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' <4 « The Sherman County Observer, Moro, Oregon, Taft Fighting Hi» Last Fight Tree Planting Urged For Sherman County Farm» Chewer» Aid Farmer» The ehewing of tobacco and chew The only man in the history of the ing gum are habits that have produo United States to have been at differ “Tree Planting on Oregon Farms” ed markets for crops farmers grow. ent times the head of its executive edited by Geo. W. Peavy, dean of the Everybody knows the important part and judicial departments, William School of Forestry, Oregon State Col Howard Taft, a few week* ago re lege, issued as Bulletin No. 3 by the the tobacco crop plays in American signed as Chief Justice of the United State Board of Forestry, offers help agriculture and while all of the weed does not go into chewir^g tobacco, States Supreme Court. ful pointers on tree planting on farnw quite a quantity of it does. * Mr. Taft has been a distinguished for shade, shelter-belt and for *en A Chewing gum manufacturers use public servant, having occupied emi posts. It is sent free on request. If nent positions for nearly thirty years. also offers descriptive photos of the much peppermint for flavoring and He served as Secretary of War in right and wrong way to plant trees. the growing of peppermint for use in gum and candy, also in-other things, Roosevelt’s administration, was Presi Some very hejpful hints is contained quite an , important agricultural dent for four years preceding the in the bulletin for any one interested project in some sections. Just a few election of Woodrow Wilson, end for in the planting of trees. • years ago peppermint farming as a the past eight or nine years has been In part the bulletin states that fine at the head of the judicial depart young trees are now available to the profitable industry was introduced m ent Mr. Taft is a man who made eastern Oregon farmer from the State in Ohio and has apparently been a paying farming crop for a number oL many friends and created very little Board of Forestry by writing to the years in northern Indiana and south bitterness in his various contr. ts. office at Covallis. The one quarter of ern Michigan. Mr. Taft was the twenty-sevent) a cent per tree charged by the board Allie Moore seems to be the first president of the United Stetes and its is for digging and packing, the mini tenth chief justice, being the only mum charge being 26 cents per ship Ohio farmer to start growing pepper mint and he began raising it in 1926 man in the history of the nation to ment on each order. on his Hardin county farm.,, Since be the head of the executive 'd judi From now until April 1st is the then his success hammed other farm cial departments. It is said I at his best time of the year for putting out ers in his vicinity to begin. official preference was for th< judic trees in Sherman county. It is best to Moore harvested fifty acres last iary and his life-long ambition w. lant the trees out iri a nursery and year the yield averaging forty pounds realized when he received the appoint to cultivate them like corn for a year to the acre and the market offering ment. or two before setting them into per $3.40 per pound, which is said to be When the Taft resignation was manent location. The young trees a money value per acre almost double handed in to President Hoover, the grow very nicely over Sherman coun that of many farms in the county. latter lost no time in nominating as ty without irrigation,; when given Grown as hay, peppermint is mow his successor Mr. Charles E. Hughes, moderate cultivation. ed and hauled to a distilling plant who had already seen active service Varieties suitable to this district where it is steamed, under compres on the Supreme bench as an Associ are Black Locust, Green Ash, Russian sion to remove the oil which is the ate Justice. President HooVer prob Mulberry, Box Elder, Chinese Elm, commercial part of the crop. The ably moved quickly to avoid the em- and Western Yellow Pine. The Chi residue is used as a fertilizer or some burassment of having the friends of nese Elm is the best for eastern Ore times dried for stock feed. various men urge their appointment. gon localities. It is similar in appear Mr. Hughes was an associate jus ance to the Weeping Willow. It is a tice of the supreme court from Oc More Church Members tober 1910 to June 1916, when rfe re quick grower. The Davis, California, federal experimental station made signed to accept the republican nom thorough iryvout of the Chinese Elm ination