County Observer, Moro, Oregon, Friday, November 29, 1929
The Neil P aterson Scotch Concert
Company is all “ pure Scotch” and
th ere are four m em bers in the org an
ization.
The program is d iffe re n t from an y
th in g you have enjoyed in years-aine-
ty m inutes of music, Scottish folk
dances and sidesplitting fun.
Neil Paterson heads this talented
group of e n tertain ers, a ss^ te d by
Helen C uth b ert Place. Scottish sopra
n o ; Gladvs F. G raham . Scottish
dancer, ar.d Dori? S. Kimball, accom
panist.
The program featu res old Scottish
dances, such as “ The F ling” . ‘ The
B a g p i p * a r . d o th er beloved folk
dances.
A q u artet th at will m ake y u b at
a Scotch program because it .s d iffe r
en t from anything th at you have
heard in te a rs , because it as plenty
c f new m aterial to mix w-
ti e old
Scotch songs th at will never v. c.
Not a dull moment during .'•? en
tire program of real v a rie ty ; ...
is why the q u artet works sum m er an<_
w in ter and has filled over three hun
dred engagem ents in the last year
and a half. In 1928 this group of
artists filled a forty-tw o weeks en
gage me nt. They will appear here on
the evening of Dec. 7th, at More
Legion Hail. '
Subduing The Latest
‘Sodom Of The Prairies
Moro School Note*
Moro W oman’* Club Note*
State Gas Tax W ill Be
Cent More A fter January
The m em bers of the Moro W om an’s
Club are looking forw ard to the m eet
ing of Dec. 6th w ith keenest an tici
pation, as the program fo r th a t date
centers in Florence with its w ealth
of historic, lite ra ry and musical in-*
teresL H ere lived D ante, Savonar
ola, G alileo, Boccaccio, M acchiavelli,
Lorenzo de Medici the M agnificent,
Michael Angelo, Raphael, Leonardo
Da V inci, B otticelli, Cellini, and Don-
ateello, as well as those and scores
of o th e r men of fam e.
The follow ing is the program in
detail ;
/ 1. The H istory of Florence, Mrs.
L. W. K aseburg.
2.
B eginnings of the O ratorio,
O p e ra ,a n d P ia n o fo rte , Mrs. G. C.
Akers.
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3. Five M innie Glimpses of A rt
and A rtists; The ^Florentine Douma,
Mrs. L. W . Rak<
4. Della Robin’s H ospital of the.
Innocents. MrSy/Homer Beale.
5. Botticelli. Mrs. A. S. Johnson.
6.
D ance-Interpzotation of Bot
ticelli's “ S pring” by a group of high
school girls under the direction of 8
M b s R athe Pepper.
Member» are again rem inded to
procure tickets fo r the banquet of
Dec. 4th.
H
“T hough through the year they get **
blue
At w hat we do c r do not do;
For one b rie f hour we’ll tre a t them
rig h t,
_ ' r <
And th a t will be on ‘H usband’s
N ig h t.”
A ttendance
s.
For the m onth ju st ended the grade
school atten d an ce averages 98.3% ,
and the high school is 97.3% .
Miss Belshee’s fifth and sixth
grade won the eleventh week a tten d -
dance banner.
M ore tKan $2,000,000 in additional
revenue will be collected by the state
of O regon in 1930 as a resu lt of the
one c e n t per gallon increase in the
sta te tax on gasoline and distillate
sales, bringing the total receipts from
this source to $7,052,054, according
to a ten ta tiv e estim ate made by Hal
E. Hoes, secretary of state. A fte r
J a n u a ry 1, l?3 0 , this tax will be fo u r
cents p e r gallon on gasoline and three
»nd one-half cents on distillate, the
new ra te s being the f i r * change
since the rise in 1923.
Du rin g the present year, with col
lections in for nine m onths and the
rev en u e fo r the rem ainder of the
y e a r estim ated, a total of $4,807,9 «3
anticipated fo r receipts during
1929.
Baaed on the constantly increasing
n u m ber of gallons of m otor fuel sold
d u rin g th e year, an estim ate has been
fixed for 1930 on a gain of 10 per
cent in sales Thia, t a l e s in conjunc
tion w ith the on* cent add'.txxsal tax.
is expected to h n a g a to tai of $».-
052.054 into the ssate's coffers.
