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TWICE A WEEK VOL. 3. NO. 97 G resham O utlook GRESHAM. MULTNOMAH GROUND HOG PROHIBITION WINS no NEVER FAILS 0N_ EVERY C0UNT COUNTY. OREGON Ever at Your Service ’ Phone 701 TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1914 $1.60 PER YEAR PETITION IS PROPORTIONAL REPRESENTATION required for STATE SENATE TO BE VICTIM ------------ A telep h on e m essage, today about A proposition to in itiate propor- . “ As far as th e sun sh in es in on tw o o'clock from E. A. Baker, attor- ' candlem as day, . .. tional representation for the next • PORTLAND, Jan. 3 1 ~ ( S p e c ia l) — So far will the snow blow In before ney for ,h e L eague, con- general election has already as- A mM. m eeting „ „ for May.” , veyed the inform ation that th e su- sum ed large proportions. It is be- tbe , oth Qf Fvbru#ry tbp Just im agine what we are com ing l-reme court had handed down an Hard Surfacing in City to be Done Under O ld Bonding to. Nearly three m onths of solid opinion, favoring th e drys In every Donatng Ing fathered by various organ i.a- torlum , he ga8t 8 ,dp bran<jh I(brR_ A ct. Rem onstrance of Fifty-one Per Cent snow , for didn't the sun sn in e in particular. tions, who have and may consider ... .. . , . ... , ry to discuss the advisability of nearly all day yesterday? And the ** “ com p lete victory for the it favorably, am ong whom are The . to Kill Improvement. abolp-fting th e sta te senate, and mak- groundhog sign never fails. j cause of tem perance in every town F a rm ers E quity, The Grange, the ,n. .... T hose who were out o f bed bright wh«re a local option vote was taken. ’ | ing the state governm ent to consist Farm er's Union, the A. F. of L., the L , . and early yesterday m orning— that is and vindicates the decision s o f all As there seem s to be considerable hard su rfacin g of the county roads. Oregon Civic League, the W omen's h° U<““ ° f rep re,en ta t* aad before su n rise — are authority for I circuit Judges but one who ruled diffprellce o f o pin ,on P olitical Science League and mauy the execu“ ve departm ent. The call to the re- far th e op in ion s seem s to favor several conflicting statem en ts. One 1 on ,h e question in the sta te c o u r ts .1 quirem ents for a hard su rface road the idea o f having th e roads lm- prom inent men and women among for ‘bis m eeting says that th e East w o m e n _____ _ veracious individual avers that ___ ____ he way on any county road the follow proved, but th ere is a terrifyin g note whom are som e of the primary con- Side B usiness Men's club,, under saw a w hole flock o f groundhogs just LAFFERTY APPOINTS of excessive charges in the th ou gh t ' vention nom inees for governor, before eigh t o'clock and that every- GERMAN BOY CADET ing extracts from the leg isla tiv e act that hard surfaced roads is gon g to j It is intended that th is sh all be- whose auspices the m eeting w ill be held, is m aking a study of the sub one o f them was blinking around In Paul H uschke, lately a penniless au th orisin g the sam e are herew ith cost a pile of m oney and that th e 'c o m e a sta te wide campaigu for the ject. State Master C. E. Spence fa- extrem e en joym ent after their long „rphan boy o f P ortland, who was «iven: farm er, who will be the least bene- j actual representation of the people vora ‘bis lhnovatlon M. M. M illet, hibernation; but when the sun cam e born in Germany, in Saalefleld, April Section 1, says: "The county fited, w ill have to pay for the luxury. I of Oregon. No party or clique has I collector of custom s at Portland, out about an hour later and shone 20, 1895, is now a m idshipm an in the ' court o f any county in th is sta te hav- It is the forecast by som e that the ' any private claim on It. Being " b o spent 20 years In the sen ate, de in fu ll splendor they all scam pered United States N aval academ y at An- in* a Population in excess of 150,- present law w ill be repealed before fathered, as It is by th ese various or- clare8 ‘bat the state sen ate is a back to their holes. napolis, Maryland, as a result of the i b®0 inh ab itan ts shall have power, as the im provem ents can be finished, gan izatlon s. that