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About Sherman County observer. (Moro, Sherman County, Or.) 1897-1931 | View Entire Issue (May 21, 1926)
se» n mm - C. U I reland Editor and Publi.her e Entered a» second elms matter at th« post oÄce st Moro, Oregon, July 25, 1391 Meats the ,1st and 3rd Thursday evenings of each month. Visiting nurtnbers cordially in vited to meet with Vs By order of W. M. Robt. Urquhart, Secretary. Bethk Morq, Oregon Regular communica tions each 2nd and 4th Thursday evenings of each month. _____ly Matron Nana Barxee, Secretary. Meets every Monday evening in the I.O.O.F ¿ Transient and brothers ” are Visiti to H. Barnes, N. G. A.M. Young, Secretary -, > ... ....................... 46oro, Oregon J Meets 2d and 4th Tues days of each month. Visiting members wel come. Essie McKean, N. G. Jessie Henrich», Sec. Meets at t Of 0. F. hall on 2d<* and 4th Wednes- SOV day evening» of each month. 1 W. H. Williams, Commander - - 4.* M Zevely. Adjutant Good House IN MORO Por sale st an exceptional bar gain. Payments like rent if de sired. Or will rent at very low ASK THE OBSERVER —■ 1 Beautifying the Home Ground* is a book *of 336 photographic designs, with working plan», that b to be seen at the Tum-A-Lum Lumber Company Moro office. The design» in the book include Gate* Pergola* Trelli* De»ign* Lattice De*ign* T < Arche* Arbor* ‘ COUNTY SCHOOL CONTESTS HELD LAST WEEK the simplest and most effects that can be shown in complete de a photographic copy of when finished. SENIOR PL*V VOTED ' UNQUAUfiED success BRIEF LOCAL NEWS All Kinds of Shoes WORK SHOES r,PU‘>i"tO«**• ’'1- o*»y to operate both for for .tat. reprwentatn« for th» d»- and , high|y 7 triet, w« tn Moro mend Ue CaM Combined Harye^r compamed by Dr. f to .,v pro.pective parchar of bar- al«, a reaident of ^'^0» “<• - y„a machinery.. , E. S. Miller, present register and receiver at the I , - United States Land office at The I < Dalle». ‘ I Hava a Poor Sytttm u I Among the most gen ero na— but un- Delegates to the I. Q, O. F. grane I men are those who are lodge, meeting at Salem May 25th, I aiWays giving ad vic« and never takln* will leave Moro next ueek. Included in the party are The "dore Johnston, W. H. Williams, and W. B. Rice, del egates from the Odd Fellow lodge, and Mrs. Robert Urquhart and Mrs J. F. VOLSTORFF C. V. Belknap, dele^at** from Hood Ri*or Height« Rebekah lodge. Second Streot, Opposite Bank Hotel trCORMICK-DEERING HARVESTER-THRESHERS Specially Built for Hillside Harvesting! It Has Proven Ito Ability to Stand the Test of Every Pay Harvesting Condition« Ginn, Coleman & Co., Agents Moro, Oregon ____ », Grass Valley. Ore., Oct.26,1925 Sundale, Wash. December 4, 1926 International Harvester Co. Moro, Oregon, March 1, 1926.- Portland, Oregon. International Harvester Company a of America, Portland, Oregon. Ginn, Coleman A Co., Moro, Ore. Gentleman; vest using your Hill-side Combine Sirs: Dear Sin: , Harvester, I feel that I owe to my Dear I have Out one season with your :^I take pleasure m recom fellow wheat farmers a statement No. 7 Combined Harvester Thresh mending the McCormick-Deering concerning the and am vefy mueh satisfied Hill Side Combine I purchased of I harvested over four hundred er with it. We used twelve horse« you in 1925, as the machine gave acres with it using eight of and three men, *nd*lt cost us horses on level land and twelve about eighty cents an acre to mention oi head of horses on the . . , . the leveling device, a* they are so I hired one man with myself and *un K ' We figured it up and it averaged we did the whole job. ; about 80 acre« a day with the 16 My total expense, besides my cutter. self and equipment, was J146 00 foot I have found U much more eco for haryeriW and piling nomical to run the Combine than it possible te teW F*11' L am more than jpg your harvester and WH1 be glad to the Header and Thresher. extremely steep WW®- .. • Your* truly, Yeurs Respectfully. recommend it and the Company in (Signed) Henry Piiramen. (Signed) L. D. Eakin. every waf. Yours Truly. (Signed) John Buether 1 I» ■MM j MORO CHURCH . The annual flhte play given by Notes of Interest to the senior class of Moro high school | Alb Denomination* given at the opera house on Monday evening