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About Sherman County observer. (Moro, Sherman County, Or.) 1897-1931 | View Entire Issue (July 24, 1925)
Or.Hbt^ TÄ*U|W HERMAN aaro Established 1887 LEAIY PUCES FOUND W. G;BRYANT IN DRY ENFORCEMENT Attorney-at-Law WN. B. PRINTE, SCOPES IS CONVICTED WM. D. MITCHELL ITIÖN TRIAL Start! ng Evidence of Corrup ludgo Di and tion Submitted to Depart eli Verdict of Guilty •wndant Fined ÎW003. ment of Justice. Office Phone Main 93 Moro Oregon HA K PETEKUN Practice in AU the Court« of Oregon Main 541 POxx BANK OF MORO BUILDING Moro ; Oregon Dr J. R. Morgan DENTIST ¡ [ Price Five Cents Moro, Sherman County,’ Oregon, Friday, July 24, 1925 Washington, D. C.—New evidence of corruption in the enforcement of pro hibition has been disclosed to federal authorities in numerous instances as a result of the efforts of Assistant Secretary Andrews of tbe treasury to rebuild tbe enforcement system. The disclosure* came in reports from United States attorneys to the queated of them a etateaient detailing their confidential information and an accurate perspective of conditions within the jurisdiction of each prose cuting officer. Department official^ declined to dis cuss tbe contents of the reports ex cept In a general way, but ths informa tion contained in some of them was described as alarming and as indlca Live of a need for concerted federal and state action. On department of Justice officials who studied the reports, the deepest Impression was made by the general Inference that state and local au thorities were not co-operating with federal officials in s majority of in- Dayton, Ten< — John Thomas ’ Scopes waa found guilty by Jury of violating the arit1 « volution law of the state of Tenneas«- by teaching the theory stoiut.on in the public schools, and WSs fl-^d $100 by Judge Raulstoti, th* Mim: turn fine, bringing hr us Day ton is con- r to a climax I noteworthy trial of ^cter in the history a religious of American jurisprudence. Events leading to the jury verdict followed In swift sucoesslon Tuesday 1 morning, beginning with the expung ing of the. testimony of William Jen- 1 nlngs Bryan from the court records, William B. Printer of Cleveland, and with the summoning of the jury, who was chosen to succeed the late which had not heard any of the at Warren B. Stone as President of the tempted testimony of the defense. The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers. verdict was virtually directed by Judge Raulston. I The question of denial of the divine «tory of creation as taught in the Wllliam D. Mitchell of St. Paul, who Bible was nqt before the Jury,' the was appointed te succeed James M nilTnMITC PAMPA NY UlAIUnillL uUmrRlvl SOLD TD EASTERNERS Beck as solicitor general of the United Quantity and Quality GROCERIES Here at Less Money Whether you order groceries for the harvest or for the vacation trip it will be more economical to order here. Let us quote'you our prices cn quantity buys—they will convince you that this store will :v and save money on fine groceries Id over for their quality. Before Buying Get Our Prices Good Bulk Coffee, 5 lbs..................... Parlor Blend Coffee, 5 lbs.............. Macaroni and Spaghetti, 13 lbs .. . . Small White Beans, 10 lbs.............. Red Mexican Beans, 10 lbs . . ........... Fancy Head Rice, 11 lbs.................. Viking Pan Cake Flour, 6 pkgs ... . K. C. Baking Powder, 10 lb tin . . . . Calumet Baking Powder, 10 lb tin .. Pops ConxStarch, 1 lb pkg, doz . . . Harvest ¿ytup, gal tin...................... Staley’s Golden Syrup, gal tin .. .. Wilson Nut Margarine, 4 lbs.......... Mazola and Wesson Oil, gal tin .. .. Merrimac Salmon, 15 1-2 oz tin, doz Festival Shrimp, doz ...................... Marine Oysters, doz .............. .. - - Tender Sweet Com, case ............... Bulls Eye Peas, case............ .......... Solid Pack Tomatoes, case ............. Van Camps Hominy, case .............. Goose Berries, case.......... ................ No. 10 tin, Apples, 6 tins................ No. 10 tin, Peaches, 6 tins............ No. 10 tin, Apricots, 6 tins ....... No. 10 tin, Black Berries, 6 tins ... No. 10 tin, Catsup, each................ No. 10 tin, Pumpkin, 6 tins............ No. 10 tin, Swt. Pickles, each........ Milk, all brands, case _.................. White Wonder Soap, case ........ Fine Dairy Salt, sk .............. Half Ground Salt, cwt ..,................. Webfoot Flour, bbl ......................... White River Flour, bbl................... Best Cane Sugar, cwt..................... The judge called attention to the । States. < wording of the indictment, in which United States Dental Exam Portland. Or.—Transfer of immense It was charged that the defendant iner for thia district. deposits of diatomaceous earth, under taught a theory of evolution, leaching Some of th* attorneys felt the fed development near Terrebonne on the that man ddbcended from a lower or eral government wai playing a lone Deschutes river, from the Diatomite der of animals or denied the story of Office at hand In their jurisdiction. On tbe comply of Portland to a group of divine creation as taught by the Bible. The judge charged that If the de other hand, it was explained that New York financiers was announced MORO, OREGON “fine help" was being accorded the by J. W. Ganong, president of the lo fendant should have violated the law I Washington, D. C. — Tbe nation's against teaching that man descended government officers tn many other in । total foreign Investment, inclusive of cal concern. Title to the property stances and that inhere such help was will pass August 1 to the Atomlte cor from A lower order of animals, he । amount^ owed the United States by had the dry law was being well en poration, organized under the laws of should be convicted. The question of . foreign governments, is estimated by forced. Delaware with $«.300,000 capital stock, denial of th* divine stoiy of creation j the department of commerce at a little It also was shown in th* reports and $50b,000 will be spent by the new as taught In the Bible was not to be more than $9,500,000.000. that a considerable number of fed owners In development of mining op considered as *vidence. The par value of foreign securities I It was explain’d that the defense’s eral prohibition agents ^ere winking publicly offered tn this country during at violations. It was Indicated that erations.- testimony on .which it relied to acquit Diatomaceous earth is composed of I t^ie first half of 1925 amounted to Physician and Surgeon Mr. Andrews woul£, be supplied with Scopes having been excluded, the de ! $551,591,000 as compared to $379,700.- the skeleton remains of microscopic the names of agents to whom bus fense would state to the Jury that it 000 for the-corresponding period last piclon was attached in the reports and organisms and Is used commercially could ^ot ask a vent it of "not guilty” for filtration, filler and for inanition. md was satisfied to have a convic year, their services e-^^d when the reor- Its fire-resisting qualities are said to Europe was the largest borrower Office and Residence ganixation becomes effective. tion In this court ihauan appeal might be superior to those of asbestos. Ther- during the first half of the present be made to the supreme court of Ten Is a wide and growing market for t\e nessee. end possibly eventually tQ tbe 1 year, the gross volume of Ioans Hotel Moro earth and the deposit at Terrebonne is Latin 1 amounting to $237,600.000. U: iLed State3 supreme court. said to be the purest known. The ' America was second with $151.081,- deposit underlies approximately 800 000 and Cai^da <hlr<Kwjth $131.910,- acres and is estimated to contain 5,- l 000. Asia, which led last year with I one loan to the Japanese government 000.000 tons. — , r— „v ’ _ 1 of 1125,000,000, comes fourth this year The deposit is seven miles from Washington. D. C.—An official com Dr. J. A. Wonderlick with only 131,000,000. munication giving a clear and com Terrebonne and about 15 miles from plete statement of tbe Washington Redmond. The Atomlte company pro Physician Portland, Or.