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GRESHAM,
OVERLOOKS WIN
ON GRESHAM FIELD
Sunday
th e G resham
A thletic
baseball team played th e O verlooks
of P o rtla n d in G resham . T he gam e
was a g re a t im provem ent over th e
previous S u nday's gam e. Very few
e rro rs w ere m adeaon e ith e r side. In
th e first inning E arl S tanley m ade a
hom e run. Up to th e sev en th inning
th e score stood 3 to 3; in th e eighth
in n ing th e O verlooks got a m an on
th ird and by a force throw from th e
field to second let in one score. T he
next m an up, got a safe h it and let
th e man on second base score, this
m aking th e score 5 to 3. In th e first,
of th e n in th th e O verlooks scored
th re e tim es; and in th e la st h alf
G resham scored once, m aking the
final score 8 to 4 a victory for th e
O verlooks.
Next S u nday’s gam e will be played
w ith the Im p erial AU S tars of P o rt
lan d in G resham . T he gam e will be
, called a t 2:3 0 . L adies free.
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HOTEL CONGDON
CHANGES PROPRIETORS
The Congdon hotel has changed
h an ds ag ain , th e tra n s fe r to ta k e e f
fect tom orrow aftern o o n . T he deal
has been pending about a week. T he
new p ro p rie to rs will be Mr. and Mrs
U nderw ood, lately from B ak er City.
Both a re experienced c a te re rs and
will m ain tain th e high efficiency of
th e Congdon as a first-class hotel.
Mr. and Mrs. Crow, th e p resent
p ro p rieto rs, a re moving th e ir perso n
al effects to th e ir own hom e on Sec
ond stre e t.
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Shadow S o cia l at P o w ell V alley.
A shadow social will be given next
S atu rd ay evening. A pril 18, a t th e
Pow ell V alley schoolhouse. A sh o rt
p ro gram will be ren d e re d beginning
a t 8 o’clock. All a re cord ially in v it
ed. L adies a re requested to bring a
box lunch.
Best »5.00 Lawn Mower in town
a t S terlin g A K id d er’s.
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G resham O utlook
Ju st before noon today all th e
g irls of th e grad e classes in th e
G resham school w ere gi'. en a rose
bush by P rincipal Stubbs, the ch il
d ren being pledged to p la n t and care
fo r them an d report th e ir fa ilu re o r
success
T he p la n ts were d o nated to th e
school th ro u g h th e efforts of th e
W om en’s com m ittee appointed by
th e W om en's Council to w ork th e
m a tte r up. T he uom m ittee consists
or Miss C. H. H aile, ch a irm an , w ith
Mrs. G eorge F. Honey and Mrs. H.
E. Davis as associates. Mrs. C harles
C leveland gave 100, a n o th e r 50 b e
ing donated by the R outledge F lo ral
com pany front whom th e p lan ts were
secured. They a re all of th e Doro
thy P erk in s variety, a clim bing bush
of ra re beauty.
T he idea is to m ake th e D orothy
P erk in s th e G resham official rose.
L ater, w ithin a few w eeks, pack
ages of g ard e n seeds will be d istrib u
ted am ong tb e children of th e school.
S u p e rin te n d e n t E vans of th e P o rt
lan d d em o n stratio n w ork Is expect
ed h ere soon to give an exem plifica
tio n of his m ethods.
H e is em
ployed by th e P o rtlan d schools and
is trying to get a location here for
a school g ard en w here th e w ork of
In stru ctio n and d em o n stratio n will
be carried on along th e sam e lines
th a t have m ade th e city school g a r
dens so successful.
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MULTNOMAH COUNTY, OREGON
THE
OFFICIAL ROSE PAVEMENTS
INSPECTED
FOR GRESHAM
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TUESDAY,
APRIL
14,
1914
$1.50 PER YEAR
CORN BELT
COUNTY AFFAIRS
WILL BE HERE
TO BE PROBED
IN TEN YEARS
away from the yellow corn caks, and
th e Indian m eal m ush on which tb e
• ‘’Farmer” C. L. Sm ith, ag ri- *
* c u ltu rlst fo r th e O.-W. R. A • philosopher F ra n k lin m ade his su p
• N. Co., is d istrib u tin g sev eral • per for years was even more des
• to n s of seed corn to farm ers • pised. Some change has come since
* all o ver th e sta te , who will • R um ’ord and F ra n k lin 's tim e, and,
j * grow it for n ex t y e a r's seed
•
I • supply in o rd e r to get it ac-
* notably In Italy, corn m eal Is used
1 * clim ated. Mr. Sm ith says
* as food by the poorer class of peo-
* th a t w ithin ten years O regon ♦ I pie, but it has not taken th e place
♦ will be th e b an n e r corn s ta te * of w heat, as R um ford hoped, or even
• of the u n ion.— News Note.
