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* X The Sherman County Observer, Moro, Oregon, Friday February, 22,. 1929 Fruit Muffins A nd Pctncctkcs -sw R O M hot cross buns for L aster *»11 pancakes on Siiruve lu e s- day, quick breads uui.n’.ain a proud position in our menus. Every one loves the airy popover, the . js - cious tnuffm, or the tender bisc.nt. But sometime«»—for instance, when com pany com es—you w ant to have som ething just a little fcPe<j“ *- som ething m ore unusual than a plain hot bread. So why not dress them up in party clothes by adding a little fruit to the batter? You car. t im agine how good the frmt biscuits and muffins will be until you try them. And they arc simple to make, too. one cup crushed Hawaiian pineapple and one tablespoon melted f a t Bake on a hot greased griddle. Blueberry Muffins: Mix and sift two cups flour, three tablespoons sugar, four teaspoons baking pow der and one-half teaspoon salt. Add tw o well beaten eggs mixed with one cup null:; stir in three table- and three- spoons melted -------- butter _ fourths cup drained, canned blue berries. Bake in £ greased tins e for muffin tw enty to take them or help themselves, shall he held to be prima facie evidence of ah intent to sell to minors. “Many minors are working ip drug stores or restaurants to earn money to go to school,” Mr, Hazlett said, “and it is perfectly proper for them to do so. Under the provisions of this clause minors can not even enter a restaurant or place of business where cigarettes are incidentally sold. This is a great hardship and while it is not often enforced, it is possible to do so and this should be taken out of the law.” • * • ♦ “ There is nothing in this bill to change the distribution of the state m arket road fund, b u t requires th a t in the fu tu re the counties a re n o t re quired to m atch the sta te m oney, ex plained R epresentative Jo h n H. Car- kin of M edford ab o u t H. B. 415. The m easure passed the house and is now in the senate. If counties desire to m atch the money, they may raise the taxes by a levy, b u t it is n o t obligatory. T here is no change in the app o rtio n m en t of sta te money. M ultnom ah county will still continue to co n trib u te about $300,000 a year to the o th er counties The old law resulted in hardship upon taxpayers in m any counties. IN M E M O R 1A M otes MRS. BARBARA YATES Mrs. Barbara Yates, Oregon pio n... " --------- neer and mother of J. P. Yates of SHANIKO LOCAL ITEMS Wasco, representative at Salem from Thomas Gavin was a visitor in The Sherman «county, passed away at The Dalles Tuesday. Dalles on February 19th, where she G. H. Reeder was a business visitor was taken several weeks ago after suffering an injury to her hip in a in The Dalles Tuesday. John Reynolds of Ash wood was a fall at her home in Wasco, Mrs. Yates was born in Germany1 yjgitor here Wednesday, in 1846. After coming to the U nited. Bm Barnes of Gra88 Valley was a States, she was married in 1869 here Wedne8day. Springfield, 111., to Captain J. H. Luther Davis of Kent was a busi Yates, a Civil war veteran. They ness visitor here Saturday, came to Oregon in 1883, settling in County Agent Daigh was a visitor Eugene. Mrs Yates had lived nt in town Friday from The Dalles. Wasco for the last 18 years. Ernest Kramer and Miss Green of Deceased leaves four children, J. P., of Wasco, Hawes Yates of Willa Maupin were visitors here Sunday. mina, Fred of Elmira and Mrs. P. G. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Williams of The O'Meara of Wasco; nine grandchild Dalles were visitors here Monday. ren and five great-grandchildren, and Jam es Bickell has been confined to a sister, Mrs. J. H. Johnson of Wasco. his home the past m onth w ith lum She was 82 years of age. bago. COME AND EAT DINNER — at the — Farm AUCTION Sale! At the John Patjen’s farm, 12 miles south of Grass Valley. Two miles west of the Sherman ^Highway. Watch for the signs. Sale starts at 10 a. m. Fifty Good Horses and also Farm Machinery up for sale. MONDAY, MARCH 4 th A rth u r Schm idt and Ralph Reeder a tten d ed the dance in M aupin S a tu r day night. Miss P earl Adams le ft Sunday fo r P o rtland, w here she will a tte n d busi ness college. Chris Tom pson and H iram W olfe of A ntelope w ere business visitors “ The House of Good Will ” • ♦ • • at «tOO degrees here Monday. “ To find the graves of all ex-sol twenty-five m inutes. , K. D. Lytle, state highw ay engineer W'hclnuheat Cherry Muffins: Beat diers