,yâ*
Pit a farmer be prosperous and
know it? Evidently »0, if statements
of officers of the railway train ser
vice brotherhoods ar* to be believed.
Railroad employes, through their
train service brotherhoods, are try
ing by arbitration to compel the rail
roads to increase the wages of train
men, and when the railroads answered
that farmers were complaining and
demanding lower rate* and that wage
increases would necessitate .rate in
creases, W. C. Whitney, vice presi
dent of th* Brotherhood of Railroad
Trainmen had this to say:
“I firmly believe that the farmer
has progressed more rapidly than the
railroad man or any other man wh
works for a daily or monthly wage.
According to an investigation I have
recently made, approximately 97 pel
cent of the Nebraska farmers own
automobiles and 89 per cent have
telephones, and what to true in this
respect in Nebraska to very large!
true in Iowa, Minnesota and othei
granger states. - Their homes are
equipped with bathrooms, electric
lights and other modern conveniences,
very largely to the same extent as
ths better ctosses in the cities. It
to a matter of common knowledge
that hundreds of farmers are re
tiring annually and moving to the
towns and cities to live in comfort
and ease."
This to stronger talk against rate
reduction and in favor of rate in
crease on farm products, than any
railroad ever presented. It does not
harmonise with the stories of distress
presented by the advocates of farm
relief legislation^
Farm relief advocates may say
that the railroad employes are talk
ing to justify an increase in their
wages, and the other will answer
that the politicians are talking to
increase their votes, with the farmer
between the two millstones.
The
real answer to the railway mon or
ganisation to that telephones and
proper operation of farms as fuel
keep them in working condition.
Habits Of Drudgery
American housewifes adhere to
the drugery habit, according to Mrs.
John D. Sherman, president of the
General Federation of Women's
Chiba, an organisation that is direct-
ing benefits of electrical improve
ments of recent years. Mrs. Sher-
cultivating
broom,
and
why
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• bing the family wash on the old
At the beginning of the present
million, eight hundred thousand tele
phones on farms of the United
States, which means that forty-four
out of every hundred farms are
equipped with telephones.
There
can be no question but what the
telephone to rapidly becoming more
and more essential to successful farm
operation.
The United States far surpasses
all European countries in the ex
tent of telephone development on its
farms. In fact, farmers* telephones
which have played a large part in
breaking down the isolation of rural
America, are almost uhknown in
-Europe.
There are more telephones on
farms in the Uuited States than there
are total telephones in the entire
countries of France, Germany, and
Russia combined.
Meeting The Demand
Discreet Newspaper Men
A story that has just come to light
concerning the manner In which Col.
Charles A. Lindbergh’s plans for bls
transatlantic flight were guarded dur
ing his stay in San Diego testifies
strikingly to the fact that the public
press Is trustworthy to an extent that
few appreciate, says the Christian
Science Monitor. It appears that for
eight days after be arrived there from
St Louis, his flight plans were known
to local newspaper men, yet not a
word concerning the projected trip
was published until his permission
was given, and even then only a part
of his plans was divulged. Many may
be surprised to learn that this ability
of the press to keep a secret is so well
established tn the United States that
oftentimes every newspaper of any
»tending in the country to tn poesee
slon of public documents of great Im
port a nee for several days before they
are “released.” without the slightest
hint of their contents becoming known
to anyone on the outside.
_ A .■foundsry feature of the recent
interest in transatlantic flying ha*
been the fact that Newfoundland baa
been brought into the eye of the world
more, probably, than ever before. This
to becHuse this dominion stands as a
sentinel at Canada’s front door to
Europe, it being th* portion of North
America closest Cethe British Isle*—•
about 1,640 miles to Ireland. It may
be recalled that, for this reason, the
first transatlantic cable was laid
nearly 70 years ago to Ite shores, and
that 11 of the present 17 cable* now
crossing the north Atlantic first touch
America either on Newfoundland or
its neighboring islets. AU of which
leads to the quite natural conclusion
that Newfoundland to likely Co come
up for prominent consideration as a
depot for the tronsatlantlc air veo-
seis of the not distant future.
Perhaps the outstanding achieve
ment of the petroleum industry dur
ing the past ten years has been its
ability to meet the constantly in
creasing demand for gasoline—that
to, to keep pace with the growing
use of automobiles, trucks and trac
tors.
