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About Sherman County observer. (Moro, Sherman County, Or.) 1897-1931 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 22, 1930)
A Thi Bhtnttfin fterm aa County Observer <X Ia SUELAHD Editor and Publisher Otom«, Moro» Orego«, " Friday, Àuguri Mr IMO Fire at L. L. Peetz Home *'• Causes Much Damage Truck*© Ga© Tank Explodes Starts Fire On Highway CH ES inntm»nffiiu»nH»ttmnnn»nntt»n i niHHiiiH«wninfn i n n i« C. L. Powell, driving to Moro over Christian Science the Columbia highway Sunday eve Service Sunday morning at 11 ning, was forced to «top for'two hours o’clock and Wednesday evening at about 7:30 p. m. by a fire which de 8 o’clock. Sunday School at 10:00 stroyed a truck of the Consolidated Truck Lines,» half mile West of Cas o’clock each Sunday morning, pupils cade Locks and spread to brush above up to the age of 20 years are received the highway but Was quickly con into these classes. The lesson-sermon topic for the trolled by forest rangers. Mr. Powell service next Sunday morning will he counted 125 care ^passing towards "Mind.” r Portland, before they allowed his car Reading room open daily where all to start. A total of 400 cars was in authorized Christian Science litera the blockade. ture may be read, borrowed or pur The truck, driven by Kenneth chased. The public is cordially invited Layman, was bound east from Port to ’ attend the church services and land when the blaze started. Flames visit the reading room. spread from the gasoline tank which exploded, starting the small forest In dollars and cents, the farming industry is the largest in the na fire. According to reports from the T h e F u ll Gospel Assem bly tion, exceeding both the steel in Herman Creek ranger station, most “When thy judgments are in the dustry and the automobile in of the truck’s load of groceries, fur earth the inhabitants of the world dustry combined. The value of manufactured products based on niture, cotton and other articles was will learn righteousness.”— Isa.26:9. farm products as a raw material destroyed. Layman was unhurt. A Meets every Monday stairs part of the house some time enforcement bureau. Poor Russia that suffered so terri exceeds any one of the great in trailor, attached to the truck, was bly from famine and pestilence after dustries by more than 500 million i*v j’.n*ng_*n d later when they heard a roar as the j. p, Yates, state representative in rolled to a safe place and its contents the World War, and is still suffering dollars. — y visiting brothers 1 are fire a£ain burst out, this time into the Oregon legislature from this dis- »I were not injured. greater tribulation from the govern trict, was a visitor in Moro Wednes cordially invited to flames from a long smouldering star^ ment in the hands of apostate Jews, meet with us. > I When the closet door was opened day from hi# home at Wasco. Let us help you solve your has experienced one of the greatest Clarence Mersinger, N. G. this time, a sheet of fire darted out financial problems Dr. L. D. Idleman and his father! H a » S p le n d id C o rn P a tc h — . A. M. Young. Secretary. that Uy burned curUin, „ revivals in the history of the church! C. Z. MXftua, spent Thursday eve-j G r o w n W ith out W ater Estimate» as to the number converted LapiM R .k . e c L od ,. No. 11« ¡tha » ” <•” ' n<,arby and “ l00kcd t0 ning in Moro on their trip to Pendle-J during the past ten years since the Moro, Oregon • Mr. Peetz that the property wa3 ton from Salem and Portland. j -A private demonstration farm in grasp of the Greek Catholic church Meets 2d and 4th Tues- doomed. An alarm was given and an Moro, Oregon Little Miss Murial Stamey and her Moro that is well woith the time to has been broken, j-un all the way days, of each month. effort made to take out furniture from _ where the fire wajJ burnin* _ brother Dean are visitors from Sil-j visit is the one on the highlands in j from ten million, (which is the Soviet Vmt.ng members w e l - , ^ Bessie Thompson N.G. that efforts to control the blaze would . verton this week in Moro at the home j the Mowry addition maintained by - jn m official statements) to .34 Jessie Henrichs, Sec? not be hampered. of