may espouse it. it fraud and humbug. There are som e Not another one was seen all day, policy pursued by C ongressm an Laf- ! herein after provided, to lay out and In that case a very few would have will be m othered by the people dis- grounds for this agitation , but it is for the sun shone as it never before ferty of giv in g every boy an eq u a l! <l*’Slgnate within th eir respective been 'stuck with th eir property un- trlbuted throughout the sta te of Or my Judgment that the agitators are sh on e on groundhog day, and the chance. Last June Lafferty adver- | county, what sh a ll be known as as- der m ortgage. But it is thought that egon, w ith m anagem ent headquart- cu ttin g ofT the dog's tail by inches little porkers burrowed deeper than tlsed in the Portland papers that as C essm en t road districts, and to re another law will be passed which w ill ers in Portland. in order to save him pain. Why not ever and pulled th eir h oles in after congressm an he had an appointm ent ! hair and im prove th e county roads equalize th e cost for all roads upon Already have th e gubernatorial sw eep the w hole bunch out and put th em - | [ to m ake at A nnapolis, and w ould ap- w“ b*n said district by grading, nil the taxpayers. Such a law would nom inees been appealed to for their one man, a m anager, in charge of Another individual who spent Sat- point the boy m aking the best grade draining and hard su rfacin g with any seem more ju st, but th ose who have endorsem ent and support and replies state affairs? If we are going into urday even in g in T routdale said that a t an open com p etitive exam ination m aterial selected and approved by to pay for the work under the pres- are com ing in from them . Their at- the consolidation business, why not he saw groundhogs on Sunday and Lafferty had never heard o f H uschke. the county cou rt.” ent laws could get no relief and yet titu d e toward th e m easure w ill be com plete the Job and get rid of the all day yesterday. It was su ggested But H uschke passed the h igh est ex- The “ bove section provides that a have to pay again for a county-w ide com e public property and w ill be m enagerie at Salem ? A fter all the that he m igh t be m istaken, as there am ination and was prom ptly ap- d istrict may be selected anyw here arises— w here are we system of im provem ents. published from tim e to tim e as the question was one man who saw a sn ak e and pointed. He then furnished Con- for BUCb im provem ent, nor does One w ealthy man of Portland as- case may dem and. N ewspapers fav- drifting? Toward concentration of another who heard frogs croak. gressm an Lafferty with a statem en t require a petition. serted that he used the Base Line ortng the m easure w ill be appealed power and con solid ation ? Would it Yesterday was one o f the days we a8 to his antecedents, w hich show s j Section 3 provides that "the coun- tw enty-five tim es as much as any i to, to discuss th e question in their not be well to stop and take stock read about in the southern C alifor- that H uschke was born 18 years ago court is authorized to levy and lund ow ner upon it, and he deplored edltorlalu and by opening th eir col- o f affairs before plunging too deeply ilia boom stories. A lthough a trifle in Germany, that his m other died live coII(“ct an assessm en t upon all lots the fac; that the ow ners would have 1 um ns to correspondence, perm it the Into this centralization? W hat about cold, which was considered as a pre- years later, in 1900, when young and Par’’els o f land w ithin said as- to pay all the cost w hile he would opinion o f oth ers both for and ou r representative form o f govern cursor of the long, weary wintry B uschke's father brought his orphan ««“ m ent road district, sp ecially ben- m ent? W ill it disappear In this pay nothing. His proposition is to against the m easure. m onths yet to com e before May, the 8On to America, locating in Deer )eflted by surh Im provem ent, to de- change the law so that a direct tax The bill itself has not yet assumed inad rush toward cen tralization ? day was ideal. The sun shone, the Park, W ashington. Three years ago fray the " b o le or any portion of the on all