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The Sherman County Observer, Moro, Oregon, Friday,
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Avgust 7, 1925
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C. L. I reland
Entered as second claw matter at the
poet often at Moro, Oregon, July 25, 1891
Eureka Lodge No. 131
Meets the 1st and 3d Thurs
day evenings of each month,
ting member* cordially
invited to moot with u*. By
order of W. M.
Robt. Urquhart, Secretary
communication*
each 2nd and 4th Thursday
evening* monthly.
Mrs. E. A. Cushman,
Worthy Matron.
Nana Barzee, Secretary. 1.
floro Lodge No. 113
I. O O. F.
Meets every Monday eve
ning in the I. O. O. F. hall.
Transient and visitint bro
thers arc cordially invited to
meet with ns.
W. B. Rice, N. G. .
A.M. ypung, Secretary
Lupine Rebecca Lodge.
No. 116, Moro, Oregon/
meets 1st and 3d Fridays
of each month. Visiting
member* welcome.
Mr*. C V. Belknap, N.G.
Hazel Woods, Secy
CHRIS SCHULTZ POST NO. T1
AMERICAN LEGION
Meet* at Odd Fellow* Hall on
K h IK k V
Sunday afternoon August 2nd, a
quiet wedding took place at the Pres
byterian manse in this city when
Rev. Henry G. Hanson pronounced
the words which made two one. The
contracting parties were Mr. James
Robert Phillips of Portland and Miss
Georgia Thompson of Moro. The in
vited guests consisted of immediate
relatives of the couple, and are as
follows: Mr. and Mrs. Hans Thomp
son, parents of the bride, and their
three children, Mrs. Clara Thompson
Ward of Dufur,. Miss Lillian Thomp
son and Master Harvey Thompson of
Moro; Mr. Edward L. Ward of Dufur
Mr. Thompson, a cousin of the bride;
Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Kunsman and
daughter. Barbara of Moro; Mrs.
Phillips and daughter, mother and
sister of the bridegroom, from Port
land. Mrs. Kunsman sang “Because”
and played the wedding march from
Mendelsohn.
Refreshments were
served immediately after the con
clusion of ths ceremony by Mrs. Han
son and Mrs. Kunsman.
The bridegroom is a graduate of
O. A, C., and is now connected with
a business firm in Portland.
The
bride Is well known around Moro,
having been a resident of the county
ten miles east of here. She has at
tended Albany college, and Leland
Stanford university, of which latter
institution she is a graduate. Since
graduation she has been a librarian
nt Stanford, and during the past
year in the central library at Port
land. The young couple will make
their home at Multnomah station,
IrortUuuL The many friends of the
young couple wish them a happy and
prosr erous voyage through life.
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Editor and Publisher
»econd and fourth Wednesday■
of each month.
Commander, I. M Peter .on,
Roy F. Dean, Adjutant
Way
ZdlTs Fanera? Hone Now Open at
Mr. and Mrs. Guy Pound are visit
ing at Wasco with Mrs. Aridrew
Shearer, aunt of Mrs. Pound. Mr.
Pound th from Eureka, California,
where he has been engaged in th$
jewelry business. He is also a for
mer resident of Wasco where he own
ed a jewelry business and expects to
locate soon at The Dalles in a similar
business.
C. 0. Elliott and party of five
who recently visited at the home of
G. G. Thorp when on their way from
Eugene to Alberta, Canada, spent
the last week-end again at the Thorp
homa on their return. Mr. Elliott
owns 1 Mi sections of land in Alberta
and had planned to sell it when he
arrived, but changed his mind after
he saw the crop of wheat it was pro
ducing this season.
Mutual Creamery Co.
MORO,
OREGON
CREAM PRICE
TO-DAY
52
cents
Neighborhood items
From and after this date charges
for hauling will be $1 per cord for
wood; $1 per ton for coal; other
charges accordingly.
C. L. Mont
gomery.
C. W. Smith finished his harvest
run Tuesday and on Wednesday had
hissing combine harvester in the shed
until time to start it in harvest next
year. Forrest Peetz was employed
by Mr. Smith to place the outfit un
der cover.
