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About Sherman County observer. (Moro, Sherman County, Or.) 1897-1931 | View Entire Issue (June 6, 1924)
UENH twin OISEIIEI BRIEF Paragraph* os State, Canty aW _____ Moto, Oregoa member* of the committee* on ar F riday ..... .'June 6.1924 rangement* and program meet at Hotel Moro tli* Saturday afternoon Eureka Lodge No. in at 2:80 o’clock to perfect final detail* A. P. A A. M. Mara, Or*. for the borne talent Chautauqua to be XtA Meets the lat and 3d Thurs day evenings of each month, held at DeMoss park the afternoons isiting members cordially and evening* of June 19th and 20th, invited to meet with us. By Thursday and Friday. orderofW. M. ' As now planned the committee Robt. Urquhart, Secretary from Wasco will have charge of the Thuraday program, beginning at 2:30 ter p. m. The program for Thuraday Regular communication* evening, beginning at 8 p. m. will be in mnnfti* 1 in charge of Grew Valley. The evenings monfniv monthly. committee from-Moro will have Mrs. W. F. Hulery, charge of the program on Friday Worthy Matron. Nana Barzee, Secretary. afternoon, beginning at 2:30 p. m., and Kent will be in charge of the fioro Lodge No. 113 Friday evening program, beginning I. O O. F. Meet* every Monday eve- at 8 p. m._ W. H. Ragsdale and family left Sunday for a week’s vacation at Camp Sherman. - Fred Peetz left by auto stage for Bend on Tuesday, to viait with his brother, Ben Peetz and family. C. L. Montgomery has been taking a forced vacation from dray work part of this week because of sickness. C. C. Richmond and family have as guests this week Mr. Richmond’s parents, visiting in Sherman county from Portland. W. B. Johnston and wife drove up from near Salem on Monday for a stay of several days at their farm eaat of this city. ing in the I. O. O. F. hall. Transient and visiting bro Elwood Ginn moved his household Miss Loi^ Fowilie, of Rufus, who thers are cordially invitai to effects by truck from Grass Valley has been visiting at the A. M. Zevely meet with us. C. L Montgomery, N. G to The Dalles late,last week. He is home for the past week returned to A. M. Young, Secretary. now located in that city, where he her home Sunday. CHRIS SCHULTZ POST NO. ?1 has a position driving an auto truck for the city. AMERICAN LEGION Meet* at Odd Fellow* Hall on Theodore Johnston left this week second and fourth Wednesday* for Corvallis where he attended a of ««ch month. convention of^his class, that of 1915. Commander, I. M. Pet er »on, He also was expecting to attend the Adjutant, Geo. Mitchell. state convention of the American Legion, meeting at Portland, as Zell’* Fanerai H mm N ow Opea at delegate from the legion post of this city. Miss Evelyn Ragsdale is expected home from 0. A. C. on the 12th for a brief visit at home before leaving on the 17th for Boston where she will attend the national fraternity meet when fa he moat fir for the execution ing of Alphl Chi Omega as delegate of the problems of the day requiring from the O. A. C. fraternity at the application of brain |H»wer? The Corvallis. answer, according to recent Invent Iga The first field fire for the present tlons by an eminent psychologist, la “between 10 and 11 a m.." says Ixm- season was reported to have occurred don Tlt-BIts. last Saturday on the W. H. Burres George Drinker farm* east of Currie, wife *nd two- W. daughters, Hazel and Ruth, spent the Wasco. The fire started from weeds last week-qod at the L. H. Martin being burned by Mr. Burres, spread home. Mr. CurrieHs engaged in the into the wheat field on the Drinker manufacture of brick at Bend, Ore- farm which was too green to burn,* gon. When visiting on Monday with and destroyed two road culverts before the Observer editor, Mr. Currie stated it was under control. that Bend was going to put over a Assessor Otto Peetz is following honest-to-goodness. wild, wooly, the trend of the times by making and juicy Fourth of July celebration assessment values for this year quite that all visitors would be glad to a per cent lower than last year. The participate in the makings. He also ultimate result will not be changed, said that it was now practically insofar as lower taxes, unless the assured that, the procession on that actual amount of funds to be raised day