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«•-R.** The Sherman County Observer, Moro, Oregon, Moro School Notes REPORT OF CONDITION ' * OF THE MORO STA TE BANK a t Moro, Oregon, C ounty of Sherm an, a t close of business December 31st, 1929 RESOURCES A t te n d a n c e L IA B IL IT IE S ......................... >50000.00 C apital stock paid in . . ................ ‘ ................................ 7600.00 Surplus . . , .................... .................... ........................................ 8760.81 U ndivided p ro fits— net ......... ’ ’ \ .............................. 122436.40 Demand deposits . . . . .............................. 82112.04 Time certificates . . . . cunts • ................................... 79817.71 Bills payable and red > n I cash i t e m s ..........................• • • 24907.41 Cash, due from banks T otal ..................................................................................... >350626.96 STA TE OF OREGON, County cf Sherm an ss. I, R. 11. Coppock, cashier of the above nam ed bank, do solemnly sw ear th a t the above statem ent is tru e to the best of my knowledge and belief. R H - Coppock, Cashier. C orrect — A tte st; * W. H. Ragsdale P. C. Axtell J. W. Hoech L. Barnum D irectors. Notice to the Patrons of The Citizens Bank of Grass Valley The Moro State Bank on Wednesday of this week completed the purchase of the assets, furniture and fixtures of the Citizens Bank of Grass Valley. We wish to assure all patrons of the Citizens Bank that we will at all times do everything within our capacity to further their best interests that is con sistent with the requirements of good banking, and that we will fully appreciate their continued good will and patronage. All depositors having accounts with the Citizens Bank are requested to continue using their old check books and at their convenience call and secure new check books at the Moro State Bank. Moro, Oregon n n n :n ;n :n c :n :îtî:t:m :îr .:n n î n : i i H t t n : : t : n : t i t i is n it : t t : : n t t u t n u n > t t m » n m m n t i: n n t tt n :f fln n » w « « W H H im n t n n » M » H » t » u n n n i n n n n tn n ttttro Kerr Gifford & Co., Inc. Phone Moro 201 E. C. C luster, M a n a g er Dealers In Grain, Grain Bags and Twine Mill Feed - Rolled Feed - Poultry Feed Life, Fire and Grain Insurance Walter A. May & Son N .1 1 1 UNITED GROCERS of* OREGON. INC. A Link in The United Chain of Grocers Dealing in “Merchandise of Merit” Comprising Mens’ Clothing and Shoes School Books and School Supplies Staple and Fancy Groceries Fresh Vegetables, Bakety, and Lunch Goods Special Offer, Citrus House hold Soap, 6 bars f o r ........ 25c Watch our Hand Bills-for Friday, Saturday and Monday Specials. ( ,:rus*o*Pc n”*‘PV □tore n o . I l l Lime, Plaster, Cement, Cedar Posts, Builders Supplies, Lumber, Wood, Coal and Hay MANUFACTURERS OF M IL L F E E D A N D FLO U R C. V. Belknap, P ro p rieto r MARCELLING For Appointment, Phone 182. AGENCY FOR W ILLIA M ’S CLEA N ERS AND MODEL LAUNDRY, T H E DALLES January Sale If you have any one of our open mlock Dinner Sets now is your opportunity to replace any broken pieces or acid to your present set at a remarkable sav ings. If you also anticipate the purchase of a new dinner set you will be pleas antly surprised if you will pay our crockery department a visit. All sets, all odd pieces, all broken lines, china, semiporcelain and gift pieces. R e d u c e d I S to SO p e r c e n t An Early Selection Is Advised White Enamel Dish Pan QQp $1.50 Value— 1 2 -q u a rtsiz e ........................... Green Salt and Pepper Sets 75c Value— . Heavy glass nickel tops, pair Harland View Grange Installs New Officers T hnt a large am ount of sugar, with the proper balance of o th e r ingredi ents, gives a fine te x tu re to flour, sugar and fa t m ixtures. H arland View G range No. 682 m et I a t th e ir hall in H arm ony d istrict on T h at eye stains can be removed the n ig h t of D ecem ber 26, in reg u lar from ™|vcr apoona to sprinkling yf.th session and installed officers fo r t h e l s° da befole »»»hm g them T hat bacon / a t , used in m uffins, give a delicious flavor. Cooked b a con, ra th e r finely chopped, may also be mixed in the b a tte r. T hat if ju n k et is made from very rich milk it is easier to keep it from becoming w atery. T h at slightly beaten egg m ay be carefully combined with a soup to add food value