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About Sherman County observer. (Moro, Sherman County, Or.) 1897-1931 | View Entire Issue (March 22, 1929)
The Sherman County Observer, Moro, Oregon, Friday March 38»1929 Apples Widely Distributed M oro T heater P a c ific Coast F r u it N o w D is trib u te d A U O vu r tbo W o rld Towns Benefit |?Movies “THE TRAIL OF ’»8“ LEADS A picture of powerful appeal, great magnitude, brilliant acting, flawless direction. r ___ That is a terse description of “The Trail of ’98,” the big Metro-Goldwyn- Mayer film epic which opens at Moro theater, Saturday, March 23. E le c tric S ervice 1« £ « te n d e « l W id e ly T h r u T h e U n ite d States - - In five years, the electric light and T he N ew M odel “ W ” N early one-half of th e w orld crop power industry has extended service1 of apples is produced in th e U nited Saturday, March 23rd to 4,000 small towns and villages S tates, according to a bulletin on a p which before had no such service. ple production, prices anck tra n sp o r Not only that, but it has extended to ta tio n costs m ade public by th e Bu them twenty-four-hour service just as reau of Railway Economics. reliable in quality as the larger city “ A pples from th e U nited S tates, dweller gets. R alph Forbes, Dolores Del, Rio, H a r according to the bulletin, “ a re dis That statement is made by Paul S. ry C arey, K arl Dane, Tully M arshall, trib u te d to all p a rts of the w orld reaching 72 different countries d u r George Cooper! All stand out in the Clapp, managing director, National A Picturization of In other ing th e year ended Ju n e 30, 1928 gigantic cast of fifty which was as Electric Light association. sembled to portray the c h aracters in words, Mr. Clapp shows that the elec the Klondike Gold The U nited Kingdom was the larg est tric light and power industry has in this g re a t film Btory. m a rk e t fo r fresh and canned apples Rush packed with I f you liked Forbes in “ Beau five yejsrs put the people of 4,000 exported from this country, while Has a Great Many Improvements over small towns and villages into the me G este,” “ Mr. W u” or “ The Enem y, G erm any was the larg est m ark et for you will like him still b e tte r in “ The tropolitan city so far as electrical ser ADVENTURE, previous models; such as Self - Leveling dried apples. vice is concerned. “ O ver 93,000 cars of apples w ere T rail of ’98.” Shoe, all Ball Bearings, and a lot of other ROMANCE, If you think Dolores Del Rio He further shows that in just sev shipped by rail from the producing valuable improvements. areas to m arkets in this country dur reached the pinnacle in “ W hat P rice en years this industry has connected COMEDY and ing th is same year. D istribution G lory,” “ R esurrection,” “ C arm en” or up to receive for the first time the If interested,—Come in 9,000,000 w ithin th e U nited S ta te s was wide “ R am ona” you are m istaken, and you benefits of, electricity THRILLS! and we will show them to you. spread, apples from the northw est have y e t to see h e r in “ The T rail of American homes, representing the hearthstones of some 40,000,000 reaching all of the states, while those •98.” Clarence Brown’s Pietuijs-goers have loved H arry American boys and girls and men and from th e eastern and cen tral states Carey from the days of w estern s ta r women. Electricity is now serving, reached practically the entire te r r i production of dom down to the m ore recen t pictures, all told, some 17,600,000 homes. tory east of the Rocky m ountains. “ F igures covering the 66 m ost im such as “ Slide, Kelly, Slide” and other Stick a pin there and ask yourself the Robert W. Service’s productions question: How long would it prob p o rta n t m arkets in the country show Metro-Gold w yn-M ayer th a t apples from th e state) of W ashing B ut H arry Carey has never been a t ably have taken government to have ton reached all of these m arkets, those his b est until he appeared in the film done this? MORO, OREGON from O regon reached 55, and those ad ap tatio n of R obert W . Service’s * Congress has spent the last six or AGENTS FOR THE CASE LINES eight years discussing