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About Sherman County observer. (Moro, Sherman County, Or.) 1897-1931 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 21, 1927)
GONE Birr NOT FORGOTTEN We aint had a Are iii this here town C. L. I rblanp ? Editor nod Publisher Brought the people to their feet, U And out they piled into the street. Then for a moment stood spell bound —i The Farmers Elevator all around Was circled by flames that shot Into the air — flames red —flames hot. Then you should have seen ’em tear And try to beat their neighbors there. The fire wagons and the nose Were hustled out, but none o’ those Contraptions did a mite o’ good On this tall building made o’ wood. The fire, it started at the top, And they was scairt she’d take a flop Upon her »ide and hit the depot, Situated right below. • Or perhaps might set afire Some houses on the hill up higher. They didn’t need to worry stall About the building goin’ to fall. Instead she sort of melted down, And didn’t topple to the gropnd. But building, machiner” and grain All went up that night in flame. You’te-heard you can’t keep a good man down, Well, the same applies to this here ¿own.. And, by Heck,>00’11 see this fsll Another building just as tall. - -------Sagebrush Sal CHANGE MMkERSHir CONTEST I BRIEF LOCAL NEWS | I ^7 i I Paragraphs on County I and Community Events H*rl.„d Via« Granta Start, Work Bjr Electig Officer» j MORO CHURCH NEWS 1 Notes of Interest to All Denominations Just Look Back Five Years At a social and business meetjn? YESTERDAY — TODAY held last Monday evening by Harlanc Presbyterian Church Notic... View Grange it. was voted to stage i TOMORROW . The usual Sunday morning service A. S. Johnson returned Thursday membership latest with teams cap will be held at the Presbyterian te in on and made up of men on the from a visit tp the Granville Phillips Suppose you had saved one- Moro, Oregon one side and of women as the oppos church at 10:00 next Sunday, Janu home at Hood River. Meets the 1st and 3rd quarter of what you made, ary 23. Special music is. in process of ing team. Mrs? T. 8. Reese is captair Thursday evenings of »Fred Witte be rger and Carl Pierson »reparation. Sunday ^shool at ten what a nice sum you would of the woman*» team and J. J. Wilej each month. Visitu.r were visitors in Moro last Friday from captain of the men’s team. On< o’clock sharp. members cordially in have. . ' r : . Trout Laki, Washiington. member from »ach school district ir vited to meet with Us Last Tuesday evening the Square ¥ If you will but make up your order of W. M. J/C. McKean and wife and W. H. the Harland View Grange territorj Deal Sunday school class of the Pres bt. Urquhart, Secretary. Ragsdale and Wife were visiting in was chosen as assistant to the captain byterian church sat down at 6:00, to a mind to live on three-quarters of your earnings and Th®-Dalles last Sunday afternoon. Those named by Mrs. Reese are Mrs bounteous «upper prepared by the halter No 78 O. E. S put the other fourth in the bank the dollars will pile Moro, Oregon Mias Lily Thompson #ft this week Wiley from Rutkdge, Mrs. Walkei members. Twenty-six persons did Regular communica up surprisingly. for Portland where she will resume from Webfoot» Mrs. Melzer iron ample justice to the varieties of food tions each 2nd and 4th Monkland, • Mr». Conlee from Fair gathered for the occasion. As special n terr up ted studies at business col Thur0ay evenings of view, ¥.'s. Thogerson from Board guests of the evening the class invited each month. lege. man, Mrs. Knapp from Gorman, Mrs their high school teachers Miss Idle- Lois Barsee, r W. S. Powell was a business visi W. Belshe fron»;Harmony, Mrs. Steph man, Miss Mitchell, and Mr. Wheel < Worthy Matron tor m Portland this week, leaving ens from Moro, Roy M. Benson iron wright. Mrs. Hanson is the teacher Nana Barsee, Secretary, r Tuesday and expecting to return by Erskine, Mrs. Blaylock from Rose of this class. Friday. Morì. Oregoi» / bush. ® Rev. Henry G. Hanson returned Meets every Monday Those named by Mr. Wiley an Tuesday night from a two days trip Mrs. Hans Thompson left for Port- evening in the I.O.O.r auT Tuesday morning, where she will Messrs. Walkkr from Webfoot, Mei to Portland where on Monday he met «numnmuxmmxuumnm hall. Transient and disit with her daughter, Mra. J. R. xer from Moilkland, H. H. Nichol: with the program and field committee visiting brothers an from Fairview, J. K®nny from Board of Synod of which he was a member. cordially invited to Phillipa. man, O. R- KnApp Tronf Gorman, W This committee had for its business meet with us. DR. B. H. FRANKLIN Mrs. Tom Fraser returned Wednes . H. Williams, N. G. Belshe from Harmony, C. L. Irelanc the allocating of the benevolence ap day from a visit of several