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G resham O utlook “Ever at Your Service’ Phone 701 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - —_ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ ' -- rLK ILA L0E ™ i ™ S2 u EvT " H E LAWMAKERS CITYTREASURER S POTATO SALES VISITORS HERE PLAY TAG GAME WORTH MORE IN ACTIVE WORK ANNUAL REPORT DISAPPOINTING VOL 2. NO. 93 GRESHAM. MULTNOMAH COUNTY. OREGON. FRIDAY. JANUARY 17. 1913 Y esterd ay w as ta g day in Interest Increasing and Business am . E verybody p lay ed ta g — Growing as a Result all th e g ro w n -u p s an d som e of Sales Days. I ch ild re n . It w — as -------------- a one-sided -- G resh $1.50 PER YEAR S tock In o u r local telep h o n e com T he co m p lete re p o rt of J. H An o rd in ace to p ro te c t th e peo p an y is now e stim a te d to be w o rth ple of G resham an d p rev en t possi M etzger, city tr e a s u re r , fo r the No Market for Them this Year of the j 7 5 a gbare based on th e n u m b e r of and Loss will be Heavy show s in d e ta il the ble d iseases w as passed at th e y e a r 1912 a ffa ir, I th o u g h , becau se th e re w as no ch an g - sh a re s ‘»sued an d th e v a lu a tio n of council m eeting lust T uesday ev en rev en u es Shipments Unfavorable. and e x p e n d itu re s o f the p o rtio n con S ales day cam e an d w ent ag a in in g sides an d ev ery p erson w ith ,b e P ro p erty . T he com pany ts n e a r ing. It is aim ed a t th e h ab it of city , especially th a t nected w ith th e w u ter system . The y e ste rd a y an d th e re w as no ap p reci- th e p ric e ” was a victim u n less he L out of debt a l>d sh o u ld lie in a th ro w in g L ast refu se and g a rb a g e of y e a r s p o ta to crop svouis ab le lack of in te re st on th e p a rt of ° r 8he wa8 taR p ro o f p o sitio n b efo re a n o th e r y ear to pay m any kin d s in th e s tre e ts an d pro p la n t is ow ned by th e city b u t wu- te r is b o u g h t from th e city o* P o rt- t “ to‘l ' ° b**com e a »»rious so u rce of Ih„ „ „ K1, . .. . .u , , T he "'O m a n 's H o m e M issionary d iv id en d s— b u t w ill it? The pres- vides a p en alty fo r an y in fra c tio n . tb e public, except th a t th e in clem en t goele, y ,n a d e up t h e |r ( en t (.o n rta c t w i(h „ u , (>a(,ifi(. Te)e la n d an d ta k e n from th e Bull ltu n w u rry In stead of w ealth. T hose w ho The o rd in an ce is p u b lish ed in full m ain s at a cost of $750 p e r year, ow n th e m d o n 't know w h at to do w e a th e r u n d o u b te d ly k ep t som e peo- day s ag o to find o u t how th e g am e P,lone com pany fo r long d istan ce elsew here and sh o u ld be carefully- p ie aw ay. It w as n o ticeab le th a t ■ is p lay ed now -a-days. W hen th ey servi<,e w ill ex p ire next May, and read by everyone, as it m ean s co n O th e r expenses, In cluding in te re st w ith th e m , n o r is It likely th a t they th e la rg g e st crow d s w ere h ere In *’e re little ta d s th ey used to ch ase w ith o u t th a t serv ice th e hom e com- sid erab le to th e h e a lth of th e w hole on th e bohds and su p e rv isio n ,b rin g s w ill g et m ore th a u eu o u g h out of th e cost up ju s t a little above th e th e ir h o ld in g s to m ak e even on the th e fo renoon, p ro b ab ly for th e rea- each o ,b e r a ro u ,ld ' b© school y ard p any w ould l«se h a lf its v alu e to city, n u m b er of sub- cost of p ro d u c in g them . son th a t th e people w ere an x io u s to to * * w hlch o,le waB Y‘‘8' m 8ny ° f 1,8 au bM rlb« r8 b" ' 'h e cost The offices