page
nu n
G REHHAM
Thinks Single Tax Sufficient
T h en som e people a re a fra id th a t a
G ra d u a te d Tax on i^and V alues and
th e
ex em p tio n
of
im p ro v em en ts
from ta x a tio n w ould be w o rk in g a
h a rd sh ip on th e sp e c u la to rs
an d
th e big g ra n ts and fran ch ises.
T he m easu re p ro p o sed by th e tax
com m ission
ta k in g
tax es
from
hou seh ild fu r n itu r e is good as fa r
as
it goes,
but
why exem pt
th e cook
sto v e
and
not th e
m ow er, th e c a rp et b u t n o t th e bee
hive? T he G rad u ateii L and V alue
tax m easu re ex em p ts
both,
an d
w h erev er th is h as been d one
th e
fa rm e rs lik e It.
T he stu m p lot in th e o u ts k irts of
a city buys n o th in g , b u t
ab so rb s
e v ery th in g In th e way of Increased
v alu u es because of th e g ro w th
of
th e com m unity.
A L F R E D D. CRIDGE.
O I T LOOK,
T IE H D A V , H EPTE.M RER I« , 1 0 1 2
T he frie n d s of Rev. J. F . D uu-
lop a n d fam ily of C resw ell, fo rm erly
o f G resham , will be pleased to learn
T h e G ra d u a te d L an d V alue Tax
of th e success of Miss M uriou D un
T
he
ch
ick
en
pie
su
p
p
e
r
given
by
w ill ra is e som e rev en u e. It
m ay
s ta te fairs.
th e L ad ies' Aid society
la s t
F r i lop a t th e local an d
n o t ra ise as m uch as Its ad v o cates
day n ig h t w as one of th e p le a s a n t She won firs t p rize in class A. a t
claim , bu t it w ill ra ise som e.
In
in
est s o c ia l.a f f a ir s of th e season ahd i th e ju v e n ile fa ir recen tly held
A u stra lia , th e Big b u sin ess e le m e n ts
a decided fin a n c ia l success. A m u C ressw elt, a n d th ird prize on jellies.
seem ed very m uch w orried o v e r a
m ach in e
m ad e a p ro n
took
sical p ro g ram o f high
m erit
was H er
g e n e r a l G ra d u a te d L and V alue Tax
ren d ered . T he net p ro ceed s of the firs t prize a t th e s ta te fa ir. M arion
is only 14 y e a rs old, an d
hence
th a t w as p ro p o sed fo r fe a r It w ould
su p p er a n d sale w ere a b o u t $80.
am ong th e y o u n g est in class A, w hich
not raise th e rev en u e ex p ected of
Miss Rose Elw ood o f P o rtla n d , |
Includes g irls from 12 to 21.
The
It. No m an of sm all h o ld in g s paid
an d th e Minaes Rose an d R ena Beers ,
prem ium a t th e ju v e n ile fa ir
w as
a n j of It, o r wan expected # to do
of C o ttre ll, w ere g u ests
of
Miss '
h e r choice of m a te ria l fo r a w in
o, and th e way hlg bu sin ess ex-
H ester T h o rp e fo r sev eral d ay s lasl
te r d ress. A t th e s ta te fa ir
she
|ir ,
ed itself on th e p ro b ab le fall-
week.
received a set of solid silv e r knives
'•« o tf of th e e x p e c ta tio n s w as very
Mrs. S. T. Crow is sp en d in g th e
and forks.
m uch like th e ex p ressio n s Big B us
day w ith h e r d a u g h te r, M rs B lanche
iness m ak es in O regon fo r fe a r th e
B ids a re com ing in fo r th e b u ild
C ain in P o rtla n d .
G ra d u a te d Tax on lan d o w n ers of
ings of th e c ity hall. T hey w ill be
One d ay last w eek, w hile
out
over $10,000 ’ in assessed v alu e will
opened a t an a d jo u rn e d
m eetin g
h u n tin g fo r sq u irre ls, G uy
Jo n es
tax th e p o o r fa rm e r m ore
W ell, in
of th e council S a tu rd a y n ig h t.
d iscovered tw o coons up a tree, and
A u stra lia It b ro u g h t In GO p er cent
Mrs. O. J . T ra m b la y an d c h ild ren
b ro u g h t th e m both dow n w ith his
m ore th a n th e h ig h est
estim a te s.
E d ito rs of th e s ta te w ill visit th e
i w i inning . la u re ls
i
, in ¡«re v isitin g re la tiv e s a t V an cau v er
rifle.
