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About Gresham outlook. (Gresham, Multnomah County, Or.) 1911-1991 | View Entire Issue (April 7, 1914)
^Business is Good" but it is going to be Better; TWICE A WEEK VOL. 3. NO. 11 now is the time to plan for one of the best years in Oregon’s history G resham O utlook GRESHAM. MULTNOMAH COUNTY, OREGON TUESDAY, APRIL 7, 1914 “Ever at Your Service ’ Phone 701 $1.50 PER YEAR COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ROBERT A BOOTH, RACING ASSOCIATION TO MAKE AN INSPECTION ASPIRANT FOR u. s. REFUSES TO DIVIDE OF GRESHAM STREETS SENATE, ON TOUR DAY WITH WOODMEN R cb ert A. Booth, of E ugene, can d i a m em ber of th e Oregon Panam a- A called m eeting of th e council to p resen t on my b eh alf th e forego T h e prem ium list o f the M ultno T he m a tte r was referrel to th e ex d a te for th e rep u b lican n om ination Pacific exposition com m ission and a was held last nig h t for th e purpose ing in v ita tio n ." fo r U nited S tates s e n a to r who, from m ah County F a ir association, fo r this ecu tiv e connuP tee. of com pleting arra n g e m e n ts fo r the It was hoped th e proposed visit present indications, will be th e n o m i reg en t of W illa m ette university. On m otion of R. W Gill th e space y e a r's fair is to consist of 90 pages county com m issioners and Road- could ta k e place early th is week and nee of th a t p arty w ith o u t opposition, Q uite recently he took p a rt iu the to be allo tted th e different com pet an d a six page cover, m aking a book m a ste r Yeon to visit G resham an d in th e ir decision learn ed a t an early was in G resham S atu rd ay m ak in g th e d elib eratio n s of th e In d u stria l W el ing g ran g es th is year was placed in of 96 pages. P rin tin g of sam e was the hands of he presid en t for action spect th e condition of th e county d ate. As soon as th is is done a acq u ain tan ce of th e people of th is fare com m ission as th e re p re se n ta aw ard ed to tile G resham Outlook as he sees fit. city and of m any people front points roads w ithin th e city so th a t it could special council m eeting will be held tive of th e people of th e sta te at y esterd ay by th e Board of Directors. o u tsid e of G resham who h appened to be determ ined to w hat ex ten t th e to ta k e w h atev er actio n rem ain s for large. H e has co n trib u te d g en e r be in tow n. A man of fra n k an d pleas P resid en t Lewis su b m itted the T he tw o “x tr a cover pages will form county would aid th e city in p re p a r th e tow n. ing personality of th e s tra ig h tfo rw a rd ously of his w ealth to ed u catio n al in a flap on which mail addresses may landscape plans fo r im proving the ation fo r hard su rfacin g Main and T he councilm en p rese n t a t last and sin cere type Mr. Booth m ade stitu tio n s, in clu d in g a g ift a few fair g rounds w ith shade trees, flow Powell stre e ts and R oberts avenue n ig h t's m eeting w ere, M ayor stro n g ly fav o rab le im pression on all y ears ago of »100.000 to W illam ette be w ritten , th u s saving th e necessity e r borders and w alks. He was given south. S h attu c k , K enney, H oney, K ern, K id w ith whom he cam e in co n tact w hile U niversity, and he was th e pioneer of an envelope, and som ew hat red u c full a u th o rity to proceed and will Last week a com m ittee of the der, and Todd. A tto rn ey s K ing and of stu d e n t loan fu n d s in O regon, ing th e cost in p rin tin g as well as in be h ere tom orrow to begin p lan tin g here. council interview ed th e com m ission S tap leto n w ere also p resen t. H is visit to G resham is p a rt of an sta rtin g th em a t th e U niversity of postage. trees. The plans a re com prehensive, ers rela tiv e to tilling th e gulch on A tte n tio n was called by A tto rn ey an te-p rim ary cam paign A co m m ittee on w om an's work and when carried o ut will add m a w hich will O regon, W illam ette U niversity, Reed Pow ell stre e t and providing for a S tapleton to th e sectio n of th e new ta k e