was Very much above the «-—— — - average hofne talgnt production and Methodist Church Neticea. ranked as about the best class play Mrs. R. A. Feenstra has recovered yet presented' jn Moro. from her recent illness and we tru^, When the curtain rose on the first I will be able to speak at ths hour at act the house wa« ibam full of people, I worship next Sunday morning at the many of whom h*d me from Grau Methodist church. Valley and Wa*eo to witnesa our Mrs. Feenstra intends to preach a local schoo) put o*what is considered series of sermon» this summer on the one of the best ip home talent Messages of the Prophets beginning productions. ‘ with the- Prophet Amos next Sun- The smooth action of the presen- I day morning. tation of th« pbb. entitled “Come ---- Out of the Kitrihen” evidenced tin Rev. W. E. Cox who held a series careful attenida the members of the of special meetings in the Methodist cast had given to the study and in :hurch here last fall a»di who won the terpretation of 4h«ir «everal parts confidence and esteem of this com- Their reward wm the warm appre I munity is going to conduct * revival elation of their ^Any friends ia the .’ampaign for the Grass Valley Meth- mint and the | ^^t church for the next three weeks, creditable ' ani irn from their I bginning next Sunday. large fhianci He is assisted in the meetings by effort ense incurred by I Mrs. Ray Coffield, gospel singer and The necessa: the class in puttihg^on the play made pianist. The meetings will' be con- the net return considerably than ducted in a large tegt and we would is usual with elassphys in Moru, but solicit for these meeting* the earnest even with the l«rge expense"the mem- I cooperation and attendance.^of the ber* have a considerable sum to.theii I christbn people of the Moro com- credit as * result of their efforts, munity. After paying the wual indebtedne»* Turn Fraser will »ing at the Sunday which each ^e*T *e student body vening «en ic* * * ahouldeys, -the balttfite will be turned I 1 * over to the student’body and used tc Christian Scieac« Church begin school activities next term. The subject for the lesson-earmon , , - _ it Christian Science church Sunday from a business trip to Portland and I corning will be HSouhu<nd Body.” LOCAL SCOUTS GO ON OVER- thb week has been absent on a simi ' JUDGE D. R. PARhfbR SENTENCES phe gO|den text is Psalflik 84:2. Re- lar mission in the Yakima district. NIGHT HIKE THREE MEN TO PEN I sponsive reading is Psalms 42:1 -3 and Seven members .of tbe dMoro high . >* ' 111. Last Thursday the Moro scout troop school shorthand class held a basket One jury trial, a unmber of mo I s j - * under the leadership of Scoutmaster dinner picnic at Moro city park last tions and default orders entered on - Kent Church Notice», R. A. Feenstra went on an overnight Friday, having tb«ir teacher as guest the court docket and three gwn tc Sunday school at First Christian nike down the Rattlesnake grade to of honor. serve time at the state penitentiary I church, 10:60 o’clock every Lord's the Deschutes river. Members of the May A Son have greatly improved was the result of the May term ol lay. Preaching in the afternoon at troop who were on the outing trip their store with a partition across circuit court* hri<| in this city this 3:X)0 o’crock, by gev. Cofer of Ggaar report a rattling good time and are the rear and moving their service Valley noir looking forward to their annual counter to what, b now the far end week. Chas. Scott had three indictment» ------ — camp hike, which is to take place of the store. w 't returned ugainat him by the gran« I Services at the Methodist church at some thne in June and is planned for W. L. DiUipger and H. H. Chrb&n- jury > on« of which he entered a ] Grass Valley are held every Sunday Suttle lake near thhe headwaters of of guilty knd was sentenced to morning. Sunday school 10 a. m. sen left for Bend Wednesday morn plea the Metolius river. five years in the pep on a charge of I Preaching service 11 a. m. R. A ing where they will attend the district conference of the eastern district of bribery. V j —~ :[ Feenstra pastor. . Friday evening of this week wiH Lloyd 'Wiseman-plead guilty’to an mark the formal dosing of the Moro indictment charging him