Four silver knives and forks with
the initial P on the handle was lost
Sunday in front of Mrs. E. J. Pow
ell’s home from. off the running
board of an auto. Their loss spoils
a set. Reward will be paid for re
turn to Mrs. Powell.
E. T. Olson, farming in the Ful
ton district west of Wasco, made
two round tripg to The Dalles last
Monday after men for his harvest
crew.
The first time he brought
back two men and the second time
one. Three men was the total
needed.
C. J. Thompson has finished with
the harvest on his farm east of Moro
and is now planning to leave here
the last of the week ?br his home at
Corvallis. The family will make the
trip by way of Camp Sherman and
Belknap springs stopping about a
week at each place.
A number of local owned threshing
machines have finished the harvest on
their owners farms and are now be
ing operated in joining fields. It is
only a matter of a. few days until
the larger part of the wheat harvest
in Sherman county for this season
will have been finished.
Mr., and Mrs. C. L. Powell and
daughter Lucile accompanied by
Madison Cooper, drove up from Port
land last Saturday for a visit with
relatives and friends in and near
Moro. They were intending to re
turn to Portland the last of the week
by way of McKenzie pass highway.
It's a good thing those Put
nam boys are going back to
school f^ext week
OU heard the latest exploit,
didn’t you! Left the water
running in the bath tub and
ruined the'living room wall.
redecorated, it waa, and Mrs. Putnam
knew she couldn’t ask to have it done
over. But her cousin Jim, the decora
tor, said if the boys would buy the
Acme Quality No-Lustre Finish he
would do over the walls him« if. Mrs.>
Putnam says now she isn t sorry it
happened—the walls are sirflply lovely
—and she has learned something about
wall finishes she wishes she had known
years ago.
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ACME QUALITY
NO-LUSTRE FINISH
Ali the ndzhborbood b6y* its Acme Quality
Paiate, Enamel*, Stain* and Varnishes in our
ator*
It you want to join everyone elae in
bnghtenin* up the home* in the pei«hborbo<id,
fee ean tell you juet how to «o »bout it, what
Acme Products to use, and now to use them.
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The Dalles Battery Co., 514 E. 2nd
street The Dalles, is an official state
testing and adjusting station for auto
head and spot lights. C. A. Fritzsche
is in personal charge of this work
and is fully capable if issuing the
Just required certificate necessary to be;
secured by all auto car drivers by
September 1st.
Rev. John Robertson, formerly pas
tor of Moro Methodist church and
now pastor of a Methodist church in
Spokane, was a brief visitor in this
city Wednesday afternoon. ^He was
on his return to Spokane from a
visit to Seaside and visited in Moro
while Jfrs. Robertson visited with
relatives at Dufur.
Dr. L. D. Idleman accompanied by
Mrs. Idleman and their daughter
Miss Helen Idleman were visiting in
Moro this week on their way from
Salem to Camp Sherman. They were
joined here by Mrs. A. S. Johnson,
sister of Mrs. Idleman, when the
party left on Thursday for the head
waters of the Metolious.
Anson Woods was in Moro from
Walia Walla Wednesday afternoon.
He has a farm near Weston in Uma
tilla county and had heard that a
Sherman county farmer who held
joining land wanted to sell. , When
the two got together both agreed on
the buying and selling but were
several hundred dollars apart on the
price.
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Franklin Gibson, eigh< week old
baby boy living near Wasco with his
Grandparents, W. A. Bayliss and wife
during the tempory absence of his
parents in or near Portland, died
Sunday night from pneumonia fol
lowing an attack of whooping eough
Funeral services were held at Wasco
■ Tuesday morning interment being in
the Wasco Oemetery,
i BRIEF LOCAL NEWS
News Items From Kent
And Near Vicinity
MORO CHURCH NEWS
I Paragraphs on County
I and Community Events
, A. A. Dunlap is a Portland visitor
this week.
Notes of Interest to
All De nominations
Mr. and Mrs. Norton were Moro
Chaa. Mann is visiting in the coun visitors Monday.
ty from Susanville, California.
• Mrs. Thorp was . visiting at The
David West, farming near the city Dalles a few days this week.
limits, was in The Dalles on business
Arnold Dellinger spent the week
Monday.
end visiting friends at The Dalles.