him to every p a rt of th e sta te College and O regon A g ricu ltu ral from Evening S tar grange, Mrs. E. terially to th e attractiv en e ss of the fo undation on portions of Powell road law w hich re la te s to th e im before May 15, th e d ate of th e no m i College. All his life he has been in A. N iblin an d Miss W ilda B uckm an, g rounds and m ake the different s tre e t ar.d R oberts avenue. No d ef provem ent of co unty roads w ithin n atin g election. He has alre ad y cov te rested m ore or less iu farm in g and accom panied by Mrs G eorge Sleret points more easy of access to the in ite answ er could be given at that in c o rp o rated tow ns, w hich rea d s as ered W ashington, T illam ook and stock raisin g and is now in p a riu e r- of G resham gran g e, ap p eared before th ro n g s who will atten d th e fair. tim e becaur the com m issioners were follow s: Y am hiii counities, m eeting w ith a sliip with bis sons in th e o p era tio n of th e board w ith a req u est for the In reg ard to th e application of th e not fam iliar with th e conditions. Sec. 25. (C h a p te r 89, Session cordial reception every w h ere he lias a larg e stock ran ch n ea r Yoncalla, erectio n of a re st room on th e fail- east side M asonic lodge for th e 4th T he stre e t co mmittee of th e coun 1913.— "W h en an y ro ad to be im g ro u n d s. T hey were assu red th a t of Ju ly privileges of th e fair gone. His candidacy seem s to be in Douglas county. cil ia securing petitions for hard- proved un.der and by v irtu e of th is som e provision would be m ade if fi grounds, it was reported th a t th e He has not been a p e rsiste n t seek ta k in g well w ith rep u b lican s of all su rfa c 'n g ou Main and Powell stre e ts act begins o r te rm in a te s in any city e r of public office, th e only elective nances would perm it. fo rm er application m ade by th e has com pleted its w ork and is ready or in c o rp o rated tow n, th e co rp o rate T hey m ade a n o th e r req u est, th a t v\ oodtueu of tile W orld had been d e position w hich he has held being th a t to p resen t these a t th e council m eet a u th o ritie s of such city o r tow n may, of s ta te se n a to r from L an e county th e w alls of th e pavilion be ceiled clared off in consequence of th e a t ing tonight, but has conditioned the upon th e reco m m en d atio n s of th e j from 1900 to 1908. T he reco rd s a t but th a t m a tte r was d eferred until titu d e of the racing association, h ard su rfacin g on the assistan ce of county co u rt, ag ree to pay in money, Salem reveal th a t he favored p ro building ac tiv itie s sh all begin. which had refused to e n te r into the th e county. \s a n um ber of q ues o r In th e bonds of such city o r tow n, A th ird req u est m ade by th e com affair. gressive leg islatio n , in clu d in g th e tio n s a re involved touching th e co u n any p ro p o rtio n ate am o u n t of th e en subm ission to th e people of th e in i m ittee had to do with th e sub-dlvl- T he Masonic picnic will be a p ri tr y ’s au th o rity and the ex ten t to tire cost of such road in ad d itio n to tia tiv e and referen d u m und o th e r sion of th e household Hklll division vate affair for m em bers only and they which it can use money for these any am o u n t th a t m ay be assessed up On th e ir will only req u ire th e use of th e p o p u lar g o v ern m en t m easures. At iu th e g ran g e contests. im provem ents w ithin the city lim its on th e real e s ta te w ithin such city o r th e sam e tim e he show ed him self to recom m en d atio n th e 20 points for grove and pavilion. They care n o th It was th o u g h t best to a rra n g e for tow n by v irtu e of th e provisions of be a le g isla to r of th e su b sta n tia l, sen the w om en’s displays were fixed as ing for the races. th e road a u th o ritie s to Inspect the th is a c t: provided, th a t th e e n tire sible type who did not allow his b et follow s: canned fru its an d Jellies, It was explained th a t th e racing co nditions and decide a t th e ir e a rli tax