The Sherman County Observer, Moro, Oregon,
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Friday, March 21, 193Q
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Moro, Oregon
Meets the 1st and 3rd
Thursday evenings of
each month. Visiting
members cordially m-
„ vitsd to meet with ns
B^thl«h»»u Chapter No
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Moro,
Regular
tioM cach
Thursday
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Oregwa
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evenings of
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Uncle Jas Woods was a visitor in
I Moro this week at the L. V. Moore
r home.
N A. W. Osborn has moved from the
‘ W.
Jackson house to the A. B. Rid-
I dell residence.
K*tO Stephuuu .
Worthy Matron
Nana Barzee. Secretary.
.I Editor McCall, publisher of Jhe
, I News at Wasco, was a caller at this
' office this week.
-I A close-in seven room house in
II Moro for rent reasonable., See A. C.
J Thompson, Moro. '
Moro Lodgo No. 113 .1. O. O. F.
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Moro» Oregon j '
Meets every Monday
evening in the I.O.O.F
hull.
Transient and
V‘«’-Xing brothers are
WjKuSag* cordially invited to
meet with us.
Clarence Mersinger, N. G.
A. M. Young, Secretary.
Rebecca Lodge No. 116
Moro, Oregon
S 3 Meets 2d and 4th Tues-
" y days of each month.
Visiting members wal-
w a come.
Maud Akers, N. G.
Jessie Henricha, See.
C h ris S ch u lts Post N o. 71
A m e ric a n L eg io a
Meets at I. 0 . O. F. hall on
2nd and 4th Wednesday eve-
nings of each month.
Harvey Thompson, Commander
Theodore Johnston, Adjutant
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Moro School Notes
Irl S. McSherry of Salem. ex-dl3trlct
committeeman of the Oregon state de
partment, American Legion, and now
employed In the claims department
of the state Industrial accident com-
Aission, was appointed private secre
tary to Governor Norblad to succeed
Miss Beatrice Walton, who has re
signed.
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Men, suspended by ropes, have be
gun combing the perpendicular cliff
west of Twin Tunnels, where recently
the Columbia highway was blocked
for five dayo by an avalanche. Fob
lowing a conference of engineers, it
was decided to contlnuo removal of
disintegrating formations at this point
until all possibility of future slides is
eliminated.
A survey by C. R. Briggs, county
agent, just completed, shows that bar
ley Is a heavy producing crop in Ben
ton county. Sprlngcown crops will
be greater this year than for several
years, due to the dry weather that
prevailed last fall. Jfgnjr farmers of
the district are contemplating replac
ing much ot their acreage with b&tfey
instead of other cereal crops.
^The dates of ail mid-Columbia couu
ty fairs have been set, in order that
events w ill not conflict this fall as
they have for several years ^ a s t The
dates selected are: Wasco county fair,
at Tygh valley, August 28-30; Klicki
tat county fair, at GoWendale, Septem
ber 4-6; Sherman county fair, at Mom,
September ll->3; O|fi Fort Dalles Frq
lies, at Tho panes* Bqptsmbep 18 20,
Visitors at {he NehaiqXfi Reaches of
Manzgndta find Neahka^i\le J©#nd df
posited ail along the shore grest'quan
titles of a substance which eppekp to
be a crude oil. Immediately, specula
tlon arose as to the nature and souroe
of this oil, and old ^residents re'cgUCd
the promises of oil in that section in
1910. Some believe that a nearby sut>
ocean well has broken through and
that the masses of black, oily stuff
are from this vent.
^The l?30 Eastern Oregon Livestock
show will be held at Union, June 19,
20 and 21, ft was announced. The 1930
dates are about a week or so later
than qsual, the change being made in
hopes pf finding better weather condi
tions.
The work of dredging and draining
185 M ditlonal acres of Lake Lahish
land at Toknto City, near Chemewa,
Is being put through rapidly In order
that the ground may be planted to
Anyone wishing to enroll for the
C.M.T.C. camp this summer should
see Mr. Hammersley. The camp this
year will be at Camp Hurlburt at the
Vancouver barracks, from June 19 to
July 20, for boys from 17 to 21 years,
three. However, should the number of
those wishing to enroll exceed the
those wishing to enroll exced the
quota, they may be allowed to enter
upon application.
