TWICE A WEEK
VOL 3.
NO. 62
G resham O utlook
GRESHAM, MULTNOMAH COUNTY. OREGON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 3.
IN
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BORING-BUSINESS CENTER
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MALr ltN IU K Y
By E U G E N E L. T H O R P E .
B o rin g to d ay is n o t ju s t w h it it
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w as th e first
w as th e re
T h a t w as fo rty -fiv e y e a rs ago l.w
week
At th a t tim e th e w hole co u n
try wag a w ild ern ess of fo rest g ia n ts
w ith scarcely a se ttle m e n t fo r m iles
a ro u n d . A w in d in g ro ad from R ev-
T .,„
,
, .
Ui* ,OW“ ° f B oring ls 8i‘ u*
ated on ,h « Uno of th e O. W P
only five m iles from G resham , and
ab o u t 23 m iles from P o rtla n d . As
a com m ercial c e n te r it is th e m ost
im p o rta n t of all th e to w n s In e a s t
e rn C lack am as and second only to
G resh am in all th e c o u n try east of
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P h o n e 701
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*1.50 rER YEAR
>1.50 PER YEAR
EASTERN CLACKAMAS
OF
sm m X m " T S
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SHIPPING FACTS
IN NAME ONLY
1 9 ,3
“Ever al Your Service
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SHOE FACTORY
MODEL DAIRY WOULD SOUND GOOD
IN OPERATION
A n ew sp ap er re p o rte r n ever v isits
A visit to
B oring w ould be in-
B oring Is not In co rp o rated hut it
a n o th e r tow n w ith o u t a call a t -he co m plete w ith o u t a sh o rt side trip
B oring has one lone facto ry . It ig
ouglit
to he. It h as no city g o v ern
postoffice.
T h e p o sto n ic o a t B -r- to th e m odel d airy farm ow ned bv
on a
sm all scale, but Is d istin c t
ing was a re v elatio n . A b o u t a m onth R. L Sabin and co n d u cted by Jo h n m ent n o r does it seem to need one from a n y th in g else o u tsid e of the
ago when W m. A. M orand com pleted | M eyer
T h ere a re m any la rg e r dai- fo r It is a " d r y " tow n, and as such big cities. A. J . H erz A C o , have
I th ere Is seldom an y need fo r rnuni- a fu lly equipped shoe facto ty w ith
fi
is
h
an
d
som
e
co
n
crete-b
lo
ck
h
iii’ii-
la g hé located th e office in th e c o Ì - !
.. " nd 8O" ,<‘
th e n ‘ r a " k
blgb
i ctpal officers to con serv e th e law. m odern m ach in ery , an d a re doing a
n e r an d to d ay it is th e best eq u ip p ed ! ?? F o rt-n o m ah
but n one of them The reason why It o u g h t to be an good business in th e m a n u fa c tu re of
an d m ost
co n v en ie n t
fo u rth -c la ss 1 g ,le r
T he official certific a te s held In co rp o rated city is because It has lo g g ers' shoes w hich find ready sale
p o sto ffice in th e U nited S ta te s T hat hy M' S abin p lace him in the front a n a tu ra l born, ready m ade m ayor all over th e c o u n try
No fin e r goods
is say in g a g re a t d eal, b u t Mr. M o r - I an<l e n a b le hlm “ » get th e best Wm. A M orand is th e leading sp irit th an th e H erz brand can be found
th e bes in ev e ry th in g connected
w ith th e In any city on th e coast. They m ake
an d is th e a ss ista n t p o stm a ste r and prices for his m ilk from
P o rtla n d .
T he nam e tow n as fa r as he w ill allow th e peo sev eral g rad es In black and
has been in every first-c la ss office in people of
tan
"P o rt-n o m ah " Is re g iste re d
and it ple to use him and
they p re tty from im ported F rench
< S s ta te s except one, an d in all the
kip which
p rin c ip a l offices in th e s ta te of O re p ro te c ts him in his business to th e gen erally use him fo r e v ery th in g . they stdl at prices ru n n in g all the
gon. He knew w hat
w as re q u ire d e x ten t th a t he has the exclusive sale H is only official title is th a t o f a s w ay from »8.50 to »12 00 a p air, re
! and has a rra n g e m e n ts fo r every de- of all th e m ilk he can produce. At s ista n t p o stm a ste r, but when " B illy ’’ tail
T he capacity of th e p lan t Is
tall th a t could
be m ade use of in p resen t the d airy herd n u m b ers less isn t th e re th in g s seem to go w rong 110 p a irs a week w ith six men em
any sceond o r th ird class office a n y th a n 40 high g rad e cows. T he m ilk som ehow . B ut th en , every tow n, big ployed. They also m a n u fa c tu re h a r
w here. In all its a p p o in tm e n ts It is is b o ttled an d k ept in ice-cold ru n or little, needs a balan ce w heel and ness an d do a g en eral re p a ir b u si
se n t
to P o rtla n d B oring h as h ers
He is It In B oring ness fo r th e com m unity.
