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I • ,4-' 4 . * ' /■ V -- Shernan County Observer C. Û IBELAND Editor and Publish« m a tter a t post , f u i r H . in n i B ater«4 as m o o •A c « s t Mem, A A . M- Moro, Oregon Meets the l s t kand 3rd Thursday evenings of each month. Visiting members cordially in vited to meet with us By order of W. M. Robt. Urquhart, Secretary. E u re k a Lodge N o. 121 A . F . pf B e th le h e m . a C h a p te r No. 78 O . E , S. Moro, Oregon Regular communica tions each 2nd and 4th Thursday evenings of each month. Mrs. Ruth Sparling. Worthy Matron Nana Barzee, Secretary. M oro Lodge N o. 113 1. O . O . F . Moro, Oregon Meets every 'Monday evening in the I.O.O.F hall. Tranaient and visiting brothers are cordially invited to meet with ua. Harvey C. Thompson, N. G. A. M. Young, Secretary. L u p in e Représentative MacPheraon’s bill to create a county board’ of school directors and defining its powers and duties, is a veritable “hornets nest” to those who cherish the present de gree of local government ,in educa tional matters. z j , The measure provides that all counties not now organized under the county unit for school administration shall be under the jurisdiction of a county board of school directors; that there shall be held at the county seat the annual school meeting, the pro gram for which shall be arranged by the state and county superintendents of schools; the members of the county school board* shall consist of five members elected for a period of five years each, one from each district in to which the county is divided. The powers anS duties o f the coun ty board shall be: (1) To employ or discharge the county superintendent, fix his salary, employ all his assistants and fix their compensation; and to prepare an annual budget^for the office of the super,intendeàjBÎV C h ris S c h u lts P o et N o . 71 A m e r ic a n L e g io n Meets at Legion hall on 2nd an0 4th Wednesday evenings of each month. W orld’s Best Short Stories for our Readers Short stories. Good short stories! W hat a delight it is to read a short R. J. B ruckert, Commander story that quickens the pulse, or th at Vernon Flatt, Adjutant wells the eye with its telling appeal HARLAND V IEW GRANGE No. 682 to your sym pathetic h eart! Many Meets in their hall in Harmony Dis there are in these days, who wonder trict the second and fourth Friday w hether they have lost th a t vital ele nights of each month. Visiting m ent to happiness— the milk of G rangers welcome. human kindness. C. P. Adams, M aster. We are fo rtu n ate in having secured C. E. Crites, Secretary. a num ber of stories by the o u tstand ing short story w riter of the nation, Fannie H urst. That Fannie H urst is the acknowledged leader is proved by the fact th a t she is the highest paid w riter of short fiction in the world. O ur readers may therefore tu rn to the Fannie H urst short story which Attorney - at - Law will appear ^n these pages from week O FFICE PHONE MAIN 93 - M oro, O regon DR C. L. POLEY Physician Gra«» and V a lle y , S u rg «°n Oragon People can reach me from Moro a t night from the long distance booth at Hotel Moro by ringing The Dalis*. FA N N IE HURST Dr J. R. Morgan DENTIST United States Dental Ex aminer for this district • office AT M ORO, O R EG O N to week with full confidence of not only delight in the reading, but with an a fte r sense cf recognizing your own feelings in the stories— as de scribed by an artist with a tingling sense of humor, and a power of de scription which unerringly reaches your heartstrings. The first of the series will appear in our issue of the Sherm an County O bserver this week and will Continue indefinitely. } Fannie H urst knows hum an nature. She knows people because she has made special studies of the stage and of the shop girl and her environs while she was working as a sales woman, w aitress, etc. She once made a trip across the A tlantic as a steer age passenger for the sole purpose of gaining-experience which would f u r nish her with m aterial for a novel. In private Miss H urst is Mrs. Jacques, S. Danielson of New York City. iE. A. Cushman is nursing several j Gilliam, Morrow, U m atilla, Jefferson, and W allowa., The committee in charge of Gilliam county will accept applications from W heeler. Union and Baker counties, which have been reported to be in some need, will bt taken care of by local banks. County agents in these counties as well as m embers of the committee will have 'T w o steam shovels are now a t work*- application blanks for loans,and farm on the w idening co n tract fo r the ers may get them from either jource. Sherm an highway betw een K ent and Applications a fte r being properly filled out and aecom pani'd by an a f Shaniko. A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. | fidavit in which the farm er signifies A. L. Gosson of Klondike a t the hos- j local funds are not available and that pital in The Dalles on M onday, Feb- he will not use the money to increase acreage over last year, wrli be sent to uary 9th. a branch office established a t Grand Moro younger people were well Forks, N. D. It is expeeted th a t checks represented a t the dance given by will be on th eir way back to farm ers H arland View grange a t th e ir hall in within a day or two a fte r proper ap Hay Canyon last Friday evening. plications have been received.