for president and to make an Farmers who. have seen rural and found it to be extremely hardy, unsuccessful campaign against the re- churches almost dry up because of withstanding every sort of neglect or election of Woodrow Wilson, hol dinarily fatal to tree growing, includ good roads leading from their com lowing his defeat for the presidency ing dry weather conditions. Tree munities into the larger towns and Mr. Hughes served as Secretary of dealers who grow it for sale, usually cities, are often prone to think that State ip the cabinets of President sell the young trees at $10 per dozen, churches over the country are grow Harding and Coolidge, resigning the said Mr. J. B. Adams recently in dis ing smaller in membership each year. "’post in 1925 in ofder to attend to his cussing tree growing in Sherman A recent survey shows that Christian private business. It, is interesting to churches of America are in a very county. K observe that he was first appointed to Every farmer who has some low healthy condition and according to the United States Supreme Court by and moist ground, or any kind of a federal census figures in the. period President Taft. brook or creek about his premises of 1916 to 1926 there has been an should make a planting of Locust for increased membership of more than fence posts. Mr. Adams also said that twenty-nine per cent. Co - operative Buying The greatest gain in membership nothing could be more beneficial or was made by ths Roman Catholic . One hears a great deal nowadays profitable to the farmers of Sherman church, which was closely followed about cooperative selling but not county than the planting of suitable by the Lutheran body. Each of these quite so much about cooperative buy trees on their farms. Another recommended tree for this have gained approximately ever three ing. The latter has been tried in a million members in that period. The number of cases and very often it has county is the Western Yellow Pine Baptist come third with a gain of a It has made a wonderful showing at been managed profitably to the ad the experimental station farm at little over a million and a quarter and vantage of those who bought. the Methodist come fourth with a For example, the department of Moro. It seems to withstand the dry little less than one million gain.. labor recently called attention to the weather quite well and, after a period Just a few of the denominations remarkable growth of cooperative oil of about two years for becoming well lost members, but the total showed a stations, which were first tried in rooted, it grows surprisingly fast. considerable gain. 1921 and of which about 400 are now However, the churches still seem operating in the middle western Snow turns to slush no quicker than to have quite a field to work on when states. , adulation o f It turns to vinification. it is remembered that considerable Five reasons are given for the less than half of the population of “The first man** has been found In the United States are members of any growth of these stations. Nearly ev erybody consumes petroleum pro so many places, he must feel like a Christian church. ducts, the business can be financed tribe. on small capital, gasoline stations can In Utopia one Is never obliged to be easily operated, there is good mar shovel the same snow from the w<lk gin between buying and selling prices six times. and stations already in operation have Whatever you Intend to buy, buy met with large success. One of the most successful examples is that of a quickly; or at least as soon as pay WANTED — A WATKINS DEALER A wonderful opportunity fbr wide company in Greeley, Colorado, of day rolls around. awake man to supply established farm which the following information is More than 000,000 persons bear given. It started in business in 1922 titles of nobility In Spain. The clos and rural users in this vicinity with nationally known line of J. R. Wat with 800 members and $4,000 capital, est parallel is the Mexican army. kins Products. Increased demand for which has now been increased to 1400 members and $14,000. The associa Mistaking another hunter for a rab products offers exceptional chance to tion has a surplus of more than $100,- bit, as occurred In Illinois, will never have * business of your own with 000 and has returned nearly $300,- get you enough sealskin for a coat steady income of $60.00 to $75.00 or more weekly. Prompt action neces 000 in dividends to its members, the If more murderers were executed sary — Write G. J. Cowin, Manager, dividend in 1928 