fa r ah ead of any th ird class postof- n in g w ater and
each ev en in g by a u to tru c k
The and th a t ls o n e of th e re aso n s why
! has a s ta n d a rd ro u te.
T he people
T he p o stm a ste r is M rs Amy L. b arns, sta lls an d all th e o th e r acres B oring is on th e m ap
Mrs. J E. P a tto n Is hom e again
! M orand. Besides h er h u sb an d , over series a re spick and span for' c lea n li th e re ta k e o ff th e ir h a ts to W m. A a fte r an absence of six w eeks In
E v e ry th in g Is sa n ita ry
from M orand, and bo do we a ll of us
on th e m O regon.
whom she h o ld s a u th o rity as h e r a s ness
It is a m odel dairy
B oring sehool d istric t com prises
sis ta n t she is th e su|>erlor officer ¡to p to bottom
"f J "
A. M orand
The dairy farm ) q u ite a larg e
W ant ads, h rin g quick
resu lts
te rrito ry
It
Joins
over th re e
ru ra l
le tte r
c a rriers. in every p a ritc u la r
n o r H wms - J . w . | p Mlts &
M(.e ,„ „ tile E M ahlislum
com
prises
160
acres
an d on it ls K elso an d O rien t an d th e U nion d is
They a re D avid W olf, No 1; Wm. I
e n u e 's w estw ard led th e tra v e le r be
grow n all th e feed fo r th e herd. Two tric t and has a m odern schoolhouse sem bly of th e U nited A rtisa n s 1
m iles west of
B oring
an 80-acre ju s t so u th of tow n w here th re e young th re e p rin c ip a l o fficers are. M aster
tw een th e tre e s and logs, acro ss th e
A rtisan , F ra n k R eh b erg ; se cretary ,
tra
c
t
is
th
e
p
a
s
tu
re
fo
r
all
th e young ladies
a re
te a c h in g
th e
young
g u llies and m arsh es and th ro u g h th e
stock w hich is grow ing up to e n id ea how to shoot. T he e n ro llm en t N ora M eyer; tre a s u re r, L ouis R ltzer
tan g le d u n d e rg ro w th o v er w hat h a »
larg e th e herd as necessity re q u ires when all a re a tte n d in g is 141). T h e ir
becom e one of th e ric h e st a g ric u ltu r
T he lead e r of th e herd is the la rg te a c h e rs a re Miss L illie G regson.
al sections of th e n o rth w est.
D u r
est Je rse y bull on th e P acific coast. p rin cip al; Miss Mary L ovell, in te r
in g all th o se y ears 1 have seen It
: M onarch M alden's g ran d so n w eighs m ed iate; Miss Alice Cook, p rim ary .
i 1700 p o unds, is g en tle as an old The school o fficers a re H. A. Beck,
com e from its ch ry sa lis s ta te
and
unfold Itse lf in to th e b e a u ltfu l vis
cow an d a beauty in co lo r, being c h a irm a n ; Ed B lefer an d
G eorge
ta s th a t stretch th em selv es aw ay in
d a rk brow n an d well p ro p o rtio n ed T acheron
W. R T elford Is school
ev ery d ire c tio n , w here th e h an d o f
He w ould be a p riz e w in n e r
clerk
w here.
in d u s try h as been ch a n g in g n a tu re
I lie school building
h as lately
in to a r t fo r h a lf a c e n tu ry , a n d !
been fitte d out w ith th ree h eatin g
w here th e g re a t w ork is y et going
A n o th er n o ted d a iry herd is th a t and v e n tila tin g system s, has
been
on, but h a lf com pleted
Wm. A. M ocum i's x ,. w f o n e r e te B u ild in g .
in c h a rg e o f A. N. G oheen on th e rep ain ted
an d o th erw ise ren o v ated
C
o
n
tain
iiig
P.M
toffice
am
i
N e ith e r is B oring to d ay
w h at It
I »rug S to ie.
