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About Sherman County observer. (Moro, Sherman County, Or.) 1897-1931 | View Entire Issue (March 1, 1929)
■i-- The Sherman County .Observer, Moro, Oregon, ^ rld a y March Expert Genaine feMovies ONE O F T H E MOST IMPORTANT PARTS. OF AN AUTOMOBILE SER VICE DEPARTMENT IS THE MATTER OF PARTS. - WE BELIEVE A N Y C A R OWNER SHOULD USE ONLY GENUINE PARTS IF IT IS POSSIBLE TO GET THEM. WE WILL SELL ONLY GENUINE PARTS FOR THE CHEVROLET AS THEY HAVE BEEN TESTED BOTH AS TO'QUALITY AND FIT. IF YOU ARE PAYING FOR THE LABOR YOU JUST AS WELL PUT IN A PART YOU KNOW IS GOOD AND W'ILL FIT. OF COURSE SOME .P A R T S . A R E BOUGHT “ OUT” BY THE MAKER OF THE CAR. THESE OF COURSE ARE CONSIDER ED GENUINE IF THE SAME MAKE OF PARTS ARE FURNISHED, SUCH AS BEARINGS, CARBUREATOR PARTS, RINGS, AND THE LIKE. HAVING THE GENUINE PARTS AND THE W E L L EQUIPPED S H O P AND MEN WHO KNOW HOW TO HANDLE IT MAKES GOOD SERVICE. , THIS SERVICE ALWAYS AVAILABLE AT IS H. II. Klockars was awarded the con tract for constructing 1500 feet of dyking around the South Marshfield area on a bid of $896. The dike will hold dredging to be taken from the Coos bay channel. Articles of incorporation have been filed at Albany by the Jordan Com munity club, whose purpose it is to stimulate modern farming, good busi ness and better living among farmers of the community. tn & Manchester CHEVROLET DEALERS T h e D a l l e s , ............................... O r e g o n AUCTION SALE! AT THE P. J. DILLINGER FARM, 10 MILES EAST AND ONE MILE SOUTH OF MORO, ON THE MONKLAND MARKET ROAD S a le B e g in s a t 1 0 a. m . MONDAY, MARCH 11th LUNCH AT NOON Twenty Head of Horses and Some Farm Implements Twenty Ton of Hay — Changing to Tractor Power Nine Set Heavy Leather Harness Two 8-horse Plow Hitches Two Rod Weeders - a. , One 3 1 -4 Mitchell Wagon A Lot of Lead Bars,, Single and Double Trees, Etc. ......................... ; .......................................................... .................. .......... ....................................... * ................... ............. TERMS : — All sums under $20 to be cash. All sums over $20 five per cent discount for cash, or approved note taken due October 1st, 1929. All notes to be approved by clerk before property is taken away. G. R. G o u c h n o u r , A u c tio n e e r W . D . WALLAN, C lerk P. J. DILLINGER, Owner I S ’ OountiQtotes •W ith the close of business la st Sat- I urday a fte rn o o n the two banks in KENT LOCAL ITEMS GRETA GARBO ALLURING IN ( Moro ceased to exist as separate busi ness enterp rises and a new in stitu tio n Sheriff Chrism an w as here T uesday HER NEW FILM the Moro S ta te Bank, came in to the posting delinquent ta x notices. life of the com m unity G reta G arbo, who, d u ring h e r e n business ----------- _— _ Mrs. J. R- D ellinger le ft M onday tire residence in Hollywood, has nev- through th e purchase of the assets of fo r T routdale and P o rtlan d on a visit. er particip ated in th e social w hirl of the F arm er« S tate Bank and the A. J . D ecker is back again a f te r a the screen capital, p re fe rrin g the se- Bank of Moro. hu rried trip to M ichigan on business. I elusion of h e r Santo Monica a p a rt- The new bank started business W. B. Adams w as down from his I m ent, had to learn the new est ball- Monday m orning with a capital stock ranch in the A ntelope c o u n try this room steps fo r h e r la te st screen ve- of $50,000, all subscribed and paid week. h id e ,“ Wild O rchids,” which, comes in; a surplus fu n d of $7,500, a n d u n - W. S. Hall is again in K ent. He ]to Moro T h e a te r S aturday, M arch 2. divided, profits o f $465.55. Sedate Scandinavian w altz rythm s I Officef» of th e new bank are W. H. has been helping Ray Ragsdale with and