to be im posed for ro ad purposes, te r ju d g m e n t to be sw ayed by hopes F p o in ts; fancy work and em b ro id association controls tile race track e s t o pportunity. by v irtu e of th is act, sh all n o t in any of political a d v a n ta g e o r fears of po ery. 5 po in ts; sew ing, k n ittin g , etc., on tlie F o u rth und p refer to ca te r to T he follow ing resolution was pass one y ear exceed fifty cen ts on th e litical revenge. To put It an o th e r 5 po in ts; cooking, baking, confec th e ir own crowd ra th e r th a n to th e ed a t la st n ig h t's m eeting: d o lla r of th e tax ab le value of such way he stood for w h at he th o u g h t tio n ery and d airy products, 5 points 5000 visitors prom ised by th e W ood "R esolved, th a t th e m ayor of the city o r tow n lots. An ap p licatio n was p resen ted by a men. was rig h t an d for th e best in te rests Town of G resham is hereby a u th o r Tile c h a rte r of th e Town of Gresb- of th e s ta te w ithout reg ard to politi- co m m ittee from W ashington Masonic As the fair association does not ized and directed to extend to the ani> g ra n te d by act of th e le g islatu re, a! consequences. Men who served lodge of P ortland- eust Bide, for the co n tro l th e race track d u rin g the county com m issioners of th s w a a ty explicitly provides th a t "a ll county w ith him in th e le g isla tu re hold him use of th e g ro u n d s on the F o u rth of co n tin u an ce of th e present co n tra ct of M ultnom ah, O regon, and to J. B. roads lying w ithin th e lim its of the T he ap p licatio n wus re fe rre d | nor does th e racing association con- in high resp ect for th ese c h a ra c te r Ju ly Yeon, ro ad m aster, and to R ob ert Me- Town of Q resham sh all rem ain and istics and a re am ong h is m ost en to P re sid e n t Lewis, D. M. R oberts tro l th e fa ir g rounds, th e u n fo rtu n M ullen, assista n t ro ad m a ste r, an in- he county ro a d s and sh all rem ain and R. W. Gill. ate conflict is going to d e p r iv e th u siastic an d loyal su p p o rters. v itatio n to visit th e Town of G resh- t u n d er th e ju risd ic tio n of th e county T he ap p o in tm en ts of C. M. L ake, G resham of a celeb ratio n th is y ear In his p latfo rm he sta n d s fo r a sys RO BERT A. BOOTH. am , at a d ate agreeable to them , for court of M ultnom ah county, O regon, tem of ru ra l cre d its u n d er g o v ern as su p e rin te n d e n t of th e p o u lrty di except th a t which may be provided th e purpose of looking over and con- and s h a n be w orked, m ain tain ed sh ad es of belief and w ith m any of m ent auspices fo r farm ers, giving vision and Miss A lb erta Allen as su by th e racing people. T he Musonic sid erin g the advisability and necee alld im proved as co unty roads o ut- opposing political faith. them an o p p o rtu n ity to secu re long p erin ten d en t of th e dom estic science picnic, if it comes, will be only a sity o f im proving ce rtain county side th e lim its of said town are w o rk T h e sen tim en t is grow ing th ro u g h tim e loans a t low ra te s of in te re st; division w ere confirm ed by P re sid en t p riv ate affair to which o th e rs will roads ru n n in g th ro u g h said Town of ed, m a in ta in ed an d im p ro v ed .” o ut th e sta te th a t th e rep u b lican s of reclam atio n of w aste land, w hether Lewis. not be Invited unless th e ir a ttitu d e G resham and building of a reta in in g T. J. K reu d er as one of a co m m it is reconsidered. Oregon could not n o m in ate a b etter d esert o r sw am p; fair h o u rs and pro T he racing asso wall and m aking such fills as may be A phone m essage from P o rtlan d man th an R. A. Booth to contest tection from and com pensation for tee from tile W ocdnien of th e W orld ciatio n will p ut on th e ir races to found necessary on Powell s tr e e t.” inform s th e O utlook th a t County with George E. C h am b erlain , the disease an d accident for w o rk in g cam ps of P o rtlan d , applied for a f ra those who will pay them for a d m is In add itio n to th