with for- MORO SCHOOL TEACHERS FOR Lloyd Hennagin, member of the schools* for the summer vacation mtenced to serve NEXT TERM period. All the teachers expect to 1926 graduating class of Moro high four yearn I school, has been tendered and, has leave Friday evening by train for C. G. McBain plead guilty to an 1 The board of director« for Moro accepted a position with the Farmer’s indictment charging him with obtain sfhooI digtrict ha8 conciuded its work their homes. State Bank of this eity. ing money under fal* pretenw and thl> year in (respect to en- A family picnic dinner was held at Jack M. Hickson, wife and son was sentenced to genie four years. r complete corps of teachers Moro city park last Sunday noon at Bennett was ehhttiri in an indict- Urin. w E Buell tended by George Hennagin and fam Hamilton, from Portland, spent last principal of the schools ily, Clarence Sparling and wife, R. week end with his parents, Mr. and ment with A>rgory. of a school tfJrn ajfain bave teacher« under him C. Byers and family, Alf. Fuller and Mrs. E. R. Hickson, of this city. The warrant. ’After a trial by jury ht I nd two men spent their part of the visit was acquitted. Those serving on the Mbwj Hek . n idleman of Salem ’ and family, and W. H. Williams and fam-* jury were L. E. Dehjer, J. E. Brown Miss Margaret Chapman of Corvallis Hy. * \ - fishing for salmon at Shearer’s. W. H. Dingle, R. F. Birks,-H< M l high gchaoi teachers with Miss ’ Spencer, James Fok, J. R. Cothran, I pranceg lnKvl» of laaGrande, teacher nnmnmtmmmtmmmxttmtnmttmmtnntttttttxnntttttttmmmtfemununmt Chas. Bullard, J. M. DeMoss, Wilf ora oi 7tb and grades; Miss Bessie Belshe, H. A. Fuller, and C. L. I Andersen of Moro in charge of the Fried ley. The case*was submitted 5th ftnd 6th grade8; Miss Dorothy the jury at 5:30 Tuesday after- I perking of Portland in charge of the noon and verdict returned at 9:00 I 3rd and 4th grades; Miss Priscilla P- Wi- ' I Chatten in charge of the primary To Fit all Kind* of Feet i ' Thursday morning Sherriff Hugh I wor|t Chrisman left by auto with the three prisoners for the state penitentiary at ' • Heppner, Oregon IN BLACK, BROWN, SATIN AND BLOND To Whom it May Cqjicern; • During the season of 1924, I pur For Ladiea, Mi*se* and Children chased a Case Combined Harvester. . Harold Ginn, Jde Peters, and R. J. The first season I cut 1100 acres Ginn returned last Saturday from an and last season about 1,000 acres. 1 auto trip to Walla Walla where Peters | have been to practically no expense and Ginn purchased a model 56 Holt I in regard to the upkeep and the ma- Sizes 5 to 13 in all Widths for use on their farm west of Moro. I chine is ready to take the field for They are advertising a salé of their I this season’s cutting.. If You Come to The Dalle* farm horse outfit and will farm in the I The Case has more than pleased DON’T FORGET future entirely by tractor. I me with its performance and doe» all _ > W. 8n.ll of ArUMton. candi- L** « «uld “k * ““W“ Waaco County’* Exclusive Shoe Store ■ ]---------- The Sherman county declamatory < contest was held last Friday evening May 14th, at Grass Valley. The five’ town centers of Rufus, Waseo, Grass Mre. J. J. Schaeffer and Mr». E. Valley, Moro, and Kent were rep H. Moore have returned from a brief resented in each of the three di visit at Portland. visions. - The judge for the evening C. R. Bebhee last week shipped a came from the public speaking de partment of the'University of Ore car of cattle to th« Portland mar gon. The awards granted were as ket, returning Monday. follows. r- Several rain storms during the past Division C. First, Mary Pinkerton, week have materially helped the grow Morp; Second, Wasco; Third, Grass ing wheat in Sherman oounty. Valley. W. Rose and wife were visitors Division B. First, Billie McKean, from Portland last week end at the Wasco; Second, Lois Bryant, Moro; home of his brother, A. Rose, in this Third, Curtis Thompson, Rufus. Division A. First, Rose Edna Moretx, Wasco; Second, Vernon . J. E. Brown and Arthur Smith Miller, Moro; Third, Edith Sias, Kent were business visitors in Moro on Tuesday from their farm homes near The annual field meet was also Grass Valley. ”0. N. Ruggles returned from Port 15th. Competition was keenest in land Monday where he had, shipped * the B divbion. Charles Lyda from Rufus and Lawrence McMillan from Wasco did some spectacular pole vaulting* for boys of their ag«.. Charles Lyda vaulted nine feet and game at Wasco last Sunday after six inches which was higher than the noon, the Wasco team takinr th« low record for the A di virion. The com score of a 6 to 7 game. plete score* for the different towns Roe B. White and family left by are as follows: auto on. Tu^day for a brief business Rufus 12 points; Wasco 131 visit to southern Oregon points in points; Moro 40 pointe; Grass Valley cluding Crater Lake district.