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About Sherman County observer. (Moro, Sherman County, Or.) 1897-1931 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 25, 1929)
i T __k ' !_ The Sherman County Observer, Moro, Oregon, Friday January, 26, 1929 Sherman Comity Obswrer C. L. IRELAND Editor and Publisher M. W . C. Banquet Husbands Annual Hunt Ended The culminating annual affair of local club activities arrived last Fri- The annual contest for pointe in 1 the hunting of birds and animals pre-I datory to the farms and gardens of II. P. P e te n o n of Moro h a . been Sntared as second class matter at post this section ended Sunday night w ith I appointed b y k the Cascade T ra c to r & office at Moro. Oregon, July II. itt i a count of 271,000 pointe fo r the | Equipm ent Co. to work out of th e ir 2 . __ ~ „„ side captained by Percy Thompson office as company p a rts man and j Eureka Lodge Ne. 121 A. P. A A. M as against 241,100 pointe for the side Moro, Oregon „ , , „ , _. e , captained by L. W. Rakes. Meets the 1st and 3rd Thursday evenings of eadh month; Visiting members cordially in vited to meet with us By order of W. M. Robt. Urquhart, Secretary. Animals killed to make this num ber of pointe for each side included 4776 sparrows, 4 magpies, 16 hawks, 4 ravens, 11 porcupines, 2 rats and 1 weasel. A skunk was also brought in, but not being listed for points was Betklekam C hapter No 78 O. E. S not counted by the judges. Moro, Oregon A sackful of birds, captured by Regular communica md.mhd.re nf the Rnv ^ m .t frnAn . J d members the Boy Scout troop and tions each 2nd and 4th le ft in L. of t f . fcakes garage, who was Thursday evenings of not notified by the scouts, was also each month.. not counted. • ' * Alice Conlee Worthy Matron The loosers will pay the w inners of Nana Barzee, Secretary. the contest on the evening of F riday, Specml Month-end Clearance Sale Presbyterian Church r d .y night a t Moro w hen the m em ber, o{ the Moro W o m a n s Club entertain- Sunday School at 10 a. m. ed th e ir husbands a t the banquet ta- M orning W orship a t 11 a. m. Ser bles in the dining rooms of Hotel mon them e: “ Rem em bering.” Com *• Moroi T ickets fo r th e occasion were m union Service. sold to the num ber of 118, but owing e Evening v e n ,,« oviv.vc Service , a t 7 :30 p. m. Ser- bljjard which hH UJ day thcme; ,.Look of all m erchandise in my store, m- num ber gcated waa , 05 No of tow n „ 1 u„ ing r ts s ts , in g en e, ° ’ Mrs. E. R. B arzee, president of the would rem ain In it if the churches mi n ery an a go . Moro W om an’s Club, presided a t the and th e ir influence, w ere removed. j2 5 * 2 t hart, Moro. - zs . . . .. . . T table and a t the conclusion of the Why fo rfe it the best help in life? °wneL wanted for J.m ey banquet introduced „ w . c . Bry. Come to church regularly. stray cow. No visible brands. Hole a n t as the d irecto r of the program Chas. D. P a rro tt, Pastor. in right ear torn out. Owner pay for which was scheduled to follow. 1UIAKE at least one good resolution this year — feed bill and take animal away. resolve to pay your bills by Check. By doing so __ The first num ber was a welcome M oro M ethodist C hurch ^ lph ®urn8’ you will have a complete record of all money spent address to the husbands by Mrs. J. L. Sunday: oro’ r *E°n , ~ S earty , answ ered by W. H. Ragsdale as well as a legal receipt for all payments made. much as the Miss Pauline R uth Adams of Red- in an equally hum orous way as was | You are w orth ju st as fo r gre wortb mond and Theodore Reese of A nte- the welcome extended 10:00 a. m. Sunday School. l°Pe w ere m a rre d a t the P resbyterian Mrs. H. B. P inkerton next spoke to 1 1 :15 a. m. M orning W orship. Topic: F eb ruary 1st, with a 3-co u » e fried manse by Rev. C. D. P a rro tt, pastor Moro Lodge No. 113 I. O. O. F. both husbands and wives on the topic, “ Durable Good.” Moro, Oregon chicken dinner to 4>e given at H o tel ° t ^ e Moro church, S atu rd ay a er- ‘O ur Tasks, Cooperation in the 6:30 p. m. Epw orth League. Topic: Meets every Monday Moro a t 6 p. m. sharp. The dinner | noon> Ja n u a ry 19th. m m m ........ m i ......... i .................. Home.” evening in the I.O.O.P “ The Problem We F ace.” Miss Lois C a su a ltie s received by h u n te rs en will be followed by a big special fe a hall. Transient and The directo r n e x t introduced the B ryant in charge. visiting brothers are tu re movie show at the Legion Hall gaged in the annual contest th a t pastors of the P resbyterian and M e th -|7 ;3 0 p. m. Evening W orship. Topic: cordially invited to which will be free to all com ers. closed Sunday n ight w ere lim ited to odist church in the order named. Both “ Beginnings of the Old T estam ent.” meet with us. A fte r the show the A m erican Legion bird shot in the back received by responding w ith a bit of hum orous W ednesday: P. C. Axtell, N. G. Percy Thompson and a bird shot A. M. Young, Secretary. will give a big F riday n ight dance philosophy. 7:30 p. m. P ra y e r service a t the w ith P a t's Six Aces playing the la te st lodged n e a r the le ft eye by Tom Betw een speeches Miss T urley, as- Parsonage. Lupiae Rebecca Lodge No. 116 Douma. < hu n ting hits between dances. John Seethoff, pastor. Phone 353. Moro, Oregon sisted by Mrs. M. G. Melzer a t the Don’t fbrget: The dinner at 6 sharp For Sale — Creek ranch of 800 Meet« 2d and 4th Tues piano, favored w ith vocal selections days of each month. fo r the hun ters; the show beginning I acres ¡n Morrow county. C reek bot- as did Mr. and Mrs. H arry Pinkerton C h ris tia n Science Visiting members wel a t 7 sharp free fo r everybody; th e tom u n d er ditch; nearly all place come. dance a fte r the show by the A m erican fenced sheep-tight; com fortable build- with vocal duet, Mrs. Pinkerton play Service Sunday m orning a t 11 Bessie A xtell, N. G. Legion. ings w ith ru n n in g w ater in h o u se ; ing the accom panim ent o’clock and W ednesday evening a t Jessie H enrichs, Sec. The program was concluded with “ The loosers please pay me >3,’ small orchard. Address' Box 43, H epp - . - . „ , , . . D • 18 o’clock. Sunday School a t 10 DEALERS IN the presentation of a playlet by B a rn e Sunday morning, pupils Chris Schults Poet No. 71 says Mr. Rakes. L et’s all do it] ner, Oregon. __ ' ‘T U n T “ w e l v e Twelve P o u n d Pound Look.’ I . . . A m erican Legion entitled The Look, prom ptly. up to the age of 20 years are received A program and card party will be a satire intended fo r too complacence Meets at I. O. O. F. hall on given a t the Grass Valley civic au d i into these classes. 2nd and 4th Wednesday eve husbands, presented by Mrs. Legg, T h e ( lesson-sermon topic for the torium F riday, Ja n u a ry 25th, by ten nipgs of each month. Wants Location Near Moro affiliated organizations of the tow n Mrs. C arroll Sayrs, Miss Falk and service^next Sunday m orning will be F. D. Flatt, Cofnmander of Admission 50 cents a person. R efresh Miss Palm rose. . “ T ru th .” L. W. Rakes, Adjutant Preceding the banquet Ja n e t Steph The attractio n s of The Dalles as a m ents free. Proceeds to be used for Reading room open daily w here all H A R L A N D V IE W G R A N G E No. 662 ens and L au ra Ruggles gave a very authorized Christian Science lite rs- distributing center fo r m erchandise J im provem ents on the auditorium . Every Kind, Class and Quality fetching in te rp re ta tiv e dance in fro n t tu re may be read> borrow ed Or pur- ¿"a" • ' A llan, son of H. P. Peterson of of the fireplace of the main lobby of cba8ed j h e public is cordially in- nig h ts of each m onth. V isiting | able consideration this week in ru- Moro, had the big toe of both fe e t the hotel. The guests of the evening mors of the im pending establishm ent vited to atten d the church services G rangers welcome. frozen Monday night when out h u n t standing in an enclosing circle. C. P. A dam s, M aster. and v & t the reading room. of two concerns of considerable size. ing birds fo r his side of the contest. Mrs. B. E. Davis, Secretary. The most tangible of the rum ors He did not realize th a t the toes were Electric and Gas Power was the presence of a representative frozen until in bed a fte r his re tu rn Full Gospel Assembly Sheep As A “Side Line” , x tu rn e d black and Sizes Of Rock Given Out of M ontgomery W ard b Co., . « k i n g , Sunday School at 10 a. m. Preach to establish a branch of the national! - , . . morn- m ailorder h o u « in The Dalle.. D eal. « « extrem ely ten d er the n e x t m orn ing service a t 11 a. m. Evangelistic Shearer G range is arranging a pro Contract W ill Bo Lot By Stato service a t 7 :45 p. m. involving the construction of a large, ,nE« gram for farm ers interested in sheep Commission January 29 Tuesday night, P ray er m eeting at m odem building on a downtown cor- Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Binder re tu rn e d as a farm sideline, to be