e above th e m ayor C om m issioners H olm an and H art and dem ocratic Incum bent, in th e fall m en; scientific a d ju stm e n t of the te rn a l day d u rin g th e fair und g u a r sion to th e tra c k , und those who A ssistant R o ad m aster McMullen will issued th e follow ing inv itatio n : election. Mr. Booth is know n all tariff on th e difference in cost of pro anteed at least five drill team s from would o th erw ise a tte n d will have to " In accordance w ith th e foregoing leave th e co u rt house to m o rry a t I I over th e sta te as a m an of p r o n o u n c duction at hom e anil abroad, ra th e r th a t o rd er, w ith sev eral team s from seek th e ir en jo y m en t on th e F o u rth resolution and by au th o rity th ereo f, a. m. and visit G resham in response ed business ab ility , high m orality th a n a h ap h azard red u ctio n ; ex ten o th e r o rd ers in com petitive drills. w herever they m ay choose to go. I, as m ayor of th e Town of G resham , to th e in v itatio n above referre d to and ste rlin g ch a racter. In addition sion of th e au th o rity of th e in te r hereby extend to you and each of you They will be accom panied by G. W. he has th e ad v a n ta g e of being a n a s ta te C om m erce com m ission to cover GROWING LOGANBERRIES an in v itatio n to visit th e Town of S tapleton an d will be m et h ere by tive O regonian, having been born in th e issuance of railro a d secu rities; ON HIS BORING FARM G resham for the purposes indicated th e councilm en. A fter lunch at T he Y am hiii county 55 y ears ago. l b n ationw ide suffrage for wom en; rev in th e foregoing resolution, and Mr. Congdon th e p arty will inspect the O. A. Palm er, at present resid in g has resided In O regon all his life. enues from n atio n al fo rests to go to G. W. S tapleton is hereby au th o rized j county road s w ithin th e city. in P o rtlan d , but th e ow ner of prop From a hum ble b eg in n in g — he was the several sta te s in which such for th e son of a M ethodist m in iste r with ests are located, th e money to be erty n ea r Boring, Is p rep arin g th ree BAND SOCIAL WAS a fam ily of tw elve ch ild ren to su p used in co n stru ctio n of roads, endow DEATH AND FUNERAL OF acres of his farm th e re for a field of A GLITTERING SUCCESS port- R. A. Booth has risen to a po m en t of schools and recian iatio n of MRS. MARY A. SCHRAM L og an b erries. He get o u t 2200 sition of com m anding im p o rtan ce as land, restric tio n of u n d esirab le fo r Mrs. Mary A. S chram died at her T he band e n te rta in m e n t and bas one of th e leading business men of p lan ts which will be in bearin g next eign im m ig ratio n , w hich he holds to hom e In F airview on S atu rd ay last ket social la st S atu rd ay evening at y ear an d th e acreag e will be in creas the s ta te und all th ro u g h his owne he “ a m enace to tile best In terests a fte r a p ro tra cted illness, of w hich O rien t was a signal success. F o rty efforts and by honiMst and leg itim ate and h ig h est ideals of o u r own peo ed to th e ex ten t th a t th e re tu rn s m ention has been m ade on several m eans. He has been closely id e n ti ple.” ju stify . occasions. H er funeral took place b ask ets w ere au ctio n ed off by W. E. fied with th e p ro g ress of th e sta te Mr. Booth lias th e rep u ta tio n and He has a dry house of lim ited ca C rasw ell and b ro u g h t in an average from the F airview P re sb y teria n along all lines and know s Oregon m presses one as tile sin cere and h o n pacity well u n d er way but it will tie church a t oae o ’clock yesterday w ith of one d o lla r each. est kind of mail who m eans exactly en larg ed th is su m m er and be in re a d A b ask etb a ll gam e was a fe a tu re and O regon's needs “ like a book." in te rm e n t in th e G resham cem etery, U ntil he had passed Ills m ajority w hat lie says. In his p latfo rm he iness to han d le th e crops of o th e rs in w here she was laid to rest by loving betw een a team o f fat met) and a Mr. Booth c o n trib u ted all ills earn says