Gresham outlook., December 26, 1913, Image 1

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Y e a r s G i f t —A
' t e a r s S u b s c r ip tio n to th e O u tlo o k .
S e e O u r S p e c ia l C o m b in a tio n O ffe r s E x p ir in g J a n
G resham O utlook
VOL. 3.
NO. 86
GRESHAM.
MULTNOMAH COUNTY,
HEAVIEST MAIL B0DY™ L lU[DC SANTA
¡HANDLED HERE
WILL C0ME HERE
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C o m p a riso n s for T w o Year«.
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D ecem ber 16 to 25. 1912, In-
elusive.
L ock p ouches re c eiv ed ....... 61
Lock p ouches d isp a tc h e d . 61
T ie sac k s re c e iv e d .................86
T ie sac k s d isp a tc h e d
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-D ecem ber 16 to 25, 1913, In -
elusive.
L ock po u ch es receiv ed . . 7 0
Lock p ouches d isp a tc h e d
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T ie sac k s re c e iv e d ............. 136
T ie sack s d is p a tc h e d ........... 3 9
S tam p S ales Dec. 15 to 25, In ­
clusive.
1912 ............................... $271.68
1813 ..............................
287.81
Q u ite a d ifferen ce is sh o w n in th e
abo v e c o m p ariso n s fo r ten day s of
la s t D ecem ber a n d te n d ay s o f th is
one. T h e p a rcel post is resp o n sib le
fo r a g re a t deal of th e d ifferen ce;
a lso fo r th e a p p a re n t fa llin g off in
sta m p sales. T h e e x tr a w eig h t a l­
low ed fo r p a rcels and p a ck ag es m ade
up a g r e a te r b u lk an d only b ro u g h t
in ten d o lla rs m ore rev en u e.
In fo rm a tio n w as receiv ed h ere
on W ednesday by D. B. W elty of th e
d e a th o f his b ro th e r M. J. W elty a t
R eno. Nev., on M onday even in g . He
w as sh o t dow n in a q u a rre l w ith a
fellow em ployee n am ed S. C, R o b in ­
son w ho is in ja il a t R eno ch arg ed
w ith m u rd e r.
W elty an d R obinson w ere c o n n e c t­
ed w ith th e co n stru c tio n g an g of th e
S o u n th e rn Pacific on th e F e rn ly &
L asson b ran ch a t W ad sw o rth . W el­
ty w as re b u k ed by R o binson fo r t u r n ­
ing o u t a b u n k lig h t an d p lead ed ig ­
n o ra n c e of th e ru les, an d in an a r g u ­
m en t th a t follow ed w as sh o t tw ice by
R obinson w ith an a u to m a tic rev o lv er.
W elty w as h u rrie d to a h o sp ita l an d
died e a rly T u esd ay m o rn in g , a f te r
m ak in g a s ta te m e n t to th e d is tric t a t ­
to rn ey .
R obinson claim s he sh o t in h e lf d e ­
fense a fte r W elty had a tta c k e d him
becau se o f th e re p rim a n d .
I). B. W elty of G resh am is a b ro th ­
e r o f th e d eceased an d was ap p rised
of th e m u rd e r on W ednesday. He
s ta rte d a t once fo r R eno, leav in g
P o rtla n d on th e 5 :5 0 tra in . He is
ex pected back by S u n d ay w ith th e re ­
m ains an d th e fu n e ra l w ill p robably
be held on M onday.
T h e d eceased was a young m an,
being only 24 y e a rs of ag e on th e
15th of last m o n th . H is fa th e r an d
m o th e r a re sta y in g h e re at th e hom e
of It. D. W elty. A n o th e r b ro th e r and
s is te r a re on th e ir way h e re front
S aw yer, N. I)., to a tte n d th e fu n e ra l.
