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About Sherman County observer. (Moro, Sherman County, Or.) 1897-1931 | View Entire Issue (May 22, 1925)
Rain Storm . aam cm romm 1 Unusual Hits Sherman County Moro, Oregon, Friday, ^ay 22, 1925 MeA the 1st and 3d Thur«- Stday evenings of each month, biting members cordially vited to meet with us. By derof W. M. Robt. Urquhart, Secretary Bethlehem Chanter evenings monthly. . Mrs. F. A. Cushman, — Worthy Matron. Nana Bar see, Secretary. /Toro Lodge No. 113 I. Q O. F. Meets every Monday eve- iaginibel.O. O. F. hall. Transient and visiting bro arc cordially invited to meet with us. Theodore Johnston, N. G Lupine Rebecca Lodge J No. 116, Moro, Oregon, & meets 1st and 3d Fridays of each month. Visiting members welcome. Mrs. C.V. Belknap, N.G. Hasel Woods, Secy The heaviest rain storm that has , visited Sherman county since the early days of county history referred to toy the “oldest” inhabitant hit Moro and Sherman county on Wed nesday morning. No damage to fields nor growing crops has been re ported, but water was running in the roads and streets like minature rivers for the greater part of the morning. At the Williams Motor Co. garage, water came into the building thru the flat roof, sky lights and end walls until a swift stream of water esti mated about two inches deep was making rapid flow across the cement floor. In addition to this, the storm sewers were given more water to carry off the streets than their ca- pacity sise could handle and the opening into this carry-off system at the wash rack in the Williams Motor Co. garage backed up and added its quoto to that coming into the building from other sources. All in all, said John Reid, the floor The rain storm of last Saturday and Sunday performed some queer CH RIE SCHULTZ FOST NO. 71 pranks when distributing moisture _ AMERICAN LEGION over the fields of Sherman county. Meets at Odd Fellows Hsll on i C q SM second and iourtb Wednesday« Very little) rain fell at the Wilford Belshee farm and at the Tom Searcy of each month. farm in the Boardman district, altho Commander^!. M. Peterson, . neighboring farms were given quite Adjutant, Geo. Mitchell. plentiful sprinkle. This shortage ZeU’s Fanerai Home Now Open at was more than accounted for in the ensuing rainy spells of the first of the week. South of Kent, L. J. Davis report Grade Spelling Content ed when visiting this office on Mon Decidea County Honors day, a fairly heavy rain fell north of his farm' with the exception of a Folllewing is a complete official strip a mile wide that received very list of grade pupils of the Sherman little rain if any. On both sides of county schools who were successful this strip the rain was heavy. Sun in the final competitive county day night this strip was also well championship spelling contest held taken care of by Jupiter Pleuvious at the school house in Moro on Mon and since then other rain storms have day evening, May 18th. given the Kent section a good sup The l^t is compiled by grades and ply of moisture that in all probabili diviaions, and not by individual ty will carry the crop to maturity. schools which the pupils may attend. Kent was visited with a three hour Eighth Grad« heavy rain on Friday, .a similar one Doris Payne, Rufus. on Saturday, several light ones on Sunday and another heavy three Greichen Casteel, Wasco; Ken- hoar rain on Monday. neth Fridley, Wasco; Kenneth M. Woods, Wasco; Pauline Davis, Kent. Picture Show New» _ Sixth .Grad« For The Current Week Lois Bryant, Moro; Georgia Mc Pherson, Wasco; Maxine Birks, Ruf “ JANICE MEREDITH ” us; Janet McQuillen, Waaco. More than 7,500 actors, including Fifth Grad« Ruth Luttrell, Grass Valley ; June one of the most notable casts ever Brackett, Rufus; Doria Dunlap, Kent. assembled on the screen, appear in “Janice Meredith,” Marion Davies’ Phyllis Andrews, Wasco; Gertrude newest picture, which comes to Moro Castcal, Wasco; Myrtle Garland, on Sunday, May 24. It is the most pretentious picture Wasco. ever made by the Cosmopolitan Cor • Third . Grad« poration, combining