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Shernan County Observer
C. Û IBELAND
Editor and Publish«
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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 .
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No.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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D istribution ’of federal drouth re
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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
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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.
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' Noble Grand
Jessie Henrichs, Secretary
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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.
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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.
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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
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M oro State B ank
Moro, Oregon
M ORO C ASH G R O C E R Y
Phone 92
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“ You Pay Cash Eventually ! Why not'now ”
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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
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Three R egular
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20-oz. pkg......................
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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
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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
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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,
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Located in the Hotel' Moro Building
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Moro, Oregon -
General Warehouse Business
Grain
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Wood -
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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
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W ashing , greasing and repairing
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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.
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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.
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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.
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