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About Beaver State herald. (Gresham and Montavilla, Multnomah Co., Or.) 190?-1914 | View Entire Issue (June 3, 1910)
A SECOND MEETING. BE AV ER*sT AT ÉjHEIM LI) Ths Earl of Stanhope and tho Trust- ing Highwayman. 'N Ai Succeeding Grediam Vindicator, Gresham Gaiette, East Multnomah Record Multnomah Reconi and Montavilla Herald. Published Every Friday at Gresham, Ore., by the B kavkk S tat « P vbusuinu C o H. A. DARN ALL, E ditor and M anaubk . Kntervd <» »eeomi cl**» matter at the peat otite* at Greaham. Ore<oii. SIWSC«1«THM tint Per Year. It 'V in advenes; to torclgn coitntriss. 11 Ml. Six Month» »Sr. now nionih» trial »ubscnplion» Mr. Single copies Sc. Aak for clubbins rate». «BhrtMtrS-houM t>< »ent bj Expre»»or Poatottiee Money Order, Kegitlered letter or t’hwk. Iltaini»» «A'cepled up to VO cent». for subscriptions are not »ent unle-« requeued. 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Posters, etc., printed on short notice. T IS INDEED a surprise to see the Telegram break into such a caustic strain as it does in rela tion to the resignation of Tom Richardson. Mr. Richardson has served the city of Portland and the state well. So far as we have been able to ascertain he has done just what the people of Portland and the adjoining country wanted him to do. He has been especially successful and now he gets an indirect roast for being himself and ac complishing those things that were wanted. Has Mr. Rich ardson has ever given any cause for the remark t^at “we now need a man of character and poise at the head of the publicity department, who has business qualifications, dignity, and a proper appreciation of what is due the city........................ Better conditions and better conceptions demand bigger and better bal anced men.” What we have to say of this sort of abuse is that if all this is true it is a bad re flection on the Portland Com mercial Club that it has been blind to these imperfections un til the man is ready to drop the job on his own account. I HE GOVERNMENT expert on road building, Mr. M. E. Eldridge, has been spending a number of days in our county looking over our highways and showing a large number of fine views of road construction and road influence. We speak ad visedly of road influence. A community’s intellectual and fin ancial development can be meas ured by its public roads. Let every Oregonian welcome every one who comes into our commu nity to “talk up” road improve ment They deserve a hearing and consideration whether they approach the subject from our viewpoint or not. The effort to to accomplish good must be in our favor even if we doubt the methods suggested. In this in stance the methods are good and the argument conclusive. The question seems to be as to the means of securing the capital. This county can do that by taxa tion. In other counties of less valuation that will be impossible. Some other plan must be tried and it is now time to consider plans. T The northeastern states will enjoy one of the finest fruit crops in their history this year, accosding to early reports. From the Yakima valley comes the re port thrt 1500 men are needed to handle the crop, the supply of peaches being especially abund ant. The market will be good as in the middle western states the fruit has been damaged by frost. An event of interest to the entire state is the quarter cen tennial jubilee of the Oregon ¡agricultural college, to be held on the college campus June 10-14. Special rates have been made by the railroads and there will be a jfreat gathering of graduates and friends of that institution. Bumper crops throughout the Willamette valley in hay, grains, and fruits are reported, Vege- tables of all kinds never looked better and the celebrated farm ing district where crops neve r fail will bear out this year its es tablished reputation. With its rich soil its diversified crops, and intelligent, industrious pop ulation, it is becoming a vast garden, rich in possibilities. After ten days campaigning for good roads in Eastern Oregon L. R. Webster and M. E. Eld ridge, in charge of the work in this part of the state, have re turned to Portland, encouraged at the interest shown in better highways. They visited ten counties and found local organ izations busy in improving ex- isting conditions. KEYSTONt GRANGE. State Matter Talks on Good Roads. Law Changes Demanded. The Pennsylvania state grange held Its thirty-seventh annual session In the state college. There were over 2.1XM) delegates and visiting members pres ent. The sessions were held in tbe auditorium of the college, The public session program included an address by State Master Creasy. J. L. Holmes. representing tbe college; Secretary J. T. Allman. Dr. Edward Sparks of the college and J. II. McSparran of the leg islative committee of tbe grange. Tbe