By improved methods of refining,
a given amount of crude petroleum
now produces a much greater amount
of gasoline than could be secured
10 or 12 years ago. The percentage
of gasoline recovered has increased
year by year since 1919.
«
From 1916 to 1925, inclusive, do
mestic production of gasoline in
creased 430 per cent Domestic con
sumption increased 460 per cent dur
ing the same period.
Production and refining of oil to
Every country has Its favorite dish
one of our most important industries
which
Is specially prepared and
and every thing possible should be
served
to
diplomats and other no<-
done to encourage its successful
able».
Even
in our late war “favorite*
development.
dishes, such as “canned Willie,’* “gold-,,
fish,” etc., were served. These, how
ever,
were not very popular among
Machine-Built Highways
our soldiers. Now the nationally
known combination of pork and beans,
From a nation of few improved made famous the world over by New
roads, the United States in the last Englanders, Is apparently about to
ten years has developed the greatest lose caste and to be superseded by
highway system in the world. Just the delectable though often despised
as we use power machinery for all sausage. President Coolidge consld
linesL of manufacturing and for er* sausage an Indispensable part of
labor-saving appliances in the homes, bls breakfast And Lindbergh, our
so we turn to power machinery to hero aviator. Is following suit It is
develop our roads.
hard to believe, though, that the
The impossibility of building mod 'pork and
is do longer to head
ern automobile highways through the list of American delicacies.
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mountains and sparsely settled coun
try by the old pick and shovel meth
'On being offered 37<UMX).(X)O for
od, to nowhere better illustrated than
on the new road which is being "built
Melh« replied: It’S a good price, but
along the Pacific ocean from the
I don’t care to be bothered reinvesting
mouth of the Columbia“ river to
370,000.000.’" That has frequently
Mexico.
been the objection In our own case
To watch a few meh with a great
“No,” we say quietly but firmly, “your
caterpillar tractor and modern road
proposition Is Interesting, but really
We prefer not to have th* bother of
their way through hundreds of miles
rehandling and reinvesting 350,000,000
of previously inaccessible cliffs and
of 360,000,000; it cuts Into our golf
forests, to a graphic illustration of
so."
the use of power equipment.
A d<»g, under sentence of death as
an egg stealer, saved the Ufe of the
fanner who was to be the executioner
by distracting the attention of a bull
until the man could get away from It.
The dog, of course, did not know that
It was condemned. Would it have
saved the life of the man if It had
known? Probably—being only a dog.
About noon Monday a heavy rain
storm came up from the north, cen-
taring o/er the Homer Betohee har-
g*ry and a chronic failure to oat up vaster outfit working in the Gorman
district The storm lasted about 30
minutes, soaking the summer fallow
efficiency, the protection of health close by to a depth of three inches
A bulk wheat wagon, standing by the
weal of the famfly, all of which ac- combine, had an inch of water in the
The argument as to whether Lind
bed when the storm had ceaaod. A
light hail storm followed the rain. bergh’s mode of life Is greater than
Mr. Betohee’s harvester was forced to his flying feat Is likely to continue to
stop wqrk from Monday noon until hold the stage long after Ufodt>ergh
10 a. m. Tuesday. Machines within|hM <»tabll*hed the fact thst I d his
a mile of whe *e he was working con posltlon he does not have to argue
with any one.
tinued running.
12 Make Room
For New Goods Arriving Daily
including Furniture, Rugs and ^Aluminum Ware
WE OFFER
. Spedal Reductions
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OIL STOVES
While They Last
Moro Hdw. & Imp. Co.
MORO, OREGON
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The world’s greatest oval rug. now
In a New York theater, is an Inch
thick, 41 by 58 feet, and weighs two
Uma So far the younger guests have
not tried to push It Into the ctvner
for an<^knpromptu dance.
“See here,“ said the impatient fa
ther to Myrtilla. his co-ed daughter,
who had asked him for another twen
ty, *1 give you 3500 a year for sun
dries." “Oh," replied Myrtilla, "I
thought you said sundaes."
The Literary Digest has unearthed
a hammer which It estimates bss
Struck 360,000,000 blows.