G
uy
is
I f th a t is th e re s u lt in O regon,som e P en d leto n R ound-U p in a body.
A
I and a tte n d n g th e C la rk co u n ty fa ir
' coon h u n tin g alo n g w ith his b ro th er
fa rm e rs will have no tax es to pay.
special ex cu rsio n is b eing o rganized
th is week.
Jack
.
In W ash in g to n , 1». C„ sm all hom es by th e S ta te E d ito ria l ’ asso ciatio n
C laren ce G afney and fam ily a re
Mrs. 8. T. Crow b ro u g h t In
a
¡ tie assessed a t 90 an d sp ecu lativ e Ibut is c a lc u lated to b ring to g e th e r
m oving to P o rtla n d . Mr.
G afney
h oldings nt 20 p er cent of ac tu a l a very re p re se n ta tiv e assem bly
of buck et of p o tato es, all d u g from one has been c o n d u c to r on th e Mt. Hood
hill
in
h
e
r
g
ard
en
.
T
h
ere
w
ere
lk
value.
Its
assesso rs m u st
have p u b lish ers.
Special
e n te rta in m e n t
railw ay since its b eg in n in g
about
tu d ied u n d e r th e sam e m a ste rs as will lie pro v id ed for th e n ew sp ap er > In n u m b er, sev eral o f them large,
18 m o n th s ago. He has a position
an d th e sm allest being th e size ot
m any of
our
O regon
assessors. men.
on th e S o u th ern Pacific.
a h e n ’s egg. T h is hill to ta le d
>i
L arg e sh ip m e n ts of fall
goods
¡p o u n d s in w eigght.
a re a rriv in g at th e v ario u s G resh
T he W o m an ’s H om e
M issionary
a m sto res.
T he C. C. S to re a few
society will be e n te rta in e d by Mrs.
days ago h ad its
fro n t
w indow s
A. Ilevel an d Mrs. A. II. G ould al
nearly h idden by piles
of
boxes
i Gie la tte r 's hom e, next W ednesday
co n ta in in g goods fresh from e a ste rn
afte rn o o n . All m em bers a re urged
W e are prep ared to ou tfit you r boy or
houses. All tlie m e rc h a n ts re p o rt
to be present! at Gils th e last meet
girl for school from top to toe, and at a
business im p ro v em en t.
ing of th e society
before a n n u al
m od erate cost to you.
I.oveque W halen has com e from
conference.
Spokane to m ak e h is hom e
h ere
8. W. S m allw ood plead g u ilty to
w ith his m o th er. Mrs. W innie W halen
th e c h a rg e of a s s a u lt when brought
a t tlie C ongdon h o tel. He will be
before J u s tic e R o llin s on a com
a s tu d e n t in th e high school.
p la in t sw orn to by Jim M odaffari, a
( «insists of Boys a n d C hild ren 's C lothing, Shoes,
W. K. H am ilto n h a s p u rch ased a
w atch m a n on th e Mt. Hood division
I lats, C aps, U nderw ear, Sw eaters a n d H osiery.
Sm allw ood is an e n g in ee r. He was new p ian o fo r his ch ild ren .
Boy»' Doll hl
Ri<e«»tml S u its, w ith K n ick er P u n ts
$2.54»
fined $5.
Mr. and Mrs. J o h n R o b erts canie
B oys’ I loll hie Hrt-aslcd S u its u tili 2 pule K n ick er P a n ts
Si5.ni»
from W elches.
Mrs. E. A. B ak er of
P leasan hom e last F rid a y
Ille se $•>.(»«» S u its ace niuile o f d ie ruinous D ick ey 4’au»l m ere»
Valley lias a can of p ears w hich she T hey expect to re tu rn soon.
and a re p ositively all w ool anil fa st color. O ur g u a r a n te e slm ili»
p u t up e ig tit y e a rs ago. T hey ar>
Tlie case of th e A m erican T able
latck o f ev er y S u it, w h ich is »uttsfucO oii or you r m on ey liuck.
in a M ason j a r and in p e rfe c t con com pany a g a in st D an M urphy will
BOVS’ T l I F - \ I T SH O ES m ud
nt
leaf I le i
th e k in d
th a t
d ltio n . T hey w ere can n ed in Pori lie h e a rd in J u s tic e R o llin ’s c o u rt
sta n d th e knock»
$2.110 an il $ 2 .2 5
land in 19U4 an d in th e m eantini on M onday.
