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4 w r 7 ~b- TJie Sherman County Observer, Moro, Oregon, Friday February, 1, 1929 Growth Is .m n . f» H » » M iiiiiiiiiiiim « in iiiin u i« tu in n im m iin u in H « n iim i» » » K » H » i n ro \ (is tent “ The Mummy and The Mumps” E lectric Securities Stand High In Investm ent Markets . A FARCE COMEDY - PRESENTED BY THE SENIOR CLASS MORO HIGH SCHOOL Tuesday, February, 5th 1929 Moro Legion Hall • -------- [otes - ; CHARACTERS Sir H ector Fish, Who im personate« the m um m y............Lloyd Rice F rancis Briscoe, Who im personates H ector. . . . K enneth McKean William Laidlaw, Who helps a« much as possible. .C harles Ruggles Jam es Slammon (R acker), Who has three m en’s work to do — but doesn’t do i t ................ W endell M cLachlan Perkins, the Sheriff, Who does his d u ty . .*.......... Thom as Stephens A nna H am pton, A w estern g ir l.......................................M arie A xtell Maude Mullen, An er.st?rn g ir l........................................D orothy Foss Dulcie Dumble, R ather b eau tifu l but very dumb r . ....................................... •..................... E m m ajean Stephens A gatha Laidlaw, F ounder of most exclusive school in New E n g la n d .................................................Lois B ryant Phoebe Beebe, R eporter on staff of th e —‘Daily D eliverance” . . A .......................................................... Clara Hugg Tim e: The P resen t Place: Fenella, a g irls’ school, in a small town n e a r Boston Synopsis of A cts: Com bination office and reception room at Fenella, m orning Act II. Same, next m orning Act III. Same, th at evening Act I. Presented by Special A rrangem ent with B anner Play B ureau ;8 n i» iiH :i:tn n » n ti» n » n » i> n » t » « a « w " W h a t is t h e T I M E ?” (Just call th e O perator) In accordance with our plan of contin uously improving and broadening the service,— Beginning February 1st, in every community in which this company operates, our patrons may obtain the TIME from the telephone operator. It is with pleasure we make this an nouncement to our customers. The charge for this additional service will be the same as the charge afr-your regular rate for any other local call. 7 The rapid and consistent expansion of the electric* pow er industry has n atu rally made it one of the most im p o rtan t borrow ers in the invest m ent - m arkets of the country. In re c e n t years the securities issued by these utilities have am ounted to about a billion dollars annually. The am ount o f strictly new capital absorbed by ce n tra l statio n s alone is indicated by the increase in estim ated value of p la n t and equipm ent y e a r by year. This item increased >759,000,000 in 1927, $842,000,000 in 1926, and $721,09«,000 in 1925. An im p o rtan t fe a tu re of the finan cial operations of the electric power industry has been the sale of secu ritie s to em ployees and custom ers. This m ethod of raising new capital has in most cases proved highly suc cessful, and has accordingly been practised on an increasing scale. Its chief advantages are th a t it tap s new sources of capital by appealing to in dividuals who m ight otherw ise not become investors a t all, and th a t it im proves the relations betw een the com panies, th e ir employees, and the public by giving the la tte r groups a sense of in terests in common w ith the utilities. From the broad social point of view, it has the additional m erit of encouraging th r if t on th e p a rt of people of m oderate m eans and con trib u tin g to the diffusion of owner ship in the co u n try ’s w ealth. The grow th of the industry, the in creasing efficiency of its m anagem ent, and the gradual developm ent of more liberal policies in public regulation, have com bined to raise th e standing of electric pow er and light securities in the investm ent m arkets. It was only a few years ago th a t public u ti lities w ere regarded as largely ex perim ental, partly because of the un certain fu tu re of the in d u stry ’s oper ations and p artly because^ the question of public ow nership and control was very acute. Now the continued grow th in the use of electricity is unques tio n ed ; public ow nership, in the sense of governm ental ow nership, ia alm ost universally discredited; and the p rin ciples underlying valuation and ra te m aking by regulatory bodies are g rad ually becom ing more clearly defined. M oreover, the genuine im provem ent th a t has everyw here been evident in the service rendered by the utilities, the general and. often voluntary re ductions in rates, and the system atic efforts of the companies to improve th e ir relations w ith the public, have largely rem oved the antagonistic feel ings th a t w ere so freq u en tly encoun tered in the past. A ' retired logger says mosquitoes were so large and vicious on the Brule river In his time he had to hang big chunks of pork on his suspenders for them to feed on. This was also lu Paul Bunyan's time. . T he P acific T elephone and T elegraph C ompany D. J. B utcher, M anager, The Dalles A garden adviser Is asked about the cultivation of eggplant A very nice thing to do with the eggplant is to save the seeds and plant the same In four feet of ground, and surface the latter with concrete. Peking has changed hands a good many times since the beginning of his tory, but' It always has survived Its conquerors and their dynasties without much difficulty. , The Senior Class Moro High School W ill Present the Farce Comedy “The Mummy and The Mumps” M o ro L e g io n H all Tuesday, February 5, 1929 CURTAIN AT 8:15 Presented by Special Arrangement with Banner Play Bureau — ADMISSION: — ' ♦ Reserved Seat* 65c, Children and Adult* General Admission 50c ' Public Speaking Contest Route Freight Via Supervisor Named fo r Hood River, Wasco and Sherman Counties. C. H. Gilpin Truck Line r K E N T L O C A L IT E M S The d istrict supervisor fo r Hood Leaves Portland daily at 6 p. m. J. H. Wilson is in the hospital in Leaves The Dallas daily at 8 a. m. The Dalles where he was operated on River, W asco and Sherm an counties in the high school public speaking Leaves Grass V alley daily at 2 p. m. for hernia. for Portland Mrs. J. R. D ellinger was tak en to contest, sta te wide in scope and head ing up a t The Dalles in A pril fo r the hospital in The Dalles T uesday Portland — Sherman County W ay Points the finals, is G lenn Kirkwood, p rin fo r treatm en t. r_ cipal of the high school a t The Connecting with M ail Stage at Grass V alle y W ilbur H aggerty had his forearm Dalles. for Kent — Shaniko — Antelope broken last week when a pulley on “ One of the most valuable accom his m ilking machine flew around and Moro Agent — Fred Pickett Motor Co. . plishm ents th a t can be acquired is stru c k him. Wasco Agent — Wasco Motor Service Co. the ability to speak effectively before Jo h n Parks, form erly well known an audience,” says C. A. Howard, Grass Valley Agent — Grass Valley Motor Co. here, came in from C alifornia one su p erin ten d en t of public instruction, — Office at — day la st week. He is visiting re la in speaking of the c o n te st “ The Portland — Lincoln Tran sfer Co., 10th and H aw thorne, Phono E 7 7 8 0 tives, Carl and Louie Schadawitx. tim e to secure tra in in g and prac The Dalles — 212 Federal St., Phone 107 A m andus von N orstel is driving a tice in the a r t of speaking is during new Chevrolet six th a t was delivered the high school and college years. to him last week. Chas. M cCutcheon “ I sincerely tru s t th a t the high has ordered on^ of them , tra d in g in school contests in extem porary I HHHH t HHlllllT,M I,im lll!f f......m iin n iiin iiH u n n H u tn iiiim m tm p n tn in m im ttti his coupe. r — *■— speaking and in in te rp re ta tio n which G eorge W itter came home S a tu r are being conducted under the di day. He has been away since before rection of the departm ent of pub Shaniko, Oregon C hristm as visiting w ith his daughter lic speaking of the Oregon S tate A g On The Sherman Highway in Los Angeles, and with relatives riculture} college will result in an in and friends around P o rtla n d and