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About Beaver State herald. (Gresham and Montavilla, Multnomah Co., Or.) 190?-1914 | View Entire Issue (March 15, 1907)
BEAVER STATE HERALD, MARCH 15, 1907 The Gate Keeper "In faith. In Hope, In Charity, and with fidelity.** Grange Measures Subject to the Initiative—Traveling Libraries. Grange News and Good ol the Order. 7 interest Insides. The Imlance will lie retired within two year«, or may I m - »Min er. The grange at Pleasant Valley evi dently means business, About |-IO0. has been raised for a new hull and work on It will sisiii begin. This in the smallest and weakest grange in Multnomah County lull it is doing things. Officers of the Htute Grange are mak ing visits to every grange in Oregon ex cept one. That exception is io Coos county slid is trx> isolatixi to I m - visited Tim last State Grange Instructed its this year. It is re|x>rtwl to l»e flourish legislature committee to attend the ses ing however, ami lias a representative sion of the legislature ami demand leg every year at the State (¡range. islation upon matters authorized by the grange. It was also n-s-dvi«! that if the | Milwaukie's new grange hall wan ded grange requests were ignored the mens* icated yestz-rday. Several State Grange ' urea would I m « taken up by initiative. offl leers were present. The new hall | The Stalo Grange legislative committee was first thought of alxiut two months will report at tlm M.iy session. Until ago end at one meeting funds were that time it will not I m -known just what ruined, a committee ap|x>inted ami a lot will he done, lint it is almost certain secured. Tlie work went light on ami lliut tlm splendid machinery of the the hull w ill I m -one of the best ill the Grange will lie set to work on wveral state. i i ii |x ir I a n t matters affix-ting tlm welfare I Tues-lay, March ft, wm of unusual in of tlm |a-ople of Oregon. Willi the |x>w- i terest to Columbia grange No. 207, ax it er tlm grange has and the influences it was honored by a visit of the Stale can bring to lx-ar on others there is little Master Austin T. Buxton and we hope doubt of the result of any movement it to have the pleasure of another such undertakes . meeting an it is bound to lie of great Conducted l*y E. I.. Thor|>e. Traveling libraries have liecotne a neveaaary concomitant of grange work. The following re|>ort from New Jersey hue I hm - ii cent to tilt Gate Keeper with request for publication. The request is compile. I with liecauae the Oregon grange bus endor»-s| tliia educational plan ami 1» helpihg to further it along F<dlowing la the report: "During the year special attention haa I h < vii given to the traveling lihrariea, it a it la through them that the residents of small towns and rural districts that are without library facilities are reach ed and supplied with lamka. At this time one hundred anil fourteen are ill operation, ami many applications are on file that cannot la- It lied la-cause of a lack of books, cases and shipping larxes. The Increased demand lor the traveling benefi'. Brother Buxton made a tine] Multnomah county grange convention impression ami many g-xxl tilings were ' libraries Is largely due to the interest that has been taken in them by the met in Gresham last .Monday and elect learned for tlie g-aid of tlie order. local grange« of the Patrons of liusliand ed five delegates to the Stale Grange Multnomah County Pomona Grange I ry, which in many cases take charges which will meet at llixxl River in Mav. will meet at the (Mil Fellows’ hall in Tin- delegates are F. II. Crane and wife of the Ixxiks ami distribute them from house to house, collect and exchange of Rockwixxl; A. F. aillerand wife of Muntavllla next Wednesday. Tlie fol lowing new officers elect will lie install tlietn, end send them by rural mall de lamia and R. N. Gill tit Ruiselville. ed for tlie coming term of two years: , livery to the residents in the neighbor Their rvsjM-ctive alternates are E. I.. Master, J. J. Johnson; overseer, II. W. Thorp and wife, J. C. McGrew and wife hood. Hnashall; lecturer, Ida M. Thorp;] "Eighty per cent, of the libraries went I and Miss Anna Anderson. steward, W. IL Byars; assistant stew-1 Re|s>rts were made