The Sherman County Observer, Moro, Oregon, Friday, : October 23, 1925
—e
Vote Fifty Million
,
Lone Rock Market Road Will
Soon be Open to Public Travel
wagon b ateo supplied by the county
with which to haul the rock. Who
W. C T. U. Holds Annual ■
The Difference«^
Between a store that specializes in
Candy and one that does not, is just
the difference between a violinist
and a fiddler.
V 'W
They’re both in the same business,
but one b a quality player and the
other baa not thought much of any
thing but scratching out tunes.
to move it.
Boek b also supplied to anyone who
annual convention at Wasco Friday
The surface and road bed of the costs the county to haul it, or those and Saturday of last week.
¥yiday night a wall attended moot
Lone Rock market road b fully up to
ing was hel<Fat the school auditorium,
do
their
own
hauling.
standard in every respect. ’ Engi
New Rock Road Gives Many neer Wall has put on the grade a Tom Fraser took advantage of thb Prof. Dodson delivering the main
• OUR CANDY'
address. . The program was inter
four inch base with a top dressing of opportunity to partially rock the
IS ALWAYS FRESH
spersed by several musical and vocal
board for the development of public
fine crushed rock four inches thick. county road between the Lone Rock
selections
and
a
reading
by
Mrs.
OUR
GOODS HIGH CLASS
Last week the editor of the Sher The width of the road b not fully up market road and his farm gate and
water properties. The amendment,
W.
C.
Bryant.
Mrs.
Hicks
intro
through
hb
farm
to
hb
home.
The
which has the backing of the House man County Observer drove over the to state engineering standards, being
Watch our Show Window for Satur
day Specials. Priced extra low for
wives Council, Inc., of Portland, pro new Lone Rock market road in com 12 feet wide instead of 16 feet, but rock for the county road was fur duced Mrs. Mary L. Mallett, state
THAT DAY ONLY
vides for the election of a board of pany with County Engineer an i this one change from state standards nished free and Fraser paid for the president of the organizatio*n, who
five members, which have full power County Road Master Homer S. Wall. has met with the approval of the rock used by- him that he placed in briefly addressed the audience.
Saturday the convention met again
to construct and acquire locations The trip was one that will be ot state engineers and the width of 12 side hb fence. At very slight cost
and equipment and to issue bonds up benefit to any county taxpayer to feet will be sufficient to meet all Mr. Fraser has secured a year round for the transaction of business and
lake, especially while the county rock requirements for a number of years, road from hb home to a connection discussion for the work and closed
Saturday night, Mm-Maxy L. Mallett
tion of the state, or fifty million dol crusher plant b vet located adjacent robably during the lifetime of all
proved road in the state of Oregon. delivering the main address.
lars in round figures, the valuation im to the new road" and in operation. who now will use the road.
The inspiration brought by thb
The present end of the Lone Rock
Oregon being close to a billion dol
The new road, in motor parlance, b Others ¿an do the same and as these
meeting
under * the leadership of
«ide
roads
are
improved
just
that
lars. Petitions will be placed in cir market road b just about where a fast one. The curvature at all
culation and if the promote: s obtain traffic now leaves the old road to en places is easy and gradual and at one much more b every part of Sherman local earnest Christian women con
TERM
signatures equal to eight per cent of ter the county fair grounds, prac place, near the W. C. Miller farm, a county benefitted by the road build tending for the moral and spiritual
the number of votes cast for supre. < ically on top of the last, piece of double °S” curve is an exceptionally ing plant maintained and operated welfare of our people and against
every malicious and evil influence
judge at the last state election the grade going out of Moro and entirely fine piece of engineering with the out- by Sherman county.
was
most heartening to all who at
proposition will go on the ballot in past the Experiment Farm holdings. side of the two curves banked just
WITH
tended
and we realize with such
At thb place the survey for the ight for any sort of car or truck to
November of next year.
