Sherman County observer., January 23, 1931, Image 2

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The Sherman County Observer, Moro, Oregon,
j g i- 11 Town Big Stores
Shanghai—City of the East
The »iw of a «tore is not neces­ Descriptive Letter Written by Mias
Mildred, Ginn En Route
sarily limited by the size of the town |
in which it b located. A recent sur-:
jo India •
vey disclosed some surprisingly big
stores in very small towns, Including
My dear Mother and Daddy,
the following:
iWe are again out on the ocean
Career Brothers’ store in Stras­
green which is much appreciated af-
burg, 0-, 1.000 population, does an
ter our trip in the Yellow sea and up
annual business o f a million dollars.
the Yangtze river. Such a mud hole!
The Outlaw concern at Wfhner, S. 1
And it is from that river that Shang­
D-, 3,000 population, sells $850,000,
worth of goods a year. A department hai gets her water supply.
When I went up on deck Monday
store in Lynden, Washington with
morning
and saw the port and sur­
1.250 people, does $750,000 yearly
The B. A 0. Cash Store at Temple, roundings at which we had docked I
Okla., with barely 1,000 people, does felt sorry for any one called to China.
$735,000 annually. Fred Mann’s But when I was leaving Tuesday eve­
store at Devil’s Lake, N. D., 1,300 ning for the boat I felt I would be
population, sells 3500,000 worth of very glad to stay there if I hadn’t
bad a call to a land I love more and
merchandise a year.
that is just as needy.
How do they do it?
Mrs. Lawler came for me at 9:00
They do it through the same busi­
a. m. and we took the Seventh Day
ness policies and method;, that have
won success for retailers In the larg­ Adventist couple, on *hip board, out
est cities of America. They keep to their church sanitorium. It was a
pleasant ride into the country and of
good stocks, give their customers
real service, and they advertise con course an interesting one. They have
■latently, persistently and adequately quite a work in Shanghai. We were
back home (Lawlers) in time for din­
in their local newspapers.
ner. On the way home we stopped to
see Ilolands oldest boy, age 11, who
is in the hospital with a broken leg.
Huge Gat Bill Cooking
After dinner we visited the achool
Thanksgiving Dinners that the Lawlers have. The children
in the three rooms sang for me and
I spoke in two of the rooms, Beatrice
Between noon and one o’clock on interpreting. If there had ever been
Thanksgiving day, Chicago used a a doubt in my mind about the advis­
total of 16,047,000'feet of gas, the ability of knowing ’«fife language it
peak point of the day. For the en­ would have vanished with that ex
tire 24 hours total was 174,011,000. perience. Beatrice speaks so fluently
Thia nearly equals ttfe one day and it gives her such opportunities on
record for all time in Chicago, when every hand. It has made me anxious
only 1 *6 per cent more was used. to get to work at mine.
January 13, 1929. The mean temper­
Roland is attending the SL Johns
ature was 6 degrees above zero. On Episcopal school. We drove through
last Thanksgiving day it was 8 de­ the grounds but didn’t see him.
grees. The single hour’s gas total
Monday evening Mrs. Mussen, a
made this year will stand as a record girlhood friend of the Eldridge fam
at least until next year.
ily, and Faith Stacey, a girl Faith
Friday,/January 23, 1931
1 Bank Hotel
knew at Montgomerys, came over, ^ants Patents to
"had a good visit with them and we
1 Aid Breeding Work
had lunch the next day with them and
(12 years op Front Street)
Mr. Mussen.
Tuesday afternoon we visited Mr. New Law Allows Protection for FOR BALE— Week old calves, $6 to
>
$8/; weaner and feeder pigs, 35 to
Owners of Portland and Salem
aseena work which is caring for and
Future Burbanks; College
The Dalle»* Newest and Beat
38;
phone
412-Moro.
-
3t-j9-23
Piggly - Wiggly Markets
training released prisoners. It is a
■ Hoitelry
Develops Strawberry
new work but has great possibilities.