• of barley and m illet.
In America, th e early colonists de
F o r many years it has been said pended upon corn as th e ir staple
th a t O regon could not raise corn, food supply, and Its geueral use con
an d th e re are m any who believe so tin u ed down into th e middle of the
yet. R ecent exp erim en ts seem to be last century. T here are men now
ch an g in g th e idea, and such ex p eri living who received so stro n g a pre
m en ts a re included in th e m ission judice in th eir youth that they will
“ F a rm e r” S m ith is w orking o u t; not eat any p rep aratio n of corn meal
such ex p erim en ts will be included today.
Possibly they would enjoy
in th e help th a t T. W. Cross is a r the hominy of th e older time, but
ran g in g to give th e farm ers along th a t is now o ut of the question. But
th e M ount Hood line in th is county; a new generation has arisen, to
an d such ex p erim en ts w ould be in whom the steady diet of corn bread
cluded in th e assistan ce a county and salt pork is only a tradition, and
a g ric u ltu rist w ould be able to give it is to this g eneration th at tile corn
th e people who a re farm ers all over en th u siasts a re
now addressing
th e county of M ultnom ah, provided them selves. T he n u tritio n expert of
one were appointed.
tb e d ep artm en t of ag ric u ltu re ut
T his idea is one of th e arg u m en ts W ashington has given a certificate
advanced by th o se who are urging of high food value to corn meal. His
th e ap p o in tm en t of an ag ric u ltu ral findings agree well with those of
ex p ert by th e county com m issioners. C ount Rum ford m ore th an a century
C. C. C hapm an, secretary of the ago, allow ance being mude for the
O regon D evelopm ent L eague, has fact th a t B enjam in F ran k lin and
ta k en th e m a tte r up and believes Count Rum ford, knew nothing of
th a t w ith th e ap p o in tm en t of an ex calories, and had not heard of pro
p e rt an d th e estab lish m en t of an ex tein by th a t name. Here is the way
p erim en tal farm and g arden near th e modern n u tra tiv e expert express
G resham much good would follow. es th e food value of corn m eal: W a
fat, 1.9;
He w ants th e G resham Com m ercial ter, 12.5; protein, 9.5;
club to ta k e th e m a tte r up an d su g starch and su g ar, 74.4; crude fiber,
g ests a co m m ittee to work w ith th e 1.0 and m ineral m a tte r, 10 per cent;
P o rtlan d C om m ercial club and with and the fuel value, per pound, 1655
COUNTY FAIR
ASKS FOR MONEY th e real e s ta te firm of llm hdenstock calories. For conveinences, this
«A L arson Co , w hich le tte r already may be roughly stated in ten th s, one-
R esolutions req u estin g th e coun has engaged T. W. Cross, an expert ten th being w ater, one-tenth pro
ty com m issioners to a p p ro p ria te all farm er, to assist th o se who a re buy tein, seven-tenths starch , th e re
the funds for th e M ultnom ah county ing hom es along th e line of th e Mt. m aining ten th being divided am ong
fair, provided fo r in th e a c t passed Hood railw ay. T he railw ay com pany fat, fiber and m ineral m atter In ap
by th e le g isla tu re last y ear, w ere p re is also in te reste d and is giving full proxim ately even am ounts.
sented y esterd ay by H. A. Lewis, assistance.
P u ttin g It In an o th er way, th e n u
president of th e fair. No action will
B u t to go back to corn and its tritiv e expert says th a t when corn
be tak en in th e m a tte r u n til next ad a p tib ility as a hum an food:
meal sells for th ree cents a pound,
Monday.
More th an a hu n d red years ago a and some o th e r cereal at five cents
T he act u n d er w hich th e ap p ro p ri B avarian, C ount R um ford, saw the a pound, the housekeeper may con
ation is asked provided th a t each u tility of corn as it was being used sider th a t she gets more than twice
county sh all pay an am o u n t equal to in A m erica and did all th a t could as much food for her fam ily for a
an assessm en t of o n e-tw en tieth of a be done as a chem ist and as th e su given sum when she selects corn
mill on th e tax ab le p ro p erty of th e p erin ten d en t of th e d ep en d en t poor meal. Also, when corn meal Is
•ounty, w ith th " q ualifications th a t in B avaria, to popularize its use. th ree cents a pound and w heat flour
no county sh all be req u ired to pay He d em o n strate d its food value in is five cents, th e corn meal has the
m ore than $10,000 for such purposes com parison w ith o th e r cereals by ad v an tag e by about fifty per cent.
