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The Sherman C mty Observer, Moro, Oregon,
ShCFfll&II CoUDty Observer Grain
C. L. IRELAND
Editor and Publisher
Freight
Rates
Will Re Effective Soon
r
Friday, November 21, 1930
Àuto Parts Make Good
Barn Lighting Plant
Farmers Clever at Tinkering Can
Commissicfti Will Put New Charges
T
C h ristian Selene«
C.
R.
Morrison
and
wife
spent
part
Use Discarded “Heaps” to
, InioJ Effect January First
Service Sunday morning at 11
of this week visiting in Portland.
!
Lighten Labors
Despite Objections of *
o’clock and Wednesday evening at
This
is
one
time
of
the
year'
that
Big Carriers
F u re k a Lodge N o . 121 A . F . A A . M .
8 o'clock. Sunday School at 19:00
hunters begin to outlia fishermen.
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Any farmer having a flare for o’clock each Sunday morning, pupils
Moro, Oregon
r£> Meet« the 1st and 3rd
Fred Pickett was a business visitor mechanical tinkering and access to up to the age of 20 year» are received
Despite protests of carriers and the
Thursday evenings of
in Portland this week from Sherman an automobile “boneyard” can in into these classes.
objections
of
some
shipping
interests
each month. Visiting
stall an inexpensive, fairly effective
The lesson-sermon topic for the
members cordially in* affected, ■ thtifcp- interstate -commerce dounty.
electricHighting system in his barn. service next Sunday morning will he
vitad to meet with us commission order reducing by about
Mrs. Webber, mother of Mrs.
By order of W. M.
“Soul and Body.”
fifteen million dollars freight rates Walter May, is a visitor in Moro this The plan, which is approved by
Walker of the agricultural en
KobL Urquhart, SecntfAgy.'-. **-x on grain west of the Mississippi, will
Golden Text:
Matthew 6:22.
week
from
Portland.
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ing department at Oregon St
The light of the body is the eye: if
go
into
effect
January
1.
C h a p te r N o
78 O. E. S.
Mr. and Mrs. Pentland, from Hal
In handing down the order the com sey, are visiting old time friends in lege; requires only that a gasoline therefore thine eye be single, thy
Moro, Oregon
engine be used on the farm for whole body shall^be full of light.
Regular communica* mission announced: “The interstate and near Moro this week.
general purposes. '
4 **
Responsive Reading: Matthew 6:
tio'ns each 2nd and 4th commerce commission has voted to
A common six volt generator such 24-29, 31-33.
Thursday evenings of deny the various pétitions submitted
Mrs. W. D. Wallan^has returned
each month.
Services will be held on Thanks
to it for modification or rehearing in from Lewiston, Idaho, where she has as usually remains in good condition
Mrs. E. T. Strong.
in any “heap,” is connected with the giving day at 11 o’clock a. m. The
been
visiting
with
her
mother.
the
grain
case.
This
notice
is
given
;
Worthy Matron
farm gasoline engine by means of a
in this manner, for the informal and
Nana Barzee, Secretary.
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Taylor of Prine belt and crank shaft pulley so as to subject of the lesson will be “Thanks
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■ .11 early information of all concerned.
ville spent the last weekend in Moro turn about 1800 revolutions per giving.”
M o ro Lodge N o . 113 1. O . O . F.
Golden Text: Psalms 97:12. Re
Formal orders will be entered.”
as guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. J. minute. It in turn is connected to
■ Moro, Oregon
joice
in the Lord, ye righteous; and
Schaeffer.
W as Postponed
Meets' every Monday
a common storage battery just as it give thanks at the remembrance of
evening in the I.O.O.F
Bring your cleaning and pressing is in the car, and from the battery his holiness.
The original order of the commis
hath Transient and
to
J. D. Miller and have i t returned common electric light cord is run to
Responsive Reading: Psalms 95:
-visiting brothers are sion revising rates was made Novem
in
three days. Satisfactory work. the barn. ' ’
ber
1,
but
was
postponed
until.
Jan
1-7; 147:1-5,7.
eordiauv invited to
In the barn two or three old auto
meet with ua.
The public is cordially invited to
uary 1 because of objections. It has Expert mending.
