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BEAVER STATE HERALD Subscription, $1.00 a Year. I ENTS, MULTNOMAH CO., ORfiOON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 31 1912. Vol. 10. No. 40 MASS MffTING COSI OF LIVING FRIDAY NIGHT FASILY EXPLAINED Fl Kt DFSI ROYS WILL ABOLISH ANOTHER HOME KOAD HOUSES Annexation Question Will Separate Commission Not Be Discussed in Isis Thea Needed To Discover Rea tre at N p. tn.—Discussion son For Increased Prices— Wiil Be Open For All. Sufficient Data At Hand. Residence Belonging to T. County Court Refuses Liquor E. Grubbs In Mentone License To Taverns and Addition Reduced to Ashes Road Houses Outside Cor In Sunday Morning Fire. porate Limits of Portland. Wl.y i* R necessary to have a coin- A Ina»» meeting of the resident« of lente will be held in the lai* Theatre minion to inveatigate and rejiort on the Friday evening, November I, at H causes of the rise of price»? The data o'clock »harp for the purpo«a ot discus»- i* alrerdy at baud for all practical pur mg the question of annexation of la-nta pt '»e». to the city of Portland. The diacuanion Since It MM) the annual production of will atari alter th* picture »how, uhiih , gold ha» been nearly four time» what it will be free to all. The meeting »»• »«» prior io IhiM) In the last twelve ca'lerl and ha» ixen arranged for hy , year» (I1MM) to 1912) Ttie tidal aggregate many of the huaineaa men of Lenta and production exceed» that of the thirty- the ex|«en»,> of the aame will lie paid by i live year» from lHfll to 1896. them. Admiaaioii will be tree, includ- . The Pingley bill, enacted in I #97, Ing the ahow, and the meeting will lie wa* in force until August 5, liMAl, when open to all. It ia the explicit re<|Ue»t I the Aldrich bill went into effect, The of the bualneaa Internate that any ami duty under the»e bill» average» nearly all peraona tie privliged to address the 50 per cent. During thia period price* aaaemblage, no matter 'what their lie- | have risen by leap* and bound* and lie! ia on the annexation question. they have risen faster in countriea with Two apecial a|>eakera have been ee high tariff* than in free trade countries, cured for the meeting, one of them be and highest ot all where private monop ing Attorney S. J. Jobnaon, of Arleta, olies have llouriabed. wboaa home waa marie a part of the Bradatreet e* i» rise of city some few year* ago The other price» of the tier life ai fol- •peaker will >« Perry C. Stroud, city Io »• between 189 •nd 11*10: attorney of St. Jolina, which place ia In England ....... 28 per cent incorporated a* a ae|>erate ami diatinct In Germany ...... 13 ;*-r cent city from Portland. The two apeakera In United State* 53.38 per cent will not attempt to argue the question Bulletin of Commerce and Labor is- from either aide, but will aimply give aued by our government, ratiniate* the their view* of the condition* in their riae in wholesale price* between 1897 respective liomea. Mr. Johnson cornea •ml 1910 at 40 7. The rise in retail al the reqneat of local bualneaa men and price» was «till greater. tho*e who favor annexation, while Mr. Byron W Holt estimate« that price» Stroud come* at hi* own reqneat. The increased during tin* pericdOo per cent. mi nting will not be a debate in anv The leal report of the Federal Bureau wn»o of the word, but aimply a fre -for- of Commerce and Labor »how* that all convention, where all will have an price» are still »oaring and th <t retail equal voice, and where all will be ac price» of many necessaries in the last corded equal priviligea and free vpe-ch. . ten year» have nearly doubled. While it ia true that the prime Let it lie noled, then— mover» in holding the meeting are < 1 > that there I* a world rise of price* thoae who believe that annexation will of some 25 per cent on account of the result in the greateat good, they will see iucrea»ed production of gold. to it tiiat one »ide ia entitled to the (2) That high protective tariff» raised »»in» priviligea a» the other and »late price». Price* are 15 per cent higher-in that they have no desire to force annex I Germany under Germany'* proferii ve ation, and tbnt the object of the nice • I tariff than in England under compara mg ia »imply to get the home owner» tive free trade. and people together to diacuaa the (3) That trust» have raieed prieta. question in a gentlemanly and intelli Nowhere else have trade combine- gent manner. I tlona been able to e*tabli*li monoply Every eiligen I» urged to lie pi esent price* a* in the United State*. and present hi» view», whatever they I* it not clear why price* are 15 per may lie cent higher in Germany than in Eng Another of the magnificent homes of Roadhouse* in Multnomah county are Lenta wa» reduced to a»he* at 4:30 Sun ■ doomed, a* the county commissioners day morning, when a defective oil stove i have decided to grant no more licensee for the »ale