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About Sherman County observer. (Moro, Sherman County, Or.) 1897-1931 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 6, 1929)
The Sherman County Observer, Moro, Oregon, A Highway Proposed Will Cross Four Coast Nations p roject and the W estern M otor Clubs conference, in which the autom obile clubs of the eleven w estern states, B ritish Columbia, C anada and the H aw aiian Islands hold membership, endorsed the plan at its recen t a n nual m eeting. The autom obile asso ciation points out th at the construc tion of such a highway would result in im m easurable good in the develop ment of the te rrito ry traversed by it, and in fu rth e r cem enting the bonds of friendship betw een the English speaking peoples of the w estern hemisphere. An international highway connect in g C alifornia, and th e Pacific north west w ith B ritish Columbia, the Y ukon te rrito ry and Alaska. This is th e objective of legislation pending in congress, according to the Oregon S ta te M otor Association, which has indorsed th e proposal. Bills have been introduced authorizing an inves tig atio n of the feasibility of such a p ro ject and providing an appropria tion of $25,000 fo r a commission of th re e to study the plan. O regon S tate News The proposed ro u te would connect ex istin g roads along the Pacific ,, . . . . ci ¡¿¿¿out, V.h-J h -s w>.u coast states into British Columbia naUcaul rccogniCoa as champion 4Ti v ith A laskan roads, the gap .uh ah i of AiuerLa, wiii leave soon covered between the Car.adiar -b niteu S tates line ar.d F airbank-. Alaska, icr Li-iCr.go, v.here sue will be the being seme 2,000 miles. T e United guest of houor at the eighth annual S tates d e p a r tm e n t of in -- - -r, the Boys’ and Girls' clubs congress. Upon te rn - her return she will be greeted by 2bou C anadian governm ent an 1 g in I rne county club members, proud of to ry v o f Alaska are collate the 1C year old club worker and her the plans under way. rk in bringing their county and A C antdian road now leads fron .. e into th e n a ’lonal lim elig h t the term inus of the Pacific highway The Cid L.'iv _e a t spaii3 the Me as fa r as H azelton, an outpost of KtnziC r n \ r Uv-r Coburg was perraa- civilization a thousand miles north of n* ntly closed last v.c-ek when the coun the border. From H azelton, a dim ty cuurt placed barricades at both trail leads on northw ard to Telegraph ends ot the span. Built in 1S7K, ot creek w ith but 2,000 o r 3,000 inhab 1) u.’h.s fir timber, the old bridge has itants. Two hundred miles fu rth e r '6too|t up under 5b years of traiiic and is W hite Horse, w here the Yukon is weafhef. The University o f O r e g o n first encountered. Then comes the has made requ-ct for some of the old l<>ng stretch of uninhabited wild coun tiiLu r v.’.-ti the span is razed in or try reaching all the way to Fairbanks. d v r to ir.-Lc tests to Gc.fcrm.ne if the Ti e whole of the proposed road would hcavhr j.it< s are as strong as ne# be inside of the Coast range and p a r allel to the coast a t an average dis Ti.e J - . um ’.ein artichoke harvest tance of some GO or 70 miles. The h_s been bogus in the Grand Island region is sem i-arid, practically u n vk.nity. A crop of eight acres was touched by man, and abounds in wild d f< r th- laboratories of the gam e and unusual scenery. c any oi California as a sub- Last year 300,000 autom obiles 1 e lor sugar, and to combat dia- carrying 1,000,000 people crossed th e ' C anadian border at the Peace P ortal. - The sta te r . . la: saticn com mission Many of these people might have at a u c o t.p g r e ; ‘ntly, approved a deal penetrated the deep inferior had hereby the Rogue river valley iiri tran sp o rtatio n been available. gallon d istric t takes over the entire The A merican Autom obile Asso in te rest of the* Public W ater company ciation, rep resen tin g over a million in a scries of carai : 1 * t" > m otorists, is actively supporting the Jackson county? The Chinese Are Supposed to Have Known the Use of the Mariner’s Com pass as Long Ago as 2,600 B. C. Yet it did not come into use in Western Europe until nearly 4,000 years later. In 1879 Thomas Edison startled the world with his constant voltage dynamo which had an efficiency of 90 per cent, whereas all previous dynamos had operated at a maximum of 50 per cent efficiency. Within fifty years — less than a lifetime — the electrical industry is furnishing light, heat and power to more than 19,000,000 homes in the United States. PaciSsc PoWer & lig h t Company “Always at Y our Service” Independent W arehouse & M illing Co. R. H. McKean, Manager, Wasco, Oregon DEALERS IN Lime, Plaster. Cement, Cedar Posts, Builders Supplies, Lumber, Wood, Coal and Hay ' y MANUFACTURERS OF M IL L F E E D A N D F L O U R UNION PACIFIC New deluxe coaches-Frecjiipnl schedules KIKTL.Ud) SALTIAMOTISPtlkAM AM» ML INTCILMEIIIÀTE IWIIKTS I h reel tonnetlions m ill timi service to .ill points WELL I IL ATP. II COACHES HOTEL MORO ' PH O N E 401 _— 77 .