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The Sherman County Observer, Moro, Oregon, Friday, s* «▼cuing« of ««eh Oonth. ’ members cordially to meet with ua. By orderofW. M. Robi. Urquhart, Secretary Historic Stage Coach Now on View at DeMoss Several Improvement« have been added to DeMo«« park during the pant year by R. C. Byers, chairman of the county park commission. A wide foot bridge 40 feet long has been built over the swale in the park and new building« built. One of the even inga monthly. new building« was built by the De Mn. E. A. Cushman, Moss brothers to house their old Worthy Matron. historic western stage coach, bou> vt on one of their early tours of the Hom Lodge No. 113 I. O O. F. western states. This coach is the Meets every Monday eve- same one in which Horace Greeley iog in the I. O. O. F. hall. Transient and visiting bro made a speaking tour of the west and thers arc cordially invited (o also the one made famous by the meet with us. writings of Mark Twain. The build Theodore Johnston, N. G ing in ^hich the coach is housed has glass enclosed sides through which it Luptee Rebate Lodge can be viewed without damage caused No. 116, Moro, Oregon, by relic hunters. meeto 1st «nd 3d Fridays of eseb month. Visiting members welcome. Mrs. C V. Belknap, NG. Hasel Woods, Secy CHRIS SCHULTZ ROST NO? 71 AMERICAN LEGION Meets at Odd Fellows Hell on ¿ second and fourth Wednesday» each month. Commander, I. M Peterson, Adjutant, Geo. Mitchell. Z«U’» Fuera! H mm N ow Opea at Method in Madness Disclosed ' by Study Punctuate this and it will not sound so crazy: A funny little man told this to me I fell in a snowdrift in June said he I went to a ball game out in the sea I «aw a jellyfish float up in a tree I found some gum in a cup of tea I stirred my milk with a big brass key I opened my door on my bended knee I beg your pardon for this said he But ’tis true when told as it ought to ; be - ’Tis a puzzle in punctuation you see. —United States Publisher. Former Moro Resident Dies at Camas, Wash. Word was received Sunday in Moro of the death that morning of Chas. K. Cochran at the family home in Camas, Washington. Funeral ser vices were held in that city Wednes day afternoon, attended from Moro by Roy Powell and wife, W. S. Pow ell and wife, E. H. Moore and wife, Collis Moore and wife, J. W. Coch ran and wife, Mrs. E. J. Powell and Chas. L. Powell and wife of Portland. C. K. Cochran was a former resi dent of Moro and Grass Valley, his wife being a daughter of Mrs. E. J. Powell of this city. During his resi dence in Sherman county he was prominently identified with the busi ness and farming interests of the community and has a large circle of fpiends who join with the Sherman County Observer in extending their sympathy to the family. J. W. Coch ran of this city is a brother of the de ceased. I will buy all of your fat calves and young cattle. Phone 38F31. Geo. L. Fox, Klondike, Ore. Miss Georgia Bendler, domestic sci ence teacher of Hillsboro high school, R. J. Ginn returned last Saturday arrived last Wednesday afternoon for from a business trip- to Yakima, * a visit with Mrs. Henry G. Hanson. Walla Walla, Pendleton and Weston. Rev. and Mrs. E. E. McVicker of While at Weston he attended the Bandon.formerly pastor of Moro Pres old pioneer’s reunion and picnic, he byterian church, visited with Mr. and having been a resident of that sec Mrs. James Woods from Thursday to tion before locating at Moro in the Saturday this week. They have been early days of 1890. on an auto trip as far cast as Yakima. ' Dr. M. F. Froyd reports that Mrs. A. H. Hilton, who recently underwent an operation in hospital at The Dalles for internal tumor, will be able to re turn next week. During her stay at the hospital she received word of the death of her brother at an army hospita 1 in France where he under went an operation for appendicitis a few days before his term of compul- sory enlistment would have expired. J. W. Perigo and wife, Mrs. and Miss Nbgie and Richard Ginn arrived in Moro late last Saturday by motor .from Wilson Creer, Washington. Mr. Perigo is superintendent of schools at Wilson Creek; Mr. Ginn is princi- ’pal of the high school, and Mrs. ;Nogie is a teacher in the school at that place. The party were taking their first motor trip over the Colum bia highway under direction of Mr. Ginn. They left for Portland on Monday where Mrs. and Miss Nogle will continue thei^- journey to Los - -Angeles where they will spend the summer. Mr. Perigo and wife will return later in the week to Wilson Creek. Mr. Ginn will return to Moro for the summer vacation and later will again resume his position as high „ school principal at Wilson Creek. Mutual Creamery Co. MORO, OREGON CREAM PRICE 43 cents June 8, 1926 IF SUMMER Wood Specials OFF THE CAR » DRY BOX FACTORY TRIMS The Real Summer Wood Carload Due to Arrive Anytime Î - 16-in ch Forest Pine 16-inch Big Tree Fir 2-foot Timber Eqds 4-foot Slabs, sawed if desired by our own machine GET OUR PRICES Place Your Order D. E. Clark, Managar Phong Main 91 E. R. Barzee received word on Monday of the death of Mrs. R. S. Wilcox at Hood River. The Wilcox family formerly lived in the Rutledge district and at one time farmed the Edw. Alley place. Mr. Barzee and wife left Tuesday for Hood River where funeral services were held that morning. C**h Prices paid for poultry and eggs. Auto truck trips to Portland made weekly, ..oftener as business warrants. 'Eggs received any time, Deliver to poultry on Saturdays. Freight or Moro Cream Station. express handled on order from either direction to any way point. F. D. Flatt, Moro. E. E. Barzee is authority for the statement that a 14-piece band is being organized in Moro which, when the organization is completed, will be a permanent continuing organization. Several musicians from other places in Sherman county have signified their intentions of becoming mem bers of the new band. Mrs. H. G. Hanson returned on Monday from Corvallis where she at tended the 25th anniversary of the reunion of her classmates at 0. A. C. She was accompanied here by Marian Wftkes and wife of Madras who also attended the anniversary reunion, Mrs. Wilkes being a room mate of Mrs. Hanson when they attended the college. George E. Thompson and youngest daughter Alice, now Mrs. Walter Thornton, were visitors this week at Moro at the home of Mr. Thompson’s daughter, Mrs. O. G. Sayrs.. Mr Thompson now lives at Portlaad. He is one of the pioneer farmers of Shernian county and at one time owned and operated the farm in Rutledge district now the home of J. J. Wiley. Roy Powell and wife, W. C. Bry ant and' wife, and Mrs. Whealdon, mother of Mrs. Bryant, drove out into the wheat section northeast of Monkland last Sunday. They report exceptionally fine looking crop pro spects in that district, notably a field of barley on the Pierson brothers farm which Roy stated he thought would harvest not less than 13 sacks Lo the acre. Emil Pierson, his grand mother, Mrs. Annie Johnson, and two aunts, Miss Leona Johnson and Mrs. W. H. Bewley, were visitors Monday in Moro from the Pierson farm east of Moro. The three ladies are visitors in the county from Portland. Mrs. and Miss Johnson expect to return to Portland this week. Mrs. Béwley is expecting to visit here .until after harvest. Mrs. Maud Richmond and adopted son, George H. Linn, drove from Pendleton last Sunday to visit with her husband, Chas. Richmond,father of C. C. Richmond of this- city. The family are quite proud of the musi cal ability of Mr. Linn. He has a position with a large music «tore in Pendleton and is a member of the Pionta orchestra, one of the famous orchestras of eastern Oregon which is used a great deal in radio broad- caiting. BRIEF LOCAL NEWS Paragraphs on County ’ Jj" June 12, 1925 ■ 1 News Items From Kent And Near Vicinity MORO CHURCÜ NEWS W. R. Adama and wife were down from Antlope Sunday. Notes of Interest to All Denominations Mrs. J. L- Matthes and daughter Morning worship» at the Presby Malcolm Neal and wife were visit were week-end visitors in Salem. ing in Moro last Sunday from Wasco. J. C. Wilson