amounting to 26 when caught, It wouldn’t be necessary 4512 Hollis St., Oakland, California. per cent. to be continually hunting so many of This record may not be duplicated them. in many communities, but in almost GOOD BUYS NEAR REDMOND any community there^ is a sufficient Referred to the Wild Life Editor 80 acres, 48 acre water right, woven demand for merchandise of common is the case of the Massachusetts thief, wire fence, alfalfa and tame pas useage for a cooperative company to who told the court he took a turkey ture, good house. Price $8600.00, render a very vital service to its for a lark. $360.00 down, balance $200.00 per members. • The Office Crab has never under year at 6%. taken to guess who it was on the oth- 40 acres, about 30 under cultivation, ^er end of the telephone line, even alfalfa and tame pasture, family Steam Lead» For Year when asked. ochard. Free city water piped to During the year 1929 four great buildings. Just one mile from Red It Is noticed, In the newer dress de steam turbines were installed. Each signs on view, that legs -are being mond on State Highway. Price has a greater capacity than the en worn shorter In hack than they are io $3700.00, $700.00 down payment, bal tire Muscle Shoals power house and front ance $200.00 per year at 6%. is second in size only to the hydro 4$ acres, all „under irrigation, old The Russians have brought peace electric plants at Niagara Falls and buildings, 20 acres in alfalfa, bal Conowingo. These are located at In Manchuria by trampling all over ance ready to plow; one mile from State Line, Indiana; East River, New the Chinese with their hob-nailed town. Price $2500.00, $1000.00 down -York; Philo, Ohio; and Hell Gate, boots. balance easy. New York»- The Cleveland Plain Dealer notes WRITE From an engineering standpoint, that the girls In the comics are wear E. M. PECK, REDMOND, OREGON the principal developments of the year ing long skirts. Well, aren’t they ap have been mainly in the improvement propriate there? RELIABLE MAN 21 to 55 years old of steam-electric generation. Only with car, wanted to call on farmers Fish with rudimentary hands are ten per cent of the year’s power house in Sherman county. Make $8 to $16 depicted In a late nature article. Quite construction has been in hydro-elec No experience or capital tric (Hants, while, on the other hand, a help, we should think, 1/ the fish Is daily. needed. Write FURST A THOMAS, the concentration of production in a story-teller, too. large, high-pressuiu stiasfi units has - “Avlgatlon" Is a word officially ac Dept. F, 426 Third St., Oakland, Cal. made remarkable progress. cepted by the army as describing nav SALE OR TRADE — For cat igation for use In aviation. “Avlgator, FOR tle, sheep, hogs, or horses; two 16- of course, will follow. „ inch 8-bottom new Oliver plows. One Feather Ndt Enough H. B. Belshee, Moro, Ore. tf-f21 vt ■ < ' »* The obvleus hope of the Soviet to One feather is all but it take? detach Manchuria from China proper FOR SALE — 16 Choice Registered Shorthorn Bulls. Yearlings this more than one toiAalre a feather bed. makes Its far-eastern policy more ®P ring. Good colors. Good breeding, Remember the eld story of the pieceful than peaceful. Fs armer's prices. Harry Ferguson, Indian who heard about feather beds Goldendale, Wash. fl4-3t* If the human race really Is a mil and thought he would try ont? He CAN fit all kinds of people. Any took one feathqy, laid it on a plank lion years old. that may accofint for WE size or weight Crippled or de the amount of decrepit mentality we and slept on it all „night. In the morn see In these later days. formed fe e t Wernmark’s Shoe ing he woke up with > crick in his Store, The Dalles. back and growled: “White man say > A person who can do a full day’s FOR SALE— Two single comb Rhode feather bed heap soft. White Trifcn shopping without feeling weak In ths Island Red roosters. Also settings big fool.” Jr legs or the pit, of tbs stomaefc Is Ip a of eggs frbra Rhode Islands. Mrs. Some retail merchants try solved condition of robust health, Chas. Bullard,Moro, 6re. 2 tlfl4 _______ tisiag like that. They run an adver t -A WE PAY parcel post one way on all According to the phone rates. It tisement once or twice and , because shoe repairing. Good quality work they da not note a big iiKrease in costs 8 centr-to call up the Informa and leather. Joe A more, The Dalles, tion Edlffifr and learn „that s 1913 opposite the poet efflee. business say thft advertising 4s not •■huXs^p nlpkri Is Worth 04 cc & £ good for them. PIANO TO BE SOLD AT MORO, . r i .n X. \ _ The same principle applies to ad- bungalow size like new. Why trouble la * count noses this Big Beautiful saving. Will accept phonograph vertising. If intelligently planned and yeas,? A natloqjp bureau of economic sued, satisfaction and profitable re- research has already figured out that part payment, balance terms to su it Address Factoiw Warehouse, 435 t u n s are certain.