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About Beaver State herald. (Gresham and Montavilla, Multnomah Co., Or.) 190?-1914 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 2, 1910)
I GRESHAM, MULTNOMAH CO., OREGON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1910 Subscription, $1.00 a Year. PORTLAND’S NEW BRIDGE A FINE STRUCTURE TO SPAN WILLAMETTE Hill 01’1 N 10 IRAVIL SUNDAY Change of Run of Cars on the O. W. P. Welcomed by Traveling Public At last tbe soutbeaHtern inlet into Portland is ngniu iilmut to lie thrown open Sunday last the closing span, the lift span of the m*w bridge, was I floated from lh<- piling upon which I It was assembled ami carried to its |>o- ; sition In the western side of tbe river, booked onto tli«> 10 or inure cables that will connect it with the ««at ton weight, BANK ROBBIR IS G0NVIC1FD People <»f the vicinity of <in*«ham who have been here for »"in* linn* will re call the attempted robliery of the First State Bank on Jan. 8, 1007. Huspiciou was strongly attached to a band of criminals who were arrestisi ami con victed ol robbing the Bellwood |s>st- office. The first one to get into a pie •Ilion «neh that he could be held for th*- attempted Gresham robliery was Frank Wayne who waa just rol«*a»«*d from a three years' terni al McNeil's Island, Kiu-ril Htevens waa 'ili band at his relea-e and imniediately t«xik hi in in band and brmight bini t<> l’ort- land, lle waa piacisi oli trial and abile nothing but cire instancia I evidenee was brought out it was »<> evident that Wayne was an ex|>eri«ii<*<*d era ksiuan that it was not difficult to convict him. The event» leading up to the convie- I lion are really very small affairs, but they carried tin- weight and as a result i DELEGATES WILL GIVE A REPORT Washington, Nov. 26—For the fiscal FIRE DAMAGE TO NATIONAL FOREST A rough estimate of the fire loss upon ended June 3o last, the U. 8. de- THOMPSON & FLEMING the National forest» of northern Mon REPRESENTED THIS ’ year partment of Agriculture announces, tana and Idaho, upon which tbe forest LOCALITY AT SALEM. ARE LOSERS the 25 |*r cent of National Forest reve I officer» of the U. 8. departmen» of ag MANY EXPIRES IN CLUB WORK Railroad Building Promised by Big Men Who Control Oregon’s Destiny. i , The Convention of Oregon Develop ment I. agues, held this w«*u at Salem, was the largest, most enthusiastic and successful meeting of the kind ever held j in Oregon if not on the Coast. It was planned by such men a* Theo Wilcox, president, and C C. Chapman, secre- nue which will go to tbe States for road and school purptxtes amounted to M. This was 167,492.03 more than last year, or an increase of 15 ;a-r cent. The payments are ari offset to the Io»» ol income from taxable property sustained through withdraw! of the forest land from er»»ry under the public land laws. The amount which will go to Oregon ia 539,6.15.87 ami'* to Washington is »2:1.671 s'. Noteworthy is tfie heavy increase ov- I er tbe amounts last year in certain states. hi Calilornia the amount rise by over 25 |s*r cent, iri Idaho by over X5 j»*r e nt and in Oregon by nearly 50: per cent. The increases is due to the , , . , , activity in national forest timber salts riculture have l«en engaged since the fire» were put out, puts tbe total amount IS SOUGHT BY OEEICERS of timber killed or destroyed in this one I district at over nix billion board feet, I while the area burned over is put at ¡over 1,125/IX) acres. Gives His Name as Gus Meyers The heaviest log es were in two Ida Takes the Rig and ho forests, the Coeur d’ Alene, wh«re over 3,000,OU),000 board feet of timber Disappears. are reported killed%or destroyed and | over 466 thousand acres bnrned over, About 3 p. m. Monday a man giv and the Clearwater, where 1,000,000,000 feet of timber was ki!le<l or destroyed ing the name of Gus M yers walked and 300 thousand acres burned over. into the livery barn and hired a single , On the Helena National forest in Mon horse and buggy, saying that he wanted tana, tbe loss in timber is believed to drive atx>llt tbree mUe, inUj t]ie ■ have been 500,0i 0,000 feet, on the Cabi , , net forest 400,000,000, and on the Lolo country. Tbe ng was s«x>n brought out forest 300,000,000. and Myers drove up Main street and in lifting It far al»H«* the various river craft that ply up ami down the Will amette. Sowell balanced will the weight ol this enormous »pan lie carried that even should tl.i « liltriiiil engine«, which are pr«*pared to act as