Sherman County observer., July 25, 1924, Image 2

What are your common errors tn
English? Every speaker and writer,
except possibly the dyed-in-the-wool
purist who spends his time making
fine distinctions, has s number of
habitual mistakes in grammar er the
use uf words to his credit He goes on
making these mistakes, sometimes con
sriously, more often unconsciously, If
he were to take time to analyse his
uae of language he would find, in all
probability, that the number of bls
errors Is surprisingly small. He would
find, too, that they result from a
vagueness In mental distinction wlflch
be could easily grasp If be set bis
mind to it.
The past, imaginatively re-crested
belongs to art—today, Imaginatively
Interpreted belongs to art.
If one
Imaginatively conceives tomorrow, that
also shall not art claim? Further
more, an Imaginative conception of to­
morrow may not be of tom or now alone
bug of today discerned—already ascer
Zona Gals in the Ysle Review. Whet
is reality but the divination of the
amoeba become the ascertainable by
the mol I oak? And shall the amoeba of
today deny to art his own divination
of either the amoeba of today or of
the molluak of tomorrow?
BILL BARBER1
SAYS
Miffion Ford Cars Sold at Retail
Between January First and July
Sales reports from the 34 American
branches ot the Ford Motor company
show that over a million Ford cars
and trucks were pold at retail during
the first six months of 1924.
The
actual figure is 1,036,978, which ex-
ceeds the total retail sales for the
133,095—an '
average gain of 22.182 sales per
month.
A comparison between Ford sales
in 1924 and 1928 not only indicate a !
remarkable increase in the country’s'
buying power but also shows that thia
growth continues month by month.
In every instance the monthly sales
in 1924 have shown a substantial in­
crease over the corresponding month
In June th?iremh^7°u74^
which was approximately 10,000 ahead
of June sales in the preceeding yesr.
These figures are for retail sales in
the United States alone and do not
take into consideration the sales made
by foreign Ford brahches and associ­
ated companies, the majority of
which assemble cars from American
made parts
Perhaps the most encouraging sign
of the times lies in the fact that
these sales have been spread very
evenly throughout the country and
indicate a general prosperity that is
not confined to anv particular section.
R ead & G alloway
GENERAL
MACHINE
SHOP
Repairing Trucks, Tractors, Automobiles,
Caterpillars, and Combine Motors, Cylinder
Grinling, Oyx-acetylene and Electric Welding
The Dalles, Ore
616 East Second 8t
Phont Main 4001
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Highway Engineers Claim Speed ,
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Maniacs Ruins Macadem Roads
Special Prices on Harvest Groceries
Come in and See
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Our Special Prices on the Following Items
Preferred Stock Coffee in 5, 2 1-2,
Bulk Coffee .
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Fruits in gallon tins
Mexican Beans
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V«ry Clos« Pricea Made
On Lnrgfl Grocery Orders
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Peas
White Navy Beans
Soap, R & G naptha
Pickels in kegs -
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Syrup in jackets
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For F"rm Produc®
A British sciential seriously djs-
cusses the possibility of discovery of
a process for transmutation of baser
metals Into gold and th« consequent
embitterment of Am«rlca that might
result from paying off Great Britain*«
debt to thia country with such product,
So transmutation «till has Its place In
the dreams of imaginative votaries of
science. Manifestly belief In the pos­
sibility of Its attainment dies hard.
For many, many centuries quest for
the secret of transmutation ha« been
on and for so many centuries effort
has proved futile and time spent In
experiment and research has been
wasted. As a possibility transmuta­
tion Is not close enough to worry over.
It 1« still as far away as It was when
the alchemist first started on its trail.
In view of this the British «dentist*«
serious discussion of It doe« not call
for serious consideration.
Tire “National Society for the Study
of Hducation has recently been ap­
pealed to by eminent loader« In edu­
cation to looter a movement to give
more attention to th« specially gifted,
^upll. Of recent yean greater atten­
tion In proportion has been given to
backward or subnormal children.