—Characterized as the government’s attitude regarding China poses to build a rail line from the BRIEF GENERAL NEWS and Surgeon has been cabled to Paris for the In mine to Terrebonne. A refining plant beginning of a bigger and better ef Total French casualties so far in formation of French foreign office of- and other buildings will be erected, fort on the part of business men to calling for an investment of 1500,000. get behind the solution of agricultural the Moroccan war with Abd-El Krim's Office in McKee Building ficials. Phone/No. 182 problems, the two-day regional con- Rjffians are given as 4418. Of these. Disclosure of the contents of tbe . » .. States . ¡ -« 707 knIed 2775 wounded and 666 communlcatlon was withheld. It con ference called by the .. United v| ^ere ___ ENGINEER FINDS NEW RAY (Chamber of Commerce, was conciud- Residence One Block South East tains Information, however, that missing Phone No. 183 Washington officials hope will remove Scientist Says Solar Radio-Activity ed here. The Belgian government has agreed I These were some of the methods, with the French and British for the any possible misunderstanding be Has Pushing Power, WASCO. OREGON tween the American and French gov Minneapolis, Minn.—A Minneapolis recommended by one or another of 1 early evacuation of Dusseldorf, Duis- ernments. engineer. H. J. Smith, declared he had the various speakers at the confer burg and Ruhrort, simultaneously The communication is the first re discovered a mysterious new force, ence, by which farm Interests will be with the evacuation of other places garding China to be sent directly from ( T Tir . ìf ' in the Ruhr. “black rays” of the sun, which exert aided: I 1 Washington to any of the European a pushing instead of the pulling pow I Elimination of duplicating trade and : An air dispatch service between the capitals since the present situation er hitherto supposed to be one of the agricultural surveys and availability of : White House at Swampscott,. arose. The decision to send a dis Influences keeping the earth in its Information for all. 'Mass., and WashYrigton has been es- patch direct to Paris was reached only orbit, and he has so far demonstrated * Closer contacts between bankers , tablishod by the navy department. Im- Physician and Surgeon after' unofficial reports had «reached ! portant communications between the the truth of his claim that Dr. Henry and farmers Washington that the French did not A Erik-on, b«d of tbe phy^c. Me-! Education of Urmer. atony line, of president and federal departments WASCO, OREGON consider this a propitious time for ne partment of th. Unlveralty of Mln- bualne.. and COM accounting will be carried daily by a naval sea Phone -No. 182 110 East Second St gotiations for revision of foreign ex oeaote. ha. abandoned plan, for a va-1 Step, toward greater production, plane. better quality and standardization of AND tra-territorial privileges. The revaluation bill passed by the cation and shut himself up In his product. reichstag. providing for exchange of THE DALLES, OREGON laboratory to see if the law of New Probate of McClintock Will Denied. Financial aid by business and bank- German wartime and pre war loans Office at the Hamilton Hospital Chicago, Ill.- Basing his decision on ton must be scrapped or amended. Ing interests for prizes at county fairs for new issue equal to 5 per cent of -Phone No. Hospital 487 “a presumption of undue influence,” and agricultural shows. original loans was signed by Presi AUSTRALIAN LOAN IS MADE Probate Judge Horner refused to ad U. 3. and Canada O. K. Four Pscta.^ Rebuilding as much as possible the dent Hindenburg. Obligations total mit the will of William Nelson Mc Washington, D. C— Ratification, of bond of Interest between residents of ing 70,000.000,000 marks were thus J. P. Morgan A Co. Buy 175,000,000 Bond Issue. I I I I I I 11 lililí d l I 1 I I I I I l "H Clintock to probate. William Darling four treaties between the United the clty and residents of the rural sec- converted Into gold debt of 3.500.000,- New York.