of liquor in connection with fired the residence of T. E. Grubbs, places of this character outeide the city which was located in Mentone a<ldition. limits and nooe of the prerent will be The entire household effects were de-; renewed. Thia information a as sent out stroyed, nothing being saved. The res- ■ in a letter Monday morning to District idence was one of the Ixwt constructed and one of the most modern in Lents, j by 'he commissioners chat four such li censes have expire«!. being completed about two montns ago j j by a Mr. Johnson, and was a two-story , The action of the commiMionees is structure, full basement, and modern based on the grounds that places of thie in every detail. Mr. Grubbs, who is ' character are a public nuisance and as such cannot be licensed by the court. employed by the engineering depart I-ack of police protection in localities ment of the Portland city government, where places of the nature of road purchased the residence a month ago. Gn the morning of the blaze, Mr. houses have been established prevent* their being properly regulated, it is Grubbs and his brother, Lee, were con- pointed out. templeting a fishing trip to some stream The licensee which have expired were near North Plains in Washington coun those held by Y'eske A Anderson pro ty. Accordingly, the former arose at 4 prietors of a saloon at Burlington; F. o’clock, started i fire in the oil stove Ritzinger of Lakeview Tavern; Charles and prepared to provide breakfast for E. Latourelle of Latourelle Falla, and an early start, expecting to leave Port Thomas A. Glover of Wbitwood Court, land over the Oregon Electric. Soon located at the Linnton Ferry landing. after the oil stove bad been lighted and . Glover’s place is just outside the lim the tea kettle placed thereon, M r. i Grublvs went to a toilet several feet to its of Linnton. Yeake A Anderson's li cense expired October 2, the Lakeview the rear of the house, Upon his re license October 14, Latourell’s license turn be found the entire kitchen a mass October 26 and Glover's license Monday. of flames. He called to hie brother, 1 Y'eske A Anderson applied for a new who wae still in slumber in an upstairs license about two weeks ago. but w< «e bed room and it was with difficulty that refused, as their petition did not <-■ n- the brother descended the stairs. Ae tain enough good names. Latour* I e I it was bis only attire consisted of an gave up without application. undershirt, a pair of pants and his But two other places hold license* n shoes. the county. Cliff Inn and the Hnt. Ti«e The two brothers sounded an alarm, former license is held by Rath A Sandys as soon as possible, bnt owing to the and expires February 2t>, 1913. The lat distance of the residence from the cen ter ie held by W. 8. Swaggart and ex- tral part of town some little time piree May 22, 1913. After that date elapsed before Nightwatchman Fish there will not be a roadhouse left. heard them and turned in a general Claremont Tavern ie licensed by the I alarm. As soon as the fire bell started town of Linnton. as the strip of land i clanging the fire department responded along the river on which it ie located : and with the assistance of Wm. Gog- was taken over by Linnton some time gin's auto the chemical engine wae soon ago. at the scene of the blaze. Upon arriv ing at the scene the fire boys turned SANDY OPPOSES NEW COUNTY their attention to the burning bouse, The following resolution from a mass thinking they might be able to stay the flames and save a part of the structure meeting of the people of Sandy, held it and the content*. But their efforts last Monday, is self-explanatory, disapproves the formation of a new availed nothing and the only remaining Fol- , thing to do was to save the outbuildings county in unmistakable terms, lowing is the resolution in full: J ami adjoining property. We, the citizens of Sandy, living The resilience wae insured for $1,400 within the proposed boundaries of the and there was a small amount of insur ance on the furniture, but the loss was new county of Cascade, in assembly ■ double the amount of insurance. The met this 21st day of October, 19 i, do i owner was engaged to be married in the hereby unanimously oppose the creat immediate future and had, just purchas ing of the new county of Cascade and ed and furnished the home for himself earnestly appeal to the voters of the and intended bride. However, betakes state of Oregon to assist ns in v -ting the loss gracefully ami stated that he against the propose I new county of was duly thankful that hie brother ea- Cascade. Unanimously adopted this 2l«t day i caped, adding that he would replace the of October, 1912. 