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About Beaver State herald. (Gresham and Montavilla, Multnomah Co., Or.) 190?-1914 | View Entire Issue (July 30, 1909)
I » Subscription, $1.50 a Year. NEW METHOD CLEARING LAND Method that will Lead to Open, ing Up of Thousands of Acres of Idle Land. One of th«* «Iraw’xrk«, and almoal the only one, ri|*erlrnr«nl hy farmer« and pr<»|ierty owners in this jxrl of Oregon is the pktm I vu cost of clearing land. The land is enrirhwd by nature with a wealth of tlinlirr. This is cut for woo«I or lumber and then the land is practi* rally uarless until rlrar««d of its massive stuin|*s which aomrtittirs stands a hun- dred to the acre. To burn these out with the «lead logs and branches is an almost endless task. To blow the stuini« out with |M>w«lrr and then burn them is some* hat quirkor but very ox* |»rnsive, making the cost of clearing sometimes as high as fl'si |»rr acre. It Is safe !<> wav that thousand* ami thouw- GRESHAM, MULTNOMAH CO., OREGON, FRIDAY, JULY 30, 1909. ami* of acres now lie idle for want of a . chs-aper method of clearing. Even In thia favored locality of Eastern Mult nomah ami not many miles from Gresh am not half the land is cleared ami in cultivation. This may all be changed in ths next live years. Xew mslliod» will be used which will lesson by half the cost nt clearing land. One of these has recent ly I wen invented and is proving very successful. Il will soow liavs a demon stration in thia luualily. It is ths ap plication of the blow pl | x* principle to ( the burning out of etum;M. Fire .«set to a log or slump and under forced air is msde to rat ui> a huge stump, roots and all In a few hour» Mr. Hendricks, the inventor, of Port land, has a numlier of machines in suc cessful operation and has taken a con tract U* clear 86 acres on the Schiller farm near Gresham at *IOian acre He will make this a demonstration of Ills pr<x»-*a in tin* locality. Ho rapid ami cheap is the process that this pries will I m * mostly profit lor Mr. Hendricks while Mr. Hchiller can well sffoid to pay the low price of ||<KI iwr acre to get the Imi'l in shape for the plow, for un der average conditions lie can about pay tor the clearing by one year'» crop. Do You Spend Money? HENEVER you have to spend money for eatables and want to make money, see Howitt before you W WE ARE PAYING THE FOLLOWING PRICES FOR FARM Butter, per roll, Eggs, per dozen, Veal, per lb., - Hogs, per lb., Beef, per lb., Mutton, per lb., Hides, per lb., Hens, per lb., Springers, per lb., Wool, per lb. PRODUCE THIS WEEK 50c 29c 9c 10c 3 1-2 and 3 3-4c 3 l-2c - 8c 13c - 16 and 17c 22c HOWITT & CO’S. CASH STORE "THE MOST IX QUALITY AXD QUAXTITY” Powell Street, Gresham, Ore Patronize Your Home Bank ROAD BUILDING IN PROGRESS Finest Road in the Country Be ing Constructed 'I hrough the City of Gresham. Work on the road improvement* through Gresham is progressing finely. About forty load* of material is being placed each day. When you realixe that each load covers about a yard of the road's length it will be seen that the improvement is moving right along. The process teem* a little slow when one »tup* to observe it, but taken a* » w hole good re*ull* are in evidence. The proposition to extend the improvement to the curbing in the business part of town has riot received final action as Vet. A tine list of property owner* on Powell street and on Main street have pledged themselves to meet the neces sary expenditure and it is now the court'* privilege to act. Perhaps a goodly numlier of our citi zen» who have not ;>er*oiially inspected the building process would la- profited by a visit to the tield of o|x-ration and see how the l*e»t country road in the country i* produced. Oregon, at least this section of it, may not lie blessed with tine building .tone, but it has the stud out of which to construct the best of roads. Right here *t hand is a stone so hard it will wear like iron; so firm and dense that water doe* not penetrate it and dissolve it anil a stone proof against all corroding or ordinary chemi- 1 cal action. Wl en crushed to suitable ■ixe, placed in a well prepared bed. packed and covered with two coat* of finer material, which i* also rolled solid and then cemented w itb the powdered rock and motaral gravel cement, we have completed an unsurpassable road- lied. Such a road is coating us about »5000 a mile. Ik» you realize that the county is doing a lot for your locality when it ex;*nds such an amount in your neighborhood for such a purpose? Xot only does this mean finer drives but it means better facilities for the farmer and merchant; better market facilities and better bank account*. Only yesterday an eastern visitor said ( of the Base Line road, "that is the finest road I ever saw.” He could have said the same of the newly improved Sec tion Une road and of many other stretches of road right in thia county. ' Another man speaking of bis experien- I ces in Benton county said that when po tatoes were a «ack here the Benton 1 county farmer with potatoes unlimited , was unable to place bis on the train because of his poor roadway*. Good roads are not only a source of pleasure but they are also a source of profit. Aerial Navigation. The ingenuity of man scarcely knows any bounds. During the cycles of years 1 that have drifted over this old mundane | sphere man has solved many of the mysteries about him. He has measur ed the distance to the planets and calls them by name ; he catches the lightning and uses its mysterious power for his own enjoyment; lie control* the jient up energy of steam and has encircled the globe with bands of steel; but be is not content to confine his efforts on land alone After generations of study the brain of man has unraveled another mystery held by the genii of the uni verse. This last and most difficult of solution is Aerial Navigation. That it is solved is beyond question During the week just past two notable feats have assured the world that the present age will evidently i*a«s to history as the I Aerial Age. The marvelous Hight of j the Wrights at Fort Meyer and the 1 crossing of the English Channel by Blériot, a Frenchman, are epochs of far-reaching consequence in our pro IP you ever think WHY IT PAYS? There are many good reasons. * You gress. That paths of travel will soon may want to borrow money Dome day and would rather ask your hotne bank lead among the cloud* is an assured er for a loan than go to a bank in a neighboring town. Yon would,however, fact. not like to ask him for a loan if you had not heen keeping your money on deposit with him when you hail money to deposit. He naturally cares for his own deposi- Crushed by Automobile. tors first when they an* in need of funds. You cannot blame him for that. He is A seriOM if not fata) accident occur interested in building up your home town and so an* you. especially .if yon own property there. Back up the Bank whenever you can. It Payt to ba a Rooattr. red at Eagle Creek near Boring last You can Isxist a little hy keeping your money on deposit with your home Bank.and, Sunday night, when the automobile of as long as yon know as much or mon* alsnit tin* inndition of your hotne Bank as F. A. Rosenkrsns capsixed and crushed you know of tlie condition of the Bank you have lsw*n patronising, you will find it him severely. Mr. Roeenkrana with hie more conventat and just a* safe to keep it at home. The fact that it is a amali wife and two email eon* were returning from Estacada and by being misdirected Bank is an argument in its favor. It is not so hard to know all about it. had gotten on the wrong road. It hav ing rained that evening the road* were ■dippery which caused hts machine to D The First State Bank gilds into a hols. As they were near a i steep emlwinkinent, Mr. Koeenkrans ad- ' vised hie wile and sone to get oat while 1 he drove the machine out. When the power was applied the auto jumped and | fell down the embankment, crushing its occupant very bady and injuring him internally. Mr. Roeenkrana was brought to Gresham where hie injuries received attention by our 'ocal physicians, after which be was taken to the Twelve-.Mile house and later removed in an ambu lance to the Good