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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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the thing you want.
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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
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to Dan Hart, whose blacksmith »nop | men of destiny said. “Oregon is coming
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was broken into (or to Is by the burglar-. into tier own."
flic two drills were retained by th«*
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The delegates from Gresham were
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sheriff till this trial and formed the Emil <■. Kardell ami II L. St Clair. '
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They uteri the opportunity to the best
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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
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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
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"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
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. $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
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MANDT WAGONS
FIRST STATE,BANK
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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.
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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.
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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.
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