would be headed by Ezra Meeker is also reduced A large part of this and his covered wagon and ox teams, is funds raised through laws voted by a nationally known character typical the people and caff only be changed of the western spirit. by repeal of these la vs. At what time of day Is the mind of average man. doing an ordinary day's work, most efficient? Huppoae that be rises between 7 and 8 In the morning and goe* to bed about 11. the The month ot May, 1924, will go into history as the dryest month in more than a half century for the Pacific coast. The record for Oregon shows it to have been the dryest month of May for 53 years and it is also the dryest month of May for British Columbia in 50 years. Weath er eonditiona along the entire Pacific coast are records of unusual dry eon- ditions for the entire crop year. FLIES are a nuisance under any conditions, a men ace to humanity. THE BEST protection for your home are good window screens. AND screens —the here quality variety—priced to give you the utmost for every dollar. D. E. Clark, Manager Phone Main 91 L. N. Huis and wife were in this city from The Dalles on Memorial day, visiting with Mrs. Huis’ parents, Wm. Morrison and wife. At Our Usual Lower Prices! Thu store is especially well pre pared to provide you with your new Suit. The range of our prices . meets every requirement The con servative models meet every wish while the patterns and colors are those most in demand. We invite jour most careful in spection, and comparisons will cause you to make your selection at one of these prices $19.75 : $24.75 $29.75 Open Saturday Evenings until 9 o’clock “Lost in a Big City," one of the greatest pictures ever screened comes to the House of Good Pictures this Saturday evening. It is difficult to record in black and white all those things which comb ins-to make "Lost in a Big City" remarkable, for thrill follow* thrill with cvclonic rapidity while through Jt all there runs a delicately beautiful and infinitely tender love theme,—or rathei a series of love themes. It can be said without feyr of con tradiction that "Lost in a Big City," the big new Arrow special, starring John Lowell and Baby Iva Ward, combine* more thrilling scenes than any other jingle photoplay heretofore produced. There is, too, a wealth of heart interest, pathos and humor which all tend to make it a truly great production. You can’t afford to mis* a picture such as tbis—for, adapted from the famous old stage play of the same name, it should rightfully take its place with those other successful picturizations of famous old melodramas: "Way Down Eaat, ’’ "The Streets of New York" and "Ten Night* in a Barroom." ‘ Dr. C. L. Poley is arranging to C. E. Johnson and family motored move from this city to Grass Valley as soon as he can find a suitable on Sunday to Mikkalo, in Gilliam county, where they spent ths day with residence location in that city. an uncle of Mr. Johnson, Heath John Doris Dunlap, daughter of A. A. son, and family. They were accom Dunlap and wife of Kent, was visit panied on their return by Rebecca ing part of the week with Josephine Johnson, grand mother of C. E. and Imogene Johnson of this city. Johnson. Mrs. Irvin Kunaman, who has been J. A. West and wife from Lincoln visiting with her parents, L. H. county, was visiting last week-end Martin and wife of this city, returned with W. H. Ragsdale and family of to her home at Portland on Tuesday. tihs city and and with Rav Ragsdale W. 8. Holmes, accompanied by Wm. Mitchell, farming in the Mich igan district west of Grass Valley, were business visitors in this city last week. D. E. Stephens and wife left last Thursday on a motor trip to Baker, Oregon, returning on Sunday accom panied by Mrs. Ralph Gorman and son, relatives of the Stephens family. E. R. Barzee .and wife returned Sunday from a 10-day visit to Camp Sherman. Elmer had intended mak ing the trip a vacation, but it was mainly spent in bed fighting sickness. J. B. Morrison and daughter, Mrs. Lillian Montague, accompanied by Mr. Montague, were over from Arlington on Decoration day visiting with relatives in this *^ity and at Grass Valley. A traveling salesman, who left his car parked in front of Hotel Moro last Monday night, lost a cord tire and rim to someone who thot he