Gl Rl»'S SH O E S
in
a ll
leut,tiers
-$ l.« 5 to $2.11(1
have been moved th re e tim es. The
A called m eetin g of th e W. C. T
RO Y S'RO PG H A lt K S W E A T E R S
$1.50
w ere sh ip p ed by b oat to T he D alles U. will tie held a t th e M. E. ch u rch
l i o l s ' I l.l I t i n LIN ED U N D ER W E A R , garm ent
SB«
h au led by team ab o u t e ig h t m iles next T h u rsd ay a fte rn o o n fo r
B i n s ’ « ■APS, a ll color»
tin
25«'
in to th e c o u n try , th e n a y e a r la te r election of officers.
G irl s D resses in an endless v ariety of colors and
they w ere h au led
back to
The
T he Queen E s th e r
circle
will
D alles an d shipped
by b oat
to meet a t th e hom e of Mrs. S te rlin g t o
m aterials from
-
-
50c to $1.50
P o rtla n d . A fte r tw o y e a rs
tlgere
orrow
(W ed n esd ay )
ev en in g at
M e n ’s S u i t s - W e are selling the best $15.00 m a n ’s th ey w ere b ro u g h t by te a m to m
7 :3 0 . All y o u n g lad les a re invited.
Suit in the world, a n d w e can prove it.
S tep in and
P le a s a n t V alley. Mrs. B a k e r is cer
E. A.
F o rs y th e
of
H illsview
tain t h a t ttiis frd it h as been p u t up b ro u g h t in fo u r E a rly R ose p o ta
m ake ns do it.
e ig h t y ears, as she d a te s every ja r.
toes w hich, th o u g h not so la rg e as
S ecretary
K a rd e ll
lias received som e, w ere an ex am p le
of
good
th e firs t e n try fo r th e M ultnom ah m ark e ta b le
p o tato es. T hey
a re
C ounty F a ir. I t
is a cro ch etted sm ooth and sy m m etrical a n d w eighs
c h ild 's
hood
from
Miss
A gnes a lto g e th e r 4 pounds, and 13 ounces.
G rln sted , of B rockw ay, O re g o n ,-e n
Miss F lo ren ce H oney s ta r ts
to
liir Ta<| S in n
tered tu td er No. 671.
IN R E G N E E S HIUCK.
day
fo r M enom inee, W isconsin to
David M cK eown, liv in g n e a r G resh p u rsu e h e r stu d ie s in P ra p p 's -H i
1 ¡mi. took only tw o u n im a ls to th e st It ute a school of d o m estic science.
W. F. Honey goes today on a bus
s ta te fa ir, h u t they won him th ree
prizes
T hey w ere H o lstein s, a cow iness trip to N o rth D akota. H e will
an d a tw o y e a r old bull. T he cow lie aw ay fo r sev eral w eeks.
com peted a g a in s t th e g ra n d chum
B enton county cam e to th e s ta te
pion of tlie w orld and took second
place. Tlie bull to o k first
in his fa ir w ith flying colors, c a p tu rin g th e
TABLETS
P E N C IL S
PA PER
ETC.
class an d w as a w ard ed th e ju n io r firs t prize fo r th e best county ex
g ran d ch ain p io n sip .
hibit in co m petition w ith all sec-
Services of th e F ree
M ethodist Ions of O regon. T his is th e fifth
inie B enton h as scored such a t r i
W e have a fu ll lin e o f e v e r y th in g n e e d e d in th e s c h o o lro o m .
ch u rc h fo r th e week a re as follow s
In the R e xa ll S chool S e rie s y o u w ill fin d th e B ig g est v a lu e s e v e r
S ininday school at to a. in., m o rn in g um ph and sp eak s w ell for th e re
of th e sta te .
o ff e re d h e r e o r a n y o th e r p la c e .
serm on al 11, y o u n g p eo p le's p ra y e r sources of th a t p a rt
m eeting tliis ev en in g at J . R obert The S ounty e x h ib its a t th e fa ir w ere
G r e s h a m P e n n a n t P e n c il» a re H a r d Io {feat.
so n 's. R e g u la r T h u rsd a y
evening p a rtic u la rly good th is year.
GRESHAM
Boys’ and Girl’s Clothing
•School Days, School Day»,
School Opens Sept 16
school suits
W h en yon
th in k
o f
S chool day»
y o vr m u s t
th in k
o f
A y l » w o r t h ’s
W e have surely p rep a re d for the S hoe T rad e, this fall
o u r Stock is the M ost C o m p le te E v e r.