of several mens- to what are |x>pularly known as "rural ard, E. C. Huffman: chaplain, Mary districts" ami the demand has lieen I urea which will come up for action hv Shattuck; treasurer, J. W. Shattuck; Inrgi-ly for liooks on history, household the State Grunge. Among them the ini- secretary, Mrs. E. A. Niblin; gate keep-1 economics, agriculture and horticulture, , native will I m - invoked upon at leaxt two er, A. J. Garnett; Pomona, AnnieCras-1 | proposed laws. One of them will I m - a tine lsx>k on |xiultry raising was appar well; ceres, Belle S. Beard ; flora, Ada ently consulted by every family in one i measure to increase the revenues of the O. English; lady assistant steward, I slate by taxing inFomes and inheri district, as it came back with two Anna Anderson. ■ barging cards filled with the names of tances. Another will give the several i counties tlm right to regulate their own The legislature appropriated ♦-Us*) for borrowers, "Home of the volumes of tlie traveling affairs independent of tlie legislature. the use of the State Library Commission, The executive committee of the Stale of which sum 12400 will I m - spent at once I libraries are in almost constant circula Grange is now preparing |s*titions for a for traveling libraries. Many applica tion, and while it might lie expected that they would receive hard usage, the referendum upon two laws [«»—•< I by the tions have lieen sent in which will l>e j fact that but comparatively few have late l.igixlalure. One of them is to de filled as soon as tlie books arrive. We I lieen discarded after Ix ing seven years feat the Militia bill which appropriates ho|H- every grange, outside of Multno in circulation, is evidence that they are KM), inmi for armories in alsiut ten differ mah county, will secure one of these ex-1 well cared for by borrowers. In the ent cities. Tlie grange considers this to celli-nt selections of go-sl lax>ka. Mult-| light ol tin- facts and figures presented, 1 I m - taxing the farms (or extravagent die- nornah |>«i>ple look to the Portland Li- I there can no longer I m - a doubt that the ’ play and will hold tho appropriation up brary Association for tlie traveling li- , libraries are not only popular but that i if possible. Tlm other bill to be defeat- brariee. Our memlx-rs should mention they are prodtclive of great good. One <sl is tlm compulsory ]>ass law, the these libraries to rural citizens not in - clergyman lias written to the commis grange lieing op|Ma«ed to free pusses to the grange. Every country community should have a library and that will lead ] sion that "the traveling libraries next anyone. All the above measutes were indorsed to a grange later on. to the Gospel, arc doing more for rural communities than any one single - by the convention. A grange measure was also indorse-1 A matter of considerable interest to all j agency;" a lady in one of the small which would change tlm by-laws so as to grangers is emb-xlir-d in a resolution i towns says they are helping to solve the read at the last session of Multnomah i problem of keeping boys and girls off elect delegates to tlm State Grange for County Pomona. It came from Colum two years instead of on.-, as at present. the streets in tin- evenings; and one of bia grange ami was introduced by J. 11. take four months to complete the tunnel, the farmers' granges has unanimously , Another matter which will be advo Rickert. He asked for a committee to betides the work of straightening the cated at the State Grabge wax endorsed resolved that the Traveling Library law take into consideration the advisability road between here and Troutdale. lias worked more for the pleasure, cul by tlm Convention, it pro|x>ima that of establishing in the city of Portland a the cuuntmx of Oregon shall be divided ture and welfare of the farming district into senatorial and represenative dis produce exchange that shall have for its thannnv la» passtfd in years." PLEASANT VALLEY. object the direct benefit of producers tricts. snd consumers. The committee wax Tlie convention was very harmonious, Mr. Hall who has rented the Sager Several measures will probably lx- side appointed, consisting of A. F. Miller, place is buying cows for dairy purposes. jected