w hat disposi from Idaho 54. In view of the long “ The T rail of ‘98.” Rem em ber Karl Dane as “ Slim ” in tion it ought to make of Muscle hauls involved, the distribution of ap For Moro, Wa*co, and Gra*» Valley DUtrict ples from the w estern states is sig “ The Big P a r a d e a s the beadle in Shoals and it has come to no conclu “ The S carlet L e tte r;” as the ja n ito r in sion as yet. If it takes the federal nificant. Apples from W ashington, Oregon and Idaho, in many instances “ La Bohem e;” as the re ta in e r in governm ent six or eight years to de traveled over 2,500 miles to m arket. “ B ardley’s the M agnificent” and as cide upon a plan of action, w hat can This is fu rth e r em phasized w hen it is the hardboiled top serg ean t in “ Rook- be said fo r its ability to adm inister W ell— you have to le a rn by the plan once it is decided upon? realized th at apples from the sta te of les seeing “ The T rail of ’98” ju s t w hat This is ju st a typical case. One of W ashington predom inated in New the basic facto rs in the unparalleled York City, the entire w idth of the Dane can do with a good role. Everybody rem em bers Tully M arsh stan d ard s of living, uniform ly high U nited S tates sep aratin g the origin all in “ The Merry W idow,” “ The Cov wages of the A m erican people is and destination points. This wide distribution of apples shows conclusi ered W agon” and other screen m as pow er generated and served by p ri W here would the vely th a t freig h t ra te s do not re stric t terpieces, but his role as the sa n c ti vate enterprise. m onious card sharp in “ The T rail of A m erican nation be today w ith r e fe r th eir movement. Children’s Matinee “ Prices of apples a t all phases of ’98” will forever stand as the high- ence to electrical developm ent had it The House of Good Will depended upon the governm ent for the m arketing process fluctuated con w ater m ark of his career. Clarence Brown, who directed at 2:30 p. m. tinuously during the past three years it? “ Flesh and the Devil,” “ The Goose F luctuations were often pronounced, Admission 15c-50c w ith wide daily, weekly, m onthly and W om an,” and a dozen o ther film m as Owned by the City of Moro Have Confidence with seasonal ranges in the prices paid to terpieces, proves he is an ace director Operated for the Benefit of the Traveling Public the grow ers and in the wholesale and by his marvelous direction of "T he T rail of ’98.” A pen can ’t any more DOLORES DEL RIO Evening Admission re ta il m arkets. T here is no basis for lack of faith • and Sherman County Community “ The spread or difference betw een describe this picture than a pen could in O ur C ountry. RALPH FORBES describe the Klondike gold rush. You the low and high prices was o ften sev Consider a ,few elem ental facts will have to see it yourself— and then eral tim es the fre ig h t ra te on a box, compiled by G aret G a rre tt in Ms KARL DANE U nder the Personal M anagem ent of bushel or barrel of apples from pro- see it a g a in ! booklet “ The A m erican O m en,” and E. E. LARIMORE | ducing areas to m arket. The differ a f te r thinking them o v er and sleep Form erly of The H otel O regon, P ortland PICTURE B O Y S C O U T B E N E F IT S H O W ence betw een the low and high price in g on them one night, realize w hat it a t New York City fo r apples produced The P a trio t,” which makes its ap m eans th a t A m erica is going forw ard in the state of W ashington d uring the pearance this week a t the Moro th e to its destiny, u n d er the fa te fu l sta r SPECIAL CHICKÉN DINNER SUNDAYS 75c 1927-28 Beason was $2.09 p er box, a te r, is Emil Jan n in g s’ g re a te st s ta r of world suprem acy and leadership and a t Chicago th e re was a difference ring vehicle. It is being shown as as a nation, which position has been of $2.83 p er box. This spread a t New the fe a tu re part of the Boy Scouts forced upon us and which we have Route Freight Via DINING ROOM O PEN USUAL MEAL HOURS Y ork in the daily average prices of Benefit Show and A thletic T o u rn a joyfully assum ed during the 10 years W ashington apples was about tw o and m ent, Tuesday, March 26. follow ing the