R efunds made te yurtrifcaiwcs w W sae
gasoline o r dtst-Ta:« fee n<T*r<2tnr>l
or industrial perTvw** wuX he approxi
m ately $520.9tfl a » i a ^ a tn n s ra u v e
expenses will require $l*.<f"W. bearing
a net revenue for the sta te anghway
fund of $6,521,253. To this may be
added the projected receipts from
P rovin cialism D isappears
m otor vehicle fees and lieecaes o f
$5,605,327. which will give t h e h g e
When, in some fu tu re century*, the
way fund more than $l2,0CO,Ojp
history of our time is w ritten , vhe
during 1930.
good roads movement m ust be given
All revenue accruing from the tax State Owner* Of Air
much of the credit fo r the am azing
on m otor vehicle fuel is tu rn ed over
Craft Are Increasing
;rogres5 civilization ha? made in the
to th e state highway fund to be a l
p ast 25 years.
located by the state highway com
Provincial America is no more, In
Evidence of the increasing ow ner
mission in the construction and m ain
a day's drive. 200 cr m ere miles o
tenance of roads throughout the state. ship of airplanes by individuals and
t ?rritory tu n be covered. It was once
No division is made direct to the of the form ation of additional compa
a common occurrence fo r a person to
counties from this source as is the nies fo r the com m ercial use of planes
he born, live an i die w ithout le a \.n g
case in the receipts from m otor in various sections of the sta te is
a state, or even a county. Now every
vehicle fees, which will net the count shown in the list of registered a i r - ,
section of the nation is w ithin easy
ies some $2,802,663 in 1930. Reduc c ra ft in O regon, which has been made
reach of our exploring populace.
tion in autom obile license ra te s and by the office of the secretary of state,
This change has borne fine fru it.
a new apportionm ent of one-third of Hal E. Hess, from registratio n re
It has created closer social and com
the receipts from m otor vehicle fees quired by O regon laws. O f the 63
A
nother
play,
“The
Green
E
m
er
mercial ties betw een the people of
planes listed a b o u t 50 per cent are
to
counties would leave the sta
T
he
Stc-ck
M
arket
D
eb
a
cle
ald D ragon.” is to be presented De
d iffe re n t cities and states and k nitted
highw ay fund w ith less revenue owned by individuals.
cem
ber
20,
by
the
com
m
ercial
club
us m ere firm ly to g eth er as a nation
A irc ra ft belonging to the federal
of the high school. Because of the proportionately than hereto fo re were
The siikrp distinctions th a t once ex
The a fte rm a th c>f the stock m arket lack of su fficien t num bers in the club, it not fo r the added tax on gasoline, governm ent or its divisions and those
isted betw een urban and ru ral debacle is bringing a series of stories,
several ch aracters will be chosen from which was established by the 1929 used in in te rsta te commerce are not
A m erica have all but vanished.
telling about bank closings, suicides, the school at large. The proceeds legislative assembly.
required to re g iste r th e ir licensing.
The good roads raT.'eraent goes fortunes wiped out and other evi
The secretary of state has charge of
on w ith increasing m om entum . More dences th a t it rarely pays to try to from this play will be used to send
a irc ra ft reg istratio n while the state
co
n
testan
ts
to
the
ty
ping
contests;
and m ore shining highw ays tem pt the make money too fast, especially when
Are Women Loafers?
board of aero n au tics supervises the
th
e
rem
ainder
will
be
turned
over
to
trav eler to investigate unknown you are fooling w ith forces th a t you
licensing cf pilots.
the school fund.
places. It would not be an exager
T here are a num ber of pianes own
do not understand.
Back in early A m erican days ab
ation to say th a t the roads m ovement
The fact th a t the b u y irg of stocks
ed by Oregon firm s for in te rsta te use
original Am ericans made the wo
and A m erican civilization progress fbr a long tim e past, has been on a
R ad io T a k es A Star
which are not registered except by the
men do practically all of the work
together.
speculative basis, w ith th e p u r
federal governm ent, but for use ex
while the men spent most of their
chasing public expecting to tu rn lose
clusively
w ithin the state, tHe Rankin
Feop’.e who have read~ about the time in fighting th eir hum an enemies,
The end of the road may be far on an o th er buyer soon at a big profit,
Flying
Service
and the Union Air
Many
away but some dzy it will be at hand. ra th e r than upon an investm ent basis, big salaries paid to grand opera star? hunting p>rp#, and fishing.
Lines,
both
of
P
ortland,
lead the list
will probably be surprised to learn A m ericans today seem to be doing
where the purchaser buys w ith an eye th at Mme. F rances Alda, soprano,
in ow nership, each firm having four
ju st like the Indians did. We have
M eeting the fam ily bills is usually on the dividend rates of the compa has announced her retirem en t from
planes.
also heard talk about the house wife
enough to take the “ f a t” out of nies.
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the stage, giving her fu tu re activities with too much leisure.
The stock m arket losses are bad, to radio broadcasting. H er reasons
father.
