Sherman County observer., March 21, 1924, Image 3

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March 21. 1924
Eureka Lodge No. tai .
Meet« the 1st and 3d Thurs­
day evenings ot each mouth.
Visiting members cordially
invited to meet with us. By
order of W. M.
Robt. Urquhart, Secretary
" Regular communication«
each 2nd and 4th Thursday
evenings monthly.
May Belshe,
Worthy Matron,
ana Barzee, 'Secretary.
Hore Lodge No. 113
I. O O. F.
Meet« every Monday eve-
lag in the I. O. O. r. hall.
Transient and viaitinl bro­
ther« are cordially invited to
meet with us.
0.--L. Montgomery, N. G
oung, Secretary.
CH0IS SCHULTZ POST NO. T1
MI RICAN LEGION
« Odd Fellows Hsll 00
jBBk
«econd and fourth Wednetday»
each month.
Commander, I. M. Petenon,
Adjutant, Geo. Mitchell.
ZeH’s Fuserai Home Now Open at
oonveation to be hold 1» Nev
next June, rogardloaa of how
delegatee are eent to the moot
Ing, according to a legal opinion hand
•d down by the attorney-general.
in an addreea before the Klamath
Falla chamber of commerce Colona
C. C. Thompson, superintendent of the
Crater Lake national park, stated thaï
recorda of parks tor last year showed
Crater Lake the only self-supporting
national park In the United States.
A charter amendment authorising
ths Issuance of 8M7.OOO of bonds tc
cover 78 per cent of the cost of ac­
quiring rights-of-way for wide bridge
approaches was sdopted by the voter»
of Portland at ths special city elec­
tion held March 4 by 5654 majority.
Discussion of the labor situation
lb Oregon and outlining aome plan
whereby workers may be dlatributed
to the best advantage of both em­
ployer and employe, will feature a
meeting of the aeaaonal employment
commission to be held in Portland Sat
urday.
A dance has been announced for
Saturday evening, March 22, at Mil­
lers In the wheat warehouse.
A
large crowd ia expected to attend.
Chas. L. Powell of Portland spent
Another contest in English was
the last week-end with relatives in
held at Rufus school for the week
Moro.
ending March 18th. The contest was
Bel she and family were
O. L.
on the phrases “I have seen” and ‘‘I
luncheon guests at Hotel Moro last
saw.” Prise winners were Ray Brown
Sunday.
and Jean 'Morris, who tied on 19
Rev. and Mrs. Henry G. Hanson points. Both were awarded prises.
were visiting in Portland part of the
Walter Thompson, of Rufua school,
has enrolled as one of the contestants
C. E. Johnson left Wednesday on for prises in the subscription offer of
a abort busineas trip to Spokane and The Dalles Chronicle. Any help ex­
to Pocatello, Idaho.
tended to him in the contest will bp
appreciated
by hia school matea and
H- F. Craft, uncle of Mrs^ 0. A.
Ramsey, waa visiting last week in many friends.
Moro from Hood River.
Mra. E. M. Badger spent the last
week-end visiting with friends at
Hood River and The Dalles.
Mr. and Mra. Bud McIntyre, resid­
ing east of Moro, were dinner guests
at Hotel Muro last Sunday evening.
Marguerite Foss, Evelyn Ragsdale,
Opal Powell and Edmund Stephens,
students at O. A. C., are home for
An order for a special election to be the inter-tArm holidays.
held In Lane county May 16 at the
Mr. and Mn. W. H. Williams and
time of the primaries to vote upon the
question of levying a special tax ot Ray Williama, brother of W. H.
2 mills to raise Lane county's share of Williams, enjoyed the luncheon at
the cost of constructing the Pacific Hotel Moro last Sunday. 4
highway bridge over fhe Willamette
Volney W. Shepard and wife are
river at Harrisburg was made by the registered this week at Hotel Moro.
county court.
Mr. Shepard is visiting with Mrs.
