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About Sherman County observer. (Moro, Sherman County, Or.) 1897-1931 | View Entire Issue (June 19, 1925)
t “1 -.—r’ ■ . - * , • . ¿ i?."’--- ' The Sherman County Observer, Moro, Oregon, Friday, June 19, 1925 iiaui min moia Electricity is Com* ing Farm Power Help c. L. I reland Editor and Publisher Only one farm in ten in Oregon is equipped for electric or gaa service, according to the Sears-Roebuck Agri cultural Foundation. Figures recent ly studied show that of the 50,206 farms in the state, only 5,463 farms, or 1Q.9 per cent, .make use of elec tricity and gas, and of this number 5,250 received central station ser vice. While the number of Oregon farms having gas and electricity is somewhat above the figure for the United States, it is comparatively low when placed alongside the fact that 50.5 ¿er cent of the farms hav ing telephone service and 71.2 per cent that have automobiles, states the foundation. .t The big drawback to more general use of electricity on farms in the state up to the present has been the high prices made necessary for its delivery into distant sections, and this has served to discourage many from use of it. Independent plants for the post oficc at Moro, Oregon, July 2S, 1891 Official Newspaper far Sheraan Coaaty Monday and Tuesday of next week county agents from ten eastern Ore gon counties will visit Morp and the Experiment Station. They will be mainly interested in detailed first hand information regarding crops and tillage methods used by the station. Monday evening the county agents will meet at Hotel Moro with the Moro Community club and all farmers interested and will then dis cuss crop prospects of their various localities. Counties represented will include Umatilla, Morrow, Union, Baker, Grant, Malheur, Crook, Jeffer son, Deschutes and Wasco. MAIN STREET B arber S hop MORO, OREGON Joe Truitt, Proprietor SHOWER BATHS individual farms have proven popular in some localities, and experiments now being conducted on farms in several states is expected to throw new light on this problem and elec trical engineers predict as great a revolution in the use of electricity in the country in the coming decade is was noted in the past decade in the cities. While electricity on the farms is used mostly for lighting purposes, the farmer with this power at his com mand has been able to be relieved of many tasks around the home place. Electricity does not only pump water for the home, drive the washing ma chine, beat the electric iron, run the vacuum cleaner, charge the radio and automobile batteyes, but it has brought efficiency with it by lighting the yafd, stables, and lofts, drive the' milking machine, the cream separa tor, the churn, the grindstone and emery wheel and the general utility motor. Electricity has also been used to light poultry houses as a stimulant to egg production, to operate incuba tor ventilation and controls and occa sionally for grinding feed, sawing wood, as well as hoisting hay and grain. Tuesday morning at the Methodist parsonage in this city Mr. Herman Schilling of Grass Valley and Mrs. Etha Walpole also of Grass Valley wereiunited in marriage by Rev.R. A. Feenstra. Immediately after the ceremony the couple left by motor for a short wedding trip after which they will be at home to their friends in Grass Valley. Mr. Schilling is a prosperous fanner . living south of Grass Valley. Mrs. Schilling is a daughter of J. Harvey Smith of Grass Valley. OUR 171 -STORE BUYING POWER SAVES YOU MONEY BUYING MOST WE Bl > FOR LESS- SELLING MOST - WE SELL FOR LESS The Dalles, Oregon Good Style—Real Comfort - Ankle and Foot Support Assured PIMXIY Mitchell - Reese Wed ding Elaborate Affair At six o’clock Sunday evening, June 14Q1, at the T. S. Reese home, thirteen miles east of Moro, the mar riage of George Adamson Mitchell of the local Experiment Station and M wj Gwendoline Lucile Reese, eld est daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. S. Rec so took place. Rev? Henry G. Hanson, pastor of the Moro Presby terian church performed the cere mony in the presence of 55 guests. Mr. John L. Searcy acted as best man and Miss Evelyn R. Ragsdale as bridesmaid. Before the ceremony Mr. Eugene Hampton sang “I loVe you truly,” accompanied on the pi ano by Mrs. Hampton. The wedding march from Mendelsohn was played by