W ith the average farm women,
because in too many instances they are in terestin g ;
howeyer, leisure is not a very trouble
Most people can lose w eight if they are to be borne by innocent inves
“ Every one loves good music, some prob'.em.
were not so careless about p u ttin g it tors, who had no business in the though not every one can attend the
Not very long ago one of the
A slightly used Busch and Lane
game.
on.
operas and it long has been my am bi B ureaus in the D epartm ent of A gri
u p right grand piano, exceptionally
However, fundam entally th ere is tion to sing operatic music to the
culture made a study of the work of
good condition. This instrum ent
We can fit all kinds of people. Any nothing to ju stify the enorm ous de A merican people generally.
can be had with bench to m atch
seven hundred farm women and found
fi
for less than half the original
size or weight. Crippled or deform ed preciation of stock values. It, like the
“ The great opportunity has arrived. they have plenty to do. And over
factory retail price. Only $450.09 r a
feet. W em m ark ’s Shoe Store, The speculation th a t w ent before, has al For the first tim e, six Puccini operas work apt-ear« to be the usual thing
for quick sale.
O ur g u a ra n te e '
ready been carried too far.
Dalles.
are to be broadcast over the radio, when the average record shows them
goes w ith this piano. Call 662. ¡ >'
s
and I have te e n chosen to sing them , to use sixty-three hours and thirty
Sherman County Music House ! * >
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOCOCCCCOOCGOOOCCOCOOCOCOSCOOOCOOCOOOOOOC^ {‘B u tte rfly ,’ ‘Boheme,’ ‘Tosca,’ ‘Manon m inutes of w orking tim e each week.
•y
L escaut,’ “Girl of the Golden W est,’ This is quite a b it of work when it is
.
MORO, OREGON.
and ‘G ianni- Schicchi.’ I love every rem em bered th a t industry sets as a
one of them to say nothing of the, standard an eight hour day, with one
vastly increased rem uneration which day off in seven, and in many in sta n
in these days, cannot be disregarded. ces an additional h a lf day o ff on
“ I look back over my career in the Saturdays.
opera with satisfaction and look fo r
However, home m aking is d ifferen t,
ward to my work before the unseen and the old sayink ix tru e th a t “ Man
but g re a te r radio audience with w o r k s f r r a iu n to sun, but w om en’s
A
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boundless enthusiasm . I owe much work is never done.”
to the A m erican public.”
Some in terestin g facts were dis
covered in this survey, notably th a t
The tale of the tam ing of Borger,
the wild town of Texas, whose recent
record of 30 m urders and general
lawlessness gave it the name of the
-Sodom of the P rairies,” is rem inis
cent of th e Colorful days of the past
when "th e six gun made all men
equal.” The Texas rangers subdued
T h an k « g iv in g G a m e a t W a a c a
the B orger “wild m en.”
The Texas rangers subdued the
We w ant a big crow d of Moro
Borger “ wild men. ■
’ ,
rooters to urge on our football team
The Minneapolis T ribune, in com during the conflict w ith Wasco on
m enting on the Borger situation, Thanksgiving. The gam e is expected
resurrects a legend of the rangers. to be one of the to u ghest of the
“ It has to do with one Espinosa, shooi season, but the boys are not a t all
ng pride of bandits bands, the T ri dow n-hearted.
bune says:
“ Espinosa flipped a q u a rte r of
Volley Ball
a dollar in the air with his right
land and with the same drew his
The volley ball g irls’ team played
revolver and blew it to bits before at W asco on W ednesday evening of
t touehed the ground. He met a this week. These two team s have
Texas ranger« who shot him three met once before this year, w ith the
times while he was reaching fo r,h is
asco team w inning.
yun.
Moro was d e feated by R ufus on
“ 7 ? r record of the Texas rangers Novem ber 20. A fte r the girls’ gam e
as p rt v tu tl _. a man who believes in( was over, the Moro high school boys
aw and shoots straight may be a bul defeated the faculty team which
wark in the constitution of the nation composed of Rakes, H am m ersley,
ind the state. The best men at every Sibley, T ucker, and Seely, by a score
a ffa ir of sidearm s such men have of 36-35.
oeen invaluable to every state In the
west. T heir psychological effe c t is
C l i n Pay A Saccew
g re a te r tuan a regim ent of cavalry
or a com pany cf machine guns as the
If we may judge by the reactions
record proves.
of the audience, “ The A rrival of
“ Colonel Sam Houston and Davy
K itty” was a dram atic success F riday
Crockett were the first exponents of night. The characters were well in
the applied psychology of shooting
te rp re te d and portrayed by the play
straight ar.d seldom in Texas. The ers. Johnny G entry as Mr. More,
spirit of the ra n g e r is a heritage of Josephine Johnson as A unt Ja n e , and
he Alamo. B orger is its latest bene Charles B urnet as Sam, the po rter,
ficiary
won much applause from the audience
One w onders, w hat effect a little
because of th e ir hum or.
straight shooting by our citizens
One hundred tw elve dollars and
would have on the crim inals who in eighty cents were realized. Expenses
Test 'b u r country. Perhaps a little were tw enty-five dollars and forty-
more o f the spirit of the rangers and five cents, m aking a p ro fit of eighty-
a little less of the spirit of the profes seven dollars and th irty-five cents.
sional law passers and reform ers, is
needed to clean up the A m erican
underw orld.
