T W IC E W EEK VOL. 5. NO. G resham O utlook 13 EXISTENCE COVERS 2 CENTURIES GRESHAM. GRANGE ENDEAVORING TO GET 1916 SESSION T h e m a tte r of se c u rin g th e 1916 se ssio n o f th e O reg o n S ta te g ra n g e fo r G re sh a m w as ta k e n up a t th e MULTNOMAH, OREGON TUESDAY, APRIL 13, 1916 $1.50 COTTRELL SCHOOL NOW STANDARD GRANGE ENDORSES ROAD BOND ISSUE AND HEARS TALKS T h e C o ttre ll sch o o l re c eiv ed Its s ta n d a rd p e n n a n t M onday e v e n in g , M arch m e e tin g of U re sh a m g ra n g e on S a t­ u rd a y an d w as th o ro u g h ly d iscu ssed . A c o m m itte e c o n s is tin g o f H. E. D avis, D E. T o w le an d N. O. F u lle r w as a p p o in te d to c o n d u c t a cam p aig n th r o u g h o u t th e d iffe re n t g ra n g e s of th e c o u n ty , each o f w hich * w ill be a sk e d to g iv e a ss ista n c e . T h e , e ig h t d e le g a te s fro m th is c o u n ty » w ill be in s tru c te d to c a rry th e invi- • ta tio n to th e s t a te g ra n g e n ex t m o n th ' * a n d an e ffo rt w ill be m a d e to se c u re , n ex t y e a r's se ssio n fo r th is c itF by • a ll h o n o ra b le m ean s. | * T h e d e le g a te s fro m th is co u n ty to * T illa m o o k a r e Mr. a n d M rs. J . It. ‘ C a v a n a g h , o f G re sh a m ; M r. a n d M rs. I • D. 8. D u n b a r, o f F a irv ie w ; M r. a n d l * M rs. H. E. N ib lin , of E v en in g S ta r ; * an d Mr. an d M rs. W. H. II. D u fu r, o f * W o o d law n . T h e se d e le g a te s w ill be ' » re q u e s te d to m eet h e re on May 1, * fo r a c o n fe re n c e , b u t as e v ery g ra n g e * w ill m eet a g a in b efo re th e s t a te | , g ra n g e se ssio n th e c a m p a ig n w ill be » c a rr ie d on so as to g et th e ir e n d o rs e * m e n t an d s u p p o rt. A re m a rk a b le piece o f a n tiq u ity — a v e n e ra b le clock w ith tw o c e n tu r ie s of e x is te n c e to its c re d it, is th e p rice­ less p o ssessio n of S u tliff B a te s w ho lives a t S p rin g d a le ju s t a m ile o r tw o e a s t of th e u p p e r S and y b rid g e. F . E. B a te s,. w ho r u r n is h e d th e fo llo w in g s to ry to th e O u tlo o k , is a so n o f S u tliff B ates. B. F . F is k , w ho w as th e la s t p re v io u s o w n e r o f th e clo ck , w as a fo r m e r re s id e n t o f th is lo c a lity . H e lived h e re a b o u t six y e a rs , m o v in g to B u c h a n a n , M ichi­ g a n , a b o u t th r e e y e a rs ag o , w h e re he now resid es. M r. B a te s sa y s in h is n a r r a tiv e th a t th e e x a c t a g e o f th e re m a rk a b le old clock Is not k n o w n , b u t it is b e­ liev ed to be o v e r 200 y e a rs T h e re c ­ o rd is c le a r fo r all bu t five y e a rs of t h a t p e rio d . It h a s n o t b een r u n ­ n in g a ll t h a t le n g th of tim e , b u t it h a s been w ell ta k e n c a re of a n d is c a p a b le o f m a r k in g th e h o u rs even SUNDAY BASEBALL yet. LOST BY GIANTS T h e in s c rip tio n on th e clo ck is S u n d a y ’s b a se b a ll c o n te s t b etw een “ S a m u e l M u llic k in , B r a d f o r d .” F o llo w in g is th e s to ry , as w ritte n th e G re sh a m G ia n ts a n d th e C elso- ' by F . E. B a te s: K alo c lu b w as a v icto ry fo r th e la t- COUNTY, * from th e c e n te rs o f p o p u la tio n can G resham G range R eso lu tio n . W h e re a s . It is p la n n e d to issu e b o n d s to th e a m o u n t of $ 1 ,2 5 0 ,0 0 0 to h a rd - s u rfa c e th e tr u n k ro a d s o f M u ltn a- m a h c o u n ty ; t h a t th e c o n ­ tr a c ts fo r p a v in g th e s e ro a d s s h a ll be let th r o u g h o p en c o m p e titiv e b id s ; an d In view o f th e fact G re sh a m is a b o u t" to e s ta b lis h a c o -o p e ra tiv e c a n n e ry , w h ich n eed s th e b est ro a d s fo r su ccess, a n d in view o f