their aunt, Mrs. A. S. Johnson. . o. A. Ramsey on ten city lots, about million from Evangelical sources. Mr. and Mrs. J. M. UUom. of Lea i ‘^ e e acres of land In all. On this Will the United States require some With the arrival of outside help, *rcw t0 such terrible judgments to bring forth Chris S ch u lts Post No. 71 the city fire hose,-and private owned Vegas, Nevada, accompanied by their P '»« «■» 1™“ Mr- maturity, without > a ter, a large a seeking after God and His Christ? A m erican L agio a chemical fire extinguishers, the fire son and family, arc visiting Mr. Usual services on Sunday. Meets at I. O. O. F. hall on was quickly gotten under control for Mrs. A. Rose this week. Mrs. Ullom' -mount of torn, onion peas, beans, pumpkins, potatoes, and had a tree Sunday School at 10 a. m. 2nd anti 4th Wednesday eve- the last time. and Mrs. Rose are cousins. full of apricots in ©£< lition. A visit Preaching at 11 a. m. nings of each month. a carful check seems to indicate Arthur Smith, in Moro on Satur-j to tbe pjace made by the editor on Preaching at 7:30 p. m. Harvey Thompson, Commander that the fire started from a hot cin- day from his home in the Rutledge jn company with Mr. Ram- Bible Study at the home of R. J. Theodore Johnston, Adjutant der, thrown from the chimney on the ROYAL CLUB JELL POWDER MAZOLA SALAD OIL True Flavors 4 Ban Best For Cooking opposite side of the house when the district, reported an electrical storm 1 scy> showed shoulder h gh corn stalks Ginn on Wednesday evening at 7:45 HARLAND VIEW GRANGE No. 682 ..b|ew up„ about with plenty of thunder and lightning ^ejd corn> three va: ieties of table Quart tin ....................;, J. D. and Mrs. Miller, pastors. Two p k g s ........................ “ rtUth i« eoid ^ n V fou rib T h u red n y b° ur bafore ™ oke was 1fir’ t notic' d' at his place last Friday afternoon. I corn> pop corn, pea vi .es now being SUMMER MIXED COOKIES TOMATO CATSUP Mr. and Mrs. Pettit, from Omaha, ' allowed to go to seed for use next Visiting caused by a slow fire and the use of a nighta of each month. Special assortment Unexcelled Flavor Methodist Church Notes. Wa»h., in company with their son 1 year, string beans, and bushes full of rmall excess of fine coal that appar- Grangers welcome. Per Pound ............... Two bottles Church School every Sunday morn C. P. Adams, Master. ently smothered the fire in the stove and his wife, from Kinzau, Ore., were ' pods of Mexican red beans, and a C. E. Crites, Secretary. PEAS TOILET PAPER for a short time. A hole in the roof, visitors in Moro last Sunday at the'large patch of dry ©nions. In our ing at 10:00 o’clock. A Near Fancy Product Prayer meeting Wednesday eve 1000 Sheet Rolls about the size of a silver dollar, close O. A. Ramsey home. Mrs Pettit is ’ walk over the place, n t a weed was Two tins ........................ Four rolls ......... ning at 8:00. ' to be seen. ,to the butt ends of the roof shingles a niece of Mrs. Ramsey. N atio n al M o vem en t F o r The Ladies Aid meets Thursday When such a garden as this can be ' the glowing edges of which, inside Clyde Gilmor arid family drovc last j raided in Sherman coi.aty in a year j aftcrnopn at 2:00 o’clock. L o w e r in g L iv in g C o sts under the roof, Mr. Peetz had soaked in thp Mt. ... . I ' Suriflay to Curtis nrn/iV creek, in the Mt Preaching Sunday morning at ¡with water when he first loeated the j — ' “ '«he^th ey'.pe'nt the such “ the °"e’ with#U‘ cur», i . . . . water or rainfall in the growing sea- 11 o’clock. Sponsored by the United States fire seemingly bears out this theory. Our Own Brand. Selected for Flavor. fully day Peking huckleberries, returning R evidence th; it could be " The subject of the Sunday morn Department? of Agriculture ( The loss to Mr. Peetz was An insurance i with a moderately lance supply Jm c proper effort ing service is “Mountains of the t i covered by insurance. Low selling costs plus cash prices i was applied to the pur -se. Bible.” adjuster who was in Moro to adjust the winter canning use. With meats selling at lower levels th<? Rrugow farm ,0?B of iast Satur- A series of meetings will begin at Reward for return or information , ________ __ __ At Grass Valley Aug. 