It to
thought by some to bav* been the one
used U> call the famous Madison
Squar* Garden convention to order
uno divorc* for every two mar
riages to now said to be the ratio, so
It would seem, when “modern“ condi
tions are taken Into consideration -
that marriage to doing as well ar
Cruwa Prince Rupprecht qjay to
right In bls notion that the B«vnrtan>
are In flavor of a monarchy, or It mnj
be just a crown-princely feeling thm
he can make **drbeliev* It
Uuwritteo law of poker Is not J
lirit when you've made a killing.
Rooms
g Thé Fair
We sincerely thank our neighbors
iproaches for the
As the time
unty fair the ques-
annual Sh<
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tion of sufficient rooms with which
to accomodat* the large crowd that extended during the illness and fol
will attend becomes both an impor lowing the death of our beloved
wife, mother and sister, Mrs. John
tant and a ee«Mm| one.
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The Hotel Moro has just so many w, Forbes.
XW. Forbes and family
rooms and, by doubling np the
George Hennagin and family
guests, can handls in th* neighbor
hood of 100 people This to but a
drop in the bucket, as many time*
100 people will be in attendance and,
OBSERVER WANT
for the good npae of Moro, wc must
Manager E. T. Larimore, who has
crowds and con-
handled many
ventions
years of hotel
work, should
Uy be the head of
tee” which should
a “housing C
be organised as soon as possible,
right now, in fact, to see about rooms
in private hsgMa. In speaking with
Mr. Larrimore on thiT matter, h*
agrees to de a* in his power to as
sist in any way possible to house our
visitors during th* three day* of the
fi^r, tnd makee Jhe suggestion that
al’ who have
Or more spar* rooms
list them with him .at the hotel
giving th* number of rooms, number
of p*ople th*y will accommodate,
where located, and the price to be
charged, both per room and per
person.
Mr. Larrimore does not intend to
raise the rej
1 of the hotel
rooms durin ।
as this would
be a very p<
to follow, but
he does exp
the “capacity
price" of each rco»n, which to always
customary.
Far example, if the
room has a double bed, capable of
being oeeppisd by two people, the
oric* should be 32.00 per day for the
room without bath and 38.00 per
day with both: bpt if any party in-
yi entitled to pay the “capacity price"
or $2.00 per day without bath, and
33.00 per day with bath. Thia is
only fahr and just, and to the plan
followed by a|l hotels during th*
time of any eo
itiön.
As reservations for rooms will be
gin to come in very soon, in fact
some have already been sent in to
the hotel, it to suggested that all
who will have any spare roms to let
out during the fair, list them aT
once with Mr. Larrimore, and when
you do this do not let the room out
youraelf without notifying him, »0
he can cross it off the list.
Net Income Of Farms
There are six and one-half million
farms in the United States and their
net income last year amounted to
|2,7 50,000, which was eight times
as great as the total for 1921. It
600,000 farms, nearly ten per cent
of the nation's total are using elec
tricity supplied either by central
station systems or by home generat
ing plants. Ther* ar* 285,000 farms
with central station service, and
farms ar* being added to the rural
lines of the country's transmission
systems at the rate of 50,000 every
year. The installation of electrical
equipment on farms both for domes
tic and agricultural purposes to an
outstanding factor In the improved
conditions of farm life and produc
tion.
Newspaper Advertising
Newspaper advertising affords the
avenue that returns the largest busi
ness to the merchant. Based on the
experience of many years this state
ment to made by D. F. Kelly, presi
dent ef The Fair, famous Chicago
department store.
“Without spearing to hold a brie
for the newspapers,” he states, "
am of the definite opinion that, dol
lar for dollar, return from news
paper advertising to much greater
than from any other form of adver
tising. We would advise local mer
chants to link up their advertising
with the national advertising of the
large manufacturers. They will thus
inform the public where their pro
duct may be had and should produce
the best results.”
Scores of small towns submerged
by the waters of the Mississippi
would have been in complete dark
ness if they had been obliged to de
pend on local lighting plant* which
would have beep put put qf cqjpmis-
sion by th* rising fintd, Th*! thpqe
towns have been able to obtain illum
ination at night has be*n dn* whelly
to the fact that they wnr* able to
secure electricity from dtotant power
plants, otherwise th* inhabitant*
would have had to depend on candles
and oil lamp*. Interconnection of
electric power transmtoefon Hues ha*
been of almoat inestimable value in
providing illumination in th* flooded
areas and thus enabling the rescue
work to continue.