W orld W ar. th re e -fo u rth s tim es the fre ig h t ra te on The statistics of commerce and fi D irected by th a t m aster of subtle a box of apples shipped from any ty, E rn st Lubitsch, “ The P a trio t,” nance prove th a t our prosperity is mtmzznzzzzzzntzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzztzzzzzznzzzzzxzznztzmztzixzztnzzatatzztixtmatxzii L o a ra s P o r t la n d d a ily a t 6 p. m . point in W ashington, while the spread brings to the screen a story of the legitim ate and is founded on the in L o a ro s T b o D a llo s d a ily a t 8 a . m . of $2.83 per box a t Chicago was about Russian court a century ago which, creasing producing pow er of A m eri r V L o a ro s G ra s s V a llo y d a ily a t 2 p. m. th ree and th re e -fo u rth s tim es the fo r suspense, dram atic force and lav can genius (m ass production) ; colos f o r P o r t la n d ,— - _ . ...— -------- — . — - — ~ fre ig h t ra te . The ra tio to fre ig h t ishness of production, has rarely been sal earning pow er (in higher w ages) ; he oro ra te s of the spread in prices of indi equaled, never surpassed, in any local enorm ous consum ing pow er (o u r en Portland — Sherman County Way Points vidual sales was still g re a te r. As theater. larged home m a rk e ts). These have bserver a o c tin g w ith M a il S ta g e a t G ra s s V a lle y fre ig h t ra te s w ere practically un increased enorm ously in 10 y ears and Produced in the P aram ount studio f o r K o n t - - S h a n ik o ---- A n te lo p e changed th ro u g h o u t the periods cov in Hollywood, "T he P a trio t” brings to did not decline in 1928. Comm ercially | ered, they w ere in no way responsible the screen the am azing a tte n tio n to and financially we stand suprem e in Moro A gent — F red P ic k e tt M otor Co. for the ever-changing price situation. detail and se t construction which the eyes of the world today. We m ust W asco A gent — W asco M otor Service Co. G rass V alley A gent — G rass V alley M otor Co. m arks P aram ount pictures b u t it also realize these facts fcnd prepare to go presents a story of such sweeping ahead w ith full faith and confidence. — Office a t — Wise Tool Selection force that the audience is engrossed P o r t la n d — L in c o ln T r a n a f o 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 8 0 in a study of the characters. Like T h e D a l l e . — 2 1 2 F e d e r a l S t., P h o n e 1 0 7 F arm m achinery and equipm ent the three rin^. circus of early mem generally are subject to w ear and ories, it is impossible to see every breakage, and co n stan t a tte n tio n to thing which should b4 seen and a sec rep airs is necessary. The ex te n t to ond viewing of the picture m ight be which re p a ir w ork is done on the farm worth while, if only to observe the de C. V. Belknap, Proprietor depends upon local circum stances. tails of sets and costum ing. If th e re is a well equipped shop near Florenco V idor, the gracious and by w here the w ork can be done effi beautiful a risto c ra t of the screen, ciently w ithout loss of tim e the great plays a role opposite Jan n in g s which Moro, Oregon e r p a rt of it may be done th e r e ; but if offers m arvelous opportunities fo r h er the shop is a t a distance, is poorly suave and m eticulously carefu l a rtis Ladies and Children’s Hair equipped, or the mechanic in charge try. Lewis Stone, who plays the Cutting and Shingle Bobbing is incapable of tu rn in g out good work, name p art of “ The P a trio t,” presents it will be a saving to perform) the work a character which, fo r dignity and a t home. Besides, there is a large convincing realism , m ight be th a t of / am ount of re p a ir w ork which cannot the original, Count Pahlen, whose r« be carried to a shop and of necessity name is plastered all over the pages of Russian history a century ago. m ust be done on the farm . O ther m em bers of the cast, Tullio The saving in tim e and expense njjjjxjjjnmuumnntnnxnxnxnxnKxnxnxxxxxnxxxxxxtnnxxnxxxxttnxxjxxxmixxxxxxxxxxnni Carm inati, V era V oronina, H arry Cor makes, a re p a ir outfit an im portant p a rt of the farm equipm ent. The se ding and others, under the m asterly