—For the first time in Shepherd, recently acquitted of States and Canada were exchanged at tjon8 000 marks. its history, the commonwealth of Aus charges of murder growing out of Mc the state department, . The treaties । tralia has turned from London to New Clintock’s sudden death last winter as relate to smuggling, extradition of S. PROCRAM DISCUSSED Logger Is Killed by Town Marihal- York for its external financing. J. be prepared to marry Miss Isabelle criminals, boundaries and the level of Pe Ell. Wash—Bort Goins, a logger, ' P. Morgan & Co. announced the pur Tope, was the principal beneficiary water in the Lake of the Woods. Eyesight Spécialisa In Event of Coal Ftrike Government GO, was shot and killed by J- Donahue, । chase of a 175,000,000 Australian loan, under the will. An estate in excew of Will Take Hand. town marshal, Saturday night when which was offered for public subscrip $1.000,000 was Involved. THE MARKETS Eye« Examined Glasses Fitted Swampscott. Mass, -7 The govern Goins resisted arrest and drew a knife tion. Simultaneous offering of a £5,- • Exclusively Optical ment will take a hand in the anthra on the officer. Goins long held a 000,000 loan was made in London. NOTICE OF FINAL Complete Lena Manufacturing Portland cite coal field wage negotiations grudge against Donahue, who had SETTLEMENT Allotment of the major portion of ' \ Plant in Connection In the County Court of the State Wheat — Hard white, $1.47; soft should an agreement not be reached once arrested the logger for disorder the preseat financing to the American of Oregon for the County of white. $1.45; northern spring, $1.47; and a strike be called September 1. OREGON ly conduct, on the street. $oins Is market resulted from Great Britain’s hs^rd winter, $1.45; western white, The program which the government said to have threatened the officers’ In the matter of the estate of 1 will pursue In the event of a strike life. When the two met Saturday gold resumption policy. $1.45; western red, $1.40. Elenor E. Nunn, deceased. The loan was over subscribed with Hay — Alfalfa, $18@19 ton; valley was discussed at a three-hour confer night, Donahue fa said to have been Notice is hereby given that the in one hour after the books were open undersigned administratrix of the timothy, $20 @21; eastern Oregon ence here by • ¡’resident Coolidge and comp died to shoot GolnA in self-de n i t iii imiiiuinniiw estate ed. of Elenor E. Nunn, deceased, timothy, $23 @ 24c. 1 Secretary Davis. The latter was hop- fense. has filed in the county court of Sher Butterfat—47c shippers’ track. llng that an agreement would be reach Auto Registration Nets Large Fund. man Country, State of Oregon, her JAMES STEWART ed before the present wage contracts Auto Mileage Lost by State Officials. Eggs—Ranch, 27@30c. • final report and account, as such Salem, Or.—Since 1907, when tbe Cheese—Prices f. o. b. Tillamook; ! expire, August 3L ; administratrix of said estate, and SHERMAN COUNTY Salem. — Hereafter state employes law went Into effect providing state that Monday, the 10th day of Au Triplets, 27c; loaf, 28c per lb. and officials who use private automo revenue from the licensing of motor . STOCK AND BRAND • gust, 1926, at the hour of 10:00 Cattle—Steers, good, $7.75@8.25. Uncle Sam Remits China Boxer Debt, biles traveling about on state business vehicles, to July 1T1925. the state has o’clock a. m. has been fixed by said L y *• Hogs—Medium to. choice, $13.60@ k • Washington. D. C.—China INSPECTOR ’s debt of will be reimbursed only at the regular collected the immense sum of $24,815.- court aa the time for hearing of ob 15.00, jections, if any, to said report and — xu. $6,137,552, the final installment of Its rates charged by common carriers, 950.66 from this source of revenue. the settlement thereof. Sheep-Lambs, medium to choice, , for the BoxeiloUtt)reakA where such transportation Is avail Of this total, $141,286 was turned into Lillian F. Nunn, Adminis | 800@12.50 . \ it waa wiped off the slate by the United able. Notice to this effect was sent the general fund of the state treasury ’ ’ DEPUTIES: L. Schadewitz, Kent. tratrix of the estate of States government President Cool to all state departments, boards and and the balance, or 125,341,937.16, has Elenor E. Nunn, deceased. - 1 ’ Oragoa; Dr. Jo«. Sounder», Moro, * '' Seattle. W. C. Bryant, attorney. 