The Sherman County Observer, Moro, Oregon, Friday September 21, 1928
inexpensive articles, made from other
wise useless material; showing how
many beautiful things can be made
Daily Record Abstract, Portland.
Special Correspondence
by using artistic ability and origi
We cannot close our eyes to the
PRINCE HAS ROLE IN "LOVE” j
— KENT LOCAL ITEMS •
r Sherman County Fair is over and nality.
fact that the low bidder — the low
Monkland’s booth wws aa interest
A cat may look at a king, as the responsible bidder — is not always
It was the best ever. All three days
Chas. McCutcheon left Tuesday
were packed with events from begin ing as the rest; it had its quota of old proverb goes, but it's not every given a square deal in the event of morning for a visit in the valley.
ning to end.
Even the weather posters and charts. The color scheme screen star who can play with a refiguring a job.
Roy Justesen and Viggo Haufelt
seemed to be doing its best, in order was pink and gold. We know that it prince. John Gilbert and Greta Gar
Let us say that 150,000 has been! left Monday for the Mitehell country
that the people might enjoy them was a successful booth as it was bo had this unique experience in appropriated for the purpose of erect on a deer hunt.
Metro , Goldwyn - Mayer’s ing a public building. When the
selves.
t awarded first place among the rural "Love."
Wilbur Haggerty went into Port
-
spectacular filmization of Tolstoi’s I funds are provided for, no one can
> Did yon-all notice the wonderful schools.
land
Saturday night with a car of
DeMoss
choose
the
colors
old-rose
«^nna
Karenina,"
coming
to
the
Moro
I
things in the pavilion? Canned things
I know exactly what the building is hogs of his own raising.
and
green
while
Gorman
used
black
Theater
Saturday,
September
22.
and baked things that fairly made
going to actually cost. In the regular
W. O. Smith spent last week visit
fthey did not only pUy
you hungry to look at them. Fancy aad white. Both of these booths had
way bids are advertised for with the
wor^ and sewing made you wonder splendid exhibits.
a prinee
the person of Prince result that five bids are submitted as ing' at Mitchell returning Monday.
Mrs. Smith is in California on a visit.
Last but not least wm Rufus with
who enacted
how five fingers could do such work.
follows: One for >63,000, one for
W. H. Helyer had his hand quite
to
attractive
booth
of
*
nd
one
of
Gilbert
’
s
staff
officers
in
the
Turning to your left as you entered
|57,000, one for >59,000, one for
yellow,
r
Here
the
Junl
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Ud
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production,
but
also
with
two
retired
I
severely
burned one day last week
the main, door you would find the
>60,000, and one for >65,000.
It, therefore develops that, in while using some chemicals to kill
school exhibits.
Each and every ^d an interesting exhibit showing Ru-ai>n ^e^g, General Michael
booth made you realize how busy the irticles made in Poland, France, Kou- piegchkoff former distinguished mili- order to go ahead, there- must be the morning glory on his ranch.
ania and many other foreign coun-
Ue Cxar >nd Gen. either more money provided or the
A. J. Decker and J. C. Wilson «re
teachers and pupils must have beer
in order to exhibit such splendid work
x , .. eral Theodore Lodi, once commander present plans must be cut down back from Portland. Wilson family
Thu u only . bnef »«ount of the
Ru„ilin Imperiai Gu.rd. Both
will stay there during the winter, and
First was Moro, with its color
>3,000.
Shernun
county
^hool
booth.
.VU>e
when
scheme of black and orange. In the
। In some cases all bids are rejected Johnnie and Hazel Decker are going
became ^,en and, all bids being made known, new I to school there.
booth were many beautiful posters county fair. Word picture« at a« ir
aest
are
very
unsatisfactory
and
all
bids are asked, or the three lowest I Jacob Crocker sold the grain I
and booklets on all the high whool
heae things must be seen to be fully The new production is a vivid
....
and grammar-grade subjects.
pic bidders are called in, one by each, to cleaner that was in the Wilcox ele
predated. We can only say that ture of Russia before the revolution, go over their bids and see if an adjust vator to parties at Haines, Oregon, I
both numerous and educational, W
..«se
exhibits were a great credit, at the height of the glory of its aris
also know that all of their work was
ment cannot be arrived at. In any and left with Gussie Koepke Monday
first
to
the teachers and also to the tocracy. Brilliant uniforms, gajfcos-
not shown here because of limited
•vent the low man on the original morning to take it over with a truck. I
pupils.
VIOI^A HANSEN.
^ttings mark the
Prof. Murphy, J. L. Davis and Gus-1
bid loses the prestig^ he had gained
space.
.
*To the right of Moro’s booth was
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! production as incidentals in the vivid by his first bid., In the refiguring all sie Koepke were in the mountains
the Wasco booth. The Wasco colors
Tb. Mth annual «a-lou of th. Or- drama of Anna Karenina, the woman figure against his hpown .bid.