the counter Iralancing agents, la-come impair«-«!, a couple of men with good crank arms will be aide tolifl the obstruction to navigation. Peculiar as the new bridge appears there arc hopes that It will lx* a great turn- saver The lifting am! lowering of such a draw should not rcrpnre half the time that the swing draw consumes. A very larg<< proportion of panIng craft will require only a quarter, half lift. The sail lx>ala will take limit of tune ami stlr-iition. It lieen said that the trackage ami not transitory, as would have been the When your feet are wet and cold and ease if hasty ami improvident expioita- vour l>->dy chilled through and through ti -n had been eruiitted. Arc irding to the ca'cuiati-ms of the department of from exposure, take a big dos«- of Cham- agriculture officials the states w ill event- betlain’B Cough Remedy, bathe your 2± Ill’ll) un — ive many lime- what the for feet in hot wat -r before g -ing to bed, ests are yielding them, for there is as ami you are almost certain to ward off Hawthorne Avenue Bridge I ast Approach, Vet mi 'lie whole only a very restricted a severe cold. For sale by Gresham Drug Co. d- l and for the government's timber. the crime is to lx* evenged. lary, of the Oregon Development in thet»e an I are at earnest of -------------- —. _ It appears that a regular "school” of League, and wax addressed by these and what will happen hh the timber supply DRAMA—The Old Dairy Homestead, cracksmen were making their headquar many others, iucludin some <>f the which the givernment is caring for lhe Ladie* A id Society uf Presbyter« ters at O'Fallon's saloon in North Port tie st ••x|wrt advertising ami cominereial comes into lull demand Since the cut ’an church at Fairview will give their ;> acts, 2 hours, at Orient Grange hall, land Dial year ami tiiat Wayne posed club men on the Pacific Const and some of timber will always be limited to what annual Bazaar anti Supper at the Saturday, December to, 1910, 8 p. m. (2 as a steam titter, lie claimed to ne«*d a from eastern states. Resides these the forest« will keep on growing, the | church. Friday evening, Dec. 9. Everv- The Herald clubbing offers are just couple of drills which were •«•cured hj there were men high up in ri ilroad income to the states will be permanent, body come. 48 the thing you want. - .— -------- n friend from a machini», on the fire circles. Howard Elliott, president of the boat on th«* east »hie of the river. At Northern Pacific, and others, who are least they wen* order«d of the machin vital! -' inteieeted in the development of ist. though he did not get a eh.uice to Oregon. Tile speeches of these men on deliver them a« they disap|M*ared one Tuesday night, and reading of a tele .lay S'KWi after they were finished, and gram from Loins W. Hill, president of hr did mH see them again till they were the Great Northern, definitely promis shown to him ill the trial. Alter the ing extended railroad building for Ore- attempt*«! robliery in Gresham these g >n, aroused the greatest «nthusiasm drills were found. They di'l not belong and made everyone feel that, as these Xv ' ------ 5—---------- B to Dan Hart, whose blacksmith »nop | men of destiny said. “Oregon is coming * • / n v j.T’im I was broken into (or to Is by the burglar-. into tier own." flic two drills were retained by th«* _«X-------- The delegates from Gresham were r* *1 sheriff till this trial and formed the Emil <■. Kardell ami II L. St Clair. ' A ÌÌ ■ .. f X \ - / They uteri the opportunity to the best /A ■' Continued on page 8. of their ability to let these most pro gressive men from all over the state know that they were citizens of one ol the most promising localities in Oregon, which will come in lor its full share of benefit lr. tn the larger development X and wider advertising of Oregon's re sources. The effect of this convention was to J I broaden the minds of the "boosters” to | ' include in their thought nil Oregon, There i« an old old rille among railroad men. “M he ' in doubt '*ke rather than their own particular local tl„. ............. "TAKE NO CHANCES" holds good in any business. Be ity; to use to better advant >gi* the op fore making an important invert.nent. it ia well to look into its merits. portunity >>ITvied by the publicity work Your banker should be able to give you some information. II he is Everybody's talking about them. They're the Best. Guaranteed by the Factory of the Oregon Development League anil the right man he will discourage you in anything in which there ! Portland Commercial Club to beiter We are making very low prices on Wagons, Harness, Buggies and Farm Implements. is a ‘‘Chance." advertise the resources of the state; With us the old-fashioned principle« of banking are adhered to $2 Full Lined Heavy Burlap Horse Blankets, $1.32}. 