- —The Mrs. J. C. H untley, visiting here • loan is secured by a m ortgage on the over the last weekend a t the home of grow ing crop. Sherm an county is on» of the seven her daughter,. Mrs. Collis Moore, left counties in Oregon to receive the on Tuesday for her home a t Seattle. benefit of federal drouth relief funds, Mrs. Collis Moore entertain ed the ■ according to an annourr em ent made younger set a t bridge last S aturday this week by E. R. Jac man, ex ten afternoon a t her home south of Moro. ; sion specialist in farm cr ps, who was Mrs. Clarence Sparling was aw arded placed in charge of orgai ization work high honors and Mrs. J . C. Iluntlcy in this state. A commit! e consisting of »wo farm ers and on banker has the guest prize. E arl Barzee, brother of A rt Bar- , been appointed by Jackn n in each of zee, and nephew of E. E. Barzee, was the seven counties. 3 e Sherman visiting in Moro last Sunday from county com m ittee is I J. Davis, W enatchee, Wash. He left Sherm an K ent; W. S. Powell, Mor< Earl Jones, county about ten years ago for the Wasco. Application blanks h iw been fo r W enatchee apple country. warded to these committ es. Farm ers Mr. and Mrs. Fred P ick ett with Mr. wishing-to make applicat ms may ob and Mrs. G. C. Akers as guests drove tain the blanks at once. to Portland on Monday, re tu rn in g the j “ W hile Oregon was i ver consid same day. Mr. P ickett made the trip ered a strictly drouth sti. e, there are o attend a conference of Ford auto- areas in thje dry-land co nties where mobile dealers held in th a t city. crops latff^’ear were as >w as 30 to Miss Vivian T rounce, teach er of 40 per cent of norm al b cause of an piano at Moro and Wasco, will pre- 1 abnorm ally dry fall and a in te r /’ ex sent her Wasco pupils in a recital at plained Jackm an. “ This fact coupled the Methodist church a t Wasco on w ith the low price of gra n have madt Monday evening, F ebruary 16, at 7 :45 financing the new crop difficult in ’clock. The public is invited to at- ■ sonic places.” In Oregon the money > btained will tend. • be used largely for buy ng fuel foi M oro high school basket ball team s tracto rs and other f a m m achinery, won and lost when they met the two as the law provides these loans are for cams from Grass Valley on the Moro ( seed, stock feed or fuel i’or m achin floor last Friday evening. Moro ery. It is not known how much mon girls team won by a 25-6 score. The ey will be allotted to Oregon but boys lost to Grass Valley by a 30-16 county agents are now estim ating score. needs at the request of C. N. W arbur- A car driven by Donald B urnett ton, head of the United S tates ex ten and a second driven by Mrs. Harvey sion service, who is adm inistering the Thompson were in collision on the federal fund. / Hay Canyon road late F riday night. Farm ers to obtain the federal Damage to both cars was reported to drouth relief loans must sign an affi be slight, crumpled fenders being the davit th a t local funds are not avail t^tal. able and th at they will n ot use the Mr. and Mrs. Cliff O’Leary have money to increase acreage over last The loan is secured by a been visiting in Moro tHe past ten year. m ortgage o n .th e grow ing crop. Jays, on th eir way home to Spokane from a visit of several weeks in Cal ifornia. While here they were guests at the A. M. W right home, uncle of B oy Scout O rg a n iza tio n Mr. O’Leary. W an t Form er S cou t’» N am e broken ribs on his le ft side, caused by alk ick from a horse T hursday a fte r noon. Mrs. W. H. Ragsdale and daughter, Mrs. J t L. Searcy, en te rta in e d the local 'b r id g e club a t the Ragsdale home on Tuesday afternoon. EYE STRAIN Can only, be corrected under the proper conditions and by the use of the very best of equipment. We have the Best Equipped Optical office in E astern Oregon. OPTICS EXCLUSIVELY Newhouse Optical Co. Dr. Geo. F. Newhouse, Proprietor 320 E ast Second S treet THE DALLES, OREGON Model Laundry the dalles Calls for and Delivers in