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C. L. I reland
Editor and Publisher
Entered aa second claaa matter M the
poet office at Moro, Oregon, July 25, 1891
F riday .
..March 13, 1925
Operators ot motor busses have
been ad ri and of a recent decision of
the supreme court of the United
Elates freeing stages in interstate
traffic of state regulation. The case
WM taken to the national supreme
court from the supreme court of
Washington and related particularly
to license fe— and other regulate s
—tabliahed by state public service
commissions.
It is the opibion of
attorneys for auto stage end freight
owners of Oregon that the laws in
this state would be inoperative, due
to the similarity of cond<tions in the
Washington appeal-
The growth of the bus and atagc
busin—s; the effect ot the— h—vy
vehicles on the highways and the
comparatively * small
compensation
they return to the state for use of
-the roads were points advsneed for
the regulstion of this traffic.
It
was —id that four per cent of the
traffic, meaning stages snd trucks,
did 90 per cent of the damage to the
highways.
I A. C.
Thompeon hed s narrow
escape from aerious injury and possi­
ble death on Wednesday morning
when he drove his sedan car across
the railway crossing at the foot of
First street in front of the spproach-
ing passenger train.
Undoubtedly
Mr. Thompson was confused by the
movements of the freight train which
was also in town at the name time.
The engineer of the passenger train
aaw the Thompeon auto in time to
apply full air to the brakes which did
not stop the train altho slowing it
enough for the ear to pass the tracks
in safety.
It is thought by eye
witnesses thst Mr. Thompson was
not swsre of his danger until aeveral
boors Is ter — he continued up the
hill and out of town by way of the
eounty fair grounds.
The near accident to the A. C.
Thompeon car on Wednesday again
brought to mind the near accident of
M. R. Schade wits at the “wtro-
house” railway crossing one morning
about four weeks ago when he almost
ing freight train.
The time was
early morning with a riaing sun
shining full in the eyes of the car
driver, blinding him so that he did
not see the freight cars until within
Officers of the Sherman county
council of religious education and
Sunday school work met in the Meth­
odist church at Moro* last Sunday
afternoon at three o'clock. Follow­
ing the opening of the meeting by
prayer, by Rev. Johnson -Of Grass
Vallsy. ths roading of the constitu­
tion, and appointment of the follow­
ing committee on finance was made
by the county president, R. C.
Byers, Mrs. Adams of Kent, R. J.
Baker of Grass Valley, A. M. Wright
of Moro, and Mra. E. D. McKee of
Wasco.
Other business transacted was the
appointment of R. C. Byers as dele­
gate from Sherman county to the
state convention and also granting
him power to name one other delegate
to attend with him.
J. C. Hartley
of Kent was named as alternate dele­
New regulation of automobile head
and spot lights has been provided by
the last eemion of the Oregon legis­
lates* the general idea being to fol­
low the policy in vogue in California.
On the whole, dimming of lights will
be deme sway with save on black-top
pavement when there is a rain.
The
lighting problems were worked out by
the committee on roads under the
supervision of a lighting engineer.
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Auto camp grounds,
which sre
springing up like mushrooms on every
highwsy in Oregon, will now be sub­
ject to state supervision. The legis­
lature enacted 6 law Which aims to
see that all auto camp grounds are
maintained in a sanitary condition.
This step has been made necessary
by the ' neglect * which has been
noticeable in many of, these camps
and the danger of spreading disease
by tourists using them.
ML-BARBE k
Ef
the mstter of the 125 monthly allow­
ance made by the county to Jas. Hed­
ricks snd wife; division of money
silowsnee.
Ordered thst the clerk
deliver the county warrant one month
to Mrs. Hedricks and the alternate
month to Mr. Hedricks.
W mco County, account Lawer and
Were, for care and board lor the
’ two month last past....................... 123
Mr« A J ^Murray, care oi T Dick-
30.
•on for January . .......................
30.
for month of February.............