✓
mobile
headlights may be mounted in all services.
Clarence Mersinger, N. G.
since been the object of^a series of
A
marriage
license
was
issued
by
A. M. Young, Secretary. protests by, western, eastern and
convenient places with their reflectorr
Reading room open daily where all
County Clerk G. C. Akers on Friday,
directed so as to reflect the most light.
southern carriers.
'-Lupine Rebecca Lodge N o . 116
November 21, to Arthur Schilling and A switch located near the door com authorized Christian Science litera
In addition, representatives of Margaret Jeanet Todd, both of Grass
ture may be read, borrowed or pur
Moro, Oregon
petes the installation.
Meets 2d and 4 th Tues- grain producer;» and grain handling Valley.
chased. The public is cordially invited
days of each month. interests in various western points
'When the engine is bring .used for to attend the church services and
Visiting members wel
The Presbyterian Woman’s Mis the ordinary farm tasks it can just as visit the reading room.
questioned
the
rearrangement
of
come.
sionary Society will present a pan easily be operating the little genera
Bessie Thompson, N.G. grain charges.
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Jessie Henrichs, Sec.
Possibility that the railroads affect tomime pageant and program at the tor, as it requires no appreciable
P r e s b y te r ia n C h u rc h
ed by the election of the interstate church on Sunday, November 30, at amount of power, thus keeping the
battery charged all the time as it is
commerce commission in reducing the usual morning service fro«r. .
Q b r it S c h u ltz P o s t N o . 71
S.unday School at 10:00 a. m.
A m e r ic a n L e g io n
grain rates, might carry their fight
Graveside comrhitment services in a car.
The system complete costs but $10
Meets at I. O. O. F. hall on into the courts before acquiescing were held at Wasco cemetery-Wednes
or
$15 even if the material is bought
T h e F u ll G ospel A s s e m b ly
2nd and 4th Wednesday eve- in the order which they - have at- day, November 19, for Mrs. Martha
nings of each month.
! lacked with vigor, was seen in com- Barzee of Portland, who died in Port from wrecking houses. Of course
“He that humbleth himself shall
the system does not compare with a
C. R. Bruckert, Commander mer.t in railroad circles at Portland land November 16, aged 68 years.
be exalted”— Luke 14:11
regular connection with a 110 volt
Vernon Flatt, Adjutant
this last week since the latest order
“ Humbleth yourselves therefore
Mrs. Jas. Henkle was called to
.....—-------------------------------- -------- of the interstate commission became Corvallis late last week because of the power line nor with the common 32 under the mighty hand of God, that
volt farm lighting plan:, but it docs
HADLAND VIEW GRANGE No. 682 public.
serious injury to her father, Ezra beat currying a lantern -and rigging He may exalt you in due time.”— 1
Meets in their hall in Harmony Dis-
.
Thompson, when caught in an auto it up provides good pastime for Peter 5:6.
trict the second and fourth Friday •
See C o u r t A c u o n
“ Wherein does the exaltation exist?
nights of each month.
Visiting
Until the commission’s .final order mobile under a falling tree during a stormy winter days.
The
highest glory of the creature is
rangers^welcome.^ Magter
applications for a rehearing of storm last week in the Coast moun
in being only a vessel, to receive and
tains.
, the case has been pressed earnestly,
C. E. Crites, Secretary.
•njoy and show forth the glory of
About thirty members and friends
and this was taken to indicate that
God!”—Andrew Murray.
¡unless a rehearing was ordered attended the Dorcas Society social at
Usual services on Sunday.
(Special Correspondence)
the home of Mrs. J. C. Freeman on
, court action would result.
Sunday School at 10 a. m.
I The decision of the commission Wednesday afternoon. Towards the
Preaching at 11 a. m.
conies as a “great relief” to offi close of the afternoon, refreshments
Last Friday evening the Moto
Preaching at 7 :30 p. m.
cers of the North Pacific Grain consisting of apple sauce cake and Woman’s Club sponsored a carnival
Bible Study at the home of R. J.
Grower?, Inc., Arthur M. Geary, re coffee were served.
which was very well attended.
Ginn Thursday at 7:45.