There were two fatalities in Oregon Shepard, teacher in the Moro school.
due to industrial accidents during the
Corson, the music man, accom­
week ending March 12, according to a panied by L. R. Mummey, salesman
report prepared by the atate industrial for Mr. Corson, were regeistered this
accident commission. The victims week at Hotel Moro from The Dalles.
were: Louis Larson, Holbrook, fore
Grandpa and Grandma Woods stole
man. and p. B. Wagner, Molalla, edger.
A total of 615 accidents were report­ away from home last Sunday long
enough to give critical attention to
ed during the week.
w Ray C. Steel, federal game warden tfie Sunday luncheon at Hotel Moro
tor Oregon and Waahlngton, has re­ on the 16th.
More than SO forest rangers from
Uglon, Umatilla and Wallowa coun­
ties attended a meeting at Pendleton
when final plans for the summer ses-
sUm in the forests were arranged. >
Bide for the construction of ap­
proximately 20 miles of new highway
and a number of bridges will be con­
sidered at a meeting of the state high­
way commission In Portland, March 17.
8. W. Rice, about 60 years old, whose
home was in Butte, was killed at the
government construction camp at Mo- leased 200 ducks and geese from cold
Kay dam, near PAdleton, when an storage plants, left by Medford sports
engine ran over him and out off both men, contrary to the game and storage
laws of the country. The game wan
sent to the poor farm and other Inatl
tutiona in Jackaon county to be used
for food for the Inmates.
After almost a year of controversy
over the appointment of a director of
hatcheries for the commercial fish
Rate«: Under 15 word«, 35c
15 to 30 words, 50c
commission of Oregon, Hugh Mitchell
Over 30 wd*., l%c per wd.
of the federal bureau of ftsheriea was
appointed to the position. Since the
removal ot R. E. Clanton last year the
FUR SALE-Geese, turkey hens,
work has been handled by Carl D
settings of eggs, and several heao
Shoemaker, master fish warden, with
of large work hones C. C. Deyo,
the assistance of Harland D. Holmes
Jiufus, Oregon.
as supervisor
FOR SALE—Two milch cows Jersey
A. S. Johnson, operator of deep
and Guernsey. Both fresh. J. N. well outfits in Sherman county, ipent
Landry, phone 22F11, Moro Oregon.
last week-end with hia family in this
eity. Mr. Johnson reports that the
FOR SALE—My restaurant build­ well he is now drilling on the Gwynne
ing and buainesa known as the Bee­ place, east of Klondike, is down 340
hive. Will aell all or rent the feet. Water was struck at the 280
building and aell the buainesa. Rea­ foot level, but not in sufficient quan­
sonable terms. H. J. Warn, Moro. tity tn justify stoppage
the drill.
Oregon.
D. E. Stephens, superintendent of
6% Loans tmder Reserve System
Moro experiment station, will deliver
on city or farm, property ,
an address at Condon on Tuesday
Reserve Deposit Company
afternoon, March 25th, before a joint
72 Fourth Street, Portland, Oregon. meeting of the Condon commercial
club and farmers’ meeting to be held
We pay parcel post one wav on all
that day at the Gilliam county court
shoe repairing. Good quality leather
house. Perry Johnston, son of W. B.
and work. Joe Amore, The Dalles,
Johnston, of Moro, will have charge
Oregon
of the wheat growers’ part of the
A ds tracts promptly made by the meeting. A proposition to vote on
Sherman County Abstract Co., Moro, bonds with which to ri e funds to
complete the John Day highway in
Oregon.
Gilliam county will be part of the
business to be considered by the com­
mercial club and farmers.
OBSERVER WANT ADS
TAKE THINGS under your own
wing and
OWN YOUR OWN HOME
THE ROOF over your head will
be yours—not your land­
lord’s -when you carry
the load yourself and it’s
not such a heavy one.
I
WILl/BE surprised what
contentent
bliss
you have missed these
many years.
ASK US how it can be done. •
Tun-A'Lnn Lumber Co.
D. E. Clark, Manager
Moro,
-X-
Oregon
Phone Main 91
* FOR 8ALÄ
BY
Sherman Electric Co
The Sherman county band which
wss organized at Moro, March 13th,
met for its first practice in the School
house at Moro, March 17th, at 7:30.