is the purpose of the appropria of The Dalles, was a business visitor one egg, add tw o tablespoons sugar tion asked in H. B. 488,” said R epre and one cup sour milk. Mix and Owned by the City of Moro • here Saturday. sentative J. F. Clark, O regon City sift one cup flour, one and one-half Mrs. A rth u r Griffen and g ra n d teaspoons baking powder, one-half P r id e fu l E c o n o m y who introduced the bill. “ I t is ju st Operated for the Benefit of the Traveling Public d au g h ter re tu rn e d S atu rd ay from a teaspoon soda and one-half teaspoon m ark of respect and p atriotism and H ere are a few recipes which salt, then stir in one cup w holew heat and Sherman County Community - two weeks trip to Bend, w here they w ere worked out by an enthusiast flour also serve to make the records of the Mix with the egg and milk visited a t the home of h e r daughter, for canned fruits. sta te com plete.” m ixture, and add four tablespoons pineapple Pancakes : Mix and sift m elted b u tter and one-half cup Mr. and Mrs. W ayne W ade. • The bill provides fo r an a p p ro p ria tw o cup, fl*••r. one-half teaspoon drained, canned red pitted cherries. U nder the Personal M anagem ent of The long w inter here is ju s t about tion of $2,500 from the sta te to be «alt. and k ur teaspoons baking pow Bake in a hot oven for tw enty to der Add .«.* beaten egef* u^xed E. E. LARIM ORE ended. The past week, w ith the used only fo r the actual w orking ex tw enty-five m inutes. a-it’.i one a.no one-fourth c -p s ini.K, Form erly of The H otel O regon, P ortland th erm om eter clim bing around forty, penses of locating the graves. M ark EDWIN V. LITTLEFIELD Chinook winds and sunshine is fa st ers will be provided by the fed eral B. 69, which passed the senate and is Edwin V. Littlefield, form er circuit m elting the snow. Sheepm en are governm ent and the graves will prob now under consideration in the house. judge of Sherm an, Gilliam and tag in g th eir sheep and general prepa ably be m arked about once a year. SPECIAL CHICKEN DINNER SUNDAYS 75c The bill proposes th a t the sta te should W heeler counties and one tim e re si ratio n s are in order fo r lam bing. The No salaries are to be paid o ut of the refu n d the gasoline tax to the ru ral dent of Moro, died suddenly a t P o rt big m ajority will begin M arch 1st, appropriation, if the m easure is land Monday m orning, follow ing a mail carriers. Some will lamb later. DINING ROOM O PEN USUAL MEAL HOURS Many graves which are In re fu ta tio n of S en ato r Bailey’s g ranted. h e a rt attack. Judge Littlefield was not identified are scattered over the County A gent Daigh of The Dalle* (O regon V oter R eporting Service.) statem ent, S enator Joe E. Dunne of ell known among the legal profess was here F riday, in terestin g the far- Clackam as, Columbia and M ultno state, and th ere is g re a t dem and for ion of Oregon. Fred Pickett, Moro, attended the the work of poisoning jack tu m x a n u n n tn u m : ::::::::: mah counties stated he had received a the action required by , th is bill t . by He was born F eb ru ary 14, 1873, m ers in legislature a t the state house recently le tte r from a truck com pany operat-1 patriotic organizations of the Btate. a t S t Joseph, Yamhill county. A fte r rabbits. The jack ra b b it th a t has to confer with the delegation from a tte n d in g public and high school in j long been a pest to th e farm ers has ing a large fleet of trucks in the city Sherm an and W asco counties on m at th a t county, he was g raduated from p u t money in th e ir pockete this w in Clarification of fence laws of the lim its of P ortland. This company te rs relatin g to fire regulation legis claimed the same rig h t of exem ption, sta te is proposed in H. B. 493, intro L afay ette sem inary, in 1891, and be te r. Most every farm er, and n o t a lation. Mr. P ick ett is secretary of since the tru ck s did not use the state duced recently by the com m ittee on came principal of the McMinnville few Shaniko tow ns people have tra p the Sherm an county fire association. ped, shot and poisoned rabbits. The revision of laws. highways. schools. 