=— 7—=- r ^ a ja B C ® County Budget Meeting W ill Be Storm Center Moro Scout New» Friday, December 6, 1929 Newspaper Says Mergers Benefit Householders r T» • Scouts o f Troop VI are progres sing rapidly and the m ajority of th e The Concord N. C., T ribune, says A g re a t deal of in terest is being boys will receive aw ards a t the C ourt m ergers in the utility in d u stry 1 m anifested over the county in the of H onor to be held a t Moro some should benefit householders a3 well final action of the county budget tim e in la te Decem ber. Scout Tommy as stockholders: UNITED GROCERS com m ittee a t the m eeting to be held F ra se r w ill be presented w ith the “ P resid en t Sloan of the „ New at Moro n ex t T hursday, particu larly eagle badge, th e highest aw ard in York Edison Company says the huge OF OREGON. INC. in regard to the allow ance to be made scouting, at th e D ecem ber court. m ergers which have been form ed in A Link in The United Chain of Grocers for m aintaining the work of the V»’. W. Belcher, scout executive, the light and pow er industry m ust county school su p erin ten d en t fo r the was presen t a t the m eeting Tuesday ju stify them selves by bringing lower ; Dealing in “Merchandise of Merit” ensuing year. evening, N ovem ber 26, and assisted rates to the consum er, and he is F or a num ber of years last past The New York Comprising Mens’ Clothing and Shoes S co u tm aster T ru itt and Ham m ersley eternally right. the salary paid has been above the w ith the evenings program . World hits the nail on the head with School Books and School Supplies legislative allow ance. This was done the decaifetion th a t the economies • • • • by the court when a successor was Staple and Fancy Groceries which have been claim ed fo r them appointed to succeed Mr. C urfm an C harles K iller, of the N ational (the m ergers) m ust benefit the house 1 Fresh Vegetables, Bakery, and Lunch Goods who had resigned because he could Boy Scout h ead q u arters and John H. holder as well as the stockholder. secure a much larg er salary as a Piper, regional scout executive, will “ Lower ra te s do n o t necessarily Special Offer, Citrus House teacher than to continue as county particip ate in the annual m eeting of mean less profit, inasm uch as cheap hold Soap, 6 bars for........25c the Mid-Columbia Deschutes A rea er electricity stim ulates consum ption, superintendent. hold At the last term of circuit c o u rt a Council to be held a t The Dalles and the larger the o u tp u t of cu rre n t Watch our Hand Bills for Friday, suit brought against the m em bers of H otel S atu rd ay evening, December the lower the cost p er unit. Mr. Saturday and Monday Specials. torus SoapiJ«»»??/ the county court to enforce the salary 7th, a t 7 p. m., according to an a n Sloan hopes the industry can be req u irem en t was w ithdraw n when it nouncem ent from Scout E xecutive W. developed to the point w here it will w’as agreed th a t the salary would be W. Belcher. be cheaper to use electricity th a n not reduced to the legislative allotm ent. Plans f o r . th e m eeting include a to use it, and when this condition The budget com m ittee, in preparing review of the past y e a r’s activities is arrived at, it should be possible the budget previously, had conform ed and progress and some proposed to realize a good m argin of profit to the» salary requirem ent and a t the changes fo r the com ing year. E n te r at small cost to the consum er.” same tim e had given a g ra n t of ex tain m en t is being taken care of by “ M ergers which tend only to in C. V. Belknap, P ro p rieto r -:- Moro, Oregon pense money to the office with the M arion S extos, of The Dalles district- crease the w ealth and pow er of in implied und erstan d in g th a t Mrs. G eorge J. Childs, ofj