The band la composed mostly of ex­
perienced players who tend to give
the organization an air of stability
and an assurance of success. Several
young men are in the band and if we
are to judge from preparations others
are making, we might well expect a
completion of the organization at the
next practice which is to be at the
school house in Moro, next Sunday at
2 p. m. An invitation is extended
to all who are interested.
A. M. Zevely made a business trip
to the atate normal school at Mon­
mouth, last week and while there
had the pleasure of meeting some
Sherman county young ladles who
are preparing themselves for teachers.
Mildred Ginn of Moro ia taking pri­
mary work, Alida Douma is specializ­
ing in intermediate work and Harriett
Rolfe of Grass‘Valley is taking rural
work. All three expect to teach this
coming year. - Marguerite Morrison
of Grass Valley is speciabsing in 5th
and 8th grade work and ia also ex­
pecting a position this fall. The first
three named are juniors. Miss Mor­
rison will graduate in June.
Dr. C. L. Poley and wife, D. E.
Stephens and wife, E. H. Moore and
wife and C. C. Richmond and wife
were boats at a five hundred party at
Hotel Moro last Monday evening.
Decorations s ere in keeping with
observance of St. Patrick day, being
in green crepe paper and flags. Guests
sufficient to accommodate twenty-eight
tables were present.
Instrumental
•elections by V. W. Shepard on the
piano and a vocal solo by Mrs. Arm­
strong, accompanied by Mr. Shepard
on the piano, were 1 outstanding
features of
the evening.
Mrs.
Elizabeth Nestor, of Grass Valley,
was awarded first prize and Mra.
W. A. McDonald ladies’ consolation
prize. Clarence Sparling waa awarded
mena’ fixM prize and Ray Hulse mens’
consolation prize. Refreehmeqtc con-
aikting of etuffed celery, biseuita,
creamed chicken, coffee and wafers
were served.
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sm M,
CHURCH
BRIEF NEWS
The Methodist church choir held
their usual weekly practice Tuesday
Moro, using the
evening at Hote
piano recently installed in the lobby
of the hotel.
.W. S. Martin, of San
one of the Martin family,
the Eastern Oregon Land
was a business visitor, in
the first of the week.
Francisco,
owners of
Company,
the county
Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Medler, Mrs.
Wiidanen, and Mr. and Mrs. Eaton,
from Wasco, and Mrs. ,G.E. Mathews,
of Moro, made a jolly dinner party
at Hotel Moro last Sunday evening.
About
eighteen neighbors and
friends gathered at the Ray Hulse
home east of Moro last Saturday
evening, where dancing and five
hundred occupied the time until a.i
early hour.
Beginning Monday March 10th in
addition to a la carte service at
luncheon and dinner Hotel Moro will
setve a bO cent home style service at
both meals.
Sunday service will
remain as at present,
For the convenience and pleasure
of patrons a player piano was in­
stalled in the lobby of Hotel Moro
last week. An adjunct to the piano
is a large and varied assortment of
rolls for use of those so inclined.
The Jones automobile, seized by
District Attorney Wade for violation
of the prohibition laws, will be sold
at public sale by Sheriff Hugh Chris­
man at’10 a. m. on Saturday, March
29th, in front of the Atwood-Lee
garage in Wasco.
A deal was concluded this week
whereby Ray Hansell sells his crop
and outfit used in farming lands in
section eighteen and seven, one south,
eighteen east, about 900 a;res, to
R. T. Morgan of this city.
We
understand that the Morgan home in
this city is included as part consider­
ation to Mr. Hansell.
The highway camp at the mouth of
the Deschutes river, engaged in the
resurfacing of the Columbia highway
between Cell Io and the Deschutes,
will move to the mouth of the John
Day river within a few days. When
again in operation they will continue
the work of resuifacing the highway
between the Deschutes and John Day
rivers.
A dance was held at Rufus hotel
last Saturday evening, with many
people attending from the northern
part of Sherman county, During each
of the dance numbers both of the
large rooms comprising the office and
the dining rooms of the hotel were
crowded. Refreshment« were served
at 12 .*90 followed with dancing until
about 2:30.