forces at work there is hope and
This socialist movement has some route into Moro swings to the west stay exactly where the driver wishes
assurance of complete victory for the
is Elected Taxes Will
supporters in Oregon, but the general into the Ragsdale farm land, runs to drive.
term
Christian forces of purity and right-
along the edge of the farming lands
•The new road construction ends
be Reduced
already burdened with mounting until the mMne to the east b passed just north of Boardman school house
Amoung those who attended from
coats of government, will be against then Swings across the old road an< and, when again construction begins
IF DESIRED =
it. They will not favor a hairbrained into the Experiment Farm, goes down at some future date, will undoubted week hb candidacy for the republican our city were Mrs. W. C. Bryant,
scheme to vote millions to put the a ravine and swings behind the barn ly be continued to a connection with nomir^tion for the office of governor
state into business already cared for and, keeqing to the left in a Urge the Rutledge market road out of of Oregon b a resident of Polk Moore, Rev. and Mrs. Hanson and
and in which many millions of dollars circular direction, connects with the Grass Valley which now ends in the county where he conducts one of the Rev. and Mrs. Feenstra.
We Have Money Now Available
The State W. C. T. U. meets this
ere already invested. They will op present grade crossing over the rail close vicinity to Rutledge church.
most diversified farms in the Willam
week at Hood River convening Wed
FOR FARM LOANS ONi FARM LANDS
pose it for the further reason that road tracks in front of the Farmer«
The old road out of Lone Rock ette valley. Several years ago he
nesday evening and closing Friday
every county derives thousands of Elevator A Supply Co. warehouse.
conducted
one
of
the
largest
stores
canyon has been abandoned in many
to Progressive Sherman County Farmers
dollars from taxes on these same
The chance of thb piece of road, places. The new road has been con then owned in Salem, Oregon, which
properties, whereas the state will pay connecting the new Lone Rock structed on an easier grade and quite he sold to take up farming and which
no taxes to itself nor to any subdi market road with the city, being built a bit eloser to the W. C. Miller farm, he has made successful.
c. A. Babcock, working for
Write Direct to
visions. • They will be against it be at thb time or in the immediate fu- the Damon farm and the Brackett zMr. Patterson says in hb declara Peters & Ginn, was kicked on the
cause thinking people know that
farm. f In fact at some of these tion that if elected governor he will left leg by a horse Tuesday morning
politics will enter into the adminis erty directly adjoining the city ano places it is only a few yards from the bring about a reduction of taxes. He when he startled the animal as he was
tration of any state owned or any those in charge of the Experiment new road to
the farm houses where does not say which nor how. He says entering the stall. The kick caused
Oregon-Washington Joint Stock Land Bank
state operated project and that pub Farm have other views concerning formerly the
distance was figured in he will reduce the aggregate amount alight injury, but the force of the
lic ownership stands for inefficiency. the routing of the market road into miles.
of taxes collected. He has had busi blow swung the foot against the con
Portland, Oregon
The Oregon irrigation congress, at its Moro. These do not at all coincide
It is quite a revelation to inspect ness experience and legislative train crete foundation wall of the barn
annual session in Grants Pass last with the state engineers, who have the new'rock
ing
enough
to
be
able
to
do
it.
1
and
broke
a
bone
just
above
the
an
crusher now owned and
week, spiked the scheme in the fol full authority to pass upon all route« operated by the county and compare
He also is in favor of putting all kle joint. Dr. Froyd put the injured
lowing resolution:
proposed for market road construc it with the outfit operated by th< responsibility for state expense upon member in a plaster cast and Bab
We do not believe that thb b
tion in the state. -— A------ - * county when sueh a plant was work the governor by making the gover cock is now around town with the
the time, in consideration of a-
Work on the piece of road be ing in the vicinity of Moro in 1921' nor alone responsible for the state aid of crutches.