Bend,-.president dustrial enterprises are not w hole Rakes would be the employe who of the A rea Council will preside and some, fo r there is no ju stificatio n would benefit and thus the fam ily large atten d an ce from the nine for them unless the public benefits. earnings would not m aterially su ffe r counties served by this council is E xperts are w orking on the prob For Appointment, Phone 182. because of an enforcem ent of the expected. M any of the men are lem of reducing in vestm ent costs, legislative requirem ent. AGENCY FOP. W ILLIA M ’S CLEA N ERS bringing th e ir wives to this m eeting, and a t the same tim e are giving Final action on the two opposing as this one m eeting a year is the only thought to the m a tte r of increasing * i-' AND MODEL LAUNDRY, T1IE DALLES view points will be taken next T h u rs mixed one held in the area. revenues by increasing consum ption. day when, it is understood, those A ttendance is open to anyone in te r having decisive opinions on eith e r ested in scouting, it was announced, I t is ju st about the tim e of the side will be present to sta te th eir and all wishing to come are urged to year fo r some of the genuine spring case. “ notify boy scout head q u arters in The garden fiends to begin to show signs To clarify the situation som ew hat of the same com plaint. Dalles of th e ir intention. v.e quote from a le tte r received at this office this week w herein it is stated th a t “ it may not be known by many th a t at the tim e the present salary of $1500 fo r the county super intendent was • set years ago the am ount sta te d would buy as much or more than $3000 will do a t the present tim e. Also, a t th a t tim e there was not as much required of the sup erin ten d en t as there is a t the present tim e, when a man is required who is alive, posted, capable of o rg an izing and capable of settling tangles, Music has a place every member of the family. What gift could be more lasting in memory ‘ What capable of giving som ething to the school when he visits. N ot th a t we gift could be more appreciated at so little cost? did not have all this, but it was not possible undc*r the organization a few years back to be of much serv ice to the schools. Now one can, if he is a capable su perintendent such as we ar<? fo rtu n a te to have a t the For every member of the family and also for sweetheart and friends. Come present, advance the schools in so in and see! We are open evenings until afterthe jLplidajfe/ • il many ways th a t it will be impossible to chronicle it here. But all one will have to do is to think and make F o r M o th e r o r S is te r F o r “D a d ” o r B r o th e r com parisons. T h a t will be enough for a liberal-m inded person. (Column one) (Column two) “ Now*, th a t the county co u rt has Guitar tried to help m atters out in order to Radio re ta in a good man a t the head of our Banjo Portable Phonograph schools-som ething else m ust be done Portable Phonograph Accordion and by people who have an interest Ukuleles Piano Accordion in our schoo^ system. It is known th at Phonograph Record Sets Trumpet since Mr. Rake s salary is cut to $150 Harmonicas . Horn a year th a t he will not stay with the office, unless a compromise is made Music Rolls Saxaphone to even up financial affairs. He can ’t Music Stands Violin afford to. He has been o ffered as Music Albums Bugle much as $2700 if he should resign Popular Music Hits in Sets Harmonicas his office. Piano Accordion Ukes “ The budget com m ittee placed the Violin $900 which was taken from his salary Banjo Uke to the pay fo r office work, which Violin Case Banjo would be paying it to the same? fam ily Violin Bow Guitar for Mrs. Rakes does all the office Banjo Case Tenor Guitar work which he doesn’t do him self Uke Case Music Roll This, we think, will keep thè present Guitar Case superintendent on the job. This Popular Music ■matter will come up a t the county Piano Bench Pad Music Stand Come in and make your selection. burget hearing at the courthouse on Piano Scarf Record Sets We will gladly hold your choice and December 12th at lOi o'clock. All Mandolin Cases of All Kinds who are interested iq- education be rnake Christmas Eve delivery. tjiere to vote on it, of the salary will rem ain a t $1500 and we will have to make out with a $1500 man. We can’t affo rd to do it.” Walter A. May & Son c. XI i l l □tore Wo. i l l Citrus nousi ; SOAP Hotel