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I The Sherman County Observer, Moro, Oregoh, Friday March 1, tjMy Boy Scout Benefit Show Sherman County Observer C. L. IRELAND Editor and Publisher Entered as second class matter at post office at Moro. Oregon. Jnly »$, 1»»1 Society Elect» Officer» . {^Town Talk Since the bad weather interferred with getting together to practise the play which the scouts had planned to I Mrs. J. B. Adams is recovering put on here this winter, and since the from a painful attach of lumbago, local committee haa realited the need p R Fortner was , bu, ineM yiait- of raising enough money to send the I . t on Tueaday from WaK0. E u r e k a L o d g e N o . 121 A . F . f t A . ML Moro, Oregon Meets the 1st and 3rd Thursday evenings of each month. Visiting members cordially in vited to meet with us By order of W. M. Robt. Urquhart, Secretary. boys to camp at Camp Limberiost v next spring the local committee met I Fresh cow for sale. Phone 8 4 - F - 4 e with the scouts and scoutmaster here Chas. Bullard, Moro. 4tml-22 Tuesday night for the purpose of ar-l Chrig Andersen was up from Port- ranging some way of obtaining lftnd thig week on 8pecial business af- CHgffES The Women’s Miselonary society of the Presbyterian church met on Wednesday afternoon at the home of Preahyterlaa Church Mrs. A. C. Thompeon. There were Sunday School, 10:00 a. m. 19 ladies present Ofllcers for the Morning Worship, 41:00 a. m. ensuing year were elected and a very Sermon Theme: “The Advance interfering program on Chosen, Ko Step.” rea, under the directorship of Mrs. J. Evening Service, 7 :30 p. m. L. Searcy, was given. At the "con Sermon Theme: “The Looking clusion of the program the hostesses Glass of the Soul.” served a dainty lunch. The newly Choir rehearsal Wednesday, 7:30 elected officers are: Mrs. M. G. Mel- p. m. Stop. Look. And Listen. zer, president; Mrs. L. V. Moore,vice- The annual meeting of the Wom- president; Mrs. C. L. Ireland, secre .en’s Presbyterial Society of the Pres- tory; Mrs. E. Amidon, treasurer'»L ytery of Pendleton is to be held in Ginn, Coleman & Co! M oro, O reg o n ► Have a Carload _ * of John Deere Implements . due to arrive * enough money for the purpose. fairs. Many plans were discussed by the Mr. and Mrs. O. L. Belshe have re scouts, committee, and scoutmaster turned to Moro, following an ex when they fell the e plan wnen iney leu upon in pmn of u giv- frQm the farm spent Mrs. W. F. Jackson, stewardship sec-I he Firgt p^gbyterian church of B e th lc h a m C h a p te r N o 78 O . E . S. ing a show to which the boys will sell retary; Mrs. Bessie Axtell, over8eM Moro March 12 and 13. Splendid g**--' Moro, Oregon Regular communica the tickets. The boys are divided in- n 0 an ' Two key., found on the street, of sewing; Mrs. L. V. Moore, missionary gpeakerg ^ rom Portland and Califor- tions each 2nd and 4th to groups to sell ticket., the loser. wdl pre8ent Please reserve education; Mrs. C. D. Parrott, asso- l Thursday evenings of being doomed to do all the camp work Moro, are at the Obaerver office wa.t- ciate member; Mrs. Dewey Thompson I hege and come Watch the each month. on the next camping trip There is ing for owners assistant secretary; Mrs. J. L. Searcy, paper for detailed program later, Alice Conlee Worthy Matron to be a real contest between the twol The 2-year old son of A. 9. Noyes chairman literature department. | Chas. D. Parrott, Pastor. sides of which Max Belshe and Alton is reported to be confined with an at- Nana Barzee, Secretary. Axtell are the captains. tack of pneumonia. Keep March 12 and 13 open for the M o ro M e th o d is t C h u rc h Moro Lodge No. 113 L O. O. F. Many other features are to be giv- Miss Norma Powell left Moro this meetings of the Presbyterial of Wom Moro, Oregon en between reels of the show. A week for Portland, where she will at- en’s Missionary society of the Pendle Any ignoramus can be neutral, but Meets every Monda evening in the I.O.O.l special show is being arranged for by ^ n d business college. ton Presbytery’. There will be only the divinely informed discern Smith, who has been quite speakers frortf 'Pendleton, Portland | and take the side of righteousness. hall. Transient and Committeeman Pickett. It’s thought! visiting brother» are better to arrange a plan of this sort gick with an attkck of flu, was able to and California. Sunday School, 10:00 a. m. Further