tour through the Institution, made the next day. was full of interest and ben efit to the visitors. Tbe sixth degree was conferred on a class of 4dO candi dates. The executive committee in its report vigorously denounced the high way department as being incompetent and demanded a reorganization of it. The grange also asked for an equitable revision of tbe tax laws of the state and an amendment to the banking law to permit tbe encouragement of na tional banks to loan capital on real estate and mortgages. The grange de nounced tbe Aldrich tariff bill, the cen tral banking scheme and ship subsidy. The grange demanded proportional rep resentation In the national grange. It favors a representative vote for ordi nary questions, tbe state vote to lie used only when demanded. The key note of the session was that through legislation the farmers of Pennsylra- nla will come lnto their own. State Master Creasy in his annual address urged Patrons to make an effort to have men nominated for governor and for other public offices that would give then a "square deal.” He urged all to attend tbe primaries. Comment ing on good roads and road legislation, Mr. Creasy said: "I believe that tbe workings of this township road law, with '.he full amount of $20 or $25 iier mile appro priation, will make more good roads in ten years than the department can build in thirty years. We are anxious to have the state build as many roads as possible, but we lielieve some addi tional knowledge Is necessary before good roads can la? built with any last ing qualities. The cost of these state roads makes it impossible for many sections to receive any benefit from them. Then, again, the annual cost of repairing these state roads is any where from $U>0 to $1,500 per mile. Some townships cannot afford this be cause their roads must be kept in a passable condition. Itirt roads cost on an average at least $40 per mile per year. It is Impossible to use all taxes collected for building a piece of good road and neglect the balance. "The grange position on the road question Is that since all use the roads all Interests should contribute toward their maintenance and repair. A tax of 1 mill on corporate and personal property would make a good road fund that is fair, and we should stand by this grange plan.” One night when the Earl of Stanho|>e was walkit g alone In tbe Kentish lanes a man Jumi>ed out of tbe hedge, leveled a pistol and demanded bls purse "M.v good man, I have no money with me.” said Lord Stanhope In his remarkably slow tones. The robber laid hands on bls watch "No,” Ix>rd stanhope went on. "that watch you must not have. It was glv en to me bv one 1 love It is worth £1<>O If you will trust me. I will go back to i’bevenlug and bring a (too note and place It in the hollow of that tree I eanuot lose my watch.” The man did trust him. The earl did bring the note. Years after laird Stan hope was at a city dinner, and next to him sat a Loudon alderman of great wealth, a man wktely respected, lie and the earl talked of many tilings and found each other mutually outer raining. Next day Lord Stanhoi»* weired a letter, out of which dropped a £11M note. "It wa« your lordship'« kind lean of this sum.” said the letter, "that started mo in life aud enabled me to have tbe honor of sitting next to your lordship at dinner.” A strange story, but the Rtanbopes arc' a strange race, and things happen to t tieni that never did or could occur to other people. London Spectator. A TURKISH LEGEND Th. Red Rcse Sprang From a Drop of Mohammed » Blood. "A truly religious Turk looks upon the rose with great reverence.” said a florist. "The rose 1« lieyond qUc« tion the prettiest Bower that blooms, ami it was so conslderisl by the Turks many years before the conquest of Gr-.in.-id.i. There Is a religious legend gem rally Is-lieiisi in throughout Tur key that the red rose sprang from a drop of the great prophet Mohammed’» bled Everything beautiful in nature is as- ritied to him. The Turks, there fore, have great reverence for the flower and allow It to I loom and die untouched, except on state occasions and for the purpose of making rose water "After the conquest by the Turks they would not worship In any church until the walls were cleansed and washed with rosewater and thus puri fied by the blood of the prophet, it is used on tbe body for the same pur pose A Turk whose const iein e Is stung by some act or del'd lie lias com mitted will caress and pay reverence to the rose to appease the wrath of the prophet and Allah. "With these Ideas inculcated In him from youth it would sh<H-k him severe ly to see the pretty floorer strewn iti the path of u bridal couple, thrown on the public stage or banked up In hun dreds at a swell reception or party to be crushed and .»