fo r invalids. T h at most vegetables such as cabb age will be lighter in color and m ilder officer.After the installation cere in flavor if cooked uncovered, as mony a lunch was served followed by many of the substances which a ffe c t color and flavor will be carried o ff in a dance. C. E. Crites, secretary. the steam . ' „ . The landm ark known as the Holy Cross, form ed by two snow-filled crevices on a m ountain side on the Holy Cross N ational F o rest, Colo., has been set aside by presidential proclam ation as a national m onum ent. The reserved a re a includes approxi m ately 1,392 acres. A new specialist in auto m echanics, R. N. Lunde, has been added to the ag ricu ltu ral engineering s ta f f a t O re gon S ta te college and will be in charge of th a t phase of the pow er farm ing short course Ja n u a ry 6 to 18. Mr. Lunde is a g ra d u a te in m echanical engineering a t O. S. C. who has spent “ W ork h a rd ” is useless advice and several years since w orking in the it isn’t much a."? inform ation. ea ste rn states and la te r in Oregon. 50-Piece Decorated Haviland China Dinner Set $56.50 V a lu e - Floral designs, com plete service for 6, now $2.50 Value Hose Cut-Glass— Creamer, sugar and tray, now ........ .............. $1.59 $47.50 V a lu e - Dainty floral spray designs, gold trim on handles, service lor 6, no\V . . . . . . ’........ C9Q / e/ Faney Shaker Sets ieee Imperial Wedgewood QIC «¡FiOeftF \ -54-Picce Meakens English Ware $1.85 Glass Serving Tray $16.50 Value—21 odd pieces of this Favorite Quality English Ware, an opportunity for someone that has this pattern, now . . . . . . . . . Qft 44-Picce Gundley’s Georgian $22.25 Value— .. ’ pattern quality English ware, attractive design; $12.35 Crafton Genuine Bone Cliina $30.00 Value— Tea or Bridge set, 26 pieces in all, beau tiful pattern and design, now .......... .. <1 *7 V* Glasbake Ovenware Assorted pieces of genuine McKee Jj. All pieces.. HALF PRICE Genuine Hall China $1.25 7-Piece Glass Water Set 98c 98c .... ........ .... $1.95 Electric Percolator 6-cup size, heavy polished aluminum . . $3.25 Guaranteed Electric Iron and Folding Ironing Board for less than the regular price either both ite m s ............ < tJ ¡» /J 9 U g/- aOD Electric Iron $4.50 V a lu e - Standard weight, well balanced, long § silk cord, qq § now "................................... «pZi.Otf on Self Turning Electric Toaster $5.50 Value— Nickel finish, colored handles and c o r d .......... $3.85 Lifetime Aluminum Cold Water Percolators $5.00 Value— 8-cup size, glass top, non-burning h a n d le flJ Q Off tJ/O adSD Heavy Old Fashioned with white glaze inside, brown outside, a favorite, e a c h .......... .. . .. wv Decorated China Cups and Saucers Individual Tt^apot 50c Value— Heavy glazed pottery, black only r ; rrv-z............... .. $2.95 V a lu e - Heavy decorated frame, pretty tapes- try under glass bottom . . . Steins Nickled Mixing Bowls $1.25 Value— Set of 5 seviceable Crockery heavy glaze ................... ,-r........ $5.75 $2.50 Value—Rose colored crackled glass—Pitcher and 6 glasses, n o w ................... Old Bow Pattern $1.50 V a lu e - Pitcher and 6 tumblers $9.50 V a lu e - Consist of combination shaker and 6 stemmed cocktail glasses .......... ; .............. Water Set $29.50 Value— ' This set is the clean-up of our oj stock, Sydney pattern, service for 8, n o w .................. $2.50 Value— Decorated tea pots, choice of colors, while they last $29.75 42-Piece Haviland Dinner Set Cream and Sugar Set 8 w ork which has usually been accom plished a t this tim e of the year. The Do You Know? tests are put o ut by the „.bureau of educational m easurem ents and stand T hat the difference in te x tu re be ards of the Kansas S tate T eachers tw een bread or m uffins and cake is college. largely due to the d ifferen ce in the am ount of sugar used. Moro, Oregon Docherty-Powers § O. S. C. Get* Auto Specialist DEALERS IN Hotel Moro Barber Shop The second ann u al w elding con ference a t O regon S ta te college has been set fo r F e b ru a ry 6 to 8 w hen represen tativ es of n ational w elding concerns from as f a r east as New Y ork will be on the cam pus to co operate w ith specialists in the school of engineering. L ast y e a r more than 100 contractors, arch itects, engineers, and others atten d ed a ^similar con ference which w as the first- held in the west. * Only two more