Five year old Ore Hulse had a birth
day party celebration in Moro city
park last Monday afternoon which
was enjoyed by a number of her little
friends who were present. The little
lady sgid that she had a birthday cake
and a number of nice presents. She
also fell and cut her left hand on a
milk bottle after the party, but this
last was of small consequence com
pared to the party, the cake and the
presents.
Mrs. Landry, age 78 years, is re
ported to be very ill with heart trou
ble at the home of her daughter, Mrs.
Clara Barnum, in Portland. Because
of her illness late last week Mr. and
Mrs. W. S. Powell, Mr. and Mrs. J.
N. Landry, Mr. and Mrs. Bart Burrell
and Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Calbreath were
Called to Portland. , All named re
turned to their homes last Sunday
except Mr. and Mrs. Landry who re
mained in Portland.
Dates For County Fairs and
Frolics Set to Not Conflict
Dates for the four most important
| Paul May made the round trip to fall attractions in this section of Ore
»I Portland this week by motor cycle, gon— the Sherman, Wasoo and Klick
I returning on Tuesday.
itat county fairs and the Old Fort
I I Mrs. C. V. Belknap was visiting in Dalles Frolics— were set at a meeting
. Portland last weekend at the home of held last week in The Dalles by repre
I her son George Belknap.
sentatives of the three fair boards
and
the American Legion Frolics com
11 Mr. and Mrs. George Lamborn were
I visitors from Wasco last Sunday at mittee.
The dates agred upon will insure
the Wm. Martin home in this city.
non-conflicting weekends for each of
Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Larson drove to these major events, to be held as fol
I Potland Saturday where Mr. Larson lows: Wasco county fair at Tygh
I took in the auto show, they returning Valley August 28-29-30; Klickitat
I Sunday.
county fair at Goldendale, September
L. J. Davis and E. A. Hoskinson 4-5-6; Sherman county fair at Moro,
I were in Moro on Monday afternoon, September 11-12-13; Old Fort Dalles
I returning to Kent from a visit to The Frolics at The Dalles. September 18-
19-20.
Dalles.
The dates for the ti.ree fairs were
I Dutch Fuller is hauling the lum- definitely set to permit the racing
| her for the new home that is being stables to be moved from one to an
I built by W. C. Miller on his farm east
other without any conflict.
I of Moro.
HARLAND VIEW GRANGE No. 882
Meets in their hall in Harmony Dis
trict the second and fourth Thursday
nights of each month. . Visiting
Grangers welcome.
% C. P. Adams, Master.
C. E. Crites, Secretary.
C. A. Binder left for The Dalles on
winning eleven times; grades three
and four, winning five times; grades I Wednesday where he was expecting
five and six, winning nine times; and I to undergo an operation for chroqjc
Oregon State News
grades seven and eight, winning ten I appendicitis.
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Elma Axtell, daughter of Clare Ax-
Description of the new union si.: ion
I tell, was taken to The Dales Tuesday
For
the
past
month
the
grades
to be constructed at La Grand.; ibis
have ittade a record of 99.1% in at I where she underwent an operation for
fp rlng by the Uuion Pacific raihoad
tendance and the high school 96.6%, I appendicitis.
was given a t the annual chamber of
The regular spring meeting of the
commerce banquet. The station will making a 98% average. There were
nine tardies duripg the month.
I Sherman County Fair association di-
coqt between >130.000 and >140.000.
The following grade school pupils I rectors was held Last Saturday at the
Supplemental Irrigation for the W il
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lamette valley from deep wells came made the honor roll for the first six I Hotel Moro.
a step nearer recently when the first weeks period of the second semester:
Mrs. Ross Andrews was in charge
experimental well on the Senator Sam Mildred Alley, Mildred Hansen, Max of the Moro city library during the
Brown property near Gervais was ine Henricha, Howard Conlee, Doro absence of Mrs. Belknap in Portland
•“brought In” with a satisfactory flow. thy Fraser, Melba Thogerson, La last Saturday.
