Satsuma and Pesch plums were the
varieties o( these (ruits which he named
as lies! suited to this part of Oreg<>n.
The Maynard lie added as a good home
pluiu. though not so good as the others
for shipping.
Three sweet, three sour and two local
Succeeding Gresham Vindicator. Gresham Gaaette, East Multnomah Record varieties of cherries were suggi-sted, the
Multnomah Record and Montavilla Herald.
Royal Anne, Ring and l-itiilierl (or
sweet
ones; Olivette, Montmorency nnd
Published Every Friday at Gresham, Ore., by the B kavm S tatk P vki . ihiiinu C o
Richmond for sour; ami May Duke ami
H. À. DARNALL, Eruto« am » M anaobr .
Late Duke for home consumption.
“I believe that apricots ami almomls
Kn toreri a» »oro nd-<*’.<*» matter at the iMwtotfice at Gresham. <>re<on.
should Is* grown sparingly ill this val
ley," said Prof. Lewis, "though it is
SUtSCIlFTlOk BATES Per Year. Ilin advance; to torelan omnirie». Il •*» Six Month»
three1 month» trial »ubacription» 30c. Single copiea V Ask tor clubbing rate».
thought by some that the Languedoc
REMITTANCES nhould N »ent bx KxpreM or Poatottcc Money Order, Registered letter or Check. and Groaee Tendre will thrive here.”
Ilanij» accepted up to &0 cents
The five kinds of grapes lies! for the
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accordance with our personal view».
and Gregg, and for Red the Cuthbert,
CtlABSf OF 40MESS In ordering change of address give old a» welt as new address.
Marlboro, Su|wrl*tive ami Antwerp are
COOtfSHMOEin are wanted in every community. If no correspondence appears from your
best. The three tiest blackberry vines
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1 cent per word per issue DISPLAY ADVERTISING, rates made known on application.
All Lodge, Grange. School, Church, or other notices or advertisements of socials, parties, the Perfection. Fay. Victoria ami Wh te
dance», concerts, theatricals.etc., given for a profit, charged for at regular rates.
Grape, are recotutnemlevL To the four
In order to insure change of ad advertisers must have copy in this office not later than
best strawberry vines for the valley the
Thursday precedinc day of publication.
JOt HttBTim» is our »t«ecialty. We are well equipped to do the best work at current pri< vs Gold Dollars, Sixteen to One, Magoon
■specially farmers’ and business men’s Letter Heads. Envelopes. Rutter Wrappers. Statements,
etc., in small or large quantities Auction Bills. Dodgers. Posters, etc . printed on short notice. 1 and Clark's Seedling, Mr. Lewis added
the Autumn Belle as a good producer.
THE GRANGE
♦
INVESTIGATI
Condurteli by
J. W. DARROW. Chs'hsm, N. V.,
iVria lAtmwiHiiulrnl .V,w 1'orA Mote
FARM INSURANCE.
—
What an Ohio Mutual Company
Is Doing In This Line.
' I
It Has 2,300 Members. Carries $4.400,•
000 In Rieke, and Its President Gets
a Salary of $50 a Year—Comparison
of Costs With Old Lino Companies.
ON
MILLER-MOWERY LUMBER
Company
POULTRY
I’AN-A-CI-A
11
MILL ANO YARDS AT LENTS JUNCTION
The Huron County (O.) Farmers'
Mutual luaurance company was or
giinlxed thirty-one years ago It has
not always had smooth sailing, tor Its
losses have bvvii large some years,
and yet only once In that lime has Its
annual assessment exceeded tile coat
every year for protection In the old
line companies. The relative cost can
best lie determine«). says K, r Snyder
ill the National Stockman, by a com-
parison covering a series of years
During the time the Huron County
(O.) Mutual has been doing business
The impropriety of the mid
EMTOKI4L NOTEi
—thirty-one years the average annual
night dance has again been illus
assessment has twen $21MJ per $1,006.