O ne-half of th e am o u n t so set aside m eans of an an aly sis which h as been It is established th a t corn meal Is a
for prom oting a g ric u ltu ra l and live verified m any tim es.
splendid form of fuel for the hum an
stock fairs goes to th e Pacific I n te r
B ut p reju d ice am ong E uropeans machine. C ount R um ford has been
n atio n al L ivestock association.
was too stro n g fo r him.
P easan ts w onderfully vindicated, more th an a
T he action ta k en by Mr. Lew is is who naii scarcely eaten an y th in g bet cen tu ry afte r, by th e ag ric u ltu ral de
for th e purpose of know ing Ju st how te r th an black barley bread tu rn ed p artm en t of his n ative land.
m uch to offer for prem ium s th is year.
T he m ore m oney received th e g re a t
lu -a ib o f M l- Marat) H> ‘ k a n l.
P lan to B oost th e P acific N orthw est
e r th e p rem iu m s will be. As the
111 11*15.
book is in p ress th e re is som e an x
S arah Beatty was born F eb ru ary
iety to know th e precise am ount.
D uring th e past week rep resen ' 22, 1861, at S traw b erry P oint, Iowa,
ta tiv e s of th e fo u r g re a t railro ad s and d ep arted th is life at L atourell
WOODLAWN GRANGE
tia v e rsin g th is te rrito ry joined with Falls, Oregon, on S aturday, April 11,
HEARS REPORTS
th e com m ercial o rg an izatio n s ol 1914, a t 7 o’clock in th e evening.
R. W. Gill, re p rese n tin g th e Public P o rtla n d , S pokane, T acom a and Se
She was m arried to W atson Heck-
M arket association and th e g ranges
a ttle in th e p rep a ra tio n of plans for ard , F eb ru ary 22, 1881. To th is
of M ultnom ah county, an d M. H.
Calef, se c re ta ry of th e A lbina Busi p roperly p rese n tin g th e num erous union were born four children.
ness Men’s club, spoke on public m ar a ttra c tio n s of th e Pacific N orthw est
W hen still a young woman, she
kets at th e m eeting of th e W oodlawn to th e to u rists who will n ex t year was converted and lived a constant,
g ran g e S atu rd ay n ig h t. Mr. Gill m ake a p ilg rim ag e to th e exposition consistent Christian life until her
show ed how th e p ro d u cer and con
a t San F rancisco. A nother confer decease. She was a m em ber of the
su m er can be b ro u g h t to g e th e r and
M ethodist Episcopal church.
asked the co-operation of th e public ence will be held in ab o u t two weeks
F o u r days before her death she
a t w hich tim e th e d etails of som e co
years from now.
in the efforts to estab lish a m a rk e t
cam e with h er husband, Mr. W atson
I favor th e n atio n alizatio n of Am
o p erativ e schem e will be w orked out.
on th e W est sid e ab o u t May 1. Mr.
H eckard, from Tacom a, W ashington,
erican railro ad s, and all o th e r p u b
i t is probable th a t a to u rist bureau
C alef told of th e A lbina m ark et,
to visit th e ir son who resides at
lic monopolies.
1 favor extending
will be estab lish ed a t som e central
w hich, he said , will be opened April
L ato u rell Falls, Oregon.
On th e
the parcel post Im m ediately, so th at
p
o
in
t
in
th
e
M
iddle
W
est
from
which
29 on K n o tt s tre e t. Mrs. C. W. Hay-
day of h er d eath , she was a p p a re n t
It will ab soluntely supersede th e ex
efforts will be m ade to induce to u r
h u rst spoke on th e worK of M others'
ly as well as usual, and In th e even-
press com panies.