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F ro m a dozen to sev e n te e n sack s
of p a p e r m all an d p a rcel post p a c k ­
ag es hav e been co m in g to th e G re sh ­
am postotfice every day d u rin g th e
p a s t w eek. T h e u su al lock pouches
of first-class m ail w ere e x tra a n d th e
ru s h h as been so m e th in g u n p re c e ­
N otice.
d e n te d a t G resh am fo r even th e h o li­
T h e a n n u a l m eetin g of th e G resh ­
day season. T h e o u tg o in g m ail has
also been la r g e r th a n e v e r b efo re, re ­ am Local U nion of th e F a rm e rs ’ So­
q u irin g th e c o n sta n t a tte n tio n o f th e ciety of E q u ity fo r th e electio n of of-
Hcers an d d e le g a te s to co u n ty and
e n tire force d u rin g all th e open
s ta te m eetin g s w ill be held a t th e
h o u rs of th e w eek.
T h e g re a t excess o f m ail m a tte r i C o m m ercial club h all in G resh am at
fo r th e r u r a l c a rr ie rs to h a n d le h as [1 :3 0 p. m. S a tu rd a y , J a n . 3, 1914.
N atio n al O rg an izer H. F. C u ttin g
been th e reaso n fo r th e ir a p p a re n t
and
Jn o . M. Tees, m a n a g e r of th e
d elay in g e ttin g a ro u n d . F o r sev eral
m o rn in g s th ey w ere h eld u n til a fte r E q u ity W areh o u se Co., of P o rtla n d ,
10 o 'clock in s o rtin g an d a rra n g in g will be p re se n t. All fa rm e rs in th is
th e ir lo ad s w hich h av e been th e sectio n a re co rd ially in v ited to a tte n d
h e a v ie st e v e r know n in th e h isto ry 1 w h te h e r m em b ers o r not.
M. O. NELSON, P re sid e n t,
of th e se rv ice h ere.
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A nd th e c a rr ie rs h ad to w ork yes­ i A. R. LYMAN, S e c retary .
te rd a y . A lth o u g h it was C h ristm a s
day th ey h ad to m ak e th e ir u su al
trip s to ta k e o u t th e h u n d re d s of
p a ck ag es to th e ir a w a itin g p a tro n s.
T h e ir "Uncle
S am uel h as o rd a in e d
th a t C h ris tm a s is no t a h o lid ay , o u t
J o n a th a n B ourne, who is e n d e a v ­
of d efe re n c e to th e th o u s a n d s o f ex­
p e c ta n t p erso n s w ho w ould be d is a p ­ o rin g to h av e a n a tio n a l good ro ad s
p o in ted if p re s e n ts cam e a day late. law passed say s th a t th e m a in te ­
U ut by w o rk in g on C hriB tm as day th e n an ce of ro a d s is a fa c to r w hich
c a rr ie rs h av e been ab le to keep dow n sh o u ld be given w eight eq u al w ith
T h e fed eral g o v e rn ­
th e a c c u m u la tio n s of m ail, an d from c o n stru c tio n .
m en t, by th e su g g ested p lan , w ould
now on th e r e w ill be a d ecrease.
N ext T h u rsd a y , h o w ev er, th ey will c o n trib u te — d o n a te , if you p lease—
be given a h o lid ay . T h e old ad a g e 'e a c h s ta te 2 p e r cen t of th e to ta l
of " a s goes th e first day of th e y ear, a m o u n t of fed eral aid th a t h ad been
so w ill go all th e o th e r s " d o e sn 't a p ­ ex ten d e d to th e s ta te fo r c o n stru c ­
ply to th e r u r a l le t te r c a rr ie rs an d tio n in u tiliz a tio n of th e fed eral gov­
T h u s,
th e y w ill h av e a h a rd y e a r's w ork e rn m e n t's s u p e rio r c re d it.
a h e a d , b ro k en only by five m o re h o l­ th e s ta te s , if th ey d ep o sited th e a g ­
g re g a te of $200,0 0 0 ,0 0 0 of s ta te
id ay s a n d th e ir a n n u a l v acatio n s.
T h e ir e x a c tin g w ork is b u t dim ly b o nds d u rin g an y o n e y e a r a n d re ­
u n d e rs to o d by th e g e n e ra l p ublic, ceived $300,0 0 0 ,0 0 0 In m oney from
an d it is g e ttin g h a rd e r all th e tim e. th e fed eral g o v e rn m e n t, w ould th e re
a f te r receiv e $4,000,000 a n n u a lly as
| a d irect c o n trib u tio n fro m th e gov­
P r e sid e n t for D irect N o m in a tio n s
A m ong th e w idely co m m en ted u p ­ e rn m e n t, pro v id ed th e s e s ta te s ex ­
on p assag es in
P re s id e n t W ilso n ’s pended an eq u al a m o u n t fo r a n n u a l
m essage to co n g ress n o n e h a s been I m a in ten an ce.
