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G resham O utlook
GRESHAM.
MULTNOMAH COUNTY,
OREGON
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1913
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HARD SURFACE HOME COMPANY AUTO PEOPLE
FRUIT CENTERS MANNING HAS VOTERS ASSERT
IMPROVEMENT
EXPANDING
NEGOTIATING , ENCOURAGED
ASPIRATIONS DISAPPROVAL
T here is a m ovem ent under way
Aplication lias
has been
been made
made to
to the
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o th in » n
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a v e in n * d in
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k.
Aplication
N othing
new
has
developed
the
look in g to the im provem ent of som e city council of Sandy by the Multno- autom obile factory situ ation since
of th e streets of Gresham by giv- mab alld Clackam as County Mutual last Tuesday except that n egotiation s
ing them a hard surface capable of
pkolle company for a franchise are under way in Portland. Just
w ith stan d in g the heavy traffic
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Gresham .w
should
become - a fruit
Gresham, or m ore properly sp eak ­
cen ter of great im portance.
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PORTLAND, Dec. 12— (S p ecial) -
have long known that the country ing Gresham Rural R oute No. 1 I Interpret the d efeat o f all the
tributary to Gresham is unusually IHa' *la ' e ,k * nex‘ governor of the ,nva8ure8 subm itted Tuesday by th.
i w e n i y - » u « i m ej are is not Known, except well adapted to fruit grow ing,
but
city com m issioners as a hard slam at
live years. The ordinance granting for the rumors published in the last never so much so as since spending
John Manning, form er d istrict at-
the com m issioners by a not too dis-
the sam
e
has
been
introduced
and
Outlook
the
picking
and
shipping
season
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m e u icK in a a n i l s n i o n i n a s e a s o n in t torney.
ornev
n
u u a a beau tifu
, , i l hom
s . . n . ..
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has
e just
dam.
crim inating public. It was not that
ordered published in the Sandy
Ur J. N. Pow ell is here
yet and Hood River valley.
west of Rockwood and has announc­
T he council com m ittee on streets •l°uri‘al. It will come up for a final the stories told on the street persist | Hood River tow n is a noted and
ed h im self as a Candidate for the the m easures subm itted were un­
and public ways has been Instructed hearin« on January 6th, when it in coupling his name with that of the im portant tow n, all trains stopping
popular, but the special election
H e has
to look into the m atter and is work **11 probably pass.
Heaver State Motor company in a there although it is not a railroad place of ch ief executive.
sim ply afforded a chance of the op
ing through G eorge W. Stapleton to
Tbe franchise recites all the usual deal for his land and that of his two division, not even a water tank town, prom ulgated his platform in which
get an estim ate o f the work and its requirem ents to be conform ed to and sisters, but it is fair to say that Dr. and is not more than tw ice as large he says, according to the Journal, ponents of th ese com m issioners to
express their disapproval of their
cost, as well as providing a m ethod the c ,‘y is amply safe-guarded. Up Pow ell has not authorised any state- as Gresham.
F urthem ore its only that proposes, should he be elected
to begin work. It is known that ‘° tbe Present tim e the company has m en u for publication or otherw ise, output Is w inter apples, som e pears, to apply principles of progressive policies. W ith exception of three or
John B. Yeon, the new roadm aster been operating its lines there sim ply The stories are being circulated, and straw berries.
dem ocracy to the adm inistration of four m easures all the propositions
is favorably inclined to a ssist,
if by perm ission from the county to use however, and were being told on the
The country
which form s the state affairs by taking the people in­ were corrective and did not give the
he can be show n the way to avoid the streets which are county roads, streets last Monday. Perhaps they trude territory tributary to Gresham to his confidence and m aking public city com m issioners any additional
conflicts in the law governing coun- Pbe new franchise w ill give it a bet- are considerably magnified and the w ill produce as good apples, in as
It was found that the char­
every
executive act, acquainting powers
ty roads through an incorporated ‘er standing and perm it of exten- public w ill have to wait in patience great abundance with as little ex­
them with the expenditure of every ter needed som e am endm ents in or­
tow n.
sion s when they are deem ed neces- for a definite announcem ent.
pense as can be done in Hood River dollar of the state's money.
der that it would be more workable.