announce cordially invited to than to ask for all the money by »ub-l t0 town this week. Morning Worship, 11:15 a. m. ments will be printed later. meet with us. scription, as is the customary way of Topic: “Success Buried Deep in Bud McIntyre has been visiting in P. C. Axtell, N. G. W. O. Hadley, state game warden, Failure.” A. M. Young, Secretary obtaining money for this purpose. Moro since last Friday from his home was a business visitor in Moro Thurs Agents for John Deere Plow Co- L. W. RAKES. Epworth League, 6 :30 p. m., “Je farm in Umatilla county. day from The Dalles. He was accom sus’ Attitude Toward the Military L u p in e R e b e c c a L o d g e N o . 1 1 6 Moro and Gra*» Valley District» George Gillmor, uncle of C. C. Gill- panied by Mrs. Hadley and Mrs.V. O. Moro, Oregon Method.” We can fit all kinds of people. Any I mor of this city, was visiting in Moro Meets 2d and 4th Tues Elrod, both former residents of this Evening Worship, 7 :30 p. m., „Hin i nn i nmimnTTnnt ggxttnuxcctK days of each month size or weight. Crippled or deformed j t^jg week from Sherwood. city. This was the first time Mrs. Topic: “Time Tells.” Visiting members wel feet. Wernmark’s Shoe Store, The Mr. and Mrs. L. V. Moore left here Elrod had made a visit to Moro since Wednesday, 7:30 Prayer Service. soooococoooooooooooooooocooocoooooooooooooooooooooooc come. Wednesday for Portland, expecting the family moved to Portland, 22 Bessie Axtell, N. G Dalles. John Seethoff, pastor. Phone 353. Jessie Henrichs, Sec to return the last of the week. years ago. The steel bridge being erected at Mr. R. C. Kuehner, assistant state The usual Ladies Aid monthly tea Maupin over the D eschutes riv er will F u ll G osp el A s s e m b ly C h ris S c h u ltz Po st N o . 71 dub leader, who is entirely new to will be held next Thursday afternoon be th e first modern bridge between A m e r ic a n L e g io n Sunday School at 10:00 a. m. Sherman county, will be in the at the home of Mrs. F. L. Burnett. This quotation is just as true Meets at I. O. 0. F. hall on the mouth of th e riv er and cen tral Morning Worship at 11:00 a. m. about your shoes as any other ob county to travel with the county J. H. Alley, brother of T. W. Alley 2nd and 4th Wednesday eve Oregon. Laying of steel Is now in ject—there’s no doubting the fact Subject: “ Religion vs. Salvation.” school superintendent for two days, nings of each month. of Moro and Ed. Alley of Grass Val progress. —that putting in one stitch will Evening Worship, 7:45 p. m., sub- beginning March 5th. lie will show F. D. Flatt, Commander prevent eight others from coming Only 43 cases were handled during ley, is visiting here from Yale, Michi moving pictures at the Moro school | ject “ Belonging and Serving.” L. W. Rakes, Adjutant the year 1928 by the Ashland m uni gan. Our prices are very reasonable. J. D. and Mrs. Miller, pastors. A. W. Lytle and family this last building on the evening of March 5th HARLAND VIEW GRANGE No. 682 clpal court and fines collected am ount The show will be free. week moved from Bingen, Wash., to at 7:30 p. m Moro Shoe l& Harness Shop Meets in their hall in Harmony Dis- ed to $250, according to F ire Chief Jim Noonan, brother of J. F. Noon C h ris tia n S cien ce trie tth e second and fourth Thursday Baughman, who also serves as m uni .Moro where they plan to remain in JOHN H. WILL, P ro p rie to r an of this city, is a visitor here this nights of each month. Visiting clpal judge. definitely. Service Sunday morning at 11 Moro, Oregon week from his home at Columbus, Grangers welcome. R eforestation work of the Crown Boy of 17 desires steady position o’clock and Wednesday evening at C. P. Adams, Master. Neb., about 80 miles west of Omaha. Sunday School at 10 Mrs. B. E. Davis, Secretary W illam ette com pany In the Seaside in Moro or on ranch not too far out. This is the first time the two have met 8 o’clock. area ended la st week w ith th e replant o’clock each Sunday morning, pupils Ready to start April 1st. Call at Ob in 15 years. At home, Mr. Noonan Ing of 2000 acres, m aking 6000 acres server office. up to the age of 20 years are received is assessor for Platt county, Nebraska the company has replanted In the last Route Freight Via C. E. Johnson, president of the and says he must be home by April nto these classes. three w inters. The lesson-sermon topic for the Bank of Gresham, and Ed. Stephens, 1st to take up