and family returned terian church at 11:00, Rev. Henry G. Hanson, the pastor, filling the O. A. Ramsey is placing a hard Friday fropi their Portland trip. pulpit. wood floor in part of his residence in f * Thelma Dellinger spent last week The Sunday school of the Metho this city. at the home of her uncle in Bend. dist church is planning for a Ellis Hughes and wife were visi /. H. Wilson is visiting at the home children's day program for the eve- tors in Moro last Saturday morning of J. M. Wilson at Eugene this week. ning of Sunday, June 21st. from Grass Valley. ‘ . Ben Allen and family were visi Mrs. R. A. Feenstra will give the A. M. Hicks, the Sherman county tors at Centerville, Washington, last second message of the series on the plumber, was in town Tuesday from week. churches of Revelation next Sunday his home at Wasco. • MraHogue is enjoying a visit with morning at the Methodist church. O. L. Bebhe drove down from her daughter Mrs. Clair Simler at Special children’s - day exerciser Camp Sherman last Sunday for a Toledo. will take place at the Presbyterian few days business visit here. Mrs. Fred Haynes and son Darrel church next Sunday, June 14th at The third annual reunion of the are visiting at the Guy Haynes home 10:00 o’clock. A committee at work on the program plans a helpful fea A. C. Thompson family will be hek at Yamhill. ture to cover the hour. at DeMoss park on Sunday, June Mr. and Mrs. Henry Schadewitz are 21st. Christian Science church services visiting at the home of their son, Carl art> hekt on Sunday» morning at 11 R. L. Kunsman and family left the Schadewitz and wife. o’clock and on Wednesday at ~ 8:00 first of the week for a short visit Art. Justesen, Frank Haynes and p. m. Sunday school at 10:15 a.m. with friends and relatives in Port- A. A. Dunlap drove to Portland to The reading room is open daily in land. see the big ball game Sunday, return the rear of the church. All are m- Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Feenstra and ing the same evening. vited to attend the church services Miss Faith Ginn left Tuesday morn Mrs. J. L. Riley and son arrived and to make u^e of the reading room. ing to spend the week at Camp on Monday’s afternoon stage from At the union evening meeting at Sherman. Oswego for a visit with her sister the Presbyterian church Rev. Henry Clarence Sparling and wife and Mrs. Wm. Mitchell and family. MORO, OREGON G. Hanson will give a sermon lecture Miss Sadie Williams returned Tues Max Pluempke and Jim Dellinger on the Book of Revelation, present day from a brief stay at Camp “ The Dixie Handicap left Wednesday for a fishing trip to ing purpose, outline of its contents Sherman. Crooked river. We will have to wait and some suggestions as to how to A. M. Zevely returned the first of until next week for results of the read this much discussed book in a If you love good horseflesh, if you thrill at the sound of thun the week from Hermiston where he trip. helpful manner. At the morning .wor dering hoofs as they race towards the barrier, if j ou want ex has been building fence on his alfalfa citing romance and swift entertainment, see “The Dixie Handi J. E. Norton and son Cecil left ship he will speak on “The Creed of cap,” the fastest racing picture of a generation. farm property. Charles EVans Hughes. ” early Friday morning for Pedee to C. C. Young was a visitor in Moro attend the 60th wedding anniversary “The Rag Man” last Sunday from The Dalles. He of MV. Norton’s parents. While in Saturday, June 13 was a guest of his parents, A. M. the valley he visited at Corvaljjs and Dr. ^Clarke Eye Specialist Jackie Coogan in "The Rag Man” is a story of comedy find Young and wife. ' , Salem. Mr. Norton was accompanied Dr. Clarke is making his reg pathos, about a little Irish orphan who, finding himself alone in ular monthly trip. He will by Lyle Hogue, they returned home Mrs. Ellis Hughes, who has been New York, attaches himself to an old Hebrew junk dealer and visiting with relatives at and near Monday evening and report a Wonder be in