of city m a rsh a l, stre e t rev e n u e b u t th e su b sc rib e rs is gro w in g and th e p lan t S. E. T oeplem au. who has been te rd a y th e m em b ers of th e society of o p e ra tin g it w ould be no less get hom e e a rly , fe a rin g a sto rm . co m m issio n er an d w a te r s u p e rin te n w ill soon begin to yield a rev en u e an ex ten siv e p o ta to b u y er h e re fo r and a big so u rce of rev en u e, suffic w ere all " I t " ' a n d th e re w as no dent w ere co n so lid ated to th e ex- ! A ll ol th e o rig in a l m em b ers of g re a te r th a n th e cost. F o llo w in g is th e p a s t six y e a rs, w ent back to " e co m b in a tio n , except tw o, a re refu g e fo r th e u n lu c k y p erson w ho ien t to pay n early all tb e s a la rie s of th e re p o rt ln fu ll: S an F ra n c isc o tw o w eeks ago a fte r th e o p e ra to rs, w ould be lost. O nr got in th e ir way. T hey w ere not vested w ith th e d u tie s of th e o th e r ju s t as e n th u s ia s tic o v er th e re s u lts u b o u t <1000 of th e p la n as th ey w ere a t first. q u ite as bold as th e men w ould be com pany is now g e ttin g 50 p er cent tw o p o sitio n s at a flat sa la rv of <75 i T re a s u r e r's a n n u a l re p o rt of th e c o n tra c tin g fo r only a " to lls to P o rtla n d , an d 15 per a m onth. H e w ill d ev o te his w hole I I gen®” * fu n d s for th e city o f G resh- w o rth , b a s t y e a r ho reuiuiued h ere T hey Ray th a t th e ad v ertise d spec u n d e r sim ila r circ u m sta n c e s, but " '»vix am uni , O 11 ccioMu * i... ........ 1 n , . regon, fo r th e y e a r 1912. u n til la te in th e sp rin g a n d bought ia ls not only b rin g cro w d s o f people they w ere p e rs u a siv e an d n early ev- cent o f e v e ry th in g b eyond th a t city tim e to th e w ork u n d e r th e direc- I R E C E IP T S . ery b o d y " f e ll" fo r a d im e at th e 0,1 ,O"K d is ta n c e calls T he P acific e v e ry th in g In sig h t, sp en d in g <100,- tion of th e council. T h ere a re now i to G resham on T h u rsd a y s, but th a t how ever, g e ts e v e ry th in g com ing to IS l w a te r co n su m e rs to look a fte r, C ash on h a n d , J a n . 1 st. <1,022.71 "t>b -T he d ifferen ce m e a n , th a t th e p ric e s fo r cash a p p eals to them first o n sla u g h t. F ro m co u n ty tr e a s u r e r . . . 1,553.67 E a ste rn M ultnom ah is ju s t th a t Som e of th e w om en w ere a little G resh am fo r w hich it m a in ta in s th e an d new a tta c h m e n ts a re to be and they b rin g m oney h ere w hich Is S aloon license .................... „¡J m u ch w orse o ff now th a n It w as a m ade freq u en tly . The stre e t w ork B illiard ta b le licen se. . . , sp e n t lo r goods th a t in m any cases bit tim id w hen th e a tta c k b egan and sw itch b o ard . T h e re Is scarcely 24.00 > eur a g o - w ould o th e rw ise be " c h a rg e d u p .” th ey w ould w alk past a bunch of do u b t but w hat th e c o n tra c t will tie is im p o rta n t an d m ust be kept up, P e d d le r's lic e n s e ................. they ren ew ed , b u t it m ay not. 15.00 Som e g ro w ers have as m uch us •o th a t th e new ly com bined offices P ic tu re show lic e n s e .......... T h e m e rc h a n ts reaso n th a t sev eral men an d th en stop. F in a lly D ancing school licen se. . . In sev eral In stan ces la tely th e will keep th e Incu m b en t busy. 2.00 6000 b u sh els on h a n d , and m any a re h u n d re d d o lla rs in cash is b e tte r w ould go back an d o ffe r a ta g and B oxing license .................... th e P acific 1,653^40 ‘w d ‘“ K p o ta to e s to th e ir stock. th a n too m any c re d its w hich o th e r- n ft*W sa ,e s m ad e th em bolder. sa le of ru r a l lin es to A re so lu tio n to ta c k le " C u le y " i G resh am w a te r fu n d s . . . h as been ch ro n icled , b u t th e re a Street a g a in w as ad o p ted . T h is is F in e s ...................................... T h en th e ir c o u ra g e m o u n ted to the 32 90 1,1086 w bo hav e eu o u g h sto ck to w ise could n o t be refu sed . T h en , d eg ree a n d th ey allow ed sons w ere not g iven. H as th a t th e th ird tim e, and th e r e is said to M arshal im p o u n d in g and c a t up th e ir p o ta to e s co n sid er thetu- too, all o th e r lines of b u sin ess a re to pm ost J ? 2? "° sto re s I co m p an y squeezed th em too h ard be luck in o;id n u m b e r , as w ell a . a I A . X m e n t ’ ™ "new ' ¿ m t ? th e b en efited m ore o r less, sev eral of n one to escap e. In to every- n n d cu t o ff p riv ileg es, o r have the th ey w ent an d ju s t tag g ed charm in th*» t h i r d ' a cuoeun,,,,,» ___u ittu r u u loss. hom e a re trvinfr tn m a te ria l loss. Som e a re try in g to ch arm in th e th ird a tte m p t. The A ssessm ent of g ra v e lin g w hich last m o n th c o n trib u te d to th e 6.60 8e" now but tbt> price is so low Hood a v en u e .................... have only m e rc h a n ts ’ fu n d to pay for the ad - ° ne ,n s ig h ', each v ictim im b u in g ru r a l lin es failed to pay ? No o th e r tw o p rev io u s fa ild re s fixed whet tied th e a p p e tite s th em w ith m ore co u ra g e to ta ck le lin e In th e s ta te is so well I hat no one w ill buy. T hose w ho v e rtisin ^ . of th e city- A ssessm ent of sidew alk b u ilt by th e city ....................... as o u rs, n o r as w ell b u il t; ' b u t we th e next one. 60.00 | a re b o ld in g over th e ir crops ex p ect fa th e rs fo r a good fe a st of s tre e t It w as observed th a t people from Dog t a x ................................ P re tty soon it w as seen th a t a re iso lated if we fail to get long o pening and ev ery p re c a u tio n is be E. T. Jo n e s At Co., prem ium io get a fa ir pA ce in th re q m o n th s, a long d is ta n c e cam e h ere to tra d e we in g ta k e n to do I f rig h t th is tim e. 1.80 b u t 'h e r e Is sm all hope, and If th e on In su ra n c e city b a l l , . , je s te rd a y . It w as th e sam e on ev th e re w as a p a n ic am o n g som e of d is ta n c e co n n ectio n s, a lth o u g h L a u ra V B u lk d e y ............... 400.00 p rices a re b e tte r tb e sh rin k a g e will ery p rev io u s T h u rsd a y . V isito rs th e m en. A few w ho had a lone believe th e re is a law th a t com pels E m m a K J o h n s o n .................. 300.00 red u ce th e p ro fits so th a t th e re S en d a L is t o f \u in < s , w ere seen h ere from C o ttre ll, B oring d im e to buy a c ig a r w ith w ere seen m u tu a l ex ch an g e. O u r co m p an y may • h av e to d rv ie a h a rd b arg ain next Bull R un, Pow ell V alley, T ro u td a le tO E° a ro u n d a d is ta n t c o rn e r in a " m a i n hut th e h are re tu rn of T he "O reg o n A lm a n a c ," p u b lish ed Geo. A L e slie ........................... 