creased in te re st in this line of e n Meals and Short Orders deavor am ong the high schools of the Newberg. All hours Reasonable Prices A fte r a day or two of Chinook sta te .” Regular Dinner 50c - Rooms 50c up wind the w eather tu r n e d « suddenly Cigars and Tobacco« cold S aturday night and it has been Soft Drinks and Confectionery around five below zero in th e m orn Dancq Hall in Connection ings since, with quite a lot of snow falling. Mr. and Mrs. H. Pullen, Proprietors Rem em ber the play given by the »»m»»»Hn»Hi»»i»:ti»ni»»«o« ;i::ni»:Hn»nn i »Hinn»m»»»mwnw w w “ C IR C U S R O O K IE S .” ladies of the W. C. T. U., Friday Screendom ’s most fam ous comedy evening, at the school house au d ito r ium. The proceeds will go to the team , K arl Dane and George K. children’s home a t Corvallis. They A rth u r are the com edians in “ Cir cus Rookies,” said to be the most hi deserve your patronage. larious of the season’s comedies. In this film the elongated Dane and S H A N IK O L O C A L IT E M S th e pint edition A rth u r do th e ir stuff H iram Wolfe, of A ntelope, was a against a circus background, Dane as an odd-job man around the “ big visitor here Thursday. top,” who essays his hand a t lion ta m Claude Wilson, of Bakeoven, was a ing and A rth u r as a loquacious, visitor here Saturday. DEALERS IN quick-w itted press agent. They run Ed Murphy of Antelope, was a vis afoul of each other when they both itor here Saturday night. OLIVER PLOWS AND REPAIRS lose th eir h e a rts to a dainty, p re tty Chas. Covey was in town from his trapeze a rtist. ranch near Bakeoven, Friday. ‘ We have a carload Louise L orraine has the heroine Chas. Chapman and little son, of role and dem onstrates to a nicety the due to arrive soon C lam o, were visitors here S aturday, devastating effect of the fem inine in Andy and E rn est P atd jen s are fluence on the h earts of two w an WISH TO ANNOUNCE staying at the Reeder home and a t dering susceptible males. Among the other notables in the cast is Fred tending school there. Humes, who takes the p a rt of a g ian t Miss Cecil Sperry has taken a po that we have some 18-inch Oliver Tractor Gang gorilla in a m ake-up and costum e sition as telephone operator at Mau th a t is an engineering feat. He Plows in 2- and 3-bottom, with Special Design pin. w ears a huge gorilla skin th a t fits ed Moldboard for turning over heavy stubble W ayne Hill and John Y eaker, of over his body, the eyes, mouth, whis A ntelope, were business visitors here kers, tongue, hands and fingers all Thursday. We yet have several John Deere operated by an in tricate set of levers Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Olsen and inside, so th a t a considerable am ount gang plows and parts, which we Fred Miller played for the dance at of mechanical skill is necessary ju st offer at reduced prices to clean up W amic Saturday night. - for Humes to propel his make-up A rchie A lterm att re tu rn e d S a tu r around. Sydney Jarvis, who plays day from a trip to Corvallis w here he the p a rt of th e circus ow ner, is an old It will pay you to see the Special Oliver Plow tim e c h aracter actor, fam ous on the atten d ed a bankers’ m eeting. before you buy Mr. and Mrs. R obert Burns, E l musical comedy stage fo r years. M etro-Goldwin-M ayer has filmed sie Bibby, Fred P eters and Jim Stowe pf Grass Valley, were visitors here this production on a lavish scale. The entire personnel of a real circus, w in Saturday. terin g in C alifornia, was induced to John Wilson, of Clarno, and sister, appear in the reg u lar routine life of Miss Hellen Wilson and Miss Susan MORO, OREGON the big show and in various specialty Jenkins, nurses a t Good Sam aritan acts so th a t the ..picture m ig h t have hospital, were visitors here Friday. an authentic background. Even the The long expected w inter is with real circus te n t was used, as well as us a t last. The past two weeks it the special cars in which they carry has snowed most every day with tem their anim als about. Some of the peratures ran g in g from 6 below to 30 most thrilling