property in the county would perfection in construction and may birds san g and the frogs did croak, young H uschke cam e to P ortland, at- I CO8t and exp en se.” I listened to som e rem arkable bear its just proportion. He said be modified to m eet the w isest coun- But the price o f stovew ood and hay tended Lincoln High school, and Section 6 says: “The order of the talks Friday night at a banquet giv that the proper procedure would be «cl favorable to the greatest possible w ent up a few notches and the hens worked in the hom e o f G eorge W. co ,,nty court declaring its purpose to begin surfacin g all th e roads lead- fairness in givin g actual equal rep en by the Parent-T eachers' associa are preparing for another strike. Stapleton for his board and clothes. in m aking such im provem ent shall ing out o f Portland and go as far resen tation in the leg isla tiv e assem - tion of W oodstock, which Indicated The groundhog is a true prophet He also had charge of a new spaper be published for five con secu tive each year as the funds would permit, bly to th e people of Oregon. and th ose who doubt him w ill be route to m ake spending m oney, g e t. j Publications, once each week in a that a com plete revolution Is taking In a few years the work would be Miss Rankin has assum ed convinced before spring com es. tin g up at 2 :3 0 in the m orning to de- new spaper o f general circulation, com pleted and heavy road taxes charge o f this m atter until a more place In m ethods of public education It is su ggested that we keep our liver his papers. C ongresm an L a f-) Published w ithin the county where would cease, w h ile all the property form idable organization or league City Superintendent L. R. Alderman sum m er cloth in g in cam phor for ferty predicts that H uschke w ill som e | said road assessm en t district sh all of the county would pay the cost and may com e into being m ade up of declared for that sort of education aw h ile longer; forget our straw hats day be adm iral o f the navy. j lo ca ted .” the farm er would not be com pelled those who by their Interest may ar which w ill en ab le a boy or girl to and not get in too big a hurry to Then follow s the follow in g infor to build roads for the benefit of range a more effective organization make the most of his life. L. R. shed our rubbers or pawn our winter PROGRAM AND ADDRESS mation which is the most Im portant w ealthy auto ow ners front the city. Money has already been pledged for Sabin, chairm an of the board of ed overcoats. ucation. said that It had com e to be NEXT FRIDAY NIGHT of al1 It refers to the m anner In Prelim inary work has been start- printing the p etition s and they will R em em ber the groundhog's warn „ „ tl . t i wblch the property ow ners may pre- ed on the Base Line by Burveys *"’ «c as soon as the d etails men- reeogntzed that the sch oolh ou se be Prof ing. longs to the people to be used day M ' ° th e v e a t the proposed im provem ent if so wliich will extend from som ew here tioned are consum m ated. of°'pia»Utvi.. 8, t “ 1’ f° r ierl> inclined. Section 8 reads as fol- and night for all sorts of functions. down beyond Mount Tabor to a con-1 Any one, who upon reading this of P la ttv ille (M is.) N orm al, will ]o w s . METHODIST SERVICES W ell, the "world do m ove.” I can nectlon with the Columbia R iver letter, find th em selves Interested, on i . .. . RESUMED AT FAIRVIEW address the „ Patron-T eachers' a sso d a - I •■u/uni.,' W ithin 20 days from the date of Highway beyond C hanticleer. Stakes ni“y upon application have a copy of rem em ber being on a com m ittee who applied for the use of a sch oolh ou se Rev. M. B. Parounagian, Sunday ,Wlc 1|mo?okn , F ,th.e “ T " “ ‘° P o lis h e d in the preced have been set along the north side ‘he bill In Its present sta g e of evo- for a political m eeting, and we were school m issionary o f the Oregon con high e s ~ ay a fte ™ o on ' ing section , the ow ners o f 51 per of the road every 60 feet, show ing ' lution, m ailed to them by address- turned down. But all th is has ference, M. E. church, held services At the Patron-T eachers’ m eeting „ 7 7"~ per fbe proposed curb line. The county in K- N ettle Mae