▼ailable markets, good public
tween the stub end at the county fair when the roads north and south of tax budget.- He contends that the
policy, and the service now be
grounds and Moro has been stopped Moro and the streets of Moro was governor, -through exercise of the
ing rendered, to bond the state
JAMES J. CROSSLEY
of Oregon in any amount for
veto power, is able to kill any pro
by reason of a remonstrance signed improved.
w
OF
public development of electric
posed
tax
eating
law
and
if
the
gov
by those living along the road outside
At the time the work was done'by
Portland,
Oregon,
Moro. We have been informed by the county near Moro in 1921 there ernor was also responsible for the
members of the city council and was employed 25 men to the shift, levy of taxes it would be much »«ipr Hereby announces that he is
Blacksmith and Machine Shop
Public School a Rusip^a« others interested in bringing the new the county working two shifts a day on taxpayers than giving the tev levy a candidate for the Republi
road into *Moro that nothing will be and turning out’ 80 yards of road ing power to a board of control as is
Plow Share Grinding
i Enterprise; People are
can nomination for U.. S.
done towards constructing this dis surfacing material each 24 hours and now the system.
Senator
at
the
May,
1926,
He b in favor of taking the opera
Stockholders
tance until some one or more per- placing it on the road. When doing
Acetylene Welding -
•ons who have signed the remon thb the county used dinky little rail tion of the state penitentiary out of primaries.
Wood Working in Connection
What do you know about your strance become sufficiently interested
road and dump cars to haul the rock politics. Mr. Patterson says that the
Will
work
zealously
for
develop
child’s school? How is your child’s to take action to bring this matter
from the quarry to the crusher, load cost per capita for prisoners b more ment of Oregon and support of
home cooperating with it? Does your before the state engineers. As mat-,
ing the cars by hand. The old crusher than the total amount many families measures for real benefit of farmers
Let us give you prices on our
child have trained parents as well as ters now stand the eity of Moro has
plant was equipped with but one spend each month for food and as suggested by their organizations.
trained teachers?
Favor
World
Court
and
Reform
Sen
no funds with which to build • con crusher roller and when finer surfac clothes. He thinks thb should be
Pennsylvania Vacuum Cup Tires
If the home can answer these three nection on any other rqute into town. ing material was wanted the rock reduced. Movie picture shows, radio ate Rules.
We Have a Complete New Stock .
programs, base ball games, and other
questions it will be taking its due Neither has the county funds to do must go through the plant twice.
varied
amusements
are
now
given
to
part in Education Week, November
work and th^'9f*te engineers will
The new crusher plant operated by
16-22.
not allow state market road funds to the county employs only 10 men, as the prisoners each week until why
We can have neither interest in be used on road construction at against 50 men four years ago work- men are confined in the penitentiary
r
OBSERVER WANT ADS
nor a fair opinion of that of which heavy expense to build • road that ^®ff iu two shifts. The new crusher is entirely lost sight of. Thb Mr.
Rates: Under 15 words, 35c
we are totally ignorant The great would result in a high per cent seems to tower into the air fully fifty Pattenon will confine tp right pro
15 to 30 words, 50c
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portions
if
he
is
elected
governor.
majority of people today know noth grade.
feet and is a self contained outfit.
Over 30 wds., l^c per wd.
ing whatever about the schools in
Anyway, just leaving the matter In place of the little railroad and the And he will do it, say those who per
which their money b invested and to of route into Moro out oY present dump cars loaded by hand, the rock sonally know him.
GIVE a barrel of flour for five
In closing hb announcement Mr WE
which their children are sent to se consideration we invite you to take is now hauled to the platform by a
busheb of good clean Hard Fed
cure an education.
Many parents a trip over the new road. This is big scraper operated by an endless Patterson says that he believes in eration. Farmer to pay for flour
do not know the name of the teacher now all finished except rock surfac cable driven by a 30-horse powei the imjiartial enforcement of all laws sax. 38 lb to 40 lb flour per bushel
in whose care their children spend ing the new grade from in front of diesel engine. Thb big scraper is and that he will appoint no man to for Turkey Red and Marquis. Ask
your neighbor about the quality of
five hours of five days a week and the W. B. Johnston farm home to hauled back and forth through the enforce • law who is not known to our flour. Open Sunday until Dec
observe
that
Jaw.