tn tlie initiative or referendum by 27 of the 30 delegates lieing present. < J. D. 1-ee, J. H. Rickert, II. W. Sna- Pleasant Valley Grange held a sjiecial the Oregon State Grange at the next Wissiluwu Gtange was not represented. sliall ami It. M. Gill. Tuis committee meeting at Sycamore hall on the Sth. Multnomah county should have had six general eleciton, or perhaps Main will make a re;x»rt upon the matter at State Master Buxton and JacoL Voor er. Notably among tlu-se measures . delegates, but ax one of the three men e- the Pomona meeting next Wednesday. hees were present and discussed some lecteil has no wife — Gill of Ruxxelville — may la- named* the State Printer's flat matters of public interest. salary law,which was passed by the late 1 tin-county has lost one representative. A long established precedent was Grandma Yott is somewhat improved legislature and vetoed by Governor Chamberlain. Tlie grange is dissatisfied broken when Multnomah Grange was from her serious illness. with the Governor's action, notwith turned down. It should have had the Mr. and Mrs. Williams of Washington « -------- standing hr mav be in tlie right, ami delegate given to Russelville and had a were recent guests of Mr. and Mrs. splendid candidate. The way has been will probably attempt to have the |a-o- Holcomb. ple puss a law he cannot veto. It may ' opened for much contention ami |iolitics CORBETT J. Z. Olson is hauling apples and in future conventions. be that the grunge w ill demand a s|a-cial potatoes also an occasional beef to Ix-uard Ix-ader win a Portland visitor election so as to get the law into effect market. Thursday. by the first of next January. GOOD 01 EHL ORDER. J. Donaldson 1»RR left these parts for There is another measure which a few F. W. Recd returned Thursday from There are now HIT» granges in Ore Cajie Horn, Washington, where he has Columbia river logging camps. of the grangers of Linn county are try Noah Kesterson has rented the Erick ing to have referred to tlie people on a gon—a gain of ten since last June. Sev lx-en running a gasoline launch the |>aat referendum vote. Thia one refers to the eral more will la* onganized la-fore the f-,ur months for the Northern Pacific son place. appropriation for the State Vnlveraity. i year is up. company. A few people are disgruntled because All grange families Can now get the Mrs. Sarah Kincaid w in tlie guest of ROCKWOOD that spproprirtion was allowed to stand Grange Bulletin free by sending name i Mrs. Reed several days this week. nnh that of two normal schools was cut and address to Mrs. Clara IL Waldo, Will Herring is back from Missouri. Mr. Thomas, superintendent at the off. Thia effort is not likely to receive state lecturer, Mucleay, Oregon. He says Oregon is good enough for him. tunnel, has moved into N. P. Gleason's tlie support of tlie State Grange and tlie J. Brown is making a number of State Master Buxton was unable to house at Rooster Rock. Gate Keeper predicts that it will fail ax improvements on his place, putting in meet with Multnomah grange last week Ralph Kincaid went to Cape Horn, ns intended. He will arrange to meet Washington, the first of the week to cement walk, new windmill etc. against tlie normals. The people at Mr. McManus has given his barn a with that grange on its regular day thia , work for the Northern Pacific company. large believe in education and believe new coat of paint and made other month. Fred C. Reed has purchased a Sheffield in paying for it. The State Grange re ' improvements on his place. marine engine to In- placed in his launch Gresham grange recently had a debt of l presents that idea anil it is not likely Mrs. D. McKeown is doing nicely at that It will lend its aid to any effort to ♦300 on its hall. One - third of the for use in fishing. the Good Samaritan hospital since she amount was paid off last month and $IH hamper tho cause of knowledge. Milton Saunders returned Saturday was operated on for kidney trouble. from Newlierg. Alliert Smith having undergone an Miss Zula Bell returned home from operation at the North Pacific sanitarium Portland Saturday where she has been the past few months in the employ of for lung trouble, is doing fine. Rockwood Grange was