lection of the tools will depend upon direction of L ubitsch, p resents char the scope and kind of work to be per acter studies which are am azingly Shaniko, Oregon form ed. A small, well selected outfit real. On The Sherm an Highway efficiently used and well cared fo r is Meals and Short Orders b e tte r than a large m iscellaneous as sortm ent im properly used. The fol Candy Helps Build Health All hours Reasonable P rices low ing list of tools includes most of R egular D inner 50c - Rooms 50c up C alifornia’s candy consum ption the more desirable ones for the farm C ig a r , a n d T o b ac c o . last year, according to a national su r W oodw orking tools: Axe, hatchet, S o ft D rinks and C onfectionery vey ju st concluded by a large candy crosscut saw, compass saw, ripping Dance H all in Connection saw, steel square, draw knife, brace m anufacturer am ounted to nearly __ Mr. and Mrs. H. Pullen, P ro p rieto rs a n d au g u r bits, screw driver bit, screw 60,000,000 pounds, re p re se n tin g a driver, sm oothing plane, wood chisels, per capita consum ption o f 13.52 claw ham m ers, spoke shave, folding pounds, an increase of m ore than 11 ru le, chalk line, spirit level and wood per cent over th a t of the y e a r before. C alifornia’s annual candy bill maul. Iron-w orking tools: Riveting ham-1 am ounts to $16,000,000. m er. monkey w renches. S-wrenche.,1 While New Y ork p u rc h a se , the alligator w rench, pipe w rench,punch- greatest am ount of confections, izo ,- cold chisels, files, forge, anvil, vise, 000,000 pounds a year, it is in such BY AUTO AND VISIT THE DALLES blacksm ith ham m er, sledge ham m er, states as C alifornia, N evada, Mon tongs, drill press or ra tc h e t drill, sol- tana, Oregon, and the D a k o ta s , th e dering iron, drill bits, hacksaw , stock rep o rt point« out, th a t the p e r c a p ita and dies. consumption of candy is th e largest. at-' In the concrete, fully equipped, roomy garagt garage of G eneral tools:* T inners’ snips, pli- In the southern states, th e survey ------ ir-Williams Company. Competent worki Walther-Williams workmen cuttin g nippers, crow bar, claw bar, indicates, consum ption of th is con- cans, wire stretch er, staple puller, centrated food falls fa r below the av- always ready to help you in any way they can leath er punch, riv et set and riveting erage, Louisiana using less th a n sev- at least expense to you. For any service render m achine. en pounds fo r each in h ab itan t, and ed the charge will always*, be reasonable. These lists of tools hnd supplies South Carolina less th a n five poun s. A definite fc8t»o, it Is may include articles not urgently needed on some farm s. In deciding could be established between the which to purchase first, selection is grow th of children in the candy-eat- based on the relative usefulness of ing states and the am ount of sw eets THE DALLES, — — OREGON. t. th e article. Saving is possible, says they consume.. N evada a can y th e farm m anagem ent d ep artm ent of tion, the re p o rt stated, exceeds the O regon S tate college, if tools can | pounds a year. be purchased in com binations. JO H N H. WILL, P ro p rieto r T h e S m a s h H it ! CASE C O M B IN E H A R V E S T E R M oro H a r d w a r e & i m p l e m e n t C o. TRAIL»' Hotel Moro 25c - 50c C . H . G ilp in T r u c k L in e A “WANT” a(l in T M O will reach more people in Sherm ar County than by any other medium available. John H. W ill’s Moro Hotel Barber Shop £ BATHS STARTING SATURDAY M arch 2 3 S h erm a n R e sta u r a n t Of my Entire Stock of Leather Goods, Shoes, Hardware, Furnishings, Tools and Machinery, including Collars S h o es Surplus Leather S w ea t P ad s T ools and M achinery H alters, Lines, Etc. H arness H ardw are W HEN YOU STORE TRAVEL YOUR Everything in the Place Must Go! CAR A ll P rices G reatly R ed u ced ! 4^- WALTHER-WILLIAMS GARAGE Moro M ORO, THE OBSERVER PRINTING OFFICE IS AN ESTABLISHMENT THAT IS KNOWN BY THE HIGH GRADE OF ITS PRINTING 3- Get behind all good movements, A dvertising is the oil th a t lu b ri-lb u t don’t g e t so fa r behind you have cates the m achinery of business. I to run to catch up. Harness Shop OREGON
