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The Sherman County Observer, Moro, Oregon, Friday, June 19, 1925
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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OBSERVER
WANT ADS
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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
$5 each; also a brood sow. Homer
headquarters of the Metolious river D. Belshee, phone 2F15, Moro, Ore.
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returned last Friday well pleased
FOR
SALE
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One McCormick com
with their experience. Mrs. Clarence
bined harvester in good repair;
Sparling took the girls to their camp also a few good,, fresh milk cows.
in th$ Sparling truck, leaving the H. B. Belshee, Moro.
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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
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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
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RICHT
. C. V. Belknap, Proprietor
Pass It
L Moro Hotel Barber Shop
Moro, Oregon
Ladies and Children’s Hair Cutlir g
and Shingle Bobbing
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