Rankin, teach er and The sch oolh ou ses In Port d 1,1 1 ‘ Property com m issioners and R oa d m a ster1 law yer, 1030 East Main street. Port- changed last Sunday at F airview and Rock Friday even in g the m usical program w ithin mi'i," 1,1 land are open to all kinds of m eet m ake "d „ l ^ X T T' O" * ° " wood. In the m orning at Fairview- will be given by pupils of Miss Ander- X ings and functions. Mr. Sabin may m ake and tile with th e county ment of the work and there the mat- ' — ------ seven persons were received into so n ’s and Miss H u gh es’ rooms. The f clprk pointed out that It w ill cost Portland a written objection to or r e - 1 ter stands for the present. l>«Mtth o f N oah C orn u tt, Hr. ¿»nembership and follo w in g an earnest program will be under direction of m onstrance against said proposed re- it is freely predicted that no pe Word was received last Saturday 1500,000 a year to provide new serm on the com m union service was Mrs. C oovert, m usical director of the nD<r . I H I 1 r f » F i f l l t i r r i i o n i o n t n -1 « n ( — V- a _ _ . • . , ... “ »I'rovem ent, and said objec- titlon s will go in for any connected of ,h e death o f Noah C ornutt, fam- sch oolh ou ses to take care o f the In held. In the even in g tw o others school. The high school chorus and , „„ s . ,,, , , <noruR and tlon or rem onstrance sh all be a bar im provem ents, and that the county IIIarly known as "Uncle Noah Cor- creases F ireproof b u ild in gs cost were received into the church. orchestra will also take nart ♦ r • o- F n P ' to any further proceedings in the court will have to begin work on Its nu“ >" at bis hom e at R iddle, Ore- at the rate of ,8 0 0 0 a room, and The church has been w ithout a P rofessor G entle is an en tertain neriod o f n lm pr° Ve- ' ° * n “>‘“ a“ ve Several have ex- , gon, , on Jan. 31. He had been fall- about 60 rooms a year m ust be built. regular pastor for som e w eeks and a ing speaker and will have a m essage Then the salary of the teach ers of for young and old A general invl- L n ! ‘ , y e“ r' pr‘* 8e<1 “ ff,“r ,h a t n° ‘■ ’’m onstrance lng for ov’‘r a year ’ and and laa‘ last «ummer i good attendance indicated the appre w ”" i o r , B,ore of * ul large enough to prevent the had an attack a " a ,k of pnuem Pnu«monla. onla. After the d istrict run up to ,1 0 0 ,0 0 0 a ciation o f the people at having the tatlon is extended to all tea, hers, p a r - i X " o n m m onth. And so all the talks were “ o '<> « . » « . » i o .......... M T K L S Z i . S i r " * ' °" n " n" ' " ' ~ " ertn* b" pastorate resum ed. It was announc Miss L illian d en tally thrown under a buggy, the in d icative o f progress ed that Rev. C. M. Brown had been the cause o f better sch ools by being , provkle(i, that if anv 8U(.h obj,. T ingle, of the Science departm ent, Since the last issu e of the Outlook " h e e ls of which passed over h is body appointed to supply the F airview cir present th is com ing Friday night at rem onstrance or petition shall be the mayor and street com m ittee have breaking several ribs. From th is he told of the wonderful progress that cu it and would becom e a resident the sch oolh ou se assem bly hall. signed by the agent or attorney of ,lecW ed to n ever fully recovered, and having Is being made In turning out econ o pastor in a few days. T he circuit any property ow wner, there shall be , , „ u n n er m an was severe stom ach trouble he gradually mical housekeepers am ong the girls. in clu d es F airview , R ockwood, T rout NEW LIBRARY within ,7 K ',ia V dM ,ded< and p etition s for grew w eaker until he passed away filed with the county clerk .................. dale and Bridal V eil, at each o f j There Is going to be som e gard en OFFICERS CHOSEN the tim e provided for such rem oo- 'h e im provem ent of P° Pnw^n . . . .................... .. p ' awdy ‘” W8 " street ...... Mr Cornutt was bom In th e "la state ing done in Portland th is year by which places th ere is a church. It stran ce or petition, w ritten authorl- Roberta aven u e have been „ r V irginia on February 6. 