his duties as financial Explosion of a can of kerosene used special insurance agent, were in Moro service next Sunday morning will be appraiser for his county. to sta rt a fire resulted in the death this week on business. “Christ Jesus.” > DEPENDABLE USED CARS The Pacific Power and Light Co. of Fred Brown, Jefferson coanty road Reading room open daily where all L e a v e * P o rtla n d d a ily a t 6 p. m. Miss Edna Luttrell, teacher at will soon start work on the new light 1925 Ford Pick-up. Com authorized Christian Science litera L e a v e * T h e D a lle * d a ily a t 8 a . m . pletely overhauled $175.00 contractor, In a cabin n ear Ashwood Monkland school, was token to the 1925 Ford Roadster........... 125.00 recently, according to Information hospital at The Dalles Friday where and power extension which will sup ture may be read, borrowed or pur L e a v e * G rass V a lle y d a ily a t 2 p. m. ply the J. C. Hockman farm home. chased. The public is cordially in 1921 Ford Sedan. New mo reaching Bend. f o r P o rtla n d ¿he. -underwent an emergency opera 65.00 tor last summer. . . The new line will lead off at the vited to attend the church services W ith an em ploym ent roll of 75, the 75.00 tion for acute appendicitis. 1920 Studebaker Touring.. transformer station in Moro, using and visit the reading room. Portland — Sherman County Way Point* Sm ith Woods Products company of Co 1926 Ford . Coupe. Good W. S. Powell returned to Moro on the poles of the high line. The old 260.00 quille, a new industrial concern, finds shape. Good paint. . C o n n e c tin g w ith M a il S ta g e a t G ra s s V a lle y 1923 Ford Roadster.......... 65.00 it will have to add to the factory in Tuesday from Portland, where he a t line to the Strong farm will be taken f o r K e n t — S h a n ik o — A n te lo p e One advertisement in The Sher tended the organization meeting of down, new wire put in and the two FRED PICKETT MOTOR CO. order to handle orders and futtire bus man County Observer is worth two the Columbia Valley river conference places served from the one line. Moro Agent — Fred Pickett Motor Co. MORO, OREGON lness promised. mail-order catalogs in the parlor. as delegate from Moro Commercial Wasco Agent — Wasco Motor Service Co. “Firestone Tires” I. Owen Thompson, writing from N early 400 m en have found steady Progress is a question of vital pub- Grass Valley Agent — Grass Valley Motor Co. Club. Camp Sherman, states that he has Thirty head of dairy stock for sale. em ploym ent by the operation of the now Returned from California where I lie issues, not the private ambitions A. M. Young, secretory of the local — Office at — Your choice. Lester Barnum, Moro, Westwood L um ber com pany mill at P o r tla n d — L in c o ln T r a n . f e r C o ., 1 0 th a n d H a w th o r n e , P h o n e E 7 7 SO Oregon. 4t*flB W heeler, which resum ed work a few lodge of I. O. O. F., received an of he spent the winter, and will soon be- of men. T h e D a lle . — 2 1 2 F e d e ra l f t . , Phono 107 days ago a fte r having Iain Idle for ficial letter this week from C. L. Pow gin work on a number of summer cot-1 it i„ better that a community meet- ell written at Washington, D. C., and tages that he has under contract to I jng break up in a fight than adjourn WE CAN fit all kinds of people. Any several m onths. size or weight. Crippled °r de He made | without accomplishing anything, advising him that he was leaving build at Camp Sherman The Lucky Bry mine In Lane ccun formed feet. Wernmark’s Shoe there for .Miami, Florida. the trip to Klamath Falls by train and ty, a heavy gold producer in form er Store, The Dalles. stage from there to Bend and Camp Bert Thompson, visiting in Port For .Sale — Creek ranch of 800 years, will resum e o perations this land the last three weeks, returned to Sherman. He reports four foot of acres in Morrow county. Creek bot spring, and a wagon road is under con Moro on Tuesday with all his teeth 8nOw on the divide north of Klamath, tom under ditch; nearly all place struction betw een the village of Blue missing. He expects to have a per- that the streets in Bend and Redmond fenced sheep-tight; comfortable build River and the mines. manent set installed when he again were bare, and that about 20 inches Mrs. V irginia Bacon of P ortland was ings with running water in house; visits Portland next July. yet is on the ground at Camp Sher- small