Wasco at the Sherman Hotel brings the latter into a wealth of hilarious adventure. from Sunday noon June 21st until Fossil, returned last Friday to her ful trip. Monday noon June 22nd. At. the home at Grass Valley. Let ’er Buck ” Hotel Moro, Moro, from Monday O. G. Chamberlain, of Coalinga, noon June .22nd until Tuesday noon California, is visiting in Moro this National Rifle Shot A picture in which everything is real—just as it took place at June 23rd. ’ Champion Visits Moro week with his sister Mrs. Glass and the world’s greatest Rodeo, at Pendleton, featuring Hoot Gibson at the Pendleton Round Up of 1924. Talk about buck-jumping, niece Mrs. Hazel Woods. sunfishing, outlaw horses; wait ’till you see Hoot Gibson in "Let A notable visitor in Moro last Picture Show News W. H. Williams left the first of the week-end at the farm home of Theo ’Er Ruck. For The Current Week week for Portland, expecting to re- dore Johnston was Sergeant Ellis turn Wednesday with a truck and Brown of" Canby, Oregon, member of “ The White Sheep ” 4 In “The Rag Man,” Jackie Coogan special built body for hauling sack the Oregon national guard. Saturday, June 20 Mr. is once more a regular American wheat. Brown was a member of the Oregon boy, a lad from the sidewalks of New Thrills and laughter tumbling over each other as this joyous mixture sweeps on to its fast and furious climax that keeps you Francis Anderson of Hood River, national guard rifle team that con York/ In his other recent pictures on the edge of your seat when you’re not holding your sides Maurice Douma5 and Owen Searcy tested in the U. S. army shoot he has been wandering all over the with laughter. Hilarious fun for one minute—Romance and of this city left early Monday for a ing tournament held last year at map in variety of roles. Those folk Drama the next. three day fishing trip to Badger lake Camp Perry, Ohio. It will be remem who have been demanding to see the bered that this team won top place Jackie they first loved in “The Kid,” in south Wasco county. n the tournament and Mr. Brown Scott Fortner underwent an opera was high man on the Oregon team. will have their opportunity, for he is tion in Moro on Tuesday whereb; ne In adcition to this, Mr. Brown is fcaid to have a similar role that gives donated his tonsils to the medical cbc.mj ion j’.ooter, in both army and him just as much chance for pathos profession in return for relief from civilian <ontesL, in the United States and even more for comedy. - Thé story was written especially future attacks of tonsilitis. for 1000 yards and holds the record fçr the child star by Willard Mack, J. F. Belshee has new crop Early as third man shooter, in all positions, and this distinguished playwright has Phone 21 Ft Q. Q. Thorp, proprietor Ohio potatoes in his garden as large in the United Stales army. He has constructed a humorous and thrilling OREGON MORO X as the usual matured potato.’ The a large collection of cups, medals tale as only he can, full of activity, vines are in blossom stage and have and trophys as evidence of his suc but not crowded with complications. cess in contests of rifle skill. Mr. The only dairy herd in the vicinity of Moro begun to take second growth. Brown and Mr. ^phnstun were class that it certified disease-free. The usual Dorcas society, social mates at Oregon Agriculture college. “Let ’er Buck,” Universal-Gibson for June was held Wednesday after special, really is two pictures in one, Milk, 12c quart Cream, 35c pint noon at the Presbyterian church. and both of them are full of thrills. Deliveries daily, morning and evening Mrs. W. J. Martin and Mrs. Anna E. R. Hickson and Henry Ruggles The picture was filmed in Pendleton, Ellsworth acting as hostesses. returned Tuesday from a fishing trip Oregon, at the time of that city’s .-i-I-» I t I I' i l- I M - H I-1-1 I 1 11 !