as to his policies, "I sh all be as th a t vicinity th e present season. team of lean ones. T he fat men won h an ds in the presence of a large a s ings to th e su p p o rt of ills father*» sin cere a fte r as before election in ad H ow ever, lie expects to have It ru n sem blage of m ourning relatives and by a score of 8 to 9. fam ily. He atten d e d school d u rin g vocating th e m .” An e x tra c t from his ning to its fu llest capacity by a n o th e r An a u to load from G resham was IANK H. CULY. friends. N um erous floral pieces were the w in ter m onths but finally p latfo rm w hich reflects th e tru e se n year with th e p ro d u cts of Ills own th ere, C harles L ato u rell having been in evidences a tte s tin g the esteem in m anaged to g ra d u a te from Umpqua tim en ts of th e m an is th e sta te m en t Above I h a p ic tu re of " G ra n d m a ” field. which sh e was held. Rev. T hom as engaged by som e e n th u sia stic fans academ y a t W ilbur. T h e re a fte r he Iliât, "T h e p ro p er rela tio n of these Ja n e 8. Culy, who died at th e hom e Mr. P alm er has tak en a deep In to ta k e them o u t to th e gam e. Robinson conducted th e services at teach er, in te re sts to each o ilier and to the of h er d a u g h te r Mrs. Percy Giese, te re st in th e recent ag ita tio n fo r th e Tlte band gave th re e selectio n s was successively school th e church and grave. co untry m erchant, b an k e r an d a lead g o v ern m en t is p ressing h ard upon us developm ent of th is section for b er A m ore extended o b itu a ry will be with 22 in stru m e n ts. A lthough only near G resham . M arch 31. She was e r in th e lu m b er in d u stry . His b an k an d th e w hole problem of m odern ries and will m ake som e Indepen given in the next Issue of th e O u t recently org an ized th e players have 8 9 years, 2 m o n th s and 21 days old ing experience covered a period of politics of th e app licatio n of high dent In v estig atio n s; hut he has faith m ade rtTpld p ro g ress u n d er th e le a d and had lived in thia vicinity for the look. in th e berry business and will go ership of C. Beyers, who is consid 20 years In th e so u th e rn p art of the m oral p rin cip les to th e ir a d ju s t past 22 years. state. A few y ears ago he retired m e n t.” ahead In his own way un til th e re is ered one of th e best co rn et players EASTER MEMENTOES from active connection w ith the It niig' ' be well to add th a t Mr. a fu rth e r ad vancem ent in th a t d i in th is section IN DRUG STORE WINDOW SOLD HOME HERE, of Booth was a p rim e m over in th e rection. T he p lay ers and th e ir in stru m e n ts B ooth-K elly L um ber com pany, MOVED TO PORTLAND T he G resham D rug com pany has are as follow s: c la rin e t— Q uicksali E ugene, w hich he bu ilt up from a ■ fights which resu lted In low er rail an ticip ate d E aster by a rra n g in g th e G. A ndre, Jo h an so n , M uilenhoff. C or sm all beginning Io one of th e largest , ra te s for O regon lu m b er to thp east- W ater front th e Bull Run pipe T he m ost im p o rta n t deal in home co rn e r show window so as to re p re n e t— H osner, N asshahn, C arlson o rg an izatio n s of Its kind in th e sta te , [ ern and m iddle w estern sta te s, and p ro p erty th a t has tak en place in line was tu rn ed on y esterd ay a t sen t th e festival occasion in a novel S hriner. A lto— A. Beyers M errick and has been devoting his tim e large- ; low er w ate r tra n sp o rta tio n ra te s to T aylor avenue, west of G resham . T he G reebam d u rin g the present y ear was yet a p p ro p riate m anner. A portion E. A nder. T hom bone— Calvin, Stein- ly to m a tte rs of a public and semi- p o rts of C a lifo rn ia an d o th e r places. e n tire section w estw ard from th e re public n atu re . of th e window is arra n g e d to re p re m an. B ram h all, E. Beyers. T uba T h is m eans a w ider m a rk e t fo r O re th e tra n s fe r of tw o lots and its b u n to th e reserv o ir is now to be s u p galow residence th ro u g h th e agency plied with w ater by a rra n