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The SXaHYxtn County Observer, Moro, Oregon, Friday February, 8, 1929 — — Sherman County Observer " C. L. IRELAND Moro Woman’s Club I^TownTalk W ill M eet at Wasco Wasco has been selected as one of the points f o r holding the d istrict The Moro Woman’s club held - Editor and Pttbliaher P re s b y te r ia n C h u rc h conferences by the departm ent exec Clifford Friedley of Wasco was an their1 regular meeting Friday, Febru Katerad as second claas mattar at post utive . com m ittees of the A m eri Sunday School at 10 a. m. over night visitor in Moro last Mon ary 1, 1929. offloo at Moro, Oregon, July J*. 11*1 can Legion and the American Legion M orning W orship a t 11 a. m. Ser * The ladies of the club voted to day. A uxiliary, departm ent of Oregon. mon them e: “ The L ord’s Jew els.” have the secretary write to our local J. H. McCune returned Monday C u ra te Lodge No. 121 A . F . f t A . M. d istric t conferences have Evening Service a t 7 :30 p. m. representatives asking them to sup from a three weeks visit with his The Moro, Oregon proven m ost successful and benefi T hat which nourishes the ro o t de Meets the 1st and 3rc port the Newton bill, to provide for mother at Albany. cial in p ast years. term ines the fru it; be» it tre e or Thursday evenings ol maternal and infant welfare. Marcelling at Moro Hotel Barber On T hursday, F ebruary 14, 1929, man. Let us give some tim e to the each month. Visitiur It was brought out in the meeting Shop, phone 412, Mrs. W. C. Ross, rep resen tativ es of the various posts study of God’s W ord, becoming members cordially in that Oregon leads all other states in for appointments. in Mid^Columbia district will con rooted and grounded in the things vited to meet with ur child welfare work. By order of W. M. Ginn, Coleman & Co. have a few vene a t W asco, to m eet w ith state th a t will make the inner man grow At the conclusion of the business Robt. Urquhart, Secretary. and d istric t officers. The afternoon thereby. session a very instructive and inter bargain counter new plows to sell a t of th a t day will be given over to the Bathlaham C hapter No 78 O. E. S esting program was presented under g reatly reduced prices. Chas. D. P a rro tt, Pastor. rear — KÆAKE at least one good resolution this yes business session, at which tim e the Aft Moro, Oregon Hollis Bull arrived home Tuesday daft Regular communica the direction of Mrs. Carroll Sayrs. various objectives for the year will loing so resolve to pay your bills by Check. By doii tions each 2nd and 4th The subject being, “Prevention of from W alla W alla for a vacation be discussed by all present. The M o ro M e t h o d i.t C h u rc h visit with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. you will have a complete record of all money spent Thursday evenings of War.” W asco legionnaires and auxiliaries “ A prudent man concealeth knowl each month. as well as a legal receipt for all payments made. Mrs. J. F. Foss very ably gave a M. A. Bull. will furnish e n te rta in m e n t. fo r the edge— fools proclaim .”— Proverbs. Alice Conlee It is reported th a t John W eedm an paper on “Common Causes of War,” Worthy Matron visitors by holding a dance in the Sunday: and Mrs. L. V. Moore, in a like man was recently in Albany, O regon, with new lodge hall. It is expected th a t Nana Barzee, Secretary. ner gave “Plans for Securing World his fam ily w aiting to take passage on D epartm ent Commander Ben S. Sunday School, 10:00 a. m. Moro Lodge No. 113 I. O. O. F. a stage fo r C alifornia. Peace.” M orning W orship, 11:15 a. m. Fisher, D epartm ent A djutant Carl R. Moro, Oregon Mrs. Eugene Amidon gave a report Judge Wm. H enrichs received word Moser and Donald A. McLeod, mem Topic: “ A Strenuous L ife.” Meets every Monday Epw orth League, 6:30 p. m. evening in the I.O.O.r of a lecture given by Dr. Aurelia H Sunday m orning of the death of his ber of th e departm ent executive n u tu t hall. T ran sien t and Reinhardt, president of Mills college, sister, Mrs. M artha Jah n , a t the fa m com m ittee will have a message of in “ Finding O ur Way T hrough.” vUitirw brothers a n at the convention of the Oregon Fed ily home in Dixon, C alifornia. Evening W orship, 7:30 p. te re st to all attending the dance, as cordially invited to eration of Women’s clubs, on the JJopic; To be announced. W ork w anted by a m an fam iliar also will the state and district re p re meet with us. subject “Contribution of Education with farm work, w illing to w ork fo r sentatives of the Auxiliary. W ednesday: P. C; Axtell, N. G. A. M. Young, Secretary. to International Understanding.” room and board until spring work 30 p. m. P rayer service a t the starts. Call or w rite O bserver office. L u p in e R a b a c c a L o d g e N o . 