I ad every reason in the world to take the property of other folks. Mr. and Mrs. Elmo S. White, of Salem, Oregon, were week-end guesta on the 31st at the T, 8. Reese home east of this city. The visitors were accompanied by Miss Roberta Reese. Wm. Elliott, a former old time Mrs. White and Mrs. Reese are residenter of Sherman county now sisters. living in the eastern part of Umatilla It is said by local motorists using county, was visiting with friends in the Columbia highway recently that thia city on Tuesday enroute home the surface between The Dalles and from visit with relatives at Dallas, in Biggs is in as bad condition as it was Polk county. Mr. Elliott is a brother before the last attempt to improve in law of R. J. Ginn of this city. that much traveled section of the When he left this county, wheat was Columbia highway. hauled by team to shipping points on Mrs. Anna Belshe and daughter, the Columbia river and a considerable Miss Nellie, from Hood River, were part of the crop was also hauled by Visiting last week-end at the home of team to 'I he Dalles. Wilford Belshe and family eaat of A number of farmers from Wasco this city. This was ' the first time county will visit Moro on Sunday in six years that Mrs. Belshe had afternoon, June 8th, for the purpose visited in the county. of inspecting the work of the experi George B. Bourbill received his ment station and observing the effects commission Monday afternoon as post of the unusual dry weather upon master for Moro. He is now waiting wheat growing as a business. Super further instructions from the post intendent Stephens also wants it office department before qualifying understood that he will be pleased to for the office and taking over the have every farmer of Sherman county duties of poetmaster. who can, to join the party and by Waldo Davis waa a visitor in the this means increase the benefits of While here he such a visit by interchange of ideas county last week, stated to friends that he intended to and methods. install a gasoline service station at DeMoas on the site where his recently burned residence was located, using gktfSrWiWtfiil the money realized from the in surance. A party of eleven, in two cars drove out from The Dalles last Satur day looking for a cool place where they could enjoy their picnic lunch. They were on the road until about 2:30 when they met up with DeMoss Park, the first cool spot they had seen since leaving The Dalles. Suits Favored by Men CHURCH Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Pinkerton, R. C. Byers and Rev. Henry G. Hanson left in Mr. Pinkerton’s car for Portland Tuesday morning to at tend the law enforcement congress which was held in that city in the White Temple June 3-5. Mrs. James Woods and Miss Ruth Bryant also accompanied them. They expected to return Friday. The McNary-Haugen farm relief bill, the principal measure proposed by the farm bloc for agricultural aid, was defeated Tuesday in the house by a vote of 154 to 224 against. An attempt made by friends of the bill to diminish the opposition before the final vote by restricting the measure to wheat, flour, swine and the pro ducts thereof, waa defeated 101 to 69. Mrs. Augusta M. Huckin of The Dallesand Ross Clayton Ornduff'of this city were married Sunday morn ing at 10 o’clock at the home of the bride in 'The Dalles. Rev. Bryant | C. Preston, pastor of the Con grog a - 1 tional church, officiated for the ceremony. Mr. and Mrs. Ornduff left after their marriage for Camp Sher man where they will remain until September 1st, after which time they elpect to make their home in The Dalles. and family, living southeast of Moro. The visitors left the first of Ue week for Bend where they intended visiting with C. A. Bartlett and family. The band of 1800 sheep that has been wintered on the Deschutes river brakes west of Moro, 4In charge of J. W. Cochran, was recently sold by their owner to parties in Idaho. The sheep were trailed last Friday and Saturday to the ferry at Grants where they were ferried to the north bank of the Columbia and loaded on the train for shipment to their desti; nation. NEWS Notes of Interest to AD Local Denominations The monthly lei of the Dorcas society will be held next Wednesday afternoon, June Uth, and w^ 11 he en tertained