weeks from Moro, Mrs. Blaylock from Rose A.M. Young, Secretary iän portionments of the church to the spent with relatives in the middle THE WEATHER LAST YEAR bush, Mrs. Roy M. Benson from Ers various Presbyteries. For the year western states. Office Hours 9 a. m. to 6 p. m. 1927 -28 the national Presbyterian Moro, Oregon kine. .v A. - •. - Other Hours by Appointment Conditio«» of Crop Growth for 1928 C. L. Powejl, who has been visiting J M jeta 2d and 4th Jues- Roy Tiller, Jtr. and Mrs. Eaton. benevolence budget1 is $12,000,000. Will be at v day» of each month Reviowod by Fodoral Boroau j in Moro the past week from his home and Mf. and Mrs. Wilcox, officers oi Of this amount Oregon is to raise Visiting members wel Pendleton Presbytery’s Grass Valley Hotel — In summarizing weather conditions at Portland, returned to the .Rose Shearer Grange, attended the meet $86,000. come. Mondays and Tuesdays ing and helped put on the work of the City last Tuesday. r Dr. Lewis Mudge of share is $3350. Essie McKean, N. G. (or the United States for the year Hotel Moro — grange for the first time with Harlanc Philadelphia, stated clerk of general Jessie Henrichs, Sec. 1926, the weather, bureau of the Congratulations have been made Wednesdays and Thursdays assembly, and Dr. C. Franklin Ward ’ United States department of agri Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Flatt this week View. . .7 ./.«j; Chris Schalt« Peet No. 71 Sherman Hotel, Wasco — The first part of the evening wa> of Los Angeles, coast representative culture says that, for the country as upon the arrival of Robert Vernon Fridays and Saturdays given over to a social good time anc of the general council and Dr. James Meets at L* O. O. F. hal a whole, no marked abnormal fea Flatt, an eight pound son and heir at May I suggest an appointment? on 2nd and 4th Wednes tures affecting agricultural interests their home on Friday, January 14th. presentation of a program preparec A. Speer of New York, general secre *y the lecturer. This was followec tary of the council, were present in day evenings of each were experienced. Conditions were Why Continue Electro Theraphy. month. by serving a delicious and bountiful the conferences and also spoke at a Vernon Flatt, rural ; mail carrier rather unfavorable for development W. H. Williams, Commander plate lunch and an informal socia; dinner at the Y. W. C. A. on Monday to Suffer ? Massage. A. M. Zevely, Adjutant of some of the major crops, but were out of Moro, has been having unusual hour, after which the Grange wa: evening. nard luck in making deliveries on his unusually favorable for others, with Tuesday, Mr. Hanson as moderator the general result as to yield satis route this week. He reports nearly opened by the visiting officers of HEDGES - BENSON WEDDING factory. Wheat came through the all the north and south roads drifted Shearer Grange, assisted by W. S. of Pendleton Presbytery, sat with the moderators of the other Presbyteries mild winter with no material harm, with snow until practically impassible. Powell acting as overseer. The bylaws wéte adopted as read and the officers of Synod in an all-day which, together wrfh subsequent fa Both mail routes were effectively cov vorable weather, resulted in an un ered by doubling back and iriing lat with the exception that the meeting session and helped prepare a tenta dates werë changed to read the first tive program for the Synod of Or®- eral routes. x On Sunday morning, January the usually good crop of the winter type; and third Fridays of each month. gon. An unusually strong seven-day Special Masonic service at the i at ten-thirty o’clock, Roy likewise the general absence of dam Officers elected were M. G. Melzer program full of inspiration as well as Office at Farmers State Bank aging frosts was responsible for one Methodist church Sunday evenihg jM. Benson of Moro, Oregon, and Per master; H. B. Beishee, overseer; Mrs information and fellowship is planned J. C. McKean, Manager, Moro, Oregon ¿sie Hedges of St. Helens, Oregon, jf the largest fruit yields in the his January 23rd, 1927, All Master Roy Benson, lecturer; Homer Beishee for the Synod which is to meet this tory of the country, and the wide Masons and Eastern Stars are re ■ were united in n^arriage by Rev. W.A. steward ; M fm . C. Helshe, assistant year in Eugene July 20 -27, 1927. «Mulder, pastor of the Congregational ipread favorable weather in the south quested to meet at the Masonic hall steward ; S. A. Hall, chaplain ; C. E. GRAIN BUYERS As far as known at present the out- «church at the home of Mrs. Hedges jave an unprecedentedly large crop at 7 o’clock. - Rev. Leach, a Maste Crites, treasurer; W. Belshe, secre standing inspirational speaker will be if cotton. Conditions were some Mason of Salem, will deliver