Several w eeks ago it was stated 8ary-
W hat gives color to the supposi- valley. It can produce pears, es­
These
four com m issioners and
The town m eeting, he declares, is
that
A ttorney
General Crawford
*'be secretary of the company has tion that the street rumors are on a pecially B artlett pears, equal to any
by substantial
.
. , .
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1 -
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- ob solete, except in sm all d istricts mayor were elected
had expressed the opinion that when been engaged during the past week hot trail is the chagrin expressed by grown anyw here, every year and in and villages, and if elected governor m ajorities, but in less than sU
the county in Preparing the notices for the an- som e o f the Beaver Six people over great abundance. Cherries, prunes he wm cause to be introduced Into m onhts what is practically a vote of
a tow n incorporated
roads au tom atically becom e city nual stock h old ers’ m eeting which the O utlook’s story. If the O utlook’s j and plum s are easy of production in the legislatu re a bill correcting the want of confidence was given by 20
streets, but the city
charter of w |ll ‘a * e Place on the 5th of January story, which was all speculative, has I large q uantities, while straw berries present evils of the school law per- per cent of the voters. I also in ter­
Gresham expressly states that all j at 2 o'clock. Those who are en- caused any em barrassm ent to the j and all kinds of bush berries grow 1 m lttln g the people to vote in their pret this vote as a protest at the tre­
existin g county roads at the tim e of “ tled “ > ‘be 10 per cent sem i-annual company or Dr. Powell it Is to be re- to perfection. If Hood R iver can several precincts on the annual bud- m endous Increase of cost of ad m in is­
incorporation sh all remain as such, dividend w ill also receive a check gretted, but it also indicates that the 1 become so im portant on apples and get after stu d yin g it for a period of tration that hos been projected in
su b ject to th e control of the county for tb a‘ am ount. Twenty per cent a rumors had som e foundation.
¡straw berries why can not Gresham 30 days.
the taxes that have been levied at a
com m issioners.
year m eans that the stock is a good
As to the indicated location of the 1 becom e an Important fruit center?
He favors all m easures that w ill tim e when retrenchm ent is in order.
It is this apparent conflict that is investm ent, and the fact that the factory on the Pow ell farm , th e pub-
Ideal con d ition s prevail for the insure a betterm ent of public high- It is my judgm ent that th is protest
being looked into. There is another company is entirely out of debt and lie is well satisfied, except the few I building up of a fruit center at ¡w ays; the cu rtailin g and consolida- will assum e a more form idable form
featu re that may puzzle the road haB money on hand speaks well for livin g on the east side of town. Many Gresham.
Not m uch of the land is tion of state com m ission s and the re­ later on. It w ill com e from the
sharps and that is the m ethod o f the m anagem ent and the condition o f expressions o f approval have been held by
absentee speculators, and duction of
expenses of legislative sm all hom e ow ner to whom a dollar
distrib u tin g
the cost through the ‘be plant which is the best in the heard and there is an alm ost unani- 1 much of the country is already held sessions,
at these tim es look s lik e the w heel
city so as to com ply w ith th e new northw est.
mous desire to hear that work is to j in sm all tracts. It is alw ays a draw-
R egarding the term s of the legis- of a truck and about as hard to get.
road law . it is provided th at the [ There are about 700 m iles of be com m enced w ithout delay
1 back to any town or city or section lature. Mr Manning says that he Is T his grow ing cost of adm inistration
property for one half m ile on each * *re on the 50 odd circuits and the
of country to have alrge areas held in favor of a law sim ilar to the Call- w ill not be tolerated. Somebody
side of a hard surface im provem ent number of phones in free use to sub- gUDDEN DEATH OF
out of use for speculation.
