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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
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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
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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*
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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
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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
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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
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United States Land office at The I
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Dalle».
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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
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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®- ..
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Your* truly,
Yeurs Respectfully.
recommend it and the Company in
(Signed) Henry Piiramen.
(Signed) L. D. Eakin. every waf.
Yours Truly.
(Signed) John Buether
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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
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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
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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
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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 . >*
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Last Thursday the Moro scout troop school shorthand class held a basket
One jury trial, a unmber of mo I
s
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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»
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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.
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- 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
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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
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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 *
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Waaco County’* Exclusive
Shoe Store
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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
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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 .
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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-
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«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 '
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Happiness
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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.
Bank of Moro
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Not only are we certain that the quality of
our foodstuffs will please you but our prices
will prove quite interesting.
We’ve built up our business largely through
the praises of our friends. By giving our
patrons wholesome foods and excellent ser
vice, we have firmly established ourselves
to your regard.
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Why not join the army of May & Son cus
tomers? Once tried we know you will like
our goods, our prices, and our service.
.MAY & SON
Moro, Oregon
Mamber Store United Grocer» of Oregon
“ Merchandise of Merit ”
M oro T heatre
c. . MORO, . OREGON.
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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.
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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^ ■
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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. -
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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
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BATHS
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