-"' 40 pointa; Kent 4 points. Serai Searcy returned last week John Wemmark MORO, OREGON - D. E. CLARK, Manager. ' - Phone Main 91 ___ May 21, 1926 TW FANCY SHOES - Garden Furniture Ornamental Designs Ornamental Panels Soma of effective built are tail with the work The Sherman County Observer, Moro, Oregon, Friday, M. R. Hurst, local ra* horse man ■ Agency Dealer for Che has changed his plans and will re-1 main in Moro until after the rodec I Hüpmobile Oakland Pontiac to be pulled off at th« bounty fair I Automobiles this event ia conalud d Mr. Hunt will I •grounds on June 5th and 6th U hen Federal Knight Truck leave with four local owned horse» for the race meets at Gresham, Ore- I USED CARS gon, and Vancouver, B.-C. Announcement has been received |- of the marriage of Miss Maybrey Strong to Harold Edwin Potter at I BIGGS the home of the bride’* parents at STATION Eugene on Wednesday, May 12. Mr» ; SERVICE H. H. Willard, Proprietor Potter is a sister of IE. T. Strong | of this city and daughter of Mr» and | Lunch Goods Mrs. H. W. Strong, former resident» Bottled Drinks on Ice of Sherman county now residing at 'Quaker State Oil* ■ Eugene. * Henry Anderson and wife, from | Moose jaw, Canada, were visiting with R. C. Byers and famity hat week of my Shorman Coanty N«i*hber» M t . Anderson, Vhen comparing pricer Will be Appreciated . * » of the two localities, stated that com! I honey sold at hi» home for 75c anc I “ here for 25c; strawberries were 50< I a box in Canada and 20c here; cu I cumbers were 40c each- there and I 10c hero. Mrs. Q. if Stamey and children JEWELER were visitor* this week ht the A. S. I Johnson» home on their return to I Repairing a Specialty. Silverton from a motor trip to Pay- ■ « . > V «tte, Idaho, where they had Visited I 502 E. Second st. the past few weeks with relatives. I 2 Doors East of Skaggs Store Mrs. Stamey was accompanied to I Silverton by Lloyd Johnson and hi» The Dalle», Oregeu sister Josephine, who will*spend the summer in the Willamette valley. D. LINDQUIST A Foundation ' ■ i For Future Happiness > - ■ . z • A Bank Account is a solid foundation on which to build your future: * It is the foundation that will link your home and your future together—happily and prosperously. Let the Bank of Moro show you how. 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Charlie Chaplin in “The Gold Ru*h” Saturday, May 22, 192* A dranAtic comedy written and directed by Charlie Chaplin where Heartaches become rib ticklers, Tragedies turn to laughter, Miseries, bring mirthfulness, Hardships breed chuckles, aa Chaplin burlesque* all the human ills. \ > r • ' *1 Admission 10c and 30c TWICE-A-WEEK FEATURE INTERNATIONAL NEWS REEL '“The Fighting Demon” A production by Richard Tahnadge with Talmadge in the title role. Directed by Art Rossen and distributed by the Film Booking Offices of America^ ■ - 1 Admission, 10c and 30c * CANDY! Keep the Kiddie* Health Always Right This familiar truism holds as absolute fact when applied to candies sold by Moro t Confectionery. - _• , v ri» You will always find here High Quality Candy carefully selected to safeguard the health of every child or even grown-up who has a sweet tooth. MORO CONFECTIONERY We sell the justly popular Hood River Oregold Ice Cream. Ross’ Confectionery Moro, Oregon Hartwig Flower Shop The Dalle*, Oregon All orders left by noon de- ! livered the same day at The Dalles prices SPECIAL ATTENTION Given to Floral Orders for Memorial Day. 5 Xi £' cure best selections.. C. V. Belknap, Proprietor Moró Hotel Barber Shop Moro, Oregon Ladies and Children’s Hair Cutting end Shingle Bobbing • * BATHS Ml