! fornia law. He would have the leg- must retrench, and retrench speedily
sh all be assessed for on e-h alf the scribers is over 600, including the
DR. F. A. SHORT. 11 is on,y necessary that those islature convene as usual with six
cost. If that law conflicts with the tw o sm all system s at D am ascus and
The personality of the mayor and
j who own the land to turn th eir at- legislative days in which to organize
city street ordinance which assesses 1 °rbett.
Word was received here early 1 tention to fruit grow ing and set o u t'a n d present all bills, th ese bills” to be city
com m issioners
is
excellen t.
the cost to abutting property there
An effor‘ may be made to have yesterday m orning o f the sudden standard trees and berry bushes and referred to their resnective c o m m i t - They are all men of high character,
death of Dr.
Faulkner A.
Short at Plants and take proper care of them , tees and given out by the state urlnt- high standing and ability. However,
is su re to be fireworks of som e kind j two other system s included. Boring
Canneries, cider m ills and preser- er to the press of the state.
perhaps they have not been close
T hen, too, where one road inter r- and 1 routdale have a sm all list each his home, 651 East Seventh street, I
sects another, as at the intersection and their business would add som e- Portland, about 4 :3 0 o ’clock. H e w in g anti evaporating plants w ill be
At the end of six dayB, the leglsla- enough in touch with the plain peo­
of Main and P ow ell streets, who is t h i n K 10 the m agnitude of the Gresh- had attended a m eeting of th e Mult- esta b lish ed when fruit grow ing near- ture should In his opinion take a re- ple to understand ju st how they feel
to d eterm ine the way for assessin g am system if they could
be taken nomah County Medical society the ! bV bas becom e of sufficient Import-! cess for 30 days w ithout pay other about the high cost o f livin g, or ap
the property for h alf a m ile in any over
evening before and was apparently ance to warrant th eir estab lish m en t than usual m ileage and during the p red ate the burdens the ordinary
direction? It w ould seem that there j
1 bere wl11 be but one director to in his usual health.
It is reported!
I do not w ish to encourage a land recess the b ills Bhould be studied by citlzeu is called on to face, lie may
would have to be a double assess be e >ected this tim e to tak e the place th at he was seized with an attack of | bopm or play into the hands of the the com m ittees and people. By this be paying for his home In m onthly
ment for the territory each side of jo f A- u Conrad' w hose term w ill ex- vertigo upon his arrival hom e and it ' land speculator, but It is very plain means
he
th in k s
hidden Jokers installm ents. There have com e a s­
hidden Jokers
Main street, and if the Section Line P‘rt‘- There are nine directors In all ¡8 supposed
that
his death was ‘° me ‘ hat w ith the country around would be discovered In the wide- sessm en ts for sew ers and street Im­
road, known as Division street, is ! and they are elected for five years.
caused by the rupture of a sm all Gresham,
adapted as it is to all spread ligh t o f publicity and when provem ents until he scarcely knew
im proved it would further com pli- ,
blood vessel eith er
in the heart or kinds of fruit, Gresham could be- the legislatu re reconvenes the blllB where to turn. T h is class voted
cate m atters in regard to the cost.
COUNTY MATTERS
brain.
com e a greater fruit center than ; could be acted on with little delay, no against the 15 m easures as the only
to
bed after the Hood River, and becom e fam ous, not I new m easures being introduced ex­ way they could voice their protest.
ACTED UPON.
In the even t that the county
He retired
should undertake the work the hard
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spasm s had pased
away and later only for straw berries
and apples, cept in case of unforeseen em ergency Somehow they m ust m eet their a s­
surface would probably not be over
A p e,itlon of Jo8eph Seltger- of
took a drink of butterm lik. Then but also for pears, prunes, plum s and and with the consent o f tw o-thirds of sessm en ts and pay their taxes. They
sixteen feet wide through the center G/ e8l,am ' Rural route 1. for cutting he went to sleep , but aroused his cherries and all kinds of bush her- the members.
understand that, but they Imagined
of the roads. In that case, it is through V illa avenue from Barker w ife by rising in his bed and clutch- ries.
