest service, de RESOURCES partment of agriculture. W’lth the sale of the Cascade forest Loans and discounts, including rediscounts shown in items 29 timber the department reports that Its and 30, if any................. %............................................ - ........................ 317,033.02 total sales tor the flscfil year ending 609.34 Overdrafts secured and unsecured............ ......................................... June 80 probably will total between U. S. government securities owned, including those shown ii 2,506,000,000 board feet and 3,000,000,- 2,400.00 item s 30 and 35, if a n y ...............................................................• • 000 board feet with an estimated cut Other bonds, warrants end securities, including foreign gov of between 900,000.000 and 1,000,000,- ernment, state, m unicipal, corporation, etc ., including those 000 board feet. 500.00 shown in item s 30 and 85, if any ..................................................... George H. Kelly of Portland, Or., 2,971.92 Banking house, $ ..........; furniture and fixtures, 2,971.92. . . was the successful bidder for the Cas (ab) Cash on hand in vault and due from banka, bankers and cade forest timber at an average price trust companies, designated and approved reserve agents of of 82 25 per thousand feet for the thia b a n k ................................................................................................... 38,686.16 Douglas fir. The total value of the (c) N et amounts due from other banks, bankers and trust timber Is placed at (1,600,000. It will 215.80 com panies..........................................."...................................................... be cut at the rate of 60,000,000 board 10 Exchanges for clearing house and items on other banks in the 286.74 feet per year, thus Increasing the re- same city or town as reporting bank................................................ ceplts of the government by about Total cash and due from banka, item s 8, 9, 10, (100,000 per annum. and 11 ........................ ......................................................... - 39,187.80 . 3,468.68 12 Interest, taxes and expenses paid....................................................... Ex-Juetlce Day Dead at 74. * T o ta l................................................................................ 366,220.66 Cleveland, O. — William r : Day. former associate Justice of the United « L IA B IL IT IE S States supreme court? died at Mack 16 Capital stock paid in ........................................................................... 25,000.00 inac Island, Mich., according to word 17 Surplus f u n d ............................................................................................ 25,000.00 received here. Death waa caused by 18 (a) Undivided p ro fits........................................................ 1,576.24 chronic bronchitis. Justice Day waa (b) Less current expenses, interest and taxes paid................. 1,576.24 74 years of age. Prior to his appoint DEMAND DEPOSITS, other than banka, subject to reserve: ment to the supreme bench by Presi 23 Individual deooeits subject to check, including deposits due dent McKinley haJiad served as assist the State of Oregon, county, cities or other public funds. . . 119,797.91 ant secretary of state and chief of the Total of demand deposits, other than bank deposits, commission which negotiated the subject to reserve, item s 23, 24, 25, 26................... 119,797.91 treaty of peace with Spain following TIME AND SAVINGS DEPOSITS, subject to reserve and the war of 1898. payable on demand or subject to notice: 27 Time certificates of deposit outstanding................. ' . .................... 74,846.51 Total of tim e and savings deposits payable on de Air Record »et by Woman, mand or subject to notice, items 27 and 28 ............. 74,846.61 St. Louis. — Mrs. Bertha Herebem. Professional avlatrlx o f Ransom. Kan., 90 Notes and b ills rediscounted including bonds or other secur- itiea sold under repurchase agreements w ith contingent eetabilsbed a wevr altltude record for lia b ilities ................................................................................................. 100,000.00 weuien by asceodlng 16,300 fest et 31 B ills payable with federal reserve bank or with other banka St. Loule avietlon fleld. or trust com panies...........................................................................• 20,000.00 Educator Considered for Appointment. 366,220 66 Total Pullman, Wash.—Dean E. J. John } - son of Washington State college con State of Oregon County of Sherman firmed reports that hit name Is L ’lng I, F. E. Fortnar, cashier of the above named bank, do solemnly swear considered for appointment as tualet- that the above statement is true to the beet of my knowledge and b elief. ant secretary of agriculture. F. E. Fortner, A ssistant Cashier. England Will Not Reduce Armament. Blaley, England.—England will not reduce its armament further, the Earl of Derby, secretary of state for w»r, ieolared In »n address her*. C o rrect-A ttest: E. O. McCoy, L Barnum, R. C. Atwood. Director*. Subscribed end sworn to bdfore me this 9th day of July, 1928 W. C. Bryant, Notary Public for Oreffon. liy commission expirye September 80, 1994.
