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About Sherman County observer. (Moro, Sherman County, Or.) 1897-1931 | View Entire Issue (July 13, 1928)
SIEH» CO im líSEHEl C.* L. I reland Editor and Publisher (.^Town Talk TASCO SERVICE Mrs. C. H. Belshee, mother of Mra. ( -The disease that so far has foiled W. H. Ragsdale, is visiting in Moro. Fire starting from a hot box on the Sunday School at 10 a. m. Knowledge is power. all . efforts of veterinary surgeons to W, F. Jackson and C..V. Belknap shaft of the loading machinery at the Public worship at 11 a. m. Lack of knowledge is no excuse Jfor failure. diagnose properly and that b rapidly were business visitors in The Dalles top of the Grass Valla^ Elevator Co. Evening service at 8 p. m. TASCO SERVICE gives you tne knowledge1 of Lodg. Ne. 121A.F. & A. M. taking death toll from practically en on July 6ti>. building at Grass Valley Tuesday aft A hearty welcome to everybody. tire herds in the southern part of your business that makes you a power in your Moro, Oregon R. A. Feenstra, pastor. Mra. Anna Ellsworth has rented ernoon caused a fire that for a time RL Meets the 1st and 8rd Sherman county and which seems to her hotel business to Mrs. Hugg com threatened to bring the building to community. ■Z Thursday evenings of be spreading to other parts of the ing here from Hood River. the ground in a smouldering mass of Chriatiaa Scieace UD each month. Visiting county Is yet undetermined aa to ori TASCO SERVICE has never cost a merchant a cent members cordially in- gin of the disease or any method of Mra. Wilma Poole is a visitor here cinders and twitted iron. Service Sunday morning at 11 Davi Alexander, working in a field vited to meet with us from Spokane, at the home of her Inquiries are invited treatment. 'about half mile distant, first discover o'clock and Wednesday evening at order of W. M. parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Pinker 8 o ’ clock. Sunday School at 10 So that the disease may be readily bt Urquhart, Secretary. ed the fire and tan to the building to ton. recognized by owners of cattie or notify Manager J. W. Shepherd Who o'clock each Sunday morning, pupils R. T. Morgan and wife are visiting BetiUehasa Chapter Ne 7g O. E. S. horses which may be afflicted, we pub was loading out a car of wheat Shep up to the age of 20 years are received J. S. Cooper, Mfr. Moro, Oregon lish extracts from an article in the in Moro from Hillsboro and may re herd had noticed what he thought to into these classes. R^guUr communica- main in Sherman county until after The lesson-sermon topic for the be an unusual amount of dust from KQ k ? tions each 2nd and 4th Maupin Times printed last week. 327 E. 48th St. Portland, Oregon service next Sunday morning will be Dr. L. S. Stovall, veterinary sur harvest. JUWK j Thursday evenings of the moving graim hut never once W. C. Bryant left Moro Thursday thought of danger- from fire until rtife.” nDjEDSC} each month. geon, writes as follows: Alice Conlee Reading room open daily where all For the benefit of stockmen and of this week for Salem, to attend a Alexander came 'butting into the Worthy Matron others interested in the disease pre meeting of the state board of normal authorized Christian Science litera building. Nana Barzee, Secretary. ture may be read, burrowed or pur valent among the herds of cattle school regents. Fire fighter« sootf*arrived from the chased. The public is cordially in ranging in territory tributary to Chris Andersen and daughters Bes town as well as a larfe number from Buckholiow, in Wasco and Sherman sie and Frances drove up from Port Moro and Kent, bringing fire extin vited to attend the church services counties, I will try to give, as near as land last Friday for a brief visit with guishers from the last named places and visit the reading room. LO.O possible, observations I have made friends at Moro. and the city chemical engine from Transient concerning the malady: vbitii brothers S|ee Dr. Clarke, Eye Sight Special Grass Valley. cordi y invited Inasmuch as the ailment is some ist, about your eyes. In Moro Wed Workers on the tep of the cupola The Fulton Evangelistic Party will thing new for this country and, in nesday, July 18th, at Hotel Moro. soon had a hole-ent through the root be with us this weekend preaching