W h ere d ire c t fe d e ra l c o n trib u tlo n f
th e s u b je c t of m ore d iscu ssio n th a n
th e re c o m m e n d a tio n fo r d ire c t n o m ­ | a re m ad e, it is d e sira b le th a t d ire c t
in a tio n of p a rty
c a n d id a te s, w ith fe d e ra l su p e rv isio n sh o u ld be p ro ­
c o n v en tio n s ca lle d on ly to com pose vided, an d h ere we ag ain g et in to th e
p a rty p la tfo rm s. Now- th a t th e p as­ d a n g e r zone of th e c re a tio n of a g re a t
sag e of th e c u rre n c y bill seem s a s ­ fe d e ra l b u reau . F ra n c e , a f te r a
s u re d th e o p p o n e n ts o f th e a d m in is ­ h u n d re d an d fifty y ears effo rt an d an
tr a tio n m ay choose th is as th e point e x p e n d itu re of a b illio n a n d a h alf
[d o lla rs in b u ild in g up its sy stem of
of n ext a tta c k .
[ro a d s h as 371,000 m iles w ith 80,000
p a tro lm e n fo r c a re an d m ain ten an ce.
HARD TIMES BALL
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NEW YEAR S EVE he U n ited S ta te s h as to d ay , in
A g e n u in e h a rd tim es d an ce, w ith [ro u n d n u m b ers, 2 ,2 0 0 ,0 0 0 m iles of
tw o cash p rizes as an in d u c e m e n t to [ ro ad a n d if we h ad a p a tro lm a n to
w e a r y o u r w o rst c lo th es, w ill be g iv ­ m a in ta in every five m iles o f ro ad we
en a t th e C o m m ercial C lub h all w ould h av e an o rg a n iz a tio n o f 440,-
G resh am , on New Y ear's eve. T h e 000 fe d e ra l em p lo y ees d irectly re ­
g e n tle m a n w ho s u s ta in s th e
best sp o n siv e to a b u re a u h e re in W ash ­
c h a ra c te r o f h a rd
lu c k
w ill g et in g to n , a n d th e ten d en cy w ould be
$2.50; th e lady, $1 50. T h e re will fo r its c e n tra liz a tio n as a p o litical
be good m a n a g e m e n t a n d a good m ach in e, w hich, u n d e r o u r sy stem of
tim e. AU a re w elcom e. C om e an d g o v ern m en t, w ould a b so lu te ly co n ­
d an ce th e old y e a r o u t a n d th e new tro l th e p o litical m a c h in ery of th e
y e a r in to th e b est fo u r-p iece u n io n co u n try . To m in im ize th is d a n g e r
o rc h e s tra e v e r h e re . D an cin g 8 :3 0 an d , I th in k , avoid sam e, I w ould s u g ­
to 3.
T ic k e ts.
$1 .0 0 ; g e n tle m e n g est th a t e ith e r in th e law o r by a u ­
sp e c ta to rs 25
c e n ts ;
la d ie s free. th o rized ru le an d re g u la tio n we d i­
S u p p er a t th e C ongdon.
87 vide th e U n ited S ta te s in to fed eral
ro ad d is tric ts com posed o f s ta te s o r
More than 2,000,00o.000 board ¡g ro u p s of s ta te s c o n ta in in g ap p iu x l
feet of tim ber, with a value of $4,- rnately 5 0,000 m iles o f ro a d s an d
500,000 on the stum p, was sold by c re a te in th e office of p u b lic ro ad s a
th e forest service last year, accord­ n u m b e r of d is tric t ro ad an d b rid g e
ing to the ann u al rep o rt of H enry 9. e n g in ee rs, so th a t th e re w ould be one
Graves, forester. T his Is an increase fed eral re p re s e n ta tiv e fo r each d is­
of 167 per cent, over th e sales of the trict.