orchard. Address Box 43, Hepp elected sta te lib rarian a t a meeting For Sale — Two good brood sows, man. He also reported the road open of the sta te library board held in the ner, Oregon. weanling pigs, two cows, several good from Sisters, but in poor cond.tlon. executive d ep artm en t in Salem recent WE PAY parcel post one way on all ly. She ▼/ill assum e her new duties span of horses, four sets butt chain Severe winter weather has made a shoe repairing. Good quality work March 15. Mrs. Bacon succeeds Mrs harness. Need light truck and small j iambing at some of the farms In the and leather. Joe Amore, The Dalles, tractor; will trade. Phone 2-F-15, W allowa com munity a tedious and W alter Pierce, nee Miss Cornelia Mar opposite the post office. Moro. Homer D. Belshee. 2t*ml-8 troublesom e task. W hile a consider vin, who resigned Jan u ary 1. Taxes for the ensuing year at Kla J. L. Searcy cut the hack of his left able num ber of flock ow ners report math Falls will be figured en a basis hand Wednesday while chopping wood very good percentage of th e young of 63 4 mills as against 58 mills lot with which to keep the home fires lambs, some are not so fortunate. Vick burning. The up swing of the axe S earles of n ear Lostine, who has been 1927. Curry county’s total assessed valua caught the low ceiling of the wood lam bing recently, Is said to have lost tion for 1922 is $5,916.635, as against shed, the handle gave a glancing blow a large num ber of lambs. A uthorization for the im m ediate sale $5,622,030 for 1927. The tax ra te is to his head as it fell. Saturday, March 2nd of Roseburg’s $25.000 airp o rt bond Is 24.4 mills, com pared with 26.1 mills a The only extensive damage done to year ago. at the P. C. Axtell farm, joining Harmony School House the Sherman highway by the recent sue was given by the city council re A quantity of clothes was destroyed storm was the washing out of a sec cently. The bonds were voted a t a by a fire which started in the laundry tion of pavement at Thornberry by special election in Jifne, 1928, but, due at the sta te hospital at Salem. The flood waters from off an adjacent to a questl<|n regarding th e authority blaze was extinguished by the hospital wheat field. A light car traveling of the city to Issue bonds for airp o rt construction, causing long delay while fire departm ent. to Bend was caught when the weight th e m a tte r was tested in th e suprem e r ef a W estern O regon of the car broke down the oiled sur co u r^ th e bonds rem ain unsold. The four people in T i. L<c ac-x e'stio n . In which 14 citie» face highway. Following the total d estru ctio n Of are to be rep resen ted through theii the car received minor injuries, but the g range building at E agle Point the car was wrecked. It is said that cham bers of com merce, resulted last Sunday morning by fire of unknown week from a conference held at the had the driver of the car remained on origin and the destruction by fire his side of the road the pavement Umpqua hotel in Roseburg. caused by a defective flue of the home would have remained intact for a car An unidentified drivef of an auto of Ed Brown, n ear Medford, Sunday m obile fatally injured T ilm an D. Loop, going north. Including Tractors and the La test Improved Horse and Tractor Drawn Plows, Harrows, Etc. A Stitch in Time Saves Nine! ( W A N T ADS C. H . G ilp in T r u c k L in e FA R M Moro Theater S a l e B e g in s a t 1 0 : 0 0 a . m . SATURDAY, MARCH 9th - - FREE LUNCH AT NOON - - MfiId Ordii with LEWIS STONE NILS ASTHER She W as Starved For Love ! . — th e n a lo v e r o f th e E a . t of fe r e d h e r th e ro m a n c e «he misaed in m a r ria g e . Greta Garbo, / most fascinating of screen stars, shines through this amazing drama of the trop ics like a gem in a setting of jewels! You must see it! 15c 35c — at — THE MORO THEATRE G aribaldi grocerym an last week and has not been apprehended. Loop was walking along the Roosevelt highway nefiF^Sheldon'p garage when he was struck by the automobile. , The scene of th e farm ers’ week p < gram s of Jackson county which were held a t Ashland the first th ree days shifted to Medford for th e la st th ree days. The fine w eath er cut down the attendance, aH th e farm ers and or- ch ard ists are all busy in the fields and catching up w ith th eir work afte r a two-mouth cessation. At last, good signs of spring have made th e ir ap pearance