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About Beaver State herald. (Gresham and Montavilla, Multnomah Co., Or.) 190?-1914 | View Entire Issue (March 3, 1911)
Subscription, $1.00 a Year. NEWS OF (MAM ANDIES NEIGHBORS GRESHAM, MULTNOMAH CO., • » OREGON, FRIDAY. MARCH 3, 1911 1910 GRISHAMS BANNIR YEAR BIG BOOSTER Gl UB (4ILS CROSSING MAN MILS SHI SMALL RAILROAD OPENING OF TO PUSH GRESHAM GAUSE OF MYSTERY Vol. 8. No. 8. BAKR WAGON ROAD Tie- liixf year lia» l«-eti a busy one in Road Superintendent McKay lias a h <i«*rmnn bavbvior Grenliam. I’lMipIr in ireni riil have l»-*-u force of men at work this w**ek op n- living at crcMaing, bh*w too buny to i*onni«|vr the development iog the new piece of r**ad through M. to on Thiirwlay of la*t we« k by * Multhauf'x place, one mile north of wofne kind of an HXpImiivi*. 11 »* A n-prvM-ntative gathering of Gre»liam S \ Klxfford aim family l>nv>- umvtxi | fx-aving the O. W. p. track near An- R*x-kwi>od. Thia is an extension of the towii •luririir the year. M'"t of tie* iiu- , i-itizetix mi« Wednesday evening last in wax \««ry dt*Hf,ondenl but waa well onto their Jurin **«»i of b>wn. provviu'iilx have been in the way of finam ially, l«»avir g pro erty valued at | deraon station is a short railroad that Barr road which could lx* opened up la*«' Merrill in nt hum** recovering dwelling» 'Die town him grown in al- lb*-Odd Fl-lloWa hall and b«>k the first o\ r $3fXJ0. lb ia Hiipjxoftel to base s«-m* to he a mystery, although it pur- for travel all the way out to Rockwood frulli injurie» received by a wntfoii run- most all direetioiia. It would In- hard ! *lcp, toward forming a |,-rmain nt Com- : ports to )>e only a logging road. It waa by clearing another section of less than mercial dub. The organization hereto- relative»» in Germany. ■milt over Inn leg. built a year ago, is a standard guage two miles a little further west. It is b> tell which part linn shown the lliont I fun* in existence was <if small import- affair and is of aueb superior construc possible that this will be done during Field« Mi'C'iill <■! Portland »pent a development but the iinproveuieiitn have | ance, without any object to hold tlie in- tion that its cost alone belies the axser- the coming «ummer, if finances will few liourn with his mther Wedmielav in general lawn comfortable homes and HIGH SCHOOL NOTES I b-n-st ol it« nicmls-rs, but the new awo- tmn that it was constructed only for the permit. Then only twu miles more of ile ban a tin» position in ti e Albina all of a aulivtantial nature. It ia probable I I'ialion is Is-ing foumlvd on broa*i*-r lines substation. that the growth atarb-d the laat year will l ast Friday at 2:30 p. in., the literary purpose of hauling a few thousand saw easy grade and the Barr road would be ami ia inb-mie*) to Is- useful in promoting Already a | the n-xoiirei-i* of Gresham ami the dis society met in the aee*-mbiy hall. After logs out of a s i all belt of timber in an assured fact ax far ax Troutdale. G. W Kenney han, through the J continue ’hiring the next. the reading of the minutes of the pre that vicinity. The value of all the tim The country through that part of the agency of the Find Stab- Bank, wild the g-nxlly numls-r of buaiii*-xx blinks an* tricts surrounding. vious meeting 1 y the secretary, Ixvttle ber it could possibly reach thia side of county ia fast settling up, besides the E. F. I’ahnquixt 10 acre tract to H. II. miller way and it ia probable that others At tin- Wednesday evening meeting will come bi tlx- front la-fore long The i Davis, the following program was ren the Clackamas river w nld not pay the road runs directly through the new Kimball of Portland, who has <'ommeiicc<l W. H. Congdon was el»cu-d b-m|x>rary cost of grading and trackage, to say county farm and it is only a question the erection of a imalerii resilience on urn* hotel, bank and office building will chairman ami E. L. Thorpe- teni|>orary dered : la- one of tin- lawt tilings that have come the nan»-. Song, Society; roll call, (quotations nothing of the other added costs of con of a short time before there will be secretary, and a n-|x>rt wax read from a to town in a long time. Juat now D. M. another tborougfare leading from Port from Longfellow) ; essay, Lloyd Schram ; struction and operation. <¡overnor Went vetoed all county fair former commitb,- appoinb'-l at a mint The road baa been finished for a dis land to tbe Sandy river. Rols-rtx ia having an office building con appropriations, hence the Gresham lair ing field in the grange hall which favon-d solo, OlivA- Merrill; recitation, Christie tance of about four miles in a south-I will have to do without that flAiliao structed on llx* eaat aide of Main atn-*-t, ' an incorjx.ration