weeks, and the first sem ester of the 1929-1930 school | year will be ended. The new sem ester begins Ja n u a ry 27 E thelyn K essinger and Dean Silver are back in school again looking as schools, will compete in the largest well as ever. Both underw ent oper scholarship contest in the world on ations fo r appendicities several weeks Jan u ary 8, when more th an 275,000 high school pupils th roughout the ago U nited S tates will participate in the The nam es of tw o students were Every Pupil Scholarship contest, " om itted by m istake from the last high sponsored by the Kansas S tate T ea school honor roll list. These students chers college a t Em poria and for are Viola H ansen, 14 points, and which puipose Law rence W. Rakes, 3 Leora Peetz, 13 points. county superintendent, has ordered U nder the direction of Miss Mc 712 tests and record form s which will Cord the high school library has been be used in the contetst. rearran g ed and cataloged. All stu The Every Pupil co n te st docs not 3 dents who wish to rem ove a book lim it com petition to a select few, •} m ust see Viola H ansen, the new li but affo rd s every pupil an oppor-« 3 brarian. tunity to participate. Groups, as well s Lois B ryant, editor of the Moro as individual w inners, are selected. O ptim ist, will leave T hursday for I The contest is conducted by m eans Eugene as a delegate from the Moro I of tests which are adm inistered to all high school a t the annual high school pupils in the reg u lar classroom s of conference held by the U niversity of the respective schools on the specified O regon. » date. The results in the schools are The graveling" and grading in fro n t sent to Emporia, w here they are tabu- of the school yard has now been com-1 latel. The contest was originated in 1924 pleted, with ample parking space provided. The play ground east of by the form er head of the bureau of the building has been evened by m easurem ents a t E m poria Teachera^j grading. The school grounds are to college, and is being conducted for be fenced a t points w here cars enter the sixth consecutive year. The tests will be adm inistered to with 4 by 4 poets. pupils in physics, first year algebra, On W ednesday of this week the re g u la r high school routine was in plane geom etry, A m erican history, te rru p te d by the giving of testa in constitution, first year L atin, second algebra, geom etry, English, Latin, year Latin, typew riting, clothing, history, civics, and typing. These foods, and English. T h e E nglish tests tests w ere given th roughout the are divided into fo u r groups fo r fre sh county, and covered in general the man, sophomores, ju niors, and seniors. C itrus SO A P R. H. McKean, Manager, Wasco, Oregon jn n t::r.:t::;::::::;:;ii::t;:t:::n ::;n ::i:n n n n n u u u :u x x u n n n t s in n n H : 8 ! H » H t n » m m aluc— semi-porcelain dinner set, Hal- Nation Wide School Contest pattern, new x embossed s ty le d .......... Pupils of Sherm an county high § ensuing year, as. follow s: C. P. Adams, m a ste r; W. Belshee, overseer; IL Di Belshee, le c tu re r; Lynn Bowersox, stew ard ; Clifford May, assistant stew ard; Miss Florence McDonald, lady a ssista n t ste w a rd ; Mrs. Saw tell, chaplain; S. C. Hall, tre a s u re r; C. E. C rites, secretary ; R. E. Bloomer, g ate keep er; Mrs. Jen n ie Belshee, C eres; Mrs. Pearl OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOBOCOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Bloomer, Pom ona; Mrs. A ndy May, Flora. W. S. Powell acted as installing In d e p e n d e n t W a r e h o u se & M illing «. Co. > Welding Conference Set Miss Coles’ room has won the business and recources so th a t they aw ard seven tim es since the beginning could m ore efficiently serve th e ir of the school year. clients and patrons, the Moro S tate Bank on Tuesday of this w eek com B a s k e tb a ll The two basketball teams of Moro pleted th e transaction fo r the p u r will play at Grass Valley on Friday chase o f the assets, fu rn itu re and fix tu res of the Citizens Bank a t G rass night, January 10th. Lost Friday night at Kent the boys Valley. T his was com pleted W ednes were defeated, 28 to 16. The girls, day m orning when the books of the however won with a 25 to 14 score. G rass V alley bank and all cash on The next night the girls, handi hand w as moved to the Moro S tate capped by the absence of several of Bank. O fficers of the