well attended the Pacific States Telephone comnany. st the last meeting and all were greatly Miss Bell will take charge of the tele Following are a few selections, read them : interested in the talk of State Master phone here in about two weeks. Tho <iol<l Bug, E-lgar Allen Poe; The Green Mountain Bova, Judge J. I*. Thompson; 1-aat of the Barons, Edward Bulwer Lyt Mr. Speibrock and P. Kirkour are Austin T. Buxton. ton; Michael Strogoff, Jules Verne; Izrst of the Mohicans, James loading a car of ;x>tatoea this week. Feniinore C-sqa-r; Grimm»' Fairy Talca, Grimma Brothen. Fred Benfield was in Portland Friday. SECTION LINE Welch Is Giving Away Genuine Boys’ Books with Boys’ Suits, Scores of Both There will be no lack of work here J. Cassidy and wife of Portland have TO CHOOSE FROM this summer for the man who wants to leen burning the brush on the site soon work. Mr. Thomas informs us it will to lie occupied by a handsome bungalow Correspondence BOOKS FREE, BOYS Welch’s JIU JITSU Suits for Boys are Wonders They have doable seats, double knees, triple taped seams, extra hntthna, aiid hair cloth fronts, la-sides being made of waterproofed cloth. They are the kind for which you have always paid ftft.00. Welch C J Cfi sells them for ...... v * ti JU And a book or a watch fn-e, besides also an excellent allowing of lx>v»’ suits, e2.noto|B.no DON’T FORGET the BOOK or the WATCH IF NOT WELCH RIGHT WELCH MAKES IT RIGHT THE AMERICAN CLOTHIER 221-223 Morrison Street N. W. Corner First Street PORTLAND newly acquire-! property on our ••••••••••••••••• : | on road their adjoining the Ruhl place. e e LEADING HOTEL IN TROITDALE e e e e ROOMS AND BOARD e COMMERCIAL TRADE SOLICITED e e Satisfaction Guaranteed e Union - House Louis Helming Prop. Main Stmt Trouidalt. Or«. Mrs. Wm Ketchum of The Dalles is a guest at Hazelwood farm this week. The Edwards place on our side road was recently sold for two thousand dollars. It contains twelve acres. The sound of wedding bells will soon lie heard to judge from authentic report. George Hutchinson of the reservoir will in June lead to tlie alter Miss Garner of Mt. Tabor at which time the handsome residence he is erecting will lie finished for occupancy. Also in the neighbor- HYLAND BROS., BOOK EXCHANGE WILL REMOVE ABOUT MARCH I To 168 Fifth Street, opposite the Postoffice Fntil that time their supply of school books will be found at their old stand 220-231 Yamhill St. (bet. First & Second), hood of Kelly’s butte two fond hearts will beat as one. Miaa Grace Ruhl entertained a number of guests at her home Saturday evening. Games, music and a bountiful repast were the most pleasing features of the event which was also her mother's birth day. GAGE Mr. Edwards has a friend visiting him from Vmatilla Oregon. J. Richardson left Monday for Calif ornia. The family expect to go later. George Bates is going to Boring to work in the mill. I.. Van Zant is hauling lnmber for A. Kincaid. M. Preston is visiting his brother, E. T. Preston. Florence Cederstrom is visiting her father for a month. The party at Richardson’s was a success. Professor L. Stohler and E. J. Edwards furnished the music. PORTLAND, ORE. Notice for Publication. Land Office at P-rtland. Oregon. March 9, 1907 Notice !• hereby given that the following- named settler has Died notice of his intention to make final proof in support of hie claim, and that said proof will be made before the Register and Receiver at Portland, Oregon, on April 19. 1907. via: William Robbins. H. E. No. 1*111, for the 8 1-2 8E 1-4 Sec. 30. 8»' 1-4 SW 1-4 Sec. 29 and NW 1-4 NW 1-4 Sec »2. T. 2 S . R. T E. He names the following witnesses to prove his continuous residence upon and cultivation of said land, vis: John T Mclntyre.of Salmon, Oregon, George Oaks of Salmon. Oregon, E. Truman of Salmon, Oregon, J. A. Odell of Sal mon, Oregon. ALGERNON 8. DRESSER. Register. First publication. Mar. U. 1907; last publica tion. April 12, 1907. William—How did she come to accept you the second time you proposed? Lawrence—Well, you see, her refusal the first time I proposed made me feel so awfully cheap that she, womanlike, could not resist the opportunity to secure a,bargain.—The Woman's Magazine. Read the want ads on page 8.