6tjlQa7 idge in remitting ths debt at this time commissions by Secretary of State been expended in the construction. ! ► Oro.: w. H. Meyer, Wasco, Oro- - - tor - the Improvement and repair of state and Wheat—Soft white, $1.45; western to the troubled nation, acted under Kozer. uho is responsible NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION white, $1.45; hard winter, $1.45; west auditing of the claims against the county highways, according to a state authority granted by congress more, l illlAMI |>| I I I HI ili M* Department of the Interior, U. S. ern red, $1.43; northern spring, $1,43; thaa • year ago. The Chinese lega state. ment made public by the secretary of Land Office at The Dalles, Oregon, Big Bend bluestem, $1.48. tion, taking not j of ,the action, declar- state. June 17th, 1925. • Hay—Alfalfa, $23; D. C., $28; tim <ed it would go far toward further ce Extension of Seattle City Limits Urged , Notice is hereby given that Vai Workman, of Moro, Oregon, who,_on othy, $2«; mixed hay. $24. Seattle, Wash. — A conference of <jpaa MJ *M>r C mb H m meriting the frkr.dah’ip of the two na- Julv 14. 1920, made Homestead En- \ Butterfat—45a. mayors and leading citizens of small Stevens Pass Road Opened to. Traffic* £ No 020239, forNE^, NEUSER tioDs. ‘‘ ‘‘J STOCK & WHEAT section 20,* townshjp 1 north, rang* Eggs—Ranch,' 34 039c. Wenatchee, Wash.—A dream of 15 communities bordering Seattle to con- Hogs—Prime, >14.85014.75. years ago, when a group of promin- B der consolidation of these districts : 19 east, Willamette meridian, has Ford Bld on Ships Approved. RANCHES Cattie—Prime steers, $8.00@8.25. filed notice of intention to make final ent Snohomish cqunty residents with the city of Seattle was urged in Washington, D. C.—Acceptance of Cheese—Oregon fancy, 2»c; Oregon three year proof, to establish claim Northern h letter by Mayor Brown here. The stood on the old ‘ tìrea' for sale to the land above described, before standard, 25cf Washington triplets, the Henry Ford bid of $1,706,000 for extension of Seattle’s limits to include switchback topping Stevek pass and Register, United States Land Office, •the 200 shipping board vessels set ‘ or the consolidation of expressed a desire for a modern high at The Dallea, Oregon, on the 29th 25«. ’ • ” ; F.T. HURLBURT [aside for scrapping has been recom- King county, county, also would be way, was realised Saturday when Gov the city and day ofxjuly, 1925. | tnohdnd .to the shipping board by Spokane, : U^r Mate Strwt, O». G« m « ! ; Claimant names as witnesses .John discussed at the conference, Mayor ernor Hartley otficijlly opened th* President Palmer o( the fleet corpora Cothran. Ollie Knapp, John Gibson, Hogs—Prime, $13.75018.85. roU to traffic * Brown laid. C m A m ■ . OnfM W. M. Ross all of Moro, Oregon. tion. - Catti*— Prim« iteers, II.OOOl.iQ. i . ; r ' J t J. W. Donnelly, Register. U. S. FOREIGN LOANS OVER NINE BILLIONS U. S. ATTITUDE - ON CHINA GIVEN CONFERENCE TO HELP «ÖLüffic IS HELO Dr W. N. Morse De Larhue Optical Co. $1.90 2.15 1.00 1.00 1.-00 1.00 1.00 1.35 1.65 1.10 1.40 . .75 . 1.00 2.00 . 2.40 .2.10 . 2.15 . 3.45 . 3.45 . 3.45 . 3.40 / 3.40 . 3.00 . 3.40 ,.3.25 . 3.90 . .80 . 3.00 . 1.50 t 4.75 73.79 . .95 . 1.00 . 8.50 . 9.50 . 6.65 Parlor Grocery u. The Dalles, Ore. BRIEF GENERAL NEWS ~ A cyclone hit Sturgeon Bay, Wis., Saturday, with one casualty. A decrease of 182,000 in the farm population last year was estimated by the department of agriculture. Reduction of taxes on farm prop erty and of railroad freight rates wer«' favored by William M. Jardine, secre tary of the department of agriculture. In an address at Ames, Iowa. Southwestern Montana was again disturbed by earthquakes that were felt at Helena, Great Falls, Three Forks, Manhattan and Billings. No widespread damage was reported. The Frnech war ministry has decid ed to transfer three divisions of colon ial troops, now in Ruhr and JYance, to Morocco. General Naulin, ■ lucent- ly appointed to supreme command of the French forces in Africa, will have about 100,000 men at his disposal when he takes charge of the campaign against the Moors, July 18. Doheny Ordered to Pay $358,031. Les Angeles.—A formal decree ord ering payment of $358,031 to th* gov ernment by the E. L. Doheny oil in terests was approved by Federal Judge Paul J. McCormick. Judge Mc Cormick. on May 88, canceled Doheny’s leases to the Elk Hills naval oil reserves on the grounds they con- was obtained through s piracy between the oil magnat* and former Secretary cf the Interior Ab bert R. Fall. ' Utah Man On Tariff Commisalbn. Swampscott, Mass.—President Cool idge appointed Edgar Bernard Brus^ sard of Utah as member of th* United States tariff commission to succeed William 8. OBlberUou. recently ap pointed minister to RoumanU,