Sherman County observer., July 06, 1928, Image 2

The Sherman County Observer, Moro, Oregon, Friday July 6, 1928
OREGON STATE NEWS
OF GENERAL INIEREST
mile* north of Marquam to Marlon
county waa burned down last week
with a loss estimated at 16000.
Cannery shipment* of strawberries
In Clackamas county was finished last
week. The season, according to. the
growers, proved fair. The raspberry
and loganberry picking has been start­
ed and the various canneries of tha
county will continue their activltiea
for some time.
Twelve thousand acre* of land in
Lake county, Lakeview land district, -
Oregon, will be opened to homestead
and dsssrt land entry by qualified sx-
servlce men July 18, and to general
entry October IX The tract 1* near
the town of Paisley and the nearest
railroad towns ars Kirk and Klamath
Falls. The lands are suitable for graz­
ing, but precipitation 1* not sufficient
in average years for production of
grain crops.
According to F. P. Wilcox, county
Lruit agent, the Talent district fruit
crop is coming along in fine shape,
with insect pest and tree blight wall
under control.
With the coddling
.noth taken care of through regular
applications of spray and fths few
jvidences of blight stamped out, the
season’s fruit crop, especially pe»r»,
is rr>ending into form in a manner
¿hat looks very promising. Pear pick­
ing wUl begin about August 1 front
ifosent indication*.
Extension of time for perfecting av
rganizatlon of the prune growers o.
be state until July L 1>1», wa* autb
,riied at Roaebnrg recently at a repre
entatlve 'meeting of prune grower:
ft ¡Hated with the Douglas Count)
’rune Growers’ association.
Mama for Gambling
Decreasing in China
Took Many Years is
Produce MoJarn L
smploy*d in the various
Gambling I* the dominating national
Ineluded In th* world's tang «¡si «t
passion of China, and every Chinese
human benefactors 1* the uhKi:<»wu
“FINDERS KEEPERS
man who first invented beds The
indulge* to It, whatever hl* age, so­
velopment
earliest
bed* — wicker bebiriewK
When th* tegutiful Laura La cial position, or fortune. He bets ou
everything—the number of seeds In
formed of the mldribe of palm leaves
Brief Resene of Happenings of
Plante become* a Private in a man’*
strawborri**, Juno show* brisk buyto*
—are found figured to ancient Eg>i»*
an orange, the number of persons
at Foroat Grov*. On* authority ha*
Army,
you've
gat
the
making*
of
the Week Collected for
tian painting*. Age* ago the Rgyp*
who will pass by a given point to •
estimated that strawberry growers to
tian* either *lept on their day couche*,. “Finder* Keeper*“ — one of the fun­ given time.
Our Readers.
that vicinity hav* netted from
which wer* long and straight, *«>«»»£ niest films of th* year. It will op*n
In five minutes the coolie will lose
to >80,000 and a good part of thi* ri
time* posseseiug a back made of at tha Moro Theater Saturday night, all the money he. has saved tn a
bronze, alabaster, gold, or Ivory, and July 7th.
month. The petty employee will do
The first vacation Bible school ever
The story i* by Mary Roberts Rine­ the same with bls salary, and the
Hundreds of Medford children par­ richly cushioned, or they reposed on
Ths strawberry season win «lose to
hold to Baker opened last week at the
low pallet* made of palm bough*, with hart and is a splendidly executed bit banker with hi* fortune. The Chi­
ticipated
in
th*
city's
first
doll
buggy
th* R*^k* yard* this WdUt Thro*
Calvary Raptiet church with about <0
wooden pillow* hollowed out for tl»e
of entertainments No dull moments, nese gamble* at all times and place*
parade policed by Boy Scouts, hold
ton* dAUy hav* boss mark*t*d from
pupils in the several department*.
head.
—during hl* meal*, at the theater, be­
lot* of laughs, a good share of thrills
recently. Many girl* and boy* be­
th*M yard* from M (toy* and about
A recent writer remind* u* that the
tween the acts, In train*, and In of­
Harvesting of Bing and Tartarian
tween the age* of 7 and 10 wheeled evolutfon of bed* in England etretches and a cast of real actor*.
300 pick*r* hav* b**n quartered it
fices.
1 cj
cherries is now under way in the
their flower-decorated buggies con­ over a period of 700 yeara. Through
This picture, in theatrical parlance,
th* town on a payroll of |10W a day.