the syncopated fast-m oving Ragsdale, p resid en t; L. B arnum , vice his sheep this w inter. dance num bers popular in the U nited 1 presid en t; W. D. W allan, cashier; J. J. C. W ilson came up from P o rt ¡S tates are as fa r a p a rt, obviously, a s k , Searcy, «»sistont cashier; board of land Sunday to g et ready fo r the a tropical breeze and a C anadian directors, W. H. Ragsdale, L. B ar- spring work, b u t says th a t he may go [snow storm . Miss G arbo’s early tra in - num , J. R. M organ, J. W .Hoech, and back and w ait awhile fo r spring. He lin g in the principles of the dance at I p. C. A xtell. re p o rts th a t his fam ily have been 1 the Royal D ram atic A cadem y in Officers of th e new bank sta te th a t having a touch of flu. Stockholm proved of little value when they will n o t engage in any o th er bus- L. V. W alton and w ife arrived 1 it came to going through a half- doz- iness in te re st than strictly stra ig h t home Sunday from th e ir trip east. fox tro ts and sem i-Charlestons. 1 banking, w ith the exception of con- T hey sailed from San F rancisco early Dance in stru c to rs w ere hurried ly tin u in g the insurance agencies for- in th e w inter fo r New Y ork, via P a n summoned from a Los A ngeles school m erly conducted by th e Bank of am a canal and visited in eastern and the young Swedish actress quick- Moro. P atron« of both banks are r e states some tim e, and the re s t of the ly re-learned the basic points of 1928 quested to continue using old check w in ter in C alifornia. ballroom dancing, W estern Hemi- books until new ones can be supplied, Floyd and Glen H aynes are here sphere style. As a re su lt of the com bination of from Illinois. They le ft hom e last The scenes in “ Wild O rchids” call- the two banks, several changes have fall by auto and drove to Los Angeles ing fo r ballroom dancing take place been made in local affairs. F. E . F o rt- w here they spent some tim e, th en the on board a ship sailing from San n er, fo rm er cashier of th e Bank of last m onth they visited reelatives a t Francisco to Jav a, w here the princi- Moro, has opened an office in th e bank Yamhill. They expect to go east pal dram atic sequences of the new building and will rep resen t th e W. W. again soon, by way of C alifornia, story are unrolled. • M. Co. in th is section of the county. The card p arty given by the I. O. Sidney F ran k lin , who directed N or- S. W. Searcy, cashier of the F arm ers O. F. lodge T hursday evening was ma S hearer in “ The A ctress,“ handled S tate Bank, has moved to The Dalles fairly well a tten d ed by the local peo w here he will be employed by the the m egaphone for the new picture, ple, b u t the prom ised p atronage from ¡w ith Nils A sther, young Swedish a c t Cascade T ra c to r & E quipm ent Co. J. C. McKean will continue as m an Grass Valley and Moro failed to ap or, and Lewis Stone, v eteran c h arac The proceeds are to go to ag er of the F a n n e rs E levator & Sup pear. te r actor are the two principal sup w ards buying chairs fo r the lower ply Co. and also act as m anager of porting roles of the play. the tra c to r company fo r this county, room. B. M., “ Uncle B en,” Brown died Douglr.3 county granges, are asking w ith offices in the form er Farm ers quite suddenly a t his home here S a t S tate Bank building. that the “model farm” near Roseburg, urday evening, and was buried here which has been rim by the state at n Tuesday. Rev. C ofer of G rass V al loss for the past 10 years, be turned ley delivering the fu n e ra l address. Oregon State News back to the county for fair ground Services a t the grave w ere con purposes. ducted by the Masonic Lodge and the Three tons of poisoned barley to ht The tabulated value of the atricul A m erican Legion. He was over 92 used in the campaign against gray dig tUT£l products of Malheur county years old and had lived in Sherm an gers in Lane county Is being packed in five-pound sacks for distribution to shipped In car lots during 1928 was county 35 years. T here w ere more $7,590,000, according to Ray G. Larson, people a t the fu n eral th an any ever farmers, who plan to start the cam county agent held in Kent. paign on April 1. CHEVROLET FREE Moro Banks Combine Deep snow in .