iimier tlie stab- laws, Burkholder; biography. Floyd Hopper; westerly direction, and in some places Jake Metzger ia completing one of the nearly within itn grasp. It will mean a the wa-ivty to have a inends-rship fix, quotatians for the juniors, Gladys Will Improve Crossings there have be n obstacles overcome that I moat complete re«idem*es oil Weal Powell Richey ; modern fairy stoiy, Raymond hard struggle to raise the lun-eanary yearly dues for active members ami a County Road Supervisor H. B. Chap only the demands of a ]>ermanent rail street, and another la under way for II. amount for the proptMMxi premium lint. sulM riplion list for aasixtiate members. Dunliar, Pearl Ruegg; Swedish solo, man held a conference with the mana way would sanction. In one place a Palmer in ili<- north part of town. It ia A aer oua light in nnul to have oc | certain that Hr II II Hit and liia Tlx- rv|Hirt was adopted ami tlx- organi- Emelie Anderson; school pajH-r, Leo cut Lax been made forty feet deep gers of tbe Mt. Hood railway laat week curred al one of the railroad camps lent brother, Dr. Win. (lit, each have com i zatioti will la- started in that way. Three Canning; instrumental duet, Lottie through a long hill, and in other places in regard to the rqad crossings which were appoitib-d ix* a committee fiaxia, Earl Thompson. are now in very bad condition He was Saturday night. The foreman was at modious home« planned for tlie summer. .... ... Thia was one of the beet programs of the road is built upon deep fills that re assured that they would all be put in : to iiK ’ orporab- under tlx- s*x i«-ty, a*-t they tacked by some Italians and wan l-a-lly quired a vast amount of labor and ex It ia said Hr Bittner will alao build on I Is-ing J. B Elkington, I.. I. Kidder ami the year. need up. Several Italians were hurt. his property in latwn-nce addition. pense. It may be used to some extent the best shape possible in a very ehort I li. I.. St. ('lair. A report that a man wan killed waa Tues* lay, February 2X, the whole for logging purposes, but there seems time. There are about twenty-five or The w*>rk that liax gone on lure the Mr. C. S. Smith s|x>ke on organization school met in the assembly hall to bear found to I m - f lev. to be a mystery about it that many thirty places where the railroad crosses laat year can hardly la- realized till one tbe county roads and some of them are Janice Brooke, a boy eight yean* old, learn, that J. W 1-awrvnc*- ha, erected 1 plans and cited tlx* Hood River and a speech on Abraham Lincoln's assassi persons would like to see sc'ved. wan nhot through lie- laxly at hie home a five room modem bungalow in latw- i Mi-dford plans which seek to include nation, given by Dr. F. D. Bancroft. It is known that over < n t-.e Clacka just passable, but tbe work is not done ’ otlx-r nearby places in the general work Mr. Bancroft waa one of the body guard in t'-ollrvll lent Hunday while taking a rvnev addition, Wilkinson haa a new mas river there is being built a great yet. Mr. Chapman was told to set of promoting the n-eoiiniw of tlx* «listnet. of Lincoln and wae in the theatre when gun from a shelf. He waa taken to a ; bungalow in Rcgner addition, 1.. L. power bouse. It is said that tbia power grade stakes where be wanted them Portland hiwpilal ami may recover. Tlx* Kidder haa a new liourn* in Mt. Hood In conformity with hia auggeetiona tlx- the president's murder occurred. While house is owned by the Harriman system and the railroad company w old do tbe bullet paan>**l through hie left aide two adiiition. Dr. Thompson haa erected a luemlwra pn«rot, on motion of J. A. carrying the wounded Lincoln out of and that some day tber>- will be a trol rest. In many places the grade will be Paleix-aude, gave tlx- new club tlx- name the theatre. Mr. Bancroft caught a drop mcliee Imlow tlie lieart. ley line from eastern Clackamas county several feet above tbe track; in others new bungalow, W. 0. Burch haa a home »f Tlx- Gnwiiaui District Couinx-nial of blood from the injured man on a to Portland and one southward into it will be below but all will ba saade Hauling of water pipe for the new 1 of hia own now , Roy Giblie, C. H. I.aue, dub, and another motion by W. H. sale and solid before the company gets Bull Run line will prolxbly be tinialied i C. A. Hill, J. C. I’clerwon and Mr. Badinwyer fixed tlx* initiation ter at (0, piece of paper. This («per is still kept Marion county, parallel! g the South in a hall in Topeka. Kansas This speech ern Pacific tracks a few miles farther dons. neat week. Nine jointa a day have Havidaua are alao numbered among tlie with monthly dues at one dollar. waa very much enjoyed by the pupils. eastward. If sach a rood ia to be bailt been taken