Sherman County observer. (Moro, Sherman County, Or.) 1897-1931, June 13, 1924, Image 2

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Wage» Fer Harvest Werken
Truman Strong and wife -returned
dent of the Albany chamber of com­
Sunday evening from a 5-week’s trip
The meeting called for last Sunday merce at the annual meeting.
to sod through California points,
poet office at Moro. Oregon, July 25, 1891
Now Orleans, Washington, D. C., to convene in Ibis city to discuss , William Hilton, Portland contrac­
harvest wages for this seeson was tor, was ths successful bidder on the
New York, Buffalo and Detroit. At
attended by
farmers from five school building to be erected at Fossil.
the last named place Mr. Strong
counties—Umatilla, Morrow, Gilliam,
accepted delivery of a big six Buick
A total of $81,110 50
turned over
Sherman and Wasco. • A tentative
C. L. I reland
sedan which he drove back to Sherman
to the state treasurer by the state
wrge scale for harvest work for the
...Editor sod Publisher
conuty by way of Yellowstone park.
five counties for both stationary and land board during the month of May.
Upon arrival at Moro the speedom-
Fitzhugh G. Lee has been confirmed
June 13. 1924 oter registered 3152 miles from De- combine outfits was adopted
F riday
by the senate aa postmaster at Junc­
follows
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troit.
They were fourteen days
Would be censors of literature do not making the trip and only lost their- •Derrick drivers and box driven tion City, Or.. and William C. Foster
fare
well as they would like In thl* rod twice.t eat of .lx .xtr.mil-™ at Tillamook.
lomtera net. or pitch off »3.00
Thirty-nine students at the Indian
country, f«»r not infrequently the court! travel. They were in Yellow.tone K
•><*« •‘»“«»n or com- school at Chemawa received diplomas
tall to be shocked by books which i puk two day,, where they view«! .11 “•*
P0“^'
from Governor Pierce at the gradual
hare been made the objects of hope­ tbe «enic wonders and enjoyed fishing *"• » “ •
hoe
combines, $2.50
ful attack. Over tn England the pro­ in the mountain streams of the park,
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prieties are more meticulously pro catching their limit each day. Mr. doWn«» ».ISO; engineers, $4; separ­
Eugene’s building permits totaled
>*r8* ata tionary or combine, $1,347,035 for the first five months of
lected—sometimes—and one of the Strong presented the editor of the *^or
, C°™b'n® drivers, $3.50; straw 1924 The permits during May amount­
rimes was when the editor of a Lon­ Observer with two fine large specimens
of
the
block
speckled
trout
thst
haul«,
»2 W; cat driver, $5 water ed to $250,158.
don periodical was sentenced to prison
buck
and
roustabout, $2.50; cooks,
for four months and to pay a tine of abound in the waters of Yellowstone
City officials have asked that Eft-
up to ten men, $2.
<250 because he had printed s book park.
gene people curtail their use of water,
The
meeting
also
abopted
a
resolu
­
review quoting several passag»* from
He reports fine roads the entire
as the filtering plant is not working
■n American novel. That novH has distance with the exception of about tion that two delegates be appointed
up to standard.
to
represent
each
county
at
meetings
een severely criticized here, tut». b«r twenty miles in Montana where he
to be held during the harvest season.
An order restraining the state game
tl^e assaults upon it failed to product nad to use chains. The last day’s
Thvse meetings to recommend changes commission from changing the open
1 dectee either of punishment or of drive was a distance of 360 miles,from
in the wage scale where necessary. season on doer was Issued by Circuit
t ippresKioti. Whether or not the book Boise, Idaho. They had rain nearly
Tie delegates to be appointed by the Judge Bingham, Wednesday.
iols was ’’indecent” is s ques every day of the trip, leaving the
,
president of the local farm bureau,
Building permits in Marshfield for
i!<»n on which opinions honestly can last ram storm at Pendleton. Auto H
un.on or the first five months of 1924 aggre
differ. The author and bis friends e«np.were urod » .topping pl.«, .t
night, th. e.r being equips with ‘h' county .gen , of e.ch conn y. gated $331,000, which is nearly on a
n silted that its purpose was excellent
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Pa;fr of the duty of the delegates par with those Issued throughout 1923.
nd Its total effect commendable, but camp accessories, a bed being made
will be to advise each county regard*
«» much of the general judgment as It in the car over tht seats.