MORE ABOUT BOURN’S
GOOD ROADS BILL
preceding year. The tim ber sold was
largely for fu tu re cu ttin g u nder con­
tra c ts th a t will run for a num ber of
years. T he actu al cu t was a little
less than 500,000,000 board feet, an
increase of 15 per cent, over 1912.
L arg er sales are in prospect,
The duties of th is engineer would
be to go over his d istrict and report
to the United States Highway Com­
mission here in W ashington w hether
the annual m aintenance contribution
of the governm ent apportioned to
th a t d istrict had been Intelligently
OREGON
FRIDAY. DECEMBER 26. 1913
“Ever at Your,
Phone 701
$1.60 PER Y
CLAUS SPREADS
R0AD r r Z
JOY ALL AROUND
i , RT tree spr ß a £ ying
BY COUNTY COURT
F ollow ing is a synopsis of w ork
d one by th e B oard of C ounty C om ­
m issio n ers d u rin g th e p a st w eek:
T h e county co m m issio n ers receiv ­ • O regon S ta te B oard o f lio r ti- •
c u ltu r e .
T h e ex ercises in th e Zion E v a n g e li­ w o rth 's o rc h e s tra fu rn ish e d th e m u ­ ed a co m m u n icatio n from W. F ra n k •
N otice of D isinfection.
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and L egg c a llin g its a tte n tio n to a road • »
cal c h u rc h w ere co n d u cte d on C h ris t­ sic, w hich Was fully in sp irin g
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k ept th e d a n c e rs m oving In seren e located on th e r e n te r line of Section ♦
m as m o rn in g as an n o u n ced , an d w ere
(O w ner, ag en t o r lessee)
enjoym ent w hile th e h o u rs w ore 21. T ow nship 1 n o rth . R ange 2 east • •
w ell a tte n d e d , a good p ro g ram w as
You a re hereby notified
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aw ay. T h e d e c o ra tio n s co n sisted of of th e W illam ette M eridan and con- • •
re n d e re d in G erm an an d a C h ris tm a s
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festoon s tre a m e rs from th e c e n te r of n e stin g th e Sandy ro ad an d S lough • • th a t th e fr u it tre e s and
tre e fo r th e ch ild re n w as enjo y ed .
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th e ceiling in o ra n g e an d black, th e .ro a d , w hich h as been tra v e le d fo r • s itu a te d an d located on
At th e B a p tist ch u rc h a good
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hose team colors, w ith holly and tw en ty y ears by people in th a t vicin- •
crow d w as in a tte n d a n c e in s p ite of
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O regon g ra p e on th e w alls in c lu s t­ ity , an d re q u e s te d th a t a rig h t-o f- « a re in fe ste d w ith .....................
th e s to rm on C h ris tm a s eve. an d ev ­
e rs and sh a d in g every e le c trtc lig h t, way be kept open w hich h as been • a n d you a re h ereby notified •
ery one en jo y ed th e p ro g ram a n d
giving a pale m o o n lig h t effect. T he closed by lessees o r o w n ers of th e » an d re q u ire d to e ra d ic a te •
tre e a n d th e d is trib u tio n of g ifts to
sta g e , h ow ever, w as a ty p ical scene ■ p ro p e rty lying along th e s o u th e rn • su ch insect an d th e ir la rv a e . •
th e ch ild ren .
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o f w in ter, all th e b a c k g ro u n d and p a rt of said easem en t. T he com m ls- • an d such diseases by p ru n in g
An u n u su a lly good e n te r ta in m e n t
w ings h av in g been a rra n g e d to re p ­ sio n e rs re fe rre d th e m a tte r to th e • said tre e s an d sp ra y in g th e *
was g iven at th e M ethodist E piscopal
re se n t a sn o w sto rm
w ith sm all co u n ty su rv e y o r fo r his co n sid e rs- • tre e s in such a m a n n e r as to •
ch u rch o.v C h ristm a s eve. T h e c h il­
< • cover every p o rtio n of th e *
C h ristm a s tre e s a t each c o rn er. Un­ : tion.