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Some family skeletons can't be are apt to aid the opera in making
a hit.
kept in a closet.”
It*» easy to secure the wwW*« «©H
We Want to Give All the
Possible at All Times, to the Farmer,
and to Help Out as Much
as Possible
PIANO Wfflf BE SOLD—Will
rifice fine piano tn storage
Our Store Will Be Open
Early and Late
Muaic Co. 227-eth
egon.
4t-a5-26
We Will Also be Open for Business
Newton Crosfleld, WasCo, Oregon.
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WE PAY pared poet one wmt on all
shoe repairing. Good quality work
and leather. J Jue Amore, The
Dalles, opposite the post office.
Sunday Mornings
Through the Harvest Seaion
FOR SALE—Heavy Brussels carpet
about 20 feet by 50 feet, no worn
places; heavy canvass used as carpet
covering, same size; also two vacuum
* ‘
by / Hnoleum.
tf desired.
Above sold i
I. O. 0. Jk
Young, secretary, Moro, Oregon, tf jil
We Solicit Your Buainesx
on a Service, Quality and Price Basis
Special Prices
We can fit all kinds of people. Any
sise or weight. Crippled or deform
ed f**t Wernmark’s Shoe Store, The
Dalles.
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Reading of advertising to worth
while.
on Quantity Harvest Orders
MAY & SON Mon,
Oregon
SATURDAY
Hoot Gibton
“D enver D ude
IOC and 30c
Weeders ! Weeders !
SUNDAY ‘
CALL AND SEE
“Down-The-Stretch
Fast Racing Picture
The Pendleton Self Adjusting Weeder
10c 30c
The Peerless Rotary Rod Weeder
MONDAY
and the Tomlin Weeder
“The Sap
These weeders are made
in sizes to suit the purchaser
up to 24 feet
WAR THRILLS
Plenty of Action
10Cand 25c
Wasco Theatre
Ginn, Coleman & Co.
Newton Crotfield, Director
MORO, OREGON
tmmms
DANCE
Saturday Nite
Additional
Wasco, Oregon
by Motor Coaches-Now
NORTHBOUND
11^15 a.m.
5:20 p.m.
11:40 p-m,
American Legion
b tage y leaving st 11 ÄJA.M. aml5:20r.M.
direr* "^nnsntinna
at I Le Dalles for Portland aud Vay points,
Stage leaving at 11:25 A.M. makes connections at Rires Junction
lor \ akiiua, Pendleton, Spokane, Walla Walla, Boise and way
points.
Post 91
SOUTHBOUND
8:50 a.m.
3:35 p.m.
7:50 p.tn, •
COMBINE FOR SALE4
Stage leaving at
A.M. makes direct connectioos at Bend for
Klamath Falls and way points.
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350
ONE-WAY AND ROUND-TRIP FARES FROM
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Tracy Barton
A MORO
The Dalles, Oregon
TO
H’dTrip
Fortlapd... K35 $ 6.55
The Dalles. 1.35. 2.05
............. 4.45
6.70
na..... 6.60 11.60
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Frances F* Adams, MD.
Physician and Surgeon
• Phon* 182
O m W rv
TO
O m W bv
UM
Walla Walla J5.60 $ 9.60
Spokane....... 9.75 13.70
Klam JTalli. 10.75 19.90
Bedmônd.
•TA9B depot
Roe* Confectionery—Phone 4 H
I COLUMBIA GORGE MOTOR COACH SYSTEM
Hour«: » to It «. m; t to tn.
C. V. Belknap, Proprietor
Moro Hotel Barber Shop
Guaranteed Watch
— AND —
Moro, Oregon
Jewelry Repairing
Ladies and Children** Hair Cutting
and Shingle Bobbing
BY EXPERT WORKMEN
A
Confectionery
BATHS
F. H, COOLIDGE
trouble never has need to borrow
.
Through the Harvest Season
UNIVERSAL JRANGS for sale on
. easy payments; all gray enamel: '
* Helping Rescue Work
A man may not bo too old to loan
but
too old to realise it.
' Absence makes, the picture post
cards MfumPlMe.
Thoee who say that life to a bur
den always make others tired.
CARD OF THANkS
HOOD RIVER, OREGON
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