by Mrs. Henry G. Hanson at the manse. At the Presbvterian church next Sunday morning at 10:00 o’clock the Sunday school will observe Children’s Day with appropriate exercises. All are cordially urged to be present on time. A special offering for Sunday school work will be taken. Rev. Henry G. Hanson announces his themes tor next Sunday as fol lows: At 11:00 a. m. "The Personal Touch," and at the union evening service at 8:00 o’clock "The Power of an Ideal." C. C. Richmond will sing a solo in connection with the morning service. Rev. U. C. Smothers preached last Sunday on the "Likeness of the King dom of God to a Mustard Seed." Next Sunday at 11 a. m. the subject will be "The Likeness of the King dom of God to the Leven hid in Three Measures of Meal". The public is invited. Tom Fraser and his sister, Mrs. Jones of Portland, sang at the Meth odist church last Sunday morning. Thanks Tom, come again and bring Mrs. Jones with you. Christian Science church services are held at eleven o’clock on Sunday 1 morning and at eight o’clock on Wed nesday evening. Sunday school con venes at 10:15 a. m. The theme of the lesson-sermon for Sunday is "God । the Only Cause and Creator." This : church maintain* a free circulating library where the Bible and all authorized Christian Science litera- ture may be read, borrowed or purchased. The public is cordially invited to attend the church services and to make use of the reading room. J. A. Thompson and wife and M.L. Swarzman and wife motored up from Portland la&t Saturday for an over -night visit at the N. W. Thompson home in this city, leaving the next day, accompanied by N. W. Thompson for a visit at Camp Sherman. J Thompson and Mrs. Swarzman are father and sister of Mrs. N. W. Thompson. Otto Peetz and family returned by auto from Portland on Monday of this week. Otto said that the day was so extremely warm that he could smell the beat each time he ।stopped to cool the engine of his carand that it was a common sight on the highway to About one hundred friends and ace motorists lifting the hood of their patrons of Harmony school attended ^^r to have a look at their engine the picnic given by the school at De while wondering why the car was Moss park last Friday as the closing giving them so moch trouble. feature of the year. A basket dinner A nun 53 years of age writes this was served at noon, followed by a office that le w«' ts a steady job on a program rendered by the pupils of wheat farm or stock ranch. We' the school. The afternoon closed with know that he has bsd six years ex two ball games, one between mixed perience on Sherman county farms teams chosen from among the pupils and that he knot's the conditions. A of the school and the second by a good home much *.ore ttu.n wages is girls’ team opposed by a mens' team. h>s earnest desire , Write or call the The girls won the last game by an Observer office, Moro, for further in 8-7 score. formation. Now, is there any one of the numerous readers of the Observer who wants help on the farm and can provide a home to a man who will appreciate the opportunity., OBSERVER WANT ADS Co-operators are having to face the fact that the answer to the often asked question of how to get a fairly reasonable price for their products, is "get control of the selling end of the business." Producers can’t ex pect to make profits so long as they permit*'middle handlers to add two dollars to one dollar between the farm and consumer. Farmers have got to do their own selling, be their own middle men, and retain these middle profits. They have got to organize solidly to do it. • \ or Foolishness? A FOOLISH man spends his money and then tells al! his friends about it. THE THRIFTY man saves his money and then his friends tell the world about it. The moral is he who saves will have plenty of laughs for the last. Bank of Moro Hotel Moro A Home Away From Home” It is all we claim for it: A good place to eat and “A Home Meet your away from Home.” friends at Hotel Moro when in town. You Will Enjoy Our Special Sunday Luncheon Mr. It was said on the streets Tuesday LOST—Unbroken Alley, black star in morning that the L. L. Peetz house face, branded combination TF over had been entered the evening before quarter circle on left shoulder. by unknown parties who