NEWS
Notes of Interest to AU
* Local Denominations
The attention of the public ia called
to the coming of a returned mission­
ary from China to Moro Wednesday
afternoon and evening March 25th. x
Preaching at the Methodiat church
next Sunday morning at 11 a. m.
Subject: “Money, Bread and Labor.”
Young peoples meeting at 6:45 p. m.
Union services at 7:30 p. m.
Mias Mary Bedell, a missionary on
furlough from Teinaein, China, will
speak in the Methodiat church Wed-
neaday’ March 26th, at 7 :30 p. m.
Mias Bede IL will be accompanied by
Mrs. F. E. Dodds, branch extension
superintendent for
this
district.
There will also be a meeting for the
ladies the afternoon of Wednesday at
3U5 p. m., place to be announced
later.
Sunday school next Sunday prompt­
ly at 10 o’clock at, the Methodist
church. There are only two more
Sundays of the contest between the
G an G class and the young married
peoples class, to be followed by the
reception and social given the win­
ners at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
W. C. Bryant. It is hoped every,
member of both classes will be pres­
ent next Sunday.
Christian Science church services
are as follows: Sunday school in the
Sunday school room at 10:15. Church
service at 11 a. m. The subject of
the lesson-sermon for this week is
“Matter.” Wednesday evening meet­
ing at eight o’clock. This church
maintains a public reading room, and
is open at all hoursThe Bible and
all authorized Christian Science liter­
ature may be read, borrowed or pur­
chased. All are welcome to attend
the services and make use of the
reading room.
News of the subscription prize con­
test which The Dalles Chronicle is
offering to workers format pajer has
spread around the country of «. the
northern part of the county like wild
fire. Workers from The Dalles have
come into t^is section and have gone
as far east as Arlington in search of
subscriptions Io the paper. The first
prize is a 1924 Buick sedan, second
prize a 1924 Dodge sedan, third prize
$500 and two prizes of $200 each.
Contestants failing to win one of the Movie News of the Current Week
main prizes will receive ten per cent
commission on all subscription money
By a number of Moro people who
they collect for the paper.
claim to have read the story and by
others who have seen the screen
Miss Esther McKinney, of Corvallie version, the picture play coming to
is visiting this we< k at the home of Moro Theatre this Saturday* evening
her sister, Mrs. T. E. Hulery and entitled ‘‘When Stephen Steps Out”
family, in this eity.
is a cnmic presentation of an unusual
March weather paid its usual high order.
uncertain visit this Wednesday by
Reginald Denny achived a worthy
depositing about an ihch of wet snow
reputation
for fast action in the early
ovef the wheat fields of Sherman
county. The fall was heaviest in the rounds of the famous ‘‘Leather Push­
ers” series in which 1 he was starred
Kent section.
by Universal. ‘«The Abysmal Brute,”
C R. Belshee of this city is the
the film version of ,Jack London’s
I .test to announce his entry into the
novel, again witnessed Denny in a
ilario s game of “office, office;
burst of speed.
who’« gmg to get the office.” He
Reg galloped a lot of fast furlongs
announces thia week that he is a
in “The Kentucky Derby,” thus add­
republican can'd id ate for the nomina­
ing to his reputation for the symbol
tion f~r sheriff—
of fast action.
An xuto psrty comprising Mrs.
Now comes a picture in which
O. L. Belahe anJ dai ghter Linnie and Denny “strides” through the picture
Mrs. (i. E. Mat he .vs and daughter at a hundred miles an hour. All
LeNelle, left Mjr<> early Thursday previous attempts at speed are as
for Portland wheret^they e <pect to “slow motion” in comparison to the
attend the piano icitslj given in whirl of “Sporting Youth,” the
that city by Paderewski.
production in which Denny is starred,
coming
to Moro Theatre for Sunday
W. H. /Ragsdale and wife and
H. B. Belshee and wife drove up to matinee at 3 o’clock p. m.
Denny is noted in the Hollywood
Hermiston last Saturday where they
visited with C. W.