—N. E. A. Bulletin. we numbered 119306,000 last Jnly L Washington St., Portland, Ore. 2t-fl4 .«s, W ANT ADS Explained f Sensitive Fingers As the result of an experiment deal Ing with the left hand it has been found that the index Außer was most sensitive; the middle finger and thumb are next, being about tlie same; then the little finger, nnd finally the ring finger. Highest English V illag a The village of Flush, on the edge of Staffordshire and Derbyshire, which Is 1,800 feet «hove sea level, Is said to be the highest In England. Alston, a place of more than 3.000 people, hna the steeper!, n a r r o w e s t street to be found In ttie countrv NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATRIX’S SALE OF REAL PROPERTY Notice is hereby given that the un dersigned, administratrix of the estate of George N. Crosfield, deceased, by virtue of an order of sale duly made and entered in the County Court of the State of Oregon for Sherman County on the 5th day of March, 1930, authorizing and‘licensing the undersigned to sell certain real property belonging to said esteate at private sale, will, from and after Tuesday, the 8th day of April, 1930, sell at private sale, for the purpose of paying the charges and expenses of administration of the estate of the said George N. Crosfield, deceased, and for the purpose of paying the in debtedness thereof, all of the follow ing described real property situated in Sherman County, Oregon, and be longing to said estate, to-wit: The West thirty-eight feet of Lot Three (J), in Block One (1 ), Biggs Addition to the Town of Wasco. Lots Twö (2), Three (3) and Four (4), and the east twelve feet of Lot Five (5 ), all in Block One (1 ), Town of Wasco. The North Half of the Northeast Quarter (NViNE’A ), and the Northeast Quarter of the North west Quarter (NE^4NW \4) of Section Seventeen (17), Town ship One ( 1 ) North of Range Nineteen (19) E. W. M. Terms of sale: Cash in hand. The said property above described to be sold subject to any existing mortgages against the same. All bids shall be submitted to the undersigned at her place of residence and post office address, to-wit, W sbco , Oregon.. ISABELLA CROSFIELD Administrât! lx of the Estate of George N. Crosfield, deceased. 6tm7 P U B L IC A T IO N OF SUM MONS In the Circuit Court of the State of Oregon for Sherman County A. W. Norblad, Governor of the State of Oregon; Hal'E. Hoss, Secretary of State of the State of Oregon, and Thomas B. Kay, Treasurer of the State of Oregon, collectively constituting the State Land Board of the State of Oregon, Plaintiff, a VS. Mary Marlin, widow of J. M. M a r l i n , deceased; James Shannon, unmarried; Jesse. Shannon, unmarried; Mary Shannon, unmarried; Frances Shannon, unmarried; Irene Shannon, unmarried; Chas. Goetjen, unmarried; Hester Howard, unmarried; Ash Marlin and Ada Marlin, hus band and wife; Aldo Marlin, unmarried; Rella Olds and Frank Olds, wife and hus band; O. E. Baker, unmarri ed; Delmar Baker, unmarri ed; Alto Baker, unmarried; Ofer Baker, unmarried; Clif ford Marlin and Mary Mar lin, husband and wife; Wal ter Marlin and May Marlin, husband and wife; Melva Tanksley and Roy T. Tank- sley, wife and husband; and . Millard Marlin, unmarried, Defendants. To Chas. Goetjen, one of the defend ants above named: In the name of the State of Ore gon You are hereby required to ap pear and answer the complaint filed against you in the above entitled pro ceeding within four weeks from the date of the first publication of this summons, as hereinafter stated, and if you fail to so appear and answer said complaint, or otherwise plead thereto, for want thereof, plaintiff will apply to the court for the relief as prayed for in it« complaint on file with the clerk of the above entitled court, namely, for a judgment against the defendant Mary Marlin, widow of J. M. Marlin, deceased, for the sum of $1200.00 with interest thereon from the first day of August, 1928, at the rabe of six per cent per annum; for the further sum of $125.00 attorney fees, and for plaintiff’s costs and dis bursements expended herein; that the mortgage described in