Attorney - at - Law
presentative of the association, said
Each year the cluO endeavors to
Lyle Wallan returned the first of
A cordial invitation to attend is ex
today. The corporation and leaders the week from Corvallis, where he raise money to be used for charity. tended to all.
of farm organizations have cooperated has been attending college, under The proceeds are divided as the club
J. D. and Mrs. Miller, Pastors.
in the grain rate case.
doctor’s instructions to stay awtiy sees fit, first of all money is given for
OFFICE PHONE MAIN 93
from the Willamette valley. This is the up keep of the local library, a
R e c o rd
C o m p le t
M e th o d is t C h u rc h N o te s .
his second term at college, both mark scholarship is allowed, and the re
; “The commission acted upon a ed by sickness caused by climatic mainder sent to various charity in
Moro, Oregon
Church
School at 10 a. m.
'very complete ' record and had be
stitutions. So, indeed, the attendance
conditions.
Preaching
at 11:00 and 7:30.
fore it the supreme court’s decision
at the carnival was appreciated as
The
evening
service will be a lec
The
usual
short
lived
term
of
cir
in the California deciduous fruit
well as the dimes and nickles left ture entitled “The Six O’clock Whis
rate case at the time the grain rate cuit court for Sherman county w
tle Around the World.” This lecture
convened by Judge Parker at Moro o.i with us.
order was issued,” Geary said.
The ilub wishes to thank the is illustrated by steriopticon pictures
last
Monday.
Following
the
report
of
“ It had to overrule many objec
following people for their kind as
tions. The railroads charged the the grand jury, alb jurors were dis sistance and any others who may and is very interesting. r
The Ladies Aid meets Thursday
charged
from
further
attendance
on
order unduly favored the mountain
have helped in any way: The Legion, afternoon at 2.
P h y s ic ia n
end
S u rg e o n
Pacific northwevt. Feed manufac the court and adjournment was
Douma Bros., Moro Public School,
Prayer meeting and Bible study on
turers complained that withdrawal taken before the noon hour.
G rae« V a lle y , O re g o n
The Moro Lumber Co., and Conlee’s Wednesday evening at 7 :30,
of privilege of shipping out mixed , Rain and snow storms over the last
Grocery.
You are cordially invited to all
feed at the unpaid balance of the
People can reach me from Moro through rates would result in junk weekend period has added materially
services.
at night from the long distance ing many plants located at termi to the moisture being now stored in
The church with a cordial welcome.
booth at Hotel Moro by ringing nals. . Flour manufacturers in Cali the underground reservoirs of the Union County Boy Wins ,7,
F. A. Ginn, pastor.
Sherman county wheat fields. All
The Dallas.
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4-H
Club
State
Honors
fornia and, otl^r consuming sec parts of the ebunty Hav’e by now been
tions objected to the rates on flour visited with generous moisture pre
Clifford D. Conrad of Imbler, a
i being placed on the wheat level. cipitation that will help towards pro
I k J U io , various port interests, both on ducing a wheat crop next year.
People who use the ad
Union county baby beef, pig and
sheep member, has been named the
- ! the Pacific and the gulf, protested
vertising
columns of the
At the last regular meeting of the Oregon winner in a state-wide 4-H
that (he order discriminated against
Moro Commercial Club it was voted meat animal livestock project contest,
Sherman County Obser
them.”
to again have a decorated Christmas it is announced by 11. C .Seymour,
ver invariably say that
' P tysician and Surgeon
Tree set up in the Main street inter state club leader of Oregon State
CARD CF THANKS
section of Moro during the period College at Corvallis.
they get the very best
immediately preceeding the holidays.
IHF. DALLES, OREGON
Clifford will be awarded a 19-jewel
of results.
In behalf of the Moro Woman’s Cooperation of the Moro Woman’s gold watch in recognition of this
office at Mid-Columbia Hospital j Club I wish to thank ail those who so Club will be requested, by a committee achievement by Thomas E. Wilson,
i kindly helped to make our Carnival appointed by the president of the prominent livestock breeder and
Phone No. Hospital 841
a big success. Much of the success of commercial club, to arrange a packer, chairman of the .national
the Carnival was due to -the efforts of Christmas program at the tree..
committee, on Boys and Girls J ’ub
our a/rangement committee: Mrs.