K. ¿r •
E. R. Barzee has purchased a light
Mrs. Jas. Dellinger is enjoying a
truck with which to handle his short visit with her brother and family
haul deliveries.
from Bend.
Sunday morning at the Presby
terian church Rev. Henry G. Hanson
will preach his second sermon in a
series on Fundamental Religious
Truths, taking for his theme “Jesus.”
Last Sunday afternoon he spoke on
“God.” Other sermons of the series
will be announced later.
Sunday
school as usual at 10:00 a. m.
T. R. McGinnis, wife and son Lu
L. W. Amick and wife were Sun
Christian Science church services
ther were visiting in Moro this week day visitors pt the Ben Payne home
are held on Sunday morning at 11
from Corvallis.
at Grass Valley.
o’clock and on Wednesday at 8:00
Sheriff Hugh Chrisman and wife
Jimmy and Preston Leonard of p. m.
Sunday schopl at 10:15 a.m.
were in The Dalles Tuesday taking in Hood River are visiting their grand The reading room is open daily in
the Barnes animal circus.
father, Chas. Guyton.
the rear of the church. All are- in
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Judge Fred Krusow and wife of
Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Sproul of Van vited to attend the church services
Grass Valley were combining busi couver, Washington, are visiting at and to make use of the reading room.
ness with pleasure in The Dalles last the Wm. Young h<ime.
Monday.
The second service of the churches
Geo. McKay and family are spend next Sunday will be held in the com-
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V. S. Barr was expecting to have ing the week ¡with Mr. McKay’s sis-!
fortable shade at DeMcdi Park at
his threshing work completed and his ter, Mrs. Geo» Howell and family.
4:30 p. m. Eveiybody is cordially
outfit under cover by Wednesday of
Mrs. Crocket arrived home Sunday invited to these opc n air services,
this week.
and reports Mr. Crocker doing fine Rev. Henry G. Hanson will preach.
The usual Dorcas social for and that he ejects to be
home the
August will be held next Wednesday last of the we^t.
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afternoon at the home of Mrs. Roy
Picture Show News
Mrs?* Jas. Mathf»s and daughter
Kunsman.
For The Current Week
spent the week-end at The Dalles at
Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Lee and son the home of Mrs. Mathes parents,
No character in history or legend
Lester were visiting at Moro last Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Barnett.
ever
appealed mure to the imagina
week-end for the second time within
Miss Alta Norton who has been tion for his preponderance of dash
two weeks.
spending the past two months with ing romantic nerve than Robin Hood,
Newton Crosfield and family of her grandparents in the Willamette whose exploits in the Twelfth Century
Wasco, accompanied by Mrs. Jessie valley arrived Home T uesday.
serve to mark that era as one -in
Amos, left last week-end by motor
Miss Minie Hogue arrived home on which the spirit of chivalry reached J.
for an extended visit at coast points.
Tuesday evenings train from Toledo its zenith. No character in the mem-I
A baby girl weight 7 Vi pounds ar where she has been visiting the past ory of mankind ever was given such 1
rived safely at the home of Mr. and month with her sister, Mrs. Clair a magnificent opportunity to be im• i
pressed permanently, so brilliantly. 1
Mrs. Ray Morehouse of Klondike Simler.
Douglas Fairbanks’ masterly portray-.
Friday, July 31st, Dr. J. A. Wonder-
A baby daughter arrived at the al of this character in his photodrama
lick attending.
home of W. D. Barnett Wednesday “Douglas Fairbanks in Robin Hood,” !
Raymond Henrichs drove down the 29th. Mother and daughter do
is sure to enhance the popularity of 1
from Camp Sherman last Saturday ing fine, but Slim’s head has gotten
this hero since this film undoubtedly ।
in time to almost immediately take so big that he has made two or three
will live just as any great novel with
off his coat and go on duty at the trips to The Dalles for a hat, but has
a historical background survives the
confectionery store.
been unable to find one to fit him. onslaughts of time.