116 Parsonage. H u n tsm en Pay F o rfeit Moro, Oregon Mrs. C. P. Moore re tu rn e d to Moro On F ebruary 12, 2:30 p. m., our Adds Prestige to School Meets 2d and 4th Tues on Tuesday fr.om The Dalles, w here observe Missionary society will days of each month she recently subm itted to a m ajor op F riday evening of last week the “ W orld’s Day of P ra y e r” a t the Visiting members wel The senior class play p reseated by eration a t the Mid-Columbia hos curtain was ru n down on an annual come. church.. Them e: “ T hat They All Bessie A xtell, N. G. Moro High School a t Moro T h eater pital. episode of the social life of Moro, May Be O ne.” Every one con Jessie Henrichs, Sec on Tuesday evening was undoubtedly Rev. John Seethoff le ft by auto sportsm en on the losing side in the cerned about modern missions is cor the best th a t has been presented, by C h ris S c h u lts Po st N o . 71 stage Tuesday fo r P ortland w here he recent annual sparrow’ hunt e n te r dially invited. A special invitation the school for some tim e. A m e r ic a n L e g io n expected to a tte n d a m inister’s insti tained the victorious hunters with a is extended to our Presbyterian The play was packed w ith laughs Meets at I. O. O. F. hall on tu te and re tu rn again to Moro this sum ptuous fried chicken banquet at friends and pastor. 2nd and 4th Wednesday eve from its very beginning, replete with Hotel Moro, followed by a special Saturday. John Seethoff, pastor. Phone 353. nings of each month. difficult situations skillfully avoided, G. L. Corey, d istrict m anager of fe a tu re movie show a t Moro Thea F. D. Flatt, Commander The action of the play revolved te r th a t was free to all who attended L. W. Rakes, Adjutant around an E gyptian mummy, its the Pacific Pow er & L ight Co., and Follow ing the banquet speeches C h ris tia n S cien ce HARLAND V IEW GRANGE No. 882 owner, the im personation of the Chief Clerk Maddock of The Dalles .vere made by L. W. Rakes, captain office were business visitors in Moro Service Sunday m orning a t 11 Meets in their hall in Harmony Dis mummy, and the same of the ow ner of the losing side, Percy Thompson, o’clock and . W ednesday evening at trict the second and fourth Thursday Between the first and second acts, on Tuesday. captain of the w inning side, and by nights of each month. Visiting four high school girls presented Sunday School a t 10 The Columbia Gorge m otor stage N. W. Thompson, mayor of Moro, 8 o’clock. Grangers welcome. o’clock each Sunday m orning, pupils Spanish tam bourine dance in cos leaving here last Sunday afternoon who spoke in a rem inescent way of C. P. Adams, M aster. up to the age of 20 years are received tum e Between the second and third w ent off the highway a t a curve Mrs. B. E. Davis, Secretary the first h u n t club organized in this into these classes. acts, six high school boys led by L a north of Grass Valley, the last before section. The lesson-sermon topic for the mar Sayrs, presented a burlesque hal arriving in town. Favorable, comment was made by service next Sunday m orning will be lot dance brought down the house A lbert Belshee, son of Mr. and many of the efficient service given and to which they responded sev Mrs. Clay Belshee, arrived in Moro by the dining room staff in serving “ Spirit.” Reading room open daily w here all eral tim es until one of the boys said, last S aturday by auto from Corcoran the 68 guests a t the table in les3 than authorized Christian Science lite ra before the curtain, th a t “ the girls C alifornia, m aking the drive north by 40 m inutes. ture may be read, borrowed or pur have all again changed to hoys.” way of K lam ath Falls. “LAUGH, CLOWN, LAUGH,” chased. The public is cordially in F uneral services w ere held, last VIVID, GRIPPING FILM. A t the m eeting of county court vited to attend the church services A gen ts for John D eere P low Co. Dr. Clarke, in Moro, F ebruary 20th Sunday from the Elks Tem ple in The this week. Roe W hite was successful and visit the reading room. Dalles in memory of W. E. W alther at Hotel Moro. bidder fo r grading m arket roads west Moro and Grass V alley D istricts In tim ate