I favor a p ure
ists
to
p
u
rch
ase
tick
ets
o
ver
Hues
C ongress. Mrs. H y att, le c tu re r, was
i ing w ent with her d aughter-in-law to
food and d ru g law th a t will mean
serv in g th e N orthw est sta te s. The
in charge.
view th e falls, and while th e re she
w hat Its nam e im plies
I favor an
expenses of such a b u reau will be
suddenly passed aw ay, with these
8-hour day fo r men, women and
b orne jo in tly by th e ra ilro a d s and
words upon h e r lips, "A ll is well
W edding of T rou td ale C ouple.
ch ild ren . 1 favor th e m ining of gov
tb e com m ercial clubs.
with th is w orld.”
ern m en t coal In A laska. I favor th e
Miss Mary H a rrie t H ub b ard and
She was 53 years, 1 m onth, 20
building of a fleet of A m erican m er
L
ist
o
f
Ijet
ter».
H om er R aym ond Moore w ere m ar
days. She leaves two d au g h ters, one
ch an t ships to be o p erated by th e
ried last T h u rsd ay a t F irst P resb y
son an d her h usband to m ourn th e ir
governm ent for th e han d lin g of o u r
R em aining le tte rs uncalled for in
te rian church in P o rtlan d . T h e bride
i loss.
passenger, mall and fre ig h t traffic
th
is
office
for
tb
e
w
eek
ending
is th e d a u g h te r of Mr. and Mrs.
F u n eral services were conducted
upon th e high seas. I favor a g ric u l
F ra n k H ubbard of P o rtlan d , fo rm e r A pril 12, 1914.
by Rev. Edwin W. H ight. In term e n t
tu ra l asset currency. I favor an In
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tte
rs—
A
ndrew
T
eesne
o
r
An
ly of T ro u td a le and th e groom is th e
in th e Bridal Veil cem etery.
te rsta te T rad e Com m ission, w ith full
Sherly P o rte r, Mrs.
son of Mrs. W T. Serviss of T ro u t drew Leesne,
powers to control In d u strial m onopo
Em
ily
A
dam
s,
Mrs.
J.
J.
Adam»
K im k wood Teacher» lle-electcsl.
dale.
lies. I favor enforcing the railro ad
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d
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M
iller,
E
lla
M
Baker,
Mr and Mrs Moore have gone to
I favor
At a recent m eeting of tb e school land g ra n t to th e le tte r.
T he D alles for a sh o rt w edding trip. Miss B eatrice M ilne, Mrs. M Carson.
g re a te r lib erality to settle rs. I fav-
board
all
the
teach
ers
were
re-elect
T
hese
le
tte
rs
w
ill
be
se
n
t
to
tbe
They will be a t hom e to th e ir many
le tte r
office on A pril
26, ed for an o th er year. Mis» Eva ! or exem pting A m erican coastw ise
friends a f te r May 1, at 1665 Mon dead
1914,
if
n
o
t
d
eliv
ered
before.
In
call
C am pbell will bo principal, Miss Mae shipping 'ro m th e paym ent of tolls
ta n a stre e t, P o rtlan d .
ing for tb e above, please say "a d v e r B enedict in te rm ed ia te teach er and at tb e P an am a Canal.
So long a« I rem ain a m em ber of
Miss Mazie S cbantin prim ary teacher.
CLOTHES cleaned and pressed tis e d ,” giving d a te of list.
R easonable prices
Leave w ork at
C ongress I sh all fight for these
i. M c C o l l , p m
W h eeler’s b a rb e r shop. lira . Mary
A proposition to construct 100 things, and sh all keep specific bills
W ood, G resham
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Oil your au to m o b ile w ith Zeroleln. miles of bard surface road at a cost pending th e re fo r u n til secured.
A. W. LAFFERTY.
Good stock on hand at warehouse Sold in any q u an tity a t S terliu g A of »750,000 In Linn county, will be
Mstiger Bros.
Phone 701
MARKETING
DISCUSSED
Ju st as an in d icatio n of w hat th e
At th e recent session of P om ona public m a rk e t may do— ju s t as a
grange County C om m issioner H ol sam ple of liow easy It will be to
man Invited th e ap p o in tm en t of a bring th e p ro d u cer an d b u y er to
g eth er— was th e first rea l tra n s a c
grange com m ittee to m ake a full In
tion even
before th e m a rk e t is
spection of county affairs. Pom ona
ready.
grange declined to appoint such a
H. E. Davis of G reehatn was the
com m ittee, b ut at a m eeting of L ents | producer and L. M. L epper of P o rt
grange on S atu rd ay last th e m a tte r land was th e buyer.
It all cam e
was suggested by Mr. Holman again about w hen th e tw o m en m et a t th e
and th a i g ran g e took action by a p public m a rk e t m eeting. Mr. L epper
pointing A. F. Miller, Mrs. Mabel sta te d th a t he w anted 35 sack s of
Sm ith, Mrs. O tto K atzky, Mrs. Jones potatoes. Mr. Davis had th em to sell
and said so. T he tra d e was m ade
and T. J. K reuder.