the mes K Oregon. tary; A. T. Maas, gatekeeper; Flor Dr. Wishart, president of Wooster DEALERS IN k mother, Mrs. N. N. Ellis at'St Helens, arhat less favorable for corn, while sage. The public is cordially invited ence McDonald, Ceres; Roberta Elliot leat and drought materially reduced University, Ohio. to attend this service. p It was a quiet wedding, only the Olympic and Drifted Snow Flour and all Olympic Cereals Pomona; Mrs. Melzer, Flora; Mrs. V very near relatives being present to the yield of spring wheat. Olympic Poultry and Dairy Feed. Grain Bags and Twine Wiley, lady 'Usaistant steward. Preceding the sermon at the union The temperature for the year was Copper Carbonate. Gasco Briquets, Fuel. Grain and Feed. • witness the ceremony. Moro Methodist Church Committees named were D. Thomp service at the Presbyterian church Cement and Building Material. below normal in most parts of the The people of the Harmony dis At the Methodist church next Sun last. Sunday evening, Mrs. R. A. Feen- son, T. S. Reese, D’. Ransier on ft trjet where Mrs. Hedges has been •ountry from the Mississippi river Agents for J. I. Case Threshing Machine Co. 3tra gave a short talk on prohibition nance; Mrs. Reese and Mrs. Maas on day morning Rev. D. H. Leach, D. D., eastward, with an unsually warm year teaching for the past two years, will relief; J. J. Wiley, Jess Martin, D. E. of Salem, Oregon, will preach at the as it is at present in the United States be sorry to low her as a teacher, but n the northwest where in some dis- FIRE AND MARINE INSURANCE using as her theme the slogan I^et Stephens, executive committee. W. S. 11 o’clock service. Miss Christensen to have her remain a resident j-icts the temperature averaged near Powell was added to the legislative will sing. , y three degrees a day above normal. the Drys tell 'their Whys, so that the of §herman county. Wets will lose their Beta.” Refer committee previously named. Sunday school meets at 10. a. m. Approximately two-thirds of the coun Roy is one of our well-known and A referendum vote was taken on ence was made in her talk to the try had a year warmer than normal. At 7:30 p. m., by special request of prosperous wheat farmers. H® is Unfavorable conditions of drought growth of dry sentiment since the endorsement at thè pending income the Masonic lodge of Moro, Rev. D. H. „ farming th® Chas. L. Powell ranch 18th amendment was enacted eight tex bill before the state legislature Leech will deliver the annual sermon ' at Erskine, where they will make prevailed during part of the year in resulted in Dearly unanimous approv some northwestern states and locally years ago. to that body at the Methodist church. / their future home. al, there b/ng oke negative vote and tn the southeast, but otherwise no Attention is called to the program four btarfks. A similar vote on the Special music is planned for this ser Their many friends join in wishing widespread harmful drought occurred. of the Older Girls’ Conference to be vice. Delegations of the Grass Val them success in their matrimonial Floods caused some local damage in held at Wasco next Saturday and Sun state assuming responsibility for ir ley and Wasco lodges are expected, career. rigation district bonds resulted in Jje interior and southwest, and too day, January 29 -30. and the general public is invited to The session much rain occurred from time to time Saturday afternoon and also Sunday entire negative vote with five blank these services. ballots. Midweek praper meeting Wednes PI FCTR1C COMPANY RENAMED <n more or less restricted areas, but, afternoon is only -for girls between Harland View Grange now has 79 n general, moisture conditions were the age of 14 and.25 and assistent day at 7:30 p. m. iatisfactory. A little more than half aides. The program Sunday evening paid members with =4.5 additional R. A. Feenstra, pastor. names signed to come before the Ths Sherman Electric company is .he country received less than the is for the girls and the general pub Grange at its next meeting. Part of the new name of the Condon branch I tormal rainfall for the year. lic. Elected' officers of the Older of the Pacific Power A Light com There was very little frost damage, Girls’ Conference will preside at all the business scheduled for the next meeting will be cooperative bulk buy pony The name change became ef except some harm to the corn crop Christian Science services are held ing of wood and* sacks by the mem fective last week following a visit of just before maturity in the north meetings. Mrs. Dora Florer of Portland was bers. The secretary is now engaged every Sunday morning at 11:00 o’ James A. Russell, field auditor of the western portion of the belt. The grow- MORO GARAGE company. Morrow, Gilliam and Sher ng season, or period between