glimpses of life behind Piano F o r Sale— $100. Good who died last week. In te rm e n t was of Grass V alley this year. The con th e scenes in a th e a tre are blended condition. in the I. O. O. F. cem etery near The Phone Mrs. Bullard F u ll G ospel A *» e m b ly tra c t calls fo r seven miles of new XXXXXXXXXX X XXX X X X T X • XXX« « « XX XXX X ♦ ♦ X X iX iliiii i l l •è*** * *♦*♦♦♦' into vivid *and gripping dram a on Moro. 4t Dalles. grade on th e S hearer road and five Sunday School at 10:00 a. m. Lon C haney’s latest screen sensation, •>000005^3000C*OO^CCCOC^CCCC ä C^CCCCGOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO The usual D orcas Society social miles on the Finnegan road. When Dr. Clarke, E yesight Specialist, Preaching at 11:00 a. m. S ubject: “ Laugh, Clown, Laugh,” which comes for F eb ru ary will be held a t the finished the S h e a re r road will be “ When Little is Much.’’ Moro, W ednesday, F ebruary 20th, a t S atu rd ay , F eb ru ary 9th to «the Moro P resbyterian church next W ednes graded and rock surfaced to the top Evangelistic Service a t 7:45 p. m. T heatre. The new H erb ert Brenon Hotel Moro. day, the 13th, with Mrs. W. H. Rags of the S hearer grade. Subject: “ The Gospel A ccording to § Chevrolet coach for sale a t a good production based on the celebrated dale and Mrs. M. A. Bull acting as B arabbas.” price fo r quick sale. Phone or see This week ju s t closing will be put stage play, and produced on a lavish This quotation is ju st as tru e Tuesday, P rayer M eeting at 7:45 j2 5*3t hostesses. on the w eather records of Sherm an scale at the Metro-Goldwyn-M ayer Vernon F la tt, Moro. about your shoes as any other ob E. A. Read, form erly m anager p. m. county as the eoldest F ebruary since je c t— th e re ’s nQ,.dttybting the fact studios stars Chaney in the role of T he *35,000 storm sew er bonds au Thursday, Bible Study at 7 :45 p. — th a t p u ttin g in one stitch will th e tragic clown played on the stage thorlxed by a vote of the people of owner of Read & Galloway of The 1910, since which tim e daily records prevent eight others from coming Dalles and now connected with the m. The 8th o f Revelations is the by Lionel B arrym ore. F o rest Grove were sold a t a price of Twin Peaks Auto Co. of the same have been com piled by the govern out. next subject. m ent station. The first zero w eather The picture is one of the most pre *101.2. The bonds bear 5 per cent In O ur prices are very reasonable. city, was a business visitor in Moro record for F ebruary before this year J. D. and Mrs. Miller, pastors. tentious Chaney productions in te re st and will run for 20 years. on Tuesday. Moro Shoe l& Harness Shop was in 1923 when the instrum ent years. Chaney, as the clown, making A ctivities of d arin g “m otorized’ Wm. Frail, m anager of the Cas w ent to two below. The year 1929, J O H N H . W I L L , P r o p r ie to r his g re a t sacrifice fo r the happiness cattle ru stle rs have suddenly shifted Dr. Clarke, of the Clarke Optical cade T ra c to r A E quipm ent Co., is on Tuesday, F eb ru ary 5th, the re a d of the woman he loves, has a role Moro, Oregon to the lower K lam ath basin country moving to The D a lle s-a s a perm a ing was three below ; W ednesday w al Co., 202 and 203 M erchants T rust which ru n s the entire g am ut of act recenly where F red and Dan Llskey building, 6th and W ashington nent resident and business location. ten below zero, w ith Thursday night »ng. In the th eatre scenes he is a lost 28 head of Duroc-Jersey hogs. streets, Portland, Ore., Eyesight A truck load of his fu rn itu re le ft recording th irteen below zero. com edian, in grotesque antics, aero R oseburg's fire loss for 1928 was Specialists, will he in Moro all day Moro T hursday. hatic tricks, and lilting laughs— C. M. Zell of th e Zell Funeral and evening, W ednesday, F ebruary *11,000.69. T here were 83 alarm s dur th en , in the dram atic scenes behind R oute F reight V ia Mrs. Robt. U rq u h art slipped on the Home of the Dalles and Moro, was a 20th at Hotel Moro. See him about ing the year w ith an average loss ol the curtain he plumbs the very depths *132 and a per capita loss of *1.82 ice in fro n t of the J. B. Adams resi business visitor in Moro on Tuesday. your eyes. of hum an misery. dence Tuesday evening, falling on While here he incidentally .m ade T hree of the fires were Incendiary. A notable cast surrounds the fa The lerg est black bear ever killed her le ft side against the