a charming love Vivian Hays, Grass Valley; Max- story and a series of dramatic thrills ine Henrich, Moro; Charles Dunlap, with the most important events in Kent; Charles Wilson, Kent; Millard the founding of the American Res Heath, Gran Valley; Eldin Reed, public. Grass Valley; Faye Luttrell, Grass For magnitude, for dramatis Valley; Francis Huck, Wasco. sweep, for sheer splendor and mag Second .Grad« nifience of settings and costumes, it Harry Dean Proudfoot, Moro; surpasses anything heretofore accom Leon Smith, Wasco; Claude Barnett, plished by Miss Davies. And it is Wasco; Cleone Walsh, Wasco; Mary American to the core. Historical Ellison, Rufus; Leroy Pybum, Ruf authorites on the period of the us; Margaret Burnett, Rufus; Dana American Revolution have pronounc Jean McMillin, Wasco; Bobbie Cas ed it the most authentic picture of teel, Wasco; Winifred Hentges, Was its kind-ever produced. It is from co; Norman Fields, Grass Valley; the famous novel by Paul Leicester Dwight Baker, Grass Valley; Anita Ford. Kenny, Moro; Delward Reed, Wasco. “Janice Meredith,” can be called First . Grad« a screen epic of the American Revo Albert Thompson, Rufus; Curtis lution. It embraces the entire Revo Johnson, Moro; Evelyn Davis, Kent; lutionary era from 1775 to 1783.« Ted Proudfoot, Moro; Jeanette Such important events as the Boston Scott, Wasco; Mildred Alley, Moro; Tea Party, the Ride of Paul Revere, Eugene Spencer, Rufus; Mildred the Battle of Lexngton, Patrick Hen Í Adams, Moro. ry’s speech, the Crossing of the Delaware, the Battle of Trenton, the Battle of Yorktown, and surrender of the British; as well as many other incidents in the maknig x>f this Mutual Creamery Co. nation, are all faithfully depictedjn this picture. MORO, OREGON George Washington, - Benjamin . May 22, 1Û25 Franklin, LaFayette, Alexander Hamilton, Patrick Henry, Paul Re CREAM PRICE vere and other characters famous in ■ 4T cents the founding of the nation live again on the screen, together with Lord W. J. Codey, Local Agent.. Cornwallis, Sir William Howe, Col onel Rahl, Major Pitcairn, King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette. When you want any kind of Building Material use Tum- A-Lumber. Don’t oonfuM Tum-A-Lumber with just ordinary lumber— it’a better. _ __ Our architectural expert serv ice is at your command at any time no matter whether you plan building a small shed or a large barn or house. D. E. Clark, Managar Phone Main 91 “THE WHITE SISTER” It isn’t often you can get a vol cano to work when you want it to, but Henry King, the director of “The White Sister,” starring Lillian Gish, which will be shown at Moro on May 29th, was able to photograph a violent eruption of Mt. Vesuvius just in time for the final scenes of the F. Marion Crawford story, which call for exactly the kind of an ex plosion that happened. When the picture comes to Moro film audiences will get an extra thrill out of knowing that the exploding crater and the lava are real, and Miss Gish, Mr. King and the rest’d! the company were right on the spot. “The White Sister” is a Henry King production Released through Metro. Ronald Colman, a well- known man on the stage, makes his first screen appearance opposite Miss Gish. Others in the cast include Gail Kane, J. Barney Sherry, Charles Lane, and Madame Juliette La Violette. J. W. Cochran left Sunday morn- ing for Camas, Washington, where he was called because of the serious illness of his brother, Chas. Cochran. Mr. Cochran is reported to be suf fering from valvular leakage of the heart. BRIEF LOCAL NEWS Moro O. A. C. Students Join in Military Jousts Miss / ’Kathleen Meloy, Orval Thompson and Hollis Bull of Moro are entrants in the contests which yvill be features of the annual, mili Virgil Cushman and family are tary tournament to be held at Ore visitors this week in Moro from their gon Agricultural college Decoration home near Condon. day, May 30th. Miss Meloy will en Mrs. E. R. Hickson has returned ter the polo pony stick bending con from a visit with her sons and their test, the jumping in