d ren h ad been well d rille d by an e f ­
T h e p etitio n of B. P. R eynolds an d • tre e s, th e ir lim bs, b ran ch es *
d e r th e ceilin g , a riiotto, "M erry
fective c o m m itte e an d c a rrie d o u t
C h ris tm a s" e x ten d e d acro ss th e front o th e r w hich had been filed w ith th e • tw igs and foliage, w ith u *
th e ir p a rt of th e p ro g ram sp len d id ly .
of th e s ta g e and at th e lo w er end of b o ard p e titio n in g fo r th e im prove- • lim e -su lp h u r sp ray in g solu- •
Mrs. E. W. Aylswrorth san g a solo
th e h all th e fram ed le tte r s G. G 11. m e ii t of th e Sandy road by re d re ss • tion of th e s tre n g th recoin- *
w hich was g re a tly en jo y ed . S a n ta
T. gave an in d icatio n of th e sp o n so rs lug th e p re se n t m acadam roadw ay • m ended fo r w in ter sp ray in g . ’•
C lau s d ro p p ed in on his way th ro u g h
w ith W a rre n ite p avem ent u n d e r an • and p rep ared according to
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of th e e v e n in g 's e n te rta in m e n t.
to w m a n d help ed in th e d is trib u tio n
T h e fo u n ta in an d cascad e
th a t act of th e le g is la tu re of 1913, has • e ith e r of tile fo rm u la s fo r •
of g u ts .
« p re p a rin g lim e -su lp h u r sp ray , •
w as such a s trik in g a ttra c tio n a t tile been re fe rre d to tile road m aster.
T h e p ro g ra m in th e c h u rc h a t
11. C. C am p b ell, p re sid e n t of th e • ap proved by th e com m ission- •
O ctober dance* w as tra n s fo rm e d by a
P le a sa n t H om e w as c a rrie d o u t on
touch of m agic in to a g liste n in g im ­ Sun Dial ra n ch p e titio n ed th e board • e rs of th e S ta te B oard of *
C h ris tm a s eve as an n o u n c e d an d was
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ita tio n of a w in te r w oodland scene fo r th e im p ro v em en t of th e Sandy • H o rtic u ltu re of O regon, and
en jo y ed by a good crow d.
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th e ch an g e m ak in g it an a p p ro p ria te road by re d re ssin g th e p resen t m a- • p u blished in th e te n th an d
roadw ay
w ith
W a rre n ite • elev e n th B iennial R ep o rts of *
em blem of th e w hite C h ris tm a s now cad an i
C h ristm a s eve p le a su re s at G re sh ­
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upon us. T h e gro ss re c e ip ts w ere p avem ent o r som e o th e r h a rd su r- • said B oard, an d to do such
am w ere confined to th e C h ristm a s o v er $63. leav in g th e g irls a net b al­ face pavem ent eq u a lly as good. T he • p ru n in g an d sp ray in g , o r to •
p e titio n lias been re fe rre d to
tile .
tre e a t th e M. E. c h u rc h an d B aptist ance of n early $20.
d estro y said in fested tre e s »
ro a d m a s te r fo r th e p urpose of inves • w ithin 30 d ay s from th e serv- *
ch u rc h e s an d th e d an ce given by th e
hose team g irls as p ublic ev en ts. N u­ .'t he m asqm rode St l-'.iirv icw » a s lig a tio n , who will re p o rt on th e m at- • ice of th is notice.
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te r to th e board.
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m ero u s h om e C h ristm a s tre e s w ere
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a su ccessfu l a ffa ir an d w as larg ely
en jo y ed an d th e n ig h t passed by u n ­
II. G. Slbray te n d e re d his resignii- •
C ounty F r u it In sp e c to r fo r *
m arred by any ev e n t th a t w ould I enjoyed by th o se w ho m ade m erry tion as road view er of M ultnom ah •
Mult nom ali C ounty. *
d am p en th e a rd o r o r e n jo y m en t of ! u n til th e daw n of C h ristm a s. Two co u n ty and acc o rd in g to law , J. B .
I prizes wi re aw ard ed fo r best s u s ­ Y eon, ro a d m a ste r, becom es ex-officio
anyone.