plaintiff’s com plaint be foreclosed, and the mort- d premises described therein as ws, to-wit: outhwest Quarter (SW ^4), and West Half of tins East Half (W ^4E^) of Section Nine (9 ), Township Three (3) South of Range Eighteen (18) E.W.M. in Sherman County, Oregon, be sold by the sheriff of Sherman County,z Oregon, as provided by law, and the proceeds thereof applied to wards the payment of plaintiff’s judg ment, costs and accruing costs, in cluding a reasonable attorney fee, and the surplus, if any there be, turned into court on behalf of the defendants as their interests may ap pear, and for such other and further relief as to the court may seem equit able and just. This summons is served upon you by publication thereof, in conform ity with an order of the Honorable D. R. Parker, Judge of the above En titled court, n ^ le and entered on the 25th day of hebruary, 1930, which said order requires that this summons be published for a period of four con secutive weeks in the Sherman Coun ty Observer, a newspaper of general circulation, published weekly at Moro, in Sherman County, Oregon. And the date of tne first publication of this summons is February 28th, 1980. W. C. Bryant, * *V' Do They Learn It? t After a thoughtful wo«: :• bus been married h «•♦»rtu’n I hue. ►-lie '.‘J X learned to lin r: u eh thekllne In the basement hi tyinlei 1:» • •ueh a that If will inverh bH iiq u . 7 i u»uwiiiiiiiii»iffin i i i i i mi«ni»ni»HH»ni i i ni»»i»«i i iii i i iii»»»»niihmi»w«a» (J peeling '»oa'i- m •>.<!< i/e Adam’s •P- pie. — Pe'r« 'i ' ‘ . BUY “ UTAHWEARE ” Moderately Priced Highest Quality Clothing tailored to your personal measure. Sold only by bonded salesman: Will call at your home. Demand “Utahweare” made by the Logan Garment Co., Logan, Utah, and you’ll never be disappointed. Represented by D. Bert Hewett, 704 Laughlin Street, The Dalles. PUBLICATION OF SUMMONS In the Circuit Court of the State of Oregon for Sherman County O. L. Belshe, Plaintiff, VS. A. B. Chapman, and also all „ other persons or parties un known claiming any right, title, estate, lien or interest in the real property described in the application herein, Defendants. To —• A. B. Chapman, and also all other persons Or parties unknown claiming any right, title, estate, lien or interest in the reaj, property" de scribed in the application herein: In the Name of the State of Ore gon: You, and each of you, are here by notified that the above named plaintiff, O. L. Belshe, is the holder of Certificate of Delinquency num bered 178 issued on the 6th day of February, 1930^ by the Tax Collec tor of Sherman County, State of Oregon, for the amount of $186.06, the same being the amount then due and delinquent for taxes for the years 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927, and 1928, together with penal ty, interest and costs thereon, upon the real property assessed to A. B. Chapman, situated in said Sherman County, Oregon, and particularly de scribed as follows, to-wit: South Half of the Northeast Quarter (S ttN E % ), Southeast Quarter of the Northwest Quar ter (S E ’/iN W ^ ), the Southeast Quarter (SE^4), and Northeast Quarter of the Southwest Quar ter (N E ^ S W tt) of Section Seventeen (17), Township Two (2) South of Rango Eighteen (18) E. W. M. That there is now due plaintiff on said Certificate of Delinquency, and for taxes paid as aforesaid, with in terest thereon at the rate of twelve per cent per annum, amounts as fol lows: Certificate of Delinquency No. 178: Amount, $186.06; inter est at 12% per annum from February 5, 1930, to March 6, 1930, amounting to $1.85; total, $186.91. • Total amount due the Sth^ay of March, 1930, $186.91. Said A. B. Chapman, as the owner of the legal ti tl» of the above describ ed property as the same appears of record, and each and all of the other ¿persons above named, are hereby fur ther notified that the said O. L. Bel she will apply to the Circuit Court of the State of Oregon for Sherman County aforesaid, for a decree fore closing the lien against the property above described and mentioned in said Certificate. And you are hereby summoned to appear within sixty days after the first publication of thia sum mons, exclusive of the day of said first publication, and defend this ac tion or pay the amount due as above shown, together with costs and accru ed interest, and in case of your faiK ure so to do, a decree will be render ed foreclosing the lien of said taxes and costs against the land and prem ises above named. This summons is published in the Sherman County Observer, a news paper of general circulation, publish ed weekly at Moro, in Shsrman Coun ty, Oregon, by order of the Honor able E. D. McKee, Judge of the Coun ty Court of the State of Oregon for Sherman County, and said order was made and dated the 5th day of March, 1930, and the date of the first pub lication of this summons is March 7th, 1930. All process and papers in this pro ceeding may be served uponAhe un dersigned residing within thé State of Oregon at the addresses hereafter mentioned. x W. C. Bryant, Address — Moro, Oregon. C. L. Pepper, Address — The Dalles, Oregon. 