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About Sherman County observer. (Moro, Sherman County, Or.) 1897-1931 | View Entire Issue (July 13, 1928)
WHrM.VBR_THB»B ^l^tEvenfthinq thafbuA OFT, spongy, hairy, reeking with unspeakable filth, the fly's foot poi- sons and defiles everything it touches. S ® . Kültheflîes. Use FLY-TOX. Make r cleanliness and good health. A7/Zs FUES. mosquitoe ® MOTHS, ROACHES, ANTS, FUEAS * s • Business Men Say: ‘Advertising Pays* Independent Warehouse & Ruing Co, R. H. McKean, Manager, Wasco, Oregon Supplies, Lumber, Wood, Coal and . y * r '* MANUFACTURERS OF Hay MILL FEED AND-FLOOR A “WANT” ad in T he MU ro O bserver will • , reach- more • TT . X J - people in Sherman County thin* by ,any other medium available. * » l nknMtii J^luMVÌ funds in Portland, in which the Interstate at the Commerce Commission, is obtaining data from which'to determine the 6% from July 1 will be paid by the Western to purchaser» -of paid-up justice or injustice of the basin dif-' ferential rate* ^ between Columbia river point» and ^uget Sound. This certificates are issued by the Western hearing took on « new aapect'Mondhy, in amounts of $109 up to $9,900 and and a startling one for the railroads, of interest mean a saving of thou when the Oregon Public Service Com sands of dollars to Oregon investors. mission appeared by its attorney and its consulting engineer, and insisted There are • number of special that the freight rites on grain to Portland from wheat shipping centers should be greatly reduced. Attorney Ellis, for the Commission, declared secretary; which maM them ideal in- , with relation to the differential that vestment* for people of all classes < “not only was Portland clearly enti tled to the Columbia basin differen- of emergency, wi^la the security back tial, but that the existing differential of each certificate amounts to more does not give to Oregon ports the ad than double the face of the certificate. vantage to which they are entitled because of geographical location.” He also presented a table as given below. operates, i The first column gives the present carload rate on wheat to Portland from the points named. The second backed by selected first mortgages «a improved Oregon real estate. The company itself has resources of well the third column shows a proposed over $1,860,000 while the security rate considered fair if wheat is to be reckoned on a parity with other cofii- and other savings accounts amounts modities:. to well over $2,090,000. A recently From opened account of the Western which The Dalles $ 87.15 $28.84 $ 51.85 has become very popular is known an Pendleton 81.90 182.55 41.54 5-point 5-percent account. Mr.' La - Grande 207.59 55.45 107.55 has offered to send full infor- Baker 218.95 62.41 121.70 on any of the Western’s sav- Grass Valley 17$. 4 5 87.50 95.70 plans to anyone who is interested, Condon 168.75 59.60 102.60 company also makes loans to Lexington 98.50 182.60 52.64 the building or remodeling of Enterprise 261.45 78.45 188.80 267.30 80.88 154.85 Ontario( 91.45 Walla Walla 168.55 46.89 Dayton 167.70 60.98 118.75 First Wheat This Year La Crosse 171.45 64.70 107.50 178.45 58.68 118.85 Kahlotus • Wheat will soon begin to roll into Pomeroy 190.90 70.98 129.55 e warehouses of Sherman county Colfax 199.20 67.69 128.50 Dm active working harvesters all Pullman 109.20 76.58 142.10 190.20 66.48 128.25 Oakesdale at different shipping points Marengo 178.45 53.75 106.85 county compete for “first load The railroad people were taken by -ehoute” honors and the waro surprise by the introduction of this men give zest to the contest by proposal of the Oregon Commission, a barrel of flour to the. owner but the Commission was fortified by a the first load of wheat coming to mass of4 statistics, by which it felt warehouses. justified In demanding drastic reduc- his year the first load of wheat tlon ol tit rates as above. The Wasco to be accepted by a ware Commi indicated that a still house was that brought to the W. W. greater reduction than above shown M. Co. by Fred Beymer last Friday might be demanded under the Hoch- and which was followed by a load to Smith resolution, which indicated that the Independent W. 4k M. Co. on Sat Congress intended a lower rate for urday by Fred Hennagin. Each re grain than on other