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About Sherman County observer. (Moro, Sherman County, Or.) 1897-1931 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 28, 1927)
i? • T . Friday, Jsmutfy IS, 1937 r w > STORM BROKEN ‘ TWO HORSES KILLED 'O- >1 Stove' DUtrict tart Sunday, snowflakes fell f« 1* broken Wednesday of thia week when rw ow R »? In the Twulft h Federal Reserve Tuesday'night about 7:39 a gray district, the year 192« WM character hone was struck by Willard Urquhart weather eettditions. about 50 feet north of the rod light The storm bega output; full employment of workers; signal port near the eenter of the De a record volume of trade at retail; Moss hiH. Urquhart had little choice equal to aa inch of rainfall. The United States weather bureau in the matter as the horse was in the iotto with towering temperatures until center of the road. He took the right hand side, striking the hone with the taline structure, but in regard to left side of the car and by skillful Volume of farm crops produced in other phenomena connected with driving just managed to keep on the cipitatkm value of 34 of an inch of moisture by Sunday. them. Sometimes they are of aston highway and get inside of the fence Friday night was the coldest per ishing siae, and the supposition to where the signal light stands. -Be | that they grow so big as a result of skidded sideways down the snow and iod of the storm, with a registered cept 1923. Large ytolds partially, a reduction in [ small fishes overtaking big ones and ice covered highway about 40 feet be tempon for agricultural products tion 15 joining themselves to the latter while fore stopping against the bank on the left side of the highway. ’ailing. of 14 below. Saturday night ■mailer than in 1925. At Richmond, March 25, 1900,] Running back to where he hit the perature । The supply of bank credit avail the temperature climbed to • degrees snowflakes were observed which horse he saw a second car coming | I x>uld hardly be covered with a tea which he tried to signal to a stop. oelow aero, followed by a tempera able during 1926 waa adequate for I un: Some Were eaught on dry wood, Before this could be done, this car ture of 6 degrees above aero on Sun the district’s needs, interest rates re He schools, involving elaborate equips I also hit a gray horse. Hudson White, day night Since Monday the warmer mained steady at moderate levels, for its nucleus a soft mass of snow driver of the second car, selected the temperature has been gaining each demands upon the Federal Reserve -alf an inch in diameter, the outer left side of the highway and landed night until normal winter weather । hank of San Franctoco were not un duly heavy. dges being thin. The weight of the I against the bank within a space of conditions now prevail Signa of recession in industrial and centre gave them the form of an in about 10 feet from where he hit the trade activity appeared during the ¡verted cone, with the edges bent up. I none. their troubles during the cold latter part of 192«. The year 1926 , Some years ago, in Montana, near At first it was thought that both I Brakes refused to function dosed activity Fort Keogh, snowflakes fell which I ^ars had hit the sa n »e horse, but later I every «me mry w«« . —-—- with industrial , ■ But until recently were described as “larger than milk I the next morning it was discovered I Inc trom to the brake drums on the volume of employment a * i «*« * w nf I Ura pans.” Such statements are usually I that both Urquhart and White had I to be regarded as exaggerations, but I killed a gray horse by hitting them at ty. This caused many cars to burn with distribution at whotaaato at mo derately low levels; and with retail some that were actually measured] I almost the same place on the highway. out their brake linings. trade active, but apparently carry were fifteen inches in diameter and The head of the hone hit by Urqu- Condensed water in the crank case Of later years, - however, school eight inches thick. A mail carrier, Ihart smashed in the windshield eom- ing larger inventories than at anj of the Cushman car caused a broken I caught in the storm, testified that Ipletely, its head coming all the way oil pump on hto car during the cold tima since the spring of 1924. Bank ing and credit conditions continue« they made white patches all over the value of giving any apt pupil the I I fields within an area of several into the car but slight damage was snap and the burning out of a eon- sound. shown to either fenders or car body. necting rod bearing. foundation of a musical education is I A record volume of lumber was I oquare milea. I Gl»«« was showered over Urquhart, Wednesday was the coldest day of I during the year, although great haing more clearly recognised each I who received a deep cut on