The present rnte of old line companies
A resolution standing by the trated. this time at Lents. It is
for farm property Is $10 per $1.600 for
doubtful
if
a
good
many
other
legistative appropriations for the
three years and $2 survey fee I. e.
a policy of $1.000 would cost $12. Just
state educational institutions was places have not reason to chron
\V A X T K I >
$1 per $1.0«» per year. A policy uf
adopted during the past week by icle practically the same experi
$2.000 Would cost $22. or $.'! <91 2 3 per
ence.
Portland
was
demoralized
the promotion committee of the
WANTED—Several car loads of giard $1,000 per year A policy of $3.060
[sista Aaron Fox, Troutdale, would coat $32. or $3.5o o 9 per $1.000
Portland Commercial Club. The for a good many months by the cedar
Oregon.
,
Casino,
the
Council
Crest
dances
per year, and so on But. no matter how
resolution demanded adequate
great the policy, the cost must exceed
and
a
number
of
other
places
of
WANTED
—
Boys
inav
be
had
ami
facilities for the education of the
sometimes girls. The older ones at $3.33 1-3 per $1.000. because that Is the
lesser
note.
In
general
the
all
young and expresses the belief
ordinary wages and others to be 1 cost exclusive of survey fee.
The schooled and cared for in return for But the rules of these companies nre
that the sums set aside by the night dance ends badly.
«light services rendered. For particu not as Inflexible as the laws of the
Legislature are not at all ex majority of people are ready to lars address W. T. Gardner, superin Medea
and Persians. One of my
go home at midnight. To the( tendent Bovs and Girls Aid Society of
cessive.
friends hnd real estate In three dlf
Oregon.
Portland.
Ore.
tf
lesser portion, enough fails to
| ferent places, and at every renewal
Something additional
WANTED—girl or woman to aawiat ; the agent made him out three sepa
Latest estimates of the num satisfy.
in general houae work. A. Hennig, Wil rate policies and charged him three sur
ber of new settlers who will come is wanting and they find it in son
Station or addreaa A. Hennig. Urea- vey fees - $•> This grew monotonous
to Oregon during the present carrying their pleasures to a h*m, K. l>. in care of box 114.
for the farmer after a term of years.
period of low colonist fares place stupid, or a passionate, ending.
WANTED—If you have well located anrt he suggested that the whole busl-
the figure at 35,000. The move The men find refreshment in land or a good business proposition ness be put lu one policy, “Oh. yes,"
at reasonable price, write me at once
agent said, "we can do that." At
ment is said by the railroads to tonic; the ladies in a breath of enclosing self addressed stamped enve the
the next renewal the farmer remarked
be the heaviest since colonist outside air. Which were worse lope for reply (owners only). Address, that rather than pay any more survey
J. C Ross, 816-2nd Ave. So., Minneap fees lie would quit the company nnd go
periods were inaugurated and would be hard to tell. Half in olis,
Minn.
Into a mutual, and the agent obllgingly
while not all who come will be toxicated men walking with girls frtO.OO per month straight salary ____
and ent out the survey fee entirely.
come permanent settlers, a great of uncertain age is the limit of expenses, to men with rig, to introduce ” The
’1- ”
----- •' County
■- ••
• • charge«
‘
Huron
Mutual
Poultry Remedies. Don't answer n $2 membership fee nn<! 10 cents per
proportion will and eventually danger with the minimum of our
unless you mean business. Eureka
How any thoughtful Poultry Food Mfg. C. (Incorporated,) $100 for the amount Insured, lnsur- i
many who go back will return safety.
mice Is perpetual. As long ns n mem-
mother can allow her daughter, East St. Louis, 111.
and make their homes here.
I bcr keeps np his assessments he Is
especially if she be of immature
protected. Buildings nre Insured for
FOI* SALK
throe fourths of their value nnd per
Fasting for notoriety or for years, to take chances in such a
FOR SALE—Good Go Carts, r.l Ou. sonal property nt Its full value. The
the improvement of one’s health social whirl will remain unex Mrs.
