GRESHAM, MULTNOMAH CO., OREGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 20, 1911
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► RECENT RAIN STORM
While some of our resident* are dis I a lake. Iliindr«!« of acres to the north
the recent down |s>ur, some of the Junction are under water, and
contending that they never saw it* like numlH-rlcwN homes have been desert«*!,
many of them up to the windows with
in Oregon, other* say they have ex|e-ri-
water. Ami yet this is only back wsti-r
enced such displays of the weatli«*r at l<ents,xso the
before. One man say* lie saw three Hood an* e«ca|H«L
day* of it straight, right here in town
At Gresham all of th«* Hat« north ■ Í
However that may lie, the tliirty-six the station were miilar wat«*r, both
hours previous to midnight of W«sines- { bridge* were under water, ami many of
day of this week, »»« the limit of pre- the buildings hail to lie deserti'd
ciptatiou tor most of the citizens of this
The pi|M< line |H*ople are suffering,
part of country The report seems to in jtoo. thie of the contractor* »u«t*sl yes
dicate a downfall of near eight Inches terday that the entire profit* of the job
From tile time the snow began to tall wa* <lon<* for him. Thousand* of yar<l*
to the end of the rainstorm this morn of earth and stone* have cavwl into the
ing the total deposit of water reached the m-ariv completed ditch, all ot
neat nine inclies. Tulsi and buckets which will have to I m < rotnoveil again
empty when the storm Is-gan, were a.id thus will the work lie doubled.
filled to the brim
Nor is it iMcessnry
t ominunication at t; re* ha in wa* | Tac
to cite such instances a* these to con tically cut <>lf
t>iit*i<ie |*a|*-ra and
vince one ol tlieenormous fall of water . other mail is far overdue now and yet
these latest few days. Every pond and there ia mi proapect of immisliate re
draw is bank full. Johnson creek is lief. While Thursday ba* liecn a fair
having revenge on all it* neighbor*. davit doses with prospect ef coritin-
Bridge* ami culverts and road* have ' ued «tor m.
lawn demolished. Hundred* of acre* of
Ap|>earaiice« indicate that the storm
land in all directions are under water an a rain ha* not exlemie<i far to the
For awhile the I). W. I*, rail road wa* east. The foot bill* and mountain« are
laid out ol business. Mail* have Is-cp heavily cover«*l with snow, indicating
cut off from Portland, for over twenty- that ram ha* not fallen in the immedi
four hour* and it
ate higher altitade*
But *<>uthward
line will Iw dosol
time Fri- up the Willamette valley, there is every
1 reason to In-lieve the storm is fully a*
day.
Lenta Junction is in the
bad if not worse.
puting
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I he Hood River,
>
(ires ham,
Debate
On Friday.January 13, our high school
debating team, consisting of Lillian
Frtalolph, llerla-rt Ryan and Kenneth
Roberta, met the Ibssi River team in a
contest held al I heal River.
Mr.
Klcelu had “coached" our student* so
effort i vel v ami they had worked so
faithfully that we hail high hopes of
success, but the Vote* of the three
judges were given to our opponent*.
We are < haritaldu enough to believe
that the judges gave, what they con
sidered, an honest decision, but the
teachers of Hood River and the citizens
of that plat’« generally, conceded the
victory to us.
We do not wish to lie “howlers, ’ but
when even the op|maing forces believe
that the decision should have I h — ii ours,
we are human enough to desire the
glorv.
Within the next year, the high seined
students ho|>e to prove to the friends at
tiresham n* well as to the citizens of
other towns in Oregon that they can
deliatc and win. The pupils are super
ior in many w avs ami have the material
for a strong team.