Commercial Clu b Play Dec. 20
Walter A. May & Son
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as a Christmas gift for Mother and
Dad, or the family. W hat could be
more appropriate than a nice Radio,
“ THE SET WITH THE PUNCH'
jfs la stin g
qualities of enter
tainment?
The whole family
will enjoy it now
and in the time to
come.
inaner wa&c sci you bare
fed haar Ute
with the
Bridge Circuir” !
recepooo with
and wduaie.
Ask for
W e will consider
it a p le a s u r e to
demonstrate our
radios at anytime,
just call 662, or
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Sherman County Music House
Moro
Hotel Moro Bldg.
Orc.
D o n ’t F orget T h e R ed Cro*» I »><■
We believe that most of the citizens
■ of Sherm an county are fam ’liar with
the work of the Red Cross, which is
now asking our citizens to enroll as
m em bers for the coming year.
The A m erican Red Cross is c h a rte r
ed by Congress for a specific purpose,
its chief concern being to take care
of the soldiers and sailors in the serv
ice of the goxerm ent, particularly in
tim e of v a r. - However, the peace
work of the Red Cross deserves the
suppqpv pf every' one of us.
Ia serving as a vehicle for disaster
relief, tak in g charge of the collection
as well as the wise expenditure of
every cent contributed by generous
citizens.
Of course, there will be
criticism . This is inevitable in every
phase c f hum an activity, but never
theless it is, we believe, our common
duty to support the organization to
th<» ex ten t of a m em bership, which
f-dnty costs us one dollar for a whole
vedr.
Men are like postage-stam ps. They
have to stick to get anyw here.— Day-
ton Journal.
w h y sm okers
graduate
to
f*™ °,un c" ™
1 a double job; she is farm er as well as
home maker.
Among the m ajor things th a t take
up a woman’s tim e are preparing
meals, Clearing aw ay meals, food pres
ervation. cleaning and straightening
the house, care of the house, care of
the fires, lights, w a te r supply, re
pairing of furnishings, care of house
surround i ngs, laundrying, sewing,
and mending, and other care of cloth
ing. Some tim e each day m ust of
necessity be spent in planning, p u r
chasing and o th er m anagem ent, an<^|
many other m iscellaneous item s pop
up to take the housew ife’s rime.
It was also discovered th a t num
bers of things could c u t down the
num bers of ho u rs necessary fo r wo
m an's work, and also lessen the de
gree of labor, am ong them being
running w ater in the kitchen, modem
plum bing, electric lights, and a w ash
ing machine.
All homes are not alike, of course,
and in many instances husbands help
the women out, and in most instances
where there w ere good sized girls in
the fam ily, the w ife’s household duties
w ere lessened.
‘ Anyway you ta k e it, the average
farm w ife has plenty to do and every
e ffo rt should be m ade by the farm er
to lessen her labor with nlore modem
conveniences.
‘‘Y ou’re scared to fig h t.”
“ I a in ’t; b ut me m other’ll lick m e.”
“ A n’ how’ll she know ?”
“ She’ll see the doctor goin’ to your
house.”— W ashington Star.
It takes a long time for a man to
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save enough money to buy a block
He w as yissppg
W * the newlyweds#at of stock but when the Wall Street
I their home.
E verything was fine,
boys shake the bushes it doesn’t take
but—
him long to tumble to the ground.
“ W hy did you take an ap artm en t
with such a tiny kitchenette, Tom,
The people in Moro are the only
old boy?”
ones
that will evgr take enough in
‘Well* you're the first man I’ve
told, so keep it quiet. I t’s so small I terest in it to make it really beauti
Citizens who don’t care how
can’t get in th ere to help my wife ful.
their
own
premises look don’t care
when she‘s doing the dishes.” — P a th
how
the
town
looks.
finder.
C amels -
l he plrnt-te “I v©
Graduated to Cuptcl* «'ri^mitcj
x»ith it (.'.miel «nwker. h »\pres’«'<
iho e \p n ie n c e of m illieu s
through Camela hsv© len rre •
to know real »niukmg |>lra>uio.
As ta ste in sm oking develops, it n atu ra lly leads toward b etter quallfv*.
New sm okers m ay n o t be critical b u t when tney once experience th e true
m ildness and surpassing fragrance cf th e Camel blend, the y realize
here is a real superiority’, i t is for sm okers ci such discernm ent th a t Camels
are m ade . . . for them the choicest tobaccos are selected . . . and th lsq u a l-
* ity is m ain tain ed for th e m illion? who know genuine sm oking pleasure.
w h e n th e y le a rn th e - d iffe re n c e
t h e , flo c k
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