held in the Agents for John Deere Plow Co. 7 :45 p. m. n er have been discussed, but no con- to Moro last Sunday from an extend- The su rfacin g job on the Old Ore tra c ts made, it was understood late ed visit at P ortland th a t included a I. O. O. F. hall a t Gras« Valley T hurs Thursday night, Bible study on day afternoon, Ja n u a ry 31st, a t 1 Moro and Grass Valley Districts gon T rail highw ay from S eu fert to ¡today. Revelations 7 :45 p. m. I siege in the hospital fo r each. Mrs o’clock. the Jo h n Day riv er will require 45,- Bring your Bibles. This week. Rev The establishm ent of another Binder had an a tta c k of flu to com bat Speakers who will attend a n d - tne 000 cubic yards of rock, it was re- whole sale grocery distribution w are- and Mr. B inder an a tta c k of pneu- elations 5th chapter. xrealed w ^ U i n V r o m e r e d . i t i a l ^ o n i T flu? "H eiw im riv en a 12-day topics assigned a re : H. A. Lindgren, J. D. and Mrs. Miller, pastors. a n .......... m u n m u li m ili iiiiiiii i i i i n i n i i i i i i u U u n n iii i i i i i n m i ii i iiiiiiiii H n i H u u itt co n tract, let by the highway commis-1 Id eclared th a t the consolidation of icepack tre a tm e n t, an hour on and Animal H usbandry departm ent O. S. C. extension service, “ Farm Flock sion Ja n u a ry 29. __ half hour off, to break the high fever several wholesale and jobbing firms] M anagem ent.” Six quarry , , t e . ^ ’^ h ^ ^ ^ i r / p ^ r t l a n ^ n d T h e ' w i l i . m Z t U v’a iley Card of Thanks A re g u la r old stem w inder blizzard Stanley G. Je w e tt, Bureau of Bio to the successful bidder. They a re f would resu lt in the organization of a I Sherm an county last F riday, con logical Survey, “ Coyote Control. designated as th e S e u fe rt quarry, the We wish to thank the neighbors Dalles branch, fo r distribution in the tinQing jtg effects into this week with D. L. Barnes, Pacific W oolgrowers B ec au s e w e K N O W t h is t i r e , w e o ffe r y o u Cape H om quarry , the Deschuts Tun Mid-Columbia and central O regon! reported foot of loose snow lodged and friends for th eir help and sym Association, “ H andling Wool.” nel site, the F ulton Canyon quarry, pathy during the sickness and death in the stubble fields. S aturday night The general public is cordially in the Fleck O rchard q uarry and the area. of our little Irene. registered one below zero, Sunday vited to atten d the m eeting and p a r Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Beyer R ufus quarry. was w arm er, Monday was reported ticipate in th e ,• - J Rock is classified as the passing Mr. and Mrs. Geo. W. Howell eight below. A slight sk ift of snow W ill Investigate Disease and family. through screenes of 2-inch, lM -in ch , was in the air W ednesday, w ith the M inch and »6-inch mesh. D elivery We can fit all.kinds of p eo p le.' Any _______________ An appropriation of $5000 fo r i n - 1 sun shining through th e clouds in the m ust be started not la te r th an March a ccid en ts, w h eel m is size or w eight. ‘Crippled or deform ed I QregOn Trail To Be Rebuilt 16 and rock fo r the first 12 miles m ust I vestigation of the foot-rot disease in afternoon, feet. W ernm ark’s Shoe Store, T he] alignm ent. negligence, be delivered by Ju ly 15. The en tire wheat has been inserted in the senate M embers of the A m erican Legion co n tract m ust be com pleted by March ag ricultural bill, according to a tele- A uxiliary were entertain ed by Mrs. Dalles. cuts, under-inflation, rim Section From S e u fe rt to John Day 31, 1930. gram from Congressman R. R. B utler I J. C. Hockman and Mrs. Ben Hock- W ork w anted by a man fam iliar! J liv e r To Get New Surface cuts, blowouts, bruises, The w ork will req u ire the delivery L o l . Barnum of The Dalles. Mr. But- man a t the J. C. H ockm an home with farm work, willing to w ork for) r We Carry or a n y road h a z a r d . . . In stock piles of 6,240 cubic yards of ler attem pted to g e t an appropriation W ednesday evening, Ja n u a ry 16th, room and board until fepring w ork The Old Oregon Trail highway the sm allest ro ck ; the same of the 1 jn tbe house m easure and, failing, with 21 ladies attending. rs. en starts. Call or w rite O bserver office. from S eufert to the John Day river n ext size; 14,355 yards of the n ex tI ought to get $10,000 added to the H ockm an gave a talk concerning the L Complete Stock A. C. Thompson called at the office I will be practically rebuilt, as fa r as