■ H H I I I 1 I 11 M-F -W I H11 I I i I í i i I 1 + to Shearer bridge., Hickson brought famous 1924 annual round-up, and Invitations have been issued for back J 7 trout and Ruggles eight. the program events were filmed as the wedding next Sunday evening of They report the river high and part of the picture, constituting the ooooooooooooooooooooooocooocoooooooooeooooocccooccoo George Mitchell and Miss Gwendolyn atmosphere for the. story action in slightly muddy. Reese at the home of. the bride’s which Hoot Gibson stars. Gibson and parents in the Hay Canyon district. J.F. Henkle and wife were in Moro several of the Universal ranch riders Wednesday afternoon from their also were competitors in some of the Mrs. Annie E. Pierson, mother of farm home near Grass Valley. Mr: Round-Up events'. Overhauled Emil Pierson residing east of this Henkle reports his wheat fields as Hoot made this picture in the town city, who is convalescing from an and Rebuilt by looking exceptionally fine and an where he first gained fame and which operation in a hospital at The Dalles, ticipates a good crop. , , led to his entering pictures. He won is expected to be able to return home next week. J. F. Belshee and wife and Chas. the world’s championship in the an R. Belshee and wife are expecting to nual Pendleton ‘ rodeo several years F. E. Fagan and familyxwere visi Including Labor leave next Sunday by motor for Port ago and in several of the events has and Part» Z tors in Moro this week from Wood remained undisputed master. He bum, at the home of Mrs,. Fagan’s land and Salem where J. F. Belshee attended the past year’s big round-up Nine Year» Factory Experience parents, A. M. Young and wife. Mr. and wife will visit with their child of the west with his entire “gang.” ren, A. L. Mason and wife at Salem Fagan drove to The Dalles Saturday, Some of the riders include Tommy where he attended the wedding of and Frank Belshee Jr. at Portland. Grimes, steer roping champion of his brother Hugh on Sunday. A. C. Thompson and wife ure ex the world; and Benny Corbett, hold The Dalles, Oregon 703 2nd Street The quoto to be raised' by Chris pecting to leave Moro about June er of the’ bull dogging championship. 23rd for Corvallis where they will Schultz post American Legion for Many of Hoot’s company entered the OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOT 5000000000000000000000000000000 Moro territory was quickly taken attend the 19th annual reunion of rodeo events of their ability. Raymond D. Schenck and Direc- care of by local people last week. All the Henkle family. After attending that was necessary was to state the the reunion they will drive to Bel-Lor Sedwick wrote, the story, taking sum asked for was to be used in the knap springs for a stay of several it from Charles Wellington Furlong’s national hospital endowment fund days before returning to their home novel; in Moro. being raised by the legionaires. Hal Roach sends his fun-makers, headed by Glen Tryon and Blanch MehaiTey, to us again in his latest novelty feature, “The White Sheep.” This picture, which is being released by Pathe, is said to strike a new note in comedy features and is a blend of exciting melodrama with broad farce. The story is laid in a little town that straddles the state line between Kansas and Missouri where the Fighting Tyler family reign supreme. A belligerent father, two fighting ;ons and another son, “The White Sheep” of the family, are in a con stant state of warfare, either with the neighbors or between themselves. There is an hilarious three-sided courtship done in the best Hal Roach style, between the two black sheep brothers fend the meek little lamb«* The story has a dramatic trend that is punctuated with laughs and num erous thrilling scenes are said to heighten the dramatic interest of the novelty production. J ____ M oro T heatre THE MORO DAIRY Your Motor A Chevrolet Expert 00 H. A. Melane Got Him Puzzled. Mrs. W. McDonald left Wednesday for Newberg where she will visit her parents. While at Newberg Mrs. Mc Donald will attend the 87th birthday anniversary celebration of her fath er at which time she will also have the pleasure of seeing her sister, whose home is in the middle western ■tate« and whom «h« has not seen for Mvaral years. *