the back the storm. It was also the day selec I ^hen seaaonal curtailment during r year. . i of his right hand and some few euts i ted by an 8-months old colt owned by I DODGING old age Further evidence that America is cent months resulted in a Decemb« from glass on hto face. After being C. R Brockert to fall into a cistern rapidly becoming one of the leading hit the horse continued north on the! >n their farm. A tripod had to be I 1926, cut which was less than that muaical nations in the world is found December, 1925. Output of flour road for about a mile before falling I rigged and ropes attached to the ani- I the district was larger during 19 in the increase of the manufacture of dead in the center of the road. I mal by men working in the cold water I than in 1925 but, excepting that yei musical instruments, according to the The horse hit by White caved in Dodging old age to so easy that no before the animal could be hoisted I was wn&Her than in any year sin Musk Center. In 1914, there were the right side of the sedan he was I I from the water. Aside from a few I 1920. The canned fruit and v«1 81183M3** worth of musical instru one need worry about beauty doctors meats manufactured while nine years or miraculous fountains of youth, ac driving, its head was forced into the I rope scars the colt is now none the I table pack in California /«mounted tater in 1923, this figure had more cording te Sam Bones, 82, retired if» through the glass door and back I worse for the adventure. 30,521,975 cases in 19^6, the largt than doubled, amounting to 8MSr Southern Pacific conductor who offers! of White’s head and peck. The horse’s | Andy Mny and family had their I pack of record. A revision of cann ¡the following rules for those who do I throat waa cut by the heavy glass and •roubles last Friday night when com- I | fruit prices was announced by an i 004,009. . . ' I the impact forced it back down the I ng W town to attend the sparrow I । portent factor in the trade on Jai Establtobed symphony orchestras not want to grow old. , Never alow up at grade crossings. I road about five feet past where the I hut supper and movie show. They uary 3, 1927. The new quotation Step on the gas! You may merely [car hit the bank. White received a I tried to break a road for their auto which are guaranteed against declir I few scratches but had hto clothes ■ I >y means of a drag. When this would until June 1, 1927, and which contai Civic and community I but persevere and you will dodge old I nearly ruined from the blood pouring 11 lot work because of the soft snow other concessions to buyer», pre gei vie rather than the ex-1 if not the train. * I from the wound in the neck of the which cut hey hitched a team to their ear, pul erally lower than the opening pric< ception everywhere, not to include Whenever possible try to board horse and the broken ’ed it onto the highway, hung the har named in July, 1926. the targe body of industrial, school moving trains. Freight trains are un- large holes in the clol , onto the fence porta, turned the Member bank demands for fum Following these two cars was a r I iem and unMnfty ^anda and orchestras usually effective. Heaven, and pos- iorses loose to go back to the farm at the Federal Reserve bank incream Grand opera, that most difficult of alllaibly the other place, to Uberally pop- third car, also from Wasco, driven by • I barn, and drove to town. A down temporarily during December, bi musical towering» to keep healthy, tolntatod with persons who avoided old Lowell Burress who had his sister . I grade from the highway to their home with him in the car. White was alone ► I made it easy to return later in the neither before Christmas nor at t) year end were demands so g^rtt i Always take short-cuts where it in hto car, while Urquhart had Orville those experienced during the autun > evening. . All three says “No Trespasaing.” This to a Burress as a passenger cover mort of the United States. harvest season. On January 12, 192 ram were coming to Moro for the sure-erinner, especially if the sign total biBa and securities held by tl skating at the American Legion hall. hangs over railroad tracks. H. S. DEBATING CONTESTS reserve bank were 85,000,000 SURVEY PARTLY COMPLETED A peculiarity of the accident was Never miss a chance to stick your in amount than one year ago. Tl head out of a car window. You may 1 c<ri struck a gray hone at teams Now Organised in 11 Districts uauql increase in hand to hand eurre damage a bit of concnte at a tunnel neariy the identical spot on the high | cy requirements during the* mon entrance; but the railroad can sue way within less than five minutes of preceding Christinas resulted in your estate for any damage done to each other. A contributing cause of - Seventy-seven high schools in all I temporary expansion of 