were making Tom Fraser, Moro. - . free with various articles of amuse ment therein. Sheriff Chrisman heard FOR SALE—18-horse power stationery engine, just the thing for running of the goings-on early Tuesday morn elevator, pump or thresher. Al ing and, after investigating, found most new, at a real snap. Gannett that Forrest Peetz had come into town Motor Co., The Dalles. late the evening before and was using the phonograph with which to amuse HORSE PASTURE, $3.50 per month; himself. Forrest had quit his job as 100 acres pasture land and 75 acres truck driver south of Bend and had winter barley; lots of running been visiting with the family- at water. B. E. Williams, (Nish Camp Sherman before returning to station) Klondike, Oregon. Phone this city. 101 Moro. Supt. D. E. Stephens, of the local WANTED—Women to work in fruit experiment station, has been advised cannery; fair wages and modern by the county agents of joining . plant; present prospects indicate counties that a number of represents^ several months steady work, com tive farmers from Umatilla, Morrow, mencing about June 10th. Write for Gilliam and Wasco, will be in Moro further details. Libby, McNeill & next Sunday afternoon, June 8th, to Lfbby, The Dalles, Oregon. meet with as many Sherman county farmers as can attend a meeting to be 6% Loans under Reserve System held on that day in this city to dis on city or farm property ' cuss adopting a basic wage scale for Reserve Deposit Company these counties for the coming harvest 72 Fourth Street, Portland, Oregon. and to consider appointment of a Abstracts promptly made by the committee to take charge of transient labor so that one county may not be Sherman County Abstract Co., Moro, short of men and an adjoining county Oregon. have a surplus of labor needing em We pay parcel post one wav on all ployment. shoe repairing. Good quality leather The baseball game at Wasco last and work. Joe Amore, The Dalles, Sunday between the Wasco and Con Oregon don teams was probably the snappiest game of the season, ending in a 7-2 score in favor of Wasco. John Mc Clure, playing with Wasco, was the star player of the day. He connected with the first ball over the plate, Moro, Oregon helping to give his tesm four in the first inning. Wasco hooked three more at their next turn, giving them the long end of a 7-0 score. From Then to the 9th, neither team scored. Condon received its two in the last inning, which was stopped by Mc Clure catching a long fly to the out Estelle Benson, Local Agent field just as he was winds! from a rnu to get under the ball. Mutual Creamery Co Pays Cash for Cream Mr*. M. W. Armstrong, proprietors Ths House of Good Pictures MORO, OREGON Saturday June 7 at 8:00 p. m. PRESENTATION of the Most Spectacular Motion Picture Production Packed with Thrills of the decade! Lost in a Big City” Featuring Ratee Under 15 words, 35c 15 to 30 words, 50c Over 30 wds., 1 per wd. LOST or estrayed from my ranch 12 miles south of Grass Valley three or four weeks ago—One bay mare, large and gentle; one 2-year old . bay mare, large and very gentle; All freshly* branded combination CW in circle on right shoulder. Suitable reward will be paid for information concerning the above. H. H. White, Klondike, Oregon. and John Lowell Jane Thomas Baby Ivy Ward Admission 30c and 15c COMING Saturday June 14 “Dr. Jack Featuring Harold Lloyd Admission 40c and 20c How Often? Have You Had Near Accidents Fourteen Thousand Killed by Automobiles During 1922 Hundreds of Thousands Injured' Do you know that for only Five Dollars a Yea/ you can get an insurance pohep covering you while operating, driving, riding in, demonstrating, adjusting or cranking ANY AUTOMOBILE It will also cover you if you are struck by an automobile or injured in the burning or explosion of any automobile. IT PAYS For loss of life, hands, or feet, from $1000 to $1500. For disability resulting from an automobile accident. $25 per week. For disability necessitating removal to hospital. $40 per week. If injured away from home it will pay towards the expense of fixing you up and getting you back home. $100. For a non-disabling injury it will pay a doctor bill of $5. ONLY $5.00 A YEAR Alfred M. Bennett—"The Insurance Man,’’ The Dalles, Oregon. write for Application blank.