1836* The board o f directors of the is stated that an effort will be made the school children So far 35 of ( " y A ttorney King and wlth hl8 parpn, H nwve<) t<) „ „ Gresham library association met in ty for such agent or attorney to sign PJ* P^ d to resum e regu lar m eeting in each of the schools have started prepara any such rem onstrance or petition; *°°k ,n « *° the Im provem ent of Pow- 80Ur, when a b th e library last night for the election th ese churches. In 1853 8 h ” Camp ,O On k° ‘‘ by team and tions. to make gardens, and several o f officers, the full board and the sec oth erw ise the sign atu re shall be dis- but ’ ‘^ ‘r¿ " ‘¿''.1’',, ?n'r° 8 ox Rev. Mr. P arounagian preached at more are preparing to secu re lund „ L . *d ,h th rou « h ‘be set- located on land retary being persent. All the officers regarded.” which Is now that and plant gardens. M O Evans, s u Rockwood in the afternoon. He was The law then provides how the l *ed part of th e city. On the avenue part of Gresha , were elected to succeed them selves. ini lying north of Pow- perintendent, said In his address at the gu est during Saturday and Sun lm Provem en t will go to the city ell 8treet T hey are president, Mrs. Minnie work may be done and how the as ,, and west of Main street, the banquet Friday night that the day at the hom e o f D. S. Dunbar. sessn ien ts shall be made for a dis- ' m ,t’ Th® m a,ter ° f ‘be gu lch es tak in g In part of what Is now Wal C lanahan; vice president, Mrs. L. P. h“ Ve l ° ,U,a H e,« hta' ,n 1860 h“ ">°**d ‘° school gardens have com e to be a M anning; secretary, Mrs. W. F. tance of on e-h alf m ile upon all prop- co“ rf d help In reducing the high cost of liv TESTS BEING MADE H oney; treasurer, Mrs. J. H. Metz- erty w ithin the district. let them stand i, an>Way and to D ouglass county, Oregon, where he ing, and cited fam ilies who were ON ________ BROWN S MINES Ser; corresponding secretary, Mrs. The paym ents may be m ade to run nrohsM h , u 6 * ay * OUld rw"ded un“ ' bi. death. The h leM at , lrUpr° Vement Mr Cornutt married M is. Mary supplied with fresh vegetab les for John Brown returned on Satur- Chas. Cleveland. Theodore Brugger for a period o f ten years at 6 per m ost of the season from the g ar I he hard surface act. qdoted , j ud(1 who d|pd abou( flvp year> from his m ines near G lendale and re- and Mra Maxwell Schneider constl- cent Interest. dens the children raised. Mr. The principal matter« o f Import- d“,,a not apply ,lard To th is union were bom n in e chll- ports that an eastern syn d icate is ,u ,e the finance com m ittee. An ac- Evans announced that an exhibit Im provem ents In the city but to preparing to m ake a thorough ex- tlve cam paign is being waged for ance are these: dren, six son s and three daughters, would be made at the sta te fair th is No petition is necessary, nor Is ''ou n ,y r<*a,l» ou ftld e that are to be am ination of all the claim s there new m em bers The question was all o f whom survive. T hey are year of Juvenile products. with a view to taking them all over ‘‘•«cussed of obtaining a piano for one needed to g ive the county court lm ProVed- The work on city streets F relan, Alfred and Noah Cornutt and, If found profitable, In estab lish - ,h e library to be used in connection au th ority to begin a hard surface Im Is to be done under the 1910 bond Jr , o f R iddle, Oregon, W alter Cor A suit cam e to trial Monday, F eb ing act, which Is the sam e that P ort Ing the largest m ining camp in w‘‘b entertain m en ts, and also the provem ent. nutt of C anyonville, Oregon, Clar- ruary 2, to se ttle title o f ,1 ,0 0 0 ,- southern Oregon. The com pany has n**d o t more reference books, Only tw enty days are allow ed in land streets are being Improved un- e nce Cornutt of H alsey, Oregon, Mrs 000 worth of property located In Al <ler, with the exception that ---------------------- taken an option for six m onths on which to fill a rem onstrance, and 51 county w ill give ,6 0 0 0 per m ile ' u ^ ZZ'PRH'ld’‘b,;an d ' Mr* Olive Green, bina on the East side. J. C Proeb- W a ter Comes High. the property, but expects to have per cent of the area Is required to kill ward »h. ? 