31. Rev. A. L. today than they have for a number day, tQok chargC of the adjustment of a black Spaniel dog, answering to' of years and exhaustive experiment-, fea^ure an<i made arrangements with the name of Tobby or Nicholas. Lost B a r g e s O n L o lu m o ia K iv e r Aldrich of New York will be in »1 work now under way at the Ore- Mr peetz and Q A Ram3ey to put from an auto last week in the Kent charge. The meeting will be held in « ___ _______ — RR A letter received by the Sherman the pavilion, and Mr. Aldrich comes ^ gon Agricultural Experiment Station tfee propcrty back into the same con- district. Last heard from near Kent, at Corvallis and other state univer- dition ¡t' was before the fire occurred j Notify Jas. B. Adams, phone 161, County Observer writt« n under date well recommended. Every one is in of August 19 by R. H Kipp, execu^ vited to attend. titles and colleges to improve the and gend the bin to the insurance Moro. tive secretary of the Columbia Valley The church with a cordial welcome. .quality of meat, the consumer is )company for payment. Word was received in Moro lust Association, states tha. negotiations F. A. Ginn, pastor. placed in an especially advantageous Actual property damage was com week by Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Akers of covering the past several monthwhave position, In the opinion of Mr. E. W. paratively mall, but damage from the safe arrival of a 5 ............................ ’< l b son, \°* in been about concluded that will bring SheeU of the. U. S. Department of , smoke> waUr and chemicals will U|en liVUVW<aj>.......... Glen Holloway, born to their daughter,about freight barge operation on the' Agriculture, secretary of the annual (probably make a total fire damage of ; Mrg Ruth Hol|oway> at the family IN M E M O R IA M eonierence oi cooperators cooperawr» in w » a nation-(dose , conference of tQ $ , 000 A | home in Los Angeles on Tuesday, Columbia river as far east as The R. H. McKean, Manager, Wasco, Oregon Dalles within the next few months. al study of meat quality and palata- MRS. EDITH BELKNAP. --------- 1 August -15. The letter stated that the associa bility held at Chicago ffom August Following an illness of several WORDS OF APPRECIATION Swegle returned Wednesday tion was not at this time in a position 11 to 14. Present at Ihe conference weeks, Mrs Edith Belknap' died at We wish to take this method to ; from a four weekB auto vacation trip to state definitely the actual date of DEALERS IN were representatives of twenty five state colleges and the U. S. Depart- personally thank every person who to Aberdeen and Westport, Wash. ’ starting the freight barge service, The Dalles hospital at 10:15 o’clock Lime, Plaster, Cement, Cedar Posts, Builders ment of Agriculture. Prof. A. W. helped handle the fire situation at our He has much to say about the deep , but that all factors but one had been Wednesday night. Funeral services Oliver of the Oregon Agricultural home last Monday morning. Partic- sc£ fishing, crab fishing and clamming • satisfactorily met and that this would will be held at the Presbyterian Supplies, Lumber, Wood, Coal and Hay Experimcnt Station is associated u’ariy the Shell Oil Company plant done on the Pacific coast of western jvery probably be taken care of with- ¿hurch in Moro at 2:30 o’clock Fri day afternoon, conducted,, by Rev. prominently with the work in con- at Moro for their use of their large Washington where he spent his jn a short period of time. MANUFACTURERS OF I The letter also stated what may be Henry G. Hansen, former pastor of nection with this study at this college, chemical fire extinguisher kept on vacation. E. E.raulsan of Spokane and Paul, news to ,ome of the residents in Moro Presbyterian church and now “The purchaeer’s dollar as applied hand at the Moro oil station. pastor in charge at Independence, \o (neat is assuming pre-war propor- Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Petz. < i Paulsan of Portland, brothers of Mrs. Sherman county. W e quote the let ter as follows: “You no doubt ob Ore. Interment will be in the Moro tions,” Mr. Sheets said. “Never b e > ---------------------- aoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooi C. V. Belknap; H. W. White, an served in the recent train rate de cemetery, where graveside services fore has such a concerted effort been uncle, of Battle Ground, Wash., and cision that while all territory east of were conducted by the Order of made to give 4he consumer exactly Mrs. J. J. Kimm, a cousin, of Van The Dalles received some reduction in Eastern Star, of which the deceased what he wants as Is being made in the couver, Wash., were called Vo Moro rates, the rate from The Dalles was was a member. national study in which the govern-; ■ and The Dalles on Monday of this Mrs. Belknap was a member of increased one half cent per hundred ment ancj the cqlleges are taking j?rom College News Service,^O.S.A.C. week by the serious illness of Mrs. several local organizations and active pounds.” Belknap at the hospital in The Dalles. pan” 1 ------ C. V. Belknap, Proprietor -:- Moro, Oregon The opening of the Celumbia river in church and lodge circles. Surviv The study, which was launched ARGO-—Alfhlfa seeded on the farm ing her death are her husband, C. V.- The railroad depot at Rufus was to a barge freight service is undoubt. in 1924 upon the suggestion of the Schroeder in a field where National Live Stock and Meat Board, Canada thistie was growing vigorous- broken into and robbed last Friday cdly necessary to thg continued Belknap of Moro; a son, George Bel is looked upon as one of the greatest , almost dominated the thistles night, August 19. The greatest loss prosperity of all aecti ¡ne of eastern knap of Portland; two brothers, E. F. For Appointment, Phone 182. Paulsan of Spokane and Paul Paulsan pieces of cooperative research work duccd a fine stand of alfalfa. was the theft of a number of blank Oregon. of Portland; an uncle, H. W. White of express money orders. Aq expert tee to M rdS h«t» “’ dI tT e o v ir te g to e 1 CORVALLIS— The annual summer can fill these out an<| paM them at Walter ‘May rt iraed Monday Battle Graund, Wash., and a cousin, subject thoroughly from all a n g le,” , field tour of the Weeten,, Nut Grow- F<imls hundreds „ of miles from the from a brief visit with relatives at Mrs. J. J. Kimm of Vancouver, Wash. kxx ..Gi “There are studies con- cr’s accociation will be he d gu*t the robbery. he said. “There Portland. ' 27 and 28, according to C, E. Bohus- cerned with breeding, feeding;, A "get together” session of the Want one to 50 tun of hay. Call JOSIAH D. BELL ¿ex, RlaugfctgiW »Rd «0l0^ ter, secretary. The tour will start at members of Moro lodge I. D. O. F. Moro Meat Market, phqne 832. Lebanon the first day and at Santa J. D. Bell, resident of Sherman and texture of the meat, grade, a n d ----- an down the line to the actual cook- Clara, four miles north of Eugene has been arranged for this Friday Douma Bros. county in the Kent district for to , ™ e cooking experiments, in the next day. and will deal pr.nctp.lly evening, August 25. An invitation An electrical storm occurred at the several years, died at a hospital in i « t , have developed Into one of the with lowland or river bottom orchard, has been extended to all lodges of the Tom Fraser farm last Friday after The Dalles Thursday morning, aged county. The program includes de Surviving relatives in noon that had unusual features. Fol 74 years. most important phases of the study, and sites. gree work, followed by a banquet. clude two daughters, Mrs. Rachel I. lowing a day of fairly good thrashing Hundreds of samples from expen- BURNS— With three successive The committee in charge has been mental animals have been cooked, yeQrs of droutb the wild hay crop in working hard to make the meeting weather, the sky suddenly became Sandman of Encinitis, Calif., and Mrs. much of the work being done in the Harney .valley is almost a complete well worth the attendance of every black overhead; lightning flashed, and Ada Guyton of Kent; six sons, Alfred heavy rolls of thunder were heard. of Kansas, John and Ray of Colorado, Bureau of Home Economics, U. $• failurc thiR year, causing farmers and Odd Fellow in the country. One crash of thunder s iddqnly pealed Leslie of Moro, and Roy and Paul, Pepaptment of Agriculture and also , 8tockmen t0 be more interested than R. C. Byers