(Hilled In an evening." Notes on Speed. The maximum Hpeeil u< qulre«l by the average person in swimming comfort ably Is thirty-nine • Inches a second, while oarsmen in an eight oared boat acquire a speed of 197 Inches In a sec ond. Skaters average from nine to ten yards a second. The liorse can gallop six miles in an hour for a con siderable length of time. The swift est dog in the world, the borzoi, or Russian wolfhound, has made record runs at the rate of se\ duty dive feet In a s< ond. while the gazelle Ims shown measured speed of more than eighty feet a second, which would give it a Speed of I.SoO feet in ii minute if it could keep it up. The whale struck by a harpoon has lieeti known to dive at the rate of IPMl yards a minute. A s|>ecles of falcon known as the wan dering falcon Illes from north Africa to northern Germany In one unbroken Bight, making the distance in eleven hours. Rule, of Sleep. Those who think most, who do most brain work, require most sleep, and time "saved" from necessary sleep is Infallibly destructive to mind. Ixxiy and estate. (Jive yourself, your chil dren. your servants give all that are under you—the fullest amount of sleep they will take by compelling them to go to lied at some regular early hour and to rise in the morning the moment they awake, and within a fortnight na ture. with almost the regularity of the rising sun. will unloose the tendi of sleep the moment enough repose has been secured for the wants of the sys tem. That Is the only safe and stifli- clent rule, and, as to the question how much sleep atty one requires, each must be a rule for himself. Great uh ture will never fail to write It out to the observer under the regulations just given,—London Globe. Bunched Hie Blunders. “John." said Mrs. Blllus after the caller find gone away, "I wish you wouldn't bunch your blunders so.” AVliat do you mean, Marla?” asked Mr. Blllus. •T didn’t mind your telling her that you were ten years older than I. but yon followed it up a minute Inter by letting it slip out that you were Bfty- two.” -Chicago Tribune. Listen. "Well. Ilenry, bow do you like your neighbors?” “Not at all; they’re so quiet that I daren’t move or mamma can’t hear what they’re saying.’’—Bon Vivaut A Question of Time. Peter Tumbledown gave each of Ida "How much docs It cost to get mar- hoys a runt pig and when tho pigs grew Tied?*’ asked the eager youth. "That depends entirely on how Ioni? tip sold them and put the money in bin pocket. 'Die boys are leaving the farm you live,” replied the sad looking man. now. I —Philadelphia Record. ONE TOWN'S TRIUMPH JOHN BROWN : With a Population of Only 1,500 It Has City Ownership. EVERY CITIZEN A BOOSTER. All Assisted In Aiding Pond Creek. Okla., to Publicly Conduct Water and Lighting Plants, Making It tho Best Kept Town In the State. Rockwood, Ore. ! laical Agent (or • KU II I ASUM IA I ION I ML OKI GON URI The in»mt |M»pulnr fnrnirm1 inunrance in the Mlalr. < i«>l lila ral«** Call lip John Brown Phone 231 Rockwood, Oregon Î • • • • • • Sixteen years ago the first street lights of I’ond Creek, ¡loo utiles south west of Kansas City. In Grant county. Okla., were the campfires < f the set tlers. says the Kansas City Star. That was the night of the opening, when Äon «»I uai by Roben Mc<iregt»r (Birr »»t j »y I a . by Major K4nall VII. thousands of home seekers rushed AI h I m II m I i 15 bam M«||y Hlid. b) Vlumonl I »I I 4 (■irr ot I'nrlla Klllfbl 2 I 4). by Allvmoni madly across the prairie. The 4.000 or J Jri I 4. airr «>( 7 In 4 !<• Hmm.l «lam yiM L*»a« b» F re.I llambb ton fllft.1 J Ä, by , tnori' penmini, mostly men. wtio atop Hamhlrtonlan Mambí !... ..‘4 Thir.l <1am liun«ll (.lain «4 I'ainlora J 27). by Aul.a'ral V.WI K»nrth Pam Nvl’y Rnrrvll ped on the town site of i’ond I’nvk HOH A lu .NKtioH U a hn>nUotti*t hlacli »talllini. » yoar« o!.I. |fl hamU ami wrigha I?'*» tMtun I« Hr !■ m i II |>ro|mrilonr<| ami well »b’VrU»|»r«1. w llh plenty action, at y Ir ami >|nallty. Hr Were uot dls|s)sed to give the street carl«'» Mollir of tho blood of aotnr uf our uniat ■urrrohll a|M»rd producing fninlllv» Hr a III lighting question even as much as a make thi «i. aflon of lull* at U ii «* ih at.*«» I»tm atar tiraabaia 0r*«un Terni» |?à ihr »raspn h uh Uftiial return prK llrtfv < arc taken to a\obl lu’rldvnla, but alii bv i'»p<>nalblv for thought. They were Interested Iti find Hour Qoud |Moturv lor marva mvii II o br. vd. Ing homes, establishing a business anti supplying' the Immediate necessities of R. Wilton. Ownot, BZ N 17th. Porllond. Oro. F. I. Wijmor, leeptr, Grothom, Oto. iife. Sixteen years after the opening a visitor stopped In I’ond Creek several days. Ills first night there was a rev elation. Here was a town of l,5oo in habitants enjoying everything that lie enjoyed In the city. There was an electric light nt every corner, and on bls way downtown he passed com (Jrlst Taken at any Time—Quick Delivery. fortable homes, surrounded by groves t>f trees aud large lawns, ^,-pt green by the city water. On reaching Mnlu WE CARRY A FIJIJ. LINE OF Mil l FEED street the visitor noticed several groups of men talking in front of the postotllee mid the two drug stores Market Price Paid for Drain They were quiet enough. No bands v.ere marching di wti the street, but why was the street so brilliantly light ed? "Is there anything going oil here to FAIRVIEW, - . ' . ORI-OON night?” There w mid be a wild west show In town tomorrow, the I'olid Crecker loid him. "But you don't put up lights like those for a show?” "Not unless the show comes to stay, and then mnyls* it might claim them.'