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r V(.E GKESHAM TWO G resham O utlook TWICE A WEEK P u b lish e d e v ery T u esd ay an d F rid a y at Gresham, Oregon. II. L. KT. C L A IR . E d ito r a n d P u b l’r » 1 Our Subscription R ates One year, 11 50» ■lx m on th s, 76c; three m on th 's trial ■ ubicrlptlon, 60c A d vertising. R a t e s r ea so n able. Our rep re se n ta tiv e w ill call P h o n e 701. “T h e Linotype W ay Is th e W ay th a t W ins.” E n te re d a s seco n d -class m a tte r M arch 3, 1911, a t th e p o st office a t G resh am , O reg o n , u n d e r th e a c t of M arch 3, 1879. G eneral F re d e ric k D. G ra n t, son of th e fa m o u s g e n e ra l of th e civil w ar, d ied of h e a r t tro u b le a t th e H otel B u c k ln h a m In New Y ork City th is m o rn in g . G en. G ra n t was a w ell kno w n g e n e ra l of th e U. S A rm y. T he p re s id e n tia l co n v en tio n at Hay C ity, M ichigan, e n d ed In a rio t an d fig h t by th e T a ft an d R oosevelt d eleg a tes. T h e g o v e rn o r had to .a ll o u t th e m ilitia to m a in ta in o rd er. I)r. W esley H ill o f New Y ork, p re s id e n t of th e In te rn a tio n a l P eace F o ru m , h a ils W. H . T a ft us th e g re a te st m an sin ce L in co ln . He said “ T h e p ro g re ss of P re s id e n t T aft is th e p ro g re ss o f th o u g h t and a c tio n .” . Dr. H ill receiv es rep eated a p p la u se fro m M arion co u n ty T u ft su p p o rte rs . M arlon co u n ty will c a r ry fo r T aft. FRIDAY, APRII, 12, 1012. L ib ra ry N otes. H ouse of R ep re se n ta tiv e s, and Vic- SH OU LD R E .NOMINATED Of th e n in e c a n d id a te s fo r sh e riff. An a d d itio n of a s ta n d a rd Bible I to r M urdock, in s u rg e n t C ongress- FOR THE SENATE W. B. H o llin g sw o rth seem s to he th« d ic tio n a ry by M. W. Ja c o b u s has 1 m an from K ansan, a re sam ples; lo g ical c a n d id a te .. H e h as served 1 been m ade to th e re ie ic u c e collec . . i. i. . as c h ie f o ffice d ep u ty u n d e r Tom A pril 4, 1912. T h e c o n te st fo r n ited S ta te s sen- VVord an d hlg su ccesso r R. L. Stev- tion Hon. A. W. L a ffe rty , H ouse of R ep S h o rt lists on a d v e n tu re , b io g ra a to r h as now reach ed th e s ta g e of J e n s, an d is th o ro u g h ly fa m ilia r w ith I re s e n ta tiv e s, W a sh in g to n , D. C. phy an d m usic have been received all th e b u sin ess o f th e office. It D ear L a ffe r ty :— 1 w ant to con tro u i th e m atu lib ra ry . selectio n , o r so n e a rly to th e p ri is ack n o w led g ed by all th a t th e N EW BOOKS. g ra tu la te you on th e good w ork you m ary d a te th a t ev ery v o te r w ho has o ffice sh o u ld be ru n on s tric tly bus T b ay er, L. R. Lee— Book of W om have d o n e to w ard g e ttin g th e th re e in ess p rin c ip a ls an d Mr. H o llin g s n o t m ade up h is m in d m u st soon do w o rth Is th e m an w ho can do th is J y e a r H om estead law th r o u g h th e a n 's P ow er. In tro d u c tio n by Id a M. | H ouse. T his w ill be a g re a t bene- T arb ell. A side fro m th is he is in fav o r of so. G lover, E H j — D am e C u rts e y ’s I fit to th e c o u n try In h elp in g to im p a rtia l law e n fo rcem en t. To sum u p th e w hole m a tte r S en s tric t keep o u r good c itizen s in th is coun book of g u essin g co n tests. Ills clean reco rd as a b u siness man R ich ard s, E llen H .— E u th en lcs, a to r B o u rn e is In o u r opin io n going an d w hile in th e s h e riff's office is try in stead of h av in g th em e m ig ra te to C an ad a T he people of th e W est th e science of c o n tro lla b le e n v iro n to be re tire d from th e s e n a te be 'th e best a ss u ra n c e th a t he will sh o u ld feei th a t in you they have m ents. cau se he h a s n o t m ade good. He give th e co u n ty a clean a d m in is tra G rein er,— New O nion C u ltu re. a frien d w ho alw ays h a s th e ir in te r h as been lo n g on ta lk an d s h o r t on tion in th is im p o rta n t office. e sts a t h e a rt. Y our frien d , F u lle r, A n d re 8.