and family dorve last overhead, the horses I -came fright whereabouts unknown; eleven grand |>y fh# home economics department of , ever jn in developing well irrigation down, and children and' two nephews, Ashford the colleges.” J A cooperative survey by the Oregon Saturday afternoon fq Northwestern ened, one man was knot i m C T l V B M A T a a T O «BPT. > • bound t bip to The experiment stations which are Experiment station and the U. S. Lake, abput seven miles from White the lightning holt hit the fence with and Miles Ferguson, both of The w y r t n a m lu o t O C T . > x , *© > • dcnveb Dalles. toking part in the study are: Arkan Geological Survey is under way tq de Salmon, Wash., where they visited in 300 yards of the n achine. Two Rariuceri fares all part «of east; liberal »top- r'T.'.'.“ sas, Colorado, Georgia, Jllinois, Indi termine the extent of underground over night with Wm. Rudolf and strands of the wire was cut by the ÍUIÍ over«. F le e train»! modarn e q u i p m e n t ; bolt which set fire to the stubble and t o o JÄ I© family- LWving there the next day ana, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Mary water resources. • p I mm I m eerricei «cenie rente. Snort »»de We can fit all kinds of people. Any C IN C IN N A T I .......ita -N weeds under the fence. Heavy rain size or weight. Crippled or deformed trip» enable you to riait they drove to Vlento Park, on the land, Michigan, Minnesota, M i ^ P - BEND— A half acre plot of Ladak Z IO N N A T I O N A L P A B K pi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New alfalfa on the II. B. Townsend farm Columbia highway, where a family fell close upon the start of the fire, feet. Wernmark’s Shoe Store, The O B A N D C A N T O N N A T IO N A L P A B K for about five minutes, which put qqt reunion party spent the day visiting Jersey, New Mexico, New .VorU, of Tumalo showed an increased hay Dalles. B B T C B C A N T O N N A T IO N A L PACK. North Carolina, North Dakota, Ore« yield of 45 to 50 per cent over the with each other. Included in the the fire with no damage to the field TBLLO W O TO N B N A T IO N A L P A B K party at Viento were Mr. Byers and or machine. NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT * » gon, South Carolina, Tennessee, Vir Grimm variety at the first cutting. • B A N D T Z T O N N A T IO N A L P A B K family, John Thogerson and family, R O C K T M O U N T A IN N A T ’ L P A B K ginia, and West Virginia. R< C. Byera returned :he first of the In the County Court of the State of the Misses Grace and Mabel .Byers, week from, a visit paid to Northwest Federal stations located in the Oregon for Sherman County. states of Idaho, Louisiana, Maryland, A Sherman county farmer, when he and Mr. Thogerson’a mother, sister ern Lake, seven miles distant from In the Matter of the Estate of Henry Schadewitz, Deceased. Mississippi, Montana, and Vermont fired a harvest hand last week,, for and brother-in-law fro.m Portland. A. ROSE. White Salmon. He is much impressed Notice is hereby given Jhat the loafing while not watched, said: “I’m are also participating. with the summer home possibilities undersigned has filed in the above Agent. __________ further on the de- firing you because, whenever I’m / Saturday night about midnight fire of the place. The lake is* the result entitled court his final report and Commenting etine in meat prices Mr. Sheets called ‘nQt herft you»re the, laziest man on of undoubted incendiary origin de of a power dam across trio White account of his administration of stroyed a 60x30 foot machine shed, Moro, Oregon. said estate and that Monday, the attention to the fact that all ipeqtfr- the jpb.” Salmon river, made hv the North- 22 day of September, 1930 at the a combine harvester, and a number |>aeL vpal, pork, arid lam V -äre af • Mrs. Wifie was reading the news- of small, farm implements on the place western Electric Power Co. Th« hour of 10 o’clock a. m. of said day 1 fected. . The of beef, nanor and looked up to remark to company approves of full use of the has been by order of the court ap - —- - wholesale price - he said, is from one-fifth to one*tJ ‘ d ; „ Pbbiet « f doa’t-believe it! This known as the Frodberg farm, now lake