T h e hose team d an ce w as largely- tain ed c h a ra c te rs , lady and g en tle- road v iew er fo r th e county.
C. O. W indle, county fru it Inspect­
a tte n d e d an d was a su ccessfu l a f ­ ■ m an. T h e first was won by Mrs.
T h e ro a d m a s te r a n d his a s s is ta n t, o r, was in firi-Htuiin th is m orning on
fa ir from ev ery sta n d p o in t. T he ball C lau d e H unst as a J a p a n e s e g irl; to g e th e r w ith th e c o n su ltin g e n g i­ business connected w ith Ills d e p a rt­
had been a p p ro p ria te ly d e co rated by th e g e n tle m a n 's prize w as aw ard ed n e e r on ro ad s and h ighw ays an d I). m e n t m id is p re p a rin g tile way fo r
th e g irls, w ho bad e n tire c h a rg e of to E arl S tan ley who d isp o rte d h im ­ W. M cKay, road s u p e rin te n d e n t ex­ serv in g th e above notice w h erev er
th e d an ce, an d th e re )»as a merry- self as a c o u n try rube.- T he occa- am in ed th e cu lv ert on th e Base L ine occasion o r necessity culls fo r one.
rev elry la s tin g u n til 3 o'clock. A yls- ' sion w as one to be long rem em bered. road h alf a m ile west of th e T w elve
D uring th e past y e a r tile n u m b e r
Mile house and re p o rte d to th e coin- of such notice* served am o u n ted to
c u lv e rt safe u n til tlio im p ro v em en t 360 of w hich 225 w ere su b je c ts for
of th e Base L ine road is s ta rte d , at d e stru c tio n , th a t m any o ld o rc h a rd s
w hich tim e a la r g e r cu lv ert of coq- , linviug
been a c tu a llly d estro y ed .
, c re te will be c o n stru c te d .
T h e re a re 135 m ill h an g in g fire anil
GRESHAM GOES DRY
SINGULAR ACCIDENT
NEW YEAR’S EVE
TO ROCKWOOD BOY
J o h n M cLln, of R ockw ood, m et | * G resh an i wiis officially declared
w ith a p e c u lia r accid en t last W ed n es­ [dry by th e county co m m issio n ers on
day, w hen he received a c h a rg e of W ednesday on th e advice of Di puty
sh o t front his gun in h is face, h an d D istrict A tto rn ey C ollier. T he o rd e r
an d lim bs. H e w as on his way to as signed p ro h ib its tile sa le of in ­
w ork in th e w oods a n d w as c a rry in g to x icatin g liq u o rs h ere, to ta k e e f­
his ax an d g u n , w hen he stu m b led fect next T h u rsd a y . T h e o rd e r was
an d fell d isc h a rg in g his gun. T he m ade as a re su lt of th e local option
c h a rg e s tru c k his ax. and g lan cin g election held last m o n th s, th e vote
pep p ered his face, h an d an d lim bs, sta n d in g 232 fo r and 188 ag ain st
and lodged in th e flesh. T h re e sh o ts I p ro h ib itio n .
T h e le g ality of the
s tru c k close to th e eyes an d one in election w as co n tested by H erm an
an e a r, b u t it is n o t ex pected th a t M atthes an d
H ans Jac o b se n , but
any w ill do se rio u s in ju ry . l)r. Ju d g e K a v an au g h upheld It and a l­
H u g h es rem oved a p a it o f tile sh o ts, lowed M atth es and
Ja c o b se n five
a n d 'th i s m o rn in g to o k Mr. M cLln to days in w hich to file an am ended
P o rtla n d fo r an X -ray ex am in atio n co m p lain t. T h is they have failed to
of his h a n d w hich is badly sw ollen do, fo r th e reaso n , it is s ta te d th a t
an d very p ain fu l.
they a re d ep en d in g on a su p rem e
TENDER SENTIMENT
FINDS EXPRESSION
T he follow ing in te re s tin g a rtic le
from one of o u r c o rre sp o n d e n ts wiih
in ten d ed fo r th e last issue of th e O u t­
look, but on ac c o u n t of d elay s in th e
m ail, it did not reach ns in lim e.