T. W. Alley and wife, F. L. Bur He has decided to hate Dunlap see
As Visuatized in the matchless
nett and wife and Mrs. E. F. Brown what he could do for him during “Douglas Fairbanks in Robin Hood,”
were among those from Moro who buyer’s week at Portland.
this character becomes the very king
attended the Barnes animal circus in
of romance in all that the term im
The Dalles Tuesday.
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T. B. Searcy has finished the plies, : n l his manner of impressing
C. W. Kenny and family were 'harvest on his farm in the Board his commendable traits of standing
visiting in Wasco Tuesday evening. man district. The barley is reported unabashed as the -bold fighter in be
Mrs. Kenny expects to leave soon for to have averaged (Jose' to 20 sacks to half of frail woman is one which will
Idaho to visit her mother whose the acre and the federation wheat nut fail to remain fixed in the mind
of every person who sees the rein
12 Vu sacks to the acre.
health has been poorly.
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carnation of his spirit by Mr.
Chas. Bullard is reputed to be the Fairbanks.
Miss Edith Jones of Portland, visit
ing at the Miller home at Wasco, is owner,pf the first threshing outfit to
under the care of Dr. J. A. Wonder *'e put into the ahed after finishing
A courageous but inexperienced
lick suffering from a severe attack o, • .ts harvest work In Sherman county easterner going through the- trials
this reason. The machine was placed of ranch life in an effort to gain a
inflammatory rhuematism.
untlor cevir last Saturday.
proper perspective of life is the plot
Dr. Froyd was called to Antelope
Miss i’ai> Joh-nson and Mrs. Susie of Hoot Gibson's picture, ‘‘Taming
Monday to attend Gilbert Vander-
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hoff who was suffering from a lacer Hastings, trove down the Columbia the West.”
The
story
is
an
adaptation of ‘‘The
highway
Wednctday
of
this
week,
ated foot, supposed to have been
Miss Johnson to visit in Portland and Range Dwellers,” in original story
caused by a barbed wire fence
Mrs. HasLngs to transact business by B. M. Bowers. It deals with the
At the meeting of the city council
curious experiences i and humorous
at Vancouver,
;shingt< n.
held on Tuesday evening J. C. Free
episodes in the life of an easterner
Chris Andersen stepped on the gas
man was elected as councilman to
who has gone to live on a ranch in
serve as successor to T. W. Alley throttle of his .ar early Monday
search of character.
mophing and left via the Columbia
who recently resigned the office.
highway for Portland. He said that
C. C. Young and wife from The
he was quite well satisfied with the
Man with several years experience
Dalles, accompanied by Mrs. Young’s
crop from off his place west of Moro. on Sherman county ’ farm wants a
niece, Miss Palma Mone from North
Ed Suran, working for E. P. Rich, year round job. . A good home and
Dakota, were visiting in Moro last
near Wasco, is suffering from a foot kind treatment more object than
Sunday at the A. M. Young homa.
injury resulting from a horse step wages. Make me an offer. Address
O. L. Belshe and L. L. Peetz drove
ping o0 him when extracting it from P. O. Box 371 Portland, Oregon.
down from Camp Sherman on Tues
tangled harness. An x-ray examina-
Dr. Froyd was called to the J. F.
day to have another look at harvest
tion by Dr. Wonderlick showed no Noonan home Saturday night to
ing operations. They returned a-
broken bones.
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treat their 4-yeur old son who had
gain to Camp Sherman on Thursday.
become
poisoned in some unknown
The top price for 1025 wheat so
Harry Blough and wife who have
manner.
Monday the youngster had
far reported to have been paid in
been visiting in Sherman county with
fully
recovered
from the effects of
was
that
received
Sherman county
Mrs. Blough’s brothers, Lester Con-
the
poison.
by Bruce Kee on Tuesday for .No. 1
lee at Moro and Howard Conlee at
The price "was $1.41 de
Ted Everett, working on his broth
Fairview, left Monday for their home marquis.
livered at Hay Canyon. W. W. M. er’s, C. A. Everett, farm near Wasco
at Portland.