Belshee and film colony for his excessively fast
family. The party returned Sunday driving. He is a wonderful driver
evening in time to enjoy dinner at and likes to play tag with the best
Hotel Moro. Mr. Belshee, of Her­ racers. But his craving for speed
miston, is father of Mrs. Ragsdale was entirely satisfied during the
filming of his latest feature, It is a
and uncle of H. B. Belshee.
story of automobile racing, written
J. F. Kelsay and E. W. Erickson; Dy Byron Morgan, author of the
engineers connected with the state famous “Roaring
Road” stories
highway engineer’s office at The published in the Saturday Evening
Dalles, were making headquarters at Post.
Hotel Moro this week while engaged
The climax of the story comes in a
in surveying locations for black big road race and all of the thrill of
locust trees to be planted along the such a race has been caught by the
two sides of the Sherman highway camera for the Denny film.
The
between Moro and Wasco. The two race was staged at San Luis Obispo,
men were running surveys and placing near Monterey, California, and many
stakes at 75-foot intervals.
of the most famous drivers in the
country drove in it. Denny, by the
way, proved himself a first class
racing driver.
Denny is supported by Laura La
Plante and an all star cast. -.Harry
A. Pollard directed the picture.
Only one show at any time, this
to be at 3 o’clock Sunday afternoon,
March 24th.
The Best
Dream Book
have probably heard many times about Dream
Books—but did you ever think of your Bank
Book as a Dream Book that will make your dreams
come true.
Well, it will—-if you do your share to help by
adding a certain amount to your account regularly each
week or mopth.
Start an Account right now —a dollar or more will
do it—and then watch your dreams become a reality.
We help by adding 4% and 5% inte.est—according
-.to tt^m of deposit.
Bank of Moro
DO YOU WANT
The Dry Law Enforced
It Can Be Done!
n
Captain Ryland 0. Scott, of Wasco
FOR SHERIFF
Motor to Moro
You will enjoy our Special Sunday Dinner
Bring the Family and Spend the Day
You are Cordially Invited
to make Hotel Moro
Sunday headquarters
Hotel Moro
‘A Home Away From Home”
Mr. and Mrs. M. W. Armstrong, proprietors
Special Sunday Matinee Each Sunday,. 3 p. m. at Moro Theatre
Player Piano, Large Assortment of Music, in the Lobby of Hotel Moro
; The school faculty, pupils, and
Dorcas study club will give a play-
ground bertefit April 11th at the
school auditorium for the purpose of
providing more playground apparatus
and improving the school grounds. A
candy sale will bé part of the pro­
gram. Be sure and, read the Observer
next week for moré particulars.
L. J. Allen, head of the étock de­
partment of the boys and girls club
work in Oregon, is in Sherman county
this week, meeting with the stock
clubs and visiting the individual
members. This year the stock work
is improving »8 there are full club
memberships in Kent, Moro and Lo­
cust Grove as well as individual
members at Emigrant Springs, Brock,
Michigan and Liberty.
Mr. Alíen
will give the club members advice as
to the care and handling of stock as
well as the exhibit work.
PRETTY PSYCHIC PUZZLES SCIENCE WITH HER POWER OF
SECOND SIGHT
■
Miss Eugenia Dennis of Atchison, Kansas, whose psychic demon­
strations have amazed the west for most of her eighteen years, and who
has now gone to New York City for the most exacting test of her life,
by the American Psychical Institute. Since she was two MiSs Dennis
has found lost persons, articles, money and jewelry for hundreds of
individuals. She was in New York but a few hours when she was
called upon to demónstrate her ability in locating an expensive vanity
case alleged to have been stolen but which Misa Dennis provea was
mislaid in laundry. She does not go into a trance but goea about he¥
work in a matter of fact way. Photo shows Miss Dennis the way she
appears in solving a problem. She feels no mental or physical strain
and can demonstrate any time.
Mutual Creamery Co
.
Vote
capllaem
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UNIVERSAL
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Coming to
Moro Theatre
Sunday Matinee Only
Sunday March 23,
Moto, Oregon
Admission 40c and 20c
Pays Cash for Cream
Saturday March 22
Cash Price March 21th 50c
When Stephens Steps Out
Estella Henson, Local Agent
Admission 30c and 15c