Under the euiplre the favorite form
Freewater section and producers ex­
taining all kind* of doll* and some out the Thirteenth century even klug* “«licks,” and that is, it’s a great me- * of gambling took a singular shape,
Th* av*rag* yl*ld was about 800 ton:
pect to ship about 125 cars this year.
buggies with cats and dog*.
bed* consisted very largely of fttsw. cesa.
Everybod/ hkes it and tells it was a* if everyone In France bet
per acr*.
Central Oregon’s first motorcycle
In later medieval times people all theii] friends with the result that coins on the most successful candidates en­
A district meeting of county agents
Mis* Edith Dodge of Ashland M.
traffic officer began work this week.
was held in Pendleton last week, with but sat up In their beds, so high at are continually «licking in the box tering our big schools of learning.
je*n
declared winner of th* Osrilag*.
Ho is Herbert Hamilton, formerly ot
agent* from Umatilla, Wasco, Union, the upper end were the long mat* office and the*manager wears a pros­ All China would participate In these
up,
presented
annually to th* woma:
Prineville, and will work out of Red
tresees lifted on piles of cushions
enormous wagers. In all prefectures
perous look because he is filling his
Wallowa, Malheur, Baker and Morrow
tudent of th* junior class at th* Um
After th* Twelfth century beds wer*
and subprefecture* the names of the
countie* present. Problems of mutual occaslonslly made of bronze and ctb house and his patrons are going away
eroity of Oregon who has shown the
competing candidates were announced,
Report* received from th* rural dis­ interest were discussed with the state
.Test**1 d*v*lopm*nt to h*r coll eg
er metals, but more often of wood, with a smile, feeling that they have and as soon as the results were known
trict« around Salem Indicated that lost county agent leader and specialists carved and encrusted with ornament. more than got th*ir money’s worth.
extra rapid courier* carried th* name*
/ork.
week'* rain proved detrimental to Giv t from Oregon State college.
Narrow, at first, they gradually In
In other words, everybody’s happy. of the winners to all parts of the
cherri**, which have been ripening tor
creased tn size until they reached a
And Laura La Plant* is the cause. empire.
According to R. G. Fowl*r, Jackson
Many a man who calls himself
width of four yards' In such huge She has never been photographed
th* past week.
Nowadays the people limit them­
county agent, the grain crop* in the
conservative is only a coward.
beds, we sre told, “parents children
selves
to
betting
on
who
will
be
chos
­
Strawberry picking for commercial Centra^ Point district are coming on
better. The entire picture is an ar­
and sometimes dogs, were wont to
en ministerial functionaries, and the
purposes cam* to an end in the La- fine with the recent cool weather to
tistic creation, gt is comedy on a
take their night** rest"
, game doe* not enjoy the vogue It once
biah Center district last week. Most assist in the filling of the grain.
grand scale. An&4f you doubt that
did.—George B. Maybon in La Nou-
ot the growers are doing much better Fall-sown wheat that was downed by
comedy is art, just-se* “Finders velle Revue, Pari* (Living Age).
than they expected.
recent storm*, by careful harvesting
Keepers.”
— ;
A trainload of 24 cars of lambs may be reclaimed with light losses.
John Harron i* appealing in .his
moved out of Douglas county last
During the month ot May there were
All histories that are not mere com­ role and adds many laughs to a mirth­
week for San Francisco. Fourteen 40 herds, with an enrollment of *62z pilations of date*, record* *nd «tatto ful film.
Harran played opposite
of the cars were loaded at Roseburg cows, tested, according to the report tic* are work* of the Imagination; for Miss La Plant* in her recent picture
When you tramp the margin of the
and 10 at Oakland.
of the Columbia County Cow Test- the testimony of eyewitnesses is ex­ “Silk Stockings” which, by the way, sea, along th* line where the wave*
tremely fallible, especially when an was also directed by W*sley Ruggles, leave seaweed*, bottle cork*, and the
Curtis Psyton, graduate in sanitary ¡ng association. The production was
event Is calamitous or dramatit; aid
unconsidered
flotsam
and
jetsam
engineering at Stanford university, 481,186 pound» of milk and 18,428
a very successful trio.
tlie report that w* have upon tie
which none sees fit to take away,
“ The House of Good Will ”
haw been employed as sanitary in­ pound* of fat, an average of 752
The other* in the cast are Edmund
spector by the Marlon county child pound* of milk and 28.78 pounds of nature of any person or thing Is gov­ Breese, Arthur Rankin, William Gor­ make auro that the piece of stuff you
erned entirely by the temperament of
took to be mottled sohp Is not a lump
health demonstration.