Under
that
sort
whose influence upon their lives will where the rock quarry and crusher rock quarry by the cable and two men
ember 1st. Tygh Valley Flour Mill,
located just a little ways past •n the pit break the rock into pieces of rigid test there will be no hijack Tygh Valley, Oregon.
sever be effaced. They do not know
whether the school plant is good or Lone Rock’’ from whence old that will go into the mouth of the ing of bootleggers by liquor law en FOR SALE—Fine Jersey eow. In
bad ; the equipment modern or anti pioneers gave the name of the locality crusher rolls, throwing them into the forcement officers as has claimed to
quire at Moro Hardware A Imple
$90,000 in Premium«
ment Co., Moro.
quated ; the instructors capable or and finally the name today given to path of the traveling scraper. When be the case in past years.
inefficient.
Having no knowledge, the new market road.
SEE THE BEST IN THE LAND
GOOD eow and calf for sale cheap.
one path way is cleaned sufficiently
The rock crusher plant will close to warrant the cable direction is
they lack appreciation of the pro
W. L. Dillinger, Moro.
It
fessional skill of the teacher; ^»ever down temporarily next week, as soon changed and a new pathway dragged Sheriff Chrisman and Possee
FOR SALE—Thomas 16-7 drill for
having seen a class in operation, they •8 the new road b rqcked from the through the loose rock.
Buggy for |25. F. W. Hutch
Raid
Liquor
Plant
REDUCED
have not realized the tremendous ad foot of the old road at Lone Rock to
croft, Mero, Oregon.
O9
It is quite a sight to see the engi
vances made in recent years in meth the new bridge location, and be closed neer turn the big 8Craper over
A raid on a liquor manufactur- CLEAN RAG RUGS nicely orna
ods and subject matter. Unaware of until the new grade is made ready necessary sometimes to straighten it ng plant at the old I. E. Fields farm
mented Art ft. for |1.85 and pay
the demands nude by thb enlarged for surfacing. A« soon as the crusher out so that all the teeth in front of n Bull canyon was captained by Parcels Post.
Tripps Fluff Rug
4tol6
curriculum and by ths over crowded is shut down, part of the crew will be the machine will act to catch the Sheriff Hugh Chrbman last Monday Works, The Dalles, Ore.
gin to diamantal the steel bridge now oow rock. All that i, „ecewary i. night Aasisting Sheriff Chrbman in
WE PAY parcel post one way on al.
ereaaing population and the inability used at the Lone Rock crossing. The to tighten the cable, uung the engine the raid were Deputy Sheriffs Max
shoe repairing. Good quality work
of the educational supply to meet steel in this bridge will be used to and give it a Hop. It need, ten hu.kv Blaser, Frank He.ter, George Shear-
and bather.
Joe Amore, The
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Dalles, opposite the post office.
them, they content themselves with construct the new bridge crossing the men to do the trick by hand.
m ’ nf P1® Da,,e®; ^neb T. Wade,
carrying on more or leas efficiently canyon at the new bridge location.
The new crusher plant is equipped H. D. Dutton and Chas. Everett of
that part of education lying within Ine work of finishing the new grade
with three rolls that enable the road w^o: Dell H. WrKht end two
the physical limits of the home, and and moving the bridge will take a
BIGGS
surfacing men to fill their trucks with oi Hay C«nyon.
they leave to the system of public bout three weeks time. If work goes
The raiders drove within a half
SERVICE
STATION
just the sort of road material that is
instruction of which America b so
U •cbedule, the Lone Rock wanted. Each of these three rolls mile of the house wh«re they left
H. H. Willard, Proprietor
market ro«j win be entirely com
are fed with rock automatically after their cars and walked the remaining
Lunch Goods
pleted from close to the Boardman1 the man on the loading platfdrn: distance. Upon arrival the house was
provine both the schooh and the school house to a short distance past
Bottled
Drinks on Ice
surrounded. After considerable skir-
the county fair grounds within the starts the rock through the crusher mishmg a man who gave hb name as
Surplus rock from each roll is caugh
Quaker State Oils
Perhaps the greatest of the func- next four weeks end the crusher
on a conveyor and carried to the next J- H. Seedar was awakened from a
h* dis- roller after which conveyors carry the sound sleep Vd admitted the officers
Manufactured in Cheney, Wethington
to the house aftsg they had produced
*
mOV*d U gonie oth" crushed rock to storage bins.