* Tile city uiuu bad Just one more ques -------- FROM ALL POINTS ON TUB--------- tion : "How do you do It with only I..’so population to pay the bill?” Ill" asked. "Municipal ownership.” The city man s I ihm I lu the middle of the street, in front of hint were six great ehs-trle arches, reaching from one sidewalk to the other. Each arch contained twenty-five high power in candescent lights, while from tbe TO R\TBS •tore windows others lighted Hie side walks. Merchants down the afreet Chicago $72.00 were washing off the cement walks Council Ubiti», Otiiabs, Kansas City, St Jowph, St. I’ ixii I ... 60.00 with hose sprays. St I’aul, via Council Bluff» tk’i wi The next day a business man ex Minneu|silts direct tltt.ixi plained how Pond Creek could afford Miniicapolia, via Council Bluff» Il I.IS) tliese things electric lights and wa Itiiluth direct ......... ('sl.lxi terworks-that much older and larger I>uluth, via Council Bluffs <17 ho places feared to dream of. much less St. I.ouia .................... $0 enjoy. Ticket» will lie on sale Mav 2d and 9th, June ’Jd, 17th, and 24th, About six years ago the question of July 5tb and 22d, August lid, September Sth. tire protection ami water supply was Ten days provided for the going trip. agitated by a few of the progressive Stop-overs within limits in either direction. business men. The town council tailed I-mill return limit three months from date of sale, but tud later than a special election, and the pts.pie an- Octols-r 31»t. tborlzed a Is.nd Issue for $25.t<st. A One way through California f!5 additional. pumping station was built, wells were sunk, mains laid, anti n steel pressure Inquire of any (). R. «Sc N. A^ent for more complete tank w.-i< placed in a corner of tho information. public park on Main street. Three years ago a aecond Ismtl Issue of $15,* otto was voted, but only $."..'itwi of It wfla used, to extend the water mains. PORTLAND, ORB. General Passenger Agent. The entire witter system Is controlled by a committee appointed by the coun cil. and the service Is Isitli adequate and excellent. A promoter obtained a franchise for an electric’ light plant. lie planted a few poles and strung wires on them, but the old gasoline lamps on Main street continued to Imitate ehs-trle arc lights. Tbe promoter bad failed, and the < ity was forced to assume the control of its second public utility. With the remainder of the $15,000 bond issue the council purchased the promoter’s poles and with them his friim-liise, that still had some twenty years to run. An cits trie light plant was built, it has been In operation for 'several months, and the entire town Is lighted. Now the business men and the council are discussing a plan to unite the water and electric light plants that Isitli may be operattsl from one |s>wer unit. "Who Is responsible for the munic ipal ownersblp Idea? Surely some citi zen took the lend In advot-ntlng these things.” The business men who were asked this question didn't know that tiny one man In Pond Creek could be given credit without detracting from the credit that others should receive. Ev ery man was a booster, they explain ed, and, while the mayors and council men really tlld the work, the people encouraged them, with the result that. NEW AND SECOND HAND Pond Creek became the best lighted town In northern Oklahoma. Munic ipal ownership was the agency and united energy the cause. Rora Mcüreg'or 45374 CHOPPING AND ROLLING SUN-DIAL FEED MILL EXCURSION RATES TO THE EAST DURING 1910 Oregon Railroad & Navigation Company wm . M c M urray , COOL ELECTRIC FANS Attractiveness of Kansas City. Kansas City, Mo., has set an exam ple which every American city may emulate nn example of what can be done after a city becomes great and an Illustration of what should be done early In the history of a city that expects to become groat. At n coat of many million« of dollars she has es tablished an «'laboriite system of parks and parked boulevards which consti tute pernnps tbo most attractive mu nicipal improvement In the United States, and as a consequence Kansas City Is the most desirable place of residence in this respect upon the con tinent. ELECTRIC STORE 7th St. Cor. Aider St. PORTLAND, OREGON