Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About Beaver State herald. (Gresham and Montavilla, Multnomah Co., Or.) 190?-1914 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 7, 1908)
G resham VòUUSHfn GRESHAM, Volume 4 and several weekly magazines »nd pa- per». Director» were elected for a term of Mrs. B. W. three years as follows Emery, Geo. Preston and Mrs. if. Wos tai I. At the close of the business session a light lunch was served by young ladiM, I assisted by Misa Culy and others. GET Wl&E Tu th« fart that Only Pirat class Urocarlaa. flour, I red and Provisions ar», carried at this »A>r». INTEREST NOW ciation : I have the honor U> submit to - gou the following report of the doings of the Gresham Library association for Follow The Crowd—Buy of The following from Prof. C. C. Baker There was a large attendance at the 1007, which I beg to preface with a will,explain the need of supplementary annual meeting of the Gresham Libra IHE STORE HUI SAVES TOU MOIET brief history of the effort to establish a readers : ry association held in the library rooms reading room in Gresham. This history Th» pupils in the lower grades have last Friday night, notwithstanding the I have compiled from reports of the Portland Library association, ami from records of the Gresham Library associa tion, which 1 have supplement«! with many incidents which have l>een told GRESHAM, OREGON me by thoee who had to do with the be ginning of things. My only object in writing this history is to gather together items of interest which il not *«> ii re corded will be forgotten. In January. 11103, the legislature of I'tiliilcr nnd Decorator ' Oregon authorised a county tax for li- I brary purposes The County Court of K r’p's"', Ì GRESHAM, ORE. Multnomah county ordered a tax of one-fifth of a mill and entered into a contract with the Portland Library as- »»»»»»»ssssssssssssssss»»» eociation to extend the privileges of the • Gresham Barber Shop library to residents of the county. This • Toi.»<»rl«l work nl «11 him!« nvwdjr an*l fact was at once advertised in the daily • quit hl) 'hill«' Kal«»t» lioltrrl »ltd pul ill • order N«»t d*»or lu ur«*ham llutel papers and later a personal letter was • Robert H. CMIdera. Prop. «■nt to each postmaster in the county, » UltKSHAM. OBMIOM explaining the library privileges and endowing a notice to I m - placed in the Ml»» Alida Culy Mrs. Hattie Brownhill The rfth’irnt (’im tedian <>f the G re »ha tn |K«toffi<'e, also applications for member- Secretary of the Gresham Library ship to be filled out ami returned. A branch of the Portland Free Public GRESHAM * Aasociation Librar) D. W. METZGER Ik Hl’XLEY 0 s •«••••••••••••••••• • HDCCMAM • Livery Feed &, Sale Stable. B. W. liMEKY. Prop’r • stormy evening The room hail been I'ialatH • I lion« Grtslu«, “ Ore. • tastily prepared fur the occasion Farmer I4T usual atl raci- and present«) iu • ••••••••••••••••• Iveness with a few extra touche» At a table near the door sat the presi dent, Mrs. I. C St. Clair, the secretary, Mrs. Hattie Brownhill and ths treasur er, Mis. Halue Wiwtrll. >!>■■ Mary Isom of the Portland library, and Mfas Nellie Fox of the County department, were present and took |«rt in the meet ing with encouraging remarks. The president's re|s>rt covered the history of the association from the first efforts to establish a reading room to tlie present time. The report will be found in another column. The treasurer's report was from Nov ember 15, IK® to December 31, 1907, am! showed from all sources total re ceipts, |IM.66; total expenses, *178.96. Balance on hand, *5.70. The librarian. Miss Alida Culy, gave a report covering the fieriod from April 16, 1987 to December 31, 1907, during For HADDI.EN, HARNESS and ALL HARNESS ACCESSORIES Gresham Hamess Shop Rsgalriaa »sickly <)•>«*• ill Kln4> OUST LARSON. Prop.. Gresham C. H. LANE Representing tlm J. R Wavgtaa Maun al Cour any GRISHAM, - - OREGON Expressing Dray i ng Gardens Plowed J. H. HOSS <> Phone I4X (Ireaham, Or». ;EVERY HOUSEWIFE ' 1» looking for dependable flour. ; It is the staff of life—the one ,, thing necessary for good bread— i > and Rood lireau keeps John's face i straight and brings a content«! , , »mile and a full Stomach to the < > little folk». ' Cupid < * } < ' Flour nnd good bread ( are»vnonoMua. II you want good < • ' bread buy Cupid flour. For sale 1 :: .. 