Moro Wasco and Grass Valley Mondays and uThursdays CALLAW AY’S FUNERAL CHAPEL •Funeral Director» and Embalmer» Union and* Third St. The Dalles, Ore. ' t Friday, February 13, 1931 niiiiiiiiiluiRmiiiimmwmniiiiiiiiiniwnrrowwowawwicwBMWi D istribution ’of federal drouth re • p- -• - • Mr. and Mr». R. C. Byers were lief funds in seven eastern Oregon visiting with relatives in Portland last counties will be under the supervision of a county com m ittee of one banker week. Miss Doris’Fortner spent last week and two prom inent farm ers. Although Oregon has not been con end with relatives and friends in sidered as being hard hit with last Wasco. Mrs. D. H. Leech of Albany, sister ‘ summers drouth, some o f the d ry la n d counties had crops below 50 per cent, of A. M. Wright, is visiting in Moro of their norm al production and need this week. . i 4 additional funds to finance the new •■• Miss Helen Kutch, teacher in Moro crop. high school, spent the last weekend Counties to receive federal aid visiting with friends in Corvallis. through loans are Wasco, Sherman. W . C. B R Y A N T f ... - I Group Named to Handle •. Drouth Fund For Farms Propoteg County School Units for Local District* The superintendent of schoôls may be selected from w ithin or outside of R e b e c c a L e d g e N o . 116 the county. C ontract w ith him is Moro, Oregon Meeta 2d and 4th Tues limited to one year with renew al from days of each month. year to year a t the discretion of the Visiting members wel- 1 county school board. This bill, if come. • passed, will obviously re su lt in the Elizabeth Thompson 1 abolition of local district boards. ____ ' Noble Grand Jessie Henrichs, Secretary ------ «----------------------- ------------ • Thé Shermafl County Observer, Moro, Oregon, Rays of the sun, concentrated by passing thrifiigh a fish bowl, set fire to the home of Dr. Morris Zimmer man of Newark, N. J .‘ Mrs. A rth u r Christianson e n te rta in ed the Dorcas Society on W ednesday afternoon, 41 attending. Refresh m ents served consisted of jello with whipped cream , angel cake and coffee. Mrs. W alter A. May furnished the napkins, each folded with a valentine favor tied with red ribbdfi. Harold Thogerson, member of the Moro boy scout troup, will be advanc ed to Eagle rank a t a court of honor to be held next Sunday, February 15. This is the highest possible rank th a t can be given to any boy scout. Tom my F raser was advanced to this r a t ing last January. N ational officers of the boy scouts claim th a t Eagle rank is only won by one scout out of one thousand members. A birthday dinner a t the home of Mrs. J. J. Schaeffer last Sunday was enjoyed by the honored guests, friends and relatives. Those whose birthdays were being celebrated were Mrs. E. H. Moore, Mr. Wm. Snodder- ly, Mrs. Schaeffer’s brother, and Mr Robt. U rquhart. A ssisting in the celebrating were M r, and Mrs. E. R. Barzee, Mr and Mrs. E. E. Barzee, Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Moore, Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Moore and Mrs. J. C. H untley. The bountiful turkey din ner made the participants think of other fam ous holidays and th e ‘spirit a t least of Christmas prevailed. The two Moro high school basket ball team s motored to R ufus W ed nesday night where they played the two Rufus school teams. The game between the girls team s resulted in an 8-8 tie score. Moro boys team won by quite a margin. Sixty members from Moro, Wasco and Grass Valley attended the m eet ing of Moro lodge I. 0 . O. F. held on Monday evening. Grass Valley pro vided the candidate« class and Wasco the team for initiatory work. Re freshm ents consisting of sandwiches, cake and coffee were served a t the close of the evening. Tw enty one tables a tte n d e d the Moro W om an’s Club benefit 500 card party given W ednesday evening in the Masonic hall. A t the close of the play high score for the ladies was awarded Mrs. T. B. Searcy, for the men to Giles French of G rass Valley. Consolation prize for the ladies was awarded to Mrs. J. F. Peters, for the men to F orrest Peetz. R efreshm ents served were pineapple jello with marshmallow and w hipped cream , angel cake and coffee. Receipts-w ere $29.40. , Highest Paid Short Fiction W riter F annie hurst is th e highest p aid sh ort story w riter in the w orld today. There’s a good reason for that. She knows human nature and under the magic of her touch, the people about whom she writes become real people, not mere literary creations. The plots of her stories are based on incidents from real life as it is lived every day by the common people. Such are the stories, which are appearing in this newspaper. He sure to read them and