T his com m ittee will inspect the and th e po tato es w ere delivered the
county farm at T o rtu d ale next T h u rs next day.
day, a t which tim e all o th e rs In te r
T h at Is all th e re Is to th e public
ested will be welcome to assist. Af m arket system a g ettin g to g e th e r
terw ard th e com m ittee will go to of th e se lle r an d buyer. T h is can
ihe co u rth o u se w here a tho ro u g h In be done every day on th e m ost
spection of all county affairs will be extensive scale w h en ev er th e re are
m ark ets estab lish ed fo r th e o p p o rtu
undertaken.
Mr. Holm an assu red th e g ran g e nity of pro d u cers an d p u rch a sers to
th at every facility would be afforded m eet.
T he se n tim e n t at th e m eetin g of
the grange to g ath er Inform ation.
G resham g ran g e la st S atu rd ay was
NEW SUBSTITUTE
decidedly in favor of public m ark e ts.
AT LIBRARY T he sto ry th a t Mr. Davis to ld of
selling th e first p ro d u ce u n d e r th e
D. J. Culy has been engaged to
system . In advance of th e ex istence
tuke charge of th e G resham lib ra ry
of a m a rk e t was re m a rk a b le as an
building and g rounds and will also
o bject lesson an d th e g ran g e as a
assist Miss H aile in th e h an dling
body expressed th e se n tim e n t th a t
of th e books, acting as h er su b stitu te
public m a rk e ts are a good th in g and
in h er absence. This will relieve
will be an ad vance In th e r ig h t d i
Miss G ladys Michel who has been a
rection. T hese se n tim e n ts w ere ex
very efficient su b stitu te d u rin g the
pressed by Mr. Davis, T h eo d o re
past six m onths. T his new a rra n g e B rugger and G eorge W S tap leto n .
m ent will begin tom orrow . Mr. Culy
O pposition to th e public m a rk e t
has had much to do w ith the branch
system Is com ing m ostly from th e
library here and his love for books
com m lscton men an d ra ilro a d s T hey
will m ake him a helpful assista n t.
see th e ir profits d im in ish in g , and
th e ir g rip becom ing loosened.
It
A com pany is form ing a t T he
was asserted th a t every p ro d u cer
Dalles to m a n u fa ctu re high class
should tight fo r a public, m a rk e t in
sc u lp tu re and m onum ental work.
P o rtlan d .
T he Idea has been one of slow
T he D anson busket factory a t Bay
grow
th, and th e re sh o u ld be som eone
City has several large co n tra cts from
in every com m unity who really
florists.
m eans to helyp th e m a tte r alo n g , an d
som eone in th e city who Is In ac
L A FF E R T Y 'S P l. ATFOKM.
cord w ith the Ideas of th e farm er.
In th e official sta te p am phlet soon
G resham g ran g e com pleted th e in
to be d istrib u ted C ongressm an L af itiatio n of R. W. C alk in s In th e
ferty will say;
fo u rth degree, and
th e re
was a
To the V oters of the T hrld Oregon " tr e e ” p rogram In w hich ta lk s w ere
C ongressional D istrict:
m ade on fam ous tre e s of h isto ry .
On March 4, 1915, 1 will have Mrs. St. G lair spoke of th e old apple
served four years us a m em ber of tre e of O regon City. Mrs. D. M.
Congress. 1 expect to be re-elected. K ern ’s su b je c t was P en n ’s tre a ty
But even d efeat would in nowise tree.
Mrs H. E. Davis to o k as h er
dim inish my g ra titu d e for th e h o n topic th e P ontiac M em orial tre e or
ors you have bestow ed upon me In D etroit. M ichigan; Miss C. H. H alle
the past.
spoke on th e Big T ree of G eneseo,
As a republican congressm an d u r N. Y., w hile W B. P arso n s gave th e
ing the past th re e y ears 1 have de history of th e c h a rte r oak
A fea
m in d e d the m ost sw eeping p ro g res tu re of th e p ro g ram was a solo by
sive laws of any m em ber of the Mrs. L o ttie T hom pson. A “ G resham
House. 1 have alw ays held th a t th e g ran g e d in n e r” was th o ro u g h ly e n
republican p arty is th e progressive joyed by all.
party of th is co u n try , and th a t all
it need do is to give th e ran k and POSTOFFICE SOCIAL
tile of Its m em bers th e rig h t to con
AT PLEASANT HOME
trol th e p a rty 's action.