by summer campera» fishermen pointed as the time and the county owned by Judge Fred KrusoW, north court room in the court house at Moro, lower than it was a year ago. Veal 1 Huorne. READ THE : paper says the average woman ha^ g east from Moro. The fire was first and vacationists, but will not permit Oregon as the place for the hearing is from one-fourth fo oqe-third lower, vocabulary of only BOO words 1’’ ^ discovered about 2:30 Sunday morn any hint of charges for the privileges of said report and account, the ob lamb is more than one-third lower, “Seems like a small stock,* gMtat _a___ _____ next ____ morning __ _ used. Boats on the lake are private jections thereto, if any, and the Investigation with pork, e»P«cia|ly the heavjer cuts mured her spouse, "but think-of the • ing. owned and can he uscLBjf vjpltors settlement of said estate- track» tri the field do»# to ef frejh pork, wholesaling at relative- AMD KEEP INFORMED ’ Dnted and first published at Moro hut no one is allowed to make »hed where some one had driven Oregon this 22d day of August, 1930 ly lowfr prices. These declines should turnover. __ __ to the charge for their use. Th© lake Melvin R- Schadewitz, Executor of be reflected in the retail prices, he ' Shlp-to-shore telephone service for up in a car and then walked The build-, build-'2H miles long, of varying width and the Estate of Henry Schadewitz trans-Paciftc and coast wise shed and back to the car. The _ _ NEWS AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE COUNTY both Vaas-raemv ---- „ M , “ ‘ ' ¡ng and contents was a total loss, is 60 or more feet deep. H 1« well dacaaaa©» * . vessels may soon be established. This Last publication September 19, 1930 service is already available to four covered by insurance to the amount stocked with the most poprit^r spool©© W. C. Bryant, attorney. Noah was 600 years old when ho of trout. of $1400. ships oil the Atlantic ocean. Monday morning: about ten o'clock Cris Andersen is a visitor in Moro fire came close to destroying the large •A m residence property owned by L L thia week from Portland. Peetz at the west side highway en Tom Douma has recouvered from Eureka L o ri» . No» 1X1 A . P. a A. M. trance into Moro. , The fire Was first his recent ¡Illness and was permitted •OfihJk» Moro, Oregon Meets the 1st and 3rd , discovered by Mr. Peetz about three to return home on Wednesday. Thursday evenings o f , quarters of an hour before in alarm Mr. and Mrs. V. S. Baqrwere visi- each month. Visiting was given, thru smoke coming into i tors in Moro the first o iT h e week members cordially in the ba.ement, from the laundry chute new a{ Mikkalo vited to meet with us where the • family were “doing By order of W. M. G. Douma drove to Shaniko last the weeks qsyal washing. Robt Urquhart, Secretary. Sunday, where he spent the day visit Alter carefully going oyer the B e i h k h .m C b ap tae N# 78 O . E. S. house twice from cellar to garret, the ing with his sister, Mrs. Alida Brown, Moro, Oregon source of the smoke was located in near *Maupin. d o S c a c h 2nd and'tth * ?•>««« closet at the head of the Delpha Jean,Lewis, niece of Mrs. Thursday evenings of stairs on the top floor. It was put out O. A. Ramsey, is spending these each month. by water carried to the place. With- pleasant fall days in Moro as a visitor Mrs. E. T. Strong. ¡n next half hour Mr. Peeta made from Portland. Nana Baraee, Secretory °" , three or four visits to the £ lo.et on an Richard Ginn is'a visitor in Moro _____________________________ uneasy tour of inspection, but never this from the Seattle, he is M oro " V .“ ' b ^ / - , M T / Z s T e r 0/ s ” t t U the“ do*^ ! . » P ^ week d with federal where prohibition Di*,tter Mt Dost a t M om » O regea, ’Jjtfr M. 1111 IT ALL COMES BACK. TO YOU The farmer’s income goes back' directly into the community. Moro State Bank Eventually You Pay Cash W hy N ot Now ? /■ ■ ... 50c 31c 23c 25c 25c Coflee, Fresh Ground, 2 lbs 75c MORO CASH GROCERY Independent Warehouse & Milling Co. M IL L F E E D A N D F L O U R On Oregon Farms Hotel Moro Barber Shop MARCELLING Hoi Baths at Any Time LOW FARES EAST ------JJJ U N IO p a c if ic SHERMAN COUNTY OBSERVER built the ark. Don’t loie your grip-