84,000,01 the accident was the color of the parts of the state have enrolled in the company property. in Federal reserve net circulation ai “If these rules fail to work,” Bones horses which blended into the snow Oregon high school debating league a decline of approximately 25 milli< said, “there are others discovered by covered hillside and prevented their for this year, has been announced by I dollars in its cash reserves. Sub« me during 4« years of railroading being seen uptB the accidents could f>r. Dan E..Clark, assistant director jf the extension division and secre-I quent contraction in currency de which I shall be pleased to supply up not be avoided. mands exceeded the previous expan The horses were pwned by Hugh .ary-treasurer of the organmation. on request.” sion, and the volume of federal re- I Walker, who had turned them into Debates in the eleven districts of I I serve notes in circulation declined to I his field without knowledge that a the state are being held in the var-1 I the lowest level since September, ary survey was completed in Gilliam Motion picture sentiment suffers an I school car driven from the H. B. Pink I ious high schools and district cham- I I 1918, while reserves again increased. Interruption w>en a great film artist erton farm through his field because I pions will be chosen about the mid-1 Preliminary estimates of the United of the road being blocked with drifted I States department of agriculture in- favorite to serious, but the motion pic snow, had been in the habit of leav-1 Jie of March, said Dr. Clark. The high schools in each district I dieate that the acreage of winter ture interests assert themselves as ing the gates down. , The horses had Trst debate among themselves and by (wheat planted in the diatrict during an industry, and the artist may be gotten out through these open gates I i process of elimination choose a win- I the autumn of 1926 was approximate- eventually expected to find his fame and by a round about way were on ling team which will compete in an I ly 13 per cent larger than that plant- as far as Olex within a month. Work subordinated to that of the artisan. their way home. It is said there wer< nter-district' contest. The districts I ed during the autumn of 1925. Favor- eight or more horses in the band. ire divided into two groups for the I able weather, ineluding a generous Artificial wool made of pine needles We are informed that a satisfac nter-district debates, one tor eaM I 1 seasonal rainfall, has marked the be may be all very well for Germany, but tory settlement for the damage done the United States grows so much nat was to have been effected Thursday 2rn Oregon and one for western Ore ginning of the 1927 agricultural I son over most of the Twelfth Federal gon. ural wool In the very aecHon where by Mr. Pinkerton and Mr. Walker. It I Reserve district. A moderately heavy The two winning teams on the in - pine needles grow that the artificial is very fortuate that no fatal injuries I er-district contest will meet some- I snowfall in mountain areas of the ter- a eonuanmity to the community new»- product would have small chance in was caused by the double collision. It I .ime in the middle of May for the fi- | ritory gives promise of an adequate competition. is the opinion of all who have seen I aal match. I supply of water for agricultural pur- ■ i , the cars that a passenger in the car District directors were urged this I poses later in the season. driven by White would undoubtedly I /ear to experiment in other methods have been killed by being crushed if judging the debates, according to against the back of the seat by the Dr. Clark. Previously they have sp head of the horse. COMING linted three judges whose decision vas final. The team loosing the de- TO THE DALLES I ision is eliminated from future con- The Emperor Asoka carried tils ad ests. vertisements throughout the length G. A. WILLIAMS, Manager and breadth of India. There to one nent in favor of changing the system SPECIALIST I Hotel Moro Owned by the City of Moro ., „ Operated for the Benefit of the Traveling Public »nd Sherman County Community • SPECIAL CHICKEN DINNER SUNDAYS 75c DINING ROOM OPEN USUAL MEAL HOURS NNRRRRMIMNNNNNRMKNMNMNlèMMMMMIMMMmmM WE WANT YOUR TRADE! If Good Reliable Goods, lowest Possible Prices, Fair and Square Dealing and Polite Attention. Will Get It I MAY & SON Moro, 5 A*» Th« Crandall Undertaking Company é •, -’* i ' * - - •* * s • •- \f mint system whereby debate teams vould be awarded points and the team rith the high number at the end of he rounds would become champions. The foresnic activity within the dis strayed spanlela Where would Coeur rict to under the control of the local do Lion have been without hla press agent Blondel., S «Sts and the final contort at Eugene Man and lightning