Intangibles tax collections In Ore von Fuller, Mary Pinkerton, Gifford I •
W. B. Johnston and wife were vis
gon under the first year’s operation of Kenny, Carl Peetz, Dean Pinkerton,
itors
this week from Salem at the
the new law will reach >000,000, it Vera Henricha, Mary Parrott, Clara
home of their son, Theo. Johnston and
Mersinger,
Reatha
Ssyrs,
Isla
Gene
was stated by members of the state
wife of Moro.
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tax commission. This Is an amount Brisbine.
Mrs. F. R. Fortner returned Wed
equal to Income taxes collected from
Now that the basketball season is
individuals in 1823.
over, track opened Monday, March 17. nesday from Lafayette, where she has
The Amity public library received a About ten boys have come out for been visiting with her mother during
! Mrs. Scott's recent illness.
gift of 100 books from Mrs. E ire
practice.
Brown of Salem. An unusual coinci
dence Is that the library Is located on
the 'donation land claim of John W att.
Mrs. Brown’s grandfather, and the
building was used by Werner Brey-
man. her father, In 1852 as a general
store.
The Presbyterian intermediate Sun
day'School classes had a pot-luck sup
per on Friday evening, March l^th,
at the church building. After a de
licious supper .games were played.
The following were present: “'Gayle
Amidon, Gordon Fraser, Alton Ax
tell, Norma Melser, Richard Barnes,
Genevieve Nahouse, Walter Barnes,
Mary Pinkerton, , Doris Thompson,
Marjorie Byers, Teddy Thompson,
Scott Fortner, Flora Williams, Austin
Foss, Mildred Hansen, Dorothy Fras
er, Doris Morrison, Ross Coppock.
We also wish to thank Mrs. Parrott,
Mrs. Larson, and Sirs. Thompson fdr
making our evening more enjoyable.
Flora Williams and Mildred Hansen,
reporters.
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r I R .J. Ginn was a business visitor in
w I Portland the first of the week.
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Fred Haynes was a business visitor
a I in Moro on Monday from Kent.
- I Sheriff M. V. Logan of Condon was
” I a business visitor in Moro on Wednes-
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Mrs. 0 . A. Ramsey is reported to
be improving in health since last
* week.
Miss Lillian Schass* n was out from
The Dalles over Sund. , visiting with
her'sisters.
Wilber Haggerty, A > thur Justesen,
E. A. Hoskinson, and J L. Davis were
business visitors in The Dalles on
Monday.
Durwood H elyer gr: luated in Mon
mouth on Tuesday and will be home*
this week to work on the bomc ranch
this summer.
The Ricardo A nton > q u a rte r sec-
Jo n of land was purchased last week
by J. M. W ilson, through A. A. Dun
We gladly extend every accommodation to
our customers consistent with sound H ati I ç .
ing practice. Let us help you solve your
financial problems.
Chas. D. Parrott, pastor.
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Methodist Church N otes
Church School at 10:00 a. m.
Preaching at 11:00 and 7:80.
Prayer meeting Wednesday evening
at 7:30.'
Ladies Aid Thursday at 2:00 p. m.
The theme for Sunday evening is:
“Abounding Life.’’
On this Sunday evening the Wom
en’s Foreign Missionary Society will
hold-their annual thank offering ser
vice. Mrs. W. C. Bryant will read
the story, of “Lizzie Johnson’s Quilt’’
by Bishop Wame. Special music is
being prepared for the occasion.
God’s laws come from the great
Father’s heart of the Infinite One.
Sin is forbidden because it destroys.
“He that sineth against God wrong- j
eth his own soul.’’
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Moro State Bank
Moro, Oregon
f have the agency for the Plymouth line of auton
biles in connection with the DeSoto “6” and *
cylinder cars.
Plymouth 4 - door sedan, fully equipped,
pricq at Moro $799.00. Other models in
proportion. ...
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F. A. Ginn, pastor.
DeSoto six 4-door sedan, fully equipped, at
Moro, $1115. Other models in proportion.
The Full Goapel Assembly
“Knowing this first, that there shall
come in the last days scoffers..............
saying, ‘where is the promise of His
coming? For since the fathers fell
asleep, alPthings continue as they
were from the beginning of the crea
tion’ ” — 2nd Peter 3:3-4.