Vetsch place.
F o rty -eig h t cow s a re and is g en erally co nvenient and well
w as eleven y e a rs ago when I saw it ,, .■ .
kept
here,
th
e
milk
being shipped ad a p te d to th e needs of th e d is tric t
being su rveyed fo r a to w n site. Then
aDd ° r<‘8 ° n C“ y
O nly
tw o secret o rd e rs have a
cream
ery
In
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- - — 1 ri“ lr° * d 8 h |PP‘ng p o in t it o u tclasses ¡F ra n k , No. 3. T h ey an c d o w Mrs.
m o re S.i t h 'ah
a n I daily
P o rtla n to d . th e It D w am
as ascus
on
th
e
V
etsch
it w as only a nam e. T he
fo rest
hom e in B oring.
An Odd F ello w s'
th
e
Vetsch
g ia n ts stood sen tin el alo n g th e tr a il ? yen Gf « h a n i ; as it h an d les m o r e / 5 n,llt‘8 of ro a d e “ c >> d ay an d each farm th a t th e D am ascus p ro d u cts be lodge w as organized th e re on J a n u
th a t led to th e foot-log acro ss th e
both w ays th a n any o th e r ^las a s ta n d e r ro u te
cam e fam ous.
Mr. M athew Vetsch ! ary 18th of th is year. Its n u m b e r
g u lly , an d th e w o o d m an ’s axe w as s ta ,lo n on th e railw ay line, an d p rob-
T he B oring office is th e d is trib u -
id 234 and its p re se n t m em b ersh ip
lives th e re yet on his 400-acre farm , '
ju s t b eg in n in g to echo th ro u g h o u t a b ' y « m a n y p assen g ers.
I lo r fo r aB th e te rrito ry as fa r e a s t ......... . liln ll,K Ille
M(. wag
is 37.
It is officered
as follow s:
th e fo rest th a t w as d estin ed to dis-
F reig h t
and p assen g er s ta tis tic s j ;ls M ount Hood. T he m ail leaves jo g g in g alo n e t h e r o o t i n i t i
N oble g ra n d , J W R oots;
vice
a p p ear, g iv in g w ay to th e o n w ard gat,H ‘rvd from v ario u s so u rces a re d aily hy S ta r ro u te
fo r all th e post- Ills aged wife is a t present i n ’Pn’rt- g ra n d , C. M. L ak e; se c re ta ry , Wm.
m arch of p ro g ress.
B o rin g had Just ln ,e fe s tin g fe a tu re s
In connection offices in th a t d ista n c e
on th e Bor- land In Teeble
h ealth
A. M orand; tre a s u re r. W R. T el
begun its c a re e r as a sta tio n on th e w ith a 8tory of th e place, and such I
fo rd ; w arden, H A. B eck; c o n d u c t
lin e of ra ilro a d y et to be b u ilt anti ,la la l,roves conclusively th a t Bor-
or, J. E. B lefer; In n er g u a rd ia n ,W m .
• ts fu tu re w as b u t a d re a m even *ng can ' ay c‘a lm to b eing a railw ay
M cCleery;
o u te r g u a rd ia n ,
Jo h n
such a sh o rt tim e ago. B ut it w as d l8 ,r'h u tln g c e n te r th a t is asto n ish -
M eyer; K. 8. N. O „ L outs R ltzer;
th e c e n te r o f th e g re a t sectio n th a t in g to thoae w ho have not been in
L. 8. N. G., J . A. Im el; R. S. V. G „
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w atch
H erb ert L eaeh; L 8 V. O., J . H
w as being rap id ly developed an d th e tereste d
‘ in g h er develop-
logical location fo r th e p u lse b eats n len t
N elson; It. 8 8 , E. 8 H ickey; L
F re lg h t —
from
and * Into » B « oring
is
H S.. Wm. W heeler; c h a p la in . F ra n k
...... n , r t t n a j s im a s in**
.........
n u g is
BORING,
OREGON
R eh b erg ; d is tric t d ep u ty , Wm. A
way of least re sista n c e In th e de- s h ip jx d in carlo ad lots. T hose who
M orand.
v elopm ent of a new co u n try .
llave seen lo n K tra in s
of lu m b er, 1
T oday th a t w hole
co u n try ,
an ¡®ordwood, ra ilro a d ties an d loaded
I lie o th e r secret o rd e r Ig an as-
a re a la rg e r th a n som e co u n tie s is ' box ™ rs I‘ass down on th e ir w ay to ,
d o tte d o v e r w ith th riv in g fa rm s and P o r‘ ,an d m ay have w ondered w here .