The University of Oregon has raised
’"W»1’’ "nd d'n'*nd ,or
Mr. Strong .Uted that in .11 five
r reived pronounced the novel dull end
$309,742 thus far in its nation-wide
harvest workers.
uninteresting. and that, of course. Is weeks of train and auto travel, he
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million-dollar
munon-aoHar endowment
endowment, campaign,
the ultii ate «‘ondemnation of any book did not see any place that appealed *
, I according to the official report Issued
Literary critics who read the trend I
!t is curium» that the British court has to him more than does Sherman i
•'••nr in ihis < ase just what ours have county and that he is now better of modern literature as Indicating the
A limited number of enlistments
.-t fusnl to <)<>—Judged single, separat satisfied than ever before to continue passing of romance are reading against
rhe troth. Rom.»« cm. early Into ,ro“
th. Ur aarvica ta th«
»si |.HMxag< s by themselves, and not as to make Sherman county his future the world, and It win way late. From , •'»Utaptae. he been auihori.«! by
whole. The number of great home.
the ninth corps area headquarters at
time to time literature may wander
i.nd good l>o<>ks that would not stand
San Francisco.
after new gods and romance may ten» i
ih:it sort of judgment Is large. It Itq
The ' United States bureau of porarlly be laid aside, but not for long. I R T. Spalding has resigned as sec-
one thing to print a book In chemistry announces the discovery of
Man invariably takes It back again to retary of the Marshfield chamber of
lie course of which, appear passages a method whereby a ton of sundried
commerce ta become secretary of the
p tlieniselvea violating accepted pro- wheat straw is said to yield 10,000 his heart when he craves the warming Medford chamber, succeeding H. O
thrill
that
nothing
else
In
writing
can
prirtiea. and to print a review which cubic feet of
illuminating gas 10 give. The Muse that holds sway over Frobach, resigned.
»ollería and pre^nta those passages gallons of tar and 625 pounds of car­
romance has made for herself a place ' Dentists from many sections of the
as proof of what American life has bon- residue.
The bureau intimates
state, some 500 ta number, gathered
The editor who did that. that some dsy we may see motorists from which no assaults by the so-call<<l
in Portland Wednesday for the Slst
realistic
or
psychological
or
any
other
or allowed his reviewer to do It. cer buying gas by the cubic foot from the
annual convention of the Oregon State
tainly does deserve some sort of pun local gas company instead of gasoline school can oust her. Romance bus
Dental association.
lahment. If only for his stupid unfair- by the gallon from the service station. rendered man great service by cheer­
ing him in time of depression, by fir- ‘ While other regions suffer from
Cars have been operated by gas ex­
ing him to heroic action, by stirring lack of water, the Wann Springs irri
perimentally the gas being carried
him to high Idealism, by shortening gation project enjoys the distinction
The third California, District Court in a rubber-.storage bag.
A car
his hours of ’Weariness. Other klnfla of being the Only project ta the west
of Appeals decided that a pedestrian
carrying 300 cubic feet of gas can
of literature will not replace it, be- with a surplus for 1924.
has a right to wslk In the noad if be run about fifteen miles it is said.
cause they can’t.
wants to. The old English common
I Charles H. Carey, delegate at large
law for the protection of pedestrians,
from Oregon to the republican ns-
A Holland without windmills won’t
The maxim that Ignorance of the hnv tional convention was selected . to
declared the court. Is still lb fSrce In
Oallfornla. A pedestrian cannot be look at all like the pictures but such is no excuse came into being when make a speech seconding the nomina­
under way. there was little. If any, excuse for ig­
transformation
convicted of carelessness. The decision
tion pf President Coolidge.
Modem
electric
motors
are rapidly norance; when law was the expression ’
was handed down In a case where a
The state tax on sales of gasoline
man while walking on the road was taking over the wind’s traditional of rules of conduct that could be sensed and distillate ta Oregon during the
job.
The
original
purpose
of
the
from knowledge of right and wrong;
hit from behind by a truck.
