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About Sherman County observer. (Moro, Sherman County, Or.) 1897-1931 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 21, 1923)
slatti wwn wsEwa Brief Return« ef Happening the Week Collected for Our Readers. of T h . city of Coquille le gathering a fund for a new community building that city. The municipal tax at Hood RWer next year will be at leant » per heaffcr than thia year. W L. Jackson of Albany wne « F pointed a member of the state parole board by Governor Pierce. The cannery ef the Eugene FruH Growers’ association Is short of help, according to J. O. Holt, manager. Lafayette George Cornwell, said to be the oldest man In Lane county, died In Eugene at the aged of »•- Divorces a t t decreasing In Marlon ty clerk. 4 More than 17,114.000 feet In lumber and log cargoes crossed the Coos Bay bar last week, about half of it des 2 2 S u r v iv o r s o f Great Japan- tlned for Japan W. M. Quenell. a logger employed at the Big Creek Logging company’s camp near Knappa. was killed when e s i U s a s le r Arrive on the la Salem October I 6 . . v A poetofflce Inspector Is now In North Bend making tha final survey for the establishment of a free deliv ery system In that city. A fter a lively contest for queen of 1 the 1811 Clackamas county fa ir at Canby. MIse Ruth Pressey Robinson of West Linn, was chosen. ..........................• • i i 1 I 1 1 I 1 1 ■■■■■■ 1 ..................... ! 1 I i I I I I I I I I I m I C. Bsseom »lamp, former eongraaa- Virginia, who was appoint- ; : I «M secretary to President Coolidge. ; ; JtL1. - f . . h i i d e p e i i d c n t t o e k « 4 M illing C o < P ODD BELIEFS ABOUT STONES «-» R . TT H. c re s c a o s . c O on M c K e __ a h n ifa , n M a a n u a r g e W r, a W o . r e O g regon H l.. All Sorts of Superstitions Rifs In Cor- tain Counties of England and Scotland. D E A L E R S IN L im e , P la s te r, C e m e n t, C e d a r Posts, B u ild e rs S u p p lies, L u m b e r , W o o d , Coal and Hay. M ANUFACTURERS M IL L FEED AND OF FLOUR & CO., Inc. Blacksmith and Machine Shop Phone 3 0 3 , M oro, Oregon ' W e carry a complete line of Auto Accessories W h iz Auto Products Qoodyear Tires and Tubes Pyrene Fire Extinguishers and Liquid Auto Repairing and Storage Studebaker Cars W e S e ll Wood and Iron Lew HARROW S N ew InTBOtten N ow oo Display T h e widely advertised N e w O il R>nge with S U P E R F E X B u r n » that tor the feat tune combines gaa- speed with oil asuva Mxnoa -----y.baxfapbrhm. L m m r ° “ «*” • . *>•« and ita H it absolutely reliable pvvdocta l2 0 |e » c « n t more than old atyle burner NEW PERFECT1O OflRanft S IF T P H T X P i l m e n G inn, TOMLIN W EEDER sold by ns, has proven to be the best all-par- pose weeder now sold B arber S hop :: INORO. OREOÓN w, • Oregon. a81 — ------- : SHOW ER BATHS !: ■ i l n i w i i 1 1 i » f i u » < i A . NT. H IC K S Plumbing and Heating B elli and installs the famous M ueller pipe o r pipeless furnace. J . W . Donnelly, Register. D. L IN D Q U IS T Oev. W . H. MaMaetar ef Bowtb De- keta. whe reduced tha prise ef Base line by putting tha state Into tha re tail ell bualn D r o e r L ln r Range , ; J o e T r u i t t , P f O p r i e t October, 1921. 1 C laim ant names as witnesses: H . M. .Shull. George L. W ing, A . E. York, Edgar K irk , a ll of Condon, W asco, O reg o n JEW ELER W atch Inspector for the O z W . R - & N . Co. Hop picking In tha Harrisburg Tl clnlty will ba completed thia weak la some of the fields a third of the crop la left on tha vine too mouldy Jewelry and W atch Repair in g g iv e n sp ecial allen tici» tor use The D a lle s , O regon The Oregon apple crop thia year 1« aatlmatad by F. L. Kent of tha United States department of agriculture, ai <700 oars, against 4 2 « care »hipped The Dalles, Ore. < I m U I 1 I l -l-M - The hlarney »tone and the Stone of last year Scone are not the only stones which 1, The naw atretch of tha Pacific high had a superstitious value In olden CRANDALL days. At Olamla castle, ancestral way extending from Capitol atreei U N D E R T A K IN G horns of the duchess of Tork, !