1 'M,aa Evelyn Cornutt and W yett Cor- stel went back to Ireland tw o years F in e flock of hens you have, P a t.’ ard the Im provem ent here because nutt of Portland. a proposed Improvement. all tests made before half that tim e Three brothers ago and found som e alleged heirs to If found profitable, the plan " ill Sa‘d a party o f ‘ourtete who stopped the city streets are county roads. also survive him They are John, the estate o f Jane Chapman Proeb- An effort has been made to deter- to 'wafer' the radiator at an Irish When Improved they are to be- be to work all the dirt as well as the m ine the attitu d e of those property com e city streets and the county will Stephen and A rchie C ornutt, of stel and bought th eir claim s for a rock, as there Is free gold In the dirt, farm house. Riddle. song R eturning to Portland he "Yls gln tlem en . the devil tak e me and an average o f less than five dol if there be any better fow ls In all ow ners who would be affected by the 1 relinquish all Jurisdiction over them . The deceased was a life-long mem placed these quit claim s on record lars to the ton w ill Justify w orking Ireland. ber of the Methodist church. He against all the property involved. everyth in g W hile the dirt m ight " V !1* 1 do you ask for birds like LOCAL CONTRACTOR. MARTIN WINCH WILL was well anri favorably known In One hundred and thlrty-flve o f th s that?' not yield that much the quarts Is HOME MADE BRICK HAVE AUCTION SALE Oregon and California ow ners o f lots In the tract started vaatly richer, and a low average w ill y o u r 1” '* * ‘ ,th r i,‘e su it to get rid or th ese quit claim A Ham m ar and A rthur F ield h ou se An auction s a l? of' fourteen head A W inter be a paying proposition. "W hy. P at,” exp ostu lated one. T he trial w in last several - u - ....... ......... ...... « depressing F r e - . n , deeds A - s stubborn, annoying, T ests and assays w ill b^gin on the “ ‘h a t’g ,o ° cheap! If you bad those , h e ebrickU7 „ rk o n Cf°Kn ' rar' f0F dOln’ h“ h Krad” J*r8«y and d ay* L. H. W E L L S . the brick work on the new auto fac- tie Is announced for Saturday Feb- COU*? ha"«a «"• racka ‘ he body grounds w ithin a few days. barn. yard, ea«l,,a ‘n A m erica you to n The brick is bought o f the Col- ruary H at the T ransfer Llverv .w*'ak'‘na ,h< lu "«a _and o fte s leads colud sell em for a dollrr apiece.” first ________ dose of P A Co“ b’ FrBn,t McCrlllta. ________ "Sure thing,” said Pat "An' If ^ . . b.K ,? r IC.k' " Ork' * nd 10 ,a r “ ba" ‘ »" O re-ham by Martin W ineh to seriou s results. The Dr King's New D iscovery gives re- and sa les m anager of th e T hese anim als are part o f the herd R ff. Henry D Sanders, of Caven- Beaver State M otor com panr w ars ‘ “ e » k e . bein< uged Thpae men are experts at the W inch farm and are all thor- d*"b, \t., was threatened wRh con- Gresham visitors todav in concrete and m m asonerv w o r k — a_______ __ sum ption, after h avin - g pneum onia T tO d,y asonery work ou sh h red s __________ I>An« ing at Grewham. cow. " .r e H* « • writes: "Dr. ______ Success is not much a m atter of and ar* kept busy in their lin e «n Some of . the u" cow arP K in _______ g’s New _______ Dlscov- Saturday night, February 7. Danc clim ate as of hustle— the man be ____ ily; _ Milk. ( ream and B utterm ilk. fresh and all are reputed to be first- *ry ought to be in every fam It SURFACE ROADS Z Pd »V, * ing 8:30 to 11:65. Good manage ment; four-piece orchestra, union music. Everybody welcome. Gen tlemen, 75 cents. Ladles free. 98 ® dbrop hind the gun and an order that's right behind the man Th» I'rtln o ek LeZ? f Deee talk, more work ■» ,,3 u r ~ _____ . Fr-samaklng plain s e w ln s fsn ev class C‘“ " -- - - - of ‘ “«“ on notlce --------------------- ---- ----------------------------- h. uvniimriiun - « , » » , I», wun tflA . . . . — — . LT* Boom« tu .. — K essler barber shop Commercial Lye* and g 1 club building v __ -i_ Bethlna Kessler. ti* Dr. Geo. Inglis. ad- •- £ ,° * rtalnuly ‘h«, best of ill' raVdUtnw ' Delivered anywhere fitted . . . , . ------ ch j ild < Good ,«.' ¿ ’ for ¡¿ " i i ren j s j 's coughs « ¿ ’ s s , ’ “ ? ° - ' 7 back If not satisfied 11.00 At all Druggists. In Gresham by o»««— - » I — H. E Bach- par<ld under »unitary conditions. len A Co., Philadelphia or St. Louto. ‘IOTe*“ Sa‘lon Invited. Phone 231.