128 Front Street, Portland, Ore
RELIABLE MAN WANTED to run
From there we went to the native
Centrally Located
McNess
business
in
Sherman
coiy^
Private
research
in
plant
breeding
city. This is the old section that was
Shermae County Headquarter*
Ship u> Your Turkeys,
existence before the foreigners resulting in the discovery of many tv. Wonderful opportunity. Make
$8
to
$20
daily.
No
experience
or
new
and
valuable
plants-is
expected
came and until quite recently was en­
EDW. BALL, MANAGER
Ducks, Geese, Capons,
closed in walls, separating it from the by observers to follow the adoption capital needed. Write today. FURST
Hens, Roasters, etc.
THE DALLES, OREGON
international section and the French recently of a new law by congress A THOMAS, DepL F, 426 Third S t,
Oakland,
Calif.
»
extending
the
protection
of
the
pres­
concession. Many of the streets were
Write us for prices
too narrow for us to pass through ent patent laws to originators of new
and other information
GOOD USED 60 Caterpillar tracks,
with the car, but enough had been plants.
Cheap, A. B. Loud, Eugene, Ore
The practical application of this
widened for us to get into the heart
Reference: U.S. N a fl Bank, First
of this city. It was shop beside shop, law was recently demonstrated when WE PAY parcel post one way on all
NatT Bank, Portland; and Salem
eating place beside eating plach and the Oregon Experiment station thru
shoe repairing. Good quality work
U. 8. Nat’l Bank.
»11 open. I believe the Chinese are one o f its specialists, C. E. Schuster, and leather. Joe Amore, The Dalles,
as fond of eating as the Americans, applied fior a public service patent on next door Pacific Power A Light Co.,
Washington at Fifth Street,
new strawberry that has been de­ opposite City Hall, The Dalles.
if they can get it. Eating stands on
PORTLAND. OREGON
every hand. Harland tried to tempt veloped by the station.
Thia
berry,
named
the
Corvallis,
WE CAN fit all kinds of people. Any
me to indulge but by strong will pow­
When in The Dalles
Our usual pre-war transient
size or weight. Crippled or de­
is a cross between the well known
er, I refused.
rates
still
prevail.
formed feet.
Wemmark’s Shoe Special Rates to permanent Guests
HAVE YOUR
A large temple in this area was Marshall and Ettersberg 121 variety. Store, The Dalles.
It
was
selected
out
of
some
20,000
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very interesting and very pitiful. The
Lunch or Dinner
worshipers come in such earnestness seedlings that have been raised by
Dr. Mary Pierson Eddy, a well-
(Full -Course) '
to pray to the ^repulsive looking fig­ the station in its small fruits in v ests known missionary, was the first wo­
gational
work.
f
ures and seek guidance from them
man ever licensed to practice medi­
at the
The new variety has been found to
To know the will of their God they
cine in Turkey.
have
the
canning
quality^-tif
the
shook a small barrel of sticks before
Splinter-proof glass for spectacles
him til one fell out. This stick was Ettersberg with high dessert quality,
and
has
greater
adaptability
as
to
is
now being made that will' resist
marked and referred to a certain yel?
the impact of the discharge from a
low sheet which the priest located and soils than the Ettersberg. It is
408 E. 2nd St.
gave to them. The worshipper re­ strong grower, heavy bearer and is shotgun without breaking.
turned to kneel before the God again later than any standard fresh market
T h e D a lle *, O re g o n
Marie Sndw, 14, won a spelling
and gave thanks even before knowing variety now used. It is also well contest in Price county, Wis., defeat­
what the message on the paper was. adapted for the new frozen package ing 175 competitors and spelling ten
We also serve, at usual prices,
Lunch and Dinner combinations
A striking motto in one of the temple trade.
hours
without
misspelling
a
word.
that are said by our patrons to
If the patent is granted the variety
rooms which Beatrice interpreted for
equal Home Cooking.
me wTs: “Whatever you ask you are will be given out for general public
use,
thus
preventing
private
exploita­
CITATION
sure to receive.” There is no diffi­
UNDER THE
I
.
culty in drawing a crowd around you. tion of something developed by public In the County Court of the State of
PERSONAL MANAGEMENT OF
Oregon for Sherman County.
The Lawlers bare witness to the one funds. The method of spray residue
Edward C. Holt
removal was similarly protected by
In the Matter of the Estate of
true God and gave out tracts.