pairs contest, and the girls musical ride. Mr. Bull families at Portland. % 0. L. Belshe and family expect to and Mr, Thompson will enter the leave next Monday for their sum Roman riding and jumping contest. The military department of the mer home at Camp Sherman. college is »paring no effort to make Fred Hennagin and wife were this the largest and most interesting Moto visitors on Wednesday from tournament ever held there, though their home at Locust Grove farm. previous ones have ranked as major Otis Baker and family motored to events in the college year. The night The Dalles on Wednesday where sham battle feature has been dis they visited with Mrs. Baker’s placed this year by an afternoon program of -spectacular contests and sister. demonstrations in which these young Tuesday afternoon some of the people have entered. Moro scouts went to the Harris place Military training for the students overnight on the Deschutes for an closes for the year with' the tourna camp. ment, hence this annual event takes Ira K. Axtell returned on Tues- on the nature of a celebration as has I well as a military exhibition. day from Portland, where he — ---- Mr. been under special medical tyeat-1 Bull and Mr. Thompson have served ment. in the infantry unit, Mr. Thompson George Hennagin and family are gaining the rank of corporal and planning on leaving Moro the first of squad leader for his squad. the week for their summer home at The opening event of the tourna Camp Sherman. ment will be an air service demon Mrs. George Hanson is a visitor in stration of army planes under com Moro this week from Oregon City, mand of Lieutenant Oakley G. Kelly, at the home of her parents, J. C. consisting of formation flying by 9 planes, aerial acrobatics,1 dropping Hockman and wife. an aerial smoke screen, and a 3,000 Mrs. R. A. Feenstra has been re foot parachute jump. quested to preach the baccalaureate Special memorial day exercises sermon next Sunday evening lor the will follow in the college stadium graduating class at Grass Valley. after which the contest will be held. E. L. Beezley and wife were visi These include a mounted tug of war, tors this week in Moro as guests of skirmish race, girls musical ride, ar Mr. Beezley’s brother Harry. Their tillery drill, cavalry drill, barrel home is near Grand Junction, Colo fight, Roman riding and jumping, rado. infanty exhibition drill, jumping in Miss Helen Idleman expects to pairs, machine gun race, polo pony leave next week for Pendleton and stick belding contest, rifle squad Echo where she will visit with rela relay race, mounted musical chairs tives and friends before returning to and an engineer and tank exhibition. Special rates are being offered on her home at Salem. all railroads to Corvallis as crowds Lloyd Johnson left on Wednesday approaching those of football days for Hood River where he will spend are expected. \ ~ part of the summer months on his grandfather Granville Phillips fruit farm near that city. Elmer Newton, son of W. E. New W. B. Johnston and wife were ton of this city, returned Saturday visiting in Moro this week from their from San Diego, California, where home at Salem. On the motor trip he was recently discharged from the before reaching Moro, they visited at United States navy. Portland and at Condon. Chris Andersen, wrfo and daugh Heath Johnson and family and ter Frances drove up the Columbia Mrs. Rebecca Johnson, uncle ana highway on Monday to be visitors in grandmother of C. E. Johnson of uns Mi.o during the Field Meet, County city, are visiting in Moro this week Dcelamu.cry contest, and Moro high reheol ,:ra..uating exercises. They from their home near Condon. wire accompanied on the trip by The Moro scout troop, with the Miss Ann Pike, who graduated as Grass Valley scouts, plan on going nurse in, the same class as did Miss on their annual hike next week un Andersen. der leadership of Rev. Hanson, Rev. Martin Hanson and ron were busi Feenstra and Supt. A. M. Zevely. ness visitors in l.loro this week from Rev. and Mrs. R. A. Feenstra ac their tourist resort