Work and sponsor of this contest.
At
the
meeting
of
the
Moro
Com
L'orotha Moore, Mrs. Esther Beale,
(12 years on Front Street)
His project record will be judged
mercial
Club
last
Tuesday
night
it
Mrs. Bernice Tucker.
along with those of the champions
Owners of Portland and Salem
Our net profit will be about $70. was stated by A. H. Barnum, presi from the western states to select a
dent
of
the
Sherman
County
Fair
Piggly - Wiggly Markets
Most of this'money will stay here in
sectional champion who will receive a
Moro, $52 will go to pay off our year Association, that with all bills paid prize educational trip to the Ninth 128 Front Street, Portland, Ore
and accounts due the fair paid, that
-,
DENTIST
ly pledge to Moro City Library.
there would be a balance in the bank National 4-H Club Congress in Chi
Mrs. E. Amidon,
cago, November 28 to December 5,
United States Dental Ex
President Moro Woman’s Club. of $54.39 with which to start hopes during the week of the International Ship u# Your Turkey»,
of
having
a
county
fair
in
1931.
The
aminer for this district*.
Ducks, Geese, Capons,
total amounts collected and disbursed Livestock Exposition.
The records of the three sectional
Read and subscribe for the Observer. by the fair board for the 193-0 fair,
Hen», Roasters, etc.
champions will be judged in Chicago.
totaled, as above stated, $6011.46.
OFFICE at
Write us for prices
During the week of the club congress
Mr.
and
Mrs.
J.
F.
Foss
drove
to
and
other information
Mr. Wilson will award these national,
MORO, OREGON
Freewater on Monday accompanied reserve and third-high ranking cham
w ; '
by Mr. Foss’ father and R. J. Ginn. pions a $300.00, $200.00 and $100.00 Reference: U.S. Nat’l Bank, First
H *
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Nat’l Bank, Portland; and Salem
The Foss party visited over night with college scholarship respectively.
a brother of Mr. Foss and returned
Clifford is 18 years old and has U. S. Nat’l Bank.
Tuesday, also accompanied by Mr. been a 4-H Club member for nine
Ginn. Mr. Foss Sr. remained in Free years. His major project has been
water to visit with his son. Mr. Ginn
swine. His club record shows gross
took advantage of the trip to have a
ret.urns of $3,141.00 and a net return
When in The Dalle»
brother meet him at Freewater and
of $2,213.00. His winnings in 4-H
from therf he went to Walla Walla
HAVE YOUR
Club shows total $1,010.00.
to visit with relatives until the next
day.
Lunch or Dinner
(Full Course)
His Good Turn
Roy W. Belshee of Wasco and Mrs.
.. EYE .STRAIN
Bessie Axtell of The Dalles were
at the
married at a quiet home wedding at
Can only be corrected under the
Tliat human kindness is still
To qll points in
proper conditions and by the use
the farm home of Mr. Belshee, north abundant and sometimes manifests
of the very best of equipment.
•of Wasco,* a t noon on Thursday, itself under unexpected circum
OREGON
We have the Best Equipped Optical
November 20. Rev. Hawks, pastor of stances is illustrated by little story
i office in Eastern Oregon.
WASHINGTON
the Methodist church at Wasco read in the Paris Figaro.
OPTICS EXCLUSIVELY
ing the ceremony in the presence of
IDAHO
408 E. 2nd St.
A Paris “young man about town”
immediate fam ily' relatives of the being driven in a handsome closed
MONTANA
The
Dollea, Oregon
bride and groom,
Following the car was halted at a street intersec
and all Union
wedding, the n^wly wedded couple tion to let a hearse paBs. The
Dr. Geo. F. Newhouse, Proprietor
We also serve, at usual prices,
Pacific points in
left for Portland to be absent about hearse was followed only by a wo Lunch and Dinner combinations
320 East Second Street
two weeks before returning to their man and two small children on foot. that are said by our patrons to
UTAH
THE DALLES. OREGON
home
It was raining hard and she was try equal Home Cooking.