Saturday and Sunday. They brought
were orange and purple and they too gon federation of labor ended in La wno gave au
It is indeed ^efjtshiug, therefore, I home some venison but admitted that I
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had an abundant exhibit of booklets, Grande last week with selection of fate that dogged her happiness.
to be able to record the fact that last some one else killed the deer and gave!
posters, stories and maps. Every Tillamook as the 1121 convention city.
Gilbert plays the role of Cotint I week a school-board in Oregon told them some of the meat.
grade and high school subject was
The Franklin school district in Hood. Vronsky, the lover, and Miss Garbo those next to the lowest bidder that
There are still several cases of sick
well represented. The special point River county has purchased a hand- the tragic Anna in the story. George I they could not treat with them until
cattle
here but no new cases for
of interest was the exhibit of typing some bus to transport pupils to and Fawcett is seen as the Grand Duke, they had made changes in plans and
I several days and it is hoped that it
awards, making a total of forty from school. The car will accommo- Brandon Hurst as Count Karenin, the submitted them to the lowest bidder
will die out. Prof. Sims is still in
awards won in one year.
husband, and Philippe De Lacy, Emily I for his consideration. Fdk, if he I the county but says that so far he has
date
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children.
Grass Valley was the next booth,
could see his way clear to make I
The forest service was put to >45,- Fitzroy and many others of note are enough allowance in his lowest bid I I been unable to determine the cause.
its colors were black and yellow. The
in the cast.
W. C. Helyer and son Durwood,
usual exhibit of posters, bookleta and 000 expense fighting 110 fires in the
Prince Troubetzkoy, who plays one to bring the building down to their W. G. Helyer and Warren Norton
Umatilla
national
forest
this
season,
the like were found in the booth.
of the officers, is an interesting world appropriation, they were under obli came back Saturday from their hunt. I
Grass Valley had an interesting chart according to Lester Moncrief, assist figure. The son of the famous Prin-| gation to give him the job.
showing how wool was used and also ant supervisor.
We are not mentioning any names, They had four deer, Norton getting
A committee of business men has cess Troubetzkoy, noted writer of but the Daily Record Abstract expres two and W. C. Helyer and Durwood
cotton and its uses.
American birth, he was born in Amer-1
one each. ’ Frank Haynes and Wren
Kent was fourth, having used pret been appointed by tho Kiwanls club
ica while his parents were here on a ses the wish that there were more
ty shades of blue and gold to decorate. to Inquire Into tho npod for charter visit to his mother’s native land, but school boards and other public bodies Hogue came in Sunday with one deer |
Kent had among its many interesting revision to modernize Salem’s system
1 like the school board of Rufus, Ore that Wren killed.
he was educated in Europe.
A. T. Holt and family had a narrow
exhibits a map of the United States. of city government
Edmund Goulding, who directed the gon, and adds the sure prediction that
Linn county will hold Its annual fair
j
escape
Saturday night while coming
It was made out of canceled postage
such
a
course
will
get
all
the
contrac
picture^ is famous for such works as
stamp», each state was of a different at Albany September 11-22. Thore "Paris," "Sally, Irene and Mary" and tor has to give when accorded such home from the Fair at Moro. He
started to pass a truck and struck
color. In the booth were also some will be the usual extensive exhibits "Women Love Diamonds," and is1 treatment.
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loose dirt and then a stone that threw
animal dolls made by the second of products but admission will be free author of the famous stage play,
to the general public.
them off the grade and turned the car
qf
Alaska.
"Dancing Mothers."
At noon last Friday 2130 carloads of i" Among the spectacular details in
over.
Car badly damaged but none
Biglow’s booth was very Attrac
Sills, as the prospector who is fa-1
tively decorated in mulberry and gray. pears hxd been shipped from the the new picture are the maneuvers mous all over the northland for his I of the passengers hurt to any extent.
The entrance was gaily covered with Rogue river district to eastern mar of the Russian guard, the spectacular daring, strength and vision, dominates
mulberry colored parrots and flowers. kets. They are being moved at the horse maneuvers, and the brilliant the story with his virile personality. I
In the booth were many practical but rate of 50 carloads a day.
social functions and cathedral scene. "Burning Daylight" has as its back-1
ground the frozen north, with the!
goldrush to Dawson as its particular
BIG PIRE IN "TRAIL OF TIGER" |
setting.
Nowhere in the literature that has
A fire which cost thousands of
dollars was purposely set for a se been written about Alaska can be
quence of "The, Trail of ths Tiger,” I found a story more easily adaptable
RICHARD A. ROWLAND prcent.
the Universal circus serial thriller to motion pictures, and from it First
which is being screened at the Wasco National has made a sweeping, dra
Theater Saturday and Grass Valley matic story.