Dutch wind mills was to pump flood when it was simple and ran directly ! month of April aggregated $214,497.05,
L ,
according to a statement prepared by
waters from the dykes and 1hus .pro- against obvious Ills. But the
tncrens- _
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_ 8am A. Koser, secretary of state,
teet the low lying fields from over- ing output of legislation threatens
to ■
888Wft|| Ot MOT* this 8 h8M
flow. They worked all right when crowd out the reason for the rule. The ’ ’
there was wind but in times of calm vest number of enactments on this and ।
l«Lgtti it one of the ambitious pro
they loafed and so now the wind’s that subject, the rapidly growing Hat of
oi Newport. The wall has been
place ia being taken by the electric “mala prohibits” or offenses arbiter- Btarted “d about 800 ieet
POT’
motor which works whenever the Uy so listed, the confusion of laws ns , construction by the port commission,
juice is turned on snd not only purfipe, tietween
sections
through
which I F. E. Mallory was wounded in the
VEIL
water but propels dairy machinery transient elements pass make it diffi­ face, chest and abdomen ta exchang­
and threshes grain.
RAM6UHG
cult even for students to learn them ing shots with five men whom he
LGGl DOLSHT
and practically Impossible for the lay­ observed prowling around the
HELP.MUCH
man to know them. If the maxim 1« to chandlse store of H. N. Beck in Hub-
Chinese Women Goesip.
IFTHCRE'S
According to one authority the up- retain its force and not work injustice, bard.
Henry Tuckman of Portland, died
ONÍBADONC
per class women of China give little complication and multiplication of la us
at a Salem hospital as the result of in­
attention to serious affairs, spending must cease.
IM THE LOT
most of their time in gossiping und
juries suffered when a truck ta which
One of the most significant depar­ he was riding plunged down S hill on
gambling.
tures in colonial administration has the highway between Dallas and In­
been undertaken by the Holland gov­ dependence.
ernment, which has granted complete
Closer organisation of the live stock
autonomy to the Island's colonies of industry of the state and the Pacific
’Java, Sumatra and Celebes. The na­ northwest was emphasized at the 11th
tives will elect members who will alt annual convention of the Cattle and
ta the parliament at The Hague. Hol­ Horse Raisers’ association of Oregon
land is the second largest colonial held in Baker.
GENERAL MACHINE SHOP
power In the world, comparatively
The Rev. Robert A. Buchanan of
speaking. The population of the Dutch
Repairing Trucks, Tractors, Automobiles,
Sitka, Alaska, has accepted the pas­
East Indies Is close to 60,000,000,
torate of Grace Presbyterian church
Caterpillars, and Combine Motors, Cylinder
while In natural resources the Islands
at Albany, sucseedtag the Rev. A. D.
Grinling, Oyx-acetylene and Electric Welding
are unsurpassed In the East.
The
Thompson, who resigned after serving
policy of England and Holland, the
several years.
two greatest empire builders in the
At the Quartz crossing about five
world, has always been to bind the na­
miles
east of Baker, a west bound
tives’ interest to they* own. A delega­
freight train ran into a herd of cattle
tion
will
start
shortly
from
the
Philip
­
Phone Main 4001
616 East Second St
pine islands to study the system of belonging to Palmer A Denham and
colonial administration at first hand killed twenty-two and seriously injur­
ed a number more.
ta Java,
A convention of music teachers and
professional musicians of Oregon was
held at the University of Oregon Fri­
day and Saturday of last week. Bev-.
vnU hundred persona from all parts of
the state attended.
The Southern Pacific eompaay hga
secured an option on 39 acres of
Klamath Falls property which will be
utilised for switching, shops and
roundhouse facilities for the new Eu-
gene-Klamath Falls line.
Organisation has been perfected In
Portland of a daylight lodge of
Masons, whose membership is compos­
ed of members who are employed at
night and who therefore can attend
only sessions held by day.
After receiving no fish since the
opening of the season on Rogue river,
the Macleay Estate company at Wed
deburn has reached an agreement with
the union fishermen, who will be paid
$4 cents for their catches.
BILL- BARBLR
SAYS
R ead & G alloway
The Dalles, Ore
Ten thousand pounds of chitting,
bark from trees ta the 8luslaw na­
tional forest have just been sold by
the forest service to William Wilbur
of Deadwood creek, according to Ralph
8. Shelley, supervisor of this forest.
Governor Walter M. Pierce waa the
principal speaker at the community
picnic held at the Beaver Creek school
grounds Thursday, Juno IS, under
auspices of the Beaver Creek grange
and the Beaver Creek Co-operative
company.