g e m e n t sent a w oodland scene w ith birds, Quay, Wm. Beyers. Saxaphone- J u s t at presen t, for instance, he la g o n 's p rincipal product. rab b its and o th e r early sprin g evi R adford. of th e F irs t S ta te bank of th e W il with th e P o rtlan d w ate r com m ission. F’lcco lo —Jack so n . B ari dences, but th e presence of a m other tone— D unn. WOMEN TELL HOW Bass d ru m — T ow n PETITION FOR ROAD liam H ockinson p roperty on W est W endle C leveland's au ctio n of hen w ith n ineteen little chicks im send. TO COLOMBIA RIVER THEY EARNED A DOLLAR Pow ell s tre e t to W illiam Caldo. >oung grad e Je rse y s took place to presses one w ith th e E aster idea T he deal had been pending for T he ladles of th e M E. church held day, and ev ery th in g was sold a t r e A petitio n fo r th e im p ro v em en t of m ore fully th a n any o th e r p a rt of C ard of T h an k s. n early tw o m o n th s and was only con m arkably good prices. T he re p u ta th e exhibit. To those who ren d ered assistan ce th e road from F airv iew to th e Col a m ost d elig h tfu l social g ath erin g at su m m ated last week. T he co n sid er tion o f th e C leveland h erd had m uch T he window and its arran g e m en ts In o u r recent affliction and conQ*R>ut- th e hom e of G ran d m a Jo h n so n W ed um bia riv er will be c irc u lated this ation was »4000, cash. Mr Caldo to do with th e sellin g , w hich was are greatly adm ired by h u n d red s who ed flow ers an d o th e r evidences of nesday afte rn o o n , A pril 1. T h e occa has been living n e a r C o ttrell fo r th e week. T he road was opened and considered sucacfcOtal. stop to count the chickens, and th e ap p reciatio n of th e m em ory of o u r sion was a d o lla r social an d each lady past tw o years. fact th a t E aster Sunday is n e a r at loved one, we re tu rn o u r m ost sin is a public highw ay, but has so far was supposed to bring a d o lla r and Mr. H ockinson moved his fam ily Utah Land Plaster. received sc an t atten tio n . h and is deeply engraved on th e m em cere thanks. tell how she ea rn ed it. N early forty to P o rtlan d y esterd ay w here he has Good stock on hand at warehouse o ries of every one who passes. The BURN8 F A M IL IE S . T hose behind th e m ovem eut ar«* responded. T hose p rese n t w ere h ig h bought a new hom e Just finished, at In Greeham. Metzger Brae. of th e opinion th a t th e ex p en d itu re ly e n te rta in e d by th e various m eth 383 E ast F o rty-second s tr e e t be E vening S ta r g range has endorsed CLOTHES cleaned and pressed ods used in raisin g th e money. Some of such vast su m s in o th e r localities tw een Lincoln and H arriso n , In the th e public m a rk e t proposition and R easonable prices. Leave work at B rig h ten up y o u r co m m an ity by told in prose and o th e rs m ore ven e n title th e people of G resuam and new H aw th o rn e d istric t, w here they using H eath A M illigan P aints. W heeler’s b arb e r «hop. Mrs. Mary has passed a resolution favoring free tu reso m e, rep o rted in rhym e. A trio W ood, G re sh a m . 13 th is p a rt of th e county to som ething will be pleaaed to m eet th e ir G resh S terlin g A K id d er’s. to lls fo r coastw ise vessels. from th e lad les' ch o ru s d elig h ted th e am frie n d s a t any tim e. for th e ir money. We sharpen Lawn Mowers. S terl g u ests w ith songs. W illiam E. W heeler has rented C o ttag e G rove Is w ithin a few h u n Ing A Kidder. Luncheon was served and a few J. F. W lim arth. of Lamonta, Ore., the H. A. Glat and H. H. Crosier Use >4 as much of W izard fe rtili dred d o llars of having a can n ery . places, containing 40 acre«, oa the The new state fair pavilion is to zer as other kinds. Boring road for thia year. coot 144,700. A Kidder. Sold by Sterling jokes appropriate to the day were ia on a business trip to bis old home perpetrated. The victims entering at Borlng and spent tha day today LaGrande ia trying to locate one heartily into the spirit of the fun. wlth hi« statar, Mrs. E lla Aton. of the Helna pickle factories.