1». XV MKTZQER < j! Sol,-agent for Gresham. »»»♦»♦♦♦»»»»•»♦»»•••••a»»« Mrs. Hsttie Wostell Treasurer Gresham Ijbrnry Association Mrs. I. McColl Stationery. Notions, Etc, GRESHAM, ORE. part of which time Mrs. 11 Wostell was librarian, the circulation for the period being 1718 volumes; attendance in read ing room, 5967 ; total registration, I'll. There are now at the branch about 4A0 books, als>ut half of this numlier tieing in constant circulation. The branch has on its tables the l>eat of the monthly A Good Comparison Deposits, Assets, «*<>«»«> ined many different readers and made a selection with a view both to utility and to coat. The readers selected are of the best and the cost is little. On Friday of this week the debating J After the Holidays is the BEST TIME OF YEAR TO BUY I team, consisting of Mary Hansen, Geo. We are putting forward some broken line» at a Hhantine and John Shattuck, will go to J GREAT REDUCTION Clatskanie to meet a team froip that place on the <|ueotw>n. "Resolved : That to clear up our shelves and make room for NEW GOODS. Call and get your share when in town. the Japanese should be excluded from ‘»«u eonntry, with the exception ,,t »tu- ! dents and travelers.” TheGreebam de haters have the affirmative. After Christmas Sale Gresham High School versus Library Party Well Attended ‘ Clatskanie High School To- and Reports Show Large In The President's Report. , Night Gresnam School Now crease in Patronage — Three Gresham, Ore., Jan. 31, 1WOH.—To the Crowded to the Limit. . u.m eon.irtin< of R.1- members of the Gresham Library asso Directors Elected. ' eigl> W ataon, Harley Turner and John Thai We are Headquarters for all kinds <>l Builder's Hard ware and Ma terial. . Jan. 24, 1907 Jan. 24, 1908 $28.638.63 $70.223.62 40.756.63 77.979.77 FIRST STATE BANK GRESHAM, ORE, Number 6. MULTNOMAH COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 7 fiuiahed and reviewed their respective readers. They are not ready for the reader of the next higher grade and there is nothing left for them but to re read the old book or get a new one. The former coarse is not desirable for the reason that these booka no longer have interest L’r th» pupils and because they can have no new worda. stories or information for the pupils. On the other hand the new book will be full of interest, will contain new material throughout, and will contain many new wonts and many new facts for the children to h-arn. It may be mention«! in (waning that a new word learned means another idea in the mind of the learner. There is no reader published for use in the lower grades that contains enough material for a full year's work. In practically all schools it has been found necessary to use at least two readers of Mr». L. C. St. Clair the same grade per year in the lower President of the Gresham Library grades, and some use as many as three Association number of residents of Gresham and vicinity availed themselves of this op portunity. taking out cards through the postmistress, Mrs I. McColl, and go ing to Portland for their books. In the fall the public sc 1 km 4 teachers, consisting of Prof. A. F. llershner. Mias Hnttie Pierce, Mias Harriet Alexander, and Mrs Clara Anderson, became in terested in the project of furnishing a reading room to which lHX>ke from the Portland library might be brought. They, together with Mra McColl and the Rev. C. A Nutlcy, solicited funds for the carrying out of the project. Mrs. McColl gave several months' rent for the back room over the poetoffice, A stove, table, hanging lamp and six wooden chairs