fact, different from anything ever ex Examination Free, Money is a wonderful thing—-if prop and the chemical Saturday at 8 p. m., Sunday at 10 perienced by veterinarians treating erly guided by means of a checking the Are under control, litft not before ai/ m. and at 2:30 p. m. The regular annual meeting of the the disease, no positive diagnosis has account at the Bank of Moro. Every a sheet of fire coulcf be ' seen at the Mrs. Fulton and Miss Smily will stockholders of the Farmers Elevator been made so far. The state veteri dollar you spend is accounted for by outside peak of the cupola roof. play and sing. & Supply Co. was held in Moro the narian and his deputies have been on the checks you draw on this bank. Through the columns of the Sher- There will not be any service Sun», days of each month. afternoon of July 6th. There cannot be any mistake in pay 1 man County Observer the directors day evening. Visiting members wel the ground and have made observa Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Searcy and son, of the elevator company wish espe tions, treated sick animals and made come. ing bills. There cannot be a double All are welcome. Jack returned Sunday from a motor cially to thank Art Bibby, Dave Alex Essie McKean, N. G. post mortem examinations of dead collection for them. Your check, paid Jessie Henrichs, Sec. ones, but no definite conclusion has trip to Newport and other points of ander, Eben Kee, Edd Southerland, through the Bank of Moro acts as your been made. Opinions ranging from interest on the west coast. legal receipt. Jack Shelly, Tom Bear, Robert John We Are Restfully Tired Chris Schulte Post No. 71 Z. J. Carney, former resident of son/ Hubert Hutchcroft, Dell Olds, forage or plant poisoning to black The Bank of Moro invites you to make Americas Logies leg, have been advanced. The dis The Dalles, is partly helping and part Young Perry, Donald Martin for their Editor and Mrs. C. L. Ireland re this bank your business headquarters. Meets at L O. O. F. hall ease has beeh found to be a bad one, ly visiting W. C. Rosa this week in hazardous work in saving the pro- turned last Thursday evening from a » on 2nd and 4th Wednes- and contagious, and when once start the operation of Rosa' Confectionery. erty. 7-day auto trip that included a visit ed will practically eradicate a whole The Moro Pharmacy business was The property damage is fully cov to Bend, Klamath Falls, Grants Pass, W month. Fred Pickett, Commander herd. sold the evening of July Sth by Karl ered by insurance. Carpenters were the wonderful Oregon Caves west of R. V. McEwan, Adjutant From personal observation I believe Schade to Marion McKee, son of put to work early the next morning Grants Pass, Eugene and other places that the disease is an acute form of County Judge E. D. McKee of Wasco. by Manager Shepherd to repair the in southern Oregon. hemorrhage septecemia. Animals L. D. Wilson, druggist at Wood damage and he stated that everything The distance traveled totaled 1012 treated for this disease have respond burn, Oregon, was a business visitor would be in order by next Monday to miles. The speed varied according ed favorably. This is a disease caused begin handling the new crop wheat, The 4th of July grange committee by a minute organism bacteria, that in Sherman county this week. Mr. which farmers standing in the streets to the road conditions, but very few Wilson is a son of W. L. Wilson of miles and that mostly when entering in charge of the celebration at Grass belongs to the same group as that when the fire was under way, thought the larger towns could be termed bad Rufus. Valley reports to the public of Sher causing swine plague and cholera in H. B. Belshee has lost a number] would never be handled by the com roads. man county through the columns of chickens. The disease may be either pany as bulk wheat this year. The best highway surface in the the Sherman County Observer that acute or chronic, and animals may be of horses within the past ten days At an informal meeting of part of state for safe driving is that between the celebration was a huge success in dead before symptoms are shown. from what is thought to be the same the officers, held after the fire in the every way. Entire receipts for the Symptoms will vary according to disease that is