Mr. M annings also has a plan to they saw opportunity to strik e back,
road to Rockwood road so as to
pointed ou t, the city would have to
ing at his throat with both hands
H ‘be fruit industry was but half extend sta te aid in the settlem en t of and they struck, blindly. It would
pay for the rem ainder of the Im- m ake ‘‘ pa88able’ ba? been referred as if strangling. Before any assist- developed around Gresham it would
rural lands by placing them in a con­ Beem, but the adverse votes will a f­
provem ent to the curb line.
’’ W McKay’ superintendent of ance could be rendered he fell back support a large fru it packing plant,
dition for cu ltivation and occupancy ford them no relief; but It will be a
That would call for a tax on the D vislon No 10’ road di8tr,ct N° »• upon his pillow and expired.
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f° r a11 klnd8 ° f fre8h frultB- a ca,‘- and sellin g them at a fair valuation, word of w arning It would be well to
ab u ttin g property, if the work were Commi88i
th . ,
Se»e«»l physicians, including his «ery, evaporating estab lish m en t, ci- loaning the settler euough money to head.
I C om m issioners that he would attend
done, and
furth er com plications
brother, Dr. J. M. Short, were hast­ der m ill and preserving works.
j build houses and fen ces and Imple-
Union of city and county m ove­
sam e as soon as the w eather im-
would have to be settled . Of course
ily sum m oned but arrived too late.
T hat would mean more money per inents and stock taking as security m ent gathers headw ay. Today East
it is possible to find a way to make 1)r° ' ’ d
Dr. Short was 39 years old and acre for the tillers of the soil, more m ortgage covering a period of 15 or
B urnside D istrict association
the Im provem ent and everyone is
"
n <)U,8t ot W alk ir Quesin- ieave8 a Wjfe all(j one d j i u
Mm people at work in town, con seq u en t-' 18 years and payable in sm all yearly Side
anxious to have it done. Mr. Sta- berry 8ch° o1 clerk ° f R ockw ood- for sh ort „ w e„ known jn Ure8haD1 a8 ly a m arket for more truck; in fact paym ents bearing a low rate of In- passed resolutions approving the con ­
(T ra v e l
T o r
FR z\
solidation. City A ttorney LaRoche
/ r° und8 ° f Scl’° o1 ‘he daughter of the late J. W. and greater
pleton is expected to find a way to
prosperity
ail the
way terest such as 4 per cent.
spoke in behalf of consolidation
D
istrict
No.
2
.
,
has
been
referred
to
Mn(
Shattuck
and
do it but there w ill have to be a
sister of around.
H. W ADDIS.
He would also extend the privilege Monday night at a m ass m eeting in
spirit o f co-operation betw een the J. B Yeon. road m aster, for his at- Mayor sh attu ck and CaH s'h7 t7 uck,
of borrowing sta te m oney from the Sunnyside. That it w ill be a live
i t e n t ,o n ’
o f G re s h a m .
city and county officials and som e
BRANCH RAILROAD
state at th is low rate of Interest to all issue now seem s probable. It may
The petition of C. M. Lake and
u
necessary legislation may be needed.
Funeral arrangem ents have been
BORING TO SANDY, farm ers and rural ow tiers on the un- he subm itted to a vote of the people
other citizens of Orient for placing
,
Mayor Shattuck is anxious to see
v
B delayed until Monday, aw aitin g the
A telephone rum or from a Sandy derBtandln« ,b a ‘ ‘b<J money is to he at the next general election in 1914.
gravel on a piece o f road, a distance
,
hard surfaced streets and will agree
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arrival of a brother from Calgary.
m
erchant
conveyed the idea, this U8‘‘d ,or iar,u im provem ent,
However, if it is voted on It will be
of about 90 rods was referred to the
.
J
Services will be held from Fin- m orning, that the P. R. L. A P. Co., in I If necessary, he w ould also have
to anything reasonable to bring
because of pressure from the o u t­
road m aster, who advised the Board
them. Others have expressed them ­ .. ,
ley ’s undertaking parlors, F ifth and
‘° buHd R,
a « branch
road
from
the
sta
te
take
over
all
tillab
le
lo w -
..x
hurM
■ « j « *
side on the county com m issioners
selves in th e sam e m anner and it
and city com m issioners. It w ill be
tention in due course of time.
only rem ains to find the way to get
. J. H. Uoyd officiating. Inter- were m ade several years ago but ^ e m in condition for the plow of the quite a ’ w rench” to break loose the
The
request
of
W.