Mrs. A. S. Johnson returned on
Tuesday from a -vacation trip that
included Portland, Salem, Silverton,
and other Willamette valley points of
Interest snd also st Hood River.
During her sbsence, while on a motor
trip between Salem and Independence
in company with Dr. Lloyd D.
Id I eman and Mrs. Id I eman, Mrs.
Johnson’s sister, they crossed the
Willsmettte river
by mesne of
one of the most unususl applica­
tions of electric power to the work of
the world, the electric ferry on the
Willamette River at Independence,
Oregon. It operates from an over­
head trolly, 1.200 feet in length,
spanning the river, and displaced an
old gasoline engine drive.
The installation consists of a two
horsepower motor, direct-connected to
the gear parts of s Fordson tractor,
which operates side wheels by means
of a chain drive. <
With the old style drive the ferry
required 20 minutes for the round
trip, snd the operating coot was <150
a month.
Under the electric opera­
tion, the round trip time' has been
reduced to two minutes, snd operating
cost to <80 s mon th ,w Current for the
ferry is furnished by the Mountain
States Power Company.
Gunning Egyptian« ar« turning out
tons of fak« antique«, ««Bing thaw to
tourist« attracted to th« NHe country
by King Tut’« tomb In the Valley of
the Kings. A favorite counterfeit la
ancient
th«
scarab,
beetle«. Wherever you find th« real
thing, you find Imitation« nearby.
Wherever producer« toll, parasite«
hover do»e at hand. In life kre two
and
neems to be part of nature’s system of
checks and balancea.
In far-off Tibet, Chinese dependency.
Explorer McGovern finds a paradise
for women. In this paradise, high up
In the mountain passe«, there are 00
men to every woman. No woman Is too
hotMly to have lees than a dozen
suitors, and a woman usually has seven
husbands. Nature strives to balance
the population.
One generation of
children will restore the sex bslsnce
In Tibet, unleqe the situation la due
to the old Chinese custom of «llmlnst-
Ing most of the gift osoiea.
Call Upon Us
No matter what y<»ur merchandise iieada may
be, we arc qualified lo fill 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 is here
at prices that invite a visit to this store -
Moro,
Oregon
THE MORO DAIRY
O. O. Thorp, proprietor
Phone aiFi
MORO
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OREGON
T he only dairy herd in the vicinity of Moro
that is certified disease-free.
Milk, 12c quart
Cream, 35c pint
Deliveries daily, morning and evening
USE
MORO, ORE.
MOTOR OIL
Auto Truck and Team
Drayage of all kinds
AND
Special delivery rates made on
wood, coal, etc. to country places
Long and short hauling promptly
done on abort notice.
Headquarters at Hotel Moro.
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Dr W. N. Morse
Physician and Surgeon
UNION OIL COMPANY
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Williams Motor Co., Moro, Ore
Authorized Ford Sales and Service
One
One
Two
One
One
Ford Track
Ford Roadster Starter Type, with
Bosch Ignition, —
Poto Cars
Hupmobtle Touring •
1919 Haynes Touring
Cord Tires.
a real good buy .
Monoliths and pyramid« hay« been
found in British Honduras, «MStlhg
American hemisphers Is rafano« to as
the new world, but it can. on demand.
worthy th« attenti«« «f any Wiw tM.
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There Is so much gloom in this world
that New York undertakers have de­
rided to disguise their hearses so that
tn future they will look like ordinary
limousine«.' Last year they discarded
blsck gloves st funerals. The under
takers apparently understand bumar
nature. Few people like to be remind
ed of death. Yet it is inevitable And
there are plenty of human beings for
whom death bolds no terrors
Such
people often combine with their cour­
age to die a Joy of living that is smut
Ing. Others look at it philosophy a'I
and see In death only one event I d »
series of occurrences which must be
experienced. To Ignore thoughts of
death Is like the ostrich which bides
Its bead Ln the sand when danger
threatens.
survived by his wife, two sons, one
daughter, a sister, and three brothers.