Mias Gwendolyn Foss. During the playing of the march Mr. John L. Searcy aa best man came first and took his place, followed shortly by Miss Ragsdale who entered the room from a different door. Then the bridegroom followed and took his position between the attendants. Last came the bride on the arm of her father, who gave her away. The ceremony took place in the spacious parlor of the Reese home, the couple with their attendants standing in front of seven lighted candles, and bouquets of gladiolus and roses. The bride was dressed in satin and Venetian lace and wore a crown of lilies of the valley to which was at tached a beautiful chiffon veil. The bride carried, on her arm a shower bouquet of sweet peas and roses. The bridegroom was dressed in con ventional blue. The bridesmaid, Miss Evelyn R. Ragsdale, wore a georgette dress of orchid, and car ried a bouquet of pink roses. Out of town guests were Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Hampton and Wm. Young of Pendleton, the men being fraternity brothers of the bride groom; Miss Sally Grater of The Jalles; Miss Grace Miller, teacher of iarmony school ;Mr. and Mrs. Elmo S. Whjta and three children of Salem; nd Mri. Mary L. Lisle of Salem, Ore- on. Mrs. Lisle is the grandmother f the bride, and Mrs. White is her unt. Mrs. C. »H. Belshe of Sacra aento, Calif, was also present. Many beautiful presents were re ceived,' among which special interest centered in a table cover given by Grandmother Reese, and used by uer at her own wedding sixty years Ago. \ - Immediately following the cere- mony the assembled guests were asked to repair to the dining room to watch the bride cut the wedding cake. While the guests were inno cently intent on this important task the bride was called into the kitchen, and, to the surprise of all, in a min ute or two the couple had quietly slipped away, a long trail of dust down the road being all that could be seen. After this unexpected episode dainty refreshments were served consisting of cake, coffee and ice cream. The happy couple start ed at once on a wedding trip by auto mobile which will take them as far as Vancouver, B. C. In about a week they will return to Moro and will take up their residence in the Cole man cottage, where they will be at iome to their many friends who join in wishing them a happy journey through life. Moro Camp Fira Girls Have Jolly Outing Trip Oat and Strap Effects AU the newest end most unusual effects that are being worn by women who dress with care are shown here. New models; new cut-out and strap ef- thia Oxford moat Harvest Wages Set in Four River Counties At a meeting of delegates from the Columbia river counties—Wasco, Gilliam, Morrow and Umatilla—held at Arlington June 13th, a minimum wage scale for harvest labor was adopted, ffherman county was not represented at the meeting, but will likely follow the lead of other coun ties. After a rather thorough dis cussion of labor and farm conditions it was voted that the same soak as used last year be adopted, with the additional items of sack jig, bulk drivers, and sack pick up.* Following 4s the scale adopted: em ail times. Open Saturday Nights Until Nine O’clock Mail Orders Filled Rromptlv The Best » Weeder , and Surface Cultivator on the Market Cultivator A on Made m EIGHT Different Sizes Summer Fallow The Dalles Iron Works SPECIAL ATTENTION » GIVEN TO OXY-ACETYLENE WELDING 720-722 E. 2nd. SL MARINE, MILL and FARM WORK J. B. Kirk, Proprietor GENERAL MACHINE AND BLACKSMITH WORK The Dalles, Oregon ■ OBSERVER WANT ADS 1 t Rates: Underl 15 words, 35c 15 to'30 words, 50c Over 30 wds., IHc per wd. HEREFORD BULL—Three years old Registered; weight about 14001b For sale at reasonable price. George W. Prinkard, Klondike; phone 9F11 Wasco. Dave Maxwell was in town Tues day. Ha said that his suit against the Standard Oil company for per sonal damage* sustained in an auto accident about two ytST» ago near The Dalles was settled by a compro mise, Maxwell accepting $7,500 in place of the $10,000 awarded him by the trial jury. The settlement was made to avoid delays incident to an appeal by the oil company to the supreme court which would have caused Maxwell additional expense and to avoid a retrial if the higher court had found flaws in the conduct of the trial in the district court. George W. Howell was in Moro on .Tuesday ^n business connected