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Attorney-at-Law
Practice in AH the ’Court«
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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
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Sam Brisbine, Agent
Moro. Oregon
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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.
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11 < 1 1- k h
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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.
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Total ................. ..
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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. '
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49,733.66
State of Oregon
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, 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.
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R. J. Ginn, Notary Publiq.
My eommlieioo expire« October let, 1994.
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.