— S tra w b e rry cul- Mr. H o llin g sw o rth h as been open actio n . H e new trie s to h itch h is po an d above board/ in h is can d id acy , CHA M P CLARK tu r is t. litic a l w agon to p a rc e ls p o st a n d d e no t h av in g so u g h t th e e n d o rse m e n t B rig h am , A rth u r A.— .P rogressive lu d e th e fa rm e rs , y et he h as fo r of an y factio n o r p o litical co m b in a p o u ltry c u ltu re . W ash in g to n . D. C., A pr. 6,'12. o v er fiv e y e a rs been In th e sen a te tio n . H ence if elec ted he w ill be A D V EN TU R E AND T R A V E L th e s h e riff of th is co u n ty fo r ev ery H on. A. W. L a ffe rty , H ouse Office an d we still h av e no p a rc e ls post citizen In it, n o t fo r a fav o red few L oom is, C has. B a tte ll.— J u s t Irish . B uilding. law . It B o u rn e had been a frien d Miles, E m m a B— S p irit of th e My d e a r Mr. L a ffe r ty :— L et m e I M ountains. How Much Is a S ettler W orth? to p arcels p o st w hy h as h e n o t ac I c o n g ra tu la te you upon th e passage T hom pson, A rth u r R— G old-seek- Som e in te re s tin g fig u re s a re be com plished so m eth in g ? H is Incon • h ro u g h th e H ouse of th e th ree- in g ’ on th e D alto n T rail. | y ear H om estead m easu re. It is sisten cy a ll a lo n g th e lin e on ta r iff in g com piled by th e N o rth w est De M cKlm , R an d o lp h H .— S o ld iers ' g ra tify in g to know th a t th e w ork R ecollections. show th e m a tte rs d is g u sts th e w estern people, v elo p m en t L eag u e to you p a t in on th e su b je c t had a re VEGETABLES fo r h e h a s e v e r v oted to re ta in high v alu e of a co lo n ist an d hlg fam ily su lt th a t is so o ften w an tin g to B en n ett, Id a D.— V eg etab le G ar H ere Is a p ro b lem In long fig u re s d u ty on, goods his m ills in th e e a st Oregon’« | crow n le g isla tiv e e ffo rt. T h e re m ust den. also be an add ed d e g ree of sa tisfa c p ro d u ces an d h a s voted fo r p ra c ti w hich looks reaso n ab le. If th e in F ra s e r, S am ’l.— P o tato . tio n to you in th e c irc u m sta n c e th a t cally fre e tr a d e on wool p ro d u ced crease in p o p u latio n In th e A m eri T erry , I. B. a n d R oot, A .I.— A B leading p a rtic ip a tio n in th e m a tte r C of P o ta to c u ltu re . in O reg o n . T h is pro v es th a t his ca n N o rth w e st d u rin g th e last ten of le g islatio n of th is c h a ra c te r is T racy, W .W .— T om ato c u ltu re . L a ffe rty h a s m ad e good. O re not often vouchsafed a m em b er h e a rt Is n o t w ith th e peo p le w ho y e a rs o f 2 ,000,000 peo p le, caused in R obinson, W.'— M ushroom c u ltu re ; have elec ted him an d h e w ill be de-1 o u r la n d s to In crease In valufc g o n 's P ro g re ssiv e C o n g ressm an de bis firs t term . Y ours tru ly , Its ex ten sio n and Im provem ent. VICTOR MURDOCK, feated beyond an y d o u b t. I 1 2 ,8 1 2 ,4 5 0 ,1 8 8 , how m uch is a col- serv es second term . W ickson, E dw . J .— C a lifo rn ia V eg A. W. L a ffe rty , O reg o n ’s P ro g re s (R e p re s e n ta tiv e 8 th K ansas e tab les. Mr. L ow ell, a v ery nice g en tle- o n lst w ho w o rk s th e lan d w o rth ? sive C o n g ressm an , h a s m ade good D istric t.) Sevey, G len n C.— P e a s an d pea AU m an from P e n d le to n , Is In th e se n T h ese fig u re s show th a t fo r ev ery and d eserv es a second term cu ltu re . in d icatio n s p o in t to h is n o m in atio n a to ria l fig h t. M any say he is to p erso n ad d ed to p o p u la tio n tb e value C o n g ra tu la to ry le tte r s of sim ilar by a la rg e m a jo rity . Sevey, G lenn C.