commodities. ceived a barrel of flour. Roy Belshee also received a barrel of flour from the Independent company for th® Arst Weekend House Guests load delivered last Saturday at their Rofu® house. JE. T. Strong and family entertained a jolly house party of relatives last A camouflaged still was raided la Sundsy rather unexpectedly. Early Portland. It was making stuff camou- in the morning Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Rasch, parents of Mrs. Strong, and fl^ed as whisky. Herman Rasch, brother of MraStrong, arrived from Redmond and were soon followed by Mr. Strong's cousin, Mrs. A. B. Wolfard, her son Harold Wol fard and wife and Mr. and Mrs. Lee Nixon, parents of Mrs. H. Wolfard. Mr. Rasch and party returned to Red mond Sunday evening. Mrs. Wolfard and party drove from their home at Cottage Grove, over McKenzie pass, leaving Monday for Seaside and New port beaches. Spedai Notice ^«tee Yearly Extra Interest Allowed to July 12 d.U orders for paid^sp Investment Certifi cates in the Stalls on er before It udll be alloured July Y Certificates are issued for ariy amount between $100. and $9,900 in multiples of $100/ Certificates are pur chasable on installments also. MAIL your full deposit TODAY—Dividend Checks Regularly—January 1 and July 1. Under State Supervision 6 State of Oregon ^0 guaranteed ’ YOUk DEMAND Resourccs over <■ $1,360,000 1* t. CorpnEnti«». Depart ment th» State at. IOCS A ND S of families are investing^ Oregon for. the. benefit of Waaler» Saving® v their saving» in these 6% Certificates . bee«use they find Ln this institution HIGH . and Loan Aaoociatian DEPOSITORS. There is NO other type of invealaMnt that pro INTEREST, plus a SECURITY of better vides STATE TRUSTEESHIP of SECUR-, than 1 for 1. plus PROTECTION that can ITY, State Supervision of Investment®, be secured only by rigid state supervision, and the strictest provisions governing both investment of funds and safeguard ing of collateral. r Investments are limited strictly to closed J first mortgages on selected IMPROVED REAL ESTATE. We have more th« wee million dollars loaned on homes in Ore gon. Appraised worth of the security is in uxm of turo millions of dollars. Certifiantes w4R be leaned immediately NOTICE TO ALL Every one who has a bill of any kind against any committee on ac count of the 4th of July celebration at Grass Valley by thq county granges are notified to send them to J. J. Wiley, Moro, Oregon, not later than July 15th. On Friday evening, July 13, at eight p. m., a county-wide meeting of farmers will be held at Moro to dis cuss methods of eradicating wild morning glory, one of the most trou blesome weeds in Sherman county wheat fields. Prof. G. R. Hyslop of O. A. C. will be present and a sum mary will be presented of the results obtained in Oregon and in other states with the new weed sprays such as K. M. G., sodium chlorate, and so dium arsenite. Every fanner who has a patch of wild morning glory in his field should be at this meeting, which will be held in the club room of the Hotel Moro next Friday evening. Alfalfa with leaves dry but with stems showing slight toughness when twisted usually has about 25 per cent moisture, a proper condition for put ting in the stack or mow. —. ■ .; ।. —— RUY-T* Your Life Insurance Mere WESTERN SAVINGS & LOAN ASSOCIATION PORTLAND, OREGON 6th and Yamhill Whea the yellow streak begins to work out of some people they have a fit of the bluer Hotel Moro “ The House of Good Will ” Owned by the City of Moro Operated for the Benefit of the Traveling Public and Sherman County Community u - x* t; * Under the Personal Management of E. E. LARIMORE Formerly of The Hotel Oregon, Portland SPECIAL CHICKEN DINNER SUNDAYS 75c DINING ROOM OPEN USUAL MEAL HOURS R ead & G alloway GENERAL MACHINE' SHOF Repairing Trucks, Tractors, Automobiles, Cater pillars and Combine Motors, Cylinder Grinding, Oxy-aeetylene and Electric Welding The Dalle», Ore. 615 East Second St Phone Main 4001 YEF Dodge Brothen Standard Six is tbe fastest ca/ with the fastest pick-up, under a thousand dollar» HOWEYER That is only HALF the story. The IMPORTANT point is that this exceptional speed is msde p«c tical by Dodge ruggedness of chassis and body construction ..... OTHERS Might succeed in building a car at this price with equal SPEED, but to do so tuccessfull