Moro B arber Shop MARCELLING I Bu siness Men Say: ‘Advertising Pays' Christmas u 3 Is Only 17 Days Away! SH O P EAKLY And Elim inate Confusion Christmas Gift Suggestions To Every Resident of Sherman County Functions Of Food Every living thing and everybody m ust eat. P lan t foods, o th e r than th a t already contained in the soil and added by man, are usually called fertilizers, while anim al foods go un der the general name of rations. For anim als the function of food may be said to be of a two-fold-kind to build up the animal fram e, to furnish the m aterial for the grow th of flesh, fa t, bone and other parts of the anim al body in the case of young or fa tte n in g anim als, and also to rep air the w aste of the tissues which is constantly taking place owing to the w ear and te a r of life; and secondly, it serves for the m ain tenance of anim al heating. Because this is tru e, foods may be divided into two g re a t classes. These} These) are foods which 'm ak e anim al tissues and foods which give heating. The first class of foods may be split? into foods which make flesh and foods which make fat. Every food, w hether vegetable or anim al in its n atu re, may be split up into certain groups of substances and on the proportion on which it contains these substances its value as a food depends, Foods of an anim al origin may be divided into three groups— al buminoids, -fa t and m ineral sub- rurnces. In. foods of a vegetable orgin we have, in addition to these I substances, carbohydrates. The func- ' ¿¿pns perform ed by these substances, ‘ \£h*rlker anim al or vegetable origin, 1 :.etm lo be sim ilar. ' Il is alm ost too long a story to , discuss the action of the d iffe re n t . tu b stances here, b u t it is good In- frniation to know the facts given above. • We Offer a Contest! Contest is open to every resident of Sherman County—man woman or child—except employes of the 'Sherman County Music House, writing the manager of the Sherman County Music House a letter of not more than 250 words, ’< _ » • To the first contestant arriving at the correct solution will be awarded a G ran d C apital Prize — a Bruns- wick Portable Phonograph, and to other contestants the following Credit Certificates applicable to the purchase of musical instruments in our store. IN PRIZES CONTEST REQUIREMENTS TO BE GIVEN AWAY / F irst Prize $200 C redit C ertificate to apply on ally new piano on our floor. ' _ - ** Second Prised $150 C redit C ertificate to apply on any new piano on o u r floor. Third P rize $100 C redit C ertificate to apply on any new piano on our floor. , Fourth P rize $75 C redit C ertificate to apply on any new piano on our floor. F ifth Prize $50 C redit C ertificate to apply on any new piano on our floor. Sixth Prize $35 Credit C ertificate to apply on Radio purchase. Ten N ext Prizes $15 C redit C ertificate on purchase of Band Instrum ent. F ifteen N ext Prizes $10 ^Credit C ertificate to apply on Fiano Accordion purchase. , - Seven N ext Prizes $2 C redit C ertificate to apply on purchase of any S trin g In stru m en t. Tw enty-six N ext Prizes $1 C redit C ertificate to apply on purchase of any five Phonograph Records. $1000 1. Which item or suggested g ifts are shown in column two th a t are not shown in column one? 2. Which item s or suggested g ifts are shown in column one th a t are not included in column two? 3. Why is the Piano th e ideal instrum ent fo r the hom e?, 4. L e tte r m ust be mailed not la te r than Decem ber 31,^1929, marked “ C ontest.” • 5. Each co n testan t m ust be a resident of Sherman* county, Oregon. 6. All letters m ust be w ritten in legible form , using one side - of paper only, and m ust be mailed and postm arked not la te r than Decem ber 31, 1929. 7. C ontest closes Ja n u a ry 1, 1930. W inners will be declared '■ as soon a fte r as the judges are able to rep o rt. All C redit ♦ C ertificates m ust be used not la te r than F eb ru ary 1, 1930. 8. C redit C ertificates will not be tran sferab le. The rig h t is reserved to cancel contest a t any time. The first w inning le tte rs will be printed in the Sherm an C ounty Observer. f* 1 L The judges selected to m ark the standing of contestants a re : Mr. Law rence W. Rakes, C ounty Sphool S uperin ten d e n t; Rev. Chas. D. T a r r o tt, pastor Moro P resbyterian church: Miss Bernice T urley, teach er Moro school. 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