a t Sw eet Home. The rain is beginning to fall, the owl’s welcome hoot can be heard around b arn y ard s; daffodils and flags are beginning to shoot out of th e earth, and the evenings are w arm enough to leave sm all lam bs out w here they are protected from wild beasts. The survey of lum ber production In Lane county for the y ear 1928. m ade by the W est Coast L um berm en's asso ciation, shows 94 m ills w ith a total production of 425,690,000 feet. Nine feet of snow a t th e rim of C rater lake, eight feet at Anna Springs and a tem p eratu re of 8 degrees below .zero were reported recently by th e caretak er of C rater Lake Lodge. Four deer th a t have been feeding re cently In the field* close to to w n were seen Saturday on the streets of Haines, cold w eather and snow having driven them from their mountain resorta. forenoon, th e first grass fire of this year In Medford started Sunday a fte r IN M E M O R J A M noon on the east side and spread over th ree acres before It was extinguished ~ ~ BENJAMIN M. BROWN by th e firem en aided by a num ber of Funeral services for Benjamin M. Boy Scouts. Brown, who died at his home at Kent W hen a cougar crossed the trail of Saturday evening at the age of 92 two sled dogs, Mr. and Mrs. Grover years, was held Tuesday at 11 a. m., Caldwell and R. J. McKinney, Des from the Kent church under the di chutes county w ater iq aster, were rection of Zell’s. Re v . . Edward forced to alter their plans for a aki Cofer conducted services with the trip over deep snow to E lk lake, ac Masons and American Legion con cording to inform ation reach in g Bend. ducting graveside services with mili Tho dogs, hauling a sled loaded with tary honors. Interment was in the food for the party, spotted a cougar Kent cemetery. and bolted into the D eschutes riv er on The deceased is survived by six the trail of the m ountain cat. The sons, Ben C„ of Bend, Charles of dogs and sled were taken from the Medford, George and Anderson of chilly river, but the food was lost. Tekoe, Wash., John of Netort Bay, Bruce Wade, brother of A lbert W ade Andrew of Seattle and two daughters of Cloverdale, was killed when his au Mrs Mary Fowler of Wheatland and tomoblle collided with a train at a Mrs. Ellen Rider of Portland. Two grade crossing. brothers, Fred of Kent and D. D. of Marion Eversaul. 25, w as killed at Milford, Kans., also survive. the*Clark Wilson camp at.W lla rk when Mr. Brown was for 35 years a resi a log around which he had placed a dent of Kent, , His wife had been cable swung and crushed him against dead for. a number of years and he ano th er log. and his brother, Fred, made their A. B. Combs, Baker county clerk, re home together. He was a veteran of p o r tf th a t Income from fees In Janu the Civil war, being a member of ary Has only $502, lesa than In any Company C, 7th Indiana Volunteer month during the four years he has cavalry, in which he served two and a been In office. half years. He was discharged from We’ll have 100 per cent prohibition I the army in 1866. He was at one enforcement when the government) time a member of General Custer’s can not not only pockets for regiment and served under him in can only search searen poczeis tur boot- « T e«T He was . member ef t h e leg whieky, bat heart, for b o o tH Grass Valley Masonic lodge, No. 143. | sentiment, S t o c k a n d F a r m I m p le m e n t s : One 3i/i-inch Mitchell Wagon One Sorrel Gelding, weight 1500 One SVi-inch Bain Wagon One Grey Mare, weight 1500 Three Black Geldings, weights 1400 Two Studebaker Wagons One 4-disc Plow Two Black Geldings, weights 1300 One 9-foot Star Disc One Roan Mare, weight 1550 Two 12-foot Rod Weeders One Sorrel Mare, weight 1350 One Buckskin Saddle Horse, wt. 1300 One 1^-hoe Thomas Drill One Little Junior Feed Roller One Good Milch Cow, 7-year old One 12-foot Corrugated Roller One Saddle Six 55-gallon Gas Drums Fifteen Heavy Collars One Grain Treating Machine (small) One 260-egg Climax Incubator One Grain Treating Machine (large) One Garden Cultivator ; One 12-horse Plow Hitch, complete Eight set Heavy Harness, Lines and Bridles One 3-bottom 16-inch Vulcan Plow and Packer One 3-bottom 16-inch John Deere Plow and Packer Customary Terms— With notes due October 1st, 1930, at eight per cent. All notes to be approved by Clerk before purchasers take property. G. R. GOUCHNOUR, Auctioneer W. H. RAGSDALE, Clerk DAVE RANSIER, Owner