Co. is the reported purchaser.
received an injury to his eye Tuesday
Julia Sagawa, 17-year old daugh
Mrs. G. A. Meloy and daughter, caused a small gash on the eye ball.
ter of Mrs. Bertha Sagawa residing
Miss Kathleen, are visiting from Cor Dr. J. A. Wonderlick dressed the in
at Fairview, submitted to an opera
vallis
a£ the home of M. A. Bull and jured member and Mr. Everett is
tion at the office of Dr. J. A. Wonder
family. Miss Kathleen is a graduate again at work on the farm.
lick at Wasco Tuesday for the re
of 0. A. C. and is now studying for
Chas. Fields, working on the Roy
moval of tonsils. .
an advanced degree.
Part of the Belshee farm north of Wasco, was
Dr. and Mrs. J. R. Morgan left by work necessary i that she shall kicked on the shin by a horse last
auto Wednesday for a months vaca make a social and historical survey week. After a week of home treat
tion and camping trip.
They will of some city in Oregon.
She has ment and his getting no better he
spend the first two weeks at Govern selected her home town of Moro for went to Dr. J. A. Wonderlick for an
ment Springs and the second two this and their visit is for the purpose x-ray examination which showed a
weeks at Seaside.
of securing necessary data.
cracked shin bone.
M oro T heatre
MORO/ OREGON
TWICE-A-WEEK FEATURE-INTERNATIONAL NEWS REEL
44 Robin
Hood ”
25c an ¡ 170.
Special Prices:
‘‘Robin Hood” is a noted English historical novel ma<
by its presentation the past few years in light
opera and musical revues. In it.
to the same high standard of excellence.
Taming
The
u p
g
West
The swiftest romance that was ever put on the sire eh. Just one
continuous whirlwind of bucking broncs, fist tights, love-making
speeding automobiles and galloping hoofs.
Adapted from “The Range Dwellers" by B. M. Bowers.
TWICE-A-WEEK FEATURE INTERNATIONAL NEWS REEL
Douglas MacLean in “ Introduce Me
“Introduce Me” is one of the sensational feature successes of
the year, starring Douglas Mac Lean
Jack Hoxie in “ Ridin’ Thunder ”
Saturday, August 15
more reckless—»-more thrilling band of u ij-d-riding cow-
punchers never rode a bucking bronco.
You’ll see the most
thrilling exhibition of horsemanship in this roaring tale of the
Great West lead by that daredevil cowboy, Big Jack Hoxie.
TWICE - A - WEEK FEATURE INTERNATIONAL NEWS REEL
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MORO, OREGON
Joe Truitt, Proprietor
SHOWER BATHS
Special Price
$7.00
on Transmission $5.50
Labor on Rear End
Labor
Ninety Days *Free Service
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Nine Years Factory Experience
H. A. Melane
703 2nd Street
The Dalles, Oregon
Phil Starr claims to be milking the
premium cow of Sherman county, a
7-year old Jersey that according to
W. J. Cody, agent here for the Mu
tual Creamery Co., gives a cream test
of 6.5 on whole milk. The cow is
now giving three gallons a day and
is due to again freshen soon.
Dr. M. F. Froyd was called to the
Clem Eslinger farm »Sunday to*, at
tend the 15-ycarwuld son of Ben
Payne who had been injured severely
when his horse fell with him and
rolled over him. Dr. Froyd stated
that the boy had concussion of the
brain and was unconscious until
M onday.
' Mrs. Idabelle Hunter and sister,
Laura Urquhart, arrived late Sunday
evening by auto from Oroville, Wash
ington, h.aving made the drive in one
day. They stopped nearly 1 ’4 hours
in Ellensburg and also had a rest
from driving when ferrying the Col
umbia river at Arlington. Oroville
is near the Canadian line, 432 miles
from Moro.
Dr. M. F. Froyd and Joe Truitt
are busy these days seeking inter
views with live wire boxers .who are
wanted for places on the boxing ex
hibition prograin that is being pre
pared for Sherman county annual
fair week.
At the present time
the card is about filled, fighting men
from Portland, Yakima, The Dalles,
and other points having agreed to be
present when the gong sounds.
Peerless Light Draft Rotary Rod Weedet
A Weeder Cultivator and Packer
The Three-in-One
Practical Farm Implement
Once Over the Ground
And All Three.Operations
^/Are Completed
On Display " and -For Sale
BY
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Moro, Oregon