the arrested last Saturday on a charge of in securing prices to present at that clock, and on Wednesday evening at 8:00 o’clock. The Wednesday eve » h b -y man county power plants now owned ast killing^frost in spring and first in iarceny preferred by Tom Fraser who time. M. R. Schadewitz, proprietor ning services include testimonials of by the Pacific Power & Light com iaM, was somewhat shorter than usual s said to have found 25 rolls of but- pany have all be^n given this subsid I n most of the’ south and in some -er in her possession when the lady CARSNER AFTERLOWER TAXES healing. Sunday school is held in the Sunday .iary designation. —Condon Times. j -lorth-central states, but othei wise it >, as preparing to leave the Fraser Moro, Oregon Phone 171 ¿arm where she has been cooking dur school room every Sunday morning normal. <as generally longer than ing the absence of Mrs. Fraser in the With the object -in view to endeav at 10:0fl o’clock. Pupils up to the age In about 60 per cent of the country, A real old style chicken dinnei ¿rops in 192ft had a longer growing east. The lady pleaded guilty at a or to take more of the burden of tax of twenty years are received into bearing before Justice R. J. Ginn ation off the land owner, and place it these classes. will be served at Hotel Moro Sundaj ,easoq than usual. This society maintain^ at the rear under the direction of Mrs. I In general, the weather fluctua who assessed a fine of $25, which on other shoulders,-Senator R. J. Cars ner has introduced senate bill No. 30. entrance to the church building, « of Wasco, who has been chief cook at tions of 1926 differed in no import was paid. Under the proVisions of this bill free Christian Science reading room, Hotel Moro for some time. mt particular from normals establish B. F. Payne was a visitor in Moro section 6330 Oregon laws will be which is open daily, where the Bible At the wind-up of the sparrow hunt ed by more than 50 years of record, last Saturday from his farm home in amended so that all insurance com and the Christian Science text book last Saturday, the side captained by vith the tendency to slightly warmer the Rutledge district. While here he f Truman Strong was able to count J "•onditions than usual. In most of the ^id that moisture conditions on his panies will pay a tax of 2 6-10 per Science and Health, with key to the only 1441 birds against 289° bir t country the growing season was also farm has never been better since iib cent instead of 2 per cent. Former scriptures, by Mary Baker Eddy, to counted by the side captained by »lightly longer than the customary April, 1918. That year he had a ly this tax only applied to foreign gether with all other authorized Floyd Flatt. As a result of the con | reason. Such variations from the team mire down in the field near his and alien companies. The annual li Christian Science literature may be i test a chicken supper was served at established normals pre expected by house, which act has never been re cense fee for one class of insurance read, borrowed, or purchased. . Hotel Moro this Friday night by those meteorologists, and many years, since peated Until thq>bek previous when companies will be raised from $100 on the Strong side te those on the ¡the weather bureau records began, he had a saddle horse he was riding to $150. Section 6453 will be amend Kent Church Notice». Flatt side. Following the supper » could be selected showing greater mire down in the same place when ed to raise the anfluil tax from 2 % to Sunday school at First Christian 2 6.-10 per cent?' Section 6415 will 4 movie show was put on at the Arne variations than wej^e oKterved in crossing the field. church, 10:00 o’clock every Lord s be changed making the fée for a cer can Legion hall by the loosing side 1926. Elfin Ross was arrested for the sec tificate of authority fl 50 instead of day. Preaching in the afternoon at z which was free to all wifi) wished to ond time at W bsco this week, charged $50 when a foreign company. Section t:00 o’clock, by Rev. Cofer of Grass R. W. Montgomery was visiting in with embezzlement of funds. The 6437 relating to surety companies will Valley. attend. Moro this week from King Hill, Idaho, first charge was embezzling of funds be amènded raising the license fee to at the home of L. L. Peetz and fam from the Bank of Wasco and on which transact business from $100 to $150. BASKET SOCIAL A SUCCESS ily. Mr. Montgomery was a former charge he is at liberty on bonds of Senator Carsner has spent consid resident of Sherman county, at one $5000. The second charge is embez erable time and . effort on this bill, Members of Shearer Grange real- time being in the general merchan zlement of funds from the Wasco and has statistics to show that the dise business at Kent and later