4 • ♦ “ The p resent fence laws are in S enator Ja y Upton, Bend, declared, He became school su p erin ten d en t past two m onths from 100 to 300 Open season fo r m ountain or how ever, th a t any taxes imposed on such conditions th a t no one can u n of Y amhill county in 1896, serving hides have been shipped from Shani- __ plumed, C alifornia or valley quail in the tru ck drivers by the state would derstand w hat they m ean,” said Rep until 1900. In Ju n e of th a t y e a r he ; ko every week, n ettin g th e ahippera R. H. McKean, Manager, Wasco, Oregon I close to 25c p er hide. Sherm an county is proposed by the be more th an re tu rn e d from th e ir resentative W illiam M. Briggs, Ash w as adm itted to the bar. In 1904, Mr. Littlefield moved to j ----------------- am ended game code which was intro charges to the public. Mail drivers, lauA, chairm atf of the com m ittee on duced recen tly Jby the house com m it he said, w ere in governm ent employ revision of laws. “ The proposed bill Moro and engaged in the practice of Plans are being made for the con DEALERS IN and did not have a sim ilar oppor substantially re-enacts the m aterial law. W hen thé judicial d istrict was tee on game. The open season provided is two tu n ity , being men on small salaries. portions of the present law and elim i form ed in May, 1907, he was ap struction of a dam on the stream nates m any useless and contradictory pointed circuit judge of W heeler, Gil which connects Siltcoos lake with the Lime, Plaster, Cement, Cedar Posts, Builders days each week, designated by the « ♦ • • sections m aking a com prehensive liam and Sherm an counties by Gov Pacific ocean in order that the outlet game commission, from Oct. 1 to Oct. Supplies, Lumber, Wood, Coal and Hay may be kept open enabling salmon to 31, inclusive, and the bag lim it four \T h e re stric te d area fo r hunting fence law .” ern o r Cham berlain, apd was elected enter the lake at all times. „ , geese along the D eschutes and John The bill is a su b stitu te fo r H. B to th a t office in Ju n e, 1908. He held birds in any one day or eight during Day riv e rs would be changed under 134, which defined a law ful fe n c e ,a s the position until M arch 15, 1909, Clinton Kelley, 32, a moonshiner, MANUFACTURERS OF any seven consecutive days. O ther proposed am endm ents re the provisions of am ended gam e code anything in the n atu re o f a fence when he resigned and moved to P o r t was shot to death by a state prohibi duce the bag lim it on duck from 25 to introduced recently by the house such as a good husbandm an in the land. A t the tim e of his death he tion officer at Toledo last week aftor com m unity m aintained 15 birds, fix the license fee fo r non com m ittee on game. was a m em ber of the law firm of a gun battle In which L. O. McBride, deputy sheriff, narrowly escaped The law now provides th a t the re The new bill combines the present Joseph, H aney and Littlefield. residents a t $15 and close the season death. The bullet that killed Kelley stricted area shall be from the Colum fence laws, w ith the addition th a t on sage hens and prairie chickens in was fired by J. J. Zimmerman, state bia riv er to its junction with W hite a woven wire fence shall be law ful if the state u n til 1931. The am ended law proposed constructed w ith 20 inch woven wire The bill has been re fe rre d back to river. The Anderson A Middleton Lumber dry agent- provides th a t it shall bo unlaw ful to I and th ree barbed w ires or w ith 26 company at Letham, one of the largest While Vul Kavic, mill worker at th e com m ittee on game. to h u n t wild geese from the Columbia inch woven wire and two barbed sawmills In Lane county, Is preparing Empire, was felling a tree in his yard riv er to a point a h alf mile south of wires, the whole not to be less than to resume operations March 1 after near North Bend, his son, Edward, 2, Among o th er “ w eedy” problems the O regon Trail highw ay bridge, four feet six inches in height. a shutdown of 13 months. Several ran directly under it as it was fall tackled by th e legislature is one of w here it crosses the D eschutes river. ing. It fell on tho child, fracturing hundred men will life put to work. how tall weed»’ may grow and when his skull, from which he died shortly The change on the John Day river W ith J l , 100,000 of new appropri Joseph Baumgartner, of Long P rair th ey shall be cut. A bill, which pro is from the Columbia riv er to a point ation bills being acted upon, to gether afterwards. , ie, Swiss leader and Tillamook dairy vides th a t weeds shall not grow to a At a meeting of thc W heeler city a half mile south of the Oregon T rail with G overnor P a tte rso n ’s budget man for thc past 22 years, was injured h eig h t in excess of 12 inches and order wa3 given highway bridge, w here it crosses the which balanced exactly w ith the 1929 fatally when the team a? young horses council recently an . »shall be destroyed and prevented John Day river, instead of a t its ju n c and 1930 revenue, the legislature is he w a. d rlv lw ran away, crM h«l ! «or 300 additional feet .