F r would also have to build a car with equal STuTI •INESS. That is where Dodge Brothen, with experience in building a dependable product, Are yean ahead of the field ears of YOU onlv the fastest csr io its class but the sturdiest- and the one is every bit as important as the otbe. *875 . raws M.».»xTBorr Is ch* price, and vou will find our paymtnt-plu one of the most liberal you have ever inveatigated Drive th» Standard—without obligation—tod a- ’ WALTHER-WILLIAMS MOTOR CO. THE DALLES, OREGON D odge B rothers S iandahd S^ i A BUY IF THERE EVER > W A S O N B ...... Advance-Rumely Combine Harvester “-Farmers and all others interested are invited to inspect the No. 1 Hill- side mo^el AdVance-Rumely Combine Harvesters now on display at Moro, i back of Phillips Hamess Shop. * Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Foss; son Au stin ; daughters Gwendolyn and Doro thy; Miss Essie Foss, sister of J. F. Foss, and Emmajean Stephens drove to Camp Sherman July 3rd where they spent the 4th. On their return to Moro they visited overnight at Terrebonne with Mr. Foss’ brother, arriving home early Thursday morn ing. These mortgages are held in trust by the Installment Deposits of 4th *f July celebration beM at Grass Valley last week' by the four granges of the county was contested for by a large number from all over the county. Some of the »vents were humorous to the spectators and others to the contestants. AU in an every one had a right good jolly time in seeing the various events won by the various contestants. The list of events with the names of the winners is printed below: ' Oldest person present. W. F. Guy ton 1st; Mrs. Belshee 2nd. Rolling pin contest. Mrs. H. Rus- sell 1st; Faye Thompson 2nd; Edna Melzer 3rd. Greased pig. Bruce. Alley 1st; Bunce Senter 2nd; Dale Baker 8rd. Free for alt Roy Belshee 1st; Dell Olds 2nd; Glenn Fairchild 3rd. 109 yard dash. Wayne Black 1st; Vernon Hayes 2nd. Nail driving contest Mrs. F. Scott 1st; M«- Brock 2nd. Three leg race. Jim Stow and John Rolfe 1st; Belshee and W»idman 2nd; French and Dlienbaugh 3rd. Needle Threading contest. . Grover YoungMlst; Arthur Smith 2nd; Roy Feeley 3rd. - * Tug of war, l^oys under 12. Hust lers 1st; Rustlers 2nd. Sack race. Gene Senter 1st; Bruce Alley 2nd; Tommy Frasier 8rd. Peanut race. Cora Bayles 1st; Gre ta Russell 2nd; Wanda Tiller 3rd. High kick. D. Falkenhagen 1st; R. W. Blake 2nd; Jim Brown 3rd. '199 yard dash. Henry Tetz 1st; John Rolfe 2nd; Jim Stow 3rd. Free for all. Fairchild 1st; Belshee 2nd; Olds 3rd. Largest family. By motion there being no other contestant, all three prizes awarded Alex. McLeod. Oldest married couple. W. F. Guy-> ton and wife. Person coming longest distance. A. H. Thompson, Iowa. Baby show. Burns baby 1st; Lem ley baby 2nd; Stoutt baby 3rd. Judges: Jess Martin, Wilber Hagger ty, J. W. Hayes. 59 yard dash, boys 12-16. Bruce Alley 1st; Bernie Rice 2nd; Bernard Martin 3rd. 59 yard dash, boys 6-12. Eugene Marlin 1st; Bill Roth 2nd; Edwin Peters 3rd. Fat man’s race. Wm. Walker 1st; Carl Happold 2nd; A. A. Dunlap 3rd. Fat woman’s walking race. Sadie Alley 1st; Mrs. Anna Clark 2nd; Mrs. Anni» Schilling 3rd. 59 yard dash, boys under 6. Joe Glenna 1st; Bruce Semler 2nd; Kelly Tiller 3rd. 59 yard dash, girls 12-16. Roberta Schilling 1st; Helen Stark 2nd; Vivian Hayes 3rd. Woman’s shoe race. Edna Melzer 1st; Mrs. Homer Russell 2nd; Faye Thompson 3rd. 59 yard dash, girls 6-12. Mildred Hansen 1st; Lois Russell 2nd; Irma Lane 3rd. ’ Egg rolling contest G. C. Young 1st; W. C. Todd 2nd; Homer Rus sell 3rd. % saddle horse. Belshee 1st; Mac Alsup 2nd; R. Schilling 3rd. 59 yard dash, ladies. Mrs. Maas 1st; Mrs. D. Thompson 2nd; Mrs. E. Melzer 3rd. Pony race. Barnum 1st; Belshee 2nd; Leonard 3rd. Relay race. Belshee 1st; Alsup 2nd; first day. Same teams reversed second day. 59 yard dash, free for all. H. Rus sell 1st; A. Russell 2nd; W. C. Todd 3rd. Pony race, second day. Barnum 1st; Alsup 2nd./ ' ’ J *' ,N& Tbe Mahial Life hs. Cà. of Now Yov* John H. Young, District Manager Hood River, Oregon No. 1 Hillside Advance-Rumely Combine Harvester Made in 12-, 14-, 16- and l8-foot header Guaranteed to levebup to 60* hillside giade 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 C. H. LARSON, MORO, OREGON AGENT FOR SHERMAN COUNTY Rearm F. R. Fortner, agent, Wasco