prevalent in the south | company office; Manager Shepherd Bend and Klamath Falls. The next best is that between Moro and Bend. two days was $1332.75; bills paid parts affected and violence of the at part of the county. was authorized to send checks to all total >852.78, with a few not yet sent tack. There are several forms, ac Dr. and Mrs. W. N. Morse, in com-| those named above to cover the dam The section filled with the largest number of reverse turns to the mile in for payment. cording to the parts affected: menen- pany with Chauncey Butler, drove to] age to clothing incurred while fight is that between Medford and Eugene. J. J. Wiley, chairman of the com geal, affecting brain and nerves, Moro Tuesday evening from The Dal ing the fire. The most scenic highway is the Mc DEALERS FEATURING THE mittee, desires to add that on behalf causing severe convulsions; cutaneous, les to visit a short time with L. V. | Kenzie pass road. We were surprised of the membership of the four granges causing swelling of the tongue, throat, Moore and wife, parents of Mrs. Morse. | Dr. Clarke, in Mojo, Wednesday, at the easy driving conditions into “I want to thank the business men of dewlap and sometimes lower part of Mr. and Mn. C. D. Boardman and and out of Crater lake compared with July 18th, at Hotel Moro. Sherman county for the help they legs; intestidhl, affecting the alimen tons Dave and Charles returned to road conditions 14 years ago. There have shown the grange organizations; tary tract. Temperature will range Moro last week from a motor trip to Mrs. J. O. Garrett was a visitor in is no comparison and no place where the Sherman county public for their from 102 to 106 degrees. southern Oregon and the ocean beach-1 Moro on July 5th from Grass Valley. a car cannot travel in high gear. The magnificent attendance; the Sherman -Cattle affected have shown symp es in the south-western part of the We can fit all kinds of people. Any road into the Oregon Caves is being county band for their liberal and toms principally of the menengeal state. ize or weight. Crippled or deform- widened for the last eight miles, but Complete Line of Farm Implements good music; the Artisan Entertainers type; some have had symptoms of the Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Landry spent i ed feet. Worn mark’s Shoe Store, The that is also a fast and “safety first” for their entertainment and excellent intestinal and culaneous. Every ani the 4th at Prineville, where they vis-| Dalles. mountain road of easy curves that dance* music that made possible the mal has had periodic spells or con ited with Mrs. Landry’s brother, E. | W. A. Raymend la building a cis- climbs 2000 feet in the last eight biggest dance that ever has been vulsions, strong symptoms of menen- S. Ruggles, and attended the old-1 tern 10x20 feet with an estimated miles. given| in the county; every person who gritis. ' time Indian conference and celebra capacity of 12,000 gallons for Arthur This is a hasty thumbnail sketch of was on the patriotic program; espe i Smith near Grass Valley. our trip. The scenic beauties of Ore tion on Ochoco creek. cially our good county school super Miss Helen North, niece of Mrs. | J. F. Noonan and his painter helper gon seen on the trip, the impressions Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Msy drove to intendent for his assistance and his I have been busy the past week repaint formed as we drove through the river five boy scouts — Belshe, Frasier, Hood River last Sunday where they F. E. Fortner, spent last weekend in ing the larger number of the store watered valleys of southern Oregon, Thogerson, Davis, Belshe — who were visited the mountain climbers Ameri Moro on her return to Portland from] will form a basis for an article at a motor trip to Klamath Falls. Miss| 1 frontal our local business firms. can Legion camp on the slopes of on the job all the time; our good offi some soon future date. Anyone who North is private secretary to Sheriff] |1200 will buy a good “Holt” cers for maintaining good order; and Mt Hood. has driven a car 300 miles in a short Junior Gas Harvester, 18 foot cut. A little early harvesting in the Hurlburt of Multnomah county. the committee membership for their driving day will appreciate our saying vicinity of Moro was started last week