1 home as soon as possible. A. I.. DEATON, President. E F. Bruns, Secretary. Harriman’s $50,000 For T. R*’s Fund (¿T) « - 'WZitrfyrá , filo » MWy art»» Í Ziaoot’x’/__ land and 112 i er cent higher in the THORNQUIST LAID TO REST, I United Slate* than in England? Time and again Colonel l’tieortorr Roosevelt, the third term party’s can Mr. Lar» Tbornquiet, who hat> been a l-ess than one half of the rise in price* resident of lente »Ince Oct. 9, 11* wa» 1» due to the increased production of | didate for president or the I lilted stares, hn* stated that the famous $24O.(SM) raised by the lute E H llarrtinnii in the fall of HMM was for use tn the New laid to reat in Mt. Scott Park Cenietary gold, a- d the balance i* caused by tariff York state campaign He also declared most positively a few weeks ago that on the afternoon of Oct. 27, death hav and trust*. hv had ordered Chairman Cortelyou of the Republican national committee, ing occurred at the Good Samaritan If we would reduce the cost of living not to accept any money frmn the Standard OU company tn that campaign Hospital on the 25th inat. The deceased we must lower the tariff and control or and to return It If any had been accepted. was tairn at Dalarne, Sweden, Oct. 17, abolish the tru»t* which are the cause On Monday. Sept .30. C C i'egeth-’ff. secretary to the late E II Harn 1HM. He arrived in thia country on I of abnormal price*; and inasmuch a* man, produced the above receipt of the Republican national committee, sigma’ May IK, 1879 ami was married to Anna the tariff I* the mother of the trusts, by Treasurer Cornelius N Bliss, for Mr Harriman's individual contribution Erickson on June 21 of the Mine year. by taking down the tariff wall we »hall of $50.(Miii to this fund, proving conclusively that it was used in behalf of A widow and four children survive the not only lower wo much of the rise in Mr Roosevelt’s candidacy The day following John D Archbold, president of the Standard Oil company, produced the documentary proof that his com departeii. Of the children Mr*. S It. price* as come* from the protective pany did give $100.000 to Roosevelt’s campaign fund and that it uever was A»pas* reside* in Willmar, Minn . and I system, but we shall get rid of some of returned Mr». Harry Arthur and Merer*. David the rise that come* from trust control, | and Edwin Tbornquiet make their home If we were to rid ourselves of all pri in lamts. The funeral exercises were vate monopoly, price* would be brought conducted by Rev. J. M Lindeen, pas to a normal level. The Democratic tor of the Swediah Baptist Church of House of Representatives made a good Portland and Rev J. M. Nelson, parlor start in pulling down the tariff wall by of the Lenta Bapti»t Church. cutting in twain the woolen and cotton schedule* and putting some of the more Portland papers, as well as Chicago buried in flowe»* A handsome sum Kememla'r the revival meeting« at the common necessaries of life on the free papers, are full of the unselfish sacrifice aggregating $50(10 was raised toerecta Baptist Church. Rev. D. M. McPhail, list. parlor of the Arleta Baptist Church, The trusts fatten on special privileges. of hie life by Wm. Hugh Jr. of Garry, monument over hi* grave at Bnar The inter will preach Friday night and Sunday When we get a President and a Con Ind., who gave up a crippled leg in or Bluff near Rock Island, III night. Mr*. Lulu Shepard, state presi gress that will take away their special der that Miss Ethel Smith, who had esting part of this account of the noble dent of the Utah W. C. T. U. will ad priv lege*—in the tariff, in the curren been badly injured in a motor cycle ac act of self sacrifice a* it relates to dress the church at the i'loae of the cy, ami in the transportation system,— cident and whose life was in great dan Cherryville is that Mr. Rugh Jr’* the reign of robber prices will near its ger unless wholesale grafting could l-e father lives in Cherryville l>eing an old morning worship. obtained from the S,»|y nl a living per eml. son, might live. Hugh readilv consented o'dier living about one mile southwest The first of a serie* of invitation Mr. Rugh Sr. say» his »on, t<> do this but was not acquainted with of t wn. dance* was given in Grange Hall Satur I xm - h I citizens, of all parties, are ar Mis* Smith lie said hi* leg was of no wh > was 41 year* old at the lime of hie day evening by H. F. Cain and was a ranging to obtain direct return* from manner of use to him and that people death, t-ecime a cripple by the car-less- pleasant social affair. They will be a the election next Tuesday night. Just ought to help one anotner whenever iiess of * nurse who put t.im in a corner regular Saturday evening event hen-af what method will I m - used or where the possible as mankind were too seltfsli in when he was only three months old and ter. < ialicliio’* on-lieslra, a well known return» will la- received ha» not yet lieen ' this wourld. This tine act of self sacri st <»i him up throwing his leg out of local organisation, will furnish tin- announced. This the parents did not dis fice greatly