inter school district. A preliminary hear revenue from the reform will be ap izeed $63.50 from their effort to START NOW ! have a social evening at the Grange ested in a pharmacy business at Moro. ing was held Wednesday at Wasco proximately $156,000.00 per year. R. H. McKean, Manager, Wasco, Oregon hall last Friday evening, January 14, He left here about 18 years ago, since and bonds set at $1500, which have that would inc/easfe the building fund which time he has lived in Idaho. net yet been secured. <» F’ ,WTh^lS of the organization and provide an Mr. Montgomery made the trip here Owners of uninsured, grain in the .nd'y^l be too bu„ to Fred’Cole was about the luckiest DEALERS IN .. by automobile, driving from Ontario Farmers Elevator at the time of the evening of entertainment. The 80- individual who had financial interests look after it properly. to Burns and from there to Bend. He fire last week have each salvaged a •ial affair started with dancing, mu in the Farmers Elevator company fire Lime, Plaster, Cement, Cedar Posts, »»SIRS®.« said at one place on the trip to Burns last week. Two days before the fire portion of their loss by sacking part de being provided by a mixed orches he killed his engine when fording the ly damaged grain, W. C. Muller is tra consisting of banjo, saxophone, -Builders Supplies, Lumber, Wood, he had insured 1000 bushels of wheat Malheur river and had to crank it out what you want later. said to have gotten out 379 sacks of violin and drum, followed by auction Coal and Hay. at the ryarket price and as a result of ing of the baskets, lunch and more ■ Order now and be sure of satisfac- of the water and across the river by the fire and insurance adjustment he nearly best grade grain; Fred Cole hand, taking two hours to do the received 180 sacks from salvage oper dancing until a late hour. MANUFACTURERS OF received the market price he had in- I tion. That jolly prince of good fellowi, ators working under a sale agreement jWt * ' ~ ~ ~ sured the wheat for, there being no Good .uppiy stab’- “““ Matt Simon, did the honors as auc Work was begun this week on the change in the wheat price between of the insurance company; F. L. Bur tioneer and he proved so adept and Fuel that Burns. preliminary effort to rebuiM the the day of the fire and time of insur nett and Truman Strong are said to versatile that a second social is sched have gotten a large parTbf their dam burned Farmer. Elevator building by ance. Fred also lost some wheat that uled to be held at some indefinite fu oooocoeoooo aged grain from rhe ruins. harvest time next July. A crew of was not ihsured. ture date. It is said that Matt Simon Always at Year Service.1 men have been at work cleaning out Winter cleaning of the farm, home After a settling with the owners can sell anything from farm imple the botom of the wheat bin., loading garden, and orchard materially redu ments to air ships and he proved it lust week, the insurance companies burned grain into truck, and haul- ces the insect peste of the following that evening by taking Ed Alley at Tum-A-Lum Lumber Co. | th. sold the burned wheat Mt the Farmers he örö ing it to various places. A large par Elevator fire to Messrs. Sco$t of Port season, says the department of ento nis word and delivered to Mr. Alley a of the grain was given to people who mology of the Oregon experiment most artistic and useful ship of the bserver MORO, OREGON would pay for the hauling. Some of land and Lehman of Pendleton. station. Cutworms, grasshoppers, air that literally swept Edward from These men put a force of men at work th>» was taken out of town, part to and root maggots sure destroyed by on the salvage with the result that off his feet. D.'E. CLARK, Manager. the slaughter yard of the Moro Meat I’rices paid for the baskets ranged 1800 sacks were shipped to Portland winter plowing and burning of the market and some to different farms, fence rows. San Jose scale, tent frotn $2 for the lowest to above $4 in three cars. Reports say the cars where it will be used for chicken and caterpillars, tree crickets, aphids, leaf for the higher price set by the bidders, Phone Main 91 hog feed. A large quantity that had were smoking with steam when they hoppdrs, and cicadas are destroyed by who assisted the auctioneer by some left Moro. The men paid the insur- no feed value was hauled to the coun Iance company 50 cents for each sack burning the pruning» from the or spirited competition at Vm«» ty fair grounds and used to fill in the chard, bush and cane fruits. Bank of Moro * Farmers Elevator & Supply Co Independent Warehouse & Hilling Co MILL FEED AND FLOUR t A “WANT” ad in T M | O will reach more, [ people in Sherman County than: ft by any other medium available. high »ide oC th» race track. of wheat salvaged.