home at Camp companied by Mrs. Ramsey and Mrs» Sherman. Mr. Hanson has some M. L. Schadewitz motored to Arling twenty 1-room cottages which he ton Thursday morning to attend the rents to transient visitors and his district conference of the Methodist purpose here was taking a Delco church. lighting plant back with him which Carl Stamey, wife and children he will use in furnishing electric were visitors in Moro this week from light for these cottages. Silverton at the home of Mrs. Sta Thursday was “picnic” day at mey’s sister, Mrs. A. S. Johnson. Mr. Moro school. Pupils of the 1st, 2nd, Stamey and wife continued their motor trip to Pendleton, where Mr. 3rd and 4th grades had picnic dinner Stamey attended a state convention in the school house, altho first plan ned to be held in Moro park. The of laundry owners. Sth, 6th, 7th and 8th grades drove to Francis Anderson, now resident Fleck orchards,/ near Rufus, where of Hood River, spent last week-end they spent the day. The high school with his aunt, Mrs. C. L. Ireland, in this city. Anderson holds down 3rd pupils and teachers drove to Buck base in the Hood River mid-Colum- hollow, south of Kent, where they bia ball team and, as the team played enjoyed a » similar affair. ■* Wasco at Wasco last Sunday, came Because of the Cornmencemcn. up in advance of his team mates. exercises of the graduating class of C«ah Prices paid for poultry and Moro high school being held on this eggs. Auto truck trips to Portland Friday evening, the showing of the made weekly, oftener as business picture “Janice Meredith” advertised warrants. Eggs received any time, for this Friday has been necessarily Deliver to postponed to this Sunday evening. poultry on Saturdays. Freight or “Janice Meredith” is a historical Moro Cream Station. express handled on order from either story picture of early American direction to any way p^int. F. D. events centering around the Revolu tionary war period. Flatt, jMoro. and Community Event* ' MORO CHURCH NEWS Notes of Interest to All Denominations At the Methodist church next Sun day morning Mrs. R. A. Feenstra will preach at 11:00 o’clock. There will be no union evening service. The usual services will take place at the Presbyterian ¿hurch next Sun day morning. Sunday school opens at 10:00 and morning worship at 11:00. Christian Science church services are held on Sunday morning at 11 o’clock and on Wednesday at 8:00 p. m. Sunday school at 10:15 a.m. The reading room is open daily in the rear of the church. All are in vited to attend the church services and to make use of the reading room. Rev. Henry G. Hanson, Rev. R. A. Feenstra, and Superintendent A. M. Zevely will leave with the boy scouts next Tuesday morning for a camping trip at Clear lake. They will return at the end of the week. It is antici pated that the customary good times will be had in th>e great out doors. The boys always take the good times and the appetites with them. M oro T heatre At the request of Supt. A. M. Zevely a conference was held at the courthouse Monday morning attend ed by Rev. Hanson, Rev. Feenstra, Rev. Johnson of Grass Valley, Dr. VanNuys of the Presbyterian educa tional board and Rev. Jesper of the Methodist educational board to pro ject plans for the teaching,under the new state law, of the Bible in the public schools. Thre will be no preaching service locally next Sunday night,as a large part of the audience goes to Kent to present the pageant,“Circle Three Sees a Vision.” This was givj*n locally some time ago by the Presby terian womens missionary society, and was very highly commended. The repetition takes place at Kent high school auditorium next Sunday evening, May 24th, at eight o’clock. Resolutions of Condolence Wheatland Rebekah Lodge Kent, Oregon, May 13th, 1925. Whereas, God in his infinite love and mercy has caused to be taken from our midst, Sister Elizabeth E. Helyer, mother of brothers W. C. and W. H. Helyer, and sister Minnie Pape; and grandmother of brother E. M. Helyer. Be it Resolved: That while we mourn the loss that deprives them of her love and care and causes a vacancy in our midst that, as members of this lodge, we do deeply sympathize with and extend to the bereaved family our condolence in their sor row. Be it further Resolved that a copy of these reso lutions be recorded in this lodge and copies be sent to the bereaved fami ly, to the Grass Valley Journal and the Sherman County Observer for publication. Fraternally submitted in F.