low concrete m ention of the cooperation existing mous star. L o retta Young, newest in th e Prineville section was broughl wall. » L e a v e * P o rtla n d d a ily a t 6 p. m. In ju ries received, while not betw een business associates in his “ discovery” of the screen, plays the L e a v e * T h e D a lle * d a ily a t 8 a. m . com peting work in The Dalles, using Into Trineville by J. W. Demarls, who serious, were very painful. TO T H E P E O P L E O F M O R O heroine, and Nils A sther, who re killed It at the head of Mill creek L e a v e * G r a t * V a lle y d a ily a t 2 p. m. as an illustration th e loaning of the A N D C O M M U N I T Y . Dr. F. C. Brosius, who has perm a cently scored in “ Sorrell A Son, is The bear weighed 378 pounds dressed . fo r P o rtla n d nently located in Sherm an county Zell F uneral Home hearse to the I ju st w ant to send you this the male juvenile lead. B ernard Sie Crandall U ndertaking Co., with The total length of the new Cres from near Portland to practice the Portland — Sherm an County W ay Point» open letter in order th a t you may gel, Gwen Lee, Cissy Fitz Gerald and well bridge when com pleted will be medical profession, was in Moro which to conduct the services a t all understand my position as the others of note -«re among the play 700 feet, m aking It the longest bridge C o n n e c tin g with M a i, S ta g e a t G ra»» V a lle y Thursday. His office and residence Wasco in honor of Mrs. Roy Belshee, M anager of your most beautiful ers. fo r K e n t — S h a n ik o — A n te lo p e in Lane county. The next longest is in the B urres building, directly op when the Crandall U ndertaking Co. Hotel Moro. Not many towns E laborate reproduction* of E uro bridge is the N orth fork bridge, 681 hearse broke down suddenly because posite the O’Meara im plem ent build Moro A gent — Fred P ick ett Motor Co. of the size of Moro are so blessed pean theatre«, in which entire vaude feet. of the present bad road conditions. ing in Wasco. Wasco Agent — Wasco Motor Service Co. with a hotel such as yours. It ville shows, ranging from tight-rope The m unicipal tangle a t Jacksonville Grass Valley A gent — Grass Valley Motor Co. would do credit to a city of far acts to trained elephants are seen, caused by the m ayor-elect refusing to g re a te r proportions. We enjoy, are spectular details. Brenon, who — Office a t — qualify has been com prom ised by the during the regular season, the pa P o rtla n d — L in c o ln T r a n . f e r C o ., 1 0 th an d H a w th o rn e , Ph on e E 7 7 8 0 directed the new picture, is fam ous selection of Alfred N orris, prom inent tronage of a g re a t many to u r fo r such productions as “ Beau T h e D a lle . — 2 1 2 F e d e ra l S t., P h on e 107 business man, to succeed Mayor Cam ists, who always speak a good G este,” Sorrell & Son*” “ P e te r Pan, eron. word for the hotel. We enjoy, “ God Gave Me Tw enty C ents” and Bills increasing the pay of Jurors during the gTcater p art of the m any others. and granting the rig h t of appeal from year, the patronage of fully 95 nnuuuuuuuuu tjttuuutnttuttuutunununuuutuuuuuutuuutututuututtttttu m unicipal to circuit court have been per cent of the commercial Introduced in th e house of rep rese n ts travelers who “ m ake” this te rri tives by Glen R. M etsker of Columbia LON CHANEY IN “ LAUGH, tory, and these are the “ boys” county. Sh anik o, O regon who always seek the best to be CLOWN, LAUGH,” The Jan u ary term of d istrict court On The Sherm an Highway had, and all are unanim ous in Vale was th e briefest ever held. in their praise of the hotel, Belasco’s fam ous stage play— Meals -and Short Orders Judge Wood called th e court to order, and indeed, many make long • t la .t in p ic lu r# ,t All hours -:- Reasonable Prices was told th a t th e re were no pending drives to reach Moro a t night Regular D inner 50c - Rooms 50c up cases, dism issed th e Jurors and ad in order to enjoy the com forts journed. C ig a r * a n d T obaccos of Hotel Moro. And while this A car of red clover seed, 45,000 S oft Drinks and Confectionery is all true and very gratifying, pounds, recently shipped from Red Dance H all in Connection we do wish the good people of mond to B altim ore by Jim Short, Moro and community to feel Mr. and Mrs. H. Pullen, Proprietors brought the grower a total of *12,000 th a t this is YOUR hotel, and The seed stood a purity test of 99 th a t we w ant you to use it as per cent. sych, It is my desire to make The sta