out nearly all tlie winter . fortunate. la-wia Metzger and F. H. A committee on constitution and by Road Nearing ComplefloB and only about thirty more remain to Dodge are to be included. A new busi laws waa ap|x>inted consisting of C. H. 1-ena and Geneva Wright are abeent there would seem to be some reason for Immense quantities of railroad ma go eastward, except sot»« special jointa ness institution ia to be opened up on Smith, A. Meyers, L. Shattuck, D. M. from school on account of sickness, it the assertion that the little four-mile road from Anderson is a part of tbs terial for tbe Mt. Hood road are being for the curvea. The pipe is being yard • Eaat Powell street. Thia ia to be a Rols-rta and W. li. Bachnx*yer. They is feared that 1-ena haa pneumonia. plan. It ia heading direct to the site of unloaded at tbe intersection of the ed at Cottrell tor removal acroaa the factory for building supplies, window were instrucb-d to gel a copy of tlie in the baaket bell game between the the power plant now under construction Troutdale branch, two miles west from casings, door» and household neceasities Handy. Hisel River laws for guidance and to Gresham boys and the Parkplace boys and could be extended to any point Gresham. Tbe material coneiete prin Among the young [mople of eastern Nor must we forget the extensive livery report at the next meeting. laat Friday night, the score was 7 to 56 deemed necessary. It would be a splen cipally of rails and ties for tbe track facilities added to the town thnmgli the Multnomah who attended the llolniee A membership |>aper was circulated to in favor of the Gresham boys. did line from eastern Maltnomab to which is yet to be laid tor a distance of Business college dance at tlie Armory opening <4 the buaincaa of tlx* Fleming A which twenty names wen* signed as fol The boys’ and girl's baaket ball teams Oregon City and could have as many about twenty-five miles. Tbe construc Thom (won livery Item. And at present last Friday evening were Earl Middle lows: J. H. Metzger, H. I.. St. Clair, went to Estacada Saturday night, at lateral branches as might be needed to tion track will ail be taken up and re ton, Roas lxivelace, l.loyd Tagart, Wui. Hockinson, recently the purchaser E. I.. Thorpe, Is-wis Shattuck, R. R. which place both of the Gresham teams control all the traffic. placed with permanent rails mneh of the Metzger livery, ia making ex Charles Bauer, Flora Hillyard, Alma Carlson, Paul HoeUel, W. H. Bacli- won the victories. Tbs scores were 1 to It is undoubtedly the atari er of some heavier than those used for grading the Middleton, Frankie Elwood, Roec El tensive improvements in his Ixirn. He meyvr, A. R. l.yuian, C. 8. Smith, W. 11 for the girls and 12 to 23 for tbs boys. thing more than a lugging ruad, bat its road. Ballasting of that portion which wood, Harriet Van Natta. Heater will put a liam-inent under the entire E. Wood, D M. Roberta. A. Meyers, Pearl Fleming was at school last true nature is kept a secret in order to has been laid permanently is going went part and keep hia bone« in that Thorpe, Vesta Tegart and Minnie Palm- C J. Lundquist, J. A. Pateneaude, 8. E. Thursday morning and remained for get control of certain properties vriiich steadily on and it is thought that three part of tlie Ixtrn. The top floor will be quist. They had a aplendid time. Topplenuui, W. A. Johnston, L. L. would go booming up to fancy prices or four weeks mon- will see al) building given over to carriages and oilier nga, assembly. Kidder, Jan»« Eikington, E. E. .Mars Many of the signs put up by the if people found out that it was meant operations about completed as far ac and to a number of box stall«. A num Mattel Burch was abeent Tuesday hall, W. H. Congilon. Portland Automobile club at the vari- i to be a starter of an important system. the Sandy river. tier of Isix «tall have also been arranged oua road crossings to point the way to Plans for a larger list wen- made and a afternoon. for outside. This will give .Mr. Hockin May Kesterson was out of school committee waa appointed b> m-cun- more different destinations have been wan son oix- or tlie most commodious and The Gresham library will be very names to tlx* above mil. The committee Monday on account of a bad cold. tonly destroyed. The aigna and their Multnomah Grange Dance Ixwt <*<|uip|H>d liveries in tlie county. grateful to any one who will donate aupporting iron poata were an ornament as named consists of E. E .Marshall, The renior class is busy selecting sub Multnuuiah Grange will give another Pill promises even a better showing S. E. Topplenian, D. M. Roberta, C. S. jects and collecting material for the magazines which they are through dance Saturday evening, March 4. The