• St. brilliant. The first tremor came an Instant • in Salam north to what la known at Orlando's stone, which was reputed to C OMPANY tha F air Ground» road waa dedicatee before the booming ef the cannon that have the power of prophesying future T H E D A LLES, O R EG O N last weak events. Girls frequented the spot to marked neou. U waa a perpendicular Governor Pierce has aent out a cal shock, violent and destructive- Then discover their destiny, and many a tor all tax supervising commissions 1» lover went there to plight his troth. came a horlsontal quake and the land According to tradition, somestones, 1 Scape waa changed la an Instant to the state to meet in Salem Monday S a m B ris b in e , A g e n t September >4. the opening day of th< called “speaklng-etones,” call on» w l" n one ot desolation. a dead body Is placed upon them, and j fair. M o ro . Oregon raise a sound to contradict anyone W ith about 60 delegatee and their guilty of swearing falsely by them. wives present, the tenth annual con h ih iih i h h h h i i i Tba Llecbafar, or speaking-stone at rentton of tbe Pacific Coaat Aaao 8t. David’s cathedral, served as a elation ef Fort Authorities waa held bridge across the River Alyn, and It nt Astoria was unlawful to carry a dead body over It. When such a crime occurred th e Hpw Ledge mine, 20 miles GilHam aad Wheeler Ceaatias Berkeley, Cal.—S I* hundred build southwest of Jacksonville, one of tke the stone Is declared to have lifted Its ings ware destroyed aad damage of voice In protest and spilt In two, largest bodies of copper pyrltee la STOCK & W HEAT aghast at the Indignity. There are 110,000,000 done la the conflagration tha world, has been »old by tha Robert stones that are supposed to travel from which wiped out 86 entire Berkeley 8. Towne estate to the Guggenheim one place to another without human blocks. i < t'J — aid. The dancing-stones of Stockpool, FO R S A L E The fire, sweeping over the b Interests. In Pembrokeshire, are a well-known The draw of tha bridge over the east of Berkeley Monday afternoon uam ple. On a certain day these laid waste to the Cragmont and » • - north fork of the Slualaw river, ho F .T . H U R L B U R T atones are said to meet and travel to tween Cushman and Florence, fell d id avenue districts, destroying one gether to a favorite spot They dance, Upper Maia Street, opp. Garage with a crash Saturday night Just as and after the revel return and resume of the choicest residential sections of I a heavily loaded gravel track had - Caadaa - - OitfoB ■ their usual place». Superstitions con the c ity ./» •»'»..&«? ’ passed over It. Hundreds of frensied resident« fled cerning healing-stones were formerly The Oregon public service commix very common. In Carmarthen there from the burning area as the flra are still traces of a white, soft atone swept down the slope of the hlUa. alon in an order has Inatructed the that was reputed to cure hydrophobia. burned Its way through tha doaely Portland Railway, Light A Power com »■I I I 1 » I 1 I I I 1 H -fr*»“! I 1 I I 1 , At Iona an upright stone Is said to settled and exclusive district and pany to extend Its electrical system confer the power of good steering upon eventually died down to a smouldering to provide current for residents on JA M ES S TEW A R T any sailor who will stretch his arm Alder Crest read In Multnomah ooaa ring of flame ancompaaalng tha an SHERMAN COUNTY along It. tire area which I t had devastated. IF- 600 BUILDINGS , BURNJNBERKELEY Opposite Black and White M a i l O r d e r » G iv e n S p e c ia l A t t e n t io n ' Bank Hotel ^+ ranches Form erly the Albert , The Dalle«’ Newest sod Befit t1«fiU lry ’ J C E N T R A L L Y LOCATED Sherman County H end q uarar* J. P. M