U.
Moore
and
them.
ment will be in
the Mount Scott nothing was done, and if the company settler. For th is purpose he sug- "strangle hold" an army have on this
G. N. Sager, of P leasant V alley ,
P“ rk cem etery.
has ^decided to build the branch It is gents that the sta te raise the money
county and city. Any effort to re­
gravel from the Sycamore pit, to be
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I by ‘he sale of 20-year bonds to be
PROGRAM TONIGHT
duce this army and require the m em ­
placed on about one m ile of road by
AT GRESHAM LIBRARY.
Mrs. J. W. Shattuck arrived in
Daily and Sunday Oregonian and UBed not onl}' for the reclam ation of bers to depend upon their own e f ­
the people of Clackam as county, was
The P atron-T eachers’ association called to the attention of the road Portland yesterday, from Maupin, Twice-a-W eek O utlook, special com- 118 own la ,,d». but logged off and forts for a livin g w ill not be easy.
I burnt over lauds necessary to be tak-
will give the fir s t program o t t h e m aster, who reported to the Board ¡° aW«nd ‘b‘’ funer“ ! of her son-in- bination, 1 year. »8 uu
L. 11 WELLS.
en over.
season
Friday
even in g, Dec. n
of County C om m issioners that he
r
A
Short on M onday'
W eekly Oregonlon subs
bscrlptlon o f­
( liic k e n
P ie Sup|>er.
fer extended.
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beginning at 8 o'clock. The speaker w‘ll attend to this m atter in the near
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I im e E x te n d e d .
There w ill be a bazaar and chick-
of the even in g has been announced î future.
An extension of SO days w ill be en pie supper at the grange ball on
BORING PEOPLE
MISSIONARY SOCIETY
as Prof. M. S. P ittm an, of the Ore-
given on sub scrip tion s to the W e e k -, Thursday, Decem ber 18, under the
.
Carving Sets
m ake
excellent
FORM
ASSOCIATION
SILVER
OFFERING.
g
s t a te
Normal
The other C hristinas g ifts, at Sterling A Kid-
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I ly <Jre«on lai‘ at bargain rates. The m anagem ent of the ladles of
the
parts o f the program w ill con sist ot uer s .
A program
of unusual Interest p“ " - ,o f 11 a “ d th « Outlook in com - | C atholic church. Hupper 35 rents.
A Parent-Teachers'
association
a piano solo by Mrs. S. E. Toeple-
"Grandma” Todd of E ugene, who ba" bp,’n organized in Boring
The bas been prepared by the Woman's
.** *1 ‘ 5, T his Children
20 cents. Hupper from
man, a vocal solo by Mrs. Earl
will p ositively close on Jan. l . ’ 5;3O to 7:30.
Thom pson, a song by the male quar has reached the age of 103 years, has follow in g officers were elected: Pres- Home M issionary society, which will
tet and son gs by 14 members ot the ,h e distinction of being the old est identf Mrg o w y n n ; vice president, b e given next Hunday evening at th
High school sin gin g class under the person in Oregon.
Mrs. A. O. Horberg; secretary, Mrs. M ethodist Episcopal church. It is
direction of Mrs. Coovert. Tne en­
More field fence 30c per rod at L ovell; treasurer, Mrs. Geo, Tach- expected that Mm. E m il Oswald will
tertainm ent is tree.
S te r lin g A K id u e r s.
eron. The first m eeting of the asso- slu « a solo and Miss Echo and Guy
The Oregonian th is m orning says children have been defrauded full
elation was held Friday even in g, be- J° ne' * duet
A 8pecU1 an‘h e«“ *• that all the transactions and flnaii-
restitution m ust be m ade.”
. . . .