— B ean c u ltu re . h elp B o u rn e w in, b u t we n e v er have of o u r lan d s w as In creased 21,406. O ne th in g c e rta in , C ongressm an im p o rt hav e also been received B eattie, W. R.— C elery c u ltu re . w holly sh a re d th a t belief. W e do If a fam ily c o n sists of tw o an d a L a ffe rty Is on th e jo b all th e tim e.' from R e p re se n ta tiv e W m. D. S tep h A llen, C. L .— C abbage, cau liflo w each He Is c o n sta n tly w o rk in g fo r th e th in k , how ev er, th a t Mr. L o w ell's h alf people on th e av erag e, ens, from th e 7th C a lifo rn ia D istrict, e r, etc. can d id acy Is g o in g to aid B o u rn e, aB fam ily in c re a se s lan d v alu es 23,615. In te re sts of th e people of his d is tr ic t, and so c o n fid e n t is he th a t his fo rm erly m ay o r of Los A ngeles; fam ily fidelity w ill be recognized th a t he a v o te fo r L ow ell is a h a lf vote fo r it is conceded th a t e v ery S e n ato r W m. E. B orah of Id ah o ; “ O ur baby crie s fo r C h a m b e rla in ’s B ourne. Mr. M orton of S alem is sp en d s lo cally fro m 2600 to 21.200 is sa c rific in g his ow n in te re s ts by S e n a to r Geo. E. C h a m b e rla in of O r C ough R em edy,” w rites Mrs. T. B. alBo a c a n d id a te b u t why he should On th e o th e r h an d an d added to th is rem ain in g a t h is post w hile his op egon, and fo rm erly g o v e rn o r of th e K en d rick , R asaca, Ga. " I t Is th e be h as n ev er been ex p la in e d , fo r he p er, an n u m . On th is basis a fam ily p o n en ts a re doing all in th e ir pow s la te , and R ep re se n ta tiv e M. P. best cough rem ed y on th e m ark et w hich w o rk s th e lan d is w o rth a b o u t e r to tu r n th o v o ters a g a in st him K in k ead from th e 6th N e b ra sk a Dis fo r cou g h s, co ld s an d c ro u p .” F o r positively h as no ch an ce w h atev er. an d p re v e n t his re tu r n to W ash in g sale by G resh am D rug Co. a n d all tric t, fo rm erly C ircu it Ju d g e . T h e fig h t is b etw een B en S ell 25, 000 to th e A m erican N o rth w est ton. D ealers. P aid Adv. ing and J o n a th a n B ourne. B riefly T he th r e e la rg e st d aily p a p e rs In P o rtla n d have com bined a g a in st W ide R ange o f Selections. sta te d , If O regon w an ts to d e fe a t T be R est Bargain. W hen a m edicine m u st be given to J B o u rn e th a t d e fe a t m u st be b ro u g h t T h e re a d in g s o f Miss H e n rie tta C ongressm an L a ffe rty , and refu se young ch ild re n It should be p leas T he D aily O reg o n ian o r E v en in g to p u b lish a w ord a b o u t his e ffe c t ab o u t by n o m in a tin g Ben S ellin g . B e a tric e H oney g re a tly p leased a ive w ork in W ash in g to n . B u t th e a n t to ta k e . C h a m b e rla in ’s Cough T eleg ram an d O u tlo o k . W e also T h e re is no o th e r w ay to fig u re th e larg e a u d ien c e in Je ffe rso n c h u rc h le a d e rs in th e S e n ate a n d H ouse of R em edy Is m ad e front lo af su g ar, com bine w ith th e D ally an d Sem i- situ a tio n . Q u r opinion is th a t re la s t ev en in g . I t w as h e r firs t a p R ep re se n ta tiv e s reco g n ize him .and and th e ro o ts used in Its p re p a ra W eekly J o u r n a l a n d W eekly O re- S p eak er C lark . S e n a to rs B o rah anil p u b lican s o f O regon h av e n ever p e a ra n c e in S p o k an e an d she m ade and C h am b erlain an d m any o th e rs tion give it a flav o r s im ila r to m aple G et th e h a b it. W hy w a it a w eek been fo r B ourne, as hiB votp- ^six a m ost fa v o ra b le im p ressio n . H er have se n t him le tte r s an d m essages sy ru p , m a k in g it p le a s a n t to tak e. tw lce-a- y e a rs ago w as b u t 1 2 ,8 7 7 ' w hile ^ v e rs a tility w as show n in th e w ide of co m m en d atio n . T he follow ing It h a s no s u p e rio r fo r colds, croup fo r th e new s? T ry th e received by C o n g ressm an L a fferty and w hooping cough. F o r sale by week plan of th e O utlook. P h o n e am o n g th e o th e r fo u r c a n d id a te s r/txge of h e r selectio n s, an d st 701. 