Samaritan hospital in Portland. Mr. Roaenkrans is an engineer with the United Engineering and construc tion Company, in charge of the miper- structure of the new Madison •irret i bridge. ! latter reports state that Mr. Koten« . krans succumbed to his injuries last T uesday. Vol. 5. ANOTHER NOTCH ON THE PENNANT No. 31 straight victories over the appendix team, and plarea them »ecurely in third place for the pennant. Batteries—Police, Evans and Mahan ; Ironworkers, Crandall, Oakes and Pape. The Giant* play the Willamette Iron Gresham Shuts Out Spaldings ' Work’ ba “ I ■ •«* •y. *n<l « *>»• t ■* of z-J »•« m ‘ < ‘ too probability a Ide-header on ska* that Sunday, Leaving Only 2 date. Manager Fateneaude i. very op timistic about tbe outcome of the next Games to be Played. K wm U ws Interurban League Standing. w< on. Leet. I nion Meat Co............... Grrsbain .......... Folic« ................................ K umm .1I villa................... Mfialdlng ... M ill* me tie Iron Work* • $ I 4 . 3 . 2 1 2 3 4 * 7 p c. game which if won tie* Greaham and Troutdale for the pennant. It is pretty safe proposition that our Ixiys will do a-plenty for the appendix team and be ready for the tG game with the Hack er*. It is needle«* to describe the sus- penne that cluster* around these two approaching game*. The Giant* palled another out of the Celebrates Wedding Anniversary. cellar last Sunday when they shutout Mr. and Mr*. B. W. Emery celebrat the Spalding team on Che local grounds. A Word from Gresham’s Mayor. The game was a listless one without ed in a happy way on la»t Saturday eve- much ginger being exhibited by either ■ ning the twenty-second anniversary of The undersigned having sold hi* bus A company of about team.which is contributed largely to the . their wedding. iness to Mr. Wm. H. Bacbmeyer, take* inclement weather that dampened tlie . fifty invited friend* gathered at tbeir this occasion to thank hi* many custo ardor of the few fans present. The hospitable home on Hood Avenue and mer* and friends for tbeir patronage Giants' out field posts gamely received enjoyed a social time with game* and an>l gixxl will, and also to express his every offer and attribute*! largely to the refreshment*. desire that they now extend tbeir fav Mr. and Mr*. Emery were married number of ringlets handed out to the or* to Mr. Bacbmeyer who, he feels visitors. Here lies a great deal of the near Waverly, 8. D., twenty-two years sure, will more than prove his worthi Sixteen year* ago. with their two Giants' strength and the stunts of these ago. ness of their kindness in giving him boys in the outer garden are worth the children, they came to Greeham where their trade. Mr. Emery engaged in the meat busi price of a front row seat any time. With Ix-st wishes for Mr. Bachmeyer's Score—tiresham, 6; A. G. Spalding, 0 ness. Six years later the family moved »ucce»s and for the most friendly busi struck out—By Welch, 6; by Townsend, to California but in 11« >1 returned to ness and other relations between him t>. Bases on balls—off Welch, 4; off I Greeham, since which time, until re- ami hi* future customers, I am. Townsend, 3. Time of game—One hour ii i cently, Mr. F.mery ha* conducted a liv Very sincerely, ery business. 45 minutes. Umpire—Washburn. F. B. S wart . Gresham, July 29, 1909. Again tlie Policemen rapped the Iron They have gained a large circle of Workers last Sunday, the score stand friends all of whom wish them many Invest in Gresham real estate. ing 7 to I, which gives the Coppers two happy returns of the wedding anniver sary. Farm Implement Sale $17.50 Single Harness at . . . $13.50 $40 Double Farm Harness at . $33.50 Automatic and Roller-bearing Manure Spreader, A - No. 1 throughout............................. $120.00 FARM WAGONS AT $12.50 CUT FROM OLD PRICES Other goods at same rate of reduction. Sale to Run this Fall We’ve Received next year’s cost on goods. We have no agents at Gresham, Oregon City, Vancouver or other nearby towns, so we can make LOW PRICES AT PORTLAND. C. L. Boss & Co. In Moline Plow Company’s Building 320-328 East Morrison St., Portland, Ora.