O nce m ore C h ris tm a s is d ra w in g
nigh, and it is such busy d ay s in ev-
• ry land w h ere C h ristian ity an d civ ­
ilizatio n p rev ails a n d in every h o u se ­
hold you will find m o th e rs, g ra n d ­
m o th e rs and also big s is te rs a re very
busy, p re p a rin g to m ake th e re s( of
th e fam ily as happy as possible fo r It
will soon he C h ris tm a s, th e only one
co u rt decision on Ju d g e G allow ay’s [day in th e y e a r th a t is c e le b ra te d at
an d h o n estly expended.
lie could ru lin g th a t
th e e n tire p ro h ib itio n t i l e sam e tim e, all o v e r th e w orld in
also give le c tu re s as o p p o rtu n ity p e r­ elec tio n In th e s ta te w as ilegal.
la r io u s ways. Oh, how excited th e
m itte d , re g a rd in g ro ad en g in e e rin g
little gi^Js and boys a p p e a r to be, as
an d p ra c tic a l c o n stru c tio n , also fu r n ­
It is re p o rte d th a t tile tw o saloons i lie tim e coiues n e a re r, and how m any
ish th e s ta te high w ay com m issions o f G resh am will d o s e th e ir doors
tim es th e sam e q m s tio n
is ask ed
w ith su ch in fo rm a tio n as th e fed eral prom ptly a t the s tro k e of 12 next
"M am m a, how m any days to C h ris t­
b u re a u h ad , to u c h in g on th e s u b ­ W ednesday ev en in g an d will rem ain
m as? W ill S a n ta C laus com e h ere,
je c t, b u t n e ith e r he n o r his su p e rio r, closed u n less th e su p re m e c o u rt up­
will he b rin g tne s o m e th in g ? "
In
th e fed eral d ire c to r of public roads, holds Ju d g e G allo w ay ’s decision r e ­
m any hom es th e real C h ris tm a s sp irit
w ould h av e th e rig h t to w ith h o ld th e g a rd in g th e illeg ality of th e N ovem ­
is lack in g , und S a n ta C laus seem s to
fed eral m a in te n a n c e a c tu a lly co n ­ ber election. lit th a t c a se they will
tie th e m ain a ttra c tio n here.
D ear
tr ib u te d to h is d is tric t sim ply b e­ re o p e n , as i h e ir lic e n si s d o io! e x ­
j e a d e r , you sh o u ld not fo rg et to tell
cau se h is ju d g m e n t differed from p ire u n til la te n ext year.
i lie c h ild re n t bat we c e le b ra te C h rist-
th a t of th e s ta te h ig h w ay com m ission
' m as as th e b irth d a y of Je s u s tell
w ith re fe re n c e to in te llig e n t anil hon
T im e E x te n d e d .
in ni th e sto ry of th e th re e wise men
est e x p e n d itu re of th e fe d e ra l p art
Only a fe w
m ore days will be th a t cam e from th e fa r e a st, g uided
of th e m a in te n a n c e fu n d . T h e U n it­ given on su b s c rip tio n s to th e Week
l»y th a t b rig h t s ta r, am i how they
ed S ta te s H ighw ay co m m ission, c o n ­ ly O regonian a t b a rg a in ra te s. The
'io u n d the holy child in a m a n g e r in
sistin g of th e c h a irm a n of th e tw o price fo r It an d th e O utlook In com ­
B eth leh em ; tell th em of th e an g els
c o m m ittees on postoffices and post bin atio n fo r one y e a r is $1.75. T his
[in th e field a t C h ristm a s n ig h t, an d
ro ad s, w ith th e d ire c to r o f public offer will p ositively close on J a n 1
[told tin in th e g lad tid in g s, " P e a c e on
ro ad s, w ould have th e final voice and
e a rth an d good will to m en ."
decision as to
w h e th e r th is fund
W eekly O regonion su b sc rip tio n of
W hen th e young fo lk s realize th a t
gbould be w ith h eld o r not.
fe r ex ten d ed .
y u le tld e is n o t a lto g e th e r fo r S a n ta
■ C laus, th e re will lie a d ifferen t C h ris t­
inas sp irit In y o u r hom e
O h, fo r a
trip once m ore to my d e a r old hom e
at th e o th e r sid e of th e A tla n tic , fo r
once m ore to see th e old fa m ilia r
p laces and to h e a r th e m e rry bells
for the following:
rin g in g fo r C h ris tm a s joy.