Cheater Wheatfill and Harold Sta­
men, Eugene youths found guilty in
circuit court on the charge of assault
and robbery while armed with a dan
gerous weapon, were gentenced to
serve seven years each in the state
penitentiary.
. A complete Wreck of two ear«, each
driving under California license,
occurred about four miles south of
Grass
Valley
st 8:80 on Monday
evening
The cars met on a curve,
with the result that parts of each car
were liberally scattered over the
Sherman highway. A man named
Rodgers, accompanied by a Mr.
Farieigh and wife,in a buick roadster
and Thomas Moss, accompanied by
E. T. Patrick, of Criterion, driving
a Dodge touring car were the parties
concerned. Rodgers was the only one
hurt the steering post of hia car in­
juring his chest and causing him to
bleed at the mouth. Sheriff Chrisman
was called to the scene of the wreck
on Tuesday morning but at this time
no complaint has been officially filed
against either driver.
Field Day at Experiment Station
Saturday, June 4th, will be field
Day on the experiment station at
Moro. A genera) invitation is ex­
tended to all farmers, business men
and any one interested to visit the
station on that date. A meeting will
be held in the forenoon st which
several prominent speaxers
will
discuss the
general agricultural
situation and particularly the prob­
lems of the west grower both pro­
duction and marketing. Prof. Geo.
R. Hyslop of the Oregon experiment
ststion and M. A. MeCall of Washing­
ton experiment ststion and U. S.
department of agriculture will be
present to deliver addresses.
The
meetings will be in the forenoon be­
ginning st 9:30 with the afternoon
devoted to an inspection of the
station.
Call Upon Us
No matter what y«’iir mercliandire ii»*vilr may
be, we are qualified to till them lor you
Room Size and Smaller
Lineoleum Rugs and Congoleum Rugs
Furniture
Electric Appliances
Fishing Tackle
Paints and Oils
»
Kalsomine
Builders' Hardware
Everything for the Home id here
at prices that invite a visit to this store
Moro, Oregon
THE MORO DAIRY
G. G. Thorp, proprietor
MORO
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OREGON
Fire that started ta the dry kilns of
the Gold Modal shingle mill, ta the
The only dairy herd in the vicinity of Moro
Nehalem, near Birkenfeld, destroyed
that is certified disease-free.
39 tracks of shingles that were In.
the kilns and about 1,500,000 shingles
Milk, I2C quart
Cream, 35c pint
on the outside, entailing a psoperty
Deliveries daily, morning and evening
loss estimated at $10,000.
A. W Stone, who on June 1 termfuat
ed hia connection with the Hood River
Apple Growers’ association, imme XXX x XX xa XXXXKMX k K x oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
diatoly began the task oC converting
the Mosier Fruit Growers' association <
into aa organtaation characterized by
strictly co-operative lines.
Ai soon as arrangements can be
completed, an airplane forest fire pa
trol wiU be established at Eugene,
HOT AND COLD BATHS
Senator McNary was told by Secre
tary of War Weeks and Colonel Wil
Ham C. Greeley, chief of the forest
sendee. Three planes gre to be pro­
vided for the use of the Datrol.
Several hundred residents of the
country lying north of Salem, staged
a demonstration in Salem with the
prooontatlon to, the county court of
s petition coking for s paved roadway
connecting Brooks and Mount Angel 1
BY AUTO
and piercing part of the Lake Labish
AND VISIT THE DALLES
district. The petition contained 57
names.
“No one is i able to estimate, in
happiness or money the value to
women of < electric tabor saving
ln the concrete, fully equipped, roomy garage of Wal­
dev ces, ” s^ys Miss Sophia Maiicki
ther-Williams
Company. Competent workman always ready
of the women’s public information
to
help
you
in
any way they can at least expense to you.
committee of the national electric
light association. “The labor saving
For any service rendered the charge will always be reasonable.
devices have given her longer life.
have allowed her time for cultural
pursuits, have made her physically
more beautiful «nd, in a word, are
making life more enjoyable throagh
THE DALLES
OREGON.
freeing her of home drudgery.”
MORO HOTEL BARBER SHOP
Moro
Oregon
WHEN YOU TRAVEL
STORE YOUR CAR
WALTHER-WILLIAMS GARAGE
We
Specialize
on
Ford Work
Carrying a Large Stock
of Genuine Ford Parts
Williams Motor Co.,
Moro, Ore.
Authorized Ford Sales and Service