« fire hose, from seeding durin g the rem ainder of tion w ith T hirty Mile creek, would be facing a jam . I t cannot vote any through a fence, and upset the wagon nozzles and water pipe. , Thl3 equip th e calendar year, has been in tro ment w.ll be added to the fire fight included restricted area. new appropriations w ithout reducing He died shortly after the accident. duced by S en ato r Edw ard F. Bailey The bill has been re fe rred back to the governor’s budget in a corres Three children in the wagon with him ing m aterial and willfwaterlally lessen of Ju n ctio n City. ... tte fire hazard in Wheeler. The bill am ends several sections of thc ?am e comm tte ponding am ount, unless it ru n s the were uninjured. risk of exceeding revenues and fac the p resen t law, relatin g to weed con The atto rn ey general of the state ing the veto. Yet, the Ways and tro l district* and th e exterm ination K îîtîîîî of noxious weeds. It m erely stiffens has ruled th a t no m inor can work in Means com m ittee has reported out the presen t law on weed exterm ina any re sta u ra n t, drug store or any num ber of the new appropriations such place w here cigarettes are inci recom m ending their enactm ent. So tion and puts some teeth in it. fa r it has cut the budget only $15 dentally sold. xv. * * * * House Bill 500, introduced by Mr. 000, which cut does not begin to “ The mail c a rrie rs should not be obliged to pay the state gasoline tax H azlett, strikes out a clause in the make room for the new appropria Since all adjustments are THE practical value of Ford because they use only five per cent of section relatin g to the selling of cig tions already recom m ended. Surviv fixed except the needle valve simplicity of design is es This section ing in the W ays and Means com m it the state highw ays, fo r the upkeep a re tte s to minors. and idler, there is practi pecially apparent in the fuel states th a t having cigarettes in a tee is the vetoed university library fo r which this tax is d esignated,” was cally nothing to get out of system. place of business, w here m inors may appropriation bill of the 1927 session. S enator E. F. B ailey’s version of S. order. This also m ust be reconed with. As The gasoline tank is built this is w ritten , the deficiency for ' The choke rod on the integral with the cowl and is 1929-1930, counting the Library bill dash acts as a primer and unusually sturdy because* it and the new appropriations being is made of heavy sheet steel, also as a regulator of your considered, am ounts to $1,500,000, gasoline mixture. The new terne plated to prevent rust to say nothing of the old deficit. hot spot manifold insures or corrosion. An additional From a scarce 100,000 radio sets in 1922, th ere New revenue m easures are of no factor of strength is the fact complete vaporization of the are now approxim ately 88,000,000 sets in this avail unless supported by popular gasoline before it enters the country, c o n trib u tin g to the e n tertain m en t and that it is composed of only vote at an election,*so as to place the enlightenm ent of some 35,000,000 people.^ two pieces, instead of three combustion chamber of the revenue outside of the 6 per cent The extension of the service of electric light and engine. or four, and is electrically pow er com panies, which this year will spend lim itation. welded— not soldered. $900 000,000 fo r additional facilities, is r e As a matter of fact, the This session has convened longer sponsible in no small p a rt fo r this rem arkable fuel system of the new Ford Because of the location of w ithout introduction of the main ap grow th. is so simple in design and the tank, the entire flow of propriation bills than has any previ so carefully made that it gasoline Is an even, natural ous session of th e O regon legislature T H E w orld has traveled a long way since 1878, when flow— following thc natural requires very little service The latest the main bills have been Thom as A. Edison visited the W hite House to e x h ib it his attention. law of gravity. This is the started h eretofore was the Saturday newly developed phonograph to President and Mrs., Hayes^ simplest and most direct It is recorded th a t they rem