talk to your friends about them, for they like interesting stories, too. A n d F a n n ie H u r st s storie» are Interesting stories. F ebruary 8 to 14 marks the coming of age, of the Boy Scouts of America, th e ir tw enty first birthday. Just tw enty one years ago this week, the United States congress g ran ted a charter to the boy scouts, the second organization to be given th a t distinc tion. With the influence of the four and a half million boy scouts th at have been enrolled in scouting coming to be felt in our national life, people realize that the ch aracter building and citizenship training . a rt of scout ing is more than an idea, it is a real ity. Scouts throughout the Mid-Col umbia area, of which this com m unity is a part, are celebrating this week in many different ways. Window displays, bir.thday parties, em ergency mobilizations, first aid dis plays and many other ways are being taken to sho-w the citizens th a t the scouts believe in their m otto, “ be prepared.” Parents and friends are invited to attend the scout m eetings at any time, but this week in partic ular the local scout ma.- er urges you to attend and thereby « ncourage the scouts and scouters, in :heir “ coming of age” observance. An attem pt to secur» the nam es of the form er scouts and scout men who have been identified with scouting in the past tw enty one '\< ars, is being made. All men who in past years have been scouts are ' ’fired to fo r ward their mames to the boy scout headquarters, court hou-e, The Dalles, Oregon, where they will be furnished with a button of the tenderfoot hadj.e which was recently aih pted by ibe national council as the m ignia of the men who had been identified with past years of scouting. C h ris tia n • ' COMES BACK The F u ll Gospel A»»embly T h e farm er’s in co m e g o es d irectly In dollars and cents, the farm ing industry is the largest in the n a tion, exceeding both the steel in dustry and the autom obile in dustry combined. The value of m anufactured products based on farm products as a raw m aterial exceeds any one of the g reat in dustries by mor4 than 500 million dollars. Let us help you solve your financial problems , M oro State B ank Moro, Oregon M ORO C ASH G R O C E R Y Phone 92 - : - Delivery Service “ You Pay Cash Eventually ! Why not'now ” Beans Schillings Coffee CUT STRINGLESS YOUR MONEY BACK IF NOT SATISFACTORY Three R egular Q t i n s ........................................ ODV Vacuum packed pound c a n ........................... a « V Soup Three tins including One Tin Tomato . . . . Apricots 29c HALVES IN SYRUP 24c Large tin H. O. Oats DELICATE FLAVOR AND REAL Corn NOURISHM ENT COMBINED 1 GOLDEN BANTAM Three R egular They’re Different tins ....................................... V V V 20-oz. pkg...................... 15c T^all upon me in the day of trou ble; I wifi deliver thee, and thou shalt. glorify me.” Ps. 50:15. Low selling costs plus cash prices Perhaps today is a “ day of tro u Give» Y O U ! ble” to someone who reads this. It may be very sore trouble, out oj “ BUYING POWER UNEQUALED.” which there seems no wayR Then a ntttnttttttra>mtttrein»nnn:n: i n»nnnnt:aiHHiin»HHi i niHnin i i i iHiMHWi» there is cause for rejoicing, for this special promise God has given you. But what if one does not deserve seoocooooooooooooooooeoooooooooooooooooooooooooooN* to be delivered? .What if wrong do ng, one’s own, or others, has brought the trouble? God’s promise to deliver in trouble is not conditioned upon deserving it, or upon sinlessness,. It is conditioned on the sacrifice of His R. H. McKean, Manager, Wasco, Oregon sinless Son, and He is ready and able, because of C hrist's sacrifice, to deliver sinners who cry unto Him in con DEALERS IN fession and faith. God is speaking His loving and gracious invitation to Lime, Plaster, Cement, Cedar Posts, Builders every burdened heart. From “The Sunday School Tim es.” Supplies, Lumber, Wood, Coal and Hay Usual services on Sunday. Sunday School a t 10 a. m. MANUFACTURERS OF Preaching a t 11 a. m. Preaching at 7 :30 p. m. Bible Study in 1st Corinthians on Thursday at 7 :45 p. m. at the home of R. J. Ginn. J. D. and Mrs. Miller, Pastors. n t n » » t » tm m » n :« n C T » i» » » » » » H » n n » in H » » » » g x K H H H » „ n in iiiw nm i H W W * * • • <r In d ep en d en t W areh ou se & M illin g C o . M IL L M e th o d is t C h u rc h FEED AND FLOUR *00000000000000900000 N o te s . Church School Sunday m orning at 10 o’clock. Preaching next Sunday morning a t 11:00. The theme of the sermon is “ If W ashington Lived Today.” The Ladies Aid Society m eets every Thursday at 2:00 p. m. The Sunday School last Sunday was exceedingly interesting. A