te land d ep artm en t turned the hotel a sort of second home over to the sta te tre a su re r during the for you. I desire th a t it be month of Jan u ary a to tal of *133,513.76, C. V. Belknap, Proprietor your social center. I am in Meat Loaf Fried Potatoes according to a sta te m en t prepared by hopes of getting the present so- Rolls and Butter P™ " nd Corn Succotash George G. Brown, plerk of the state called “ Club Room” fitted up land board. LON CHANEY Peach Mold and Marshmallow C rente nicely and .invitingly, th a t the t M oro, O regon Contracts for th e building pf thr*t ladies will feel and know th at Coffee LAUOH.CLOWH bridges and the fu rn ish in g qf p a lp they are perfectly welcome to IA U 0H ' tenance m aterial for pectlons of four Ladies and Children’s Hair rAN seldom thinks with poon ground cloves, one tablespoon come any afternoon and play rmon juice iuicc and simmer until thick. more earnestness of any lemon highw ays were aw arded and aq oil Meanwhile cut white bread from cards, iftid I will gladly cooper Cutting gjid Shipgle Bobbing thing than he does of his lng program , Involving th e expendl which crusts have been removed in ate in any way in helping to a r dinner,” stated a famous writer. The tears, the laughter, the tu re of *1,225.000. for 1929 was adopt And the housewife seldom thinks wafer-like slices and butter each range for club meetings, lunch ed at th e regular m onthly session of joys of life— the lure of the saw with more earnestness of anything slice. Place alternate layers of eons and anything and every bread and peach mixture, while lat the stato highw ay commission lr than she does of the cost of her dust rin g — made into a film thing to make you feel th a t this ter is still hot, .in a deep mold, dinner. So here is a delicious meal packing down well. Use about one- Portland last week. is really your hotel. This, can film mMterplecc by a great di that can be prepared for a dollar Steps toward merging the Poultry loaf cn buttered bread. Put on and will serve four people—certain half be done'through ju st one method, rector with thp greatest of all ice over-night, unmold and serve Producers’ association of southern ly an occasion for joyful thoughts it will be done through coopera screen character star*. Oregon with the Farm Exchange Co for both the husband and his-wile. sliced with marshmallow creme. tion— cooperation of M anager, The cost ol the dessert is about The cost of the meat loaf will be operative and dissolution of the poul READ THE _ _ • Staff and the Public, and we cer about forty cents and the fried po twenty-six cents; and, as it will DONT MISS IT! try association were taken at Medford tatoes, and the rolls and butter will serve eight, the cost for one meal is tainly promise and assure you recently. with be ten cents each. For the succo thirteen cents. The marshmallow of our most hearty cooperation A petition signed by 121 residents tash take half a number 2 can of creme will be about five cents. along all lines in order-to accum- This makes the.costs: meat loaf. L o re tta Y o un g corn and half a number 1 can of of St. Helens and Indorsed by the AND KEEP plish this re s u lt peas and heat them in two table 40 cents; fried potatoes. 10 cents; — at — chamber of commerce has been pre spoons of bacon fat. The cost w»ll rolls and butter, 10 cents; pea and Very truly, * OF THE sented to the council asking that the corn succotash. 13 cents; peach THE MORO THEATRE be about thirteen cents. E. E. LARIMORE, mold and marshmallow creme, 18 marshal and deputy marshal be com NEWS AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE COUNTY | M anager Hotel Moro. S aturday, F eb ru ary 9th. To maVe the peach mold take cents; coffee, 4 cents; total, 95 polled to wear uniforms and their cents, thus leaving 3 cents for in- .......... ... ................... .................................................... t J. H i l T a number 1 can of peaches, add police badge on the outside of the 15c and 35c ^ne-third cup sugar, one-fourth tea» cidenUU. Nina Pinkerton, preaa correspondent. Keep A Record With Your Checks BA N K O F M O R O Gian, Coleman & Co. Moro, Oregon Have a Carload . of John Deere Implements due to arrive including Tractors and the La test Improved Horse and Tractor Drawn Plows, Harrows, Etc. A Stitch in Time Saves Nine! C. H. Gilpin Truck Line Sherm an R estau ran t A Dollar Dinner For Four Moro Hotel Barber Shop "¿0 BATHS SHERMAN COUNTY OBSERVER INFORMED coat. i