ained up until 3 o clock m the of the fifth week, and this year they The filter or sediment m orning listening to the new invention, which was ru n by way of supplying gasoline to are coming in only in the middle of bulb should be cleaned at the sixth week. This lateness of in a spring. thc carburetor without vari regular intervals and the troduction, to g eth er w ith considera ations in pressure. The gaso carburetor screen removed Today the phonograph operates itself; radio brings us tion of so m any bills outside the bud line feed pipe of the new the vocal e n te rta in m e n t of the w orld; * levwl™ “ and washed in gasoline. Oc get, portends a jam which will carry Ford is o n ly 18 inches long around th e corner. - I t is the age of surpnses, w ith chang casionally the drain plug at the legislature fa r into the seventh and is easily accessible all es com ing so sw iftly th a t we scarcely realize w hat is pass the bottom of the carburetor week, perhaps beyond*«- ing before som ething new appears. the way. should be removed and the The gasoline passes from carburetor drained for a E lectricity, first a curiosity, then a novelty and then a ne \ cessity has helped make these things possible. few seconds. the tank to the carburetor The village named Service Creek, in IT H the above account on I is tender. Add contents of a 9- through a filter or sediment view, who can deny that by ounce can of Vienna sausage* and Wheeler county, should be spelled that Have your Ford dealer the aid of careful shopping heat through. bulb mounted on the steel |*way and not "Sarvicecreek” nor "8ar- eight For the peach surprise look after these important and taking advantage 01 food-sales vlce Creek,” according to a decision of dash which separates thc a delicious meal can be prepared peach halve«, from a can are needed. little details for you when tho United 8tates geographic board. g a so lin e tan k fro m the Chop two tablespoons figs and two for four adults for one-dollar? you have the car oiled and The town is named for the service The can of vegetable soup needs tablespoons peeans and mix, using engine. greased. A thorough, peri only to have wateg added and to enough evai>orated milk to bind to berry. odic checking-up costs little, The carburetor is specially gether.^. The seven cents left from be heated before serving, and the Crandall Brothers of Lebanon last but it has a great deal to do designed and has been built can of spinach may be sautéd and your dollar wiJl cover the cost of week shipped a carload of sawed black Place 'the peach halves to seasoned with celery salt and onion these with long life and to d e liv e r m any walnut lumber to Los Angeles. This gether, filling the holes with the •alt and served. continuously good thousands of miles is the first carload of thl9 kind of fig and pecan mixture. Place in To prepare the sausages, sauté performance. o f goo d service» lumber to leave this part of the state two sliced onions in two tablespoons sherbet glasses and top . with ALWAYS AT YOUR SERVICE To bacon fat until golden brown. Add whipped, evaporated milk. Several loads of black walnut logs re one number 2% can of tomatoes whip the milk, put the can into cently have been shipped east, but this and bring to boiling; add salt and water, heat to the boiling point, is the first to be cut into lumber and then chill rapidly, then whip Serve ttPtWITfTW U ......mnnHp«MiimiiiimiiillllllimilllllHlHUHIIIHHtWt pepper to taste. Add one-fourth then shipped. > cup rice and cook gefitly until rice immediately.* MRS. ELIZA T A T E REID F u n e ra l services “fo r Mrs. Eliza T ate Reid, form er resid en t of W asco, w ere held from the W asco M ethodist church Sunday afternoon. Rev. N. Sherm an Hawks officiating. In te r m ent w as in t t e Odd Fellow s’ cem e te ry a t T he Dalles u n d er th e direction of Callaw ay’s. Two sons, A ndrew Reid of Ponoka, Canada, and W illiam Reid of V ancouver, B. C., and a daughter, Mrs. J. P. Neece of P o rt land, attended the services. A t the tim e of h e r death, Mrs. Reid was 90 years old. H er fa th e r died a t the age of 97 years, and a sister in Cali fornia is 92 years old. Hotel Moro REVIEW OF WORK OF OREGON LEGISLATURE Independent Warehouse & Milling Co. M IL L F E E D A N D F L O U R Fuel system of the new Ford has been designed for reliability and long service When The President Stayed Up Until 3 o’clock in the morning A Dollar Dinner For Four Pacific Power & Light Company F ord M otor C ompany L.