sig h tly d w ellin g s; w ith happy hom es ,h ey ca,n e froni
M any o f them |
an d
h u n d re d s
of
th r ifty
peo- ra,Ile iro m B orlng
p ie liv in g w here once was th e hom e
**erti is th e record of sh ip m en ts
o f th e p a n th e r an d sh rie k in g n ig h t-
th e r e sln ce J a n u a r y 1, 1913
b ird ; h e re fifty y e a rs ago th e p ri n in e m o n th s. S top, look and listen
C ord-
m eval forest still sh eltere d ro v in g R ailro ad ties, 647 c a rlo a d s
b an d s of red men an d th e wild gam e wood, 1009 c a rlo ad s. P o ta to e s, 27
L u m b er. 35 carlo a d s Hay,
th a t
gave them su sten an ce.
T h e ¡c
, a rlo a d s
11
carlo
ad
s. Poles, 1 c a rlo ad . To
few sc a tte re d cab in s o f th a t day have
In ad d itio n to
d is a p p e a re d ;
th e
red m en of th e ta l, 1730 c a rlo ad s.
In t e r io r Heetion o f It . L. Sab in's M o d el Ita iry lia n i.
fo re st have faded aw ay an d in th e ir j I th e se sh ip m e n ts th e re a re m ilk and
p laces a re now w ealth and develop
___ , cream p” n sig n m en ts
evcry d ay of ln «"8 an d y 8lag« Un®
T h e am o u n t t B o rin g has lonir d ista n c e i .b . „ i , „ „ .
m ent of a ra p id ly g ro w in g c iv lllz a -! fronl 15
20 « •"«
P * ™ p ro d u ce o f m ail c a rrie d in S ep tem b er w as co n n ectio n th ro u g h the P acific Tel-
tlo n
o t o th e r k in d s h elp to sw ell th e to-1
.v
_
« a n ti c te i-
ta
l,
w
hich
will
ru n n co
co n n sid
erab ly
ly o o v v er
I | ? T ” ' ......... ..... ,On’
ThC “ B° ° r r,n
g « ° ° " " lce
,C* ! i /
, i*0 ' 1” “ MUtUal 18
ta
i,
w
hich
will
ru
sid
erab
er
,n
W hat a tr a n s itio n th e re h a s been!
local system of fo u r c irc u its with
2000 c a rlo a d s in a y ear, an d
It ’ v erg ln g C>O8« 1° ‘ he th ird class
W h at a d iffe re n c e betw een th e d ay s
su b sc rib e rs
" C e n tra l" is a t th e
of th e tr a il an d th e foot-log an d to sh o u ld he rem em b ered th a t th e po- an d doe8 a “>oney o rd e r bu sin ess of
day.
ta to sh ip m e n ts th is y ear w ere very a b o u t 350 d o m estic o rd e rs a m o n th , i
. A . u dvancem
. - . n c i n ent
, , h line
ueen ra
ia in ev-
ev-
* and ,b a * ,b e
—
n -u m » ill
,* i uesiues
B oring » saw
besides its in te rn a tlc
tio n a l
husi
as been
rap p id
ery line. D evelopm ent and p ro g re ss pa88e<1 o u t of « * « • » < *
y ears w hlch ig co n 8 ld erab le.
have g one h an d In h an d , a tte n d e d a g o
__________ '
,
by p ro sp e rity , an d in all fo r m . of
M ejch’ n d ise re c e ip t, com e to Bor-
Tw o ehurcheg
jde
p ro g ress, d ev elopm en t an d bu sin ess ,ng' ln
8am e
«-»rload lo t* g p lrltu a , w<sIfare „ ¿ lh t.
O|>*
th e p io n eer w ho firs t saw it sleep- N<?Ver a day pa88e8' « < * P ‘ S u n d ay s lg a M etho(|lgt
KplgC(1
L
,
in g in beauty has kept even pace ,h a
doeg not "<* a load*d Par S m ith p a sto r
It hs
’
an E p w orth
It c o n ta in s i ■
w ith all th e o th e r fo rm s o f civ iliza ' sw itch ed o ff a t B oring.