The Firwood-llover telephone com
Sidle AIJ lor I oral K >ads
i
!.••** than •»•••* yc ir Im* pa •*»•<*< I since
pany hei<i its annual meeting in the I th«« atale Hllprvnp* «• »«irt «1
the
Firwood hall Saturday > veiling and MppropriMt!«»»> «»I >I««LOO i i«»r the Crater
elected the following officers : Presi l.ak«« r«*.i«i utit'oiiHiii ii> Kin.tl. yet Nome
<«•! rone I- u I v« mm tvs ar«* pro-
dent, J. .Morrison; vice president, Jas. ! of the
powiiitf Hit Hppropi h*’ iu t *»f • *,fl for
DeShazer; secretary, Percy T. Shelley,
aid in vot»«*tr«»<,i¡01» • f I'**«’ highways in
elected to take the place of F. E. 11. every part «»I the wtix!«-. It h planned
Hart; treasurer, Antoine Molsire, one t*> «livide thi« lnnd «
among the
director, three year term, E. F. Bruns, thirtv-fonr r«Minti*'N «»( the • tatr, *5.< ih 0
elected to take llie place of .Mr. Morley
yearly t«» he Hvailabl** in ;inv county
Tile executive committee consists of I that rat New 12* i.buo to l,e
with the
Morrison, DeBhaxer, Shelley, Molsire, the
«if Mute in*•n«*v.
Bruns, Vic. Dudley ami Corey. The
The hill nn «Irawn plainly c<»nt»in-
extension of telephones throughout the platen the <• x | »<•«»«( 11 u t «• «•(
S»L». h H«»
Sandy country was discussed al great
on local
It r»*nd* ;
length. It was finally decided to retutir |
After having»“» provided kuc I i fund,
thoroughly what lines are in use liefore the county court ‘•hall mdert the par
building new. A large proportion of ticular hwitim «•( the row! »«» Iw con
the stockholdeia favor a change in the I structed nml »hall desi/iiiite t he place;
ol hrtfilining an»l ueftnil«dy •!••— iit»e ttie
location of the switch board and believe lucitli» of the road, all ol -diirh shall
the pro, rietor of the Sandy drug store I m * oil the journal of the «••»Uit. Such
would Is- able to give lietter satisfaction road n I ih II bewin at ti e principal mar
as lie is there late at night and also on ket place in the coiiutv, <»r shall con-
nect with a pvriiiaiiciil road leading to
Sundays. Ills store is small and he Ntndi place, and shall la* so located as
would I h > able to answer calls promptly. that alien coii-truciet, a* herein pro
vided, H will coii-liliit” on»« ot the main
Anything (or lietter results.
traveled roada to the plat e whence it
atari*.
1 ti oilier words the nuiii »»f $ IItl.OdO of
New Real Estate Company
Acknowledges Satisfaction
Having opened a n-al estate office in state fund* it to he « X|»eiided in im
Gri-sham, we wish a nice lint of lami* proving load-» leading from numerous
Gresham, Ore., Jan. 7, 1911.
liotli wild ami improved to ofTer our point in each county to the principal
Mr. W. E. Wood, City.
market place of that coun’y
I p Med
Pear Sir: I am in receipt of your* of large list of prospective buvers. If you
ford way even thi«* hili i- m t wholly
have
anything
to
sell
come
in
and
see
the 7th insl. enclosing check for $|,i in
satisfactory, for a ne\-p p i in that
full settlement of my recent Bines*. I ! iis. We are in a position to bandi«*
locality declares that tl.< .•tiitv ►h»»uld
am jierfectly satisfied with the treat successfully all kinds of realty either
spend dollar <ur doliai with the count).
ment g ven me in this case by the 1 wild or iinprovetl, large or small, town
If there is anv diNtinct
i»et\v»cn
North American Accident insurance [ country
the appropriation for tie < i.ib r Lake
If
your
price
Is
right
we
will
do
the
company.
road amt the pi* p ••»••! Hp;>ropilation
rest.
H mitii L ami , (' omi - anv , '
Very truly your*,
(or nunieroiiN unlocated I' hh I i nd-,
Ofiice
on
I
’
owcll
street,
Gresham.