5t-m7 Attorneys for Plaintiff. ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE In the County Court of the State of Oregon for Sherman County, In the mattef of the guardianship of the person and • estate of Mary Quackenbush, an incompetent per ,, son. It appearing ter this court from the petition this day presented and filed by C. L. Pepper, the guardian of the person and estate of Mary Quacken bush, an incompetent person, praying for an order of sale of certain real estate belonging to said ward, that it would be to the benefit and interest -of said ward that such real estate should be sold; I t i> o rd e re d that the next of kin of said ward, and all persons inter ested in said estate, appear before this court on Saturday, the 29th day of March, 1930, at the hour of ten o’clock A. M. of said day, at the courtroom of the above entitled court, in the courthouse in the city o i Mqro. in Sherman County, Oregon, then ana there to show cause, if any there be. why an order should not be made ana granted for the sale <jf the real estate belonging to said ward, which la known and described as follows: An undivided one third in terest in and to the North east Quarter (N E K ), the Northeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter (N E U - NW *4 ), and the Northwest 3 ' uarter of the Southeast uarter (N W ^SE% ) of / Section Thirty-five (36), in Township Four (4) South of Range Sixteen (16) E. W. M., in Sherman County, Oregon. And it ia Further Ordered that a copy of this order be published for at least once a week for four successive weeks in the Sherman County Obser ver, a newspaper of general circula tion, published weekly at Moro, in Sherman County, Oregon. c Dated this 13th day óf February, Residence: Moro, Oregon. 1930. ' C. L. Pepper, E. D. McKEE, Residence: The Dalles, Oregon. 5t-f28m28 Attorneys for Plaintiff. 4t-fl4m7 County Judgs. ... & ¿X * k * It Is now determined that four hours of bard' thinking exhaust the tissues as much as ten hours of mununl labor. Which explains how some of the chronic bridge players mnfiage to keep, physically fit.— Mon Chester Union x Friday, March 7, 1Ô30 • • • Motor Ambulance Service To Sherman County . From Moro on call Using a Studebaker Automobile, 6-cylinder with side cut away for removing to permit the placing of a stretcher with patient in comfort. Room in the car for doctor, nurse if needed, driver and the patient on stretcher. j Side and door are then replaced on the car. We also have at Moro a Motor Hearse and a selected assortment of caskets. Operating under a State Mortuary License. Moro Furniture .& Hardware Co. Moro, Oregon Walter A. May & Son g t " i l l □lore no. i n UNITED GROCERS of oregon . inc . A Link in The United Chain of Grocer» Dealing in “Merchandise of Merit” Comprising Mens’ Clothing and Shoes Fresh Vegetables, Bakery, and Lunch Goods School Books and School Supplies C itru s ‘4 Staple and Fancy Groceries S O A P 4 Citrus Granulated S o a p ,___ large size package.............. 25c Watch our Hand Bills for Friday, . Saturday and Monday Specials. ’SOOOSOOOOGGOOO&X* In d e p e n d e n t W a r e h o u se & M illing Co. R. H. McKean, Manager, Wasco, Oregon DEALERS IN Lime, Plaster, Cement, Cedar Posts, Builders Supplies, Lumber, Wood, Coal and Hay MANUFACTURERS OF MILL FE ED AND FLOUR 00000000000°ooooooocooeo©ooooooooooocoeooooocoocooc< A Home Paper T h a t C a r r ie » A ll T h e H o m e N e w « Have you ever noticed how completely the > news columns of this paper covers all of the various sections of this community. It reflects in condensed form all* of the social and business activities which have trans pired during the week. If you have a neighbor who is not subscribing, you will do him a favor to tell him about it. And we will thank you for your interest. §herman ^ounty 0 bserver Sherman County’s Leading Newspaper THE OBSERVER PRINTING OFFICE IS AN ESTABLISHMENT THAT IS KNOWN BY THE HIGH GRADE OF ITS PRINTING *