played flre-bu* pk under the direction of the state together In the national forests o» tigh school debating league. Oregon and Washington last year tc "The purport of the intonchotas- the extent of atarting 1490 fires, which tic contests,” said Dr. Clark, “to to burned over 241,000 acres of land anc mcourage debating in the schools caused loss of more than >1,000,000 themselves. At the present time the Of the 1490 flrss, 815 were held ondei schools are getting entailed and each one-quarter acre each, 457 covered *«am to getting material upon which mors than one-quarter acre and les» to debate.” than 10 acres and 318 covered »sort “The DeCou cup” to presented each than 10 acres. Of the ares burned zear to the winning team by Profes- ♦or Edgar E. DeCou. who organised chantable timber, 83,713 acres wart potential forest land, 8517 acres were •ome the permanent poms sei on of the ligh school winning the championship Demand for lumber showed a big for three years in succession.. increase the last week, the number of orders booked by 143 mills having RECORD FOR POSTAGE • increased to 149,9M,M1 feet from 72, 7«3.58> foot booked to orders by 141 mills the week previous, according ti zeinber hung up a new record in buy ing postage. Returns from 50 selec- increase was taken to Indicate that ted cities showed receipts totaling Pacific coast lumber industry to rapid 140,381,558, as compared with 338,- ly overcoming the aeasonal slump In 165,752, In December. 1925, an in- business iacldental to the anneal hob rase of 31,62530«, the postofflee day season at the end of the old ant lepartment announced today.. When the figures for the entire country are I port atoo^showed that production last tabulated they will show that the I week increased to »7,177.53« fe^t fron American people spent 83,000,000 1179384.881 feet the previous week more for postage in December than !| Shiptaents Increased to 84,2«7,947 feet they, did in the corresponding month J from «4.04L172 feet the previous week of 1925, officials said. MORO, OREGON IMPLElfiENTS HARDWARE FEATURING A LARGE STOCK OF axminster rugs CONGOLEUM AND LINOLEUM LEATHER CHAIRS AND FIBER SUITES CEDAR AND WALNUT CHESTS MAJESTIC RANGES MEADOWS POWER WASHER The Machine with the Least Machinery Possible to do its work well SELLS ON ITS MERITS AUTONA CIRCULATOR STOVES WILL HEAT FOUR TO FIVE ROOMS :e Rates! New MORO --- TO----- One The Dalles... Arlington....... Bend.............. Biggs.............. Grass Valley.. Klamath Falls Madras.......... Redmond....... Shaniko........ , Wasco, .......... . Pendleton. ... .70 .35 10.75 2 80 3.80 19.20 4.55 6.85 9:08 AM. 11:53 A.M. 708 P.M. 957 A.M. 342 P.M. 5:42 P.M. Columbia Gorge Motor Coach System - Ross’ Confectionery, Phone 411 C. V. Belknap, Propdetor Moro Hotel Barber Shop Moro, Oregon Ladies and Children’s Hair Cutting and Shinfile Bobbinfi BATHS HOTEL • - 1 * ONE DAY ONLY p Ne charge fer 5 70 2.05 STAGES LEAVE Southbound Northbound SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 11 . f Ceeseltatio« Dr. Mellenthin is a rvgutar gradu Ato in medicine and surgery and Is licensed by the state of Oregon. He does not operate for chroi ;c appendl- citto, gall stones, uicers of stomach, tonsils or adenoids. He has to hto credit wonderful re sults in diseases of the stomach, liver, bowels, blood, skin, heart, nerves, kidney, bladder, bed wetting, eatairh, - m V lungs, rheumatism, sciatica, leg ■leers and rectal ailments Below are the names of a few of hto many satisfied patients in Oregon: Mrs. L. L. Peets, B&wo, heart trouble. , • .. >T , v R ead & G alloway GENERAL MACHINE A. R um I, Kl.rn.th FJh, appn- consultation on this trip win be free and that hto treatment to different. Married women must be accom panied by their husbands. Address: 211 Bradbury Bldg. Loa Angeles, California. «Up.- SHOP Repairing Truck«, Tractors, Automobiles, Caterpillars, and Combine N[otors, CyUnder Grin Hog, Oyx-acetylgne and Electjic Welding The Dalle?, Ore. 616 East Second 8t Mrs. E. C. Mulloy, Hillsboro, ulcer pEto Peterson, Skamokawa, Waah., eolith. . Grover C. Gouthier, Coquille, Ore., colitis and ulcers of stomach. ' Mm Carl Johnson, Marshfield, ear trouble. ... , . J. W. Turnéis Dalles, stomach trou J • A. vL.... 6 70 DOES NOT OPERATE DALLES I rip $ 1.05 2 70 1.80 la Internai Medicine for the THE r’ Ginn, Coleman & Co Dr. Mellenthin la the mountains near Manschra relat ing to the right treatment of animato which we do not yet follow in this enlightened age. The Egyptians were publicity experts. Pompeii 1s full of postern Charles II advertised for his '. The Dalles, Oregon. Phone 85-J. Lady Assistants. Phon« Main 4001 A valuable knowledge of the reliability and integrity of businesses is the reward of the steady reader of advertisements. READ THE OBSERVER A l L the time For The County New»