size and 13,770 y ards of the largest ! nate bnl The telegram indicates recen t m eeting of the tn -c o u n ty coun- of the Sherm an County O bserver the surface is concerned, this summer, size rock. th a t the senate has allowed half the cil a t Mosier, attended by herself an W ednesday to inform us th a t he was it was announced at the^gcal highway of The co n tracto r will be required to am ount sought. W heat foot-rot has Mrs. Fred Pickett, re la t‘"®> , - J ® now a g re a t g ran d fath er, and th a t I office in The Dalles this week. Con- deliver in tru ck s 880 yards each of b<?en increasing in W asco county until work of the HospiUd and C hU d« a nine pound son was born to Mr. and I tra c ts for furnishing the rock let by Seiberling Tires the two sm aller sizes, 1,465 yards of lagt year when jt b e g a n .to curb its | fare com m ittees, The evening Mrs: Orval A. Thompson a t the home I the highway commission January 29, the nex t to the largest, an<f 1,240 L prea(je E xperim ental plots were es- spent making articles fo r the new of Mrs. Thom pson’s parents a t Bea- it was stated. yard« of the larg est size. All rock I ^ablished on Seven Mile hill, w here Sam Jackson veterans hospital at verton a t 1 a. m. W ednesday, Ja n u - and Tubes This portion of the highway will P ortland, including a num ber of tra y m ust be clean and m ust conform to | hundreds of acres were affected, ary 23. A. C. Thompson, now the I he built up to carry the load to which cloths principally. highw ay specifications, the order in- head of the Thompson clan,<was 72 J it is now being subjected, it 1s said, Auto Accessories J. R. K aseberg, w riting to the S her years old on Jan u ary 17th. He is the | W hen the original highway was built, dica tes. Usefulness Increasing man County O bserver from the B ry patriarch of nine grandchildren. engineers did not construct a road to Philco son Hotel a t Los A ngeles, w here Mr. bear more than the normal cross Our Industrial Foundation Executives and employes of the state traffic. The ro u te has now be and Mrs. K aseberg are staying this “ The utilities have not ♦h t O ur Coun I reached the lim it of th e ir usefulnes to w inter, states th a t they a r ^ u l l y en- Pacific Pow er & Light com pany m et come one of the principal transcon Radio and Starting J the pubn c,” said joying the clim atic advantages of a t The Dalles Monday night. B. H. tinental highways. To ju stify the claim th a t »aid Mr. Mr. John John J. J. O’B u u n rien, e n , | i joying try can look forw ard to a The present surface will n ot be P resident, H. M. Bylleshy and Com- sunny southern C alifornia and th a t Moon, m erchandise m anager of P o rt Batteries ation of real p rosperity on its present pany. “ New uses for the services this section of the state is developing land, was present, accom panied by taken off, h u t a new three-inch built- Jack F rost and R. Pearson of the foundation, take a few simple and supplied by electric and gas companies R apidly, Los Angeles at the present up surface will be applied on top of Pacific S tates Pow er com pany and the road now being used. The con MORO G A R A G E Zenith Radios elem entary fa c ts: are being developed constantly, both ranking 4th in population am ong 1. In the autom otive industry a fo r the home and industry in general, the cities of C alifornia and C alifornia Richard Cham berlain of Seattle. R e struction will form w hat is known as M. R. SCHADEW ITZ, Prop. ■ingle m a n u fa c tu rer (not H enry F ord) and g re a t progress is being made in gth am ong the states. He also said presentatives of the company from a bitum inous macadam highway. nearby tow ns were also in attendance, increased his o u tp u t of cars m anu-i extengion of eiectric service to th a t the seasonal rain fall was below The crew will first put down a layer Phone 171 Moro, Ore. fa c tu re d continuously in the past 1 5 , ru ral communit ies and farm s. norm al a t tim e of w riting, Ja n u a ry with the exception of G oldendale em of coarse rock, up to two inches in ployes, who w ere unable to reach years fo u rteen h undred per cent diam eter, and will coat it with oil. “ There is no question th a t the trend 21st. Mr. and Mrs. Fred H ennagin 2. From 1919 to 1925, fo u r g re a t in the electrical industry tow ard com- of Wasco were recen t guests of the The Dalles on account of im paired A nother layer of sm aller rock will be ferry service, they reported. divisions of labor — farm