were purchased. D. C. Ross donated a load of wood which was brought from his farm by the Misses Pierce and Alexander. Early in Nov ember a box of 6l) lxs>ks was install«! with Mra. McColl as custodian The reading room was kept open as a branch of the Portland library three evenings in the week under the can- of Miss Pierce and Miss Alexander. Miss Pierce soon became custodian and at the close of school the care of the b<H>ks was given to Rev. M L. liardingham who was in charge for about a year.' The circulation of volumes during BAM was 567. During the early months of 1906 the branch was continumi with more or less success but the difficulty of finding someone to give his time regularly to the care of the reading room made it necessary to discontinue it in May and the booka were returned to Portland. In October of the same year the nxim over the postotfice was again aecur«i, a bookcase was made and presented by D. J. Culy, a box of hooks was install«! ami the reading room r«>pened with H. L. St.Clair as custodian. Miss Culy, Mrs. Clara Anderson, Mrs. Grace Mets- ger, Mias Pearl Lindsey nnd others as sist«! in the cart* of the reading mom. Through the efforts of the East Mult nomah Record interest was »roust'd in in the organisation of a Library associa tion to provide better quartern for the books. At a mass meeting of citizens called on November 4, 1946, the matter was fully discuss«! and preliminary steps taken. A committee consisting of Timothy Brownhill, Dr. J. M. Short and Mra. J. W. Shattuck waa appoint«! (Continued on last page.) 0 i o F. B. Stuart & Co Dealers in General Merchandise GRESHAM, OREGON Shattuck will debate with a team from Astoria. The question is, “Resolved: Th>t mtl „id pall tie. .hould own and operate their lighting and transports* mn Gresham. Ore- facilities.’’ Gresham will have the neg IIUJUl UI UllI* H. P. HATCH, Prop, I ative. Because of the heavy work, some Homemade Pics, Cakes, Cookies, Mines Meat, Etc. Old-f ashtoned Baked Pork and Beana'to order Saturdsya changes have been made in the original team. For the first debate. Geo. Shan- tine succeeds Harley Turner; and for the second, Raleigh Watson succeeds Mary flanaen, while Harley Turner again takes a place on the team. Present registration, 219, with an in* crease of 14 during the past month, All rooms full; some crowded. There are New Equipment sixty pupils in Mias McKenzie's room <• New Management and almost as many in Miss Parmely'». “Sure To Please You” The old discarded seats and tables have lieen called into use. Mumps are now almost a thing of the past. They have interfered very much ROBERT WALKER & SONS PROPS GRESHAM. ORE with school work since the holidays. D rug Rrpan atthe H ome B akery The Central Hotel Gresham Council Meeting At the council meeting last Tuesday night Mayor J. M. Short, Councilmen Thomas, Emery, Shattuck and Little- page and Recorder Roberta were pres ent. The following ordinances were passed : Electric Light and Power franchisee to the Mt. Hood Railway and Power com pany and the Portland Railway Light and Power company, occupation tax of II 00 per month, taking effect Feb. 15, KM®, and an ordinance raising saloon licensee from 1400 to *600. TO THE PUBLIC The “People’s Market,’* which has been under the 11 management of H. E. Wood, has been purchased by T. R. Howitt and E. W. Aylsworth who will take charge Feb. 3d. Situated as we are we can pay you the highest market ■ > price for all your produce that comes in our line. Next week the following prices will be paid BEEF, Steers, No. 1, $3.75 ; Cows, No. 1, $3.25 MUTTON, Sheep, Mixed, $5.25; Lambs, $5.50 HOGS, Dressed, 7c-7}c; Live, 5c-5Jc VEAL, 75 lbs. to 125 lbs., 9c; 125 lbs. up, 7}c CHICKENS, 11c Passing of Another Oregon Pioneer Chauncy Sager died at bis Ixime at Lente, Ore., Jan 18, 1908, aged 80 yean. 8 months and 8 days. Thus passes an- j other of Oregon’s pioneers. We can use an unlimited amount of any or all of these products. „ ___________________ w them along and take awi ...... 