3
P. A. D aii . kv
except
in amount appi'*»p> »*«’• d and1
tf
designation of where Hi-* in ney shall
he spent, The Oregonian la I.- Io detect
it.
The count it ut iona I inhibit :on eg «ii si
state appropriation for local h’gtiw:i)N
was not changed by adoption of the
good roada amendment, which merely I
Is a great, large word. It has a much larger meaning. It
removes the limitation on county in
is he that is at the very foundation of this country. It is
debtedness when contract' d for perma
the farm on which the earning power of a country or com
nent road work approved Io vote «d the
munity must be based. The greater portion of our funds
people.
are invested directly or indirectly in the development of the
Probably the extremity Io which the
farms of Multnomah and Clackamas Counties.
state may go in giving ai t to county
road work ta in pioviding sahine* /or a
state highway engin»«er ami an office
and Held force. In a state where |M»pti»
At the same time how can we be more beneficial to our com
lation and higher taxable propertv aie
munity? We were reared on a farm, feel at home with the
so unevenly distributed a- they are tn
Oregon, thia ia as much as the counties
farmer, want him to feel at home with us, and offer him
should reasonably «•Xpert — t >r» goniau. '
every courtesy oonsistent with
No. 3.
PENITENTIARY AUTHORITIES TO
FURNISH LABOR FOR FACTORIES?
Special
CAUSES DELAY-DAMAGE HEAVY
Vol. 7.
Oregon
It ia stated that a fight has been ices of these men according to their
They should be classified,
start««! on “convict made” articles as ability.
and the more ahi-, efficient, should
produced at the penitentiary. It might
draw more money for the state and
not be unworthy of consideration to should receive more money as their
know that the penitentiary authorities portion. We do not think the state
have a contract with a stove manufac- should turn all the receipts over to the
< turing concern to use 150 more men and convict. He has obligations, he has
■ it is tbeae laborer» that the State Fed been the cause of a varying amount of
eration of Lalxir is fighting. Now these , ex;>ense to the state and bis present
men have to live, and one way a civil ! surroundings and living ia a further
He should in a
ised society can improve them is to J cause for outlay.
i enable them to accumulate something j measure meet th«n*e outlays.
during the time of their imprisonment. • The present arrangement with the
The main thing that puts men back in I Move concern provides for 45 -ents a
' the criminal class, having served a day of ten hours. Such a figure is
sentence, is that they are compelled to ridiculous. Forty-five cents is probably
I begin life penniless. As laborers they all some men are worth, beginners and
i find getting a -tart next o impossible. dead beads, but we believe the state-
Then the life of the prisoner is far more ■ merit is indisputable that many of
agreeable. His mind is occupied, fits j these men are industrious, that they
holy is invigorated by the exercise, and are as devote«! to their work as if at
instead of being a victim of melancholia I liberty and that they are entitled to
ami insanity, his health and mental lietter pay. They probably t trn out as
activities are developed along industrial [ . much work on an average as the aver
lines, habits of value are formed, and
he will come out of the confinement as
good if not a lietter man than when he
enter«
We contend the branding of
prison made goods would probable do
no good. But we also contend that the
state should receive pay for the serv-
GRANGE EAIR ASS’N rtr'mc-
ELECTS NEW OEEICERS
age man who works on a scale ami
should meet with rational inducements.
We hope our legislators will not pass
the bill to brand all prison made prod
ucts and that the law will provide for a
reasonable schedule of allowanctts to the
convicts for the services.
Chedp Legislation
"These eight cost several times what
the entire legislature co t the common
wealth,” declare« the News-Reporter of
McMinnville, telling of the eight in
itiative measures. Nothing of the sort.