Stephens, Pleasant Home
company Insures against both tiro nnd
has gotten to be a fad nowadays. plained to the end of time—but
FOR SALE—Young pig*. C. M. lightning, but not ngalnst wind. The
And yet it is asserted that those she will not wait so long for Smith, Webb Farm. Phone 25 s.
amounts paid for live stock are limited
who try the system have little to results.
The influence will FOR SALE—Timothy hay, loose. to $200 for a horse. $75 for cattle. $20
for hogs nnd $7 for sheep. Losses must
complain of.
After the first readily show itself in the social Mrs.. Stephana, Pleasant Home.
tie paid within sixty days of the time
four or five days the pains of attitude of the gir> who is allow FOR SALE—team, harness and wag of filing the proof of loss. They nre
hunger are overcome and the ed to cultivate such associations. on at a bargain. Address, Sandy, Ore adjust«! by a committee of three mem
bers of the company appointed by the
gon, Box 40.
person lives in comparative com
president.
fort. Now comes a Minnesota FRUIT fOR WILLAMETTE VALLEY BALED HAY FOR SALE—Inquire The officers nre president, vice presi
of Wm. Booth, Cottrell, Oregon.
dent. secretary, treasurer and three di
girl who is just completing a
The president's salary Is $74)
thirty-six day fast, losing thirty Prof. C. E. Lewis of 0. A. C. Tells FOR SALE—Green wood cut two rectors.
years, $5.00 a c< ni delivered in Gresil* per year, secretary'« $400, treasurer's
pounds in weight. The system
$20 and the vice president’s nnd three
aui. John Palmblad. Phone 38x1.
Seven Tree and Seven Bush and
directors $2 per day for the time ac
might be all right for those who
16
tually employed, usually amounting to
Vine Fruits That Grow
are burdened by an excess of
FOR SALE—Brown Ix-ghorn eggs, 5Oc
a settime of 15 eggs. John Palmlbad. $16 to $20 per year The company now
Best Here.
flesh, but how about the man
has $4,400,000 nt risk and 2-300 mem
Phone 38x1.
16
who is already a walking adver Corvallis, Ore., April 1.—The seven
b* rs. An ngent Is .maintained In each
FOR SALE—5-horse power Stover township, who is pal<! $1.50 for each
tisement for the “after taking” different tree fruits, and seven vine engine.
El.o-Wae. Phon.-toi. tf
appbcutlon written and M> cento nad
compound. It is a fact, though, and bnsh fruits that will grow best in
Sal«—
Ouantitv of fine vetch hav
^',r nddlttonnln.
the Wil amette valley were indicated by
For Sab-
—Quantity
hay
that the average person eats Prof. C. I. Lewis of the horticultural in barn, also 15 ton« timothy hay. C. There are 126 successful farmers'
tf
mutual fire Insurance companies now
more than is necessary.
All department of tbe Oregon Agricultural M. Smith. Phone 15«.
in Ohio nnd about 240 In Illinois, It
these facts taken together go to College in a recent «ddress to the Port Lots for sale in Cedarville, on easy Is
said
terms.
H.
W.
Snashall,
Pleasant
View
prove that eating, like a good land Y. M. C. A. Apple Culture Club. Avenue; Gresham, Route 3.
Good Roads In Maina,
many other things we do, is It ie a subject of special interest, since
this is one of the hardest valleys in the
Sulky Plow, for sale cheap; goocLas
The special committee of the Maine
largely a matter of habit.
state upon which to give advice, the new Phone 29x2.
state grange appointed to eonalder
area being so large and the variety of
«-hnnges In highway laws announced
LOST
Gresham needs a city hall. conditions so great.
as its belief at a recent meeting that i
With apples
Many a town of less size has a especially, the industry is still in its LOST—Bay horse, white forehead, the most feasible scheme of main
unshod, about 7 year« old and of 950 taining th ■ stale roa« will be by hav- i
convenient and appropriate build infancy, and thus gives little back weight.