Usual services, Sunday, as follows:
I’reaching Sunday .morning at 11.
Sunday School at 10.
Preaching Sunday evening at 7:30.
Bible Study Thursday evening, 7:30.
J. D. and Mrs. Miller, pastors.
DeSoto 8, 4-door sedan, fully equipped,, at
Moro, $1250. Other models in proportion.
ALL CHRYSLER PRODUCTS
Special Sale on Cheney Weeders, Oliver Spring
Tooth Harrows and Oliver No. 50 Chilled Plow
Shares.
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ÜÜWÖN A Jl
Christian Science
Logan G entry was in The Dalles
again on Monday, consulting the doc
Service* Sunday morning at 11
tor. He was advired th a t he must quit o’clock and Wednesday evening at
hard
work fo r a tim e and be there 8 o’clock. Sunday School at 10:00
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o’clock each Sunday morning, pupils
up to the age of 20 years are received
into these classes.
T’ne lesson-sermon topic for the
service
next Sunday morning will be
He is w orking
“Matter.’*
Reading room open daily where all
authorized Christian Science litera
ture may be read, borrowed or pur
chased. The public is cordially invited
to attend the church services and
visit the reading room.
The old saying th a t “ a bad penny
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Puri Pierson, working for W. C. r
Miller, was thrown from a plow last ’
wWek when it struck a rock, resulting
in his having the ligaments of his left
shoulder thrown out of place.
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Mrs. J. C. McKean of Moro and p
Mrs. H. R. McKean, of Wasco were
called to Oswego last Thursday by the
hews of the illness of Miss Ruth Me- 8
Gotland. The two returned on Sun- 3
A party was held Saturday, March
15, at the home of Mrs. Elmer Bar-
zee Sr., honoring the 10th birthday
of Louise Barzee, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. E. R. Bqnee. Those attend
ing were: Gertrude Gillmor, Doris
Morrison, Helen Strong, Hester Hen-
kle, Dorothy Fraaar, Lorinda Buell,
Lois Kenny, Mary Pinkarton, Reatha
Sayrs, Mrs. Lois Barzee, Mrs, Schaef
fer, Mrs. Cope, Miss Jessie Belshee.
Refreshments consisting of brick, ice
cream, cake and punch was served.
John Hunter, former resident ’of
Little Miss Louise received many love Moo and more recently living at San
ly gifts.
J Francisco and Oakland*, Calif., arriv
Paul Alley had his right foot seri ed in Moro last Saturday to find a job
ously cut by a cutaway disc last Sat on a farm. He is now working at the
urday when an eight mule team he Patil Alley farm northeast of town.
was working on the disc became
frightened and ran away.' The team
rS i into a corner and stopped, after
running about 200.feet, throwing the
disc into the air in jump spaces oif
about 14 feet. One of Alley's feet
fPRAcncAiur
got caught in the machiné, holding!
THE. WHOLl
him securely while the other foot was
WORK) IS
cut by the revolving blades.. Thi bone I
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on the Up part o f hfe foot was badly i
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cut as was all ot the tendons leading
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to his toes. Doctors age of the opin
foTHtn PÍOPUS
ion that when the injury heals they
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can unite the tendons. He was taken
to the hospital tho afternoon of the
day the accident occurred.
Keep a Substantial Checking Balance to
your credit at your bank and by so doing
place yoursejf with the “Successful” people
of your community»
I lap, administrator.
W. S. Barzee and wife were week-
end visitors from Portland in 'Moro
last Sunday, at the Moro home of his
brother, E. E. Barzee and wife.
W. H. Williams was in Moro this
week from Eugene, demonstrating an
automatic phonograph with remote
controls and loud speaker attachment.
I Mr. and Mrs. John Eva and Mrs. G.
Johnson returned on Thursday from
! *n auto tour of Arizona and Califor
nia. They were in LosAngeles when
[the baby cyclone hit that city last
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I Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Bryant enter
tained at dinner last Saturday eve-
ding Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Pepper from
The Dalles and the Misses Pepper,
Belshee and Brauninger, teachers in
the Moro schools.