Jame« Hedrick, county poor..... 50
Statement presented by H S. Wall,
eounty road master, concerning the
expenditures and balance on hand ot
the »300 000 county road bond issue.
Same accepted and ordered filed with
other county court papers as matters
of record. .
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general fand to pay the following
claims, on account of salaries,* office
expense, and incidental expense : -
Mrs. Mary Crandall, 69 years old,
died the evening of Merch 3rd st the
home ot her brother, Frank Payne, in
Soros is park, The Dall—.
Surviving
are the brother and one nephew, Ben
Payne, of Grass Valley.
Funeral
.services were held Fridsy at Grass
Vs I ley, Rev. B. H. Kenyon offici-
under the
ating.
Interment
direction of the Zell funeral home.
New Dress Goods-All Shades
and All Prices. Outing
Flannels, Tub Fast
Suitings and Silks
Moro Trading Co
sician ..................................
Dr C L Poley, board oi health
WE Tate. .
F D Antrim, itale weights and
measures........... .......................
Anna Edd > court house janitor for
Jsnuary.........................................
Anna Eddy, court house j—it or for
^Spring
march
aad-exp—ft..
.....................
Sherman Electric Company, light
January and February.................
Report received from H. S. Wall
county road master, showing expen­
January and February ... ,.....
ditures made on account of the Shear­
er grade road up to and including Hugh Chrisman, aheriff expense
account board bill tor Will Mc­
February 28th. Same accepted and
Lachlan while in care ot county
ordered placed on file.
Action by the county court in the
matter of traveling allowance to be
made on account of county school
superintendent. Ordered thst 840 oe
granted each month and that the
name start as of date of January 1st,
1925.
Report received from H. S. Wal),
county road master, concerning pro­
posed new road in district No. 5
known as the O. R. Knspp rosd. Re­
port included surveyor's report, maps
and description of same.
Ordered
that when the proposed extension be
made that it thenceforth be included
and made part of the county road
system.
Action by county court in the mat­
ter of recording fees necessary for
papers filed concern ng investments
account reseeding: 1st, state mort-
gages; 2nd, individual mortgagee ;
3rd, waivers, Ordered that in any
esse where the county clerk or
assistant feels thst the loan is for
reseeding, the instrument is to be
recorded the same as for the state.
without charge.
Action by the county court in the
mstter of the Martin road in dis­
trict 6; viewers oath, viewer« report,
surveyor’s report snd blue prin( on
file: Read the first time March 4th.
Read the second time March 5.
Action taken on March 6th on
viewers report as follows: Damages
allowed to Dayton Henrichs, L. H.
Martin, W. J. Martin, Douma Bros.,
and Mrs. McCslIum in the sum of 81
each and in addition in the case of
the last nsmed, only, the county to
construct a standard three wira fence.
Action’ taken on March 6th on
viewer« report ss follows:
J, A.
F ■ Thompson, dsmage allowed. »1; Dew-
Il ey Thon, peon, damage allowed, »1;
i Nel* Haoaun, damage allowed, »260
If there is anything in the world you would like to lose, it’s that disturbing
nerve-upsetting squeak. Drive your car into the Foss & Co. garage and we
will get rid of that noise in a hurry. We do the kind of work that will
40/
2 25
2 00
320 00
We Have a Complete Line of Auto Accessories
7.46
35.00
35.00
Glass 4k Prudhomme, printing ac’t
county officers and supplies .... 258.80
Kilham Stationery. & Printing Co
110 81
printing acct...............................
Grass Valley Journal,
printing
8.
account assessor’s office....
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«hexiff........................ ;... 20.
Sherman County Observer, acet
advertisiog and printing..........
Ginn, Colisa— A C», supplica .. 33 20
county.
way commission be notified that the
amount in question has been included
Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Co
in the 1925 tax budget and that when
taxes are collected that the same
January and February............
will be remitted to the state.
' Action by the county court in the
matter of the Neil McDonald road in
districts No. 6 and 15; viewers oatb,
viewers report, surveyor’s «uplamen­
ts I report snd blue print on Ale.