People who use the ad­
the experiment station and several James Hedrick, deceased.
RATES
Tuesday evening we were invited
To: Tyler Hedrick and Earl Hed­
vertising columns of the
other public patents have been ap­
rick, heir at law of James Hedrick,1 Room with bath privilege, $1. up
to the beautiful home of a Chinese
plied for.
deceased, and all unknown heirs of Outside room with private bath,
Sherman County Obser­
family. The mother is a Christian
For "the private plant breeder the
said James Hedrick, deceased, and
$1.50 up
and a very close friend of the Lawlers new patent law will permit reaping a the
ver invariably say that
to all persons interested in the estate
Special rates where more than two
We had tea there and then went to reasonable financial return for any of said deceased, Greeting:
they get the very best
the hotel where our host arranged for plants he develops that can be repro­
In the Name of the State of Ore-1 persons occupy one room.
Let us show you our
private dining room. While she duced asexually, such as by grafts, gon. You, and each of you, are hereby
of results.
and required to appear in the
Accommodations
was busy with that we were conduc­ buds, and cuttings. Potatoes and cited
County Court of the State of Oregon 1
ted through one of the l^rge depart­ Jerusalem artichokes are excepted as for Sherman County at the February
ment stores. The top floor is turned these reproduce by the same parts of term of said Court, at the courtroom
thereof in the County Courthouse in
over to all kinds of amusements or the plant marketed for food.
Moro, in Sherman Countv, Oregon,
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entertainments, movies, orchestras,
on Tuesday the 10th day of February
clowns, boxing, burlesque shows and
1931, at ten o’clock in the forenoon
of course eating stands. We went
of said day, which said da|e is a date
An Answer to Criticism
not less than twenty-eight days from
up to the roof garden which was very-
the date of the first publication of
pretty and gave us a good view of
IT IS QUICKER AND MORE CONVENIENT
this citation, which said first date of
(Special Communication.)
the city lights.
this citation is January 9th, 1931,
I enjoyed the Chinese dinner
We appreciate Rev. Ginn’s article and then and there, to show cause,
Daily Deliveries -:- Storage for Small Lots
spite of what we had to eat. I coulx^ on the achivement of our worthy if any there be, why an order should
not be made as prayed' for in th e ,
Freight accepted for all points in
eat the various dishes, yes, even with high school senior in winning the verified petition of R. J. Ginn, ad­
chop sticks hut I can’t say I relished Journalism Cup for the Moro Optimist ministrator of the estate of James
Oregon, Washington, Idaho, and California
them. I believe I could learn to like Yet, if we look a little further into Hedrick, deceased, namely, for an
them, however. We had spoons with the matter, we find that Bhe had the order of this court authorizing the
' Phone 412
said R. J. Ginn, as administra­
MORO, OREGON
which to eat our mushroom soup and aid of some of the most talented tor of the estate of the said
to help ourselves from the common students of the high school. We look James Hedrick, deceased, to sell
dishes of food. I can’t describe all upon the editor much as we would a at private sale the real property
locfa
ol
r
nts
of the dishes but the following is part good football quarterback. She out belonging to the estate of said de­
ceased
and
as
described
in
said
peti­
of the menu: Mushroom soup; Rice lined the assignments and the staff tion, for the purpose of paying the
Notify Bucholtz Confectionery for all local pick-ups
as many dishes as you can get away did the work. We, as students of Moro charges and evpenses of the admin­
with, at least two to be polite, but
High School have highest respect for istration of the estate of the said de­ »«»nimmnummnnnntuinwmuHHnumawnwmntwtntmintnnuuuu tW M
could manage only one; Tea and more w editor, but nevertheless, we be ceased and the claims filed and al-
against the same, which said SOOOOOOOOOOOOCOOSGOOCCOOOC’O OGGGCOOGGSCGGGOOOOOSOCOOOG
tea Ctwas good) ; mushroom mixture fieve in giving credit, where credit is lowt-d
real property is described as follows:
chicken curry; another chicken mix due.