Departure datesi
E. E. Larimore, former manager of ing to protect them with a shabby
NOV. 25, 26, 27
Hotel Moro, died at Denver, Colo., umbrella as they sorrowfully follow-
Return limiti
Monday, November 17. Funeral ser e<| the father’s corpsef to the ceme
DEC 1st
vices at Denver were under direction tery.
CALLAWAY’S .
The young man stepped from his
of the Elks lodge in Uim cHjr. Mr
FUNERAL CHAPEL
Larimore was born at Ganton, Ohio, caj, asked the widow and children
- - ' THE DALLES
to
get
in
and
instructed
his
chauf
in 1864; came to Oregon forty years
Funeral Director»
ago, becoming actively and promi- feur to take them ,to the cemetery
Calls for and Delivers
and Embalmer»
j ncntly identified with the hotel busi and then to th^ir home. Then he
ness of this state. He was connected bowed to the bereaved group and
in Moro Wasco
Union and Third St.
' with the Hotel Oregon in Portland hailed a taxi for his own use.
and Grass Valley -
The Dalles, Ore.
And the Recording Angel wrote
during the 14 years of palmy days of
that
on
that
day
a
blase
boulevardier
that
hostlery
under
the
management
A. Rose, Agent
Mondays and Thursdays
1 of Dickinson & Wright.
had done his good turn.
Moro, Oregon
aa moob S
•ffle« at Mo», Or
*p t« r« 4
IT ALL
COMES BACK
TO YOU
■lattar at poat
, Jalr M» I M I
Moro Woman's Club
Dr
W.
N . Morse
R. & K. Produce Co
Dr J. R. Morgan
REDUCED
FARES
A
35c
THAN KSG IVIN
W hite R istahhant
Newhouse Optical Co.
Model Laundry
U N 1 O N
PACI FI
I
T he farmer’s incom e
goes back directly
into the com munity.
In dollars and cents, the farming
industry is the largest in the na
tion, exceeding both the steel in
dustry and the automobile in
dustry combined. The value of
manufactured products based on
farm- products as a raw material
exceeds any one of the great in
dustries by more than 500 million
dollars.
Let us help you solve your
financial problems
Moro State Bank
Moro, Oregon
3i:ti ;n t i« :» n »tn n » n i:n tiiiii» n iH U M i iw«l» t
M ORO CASH G R O C ER Y
Phone 92
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Delivery Service
You Pay Cash Eventually ! Why not now ”
Macroni
Wax Paper
Three
4 A p
rolls f o r ...........................
Curve Cut
d
3 lbs f o r ........................... i e F V
Honey Maid Grahams
Pep Hot Sauce
A big can for a nickle.
A Hot
price at, c a n .....................
W
W . C. B R Y A N T
DR C. L. POLEY
>
2 lb
caddy f o r .........................
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Cranberries
Oysters
three
5-oz cans ......................... x l V
Per q u a r t .........................
Low selling costs plus cash prices
Gives Y O U !
“ BUYING POWER UNEQUALED.”
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In d e p e n d e n t W a r e h o u se
& M illing Co. . j .
R. H. McKean, Manager, Wasco, Oregon
DEALERS IN
Lime, Plaster, Cement, Cedar Posts, Builders
Supplies, Lumber, Wood, Coal and Hay
MANUFACTURERS OF
M IL L F E E D A N D F L O U R
H otel Moro Barber Shop
C. V. BELKNAP, Proprietor
'
MORO, OREGON
Located in the Hotel Moro Building
Hot Baths at Any Tim e
w w w n n n m n M M M M H |> h n n n n n n n n m m n illn i» » « l l ll l l l l l l l l U » t t t t a a P g » W
Wasco Warehouse Milling Co.
a*
Moro, Oregon
General Warehouse Business
Grain
--
F e e d ' --
W ood — -
F lo u r
Coal —
500000600COOOOOOOOOGOOOOOOOOC
W hen
in Portland
Stop at
BATES’ PORTLAND GARAGE
Comer of Fifth a t Salmon Street
Four hours 25c,
' Parking Rates:
' »
each extra hour 5c; not over 50c for
Over night parking 50c
34 k » m
Special Attention Given
WASHING, GREASING and REPAIRING
No storage charges made for 12 hour» when this above work to
Business Men Say: ‘Advertising Pays
ri