Reed the first time March 4th.
Read
the second tirre March Sth.
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75 oo
270 00
Mary L Hoakinson, salary, clerk
Blanche
240.
county
A M Zevely, county scheok super­
280 00
intendent salary .... ...............
Jas Slewsxt, salary stock inspector
Wasco News Enterprise, printing
Ordered that the state high ‘
scceuat county judge...........
Action by the county court in the
matter of the Lone Rock market road
unit No. 2; viewers osth, viewers
report, surveyor’s report and blue
print on file.
Read the first time
Merch 4th. Read the second time
March 5th.
Action taken on March 6th on
viewers report as fallows: Theodore
Johnston, dsmage allowed, 81; Mrs.
C. G. Huis, dsmsge allowed. »6;
E. O. L. Co , damage allowed, »25
and county to fence where right of
way is taken; W. C. Miller, damage
allowed, »100 and county to construct
standard three wire fence;
Brackett
Broc.,
damage allowed,
»50 and
county to construct standard three
wire fence; Msrtha Damon, damage
allowed, 8100 and county to furnish
and build standard three wire fence.
Hats of all Colors and Shapes,
Ranging in Price from
$1.50 to $5.00
E D McKee, «alary county judge
Foss & Co., I®0, - r—
fees, and court attendance..... 20
Action by the county court : In
A
A
Dunlap,
county commissioner
the matter of the appointment of a
ices,
and
court
attendance ... . 19
deputy assessor to handle the field
work of the office. Ordered that Fred Hugh Chrisman, sheriff aahary... 380 00
Haynes of Kent be appointed at a E R Hickson, deputy sheriff salary 250 00
100.00
salary of »600 snd that he furnish his
7.57
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sccouat
expense.
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«wn transportation.
gate. . . '
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It was voted to hold the next county
Sunday school rally at Wasco on the
last Sunday in June.
During the
afternoon. Rev. Johnson addressed
the council on “Needs of our Sunday
\ Application of Samuel Hill, trus­
schools." Ths meeting was dismissed
tee, for license to operate a.ferry
by Rev. Feenstra of Moro Methodist
across the Columbia river between
church.
Sp niah hollow, in Sherman eounty,
Twenty officers of the county coun­
Oregon, and Columbus, Washington.
cil were present and four absent. The
Ordered continued to a special hear­
meeting was also well attended by
ing to be held by the county court on
others interested in the Sunday school
Thursday, March 12th at 10 a. m.
and religious
work of Sherman
Action by tlie county court on
county.
communication received from the city
About fifty members snd guests council for Moro, Oregon, concerning
attended the Dorcas study club guest the propoeed route for the Lone Roek
dsy social at the home of Mrs. O. L. market road within the city limits of
Bel she last Friday afternoon. About said town: Ordered thst the com­
20 members of the Wasco ladies club munication, recommending proposed
sMisted to make the occasion a social route for >aid road be filed and that
success by their attendance.
Mrs. the said city council he notified that
Sadie Orr Dunbar and Mi— Elisabeth whenever they can obtain a right of
Chamberlain,
both
prominent in way for aaid road within the city
women’s club work, st tended from lionita the county cm rt will accep
Portland. Mi— Linnie Beishe, assist­ the lame and construct the said road
ed by Miss Luara Urquhart at the thereon.
piano.. favored the gathering with
Communication from
the Oregon
vocal selections, they having been State Highway commission regarding
exenaad from school duties for the balance in the amount of »3,760 83
occasion.
Refreshments consisting of due the state highway commission on
angel cake, ahexbut and coffee were account of state expenditures for con­
served.
struction of highways in Shermar
Several baronia of white paint.
bam and roof paint have been re­
ceived by the county fair board and
work will start this week on the
work of repainting all the buildings
at the fait grounds.
The paviIlion,
restaurant,concession stand, office and
chicken buildings will be repainted
J. M. Axtell and W. H. Williams
with white.