-the hills in Union county is causing deer to descend into the foothills. At the G. H. Peters SHANIKO LOCAL ITEMS ranch near Pondosa 125 deer were H arvey Pullen made a trip to Bend counted recently. Thursday. Travelers arriving in Baker from A ndy Brown was a visitor in The points in Idaho report the eastern Dalles Sunday. Oregon highways in excellent condi Alex Ross was a business visitor in tion, despite the recent heavy snow Antelope S aturday. and wind storms. Alex Ross re tu m e e d T hursday . The death of Jeremith M. Patterson from a trip to The Dalles. at The Dalles leaves the J. W. Nesmith Mrs. Andy Brown was a visitor in post of the G. A. R. with only one sur W asco T hursday, re tu rn in g F riday. vivor, Andrew Nish, who declares he Mr. and Mrs. E rn e st Schm idt of will “carry on" alpne. A huge body of water, estimated at Bend were visitors here W ednesday. A large crowd from here atten d ed 5,184,000 ballons, has been drained the dance in A ntelope S aturday from the upper workings of the Bals ley-Elkhorn mine through a Jhree-lnch night. hole since January 27. Mr. and Mrs. Jam es H inton r e Roseburg will have an egg packing turned Tuesday from a trip to Cali station within the present year If the fornia. poultry producers sign up enough hens Mrs. A. A ltcrm att and son of The with the Pacific Cooperative Poultry Dalles spent S aturday and Sunday a t Producers’ association. their home here. E. C. Solinsky, the new superintend Mrs. Dunlap and dau g h ters of K ent ent of Crater Lake park, has arrived were guests S aturday a t the home of in Klamath Falls to take up the duties Mr. and Mrs. D elbert Rees. of Colonel Thompson, recently trans Phyllis H anna, M argaret Reeder ferrod to Yosomlte^Dark. and J a n e t A rnold hikad to the Arch A cougar measuring nine feet from H anna ranch Sunday and spent the tip of tail to tip of nose and weighing day. 275 pounds was treed and caught by Mr. and Mrs. Ted Jackson, Mrs. Al. J. T. and B. J. Burke south of Seaside last week. It Is said to be the largest H arrington and daughters, G eorgia cougar ever caught in Clatsop county. and Nellie Ja n e of Bend, w ere visit A small farm building owned by D ors at the Pullen home T uesday and U. Cochran of Portland, situated on W ednesday. Among those ffom here to atten d the e£3t bank of the Willamette river near the Wilsonville ferry, was con the dance a t Tygh Valley S aturday sumed by fire last week, together with night were Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Olsen, its contents, which Included a printing Mr. and Mrs. Fred M iller and Mr. and plant valued at $1600. Mr. and Mrs. M arcus P laster. The Owen Oregon Lumber company plant will be In full operation by Among the 21 cars of northwestern March 15, it was announced in Med ford. The logging camps In the Butte pears sold recently on the New York Falls district, employing 150 men and auction market was one of Rogue river idle since last fall, will start about valley d’AnJous from the S. A. Nye March 1. The sawmill Is now on a orchard which set the highest auction five-day basis and may be placed on a price received for valley fruit from four-day basis soon for a short period the 1928 season. The New York car to curtail production. It Is planned topped the season’s sales and brought to cut all the logs now on roadways $4.52 