1500 00 a c d even from beyond S andy. T hey ,iu r r y ' Son!e had b u sin ess in th e tim e, o r m ay b e th e P acific is not by th e P o rtla n d C h a m b e r of C om ______ 1__ ,b e t'MPenses of p ro d u c in g th e crops. cam e to get b a rg a in s an d fo u n d o th e r tow n8' an d 80n,e w ho h e a rd of read y to p u t th e sq u eezers on Just m erce w ith s t a te a id , h as been re <8189.26 T he cause of th e g re a t slu m p in th em , not only in th e lo n g list of th e . w a rfa re ' w h i'e X«t a t hom e sen t yet. W e all know w h at m onopolies ceived. It c o n ta in s u vast fu n d of p o ta to e s Is ex p lain ed by th e big W A RR A N TS PA ID. j y ield s in C a lifo rn ia , Idaho, W ash a d v e rtise d specials but in th e ,b e ir c h ild rcn dow n to th e b ak ery w ill d o if th e y g et th e rh a n c e , so It In fo rm atio n ln a con d en sed form . G resham w a te r w o r k s .. < 1 050.0( in g to n , C olorado and Texas. C ali c le a ra n c e sale goods th a t sev eral of a n d ° th< r p laccs fo r n ecessary sup- is w ell to be w ary In d ealin g w ith E v e ry th in g h as been boiled dow n to P o rtla n d w a te r b o a r d .. 803.20 th e sto re s a re now d isp o sin g o f p re- p lle8' Yet ,h e w om en k ep ‘ p lay in g I them fo rn ia has alw ays, h e re to fo re , been exact d im en sio n s, yet th e re a re fea- A. O. Long fo r hoBe and c a r t s ................. p a ra to ry to receivin g fresh su p p lies ' h° g an le fo r a ” if w a* w o rth an d ! , 1069.00 a good m a rk e t for O regon p o tato es, ures th a t convey m ore precise facts P o rtla n d Ry L ti P. Co G resham m e rc h a n ts have fo u n d ,llade 8 reco rd tb a t wlH p u t th<,ni I lD “ ' th ° c h a t,o r a b o ,,t '*'« P a “ *- but. th e yield Is so g re a t ln th a t th a n a w hole pag e of new spaper fre ig h t bills ...................... 107.62 s la te th a t m any fields th e re a re not tb a t co -o p erativ e a d v e rtisin g pay s ln th e cha,11Pion class at th e next | C an al to lls, th e s e fa c ts sta n d o u t : s to rh s . G resham Is hon o red w ith P o rtla n d Ry L * p. Co F ro m th e n ew sp ap er sta n d p o in t th e r e ro u n d -u p ' Y® g ° ' P° Wer ‘° d ' g ' ”C Canal ° n,y 299 1 3 . d u g yet. It ts th e sam e way h ere, only tw o inches, w hen ten tim es a s I lig h tin g s t r e e t s ................. is scarcely any d iffe re n c e e x c e p t! 11 w o u ,d n ’t be rig h t to m ention th ro u g h a tre a ty in wh I-h we ag reed B u ild in g sid ew alk s ............ 153.50 but dow n th e re they can dig all w in ch w as sen t, but th a t tw o inches I E. T Jo n e s b u ild in g city th a t th e in flu x of v isito rs so m etim es ,h a t ,h e re w ere a few wll° "»fused t0 c e rta in co n d itio n s. te r an d do not have to p it th e ir po tells th e w hole sto ry . So it is w ith h all ............................ 2 3 1 0 #7 b rin g s a little b u sin ess to it on th e ' tO bo ,a g g ed bl" 'h e n 8onl« of th e ' T h e o th e r p a r,y to ,h<’ tre a ty pro- ta to e s to save th em . Cost of h a n d every o th e r p lace m entioned. L ab o r bills .................... 912.68 fcgecial d ay and gives it th e op p o r- Dlon nevor w<‘re good a t th e p an ,e tO8,s th a t ° Ur new to11 Iaw doc8 not lin g is less b u t th e season Is e a rll- A list of n a m e s , se n t to C. C. L ew is C. K elsey, e n g in e e r tu n ity to h e a r o r learn of a few oven w ben th ey w ere y o u n g - T hey h a rm o n iz e w ith th o se co n d itio n s, by w a te r pipe .................... 248 96 C hapm an w ill receive a tte n tio n at L u m b e r b i l l s ...................... 44.74 tliere will be ex h a u ste d before o u rs s tra g g lin g new s Item s. All th e m er- ' a r ° ,h o k in d ,h a t U8ed ,o ca,ch O tes w hich we a re pled g ed to stan d once, as a larg e ed itio n h as been D rain t i l e s .......... 