th e fact th a t th e C o u n ty F a ir is h eld a t G re sh a m e v ery y e a r, th e r e f o r e be it R eso lv ed , By th e m e m b e rs of G re sh a m g ra n g e th a t we a p p ro v e o f th e s e b o n d s as th e b est p la n to s e c u re good tr u n k ro a d s th r o u g h th e f a r m ­ in g d is tr ic ts a n d to h elp r e ­ liev e th e la b o r s itu a tio n b.v p ro v id in g e m p lo y m e n t of 1700 to 2 0 0 0 m e n ; R eso lv ed . T h a t we c o m ­ m en d th e c o u n ty c o m m is sio n ­ e rs fo r p le d g in g th e m se lv e s to th e p la n fo r c o m p e titiv e b id s in le ttin g all ro a d c o n ­ tr a c ts , th u s p e rm ittin g all p a v ­ in g c o n c e rn s o p p o rtu n ity of se c u rin g p o rtio n s o f tlie p ro ­ p o sed ro ad w'ork. , be p ro p e rly g ru d e d , d ra in e d a n d re- * p a ire d o u t of th is su rp lu s . , T h en a f te r th e c o u n try ro a d s a re * all in ex cellen t c o n d itio n , in a d d itio n * . to p ro p e rly m e e tin g th e d e m a n d s of • o rd in a ry c o m m erce, th e y w ill h av e • • m ad e a v a ila b le to th e to u r is ts a n d « .s ig h t- s e e r s of th e w o rld , th o s e u n s u r- • p assed tr e a s u r e s of n a tu r e w ith w hich ’ we a r e blessed. We h av e sn o w -cap p ed , | m o u n ta in s , g re a t fir fo re sts , m a g n i- • | flcent riv e rs, w o n d ro u s w a te r-fa lls , • I fe rtile \ a lle y s, o cean b each es a n d a ’ •p e rfe c t s u m m e r c lim a te . G od h as , been g e n e ro u s w ith us. L e t us u til- • iie th e good th in g s He h a s p u t h e re , • an d le t us e n c o u ra g e th e tire d a n d th e ( ; w eary to com e h e re to re s t a n d re- , c u p e ra te . » T h e to u r is t c ro p is re a l, a n d it is ’ ta n g ib le . E v ery to u r is t is w o rth ten • d o lla rs a day to th is c o m m u n ity We , «'an h a rv e s t a m illio n d o lla rs a week « from May to O c to b e r e v ery y e a r from • th is c ro p , an d it w ill n o t e x h a u s t o u r t I soil, d e v a s ta te o u r m o u n ta in s , ru in « |o u r w a te r-fa lls o r affect o u r c lim a te , TU ESD A YS AND F R ID A Y S 2 9 th . T h is m e a n s th a t th e sch o o l h a s m et th e s ta n d a r d r e ­ q u ir e m e n ts in th e fo llo w in g way. 1st. F la g flying w hen w e a th e r p e r ­ m its. 2d. S ch o o lh o u se p ro p e rly lig h te d . 3d. E q u ip m e n t, te a c h e r 's d esk a n d c h a ir , d e sk s fo r p u p ils p ro p e rlv a d a p te d a n d p la c e d ; good b la c k ­ b o a rd s, w indow s h a d e s in good c o n ­ d itio n . 4 th . H e a tin g , W a te rb u ry sp ecial fu rn a c e . 5 th . R oom s a tt r a c t iv e a t a ll tim es. 6tli. O ne new s t a n d a r d p ic tu re . 7tli. C lean g ro u n d s a n d fo u r f e a ­ tu r e s o f p lay a p p a r a tu s . 8 th . S a n ita tio n , p u re d rin k in g w a­ te r a n d d r in k in g fo u n ta in , tw o good s a n ita r y o u tb u ild in g s . 9 th . L ib ra ry , good se le c tio n of b o oks, c a se fo r th e b o oks, boo k s k ep t u p rig h t in good c o n d itio n a n d re c o rd e d a c c o rd in g to law . 10th. A tte n d a n c e a v e ra g e s o v e r 92 p e r cen t a n d ta r d in e s s less th a n tw o p e r c e n t. 1 1 th . T e rm o f n in e m o n th s of school. S u p e rv is o r E. S. M cC orm ick gav e a ta lk an d S u p e rin te n d e n t C a ia v a n p re s e n te d th e p S n n a n t. A s h o r t p ro ­ g ra m w as g iven by th e c h ild re n . T h e P a tr o n -T e a c h e rs ' a ss o c ia tio n h eld u very e n th u s ia s tic m e e tin g , M arch 3 1st. T h ey a r e ta k in g a very a c tiv e I n te re s t in th e im p ro v e m e n t of th e sch o o l, a n d p la n to giv e an en- e r ta in m e n t in th e n e a r f u tu r e , th e p ro c e e d s of w hich w