An
I he Rexal Store
GO TO
The Gresham Garage
for ¿»11 A uto Supplies and Repairs
P hone 174
P o w e ll St.
G re sh a m , O re g o n
T he e n te r ta in m e n t of M rs Geo,
F H o p k in s' S u n d ay school class at
th e ’ hom e of W a lte r M etzger,
lias
been p o stp o n ed from W ednesday af
tern o o n to F rid a y a fte rn o o n , Sep
tem b er 13th.
M r an d Mrs H arvey Belieu of
T ro u td a le sp e n t F rid a y night with
Mrs B elieii's p a re n ts, Mr. and Mrs
F o ste r C ooley, b efo re th e ir d e p a rt
u re for P en d leto n w here they ex
p ect to spend th e w in ter
A
V
G RESH AM LOD GE, No
A. F
A- A. M.
152,
S tated com
Mrs. W. E Dabney has gone to m u n icatio n s af 8 p. m every second
nd fo u rth T uesday. All
M aster
Hood R iv er fo r a sh o rt visit. She
M asons co rd ially Invited.
II i ’l l
will re tu rn to G resh am for a few
E R , S ecretary .
days, th en go to N ew port
for
T u esd ay , Sept. 10. w ork
In th e
ex ten d ed visit
E. A. and M. M. degree».
G e t o n e at
Aylsworth’s
N ext to
Postoffice
u n c le r
I he Congdon
N ew M anagem ent
Mrs. W in n ie W halen, Prop.
MEAI.N
A m erican o r E urw |iean p lan . S h o rt o r d e r nt any tim e.
S pecial C h ick en D in n er S u n d ay , 5 0 re n ta .
I tila H o stelry la n e w , n n a lc rn , u p -to -d a te , s a n ita ry an d
fu s t- iln s s In ev ery reapaa-t. No b e tte r p lace to atop a n y
w h ere in O reg o n .
Gresham Cash Market
BUY Y O U R
SMOKED MEAT
Where you can get it the Cheapest
Bacon
-
-
/ -
1 7 c per lb.
Picnic H am s
1 4 C p e t lb.
Cottage H am s
1 5¿ per lb.
Regular 1 lam s
-
¿
1 7 « per lb.
AH F a n c y S u g a r C u r e d
FIRST STATE BANK
At G resh am in th e S ta te of O regon
4 th , 1912:
a t th e close of b u sin ess. Sept
Iteaourrva
l.iald litie»
d i s c o u n t s . . . . 99,846 82
secu red an d u n
C ap ital sto ck paid i n . . }
............................
2.3 S u rp lu s fund ..................
w a rra n ts . . . .
7,896.00 I ndivlded p ro fits , less ex
o th e r se-
penses and tax es paid
• i l l !• I . S .........................................
1 i ;, i m i
P o stal S avings B ank
B an k in g ho u se ................. 19,550.00
d e p o s its .......................
F u r n itu r e an d fix tu re s . .
5,824 23 In d iv id u a l d e p o sits su b je c t
D ue from b a n k s (n o t re
to check .......................
serve b a n k s) .............
1,361.66
D em and c e rtific a te s of de
Due froth a p p ro v ed reserv e
p o sits ..............................
'h a n k s ............................
20,323 94
C hecks an d o th e r cash
T im e c e rtific a te s of d e
Item s .............................. *
40 88
posit ..............................
C ash on t« u d .................. ’ 8,829 68 Saving» d ep o sits .............
L oans an d
O v e rd ra fts,
secu red
B onds and
S to ck s am t
•
30,000.00
9,100.00
1,524 32
1,347.49
8 7 .8 4 6 .0 9
7,752.34
14,340.92
11.924.36
T o t a l ............................ $ 1 6 3 ,835 52
T o tal ............................$163.835 52
S ta te of O reg o n . C o unty of M u ltn o m ah , »a
I, i J L u n d q u ist, c a s h ie r of th e above nam ed h a n k , do solem nly
sw e a r th a t th e above s ta te m e n t Is tr u e to th e best of m j k n ow ledge
a n d belief.
C J L IN D Q V IS T . C a sh ie r
S u b scrib ed an d sw o rn to b efo re me th is 7th day of
S ep tem b er
1912.
LAt RA V BL’L K E L E Y , N o tary P ublic.
C o rrect A tte st
A M eyers.
T heo
B ru g g e r, C. J ,
L u n d q u ist,
D i
re c to rs .
IN THE BRICK
This week the Price of the
ictor Laurel Range
in our window is $ 5 1
Perfect Bakers
:
:
L o ts o f S a tis fie d Users.