Mr. VanLandingham is one of the
pioneers of Sherman county, coming
here in the ’80s.
For a number of
FIRED
years he owned land east of Grass
Valley in the Rutledge district, liter
HE boy dropped his head and cov­
moving
to Grass Valley where he has
ered his face with his hands to
resided tor some time.
Funeral
hide the tears which he could not keep
back. He was trying to realize what it services were held st Grass Valley,
under direction of the Zell Funeral
all meant.
“Can’t I have another chance?” he home on Thursday afternoon, from
asked.'
the Methodist ehurch, Rev. U. C.
“You’ve already had many chances,” Smothers, of thia city, conducting
the older man answered, “and you’ve the service.
let them slip by.”
He was not a bad boy with vicious
Following an illness of two and a
habits. He had simply wasted his time
foolishly, thoughtlessly, with silly girls half months, Isaac Thompson passed
and purposeless, lazy boys. He had sway at the home of his daughter,
meant to work, to do the job assigned Mrs. Neil McDonald in Hay canyon,
to him. to change bls methods. There Tuesday morning, aged 89 years, 10
At the time of
wss still plenty of time, be was sure. months and 2 days.
In which to fix it al? up; and then he his death Mr. Thompson was one of
awakened suddenly to the feet that he three surviving veterans of the civil
was badly tn debt, that his work had war residing in Sherman county.
He
not been done; temptatiou came, and was a member and, at the time of
he was nut quite honest, adt quite his death,
commander of W. T.
square; be had stolen to make good
Sherman poet G. A. R. of Sherman
bls obligations.
Oregon.
Funeral services
“I bad to pay up,” he explained, “and county,
waa
held
at
the
family
home on
I didn’t stop to think.”
Now he had lost his job, and he was Wednesday afternoon. Rev. U. C.
facing his failure and his disgrace. He Smothers, of this city, conducting the
had done more hard thinking In 24 service under direction of the Zell
hours than In all the previous years ' Funeral home.
Interment waa in
of his careless thoughtless life.
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Rose cemetery in Hay canyon.
iment or
'I do not mind the
Deceased was born in Harrison
the humiliation for myself,”') he said, county, Ohio, on September 201 h.
“I deserve it all and more, (if it can
1834.
He was united in marrisge to
be so fixed that I can bear It alone 1
Mary A. Eaaly May 22d. 1866, who
shall be satisfied. I want to keep it
from the folks, and especially 1 want departed this life at Trout Lake,
to keep It from mother. Someway, I Washington, on March 4th, 1909
don’t believe she could bear to feel Eight children were born to this
union, four of whom have passed to
that I had been dishonest.”
It Is a fallacy of youth that the in- the great beyond as follows: Sarah
dividual alone suffers for his own
E , Florence E., Richard E., and
sins anti delinquencies, What happens Vincent G. Surviving children are
to you happens in equal measure to all Elwood, residing at Oregon City;
Your family,
those related to you.
Jess B., residing at Milwaukie, Ore­
your associates, your friends, your
gon; Burtha A. McDonald, residing
neighbors, all suffer with you.
present address
“Your penalty falls more heavily at Moro; Aaron,
upon me and upon my boy’s mother,” unknown, and 31 grand children and
a father wrote only this week, “than four great grand children.
At the time of the civil war de
upon hlmt” Tills doesn’t seem fair,
but it’s true' and it is the way of the ceased enlisted in company.D, 151st
world. "No man lives unio himself regiment Illinois infantry, leaving
alone,
the service at the close of the war.
" It ‘ is a fallacy of youth, also, to de­ He was converted and joined the
ceive himself into believing that one Presbyterian church in Illinois and
can evade" paying the price of loafing,
later, when he moved to Oregon In
and laziness, and neglect of obliga­
tion, and of dishonesty, and dissipa­ 1896, transferred his membership to
tion. One*'always pays heavily. If Moro Presbyterian church, of which
theŸe is delay In the rendering of the he lived a consistant member until
During bis last illness of
account, if one seems to have escaped his death.
the penalty one may be sure that when about two and a half months he bore
he Is finally called upon to pay, as his Suffering with Christie« fortitude.
he ultimately will be, generous Inter­
est will be added. Tliere is no es­
Card of Thanks
cape. .