per box for the extras, and $4.35 and in the mill pond before March L for the fancy. Drilling of a well started in Gresham Slxty-five pounds of gold ore from the latest strike at the Robertson mine recently as the first step in erection containing gold valued at approximate of a fruit storage and refrigerating ly $7000, created a near-sensation plant there adjacent to the warehouse when exhibited In Grants Pass by K., of the berry growers’ association. The Dean Butler, manager of the Robert plant will |>e built by the Terminal Ice son Gold Mining company, located on & Cold Storage company. The first Sliver creek near Galice, 30 miles west unit will have a storage capacity of of Grants Pass. One piece of the ore, 2500 barrels, about a third of the as ten inches long, eight Inches wide at sociation crop. Claude C. Perkins of Yamhill, who,, the widest point and four inches thick, contained $2000 in gold. The chunk has raised sheep there for many year«, says he has established for himself a of ore weighed 16 pounds. The tuberculosis death rate in Ore new lambiagrecord this year. He re gon among girls of high school age Is ports: One ewe, four lambs; ten ewes, showing a gradual Increase, and is twins, 20 lambs; 11 ewes, single, 11 twice as high as the death rate for lambs; total of 22 ewes, 35 lambs, or boys of the same age, according to a lambing percentage for the flock of Miss Jean Besley, director of health 159 per cent, which 13 the highest crop education for the Oregon Tubercu he has ever obtained. losis association, who Is In Medford to spend two weeks In Jackson county, on health education work. A Fine Home m The total shipment of turkeys from the Redmond district for the season The Dalle» of 1928 was 250,000 pounds. Which was made up of approximately 21,000 birds. The shipment of these turkeys re 1 H lot«; six room house; sleep quired one large carload of pine lum ing porch; g a ra g e ; basem ent; ber for boxes, according to L. E. Smith Royal pipe fu rn a c e ; b a th ; two toilets, and ra n g e ; all in good of the Turn a-Lum Lumber company, condition. O pposite Dalles Hos which concern he states made more pital. The m ore cash down, the than 2400 boxes. All of the shooks less I will take. „ for these boxes were made In the local A. R. TRIPP plant and required more than 30,000 514 Flton S treet, The Dalle», O r fee*, of lumber, which constitutes a large carload. F or S a le ! ? MRS. M. E. BICKERT OF THE , Traveling Specialty Shop WILL DISPLAY ON , Wednesday and Thursday, March 6 and 7 Season's Most Attractive Apparel FOR LADIES ’ AND MISSES ’ ATTIRE ' In this assemblage you will find Coats, Dresses and Ensembles Real Merchandise that is Clever and New ! From San Francisco, Portland ”and New York AND AT PRICES - that will be to your particular advantage MRS. ROBT. URQUHART, MORO, OREGON . COME AND EAT DINNER — at the — _F a rm A U C TIO N S a le! 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. M ONDAY, M ARCH 4 th Has a Great. Many Improvements over previous models; such as Self - Leveling Shoe, all Ball Bearings, and a lot of other valuable improvements. If interested,—Come in and we will show them to you. r lo r o H ard w are & Im p le m e n t Co. MORO, OREGON AGENTS FOR THE CASE LINES For Moro, Wasco, and Grass Valley District Hotel Moro “ The House of Good Will ” A Ovned by the City of Moro Operated for the Benefit of the Traveling Public and Sherman County Community U nder the Personal M anagem ent of E. E. LARIMORE Form erly of The H otel O regon, Portland SPECIAL CHICKEN DINNER SUNDAYS 75c DINING ROOM O PEN USUAL MEAL HOURS 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 • ft Lime, Plaster, Cement, Cedar Posts, Builders Supplies, Lumber, Wood, Coal and Hay, ' MANUFACTURERS OF M ILL F E E D A N D F L O U R V/. ■Ad» I