Those eight measures did not cost over
♦Ao tkiO, even with the wildest reckon
ing, and that is what the last legis
lature cost in mileage, salaries and con
tingent expenses. The workinmen in
Yamhill county will be ahead that
amount with the atiolition of local poll
tax. liabilities of injuries, etc., in a
very few months. It should not tie for
gotten that the legislature for tw • ses
sions had refused to pass any legisla
tion providing for liability of employers
to injured workmen.
The annual meeting of the directors
lot the grange fair association wan held on
last Monday evening
All but three of
It Is a Queer Game
“Advertising is a queer game,” said the din-ctors were present. The deed
Mr. Woodard, of Woodard, Clark A Co., for tiie transfer of tiie ground from the
yesterday. “Did you ever notice just city to tiie fair association was turned
before Christ mas how a lot of firms over to the attorney for the association.
suddenly wake up from an eleven Considerable time was spent in dis
months’ snooxe, and l>egin telling the cussing the interest* of the fair. R. W.
dear |>eople w fiat a gift emporium theirs Gill, 11. A. l.ewis and R. P. Rasmussen
were appointed to prepare a premium
is'.’
list.
The officers elect for the ensuing
“Surely, if its profitable to tell the
public you are in buxines* during the year are Lewis Shattuck. president ;
busy Christinas weason, it would be R. W. Gill, vice president; Emil Kar-
niore so to deliver that same message dell, secretary; Theodore Brugger,
treasurer.
The executive committee
during the quieter spells."
One of the most novel automobile ex
Advertising, like the force of gravity appoiiged were Lewis Shattuck, H. FL hibits ever held on the Pacific coast is
gives a business momentum as* it pro- Davis, 11. A. I.ewis, John To*neend, to be held in Portland during the week
I
gres e-. The merchant, who proudly T- R. Howitt.
be tween Saturday, January 21 and Sat
*
consume* a few inches of space at this
urday, January 2S
Portland’s auto
season, thinking that everyone will ad
mobile dealers are to bold open house
Multnomah Grange Dante
mire Li« nerve, may tie right; his1
during that week and every man,
Multnomah grange will give another woman and child in the city is invited
nerve will Is* not ice-1 by a discriminat
ing ami reading public long liefore they | dance Saturday Evening, Jan. 21. The to visit the various garages ami see the
new models on exhibition there.
will think it wortli while to look at tils usual grange supper will lie served.
Richard
’
s
orchestra.
Undesirables
will
wares.—The Spectator.
not be allowed to remain.
3
A dance will lie given by the Artisan
i lodge at their hall in Fairview, Satur
Something new—no stifling sulphur
Tickets«!. Supper
Ask E. L. Kavburn, Lents, alsmt the day night, Jan.'-’1
fumes witli the new Lenta match.
5Jh per couple extra.
new Lents match.
Your grocer should have them.
Agriculturist
What Safer Investment Can We Have?
Safe, Sound Banking:.
Next Dance al Rockwood
Rockwood grange will give its month- |
FIRST
STATE BANK
GRESHAM, OREL,
.
end dance on Saturday evening, Janu
ary 28. Richard»' orchestra will lie
there, and the usual grange -upper will |
tie served. Tickets, «I Ikl. I'ndesirnble*
will not lie allowed to leui iin, nor w ill
they lie sold tickets if known.
MANDT WAGONS
F:verybody's talking about them. They're the Best. Guaranteed by the Factory
We are making very low price* on Wagons, Harness, uggies and Farm Implements.
$2 Full Lined Heavy Burlap Horse Blankets, $1.32}. 40% off on all Chase’s Winter
$50 No. 1 Team Hamess at
. . $37.50 I $18.50 Single Hamess at ....
Good Farm Hamess at
.... $27.50 | $16.00 Single Hamess at ....
$33.50 Double Driving Harness at . $25.75 | Good Double Hamess at ....
Robes.
$14.35
$ 2.50
51/.30
Snap on Some Buggies we are closing out.
See our Big Stock of Goods in the Moline Plow Co. Bldg., 320-328 E. Morrison St., Portland
C. L. BOSS & CO.
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