30,000 re p u b lic a n s sc a tte re d jth eir sco red in all o f th em . Miss Money from C ham p C la rk , S p e a k e r of th e G resham D rug Co. aud all D ealers. su p p o rt and th u s p e rm itte d a sm all m ade m any w arm frie n d s by h er p lu ra lity to n o m in a te B o u rn e / T h is c le v e r w ork apd She w ill be a ssu re d tim e it Is d iffe re n t fo r tljXre a re of a c o r d ja f w elcom e w hen sh e re n o t so m any c a n d id a te s a n d all r e tu r n s ft) ,<tie city .— T he C hronicle, alize th a t S ellin g is th e m an to b eat Spok&i»^, W ash B ourne, hence m en w ho re a lly fav o r L.O T. M , C H A R IT Y H IV E , No Low ell fo r th e p lace a re g o in g to T h u rsd a y and vote fo r S ellin g In o rd e r to rid th e 38— M eets seco n d WHO A. W. Lafferty Progressive Congressman O ur re a d e rs will be g lad to see In th is Issue th e an n o u n c e m e n t of T h eo d o re J . G eisler, of P o rtla n d , as c a n d id a te fo r C ircu it J u d g e . D e p a rt m ent No. 4. Mr. G eisler Is an a tt o r ney of p ro m in en ce In P o rtla n d and h a s m any frie n d s an d a c q u a in ta n c e In all p a r ts of th e co u n ty . H e hns had a long p ra c tic e of law and larg e c o u rt ex p erien ce. Mr. G eisler Is a> p a te n t a tto rn e y an d hns a la rg e p ra c tic e In th is line. H e Buys, " I believe In sen sib le, im p a rtia l Ju stice, fe a rlessly a d m in is te re d .” T h e re Is s ta te of J o n a th a n B o u rn e, a n d no doubt If elec ted h e w ill carry g o o d rid d a n c e It w ill be. out th is d e c la ra tio n w ith c re d it to h im self, th e p ro fessio n , an d th e people. S H E R IF F AND DISTRICT ATTORNEY. OUTLOOK, For County Assessor fo u r ! It S a tu rd a y tit. R o c k w o o d . Com . a Mrs C ora C h ild e rs; R. K ., M rs . Mary T u r n e r . ________________________ . Fred Olson Two o ffices o f each co u n ty can be ■ used fo r th e g re a te s t b en efit of uill citiz e n s; c o m m an d in g even th e rsep eet at least an d possibly th e fe a r of evil d o ers, an d th e fu llest su p p o rt of th e luw u b ld tn g people. T he sam e tw o o ffices can be so m a n ip u la te d by th e In cu m b en ts th a t crim e and law b re a k in g a re en co u rag ed . A good s h e riff and a good d is tric t a tto rn e y a re a b so lu te ly e ss e n tia l to g ive th e a d m in is tra tio n of Ju stice, its p ro p e r e ffe c t. \ fe a rle ss, law e n fo rc in g , d iscreet m an. w ith n o fa v o rite s to lie sh ie ld ed o r p a rty p led g es to be red eem ed , sh o u ld be e lec ted to b o th th ese offices. Wo find a good ru le Is to know w ho s ta n d s b eh in d a c a n d id a te fo r any office. If th e b e st and m ost law ab id in g citizen s know an d fav o r in c e rta in candidat© w ho h a s th e re q u isite o th e r q u a lific a tio n s fo r th e office h e seek s, we g en e ra lly a re su re th a t If elec ted su ch a m an w ill do all in h is p o w er to give a good clean s tra ig h tfo rw a rd an d Im p a rtia l a d m in is tra tio n . If, how e v e r, th e law less an d la w b re a k e rs, o r th o se w ho secretely e n c o u ra g e c rim e o r vice, a re th e b a c k e rs of c a n d id a te s; th e u all w ise an d self re sp e c tin g c ltls e n s sh o u ld w ith h o ld th e ir votes from su ch c a n d id a te s an d give th e m to o th e rs w ho m eet th e fu lle st good c ltls e n sh ip s ta n d ard s. We find th a t th e M unicipal asso ciatio n an d th e tru e s t an d sta u n c h e st of m any of M u ltn o m ah co u n ty v o t e r s a re g iv in g th e ir aid an d e n c o u r a g em e n t to J. T. W ilson