120.20 a re disposed of, w hich will give us T h e re fo re th e o th e r p a rty ask s c h a n ts w ere In d iv id u als a d v e rtis e rs an d pUl* ,h o lr w ings o ff' o r p u t b en t published and th e book is In ten d ed S tre e t s i g n s ........................... 28 3R before, b u t they have ch an g ed th e ir P ’nS in tb e ,each<>r'8 c b a ir - o r 8W<Pe th a t th e m a tte r be a rb itra te d but 75.52 . a m a rk e t fo r a few weeks. for d is trib u tio n w here it w ill a t G resham O utlook . L ib ra ry ............. m eth o d s in m ost in sta n c e s an d a re ' goodie8 o u t of ,h e lu n cb b a sk e ts It seem s th a t we a re g e ttin g ready tr a c t new s e ttle rs to O regon. It Is e stim a te d th a t P o rtla n d uses 6 0 .0 0 A tto rn ey fees .................. 100 00 35 carloads a w eek, b u t th e re a re p a y in g p ra c tic a lly th e sam e a m o u n ts T h° WOn,en Who w ere " , t " y e8 ,er- to say, " T h e re Is n o th in g to arbl- B lack sm lth in g 18.00 m ore th a n 100» c a rlo a d s of su rp lu s fo r a d v e rtisin g space as before If d “ y d id n ’‘ «‘xp* ct ,h<“m ,o play th e tr a t e .” "M ore b u ild in g p e rm its w ere Is- H a r d w n r e ................. 78.39 a n y th in g it is som ew hat lses th a n . gam<?' an y w ay an d 80 'h e y w ere n o t 56.50 potatoes rig h t here. P o rtla n d com sue<4 ln P o rtla n d in th e past y ear O rrin S tan ley , su rv ey in g . C ath o llc services Mass every fo rm e rly , so th a t th e p lan is prov- d isap p o in ted N or did th ey have m ission m en re fu se to buy except to B ak er Ai B aker, a rc h ite c ts. S u n d ay nt 1 0 :3 0 in C o m m ercial h all, th a n in an y p rev io u s yenr, but th e and plan fo r city b a l l . . 1 60 70 flill o rd e rs an d It is said th a t th ey ¡ng to be an econom ical m ethod of ' any re g re ts w hen th e day en d ed fo r G resh am , u n til ch u rc h is b u ilt a g g re g a te cost w as less th a n In Af- In s u ra n c e on city h a l l .......... 84 60 h a v e n ’t m ade en o u g h th is w in te r Io p u b licity a s well as an effe c tiv e one. th ey sold all th e ir tag s. t« r m u s . - . i n s ! l i n t ion fm- il:). c h ild ren 1911 o r 1 9 1 0 .” C o n tin u ed on page 4. puy office re n t. A few fa rm e rs Did you n otice those "Sales Day a re p e d d lin g p o ta to e s ln th e city S to re ” c a rd s in m an y of th e w in hut th e p rices a rc so low th a t th e re dow s y este rd a y ? T hose card s. in Is scarcely w ages ln a d a y 's sales. type la rg e en o u g h to be re a d acro ss D ue fa rm e r from th e B ase L ine t h e s tre e t, a re to be seen only ln _____________________________ » « rillin g Story o f a L ittle M o u s e an d Disasters R e s u ltin g Therefrom. b ro u g h t his load hom e ag ain r a th e r th e w indow s of th o se w ho a re in th a n to ta k e 30 cen ts a h u n d red for th e asso ciatio n . They w ere d is e of th e p eo p le w ho read t h e 1 "Y es th e re is, is. you old th em . played y e sterd ay fo r th e firs t tim e. O u Som . gaZ" „ ----- ‘g „ ------------, „ t an(1 g(le wag tlo o k a re c u rio u s to know how we D on’t you see i t f ' T h e r e - CUr*OU8ly UP *“ hiB ,eO' BJ1U 8" d u d u ° w Wn' a n d a d- e c la la re r‘-‘ 8b* A lto g e th e r th e o u tlo o k is very d is W atch th e O u tlo o k fo r new spec w hich » e r e try in g to serai«; a plct-1 b leeding to d e a th ; and th e n h er g et so m uch new s tw ice n w eek ' w here— anyw here-—e v e ry w h e re __ I c o u ra g in g nnd th e h a rd s h ip Is being