excellent help.” W. F. Jackson and wife in company Has been sbeded. Practically good that we are so rested we are tired. in the Gorman district. This week with C. V. Belknap and wife spent as new. B. A. Amy, The Dalles, Ore. Mr. Wiley also wanted to extend it is expected that all the outfits own Harvesting of 1928 wheat was be the 4th in Hood River county. They an invitation to all farmers of Sher man county to join one of the four ed in this district will be in operation visited the old Jackson home on the gun in earnest in Sherman county । Cabinet sewing machine and four Mt. Hood loop highway and traveled this week when several large ma hole oil stove with oven for sale by granges; they are a live wire bunch by the middle of next week. Sparks from a fire in the kitchen towards Portland as far as White chines began work in the vicinity of K. Schade, phone 382 Moro. of jolly neighbors; they have put on Wasco. Art Barzee’s 4-year old racing two big 4th of July celebrations; they range set a grass fire in front of the river bridge. mare took sick on the county fair J. W. Cochran home Tuesday that for Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Bolton of Seat are always at the front when things Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Strong, who are being done for the best of the a short time threatened to destroy left Eugene June 11th by auto for tle, parents of Mrs. Fred Pickett, track Sunday morning, when being county; and.they will continue along the Cochran home and also the Nish Pierce City, Mo., Mrs. Strong’s old were visiting in Moro on July 4th, exercised by Barzee, with what was these lines. They would like to have property more than a block distant. home, report driving through a severe They left here Friday on their return thought to be the same disease that has caused the death of a large num every one who is eligible to member Location of the fire was probably electrical storm when crossing South home, with Mrs. Pickett as guest. BY AUTO AND VISIT THE DALLES ship, join the grange and help in the the highest residence point in town, Dakota. They spent two weeks in Dr. Clarke, of the Clarke Optical ber of cattle and horses in Sherman advancement of all the best interests which with lack of force in the fire Yellowstone park on the trip east. Co., 360A, Alder St., Portland Ore., county during the past few weeks. A trip to Grass Valley was made by hose, made the fire hard to fight. of Sherman county. Earl Olds of Grass Valley received Eye Sight Specialists, will be in Moro, Barzee for serum to counteract the all day and evening,** Wednesday,! the prize last Sunday for deepest In the concrete, fully equipped, roomy garage of disease and since this was given the diver while swimming in Buck Hol July 18th, at the Hotel Moro. ' See mare has improved and Is now thought Walther-Williams Company. Competent workmen low south of Grass Valley. The prize him about your eyes. to be out of danger. always ready to help you in any way they can was a 6-inch deep cut on the top of A state traffic officer, in Moro last S. D. Montgomery is a visitor in at least expense to you. For any service render his head, received when he struck a Saturday, caught a local ear parked rock bedded in the bottom of the on the main street without a license. Moro this week from Portland, with ed the charge will always be reasonable. creek. Investigation disclosed that the owner a probable intention to remain until dose of harvest. Through Mrs. Mont A fire creeping through the grass of the car had taken off the license gomery’s relatives the family is in to use on his farm truck. in a draw at the Amick farm east of terested in the distribution of the Kent Tuesday noon burned over 80 Rev. A. S. Hisey, District Super 12,000,000,000 Emerick estate of OREGON. THE DALLES, acres of standing grain before it was intendent of the Eastern District of New York which is to be distributed put under cohtrol. It is thought to I the Methodist Church, will be here this year among 350 proven heirs. have started from an old fire of some I this week conducting conference for The estate is founded upon a 99 year days ago when weeds were burned. the local Methodist churehM of Grass lease of property given to John Jacob Insurance covered the loss. Valley and Moro at Grass Valley on