fo r S h eriff j an d to W. H. E v an s fo r D istrict At- i to rn e y . Mr. W ilson Is a lon g -tim e b u sin ess m an of P o rtla n d , w hile Mr E v an s h a s been In th e law p ra c tic e fo r se v eral y ears In P o rtla n d , an d fo r th e la s t fo u r y e a rs an d over h a s been th e U nited S ta te s a tt o r ney fo r (Oregon. We feel su re th e s e tw o m en w ill m eet th e r e q u ire m e n ts to th e very best of ex- IxM'tatlons If n o m in ated a t th e p r i m ary an d e v e n tu a lly e lec ted O th e r eq u a lly good m en receiv in g stro n g su p p o rt fro m th e b e tte r ele m e n t of v o te rs a re N. H B ird , W illis F ish e r, W allace, II. H o llin g sw o rth , Jo h n M M cK ernan an d W. C. N o rth , T hese a re good, clea n c a p a b le m en It Is fe a re d t h a t th e v o te o f th e b e tte r d e m e n t w ill be d iv id ed a n d It Is su g g ested th a t o n e of th e good stro n g m en be c e n te re d upon and e lec ted fo r sh e riff. Circuit Judge, Dep’t No. 4 Six years Justice of the Peace. "Have I made good ?" Every Shyster and Dishonest lawyer, every Dishonest liti- gent, every Dive keeper and Vicious law-breaker and every Crooked politician says Emphatically, “NO.” VC hat will YOU say ? P aid A d v ertisem e n t Frank S. Fields IN) IN* DO Do YOU prefer n trained m echanic to <le your work? YOU want your taxes reduced? l o t want to encourage gmal work? YOU waut a man In o ffice w ho w ill treat tike com m on people as w ell as h e d oes the m illion aire? Most o f you readers know m e personally but I want you to tell oth ers w ho <lo not. TELL THEM that I have m ade tbe County Clerk's office |u»y a profit to the County o f «Sl.tMMI in 1911. a total profit of over ! |t .liH t.tN N l In ten years. Isms used to be ptltMMl a year. TEI.I. THEM I can and w ill m ake a sim ilar show ing as Secretary o f M ate. with th e TEI. T H E M how I treat you when you l»ave business office TEI.I. THEM I am liie only genuine Kepuhllran w ho is a candidate for the office. T EI.I, THEM to vote for me Yprll 19th. I prom ise you a con tin uous faith fu l perform ance o f a public servan t's d u ties. Frank S. Fields Republican Candidate for SECRETARY OF STATE HENRY E. REED I w ill g ive personal atten tion to the office. Y ou w ill find tixe on the job all the tim e. E xpenses o f the A ssessor's office have increase«] 272 per cent since 1903. I w ill separate th e o ffice from politics, anil that w ill save the taxpayers' money. I w ill not perm it deputy a ssesors to pass out election cards and cam paign literature Inclosed In assessm en t blanks. I w ill conduct the assessor's o ffice according to law. No ju gglin g w ith the assessm ent rolls. I w ill m ake the assessor's o ffice an open lx .ok to the taxpayers. No star cham ber proceedings go w ith m e. Multnomah C ounty assessm en ts have been Increased at the rate of m-arly thirty per cent a year sin ce 1904. A ssessm ents clim b year after year. and the tax rate clim bs w ith them . The tax burden fa lls heavily upon all classes of people, hut heaviest upon tlx- little hom eowner. I think th e tim e lias com e to in vestigate th ese heavy increases and see w hat ju stifle« them . What do you th in k ? I b elieve in econom y in public expenses, hut not in parsim ony. We cannot tax ourselves rich, hut w e can tax ourselves poor. T lierefore, I am opposed to excessive increases In a ssess m ents and qpreaslve taxes. Both assessm en ts and taxes rah be kept down If the assessor w ill sit on tile lid. 1 w ill sit on th e lid. , If you believe as I do. vote for tne in the prim aries on A pril 19. Multnomah County has been my hom e for forty-one years. I pay taxes on land as w ell as on personal property. HENRY E. REED REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE No. 125 on the O fficial Ballot. Paid Adv. P aid A d v crtlsem sn t