^L. T. OREGON - MORO, Because of Commencement Exercises of M. H. S. “Janice Meredith” billed for this Friday has been changed to Sunday Evening, May 24 and because of holding the Sherman County Field Meet and the Declamatory Contest on this Saturday “ The Turmoil ” dated for Sat urday has been indefinitely postponed “ The White Sitter ” Friday, May 29 '"‘T* “ There is nothing on the stage this season, nor was there any thing on the stage last season, to compare for one moment with the pathos, the suspense, the spectacular magnifience, and the gorgeous finale of the picture which presents LiRian~ GisTTTif * ‘ The White Sister.’ ”—Alan Dale in New York American. “The Iron Trail Saturday, May 30 One of the best stories written by Rex Beach THE MORO DAIRY Phone ai Fi G. Q. Thorp, proprietor MORO OREGON x The orfly dairy herd in the vicinity of Moro _ that it certified disease-free. ( Milk, 12c quart Cream, 35c pint Deliveries daily, morning and evening I » l l I I1 1 » ♦ «1 1 1 " | K- »-MH1*1111 1 11111» I H- Card of Thanks , We wish to thank our many friends for the sympathy and kind- ness shown us during the bereave-* ment of our beloved Mother and Grandmother. Signed : The Helyer Family' We wish to express our heartfelt thanks to the many friends and neighbors lor their kindness and sympathy in the recent loss of our dear Mother and Grandmother Mrs. E. E. Helyer. Also for the beauti ful floral offerings. The Family. Call Upon Us No matter what your merchandise needs may be, we are qualified to fill them for you Room Size and Smaller Lineoleum Rugs and Congoleum Rugs Four paving plants will be aperat ed In Marlpn county this season, ao cording to members of the count) court. A total of 16 miles of road 1» to be paved. The plants will be locat ed at Salem, Stayton, Scollard and Silverton. The first plea from Oregon for low er freight rates on agricultural prod acts under the powers granted it b) the Hoch-Smith resolution reached th< interstate commerce commission from the Umpqua Broccoli exchange oi Rosehura A farewell reception was tendered Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Lee at the Presby Everything for the Home is here terinn church on Thursday evening by the Dorcas Society, Dorcas Study at prices that invite a visit to this store Club, Presbyterian Sunday school And American Legion auxiliary. A musi cal program occupied the first of the evening,followed by a gift by the so cieties mentioned of a set of ivory handled steak knives after which Moro, Oregon punch and wafers were served and all present joined in an informal social visit. Mr. and Mrs. Lee leave next week to make their future home in Portland. Geo. B. Bourhiil was a business visitor in The Dalles on Thursday. While there he was informed that records kept in The Dalles show that r R. H. McKean, Manager, Wasco, Oregon , j on May 19th of this year the Colum bia riv?> was at exactly the same deep water strge as it was on the DEALERS IN 19th of May, 1894, the year of the extreme high water when the rail Lime, Plaster, Cement, Cedar Posts, road tracks along the Colombia riv Builders Supplies, Lumber, Wood, * er was washed out’ in hundreds of Coal and Hay. places resulting in the ‘ bankruptcy of the railroad and a complete tie-up MANUFACTURERS OF of all communication between east ern Oregon and Portland; Weather conditions are very similar this year to that, of 1894 and it may be possi ble that another high river flood will 11 H I i M M K H i W I Hill IH I i »I visit the Columbia counties. Electric Appliances Furniture Fishing Tackle- Paints and Oils Kalsomine Builders' Hardware I Independent Warehouse & Hilling MILL FEED AND FLOUR