S a v e F u el
See th e ra nge
W A T C H T H E P R IC E
Sterling & Kidder’s
H ard w are Store
In
tlie
G resh am
in v e s tm e n t C o m p an y 's New B uilding.
G R E S H A M , OREGON
Jewelry
Watches
tj Rings in m any new and ex
quisite designs. <JJ\Jeck chains
at a wide range of prices.
W a tc h e s ’ fo r L a d ie s a n d G e n tle m e n in G o ld a n d S ilv e r.
<. I R e p a ir all J e w e lry , C lo c k s a n d W a tc h e s w ith th e u tm o s t s kill.
tJ S to n e s re s e t a n d o ld le w e lry f e m o d le d .
W. R. BURKE
GRESHAM,
Phone 651
Watch the Dog
in oiii - window , it m ay m enu so mi th in g to you. H a re you
seen
Idin'.’ II.' Is loaded w itli co in -!
Hi- w ill lie given aw ay ju s t ns he
Is S a tu rd a y m o rn in g , Kepi. 2 1 st. T h e hoy o r g irl w ho bu y s th e la ig -
•M
..........nt
o f SCHOOL S U P P L IE S nt o u r sto re g els (lie «log.
D a lis ,
la-ginning W eilm-silay I I , am i la s tin g th ro u g h
th e
first
w eek o f school.
O ur L ine o f S C H O O L
S U P P L I E S is C om p lete
T u h lcts, in k , pencils, ru le rs. P r a n g 's W a te r ('«dors, etc., etc.
V I 111 M l’ P E N C IL w ill he give aw ay w ith every p u rc h a s e of seln sd
Itoy* <in<l ixiil’s
I him *. 2 f.»r 2.">r.
M ill’s an d hoy»* T ie»
-
\ l>tfC lin e o f 4 nnriy com ing.
5c 10c
15c 25c
U Indi-
R E P O R T O F T H E CONDITION O F
Umbrella
Isn’t a b ad article for this k in d of w eather.
School Books
Gresham Drug Co.
$ 3 2 5 to $ 5 ° °
Shoes
Bert Lindsey
P la n s a re well alo n g to p la n t a
arg e Polish colony in O regon. T he
olish society of P h ila d e lp h ia
is
seeking from 1,000 to 10,000 acres!
of good land in a body su ited
for I
his p u rp o se an d hopes
to
brin g
a b o u t 250 P olisii fam ilies h e re w ith
in th e com ing y e a r
T he society is
n co rresp o n d en ce w ith O regon peo
ple w ith a view to se c u rin g such a
ract.
Now is th e tim e to fit th e Boys out w ith
a N ew K n ic k e r b o c k e r S u it for school.
O u r suits are in a n d prices range from
A ll w ho b u y before school o p en s will be
given a nice P o c k e t-k n ife F R E E !
Our Boys’ Department
c o tta g e p ra y e r m eetin g
at
Gugl
(.a rso n 's on R o b erts avenue. Edw in
W. H ight, p asto r.
Dear old golden rule day»,’ are at hand.
-
T H E Y W EAK W E LL .
. >
.
.
. J JJ q
BIDDLE’S NOVELTY SHOP
\<>ithue«»t i» Intcix ■»!« d
Land Product«« Show ,
in
5c 10c
15c 25c
D aily and S um lay O reg o n ian an d
T w ice-a-w eek O u tlo o k , special com
b in a tio n , 1 y e a r, $7.75.
(R e g u la r
A ssu ran ces of co -o p eratio n
a re p rice fo r D aily and S u n d ay O reg o n
ia n , $ 8 .0 0 .)
being received by th e m a n ag e m en t
of th e P acific N o rth w est L aud P ro
S ch o o l R e p o rt C ard s.
T he O u tlo o k has on h an d p rin te d
d u c ts show from all sectio n s of th e
school re p o rt ca rd s w ith en v elo p e s
n o rth coast co u n try .
A le tte r has T hey a re a n e a t c a rd , p rin te d
on
and
Just com e from Id ah o p ro m isin g th a t fin est b risto l, very co m p lete
serv iceab le. S en t p ro m p tly by m ail
P ric e s, 2 54c each , co m p lete.
O ver
lo ti, 2c each . P o sta g e a d d itio n a l,
an ex h ib it.
5c fo r e ach 25.
T w enty-tw o d iffe re n t d is tric ts In
th e N o rth w est s ta te s a re ready
to
A d a iry record sh o u ld be k ep t of
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