ATH. Thw D a d les - - Or««<4» J»H Many Other Birds Have Powers ot Speech, Though of Course Only to a Limited Extent. HIS Misinformation They ware dining at a fu«hi<»<.»hir restaurant, tha Qiatomera’ Man an tha Ooestp. «■> a . “Baa that man ovar th e r e r »aid tha latter. Have You Seen This N ew Super Stove? M A IN S T R t t T 8». N *N E|, 1» Eaat, W illam ette Meridian, baa filed netice of intention to make three year proof, to establish claim to tha 'land above described, before J . D. Weed, United S tile « Commissioner at Condon, Oregon, on the 6th day of iV penniless. Fifteen days after the greatest dla aster la resent history, the men and worn«© who lived It and suffered M and watched tha great cities of Japan rased by earthquake, typhoon * “ ' firs, ware unable to give any compra- banslve picture e f the destruction. It waa too sudden, too violent, too terrible. The doatructloo of the Japaneee cities, the survivor» related, waa pre ceded by electrical disturbance» that lighted tha sky b rillian tly at n ig h t - hot. humid days and aa atmosphere almost stifling On tha morning of September 2 the aun roaa hot sad PARROTS NOT ONLY TALKERS Agents for W*W*. Sac Section 82, Township 1 South, If " Seattle. Wash.— America opened her doors la quiet ptty to the first o< the victims ef the Japaneee earthquake when 121 pinch-faced survivors, carry ing all their worldly poaaeaalona la little bundles dona up in hnndker chief», towels and btta of paper, dla embarked from the mercy ahlp Presi dent Jefferson at Smith’» Cove here Bunday. ' O f the 112 who landed, alx wdre seriously injured or suffering from exposure and shock, 88 others were caring for minor hurts sad bruises and at loaat IB were destitute and .. a tree fell on him. The Washington county school fair will be held at Banks. September lb to 10. in connection with the MfiBk« 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 H » 1 1 1 1 T " " " '•••"'• 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ,1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 NEJSWL President Jefferson. Hog and Dairy show. Oregon’s official part in the open log of the Pacific highway through to Vancouver. B. C.. w ill take place a- n U . 8. Land Office at The Dalles. Oregon. August 20, 1928. Notice la hereby given that Ralph Fouta, of Condon, Oregon, who, on June 21. 1920 made H. E . 021804 .and ou January 11. 1922, made additional H . E . No. 021806, for E |, 8 E $ N W t, port prepared by Grant Boyer, There are many who Imagine that “Yea." "WaU, ha |fi Jama« ®®lth frow parrots are the only talking bird»; yet there are almost, If not quite, a doaen Peería. HL" -Indeed 1" birds that can ba taught to speak, sa>s "Yea, he’s Just made 8200,000 In <b* Science 81 ft Inga. Among the talker» of tha parrot dear boy," aaW tribe the African gray parrot, the Man. ’’you'rs wrong toar ways. white-fronted Amasen, and tba doable, -In d s e d r J- yellow-beaded Amason parrots are. "Yea—hla name la Howard R perhaps, tbe beat ta lk e r* With the cockatoo», tha allver-creeted cockatoos Jones." and the red-created cockatoos are prob "And ha la fr o « Springfield. Maas." ably the choice birds for talking pur poses. •And the amount waa not 8200.000. Next to th« parrots, macaw« and •N o r ■ ________ _ tha bird» moat easily cockatoos, " It was S20.000." taught to talk are the brown or com “ A m / he lost U."—*®°dton Globa. mon mynahs, from India. Rome of thaae birds. It la »aid. are capital talk era. They ato the greateat scamps la T b * Trirtl the world, and «sough to wreck the “Women." nbwervefi the man morals of any bird family. Ona or just failed to better • Pd*T ■ "** two of them have been taught to say "are fnnny aaUBfilB.