We wish to express our heartfelt
appreciation to our friends and neigh­
bors for the kindness and sympathy
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extended to us during the last illness
at the time and following the death
of our beloved father. I sacs Thompson.
Orders to “clamp the lid down’’
The Family.
on speed maniacs, especially along
the macadam highways of thia dis­
Who has the greater Income after
trict, have been received from the
college years—the scholar or the
motor vehicle department at Salem.
The policy of jailing speedeva will mixer? How rates the student of
be made more stringent than ever chemistry, say, with the student of
with the instructions to “arreat all campustry? One answer la given by
speed law
violators and prosecute an instructor tn th« University of
Michigan. He lias prepared a sort of
them to the full extent of the law.”
Special reference has been made alumni whoa who and for how much.
jn the order to The Dalles-California The scope of Uis inquiry 1« not known
highway and the Columbia river high­ to ox, but his cempllatioh points to the
way east of The Dalles. Traffic offi­ conclusion that in the tan-year pe­
cers claim that a heavy automobile riod since graduation, high scholarship
traveling over a macadam road at a men bavo reached an avarago annual
speed of 40 to f>0 miles miles an hour Income of <8,000, with men prominent
for a- distance of 100 miles, will
throw from the highway more of the at an average of <10,000 a y—r, says
fine top binder than could be replaced tli® Nation’s Business. A word of ex­
by a crew of ten men working eight planation goes along with th« figure«.
hours each day for a week.
If such Rays the instructor: “Ths ststlstlcs
conditions are allowed to continue the do not prove that th« men of th« high-,
life of the macadam roads in this est grades are incapable of «aroing
few big money—they merely «how these
state will not be in excess of
years.
men do not prefer Unes of work which
are most lucrative." So we conclude
that thofle who wooed the lamp In
Supplied In All Things.
college are rewarded tn th« measure
He that leveth a book will never
set by their choice of earner, and that
want a faithful friend, a wholesome
those who wooed other flame« have
jounselor, h cheerful companion, an
come to a more golden fortune. Schol­
effectual comforter.—laaac Barrow.
ars or mixers—young gentlemen la
college all have their oil cana. Bom«
there be who burn th«ir oil, and some
there be who merely spread it, but
oil’s well thst ends well.
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July ?5. 1924
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Editor and Publisher
Thomas VanLandingham,
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The amount of tax exempt securities
issued by the various branches of
government and owned by persona
interested in avoiding paying taxes
has grown until it is a generally
recognized evil. There is a lot of
talk of cutting off the tax exempt
feature and even some consideration
of ways and means of reaching those
securities already issued upon which
the good faith of the issuing govern­
ment is pledged. But this is only s
part of the bad policy of tax exemp­
tion.
When money capital is diverted
into tax exempt issues it escapes only
the tax on intangible property which
n this state is at a lower rate than
ht tax'1 upon tangible propertv.
When publicly .owned utilities are
established,
tangible - property is
msde free from taxes.
The more
untaxed utilities there are the fewer
taxed utilities there can he.
This
*an only * result from shifting s part
>[ the burden of supporting the
various forms of government to the
remaining taxable pioperty.
Public ownership, carried to its
ultimate conclusion, would diminish
the amount of taxable property while
increasing the amount of taxes to be
raised.
The person owning the last
piece of taxable property in a com­
munity dominated by communistic
tendencies would be in a pitiful situ- 1
ation.
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In theory, the publicly owned util-
ties should make a profit
which
would reduce the demand for money
to be raised by taxes.
In practice,
lowever, a publicly ownM and politi-
?aby managed utility increases debt, !
ncreases taxes and reduces the a-
-nount of property from which the
taxes can be drawn.
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