with an auction sale of his dairy stock of Jersey cattle to be held at his home corral in Kent on Thursday, June 25th. He has engaged aa auctioneer Col, W. S. Vail, who operatea a ranch near IVaahongal, Washington. Mr. Hbwell has an exceptionally fine herd of dairy stock, nearly ail fresh at this time. -He says short pasture and ’ water expense force him to sell the See adv on first page for" herd. further particulars. OF THE Fanmers Elevator & Supply Co From and after next Monday, June 15th, the off.ee of the Farmers Elevator & Supply Company will be located at the Farmers State Bank. All business transactions and accounts will be handled at the tank. There will be no change in the business methods of the Farmers Elevator & Supply Company. This will be handled just the same as before. Sack sowers .............................. 13.60 Drivers ...............,..................... 3.50 2.50 Header tenders ......................... Separator tenders.................... 5.00 Caterpillar drivers ..................... 5.00 Straw haulers ........................... 2.50 The elevator warehouse will be Cooks up to ten men . .............. 2.00 in charge of Geo. A. Meloy, who will be pleased to handle the Water buck and roustabout . . 2.50 warehouse needs of the public at all times« 3.00 Sack jig . ......... ....... .. .. Picking up sacks, per 100 . ... 1.25 Bulk drivers............................... 3.00 J. C. McKean, Manager, Moro, Oregon Stationary Machine« 2.00 Derrick driverx .................. ...... Box drivers with nets............. 2.00 Box drivers without nets . .. . 2.50 Loaders ................................. , , 3.00 Sack sowers . ........................ , 8.50 Header punchers....................... 4.00 Hoe downs.................................. 2.50 Engineers ...................... . ... . 4.00 Separator tenders......... *......... 5.00 Wasco, Oregon The Kimball CHANGE OF OFFICE LOCATION Combi a* Harvesters LOgT’—A lady’s wptch chain with jasper stone attached. Reward if left at Observer office. Lost in Moro The party of 15 comprising the day of Brisbine funeral. Moro Camp Fire girls who left here June 3rd oh an outing trip to the FOR SALE—A few weanling pigs at $5 each; also a brood sow. Homer headquarters of the Metolious river D. Belshee, phone 2F15, Moro, Ore. V - • - - -• f — - - - returned last Friday well pleased FOR SALE — One McCormick com with their experience. Mrs. Clarence bined harvester in good repair; Sparling took the girls to their camp also a few good,, fresh milk cows. in th$ Sparling truck, leaving the H. B. Belshee, Moro. /. truck for use upon their return and HEMSTITCHING—Mail orders fill returning by. auto the fpljpwing ed promptly. Mrs. H. A. Woodruff, Tuesday. While on thetar outing the 7O4 East 3rd st, The Dalles. party drove to Black Butte which PAY pareel post one way on all they climbed after a 4% mile hike, WE shoe repairing. Good quality work they were also the guests at a party and leather. Joe Amore, The given in their honor at the Martin Dalles, opposite the post office. ’ Hanson mountain resort and were guests at an all day picnic given by the CaPIP Sherman colony in their honor. Camp fire girls rggiprqcated A. M. HICKS by entertaining at an evening bon fire party, shortly before their re Plumbing and Healing turn. ' Miss Bessie Andoraen was in Sells and installs the chargp of the party, assisted by her famous Mueller pipe sister, Mise Francos Andersen, and or pipelets furnace. Mildred Ginn. Trim style, good lines, excellent all-leather material» and our special built-in arch-supporting feature ali make this Oxford a remarkably good value at a very moderat«. recommend ¡rv- SAV It Has Been Proven! BY PRACTICAL DEMONSTRATION THAT THE McCormick- Deering Two Man Harvester Thresher Equipped With Leveling Device IS A SUCCESS For .Particulars See Ginn, Coleman & Co. local agents Moro, Oregon Moro Oarage Blacksmith and Machine Shop Plow Share Grinding Acetylene; Welding Wood Working in Connection . - Let us give you prices on our Pennsylvania Vacuum Cup Tires We Havp a Complete New Stock Moro Garage, a. R. s<iu<i«witj, Pn>?. Telephone Mein 171 Homo phono Main 474 ~n:anaîma!u;nn:anunaannaaaaanaaaaaaœ:m^ KEPT RICHT . C. V. Belknap, Proprietor Pass It L Moro Hotel Barber Shop Moro, Oregon Ladies and Children’s Hair Cutlir g and Shingle Bobbing «Maiß BATHS