.
oeing prepared by th e choir. Mm.
eem ber 5. at the se boo I ho use Quite durMa of , he
lB<h|Btrlal i cial affairs of the Portland Juvenile
■Mm. Ix ju g la s was sum m oned* to
is so disastrous to gravel
that
or maca-
JUVENILE MARKET UNDER FIRE
AUTO STOLEN AND RECOVERED
a num ber were present. A fter the
regular
business of appointing com-
A sensation was caused last night Portland. A fter several bourn the
m
ittees,
A. G. Horberg
and . J . B.
by the escapade of C laude R obinson, * uto and its driver were found sev ,
. etc.,
,
.
eral m iles west of Gresham and both J o n ,ru d . form er members of the
adopted sou of Charles Robinson,
were returned to this place, where school board, as well as Mr. Beck
« h o liv e s tw o o r t h r e e m ile s s o u th -
the young man was put in Jail and and Mr. Telford present mem bers of
west o f tow n. W hen C. M. Zlm- ta e m achine was restored to its the school board made som e inter-
<bting remarks on im provem ents
merman cam e out of the grange hall garage.
where he bad been taking dinner be Claude gave his age as 19, and it
m ade ,n ‘be school In the past two
found bis autom obile was gone. It ‘ wa8 learned that be had le ft home year’ ’ al8° o t bo* a b«“ «r under-
had been stolen and the alarm » a s several days agon on account ot • ‘an d in < m ight be made betw een
sen t out in every direction to appre- trouble with the lam lly. He a lleges *,a r e n u and ‘«»chers. There w ill be
hend the thief if possible and re- abut,e at m e h an d , Of Mr. R obinson,
a‘
m eetings and it la
store the m achine.
uut u not disposed to say what be n° l>* d ‘h a ‘ a «•’• » ‘• r number of the
By m eans ot a chain on one of the intended doing with the auto.
parents w ill com e to the m eetings.
tires it was easily tracked w herever
T „e
aa> laaeu h«.{ure j M ttoe lb e r * w iu h* • m eeting the
last
the ground was so ft, and the strong- jtollin s this morning and sen t to lb s * rlday ot *‘ erX school month at the
set pursuit
was
directed to warn ju t en u e court in Fortiand.
schoolhouse.
Hom e w ill deliver th e address of the
evening.
* , Mm. C. . M Zimm erman, president
of the society, announces that con-
tn b u tlo n s of fru it, vegetables, Jel-
,l«s and good garm ents may be left
eith er at the garage or at the hom e
of Mrs. Geo. L eslie
It is the inten-
Lion of the ladies to supply as far as
possible any in our own com m unity
* h o may be in need and send the
contributions that
remain to the
U oriU nd Industrial Home. The io-
cal society has pledged «60.00 for
home m issions tor the current year,
and the value of all supplies given
at thia tim e will be credited on that
am ount.
M arket’ wh,ch discontinued opera-
tlona several days ago, after running
sum m er and fall m onths. -
i through the
,
be Investigated thoroughly by
Deputy D istrict A ttorney Collier
Mm. Eunice D ouglas, m anager of
“ >« m arket, has been sum m oned to
»PPesr in Mr. C ollier's office next
Tuesday, bringing w ith her ail the
books which sh e kept during the op-
«ration of the place.
"1 »“
led to believe that Mm.
D ouglas has failed
to pay about
»160 to the children who brought
articles to her to be sold," said Mr
C ollier, "and that when the m arket
» a s closed goods w orth about «26»
ware unaccounted tor. if these
appear, but was ill, and her d augh­
ter came in her stead. Mias D oug­
las told Mr. C ollier all the goods
brought in by the children were en­
tered In a day book, but adm itted.
Mr. C ollier aald, that no furtber rec­
ord was made. Hhe told him that
her m other had her checks as re­
ceipts for m oneys which bad been
paid the children.
Children were induced by Mm.
Douglas to bring articles to the m ar­
ket, Mr. C ollier said, with the under­
standing that they should receive «6
per cent o f the sale price. D elicacies,
works of art, cloth in g and fancy
work were brought, he said, as well
a s fruit and vegetables, by culidrsn.