ill be u sed to p u rc h a s e v a rio u s th in g s fo r th e school. T h e te a c h e rs a t th e C o ttre ll school a re M iss E th a l W ilk in s o n a n d Miss H elen H oss. PER YEAR JOHN B. YEON ILLUSTRATES ROAD SPEECH L a st n ig h t’s m e e tin g in th e in t e r ­ e s ts of good ro a d s a n d th e b o n d issu e w as a g a th e r in g of in te r e s te d v o te rs w ho cam e to h e a r, a n d w ho w e n t aw ay co n v in ced . T h e s p e a k e r s w ere J o h n B. Y eon a n d G eo rg e W . S ta p le to n ,' th e ir sp ee c h e s b ein g follow ed by a s e rie s of p ic tu re s r e p r e s e n tin g p rin c ip a lly th e C o lu m b ia R iv er H ig h w ay . M r. Y eo n ’s a d d re s s w as a re s u m e o f th e a rg u m e n ts t h a t h a v e been m a d e h e re to fo re . T h ey a re e m b ra c e d in th e fo llo w in g : “ T h e p a ss a g e o f th e p re s e n t b o n d issu e a n d th e im m e d ia te d is tr ib u tio n o f $ 1 ,2 5 0 ,0 0 0 (8 0 p e r c e n t a m o n g s t lu b o r) w ill o p en th e flood g a te s o f p ro s p e rity to th is c o m m u n ity . “ E very d o lla r ex p e n d e d on good ro a d s, e x c e p tin g a sm a ll fra c tio n th e re o f, re m a in s in th e c o m m u n ity affected u n d p ro v id e s e m p lo y m e n t fo r th o u s a n d s of m en. “ A bond Issue fo r paved ro a d s w ill h e lp re lie v e th e u n em p lo y ed . "P aved ro a d s w ill d ev e lo p th e fa r m in g c o u n try o f w hich 50 p e r c e n t is now u n c u ltiv a te d . “ M u ltn o m a h co u n ty h a s 3 'fa m iles of puved ro a d s o u ts id e th e city . K in g co u n ty ( S e a ttle ) h a s 110 m ile s a n d a p ro s p e ro u s fa rm in g c o m m u n ity . L e t's m a k e M u ltn o m a h c o u n ty m o re p ro s ­ p e ro u s by se c u rin g 71 m ile s a d d i­ tio n a l o f p av ed h ig h w ay in c lu d in g ull th e m ain tr u n k lin e s le a d in g in to o u r city. “ S ev en ty m iles o f pav ed ro a ils w ill c o st o n ly $5.40 fo r e a c h $1000 a s ­ sessed v a lu a tio n . T h is ) 5 .4 0 sp re a d o v e r 15 y e a rs o r o n ly 36 c e n ts p e r y e a r. “ I t w o n 't h u r t th e s m a ll ta x p a y e r. F if ty -th re e p e r c e n t of th e ta x p a y e rs a r e a sse sse d a t $1 0 0 0 o r less. S ev en ­ ty - th re e p e r c e n t a r e a ss e sse d at, $ 2 0 0 0 o r less. F if ty -tw o per c e n t of v o te rs pay no tax es. Six p e r c e n t o f ta x p a y e rs pay 75 p e r c e n t of tax es. " T h e co st to m a in ta in o u r p re s e n t sy ste m of ro a d s is m o re th a n th e c o s t to pav e th e m . “ A g u a ra n te e d a r tic le a t th e s a m e p ric e as o n e n o t g u a ra n te e d is p re f­ e ra b le . In th e m a tte r of ro a d s th is h o ld s good. A ro a d g u a r a n te e d f o r 10 y e a rs is c h e a p e r to th e ta x p a y e r th a n a m a c a d a m iz e d o r ’ o th e r ro a d , a s th e y e a rly a v e ra g e m a in te n a n c e e x p en se fo r 10 y e a rs ex ceed s th e o r i ­ g in a l cost o f a gooil p aved ro ad . “ O ne o f th e g r e a te s t of all c ro p s is th e to u r is t c ro p fo r a s t a te lik e O re ­ g o n , w ith Its scen ic w o n d e rs a n d Its u n lim ite d re s o u rc e s . Good ro a d s a re th e m e a n s to an e n d to s e c u re tills h a rv e s t all th e y e a r a ro u n d not m e n ­ tio n in g th o s e w ho w ill ta k e u p a p e r ­ m a n e n t re s id e n c e .” • ahd th e s e to u r is ts ’ d o lla rs go d ire c tly in to th e h a n d s of tlie w age e a rn e r s , An Old f lo c k . E x -g o v e rn o r G e e r a n d C o u n ty C o m ­ m e rc h a n ts a n d p ro d u c e rs. It is to S. B ates, re s id in g a t S p rin g d a le , a in g b u t th e m a rg in w as o v e rc o m e m is s io n e r H o lm a n w ere th e p rin c ip a l t i e te a m s te r, th e b a