fine a t mosphere of fellowship and earn est ness pervades the school. Mrs. Ram sey the efficient superintendent is doing much to make the school a potent influence in the building up of Christian character. “ The Benifit of Business Depression.” “ Is it not a g re a t economic waste to have millions of people idle? To this question I frankly answ er: If the only values are m aterial, th a t is, if commodities are A m erica’s only need, then unemployment and finan cial failures are solely economic losses. If, however, spiritual and intellectual values are also of great importance, then it m ust be recogniz ed th a t business depressions have th eir usefulness and fulfill an im portant economic function. I person ally hold the la tte r belief, and feel th a t rainy days have tbeir usefulness as well as sunny days. W hen men are making money they are likely to loose their faith, forget th e ir God, and become more or less pagans. The churches'becom e neglected, per s o n a l prayers are dropped, and men feel self sufficient w ithout the need of the Bible, the church or m edita tion. These are the conditions which America has witnessed during the last few years. But when depressions come we look to higher and b e tte r things. Not only do men develop spiritually during such periods but they also develop m entally.” Quoted from an article by Roger W. Babson, on the above title. You will find a cordial welcome at our church Sunday morning; Every one is invited. H o tel M oro B arber Sh op C. V. BELKNAP, Proprietor MOBO, A T OREGON Located in the Hotel' Moro Building H ot B aths at Any T im e tttti Hm m»H| » » « » » » n t n n n n n t | H t»»,it| | t| n n n m | H| in n.in i i i i i m m n i n mMf i Wasco Warehouse Milling Co. Moro, Oregon - General Warehouse Business Grain - Feed - Flour Wood - Coal 1 \ W hen in Portland Stop at B A T E S’ PO RTLA N D GARAGE C orner. of Fifth at Salmon Street Parking Four hours 26c, No Rates: each extra hour 6c; not over 50c for 24 hoi Over night parking 50c * , Special Attention Given W ashing , greasing and repairing storage charges made for 12 hours when this above work Is do 5000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000« Business Men Say: ’Advertising Pays’ ’ f ? L- back in to th e com m u n ity. » . I* TO YOU Science Service Sunday m orning a t 11 o’clock and W ednesday evening at 3 o’clock. Sunday School a t 10:00 o’clock each Sunday morning, pupils up to the-age of 20 years are received into these classes. The lesson-sermon topic fo r the service next Sunday m orning will he “ Soul.” Golden ''e x t: psalm s 11 ‘ :1 . 1, 175 I have longed for thy salvation, O Lord; and thy law is my delight. Let my soul live, and it shall praise thee; and let thy judgm ents help me. Responsive Reading: I,«mentations 3:22-26, 36, 37, 40, 41, 55-58. Reading room open daily where all »uthorized Christian Science litera- ure may be read, borrowed or pur- •hased. The public is cordially invited o attend the church services and /isit the reading room. • * * • A steam shovel to he used by con tracto rs On the Columbia river high way improvement betwe n The Dalles and Biggs was unloaded ftt Dillon last Friday. The shovel was started on the work of widening the highway on W ednesday of this w e ek . The con tra c t includes widening and su rfa c A. Ginn, pastor. ing betw een The Dalles and Biggs, and also^the road between S euferts and The Dalles. The overhead cross • N athan Levitt, 92, m arried Mrs. ing a t Dillon will also he changed to Lena Charad, 58, in Cleveland, O., one with less curve on the two ap on the day they met for the first time. proaches. V Z IT ALL P re sb yte rian Church. A rth u r Capper, U nited States sen ato r from Kansas, says “ F or genera tions the Sunday School has been a cornerstone in the foundation of American character building. There is no substitute fo r it th a t I can see. On the other hand there is a greater need for it th a n ever before. We have'developed so much more power for achievem ent, for accomplishment, for doing the w orld’s work and enjoy ing the pleasures th a t have come with the marvels of this industrial and mechanical age, th a t as a nation we face the danger of living by and through our sensatiofls. We need more than ever before the background of character, of m easurem ent of the really worthwhile values of life, th a t the Sunday School has given us. It •should be continued, developed, and strengthened in every possible way.” February 15, 1931 Sunday School, 10 a. m.. Eighty four attended last Sunday. Did you? W atch for notices in the O bserver next week. We hope to have Rev. W ilbur of Hood River with us on February 22. • • • • '4