action of the film takes above. place on a tra in , when the gorilla es Mrs. W. Rees was hostess a t a capes its cage, enters the engine cab birthday' d inner fo r her son Jam es and takes possession of the th ro ttle, Jan. 23. Those invited were P rof sending the cars in a mad b ut thrill- Coffee, John Reeder, E ugene W erner ingly funny race down a m ountain E rnest and Andy P atdjens. side. The com pany chartered a track Ow’ing to the storm Saturday in (he C alifornia m ountains and the night only a small crowd attended cast did the rest with some of the The Hbuse of Good W ill” the dance here. Everyone had a most realistic acting of th e ir various good time and danced till two oclock. careers, the reason being, th a t th e ir The next dance will be F eb ru ary 9th. frig h t, in the m ajority of instances, A w restling m atch will take place be was the genuine thing. Owned by the City of Moro Edw ard Sedgwick, fam ous fo r fore the dance. Everyone welcome. “ Slide, Kelly, Slide,” “ Tin H ats,” and Operated for the Benefit of the Traveling Public other Well-known films, directed. and Sherman County Community Moro T heatre, Saturday. Will Curb Cattle Thieves S h erm a n R e sta u r a n t -Movies M o ro H a rd w a re &. Im p le m e n t Co. Moro Hardware & Implement Co. Hotel Moro Bills dealing w ith cattle stealing of live stock have been draw nup a t a combined m eeting of cattle and sheep men, to be presented before the state legislature. The anim al hus bandry d ep artm ent of the sta te col lege, the sta te dairy and food com missioner, th e sta te veterin arian and many prom inent livestock men have spent considerable tim e g e ttin g bills in perfected form . The officers of the Oregon C attle R aisers’ associa tion and the Oregon Wool G row er’s are now engaged in an active cam paign for the enactm ent of these measures. The first bill provides fo r preven tion of th e ft by regulation of the sale, purchase, tra n sp o rta to n slaugh te r and m arketing . of m eat. I t states th at only carcasses bearing the license num ber of the company do ing the slaughtering may be leg ally transported or offered fo r sale, although farm ers would be perm itted to kill th e ir own anim als. A Under the provisions of the sec ond bill, any carcasses offered fo r sale m ust be accom panied by a cer tificate of tra n sfe r. I t -also elim i nates fines fo r stealing dom estic a n i mals, and raises the p enitentiary-sen tence for this offense. A nother pro vision w’ould allow the herd inspector a fee of 10 cents a mile each way fo r inspection trips, instead of ju s t one way, as at p resent, and provides fo r personal brand inspection of all ca t tle being moved to other states. S trict penalties are provided for violation of the provisions of these bills, including fines ran g in g from $25 to $1000, and jail or p en iten tiary sentences of from 30 days to 10 years. While it is tru e a lot of money is spent each y e a r for fun, there are some folk who never seem to have any. U nder the Personal M anagem ent of E. E. LARIMORE Form erly of The Hotel O regon, P ortland SPECIAL CHICKEN DINNER SU NDAYS 75c Moro Theater S a tu rd a y , F e b ru a ry DINING ROOM OPEN USUAL MEAL HOURS 2 KARL DANE end RGE K. ARTHUR zsoooooooccoooocoooooeecooooooooooocooooooooooooooooo In d e p e n d e n t W a r e h o u se & M illing Co. R. H. McKean, Manager,'Wasco, Oregon DEALERS IN Lime, Plaster, Cement, Cedar Posts, Builders Supplies, Lumber, Wood, Coal and Hay TH E GREATEST * MANUFACTURERS OF ’ L A U G H SHOW O N E A R T H IS M IL L F E E D A N D F L O U R HERE NOW ! HIS way to the Big Show! The g reatest aggregation of long, loud, lingering laughs ' ever .brought to g eth er on one screen! W ith Karl Dane and George K. A rthur, th a t killing team of Rookies,” in three rings full o f such fun and excitem ent' as you’ll long rem em ber! T - r THE OBSERVER PRINTING OFFICE IS AN ESTABLISHMENT THAT IS KNOWN BY THE HIGH GRADE“UF ITS PRINTING 25c and 50c ■3E . 3E 4. r 'p r B u sin ess M en Say: ‘A d v ertisin g P a y s ’ Read the Observer for county news. T. f >