We al-
-o had a S a n ta C lau s Y ulenissen,
DAILY (AND SUNDAY) OREGONIAN
h u t he did not get so m uch g lo ry , as
S a n ta does h ere.
G ifts fo r little
WEEKLY OREGONIAN
c h ild re n w ere m ore sp a rin g ly d is­
EVENING TELEGRAM
trib u te d , b u t m uch m ore a p p re c ia t­
ed. B ut I m u st close a* th is m ig h t
DAILY (AND SUNDAY) JOURNAL
go in th e w aste bask et.
A m erry
C h rist m as to th e e d ito r of th e G re sh ­
SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL
am O u tlo o k a n d h is fam ily, a n d to
all th e re a d e rs of th is little In te r­
Subscriptions taken fo r these alone o r in com bin­
e stin g paper.
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th e o rc h a rd s will lie cut down unless
ta k e n c a re of by th e ow ners.
Mr. W indle will give u n til th e lirst
of F e b ru a ry befo re m ak in g any ac­
tu a l d e m o n s tra tio n , but w hen th a t
tim e a rriv e s he will show no m ercy to
In fected o rc h a rd s o r tre e s of any
kind th a t a re found to lie uffected,
.u n le s s th e o w n ers show u disposition
to begin effective w ork a t once.
In re g a rd to Hie sp ray in g Mr.
W indle ad v ises Hie use of a C o m m er­
c ial m ix tu re such as may be had from
local d eale rs.
It
will be found
c h e a p e r th a n to a tte m p t its m a n u fa c ­
tu r e an d p robably m ore effective und
of u n ifo rm s tre n g th .
Due of th e m ost effective pieces of
tre e d e stru c tio n and com pliance w ith
th e law is to be noted In th e c lea rin g
aw ay of th e la rg e s t p ru n e o rc h a rd In
th is vicinity. It is know n as th e
A iken o rc h a rd and a b o u t eig h t y ears
ago w as in a flo u rish in g co n d itio n
w ith a d ry e r in full o p e ra tio n d u rin g
th e season.
T ills o rc h a rd c o n ta in s 32 acres an d
is now ow ned by th e S eiling e s ta te of
P o rtla n d unit Sol G arde, of S eattle.
T hey had notice to d isin fect o r c u t
ilowli and th ey choose th e la tte r
T h e w ork Is going on now and on e of
th e fam o u s old o rc h a rd s of E a ste rn
M ultnom ah will soon
he only a
m em ory
MR. and MRS. HEVEL
ENTERTAIN RELATIVES
Mr an d M rs
Alva liev el e n te r ­
ta in e d a fam ily p a rty a t th e ir hom e
on P ow ell s tre e t y esterd ay by p ro ­
viding an e la b o ra te d in n e r. B esides
th e host am i h o stess th e re w ere p re s­
e n t F ra n k
W o stell, wife am i tw o
c h ild re n , .Miss Ire n e Davis and siste r,
of P o rtla n d , G eorge L eslie am i wife,
G eorge L eslie, J r ., of P o rtla n d . T he
la tte d played S a n ta C laus by b rin g ­
ing to .Mrs. L eslie, h is g ra n d m o th e r,
a cam eo brooch of e x q u isite design
w hich is hig h ly tre a s u re d by h e r as
a m em en to o f th e C h ristm a s season
a n d its y o u th fu l do n o r
C h ild 's W agons, V eiecopedes and
W h eelb arro w s, a t S te rlin g & K id ­
d e r's.
W hen a woman never say* any­
thing
nice ab o u t o th e r women she
MRS. P. ANDERSON.
never gives them a chance to say
People seldom th riv e who do not nice things about her.
strive.
A henpecked man ha* about as
T he man who ba* a h o n e seldom much liberty a* a 5-year-old boy with
a stepm other.
feel* his oats.
The more people glv* th e easier it
A bilious man should ra th e r enjoy
1s to forgive them .
[ being banded a lemon.