ia ls in T u e sd a y 's issue. u re of W oodrow W ilson o ff th e w all, b ro th e r, a ttra c te d by th e nolBe, cam e Som e o f th em th in k w e're aw fu l i d o n 't know w h ere! W hy d o n ’t you felt of fa llin g to realize m oney on a As soon as he got on his legs a g a in tu s h in g in Ju st ln tim e to be h it s m a rt; o th e r s th in k we p ay Im- kill It? " D o a tli o f G eo . W . ( 'banilM -i la in . h e re to fo re n tundard com m odity. T he T h a( w be m ade a n o th e r b o lt fo r tb e m ouse. *n 'h e m o u th by a loaf of b read to eorge e h W. m ett b erlain at m en sc a " su m tb s ^ ' to c e rta in ’ b people h is G hom e a r C C h o a rb last T died uesday ile o th e rs very fo n d T m i c e ^ L ik e 'm y ^ ow n X T L n S t d ’m V r ^ f ,° Or' f‘U" 8 i r “ ” " C“ 1,y 180880 H u' d a iry in d u s try Is k eep in g th e co u n - , ■ , . . ' ry going and o th e r farm o ro d u ets th e a n im a l d a rte d th ro u g h th e open h rin „ „ i i , u n - e . o? v ’ ° n<> ,t,.,„ sn d w as burled a t M ou n tain View ' look w ise an d say we ju s t m ak e wife, she w ould r a th e r h av e a h ............... ....... b rin g KOOd Pfl«'«'«. but K astren M ult next th in g s up. fo r new s really c -n t d red d o lla rs a b o u t th e h o u se any T h e " “ “ 8 n d - k *Ck° d ,h ° ta b l° ' d o o r an d escaped in to th e c e m e tery y esterd ay . He w as -85 nom ah will lose fu lly <100,000 th is he ju s t g ra b b ed h im self up room . We all follow ed It p ell-m ell y e a rs e f ag e an d leaves an a g e d l'a I,P«n In G resh w in te r oil its p o ta to crop alone. tim e to tem p t b u rg la rs th a n a 1 a n j c arried h im self a ro u n d th e an d th e little q u a d ru p e d took re fu g c So, to set all m in d s a t rest an d «mouse; an d tb e sig h t of o n e will widow and fo u r d a u g h te rs , Mrs W .. . , , J roonl on o ne f° o t, h o w lin g lik e a ln th e clo th es press. T he w om an, c le a r th e atm o sp h e re of an y Im pu < H -n ii» n <1u«NeM E n t e r t a in . M. R o d g ers, of C o rb e tt, Mrs. E. D m ak e to e very h a irp in s d ro p o u t of p ra rle w o„ caU1 fo f a r n , w ho by th is tim e bad got a little C h a m b e rla in , of C o rb e tt; Mrs Jo h n ta tio n th a t th e re a d e rs of th e O ut- th e h a ir o f a lm o st an y w om an. T he G erm an classes in th e G resh an<1 c o r„ gaIve T h t,n w<> c o u rag e, seized th e fire shovel an d S m ith , of .M ontavilla; Mrs. L llfo rd 100,1 m ay bave h a rb o re d a g a in st th e am high school have decided to M adam , said he m an w ith aw - th e w om a„ gcrt.am In g a g a ln : cried o u t: L aw ren ce; living ln N ash v ille, T en- a n c *e n t a r t of n e w sg a th e rin g 1 have ful calm n ess, m eet on each m o n th fo r a social tell m e w h ere th a t , , Don t let It g et aw ay, you fool; "Y ou open th e d o o r and I ’ll k ill a t w hich tim e th e G erm an la n g u a g e nessee. Mr. C h am b erlain and w ife d ecided to give th e w hole sn ap aw ay little ro d e n t is o r fo rev er h o ld y o u r get so m eth in g and kill I t! " him as he com es o u t ! ” is to Im used exclusively L ast h ad been m a rrie d 60 y ears, w as an , l '8 a se<’r<‘1 no lo n g e r an d I w ould p eace.” We p la n te d o u rselv es in p o sitio n , r i g h t a p a rty of 1», In clu d in g th e He w as d e sp e ra te th en old re sid e n t of M ultn o m ah co u n ty , lx> ^U8' tick led to d e a th to have a and " I t 's in th e c u p b o a rd ,” sh e g asp gave th e te a c h e r Mrs. W oodward m et at ac tiv e and in flu e n