1 the g<xxis to do business with. Bring Chauncy Sager was the son of James ] need Henry Sager and Levina (Haines) Sager . , cash for it ia burning holes in our pockets. and was next to the youngest of a fam- ■ ily of ten children. He was born May 10, 1827, at Marysville, Ohio. Hia fath ; PROPRIETORS er died when he was five yean old and | POWELL ST. GRESHAM, ORE. be went to live with a sister, who re : sided in Michigan. When a young man ♦♦♦♦»♦»»»»»»»»»»»»»♦♦♦»♦»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»••»»»»»»»♦♦w he start«! West, staying awhile in Illi- nois. From there he went to south Fair Association Incorporates. western Iowa, finally locating in Mont gomery county, being one of the first . Articles incorporating the Multnomah settlers there. He was the first post County and Grange District Fair asso- master of that county. , ciation have been filed with the County During the Civil War he serv«l as a Court and the Secretary of State. The All Level. Laying between < > soldier in the Home Guards. In 1874 incorporators are J. J. Johnson, H. E. Greaham and Troutdale. Fair J I Mr. Sager and family came to Oregon Davis and E. L. Thorp, being the ex Building». 40 acres in cultivation. < and settled in Polk county, living there ecutive committee of the fair held here Two good Wells. Orchards. Will < until 1881 when he moved to Clackamas last October. The capital stock of the sell all or part. Price *8000. county, locating in Pleasant Valley, new association has been placed at better known as Sycamore. He lived *26,000, with shares at *5 each. No per there until 1904 when he moved to bis son may subacribe for mor» than 60 o GRESHAM, • OREGON ¡Í shares. last home at Lente. Canvassers are being assigned to ter Mr. Sager was married to Elvina ! Cardwell Jan. 7,1864 at Mt. Ayre, Iowa; ritory east of Mount Tabor for the pur to them were born ten children. He is pose of receiving subscriptions to the survived by his wife, one brother, Jas. stock. This county and that portion of H. Sager of Archer Place, and eight Clackamas county embraced in tlie dis children as follows: Grant N. of Carley, trict has been divided up into sections F. R. HAMILTO«, ho*. Wash.. Arthur G. of Portland, Harry F. and will be thoroughly covered as rapid Successor to Simm« à Hamilton of Gresham, Lawrence R. and Clyde E. ly as possible. As soon as one-half of the stock has of Lents, Cora E. Campbell of Oakes Carries a full line dressed and smok dale, Wash., Jessie M. Kemp of Moffet been subscribed the organisation will ed meats of all kinds. be perfected and then the association Springs. Wash., and Myrtle E. Hills of Mrs, J. W. Shattuck Portland. will have a legal standing and be ready We bay Beef, Veal. Mutton, Hogs Mr. Sager's motto was to do unto Vice President Gresham Library Asso others as you wished to be done by, and to purchase grounds and erect buildings OIVE ME A TRIAL and make all other necessary prepara ciation he was loved and respected by all who tions for a fair next fall. knew him. Gresham, Oregon Powell St. or four to advantage in the first and CARD OF THANKS second grades. To keep pace with the Ten • Cent Social. advance with the pupils of the Portland ______ Mrs. Elvina Sager and family wish to At the home of Mrs. J. W. Lawrence, schools and others, it will be necessary extend their thanks to the many friends Mrs. Thomas Hurlburt, formerly of under the auspices of the Ladies' Aid for the pupils of the Greshatn school to and neighbors for their kindness and as- society, on this (Friday) evening. For Shaniko, now of Echo, and infant use more than on« reader per year. I sistance during the recent illness and the benefit of the Methodist church. All daughter were recent guest» of Mrs. J. are cordially invited. Mr. Baker and Miss Parmelv exam- I death of their husband and father. M. Short. ; T. R. HOWITT & CO 51 ACRES ü J. H. Chalker Gresham Meat Market