40% off on all Chase’s Winter Robes. to emphasize more permanent and absolutely. Our profit is derived from I aning money. No »peculation better iiietloxls of local organization ami $50 No. 1 Team Harness at . . $37.50 $18.50 Single Hamess at .... $14.35 ..nfered into by the bank or any of its ollieets in the strictest sens.* of the work. Good Farm Harness at . . . . $27.50 $16.00 Single Hamess at .... $12.50 word. We do strictly a banking business-- receive money on deposit and On«* of th«« foremost development $33.50 Double Driving Harness at . $25.75 Good Double Hamess at . . loan tomir customers, loin on security but not on overdrafts, .$17.50 men of Tacomn who was a visitor has said that this was one of th«' Ix'st con Snap on Some Buggies we are closing out. Five Y ars In The Old Stand. Assets Over $190,000.00 ventions lie ever attended ; that it J would have a most wholesome effect in See our Big Stock of Goods in the Moline Plow Co. Bldg., 320-328 E. Morrison St., Portland educating the secretaries on commer- I'iid club meth'sls, ami that every club I ' in Oregon and Washington could have I GPESnAM, ORE. - : I 11 ! Ill - I A IC VM 1/ I ' /'X . > I Continued ou page 8. " • * ■ ■■ ■ 5 ■Fjp!' I 1 X 1 1 «SU» ? MANDT WAGONS FIRST STATE,BANK % has not been seen since by the owners Tbe quicker a cold is gotton rid of tbe of the rig. less danger from pneumonia and other Myers is a rather short man, about 35 serious diseases. Mr. B. W. L. Hall of years old and has made hie headquar Waverly, Va.. says; “I firmly believe ters here a few months, having been Chamberlain s Cough Remedy to be absolutely the test preparation on the employed by Scbaw-Batcher company market for colds. I have recommended : on the pipe line. it to my friends and they all agroe with No particular anxiety was caused at me.” For sale by Gresham Drug Co. the barn until Tuesday morning, then With the present prices of beef, which it was decided that the horse and buggy authorities agree cannot be lowered had been stolen and inquiry only re- the production of fat cattle on the «ulted in establishing the fact that the farm where the work has long been for rig had been seen on the road near the gotten will l>e found profitable.—Farm Tweive-mile house. From here track Journal. i is lost of the man an*l rig. Mr. Thom son of tbe livery firm made a trip to Christmas Eve at Rockwood Portland Tuesday evening and in com Rockwood Grange will give another pany with an officer made a tour of the delightful dance on Christmas Eve, various barns but the horse had not Saturday. December 25. Richards or chestra will be there and the usual lieen seen. Sheriff Stevens ha’ been, informed on grange supper will be served. Tickets |1. Supper extra. Undesirables will the case and it is thought that the man not be allowed to remain nor will they will soon be apprehended. be sold tickets if known. 51 acting as a counter balance ami aasisting hide arrangement la |sM>r Time will determine that If 'lie wagon way down the center with tracks outside prove to la- Illi practical they can I m * changed at a minimum of expense, Redeck I ng will la* necessary and ami any change m edial can la' ma*le then at lit tie outlay. The necoiiipaiiying picture shows the trackage plan. Outside of ti is will I h - the pathway for f«H«t travelers, while down the renter the wegotia will find amp e r-x-in. Several changes will greet the eyes of all patrons of Madis >u bridge w hen first thev renew their acquaintance w ith thia |a>pulxr thoroughfare. Many new bu.i neas house have la*en erected near tin* east end of the bridg . The street on laitli sides "f the river have been newly pavial with coll-ideritble prepar.it ion for the o|M*ning event. The plan aeeius to be to have ear« rim into town on Ke, oiwl street to Stark, around to First past tin* <>. W. I*, wait nig rtami. ami then out of town. Tin* contract,ns promise to be readv for the public by next Monday. The people from this section of the country will feel like tak ing a holiday just to adapt themselves to the idea of ruling into town aga il without diunging ears. HORSE AND BUGGY STOLEN STATE REVENUE FROM NATIONAL FORESTS C. L. BOSS & CO. > >