tia l T he su rv iv - few " to re h a p p e n in g s lik e th is one. ed, " I saw it ru n u n d e r th e d o o r.” sn atch ed th e firs t th in g th a t he an d w hen th e w om an w ord th e m an th re w open th e c lo th es th e hom e of Miss N ellie F a ris and Ing re la tiv e s d e rire to ex p ress th e ir W hile ta k in g m y u su al stro ll th e H e w alk ed u p to th e cu p b o a rd could lay h is hand on, w hich h a p p re s s door. He saw th e m ouse In sp e n t a m ost e n jo y a b le . veiling All ap p re c ia tio n of th e m any k in d n ess- o th e r d ay 1 w alked u p M ain stre e t w ith th e tr e a d o f a g la d ia to r and pened to be his boy's baseb all b at, an In s ta n t; It had clim bed on a In tro d u c tio n s, co n v ersatio n nnd es show n th em in th e ir b ereav em en t. ,o vlew tbfc‘ * 'o rk s o f a r t an d na- opened It; bu t b efo re be could get and he m ade one m u rd e ro u s sw eep, sh e lf a n d w a . s lu in g th e re Just on a g am es w ere In G erm an , an d fines i tu re , an d in p assin g a house- I h eard his ey es in ra n g e to look fo r th e b u t in stead of k illin g th e m ouse he eV-%t,W ,b b i* *y° 8' w ere Im posed fo r lapses in to th e Ih -tter F ru it Mrx-ting. a d is tin c t co m m o tio n th a t b ro u g h t jn o u s e It ju m p e d o u t an d ra n rig h t upset th e c h a ir on w hich his w ife T h e re It I . Im baw led "lilt E n g lish A brief program was ren- A tte n tio n is ag ain called to th e " p tn em o rles of C h in ese New Y ear o v er his foot. H e gave an aw fu l wag „ a lld , ng wHh ^ re s u lt th a t p„ ,M.r by " b e t te r f r u it" m eetin g to be held aI,d D o n n ybrook fa ir com bined. W ith k ick a tre m e n d o u s, h e a rt-re n d in g sh e , u rn ed a very g ra r e fu l g„ ni(.r . lt q u ic k ; I t . going to ju m p o v e r o u r d ered , c o n s b .ln g of , *' J o h n H oney, a song by Miss Lois l< r e in th e g ra n g e h all next T ues- ,b e n a tu r a l c u rio sity of a new s- k ick and his foot w ent clean up to gauit over a g ain st th e p a n try door . ° U“ * r a n ° ,hOr B,' e ’ " nd a - ■‘o ry by «'ood- day It Is fo r th e p u rp o se o f In- Ka , h e re r I sn eak ed a ro u n d to an th e to p of th e cu p b o ard an d his She scream ed fo r help and d e cla red L uncheon w as served and itr u u c tln g th e people how to ta k e ° P en w indow ju s t in tim e to h e a r a head s tru c k th e flo o r so h a rd th a t f th« m ouse w as e a tin g h e r up and .y lla b le th e end of th e e a r th s tru c k w ard h im , a billion s ta rs danced b efo re th e p a rty disp ersed at 10 30 care of th e ir trees, fig h t tre e dis- K r *am lik e th e w h istle of a locom o- he saw ail th e p la n e ts an d s ta rs refused to lie co m fo rte d till he had h is e y e s; an d as he slow ly g a th e r eases a n d insect pests, and c u ltiv a te t,v e on tb e M ount Hood lin e and th a t w ere ev er In v en ted H e picked placed h er th< c b a lr a g a ,„ T)„ .n ed hliniH-lf up o u t of th e c o rn e r we Malice, an d c a re fo r fr u it b e a rin g tre e s w as In tim e to see th e m an of h im self up an d looked w ildly a ro u n d , he d id n 't have b re a th en o u g h left began to reulize th a t th e w om an, In In th e C ounty C ourt o f th e S tate an d o th e r th in g s ln g e n e ra l. tb e h o u se d ro p a copy of th e O ut- fo r th e m ouse. (O him a b ru te , th o u g h she a im in g a blow a t th e m ouse, had of O reg o n , M u ltn o m ah C ounty, T he sp e a k e rs w ill be S ecretary I®»!1 a " d ru sh Into th e d