fat.
the person who give* It. People with man, Eddie Phillips and Joe Mack. of smbergria
This precious sub­
Construction work on the new bridge
The Oregon Electric Railway com­ the irresponsible Imaginations of chil­
stance, of which whalemen dream in
over Sutherlin creek at Sutherlin wa* pany has sought permission from th*
their ambitious wanderings sbout the
dren will tell you of events In which
completed last week and the bridge, public ■ er vic* commission to discon­
seven sees, cornea from the alimentary
they participated and will seem to he*
canal of the sperm whale or cachalot
which is a most substantial affair, is tinue it* bu* aervice between Wood­ Heve their Actions even when y»«
A few year* ago Norwegian* fishing
know they are fibbing. Also It I* tn*
burn and W**t Woodburn. Train* on
now open for traffic.
The farmer of today living 80 miles
habit
of
nan
to
englamor
bls
past
aud
In
Australian water* found in one
Baker’s city commission has unani­ the Woodbarn-We*t Woodburn Un*
to exalt himself among bi* fellow* from a city is a* close to town as the whale ambergris weighing approxi­
were
discontinued
more
than
two
fanner 15 year* ago who lived but ।
mously passed an ordinance taxing
mately 900 pounds.
It was worth
whenever an occasion arise* In which
the telephone company 26 cents per year* ago, because of insufficient pa­
By contrast the whole
be can dramatize himself before an 5 miles from th* city. As a conse­ 8185,000.
Under the Personal Management of
month for each pole which stands on tronage.
audience as the hero of an event, con­ quence, the farmer of today is as production of the United State* in
E. E. LARIMORE
Several California puncture vines
cerning the truth of which the auJI
public property in Baker,
much of a city dweller as his cousin 1P22 only amounted to 44 pounds,
Formerly of The Hotel Oregon, Portland
ence
can
have
no
knowledge.
—
Burton
worth
about
811,500.
And
not
so
long
living near th* clanging car tracks
The cherry crop now being harvest­ have been found last weak in th* stock
ago s piece of good luck befell a
Rascoe In the Bookman.
ed In Th* Dalle* district is said to yards at Ashland by county Ag*nt
in the city.
Spanish ship, the crew of which found
be the biggest in the history of the Fowler. Burrs of this vln* get to b*
The farmer enjoys the same opera, 248 pounds in sn Atlantic whale.
extremely
hard
and
the
sharp
pro
­
industry. Irrigated orchards are now
Cat Mourns Bird
the same motion picture show», the
In centuries forgotten, when aperm
yielding six to sight tons to ths acre. jections will puncture car tiros or
Cats and bird*, tike dogs and caia same school*, shop* at the same store*, whales were more sbundant, im'er
such
This is th* first
are rarely friends, but when
Packing of strawberries is practical­ cows’ stomachs.
and frequently can reach these place* grls did service In sacramental rite*.
DINING ROOM OPEN USUAL MEAL HOURS
friendships sr* made they are
ly at an snd in Salsm’s canneries, al­ Um* that th* p**t hav* been reported
a* quickly a* can hi* friend the city The Chinese administer It medici­
real.
nally. But most that Is found today
though soms hill berries ars still com­ In southern Oregon.
Not long ago a black cat tost a dweller. •
North Bend and Marshfield, through
ing in and barreling of the product is
With theae advantages, there has : find* its wsy to perfumers, who use
jackd*w which had been Its dose
It M a fixative for delicate scents .
proceeding at the rat* of 100 barrel* their councils, hav* agr**d to a 20
companion for five years, and the been a decrease in the number of
per
cent
increase
In
water
rates
tor
a day.
bird’s death seemed to make life not persons deserting farms to live in
the Oregon-Washington Water com­
Old Water Power Site .
worth living for the cat. It refused cities. Motor cars and hard-surfaced
Th* 16th annual Southern Wa*co
pany, which a few month* ago pur­
The
first water power on thia con­
to
feed,
and
at
last
became
so
111
snd
roads are receiving major credit for
County fair open* at Tygh Valley on
weak that It was taken to the peoples America’s “retwrn-to-the-farm” move­ tinent, It Is said, was built on the
Thursday, August 80. and continues chased th* Coo* Bay Wator company
I’iscatsuqua river at South Berwick,
dispensary for sick animal* *t Beth­
foe three day*. It 1* expected to be ■yatem and aaked th* atat* public
ment, evidencud tost year, according
Mnlna. o* the site of the present Bur­
service
commission
for
an
advance
of
nal
Green,
-j
.
ths biggest fair sver staged in Wasco
No wonder the cat was fretting over to a consensus of national economists, leigh blanket mill*. It was In 1020
48 per cent in ratea.
county.