The two barns will
again be painted red.
Roofs on sll locked autos just before noon Monday
at the street iniereection of First and
the buildings will be painted black.
Dsmage was largely
The work will be in charge of T. W. Main street.
oonttned to the Axtell car, it having
Alley.
a bole punched in the radiator and
both front springa and side frames
being sprung to the left.
WHiidtas
car had a bole punched in the left
rear fender where the front end of the
spring on Axtell's car hooked into
AN EXPER"
the car.
SPORTVRfTLR
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AMERICAN
Donald, damage allowed, 81 and in
lieu of the 18-inch culvert the ceunty
will furnish enough steel to reinforea
stock run to bo constructed by Ms.
Petition presented by I. M. Peter­ McDonald.
son and others asking for the sppeint-
ment of R. J. Ginn as justice of the
peace for district No. 3.
Allowed.
Action by the county court: In account county poor:
MAIN STREET
The Sunset Cooperative Fishermen
oi Nehalem bay have started con­
struction at Wheeler of a packing and
cold storage plant to cost »500«.
B arber S hop
MORO,
Sine January 1 23 new families
have bee n located in Jackson county
by the land settlement committee of
the Medford chamber of commerce.
* Portland
again
led
the
Joe Truitt, Proprietor
Pacific
10 20
5 25
SHOWER BATHS
»3,504,680.
Despondent over Ui health tor more
than a year, Mrs. 8. Kinsey, wife of
a wefiknown farmer at Needy, at­
16 «5 tempted suicide by leaping into the
Molalla river.
9 90
Two bond issues, »40,000 for addi­
tional fire equipment sad »15,000 for
the construction of a new city jail,
were defeated at a special election
held in Bend.
3 50
R o b ert Crumley. 56, operator of a
Dr M F Froyd, professional ser­
donkey engine in the camp of the
vices account Will McLachlan
45.
while in care of county..............
was killed whea the disc on the en
S P Brisbine, table county treasur­
2 00 gine broke and struck him io the side.
er’s office ...................................
W C Bryant, filing fee state case. 10.
Work of laying rails above the pres­
National Sorcty Co., premium on
ent rail head at McCredie Springs on
7 50 the Southern Pacific company’s Eu-
roadmaater’a boud......... ........
J F Noonan, account painting and
gene-Klamath Falls line will begin
103.70 March 15, according to company of-
papering at court house..........
Tumalum Lumber company, acct
fidalm
10.
wood for court house ...............
A hundred tons, of road building
.48 machinery are at Bend, ready to be
Lyman B Miller, tax refund..........
Tumalum Lumber eoaspaay, order
rushed to the MoKensie pass and
account work dou< by F R Ax­
placed in operation In an effort to
tell at court hou—........................
complete the road over the mountains
this season.
H. B. Belshee has recovered all
The Douglas county court has call
but throe of the horses and mules ed for bids for the paving of approxi­
advertised in the Observer aa having mately one-half mile of Eden bow er
strayed from his teat. The animals road, which branches off west from
yet missing are a bay mule weight
Pacific highway about a mile
about eleven hund/wd with brand on north of Roeeburg.
left shoulder; a black mare with lagy
Contracts under which dairymen of
B brand on left should«»» a sorrel!
the want end of Umatilla county ex­
raddle horse branded CCC on left
pect to soil their cream OQ-operatively
stifle. The animdla that wero found
have bees drafted, and a meeting to
were at the C. P. Walker farm.
put tbs plan into, effect is to be held
The Oregon state motor association in the near future
gained an advantage to obtain mem»
The Gates Mill company, whose
bera through one law passed by the
sawmill to located at Schroeder, about
state legislative aaaetnbly. Thia pro»
a mile east of Gates, has started the
vides that if a member of the associ­
plant for the first time in sbout two
ation is arrested for traffic violation
years, and it is planned to operate
he need only surrender his card of
steadily from now on.
membership as bail and go on his
Contrary to usual custom, the an­
way.