ing, mining, bination in larger unite through finan-1 K aseberg’s a t the Bryson Hotel, applied and oiled, and the process m an u factu rin g and railroading in cial consolidations and interconnec continued until the top layer is of creased 20 per cent with 1,800,000 tion of generating stations and tra n s half-inch rock. E very layer will be ttn tttta tttm tta ttttita n tn few er w orkers, higher wages and mission lines has been productive of saturated and bound together with sh o rter hours. The turn-over of labor g re a t benefits to the public. Service oil, bonding surfacing into a perm a c. V. Belknap, Proprietor was mainly taken up in newly created been extended to thousands nent road. has Since no scarify ing of the present communities th a t could not have been jobs. M o ro H o te l B a rb e r S h o p 3. In the first q u a rte r of the pres served economically by small, isolated ohd is contem plated, the new con e n t century, the population of Our systems. struction will cause b u t little incon ' Moro, Oregon C ountry increased 50 per cent b u t in venience to traffic. A stretch of a U nder holding company m anage th e year 1925 we produced two and m ent, the benefits of large scale oper half-m ile or less will be built up a t a Ladies and Children’s Hair one-half tim es as much wealth as in ations in financing, engineering, pro time and cars will be flagged through Cutting and Shingle Bobbing 1899, with in d u strial w orkers on a duction and sales have resulted in '.his section. 10 p er cent sh o rter day and higher b e tte r service and reduced ra te s to The completed job will furnish a first-class highway to the John Day custom ers, and th a t is the tru e c rite wages. river, it is declared. Heavy loads 4. D isclosing th e g re a t growing rion by which the value of th e ir serv fu tu re Our6 C ountry is the in ices m ust be judged. driven over this section in the past creased use of pow er on machines have given the highway departm ent ‘By sound, conservative financing Msed in m an u factu rin g . In the first the utilities have a ttra c te d millions a puzzling m aintenance problem, to keep up an arte ry not constructed 25 yhprs of th e p resen t century pow of investors who share in the profits e r u s A o f the g re a t prime m over from th eir operation; by skillful en for heavy hauling. am ong A m erican m an u factu rers gineering and operating m ethods, by from 10,000,000 horsepow er to 37,- intensive selling, the utilities have .. Obituary Note built up a stru c tu re of inestim able 735,000 horsepow er. BY AUTO AND VISIT THE DALLES value to the public, and one which A Missouri editor refuses to pub will be of increasing Value and use lieh obituary notices of people who fulness to the public as tim e goes on " while living, failed to subscribe to his paper and gave this pointed rea- thp concrete, fully equipped, roomy garage of People who do hot take their son : Walther-Williams Company. Competent workmen See me fo r anything w anted in home paper are dead anyway, and S a y s ready to help you in any way tl?ey can harness work or shoe repairs a t the THE FELLOW th e ir passing away has no news Moro harness »hop. J o h n U . W ill WHO IS at least expense to you. For any value ■ LOOKING FOR ed the charge will always be reasonable ~ T here are a few scattered persons I TROUBLE IS I GENERALLY le ft who do not own automobile«, Chevrolet coach for sale at a good I equipped WITH and they are becom ing more widely price fo r quick sale. Phone or see I A SELF - Vernon F latt, Moro. j2 6 * 3 t, scattered each day. ; I STARTER T H E W E IG H T IE ST AND TH E SMALLEST MAN IN WORLD K e e p A R e c o r d W ith Y our C hecks BANK O F M O RO Ginn, Coleman & Co. M oro, O regon H o u s e h o l d F u r n is h in g s Meadows Washing Machines “■ T -^ B T one year ’ s fr e e rfotection against K- SEIBERLING ALL'TREAD BATHS Ü WHEN YOU TRAVEL STORE rut BARBER BILI SAYS YOUR CAR in service render WALTHER-WILLIAMS GARAGE ■ In m ilitary organization, it’« hell fo r the fellow on the bottom . In business organization, i t ’s hell for the fellow on top. Tom Ton, who tips a specially built scale a t 745 pounds, and M ajor M ite, the sm allest m an in the world. Tom hails from Californiai and tw enty-eight years old and his tiny friend is eighteen years old is and weighs ju st th irte e n pounds. John H. Will, Moro, prom pt a tte n tion given to your shoe and harness rep air work. THE DALLES, — — OREGON. .5 0 -