It* loss, for the jackdaw had been It* just received by the Oregon State that Ferdinando Gorges obtained a
Th* throe camp* of th* Orogon-
Th* flying field of th* Valley Air
dally playmate. Tha two bad fed to Motor Asaociation. The report points i grant from the English crown giving
American Lumber company near Ver­
gether and their friendly relation» out that in 1925, more than 800,000 him the right to settle and develop
Service, northweat of For**t Grove,
nonia closed for a period of six weeks
were so good that tha jackdaw would individuals deserted rural districta for the territory from sea to sea tying be­
on th* Gale* Creek road, ha* been
or more, depending on the fire hazard.
often »ettle on the sleeping cat’s back urban centers and more than a million tween the fortieth end forty-eighth
leased by th* chamber of commerce
snd both would doze tn comfort- followed the same trend during 1926; parallels north latitude.
of Forost Grove for * municipal land­ The sawmill ha* a sufficient number
The grant, however, required him
of logs on hand to last until the camps
Children’* Newspaper, London.
but 1927 brought a reduction to ap­
ing field.
to develop water power, and accord­
reopen but will shut down for 10 days
proximately 600,000.
Th* Coo* county chamber of com
ingly he constructed a log dam, erect-
for repairs. The planing mill will
The consensus does not discount |
mUI and gent the mea| to
mere* will co-operat* with the Oregon
Military
Watches
close only July 4 and 5. ,
■tat* chamber of commerce in it* pro­
In early Hebrew history, about C.000 the value of radios, phonographs, Engisnd as proof that the terms of
At a meeting of the etate highway
years ago, it was the custom of the electric power, improved machinery the contract were being respected.
gram to bring settlers to Oregon, it
commission in Portland Tuesday,
tribes, which then lived tn camps or other important factor*, but point* The w*ter power cite ha* been In con-
wa* announced at a meeting held at
July 10, bids will be opened on the
which they moved >om place to out that the rural dweller, through tlnuou* use ever since «nd has lately
Coquille recently.
grading of approximately 1.04 miles
place, to set s watch against surprise u.n.porUtlon conaeeUon.,
r0"“J"*®.
Work wa* rushed on the new avia­
e.iwl
of surface on the Reedsport section
attacks by roving bands of robbers h„ ^.d. hta»elf .» inte«r»l part of
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tion field at Swim and wa* completed
from the north. They divided their
of the Roosevelt Coast highway in
his entire state, rather than a resi­
July L Thi* 1* the first airport in
nights into convenient wstcbe* of
Douglas county and 11 miles on the
dent of some remote, out-of-the-way
“Hi-Jacking”
Clackamas county'aad much Interest
sbout
{our
hours
each.
It
appears
Anna Springs-Hunter hill section of
“Hijack” is a slang wotd meaning
1* taken in the project, which is tor
that they adopted the custom from spot.
Fremont highway in Lake county.
“Co-ordinately, results are favor- to rob by trickery or violence, esp*
military practices then prevailing.
forost protection.
According to F. F. Wilcox, Jackson Military custom calls for two-hour able «to cities, which are dependent I dally to rob another robber or a boot-
The haying season at Sweet Home
watches as being safer because there upon farm production for their ex- logger of hl. Illegal ware. Just when
county fruit agent. Rogue river val
1* op*n. It commenced the last part
r- - n
“hi-jack’’ and
hi jacker originated
l$y’8 fruit crop for 1828 I* coming Is less likelihood that the soldier on „Unco »»
” say. Geo 0.
„ !. supposrt thst "hl
of the wwk hero.
Many of the
along in fine shape, with th* Insect guard will become tired. sleepy or general manner of the IOregon. StaU
8rg( >pp|le<] fp ,
farmer* ar* confronted with a problem
pest and tree well in hand with the otherwise Indifferent to die importance Motor Association. . ^Had the pro- 1
wf,o preyed on men working
for Ue winter’* hay «upply, as the
of hl* task.
usual annual remedies applied.
cession from country to city, contin- |n (he harvest fields of the Middle
crop is turning out light
ped, there would have been more I WeBt Their practice was, so It Is
uyb*n unemployment, scarcity of food | gata, to hail their prospective victims
bringing higher prices, decreased with “Hi, Jsck, what, time Is ItF Th*
.nd powibly .n
"T1? TÍW. ™ ÍZ Í
I the bead and the victim was then re
.v
xv
J* ।________ »k. lieved of his hard-earned gold-—Path
- With the« thouebt. In mind, th.
value of motor car* and good road*
can not be overe*timated, especially
Instead of regretting yesterday get'
in the Northwest, where population is
00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
busy and prepare for tomorrow.
widely scattered.”