when firat arecled, but now many of than that mail» in 1910. with as the supply is running out. usual grange supper will be served. them are broken down, tient over and Smith and W. E. Wood. They will senior orations. They want them to send to Mt. Hood Richard's orchestra. Undesirables will make an active canvas- ami expect to ahot full of boles Some are gone en- j not be allowed to remain. and pipe line camps. have mon- than a hundred memlx-rs en tirely, and not many of them left un Unclaimed Letters J. H. Hoss has sold his express busi rolled at the next meeting which will be scathed. They coat a lot of money and T. R. Howitt will give 5 cents a A shooting gallery is one of the prob The following letters remain uncalled held on Friday evening. March 10. at ness to Mr. Leland of the livery stable. ahonld tiv let alonu. abilities iu Gresham before long. Mr. Hoes will continue to do teaming pound for beef cattle. Mrs. Hannah C. Exon, a pioneer of lor at the (ireaham poet office for the the same place. That the niemls*n* mean buxine** and IMO, and for many years a reaident of week ending January 18, 1011 : Gentlemen's list—George Mikas, Tom will go ahead is evidenced by the fact Eaat Portland, died laid week and waa buried in the Powi-IJ Valley cemetery Kallas, Elmer Wertervelt, E. N. Tim that U-ntative plans wen- made to put up on Columbia slough laat Monday. Her mons, P. J. Nolan, Nels Hag land, a club building to cost not lew* than (JT smi The money will lx* raise*I and hnaliand, John Exon, waa drowned off Charly H 1 brook. Iskliea' list—Miss Lizzie llano. tlx* home for thefclub will lx* built. the Columbia river twenty-five yeara Foreign — Ilian Aprarinia, Yuping Mr. Archie Meyers, president of the ago A eon. Rev. John Exon, ia pastor Porypy, incivile Calderane. First State bank, waa entliu-iaxtic enough of the Methislist church at Eagle Creek. ('arila—Nideleno Koleff.Vieho Dunoff, to pmmixe that he would siiliecrilM* Rev. I*. II. Trimble officiated at the for tlie building provided that the sum of funeral service, which was largely at Carl Ouslafaon. Bert Hardenbrook. tended by many old-time friends from 1 These letters will be sent to the Dead f22bo wen- sulxx-rilxxl by others. With Letter Office on March 11, 1911, if such enthusiasm then* ia no doubt but the city and country. not delivered before. In calling for the that the movement will lx* a aiiccem and above, please say "advertised,” giving a |x*rnianent feature of the civic life of Five centa a |H>und paid for good beef date of list. <in-sham and vicinity. cattle by T. R. Howitt, Gresham. I. McCOLL, P M. Glty Srillnq Its Bonds Patronize Your Home Bank Don't wander around among strangers with your bank account, but place your money in a bank where you can depend upon the best treatment and accommodation, because that bank has interests identical with your own and your neighbors*. Your success means a great deal to your home bank be cause the success of the bank is in a measure dependent upon yours.' The outside bank will be glad to get your deposit but it will not take the same personal interest in your welfare as the home bank. By banking at home you place your money in circulation in your own locality and benefit your own community. Let us handle your business. The town of Gresham ia advertising the sale of bonds to the amount of ♦20,(XX) for the purpoee of building a water supply system and for sewerage. Of the whole amount 115,000 is to be spent for piping the streets and the re maining 15,000 for sewers. The bids will be opened on April 4, and the bonds will be sold to the highest ap proved bidder. The bonds are to rnn twenty years at six per cent interest. They will be in denominations of $1,000 each and may be bid for separately or all in one block. When the money is secured the city will connect its water system with the second Bull Run pipe line, now being laid, and construct the initial sewer as provided for. Beef cattle wanted by T. R. Howitt, Gresham. FIRST STATE I GPESriAM, OfrC». MANDT WAGONS Everybody’s talking about them. They’re the Best. Guaranteed by the Factory We are making very low prices on Wagone, HaraeM, Buggies and Farm Im pie meats $2 Full Lined Heavy Burlap Horse Blankets, $1.32}. 40^ off on all Chase’s Winter Robes. . $14.35 . . $37.50 $18.50 Single Hamess at . $50 No. 1 Team Hamess at . . $27.50 $16.00 Single Hamess at . . $12.50 Good Farm Hamess at . $17.50 $33.50 Double Driving Hamess at . $25.75 Good Double Hamess at . 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 Herald and Farm Journal $1.50. The Journal will come for two year» and your choice of Horse Secrets, Poultry Secrets, Corn Secrets, Corning Egg book, with each order. Order at once. C. L. BOSS & CO.