in in g room . T h e re It Is! sh riek ed th e wont trie d u n til she w as black In th e face hit him In th e back of th e head In th e m a tte r of th e E sta te of W illiam so n , o f th e s ta te board of ' ,y cu rio sity g rew a b o u t seventeen a n ; “ th e r e — th e re — q u ic k ! ” By th is tim e th e m an w as th o r o u g h w ith th e shovel. T hen we a ll set H en ry K ane, D eceased. h o rtic u ltu re ; In sp e c to r S ta n sb u ry tiro es la rg e r ju s t th e n an d 1 clim bed " W h e r e ? " th e m an ro a re d . ly ex cited , but he knew th a t he m ust up such a yell th a t In five m in u te s N otice Is hereby given th a t C la ra nnd D istric t C o m m issio n er Good- th ro u g h th e w indow lo o k in g in to "B e h in d th e ta b l e ! ” try a n o th e r kind of w eapon. He a b o u t th ir ty n e ig h b o rs bad com e K ane, ex e c u trix o f th e above en- rich. They w ill give p ra c tic a l deni- tb e d in in g room I saw a w om an H e sp ra n g to th e ta b le , seized saw so m eth in g on th e ta b le and in to see » h a t w as th e m a tte r, an d title d .-state has filed h er final o n s tra tio n s upon all fru it tre e sub- l a n d i n g on a c h a ir w ith h e r s k irts one e r d of It an d gave It a Jerk m ade a g ra b fo r It. It proved to In less th a n h a lf an h o u r all tb e acco u n t an d all o b jectio n s to th e Jects E very m an w ith a tre e on d ra w n tig h tly a ro u n d h er a n k les, th a t b ro u g h t It to th e m id d le of th e be a pie— a w arm b la c k U -rr, pie. m o u se tra p s an d c a ts an d dogs said fin a l acco u n t m u st lie filed h is p lace is in v ited to com e, listen a n d — room T h e m o u se sta m p e d e d , and but he d id n 't know it a t th e tim e in th e n eig h b o rh o o d w ere th e r e on o r b efo re th e 17th d ay of F e b ru - and ask q u estio n s T he m eetin g ‘‘I t's a m o u s e !" sh e scream ed as th e m an saw It ru n n in g a ro u n d H e th o u g h t he saw th e m ouse ru n to m a k . w ar on th a t little ary , 1913, w ith above e n title d co u rt. w ild ly w ill be a t 2 o'clock th e . room . be p lu n g ed a f te r It. H n ,n g up ,b e w aH a n d l>* h u rle d th e m ouse, an d th e re w as som one e ta lk o f D ated ihi« i s . a a» i _ " W h e r e ? " d em an d e d th e m an. trie d h l . b e ., to ste p on „ b u , only p ,e aI but a, .h a , m om ent b i, re n d in g fo r M arshal G u Z k ™ , and 19 3 ’ ■'“ n U S r,' F u ll lin e P ru n in g S h ears at S te rl " T h e re — h e re — n o - yes- I d o n 't succed ed in atep p ln g on a spool of d a u g h te r opened th e d o o r and | th e fire d e p a rtm e n t in g « K id d er's. The ni.ms* CLARA K A N E. E x c u tr l x know ! O h, fo r p ity 's sa k e k ill it! th re a d t h a t h is w ife b ad d ro p p ed In w alked in to th e room and . . . . -------------------- P*e WM k ille d , h o w ev e r, by a Hcotch te r F R E D L. K V ER 8O N , K ill I t ! ” h e r ex c ite m e n t. T he spool rolled .tr u c k h er f a ir In th e face and w as rte r an.» 1 left. A nd th a t Is o n e A tto rn e y fey E x ecutrix. Begin the new year w ith a sub " W h e re Is I t? ” he d em an d ed and b efo re he bad tim e to sh u t his m ashed all o v er her. She began to of tb e ways we »et a news Item scription to the Outlook. F irs t p u b licatio n J a n . 17, 1913 a g ain . “ T h e re 's no m ouse h e re .” eyes he was stan d in g on his should- j shriek and sp lu tter and Jump up , E. L. T H O R P E . L ast p u b lk a tlo n F eb 14, 1913. th a t is HOW NEWS ITEMS ARE DISCOVERED