*__ •'hello," quite distinctly, and once In " T a a h r ahaandly replied the fellow a while they take It Into their headr who waa nnrrfag ^Veah. to laugh a little. Among tha specimen« specimen« of of other ether bird« mm« | "Teah—no. Tm Among tha «hat can be taught te talk, the piping If y o u jr.n t te b. ■ " " .o 'I » £ , * ■ £ £ I » M - » "«»J thaae birds will readily plek up a few words of a aeataoce, and they are admirable whistlers, their tones being clear and flutelike. Net a Silver Lining. Jnat before the children, Mattle, Rarile, Ram and Lint, were to go away to school, their unde, who waa pay ing their tuition, called them to him. V«a1ona of a bountiful allowance danced before the eyes of the young •choi are, especially the boys. They walked the hot and dnaty mile, up hllU to their uncle’» house. Dutl- fullv they listened to a lecture of “do’s" and "don’t * ” ’ Finally unde reached Into hla "money" pocket. He pulled out some ataaape. To each child he gave enough stamps t© Inst all term. The boys looked chagrined. The girls giggled «1 the boys. All thanked him and trudged Take U haa« I« tteUtfa. law a ^aekat la STOCK AND BRAND Oegdittona In Oregon during the week were favorable for harvest and IN S P E C T O R threshing, aaya the weekly crop sum Moro - - 0ro,oo mary of the weather bureau. A very small actoagc of small grain remain« to be harvested, and threahlng la wall I D E P U TIE S : L . Ssbedewlta, Kcaf. Ivancea. i ‘ L Ov«goo; Dr. Joe. Saunders, Mdm. advanced. M . » . . . w r f-c t o « « •» ! : ° ” ¡ w t m i m 11 tha too. »00 * nd 1000 yard alow-flre ia ranges. Sergeant W . H Hayas ol Portland. Oregon national guard, won the Leech cup fit the national rifle -s= association tournament at Caifir i » i' M 11 atea i T Perry. O. T H E M A RK ETS Portland i BB B BBI > Wheat -** Hard white, 11.66: »oft white and western white. 81.04; hard winter, northern aprtng.il.fit; western red. Sl.fiL H ay— Alfalfa. 11« ton; cheat. IIS © 14; valley timothy. |18© 18; eastern Oregon timothy. |20©>2. Bntterfnt— 48c. Cggs—Ranch. S2©S7c. Cheese— Prices to Jobbers, f. o. b TiUamook; T rip le t* 28c; longhorns, tfic; loaf. 86c per lb. Cattle — Choice s te e r* |7.16©7.76; medium te good s te e r* tfi.76Q7.26 ; H e w — Prime light. 18.76© 10 06; waa going te play pdker toni<ht «nd •mooth heavy. «.2fi© 8.66. ■he prafty near tanghed her naan mountain lam b* _ Sheep- e j K*«t She 'mowa blame well I*V« r w * valley lam b* |10©10.76; choice a lecture at thu T . M. a A. I ’m »uch |lfi© 1 0 .M . • darn 11« Weekly. Eaattla. ¿X /-------- Wheat — Hard, soft and weatern white 61-68; hard and soft rad wlatar, «eater« red. H -O t; northern spring. 61.64; Big Bend hlneatem. |1.07. — Reach 82067c. Butterfat—47 ©48c. C attle- Prim« light » te a r* 87J 8 © 7J6; medlam to good. 16.6607. „ 4 Big C a lifo r n ia -------- J San Francine©.— A total of 11».000 acres In the CallforfiM national for seta, of which Bfifit aorea were tlmbe. was on fir©, aooorfitug t © a r w port Issued here District Foreste» Paul O Readington. if Hogs Prime light 810©10.4» smooth heavlaa, 68.76 ©8.7® • Ford Fstltlon Filad h Llaooln. Nah.—Th© petition aakln* ChnM» — Washington cream brick. t2© 22fi| Washington tr ip le t* 8|o. S leattal caadMMfi .1.« —rr«-»—T of state WRIOEYS | S S i L 6 L 87* l NEW HOTEL PERKINS F IF T H A N D W A S H IN G T O N STS. P ortland ; O regon Y o u C an C o o k in C o m fo r t in a W ired H om e How glad you will be thifi tur.imer if your house ha« been wived for elcctricityl An electric range heats the fx x l and not the cook and an elect vie fan give« cooling hrc«xc« to offset the heat of nature. © , Cut that is not all— it is only m a wired home th a t your housework «an be lightened by the numerous motor-driven labor-savers novf in such com mon use. Our estimates will »how you how really inexpensive the many advantages o f electric service are. Sherman Electric Co. S P E C IA L RATES with prtvltofi. ol teth. .Ingl«- 81.00 ap; doaW« 81.50 up Room with privata baffi, dagl« 81-M up; doubla 8 U 0 ap. Auto Mdata Tsalw. Street can tram Union Depot paw our door«. Tranci e» at 5th and Glbaa •* North Bank Depot.