endeared Rugh to the ,<eo- joint music. pie ot Gary wh • came to his new* stand cover un li it wa* tun late to remedy, The Gillispie school of expression gave —run by an assistant—hy the whole ofati unusually bright and cheerful H. D. Wagnon, democratic-progre*»- an interesting drama in theGrange Hall tale. ft appear* that the record of dis|ata>tion despite tiis handicap Rugh ive-candidate for assesser, ami J. W. Monday evening. The affair was free Regli * life---although a cripple---wa* made f>>rnda wverywheie aud wae doing His warm Bengoiigh, the cartoonist, held forth in and was presented in the interest* of the one of unaeltiahnes* a* he had snp|>ort- a fine business at Gary. Grange Hall Wednesday evening, the equal suffrage movement. TU-n-was an rd < blind mute for some time. After tas-Mi t »■ d disfxieition to releive distress former "peaking in tlie interest* of hie excellent attendance and plenty of en the operation of grafting and the limb was aiwai* manifest -and he finally candidacy and advocating the single Ui thusiasm. amputated, as was absolutely nece«»ar». g-ve up tiie life that another might Memorial service* will he held measure, while tlie latter illustrated the Ru.h seemed to be reioveiing. but soon live. her* at the church in his honor on Bun talk with cartoone. Then- waa a good Sample ballots for tlie November elec pneumonia set in and owing to the attendance. tion have beell in evidence for several (hock to the nervous system, and de day N >v. 3 at 11 o'clock a. m. days and are I wing eagerly scanned by spite the liest effort* of some very Marbles have been stored away since Some are almoat able physician», Rugh soon -nccumbed Tlie work of installing a concrete floor tlie many voters. in the new poatoflice building ha* Ineii templed to give up in disgust when they and preparation* were mad* for bi* the raiiiv weather set in and the small Oornpleted ami the structnnr will be note the numlier of measurse to be pa**- funeral which was attended by moea Iwy* are now supplied with tope aad are than 15,U0 people, the coflin being taking the sidewalks for it. *1 upon. ready for occupancy in a »hurt time. DEAD HERO’S FATHER LIVES AT CHERRYVILLE GRESHAM —-----------------------------------K F K. Beckwith, of Sandy, passed through Gre ham last Monday on hie | wav to Portland. Mr. Beckwith reports I a fine business in the jewelry line at Sandy. Dr. II H. Ott returned last Tuesday evening from the East where he hag be» n spending a few weeks D. W. Me’zger is having a cement walk laid in front of hi* residence on south Roberts Ave. Misees Edna and Beth Shoemaker spent last Sunday in Portland with friends au<l attended service* in the Whit» Temple. B ohm —To Mr. and Mrs. H. L Ball, a daughter. Octolier 24. I.lovd Littlepsge, of Portland, wae a Gresham visitor last Saturday. The Queen Esther Circle will not hold their annual thank offering meet ing Nov 1st a* stated last week but will bold their meeting Friday evening Nov. 8, at 8 o'clock. Every one invited. A good program has been arranged. Ben Mathews, who went to Por'land last week for treatment, is much better and will not have to have an operation. Mrs. Chas Merrill Sr. entertained at fi(M> last Monday evening in honor of Mrs. F B. Stuart, of Stanfield, Oregon Mr*. Stuart, who ha* heen visiting her daughter, Mrs. Clytie Kerr at her home in St. Paul, Minn., came back by the way of Portland to visit friends here. Hsnry Dahl, of Silvert—, baa chaige of W. H. Jehn»on‘a drug «tore«luring Mr Johnson** abebnee at Woodburu •8 where he is looking after business in terests. Miss Ada Blum has recovered suf ficiently to be removed to the home of Mrs. B. W Emerv Mrs <; s Blum, of Reno, Nevada, is here taking care of her daughter. They expect to start for home about December 18 Mrs. Harry Ott, who has been «pending summer in Kansas, has returned to her borne here. The First State hank instituted action against J. H Hoss in Justice Rollin’* court last Saturday for a balance due on a note and a jury was empaneled to hear the ease. Mr. Hoes filed a connter claim for $35.00 »gainst the bank fora balance due on excavating for the new bank building and wae awanted the amount together with balance due on note for which suit was brought. The management of the bank gave notice that the suit would be appealed to cir cuit court but it ie uriders'<>o-l that the matter has been satisfactorily nettled to all parties concerned. Mr. and Mr*. Ros* Sharp, of Van-^ couver, Wash., visited the former’* parents last Sunday. Wm. Morand, of Boring, waaa Greab- atn visitor last Monday. The a- nuai social and entertainment given by the Gresham Library Associa tion last evening in th* Commercial Club ball was largely attended and a very enjoyable evening waa pnaaed. H. W. Reynolds, of Portland, wn* a Grsabam visitor recently. Mr. Reyn olds m interested in aersags and to look ing for a Is—Mum