Astor by his partner shortly before C. V. Belknap, Proprietor Mrs. R. A. Feenstra has left for Los Friday eve. accidents, wheel mis Emerick’s death in a ship wreck in Angeles to attend the World Sunday I Four used combined for sale on Hudson’s bay. alignment, negligence, School Convention which will convene easy terms; 14-foot Harris, 18-foot Mr. and Mrs. Bert Holloway ar cuts, under-inflation, rim there July 11-18. Mrs. Feenstra goes I Holt Hawley, 14-foot Holt Hawley, rived here July 3rd from Levenworth, Moro, Oregon cuts, blowouts, bruises, as the delegate of the Moro Methodist 112-foot Deering; all in good shape. Wash., where they had been visiting Sunday School. Rev. Feenstra took See or phone C. H. Larson, Moro, with Mr. Holloway’s parents, for a or any road hazard... Ladies and Children’s Hair her by car to Portland .where she I I Oregon, agent for Advance-Rumely brief visit at Moro with Mrs. Hollo Cutting and Shingle Bobbing joined the Pacific Coast delegation. I combine harvesters. way's parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. C. A Complete Stock Paul May, Chas. Ruggles, Chester Akers, before leaving by auto for The venerable Mrs. Eleanor Martin, I Searcy and Honier Riddel left Mòro' Boston, Mass., where they expect to mother of Walter S. Martin and grandmother of Charles O. Martin, late Saturday afternoon ¡for the be located the next two years. Mrs. president and assistant secretary re American Legion mountain climbers Holloway will both study and teach Ôeiberliiïg Tires spectively of Eastern Oregon Land camp on Mt. Hood. ’ Ruggles had music and Mr. Holloway will be music; Company, passed away at her home promised his folks he would not at critic on the staff of a Boston paper. pooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooeooooooooooooooo in San ^andsco on last Friday night. tempt the climb up the mountain, They will make the trip east by way and {Tubes Mrs. Martin was nearing her 102nd the other three named “went ¿ver of Yellowstone park. birthday at the time of her death. the top.” A family party of 22 met at the Auto Accessories A fire started to burn weeds at the Hood River auto park on July 4th for She had resided in San Francisco since 1857, where she was for many J. J. Schaeffer farm Tutptlgy morning It family visit and reunion. Num Philco years a social leader and in which spread into an adjoining wheat field, bered in the party were Mr. and Mrs. •city she had a large part in social burning about seven aerea of stand W. A. May and son Paul of Moro, uplift, church and school affairs and ing grain before fire fighters got the accompanied by Miss Harriet Disher Rèdio and Starting blaze under control. The blaze came who had been visiting here from Port the general business interests. < Rev. Arthur Hicks, pastor of Moro up to the farm buildings, but with land; E. E. Kase berg, wife and son Batteries Presbyterian church, suffered a par no resulting damage. Insurance cov Collis of Portland; H. P. Disher and " wife, Mrs. L. M. Webber, and Mrs. tial», attack of blindness last Sunday ered the loss. It will be interesting for the pa Ott and daughter, from Portland; Zenith Radios ■morning during the Sunday School period preceding the church service. I trons of the Moro Public School to Lawrence Kase berg and wife; F. L. He rested at home the balance of the learn that Miss Leta Waters, newly Morrow and wife, Chas. Golliher and day and was taken to The Dalles for elected primary teachar, has been wife, Earl Jones, wife and son Stan treatment the next day. Tuesday he selected as critic in the Summer Nor ley, Jerome Morrow, from Wasco. IS AN ESTABLISHMENT THAT IS KNOWN was taken to the veterans hospital mal School at Salem. Miss Waters Mrs. Webber continued her trip to at Portland, from whence comes a has been teaching in Salam for several Moro where she is visiting at the BY THE HIGH GRADE OF ITS PRINTING report that he is suffering from a years and is considered one of the I home of her daughter, Mrs. W. A. 1 May. blood clot on the brain. f outstanding teachers of that city. The Accounting Service Co. MAKES THE WORLD GO ’ROUND! MORO, OREGON Plows Harrows T ractors Drills Harvesters Rotary Rod Weeders WHEN YOU TRAVEL STORE YOUR CAR WALTHER-WILLIAMS GARAGE ONE YEAR'S FREE itection Moro Hotel Barber Shop BATHS