rb e r, th e new s few m ile s e a s t of T ro u td a le , h a s in th r o u g h th e G ia n ts c h a n g in g b a t- s p e a k e r s d u rin g th e le c tu re h o u r of boy, th e b o o t-b la c k , th e la u n d ry m a n , h is p o ssessio n no d o u b t th e o ld e st te rie s . T o w n sen d an d B a u e r b eg an G re sh a m g ra n g e on S a tu r d a y la s t, th e f a r m e rs a n d th e w a ite r t h a t th e clock in th e s t a te th a t is ru n n in g an d th e b a ttle b u t g a v e wav a f t e r th e T h ey sp o k e in fa v o r o f good ro a d s to u ris t d ire c tly p ay s h is fa re , an d k e e p in g good tim e . T h e e x a c t ag e g a m e w as cin c h e d to H am lin a n d an*>»'R »ed to m eet th is new d e m a n d , m ak es fa rm in g a m o re p ro fita b le iii- m e e tin g w ill not o b lig a te a d is tr ic t to M r. B a te s w as first m a r rie d a n d com - v elo p ed by M r. S ta r b ir d , w ho h a s of- n o r iB il P o ssib le fo r o u r ro a d d e- d u s try a n d a lso th e lessen ed tr a n s - u n ite w ith th e o th e r s fo r h ig h sch o o l m en ce d k e e p in g h o u se. H a v in g no 1 (¡peg ,n th e S p a ld in g b u ild in g . 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If you c a re to live sch o o l h o a rd ; J o h n Ic k le r, V icto ry ; fa ith fu lly , u n til a m o re m o d e rn tim e ­ n a m ite in th e w ork. e r 's plow , a n d g iv in g w av to g re e n in a la n d flow ing w ith m ilk a n d J. S. A lbel, O rie n t; V. E. H e n g s tle r, p iece cro w d e d it off in to so m e d a rk A seco n d tr a c t o w n ed by P. G. p a s tu re s a n d f e r tile fields, b u t we a r e honey, w h ere y o u r c h ild re n can grow C o ttre ll. M ayor S ta p le to n , In h is a d d re s s la s t c lo se t o r g a r r e t, n o t a llo w in g its C a rls o n , c o n ta in in g 26 a ir e s , is also s till m a k in g th e sa m e o ld ro ad s. in to in d u s trio u s c itiz e n s, an d w h e re n ig h t, to ld , th e v o te rs t h a t th e h a r d h o n e s t face to be s e e n ; o n ly o n c e r­ b e in g c le a re d . O th e r s m a lle r tr a c ts A re v o lu tio n in ro a d b u ild in g is y o u r frie n d s anil n e ig h b o rs will m eet MAN HUNT ON s u r fa c in g o f P ow ell V alley ro a d ta in o c c a sio n s -to be b ro u g h t o u t to a r e re c e iv in g a tte n tio n in th a t v icin ­ upon us, b ro u g h t a b o u t by th e new you w ith th a t h ap p y sm ile th a t be- IN CLACKAMAS w ould co m e e a s tw a r d a s f a r as th e be view ed as an a n c ie n t re lic a n d n o t ity , th e co m b in ed a re a re a c h in g m o re c o n d itio n s , anil we m u st face it, an d to k e n s a se re n e a n d c o n te n te d m in d . T h a t is c h e e rin g n ew s C la c k jtm a s c o u n ty h a s a m an h u n t fo u n ta in . as a clo ck th a t w as a b le to m e a s u re th a n 75 acres. we m u st so lv e it. F o r th e la s t ten vote fo r th o s e ro a d b o n d s n e x t W ed­ in p ro g re s s a n d d e p u tie s a r e s c o u r ­ a n d In d ic a te s th a t th e c o u n ty w ill off tim e as w ell a s any o f th e m o d ­ y e a rs o th e r c o m m u n itie s h a v e been n esd ay , a n d a f te r it is all o v e r, you c o n tin u e th e im p ro v e ­ in g ev ery a v e n u e fo r s ig n s of his e v e n tu a lly e rn c lo ck s, if o n ly it h ad th e o p p o r­ DISASTROUS RESULT w o rk in g on th e s o lu tio n , w h ile we will w o n d e r w ho oppo sed th e m an I p resen ce. H is n a m e is Len P a rk e r , m e n t th r o u g h G re sh a m , a n d on to tu n ity to do so. FROM INHALING GAS h av e w atch ed th e ir e x p e rim e n ts. Now why th e y did It. It a lso In d ic a te s an escap ed c o n v ic t fro m th e p e n i­ th e c o u n ty line. 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