Boss A Wak«r,
Box 697, Lenta, Ore. Ing the work done under the super- |
ing for this purpose. The town ground of experience fora basis of judg
vision of the state highway depart- |
ment.
is amply able to have such a The tree fruits he suggests as goo«l LUMBER—At our new mill 1J^ miles ment through its state ropd Inspectors l
building and scarcely feel the ones for this district are apples, pears, southeast of Kelso. We deliver Iumtier. and that funds f«-r the maintenance of
(- these roails should come from an an
cost. Let it be a good one. peaches, cherries, prunes, plums and Jonsrud Bros.
nual license fee for privilege of opera- I
Several of the city institutions walnuts; and tbe vine and bush fruits,
ting automobiles, said fees to lie
CHURCH NOTICES.
grapes, red and black raspberries,
graded on the basis of horsepower.
could be housed in it to great
blackberries, gooseberries, strawberries i BAPTIST CHURCH—Rev. Ford M
advantage. Besides a council and currants.
Burtch, pastor.
Services, Sunday
Founder of the Grange.
School 10 a. m. Preaching 11 a. m.
room, there might be others for The be»t varieties of apples for the and
A peraonal letter to the editor of this
7:30 p. rn., each Sunday.
the fire department, the com valley, he says, are Yellow Newtons, FREE METHODIST C H U R C H — department from O. If. Kelley, found
mercial club, jail, and, why not Jonathans, Grimes Golden, Rome | Rev. J. A. H opper , pastor. Service«, or of the Order of Patron* of Hus-
Beauty, Gano, Rhode Island Greening, J
School, 10 a.m.; Preaching bnndry, conveys the intelligence that
the library? The library is as Gravenstein, Ortley, Wagener, Spitaen- Sunday
every Sunday at 11 a m. Prayer his health Is fairly good, although he
meeting, Wednesday evening at 8 Is well advanced in years. Ho la al
truly a public institution as any berg and Vanderpool Red.
o'clock. All welcome«!.
other the town has. It could Pear trees that will bear best here ZION’S EVANGELICAL CHURCH, ways glad to hoar from hla grange
friends, and It would I* a pleasing
well afford to provide a con are the Bartlett, d’Anjou. Comice; Gresham—Rev. F H Freund, pastor. courtesy
for them to write him telling
Patrick
Rorry,
and
Clarige.
Others
Saavrcas
(German)
11
a.
m.,
every
venient library room for the use
suggested as worthy of trial are the. Sunday morning. Sunday school at of the work the grange Is doing In
of the citizens of the town. Then Glow Moneau, Barr<- Hardy, Rodo and 10 a. m. Saturday school at 2 p. m. tliofr community. Ills nddross Is 2014
LINNEMANN MEMORIAL M E. Kalorama road, Washington, I). C.
let the upper floor be given over Howell.
I
CHURCH, Gresham—P astor , Rev.
Nineteen
different
varieties
of
[reaches
to an auditorium, a place where
J. F. Dunlop.
S krvk eh , Sunday
Farmers and Autos.
the people might meet on special may profitably Ire grown in the Willam Schoo), 9:45 a m.; Preaching at Mr. J. George Frederick, editor of
ette vallev. Prof. Lewis named in their
11 a. rn. and 7:30 p. m., Epworth Printers" Ink, aaya: “Out of 10,000
occasions. Decoration day fruiting order, the following as good League <L votional, 6:30, every Sun
In Iowa, about 500 are owned
Thanksgiving, or in celebration ones to plant in putting in a peach day. Prayer meeting, Thurs«iay autos
venings at 7:30 p. m. Everylxxly by farmers. Kansas farmers spent
of any notable event, as when orchard, the Early Alexander, Amsden : invited.