»
, L eag u e in co n n ectio n
tio n in all th o se o th e r c o n c o m ita n t. , v e ry ,b ln g ,h a t
P*0 » 1*
U8« "» « n i
, ne o ln e r lg a Swe<llgh
T he o th e r is a S w edish
B a p tist,
of a p re se n t day e x i s t e n c e - t h e rail-
hpick8
heavy farm m ach in ery R e„ Jo h n Johngon
ro a d , th e tele p h o n e an d ru r a l free " is not a ” U8€d ln B o rtn g . how |
_______
d eliv ery .
| ev er, b u t m uch o f It goes to th e o th e r
A m ong th e bu sin ess
houses not
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,o w n ’ beyond an d Bom« o t “
‘ he : m en tio n ed In th e p reced in g co lu m ns
t e r g e an d Sm all T , « „
Jj
W. E. McCreery has resig n ed his : ,ow na beyond an d som e o f It to th e I m ay be m entio n ed th e fo llo w in g J
p o sitio n as sta tio n ag e n t a f te r m ore
fa rm e rs d ire c t.
W Rootg 4 Co K eneral
Agent for the
th a n tw o y e a rs of serv ice h ere He
T w en ty c a rlo a d s of m ill feed a re T h is is th e lead in g b u sin ess ho u se of i
w ill leave fo r C a lifo rn ia w ith
his al8° u n lo ad ed ev ery m o n th .
It is i B o rin g L ouis R Itzger,
g ro cery ; 8 1
BEAVER STATE FIRE INS. CO.
w ife on O ctober 2 6 th . H is su c re s m ostly h a n d le d th ro u g h
th e w ata- E. C ard , gro cery I D T u rn e r b a r-j
Boring Livery Barn
LIVERY FOR HIRE
Horses Boarded
Feed and Sales Stables
Richey & Collins
J. W. Roots & Co.
GENERAL
MERCHANDISE
" WM. A. MORAND
and
Feed
Agents for AMERICAN FENCE, Elc.
R e a l E s t a te
BORING,
sor will be W J T elfo rd , now in | ho u se of J . W. Rootg a n d is n early h er shop an d pool room
M S o n n ick-
• be P. R. o ffice in P o rtla n d .
| all co n su m ed on th e d airy fa rm s th a t »on. b lack sm ith
R ichey A C ollins,
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¡u se th e B o rin g d epot as th e ir ship- liv ery , sale an d feed sta b le s
C f ''
B o rin g w ill s w u h av e a co m p lete ! p in g base.
Crogg> rw ta u rg B , an d confectio n ery,
aystem o f g rav el ro a d s
T he road '
T h e p a sse n g e r tra ffic to and from
- - . _______
lead in g to G resham is in splen d id B o rin g Is a ls o so m eth in g of im port-1
S andy fa lr opened th is m o r n in g '
co n d itio n h a v in g ju a t been grav eled an ce
lu u t w eek, w hen all travel- a „d will co n tin u e over u n til to m o r-i
fo r a d is ta n c e of h a lf a m ile by W in g co n d itio n s w ere
n o rm al, a fte r row ev en in g , clo sin g w ith a g ran d
A W h eeler, road su p e rv iso r fo r th is ‘h e G resh am fa ir had been held th e ttall in S h elley 's
h all
As
m any '
d is tric t
T he w o rk is b eing ex te n d - dally p a sse n g e r tra ffic p assin g o u t of
sh o u ld go from G resh am as can get
ed so u th on th e B rad ley-R ichey ro ad B oring w as as follow s .Monday, 80; aw ay.
—
T u esd ay . 45; W ednesday, CO; T h u rs-
C h arles T im m erm an an d M artin , day, 3 5 ; F rid ay . 70; S a tu rd a y . 50;
Rev Mr. L u cas, of O regon City
S iew ert. w ho w ere lately b u rn ed o u t. S u n d ay . 48
T o tal, 3»8.
How is w ill preach a t tb e C o ttrell B ap tist !
a re re b u ild in g th e ir h o u ses an d w ill ■ th a t fo r a little tow n of less th a n ¡c h u rc h S u n d ay m o rn in g and even ing
n av e th em read y b efo re w in te r.
I th re e h u n d re d tn h aM tan
¡a t tb e chapel in th e a ftern o o n
OREGON
of Portlind
AND
Confectionery
HORTICULTURAL FIRE INS CO.
of Salem
Meals at a ll Hours
::
Home Cooking
N otary Public
Light and F ancy G roceries
Boring, Oregon
C. F . C R O S S ,
P rop.