T hen no
A postotfice social was given laHt
th ird party will be necessary.
F
riday
n ig h t a t th e g ran g e hall u n
T he billH 1 have proposed are
m eeting with g re a te r favor daily In d er th e auspices of th e W om ens’
Mrs.
Congress. They dem and only com C h ristian T em perance Union.
mon honesty in public affairs. They M iller, pre«ldent of th e Union p re
are not rev o lu tio n ary . Thay a re not sided. Rev. A. J. L ucas gave an a d
socialistic. They are n o t su b je ct to dress and rendered piano music. Mrs.
successful a ttac k . B ut if these bills B row er and Mrs. Leroy W alters gave
be passed they will Increase ten-fold In terestin g read in g s an d an exercise
the o p p o rtu n ities for happiness to was presented by boys an d g irls rep
Ihe average citizen. I am In favor resen tin g various co u n tries, ill the
H ome
of Congress going ahead with th e costum es of th e co u n tries.
strid es of a g ia n t in o rd e r th a t th e m ade candy was sold and lunch was
A m erican people shall come Into served. A good a tte n d a n c e enjoyed
th e ir own now, and n o t 50 o r 100 th e exercises of th e evqnlng.
A p arty of G resham c ltlte n s was
tak en by au to s yesterd ay aftern o o n
in charge of Mr. S hannon of th e
W arren C o n stru ctio n com pany, and
show n ab o u t P o rtlan d
w ith th e
special o b ject in view of stu d y in g
th e v arious kinds of paving co n stru c
tion. Of course, special o p p o rtu n ity
was given to view th e W a rre n lte o r
b itu lith ic pavem ent, oi w hich th ere
seem s to be m ore in P o rtla n d th an
any o th e r one kind, th e asp h alt
pavem ent being next in am o u n t. The
visitors w ere show n b itu lith ic pave
m ent of v ario u s ages, som e o v er ten
years old, w hich had been su b jected
to co n stan t heavy w ear, as well as
som e of rec en t co n stru ctio n . A trip
was m ade o u t to L in n to n w here sev
era l m iles of b itu lith ic h a rd su rfa c
ing was done la st y ear fo r th e coun
ty. This is a piece 16 feet wide w ith
a rock shou ld er, such as is proposed
on th e county roads ea st of P o rt
land. T his p a rtic u la r road is su b
jected to very heavy traffic and
seem s to be an ideal pavem ent. P o r
tions of th e pavem ent show n w ere
laid on cru sh ed rock fo u n d atio n and
o th e r portio n s on gravel.
At the offices of th e com pany in
th e Jo u rn a l building cross sections
of paving were seen w hich had been
taken from s tre e ts w here it had been
in use for years. It was said th a t
th e com pany would give a ten -y ear
g u a ra n te e w ith th e ir paving on coun
ty roads an d w ith a very lig h t top
dressing once in each ten y ears o r
so, th e re w as no reaso n why th e
pavem ent would not be p erp etu al.
T hose who w ent from G resham
w ere, C leveland, Lindsey, E lk in g to n ,
O sburn, K idder, Ross, S quire, C am
eron and St. C lair.
in Gresham.
“Ever at Your Service ’
Klddsrs.
submitted to vote.
PORTLAND DIRECTORY
AT THE LIBRARY
A directo ry of th e city of P o rtla n d
for 1914 was received a t th e lib ra ry
today In a box of books ju s t se n t
from th e main lib rary . Some of th e
books a re B ailey’s E ncyclopedia of
A g ricu ltu re In fo u r volum es as fo l
lows: F arm s, Crops, A nim als, F arm
an d C om m unity; U nited S tates Year
Book of A g ricu ltu re fo r 1908, 1909,
! 1910 and 1912; m any new p ictu re
books for the ch ild ren to be used on
tbe tables In tb e lib ra ry .
GRESHAM FARM
REPORTED SOLD
it Is rep o rted th a t th e old G resham
farm on th e Pow ell Valley road a t
th e w estern slope of Cam p m o u n
tain has been sold. I t w as m ore
lately know n as th e Ryan farm and
co n tain s 104 acres.
T h e p u rch ase
price Is said to have been »240 per
acre.
As a result of a made-ln-Oregon
banquet at Albany, »229.10 was
raised to beautify an old cemetery—
(Paid Adv.) payrolls help even the dead.