Doris Kenyon heads the supporting
Theater Sunday continuing for ten
weeks. A mammoth tent including cast in the feminine lead, with such
the seats, wagons, and equipment for players as Arthur Stone, Jane Winton,
a th re* ring circus went up in smoke. Stuart Holmes, >. Lawford Davidson,
in a drama that carries you from the
Difficulty was experienced in subduing Fred Warren, Prank Hagney, "Big
barren wastes of Alaska to the swirl
the conflagration and the regular Boy" Williams, Jack MacDonald and
of the big city. Jack London amous
studio Are department was called out others in support. Charles Brabin
to handle the blaze. Jack Dougherty directed the film.
in his
story of a man with wanderli
portrays the starring role in the pic
feet, avventure in his heart, romance
ture with Frances Teague playing the
"HER WILD OAT”
JOBLESS ART STUDENT WINS
feminine lead. A carefully selected
in his soul, who gambled and lost in
PRIZE FOR "SPIRIT OF
Anyone who has read the "feature
group of seasoned players is seen in
AVIATION” POSTER
everything but love!
the supporting cast which includes section” of the newspapers will get
Victor B. Wells, 29-year-old art
Jack Mower, Jack Richardson, John a tremendous laugh out of "Her Wild student, was wondering how he would
Webb Dillon, Frank Ellis, Charles Oat," Colleen Moore’s new picture pay for his next years’ tuition, but his
Murphy and others. MacRae, veteran at Grass Valley Saturday, September worries were over when he arrived
in Chicago and visited the
animal director, held the megaphone 22, and Wasco Sunday, September 23. recently
Academy of Fine Arts where he is a
This
delightful
screen
story
deals
on this picture.
student and was told that he won
with a little girl who decided to spend first prize for creating a poster of the
her savings of years for one grand "Spirit of Aviation” of >200.
"BURNING DAYLIGHT"
Photo shows Victor B. Wells and
his prize winning poster, "Spirit of
What is declared to be Milton Sills'
Aviation.”
greatest characterization since "The
Sea Hawk" is to be seen at the Wasco
Paragraphs of State News
Theater Wednesday, September 26, in
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Linn county’s vote in November may
"Burning Daylight," the First Na
break records. It is indicated by reg
tional Pictures version of Jack Lon
istrations to date. Already the total
don's dramatic and spectacular novel
of registered voters In the county I
Is past the 10,000 mark and lacks but
1000 of equaling the maximum on
record.
Births are falling off in Portland, I
It
developed recently when the August
WASCO
Saturday
WASCO Sunday
GRASS VALLEY Saturday
report of tho city health office show
GRASS VALLEY Sunday
ed that there were fewer births every
month so far this year except January
than there were for the same months
JOHN McCORMICK presents
last year, ___ ._________
- Fire at Vernonia last week do-I
Another Great Role for
stroyed the Square Deal garage and I
ten automobiles with a loss of >10,006.1
“Our Dick” That Will
Estacada prune growers are harvest-I
Take Its Place Alongside
Ing their prunes this week. Some or
chards are almost barren, while others
“Tol’able David” and
Within, a few miles have an average
“The Patent Leather Kid”
adventure in the Sfinii whirl of an yield. The fruit Is exceptionally de
exclusive Atlantic coast resort. A licious, being largo and juicy. Most of
You’ll rolisli thi* large order
newspaper feature writer knew just the prunes are being shipped to New
of l»ch-wagoa levo I — It's
the way to make of her Sunday sup berg. where they will be canned.
•picod with adveataro —- la-
Sixteen elk in one herd was sight
plement material —¿«nd thereby in
var^ with raaMaca aad
ed Friday by Moss Averill while mo*
trigue aristocracy.
•erred pipiag hat by filai-
dom’* qaeea ef caesady-
Marshall Neilan di^peted "Her Wild taring down tho Roosevelt highway.
drama. It's screea far« a la
Oat" for First National Pictures with They were grazing in the open at
Moor* I
Lakry Kent, Gwen Lae, Hallam Coo Hunter's head, nine miles below Gold
ley, Fritzi RidgeW« and Martha Beach, and within a few yards of the
Mattox in the supporting east. John highway. There were seven calves
in tho herd, indicating that they are
McCormick was the producer.
on tho increase.
Melon and tomato growers in some
1MPRESSIONISM IN MOVIE
sections of the Umpqua valley report
Some of the moat remarkable im ed that a light frost last week nipped
pressionistic photography ever used tho vines but did little damage. Tem
perature recorded at Roseburg was the
in a motion picture production
ures in "The Nooeif?* at the Wasco lowest for so early in September since
Theater Saturday, September 22, and 1110, the minimum being >0 degrees.
Only throe times in 50 year» has tho
minimum
gone below 40 by Septembei
tember 23. This WPirst National's
film version of Willart'Mack’s power
In a robbery for which its coolness
ful stage drama. Richard Barthel
and audacity has few precedents in
mess enacts the stellar role.
southern Oregon, the Parka grocery
store was looted early Sunday of mer
chandise valued at 11000 and also a
A MARSHALL NEILAN PRODUCTION
Chinese Burn Gold Ltd
Chinese sr* estimated to destroy 400-pound safe containing valuable pa
Adapted fromatory by Howard Irving Young
ten million dollars' worth of gold year pers, but no cash. Unable to open the
ly by their custom of burning small safe, the burglars
A FIRST NATIONAL PICTURE
pieces of gold leaf on certain special vault out of the
truck.
¡otes
MILTON SILLS
Burning Daylight
Moro
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