History Set Down as *
Work of fmaginaticn
AmbergrU in Demand
for Use in Perfumes
Motor Can and Good Roads
Hotel Moro
Owned by the City of Moro
Operated for the Benefit of the Traveling Public
and Sherman County Community.
SPECIAL CHICKEN DINNER SUNDAYS 75c
R ead A G alloway
GENERAL MACHINE SHOP
Repairing Trucks, Tractors, Automobiles, Cater­
pillars and Combine Motors, Cylinder
Grinding, Oxy-acetylene and Electric Welding
The Dalles, Ore
Phone Main 4001
615 East Second St
Independent Warehouse & Milling C«
R. H. McKean, Manager, Wasco, Oregon
DEALERS IN
I
Lime, Plaster, Cement, Cedar Posts, Builders
Supplies, Lumber, Wood, Coal and Hay
Contest Winners and Their Victory Six Slogans
MANUFACTURERS OF
MILL FEED AND FLOUR
Advantage of Affliction
Do not fear the furnnee of nflllctlon.
No man ever goes through the fire and
keeps himself unmoved. The flames
hpv* a purifying effect In the n>o-
up n< that looks dartekt, wheq deeds
bung heavily, when |h®r® 1» P° frn
franco of flowers, and th® sympathy
of life turns to a dleSMl dirge of de-
palr. forget not tba|4l takes the hot
test Are to refine th* purest gold. It
requires the strongest, pressure upon
Iron to produce the strongest steel. In
the hour when things seem to be worst
for you, ft may be you are building your
purest happiness. If y*u refuse to bt-
crushed by adversity, or let any
events In the external world disturb
your own trsnquilllty of mind, yon
have already found th* key to the
Hafdci) of happineaa. The bluebird
nwait* you.—Dr. Henry Knight Miller.
In Psychology Magnaing.
Advance-Rumely Combine Harvester
Farmers and all others interested are invited to inspect the No. .1 Hill­
side model Advance-Rumely Combine Harvesters now on display at Moro,
back of Phillips Hamess Shop.
Women Study Butchering
How to handle the deaver and the
s*w is being taught In .the new butch
ertng course for women being giver»
st Smithfield school of London. When
the fair se* was admitted to the
course that was thought to be attractive
only to men. the response was beyond
expectation. * The yoqng women are
becoming adept in the work and en
joy their studies. The course Includes
instruction in the anatomy of the an*
mats we eat. in refrigeration and pres
ervation, and In modern butcher sliop
sanitarian.
No. 1 Hillside Advance-Rumely Combine Harvester |
Made in 12-, 14-, 16- and 18-foot header
Guaranteed to level up to 60% hillside grade
I am now ready to take orders for parts for machines now in use in
Sherman county. Office in Bank of Moro building.
FOR PRICES AND TERMS SEE
Good Name Better.” That’» th* prize winning slogan in Dodge Brother* |20,000 contest
b«t on. dMCTibin» th. Victory Six etf. C. C. Michwl of
Spring Col«»*».
to find the
winning one by unanimous decision of the judges. Michael has bean awarded |l,000 nrst
Second prize in the contest went to F. R. Shoemaker of Erie, Pa., with the slogan
Try to
G«t By Without One.” He received |500.< Tied for third prize, thereby receiving |250 each, WMJ
Mrs W. R. Price of Carson, Washington, submitted the slogan “A Phenomenal Car at a Nominal Cost
and Mis* Florence M. Li»t of Bay City, Michigan, »ubmitted the »logan “Unrivaled in Construction,
Unequaled in Beauty — The Victory Six.*-
What motivate* many an opera sub­
scriber is the same childish delight tn
watching wheels go round that keep*
him rooted before a subway excava­
tion or * lunchroom griddle-cak* vir­
tuoso.— Deem* Taylor in Vanity Fair
Magazine.
H. LARSON, MORO, OREGON
AGENT FOR SHERMAN COUNTY
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