$3 200.000 for automobiles during 1909
Roosevelt comes to town, or June, Waterloo, Triumph, Early SAINT MICHAEL’S CATHOLIC and $2.750.000 In 1908. In one Nebras
Sandy, Ore.—Rev. Berch- ka town of 800 population forty nntos
some other person not quite so Columbia. Hale’s Early, Mamie Roes, ■ CHURCH,
told Durrer. Service« will lie held on Were sold last year to farmers and re
Lovell, Champion, Early Crawford,
notable. Then the auditorium Early Charlotte, Tur an Cling, G«. !«•«- tin- fir-t “Iimlay of each nmrdh at tired farmers In the town. A careful
i m.
estimate of the number of automobiles
might be a source of income to Cling, Muir, Late Crawford, Elberta, i
FAIRVIEW M. E. CHURf H—Rev. J. ■ ■ tied by farmers In the l'nlt«ij States
the town. Rented to shows and Globe, Fitzgerald and Salway. The O ColemariJi.astor. Services, Sunday
Is 7«,000."
entertainments, it would far most pro-i ising of these are the A ms- Scb«M>l at 10 a. m , preaching 2-1
4th Sundays at 11 a. m. ami 7:30
more than pay for the keeping den June, Early Crawford, Early Char- ' arid
K. W. Dunlap, n prominent granger
p. m.
lotte, Mamie Rose, Muir, Elberta,
and investment, besides being a Globe and Salway.
ROCKWWD M. E CHURCH-Rev. of Ohio, bas bees renominated for
pastor. ' iup J a / > bool every dairy and food commlaaloner of tba
sort of intellectual centre for the The Italian p«une and tbe Franquette Jahn,
Sunday at 10 a. m. .Preaching at 11 •tate.
Mayette, and Maylan walnuts, and the
community.
a. m. and 7 :.V) p. rn.
I
Want Column
Our Methods. Our Slock of
Lumlier and Millwork ami Our
Prive«. We are confidimi that it
will result in securing your busi-
m"ss when you mssl anything from
a |Mist to a bill of lumlier for a
lionati or liarn.
The I ««st in quality for tin« mon
ey, is the motto we try to live up
to. Come in and investigate
Test Dr. Hess
■ •
IRIAI
It is tn make your liens lay, tn make
ynur chickens grow last, healthy ami
strong, tn cure gapes, cholera and
roup.
Of course you art« expected tn keep
your |a>ultry free from lice and for
that purpose wa know of nothing
(letter than Instant Lotts«« Killer.
LET US HAVE YOUR OROER
NOW
nnro your watch 9
UU Lu keep time :
I I! not, we’ll cure it, ami then you'll
wonder why you did'nt think of us
- long liefure.
All our work guaranteed, No hasty,
| slipshod job leaves uur ■bop. Our
“
' v irkuivn are skilled and conscientious,
You’ll not grumble nt the prices,
either.
Fred D. Flora
MT. SCOTT DRUG CO.
Laut*,
Oregon
JONSRUD BROS.
BORING OREGON
PhoiH* ill
Mill I I 4 mil«« m * u |1$ v ««1 of Krlao
CEDAR POSTS
’
SHINGLES
MOULDINGS
TURNED WORK
LUMBER $6 AND UP
l^irgr tl«M*k of hiinr|.tiutt»rr on hauti
Hough and Drv«»r<l I iiiu I mt lor all purpuaoa
191 'y Morrison St.
PORTLAND,
OREGON
(Near Pap'« Restaurant)
•rn<1 order to JtNHKI’D IlHOH. Borin* RDI
WANTED
Ten Carloads of Good Cedar Fence Posts.
Ten Farmers who know a good thing when
they see it.
Ten housewives who appreciate good kitchen
conveniences.
One thousand people living adjacent to
Troutdale, Fairview and Gresham to
know that we carry the most complete
stock of
and Gardening Tools
at the closest market prices in our part
of the country.
It is a pleasure to show you the goods.
The pleasure will be reciprocated when you
have seen our stock and tried our
goods.
We deliver the goods.
Try us.
Our
reputation warrants an inspection of
our offerings.
AARON FOX
John Brown
Rockwood's Leading Merchant
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