Commencing at a point 38 rods due
ture; a fish mixture; shrimps and egg
We also believe that Rev. Ginn has west of the Southeast corner of the
mixture; cabbage; several other mix misunderstood our work in our pub­ N'bfiphwest quarter of the Southeast
quarter of Section Eighteen (18)
tures. They usually put the above lic school. He states that “school in
Township One (1) South of Range
BY AUTO AND VISIT THE DALLES
mixtures on top of their rice and eat plays and athletics are going to seed. Seventeen (17), East of the Willam­
them together. Fried goose skin was Does Rev. Ginn know the require- ette Meridian running thence due
eaten with the bread wafers.
ments for those who take part in South 10 rods; thence due West to
About 9:30 we went down to the athletics? Does not the mind and the right of way of the Columbia
Southern Railway Company’s line as
tender (ferry) which ran between body function together? Then, ian’ now established; thence along said
In the concrete, fully equipped, roomy garage of
the city and the, place we were docked it better to develop the body along right of way on the Southeasterly
Walther-Williams Company. Competent workmen
Takes about 30 minutes. On the way with the mind? Yes, we, students side to a point in the line between the
always ready to help you in any way they can
down Beatrice bought me a large of Moro High) School, believe al South and the North one-half of the
Southeast quarter of Section Eighteen
basket of roses and a couple dozen most as strongly in athletics as in (1 8 ); thence due east to the point of
at least expense to you. For any service render­
carnations. Miss Young’s friends scholarship Today we put scholar beinning, all of said land being in the
ed the charge will always be reasonable.
gave her some carnations so again our ship ahead of athletics, the old Greeks South half of the Southeast quarter
of
said
Section
.Eighteen
(18)
in
room is quite a bower of flowers
and Spartans believed in the develop­
Sherman County, State of Oregon.
One surely has a choice of riding ment of the body to uphold and pro
Also commencing 264 feet West of
conveyances in China. Automobiles tect their native lands. Today wp the Southeast corner of the Northwest1
THE DALLES,
— —
OREGON.
tram cars, trackless cars, airplanes believe that athletics and scholarship quarter of the Southeast quarter of i
boats, horse and carriage, jin rikis- can be successfully worked out to­ Section Eighteen (18), Township One
(1) South, Range Seventeen (17),
shas, wheel barrows or bicycles.
gether.
East of the Willamette Meridian;
The sanpans or houseboats on
We’ll ad mit there are those that thence running due North 19 rods;
which over a thousand of Shanghais come to sri.ool to take part in ath thence in Southerly direction and par­
people live from birth to death are
letics and not sot much in gaining theif allel with the right of way of the
Columbia Southern Railway Com­
sorry looking sight. Most of the knowledge out of book study?
pany’s main line to a point on the line
little hovels are not much better. One
The state requirements for those between the South and North half of
almost shudders to think what the who take part in athletics are: He the Southeast quarter of said Sec­
conditions in the interior are like must be carrying four subjects and tion Eighteen (18); thence due East
As Mrs. Lawler said anyone living in pass in thrt e of these while taking along said line to the point of begin­
ning, the intention being to convey
‘
China had better get over any fear of part.
all of that certain piece or parcel of
cemeteries for out from the city one
Moro Higii School has taken a step land triangular in shape on the East
Have you ever noticed how completely the
sees graves on every hand; grave futher: It requires all of its students side of said railway, and adjacent to
mounds, rock covered coffins and even to take four subjects, and pass in and lying on the West side of McKin­
news columns of this paper covers all of
ley street in Thompson’s Addition to
$xposed coffins are scattered thaeugh four of them while taking part.
the city of Moro, except a strip two
the
various sections of this community. It
the fields. We saw one poor funeral
The following arguments are in rods wide along the side of said Col­
reflects in condensed form all of the social
procession. A rude black casket car­ favor of athletics in our highschool umbia Southern Railway’s main line,
ried on poles and a couple of men to
1. It tends to have a larger enroll said strip being reserved for the uee
and business activities which have trans­
a private lane or road to connect
go ahead to drop paper money along ment in our high school. 2. It de­ as
the South half of the Southeast
pired
during the week. If you have a
the way.