Farming is an intensive business, as is aU
other kinds of merchandising endeavor
these days.
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You a re In v ite d !
N ew s Item s From K ent
1 will r e tu rn ’’ was proven again last
1 week when Ben B arnet, known as
L. A. McArthur, vice president and
general manager of the Pacific Power
and Light Co., and G. L. Corey, man
ager foT the company at The Dalles,
wetC business visitors in Moro this
week.
Demands Working Capital and Banking
Credit available at need. .
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Tlfe church with a cordial welcome. |
City Marshal G. A. Williams has a
cracked rib on his left side, caused by
being struck by a flying belt at the
city water pumping station.
.Mrs. W. A. Ruggles and daughter
Laura drove to Eugene last weekend
returning on Wednesday accompani-
ed by Chas. Ruggles, student at the
University of Oregon.
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Praekyterim»- C hurch
Our only hope of Salvation: •
“Thou shalt call His name Jesus;
f6r He shall save His people from
their sins. Neither is there Salvation
in any other. For there is none other
name under hcavefi given among men
whereby we must be saved.’’
Salvation ! Oh, the joyful sound,
’Tis pleasure to our ears,
A sovereign balm for every wound,
A cordial for our fears.
Buried in sorrow and in sin
At death’s dark door we lay,
But we arise by grace divine,
To see a heavenly day.
Sunday S ch ool......... " .... ?. .10 a. m.
Morning Worship ................. 11 a. m.
Sermon theme: — “The Hand
writing on the Wall.’’
Evening S er v ic e ............... 7:30 p. m.
You need the Church.
The Church needs you.
General Warehouse Business
VYe can fit all kinds of people. Any
size or weight. Crippled or deformed
feet. Wernmark’s Shoe Store, The
Dalles.
Mr. and Mrs. N. W. Thompson
spent the last weekend with their dau
ghter, Mrs. A. N. Busch, at Hillsboro.
They also visited with the Mays fam
ily at North Plains, old former neigh
bors of the Thompson /am ily when
they lived at Corvallis.
A. M. Young and wife and D. A.
VanGilder and wife drove to Tygh
Valley last Sunday by way of the
Shearer grade, where they visited
with Mrs. Z. A. Watkins and family.
Mrs. Watkins is a daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Young and sister of Mrs.
VanGilder.
Ginn, Coleman & Co.
M oro, O reg o n
JOHN DEERE FARM IMPLEMENTS
Dealers in Furniture, Hardware^
A. B. Riddell partly wrecked his
car last Saturday about twelve miles
south of Arlington, when returning to
Moro from Condon. The car was acci
dently driven off the highway, turned
over and headed the opposite direc
tion, but with no serious Injury to
Mr. Riddell.
The public is invited to a local boy
scout program and a picture show to
be given Wednesday, March 26, at the
Legion hall. W. W. Belcher, boy
scout executive for the Mid-Columbia
district, will speak and show pictures
pertaining to the boy scout work as
well as some University of Oregon
extension' films. No collection will be
taken. ..
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Attorney I. D. Mahone, secretary
of the company of which O. G. Ssyrs
of Moro and Judge Fred Krusow of
Grass Valley are directors, was in
Moro last weekend. The company is
the owner of patent rights for an au
tomobile gearless transmission, then
being used in the car being driven by
Mr. Mahone, and which to date has
been driven more than 16,000 miles
and has cqst the company all of >60,-
000 in its building, rebuilding and im- I
prove me nts. The car and its unit will
soon be taken east, by way of Califor
nia, and will there be experimented
with by the large automobile builder*
for the purpose of adapting it to their
cars. Engineers from the large auto
manufacturing centers have been in
Portland numerous times the past
year to try and secure rights for their
companies for its use.
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Floor Coverings,
Paints, Oils and Glass
Eureka Vacuum Cleaners
Ranging 4n price from $39.50 to $70. Model 11
is Especially Equipped to Clean Yoqr Car.
Linoleum
Laid With Special Equipment
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R. H. McKean, Manager, Wasco, Orçgçp
DEALERS IN
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Lime, Plaster, Cement, Cedar Poets, B u rd en
Supplies, Lumber, < W ood, Coal aad , Hey
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