P*Ft of the county.
a search warrant
Will be Appreciated
The new erusher is operated by
°f every community, whether
All the county stands to lose
The raider» found • 45-gallon still,
power from the same 120-horse powei
in this is the cost of the concrete
tour barreh of mari», three «acks of
Holt caterpillar tractor used by the
piers Where the old crossing was lo
■u<ar
and other took used in liquor
county four years ago. The new plant
the equipment required to attain and cated. In our opinion, thb b more
t0
S-d" ad
turns out 135 yards of road material
main tarn the highcrt
o' than Offset by the me the public
and spreads it on the road each work mitted being the osmer.
• as nad of a safe crossing since the
At the concluaion of the raid
to every child, whether in city or b™!»® was built and saving in cost ing day, using but th« one shift.
Seedar
was taken to wasco where
What b of most importance to *he
country, equal educational advan- of steel since it was built over the
taxpayer when comparison is made he was placed in the city j«il until hb
with former yean b the fact that preliminary hearing was held in the
The public school is a business
justice court on Wednesday.
partnership in which the people are road passes to the east of “Lone road material b being turned out by
At the preliminary hearing before
th« county now at a great saving over
Rock” between the roek and the hill- that of four yean ago.. Four year» Justice of the Peace Smith at Wa»co
STRONG
COMPACT
DURABLE
»ide. Instead of waiting to begin to •go 80 yards of road surfacing ma Seedar plead not guilty to all
practical experience, ite application go upgrade until after the rock b
THE
Our Rotary Rod Weeders are hungry for weeds.
terial with 25 men employed was the charge« and waived a jury trial.
to the living conditions of every trade
extreme limit Thb coat the count/ Witnesses were called to the stand
They
make a perfect seed bed and leave the ;
FLAVOR
ual ascent shortly after leaving the $3.16 per yard. Now 10 men working who testified to Seedar , claiming
best
kind
of a lump mulch on top.
LASTS
new bridge location. Parte of thb •ight houn a day turn out 135 yards ownership of the liquor plant. - Seed
popularity of
new grade b fully 30 feet above the of surfacing material that cost the er was then sentenced to six months
WRIGLEY’S b th
For Sale By
old road before the crusher site b county but <2.00 per yard.
in jail, fined >750 and |10 court
«Sniae the skill and effort that go to reached.
The county court and Road Master co^. Notice of appeal to the eir-
*"***•
I
ir
°
”
“
»ox
trawl
Wall
have adopted a policy of help- euft court was then filed by Seedari*
uk n. . A
opportunity t®! wuth and »art part <rf th. tin. yon
attorney. Bail waa set at >1500 and
at the present time Seedar is in
Freeh snd^tolL flavored
tu.
‘»'-««I »«rt .bora th. old locauoa
custody of Sheriff Chrisman ponding
• very few timet quite a number
furnbhing bail to appear before the
circuit
court at the November term.
in the county with a rock
at
Moro Confectionery w-
Pr°p
LOANS
LONG
PRIVILEGES
SHORT
Moro Garage
Moro Garage, a. . s<b><ie«itx, Pre».
Octal-Nov
Rotary
Rod Weeders
WRIGLEYS
AFTER
EVERY
Moro Hdw. & Imp. Co
made the
fills.
P. C. Axtell returned bast Week
a section of county road it b supplied from a motor trip to Eugene,1
Oregon.
Business Men Say: ‘Advertising Pays’ |
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