velops mind and body; '3. Develops quarter of said Section Eighteen (18)
The Lawlers were very much in quick thinking; 4. Students come in with said McKinley Street and to be
neighbor who is not subscribing, you will
terested in the conversion of the pres contact with each socially; 5. They forever set apart and dedicated for
do him a favor to tell him about it. And
ident of China. His wife and mother learn to give and take, otherwise the use and convenience of the owner
or owners or occupants of said tract
we will thank you for your interest.
in-law are very close friends of the learn sportsmanship; 6. Since high and the owner or owners or occupants
Lawlers and are both Christians. The school students have a lot of energy of said triangular piece or parcel of
The news of his conversion came to or mischievous attitude toward com land; also the following tract com­
the President Filmore over the radio mon thingy in daily life, athletics mencing 264 feet West of the South­
east corner of the Northwest quarter
so we knew about it befort reaching tends to solve many problems deal­ of the Southeast quarter of Section
Shanghai.
ing with the high school student and Eighteen, running thence due South
10 rods; thence due West 20 rods;
Hope you folks are writing regular the business man.
thence due North 10 rods; thence
ly even though I’ve seen none of
Roland McLachlan
Sherman County’s Leading Newspaper-
due East 20 rods; to the place of be­
them yet. It will be good to have
Keith McDonald
ginning, all beir^g in the South half
them when I get there.
Farrel* Barr t
of the Southeast quarter of Section
Eighteen (18) in Township One (1)
Merrle Miller
Much love, Mildred.
South of Range Seventeen (17) East
Clair Adams
of the Willamette Meridian, County
_ Albert Pluemke
Editors note— Mrs. Lawler, referred
and State aforesaid, containing one
and one-fourth acres more or less.
to in the above letter, is a former
Witness, the Honorable Geo. A.
Oregon girl, whose girlhood days were
Potter, Judge of the said County
Air Freight to Start
spent at Athena.
Court, with the seal of said Court
affixed this 7th day of January, 1931.
G. C, AKERS,
Boise and southern Idaho are to
Some Livestock Shipped
have a new and speedy outlet to the Clerk of the County Court of Sher­
man County, Oregon.
4t-j9-30
Pacific coast markets in the near fu­
The little town of Crane, northwest ture. An air freight service is to be
of Malheur lake in Harney county, established to the coast. '
The Western Patific Air Freight of
is the railroad shipping point for a
CALLAWAY’S
San
Francisco is preparing to initiate
large territory of stock raising coun­
FUNERAL CHAPEL
tr y and furnishes the railroad with a flying schedule to connect the in­
he
oro
land
state.
Exact
date
of
the
opening
considerable business^ as will be seen
Funeral Directors
by the record for 1930, which was of the service is not yet determined,
bserver
and Embalmers
about the sartie as 1929. The follow­ but plans are rapidly nearing comple­
ing shipments went out the past year, tion.
Union and Third St.
says the Crane American: Sheep, 147
The Dalles, Ore.
car loads; cattle, 178 car load»;
In France taxes are imposed on
horses, 22 car loads; wool, 14 car bachelors, old maids and childless
j loads.
married couples.
W A N T ADS
R. & K. Produce Co
NEW
PERKINS HOTEL
35C
W hite B esuiihtht
SHIP BY TRUCK
Bucholtz Confectionery
THERE arc two kinds of inter-city
calls: person-to-person—when you ask
the operator to summon a specific per­
son to the telephone; and station-to­
st at ion—when you will talk with any­
one who answers. The charge for sta-
tion-to-station calls is usually lower by
day, still lower in the evening.
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A box of safety matches costs but One Cent
Each single match lights for twenty sec­
onds at most—the sixty matches of the box
representing twenty minutes of the faintest
light.
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S herman (^ounty Q bserver
A kilowatt of Electricity keeps a 25-Watt
x- Electric Lamp bums for 40 hours. ALL
THIS lighting service for little more than
a nickel, on the average! Your cent in safe­
ty matches wastes away in twenty minutes!!
' Your penny in powrer lights a lamp four or
five times longerI! •
What gives greater value than the small
sum you invest in the Electric Service of
Pacific Power G
Light Company
Ur Mr/» A Z r
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people in Sherman County than
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