In the event that the member
nual
Polk county fair win be operated
reft»— to go to court or do— not pay
the fine imposed he Io—e membership with a free gate this yeas, according
to a decision made by the new fair
in the association.
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board. The dates tor this year’s ejrent
were set as September 10. 11 and U.
Orin W. Train, 6», well known tn
When the time expired at Salem
the Evans creek district, near Med­
ford, where he had lived nearly 40 tor filing bills and vetoes resulting
years, wss found dead on his ranch
with a bullet wound through his head. session ot the legislature, Governor
Pierce had lopped off from the ap­
Although the dead man had-a 38-cali
ber revolver in one hand, from which propriations the amount of »504,769.
a shell had been exploded, there is
The Crown-Willamette Paper com
some doubt of suicide.
pany has torn up two miles of its Ne-
The United Statea bureau of public cantcum logging road track and is
roads will co-operate in a EOgsne sending the t ratta to Cathlamet,
Bend celebration over the completion W—h.s where a logging rood exten­
of MoKensie pass, according to word sion is under course of construction.
received at Eugene from C. H. Pur­
ceil, district engineer. Mr. Purcell
suggested Frog camp as the celebra­
tion site, and late August as the time.
Definite plans have not been made,
however.
At a meeting of the Oregon J eroe y
Cattle club, definite datec were set
for the county shows to bo held
throughout the state. The Columbia
county show will be on May 18; Clack
amas county on May M; Marina on
May 21; Polk, on Mag 88; Uan, on
May 23, and Lane, on May 25. Other
counties are scheduled» but definite
dates have not been chooeu.
Oregon dealers disposed of Ml».-
655 gallons of gasoline and 6MK gal­
lons of distillate in January, accord
ing to a report issued by 8am A. Ko-
saf, secretary of state. Tlxes remit­
ted on the January Bales of gasoline
and distillate aggregated 8160,645.67,
and eounty to eonatruct hog tight
fence similar to the ore already
there; G/B. Bourhill, damage a|low- oline sales increased approximately
ed, 8200 and the county to construct1 25 per cent, while distillate sales in­
atapbaid three Wire fence; Nell Mc- creased II per cent.
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OREGON
Work Ie being rushed by the Ham­
mond Lumber company on the com­
pletion of several new bridges en their
loggia« railroad to camp 24 at Mill
City, and as soon aa finished the
camps will be reopened for the sum
The work of paving the left span
of the new Lewis A Clark bridge at
Astoria has been completed and It is
announced that the bridge will be
opened as soon as adjustments to
the span lifting machinery had been
Vera Klore of Looking Glass and
Wendell SuOth of Klamath Falls re­
ceived grades of 100 per cent in ex­
aminations having to do with the Old
Testament, while Winton Erickson of
Oregon City scored 100 per cent on
the New Testament, according to a
report prepared by J. A. Churchill,
state superintendent of public in­
struction. The examinations were
held in connection with Bible study in
the high schools, for which the stu-
Cream Station
Reopens
We have reopened our Cream Station in Moro
at the old location in the Williams Motor Co.
garage.
Mr. W. J. Codey, an experienced cream man
and farmer, will be in charge.
Your patronage is solicitée.
finie and talk things over.
Coma in at any
Bring in Your Cream
at- Any Time
No Amount Too Smal
Cream price March 14 is yet 40 centi
Mutual Creamery Co.
Moro
Portland
WOOCO/XXXJOOOOtXX
C. V. Belknap, Proprietor
Moro Hotel Barber Shop
Moro, Oregon
Ladies and Children’^ Hair Cutting
and Shingle Bobbing
BATHS J
You Meed Not
Be Afraid
Of yopr car. skidding if you use
Vacuum Cup Tires
We have a complete new stock of
Tires and Tubes and prices are right?
MwO GatclgCf* M R. Schadewitz, Prop.
Téléphona Main 171
Home phone Main 41
The reader of advertisements knows that he has the most
reliable Huide to markets that exists in the world today.