Moro S tate Bank, the regular team members, lost to Lexington, 11 to 3. The boys were in re fe rrin g to the transaction, state th a t th e deal is an o u trig h t purchase again defeated, 20 to 7. of the recources of the bank a t Grass Im p ro v e m e n ts Valley, including the deposits, and One im provem ent which has been the liability of the Moro Bank has badly needed is re a ra n g em e n t of the been secured by the cash on hand, supports fo r the basketball back bonds, and notes su fficien t to cover boards in the gym nasium . The posts, the tra n sa c tio n as outlined above. which wepe fixed to the floor, had O fficers of the Grass Valley bank been vefy dangerous, a9 the players will continue to liquidate the balance w ere often forced ag a in st them . The of notes and accounts retain ed by backboards are now suspended from m. the wall. P a rt of the p latfo rm a t the 'h e re witt be no increase of capital re a r of the auditorium has been taken stock of th e Moro S tate Bank as a out to insure g re a te r safety. The resu lt of the deal. N either will th ere fro n t of the stage will also be rem ov be any change in stock ow nership so ed. fa r as th e Moro bank is concerned. Boy Scout New s A t the tim e of com pletion of the sale A t the troop 6 C ourt of H onor held by the two banks, th ere was approxi D ecem ber 20 a t the P resbyterian m ately >127,000 in deposits w ith the church, the follow ing aw ards were Citizens Bank, this will increase the given: Tommy F raser, Eagle Scout resources of the Moro S tate Bank to and th re e badges; P au l F ra se r, Star very nearly half a m illion dollars and S cout; Max Bclshee, S ta r Scout; will place it in the list of the strong Melvin H ansen, F irs t class; Charles banks of the state. We understand th a t Roy J. Baker, B oardm an, F irst class and one badge ; Gordon F raser, Second class; H arry m anager ar\d p rin c ip a l ow ner of the Ragsdale, Second class; Russell Bel- Citizens BguXK has been considering shee, two M erit Madges; Harold retirin g from active banking business Thogerson, two M erit badges; Donald for some time, lie has been in active charge of the a ffa irs of his bank since Davis, three M erit badges. its organization nearly 25 years ago and has helped very m aterially in the Plans fo r the p resentation of the upbuilding of the southern p a rt of high school operetta early in March Sherm an county and, while doing this for hi^ com m unity, has assisted his are in progress The second local in stitu te fo r the Danker clients at num erous tim es in teachers of Shem an county is to be th eir m aintaining an e ffic ie n t fin ancial stability during periods of at W asco, Ja n u a ry 11. Beth M ersinger, fo u rth grade pupil, I P °°r crops and business condttiona has been presnted a m erit aw ard pin th a t come to all com m unities at var- by the A., M. P alm er m ethod company. I ious tim es. Moro Stale Bank ts tn t:t> i t n t t m . z , Mias Scruggs’ seventh and eighth Following a business plan of pro grades and Miss Coles’ first and sec- cedure sponsored by the state bank- ond grades were winners of the at-1 ¡ng department whereby a number of tendance award for the fifteenth the sm aller banks of the sta te have school week with perfect records. sold an d otherw ise combined th e ir . ... . ....................... >308942.85 Loans and discounts ....................................... * O v e r d r a f ts ..................................................................................... 5000.00 Bonds, Securities, etc. ..................................... ■ • ■ ' «122.78 Banking house none; fu rn itu re and fixture^ >4122.78. . . 7648.10 Real estate owned other than banking h o u s e ................... Cash due from banks and cash ite m s.............................. ......... 2490T41 T otal ................................................................................... >350626.96 Subscribed and sworn to before me this 4th day of January, 1930 J . L. Searcy, N otary Public for Oregon My commission expires March 3, 1930 Moro Skate Bank Buys Bank at Grass Valley Friday, January 10, 1930 20c Dozens of Gift and Novelty ~ Pieces Not Listed- Half Price Set of 6, Choice of dec- oration, per set ................. fij-i J.» IQ Atz Select your needs for the Home—Now Save 15« to 50* Use Your Credit - Use Your Credit PO CH ERTY - PO W ERS The Dalles, Oregon > £ » rt ■
